1 [व]
युधिष्ठिर तव परज्ञा न सम्यग इति मे मतिः
न हि कश चित सवयं मर्त्यः सववशः कुरुते करियाः
Mahabharata 14.3.1 [v]
yudhiṣṭhira tava prajñā na samyag iti me matiḥ
na hi kaś cit svayaṃ martyaḥ svavaśaḥ kurute kriyāḥ
2 ईश्वरेण नियुक्तॊ ऽयं साध्व असाधु च मानवः
करॊति पुरुषः कर्म तत्र का परिदेवना
Mahabharata 14.3.2
īśvareṇa niyukto 'yaṃ sādhv asādhu ca mānavaḥ
karoti puruṣaḥ karma tatra kā paridevanā
3 आत्मानं मन्यसे चाथ पापकर्माणम अन्ततः
शृणु तत्र यथा पापम अपाकृष्येत भारत
Mahabharata 14.3.3
ātmānaṃ manyase cātha pāpakarmāṇam antataḥ
śṛṇu tatra yathā pāpam apākṛṣyeta bhārata
4 तपॊभिः करतुभिश चैव दानेन च युधिष्ठिर
तरन्ति नित्यं पुरुषा ये सम पापानि कुर्वते
Mahabharata 14.3.4
tapobhiḥ kratubhiś caiva dānena ca yudhiṣṭhira
taranti nityaṃ puruṣā ye sma pāpāni kurvate
5 यज्ञेन तपसा चैव दानेन च नराधिप
पूयन्ते राजशार्दूल नरा दुष्कृतकर्मिणः
Mahabharata 14.3.5
yajñena tapasā caiva dānena ca narādhipa
pūyante rājaśārdūla narā duṣkṛtakarmiṇaḥ
6 असुराश च सुराश चैव पुण्यहेतॊर मखक्रियाम
परयतन्ते महात्मानस तस्माद यज्ञाः परायणम
Mahabharata 14.3.6
asurāś ca surāś caiva puṇyahetor makhakriyām
prayatante mahātmānas tasmād yajñāḥ parāyaṇam
7 यज्ञैर एव महात्मानॊ बभूवुर अधिकाः सुराः
ततॊ देवाः करियावन्तॊ दानवान अभ्यधर्षयन
Mahabharata 14.3.7
yajñair eva mahātmāno babhūvur adhikāḥ surāḥ
tato devāḥ kriyāvanto dānavān abhyadharṣayan
8 राजसूयाश्वमेधौ च सर्वमेधं च भारत
नरमेधं च नृपते तवम आहर युधिष्ठिर
Mahabharata 14.3.8
rājasūyāśvamedhau ca sarvamedhaṃ ca bhārata
naramedhaṃ ca nṛpate tvam āhara yudhiṣṭhira
9 यजस्व वाजिमेधेन विधिवद दक्षिणावता
बहु कामान्न वित्तेन रामॊ दाशरथिर यथा
Mahabharata 14.3.9
yajasva vājimedhena vidhivad dakṣiṇāvatā
bahu kāmānna vittena rāmo dāśarathir yathā
10 यथा च भरतॊ राजा दौःषन्तिः पृथिवीपतिः
शाकुन्तलॊ महावीर्यस तव पूर्वपितामहः
Mahabharata 14.3.10
yathā ca bharato rājā dauḥṣantiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
śākuntalo mahāvīryas tava pūrvapitāmahaḥ
11 [य]
असंशयं वाजिमेधः पावयेत पृथिवीम अपि
अभिप्रायस तु मे कश चित तं तवं शरॊतुम इहार्हसि
Mahabharata 14.3.11 [y]
asaṃśayaṃ vājimedhaḥ pāvayet pṛthivīm api
abhiprāyas tu me kaś cit taṃ tvaṃ śrotum ihārhasi
12 इमं जञातिबधं कृत्वा सुमहान्तं दविजॊत्तम
दानम अल्पं न शक्यामि दातुं वित्तं च नास्ति मे
Mahabharata 14.3.12
imaṃ jñātibadhaṃ kṛtvā sumahāntaṃ dvijottama
dānam alpaṃ na śakyāmi dātuṃ vittaṃ ca nāsti me
13 न च बालान इमान दीनान उत्सहे वसु याचितुम
तथैवार्द्र वरणान कृच्छ्रे वर्तमानान नृपात्मजान
Mahabharata 14.3.13
na ca bālān imān dīnān utsahe vasu yācitum
tathaivārdra vraṇān kṛcchre vartamānān nṛpātmajān
14 सवयं विनाश्य पृथिवीं यज्ञार्थे दविजसत्तम
करम आहारयिष्यामि कथं शॊकपरायणान
Mahabharata 14.3.14
svayaṃ vināśya pṛthivīṃ yajñārthe dvijasattama
karam āhārayiṣyāmi kathaṃ śokaparāyaṇān
15 दुर्यॊधनापराधेन वसुधा वसुधाधिपाः
परनष्टा यॊजयित्वास्मान अकीर्त्या मुनिसत्तम
Mahabharata 14.3.15
duryodhanāparādhena vasudhā vasudhādhipāḥ
pranaṣṭā yojayitvāsmān akīrtyā munisattama
16 दुर्यॊधनेन पृथिवी कषयिता वित्तकारणात
कॊशश चापि विशीर्णॊ ऽसौ धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्मतेः
Mahabharata 14.3.16
duryodhanena pṛthivī kṣayitā vittakāraṇāt
kośaś cāpi viśīrṇo 'sau dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ
17 पृथिवी दक्षिणा चात्र विधिः परथमकल्पिकः
विद्वद्भिः परिदृष्टॊ ऽयं शिष्टॊ विधिविपर्ययः
Mahabharata 14.3.17
pṛthivī dakṣiṇā cātra vidhiḥ prathamakalpikaḥ
vidvadbhiḥ paridṛṣṭo 'yaṃ śiṣṭo vidhiviparyayaḥ
18 न च परतिनिधिं कर्तुं चिकीर्षामि तपॊधन
अत्र मे भगवन सम्यक साचिव्यं कर्तुम अर्हसि
Mahabharata 14.3.18
na ca pratinidhiṃ kartuṃ cikīrṣāmi tapodhana
atra me bhagavan samyak sācivyaṃ kartum arhasi
19 [व]
एवम उक्तस तु पार्थेन कृष्णद्वैपायनस तदा
मुहूर्तम अनुसंचिन्त्य धर्मराजानम अब्रवीत
Mahabharata 14.3.19 [v]
evam uktas tu pārthena kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
muhūrtam anusaṃcintya dharmarājānam abravīt
20 विद्यते दरविणं पार्थ गिरौ हिमवति सथितम
उत्सृष्टं बराह्मणैर यज्ञे मरुत्तस्य महीपतेः
