Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.79
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2.79.1
आर्यास्तु ये वै राजानः सत्यसन्धा महाव्रताः ।
पर्याप्तविद्या वक्तारो वेदान्तावभृथप्लुताः ॥ २.७९.१ ॥
Those noble kings who are firm in their vows and great in their observances, fully learned, skilled speakers, cleansed by the final ablution of the Vedic rites.
2.79.2
धृतिमन्तो ह्रीनिषेवा धर्मात्मानो नाशस्विनः ।
मूर्धाभिषिक्तास्ते चैनं राजानः पर्युपांसते ॥ २.७९.२ ॥
Steadfast, modest, righteous in spirit, free from greed, anointed on the head—those kings attend upon him.
2.79.3
दक्षिणार्थं समानीत राजभिः कांस्यदोहनाः ।
आरण्या बहुसाहस्रा अपश्यंस्तत्रतत्र गाः ॥ २.७९.३ ॥
For the sacrificial fee the kings brought many thousands of forest-born cows, milked into bronze vessels; they saw them here and there.
2.79.4
आजह्रस्तत्र सत्कृत्य स्वयमुद्यम्य भारत ।
अभिषेकार्थमव्यग्रा भाण्डमुच्चावचं नृपाः ॥ २.७९.४ ॥
There, O Bhārata, the kings themselves, honoring it, lifted and brought without haste vessels of every kind for the consecration.
2.79.5
बाह्लीको रथमाहार्षीज्जाम्बूनदविभूषितम् ।
सुदक्षिणस्तु युयुजे श्वेतैः काम्भोजजैर्हयैः ॥ २.७९.५ ॥
Bāhlīka brought a chariot adorned with Jāmbūnada gold, and Sudakṣiṇa yoked white horses born in Kāmboja.
2.79.6
सुनीथः प्रीतिमांश्चैव ह्यनुकर्षं महाबलः ।
ध्वजं चेदिपतिश्चैवमहार्षीत्स्वयमुद्यतम् ॥ २.७९.६ ॥
Sunītha, the affectionate and mighty Anukarṣa, and the lord of the Cedis likewise brought the banner, lifted up of their own accord.
2.79.7
दाक्षिणात्यः सन्नहनं स्रगुष्णीषे च मागधः ।
वसुदानो महेष्वासो गजेन्द्रं षष्टिहायनम् ॥ २.७९.७ ॥
The southern king gave armour, a garland and a turban, and the Māgadha Vasudāna, the great archer, gave a lordly elephant sixty years old.
2.79.8
मत्स्यस्त्वक्षान्हेमनद्धानेकलव्य उपानहौ ।
आवन्त्यस्त्वभिषेकार्थमपो बहुविधास्तथा ॥ २.७९.८ ॥
The Matsya king gave dice bound with gold, Ekalavya gave sandals, and the Avanti king gave waters of many kinds for the consecration.
2.79.9
चेकितान उपासङ्गं धनुः काश्य उपाहरत् ।
असिं च सुत्सरुं शल्यः शैक्यं काञ्चनभूषणम् ॥ २.७९.९ ॥
Chekitāna gave a quiver, the Kāśi king brought a bow; Śalya gave a sword and a shield of Śaikya wood adorned with gold.
2.79.10
अभ्यपिञ्चत्ततो धौम्यो व्यासश्च समुहातपाः ।
नारदं च पुरस्कृत्य देवलं चासितं मुनिम् ॥ २.७९.१० ॥
Then Dhaumya and Vyāsa of great austerity anointed him; with Nārada placed in front, and Devala and the sage Asita also.
2.79.11
प्रीतिमन्त उपातिष्ठन्नभिषेकं महर्षयः ।
जामदग्न्येन सहितास्तथान्ये वेदपारगाः ॥ २.७९.११ ॥
The great sages, full of goodwill, came near for the consecration, together with Jāmadagnya and the others who had mastered the Vedas.
2.79.12
अभिजग्मर्महात्मानो मन्त्रवद्भूरिदक्षिणम् ।
महेन्द्रमिव देवेन्द्रं दिवि सप्तर्षयो यथा ॥ २.७९.१२ ॥
The great-souled sages went with mantras and abundant gifts, as the seven sages in heaven approach Indra, lord of the gods.
2.79.13
अधारयच्छत्रमस्य सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः ।
धनञ्जयश्च व्यजने भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः ॥ २.७९.१३ ॥
Sātyaki, true in valour, held a parasol over him, while Dhanañjaya and the Pāṇḍava Bhīmasena waved the fans.
