<title xml:lang="sa">Mahābhārata critical edition L.B.S. National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie GLSANS294.5923 https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.529147

This critical edition of the Mahābhārata Āraṅyakaparvan (Part 1) was digitized by the Digital Library of India in 2015. According to the file metadata, it was scanned from a physical copy at the L.B.S. National Academy of Administration.

 Āraṅyakaparvan 130-131 Poona Sukthankar, Vishnu S., ed. 1942. The Mahābhārata, for the first time critically edited, volume 3: The Āraṇyakaparvan, Part 1. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. N Northern recension Ś1 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 159 of 1875–76. (The Śāradā Codex.) K Devanāgarī transcripts of the Śāradā (or Kaśmīrī) Version K1 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 471 of Viśrāmbāg I K2 Poona, BORI, Mbh. Collection, No. 15 (=Institute's Collection, No. 246) K3 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 154 of 1891–95 K4 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 57 of 1882–83 B Bengali Version B1 Dacca, University Library, No. 495. Dated Śaka 1393 B2 Santiniketan, Visvabharati Library, No. 781. Dated Śaka 1183 B3 Dacca, University Library, No. 601. Dated Śaka 1678 (ca. A.D. 1756) B4 Dacca, University Library, No. 728 B. Dated Śaka 1729 (ca. A.D. 1817) D Devanāgarī Versions other than K Dc Devanāgarī Version of Caturbhujamiśra Dc1 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at BORI), No. 32 of A 1879–80 Dc2 London India Office Library, No. 3170 (1908). Date A.D. 1765(?) Dn Devanāgarī Version of Nīlakaṇṭha Dn1 Indore, Private Property of Sardar M. V. Kibe of Indore. Dated V. Saṁ. 1839 (ca. A.D. 1783) Dn2 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 236 of 1895–1902 Dn3 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 496 of Viśrāmbāg I D1 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 269 of Viśrāmbhāg II D2 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 229 of 1895–1902. Dated V. Saṁ. 1795 (ca. A.D. 1739) D3 Poona, Bombay Govt. Collection (deposited at the BORI), No. 168 of 1887–91. Dated in the year 1677, probably B. Saṁvat (then = A.D. 1620) D4 Baroda, Oriental Institute Library, No. 767. Dated V. Saṁ. 1655 (ca. A.D. 1656) D5 Pudukottah, State Library MS. (without number). Dated V. Saṁ. 1712 (ca. A.D. 1656) D6 Madras, Adyar Library, No. 36 G 15 S Southern Recension T Telugu Version T1 Lahore, D.A.V. College Library, No. 3908 T2 Tanjore, Saraswathi Mahal Library, No. 11809 G Grantha Version G1 Melkote, Yadugiri Yatiraj Math Library MS. (without number) G2 Poona, BORI, Mbh. Collection, No. 53 (= Institute's Collection, No. 266) G3 Tanjore, Saraswathi Mahal Library, No. 11839 G4 Pudukottah State Library, No. 322 M Malayalam Version M1 MS. (without number) belonging to Ponnokkoṭṭu Mana Nambudiripad, Alwaye, Travancore M2 Malabar, Poonulli Mana Library, No. 299

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iti śrīmahābhārate āraṇyakaparvaṇi triṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 130 ||

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dharmātmānaṃ tv ahur ekaṃsvāmihaikaṃsvāmiha vaicāhurekaṃprāhurekaṃ sarve rājan mahīkṣitaḥrājanprāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ | sa vaisarva dharmaviruddhaṃ tvaṃ kasmāt karma cikīrṣasi || 1 vihitaṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ rājanvidhinā vihitaṃ bhakṣyaṃ pīḍyamānasya me kṣudhā | mā bhāṅkṣīrmā rakṣemā rakṣīrmāṃ rakṣamā hiṃsīr dharmalobhenadharmalopena dharmam utsṛṣṭavān asi || 2

