Shloka 56
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
भविष्यथ विश क्षिप्रं द्रष्टासि पितरं क्षये । माताकी बात सुनकर मैं पिताके दर्शनसे निराश हो गया और मनको संयममें रखकर महादेवजीकी आराधना करके उनका दर्शन किया। उस समय वे मुझसे बोले--“वत्स! तुम्हारे पिता, माता और तुम तीनों ही मृत्युसे रहित हो जाओगे। अब तुम अपने घरमें शीघ्र प्रवेश करो। वहाँ तुम्हें पिताका दर्शन प्राप्त होगा” ।। अनुज्ञातो भगवता गृहं गत्वा युधिष्ठिर,तात युधिष्ठिर! भगवान् शिवकी आज्ञासे मैंने पुनः घर जाकर वहाँ यज्ञ करके यज्ञशालासे निकले हुए पिताका दर्शन किया। वे उस समय समिधा, कुश और वृक्षोंसे अपने-आप गिरे हुए पके फल आदि हव्य पदार्थ लिये हुए थे
bhaviṣyatha viśa kṣipraṃ draṣṭāsi pitaraṃ kṣaye |
Gālava said: “You will soon see your father at the end of your despair.” Hearing this, I cast off my hopelessness about meeting my father, restrained my mind, and worshipped Mahādeva until I received his vision. Then the Lord said to me: “Child, your father, your mother, and you—all three—shall become free from death. Now enter your home without delay; there you will obtain the sight of your father.” Permitted by Bhagavān Śiva, I returned home, performed a sacrifice, and then saw my father emerging from the sacrificial enclosure, carrying fuel-sticks (samidhā), kuśa grass, and ripe fruits and other offerings that had fallen of themselves from the trees.
गालव उवाच