Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

भावाभावौ च कालबश्च सर्वभूतेषु पडचसु

English

penances, renunciation, and yoga meditation, all rest on Brahma, succeeds in earning the highest good. There is no eye which is equal to (the eye of) Knowledge. There is no penance like (that involved in) Truth. There is no sorrow equal to (that involved in) attachment. There is no happiness (that which is obtainable from) renunciation. I have sprung from Brahma through Brahma. I shall devote myself to Brahma, though I am childless. I shall return to Brahma. I do not require a son for rescuing me. A Brahmana can have no wealth like to the state of being alone, the state in consequence of which he is capable of regarding everything with an equal eye, the practice of truthfulness, good behaviour, patience, abstention from injury, simplicity, and avoidance of all rites and visible sacrifices. What use hast thou, O Brahmana, of wealth or kinsmen and relatives, of wives, when thou shalt have to die? Seek thy Self which is concealed in a cave. Where are thy grandsires and where thy sire?' l

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मभि: परिपश्यन्ति शास्त्रोक्तै: शास्त्रवेदिन: निकले हुए सूक्ष्म स्वरूप जीवात्माको देखते हैं

English

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

हिन्दी अर्थ

(यह ज्ञानदृष्टिसे ही जाननेमें आ सकता है) सत्त्ववत्सु तथा सत्त्वं प्रतिरूपं स पश्यति

English

Going forth from his house, equal in gain and loss, the sage should wander, without expectation of desires that rise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वशे तिष्ठति सत्त्वात्मा सततं योगयोगिनाम्

English

He should not offend by eye, mind or speech; he should never speak a fault, directly or indirectly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तभिस्त्वन्वित: सूक्ष्मैश्नरिष्णुरजरामर: स्वप्लेष्वपि भवत्येष विज्ञाता सुखदु:खयो:

English

He should not harm any beings, and go the way of Maitrayana; having obtained this life, he should not make enmity with anyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोधलोभौ तु तत्रापि कृत्वा व्यसनमृच्छति

English

He should bear harsh words, and never be proud; angered, he should speak kindly; abused, he should speak well.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भाँति ही) क्रोध और लोभ करके वह संकटमें पड़ जाता है करोति पुण्यं तत्रापि जीवन्निव च पश्यति

English

He should not go in a circle clockwise or anticlockwise in the middle of the village; unless in need, he should not go for alms to a house previously marked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दश मासान् वसन् कुक्षौ नैषोऊन्नमिव जीर्यते

English

Unscattered and well guarded, he should not speak unpleasantly; he should be gentle, not cruel in return, trusting, without anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमोरजो भ्यामाविष्टा नानुपश्यन्ति मूर्तिषु अनुच्छवासान्यमूर्तानि यानि वज्रोपमान्यपि

English

Where there is no smoke, the pestle laid down, the embers gone, people having eaten, and the passing of vessels past, the sage should seek alms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य शब्दं गुणं विद्यान्मूर्तिशास्त्रविधानवित् जाननेवाला मनुष्य शब्दको आकाशका गुण जाने

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Do thou also, O monarch, conduct thyself in that way in which the sire (in this story), conducts himself, devoted to the religion of Truth, after having listened to the speech of his son.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्पर्शन॑ चेन्द्रियं विद्यात् तथा स्पर्श च तन्‍्मयम्

English

apihitah. The words with ava and api frequently drop the initial a, Hence a-pihitah means not covered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी वायुमय ही समझना चाहिए तस्य रूपं गुणं विद्यात् ताम्रगौरासितात्मकम्

English

deva is here used for implying the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और ताम्र आदि वर्णवाले रूपको उसका गुण समझना चाहिए

English

Asaryajyam and Asatyadyam are both correct. The sense is the same. The first means 'having untruth for the libation (that it eats up).' The second means 'having untruth for the food (it devours)'.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असृड्मज्जा च यच्चान्यत् स्निग्धं विद्यात् तदात्मकम् संघात: पार्थिवो धातुरस्थिदन्‍्तनखानि च

English

other words, to restrain all sorts of propensities or inclinations. The Brahma-sacrifice is reflection on truths laid down in the Upanishads. The Word-sacrifice consists in the silent recitation (japa) of the Pranava or Om, the initial mantra. The Mind-sacrifice is contemplation of the Supreme Soul. The Work- sacrifice consists in baths, cleanliness, and waiting upon the preceptor.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियं प्राणसंज्ञातं नासिकेत्यभिसंज्ञिता

English

The ascetic should restrain the force of speech, of the mind, of anger, of contentiousness, of the belly and genitals; blame should not strike his heart.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तरेषु गुणा: सन्ति सर्वसत्त्वेषु चोत्तरा: मनो नवममेषां तु बुद्धिस्तु दशमी स्मृता

English

He should stay neutral, equal toward praise and blame; this is the supreme purifier in the mendicant's stage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इनके साथ मनको नवाँ और बुद्धिको दसवाँ तत्त्व माना गया है

English

Great-souled, of good vows, self-controlled, dependent on nothing anywhere, of unprecedented conduct, gentle, homeless, collected,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्यत्यकलुषं कर्म स मोहं नानुवर्तते कर्म करता है, वह कभी मोहमें नहीं पड़ता है

English

he should never mix with forest-dwellers and householders; he should seek unknown alms, and joy should not enter him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विपज्चाशदधिकद्धिशततमो5ध्याय:

English

For those who know, this is liberation; for those who do not, toil; this whole vehicle of liberation Harita spoke to the learned.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तथैव सत्त्वान्यतिमानुषाणि

English

The twice-born who goes forth from the house, having given fearlessness to all beings, has radiant worlds and becomes fit for the endless."

