Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.129
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3.129.1
ब्रह्मन्यद्यद्यथा कार्यं तत्कुरुष्व तथातथा ।
पुत्रकामतया सर्वंकरिष्यामि वचस्तव ॥ ३.१२९.१ ॥
O Brahmin, whatever is to be done, do it just so; out of desire for a son, I will carry out all your words.
3.129.2
ततः स याजयामास सोमकं तेन जन्तुना ।
मातरस्तु बलातपुत्रमपाकार्षुः कृपान्विताः ॥ ३.१२९.२ ॥
Then he had Somaka perform the sacrifice with that creature; but the mothers, filled with compassion, forcibly dragged away the son.
3.129.3
हा हताः स्मेति वाशन्त्यस्तीव्रशोकसमाहताः ।
तं मातरः प्त्यकर्षन्गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे करे ॥ ३.१२९.३ ॥
Crying "Alas, we are ruined!", the mothers, struck by intense grief, seized him by the right hand and pulled him back.
3.129.4
सव्ये पाणौ गृहीत्वा तु याजकोपि स्म कर्षति ।
कुररीणामिवार्तानामपाकृष्य तु तं सुतम् ॥ ३.१२९.४ ॥
Seizing the left hand, the officiating priest too pulled; and like distressed ospreys, they dragged the son away.
3.129.5
विशस्य चैनं विधिवद्वपामस्य जुहाव सः ।
वपायां हूयमानायां गन्धमाघ्राय मातरः ॥ ३.१२९.५ ॥
Having slaughtered him according to rule, he offered his fat into the fire; and as the fat was being offered, the mothers smelled its scent.
3.129.6
आर्ता निपेतुः सहसा पृथिव्यां कुरुनन्दन ।
सर्वाश्च गर्भानलबंस्ततस्ताः पार्थिवाङ्गनाः ॥ ३.१२९.६ ॥
O joy of the Kurus, distressed, they suddenly fell upon the ground; and then all those royal wives lost their unborn children.
3.129.7
ततो दशसु मासेषु सोमकस्य विशांपते ।
जज्ञे पुत्रशतं पूर्णं तासु सर्वासु भारत ॥ ३.१२९.७ ॥
Then, after ten months, O lord of the people, a full hundred sons were born to Somaka from all of them, O Bhārata.
3.129.8
जन्तुर्ज्येष्ठः समभवज्जनित्र्यामेव पूर्ववत् ।
स तासामिष्ट एवासीन्न तथाऽन्ये निजाः सुताः ॥ ३.१२९.८ ॥
Jantu became the eldest, born of his mother just as before. He was dear to them, but their other own sons were not so dear.
3.129.9
तच्च लक्षणमस्यासीत्सौवर्णं पार्श्व उत्तरे ।
तस्मिन्पुत्रशते चाग्र्यः स बभूव गुणैरपि ॥ ३.१२९.९ ॥
And this was his mark: a golden sign on the northern side. Among those hundred sons he became the foremost, even in virtues.
3.129.10
ततः स लोकमगमत्सोमकस्य गुरुः परम् ।
अन्वक्षमेव पश्चात्तु सोमकोप्यगमत्परम् ॥ ३.१२९.१० ॥
Then that preceptor of Somaka went to the supreme world; afterwards Somaka too went to the supreme world, following him.
3.129.11
अथ तं नरके घोरे पच्यमानं ददर्श सः ।
तमपृच्छत्किमर्थं त्वं नरके पच्यसे द्विज ॥ ३.१२९.११ ॥
Then he saw him being cooked in that terrible hell, and asked him: "O twice-born, why are you cooked in hell?"
3.129.12
तमब्रवीद्गुरुः सोऽथ पच्यमानोऽग्निना भृशम् ।
त्वं मया याजितो राजंस्तस्येदं कर्मणः फलम् ॥ ३.१२९.१२ ॥
Then that preceptor, greatly burning in the fire, said to him: "O king, I had you perform the sacrifice; this is the fruit of that deed."
3.129.13
एतच्छ्रुत्वा स राजर्षिर्धर्मराजमथाब्रवीत् ।
अहमत्र प्रवेक्ष्यामि मुच्यतां मम याजकः ॥ ३.१२९.१३ ॥
Hearing this, the royal sage said to the king of dharma: "I will enter here; let my sacrificing priest be released."
3.129.14
मत्कृते हि महाभागः पच्यते नरकाग्निना ।
सोहमात्मानमाधास्ये नरके मुच्यतां गुरुः ॥ ३.१२९.१४ ॥
Because of me alone this greatly fortunate one is being cooked in the fire of hell; so I will place myself in hell — let the teacher be released.
3.129.15
नान्य कर्तुः फलं राजन्नुपभुङ्क्ते कदाचन ।
इमानि तव दृश्यन्ते फलानि वदतांवर ॥ ३.१२९.१५ ॥
O king, the fruit of an agent is never enjoyed by another; O best of speakers, these fruits are seen to be yours.
3.129.16
पुण्यान्न कामये लोकानृतेऽहं ब्रह्मवादिनम् ।
इच्छाम्यहमननैव सह वस्तुं सुरालये ॥ ३.१२९.१६ ॥
I do not desire the meritorious worlds without the teacher who speaks Brahman; I wish to dwell with him alone in the abode of the gods.
3.129.17
नरके वा धर्मराज कर्मणाऽस्य समो ह्यहम् ।
पुण्यापुण्यफलं देव सममस्त्वावयोरिदम् ॥ ३.१२९.१७ ॥
Whether in hell or elsewhere, O king of dharma, by my deed I am equal to him; O god, let this fruit of merit and demerit be equal for us both.
3.129.18
यद्येवमीप्सितं राजन्भुङ्खास्य सहितः फलम् ।
तुल्यकालं सहानेन पश्चात्प्राप्स्यसि सद्गतिम् ॥ ३.१२९.१८ ॥
If this is your wish, O king, then enjoy the fruit together with him; after dwelling with him for an equal time, you will afterwards attain a good destination.
3.129.19
स चकार तथा सर्वं राजा राजीवलोचनः ।
क्षीणपापश्च तस्मात्स विमुक्तो गुरुणा सह ॥ ३.१२९.१९ ॥
Lomaśa said: The lotus-eyed king did all of that in the same way. With his sin destroyed, he was freed from that, together with his teacher.
3.129.20
लेभे कामाञ्शुभान्राजन्कर्मणा निर्जितान्स्वयम् ।
सह तेनैव विप्रेण गुरुणा स गुरुप्रियः ॥ ३.१२९.२० ॥
O king, he obtained the good desires that he had himself won by his deed. Together with that very brahmin teacher, he became dear to his teacher.
3.129.21
एष तस्याश्रमः पुण्यो य एषोग्रे विराजते ।
क्षान्त उष्यात्र षड्रात्रं प्राप्नोति सुगतिं नरः ॥ ३.१२९.२१ ॥
This is his sacred hermitage, which shines forth here in its fierceness. A man who, patient, dwells here for six nights attains a good destiny.
3.129.22
एतस्मिन्नपि राजेन्द्र वत्स्यामो विगतज्वराः ।
षड्रात्रं नियतात्मानः स़ज्जीभव कुरूद्वह ॥ ३.१२९.२२ ॥
O king of kings, we too shall dwell here for six nights, free from grief and with our selves controlled. Be ready, O best of the Kurus.