Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.92
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3.92.1
न वै निर्गुणमात्मानं मन्ये देवर्षिसत्तम ।
तथाऽस्मि दुःखसंतप्तो यथा नान्यो महीपतिः ॥ ३.९२.१ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Best of the divine sages, I do not think myself devoid of merit, yet I am tormented by sorrow as no other king is.
3.92.2
परांश्च निर्गुणान्मन्ये न च ध्रमगतानपि ।
ते च लोमश लोकेऽस्मिन्नृध्यन्ते के न हेतुना ॥ ३.९२.२ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said: I do not think others devoid of merit, nor even those who have gone the way of dharma. Lomaśa, in this world, who prospers without cause?
3.92.3
नात्र दुःखं त्वया राजन्कार्यं पार्थ कथंचन ।
यदधर्मेण वर्धेयुरधर्मरुचयो जनाः ॥ ३.९२.३ ॥
Lomaśa said: O king, O son of Pṛthā, you should not grieve over this in any way, for people who delight in unrighteousness prosper through unrighteousness.
3.92.4
वर्धत्यधर्मेण नरस्ततो भद्राणि पश्यति ।
ततः सपत्नाञ्जयति समूलस्तु विनश्यति ॥ ३.९२.४ ॥
A man grows through unrighteousness, then sees good fortune; then he conquers his enemies, but he perishes root and all.
3.92.5
यत्र धर्मेण वर्धन्ते राजानो राजसत्तम ।
सर्वान्सपत्नान्वाधन्ते राज्यं चैषां विवर्धते ॥ ३.९२.५ ॥
O best of kings, where kings prosper through dharma, they overcome all their enemies, and their kingdom flourishes.
3.92.6
मया हि दृष्टा दैतेया दानवाश्च महीपते ।
वर्धमाना ह्यधर्मेण क्षयं चोपगताः पुनः ॥ ३.९२.६ ॥
Lomaśa said: O lord of the earth, I have seen the Daityas and Dānavas; growing through unrighteousness, they again came to destruction.
3.92.7
पुरा देवयुगे चैव दृष्टं सर्वं मया विभो ।
अरोचयन्सुरा धर्मं धर्मं तत्यजिरेऽसुराः ॥ ३.९२.७ ॥
Long ago, in the age of the gods, I saw all this, O mighty one. The gods found dharma pleasing, but the asuras abandoned dharma.
3.92.8
तीर्तानि देवा विविशुर्नाविशन्भारतासुराः ।
तानधर्मकृतो दर्पः पूर्वमेव समाविशत् ॥ ३.९२.८ ॥
The gods entered the sacred fords, O Bhārata, but the asuras did not enter. Pride born of unrighteousness had already seized them beforehand.
3.92.9
दर्पान्मानः समभवन्मानात्क्रोधो व्यजायत ।
क्रोधादहीस्ततोऽलञ्जा वृत्तं तेषां ततोऽनशत् ॥ ३.९२.९ ॥
From pride arose conceit; from conceit anger was born. From anger came shamelessness, and then their conduct was destroyed.
3.92.10
तानलज्जान्गतश्रीकान्हीनवृत्तान्वृथाव्रतान् ।
क्षमा लक्ष्मीः स्वधर्मश्च नचिरात्प्रजहुस्ततः ॥ ३.९२.१० ॥
Shameless, bereft of splendour, of base conduct, and with futile vows, forbearance, fortune, and one's own dharma soon forsook them.
3.92.11
लक्ष्मीस्तु देवानगमदलक्ष्मीरसुरान्नृप ॥ ३.९२.११ ॥
But Fortune went to the gods, and Misfortune went to the asuras, O king.
3.92.12
तानलक्ष्मीसमाविष्टान्दर्पोपहतचेतसः ।
दैतेयान्दानवांश्चैव कलिरप्याविशत्ततः ॥ ३.९२.१२ ॥
Those Daityas and Dānavas, possessed by Misfortune and with minds ruined by pride, were then entered also by Kali.