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saṃtrastarūpas trāṇārthī tvatto bhīto mahādvija | matsakāśam anuprātaṃ prāṇagṛdhnur ayaṃ dvijaḥ || 3 evam abhyāgatasyeha kapotasyābhayārthinaḥ | apradāne paro 'dharmaḥ kiṃ tvaṃ śyena prapaśyasi || 4 praspandamānaḥ saṃbhrāntaḥ kapotaḥ śyena lakṣyate | matsakāśaṃ jīvitārthī tasya tyāgo vigārhitaḥ || 5 642* yo hi kaścid dvijān hanyād gāṃ vā lokasya mātaram | śaraṇāgataṃ ca tyajate tulyaṃ teṣāṃ hi pātakam | 643* ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve samāptavaradakṣiṇāḥ | ekato bhayabhītasya prāṇinaḥ prāṇadhāraṇam |ekato harivāsarāḥ |

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āhārāt sarvabhūtāni saṃbhavanti mahīpatemahītale | āhāreṇa vi[e]va vardhante tena jīvantisaṃbhavaṃti ca jantavaḥsarvaśaḥ || 6 śakyate dustyaje 'py arthedustyajety artheduḥkṛte py arthepuṣkalasyārthe cirarātrāya jīvitum | na tu bhojanam utsṛjya śakyaṃ vartayituṃvai jīvituṃ ciram || 7 bhakṣyādbhakṣād vilopitasyādyaviyojitasyādyavilobhitasyādya mama prāṇā viśāṃ pate | visṛjya kāyam eṣyantiyāsyaṃti panthānam apunarbhavamakutobhayaṃ || 8 pramṛteprasṛtemanmatemanmṛtepramītemṛte tu mayi dharmātman putradāraṃputradārādi naśiṣyatimariṣyativinaṃkṣyatibhaviṣyatinaṃkṣyati | rakṣamānaḥrājan rakṣan kapotaṃ tvaṃ bahūn prāṇān naśiṣyasina rakṣasi || 9 dharmaṃbahūn yo bādhate dharmo na sa dharmaḥ kudharma tatkuvartma tatkudharmavitkudharmavatkathaṃcana | avirodhīavirodhātavirodhe tuhi[']pica yo dharmaḥ sa dharmaḥ satyavikramasadbhir ucyate || 10 virodhiṣuvirodheṣu mahīpāla niścitya gurulāghavamnityaṃ jaṃtuṣu sarvaśaḥ | na bādhā vidyate yatra taṃ dharmaṃdharmaṃ taṃ samudācaretsamupācaretsamupācarasamudācarasamudāhṛtaṃvibudhā viduḥ || 11 gurulāghavam ājñāyaādāyaajñāyaāsthāya dharmādharmaviniścaye | yato bhūyāṃs tato rājan kuru dharmaviniścayamkuruṣva dharmaniścayaṃ(unepic cadence!) || 12

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bahukalyāṇasaṃyuktaṃ bhāṣase vihagottama | suparṇaḥ pakṣirāṭ_ kiṃ tvaṃ dharmajñaś cāsy asaṃśayam | tathā hi dharmasaṃyuktaṃ bahu citraṃ prabhāṣase || 13 na te 'sty aviditaṃ kiṃcid iti tvā lakṣayāmy aham | śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ parityāgaṃ kathaṃ sādhv iti manyase || 14 hriyamāṇaṃ tathāhāram utpannaṃ kṣudhitasya vai | āhārārthaṃāhārārthe samārambhas tava cāyaṃ vihaṃgama | śakyaś cāpy anyathā[a]dhikaṃ[a]dhikaḥ kartumkarma āhāro 'py adhikas tvayāāhāro [']bhyadhikas tvayāāhāro [']ty adhikas tvayāāhāraḥ pakṣiṇāṃ vara || 15 || govṛṣo vā varāho vā mṛgo vā mahiṣo 'pi vā | tvadartham adya kriyatāṃ yad vānyad abhikāṅkṣase || 16

