Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथंचिदभिवर्तन्ते विविधास्तामसा गुणा:

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'What should be the kind of city within which the king should himself dwell? Should he select one already made or should he cause one to be especially constructed? Tell me this O

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा प्रकाशतेस्यात्मा घटे दीपो ज्वलन्निव उसका आत्मा प्रकाशित होने लगता है

English

[Bhishma said:] "The mind alone of a man announces his future shapes, what is auspicious to him and what is not to be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सति हि गुणे प्रवदन्त्यतुल्यताम्

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Shri with Shakra; learn it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष ध्यानपथ: पूर्वो मया समनुवर्णित: स्फुरिष्यति समुदशभ्रान्ता विद्युदम्बुधरे यथा

English

Seeing the higher and lower worlds by the dawn of great austerity, having gone, as common to the sages dwelling in Brahma's world,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनेकानेक विषयोंसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाले बहुत-से भिन्न-भिन्न इतिहास भी सुनाये

English

Narada himself, of immeasurable radiance, his sin calmed, of great austerity, roamed at will in the three worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घिरकर बैठे और मध्यभागमें भी कुशोंसे आच्छादित रहे साम्यमुत्पाद्य मनसा मनस्येव मनो दधत्

English

Once, rising in the morning, wishing to touch pure water, he went to the Ganga with its gate at Dhruva, and descended.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्राभिध्यां स कुरुते तं वै निरयमृच्छति

English

And the thousand-eyed wielder of the thunderbolt, slayer of Shambara and Paka, came to the bank of that river frequented by divine sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वाभ्यां मुक्त त्रिभिर्मुक्तमष्टाभिस्त्रिभिरेव च अप्रहर्षमनानन्दमशोकं॑ विगतक्‍क्लमम्

English

Having bathed, the two self-controlled ones sat reciting prayers, having reached the river's sandbank of fine golden sand.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्रूहि जपतां श्रेष्ठ सर्व तत् ते भविष्यति

English

Those two, fond of tales, pure and glad in mind, told stories told by divine sages and related by those of holy deeds, attentive, speaking of things free of past events.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तरह भी घेरते हों तो उन्हें तमोगुणके ही विविध रूप समझे मन: सुनियतं यस्य स सुखी प्रेत्य चेह च

English

"Bhishma said, 'It is proper, O Bharata, to enquire about the conduct that should be followed and the defences that should be adopted with respect to the city in which, O son of Kunti, a king should reside. I shall, therefore, discourse to thee on the subject, referring especially to the defences of citadels. Having listened to me, thou shouldst make the arrangements required and conduct thyself attentively as directed. Keeping his eye on the six different kinds of citadels, the king should build his cities containing every kind of affluence and every other article of use in abundance. Those six varieties are water-citadels, earth-citadels, hill-citadels, human-citadels, mud-citadels, and forest-citadels. I The king, with his ministers and the army thoroughly loyal to him, should reside in that city which is defended by a citadel which contains an abundant stock of rice and weapons,— which is protected with impenetrable walls and a trench, which teems with elephants and steeds and

हिन्दी अर्थ

परलोकमें भी सुखी होता है

English

cars, which is inhabited by men possessed of learning and versed in the mechanical arts, where provisions of every kind have been well stored, whose population is virtuous in conduct and clever in business and consists of strong and energetic men and animals, which is adorned with many open squares and rows of shops, where the behaviour of all persons is righteous, where peace prevails, where no danger exists, which blazes with beauty and resounds with music and songs, where the houses are all spacious, were the residents number among them many brave and wealthy individuals, which echoes with the chant of Vedic hymns, where festivities and rejoicings frequently take place, and where the deities are always worshipped, l Residing there, the king should be employed in filling his treasury, increasing his forces, enhancing the number of his friends, and establishing courts of justice. He should cheek all abuses and evils in both his cities and his provinces. He should be employed in collecting provisions of every kind and in filling his arsenals with care. He should also increase his stores of rice and other grain, and strengthen his counsels (with wisdom). He should further, enhance his stores of fuel, iron, chaff, charcoal, timber, horns, bones, bamboos, marrow, oils and ghee, fat, honey, medicines, flax, resinous exudations, rice, weapons, shafts, leather catgut (for bow-strings), caries, and strings and cords made of munja grass and other plants and creepers. He should also increase the number of tanks and well, containing large quantities of water, and should protect all juicy trees. 2 He should entertain with honour and attention preceptors (of different sciences), Ritwijas, and priests, mighty bowmen, persons skilled in architecture, astronomers and astrologers, and physicians, as also all men possessed of wisdom and intelligence and self-restraint and cleverness and courage and learning and high birth and

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृष्टिसे अलग रहता है अन्योन्यमेतौ ख्यातां च सम्प्रयोगस्तथा तयो:

English

Then, Bharata, there appeared coming near them the course of the Garuda and the sun, the Vaishnava path, shining unequalled with brightness, illuminating the three worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होना समझना चाहिए

English

Preceded by apsarases of divine form and beauty, tall, with the radiance of the great sun's rays,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा मत्स्यो जलं॑ चैव सम्प्रयुक्तो तथैव तौ बुद्धि और आत्माकी भी है

English

with ornaments like stars and a garland like rows of stars, they saw Shri, Padma, standing in person on a lotus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिद्रष्टा गुणानां तु संसृष्टान्मन्यते तथा

English

She, best of women, descending from the front of her aerial car, approached the lord of the three worlds, Shakra, and the sage Narada.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वथा भिन्न है तो भी वह अपनेको उन गुणोंसे संयुक्त मानता है निर्विचेष्टरजानद्धिः परमात्मा प्रदीपवत्

English

Followed by Narada, Maghavan came to the goddess in person, with folded hands, presenting himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा मन-बुद्धि इन सातोंके द्वारा सम्पूर्ण पदार्थोका अनुभव कराता है

English

And he, all-knowing king of the gods, paid her incomparable honour, and Shri, king, spoke these words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्माका यह संयोग अनादि है सत्त्वं मनः संसृजते न गुणान् वै कदाचन

English

"Who are you, and for what purpose have you come, fair-smiling one? From where do you come, fair-browed, and where are you to go, auspicious one?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पर्क कदापि नहीं होता

English

[Shri said:] "In the three holy worlds all, moving and unmoving, strive with the highest effort to win my nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतात्मभूस्तस्मात् स गच्छेदुत्तमां गतिम्

English

I am born in a lotus awakened by the sun's rays, for the prosperity of all beings: Padma, Shri, wearing a lotus garland.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मननशील मुनि सम्पूर्ण भूतोंका आत्मा होकर परम गतिको प्राप्त होता है अशोचचन्नप्रहृष्यंश्व समो विगतमत्सर:

