The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95: pañcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

13.95.1

bhīṣma uvāca |
athātripramukhā rājanvane tasminmaharṣayaḥ |
vyacaranbhakṣayanto vai mūlāni ca phalāni ca || 1 ||

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athāpaśyansupīnāṃsapāṇipādamukhodaram |
parivrajantaṃ sthūlāṅgaṃ parivrājaṃ śunaḥsakham || 2 ||

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arundhatī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvāṅgopacitaṃ śubhā |
bhavitāro bhavanto vai naivamityabravīdṛṣīn || 3 ||

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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākamagnihotramanirhutam |
sāyaṃ prātaśca hotavyaṃ tena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 4 ||

"Vasishtha said, 'The sacred fire of this person is not like ours for while he is able to pour libations on it, morning and evening, none of us are able to do the same. It is for this reason that we see both him and his dog so well-developed.''

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atriruvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ kṣudhā vīryaṃ samāhatam |
kṛcchrādhītaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ ca tena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 5 ||

"Atri said, 'This man does not, like us, feel the pangs of hunger. His energy has not sustained, like ours, any diminution. Acquired with the greatest difficulty, his Vedas have not, like ours, disappeared. Hence, it is that we see both him and his dog so well-developed.'

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viśvāmitra uvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ śaśvacchāstraṃ jaradgavaḥ |
alasaḥ kṣutparo mūrkhastena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 6 ||

"Viswamitra said, 'This man is not, like us, unable to observe the eternal duties inculcated in the scriptures. I have become idle. I feel the pangs of hunger. I have lost the knowledge I had acquired. This man is not like us in this respect. Hence I see both him and his dog so well-developed.'"

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jamadagniruvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ bhaktamindhanameva ca |
saṃcintya vārṣikaṃ kiṃcittena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 7 ||

''Jamadagni said, 'This man has not to think of storing his annual grain and fuel as we are compelled to, do. Hence I see both him and his dog so well-developed!'

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kaśyapa uvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ catvāraśca sahodarāḥ |
dehi dehīti bhikṣanti tena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 8 ||

"Kasyapa said, 'This man has not, like us, four brothers of the whole blood who are begging from house to house, uttering the words, 'Give--Give!' Hence it is that I see him and his dog so well-developed.'

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bharadvāja uvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ brahmabandhoracetasaḥ |
śoko bhāryāpavādena tena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 9 ||

"Bharadwaja said, 'This man hath no regret like ours for having condemned and cursed his spouse. He hath not acted so wickedly and senselessly. Hence I see both him and his dog so well-developed!'

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gautama uvāca |
naitasyeha yathāsmākaṃ trikauśeyaṃ hi rāṅkavam |
ekaikaṃ vai trivārṣīyaṃ tena pīvāñśunaḥsakhaḥ || 10 ||

"Gautama said, 'This man bath not like us only three pieces of covering made of Kusa grass, and a single Ranku-skin, each of which again, is three years old. Hence it is that I see both him and his dog so well-developed!'

13.95.11

bhīṣma uvāca |
atha dṛṣṭvā parivrāṭsa tānmaharṣīñśunaḥsakhaḥ |
abhigamya yathānyāyaṃ pāṇisparśamathācarat || 11 ||

"Bhishma continued, 'The wandering mendicant, beholding those great Rishis, approach them, and accosted them all by touching their hand according to the custom. Conversing then with each other about the difficulty of obtaining sustenance in that forest and the consequent necessity of bearing the pangs of hunger, all of them left that spot. Indeed, they wandered through that wilderness, all bent upon a common purpose, viz., the plucking of fruits and the extraction of roots for sustenance. One day, as they were wandering they beheld a beautiful lake overgrown with lotuses. Its banks were covered with trees that stood thickly near one another. The waters of the lake were pure and transparent. Indeed, the lotuses that adorned the lake were all of the hue of the morning sun. The leaves that floated on the water were of the colour of lapis lazuli. Diverse kinds of aquatic fowls were sporting on its bosom. There was but one path leading to it. The banks were not miry and the access to the water was easy. Urged by Vrishadarbhi, the Rakshasi of frightful mien who had sprung from his incantations and who had been named Yatudhani, guarded the lake. Those foremost of Rishis, with Pasusakha in their company, proceeded towards the lake, which was thus guarded by Yatudhani for the object of gathering some lotus stalks. Beholding Yatudhani, of frightful aspect standing on the banks of the lake, those great Rishis addressed her, saying, 'Who art thou that thus standest alone in these solitary woods? For whom dost thou wait here? What, indeed, is thy purpose? What dost thou do here on the banks of this lake adorned with lotuses?'"

