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उत्तरयायातम्
uttarayāyātam
[उत्तर (uttara) - upper; यायातम् (yāyātam) - gone;]
(upper gone)
departed towards the north
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवं स नाहुषो राजा ययातिः पुत्रमीप्सितम्। राज्येऽभिषिच्य मुदितो वानप्रस्थोऽभवन्मुनिः ॥०१-८१-१॥
evaṁ sa nāhuṣo rājā yayātiḥ putram īpsitam। rājye'bhiṣicya mudito vānaprastho'bhavan muniḥ॥01-81-1॥
[एवं (evaṁ) (evaṁ) - thus; स (sa) (sa) - he; नाहुषः (nāhuṣaḥ) (nāhuṣaḥ) - the descendant of Nahusha; राजा (rājā) (rājā) - king; ययातिः (yayātiḥ) (yayātiḥ) - Yayati; पुत्रम् (putram) (putram) - son; ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) (īpsitam) - desired; राज्ये (rājye) (rājye) - on the kingdom; अभिषिच्य (abhiṣicya) (abhiṣicya) - having consecrated; मुदितः (muditaḥ) (muditaḥ) - gladdened; वानप्रस्थः (vānaprasthaḥ) (vānaprasthaḥ) - forest-dweller; अभवत् (abhavat) (abhavat) - became; मुनिः (muniḥ) (muniḥ) - sage;]
(Thus, he, the descendant of Nahusha, the king Yayati, having consecrated the desired son on the kingdom, gladdened, became a forest-dweller sage.)
Thus King Yayati, descendant of Nahusha, joyfully consecrated his chosen son on the throne and then became a forest-dwelling sage. (01-81-1)
उषित्वा च वने वासं ब्राह्मणैः सह संश्रितः। फलमूलाशनो दान्तो यथा स्वर्गमितो गतः ॥०१-८१-२॥
uṣitvā ca vane vāsaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃśritaḥ. phala-mūlāśano dānto yathā svargam ito gataḥ ॥01-81-2॥
[उषित्वा (uṣitvā) - having dwelt; च (ca) - and; वने (vane) - in the forest; वासं (vāsaṃ) - residence; ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - with the Brāhmaṇas; सह (saha) - together with; संश्रितः (saṃśritaḥ) - having sought shelter; फलमूलाशनः (phala-mūlāśanaḥ) - eating fruits and roots; दान्तः (dāntaḥ) - self-controlled; यथा (yathā) - as; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven; इतः (itaḥ) - from here; गतः (gataḥ) - gone;]
(Having dwelt and resided in the forest, together with the Brāhmaṇas, having sought shelter, eating fruits and roots, self-controlled, as from here gone to heaven.)
Having spent his days residing in the forest together with the Brāhmaṇas, leading a life eating fruits and roots and practicing self-control, he departed from here to heaven just so. (01-81-2)
स गतः सुरवासं तं निवसन्मुदितः सुखम्। कालस्य नातिमहतः पुनः शक्रेण पातितः ॥०१-८१-३॥
sa gataḥ suravāsaṃ taṃ nivasanmuditaḥ sukham। kālasya nātimahataḥ punaḥ śakreṇa pātitaḥ॥01-81-3॥
[स (sa) - he; गतः (gataḥ) - gone (has gone); सुरवासं (suravāsaṃ) - abode of the gods; तं (taṃ) - that; निवसन् (nivasan) - dwelling; मुदितः (muditaḥ) - joyful; सुखम् (sukham) - happily; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; नातिमहतः (nātimahataḥ) - not very great (not much); पुनः (punaḥ) - again; शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Śakra (Indra); पातितः (pātitaḥ) - made to fall (cast down);]
(He, having gone to the abode of the gods, dwelling there, joyful, happily, after not a very great time, again by Śakra (Indra), was made to fall.)
He went to the abode of the gods and lived there joyfully, but after not much time, he was cast down again by Śakra (Indra). (01-81-3)
निपतन्प्रच्युतः स्वर्गादप्राप्तो मेदिनीतलम्। स्थित आसीदन्तरिक्षे स तदेति श्रुतं मया ॥०१-८१-४॥
nipatan-pracyutaḥ svargād aprāptaḥ medinī-talam। sthita āsīd antarikṣe sa tad iti śrutaṃ mayā॥01-81-4॥
[निपतन् (nipatan) - falling; प्रच्युतः (pracyutaḥ) - fallen; स्वर्गात् (svargāt) - from heaven; अप्राप्तः (aprāptaḥ) - not having reached; मेदिनी-तलम् (medinī-talam) - earth's surface; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - remaining; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the sky; सः (saḥ) - he; तत् (tat) - that; इति (iti) - thus; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard; मया (mayā) - by me;]
(Falling, fallen from heaven, not having reached the earth's surface, remaining was in the sky he — that thus heard by me.)
