Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.315
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3.315.1
ततस्ते यक्षवचनादुदतिष्ठन्त पाण्डवः ।
क्षुत्पिपासे च सर्वेषां क्षणेन व्यपगच्छताम् ॥ ३.३१५.१ ॥
Then, at the yaksha's word, the Pāṇḍavas rose, and the hunger and thirst of all of them departed in an instant.
3.315.2
सरस्येकेन पादेन तिष्ठन्तमपराजितम् ।
पृच्छामि को भवान्देवो न मे यक्षो मतो भवान् ॥ ३.३१५.२ ॥
O unconquered one, standing on one foot in the lake, I ask: who are you? I do not take you to be a yaksha; you seem to me a god.
3.315.3
बसूनां वा भवानेको रुद्राणामथवा भवान् ।
अथवा मरुतां श्रेष्ठो वज्री वा त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥ ३.३१५.३ ॥
Are you one of the Vasus, or of the Rudras, or the best of the Maruts, or the thunderbolt-wielder, lord of the thirty gods?
3.315.4
मम हि भ्रातर इमे सहस्रशतयोधिनः ।
तं योधं न प्रपश्यामि येन सर्वे निपातिताः ॥ ३.३१५.४ ॥
These brothers of mine were warriors by the thousands and hundreds; yet I do not see the warrior by whom they were all felled.
3.315.5
सुखं प्रति प्रबुद्दानामिन्द्रियाण्युपलक्षये ।
स भवान्सुहृदोस्माकमथवा नः पिता भवान् ॥ ३.३१५.५ ॥
I perceive that the senses of those who have awakened turn back toward pleasure. Are you our friend, or our father?
3.315.6
अहंते जनकस्तात धर्मो मृदुपराक्रम ।
त्वां रदिदृक्षुरनुप्राप्तो विद्धि मां भरतर्षभ ॥ ३.३१५.६ ॥
I am your father Dharma, O son of gentle valor; desiring to see you I have come. Know me, O bull of the Bharatas.
3.315.7
यशः सत्यंदमः शौचमार्जवं ह्रीरचापलम् ।
दानं तपो ब्रह्मचर्यमित्येतास्तनवो मम ॥ ३.३१५.७ ॥
Fame, truth, self-restraint, purity, uprightness, modesty, steadiness, giving, austerity and chastity — these are my bodies.
3.315.8
अहिंसा समता शान्तिस्तपः शौचममत्सरः ।
द्वाराण्येतानि मे विद्धि प्रियो ह्यसि सुतो मम ॥ ३.३१५.८ ॥
Non-violence, equanimity, peace, austerity, purity and freedom from envy — know these to be my gates. You are dear to me, for you are my son.
3.315.9
दिष्ट्या पञ्चसु रक्तोसि दिष्ट्या ते षट्रपदी जिता ।
द्वे पूर्वे मध्यमे द्वे च द्वे शान्ते सांपरायिके ॥ ३.३१५.९ ॥
Fortunately you are devoted to the five, and fortunately you have conquered the six-footed one. The first two, the middle two, and the two pertaining to the next world are the calm ones.
3.315.10
ध्रमोऽहमिति भद्रं ते जिज्ञासुस्त्वामिहागतः ।
आनृशंस्येन तुष्टोस्मि वरं दास्यामि तेऽनघ ॥ ३.३१५.१० ॥
I am Dharma. May good fortune be yours — I have come here wishing to test you. I am pleased with your gentleness, and I shall grant you a boon, O sinless one.
3.315.11
वरं वृणीष्व राजेन्द्रदाता ह्यस्मि तवानघ ।
ये हि मे पुरुषा भक्ता न तेषामस्ति दुर्गतिः ॥ ३.३१५.११ ॥
Choose a boon, O lord of kings, for I am the giver to you. O sinless one, those men who are devoted to me have no fall into misfortune.
3.315.12
अरणी तु हृतायस्य मृगेण वदतांवर ।
तस्याग्नयो न लुप्येरन्प्रथमोऽस्तु वरो मम ॥ ३.३१५.१२ ॥
O best of speakers, a deer has carried off the fire-stick of a Brahmin. May his sacred fires not be extinguished — let this be my first boon.
3.315.13
आरणेयमिदं तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य हृतं मया ।
मृगवेषेण कौन्तेय जिज्ञालार्थं तवानघ ॥ ३.३१५.१३ ॥
O son of Kuntī, O sinless one, I took this fire-stick of that brahmin, in the guise of a deer, to test you.
3.315.14
ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत ।
अन्यं वरय भद्रं ते वरं त्वममरोपम ॥ ३.३१५.१४ ॥
'I will give it' — the blessed one replied thus. May good fortune be yours, godlike one; choose another boon.
3.315.15
वर्षाणि द्वादशारण्ये त्रयोदशमुपस्थितम् ।
तत्रनो नाभिजानीयुर्वसतो मनुजाः क्वचित् ॥ ३.३१५.१५ ॥
Twelve years have been spent in the forest, and the thirteenth has arrived. While we dwell there, may men nowhere recognize us.
