Shaunaka's Teaching on Atonement and Janamejaya's Horse Sacrifice

Verse 1 (12.151.1)

तस्मात्तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि धर्ममावृतचेतसे । श्रीमन्महाबलस्तुष्टः स्वयं धर्ममवेक्षसे ॥

tasmātte'haṃ pravakṣyāmi dharmamāvṛtacetase | śrīmanmahābalastuṣṭaḥ svayaṃ dharmamavekṣase

"Therefore I shall teach you dharma, you whose mind is overcast; glorious and mighty, you are content, and of your own accord you look to dharma.

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Verse 2 (12.151.2)

पुरस्ताद्दारुणे भूत्वा सुचित्रतरमेव तत् । अनुगृह्णाति भूतानि स्वेन वृत्तेन पार्थिवः ॥

purastāddāruṇe bhūtvā sucitratarameva tat | anugṛhṇāti bhūtāni svena vṛttena pārthivaḥ

"That you, who were formerly so dreadful, now act thus is all the more wondrous: a king shows favour to creatures by his own conduct.

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Verse 3 (12.151.3)

कृत्स्ने नूनं सदसती इति लोको व्यवस्यति । यत्र त्वं तादृशो भूत्वा धर्ममेवानुपश्यसि ॥

kṛtsne nūnaṃ sadasatī iti loko vyavasyati | yatra tvaṃ tādṛśo bhūtvā dharmamevānupaśyasi

"The world holds that the whole of things is both good and bad; and in that, you, being such a man, look only to dharma.

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Verse 4 (12.151.4)

दर्पं हित्वा पुनश्चापि भोगांश्च तप आस्थितः । इत्येतदभिभूतानामद्भुतं जनमेजय ॥

darpaṃ hitvā punaścāpi bhogāṃśca tapa āsthitaḥ | ityetadabhibhūtānāmadbhutaṃ janamejaya

"Having given up pride and enjoyments, you have taken to austerity. This, Janamejaya, is a marvel among those who have been overcome.

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Verse 5 (12.151.5)

योऽदुर्बलो भवेद्दाता कृपणो वा तपोधनः । अनाश्चर्यं तदित्याहुर्नातिदूरेण वर्तते ॥

yo'durbalo bhaveddātā kṛpaṇo vā tapodhanaḥ | anāścaryaṃ tadityāhurnātidūreṇa vartate

"A man who is not weak and yet gives, or a miser who is rich in austerity — people say there is nothing wondrous in this; it lies not very far off.

Verse 6 (12.151.6)

तप एव हि कार्पण्यं समग्रमसमीक्षितम् । तच्चेत्समीक्षयैव स्याद्भवेत्तस्मिंस्तपो गुणः ॥

tapa eva hi kārpaṇyaṃ samagramasamīkṣitam | taccetsamīkṣayaiva syādbhavettasmiṃstapo guṇaḥ

"Austerity, when it is not carefully weighed, is nothing but miserliness; if it is practised with due consideration, then austerity has merit in it.

Verse 7 (12.151.7)

यज्ञो दानं दया वेदाः सत्यं च पृथिवीपते । पञ्चैतानि पवित्राणि षष्ठं सुचरितं तपः ॥

yajño dānaṃ dayā vedāḥ satyaṃ ca pṛthivīpate | pañcaitāni pavitrāṇi ṣaṣṭhaṃ sucaritaṃ tapaḥ

"Sacrifice, giving, compassion, the Vedas and truth, O lord of the earth — these five are purifiers; the sixth is austerity well practised.

Verse 8 (12.151.8)

तदेव राज्ञां परमं पवित्रं जनमेजय । तेन सम्यग्गृहीतेन श्रेयांसं धर्ममाप्स्यसि ॥

tadeva rājñāṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ janamejaya | tena samyaggṛhītena śreyāṃsaṃ dharmamāpsyasi

"That alone is the highest purifier of kings, Janamejaya; by rightly taking it up you will attain a higher dharma.

Verse 9 (12.151.9)

पुण्यदेशाभिगमनं पवित्रं परमं स्मृतम् । अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमां गाथां गीतां ययातिना ॥

puṇyadeśābhigamanaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ smṛtam | atrāpyudāharantīmāṃ gāthāṃ gītāṃ yayātinā

"Visiting holy places is declared to be a supreme purifier. On this they also cite this verse sung by Yayati.

