Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.37
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9.37.1
तस्मान्नदीगतं चापि ह्युदपानं यशस्विनः ।
त्रितस्य च महाराज जगामाथ हलायुधः ॥ ९.३७.१ ॥
Therefore, O great king, Halāyudha (Balarāma, the plough-armed one) went to the well of the glorious Trita, which lay by the river.
9.37.2
तत्र दत्त्वा बहुद्रव्यं पूजयित्वा तथा द्विजान् ।
उपस्पृश्य च तत्रैव प्रहृष्टो मुसलायुधः ॥ ९.३७.२ ॥
There, having given away much wealth and honoured the brahmins, and having sipped water for purification right there, the delighted club-armed one (Balarāma) [moved on].
9.37.3
तत्र धर्मपरो ह्यासीत्त्रितः स सुमहातपाः ।
कूपे च वसता तेन सोमः पीतो महात्मना ॥ ९.३७.३ ॥
There lived Trita, devoted to dharma and of great asceticism; while dwelling in that well, the great-souled one drank the soma.
9.37.4
तत्र चैनं समुत्सृज्य भ्रातरौ जग्मतुर्गृहान् ।
ततस्तौ वै शशापाथ त्रितो ब्राह्मणसत्तमः ॥ ९.३७.४ ॥
And leaving him there, the two brothers went home. Then Trita, best of brahmins, cursed the two of them.
9.37.5
उदपानं कथं ब्रह्मन्कथं च सुमहातपाः ।
पतितः किं च सन्त्यक्तो भ्रातृभ्यां द्विजसत्तम ॥ ९.३७.५ ॥
How did that well come to be, Brahmin, and how did the very ascetic fall into it? Why were they abandoned by the two brothers, O best of the twice-born?
9.37.6
कूपे कथं च हित्वैनं भ्रातरौ जग्मतुर्गृहान् ।
कथं च याजयामास पपौ सोमं च वै कथम्।
एतदाचक्ष्व मे ब्रह्मन्श्रोतव्यं यदि मन्यसे ॥ ९.३७.६ ॥
How did the two brothers leave him in that well and go home? How did he have the sacrifice performed, and how did he drink the soma? Tell me this, Brahmin, if you think it fit to be heard.
9.37.7
आसन्पूर्वयुगे राजन्मुनयो भ्रातरस्त्रयः ।
एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चादित्यसन्निभाः ॥ ९.३७.७ ॥
O king, in the former age there were three brother sages, Ekata, Dvita and Trita, radiant as the sun.
9.37.8
सर्वे प्रजापतिसमाः प्रजावन्तस्तथैव च ।
ब्रह्मलोकजिताः सर्वे तपसा ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥ ९.३७.८ ॥
All were equal to Prajāpati, had children, had won the world of Brahmā by austerity, and were speakers of the Brahman.
9.37.9
तेषां तु तपसा प्रीतो नियमेन दमेन च ।
अभवद्गौतमो नित्यं पिता धर्मरतः सदा ॥ ९.३७.९ ॥
Pleased with their austerity, discipline and self-control, Gautama, ever delighting in dharma, became their father.
9.37.10
स तु दीर्घेण कालेन तेषां प्रीतिमवाप्य च ।
जगाम भगवान्स्थानमनुरूपमिवात्मनः ॥ ९.३७.१० ॥
After a long time, having obtained their affection, that venerable one departed to an abode fitting to himself.
9.37.11
राजानस्तस्य ये ह्यासन्याज्या राजन्महात्मनः ।
ते सर्वे स्वर्गते तस्मिंस्तस्य पुत्रानपूजयन् ॥ ९.३७.११ ॥
O king, all the kings who had been his patrons, after he had gone to heaven, honored his sons.
9.37.12
तेषां तु कर्मणा राजंस्तथा चाध्ययनेन च ।
त्रितः स श्रेष्ठतां प्राप यथैवास्य पिता तथा ॥ ९.३७.१२ ॥
O king, by their deeds and by study, Trita attained excellence, just as his father had.
9.37.13
तथा सर्वे महाभागा मुनयः पुण्यलक्षणाः ।
अपूजयन्महाभागं यथास्य पितरं तथा ॥ ९.३७.१३ ॥
Likewise all the greatly fortunate sages, marked by merit, honoured that greatly fortunate one just as they had honoured his father.
9.37.14
कदाचिद्वि ततो राजन्भ्रातरावेकतद्वितौ ।
यज्ञार्थं चक्रतुश्चिन्तां तथा वित्तार्थमेव च ॥ ९.३७.१४ ॥
Then, O king, those two brothers of one lineage once made a plan for a sacrifice and also for wealth.
