Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

न कथंचन संकीर्ण: प्रकृतिं स्वां नियच्छति

English

Mahadeva. himself of dazzling splendour, accompanied by his spouse Uma. Verily, the great Deity seemed to shine with his penances, energy, beauty, effulgence,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् सर्व यथाततच्त्वं व्याख्यातुं मे त्वमरहसि किन्हें कहा गया है? यह सब आप मुझे यथार्थरूपसे बताइये

English

[Yudhishthira said:] By what are they pleased at once, when pleased what do they grant? Tell me, mighty-armed, the great fruit of the meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पोषण करता है, उसका जो वर्ण है, वही उस बच्चेका भी वर्ण हो जाता है

English

What gift is fruitful, king, in this world and the next? I wish to hear it from you; tell me in detail.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सारे जलचर जीवोंपर अपना परम मंगलकारी पूर्ण विश्वास जमा लिया था गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये जलं सम्प्रविवेश ह

English

[Bhishma said:] Long ago Narada, divine-sighted, was asked this very matter; hear from me, Bharata, what he said.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुगुके पुत्र महर्षि च्यवनको भी खींच लिया

English

[Narada said:] Of old the gods with troops of sages praise food alone; for the system of the world and sacrifices, all is established in food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बभूव कृपयाविष्टो नि:श्वसंश्व॒ पुन: पुन: प्रिय कार्य करें?

English

A gift equal to food has not been and will not be; therefore men especially wish to give food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो मेडद्य परम: कामस्तं शृणुध्वं समाहिता:

English

Food is the maker of strength in the world, breaths are established in food; by food this whole universe is upheld, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवासान्नोत्सहे त्यक्तुं सलिलेडध्युषितानहम् सर्वे विवर्णवदना नहुषाय न्यवेदयन्

English

From food are householders and also mendicants in this world; from food life arises, directly, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वरित: प्रययौ तत्र सहामात्यपुरोहित:

English

Even troubling his family, one wishing his own prosperity should give food to a great-souled brahmana and a mendicant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। वह किसी तरह अपनी प्रकृतिको छिपा नहीं सकता व्याप्रश्नित्रैस्तथा योनिं पुरुष: स्वां नियच्छति

English

and his dear spouse by his side. The puissant Maheswara, with his spouse by his side, shone in the midst of that cloud. The appearance seemed to be like that of the Sun in the midst of racking clouds with the Moon by his side. The hair on my body, O son of Kunti, stood on its end, and my eyes expanded with wonder upon beholding Hara, the refuge of all the deities and the dispeller of all their griefs. Mahadeva was adorned with a diadem on his head. He was armed with his Sula. He was clad in a tiger-skin, had matted locks on his head, and bore the staff (of the Sanyasin) in one of his hands. He was armed, besides with his Pinaka and the thunderbolt. His teeth was sharp-pointed. He was decked with an excellent bracelet for the upper arm. His sacred thread was constituted by a snake. He wore an excellent garland of diversified colours on his bosom, that hung down to his toes. Verily, I beheld him like the exceedingly bright moon of an autumnal evening. Surrounded by diverse clans of spirits and ghosts, he looked like the autumnal Sun difficult of being gazed at for its dazzling brightness. Eleven hundred Rudras stood around that Deity of restrained soul and white deeds, then seated upon his bull. All of them were employed in hymning his praises. The Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Viswedevas, and the twin Aswins praised that Lord of the universe by uttering the hymns occurring in the scriptures. The puissant Indra and his brother Upendra, the two sons of Aditi, and the Grandsire Brahma, all uttered, in the presence of Bhava, the Rathantara Saman. Innumerable masters of Yoga, all the regenerate Rishis with their children, all the celestial Rishis, the goddess Earth, the Sky (between Earth and Heaven), the Constellations, the Planets, the Months, the Fortnights, the Seasons, Night, the Years, the Kshanas, the Muhurtas, the Nimeshas, the Yugas one after another, all the celestial Sciences and branches of knowledge, and all beings conversant with Truth, were seen bowing down unto that Supreme Preceptor, that great Father, that giver (or origin) of Yoga. Sanatkumara, the Vedas, the Histories, Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the seven Manus, Soma, the Atharvans, and Vrihaspati, Bhrigu, Daksha, Kasyapa, Vasishtha, Kasya, the Schandas, Diksha, the Sacrifices, Dakshina, the Sacrificial Fires, the Havis (clarified butter) poured in sacrifices, and all the requisites of the sacrifices, were beheld by me, O Yudhishthira, standing there in their embodied forms. All the guardians of the worlds, all the Rivers, all the snakes, the mountains, the celestial Mothers, all the spouses and daughters of the celestials, thousands upon thousands and millions of ascetics, were seen to bow down to that puissant Lord who is the soul of tranquillity. The Mountains, the Oceans, and the Points of the compass also did the same, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras highly skilled in music, in celestial strains, sang and hymned the praises of Bhava who is full of wonder. The Vidyadharas, the Danavas, the Guhyakas, the Rakshasas, and all created beings, mobile and immobile, adorned, in thought, word and deed, that puissant Lord. Before me, that Lord of all the gods viz., Sarva, appeared seated in all his glory. Seeing that Isana had showed himself to me by

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसी प्रकार मनुष्य भी अपनी योनिका ही अनुसरण करता है

English

being seated in glory before my eyes, the whole universe, with the Grandsire and Sakra, looked at me. I, however, had not the power to look at Mahadeva. The great Deity then addressed me saying, 'Behold, O

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ है, वह मनुष्य थोड़ा-बहुत अपने पिताके स्वभावका आश्रय लेता ही है जन्मवृत्तसमं लोके सुश्लिष्टं न विरज्यते

English

Giving up arisen anger, of good character and free of envy, the giver of food gains, king, what happiness there is in heaven and here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि शूद्रं च धर्मज्ञं सदवृत्तमभिपूजयेत्

English

One should not slight one who has come, nor drive him off in any way; the gift is not lost even to a dog-cooker or a dog.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुन: प्रकाशं कुरुते स्वकर्मत: यत्रात्मानं न जनयेद् बुधस्तां परिवर्जयेत्

English

One who gives untroubled food to a weary traveller never seen before would gain great dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीदृश्यां कीदृशाश्नापि पुत्रा: कस्य च के च ते

English

The man who satisfies ancestors, gods, sages, brahmanas and guests with food has great fruit of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि कैसी स्त्रीके गर्भसे कैसे पुत्र उत्पन्न होते हैं? और कौन-से पुत्र किसके होते हैं? अत्र नो मुहातां राजन् संशयं छेत्तुमहसि

English

Even having done a sinful deed, he who gives food to a seeker, especially a brahmana, is not joined with sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरुक्तजश्न विज्ञेय: सुत: प्रसृतजस्तथा

English

A gift of food to brahmanas is imperishable, to a shudra of great fruit; the giving of food is distinguished in a shudra and in a brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और प्रसृतज दोनों क्षेत्रजके ही दो भेद हैं) तथा दत्तकृतौ पुत्रावध्यूदक्ष तथापर:

English

One should not ask a brahmana his gotra, practice, study or country when begged, nor his birth when asked for food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्येते वै समाख्यातास्तान् विजानीहि भारत

English

For the giver of food, food-trees with fruit of all desires come to be here and hereafter, lord of men, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्णयोश्ष द्वयो: स्यातां यौ राजन्यस्य भारत

