Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.133
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3.133.1
धर्मात्मानं त्वाहुरेकं सर्वे राजन्महीक्षितः ।
स वै धर्मविरुद्धं त्वं कस्मात्कर्म चिकीर्षसि ॥ ३.१३३.१ ॥
O king, all the rulers of the earth call you alone righteous-souled; why, then, do you wish to do a deed contrary to dharma?
3.133.2
विहितं भक्षणं राजन्पीड्यमानस्य मे क्षुधा ।
माहिंसीर्धर्मलोभेन धर्ममुत्सृज्य मा नशः ॥ ३.१३३.२ ॥
O king, for me, tormented by hunger, this is the prescribed food. Do not harm me out of greed for dharma; do not abandon dharma and perish.
3.133.3
संत्रस्तरूपस्त्राणार्थी त्वत्तो भीतो महाद्विज ।
मत्सकाशमनुप्रप्तः प्राणगृध्नुरयं द्विजः ॥ ३.१३३.३ ॥
O great bird, this bird, terrified of you, its form in dread, seeking protection and desiring its life, has come into my presence.
3.133.4
एवमभ्यागतस्येह कपोतस्याभयार्थिनः ।
अप्रदाने परो धर्मः किं त्वं श्येनेह पश्यसि ॥ ३.१३३.४ ॥
For a dove that has come here thus, seeking safety, not giving it up is the higher dharma. O hawk, what do you see here?
3.133.5
प्रस्पन्दमानः संभ्रान्तः कपोतः श्येन लक्ष्यते ।
मत्सकाशं जीवितार्थी तस्य त्यागो विगर्हितः ॥ ३.१३३.५ ॥
O hawk, the dove, trembling and agitated, is seen coming to my presence seeking its life; abandoning it is reprehensible.
3.133.6
यो हि कश्चिद्द्विजान्हन्याद्गां वा लोकस्य मातरम् ।
शरणागतं च त्यजते तुल्यं तेषां हि पातकम् ॥ ३.१३३.६ ॥
Whoever kills twice-born ones, or the cow, the mother of the world, or abandons one who has come for refuge—their sin is equal.
3.133.7
आहारत्सर्वभूतानि संभवन्ति महीपते ।
आहारेण विवर्धन्ते तेन जीवन्ति जन्तवः ॥ ३.१३३.७ ॥
O lord of the earth, all beings come into being from food; by food they grow, and by it creatures live.
3.133.8
शक्यते दुस्त्यजेऽप्यर्थे चिररात्राय जीवितुम् ।
न तु भोजनमुत्सृज्य शक्यं वर्तयितुं चिरम् ॥ ३.१३३.८ ॥
One may give up even a hard-to-relinquish thing and live for a long night; but having abandoned food, one cannot sustain life for long.
3.133.9
भक्ष्याद्विलोपितस्याद्य मम प्राणा विशांपते ।
विसृज्यकायमेष्यन्ति पन्थानमपुनर्भवम् ॥ ३.१३३.९ ॥
O lord of men, today, deprived of food, my life-breaths will leave this body and go along the path from which there is no rebirth.
3.133.10
प्रमृते मयि धर्मात्मन्पुत्रदारादि नङ्क्ष्यति ।
रक्षमाणः कपोतं त्वं बहून्प्राणान्न रक्षसि ॥ ३.१३३.१० ॥
O righteous one, if I die, my sons, wife and the rest will perish. Protecting the dove, you do not protect many lives.
3.133.11
बहून्यो बाधते धर्मो न स धर्मः कुवर्त्म तत् ।
अविरोधी तु यो धर्मः स धर्मः सत्यविक्रम ॥ ३.१३३.११ ॥
That duty which harms many is not duty but a wrong path. But the duty which conflicts with no one is indeed duty, O one of true valour.
3.133.12
विरोधिषु महीपाल निश्चित्य गुरुलाघवम् ।
न बाधा विद्यते यत्र तं धर्मं समुपाचरेत् ॥ ३.१३३.१२ ॥
O protector of the earth, having determined the weight and lightness among conflicting duties, one should follow that duty in which no harm is found.