9.37.15
तयोर्बुद्धिः समभवत्त्रितं गृह्य परन्तप ।
याज्यान्सर्वानुपादाय प्रतिगृह्य पशूंस्ततः।
सोमं पास्यामहे हृष्टाः प्राप्य यज्ञं महाफलम् ॥ ९.३७.१५ ॥
A thought arose in them both: O scorcher of foes, taking Trita, taking all the sacrificers, and receiving the cattle, let us joyfully drink soma, having obtained a sacrifice of great fruit.
9.37.16
चक्रुश्चैवं तथा राजन्भ्रातरस्त्रय एव च ।
यथा ते तु परिक्रम्य याज्यान्सर्वान्पशून्प्रति।
याजयित्वा ततो याज्याँल्लब्ध्वा तु सुबहून्पशून् ॥ ९.३७.१६ ॥
O king, the three brothers likewise did so: going round to all the sacrificers and causing them to sacrifice, and then obtaining very many cattle.
9.37.17
याज्येन कर्मणा तेन प्रतिगृह्य विधानतः ।
प्राचीं दिशं महात्मान आजग्मुस्ते महर्षयः ॥ ९.३७.१७ ॥
Having received their due by that sacrificial rite, according to rule, those great-souled great sages went toward the eastern direction.
9.37.18
त्रितस्तेषां महाराज पुरस्ताद्याति हृष्टवत् ।
एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव पृष्ठतः कालयन्पशून् ॥ ९.३७.१८ ॥
O great king, Trita goes ahead of them, as if delighted, driving the cattle from one side and another side, and from behind.
9.37.19
तयोश्चिन्ता समभवदेकतस्य द्वितस्य च ।
कथं च स्युरिमा गाव आवाभ्यां हि विना त्रितम् ॥ ९.३७.१९ ॥
Anxiety arose in the minds of Ekata and Dvita: how would these cows of Trita fare without us two?
9.37.20
तावन्योन्यं समाभाष्य एकतश्च द्वितश्च ह ।
यदूचतुर्मिथः पापौ तन्निबोध जनेश्वर ॥ ९.३७.२० ॥
Having spoken together, those two sinners, Ekata and Dvita, said what they said. Hear it, O lord of men.
9.37.21
त्रितो यज्ञेषु कुशलस्तथा वेदेषु निष्ठितः ।
ततस्त्रितो बहुतरं गावः समुपलप्स्यते ॥ ९.३७.२१ ॥
Trita is skilled in sacrifices and steadfast in the Vedas; therefore Trita will obtain a great many cows.
9.37.22
तदावां सहितौ भूत्वा गाः प्रकाल्य व्रजावहे ।
त्रितोऽपि गच्छतां काममावाभ्यां वै विनाकृताः ॥ ९.३७.२२ ॥
Therefore let the two of us join together, drive off the cows and go; and let Trita go wherever he wishes, abandoned by us two.
9.37.23
तेषामागच्छतां रात्रौ पथिस्थानां वृकोऽभवत् ।
तत्र कूपो विदूरेऽभूत्सरस्वत्यास्तटे महान् ॥ ९.३७.२३ ॥
As they came along the road at night, a wolf appeared before them; and there, far off on the bank of the Sarasvatī, was a great well.
9.37.24
अथं त्रितो वृकं दृष्ट्वा पथि तिष्ठन्तमग्रतः ।
तद्भ्यादपसर्पन्वै तस्मिन्कूपे पपात ह।
अगाधे सुमहाघोरे सर्वभूतभयङ्करे ॥ ९.३७.२४ ॥
Then Trita, seeing the wolf standing on the path before him, backed away in fear and fell into that well—bottomless, exceedingly dreadful, a terror to all creatures.
9.37.25
त्रितस्ततो महाराज कूपस्थो मुनिसत्तमः ।
आर्तनादं ततश्चक्रे तौ तु शुश्रुवतुर्मुनी ॥ ९.३७.२५ ॥
Then, O great king, Trita, best of sages, standing in the well, uttered a cry of distress, and those two sages heard it.
9.37.26
त ज्ञात्वा पतितं कूपे भ्रातरावेकतद्वितौ ।
वृकत्रासाच्च लोभाच्च समुत्सृज्य प्रजग्मतुः ॥ ९.३७.२६ ॥
Knowing that he had fallen into the well, the two brothers, who shared one purpose, abandoned him out of fear of the wolf and out of greed, and departed.
