Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.218
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3.218.1
गुरू निवेद्य विप्राय तौ मातापितरावुभौ ।
पुनरेव स धर्मात्मा व्याधो ब्राह्मणमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२१८.१ ॥
Having informed both his parents, those two elders, the righteous-souled hunter again spoke to the brahmin.
3.218.2
प्रवृत्तचक्षुर्जातोस्मि संपश्य तपसो बलम् ।
यदर्थमुक्तोसि तया गच्छ त्वं मिथिलामिति ॥ ३.२१८.२ ॥
My eye of perception has opened; I am born anew. Behold the power of austerity. Go to Mithilā, for the purpose for which she told you to go.
3.218.3
पतिशुश्रूषपरया दान्तया सत्यशीलया ।
मिथिलायां वसन्व्याधः स ते धर्मान्प्रवक्ष्यति ॥ ३.२१८.३ ॥
Through her, devoted to serving her husband, self-controlled and of truthful character, the hunter who dwells in Mithilā will expound the duties to you.
3.218.4
पतिव्रतायाः सत्यायाः शीलाढ्याया यतव्रत ।
संस्मृत्य वाक्यं धर्मज्ञ गुणवानसि मे मतः ॥ ३.२१८.४ ॥
O firm of vows, O knower of dharma! Recalling the words of that devoted, truthful, virtuous wife, you appear to me to be a man of merit.
3.218.5
यत्तया त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ नियुक्तो मां प्रति प्रभो ।
दृष्टमेव तया सम्यगेकपत्न्या न संशयः ॥ ३.२१८.५ ॥
O best of the twice-born, O lord! That she sent you to me, that one-wife woman saw it rightly; there is no doubt.
3.218.6
त्वदनुग्रहबुद्ध्या तु विप्रैतद्दर्शितं मया ।
वाक्यं च शृणु मे तात यत्ते वक्ष्ये हितं द्विज ॥ ३.२१८.६ ॥
O brahmin, out of the thought of favoring you I have shown you this. Now listen to my words, dear one, O twice-born; I will tell you what is for your good.
3.218.7
त्वया न पूजिता माता पिता च द्विजसत्तम ।
अनिसृष्टोसि निष्क्रान्तो गृहात्ताभ्यामनिनदित ॥ ३.२१८.७ ॥
Best of the twice-born, you did not honour your mother and father. Without their leave, and without their blessing, you went out from the house.
3.218.8
वेदोच्चारणकार्यार्थमयुक्तं तत्त्वया कृतम् ।
तव शोकेन वृद्धौ तावन्धीभूतौ तपस्विनौ ॥ ३.२१८.८ ॥
What you did for the sake of reciting the Vedas was improper. Through your grief, those two aged ascetics have become blind.
3.218.9
तौ प्रसादयितुं गच्छ मा त्वां धर्मोऽत्यगादयम् ।
तपस्वी त्वं महात्मा च धर्मे च निरतः सदा ॥ ३.२१८.९ ॥
Go and appease them, lest this dharma pass you by. You are an ascetic, a great-souled one, and always devoted to dharma.
3.218.10
सर्वमेतदपार्थं ते क्षिप्रं तौ संप्रसादय ।
तौ प्रसाद्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ यच्छ्रेयस्तदवाप्स्यसि ॥ ३.२१८.१० ॥
All this of yours is pointless. Quickly appease those two completely. Best of the twice-born, having appeased them, you will obtain that which is good.
3.218.11
श्रद्दधस्व मम ब्रह्मन्नान्यथा कर्तुमर्हसि ।
यम्यतामद्यविप्रर्षे श्रेयस्ते कथयाम्यहम् ॥ ३.२१८.११ ॥
O brahmin, have faith in me; do not act otherwise. O brahmin sage, restrain yourself today; I speak to you of what is good.
3.218.12
यदेतदुक्तं भवता सर्वं सत्यमसंशयम् ।
प्रीतोस्मि तव भद्रं ते धर्माचारगुणान्वित ॥ ३.२१८.१२ ॥
Everything you have said is true, beyond doubt. I am pleased with you. May good fortune be yours, O one endowed with the virtues of righteous conduct!
3.218.13
दैवतप्रतिमो हि त्वं यस्त्वं धर्ममनुव्रतः ।
पुराणं शाश्वतं दिव्यं दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभिः ॥ ३.२१८.१३ ॥
You are godlike, devoted to dharma. This ancient, eternal, divine (dharma) is hard to attain for those whose selves are not controlled.
3.218.14
मातापित्रोः सकाशं हि गत्वात्वं द्विजसत्तम ।
अतन्द्रितः कुरु क्षिप्रंमातापित्रोर्हि पूजनम्।
अतः परमहं धर्मं नान्यं पश्यामि कंचन ॥ ३.२१८.१४ ॥
Go to your mother and father, best of the twice-born, and without idleness quickly honor your mother and father. Beyond this I see no other dharma at all.
3.218.15
इहाहमागतो दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्या मे संगतं त्वया ।
ईदृशा दुर्लभा लोके नरा धर्मप्रदर्शकाः ॥ ३.२१८.१५ ॥
I have come here by good fortune; by good fortune I have met you. Men who show dharma like this are rare in the world.
3.218.16
एकोनरसहस्रेषु धर्मवानविद्यते न वा ।
प्रीतोस्मि तवसत्येन भद्रं ते पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ३.२१८.१६ ॥
Among a thousand men, is there even one who is dharmic or not? Bull among men, I am pleased with your truthfulness; may blessings be upon you.