Verse 10 (12.151.10)

यो मर्त्यः प्रतिपद्येत आयुर्जीवेन वा पुनः । यज्ञमेकं ततः कृत्वा तत्संन्यस्य तपश्चरेत् ॥

yo martyaḥ pratipadyeta āyurjīvena vā punaḥ | yajñamekaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tatsaṃnyasya tapaścaret

"A mortal who has reached the full span of his life, or lives on again, should perform a single sacrifice, then give that up as well and practise austerity.

Note on the text: Wikisource यज्ञमेकं ततः कृत्वा against CE yajñam ekāntataḥ kṛtvā (variant, kept).

Verse 11 (12.151.11)

पुण्यमाहुः कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रात्सरस्वतीम् । सरस्वत्याश्च तीर्थानि तीर्थेभ्यश्च पृथूदकम् ॥

puṇyamāhuḥ kurukṣetraṃ kurukṣetrātsarasvatīm | sarasvatyāśca tīrthāni tīrthebhyaśca pṛthūdakam

"They call Kurukshetra holy; from Kurukshetra, the Sarasvati; from the Sarasvati, her sacred fords; and from the fords, Prithudaka,

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Verse 12 (12.151.12)

यत्रावगाह्य स्थित्वा च नैनं श्वोमरणं तपेत् । महासरः पुष्कराणि प्रभासोत्तरमानसे ॥

yatrāvagāhya sthitvā ca nainaṃ śvomaraṇaṃ tapet | mahāsaraḥ puṣkarāṇi prabhāsottaramānase

"where, after bathing and staying, a man is no longer troubled by the thought of death tomorrow; and the Great Lake, the Pushkaras, Prabhasa and Uttaramanasa.

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Verse 13 (12.151.13)

कालोदकं च गन्तासि लब्धायुर्जीविते पुनः । सरस्वतीदृषद्वत्योः सेवमानोऽनुसंचरेत् । स्वाध्यायशील एतेषु सर्वेष्वेवमुपस्पृशेत् ॥

kālodakaṃ ca gantāsi labdhāyurjīvite punaḥ | sarasvatīdṛṣadvatyoḥ sevamāno'nusaṃcaret | svādhyāyaśīla eteṣu sarveṣvevamupaspṛśet

"You will go also to Kalodaka, regaining your span of life and living again. Resorting to the Sarasvati and the Drishadvati, he should journey along them; given to the study of the Veda, he should bathe thus in all these places.

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Verse 14 (12.151.14)

त्यागधर्मं पवित्राणां संन्यासं मनुरब्रवीत् ॥

tyāgadharmaṃ pavitrāṇāṃ saṃnyāsaṃ manurabravīt

"Among the purifying acts, Manu declared the dharma of relinquishment to be renunciation.

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Verse 15 (12.151.15)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमाः गाथाः सत्यवता कृताः । यथा कुमारः सत्यो वै नैव पुण्यो न पापकृत् । न ह्यस्ति सर्वभूतेषु दुःखमस्मिन्कुतः सुखम् ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmāḥ gāthāḥ satyavatā kṛtāḥ | yathā kumāraḥ satyo vai naiva puṇyo na pāpakṛt | na hyasti sarvabhūteṣu duḥkhamasminkutaḥ sukham

"On this they also recite these verses composed by Satyavat: Like a child, truthful, neither virtuous nor a doer of sin — in all creatures there is no suffering for him; how then could there be happiness in this?

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Verse 16 (12.151.16)

एवं प्रकृतिभूतानां सर्वसंसर्गयायिनाम् । त्यजतां जीवितं प्रायो निवृत्ते पुण्यपापके ॥

evaṃ prakṛtibhūtānāṃ sarvasaṃsargayāyinām | tyajatāṃ jīvitaṃ prāyo nivṛtte puṇyapāpake

"So, for those who have come to their natural state, who pass through every association, and who give up life, when merit and sin have ceased,

Verse 17 (12.151.17)

यत्त्वेव राज्ञो ज्यायिष्ठं कार्याणां तद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

yattveva rājño jyāyiṣṭhaṃ kāryāṇāṃ tadbravīmi te

"But I shall tell you what is the greatest of a king's duties.

