Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.48
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2.48.1
विष्णोः पुनर्महाभागः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः ।
दत्तात्रेय इति ख्यात ऋषिरासीन्महायशाः ॥ २.४८.१ ॥
Again the manifestation of Viṣṇu, the greatly fortunate, great-souled one came to be; he was the sage known as Dattātreya, of great fame.
2.48.2
तेन नष्टेषु वेदेषु क्रियासु च मखेषु च ।
चातुर्वर्ण्ये च सङ्कीर्णे धर्मे शिथिलतां गते ॥ २.४८.२ ॥
By him — when the Vedas, the rites and the sacrifices had perished, the fourfold order had become mixed, and dharma had grown slack.
2.48.3
अभवर्धति चाधर्मे सत्ये नष्टे स्थितेऽनृते ।
प्रजासु क्षीयमाणासु धर्मे चामूलतां पते ॥ २.४८.३ ॥
When unrighteousness was growing, truth had perished and falsehood had taken its stand, while the people were diminishing and dharma was falling without roots.
2.48.4
सयज्ञाः सक्रिया वेदाः प्रत्यानीता हि तेन वै ।
चातुर्वर्ण्यमसङ्कीर्णं कृतं तेन महात्मना ॥ २.४८.४ ॥
The Vedas, together with the sacrifices and rites, were indeed brought back by him, and by that great-souled one the fourfold order was made unmixed again.
2.48.5
स एव वै यदा प्रादाद्धैहयाधिपतेर्वरम् ।
तं हैहयानामधिपस्त्वर्जुनोऽभिप्रसादयन् ॥ २.४८.५ ॥
When he gave a boon to the lord of the Haihayas, Arjuna, the lord of the Haihayas, was propitiating him.
2.48.6
वनं पर्यचरन्सम्यक्छुश्रूषुरनुसूयकः ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो दीर्घकालमतोषयत् ॥ २.४८.६ ॥
He served him well in the forest, desiring to attend, free from envy, free from possessiveness and free from pride, and for a long time he pleased him.
2.48.7
आराध्य दत्तात्रेयं हि अगृङ्णात्स वरानिमान् ।
आप्तादाप्ततरान्विप्राद्विद्वान्विद्वन्निषेवितात् ॥ २.४८.७ ॥
Having propitiated Dattātreya, he received these boons, from that brahmin, sought by the learned, the most excellent of those attainable.
2.48.8
ऋतेऽमरत्वं विप्रेण दत्तात्रेयेण धीमता ।
वरैश्चतुर्भिः प्रवृत इमान्वव्रे वरान्नृपः ॥ २.४८.८ ॥
Except for immortality, the wise brahmin Dattātreya bestowed four boons; from these four the king chose these.
2.48.9
श्रीमान्मनस्वी बलवान्सत्यवागनसूयकः ।
सहस्रबाहुर्भूयासमेषु मे प्रथमो वरः ॥ २.४८.९ ॥
May I be glorious, high-minded, mighty, truthful, free from envy, and thousand-armed: this is my first boon.
2.48.10
जरायुजाण्डजं सर्वं सर्वं चैव चराचरम् ।
शास्तुमिच्छामि धर्मेण द्वितीयस्त्वेष मे वरः ॥ २.४८.१० ॥
I wish to rule all womb-born and egg-born beings, and all that moves and does not move, by dharma: this is my second boon.
2.48.11
पितृन्देवानृषीन्विप्रान्यजेयं विपुलैर्मखैः ।
अमित्रांश्च शितैर्बाणैस्तृतीयो व्रर एष मे ॥ २.४८.११ ॥
May I worship the ancestors, gods, sages and brahmins with abundant sacrifices, and conquer my enemies with sharp arrows: this is my third boon.
2.48.12
यस्य नासीन्न भविता न चास्ति सदृशः पुमान् ।
इह वा दिवि वा लोके स मे हन्ता भवेदिति ॥ २.४८.१२ ॥
Let him be my slayer, one to whom no man equal has existed, will exist, or exists, here or in heaven or in the world.
