Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.217
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3.217.1
एवं संकथिते कृत्स्ने मोक्षधर्मे युधिष्ठिर ।
दृढप्रीतमना विप्रो धर्मव्याधमुवाच ह ॥ ३.२१७.१ ॥
Thus, O Yudhiṣṭhira, when the entire teaching on liberation had been recounted, the brahmin, his mind firmly pleased, spoke to Dharma-vyādha.
3.217.2
न्याययुक्तमिदं सर्वं भवता परिकीर्तितम् ।
न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिद्धर्मेष्वभिसमीक्ष्यते ॥ ३.२१७.२ ॥
You have declared all this in accordance with right principle; nothing in the dharmas appears unknown to you.
3.217.3
प्रत्यक्षं मम यो धर्मस्तं च पश्य द्विजोत्तम ।
येन सिद्धिरियं प्राप्ता मया ब्राह्मणपुङ्गव ॥ ३.२१७.३ ॥
Look upon the dharma that is directly manifest in me, O best of the twice-born, by which I have attained this perfection, O foremost of brahmins.
3.217.4
उत्तिष्ठ भगवन्क्षिप्रं प्रविश्याभ्यन्तरं गृहम् ।
द्रष्टुमर्हसि धर्मज्ञ मातरं पितरं च मे ॥ ३.२१७.४ ॥
Rise, venerable sir; enter quickly into the inner house. You should see my mother and my father, O knower of dharma.
3.217.5
इत्युक्तः स प्रविश्याथ ददर्श परमार्चितम् ।
सौधं हृद्यं चतुःशालमतीव च मनोरमम् ॥ ३.२१७.५ ॥
Thus addressed, he entered and then saw a mansion greatly honoured, pleasing, with four halls, and exceedingly delightful.
3.217.6
देवतागृहसंकाश दैवतैश्च सुपूजितम् ।
शयनासनसंबाधं गन्धैश्च परमैर्युतम् ॥ ३.२१७.६ ॥
It resembled a temple of the gods, well worshipped by the divinities, crowded with beds and seats, and furnished with the finest fragrances.
3.217.7
तत्रशुक्लाम्बरधरौ पितरावस्य पूजितौ ।
कृताहारौ तु संतुष्टावुपविष्टौ वरासने ॥ ३.२१७.७ ॥
There his honoured parents, clad in white garments, having taken their meal, sat contented on a fine seat.
3.217.8
तस्य व्याधस्य पितरौ ब्राह्मणः संददर्श ह ।
धर्मव्याधस्तु तौ दृष्ट्वा पादेषु शिरसाऽपतत् ॥ ३.२१७.८ ॥
The Brahmin saw that hunter's parents. Dharmavyādha, seeing them, fell with his head at their feet.
3.217.9
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ धर्मज्ञ धर्मस्त्वामभिरक्षतु ।
प्रीतौ स्वस्तव शौचेन दीर्घमायुरवाप्नुहि।
गतिमिष्टां तपो ज्ञानं मेधां च परमां गतः ॥ ३.२१७.९ ॥
Rise, rise, knower of dharma! May Dharma protect you. We are pleased with your purity; attain long life. Attain the desired destination, austerity, knowledge and supreme wisdom.
3.217.10
सत्पुत्रेण त्वया पुत्र नित्यं काले सुपूजितौ ।
सुखमेव वसावोऽत्र देवलोकगताविव ॥ ३.२१७.१० ॥
Son, by you, a good son, we are always duly and well honoured. Here we dwell in comfort, as if we had gone to the world of the gods.
3.217.11
न तेऽन्यद्दैवतं किंचिद्दैवतेष्वपि वर्तते ।
प्रयतसत्वाद्द्विजातीनांदमेनासि समनवितः ॥ ३.२१७.११ ॥
For you there is no other deity, not even among the gods. You are endowed with self-control, by reason of your pure nature, like the twice-born.
3.217.12
पितुः पितामहा ये च तथैव प्रपितामहाः ।
प्रीतास्ते सततं पुत्र दमेनावां च पूजया ॥ ३.२१७.१२ ॥
The grandfathers of your father, and likewise the great-grandfathers, are constantly pleased, son, with your self-control and with our worship.
3.217.13
मनसा कर्मणा वाचा शुश्रूषा नैव हीयते ।
न चान्या हि तथा बुद्धिर्दृश्यते सांप्रतं तव ॥ ३.२१७.१३ ॥
Service by mind, deed and speech is not diminished, nor is any other intention seen in you now.
3.217.14
जामदग्न्येन रामेण यथा वृद्धौ सुपूजितौ ।
तथा त्वया कृतंसर्वंतद्विशिष्टं च पुत्रक ॥ ३.२१७.१४ ॥
As Rāma, the son of Jamadagni, honored the two elders well, so, my son, you have done all of it, and that is even more excellent.
3.217.15
ततस्तं ब्राह्मणं ताभ्यां धर्मव्याधो न्यवेदयत् ।
तौ स्वागतेन तं विप्रमर्चयामासतुस्तदा ॥ ३.२१७.१५ ॥
Then Dharmavyādha announced the brahmin to the two of them, and they honored the brahmin with a welcome.
