01.174
Pancharatra: Pandavas obtain Devala's son Daumya as preceptor
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Arjuna said;)
Arjuna said.
अस्माकमनुरूपो वै यः स्याद्गन्धर्व वेदवित्। पुरोहितस्तमाचक्ष्व सर्वं हि विदितं तव ॥१-१७४-१॥
asmākam-anurūpo vai yaḥ syād-gandharva vedavit। purohitas-tam-ācakṣva sarvaṃ hi viditaṃ tava ॥1-174-1॥
[अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us; our; अनुरूपः (anurūpaḥ) - suitable; fitting; वै (vai) - indeed; truly; यः (yaḥ) - who; which; स्यात् (syāt) - might be; would be; गन्धर्व (gandharva) - Gandharva; celestial being; वेदवित् (vedavit) - knower of the Veda; learned in the Vedas; पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - priest; family priest; तम् (tam) - him; that one; आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell; declare; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; everything; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; विदितम् (viditam) - known; तव (tava) - to you; your;]
(Of us, suitable indeed who might be Gandharva, knower of the Veda; priest him tell, all indeed known to you.)
Tell us who among the Gandharvas, who is suitable and a knower of the Veda, can be our priest, for everything is known to you.
गन्धर्व उवाच॥
gandharva uvāca॥
[गन्धर्व (gandharva) - gandharva; (celestial musician); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke);]
(gandharva said;)
The gandharva said.
यवीयान्देवलस्यैष वने भ्राता तपस्यति। धौम्य उत्कोचके तीर्थे तं वृणुध्वं यदीच्छथ ॥१-१७४-२॥
yavīyān devalasya eṣa vane bhrātā tapasyati। dhaumya utkochake tīrthe taṃ vṛṇudhvaṃ yadīcchatha ॥1-174-2॥
[यवीयान् (yavīyān) - younger; (comparative of yuvas); देवलस्य (devalasya) - of Devala; (genitive singular); एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; (masculine singular); वने (vane) - in the forest; (locative singular); भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother; (nominative singular); तपस्यति (tapasyati) - is practicing austerity; (3rd person singular present); धौम्य (dhaumya) - O Dhaumya; (vocative singular); उत्कोचके (utkochake) - at Utkochaka; (locative singular); तीर्थे (tīrthe) - at the holy place; (locative singular); तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular); वृणुध्वम् (vṛṇudhvam) - choose; (imperative 2nd person plural); यद् (yad) - if; (conditional particle); इच्छथ (icchatha) - you desire; (2nd person plural present);]
(The younger (one) of Devala, this brother is practicing austerity in the forest. O Dhaumya, at Utkochaka holy place, choose him if you desire.)
This younger brother of Devala is practicing austerity in the forest. O Dhaumya, if you wish, choose him at the holy place of Utkochaka.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततोऽर्जुनोऽस्त्रमाग्नेयं प्रददौ तद्यथाविधि। गन्धर्वाय तदा प्रीतो वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥१-१७४-३॥
tato'rjuno'stramāgneyaṃ pradadau tadyathāvidhi। gandharvāya tadā prīto vacanaṃ cedamabravīt ॥1-174-3॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; अस्त्रम् (astram) - missile; आग्नेयम् (āgneyaṃ) - of Agni (fire); प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave; तत् (tat) - that; यथा (yathā) - according to; विधि (vidhi) - procedure; गन्धर्वाय (gandharvāya) - to the Gandharva; तदा (tadā) - then; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; च (ca) - and; इदम् (idam) - this; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(Then Arjuna gave the Agneya missile according to procedure; to the Gandharva, then, pleased, he spoke this speech.)
Then Arjuna, pleased, gave the Agneya missile to the Gandharva according to the proper procedure and spoke these words.
त्वय्येव तावत्तिष्ठन्तु हया गन्धर्वसत्तम। कर्मकाले ग्रहीष्यामि स्वस्ति तेऽस्त्विति चाब्रवीत् ॥१-१७४-४॥
tvayyeva tāvattiṣṭhantu hayā gandharvasattama। karmakāle grahīṣyāmi svasti te'stviti cābravīt ॥1-174-4॥
[त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; (locative singular of 'tvam') एव (eva) - only; indeed; तावत् (tāvat) - for the time being; so long; तिष्ठन्तु (tiṣṭhantu) - let them stay; (3rd person plural imperative of 'sthā') हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; (nominative plural of 'haya') गन्धर्वसत्तम (gandharvasattama) - O best of Gandharvas; (vocative singular) कर्मकाले (karmakāle) - at the time of action; (locative singular) ग्रहिष्यामि (grahīṣyāmi) - I shall take; (1st person singular future of 'grah') स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; auspiciousness; ते (te) - to you; (dative singular of 'tvam') अस्तु (astu) - let it be; (imperative of 'as') इति (iti) - thus; so; च (ca) - and; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she/said; (3rd person singular perfect of 'brū');]
(Let the horses remain with you for now, O best of Gandharvas. At the time of action, I shall take (them). "May well-being be to you," thus he said.)
