Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.9
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4.9.1
ततस्तु ते पुण्यजलां शिवां शुभां महर्षिगन्धर्वनिषेवितोदकाम् ।
त्रिलोककान्तामवतीर्य जाह्नवीमृषींश्च देवांश्च पितृनतपर्यन् ॥ ४.९.१ ॥
Then they went down into the Jāhnavī, auspicious and fair, with pure waters, frequented by great sages and gandharvas, beloved of the three worlds, and offered libations to the sages, the gods and the ancestors.
4.9.2
वरप्रदानं ह्यनुचिन्त्य पार्थिवे हुत्वाऽग्निहोत्रं कृतजप्यमङ्गलः ।
दिशं तथैन्द्रीमभितः प्रपेदिवान्कृताञ्जलिर्धर्ममुपाह्वयच्छनैः ॥ ४.९.२ ॥
Recalling the granting of the boon, the king offered into the sacred fire, performed recitation and auspicious rites, then went to the eastern direction and, with folded hands, softly invoked Dharma.
4.9.3
वरप्रदानं मम दत्तवान्पिता प्रसन्नचेता वरदः प्रजापतिः ।
जलार्थिनो मे तृषितस्य सोदरा मया प्रयुक्ता विविशुर्जलाशयम् ॥ ४.९.३ ॥
My father, Prajāpati, the boon-giver of gladdened mind, granted me a boon. My brothers, thirsty and seeking water, were sent by me and entered the reservoir.
4.9.4
निपातिता यक्षवरेण ते वने महाहवे वज्रभृतेव दानवाः ।
मया च गत्वा वरदो हि तोषितो विवक्षता प्रश्नसमुच्चयं गुरुः ॥ ४.९.४ ॥
In that great battle in the forest, the foremost of yakṣas felled them as the wielder of the thunderbolt felled the demons. And I went and pleased the boon-giving teacher, who wished to speak a collection of questions.
4.9.5
स मे प्रसन्नो भगवान्वरं ददौ परिष्वजंश्चाह तथैव सौहृदात् ।
वृणीष्व यद्वाञ्छसि पाण्डुनन्दन स्थितोऽन्तरिक्षे वरदोऽस्मि पश्य माम् ॥ ४.९.५ ॥
That blessed lord, pleased with me, granted a boon, and embracing me in affection he said, 'Son of Pāṇḍu, choose whatever boon you desire. I am the boon-giver standing in the sky; behold me.'
4.9.6
स वै मयोक्तो वरदः पिता प्रभुः सदैव मे धर्मरता मतिर्भवेत् ।
इमे च जीवन्तु ममानुजाः प्रभो वयं स्वरूपं च जयं तथाऽऽप्नुमः ॥ ४.९.६ ॥
I asked that father, the boon-giver and lord: may my mind always delight in dharma. O lord, may my younger brothers live, and may we obtain our own form and victory.
4.9.7
क्षमा च कीर्तिश्च यथेप्सितं भवेद्व्रतं तु सत्यं च समाप्तिरेव च ।
वरो ममैषोस्तु यथाऽनुकीर्तितो न तन्मृषा देववृषो यथाऽब्रवीत् ॥ ४.९.७ ॥
May forbearance and fame, the vow as desired, truth and completion be mine. Let this boon be mine as it was proclaimed; what the bull among gods said is not false.
4.9.8
इत्येवमुक्त्वा धर्मात्मा धर्ममेवानुचिन्तयन् ।
तदैव तत्प्रसादेन रूपमेवाभवत्स्वयम् ॥ ४.९.८ ॥
Having spoken thus, the righteous-souled one, meditating on dharma itself, at that very moment, by his grace, his own form returned.
4.9.9
स वै द्विजातिस्तरुणस्त्रिदण्डभृत्कमण्डलूष्णीषधरो व्यजायत ।
सुरक्तमाञ्जिष्ठवराम्बरः शिखी पवित्रपाणिर्ददृशे तदाऽद्भुतम् ॥ ४.९.९ ॥
That twice-born youth appeared, bearing the triple staff, water-pot, and turban. Clad in fine deep-red madder-dyed garments, topknotted, with purified hands, he was then seen in a wondrous form.
