Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.35
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15.35.1
ततस्ते पुरषश्रेष्ठाः समाजग्मुः परस्परम् ।
विगतक्रोधमात्सर्याः सर्वे विगतकल्मषाः ॥ १५.३५.१ ॥
Then those best of men came together with one another, their anger and envy gone, all free from stain.
15.35.2
विधिं परममास्थाय ब्रह्मर्षिविहितं शुभम् ।
संहृष्टमनसः सर्वे देवलोक इवामराः ॥ १५.३५.२ ॥
Having followed the supreme and auspicious rite prescribed by the brahmarṣi, all with gladdened minds, they were like the immortals of the world of the gods.
15.35.3
पुत्रः पित्रा च मात्रा च भार्याश्च पतिभिः सह ।
भ्रात्रा भ्राता सखा चैव सख्या राजन्समागताः ॥ १५.३५.३ ॥
Sons with their fathers and mothers, wives with their husbands, brother with brother, friend with friend, have gathered together, O king.
15.35.4
पाण्डवास्तु महेष्वासं कर्णं सौभद्रमेव च ।
सम्प्रहर्षात्समाजग्मुर्द्रौपदेयांश्चक सर्वशः ॥ १५.३५.४ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas, in great joy, met the mighty archer Karṇa and the son of Subhadrā, and the sons of Draupadī, all of them.
15.35.5
ततस्ते प्रीयमाणा वै कर्णेन सह पाण्डवाः ।
समेत्य पृथिवीपाल सौहृदे च स्थिताऽभवन् ॥ १५.३५.५ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍavas, being pleased indeed with Karṇa, having met together, O protector of the earth, stood firm in friendship.
15.35.6
परस्परं समागम्य योधास्ते भरतर्षभ ।
मुनेः प्रसादात्ते ह्येवं क्षत्रिया नष्टमन्यवः ॥ १५.३५.६ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, those warriors, having met one another, by the grace of the sage, thus became kṣatriyas with their anger destroyed.
15.35.7
असौहृदं परित्यज्य सौहृदे पर्यवस्थिताः ।
एवं समागताः सर्वे गुरुभिर्बान्धवैः सह ॥ १५.३५.७ ॥
Abandoning enmity and settled in goodwill, thus all came together with their elders and kinsmen.
15.35.8
पुत्रैश्च पुरुषव्याघ्राः कुरवोऽन्ये च पार्थिवाः ।
तां रात्रिमकिलामेवं विहृत्य प्रीतमानसाः ॥ १५.३५.८ ॥
With their sons, the Kurus, tigers among men, and the other kings, having thus passed that whole night, remained gladdened in mind.
15.35.9
मेनिरे परितोषेण नृपाः स्वर्गसदो यथा ।
नात्र शोको भयं त्रासो नारतिर्नायशोऽभवत् ॥ १५.३५.९ ॥
The kings, in their contentment, felt as though they were dwellers of heaven; here there was no grief, no fear, no terror, no aversion, and no dishonor.
15.35.10
परस्परं समागम्य योधानां भरतर्षभ ।
समागतास्ताः पितृभिर्भ्रातृभिः पतिभिः सुतैः।
मुदं परमिकां प्राप्य नार्यो दुःखमथात्यजन् ॥ १५.३५.१० ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, when the warriors had met one another, the women, meeting their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, obtained supreme joy and cast off their sorrow.
15.35.11
देवलोकं गता ये च ये च ब्रह्मसदो गताः ।
ये चापि वारुणं लोकं ये च गोलोकमाश्रिताः ॥ १५.३५.११ ॥
Those who went to the world of the gods, those who became dwellers of Brahmā's assembly, those who went to the world of Varuṇa, and those who took refuge in the cow-world (Goloka)—
15.35.12
तथा वैवस्वतं लोकं ये च यक्षानुपागताः ।
राक्षसांश्च पिशाचांश्च कुरूंश्चापि तथोत्तरान् ॥ १५.३५.१२ ॥
Likewise, those who went to the world of Vaivasvata (Yama), those who reached the yakṣas, those who went to the rākṣasas and piśācas, and those who went to the Kurus and also to the Northern Kurus.
