Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.50
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9.50.1
इन्द्रतीर्थं ततो गत्वा यदूनां प्रवरो बली ।
विप्रेभ्यो धनरत्नानि ददौ स्नात्वा यथाविधि ॥ ९.५०.१ ॥
Then, having gone to the Indra ford, the strong best of the Yadus bathed according to rule and gave wealth and jewels to the brahmins.
9.50.2
तत्र ह्यमरराजो वै ईजे क्रतुशतेन ह ।
बृहस्पतेश्च देवेशः प्रददौ विपुलं धनम् ॥ ९.५०.२ ॥
There the king of the immortals indeed sacrificed with a hundred sacrifices, and the lord of the gods gave abundant wealth to Bṛhaspati.
9.50.3
अनर्गलान्सजारूथ्यान्सर्वान्विविधदक्षिणान् ।
आजहर क्रतूंस्तत्र यथोक्तं वेदपारगैः ॥ ९.५०.३ ॥
There he performed all the sacrifices, unobstructed, with their attendant priests and various sacrificial fees, as prescribed by those who have mastered the Vedas.
9.50.4
तान्क्रतून्भरतश्रेष्ठ शतकृत्वो महाद्युतिः ।
पूरयामास विधिवत्ततः ख्यातः शतक्रतुः ॥ ९.५०.४ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, that greatly radiant one completed those sacrifices a hundred times according to rule; thereafter he became renowned as Śatakratu, the hundred-sacrificer.
9.50.5
तस्य नाम्ना तु तत्तीर्थं शिवं पुण्यं सनातनम् ।
इन्द्रतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् ॥ ९.५०.५ ॥
Named after him, that holy ford — auspicious, sacred and eternal — became known as the Indra-ford, which releases from all sins.
9.50.6
उपस्पृश्य च तत्रापि विधिवन्मुसलायुधः ।
ब्राह्मणान्पूजयित्वा च पानाच्छादुनभोजनैः ॥ ९.५०.६ ॥
There too, the one whose weapon is the club, having sipped water according to rule, honoured the brahmins with drink, clothing and food.
9.50.7
शुभं तीर्थवरं तस्माद्रामतीर्थं जगाम ह ।
यत्र रामो महाभागो भार्गवः सुमहातपाः ॥ ९.५०.७ ॥
From there he went to the auspicious and excellent ford called Rāmatīrtha, where Rāma, the greatly fortunate son of Bhṛgu, of very great austerity, dwelt.
9.50.8
असकृत्पृथिवीं कृत्वा हतक्षत्रियपुङ्गवाम् ।
उपाध्यायं पुरस्कृत्य काश्यपं मुनिसत्तमम् ॥ ९.५०.८ ॥
Having repeatedly made the earth rid of the best of kṣatriyas, and honoring the sage Kāśyapa, the best of sages, as his teacher.
9.50.9
अयजद्वाजपेयेन सोऽश्वमेधशतेन च ।
प्रददौ दक्षिणार्थं च पृथिवीं सागराम्बराम् ॥ ९.५०.९ ॥
He performed the Vājapeya and a hundred Aśvamedha sacrifices, and as sacrificial fee he gave away the earth clothed in the ocean.
9.50.10
रामो दत्त्वा धनं तत्र द्विजेभ्यो जनमेजय ।
उपस्पृश्य यथान्यायं पूजयित्वा तथा द्विजान् ॥ ९.५०.१० ॥
There Rāma gave wealth to the twice-born, O Janamejaya; then, having sipped water for purification as is proper, he likewise honored the twice-born.
9.50.11
पुण्यतीर्थे शुभे देशे वसु दत्त्वा हलायुधः ।
मुनींश्चैवाभिवाद्याथ यमुनातीर्थमागमत्।
यत्रानयामास तदा राजसूयमपाम्पतिः ॥ ९.५०.११ ॥
Having given wealth in the holy ford and in an auspicious region, Halāyudha (Balarāma) greeted the sages and then came to the Yamunā ford, where the lord of the waters (Varuṇa) had once caused the Rājasūya sacrifice to be performed.
