Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदीर्ण वापि शरणं यथा भवति कामद:

English

consequence of thee, Ganga and the others have received the power of cleansing other things and

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा भूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये विवर्धते

English

consequence of thee, Ganga and the others have received the power of cleansing other things and

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददन्ति वसुधां स्फीतां ये वेदविदुषि द्विजे

English

[Yudhishthira said:] What fruit is told of vows, and of what kind, greatly radiant one? What is the fruit of restraints, and what of good study?

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाधिराजो भवति तद्धि दानमनुत्तमम् करनेवाला पुरुष दूसरे जन्ममें राजाधिराज होता है; क्योंकि वह सर्वोत्तम दान है

English

What is the fruit of self-control, and of bearing the Vedas, and what of teaching? I wish to know all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये भजन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठ नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम्

English

What fruit, grandfather, in the world for one who does not accept gifts? What fruit is seen for him who gives what is heard?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणस्य सुरश्रेष्ठ कृशवृत्ते: कदाचन ब्राह्मणानां द्वते क्षेत्रे हन्यात् त्रिपुरुषं कुलम्

English

What fruit for heroes devoted to their own work? What is told of truth, and what of celibacy?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य वास: सहस्राक्ष नाकपृष्ठे महीयते

English

What of serving father and mother, serving the teacher and instructor, of compassion and kindness?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षयॉल्लभते लोकान् भूमिंसत्र हि तस्य तत् लोके महीयते सद्धियों ददाति वसुन्धराम्

English

I wish to know all this, grandfather, exactly and without remainder, knower of dharma; my curiosity is great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा भूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये विवर्धते

English

[Bhishma said:] One who takes up a vow as laid down, unbroken and rightly begun, has eternal worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपतिष्ठ न्ति देवेन्द्र तथा भूमिप्रदं दिवि यो ददाति महीं सम्यग् विधिनेह द्विजातये

English

The fruit of restraints, king, is seen here directly; this fruit of restraints and sacrifices has been gained by you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नर: प्रतिग्राह्म महीं न याति परमापदम् वह कभी भारी विपत्तिमें नहीं पड़ता है

English

"Upamanyu continued, 'Having given unto Tandi these boons and having received the adorations of both the deities and the Rishis, the great Deity disappeared there and then. When the illustrious deity, O lord of the Yadavas, thus, disappeared with all his followers, the Rishi came to my asylum and said unto me all that had happened to him. Do thou hear, O foremost of men, all those celebrated names (of Mahadeva) that Tandi said unto me for thy spiritual success. The Grandsire had at one time recited ten thousand names that apply to Mahadeva. In the scriptures, a thousand names occur of that illustrious deity. These names are not known to all. O thou that transcendest destruction, in days of yore, the Grandsire Brahma uttered these names for adoring the high-souled Deity. Having acquired them through the grace of the Grandsire, Tandi communicated them to me!'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

फसल पैदा होती है, उतना ही उसके पृथ्वी-दानका फल बढ़ता जाता है या: श्रुत्वा जामदग्न्येन दत्ता भू: काश्यपाय वै

English

sun, moon, etc. that control over the bhutas. Adhiloka— one occupying the lokas; Adhivijnana— one occupying the plane of consciousness; Adhiyajna— one conducting the sacrifices residing in the heart of

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मिल्लॉँके परे चैव तद् दत्तं जायते पुन:

English

succeed in identifying their own souls with thee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्राद्धस्य क्रियमाणस्य ब्रह्म॒भूयं स गच्छति ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त होता है

English

The eight well-known forms of Mahadeva are Water, Fire, Hotri, Sun, Moon, Space, Earth and Wind. In his form of water he is called Bhava; in that of fire, he is called Rudra; in that of Hotri he is called Pasupati; in that of the Sun, he is called Isana, in that of the Moon, he is called Mahadeva; in that of Space, he is called Bhima; in that of Earth, he is called Sarva; and in that of wind, he is called Ugra. Compare the benediction in Kalidasa's Shakuntalam.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रायश्षित्तं महीं दत्त्वा पुनात्युभयतों दश

English

By gifts and various sacrifices, as the self-controlled are joined with forgiveness: a giver gets angry, a self-controlled man does not; therefore self-control is above giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने आगे-पीछेकी दस पीढ़ियोंको पवित्र कर देता है प्रकृति: सर्वभूतानां भूमिर्वैश्वानरी मता

English

One who gives without anger has eternal worlds; anger destroys a gift; therefore self-control is above giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा श्रुत्वा महीं दद्यान्नादद्यात् साधुतश्च॒ ताम्

English

Unseen, great king, are ten thousand places in heaven, of the sages, in all worlds, from which gods go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा हि धर्मकुशल: प्रथमं भूतिलक्षणम् न ते सुखं प्रबुध्यन्ति न सुखं प्रस्वपन्ति च

English

By self-control the great sages, lord of men, go to the great place they desire; therefore self-control is above giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगक्षेमा हि बहवो राष्ट्र नास्थाविशन्ति तत्

English

A teacher gains imperishable fruit through hardship; having duly offered in the fire, he reaches Brahma's world, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखं ते प्रतिबुध्यन्ते सुसुखं प्रस्वपन्ति च स दाता स च विक्रान्तो यो ददाति वसुन्धराम्

English

One who, having studied the Vedas, gives them to those who know the law, and praises the work of the teacher, is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूलपाणिश्न भगवान् प्रतिनन्दन्ति भूमिदम् चतुर्विधो हि लोको5यं यो5यं भूमिगुणात्मक:

English

A kshatriya devoted to study, sacrifice and giving, and who protects in battle, is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानया सदृशं भूतं॑ किंचिदस्ति जनाधिप

English

A vaishya devoted to his own work gains much by giving; a shudra devoted to his own work gains heaven by service.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बृहस्पतेश्व॒ संवादमिन्द्रस्य च युधिष्ठिर इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

Heroes are said to be of many kinds; hear from me their purposes; the fruit for the lines of heroes and for the hero is told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मघवा वागििदां श्रेष्ठ पप्रच्छेदं बृहस्पतिम्

English

Men are said to be heroes of sacrifice, heroes of self-control, heroes of truth, heroes of battle and heroes of giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बृहस्पतिजीसे इस प्रकार पूछा यदक्षयं महार्घ च तद् ब्रूहि वदतां वर

English

Others are heroes of understanding, others heroes of forgiveness, and men live as heroes of honesty and heroes of peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बृहस्पतिर्बहत्तेजा: प्रत्युवाच शतक्रतुम्

English

By those and those restraints many other heroes exist: heroes of Vedic study, heroes devoted to teaching,

हिन्दी अर्थ

महातेजस्वी बृहस्पतिने उन्हें इस प्रकार उत्तर दिया सब वस्तुओंका दान करता है वह समस्त पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है

English

heroes of serving the teacher, others of serving the father, heroes of serving the mother, others heroes of begging alms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्टमिति मन्यामि यथा प्राहुर्मनीषिण:

English

Many are heroes of Sankhya, others heroes of yoga, heroes of the forest and of household life, heroes of honouring guests; all go to the higher worlds won by the fruit of their own deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानको नहीं मानता हूँ नही बढ़ पाते हैं

English

Bearing all the Vedas, bathing in all sacred fords, and always speaking truth may or may not be equal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स मुक्त: सर्वकलुषै: स्वर्गलोके महीयते

English

A thousand horse sacrifices and truth were weighed on a scale; truth alone is distinguished above a thousand horse sacrifices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतानि मन्यन्ते मां ददातीति वासव

English

By truth the sun burns, by truth fire blazes, by truth the wind blows; everything is established in truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददाति य:ः सहस्राक्ष स्वर्ग याति स मानव: सरितस्तर्पयन्तीह सुरेन्द्र वसुधाप्रदम्

English

By truth one pleases gods, ancestors and brahmanas; they call truth the highest dharma; therefore one should not transgress truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहानेवाली नदियाँ तृप्त करती हैं

English

Sages are devoted to truth, sages are valiant in truth, sages swear by truth; therefore truth is distinguished; those with truth rejoice in the world of heaven, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि भूमिप्रदानेन दानमन्यद् विशिष्यते त॑ जना: कथयन्तीह यावद् भवति गौरियम्

English

Self-control, the gaining of the fruit of truth, has been told by me fully; undoubtedly everyone of trained self is honoured in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस भूदानसम्बन्धी गुणोंसे युक्त अक्षय लोक प्राप्त होते हैं

English

Hear, lord of the earth, the qualities of celibacy: one who is a celibate student from birth to death has nothing unattainable, know, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूर्देया विधिवच्छक्र पाये सुखमभीप्सुना विधिपूर्वक सुपात्रको भूमिदान दे

English

Many ten millions of sages dwell in Brahma's world, of those always devoted to truth, self-controlled and of upward semen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समुत्सृजति तत् पापं जीर्णा त्वचमिवोरग:

English

Celibacy practised would burn all sins, king; especially for a brahmana, for a brahmana is called fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार त्याग देता है, जैसे सर्प पुरानी केंचुलको सर्वमेतन्नर: शक्र ददाति वसुधां ददत्

English

This is seen directly by you in ascetic brahmanas: Shakra fears a celibate who has been assaulted; that is the fruit of celibacy seen here in the sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्नेहान् सर्वरसांश्चैव ददाति वसुधां ददत्

English

Hear also from me the dharma in honouring mother and father: one who serves his father and never envies, nor his mother, without ego, and his teacher and instructor,

हिन्दी अर्थ

काननोपलशैलांश्व ददाति वसुधां ददत् पूर्वदत्तां हरन् भूमिं नरकायोपगच्छति

English

know, king, his fruit to be the highest place in heaven; and the self-possessed serving the teacher does not see hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गन्धर्वोंसे पूजित हो सुख और आनन्द भोगता है

English

devotion is sufficient to induce thee to show thyself unto them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवतः: श्रोतुमिच्छामि तन्मे विस्तरतो वद आपके मुँहसे सुनना चाहता हूँ। आप इस विषयका विस्तारपूर्वक वर्णन कीजिये

English

[Bhishma said:] There is nothing higher than the gift of a cow, lord of the earth; a cow justly obtained and given carries a family across at once.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आर्तायादृष्टपूर्वाय स महद्धर्ममाप्तुयात्

English

One who is rightly produced for the good, who is rightly prepared and properly offered for subjects; therefore hear from me, king, the rule for the gift of cows, as it began in the first age.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह अपने पापके कारण मोहमें नहीं पड़ता है अन्नदानं हि शूद्रे च ब्राह्मणे च विशिष्यते

English

Formerly, when cows had been brought, Mandhatri, seeing doubt, asked a question, and Brihaspati answered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भिक्षितो ब्राह्मणेनेह दद्यादन्न॑ प्रयाचित:

English

Having honoured a twice-born and told him the time for tomorrow, one of controlled vow should appoint Rohini for giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदिका परिचय न पूछे; तुरंत ही उसकी सेवामें अन्न उपस्थित कर दे भवन्ति चेह चामुत्र नृपतेर्नात्र संशय:

English

One should make the invocation "O Samanga, Bahula!" and, entering the midst of the cows, recite this verse:

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण मनोवांछित फल देनेवाले होते हैं, इसमें संशय नहीं है

English

"The cow is my mother, the bull my father; heaven my refuge, earth my support." Having so taken refuge and spent the night among the cows, the sage should utter his speech in the gift of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकामो वा सकामो वा दत्त्वा पुण्यमवाप्रुयात् महाभागे कुले प्रेत्य जन्म चाप्रोति भारत

English

One equal in number and in vow to the cows for that one night, by oneness is freed from stain at once.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्यं मिष्टान्नदायी तु स्वर्गे वसति सत्कृत:

English

A cow with released bull and calf should be given at sunrise; three things are to be accepted: statements of meaning, blessings and praises.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपतिष्ठ न्ति देवेन्द्र ब्रह्मलोके धराप्रदम् शड्खभद्रासनं छत्र॑ वराश्वा वरवाहनम्

English

ends. Those going by the former reach the Sun; while those that go by the latter reach the Moon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घोड़े और श्रेष्ठ वाहन उपस्थित होते हैं

English

procedure laid down in the Smritis, and the third is the way or manner constituted by Dhyana or

हिन्दी अर्थ

आज्ञा सदाप्रतिहता जयशब्दा वसूनि च नास्ति सत्यसमो धर्मो नास्ति दानसमो निधि:

English

numbering the five Tanmatras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसुरत्नसमाकीर्णा ददावांगिरसे तदा

English

difficulty. In the Anusasana, this characteristic of his is more marked than in the Santi. The Burdwan translators very rarely skip over a verse, but they are very generally in the wrong. Nilakantha explains that Devesah is Brahma. The meaning, therefore, is that Tandi said unto me those secret names which Brahma had applied unto the high-souled one or Mahadeva. The Bengal reading Devesa, in the vocative,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रने धन और रत्नोंसे भरी हुई यह पृथ्वी उन्हें दान कर दी न तस्य रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां भवत्युत

English

So the giver of cows should first say half of it, as seen by rule before, and the twice-born receiving, knowing the rule, should answer the remaining half in the gift of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्पण किये हुए भाग राक्षस और असुर नहीं लेने पाते

English

"I give a cow" should be said, giving water, a garment and wealth; "To be filled with milk" and "of Vishnu" should be urged.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिदानका माहात्म्य अवश्य सुनाये मया भरतशार्दूल कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

English

One should declare her name in order of number; the fruit is twenty-six and eight thousands and twenty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, अब और क्या सुनना चाहते हो?

English

Thus the giver of cows gains these increased qualities of cows and the rest in order, all of them in the eighth sequence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणवान् ब्राह्मणोंको किन-किन वस्तुओंका दान करे? शंस मे तन्‍्महाबाहो फल पुण्यकृतं महत्

English

A giver of cows is of good character, fearless, a giver of guest-water, not unhappy, a giver of wealth and desire-fulfilled; the one who bears the udder, Bharata, and the learned: the Vaishnava worlds are told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाबाहो! अब मुझे दानजनित महान् पुण्यका फल बताइये

English

Having given cows, one should be of the cow vow for three nights and spend one night with them here; one should live three nights on cow products, milk, dung or urine on the desired eighth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदुक्तवानसौ वाक्यं तन्मे निगदत: शृणु

English

The giver of a bull would be of the Vedic vow; the gift of a pair of oxen is the gaining of the Veda; so a sacrificer, reaching the rule of cows, gains the foremost worlds; one not knowing the rule does not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थी। उस समय उन्होंने मुझसे जो कुछ कहा था, वही तुम्हें बता रहा हूँ, सुनो लोकततन्त्र हि संज्ञाश्न सर्वमन्ने प्रतेष्ठितम्

English

One who gives a wish-granting cow, all earthly desires in one place: let those be rich in streams of offerings to gods and ancestors; and a gift of elder oxen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुछ प्रतिष्ठित है

English

One should not do favour to a non-pupil, one without vows, one without faith or one of crooked mind; this dharma of all the world is secret; one should not babble this dharma anywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादन्नं विशेषेण दातुमिच्छन्ति मानवा: अन्नेन धार्यते सर्व विश्व जगदिदं प्रभो

English

There are faithful men in the world; there are mean ones, rakshasas among men, to whom a gift being given is disliked, and the unmeritorious rely on non-belief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नाद् भवन्ति वै प्राणा: प्रत्यक्ष नात्र संशय:

English

Hearing this speech of Brihaspati, hear from me, king, of the kings who, having given cows, gained worlds, of meritorious character and good conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दातव्यं भिक्षवे चान्नामात्मनो भूतिमिच्छता बाल-बच्चोंवाले, महामनस्वी ब्राह्मणको और भिक्षा माँगनेवालेको भी अन्नदान करे

English

Ushinara, Vishvagashva, Nriga, Bhagiratha the famed, Yuvanashva's son, Mandhatri, King Muchukunda, Bhuridyumna, the Naishadha and Somaka,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विदधाति निर्धि श्रेष्ठ पारलीकिकमात्मन:

English

Pururavas, Bharata the emperor, in whose line all the Bharatas are, and the hero Rama son of Dasharatha, and others famed and glorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्चयेद् भूतिमन्विच्छन् गृहस्थो गृहमागतम् गृहस्थको उस आदरणीय अतिथिका आदर करना चाहिए

English

So King Dilipa, of wide deeds, knowing the rule, reached heaven by the gift of cows; Mandhatri was joined with sacrifices, gifts, austerity, kingly dharmas and gifts of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नदः प्राप्तुते राजन् दिवि चेह च यत्सुखम्

English

Therefore, Partha, you too bear this Brihaspati's speech told by me; give it gladly to the best of the twice-born, cows, holy, having got the Kuru kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि श्वपाके शुनि वा न दानं विप्रणश्यति नहीं होता (व्यर्थ नहीं जाता)

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Thus the king of dharma did everything, told by Bhishma, duly in the gift of cows; the king rightly bore the dharma taught by the god of gods to Mandhatri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मकी प्राप्ति होती है यो नर: प्रीणयत्यन्नैस्तस्य पुण्यफलं महत्

English

Thus, king, constantly in giving cows, drinking barley bits with dung, sleeping on the ground, tufted, self-restrained, he became then like a bull, a bull among kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणाय विशेषेण न स पापेन मुहाते

English

That king became always pure of mind toward them, praising cows; and he never again yoked a cow at the yoke-pole, but went wherever with the best horses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंसे सम्मानित होकर स्वर्गलोकमें निवास करता है अन्नद: प्राणदो लोके सर्वद: प्रोच्यते तु सः

English

"Vasudeva said, 'Concentrating his mind, O Yudhishthira. the regenerate Rishi Upamanyu, with hands joined together in reverence uttered this abstract of names (applying to Mahadeva), commencing from the beginning.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा वसुमती देवी स्निग्धा भवति भारत

English

[Yudhishthira said:] Tell me again rightly the qualities in the gift of cows, Bharata; I am not satisfied, hero, hearing such nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नक्षत्रयोगस्येदानीं दानकल्पं ब्रवीहि मे दान करना उत्तम है

English

Thus addressed by the king of dharma, Shantanu's son then fully told him the sole fruits of the gift of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संकटोंसे तथा क्षुरकी-सी धारवाले पर्वतोंसे भी पार हो जाता है

English

[Bhishma said:] Giving such a cow to a brahmana, loving, rich in qualities, young and clothed, he is freed from all sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यशस्वी रूपसम्पन्नो बद्धन्नो जायते कुले अनालोकेषु लोकेषु सोमवत् स विराजते

English

The worlds called Asurya are those to which he goes who gives a cow that has drunk water, eaten grass, lost her milk and senses,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स सर्वभयनिर्मुक्त: सम्भवानधितिष्ठति

English

for the old and fierce user, old like a waterless well; giving, he enters darkness and troubles the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भयसे मुक्त हो दूसरे जन्ममें उत्तम कुलमें जन्म लेता है प्रदाय पुत्रपशुमानिह प्रेत्य च मोदते

English

Vicious, angry, diseased or weak cows are not to be given; he who joins a brahmana with fruitless hardship of roots, his worlds are powerless and fruitless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रों और पशुओंसे सम्पन्न हो परलोकमें भी आनन्दका भागी होता है

English

All praise those that are strong, rich in conduct and age, and fragrant; as the Ganga is the best of rivers, so the tawny is the best of the white cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्ष्यान् फाणितसंयुक्तान् दत्त्वा सौभाग्यमृच्छति उत्तराविषये दत्त्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते

English

[Yudhishthira said:] Why, in an equal gift, is the gift of a tawny cow praised by the good? I wish to hear the special reason, great-minded one; you are able to tell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी उसका आदर करते हैं

English

"Upamanyu said, 'I shall adore that great Deity who deserves the adorations of all creatures, by uttering those names that are celebrated over all the worlds,— names some of which were uttered by the Grandsire Brahma, some by the Rishis, and some of which occur in the Vedas and the Vedangas. Those names have been applied (unto the great Deity) by persons that are eminent. Those names of him that are, again, true and fraught with success and are capable of accomplishing all the purposes which the utterer may have in view, have been applied unto Mahadeva by Tandi after calling them from the Vedic lore with the aid of his devotion. Indeed, with those names that have been uttered by many well-known persons of righteousness and by ascetics conversant with all the spiritual principles. I shall adore him who is the foremost, who is the first, who leads to heaven, who is ready to confer benefits upon all creatures, and who is auspicious. Those names have been heard everywhere in the universe, having spread from the region of Brahma (where they were originally invented). All of them are fraught with the element of Truth. With those names I shall adore him who is Supreme Brahman, who has been declared (unto the universe) by the Vedas, and who is Eternal. I shall now tell thee, O chief of Yacht's race those names. Do thou hear them with rapt attention. Thou art a devoted worshipper of the Supreme Deity. Do thou worship the illustrious Bhava, distinguishing him above all the deities. And because thou art devoted to him, I shall therefore, recite those names in thy hearing. Mahadeva is Eternal Brahman. Persons endued with Yoga; Yoga's achievements are unable to know in even a hundred years, the glory and puissance of the great Deity in their entirety. Verily, the beginning, middle or end of Mahadeva cannot be apprehended by the very deities. Indeed, when the case is such, who is there O Madhava, that can recite the attributes of Mahadeva in their entirety? For all that, I shall through the grace of that illustrious and supreme Deity of perfect wisdom, extended to me for my devotion to him, recite his attributes as embodied in an abstract of few words and letters. The Supreme Lord is incapable of being adored by any one if he does not grant his permission to the adorer. As regards myself, it is only when I become fortunate enough to receive his permission that I succeed in adoring him. I shall indicate only a few names of that great Deity who is without birth and without destruction, who is the original cause of the universe, who is endued with the highest Soul, and whose origin is unmanifest. Hear, O Krishna, a few names, that were uttered by Brahma himself, of that giver of boons, that adorable deity, that puissant one who has the universe for his form, and who is possessed of supreme wisdom. These names that I

हिन्दी अर्थ

उप्यते तत्र यद् बीज॑ तद्धि पुण्यफलं महत् सर्वाण्यन्यानि दानानि परोक्षफलवन्त्युत

English

[Bhishma said:] Formerly Daksha, commanded by the Self-born "Create creatures," first created livelihood, wishing the good of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाला होता है। इसके सिवा अन्य जितने दान हैं, उन सबका फल परोक्ष है

English

As the dwellers of heaven live relying on nectar, so beings live relying on livelihood, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मार्थावन्नतो विद्धि रोगनाशं तथान्नत: ही धर्म और अर्थकी सिद्धि समझो। अन्नसे ही रोगोंका नाश होता है

English

Among beings, moving are better than unmoving, men better than these, and brahmanas better than those; in them sacrifices are established.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्न भुवं दिवं खं च सर्वमन्ने प्रतेष्ठितम्

English

Soma is nourished by sacrifices, and he is established in cows; all the gods rejoice, and then subjects whose livelihood was before.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही हैं; क्योंकि अन्न ही सबका आधार है बल॑ बलवतोपीह प्रणश्यत्यन्नहानित:

English

These beings cried out for livelihood, and thirsty went to the giver of livelihood as to father and mother.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नकी कमी हो जानेसे बड़े-बड़े बलवानोंका बल भी क्षीण हो जाता है

English

Having thus gone in mind for the sake of creating creatures, the Prajapati then drank the nectar that gives strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवर्तन्ते नरश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्म चात्र प्रलीयते कीर्तिश्चि वर्थते शश्व॒त् त्रिषु लोकेषु पार्थिव

English

Satisfied, breathing out a fragrant scent, he saw Surabhi, daughter born of his mouth, arisen from his belch.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदा ही विस्तार होता रहता है

English

Surabhi created the Saurabheyis, mothers of the world, gold-coloured tawny cows, the milch cows of livelihood for creatures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तच्च मेघगतं वारि शक्रो वर्षति भारत इन्द्र धरतीपर बरसाते हैं

English

From those nectar-coloured ones flowing on every side, foam born of nectar arose, like waves of rivers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मांसमेदो5स्थिशुक्राणां प्रादुर्भावस्तत: पुन: अग्नीषोमौ हि तच्छुक्रे सृजतः पुष्यतश्च॒ ह

English

It fell from a calf's mouth on Bhava's head as he stood on earth; angry, the lord looked with the eye born of his forehead, as if burning the Rohinis.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति हुई है

English

That terrible splendour, lord of men, turned the tawny cows to various colours, as the sun the clouds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजका दान करता है अनसूयुस्त्वमप्यन्नं तस्माद् देहि गतज्वर:

English

Those that moved away from it and took refuge with Soma, standing in their own colour as they were born, were not led to another colour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छोड़कर सदा अन्न-दान करते रहना

English

Then the Prajapati said to the angry Mahadeva: "You are sprinkled with nectar; there is no impurity in cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथावदनुरूपेभ्यस्तत: स्वर्गमवाप्स्यसि स्वर्गलोकको प्राप्त कर लोगे

English

As Soma takes nectar and flows again, so these Rohinis, born of nectar, flow milk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवनानि प्रकाशन्ते दिवि तेषां महात्मनाम्

English

Wind is not defiled, nor fire, nor gold, nor the ocean; nectar drunk by nectar is not defiled, child; the drinkers were not children."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्द्रमण्डलशुभ्राणि किंकिणीजालवन्ति च अनेकशतभौमानि सान्तर्जलचराणि च

English

"They will sustain these worlds with offerings and flow; take lordship of them, wholly made of nectar and auspicious."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वकामफलाश्लापि वृक्षा भवनसंस्थिता:

English

The Prajapati gave him a bull along with them, and pleased Rudra's mind, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रश: क्षीरं स्रवन्ति सरितस्तथा चैवान्नपर्वता:

English

Pleased, Mahadeva then made the bull his banner and his vehicle; therefore he is Bull-bannered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथ्वीपर सभी मनुष्योंको प्रयत्नपूर्वक अन्नका दान करना चाहिए

English

Then the gods made Mahadeva lord of beasts; and in the midst of cows the lord is called Bull-marked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवक्याश्रैव संवाद महर्षेनरिदस्थ च

English

Thus for the tawny cows of unfaded colour and great splendour, the first rule in giving is told for all of them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदके संवादरूप प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं पप्रच्छेदं वच: प्रश्न॑ देवकी धर्मदर्शनम्

English

Cows, eldest of the world, set going the world's livelihood, joined with Rudra, flows of Soma, gentle, holy, giving desires and giving life: giving cows, one would be a giver of all desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवकी देवीने उनके सामने यही प्रश्न उपस्थित किया

English

Reciting this excellent account of the origin of cows, always pure and fond of auspiciousness, a man is freed from the stain of the Kali age and gains dear sons and cattle wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचरष्ट विधिवत सर्व तच्छृणुष्व विशाम्पते संतर्प्य ब्राह्मणान् साधूँल्‍लोकानाप्रोत्यनुत्तमान्

English

Offerings to gods and ancestors, satisfaction, rites of peace, vehicles, garments, and nourishment of old and young: all these qualities in the gift of cows the giver always gains, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पयोअऊज्नपानं दातव्यमनृणार्थ द्विजातये

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Hearing the grandfather's word, the king Partha with his brothers gave cows with gold and bronze milk-pails to the best of brahmanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दान करने चाहिए। इससे उनके ऋणसे छुटकारा मिलता है गच्छन्ति मानुषाल्लोकात् सर्वलोकमनुत्तमम्

English

So too he gave to those twice-born thousands and hundreds of cows, aiming at sacrifices and as fees, to win worlds and supreme fame.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेसे मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकमें सम्मानित होता है

English

are extracted from the ten thousand names that the great Grandsire had uttered in days of yore, as ghee is extracted from curds. As gold represents the essence of rocky mountains, as honey represents the essence of flowers, as Manda represents the extract from ghee, even so have these names been extracted from and represent the essence of those ten thousand names that were uttered by Grandsire Brahma. This abstract of names is capable of cleansing every sin, however heinous. It possesses the same merit that is attached to the four Vedas. It should be comprehended with attention by spiritual aspirants and engraved on the memory. These names fraught with auspiciousness, leading to advancement, destructive of Rakshasas, 1 and great cleansers should be imparted to only him that is devoted to the great Lord, to him that has faith, to him that believes. Unto him that has no faith, him that is an unbeliever, him that has not subjugated his soul, it should never be communicated. That creature, O Krishna, who cherishes malice towards the illustrious Mahadeva who is the original cause of everything, who is the Supreme Soul, and who is the great Lord, has certainly to go to hell with all his ancestors before and all his children after him. This abstract of names that I shall recite to thee is looked upon as Yoga. 2 This is looked upon as the highest object of meditation. This is that which one should constantly recite as Japya. This is equivalent to Knowledge. This is the highest Mystery. If one, even during his last moments, recites it or hears it recited unto him, one succeeds in attaining to the highest end. This is holy. This is auspicious, this is fraught with every kind of benefit. This is the best of all things. Brahma, the Grandsire of all the universe, having in days of old composed it, assigned to it the foremost place among all excellent hymns. From that time, this hymn to the greatness and glory of the high-souled Mahadeva, which is held in the highest esteem by all the deities, has come to be regarded as the king of all hymns. This king of all hymns was first conveyed from the region of Brahman to heaven, the region of the celestials. Tandi then obtained it from heaven. Hence is it known as the hymn composed by Tandi. From heaven Tandi brought it down on Earth. It is the most auspicious of all auspicious things, and is capable of cleansing the heart from all sins however heinous. O thou of mighty arms, I shall recite to thee that best of all hymns. This hymn relates to him who is the Veda of the Vedas, and the most ancient of all ancient objects, to him who is the energy of all energies, and the penance of all penances; to him who is the most tranquil of all creatures endued with tranquillity, and who is the splendour of all splendours; to him who is looked upon as the most restrained of all creatures that are restrained, and him who is the intelligence of all creatures endued with intelligence; to him who is looked upon as the deity of all deities, and the Rishi of all Rishis; to him who is regarded as the sacrifice of all sacrifices and the most auspicious

हिन्दी अर्थ

दत्त्वोत्तरास्वषाढासु सर्वकामानवाप्रुयात् धर्मनित्यो मनीषिभ्य: स्वर्गलोके महीयते

English

Having saluted the perfected one who moves through all worlds, the eternal treasury of Brahman, the priest, he began to ask him this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हस्त्यश्वरथसम्पन्ने वर्चस्वी जायते कुले रथसे सम्पन्न कुलमें तेजस्वी पुत्ररूपसे जन्म लेता है

English

[Saudasa said:] Blessed one, what in the three worlds is called the purifier, sinless one, by reciting which a mortal would always gain the highest merit?

हिन्दी अर्थ

गा: सुप्रभूता: प्राप्नोति नर: प्रेत्य यशस्तथा

English

[Bhishma said:] To him who bowed, the learned one, pure, saluting the cows, then spoke beneficial words, the Upanishad of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सी गौओंको तथा परलोकमें महान् यशको प्राप्त करता है देवक्या नारदेनेह सा स्नुषाभ्यो5ब्रवीदिदम्

English

Cows are fragrant like perfume and like guggulu; cows are the support of beings, cows are the great well-being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् कूपांश्न॒ वापीक्ष तडागानि च खानयेत्

English

Cows are the past and the future, cows are eternal nourishment, cows are the root of Lakshmi; what is given to cows is not lost; cows are constantly food and the highest offering of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पोखरे खोदवाने चाहिए कूप: प्रवृत्तपानीय: सुप्रवृत्तश्न नित्यश:

English

Svaha and vashat are always established in cows; cows are the fruit of sacrifice, and sacrifices are established in cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपयोगमें आता है, वह उस मनुष्यके पापकर्मका आधा भाग हर लेता है

English

Morning and evening constantly, at the time of the fire offering, greatly wise one, cows give to the sages what is to be offered, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलाशय उस मनुष्यके समूचे कुलका उद्धार कर देता है नहीं है, वह पुरुष कभी अत्यन्त विषम संकटमें नहीं पड़ता

English

Whatever hard places and misdeeds have been done, those who give a cow cross over sin, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाफलमनन्तं तद् भवतीति विनिश्चय: यह शाम्त्रोंका निश्चय है

English

of all things fraught with auspiciousness; to him who is the Rudra of all Rudras and the effulgence of all things endued with effulgence; to him who is the Yogin of all Yogins, and the cause of all causes; to him from whom all the worlds start into existence, and unto whom all the worlds return when they cease to exist; to him who is the Soul of all existent creatures, and who is called Hara of immeasurable energy. Hear me recite those thousand and eight names of the great Sarva. Hearing those names, O foremost of all men, thou shalt be crowned with fruition in respect of all thy wishes,— Om! thou art Immobile, thou art Fixed, thou art Puissant, thou art Terrible, thou art Foremost, thou art boon-giving, and thou art Superior. 1 Thou art the Soul of all creatures, thou art celebrated over all creatures, thou art all things, thou art the Creator of all, and thou art Bhava." 2 Thou art the bearer of matted locks on thy head. Thou

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्रोति परमॉललोकान् पुण्यकामसमन्वितान्

English

One who has not placed the fire, one with a hundred cows, a non-sacrificer, one with a thousand cows, and the rich miser: these three do not deserve guest-honour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चरन्त्यप्सरसां लोके रमन्ते नन्दने तथा लोकमें विचरते और नन्दनवनमें रमण करते हैं

English

Those who give a tawny cow with calf and bronze milk-pail, of good vows, wrapped in a garment, conquer both worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्रोति लोकान् स शुभानिह चैव महद् यश:

English

Those who give to a chief brahmana a young bull, lord of cows, endowed with senses, leader of a herd with a hundred, many-horned and adorned,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है और इस जगतमें भी महान् यशका भागी होता है सप्रासंगं च शकटं सधान्यं वस्त्रसंयुतम्

English

to a Shrotriya, scorcher of foes, are born again and again with lordship.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च दुर्गाण्यवाप्रोति स्वर्गलोक॑ च गच्छति

English

One should not sleep without naming cows nor rise without remembering them; one should bow to cows morning and evening; then one would gain nourishment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरकादींश्व॒ संक्लेशान् नाप्रोतीति विनिश्चय: दत्त्वा युगशतं चापि नर: स्वर्गे महीयते

English

One should never be disgusted by cow urine and dung, nor eat their flesh; thus one gains the cow's blessing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्येष्ठायामृद्धिमिष्टां वै गतिमिष्टां स गच्छति

English

One should always name the cows and not slight them; seeing an inauspicious dream, a man should name the cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभीष्ट समृद्धि और सद्गतिको प्राप्त होता है पितृन् प्रीणयते चापि गतिमिष्टां च गच्छति

English

One should always bathe with cow dung, lie down on cow dung, and avoid phlegm, urine, excrement and blows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृप्त करता और अभीष्ट गतिको पाता है

English

One should eat on a wet hide facing the west, silent, with ghee on the ground; thus one gains the cow's blessing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वेतेन याति यानेन स्वर्गलोकानसंवृतान्

English

One should offer ghee in the fire, have a blessing spoken with ghee, give ghee, taste ghee; thus one gains the cow's blessing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह मृत्युके पश्चात् शीघ्र ही राज्य पाता है प्राप्रोत्यप्सरसां संघान् प्रेत्य गन्धांश्व शाश्वतान्

English

One who with the Gomati science consecrates a sesame cow and gives it made of juices and jewels does not grieve over what is done and undone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह परलोकमें अप्सराओंके समुदाय तथा अक्षय गन्धको पाता है

English

"May cows wait on me, gold-horned, releasing milk, fragrant, the Saurabheyis, as rivers to the sea.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब प्रकारकी खाद्य वस्तुओंसे सम्पन्न हो सुखी होता है स पितृन् प्रीणयति वै प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्षुते

English

May cows always see me; may I see cows; the cows are ours, we are theirs; where the cows are, there are we."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा प्रेत्य कामानादाय दातारमुपतिष्ठति

English

Thus night and day, in smooth and rough places and in great fears, a man reciting is freed from fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रसानामुत्तमं चैतत् फलानां चैतदुत्तमम्

English

wearest animal skins for thy vestments. Thou wearest a crest of matted hair on thy head like the peacock. Thou art he who has the whole universe for thy limbs. 3 Thou art the Creator of all things. Thou art Hara in consequence of thy being the destroyer of all things. Thou art he that has eyes resembling those of the gazelle. Thou art the destroyer of all creatures. Thou art the supreme enjoyer of all things. Thou art that Pravritti whence all actions flow. Thou art that Nivritti or abstention from acts. Thou art observant of fasts and vows, thou art Eternal, thou art Unchangeable. Thou art he that residest in crematoria, thou art the possessor of the six well-known attributes of Lordship and the rest, thou residest in the heart of every creature, thou art he that enjoys all things with the senses, thou art the grinder of all sinful creatures. 4 Thou art he that deserves the salutations of all, thou art of great feats, thou art he that has penances for his wealth, thou createst all the elements at thy will, thou concealest thy real nature by putting on the guise of a lunatic. Thou art the Master of all the worlds and of all living creatures. Thou art of immeasurable form, thou art of vast body, thou art of the form of Righteousness, thou art of great fame, thou art of high Soul, thou art the Soul of all creatures, thou hast the universe for thy form. 5 Thou art of vast jaws (for thou swallowest the

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् फलं तस्य भवति तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह जो जूते पहनाता है, उसको जो फल मिलता है, वह मुझे बताइये

English

"In this world, of all fees may we be the best, and not be stained by fault," scorcher of foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब दानोंसे बढ़कर है

English

By that same thought one killed is always stained; and the gods and men make use of dung for purification.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षिगॉतमश्चापि तिलदानैर्दिवं गता: दिव्यलोकको प्राप्त हुए हैं

English

So all beings, moving and unmoving, and the givers, giver of honour, would go to the world of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समा गव्येन हविषा प्रवृत्तिषु च संस्थिता:

English

At the end of austerity Brahma, the self-lord, gave them a boon: "So be it; and carry the worlds across."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षयं सर्वदानानां तिलदानमिहोच्यते तिलैरन्नित्रयं हुत्वा प्राप्तवान् गतिमुत्तमाम्

English

Wishing success they arose, the mothers of past and future, at the end of austerity, great king, cows whose goal was the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधान येन विधिना तिलानामिह शस्यते

English

Therefore cows are greatly fortunate and said to be the highest purifier; so for all beings cows stand on the head.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वोत्तम तिलदानका विधान यहाँ बताया गया समागमे महाराज ब्रह्मणा वै स्वयम्भुवा

English

Giving a milch tawny cow with a calf of her own colour, of good vows, wrapped in a garment, he is honoured in Brahma's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभं देशमयाचन्त यजेम इति पार्थिव

English

Giving a milch Rohini cow with a calf of equal colour, of good vows, wrapped in a garment, he is honoured in the world of the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और फलोंमें सर्वोत्तम फल है घृतं दद्याद् द्विजातिभ्य: पुरुष: शुचिरात्मवान्

English

universe when the time comes for the dissolution of all things). Thou art the protector of all the lokas (the worlds). Thou art the soul residing in the inner heart and as such devoid of ahamkara originating from ignorance I and is one and undivided; Thou art anandam (gladness). Thou art he whose car is borne by mules. Thou art he that protects Jiva from the thunderbolt of rebirth. Thou art adorable. Thou art obtained by purity and self-restraint and vows. Thou art again the refuge of all kinds of vows and observances including purity and self-restraint. 2 Thou art the celestial artificer that is conversant with every art. Thou art Self-create (for no one has created thee). Thou art the beginning of all creatures and things. Thou art Hiranyagarbha, the Creator of all things. Thou art inexhaustible puissance and felicity. 3 Thou hast a hundred eyes, thou hast eyes of vast power. Thou art Soma. 4 Thou art he that causest all righteous creatures assume shapes of glory for shining in the firmament. Thou art Chandramas, thou art Surya, thou art the planet Saturn, thou art the descending node (of the moon), thou art the ascending node, thou art Mangala (Mars), and thou art Vrihaspati (Jupiter) and Sukra (Venus), thou art Vudha (Mercury) thou art the worshipper of Atri's wife, thou art he who shot his shaft in wrath at Sacrifice when Sacrifice fled away from him in the form of a deer. Thou art sinless. 5 Thou art possessed of penances that have conferred upon thee the power of creating the universe. Thou art possessed of penances that have rendered thee capable of destroying the universe. Thou art high minded (in consequence of thy great liberality towards thy devotees). Thou fulfillest the wishes of all who resign themselves to thee. Thou art the maker of the year (for it is thou

हिन्दी अर्थ

होकर यहाँ उसे रूप प्रदान करते हैं

English

who settest the wheel of Time revolving, by assuming the form of the sun and the planets). Thou art Mantra (in the form of Pranava and other sacred words and syllables). Thou art the authority for all acts (in the form of the Vedas and the scriptures). Thou art the highest Penance. Thou art devoted to Yoga. Thou art he who merges himself in Brahman (by Yoga-abstraction). Thou art the great seed (being the

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहं तस्य न रक्षांसि धर्षयन्ति कदाचन न प्राप्तुयाच्च व्यसनं करकान् य: प्रयच्छति

English

Giving a milch black cow with a calf of her own colour, of good vows, wrapped in a garment, he is honoured in the world of fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपस्पर्शनषड्भागं लभते पुरुष: सदा

English

Giving a milch smoke-coloured cow with a calf of the same colour, of good vows, wrapped in a garment, he is honoured in Yama's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वह पुरुष सदा दानके छठे भागका पुण्य प्राप्त कर लेता है प्रतापनार्थ राजेन्द्र वृत्तवद्धय: सदा नर:

English

Giving one the colour of water-foam, with calf and bronze milk-pail, wrapped in a garment, he gains Varuna's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपर्युपरि शत्रूणां वपुषा दीप्यते च सः

English

Giving one the colour of wind-dust, with calf and bronze milk-pail, wrapped in a garment, he is honoured in the world of wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नतं त्यजन्ति पशव: संग्रामे च जयत्यपि हानि नहीं होती तथा वह संग्राममें विजयी होता है

English

Giving one of golden colour with tawny eyes, with calf and bronze milk-pail, wrapped in a garment, he gains Kubera's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होता। वह कठिन-से-कठिन संकटसे शीघ्र ही छुटकारा पा जाता है

English

Giving one the colour of straw-smoke, with calf and bronze milk-pail, wrapped in a garment, he is honoured in the world of the ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमाह महाभाग: शाण्डिल्यो भगवानृषि: दान उपर्युक्त सब दानोंके बराबर है”

English

Giving a stout cow with calf, dark-necked and adorned, he reaches the Vishvedeva place, unobstructed and best.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पञ्चषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

English

Giving a milch white cow with a calf of the same colour, of good vows, wrapped in a garment, he gains the world of the Vasus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मर्दते कण्टकान् सर्वान् विषमान्निस्तरत्यपि

English

Giving one the colour of a pale blanket, with calf and bronze milk-pail, wrapped in a garment, he gains the world of the Sadhyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यान॑ चाश्वतरीयुक्त तस्य शुभ्र॑ं विशाम्पते शकटं दम्यसंयुक्तं दत्त भवति चैव हि

English

Giving a bull of Virata back, adorned with all jewels, he reaches the ageless worlds of the Maruts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथ प्राप्त होता है

English

Giving a blue-limbed cow with calf, joined with all jewels, a man gains the worlds of gandharvas and apsarases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोदाने चान्नदाने च भूयस्तद् ब्रूहि कौरव मिलता है? इसका फिरसे वर्णन कीजिये

English

Giving a dark-necked ox adorned with all jewels, he reaches the worlds of Prajapati, free of sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निशम्य च यथान्यायं प्रयच्छ कुरुसत्तम

English

Devoted to giving cows, he goes, breaking through masses of clouds, in a sun-coloured celestial car shining in the sky, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और सुनकर यथोचित रूपसे उसका दान करो तिलदानेन वै तस्मात् पितृपक्ष: प्रमोदते

English

A thousand fair-hipped, finely dressed best women delight that man devoted to the gift of cows, best of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वसत्त्वसमाकीर्ण नरकं स न पश्यति

English

With the sounds of lutes, vallakis and anklets and the laughter of deer-eyed women, the sleeper is awakened.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेता है। तिल-श्राद्ध कभी निष्काम पुरुषको नहीं करना चाहिए ततो दिव्यं गता भावं प्रदानेषु तिला: प्रभो

English

For as many years as the cow has hairs he is honoured, and fallen from heaven, he will be born in the world of men in the family of owners of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाकर किसी शुभ देशकी याचना करने लगे, जहाँ यज्ञ कर सकें यजेमहि महाभाग यज्ञ भवदनुज्ञया

English

cause of causes). Thou art the displayer of what is unmanifest in the manifest form in which the universe exists. Thou art possessed of infinite might. Thou art he whose seed is gold, l Thou art omniscient, (being as thou art all things and the great knower). Thou art the cause of all things. Thou art he that has the seed of action (viz., ignorance and desire) for the means of sojourning from this world to the other and the other to this. 2 Thou hast ten arms. Thou hast winkless eyes (for thou seest at all times). Thou hast a blue throat (in consequence of thy bearing in thy throat the poison that arose upon churning the ocean and which, if not so borne, was capable of destroying the universe). Thou art the Lord of Uma. Thou art the origin of all the infinite forms that occur in the universe. Thou art he whose superiority is due to thyself. Thou art a hero in might (in consequence of thy having achieved such grand feats as the quick destruction of the triple city of the Asuras). Thou art inert matter (which cannot move unless co- existing with the Soul). Thou art all the tattwas (subjects of enquiry as counted by the Sankhyas). Thou art the ordainer and ruler of the tattwas. Thou art the chief of those beings that wait upon thee and are called Ganas. 3 Thou coverest infinite space. 4 Thou art Kama, the God of Desire. Thou art conversant with Mantras (in the sense of knowledge being thy penance). 5 Thou art the highest Mantra for thou art that philosophy which consists in the ascertainment of the nature and attributes of the soul (and its differences from the Non-soul). Thou art the cause of the universe (since all that exists has sprung from thy Soul). Thou art universal destroyer (for all that ceases to exist becomes merged unto thee who art as

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह अपनी सात पीढ़ियोंका उद्धार कर देता है

English

"Ghee is always in my heart, ghee is set in my navel, ghee in all my limbs, ghee is established in my mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षेत्रभूमिं ददललोके शुभां श्रियमवाप्लुयात् न चोषरां न निर्दग्धां महीं दद्यात् कथंचन

English

Cows are always before me and cows behind me, cows on all sides of me, and I live in the midst of cows."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पारक्ये भूमिदेशे तु पितृणां निर्वपेत् तु यः

English

Sipping water so and muttering morning and evening, a man is always freed from the sin he does by day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् क्रीत्वा महीं दद्यात् स्वल्पामपि विचक्षण: इत्येतद् भूमिदानस्य फलमुक्तं विशाम्पते

English

Where there are golden palaces and where the stream of wealth is, where gandharvas and apsarases are, there go the givers of thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गावो5धिकास्तपस्थवि भ्यो यस्मात् सर्वेभ्य एव च

English

Where rivers flow with butter for mud, milk for water, and curds for weeds, there go the givers of thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणैः सहिता यान्ति तस्मात् पारमकं पदम् रन्तिदेवस्य यज्ञे ता: पशुत्वेनोपकल्पिता:

English

One who duly gives a hundred thousand cows, having gained supreme prosperity, is honoured in the world of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पशुत्वाच्च विनिर्मुक्ता: प्रदानायोपकल्पिता:

English

After death he places ten on both sides, his mother's and father's ancestors, in worlds of good deeds, and purifies his family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निस्तरेदापदं कृच्छां विषमस्थो5पि पार्थिव हो तो भी उस भारी विपत्तिसे उद्धार पा लेता है

English

Giving a cow, and a sesame cow equal in measure to a cow, and the giver of drinking water meets no torment in Yama's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हम आपकी आज्ञा लेकर पृथ्वीपर यज्ञ करेंगे

English

the unmanifest Brahman). Thou bearest in one of thy hands the calabash, and in another thou holdest the bow; in another hand thou bearest shafts and in another thou bearest a skull. Thou bearest the thunder- bolt. Thou art armed with the hundred-killer, l Thou art armed with the sword. Thou wieldest the battle- axe. Thou art armed with the Sula (trident). Thou art adorable. Thou host the sacrificial ladle in one of thy hands. Thou art of beautiful form. Thou art endued with abundant energy. Thou givest in the most liberal measure all that tends to adorn those that are devoted to thee. Thou wearest a turban on thy head. Thou art of beautiful face. Thou art he who swells with splendour and puissance. Thou art he that is humble and modest. Thou art exceedingly tall. Thou art he who has the senses for thy rays. 2 Thou art the greatest of preceptors. Thou art Supreme Brahman (being a state of pure felicitous existence). 3 Thou art he that took the shape of a jackal (for consoling the Brahmana who, when insulted by a wealthy Vaisya, had resolved to commit suicide). Thou art he whose object are all crowned with fruition, of themselves and without waiting for the puissance (derivable from penances). Thou art one who bears a bald head (as the sign of the mendicant order). Thou art one who does good to all creatures. Thou art unborn. Thou hast innumerable forms. Thou bearest all kinds of fragrance on thy person. The matted locks on thy head had sucked up the river Ganga when it first fell from heaven (although they again gave out the waters at the earnest solicitations of king Bhagiratha). Thou art the giver of sovereignty and lordshi Thou art a Brahmacharin without having ever fallen away from the rigid vow of continence. Thou art distinguished for thy sexual continence. Thou always liest on thy back. Thou hast thy abode in Puissance. 5 Thou hast three matted locks on thy head. Thou art he that is clad in rags. Thou art Rudra (in consequence of thy fierceness). Thou art the celestial generalissimo, and thou art all pervading. Thou art he that moves about during the day. Thou art he that moves about in the night. 6 Thou

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददानि मेदिनीभागं भवद्धयोहं सुरर्षभा: भगवन् कृतकार्या: सम यक्ष्महे स्वाप्तदक्षिणै:

English

Giving a tawny cow with calf, many-horned, with a bronze milk-pail, and a garment as covering, a man fearless enters Yama's assembly, hard to enter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोअगस्त्यश्व कण्वश्व भृगुरत्रिवृषाकपि:

English

One should constantly recite, "May the cows, of fine form, many forms and all forms, mothers, wait on me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो देवा महात्मान ईजिरे यज्ञमच्युतम् यज्ञके छठे भागके बराबर पुण्यका जनक था

English

There is no gift more holy than this, no fruit more holy than this, nothing more distinguished in the worlds can exist.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रादेशमात्र भूमेस्तु यो दद्यादनुपस्कृतम्

English

With hide, hair, horns, tail, milk and fat they together carry the sacrifice; what is greater than that?

हिन्दी अर्थ

शीतवातातपसहां गृहभूमिं सुसंस्कृताम् मुदितो वसति प्राज्ञ: शक्रेण सह पार्थिव

English

I bow with my head to that cow by whom this whole moving and unmoving world is pervaded, the mother of past and future.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनन्दपूर्वक निवास करता और स्वर्गलोकमें सम्मानित होता है

English

This is one part of the assembly of qualities of cows, king, told to you by me; there is no higher gift than to cows, nor is there any other refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यापककुले जात: श्रोत्रियो नियतेन्द्रिय: तथा गवार्थे शरणं शीतवर्षसहं दृढम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "This is supreme," thinking so, the great-souled lord of earth, self-controlled, gave to the twice-born very many cows according to the sage's excellent word, and gained worlds.