English

The ancestors hope as farmers for good rain: "A son or grandson of ours will give food."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैश्यायां चैव शूद्रस्य लक्ष्यन्तेडपसदास्त्रय: ब्राह्माण्यां क्षत्रियायां च क्षत्रियस्यैक एव तु

English

A brahmana is a great being; if he himself begs "Give", whether unwilling or willing, by giving one gains merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रा होते न शक्‍्यन्ते मिथ्याकर्तु नराधिप

English

A brahmana is the guest of all beings, an eater of the first fruits; the house to which brahmanas always go begging,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुल्यावेतौ सुतौ कस्य सन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह जन्म देनेवाली स्त्रीके पतिका या गर्भाधान करनेवाले पुरुषका? यह मुझे बताइये

English

and return honoured, grows exceedingly; after death one is born in a family of great enjoyment, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यूढ: समयं भिनत्त्वेत्येतददेव निबोध मे

English

A man who has given food gains an unsurpassed place in the world; the giver of well-seasoned food lives honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षेत्रपतिके ही माने जाते हैं। अन्यथा उनपर वीर्यदाताका ही स्वत्व है समय-भेदन करके पुत्र समझें?

English

Food is the breath of men, and all is established in food; the giver of food has cattle, sons, wealth and enjoyments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षेत्रजं तु प्रमाणं स्यान्न वै तत्रात्मज: सुत:

English

He becomes also full of life and handsome, king; the giver of food is called the giver of life and the giver of all in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। वहाँ गर्भ-स्थापन करनेवालेका अधिकार नहीं रह जाता है न हाात्मा शक्‍्यते हन्तुं दृष्टान्तोपगतो हासौ

English

Having duly given food to a guest, a brahmana, the giver gains happiness and is honoured by the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तत्र रेत: क्षेत्र वा यत्र लक्ष्येत भारत

English

A brahmana is a great being who walks as a field; the seed sown there is of great fruit of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चास्य मातापितरी ज्ञायेतां स हि कृत्रिम: यो वर्ण: पोषयेत् तं च तद्धर्णस्तस्य जायते

English

It brings visible joy to the eater and the giver; all other gifts have unseen fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देया कन्या कथं चेति तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह और किस जातिकी कन्याके साथ उसका विवाह करना चाहिए? यह मुझे बताइये

English

Know that from food comes procreation, and from food pleasure, Bharata; from food know dharma and wealth, and from food the destruction of disease.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यक्तो मातापितृभ्यां यः सवर्ण प्रतिपद्यते

English

In an earlier age the Prajapati called food nectar; food, earth, heaven and space: all is established in food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने ही वर्णके अनुसार उसका संस्कार करे अथ देया तु कन्या स्यात् तद्वर्णस्य युधिछ्िर

English

When food is lost, the five elements in the body break up, and even a strong man's strength is lost from lack of food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विवाह भी कर देना चाहिए

English

Invitations, weddings and sacrifices do not go on without food, best of men, and Brahman here dissolves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षेत्रजो वाप्यपसदो येध्यूढास्तेषु चाप्युत महाभाग्यं गवां चैव तन्मे व्याख्यातुमरहसि

English

All this, whatever is moving or unmoving, is from food; therefore the wise should give food in the three worlds for dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहुषस्य च संवादं महर्षेश््यवनस्य च

English

For the man who gives food, strength, vigour, fame and happiness increase always in the three worlds, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहुषके संवादरूप प्राचीन इतिहासका वर्णन करूँगा उदवासकृतारम्भो बभूव स महाव्रत:

English

The water is placed in the clouds, the auspicious wind is for breaths, and that water in the clouds Shakra rains, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलके भीतर रहना आरम्भ किया

English

The sun takes the earth's essence with his own rays; the wind takes those essences from the sun, and the god Prajapati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्षाणि द्वादश मुनिर्जलवासे धृतव्रत: हुए बारह वर्षो-तक जलके भीतर रहे

English

When water falls from the cloud onto the earth, then the earth goddess becomes moist, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलेचरेषु सर्वेषु शीतरश्मिरिव प्रभु:

English

Then crops grow by which the world lives; from them again arise flesh, fat, bone and semen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलके भीतर प्रविष्ट हुए और वहाँ काष्ठकी भाँति स्थिर भावसे बैठ गये

English

From semen, lord of the earth, living beings arise; Agni and Soma are that semen, and procreation is nourished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिजग्राह शिरसा वातवेगसमं जवे प्रदक्षिणमृषिं चक्रुर्न चैनं पर्यपीडयन्

English

Thus food, the sun, wind and semen are remembered as one heap from which beings were born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वष्ट नहीं पहुँचाते थे

English

He gives breaths and splendour to beings, bull of the Bharatas, who quickly gives food to a seeker who has come to his house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपाजिघ्रन्त च तदा तस्योष्ठ॑ हृष्टमानसा: ततः कदाचित् समये कसम्मिंश्विन्मत्स्यजीविन:

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus told by Narada, I always gave food, king; you too, free of envy, give food; therefore give it without fever.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निषादा बहवस्तत्र मत्स्योद्धरणनिश्चया:

English

Having duly given food to brahmanas, king, lord, suitably worthy, you too will then gain heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे जाल बिछानेका दृढ़ निश्चय करके उस स्थानपर आये थे मत्स्योदक॑ समासाद्य तदा भरतसत्तम

English

Hear, lord of men, the worlds of givers of food: in heaven the dwellings of those great souls shine, of various shapes and forms, with various pillars,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गंगायमुनयोरवारि जालैरभ्यकिरंस्तत:

English

white like the moon's disc, with nets of little bells, the colour of the young sun, standing and moving,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जालोंसे आच्छादित कर दिया विस्तारायामसम्पन्नं यत् तत्र सलिलेक्षिपन्

English

with many hundreds of floors, with water and groves inside, shining like beryl and sun, made of silver and gold,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवतीर्य ततः सर्वे जालं चकृषिरे तदा

English

with trees bearing fruits of all desires standing at the houses, with ponds, lanes, halls, wells and long lakes on all sides,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बबन्धुस्तत्र मत्स्यांश्ष तथान्यान्ू जलचारिण: आकर्षयन्महाराज जालेनाथ यदृच्छया

English

with sounding vehicles harnessed by the thousand, mountains made of food and drink, garments and ornaments,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लग्नै: शड्खनखैगत्रि क्रोडैश्वित्रिरिवार्पितम् ऐसा जान पड़ता था मानो उनके अंगोंमें शूकरके विचित्र रोम लग गये हों

English

rivers flowing with milk, mountains of grain, palaces pale like clouds, and beds bright with gold; givers of food reach those; therefore be a giver of food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे प्राजजलयो दाशा: शिरोभि: प्रापतन् भुवि

English

These are the worlds of the great-souled givers of food who do good deeds; therefore food should be especially given by men on earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आया जान राजा नहुष अपने पुरोहित और मन्त्रियोंको साथ ले शीघ्र वहाँ आ पहुँचे आत्मानमाचचक्षे च च्यवनाय महात्मने

English

Krishna, and speak to me. Thou hast adorned me hundreds and thousands of times. There is no one in the three worlds that is dearer to me than thou.' After I had bowed unto him, his spouse, viz., the goddess Uma, became gratified with me. I then addressed in these words the great God whose praises are hymned by all the deities with the Grandsire Brahma at their head.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदृशं दीयतां मूल्यमृषिभि: सह चिन्त्यताम्

