Mahābhārata 3.134.23-39

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अष्टावक्र उवाच
अनेन वै ब्राह्मणाः शुश्रुवांसो; वादे जित्वा सलिले मज्जिताः किल ॥
तान् एव धर्मान् अयम् अद्य बन्दी; प्राप्नोतु गृह्याप्सु निमज्जयैनम् ॥
बन्द्य् उवाच
अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञस्; तत्रास सत्रं द्वादशवार्षिकं वै ॥
सत्रेण ते जनक तुल्यकालं; तदर्थं ते प्रहिता मे द्विजाग्र्याः ॥
एते सर्वे वरुणस्योत यज्ञं; द्रष्टुं गता इह आयान्ति भूयः ॥
अष्टावक्रं पूजये पूजनीयं; यस्य हेतोर् जनितारं समेष्ये ॥
अष्टावक्र उवाच
विप्राः समुद्राम्भसि मज्जितास् ते; वाचा जिता मेधया आविदानाः ॥
तां मेधया वाचम् अथोज्जहार; यथा वाचम् अवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः ॥
अग्निर् दहञ् जातवेदाः सतां गृहान्; विसर्जयंस् तेजसा न स्म धाक्षीत् ॥
बालेषु पुत्रेषु कृपणं वदत्सु; तथा वाचम् अवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः ॥
श्लेष्मातकी क्षीणवर्चाः शृणोषि; उताहो त्वां स्तुतयो मादयन्ति ॥
हस्तीव त्वं जनक वितुद्यमानो; न मामिकां वाचम् इमां शृणोषि ॥
जनक उवाच
शृणोमि वाचं तव दिव्यरूपाम्; अमानुषीं दिव्यरूपो ऽसि साक्षात् ॥
अजैषीर् यद् बन्दिनं त्वं विवादे; निसृष्ट एष तव कामो ऽद्य बन्दी ॥
अष्टावक्र उवाच
नानेन जीवता कश् चिद् अर्थो मे बन्दिना नृप ॥
पिता यद्य् अस्य वरुणो मज्जयैनं जलाशये ॥
बन्द्य् उवाच
अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञो; न मे भयं सलिले मज्जितस्य ॥
इमं मुहूर्तं पितरं द्रक्ष्यते ऽयम्; अष्टावक्रश् चिरनष्टं कहोडम् ॥
लोमश उवाच
ततस् ते पूजिता विप्रा वरुणेन महात्मना ॥
उदतिष्ठन्त ते सर्वे जनकस्य समीपतः ॥
कहोड उवाच
इत्यर्थम् इच्छन्ति सुताञ् जना जनक कर्मणा ॥
यद् अहं नाशकं कर्तुं तत् पुत्रः कृतवान् मम ॥
उताबलस्य बलवान् उत बालस्य पण्डितः ॥
उत वाविदुषो विद्वान् पुत्रो जनक जायते ॥
बन्द्य् उवाच
शितेन ते परशुना स्वयम् एवान्तको नृप ॥
शिरांस्य् अपाहरत्व् आजौ रिपूणां भद्रम् अस्तु ते ॥
महद् उक्थ्यं गीयते साम चाग्र्यं; सम्यक् सोमः पीयते चात्र सत्रे ॥
शुचीन् भागान् प्रतिजगृहुश् च हृष्टाः; साक्षाद् देवा जनकस्येह यज्ञे ॥
लोमश उवाच
समुत्थितेष्व् अथ सर्वेषु राजन्; विप्रेषु तेष्व् अधिकं सुप्रभेषु ॥
अनुज्ञातो जनकेनाथ राज्ञा; विवेश तोयं सागरस्योत बन्दी ॥
अष्टावक्रः पितरं पूजयित्वा; संपूजितो ब्राह्मणैस् तैर् यथावत् ॥
प्रत्याजगामाश्रमम् एव चाग्र्यं; जित्वा बन्दिं सहितो मातुलेन ॥
अत्र कौन्तेय सहितो भ्रातृभिस् त्वं; सुखोषितः सह विप्रैः प्रतीतः ॥
पुण्यान्य् अन्यानि शुचिकर्मैकभक्तिर्; मया सार्धं चरितास्य् आजमीढ ॥

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aṣṭāvakra uvāca
anena vai brāhmaṇāḥ śuśruvāṃso; vāde jitvā salile majjitāḥ kila ||
tān eva dharmān ayam adya bandī; prāpnotu gṛhyāpsu nimajjayainam ||
bandy uvāca
ahaṃ putro varuṇasyota rājñas; tatrāsa satraṃ dvādaśavārṣikaṃ vai ||
satreṇa te janaka tulyakālaṃ; tadarthaṃ te prahitā me dvijāgryāḥ ||
ete sarve varuṇasyota yajñaṃ; draṣṭuṃ gatā iha āyānti bhūyaḥ ||
aṣṭāvakraṃ pūjaye pūjanīyaṃ; yasya hetor janitāraṃ sameṣye ||
aṣṭāvakra uvāca
viprāḥ samudrāmbhasi majjitās te; vācā jitā medhayā āvidānāḥ ||
tāṃ medhayā vācam athojjahāra; yathā vācam avacinvanti santaḥ ||
