संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
वसुमनाः उवाच नरेन्द्र अहं रौशदश्विः वसुमनाः त्वां पृच्छामि यदि दिवि मह्यं लोकः अस्ति यदि अन्तरिक्षे प्रथितः [तर्हि तं ददामि] त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य क्षेत्रज्ञं मन्येvasumanāḥ uvāca narendra ahaṃ rauśadaśviḥ vasumanāḥ tvāṃ pṛcchāmi yadi divi mahyaṃ lokaḥ asti yadi antarikṣe prathitaḥ [tarhi taṃ dadāmi] tvāṃ tasya dharmasya kṣetrajñaṃ manyeVasumanas said: O king, I am Vasumanas, son of Raushadashva; I ask you: if I have a world in heaven, or one renowned in the sky, [I will give it]; for I consider you a knower of that dharma.
ययातिः उवाच यत् अन्तरिक्षं पृथिवी दिशः च यत् भानुमान् तेजसा तपते तावन्तः लोकाः दिवि ते संस्थिताः ते न अन्तवन्तः प्रतिपालयन्तिyayātiḥ uvāca yat antarikṣaṃ pṛthivī diśaḥ ca yat bhānumān tejasā tapate tāvantaḥ lokāḥ divi te saṃsthitāḥ te na antavantaḥ pratipālayantiYayati said: As vast as the sky, the earth, and the quarters of space, and as far as the sun illumines with its blaze, so many worlds are established for you in heaven; they, without end, await you.
वसुमनाः उवाच राजन् ये मे लोकाः तान् ते ददामि प्रपातं मा पत ते वै तव भवन्तु यदि ते प्रतिग्रहः सम्यक् प्रदुष्टः [तर्हि] एनान् तृणकेन अपि क्रीणीष्वvasumanāḥ uvāca rājan ye me lokāḥ tān te dadāmi prapātaṃ mā pata te vai tava bhavantu yadi te pratigrahaḥ samyak praduṣṭaḥ [tarhi] enān tṛṇakena api krīṇīṣvaVasumanas said: O king, whatever worlds are mine, these I give to you; do not fall into ruin; let them be yours; if accepting the gift seems altogether improper to you, then buy them, even if only for a blade of grass.
ययातिः उवाच अहं मिथ्या विक्रयं न स्मरामि शिशुकात् वृथा गृहीतं शङ्कमानः अकृतपूर्वं अन्यैः न कुर्यां विवित्समानः तत्र किम् उ साधुyayātiḥ uvāca ahaṃ mithyā vikrayaṃ na smarāmi śiśukāt vṛthā gṛhītaṃ śaṅkamānaḥ akṛtapūrvaṃ anyaiḥ na kuryāṃ vivitsamānaḥ tatra kim u sādhuYayati said: I do not recall ever dealing falsely; fearing also what is wrongly taken from a child; I will not do what has never been done, what others have not done, merely because I am in need — what good would there be in that?
वसुमनाः उवाच राजन् यदि ते क्रयः न इष्टः [तर्हि] मया दत्तान् तान् लोकान् त्वं प्रतिपद्यस्व नरेन्द्र अहं तान् न प्रतिगन्ता सर्वे लोकाः ते वै तव भवन्तुvasumanāḥ uvāca rājan yadi te krayaḥ na iṣṭaḥ [tarhi] mayā dattān tān lokān tvaṃ pratipadyasva narendra ahaṃ tān na pratigantā sarve lokāḥ te vai tava bhavantuVasumanas said: O king, if trade does not please you, then simply accept the worlds I give, O lord of men; I will not take them back; let all those worlds be yours.
शिबिः उवाच तात अहं औशीनरः शिबिः त्वां पृच्छामि मम अपि इह लोकाः यदि सन्ति यदि अन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य क्षेत्रज्ञं मन्येśibiḥ uvāca tāta ahaṃ auśīnaraḥ śibiḥ tvāṃ pṛcchāmi mama api iha lokāḥ yadi santi yadi antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya kṣetrajñaṃ manyeShibi said: O dear one, I am Shibi, son of Ushinara; I ask you: if I too have worlds here, whether in the sky or in heaven, [I will give them]; for I consider you a knower of that dharma.
ययातिः उवाच विद्वन् नरेन्द्र त्वं परीप्समानान् वाचा हृदयेन अपि न अवमंस्थाः तेन ते दिवि विद्युद्रूपाः स्वनवन्तः महान्तः अनन्ताः लोकाः श्रिताःyayātiḥ uvāca vidvan narendra tvaṃ parīpsamānān vācā hṛdayena api na avamaṃsthāḥ tena te divi vidyudrūpāḥ svanavantaḥ mahāntaḥ anantāḥ lokāḥ śritāḥYayati said: O learned lord of men, you have never scorned those who begged of you, neither in word nor even in heart; therefore endless worlds are established for you in heaven, great, thundering, and flashing like lightning.
शिबिः उवाच राजन् यदि ते क्रयः न इष्टः [तर्हि] मया दत्तान् तान् लोकान् त्वं प्रतिपद्यस्व अहं तान् दत्त्वा इह न प्रतिपत्स्ये यत्र गत्वा त्वं ह लोकान् उपास्सेśibiḥ uvāca rājan yadi te krayaḥ na iṣṭaḥ [tarhi] mayā dattān tān lokān tvaṃ pratipadyasva ahaṃ tān dattvā iha na pratipatsye yatra gatvā tvaṃ ha lokān upāsseShibi said: O king, if trade does not please you, then simply accept the worlds I give; having given them, I will not return here to them; go to where, having arrived, you will dwell in those worlds.
