sā hovāca -- ahaṃ vai tvā yājñavalkya yathā kāśyo vā vaideho vograputra ujjyaṃ dhanur adhijyaṃ kṛtvā dvau bāṇavantau sapatnātivyādhinau haste kṛtvopottiṣṭhed evam evāhaṃ tvā dvābhyāṃ praśnābhyām upodasthām | tau me brūhīti | pṛccha gārgīti ||
2. She said: 'O Yâgñavalkya, as the son of a warrior from the Kâsîs or Videhas might string his loosened bow, take two pointed foe-piercing arrows in his hand and rise to do battle, I have risen to fight thee with two questions. Answer me these questions.'
Yâgñavalkya said: 'Ask, O Gârgî.'
labdhānujñā ha yājñavalkyaṃ sā hovāca - ahaṃ vai tvā tvāṃ dvau praśnau prakṣyāmītyanuṣajyate;kau tāviti jijñāsāyāṃ tayorduruttaratvadyotayituṃ dṛṣṭāntapūrvakaṃ tāvāha - he yājñavalkya yathā loke kāśyaḥ kāśiṣu bhavaḥ kāśyaḥ, prasiddhaṃ śauryaṃ kāśye, vaideho vā videhānāṃ vā rājā, ugraputraḥ śūrānvaya ityarthaḥ, ujjyam avatāritajyākaṃ dhanuḥ punaradhijyam āropitalyākaṃ kṛtvā dvau bāṇavantau bāṇaśabdena śarāgre yo vaṃśakhaṇḍaḥ saṃdhīyate, tena vināpi śaro bhavatītyato viśinaṣṭi bāṇavantāviti - dvau bāṇavantau śarau, tayoreva viśeṣaṇaṃ sapatnātivyādhinau śatroḥ pīḍākarāvatiśayena, haste kṛtvopottiṣṭhet samīpata ātmānaṃ darśayet evamevāhaṃ tvā tvāṃ śarasthānīyābhyāṃ praśnābhyāṃ dvābhyāmupodasthāṃ utthitavatyasmi tvatsamīpe |
tau me brūhīti - brahmaviccet |
āhetaraḥ - pṛccha gārgīti || 2 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 3,8.2;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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