Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रार्थितं व्रतशौचा भ्यां सत्कृतं देशकालयो: क्रोधमुत्सृज्य दद्याच्च नानुतप्येन्न कीर्तयेत्

English

"Bhrigu said, 'Forest recluses seeking the acquisition of virtue go to sacred waters and rivers and springs, and undergo penances in lone and secluded woods abounding with deer and buffaloes and boars and tigers and wild

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप एक प्राचीन इतिहास सुनाऊँगा

English

[Bhishma said:] A father instructed his son, who was roaming without fear in common good conduct, having taught him the whole of study:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृतीय: सर्ग इत्येष आहड्कारिक उच्यते और आहंकारिक सर्ग कहा जाता है

English

"Practise dharma, son; cold and heat are very sharp; always conquer hunger, thirst and wind, master of your senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृजत्यहड्कारमृषिर्भूतं दिव्यात्मकं तथा

English

Truth, honesty, freedom from anger, freedom from envy, self-control, austerity, non-violence and non-cruelty, protect by rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संख्या, कालसंख्या तथा तत्त्वोंके संहारकी वार्ता सुनो अनादिनिधनो ब्रह्मा नित्यश्चाक्षर एव च

English

Stand in truth, delight in dharma, giving up all dishonesty; sustain the course of life with what remains after gods and guests.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतभव्यभविष्याणां स्रष्टारमनघं तथा

English

In a body like a bowl of foam, with life perched like a bird, impermanent, dear companion, how do you sleep, my son?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्तव्यमधिभूत॑ तु चन्द्रमा श्चाधिदेवतम् अभिमानोधिभ्ूतं तु रुद्रश्नात्राधिदिवतम्

English

While enemies are watchful, awake, ever joined, seeking an opening, you, a child, do not awaken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयोदशाधिकत्रिशततमो ध्याय:

English

As years are counted and life wastes away and living remains little, why do you not rise and run?

हिन्दी अर्थ

चेतनावांस्तथा चैक: क्षेत्रज्ञ इति भाषितः अचेतन क्‍यों बताया है? तथा दूसरेको चेतन एवं क्षेत्रज्ञ कैसे कहा है?

English

Those who strive for this world, increasing flesh and blood, fall asleep over the tasks for the next world, utter unbelievers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योनिकर्मविशुद्ध श्व पात्र स्थाद् वेदविद् द्विज:

English

elephants. They forsake all kinds of robes and food and enjoyments for which people living in society have a taste. They subsist abstemiously upon wild herbs and fruits and roots and leaves of diverse kinds. The bare ground is their seat. They lie down on the bare earth or rocks or pebbles or gravel or sand or ashes. They cover their limbs with grass and animal skins and barks of trees. They never shave their heads and beards or pare their nails. They perform their ablutions at regular intervals. They pour libations on the ground, as also on the sacred fire at the proper time without fail. They never enjoy any rest till completion of their daily gathering of the sacred fuel (for their homa fires) and sacred grass and flowers (for sacrifice and worship) and till they have swept and rubbed clean (their sacrificial altars). They bear without the least regard cold and heat, and rain and wind, and, therefore, the skin of their bodies is cracked all over; and in consequence of observing and laying down for themselves various kinds of rites and vows and acts, their flesh and blood and skin and bones become emaciated, l Endued with great patience and fortitude, they live, always practising the quality of goodness. That person who, with restrained soul, observes such a course of duties originally ordained by regenerate Rishis, burns all his sins like fire and obtains regions of felicity difficult of attainment.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

पात्रकर्मविशेषेण देशकालाववेक्ष्य च बहुयत्नेन च महत् पापनिर्हरणं तथा

English

"I shall now describe the conduct of those called Parivrajakas. That is as follows: freeing themselves from attachment to the sacred fire, wealth, spouse and children, and robes, seats, beds, and such other objects of enjoyment, and breaking the bonds of affection, they roam about, regarding with an equal eye a clump of earth or rock and gold. They never set their hearts on the acquisition or enjoyment of the triple aggregate. They cast an equal eye on foes and friends and neutrals or strangers. They never injure, in thought, word, or deed, immobile things or creatures that are viviparous, or oviparous or born of filth, or called vegetables. They have no homes. They roam over hills and mountains, upon shores of rivers or seas, under shades of trees, and among temples of deities. They may go to towns or villages for residence. In a town, however, they should not live for more than five nights, while in a village their residence should never exceed one night. Entering a town or a village, they should, for the support of life, repair to the abodes of only Brahmanas of liberal deeds. 2 They should never ask for any alms except what is thrown into the (wooden) bowls they carry. They should free themselves from lust, wrath, pride, cupidity, delusion, miserliness, deceit, slander, vanity, and injury to living creatures. On this subject there are some verses: that person, who, observing the vow of taciturnity, roveth without giving any creature cause of fear, is never inspired with any fear himself by any

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा निर्ह्ठतदोषस्य प्रेत्य धर्म: सुखावह:

English

Considering the view of those aged who see dharma, restrain by supreme intellect the mind that strays from the path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाप-दोष दूर हो गये हैं, उसीके लिये धर्म परलोकमें सुख देनेवाला होता है अशुभेभ्य: सदा55क्षिप्य शुभेष्वेवावतारयेत्

English

With a mind of the day, saying 'tomorrow is far,' fearless all-eaters, senseless, do not see the land of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छानुसार पालन करते रहो

English

Resorting to the ladder of dharma, climb a little by little; you wrap yourself like a silkworm and do not awaken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इह च प्रेत्य च श्रेयस्तस्य मूल धृति: परा स्थिरता) ही कल्याणका मूल है

English

The unbelieving, who break the limits, unsteady like a collapsing bank, leave on the left, trusting, like a reed-man swollen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ययाति: क्षीणपुण्यो5पि धृत्या लोकानवाप्तवान्

English

Desire, anger and death, the river with the five senses as waters: making a boat of steadiness, cross the hard places of birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपना पुण्य क्षीण हो जानेके बाद भी धृतिके ही बलसे उत्तम लोकोंको प्राप्त हुए जिससे तुम कल्याणके भागी हो सकोगे

English

When the world is struck by death, when it is oppressed by old age, when unfailing ones fall, cross by the vehicle of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्ममृत्युविमुक्त च विमुक्त पुण्यपापयो:

English

When death seeks you standing or lying, how do you find ease? Why are you suddenly destroyed by death?

