Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.139
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3.139.1
भरद्वाजस्तु कौन्तेय कृत्वा स्वाध्यायमाह्निकम् ।
समित्कलापमादाय प्रविवेश स्वमाश्रमम् ॥ ३.१३९.१ ॥
O son of Kuntī, Bharadvāja, having performed his recitation and daily rite, took up a bundle of sacrificial firewood and entered his own hermitage.
3.139.2
तं स्म दृष्ट्वा पुरा सर्वे प्रत्युत्तिष्ठिन्ति पावकाः ।
न त्वेनमुपतिष्ठन्ति हतपुत्रं तदाऽग्नयः ॥ ३.१३९.२ ॥
Formerly, seeing him, all the sacred fires would rise to greet him; but now, since his son is slain, the fires no longer attend upon him.
3.139.3
वैकृतंत्वग्निहोत्रे स लक्षयित्वा महातपाः ।
तमन्धं शूद्रमासीनं गृहपालमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१३९.३ ॥
Noticing an irregularity in the fire-offering, the great ascetic addressed the blind Śūdra who sat there, the guardian of the house.
3.139.4
किंनु मे नाग्नयः शूद्र प्रतिनन्दन्ति दर्शनम् ।
त्वं चापि न यथापूर्वं कच्चित्क्षेममिहाश्रमे ॥ ३.१३९.४ ॥
O Śūdra, why do the fires not welcome my sight? You too are not as you were before; is there well-being in this hermitage?
3.139.5
कच्चिन्न रैभ्यं पुत्रो मे गतवानल्पचेतनः ।
एतदाचक्ष्व मे शीघ्रं न हि शुद्ध्यति मे मनः ॥ ३.१३९.५ ॥
Has my foolish son not gone to Raibhya? Tell me this quickly, for my mind is not at ease.
3.139.6
रैभ्यं यातो नूनमयं पुत्रस्ते मन्दचेतनः ।
तथाहि निहतः शेते राक्षसेन महात्मना ॥ ३.१३९.६ ॥
Surely your dull-witted son has gone to Raibhya, and so he lies slain by a great-souled rākṣasa.
3.139.7
प्रकाल्यमानस्तेनायं शूलहस्तेन रक्षसा ।
अग्न्यगारं प्रतिद्वारि मया दोर्भ्यां निवारितः ॥ ३.१३९.७ ॥
While that rakshasa, spear in hand, was dragging him away, I held him back with my two arms at the door of the fire-chamber.
3.139.8
ततः स विहताशोऽत्रजलकामोशुचिर्ध्रुवम् ।
निहतः सोऽतिवेगेन शूलहस्तेन रक्षसा ॥ ३.१३९.८ ॥
Then, hope destroyed, longing for water here, impure, he was surely slain; the rakshasa with the spear in his hand killed him with great violence.
3.139.9
भरद्वाजस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा शूद्रस्य विप्रियं महत् ।
गतासुं पुत्रमादाय विललाप सुदुःखितः ॥ ३.१३९.९ ॥
Bharadvāja, having heard that great unwelcome news from the shudra, took up his dead son and lamented, deeply grieved.
3.139.10
रब्राह्मणानां किलार्थाय ननु त्वं तप्तवांस्तपः ।
द्विजानामनधीता वै वेदाः संप्रतिभान्त्विति ॥ ३.१३९.१० ॥
Surely you performed austerity for the sake of the brahmins, so that the Vedas, unstudied by the twice-born, might shine forth.
3.139.11
तथा कल्याणशीलस्त्वं ब्राह्मणेषुमहात्मसु ।
अनागाः सर्वभूतेषु कर्कशत्वमुपेयिवान् ॥ ३.१३९.११ ॥
Likewise you, of good character, though blameless toward the great-souled brahmins and toward all beings, have come to harshness.
3.139.12
प्रतिषिद्धो मया तात रैभ्यावसथदर्शनात् ।
गतवानेव तं क्षुद्रं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥ ३.१३९.१२ ॥
Dear child, I had forbidden you from seeing Raibhya's hermitage, yet you went off to that wretch, who is like Death and Yama.
3.139.13
यः स जानन्महातेजा वृद्धस्यैकं ममात्मजम् ।
गतवानेव कोपस्य वशं परमदुर्मतिः ॥ ३.१३९.१३ ॥
Knowing that this is the old man's only son, that mighty-splendoured one, of supreme folly, went away under the sway of anger.
3.139.14
पुत्रशोकमनुप्राप्त एष रैभ्यस्य कर्मणा ।
त्यक्ष्यामि त्वामृतेपुत्र प्राणानिष्टतमान्भुवि ॥ ३.१३९.१४ ॥
Through the deed of Raibhya, this one has been overtaken by grief for a son. O son, without you I shall give up on earth my dearest life-breaths.
3.139.15
यथाऽहं पुत्रशोकेन देहं त्यक्ष्यामि किल्विषी ।
तथा ज्येष्ठः सुतो रैभ्यं हिंस्याच्छीघ्रमनागसम् ॥ ३.१३९.१५ ॥
Just as I, sinful, shall give up my body from grief for a son, so may my eldest son quickly kill the innocent Raibhya.
3.139.16
सुखिनो वै नरा येषां जाया पुत्रो न विद्यते ।
ये पुत्रशोकमप्राप्य विचरन्ति यथासुखम् ॥ ३.१३९.१६ ॥
Happy indeed are the men who have no wife and no son; they who, not having met with grief for a son, wander at their ease.
3.139.17
ये तु पुत्रकृताच्छोकाद्भृशं व्याकुलचेतसः ।
शपन्तीष्टान्सखीनार्तास्तेभ्यः पापतरो नु कः ॥ ३.१३९.१७ ॥
But who is more sinful than those who, with minds greatly disturbed by grief caused by a son, in their affliction curse their dear friends?
3.139.18
परासुश्च सुतो दृष्टः शप्तश्चैष्टः सखा मया ।
ईदृशीमापदं कोत्र द्वितीयोऽनुविष्यति ॥ ३.१३९.१८ ॥
My son has been seen lifeless, and I have cursed my dear friend. In such a calamity, who else here will follow after?
3.139.19
विलप्यैवं बहुविधं भरद्वाजोऽदहत्सुतम् ।
सुसमिद्धं ततः पश्चात्प्रविवेश हुताशनम् ॥ ३.१३९.१९ ॥
Lamenting thus in many ways, Bharadvāja burned his son; then, afterwards, he entered the well-kindled fire.