Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.41
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2.41.1
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा शिशुपालमुपाद्रवत् ।
उवाच चैनं मधुरं सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वचः ॥ २.४१.१ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira rushed toward Śiśupāla and spoke to him these gentle words, full of conciliation at first.
2.41.2
नेदं युक्तं महीपाल यादृशं वै त्वमुक्तवान् ।
अधर्मश्च परो राजन्पारुष्यं च निरर्थकम् ॥ २.४१.२ ॥
O protector of the earth, what you have said is not fitting. O king, it is great unrighteousness and pointless harshness.
2.41.3
न हि धर्मं परं जातु नावबुध्येत पार्थिवः ।
भीष्मः शान्तनवस्त्वेनं मावमंस्थास्त्वमन्यथा ॥ २.४१.३ ॥
A king could never fully understand the supreme dharma. But do not hold Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, in disrespect in any other way.
2.41.4
पश्य चैतान्महीपालांस्त्वत्तो वृद्धतरान्बहून् ।
मृष्यन्ते चार्हणां कृष्णे तद्वत्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥ २.४१.४ ॥
Look, many kings older than you endure the honour given to Kṛṣṇa; so too you ought to bear it.
2.41.5
वेद तत्त्वेन कृष्णं हि भीष्णश्चेदिपते भृशम् ।
न ह्येनं त्वं तथा यथैनं वेद कौरवः ॥ २.४१.५ ॥
O lord of Cedi, Bhīṣma knows Kṛṣṇa fully in truth; but you do not know him as the Kaurava knows him.
2.41.6
नास्मै देयो ह्यनुनयो नायमर्हति सान्त्वनम् ।
लोकवृद्धतमे कृष्णे योऽर्हणां नाभिमन्यते ॥ २.४१.६ ॥
Conciliation should not be offered to him; he does not deserve consolation, since he does not accept the honour paid to Kṛṣṇa, the eldest of the worlds.
2.41.7
क्षत्रियः क्षत्रियं जित्वा रणे रणकृतां वरः ।
यो मुञ्चति वशे कृत्वा गुरुर्भवति तस्य सः ॥ २.४१.७ ॥
A kṣatriya who, having conquered another kṣatriya in battle and brought him under control, releases him becomes his teacher — he is the best of those who fight battles.
2.41.8
अस्यां हि समितौ राज्ञामेकमप्यजितं युधि ।
न पश्यामि महीपालं सात्वतीपुत्रतेजसा ॥ २.४१.८ ॥
In this assembly I do not see a single king who, in battle, remained unconquered by the splendor of the son of Sātvatī.
2.41.9
न हि केवलमस्माकमयमर्च्यतमोऽच्युतः ।
त्रयाणामपि लोकानामर्चनीयो महाभुजः ॥ २.४१.९ ॥
Not for us alone is this Acyuta the most worthy of worship; he, the mighty-armed one, is worthy of worship by all three worlds.
2.41.10
कृष्णेन हि जिता युद्धे बहवः क्षत्रियर्षभाः ।
जगत्सर्वं च वार्ष्णेये निखिलेन प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ २.४१.१० ॥
By Kṛṣṇa many bulls among kṣatriyas have been conquered in battle, and the entire world is firmly established in the descendant of Vṛṣṇi.
2.41.11
तस्मात्सत्स्वपि वृद्धेषु कृष्णमर्चाम नेतरान् ।
एवं वक्तुं न चार्हस्त्वं मा तेऽभूद्बुद्धिरीदृशी ॥ २.४१.११ ॥
Therefore, even with elders present, let us honour Kṛṣṇa and not others. It is not fitting for you to speak thus; may such a thought not arise in you.
2.41.12
ज्ञानवृद्धा मया राजन्बहवः पर्युपासिताः ।
यस्य राजन्प्रभावज्ञाः पुरा सर्वे च रक्षिताः।
तेषां कथयतां शौरेरहं गुणवतो गुणान् ॥ २.४१.१२ ॥
O king, I have attended upon many elders in wisdom, by whom, knowers of his power, all were protected in former times. From those who spoke of it I have heard the virtues of Śauri, the virtuous one.