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुचि नित्यमनायासं तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति याज्ञवल्क्यस्य संवादं जनकस्य च भारत

English

Death takes the man gathering, unsated in desires, as a she-wolf takes a lamb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पप्रच्छ जनको राजा प्रश्न॑ प्रश्नविदां वरम् मुनिवर याज्ञवल्क्यजीसे पूछा

English

With the flame gathered in order, great, made of the intellect of dharma, a lamp must be carried with effort when entering darkness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमव्यक्तं परं ब्रह्म तस्माच्च परतस्तु किम्

English

Falling into nets of bodies, sometimes in the human state a creature gains brahminhood; protect that, son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वक्तुमर्हसि विप्रेन्द्र त्वदनुग्रहकाड्क्षिण: तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वमेतदसंशयम्

English

For the body of a brahmana is not born for desire and wealth; here it is for affliction and austerity, and hereafter incomparable happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृष्टेन चापि वक्तव्यमेष धर्म: सनातन:

English

Brahminhood is gained by many austerities; having gained it one should not waste it for a trifle; ever joined in study, austerity and self-control, striving for safety, ever strive skilfully.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए। यही सनातन धर्म है तत्र तु प्रकृतीरष्टौ प्राहुरध्यात्मचिन्तका:

English

This unmanifest-natured, part-bodied one, subtle in self, with moments for ligaments, winks for hairs, seasons for mouth, with white and black eyes of equal strength, with measure for limbs, runs: the horse of men's life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्न॒ पञचमम्

English

Seeing that which goes on ceaselessly, of fierce speed, ever moving here without waiting, if your eye is not led by others, hearing the supreme, let your mind be set on dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोत्रं त्वक्चैव चक्षुश्व जिह्दा प्राणं च पठचमम् वाक् च हस्तौ च पादौ च पायुर्मेढ़ं तथैव च

English

Those who have strayed from the conduct of dharma and desire, shouting always, joined with the unwished, are afflicted with bodies pierced by pain, by many strong impressions of adharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धीन्द्रियाण्ययथैतानि सविशेषाणि मैथिल

English

The king ever devoted to dharma, protector of the good, looking at the virtuous, grants them worlds; and also gives various goals to those who act otherwise, happiness not before gained and blameless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वं चैवान्ये च विद्वांसस्तत्त्वबुद्धिविशारदा: प्रथमं सर्गमित्येतदाहु: प्राधानिकं बुधा:

English

Dogs, fearsome crows and groups of vultures and birds, drinking blood, devour the man who has strayed from the teacher's word in the slaughter of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वितीयं सर्गमित्याहुरेतद् बुछ्धात्मकं स्मृतम्

English

The limits fixed by the Self-born, which the tenfold qualities break through by following the mind, he enters very painful dwelling in the forest of the ancestors, that sinner.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ सर्गमित्येतन्मानसं विद्धि मे मतम्

English

The man who is greedy, fond of untruth, ever delighting in deceit and cheating, is a maker of unhappiness by deposits; he goes to the lowest hell and feels great pain, a doer of evil deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चमं सर्गमित्याहुभौतिकं॑ भूतचिन्तका: सर्ग तु षष्ठमित्याहुर्बहुचिन्तात्मक॑ स्मृतम्

English

You plunge into the hot Vaitarani, the great river, your limbs cut by leaf-forests, lying fallen in the axe-forest, dwelling in great hell, in great pain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतहैन्द्रियकं स्मृतम्

English

You boast of great feats and do not look to the beyond; you do not awaken to the death-bringing that long has been coming.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतदार्जवकं स्मृतम् नवमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतदार्जवकं बुधा:

English

Why sit when the great, dreadful, destroying fear has risen for you who are to depart? Make arrangement for happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्विशतिरुक्तानि यथाश्रुतिनिदर्शनात्

English

Before you die you are led to Yama's presence by death's command; make effort in honesty against those dreadful ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पञ्चकल्पसहस्राणि द्विगुणान्यहरुच्यते सृजत्योषधिमेवाग्रे जीवनं सर्वदेहिनाम्

English

Before the lord who does not know sorrow takes away the life here with root and kinsmen, there is none to restrain Yama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा मूर्ति: सर्वभूतानामित्येवमनुशुश्रुम

English

Before the wind blows that goes before Yama, you are led alone; do what concerns the other world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्णमय अण्डके भीतरसे प्रकट हुए थे। वे ही सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके उद्गमस्थान हैं संदधे स महीं कृत्स्नां दिवमूर्थ्व प्रजापति:

English

Before the ender's wind blows on you with hiccup, before the directions swirl for you at the coming of great fear,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृष्टिके लिये विचार आरम्भ किया

English

before memory is blocked, son, make the best concentration for yourself who are going in distraction."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तयो: शकलयोर्मध्यमाकाशमकरोत् प्रभु: दशकल्पसहस्राणि पादोनान्यहरुच्यते

English

Do you not remember, in the heedless confusion of deeds done and undone, good and bad? Lay up the one treasure alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही बड़ी है। महान् ऋषि ब्रह्मा अहंकार नामक दिव्य भूतकी सृष्टि करते हैं ते वै पितृणां पितर: श्रूयन्ते राजसत्तम

English

Before old age, destroying strength, form and beauty, wears out your body, lay up the one treasure alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

'पितरोंके भी पितर' अर्थात् पज्चमहाभूतोंके भी जनक सुने जाते हैं

English

Before the Ender pierces the body with arrows of disease and forcibly ends life, practise great austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चराचरा नरश्रेष्ठ इत्येवमनुशुश्रुम पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्न॒ पञचमम्

English

Before the dreadful wolves that haunt human bodies rush upon you from every side, strive in the practice of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पञ्चकल्पसहस्राणि तावदेवाहरुच्यते

English

Before you see darkness alone, hasten, before you behold golden trees on the mountain's head.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते विशेषा राजेन्द्र महाभूतेषु पडचसु ते वध्यमाना हान्योन्यं गुणैर्हारिभिरव्ययै:

English

Before bad company and enemies with friendly faces make you waver in sight, strive, son, for the highest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनश्ष्रति राजेन्द्र चारितं सर्वमिन्द्रियै:

English

Gather that wealth which has no fear from king or thief, and which, being dead, does not leave you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चक्षु: पश्यति रूपाणि मनसा तु न चक्षुषा मनस्युपरते राजन्निन्द्रियोपरमो भवेत्

English

There it is not divided among one another by their deeds; what is each one's own dowry, that alone he enjoys there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं मन:प्रधानानि इन्द्रियाणि प्रभावयेत्

English

Let that be given, son, by which one lives in the other world; gather for yourself that imperishable and fixed wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदू् विशन्ति भूतानि सर्वाणीह महायश: एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

Before the great man's barley is ripened, while the barley is still unripe, you are quickly led away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मया प्रोक्ता5नुपूर्व्येण संहारमपि मे शूणु

English

Neither mother, father nor kin, nor a praised and dear person follows one going alone into the pit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चोदयामास भगवानव्यक्तोडहंकृतं नरम्

English

Whatever deed alone, good or bad, one has done by oneself, that is his dowry as he goes to the other world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेरित करते हैं कृत्वा द्वादशधा55त्मानमादित्यो ज्वलदग्निवत्

English

Heaps of gold and jewels gathered by good and bad means do not help him on the dissolution of the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनेको बारह रूपोंमें अभिव्यक्त करके अग्निके समान प्रज्वलित हो उठते हैं

English

For the deeds done and undone by you who go to the other world, there is no witness among men here equal to the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जरायुजाण्डजस्वेदजोद्धिज्जं च नराधिप कूर्मपृष्ठममा भूमिर्भवत्यथ समन्तत:

English

Empty of the human body he goes to the other world; look with the eye of wisdom, for it is seen on every side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओरसे कछुएकी पीठकी तरह प्रतीत होने लगती है

English

Here fire, sun and wind, three dwelling in the body, are the witnesses of that man, seeing dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अम्भसा बलिना क्षिप्रमापूरयति सर्वश: प्रज्वलित होने लगती है

English

As in the nights, touching all sides and all doors, in concealed and manifest conduct, guard your own dharma alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरन्नमितप्राणस्तिर्यगूर्धल्वमधस्तथा

English

On a path with many bandits, guarded by fearsome and ugly ones, let your own deed alone be guarded; one's own deed goes there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशमप्यभिनदन्मनो ग्रसति चाधिकम् अहंकारं महानात्मा भूतभव्यभविष्यवित्

English

There it is not divided among one another by one's own deed; as done, the fruit born of one's deed alone is enjoyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिरीशानो ज्योतिरव्यय:

English

As troops of apsarases, together with great sages, gain fruit and happiness, so, through deeds, these who go as they like in celestial cars gain it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वतः श्रुतिमाल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति अथ ग्रसत्यनन्तो हि महात्मा विश्वमी श्वर:

English

As here whatever good has been done by the sinless and the self-possessed, so men of pure birth attain it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यात्ममधिभूतं च अधिहैवं च श्रूयताम् द्वादशाधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय:

English

They go to the highest goal, the world of Prajapati, of Brihaspati, of Shatakratu, by the bridges of householder dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गन्तव्यमधि भूतं च विष्णुस्तत्राधिदेवतम्

English

We can tell it in thousands of ways, in many ways; again, the lord, without the barley, does not remove the confusion of the unwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यात्म हैं, गन्तव्य स्थान अधिभूत हैं और विष्णु अधिहैवत हैं अधिभूतं तथा5नन्‍्दो हैवतं च प्रजापति:

English

Two thousand years have gone; you are fixed, the twenty-fifth; build up a store of dharma, for your age is passing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैथुनजनित आनन्द अधिभूत है और प्रजापति अधिहैवत हैं

English

Before that Ender makes the heedless one's restraint like a cow's mouth, rise as you have taken it, hasten in guarding dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्तव्यमधिभूतं तु इन्द्रस्तत्राधिदिवतम् वक्तव्यमधिभूतं तु वह्निस्तत्राधिदिवतम्

English

When you go behind and ahead alone, what use is the self, or another, to one who will go to that state?

हिन्दी अर्थ

वक्तव्य अधिभूत है और अग्नि अधिहैवत हैं

English

What comes to the good who go alone to the other world, lay up that great treasure against fear, for the next life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शब्दस्तत्राधिभूत॑ तु दिशश्वात्राधिदिवतम् रस एवाधिभूतं तु आपस्तत्राधिदेवतम्

English

The lord, unattached, carries off family, root and kin; he has no hinderers; make a store of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिभूत है और जल अधिहैवत है

English

This illustration, son, I have given here, approved by me; it is set out by inference from one's own sight; do accordingly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गन्ध एवाधिभूतं तु पृथिवी चाधिदेवतम् अध्यात्म है, गन्ध अधिभूत है और पृथ्वी अधिहैवत है

English

He who by his own deed gives wealth to whomever, through qualities born of ignorance and delusion, is joined to a hundred, one alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्पर्शमेवाधि भूतं तु पवनश्चाधिदेवतम्

English

Let what you have heard be effective for you, doing good deeds; that alone is the sight here, grateful and joined with meaning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बोद्धव्यमधिभूतं तु क्षेत्रज्ञक्नाधिदिवतम्

English

This is a binding rope, the delight of one living in a village; having cut it, the virtuous go; the wicked do not cut it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदी मध्ये तथान्ते च यथातत्त्वेन तत्त्ववित् होनेवाली जीवकी व्यक्तिगत विभूतिका वर्णन किया है

English

What use to you is wealth, what are kin, what are sons, my boy, you who will die? Seek the self that has entered the cave; where have all your grandfathers gone?

हिन्दी अर्थ

हजारों गुणोंको उत्पन्न करती है

English

Do tomorrow's work today, and the afternoon's in the forenoon; for who knows whose army of death will encamp today?