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paricaryāṃ vane tāṃ tu kṣutpratīghātakārikām |
anyonyena nivedyātha prātiṣṭhanta sahaiva te || 12 ||

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ekaniścayakāryāśca vyacaranta vanāni te |
ādadānāḥ samuddhṛtya mūlāni ca phalāni ca || 13 ||

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kadācidvicarantaste vṛkṣairaviralairvṛtām |
śucivāriprasannodāṃ dadṛśuḥ padminīṃ śubhām || 14 ||

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bālādityavapuḥprakhyaiḥ puṣkarairupaśobhitām |
vaidūryavarṇasadṛśaiḥ padmapatrairathāvṛtām || 15 ||

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nānāvidhaiśca vihagairjalaprakarasevibhiḥ |
ekadvārāmanādeyāṃ sūpatīrthāmakardamām || 16 ||

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vṛṣādarbhiprayuktā tu kṛtyā vikṛtadarśanā |
yātudhānīti vikhyātā padminīṃ tāmarakṣata || 17 ||

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śunaḥsakhasahāyāstu bisārthaṃ te maharṣayaḥ |
padminīmabhijagmuste sarve kṛtyābhirakṣitām || 18 ||

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tataste yātudhānīṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtadarśanām |
sthitāṃ kamalinītīre kṛtyāmūcurmaharṣayaḥ || 19 ||

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ekā tiṣṭhasi kā nu tvaṃ kasyārthe kiṃ prayojanam |
padminītīramāśritya brūhi tvaṃ kiṃ cikīrṣasi || 20 ||

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yātudhānyuvāca |
yāsmi sāsmyanuyogo me na kartavyaḥ kathaṃcana |
ārakṣiṇīṃ māṃ padminyā vitta sarve tapodhanāḥ || 21 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'It matters not who I am. I deserve not to be questioned (respecting my name and race and purposes). Ye that are possessed of ascetic wealth, know that I am the guard set to watch this lake.'"

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sarva eva kṣudhārtāḥ sma na cānyatkiṃcidasti naḥ |
bhavatyāḥ saṃmate sarve gṛhṇīmahi bisānyuta || 22 ||

'The Rishis said, 'All of us are hungry. We have nothing else to eat. With thy permission we would gather some lotus-stalks!'"

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yātudhānyuvāca |
samayena bisānīto gṛhṇīdhvaṃ kāmakārataḥ |
ekaiko nāma me proktvā tato gṛhṇīta māciram || 23 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'Agreeably with a compact, do ye take the lotus-stalks as ye please. Ye must, one by one, give me your names. Ye may then, without delay, take the stalks!'"

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bhīṣma uvāca |
vijñāya yātudhānīṃ tāṃ kṛtyāmṛṣivadhaiṣiṇīm |
atriḥ kṣudhāparītātmā tato vacanamabravīt || 24 ||

"Bhishma continued, 'Ascertaining that her name was, Yatudhani and that she stood there for slaying them (after knowing, from the meanings their names, what the extent was of their power), Atri, who was famishing with hunger, addressed her, and said these words.'"

13.95.25

arātriratreḥ sā rātriryāṃ nādhīte triradya vai |
arātriratrirityeva nāma me viddhi śobhane || 25 ||

"Atri said, 'I am called Atri because I cleanse the world from sin. For, again, thrice studying the Vedas every day, I have made days of my nights. That, again, is no night in which I have not studied the Vedas. For these reasons also I am called Atri, O beautiful lady!'"

