Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो विद्युत्प्रभो नाम ऋषिराह महातपा:

English

merit by making presents unto such Brahmanas as are free from pride, capable of bearing everything, firm in the pursuit of their objects, endued with mastery over their senses, devoted to the good of all creatures, and disposed to be friendly towards all. One earns great merit by making gifts unto such Brahmanas as are free from cupidity, as are pure of heart and conduct, possessed of learning and modesty, truthful in speech and observant of their own duties as laid down in the scriptures. The Rishis have declared that Brahmana to be a deserving object of gifts who studies the four Vedas with all their branches and is devoted to the six well-known duties (laid down in the scriptures). One acquires great merit by making gifts unto Brahmanas possessed of such qualifications. The man who makes gifts unto a deserving Brahmana multiplies his merit a thousand-fold. A single righteous Brahmana possessed of wisdom and Vedic lore, observant of the duties laid down in the scriptures, distinguished by purity of behaviour, is competent to rescue a whole race, l One should make gifts of kine and horses and wealth and food and other kinds of articles unto a Brahmana that is possessed of such qualifications. By making such gifts unto such persons one earns great happiness in the next world. As I have already told thee even one such Brahmana is fully competent to rescue the entire race to which the giver belongs. What need I say, therefore, O dear son, of the merit of making gifts unto many Brahmanas of such qualifications? In making gifts, therefore one should always select the object to whom the gifts are to be made. Hearing of a Brahmana possessed of proper qualifications and regarded with respect by all good people, one should invite him even if he resides at a distance and welcome him when he arrives and one should worship him by all means in his power.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकानां मातरश्नैव गाव: सृष्टा: स्वयम्भुवा सर्वे भवन्त: शृण्वन्तु एकैकं धर्मनिश्चयम्

English

[Vyasa] "Beauty, pride, youth and pride of fortune do not, by good fortune, overcome you; this is the gods' favour for you. Hear what I shall tell you, that is greater than giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब लोग सुनें, मैं एक-एक धर्मका निश्चय बता रहा हूँ

English

Whatever scriptures there are here, and whatever practices, they proceed in order with the Veda placed first.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रिय: सर्वाश्न दुर्वत्ता: प्रतिमेहन्ति या रविम् हव्यवाहस्य दीप्तस्य समिध॑ ये न जुह्बति

English

I praise giving, and you too praise austerity and learning; austerity is the Veda's purifier, and austerity is the means to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षीर॑ तु बालवत्सानां ये पिबन्तीह मानवा:

English

We have heard that by austerity one gains greatness and by knowledge; and by austerity alone one may remove any other evil deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजाक्षयेण युज्यन्ते कुलवंशक्षयेण च ततः सर्वा महाभाग देवता: समरुद्गणा:

English

Whatever a man, setting his mind on something, practises austerity for, a brahmin who has mastered the Veda obtains all that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षयं निर्व्यलीकं॑ च दानमेतन्महाफलम्

English

What is hard to follow, hard to assail, hard to gain, hard to cross, all that austerity overcomes; austerity is indeed stronger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृणां भाषितं श्रुत्वा हृष्टरोेमा तपोधन: के गुणा नीलषण्डस्य प्रमुक्तस्य तपोधना:

English

A drinker of liquor, one who takes what is not allowed, a killer of embryos, one who defiles his teacher's bed, crosses over all by austerity and is freed from sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिलमिश्रित जलद्वारा तर्पण करनेसे क्या लाभ होते हैं?”

English

One who knows all knowledge and one who has sight, whatever their kind, are called the two ascetics; salutations should always be made to them."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स च धर्मरहस्यानि श्रुत्वा शक्रमथाब्रवीत् कीटान् पिपीलिकान् सर्पान् मेषान् समृगपक्षिण:

English

both places) means one conversant with Brahman. The first, that is, Lingin implies either a Brahmacharin or a Sanyasin that always bears the marks of his order. An Alingin is one that is divested of such marks. Yudhishthira's question is, who, amongst these, should be considered worthy of gifts?

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेते हैं। उनके लिये इन पापोंसे छूटनेका क्या उपाय है?”

English

competence of Brahmanas should be examined.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुनिकी भूरि-भूरि प्रशंसा करने लगे तथा मुच्यति पापेन राहुणा चन्द्रमा यथा

English

Singha omits one. The Burdwan translator repeats the words of the original without any explanation. I take sambandhi to mean relatives by marriage. To this day, in all India, people make gifts or presents unto sons-in-law, etc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्पृशते यो गवां पृष्ठ बालर्धथि च नमस्यति

English

efficacious in washing away all sins. The commentator points out that by this the attributes of birth and knowledge are referred to.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अयं सूक्ष्मतरो धर्मस्तं निबोध शतक्रतो श्रुत मे भाषमाणस्य स्थाणो: स्थाने बृहस्पते:

English

"You will obtain from me what drink you give, whatever it is; you are intelligent, born in a family, learned and not cruel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतारोहणं कृत्वा एकपादो विभावसुम्

English

Maitreya, be devoted to youthful marriage and its vows; accept this first, praised for householders:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्रीष्मकाले5थ वा शीते एवं पापमपोहति तेजसा सूर्यवद् दीप्तो भ्राजते सोमवत् पुन:

English

the husband content with his wife, and the wife content with her husband; in the family where it is so, all good fortune dwells.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं बृहस्पतिमनुत्तमम्

English

As water takes the stain from limbs and the flame the darkness, so by giving and austerity all sin is removed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरहस्याश्न ये दोषास्तान् यथावदुदीरय हव्यवाहे प्रदीप्ते च समिध॑ं ये न जुह्बति

English

Attain well-being, Maitreya; I go to my home. Keep this in mind; so it will be for the best."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां दोषान् प्रवक्ष्यामि तान् निबोध शचीपते

English

Then, bowing to him and circling him to the right, Maitreya said with folded hands, "May the blessed one attain well-being."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु शूज्गगतं पड़कं॑ कूलादुद्धृत्य तिष्ठतति अमावास्यां तु ये मर्त्या: प्रयच्छन्ति तिलोदकम्

English

The fruits attainable by a correct discharge of duties are of diverse kinds, because the objects of those duties, called Palms are of various kinds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकृति: सर्वभूतानां समर्त्यानां सनातनी

English

[Bhishma] In the world of the gods Kaikeyi Sumana asked Shandili, the all-knowing, who knew all dharma and was high-minded.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संशयं पृच्छमानानां कि भूय: कथयाम्यहम्

English

"By what conduct, auspicious one, or what way of life did you shake off all sins and come to the world of the gods?

