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Library: Vyasa narrates the story of Sudyumna and concludes saying for a kṣatriya, the duty is to punish, not to shave the head.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said:
भगवन्कर्मणा केन सुद्युम्नो वसुधाधिपः। संसिद्धिं परमां प्राप्तः श्रोतुमिच्छामि तं नृपम् ॥१२-२४-१॥
bhagavan-karmaṇā kena sudyumno vasudhādhipaḥ। saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ prāptaḥ śrotum icchāmi taṃ nṛpam ॥12-24-1॥
[भगवत् (bhagavat) - O revered one; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; केन (kena) - by whom; सुद्युम्नः (sudyumnaḥ) - Sudyumna; वसुधाधिपः (vasudhādhipaḥ) - the lord of the earth; संसिद्धिम् (saṃsiddhim) - perfection; परमाम् (paramām) - supreme; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - attained; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; तम् (tam) - that; नृपम् (nṛpam) - king;]
(O revered one, by whose action did Sudyumna, the lord of the earth, attain supreme perfection? I wish to hear about that king.)
O revered one, by whose actions did Sudyumna, the lord of the earth, attain supreme perfection? I wish to hear about that king.
व्यास उवाच॥
vyāsa uvāca॥
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Vyāsa said;)
Vyāsa said:
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। शङ्खश्च लिखितश्चास्तां भ्रातरौ संयतव्रतौ ॥१२-२४-२॥
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। śaṅkhaś ca likhitaś cāstāṃ bhrātarau saṃyatavratau ॥12-24-2॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; अपि (api) - also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Śaṅkha; च (ca) - and; लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likhita; च (ca) - and; आस्ताम् (āstām) - were; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - brothers; संयतव्रतौ (saṃyatavratau) - of restrained vows;]
(Here also they cite this ancient history: Śaṅkha and Likhita were brothers of restrained vows.)
Here too, an ancient story is told: Śaṅkha and Likhita were two brothers who observed strict vows.
तयोरावसथावास्तां रमणीयौ पृथक्पृथक्। नित्यपुष्पफलैर्वृक्षैरुपेतौ बाहुदामनु ॥१२-२४-३॥
tayorāvasathāvāstāṃ ramaṇīyau pṛthakpṛthak। nityapuṣpaphalairvṛkṣairupetau bāhudāmanu ॥12-24-3॥
[तयोः (tayoh) - of those two; आवसथौ (āvasathau) - residences; आस्तां (āstāṃ) - were; रमणीयौ (ramaṇīyau) - charming; पृथक् पृथक् (pṛthak pṛthak) - separately; नित्य (nitya) - always; पुष्प (puṣpa) - flowers; फलैः (phalaiḥ) - with fruits; वृक्षैः (vṛkṣaiḥ) - with trees; उपेतौ (upetau) - endowed; बाहुदामनु (bāhudāmanu) - along the Bahuda (river);]
(Of those two, the residences were charming, separate from each other, always endowed with trees bearing flowers and fruits, along the Bahuda (river).)
The two had charming residences, each separate, always surrounded by trees bearing flowers and fruits, situated along the Bahuda river.
ततः कदाचिल्लिखितः शङ्खस्याश्रममागमत्। यदृच्छयापि शङ्खोऽथ निष्क्रान्तोऽभवदाश्रमात् ॥१२-२४-४॥
tataḥ kadācillikhitaḥ śaṅkhasyāśramamāgamat। yadṛcchayāpi śaṅkho'tha niṣkrānto'bhavadāśramāt ॥12-24-4॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कदाचित् (kadācit) - at some time; लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likhita; शङ्खस्य (śaṅkhasya) - of Śaṅkha; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; आगमत् (āgamat) - came; यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance; अपि (api) - even; शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Śaṅkha; अथ (atha) - then; निष्क्रान्तः (niṣkrāntaḥ) - departed; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; आश्रमात् (āśramāt) - from the hermitage;]
(Then, at some time, Likhita came to Śaṅkha's hermitage. Even by chance, Śaṅkha then departed from the hermitage.)