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yātudhānyuvāca |
yathodāhṛtametatte mayi nāma mahāmune |
durdhāryametanmanasā gacchāvatara padminīm || 26 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'O thou of great effulgence, the explanation thou hast given me of thy name is incapable of being comprehended by me. Do thou, therefore, go and plunge into this tank filled with lotuses!'"

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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
vasiṣṭho'smi variṣṭho'smi vase vāsaṃ gṛheṣvapi |
variṣṭhatvācca vāsācca vasiṣṭha iti viddhi mām || 27 ||

"Vasishtha said, 'I am endued with the wealth (that consists of the Yoga attributes of puissance, etc.) I lead, again, a domestic mode of life, and am regarded as the foremost of all persons that lead such a mode of life. In consequence of being endued with (such) wealth, of my living as a householder, and of my being regarded as the foremost of all householders, I am called Vasishtha.'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 28 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The etymological explanation of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me, in as much as the inflections which the original roots have undergone are unintelligible. Rio and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'"

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kaśyapa uvāca |
kulaṃ kulaṃ ca kupapaḥ kupayaḥ kaśyapo dvijaḥ |
kāśyaḥ kāśanikāśatvādetanme nāma dhāraya || 29 ||

"Kasyapa said, 'I always protect my body, and in consequence of my penances I have become endued with effulgence. For thus protecting the body and for this effulgence that is due to my penances, I have come to be called by the name of Kasyapa!'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
yathodāhṛtametatte mayi nāma mahāmune |
durdhāryametanmanasā gacchāvatara padminīm || 30 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'O thou of great effulgence, the etymological explanation thou hast given of thy name is incapable of being comprehended by me. Go and plunge into this lake filled with lotuses!'

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bharadvāja uvāca |
bhare sutānbhare śiṣyānbhare devānbhare dvijān |
bhare bhāryāmanavyājo bharadvājo'smi śobhane || 31 ||

"Bharadwaja said, 'I always support my sons, my disciples, the deities, the Brahmanas, and my wife. In consequence of thus supporting all with ease, I am called Bharadwaja!'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 32 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The etymological explanation thou hast given me of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me, in consequence of the many inflections the root has undergone. Go and plunge into this lake filled with lotuses!'"

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gautama uvāca |
godamo damago'dhūmo damo durdarśanaśca te |
viddhi māṃ gautamaṃ kṛtye yātudhāni nibodha me || 33 ||

"Gotama said, 'I have conquered heaven and earth by the aid of self-restraint. In consequence of my looking upon all creatures and objects with an equal eye, I am like a smokeless fire. Hence I am incapable of being subjugated by thee. When, again, I was born, the effulgence of my body dispelled the surrounding darkness. For these reasons I am called Gotama!'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
yathodāhṛtametatte mayi nāma mahāmune |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 34 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The explanation thou hast given me of thy name, O great ascetic, is incapable of being understood by me. Go and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'"

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viśvāmitra uvāca |
viśvedevāśca me mitraṃ mitramasmi gavāṃ tathā |
viśvāmitramiti khyātaṃ yātudhāni nibodha me || 35 ||

"Viswamitra said, 'The deities of the universe are my friends. I am also the friend of the universe. Hence, O Yatudhani, know that I am called Viswamitra!'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 36 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The explanation thou hast given of thy name is incomprehensible to me in consequence of the inflections the root has undergone. Go and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'"

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jamadagniruvāca |
jājamadyajajā nāma mṛjā māha jijāyiṣe |
jamadagniriti khyātamato māṃ viddhi śobhane || 37 ||

"Jamadagni said, 'I have sprung from the sacrificial fire of the deities. Hence am I called Jamadagni, O thou of beautiful features!'"

