Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.121
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5.121.1
अथ प्रचलितः स्थानादासनाच्च परिच्युतः ।
कम्पितेनेव मनसा धर्षितः शेकवाह्निना ॥ ५.१२१.१ ॥
Then, dislodged from his place and cast down from his seat, with a trembling mind, struck by the fire of grief.
5.121.2
म्लानस्रग्भ्रष्टविज्ञानः प्रभ्रष्टमुकुटाङ्गदः ।
विघूर्णन्स्रस्तसर्वाङ्गः प्रभ्रष्टाभरणाम्बरः ॥ ५.१२१.२ ॥
With faded garland, bereft of consciousness, crown and armlets fallen away, reeling, all his limbs loosened, his ornaments and garments fallen away.
5.121.3
अदृश्यमानस्तान्पश्यन्नपश्यंश्च पुनः पुनः ।
शून्यः शून्येन मनसा प्रपतिष्यन्महीतलम् ॥ ५.१२१.३ ॥
Unseen by them, seeing them yet not seeing them, again and again, with an empty mind, about to fall to the surface of the earth.
5.121.4
किं मया मनसा ध्यातमशुभं धर्मदूषणम् ।
येनाहं चलितः स्थानादिति राजा व्यचिन्तयत् ॥ ५.१२१.४ ॥
"What inauspicious, dharma-defiling thought did I entertain in my mind, that I have been moved from my place?" Thus the king reflected.
5.121.5
ते तु तत्रैव राजानः सिद्धाश्चाप्सरसस्तथा ।
अपश्यन्त निरालम्बं तं ययातिं परिच्युतम् ॥ ५.१२१.५ ॥
There the kings, the siddhas and the apsarases also were, and they saw Yayāti, fallen and without support.
5.121.6
अथैत्य पुरुषः कश्चित्क्षीणपुण्यनिपातकः ।
ययातिमब्रवीद्राजन्द्रेवराजस्य शासनात् ॥ ५.१२१.६ ॥
Then a certain man came, his merit exhausted and fallen, and by the command of the lord of the gods spoke to Yayāti: "O king!"
5.121.7
अतीव मदमत्तस्त्वं न कंचिन्नावमन्यसे ।
मानेन भ्रष्टः स्वर्गस्ते नार्हस्त्वं पार्थिवात्मज ॥ ५.१२१.७ ॥
You are intoxicated with excessive pride and do not hold anyone in respect. Through pride your heaven has fallen from you; son of a king, you do not deserve it.
5.121.8
न च प्रज्ञायसे गच्छ पतस्वेति तमब्रवीत् ।
पतेयं सत्स्विति वचस्त्रिरुत्त्का नहुषात्मजः ॥ ५.१२१.८ ॥
"You are not recognized; go, fall!" Thus he was told. Then the son of Nahuṣa said three times: "I shall fall among the good."
5.121.9
पतिष्यंन्तयामास गतिं गतिमतां वरः ।
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नैमिषे पार्थिवर्षभान् ॥ ५.१२१.९ ॥
The best of those who move, about to fall, [...] at that very time in Naimiṣa [he saw] the bulls among kings.
5.121.10
चतुरोऽपश्यत नृपस्तेषां मध्ये पपात ह ।
प्रतर्दनो वसुमनाः शिबिरौशीनरोऽष्टकः ॥ ५.१२१.१० ॥
The king saw four of them; he fell among them — Pratardana, Vasumanas, Śibi son of Uśīnara, and Aṣṭaka.
5.121.11
वाजपेयेन यज्ञेन तर्पयन्ति सुरेश्वरम् ।
तेषामध्वरजं धूमं स्वर्गद्वारमुपस्थितम् ॥ ५.१२१.११ ॥
With the Vājapeya sacrifice they satisfy the lord of the gods; the smoke born of their sacrifice has reached the gate of heaven.
5.121.12
ययातिरुपजिघ्रन्वै निपपात महीं प्रति ।
भूमौ स्वर्गे च संबद्धां नदीं धूममयीमिव ।
गङ्गां गामिव गच्छन्तीमालम्ब्य जगतीपतिः ॥ ५.१२१.१२ ॥
Yayāti, scenting it, fell toward the earth. Clinging to that stream of smoke bound to earth and heaven, like the Ganges flowing toward the earth, the lord of the world fell.
5.121.13
श्रीमत्स्ववभृथाग्र्येषु चतुर्षु प्रतिबन्धुषु ।
मध्ये निपतितो राजा लोकपालोपमेषु सः ॥ ५.१२१.१३ ॥
In the most excellent final-bath rites of his own, among four kinsmen equal to the world-guardians, the glorious king fell down in their midst.
5.121.14
चतुर्षु हुतकल्पेषु राजसिंहमहाग्निषु ।
पपात मध्ये राजर्षिर्ययातिः पुण्यसङ्क्षये ॥ ५.१२१.१४ ॥
Among four fires like offered sacrifices, great fires like lions among kings, the royal sage Yayāti fell down in their midst when his merit was exhausted.