Then, once, Likhita came to Śaṅkha's hermitage. By coincidence, Śaṅkha happened to have left the hermitage at that time.
सोऽभिगम्याश्रमं भ्रातुः शङ्खस्य लिखितस्तदा। फलानि शातयामास सम्यक्परिणतान्युत ॥१२-२४-५॥
so'bhigamyāśramaṃ bhrātuḥ śaṅkhasya likhitastadā। phalāni śātayāmāsa samyakpariṇatānyuta ॥12-24-5॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother; शङ्खस्य (śaṅkhasya) - of Śaṅkha; लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likhita; तदा (tadā) - then; फलानि (phalāni) - fruits; शातयामास (śātayāmāsa) - broke (off); सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; परिणतानि (pariṇatāni) - ripened; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(He, having approached the hermitage of his brother Śaṅkha, then Likhita broke (off) the properly ripened fruits indeed.)
Then Likhita, having come to the hermitage of his brother Śaṅkha, broke off the properly ripened fruits.
तान्युपादाय विस्रब्धो भक्षयामास स द्विजः। तस्मिंश्च भक्षयत्येव शङ्खोऽप्याश्रममागमत् ॥१२-२४-६॥
tāny upādāya visrabdho bhakṣayāmāsa sa dvijaḥ। tasmiṁś ca bhakṣayaty eva śaṅkho 'py āśramam āgamat ॥12-24-6॥
[तानि (tāni) - those (objects); उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken; विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - confidently; भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - ate; सः (saḥ) - he; द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the twice-born (Brahmin); तस्मिन् (tasmin) - while he; च (ca) - and; भक्षयति (bhakṣayati) - was eating; एव (eva) - indeed; शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Śaṅkha (proper name); अपि (api) - also; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; आगमत् (āgamat) - arrived;]
(Having taken those (objects), the twice-born (Brahmin) confidently ate. And while he was indeed eating, Śaṅkha also arrived at the hermitage.)
The Brahmin took those things and ate them confidently. While he was still eating, Śaṅkha also arrived at the hermitage.
भक्षयन्तं तु तं दृष्ट्वा शङ्खो भ्रातरमब्रवीत्। कुतः फलान्यवाप्तानि हेतुना केन खादसि ॥१२-२४-७॥
bhakṣayantaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṅkho bhrātaram abravīt। kutaḥ phalāny avāptāni hetunā kena khādasi ॥12-24-7॥
[भक्षयन्तम् (bhakṣayantam) - eating; (accusative singular masculine participle of bhakṣ, to eat); तु (tu) - but; (particle); तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular masculine of tad); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; (absolutive of dṛś, to see); शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Śaṅkha; (proper noun, nominative singular masculine); भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother; (accusative singular masculine of bhrātṛ); अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; (third person singular perfect of brū, to say); कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where; (interrogative adverb); फलानि (phalāni) - fruits; (nominative/accusative plural neuter of phala); अवाप्तानि (avāptāni) - obtained; (nominative/accusative plural neuter past participle of āp, to obtain, with prefix ava-); हेतुना (hetunā) - by what cause; (instrumental singular masculine of hetu, cause); केन (kena) - by whom; (instrumental singular neuter/masculine of kim); खादसि (khādasi) - do you eat; (second person singular present of khād, to eat);]
(But having seen him eating, Śaṅkha said to his brother: "From where have the fruits been obtained? By what cause, by whom do you eat?")
But when Śaṅkha saw his brother eating, he said: "Where did you get these fruits? For what reason and by whom are you eating them?"
सोऽब्रवीद्भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठमुपस्पृश्याभिवाद्य च। इत एव गृहीतानि मयेति प्रहसन्निव ॥१२-२४-८॥
so'bravīdbhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhamupaspṛśyābhivādya ca| ita eva gṛhītāni mayeti prahasanniva ॥12-24-8॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - to (his) brother; ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - elder; उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched (respectfully); अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted; च (ca) - and; इत (ita) - from here; एव (eva) - indeed; गृहीतानि (gṛhītāni) - taken; मया (mayā) - by me; इति (iti) - thus; प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling; इव (iva) - as if;]
(He said to his elder brother, having touched (him) respectfully and having saluted, and (said), 'Indeed, these have been taken by me from here,' as if smiling.)