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yātudhānyuvāca |
yathodāhṛtametatte mayi nāma mahāmune |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 38 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The etymological explanation thou hast given me, O great ascetic, of thy name, is incomprehensible to me (in consequence of the diverse inflections the root has undergone) Do thou go and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'"

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arundhatyuvāca |
dharāṃ dharitrīṃ vasudhāṃ bhartustiṣṭhāmyanantaram |
mano'nurundhatī bharturiti māṃ viddhyarundhatīm || 39 ||

"Arundhati said, 'I always stay by the side of my husband, and hold the earth jointly with him. I always incline my husband's heart towards me. I am, for these reasons called Arundhati!'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 40 ||

"Yatudhani said, The explanation thou hast given me of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me in consequence of the inflections the roots have undergone. Go and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'

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gaṇḍovāca |
gaṇḍaṃ gaṇḍaṃ gatavatī gaṇḍagaṇḍeti saṃjñitā |
gaṇḍagaṇḍeva gaṇḍeti viddhi mānalasaṃbhave || 41 ||

"Ganda said, 'The Ganda means a portion of the cheek. As I have that portion a little elevated above the others, I am, O thou that hast sprung from the sacrificial fire of Saivya, called by the name of Ganda!'"

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 42 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The explanation which thou hast given me of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me in consequence of the inflections which the root has undergone. Go and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'"

13.95.43

paśusakha uvāca |
sakhā sakhe yaḥ sakhyeyaḥ paśūnāṃ ca sakhā sadā |
gauṇaṃ paśusakhetyevaṃ viddhi māmagnisaṃbhave || 43 ||

"Pasusakha said, 'I protect and tend all animals that I see, and I am always a friend to all animals. Hence am I called Pasusakha, O thou that hast sprung from the (sacrificial) fire (of king Vrishadarbhi).'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 44 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'The explanation thou hast given me of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me in consequence of the inflections which the roots have undergone. Go and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'"

13.95.45

śunaḥsakha uvāca |
ebhiruktaṃ yathā nāma nāhaṃ vaktumihotsahe |
śunaḥsakhasakhāyaṃ māṃ yātudhānyupadhāraya || 45 ||

"Sunahsakha said, 'I am incapable of explaining the etymology of my name after the manner of these ascetics. But know, O Yatudhani, that I am called by the name of Sunahsakha!'

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yātudhānyuvāca |
nāma te'vyaktamuktaṃ vai vākyaṃ saṃdigdhayā girā |
tasmātsakṛdidānīṃ tvaṃ brūhi yannāma te dvija || 46 ||

"Yatudhani said, 'Thou hast mentioned thy name only once. The explanation thou hast offered I have not able to catch. Do thou, therefore, mention it again, O regenerate one!'"

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śunaḥsakha uvāca |
sakṛduktaṃ mayā nāma na gṛhītaṃ yadā tvayā |
tasmāttridaṇḍābhihatā gaccha bhasmeti māciram || 47 ||

"Sunahsakha said, 'Since thou hast been unable to catch my name in consequence of my having mentioned it only once, I shall strike thee with my triple stick! Struck with it, be thou consumed into ashes without delay!'"

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bhīṣma uvāca |
sā brahmadaṇḍakalpena tena mūrdhni hatā tadā |
kṛtyā papāta medinyāṃ bhasmasācca jagāma ha || 48 ||

"Bhishma continued, 'Struck then, on the head, by the Sannyasin, with his triple stick which resembled the chastisement inflicted by a Brahmana, the Rakshasi who had sprung from the incantations of king. Vrishadarbhi fell down on the earth and became reduced to ashes. Having thus destroyed the mighty Rakshasi, Sunahsakha thrust his stick into the earth and sat himself down on a grassy plot of land. The Rishis then, having, as they liked, plucked a number of lotuses and taken up a number of lotus-stalks, came up from the lake, filled with joy. Throwing on the ground the heap of lotuses which they had gathered with much toil, they plunged once more into it for offering oblations of water to the Pitris. Coming up, they proceeded to that part of the bank where they had deposited the lotus-stalks. Reaching that spot, those foremost of men found that the stalks were nowhere to be seen.'"

