Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.91
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3.91.1
ततः प्रयान्तं कौन्तेयं ब्राह्मणा वनवासिनः ।
अभिगम्य तदा राजन्निदं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥ ३.९१.१ ॥
Then, as Kaunteya was setting out, the forest-dwelling brahmins approached him and, O king, spoke these words.
3.91.2
राजंस्तीर्थानि गन्तासि पुण्यानि भ्रातृभिः सह ।
देवर्षिणा च सहितो लोमशेन महात्मना ॥ ३.९१.२ ॥
O king, you will go to the holy tīrthas with your brothers, together with the divine sage, the great-souled Lomaśa.
3.91.3
अस्मानपि महाराज नेतुमर्हसि पाण्डव ।
अस्माभिर्हि न शक्यानि त्वदृते तानि कौरव ॥ ३.९१.३ ॥
Great king Pāṇḍava, you should take us along too; O Kaurava, those sacred places cannot be reached by us without you.
3.91.4
श्वापरदैरुपसृष्टानि दुर्गाणि विषमाणि च ।
अगम्यानि नरैरल्पैस्तीर्थानि मनुजेश्वर ॥ ३.९१.४ ॥
O lord of men, those sacred places are infested with beasts of prey, difficult, rough, and unreachable for few men.
3.91.5
भवतो भ्रातरः शूरा धनुर्धरवराः सदा ।
भवद्भिः पालिताः शूरैर्गच्छामो वयमप्युत ॥ ३.९१.५ ॥
Your brothers are heroes, always the best of archers; protected by heroes like you, we too shall go.
3.91.6
भवत्प्रसादाद्धि वयं प्राप्नुयामः सुखं फलम् ।
तीर्थानां पृथिवीपाल वनानां च विशांपते ॥ ३.९१.६ ॥
By your grace we shall obtain the happy fruit of the sacred places and the forests, O protector of the earth, O lord of the people.
3.91.7
तव वीर्यपरित्राताः शुद्धास्तीर्थपरिप्लताः ।
भवेम धूतपाप्मानस्तीर्थसंदर्शनान्नृप ॥ ३.९१.७ ॥
Protected by your might, purified and bathed in the sacred fords, may we, O king, be rid of sin through beholding the holy places.
3.91.8
भवानपि नरेन्द्रस्य कार्तवीर्यस्य भारत ।
अष्टकस्य च राजर्षेर्लोमपादस् चैव ह ॥ ३.९१.८ ॥
O Bhārata, you too are like the lord of men Kārtavīrya, the royal sage Aṣṭaka, and Lomapāda.
3.91.9
भरतस्य च वीरस्य सार्वभौमस्य पार्तिव ।
ध्रुवं प्राप्स्यति दुष्प्रापाँल्लोकांस्तीर्थपरिप्लुतः ॥ ३.९१.९ ॥
And also the path of the heroic Bharata and of the universal emperor. O king, one who has bathed in the holy places will surely attain worlds hard to reach.
3.91.10
प्रभासादीनि तीर्थानि महेन्द्रादींश्च पर्वतान् ।
गङ्गाद्याः सरितश्चैव प्लक्षादींश्च पर्वतान् ॥ ३.९१.१० ॥
The holy fords beginning with Prabhāsa, the mountains beginning with Mahendra, the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā, and the mountains beginning with Plakṣa.
3.91.11
त्वया सह महीपाल द्रष्टुमिच्छामहे वयम् ।
भवद्भिः पालिताः शूरैस्तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥ ३.९१.११ ॥
O protector of the earth, we wish to behold, together with you, the holy fords and sacred abodes protected by heroes such as you.
3.91.12
यदि ते ब्राह्मणेष्वस्ति काचित्प्रीतिर्जनाधिप ।
कुरुक्षिप्रं वचोऽस्माकं ततः श्रेयोऽभिपत्स्यसे ॥ ३.९१.१२ ॥
O lord of men, if you have any affection for the brahmins, quickly do our word; then you will obtain welfare.
3.91.13
तीर्तानि हि महाबाहो तपोविघ्नकरैः सदा ।
अनुकीर्णानि रक्षोभिस्तेभ्यो नस्त्रातुमर्हसि ॥ ३.९१.१३ ॥
O mighty-armed one, the sacred fords are always infested by rākṣasas who obstruct our asceticism; it is your duty to protect us from them.
3.91.14
तीर्थान्युक्तानि धौम्येन नारदेन च धीमता ।
यान्युवाच च देवर्षिर्लोमशः सुमहातपाः ॥ ३.९१.१४ ॥
The sacred fords described by Dhaumya and by the wise Nārada, and those which the divine sage Lomaśa, of great asceticism, related.
3.91.15
विधिवत्तानि सर्वाणि पर्यटस्व नराधिप ।
धूतपाप्मा सहास्माभिर्लोमशेनाबिपालितः ॥ ३.९१.१५ ॥
O lord of men, go round all of them duly, your sins shaken off, with us, guarded by Lomaśa.