He respectfully touched and saluted his elder brother and said, smiling, 'I have indeed taken these from here.'
तमब्रवीत्तदा शङ्खस्तीव्रकोपसमन्वितः। स्तेयं त्वया कृतमिदं फलान्याददता स्वयम् ॥ गच्छ राजानमासाद्य स्वकर्म प्रथयस्व वै ॥१२-२४-९॥
tam abravīt tadā śaṅkhaḥ tīvra-kopa-samanvitaḥ। steyaṃ tvayā kṛtam idaṃ phalāni ādadatā svayam ॥ gaccha rājānam āsādya svakarma prathayasva vai ॥12-24-9॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तदा (tadā) - then; शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Śaṅkha (proper noun); तीव्र (tīvra) - intense; कोप (kopa) - anger; समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed with; स्तेयं (steyaṃ) - theft; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; इदं (idaṃ) - this; फलानि (phalāni) - fruits; आददता (ādadatā) - taking; स्वयम् (svayam) - yourself; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king; आसाद्य (āsādya) - approaching; स्वकर्म (svakarma) - your deed; प्रथयस्व (prathayasva) - proclaim; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Then Śaṅkha, endowed with intense anger, said to him: "This theft has been done by you, taking these fruits yourself. Go, approach the king, and indeed proclaim your deed.")
Śaṅkha, filled with intense anger, said to him: "You have committed this theft by taking these fruits yourself. Go to the king and openly declare your action."
अदत्तादानमेवेदं कृतं पार्थिवसत्तम। स्तेनं मां त्वं विदित्वा च स्वधर्ममनुपालय ॥ शीघ्रं धारय चौरस्य मम दण्डं नराधिप ॥१२-२४-१०॥
adattādānamevedaṃ kṛtaṃ pārthivasattama। stenaṃ māṃ tvaṃ viditvā ca svadharmam-anupālaya ॥ śīghraṃ dhāraya caurasya mama daṇḍaṃ narādhipa ॥12-24-10॥
[अदत्त (adatta) - not-given; not granted; आदानम् (ādānam) - taking; seizing; एव (eva) - indeed; only; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कृतं (kṛtam) - done; performed; पार्थिवसत्तम (pārthivasattama) - O best of kings; स्तेनम् (stenam) - thief; माम् (mām) - me; त्वम् (tvam) - you; विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known; च (ca) - and; स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - one's own duty; अनुपालय (anupālaya) - observe; uphold; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; धारय (dhāraya) - impose; inflict; चौरस्य (caurasya) - of the thief; मम (mama) - my; दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O ruler of men;]
(This act is indeed the taking of what is not given, O best of kings. Knowing me as a thief, you should uphold your own duty and quickly impose my punishment, O ruler of men.)
O best of kings, this is truly the act of taking what is not given. Recognize me as a thief and uphold your duty; quickly inflict my punishment, O ruler of men.
इत्युक्तस्तस्य वचनात्सुद्युम्नं वसुधाधिपम्। अभ्यगच्छन्महाबाहो लिखितः संशितव्रतः ॥१२-२४-११॥
ity-uktaḥ tasya vacanāt sudyumnaṃ vasudhādhipam | abhyagacchan mahābāho likhitaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ ||12-24-11||
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been told; तस्य (tasya) - his; वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the words; सुद्युम्नं (sudyumnaṃ) - Sudyumna (proper noun); वसुधाधिपम् (vasudhādhipam) - the lord of the earth; अभ्यगच्छन् (abhyagacchan) - approached; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likhita (proper noun); संशितव्रतः (saṃśitavrataḥ) - firm in his vows;]
(Thus having been told by his words, Likhita, firm in his vows, O mighty-armed, approached Sudyumna, the lord of the earth.)