9.37.27
भ्रातृभ्यां पशुलुब्धाभ्यामुत्सृष्टः स महातपाः ।
उदपाने तदा राजन्निर्जले पांसुपंवृते ॥ ९.३७.२७ ॥
Abandoned by the two brothers, greedy for cattle, that great ascetic, O king, lay then in the waterless well covered with dust.
9.37.28
त्रित आत्मानमालक्ष्य कूपे वीरुत्तृणावृते ।
निमग्नं भरतश्रेष्ठ नरके दुष्कृती यथा ॥ ९.३७.२८ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, Trita perceived himself sunk in the well covered with creepers and grass, like an evildoer sunk in hell.
9.37.29
ततो ह्यचिन्तयत्प्राज्ञो मृतभूतो ह्यसोमपः ।
सोमः कथं तु पातव्य इहस्थेन मया भवेत् ॥ ९.३७.२९ ॥
Then the wise one, as one dead and deprived of drinking soma, reflected: how could soma be drunk by me, staying here?
9.37.30
स एवमभिसञ्चिन्त्य तस्मिन्कूपे महातपाः ।
ददर्श वीरुधं तत्र लम्बमानां यदृच्छया ॥ ९.३७.३० ॥
Having reflected thus, that great ascetic saw by chance a creeper hanging there in that well.
9.37.31
पांसुग्रस्ते ततः कूपे न्यखनत्सलिलं मुनिः ।
अग्नीन्सङ्कल्पयामास होतॄनात्मानमेव च ॥ ९.३७.३१ ॥
Then, in that well filled with dust, the sage dug out water. By his resolve he brought into being the fires, the priests (hotṛs), and himself as well.
9.37.32
ततस्तां वीरुधं सोमं सङ्कल्प सुमहातपाः ।
ऋचो जयूंषि सामानि मनसा चिन्तयन्मुनिः ॥ ९.३७.३२ ॥
Then that greatly austere sage, resolving that creeper to be Soma, meditated in his mind on the verses of the Ṛg, the formulas of the Yajus, and the chants of the Sāma.
9.37.33
ग्रावाणः शर्कराः कृत्वा प्रचक्रेऽभिषवं नृप ।
आज्यं च सलिलं चक्रे भागांश्च त्रिदिवौकसाम् ॥ ९.३७.३३ ॥
O king, using stones and pebbles as pressing-stones, he performed the pressing of Soma. He prepared clarified butter and water, and assigned the shares of the dwellers of heaven.
9.37.34
सोमस्याभिषवस्याग्रे प्रवृत्तस्तुमुलो ध्वनिः ।
स चाविशद्दिवं राजन्स्वरश्चैव त्रितस्त वै ॥ ९.३७.३४ ॥
At the very start of the pressing of Soma a tumultuous sound arose. O king, that sound entered the heavens, and so too the voice of Trita.
9.37.35
समवाप च तं यज्ञां यथोक्तं ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥ ९.३७.३५ ॥
And he completed that sacrifice as it had been prescribed by the speakers of Brahman.
9.37.36
वर्तमाने महायज्ञे त्रितस्य सुमहात्मनः ।
आविग्नं त्रिदिवं सर्वं कारमं च न बुध्यते ॥ ९.३७.३६ ॥
While the great sacrifice of the greatly exalted Trita was in progress, the whole heaven was agitated, yet no one perceived the cause.
9.37.37
ततः सुतुमुलं शब्दं शुश्रावाथ बृहस्पतिः ।
श्रुत्वा चैवाब्रवीत्सर्वान्देवान्देवपुरोहितः ॥ ९.३७.३७ ॥
Then Bṛhaspati, the priest of the gods, heard a most tumultuous sound; having heard it, he spoke to all the gods.
9.37.38
त्रितस्य वर्तते यज्ञस्तत्र गच्छामहे सुराः ।
स हि क्रुद्धः सृजेदन्यान्देवानपि महातपाः ॥ ९.३७.३८ ॥
Trita's sacrifice is taking place there; O gods, let us go there. For that great ascetic, if angered, might even create other gods.
9.37.39
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सहिताः सर्वदेवताः ।
प्रययुस्तत्र यत्रास्ते त्रितयज्ञश्च वर्तते ॥ ९.३७.३९ ॥
Hearing his words, all the gods together went to the place where Trita's sacrifice was taking place.
9.37.40
ते तत्र गत्वा विबुधास्तं कूपं यत्र स त्रितः ।
ददृशुस्तं महात्मानं दीक्षितं यज्ञकर्मसु ॥ ९.३७.४० ॥
Going there, the gods saw that great-souled one, consecrated in the sacrificial rites, at the well where Trita was.