2.41.13
समागतानामश्रौषं बहून्बहुमतान्सताम् ।
कर्माण्यपि च यान्यस्य जन्मप्रभृति धीमतः ॥ २.४१.१३ ॥
I have heard from many esteemed good men who gathered here, and also the deeds of this wise one from his birth onward.
2.41.14
बहृशः कथ्यमानानि नरैर्भूयः श्रुतानि मे ।
न केवलं वयं कामाच्चेदिगज जनार्दनम् ॥ २.४१.१४ ॥
These things, told again and again by men, I have heard repeatedly. Not merely out of desire do we, if… honor Janārdana.
2.41.15
न सम्बन्धं पुरस्कृत्य कृतार्थं वा कथञ्चन ।
अर्चामहेऽर्चितं सद्भिर्भुवि भूतसुखावहम् ॥ २.४१.१५ ॥
Not by placing kinship first, nor in any way for the sake of achieving our aim, do we worship him—him who is honored by the good and who brings happiness to beings on earth.
2.41.16
यशः शौर्यं जयं चास्य विज्ञायार्चां प्रयुञ्ज्महे ।
न च कश्चिदिहास्माभिः सुवालोप्यपरीक्षितः ॥ २.४१.१६ ॥
Knowing his fame, valor and victory, we perform worship; and here none among us has been left untested…
2.41.17
गुणैर्वृद्धानतिक्रम्य हरिरर्च्यतमो मतः ।
ज्ञानवृद्धो द्विजातीनां क्षत्रियाणां बलाधिकः ॥ २.४१.१७ ॥
Surpassing even the elders in qualities, Hari is held most worthy of worship—elder in wisdom among the twice-born, superior in strength among the kṣatriyas.
2.41.18
वैश्यानां धान्यधनवाञ्शूद्राणामेव जन्मतः ।
पूज्यतायां च गोविन्दे हेतू द्वावपि संस्थितौ ॥ २.४१.१८ ॥
Among the vaiśyas, the one rich in grain and wealth, and among the śūdras, by birth alone—in Govinda's worthiness of worship, these two reasons both stand firm.
2.41.19
वेदवेदाङ्गविज्ञानं बलं चाभ्यधिकं तथा ।
नृणां लोके हि कोऽन्योस्ति विशिष्टः केशवादृते ॥ २.४१.१९ ॥
Knowledge of the Vedas and their limbs, and greater strength as well — in the world, who among men is distinguished other than Keśava?
2.41.20
दानं दाक्ष्यं श्रुतं शौर्यं ह्रीः कीर्तिर्बुद्धिरुत्तमा ।
संनतिः श्रीर्धृतिस्तुष्टिः पुष्टिश्च नियताऽच्युते ॥ २.४१.२० ॥
Generosity, skill, learning, valour, modesty, fame, supreme intellect, humility, prosperity, steadfastness, contentment and nourishment — all these are constantly fixed in the Infallible One.
2.41.21
तमिमं लोकसम्पन्नमाचार्यं पितरं गुरुम् ।
अर्घ्यमर्चितमर्चामः सर्वे सङ्क्षन्तुमर्हथ ॥ २.४१.२१ ॥
Let us all honour this teacher, father and guru, endowed with the world's excellences, worthy of the offering and honoured; you all ought to forgive.
2.41.22
ऋत्विग्गुरुर्विवाह्यश्च स्नातको नृपतिः प्रियः ।
सर्वमेतद्धृषीकेशस्तस्मादभ्यर्चितोऽच्युतः ॥ २.४१.२२ ॥
The officiating priest, the teacher, the son-in-law fit for marriage, the graduate of studies, the king and the beloved — all of these are Hṛṣīkeśa; therefore Acyuta is worshipped.