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śunaḥsakhaśca hatvā tāṃ yātudhānīṃ mahābalām |
bhuvi tridaṇḍaṃ viṣṭabhya śādvale samupāviśat || 49 ||

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tataste munayaḥ sarve puṣkarāṇi bisāni ca |
yathākāmamupādāya samuttasthurmudānvitāḥ || 50 ||

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śrameṇa mahatā yuktāste bisāni kalāpaśaḥ |
tīre nikṣipya padminyāstarpaṇaṃ cakrurambhasā || 51 ||

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athotthāya jalāttasmātsarve te vai samāgaman |
nāpaśyaṃścāpi te tāni bisāni puruṣarṣabha || 52 ||

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
kena kṣudhābhibhūtānāmasmākaṃ pāpakarmaṇā |
nṛśaṃsenāpanītāni bisānyāhārakāṅkṣiṇām || 53 ||

"The Rishis said, 'What sinful and hard-hearted man has stolen away the lotus-stalks gathered by our hungry selves from desire of eating?'

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te śaṅkamānāstvanyonyaṃ papracchurdvijasattamāḥ |
ta ūcuḥ śapathaṃ sarve kurma ityarikarśana || 54 ||

"Bhishma continued, 'Those foremost of regenerate persons, suspecting one another, O crusher of foes, said, 'We shall each have to swear to our innocence! All those ascetics then, famishing with hunger and worn out with exertion, agreeing to the proposal, took these oaths.'

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ta uktvā bāḍhamityeva sarva eva śunaḥsakham |
kṣudhārtāḥ supariśrāntāḥ śapathāyopacakramuḥ || 55 ||

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atriruvāca |
sa gāṃ spṛśatu pādena sūryaṃ ca pratimehatu |
anadhyāyeṣvadhīyīta bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 56 ||

"Atri said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalk touch kine with his foot, make water facing the sun, and study the Vedas on excluded days!'"

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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
anadhyāyaparo loke śunaḥ sa parikarṣatu |
parivrāṭkāmavṛtto'stu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 57 ||

"Vasishtha said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks abstain from studying the Vedas, or leash hounds, or be a wandering mendicant unrestrained by the ordinances laid down for that mode of life, or be a slayer of persons that seek his protection, or live upon the proceeds of the sale of his daughter, or solicit wealth from those that are low and vile!'"

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śaraṇāgataṃ hantu mitraṃ svasutāṃ copajīvatu |
arthānkāṅkṣatu kīnāśādbisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 58 ||

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kaśyapa uvāca |
sarvatra sarvaṃ paṇatu nyāsalopaṃ karotu ca |
kūṭasākṣitvamabhyetu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 59 ||

"Kasyapa, said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks utter all kinds of words in all places, give false evidence in a court of law, eat the flesh of animals not slain in sacrifices, make gifts to undeserving persons or to deserving persons at unseasonable times, and have sexual congress with women during daytime!'"

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vṛthāmāṃsaṃ samaśnātu vṛthādānaṃ karotu ca |
yātu striyaṃ divā caiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 60 ||

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bharadvāja uvāca |
nṛśaṃsastyaktadharmāstu strīṣu jñātiṣu goṣu ca |
brāhmaṇaṃ cāpi jayatāṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 61 ||

"Bharadwaja said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks be cruel and unrighteous in his conduct towards women and kinsmen and kine. Let him humiliate Brahmanas, in disputations, by displaying his superior knowledge and skill. Let him study the Riks and the Yajuses, disregarding his preceptor! Let him pour libations upon fires made with dry grass or straw!"

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upādhyāyamadhaḥ kṛtvā ṛco'dhyetu yajūṃṣi ca |
juhotu ca sa kakṣāgnau bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 62 ||

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jamadagniruvāca |
purīṣamutsṛjatvapsu hantu gāṃ cāpi dohinīm |
anṛtau maithunaṃ yātu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 63 ||

"Jamadagni said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks be guilty of throwing filth and dirt on water. Let him be inspired with animosity towards kine. Let him be guilty of having sexual congress with women at times other than their season. Let him incur the aversion of all persons. Let him derive his maintenance from the earnings of his wife! Let him have no friends and let him have many foes! Let him be another's guest for receiving in return those acts of hospitality which he has done to that other! '"

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dveṣyo bhāryopajīvī syāddūrabandhuśca vairavān |
anyonyasyātithiścāstu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 64 ||

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gautama uvāca |
adhītya vedāṃstyajatu trīnagnīnapavidhyatu |
vikrīṇātu tathā somaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 65 ||

"Gotama said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks be guilty of throwing away the Vedas after having studied them! Let him cast off the three sacred fires! Let him be a seller of the Soma (plant or juice)! Let him live with that Brahmana who resides in a village which has only one well from which water is drawn by all classes and who has married a Sudra woman!'"