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकृतिस्तथा विकुरुते पुरुषस्य गुणान् बहून् सम्बन्धसे अनेक गुण उत्पन्न कर देती है

English

Having followed to the edge of the cremation ground, kinsmen turn back, having cast the man into the fire, relatives and friends too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखं शुद्धित्वमारोग्यं संतोष: श्रद्धधानता

English

Keep to your left the unbelievers, the merciless, men set in sinful minds; wishing the highest, be confident and unwearied.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समता सत्यमानृण्यं मार्दवं हीरचापलम् अत्यागित्वमकारुण्यं सुखदुःखोपसेवनम्

English

With the world thus struck and pressed hard by time, resorting to great fortitude, practise dharma with your whole self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहंकारमसत्कारकश्रिन्ता वैरोपसेवनम्

English

Then the man who rightly knows this means of insight, having rightly practised dharma, prospers here and in the next world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भेद: परुषता चैव काम: क्रोधो मदस्तथा तामसानां तु संघातं प्रवक्ष्याम्युपधार्यताम्

English

For those who know, there is no death in the breaking of the body, nor destruction on a well-kept path; the wise man increases dharma; he who falls from dharma is bewildered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोजनानामपर्याप्तिस्तथा पेयेष्वतृप्तता

English

Of the two set on the path of action by their own deeds, the doer gains the fruit duly; one of poor deeds goes to hell; one who has crossed dharma goes to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवास्वप्नेडतिवादे च प्रमादेषु च वै रति: द्वेषो धर्मविशेषाणामेते वै तामसा गुणा:

English

Having gained the hard-won human state, the stepping-stone to heaven, so should one steady oneself that one does not fall again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो सम्पूर्ण जगतमें सदा विद्यमान रहते हैं। कभी उससे अलग नहीं होते हैं शतधा सहस्रधा चैव तथा शतसहस्रधा

English

Him whose mind, following the path to heaven, does not stray, they call a doer of meritorious deeds, not to be mourned by friends and kin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सात्त्विकस्योत्तमं स्थानं राजसस्येह मध्यमम्

English

He whose understanding is not harmed and holds to its resolves, who has made room for himself in heaven, has no great fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रजोगुणीको मध्यम और तमोगुणीको अधम स्थानकी प्राप्ति होती है केवलेनेह पुण्येन गतिमूर्ध्वामवाप्रुयात्

English

Those born in the penance-groves and dying there itself, not knowing the enjoyment of desires, have a lesser dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दन्द्धमेषां त्रयाणां तु संनिपातं च तत्त्वतः

English

But he who, giving up enjoyments, practises austerity with his body has gained nothing; that fruit I hold in high regard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अव्यक्त: सत्त्वसंयुक्तो देवलोकमवाप्नुयात् रजस्तमोभ्यां संयुक्तस्तिर्यग्योनिषु जायते

English

Thousands of mothers and fathers, hundreds of sons and wives, past and to come: whose are they, or whose are we?

हिन्दी अर्थ

शाश्व॒तं चाव्ययं चैवमक्षयं चामृतं च तत्

English

You have no business with them, nor have they with you; they have gone by their own deeds, and you too will go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविकारी, अक्षय और अमृतपदकी प्राप्ति बतायी गयी है अतीन्द्रियमबीजं च जन्ममृत्युतमोनुदम्

English

In this world even a stranger becomes kin to the rich; but for the poor, kin vanish while they live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स एष प्रकृतिस्थो हि तत्स्थ इत्यभिधीयते

English

A man gathers evil deeds out of regard for his wife; from this he gets suffering, here and hereafter alike.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतेनाधिछिता चैव सृजते संहरत्यपि सृष्टि एवं संहार करती है

English

See the world of the living as a hollow by your own deeds; do that, my son, which has been declared in full.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमूर्तिमन्तावचलावप्रकम्प्यगुणागुणौ

English

Having seen this and entered the field of action, one who seeks the other world should do good acts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साकलल्‍यं मोक्षधर्मस्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः

English

With months and seasons as its names, a revolving wheel, with the sun as fire, and day and night as fuel, with steadiness in one's own deed as witness of the fruit, Time cooks beings by force.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण मोक्ष-धर्मका यथावत् रूपसे श्रवण करना चाहता हूँ हैवतानि च मे ब्रूहि देहं यान्याश्रितानि वै

English

What is the use of wealth that one neither gives nor enjoys? Of strength that does not hinder enemies? Of learning by which one does not practise dharma? Of a self that is not master of its senses?

हिन्दी अर्थ

और देहका आश्रय ग्रहण करनेवाले जो देवता हैं, उनका तत्त्व भी मुझे समझाइये

English

Hearing this beneficial speech of Dvaipayana, Shuka went forth, leaving his father, the teacher of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विदितं सर्वमेतत् ते पाणावामलकं यथा आँवलेके समान ज्ञात हैं

English

creature. That learned person who performs the Agnihotra (not by kindling of, external fire but) with the aid of the fire that is his own body, indeed, who poureth libations into his own mouth and upon the fire that exists in his own body, succeeds in attaining to numerous regions of felicity in consequence of that fire being fed with such libations obtained by a life of eleemosynation. That person of regenerate birth who observes in the aforesaid way this mode of life having Emancipation for its end, with a pure heart and with an understanding freed from resolution, attains to Brahma after the manner of a tranquil ray of light that is not fed by any blazing fuel.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणानां प्रसवत्वाच्च प्रलयत्वात् तथैव च

English

[Yudhishthira said:] On whom did the ascetic Vyasa beget Shuka? We do not know his mother, nor the foremost birth of that great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगियोंके शास्त्रका वर्णन करूँगा पडञ्चदशाधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

And how did the mind of a mere boy go to subtle knowledge, as in no other here, nor in any second?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्ट॑ तत्त्वेन नृपसत्तम

English

I wish to hear this at length, O greatly radiant one; I am not sated while hearing this highest nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावुभावेकचर्यो तावुभावनिधनौ स्मृती एक है और वे दोनों ही मृत्युका निवारण करनेवाले माने गये हैं

English

The greatness, the yoga of the self and the wisdom of Shuka: tell me that in due order, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकं॑ सांख्यं च योगं च य: पश्यति स तत्त्ववित्