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Verse 18 (12.151.18)

बलेन संविभागैश्च जय स्वर्गं पुनीष्व च । यस्यैव बलमोजश्च स धर्मस्य प्रभुर्नरः ॥

balena saṃvibhāgaiśca jaya svargaṃ punīṣva ca | yasyaiva balamojaśca sa dharmasya prabhurnaraḥ

"By strength and by sharing gifts, win heaven and purify yourself. The man whose strength and vigour are such is the lord of dharma.

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Verse 19 (12.151.19)

ब्राह्मणानां सुखार्थं त्वं पर्येहि पृथिवीमिमाम् । यथैवैतान्पुरा क्षेप्सीस्तथैवैतान्प्रसादय ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ sukhārthaṃ tvaṃ paryehi pṛthivīmimām | yathaivaitānpurā kṣepsīstathaivaitānprasādaya

"For the happiness of the brahmins, travel over this earth. As you once cast them aside, so now win them back.

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Verse 20 (12.151.20)

अपि धिक्क्रियमाणोऽपि तर्ज्यमानोऽप्यनेकधा । आत्मनो दर्शनं विद्वान्नाहन्ताऽस्मीति मा क्रुधः । घटमानः स्वकार्येषु कुरु निःश्रेयसं परम् ॥

api dhikkriyamāṇo'pi tarjyamāno'pyanekadhā | ātmano darśanaṃ vidvānnāhantā'smīti mā krudhaḥ | ghaṭamānaḥ svakāryeṣu kuru niḥśreyasaṃ param

"Even when scorned, even when threatened in many ways, wise one, with the vision of the Self do not be angry, thinking, 'I am no slayer'; striving in your own duties, do what is supremely good.

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Verse 21 (12.151.21)

हिमाग्निघोरसदृशो राजा भवति कश्चन । लाङ्गलाशनिकल्पो वा भवेदन्यः परंतपः ॥

himāgnighorasadṛśo rājā bhavati kaścana | lāṅgalāśanikalpo vā bhavedanyaḥ paraṃtapaḥ

"A king may be like frost, like fire, like something dreadful; another, O scorcher of foes, may be like a plough or a thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corrected लाङ्गलाशिकल्पो → लाङ्गलाशनिकल्पो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न; CE lāṅgalāśanikalpo, and the page's own footnote glosses अशनि). Lines = CE 12.148.20a, 20c.

Verse 22 (12.151.22)

न विशेषेण गन्तव्यमचिकित्सेन वा पुनः । न जातु नाहमस्मीति प्रसक्तव्यमसाधुषु ॥

na viśeṣeṇa gantavyamacikitsena vā punaḥ | na jātu nāhamasmīti prasaktavyamasādhuṣu

"One should not proceed with partiality, nor deal with anyone as beyond cure; and one should never say 'I am not that' and so cling to the wicked.

Verse 23 (12.151.23)

विकर्मणा तप्यमानः पापात्पापः प्रमुच्यते । नैतत्कुर्या पुनरिति द्वितीयात्परिमुच्यते ॥

vikarmaṇā tapyamānaḥ pāpātpāpaḥ pramucyate | naitatkuryā punariti dvitīyātparimucyate

"A sinner who is tormented by his wrong deed is freed from sin; with the thought 'I shall not do this again,' he is freed from the second;

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Verse 24 (12.151.24)

चरिष्ये धर्ममेवेति तृतीयात्परिमुच्यते । शुचिस्तीर्थान्यनुचरन्बहुत्वात्परिमुच्यते ॥

cariṣye dharmameveti tṛtīyātparimucyate | śucistīrthānyanucaranbahutvātparimucyate

"with the resolve 'I shall follow dharma alone,' he is freed from the third; and, pure, going about the holy fords, he is freed from the many.

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Verse 25 (12.151.25)

कल्याणमनुकर्तव्यं पुरुषेण बुभूषता । ये सुगन्धीनि सेवन्ते तथागन्धा भवन्ति ते ॥

kalyāṇamanukartavyaṃ puruṣeṇa bubhūṣatā | ye sugandhīni sevante tathāgandhā bhavanti te

"A man who wishes to prosper should follow what is good. Those who attend on fragrant things come to have a like fragrance.