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहस्य तुम्हें बताया है। बताओ और क्या कहूँ” अजानन्तो यदबुधा: क्लिश्यन्ते भूतपीडिता:

English

You blaze with your own radiance like a flame of the fire, like the moon's daughter you have come to the sky with brilliance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह पापसे मुक्त हो जाता है

English

Wearing spotless garments, free of weariness, seated in your car, auspicious one, you shine a thousandfold in splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उच्छिष्ट वापि चि्छिद्रेषु वर्जयन्ति तपोधना: अन्यथा हि वृथा मर्त्याः कुर्वते स्वल्पबुद्धयः

English

You have not come to this world by little austerity, gift or observance; therefore tell me the truth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलिकभभिक्षा तथार्घ्य च पितृणां च तिलोदकम्

English

Thus asked by Sumana, Shandili of lovely smile spoke these words softly to Sumana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुहामेतत् समुद्दिष्टं यथा तुष्यन्ति देवता: गोरक्षके वाणिजके तथा कारुकुशीलवे

English

"I did not become divine by wearing ochre robes, bark garments, a shaved head or matted hair.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतेषु हैवं पित्रयं वा न देयं स्थात् कथंचन

English

Careful, I never spoke to my husband any unfriendly or harsh word.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतं भवति तै: श्राद्धं सरहस्यं यथार्थवत्

English

the previous verse. The commentator points out this clearly. Those living in the outskirts of towns and villages are tanners and other low castes. They who publish the acts and omissions of others are regarded as very vile persons, equivalent to such low caste men mentioned above. It is difficult to differ from the commentator, but it seems that genitives in the verse as are used for datives, in which case the meaning would be that they who give unto such persons shall also sink into hell. The Burdwan translator gives a ridiculous version of verse 22.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधि: पात्र फलं चैव यथावदनुकीर्तितम् पज्चविंशत्यधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

accusative. Bhishma apparently gives two answers. These however involve three. By maryyada is meant boundaries or limits. The duties of men have known bounds. To transgress those bounds would be to transgress duty. The highest indication of Righteousness is samah or absence of desire for all worldly objects; hence Renunciation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति पृष्ट: सुरेन्द्रेण प्रोवाच हरिरी श्वर:

English

descendants of one's race.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतुष्ट किया जा सकता है?' सुरेन्द्रके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर जगदीश्वर श्रीहरिने कहा ब्राह्मणै: पूजितैर्नित्यं पूजितो5हं न संशय:

English

When my husband went out on business and came home, I received him with a seat and honoured him attentively.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां तुष्यामि मर्त्यानां यश्षक्रे च बलिं हरेत्

English

Whatever he did not know and whatever food he did not enjoy, edible or lickable, I avoided it all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्धृतां धरणीं चैव मूर्ध्ना धारयते तु यः देवताओं, असुरों और मनुष्योंसहित सम्पूर्ण जगत्की पूजा हो जाती है

English

Whatever work was brought for the household I rose in the morning and had it all done and did it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन रूपेण तेषां च पूजां गृह्नामि तत्त्वतः

English

If my husband went abroad on some business, I was always restrained, joined with many auspicious observances.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भिन्न दूसरे प्रकारकी पूजा मेरी पूजा नहीं है अन्यथा हि वृथा मर्त्या: पूजयन्त्यल्पबुद्धय:

English

I took no pleasure in collyrium, ointment, bathing, garlands, unguents or adornment when my husband was away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्ञामि न सा तुष्टिकरी मम

English

I never woke my husband when he slept happily, even in urgent affairs; by that my heart is content.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्धृतां धरणीं चैव किमर्थ त्वं प्रशंससि उठायी हुई मिट्टीकी प्रशंसा किसलिये करते हैं?

English

I never troubled my husband about household matters; I kept secrets guarded and the house always well swept.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चक्रेण निहता हैत्या: पदभ्यां क्रान्ता वसुन्धरा तन्मां ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नास्ति तेषां पराभव:

English

A woman who keeps this path of dharma attentively, like Arundhati among women, is honoured in the world of heaven."

हिन्दी अर्थ

करेंगे, उनका कभी पराभव नहीं होगा

English

[Bhishma] Having told this to Sumana, the ascetic goddess, the fortunate one, then vanished, having taught the duty of a wife.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणाग्रयाहुतिं दत्त्वा अमृतं तस्य भोजनम् सर्वतीर्थेषु स स्नातो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषै:

English

One who reads this Pandava tale on every parva day goes to the world of the gods and lives very happily in Nandana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात् प्रतिनिवर्तते निराशा: प्रतिगच्छन्ति अतिथेरप्रतिग्रहात्

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'I desire thee, O grandsire, to tell me what the ordinances are that have been laid down by the acts touching the deities and the (deceased) ancestors on occasions of Sraddhas.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा यज्ञफल मर्त्यो लभते नाज संशय:

English

[Bhishma] Some are appeased by conciliation and another by gift; knowing a man's nature, one should choose one of the two.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एताभिक्षक्षुषा दृष्टं हविरनाश्रन्ति देवता: कीर्तयेद् भारतं चैव तथा स्यादक्षयं हवि:

English

Hear from me, O king, the merits of conciliation, O best of the Bharatas, how even fierce beings may be propitiated by it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्नेस्तु वृषलो नेता हविर्मूढाश्व योषित: अग्नयस्तस्य कुप्यन्ति शूद्रयोनिं स गच्छति

English

On this too they cite an ancient tale, how a twice-born seized by a rakshasa in a forest was freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रायक्षित्तं तु यत् तत्र ब्रुवतस्तन्निबोध मे

English

A brahmin endowed with wisdom, in a lonely forest, was seized and brought into distress by a rakshasa who meant to eat him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे प्रतिगृह्लन्ति देवता: मर्त्यानां स्वर्गकामानां प्रेत्य स्वर्गसुखावह:

English

Endowed with wisdom and learning, seeing that very terrible being, he used only conciliation on him; he was not bewildered and not shaken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

The rakshasa, honouring him with words, put a question to the twice-born: "You will be freed; tell me this: why am I pale and lean?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

निराशा: पितरस्तेषां श्राद्धकाले भवन्ति वै श्राद्ध.काल आनेपर पितर निराश हो जाते हैं

English

After thinking a moment, the brahmin, unflustered, answered the rakshasa's question with these verses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मस्वं हरते यश्ष समदोषा भवन्ति ते

English

"You are living abroad, in a strange land, surely without your friends, enjoying incomparable pleasures; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतष्नों, ब्रह्मघातियों और गुरुपत्नीगामियोंके समान पाप लगता है

English

"Bhishma said, 'Having purified oneself (by baths and other purificatory acts) and then going through the well-known auspicious rites, one should carefully do all act relating to the deities in the forenoon, and all acts relating to the Pitris in the afternoon. What is given to men should be given in the midday with affection and regard. That gift which is made

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवं स्पृशत्यशब्दोस्य त्रस्यन्ति पितरश्न॒ वै पावकश्च महातेजा हव्यं न प्रतिगृह्नति

English

untimely is appropriated by Rakshasas. l Gifts of articles that have been leapt over by any one, o been licked or sucked, that are not given peacefully, that have been seen by women that are impure in consequence of their season having come, do not produce any merit. Such gifts are regarded as the portion belonging to the Rakshasas. Gifts of articles that have been proclaimed before many people or from which a portion has been eaten by a Sudra, or that have been seen or licked by a dog, form portions of Rakshasas. Food which is mixed with hair or in which there are worms, or which has been stained with spittle or saliva or which has been gazed at by a dog or into which tear-drops have fallen or which has been trodden upon should be known as forming the portion of Rakshasa. Food that has been eaten by a person incompetent to utter the syllable Om, or that has been eaten by a person bearing arms, O Bharata, or that has been eaten by a wicked person should be known to form the portion of Rakshasas. 2 The food that is eaten by a person from which a portion has already been eaten by another, or which is eaten without a part thereof having been offered to deities and guests and children, is appropriated by Rakshasas. Such stained food, if offered to the deities and Pitris is never accepted by them but is appropriated by Rakshasas. The food offered by the three regenerate classes in Sraddhas, in which Mantras are either not uttered or uttered incorrectly and in which the ordinances laid down in the scriptures are not complied with, if distributed to guests and other people, is appropriated by Rakshasas. The food that is distributed to guests without having been previously dedicated to the deities or the Pitris with the aid of libation on the sacred fire, which has been stained in consequence of a portion thereof having been eaten by a person that is wicked or of irreligious behaviour, should be known to form the portion of Rakshasas.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

निष्कृतिं च न तस्यापि अनुमन्यन्ति कहिचित्

English

'"I have told thee what the portions are of the Rakshasas. Listen now to me as I lay down the rules for ascertaining who the Brahmana is that is deserving of gift. 3 All Brahmanas that have been outcasted (on account of the commission of heinous sins), as also Brahmanas that are idiots and out of mind, do not deserve to be invited to Sraddhas in which offerings are made to either the deities or the Pitris. That Brahmana who is afflicted with leucoderma, or he that is destitute of virility, or he that has got leprosy,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणश्न महातेजा दीप्पमानस्तथानल: एते दोषा मया प्रोक्तास्त्रिषु यः पादमुत्सूजेत्

English

Though troubled by want of livelihood, you give up means of living; from greatness you suffer, surely; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदा भाद्रपदे मासि भवते बहुले मघा

English

Having pressed yourself down out of nobility, you have favoured someone, good one, who thinks he has defeated you; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतं तेन महच्छाद्धं वर्षाणीह त्रयोदश गवां फलं चन्द्रमसो झ्ुतिं च

English

I think you brood over people troubled on wrong paths, their minds covered by desire and anger; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह चन्द्रमाके समान कान्तिलाभ करता है

English

You are surely honoured by the wise but not joined by the wise; modest and impatient with the wicked; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस्रनेत्रस्य च याति लोकम् वसिष्ठप्रमुखा: सर्वे ब्रह्माणं पच्मसम्भवम्

English

Surely some enemy with a friend's face, behaving like a noble man, has deceived you and gone; so you are pale and lean."

