Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.24
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3.24.1
ततस्तेषु प्रयातेषु कौन्तेयः सत्यसंगरः ।
अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भ्रातॄन्सर्वान्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ३.२४.१ ॥
When they had gone forth, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, true to his vows and soul of dharma, spoke to all his brothers.
3.24.2
द्वादशेमाः समाऽस्माभिर्वस्तव्यं निर्जने वने ।
समीक्षध्वं महारण्ये देशं बहुमृगद्विजम् ॥ ३.२४.२ ॥
For these twelve years we must dwell in this desolate forest; search out a region in this great wilderness abounding in deer and birds.
3.24.3
बहुपुष्पफलं रम्यं शिवं पुण्यजनोचितम् ।
यत्रेमा द्वादश समाः सुखं प्रतिवसेमहि ॥ ३.२४.३ ॥
Where there are many flowers and fruits, a place pleasant, auspicious, and fit for holy people, there we may dwell in comfort for these twelve years.
3.24.4
एवमुक्ते प्रत्युवाच धर्मराजं धनंजयः ।
गुरुवन्मानववरं मानयित्वा मनस्विनम् ॥ ३.२४.४ ॥
Thus addressed, Dhanaṃjaya replied to the king of dharma, honoring that best of men, that wise one, as a teacher.
3.24.5
भवानेव महर्षीणां वृद्धानां पर्युपासिता ।
अज्ञातं मानुषे लोके भवतो नास्ति किंचन ॥ ३.२४.५ ॥
You yourself have long attended upon the great sages and the elders; nothing in the human world is unknown to you.
3.24.6
त्वया ह्युपासिता नित्यं ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।
द्वैपायनप्रभृतयो नारदश्च महातपाः ॥ ३.२४.६ ॥
You have always attended upon the brahmins, masters of the Vedas, led by Dvaipāyana and others, and Nārada of great austerity.
3.24.7
यः सर्वलोकद्वाराणि नित्यं संचरते वशी ।
देवलोकाद्ब्रह्मलोकं गन्धर्वाप्सरसामपि ॥ ३.२४.७ ॥
He who, self-controlled, constantly roams through the gates of all worlds, from the world of the gods to the world of Brahmā, and even to the worlds of the gandharvas and apsarases.
3.24.8
अनुभावांश्च जानासि ब्राह्मणानां न संशयः ।
प्रभावांश्चैव वेत्थ त्वं सर्वेषामेव पार्थिव ॥ ३.२४.८ ॥
O king, you certainly know the power and glory of the brahmins, and indeed you know the influence of all.
3.24.9
त्वमेव राजञ्जानासि श्रेयःकारणमेव च ।
यत्रेच्छसि महाराज निवासं तत्र कुंर्महे ॥ ३.२४.९ ॥
O king, you alone know the cause of welfare. Great king, wherever you wish to dwell, there we shall make our home.
3.24.10
इदं द्वैतवनं नाम सरः पुण्यजनोषितम् ।
बहुपुष्पफलं रम्यं नानाद्विजनिषेवितम् ॥ ३.२४.१० ॥
This lake named Dvaita forest, inhabited by holy folk, abounding in many flowers and fruits, delightful, and frequented by many kinds of birds.
3.24.11
अत्रेमा द्वादश समा विहरेमेति रोचये ।
यदि तेऽनुमतं राजन्किमन्यन्मन्यते भवान् ॥ ३.२४.११ ॥
Here, I think, we should spend these twelve years. O king, if this is agreeable to you, what else do you think?
3.24.12
ममाप्येतन्मतं पार्थ त्वया यत्समुदाहृतम् ।
गच्छामः पुण्यविख्यातं महद्द्वैतवनं सरः ॥ ३.२४.१२ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, what you have said is also my opinion. Let us go to the great Dvaita forest lake, renowned for its holiness.
3.24.13
ततस्ते प्रययुः सर्वे पाण्डवा धर्मचारिणः ।
ब्राह्मणैर्बहुभिः सार्धं पुण्यं द्वैतवनं सरः ॥ ३.२४.१३ ॥
Then all the Pāṇḍavas, practising dharma, set out together with many brāhmaṇas for the sacred lake of the Dvaita forest.
3.24.14
ब्राह्मणाः साग्निहोत्राश्च तथैव च निरग्नयः ।
स्वाध्यायिनो भिक्षवश्च तथैव वनवासिनः ॥ ३.२४.१४ ॥
Brāhmaṇas who keep the sacred fires, likewise those without fire, reciters of their own Veda, mendicants, and forest-dwellers too (were with them).
3.24.15
बहवो ब्राह्मणास्तत्र परिवव्रुर्युधिष्ठिरम् ।
तपस्विनः सत्यशीलाः शतशः संशितव्रताः ॥ ३.२४.१५ ॥
Many brāhmaṇas there surrounded Yudhiṣṭhira — hundreds of ascetics, of truthful character, firm in their vows.
