Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.57
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7.57.1
अङ्गं च पौरवं वीरं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम ।
सहस्रं यः सहस्राणां श्वेतानश्वानवासृजत् ॥ ७.५७.१ ॥
O Sṛñjaya, we have heard that the heroic descendant of Puru, Aṅga, is dead, he who gave away thousands upon thousands of white horses.
7.57.2
तस्याश्वमेधे राजर्षेर्देशाद्देशात्समीयुषाम् ।
शिक्षाक्षरविधिज्ञानां नासीत्सङ्ख्या विपश्चिताम् ॥ ७.५७.२ ॥
At that royal sage's horse sacrifice, the learned men who had come together from country after country, knowers of phonetics and the rules of letters, were beyond counting.
7.57.3
वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाता वदान्याः प्रियदर्शनाः ।
सुभिक्षाच्छादनगृहाः सुशय्यासनभोजनाः ॥ ७.५७.३ ॥
Bathed in the vow of Vedic learning, generous, pleasant to behold, possessing abundant food, clothing and homes, with fine beds, seats and meals.
7.57.4
नटनर्तकगन्धर्वैः पूर्णकैर्वर्धमानकैः ।
नित्योद्योगैश्च क्रीडद्भिस्तत्र स्म परिहर्षिताः ॥ ७.५७.४ ॥
There they were greatly delighted by actors, dancers and celestial musicians, by bards and panegyrists, and by people constantly busy at their play.
7.57.5
यज्ञे यज्ञे यथाकालं दक्षिणाः सोऽत्यकालयत् ।
द्विपान्दशसहस्राख्यानदात्काञ्चनसंवृतान् ॥ ७.५७.५ ॥
At each sacrifice, in due time, he gave lavish sacrificial fees: he gave ten thousand elephants, called by name, each covered with gold.
7.57.6
यः सहस्रं सहस्राणि कन्या हेमविभूषिताः ।
धूर्युजाश्वगजारूढाः सगृहक्षेत्रगोशताः। ॥ ७.५७.६ ॥
He who gave away thousands upon thousands of maidens adorned with gold, mounted on horses and on elephants yoked to the chariot-pole, together with houses, fields and hundreds of cows.
7.57.7
शतं शतसहस्राणि स्वर्णमालानथर्षभान् ।
गवां सहस्रानुचरान्दक्षिणामत्यकालयत्। ॥ ७.५७.७ ॥
He gave as sacrificial fee a hundred hundred-thousands of gold garlands, bulls, and herds of thousands of cows in abundance.
7.57.8
हेमशृङ्ग्यो रौप्यखुराः सवत्साः कांस्यदोहनाः ।
दासीदासखरोष्ट्रांश्च प्रादादाजाविकं बहु। ॥ ७.५७.८ ॥
He gave golden-horned cows with silver hooves and calves, bronze milking vessels, male and female servants, donkeys and camels, and goats and sheep in plenty.
7.57.9
रत्नानां विविधानां च विविधांश्चान्नपर्वतान् ।
तस्मिन्संवितते यज्ञे दक्षिणामत्यकालयत्। ॥ ७.५७.९ ॥
In that vast sacrifice he gave, as sacrificial fee, jewels of many kinds and mountains of various foods in abundance.
7.57.10
तत्रास्य गाथा गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जनाः ।
अङ्गस्य यजमानस्य अपि विष्णुपदे वयम्। ॥ ७.५७.१० ॥
There, the people who know the Purāṇas sing his verses, and also those of the sacrificer Aṅga; and we, who dwell in Viṣṇu's realm, sing them too.
7.57.11
अमाद्यदिन्द्रुः सोमेन दक्षिणाभिर्द्विजातयः ।
देवमानुषगन्धर्वांश्चात्यरोचन्त दक्षिणाः ॥ ७.५७.११ ॥
Indra rejoiced in the soma, the twice-born rejoiced in the sacrificial fees, and the fees surpassed even gods, men and gandharvas in splendour.
7.57.12
अङ्गस्य यजमानस्य स्वधर्माधिगताः शुभाः ।
गुणोत्तरास्तु क्रतवस्तस्यासन्सार्वकामिकाः ॥ ७.५७.१२ ॥
The auspicious sacrifices of the sacrificer Aṅga were won by his own dharma; superior in merit, his sacrifices fulfilled every desire.
7.57.13
स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतस्त्वया ।
पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः।
अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥ ७.५७.१३ ॥
O Sṛñjaya, if that son, blessed in four ways, has died, you still have a son more meritorious than he; do not grieve for him. They declared that one who performs no sacrifice and gives no gifts goes toward the path of dogs.