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रव्यहीना: कथं मर्त्या दरिद्रा: साधुवर्तिन:

English

You go on the path of making things known, and are skilled in secrets; yet you are surely not honoured by those who know it; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतच्छुत्वा वचस्तेषां ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत् सूक्ष्म: श्रेयांश्व॒ मर्दानां भवद्धिः समुदाह्ृत:

English

Your virtues do not shine among the wicked who are obstinate, to whom you speak with all doubt cast off; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन नक्षत्रयोगेन आकाशशयनो भवेत् सोमस्य रश्मय: पीत्वा महायज्ञफलं लभेत्

English

Lacking wealth, wisdom and learning, and having only energy, you aspire to something great; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्य तज्जलं चाक्षतांश्व॒ तान्

English

I think you are set on austerity and long for the forest, but your kinsmen do not accept it; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निकार्य कृतं तेन हुताश्चास्याग्नयस्त्रय: अपि होकेन पत्रेण लिप्यते ब्रह्म॒हत्यया

English

Surely your excellent word does not shine among men of means, spoken at the wrong time; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्महत्याका पाप लगता है

English

You cannot win over a fool fixed in his old ideas, angry and dear to your heart; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिंसितश्रन्द्रमास्तेन पितरश्रोद्धिजन्ति च कुप्यन्ते पितरश्चास्य कुले वंशो5स्य हीयते

English

Surely, after attaching you to some desired task, someone asks too much of you; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुपित हो जाते हैं और उसके कुलमें वंशकी हानि होती है

English

Surely a friend, honouring you for your own virtues, knows "he is for my purpose"; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योषितश्वैव हन्यते कश्मलोपहते गृहे निराशा: प्रतिगच्छन्ति कश्मलोपहताद् गृहात्

English

Surely you do not wish out of shame to speak the intent within you, from slackness in attaining it; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्चलामूलहस्त: प्रजा तस्य विवर्धते

English

Surely you wish to win over, by your own virtues, men in the world of all minds and tastes; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्जयानो दिवा स्वापं न च मांसानि भक्षयेत् नतु क्षीयन्ति ते धर्मा: श्रद्दधानै: प्रयोजिता:

English

Unlearned, timid and of little means, you surely seek fame born of knowledge, valour and giving; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्राद्धकल्पे च हैवे च तैर्थिके पर्वणीषु च

English

Some fruit long desired has not been yours; others have done it and carried it off; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसका हव्य और कव्य अक्षय होता है

English

Surely, seeing no fault of your own in yourself, you are blamed without cause; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रशस्तानि सर्वाणि यश्न वृक्षो गृहेरुह: अच्छा नहीं माना गया है

English

Grief born from the loss of what cannot be recovered from careful friends, lacking the virtues of wealth; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है; इसलिये घरके भीतर पेड़ न लगावे

English

Seeing householders who are good and forest-dwellers who are not, and the liberated who are attached to dwellings; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवाक्शिरा वा लम्बेत सत्र॑ वा स्फीतमाहरेत् तुल्य॑ यज्ञश्न॒ सत्यं च हृदयस्य च शुद्धता

English

Your word, rightful and spoken in the right time and place, does not take hold; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मलोकमनुप्राप्त: पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम्

English

You live, a wise man wishing to live, on wealth given by the unskilled; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमोध्याय: सरहस्याश्च ये दोषास्तान् शृणुध्वं समाहिता:

English

Seeing the wicked thrive and the good decline, you surely seek a fit remedy; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहस्यसहित जो दोष हैं, उन्हें भी बतलाता हूँ। तुम सब लोग एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनो

English

Surely you wish to please mutually opposed friends without opposing any of them; so you are pale and lean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दीपकश्चापि कर्तव्य: पितृणां सतिलोदक: चतुरो वार्षिकान् मासान् यो ददाति तिलोदकम्

English

I think you brood over learned men engaged in wrong deeds, and wise men who have not conquered their senses; so you are pale and lean."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पशुबन्धशतस्येह फल प्राप्रोति पुष्कलम्

English

Thus honoured, the rakshasa honoured the brahmin in return, made him his friend, and, rewarding him with wealth, released him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवता: पितरश्रैषां नाभिनन्दन्ति तद्धवि: तथा पितर उसके हविष्यको आदर नहीं देते हैं

English

or he that has got phthisis or he that is labouring under epilepsy (with delusions of the sensorium),

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

I wish to hear from you, scourge of foes, what is joined with dharma and wealth, and brings happiness in the future, a marvel to the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिजानाति पुण्यात्मा तच्च तत्रोपयुज्यते पानीयं चैव दीपं च दातव्यं सततं तथा

English

This time has come, when kinsmen and relatives are hard to find, and we have no teacher but you, best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पच्यन्ते वै यथा मीना: पूयशोणितभोजना:

English

If I, with my brothers, deserve your favour, blameless one, you should answer the question I ask you, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तान्यधृष्याण्यगाराणि पिशिताशै: सुदारुणै: एतद् व: कथितं सर्व यत्र व: संशयो महान्

English

This glorious Narayana, honoured by all kings, serves you with great respect and humility.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मगुह्मानि सर्वाणि गत्वा पृच्छतु तत्र वै प्रेषषामासुरव्यग्रा यत्र ते धरणीधरा:

English

In his presence and before all the kings, you should speak to me for my brothers' pleasure, out of affection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थानपर भेजा, जहाँ पृथ्वीको धारण करनेवाले वे दिग्गज मौजूद थे

English

[Vaishampayana] Hearing his words, Bhishma, son of Bhagirathi, moved with affection and agitation, said these words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथयचध्वं महाभागा यद् वस्तत्त्वं मनीषितम् तेषां कुलोद्भवा ये च महाभूता भुजड़मा:

English

Come, I shall tell you a most delightful tale: this power of Vishnu, O king, I heard long ago.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदा नारायण: श्रीमानुज्जहार वसुंधराम्

English

Hear from me too the power of him who bears the bull on his banner, and the doubt of Rudrani, and of the couple.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मस्वं हि न हर्तव्यमात्मनो हितमिच्छता