2.79.14
चामरे चापि शुद्धे द्वे यमौ जगृहतुस्तथा ।
उपागृह्णाद्यमिन्द्राय पुराकल्पे प्रजापतिः ॥ २.७९.१४ ॥
The two pure yak-tail fly-whisks were likewise taken by the twins, Yama's pair; in an earlier age Prajāpati had taken Yama for Indra.
2.79.15
तमस्मै शङ्खमाहार्षीद्वारुणं कलशोदधिः ।
शैक्यं निष्कसहस्रेण सुकृतं विश्वकर्मणा ॥ २.७९.१५ ॥
The ocean, the source of the water-jar, brought him Varuṇa's conch, made of crystal, worth a thousand niṣkas, well wrought by Viśvakarman.
2.79.16
तेनाभिषिक्तः कृष्णेन तत्र मे कश्मलोऽभवत् ।
गच्छन्ति पूर्वादपरं समुद्रं चापि दक्षिणम् ॥ २.७९.१६ ॥
Kṛṣṇa was anointed with that conch, and there confusion arose in me. They go from the east to the western ocean, and to the south as well.
2.79.17
उत्तरं तु गच्छन्ति विना तात पतत्र्रिभिः ।
तत्र स्म दध्मुः शतशः शङ्खान्मङ्गलकारकान् ॥ २.७९.१७ ॥
But they go north, without birds. Dear father, there hundreds blew the auspicious conches.
2.79.18
प्राणदन्त समाध्मातास्ततो रोमाणि मेऽहृषन् ।
प्रापतन्भूमिपालाश्च ये तु हीनाः स्वतेजसा ॥ २.७९.१८ ॥
Blown and inflated, they sounded, and then my hair stood on end. The kings who were bereft of their own brilliance fell to the ground.
2.79.19
धृष्टद्युम्नः पाण्डवाश्च सात्यकिः केशवोऽष्टमः ।
सत्वस्था वीर्यसम्पन्ना ह्यन्योन्यप्रियदर्शनाः ॥ २.७९.१९ ॥
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the Pāṇḍavas, Sātyaki, and Keśava as the eighth — steadfast in their nature, endowed with valour, pleasant to see for one another.
2.79.20
विसञ्ज्ञान्भूमिपान्दृष्ट्वा मां च ते प्राहसंस्तदा ।
ततः प्रहृष्टो बीभत्सुः प्रादाद्धेमविषाणिनाम् ॥ २.७९.२० ॥
Seeing the kings stunned, and seeing me, they laughed then. Then Bībhatsu (Arjuna), delighted, gave away cattle with golden horns to the foremost of the twice-born.
2.79.21
शतान्यनडुहां पञ्च द्विजमुख्येषु भारत ।
न रन्तिदेवो नाभागो यौवनाश्वो मनुर्न च ॥ २.७९.२१ ॥
O Bhārata, five hundred bulls were given to the foremost of the twice-born; not Rantideva, not Nābhāga, not Yauvanāśva, nor Manu (did so).
2.79.22
न च राजा पृथुर्वैन्यो न चाप्यासीद्भगीरथः ।
ययातिर्नहुषो वापि यथा राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ २.७९.२२ ॥
Neither king Pṛthu, son of Vena, nor Bhagīratha was there; nor Yayāti, nor Nahuṣa, nor any like king Yudhiṣṭhira.
2.79.23
यथाऽतिमात्रं कौन्तेयः श्रिया परमया युतः ।
राजसूयमवाप्यैवं हरिश्चन्द्र इव प्रभुः ॥ २.७९.२३ ॥
Just as the son of Kuntī, endowed with supreme fortune beyond measure, obtained the Rājasūya, so too the lord Hariścandra did.
2.79.24
एतां दृष्टा श्रियं पार्थे हरिश्चन्द्रे यथा विभो ।
कथं तु जीवितं श्रेयो मम पश्यसि भारत ॥ २.७९.२४ ॥
Having seen this fortune in the son of Pṛthā and in Hariścandra, O mighty one, how, O Bhārata, do you see my life as better?
2.79.25
अन्धेनेव युगं नद्धं विपर्यस्तं नराधिप ।
कनीयांसो विवर्धन्ते ज्येष्ठा हीयन्त एव च ॥ २.७९.२५ ॥
O lord of men, it is as if a yoke tied by a blind man has been overturned: the younger ones grow in strength while the elder ones decline.
2.79.26
एवं दृष्ट्वा नाभिविन्दामि शर्म ।
समीक्षमाणोऽपि कुरुप्रवीर।
तेनाहमेवं कृशतां गतश्च ।
विवर्णतां चैव सशोकतां च ॥ २.७९.२६ ॥
O best of the Kurus, even looking on, I find no peace; and so I have become thus emaciated, pale, and sorrowful.