3.217.16
प्रतिगृह्यच तां पूजां द्विजः पप्रच्छ तावुभौ ।
सपुत्राभ्यां सभृत्याभ्यां कच्चिद्वां कुशलं गृहे।
अनामय च वां कच्चित्सुखं वेह शरीरयोः ॥ ३.२१७.१६ ॥
Accepting that honor, the brahmin asked the two of them: "Is all well in your house, with your sons and servants? Are your bodies free from illness and at ease?"
3.217.17
कुशलं नौ गृहे विप्र भृत्यवर्गे च सर्वशः ।
कच्चित्त्वमप्यविघ्नेन संप्राप्तो भगवन्निति ॥ ३.२१७.१७ ॥
O brahmin, in our house and among the servants all is well in every way. O revered one, have you too arrived without hindrance?
3.217.18
हाढमित्येव तौ विप्रः प्रत्युवाच मुदान्वितः ।
धर्मव्याधस्तु तं विप्रमर्थवद्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२१७.१८ ॥
"Yes, we are well indeed," said the brahmin, filled with joy, and answering the two of them. Then Dharmavyādha spoke meaningful words to the brahmin.
3.217.19
पिता माता च भगवन्नेतौ मे दैवतं परम् ।
यद्दैवतेभ्यः कर्तव्यं तदेताभ्यां करोम्यहम् ॥ ३.२१७.१९ ॥
Father and mother, O venerable sir, these two are my supreme deities. What is to be done for the gods, that I do for these two.
3.217.20
त्रयस्त्रिंशद्यथा देवाः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः ।
संपूज्याः सर्वलोकस्य तथा वृद्धाविमौ मम ॥ ३.२१७.२० ॥
Just as the thirty-three gods, led by Indra, are to be honoured by all the worlds, so are these two elders of mine.
3.217.21
उपाहारानाहरन्तो देवतानां यथा द्विजः ।
कुर्वन्ति तद्वदेताभ्यां करोम्यहमतन्द्रितः ॥ ३.२१७.२१ ॥
Just as brahmins bring offerings for the gods, so I do for these two, without weariness.
3.217.22
एतौ मे परमं ब्रह्मन्पिता माता च दैवतम् ।
एतौ पुष्पैः फलैरन्नैस्तोषयामि सदा द्विज ॥ ३.२१७.२२ ॥
These two, O brahmin, father and mother, are my supreme deities. With flowers, fruits and food I always please these two, O twice-born.
3.217.23
एतावेवाग्नयो मह्यं यान्वदन्ति मनीषिणः ।
यज्ञा वेदाश्च चत्वारः सर्वमेतौ मम द्विज ॥ ३.२१७.२३ ॥
Those whom the wise call my sacred fires are these two. Sacrifices and the four Vedas as well, O twice-born, for me these two are everything.
3.217.24
एतदर्थं मम प्राणा भार्या पुत्रः सुहृज्जनः ।
सपुत्रदारः शुश्रूषां नित्यमेव करोम्यहम् ॥ ३.२१७.२४ ॥
For this purpose my life-breaths, wife, son and friends exist. With son and wife I constantly do service to these two.
3.217.25
स्वयं च स्नापयाम्येतौ तथा पादौ प्रधावये ।
आहारं च प्रयच्छामि स्वयंच द्विजसत्तम ॥ ३.२१७.२५ ॥
I myself bathe these two, and likewise wash their feet; and I myself also offer them food, O best of the twice-born.
3.217.26
अनुकूलाः कथा वच्मि विप्रियं परिवर्जये ।
अधर्मेणापि संयुक्तं प्रियमाभ्यां करोम्यहम् ॥ ३.२१७.२६ ॥
I speak agreeable words and avoid what is unpleasant; to please these two I even do what is joined with unrighteousness.
3.217.27
धर्ममेव गुरुं मत्वा साक्षादेतौ द्विजोत्तम ।
अतन्द्रितः सदा विप्र शुश्रूषां वै करोम्यहम् ॥ ३.२१७.२७ ॥
O best of the twice-born, regarding these two as dharma itself and as my teachers, I ever serve them without weariness; O brahmin, I indeed perform this service.
3.217.28
पञ्चैव गुरवो ब्रह्मनपुरुषस्य बुभूषतः ।
पिता माताऽग्निरात्मा च गुरुश्च द्विजसत्तम ॥ ३.२१७.२८ ॥
O brahmin, for a man who desires prosperity there are indeed five teachers: father, mother, fire, the self, and the guru. O best of the twice-born.
3.217.29
एतेषु यस्तु वर्तेत सम्यगेव द्विजोत्तम ।
भवेयुरप्रयस्तेन परिचीर्णास्तु नित्यशः।
गार्हस्थ्ये वर्तमानस्य एष धर्मः सनातनः ॥ ३.२१७.२९ ॥
O best of the twice-born, he who conducts himself rightly toward these, and by whom they are constantly served, will have them undiminished. For one who lives in the householder stage, this is the eternal dharma.