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यज्ञसमृद्धिः
yajñasamṛddhiḥ
[यज्ञ (yajña) - sacrifice; ritual; offering; समृद्धिः (samṛddhiḥ) - prosperity; success; accomplishment;]
(Sacrifice prosperity;)
The prosperity of the sacrifice;
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
तस्मिन्यज्ञे प्रवृत्ते तु वाग्मिनो हेतुवादिनः। हेतुवादान्बहून्प्राहुः परस्परजिगीषवः ॥१४-८७-१॥
tasmin yajñe pravṛtte tu vāgmino hetuvādinaḥ। hetuvādān bahūn prāhuḥ parasparajigīṣavaḥ॥14-87-1॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; यज्ञे (yajñe) - sacrifice; प्रवृत्ते (pravṛtte) - commenced; तु (tu) - but; वाग्मिनः (vāgminaḥ) - eloquent; हेतुवादिनः (hetuvādinaḥ) - disputants; हेतुवादान् (hetuvādān) - logical arguments; बहून् (bahūn) - many; प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - spoke; परस्परजिगीषवः (parasparajigīṣavaḥ) - desiring to conquer each other;]
(In that sacrifice commenced but eloquent disputants, logical arguments, many spoke, desiring to conquer each other.)
But when that sacrifice commenced, the eloquent disputants engaged in many logical arguments, each desiring to defeat the others. (14-87-1)
ददृशुस्तं नृपतयो यज्ञस्य विधिमुत्तमम्। देवेन्द्रस्येव विहितं भीमेन कुरुनन्दन ॥१४-८७-२॥
dadṛśus taṃ nṛpatayo yajñasya vidhim uttamam। devendrasyeva vihitaṃ bhīmena kurunandana ॥14-87-2॥
[ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; तं (taṃ) - him; नृपतयः (nṛpatayaḥ) - kings; यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the sacrifice; विधिम् (vidhim) - procedure; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent; देवेन्द्रस्य (devendrasya) - of Indra; इव (iva) - as; विहितम् (vihitam) - performed; भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhīma; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O joy of the Kurus;]
(The kings saw him, the excellent procedure of the sacrifice, performed by Bhīma, O joy of the Kurus, just as (that) of Indra.)
O joy of the Kurus, the kings saw the excellent procedure of the sacrifice, performed by Bhīma, just as (it was done) for Indra. (14-87-2)
ददृशुस्तोरणान्यत्र शातकुम्भमयानि ते। शय्यासनविहारांश्च सुबहून्रत्नभूषितान् ॥१४-८७-३॥
dadṛśus toraṇāni atra śātakumbha-mayāni te। śayyāsana-vihārāṁś ca subahūn ratna-bhūṣitān ॥14-87-3॥
[ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; तोरणानि (toraṇāni) - gateways; अत्र (atra) - here; शातकुम्भमयानि (śātakumbha-mayāni) - made of gold; ते (te) - they; शय्या (śayyā) - beds; आसन (āsana) - seats; विहारान् (vihārān) - resting places; च (ca) - and; सुबहून् (subahūn) - very many; रत्नभूषितान् (ratna-bhūṣitān) - adorned with gems;]
(They saw gateways here made of gold; and beds, seats, and resting places, very many adorned with gems.)
They saw gateways here made of gold, and also many beds, seats, and resting places adorned with gems. (14-87-3)
घटान्पात्रीः कटाहानि कलशान्वर्धमानकान्। न हि किञ्चिदसौवर्णमपश्यंस्तत्र पार्थिवाः ॥१४-८७-४॥
ghaṭān pātrīḥ kaṭāhāni kalaśān vardhamānakān। na hi kiñcid asau varṇam apaśyaṃs tatra pārthivāḥ॥14-87-4॥
[घटान् (ghaṭān) - pots; पात्रीः (pātrīḥ) - bowls; कटाहानि (kaṭāhāni) - large dishes; कलशान् (kalaśān) - pitchers; वर्धमानकान् (vardhamānakān) - measuring vessels; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; असौ (asau) - he; वर्णम् (varṇam) - made of gold; अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - did see; तत्र (tatra) - there; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings;]
(Pots, bowls, large dishes, pitchers, measuring vessels; not indeed anything made of gold did he see there, O kings.)