He, falling and cast down from heaven but not reaching the earth's surface, remained in the sky; this is what I have heard. (01-81-4)
तत एव पुनश्चापि गतः स्वर्गमिति श्रुतिः। राज्ञा वसुमता सार्धमष्टकेन च वीर्यवान् ॥ प्रतर्दनेन शिबिना समेत्य किल संसदि ॥०१-८१-५॥
tata eva punaś cāpi gataḥ svargam iti śrutiḥ। rājñā vasumatā sārdham aṣṭakena ca vīryavān॥ pratardanena śibinā sametya kila saṃsadi॥01-81-5॥
[तत एव (tata eva) - from that very (cause); पुनः च अपि (punaḥ ca api) - again and also; गतः (gataḥ) - he went; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven; इति (iti) - thus; श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - (it is) heard; राज्ञा (rājñā) - with the king; वसुमता (vasumatā) - Vasumata; सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with; अष्टकेन (aṣṭakena) - with Ashtaka; च (ca) - and; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the mighty one; प्रतर्दनेन (pratardanena) - with Pratardana; शिबिना (śibinā) - with Shibi; समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled; किल (kila) - indeed; संसदि (saṃsadi) - in the assembly;]
(From that very (cause), again and also he went to heaven, thus (it is) heard. With King Vasumata, together with Ashtaka and the mighty one, with Pratardana, with Shibi, having assembled indeed in the assembly.)
It is said that from that very cause, he again went to heaven, together with King Vasumata, Ashtaka, Pratardana, Shibi, and other mighty ones, after gathering in the assembly. (01-81-5)
जनमेजय उवाच॥
janamejaya uvāca॥
[जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; (proper noun; name of a king); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Janamejaya said;)
Janamejaya said.
कर्मणा केन स दिवं पुनः प्राप्तो महीपतिः। सर्वमेतदशेषेण श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र विप्रर्षिगणसंनिधौ ॥०१-८१-६॥
karmaṇā kena sa divaṃ punaḥ prāpto mahīpatiḥ। sarvam etad aśeṣeṇa śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ॥ kathyamānaṃ tvayā vipra viprarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau॥01-81-6॥
[कर्मणा (karmaṇā) (karmaṇā) - by action; केन (kena) (kena) - by which; स (sa) (sa) - he; दिवं (divaṃ) (divaṃ) - heaven; पुनः (punaḥ) (punaḥ) - again; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) (prāptaḥ) - attained; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) (mahīpatiḥ) - the king; सर्वम् (sarvam) (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etad) (etad) - this; अशेषेण (aśeṣeṇa) (aśeṣeṇa) - completely; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामि (icchāmi) (icchāmi) - I desire; तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) (tattvataḥ) - truly; कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) (kathyamānam) - being told; त्वया (tvayā) (tvayā) - by you; विप्र (vipra) (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa; विप्रर्षिगणसंनिधौ (viprarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau) (viprarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau) - in the presence of the assembly of brāhmaṇa-sages;]
(By which action did he, the king, again attain heaven? All this, completely, truly to hear, I desire. Being told by you, O brāhmaṇa, in the presence of the assembly of brāhmaṇa-sages.)
By what action did the king regain heaven? I wish to hear all of this in full truth from you, O brāhmaṇa, as you recount it in the assembly of brāhmaṇa-sages. (01-81-6)
देवराजसमो ह्यासीद्ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः। वर्धनः कुरुवंशस्य विभावसुसमद्युतिः ॥०१-८१-७॥
devarājasamo hy āsīd yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ। vardhanaḥ kuruvaṃśasya vibhāvasusamadyutiḥ ॥01-81-7॥
[देवराजसमः (devarājasamaḥ) - equal to Indra; (devarāja = Indra, samaḥ = equal); हि (hi) - indeed; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti; पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth; वर्धनः (vardhanaḥ) - the enhancer; कुरुवंशस्य (kuruvaṃśasya) - of the Kuru lineage; विभावसुसमद्युतिः (vibhāvasusamadyutiḥ) - equal in brilliance to fire; (vibhāvasu = fire, sama = equal, dyutiḥ = brightness);]
(Equal to Indra indeed was Yayāti, lord of the earth, enhancer of the Kuru lineage, equal in brilliance to fire.)
