Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.132
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5.132.1
प्रविश्याथ गृहं तस्याश्चरणावभिवाद्य च ।
आचख्यौ तत्समासेन यद्वृत्तं कुरुसंसदि ॥ ५.१३२.१ ॥
Then, entering her house and bowing at her feet, he briefly related what had happened in the assembly of the Kurus.
5.132.2
उक्तं बहुविधं वाक्यं ग्रहणीयं सहेतुकम् ।
ऋषिभिश्चैव च मया न चासौ तद्गृहीतवान् ॥ ५.१३२.२ ॥
Many kinds of words, worth accepting and supported by reasons, were spoken by the sages and by me, but he did not accept them.
5.132.3
कालपक्वमिदं सर्वं सुयोधनवशानुगम् ।
सर्वक्षत्रं क्षणेनैव दह्यते पार्थवह्निना ।
आपृच्छे भवतीं शीघ्रं प्रयास्ये पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥ ५.१३२.३ ॥
All this, ripened by time, follows the will of Suyodhana. The entire warrior class will be burned in a moment by the fire of the son of Pṛthā. I take my leave of you; I shall quickly go toward the Pāṇḍavas.
5.132.4
किं वाच्याः पाण्डवेयास्ते भवत्या वचनान्मया ।
तद्ब्रूहि त्वं महाप्रज्ञे शुश्रूषे वचनं तव ॥ ५.१३२.४ ॥
What should I, at your word, tell the Pāṇḍava sons? Tell me that, O greatly wise one; I am ready to hear your words.
5.132.5
ब्रूयाः केशव राजानं धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
भूयांस्ते हीयते धर्मो मा पुत्रक वृथा कृथाः ॥ ५.१३२.५ ॥
O Keśava, tell the king Yudhiṣṭhira, the righteous-souled one: 'My son, your dharma is greatly diminishing; do not act in vain.'
5.132.6
श्रोत्रियस्येव ते राजन्मन्दकस्याविपश्चितः ।
अनुवाकहता बुद्धिर्धर्ममेवैकमीक्षते ॥ ५.१३२.६ ॥
O king, your intellect is like that of a dull, unlearned scholar of the Vedas, dulled by mere recitation, which sees only dharma.
5.132.7
अङ्गावेक्षस्व धर्मं त्वं यथा सृष्टः स्वयंभुवा ।
बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रियाः सृष्टा बाहुवीर्योपजीविनः ॥ ५.१३२.७ ॥
Look to your own limbs and consider your dharma, as the Self-existent one created it. The kṣatriyas were created from the arms, living by the valour of their arms.
5.132.8
क्रूराय कर्मणे नित्यं प्रजानां परिपालने ।
श्रृणु चात्रोपमामेकां या वृद्धेभ्यः श्रुता मया ॥ ५.१३२.८ ॥
For the fierce work that is constantly bound to protecting the subjects, hear here one simile, which I heard from the elders.
5.132.9
मुचुकुन्दस्य राजर्षेरददत्पृथिवीमिमाम् ।
पुरा वैश्रवणः प्रीतो न चासौ तद्गृहीतवान् ॥ ५.१३२.९ ॥
Once long ago, the pleased Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) offered this earth to the royal sage Mucukunda, but he did not accept it.
5.132.10
बाहुवीर्यार्जितं राज्यमश्रीयामिति कामये ।
ततो वैश्रवणः प्रीतो विस्मितः समपद्यत ॥ ५.१३२.१० ॥
"I desire only a kingdom won by the valour of my arms." Then Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), pleased and astonished, became [favourable to him].
5.132.11
मुचुकुन्दस्ततो राजा सोऽन्वशासद्वसुन्धराम् ।
बाहुवीर्यार्जितां सम्यक् क्षत्रधर्ममनुव्रतः ॥ ५.१३२.११ ॥
Then King Mucukunda, keeping rightly to the duty of the kṣatriya, ruled this earth won by the valour of his arms.
