Brahma Explains Yayati's Fall; Narada Counsels Duryodhana

Verse 1 (5.123.1)

सद्भिरारोपितः स्वर्गं पार्थिवैर्भूरिदक्षिणैः । अभ्यनुज्ञाय दौहित्रान्ययातिर्दिवमास्थितः ॥

sadbhirāropitaḥ svargaṃ pārthivairbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ | abhyanujñāya dauhitrānyayātirdivamāsthitaḥ

Raised to heaven by those good kings, givers of lavish gifts, Yayati took leave of his daughter's sons and took his place in heaven.

Verse 2 (5.123.2)

अभिवृष्टश्च वर्षेण नानापुष्पसुगन्धिना । परिष्वक्तश्च पुण्येन वायुना पुण्यगन्धिना ॥

abhivṛṣṭaśca varṣeṇa nānāpuṣpasugandhinā | pariṣvaktaśca puṇyena vāyunā puṇyagandhinā

He was showered with a rain fragrant with many kinds of flowers and embraced by a holy, sweet-scented breeze.

Verse 3 (5.123.3)

अचलं स्थानमासाद्य दौहित्रफलनिर्जितम् । कर्मभिः स्वैरुपचितो जज्वाल परया श्रिया ॥

acalaṃ sthānamāsādya dauhitraphalanirjitam | karmabhiḥ svairupacito jajvāla parayā śriyā

Reaching an unshakable place, won by the merit of his daughter's sons, and enriched by his own deeds, he blazed with the highest splendour.

Verse 4 (5.123.4)

उपगीतोपनृत्तश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणैः । प्रीत्या प्रतिगृहीतश्च स्वर्गे दुन्दुभिनिःस्वनैः ॥

upagītopanṛttaśca gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | prītyā pratigṛhītaśca svarge dundubhiniḥsvanaiḥ

Sung to and danced for by troupes of gandharvas and apsaras, he was received in heaven with love, to the sound of kettledrums.

Verse 5 (5.123.5)

अभिष्टुतश्च विविधैर्देवराजर्षिचारणैः । अर्चितश्चोत्तमार्घेण दैवतैरभिनन्दितः ॥

abhiṣṭutaśca vividhairdevarājarṣicāraṇaiḥ | arcitaścottamārgheṇa daivatairabhinanditaḥ

He was praised by many gods, royal sages and charanas, honoured with the finest guest-offering and welcomed by the deities.

Verse 6 (5.123.6)

प्राप्तः स्वर्गफलं चैव तमुवाच पितामहः । निर्वृतं शान्तमनसं वचोभिस्तर्पयन्निव ॥

prāptaḥ svargaphalaṃ caiva tamuvāca pitāmahaḥ | nirvṛtaṃ śāntamanasaṃ vacobhistarpayanniva

When he had attained the fruit of heaven and was content and at peace in mind, the Grandsire spoke to him, as if refreshing him with his words:

Verse 7 (5.123.7)

चतुष्पादस्त्वया धर्मश्चितो लोक्येन कर्मणा । अक्षयस्तव लोकोऽयं कीर्तिश्चैवाक्षया दिवि ॥

catuṣpādastvayā dharmaścito lokyena karmaṇā | akṣayastava loko'yaṃ kīrtiścaivākṣayā divi

You built up dharma on all its four feet by deeds that win the worlds. This world of yours is imperishable, and your fame in heaven is imperishable too.

Note on the text: Speaker: Brahma's speech (vv. 7–10) has no heading on the page; the input carried नारद. Corrected धर्मश्रितो → धर्मश्चितो (misprint in Wikisource; श्र for श्च — "dharma … built up", as in the critical edition). Matches CE 5.121.7ab–cd; Wikisource divides CE 5.121.7–9 into four couplets (vv. 7–10).

Verse 8 (5.123.8)

पुनस्त्वयैव राजर्षे स्वकृतेन विघातितम् । आवृतं तमसा चेतः सर्वेषां स्वर्गवासिनाम् ॥

punastvayaiva rājarṣe svakṛtena vighātitam | āvṛtaṃ tamasā cetaḥ sarveṣāṃ svargavāsinām

But then, royal sage, you yourself undid it by your own act; the minds of all the dwellers of heaven were covered by darkness,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 5.121.7ef (where the CE reads punas tavādya rājarṣe sukṛteneha karmaṇā) and 5.121.8ab.