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाधौ योगमेवैतच्छाण्डिल्य: शममब्रवीत्

English

the latter reading be accepted, the meaning will be 'a sacrifice like that of a Kshatriya, i.e., battle.' Hence, all kinds of acts involving cruelty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथग्भूतं मनो बुद्धया मनो भवति केवलम् बुद्धिसे पृथक् होता है, तब केवल मन रह जाता है

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "The sorrow, best of the Kurus, that is met even by gods, when born as a human, honoured by the world, grandsire:

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु परिवर्तनशील होनेके कारण उसे तत्त्वज्ञ पुरुष नित्य नहीं बताते हैं

English

when shall we make renunciation, called sorrow? This bearing of bodies is sorrow, best of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स शत्रुभिर्हत: संख्ये सबल: सपदानुग:

English

Freed from the seventeen and the five causes, from the objects of the senses and the eight qualities, great-grandsire,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदका उन्हें दर्शन हुआ शन्रुभिग्रहणं संख्ये पुत्रस्य मरणं तथा

English

the sages of strict vows do not go to rebirth; when shall we be so, giving up the kingdom, scourge of foes?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाचार यथावत् रूपसे नारदजीके सामने कह सुनाया

English

[Bhishma said:] "There is nothing endless, great king, all comes within reckoning; even rebirth is reckoned; nothing here is unmoving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आख्यानमिदमाचष्ट पुत्रशोकापहं तदा इतिहास कहना आरम्भ किया, जो उनके पुत्रशोकको मिटानेवाला था

English

And one does not go, king; this fault is incidental; by effort alone, knower of dharma, you will go in time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथावृत्तं श्रुतं चैव मयेदं वसुधाधिप

English

This embodied one is ever lord of merit and demerit, king; yet from them he is covered by the darkness that arises.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसे जैसा सुना है, वह यथावत् वृत्तान्त तुम्हें सुना रहा हूँ अतीव वृद्धा बहुला नामृष्यत पुन: प्रजा:

English

As a dusty wind, entering the crystal, is seen in its colour tinting the directions,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणमें) कहा है प्रधानविनियोगज्ञ: परं ब्रह्मानुपश्यति

English

so the embodied one, tinted by the fruits of action and covered with darkness, colourless, turns in bodies relying on armour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिपज्चाशदधिकद्धिशततमो ध्याय:

English

When a creature drives away by knowledge the darkness born of ignorance, then eternal Brahman would shine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोधमानमहास्कन्धो विधित्सापरिषेचन: मोहनीभि: पिपासाभिली॑ताभिरनुवेष्टित:

English

The sages say it is accomplished without effort; and those freed are to be served by you and the world with the gods; therefore the hosts of great sages are not at peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयसै: संयुता: पाशै: फलदं परिवेष्ट्य तम्

English

On this matter, long ago, hear what was sung, king, one-pointed, of how the Daitya Vritra acted when he had fallen from lordship.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गत: स दुःखयोरन्तं जरामरणयोर्द्धयो: डालता है, वह मनुष्य जरा और मृत्युजनित दोनों प्रकारके दुःखोंसे पार हो जाता है

English

Conquered, helpless, his kingdom taken, Bharata, not grieving among his enemies, relying on wisdom alone,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तमेव ततो हन्ति विषग्रन्थिरिवातुरम्

English

to Vritra fallen from lordship Ushanas formerly said: "Danava, have you no pain today, conquered?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

बन्धं वै कामशास्त्रस्य स दुःखान्यतिवर्तते तत्त्वबुद्धेः शरीरस्थं मनो नामार्थचिन्तकम्

English

[Vritra said:] "By truth and austerity, knowing the destruction, I neither grieve nor rejoice at the coming and going of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदर्थमुपजीवन्ति पौरा: सह पुरेश्वरै:

English

Beings urged by Time sink helpless in hell; the wise say all this has been seen to be divine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र बुद्धिहहिं दुर्धर्षा मन: सामान्यमश्लुते हैं। वहाँ बुद्धि दुर्धर्ष होनेपर भी मनके साथ रहनेसे उसीके समान हो जाती है

English

Having spent the reckoned time urged by Time, with remaining time they are born again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदर्थ बुद्धिरध्यास्ते सोडनर्थ: परिषीदति

English

Having gone through thousands of animal wombs and even hell, helpless beings emerge, bound with the bonds of Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ं चादाय जन॑ पौरं रजसे सम्प्रयच्छति

English

I have seen creatures so wandering; as the deed, so the gain: so the shastra shows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वैधायनमुखाद् भ्रष्ट श्लाघया परयानघ ततो5हमपि वक्ष्यामि भूय: पुत्र निदर्शनम्

English

Animal, hell, human and divine, having first practised pleasure, pain, the dear and the hated, all the world goes, joined with the ordinance of the end; and all beings go always the road gone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गन्धो गुरुत्वं शक्तिश्व संघात: स्थापना धृति:

English

The whole world goes joined with the ordinance of the end, and all beings go always on the road already travelled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशालता, शक्ति, संघात, स्थापना और धारणशक्ति--ये दस पृथ्वीके गुण हैं जिह्नदा विस्यन्दनं चापि भौमानां श्रप्णं तथा