agnir dahañ jātavedāḥ satāṃ gṛhān; visarjayaṃs tejasā na sma dhākṣīt ||
bāleṣu putreṣu kṛpaṇaṃ vadatsu; tathā vācam avacinvanti santaḥ ||
śleṣmātakī kṣīṇavarcāḥ śṛṇoṣi; utāho tvāṃ stutayo mādayanti ||
hastīva tvaṃ janaka vitudyamāno; na māmikāṃ vācam imāṃ śṛṇoṣi ||
janaka uvāca
śṛṇomi vācaṃ tava divyarūpām; amānuṣīṃ divyarūpo 'si sākṣāt ||
ajaiṣīr yad bandinaṃ tvaṃ vivāde; nisṛṣṭa eṣa tava kāmo 'dya bandī ||
aṣṭāvakra uvāca
nānena jīvatā kaś cid artho me bandinā nṛpa ||
pitā yady asya varuṇo majjayainaṃ jalāśaye ||
bandy uvāca
ahaṃ putro varuṇasyota rājño; na me bhayaṃ salile majjitasya ||
imaṃ muhūrtaṃ pitaraṃ drakṣyate 'yam; aṣṭāvakraś ciranaṣṭaṃ kahoḍam ||
lomaśa uvāca
tatas te pūjitā viprā varuṇena mahātmanā ||
udatiṣṭhanta te sarve janakasya samīpataḥ ||
kahoḍa uvāca
ityartham icchanti sutāñ janā janaka karmaṇā ||
yad ahaṃ nāśakaṃ kartuṃ tat putraḥ kṛtavān mama ||
utābalasya balavān uta bālasya paṇḍitaḥ ||
uta vāviduṣo vidvān putro janaka jāyate ||
bandy uvāca
śitena te paraśunā svayam evāntako nṛpa ||
śirāṃsy apāharatv ājau ripūṇāṃ bhadram astu te ||
mahad ukthyaṃ gīyate sāma cāgryaṃ; samyak somaḥ pīyate cātra satre ||
śucīn bhāgān pratijagṛhuś ca hṛṣṭāḥ; sākṣād devā janakasyeha yajñe ||
lomaśa uvāca
samutthiteṣv atha sarveṣu rājan; vipreṣu teṣv adhikaṃ suprabheṣu ||
anujñāto janakenātha rājñā; viveśa toyaṃ sāgarasyota bandī ||
aṣṭāvakraḥ pitaraṃ pūjayitvā; saṃpūjito brāhmaṇais tair yathāvat ||
pratyājagāmāśramam eva cāgryaṃ; jitvā bandiṃ sahito mātulena ||
atra kaunteya sahito bhrātṛbhis tvaṃ; sukhoṣitaḥ saha vipraiḥ pratītaḥ ||
puṇyāny anyāni śucikarmaikabhaktir; mayā sārdhaṃ caritāsy ājamīḍha ||

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अष्टावक्र उवाच अनेन वै ब्राह्मणाः शुश्रुवांसो; वादे जित्वा सलिले मज्जिताः किल ॥ तान् एव धर्मान् अयम् अद्य बन्दी; प्राप्नोतु गृह्याप्सु निमज्जयैनम् ॥ बन्द्य् उवाच अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञस्; तत्रास सत्रं द्वादशवार्षिकं वै ॥ सत्रेण ते जनक तुल्यकालं; तदर्थं ते प्रहिता मे द्विजाग्र्याः ॥ एते सर्वे वरुणस्योत यज्ञं; द्रष्टुं गता इह आयान्ति भूयः ॥ अष्टावक्रं पूजये पूजनीयं; यस्य हेतोर् जनितारं समेष्ये ॥ अष्टावक्र उवाच विप्राः समुद्राम्भसि मज्जितास् ते; वाचा जिता मेधया आविदानाः ॥ तां मेधया वाचम् अथोज्जहार; यथा वाचम् अवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः ॥ अग्निर् दहञ् जातवेदाः सतां गृहान्; विसर्जयंस् तेजसा न स्म धाक्षीत् ॥ बालेषु पुत्रेषु कृपणं वदत्सु; तथा वाचम् अवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः ॥ श्लेष्मातकी क्षीणवर्चाः शृणोषि; उताहो त्वां स्तुतयो मादयन्ति ॥ हस्तीव त्वं जनक वितुद्यमानो; न मामिकां वाचम् इमां शृणोषि ॥ जनक उवाच शृणोमि वाचं तव दिव्यरूपाम्; अमानुषीं दिव्यरूपो ऽसि साक्षात् ॥ अजैषीर् यद् बन्दिनं त्वं विवादे; निसृष्ट एष तव कामो ऽद्य बन्दी ॥ अष्टावक्र उवाच नानेन जीवता कश् चिद् अर्थो मे बन्दिना नृप ॥ पिता यद्य् अस्य वरुणो मज्जयैनं जलाशये ॥ बन्द्य् उवाच अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञो; न मे भयं सलिले मज्जितस्य ॥ इमं मुहूर्तं पितरं द्रक्ष्यते ऽयम्; अष्टावक्रश् चिरनष्टं कहोडम् ॥ लोमश उवाच ततस् ते पूजिता विप्रा वरुणेन महात्मना ॥ उदतिष्ठन्त ते सर्वे जनकस्य समीपतः ॥ कहोड उवाच इत्यर्थम् इच्छन्ति सुताञ् जना जनक कर्मणा ॥ यद् अहं नाशकं कर्तुं तत् पुत्रः कृतवान् मम ॥ उताबलस्य बलवान् उत बालस्य पण्डितः ॥ उत वाविदुषो विद्वान् पुत्रो जनक जायते ॥ बन्द्य् उवाच शितेन ते परशुना स्वयम् एवान्तको नृप ॥ शिरांस्य् अपाहरत्व् आजौ रिपूणां भद्रम् अस्तु ते ॥ महद् उक्थ्यं गीयते साम चाग्र्यं; सम्यक् सोमः पीयते चात्र सत्रे ॥ शुचीन् भागान् प्रतिजगृहुश् च हृष्टाः; साक्षाद् देवा जनकस्येह यज्ञे ॥ लोमश उवाच समुत्थितेष्व् अथ सर्वेषु राजन्; विप्रेषु तेष्व् अधिकं सुप्रभेषु ॥ अनुज्ञातो जनकेनाथ राज्ञा; विवेश तोयं सागरस्योत बन्दी ॥ अष्टावक्रः पितरं पूजयित्वा; संपूजितो ब्राह्मणैस् तैर् यथावत् ॥ प्रत्याजगामाश्रमम् एव चाग्र्यं; जित्वा बन्दिं सहितो मातुलेन ॥ अत्र कौन्तेय सहितो भ्रातृभिस् त्वं; सुखोषितः सह विप्रैः प्रतीतः ॥ पुण्यान्य् अन्यानि शुचिकर्मैकभक्तिर्; मया सार्धं चरितास्य् आजमीढ ॥aṣṭāvakra uvāca anena vai brāhmaṇāḥ śuśruvāṃso; vāde jitvā salile majjitāḥ kila || tān eva dharmān ayam adya bandī; prāpnotu gṛhyāpsu nimajjayainam || bandy uvāca ahaṃ putro varuṇasyota rājñas; tatrāsa satraṃ dvādaśavārṣikaṃ vai || satreṇa te janaka tulyakālaṃ; tadarthaṃ te prahitā me dvijāgryāḥ || ete sarve varuṇasyota yajñaṃ; draṣṭuṃ gatā iha āyānti bhūyaḥ || aṣṭāvakraṃ pūjaye pūjanīyaṃ; yasya hetor janitāraṃ sameṣye || aṣṭāvakra uvāca viprāḥ samudrāmbhasi majjitās te; vācā jitā medhayā āvidānāḥ || tāṃ medhayā vācam athojjahāra; yathā vācam avacinvanti santaḥ || agnir dahañ jātavedāḥ satāṃ gṛhān; visarjayaṃs tejasā na sma dhākṣīt || bāleṣu putreṣu kṛpaṇaṃ vadatsu; tathā vācam avacinvanti santaḥ || śleṣmātakī kṣīṇavarcāḥ śṛṇoṣi; utāho tvāṃ stutayo mādayanti || hastīva tvaṃ janaka vitudyamāno; na māmikāṃ vācam imāṃ śṛṇoṣi || janaka uvāca śṛṇomi vācaṃ tava divyarūpām; amānuṣīṃ divyarūpo 'si sākṣāt || ajaiṣīr yad bandinaṃ tvaṃ vivāde; nisṛṣṭa eṣa tava kāmo 'dya bandī || aṣṭāvakra uvāca nānena jīvatā kaś cid artho me bandinā nṛpa || pitā yady asya varuṇo majjayainaṃ jalāśaye || bandy uvāca ahaṃ putro varuṇasyota rājño; na me bhayaṃ salile majjitasya || imaṃ muhūrtaṃ pitaraṃ drakṣyate 'yam; aṣṭāvakraś ciranaṣṭaṃ kahoḍam || lomaśa uvāca tatas te pūjitā viprā varuṇena mahātmanā || udatiṣṭhanta te sarve janakasya samīpataḥ || kahoḍa uvāca ityartham icchanti sutāñ janā janaka karmaṇā || yad ahaṃ nāśakaṃ kartuṃ tat putraḥ kṛtavān mama || utābalasya balavān uta bālasya paṇḍitaḥ || uta vāviduṣo vidvān putro janaka jāyate || bandy uvāca śitena te paraśunā svayam evāntako nṛpa || śirāṃsy apāharatv ājau ripūṇāṃ bhadram astu te || mahad ukthyaṃ gīyate sāma cāgryaṃ; samyak somaḥ pīyate cātra satre || śucīn bhāgān pratijagṛhuś ca hṛṣṭāḥ; sākṣād devā janakasyeha yajñe || lomaśa uvāca samutthiteṣv atha sarveṣu rājan; vipreṣu teṣv adhikaṃ suprabheṣu || anujñāto janakenātha rājñā; viveśa toyaṃ sāgarasyota bandī || aṣṭāvakraḥ pitaraṃ pūjayitvā; saṃpūjito brāhmaṇais tair