Yayāti, the king of the earth, was truly equal to Indra, a promoter of the Kuru dynasty, and matched the fire in brilliance. (01-81-7)
तस्य विस्तीर्णयशसः सत्यकीर्तेर्महात्मनः। चरितं श्रोतुमिच्छामि दिवि चेह च सर्वशः ॥०१-८१-८॥
tasya vistīrṇayaśasaḥ satyakīrtermahātmanaḥ। caritaṃ śrotumicchāmi divi ceha ca sarvaśaḥ॥01-81-8॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; विस्तीर्णयशसः (vistīrṇayaśasaḥ) - of vast fame; सत्यकीर्तेः (satyakīrteḥ) - of true renown; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one; चरितं (caritaṃ) - deeds; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire; दिवि (divi) - in heaven; च (ca) - and; इह (iha) - here; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely;]
(Of him of vast fame, of true renown, of the great-souled one, the deeds to hear I desire, in heaven and here and entirely.)
I wish to hear, entirely, the deeds of that great-souled one of vast and true fame, both here and in heaven. (01-81-8)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Vaiśampāyana spoke.)
Vaiśampāyana said.
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि ययातेरुत्तरां कथाम्। दिवि चेह च पुण्यार्थां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् ॥०१-८१-९॥
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yayāter uttarāṃ kathām। divi ceha ca puṇyārthāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm॥01-81-9॥
[हन्त (hanta) - indeed; ते (te) - to you; कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I shall tell; ययातेः (yayāteḥ) - of Yayāti; उत्तरां (uttarām) - later; कथाम् (kathām) - story; दिवि (divi) - in heaven; च (ca) - and; इह (iha) - here; च (ca) - and; पुण्यार्थां (puṇyārthām) - for the sake of merit; सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् (sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm) - destroyer of all sins;]
(Indeed, to you I shall tell the later story of Yayāti, in heaven and here, for the sake of merit, destroyer of all sins.)
Indeed, I will tell you the later story of Yayāti, which, both in heaven and on earth, brings merit and destroys all sins. (01-81-9)
ययातिर्नाहुषो राजा पूरुं पुत्रं कनीयसम्। राज्येऽभिषिच्य मुदितः प्रवव्राज वनं तदा ॥०१-८१-१०॥
yayātirnāhuṣo rājā pūruṃ putraṃ kanīyasam। rājye'bhiṣicya muditaḥ pravavrāja vanaṃ tadā॥01-81-10॥
[ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayati; नाहुषः (nāhuṣaḥ) - the son of Nahusha; राजा (rājā) - king; पूरुम् (pūrum) - Puru; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; कनीयसम् (kanīyasam) - the youngest; राज्ये (rājye) - in the kingdom; अभिषिच्य (abhiṣicya) - having anointed; मुदितः (muditaḥ) - glad; प्रवव्राज (pravavrāja) - departed; वनम् (vanam) - to the forest; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Yayati, son of Nahusha, king, Puru, son, youngest, in the kingdom having anointed, glad, departed, to the forest, then.)
Then, King Yayati, son of Nahusha, having gladly anointed his youngest son Puru on the throne, departed to the forest. (01-81-10)
अन्तेषु स विनिक्षिप्य पुत्रान्यदुपुरोगमान्। फलमूलाशनो राजा वने संन्यवसच्चिरम् ॥०१-८१-११॥
anteṣu sa vinikṣipya putrān yadupu-rogamān। phala-mūlāśano rājā vane saṃnyavasac ciram ॥01-81-11॥
[अन्तेषु (anteṣu) - in the boundaries; स (sa) - he; विनिक्षिप्य (vinikṣipya) - having deposited; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; यदुपुरोगमान् (yadupu-rogamān) - led by the Yadus; फलमूलाशनः (phala-mūlāśanaḥ) - subsisting on fruits and roots; राजा (rājā) - the king; वने (vane) - in the forest; संन्यवसत् (saṃnyavasat) - dwelled; चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time;]
(In the boundaries, he having deposited sons led by the Yadus, fruit-and-root-eater the king in the forest dwelled for a long time.)
Having placed his sons, led by the Yadus, at the boundaries, the king lived in the forest for a long time subsisting on fruits and roots. (01-81-11)
संशितात्मा जितक्रोधस्तर्पयन्पितृदेवताः। अग्नींश्च विधिवज्जुह्वन्वानप्रस्थविधानतः ॥०१-८१-१२॥
saṁśitātmā jitakrodhas tarpayan pitṛdevatāḥ। agnīṁś ca vidhivaj juhvan vānaprasthavidhānataḥ॥01-81-12॥
[संशितात्मा (saṁśitātmā) - one whose mind is disciplined; जितक्रोधः (jitakrodhaḥ) - having conquered anger; तर्पयन् (tarpayan) - satisfying; पितृदेवताः (pitṛdevatāḥ) - the ancestral deities; अग्नीन् (agnīn) - fires (sacred); च (ca) - and; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to prescribed rules; जुह्वन् (juhvan) - offering oblations; वानप्रस्थविधानतः (vānaprasthavidhānataḥ) - by the rule of the forest-dweller;]
(One whose mind is disciplined, having conquered anger, satisfying the ancestral deities, and offering oblations to the fires according to prescribed rules, by the rule of the forest-dweller.)