3.92.13
तानलक्ष्मीसमाविष्टान्दानवान्कलिनाहतान् ।
दर्पाभिभूतान्कौन्तेय क्रियाहीनानचेतसः
मानाभिभूतानचिराद्विनाशः समपद्यत ॥ ३.९२.१३ ॥
Upon those Dānavas possessed by Alakṣmī, struck down by Kali, overcome by pride, O Kaunteya, bereft of right action and senseless, overcome by conceit, destruction soon came.
3.92.14
निर्यशस्कास्तथा दैत्याः कृत्स्नशो विलयं गताः ।
अधर्मरुचयोराजन्नलक्ष्म्या समधिष्ठिताः ॥ ३.९२.१४ ॥
Thus the Daityas, without glory, were utterly dissolved. O king, delighting in unrighteousness, they were possessed by Alakṣmī.
3.92.15
देवास्तु सागरांश्चैव सरितश्च सरांसि च ।
अभ्यगच्छन्धर्मशीलाः पुण्यान्यावतनानि च ॥ ३.९२.१५ ॥
But the gods, righteous of nature, went to the oceans, the rivers and the lakes, and to the holy abodes.
3.92.16
तपोभिः क्रतुभिर्दानैराशीर्वादैश्च पाण्डव ।
प्रजहुः सर्वपापानि श्रेयश्च प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ ३.९२.१६ ॥
By austerities, sacrifices, gifts and blessings, O Pāṇḍava, they abandoned all sins and attained welfare.
3.92.17
एवमादानवन्तश् निरादानाश्च सर्वशः ।
तीर्थान्यगच्छन्विबुधास्तेनापुर्भूतिमुत्तमाम् ॥ ३.९२.१७ ॥
Thus the gods, both possessed and dispossessed, went to all the sacred fords, and by that they obtained supreme prosperity.
3.92.18
तथा त्वमपि राजेन्द्र स्नात्वा तीर्थेषु सानुजः ।
पुनर्वेत्स्वसि तां लक्ष्मीमेष पन्थाः सनातनः ॥ ३.९२.१८ ॥
So too you, O lord of kings, having bathed in the sacred fords with your younger brothers, will regain that Lakṣmī again. This is the eternal path.
3.92.19
यथैव हि नृगो राजा शिविरौशीनरो यथा ।
भगीरयो वसुमना गयः पूरुः पुरूरवाः ॥ ३.९२.१९ ॥
Just as king Nṛga, Śibi son of Uśīnara, Bhagīratha, Vasumanas, Gaya, Pūru and Purūravas did.
3.92.20
चरमाणास्तपो नित्यंस्पर्शनादम्भसश्च ते ।
तीर्थामिगमनात्पूता दर्शनाच्च महात्मनाम् ॥ ३.९२.२० ॥
Practising austerity constantly, they were purified by touching the water, by going to the sacred fords, and by seeing the great souls.
3.92.21
अलभन्त यशः पुण्यं धनानि च विशांपते ।
तथा त्वमपि राजेन्द्र लब्ध्वा सुविपुलां श्रियम् ॥ ३.९२.२१ ॥
O lord of men, they obtained meritorious fame and wealth. So too, O king of kings, will you, having obtained abundant prosperity.
3.92.22
यथा चेक्ष्वाकुरभवत्सपुत्रजनबान्धवः ।
मुचुकुन्दोऽथ मांधाता मरुत्तश्च महीपतिः ॥ ३.९२.२२ ॥
Just as Ikṣvāku became with his sons, people and kinsmen; and Mucukunda, Māndhātṛ and the lord of the earth Marutta.
3.92.23
कीर्तिं पुण्यामविन्दन्त यथा देवास्तपोबलात् ।
देवर्षयश्च कार्त्स्न्येन तथा त्वमपि वेत्स्यसि ॥ ३.९२.२३ ॥
As the gods obtained meritorious fame through the power of austerity, and the divine sages entirely did, so too will you come to know it.
3.92.24
धार्तराष्ट्रास्त्वधर्मेण मोहिन च वशीकृताः ।
नचिराद्वै विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति दैत्या इव न संशयः ॥ ३.९२.२४ ॥
The sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, subdued by unrighteousness and delusion, will soon perish like the Daityas; there is no doubt.