English

[Bhishma said:] To him speaking, reckoned by the count of Time, whose resort is creation and maintenance, the blessed Ushanas answered: 'Dear, why do you speak these dreadful, wicked words?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

चावल-दाल आदिको गला देना--ये सब जलके गुण हैं

English

[Vritra said:] 'This is plain to you and other wise ones: the great austerity I performed long ago, greedy for victory.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोको रागो लघुस्तैक्ष्णयं सततं चोर्ध्वभासिता बलं शैघ्र्यं च मोक्ष च कर्म चेष्टा55त्मता भव:

English

Taking the scents and various juices of beings, I grew, striding over the three worlds by my own splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्ति, प्राण और जन्म-मृत्यु--ये सब वायुके गुण हैं

English

Surrounded by garlands of flame, moving in the sky, I was unconquerable by all beings and ever fearless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और चंचलता--ये मनके नौ गुण हैं संशय: प्रतिपत्तिश्न बुद्धे! पजचगुणान् विदु:

English

The lordship gained by austerity is lost by my own deeds; taking steadiness, blessed one, I therefore do not grieve.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सूक्ष्मज्ञानं पितामह

English

When I wished to fight long ago with the great-souled Mahendra, I saw the blessed Hari Narayana, the lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतोंके गुण कैसे हो सकती हैं? यह सारा सूक्ष्म ज्ञान आप मुझे बताइये पुत्र न नित्यं तदिह वदन्ति

English

Vaikuntha, Purusha, Vishnu, white, endless, eternal, with munja-grass hair and green beard, grandfather of all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतप्रभावाद् भव शान्तबुद्धि: यथार्थ तत्त्व सुनकर उन्हीं परमेश्वरके प्रभाव एवं प्रसादसे शान्तबुद्धि हो जाओ

English

Surely a remainder of that austerity is still mine, since I wish to ask you, blessed one, the fruit of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृतनामध्य एते हि गतसंज्ञा महाबला:

English

In what class is great lordship founded, brahmana, and how does the highest lordship turn back?

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते हि निहता: संख्ये तुल्यतेजोबलैनरै: मृता इति च शब्दोयं वर्तत्येषु गतासुषु

English

By what do beings live or proceed again, or having attained what supreme fruit does the soul stay eternal?

हिन्दी अर्थ

हरत्यमरसंकाश तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

By what action, or by what knowledge, brahmana sage, can that fruit be gained? You should explain that to me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

स शत्रुवशमापन्न: संग्रामे क्षीणवाहन: एक समय संग्राममें उनका रथ नष्ट हो गया और वे शत्रुके वशमें पड़ गये

English

Thus addressed, the sage then replied: 'Hear what I say, lion among kings, bull among men, with undivided mind together with your brothers.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माजीसे सहन न हो सका

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, whence and how happiness and misery come to those that are rich, as also those that are poor, but who live in the observance of different practices and rites.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवश्यकता प्रतीत हुई है संहारार्थ महादेव भारेणाप्सु निमज्जति

English

[Sanatkumara said:] "He whose head and endless seat are, best of Danavas, of him I shall tell you the highest greatness, of Vishnu."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रादुर्बभूव विश्वेभ्य: खेभ्यो नारी महात्मन:

English

[Bhishma said:] While they spoke thus, the great sage Sanatkumara, righteous-souled, came to cut their doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपध्यास्यन्ति यद्येवं मृतास्तेषां बिभेम्पहम् लोगोंसे बहुत डरती हूँ

English

Honoured by the lord of the asuras and by the sage Ushanas, he sat on a seat, king, the bull among sages, most worthy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैवैकपदे तात पुनरन्यानि सप्त सा

English

To him seated, the greatly wise, Ushanas said: "Tell this lord of the Danavas the highest greatness of Vishnu."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त काले कालयिष्यन्ति मृत्यो न चाधर्म लप्स्यसे तुल्यवृत्ति:

English

Sanatkumara, hearing it, spoke to the wise lord of the Danavas words full of meaning, joined with the greatness of Vishnu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा तेषां स्पृहयते ये वै तुष्टा: स्वकैर्धन:

English

"Hear, Daitya, all this highest greatness of Vishnu; know, scourge of foes, that the whole world rests in Vishnu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनसे संतुष्ट रहते हैं--दूसरोंके धनपर हाथ लगाना पाप समझते हैं न हि दुश्चरितं किंचिदन्तरात्मनि पश्यति

English

He creates the host of beings, moving and unmoving, mighty-armed; he draws them in at the time and again releases them; into him they go to dissolution and from him they arise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्येन विधुृतं सर्व सर्व सत्ये प्रतेष्ठितम्

English

He cannot be reached by Danava nature, nor by austerity or sacrifice, but only by restraint of the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरुच्छवासमिवोज्नद्ध त्रिलोक्यमभवन्नूप लोगोंका कहीं साँस लेना भी असम्भव-सा हो गया--सबका दम घुटने लगा

English

"Bhishma continued, 'In this connection is cited the old narrative of what was sung by Sampaka who had obtained tranquillity and achieved emancipation for himself. In former times a certain Brahmana, rendered miserable by a bad wife, bad dress, and hunger, and living in the observance of the vow of renunciation, told me these verses, 3 'Diverse kinds of sorrow and happiness overtake, from the day of birth the person that is born on the earth. If he could ascribe either of them to the action of Destiny, he would not then feel glad when happiness came or miserable when sorrow overtook

