Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.54
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7.54.1
विनीय दुःकमबला आत्मन्येव प्रजापतिम् ।
उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा लतेवावर्जिता पुनः ॥ ७.५४.१ ॥
Holding her grief within herself, the frail woman, palms joined, spoke again to Prajāpati, bent like a creeper.
7.54.2
त्वया सृष्टा कथं नारी ईदृशी वदतां वर ।
क्रूरं कर्माहितं कुर्यां मूढेव परिजानती ॥ ७.५४.२ ॥
O best of speakers, how did you create a woman such as I? Knowing well, shall I, as if deluded, do a cruel and harmful deed?
7.54.3
बिभेम्यहमधर्माद्धि प्रसीद भगवन्प्रभो ।
प्रियान्पुत्रान्वयस्यांश्च भातृन्मातॄः पितॄन्पतीन् ॥ ७.५४.३ ॥
I fear unrighteousness. O blessed lord, O lord, be gracious. I fear for my dear sons, companions, brothers, mothers, fathers and husbands.
7.54.4
अपध्यास्यन्ति ये देव मृतांस्तेभ्यो बिभेम्यहम् ।
कृपणानां हि रुदतां ये पतन्त्यश्रुबिन्दवः ॥ ७.५४.४ ॥
O god, I fear those who will curse the dead; and I fear the drops of tears that fall from the wretched as they weep.
7.54.5
तेभ्योऽहं भगवन्भीता शरणं त्वाऽहमागता ।
यमस्य भवनं देव गच्छेयं न सुरोत्तम ॥ ७.५४.५ ॥
Afraid of them, O blessed lord, I have come to you for refuge. O god, best of gods, may I not go to the abode of Yama.
7.54.6
कायेन विनयोपेता मूर्ध्नोदग्रनखेन च ।
एतदिच्छाम्यहं कामं त्वत्तो लोकपितामह ॥ ७.५४.६ ॥
With my body humbled, with my head bowed and my nails raised, this is what I desire from you, O grandsire of the worlds.
7.54.7
इच्छेयं त्वत्प्रसादाद्धि तपस्तप्तुं प्रजेश्वर ।
प्रदिशेमं वरं देव त्वं मह्यं भगवन्प्रभो ॥ ७.५४.७ ॥
By your grace, Lord of creatures, I wish to perform austerities. O god, O blessed lord, O master, grant me this boon.
7.54.8
त्वया ह्युक्ता गमिष्यामि धेनुकाश्रममुत्तमम् ।
तत्र तप्स्ये तपस्तीत्रं तवैवाराधने रता ॥ ७.५४.८ ॥
As you have told me, I shall go to the excellent Dhenuka hermitage, and there, devoted solely to worshipping you, I shall perform severe austerities.
7.54.9
न हि शक्ष्यामि देवेश प्राणान्प्राणभृतां प्रियान् ।
हर्तुं विलपमानानामधर्मादभिरक्ष माम् ॥ ७.५४.९ ॥
I am not able, O lord of gods, to take away the dear lives of living beings who lament. Protect me from unrighteousness.
7.54.10
मृत्यो सङ्कल्पिताऽसि त्वं प्रजासंहारहेतुना ।
गच्छ संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजा मा ते विचारणा ॥ ७.५४.१० ॥
O Death, you were created for the sake of destroying creatures. Go and destroy all creatures; let there be no hesitation in you.
7.54.11
भविता त्वेतदेवं हि नैतज्जात्वन्यथा भवेत् ।
भव त्वनिन्दिता लोके कुरुष्व वचनं मम ॥ ७.५४.११ ॥
It will be so; this will never be otherwise. You shall be unblamed in the world. Do as I bid you.
7.54.12
एवमुक्ता भगवता प्राञ्जलिश्चाप्यवाङ्मुखी ।
संहारे नाकरोद्बुद्धिं प्रजानां हितकाम्यया ॥ ७.५४.१२ ॥
When the blessed lord had spoken thus, she stood with folded palms and face bowed; out of desire for the welfare of creatures, she did not set her mind on destruction.
7.54.13
तूष्णीमासीत्तदा देवः प्रजानामीश्वरेश्वरः ।
प्रसादं चागमत्क्षिप्रमात्मनैव प्रजापतिः ॥ ७.५४.१३ ॥
Then the god, lord of lords of creatures, remained silent; and the Lord of Creatures himself quickly became gracious.
