Janamejaya Sees Parikshit Again

Verse 1 (15.37.1)

अदृष्ट्वा तु नृपः पुत्रान्दर्शनं प्रतिलब्धवान् । ऋषेः प्रसादात्पुत्राणां स्वरूपाणां कुरूद्वह ॥

adṛṣṭvā tu nṛpaḥ putrāndarśanaṃ pratilabdhavān | ṛṣeḥ prasādātputrāṇāṃ svarūpāṇāṃ kurūdvaha

The king, who had not been able to see his sons, saw them again, O descendant of the Kurus, by the sage's grace, his sons in their own forms.

Note on the text: Recension variant ('ऋषेः प्रसादात्' for CE 'ṛṣiprasādāt'); kept.

Verse 2 (15.37.2)

स राजा राजधर्मांश्च ब्रह्मोपनिषदं तथा । अवाप्तवान्नरश्रेष्ठो बुद्धिनिश्चयमेव च ॥

sa rājā rājadharmāṃśca brahmopaniṣadaṃ tathā | avāptavānnaraśreṣṭho buddhiniścayameva ca

That best of men gained the duties of kings, the Upanishad of Brahman, and firm resolve of mind.

Verse 3 (15.37.3)

विदुरश्च महाप्राज्ञो ययौ सिद्धिं तपोबलात् । धृतराष्ट्रः समासाद्य व्यासं चैव तपस्विनम् ॥

viduraśca mahāprājño yayau siddhiṃ tapobalāt | dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ samāsādya vyāsaṃ caiva tapasvinam

Vidura, of great wisdom, went to perfection by the power of his austerity, and Dhritarashtra, having drawn near to Vyasa the ascetic, too.

Verse 4 (15.37.4)

ममापि वरदो व्यासो दर्शयेत्पितरं यदि । तद्रूपवेषवयसं श्रद्दध्यां सर्वमेव तत् ॥

mamāpi varado vyāso darśayetpitaraṃ yadi | tadrūpaveṣavayasaṃ śraddadhyāṃ sarvameva tat

If Vyasa, the giver of boons, would show me my father too, in that same form, dress and age, I would believe it all.

Note on the text: Speaker: Janamejaya, as headed on the page (CE also 'janamejaya uvāca'). Recension variant ('तद्रूपवेषवयसं … सर्वमेव तत्' for CE '… sarvam eva te'); kept.

Verse 5 (15.37.5)

प्रियं मे स्यात्कृतार्थश्च स्यामहं कृतनिश्चयः । प्रसादादृषिमुख्यस्य मम कामः समृद्ध्यताम् ॥

priyaṃ me syātkṛtārthaśca syāmahaṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ | prasādādṛṣimukhyasya mama kāmaḥ samṛddhyatām

That would please me; I would be fulfilled and my resolve satisfied. By the grace of the foremost of sages, let my wish be granted.

Note on the text: Recension variant ('ऋषिमुख्यस्य' for CE 'ṛṣiputrasya'); kept.

Verse 6 (15.37.6)

इत्युक्तवचने तस्मिन्नृपे व्यासः प्रतापवान् । प्रसादमकरोद्धीमानानयच्च परिक्षितम् ॥

ityuktavacane tasminnṛpe vyāsaḥ pratāpavān | prasādamakaroddhīmānānayacca parikṣitam

When the king had spoken thus, the mighty and wise Vyasa showed him favour, and brought Parikshit.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sauti, as headed on the page (CE 'sūta uvāca').

Verse 7 (15.37.7)

ततस्तद्रूपवयसमागतं नृपतिं दिवः । श्रीमन्तं पितरं राजा ददर्श स परीक्षितम् ॥

tatastadrūpavayasamāgataṃ nṛpatiṃ divaḥ | śrīmantaṃ pitaraṃ rājā dadarśa sa parīkṣitam

Then the king saw his father, the splendid Parikshit, who had come down from heaven with the same form and age.

Verse 8 (15.37.8)

शमीकं च महात्मानं पुत्रं तं चास्य शृङ्गिणम् । अमात्या ये च निहता राज्ञस्तांश्च ददर्श ह ॥

śamīkaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ putraṃ taṃ cāsya śṛṅgiṇam | amātyā ye ca nihatā rājñastāṃśca dadarśa ha

He saw also the great-souled Shamika, and Shamika's son Shringin, and the king's ministers who had been slain.

Verse 9 (15.37.9)

ततः सोऽवभृथे राजा मुदितो जनमेजयः । पितरं स्नापयामास स्वयं सस्नौ च पार्थिवः ॥

tataḥ so'vabhṛthe rājā mudito janamejayaḥ | pitaraṃ snāpayāmāsa svayaṃ sasnau ca pārthivaḥ

Then, at the concluding bath, King Janamejaya, glad at heart, bathed his father himself, and the king bathed too.

Note on the text: Corrected सोवभृथे → सोऽवभृथे (missing avagraha in Wikisource; CE 'so 'vabhṛthe').

