Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.68
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7.68.1
दौष्यन्ति भरतं चापि मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम ।
कर्माण्यसुकराण्यन्यैः कृतवान्यः शिशुर्वने ॥ ७.६८.१ ॥
O Sṛñjaya, we have heard that Bharata, son of Duṣyanta, who is now dead, performed deeds difficult for others while still a child in the forest.
7.68.2
हिमावदातान्यः सिंहान्नखदंष्ट्रायुधान्बली ।
निर्वीर्यांस्तरसा कृत्वा विचकर्ष बबन्ध च ॥ ७.६८.२ ॥
The strong one, making the snow-white lions, whose weapons were claws and fangs, powerless by force, dragged them and bound them.
7.68.3
क्रूरांश्चोग्रतरान्व्याघ्रान्दमित्वा चाकरोद्वशे ।
मनःशिला इव शिलाः संयुक्ता जतुराशिभिः ॥ ७.६८.३ ॥
He also subdued and brought under his control the cruel and extremely fierce tigers, which looked like realgar rocks joined with heaps of lac.
7.68.4
त्रायलादींश्चातिबलवान्सुप्रतीकान्गजानपि ।
दंष्ट्रासु गृह्य विमुखाञ्शुष्कास्यानकरोद्वशे ॥ ७.६८.४ ॥
The very strong one also seized the elephants, Trāyalāda and others, and Supratīka, by their tusks, and made them turn away with dry mouths, bringing them under his control.
7.68.5
महिषानप्यतिबलो बलिनो विचकर्ष ह ।
सिंहानां च सुदृप्तानां शतान्याकर्षयद्बलात् ॥ ७.६८.५ ॥
The very strong one also dragged the mighty buffaloes, and forced hundreds of very proud lions to be dragged along by force.
7.68.6
बलिनः सृमरान्खङ्गान्नानासत्त्वानि चाप्युत ।
कृच्छ्रप्राणान्वने बद्ध्वा दमयित्वाप्यवासृजत् ॥ ७.६८.६ ॥
The powerful one bound in the forest the sṛmara deer, the rhinoceroses and various other creatures whose lives were in peril, subdued them, and then released them.
7.68.7
तं सर्वदमनेत्याहुर्द्विजास्तेनास्य कर्मणा ।
तं प्रत्यषेधज्जननी मा सत्वानि व्यनीनशः ॥ ७.६८.७ ॥
The twice-born called him 'Subduer of All' because of that deed. But his mother forbade him: 'Do not destroy creatures.'
7.68.8
सोऽश्वमेधशतेनेजे यमुनामनु वीर्यवान् ।
त्रिशतैश्च सरस्वत्यां गङ्गामनु चतुःशतैः ॥ ७.६८.८ ॥
That mighty king performed a hundred horse-sacrifices along the Yamunā, three hundred on the Sarasvatī, and four hundred along the Gaṅgā.
7.68.9
सौऽश्वमेधसहस्रेण राजसूयशतेन च ।
पुनरीजे महायज्ञैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ॥ ७.६८.९ ॥
He again performed a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred royal consecrations, great sacrifices whose noble fees were completed.
7.68.10
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राणामुक्थ्यविश्वजितां च सः ।
वाजपेयसहस्रामां सहस्रैश्च सुसंवृतैः ॥ ७.६८.१० ॥
He completed the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra rites, the Ukthya and Viśvajit rites, and a thousand Vājapeya rites, by the thousands, well concluded.
7.68.11
इष्ट्वा शाकुन्तलो राजा तर्पयित्वा द्विजान्धनैः ।
सहस्रं यत्र पद्मानां कण्वाय भरतो ददौ।
जाम्बूनदस्य शुद्धस्य कनकस्य महायशाः ॥ ७.६८.११ ॥
The king, son of Śakuntalā, having sacrificed and satisfied the twice-born with wealth, where the great-famed Bharata gave Kaṇva a thousand lotuses of pure Jāmbūnada gold.
7.68.12
यस्य यूपाः सतव्यामाः परिणाहेन काञ्चनाः ।
समागम्य द्विजैः सार्धे सेन्द्रैर्देवैः समुच्छ्रिताः ॥ ७.६८.१२ ॥
Whose sacrificial posts, each a tavyāma in girth, made of gold, were raised up, gathered together with the twice-born and with the gods led by Indra.
7.68.13
अलङ्कृतान्राजमानान्सर्वरत्नैर्मनोहरैः ।
हैरण्यान्द्विरदानश्वान्रथानुष्ट्रानजाविकान् ॥ ७.६८.१३ ॥
Adorned and shining with every kind of jewel, golden elephants, horses, chariots, camels, goats and sheep.
7.68.14
दासी दासं धनं धान्यं गाः सवत्साः पयस्विनीः ।
ग्रामान्गृहांश्च क्षेत्राणि विविधांश्च परिच्छदान् ॥ ७.६८.१४ ॥
Female servants and male servants, wealth, grain, milch cows with their calves, villages, houses, fields, and various furnishings.
7.68.15
कोटीशतायुतांश्चैव ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ।
चक्रवर्ती ह्यदीनात्मा जितारिर्ह्यजितः परैः ॥ ७.६८.१५ ॥
He gave to the brahmins tens of millions and hundreds of thousands; he was a universal emperor, generous of spirit, a conqueror of enemies, unconquered by others.
7.68.16
स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया ।
पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः।
अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥ ७.६८.१६ ॥
O Sṛñjaya, if he has died, he is four times more fortunate than you, and more meritorious than a son to you. Therefore do not grieve for your son. Śvaitya spoke thus about one who does not sacrifice and gives no fees.