Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.30
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15.30.1
ततः समुपविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
व्यासः सत्यवतीपुत्रः प्रोवाचामन्त्र्य पार्थिवम् ॥ १५.३०.१ ॥
Then, when the great-souled Pāṇḍavas had sat down, Vyāsa, son of Satyavatī, addressed the king and spoke.
15.30.2
धृतराष्ट्र महाबाहो कच्चित्ते वर्तते तपः ।
कच्चिन्मनस्ते प्रीणाति वनवासे नराधिप ॥ १५.३०.२ ॥
O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, mighty-armed one, is your austerity going well? O lord of men, does your mind find contentment in forest dwelling?
15.30.3
कच्चिद्धृदि न ते शोको राजन्पुत्रविनाशजः ।
कच्चिज्ज्ञानानि सर्वाणि सुप्रसन्नानि तेऽनघ ॥ १५.३०.३ ॥
O king, is there no grief born of the destruction of your sons in your heart? O faultless one, are all your knowledges well clarified?
15.30.4
कच्चिद्बुद्धिं दृढां कृत्वा चरस्यारण्यकं विधिम् ।
कच्चिद्वधूश्च गान्धारी न शोकेनाभिभूयते ॥ १५.३०.४ ॥
Having made your intellect firm, do you practise the rule of forest life? Is your daughter-in-law Gāndhārī not overcome by grief?
15.30.5
महाप्रज्ञा बुद्धिमती देवी धर्मार्थदर्शिनी ।
आगमापायतत्त्वज्ञा कच्चिदेषा न शोचति ॥ १५.३०.५ ॥
Is this great-wise, intelligent queen, who sees dharma and profit and knows the truth of arising and passing away, not grieving?
15.30.6
कच्चित्कुन्ती च राजंस्त्वां शुश्रूषत्यनहङ्कृता ।
या परित्यज्य स्वं पुत्रं गुरुशुश्रूषणे रता ॥ १५.३०.६ ॥
O king, does Kuntī serve you without pride? She who, having abandoned her own sons, is devoted to serving the elders.
15.30.7
कच्चिद्धर्मसुतो राजा त्वया प्रत्यभिनन्दितः ।
भीमार्जुनयमाश्चैव कच्चिदेतेऽपि सान्तिताः ॥ १५.३०.७ ॥
Have you welcomed and honoured King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma? And have Bhīma, Arjuna and the twins also been comforted?
15.30.8
कच्चिन्नन्दसि दृष्ट्रैतान्कच्चिते निर्मलं मनः ।
कच्चिच्च शुद्धभावोसि जातज्ञानो नराधिप ॥ १५.३०.८ ॥
Do you rejoice on seeing them? Is your mind pure? And, lord of men, are you of pure disposition, having gained knowledge?
15.30.9
एतद्धि त्रितयं श्रेष्ठं सर्वभूतेषु भारत ।
निर्वैरता महाराज सत्यमक्रोध एव च ॥ १५.३०.९ ॥
These three are the highest towards all beings, O descendant of Bharata: non-enmity, great king, truth, and freedom from anger.
15.30.10
कच्चित्ते न च मोहोस्ति वनवासेन भारत ।
स्वदत्ते वन्यमन्नं वा उपवासोपि वा भवेत् ॥ १५.३०.१० ॥
Does the forest life not cause you delusion, descendant of Bharata? Do you eat the wild food that comes to you of its own accord, or may you also fast?
15.30.11
विदितं चापि राजेन्द्र विदुरस्य महात्मनः ।
गमनं विधिनाऽनेन धर्मस्य सुमहात्मनः ॥ १५.३०.११ ॥
And you know, O best of kings, the departure of the great-souled Vidura in this manner, and the going of the very great-souled Dharma.
15.30.12
माण्डव्यशापाद्धि स वै धर्मो विदुरतां गतः ।
महाबुद्धिर्महायोगी महात्मा सुमहामनाः ॥ १५.३०.१२ ॥
Indeed, through the curse of Māṇḍavya that Dharma became Vidura. He was of great intellect, a great yogin, great-souled, and of very great mind.
15.30.13
बृहस्पतिर्वा देवेषु शुक्रो वाऽप्यसुरेषु च ।
न तथा बुद्धिसम्पन्नो यथा स पुरुषर्षभः ॥ १५.३०.१३ ॥
Neither Bṛhaspati among the gods nor Śukra among the asuras is as endowed with understanding as that bull among men.
15.30.14
तपोबलव्ययं कृत्वा सुचिरात्सम्भृतं तदा ।
माण्डव्येनर्षिणा धर्मो ह्यभिभूतः सनातनः ॥ १५.३०.१४ ॥
Then the sage Māṇḍavya, having expended the power of austerity accumulated over a very long time, overpowered the eternal Dharma.
15.30.15
नियोगाद्ब्रह्मणः पूर्वं मया स्वेन बलेन च ।
वैचित्रवीर्यके क्षेत्रे जातः स सुमहामतिः ॥ १५.३०.१५ ॥
Formerly, by Brahmā's command and by my own power, he was born in the field of Vicitravīrya, that man of great intellect.
15.30.16
भ्राता तव महाराज देवदेवः सनातनः ।
धारणान्मनसा ध्यानाद्य धर्म कवयो विदुः ॥ १५.३०.१६ ॥
Your brother, great king, is the eternal god of gods; through steadfast holding and meditation of the mind, the wise know him as Dharma.
15.30.17
सत्येन संवर्धयति यो दमेन शमेन च ।
अहिंसया च दानेन तपसा च सनातनः ॥ १५.३०.१७ ॥
He who nourishes it through truth, self-restraint, calm, non-violence, giving and austerity — he is the eternal one.
15.30.18
येन योगबलाज्जातः कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
धर्म इत्येष नृपते प्राज्ञेनामितबुद्धिना ॥ १५.३०.१८ ॥
By whose yogic power Yudhiṣṭhira, king of the Kurus, was born — this is called Dharma, O king, by the wise one of boundless intellect.
15.30.19
यथा वह्निर्यथा वायुर्यथाऽऽपः पृथिवी यथा ।
यथाऽऽकाशं तथा धर्म इह चामुत्र च स्थितः ॥ १५.३०.१९ ॥
As fire, as wind, as water and earth, as space abides, so dharma abides here and in the hereafter.
15.30.20
सर्वगश्चैव राजेन्द्र सर्वं व्याप्य चराचरम् ।
दृश्यते देवदेवैः स सिद्धैर्निर्मुक्तकल्मषैः ॥ १५.३०.२० ॥
O lord of kings, he is all-pervading, having pervaded all that moves and does not move; he is seen by the gods of gods and by the siddhas, freed from taint.
15.30.21
यो हि धर्मः स विदुरो विदुरो यः स पाण्डवः ।
स एष राजन्दृश्यस्ते माण्डवः प्रेष्यवत्स्थितः ॥ १५.३०.२१ ॥
He who is dharma is Vidura, and he who is Vidura is the Pāṇḍava; this one, O king, Māṇḍavya, is seen by you standing like a servant.
15.30.22
प्रविष्टः स महात्मानं भ्राता ते बुद्धिसम्मतः ।
दृष्ट्वा महात्मा कौन्तेयं महायोगबलान्वितः ॥ १५.३०.२२ ॥
Your brother, approved by wisdom, entered that great soul; and the great soul, endowed with great yogic power, beheld the son of Kuntī.
15.30.23
त्वां चापि श्रेयसा योक्ष्ये नचिराद्भरतर्षभ ।
संशयच्छेदनार्थाय प्राप्तं मां विद्धि पुत्रक ॥ १५.३०.२३ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, I shall soon unite you too with welfare; know me to have come, my son, to cut away your doubts.
15.30.24
न कृतं यैः पुरा कैश्चित्कर्म लोके महर्षिभिः ।
आश्चर्यभूतं तपसः फलं तद्दर्शयामि वः ॥ १५.३०.२४ ॥
I show you the wondrous fruit of austerity, which no great sage in the world has ever brought about before.
15.30.25
किमिच्छसि महीपाल मत्तः प्राप्तुमभीप्सितम् ।
द्रष्ट्रुं स्प्रष्टुमथ श्रोतुं तत्कर्तास्मि तवानघ ॥ १५.३०.२५ ॥
O protector of the earth, whatever you desire to obtain from me, whether to see, to touch, or to hear, I shall do that for you, O sinless one.