Verse 26 (12.151.26)

ये दुर्गन्धीनि सेवन्ते तथागन्धा भवन्ति ये । तपश्चर्यापरः सत्यं पापाद्विपरिमुच्यते ॥

ye durgandhīni sevante tathāgandhā bhavanti ye | tapaścaryāparaḥ satyaṃ pāpādviparimucyate

"Those who attend on foul-smelling things come to have a like smell. Intent on the practice of austerity, one is truly freed from sin.

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Verse 27 (12.151.27)

संवत्सरमुपास्याग्निमभिशस्तः प्रमुच्यते । त्रीणि वर्षाण्युपास्याग्निं भ्रूणहा विप्रमुच्यते ॥

saṃvatsaramupāsyāgnimabhiśastaḥ pramucyate | trīṇi varṣāṇyupāsyāgniṃ bhrūṇahā vipramucyate

"One accused of a grave sin is freed by tending the fire for a year; the killer of a brahmin is freed by tending the fire for three years.

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Verse 28 (12.151.28)

महासरः पुष्कराणि प्रभासोत्तरमानसे । अभ्येत्य योजनशतं भ्रूणहा विप्रमुच्यते ॥

mahāsaraḥ puṣkarāṇi prabhāsottaramānase | abhyetya yojanaśataṃ bhrūṇahā vipramucyate

"Going to the Great Lake, the Pushkaras, Prabhasa and Uttaramanasa, a hundred yojanas away, the killer of a brahmin is freed.

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Verse 29 (12.151.29)

यावतः प्राणिनो हन्यात्तज्जातीयांस्तु तावतः । प्रमीयमाणानुन्मोच्य प्राणिहा विप्रमुच्यते ॥

yāvataḥ prāṇino hanyāttajjātīyāṃstu tāvataḥ | pramīyamāṇānunmocya prāṇihā vipramucyate

"As many creatures as he has killed, he should free from death that many of the same kinds; thus the killer of living beings is freed.

Verse 30 (12.151.30)

अपि चाप्सु निमज्जेत जपंस्त्रिरघमर्षणम् । यथाऽश्वमेधावभृथस्तथा तन्मनुरब्रवीत् ॥

api cāpsu nimajjeta japaṃstriraghamarṣaṇam | yathā'śvamedhāvabhṛthastathā tanmanurabravīt

"Or he may plunge into the waters, reciting the Aghamarshana three times; Manu said that this equals the final bath of the horse sacrifice.

Verse 31 (12.151.31)

क्षिप्रं प्रणुदते पापं सत्कारं लभते तथा । अपि चैनं प्रसीदन्ति भूतानि जडमूकवत् ॥

kṣipraṃ praṇudate pāpaṃ satkāraṃ labhate tathā | api cainaṃ prasīdanti bhūtāni jaḍamūkavat

"It swiftly drives out sin, and he gains honour; and creatures become gracious to him, even those dull and dumb.

Verse 32 (12.151.32)

बृहस्पतिं देवगुरुं सुरासुराः । समेत्य सर्वे नृपतेऽन्वयुञ्जत । धर्मे फलं हेतुकृते महर्षे । तथेतरस्मिन्नरके पापलोक्ये ॥

bṛhaspatiṃ devaguruṃ surāsurāḥ | sametya sarve nṛpate'nvayuñjata | dharme phalaṃ hetukṛte maharṣe | tathetarasminnarake pāpalokye

"The gods and the asuras, all gathered together, questioned Brihaspati, the teacher of the gods, O king: 'O great sage, as to the fruit that comes of dharma by its cause, and likewise in the other course, in hell, the world of the sinful —

Note on the text: Corrected नृपते त्वयुज्जत → नृपतेऽन्वयुञ्जत (misprint in Wikisource; त्व for न्व and ज्ज for ञ्ज, a missing avagraha; CE nṛpate 'nvayuñjan). Four-line verse, as on the page; lines 3-4 are the gods' and asuras' question, which continues in the next verse. Line 3 reads धर्मे फलं हेतुकृते against CE dharme phalaṃ vettha kṛte (variant, kept).

Verse 33 (12.151.33)

उभे तु यस्य सुकृते भवेतां । किं तत्तयोस्तत्र जयोत्तरं स्यात् । आचक्ष्व तत्कर्मफलं महर्षे । कथं पापं नुदते धर्मशीलः ॥

ubhe tu yasya sukṛte bhavetāṃ | kiṃ tattayostatra jayottaraṃ syāt | ācakṣva tatkarmaphalaṃ maharṣe | kathaṃ pāpaṃ nudate dharmaśīlaḥ

If both kinds of deed stood to a man's credit, which of the two would prevail there? Tell us the fruit of that deed, great sage: how does one devoted to dharma wipe away sin?'