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udapānaplave grāme brāhmaṇo vṛṣalīpatiḥ |
tasya sālokyatāṃ yātu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 66 ||

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viśvāmitra uvāca |
jīvato vai gurūnbhṛtyānbharantvasya pare janāḥ |
agatirbahuputraḥ syādbisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 67 ||

"Viswamitra said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks be fated to see his preceptors and seniors and his servants maintained by others during his own life-time. Let him not have a good end. Let him be the father of many children! Let him be always impure and a wretch among Brahmanas! Let him be proud of his possessions! Let him be a tiller of the soil and let him be filled with malice! Let him wander in the season of rains. Let him be a paid servant! Let him be the priest of the king! Let him assist at the sacrifices of such impure persons as do not deserve to be assisted at their sacrifices!'"

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aśucirbrahmakūṭo'stu ṛddhyā caivāpyahaṃkṛtaḥ |
karṣako matsarī cāstu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 68 ||

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varṣānkarotu bhṛtako rājñaścāstu purohitaḥ |
ayājyasya bhavedṛtvigbisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 69 ||

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arundhatyuvāca |
nityaṃ parivadecchvaśrūṃ bharturbhavatu durmanāḥ |
ekā svādu samaśnātu bisastainyaṃ karoti yā || 70 ||

"Arundhati said, 'Let her who has stolen the lotus-stalks always humiliate her mother-in-law! Let her be always vexed with her husband! Let her eat whatever good things come to her house without sharing them with others! Disregarding the kinsmen of her lord, let her live in her husband's house and eat, at the day's close, the flour of fried barely! Let her come to be regarded as unenjoyable (in consequence of the stains that would tarnish her)! Let her be the mother of a heroic son! '"

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jñātīnāṃ gṛhamadhyasthā saktūnattu dinakṣaye |
abhāgyāvīrasūrastu bisastainyaṃ karoti yā || 71 ||

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gaṇḍovāca |
anṛtaṃ bhāṣatu sadā sādhubhiśca virudhyatu |
dadātu kanyāṃ śulkena bisastainyaṃ karoti yā || 72 ||

"Ganda said, 'Let her who has stolen, the lotus-stalks be always a speaker of falsehoods! Let her always quarrel with her kinsmen! Let her bestow her daughter in marriage for a pecuniary consideration! Let her eat the food which she has cooked, alone and without sharing it with anybody! Let her pass her whole life in slavery! Indeed, let her who has stolen the lotus-stalks be quick with child in consequence of sexual congress under circumstances of guilt.'"

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sādhayitvā svayaṃ prāśeddāsye jīvatu caiva ha |
vikarmaṇā pramīyeta bisastainyaṃ karoti yā || 73 ||

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paśusakha uvāca |
dāsya eva prajāyeta so'prasūtirakiṃcanaḥ |
daivateṣvanamaskāro bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 74 ||

"Pasusakha said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks be born of a slave-mother. Let him have many children all of whom are worthless! And let him never bow to the deities.'"

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śunaḥsakha uvāca |
adhvaryave duhitaraṃ dadātu cchandoge vā caritabrahmacarye |
ātharvaṇaṃ vedamadhītya vipraḥ snāyīta yo vai harate bisāni || 75 ||

"Sunahsakha said, 'Let him who has removed the lotus-stalks obtain the merit of bestowing his daughter in marriage upon a Brahmana, who has studied all the Samans and the Yajuses and who has carefully observed the vow of Brahmacharya, Let him perform the final ablutions after having studied all the Atharvans!'"