4.9.10
तथैव तेषामपि धर्मचारिणां यथोचितार्हाभरणाम्बरस्रजः ।
क्षणेन राजन्नभवन्महात्मनां प्रशस्तधर्माग्र्यफलाभिकाङ्क्षिणाम् ॥ ४.९.१० ॥
Likewise, for those great-souled practisers of dharma who desired the supreme fruit of praised dharma, O king, in a moment fitting ornaments, garments, and garlands came to be.
4.9.11
नवेन रूपेण विशांपतिर्युतस्त्वथर्वरूपेण बभौ प्रतापवान् ।
निबद्धवैडूर्यसितान्सकाञ्चनान्नृपस्तथाऽक्षान्परिवेष्ट्य वाससः ॥ ४.९.११ ॥
In a new guise the lord of the people, the mighty king, shone forth; and he wrapped the dice, set with lapis lazuli, white gems and gold, in cloth.
4.9.12
ततो विराटं प्रथमं युधिष्ठिरो ददर्श दूरात्सुसमृद्धतेजसम् ।
अनन्ततेजोज्वलितं हुताशनं दुरासदं तीक्ष्णविषं यथोरगम् ॥ ४.९.१२ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira first saw Virāṭa from afar, of abundant splendour, blazing with boundless brilliance like a fire, hard to approach like a serpent with sharp poison.
4.9.13
सभासदं प्राञ्जलिभिर्जनैर्वृतं विचित्रनानाविधशस्त्रपाणिभिः ।
उपायनौघैः प्रविशद्भिराचितं द्विजैश्च शिक्षाक्षरमन्त्रधारिभिः ॥ ४.९.१३ ॥
Seated in the assembly hall, surrounded by people with folded hands, crowded with men holding wondrous weapons of many kinds, with streams of gifts entering, and filled with brahmins who bear phonetics, letters and mantras.
4.9.14
गजैरुदीर्मं तुरगैश्च सङ्कुलं मृगद्विपैः कुब्जगणैः समावृतम् ।
सितोच्छ्रितोष्णीषनिरुद्धमूर्धजं विचित्रवैडूर्यविकारकुण्डलम् ।
विराटमायाच्च युधिष्ठिरस्तदा बृहस्पतिः शक्रमिव त्रिविष्टपे ॥ ४.९.१४ ॥
Teeming with elephants and crowded with horses, surrounded by deer, elephants and troops of hunchbacks, with hair bound beneath a raised white turban and wearing earrings of wondrously wrought lapis lazuli, Virāṭa — and Yudhiṣṭhira then approached him, as Bṛhaspati approaches Indra in heaven.
4.9.15
तमाव्रजन्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य पाण्डवं विराटराजो मुदितेन चक्षुषा ।
पप्रच्छ चैनं स नराधिपो मुहुर्द्विजाश्च ये चास्य सभासदस्तदा ॥ ४.९.१५ ॥
Seeing the Pāṇḍava approaching, King Virāṭa, with a delighted glance, asked him; and that lord of men repeatedly asked him, and the Brahmins and the court members as well.
4.9.16
को वा विजानाति पुराऽस्य दर्शनं युवा सभां योऽयमुपैति मामिकाम् ।
रूपेण सारेण विराजयन्महीं श्रिया ह्ययं वैश्रवणो द्विजो यथा ॥ ४.९.१६ ॥
Who has seen this young man before, coming into my assembly? Lighting up the earth with beauty and strength, he is like a twice-born man, like Vaiśravaṇa in splendour.
4.9.17
मृगेन्द्रराड्वारणयूथपोपमः प्रभात्ययं काञ्चनपर्वतो यथा ।
विराजते पावकसूर्यसन्निभं सचन्द्रनक्षत्र इवांशुमान्ग्रहः ॥ ४.९.१७ ॥
Like the king of lions or the lord of an elephant herd, he shines forth like a golden mountain; like fire and the sun, he glows like a radiant planet with moon and stars.
