Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.122
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5.122.1
प्रत्यभिज्ञातमात्रोऽथ सद्भिस्तैर्नरपुङ्गवः ।
समारुरोह नृपतिरस्पृशन्वसुधातलम् ।
ययातिर्दिव्यसंस्थानो बभूव विगतज्वरः ॥ ५.१२२.१ ॥
Having just been recognized by those good men, the bull among men, the king, ascended without touching the surface of the earth. Yayāti became of divine appearance, free from fever.
5.122.2
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरो दिव्याभरणभूषितः ।
दिव्यगन्धगुणोपेतो न पृथ्वीमस्पृशत्पदा ॥ ५.१२२.२ ॥
Wearing divine garlands and garments, adorned with divine ornaments, endowed with divine fragrance, he did not touch the earth with his foot.
5.122.3
ततो वसुमनाः पूर्वमुच्चैरुच्चारयन्वचः ।
ख्यातो दानपतिर्लोके व्याजहार नृपं तदा ॥ ५.१२२.३ ॥
Then Vasumanas, long renowned in the world as lord of gifts, spoke aloud to the king.
5.122.4
प्राप्तवानस्मि यल्लोके सर्ववर्णेष्वगर्हया ।
तदप्यथ च दास्यामि तेन संयुज्यतां भवान् ॥ ५.१२२.४ ॥
Whatever I have obtained in the world among all classes without reproach, that too I shall give; let you be joined with it.
5.122.5
यत्फलं दानशीलस्य क्षमाशीलस्य यत्फलम् ।
यच्च मे फलमाधाने तेन संयुज्यतां भवान् ॥ ५.१२२.५ ॥
Whatever fruit belongs to the one of giving nature, whatever fruit belongs to the one of patient nature, and whatever fruit is mine in the kindling of the sacred fire — let you be joined with that.
5.122.6
ततः प्रतर्दनोऽप्याह वाक्यं क्षत्रियपुङ्गवः ।
यथा धर्मरतिर्नित्यं नित्यं युद्धपरायणः ॥ ५.१२२.६ ॥
Then Pratardana, best of warriors, also spoke these words — one who always delighted in dharma and was always devoted to battle.
5.122.7
प्राप्तवानस्मि यल्लोके क्षत्रवंशोद्भवं यशः ।
वीरशब्दफलं चैव तेन संयुज्यतां भवान् ।
यथा धर्मे रतिर्नित्यं तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥ ५.१२२.७ ॥
May you be joined with the fame that I have won in the world, born of the warrior lineage, and with the fruit of the name 'hero'. As your delight is always in dharma, by that truth go to heaven.
5.122.8
शिबिरौशीनरो धीमानुवाच मधुरां गिरम् ।
यथा बालेषु नारीषु वैवाह्येषु तथैव च ॥ ५.१२२.८ ॥
The wise Śibi, son of Uśīnara, spoke sweet words: as (I have never spoken falsely) toward children, toward women, and in matters of marriage, so too.
5.122.9
सङ्गरेषु निपातेषु तथा तद्व्यसनेषु च ।
अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥ ५.१२२.९ ॥
In battles, in the fall of foes, and likewise in those calamities, I have never before spoken falsehood. By that truth, go to heaven.
5.122.10
यथा प्राणांश्च राज्यं च राजन्कामसुखानि च ।
त्यजेयं न पुनः सत्यं तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥ ५.१२२.१० ॥
O king, just as I could abandon life-breaths, kingdom and the pleasures of desire, but would never again abandon truth — by that truth, go to heaven.
5.122.11
यथा सत्येन मे धर्मो यथा सत्येन पावकः ।
प्रीतः शतक्रतुश्चैव तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥ ५.१२२.११ ॥
As by truth my dharma stands, as by truth Fire is pleased, and Indra, the hundred-sacrificer, is pleased — by that truth, go to heaven.
5.122.12
अष्टकस्त्वथ राजर्षिः कौशिको माधवीसुतः ।
अनेकशतयज्वानं नाहुषं प्राह धर्मवित् ॥ ५.१२२.१२ ॥
Then Aṣṭaka, the royal sage, descendant of Kauśika and son of Mādhavī, the knower of dharma, spoke to the son of Nahuṣa, who had performed hundreds of sacrifices.
5.122.13
शतशः पुण्डरीका मे गोसवाश्चरिताः प्रभो ।
क्रतवो वाजपेयाश्च तेषां फलमवाप्नुहि ॥ ५.१२२.१३ ॥
O lord, I have performed hundreds of Puṇḍarīka and Gosava sacrifices, and the Vājapeya rites; obtain their fruit.
5.122.14
न मे रत्नानि न धनं न तथाऽन्ये परिच्छदा ।
क्रतुष्वनुपयुक्तानि तेन सत्येन खं व्रज ॥ ५.१२२.१४ ॥
Neither my jewels, nor my wealth, nor my other possessions were used in the sacrifices; by that truth, go to heaven.
5.122.15
यथायथा हि जल्पन्ति दौहित्रास्तं नराधिपम् ।
तथतथा वसुमतीं त्यक्त्वा राजा दिवं ययौ ॥ ५.१२२.१५ ॥
As the grandsons called out to that lord of men, so the king, leaving the earth, went up to heaven.
5.122.16
एवं सर्वे समस्तैस्ते राजानः सुकृतैस्तदा ।
ययातिं स्वर्गतो भ्रष्टं तारयामासुरञ्जसा ॥ ५.१२२.१६ ॥
Thus all those kings, by their good deeds combined, at once rescued Yayāti, who had fallen from heaven.
5.122.17
दौहित्राः स्वेन धर्मेण यज्ञदानकृतेन वै ।
चतुर्षु राजवंशेषु संभूताः कुलवर्धनाः।
मातामहं महाप्राज्ञं दिवमारोपयन्त ते ॥ ५.१२२.१७ ॥
Born in four royal lineages, those increasers of the family raised their wise maternal grandfather to heaven, by their own dharma and by the merit of sacrifice and gifts.
5.122.18
राजधर्मगुणोपेताः सर्वधर्मगुणान्विताः ।
दौहित्रास्ते वयं राजन्दिवमारोह पार्थिव ॥ ५.१२२.१८ ॥
We, your grandsons, endowed with the virtues of kingly duty and possessed of the virtues of all dharma, O king, O ruler of the earth, ascend to heaven.