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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 127

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 127

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 127

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 127 of the classical Mahābhārata with 11 verses.

Total: 11 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.127.1–11 • 250 Lexicon Terms
नामृतस्येव पर्याप्तिर्ममास्ति ब्रुवति त्वयि । तस्मात्कथय भूयस्त्वं धर्ममेव पितामह ॥
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । गौतमस्य च संवादं यमस्य च महात्मनः ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said-Regarding it is cited the old story of the discourse between the Ocean and the Rivers.
पारियात्रगिरिं प्राप्य गौतमस्याश्रमो महान् । उवास गौतमो यत्र कालं तदपि मे शृणु ॥
English Translation
Gotama had a wide retrert on the Paripatra hills. Listen to me as to how many years he lived in that asylum. For sixty thousand years that sage practises ascetic austerities in that asylum.
षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि सोऽतप्यद्गौतमस्तपः । तमुग्रतपसं युक्तं तपसा भावितं मुनिम् ॥
उपयातो नरव्याघ्र लोकपालो यमस्तदा । तमपश्यत्सुतपसमृषिं वै गौतमं मुनिम् ॥
English Translation
One day, the Regent of the dead. Yama, O foremost of men, went to that great sage of purified soul while he was practising the severest austerities. Yama saw the great ascetic Gotama of rigid penances.
स तं विदित्वा ब्रह्मर्षिर्यममागतमोजसा । प्राञ्जलिः प्रयतो भूत्वा उपसृप्तस्तपोधनः ॥
English Translation
Understanding that it was Yama who had come, the twice-born quickly saluted him and sat with closed hands in an attentive attitude,
तं धर्मराजो दृष्ट्वैव नमस्कृत्य नरर्षभम् । न्यमन्त्रयत धर्मेण क्रियतां किमिति ब्रुवन् ॥
English Translation
Beholding that foremost of Brahmanas, the royal Dharma duly saluted him and addressing him asked what he should do for him.
मातापितृभ्यामानृण्यं किं कृत्वा समवाप्नुयात् । कथं च लोकानश्नाति पुरुषो दुर्लभाञ्शुभान् ॥
English Translation
Gotama said How does a man liberate his self from the debt he owes to his parents? How, also, does he succeed in acquiring blissful regions which it is so difficult to acquire.
तपःशौचवता नित्यं सत्यधर्मरतेन च । मातापित्रोरहरहः पूजनं कार्यमञ्जसा ॥
English Translation
Yama said Practising truth, purity and penances, one should continuously adore his parents.
अश्वमेधैश्च यष्टव्यं बहुभिः स्वाप्तदक्षिणैः । तेन लोकानुपाश्नाति पुरुषोऽद्भुतदर्शनान् ॥
English Translation
One should, also, celebrate Horse-sacrifices with profuse presents to the Brahmanas. By such acts one acquires many happy and wonderful regions.'
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