3.133.13
गुरुलाघवमाज्ञाय धर्माधर्मविनिश्चये ।
यतो भूयांस्ततो राजन्कुरु धर्मविनिश्चयम् ॥ ३.१३३.१३ ॥
Knowing the weight and the lightness in deciding dharma and adharma, O king, decide dharma according to whichever is weightier.
3.133.14
बहुकल्याणसंयुक्तं भाषसे विहगोत्तम ।
सुपर्णः पक्षिराट् किं त्वं धर्मं ज्ञात्वाऽभिभाषसे ॥ ३.१३३.१४ ॥
You speak words full of much goodness, best of birds. Are you Suparṇa, king of birds, that you speak thus, having known dharma?
3.133.15
तथाहि धर्मसंयुक्तं बहुचित्रं च भाषसे ।
न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिदिति त्वां लक्षयाम्यहम्।
शरणैषिपरित्यागं कथं साध्विति मन्यसे ॥ ३.१३३.१५ ॥
Thus indeed you speak words connected with dharma and very varied; I perceive that nothing is unknown to you. How do you think it right to abandon one who seeks refuge?
3.133.16
आहारार्थं समारम्भस्तव चायं विहंगम ।
शक्यश्चाप्यन्यथा कर्तुमाहारोऽप्यधिकस्त्वया ॥ ३.१३३.१६ ॥
This pursuit of yours, bird, is for the sake of food. It can be done otherwise, and your food may even be greater.
3.133.17
गोवृषो वा वराहो वा मृगो वा महिषोपि वा ।
त्वदर्थमद्य क्रियतां यच्चान्यदिह काङ्क्षसि ॥ ३.१३३.१७ ॥
A bull, or a boar, or a deer, or even a buffalo — let it be prepared for you today, and whatever else you desire here.
3.133.18
न वराहं न चोक्षाणं न मृगान्विविधांस्तथा ।
भक्षयामि महाराज किं ममान्येन केचचित् ॥ ३.१३३.१८ ॥
Neither boar, nor bulls, nor various deer, great king — I do not eat these. What use is anything else to me?
3.133.19
यस्तु मे दैवविहितो भक्षः क्षत्रियपुङ्गव ।
तमुत्सृज महीपाल कपोतमिममेव मे ॥ ३.१३३.१९ ॥
O best of warriors, the food ordained for me by fate, O protector of the earth, is this very dove; release it to me.
3.133.20
श्येनाः कपोतान्स्वादन्ति श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी ।
मा राजन्सारमज्ञात्वा कदलीस्कन्धमासज ॥ ३.१३३.२० ॥
Hawks eat doves; this is the eternal tradition. O king, do not cling to the plantain trunk without knowing its essence.
3.133.21
राष्ट्रं शिवीनामृद्धं वै शाधि पक्षिभिरर्चितः ।
कृत्स्नमेतन्मया दत्तं राजवद्विहगोत्तम ॥ ३.१३३.२१ ॥
Rule the prosperous realm of the Śibis, O you honored by birds. O best of birds, I have given you all of this as a king would.
3.133.22
यं वा कामयसे कामं श्येन सर्वं ददानि ते ।
विनेमं पक्षिणं श्यन शरणार्थिनमागतम् ॥ ३.१३३.२२ ॥
O hawk, whatever you desire, I will give you all of it; but release this bird that has come seeking refuge.
3.133.23
येनेमं स्थापयेथास्त्वं कर्मणा पक्षिसत्तम ।
तदाचक्ष्व करिष्यामि न हि दास्ये कपोतकम् ॥ ३.१३३.२३ ॥
O best of birds, tell me by what deed you would restore this one; I will do that, but I will not give up the dove.
3.133.24
उशीनर कपोते ते यदि स्नेहो नराधिप ।
आत्मनो मांसमुत्कृत्य कपोततुलया धृतम् ॥ ३.१३३.२४ ॥
O Uśīnara, if you have affection for the dove, O lord of men, cut flesh from your own body and place it against the weight of the dove.