English

I am Lakshmi, I am Bhuti, I am Shri, slayer of Bala; I am faith and intelligence, humility, victory and stability.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्णनाभिर्य था सूत्र विज्ञेयास्तन्तुवद् गुणा:

English

I am steadiness, success, splendour and prosperity; I am Svaha, Svadha, praise, destiny and doing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान समस्त गुणोंकी सत्ता समझनी चाहिए प्रत्यक्षेण परोक्षं तदनुमानेन सिध्यति

English

I dwell at the front of the armies and on the banners of kings who win, in the dwellings of those devoted to dharma, in regions and cities,

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभयं सम्प्रधार्यतद् व्यवस्येत यथामति

English

in the brave who is victorious, who does not turn back in battle; I dwell in a king of men always, slayer of Bala.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमुच्य सुखमासीत न शोचेच्छिन्नसंशय: अवगाहा सुविद्धांसो विद्धि ज्ञानमिदं तथा

English

In one constant in dharma, of great wisdom, devoted to brahmanas, truthful, humble and generous, I always dwell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानसम्पन्न हो जाते हैं--ऐसा जानो

English

Formerly I lived among the asuras, bound to truth and dharma; knowing them as reversed, I chose to dwell in you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तु तप्यति तत्त्वज्ञ: फले ज्ञाते तरत्युत अवेक्ष्य च शनैर्बुद्धया लभते शमनं ततः

English

[Shakra said:] "How did you dwell among the Daityas when they behaved so, fair-faced one? And seeing what, have you left the Daityas and Danavas and come here?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र तत्र विसृष्टैश्न दुर्वार्यश्षाकृतात्मभि:

English

[Shri said:] "I was devoted to beings who followed their own dharma, unmoved through steadiness, delighting in the path to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्निवार्य इन्द्रियोंद्वारा आत्माका साक्षात्कार नहीं कर सकते विज्ञाय तद्धि मन्यन्ते कृतकृत्या मनीषिण:

English

Among them giving, study, sacrifice, honouring teachers and deities, and brahmans and guests went on constantly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मोसे सम्बन्ध नहीं रह जाता) ये विदुस्तदुभयं पदं सताम्

English

Their houses were well swept, their women controlled, the fires fed; they served their teachers, were self-controlled, devoted to brahmanas and truthful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिखायी दे, उसी पथका आश्रय लो)

English

Faithful, conquerors of anger, generous, without envy, they maintained sons, ministers and wives, and were free of jealousy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

य॑ंज्ञात्वा शाश्वतीं सिद्धि गच्छन्तीह महर्षय: प्राप्त करते हैं

English

Not intolerant, they never craved each other's things, and the steadfast were never tormented by others' prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षयो ज्ञानतृप्ता निर्वाणणतमानसा:

English

They were givers, gatherers, noble, knowers of compassion, of great kindness, honest, firm in devotion, masters of senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्मदोषपरिक्षीणा: स्वभावे पर्यवस्थिता: असड्रान्यविवादीनि मन:शान्तिकराणि च

English

They had contented servants and ministers, were grateful, kind in speech, and gave wealth and honour as due, modest, of fixed vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पिण्डीकृत्येन्द्रियग्राममासीन: काष्ठवन्मुनि:

English

Always well bathed at the festivals, well anointed, well adorned, given to fasting and austerity, famed speakers of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रूपं न चक्षुषा विद्याज्जिह्दया न रसांस्तथा पज्चवर्गप्रमाथीनि नेच्छेच्चैतानि वीर्यवान्

English

The sun did not rise on them, nor did they sleep at dawn; at night they always avoided curds and barley-meal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाददध्यान्मनो भ्रान्तमिन्द्रियेः सह पञ्चभि:

English

Pure celibate students looked each morning at ghee, saw auspicious things and honoured brahmanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाँचों इन्द्रियोंसहित चंचल मनको परमात्माके ध्यानमें एकाग्र करे पूर्व ध्यानपथे धीर: समादध्यान्मनो5न्तरा

English

Dharma ever belongs to those who give, ever to those who do not take, to those who sleep half the night and do not sleep by day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनको धीर योगी पुरुष पहले अपने हृदयके भीतर ध्यानमार्ममें एकाग्र करे

English

They ever approved of inheritance and share for the wretched, the helpless, the aged, the weak, the sick and women.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयोंकी ओर जानेके लिये चंचल हो उठता है

English

They ever comforted the despondent, the frightened, the agitated, the fear-stricken, the sick, the robbed and the afflicted by calamity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेवास्य चित्तं च भवति ध्यानवर्त्मनि स्थित साधकका मन भी प्रारम्भमें चंचल होता रहता है

English

They followed dharma alone and did not harm each other; they were agreeable in tasks and served elders.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनर्वायुपथं भ्रान्तं मनो भवति वायुवत्

English

They properly honoured ancestors, gods and guests, and ate the remains, ever devoted to truth and austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहुँचकर भ्रान्त-सा होकर वायुके समान चंचल हो उठता है समाददध्यात् पुनश्चेतो ध्यानेन ध्यानयोगवित्

English

They did not eat alone when well provided, did not go to another's wife, and behaved toward all beings with compassion as toward themselves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुने: समादधानस्य प्रथमं ध्यानमादितः

English

Neither by day, nor with animals, nor in a wrong womb, nor on festival days did they ever care to release the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न निर्वेद॑ मुनिर्गच्छेत् कु्यादिवात्मनो हितम् सहसा वारिणासिक्ता न यान्ति परिभावनम्

English

Ever giving, skilled, honest, ever energetic and without ego, of highest friendship and forbearance,

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहरेत् क्रमशश्नैव स सम्यक् प्रशमिष्यति

English

truth, giving, austerity, purity, compassion, unharsh speech, no treachery to friends: all this was in them, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्व ध्यानपथे स्थाप्य नित्ययोगेन शाम्यति सुखमेष्यति तत् तस्य यदेवं संयतात्मन:

English

Sleep, drowsiness, passion, envy, disregard, discontent and despondency and longing did not enter them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यको किसी दूसरे पुरुषार्थसे या हैवयोगसे भी नहीं मिल सकता

English

I dwelt long ago among such Danavas, from the creation of beings through more than one reversal of the ages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छन्ति योगिनो होवं निर्वाणं तन्निरामयम् नानाश्रयाश्व॒ बहव इतिहासा: पृथग्विधा:

English

Then, in the reversal of time, by the reversal of their qualities, I saw dharma gone from those under the sway of desire and anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संदेहो5स्ति तु कश्चिन्मे तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति संदेह रह गया है, उसे आप मुझे बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

In assemblies of the aged, those of lesser virtue laughed at and envied all the elders who told true tales.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंफलं जपतामुक्तं क्व वा तिष्ठन्ति जापका:

English

They no longer honoured as before the good aged who came to sit with the young, with rising and salutation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकोंमें स्थान पाते हैं? जापका इति किज्चैतत् सांख्ययोगक्रियाविधि:

English

Sons, becoming masters, treated their fathers as enemy servants, proclaiming it, shameless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है? क्या यह सांख्ययोग, ध्यानयोग अथवा क्रियायोगका अनुष्ठान है?