"Let the horses stay with you for now, O best of Gandharvas. I will take them at the proper time. May well-being be with you," he said.
तेऽन्योन्यमभिसम्पूज्य गन्धर्वः पाण्डवाश्च ह। रम्याद्भागीरथीकच्छाद्यथाकामं प्रतस्थिरे ॥१-१७४-५॥
te'anyonya-m-abhisampūjya gandharvaḥ pāṇḍavāś ca ha। ramyād bhāgīrathī-kacchād yathākāmaṃ pratasthire॥1-174-5॥
[ते (te) - they; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyaṃ) - each other; अभिसम्पूज्य (abhisampūjya) - having duly honored; गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - the Gandharva; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; रम्यात् (ramyāt) - from the delightful; भागीरथीकच्छात् (bhāgīrathī-kacchāt) - from the bank of the Bhāgīrathī; यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as they wished; प्रतस्थिरे (pratasthire) - they set out;]
(They, having duly honored each other, the Gandharva and the Pāṇḍavas indeed, from the delightful bank of the Bhāgīrathī, set out as they wished.)
After mutually honoring each other, the Gandharva and the Pāṇḍavas departed from the beautiful bank of the Bhāgīrathī as they desired.
तत उत्कोचकं तीर्थं गत्वा धौम्याश्रमं तु ते। तं वव्रुः पाण्डवा धौम्यं पौरोहित्याय भारत ॥१-१७४-६॥
tat utkōcakaṃ tīrthaṃ gatvā dhaumyāśramaṃ tu te। taṃ vavruḥ pāṇḍavā dhaumyaṃ paurohityāya bhārata ॥1-174-6॥
[तत् (tat) - then; उत्कोचकं (utkōcakaṃ) - Utkochaka (name of a place); तीर्थं (tīrtham) - sacred place; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; धौम्याश्रमं (dhaumyāśramam) - Dhaumya's hermitage; तु (tu) - but; ते (te) - they; तं (tam) - him; वव्रुः (vavruḥ) - chose; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; धौम्यं (dhaumyam) - Dhaumya; पौरोहित्याय (paurohityāya) - for priesthood; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Then, having gone to the sacred place Utkochaka, they (the Pāṇḍavas) went to Dhaumya's hermitage. They chose Dhaumya for priesthood, O Bhārata.)
Then the Pāṇḍavas, having gone to the sacred place called Utkochaka, proceeded to the hermitage of Dhaumya. There, O Bhārata, they chose Dhaumya to be their priest.
तान्धौम्यः प्रतिजग्राह सर्ववेदविदां वरः। पाद्येन फलमूलेन पौरोहित्येन चैव ह ॥१-१७४-७॥
tāndhaumyaḥ pratijagrāha sarvavedavidāṃ varaḥ। pādyena phalamūlena paurohityena caiva ha ॥1-174-7॥
[तान् (tān) - them; धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - Dhaumya; प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted; सर्ववेदविदां (sarvavedavidām) - of all knowers of the Vedas; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; पाद्येन (pādyena) - with water for washing feet; फलमूलेन (phalamūlena) - with fruits and roots; पौरोहित्येन (paurohityena) - with priestly office; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - certainly;]
(Dhaumya, the best among all knowers of the Vedas, accepted them with water for washing feet, with fruits and roots, and with the priestly office indeed certainly.)
Dhaumya, foremost among all Vedic scholars, received them with due rites: offering water for their feet, fruits and roots, and by performing priestly duties.
ते तदाशंसिरे लब्धां श्रियं राज्यं च पाण्डवाः। तं ब्राह्मणं पुरस्कृत्य पाञ्चाल्याश्च स्वयंवरम् ॥१-१७४-८॥
te tadāśaṃsire labdhāṃ śriyaṃ rājyaṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ। taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ puraskṛtya pāñcālyāś ca svayaṃvaram ॥1-174-8॥
[ते (te) - they; तदा (tadā) - then; आशंसिरे (āśaṃsire) - hoped for; लब्धाम् (labdhām) - obtained; श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; तं (taṃ) - that; ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - Brāhmaṇa; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed at the front; पाञ्चाल्याः (pāñcālyāḥ) - of Pāñcālī; च (ca) - and; स्वयंवरम् (svayaṃvaram) - self-choice ceremony;]
(They then hoped for the obtained prosperity and kingdom, the Pāṇḍavas; having placed that Brāhmaṇa at the front, and the self-choice ceremony of Pāñcālī.)
At that time, the Pāṇḍavas hoped for the prosperity and kingdom they had gained; having the Brāhmaṇa lead them, they, along with Pāñcālī, proceeded to the self-choice ceremony.
