Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.140
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3.140.1
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु बृहद्द्युम्नो महीपतिः ।
सत्रं तेने महाभागो रैभ्ययाज्यः प्रतापवान् ॥ ३.१४०.१ ॥
At that very time, the greatly fortunate and mighty king Bṛhadyumna performed a sacrifice, with Raibhya as his officiating priest.
3.140.2
तेन रैभ्यस्य वै पुत्रावर्वावसुपरासू ।
वृतौ सहायौ सत्रार्थं बृहद्द्युम्नेन धीमता ॥ ३.१४०.२ ॥
By the wise Bṛhadyumna were chosen as helpers for the sacrifice the two sons of Raibhya, Arvāvasu and Parāvasu.
3.140.3
तत्र तौ समनुज्ञातौ पित्रा कौन्तेय जग्मतुः ।
आश्रमे त्वभवद्रैभ्यो भार्या चैव परावसोः ॥ ३.१४०.३ ॥
O son of Kuntī, with their father's permission the two went there; but in the hermitage remained Raibhya and the wife of Parāvasu.
3.140.4
अथावलोककोऽगच्छद्गृहानकः परावसुः ।
कृष्णाजिनेन संवीतं ददर्श पितरं वने ॥ ३.१४०.४ ॥
Then Parāvasu, who had gone to look, returned home and saw his father in the forest, wrapped in a black antelope skin.
3.140.5
जघन्यरात्रे निद्रान्धः सावशेषे तमस्यापि ।
चरन्तं गहनेऽरण्ये मेने स पितरं मृगम् ॥ ३.१४०.५ ॥
In the last watch of the night, blinded by sleep while darkness still remained, he took his father, wandering in the dense forest, for a deer.
3.140.6
मृगं तु मन्यमानेन पिता वै तेन हिंसितः ।
अकामयानेन तदा शरीरत्राणमिच्छता ॥ ३.१४०.६ ॥
Thinking him to be a deer, he struck his father; and by him was the father wounded, who, though unwilling, then sought the protection of his own body.
3.140.7
तस्य स प्रेतकार्याणि कृत्वा सर्वाणि भारत ।
पुनरागम्य तत्सत्रमब्रवीद्धातरं वचः ॥ ३.१४०.७ ॥
O Bhārata, having performed all the funeral rites for him, he came back and said these words to his brother about the sacrificial session.
3.140.8
इदं कर्म न शक्तस्त्वं वोढुमेकः कथंचन ।
मया च हिंसितस्तातो मन्यमानेन वै मृगम् ॥ ३.१४०.८ ॥
You alone are not able in any way to bear this deed. Thinking him a deer, it was I who killed your father.
3.140.9
सोऽस्मदर्थे व्रतं तात चर त्वं ब्रह्मघातिनाम् ।
समर्थो ह्यहमेकाकी कर्म कर्तुमिदं मुने ॥ ३.१४०.९ ॥
Therefore, dear one, for our sake, you take up the vow of those who have slain a brahmin. O sage, I alone am capable of performing this deed.
3.140.10
करोतु वै भवान्सत्रं बृहद्द्युम्नस्य धीमतः ।
ब्रह्महत्यां चरिष्येऽहं त्वदर्थं नियतेन्द्रियः ॥ ३.१४०.१० ॥
Let you yourself perform the sacrificial session of the wise Bṛhadyumna. For your sake, with senses restrained, I will undertake the vow of the killing of a brahmin.
3.140.11
स तस्यब्रह्महत्यायाः पारं गत्वा युधिष्ठिर ।
अर्वावसुस्तदा सत्रमाजगाम पुनर्मुनिः ॥ ३.१४०.११ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, having completed that vow of the killing of a brahmin, the sage Arvāvasu then returned again to the sacrificial session.
3.140.12
ततः परावसुर्दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं समुपस्थितम् ।
बृहद्द्युम्नमुवाचेदं वचनं हर्षगद्गदम् ॥ ३.१४०.१२ ॥
Then Parāvasu, seeing his brother come near, spoke these words to Bṛhadyumna in a voice choked with joy.
3.140.13
एष ते ब्रह्महा यज्ञं मा द्रष्टुं प्रविशेदिति ।
ब्रह्महा प्रेक्षितेनापि पीडयेत्त्वामसंशयम् ॥ ३.१४०.१३ ॥
Let this slayer of a brahmin not enter to see your sacrifice; the slayer of a brahmin, even merely seen, will surely afflict you.
3.140.14
तच्छ्रुत्वैव तदा राजा प्रेष्यानाह स विट्पते ।
प्रेष्यैरुत्सार्यमाणस्तु राजन्नर्वावसुस्तदा।
न मया ब्रह्महत्येयं कृतेत्याह पुनःपुनः ॥ ३.१४०.१४ ॥
Hearing this, the king at once spoke to his servants. But Arvāvasu, being driven off by the servants, O king, then said again and again, "I did not commit this slaying of a brahmin."