English

They hankered after the great wealth gained by deeds blamed and apart from dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतनमे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सर्वज्ञो हसि मे मतः यमस्य यत् पुरावृत्तं कालस्य ब्राह्णस्य च

English

They spoke loudly at night while the fire burned low; sons spoke back to fathers and wives to husbands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो जपका संन्यास (त्याग) ही बताया गया है

English

They did not honour mother, father, aged teacher, guest or elder, and did not look after the young.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांख्ययोगौ तु यायुक्तौ मुनिभि: समदर्शिभि: --इन दोनों मार्गोंमें भी मनोनिग्रह और इन्द्रियसंयम आवश्यक माने गये हैं

English

Without giving alms or offerings, they ate food themselves, without sacrifice, not sharing with ancestors, gods, guests and elders.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यमग्निपरीचारो विविक्तानां च सेवनम्

English

They did not care about purity; their cooks too; in mind, deed and word there was uncovered fault.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा निवर्तते कर्म जपतो ब्रह्मचारिण: निवृत्तं मार्गमासाद्य व्यक्ताव्यक्तमनाश्रयम्

English

Grain lay scattered, food for crows and mice; milk stood uncovered; they touched ghee while unclean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशै: परिवृतस्तस्मिन् मध्ये छन्न: कुशैस्तथा

English

Spades and spittoons, scattered bronze vessels, and all the household utensils the housewife did not look to.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संन्यस्यत्यथवा तां वै समाधौ पर्यवस्थित:

English

They did not repair the ruin of walls and houses, and did not regard animals, tying them up with fodder and water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुद्धात्मा तपसा दान्तो निवृत्तद्वेषकामवान् न कर्ता कारणानां च न कार्याणामिति स्थिति:

English

The Danavas ate their own food while children looked on, and gave only leavings to all their servants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नचार्थग्रहणे युक्तो नावमानी न चाक्रिय:

English

They cooked milk-rice, sesame rice, meat, cakes and fried cakes for themselves, and ate meat in vain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ध्याने समाधिमुत्पाद्य तदपि त्यजति क्रमात् उत्क्रामति च मार्गस्थो नैव क्वचन जायते

English

They slept after sunrise and woke at dawn; quarrels went on day and night in house after house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतस्वरूप विशुद्ध आत्माको प्राप्त होता है

English

The ignoble sat attending an elder; there, those out of their stages, doing wrong deeds, hated one another; mixing arose, and purity did not remain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकैवैषा गतिस्तेषामुत यान्त्यपरामपि प्राप्त होते हैं?

English

Brahmanas who knew the Veda and those who clearly did not were without difference; they were bound up in honour and dishonour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा गच्छन्ति निरयाननेकान् पुरुषर्षभ

English

Servants took up a bad practice of looking at fashion, ornaments, dress, gait and stance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकदेशक्रियश्चात्र निरयं स च गच्छति वह नरकमें पड़ता है

English

Women in the dress of men and men in the dress of women found great delight in play and pleasure walks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईदृशो जापको याति निरयं नात्र संशय:

English

What had been given in the past by the wealthy to the worthy, they did not follow, from unbelief, though living in plenty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऐसा जापक भी नि:संदेह नरकमें ही पड़ता है परावमानी पुरुषो भविता निरयोपग:

English

A friend, asked for help by a friend when the wealth was in doubt, destroyed that wealth for his own purpose, for a mere tip of a thing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसीके उपयुक्त नरकमें पड़ता है स एव निरयस्तस्य नासौ तस्मात् प्रमुच्यते

English

Fond of taking others' goods, dealing in markets, they were seen among the noble classes; and even shudras were rich in austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्रास्य राग: पतति तत्र तत्रोपपद्यते

English

Some studied without keeping vows, others kept vows in vain; a disciple did not serve his teacher, a teacher became his disciple's friend.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त होता है या तिर्यक्-योनियोंमें जाता है स मोहान्निरयं याति तत्र गत्वानुशोचति

English

Father and mother, wearied, were as if at a festival of conduct, powerless, and asked their sons for food in vain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है और उसमें गिरकर निरन्तर शोकमग्न रहता है

English

There the Veda-knowing wise, deep like the ocean, became attached to farming and the like; fools ate at shraddhas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न सम्पूर्णो न संयुक्तो निरयं सो5नुगच्छति है, वह नरकमें गिरता है

English

The good questions each morning, preparation, sending, and tasks were done by disciples sent by teachers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद्भूतो जापकः कस्मात् स शरीरमिहाविशेत्

English

A daughter-in-law commanded servants in front of her father- and mother-in-law, and, calling her husband, addressed him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रशस्तं जापकत्व॑ च दोषाश्रैते तदात्मका: कौतूहलं हि राजन् मे तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति

English

A father, though he guarded his son's mind with effort, shared in anger and lived in sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्ममूलाश्रयं वाक्‍्यं शृणुष्वावहितो5नघ

English

Seeing wealth taken by fire, thieves or kings, they laughed from hatred, even those esteemed as friends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानासंस्थानवर्णानि नानारूपफलानि च आक्रीडा विविधा राजन पद्मिन्यश्वैव काज्चना:

English

The ungrateful, unbelieving, sinful, violators of the teacher's wife, delighting in eating forbidden food, without limit, their lustre gone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मसरुतां विश्वदेवानां साध्यानामश्चिनोरपि

English

When they were practising such conduct in reversal, I thought: I shall not dwell among the Danavas, lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनन्दका भी अभाव है। वह शोक और श्रमसे भी सर्वथा रहित है

English

Welcome me, who have come of myself to you, lord of Shachi; honoured by you, lord of the gods, the gods will set me in front.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स कालस्य प्रभू राजन् स्वर्गस्यापि तथेश्वर: नहीं चलती। वह परमात्मा कालका भी स्वामी और स्वर्गका भी ईश्वर है

English

Where I am, there are my beloved, more excellent, devoted to me, seven goddesses and eight with me; they will bring my wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईदृशं परमं स्थान निरयास्ते च तादृशा:

English

Hope, faith, steadiness, beauty, victory, humility, forbearance, and eighth livelihood: these are led by me, Pakashasana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य स्थानवरस्येह सर्वे निरयसंज्ञिता: विवादो व्याह्वतः पूर्व तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति

English

Those and I, leaving the asuras, have come to your realm; we shall dwell among the thirty gods whose selves are devoted to dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विवादकी पहले चर्चा की थी; अतः उसे बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing the goddess's words, the two, Narada, sage of the three worlds, and Vasava, slayer of Vritra, rejoiced greatly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इक्ष्वाको: सूर्यपुत्रस्य यद् वृत्तं ब्राह्मणगस्थ च यथा स तेषां संवादो यस्मिन् स्थानेडपि चाभवत्

English

Then the wind, friend of fire, blew in the houses of the gods, pleasantly scented, pleasant to touch, bringing delight to all the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षडड्विन्महाप्राज्ञ: पैप्पलादि: स कौशिक:

English

In a pure, honoured place the gods stood in numbers, wishing to see Maghavan seated with Lakshmi.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदेषु चैव निष्णातो हिमवत्पादसंश्रय: जप्यमावर्तयंस्तूष्णीं नस तां किज्चिदब्रवीत्

English

Then the thousand-eyed one, bull of the gods, reaching heaven with Shri and his friend the divine sage, went in the chariot with bay horses, honoured, to the assembly of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदमाता ततस्तस्य तज्जप्यं समपूजयत्

English

Then Narada, pondering in mind the intent of the thunderbolt-bearer and of the goddess Shri, who had seen the manliness of the immortal, told Shri of the auspicious and greatly prospering arrival there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पपात देव्या धर्मात्मा वचन चेदमब्रवीत् यदि चापि प्रसन्नासि जप्ये मे रमतां मन:

English

Then radiant heaven rained nectar in the house of the self-born Grandfather; unstruck drums sounded, and the quarters shone clear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जप्यं॑ प्रति ममेच्छेयं वर्धत्विति पुन: पुन: तत् तथेति ततो देवी मधुरं प्रत्यभाषत

English

Vasava rained on the crops in season; no one strayed from the path of dharma; the earth was adorned with many mines of jewels; sounds of victory arose for those who dwelt on earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरयं नैव याता त्वं यत्र याता द्विजर्षभा:

English

Men delighting in action became renowned, standing in the auspicious path of the virtuous; men, gods, kinnaras, yakshas and rakshasas were prosperous, happy and famous.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधये भविता चैतद् यत्त्वयाहमिहार्थिता कालो मृत्युर्यमश्वैव समायास्यन्ति तेडन्तिकम्

English

Never was a flower out of season, much less fruit; none fell from a tree even when blown by wind; cows gave the juice of wishes; no harsh speech passed anyone's lips.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदा दान्तो जितक्रोध: सत्यसंधो5नसूयक:

English

Those who read this worship, with all who grant desires, and Shri, and the gods led by Shakra, in a meeting of brahmins, with prosperity of desires gain fortune.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षात् प्रीतस्तदा धर्मो दर्शयामास तं द्विजम् जप्यस्यास्य फल यत्तत् सम्प्राप्तं तच्च मे शूणु

English

This highest example of rise and fall, asked by you, chief of the Kurus, has all been told by me today; you should examine it and grasp the truth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवानां निलयान् साधो सर्वनुत्क्रम्प यास्यसि

English

energy of mind, and capable of close application to all kinds of work. The king should honour the righteous and chastise the unrighteous. He should, acting with resolution, set the several orders to their respective duties. Ascertaining properly, by means of spies, the outward behaviour and the state of mind of the inhabitants of his city and provinces, he should adopt those measures that may be required. The king should himself supervise his spies and counsels, his treasury, and the agencies for inflicting chastisements. Upon these everything may be said to depend. With spies constituting his sight, the king should ascertain all the acts and intentions of his foes, friends, and neutrals. He should then, with heedfulness, devise his own measures, honouring those that are loyal to him and punishing those that are hostile. The king should always adore the gods in sacrifices and make gifts without giving pain to anybody. He should protect his subjects, never doing anything that may obstruct or thwart righteousness. He should always maintain and protect the helpless, the masterless, and the old, and women that are widows. The king should always honour the ascetics and make unto them gifts, at proper seasons of cloths and vessels and food. The king should, with attentive care, inform the

हिन्दी अर्थ

अबवीद् ब्राह्मणो वाक्यं कृत्वा कुशलसंविदम् स्वशक्‍्त्या कि करोमीह तद् भवान् प्रब्रवीतु माम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Devoted to the dharmas of liberation, light of diet, master of the senses, one reaches the seat of Brahma, which is beyond nature and firm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च युद्ध मया सार्थ किमर्थ याचसे पुन: वाग्युद्धे तदिदं तीव्रं मम विप्र त्वया सह

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Jaigishavya and Asita, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रूहि दास्यामि राजेन्द्र विभवे सति मा चिरम्

English

Asita Devala said to the greatly wise Jaigishavya, who knew the entire tradition of the dharmas, not angry, not glad:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवश्य प्रदान करूँगा स्वस्ति ते5स्तु गमिष्यामि किड्च तस्य फलं वद

English

"You are not pleased when honoured, nor angry when blamed; what is your wisdom, whence is it, and what is its end?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्रोतु तत् फलं विप्रो नाहमिच्छे ससंशयम्

English

Thus questioned by him, the great ascetic answered him with great, unambiguous, pure words, with the sense of the lotus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संदिग्ध फल नहीं चाहता वाक्यं प्रमाणं राजर्षे ममाद्य तव चैव हि

English

"The goal, the supreme end, the peace of those of meritorious deeds: that I shall tell you, since you ask me, twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(हम दोनोंको अपनी-अपनी बातोंपर दृढ़ रहना चाहिए)

English

Ever equal toward those who blame and those who praise, Devala; and toward those who deny, and those who agree and do good;

हिन्दी अर्थ

जप्यस्य राजशार्दूल कथं वेत्स्याम्यहं फलम् क्या फल होगा, यह कैसे जान सकूँगा?