3.24.16
ते यात्वा पाण्डवास्तत्रब्राह्मणैर्बहुभिः सह ।
पुण्यं द्वैतवनं रम्यं विविशुर्बरतर्षभाः ॥ ३.२४.१६ ॥
Having gone there, the Pāṇḍavas, bulls among the Bharatas, entered the delightful, sacred Dvaita forest with many brāhmaṇas.
3.24.17
तत्सालतालाम्रमधूकनीप-
कदम्बसर्जार्जुनकर्णिकारैः।
तपात्यये पुष्पधरैरुपेतं ।
महावनं राष्ट्रपतिर्ददर्श ॥ ३.२४.१७ ॥
At the end of the heat, the king saw that great forest, adorned with sāla, tāla, mango, madhūka, nīpa, kadamba, sarja, arjuna and karṇikāra trees bearing flowers.
3.24.18
महाद्रुमाणां शिखरेषु तस्थु-
र्मनोरमां वाचमुदीरयन्तः।
मयूरदात्यूहचकोरसङ्घा-
स्तस्मिन्वने बर्हिणकोकिलाश्च ॥ ३.२४.१८ ॥
On the crests of the great trees stood flocks of peacocks, dātyūha birds and chakora partridges, uttering delightful cries; and in that forest were also peacocks and cuckoos.
3.24.19
करेणुयूथैः सह यूथपानां ।
मदोत्कटानामचलप्रभाणाम्।
महान्ति यूथानि महाद्विपानां ।
तस्मिन्वने राष्ट्रपतिर्ददर्श ॥ ३.२४.१९ ॥
In that forest the lord of the realm saw herds of she-elephants with their fierce, rut-maddened herd-leaders, and great herds of mighty elephants shining like mountains.
3.24.20
मनोरमां भोगवतीमुपेत्य ।
पूतात्मनां चीरजटाधराणाम्।
तस्मिन्वने धर्मभृतां निवासे ।
ददर्श सिद्धर्षिगणाननेकान् ॥ ३.२४.२० ॥
Having come to the lovely Bhogavatī, in that forest, the abode of the pure-souled upholders of dharma who wear bark garments and matted hair, he saw many hosts of perfected sages.
3.24.21
ततः स यानादवरुह्य राजा ।
सभ्रातृकः सजनः काननं तत्।
विवेश धर्मात्मवतां बरिष्ठ-
स्त्रिविष्टपं शक्र इवामितौजाः ॥ ३.२४.२१ ॥
Then the king, descending from his chariot, entered that forest with his brothers and retinue, the best of the righteous-souled, as Indra of boundless might enters heaven.
3.24.22
तं सत्यसन्धं सहिताऽभिपेतु-
र्दिदृक्षवश्चारणसिद्धसङ्घाः।
वनौकसश्चापि नेरन्द्रसिंहं ।
मनस्विनं तं परिवार्य तस्थुः ॥ ३.२४.२२ ॥
Desiring to see that lion among kings, true to his vow, hosts of celestial singers and perfected beings came together and approached him, and forest-dwellers too; surrounding that high-minded one, they stood.
3.24.23
स तत्रवृद्धानभिवाद्य सर्वान् ।
प्रत्यर्चितो राजवद्देववच्च।
विवेश सर्वैः सहितो द्विजाग्र्यैः ।
कृताञ्जलिर्धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः ॥ ३.२४.२३ ॥
There he greeted all the elders with reverence, and was honored in return as a king and as a god; with the foremost brahmins, hands folded in reverence, he entered, the best of the upholders of dharma.
3.24.24
स पुण्यशीलः पितृवन्महात्मा ।
तपस्विभिर्मपरैरुपेत्य।
प्रत्यर्चितः पुष्पधरस्य मूले ।
महाद्रुमस्योपविवेश राजा ॥ ३.२४.२४ ॥
That virtuous, great-souled king, like a father, approached the ascetics and great sages, was honoured by them in return, and sat down at the foot of the great flower-bearing tree.
3.24.25
भीमश्च कृष्णा च धनंजयश्च ।
यमौ च ते चानुचरा नरेन्द्रम्।
विमुच्यवाहानवशाश्च सर्वे ।
तत्रोपतस्थुर्भरतप्रबर्हाः ॥ ३.२४.२५ ॥
Bhīma and Kṛṣṇā and Dhanaṃjaya, the twin brothers, and all their followers, having unyoked their mounts and exhausted, came and stood before the lord of men there — all of them, the best of the Bharatas.
3.24.26
लतावतानावनतः स पाण्डवै-
र्महाद्रुमः पञ्चभिरेव धन्विभिः।
बभौ निवासोपगतैर्महात्मभि-
र्महागिरिर्वारणयूथपैरिव ॥ ३.२४.२६ ॥
That great tree, bent down by its canopy of creepers, shone with the five archer Pāṇḍavas — those great-souled ones who had come to dwell there — as a great mountain shines with the herd-leaders of elephants.