Verse 9 (5.123.9)

येन त्वां नाभिजानन्ति ततोऽज्ञातोसि पातितः । प्रीत्यैव चासि दौहित्रैस्तारितस्त्वमिहागतः ॥

yena tvāṃ nābhijānanti tato'jñātosi pātitaḥ | prītyaiva cāsi dauhitraistāritastvamihāgataḥ

so that they did not recognise you, and so, unrecognised, you were cast down. Then, out of love alone, your daughter's sons saved you, and you have come here.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 5.121.8cd and 5.121.9ab.

Verse 10 (5.123.10)

स्थानं च प्रतिपन्नोऽसि कर्मणा स्वेन निर्जितम् । अचलं शाश्वतं पुण्यमुत्तमं ध्रुवमव्ययम् ॥

sthānaṃ ca pratipanno'si karmaṇā svena nirjitam | acalaṃ śāśvataṃ puṇyamuttamaṃ dhruvamavyayam

And you have attained a place won by your own deeds — unshakable, eternal, holy, supreme, fixed and imperishable.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 5.121.9cd–ef.

Verse 11 (5.123.11)

भगवन्संशयो मेऽस्ति कश्चित्तं छेत्तुमर्हसि । न ह्यन्यमहमर्हामि प्रष्टुं लोकपितामह ॥

bhagavansaṃśayo me'sti kaścittaṃ chettumarhasi | na hyanyamahamarhāmi praṣṭuṃ lokapitāmaha

Lord, I have a doubt; please cut it away. I can ask no one else, Grandsire of the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected कश्चितं → कश्चित्तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara in कश्चित् तं, as in the critical edition).

Verse 12 (5.123.12)

बहुवर्षसहस्रान्तं प्रजापालनवर्धितम् । अनेकक्रतुदानौघैरर्जितं मे महत्फलम् ॥

bahuvarṣasahasrāntaṃ prajāpālanavardhitam | anekakratudānaughairarjitaṃ me mahatphalam

The great fruit I earned, increased over many thousands of years of protecting my subjects and by floods of sacrifices and gifts —

Note on the text: Corrected दानौघैरार्जितं → दानौघैरर्जितं (misprint in Wikisource; long आ for अ in अर्जितं, as in the critical edition).

Verse 13 (5.123.13)

कथं तदल्पकालेन क्षीणं येनास्मि पातितः । भगवन्वेत्थ लोकांश्च शाश्वतान्मम निर्मितान् । कथं नु मम तत्सर्वं विप्रनष्टं महाद्युते ॥

kathaṃ tadalpakālena kṣīṇaṃ yenāsmi pātitaḥ | bhagavanvettha lokāṃśca śāśvatānmama nirmitān | kathaṃ nu mama tatsarvaṃ vipranaṣṭaṃ mahādyute

how was it used up in so short a time, so that I was cast down? Lord, you know the eternal worlds I had made my own. How then, glorious one, was all of that lost to me?

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 5.121.12 (Wikisource निर्मितान् for nirjitān); the third line is not in the CE's constituted text but appears there as star passage *0467 after 5.121.12.

Verse 14 (5.123.14)

बहुवर्षसहस्रान्तं प्रजापालनवर्धितम् । अनेकक्रतुदानौघैर्यत्त्वयोपार्जितं फलम् ॥

bahuvarṣasahasrāntaṃ prajāpālanavardhitam | anekakratudānaughairyattvayopārjitaṃ phalam

The fruit you earned over many thousands of years of protecting your subjects, and by floods of sacrifices and gifts —

Verse 15 (5.123.15)

तदनेनैव दोषेण क्षीणं येनासि पातितः । अभिमानेन राजेन्द्र धिक्कृतः स्वर्गवासिभिः ॥

tadanenaiva doṣeṇa kṣīṇaṃ yenāsi pātitaḥ | abhimānena rājendra dhikkṛtaḥ svargavāsibhiḥ

it was used up by this one fault, through which you were cast down: your pride, king of kings, for which the dwellers of heaven reviled you.

Verse 16 (5.123.16)

नायं मानेन राजर्षे न बलेन न हिंसया । न शाठ्येन न मायाभिर्लोको भवति शाश्वतः ॥

nāyaṃ mānena rājarṣe na balena na hiṃsayā | na śāṭhyena na māyābhirloko bhavati śāśvataḥ

Not by pride, royal sage, nor by force, nor by violence, nor by guile, nor by trickery does this world become eternal.

Verse 17 (5.123.17)

नावमान्यास्त्वया राजन्नधमोत्कृष्टमध्यमाः । न हि मानप्रदग्धानां कश्चिदस्ति शमः क्वचित् ॥

nāvamānyāstvayā rājannadhamotkṛṣṭamadhyamāḥ | na hi mānapradagdhānāṃ kaścidasti śamaḥ kvacit

You must not despise the low, the high or those between, O king. For those who are consumed by pride there is never any peace.