2.48.13
सोऽर्जुनः कृतवीर्यस्य वरः पुत्रोऽभवद्युधि ।
स सहस्रं सहस्राणां माहिष्मत्यामवर्धत ॥ २.४८.१३ ॥
That Arjuna, the son granted by boon to Kṛtavīrya, became famous in battle. In Māhiṣmatī he grew, a thousandfold of thousands.
2.48.14
स भूमिमखिलां जित्वा द्वीपांश्चापि समुद्रिणः ।
नभसीवाज्वलत्सूर्यः पुण्यैः कर्मभिर्जुनः ॥ २.४८.१४ ॥
He conquered the whole earth and the islands ringed by ocean. By meritorious deeds Arjuna blazed like the sun in the sky.
2.48.15
इन्द्रद्वीपं कशेरुं च कामद्वीपं गभस्तितम् ।
गन्धर्ववरुणद्वीपं सौहृष्टममितप्रभः ॥ २.४८.१५ ॥
Indradvīpa, Kaśeru, Kāmadvīpa, Gabhastimat, the island of Gandharva and Varuṇa, and Sauhṛṣṭa — these the one of boundless splendor conquered.
2.48.16
पूर्वैरजितपूर्वांश्च द्वीपनजयदर्जुनः ।
इदं तु कार्तवीर्यस्य बभूवासदृशं जनैः ॥ २.४८.१६ ॥
Arjuna conquered islands never before conquered by earlier men. This deed was matchless among men, even for Kārtavīrya.
2.48.17
न पूर्वे नापरे तस्य गमिष्यन्ति गतिं नृपाः ।
यदर्णवे प्रयातस्य वस्त्रं न परिषिच्यते ॥ २.४८.१७ ॥
Neither earlier nor later kings will walk his path, for the cloth of him who went into the ocean is not even wetted.
2.48.18
सौवर्णं सर्वमप्यासीद्विमानवरमुत्तमम् ।
चतुर्धा व्यभजद्राष्ट्रं तद्विभज्यान्वपालयत् ॥ २.४८.१८ ॥
All of it was of gold, a supreme and excellent aerial chariot. He divided the realm into four parts, and having divided it, he protected it.
2.48.19
एकांशेनाहरत्सेनामेकांशेनावसद्गृहान् ।
यस्तु तस्य तृतीयांशो राज्ञोऽभूज्जनसङ्ग्रहे ॥ २.४८.१९ ॥
With one part he gathered the army, with one part he dwelt in the houses; and the third part of it belonged to the king for gathering the people.
2.48.20
आप्तः परमकल्याणस्तेन यज्ञानकल्पयत् ।
ये दस्यवो ग्रामचरा अरम्ये च वसन्ति ये ॥ २.४८.२० ॥
Trustworthy and supremely beneficent, he arranged the sacrifices. Those robbers who roam the villages, and those who dwell in the wilderness—.
2.48.21
चतुर्थेन तु सोंऽशेन तान्सर्वान्प्रत्यषेधयत् ।
द्वाराणि नापिधीयन्ते पुरेषु नगरेषु च ॥ २.४८.२१ ॥
With the fourth part he restrained all of them. In towns and cities the doors were not closed.
2.48.22
स एव राष्ट्रपालोऽभूत्स्रीपालोऽभवदर्जुनः ।
स एवासीद्जापालः सः गोपालो विशाम्पते ॥ २.४८.२२ ॥
He became the protector of the realm, he became the protector of women. That very Arjuna was the protector of the people, and, O lord of the people, he was the herdsman of cattle.
2.48.23
शतं वर्षसहस्राणामनुशिष्यार्जुनो महीम् ।
दत्तात्रेयप्रसादेन एवं राज्यं चकार सः ॥ २.४८.२३ ॥
For a hundred thousand years Arjuna governed and kept the earth in order. By the grace of Dattātreya he thus ruled the kingdom.
2.48.24
एवं बहूनि कर्माणि चक्रे लोकहिताय सः ।
दत्तात्रेय इति ख्यातः प्रादुर्भावो ह्ययं हरेः।
कथितो भरतश्रेष्ट शृणु भूयो महात्मनः ॥ २.४८.२४ ॥
Thus he performed many deeds for the welfare of the world. This manifestation of Hari, renowned as Dattātreya, has been told of. O best of the Bharatas, listen further about that great-souled one.