Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.88
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3.88.1
उदीच्यां राजशार्दूल दिशि पुण्यानि यानि वै ।
तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ॥ ३.८८.१ ॥
O tiger among kings, the sacred places in the northern direction — those sacred sanctuaries I will now recount to you.
3.88.2
शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा मम मन्त्रयतः प्रभो ।
कथाप्रतिग्रहो वीर श्रद्धां जनयते शुभाम् ॥ ३.८८.२ ॥
Listen attentively to my counsel, O lord. O hero, receiving this tale gives rise to auspicious faith.
3.88.3
सरस्वती महापुण्या ह्रदिनी तीर्थमालिनी ।
समुद्रगा महावेगा यमुना यत्र पाण्डव ॥ ३.८८.३ ॥
There is the Sarasvatī, most sacred, resounding, garlanded with holy fords, and the Yamunā, flowing toward the ocean with great force, O Pāṇḍava.
3.88.4
यत्र पुण्यतरं तीर्थं प्लक्षावतरणं शुभम् ।
यत्रसारस्वतैरिष्ट्वा गच्छन्त्यवभृथं द्विजाः ॥ ३.८८.४ ॥
There is the most sacred ford, the auspicious descent at the plakṣa tree, where twice-born men who have performed sacrifice with the Sārasvatas go for the final ablution.
3.88.5
पुण्यं चाख्यायते दिव्यं शिवमग्निशिरोऽनघ ।
सहदेवोऽयजद्यत्रशम्याक्षेपेण भारत ॥ ३.८८.५ ॥
Sacred, divine and auspicious Agniśiras is declared there, O sinless one; there Sahadeva performed sacrifice by the throwing of the śamī stick, O Bhārata.
3.88.6
एतस्मिन्नेव चार्थेऽसौ इन्द्रगीता युधिष्ठिर ।
गाथा चरति लोकेऽस्मिन्गीयमाना द्विजातिभिः ॥ ३.८८.६ ॥
And in this very matter, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the verse-tale sung by Indra circulates in this world, being sung by the twice-born.
3.88.7
अग्नयः सहदेवेन ये चिता यमुनामनु ।
ते तस्य कुरुशार्दूल सहस्रशतदक्षिणाः ॥ ३.८८.७ ॥
O tiger among the Kurus, the fires that Sahadeva piled along the Yamunā were his sacrifices with gifts of a hundred thousand.
3.88.8
तत्रैव भरतो राजा चक्रवर्ती महायशाः ।
विंशतीं सप्त चाष्टौ च हयमेधानुपाहरत् ॥ ३.८८.८ ॥
There King Bharata, the universal emperor of great fame, performed twenty-seven and eight horse sacrifices.
3.88.9
कामकृद्यो द्विजातीनां श्रुतस्तात यथा पुरा ।
अत्यन्तमाश्रमः पुण्यः शरभङ्गस्य विश्रुतः ॥ ३.८८.९ ॥
Dear one, as you have heard, the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga, which grants the desires of the twice-born, is extremely sacred and renowned since of old.
3.88.10
सरस्वती नदी सद्भिः सततं पार्थ पूजिता ।
वालखिल्यैर्महाराज यत्रेष्टमृषिभिः पुरा ॥ ३.८८.१० ॥
O son of Pṛthā, the river Sarasvatī is constantly honored by the good; O great king, where the Vālakhilya sages once sacrificed.
3.88.11
दृषद्वती महापुण्या यत्र रख्याता युधिष्ठिर ।
न्यग्रोधाख्यस्तु पाञ्चाल्यः पाञ्चाल्योद्विपदांवर।
दाल्भ्यघोषश्च दाल्भ्याश् धरणीस्थो महात्मनः ॥ ३.८८.११ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, where the greatly sacred river Dṛṣadvatī is famed; Nyagrodha the Pāñcāla, the Pāñcāla best of bipeds, and the great-souled Dālbhya-ghoṣa and the Dālbhyas dwelling on the earth.
3.88.12
कौन्तेयानन्तयशसः सुव्रतस्यामितौजसः ।
आश्रमः ख्यायते पुण्यस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः ॥ ३.८८.१२ ॥
O sons of Kuntī, the sacred hermitage of him of endless fame, of good vows and immeasurable might, is said to be renowned in the three worlds.
3.88.13
एतावर्णाववर्णौ च विश्रुतौ मनुजाधिप ।
ईजाते क्रतुभिर्मुख्यैः पुण्यैर्भरतसत्तम ॥ ३.८८.१३ ॥
Lord of men, these two, of no caste yet renowned, performed sacrifice with the chief and meritorious rites, O best of the Bharatas.
3.88.14
समेत्य बहुशो देवाः सेन्द्राः सवरुणाः पुरा ।
विशाखयूपेऽतप्यन् तेन पुण्यतमश्च सः ॥ ३.८८.१४ ॥
Long ago the gods, with Indra and Varuṇa, assembled many times and performed austerities at the Viśākha sacrificial post; by that deed that place became most meritorious.
3.88.15
ऋषिर्महान्महाभागो जमदग्निर्महायशाः ।
पलाशकेषु पुण्येषु रम्येष्वयजत प्रभुः ॥ ३.८८.१५ ॥
The great sage Jamadagni, greatly fortunate and of great fame, the mighty one, performed sacrifice among the holy and delightful palāśa trees.
3.88.16
यत्रसर्वाः सरिच्छ्रेष्टाः साक्षात्तमृषिसत्तमम् ।
स्वं स्वं तोयमुपादाय परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥ ३.८८.१६ ॥
There all the best of rivers, in person, took up their own waters, surrounded that best of sages, and attended upon him.
