Yaja
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 27 Feb 2010 15:03 and updated at 27 Feb 2010 15:03
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.1.169.8630 | And the king saw there two Brahmana sages named Yaja and Upayaja, both of rigid vows and souls under complete control and belonging to the most superior order. |
Mbh.1.169.8638 | Then, after the expiration of a year, Upayaja, that first of Brahmanas, O monarch, addressing Drupada in sweet tone, said, My elder brother Yaja, one day, while wandering through the deep woods, took up a fruit that had fallen upon a spot the purity of which he cared not to enquire about. |
Mbh.1.169.8646 | Hearing these words of Upayaja, king Drupada, though entertaining a low opinion of Yaja, nevertheless went to his abode. |
Mbh.1.169.8647 | Worshipping Yaja who was still worthy of homage, Drupada said unto him, O master, perform thou spiritual offices for me and I will give thee eighty thousand kine! |
Mbh.1.169.8659 | O Yaja, perform that sacrifice by means of which I may obtain a son invincible in battle and capable of slaying Drona. |
Mbh.1.169.8661 | Hearing these words of Drupada, Yaja said, So be it' |
Mbh.1.169.8662 | Yaja then began to recollect the various ceremonies appertaining to the particular sacrifice. |
Mbh.1.169.8664 | Then Yaja promised to perform the sacrifice for the destruction of Drona. |
Mbh.1.169.8668 | And when everything was complete Yaja, after having poured libations of clarified butter on the sacrificial fire, commanded Drupada's queen, saying, Come hither, O queen, O daughter-in-law of Prishata! |
Mbh.1.169.8672 | Wait for me a little, O Yaja! |
Mbh.1.169.8674 | Yaja, however, replied, O lady, whether thou comest or waitest, why should not the object of this sacrifice be accomplished when the oblation hath already been prepared by me and sanctified by Upayaja's invocations' |
Mbh.1.169.8675 | The Brahmana continued, Having said this, Yaja poured the sanctified libation on the fire, whereupon arose from those flames a child resembling a celestial who possessing the effulgence of fire, was terrible to behold. |
Mbh.1.169.8693 | Then beholding the boy and the girl, the daughter-in-law of Prishata, desiring to have them, approached Yaja and said, Let not these know any one else except myself as their mother' |
Mbh.1.169.8694 | Yaja, desiring to do good unto the king said, So be it' |
Mbh.2.78.3392 | Aided by the ascetic power of Yaja and Upayaja, Drupada obtained from the sacrificial fire a son named Dhrishtadyumna and a daughter, viz, the faultless Krishna, both risen from the sacrificial platform. |
Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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