मातृषष्ठास्तु ते तेन गुरुणा सङ्गतास्तदा। नाथवन्तमिवात्मानं मेनिरे भरतर्षभाः ॥१-१७४-९॥
mātṛṣaṣṭhāstu te tena guruṇā saṅgatāstadā। nāthavantamivātmānaṃ menire bharatarṣabhāḥ ॥1-174-9॥
[मातृषष्ठाः (mātṛṣaṣṭhāḥ) - having the same mother; six; तु (tu) - but; ते (te) - they; तेन (tena) - by him; गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the preceptor; सङ्गताः (saṅgatāḥ) - united; तदा (tadā) - then; नाथवन्तम् (nāthavantam) - having a protector; इव (iva) - like; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - themselves; मेनिरे (menire) - they considered; भरतर्षभाः (bharatarṣabhāḥ) - the best of the Bharatas;]
(But those six born of the same mother, then united by that preceptor, considered themselves as if having a protector, O best of the Bharatas.)
But those six brothers, born of the same mother, when united by that preceptor, regarded themselves as if they had a protector, O best of the Bharatas.
स हि वेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञस्तेषां गुरुरुदारधीः। तेन धर्मविदा पार्था याज्याः सर्वविदा कृताः ॥१-१७४-१०॥
sa hi vedārthatattvajñasteṣāṃ gururudāradhīḥ। tena dharmavidā pārthā yājyāḥ sarvavidā kṛtāḥ ॥1-174-10॥
[स (sa) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; वेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञः (vedārthatattvajñaḥ) - knower of the true essence of the meaning of the Vedas; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; उदारधीः (udāradhīḥ) - of noble intellect; तेन (tena) - by him; धर्मविदा (dharmavidā) - by the knower of dharma; पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - O sons of Pṛthā; याज्याः (yājyāḥ) - fit to be sacrificed (worthy of being worshipped); सर्वविदा (sarvavidā) - by the knower of all; कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made (considered as such);]
(He indeed, the knower of the true essence of the meaning of the Vedas, their teacher of noble intellect; by him, the knower of dharma, O sons of Pṛthā, you were made worthy of sacrifice by the knower of all.)
He, who knows the true essence of the Vedas and is their noble-minded teacher, has, by his knowledge of dharma, made you, O sons of Pṛthā, worthy of being offered in sacrifice by one who knows everything.
वीरांस्तु स हि तान्मेने प्राप्तराज्यान्स्वधर्मतः। बुद्धिवीर्यबलोत्साहैर्युक्तान्देवानिवापरान् ॥१-१७४-११॥
vīrāṃs tu sa hi tān mene prāptarājyān svadharmataḥ। buddhivīryabalotsāhair yuktān devān ivāparān ॥1-174-11॥
[वीरान् (vīrān) - heroes; तु (tu) - but; सः (saḥ) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; तान् (tān) - them; मेने (mene) - considered; प्राप्तराज्यान् (prāptarājyān) - those who have obtained kingdoms; स्वधर्मतः (svadharmataḥ) - according to their own duty; बुद्धि (buddhi) - intellect; वीर्य (vīrya) - strength; बल (bala) - power; उत्साहैः (utsāhaiḥ) - with enthusiasm; युक्तान् (yuktān) - endowed; देवान् (devān) - gods; इव (iva) - like; अपरान् (aparān) - others;]
(But he indeed considered those heroes, who had obtained kingdoms according to their own duty, endowed with intellect, strength, power, and enthusiasm, as others like gods.)
But he regarded those heroes, who had rightfully attained their kingdoms and were endowed with intellect, strength, power, and enthusiasm, as being like other gods.
कृतस्वस्त्ययनास्तेन ततस्ते मनुजाधिपाः। मेनिरे सहिता गन्तुं पाञ्चाल्यास्तं स्वयंवरम् ॥१-१७४-१२॥
kṛtasvastyayanāstena tataste manujādhipāḥ। menire sahitā gantuṃ pāñcālyāstaṃ svayaṃvaram ॥1-174-12॥
[कृत (kṛta) - performed; done; स्वस्त्ययनाः (svastyayanāḥ) - auspicious rites; तेन (tena) - by him; ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter; ते (te) - they; मनुजाधिपाः (manujādhipāḥ) - kings of men; मेनिरे (menire) - considered; thought; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together; united; गन्तुम् (gantuṃ) - to go; पाञ्चाल्याः (pāñcālyāḥ) - of Pāñcālī (Draupadī); तं (taṃ) - that; स्वयंवरम् (svayaṃvaram) - self-choice ceremony;]
(Having performed auspicious rites by him, then those kings of men, together, considered to go to that self-choice ceremony of Pāñcālī.)
After he had performed the auspicious rites, the kings of men then decided together to go to the self-choice ceremony of Pāñcālī (Draupadī).