7.54.14
स्मयमानश्च देवेशो लोकान्सर्वानवेक्ष्य च ।
लोकास्त्वासन्यथापूर्वं दृष्टास्तेनापमन्युना ॥ ७.५४.१४ ॥
Smiling, the lord of gods looked upon all the worlds; and those worlds were as they had been before, as seen by Apamanyu.
7.54.15
निवृत्तरोषे तस्मिंस्तु भगवत्यपराजिते ।
सा कन्याऽपि जगामाऽथ समीपात्तस्य धीमतः ॥ ७.५४.१५ ॥
When the anger of that blessed, unconquered one had subsided, the maiden also went away from the presence of that wise man.
7.54.16
अपमृत्याप्रतिश्रुत्य प्रजासंहरणं तदा ।
त्वरमाणा च राजेन्द्र मृत्युर्धेनुकमभ्यगात् ॥ ७.५४.१६ ॥
O lord of kings, then Apamṛtyu promised to destroy the creatures, and Death, hastening, went to Dhenuka.
7.54.17
सा तत्र परमं तीव्रं चचार व्रतमुत्तमम् ।
सा तद ह्येकपादेन तस्थौ पद्मानि षोडश ॥ ७.५४.१७ ॥
There she undertook a supreme, intense and excellent vow; she stood on one foot upon sixteen lotuses.
7.54.18
पञ्च चाब्दानि कारुण्यात्प्रजानां तु हितैषिणी ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः प्रियेभ्यः सन्निवर्त्य सा ॥ ७.५४.१८ ॥
Out of compassion, seeking the welfare of creatures, she withdrew her senses from their dear objects for five years.
7.54.19
ततस्त्वेकेन पादेन पुनरन्यानि सप्त वै ।
तस्थौ पद्मानि षट् चैव सप्त चैकं च पार्थिवा ॥ ७.५४.१९ ॥
Then she stood on one foot, and then on the other seven, six, seven and one lotuses, O king.
7.54.20
ततः पद्मायुतं तात मृगैः सह चचार सा ।
पुनर्गत्वा ततो नन्दां पुण्यां शीतामलोदकाम् ॥ ७.५४.२० ॥
Then, dear one, she roamed with the deer among ten thousand lotuses; then she went again to the sacred Nandā, whose water was cool and clear.
7.54.21
अप्सु वर्षसहस्राणि सप्त चैकं च साऽनयत् ।
धारयित्वा तु नियमं नन्दायां वीतकल्मषा ॥ ७.५४.२१ ॥
In the waters she spent seven thousand and one years; holding to her vow in Nandā, free from stain.
7.54.22
सा पूर्वं कौशिकीं पुण्यां जगाम नियमैधिता ।
तत्र वायुजलाहारा चचार नियमं पुनः ॥ ७.५४.२२ ॥
Strengthened by her vows, she first went to the sacred Kauśikī; there, living on air and water, she again kept her vow.
7.54.23
सप्तगङ्गासु सा पुण्या कन्या वेतसकेषु च ।
तपोविशेषैर्बहुभिः कर्षयद्देहमात्मनः ॥ ७.५४.२३ ॥
In the seven Gaṅgās and among the reeds, that sacred maiden wore down her own body through many special austerities.
7.54.24
ततो गत्वा तु सा गङ्गां महामेरुं च केवलम् ।
तस्थौ चाश्मेव निश्चेष्टा प्राणायामपरायणा ॥ ७.५४.२४ ॥
Then, going to the Gaṅgā and to great Meru alone, she stood motionless like a stone, devoted to breath control.
7.54.25
पुनर्हिमवतो मूर्ध्नि यत्र देवाः पुराऽयजन् ।
तत्राङ्गुष्ठेन सा तस्थौ निखर्वंल परमा शुभा ॥ ७.५४.२५ ॥
Again, on the summit of the Himālaya, where the gods of old sacrificed, she stood on one big toe for a nikharva span, supremely auspicious.