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिन्तयन् नाध्यगच्छच्च संहारे हेतुकारणम्

English

him. Though thy mind is divested of desire, thou bearest yet a heavy load. Thou dost not seek to achieve thy good (i.e., emancipation). Art thou not successful in controlling thy mind? If thou goest about, having renounced home and desirable possessions, thou shalt taste real happiness. A person divested of everything sleepeth in happiness, and awaketh in happiness. Complete poverty, in this world, is happiness. It is a good regimen, it is the source of 'blessings, it is freedom from danger. This foeless path is unattainable (by persons cherishing desire) and is easily attainable (by those that are freed from desire). Casting my eyes on every part of the three worlds, I do not behold the person who is equal to a poor man of pure conduct and without attachment (to worldly things). I weighed poverty and sovereignty in a balance. Poverty weighed heavier than sovereignty and seemed to possess greater merits. Between poverty and sovereignty there is this great distinction, viz., that the sovereign, possessed of affluence, is always agitated by anxiety and seems to be within the very jaws of death. As regards, however, the poor man, who in consequence of the divestment of all wealth has freed himself from hopes and emancipated himself, neither fire, nor foe, nor death, nor robbers, can get the better of him. The very gods applaud such a man who wanders about according to his sweet will, who lies down on the bare ground with his arm for a pillow, and who is possessed of tranquillity. Affected by wrath and cupidity, the man of affluence is stained by a wicked heart. He casts oblique glances and makes dry speeches. —He becomes sinful, and his face is always darkened with frowns. Biting his lips, and excited with wrath, he utters harsh and cruel words. If such a man desires to even make a gift of the whole world, who is there that would like even to look at him? Constant companionship with Prosperity stupefies a person of weak judgment. It drives off his judgment like the wind driving off the autumnal clouds. Companionship with Prosperity induces him to think,— I am possessed of beauty! I am possessed of wealth! I am high-born! I meet with success in whatever I undertake! I am not an ordinary human being!— His heart becomes intoxicated in consequence of these three reasons. With heart deeply attached to worldly possessions, he wastes the wealth hoarded by his sires. Reduced to want, he then regards the

हिन्दी अर्थ

ध्यानमें नहीं आया तेन सर्वा दिशो राजन् ददाह स पितामह:

English

So the soul is purified in a hundred births by small action, and by great effort is purified in a single birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददाह पावको राजन् भगवत्कोपसम्भव:

English

As one might wipe a little dust from one's body playfully, but removal of faults takes great effort."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चराचर प्राणियोंसहित सम्पूर्ण जगत्को जलाने लगी महता क्रोधवेगेन कुपिते प्रपितामहे

English

As sesame and mustard scented with a little flower do not give up their own smell, such is the seeing of the subtle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहार करनेवाले कल्याणकारी भगवान् शिव ब्रह्माजीकी शरणमें गये

English

The same, scented again and again with many flowers, gives up its own smell and stays with the flowers' scent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्ता हास्मि प्रियं शम्भो तव यद् हृदि वर्तते करूँ? तुम्हारे हृदयमें जो भी प्रिय मनोरथ हो, उसे मैं पूर्ण करूँगा”

English

So one joined with hundreds of births, among those attached to qualities, has the fault turned away by intellect, by effort born of practice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्धि सृष्टास्त्वया हीमा मा कुप्पासां पितामह

English

Hear how, Danava, those who are attached and those detached by their own action gain the particulars of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अतः आप इनपर क्रोध न कीजिये अवस्थामें देखकर मुझे दया आती है, आप उनपर क्रोध न करें

English

And how they proceed and in what they stand, lord: that I shall explain in order; hear it here one-pointed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लाघवार्थ धरण्यास्तु तत: संहार इष्यते

English

The glorious Hari Narayana, the lord, without beginning or end, creates beings, the fixed and the moving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहारमासां वृद्धानां ततो मां क्रोध आविशत्

English

He is in all beings both perishable and imperishable, of the nature of eleven modifications, drinking the world with his rays.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूझा, तब मुझे क्रोध आ गया मा प्रजा: स्थावरं चैव जड़म॑ च व्यनीनशत्

English

Know the earth as his feet, heaven as his head, the directions as his arms, Daitya, and space as his hearing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थावरं जड़म॑ चैव भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्

English

The sun is made of his energy; the mind abides in the moon; intellect is ever in knowledge; taste goes on in the waters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसीद भगवन् साधो वर एष वृतो मया तस्मान्निवर्ततामेतत् तेन स्वेनेव तेजसा

English

The planets are between his brows, best of the Danavas; the circle of stars is in his eyes, and the earth is in his feet.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसलिये आप अपने ही प्रभावसे इस क्रोधाग्निको निवृत्त कीजिये

English

Know rajas, tamas and sattva as of the nature of Narayana; he is the mouth of the stages, and the fruit of action, they say.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जिससे ये सारे जीव-जन्तु एक साथ ही दन्ध न हो जायाँ अधिहैवे नियुक्तोडस्मि त्वया लोकेश्चरेश्वर

English

He is also the fruit of non-action, the supreme imperishable; the metres are his hair, and Sarasvati the syllable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभाव ही हो जायगा; अत: आप इस विनाशको बंद कीजिये

English

Of many supports, many mouths, he rests in the heart as dharma; he is Brahman, supreme dharma, austerity, and being and non-being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसाद्य त्वां महादेव याचाम्यावृत्तिजा: प्रजा: पुनः जन्म धारण करे