English

or he that is blind, should not, O king, be invited, l Those Brahmanas that practise the calling of physicians, those that receive regular pay for worshipping the images of deities established by the rich, or live upon the service of the deities, those that are observant of vows from pride or other false motives, and those that sell Soma, do not deserve to be invited. Those Brahmanas that are, by profession, vocalists, or dancers or players or instrumental musicians, or reciters of sacred books, or warriors and athletes, do not, O king, deserve to be invited. Those Brahmanas who pour libations on the sacred fire for Sudras, or who are preceptors of Sudras, or who as servants of Sudra masters, do not deserve to be invited. That Brahmana who is paid for his services as preceptor, or who attends as pupil upon the lectures of some preceptor because of some allowance that is granted to him, does not deserve to be invited, for both of them are regarded as sellers of Vedic lore. That Brahmana who has been once induced to accept the gift of food in a Sraddha at the very outset, as also he who has married a Sudra wife, even if possessed of every kind of knowledge do not deserve to be invited. 2 Those Brahmanas that are destitute of their domestic fire, and they that attend upon corpses, they that are thieves, and they that have otherwise fallen away do not, O king, deserve to be invited. 3 Those Brahmanas whose antecedents are not known or are vile, and they that are Putrika-putras, do not, O king, deserve to be invited on occasions of Sraddhas. 4 That Brahmana who gives loans of money, or he who subsists upon the interest of the loans given by him, or he who lives by sale of living creatures, does not deserve, O king, to be invited. Persons who have been subjugated by their wives, or they who live by becoming the paramours of unchaste women, or they who abstain from their morning and evening prayers do not deserve, O king, to be invited to Sraddhas.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए तथा ब्राह्मणके धनका कभी अपहरण नहीं करना चाहिए श्रद्दधानेन कर्तव्यं गुरूणां वचनं सदा

English

'"Listen now to me as I mention who the Brahmana is that has been ordained for acts done in honour of the deities and the Pitris. Indeed, I shall tell thee what those merits, are in consequence of which one may become a giver or a recipient of gifts in Sraddhas (notwithstanding the faults mentioned above). 5 Those Brahmanas that are observant of the

हिन्दी अर्थ

आज्ञाका पालन करना चाहिए

English

rites and ceremonies laid down in the scriptures, or they that are possessed of merit, or they that are conversant with the Gayatri, or they that are observant of the ordinary duties of Brahmanas, even if they happen to betake themselves to agriculture for a living, are capable, O king, of being invited to Sraddhas. If a Brahmana happens to be wellborn, he deserves to be invited to Sraddhas notwithstanding his profession of arms for fighting the battle of others. 1 That Brahmana, however, O son, who happens to betake himself to trade for a living should be discarded (even if possessed of merit). The Brahmana who pours libations every day on the sacred fire, or who resides in a fixed habitation, who is not a thief and who does the duties of hospitality to guests arrived at his house, deserves, O king, to be invited to Sraddhas. The Brahmana, O chief of Bharata's race, who recites the Savitri morning, noon, and night, or who subsists upon eleemosynary charity, who is observant of the rites and ceremonies laid down in the

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेभ्य: प्रयच्छेत तस्य पुण्यं निबोधत इसका जो पुण्य है, उसे सुनो

English

The son of Devaki, pleased, arranged for them the guest-honour proper to the family, fit for gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीतश्न॒ भगवान् सोम इष्टान् कामान् प्रयच्छति

English

On green, golden and new seats of kusha, the great sages sat down, pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभीष्ट कामनाएँ प्रदान करते हैं इदं कलियुगं प्राप्प मनुष्याणां सुखावह:

English

Then they told sweet tales full of dharma, of royal sages and of the gods, of those ascetics who dwell there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्योंके लिये सुखकी प्राप्ति करानेवाला है

English

Then, from the mouth of Krishna, of marvellous deeds, a Narayana fire, a radiance risen from the fuel of vows and austerity, came out.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिलपात्र प्रयच्छेत ब्राह्मणेभ्य: समाहित: गोप्रदानं च यः कुर्याद् भूमिदानं च शाश्वतम्

English

That fire burned the mountain, with its trees, creepers and shrubs, its flocks of birds and deer, its beasts of prey and reptiles.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिलपात्र॑ सहैतेन सम॑ मन्यन्ति देवता:

English

With animals of many forms crying out, senseless, the peak of that mountain was churned and bright to see.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दीपे च कृसरे चैव तुष्यन्तेडस्थ पितामहा: एवमेतन्मयोद्दिष्टमृषिदृष्टं पुरातनम्

English

That fire of great flames, having burned everything entire, came to Vishnu and touched his feet like a pupil.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरुन्धतीं तपोवृद्धामपृच्छन्त समाहिता: यत्ते गुहमतमं भद्ठे तत् प्रभाषितुमरहसि

English

Then Vishnu, scourge of foes, seeing the forest burned, restored it with his gentle glances to its natural state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्दधाने प्रयोक्तव्या यस्य शुद्धं तथा मन:

English

So the mountain again had flowering creepers and trees, resounded with flocks of birds, and had beasts of prey and reptiles.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असम्भाष्या हि चत्वारो नैषां धर्म: प्रकाशयेत् मासि मासि च सत्रेण यो यजेत सदा नर:

English

Seeing that marvellous, inconceivable thing, the company of sages was amazed, their hair bristling and their eyes tearful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तद्धर्मफलं तुल्यमतिथिर्यस्य तुष्यति

English

Then Narayana, best of speakers, seeing those sages amazed, asked them humbly, sweetly and kindly:

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्दधानेन कर्तव्य: सरहस्यो महाफल: वर्णन सुनो। श्रद्धापूर्वक इसका पालन करना चाहिए

English

"What amazement has come to this company of sages, who have always given up attachment, without possessiveness and learned in the texts?