5.132.12
यं हि धर्मं चरन्तीह प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिताः ।
चतुर्थं तस्य धर्मस्य राजा विन्देन भारत ॥ ५.१३२.१२ ॥
O Bhārata, whatever dharma the subjects practise here, well protected by the king, the king obtains a fourth part of that dharma.
5.132.13
राजा चरति चेद्धर्मं देवत्वायैव कल्पते ।
स चेदधर्मं चरति नरकायैव गच्छति ॥ ५.१३२.१३ ॥
If a king practises dharma, he becomes fit for divinity; but if he practises adharma, he goes indeed to hell.
5.132.14
दण्डनीतिः स्वधर्मेण चातुर्वर्ण्यं नियच्छति ।
प्रयुक्तास्वामिना सम्यगधर्मेभ्यो नियच्छति ॥ ५.१३२.१४ ॥
The science of punishment restrains the fourfold order through each one's own duty; when rightly applied by the master, it restrains them from unrighteousness.
5.132.15
दण्डनीत्यां यदा राजा सम्यक्कार्त्स्न्येन वर्तते ।
तदा कृतयुं नाम कालः श्रेष्ठः प्रवर्तते ॥ ५.१३२.१५ ॥
When the king conducts himself fully and rightly in the science of punishment, then the best age called the Kṛta age comes into being.
5.132.16
कालो वा कारणं राज्ञो राजा वा कालकारणम् ।
इति ते संशयो मा भूद्राजा कालस्य कारणम् ॥ ५.१३२.१६ ॥
Time is the cause of the king, or the king is the cause of time — let no such doubt be yours. The king is the cause of time.
5.132.17
राजा कृतयुगस्रष्टा त्रेताया द्वापरस्य च ।
युगस्य च चतुर्थस्य राजा भवति कारणम् ॥ ५.१३२.१७ ॥
The king is the creator of the Kṛta age, and of the Tretā and Dvāpara ages; the king is the cause of the fourth age as well.
5.132.18
कृतस्य करणाद्राजा स्वर्गमत्यन्तमश्रुते ।
त्रेतायाः करणाद्राजा स्वर्गं नात्यन्तमश्रुते ॥ ५.१३२.१८ ॥
By bringing about the Kṛta age the king attains heaven completely; by bringing about the Tretā age the king does not attain heaven completely.
5.132.19
प्रवर्तनाद्द्वापरस्य यथाभागमुपाश्रुते ।
कलेः प्रवर्तनाद्राजा पापमत्यन्तमश्रुते ॥ ५.१३२.१९ ॥
By setting the Dvāpara age in motion, the king enjoys the fruit in proportion to his share; by setting the Kali age in motion, the king incurs utter sin.
5.132.20
ततो वसति दुष्कर्मा नरके शाश्वतीः समाः ।
राजदोषेण हि जगत्स्पृश्यते जगतः स च ॥ ५.१३२.२० ॥
Then the evil-doer dwells in hell for eternal years; through the king's fault the world is indeed touched, and he is touched as part of the world.
5.132.21
राजधर्मानवेक्षस्व पितृपैतामहोचितान् ।
नैतद्राजर्षिवृत्तं हि यत्र त्वं स्थातुमिच्छसि ॥ ५.१३२.२१ ॥
Look to the duties of kingship, fitting for your father and grandfathers; this is not the conduct of royal sages, the conduct in which you wish to remain.
5.132.22
न हि वैक्लब्यसंसृष्ट आनृशंस्ये व्यवस्थितः ।
प्रजापालनसंभूतं फलं किंचन लब्धवान् ॥ ५.१३२.२२ ॥
Indeed, one afflicted with weakness, not established in kindness, has obtained no fruit born of protecting the people.
5.132.23
न ह्येतामाशिषं पाण्डुर्न चाहं न पितामहः ।
प्रयुक्तवन्तः पूर्वं ते यया चरसि मेधया ॥ ५.१३२.२३ ॥
Neither Pāṇḍu, nor I, nor your grandfather ever previously imparted to you this blessing, this teaching, with the intellect by which you conduct yourself.
