अध्याय २७
श्लोक 1
सत्वतः सत्त्वसंपन्नान् कौसल्या सुषुवे सुतान् भजिनं भजमानं च दिव्यं देवावृधं नृपम्
satvataḥ sattvasaṃpannān kausalyā suṣuve sutān bhajinaṃ bhajamānaṃ ca divyaṃ devāvṛdhaṃ nṛpam
हिन्दी अर्थ
कंसद्वारा देवकीके गर्भके विनाशका प्रयत्न, भगवान् विष्णुका पाताललोकमें स्थित 'बघड्गर्भ' नामक हैत्योंके जीवॉका आकर्षण करके उन्हें निद्रा देवीके हाथमें देना और देवकीके गर्भमें क्रमशः स्थापित करनेका आदेश देकर अन्य कर्तव्य बताना तथा कार्यसाधनके अनन्तर बढ़नेवाली उस देवीकी महिमाका उल्लेख यत्ता भवत सर्वे वै देवक्या गर्भकृन्तने प्रथमादेव हन्तव्या गर्भास्ते सप्त एवं हि। मूलादेव तु हन्तव्यः: सो5नर्थों यत्र संशयः देवकी च गूृहे गुप्ता प्रच्छन्नैरभिरक्षिता। स्वैरं चरतु विश्रब्धा गर्भकाले तु रक्ष्यताम्
English
"Patience resides in Brahmacharyya,¹⁵⁸ asceticism exists in Brahmacharyya and those Brāhmanas, who practise it, attain to the celestial region (38). Without Siddhi,¹⁵⁹ there is no yoga, and without yoga there is no fame. There is no other glorious asceticism in this world than Brahmacharyya (39). Having subdued the five elements and five organs of sense one should practise Brahmacharyya. What other greater Tapas is there than Brahmacharyya (40)? The shaving of the hairs in the absence of yoga which the Sanyasins are bound to practise, the observance of the difficult (Chandrāyana) vow (for pleasing the people) in the absence of determination (to go to the next world), the practice of religion in the absence of Brahmacharyya—these three are designated as Dambha¹⁶⁰ (41). When Brahmā created his mind-begotten progeny where had he his wife and where was his co-habitation and where was the agitation of his mind (42)? You, self-controlled Rishis, have a great ascetic energy. Therefore create your mind-born progeny by your patriarchal works (43). The ascetics should procreate progeny through their mind-born source. They should not marry and beget children on their wives (44). What you have said, being yourselves all pious men, about the different religious practices, appears to me as thoroughly immoral (45). By this my effulgent body consisting of soul and identical with mind, I shall pro-create a son, begotten of my body, without espousing a wife (46). By the forest, regulations¹⁶¹ I shall create, out of this body of mine, a second body capable of consuming the creatures