4.9.18
न दृश्यतेऽस्यानुचरो न कुञ्जरो न चोष्णरश्म्यावरणं समुच्छ्रितम् ।
न कुण्डलं नाङ्गदमस्य न स्रजो विचित्रिताङ्गश्च रथश्रतुर्युजः ॥ ४.९.१८ ॥
No attendant of his is seen, nor any elephant; no tall parasol shielding against the hot rays; no earrings, no armlet, no garlands; no richly adorned chariot yoked to four horses.
4.9.19
क्षात्रं च रूपं हि बिभर्त्ययं भृशं गजेन्द्रशार्दूलमहर्षभोपमः ।
अभ्यागतोऽस्माननलंकृतोपि सन् विरोचते भानुरिवाचिरोदितः ॥ ४.९.१९ ॥
He bears the very form of a warrior, like a lord of elephants, a tiger, and a great bull. Having come to us, though unadorned, he shines like the sun newly risen.
4.9.20
विभात्ययं क्षत्रिय एव सर्वथा विराट इत्येवमुवाच तं प्रति ।
ससागरान्तामयमद्य मेदिनीं प्रशासितुं चार्हति वासवोपमः ॥ ४.९.२० ॥
"He appears in every way to be a kṣatriya," Virāṭa said to him. "Worthy of ruling this earth as far as the ocean, he is like Vāsava."
4.9.21
नाक्षत्रियो नूनमयं भविष्यति मूर्धाभिषिक्तः प्रतिभाति मां प्रति ।
तुल्यं हि रूपं प्रतिदृश्यतेऽस्य गजस्य सिंहस्य तथर्षभस्य ॥ ४.९.२१ ॥
"He cannot surely be a non-kṣatriya; he seems to me to be one anointed as king. His form appears equal to that of an elephant, a lion, and a bull."
4.9.22
यमेष कामं परिमार्गते द्विजः स चास्य सर्वः क्रियतामसंशयम् ।
प्रियं च मे दर्शनमीदृशे जने द्विजेषु मुख्येषु तथाऽतिथिष्वपि ॥ ४.९.२२ ॥
"Whatever desire this brahmin seeks, let all of it be done for him without doubt. The sight of such a man is dear to me, as is that of the foremost brahmins and even guests."
4.9.23
धनेषु रत्नेष्वथ गोषु वेश्मसु प्रकामतो मे विचरत्ववारितः ॥ ४.९.२३ ॥
"Among wealth, jewels, cattle, and houses, let him roam freely at will in my realm, unhindered."
4.9.24
एवं ब्रुवाणस्तमनन्ततेजसं विराजमानं सहसोत्थितो नृपः ।
अन्येन रूपेण समीपमागतं त्रिदण्डकुण्ड्यङ्कुशशिक्यपाणिनम् ॥ ४.९.२४ ॥
As he was speaking thus, the king suddenly rose toward him, the one of boundless splendor who shone brightly, who had approached in another form, holding in his hand a triple staff, a water-pot, a goad, and a begging-bag.
4.9.25
समुत्थिता सा हि सभा सपार्थिवा सविप्रराजन्यविशा सशूद्रका ।
सभागत प्रेक्ष्य तपन्तमर्चिषां विनिःसृतं राहुमुखाद्यथा रविम् ॥ ४.९.२५ ॥
Seeing him come into the assembly, blazing like the sun emerging from the mouth of Rāhu, that assembly rose up, with its kings, brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and even the shudras.
4.9.26
स तेन पूर्वं जयतां भवानिह द्विजातिनोक्तोऽभिमुखः कृताञ्जलिः ।
जयं जयार्हेण समेत्य वर्धितो विराटराजो ह्यभिवादयच्च तम् ॥ ४.९.२६ ॥
That twice-born first blessed him with "May you be victorious here." Meeting him, worthy of victory, King Virāṭa, himself worthy of victory, stood before him with folded hands and bowed to him in reverence.
4.9.27
तमब्रवीत्प्राञ्जलिरेष पार्थिवो विराटराजो मधुराक्षरं वचः ।
प्राप्तः कुतस्त्वं भगवन्किमिच्छसि क्व यास्यसे किं करवाणि ते द्विज ॥ ४.९.२७ ॥
King Virāṭa, standing with folded hands, spoke to him in sweet words: "Venerable one, from where have you come? What do you desire? Where will you go? O twice-born, what may I do for you?"