With a disciplined mind and subdued anger, satisfying the ancestral deities and ritually offering oblations into the fires according to the code of the forest-dweller. (01-81-12)
अतिथीन्पूजयामास वन्येन हविषा विभुः। शिलोञ्छवृत्तिमास्थाय शेषान्नकृतभोजनः ॥०१-८१-१३॥
atithīn pūjayām āsa vanyena haviṣā vibhuḥ। śiloñcha-vṛttim āsthāya śeṣānna-kṛta-bhojanaḥ ॥01-81-13॥
[अतिथीन् (atithīn) - guests; पूजयाम् (pūjayām) - he honored; आस (āsa) - he; वन्येन (vanyena) - with forest (produce); हविषा (haviṣā) - with offering; विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the powerful one; शिलोञ्छवृत्तिम् (śiloñcha-vṛttim) - practicing the gleaner's way; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - assuming; शेषान्नकृत (śeṣānna-kṛta) - made from leftover food; भोजनः (bhojanaḥ) - eating;]
(Guests he honored with forest produce as offering, the powerful one; assuming the way of the gleaner, eating food made from leftovers.)
He, the powerful one, honored guests with offerings of forest produce; following the practice of a gleaner, he ate food made from leftovers. (01-81-13)
पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं स एवंवृत्तिरभून्नृपः। अब्भक्षः शरदस्त्रिंशदासीन्नियतवाङ्मनाः ॥०१-८१-१४॥
pūrṇaṁ varṣasahasraṁ sa evaṁ-vṛttir abhūd nṛpaḥ। abbhakṣaḥ śaradas triṁśad āsīn niyata-vāk-manāḥ॥01-81-14॥
[पूर्णं (pūrṇam) - complete; वर्षसहस्रं (varṣasahasram) - a thousand years; सः (saḥ) - he; एवंवृत्तिः (evaṁ-vṛttiḥ) - thus-conducted; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king; अब्भक्षः (abbhakṣaḥ) - living only on water; शरदः (śaradaḥ) - autumns; त्रिंशत् (triṁśat) - thirty; आसीत् (āsīt) - remained; नियतवाक् (niyata-vāk) - restrained in speech; मनाः (manāḥ) - restrained in mind;]
(He, the king, thus-conducted, became for a complete thousand years. Living only on water, for thirty autumns, remained restrained in speech and mind.)
The king, thus conducting himself, remained so for a full thousand years. For thirty autumns he lived only on water, with his speech and mind controlled. (01-81-14)
ततश्च वायुभक्षोऽभूत्संवत्सरमतन्द्रितः। पञ्चाग्निमध्ये च तपस्तेपे संवत्सरं नृपः ॥०१-८१-१५॥
tataś ca vāyubhakṣo'bhūt saṃvatsaram atandritaḥ। pañcāgnimadhye ca tapas tepe saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpaḥ ॥01-81-15॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; च (ca) - and; वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - subsisting on air; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; संवत्सरम् (saṃvatsaram) - for a year; अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - without fatigue; पञ्चाग्निमध्ये (pañcāgnimadhye) - in the midst of five fires; च (ca) - and; तपः (tapas) - austerity; तेपे (tepe) - practiced; संवत्सरं (saṃvatsaram) - for a year; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king;]
(Then and subsisting on air he became for a year, without fatigue; in the midst of five fires and austerity he practiced for a year, the king.)
Then, subsisting only on air and without fatigue, the king observed austerities for a year amidst the five fires. (01-81-15)
एकपादस्थितश्चासीत्षण्मासाननिलाशनः। पुण्यकीर्तिस्ततः स्वर्गं जगामावृत्य रोदसी ॥०१-८१-१६॥
ekapādasthitaś cāsīt ṣaṇmāsān anilāśanaḥ। puṇyakīrtis tataḥ svargaṃ jagāmāvṛtya rodasī॥01-81-16॥
[एकपादस्थितः (ekapādasthitaḥ) - standing on one foot; च (ca) - and; आसीत् (āsīt) - he was; षण्मासान् (ṣaṇmāsān) - for six months; अनिलाशनः (anilāśanaḥ) - subsisting on air; पुण्यकीर्तिः (puṇyakīrtiḥ) - Puṇyakīrti (proper name); ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven; जगाम (jagāma) - he went; आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - surrounding; रोदसी (rodasī) - the two worlds (heaven and earth);]
(Standing on one foot and subsisting on air, Puṇyakīrti was for six months; then, having surrounded the two worlds, he went to heaven.)
Puṇyakīrti stood on one foot and lived on air for six months; then, enveloping heaven and earth, he went to heaven. (01-81-16)