O mighty-armed one, thus, at his words, Likhita, steadfast in his vows, approached Sudyumna, the ruler of the earth.
सुद्युम्नस्त्वन्तपालेभ्यः श्रुत्वा लिखितमागतम्। अभ्यगच्छत्सहामात्यः पद्भ्यामेव नरेश्वरः ॥१२-२४-१२॥
sudyumnas tv antapālebhyaḥ śrutvā likhitam āgatam। abhyagacchat sahāmātyaḥ padbhyām eva nareśvaraḥ ॥12-24-12॥
[सुद्युम्नः (sudyumnaḥ) - Sudyumna; (proper noun, name of a king); त्व् (tv) - but; (particle); अन्तपालेभ्यः (antapālebhyaḥ) - from the frontier-guards; (ablative plural); श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; (absolutive of śru, to hear); लिखितम् (likhitam) - written; (past participle of likh, to write); आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived; (past participle of āgam, to come); अभ्यगच्छत् (abhyagacchat) - approached; (imperfect of abhi + gam, to go towards); सह (saha) - with; (preposition); अमात्यः (amātyaḥ) - minister; (noun); पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - on foot; (instrumental dual of pada, foot); एव (eva) - only; (emphatic particle); नरेश्वरः (nareśvaraḥ) - the king; (compound: nara + īśvara, lord of men);]
(Sudyumna, but from the frontier-guards having heard (that) a written (message) had arrived, approached with (his) minister only on foot, the king.)
But when Sudyumna heard from the frontier-guards that a written message had arrived, the king, along with his minister, went there on foot.
तमब्रवीत्समागत्य स राजा ब्रह्मवित्तमम्। किमागमनमाचक्ष्व भगवन्कृतमेव तत् ॥१२-२४-१३॥
tam abravīt samāgatya sa rājā brahmavittamam। kim āgamanam ācakṣva bhagavan kṛtam eva tat ॥12-24-13॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; समागत्य (samāgatya) - having approached; सः (saḥ) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; ब्रह्मवित्तमम् (brahmavittamam) - the foremost knower of Brahman; किम् (kim) - what; आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival; आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; एव (eva) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that;]
(Him said having approached, he, the king, the foremost knower of Brahman: "What arrival, tell, O venerable one, done indeed that.")
Having approached him, the king, foremost knower of Brahman, said: "O venerable one, tell what is the reason for your arrival; that indeed has been done."
एवमुक्तः स विप्रर्षिः सुद्युम्नमिदमब्रवीत्। प्रतिश्रौषि करिष्येति श्रुत्वा तत्कर्तुमर्हसि ॥१२-२४-१४॥
evam-uktaḥ sa viprarṣiḥ sudyumnaṃ idam abravīt। pratiśrauṣi kariṣye iti śrutvā tat kartum arhasi ॥12-24-14॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken; सः (saḥ) - he; विप्रर्षिः (viprarṣiḥ) - the sage among Brāhmaṇas; सुद्युम्नम् (sudyumnam) - to Sudyumna; इदम् (idam) - this; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; प्रतिश्रौषि (pratiśrauṣi) - you have promised; करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I shall do; इति (iti) - thus; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; तत् (tat) - that; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought;]
(Thus addressed, the sage among Brāhmaṇas said this to Sudyumna: "You have promised, 'I shall do.' Having heard thus, you ought to do that.")
Thus spoken to, the sage among Brāhmaṇas said this to Sudyumna: "You have promised, 'I shall do.' Therefore, having heard this, you should do that."
अनिसृष्टानि गुरुणा फलानि पुरुषर्षभ। भक्षितानि मया राजंस्तत्र मां शाधि माचिरम् ॥१२-२४-१५॥
anisṛṣṭāni guruṇā phalāni puruṣarṣabha। bhakṣitāni mayā rājan tatra māṃ śādhi mā-ciram ॥12-24-15॥
[अनिसृष्टानि (anisṛṣṭāni) - not-given; not-permitted; गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the teacher; by the preceptor; फलानि (phalāni) - fruits; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best of men; भक्षितानि (bhakṣitāni) - eaten; मया (mayā) - by me; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तत्र (tatra) - there; माम् (mām) - me; शाधि (śādhi) - punish; मा-चिरम् (mā-ciram) - without delay;]
(O best of men, fruits not permitted by the teacher were eaten by me, O king; there, punish me without delay.)