English

[Bhishma said:] Not by years, nor by grey hairs, nor by wealth, nor by kin did the sages make dharma; he who is learned in the Vedas is great among us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांख्य और योगको एक देखता है, वही तत्त्वज्ञानी है तेनैव चाथ देहेन विचरन्ति दिशो दश

English

All this you ask me about has austerity as its root, Pandava; by restraining the senses, austerity comes to be, not otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरण कर सकते हैं

English

By indulgence of the senses a man doubtless incurs fault; by restraining them alone he gains success.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगेन लोकान् विचरन् सुखं संन्यस्य चानघ सूक्ष्ममष्टगुणं प्राहुनेंतरं नृपसत्तम

English

Of a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Vajapeyas, dear one, no fruit is equal to a fraction of yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्दशाधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय:

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'Beyond this region (that we inhabit) there is a region that we have heard of but never seen. I desire to know all about it. It behoveth thee to describe it to me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणवांश्षाप्पगुणवान् यथातत्त्वं निबोध मे निर्मुण नहीं किया जा सकता। इस विषयमें जो यथार्थ तत्त्व है, वह मुझसे सुनो

English

"Bhrigu said, 'Towards the north, on the other side of Himavat, which is sacred and possessed of every merit, there is a region that is sacred, blessed, and highly desirable. That is called the other world. I The men that inhabit that region are righteous in act, pious, of pure hearts, freed from cupidity and errors of judgment, and not subject to afflictions of any kind. That region is, indeed, equal to heaven, possessed as it is of such excellent attributes. Death comes there at the proper season. Diseases never touch the inhabitants. 2 Nobody cherishes any desire for the wives of other people. Every one is devoted to his own wife. These people do not afflict or kill one another, or covet one another's things. There no sin occurs, no doubt arises. 3 There the fruits of all (religious) acts are visible. There some enjoy seats and drinks and viands of the best kind, and live within palaces and mansions. There some, adorned with ornaments of gold, surround themselves with every article of enjoyment. There are, again, some that eat very abstemiously, for only keeping body and soul together. There some, with great toil, seek to hold the life-breaths. 4 Here (in this region that is inhabited by us), some men are devoted to righteousness and some to deceit. Some are happy and some miserable; some are poor and some rich. Here toil, and fear and delusion, and painful hunger make their appearance. Here cupidity for wealth is also seen, a passion that stupefies even those that are learned amongst men. Here diverse opinions prevail, broached by those that do deeds which are righteous or sinful. That man possessed of wisdom who knows all those opinions which may be divided into two kinds, is never stained by sin. Deceit With fraud, theft, slander, malice, oppression, injury, treachery, and untruth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो गुणोंके संसर्गसे रहित है, वह निर्गुण कहलाता है

English

and vices that detract from the merit of his penances who practises them. He, on the other hand, possessed of learning, who avoids them, finds the merit of his penances increased. Here there is much reflection about acts that are righteous and those that are unrighteous. This region that we inhabit is the field of action. Having done good and evil here, one obtains good for his good acts and evil for acts that are evil, i Here the very Creator in days of yore, and all the gods with the Rishis, having performed proper penances, become cleansed and attain to Brahma. 2 The northern portion of the earth is highly auspicious and sacred. Those belonging to this region (that we inhabit) that are doers of righteous deeds or that show regard for yoga, become born in that region. Others (that are of a different disposition) take

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपयुंक्ते च तानेव स चैवाज्ञ: स्वभावत: है। उन्हींको उपयोगमें लाती है और स्वभावसे ही ज्ञानरहित है

English

Entering himself by yoga, intent on the dharma of yoga, bearing austerity, he practised penance for the sake of a son, best of Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मत्त: परमोस्तीति नित्यमेवाभिमन्यते

English

"May my son be measured in power with fire, earth, water, wind and space": so he resolved.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह सदा इस बातको जानता रहता है कि मुझसे कोई दूसरा उत्कृष्ट पदार्थ नहीं है नित्यत्वाच्चाक्षरत्वाच्च क्षरत्वान्न तवनन्‍्यथा

English

Then with that resolve, hard to attain for the unpractised, he sought the lord of gods, established in the highest austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण पुरुष चेतन है

English

The lord is said to have stood a hundred years living on wind, worshipping Mahadeva of many forms, the lord of Uma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदा55त्मानं न जानीते तदा5त्मापि न मुच्यते असंगस्वरूपको नहीं जानता है, तबतक उसकी मुक्ति नहीं होती है

English

There were all the Brahmarishis and the divine sages, the guardians of the world and the Sadhyas with the Vasus, around the lord of the world,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्तृत्वाच्चापि योगानां योगधर्मा तथोच्यते

English

the Adityas and the Rudras, the sun and moon, the Maruts and the wind, the oceans and the rivers,

हिन्दी अर्थ

माननेसे योगधर्मा कहा जाता है कर्तृत्वात् प्रकृतीनां च तथा प्रकृतिधर्मिता

English

the Ashvins, the divine Gandharvas, Narada and Parvata, the Gandharva Vishvavasu, the Siddhas and troops of apsarases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणोंकी उत्पत्ति और प्रलयका कर्ता है, इसलिये गुणधर्मा कहलाता है अनित्यं नित्यमव्यक्तं व्यक्तमेतद्धि शुश्रुम

English

There Rudra Mahadeva shone, wearing a lovely garland made of karnikara flowers, like the moon with its light.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्बन्धसे अनित्य और व्यक्त प्रतीत होता है

English

In that lovely divine forest, thronged with gods and divine sages, the sage stood in supreme yoga, bent on a son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतदयावन्त: केवलं ज्ञानमास्थिता विद्वान् प्रकृतिको एक तथा पुरुषको अनेक मानते हैं

English

His colour did not fade nor did weariness arise in him; to all three worlds that seemed wonderful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा मुज्ज इषीकाणां तथैवैतद्धि जायते

English

His matted locks, blazing like the tip of Vaishvanara's flame, were seen shining in him, joined with boundless energy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चोदुम्बरसंयोगैर्मशकस्तत्र लिप्यते न चोदकस्य स्पर्शेन मत्स्यो लिप्यति सर्वश:

English

The blessed Markandeya told me this; he always related to me the deeds of the god here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चोपलिप्यते सो5ग्निरुखासंस्पर्शनेन वै

English

Those very locks of Krishna, kindled by that austerity, shine to this day, dear one, fire-coloured, of the great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्य समझो। उस हँड़ियेके स्पर्शसे अग्नि दूषित नहीं होती है न चोदकस्य स्पर्शेन लिप्यते तत्र पुष्करम्

English

With such austerity, and with devotion, Bharata, Maheshvara, pleased in spirit, made up his mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसी प्रकार पुरुष भी प्रकृतिसे भिन्न और असंग है

English

The blessed Tryambaka, smiling as it were, said to him: "Such a son shall be born to you, Dvaipayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याथातथ्येन पश्यन्ति न नित्यं प्राकृता जना: ते व्यक्त निरयं घोरं प्रविशन्ति पुन: पुन:

English

As fire, as wind, as earth, as water and as space, so shall your great son be pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वान इस प्रकार जान करके कैवल्यको प्राप्त हो गये हैं

English

Of that nature, of that mind, of that self, having that as refuge, he will cover the three worlds with splendour and win unique fame."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आठ गुणों (अंगों) से युक्त है; दूसरा नहीं

English

their births in the intermediate species. Some again, when their allotted periods run out, become lost on earth. 3 Employed in feeding upon one another and stained by cupidity and delusion, these mea return to this very region without being able to go (after death) to that northern region. Those men of wisdom who with vows and observant of Br ahmacharyy a listen with veneration to the instructions of preceptors, succeed in knowing the ends reserved for all classes of men. I have now told thee in brief the course of duties ordained by Brahman. He, indeed, is said to be possessed of intelligence who knows what is righteousness and what its reverse in this world.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरत होना नहीं चाहता। यही उसकी प्रसन्नताकी पहचान है निश्चलोर्ध्वशिखस्तद्वद् युक्तमाहुर्मनीषिण:

English

Then, O king, the blessed sage saw the apsara named Ghritachi, bearing supreme beauty with her own radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वेदवान् मुखेनाथ दिश: श्रोत्रेण चाप्रुयात्

English

Seeing the apsara, the blessed Vyasa was suddenly bewildered by desire in that forest, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रूभ्यां चैवाश्विनौ देवा ललाटेन पितृनथ पितरोंको प्राप्त होता है

English

And Ghritachi, having then made Vyasa's mind agitated with love, became a parrot, great king, and approached.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतान्युत्क्रमणस्थानान्युक्तानि मिथिलेश्वर

English

Seeing that apsara covered in another form, he was followed by the bodily passion that pervades all limbs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवत्सरवियोगस्य सम्भवन्ति शरीरिण: तथैव ध्रुवमित्याहु: पूर्णेन्दु दीपमेव च

English

Restraining with great fortitude the desire in his heart, the sage Vyasa could not hold back his spreading mind; and because of what was to be, he was carried away by Ghritachi's body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परचक्षुषि चात्मानं ये न पश्यन्ति पार्थिव

English

While the sage strove to restrain himself, wishing to make fire, his seed suddenly fell upon the fire-stick itself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी एक ही वर्षतक शेष समझनी चाहिए अतिथद्युतिरतिप्रज्ञा अप्रज्ञा चाद्युतिस्तथा

English

With unhesitating mind, that best of twice-born, the Brahmarishi, churned the fire-stick just as it was, and in it Shuka was born, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैवतान्यवजानाति ब्राह्मणैश्व विरुद्धाते

English

As the fire-stick was being churned, Shuka of great austerity was born, a supreme sage, a great yogi, born from the womb of the fire-stick.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सगुणं निर्गुणं चैव यथा शास्त्रनिदर्शनम् निर्बीज)। ऐसा ही शास्त्रोंका निर्णय है

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Thus, O king, did Bhrigu speak unto Bharadwaja of great energy. Of soul highly virtuous, the latter became filled with wonder and worshipped the great sage with veneration. Thus, O monarch, the origin of the universe has been narrated to thee in detail. What, O thou of great wisdom, dost thou wish to hear after this?'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाग्रता च मनस: प्राणायामस्तथैव च

English

like visiting sacred waters; vihita is vidhana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनको निर्बीज समाधिमें एकाग्र करना निर्गुण प्राणायाम कहलाता है वाताधिकयं भवत्येव तस्मात् तं न समाचरेत्

English

the poor, particularly their religious mendicants. The mendicants themselves are restrained from disturbing the householders often. None again save the well-to-do were to be visited by the mendicants, so that men of scanty means might not be compelled to support the recluses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अतः ध्यान-रहित प्राणायामको नहीं करना चाहिए

English

the next world. Bhrigu also, in his answer, uses the word Paw lokah. The reference to Himavat, therefore, is explained by the commentator as metaphorical. The whole answer of Bhrigu, however, leaves little room for doubt that the sage speaks of a region on earth and not in the invisible world after

हिन्दी अर्थ

मध्ये स्वप्नात् परे यामे द्वादशैव तु चोदना: अभ्यास करना चाहिए:

English

verses as metaphorical. Considerable ingenuity is displayed by him, and he even cites the Srutis in

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मारामेण बुद्धेन योक्तव्यो55त्मा न संशय:

English

The Gandharva Vishvavasu, and Tumburu and Narada, and the Gandharvas Haha and Huhu praised Shuka's birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शब्दं रूप॑ तथा स्पर्श रसं गन्धं तथैव च इन्द्रियग्राममखिलं मनस्यभिनिवेश्य ह

English

There the guardians of the world assembled, with Shakra at their head, and the gods, divine sages and Brahmarishis.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहंकार तथा बुद्धौ बुद्धि च प्रकृतावपि

English

The wind rained down all kinds of divine flowers there, and the world, moving and unmoving, became delighted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरजस्कमलं नित्यमनन्तं शुद्धमव्रणम् शाश्वृतं चाव्ययं चैव ईशान ब्रह्म चाव्ययम्

English

The great soul of great radiance himself, with the goddess, joyfully, as soon as the sage's son was born, duly initiated him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्षणं तु प्रसादस्य यथा तृप्त: सुखं स्वपेत्