3.91.16
स राजा पूज्यमानस्तैर्हर्षादश्रुपरिप्लुतः ।
भीमसेनादिभिर्वीरैर्भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः ॥ ३.९१.१६ ॥
That king, honored by them, overwhelmed with tears of joy, was surrounded by his heroic brothers led by Bhīmasena.
3.91.17
बाढमित्यब्रवीत्सर्वांस्तानृषीन्पाण्डवर्षभः ।
लोमशं समनुज्ञाप्य धौम्यं चैव पुरोहितम् ॥ ३.९१.१७ ॥
The bull of the Pāṇḍavas said 'Very well' to all those sages, and having obtained leave from Lomaśa and from the household priest Dhaumya.
3.91.18
ततः स पाण्डवश्रेष्ठो भ्रातृभिः सहितो वशी ।
द्रौपद्या चानवद्याङ्ग्या गमनाय मनो दधे ॥ ३.९१.१८ ॥
Then that best of the Pāṇḍavas, self-controlled, together with his brothers and faultless-limbed Draupadī, resolved to set out.
3.91.19
अथ व्यासो महाभागस्तथा पर्वतनारदौ ।
दाम्यके पाण्डवंद्रष्टुं समाजग्मुर्मनीषिणः ॥ ३.९१.१९ ॥
Then Vyāsa, greatly fortunate, and likewise Parvata and Nārada, the wise sages, came together to see the Pāṇḍavas at Dāmyaka.
3.91.20
तेषां युधिष्ठिरो राजा पूजां चक्रे यथाविधि ।
सत्कृतास्ते महाभागा युधिष्ठिरमथाब्रुवन् ॥ ३.९१.२० ॥
King Yudhiṣṭhira worshipped them according to rule. Honoured, those greatly fortunate ones spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira.
3.91.21
युधिष्ठिरयमौ भीम मनसा कुरुतार्जवम् ।
मनसा कृतशौचा वै शद्धास्तीर्थानि यास्यथ ॥ ३.९१.२१ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, you twins, and Bhīma, cultivate uprightness in your minds. Purified in mind, pure, you shall go to the holy fords.
3.91.22
शरीरनियमं प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा मानुषं व्रतम् ।
मनोविशुद्धां बुद्धिं च दैवमाहुर्व्रतं द्विजाः ॥ ३.९१.२२ ॥
The brahmins call discipline of the body the human vow; the intellect purified in mind, the twice-born call the divine vow.
3.91.23
मनो ह्यदुष्टं शौचाय पर्याप्तं वै नराधिप ।
मैत्रीं बुद्धिं समास्थाय शुद्धास्तीर्थानि गच्छत ॥ ३.९१.२३ ॥
For a undefiled mind is indeed sufficient for purity, lord of men. Taking up a friendly intellect, go to the holy fords, purified.
3.91.24
ते यूयं मानसैः शुद्धाः शरीरनियमव्रतैः ।
दैवं व्रतं समास्थाय यथोक्तं फलमाप्स्यथ ॥ ३.९१.२४ ॥
You are all purified by mind and by the vows of bodily discipline. Undertaking the divine vow, you will obtain the fruit as declared.
3.91.25
ते तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय कृष्णया सह पाण्डवाः ।
कृतस्वस्त्ययनाः सर्वे मुनिभिर्देवमानुषैः ॥ ३.९१.२५ ॥
They, saying 'So be it', with Kṛṣṇā, all the Pāṇḍavas, having performed the blessing rites, with the sages, gods and men…
3.91.26
लोमशस्योपसंगृह्य पादौ द्वैपायनस् च ।
नारदस्य च राजेन्द्र देवर्षेः पर्वतस्य च ॥ ३.९१.२६ ॥
O lord of kings, having taken hold of the feet of Lomaśa and Dvaipāyana, and of Nārada and the divine sage Parvata…
3.91.27
धौम्येन सहिता वीरास्तथा तैर्वनवासिभिः ।
मार्गशीर्ष्यामतीतायां पुष्येण प्रययुस्ततः ॥ ३.९१.२७ ॥
With Dhaumya, those heroes and those forest-dwellers set out, when the month of Mārgaśīrṣa had passed, under the Puṣya constellation.
3.91.28
कठिनानि समादाय चीराजिनजटाधराः ।
अभेद्यैः कवचैर्युक्तास्तीर्थान्यन्वचरंस्ततः ॥ ३.९१.२८ ॥
Taking up hard things, bearing bark-cloth, deerskin and matted hair, equipped with impenetrable armour, they then wandered among the holy fords.
3.91.29
इन्द्रसेनादिभिर्भृत्यै रथैः परिचतुर्दशैः ।
महानसव्यापृतैश्च तथाऽन्यैः परिचारकैः ॥ ३.९१.२९ ॥
With the servants led by Indrasena, with about fourteen chariots, with those engaged in the kitchen, and with other attendants…
3.91.30
सायुधा बद्धनिस्त्रिंशास्तूणवन्तः समार्गणाः ।
प्राङ्युखाः प्रययुर्वीराः पाण्डवा जनमेजय ॥ ३.९१.३० ॥
Armed, with swords bound on, carrying quivers with arrows, facing east, the heroic Pāṇḍavas set out, O Janamejaya.