English

Endowed with scripture and the grasp of the shastras, he is the sixteen priests and the sacrifice; he is the Grandfather and Vishnu; he is the Ashvins and Purandara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजस्तत् संनिजग्राह पुनरेवान्तरात्मनि

English

Mitra, Varuna, Yama and the giver of wealth: those who see separately find oneness in him; know that this whole world is in the power of the one god.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवृत्ति च निवृत्ति च कल्पयामास वै प्रभु: मृत्युकी व्यवस्था की

English

Of the one who has become many, lord of the Daityas, this one speaks of his oneness; a creature sees by knowledge, and then sattva shines.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिव्यकुण्डलसम्पन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता ही थे। वह दिव्य कुण्डलोंसे कान्तिमती तथा अलौकिक आभूषणोंसे विभूषित थी

English

Creatures stand and roam in thousands of crores of dissolutions and emissions; of the measure of the creation of beings there are many thousands of ponds, Daitya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददृशाते च तां कन्‍्यां देवौ विश्वेश्वरावुभी

English

Those ponds are a yojana wide, deep by a krosha and unfathomable; five hundred in length each; each is the extent of a yojana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकट बुलाकर कहा--'तुम इन प्रजाओंका समय-समयपर विनाश करती रहो मूढ़ और विद्वानोंसहित सम्पूर्ण प्रजाओंका संहार करो

English

If one were to take water from a pond with the tip of a hair, once a day and not a second time, when they are emptied know one emission made, and likewise one dissolution of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रदध्यौ दु:खिता बाला साश्रुपातमतीव च

English

These are the classes of souls, the supreme measure: black, smoky, blue as its middle; red, more bearable, but happiness; turmeric-coloured, very happy; and white.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहाती हुई दुखी हो बड़ी चिन्तामें पड़ गयी मानवानां हितार्थाय ययाचे पुनरेव ह

English

The supreme white, spotless, griefless, free of weariness, succeeds, lord of the Danavas; having gone through thousands of births in wombs, the soul reaches perfection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमोध्याय:

English

The goal the god declared by sight, having gone, he declared the auspicious sight; the goal of beings is made by colour again, and colour is made by time, lord of asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच प्राज्जलिर्भूत्वा लतेवावर्जिता तदा रौद्रकर्माभिजायेत सर्वप्राणिभयड्करी

English

A hundred and fourteen thousand is the supreme goal of the quality of the soul; know the ascent made so, and their stations and exits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भयंकर तथा क्रूरतापूर्ण कर्म करनेवाली हो सकती है?

English

The goal of the black colour is the lowest; he sinks in hell, being cooked, and in station; for the bad goals of his, they speak of very many emissions of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वं मां भीतामवेक्षस्व शिवेनेक्षस्व चक्षुषा मुझ भयभीत अबलापर दृष्टिपात करें और कल्याणमयी दृष्टिसे मेरी ओर देखें

English

Having roamed a hundred thousand, he afterward gains the green colour; and he, helpless, dwells in it, at the end of the age, his self covered with darkness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लूँगी। आपको नमस्कार है, आप मुझपर प्रसन्न हों

English

When he is joined with the quality of goodness and strives with his own intellect, driving out darkness, he reaches the red colour; blue, he turns about in the human world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेभ्यो5हं बलवद् भीता शरणं त्वामुपागता

English

There, afflicted by the bonds of his own deeds in dissolution and emission, after a hundred dissolutions and emissions have passed, he reaches the turmeric colour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपकी शरणमें आयी हूँ प्रसादये त्वां वरद प्रसाद कुरु मे प्रभो

English

Of turmeric colour, he stays in thousands of emissions, roaming; unfreed, in hell, Daitya, then another ten thousand,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छेयं त्वत्प्रसादार्थ तपस्तप्तुं महेश्वर

English

and five thousand goals of his, and the four made by the dissolution; know him as freed from hell and from all other births.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छ संहर सर्वस्त्विं प्रजा मा च विचारय है। जाओ, सारी प्रजाका संहार करो। इसके लिये मनमें कोई विचार न करो

English

He sports constantly in the world of the gods; fallen from there, he comes to humanity; for eight hundred dissolutions and emissions, remaining among mortals, he attains immortality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न व्याजहार तस्थौ च प्रह्मा भगवदुन्मुखी

English

Then he falls from that by the working of time and stays on the black level; how this soul-world succeeds, I shall tell you, hero of the asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओर मुँह करके हाथ जोड़े खड़ी रह गयी--कुछ बोल न सकी तूष्णीमासीत् ततो देवो देवानामीश्चरेश्वर:

English

Divine formations, seven hundred: red, turmeric, and likewise white; resorting to this white, he runs to the worlds that are lesser and most worthy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मयमानश्न लोकेशो लोकान् सर्वनवैक्षत

English

Eight and sixty hundreds that are opposed to the minds of the greatly radiant; the supreme goal of the white colour is three, which are shut up, great-natured one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा कन्याथ जगामास्य समीपादिति न: श्रुतम् चली गयी, ऐसा हमने सुना है

English

One unwished dissolution and emission, and four others; he dwells without a master; of the colour in this state the supreme goal is of the perfected, the distinguished, free of weariness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वरमाणेव राजेन्द्र मृत्युर्थेनुकम भ्यगात्

