Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.60
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7.60.1
भगीरथं च राजानं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम ।
परित्राणाय पूर्वेषां येन गङ्गाऽवतारिता ॥ ७.६०.१ ॥
O Sañjaya, we have heard of the dead king Bhagīratha, by whom the Gaṅgā was brought down for the deliverance of his ancestors.
7.60.2
यस्येन्द्रो बाहुवीर्येण प्रीतो राज्ञो महात्मनः ।
सोऽश्वमेधशतैरीजे समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ॥ ७.६०.२ ॥
That great-souled king, whose arm's valour pleased Indra, performed a hundred horse sacrifices, each completed with excellent fees.
7.60.3
हविर्मन्त्रान्नसम्पन्नैर्देवानामादधौ मुदम् ।
येन भागीरथी गङ्गा चयनैः काञ्चनैश्चिता ॥ ७.६०.३ ॥
By sacrifices rich in oblations, mantras and food he gave joy to the gods; by golden altars the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā was heaped up.
7.60.4
यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां कन्या हेमविभूषिताः ।
राज्ञश्च राजपुत्रांश्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥ ७.६०.४ ॥
He who gave to brahmins a thousand thousand maidens adorned with gold, and kings and princes as well.
7.60.5
सर्वा रथगताः कन्या रथाः सर्वे चतुर्युजः ।
रथेरथे शतं नागाः सर्वे वै हेममालिनः ॥ ७.६०.५ ॥
All the maidens rode in chariots, and all the chariots were yoked with four horses; beside each chariot were a hundred elephants, all garlanded with gold.
7.60.6
सहस्रमश्वाश्चैकैकं गजानां पृष्ठतोऽन्वयुः ।
अश्वेअश्वे शतं गावो गवां पश्चादजाविकम् ॥ ७.६०.६ ॥
Behind each elephant followed a thousand horses; with each horse a hundred cows, and behind the cows goats and sheep.
7.60.7
तेनाक्रान्ता जनौघेन दक्षिणा भूयसीर्ददत् ।
उपह्वरेऽतिव्यथिता तस्याङ्के निषसाद ह ॥ ७.६०.७ ॥
Pressed by that throng of people, giving abundant sacrificial fees, she, greatly distressed, sat down in a secluded place in his lap.
7.60.8
तथा मागीरथी गङ्गा ह्यूर्ध्वगा ह्यभवत्पुरा ।
दुहितृत्वं गता राज्ञः पुत्रत्वमगमत्तदा ॥ ७.६०.८ ॥
Thus the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā was formerly flowing upward; then she came to the state of a king's daughter and also attained the state of a son.
7.60.9
तां तु गाथा जगुः प्रीता गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः ।
पितृदेवमनुष्याणां शृण्वतां वल्गुवादिनः ॥ ७.६०.९ ॥
The Gandharvas, radiant as the sun and sweet of speech, pleased, sang that song while the ancestors, gods and men listened.
7.60.10
भगीरथं यजमानमैक्ष्वाकुं भूरिदक्षिणम् ।
गङ्गा समुद्रगा देवी वव्रे पितरमीश्वरम् ॥ ७.६०.१० ॥
Bhagīratha, the Ikṣvāku who was sacrificing and giving abundant fees, was chosen by the goddess Gaṅgā, who flows to the ocean, as her lord-like father.
7.60.11
तस्य सेन्द्रैः सुरगणैर्देवैर्यज्ञः स्वलङ्कृतः ।
सम्यक्परिगृहीतश्च शान्तविघ्नो निरामयः ॥ ७.६०.११ ॥
His sacrifice was well adorned by the hosts of gods with Indra and the gods, duly accepted, its obstacles stilled, and it was faultless.
7.60.12
यो य इच्छेत विप्रो वै यत्रयत्रात्मनः प्रियम् ।
भगीरथस्तदा प्रीतस्तत्रतत्राददद्वशी ॥ ७.६०.१२ ॥
Whichever brahmin desired whatever was dear to himself, wherever, Bhagīratha, pleased and self-controlled, gave it there and there.
7.60.13
नादेयं ब्राह्मणस्यासीद्यस्य यत्स्यात्प्रियं धनम् ।
सोऽपि विप्रप्रसादेन ब्रह्मलोकं गतो नृपः ॥ ७.६०.१३ ॥
The king who had wealth dear to him, fit to be given to a brahmin, he too went to the world of Brahmā by the grace of the brahmin.
7.60.14
येन यातौ मखमुखौ दिशाशाविह पादपाः ।
तेनावस्थातुमिच्छन्ति तं गत्वा राजमीश्वरम् ॥ ७.६०.१४ ॥
Those by whom, at the very start of the sacrifice, the two quarters of the sky and the trees here departed, they wish to dwell with that lord and king, having gone to him.
7.60.15
स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया ।
पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः।
अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥ ७.६०.१५ ॥
Sañjaya, if he has died, that is four times more fortunate for you; you are more meritorious than with a son. Do not grieve for your son. It is said: let him who does not sacrifice and gives no fee go toward death.