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na varāhaṃ na cokṣāṇaṃ na mṛgān vividhāṃs tathā | bhakṣayāmi mahārāja kim annād yena tena me || 17 yas tu me daivavihitovihito bhakṣyodevavihito bhakṣaḥbhakṣyaḥvidhātrā kṣatriyapuṃgavakṣatriyarṣabha | tam utsṛjautsṛjya mahīpālamahārāja kapotam imam eva menānyaṃ bhakṣyam ihāsti menānyaṃ bhakṣyam ahaṃ vṛṇe || 18 śyenāḥ kapotān khādantiśyenaḥ kapotān attīti sthitirśrutir eṣā sanātanīpurātanī | mā rājan mārgamsāram ājñāyaajñātvāājñātvā kadalīskandhamkadalīstaṃbhamkadalīkaṃda āruhaārujaāvrajaāsajaāśrayabhakṣanaḥ || 19

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rājyaṃrājyaṃ carāṣṭraṃ śibīnām ṛddhaṃ vaicahi śādhi pakṣigaṇārcitapakṣigaṇārcitaḥpakṣigaṇānvitaḥ | yad vā kāmayase kiṃcic chyena sarvaṃ dadāni te | vinemaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ śyena śaraṇārthinam āgatam || 20 yenemaṃ varjayethās tvaṃ karmaṇā pakṣisattama | tadācakṣva kariṣyāmi na hi dāsye kapotakam || 21

śyena uvāca |

uśīnara kapote te yadi sneho narādhipa | ātmano māṃsam utkṛtya kapotatulayā dhṛtam || 22 yadā samaṃ kapotena tava māṃsaṃ bhaven nṛpa | tadā pradeyaṃ tan mahyaṃ sā me tuṣṭir bhaviṣyati || 23

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anugraham imaṃ manye śyena yan mābhianugrahaṃ śyena manye yan me māṃsaṃ hi yācasebhāṣase | tasmāt tetad adya 'dyatesma[']haṃ pradāsyāmi svamāṃsaṃ tulayā dhṛtam || 24 546* yadi prāṇyupakārāya deho 'yaṃ nopayujyate | tataḥ kim upacāro 'sya pratyahe kriyate vṛthā |

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athotkṛtya svamāṃsaṃ tu rājā paramadharmavit | tulayāmāsa kaunteya kapotena sahābhibho || 25 dhriyamāṇas tu tulayākapotas tu kapotomāṃsenā vyatiricyatevyatiricyatatyatiricyate | punabhūyaś cotkṛtya māṃsāni rājā prādād uśīnaraḥ || 26 na vidyate yadā māṃsaṃ kapotena samaṃ dhṛtamāruroha tadā rājan | tata utkṛttamāṃsotata utkṛtyamāṃsaṃtata utkṛttamāṃsaṃ 'sāvsasvaṃ āruroha svayaṃ tulāmāruroha tulāṃ svayaṃsvayam eva tulāṃ nṛpa || 27

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indro 'ham asmi dharmajñarajeṃdrabhadraṃ te kapoto havyavāḍ ayamhavyavāhanaḥ | jijñāsamānau dharme tvāṃdharmeṇadharmaṃ tvāṃ yajñavāṭam upāgatauyajñe te samupāgatau || 28 yat te māṃsāni gātrebhya uktṛttāni viśāṃ patesamutkṛttāni pārthiva | eṣā te bhāsvarībhāsvarābhāsvatīśāśvatī kīrtir lokān abhibhaviṣyatilokān aticariṣyatilokān abhigamiṣyatilokān adhigamiṣyatiloke sthāsyati śāśvatī || 29 yāval loke manuṣyās tvāṃ kathayiṣyanti pārthiva | tāvat kīrtiś ca lokāś ca sthāsyanti tava śāsvatāḥ || 30 648* ity uktvā taṃ dānapatim indrāgnī tau tadā nṛpa | pūrṇadehaṃ svakaṃ kṛtvā |svarṇadehatvacaṃ kṛtvā | jagmatus tridaśālayam |