4.9.28
श्रुतं च शीलं च कुलं च शंस मे गोत्रं तथा नाम च देशमेव ते ।
सत्यप्रतिज्ञा हि भवन्ति साधवो विशेषतः प्रव्रजिता द्विजातयः ॥ ४.९.२८ ॥
Tell me of your learning and conduct, your family, your lineage and name, and your country. For the virtuous keep their word, especially twice-born ascetics who have gone forth.
4.9.29
यथाऽनुरूपं प्रचरामि ते त्वहं न चावमन्ता न तवाभिभाषितम् ।
अपूजिता ह्यग्निसमा द्विजातयः कुलं दहेयुः सविषा इवोरगाः ॥ ४.९.२९ ॥
I will attend to you as is fitting, and I will not disregard your words. For unhonored twice-born men are like fire; like venomous serpents, they can burn up a family.
4.9.30
सर्वां च भूमिं तव दातुमुत्सहे सदण्डकोशां विसृजामि ते पुरम् ।
कस्यासि राज्ञो विषयादिहागतः किं कर्म चात्राचरसि द्विजोत्तम ॥ ४.९.३० ॥
I am ready to give you the whole land, with its army and treasury, and this city as well. Best of the twice-born, from the realm of which king have you come here, and what deed do you perform here?
4.9.31
एवं ब्रुवाणं तमुवाच पार्थिवं युधिष्ठिरो धर्ममवेक्ष्य चासकृत् ।
सत्यं वचः को न्विह वक्तुमुत्सहेद्यथाप्रतिज्ञं तु शृणुष्व पार्थिव ॥ ४.९.३१ ॥
To the king who spoke thus, Yudhiṣṭhira replied, again and again considering dharma: who here would dare to speak a true word? Nevertheless, O king, listen as I have promised.
4.9.32
श्रुतं च शीलं च कुलं च कर्म च शृणुष्व मे जन्म च देशमेव च ।
गुरूपदेशान्नियमाच्च मे व्रतं कुलक्रमार्थं पितृभिर्नियोजितम् ॥ ४.९.३२ ॥
Hear my learning, my conduct, my lineage and my deeds, and also my birth and my country. By a teacher's instruction and by discipline is my vow, which the forefathers enjoined upon me for the sake of family custom.
4.9.33
द्विजो व्रतेनास्मि न च स्वतः प्रभो संमुण्डितः प्रव्रजितस्त्रिदण्डभृत् ।
इदं शरीरं मम पश्य मानुषं समावृतं पञ्चभिरेव धातुभिः ॥ ४.९.३३ ॥
Lord, I am twice-born by vow, not by nature. My head is shaven, I have gone forth as a renunciant bearing the triple staff. Behold this human body of mine, covered only by the five elements.
4.9.34
ममेह पञ्चेन्द्रियगात्रदर्शिनो वदन्ति पञ्चैव पितॄन्यथा श्रुतिः ।
मनुष्यजातित्वमचिन्तयन्नहं न चास्मि तुल्यः पितृभिः स्वभावतः ॥ ४.९.३४ ॥
Here those who see my body of five senses say that, according to scripture, the ancestors are indeed five. Without considering my human birth, I am by nature not equal to the ancestors.
4.9.35
कङ्को हि नाम्ना विषयं तवागतो व्रती द्विजातिः स्वकृतेन कर्मणा ।
द्यूतप्रसङ्गादधनोऽस्मि राजन्सत्यप्रतिज्ञा व्रतिनश्चरामः ॥ ४.९.३५ ॥
I have come to your realm as a vow-keeping twice-born named Kaṅka. By my own deed, through addiction to dice, O king, I am without wealth; true to our vow, we ascetics wander.
