Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.199
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3.199.1
भूय एव महाभाग्यं कथ्यतामित्यब्रवीत् पाण्डवः ॥ ३.१९९.१ ॥
The Pāṇḍava said again: 'Tell me more of this great merit.'
3.199.2
अथाचष्ट मार्कण्डेयो महाराज वृषदर्भसेदुकनामानौ राजानौ नीतिमार्गरतावस्त्रोपास्त्रकृतिनौ ॥ ३.१९९.२ ॥
Then Mārkaṇḍeya began: 'O great king, there were two kings, Vṛṣa and Darbha, and one named Sedu, who delighted in the path of righteous policy and were skilled in weapons and their accessories.'
3.199.3
सेदुको वृषदर्भस्य बालस्यैव उपांशुव्रतमभ्यजा- नात् कुप्यमदेयं ब्राह्मणस्य ॥ ३.१९९.३ ॥
Sedu accepted from the young son of Vṛṣa-Darbha a secret vow: not to give a brahmin what should not be given.
3.199.4
अथ तं सेदुकं ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद् वेदाध्ययनसम्पन्न आशिषं दत्त्वा गुर्वर्थी भिक्षितवान् ॥ ३.१९९.४ ॥
Then a certain brahmin, accomplished in the study of the Vedas, blessed Sedu and begged of him something for his teacher.
3.199.5
अश्वसहस्रं मे भवान् ददात्विति तं सेदुको ब्राह्मणमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१९९.५ ॥
Sedu said to that brahmin: 'Let your honour give me a thousand horses.'
3.199.6
नास्ति सम्भवो गुर्वर्थं दातुमिति ॥ ३.१९९.६ ॥
There is no means of giving it, the brahmin replied, for the sake of a teacher.
3.199.7
स त्वं गच्छ वृषदर्भसकाशम् । राजा परमधर्मज्ञो ब्राह्मण तं भिक्षस्व ।
स ते दास्यति तस्यैतदुपांशुव्रतमिति ॥ ३.१९९.७ ॥
Go to the presence of Vṛṣadarbha. That king, who knows the highest dharma, O brahmin, beg of him. He will give to you; this is his secret vow.
3.199.8
अथ ब्राह्मणो वृषदर्भसकाशं गत्वा अश्वसहस्रमयाचत् ।
स राजा तं कशेनाताडयत् ॥ ३.१९९.८ ॥
Then the brahmin went to Vṛṣadarbha and begged for a thousand horses. That king struck him with a whip.
3.199.9
तं ब्राह्मणोऽब्रवीत् । किं हिंस्यनागसं मामिति ॥ ३.१९९.९ ॥
The brahmin said to him: "Why do you strike me, who am without offense?"
3.199.10
एवमुक्त्वा तं शपन्तं राजाऽऽह । विप्र किं यो न ददाति तुभ्यमुताहोस्विद् ब्राह्मण्यमेतत् ॥ ३.१९९.१० ॥
Having spoken thus, the king answered the brahmin who was cursing him: "O vipra, is it that I am one who does not give to you, or is this brahminhood?"