9.50.12
दितेः सुतान्महाभागो वरुणो वै सितप्रभः ।
यत्र निर्जित्य सङ्ग्रामे मानुषान्दानवांस्तथा।
गन्धर्वान्राक्षसांश्चैव वरुणः परवीरहा ॥ ९.५०.१२ ॥
Where the greatly fortunate Varuṇa of white radiance, having conquered in battle the sons of Diti, and men, Dānavas, Gandharvas and Rākṣasas, dwelt; that Varuṇa, slayer of enemy heroes.
9.50.13
तस्मिन्क्रतुवरे वृत्ते सङ्ग्रामः समजायत ।
देवानां दानवानां च त्रैलोक्यस्य भयावहः ॥ ९.५०.१३ ॥
When that best of sacrifices was completed, a battle broke out between the gods and the Dānavas, terrifying the three worlds.
9.50.14
राजसूये क्रतुश्रेष्ठे निवृत्ते जनमेजय ।
जायते सुमहाघोरः संक्षयः क्षत्रियान्प्रति ॥ ९.५०.१४ ॥
O Janamejaya, when the Rājasūya, the best of sacrifices, was completed, a terrible destruction came upon the kṣatriyas.
9.50.15
हलायुधस्तदा रामस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थवरे शुभे ।
तत्रस्नात्वा च दत्त्वा च द्विजेभ्यो वसु माधवः ॥ ९.५०.१५ ॥
Then Halāyudha Rāma bathed in that auspicious, best of holy fords and gave wealth to the brahmins, and so did Mādhava.
9.50.16
वनमाली ततो हृष्टः स्तूयमानो द्विजातिभिः ।
तस्मादादित्यतीर्थं च जगाम कमलेक्षणः ॥ ९.५०.१६ ॥
Then the lotus-eyed one, garlanded with forest flowers, delighted and praised by the twice-born, went from there to the Āditya ford.
9.50.17
यत्रेष्ट्वा भगवाञ्ज्योतिर्भास्करो राजसत्तम ।
ज्योतिषामाधिपत्यं च प्रभावं चाभ्यपद्यत ॥ ९.५०.१७ ॥
O best of kings, there, having sacrificed, the blessed Bhāskara, the light, attained lordship over the luminaries and their power.
9.50.18
तस्या नद्यास्तु तीरे वै सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः ।
विश्वेदेवाः समरुतो गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्च ह ॥ ९.५०.१८ ॥
On the bank of that river were all the gods, with Vāsava, the Viśvedevas with the Maruts, and also the Gandharvas and Apsarases.
9.50.19
द्वैपायनः शुकश्चैव कृष्णश्च मधुसूदनः ।
यक्षाश्च राक्षसाश्चैव पिशाचाश्च विशाम्पते ॥ ९.५०.१९ ॥
Dvaipāyana, Śuka, Kṛṣṇa, Madhusūdana, the yakṣas, the rākṣasas and the piśācas too, O lord of the people.
9.50.20
एते चान्ये च बहवो योगसिद्धाः सहस्रशः ।
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे सरस्वत्याः शिवे पुण्ये परन्तप ॥ ९.५०.२० ॥
These and many others, thousands of yoga-accomplished sages, were at that auspicious and holy ford of the Sarasvatī, O scorcher of foes.
9.50.21
तत्र हत्वा पुरा विष्णुरसुरौ मधुकैटभौ ।
आप्लुत्य भरतश्रेष्ठ तीर्थप्रवर उत्तमे ॥ ९.५०.२१ ॥
There formerly Viṣṇu, having slain the two asuras Madhu and Kaiṭabha, bathed, O best of the Bharatas, in that supreme foremost of sacred fords.
9.50.22
द्वैपायनश्च धर्मात्मा तत्रैवाप्लुत्य भारत ।
सम्प्राप्तः परमं योगं सिद्धिं च परमां गतः ॥ ९.५०.२२ ॥
And Dvaipāyana, the righteous-souled, having bathed right there, O Bhārata, attained supreme yoga and reached supreme perfection.
9.50.23
असितो देवलश्चैव तस्मिन्नेव महातपाः ।
परमं योगमास्थाय ऋषिर्योगमवाप्तवान् ॥ ९.५०.२३ ॥
Asita and Devala too, in that very place, the great ascetic, having resorted to supreme yoga, that sage attained yoga.