Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.21
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15.21.1
ततस्तत्र मुनिश्रेष्ठा राजानं द्रष्टुमभ्ययुः ।
नारदः पर्वतश्चैव देवलश्च महातपाः ॥ १५.२१.१ ॥
Then there came to see the king the foremost of sages: Nārada, Parvata, and Devala of great austerity.
15.21.2
द्वैपायनः सशिष्यश्च सिद्धाश्चान्ये मनीषिणः ।
शतयूपश्च राजर्षिर्वृद्धः परमधार्मिकः ॥ १५.२१.२ ॥
Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) with his disciples, the perfected beings and other wise men, and the royal sage Śatayūpa, aged and most righteous, came as well.
15.21.3
तेषां कुन्ती महाराज पूजां चक्रे यथाविधि ।
ते चापि तुतुषुस्तस्यास्तापसाः परिचर्यया ॥ १५.२१.३ ॥
O great king, Kuntī honored them according to rule, and the ascetics were also pleased with her service.
15.21.4
तत्र धर्म्याः कथास्तात चक्रुस्ते परमर्षयः ।
रमयन्तो महात्मानं धृतराष्ट्रं जनाधिपम् ॥ १५.२१.४ ॥
There the supreme sages, dear one, told tales of dharma, gladdening the great-souled Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lord of the people.
15.21.5
कथान्तरे तु कस्मिंश्चिद्देवर्षिर्नारदस्ततः ।
कथामिमामकथयत्सर्वप्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् ॥ १५.२१.५ ॥
In the course of some other tale, then the divine sage Nārada, who had seen everything with his own eyes, told this story.
15.21.6
पुरा प्रजापतिसमो राजाऽऽसीदकुतोभयः ।
सहस्रचित्यि इत्युक्तः शतयूपपितामहः ॥ १५.२१.६ ॥
Long ago there was a king equal to Prajāpati, fearing nothing from any quarter; he was called Sahasracitri, the grandfather of Śatayūpa.
15.21.7
स पुत्रे राज्यमासज्ज्यि ज्येष्ठे परमधार्मिके ।
सहस्रचित्यो धर्मात्मा प्रविवेश वनं नृपः ॥ १५.२१.७ ॥
Having entrusted the kingdom to his eldest son, most righteous, the king Sahasracitya, righteous-souled, entered the forest.
15.21.8
स गत्वा तपसः पारं दीप्तस्य वसुधाधिपः ।
पुरंदरस्य संस्थानं प्रतिपेदे महाद्युतिः ॥ १५.२१.८ ॥
Having reached the far shore of blazing austerity, that lord of the earth, greatly radiant, attained the abode of Purandara (Indra).
15.21.9
दृष्टपूर्वः स बहुशो राजन्सम्पतता मया ।
महेन्द्रसदने राजा तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः ॥ १५.२१.९ ॥
O king, I have seen him many times before, as I roamed in the hall of Mahendra: that king whose sins were burned away by austerity.
15.21.10
तथा शैलालयो राजा भगत्तपितामहः ।
तपोबलेनैव नृपो महेन्द्रसदनं गतः ॥ १५.२१.१० ॥
Likewise the king who dwelt in the mountains, Bhagatta the grandsire, by the power of austerity alone went to the abode of Mahendra.
15.21.11
तथा पृषध्रो राजाऽऽसीद्राजन्वज्रधरोपमः ।
स चापि तपसा लेभे नाकपृष्ठमितो गतः ॥ १५.२१.११ ॥
Likewise there was a king named Pṛṣadhra, O king, who was like the wielder of the thunderbolt; he too by austerity obtained the heaven's back and went hence.
15.21.12
अस्मिन्नरण्ये नृपते मांधातुरपि चात्मजः ।
पुरुकुत्सो नृपः सिद्धिं महतीं समवाप्तवान् ॥ १५.२१.१२ ॥
In this very forest, O lord of men, Purukutsa, the son of Māndhātṛ, also attained great perfection.
15.21.13
भार्या समभवद्यस्य नर्मदा सरितां वरा ।
सोस्मिन्नरण्ये नृपतिस्तपस्तप्त्वा दिवं गतः ॥ १५.२१.१३ ॥
The king whose wife was Narmadā, best of rivers, performed austerities in this very forest and went to heaven.
15.21.14
शशलोमा च राजाऽऽसीद्राजन्परमधार्मिकः ।
सम्यगस्मिन्वने तप्त्वा ततो दिवमवाप्तवान् ॥ १५.२१.१४ ॥
O king, there was a most righteous king named Śaśaloman, who, having performed austerities well in this very forest, then attained heaven.
15.21.15
द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च त्वमपीदं तपोवनम् ।
राजन्नवाप्य दुष्प्रापां सिद्धिमग्र्यां गमिष्यसि ॥ १५.२१.१५ ॥
And by the grace of Dvaipāyana, you too, O king, having obtained in this grove of austerity the supreme perfection that is hard to attain, will go.
15.21.16
त्वं चापि राजशार्दूल तपसोन्ते श्रिया वृतः ।
गान्धारीसहितो गन्ता गतिं तेषां महात्मनां ॥ १५.२१.१६ ॥
And you too, O tiger among kings, at the end of your austerity, surrounded by glory, will go together with Gāndhārī to the path of those great souls.
15.21.17
पाण्डुः स्मरति ते नित्यं बलहन्तुः समीपगः ।
त्वां सदैव महाराज श्रेयसा स च योक्ष्यति ॥ १५.२१.१७ ॥
Pāṇḍu always remembers you; he dwells near Indra, the slayer of Bala. O great king, he will always join you to good fortune.
15.21.18
तव शुश्रूषया चैव गान्धार्याश्च यशस्विनी ।
भर्तुः सलोकतां कुन्ती गमिष्यति वधूस्तव ॥ १५.२१.१८ ॥
And through service to you and to Gāndhārī, your glorious daughter-in-law Kuntī too will go to the world of her husband.
15.21.19
युधिष्ठिरस्य जननी स हि धर्मः सनातनः ।
वयमेतत्प्रपश्यामो नृपते दिव्यवक्षुषाः ॥ १५.२१.१९ ॥
She is the mother of Yudhiṣṭhira, indeed she is the eternal dharma. O king, we clearly see this with divine sight.
15.21.20
प्रवेक्ष्यति महात्मानं विदुरश्च युधिष्ठिरम् ।
संजयस्तदनुध्यानादितः स्वर्गमवाप्स्यति ॥ १५.२१.२० ॥
Vidura and the great-souled Yudhiṣṭhira will enter her, and Sañjaya, through constant meditation on them, will attain heaven from here.
15.21.21
एतच्छ्रुत्वा कौरवेन्द्रो महात्मा ।
सार्धं पत्न्या प्रीतिमान्सम्बभूव।
विद्वान्वाक्यं नारदस्य प्रशस्य ।
चक्रे पूजां चातुलां नारदाय ॥ १५.२१.२१ ॥
Hearing this, the great-souled lord of the Kurus rejoiced together with his wife; the wise king, praising Nārada's words, offered Nārada an incomparable worship.
15.21.22
ततः सर्वे नारदं विप्रसङ्घाः ।
सम्पूजयामासुरतीव राजन्।
राज्ञः प्रीत्या धृतराष्ट्रस्य ते वै ।
पुनःपुनः सम्प्रहृष्टास्तदानीम् ॥ १५.२१.२२ ॥
Then all the assemblies of brahmins greatly worshipped Nārada, O king; and out of affection for King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, they were again and again exceedingly delighted at that time.