इति श्रीमन्महाभारते अरण्यपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि अष्टनवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥
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Markandeya tells another account of a king's greatness. King Yayati, son of Nahusha, sat among his citizens when a Brahmin came seeking wealth for his guru's fee. He asked first for a promise, for begging, he said, makes the giver resent the one who asks. How then would the king give? Yayati replied that he never boasts of a gift, never listens to a request for what should not be asked, and is happiest when he promises and then gives. A Brahmin who asks is dear to him; his mind never grows angry at a request, and he never grieves over what he has given. Saying this, he gave the Brahmin a thousand red cows, and the Brahmin received them. The chapter is very short.
[*मार्कण्डेय उवाच
इदमन्यच्छ्रूतां ययातिर्नाहुषो राजा राज्यस्थः पौरजनावृत आसांचक्रे ॥ गुर्वर्थी ब्राह्मण उपेत्याब्रवीत् भो राजन्गुर्वर्थं भिक्षेयं समयादिति राजोवाच
idamanyacchrūtāṃ yayātirnāhuṣo rājā rājyasthaḥ paurajanāvṛta āsāṃcakre || gurvarthī brāhmaṇa upetyābravīt bho rājangurvarthaṃ bhikṣeyaṃ samayāditi rājovāca
ब्रवीतु भगवान्समयमिति
bravītu bhagavānsamayamiti
ब्राह्मण उवाच
विद्वेषणं परमं जीवलोके
कुर्यान्नरः पार्थिव याच्यमानः ।
तं त्वां पृच्छामि कथं तु राज-
न्दद्याद्वान्दयितं च मेऽद्य
vidveṣaṇaṃ paramaṃ jīvaloke
kuryānnaraḥ pārthiva yācyamānaḥ |
taṃ tvāṃ pṛcchāmi kathaṃ tu rāja-
ndadyādvāndayitaṃ ca me'dya
राजोवाच
नचानुकीर्तये दद्य दत्त्वा
अयाच्यमर्थं न च संशृणोमि ।
प्राप्यमर्थं च संश्रुत्य
तं चापि दत्त्वा सुसुखी भवामि
nacānukīrtaye dadya dattvā
ayācyamarthaṃ na ca saṃśṛṇomi |
prāpyamarthaṃ ca saṃśrutya
taṃ cāpi dattvā susukhī bhavāmi
ददामि ते रोहिणीनां सहस्रं
प्रियो हि मे ब्राह्मणो याचमानः ।
न मे मनः कुप्यति याचमाने
दत्तं न शोचामि कदाचिदर्थम्
dadāmi te rohiṇīnāṃ sahasraṃ
priyo hi me brāhmaṇo yācamānaḥ |
na me manaḥ kupyati yācamāne
dattaṃ na śocāmi kadācidartham
इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणा राजा गोसहस्रं ददौ ।
प्राप्तवांश्च गवां सहस्रं ब्राह्मण इति
ityuktvā brāhmaṇā rājā gosahasraṃ dadau |
prāptavāṃśca gavāṃ sahasraṃ brāhmaṇa iti
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