Verse 10 (15.37.10)

परीक्षिदपि तत्रैव बभूव स तिरोहितः । स्नात्वा स नृपतिर्विप्रमास्तीकमिदमब्रवीत् । यायावरकुलोत्पन्नं जरत्कारुसुतं तदा ॥

parīkṣidapi tatraiva babhūva sa tirohitaḥ | snātvā sa nṛpatirvipramāstīkamidamabravīt | yāyāvarakulotpannaṃ jaratkārusutaṃ tadā

Parikshit too vanished from sight, right there. Having bathed, that king then spoke as follows to the Brahmin Astika, the son of Jaratkaru, born in the line of the Yayavaras:

Note on the text: Stray backtick and quote marks around the first line removed. Three lines: the first line (Parikshit vanished there) is CE star line 15,043.017d*0085_01 ('parikṣid api tatraiva babhūva ca tirohitaḥ'), which the critical edition prints after 43.17c; the second and third lines = CE 15.43.10a, 10c.

Verse 11 (15.37.11)

आस्तीक विविधाश्चर्यो यज्ञेऽयमिति मे मतिः । यदद्यायं पिता प्राप्तो मम शोकप्रणाशनः ॥

āstīka vividhāścaryo yajñe'yamiti me matiḥ | yadadyāyaṃ pitā prāpto mama śokapraṇāśanaḥ

"O Astika, this sacrifice has been full of many wonders, so I think, since today my father, the destroyer of my grief, has come."

Note on the text: Speaker: the whole verse is Janamejaya's speech to Astika, introduced by the previous verse; the page prints no heading (the carried-over Sauti is replaced by Janamejaya).

Verse 12 (15.37.12)

ऋषिर्द्वैपायनो यत्र पुराणस्तपसो निधिः । यज्ञे कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ तस्य लोकावुभौ जितौ ॥

ṛṣirdvaipāyano yatra purāṇastapaso nidhiḥ | yajñe kurukulaśreṣṭha tasya lokāvubhau jitau

He at whose sacrifice the ancient sage Dvaipayana, a treasury of austerity, presides — O best of the Kuru line — has won both worlds.

Verse 13 (15.37.13)

श्रुतं विचित्रमाख्यानं त्वया पाण्डवनन्दन । सर्पाश्च भस्मसान्नीता गताश्च पदवीं पितुः ॥

śrutaṃ vicitramākhyānaṃ tvayā pāṇḍavanandana | sarpāśca bhasmasānnītā gatāśca padavīṃ pituḥ

You have heard a wondrous tale, O delight of the Pandavas: the serpents were burnt to ashes and went the way of their father.

Verse 14 (15.37.14)

कथंचित्तक्षको मुक्तः सत्यत्वात्तव पार्थिव । ऋषयः पूजिताः सर्वे गतिर्दृष्टा महात्मनः ॥

kathaṃcittakṣako muktaḥ satyatvāttava pārthiva | ṛṣayaḥ pūjitāḥ sarve gatirdṛṣṭā mahātmanaḥ

Takshaka was somehow spared, O king, because of your truthfulness; all the sages were honoured, and the destination of the great-souled one was seen.

Note on the text: Recension variant ('गतिर्दृष्टा महात्मनः' for CE 'gatiṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmanaḥ'); kept.

Verse 15 (15.37.15)

प्राप्तः सुविपुलो धर्मः श्रुत्वा पापविनाशनम् । विमुक्तो हृदयग्रन्थिरुदारजनदर्शनात् ॥

prāptaḥ suvipulo dharmaḥ śrutvā pāpavināśanam | vimukto hṛdayagranthirudārajanadarśanāt

Very great merit has been gained by hearing what destroys sin, and the knot of the heart has been loosed by the sight of noble people.

Verse 16 (15.37.16)

ये च पक्षधरा धर्मे सद्वृत्तरुचयश्च ये । यान्दृष्ट्वा हीयते पापं तेभ्यः कार्या नमस्क्रिया ॥

ye ca pakṣadharā dharme sadvṛttarucayaśca ye | yāndṛṣṭvā hīyate pāpaṃ tebhyaḥ kāryā namaskriyā

Those who uphold the side of dharma and delight in right conduct — those at whose sight sin is lessened — to them homage is due.

Verse 17 (15.37.17)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठात्स राजा जनमेजयः । पूजयामास तमृषिमनुमान्य पुनःपुनः ॥

etacchrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhātsa rājā janamejayaḥ | pūjayāmāsa tamṛṣimanumānya punaḥpunaḥ

Hearing this from the best of the twice-born, King Janamejaya honoured that sage again and again, showing him respect.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sauti, as headed on the page (CE 'sūta uvāca').

Verse 18 (15.37.18)

पप्रच्छ तमृषिं चापि वैशम्पायनमच्युतम् । कथावशेषं धर्मज्ञो वनवासस्य सत्तम ॥

papraccha tamṛṣiṃ cāpi vaiśampāyanamacyutam | kathāvaśeṣaṃ dharmajño vanavāsasya sattama

And, knower of dharma that he was, he asked that sage Vaishampayana, the unfailing, for the remainder of the tale of the forest life, O best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected तमृषि चापि → तमृषिं चापि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE 'tam ṛṣiṃ cāpi').