3.140.15
उच्यमानोऽसकृत्प्रेष्यैर्ब्रह्महा इति भारत ।
नैवस्म प्रतिजानामि ब्र्हमहत्यां स्वयंकृताम्।
मम भ्रात्रा कृतमिदं मया स परिमोक्षितः ॥ ३.१४०.१५ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, though called "slayer of a brahmin" again and again by the servants, he said: "I do not admit a brahmin-slaying done by myself. This was done by my brother; by him I was released."
3.140.16
स तथा प्रवदन्क्रोधात्तैश्च प्रेष्यैः प्रभाषितः ।
तूष्णीं जगाम ब्रह्मर्षिर्वनमेव महातपाः ॥ ३.१४०.१६ ॥
Thus speaking in anger, and addressed by those servants, that brahmin sage of great austerity silently went off to the forest.
3.140.17
उग्रं तपः समास्थाय दिवाकरमथाश्रितः ।
रहस्यवेदं कृतवान्सूर्यस्य द्विजसत्तमः ॥ ३.१४०.१७ ॥
Having undertaken a fierce austerity, and then resorting to the sun, that best of the twice-born composed the secret Veda of the sun.
3.140.18
मूर्तिमांस्तं ददर्शाथ स्वयमग्रभुगव्ययः ॥ ३.१४०.१८ ॥
Then the embodied, first-eater, imperishable one himself saw him.
3.140.19
प्रीतास्तस्याभवन्देवाः कर्मणाऽर्वावसोर्नृप ।
तं ते प्रवरयामासुर्निरासुश्च परावसुम् ॥ ३.१४०.१९ ॥
O king, the gods were pleased with Arvāvasu for his deed. They chose him as their priest and drove out Parāvasu.
3.140.20
ततो देवा वरं तस्मै ददुरग्निपुरोगमाः ॥ ३.१४०.२० ॥
Then the gods, led by Agni, granted him a boon.
3.140.21
स चापि वरयामास पितुरुत्थानमात्मनः ।
अनागस्त्वं ततो भ्रातुः पितुश्चास्मरणं वधे ॥ ३.१४०.२१ ॥
He too asked for a boon: the restoration of his father, his brother's blamelessness, and that his father should not be remembered at the killing.
3.140.22
भरद्वाजस्य चोत्थानं यवक्रीतस्य चोभयोः ।
प्रतिष्ठां चापि वेदस्य सौरस्य द्विजसत्तमः ॥ ३.१४०.२२ ॥
And the restoration of Bharadvāja and of Yavakrīta, of both, and also the establishment of the Solar Veda, O best of the twice-born.
3.140.23
एवमस्त्विति तं देवाः प्रोचुश्चापि वरान्ददुः ।
ततः प्रादुर्बभूवुस्ते सर्व एव युधिष्ठिर ॥ ३.१४०.२३ ॥
'So be it,' said the gods, and they gave him boons. Then, O Yudhiṣṭhira, they all appeared.
3.140.24
अथाब्रवीद्यवक्रीतो देवानग्निपुरोगमान् ।
समधीतं मया ब्रह्म व्रतानि चरितानि च ॥ ३.१४०.२४ ॥
Then Yavakrīta spoke to the gods led by Agni: 'I have thoroughly studied the Veda, and I have performed the vows.'
3.140.25
कथं च रैभ्यः शक्तो मामदीयानं तपस्विनम् ।
तथायुक्तेन विधिना निहन्तुममरोत्तमाः ॥ ३.१४०.२५ ॥
O best of the immortals, how could Raibhya be able to slay an ascetic such as me, lowly and devoted, by such an improper rite?
3.140.26
मैवं कृथा यवक्रीत यथा वदसि वै मुने ।
ऋते गुरुमधीता हि स्वयं वेदास्त्वया पुरा ॥ ३.१४०.२६ ॥
Do not do as you say, O sage Yavakrīta; formerly you studied the Vedas by yourself, without a teacher.
3.140.27
अनन तु गुरूनदुःखात्तोषयित्वाऽऽत्मक्रमणा ।
कालेन महता क्लेशाद्ब्रह्माधिगतमुत्तमम् ॥ ३.१४०.२७ ॥
But the supreme Brahman is attained only through long time and great hardship, by pleasing one's teachers without causing them sorrow, through one's own step-by-step progress.
3.140.28
यवक्रीतमथोक्त्वैवं देवाः साग्निपुरोगमाः ।
संजीवयित्वा तान्सर्वान्पुनर्जग्मुस्त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ ३.१४०.२८ ॥
Having thus spoken to Yavakrīta, the gods led by Agni revived them all and then returned to heaven.
3.140.29
ततो वै स यवक्रीतो ब्रह्मचर्यं चचार ह ।
अष्टादश च वर्षाणि त्रिंशतं च युधिष्ठिर ॥ ३.१४०.२९ ॥
Then Yavakrīta practised the discipline of a Brahmacārin for eighteen and thirty years, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
3.140.30
आस्रमस्तस्य पुण्योऽयं सदापुष्पफलद्रुमः ।
अत्रोष्य राजशार्दूल सर्वपापैः प्रभोक्ष्यसे ॥ ३.१४०.३० ॥
This is his sacred hermitage, where trees always bear flowers and fruit. O tiger among kings, dwelling here you will be freed from all sins.