7.54.26
पुष्करेष्वथ गोकर्णे नैमिषे मलये तथा ।
अकर्शयत्स्वकं देहं नियमैर्मानसप्रियैः ॥ ७.५४.२६ ॥
Then at Puṣkara, at Gokarṇa, at Naimiṣa and likewise on Malaya, she wasted her own body with vows dear to the mind.
7.54.27
अनन्यदेवता नित्यं दृढभक्ता पितामहे ।
तस्थौ पितामहं चैव तोषयामास धर्मतः ॥ ७.५४.२७ ॥
Acknowledging no other deity, ever firmly devoted to the Grandfather, she stood and pleased the Grandfather according to dharma.
7.54.28
ततस्तामब्रवीत्प्रीतो लोकानां प्रभवोऽव्ययः ।
सौम्येन मनसा राजन्प्रीतः प्रीतमनास्तदा ॥ ७.५४.२८ ॥
Then the imperishable source of the worlds, pleased, spoke to her; O king, then he was pleased, with a gentle and glad mind.
7.54.29
मृत्यो किमिदमत्यन्तं तपांसि चरसीति ह ।
ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनर्मृत्युर्भगवन्तं पितामहम् ॥ ७.५४.२९ ॥
"O Death, why do you perform such excessive austerities?" Then Death spoke again to the venerable Grandfather.
7.54.30
नाऽहं हन्यां प्रजा देव स्वस्थाश्चाक्रोशतीस्तथा ।
एतदिच्छामि सर्वेश त्वत्तो वरमहं प्रभो ॥ ७.५४.३० ॥
"O god, may I not slay creatures who are sound or who are lamenting; this is what I desire, O lord of all, O sovereign, as a boon from you."
7.54.31
अधर्मभयभीताऽस्मि ततोऽहं तप आस्थिता ।
भीतायास्तु महाभाग प्रयच्छाभयमव्यय ॥ ७.५४.३१ ॥
Frightened by the fear of unrighteousness, I have therefore taken up penance. O greatly fortunate one, grant fearlessness to one who is afraid, O imperishable one.
7.54.32
आर्ता चानागसी नारी याचामि भव मे गतिः ।
तामब्रवीत्ततो देवो भूतभव्यभविष्यवित् ॥ ७.५४.३२ ॥
I am a distressed and blameless woman; I beg you, be my refuge. Then the god, knower of what has been, what is, and what will be, said to her:
7.54.33
अधर्मो नास्ति ते मृत्यो संहरन्त्या इमाः प्रजाः ।
मया चोक्तं मृषा भद्रे भविता न कथञ्चन ॥ ७.५४.३३ ॥
There is no unrighteousness for you, O Death, destroying these creatures. O gracious one, what I said will not in any way prove false.
7.54.34
तस्मात्संहर कल्याणि प्रजाः सर्वाश्चतुर्विधाः ।
धर्मः सनातनश्च त्वां सर्वथा पावयिष्यति ॥ ७.५४.३४ ॥
Therefore, O auspicious one, destroy all creatures of the four kinds; eternal dharma will purify you completely.
7.54.35
लोकपालो यमश्चैव सहाया व्याधयश्च ते ।
अहं च विबुधाश्चैव पुनर्दास्याम ते वरम् ॥ ७.५४.३५ ॥
The world-guardian Yama, your helpers the diseases, I, and the gods too, we will again give you a boon.
7.54.36
यथा त्वमेनसा मुक्ता विरजाः ख्यातिमेष्यसि ।
सैवमुक्ता महाराज कृताञ्जलिरिदं विभुम्। ॥ ७.५४.३६ ॥
As you, freed from sin and stainless, will attain fame. O great king, thus addressed, she, with joined palms, spoke this to the lord:
7.54.37
पुनरेवाब्रवीद्वाक्यं प्रसाद्य शिरसा तदा ।
यद्येवमेतत्कर्तव्यं धर्मतो नास्त्यतो भयम् ॥ ७.५४.३७ ॥
Then, bowing his head in supplication, he spoke these words again: If this must indeed be done, then according to dharma there is no fear in it.
7.54.38
तवाज्ञा मूर्ध्नि मे न्यस्ता यत्ते वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु ।
लोभः क्रोधोऽभ्यसूयेर्ष्या द्रोहो मोहश्च देहिनां ॥ ७.५४.३८ ॥
I have placed your command upon my head; listen to what I shall tell you: among embodied beings arise greed, anger, envy, jealousy, malice, and delusion.