English

[Bhishma said:] On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, the conversation of Devaki and the divine sage Narada.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिया; अतः उठिये, उठिये, मैं यही आपका उचित मूल्य मानता हूँ गोभिस्तुल्यं न पश्यामि धनं किंचिदिहाच्युत

English

To Narada, of divine sight, who had come to Dvaraka, Devaki, seer of dharma, then put a question.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुई; अतः प्रभो! आप हमलोगोंपर कृपा कीजिये एवं त्वमपि धर्मात्मन् पुरुषाग्नि: प्रतापवान्

English

As she asked, the divine sage Narada told everything duly; hear that, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी हमारे दोष-दुर्गुणोंको दग्ध करनेवाले प्रतापी अग्निरूप हैं

English

[Narada said:] "Greatly fortunate one, one who satisfies brahmanas and the good with pudding and ghee under the Krittikas gains unsurpassed worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुग्रहार्थमस्माकमियं गौ: प्रतिगृह्यताम् हमलोगोंपर अनुग्रह करनेके लिये हमारी दी हुई यह गौ स्वीकार कीजिये

English

Under Rohini, famed meats, beans, grain and ghee, with milk to drink after, should be given to a twice-born for freedom from debt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरं समूलं दहति कक्षमग्निरिव ज्वलन्

English

Giving a milch cow with calf under the star whose deity is Soma, they go from the world of men to unsurpassed heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रज्वलित अग्नि सूखे घास-फ़ूसके ढेरको दिवं गच्छत वै क्षिप्रं मत्स्यै: सह जलोद्धवै:

English

Giving krisara mixed with oil under Ardra and fasting, a man crosses hard places and mountains with razor-edged ridges.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरोहमाणांस्त्रिदिवं मत्स्यांक्ष भरतर्षभ

English

Giving cakes under Punarvasu and likewise grain under the auspicious one, he is born in a family with much food, glorious and handsome.

हिन्दी अर्थ

च्यवनको अपना परिचय दिया

English

"The blessed Vishnu said, 'I saluted Mahadeva, saying,— Salutations to thee, O thou that art the eternal origin of all things. The Rishis say that thou art the Lord of the Vedas. The righteous say that thou art Penance, thou art Sattwa, thou art Rajas, thou art Tamas, and thou art Truth. Thou art Brahman, thou art Rudra, thou art Varuna, thou art Agni, thou art Manu, thou art Bhava, thou art Dhatri, thou art Tashtri, thou art Vidhatri, thou art the puissant Master of all things, and thou art everywhere. All beings, mobile and immobile, have sprung from thee. This triple world with all its mobile and immobile entities, has been created by thee. The Rishis say that thou art superior to the senses, the mind, the vital breaths, the seven sacrificial fires, all others that have their refuge in the all-pervading Soul, and all the deities that are adored and worthy of adoration. Thou, O illustrious one, art the Vedas, the Sacrifices, Soma, Dakshina, Pavaka, Havi, and all other requisites of sacrifice. The merit obtained by sacrifices, gifts made to others, the study of the Vedas, vows, regulations in respect of restraint, Modesty, Fame, Prosperity, Splendour, Contentment, and Success, all exist for leading to thee, l Desire, Wrath, Fear, Cupidity, Pride, Stupefaction, and Malice, Pains and Diseases, are, O illustrious one, thy children. Thou art all acts that creatures do, thou art the joy and sorrow that flow from those acts, thou art the absence of joy and sorrow, thou art that Ignorance which is the indestructible seed of Desire, thou art the high origin of Mind, thou art Puissance, and thou art Eternity. 2 Thou art the Unmanifest, thou art Pavana, thou art inconceivable, thou art the thousand-rayed Sun, thou art the effulgent Chit, thou art the first of all the topics, and thou art the refuge of life. 3 The use of words like Mahat, Soul, Understanding, Brahman, Universe, Sambhu, and Self-born and other words occurring in succession (in the Vedas), show that thy nature has been judged (by persons conversant with the Vedas) as identical with Mahat and Soul. Verily, regarding thee as all

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यव्रतं महात्मानं देवकल्पं विशाम्पते च्यवनमुनिका विधिपूर्वक पूजन किया

English

this, the learned Brahmanas win over that ignorance which lies at the root of the world. Thou residest in the heart of all creatures, and thou art adored by the Rishis as Kshetrajna. Thy arms and feet extend to every place, and thy eyes, head, and face are everywhere. Thou hearest everywhere in the universe, and thou stayest, pervading all things. Of all acts that are performed in the Nimeshas and other divisions of time that spring in consequence of the puissance of the Sun, thou art the fruit, l Thou art the original effulgence (of the supreme Chit). Thou art Purusha, and thou residest in the hearts of all things. Thou art the various Yogic attributes of success, viz., Subtility and Grossness and Fruition and Supremacy and Effulgence and Immutability. 2 Understanding and intelligence and all the worlds rest upon thee. They that are devoted to meditation, that are always engaged in Yoga, that are devoted to or firm in Truth and that have subjugated their passions, seek thee and rest on thee. 3 They that know thee for one that is Immutable, or one that resides in all hearts, or one that is endued with supreme puissance, or one that is the ancient Purusha, or one that is pure Knowledge, or one that is the effulgent Chit, or one that is the highest refuge of all persons endued with intelligence, are certainly persons of great intelligence. Verily,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व कर्तास्मि भगवन् यद्यपि स्यात् सुदुष्करम्

English

Giving sesame-filled and growing things under the Maghas, a man rejoices here and hereafter with sons and cattle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मम मूल्यं प्रयच्छैभ्यो मत्स्यानां विक्रयैः सह साथ मेरा भी मूल्य चुका दीजिये

English

Fasting before Phalguni, giving foods with molasses to brahmanas, he attains good fortune.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निष्क्रयार्थे भगवतो यथा55ह भृगुनन्दन:

English

Giving duly shashtika rice with ghee and milk under Uttara, he is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनी ही बुद्धिसे विचार करके निश्चित कीजिये दीयतां सदृशं मूल्यममात्यै:ः सह चिन्तय

English

Whatever gift is given by men under Uttara, it is certain that it has great and endless fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उचित मूल्य चुकाइये। इस विषयमें अपने मन्त्रियोंक साथ विचार कीजिये

English

Giving an elephant-chariot yoked with four under Hasta while fasting, he gains the highest worlds joined with desires of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदेतदपि नो मूल्यमतो भूय: प्रदीयताम् दीजिये और यदि यह भी ठीक मूल्य न हो तो और अधिक दीजिये

English

Giving a bull and holy scents under Chitra, Bharata, he moves in the world of apsarases and delights in Nandana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदृशं दीयतां मूल्य ब्राह्मणैः सह चिन्तय

English

Giving wealth, whatever is dearest to him, under Svati, he gains good worlds and great fame here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साथ विचार कीजिये एतन्मूल्यमहं मन्ये कि वान्यन्मन्यसे द्विज

English

Under Vishakha, giving an ox and a milch cow, and a cart with its loads, with grain and clothing,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स चिन्तयामास तदा सहामात्यपुरोहित: हो उठे और मन्त्री तथा पुरोहितके साथ इस विषयमें विचार करने लगे

English

he pleases ancestors and gods and gains endlessness after death; he does not meet hard places and goes to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहुषस्य समीपस्थो गविजातो5भवन्मुनि:

English

Having given to brahmanas as told, he finds the wished livelihood and does not meet hell and other afflictions: so it is certain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तोषयिष्याम्यहं क्षिप्रं यथा तुष्टो भविष्यति भवतो यदहं ब्रूयां तत्कार्यममविशंकया

English

Giving a covering garment under Anuradha, fasting, and a hundred yokes also, a man is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परित्रायस्व मामस्मद्विषयं च कुलं च मे

English

Giving kalashaka with radish to brahmins under Jyeshtha, a mortal gains the wished prosperity and the wished goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किं पुनर्मा तपोहीनं बाहुवीर्यपरायणम् प्लवो भव महर्षे त्वं कुरु मूल्यविनिश्चयम्

English

Giving root and fruit to brahmanas under Mula, composed, he pleases the ancestors and goes to the wished goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आप नौका बनकर मुझे पार लगाइये। इनके योग्य मूल्यका निर्णय कर दीजिये

English

Then fasting under Purvashadha and giving curd vessels to a brahmana of family conduct, a master of the Vedas, he is born after death in a family with many cattle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षि राजा तथा उनके समस्त मन्त्रियोंको आनन्दित करते हुए बोले-- गावश्व पुरुषव्याप्र गौर्मूल्यं परिकल्प्यताम्

English

Giving udamantha with ghee, abundant honey and molasses under Uttarashadha, he would gain all desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीमतमें एक गौ प्रदान कीजिये”

English

Giving milk joined with honey and ghee at the conjunction of Abhijit to the wise, constant in dharma, he is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हर्षेण महता युक्त: सहामात्यपुरोहितः इदं प्रोवाच नृपते वाचा संतर्पयज्निव

English

Giving a blanket covered with a garment under Shravana, he goes with a white vehicle to all unobstructed worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतन्मूल्यमहं मन्ये तव धर्मभूतां वर

English

Giving, composed, a vehicle yoked with cows, with reins of cloth, under Dhanishtha, he at once gains a kingdom after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गवां प्रशस्यते वीर सर्वपापहरं शिवम्

English

Giving scents, aloe and sandal at the conjunction of Shatabhishak, he gains the worlds of apsarases and eternal scents after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नमेव सदा गावो देवानां परमं हवि: गावो यज्ञस्य नेत्र्यो वै तथा यज्ञस्य ता मुखम्

English

Giving rajamasha under Purvabhadrapada, joined with fruit of all foods, he becomes happy after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाली तथा उसका मुख हैं

English

He who gives ram's meat at the conjunction of Uttara pleases the ancestors and gains endlessness after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतायतनं चैता: सर्वलोकनमस्कृता: गावो हि सुमहत् तेज: प्राणिनां च सुखप्रदा:

English

He who gives a cow with a bronze milk-pail under Revati: she, after death, takes desires and attends the giver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राशि और समस्त प्राणियोंको सुख देनेवाली हैं

English

The best of men who gives a chariot yoked with horses under Ashvini is born in a family rich in elephants, horses and chariots, splendid.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विराजयति त॑ देशं पापं चास्यापकर्षति गाव: कामदुहो देव्यो नान्यत् किंचित् परं स्मृतम्

English

Giving a sesame cow to the twice-born under Bharani, a man gains many cows and fame after death."

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणैकदेशवचनं शक्‍यं पारायणं न तु

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus this indication according to the conjunction of the stars was told here by Narada to Devaki, and she told it to her daughters-in-law.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वराभ्यामनुरूपाभ्यां छन्दयामासतुर्न॒ुपम् परमित्यब्रवीत् प्रीतस्तदा भरतसत्तम

English

such persons stay, transcending intelligence. 4 By understanding the seven subtile entities (viz., Mahat, Ego, and five subtile primal elements called Tanmatras), by comprehending thy six attributes (of Omniscience, Contentment of Fullness, Knowledge without beginning, Independence, Puissance that is not at fault at any time and that is infinite), and being conversant with Yoga that is freed from every false notion, the man of knowledge succeeds in entering into thy great self.— After I had said these words, O Partha, unto Bhava, that dispeller of grief and pain, the universe, both mobile and immobile, sent up a leonine shout (expressive of their approval of the correctness of my words). The innumerable Brahmanas there present, the deities and the Asuras, the Nagas, the Pisachas, the Pitris, the birds, diverse Rakshasas, diverse classes of ghosts and spirits, and all the great Rishis, then bowed down unto that great Deity. There then fell upon my head showers of celestial flowers possessed of great fragrance, and delicious winds blew on the spot. The puissant Sankara then, devoted to the good of the universe, looked at the goddess Uma and the lord of the

हिन्दी अर्थ

च्यवनस्य च संवादं कुशिकस्य च भारत

English

Holy, pure, life-giving and imperishable for the ancestors is gold, as declared by the king Harishchandra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं आगामिन॑ महाबुद्धि: स्ववंशे मुनिसत्तम:

English

Manu said giving drinking water is the highest of gifts; therefore one should dig ponds, wells and tanks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दग्धुकाम: कुलं सर्व कुशिकानां तपोधन:

English

A well with water flowing, well-set going always, removes half the sin of a man's deed here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्तुमिच्छा समुत्पन्ना त्वया सह ममानघ प्रदानकाले कन्यानामुच्यते च सदा बुधैः

English

He carries his whole line across in whose dug reservoir cows, brahmanas, and good men always drink.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका उपदेश देते हैं

English

He whose water stands unobstructed in the hot season never meets hard places, rough and difficult.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्कार्य प्रकरिष्यामि तदनुज्ञातुमहसि कुशिको भार्यया सार्थमाजगाम यतो मुनि:

English

The blessed Brihaspati, Pushan, Bhaga, the Ashvins and Agni are pleased with ghee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारयामास सर्वाक्ष क्रियास्तस्य महात्मन:

English

It is the highest medicine, the best of sacrifices, the best of juices and the best of fruits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाद उन महात्माको अर्घ्य आदि देनेकी सम्पूर्ण क्रियाएँ पूर्ण करायीं ग्राहयामास चाव्यग्रो महात्मा नियतव्रत:

English

A man wishing fruit, fame and nourishment should always give ghee to the twice-born, pure and self-possessed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथेति चोदित: प्रीतस्तावृषी प्रत्यपूजयत्

English

celestials and myself also, and thus spoke unto me,— We know, O Krishna, that thou, O slayer of foes, art filled with the greatest devotion towards us. Do what is for thy good. My love and affection for thee is very great. Do thou ask for eight boons. I shall verily give them unto thee, O Krishna, O best of all persons, tell me what they are, O chief of the Yadavas. Name what thou wishest. However difficult of attainment they be, thou shalt have them still.'" l

हिन्दी अर्थ

गविजश्न महातेजा: स्वमाश्रमपर्द ययौ बाद महातेजस्वी गोजात मुनि भी अपने आश्रमको पधारे

English

wealth. This attribute of being more agreeable than wealth itself, that is being agreeable to all the universe,— is due to the favour of Mahadeva. The commentator explains it in an esoteric sense, coming to the conclusion that arthat priyataratwancha means the attribute of becoming the Soul of all things in the

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनी राजधानीको लौट आये

English

obtained,— that is, as a boon from Mahadeva, was Pradyumna begotten by Krishna upon Rukmini, his favourite spouse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि भूय: कथ्यतां वीर कि ते हृदि विवक्षितम् त॑ मे शूणु महाबाहो श्रुत्वा व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

and will be explained later on in this very chapter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। महाप्राज्ञ! उसे सुनिये और सुनकर उसकी व्याख्या कीजिये

English

for Hardakasam, i.e., the firmament of the heart; adityas stand for the senses. The meaning then becomes,— 'How can one that is merely a man comprehend Sambhu whom the senses cannot comprehend, for Sambhu dwells in the firmament of the heart and cannot be seen but by the internal

हिन्दी अर्थ

राम॑ धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ तन्‍्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि हुआ है; अतः आप मेरे प्रश्चका विशद विवेचन कीजिये

English

His aims and various works always succeed, and he shines in body above his enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पन्न कैसे हो गया?

English

The blessed Agni is always very pleased with him; animals do not leave him, and he wins in battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कौशिकाच्च कथं वंशात् क्षत्राद् वै ब्राह्मणो भवेत् कुशिकका वंश तो क्षत्रिय था, उससे ब्राह्मण जातिकी उत्पत्ति कैसे हुई?

English

One who gives an umbrella gains sons and prosperity; he does not get eye disease, and he enjoys a share of sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रामस्य च नरव्याप्र विश्वामित्रस्य चैव हि

English

One who gives an umbrella in the hot season or rains never gets any burning of mind, and from hardship and rough ground he gains release, brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषसिंह! महात्मा परशुराम और विश्वामित्रका महान् प्रभाव अदभुत था एष दोष: सुतान् हित्वा तत्त्वं व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

The gift of a cart is distinguished among all gifts; so said the greatly fortunate blessed sage Shandilya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवन् परवन्‍न्तौ स्वो ब्रूहि किं करवावहे

English

vision that Yoga supplies.' Some texts read 'nidhanamadim meaning end and beginning.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोजन तैयार था, उसे लाकर उन्होंने मुनिके सामने प्रस्तुत कर दिया संवाहितव्यौ मे पादौ जागृतव्यं च तेडनिशम्

English

[Bhishma said:] One who gives sandals to brahmanas, composed, treads all thorns and crosses rough places, and stands above his enemies, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददर्श शयने तस्मिन् शयानं भृगुनन्दनम्

English

A lovely vehicle yoked with mules, adorned with silver and gold, waits on him, Kaunteya; and a cart yoked with young oxen is given.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेसवारविकारांश्व पानकानि लघूनि च बदरेड्गुदकाश्मर्यभललातकफलानि च

English

[Yudhishthira said:] The fruit told of the gift of sesame and of land, tell me more of cows and of food, Kauravya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र वक्ष्यसि विप्रर्षे तत्र यास्यति ते रथ:

English

[Bhishma said:] Hear from me, Kaunteya, the fruit of giving sesame, and having heard, give duly, best of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिया। मुक्त करके इन दोनोंसे विधिपूर्वक वार्तालाप किया ददानि वां वर श्रेष्ठ तं ब्र्तामिति भारत

English

Sesame was created by the Self-born as the first food of the ancestors; therefore by the gift of sesame the fortnight of the ancestors rejoices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इहस्थं मां सभार्यस्त्वं द्रष्टासि श्वो नराधिप

English

He who gives sesame to brahmanas in the month of Magha does not see a hell crowded with all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् काडक्षितं हादिस्थं ते तत् सर्व हि भविष्यति हुआ है। तुम्हारे मनमें जो-जो अभिलाषा होगी वह सब पूर्ण हो जायगी”

English

One who sacrifices to ancestors with sesame sacrifices with all desires; a sesame funeral rite should never be given without desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोवाच मुनिशार्दूलमिदं वचनमर्थवत्

English

These sesame came forth from the limbs of the great sage Kashyapa; thence sesame went to a divine state in gifts, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोनों पति-पत्नी आपके अधीन हैं। बताइये, हम आपकी क्‍या सेवा करें यज्ञदानानि च तथा ब्रहि सर्व ददामि ते

English

of Himavat, with a view to gratifying the god Mahadeva. The son obtained as a boon from Mahadeva was Samva, as would appear from this and the succeeding verses. Elsewhere, however, it is stated that the son so obtained was Pradyumna begotten upon Rukmini. The inconsistency would disappear if we suppose that Krishna adored Mahadeva twice for obtaining sons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा त्वमसि शाध्युर्वीमहं तु परवांस्त्वयि

English

Arjuna which is identified with Terminalia Arjuna, syn. Pentaptera Arjuna. Kadamva is Nauclea cadamba, Roxb. Kuruveka is Barleria cristata, Linn. Ketaka is Pandanus odoratissimus, Linn. Jamvu is Eugenia Jambolana. Patala is Stereospermum suaveolens syn. Bignonia suaveolens, Roxb. Varunaka is Crataea, religiosa, syn. Capparis trifoliata, Roxb. Vatasanabha is Aconitum ferox, Wall. Vilwa is Aegle Marmelos. Sarala is Pinus longifolia, Roxb. Kapittha is Feronia Elephantum. Piyala is Buchanania latifolia. Sala is Shorea robusta. Vadari is Zisyphus jujuba. Kunda is Balanites Roxburghii, Punnaga is Callophyllum inophyllum. Asoka is Saraca. Indica, Linn, syn Jonesia Asoka, Roxb. Amra is Mangifera Indica. Kovidara is Bauhinia, accuminata Linn. Champaka is Michelia Champaka, Linn. Panasa is Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशिकं प्रत्युवाचेद॑ मुदा परमया युत: नचगानवच वैदेशान् न यज्ञ श्रूयतामिदम्

English

Jahnavi. What is meant by Jahnavi having been always represent there is that the goddess always stayed there in spirit, desirous of conferring merit upon those that would reverence her.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिचर्योडस्मि यत्ताभ्यां युवाभ्यामविशड्कया

English

mischief he did unto all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यब्रूतां च तमृषिमेवमस्त्विति भारत गृहोद्देशं ततस्तस्य दर्शनीयमदर्शयत्

English

Surya-parjanya-prithivyadi-sristi-samarthyam. Similarly, by Saswatam Valam is meant that power which arises from Brahmavidya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रयतिष्यावहे प्रीतिमाहर्तु ते तपोधन

English

king. Kundin is one with the calabash. The meaning is that it is Mahadeva who becomes the Sanyasin or the mendicant on the one hand and the monarch on the other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथर्षिश्षोदयामास पानमन्नं तथैव च किमन्नजातमिष्टं ते किमुपस्थापयाम्यहम्

English

The deities also, including Mahadeva, bear the Upavita. Mahadeva's Upavita is made of living snakes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा भोजन अभीष्ट है? आपकी सेवामें क्या-क्या सामान लाऊँ?”

English

The gods, assembling before Brahma, wishing to sacrifice, asked for a lovely place of earth, king: "Let us sacrifice."