He saw pots, bowls, large dishes, pitchers, and measuring vessels—but, O kings, he did not see anything made of gold there. (14-87-4)
यूपांश्च शास्त्रपठितान्दारवान्हेमभूषितान्। उपकॢप्तान्यथाकालं विधिवद्भूरिवर्चसः ॥१४-८७-५॥
yūpāṃś ca śāstra-paṭhitān dāruvān hema-bhūṣitān। upakṛptān yathā-kālaṃ vidhivad bhūri-varcasaḥ ॥14-87-5॥
[यूपान् (yūpān) - sacrificial posts; च (ca) - and; शास्त्रपठितान् (śāstra-paṭhitān) - prescribed by the scriptures; दारुवान् (dāruvān) - made of wood; हेमभूषितान् (hema-bhūṣitān) - adorned with gold; उपकॢप्तान् (upakṛptān) - prepared; यथाकालम् (yathā-kālam) - according to proper time; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to the ritual; भूरिवर्चसः (bhūri-varcasaḥ) - of great splendor;]
(Sacrificial posts, and prescribed by the scriptures, made of wood, adorned with gold, prepared according to proper time, according to ritual, of great splendor.)
He had sacrificial posts of great splendor made of wood and adorned with gold, prepared according to the time and as prescribed by the scriptures. (14-87-5)
स्थलजा जलजा ये च पशवः केचन प्रभो। सर्वानेव समानीतांस्तानपश्यन्त ते नृपाः ॥१४-८७-६॥
sthalajā jalajā ye ca paśavaḥ kecana prabho। sarvān eva samānītān tān apaśyanta te nṛpāḥ ॥14-87-6॥
[स्थलजा (sthalajā) - born on land; जलजा (jalajā) - born in water; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals; केचन (kecana) - some; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; एव (eva) - certainly; समानीतान् (samānītān) - brought together; तान् (tān) - those; अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw; ते (te) - those; नृपाः (nṛpāḥ) - kings;]
(Land-born, water-born, and whichever animals, O lord, all those certainly brought together, those kings saw.)
O lord, the kings saw all those animals—whether born on land or in water, and any others—that had been assembled together. (14-87-6)
गाश्चैव महिषीश्चैव तथा वृद्धाः स्त्रियोऽपि च। औदकानि च सत्त्वानि श्वापदानि वयांसि च ॥१४-८७-७॥
gāś caiva mahiṣīś caiva tathā vṛddhāḥ striyo'pi ca | audakāni ca sattvāni śvāpadāni vayāṃsi ca ॥14-87-7॥
[गाः (gāḥ) - cows; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; महिषीः (mahiṣīḥ) - buffaloes; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तथा (tathā) - also; वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - the old ones; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; औदकानि (audakāni) - water-beings; च (ca) - and; सत्त्वानि (sattvāni) - living beings; श्वापदानि (śvāpadāni) - beasts of prey; वयांसि (vayāṃsi) - birds; च (ca) - and;]
(Cows and indeed buffaloes and also old women also and water-beings and living beings beasts of prey birds and)
Cows and buffaloes, as well as old people, women, water-dwelling beings, other living creatures, beasts of prey, and birds. (14-87-7)
जरायुजान्यण्डजानि स्वेदजान्युद्भिदानि च। पर्वतानूपवन्यानि भूतानि ददृशुश्च ते ॥१४-८७-८॥
jarāyujāny aṇḍajāni svedajāny udbhidāni ca। parvatānūpavanyāni bhūtāni dadṛśuś ca te॥14-87-8॥
[जरायुजानि (jarāyujāni) - born from placenta;, अण्डजानि (aṇḍajāni) - born from eggs;, स्वेदजानि (svedajāni) - born from sweat;, उद्भिदानि (udbhidāni) - born from sprouting (from the earth);, च (ca) - and;, पर्वत (parvata) - of mountain;, अनूप (anūpa) - of wetland;, वन्य (vanya) - of forest;, ानि (āni) - (forms adjectival compound, 'belonging to');, भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings;, ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - (they) saw;, च (ca) - and;, ते (te) - they;]
(Placenta-born, egg-born, sweat-born, sprout-born and mountain, wetland, forest beings they saw and they.)