Verse 18 (5.123.18)

पतनारोहणमिदं कथयिष्यन्ति ये नराः । विषमाण्यपि ते प्राप्तास्तरिष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

patanārohaṇamidaṃ kathayiṣyanti ye narāḥ | viṣamāṇyapi te prāptāstariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

Those who tell this tale of the fall and the rising again will come through even the hardest straits they meet; there is no doubt of it.

Verse 19 (5.123.19)

एष दोषोऽभिमानेन पुरा प्राप्तो ययातिना । निर्बध्नताऽतिमात्रं च गालवेन महीपते ॥

eṣa doṣo'bhimānena purā prāpto yayātinā | nirbadhnatā'timātraṃ ca gālavena mahīpate

This was the harm that befell Yayati long ago through pride, O lord of the earth, and Galava through his excessive obstinacy.

Verse 20 (5.123.20)

श्रोतव्यं हितकामानां सुहृदां हितमिच्छताम् । न कर्तव्यो हि निर्बन्धो निर्बन्धो हि क्षयोदयः ॥

śrotavyaṃ hitakāmānāṃ suhṛdāṃ hitamicchatām | na kartavyo hi nirbandho nirbandho hi kṣayodayaḥ

One should listen to friends who mean well and wish one's good. One should not be obstinate, for obstinacy gives rise to ruin.

Verse 21 (5.123.21)

तस्मात्त्वमपि गान्धारे मानं क्रोधं च वर्जय । सन्धत्स्व पाण्डवैर्वीर संरम्भं त्यज पार्थिव ॥

tasmāttvamapi gāndhāre mānaṃ krodhaṃ ca varjaya | sandhatsva pāṇḍavairvīra saṃrambhaṃ tyaja pārthiva

Therefore you too, son of Gandhari, give up pride and anger. Make peace with the Pandavas, hero; abandon your fury, O king.

Verse 22 (5.123.22)

स भवान्सुहृदां पथ्यं वचो गृह्णातु माऽनृतम् । समर्थैर्विग्रहं कृत्वा विषमस्थो भविष्यसि ॥

sa bhavānsuhṛdāṃ pathyaṃ vaco gṛhṇātu mā'nṛtam | samarthairvigrahaṃ kṛtvā viṣamastho bhaviṣyasi

So accept, sir, the wholesome counsel of your friends, which is not false. If you make war on those who are strong enough, you will find yourself in dire straits.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text; it appears there as star passage *0469 after 5.121.20 (reading सुहृदो वश्यं for सुहृदां पथ्यं).

Verse 23 (5.123.23)

ददाति यत्पार्थिव यत्करोति । यद्वा तपस्तप्यति यञ्जुहोति । न तस्य नाशोऽस्ति न चापकर्षो । नान्यस्तदश्नाति स एव कर्ता ॥

dadāti yatpārthiva yatkaroti | yadvā tapastapyati yañjuhoti | na tasya nāśo'sti na cāpakarṣo | nānyastadaśnāti sa eva kartā

Whatever a man gives, O king, whatever he does, whatever austerity he practises or offering he makes into the fire — of that there is no loss and no lessening; no one else enjoys it, but the doer alone.

Note on the text: Corrected यत्करति → यत्करोति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, as in the critical edition).

Verse 24 (5.123.24)

इदं महाख्यानमनुत्तमं हितं । बहुश्रुतानां गतरोषरागिणाम् । समीक्ष्य लोके बहुधा प्रधारितं । त्रिवर्गदृष्टिः पृथिवीमुपाश्नुते ॥

idaṃ mahākhyānamanuttamaṃ hitaṃ | bahuśrutānāṃ gataroṣarāgiṇām | samīkṣya loke bahudhā pradhāritaṃ | trivargadṛṣṭiḥ pṛthivīmupāśnute

This great, peerless and wholesome tale of the learned, who are free of anger and passion, has been weighed and settled in many ways in the world; whoever reflects on it, keeping the three aims of life in view, wins the earth.

Verse 25 (5.123.25)

एतत्पुण्यतमं राजन्ययातेश्चरितं महत् । यच्छ्रुत्वा श्रावयित्वा च स्वर्गं यान्तीह मानवाः ॥

etatpuṇyatamaṃ rājanyayāteścaritaṃ mahat | yacchrutvā śrāvayitvā ca svargaṃ yāntīha mānavāḥ

This is the most holy and great story of Yayati, O king; by hearing it and by causing it to be heard, men go to heaven.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … ') and a doubled verse-end mark; the page prints this verse as an inserted passage. Not in the critical edition's constituted text; it appears there as star passage *0471 after 5.121.22.