3.88.17
अपि चात्र महाराज स्वयं विश्वावसुर्जगौ ।
इमं श्लोकं तदा वीर प्रेक्ष्य दीक्षां महात्मनः ॥ ३.८८.१७ ॥
Moreover, great king, here Viśvāvasu himself sang this verse, O hero, when he beheld the consecration of that great-souled one.
3.88.18
यजमानस्य वै देवाञ्जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः ।
आगम्य सरितो विप्रान्मधुना समतर्पयन् ॥ ३.८८.१८ ॥
At the sacrifice of the sacrificer, the great-souled Jamadagni, the rivers came and fully satisfied the gods and the brahmins with honey.
3.88.19
गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षोबिरप्सरोभिश्च सेवितम् ।
किरातकिन्नरावासं शैलं शिखरिणांवरम् ॥ ३.८८.१९ ॥
Frequented by gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas and apsarases, the abode of kirātas and kinnaras, the best of mountains with peaks.
3.88.20
बिभेद तरसा गङ्गा गङ्गाद्वारं युधिष्ठिर ।
पुण्यं तत्ख्यायते राजन्ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥ ३.८८.२० ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, the Ganges swiftly cleft the mountain; that is the Gaṅgādvāra. O king, that sacred place is known as frequented by hosts of brahmarṣis.
3.88.21
सनत्कुमारः कौरव्य पुण्यं कनखलं तथा ।
पर्वतश्च पुरुर्नाम यत्रयातः पुरूरवाः ॥ ३.८८.२१ ॥
O descendant of Kuru, the sacred place of Sanatkumāra, and also Kanakhala; the mountain named Puru, where Purūravas went.
3.88.22
भृगुर्यत्रतपस्तेपे महर्षिगणसेविते ।
राजन्स आश्रमः ख्यातो भृगुतुङ्गो महागिरिः ॥ ३.८८.२२ ॥
Where Bhṛgu performed austerities in a place frequented by hosts of great sages, O king — that hermitage is famed: the great mountain Bhṛgutuṅga.
3.88.23
यः स भूतं भविष्यच्च भवच् भरतर्षभ ।
नारायणः प्रभुर्विष्णुः शाश्वतः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ३.८८.२३ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, he who is past, future and present — that Nārāyaṇa, the lord Viṣṇu, the eternal supreme person.
3.88.24
तस्यातियशसः पुण्यां विशालां बदरीमनु ।
आश्रमः ख्यायते पुण्यस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः ॥ ३.८८.२४ ॥
Near Viśālā and Badarī is known the sacred hermitage of that greatly renowned one; that sacred hermitage is famed in the three worlds.
3.88.25
उष्णतोयवहा गङ्गा शीततोयवहा पुरा ।
सुवर्णसिकता राजन्विशालां बदरीमनु ॥ ३.८८.२५ ॥
O king, formerly near Viśālā and Badarī the Gaṅgā carried warm waters and cold waters, and her sand was of gold.
3.88.26
ऋषयो यत्रदेवाश्च महाभागा महौजसः ।
प्राप्य नित्यं नमस्यन्ति देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥ ३.८८.२६ ॥
Where the sages and gods, greatly blessed and of great splendour, arrive and constantly pay homage to the god Nārāyaṇa, the lord.
3.88.27
यत्रनाराजणो देवः परमात्मा सनातनः ।
तत्र कृत्स्नं जगत्सर्वं तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥ ३.८८.२७ ॥
Where the eternal supreme Self, the god Nārāyaṇa, is, there is the entire world, all the holy fords and the abodes.
3.88.28
तत्पुण्यं परमं ब्रह्म तत्तीर्थं त्तपोवनम् ।
तत्परं परमं देवं भूतानां परमेश्वरम् ॥ ३.८८.२८ ॥
That is the holy supreme Brahman; that is the sacred ford, the forest of asceticism; that is the supreme, the highest god, the supreme lord of beings.
3.88.29
शाश्वतं परमं चैव धातारं परमं पदम् ।
यं विदित्वान शोचन्ति विद्वांसः शास्त्रदृष्टयः ॥ ३.८८.२९ ॥
Knowing whom the learned, with scriptural vision, do not grieve — he is eternal, supreme, the sustainer, and the highest state.
3.88.30
तत्र देवर्षयः सिद्धाः सर्वे चैव तपोधनाः ।
आदिदेवो महायोगी यत्रास्ते मधुसूदनः ॥ ३.८८.३० ॥
There dwell all the divine sages, the perfected beings, and the ascetic-wealthy, where Madhusūdana, the first god, the great yogin, abides.
3.88.31
पुण्यानामपि तत्पुण्यमत्र ते संशयेस्तु मा ।
एतानि राजन्पुण्यानि पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते।
कीर्तितानि नरश्रेष्ठ तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥ ३.८८.३१ ॥
This holy merit is the greatest of all merits; let there be no doubt in you about it. O king, lord of the earth, these holy places have been declared on the earth, O best of men — they are sacred fords and sanctuaries.
3.88.32
एतानि वसुभिः साध्यैरादित्यैर्मरुदश्विभिः ।
ऋषिभिर्देवकल्पैश्च सेवितानि महात्मभिः ॥ ३.८८.३२ ॥
These places are frequented by the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Ādityas, the Maruts and the Aśvins, and by sages, great-souled ones like gods.
3.88.33
चरन्नेतानि कौन्तेय सहितो ब्राह्मणर्षभैः ।
भ्रातृभिश्च महाभागैरुत्कण्ठां विजयिष्यसि ॥ ३.८८.३३ ॥
O son of Kuntī, wandering through these places together with the best of brahmins and your fortunate brothers, you will overcome your restlessness (longing).