2.41.23
कृष्ण एव हि लोकानामुत्पत्तिरपि चाप्ययः ।
कृष्णस्य हि कृते विश्वमिदं भूतं चराचरम् ॥ २.४१.२३ ॥
Kṛṣṇa indeed is the origin and also the dissolution of the worlds; for Kṛṣṇa's sake this whole universe of moving and unmoving beings came into being.
2.41.24
एष प्रकृतिरव्यक्ता कर्ता चैव सनातनः ।
परश्च सर्वभूतेभ्यस्तस्मात्पूज्यतमोऽच्युतः ॥ २.४१.२४ ॥
He is the unmanifest primal nature, the eternal doer, and higher than all beings; therefore Acyuta is most worthy of worship.
2.41.25
द्धिर्मनो महद्वायुस्तेजोऽभः खं मही च या ।
चतुर्विधं च यद्भूतं सर्वं कृष्णे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ २.४१.२५ ॥
Intellect, mind, the great principle, air, fire, water, ether and the earth, and the fourfold order of beings — all of it is established in Kṛṣṇa.
2.41.26
आदित्यश्चन्द्रमाश्चैव नक्षत्राणि ग्रहाश्च ये ।
दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव सर्वं कृष्णे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ २.४१.२६ ॥
The sun and the moon, the stars and the planets, the quarters and the intermediate quarters — all of it is established in Kṛṣṇa.
2.41.27
एष रुद्रश्च सर्वात्मा ब्रह्मा चैव सनातनः ।
अक्षरं क्षररूपेण मानुषत्वमुपागतः ॥ २.४१.२७ ॥
He is Rudra and the self of all, and he is also the eternal Brahmā. Though imperishable, he has taken on human nature in a perishable form.
2.41.28
अग्निहोत्रमुखा वेदा गायत्री च्छन्दसां मुखम् ।
राजा मुखं मनुष्याणां नदीनां सागरो मुखम् ॥ २.४१.२८ ॥
The Vedas, with the fire-offering as their face; the Gāyatrī is the face of the meters; the king is the face of men; the ocean is the face of rivers.
2.41.29
नक्षत्राणां मुखं चन्द्र आदित्यस्तेजसां मुखम् ।
पर्वतानां मुखं मेरुर्गरुडः पततां मुखम् ॥ २.४१.२९ ॥
The moon is the face of the stars; the sun is the face of all lights; Meru is the face of mountains; Garuḍa is the face of birds.
2.41.30
ऊर्ध्वं तिर्यगधश्चैव यावती जगतो गतिः ।
सदेवकेषु लोकेषु भगवान्केशवो मुखम् ॥ २.४१.३० ॥
Above, across and below — as far as the course of the world extends, in the worlds together with the gods, the Blessed Lord Keśava is the face.
2.41.31
अयं तु पुरुषो बालः शिशुपालो न बुध्यते ।
सर्वत्र सर्वदा कृष्णं तस्मादेवं प्रभाषते ॥ २.४१.३१ ॥
But this childish man Śiśupāla does not understand; therefore he speaks thus about Kṛṣṇa everywhere and always.
2.41.32
यो हि धर्मं विचिनुयादुत्कृष्टं मतिमान्नरः ।
स वै पश्येद्यथा धर्मं न तथा चेदिराडयम् ॥ २.४१.३२ ॥
The wise man who rightly discerns the supreme dharma sees dharma as it is; this king of Cedi does not see it so.
2.41.33
सवृद्धबालेष्वथवा पार्थिवेषु महात्मसु ।
को नार्हं मन्यते कृष्णं को वाप्येनं न पूजयेत् ॥ २.४१.३३ ॥
Among the old and the young, or among the great-souled kings, who would not consider Kṛṣṇa worthy? Or who would not honour him?
2.41.34
अथैनां दुष्कृतां पूजां शिशुपालो व्यवस्यति ।
दुष्कृतायां यथान्यायं तथाऽयं कर्तुमर्हति ॥ २.४१.३४ ॥
Now Śiśupāla resolves to offer this wrongful honour; as is right according to justice toward a wrongdoer, so let him act toward himself.