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रूयन्ते यानि तीर्थानि त्रिषु लोकेषु कानिचित्

English

Blameless ascetics, the sages should tell me all this doubt as it truly is, with settled purpose."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिषेक: समस्तेषां गवां शूड्रोदकस्य च भूतैश्नैव सुसंहृष्टे: पूजिता साप्यरुन्धती

English

[The sages] "You release the worlds and you withdraw them again. You are the cold, you the heat, you alone rain down.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरं ददामि ते धन्ये तपस्ते वर्धतां सदा

English

Of the beings on earth, moving and unmoving, you are father and mother, lord and origin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किया है। मैं तुम्हें वरदान देता हूँ, तुम्हारी तपस्या सदा बढ़ती रहे श्रूयतां चित्रगुप्तस्य भाषितं मम च प्रियम्

English

Explain to us this marvel, Madhusudana; you alone are fit to tell, auspicious one, the going forth of the fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यको भी इसे श्रवण करना चाहिए

English

Then, scourge of foes, we too, free of fear, will tell what we have heard and seen, Hari."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यको जलदान और दीपदान सदा ही करने चाहिए

English

[Vasudeva] "This was that Vaishnava radiance that came from my mouth, the black-pathed one, bright as the end of the yuga, by which this mountain was churned.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुष्करे कपिला देया ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे नियमका सब तरहसे प्रयत्नपूर्वक पालन करना चाहिए

English

You sages, who have conquered anger and your senses, fell into distress; you, divine ascetics, were pained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दहामाना विपच्यन्ते न तत्रास्ति पलायनम्

English

From me, pleased with the practice of vows and with the service of ascetics' vows, the fire arose; you should not be pained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र धर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि येन दुर्गाणि संतरेत् लिये मैं धर्मका उपदेश करता हूँ, जिससे मनुष्य दुर्गम नरकसे पार हो सकता है

English

I came to this fair mountain to keep a vow, and came to create by austerity a son equal to myself in valour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षयं सलिलं तत्र शीतलं हामृतोपमम्

English

Then that which is my self in the body went out as fire, and went to see the boon-giver, the grandfather of all worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दीपदानसे जो अधिकाधिक लाभ होता है, उसको सुनो द्योतते च यथा55दित्य: प्रेतलोकगतो नर:

English

By him I was instructed, O best of sages, 'With half your radiance, a son will be yours, bearing the bull banner.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोधयेत् कपिला होका प्रदत्तं गोशतं यथा

English

That fire, having come to my feet, served me like a pupil and returned, calmed, to its natural state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तेषां विषम किंचिन्न दु:खं न च कण्टका: छत्रदाने सुखां छायां लभते परलोकग:

English

This is the secret of the wise Padmanabha, told to you by me with love; do not fear, ascetics.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुतं हि चित्रगुप्तस्य धर्मगुहं महात्मन:

English

You have unobstructed passage everywhere, far-sighted, kindled by the vows of ascetics, adorned with knowledge and wisdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानमेतत् प्रयच्छन्ति न तेषां विद्यते भयम् अश्रद्दधानश्न नर: स्त्रियं यश्चोपजीवति

English

Whatever marvel you have heard or seen, in heaven or on earth, tell it to me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं और पीब तथा रक्त भोजन करते हैं स्‍नातकानां च विप्राणां ये चानये च तपोधना:

English

"I long for the honey of your speech, like nectar, told here by you who dwell in the ascetic forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषयश्च महाभागा: प्रमथान् वाक्यमत्रुवन्

English

Even if I see something unseen, divine, wondrous to behold, in heaven or on earth, O you of pure sight,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भाग्यशाली महर्षि प्रमथगणोंसे बोले-- उच्छिष्टानशुचीन क्षुद्रान् कथं हिंसथ मानवान्

English

that is my supreme nature, nowhere obstructed, and the power within me does not seem a marvel to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्योंकी किस तरह और क्‍यों हिंसा करते हैं?

English

A matter told that is credible, once it has gone into good men's ears, endures long on earth like writing set on stone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोतुमिच्छाम युष्माकं सर्वमेतन्निशाचरा: मोहान्मांसानि खादेत वृक्षमूले च यः स्वपेत्

English

What has come from the mouths of good men, I shall tell in their company, day after day, a lamp to men's understanding."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत उच्छिष्टका: सर्वे बहुच्छिद्राक्ष मानवा:

English

Then all the company of sages, humble before Krishna, looked at Janardana with eyes like lotus petals.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते भक्ष्याश्न वध्याश्न मानुषा नात्र संशय: श्रूयतां च प्रतीघातान् यैर्न शकक्‍नुम हिंसितुम्

English

Some blessed him and others honoured him, praising Madhusudana in words filled with Rik verses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपायोंको सुनिये, जिनके कारण हम मनुष्योंकी हिंसा नहीं कर पाते

English

Then all the company of sages appointed Narada, of divine sight, skilled in speech, to speak.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घृताक्षतं च यो दद्यान्मस्तके तत्परायण: यस्य चान्निग्गहे नित्यं दिवारात्रौ च दीप्यते

English

"The marvel and the inconceivable thing, lord, that the company of sages, intent on pilgrimage, experienced on the Himalaya,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आज्यधूमो बिडालश्नच्छाग: कृष्णोडथ पिड्रल:

English

do you, urged by all, tell Hrishikesha entire, as seen, for the good of the host of sages."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच वचन देवान् वासवं च शचीपतिम्

English

Thus addressed by the sages, the blessed sage Narada, the divine seer, told a fair tale of former events.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमुकक्‍्त्वा बलिं तत्र वल्मीके तु निवेदयेत् निर्वपेत् तं तु वल्मीके अस्तं याते दिवाकरे