ययातिः उवाच नरदेव यथा त्वं इन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभावः ते लोकाः च अनन्ताः तथा अद्य अन्यदत्ते लोके न रमे तस्मात् शिबे दायं न अभिनन्दामिyayātiḥ uvāca naradeva yathā tvaṃ indrapratimaprabhāvaḥ te lokāḥ ca anantāḥ tathā adya anyadatte loke na rame tasmāt śibe dāyaṃ na abhinandāmiYayati said: O king, just as you yourself are equal to Indra in might, and your worlds are endless, so too I shall not now delight in a world given by another; therefore, O Shibi, I do not accept your gift.
वसुमनाvasumanāoriginal form “vasumanā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसुमनाvasumanāoriginal form “vasumanā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रौशदश्विर्rauśadaśviroriginal form “rauśadaśvir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्य्yadyoriginal form “yady”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकोlokooriginal form “loko”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्य्yadyoriginal form “yady”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रथितोprathitooriginal form “prathito”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महात्मन्mahātmanoriginal form “mahātman”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ययातिर्yayātiroriginal form “yayātir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्yadoriginal form “yad”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिशश्diśaśoriginal form “diśaś”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भानुमांश्bhānumāṃśoriginal form “bhānumāṃś”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकास्lokāsoriginal form “lokās”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तावन्तोtāvantooriginal form “tāvanto”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संस्थिताsaṃsthitāoriginal form “saṃsthitā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नान्तवन्तःnāntavantaḥoriginal form “nāntavantaḥ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसुमनाvasumanāoriginal form “vasumanā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांस्tāṃsoriginal form “tāṃs”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकास्lokāsoriginal form “lokās”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रीणीष्वैनांस्krīṇīṣvaināṃsoriginal form “krīṇīṣvaināṃs”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तृणकेनापिtṛṇakenāpioriginal form “tṛṇakenāpi”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रतिग्रहस्pratigrahasoriginal form “pratigrahas”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ययातिर्yayātiroriginal form “yayātir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मिथ्याहंmithyāhaṃoriginal form “mithyāhaṃ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form “vai”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिशुकाच्śiśukācoriginal form “śiśukāc”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छङ्कमानःchaṅkamānaḥoriginal form “chaṅkamānaḥ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवाकृतपूर्वम्caivākṛtapūrvamoriginal form “caivākṛtapūrvam”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अन्यैर्anyairoriginal form “anyair”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसुमनाvasumanāoriginal form “vasumanā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांस्tāṃsoriginal form “tāṃs”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नेष्टःneṣṭaḥoriginal form “neṣṭaḥ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रयस्krayasoriginal form “krayas”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form “vai”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकास्lokāsoriginal form “lokās”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form “vai”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिबिर्śibiroriginal form “śibir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिबिर्śibiroriginal form “śibir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
औशीनरोauśīnarooriginal form “auśīnaro”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽहं'haṃoriginal form “'haṃ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ममापिmamāpioriginal form “mamāpi”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकाlokāoriginal form “lokā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सन्तीहsantīhaoriginal form “santīha”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्य्yadyoriginal form “yady”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ययातिर्yayātiroriginal form “yayātir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हृदयेनापिhṛdayenāpioriginal form “hṛdayenāpi”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नावमंस्थाnāvamaṃsthāoriginal form “nāvamaṃsthā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेनानन्ताtenānantāoriginal form “tenānantā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रितास्śritāsoriginal form “śritās”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वनवन्तोsvanavantooriginal form “svanavanto”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिबिर्śibiroriginal form “śibir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांस्tāṃsoriginal form “tāṃs”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नेष्टःneṣṭaḥoriginal form “neṣṭaḥ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रयस्krayasoriginal form “krayas”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाहंcāhaṃoriginal form “cāhaṃ”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रतिपत्स्येहpratipatsyehaoriginal form “pratipatsyeha”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वम्tvamoriginal form “tvam”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ययातिर्yayātiroriginal form “yayātir”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वम्tvamoriginal form “tvam”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभावस्indrapratimaprabhāvasoriginal form “indrapratimaprabhāvas”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाप्य्cāpyoriginal form “cāpy”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनन्ताanantāoriginal form “anantā”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथाद्यtathādyaoriginal form “tathādya”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽन्यदत्ते'nyadatteoriginal form “'nyadatte”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्माच्tasmācoriginal form “tasmāc”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छिबेchibeoriginal form “chibe”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाभिनन्दामिnābhinandāmioriginal form “nābhinandāmi”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दायम्dāyamoriginal form “dāyam”, added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the wondrous contest of generosity continues, and the height of mutual nobility reveals itself. It is telling that each of the virtuous kings not only offers his own worlds but devises a way around Yayati's scruples: ‘buy it for a blade of grass,’ ‘I will not take it back.’ Here is an image of true compassion: the virtuous are ready to give away their own salvation — their heavenly worlds — for the sake of one who is perishing; and, more deeply, this foreshadows the highest mercy. Yet Yayati's steadfastness is no less striking: he praises the merit of each (‘so many worlds await you’), yet does not take the gift: ‘I shall not delight in a world given by another.’ Here is the purity of true dignity: one who is truly noble does not desire another's merit, even when it is offered out of love; he wishes to be saved, if saved at all, by his own and not by another's. Thus two virtues converge: the generosity of those who give and the non-covetousness of the one who declines — and both are beautiful. This contest of love, in which each wishes to give and the other refuses to take, is an image of the world of the righteous, where everything is moved not by self-interest but by mutual goodwill.