3.315.16
ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत ।
भूयश्चाश्वासयामास कौन्तेयं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥ ३.३१५.१६ ॥
'I will give it' — the blessed one replied thus, and once more reassured the son of Kuntī, true in valour.
3.315.17
यद्यपि स्वेन रूपेण चरिष्यथ महीमिमाम् ।
न वो विज्ञास्यते कश्चित्रिषु लोकेषु भारत ॥ ३.३१५.१७ ॥
Even if you wander this earth in your own form, O descendant of Bharata, no one in the three worlds will recognize you.
3.315.18
वर्षंत्रयोदशमिदं मत्प्रसादात्कुरूद्वहाः ।
विराटनगरे गूढा अविज्ञाताश्चरिष्यथ ॥ ३.३१५.१८ ॥
This thirteenth year, by my grace, O best of the Kurus, you will spend hidden and unknown in the city of Virāṭa.
3.315.19
यद्वः संकल्पितं रूपं मनसा यस् यादृशम् ।
तादृशं तादृशं सर्वे छन्दतो धारयिष्यथ ॥ ३.३१५.१९ ॥
Whatever form you have conceived in your mind, of whatever kind it is, that very form, that very form, you all shall assume at will.
3.315.20
अरणीसहितं भाण्डं ब्राह्मणाय प्रयच्छत ।
जिज्ञासार्थं मया ह्येतदाहृतंमृगरूपिणा ॥ ३.३१५.२० ॥
Give this vessel, together with the fire-sticks, back to the brahmin. It was only to test him that I brought it here in the form of a deer.
3.315.21
प्रवृणीष्वापरं सौम्य वरमिष्टं ददानि ते ।
न तृप्यामि नरश्रेष्ठ प्रयच्छन्वै वरांस्तथा ॥ ३.३१५.२१ ॥
Gentle one, choose another boon that you desire; I will grant it to you. Best of men, even while granting boons I am not satisfied.
3.315.22
तृतीयं गृह्यतां पुत्र वरमप्रतिमं महत् ।
त्वं हि मत्प्रभवो राजन्विदुरश्चममांशजः ॥ ३.३१५.२२ ॥
Son, accept a third boon, unequalled and great. For you, O king, were born from me, and Vidura too was born of a portion of me.
3.315.23
देवदेवो मया दृष्टो भवान्साक्षात्सनातनः ।
यं ददासि वरं तुष्टस्तं ग्रहीष्याम्यहं पितः ॥ ३.३१५.२३ ॥
Father, I have seen you in person, the god of gods, the eternal one. Whatever boon you grant me, pleased, that I shall accept.
3.315.24
जयेयं लोभमोहौ च क्रोधं चाहं सदा विभो ।
दाने तपसि सत्ये च मनो मे सततं वेत् ॥ ३.३१५.२४ ॥
O lord, may I always conquer greed, delusion, and anger too. May my mind be constantly fixed on giving, on austerity, and on truth.
3.315.25
रउपपन्नो गुणैरेतैः स्वभावेनासि पाण्डव ।
भवान्धर्मः पुनश्चैव यथोक्तं ते भविष्यति ॥ ३.३१५.२५ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, you are endowed with these qualities by nature. You are Dharma itself, and what was said to you will come to pass again.
3.315.26
इत्युक्त्वान्तऽर्दधे धर्मो भगबाँल्लोकभावनः ।
समेताः पाण्डवाश्चैव सुखसुप्ता मनस्विनः ॥ ३.३१५.२६ ॥
Having spoken thus, the blessed Dharma, sustainer of the worlds, vanished; and the high-minded Pāṇḍavas, who had gathered and were sleeping happily, also (awoke).
3.315.27
उपेत्यचाश्रमं वीराः सर्व एव गतक्लमाः ।
आरणेयं ददुस्तस्मै ब्राह्मणाय तपस्विने ॥ ३.३१५.२७ ॥
Approaching the hermitage, all the heroes, free from weariness, gave the forest game to that ascetic brahmin.
3.315.28
इदं समुत्थानसमागतं मह-
त्पितुश्चपुत्रस्य च कीर्तिवर्धनम्।
पठन्नरः रस्याद्विजितेन्द्रियो वशी ।
सपुत्रपौत्रः शतपर्षभाग्भवेत् ॥ ३.३१५.२८ ॥
The man who recites this great narrative, which increases the fame of father and son, having conquered his senses and being self-controlled, becomes possessed of a hundred bulls' worth of wealth, together with sons and grandsons.
3.315.29
न चाप्यधर्मे न सुहृद्विभेदने ।
परस्वहारे परदारमर्शने।
कदर्यभावे न रमेनेमनः सदा ।
नृणां सदाख्यानमिदं विजानताम् ॥ ३.३१५.२९ ॥
The minds of men who know this true narrative never delight in unrighteousness, in sowing discord among friends, in seizing another's wealth, in touching another's wife, or in meanness.