O king, I have eaten fruits not permitted by my teacher, O best of men; therefore, punish me there without delay.
सुद्युम्न उवाच॥
sudyumna uvāca॥
[सुद्युम्न (sudyumna) - Sudyumna; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Sudyumna said;)
Sudyumna said:
प्रमाणं चेन्मतो राजा भवतो दण्डधारणे। अनुज्ञायामपि तथा हेतुः स्याद्ब्राह्मणर्षभ ॥१२-२४-१६॥
pramāṇaṃ cenmato rājā bhavato daṇḍadhāraṇe। anujñāyāmapi tathā hetuḥ syādbrāhmaṇarṣabha ॥12-24-16॥
[प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - evidence; चेत् (cet) - if; मतः (mataḥ) - regarded; राजा (rājā) - king; भवतः (bhavataḥ) - by you; दण्डधारणे (daṇḍadhāraṇe) - in the wielding of punishment; अनुज्ञायाम् (anujñāyām) - in permission; अपि (api) - even; तथा (tathā) - so; हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; ब्राह्मणर्षभ (brāhmaṇarṣabha) - O best of Brāhmaṇas;]
(If evidence is regarded by you, O king, in the wielding of punishment, even in permission so the reason may be, O best of Brāhmaṇas.)
O best of Brāhmaṇas, if you, O king, consider evidence in the wielding of punishment, then even in granting permission, there may be a reason.
स भवानभ्यनुज्ञातः शुचिकर्मा महाव्रतः। ब्रूहि कामानतोऽन्यांस्त्वं करिष्यामि हि ते वचः ॥१२-२४-१७॥
sa bhavān abhyanujñātaḥ śucikarmā mahāvrataḥ। brūhi kāmān ato'nyāṃs tvaṃ kariṣyāmi hi te vacaḥ॥12-24-17॥
[स (sa) - he; भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific); अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - having been permitted; शुचिकर्मा (śucikarmā) - pure in deeds; महाव्रतः (mahāvrataḥ) - great vow-holder; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak; कामान् (kāmān) - desires; अतः (ataḥ) - from here; अन्यांस् (anyāṃs) - others; त्वम् (tvam) - you; करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I shall do; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - your; वचः (vacaḥ) - word;]
(He, you, having been permitted, pure in deeds, great vow-holder, speak desires from here, others, you, I shall do, indeed, your word.)
O noble one, you who are pure in deeds and steadfast in great vows, having been permitted, speak of any other desires you have; I shall indeed fulfill your word.
व्यास उवाच॥
vyāsa uvāca॥
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Vyāsa said;)
Vyāsa said:
छन्द्यमानोऽपि ब्रह्मर्षिः पार्थिवेन महात्मना। नान्यं वै वरयामास तस्माद्दण्डादृते वरम् ॥१२-२४-१८॥
chandyamāno'pi brahmarṣiḥ pārthivena mahātmanā। nānyaṃ vai varayāmāsa tasmāddaṇḍādṛte varam ॥12-24-18॥
[छन्द्यमानः (chandyamānaḥ) - being requested; अपि (api) - even; ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - the Brahmarṣi; पार्थिवेन (pārthivena) - by the king; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled; न (na) - not; अन्यं (anyaṃ) - other; वै (vai) - indeed; वरयामास (varayāmāsa) - chose; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than that; दण्डात् (daṇḍāt) - from Daṇḍa; ऋते (ṛte) - except; वरम् (varam) - boon;]
(Even though being requested, the Brahmarṣi by the great-souled king did not choose any boon other than Daṇḍa.)
Even when entreated by the noble king, the Brahmarṣi chose no boon other than Daṇḍa.
