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Mahābhārata • Parva 14 (Aśvamedhikaparva) • Adhyāya 87

Aśvamedhikaparva Adhyāya 87

अश्वमेधिकपर्व • अध्यायः 87

Aśvamedhikaparva Adhyāya 87 of the classical Mahābhārata with 17 verses.

Total: 17 Verses • Citations: MBh 14.87.1–17 • 250 Lexicon Terms
तस्मिन्यज्ञे प्रवृत्ते तु वाग्मिनो हेतुवादिनः । हेतुवादान्बहून्प्राहुः परस्परजिगीषवः ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said When the great sacrifice of Yudhishthira began, many eloquent dialecticians started diverse propositions and disputed thereon, desirous of defeating one another.
ददृशुस्तं नृपतयो यज्ञस्य विधिमुत्तमम् । देवेन्द्रस्येव विहितं भीमेन कुरुनन्दन ॥
English Translation
The (invited) kings saw the excellent preparations of that sacrifice, resembling those of the king himself of the celestials, made, O Bharata, by Bhimasena.
ददृशुस्तोरणान्यत्र शातकुम्भमयानि ते । शय्यासनविहारांश्च सुबहून्रत्नभूषितान् ॥
English Translation
They saw many triumphal arches made of gold, and many beds and seats and other articles of enjoyment and luxury, and crowds of men collected at different parts.
घटान्पात्रीः कटाहानि कलशान्वर्धमानकान् । न हि किंचिदसौवर्णमपश्यंस्तत्र पार्थिवाः ॥
English Translation
There were also many jars and vessels and cauldrons and jugs and lids and covers. The invited kings saw nothing there that was not made of gold.
यूपांश्च शास्त्रपठितान्दारवान्हेमभूषितान् । उपकॢप्तान्यथाकालं विधिवद्भूरिवर्चसः ॥
English Translation
Many sacrificial stakes also were set up, made, according to he directions of the scriptures, of wood, and adorned with gold. Gifted with great effulgence, these were duly planted and dedicated (with (with scriptural Mantras).
स्थलजा जलजा ये च पशवः केचन प्रभो । सर्वानेव समानीतांस्तानपश्यन्त ते नृपाः ॥
English Translation
The kings, again, saw all animals of land and water, collected there on the occasion.
गाश्चैव महिषीश्चैव तथा वृद्धाः स्त्रियोऽपि च । औदकानि च सत्त्वानि श्वापदानि वयांसि च ॥
English Translation
And they also saw many kine and many buffaloes and many old women, and many aquatic animals, many beasts of prey, and many species of birds, and many specimens of viviparous and oviparous creatures, and many that are fifth-born, and many belonging to the vegetable kingdom and many-animals and plants which live or grow on mountains.
जरायुजान्यण्डजानि स्वेदजान्युद्भिदानि च । पर्वतानूपवन्यानि भूतानि ददृशुश्च ते ॥
एवं प्रमुदितं सर्वं पशुगोधनधान्यतः । यज्ञवाटं नृपा दृष्ट्वा परं विस्मयमागमन् । ब्राह्मणानां विशां चैव बहुमृष्टान्नमृद्धिमत् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the sacrificial compound thus adorned with animals and kine and corn, the invited kings became filled with wonder.
पूर्णे शतसहस्रे तु विप्राणां तत्र भुञ्जताम् । दुन्दुभिर्मेघनिर्घोषो मुहुर्मुहुरताड्यत ॥
विननादासकृत्सोऽथ दिवसे दिवसे तदा । एवं स ववृते यज्ञो धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ॥
अन्नस्य बहवो राजन्नुत्सर्गाः पर्वतोपमाः । दधिकुल्याश्च ददृशुः सर्पिषश्च ह्रदाञ्जनाः ॥
जम्बूद्वीपो हि सकलो नानाजनपदायुतः । राजन्नदृश्यतैकस्थो राज्ञस्तस्मिन्महाक्रतौ ॥
तत्र जातिसहस्राणि पुरुषाणां ततस्ततः । गृहीत्वा धनमाजग्मुर्बहूनि भरतर्षभ ॥
राजानः स्रग्विणश्चापि सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः । पर्यवेषन्द्विजाग्र्यांस्ताञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
विविधान्यन्नपानानि पुरुषा येऽनुयायिनः । तेषां नृपोपभोज्यानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददुः स्म ते ॥
English Translation
The attendants of the Pandavas gave away to the Brahmanas various kinds of food and drink which were, besides, so costly as to be worthy of being eaten and drunk by kings themselves.
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