Shloka 76
छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear
आनीय सा तदा तस्मै प्रादादसकृदच्युत । प्रभो! इस विषयमें महर्षि जमदग्नि और महात्मा भगवान् सूर्यके संवादका वर्णन किया जाता है। पूर्वकालकी बात है, एक दिन भृगुनन्दन भगवान् जमदग्निजी धनुष चलानेकी क्रीड़ा कर रहे थे। धर्मसे च्युत न होनेवाले युधिष्ठिर! वे बारंबार धनुषपर बाण रखकर उन्हें चलाते और उन चलाये हुए सम्पूर्ण तेजस्वी बाणोंको उनकी पत्नी रेणुका ला-लाकर दिया करती थीं
ānīya sā tadā tasmai prādād asakṛd acyuta | prabho! asmin viṣaye maharṣi-jamadagni-mahātmā-bhagavat-sūryayoḥ saṃvādasya varṇanaṃ kathyate | pūrvakālasya vṛttāntam—ekadā bhṛgunandanaḥ bhagavān jamadagniḥ dhanur-vidhāna-krīḍāṃ kurvan āsīt | dharmāc cyuta na bhava yudhiṣṭhira! sa punaḥ punaḥ dhanuṣi bāṇān āropya tān mumoca, te ca sarve tejasvinaḥ bāṇāḥ patnyā reṇukayā ānīyānīya tasmai punar api pradīyante sma |
Bhishma said: “She would bring them and, again and again, hand them back to him, O Acyuta. Lord, in this connection the dialogue between the sage Jamadagni and the great-souled Lord Surya is recounted. It happened long ago: one day Jamadagni, the blessed descendant of Bhrigu, was engaged in the sport of archery. O Yudhishthira, unwavering from dharma, he repeatedly set arrows upon his bow and released them; and his wife Renuka would fetch those radiant arrows and return them to him time after time.”
भीष्म उवाच