ततः स पृथिवीपालो लिखितस्य महात्मनः। करौ प्रच्छेदयामास धृतदण्डो जगाम सः ॥१२-२४-१९॥
tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālo likhitasya mahātmanaḥ। karau pracchedayāmāsa dhṛtadaṇḍo jagāma saḥ ॥12-24-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; पृथिवीपालः (pṛthivīpālaḥ) - king; लिखितस्य (likhitasya) - of Likhita; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great-souled; करौ (karau) - the two hands; प्रच्छेदयामास (pracchedayāmāsa) - caused to be cut off; धृतदण्डः (dhṛtadaṇḍaḥ) - holding the staff (of authority); जगाम (jagāma) - went; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(Then he, the king, holding the staff (of authority), caused the two hands of the great-souled Likhita to be cut off; he went.)
Then the king, upholding justice, ordered the hands of the noble Likhita to be cut off and departed.
स गत्वा भ्रातरं शङ्खमार्तरूपोऽब्रवीदिदम्। धृतदण्डस्य दुर्भुद्धेर्भगवन्क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥१२-२४-२०॥
sa gatvā bhrātaraṃ śaṅkham ārtarūpo 'bravīd idam। dhṛtadaṇḍasya durbuddher bhagavan kṣantum arhasi ॥12-24-20॥
[स (sa) - he; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - to the brother; शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - Śaṅkha (name); आर्तरूपः (ārtarūpaḥ) - in a distressed form; अब्रवीत् ('abravīt) - said; इदम् (idam) - this; धृतदण्डस्य (dhṛtadaṇḍasya) - of Dhṛtadaṇḍa; दुर्बुद्धेः (durbuddheḥ) - of the evil-minded; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one; क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; १२-२४-२० (12-24-20) - 12-24-20;]
(He, having gone to his brother Śaṅkha in a distressed form, said this: 'O venerable one, you ought to forgive Dhṛtadaṇḍa, the evil-minded.' 12-24-20.)
He went to his brother Śaṅkha, appearing distressed, and said: 'O venerable one, you should forgive Dhṛtadaṇḍa, who is evil-minded.' 12-24-20.
शङ्ख उवाच॥
śaṅkha uvāca॥
[शङ्ख (śaṅkha) - Śaṅkha; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Śaṅkha said;)
Śaṅkha said:
न कुप्ये तव धर्मज्ञ न च दूषयसे मम। धर्मस्तु ते व्यतिक्रान्तस्ततस्ते निष्कृतिः कृता ॥१२-२४-२१॥
na kupye tava dharmajña na ca dūṣayase mama। dharmastu te vyatikrāntastataste niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā ॥12-24-21॥
[न (na) - not; कुप्ये (kupye) - I am angry; तव (tava) - your; धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - knower of dharma; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; दूषयसे (dūṣayase) - you defile; मम (mama) - me; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; तु (tu) - but; ते (te) - your; व्यतिक्रान्तः (vyatikrāntaḥ) - transgressed; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; ते (te) - your; निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - atonement; कृता (kṛtā) - has been done;]
(Not I am angry, O knower of dharma, nor do you defile me. But your dharma has been transgressed; therefore, your atonement has been done.)
I am not angry with you, O knower of dharma, nor have you wronged me. But your dharma has been transgressed; therefore, your atonement has been performed.
स गत्वा बाहुदां शीघ्रं तर्पयस्व यथाविधि। देवान्पितॄनृषींश्चैव मा चाधर्मे मनः कृथाः ॥१२-२४-२२॥
sa gatvā bāhudāṃ śīghraṃ tarpayasva yathāvidhi। devān pitṝn ṛṣīṃś caiva mā cādharmē manaḥ kṛthāḥ ॥12-24-22॥
[स (sa) - he; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; बाहुदां (bāhudām) - Bāhudā (name of a river); शीघ्रं (śīghram) - quickly; तर्पयस्व (tarpayasva) - satisfy (with offerings); यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to the rule; देवान् (devān) - the gods; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the ancestors; ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - the sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; अधर्मे (adharme) - in unrighteousness; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - make;]
(He, having gone to the Bāhudā quickly, satisfy (with offerings) according to the rule the gods, the ancestors, and the sages indeed; and do not make your mind (engage) in unrighteousness.)