They saw beings born from placenta, egg, sweat, and sprouting, and beings dwelling on mountains, in wetlands, and in forests. (14-87-8)
एवं प्रमुदितं सर्वं पशुगोधनधान्यतः। यज्ञवाटं नृपा दृष्ट्वा परं विस्मयमागमन् ॥ ब्राह्मणानां विशां चैव बहुमृष्टान्नमृद्धिमत् ॥१४-८७-९॥
evaṃ pramuditaṃ sarvaṃ paśugodhanadhānyataḥ। yajñavāṭaṃ nṛpā dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayamāgaman ॥ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśāṃ caiva bahumṛṣṭānnamṛddhimat ॥14-87-9॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; प्रमुदितं (pramuditaṃ) - delighted; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; पशु-गोधन-धान्यतः (paśu-godhana-dhānyataḥ) - from animals, cattle, and grain; यज्ञवाटं (yajñavāṭam) - sacrificial enclosure; नृपा (nṛpā) - the kings; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; परं (paraṃ) - supreme; विस्मयम् (vismayam) - astonishment; आगमन् (āgaman) - they came (to); ब्राह्मणानां (brāhmaṇānām) - of Brāhmaṇas; विशां (viśām) - of the people; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; बहु-मृष्ट-अन्न-मृद्धिमत् (bahu-mṛṣṭa-anna-mṛddhimat) - with much well-cooked, abundant food;]
(Thus, all (was) delighted from animals, cattle, and grain. The kings, having seen the sacrificial enclosure, came to supreme astonishment (on account of) the Brāhmaṇas’ and the people’s much well-cooked, abundant food. (14-87-9))
Thus, everything was joyful with abundance of animals, cattle, and grain. The kings, seeing the sacrificial enclosure, were greatly astonished at the plentiful, sumptuous food of the Brāhmaṇas and the people. (14-87-9)
पूर्णे शतसहस्रे तु विप्राणां तत्र भुञ्जताम्। दुन्दुभिर्मेघनिर्घोषो मुहुर्मुहुरताड्यत ॥१४-८७-१०॥
pūrṇe śatasahasre tu viprāṇāṁ tatra bhuñjatām। dundubhir-meghanirghoṣo muhurmuhur-atāḍyata ॥14-87-10॥
[पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - when (the number) was full; शतसहस्रे (śata-sahasre) - of one hundred thousand; तु (tu) - but; विप्राणां (viprāṇām) - of Brāhmaṇas; तत्र (tatra) - there; भुञ्जताम् (bhuñjatām) - while eating; दुन्दुभिः (dundubhiḥ) - kettle drum; मेघनिर्घोषः (megha-nirghoṣaḥ) - with the roar of thunder; मuhur् (muhur) - again; मuhur् (muhur) - again; अताड्यत (atāḍyata) - was struck;]
(When the one hundred thousand Brāhmaṇas were there eating, the kettledrum with the roar of thunder was struck again and again.)
When one hundred thousand Brāhmaṇas were eating there, the kettledrum, sounding like thunder, was beaten again and again. (14-87-10)
विननादासकृत्सोऽथ दिवसे दिवसे तदा। एवं स ववृते यज्ञो धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ॥१४-८७-११॥
vinanādāsakṛt so 'tha divase divase tadā। evaṁ sa vavṛte yajño dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ ॥14-87-11॥
[विननाद (vinanāda) - with loud noise; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; सः (saḥ) - he; अथ (atha) - then; दिवसे दिवसे (divase divase) - day by day; तदा (tadā) - at that time; एवम् (evam) - thus; सः (saḥ) - that; ववृते (vavṛte) - was conducted; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira); धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise;]
(With loud noise, repeatedly, he then, day by day, at that time; thus, that sacrifice of Dharmarāja, of the wise, was conducted.)