5.132.24
यज्ञो दानं तपः शौर्यं प्रज्ञा सन्तानमेव च ।
माहात्म्यं बलमोजश्च नित्यमाशंसितं मया ॥ ५.१३२.२४ ॥
Sacrifice, giving, austerity, valour, wisdom, progeny, greatness, strength and vigour — these I have constantly wished for you.
5.132.25
नित्यं स्वाहा स्वधा नित्यं दद्युर्मानुषदेवताः ।
दीर्घमायुर्धनं पुत्रान्सम्यगाराधिताः शुभाः ॥ ५.१३२.२५ ॥
May the human gods, duly worshipped always with svāhā and svadhā, always grant long life, wealth and sons.
5.132.26
पुत्रेष्वाशासते नित्यं पितरो दैवतानि च ।
दानमध्ययनं यज्ञः प्रजानां परिपालनम् ॥ ५.१३२.२६ ॥
The ancestors and the gods always hope from their sons for giving, study, sacrifice and the protection of the people.
5.132.27
एतद्धर्ममधर्मं वा जन्मनैवाभ्यजायथाः ।
ते तु वैद्याः कुले जाता अवृत्त्या तात पीडिताः ॥ ५.१३२.२७ ॥
Whether this is dharma or adharma, you were born with it by birth itself. Dear son, those learned men were born in a noble family, yet they are afflicted through lack of livelihood.
5.132.28
यत्र दानपतिं शूरं क्षुधिताः पृथिवीचराः ।
प्राप्य तुष्टाः प्रतिष्ठन्ते धर्मः कोऽभ्यधिकस्ततः ॥ ५.१३२.२८ ॥
Where hungry earth-dwellers, having found a heroic lord of giving, settle contented, what dharma is greater than that?
5.132.29
दानेनान्यं बलेनान्यं तथा सूनृतयाऽपरम् ।
सर्वतः प्रतिगृह्णीयाद्राज्यं प्राप्येह धार्मिकः ॥ ५.१३२.२९ ॥
By giving one thing, by force another, and by sweet truthful speech yet another — the righteous man, having obtained the kingdom here, should accept from all sides.
5.132.30
ब्राह्मणः प्रचरेद्भैक्षं क्षत्रियः परिपालयेत् ।
वैश्यो धनार्जनं कुर्याच्छूद्रः परिचरेच्च तान् ॥ ५.१३२.३० ॥
The brahmin should wander for alms, the kṣatriya should protect, the vaiśya should earn wealth, and the śūdra should serve them.
5.132.31
भैक्षं विप्रतिषिद्धं ते कृषिर्नैवोपपद्यते ।
क्षत्रियोऽसि क्षतात्राता बाहुवीर्योपजीविता ॥ ५.१३२.३१ ॥
Begging is forbidden to you, and farming does not suit you. You are a kṣatriya, protector of the wounded, one who lives by the valour of your arms.
5.132.32
पित्र्यमंशं महाबाहो निमग्नं पुनरुद्धर ।
साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दण्डेनाथ नयेन वा ॥ ५.१३२.३२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, recover again your ancestral share that has sunk — by conciliation, by division, by gift, by force, or by policy.
5.132.33
इतो दुःखतरं किं नु यदहं दीनबान्धवा ।
परपिण्डमुदीक्षे वै त्वां सूत्वा मित्रनन्दन ॥ ५.१३२.३३ ॥
What greater sorrow is there than this: that I, kinswoman of the helpless, having given birth to you, must look to the food of others, O joy of friends.
5.132.34
युध्यस्व राजधर्मेण मा निमञ्जीः पितामहान् ।
मा गमः क्षीणपुण्यस्त्वं सानुजः पापिकां गतिं ॥ ५.१३२.३४ ॥
Fight in accordance with the duty of kings; do not let the grandfathers sink. Do not go, with your merit exhausted and with your younger brothers, to a sinful destiny.