Go quickly to the Bāhudā river and, as prescribed, offer oblations to the gods, ancestors, and sages; and do not let your mind dwell on unrighteousness.
व्यास उवाच॥
vyāsa uvāca॥
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Vyāsa said;)
Vyāsa said:
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शङ्खस्य लिखितस्तदा। अवगाह्यापगां पुण्यामुदकार्थं प्रचक्रमे ॥१२-२४-२३॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṅkhasya likhitas tadā। avagāhyāpagāṃ puṇyām udakārthaṃ pracakrame ॥12-24-23॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; तत् (tat) - that; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; शङ्खस्य (śaṅkhasya) - of Śaṅkha; लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likhita; तदा (tadā) - then; अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having entered; आपगाम् (āpagām) - river; पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - holy; उदकार्थम् (udakārtham) - for water; प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began;]
(Having heard those words of him, Likhita, then, having entered the holy river for water, began.)
After hearing those words from him, Likhita then entered the holy river to fetch water.
प्रादुरास्तां ततस्तस्य करौ जलजसंनिभौ। ततः स विस्मितो भ्रातुर्दर्शयामास तौ करौ ॥१२-२४-२४॥
prādurāstāṃ tatas tasya karau jalajasaṃnibhau। tataḥ sa vismito bhrātur darśayāmāsa tau karau ॥12-24-24॥
[प्रादुरास्तां (prādurāstāṃ) - became manifest; appeared; ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter; तस्य (tasya) - his; करौ (karau) - hands; (dual); जलजसंनिभौ (jalajasaṃnibhau) - like lotuses; resembling lotuses; (dual); ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter; स (sa) - he; विस्मितः (vismitaḥ) - astonished; amazed; भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of (his) brother; दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - showed; caused to be seen; तौ (tau) - those two; (dual, referring to hands); करौ (karau) - hands; (dual);]
(Became manifest then his hands like lotuses; then he, astonished, to his brother showed those two hands.)
Then his hands, resembling lotuses, appeared; then, astonished, he showed those two hands to his brother.
ततस्तमब्रवीच्छङ्खस्तपसेदं कृतं मया। मा च तेऽत्र विशङ्का भूद्दैवमेव विधीयते ॥१२-२४-२५॥
tatas tam abravīc chaṅkhas tapasedaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā। mā ca te'tra viśaṅkā bhūd daivam eva vidhīyate ॥12-24-25॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तम् (tam) - him; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Śaṅkha; तपसे (tapase) - for austerity; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - done; मया (mayā) - by me; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - to you; अत्र (atra) - here; विशङ्का (viśaṅkā) - doubt; भूत् (bhūt) - let be; दैवम् (daivam) - fate; एव (eva) - indeed; विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is ordained;]
(Then Śaṅkha said to him: "This was done by me for austerity. Do not have any doubt here; indeed, only fate is ordained.")
Then Śaṅkha said to him: "This was done by me for the sake of austerity. Do not have any doubt about this; only fate is at work here."
लिखित उवाच॥
likhita uvāca॥
[लिखित (likhita) - written; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Written said:)
Likhita said:
किं नु नाहं त्वया पूतः पूर्वमेव महाद्युते। यस्य ते तपसो वीर्यमीदृशं द्विजसत्तम ॥१२-२४-२६॥
kiṁ nu nāhaṁ tvayā pūtaḥ pūrvameva mahādyute। yasya te tapaso vīryam īdṛśaṁ dvijasattama ॥12-24-26॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; पूतः (pūtaḥ) - purified; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before; एव (eva) - indeed; महाद्युते (mahādyute) - O greatly radiant one; यस्य (yasya) - whose; ते (te) - your; तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of austerity; वीर्यम् (vīryam) - power; ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such; द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of twice-born;]
(What indeed, was I not purified by you before, O greatly radiant one? Whose austerity has such power, O best of twice-born.)