4.9.36
युधिष्ठिरस्यापि सखाऽभवं पुरा गृहप्रवेशी च शरीरमेव च ।
गृहे च तस्योपितवानहं सुखं राजाऽस्मि तस्य स्वपुरेऽभवं पुरा ॥ ४.९.३६ ॥
Formerly I was also a friend of Yudhiṣṭhira, entering his house and close to his very person. I dwelt happily in his house; formerly, in his own city, I was king.
4.9.37
ममाज्ञया तत्र विचेरुरङ्गना मम प्रियार्थं दमयन्ति वाजिनः ।
मया कृतं तस्य पुरे तु यत्पुरा न तत्कदाचित्कृतवाञ्जनोऽन्यथा ॥ ४.९.३७ ॥
By my command women moved about there, and horses were broken for my pleasure. What I did in his city, no one formerly ever did otherwise.
4.9.38
सोहं पुरा तस्य वयस्समः सखा चरामि सर्वां वसुधां सुदुःखितः ।
न तु प्रशान्तिं क्वचिदाप्तवानहं व्रतोपदेशान्नियमेन भारिकः ॥ ४.९.३८ ॥
I, formerly his equal and friend, wander the whole earth, deeply afflicted. Yet I have found peace nowhere; by the instruction of the vow, burdened by its discipline.
4.9.39
वैयाघ्रपद्योस्मि नरेन्द्र गोत्रतस्तदेव सौख्यं मृगयामहे वयम् ।
कृतज्ञभावेन मयाऽनुकीर्तितं युधिष्ठिरस्यात्मसमस्य चेष्टितम् ॥ ४.९.३९ ॥
I am of the Vaiyāghrapadya lineage, O lord of men; for that same happiness we seek. With a grateful heart I have recounted the conduct of Yudhiṣṭhira, who is my equal.
4.9.40
इमं हि मोक्षाश्रममास्थितस्य मे युधिष्ठिरस्तुल्यगुणो भवानपि ।
न मेऽस्ति माता न पिता न बान्धवा न मेऽस्ति रूपं न रतिर्न सन्ततिः ॥ ४.९.४० ॥
To me, who have taken up this hermitage of liberation, Yudhiṣṭhira is equal in virtue to you. I have no mother, no father, no kinsmen; I have no form, no delight, nor offspring.
4.9.41
सुखं च दुःखं च हि तुल्यमद्य मे प्रियाप्रिये तुल्यगते गतागते ।
मुक्तोस्मि कामाच्च धनाच्च सांप्रतं त्वदाश्रये वस्तुमिहाभ्युपागतः ॥ ४.९.४१ ॥
Now pleasure and pain are equal for me; the dear and the disliked are equal; going and coming are equal. Now I am freed from desire and from wealth, and I have come here to dwell in your refuge.
4.9.42
संवत्सरेणेह समाप्यते त्विदं मम व्रतं दुष्करकर्मकारिणः ।
ततो भवन्तं परितोष्य कर्मभिः पुनर्व्रजिष्ये च कुतूहलं यतः ॥ ४.९.४२ ॥
Here in a year my vow, that of one who performs difficult deeds, will be completed. Then, having pleased you with my deeds, I shall return to where my curiosity arose.
4.9.43
अक्षान्निवप्तुं कुशलोस्म्वहं सदा पराजितः शकुनिरुतानि चिन्तयन् ।
मृगद्विजानां च रुतानि चिन्तयन्निराश्रयः प्रव्रजितोस्मि भिक्षुकः ॥ ४.९.४३ ॥
I am always skilled at casting dice, yet I am a defeated man; pondering the cries of birds like Śakuni, pondering the cries of deer and birds, I have become a homeless mendicant who has gone forth.
4.9.44
तेनैवमुक्ते वचने नराधिपः कृताञ्जलिः प्रव्रजितं विलोक्य च ।
अथाब्रवीद्धृष्टमनाः शुभाक्षरं मनोनुगं सर्वसभागतं वचः ॥ ४.९.४४ ॥
When he had spoken thus, the lord of men, with folded hands, looking upon the wanderer, glad at heart, then spoke words of fair letters, pleasing to the mind, heard by all gathered in the assembly.