7.54.39
अहूश्चान्योन्यपरुषा देहं भिन्द्युः पृथिग्वधाः ।
तथा भविष्यते मृत्यो साधु संहर भोः प्रजाः।
अधर्मस्ते न भविता नापध्यास्याम्यहं शुभे ॥ ७.५४.३९ ॥
Harsh toward one another, they will cut down bodies through many separate killings; so it shall be, O Death. O creatures, destroy well. O auspicious one, no unrighteousness will be yours; I shall not curse you.
7.54.40
यान्यश्रुबिन्दूनि करे ममासं… ।
स्ते व्याधयः प्राणिनामात्मजाताः।
ते मारयिष्यन्ति नरान्गतासू… ।
न्नाधर्मस्ते भविता मा स्म भैषीः ॥ ७.५४.४० ॥
The drops of tears that were in my hand… those diseases, born of living beings, will kill men whose breath has departed… no unrighteousness will be yours; do not fear.
7.54.41
नाधर्मस्ते भविता प्राणिनां वै ।
त्वं वै धर्मस्त्वं हि धर्मस्य चेशा।
धर्म्या भूत्वा धर्मनित्या धरित्री ।
तस्मात्प्राणान्सर्वथेमान्नियच्छ ॥ ७.५४.४१ ॥
No unrighteousness will be yours toward living beings. You indeed are dharma, and you are the lady of dharma. Becoming righteous, be the earth ever steadfast in dharma; therefore restrain these lives in every way.
7.54.42
मिथ्यावृत्तं मारयिष्यत्यधर्मः ॥ ७.५४.४२ ॥
Adharma will destroy the one who has lived in falsehood.
7.54.43
तेनात्मानं पावयस्वात्मना त्वं ।
पापेऽऽत्मानं मज्जयिष्यन्त्यसत्यात्।
तस्मात्कामं रोषमप्यागतं त्वं ।
सन्त्यज्यान्तः संहरस्वेति जीवान् ॥ ७.५४.४३ ॥
Therefore purify yourself by yourself; in sin and untruth they will sink your self. So, having fully abandoned the desire and anger that have arisen within, withdraw the living beings inwardly.
7.54.44
सा वै भीमा मृत्युसंज्ञोपदेशा… ।
च्छापाद्भीता बाढमित्यब्रवीत्तम्।
सा च प्राणं प्राणिनामन्तकाले ।
कामक्रोधौ त्यज्य हरत्यसक्ता ॥ ७.५४.४४ ॥
That terrible one, Death — the teaching named death… — frightened by the curse, said to him, "Very well." And she takes away the breath of living beings at their final hour, having abandoned desire and anger, unattached.
7.54.45
मृत्युस्त्वेषां व्याधयस्तत्प्रसूता ।
व्याधी रोगो रुज्यते येन जन्तुः।
सर्वेषां च प्राणिनां प्रायणान्ते ।
तस्माच्छोकं माकृथा निष्फलं त्वम् ॥ ७.५४.४५ ॥
Death itself is the source of these diseases; diseases arise from it. By disease and sickness a creature is afflicted. At the end of the journey of all living beings comes death. Therefore do not grieve in vain.
7.54.46
सर्वे देवाः प्राणिभिः प्रायणान्ते ।
गत्वा वृत्ताः सन्निवृत्तास्तथैव।
एवं सर्वे प्राणिनस्तत्र गत्वा ।
वृत्ता देवा मर्त्यवद्राजसिंह ॥ ७.५४.४६ ॥
All the gods, together with living beings, at the end of the journey, having gone there, likewise return. Thus all living beings, having gone there, return. O lion among kings, the gods too, like mortals, return in just this way.
7.54.47
वायुर्भीमो भीमनादो महौजा ।
भेत्ता देहान्प्राणिनां सर्वगोऽसौ।
नो वा वृत्तिं कदाचि… ।
त्प्राप्नोत्युग्रोऽनन्ततेजोविशिष्टः ॥ ७.५४.४७ ॥
The wind is terrible, roaring with a dreadful sound, of great might. He is the breaker of the bodies of living beings, he who goes everywhere. He never … (gap in the text) … is fierce, endowed with boundless splendour.