O best of twice-born, O greatly radiant one, was I not already purified by you before, whose austerity possesses such power?
शङ्ख उवाच॥
śaṅkha uvāca॥
[शङ्ख (śaṅkha) - Śaṅkha; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Śaṅkha said;)
Śaṅkha said:
एवमेतन्मया कार्यं नाहं दण्डधरस्तव। स च पूतो नरपतिस्त्वं चापि पितृभिः सह ॥१२-२४-२७॥
evam etan mayā kāryaṃ nāhaṃ daṇḍadharas tava| sa ca pūto narapatis tvaṃ cāpi pitṛbhiḥ saha ॥12-24-27॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; मया (mayā) - by me; कार्यं (kāryam) - to be done; न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; दण्डधरः (daṇḍadharaḥ) - bearer of the staff (punisher); तव (tava) - your; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; पूतः (pūtaḥ) - purified; नरपतिः (narapatiḥ) - king; त्वम् (tvam) - you; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पितृभिः (pitṛbhiḥ) - with ancestors; सह (saha) - together;]
(Thus, this is not to be done by me; I am not your punisher. He, the king, is purified, and you also together with your ancestors.)
Therefore, this is not my duty; I am not your punisher. The king is purified, and you too, along with your ancestors.
व्यास उवाच॥
vyāsa uvāca॥
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Vyāsa said;)
Vyāsa said:
स राजा पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ श्रेष्ठो वै तेन कर्मणा। प्राप्तवान्परमां सिद्धिं दक्षः प्राचेतसो यथा ॥१२-२४-२८॥
sa rājā pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha śreṣṭho vai tena karmaṇā। prāptavān paramāṃ siddhiṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso yathā ॥12-24-28॥
[स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha) - best among the Pāṇḍavas; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - excellent; वै (vai) - indeed; तेन (tena) - by that; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - attained; परमां (paramāṃ) - supreme; सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection; दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; प्राचेतसः (prācetasaḥ) - son of Pracetas; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(He, the king, best among the Pāṇḍavas, indeed by that action attained supreme perfection, as Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas.)
He, the king, foremost among the Pāṇḍavas, by that very action attained the highest perfection, just as Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas, did.
एष धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां प्रजानां परिपालनम्। उत्पथेऽस्मिन्महाराज मा च शोके मनः कृथाः ॥१२-२४-२९॥
eṣa dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ prajānāṃ paripālanam। utpathe'smin mahārāja mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ ॥12-24-29॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the kṣatriyas; प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the subjects; परिपालनम् (paripālanam) - protection; उत्पथे (utpathe) - in adversity; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; शोके (śoke) - in grief; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - make;]
(This is the duty of kṣatriyas: the protection of the subjects. In this adversity, O great king, do not make your mind (fall) into grief and sorrow.)
The duty of kṣatriyas is to protect their subjects. O great king, do not let your mind be overcome by grief in this adversity.
भ्रातुरस्य हितं वाक्यं शृणु धर्मज्ञसत्तम। दण्ड एव हि राजेन्द्र क्षत्रधर्मो न मुण्डनम् ॥१२-२४-३०॥
bhrāturasya hitaṃ vākyaṃ śṛṇu dharmajñasattama। daṇḍa eva hi rājendra kṣatradharmo na muṇḍanam ॥12-24-30॥
[भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother; अस्य (asya) - his; हितं (hitaṃ) - beneficial; वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) - speech; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen; धर्मज्ञसत्तम (dharmajñasattama) - O best knower of dharma; दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - punishment; एव (eva) - indeed; हि (hi) - for; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; क्षत्रधर्मः (kṣatradharmaḥ) - the duty of a kṣatriya; न (na) - not; मुण्डनम् (muṇḍanam) - shaving (of the head);]
(Listen to the beneficial speech of his brother, O best knower of dharma. Indeed, O king, punishment is the duty of a kṣatriya, not shaving (of the head).)
O best knower of dharma, listen to the beneficial words of his brother. O king, for a kṣatriya, the duty is to punish, not to shave the head.
