Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.37
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15.37.1
अदृष्ट्वा तु नृपः पुत्रान्दर्शनं प्रतिलब्धवान् ।
ऋषेः प्रसादात्पुत्राणां स्वरूपाणां कुरूद्वह ॥ १५.३७.१ ॥
Without having seen his sons, the king nevertheless obtained their sight through the sage's grace, O best of the Kurus.
15.37.2
स राजा राजधर्मांश्च ब्रह्मोपनिषदं तथा ।
अवाप्तवान्नरश्रेष्ठो बुद्धिनिश्चयमेव च। ॥ १५.३७.२ ॥
That king also obtained the duties of kingship, the secret teaching of the Brahman-Upaniṣad, and the firm certainty of understanding, O best of men.
15.37.3
विदुरश्च महाप्राज्ञो ययौ सिद्धिं तपोबलात् ।
धृतराष्ट्रः समासाद्य व्यासं चैव तपस्विनम् ॥ १५.३७.३ ॥
And the very wise Vidura attained perfection by the power of asceticism, while Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having approached the ascetic Vyāsa,
15.37.4
ममापि वरदो व्यासो दर्शयेत्पितरं यदि ।
तद्रूपवेषवयसं श्रद्दध्यां सर्वमेव तत् ॥ १५.३७.४ ॥
If Vyāsa, the granter of boons, would also show me my father in that very form, dress and age, then I would believe all of this.
15.37.5
प्रियं मे स्यात्कृतार्थश्च स्यामहं कृतनिश्चयः ।
प्रसादादृषिमुख्यस्य मम कामः समृद्ध्यताम् ॥ १५.३७.५ ॥
This would be dear to me, and resolved as I am, I would be fulfilled. By the grace of the foremost sage, let my desire be accomplished.
15.37.6
इत्युक्तवचने तस्मिन्नृपे व्यासः प्रतापवान् ।
प्रसादमकरोद्धीमानानयच्च परिक्षितम् ॥ १५.३७.६ ॥
When the king had spoken these words, the mighty and wise Vyāsa showed his grace and also brought Parikṣit.
15.37.7
ततस्तद्रूपवयसमागतं नृपतिं दिवः ।
श्रीमन्तं पितरं राजा ददर्श स परीक्षितम् ॥ १५.३७.७ ॥
Then the king saw his father Parikṣit, glorious, come down from heaven with form and youth.
15.37.8
शमीकं च महात्मानं पुत्रं तं चास्य शृङ्गिणम् ।
अमात्या ये च निहता राज्ञस्तांश्च ददर्श ह ॥ १५.३७.८ ॥
He also saw the great-souled Śamīka, his son Śṛṅgin, and the ministers of the king who had been slain.
15.37.9
ततः सोवभृथे राजा मुदितो जनमेजयः ।
पितरं स्नापयामास स्वयं सस्नौ च पार्थिवः ॥ १५.३७.९ ॥
Then at the avabhṛtha bath, the delighted king Janamejaya had his father bathed, and then the king himself bathed.
15.37.10
परीक्षिदपि तत्रैव बभूव स तिरोहितः ।
स्नात्वा स नृपतिर्विप्रमास्तीकमिदमब्रवीत्।
यायावरकुलोत्पन्नं जरत्कारुसुतं तदा ॥ १५.३७.१० ॥
Parikṣit also vanished right there. Having bathed, the king then spoke these words to the brahmin Āstīka, the son of Jaratkāru, born in the Yāyāvara lineage.
15.37.11
आस्तीक विविधाश्चर्यो यज्ञेऽयमिति मे मतिः ।
यदद्यायं पिता प्राप्तो मम शोकप्रणाशनः ॥ १५.३७.११ ॥
Āstīka, I think this sacrifice is full of many wonders, for today my father, the destroyer of my grief, has come here.
15.37.12
ऋषिर्द्वैपायनो यत्र पुराणस्तपसो निधिः ।
यज्ञे कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ तस्य लोकावुभौ जितौ ॥ १५.३७.१२ ॥
Best of the Kuru line, where the ancient sage Dvaipāyana, treasure of asceticism, is present at the sacrifice, there both of his worlds have been won.
15.37.13
श्रुतं विचित्रमाख्यानं त्वया पाण्डवनन्दन ।
सर्पाश्च भस्मसान्नीता गताश्च पदवीं पितुः ॥ १५.३७.१३ ॥
Delight of the Pāṇḍavas, you have heard this wondrous tale: the serpents were reduced to ashes and went the way of their father.
15.37.14
कथंचित्तक्षको मुक्तः सत्यत्वात्तव पार्थिव ।
ऋषयः पूजिताः सर्वे गतिर्दृष्टा महात्मनः ॥ १५.३७.१४ ॥
O king, because of your truthfulness Takṣaka was somehow released; all the sages were honoured, and the destiny of the great souls was seen.
15.37.15
प्राप्तः सुविपुलो धर्मः श्रुत्वा पापविनाशनम् ।
विमुक्तो हृदयग्रन्थिरुदारजनदर्शनात् ॥ १५.३७.१५ ॥
Having heard this destroyer of sin, abundant merit is obtained; and from seeing noble people the knot of the heart is loosed.
15.37.16
ये च पक्षधरा धर्मे सद्वृत्तरुचयश्च ये ।
यान्दृष्ट्वा हीयते पापं तेभ्यः कार्या नमस्क्रिया ॥ १५.३७.१६ ॥
Those who uphold dharma and delight in good conduct, and seeing whom sin is diminished — to them obeisance should be made.
15.37.17
एतच्छ्रुत्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठात्स राजा जनमेजयः ।
पूजयामास तमृषिमनुमान्य पुनःपुनः ॥ १५.३७.१७ ॥
Having heard this from the best of the twice-born, King Janamejaya honoured that sage again and again, asking his leave.
15.37.18
पप्रच्छ तमृषि चापि वैशम्पायनमच्युतम् ।
कथावशेषं धर्मज्ञो वनवासस्य सत्तम ॥ १५.३७.१८ ॥
The knower of dharma, best of the good, asked that sage Vaiśampāyana, the unfallen one, about the remainder of the story of the forest-dwelling.