yathāvat || pratyājagāmāśramam eva cāgryaṃ; jitvā bandiṃ sahito mātulena || atra kaunteya sahito bhrātṛbhis tvaṃ; sukhoṣitaḥ saha vipraiḥ pratītaḥ || puṇyāny anyāni śucikarmaikabhaktir; mayā sārdhaṃ caritāsy ājamīḍha ||Ashtavakra says that this Bandi, defeating learned brahmins in debate, has been drowning them in water; let him now receive those same laws -- seize him and drown him; Bandi replies that he is the son of King Varuna, who holds a twelve-year sattra, and for a term equal to that sattra of Janaka's he had sent the finest twice-born there; all of them went to witness Varuna's sacrifice and are now returning; he will honor the venerable Ashtavakra, because of whom he will meet his father; Ashtavakra says that these vipras, drowned in the ocean's waters and defeated in speech, have now raised up speech again through wisdom, as the virtuous choose their speech; fire, though burning the homes of the good, does not consume them with its heat; so the virtuous choose their speech, when poor children speak; he asks Janaka whether he hears his divine, more-than-human speech, or is intoxicated by praises, like an elephant by goads; Janaka replies that he hears his divine speech and sees in him a divine form directly; since he has defeated Bandi in debate, Bandi's wish is granted to him today; Ashtavakra says that a living Bandi is of no use to him; if his father is Varuna, let him be drowned in the water; Bandi says that he is the son of King Varuna and has no fear of being drowned in water, and that Ashtavakra will soon see his long-lost father Kahoda; Lomasha says that all those vipras, honored by the great-souled Varuna, rose up beside Janaka; Kahoda says to Janaka that it is for this very purpose that people desire sons: what he himself could not accomplish, his son has accomplished; sometimes a strong son is born to the weak, a wise one to a fool, a learned one to the ignorant; Bandi blesses the king, that Antaka himself with a sharpened axe may carry off the heads of his enemies in battle, may good come to him; here the great uktha is sung and the finest sama, here in this sattra soma is rightly drunk, and the gods themselves joyfully received the pure portions at Janaka's sacrifice; when all those vipras had risen, shining even more brightly, Bandi, with Janaka's permission, entered the water of the ocean; Ashtavakra, having honored his father and been duly honored by those brahmins, having defeated Bandi, returned together with his uncle to that excellent hermitage; Lomasha tells Yudhishthira that here, together with your brothers, having dwelt happily and honored along with the vipras, pure in deeds and single-minded in devotion, you will visit other holy places together with me, O Ajamidha.