At that time, day by day, with loud noise, the sacrifice of the wise Dharmarāja was thus conducted. (14-87-11)
अन्नस्य बहवो राजन्नुत्सर्गाः पर्वतोपमाः। दधिकुल्याश्च ददृशुः सर्पिषश्च ह्रदाञ्जनाः ॥१४-८७-१२॥
annasya bahavo rājan utsargāḥ parvatopamāḥ। dadhikulyāś ca dadṛśuḥ sarpiṣaś ca hradāñjanāḥ॥14-87-12॥
[अन्नस्य (annasya) - of food; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उत्सर्गाः (utsargāḥ) - heaps (piles); पर्वतोपमाः (parvatopamāḥ) - mountain-like; दधिकुल्याः (dadhikulyāḥ) - streams of curd; च (ca) - and; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - were seen; सर्पिषः (sarpiṣaḥ) - of ghee; च (ca) - and; ह्रदाः (hradāḥ) - lakes; अञ्जनाः (añjanāḥ) - gleaming;]
(Of food many O king heaps mountain-like; streams of curd and were seen; of ghee and lakes gleaming;)
O king, there were many heaps of food resembling mountains; streams of curd and shining lakes of ghee were seen. (14-87-12)
जम्बूद्वीपो हि सकलो नानाजनपदायुतः। राजन्नदृश्यतैकस्थो राज्ञस्तस्मिन्महाक्रतौ ॥१४-८७-१३॥
jambūdvīpo hi sakalo nānājanapadāyutaḥ। rājannadṛśyataikastho rājñastasmaimahākratau ॥14-87-13॥
[जम्बूद्वीपः (jambūdvīpaḥ) - Jambūdvīpa; the continent of Jambu; हि (hi) - indeed; सकलः (sakalaḥ) - entire; whole; नानाजनपदायुतः (nānā-janapada-ayutaḥ) - endowed with many peoples and countries; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - was seen; appeared; एकस्थः (ekasthaḥ) - as one place; united in one location; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; महाक्रतौ (mahā-kratau) - in the great sacrifice;]
(Jambūdvīpa indeed entire endowed with many peoples and countries, O king, was seen united in one place of the king in that great sacrifice.)
O king, the entire Jambūdvīpa, filled with many peoples and countries, was indeed seen united in one place at that great sacrifice of the king. (14-87-13)
तत्र जातिसहस्राणि पुरुषाणां ततस्ततः। गृहीत्वा धनमाजग्मुर्बहूनि भरतर्षभ ॥१४-८७-१४॥
tatra jātisahasrāṇi puruṣāṇāṃ tatastataḥ। gṛhītvā dhanam ājagmur bahūni bharatarṣabha ॥14-87-14॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; जातिसहस्राणि (jātisahasrāṇi) - thousands of classes; पुरुषाणां (puruṣāṇām) - of men; ततस्ततः (tatastataḥ) - from here and there; गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken; धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - came; बहूनि (bahūni) - many; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull of the Bharatas;]
(There, thousands of classes of men from here and there, having taken wealth, came, many, O bull of the Bharatas.)
O bull of the Bharatas, there, many thousands of classes of men from all sides came here, having taken wealth. (14-87-14)
राजानः स्रग्विणश्चापि सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः। पर्यवेषन्द्विजाग्र्यांस्ताञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥१४-८७-१५॥
rājānaḥ sragviṇaś cāpi sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ। paryaveṣan dvijāgryāṁs tāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥14-87-15॥
[राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; स्रग्विणः (sragviṇaḥ) - adorned with garlands; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः (sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ) - having well-polished jewel-earrings; पaryवेषन् (paryaveṣan) - attended upon; द्विजाग्र्यान् (dvijāgryān) - eminent Brāhmaṇas; ताञ् (tāñ) - them; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Kings adorned with garlands and also with well-polished jewel-earrings attended upon those eminent Brāhmaṇas by hundreds and by thousands.)
Kings, adorned with garlands and polished jewel-earrings, attended those eminent Brāhmaṇas in their hundreds and thousands. (14-87-15)
विविधान्यन्नपानानि पुरुषा येऽनुयायिनः। तेषां नृपोपभोज्यानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददुः स्म ते ॥१४-८७-१६॥
vividhānyannapānāni puruṣā ye'nu-yāyinaḥ। teṣāṃ nṛpa-upabhojyāni brāhmaṇebhyo daduḥ sma te॥14-87-16॥
[विविधानि (vividhāni) - various; diverse; अन्नपानानि (annapānāni) - foods and drinks; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men; ये (ye) - who; अनuyायिनः (anu-yāyinaḥ) - followers; attendants; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; नृपोपभोज्यानि (nṛpa-upabhojyāni) - fit to be enjoyed by kings; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; ददुः (daduḥ) - gave; स्म (sma) - indeed; (used to mark past tense); ते (te) - they;]
(Various foods and drinks men who were attendants; of them fit to be enjoyed by kings to the Brāhmaṇas gave indeed they.)
They gave to the Brāhmaṇas the various foods and drinks, fit to be enjoyed by kings, which belonged to those men who were their attendants. (14-87-16)