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page. The page prints no heading before it, but it is wholly the direct speech of the gods and asuras to Brihaspati (the question begun in verse 32), and verse 34 is headed बृहस्पतिरुवाच; it is therefore given to the gods and asuras (the CE keeps all of 28-29 inside Shaunaka's narration).

Verse 34 (12.151.34)

कृत्वा पापं पूर्वमबुद्धिपूर्वं । पुण्यानि चेत्कुरुते बुद्धिपूर्वम् । स तत्पापं नुदते कर्मशीलो । वासो यथा मलिनं क्षारयुक्त्या ॥

kṛtvā pāpaṃ pūrvamabuddhipūrvaṃ | puṇyāni cetkurute buddhipūrvam | sa tatpāpaṃ nudate karmaśīlo | vāso yathā malinaṃ kṣārayuktyā

"If a man first commits a sin unknowingly and afterwards does good deeds knowingly, that man, devoted to good works, washes the sin away, as a soiled cloth is washed clean by the right means.

Note on the text: The page prints the speaker heading बृहस्पतिरुवाच (the standard sandhi form of बृहस्पतिः + उवाच) before this verse; the stem is given as बृहस्पति.

Verse 35 (12.151.35)

पापं कृत्वा हि मन्येत नाहमस्तीति पुरुषः । चिकीर्षेदेव कल्याणं श्रद्दधानोऽनसूयकः ॥

pāpaṃ kṛtvā hi manyeta nāhamastīti puruṣaḥ | cikīrṣedeva kalyāṇaṃ śraddadhāno'nasūyakaḥ

"After doing wrong, a man should think, 'That is not I,' and wish only to do good, full of faith and free of malice.

Verse 36 (12.151.36)

छिद्राणि वसनस्येव साधुना संवृणोति सः । यः पापं पुरुषः कृत्वा कल्याणमभिपद्यते ॥

chidrāṇi vasanasyeva sādhunā saṃvṛṇoti saḥ | yaḥ pāpaṃ puruṣaḥ kṛtvā kalyāṇamabhipadyate

"A man who, having committed a sin, turns to what is good covers his faults well, as the holes in a garment are covered.

Verse 37 (12.151.37)

आदित्यः पुनरुद्यन्वा तमः सर्वं व्यपोहति । कल्याणमाचरन्नेवं सर्वपापं व्यपोहति ॥

ādityaḥ punarudyanvā tamaḥ sarvaṃ vyapohati | kalyāṇamācarannevaṃ sarvapāpaṃ vyapohati

"As the sun, rising again, drives away all darkness, so one who practises good drives away all sin."

Verse 38 (12.151.38)

एवमुक्त्वा तु राजानमिन्द्रोतो जनमेजयम् । याजयामास विधिवद्वाजिमेधेन शौनकः ॥

evamuktvā tu rājānamindroto janamejayam | yājayāmāsa vidhivadvājimedhena śaunakaḥ

Having spoken thus to King Janamejaya, Shaunaka Indrota performed for him, according to the rule, the horse sacrifice.

Verse 39 (12.151.39)

ततः स राजा व्यपनीतकल्मषः । श्रिया युतः प्रज्वलितोऽनुरूपया । विवेश राज्यं स्वममित्रकर्शनो । यथा दिवं पूर्णवपुर्निशाकरः ॥

tataḥ sa rājā vyapanītakalmaṣaḥ | śriyā yutaḥ prajvalito'nurūpayā | viveśa rājyaṃ svamamitrakarśano | yathā divaṃ pūrṇavapurniśākaraḥ

Then that king, his guilt removed, endowed with a splendour that suited him and blazing like a kindled fire, destroyer of his foes, re-entered his own kingdom, as the full moon enters the sky.

Note on the text: Four-line verse, as on the page. Wikisource's lines read व्यपनीतकल्मषः / श्रिया युतः प्रज्वलितोऽनुरूपया / विवेश राज्यं स्वममित्रकर्शनो / यथा दिवं पूर्णवपुर्निशाकरः, against CE vyapanītakalmaṣaḥ; śriyā yutaḥ prajvalitāgnirūpayā (variant, kept).