Сути (Уграшравас)
अष्टक उवाच
पृच्छामि त्वां मा प्रपत प्रपातं ।
यदि लोकाः पार्थिव सन्ति मे ऽत्र ॥
यद्य् अन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः ।
क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥
ययातिर् उवाच
यावत् पृथिव्यां विहितं गवाश्वं ।
सहारण्यैः पशुभिः पर्वतैश् च ॥
तावल् लोका दिवि ते संस्थिता वै ।
तथा विजानीहि नरेन्द्रसिंह ॥
अष्टक उवाच
तांस् ते ददामि मा प्रपत प्रपातं ।
ये मे लोका दिवि राजेन्द्र सन्ति ॥
यद्य् अन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रितास् ।
तान् आक्रम क्षिप्रम् अमित्रसाह ॥
ययातिर् उवाच
नास्मद्विधो ऽब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मविच् च ।
प्रतिग्रहे वर्तते राजमुख्य ॥
यथा प्रदेयं सततं द्विजेभ्यस् ।
तथाददं पूर्वम् अहं नरेन्द्र ॥
नाब्राह्मणः कृपणो जातु जीवेद् ।
या चापि स्याद् ब्राह्मणी वीरपत्नी ॥
सो ऽहं यदैवाकृतपूर्वं चरेयं ।
विवित्समानः किम् उ तत्र साधु ॥
प्रतर्दन उवाच
पृच्छामि त्वां स्पृहणीयरूप ।
प्रतर्दनो ऽहं यदि मे सन्ति लोकाः ॥
यद्य् अन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः ।
क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥
ययातिर् उवाच
सन्ति लोका बहवस् ते नरेन्द्र ।
अप्य् एकैकः सप्त सप्ताप्य् अहानि ॥
मधुच्युतो घृतपृक्ता विशोकास् ।
ते नान्तवन्तः प्रतिपालयन्ति ॥
प्रतर्दन उवाच
तांस् ते ददामि मा प्रपत प्रपातं ।
ये मे लोकास् तव ते वै भवन्तु ॥
यद्य् अन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रितास् ।
तान् आक्रम क्षिप्रम् अपेतमोहः ॥
ययातिर् उवाच
न तुल्यतेजाः सुकृतं कामयेत ।
योगक्षेमं पार्थिव पार्थिवः सन् ॥
दैवादेशाद् आपदं प्राप्य विद्वांश् ।
चरेन् नृशंसं न हि जातु राजा ॥
धर्म्यं मार्गं चेतयानो यशस्यं ।
कुर्यान् नृपो धर्मम् अवेक्षमाणः ॥
न मद्विधो धर्मबुद्धिः प्रजानन् ।
कुर्याद् एवं कृपणं मां यथात्थ ॥
कुर्याम् अपूर्वं न कृतं यद् अन्यैर् ।
विवित्समानः किम् उ तत्र साधु ॥
ब्रुवाणम् एवं नृपतिं ययातिं ।
नृपोत्तमो वसुमनाब्रवीत् तम् ॥
aṣṭaka uvāca
pṛcchāmi tvāṃ mā prapata prapātaṃ |
yadi lokāḥ pārthiva santi me 'tra ||
yady antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ |
kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye ||
yayātir uvāca
yāvat pṛthivyāṃ vihitaṃ gavāśvaṃ |
sahāraṇyaiḥ paśubhiḥ parvataiś ca ||
tāval lokā divi te saṃsthitā vai |
tathā vijānīhi narendrasiṃha ||
aṣṭaka uvāca
tāṃs te dadāmi mā prapata prapātaṃ |
ye me lokā divi rājendra santi ||
yady antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritās |
tān ākrama kṣipram amitrasāha ||
yayātir uvāca
nāsmadvidho 'brāhmaṇo brahmavic ca |
pratigrahe vartate rājamukhya ||
yathā pradeyaṃ satataṃ dvijebhyas |
tathādadaṃ pūrvam ahaṃ narendra ||
nābrāhmaṇaḥ kṛpaṇo jātu jīved |
yā cāpi syād brāhmaṇī vīrapatnī ||
so 'haṃ yadaivākṛtapūrvaṃ careyaṃ |
vivitsamānaḥ kim u tatra sādhu ||
pratardana uvāca
pṛcchāmi tvāṃ spṛhaṇīyarūpa |
pratardano 'haṃ yadi me santi lokāḥ ||
yady antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ |
kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye ||
yayātir uvāca
santi lokā bahavas te narendra |
apy ekaikaḥ sapta saptāpy ahāni ||
madhucyuto ghṛtapṛktā viśokās |
te nāntavantaḥ pratipālayanti ||
pratardana uvāca
tāṃs te dadāmi mā prapata prapātaṃ |
ye me lokās tava te vai bhavantu ||
yady antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritās |
tān ākrama kṣipram apetamohaḥ ||
yayātir uvāca
na tulyatejāḥ sukṛtaṃ kāmayeta |
yogakṣemaṃ pārthiva pārthivaḥ san ||
daivādeśād āpadaṃ prāpya vidvāṃś |
caren nṛśaṃsaṃ na hi jātu rājā ||
dharmyaṃ mārgaṃ cetayāno yaśasyaṃ |
kuryān nṛpo dharmam avekṣamāṇaḥ ||
na madvidho dharmabuddhiḥ prajānan |
kuryād evaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ māṃ yathāttha ||
kuryām apūrvaṃ na kṛtaṃ yad anyair |
vivitsamānaḥ kim u tatra sādhu ||
bruvāṇam evaṃ nṛpatiṃ yayātiṃ |
nṛpottamo vasumanābravīt tam ||
