The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.17
Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 5.17
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5.17.1
śalya uvāca |
atha sañcintayānasya devarājasya dhīmataḥ |
nahuṣasya vadhopāyaṃ lokapālaiḥ sadaivataiḥ ||
5.17.2
tapasvī tatra bhagavānagastyaḥ pratyadṛśyata |
so'bravīdarcya devendraṃ diṣṭyā vai vardhate bhavān ||
5.17.3
viśvarūpavināśena vṛtrāsuravadhena ca |
diṣṭyā'dya nahuṣo bhraṣṭo devarājyāt purandara ||
5.17.4
diṣṭyā hatāriṃ paśyāmi bhavantaṃ balasūdana | indra uvāca |
svāgataṃ te maharṣe'stu prīto'haṃ darśanāt tava |
pādyamācamanīyaṃ ca gāmarghyaṃ ca pratīccha me ||
5.17.5
śalya uvāca |
pūjitaṃ copaviṣṭaṃ tamāsena munisattamam |
paryapṛcchata deveśaḥ prahṛṣṭo brāhmaṇarṣabham ||
5.17.6
etadicchāmi bhagavan kathyamānaṃ dvijottama |
paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ svargānnahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ ||
5.17.7
agastya uvāca |
śrṛṇu śakra priyaṃ vākyaṃ yathā rājā durātmavān |
svargādbhraṣṭo durācāro nahuṣo baladarpitaḥ ||
5.17.8
śramārtāśca vahantastaṃ nahuṣaṃ pāpakāriṇam |
devarṣayo mahābhāgāstathā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ ||
5.17.9
papracchurnahuṣaṃ devaṃ saṃśayaṃ jayatāṃ vara |
ya ime brahmaṇā proktā mantrā vai prokṣaṇe gavām ||
5.17.10
ete pramāṇaṃ bhavata utāho neti vāsava |
nahuṣo neti tānāha tamasā mūḍhacetanaḥ ||
5.17.11
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | adharme sampravṛttastvaṃ dharmaṃ na pratipadyase |
pramāṇametadasmākaṃ pūrvaṃ proktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ ||
5.17.12
agastya uvāca |
tato vivadamānaḥ sa munibhiḥ saha vāsava |
atha māmaspṛśan mūrdhni pādenādharmapīḍitaḥ ||
5.17.13
tenābhūddhatatejāśca niḥśrīkaśca mahīpatiḥ |
tatastaṃ tamasā''vignamavocaṃ bhṛśapīḍitam ||
5.17.14
yasmāt pūrvaiḥ kṛtaṃ rājan brahmarṣibhiranuṣṭhitam |
adṛṣṭaṃ dūṣayasi me yacca mūrdhnyaspṛśaḥ padā ||
5.17.15
yaccāpi tvamṛṣīn mūḍha brahmakalpān durāsadān ||
5.17.16
vāhān kṛtvā vāhayasi tena svargāddhataprabhaḥ |
dhvaṃsa pāpaparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇapuṇyo mahītale ||
5.17.17
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi sarparūpadharo mahān |
vicariṣyasi pūrṇeṣu punaḥ svargamavāpsyasi ||
5.17.18
evaṃ bhraṣṭo durātmā sa devarājyādarindama |
diṣṭyā vardhāmahe śakra hato brahmaṇakaṇṭakaḥ ||
5.17.19
triviṣṭapaṃ prapadyasva pāhi lokān śacīpate |
jitendriyo jitāmitraḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ ||
5.17.20
śalya uvāca |
tato devā bhṛśaṃ tuṣṭā maharṣigaṇasaṃvṛtāḥ |
pitaraścaiva yakṣāśca bhujagā rākṣasāstathā ||
5.17.21
gandharvā devakanyāśca sarve cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ |
sarāṃsi saritaḥ śailāḥ sāgarāśca viśāmpate ||
5.17.22
upāgamyābruvan sarve diṣṭyā vardhasi śatruhan |
hataśca nahuṣaḥ pāpo diṣṭyā'gastyena dhīmatā |
diṣṭyā pāpasamācāraḥ kṛtaḥ sarpo mahītale ||
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit