Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेयस्तव विधास्यामि बल॑ तेजश्च सुव्रत तेन सृष्टं कृतयुगं स्थापयस्व यथाविधि

English

is now stretched forth (for acceptance as also) for giving away. Give me what thou owest me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माजीके लिये पुनः भगवान् नारायणके मुखसे यह धर्म प्रकट हुआ

English

[Janamejaya said:] Are these of one end or of separate ends, sage? Tell me, as I ask, and the course of action in order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रीहरि ही सम्पूर्ण जगतके प्रेरक और स्रष्टा हैं यद्येकान्तिभिराकीर्ण जगत् स्यात् कुरुनन्दन

English

[Vaishampayana said:] I bow to him who removes the darkest ignorance, the great seer, born of Parashara and Gandhavati, the knowing and self-possessed son born in the middle of an island, very noble in mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

काम देवा ऋषयश्च सत्त्वस्था नृपसत्तम

English

I bow to Dvaipayana, whom they call the sixth from the grandfather, a great sage joined with the glory of the sages, born of a part of Narayana, an only son, a great treasury of the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयो नारायणसुतं त्वमेवैनं प्रभाषसे कथयस्वोत्तममते जन्म नारायणोद्धवम्

English

Narayana, of great glory, the Brahman, a great treasury, of generous splendour, the unborn ancient one, created him at the beginning for a son, Vyasa the great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिको उस समय योगशक्तिसे सम्पन्न कर दिया

English

[Janamejaya said:] You yourself told me before his birth, best of the twice-born: Vasishtha's son Shakti, and Shakti's son Parashara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपान्तरतमा नाम सुतो वाक्सम्भव: प्रभु: तमुवाच नत मूर्ध्ना देवानामादिरव्यय:

English

The sage Krishna Dvaipayana is Parashara's heir; yet you again call him Narayana's son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविनाशी श्रीहरिने कहा--

English

What earlier birth had Vyasa of boundless splendour? Tell it, wise one, the birth that arose from Narayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् कुरु यथा5ज्ञप्तं ममैतद् वचन मुने मुझे तुमसे इतना ही कहना है”

English

[Vaishampayana said:] To my teacher, who wished to know the meaning of the Vedas, righteous, a store of austerity, firm in knowledge, seated at the foot of the Himalaya,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म चाग्यं स जग्राह सरहस्यं ससंग्रहम्

English

"The Brahmana said, 'If I have won any fruits by reciting the Gayatri, accept them all.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपदिश्य ततो धर्म ब्रह्मणेडमिततेजसे --/तुम निष्कामभावसे सारे कर्म करते हुए युगधर्मोंके प्रवर्तक बनो”

English

"The king said, 'These drops of water, behold, O foremost of Brahmanas, have fallen upon my hand. I also desire to give thee. Accept my gift. Let there be equality between us (through thy accepting my gift as I have accepted thine).'

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगाम तमस: पार यत्राव्यक्तं व्यवस्थितम्

English

"Virupa said, 'Know, O king, that we two are Desire and Wrath. It hath been by us that thou hast been induced to act in this way. Thou hast made a gift in return to the Brahmana. Let there be equality between thee and this regenerate person in respect of regions—of felicity in the next world. This Vikrita really does not owe me anything. We appealed to thee for thy own sake. Time, Dharma, Mrityu, and we two, have examined everything about thee, here in thy very presence, by producing this friction between thee and that Brahmana. Go now, as thou choosest, to those regions of felicity which thou hast won by means of thy deeds.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

असृजत् स ततो लोकान् कृत्स्नान् स्थावरजजड्भमान् ततो हि सात्वतो धर्मो व्याप्पय लोकानवस्थित:

English

"Bhishma continued, 'I have now told thee how Reciters obtain the fruits (of their recitation) and what, indeed, is their end, what the spot, and what the regions, that a Reciter may win. A Reciter of Gayatri goes to the supreme god Brahman, or repairs to Agni or enters the region of Surya. If he sports there in his (new) energetic form, then stupefied by such attachment, he catches the attributes of those particular regions. I The same becomes the case with him if he goes to Soma, or Vayu, or Earth, or Space. The fact is, he dwells in all these, with attachment, and displays the attributes peculiar to those regions. If, however, he goes to those regions after having freed himself from attachments, and feels a. mistrust (respecting the felicity he enjoys) and wishes for That Which is Supreme and Immutable, he then enters even That. In that case he attains to the ambrosia of ambrosia, to a state free from desire and destitute of separate consciousness. He becomes Brahma's self freed from the influence of opposites, happy, tranquil, and without pain. 2 Indeed, he attains to, that condition which is free from pain, which is tranquillity's self, which is; called Brahma, whence there is no return, and which is styled the One and Immutable. He becomes freed from the four means of apprehension, 3 the six conditions, and also the other six and ten attributes. 4 Transcending the Creator (Brahman), he attains to absorption into the One Supreme Soul. Or, if under the influence of attachments, he wishes not for such absorption, but desires to have a separate existence as dependent on that Supreme Cause of everything, then obtains the fruition of everything for which he cherishes a wish. Or, if he looks (with aversion) upon all regions of felicity, which have been (as previously stated)

हिन्दी अर्थ

सारे संसारमें व्याप्त हो गया

English

called hells, he then, driving off desire and freed from everything, enjoys supreme felicity even in those very regions. I Thus, O monarch, I have discoursed to thee about the end attained by Reciters. I have told thee everything. What else thou wishest to hear?'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यापयामास तदा लोकानां हितकाम्यया स्वारोचिषमनुको उस समय इस धर्मका उपदेश किया

English

Knowing the truth, having first told the meaning of the Vedas and of the Bharata, he began to tell this birth from Narayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यापयत् पुराव्यग्र: सर्वलोकपतिर्वि भु:

English

Hear this best of accounts, a sages' tale, excellent, arisen at the beginning of time, got by me through austerity, brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोडचन्तर्दथे ततो भूय: प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे पुन: धर्ममेतं स्वयं देवो हरिनारायण: प्रभु:

English

When the seventh creation of creatures came, at the lotus-born, Narayana, the great yogi, free of good and bad,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतादौ कुरुशार्दूल धर्ममेतदधीतवान्

English

created from his navel a son, Brahma of boundless radiance; then he appeared and he spoke to him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोअप्यन्तर्दधे भूयो नारायणमुखोद्भव: एष धर्म: समुद्भूतो नारायणमुखात् पुन:

English

"You were born from my navel, lord, maker of creation; create creatures of many kinds, Brahmana, with the wise."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यापिताश्च मुनयो नाम्ना बर्हिषदो नूप लाये। नरेश्वर! फिर उन्होंने बर्हिषद् नामवाले मुनियोंको इसका अध्ययन कराया

English

Thus told by me, Brahma, turned away, his mind agitated with worry, bowed to the boon-giving god Hari the lord and said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्येष्ठ नामाभिविख्यातं॑ ज्येष्ठसामव्रतो हरि:

English

"What strength have I, lord of gods, to create creatures? Homage to you. I am without wisdom, god; ordain what follows."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्दथे ततो राजन्नेष धर्म: प्रभो हरे: यह भागवत-धर्म फिर लुप्त हो गया

English

Thus told by him, the blessed one, becoming hidden, the lord of gods, best of the wise, thought of understanding.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्रैष धर्म: कथित: स्वयं नारायणेन ह

English

Then understanding, embodied, came to Hari the lord, and the Unyoked himself joined her to him by yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामहश्न दक्षाय धर्ममेतं पुरा ददौ धर्मका उपदेश दिया। उन्हींसे विवस्वान् (सूर्य) ने इस धर्मका उपदेश ग्रहण किया

English

To that understanding standing in lordly yoga, powerful and good, the god, the imperishable lord, said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने पुत्र इक्ष्वाकुको इसका उपदेश दिया

English

"Enter Brahma, for the accomplishment of creating the worlds." Then, commanded by the lord, understanding quickly entered him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गमिष्यति क्षयान्ते च पुनर्नारायणं नूप कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पित:

English

Then Hari saw him joined with understanding and again said to him: "Create these various creatures."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष धर्मो जगन्नाथात् साक्षान्नारायणान्नूप

English

Having said so, the blessed one vanished right there, and by him again was reached the place called the gods' own.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंसाधर्मयुक्तेन प्रीयते हरिरी श्वर: जीवश्व सर्वभूतेषु पजच भूतगुणातिग:

English

And reaching that same nature, he became one with it; then, it is said, another thought arose in him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष लोकविधिर्धीमानेष लोकविसर्गकृत्

English

"All these creatures have been created by Brahma Parameshthi, thronged with Daityas, Danavas, gandharvas and hosts of rakshasas; this earth, born, is burdened and suffering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवेत् कृतयुगप्राप्तिराशी:कर्मविवर्जिता

English

Many mighty Daityas, Danavas and Rakshasas will be on the earth; joined with austerity, they will gain excellent boons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्याप्यकथयत् पूर्व नारद: सुमहातपा: यत्र चैकान्तिनो यान्ति नारायणपरायणा:

English

Surely, made proud by the boons, they will harass the hosts of gods and the ascetic sages. Here it is just for me to do the lifting of the burden.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न कुर्वन्ति कथं विप्रा अन्ये नानाव्रते स्थिता:

English

Then, by being born in various forms on the earth in order, by restraining the wicked and favouring the good,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चैव भारत लिये ईश्वरने तीन प्रकारकी प्रकृतियाँ बनायी हैं--सातक्चिकी, राजसी और तामसी

English

I shall support this suffering, true earth; for she is supported by me as the serpent in the nether world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सात््विक: पुरुषव्याप्र भवेन्मोक्षाय निश्चित:

English

Supported by me, she supports the world with its moving and unmoving; therefore I shall save the earth, going into birth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

युक्त सात्विक पुरुष है, वही श्रेष्ठ है; क्योंकि वही मोक्षका निश्चित अधिकारी है नारायणपरो मोक्षस्ततो वै सात्त्विक: स्मृत:

English

Thus having thought, the blessed Madhusudana created many forms for the sake of manifestation:

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकान्तभक्ति: सततं नारायणपरायण:

English

boar, man-lion, dwarf and man. "By these the wicked enemies of the gods are to be slain by me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाश हो गया है, उनके योग-क्षेमका भार स्वयं भगवान् नारायण वहन करते हैं साच्चिकस्तु स विज्ञेयो भवेन्मोक्षे च निश्चित:

English

Then the creator of the world again, resounding with the word "Bho!", uttered Sarasvati, and the Sarasvata was born there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारायणात्मके मोक्षे ततो यान्ति परां गतिम्

English

His son, named Apantaratamas, born of speech, of the lord, knew past, present and future, truthful, firm in vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमात्मेच्छया राजन् प्रतिबुद्धो न जायते तदात्मकं हि पुरुषं जायमानं विशाम्पते

English

The imperishable first of the gods said to him as he bowed his head: "You must compile the Veda; therefore, sage, do my word as ordered."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुसुक्ष्मं सत्त्वसंयुक्तं संयुक्त त्रिभिरक्षरै: होकर फिर उन्हींमें लीन हो जाते हैं

English

By him the Vedas were then divided in the Svayambhuva interval of Manu; then the blessed Hari was pleased with his work, with austerity well practised, with restraint and observance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुरुष्वैनं यथान्यायं यदि शक्तोडसि भारत

English

[The Blessed One said:] "In the intervals of Manus, son, you will thus be a promoter of the worlds, unshaken, Brahmana, and always unassailable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

काषायवस्त्रधारी संन्‍्यासियोंकी अविनश्वर एकान्त गतिका वर्णन किया है स एवायं मया तुभ्यमाख्यात: प्रसृतो गुरो:

English

And again when Tishya comes, there will be great-souled Bharata kings called Kurus, famed on earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुखसे प्रकट हुए उसी धर्मका मैंने यहाँ तुम्हारे लिये वर्णन किया है

English

Among those born of you there will be a breach of the family, for their mutual destruction, because of you, best of the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथैव त्वं तथैवान्ये भवन्तीह विमोहिता: संहारकारकश्नैव कारणं च विशांपते

English

There too you, joined with austerity, will divide the Vedas in many ways, and when the dark age comes you will be dark-coloured.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऐकान्तिकभावे5ष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ध्याय:

English

You will be the maker of various dharmas and the creator of knowledge; joined with austerity, you will not be freed from attachment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानान्येतानि ब्रद्यर्षे लोकेषु प्रचरन्ति ह प्रत्रूहि वै मया पृष्ट: प्रवृत्ति च यथाक्रमम्

English

Your son, free of attachment, will be the Supreme Self by Maheshvara's grace; this word is not otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैपायनं वेद महानिधानम्

English

He whom they call the mind-born son of the grandfather, joined with excellent understanding, Vasishtha, best, a treasury of austerity, who shines surpassing even the sun,

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वैपायन कहलाते हैं, उन वेदके महान् भण्डाररूप व्यासजीको मैं प्रणाम करता हूँ व्यासं महात्मानमजं पुराणम्

English

in his line comes the great sage of great power named Parashara; he is your father, treasury of the Veda, best, of great austerity, dwelling of austerity; with a maiden's womb of the ancestors, you will be born as the son of that sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसिष्ठस्य सुतः शक्ति: शक्तिपुत्र: पराशर:

English

All doubts of the meaning of past, present and future will be cut for you; and the revolutions of thousand ages that have passed before,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरोमें ज्ञाननिष्ठस्य हिमवत्पाद आसत:

English

all those told by me you will see, joined with austerity, and you will again see revolutions of many thousand ages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं चतुर्थ: शिष्यो वै शुकोव्यासात्मजस्तथा शुशुभे हिमवत्पादे भूतैर्भूतपतिर्यथा

English

You will see me in the world, without beginning or end, wheel in hand, sage, by meditation on me; this word is not otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतनाथ भगवान् शिवके समान शोभा पाते थे

English

Shanaishchara, son of the Sun, will be the great Manu, and in that Manu's interval you yourself will be the first of the group of seven sages, child, by my grace, without doubt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमेकमनसं दान्तं युक्ता वयमुपास्महे महाभारतका अर्थ तथा भगवान् नारायणसे उनके जन्म होनेका वृत्तान्त पूछा

English

[Vyasa said:] Having thus spoken to the sage Apantaratamas, Sarasvata, the lord then said, "Accomplish it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारायणादिदं जन्म व्याहर्तुमुपचक्रमे

English

By the grace of that god of Hari's wisdom I am Apantaratamas, and by Hari's command was born again and famed as the delight of Vasishtha's line.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदिकालोडद्धवं विप्रास्तपसाधिगतं मया तपस्याके द्वारा जाना है

English

This earlier birth of mine has been told, and likewise the birth from a part of Narayana by Narayana's grace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारायणो महायोगी शुभाशुभविवर्जित:

English

For very great and most severe austerity was practised by me long ago, best of the wise, with supreme concentration.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स प्रादुरभवदथैनं वाक्यमब्रवीत् प्रणम्य वरदं देवमुवाच हरिमी श्वरम्

English

All this you asked me, children, past birth and future, has been told to you out of affection for devotees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रज्ञावानहं देव विधत्स्व यदनन्तरम्

English

[Vaishampayana said:] This was told to you earlier, king, the birth of our teacher Vyasa of untroubled mind; as you asked, hear it again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिका चिन्तन किया योगेन चैनां निर्योग: स्वयं नियुयुजे तदा

English

Sankhya, yoga, Pancharatra, the Vedas and Pashupata: know these as various views of knowledge, royal sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच वचन देवो बुद्धि वै प्रभुरव्यय: ततस्तमीश्वरादिष्टा बुद्धि: क्षिप्रं विवेश सा

English

The speaker of Sankhya is called the supreme sage Kapila; Hiranyagarbha is the knower of yoga, and no other ancient.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयश्चैव वच: प्राह सृजेमा विविधा: प्रजा:

English

Apantaratamas is called the teacher of the Veda; some here call that sage Prachinagarbha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत साथ एकीभूत हो गये

English

Uma's lord, the lord of beings, Shrikantha, Brahma's son, Shiva, unperturbed, spoke this Pashupata knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परमेष्ठी ब्रह्माने इन समस्त प्रजाओंकी सृष्टि तो कर दी

English

The knower of the whole Pancharatra is the blessed one himself, and he is seen in all these knowledges, best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता हीयं॑ वसुमती भाराक्रान्ता तपस्विनी भविष्यन्ति तपोयुक्ता वरान् प्राप्स्यन्ति चोत्तमान्

English

According to tradition and knowledge the end is the lord Narayana, but those who have become tamas do not know him so, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाधितव्या: सुरगणा ऋषयश्चल तपोधना:

English

The wise call him the maker of the scripture, and say there is none other than the sage Narayana as the end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ नानासमुद्धूतैर्वसुधायां यथाक्रमम् पृथ्वी बलसे टिकी रह सकेगी

English

Hari ever dwells in all who are free of doubt; Madhava does not dwell in the doubting by strength of arguments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मया धृता धारयति जगद् विश्व॑ं चराचरम्

English

Those who know the Pancharatra and follow the order, O king, having attained single-minded devotion, enter Hari.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं स चिन्तयित्वा तु भगवान् मधुसूदन: वाराहं नारसिंहं च वामन॑ मानुषं तथा

English

Sankhya and yoga are two eternal ones, and all the Vedas entire, O king; by all the sages together, Narayana is declared the universe, the ancient.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ भूयो जगत्स््रष्टा भो:शब्देनानुनादयन्

English

Whatever action, good or bad, is set going and proceeds in all worlds, let one know it arises from that sage, in heaven, sky, earth and the waters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्तुतोष भगवान् हरिस्तेनास्य कर्मणा

English

independent of those ordinary operations that help created beings to acquire knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

--'जाओ, अपना काम करो” प्रसिद्धिको प्राप्त हुआ हूँ

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Many are the persons in the world; those who reflect on Sankhya and yoga do not accept the Person as one, lifter of the Kuru line.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकान्तभावोपगतास्ते हरिं प्रविशन्ति वै

English

As one womb is said of many persons, so I shall explain that Person as the universe, above the qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारायणो विश्वमिदं पुराणम् दिव्यन्तरिक्षे भुवि चाप्सु चेति

English

Having bowed to the teacher Vyasa of boundless splendour, joined with austerity, self-controlled, worthy of salutation, the supreme sage,

हिन्दी अर्थ

को हद्वात्र पुरुष: श्रेष्ठ को वा योनिरिहोच्यते

English

this Purusha Sukta, O king, is in all the Vedas, known as the true and the real, reflected on by the lion among sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतदिच्छन्ति पुरुषमेक॑ कुरुकुलोद्वह तथा त॑ पुरुष विश्व व्याख्यास्थामि गुणाधिकम्

English

By general rule and exception, the scriptures were told by the sages, Kapila and the rest, resorting to reflection on the self, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपोयुक्ताय दान्ताय वन्द्याय परमर्षये

English

What Vyasa said in brief on the oneness of the Person, that I shall tell you, by the grace of the one of boundless power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋतं सत्यं च विख्यातमृषिसिंहेन चिन्तितम् ऋषिसिंह व्यासने इसका भलीभाँति चिन्तन किया है

English

On this too they recount this ancient Itihasa, a conversation of Tryambaka with Brahma, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके विभिन्न शास्त्रोंका प्रतिपादन किया है

English

In the middle of the Milk Ocean is a mountain, best of mountains, bright as gold, famed as Vaijayanta, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्वन्तरेषु पुत्रत्वमेवमेव प्रवर्तक: पुनस्तिष्ये च सम्प्राप्ते कुरवो नाम भारता:

English

won by that righteous act.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां त्वत्त: प्रसूतानां कुलभेदो भविष्यति

English

won by giving away two cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्राप्यनेकधा वेदान् भेत्स्यसे तपसान्वितः महेश्वरप्रसादेन नैतद् वचनमन्यथा

English

referred your dispute to me who am a king. I cannot shirk my duty, but am bound to judge fairly between you. I should see that kingly duties should not, so far as I am concerned, become futile. In 108 he says, being a king I should discharge the duties of a king, i.e., I should judge disputes, and give, if need be, but never take. Unfortunately, the situation is such that I am obliged to act as a Brahmana by taking what this particular Brahmana is desirous of offering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरी यह बात टल नहीं सकती

English

oblige the Brahmana by accepting his gift. The ordinances about kingly duties restrain him. Hence his condemnation of those duties. In the second line, he seems to say that he is morally bound to accept the gift, and intends to make a gift of his own merits in return. The result of this act, he thinks, will be to make both courses of duty (viz., the Kshatriya, and the Brahmana's) produce the same kind of rewards in the next world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्यातिसूर्य व्यतिरिच्यते भा: तस्मादृषेस्त्वं भविता च पुत्र:

English

And the blessed one said to his son who had long been away: "Welcome, mighty-armed; by good fortune you have come near me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और कानीनगर्भ (कन्याकी संतान) कहलाओगे

English

Is it well with you, son, in study and austerity always? For you are always of fierce austerity; so I ask you again."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये हृतिक्रान्तका: पूर्व सहस्रयुगपर्यया: पुनर्द्क्षषसि चानेकसहस्रयुगपर्ययान्

English

[Rudra said:] "By your grace, blessed one, it is well with my study and austerity, and imperishably well with all the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुध्यानान्मम मुने नैतद् वचनमन्यथा

English

I saw the blessed one long ago in the abode of Vairaja; then I have come to this mountain served by your feet.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वमेव भविता वत्स मत्प्रसादान्न संशय: अन्यो हान्यं चिन्तयति स्वच्छन्दं विद्धाम्यहम्

English

And I have curiosity about your going into solitude, grandfather; this cause cannot be small.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उक्त्वा वचनमीशान: साधयस्वेत्यथाब्रवीत्

English

What is that best abode, free of hunger and thirst, inhabited by gods and asuras and by sages of boundless splendour,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारायणप्रसादेन तथा नारायणांशजम्

English

constantly served by gandharvas and apsarases? Leaving this best of mountains, you have come here alone."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरा मतिमतां श्रेष्ठा: परमेण समाधिना पूर्वजन्म भविष्यं च भक्तानां स्नेहतो मया

English

[Brahma said:] "The best of mountains Vaijayanta is constantly served by me; here with one-pointed mind the Person, Virat, is contemplated."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानान्येतानि राजर्षे विद्धि नानामतानि वै

English

[Rudra said:] "Many persons, Brahmana, were created by you, the self-existent, and others are being created, Brahmana; and he is one Person, Virat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिरण्यगर्भो योगस्य वेत्ता नान्य: पुरातन: हिरण्यगर्भ ब्रह्माजी ही हैं, दूसरा नहीं

English

Who is that Supreme Person contemplated by you, Brahmana? Tell me this doubt; my curiosity is great."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राचीनगर्भ तमृषिं प्रवदनन्‍्तीह केचन

English

[Brahma said:] "Many persons, son, are those you have named; so what is past, and is to be seen, not this; but I shall tell the support of the one Person for you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उक्तवानिदमव्यग्रो ज्ञानं पाशुपतं शिव: न चैनमेवं जानन्ति तमोभूता विशाम्पते

English

As one womb is said of many persons, so that Person, the universe, supreme, greatest, without qualities: becoming without qualities, they enter the eternal one without qualities."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी उन अमिततेजस्वी गुरुके कृपा-प्रसादसे तुम्हें बताऊँगा ब्रह्मणा सह संवादं तयम्बकस्य विशाम्पते

English

breaths, the ten senses, and the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतत् कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति पितामह

English

"He cannot be seen by you or me or others, good one; with qualities, without qualities, universal, he is remembered as seen by knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नैकाग्रेण मनसा पुरुषश्चिन्त्यते विराट् सृज्यन्ते चापरे ब्रह्मनू स चैक: पुरुषो विराट्

English

Bodiless, he dwells in all bodies; though dwelling in bodies, he is not stained by deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतनमे संशयं ब्रूहि महत् कौतूहलं हि मे

English

The inner self of me and of you and of the others called embodied, he is the witness of all, to be grasped by none anywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाधान कीजिये। इस विषयको सुननेके लिये मेरे मनमें बड़ी उत्कण्ठा हो रही है एवमेतदतिक्रान्तं द्रष्टव्यं नैवमित्यपि

English

With the universe for head, arms, feet, eyes and nose, he moves alone in the fields, roaming freely at will.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहूनां पुरुषाणां स यथैका योनिरुच्यते

English

Fields are bodies, and good and bad are seeds; he knows them, the yoga-self, and therefore is called the knower of the field.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: अक्षयश्षाप्रमेयश्न सर्वगश्न निरुच्यते

English

His coming and going are not to be known by any being, by Sankhya rule or by yoga in order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमेय और सर्वव्यापी बताया जाता है, वह सुनो

English

I think of his course, and do not know the highest course; but as knowledge is, I shall tell of that eternal Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सगुणो निर्गुणो विश्वो ज्ञानदृश्यो हासौ स्मृत: वसन्नपि शरीरेषु न स लिप्यति कर्मभि:

English

His oneness and greatness: he is remembered as the one Person; he alone, the eternal, bears the name Great Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

One fire is kindled in many ways; one sun is the source of heat; one wind blows in many ways in the world; one great ocean is the source of waters; and one Person, without qualities, of universal form, they enter that Person without qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैजयन्त इति ख्यात: पर्वतप्रवरो नृप सुवर्णकी-सी कान्तिसे प्रकाशित होता है

English

Having left all that is made of qualities, having left action, good and bad, and having left both truth and untruth, thus one becomes without qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैराजसदनान्नित्यं वैजयन्तं निषेवते

English

Knowing him too as inconceivable, subtle by nature, fourfold, the ascetic who lives with effort goes to the lord Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उस वैजयन्त पर्वतका सेवन करते थे ललाटप्रभव: पुत्र: शिव आगाद् यदृच्छया

English

Some wise men so wish the Supreme Self, others, reflecting on the self, wish the self as one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः खान्निपपाताशु धरणीधरमूर्थनि

English

There the Supreme Self is remembered as always without qualities; he is to be known as Narayana, the self of all, the Person; he is not stained by fruits, like a lotus leaf by water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ पादयोर्निपतितं दृष्टवा सव्येन पाणिना उवाच चैनं भगवांश्रचिरस्यागतमात्मजम्

English

But the other, the self of action, is joined with the bonds of liberation, and is joined with the heap of seventeen. Thus the Person has been told to you in many ways in order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कच्चित् ते कुशल पुत्र स्वाध्यायतपसो: सदा

English

That which is the whole abode of the system of the world, the highest knowable, the awakener with the awakened one, the thinker, the thinkable, the taster, the tasteable, the smeller, the smellable, the toucher, the touchable,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्यमुग्रतपास्त्वं हि ततः पृच्छामि ते पुन: कुशल चाव्ययं चैव सर्वस्य जगतस्त्वथ

English

the seer, the seeable, the hearer, the hearable, the knower, the knowable, with qualities and without qualities, what is called the equilibrium of qualities, Pradhana, eternal, everlasting and imperishable,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कभी भंग नहीं हुए हैं। सम्पूर्ण जगत् भी कुशल-क्षेमसे है

English

what produces the first treasure of the creator, that, brahmins, they call Aniruddha. What in the world is good Vedic action joined with wishes, that is to be enjoyed by him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोऊहं पर्वत प्राप्तस्त्विमं त्वत्यादसेवितम् चरणोंद्वारा सेवित इस पर्वतपर पुन: दर्शनके लिये आया हूँ

English

All the gods and the good, self-controlled sages worship him first with sacrifices as the share of sacrifice. I, Brahma, the first lord of creatures, and you, born of me, and from me the moving and unmoving world, and all the Vedas with their secrets, son."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका कोई छोटा-मोटा कारण नहीं होगा सुरासुरैरध्युषितं ऋषिभिश्नामितप्रभै:

English

Fourfold divided the Person plays as he wishes; thus the blessed one himself was awakened by knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सृज्येमं गिरिवरमेकाकी प्राप्ततानसि

English

This has been told to you, son, as you asked; it has been described truly in Sankhya knowledge and in yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वेषां साक्षिभूतो5सौ न ग्राह्म: केनचित् क्वचित्

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, what reply was given by either the Brahmana or the monarch to Virupa after the conclusion of the latter's speech. What kind of end was it, amongst those described by thee, that they obtained? What, indeed, was the discourse that happened between them, and what did they do there?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानते हैं, इसलिये क्षेत्रज् कहलाते हैं सांख्येन विधिना चैव योगेन च यथाक्रमम्

English

"The Brahmana said, Thou hast made strenuous efforts before all these persons (for making me a sharer of the rewards in store for thee as the consequences of thy own acts). Let us then become equal in respect of our rewards (in next life), and let us go to receive that end which is ours.' Knowing the resolve to which they came there, the chief of the gods came to that spot, accompanied by the deities and the Regents of the world. The Sadhyas, the Viswas, the Mantras, diverse kinds of loud and sweet music, the Rivers, the Mountains, the Seas, the Sacred Waters, the Penances, the Ordinances about yoga, the Vedas, the Sounds that accompany the singing of the Samans, Saraswati, Narada, Parvata, Viswavasu, the Hahas, the Huhus, the Gandharva Chitrasena with all the members of his family, the Nagas, the

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाज्ञानं तु वक्ष्यामि पुरुषं तु सनातनम्

English

Munis, the god of gods, viz., Prajapati, and the inconceivable and thousand-headed Vishnu himself, came there. Drums and trumpets were beat and blown in the firmament. Celestial flowers were rained down upon those high-souled beings. Bands of Apsaras danced all around. Heaven, in his embodied form, came there. Addressing the Brahmana, he said, 'Thou hast attained to success. Thou art highly blessed.' Next addressing the monarch, he said, 'Thou also, O king, hast attained to success.' Those two persons then, O monarch (viz., the Brahmana and the king), having done good to each other, withdrew their senses from the objects of the world. Fixing the vital breaths Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana and Vyana in the heart, they concentrated the mind in Prana and Apana united together.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महापुरुषशब्दं स बिभरत्येंक: सनातन: सनातन श्रीहरि ही महापुरुष नाम धारण करते हैं

English

And you, tiger among men, ought to hear from me a story told to Shakra long ago by the divine sage Narada.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्‍्तं निर्गुणं पुरुषं चाविशन्ति

English

The divine sage Narada, O king, perfected, honoured in the three worlds, goes through the worlds in order, like the unobstructed wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा एवं भवति निर्गुण: विचरेद् यो5समुन्नद्ध: स गच्छेत् पुरुषं शुभम्

English

Once that great archer went to the abode of the king of the gods, was honoured by Mahendra, and sat close.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकात्मानं तथा55त्मानमपरे ज्ञानचिन्तका:

English

As he sat at leisure the lord of Shachi asked him: "Brahmarishi, sinless one, have you seen any wonder?

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्माको ही जानना या पाना चाहते हैं स हि नारायणो ज्ञेय: सर्वात्मा पुरुषो हि सः

English

As you, brahmana sage, roam the three worlds with their moving and unmoving, always curious, perfected, like a witness,

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए। वही सर्वात्मा पुरुष है

English

there is nothing unknown to you in the world, divine sage; tell me what you have heard, felt or seen."

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षी वे पुरुषोत्तम श्रीहरि कहीं किसीके द्वारा भी पकड़में नहीं आते एकक्षरति क्षेत्रेषु स्वैरचारी यथासुखम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'The Brahmana, saying, 'Let it be as thou hast said, 'worshipped Dharma and Yama and Time and Mrityu and Heaven, all of whom were worthy of worship. He also worshipped all those foremost of Brahmanas that had come there by bending his head unto them. Addressing the monarch then, he said, 'Endued with the reward of my recitations, O royal sage, attain thou to a position of eminence. With thy leave I shall set myself to my recitations again. O thou of great might, the goddess Savitri gave me a boon, saying, 'Let thy devotion to recitations be continuous.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तानि वेत्ति स योगात्मा ततः क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते

English

"The king said, 'If thy success (in recitation) has b.-come fruitless (in consequence of thy having given away those fruits unto me), and if thy heart be set upon practising again, go, O learned Brahmana, half and half with me, and let the reward of thy recitations themselves be thine.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं बहुविध: प्रोक्त: पुरुषस्ते यथाक्रमम् अनेकताकी बात बतायी गयी

English

They then placed the two united breaths in the abdomen, and directed their gaze to the tip of the nose and then immediately below the two eye-brows. They next held the two breaths, with the aid of the mind, in the spot that intervenes between the two eye-brows, bringing them there very gradually. With bodies perfectly inactive, they were absorbed with fixed gaze. Having control over their souls, they then placed the soul within the brain. Then piercing the crown of the high-souled Brahmana a fiery flame of great splendour ascended to heaven. Loud exclamations of woe, uttered by all creatures, were then heard on all sides. Its praises hymned by all, that splendour then entered Brahman's self. The Great grandsire, advancing forward, addressed that splendour which had assumed a form of the tallness of a span, saying, 'Welcome!' And once more he uttered these words, 'Verily, Reciters attain to the same end with the yogins. The attainment by the yogin of his end is an object of direct vision unto all these (here assembled). As regards Reciters, there is this distinction, that the honour is ordained for them of Brahman's advancing forward to receive them (after their departure from earth), l Dwell thou in me.' Thus spoke Brahman and once more imparted consciousness into that splendour. Indeed, the Brahmana then, freed from all anxieties, entered the mouth of the Creator. The monarch (Ikshvaku) also, after the same manner, entered the divine Grandsire like that foremost of Brahmanas. The (assembled) deities saluted the self-born and said, A very superior end is, indeed, ordained for Reciters. This exertion (that we have seen thee put forth) is for Reciters. As regards ourselves, we came hither for beholding it. Thou hast made these two equal, rendered them equal honour, and bestowed upon them an equal end. The high end that is reserved for both yogins and Reciters has been seen by us today. Transcending all regions (of felicity), these two are capable of going whithersoever they wish.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

घ्राता प्रेयं स्पर्शिता स्पर्शनीयम्

English

"Brahman said, 'He also that would read the great Smriti (viz., the Veda), and he too, who would read the other auspicious Smritis that follow the former (viz., Manu's and the rest), would, in this way, attain to the same region with me. He also who is devoted to yoga, will, without doubt, acquire in this manner, after death, the regions that are mine. I go hence. Go ye all

हिन्दी अर्थ

वही स्पर्श करनेवाला तथा वही स्पर्शके योग्य वस्तु है नित्यं चैतच्छाश्वूतं चाव्ययं च

English

to your respective places for the accomplishment of your ends.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह पुरुष ही है। यह नित्य सनातन और अविनाशी तत्त्व है

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Having said these words, that foremost of gods disappeared there and then. The assembled deities, having previously taken his leave, returned to their respective abodes. All those high- souled beings, having honoured Dharma, proceeded with well-pleased hearts, O monarch, walking behind that great deity. These are the rewards of reciters and this their end. I have described them to thee as I myself had heard of them. What else, O monarch, dost thou wish to hear of?'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

आशीरयुक्त तद्धि तस्यैव भाव्यम् पुरुषकी प्रसन्नताके लिये ही होते हैं--ऐसा चिन्तन करना चाहिए

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माज्जातस्त्वं च मत्त: प्रसूत:

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे वेदा: सरहस्या हि पुत्र एवं स भगवान् स्वेन ज्ञानेन प्रतिबोधित:

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांख्यज्ञाने तथा योगे यथावदनुवर्णितम्

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगमें इस विषयका यथार्थरूपसे वर्णन किया गया है धर्ममाश्रमिणां श्रेष्ठ वक्तुमहति मे भवान्

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तमेवाभिजानाति नान्‍्यं भरतसत्तम

English

the last is the enjoyment of that felicity which is due to a freedom from desire and attachments; 126 speaks of this last kind of felicity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गज़ाया दक्षिणे तीरे कश्चिद् विप्र: समाहित:

English

"Having fulfilled the householder's dharma, lord of brahmanas, and gone to the sons' stage, I would practise the highest dharma; what, Brahmana, would be the way?

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यायप्राप्तेन वित्तेन स्वेन शीलेन चान्वित: कुले महति विख्याते विशिष्टां वृत्तिमास्थित:

English

I wish to be one with the self in the self, alone and abiding in the self; I do not wish to be bound by common qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आजीविकाके सहारे जीवन-निर्वाह करता था

English

As long as my age relying on the fruit of sons has not passed, so long I wish to take provisions for the other world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुलधर्मश्ितो राजन् धर्मचर्यास्थितो5भवत् शिष्टाचीर्ण च धर्म च त्रिविधं चिन्त्य चेतसा

English

For one who wishes the farther shore in this line of the world, this thought has arisen in me: where is the raft made of dharma?

हिन्दी अर्थ

परम धर्मात्मा तथा एकाग्रचित्त ब्राह्मण अतिथिके रूपमें आ पहुँचा

English

Hearing of the world being swept along and sattvic things being given up, and seeing the garland of the banner of dharma scattered over creatures,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्रान्तं सुसमासीनमिदं वचनमत्रवीत् जब वह सुखपूर्वक बैठकर विश्राम करने लगा, तब उससे इस प्रकार कहा

English

my mind does not delight at the time of enjoyment, seeing ascetics beseeching the beyond. Therefore, guest, by the strength of your understanding, engage me in the truth of dharma and wealth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिपठचाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing the words of the seeker of dharma, the guest, a wise one, spoke gentle words in a sweet voice:

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहता हूँ। ब्रह्म! बताइये, मेरे लिये कौन-सा मार्ग श्रेयस्कर होगा? तावदिच्छामि पाथेयमादातुं पारलौकिकम्

English

"I too am bewildered here; this is my wish too; and I come to no settled conclusion, for heaven has many doors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरा शक्रस्य कथितां नारदेन महर्षिणा पर्येति क्रमशो लोकान् वायुरव्याहतो यथा

English

remain unaltered. What the monarch does is to call upon the Brahmana to share with the monarch the rewards that the monarch had won.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्कृतश्च महेन्द्रेण प्रत्यासन्नगतो5भवत्

English

Some rely on the dharma of kings, some on the fruit of the self, some on service of the teacher, some on the word of restraint.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षे किंचिदाश्नर्यमस्ति दृष्टं त्वयानघ महर्षे! इधर आपने कोई आश्चर्यजनक घटना देखी है क्या?

English

Some have gone to heaven serving mother and father; others by non-violence, others by truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जातकौतूहलो नित्यं सिद्धश्चरसि साक्षिवत्

English

Some, facing the enemy in battle, were slain and went to heaven; some became perfected by gleaning vows, resorting to the path of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदा साक्षीकी भाँति विचरते रहते हैं श्रुतं वाप्यनुभूतं वा दृष्ट वा कथयस्व मे

English

Some, devoted to study, intent on the Vedic vows, good, wise, content in self and masters of their senses, went to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्भुत बात देखी हो, सुनी हो अथवा अनुभव की हो तो वह मुझे बताइये'

English

Others joined with honesty, slain by dishonest men, the honest, pure of soul, are established in the vault of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुरेन्द्रको एक विस्तृत कथा सुनायी द्विपज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

Thus, with the many kinds of doors of dharma open in the world, my mind too is troubled, like a line of cloud by the wind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्ना मे मतिरियं कुतो धर्ममय: प्लव:

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'What are the fruits of the yoga represented by Knowledge, of all the Vedas, and of the (various) observances and vows? How also may the creature-soul be known? Tell us, this, O

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोवाच वचन “लक्षण प्राज्ञो मधुरया गिरा वाणीमें यह उत्तम वचन कहा

English

"Manu said, 'That which is agreeable to one is said to constitute one's happiness. Similarly, that which is disagreeable to one is said to constitute one's misery.— By this I shall obtain happiness and keep off misery—from a sentiment like this flow all religious acts. The efforts for the acquisition of Knowledge, however, arise from a sentiment for avoiding both happiness and misery, l The ordinances about sacrifices and other observances, that occur in the Vedas, are all connected with desire. He, however, who liberates himself from desire, succeeds in attaining to Brahma. That man who, from desire of winning happiness, walks in the path of acts which are of diverse kinds, has to go to hell.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वानप्रस्थाश्रया: केचिद् गार्हस्थ्यं केचिदास्थिता:

English

"Vrihaspati said, 'Men's aspirations are concerned with the acquisition of the agreeable which ends in

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेते हैं तो कोई गार्हस्थ्य-धर्मका गुरुधर्माश्रयं केचित्केचिद् वाक्संयमाश्रयम्

English

"Having made his dwelling there, the righteous-souled one, the great Padmanabha, called the Eye-Hearer, is famed simply as Padma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंसया परे स्वर्ग सत्येन च तथा परे

English

By speech, deed and mind, bull among the twice-born, he pleases beings, standing in the threefold path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यसे ही स्वर्गलोकके भागी हुए हैं केचिदुउ्छव्रतै: सिद्धा: स्वर्गमार्ग समाश्रिता:

English

By conciliation, gift, division and punishment, fourfold, he protects people in difficulty and his own with the eye of meditation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। कितने ही मनुष्य उज्छवृत्तिके द्वारा सिद्धि प्राप्त करके स्वर्गगामी हुए हैं

English

Approaching him by rule, you ought to ask what you wish; he will show you the highest dharma truly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हुए शुभसम्पन्न हो स्वर्गलोकमें स्थान प्राप्त कर चुके हैं ऋणजतवो नाकपूृष्ठे वै शुद्धात्मान: प्रतिष्ठिता:

English

He is the host of all, the naga, skilled in understanding and the scriptures, joined with all unfailing qualities that please.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममापि मतिराविग्ना मेघलेखेव वायुना

English

By nature always full of water, always devoted to study, joined with austerity and self-control, and with conduct that is not less."

हिन्दी अर्थ

है कि मुझे धर्ममयी नौका कहाँसे प्राप्त होगी? प्रकीर्यमाणामुपरि प्रजानाम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old narrative of the discourse between that lord of creatures, viz., Manu, and the great Rishi, Vrihaspati. In days of old, the foremost of celestial Rishis, viz., Vrihaspati, who was a disciple of Manu, bowed to his preceptor and addressing that lord and first of all creatures, said, 'What is the cause (of the universe)? Whence have the ordinances (about sacrifices and other pious observances) flowed? What are those fruits which the learned say are attached to Knowledge? Tell me also truly, O illustrious one, what is that which the very, Vedas have not been able to reveal? What are those fruits which are adored by eminent personages conversant with the science of Artha, with the Vedas, and with the Mantras, through sacrifices and plentiful gifts of kine? Whence do those fruits arise? Where are they to be found? Tell me also this old history, viz., whence have the earth, all earthly objects, wind, sky, aquatic creatures, water, heaven, and the denizens of heaven, all sprung? Man's inclinations tend towards that object about which he seeks knowledge. I have no knowledge of that Ancient and Supreme one. How shall I rescue myself from a false display of inclinations towards Him? l The Riks, all the Samanas, all the Yajuses, the Chhandas, Astronomy, Nirukta, Grammar, Sankalpa, and Siksha, I have studied. But I pave no knowledge of the nature of the great creatures (the five primal elements) that enter into the composition of everything. 2 Tell me all I have asked thee, by using only simple assertions and distinguishing

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मेण धर्मे विनियुद्धक्ष्व मां त्वम्

English

adjectives or attributes. Tell me what the fruits are of Knowledge and what those fruits that are attached to sacrifices and other religious rites. Explain to me how also an embodied being departs from his body and how he attains to another body.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसी प्रकार उद्विग्न एवं चंचल हो उठी है, जैसे वायुसे मेघोंकी घटा चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

happiness, and the avoidance of the disagreeable which brings misery. Such acquisition and such avoidance again are accomplished by acts.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैमिषे गोमतीतीरे तत्र नागाह्नयं पुरम् यत्रेन्द्रातिक्रमं चक्रे मान्धाता राजसत्तम:

English

becomes endued with Knowledge, succeeds in beholding all evils that are worthy of avoidance, l Snakes, sharp-pointed kusa blades, and pits, men avoid when they perceive them lie on their way. If some tread upon or fall into them, they do so through ignorance. Behold the superiority of the fruits of knowledge (over those of ignorance). Mantras applied duly, sacrifices, the presents called Dakshina, gift of food, and concentration of the mind (for divine contemplation),— these are the five acts that are said to be productive of fruits, there being none else. Acts have (the three) attributes (of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas) for their soul. The Vedas say this. (The Vedas consist of Mantras). The Mantras, therefore, have the same three attributes, since it is with Mantras that acts are to be accomplished. The ritual also must be liable to the same three attributes. The fruits of action depend upon the mind. It is the embodied creature that enjoys those fruits. 2 All excellent kinds of sound, form, taste, touch, and scent, are the fruits of acts, being attainable in the region of acts (i.e., heaven). As regards, however, the fruits of knowledge, man acquires them even here before death. 3 Whatever acts are accomplished by means of the body, one enjoys the fruits thereof in a state of physical existence. The body is, indeed, the framework to which happiness inheres, as also the framework to which misery inheres. 4 Whatever acts are accomplished by means of words, their fruits are to be enjoyed in a state in which words can be spoken. Similarly, whatever acts are accomplished by the mind, their fruits are enjoyed in a state in which one is not freed from the mind. 5 Devoted to the fruits of acts, whatever kind of acts (Sattwika or

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु पद्म नामसे ही उसकी प्रसिद्धि है

English

Rajasika or Tamasika) a person covetous of fruits accomplishes, the fruits, good or bad, that he actually enjoys partake of their character. Like fishes going against a current of water, the acts of a past life come to the actor. The embodied creature experiences happiness for his good acts, and misery for his evil ones. Him from whom this universe hath sprung. Him by knowing whom persons of cleansed souls transgress this world, Him who has not been expressed by Vedic mantras and words. I

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसादयति भूतानि त्रिविधे वर्त्मनि स्थित: मार्गोका आश्रय लेकर रहता और सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको प्रसन्न रखता है

English

"The sight of one cared for in the mind, tender with affection: your word delights me, what you have said.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषमस्थं समस्थं॑ च चक्षुध्यनिन रक्षति

English

As if given an eye in space, I see and consider; this instruction I have been given by your wise words I shall carry out fully, as you speak to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स ते परमकं धर्म न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यति धर्मका दर्शन करायेगा; मिथ्या धर्मका उपदेश नहीं करेगा

English

Stay here tonight with me, good one; in the morning you will go, refreshed and having rested happily. For the blessed sun, of weak rays, faces downward."

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणैरनुपमैर्युक्त: समस्तैराभिकामिकै:

English

[Bhishma said:] Then, honoured as a guest by him, scourge of foes, that guest stayed that night with the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपोदमाभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च सत्यवागनसूयुश्च शीलवान्नियतेन्द्रिय:

English

While they talked of various things joined with dharma, that whole night passed happily like a day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संलग्न, सत्यवादी, दोषदृष्टिसे रहित, शीलवान् और जितेन्द्रिय है

English

Then in the morning that guest, honoured by the brahmana as he could, set out wishing to do his own work.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसीका मैं तुमको क्रमश: उपदेश करूँगा। तुम मेरे इस कथनको सुनो

English

"Manu said, 'It is by liberating oneself from acts that one succeeds in entering into Brahma. The ordinances about acts have flowed for that very end. 4 The ordinances about acts tempts only those whose hearts are not free from desire. By liberating oneself from acts (as already said) one acquires the highest state. One desirous of felicity (Emancipation), betaking oneself to religious rites, becomes purified (from attachments) by acts having for their object the purification of the soul, and at last wins great splendour. By liberating oneself from acts, one acquires the highest end, viz., Brahma, which is very much above the reward that acts give. Creatures have all been created by Mind and Act. These again are the two best paths adored by all. Outward acts produce fruits that are transitory as also eternal. For acquiring the latter there is no other means than abandonment of fruits by the mind. 5 As the eye, when night passes away and the veil of darkness is removed from it, leads its possessor by its own power, so the Understanding, when it

हिन्दी अर्थ

पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: पराश्चासकरं वाक्यमिदं मे भवतः श्रुतम्

English

will now indicate. Listen to me as I speak of that highest of the high. Himself liberated from the several kinds of taste and scent, and sound and touch and form. He is incapable of being grasped by the senses, unmanifest, without colour, the One, and He has created the five kinds of objects l for His creatures. He is neither female, nor male, nor of the neuter sex. He is neither existent, nor non-existent, nor existent- nonexistent. 2 Only those that are acquainted with Brahma behold Him. He knoweth no direction.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमां हि रजनीं साधो निवसस्व मया सह

English

abandon them for obtaining the higher end. Acts, therefore, have their use, and help one, though mediately, in the acquisition of Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असौ हि भगवान् सूर्यो मन्दरश्मिरवाड्मुख: उवास किल तां रात्रिं सह तेन द्विजेन वै

English

ante. Both are good paths, for by both, good end maybe attained, viz., the highest, by drilling the mind, as also (mediately) by acts (as explained in verse 14 above). The fruits of actions must be mentally abandoned if the highest end is to be attained; i.e., acts may be gone through, but their fruits should never be coveted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके रातभर वहीं उस ब्राह्मणके साथ रहा

English

praneta nayako, etc. A better construction would be yatha chaksha pranetah ibhavati) etc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेन यथाशक्‍त्या स्वकार्यमभिकाड्क्षता जगाम काले सुकृतैकनिश्चय:

English

She, devoted to dharma, duly paid him honour, welcomed him with a greeting and said, "What shall I do?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिया। उसने अपने शुभ कार्यको सिद्ध करनेका एक दृढ़ निश्चय कर लिया था

English

[The brahmana said:] "I am rested and honoured by you with your gentle speech; I wish to see, lady, that god, the best of nagas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षट्पञज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: अभिगच्छन् क्रमेण सम कंचिन्मुनिमुपस्थित:

English

This is my highest task and the fruit I wish; for this purpose I have come today to the abode of serpents."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरोवरोंको लाँघता हुआ किसी मुनिके आश्रमपर उपस्थित हुआ

English

[The naga's wife said:] "Noble one, he has gone to draw the sun's chariot, for his monthly turn; in seven or eight days, Brahmana, he will surely show himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्यपृच्छद् यथान्यायं श्रुत्वैव च जगाम स: बताया, उसे यथावत््रूपसे सुनकर वह पुनः आगे बढ़ा

English

This absence of my husband is known to you, noble one; let it be so; what else is to be done, tell me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृषितस्य च पानीयं क्षुधार्तस्थ च भोजनम्

English

behaviour. How shall I be rescued from such falsehood? This is what Vrihaspati says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतोष होता है, उतनी ही प्रसन्नता मुझे आपकी यह बात सुनकर हुई है एषितस्यात्मन: काले वृद्धस्यैव सुतो यथा

English

forms an Anga of the Vedas. Nirukta furnishes rules for interpreting obscure passages of the Vedas, and also gives the meanings of technical or obscure words used therein. Kalpa is the description of religious rites. Siksha is the science of Pronunciation as applied to Vedic hymns and mantras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रह्नमादयति मां वाक्यं भवता यदुदीरितम्

English

withdraw themselves from pious acts which lead to that happiness. They seek Knowledge as the best means for avoiding all that is transitory and changeful. They seek moksha or complete Emancipation which has been described in the previous sections.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रज्ञानवचनाद्यो5यमुपदेशो हि मे कृत: सुनकर मैं आकाशकी ओर देखता और कर्तव्यका विचार करता हूँ

English

'sacrifices and other religious observances.' The intention of Vrihaspati is to enforce the Propriety of acts, for without acts, the ends of life cannot, he maintains, be secured.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोक्ततानहमस्मीति भो:शब्दालंकृतं वच:

English

avoided by persons desirous of Moksha or Emancipation. Acts have three attributes: for some are Sattwika (good), as sacrifices undertaken for heaven, etc., some are Rajasika (of the quality of Passion), as penances and rites accomplished from desire of superiority and victory; and some are Tamasika (of the quality of Darkness), as those undertaken for injuring others, notably the Atharvan rites of Marana, Uchatana, etc.: this being the case, the Mantras, without acts, cannot be accomplished, are necessarily subject to the same three attributes. The same is the case with rituals prescribed. It follows, therefore, that the mind is the chief cause of the kind of fruits won, i.e., it is the motive that determines the fruits, viz., of what kind it is to be. The enjoyer of the fruit, of course, is the embodied creature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनेन चार्थेनास्म्यद्य सम्प्राप्त: पन्नगगाश्रमम् नागराजके इस आश्रमपर आया हूँ

English

All the kinsmen of that naga, brothers, sons and wives, gathered together and went to the brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्ताष्टभिर्दिनैर्विप्र दर्शयिष्यत्यसंशयम्

English

They saw him on the bank in a secluded place, firm in his vow, seated, fasting, a brahmana intent on muttering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भर्तुर्भवतु कि चान्यत् क्रियतां तद् वदस्व मे ममाभिगमन प्राप्तो वाच्यक्ष वचन त्वया

English

All of them, approaching and honouring the brahmana repeatedly, kinsmen of the host, spoke plain words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

काल॑ परिमिताहारो यथोक्तं परिपालयन्

English

"This is your sixth day since coming here, ascetic, and you wish for no food, lover of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतीक्षा करता हुआ निवास करूँगा तदेव पुलिन नद्या: प्रययौ ब्राह्मणर्षभ:

English

You have come to us and we have come to you; hospitality is to be done by us, for we are all householders.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोमती नदीके तटपर ही चला गया

English

Roots, fruit, leaves, milk or grain, best of the twice-born, you ought to take for food, Brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: निराहारेण वसता दु:खितास्ते भुजड़मा:

English

With you dwelling in the forest having given up food, all this, children and old, is oppressed by the crisis of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रातरस्तनया भार्या ययुस्तं ब्राह्मणं प्रति

English

In this family there has been no slayer of an embryo, no king's bad man, no liar, no eater-first, among gods, guests and kin."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुकार लगायी--कोई है? मैं यहाँ द्वारपर आया हूँ दर्शयामास तं विप्रं नागपत्नी पतिव्रता

English

Naro na samsthanagatah prabhuh syat must be taken as unconnected and independent. Na samsthana gatah is before death. Prabhuh is adhikari (jnanphale being understood). K.P. Singha gives the sense correctly, but the Burdwan translator makes nonsense of the words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पतिव्रता पत्नीने उस ब्राह्मणको दर्शन दिया

English

all acts accomplished by the body is heaven where one in a physical state (however subtile) enjoys those fruits. If Emancipation is to be sought, it must be attained through the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वागतेनागतं कृत्वा कि करोमीति चाब्रवीत् कहा--'ब्राह्मणदेव! आज्ञा दीजिये, मैं आपकी क्‍या सेवा करूँ?”

English

enjoyed by the person in a state in which he will have a mind. Emancipation cannot be achieved by either recitation (japa) or Dhyana (meditation), for both these are acts. Perfect liberation from acts is necessary for that great end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रष्टमिच्छामि भवति देवं नागमनुत्तमम्

English

[Bhishma said:] Permitted by that brahmana, the serpents went to their own home, their purpose unfulfilled, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब नागराजके भाई-बन्धु, स्त्री-पुत्र सब मिलकर उस ब्राह्मणके पास गये समासीन निराहारं द्विजं जप्पपरायणम्

English

"Manu said, 'From that eternal and undeteriorating One first sprang Space; from space came Wind; from wind came Light; from light came Water; from water sprang the Universe; and from the universe, all things that occur in it. The bodies of all (earthly) things, (after dissolution), first enter into water, thence to light or heat, thence to the wind, and thence to space. They that seek Emancipation have not to return from space. On the other hand, they attain to Brahma. The refuge of Emancipation, viz., Brahma, is neither hot, nor cold, neither mild nor fierce, neither sour nor astringent, neither sweet nor bitter. He is not endued with sound, or scent, or form. He transcends all these and everything, and is without dimensions. 3 The skin perceives touch; the tongue, taste; the nose, scent; the ears, sounds; and the eyes, forms. Men not conversant with Adhyatma succeed not in beholding what is above these. Having withdrawn the tongue from tastes, the nose from scents, the ears from touch, and the eyes from forms, one succeeds in beholding one's own self (as independent of the senses and the mind and, therefore, of attributes). 4 It hath been said that that which is the Cause of the actor, the act, the material with which the act is done, the place and the time of the act, and the inclinations and propensities in respect of happiness and misery, is called the Self (or Soul). That which pervades everything, which does everything (assuming the forms of living creatures), that which exists in

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदाहारं करिष्यामि तन्निमित्तमिदं व्रतम् आगमनके लिये ही मैंने यह व्रत लिया है

English

The naga questioned his wife, who approached him, endowed with qualities such as washing his feet, a virtuous woman:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तन्निमित्तमिदं सर्व नैतद् भेत्तुमिहाहथ

English

"Are you, fair one, joined in worshipping gods and guests by the rule told before, as I would be?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वमेव भवन जग्मुरकृतार्था नरर्षभ अष्टपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो 5 ध्याय:

English

Surely your woman's mind has not been softened by his unfulfilled purpose, fair-hipped one, separated by my absence from the bridge of dharma?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

दत्ताभ्यनुज्ञ: स्वं वेश्म कृतकर्मा विवस्वता

English

[The naga's wife said:] "Service of the teacher for pupils, completion of the Veda for brahmins, obedience to the master for servants, protection of the world for kings,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नागराजका काम पूरा हो गया, तब सूर्यदेवकी आज्ञा पाकर वे अपने घरको लौटे उपपन्नां च तां साध्वीं पन्नग: पर्यपृच्छत

English

the protection of all beings is called here kshatriya dharma, and for vaishyas the performance of sacrifice joined with hospitality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्वमुक्तेन विधिना युक्ता युक्तेन मत्समम्

English

Service of brahmanas, kshatriyas and vaishyas is the shudra's work; the householder's dharma, lord of nagas, is wishing good to all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और अतिथियोंके पूजनमें तत्पर तो रही हो न? मद्वियोगेन सुश्रोणि विमुक्ता धर्मसेतुना

English

Constant moderation in food, living the vow in order: dharma is the distinction of the senses by relation to dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पालनसे विमुख या दूर तो नहीं हो गयी?

English

'Whose am I, or whence? Who is mine?' Thus with constant thought of purpose one becomes a follower of the stage of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्पर हो निराहार बैठा हुआ है और मन्त्रका जप कर रहा है

English

the universe even as the mantras declare, \ that which is the cause of all, that which is the highest of the high, and that which is One without a second and does all things, is the Cause. Everything else is effect. It is seen that a person, in consequence of the acts performed by him, obtains results both good and evil, which (though apparently incompatible with each other, still) dwell together in harmony. Indeed, as the good and evil fruits born of their own acts dwell together in the bodies of creatures which are their refuge, even so Knowledge dwells in the body. 2 As a lighted lamp, while burning, discovers other objects before it, even so the five senses which are like lamps set on high trees, find out their respective objects when lighted by Knowledge. 3 As the various ministers of a king, uniting together, give him counsel, even so the five senses that are in the body are all subservient to Knowledge. The latter is superior to all of them. As the flames of fire, the current of the wind, the rays of the sun, and the waters of rivers, go and come repeatedly, even so the bodies of embodied creatures are going and coming repeatedly. 4 As a person by taking up an axe cannot, by cutting open a piece of wood, find either smoke or fire in it, even so one cannot, by cutting open the arms and feet and stomach of a person, see the principle of knowledge, which, of course, has nothing in common with the stomach, the arms and the feet. As again, one beholds both smoke and fire in wood by rubbing it against another piece, so a person of well-directed intelligence and wisdom, by uniting (by means of yoga) the senses and the soul, may view the Supreme Soul which, of course, exists in its own nature. 5 As in the midst of a dream one beholds one's own body lying on the ground as something distinct from one's own self, even so a person,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊचुर्वाक्यमसंदिग्धमातिथेयस्य बान्धवा: उसकी बारंबार पूजा करके संदेहरहित वाणीमें बोले--

English

So I, knowing dharma, with you constant in dharma standing here, how could I leave the good path and go on an uneven way?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य चातिथ्यमस्माभिवरयं सर्वे कुटुम्बिन:

English

O greatly fortunate one, my practice of dharma toward the gods does not fall, and I am constantly unwearied in honouring guests.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आहारहेतोरन्नं वा भोक्तुमर्हसि ब्राह्मण दूध अथवा अन्नको अवश्य ग्रहण करनेकी कृपा करें

English

Seven or eight days now since a brahmana came here; and he wants to see you, not caring for any other task of mine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बालवृद्धमिदं सर्व पीड्यते धर्मसंकटात्

English

He sits on the bank of the Gomati, eager to see you, repeating Brahman, a brahmana of strict vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्वाशी वा कुले हास्मिन् देवतातिथिबन्धुषु बन्धुओंकों अन्न देनेके पहले ही भोजन कर लेता हो”

English

I, lord of nagas, have been composed by him in conciliation first; I am to be sent to you; the best of serpents has come to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विरून॑ दशरात्र वै नागस्यथागमनं प्रति

English

Hearing this, greatly wise one, you ought to go there, or you ought to give him sight, Eye-Hearer."