हिन्दी अर्थ

औपपत्तिकमाहारं प्रयच्छस्वेति भारत भोजन तैयार हो, वही ला दो”

English

[The gods said:] "Blessed one, you are lord of the whole earth and heaven; we would sacrifice with your permission, greatly fortunate one; for without permission the earth does not yield the fruit of sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथोपपन्नमाहारं तस्मै प्रादाज्जनाधिप

English

You are lord of the whole world, moving and unmoving; therefore you ought to permit."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोनों पैर दबाते रहना और स्वयं भी निरन्तर जागते रहना”

English

[Brahma said:] "I give you, best of gods, a portion of earth; in whatever place you do the sacrifice, sons of Kashyapa."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रबोधयतां तौ च दम्पती रजनीक्षये किंतु उन पति-पत्नीने मुनिको जगाया नहीं

English

[The gods said:] "Blessed one, our desires fulfilled, we shall sacrifice with proper fees; but sages always frequent this place."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बभूवतुर्महाराज प्रयतावथ दम्पती

English

[Bhishma said:] Then Agastya, Kanva, Bhrigu, Atri, Vrisha, Kapi, Asita and Devala came to the gods' sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुष्वापैकेन पाश्वेन दिवसानेकविंशतिम् करवटसे सोते रह गये

English

Then the great-souled gods, unfallen one, performed the sacrifice, and the best of gods completed it in due time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकिंचिदुक्त्वा तु गृहान्निश्वक्राम महातपा:

English

Those gods, having performed the sacrifice on the Himalaya, best of mountains, made a gift of land of a sixth part of the sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बिना ही महलसे बाहर निकल गये भार्यापती मुनिश्रेष्ठस्तावेती नावलोकयत्

English

One who gives even a span of land, unadorned, does not sink in hardships nor meet hard places.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गये, परंतु उन मुनिश्रेष्ठने इन दोनोंकी ओर आँख उठाकर देखातक नहीं

English

Giving a well-prepared house-ground that endures cold, wind and heat, he stays in the world of the gods and is not shaken even at the end of his merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्हितो भूद् राजेन्द्र ततो राजापतत् क्षितौ साथ लेकर पुनः मुनिको दूँढ़नेका महान् प्रयत्न करने लगे

English

The wise one lives glad with Shakra, lord of earth; and the giver of a pleasure-shelter is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भार्या चास्य महाभागा तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

A Shrotriya of controlled senses, born in a family of teachers, who lives satisfied in whose house, gains the chief world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेव चिन्तयामास च्यवनस्य विचेष्टितम् चरित्रपर मन-ही-मन विचार करने लगे

English

So too a great shelter for cows, bearing cold and rain, carries the family across to the seventh generation, best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दर्शनात् तस्य तु तदा विश्रान्ती सम्बभूवतु: अथापरेण पाचन सुष्वाप स महामुनि:

English

Giving field land in the world, one would gain sons and prosperity; giving jewel-land, one would increase the family line.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नच तौ चक्रतु:ः किंचिद् विकारं भयशड्कितौ

English

One should never give salty or burnt land, nor land surrounded by cremation grounds, nor land frequented by sinners.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भयसे शंकित थे, अतः उन्होंने अपने मनमें तनिक भी विकार नहीं आने दिया तैलाभ्यंगो दीयतां मे स्नास्येडहमिति भारत

English

One who places rice-balls for ancestors on another's land: by the owner's ancestors that funeral rite is destroyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

--“तुमलोग मेरे शरीरमें तेलकी मालिश करो; क्योंकि अब मैं स्नान करूँगा”

English

Therefore the wise should buy land and give it, even a little; the rice-ball given to ancestors on it is everlasting.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शतपाकेन तैलेन महार्हेणोपतस्थतु: उनकी सेवामें जुट गये

English

Forests, mountains, rivers, sacred fords and lakes they say are ownerless, for there is no possession.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च पर्याप्तमित्याह भार्गव: सुमहातपा:

English

Thus the fruit of the gift of land has been told, lord of men; now I shall tell you of the gift of cows, sinless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत उत्थाय सहसा स्नानशालां विवेश ह उठकर वे स्नानागारमें चले गये

English

Cows are above ascetics and all others; therefore the god Maheshvara took up austerity with them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असत्कृत्य च तत् सर्व तत्रैवान्‍न्तरधीयत

English

They live in Brahma's world with Soma, Bharata; Brahmarishis and Siddhas seek the supreme goal through them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नासूयां चक्रतुस्तौ च दम्पती भरतर्षभ दर्शयामास कुशिकं सभार्य कुरुनन्दन

English

They help with milk, offering, curds, dung, hide, bones, horns and hair, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स राजा समुपाजलद्ठे तदन्नं सह भार्यया

English

For them there is never cold or heat, as they always do their work; no rain, nor trouble, nor sorrow befalls them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वमाहारयामास राजा शापभयात् ततः

English

They go with brahmanas; therefore the wise say cows and brahmanas are one, a higher state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वमादीपयामास च्यवनो भृगुनन्दन: तयो: सम्प्रेक्षतोरेव पुनरन्तर्हितो5भवत्

English

They were made animals for the god's sacrifice; then the river Charmanvati, king, arose from cow-hides.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सभार्यों वाग्यत: श्रीमान्ू न च कोपं समाविशत्

English

Freed from animalhood, they were made for giving; whoever, lord of the earth, gives these to the chief of brahmanas crosses a hard calamity, even in rough circumstances, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंतु उनके मनमें क्रोधका आवेश नहीं हुआ न शशाक ततो द्रष्ट॒मन्तरं च्यवनस्तदा

English

The giver of a thousand cows does not see hell after death and gains victory everywhere, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सभार्यों मां रथेनाशु वह यत्र ब्रवीम्पहम्

English

The lord of gods said that cow's milk is nectar; therefore he who gives a cow gives nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रीडारथोस्तु भगवन्नुत सांग्रामिको रथ: तैयार किया जाय या युद्धके उपयोगमें आनेवाला रथ?”

English

Knowers of the Veda know it as the imperishable offering of the fires; therefore he who gives a cow gives an offering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

च्यवन: प्रत्युवाचेदं हृष्ट: परपुरंजयम्

English

This is heaven embodied: one who gives a bull, lord of cows, to a brahmana of qualities is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सायुथध: सपताकश्न शक्तीकनकयष्टिमान् अस्त्र-शस्त्र रखे रहें। पताका, शक्ति और सुवर्णदण्ड विद्यमान हों

English

These are called the breaths of living beings, bull of the Bharatas; therefore he who gives a cow gives breaths.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाम्बूनदनिबद्ध श्व परमेषुशतान्वित:

English

Knowers of the Veda know cows to be the refuge of beings; therefore he who gives a cow gives refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भार्या वामे धुरि तदा चात्मानं दक्षिणे तथा बायीं ओरका बोझ ढोनेके लिये रानीको लगाकर स्वयं वे दाहिनी ओर जुट गये

English

A cow should not be given for killing, nor to a miser, nor a non-believer, nor to one who lives by cows, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत:ः प्रभूति यातव्यं पदक पदर्क शनै: ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्न ये कामानर्थयिष्यन्ति मां पथि

English

A man who gives cows to such sinful people goes to imperishable hell, so say the wise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण मुझसे जिस वस्तुकी प्रार्थना करेंगे मैं उनको वही वस्तु प्रदान करूँगा

English

One should not give a cow to a brahmana that is lean, with a bad calf, barren, diseased, deformed or exhausted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रियतां निखिलेनैतन्मा विचारय पार्थिव यद् यद् ब्रूयान्मुनिस्तत्तत् सर्व देयमशड्कितै:

English

The giver of ten thousand cows rejoices rightly with Shakra; a man who gives a hundred thousand gains imperishable worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हाहाभूतं च तत् सर्वमासीन्नगरमार्तवत्

