Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.97
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5.97.1
जामदग्न्यवचः श्रुत्वा कण्वेऽपि भगवानृषिः ।
दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्कुरुसंसदि ॥ ५.९७.१ ॥
Having heard the words of Jāmadagnya, the venerable sage Kaṇva also spoke this speech to Duryodhana in the assembly of the Kurus.
5.97.2
अक्षयश्चाव्ययश्चैव ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
तथैव भगवन्तौ तौ नरनारायणावृषी ॥ ५.९७.२ ॥
The imperishable and undecaying Brahmā is the grandfather of the worlds; likewise those two venerable sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
5.97.3
आदित्यानां हि सर्वेषां विष्णुरेकः सनातनः ।
अजथ्यश्चाव्ययश्चैव शाश्वतः प्रभुरीश्वरः ॥ ५.९७.३ ॥
Among all the Ādityas, Viṣṇu alone is eternal; he is unborn, undecaying, everlasting, the lord and sovereign.
5.97.4
निमित्तमरणाश्चान्ये चन्द्रसूर्यौ मही जलम् ।
वायुरग्निस्तथाऽऽकाशं ग्रहास्तारागणास्तथा ॥ ५.९७.४ ॥
Others have an occasioned end: the moon and sun, earth, water, wind, fire, and space, likewise the planets and the groups of stars.
5.97.5
ते च क्षयान्ते जगतो हित्वा लोकत्रयं सदा ।
क्षयं गच्छन्ति वै सर्वे सृज्यन्ते च पुनः पुनः ॥ ५.९७.५ ॥
And at the end of the world's destruction, all of them, having always left the three worlds, go to destruction, and are created again and again.
5.97.6
मुहूर्तमरणास्त्वन्ये मानुषा मूगपक्षिणः ।
तैर्यग्योन्याश्च ये चान्ये जीवलोकचरास्तथा ॥ ५.९७.६ ॥
But others have a momentary end: humans, animals and birds; together with them, those born in animal wombs and others that move in the world of the living are likewise.
5.97.7
भूयिष्ठेन तु राजानः श्रियं भुक्त्वाऽऽयुषः क्षये ।
तरुणाः प्रतिपद्यन्ते भोक्तुं सुकृतदुष्कृते ॥ ५.९७.७ ॥
Kings, having enjoyed great fortune at the end of their lives, attain again to youth in order to enjoy the consequences of good and evil deeds.
5.97.8
स भवान्धर्मपुत्रेण शमं कर्तुमिहार्हसि ।
पाण्डवाः कुरवश्चैव पालयन्तु वसुन्धरान् ॥ ५.९७.८ ॥
Therefore you ought to make peace here with the son of Dharma; let the Pāṇḍavas and the Kurus alike protect the earth.
5.97.9
बलवानहमित्येव न मन्तव्यं सुयोधन ।
बलवन्तो बलिभ्यो हि दृश्यन्ते पूरुषर्षभ ॥ ५.९७.९ ॥
Do not think, 'I am strong,' Suyodhana; for the strong are seen to be overcome by the stronger, O bull among men.
5.97.10
न बलं बलिनां मध्ये बलं भवति कौरव ।
बलवन्तो हि ते सर्वे पाण्डवा देवविक्रमाः । ॥ ५.९७.१० ॥
Strength is not strength among the strong, O Kaurava; for all the Pāṇḍavas are strong, their valour that of the gods.
5.97.11
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
मातलेर्दातुकामस्य कन्यां मृगयतो वरम् ॥ ५.९७.११ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient story of Mātali, who, seeking a suitable groom, wished to give his daughter in marriage.
5.97.12
मतस्त्रिलोकराजस्य मातलिर्नाम सारथिः ।
तस्यैकैव कुले मन्या रूपतो लोकविश्रुता ॥ ५.९७.१२ ॥
Mātali by name was the charioteer of the lord of the three worlds; in his family he was regarded as having only one daughter, renowned throughout the worlds for her beauty.
5.97.13
गुणकेशीति विख्याता नाम्ना सा देवरूपिणी ।
श्रिया च वपुषा चैव स्त्रियोऽन्याःसाऽतिरिच्यते ॥ ५.९७.१३ ॥
Known by the name Guṇakeśī, she had a divine form; in splendour and bodily beauty she surpassed all other women.
5.97.14
तस्याः प्रदानसमयं मातलिः सह भार्यया ।
ज्ञात्वा विममृशे राजंस्तत्परः परिचिन्तयन् ॥ ५.९७.१४ ॥
O king, knowing that the time had come to give her in marriage, Mātali, intent upon it, reflected deeply together with his wife.
5.97.15
धिक्खल्वलघुशीलानामुच्छ्रितानां यशस्विनाम् ।
नराणां मृदुसत्वानां कुले कन्याप्ररोहणम् ॥ ५.९७.१५ ॥
Shame indeed upon men of light character, haughty and famous yet soft of nature, in whose family a maiden grows to womanhood!
5.97.16
मातुः कुलं पितृकुलं यत्र चैव प्रदीयते ।
कुलत्रयं संशयितं कुरुते कन्यका सताम् ॥ ५.९७.१६ ॥
Where a maiden is given in marriage, the mother's family and the father's family, and thus three families, are cast into doubt; a maiden does this to the good.
5.97.17
देवमानुषलोकौ द्वौ मानुषेणैव चक्षुषा ।
अपगाह्यैव विचितौ न च मे रोचते वरः ॥ ५.९७.१७ ॥
I have searched both the worlds of gods and men carefully with a human eye, yet no suitor pleases me.
5.97.18
न देवान्नैव दितिजान्न गन्धर्वान्न मानुषान् ।
अरोचयद्वरकृते तथैव बहुलानृषीन् ॥ ५.९७.१८ ॥
For a suitor she did not favour the gods, nor the Daityas, nor the Gandharvas, nor men; likewise she did not favour many sages.
5.97.19
भार्यया तु स संमन्त्र्य सह रात्रौ सुधर्मया ।
मातलिर्नागलोकाय चकार गमने मतिम् ॥ ५.९७.१९ ॥
Then, at night, having consulted with his wife Sudharmā, Mātali resolved to go to the world of the nāgas.
5.97.20
न मे देवमनुष्येषु गुणकेश्याः समो वरः ।
रूपतो दृश्यते कश्चिन्नागेषु भविता ध्रुवम् ॥ ५.९७.२० ॥
Among gods and men I see no suitor equal to Guṇakeśī in form; surely there will be one among the nāgas.
5.97.21
इत्यामन्त्र्य सुधर्मां स कृत्वा चाभिप्रदक्षिणम् ।
कन्यां शिरस्युपाघ्राय प्रविवेश महीतलम् ॥ ५.९७.२१ ॥
Having thus taken leave of Sudharmā, and having circumambulated her, he kissed the maiden on the head and entered the surface of the earth.