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Ashtaka said: 'O king, do not fall into the fall; I ask you: if I have virtuous worlds — whether in the mid-air or in heaven — then I shall give them to you; for I consider you a knower of that dharma.' Yayati said: 'O lion among kings, as many cattle and horses as are established on earth, together with the wild animals and mountains, so many worlds are established for you in heaven; know this.' Ashtaka said: 'O lord of kings, whatever worlds I have in heaven, those I give to you; do not fall into the fall, O vanquisher of foes; take possession of those worlds quickly.' Yayati said: 'O foremost of kings, one like me, a knower of Brahman, though not a brahmin, does not live by accepting gifts; as one ought constantly to give to the twice-born, so I formerly gave, and did not take. Neither should a non-brahmin live wretchedly by accepting gifts, nor does the wife of a heroic brahmin live so; if I, who have never before done this, were now, in need, to begin doing it, what good would there be in that?' Pratardana said: 'O one of desirable form, I am Pratardana; I ask you: if I have virtuous worlds, then I shall give them; for I consider you a knower of that dharma.' Yayati said: 'O lord of men, you have many worlds; each of them is blessed, flowing with honey, steeped in clarified butter, free of sorrow; unending, they await you.' Pratardana said: 'Whatever worlds I have — those I give to you, let them be yours; do not fall into the fall; take possession of those worlds quickly, casting off confusion.' Yayati said: 'O king, being a king myself, I shall not desire merit and well-being won by another — that is, another's; the wise man, having fallen into misfortune by the decree of fate, must never act basely; such is a king. Being mindful of the glorious path in accord with dharma, and looking to dharma, let the king act according to dharma; one like me, who understands dharma and knows it, will not act as wretchedly as you propose to me. Something unprecedented, never done by others, which I, in need, would begin to do — what good would there be in that?' To King Yayati speaking thus, Vasumanas, best of kings, replied.
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Here Yayati, though falling from heaven, refuses the gift of rescue — and shows the highest nobility. It is significant that the virtuous kings (Ashtaka, Pratardana, Vasumanas) — his grandsons and descendants — offer him their heavenly worlds (their merits) in order to save him. But Yayati refuses: 'a king is a giver, not a receiver; accepting gifts is wretched for a kshatriya (and for a knower of Brahman).' Here is high dignity and fidelity to one's own dharma: even facing destruction (falling into 'hell'), Yayati will not tarnish his royal honor by accepting charity; 'having fallen into misfortune by the decree of fate, the wise man does not act basely.' This is an image of steadfastness in dharma: better to fall while keeping one's duty than to be saved by breaking it. It is telling that the very humility his fall (chapters 83-86) taught him has not turned into faintheartedness: humble before God and fate, he remains firm in his duty. Here is the harmony of humility and dignity: the truly humble one is not the one who abases himself (by accepting alms against dharma), but the one who meekly accepts the will from above while keeping faith with duty. And — providentially — this very refusal (the unwillingness to take others' merits) will lead to his rescue: as the next chapter will show, his grandsons will save him not by the 'gift' he rejected, but by their own merits, granted to their grandfather by right of kinship — and his dignity will remain untouched.