5.121.15
तमाहुः पार्थिवाः सर्वे दीप्यमानमिव श्रिया ।
को भवान्कस्य वा बन्धुर्देशस्य नगरस्य वा ॥ ५.१२१.१५ ॥
All the kings said to him, shining as if with splendor: Who are you? Whose kinsman are you, or of what country or city?
5.121.16
यक्षो वाऽप्यथवा देवो गन्धर्वो राक्षसोऽपि वा ।
न हि मानुषरूपोसि कोवार्थः काङ्क्ष्यते त्वया ॥ ५.१२१.१६ ॥
Are you a yakṣa, a god, a gandharva, or even a rākṣasa? You do not have human form. What aim do you desire?
5.121.17
ययातिरस्मि राजर्षिः क्षीणपुण्यश्च्युतो दिवः ।
पतेयं सत्स्विति ध्यायन्भवत्सु पतितस्ततः ॥ ५.१२१.१७ ॥
I am Yayāti, the royal sage, fallen from heaven with my merit exhausted. Thinking, 'May I fall among the good,' I fell among you.
5.121.18
सत्यमेतद्भवतु ते काङ्क्षितं पुरुषर्षभ ।
सर्वेषां नः क्रतुफलं धर्मश्च प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ ५.१२१.१८ ॥
Let this be true, and let your desire be fulfilled, O bull among men. Accept the fruit of the sacrifices of all of us, and our merit.
5.121.19
नाहं प्रतिग्रहधनो ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियोऽह्यहम् ।
न च मे प्रवणा बुद्धिः परपुण्यविनाशने ॥ ५.१२१.१९ ॥
I am no brahmin living on received gifts; I am a kṣatriya. And my mind does not incline toward destroying another's merit.
5.121.20
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु मृगचर्याक्रमागताम् ।
माधवीं प्रेक्ष्य राजानस्तेऽभिवाद्येदमब्रुवन् ॥ ५.१२१.२० ॥
At that very time the kings, seeing Mādhavī coming in the manner of a deer-wanderer, greeted her respectfully and spoke these words.
5.121.21
किमागमनकृत्यं ते किं कुर्मः शासनं तव ।
आज्ञाप्या हि वयं सर्वे तव पुत्रास्तपोधने ॥ ५.१२१.२१ ॥
What is the purpose of your coming? What is your command, what shall we do? We are all your sons, to be commanded, O wealth of austerity.
5.121.22
तेषां तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा माधवी परया मुदा ।
पितरं समुपागच्छद्ययातिं सा ववन्द च ॥ ५.१२१.२२ ॥
Hearing their words, Mādhavī, with supreme joy, went to her father Yayāti and bowed to him.
5.121.23
स्पृष्ट्वा मूर्धनि तान्पुत्रांस्तापसी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
दौहित्रास्तव राजेन्द्र मम पुत्रा न ते पराः ॥ ५.१२१.२३ ॥
Laying her hand on the heads of those sons, the ascetic woman spoke these words: O lord of kings, these are your grandsons, my sons; they are not strangers to you.
5.121.24
इमे त्वां तारयिष्यन्ति दिष्टमेतत्पुरातनम् ।
अहं ते दुहिता राजन्माधवी मृगचारिणी ॥ ५.१२१.२४ ॥
These will deliver you; this is the ancient decree. O king, I am your daughter Mādhavī, who wanders like a deer.
5.121.25
मयाऽप्युपचितो धर्मस्ततोऽर्धं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।
यस्माद्राजन्नराः सर्वे अपत्यफलभागिनः ॥ ५.१२१.२५ ॥
Even the merit I have accumulated—take half of it, for all men, O king, share in the fruit of their offspring.
5.121.26
तस्मादिच्छन्ति दौहित्रान्यथा त्वं वसुधाधिप ।
ततस्ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे शिरसा जननीं तदा ॥ ५.१२१.२६ ॥
Therefore they desire daughter's sons, as you do, O lord of the earth. Then all those kings, with bowed heads, bowed to their mother.
5.121.27
अभिवाद्य नमस्कृत्य मातामहमथाब्रुवन् ।
उच्चैरनुपमैः स्निग्धैः स्वरैरापूर्य मेदिनीम् ।
मातामहं नृपतयस्तारयन्तो दिवश्च्युतम् । ॥ ५.१२१.२७ ॥
Greeting and bowing, they spoke to their maternal grandfather, filling the earth with incomparable, sweet voices, as the kings rescued their grandfather fallen from heaven.
5.121.28
राजधर्मगुणोपेताः सत्यधर्मगुणान्विताः ।
दौहित्रास्ते वयं राजन्दिवमारोह पार्थिव ॥ ५.१२१.२८ ॥
Endowed with the qualities of royal duty and possessed of the qualities of truth and dharma, we are your daughter's sons. Ascend to heaven, O king, O ruler of the earth.
5.121.29
अथाकस्मादुपगतो गालवोऽप्याह पार्थिवम् ।
तपसो मेऽष्टभागेन स्वर्गमारोहतां भवान् ॥ ५.१२१.२९ ॥
Then suddenly Gālava also approached the king and said: "By an eighth part of my asceticism, may you ascend to heaven."