Mahabharata 12.45: pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

12.45.1

janamejaya uvāca |
prāpya rājyaṃ mahātejā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
yadanyadakarodvipra tanme vaktumihārhasi || 1 ||

"Janamejaya said, 'It behoveth thee, O learned Brahmana, to tell me what was next done by Yudhishthira the mighty-armed son of Dharma after he had regained his kingdom. It behoveth thee to tell me also, O Rishi, what the heroic Hrishikesa, the supreme master of the three worlds did after this.'

12.45.2

bhagavānvā hṛṣīkeśastrailokyasya paro guruḥ |
ṛṣe yadakarodvīrastacca vyākhyātumarhasi || 2 ||

12.45.3

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
śṛṇu rājendra tattvena kīrtyamānaṃ mayānagha |
vāsudevaṃ puraskṛtya yadakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ || 3 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'Listen to me, O king, as I narrate in detail, O sinless one, what the Pandavas, headed by Vasudeva, did after this. Having obtained his kingdom, O monarch, Kunti's son Yudhishthira appointed each of the four orders of men to their respective duties. The (eldest) son of Pandu gave unto a thousand high-souled Brahmanas of the Snataka order a thousand Nishkas each. He then gratified the servants that were dependant on him and the guests that came to him, including persons that were undeserving and those that held heterodox views, by fulfilling their wishes. Unto his priest Dhaumya he gave kine in thousands and much wealth and gold and silver and robes of diverse kinds. Towards Kripa, O monarch, the king behaved in the way one should towards one's preceptor. Observant of vows, the king continued to honour Vidura greatly. That foremost of charitable men gratified all persons with gifts of food and drink and robes of diverse kinds and beds and seats. Having restored peace to his kingdom, the king, O best of monarchs, possessed of great fame, paid due honour unto Yuyutsu and Dhritarashtra. Placing his kingdom, at the disposal of Dhritarashtra, of Gandhari, and of Vidura, king Yudhishthira continued to pass his days happily. Having gratified everybody, including the citizens, in this way, Yudhishthira, O bull of Bharata's race, then proceeded with joined hands to the presence of the high-souled Vasudeva. He beheld Krishna, of the hue of a blue cloud, seated on a large sofa adorned with gold and gems. Attired in yellow robes of silk and decked with celestial ornaments, his person blazed with splendour like a Jewel set on gold. His bosom adorned with the Kaustubha gem, he looked like the Udaya mountain that decked the rising Sun. So beautiful did he look that there is no simile in the three worlds. Approaching the high-souled one who was Vishnu himself in incarnate form, king Yudhishthira addressed him sweetly and smilingly, saying, 'O foremost of intelligent men, hast thou passed the night happily? O thou of unfading glory, are all thy faculties in their full vigour? O foremost of intelligent persons, is it all right with thy understanding? We have got back our kingdom and the whole earth has come under our control, O divine lord, through thy grace, O refuge of the three worlds and, O thou of three steps, through thy grace have we won victory and obtained great fame and have not fallen away from the duties of our order!' Unto that chastiser of foes, viz., king Yudhishthira the just who addressed him in that strain the divine Krishna said not a word, for he was then rapt in meditation."

12.45.4

prāpya rājyaṃ mahātejā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
cāturvarṇyaṃ yathāyogaṃ sve sve dharme nyaveśayat || 4 ||

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brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasraṃ ca snātakānāṃ mahātmanām |
sahasraniṣkamekaikaṃ vācayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ || 5 ||

12.45.6

tathānujīvino bhṛtyānsaṃśritānatithīnapi |
kāmaiḥ saṃtarpayāmāsa kṛpaṇāṃstarkakānapi || 6 ||

12.45.7

purohitāya dhaumyāya prādādayutaśaḥ sa gāḥ |
dhanaṃ suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca || 7 ||

12.45.8

kṛpāya ca mahārāja guruvṛttimavartata |
vidurāya ca dharmātmā pūjāṃ cakre yatavrataḥ || 8 ||

12.45.9

bhakṣānnapānairvividhairvāsobhiḥ śayanāsanaiḥ |
sarvānsaṃtoṣayāmāsa saṃśritāndadatāṃ varaḥ || 9 ||

12.45.10

labdhapraśamanaṃ kṛtvā sa rājā rājasattama |
yuyutsordhārtarāṣṭrasya pūjāṃ cakre mahāyaśāḥ || 10 ||

12.45.11

dhṛtarāṣṭrāya tadrājyaṃ gāndhāryai vidurāya ca |
nivedya svasthavadrājannāste rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 11 ||

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tathā sarvaṃ sa nagaraṃ prasādya janamejaya |
vāsudevaṃ mahātmānamabhyagacchatkṛtāñjaliḥ || 12 ||

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tato mahati paryaṅke maṇikāñcanabhūṣite |
dadarśa kṛṣṇamāsīnaṃ nīlaṃ merāvivāmbudam || 13 ||

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jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā divyābharaṇabhūṣitam |
pītakauśeyasaṃvītaṃ hemnīvopahitaṃ maṇim || 14 ||

12.45.15

kaustubhena uraḥsthena maṇinābhivirājitam |
udyatevodayaṃ śailaṃ sūryeṇāptakirīṭinam |
naupamyaṃ vidyate yasya triṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana || 15 ||

12.45.16

so'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ viṣṇuṃ puruṣavigraham |
uvāca madhurābhāṣaḥ smitapūrvamidaṃ tadā || 16 ||

12.45.17

sukhena te niśā kaccidvyuṣṭā buddhimatāṃ vara |
kaccijjñānāni sarvāṇi prasannāni tavācyuta || 17 ||

12.45.18

tava hyāśritya tāṃ devīṃ buddhiṃ buddhimatāṃ vara |
vayaṃ rājyamanuprāptāḥ pṛthivī ca vaśe sthitā || 18 ||

12.45.19

bhavatprasādādbhagavaṃstrilokagativikrama |
jayaḥ prāpto yaśaścāgryaṃ na ca dharmāccyutā vayam || 19 ||

12.45.20

taṃ tathā bhāṣamāṇaṃ tu dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |
novāca bhagavānkiṃciddhyānamevānvapadyata || 20 ||