15.35.13
विचित्राश्च गतीरन्ये ये प्राप्ताः कर्मभिर्नराः ।
सर्वे ते तद्वयोरूपवेषास्तत्र समभ्ययुः ॥ १५.३५.१३ ॥
Other men who had reached various destinations through their deeds — all of them, in the same age, form and dress — assembled there.
15.35.14
एकां रात्रिं विहृत्यैवं ते वीरास्ताश्च योषितः ।
आमन्त्र्यान्योन्यमाश्लिष्य ततो जग्मुर्यथागतं ॥ १५.३५.१४ ॥
Having spent one night thus, the heroes and those women, taking leave of one another and embracing, went back the way they had come.
15.35.15
ततो विसर्जयामास लोकांस्तान्मुनिपुङ्गवः ।
क्षणेनान्तर्हिताश्चैव प्रेक्षतामेव तेऽभवन् ॥ १५.३५.१५ ॥
Then that best of sages dismissed those worlds, and in an instant they vanished even as they were being watched.
15.35.16
अवगाह्य महात्मानः पुण्यां भागीरथीं नदीम् ।
सरथाः सध्वजाश्चैव स्वानि वेश्मानि भेजिरे ॥ १५.३५.१६ ॥
Having bathed in the sacred river Bhāgīrathī, the great-souled ones returned with their chariots and banners to their own homes.
15.35.17
देवलोकं ययुः केचित्केचिद्ब्रह्मसदस्तथा ।
केचिच्च वारुणं लोकं केचित्कौबेरमाप्नुवन् ॥ १५.३५.१७ ॥
Some went to the world of the gods, some to the assembly of Brahmā; some obtained the world of Varuṇa, and some the world of Kubera.
15.35.18
ततो वैवस्वतं लोकं केचिच्चैवाप्नुवन्नृपाः ।
राक्षसानां पिशाचानां केचिच्चाप्युत्तरान्कुरून् ॥ १५.३५.१८ ॥
Then some kings reached the world of Vaivasvata Yama; some went to the worlds of the rākṣasas and the piśācas, and some to the northern Kurus.
15.35.19
विचित्रगतयः सर्वे यानवाप्यामरैः सह ।
आजग्मुस्ते महात्मानः सवाहाः सपदानुगाः ॥ १५.३५.१९ ॥
All those great-souled ones, who had attained varied destinies, came there with the immortals, together with their mounts and their foot-soldiers and attendants.
15.35.20
गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु सलिलस्थो महामुनिः ।
धर्मसीलो महातेजाः कुरूणां हितकृतदा।
ततः प्रोवाच ताः सर्वाः क्षत्रिया निहतेश्वराः। ॥ १५.३५.२० ॥
When all of them had gone, the great sage of righteous conduct, of great radiance, the benefactor of the Kurus, who was standing in the water, then spoke to all those kshatriya women whose lords had been slain.
15.35.21
यायाः पतिकृताँल्लोकानिच्छनति परमस्त्रियः ।
ता जाह्नवीजलं क्षिप्रमवगाहन्त्वतन्द्रिताः ॥ १५.३५.२१ ॥
Let those supreme women who desire the worlds won through their husbands bathe quickly, without delay, in the waters of the Jāhnavī.
15.35.22
ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा श्रद्दधाना वराङ्गनाः ।
श्वशुरं समनुज्ञाप्य विविशुर्जाह्नवीजलम् ॥ १५.३५.२२ ॥
Then, having heard his words and trusting them, those excellent women, after duly taking leave of their father-in-law, entered the waters of the Jāhnavī.
15.35.23
विमुक्ता मानुषैर्देहैस्ततस्ता भर्तृभिः सह ।
समाजग्मुस्तदा साध्व्यः सर्वा एवं विशाम्पते ॥ १५.३५.२३ ॥
Released from their human bodies, those virtuous women were then reunited with their husbands; thus, O lord of the people, they all came together.