English

Thus the gift of cows, the gift of sesame and the gift of land have been told; now hear of food, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथंचिदूहतुर्वीरी दम्पती तं रथोत्तमम् ददृशाते महाराज पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ

English

The gift of food is called the chief, Kaunteya; by giving food Rantideva went to heaven; he sees the greatly fortunate Svayambhuva, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

था। सब लोग मुनिके शापसे डरते थे; इसलिये कोई कुछ बोल नहीं रहा था

English

Not by gold, garments or the gift of a horse, Bharata, do men gain the good as those who give food here, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रुद्धा अपि मुनिश्रेष्ठ॑ वीक्षितुं नेह शकनुम: आँख उठाकर देख भी नहीं सकते

English

Food is the highest wealth, and Shri is held greater; from food breath arises, and splendour, vigour and strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राज्ञश्नापि सभार्यस्य धैर्य पश्यत यादृशम्

English

The man who always gives food to the good with one-pointed mind does not meet hard places: so said Parashara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चैतयोरविंकारं वै ददर्श भूगुनन्दन: वसु विश्राणयामास यथा वैश्रवणस्तथा

English

Having honoured by rule, one should offer food to the gods; the king whose food a man eats, his gods eat the same.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमोच्य चैतौ विधिवत् ततो वाक्यमुवाच ह

English

Whoever makes a gift of food on the Kaumudi day in the bright fortnight,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम दोनोंको उत्तम वर देना चाहता हूँ, बतलाओ क्‍या दूँ?”

English

crosses hard places and gains endlessness after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजदम्पतिकी पीठपर स्नेहवश अमृतके समान कोमल हाथ फेरने लगे विश्रान्ती च प्रभावात् ते ऊचतुस्तौ तु भार्गवम्

English

One who, composed, gives food to a guest without eating first, bull of the Bharatas, gains the worlds of the knowers of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न वृथा व्यादह्वतं पूर्व यन्मया तद् भविष्यति

English

A giver of food who has fallen into a very hard calamity crosses it; he crosses sin here and draws off misdeed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंचित्कालं व्रतपरो निवत्स्यामीह पार्थिव व्रतपरायण होकर यहीं रहूँगा

English

Thus the fruit of the gifts of food, sesame, land and cows has been told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवृती यौवनस्थौ स्वो वपुष्मन्ती बलान्वितौ तान् न पश्यामि गात्रेषु स्वस्थो5स्मि सह भार्यया

English

Arupa is of the form of multifarious acts or operations or effects in the universe. Adyarupa is

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुष्पितान् कर्णिकारांश्व तत्र तत्र ददर्श ह

English

[Yudhishthira said:] The gift of drinking water is the highest; how is it of great fruit here? I wish to hear this at length, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र तत्र परिक्लृप्ता ददर्श स महीपति: विमानप्रतिमांश्वापि प्रासादान् शैलसंनिभान्

English

[Bhishma said:] Come, I shall tell you duly, bull of the Bharatas; hear from me as I tell, truth-valiant one, I shall tell you everything beginning with the gift of drinking water, sinless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तमोत्तम शय्याएँ बिछी हुई थीं

English

Having given food and drink, a man gains; there is no gift higher than that, I think.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्ष्यं भोज्यमनन्तं च तत्र तत्रोपकल्पितम् अनन्त भक्ष्य, भोज्य पदार्थ रखे गये थे

English

From food, dear one, all breathing beings proceed; therefore food is called the highest of all gifts in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोकिलान् शतपपत्रांशक्ष सकोयष्टिककुक्कुभान्

English

From food strength and splendour of beings always grow; therefore the Prajapati called the gift of food the best.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्वचिदप्सरसां संघान् गन्धर्वाणां च पार्थिव न ददर्श च तान् भूयो ददर्श च पुनर्नुप:

English

You have heard Savitri's good words too, Kaunteya, whence this is and how, great-minded one, in the sacrifice of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कानोंमें पड़ता और कभी हंसोंकी मीठी वाणी उन्हें सुनायी देती थी

English

When food is given by a man here, breaths are given; and there is here no higher gift than the gift of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तरान् वा कुरून् पुण्यानथवाप्यमरावतीम् एवं संचिन्तयन्नेव ददर्श मुनिपुंगवम्

English

You have heard, mighty-armed, Lomasha's word about what Shibi formerly gained by giving his life to a dove.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतच्चित्र॑ तु भगवंस्त्वयि सत्यपराक्रम

English

he is the several cases of which Jiva is made up while in his unemancipate state, viz., the Annamaya kosha, the pranamaya kosha, the Manomaya kosha, and the Vijnanmaya kosha. What is meant by Yogatman is that he is the Soul or essence of Yoga of the Chidachidgranthi, i.e., the Anandamaya kosha. By Yogasanjnita is meant that he is Yoga or the Twam padarthah.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आगच्छेथा: सभार्यश्न त्वमिहेति नराधिप अपनी पत्नीके साथ कल यहाँ आना”

English

to misery. His distress will know no bounds. To think that such a man has reached the lowest depth of misery only when from want of food he has to live upon water or air would not be correct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रययौ वपुषा युक्तो नगरं देवराजवत्

English

e., all the living creatures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलस्था गणिकायुक्ता: सर्वा: प्रकृतयस्तथा नगरमें प्रवेश किया। उस समय वन्दीजन उनके गुण गा रहे थे

English

object which the Sankhya system has in view, flows from Him, and the object also which the Yogins have in view has its origin in Him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पत्नीसहित भोजन करके उन महातेजस्वी नरेशने रातको महलमें निवास किया

English

the material with which everything else was created. Having filled Space as it were with creative energy, he created the primeval egg and placed Brahma or the Grandsire of the universe within it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रिया युतौ द्विजवरदत्तया तदा ससर्ज यन्न पुरि शतक्रतोरपि

English

Vishnu, and Rudra, derived his power to create from Mahadeva. Thus Mahadeva is Unmanifest Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतपूर्वालह्निकः प्रायात् सभार्यस्तद् वनं प्रति

English

taken as yabartha or lyablope.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपोवनकी ओर चल दिये मणिस्तम्भसहस्राढ्यं गन्धर्वनगरोपमम्

English

words; chatanachetanani would include all animate and inanimate existences. The word adi following implies heaven and all unseen entities. Avyaktamuktakesa is a periphrasis for jiva; avyaktam aspashtam yathasyattatha muktah bhanti tirohitam nitya-muktatwama sya is the explanation offered. This is, no

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतान् रूप्यसानूंश्न नलिनीश्व सपड़कजा:

English

He gains all desires and everlasting fame here, and after death endlessness, and is freed from sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शाद्वलोपचितां भूमिं तथा काञ्चनकुट्टिमाम् अशोकान् सहकुन्दांश्व फुल्लांश्वैवातिमुक्तकान्

English

The giver of water, tiger among men, going to heaven gains imperishable worlds, so Manu said.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्हितस्ततो भूयक्ष्यवन: शयनं च तत्

English

doubt correct. The sense then is that all this has flowed from Maheswara and exists for being enjoyed by

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुत प्रसन्न हूँ; अतः तुम कोई वर माँगो/ अग्निमध्ये गतेनेव भगवन् संनिधौ मया

English

[Bhishma said:] On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, the conversation of a brahmana and Yama, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पौत्रस्ते भविता राजंस्तेजोवीर्यसमन्वित:

English

In the middle country there was a great village of brahmanas, between the Ganga and Yamuna, below the Yamuna mountain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं तहैव ते प्रीतोी मनसा राजसत्तम पृच्छे: क्व यास्यसीत्येवं शपेयं त्वामिति प्रभो

English

Famed as Parnashala, lovely, king; many learned brahmanas then lived there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सभार्यस्य नरश्रेष्ठ तेन ते प्रीतिमानहम्

English

Then Yama said to a certain man in black garments, red-eyed, with raised hair, crow-shanked, with nose and eyes of a crow:

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रुद्धयेथा यदि मात्सर्यादिति तन्मर्षितं च मे डाहके कारण मुझपर क्रोध करोगे; परंतु मेरे उस बर्तावको भी तुमने सह लिया

English

"Go, brahmana, to the village and bring Agastya from there, by gotra and by name, Sharmin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सभार्यो मां वहस्वेति तच्च त्वं कृतवांस्तथा

English

Learned, set in peace, a teacher, unhonoured; and do not bring any other, who is of his gotra at his side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनोत्सर्गेडपि च कृते न त्वां क्रोध: प्रधर्षयत् सभार्यस्य वन॑ भूयस्तद् विद्धि मनुजाधिप

English

For he has such qualities, equal in study and birth, in offspring and in conduct, with the whole of the wise one; bring him as pointed out; honour is to be done to him by me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र या55सीत् स्पूृहा राजंस्तच्चापि विदितं मया

English

Going, he did the opposite of Yama's command; seizing him who had been forbidden by Yama, he brought him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षि च्यवन अन्तर्धान हो गये। साथ ही उनका वह पलंग भी अदृश्य हो गया कौश्यां बृस्यां समासीनं जपमानं महाव्रतम्

English

upon a blazing fire. The deity of fire removed it, unable to consume it. The seed, however, thus removed became converted into a mountain of gold. Haimagiri is not Himavat or the mountains of Himalayas as the Burdwan translation wrongly renders it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षणेन तद् वन॑ चैव ते चैवाप्सरसां गणा:

English

and half female, the male half being the half of his own usual form, and the female half the form of his dear spouse Uma or Parvati. This transformation is known by the name of Haragauri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स राजा कुशिक: सभार्यस्तेन कर्मणा ततः प्रोवाच कुशिको भार्या हर्षसमन्वित:

English

wrongly takes deva-ganah as a compound word and makes a mess of the meaning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुलभ हो जाती है। त्रिलोकीके राज्यसे भी तप ही श्रेष्ठ है

English

vihitam, ajnatam sat jnapitam; param karanam avyaktasyapi karanam. The Bengal reading, however, is

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्माण्यं दुर्लभं लोके राज्यं हि सुलभं नरै: मनुष्योंको राज्य तो सुलभ हो सकता है, परंतु वास्तविक ब्राह्मणत्व परम दुर्लभ है

English

correct. By karmayajna is meant that sacrifice which is performed with the aid of actual offerings of flowers and herbs and animals and libations of ghee, meat, etc. These are opposed to mental sacrifices or manasa yajna. It is curious to see that the Burdwan translator adheres to the vicious reading and misunderstands the meaning. Mahadeva transcends the fruits of action, i.e., he has no body unto which happiness and misery may attach.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्येवं चिन्तयान: स विदितश्न्यवनस्य वै

English

not ganam) as the last word of this compound, is vicious. The Burdwan translator adheres to the vicious reading and wrongly renders the compound. K. P. Singha skips over it. Of course, ganam means sum or total. Rectodbhavam is arsha for Retasodbhavam.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्युक्त: सहभार्यस्तु सो5भ्यगच्छन्महामुनिम् ततः प्रकृतिमापन्नो भार्गवो नूपते नृपम्

English

garlands of flowers. The male half has everything that is rejected by others; the female half has all things that are coveted by others. This particular form of Mahadeva is called Hara-Gauri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाणीद्वारा राजाको तृप्त करते हुए-से बोले--

English

especially as the reference to Andhaka occurs immediately after.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजन् सम्यग् जितानीह पञड्च पज्च स्वयं त्वया सम्यगाराधित: पुत्र त्वया प्रवदतां वर

English

Sesame should be eaten, and anointing with it should always be done by those wishing good, in the house, with their whole selves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुजानीहि मां राजन् गमिष्यामि यथागतम्

English

Water should be always given and drunk, without doubt; one should dig ponds, tanks and wells here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष एव वरो मुख्य: प्राप्तो मे भूगुनन्दन

English

This is very hard to get in the world, best of the twice-born; water should always be given by you; this is unsurpassed merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष मेअनुग्रहो विप्र जीविते च प्रयोजनम् यदि त्वं प्रीतिमान् विप्र मयि वै भूगुनन्दन

English

Water-sheds should be made for drinking by you constantly, best of the twice-born; and after eating, drinking water especially is to be given.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्ति मे संशय: कश्चित् तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

Thus told by that messenger of Yama, he was taken home and did all that command of Yama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ प्रब्रूहि नरश्रेष्ठ सर्व सम्पादयामि ते उसे भी कहो। मैं तुम्हारा सब कार्य पूर्ण कर दूँगा

English

The messenger of Yama, having brought and taken Sharmin, went and reported him to the King of Dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनश्च शयनं विप्र दिवसानेकविंशतिम्

English

The mighty King of Dharma, honouring that knower of dharma, made an agreement with him and sent him away as he came.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समुपानीय विविध॑ यद् दग्ध॑ जातवेदसा धनानां च विसर्गस्य वनस्यापि च दर्शनम्

English

Yama gave him all instruction too, and returning, he did all that Yama had said.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मणिविद्रुपादानां पर्यड्काणां च दर्शनम्

English

Yama likewise praises lamps, wishing the good of the ancestors; therefore the giver of lamps constantly carries the ancestors across.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतीव ह्वात्र मुह्दामि चिन्तयानो भृगूद्गह एतदिच्छामि कार्त्स्न्येन सत्यं श्रोतुं तपोधन

English

Lamps should be given constantly, best of the Bharatas; they are held to be the eye of gods and ancestors, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतः इन बातोंको मैं पूर्ण एवं यथार्थ रूपसे सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

The gift of jewels is said to be of great merit, lord of men; a brahmana who sells them and sacrifices gives safety.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि शक्‍्यमनाख्यातुमेवं पृष्टेन पार्थिव श्रुतवानस्मि यद् राज॑स्तन्मे निगदत: शृणु

English

What a brahmana, having received, gives to brahmanas is imperishable for both giver and receiver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिकीर्षन् कुशिकोच्छेदं संदिधक्षु: कुलं तव जलाकर भस्म कर डालूँ

English

He who gives, standing in his station, a gift to one such, the dharma of both is imperishable; so said Manu, knower of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नियम कंचिदारप्स्ये शुश्रूषा क्रियतामिति

English

By giving garments a man devoted to his own wives becomes well clothed and well dressed, so we have heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन जीवसि राजर्षे न भवेथास्त्वमन्यथा सुप्तो5स्मि यदि मां कश्चिद् बोधयेदिति पार्थिव

English

Cows, gold and sesame have been described many times, tiger among men, by seeing the authority of the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझे बीचमें आकर जगावे

English

One should marry and beget sons; the gain of a son, Kauravya, is more distinguished than every gain.