English

To him Shakra, lord of gods, gladly gave a divine and wonderful-looking water-pot and garments, O lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाल॑ं चालयितुं शक्‍्यस्तथा युक्तस्य लक्षणम्

English

Swans, hundred-petalled birds, cranes by the thousand, parrots and others circled around him, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रियमाणैर्न कम्पेत युक्तस्यैतन्निदर्शनम् सोपानमारुहेद् भीतस्तर्ज्यमानो डसिपाणिभि:

English

The radiant son of the fire-stick, having gained that divine birth, the wise one stayed right there, a student keeping his vows, composed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैवोत्तरमागम्य एकाग्रमनसस्तथा

English

As soon as he was born, the Vedas with their secrets and compendia approached him, great king, as they had his father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं युक्तस्य तु मुनेर्लक्षणान्युपलक्षयेत् कालेन महता राजन् श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी

English

He chose Brihaspati, who knew the Vedas, Vedangas and commentaries, as his teacher, great king, contemplating dharma alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विज्ञाय तद्धि मन्यन्ते कृतकृत्या मनीषिण:

English

Having studied all the Vedas with their secrets and compendia, and the Itihasa entire, and the treatises of kingship, O lord,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पदशभ्यामुत्क्रममाणस्य वैष्णवं स्थानमुच्यते मनुष्यको भगवान् विष्णुके परमधामकी प्राप्ति होती बतायी जाती है

English

and having given the teacher his fee, the great sage returned and began fierce austerity as a composed student.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानुभ्यां च महाभागान् साध्यान् देवानवाप्रुयात्

English

Even in boyhood he was a great ascetic, worthy of counsel and honour by gods and sages, by knowledge and austerity alike.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाहुभ्यामिन्द्रमेवाहुरुरसा रुद्रमेव च वक्ष:स्थलसे हो तो रुद्रलोककी प्राप्ति होती है

English

But his mind, ruler of men, did not delight in the three stages rooted in the householder's life, as he beheld the dharma of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्णनाभेर्यथा चक्र छिद्रें सोम॑ प्रपश्यति देखता है, वह सात रातमें ही मृत्युका भागी होता है

English

colour to the supposition that throughout the whole passage, it is the next world and no fictitious region north of the Himalayas that is described. Some western scholars think that a verbal translation is all that is necessary. Such passages, however, are incapable of being so rendered. The translator must make his choice of, either taking the verses in a plain or a metaphorical sense. If he inclines towards the latter, he cannot possibly give a verbal version. The genius of the two tongues are quite different.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविज्ञानादमर्षाच्च भास्करस्य महात्मन:

English

[Shuka said:] May the blessed one, skilled in the dharmas of liberation, tell me how the highest peace of my mind may come about, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवलके सामने ही मैंने आधी दक्षिणा उन्हें दे दी और आधी स्वयं ग्रहण की पित्रा ते मुनिभिश्चैव ततो5हमनुमानित:

English

Hearing his son's words, the supreme sage said to him: "Study, my son, liberation and the various dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मथ्नामि मनसा तात दृष्ट्वा चान्वीक्षिकी पराम्

English

By his father's command Shuka, best of knowers of Brahman, learned the whole treatise of yoga and the Sankhya too, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षयं पुरुष प्राहु: क्षयो हास्य न विद्यते

English

When Vyasa thought his son, joined with the glory of Brahman and with power like Brahman, skilled in the knowledge of liberation,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्मते और मरते रहते हैं वेदवेद्यं न जानीते वेदभारवहो हि सः

English

he then said: "Go to Janaka, lord of Mithila; he will tell you in full, specially, the purpose of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विष्ठां तत्रानुपश्येत न मण्डं न च वै घृतम्

English

By his father's command he went to Janaka the king of Mithila, to ask about the end of dharma and the final refuge of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही दिखायी देती है। उसे न तो वहाँ मक्खन ही मिलता है और न घी ही स केवल मूढमतिर्ज्ञानभारवह: स्मृत:

English

And he was told: "Go by the human way, unpuffed; do not go by power, through the sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मूढ़बुद्धि मानव केवल ज्ञानका बोझ ढोनेवाला माना गया है

English

Go with simplicity, not by a path seeking comfort; do not look for special distinctions, for distinctions belong to the attached.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शवगन्धमुपाप्राति सुरभिं प्राप्प यो नर:

English

commentator. K.P. Singha avoids the blunder, although in rendering the last line of 22 he becomes rather inaccurate.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुभव करता है, वह सात दिनमें ही मृत्युको प्राप्त हो जाता है कर्णनासावनमनं दन्तदृष्टिविरागिता

English

That king, skilled in dharma and learned in the treatise of liberation, is my sacrificial patron; whatever he says should be done without hesitation."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकस्माच्च स्रवेद् यस्य वाममक्षि नराधिप

English

Thus told, the righteous-souled sage went to Mithila on foot, though able to cross the earth with its oceans through the sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतावन्ति त्वरिष्टानि विदित्वा मानवो55त्मवान् जयेच्च मृत्युं योगेन तत्परेणान्तरात्मना

English

He crossed mountains, passed rivers and lakes, forests filled with many beasts of prey, of various kinds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शाश्वतं स्थानमचल दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभि:

English

passing in order Meru and the Hari-varsha, the two regions, and the Himavat region, he reached the land of Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तदशाधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय: परं गुह्मिमं प्रश्न॑ शूणुष्वावहितो नूप

English

Seeing various lands inhabited by Chinas and Hunas, he came, reflecting, to this land of Aryavarta.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीतेन चाहं विभुना सूर्येणोक्तस्तदानघ

English

Taking his father's word and reflecting on that very purpose, he crossed the road, a sky-goer like a sky-goer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् ते दास्यामि प्रीतात्मा मत्प्रसादो हि दुर्लभ: यजूषि नोपयुक्तानि क्षिप्रमिच्छामि वेदितुम्

English

Shuka, seeing, did not see the lovely towns, the prosperous cities and the varied jewels.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूसरे किसीके उपयोगमें नहीं आये हैं"