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
iṣṭametaddvijātīnāṃ yo'yaṃ te śapathaḥ kṛtaḥ |
tvayā kṛtaṃ bisastainyaṃ sarveṣāṃ naḥ śunaḥsakha || 76 ||

"All the Rishis said, 'The oath thou hast taken is no oath at all, for all the acts which thou hast mentioned are very desirable for the Brahmanas! It is evident, O Sunahsakha, that thou hast appropriated our lotus-stalks!'"

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śunaḥsakha uvāca |
nyastamādyamapaśyadbhiryaduktaṃ kṛtakarmabhiḥ |
satyametanna mithyaitadbisastainyaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā || 77 ||

"Sunahsakha said, 'The lotus stalks deposited by you not being seen, what you say is perfectly true, for it is I who have actually stolen them. In the very sight of all of you I have caused the disappearance of those stalks! Ye sinless ones, the act was done by me from desire of testing you! I came hither for protecting you. That woman who lies slain there was called Yatudhani. She was of a fierce disposition. Sprung from the incantations of king Vrishadarbhi, she had come here from the desire of slaying all of you! You ascetics endued with wealth of penances, egged on by that king, she had come, but I have slain her. That wicked and sinful creature, sprung from the sacrificial fire, would otherwise have taken your lives. It was for killing her and saving you that I came here, ye learned Brahmanas! Know that I am Vasava! Ye have completely freed yourselves from the influence of cupidity. In consequence of this, ye have won many eternal regions fraught with the fruition of every wish as soon as it rises in the heart! Do ye rise, without delay, from this place and repair to those regions of beatitude, ye regenerate ones, that are reserved for you!'

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mayā hyantarhitānīha bisānīmāni paśyata |
parīkṣārthaṃ bhagavatāṃ kṛtametanmayānaghāḥ |
rakṣaṇārthaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhavatāmahamāgataḥ || 78 ||

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yātudhānī hyatikruddhā kṛtyaiṣā vo vadhaiṣiṇī |
vṛṣādarbhiprayuktaiṣā nihatā me tapodhanāḥ || 79 ||

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duṣṭā hiṃsyādiyaṃ pāpā yuṣmānpratyagnisaṃbhavā |
tasmādasmyāgato viprā vāsavaṃ māṃ nibodhata || 80 ||

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alobhādakṣayā lokāḥ prāptā vaḥ sārvakāmikāḥ |
uttiṣṭhadhvamitaḥ kṣipraṃ tānavāpnuta vai dvijāḥ || 81 ||

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bhīṣma uvāca |
tato maharṣayaḥ prītāstathetyuktvā puraṃdaram |
sahaiva tridaśendreṇa sarve jagmustriviṣṭapam || 82 ||

"Bhishma continued, 'The great Rishis, highly gratified at this, replied unto Purandara, saying, 'So be it!' They then ascended to heaven in company of Indra himself. Even thus, those high-souled persons, though famishing with hunger and though tempted at such a time with the offer of diverse kinds of enjoyable articles, refrained from yielding to temptation. As the result of such self-denial, they attained to heaven. It seems, therefore, that one should, under all circumstances, cast off cupidity from oneself. Even this, O king, is the highest duty. Cupidity should be cast off. The man who recites this account (of the deeds of the righteous Rishis) in assemblies of men, succeeds in acquiring wealth. Such a man has never to attain to a distressful end. The Pitris, the Rishis, and the deities become all pleased with him. Hereafter, again, he becomes endued with fame and religious merit and wealth!'"

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evamete mahātmāno bhogairbahuvidhairapi |
kṣudhā paramayā yuktāśchandyamānā mahātmabhiḥ |
naiva lobhaṃ tadā cakrustataḥ svargamavāpnuvan || 83 ||

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tasmātsarvāsvavasthāsu naro lobhaṃ vivarjayet |
eṣa dharmaḥ paro rājannalobha iti viśrutaḥ || 84 ||

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idaṃ naraḥ saccaritaṃ samavāyeṣu kīrtayet |
sukhabhāgī ca bhavati na ca durgāṇyavāpnute || 85 ||

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prīyante pitaraścāsya ṛṣayo devatāstathā |
yaśodharmārthabhāgī ca bhavati pretya mānavaḥ || 86 ||