Mahabharata, Book 2, Section XXXVIIIसभापर्व

Kisari Mohan Ganguli’s English prose (1883–96), beside the Sanskrit of adhyāya 2.38.

38Sanskrit adhyāya 2.38 · Sanskrit source · English source

Sanskrit

वैशम्पायन उवाच।।
पितामहं गुरुं चैव प्रत्युद्गम्य युधिष्ठिरः।
अभिवाद्य ततो राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत्।।
भीष्मं द्रोणं कृपं द्रौणिं दुर्योधनविविंशती।
अस्मिन्यज्ञे भवन्तो मामनुगृह्णन्तु सर्वशः।।
इदं वः सुमहच्चैव यदिहास्ति धनं मम।
प्रणयन्तु भवन्तो मां यथेष्टमभिमन्त्रितः।।
एवमुक्त्वा स तान्सर्वान्दीक्षितः पाण्डवाग्रजः।
युयोज स यथायोगमधिकारेष्वनन्तरम्।।
`पङ्क्त्यारोपणकार्ये च उच्छिष्टापनये पुनः।
भोजनावेक्षणे चैव युयुत्सुं समयोजयत्'।।
भक्ष्यभोज्याधिकारेषु दुःशासनमयोजयत्।
परिग्रहे ब्राह्मणानामश्वत्थामानमुक्तवान्।
राज्ञां तु प्रतिपूजार्थं सञ्जयं न्ययोजयत्।
कृताकृतपरिज्ञाने भीष्णद्रोणौ महामती।।
हिरण्यस्य सुवर्णस्य रत्नानां चान्ववेक्षणे।
दक्षिणानां च वै दाने कृपं राजा न्ययोजयत्।।
तथाऽऽन्यान्पुरुषव्याघ्रांस्तस्मिंस्तस्मिन्न्ययोजयत्।
बाह्लिको धृतराष्ट्रश्च सोमदत्तो जयद्रथः।
नकुलेन समानीताः स्वामिवत्तत्र रेमिरे।।
क्षत्ता व्ययकरस्त्वासीद्विदुरः सर्वधर्मवित्।
दुर्योधनस्त्वर्हणानि प्रतिजग्राह सर्वशः।।
`कुन्ती साध्वी च गान्धारी स्त्रीणां कुर्वन्ति चार्चनम्।।
अन्याः सर्वाः स्नुषास्तासां सन्देशं यान्तु माचिरम्।
तिष्ठेत्कृष्णान्तिके सोयमर्जुनः कार्यसिद्धये'।।
चरणक्षालने कृष्णो ब्राह्मणानां स्वयं ह्यभूत्।
सर्वलोकसमावृत्तः पिप्रीषुः फलमुत्तमम्।।
द्रष्टुकामः सभां चैव धर्मराजं यधिष्ठिरम्।
न कश्चिदाहरत्तत्र सहस्रावरमर्हणम्।।
रत्नैश्च बहुभिस्तत्र धर्मराजमवर्धयत्।
कथं तु मम कौरव्यो रत्नदानैः समाप्नुयात्।।
यज्ञमित्येव राजानः स्पर्धमाना ददुर्धनम्।
भवनैः सविमानाग्रैः सोदर्कैर्बलसंवृतैः।।
लोकराजविमानैश्च ब्राह्मणावसथैः सह।
कृतैरावसथैर्दिव्यैर्विमानप्रतिमैस्तथा।।
विचित्रै रत्ववद्भिश्च ऋद्ध्या परमया युतैः।
राजभिश्च समावृत्तैरतीव श्रीसमृद्धिभिः।
अशोभत सदो राजन्कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः।।
ऋद्ध्या तु वरुणं देवं स्पर्धमानो युधिष्ठिरः।
षडग्निनाथ यज्ञेन सोऽयजद्दक्षिणावता।।
सर्वाञ्जनान्सर्वकामैः समृद्धैः समतर्पयत्।
अन्नवान्बहुभक्ष्यश्च भुक्तवज्जनसंवृतः।
रत्नोपहारसम्पन्नो बभूव स समागमः।।
इडाज्यहोमाहुतिभिर्मन्त्रशिक्षाविशारदैः।
तस्मिन्हि ततृपुर्देवास्तते यज्ञे महर्षिभिः।।
यथा देवास्तथा विप्रा दक्षिणान्नमहाधनैः।
ततृपुः सर्ववर्णाश्च तस्मिन्यज्ञे मुदाऽन्विताः।।
।। इति श्रीमन्महाभारते सभापर्वणि
दिग्विजयपर्वणि अष्टत्रिंशोऽध्यायः।। 38 ।।
।। समाप्तं च राजसूयपर्व।।

English Ganguli

“Vaisampayana said,—The mighty Bhishma ceased, having said this. Sahadeva then answered (Sisupala) in words of grave import, saying,—‘If amongst ye there be any king that cannot bear to see Kesava of dark hue, the slayer of Kesi, the possessor of immeasurable energy, worshipped by me, this my foot is placed on the heads of all mighty ones (like him). When I say this, let that one give me an adequate reply. And let those kings that possess intelligence approve the worship of Krishna who is the preceptor, the father, the guru, and deserveth the Arghya and the worship (already offered unto him).’

“When Sahadeva thus showed his foot, no one among those intelligent and wise and proud and mighty monarchs said anything. And a shower of flowers fell on Sahadeva’s head, and an incorporeal voice said—‘Excellent, excellent.’ Then Narada clad in black deer-skin, speaking of both the future and the past, that dispeller of all doubts, fully acquainted with all the worlds, said in the midst of innumerable creatures, these words of the clearest import,—‘Those men that will not worship the lotus-eyed Krishna should be regarded as dead though moving, and should never be talked to on any occasion.’”

“Vaisampayana continued,—Then that god among men, Sahadeva cognisant of the distinction between a Brahmana and a Kshatriya, having worshipped those that deserved worship, completed that ceremony. But upon Krishna having received the first worship, Sunitha (Sisupala) that mower of foes—with eyes red as copper from anger, addressed those rulers of men and said,—‘When I am here to head ye all, what are ye thinking of now? Arrayed let us stand in battle against the assembled Vrishnis and the Pandavas?’ And the bull of the Chedis, having thus stirred the kings up, began to consult with them how to obstruct the completion of the sacrifice. All the invited monarchs who had come to the sacrifice, with Sunitha as their chief, looked angry and their faces became pale. They all said, ‘We must so act that the final sacrificial rite performed by Yudhishthira and the worship of Krishna may not be regarded as having been acquiesced in by us. And impelled by a belief in their power and great assurance, the kings, deprived of reason through anger, began to say this. And being moved by self-confidence and smarting under the insult offered unto them, the monarchs repeatedly exclaimed thus. Though their friends sought to appease them, their faces glowed with anger like those of roaring lions driven away from their preys. Krishna then understood that the vast sea of monarchs with its countless waves of troops was preparing for a terrific rush.”