ततस् तस्मिन् प्रतिज्ञाते भीष्मेण कुरुनन्दन ॥
कृष्णद्वैपायनं काली चिन्तयाम् आस वै मुनिम् ॥
स वेदान् विब्रुवन् धीमान् मातुर् विज्ञाय चिन्तितम् ॥
प्रादुर्बभूवाविदितः क्षणेन कुरुनन्दन ॥
तस्मै पूजां तदा दत्त्वा सुताय विधिपूर्वकम् ॥
परिष्वज्य च बाहुभ्यां प्रस्नवैर् अभिषिच्य च ॥
मुमोच बाष्पं दाशेयी पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा चिरस्य तम् ॥
ताम् अद्भिः परिषिच्यार्तां महर्षिर् अभिवाद्य च ॥
मातरं पूर्वजः पुत्रो व्यासो वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
भवत्या यद् अभिप्रेतं तद् अहं कर्तुम् आगतः ॥
शाधि मां धर्मतत्त्वज्ञे करवाणि प्रियं तव ॥
तस्मै पूजां ततो ऽकार्षीत् पुरोधाः परमर्षये ॥
स च तां प्रतिजग्राह विधिवन् मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ॥
tatas tasmin pratijñāte bhīṣmeṇa kurunandana ||
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ kālī cintayām āsa vai munim ||
sa vedān vibruvan dhīmān mātur vijñāya cintitam ||
prādurbabhūvāviditaḥ kṣaṇena kurunandana ||
tasmai pūjāṃ tadā dattvā sutāya vidhipūrvakam ||
pariṣvajya ca bāhubhyāṃ prasnavair abhiṣicya ca ||
mumoca bāṣpaṃ dāśeyī putraṃ dṛṣṭvā cirasya tam ||
tām adbhiḥ pariṣicyārtāṃ maharṣir abhivādya ca ||
mātaraṃ pūrvajaḥ putro vyāso vacanam abravīt ||
bhavatyā yad abhipretaṃ tad ahaṃ kartum āgataḥ ||
śādhi māṃ dharmatattvajñe karavāṇi priyaṃ tava ||
tasmai pūjāṃ tato 'kārṣīt purodhāḥ paramarṣaye ||
sa ca tāṃ pratijagrāha vidhivan mantrapūrvakam ||
"Then, when Bhishma had thus agreed, O joy of the Kurus, Kali (Satyavati) called to mind the sage Krishna Dvaipayana. He, the wise one, expounding the Vedas at that very moment, having learned his mother's thought, appeared unannounced in an instant, O joy of the Kurus. Having then paid honor to her son according to rite, and having embraced him with her arms, and moistened him with her breast's milk, the fisherman's daughter shed tears, seeing that son after a long time. Her, the grieving one, having sprinkled with water and greeted his mother, the firstborn son, the sage Vyasa, spoke this word: 'I have come to do what you desire; command me, O knower of the truth of dharma; I shall do what is dear to you.' Then the family priest paid honor to that supreme sage; and he accepted it, as is proper, with mantras."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Vyasa appears at his mother's silent call. Telling is that he, "expounding the Vedas at that very moment," instantly perceives his mother's thought and appears in an instant: for a perfect yogi there is no obstacle of distance, and the call of a pure heart reaches him at once. Here is the power of yoga and the mercy of the saint: the great ascetic is all-knowing through the strength of his austerity, and hastens to the need of one who remembers him. Telling too is the tenderness of the meeting: the mother sheds tears and milk flows from her breast at the sight of her son after a long separation — a mother's love does not fade with years nor diminish before her son's holiness. Telling too is that even the greatest of sages shows reverence to his mother: Vyasa is the first to greet her, to sprinkle her with water, to console her — a model of filial devotion. Telling too are his words: "command me; I shall do what is dear to you." Here is the highest dharma of a son — obedience to his mother; even the Lord incarnate in the form of Vyasa shows reverence to his mother, teaching us thereby as well. Thus scripture reveals both the might of the saint and the tenderness of family love, sanctified by dharma.