3.218.17
पतमानोऽद्यनरके भवताऽस्मि समुद्धृतः ।
भवितव्यमथैवं च यद्दृष्टोसि मयाऽनघ ॥ ३.२१८.१७ ॥
Today, as I was falling into hell, you have lifted me up. So it had to be, and that is why I have seen you, faultless one.
3.218.18
राजा ययातिर्दौहित्रैः पतितस्तारितो यथा ।
सद्भिः पुरुषशार्दूल तथाऽहं भवता त्विह ॥ ३.२१८.१८ ॥
As King Yayāti, when he had fallen, was rescued by his grandsons and by the good, so here I have been rescued by you, tiger among men.
3.218.19
मातापितृभ्यां शुश्रूषां करिष्ये वचनात्तव ।
नाकृतात्मा वेदयति धर्माधर्मविनिश्चयम् ॥ ३.२१८.१९ ॥
At your word I will serve my mother and father. One whose self is untrained cannot discern the determination of dharma and adharma.
3.218.20
दुर्ज्ञेयः शाश्वतो धर्मः शूद्रयोनौ हि वर्तता ।
न त्वां शूद्रमहं मन्ये भवितव्यं हि कारणम् ॥ ३.२१८.२० ॥
The eternal dharma is hard to know even when one dwells in a śūdra womb. I do not regard you as a śūdra; there must be a cause.
3.218.21
येन कर्मविशेषेण प्राप्तेयं शूद्रता त्वया ।
एतामिच्छामि विज्ञातुं तत्त्वेन तव शूद्रताम्।
कामयानस् मे शंस सर्वं त्वं प्रयतात्मवान् ॥ ३.२१८.२१ ॥
By what particular deed did you obtain this śūdra condition? I wish to know its truth. Desiring it, tell me everything, you of controlled self.
3.218.22
अनतिक्रमणीया वै ब्राह्मणा मे द्विजोत्तम ।
शृणु सर्वमिदं वृत्तं पूर्वदेहे ममानघ ॥ ३.२१८.२२ ॥
Brahmins are not to be transgressed by me, best of twice-born. Listen, sinless one, to this whole account of my former body.
3.218.23
अहं हि ब्राह्मणः पूर्वमासं द्विजवरात्मजः ।
वेदाध्यायी सुकुशलो वेदाङ्गानां च पारगः।
आत्मदोषकृतैर्ब्रह्मन्नवस्थामाप्तवानिमाम् ॥ ३.२१८.२३ ॥
I was formerly a brahmin, son of an excellent twice-born. I studied the Vedas, was very skilled, and was a master of the Vedic limbs. O brahmin, through faults of my own I came to this condition.
3.218.24
कश्चिद्राजा मम सखा धनुर्वेदपरायणः ।
संसर्गाद्धनुषि श्रेष्ठस्ततोऽहमभवं द्विज ॥ ३.२१८.२४ ॥
A certain king, my friend, was devoted to the science of archery. Through his companionship I became excellent in archery, O twice-born.
3.218.25
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु मृगयां निर्गतो नृपः ।
सहितो योधमुख्यैश् मन्त्रिभिश्च सुसंवृतः।
ततोऽभ्यहन्मृगांस्तत्र सुबहूनाश्रमं प्रति ॥ ३.२१८.२५ ॥
At that very time the king went out hunting, closely surrounded by chief warriors and ministers. There, near the hermitage, he struck down many deer.
3.218.26
अथ क्षिप्तः शरो घोरो मयापि द्विजसत्तम ।
ताडितश्च ऋषिस्तन शरेणानतपर्वणा ॥ ३.२१८.२६ ॥
Then, best of the twice-born, I too let fly a terrible arrow, and the sage was struck by that arrow with its bent joint.
3.218.27
भूमौ निपतितो ब्रह्मन्नुवाच प्रतिनादयन् ।
नापराध्याम्यहं किंचित्केन पापमिदं कृतम् ॥ ३.२१८.२७ ॥
O brahmin, fallen to the ground, he spoke, his voice echoing: 'I have committed no offence at all; by whom was this sin committed?'
3.218.28
मन्वानस्तं मृगं चाहं संप्राप्तः सहसा मुनिम् ।
अपश्यं तमृषिं विद्धं शरेणानतपर्वणा।
तमुग्रतपसं विप्रं निष्टनन्तं महीतले ॥ ३.२१८.२८ ॥
Taking it for the deer, I suddenly came upon the sage. I saw that sage pierced by the arrow with its bent joint, that brahmin of fierce austerity groaning upon the ground.
3.218.29
अकार्यकरणाच्चापि भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः ।
अजानता कृतमिदं मयेत्यहमथाब्रुवम् ॥ ३.२१८.२९ ॥
My mind was deeply distressed at having done what should not be done. 'This was done by me unknowingly,' I then said.
3.218.30
क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे सर्वमिति चोक्तो मया मुनिः ॥ ३.२१८.३० ॥
'You should forgive me for all of this,' I said to that sage.
3.218.31
ततः प्रत्यब्रवीद्वाक्यमृषिर्मां क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।
व्याधस्त्वं भविता क्रूर शूद्रयोनाविति द्विज ॥ ३.२१८.३१ ॥
Then the sage, overcome with anger, replied to me: "You, cruel one, twice-born, shall be a hunter in a śūdra womb."