English

Without a master he dwells in the seventy among them, a hundred dissolutions and emissions with a remainder; returning from there to the human world, the great one comes to humanity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हट गयी और बड़ी उतावलीके साथ धेनुकाश्रममें जा पहुँची पुनरेव महातेजा ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत्

English

Returning from there in order, he stays at the head of the creation of beings; seven times he goes to the worlds, his dwelling made by dissolution and emission.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनरेव ततो राजन मौनमातिष्ठदुत्तमम् ततो जगाम सा कन्या कौशिकीं नृपसत्तम

English

Having reckoned seven dissolutions and floods, he stays in the world of the perfected; then he reaches the imperishable, endless seat of the god Vishnu, Brahma, Shesha and Nara, and of the supreme god Vishnu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो ययौ महाभागा गड्जां मेरुं च केवलम्

English

At the time of dissolution, with bodies burnt up, the subjects ever come to Brahma; and the gods all of active nature, and those immortals from the world of Brahma too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्थौ पितामहं चैव तोषयामास यत्नत: किमिदं वर्तते पुत्रि क्रियतां मम तद् वच:

English

The emission of subjects with the remaining time: souls go to their own places; at the end they go to the seat of the remainderless, men who are alike in all calamities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदाब्रवीद् देवदेवो निगृहोदं वचस्तत:

English

Those who fall in order from the world of the perfected go the goal of those; the other souls, of their strength and shape, go to their own ordinance by reversal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मया हाक्त मृषा भद्रे भविता नेह किंचन कही हुई कोई भी बात यहाँ झूठी नहीं हो सकती

English

As long as one is enjoying the remainder, and in the white are subjects and the two gods, so long, then, in them, his state is pure; having restrained this form of the five senses,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं च विबुधाश्रैव त्वद्धिते निरता: सदा

English

he reaches that pure supreme goal, ever seeking with a pure mind; then he reaches the imperishable stable Brahman, hard to attain, eternal. Thus has Narayana's power been told you, undismayed one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न त्वां दोषेण यास्यन्ति व्याधिसम्पीडिता: प्रजा: स्त्रीषु स्त्रीरूपिणी चैव तृतीयेषु नपुंसकम्

English

[Vritra said:] "That being so, I have no despondency; I see rightly what you say; hearing your words, undismayed one, I am today stainless and free of sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनरेव महात्मानं नेति देवेशमव्ययम्

English

This is the wheel of the greatly radiant Vishnu, blessed great sage, unfollowed in valour, the endless, eternal seat in which all creations go on. He is the great-souled best of Persons; in him this whole world is established."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मासे पुन: इस प्रकार बोली--'प्रभो! मैं प्राणियोंका संहार नहीं करूँगी” अधर्मस्ते न भविता तथा ध्यास्याम्यहं शुभे

English

[Bhishma said:] Having spoken so, Kaunteya, Vritra gave up his breaths, and joining himself, reached the highest place.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभे! मैं तुम्हारे लिये शुभ चिन्तन करता रहूँगा

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Was this the blessed god Janardana, grandsire, whom Sanatkumara described to Vritra long ago?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयोज्याथो संहरस्वेह जन्तून्

English

[Bhishma said:] "The blessed one stays at the root, by his own endless energy, and abiding there creates those states in many forms, great ascetic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके उनके द्वारा उन्हें मोहमें डालकर मार डालती है गत्वा वृत्ता देववद् राजसिंह

English

Know that Keshava Achyuta is a quarter and a half of him; the wise one sustains the three worlds with a quarter and a half.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त होता है। अत: इस शरीरके भीतर देवाधिदेव वायु (प्राण) ही सबसे श्रेष्ठ है

English

He who stands on this side, the stable one, turns at the end of the aeon; the blessed mighty lord sleeps in the waters; the Creator, serene of soul, roams the eternal worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्र: स्वर्ग प्राप्प ते मोदते ह प्राप्ते काले संहरन्तीह जन्तून्

English

The endless one makes everything not empty; Sanatkumara moves through the worlds; and the great-souled Aniruddha creates all this variegated world that rests in him."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोयं धर्म: कुतो धर्मस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Vritra, knower of the highest truth, saw, I think, the good goal of the self; therefore he is happy and does not grieve, grandsire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभयार्थो हि वा धर्मस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह चतुर्थमर्थमित्याहु: कवयो धर्मलक्षणम्

English

The white, of white birth, the accomplished one does not return, sinless one, freed from the animal goal and from hell, grandsire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्षित करानेवाले हैं। कुछ विद्वान् अर्थको भी धर्मका चौथा लक्षण बताते हैं

English

One who stands in the turmeric or red colour, covered with tamasic deeds, would see an animal birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकयात्रार्थमेवेह धर्मस्य नियम: कृत: मर्यादा स्थापित की है

English

But we are greatly fallen into calamity, red, in a mouth of misery; what goal shall we reach, the blue or the lowest, the black?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अलब्ध्वा निपुणं धर्म पाप: पापेन युज्यते

English

[Bhishma said:] "Pandavas, endowed with pure birth, of strict vows, having sported in the worlds of the gods, you will come to humanity again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेकर ही धर्मके यथार्थ स्वरूपको जान सकोगे रमते निर्हरन् स्तेन: परवित्तमराजके

English

You will pass happily the emission of subjects in due time, enjoying pleasures among the gods, and you will happily go to the number of the perfected; let there be no fear for you; you are all stainless."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारण कर रखा है और सत्यमें ही सब कुछ प्रतिष्ठित है न हर्तव्यं परधनमिति धर्म: सनातन:

English

appropriation of other people's wealth as blameless. At this stage, when he transgresses all barriers and beings to appropriate the possessions of others from every side, the rulers of men obstruct and afflict him like sportsmen afflicting with keen shafts a deer that is espied in the woods. Such a man is then overwhelmed with many other afflictions of a similar kind that originate in fire and weapons. Therefore, disregarding all worldly propensities (such as desire for children and wives) together with all fleeting unrealities (such as the body, etc.,) one should, aided by one's intelligence, apply proper medicine for the cure of those painful afflictions. Without Renunciation one can never attain to happiness. Without Renunciation one can never obtain what is for one's highest good. Without Renunciation one can never sleep at case. Therefore, renouncing everything, make happiness thy own. All this was said to me in past times at Hastinapur by a Brahmana about what Sampaka had

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूक्ष्मधर्मार्थनियतं सतां चरितमुत्तमम्

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "This, dear, is hard to know, of Vishnu of immeasurable radiance; how did he know that state, tiger among kings?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मृतिर्हिं शाश्वतो धर्मो विप्रहीणो न दृश्यते दिखायी ही नहीं देता है

English

What you tell, Achyuta, I believe; but a further question has arisen in me from seeing the unmanifest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोअप्येवं नाते वक्तुं यथा त्वं द्विजसत्तम

English

How was Vritra slain by Shakra, bull of the Bharatas, the righteous, devoted to Vishnu and knower of truth, following the path?

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्षास्वाकाशशायी च हेमन्ते जलसंश्रय:

English

Tell me this doubt as I ask, bull of the Bharatas: how was Vritra, tiger among kings, conquered by Shakra?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखशबय्याश्व विविधा भूमौ च परिवर्तते अन्तरिक्षाज्जलं मूर्ध्ना प्रत्यगृल्वान्मुहुर्मुहु:

English

And how the battle was, tell me, grandsire, at length, mighty-armed; for my curiosity is great."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरण्यगमनान्नित्यं मलिनो5मलसंयुत:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Long ago Indra went in a chariot with the hosts of gods and saw Vritra standing before him like a mountain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्थौ काष्ठवदव्यग्रो न चचाल च कहिचित् कुर्वाणौ नीडकं तत्र जटासु तृणतन्तुभि:

English

Five hundred yojanas high, scourge of foes, and three hundred wide, and a little more.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राजापत्येन विधिना विश्वासात् काममोहितौ

English

Seeing that form, hard to conquer even for the three worlds, the gods were terrified and found no peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदा नियतिदौर्बल्यमथैषामेव रोचते

English

sung. For this reason, I regard Renunciation to be the foremost of things.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादनार्जवे बुद्धिर्न कार्या ते कदाचन अपनी बुद्धिमें कभी कुटिलताका विचार नहीं लाना चाहिए

English

or lesson it has been inculcated that one may seek the acquisition of the religion of moksha or emancipation even when he is young. Yudhishthira enquires whether wealth (so necessary for the performance of sacrifices) is needed for the acquisition of that religion. If wealth be necessary, the poor then would not be able to acquire that religion. Hence the enquiry about the way in which joy and sorrow come to the wealthy and to the poor.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकिंचित् कस्यचित् कुर्वन् निर्भय: शुचिरावसेत्

English

them to Bhishma, but some one else. I follow the commentator; but the grammar of the concluding verse of this section must have to be twisted for supporting him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुद्ध आचार-विचारवाला पुरुष सदा निर्भय रहता है बहुधा5चरितं पापमन्यत्रैवानुपश्यति

English

Then came to pass a battle fearful to the three worlds between Shakra, lord of the gods, and the great-souled Vritra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि दुश्चरितं किंचिदात्मनोन्येषु पश्यति

English

With swords, battle-axes, spears, darts, clubs, rocks of many kinds and loud-sounding bows,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ मन्यन्ते धनयुता: कृपणै: सम्प्रवर्तितम् न हात्यन्तं धनवन्तो भवन्ति सुखिनोडपि वा

English

with various divine missiles and blazing meteors, the armies of gods and asuras made everything confused.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिशय सुखी ही हुआ करते हैं (अत: धनका अभिमान नहीं करना चाहिए)

English

Led by the Grandfather, all the hosts of gods and the greatly fortunate sages came to see that battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रिय है, वह दूसरोंके लिये भी प्रिय नहीं हो सकता यदन्यस्य तत: कुर्यान्न मृष्येदिति मे मति:

English

Perfected beings came in the best aerial cars, great king, and gandharvas with apsarases in the best aerial cars.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये जो-जो सुख-सुविधा चाहे, वही दूसरेके लिये भी सुलभ करानेकी बात सोचे

English

Then Vritra, best of upholders of dharma, covering the sky, showered the lord of gods with a rain of rocks from the mountain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतस्मात् कारणादू धात्रा कुसीदं सम्प्रवर्तितम् अथवा लाभसमये स्थितिर्धमेंडपि शोभना

English

Then the hosts of gods, angry, on every side with showers of weapons, turned aside the rain of rocks sent by Vritra in the battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादनार्जवे बुद्धिर्न ते कार्या कंचन प्रतिभा त्वस्ति मे काचित् तां ब्रूयामनुमानत:

English

Vritra, tiger of the Kurus, of great illusion and great strength, bewildered the lord of the gods on every side with a battle of illusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न धर्म: परिपाठेन शक्‍्यो भारत वेदितुम्

English

Shatakratu, afflicted by Vritra, fell into delusion; Vasishtha woke him there with the Rathantara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसका धर्म दूसरा ही है। केवल वेदोंके पाठसे आपद्धर्मका ज्ञान कैसे हो सकता है? साध्यासाध्यं कथं शक्‍यं सदाचारो हालक्षण:

English

[Vasishtha said:] "You are the best of gods, Devendra, destroyer of the gods' enemies, joined with the strength of the three worlds; why are you despondent, Shakra?