9.37.41
दृष्ट्वा चैनं महात्मानं श्रिया परमया युतम् ।
ऊचुश्चैनं महाभागं प्राप्ता भागार्थिनो वयम् ॥ ९.३७.४१ ॥
Seeing that great-souled one endowed with supreme splendour, they spoke to that greatly fortunate one: "We have come seeking our share."
9.37.42
अथाब्रवीदृषिर्देवान्पश्यध्वं मां दिवौकसः ।
अस्मिन्प्रतिभये कूपे निमग्नं नष्टचेतसम् ॥ ९.३७.४२ ॥
Then the sage said to the gods: "Look at me, O dwellers of heaven, sunk in this dreadful well, my senses lost."
9.37.43
ततस्त्रितो महाराज भागांस्तेषां यथाविधि ।
मन्त्रयुक्तान्समददात्तेन प्रीतास्तदाऽभवन् ॥ ९.३७.४३ ॥
Then, O great king, Trita duly offered them their shares together with the mantras, and they were pleased by him.
9.37.44
ततो यथाविधि प्राप्तान्भागान्प्राप्य दिवौकसः ।
प्रीतात्मानो ददुस्तस्मै वरान्यान्मनसेच्छति ॥ ९.३७.४४ ॥
Then the gods, having received their shares duly, with pleased hearts gave him the boons that he desired in his mind.
9.37.45
स तु वव्रे लवरं देवांस्त्रातुमर्हथ मामितः ।
यश्चाम्भोपस्पृशेत्कूपे स सोमपगतिं लभेत् ॥ ९.३७.४५ ॥
He chose a small boon: 'O gods, you should save me from here; and whoever touches the water in this well should obtain the path of the soma-drinkers.'
9.37.46
तत्र चोर्मिमती राजन्नुत्पपात सरस्वती ।
तयोत्क्षिप्तस्त्रितस्तस्थौ पूजयंस्त्रिदिवौकसः ॥ ९.३७.४६ ॥
There, O king, the wave-filled Sarasvatī surged up; lifted by her, Trita stood, honouring the gods of the three heavens.
9.37.47
तथेति चोक्त्वा विबुधा जग्मू राजन्यथाऽऽगताः ।
त्रितश्चाभ्यागमत्प्रीतः स्वमेव निलयं तदा ॥ ९.३७.४७ ॥
Saying 'so be it,' the gods, O king, departed as they had come; and Trita, pleased, then returned to his own dwelling.
9.37.48
क्रुद्धस्तु स समासाद्य तावृषी भ्रातरौ तदा ।
उवाच परुषं वाक्यं शशाप च महातपाः ॥ ९.३७.४८ ॥
Then, angered, that great ascetic approached those two sage brothers, spoke harsh words, and cursed them.
9.37.49
पशुलुब्धौ युवां यस्मान्मामुत्सृज्य प्रधावितौ ।
तस्माद्वृकाकृती रौद्रौ दंष्ट्रिणावभितश्चरौ ॥ ९.३७.४९ ॥
Greedy for beasts, you two abandoned me and ran away; therefore you shall wander about, fierce and fanged, in the form of wolves.
9.37.50
भवितारौ मया शप्तौ पापेनानेन कर्मणा ।
प्रसवश्चैव युवयोर्गोलाङ्गूलर्क्षवानराः ॥ ९.३७.५० ॥
Cursed by me, you two shall become such because of this sinful deed; and your offspring shall be gayal-tailed beings, bears and monkeys.
9.37.51
इत्युक्तेन तदा तेन क्षणादेव विशाम्पते ।
तथाभूतावदृश्येतां वचनात्सत्यवादिनः ॥ ९.३७.५१ ॥
Thus spoken to, at that very moment, O lord of the people, the two appeared transformed, by the word of the truthful one.
9.37.52
तत्राप्यमितविक्रान्तः स्पृष्ट्वा तोयं हलायुधः ।
दत्त्वाच विविधान्देयान्पूजयित्वा च वै द्विजान् ॥ ९.३७.५२ ॥
There too, the one of immeasurable valour, the plough-armed one, touched the water, gave various gifts, and honoured the brahmins.
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उदपानं च तं वीक्ष्य प्रशस्य च पुनःपुनः ।
नदीगतमदीनात्मा प्राप्तो विनशनं तदा ॥ ९.३७.५३ ॥
Having seen that well and praised it again and again, the steadfast-hearted one, going toward the river, then arrived at Vinaśana.