Mahabharata · 3.121.22-23
॥
Devanāgarī
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
कथं विष्टम्भितस् तेन भगवान् पाकशासनः ॥
किमर्थं भार्गवश् चापि कोपं चक्रे महातपाः ॥
नासत्यौ च कथं ब्रह्मन् कृतवान् सोमपीथिनौ ॥
एतत् सर्वं यथावृत्तम् आख्यातु भगवान् मम ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
kathaṃ viṣṭambhitas tena bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ ||
kimarthaṃ bhārgavaś cāpi kopaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ ||
nāsatyau ca kathaṃ brahman kṛtavān somapīthinau ||
etat sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam ākhyātu bhagavān mama ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
कथं विष्टम्भितस् तेन भगवान् पाकशासनः ॥
किमर्थं भार्गवश् चापि कोपं चक्रे महातपाः ॥
नासत्यौ च कथं ब्रह्मन् कृतवान् सोमपीथिनौ ॥
एतत् सर्वं यथावृत्तम् आख्यातु भगवान् मम ॥yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
kathaṃ viṣṭambhitas tena bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ ||
kimarthaṃ bhārgavaś cāpi kopaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ ||
nāsatyau ca kathaṃ brahman kṛtavān somapīthinau ||
etat sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam ākhyātu bhagavān mama ||Yudhishthira asks how the blessed Pakashasana was held immobile by Chyavana, why the greatly ascetic Bhargava grew angry, and how he made the Nasatyas drinkers of soma; he asks him to tell everything just as it happened.
Translation
Yudhishthira said: "How was the blessed Pakashasana held immobile by him? Why did the greatly ascetic Bhargava grow angry? And how, brahmin, did he make the Nasatyas worthy to drink soma? Let the blessed one tell me all this just as it happened."
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Yudhishthira's question is precise: he is drawn not to the wonder but to its cause and order. Where a sage's anger changes a rule of heaven, the dharma of the event must be understood.