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म चाधर्मरूपेण कश्चिदप्राकृतश्चरन्

English

Here are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, lords of the world, and the blessed god Soma, and all the great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मका अनुष्ठान करते हैं (अतः केवल आचारसे धर्माधर्मका निर्णय नहीं हो सकता) वेदवादाश्चानुयुगं हसन्तीतीह नः श्रुतम्

English

Do not be bewildered, Shakra, like some other man; making your mind noble in the battle, kill the enemy, lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्ये कलियुगे धर्मा यथाशक्ति कृता इव

English

The teacher of the world, three-eyed, saluted by all the worlds, the blessed one, looks at you; give up delusion, lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आम्नायेभ्य: पुनर्वेदा: प्रसृता: सर्वतोमुखा: प्रचार और प्रसार हुआ है

English

These Brahmarshis, led by Brihaspati, praise you for victory with divine praise, Shakra."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमाणे5प्यप्रमाणेन विरुद्धे शास्त्रता कुत:

English

[Bhishma said:] As the great-souled Vasishtha thus roused him, the strength of Vasava, of supreme energy, grew greatly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसमें शास्त्रत्व कैसे रह सकता है? या या विक्रियते संस्था तत: सापि प्रणश्यति

English

Then the blessed Pakashasana, regaining his understanding, joined with great yoga, drew away that illusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अणीयान् क्षुरधाराया गरीयानपि पर्वतात्

English

Then the glorious son of Angiras and those great sages, seeing Vritra's prowess, went to Maheshvara and said, for Vritra's destruction, wishing the good of the worlds:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ढोंग फैला लेते हैं

English

Then the energy of the blessed lord of the world became a fever and entered the dreadful Vritra, best of Daityas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथैतानाहुरुन्मत्तानपि चावहसन्त्युत न हि सर्वहित: कश्चिदाचार: सम्प्रवर्तते

English

And the blessed god Vishnu, honoured by all worlds, devoted to the protection of the worlds, entered Indra's thunderbolt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानरूपसे पालित हो

English

Then the wise Brihaspati approached Shatakratu, with Vasishtha of great splendour and all the great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृश्यते चैव स पुनस्तुल्यरूपो यदृच्छया आचाराणामनैकाग्र्यं सर्वेषामुपलक्षयेत्

English

Approaching Vasava, giver of boons, honoured by the worlds, with one-pointed minds they said, "Kill Vritra, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाजकी मर्यादा दीर्घकालतक टिकी रहती है

English

[Maheshvara said:] "This Vritra, Shakra, is surrounded by great strength, the self of the universe, all-going, and renowned for his many illusions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुलाधारस्य वाक्यानि धर्मे जाजलिना सह सागरोददेशमागम्य तपस्तेपे महातपा:

English

Kill that best of asuras, hard to conquer even for the three worlds, relying on yoga; do not despise him, lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चचार लोकान विप्रर्षि: प्रेक्षमाणो मनोजव:

English

By him austerity was performed for strength, lord of the immortals, for sixty thousand years, and Brahma gave him a boon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्रेक्ष्य सागरान्तां वै महीं सवनकाननाम् प्रदेशमें निवास करते समय जाजलि मुनि कभी इस प्रकार विचार करने लगे

English

Greatness of the yogis, great illusion, great strength, and foremost radiance, lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्सु वैहायसं गच्छेन्मया योन्य: सहेति वै

English

This is my energy entering Vritra, Vasava; do you too kill this Danava with the thunderbolt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरने और आकाशकमें घूमने-फिरनेकी शक्ति रखता हो अब्रूवंश्व पिशाचास्तं नैवं त्वं वक्तुमहसि

English

[Shakra said:] "Blessed one, by your grace I shall slay the son of Diti, so hard to approach, with the thunderbolt before your eyes, bull of the gods."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्येयं तमहं प्राज्ञं तुलाधारं यशस्विनम् अनब्रुवन् गच्छ पन्थानमास्थायेमं द्विजोत्तम

English

[Bhishma said:] When the Daitya, the great asura, was entered by fever, a great cry of joy arose from the gods and sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाराणस्यां तुलाधारं समासाद्यात्रवीदिदम्

English

Then drums and conches of great sound, mridangas and dindimas were played by thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुलाधारके पास पहुँचकर उससे इस प्रकार बोले येन सिद्धि परां प्राप्तस्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

A great loss of memory came upon all the asuras, and a mighty loss of knowledge in a moment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जिससे वे परम सिद्धिको प्राप्त हो गये, यह मुझे विस्तारपूर्वक बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

Knowing him possessed, the sages and gods praised Shakra and urged on Ishana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथोपस्पर्शनरत:ः सायं प्रातर्महातपा: वानप्रस्थविधानज्ञों जाजलिज्वलित: श्रिया

English

Shakra, the great-souled, standing in his chariot at the time of battle, praised by the sages, became of a form hard to look at.