तद आनयस्व कौन्तेय पर्याप्तं तद भविष्यति
Mahabharata 14.3.20
vidyate draviṇaṃ pārtha girau himavati sthitam
utsṛṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇair yajñe maruttasya mahīpateḥ
tad ānayasva kaunteya paryāptaṃ tad bhaviṣyati
21 [य]
कथं यज्ञे मरुत्तस्य दरविणं तत समाचितम
कस्मिंश च काले स नृपॊ बभूव वदतां वर
Mahabharata 14.3.21 [y]
kathaṃ yajñe maruttasya draviṇaṃ tat samācitam
kasmiṃś ca kāle sa nṛpo babhūva vadatāṃ vara
22 [व]
यदि शुश्रूषसे पार्थ शृणु कारंधमं नृपम
यस्मिन काले महावीर्यः स राजासीन महाधनः
Mahabharata 14.3.22 [v]
yadi śuśrūṣase pārtha śṛṇu kāraṃdhamaṃ nṛpam
yasmin kāle mahāvīryaḥ sa rājāsīn mahādhanaḥ
Mahabharata 14.3
(Aswamedhika Parva)
"Vyasa said;
'O Yudhishthira, thy wisdom, I conceive, is not adequate. None doth any act by virtue of his own power. It is God. who engageth him in acts good or bad, O bestower of honour. Where then is the room for repentance? Thou deemest thyself as having perpetrated impious acts. Do thou, therefore, O Bharata, harken as to the way in which sin may be removed. O Yudhishthira, those that commit sins, can always free themselves from them through penance, sacrifice and gifts. O king, O foremost of men, sinful people are purified by sacrifice, austerities and charity. The high-souled celestials and Asuras perform sacrifices for securing religious merit; and therefore sacrifice are of supreme importance. It is through sacrifices that the high-souled celestials had waxed so wondrously powerful; and having celebrated rites did they vanquish the Danavas. Do thou, O Yudhishthira, prepare for the Rajasuya, and the horse-sacrifice, as well as, O Bharata, for the Sarvamedha and the Naramedha. And then as Dasaratha's son, Rama, or as Dushmanta's and Sakuntala's son, thy ancestor, the lord of the Earth, the exceedingly puissant king Bharata, had done, do thou agreeably to the ordinance celebrate the Horse-sacrifice with Dakshinas.
Yudhishthira replied;
'Beyond a doubt, the Horse-sacrifice purifieth princes. But I have a purpose of which it behoveth thee to hear. Having caused this huge carnage of kindred, I cannot, O best of the regenerate ones, dispense gifts even on a small scale; I have no wealth to give. Nor can I for wealth solicit these juvenile sons of kings, staying in sorry plight, with their wounds yet green, and undergoing suffering. How, O foremost of twice-born ones, having myself destroyed the Earth can I, overcome by sorrow, levy dues for celebrating a sacrifice? Through Duryodhana's fault, O best of ascetics, the kings of the Earth have met with destruction, and we have reaped ignominy. For wealth Duryodhana hath wasted the Earth; and the treasury of that wicked-minded son of Dhritarashtra is empty. (In this sacrifice), the Earth is the Dakshina; this is the rule that is prescribed in the first instance. The usual reversal of this rule, though sanctioned, is observed, by the learned as such. Nor, O ascetic, do I like to have a substitute (for this process). In this matter, O reverend sir, it behoveth thee to favour me with thy counsel'. Thus addressed by Pritha's son, Krishna Dwaipayana, reflecting for a while, spoke unto the righteous king'
This treasury, (now) exhausted, shall be full. O son of Pritha, in the mountain Himavat (The Himalayas) there is gold which had been left behind by Brahmanas at the sacrifice of the high-souled Marutta.' 1 Yudhishthira asked, 'How in that sacrifice celebrated by Marutta was so much gold amassed? And, O foremost of speakers, when did he reign?' Vyasa said 'If, O Pritha's son, thou art anxious to hear concerning that king sprung from the Karandhama race, then listen to me as I tell thee when that highly powerful monarch possessed of immense wealth reigned.'
Naramedha = human sacrifice. From this it appears that the sacrifice of human beings was in vogue at the time.