15.35.24
एवं क्रमेणि सर्वास्ताः शीलवत्यः पतिव्रताः ।
प्रविश्य तोयं निर्मुक्ता जग्मुर्भर्तृसलोकताम् ॥ १५.३५.२४ ॥
Thus, in order, all those virtuous women, devoted to their husbands, entered the water, were released from their bodies, and went to the world of their husbands.
15.35.25
दिव्यरूपसमायुक्ता दिव्याभरणभूषिताः ।
दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरा यथाऽऽसां पतयस्तथा ॥ १५.३५.२५ ॥
Endowed with divine form, adorned with divine ornaments, wearing divine garlands and garments, just as their husbands were.
15.35.26
ताः शीलगुणसम्पन्ना विमानस्था गतक्लुमाः ।
सर्वाः सर्वगुणोपेताः स्वस्थानं प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ १५.३५.२६ ॥
All of them, endowed with good conduct and virtues, seated in celestial vehicles and free from weariness, possessed of every excellence, went to their own abode.
15.35.27
यस्य यस्य तु यः कामस्तस्मिन्काले बभूव ह ।
तंतं विसृष्टवान्व्यासो वरदो धर्मवत्सलः ॥ १५.३५.२७ ॥
Whatever desire arose in each at that time, Vyāsa, the giver of boons who loves dharma, granted to each one.
15.35.28
तच्छ्रुत्वा नरदेवानां पुनरागमनं नराः ।
जहृषुर्मुदिताश्चासन्नानादेशगता अपि ॥ १५.३५.२८ ॥
Hearing of the kings' return, the people, even those who had gone to distant lands, rejoiced and were delighted.
15.35.29
ते नष्टभयसङ्कल्पा नरा विगतकल्मषाः ।
बभूवुः पौरवाःसर्वे तद्दृष्ट्वाऽऽश्चर्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १५.३५.२९ ॥
Their fears and doubts vanished and they were freed from sin; all the Paurava people became so on beholding that supreme wonder.
15.35.30
प्रियैः समागमं तेषां यः सम्यक् शृणुयान्नरः ।
प्रियाणि लभते नित्यमिह च प्रेत्य चैव सः।
इष्टबान्धवसंयोगमनायासमनामयम् ॥ १५.३५.३० ॥
A man who rightly hears of their reunion with their beloved always obtains dear things, both here and after death: union with dear kinsmen, without toil and free from illness.
15.35.31
यश्चैतच्छ्रावयेद्विद्वान्विदुषो धर्मवित्तमः ।
स यशः प्राप्नुयाल्लोके परत्र च शुभां गतिम् ॥ १५.३५.३१ ॥
A learned man, the best knower of dharma, who recites this to the learned, obtains fame in this world and an auspicious destination in the next.
15.35.32
स्वाध्याययुक्ता मनुजास्तपोयुक्ताश्च भारत ।
साध्वाचारा दमोपेता दाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥ १५.३५.३२ ॥
O Bhārata, people devoted to the study of scripture and to austerity, of good conduct, endowed with self-restraint, their sins shaken off by giving.
15.35.33
ऋजवः शुचयः शान्ता हिंसानृतविवर्जिताः ।
आस्तिकाः श्रद्दधानाश्च धृतिमन्तश्च मानवाः।
श्रुत्वाऽऽश्चर्यमिदं पर्व ह्यवाप्स्यन्ति परां गतिम् ॥ १५.३५.३३ ॥
Upright, pure, calm people, free from violence and falsehood, believers, faithful and steadfast, having heard this wondrous parva, shall obtain the supreme destination.
15.35.34
पुनस्ते दर्शनं प्राप्ताः पुनश्च परिकीर्तिताः ।
पुनःपुनः प्रयच्छन्ति शृण्वतामभयं सदा ॥ १५.३५.३४ ॥
They have again been seen and again proclaimed; again and again they always grant fearlessness to those who listen.