3.133.25
यदा समं कपोतेन तव मांसं नृपोत्तम ।
त्वया प्रदेयं तन्मह्यं सा मे तुष्टिर्भविष्यति ॥ ३.१३३.२५ ॥
When your flesh, O best of kings, equals the dove's, you must give it to me; then I shall be satisfied.
3.133.26
अनुग्रहमिमं मन्ये श्येन यन्माभियाचसे ।
तस्मात्तेऽद्य प्रदास्यामि स्वमांसं तुलया धृतम् ॥ ३.१३३.२६ ॥
I consider this a favour, that you ask of me, O hawk; therefore today I shall give you my own flesh, placed upon the scale.
3.133.27
अथोत्कृत्य स्वमांसं तु राजा परमधर्मवित् ।
तुलयामास कौन्तेय कपोतेन समं विभो ॥ ३.१३३.२७ ॥
Then the king, knower of supreme dharma, cut off his own flesh and weighed it against the dove, O son of Kuntī, O mighty one.
3.133.28
ध्रियमाणः कपोतस्तु मांसेनात्यतिरिच्यते ।
पुनश्चोत्कृत्यमांसानि राजा प्रादादुशीनरः ॥ ३.१३३.२८ ॥
But when the dove was held on the scale, it outweighed the flesh; and again King Uśīnara cut off more of his flesh and gave it.
3.133.29
न विद्यते यदा मांसं कपोतेन समं धृतम् ।
तत उत्कृत्तमांसोऽसावारुरोह स्वयं तुलाम् ॥ ३.१३३.२९ ॥
When flesh equal to the dove was not to be found on the scale, the king, his flesh cut away, himself climbed onto the scale.
3.133.30
इन्द्रोऽहमस्मि धर्मज्ञ कपोतो हव्यवाडयम् ।
जिज्ञासमानौ धर्म त्वां यज्ञवाटमुपागतौ ॥ ३.१३३.३० ॥
I am Indra, O knower of dharma, and this dove is Agni, bearer of oblations; desiring to learn dharma from you, we both have come to your sacrificial enclosure.
3.133.31
यत्ते मांसानि गात्रेभ्य उक्तृत्तानि विशांपते ।
एषा ते शाश्वती कीर्तिर्लोकानभिभविष्यति ॥ ३.१३३.३१ ॥
That flesh cut from your limbs, O lord of men, is your eternal fame; it will overcome the worlds.
3.133.32
यावल्लोके मनुष्यास्त्वां कथयिष्यन्ति पार्थिव ।
तावत्कीर्तिश्च लोकाश्च स्थास्यन्ति तव शाश्वताः ॥ ३.१३३.३२ ॥
O king, as long as men in the world speak of you, so long will your fame and your worlds endure eternally.
3.133.33
इत्युक्त्वा भूमिपतये तस्मै दत्त्वा यथेप्सितम् ।
प्रशस्य जग्मतू राजन्निन्द्राग्री तुष्टमानसौ ॥ ३.१३३.३३ ॥
Having said this and granted the lord of the earth what he desired, having praised him, O king, Indra and Agni departed with pleased minds.
3.133.34
उशीनरोऽपिधर्मात्मा धर्मेणावृत्यरोदसी ।
विभ्राजमानो वपुषाऽप्यारुरोह त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ ३.१३३.३४ ॥
And Uśīnara, the righteous-souled, covering heaven and earth with his dharma, shining even in his body, ascended to Triviṣṭapa.
3.133.35
तदेतत्सदनं राजन्राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः ।
पश्यस्वैतन्मया सार्धं पुण्यं पापप्रमोचनम् ॥ ३.१३३.३५ ॥
This, O king, is the abode of that great-souled king. Behold it with me: it is holy, releasing from sin.
3.133.36
तत्र वै सततं देवा मुनयश्च सनातनाः ।
दृश्यन्ते ब्राह्मणै राजन्पुण्यवद्भिर्महात्मभिः ॥ ३.१३३.३६ ॥
There, O king, the gods and the eternal sages are constantly seen, by the holy, great-souled brahmins.