Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.20
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15.20.1
ततो भागीरथीतीरे मेध्ये पुण्यजनोचिते ।
निवासमकरोद्राजा विदुरस्य मते स्थितः ॥ १५.२०.१ ॥
Then on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī, in a pure place fit for the pious, the king made his dwelling, abiding by Vidura's counsel.
15.20.2
तत्रैनं पर्युपातिष्ठन्ब्राह्मणा वनवासिनः ।
क्षत्रविट्शूद्रसङ्खाश्च बहवो भरतर्षभ ॥ १५.२०.२ ॥
There the forest-dwelling brahmins, along with many kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, attended upon him, O bull of the Bharatas.
15.20.3
स तैः परिवृतो राजा कथाभिः परिनन्द्य तान् ।
अनुजज्ञे स शिष्यान्वै विधिवत्प्रतिपूज्य च ॥ १५.२०.३ ॥
Surrounded by them, the king delighted them with talk, honoured them according to rule, and then dismissed his disciples.
15.20.4
सायाह्ने स महीपालस्ततो गङ्गामुपेत्य च ।
चकार विधिवच्छौचं गान्धारी च यशस्विनी ॥ १५.२०.४ ॥
In the evening the king went to the Ganges and performed his purification according to rule, and so did the glorious Gāndhārī.
15.20.5
ते चैवान्ये पृथक् सर्वे तीर्थेष्वाप्लुत्य भारत ।
चक्रुः सर्वाः क्रियास्तत्र पुरुषा विदुरादयः ॥ १५.२०.५ ॥
O Bhārata, they and all the others, bathing separately at the holy fords, there performed all their rites, Vidura and the other men among them.
15.20.6
कृतशौचं ततो वृद्धं श्वशुरं कुन्तिभोजजा ।
गान्धारीं च पृथा राजन्गङ्गातीर्थमुपानयत् ॥ १५.२०.६ ॥
Then Pṛthā, daughter of Kuntibhoja, and Gāndhārī, having led the aged father-in-law, O king, who had completed his purification, to the holy ford of the Ganges.
15.20.7
राज्ञस्तु याजकैस्तत्र कृतो वेदीपरिस्तरः ।
जुहाव तत्र वह्निं स नृपतिः सत्यसङ्गरः ॥ १५.२०.७ ॥
There the priests spread the sacrificial altar for the king, and the king, true to his vow, offered oblations into the fire.
15.20.8
ततो भागीरथीतीरात्कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सः ।
सानुगो नृपतिर्वृद्धो नियतः संयतेन्द्रियः ॥ १५.२०.८ ॥
Then from the bank of the Bhāgīrathī he went to Kurukṣetra, the aged king with his followers, self-restrained and with his senses controlled.
15.20.9
तत्राश्रमपदं धीमानभिगम्य स पार्थिवः ।
आससादाथ राजर्षिं शतयूपं मनीषिणम् ॥ १५.२०.९ ॥
There the wise king went to the hermitage and approached the royal sage Śatayūpa, the thoughtful one.
15.20.10
स हि राजा महानासीत्केकयेषु परंपतः ।
स्वपुत्रं मनुजैश्वर्ये निवेश्य वनमाविशत् ॥ १५.२०.१० ॥
He had been a great king, chief among the Kekayas; having installed his own son in the lordship over men, he entered the forest.
15.20.11
तेनासौ सहितो राजा ययौ व्यासाश्रमं प्रति ।
तत्रैनं विधिवद्राजन्प्रत्यगृह्णात्कुरूद्वहम् ॥ १५.२०.११ ॥
With him the king went toward the hermitage of Vyāsa; there, O king, he received the foremost of the Kurus according to rule.
15.20.12
स दीक्षां तत्र संप्राप्य राजा कौरवनन्दनः ।
शतयूपाश्रमे तस्मिन्निवासमकरोत्तदा ॥ १५.२०.१२ ॥
There the king, joy of the Kurus, took the consecration vow and then made his residence in the hermitage of Śatayūpa.
15.20.13
तस्मै सर्वं विधिं राज्ञे राजाऽऽचख्यौ महामतिः ।
आरण्यकं महाराज व्यासस्यानुमते तदा ॥ १५.२०.१३ ॥
The great-minded king explained the whole rule to him, O great king, then, with Vyāsa's approval, the forest rite.
15.20.14
एवं च तपसा राजन्धृतराष्ट्रो महामनाः ।
योजयामास चात्मानं तांश्चाप्यनुचरांस्तदा ॥ १५.२०.१४ ॥
Thus, O king, Dhṛtarāṣṭra of the great mind engaged himself and those attendants too in austerity.
15.20.15
तथैव देवी गान्धारी वल्कलाजिनधारिणी ।
कुन्त्या सह महाराजि समानव्रतचारिणी ॥ १५.२०.१५ ॥
Likewise Queen Gāndhārī, clad in bark and deerskin, with Kuntī, O great king, observing the same vow.
15.20.16
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा चक्षुषा चैव ते नृप ।
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्राममास्थिताः परमं तपः ॥ १५.२०.१६ ॥
By deed, mind, speech and even sight, O king, having fully restrained the host of senses, they abided in supreme austerity.
15.20.17
त्वगस्थिभूतः परिशुष्कमांसो ।
जटाजिनी वल्कलसंवृताङ्गः।
स पार्तिवस्तत्र तपश्चचार ।
महर्षिवत्तीव्रमपेतमोहः ॥ १५.२०.१७ ॥
Reduced to skin and bone, his flesh dried away, matted-haired and clad in deerskin, his body wrapped in bark, that king performed fierce austerity there like a great sage, free from delusion.
15.20.18
क्षत्ता च धर्मार्थविदग्र्यबुद्धिः ।
ससंजयस्तं नृपतिं सदारम्।
उपाचरद्धोरतपोर्जितात्मा ।
तदा कृशो वल्कलचीरवासाः ॥ १५.२०.१८ ॥
And Kṣattṛ (Vidura), knower of dharma and artha, of the foremost intellect, together with Sañjaya, his self strengthened by fierce austerity, attended upon that king and his wife, then emaciated and clad in bark and tattered cloth.