Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.118
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3.118.1
ममापराधात्तैः क्षुद्रैर्हतस्त्वं तात बालिशैः ।
कार्तवीर्यस्य दायादैर्वने मृग इवेषुभिः ॥ ३.११८.१ ॥
Dear father, because of my offence, those base and foolish heirs of Kārtavīrya have slain you in the forest with arrows, like a deer.
3.118.2
धर्मज्ञस्य कथं तात वर्तमानस्य सत्पथे ।
मृत्युरेवंविधो युक्तः सर्वभूतेष्वनागसः ॥ ३.११८.२ ॥
Dear father, how could such a death be fitting for you, who knows dharma, who walks the righteous path, and who is blameless toward all beings?
3.118.3
किंनु तैर्न कृतंपापं यैर्बवांस्तपसि स्तितः ।
अयुध्यमानो वृद्धः सन्हतः शरशतैः शितैः ॥ ३.११८.३ ॥
Did they not commit a sin, those who slew you, standing in austerity, not fighting, aged, with hundreds of sharp arrows?
3.118.4
किंनु ते तत्र वक्ष्यन्ति सचिवेषु सुहृत्सु च ।
अयुध्यमानं धर्मज्ञमेकं हत्वाऽनपत्रपाः ॥ ३.११८.४ ॥
What will those shameless men say there, among their ministers and friends, after slaying one who was not fighting, one who knew dharma?
3.118.5
लालप्यैवं सकुस्न्णं बहु नानाविधं नृप ।
प्रेतकार्याणि सर्वाणि पितुश्चक्रे महातपाः ॥ ३.११८.५ ॥
O king, having lamented thus in many ways, piteously, the great ascetic performed all the funeral rites for his father.
3.118.6
ददाह पितरं चाग्नौ रामः परपुरंजयः ।
प्रतिजज्ञे वधं चापि सर्वक्षत्रस्य भारत ॥ ३.११८.६ ॥
Rāma, conqueror of enemy cities, burned his father in the fire, and, O Bhārata, he also vowed the slaughter of all kṣatriyas.
3.118.7
संक्रुद्धोऽतिबलः सङ्ख्ये शस्त्रमादाय वीर्यवान् ।
जघ्निवान्कार्तवीर्यस्य सुतानेकोऽन्तकोपमः ॥ ३.११८.७ ॥
Enraged, of immense strength and valour, he took up his weapon in battle and alone slew the sons of Kārtavīrya, like Death itself.
3.118.8
तेषां चानुगता ये च क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ।
तांश्च सर्वानवामृद्गाद्रामः प्रहरतांवरः ॥ ३.११८.८ ॥
And all the kṣatriyas who followed them, O bull among kṣatriyas, Rāma, best of those who strike, crushed them all.
3.118.9
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षित्रियां प्रभुः ।
समन्तपञ्चके पञ्च चकार रुधिरह्रदान् ॥ ३.११८.९ ॥
Having made the earth free of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, the mighty one made five lakes of blood at Samantapañcaka.
3.118.10
स तेषु तर्पयामास पितॄन्भृगुकुलोद्वहः ।
साक्षाद्ददर्श चर्चीकं स च रामं न्यवारयत् ॥ ३.११८.१० ॥
In those lakes the bearer of the Bhṛgu line satisfied the ancestors; he personally saw Ṛcīka, and he restrained Rāma.
3.118.11
ततो यज्ञेन महता जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ।
तर्पयामास देवेन्द्रमृत्विग्भ्यः प्रददौ महीम् ॥ ३.११८.११ ॥
Then the mighty son of Jamadagni, by a great sacrifice, satisfied Indra, lord of the gods, and gave the earth to the priests.
3.118.12
वेदीं चाप्यददद्धैमीं कश्यपाय महात्मने ।
दशव्यामायतां कृत्वा नवोत्सेधां विशांपते ॥ ३.११८.१२ ॥
He also gave a golden altar to the great-souled Kaśyapa, made ten vyāmas long and nine vyāmas high, O lord of men.
3.118.13
तां कश्यपस्यानुमते ब्राह्मणाः खण्डशस्तदा ।
व्यभजंस्ते तदा राजन्प्रख्याताः खाण्डवायनाः ॥ ३.११८.१३ ॥
With Kaśyapa's consent, those brahmins then divided it into pieces. O king, they were the renowned Khāṇḍavāyanas.
3.118.14
स प्रदाय महीं तस्मै कश्यपाय महात्मने ।
तपः सुमहदास्थाय महाबलपराक्रमः।
अस्मिन्महेन्द्रे शैलेन्द्रे वसत्यमितविक्रमः ॥ ३.११८.१४ ॥
Having given that earth to the great-souled Kaśyapa, and having undertaken a very great penance, he of great strength and valour, of immeasurable prowess, dwells on this lord of mountains, Mahendra.
3.118.15
एवं वैरमभूत्तस्य क्षत्रियैर्लोकवासिभिः ।
पृथिवी चापि विजिता रामेणामिततेजसा ॥ ३.११८.१५ ॥
Thus enmity arose against him from the kṣatriyas who dwell in the world, and the earth itself was conquered by Rāma of immeasurable splendour.
3.118.16
ततश्चतुर्दशीं रामः समयेन महामनाः ।
दर्शयामास तान्विप्रान्धर्मराजं ज सानुजम् ॥ ३.११८.१६ ॥
Then, on the fourteenth day, at the appointed time, Rāma of the great mind showed those brahmins and Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira together with his younger brothers.
3.118.17
स तमानर्च राजेन्द्र भ्रातृभिः सहितः प्रभुः ।
द्विजानां च परां पूजां चक्रे नृपतिसत्तमः ॥ ३.११८.१७ ॥
O lord of kings, that lord, together with his brothers, honoured him; and the best of kings also paid the highest worship to the twice-born.
3.118.18
अर्जित्वा जामदग्न्यं स पूजितस्तेन चोदितः ।
महेन्द्र उष्य तां रात्रिं प्रययौ दक्षिणामुखः ॥ ३.११८.१८ ॥
Having worshipped Jāmadagnya, honoured and urged by him, he stayed that night on Mahendra and then set out facing south.