Chapter 83: The completion of Bhauvana's ten horse-sacrifices
SS 147-148brahmovāca:
BRP083.001.1 daśāśvamedhikaṃ tīrthaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva mahāmune |
BRP083.001.2 yasya śravaṇamātreṇa hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 1 ||
BRP083.002.1 viśvakarmasutaḥ śrīmān viśvarūpo mahābalaḥ |
BRP083.002.2 tasyāpi prathamaḥ putras tatputro bhauvano vibhuḥ || 2 ||
BRP083.003.1 purodhāḥ kaśyapas tasya sarvajñānaviśāradaḥ |
BRP083.003.2 tam apṛcchan mahābāhur bhauvanaḥ sārvabhauvanaḥ || 3 ||
BRP083.004.1 yakṣye 'haṃ hayamedhaiś ca yugapad daśabhir mune |
BRP083.004.2 ity apṛcchad guruṃ vipraṃ kva yakṣyāmi surān iti || 4 ||
BRP083.005.1 so 'vadad devayajanaṃ tatra tatra nṛpottama |
BRP083.005.2 yatra yatra dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prāvartanta mahākratūn || 5 ||
BRP083.006.1 tatrābhavann ṛṣigaṇā ārtvijye makhamaṇḍale |
BRP083.006.2 yugapad daśamedhāni pravṛttāni purodhasā || 6 ||
BRP083.007.1 pūrṇatāṃ nāyayus tāni dṛṣṭvā cintāparo nṛpaḥ |
BRP083.007.2 vihāya devayajanaṃ punar anyatra tān kratūn || 7 ||
BRP083.008.1 upākrāmat tathā tatra vighnadoṣās tam āyayuḥ |
BRP083.008.2 dṛṣṭvāpūrṇāṃs tato yajñān rājā gurum abhāṣata || 8 ||
rājovāca:
BRP083.009.1 deśadoṣāt kāladoṣān mama doṣāt tavāpi vā |
BRP083.009.2 pūrṇatāṃ nāpnuvanti sma daśamedhāni vājinaḥ || 9 ||
brahmovāca:
BRP083.010.1 tataś ca duḥkhito rājā kaśyapena purodhasā |
BRP083.010.2 gīṣpater bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ gatvā saṃvartam ūcatuḥ || 10 ||
kaśyapabhauvanāv ūcatuḥ:
BRP083.011.1 bhagavan yugapat kāryāṇy aśvamedhāni mānada |
BRP083.011.2 daśa sampūrṇatāṃ yānti taṃ deśaṃ taṃ guruṃ vada || 11 ||
brahmovāca:
BRP083.012.1 tato dhyātvā ṛṣiśreṣṭhaḥ saṃvarto bhauvanaṃ tadā |
BRP083.012.2 abravīd gaccha brahmāṇaṃ guruṃ deśaṃ vadiṣyati || 12 ||
BRP083.013.1 bhauvano 'pi mahāprājñaḥ kaśyapena mahātmanā |
BRP083.013.2 āgatya mām abravīc ca guruṃ deśādikaṃ ca yat || 13 ||
BRP083.014.1 tato 'ham abravaṃ putra bhauvanaṃ kaśyapaṃ tathā |
BRP083.014.2 gautamīṃ gaccha rājendra sa deśaḥ kratupuṇyavān || 14 ||
BRP083.015.1 ayam eva guruḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kaśyapo vedapāragaḥ |
BRP083.015.2 guror asya prasādena gautamyāś ca prasādataḥ || 15 ||
BRP083.016.1 ekena hayamedhena tatra snānena vā punaḥ |
BRP083.016.2 setsyanti tatra yajñāś ca daśamedhāni vājinaḥ || 16 ||
BRP083.017.1 tac chrutvā bhauvano rājā gautamītīram abhyagāt |
BRP083.017.2 kaśyapena sahāyena hayamedhāya dīkṣitaḥ || 17 ||
BRP083.018.1 tataḥ pravṛtte yajñeśe hayamedhe mahākratau |
BRP083.018.2 sampūrṇe tu tadā rājā pṛthivīṃ dātum udyataḥ || 18 ||
BRP083.019.1 tato 'ntarikṣe vāg uccair uvāca nṛpasattamam |
BRP083.019.2 pūjayitvā sthitaṃ viprān ṛtvijo 'tha sadaspatīn || 19 ||
ākāśavāg uvāca:
BRP083.020.1 purodhase kaśyapāya saśailavanakānanām |
BRP083.020.2 pṛthivīṃ dātukāmena dattaṃ sarvaṃ tvayā nṛpa || 20 ||
BRP083.021.1 bhūmidānaspṛhāṃ tyaktvā annaṃ dehi mahāphalam |
BRP083.021.2 nānnadānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vidyate || 21 ||
BRP083.022.1 viśeṣatas tu gaṅgāyāḥ śraddhayā puline mune |
BRP083.022.2 tvayā tu hayamedho 'yaṃ kṛtaḥ sabahudakṣiṇaḥ |
BRP083.022.3 kṛtakṛtyo 'si bhadraṃ te nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 22 ||
brahmovāca:
BRP083.023.1 tathāpi dātukāmaṃ taṃ mahī provāca bhauvanam || 23 ||
pṛthivy uvāca:
BRP083.024.1 viśvakarmaja sārvabhauma mā māṃ dehi punaḥ punaḥ |
BRP083.024.2 nimajje 'haṃ salilasya madhye tasmān na dīyatām || 24 ||
brahmovāca:
BRP083.025.1 tataś ca bhauvano bhītaḥ kiṃ deyam iti cābravīt |
BRP083.025.2 punaś covāca sā pṛthvī bhauvanaṃ brāhmaṇair vṛtam || 25 ||
bhūmy uvāca:
BRP083.026.1 tilā gāvo dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ yat kiñcid gautamītaṭe |
BRP083.026.2 sarvaṃ tad akṣayaṃ dānaṃ kiṃ māṃ bhauvana dāsyasi || 26 ||
BRP083.027.1 gaṅgātīraṃ samāśritya grāsam ekaṃ dadāti yaḥ |
BRP083.027.2 tenāhaṃ sakalā dattā kiṃ māṃ bhauvana dāsyasi || 27 ||
brahmovāca:
BRP083.028.1 tad bhuvo vacanaṃ śrutvā bhauvanaḥ sārvabhauvanaḥ |
BRP083.028.2 tatheti matvā viprebhyo hy annaṃ prādāt suvistaram || 28 ||
BRP083.029.1 tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ daśāśvamedhikaṃ viduḥ |
BRP083.029.2 daśānām aśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ snānād avāpyate || 29 ||