English

the wise do not wish to speak back to those who speak ill, to one intent on harm, and do not wish to strike back at a striker.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंके लोकोंको लाँधकर उनसे भी ऊपर जाओगे त्यक्त्वा55त्मन: शरीरं च ततो लोकानवाप्स्यसि

English

ascetics (within his dominions) of the state of his own self, of all his measures, and of the kingdom, and should always behave with humility in their presence. When he sees ascetics of high birth and great learning that have abandoned all earthly objects, he should honour them with gifts of beds and seats and food. Whatever the nature of the distress into which he may fall, he should confide in an ascetic. The very robbers repose confidence upon persons of that character. The king should place his wealth in charge of an ascetic and should take wisdom from him. He should not, however, always wait upon them or worship them on all occasions. I From among those residing in his own kingdom, he should select one for friendship. Similarly, he should select another from among those that reside in the kingdom of his foe. He should select a third from among those residing in the forests, and a fourth from among those dwelling in the kingdoms paying tribute to him. He should show hospitality towards and bestow honours upon them and assign them the means of sustenance. He should behave towards the ascetics dwelling in the kingdoms of foes and in the forests in the same way as towards those that reside in his own kingdom. Engaged in penances and of rigid vows they would, if calamity overtakes the king and if he solicits protection, grant him what he wants. I have now told thee in brief the indications of the city in which the king should reside.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरका परित्याग करनेके पश्चात् ही तुम उन पुण्यलोकोंमें जाओगे

English

citadels are those that are built, on plains fortified with high walls and encircled with trenches all around. Human-citadels are unfortified cities properly protected by guards and a loyal population.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अत: इसका त्याग नहीं कर सकता स्वर्गमारोह भो विप्र कि वा वै रोचतेडनघ

English

Of ripe knowledge, greatly wise, conquerors of anger and of senses, they offend no one by mind, deed or speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छ धर्म न मे श्रद्धा स्वर्ग गन्तुं विना55त्मना

English

Free of envy, they never harm each other, and the steadfast are never tormented by others' prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सशरीरेण गन्तव्यं मया स्वर्ग न वा विभो ब्राह्मणं तं महाभागमुपगम्येदमब्नुवन्

English

They who do not speak overmuch in blame or praise of others, and are never altered by blame or praise,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालस्ते स्वर्गमारोढुं कालोहं त्वामुपागत:

English

who are calm in every way and intent on the good of all beings, who are not angry, not glad, offend none; freed from the knots of the heart, they move about at ease.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन चोदितो विप्र त्वामितो नेतुमद्य वै बताइये, मैं आपलोगोंका कौन-सा कार्य करूँ?

English

They have no kinsmen, and are no one's kinsmen; they have no enemies, and are no one's enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीत् परमप्रीत: स्वशक्‍्त्या कि करोमि व:

English

Mortals who act thus live happily always; they follow dharma alone, knowers of dharma, best of the twice-born; those who fall from this path rejoice and are alarmed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपलोगोंकी क्या सेवा करूँ?” इक्ष्वाकुरगमत् तत्र समेता यत्र ते विभो

English

Standing on that path, whom shall I envy, and how? Blamed or praised, for what reason should I rejoice?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशलप्रश्नमकरोत् सर्वेषां राजसत्तम:

English

Men follow whatever path they wish; by blame or praise there will be no loss or gain for me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्तिके अनुसार आपकी क्‍या सेवा करूँ? यह आप मुझे बतावें"

English

The knower of truth should be satisfied with dishonour as with nectar, and ever be alarmed at honour as at poison.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददानि वसु किंचित्ते प्रथितं तद् वदस्व मे प्रवृत्ताश्न निवृत्ताश्न निवृत्तो5हं प्रतिग्रहात्

English

One who is scorned sleeps happily here and hereafter, both; freed from all sins; he who scorns is bound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रृहि त्वं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ तपसा साधयामि किम्

English

Whatever wise ones seek the highest goal, relying on this vow they prosper in happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्याद्वारा आपका कौन-सा कार्य सिद्ध करूँ? अन्योन्यस्यान्तरं नास्ति यदिष्ट॑ तत् समाचर

English

Gathering in from every side all desires, master of his senses, he reaches the seat of Brahma, beyond nature and firm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याचे त्वां दीयतां महां जप्यस्यास्य फलं द्विज

English

Neither gods, gandharvas, pishachas nor rakshasas follow in the footsteps of one who has reached the highest goal."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न वाचं दूषयिष्यामि सत्यं रक्ष स्थिरो भव

English

should kill them, suspecting them to be depositories of the king's wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कस्मात्त्वमनृतं वाक्‍्यं देहीति कुरुषेडशुभम् धर्मेभ्य: सम्परि भ्रष्टो लोकाननुचरिष्यसि

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you, bull of the Bharatas, as you ask, the dialogue of Ugrasena and Keshava about Narada.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्रो यदीच्छते गन्तुं चीर्ण गृह्नातु मे फलम्

English

[Ugrasena said:] "See, the world is stirred at the mention of Narada; I think he is endowed with virtues; tell me, as I ask."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवृत्तलक्षणं धर्ममुपासे संहितां जपन् तपःस्वाध्यायशीलोऊहं निवत्तश्न प्रतिग्रहात्

English

[Vasudeva said:] "Hear from me, lord of the Kukuras, as I wish to tell, the good virtues of Narada in brief, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवयोर्यत् फलं किज्चित् सहितं नौ तदस्त्विह

English

His pride does not arise from conduct and destroy the body; his learning and conduct are unbroken; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हम दोनोंका उनपर समान अधिकार रहे प्रतीच्छ मत्कृतं धर्म यदि ते मय्यनुग्रह:

English

Narada is truly an ascetic; there is no transgression in his speech, whether from desire or greed; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आप स्वीकार कर लें

English

Knower of the truth of the rule of the self, patient, capable, master of his senses, honest and truthful, therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार कह रहे थे शासन करनेवाले राजा करेंगे

English

Great in energy, fame, intellect, policy, humility, birth and austerity; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

झूठ बोलते हो। मुझपर तुम्हारा ऋण है

English

Easy in nature, a good companion, a good eater, of good manners, pure, of good speech and free of envy; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महानधर्मो भविता तव राजन् मृषा कृत: तन्मे निसृष्टं गृह्लीष्व भव सत्ये स्थिरोडपि च

English

He truly does good; there is no sin in him; he is not pleased by others' misfortunes; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुत एव जनिष्यांस्तु मृषावादपरायण:

English

He seeks aims through Vedic hearing and tales, is patient and not contemptuous; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा सत्यं परे लोके तथेह पुरुषर्षभ शतै: शतसहसैश्व तै: सत्यान्न विशिष्यते

English

Through equanimity none is dear or undear to him; he speaks in agreement with the mind; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यमेकाक्षरो यज्ञ: सत्यमेकाक्षरं श्रुतम्

English

Much learned, a teller of tales, wise, tireless, not crooked, undismayed, not angry and not greedy; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविनाशी यज्ञ है, सत्य ही एकमात्र नाशरहित सनातन वेद है सत्याद् धर्मो दमश्नैव सर्व सत्ये प्रतेष्ठितम्

English

Never has he had a quarrel over wealth, dharma or desire; his faults are cut off; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आधारपर सब कुछ टिका हुआ है

English

Firm in devotion, blameless in self, learned, merciful, free of delusion and fault; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतचर्या तथा सत्यमोड्कार: सत्यमेव च सत्येन वायुरभ्येति सत्येन तपते रवि:

English

Unattached to all attachments, yet seeming attached, not long in doubt, eloquent; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यं यज्ञस्तपो वेदा: स्तोभा मन्त्रा: सरस्वती

English

He does not concentrate for honour, never praises himself, is free of envy and firm in speech; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तोभ, मन्त्र और सरस्वती--सब सत्यके ही स्वरूप हैं समकक्षां तुलयतो यतः सत्यं ततोडधिकम्

English

Not reproaching the world's varied conduct or nature, skilled in the science of association; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असत्यपूर्ण बर्ताव करना चाहते हैं?