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Ashtavakra said: "By this man, as we have heard, brahmins defeated in debate were drowned in water. Let Bandi himself now receive those same laws: seize him and drown him in the water." Bandi said: "I am the son of King Varuna. He holds there a twelve-year sattra; for a term equal to your sacrifice, Janaka, I sent the finest twice-born there for this purpose. All of them went to witness Varuna's sacrifice, and now they are returning here again. I honor the venerable Ashtavakra, because of whom I shall meet my father." Ashtavakra said: "These vipras were drowned in the ocean's waters, defeated in speech and knowledge. But through wisdom they raised up speech once more, as the good choose the right word. The fire Jatavedas, though burning the homes of the good, does not consume them with its heat; so the good choose their speech, when poor children speak. Sleshmataki, your luster spent, do you hear? Or do praises intoxicate you? Are you, Janaka, like an elephant being goaded, that you do not hear this speech of mine?" Janaka said: "I hear your speech, divine in form; and you yourself are of a directly divine form, not human. Since you defeated Bandi in debate, today you have obtained what you desired: Bandi is released to you." Ashtavakra said: "While Bandi lives, he is of no use to me at all, O king. If his father is Varuna, drown him in the pool." Bandi said: "I am the son of King Varuna, and I have no fear of being drowned in water. This very moment Ashtavakra shall see his long-lost father Kahoda." Lomasha said: "Then all those vipras, honored by the great-souled Varuna, rose up near Janaka." Kahoda said: "It is for this very reason, Janaka, that people desire sons: what I myself was unable to do, my son has done. From the weak is born the strong, from the boy the wise, from the ignorant the learned son, Janaka." Bandi said: "May Antaka himself, with a sharpened axe, carry off the heads of your enemies in battle, O king; may good come to you. Here the great uktha is sung, and the finest sama; here in the sattra soma is rightly drunk. At Janaka's sacrifice the gods themselves joyfully received the pure portions." Lomasha said: "When all those vipras had risen, grown even more radiant, Bandi, with King Janaka's permission, entered the waters of the ocean. Ashtavakra, having honored his father and having been duly honored by those brahmins, having defeated Bandi, returned together with his uncle to that excellent hermitage. Here, Kaunteya, together with your brothers, having dwelt happily and joyfully honored along with the vipras, pure in deeds and single-minded in devotion, you shall visit other holy places together with me, O Ajamidha."

Comentario

The resolution recasts the meaning of the earlier cruelty: Bandi was not destroying the brahmins but sending them on to Varuna's sacrifice. Yet Ashtavakra still restores order: knowledge brings back the father, releases a hidden truth, and purifies the assembly.

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