English

Passing the lovely gardens and shrines and holy bathing-places along the road,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरस्वतीह वाग्भूता शरीर ते प्रवेक्ष्यति विवृतं च ततो मे5स्यं प्रविष्टा च सरस्वती

English

in no long time he reached Videha, guarded by the righteous king, the great-souled Janaka.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस समय विशेष कष्ट हुआ था मुहूर्त सहृतां दाहस्तत: शीतीभविष्यति

English

There he saw many villages with abundant food and drink, herdsmen's settlements, prosperous, crowded with many herds of cattle,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिष्ठास्यति ते वेद: सखिल: सोत्तरो द्विज

English

rich in rice and barley, visited by swans and cranes, adorned with hundreds of beautiful lotus-ponds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्यान्ते चापुनभवि बुद्धिस्तव भविष्यति एतावदुक्त्वा भगवानस्तमेवाभ्यवर्तत

English

Having crossed Videha, frequented by prosperous people, he reached the lovely and very rich groves of Mithila.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहमागत्य संहृष्टो5चिन्तयं वै सरस्वतीम्

English

Crowded with elephants, horses and chariots, full of men and women, he passed it seeing and not seeing, unshaken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसन्नतापूर्वक सरस्वतीका चिन्तन किया ओड्कारमादित: कृत्वा मम देवी सरस्वती

English

Carrying that burden in mind and reflecting on that very purpose, delighting in the self, serene, he reached Mithila.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपतां च वरिष्ठाय निषण्णस्तत्परायण:

English

Reaching its gate and stopped by the gatekeepers, he stood absorbed in meditation; then freed, as he was known, he entered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उन्हींका चिन्तन करता हुआ बैठ गया चक्रे सपरिशेषं च हर्षेण परमेण ह

English

Reaching the royal road thronged with prosperous people, and reaching the king's abode, he entered without fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शतपथका संकलन किया

English

There too the harsh-spoken gatekeepers stopped him, and Shuka stood there without anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्रियार्थ सशिष्यस्य मातुलस्य महात्मन: व्यस्तो यज्ञों महाराज पितुस्तव महात्मन:

English

Not scorched by the heat of the road, nor wearied by hunger and thirst, he neither faltered nor drooped, nor withdrew from the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्ववेददक्षिणायार्थे विमर्दे मातुलेन ह

English

One of those gatekeepers, full of grief, seeing Shuka standing like the sun at noon,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैव रोमहर्षेण पुराणमवधारितम्

English

honoured him duly, saluted him with joined palms, and then admitted him to the second court of the royal house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तरह रोमहर्षण सूतसे मैंने पुराणोंका अध्ययन किया सर्वे च शिष्या: शुचयो गता: परमहर्षिता:

English

Seated there, dear one, Shuka, thinking only of liberation, of great radiance, was equal in shade and in sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने-अपने घरको चले गये

English

After a moment the king's minister came to him with joined palms and then led him into the third court of the royal house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथाकामं वेद्यं तदनुचिन्तयम् चिन्तयंस्तत्र चागत्य गन्धर्वो मामपृच्छत

English

There was a great grove joined to the inner apartments, like Chaitraratha, lovely, with well-divided waters and pleasure-places, with flowering trees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वोत्तम ज्ञातव्य वस्तु क्या है? मुझसे पूछने लगा

English

Having shown Shuka that excellent grove, the minister pointed him to a fitting seat and went out again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्विशांस्ततो5पृच्छत् प्रश्नान् वेदस्य पार्थिव विश्वाविश्वं तथाश्चाश्वृं मित्र वरुणमेव च

English

Then women of beautiful dress, fair-hipped and lovely to see, wearing fine red garments and ornaments of refined gold,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूर्याति सूर्य इति च विद्याविद्ये तथैव च

English

skilled in talk and conversation, expert in dance and song, speaking with a smile first, equal to apsarases in beauty,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपूर्वमक्षयं क्षय्यमेतत् प्रश्नमनुत्तमम् पृष्टवाननुपूर्वेण प्रश्नमर्थविदुत्तमम्

English

skilled in the service of desire, knowing feelings, knowing all things: about fifty women, the foremost of courtesans, ran up to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाढमित्येव कृत्वा च तूष्णीं गन्धर्व आस्थित:

English

Receiving him with water for the feet and the rest, honouring him with worship, they satisfied him with good food suited to place and time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनसा स च मे प्रश्नो दध्नो घृतमिवोद्धृतम् निकल आता है, उसी प्रकार उन प्रश्नोंका उत्तर निकल आया

English

When he had eaten, dear one, they showed him one by one that grove of the inner apartments, very lovely, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आन्वीक्षिकी विद्यापर दृष्टिपात करके मनके द्वारा उन सबका मन्थन करने लगा उदीरिता मया तुभ्यं पजचविंशादधिछिता

English

Playing, laughing and singing, they all, knowing the heart, waited on Shuka of noble nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रूयतां यद् भवानस्मान् प्रश्न॑ सम्पृष्टवानिह

English

But the pure-souled son of the fire-stick, free of the three doubts, doing the three works, master of his senses, with anger conquered, neither rejoiced nor was angry.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वाव्यक्तं परं विद्याद् भूतभव्यभयंकरम् तथैव मित्र पुरुषं वरुणं प्रकृतिं तथा

English

Those excellent women gave him a divine couch and seat, fit for the best, adorned with jewels, spread with rich coverings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपास्तु प्रकृतिं प्राहुरतपा निष्कल: स्मृत:

English

Having washed his feet and worshipped at twilight, Shuka sat on the holy seat, reflecting on that very purpose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतपा नाम दिया गया है आक्षेपसर्गयो: कर्ता निश्चल: पुरुष: स्मृत:

English

In the first part of the night the lord remained there absorbed in meditation, and in the middle of the night took sleep as was proper.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्ता पुरुष ही निश्चल पुरुष माना गया है

English

Then, rising after a moment and performing purification, the wise one, surrounded by women, followed meditation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अज्ञावुभौ ध्रुवौ चैव अक्षयौ चाप्युभावषि अजौ नित्यावुभौ प्राहुरध्यात्मगतिनिश्चया:

English

In this manner Krishna's son, unfallen, passed the rest of that day and that night in the king's house, Bharata.