English

He envies no tradition, does not live on his austerity, never wastes time, master of himself; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभावानृतिकावेतौ न मृषा कर्तुमहसि

English

Of toil done, of trained wisdom, never satiated in concentration, steady in rules and heedful; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और मेरी भी बात मिथ्या न कीजिये दातार: क्षत्रिया: प्रोक्ता गृहल्लीयां भवतः कथम्

English

Modest and disciplined, easily led by others toward the good, not betraying others' secrets; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इहागम्य तु याचित्वा न गृह्नीषे पुन: कथम्

English

He does not rejoice at gains nor suffer at losses, of steady mind and unattached; therefore he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विजो दानफलैर्युक्तो राजा सत्यफलेन च अविवादोडस्तु युवयोरुभौ तुल्यफलौ युवाम्

English

Who would not love one endowed with all virtues, skilled, pure, undaunted, knowing time and policy?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

परीक्ष्य त्वं यथा स्यावो नावामिह विगर्हिती ददतश्न न गृह्नाति विकृतो मे महीपते

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'How, O king, may a kingdom be consolidated, and how should it be protected? I desire to know this. Tell me all this, O bull of Bharata's race!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

नियंस्यति त्वां नृपतिरयं धर्मानुशासक:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "The truth of the world in full, the coming and going of beings, creation and death: whence does all this proceed?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालो धर्मस्तथा मृत्यु: कामक्रोधौ तथा युवाम् गच्छ लोकान् जितान् स्वेन कर्मणा यत्र वाउछसि

English

If you wish to favour us here, best of the good, I ask you this; you should tell it to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनाया। अब तुम और क्या सुनना चाहते हो?

English

Having heard the excellent teaching told by Bhrigu to the brahmana sage Bharadvaja, my understanding became excellent,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवाद्यन्तान्तरिक्षे च भेर्यस्तूर्याणि वा विभो ननृतुश्नाप्सर: संघास्तत्र तत्र समन्‍्ततः

English

most righteous, set in a divine arrangement; I ask further; you should tell it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावप्येतेन विधिना गच्छेतां मत्सलोकताम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you an ancient tale, what the blessed Vyasa sang to his son who asked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तदुच्यतां मे भगवन् पुराणम् जिससे उत्पन्न होते हैं, वह पुरातन वस्तु क्या है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

Having studied all the Vedas with their limbs and Upanishads, and seeking final action from seeing skill in dharma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनस्त्याग: कारणं नान्यदस्ति

English

Shuka, son of Vyasa, asked Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa about this doubt, with his doubts about dharma and wealth cut:

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उनके द्वारा परब्रह्मकी प्राप्ति करानेमें कारण है, दूसरा कुछ नहीं कर्माशुभं पश्यति वर्जनीयम्

English

"The maker of the host of beings, the settled knowledge of Time, and what a brahmana's duty is: you should tell me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बोलता है। इसकी बातमें सत्यका आभासमात्र है

English

"Bhishma said, 'Listen to me with concentrated attention. I shall tell thee how a kingdom may be consolidated, and how also it may be protected. A headman should be selected for each village. Over ten villages (or ten headmen) there should be cone superintendent. Over two such superintendents there should be one officer (having the control, therefore, of twenty villages). Above the latter should be appointed persons under each of whom should be a century of villages; and above the last kind of officers, should be appointed men each of whom should have a thousand villages under his control. The headman should ascertain the characteristics of every person in the village and all the faults also that need correction. He should report everything to the officer (who is above him and is) in charge of ten villages. The latter, again, should report the same to the officer (who is above him and is) in charge of twenty villages. The latter, in his turn, should report the conduct of all the

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुत्वा तथा करिष्येडहमिति मे धीयते मन: विकृतस्यास्य राजर्षे निखिलेन नराधिप

English

persons within his dominion to the officer (who is above him and is) in charge of a hundred villages. The village headman should have control over all the produce and the possessions of the village. Every headman should contribute his share for maintaining the lord of ten villages, and the latter should do the same for supporting the lord of twenty villages. The lord of a hundred villages should receive every honour from the king and should have for his support a large village, O chief of the Bharatas, populous and teeming with wealth. Such a village, so assigned to a lord of hundred villages, should be, however, within the control of the lord of a thousand villages. That high officer, again, viz., the lord of a thousand villages, should have a minor town for his support. He should enjoy the grain and gold and other possessions derivable from it. He should perform all the duties of its wars and other internal affairs pertaining to it. Some virtuous minister, with wrathfulness should exercise supervision over the administration affairs and mutual relations of those officers. In every town, again, there should be an officer for attending to every matter relating to his jurisdiction. Like some planet of dreadful form moving above all the asterisms below, the officer (with plenary powers) mentioned last should move and act above all the officers subordinate to him. Such an officer should ascertain the conduct of those under him through his spies. Such high officers should protect the people from all persons of murderous disposition, all men of wicked deeds, all who rob other people of their wealth, and all who are full of deceit, and all of whom are regarded to be possessed by the devil. Taking note of the sales and the purchases, the state of the roads, the food and dress, and the stocks and profits of those that are engaged in trade, the king should levy taxes on them. Ascertaining on all occasions the extent of the manufactures, the receipts and expenses of those that are engaged in them, and the state of the arts, the king should levy taxes upon the artisans in respect of the arts they follow. The king, O Yudhishthira,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋण जिस प्रकार मैं धारण करता हूँ, वह सब पूर्णरूपसे बता रहा हूँ

English

Fifteen winks make a kashtha; thirty kashthas one reckons as a kala; thirty kalas make a muhurta, with a tenth part of a kala besides.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धेनुर्विप्राय राजर्षे तप:स्वाध्यायशीलिने विकृतेन च मे दत्तं विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना

English

Thirty muhurtas make a day and a night, as the sages have counted; a month is thirty days and nights; the year is said to have twelve months; those who know numbers speak of two courses in the year, south and north.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गावौ च कपिले क्रीत्वा वत्सले बहुदोहने

English

The sun divides day and night in the human world; night is for beings' sleep and day for the activity of deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाविधि यथाश्रद्धं तदस्याहं पुन: प्रभो एवं स्यात् पुरुषव्यात्र कः शुद्ध: को5त्र दोषवान्

English

A month is a day and night of the ancestors, and the division of them is again: the dark half is day for action, the bright half is night for sleep.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुरु धर्ममधर्म वा विनये नौ समादध

English

A year is a day and night of the gods, and their division again: the day is the northern course and the night the southern course.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हम दोनोंको विशिष्ट न्यायके मार्गपर लगा दें भवानत्र स्थिरो भूत्वा मार्गे स्थापयिताद्य नौ

English

The day and night of the gods which were told before: reckoning them, I shall tell the sum of years at Brahma's day and night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो आप स्वयं सुस्थिर होकर हम दोनोंको धर्मके मार्गपर स्थापित कर दें

English

I shall tell their sums of years in order: in the Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्ड्यो हि त्वं मम मतो नास्त्यत्र खलु संशय: काममत्रापराधो मे दण्डमाज्ञापय प्रभो

English

They say four thousand years is the Krita age; its dawn is as many hundreds, and its twilight likewise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृह्नीयां गच्छतु भवानभ्यनुज्ञां ददानि ते प्रतिज्ञातं मया यत्ते तद् गृुहाणाविचारितम्

English

In the other three with their dawns and twilights, thousands and hundreds are reduced by one each.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जापकस्य दृढीकार: कथमेतद् भविष्यति

English

These hold the eternal worlds; this, dear, is known as the eternal Brahman by the knowers of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं न लिप्येयमहं पापेन महताद्य वै नेदानीं मामिहासाद्य राजधर्मो भवेन्मृषा

English

In the Krita age dharma is fourfold and whole, and truth; no one gains by adharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाना। मुझे भय है कि राजधर्म मिथ्या अथवा कलंकित न हो जाय

English

In the others, dharma is reduced a quarter at a time by tradition, and adharma grows by theft, falsehood and deceit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चेद् ग्रहीष्यसे राजन् शपिष्ये त्वां न संशय: नहीं लेंगे तो निस्संदेह मैं आपको शाप दे दूँगा

English

Free of disease, with all aims accomplished, living four hundred years in the Krita, in the Treta and the rest their lifespan is reduced by a quarter each.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्यर्थ मे ग्रहीतव्यं कथं तुल्यं भवेदिति

English

We have heard that Vedic disputations decline with each age, as do lifespans and blessings and the fruit of the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यन्मे धारयसे विप्र तदिदानीं प्रदीयताम् तत् सर्व प्रतिगृह्लीष्व यदि किज्चिदिहास्ति मे

English

The dharmas of the Krita are one, of the Treta another, of the Dvapara another, and in the Kali they are as if done as far as possible.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो, उसे ग्रहण करें

English

Austerity is supreme in the Krita, knowledge in the Treta, sacrifice they say in the Dvapara, and giving alone in the Kali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सममस्तु सहैवास्तु प्रतिगृह्नातु वै भवान् इस उद्देश्यसे आप मेरा दिया हुआ दान भी ग्रहण करें

English

The wise know this as twelve thousand called an age; a thousand turns of it is called a day of Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहेति च यदुक्तं ते समा लोकास्तवास्य च

English

Night is as many; at its beginning the lord of the universe, at dissolution, entering the self, sleeps and at the end awakes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार सम्भव हुआ? ये बातें बतायी जायँगी

English

They know the day of Brahma as lasting a thousand ages, and the night as ending after a thousand ages; so say those who know day and night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवाग्निं समायाति सूर्यमाविशतेडपि वा समा जाता है अथवा सूर्यमें प्रवेश कर जाता है

English

Awakened, at the end of the night, the imperishable Brahma acts; he creates the great being, and from that the mind of manifest nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणांस्तेषां समाधत्ते रागेण प्रतिमोहितः

English

His semen is made of Brahma's energy, from which all this world; of the one being, being is twofold, moving and unmoving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनके गुणोंको अपने भीतर धारण कर लेता है सरागस्तत्र वसति गुणांस्तेषां समाचरन्

English

Awakened at the beginning of day, he creates the world by knowledge; first of all the great being, swiftly, the mind of manifest nature."

हिन्दी अर्थ

परमव्ययमिच्छन् स तमेवाविशते पुन:

English

Overcoming here the luminous, he created the seven mental ones: the far-going, many-faring, prayerful, doubting mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवेश कर जाता है ब्रह्मभूत: स निर्दन्दः सुखी शान्तो निरामय:

English

The mind, urged by the wish to create, transforms creation; from it space arises, whose quality is held to be sound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शान्तिपरायण तथा रोग-शोकसे रहित ब्रह्मस्वरूप हो जाता है

English

From space as it transforms arises the pure, mighty wind that carries all scents; its quality is held to be touch.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्रय है, उसे ही वह जापक प्राप्त होता है है, उसे तुरंत प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

From wind as it transforms arises the element of light that dispels darkness, shining; its quality is called form.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निस्पृह: सर्वतो मुक्तस्तत्र वै रमते सुखम्

English

From light as it transforms come the waters, made of taste; from the waters earth, whose quality is smell; this is called the first creation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं मुक्त होकर उसी निर्गुण ब्रह्ममें सुखपूर्वक रमण करता है एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

English

The qualities of each earlier pass to the later; as far as a thing reaches, so far it is held to have those qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणो वाथवा राजा तन्‍मे ब्रूहि पितामह राजा इक्ष्वाकु उन दोनोंने उसे क्या उत्तर दिया, यह मुझे बताइये

English

If some, through lack of skill, say that smell is found in water, they should know that it belongs to earth alone, and that water relies on wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादो वा तयो: को5भूत् कि वा तौ तत्र चक्रतुः

English

These seven persons, each of different power, could not create beings separately without coming together on every side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातचीत हुई और उन्होंने क्या किया? यम॑ काल च मृत्युं च स्वर्ग सम्पूज्य चाहत:

English

Coming together, relying on each other, they entered the support of a body; therefore he is called Purusha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वान् सम्पूज्य शिरसा राजानं सोडब्रवीद् द्विज:

English

By dwelling in it the body is made, embodied and sixteenfold; the great elements enter it with action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवता चाभ्यनुज्ञातो जपेयं भूय एव ह लेकर मैं फिर जपमें लग जाऊँगा