4.9.45
ददामि ते हन्त वरं यदीप्सितं प्रशाधि मत्स्यान्यदि मन्यते भवान् ।
प्रिया हि धूर्ता मम चाक्षकोविदास्त्वं चापि देवो मम राज्यमर्हसि ॥ ४.९.४५ ॥
I grant you the boon you desire; if you think it right, rule over the Matsyas. My dear gamblers are skilled in dice, and you too, my lord, are fit for my kingdom.
4.9.46
समानयानासनवस्त्रभोजनं प्रभ्रूतमाल्याभरणानुलेपनम् ।
स सार्वभौमोपम सर्वदाऽर्हसि प्रियं हि मन्ये तव नित्यदर्शनम् ॥ ४.९.४६ ॥
Conveyances, seats, clothing, food, abundant garlands, ornaments and unguents—you are always fit to receive these, like a lord of the whole earth, for I hold your constant sight dear.
4.9.47
ये त्वाऽभिधावेयुरनर्थपीडिता द्विजातिमुख्या यदि वेतरे जनाः ।
सर्वाणि कार्याण्यहमर्थितस्त्वया तेषां करिष्यामि न मेऽत्र संशयः ॥ ४.९.४७ ॥
Those who run to you, afflicted by misfortune, whether chief among the twice-born or other people, I shall accomplish all their tasks at your request; of this I have no doubt.
4.9.48
ममान्तिके यश्च तवाप्रियं चरेत्प्रवासये तं परिचिन्त्य मानवम् ।
यच्चापि किंचिद्वसु विद्यते मम प्रभुर्भवांस्तस्य वशी वसेह च ॥ ४.९.४८ ॥
Whoever near me would act against your wishes, that man shall be banished after reflection. And whatever wealth I have, you are its master and controller; dwell here.
4.9.49
अतोऽभिलाषः परमो न विद्यते न मे जितं किंचन धारये धनम् ।
न भोजनं किंचन संस्पृशेयं हविष्यभोजी निशि च क्षितीशयः ॥ ४.९.४९ ॥
Therefore I have no supreme desire; I keep no wealth that I have won, and I touch no food. Eating only sacrificial food, I sleep upon the ground at night.
4.9.50
व्रतोपदेशात्समयो हि नैष्ठिको न क्रोधितव्यं नरदेव कस्यचित् ।
एवंप्रतिज्ञस्य ममेह भूपते निवासबुद्धिर्भविता तु नान्यथा ॥ ४.९.५० ॥
By the instruction of the vow this observance is binding: O lord of men, one should not be angry with anyone. O king, for me, bound by such a vow, the intention to dwell here will be so, and otherwise not.
4.9.51
एवं वरं मात्स्य वृणे प्रदापितं कृति भविष्यामि वरेण तेऽनघ ॥ ४.९.५१ ॥
Thus, O Matsya king, I choose the boon granted; O sinless one, I shall act by your boon.
4.9.52
एवं तु राज्ञः प्रथमः समागमो बभूव मात्स्यस्य युधिष्ठिरस्य च ।
विराटराजस्य हि तेन सङ्गमो बभूव विष्णोरिव वज्रपाणिना ॥ ४.९.५२ ॥
Thus the first meeting of the Matsya king Virāṭa and Yudhiṣṭhira took place; the union of the king Virāṭa with him came about as Viṣṇu's with the thunderbolt-handed one.
4.9.53
तमासनस्थं प्रियरूपदर्शनं निरीक्षमाणो न ततर्प भूमिपः ।
सभां च तां प्रज्वलयन्युधिष्ठिरः श्रिया यथा शक्रइव त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ ४.९.५३ ॥
Gazing at him, seated on the seat, pleasant to behold, the king was not satisfied; and Yudhiṣṭhira illuminated that assembly with his splendor, as Indra illuminates heaven.
4.9.54
एवं स लब्ध्वा नृपतिः समागमं विराटराजेन नरर्षभस्तदा ।
उवास वीरः परमार्चितः सुखी न चास्य कश्चिच्चरितं बुबोध तत् ॥ ४.९.५४ ॥
Thus that heroic bull among men, having obtained that meeting with King Virāṭa, dwelt happily and greatly honored; and no one understood his conduct.