7.54.48
सर्वे देवा मर्त्यसंज्ञाविशिष्टा… ।
स्तस्मात्पुत्रं माशुचो राजसिंह।
स्वर्गं प्राप्तो मोदते ते तनूजो ।
नित्यं रम्यान्वीरलोकानवाप्य ॥ ७.५४.४८ ॥
All the gods are distinguished by the name of mortals … (gap in the text). Therefore, lion among kings, do not grieve for your son. Your son, having attained heaven, rejoices, having obtained the delightful worlds of heroes forever.
7.54.49
त्यक्त्वा दुःखं सङ्गतः पुण्यकृद्भि… ।
रेषा मृत्युर्देवदिष्टा प्रजानाम्।
प्राप्ते काले संहरन्ती यथाव… ।
त्स्वयं कृता प्राणहरा प्रजानाम् ॥ ७.५४.४९ ॥
Having abandoned grief, joined with the righteous doers … (gap in the text). This death is ordained by the gods for creatures. When the proper time comes, as it carries away … (gap in the text). This life-taking one was made by itself for creatures.
7.54.50
पुत्रान्नष्टाच्छोकमाशु त्यजस्व ॥ ७.५४.५० ॥
Quickly abandon grief for the lost sons.
7.54.51
एतच्छ्रुत्वार्थवद्वाक्यं नारदेन प्रकाशितम् ।
उवाचाकम्पनो राजा सखायं नारदं तथा ॥ ७.५४.५१ ॥
Having heard these meaningful words spoken forth by Nārada, King Akampana said thus to his friend Nārada.
7.54.52
व्यपेतशोकः प्रीतोऽस्मि भगवन्नृषिसत्तम ।
श्रुत्वेतिहासं त्वत्तस्तु कृतार्थोऽस्म्यभिवादये ॥ ७.५४.५२ ॥
Revered sir, best of sages, my grief is gone and I am pleased. Having heard this ancient history from you, I am fulfilled; I salute you.
7.54.53
तथोक्तो नारदस्तेन राज्ञा देवर्षिसत्तमः ।
जगाम नन्दनं शीघ्रमशोकवनमात्मनः ॥ ७.५४.५३ ॥
Thus addressed by the king, Nārada, best of the divine sages, quickly went to Nandana, to his own Aśoka grove.
7.54.54
पुण्यं यशस्यं स्वर्ग्यं च धन्यमायुष्यमेव च ।
अस्येतिहासस्य सदा श्रवणं श्रावणं तथा ॥ ७.५४.५४ ॥
Hearing this legend, and having it heard, is always meritorious, bringing fame, heaven, good fortune and long life.
7.54.55
एतदर्थपदं श्रुत्वा तदा राजा युधिष्ठिर ।
क्षत्रधर्मं च विज्ञाय शूराणां च परां गतिम्।
सम्प्राप्तोऽसौ महावीर्यः स्वर्गलोकं महारथः ॥ ७.५४.५५ ॥
Having heard these meaningful words, King Yudhiṣṭhira then understood the duty of the warrior and the supreme destiny of heroes; that mighty, great charioteer attained the heavenly world.
7.54.56
अभिमन्युः परान्हत्वा प्रमुखे सर्वधन्विनाम् ।
युध्यमानो महेष्वासो हतः सोऽभिमुखो रणे ॥ ७.५४.५६ ॥
Abhimanyu, having slain the enemies at the head of all archers, the great bowman was killed in battle, fighting, facing his foe.
7.54.57
असिना गदया शक्त्या धनुषा च महारथः ।
विरजाः सोमसूनुः स पुनस्तत्र प्रलीयते ॥ ७.५४.५७ ॥
That great charioteer, armed with sword, mace, spear and bow, the stainless son of Soma, there again dissolves away.
7.54.58
तस्मात्परां धृतिं कृत्वा भ्रातृभिः सह पाण्डव ।
अप्रमत्तः सुसन्नद्धः शीघ्रं योद्धुमुपाक्रम ॥ ७.५४.५८ ॥
Therefore, Pāṇḍava, with supreme steadfastness, together with your brothers, vigilant and well armoured, set about fighting without delay.