English

Having taken all beings for the practice of austerity, the first doer, the great being, they call Prajapati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्धा ते जपतो नित्यं भवत्विति विशाम्पते

English

He indeed creates beings; he is the supreme Person; the unborn Brahma begets gods, sages, ancestors and men,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छ विप्र मया सार्थ जापकं फलमाप्रुहि सके, साथ-साथ चलें

English

worlds, rivers, oceans, directions, mountains, trees, kinnaras, rakshasas, birds, beasts, deer and serpents, the imperishable and the perishable, both moving and unmoving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सह देवैरुपययौ लोकपालैस्तथैव च

English

Whatever deeds they took up in the earlier creation, those same they take up again and again as they are created.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नद्य: शैला: समुद्राश्च॒ तीर्थानि विविधानि च नारद: पर्वतश्चैव विश्वावसुर्हहाहुहू:

English

Harmful and harmless, gentle and cruel, dharma and adharma, truth and untruth: whatever the Creator thinks, that pleases him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नागा: सिद्धाश्न मुनयो देवदेव: प्रजापति:

English

The diversity in the great elements, in the objects of the senses and in forms, and the arrangement of beings, the Creator alone ordains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसिद्धस्त्वं महाभाग त्वं च सिद्धस्तथा नूप

English

Some who know action call human effort the cause; some brahmins say fate; others, thinkers on beings, say nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयप्रतिसंहारमुभावेव प्रचक्रतु: एक ही साथ अपने मनको विषयोंकी ओरसे हटा लिया

English

Human action, fate and nature are the three that bring fruit; some say these three are not distinct, lacking discernment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं तौ मनसि स्थाप्य दधतु: प्राणयोर्मन:

English

"This is so and is not so," "both," "neither": those who stand in action speak of what creates the world as uneven; those who stand in goodness see equally.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रुकुट्या चैव मनसा शनैर्धारयतस्तदा जितात्मानौ तथा5धाय मूर्धन्यात्मानमेव च

English

Austerity is the highest good of a creature; its root is self-control and calm; by it he obtains all desires he wishes in his mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समय उन दोनोंके शरीर जड़की भाँति चेष्टाहीन हो गये

English

By austerity one obtains that which creates the world; becoming that, he is lord of all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तज्ज्योति:ः स्तूयमान सम ब्रह्माणं प्राविशत् तदा जापकैस्तुल्यफलता योगानां नात्र संशय:

English

Sages by austerity studied the Vedas day and night, the speech without beginning or end, eternal, put forth by the Self-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवालोंको भी प्राप्त होता है

English

The names of the sages, and the creations in the Vedas, those born at the ends of nights: he gives those same to them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जापकानां विशिष्ट तु प्रत्युत्थानं समाहितम् अथाय्यं प्रविवेशास्य ब्राह्मणो विगतज्वर:

English

Difference of names, austerity, action, the names of sacrifices and the accomplishments of the world; but the accomplishment of the self is said in the Vedas by ten steps.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथैव द्विजशार्दूलस्तथैव प्राविशत् तदा

English

What is said obscurely in the Vedic disputations is seen by the seers of the Veda; at the Vedanta ends it is shown clearly by the sequence of yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जापकानां विशिष्ट तु प्रत्युत्थानं समाहितम् सर्वाल्लॉकानतिक्रम्य गच्छेतां यत्र वाज्छितम्

English

This distinction born of action is joined with the pairs for the separated; but one who knows the accomplishment of the self mostly gives up strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधये गम्यतां चैव यथास्थानानि सिद्धये आमन्त्रय च ततो देवा ययु: स्वं स्वं निवेशनम्

English

Two Brahmans are to be known: the word-Brahman and the supreme; one skilled in the word-Brahman reaches the supreme Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनकी आज्ञा पाकर अपने-अपने स्थानको चले गये

English

For kshatriyas the sacrifices of undertaking, for vaishyas offering sacrifices, for shudras service sacrifices, and for the twice-born austerity sacrifices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृष्ठतोनुययू राजन् सर्वे सुप्रीतचेतस: यथाश्रुतं महाराज कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

English

The rule of these sacrifices is in the Treta, not in the Krita; in the Dvapara sacrifices go to ruin, and likewise in the Kali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और गतिका वर्णन किया। अब तुम और क्‍या सुनना चाहते हो?

English

Mortals of undivided dharma, seeing the Rik, Saman and Yajus separately for desired prosperity, practise austerity by austerities alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतात्मा च कथं ज्ञेयस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह सकता है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

In the Treta all those mighty ones appeared together, restrainers of the unmoving and moving everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनो: प्रजापतेर्वाद महर्षेश्व बृहस्पते:

English

In the Treta these sacrifices and classes were united; in the Dvapara they are diminished by the restriction of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है पप्रच्छ शिष्यो5थ गुरुं प्रणम्य

English

The Vedas are seen and not seen in the Kali, all of them; sacrifices perish with them, and only the bridges of dharma remain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदुच्यतां मे भगवन् यथावत्

English

The dharma seen in the Krita age among brahmanas, established in the self-possessed, ascetic and learned,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्तुका मेरे लिये यथावद्रूपसे वर्णन कीजिये कि तत्कथं वा भविता क्व वा तत्

English

is, age after age, joined with vows of adharma; the Vedic disputations, standing in their own dharma, are altered age by age.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होता है और कहाँ उसकी स्थिति है?

English

As in the rains all beings are more numerous and are created in moving places, so the dharmas age after age.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिथ्याप्रवृत्ति च कथं नु कुर्यामू

English

As in the seasons the marks of the seasons are seen in manifold forms in turn, those same, so Brahma in days and nights.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिक्षां च भूतप्रकृतिं न वेझि महाभूतोंके उपादान कारणको न जान सका

English

The variety of time is ordained, without beginning or end, as told before; he gives birth to and devours the subjects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ज्ञाने फलं कर्मणि वा यदस्ति

English

He sets the place of origin, the restraint of beings, Yama; by nature they act, joined with many pairs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कैसे प्रवेश करता है?--ये सारी बातें भी आप मुझे बताइये स्तदेव दु:खं प्रवदन्त्यनिष्टम्

English

Creation, time, action, the Vedas, the doer, the deed and the fruit of action: all this has been told you, son, that you asked me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्येतत्कृते ज्ञानविधि: प्रवृत्त:

English

I shall tell the withdrawal, at the beginning of the night, when the day is gone, how the lord makes this universe the subtlest self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखकी इच्छा रखकर प्रवृत्त होनेवाला मनुष्य परमात्माको प्राप्त नहीं होता तथा कामनाओंसे रहित परब्रह्म परमात्माका साक्षात्कार कर लेता है

English

In the sky seven suns burn with flame; by those flames all this world is filled and blazes."