English

scriptures for persons of his order, deserves, O king, to be invited to Sraddhas. 2 That Brahmana who having earned wealth in the morning becomes poor in the afternoon, or who poor in the morning becomes wealthy in the evening or who is destitute of malice, or is stained by a minor fault, deserves, O king, to be invited to Sraddhas. That Brahmana who is destitute of pride or sin, who is not given to dry disputation, or who subsists upon alms obtained in his rounds of mendicancy from house to house deserves, O king, to be invited to sacrifices. One who is not observant of vows, or who is addicted to falsehood (in both speech and conduct), who is a thief, or who subsists by the sale of living creatures or by trade in general, becomes worthy of invitation to Sraddhas, O king, if he happens to offer all to the deities first and subsequently drink Soma. That man who having acquired wealth by foul or cruel means subsequently spends it in adoring the deities and discharging the duties of hospitality, becomes worthy, O king, of being invited to Sraddhas. The wealth that one has acquired by the sale of Vedic lore, or which has been earned by a women, or which has been gained by meanness (such as giving false evidence in a court of law), should never be given to Brahmanas or spent in making offerings to the Pitris. That Brahmana, O chief of Bharata's race, who upon the completion of a Sraddha that is performed with his aid, refuses to utter the words 'astu swadha,' incurs the sin of swearing falsely in a suit for land. 3 The time for performing Sraddha, O Yudhishthira, is that

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो5हमनुनीतो वै ब्रह्मणा पच्मययोनिना

English

The righteous lord of the gods, bearing the bull banner, practised austerity on the holy Himalaya, frequented by siddhas and charanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रावयंश्वापि विप्रेन्द्रान् पर्वसु प्रयतो नर: भवत्यभिमत: श्रीमान् धर्मेषु प्रयथतः सदा

English

It was charming, full of many herbs, thick with many flowers, crowded with troops of apsarases and frequented by hosts of spirits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षणे क्षत्रियं प्राहुर्वैंश्यं पुष्टयर्थमेव च

English

There the god, joyful, surrounded by hundreds of hosts of spirits of many forms, deformed, divine and wondrous to see,

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमन्यदद्य कौन्तेय मत्तस्त्वं श्रोतुमिच्छसि लोगोंका मैंने विधिवत् परिचय दे दिया। अब मुझसे और क्या सुनना चाहते हो

English

like lions, tigers and elephants, of every kind, with faces of jackals and leopards, bears and bulls,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापसे जिस प्रकार छुटकारा मिलता है, वह प्रायश्ित्त मैं बता रहा हूँ, सुनो

English

with faces of owls, terrible ones, with faces of hawks, like deer of many colours, of every kind, with kinnaras, gods, gandharvas, yakshas and hosts of spirits;

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदित्योदयन स्थित्वा पूतो भवति ब्राह्मण: रहनेसे ब्राह्मण शुद्ध हो जाता है

English

strewn with divine flowers, adorned with divine garlands, joined with divine sandal, perfumed with divine incense, that hall of the bull-bannered god resounded with divine instruments,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारण करनेसे ब्राह्मण उसके दोषसे छुटकारा पाता है

English

sounding with drums and tabors, with conches and kettledrums, with hosts of spirits dancing all around, and with peacocks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेव नरश्रेष्ठ सुवर्णस्य प्रतिग्रहे इक्षुतैलपवित्राणां त्रिसंध्ये5प्सु निगनज्जनम्

English

With apsarases dancing, served by troops of divine women, delightful to the eye, indescribable, divine, wondrous to behold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रमं त॑ं नावबुध्यामो धारयन्तो वसुंधराम्

English

when one obtains a good Brahmana and curds and ghee and the sacred day of the new moon, and the meat of wild animals such as deer and others, l Upon the completion of a Sraddha performed by a Brahmana the word Swadha should be uttered. If performed by a Kshatriya the words that should be uttered are— Let thy Pitris be gratified. —Upon the completion of a Sraddha performed by a Vaisya, O Bharata, the words that should be uttered are—Let everything become inexhaustible. —Similarly, upon the conclusion of a Sraddha performed by a Sudra, the word that should be uttered is Swasti,— In respect of a Brahmana, the declaration regarding Punyaham should be accompanied with the utterance of the syllable Om. In the case of a Kshatriya, such declaration should be without the utterance of syllable Om. In the rites performed by a Vaisya, the words that should be uttered, instead of beings the syllable Om, are,— Let the deities be gratified. 2— Listen now to me as I tell thee the rites that should be performed, one after another, conformably to the ordinances, (in respect of all the orders). All the rites that go by the name of Jatakarma, O Bharata, are indispensable in the case of all the three orders (that are regenerate). All these rites, O Yudhishthira, in the case of both Brahmanas and Kshatriyas as also in that of Vaisyas are to be performed with the aid of mantras. The girdle of a Brahmana should be made of Munja grass. That for one belonging to the royal order should be a bowstring. The Vaisya's girdle should be made of the Valwaji grass. Even this is what has been laid down in the scriptures. Listen now to me as I expound to thee what constitutes the merits and faults of both givers and recipients of gifts. A Brahmana becomes guilty of a dereliction of duty by uttering a falsehood. Such an act on his part is sinful. A Kshatriya incurs four times and a Vaisya eight times the sin that a Brahmana incurs by uttering a falsehood. A Brahmana should not eat elsewhere, having been previously invited by a Brahmana. By eating at the house of the person whose invitation has been posterior in point of time, he becomes inferior and even incurs the sin that attaches to the slaughter of an animal on occasions other than those of sacrifices. 3 So also, if he eats elsewhere after having been invited by a person of the royal order or a Vaisya, he falls away from his position and incurs half the sin that attaches to the slaughter of an animal on occasions

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण: क्षत्रियो वैश्य: शूद्रो वा यद्युपोषित: वल्मीके बलिमादाय तन्नो बहुफलं मतम्

English

Resounding with brahmins intent on study, with the sound of the Veda, and with the songs of bees, the mountain was like Madhava's.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतातिथ्या भवेयुस्ते शतं वर्षाणि तत्त्वतः

English

Seeing that terrible form, like a great festival, great joy arose in the company of sages, Janardana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथार्थरूपसे सत्कृत हो जाते हैं ऋषयश्न महाभागा: पूजयन्ति सम रेणुकम्

English

The sages of great fortune, the siddhas with upward-turned seed, the Maruts, Vasus, Sadhyas and the eternal Vishvedevas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वात्रिशदिधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

yakshas, nagas, pishachas, the guardians of the world, the fires, and all the beings of the lower orders were assembled there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहस्यका वर्णन सुनो तेषां स्यादुपरदेष्टव्य: सरहस्यो महाफल:

English

The seasons scattered all manner of flowers, wondrously, and the blazing herbs lit up that forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस महान् फलदायक रहस्ययुक्त धर्मका उपदेश देना चाहिए

English

Birds, joyful, danced and sang on the charming ridges of the mountain, calling pleasantly to people.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकभक्तं तथाश्नीयाच्छुयतां तस्य यत् फलम् समय खाता है, उसे जो फल मिलता है, उसका वर्णन सुनो

English

There the god, great-minded, sat on the mountainside adorned with divine minerals, shining as if on a couch.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रील्लॉकान् धारयन्ति सम सदेवासुरमानुषान्

English

Wearing a tiger-skin garment and a lion-skin covering, with a serpent for sacred thread, and red armlets for ornaments,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्योंसहित तीनों लोकोंको धारण करती हैं अहन्यहनि धर्मेण युज्यते वै गवाह्विक:

English

green-bearded, matted-haired, terrible, the terror of the gods' enemies, yet fearless to all beings and to devotees, the bull-bannered god.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसके लिये मुझसे बहुत अनुनय-विनय की थी रमे5हं सह गोभिश्व तस्मात् पूज्या: सहैव ता:

English

Seeing him, all the sages bowed their heads to the earth, freed from all sins, forgiven, their stains gone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ता गावोअस्यानुमन्यन्ते सर्वकर्मसु यत् फलम्

English

The abode of that lord of beings shone, of terrible form, harder to approach and thronged with great serpents.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य तत्र चतुर्भागो यो ददाति गवाद्विकम् त्रयस्त्रिंशयदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

In an instant everything became marvellous, Madhusudana; that hall of the bull-bannered god shone, taking on a terrible form.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीन दिनोंतक स्नान करता है, उसे प्राप्त होनेवाले पुण्यका वर्णन सुनो

English

The mountain's daughter approached him, surrounded by troops of female spirits, wearing garments like Hara's, keeping the same vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोधयेदशुभ॑ सर्वमाधिपत्यं परत्र च इदं चाप्यपरं गुह्ूं सरहस्यं निबोधत

English

Bearing a golden pitcher with water from all the tirthas, auspicious, followed on all sides by holy mountain streams,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्य पौर्णमास्यां बलिं हरेत्

English

raining down a shower of flowers and many perfumes, she served the Himalaya's side and came to Hara's side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साध्या रुद्रास्तथादित्या विश्वेदेवास्तथाश्विनौ सोमश्न वर्धते तेन समुद्रश्न महोदधि:

English

Then, smiling, the fair-looking goddess, playfully, suddenly covered Hara's fair eyes with her two hands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष धर्मो मयोद्दिष्ट: सरहस्य: सुखावह:

English

With the eyes covered, darkness fell, senseless; that hall suddenly became without oblation and without vashat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषीणां चैव गुह्मानि यः पठेदाह्विकं सदा नास्य विध्न: प्रभवति भयं चास्य न विद्यते

English

All the people, dismayed and seized with fear and terror, were as if the sun were lost when the lord of beings closed his eyes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पठेद् वा श्रावयेद् वापि श्रुत्वा वा लभते फलम्

English

Then in an instant the world became free of darkness, and a great blazing flame came out of his forehead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मको सुन लेगा तो उन सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे मुक्त हो जायगा

English

A third eye appeared on him, like the sun, blazing like the end of the yuga, by which that mountain was churned.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यासोद्दिष्टं मया प्रोक्ते सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् इदमेव ततः श्राव्यमिति मन्येत धर्मवित्

English

Then the mountain's daughter, seeing him whose eyes were like blazing fire, bowed her head to Hara, her eyes wide.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मका उपदेश देना चाहिए

English

As that forest burned, with its sala, sarala and other trees, the lovely sandalwood grove, bright with divine herbs,

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुस्त्रिंशदाधिकशततमोध्याय: किन लोगोंके घर भोजन करना चाहिए?

English

herds of deer, fled and fearful, came to Hara's side; finding no refuge, that hall shone, crowded.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्जनीयास्तु वै शूद्रा: सर्वभक्षा विकर्मिण:

English

Then a flame touching the sky, bright as lightning and the light of the worlds, like the twelve Adityas, was like another fire of the end of the yuga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाले शूद्रोंका अन्न उसके लिये भी त्याज्य है नित्याग्नयो विविक्ताश्च चातुर्मास्यरताश्न ये

English

In that instant the Himalaya, the mountain, was burnt, its peaks of minerals ablaze, and its forest and herbs miserably burned.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पालन करनेवाले हैं, उन्हींका अन्न ब्राह्मण और क्षत्रियोंके लिये ग्राह्म है

English

Seeing that mountain churned, the mountain king's daughter then took refuge in the blessed one and stood with folded hands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मल॑ नृणां स पिबति मल भुद्ठक्ते जनस्य च ही पान और भक्षण करता है

English

Then Sharva, seeing Uma softened by womanly tenderness, unwilling to see her father's distress, looked on the mountain with love.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथिवीमलमश्रन्ति ये द्विजा: शूद्रभोजिन:

English

Then all became again as before, lovely to see, with birds delighted and trees of the forest in full flower.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विज पृथ्वीका मल ही खाते हैं ब्राह्मण: क्षत्रियो वैश्यो विकर्मस्थश्न पच्यते

English

Seeing the mountain restored, the goddess was pleased, and the blameless one spoke to Maheshvara, her husband, lord of all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृषि, गोरक्षा आदि कार्य करने चाहिए कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यमकुत्सा वैश्यकर्मणि

English

"Blessed one, lord of all beings, trident in hand, of great vows, a great doubt has arisen in me; you should explain it to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स विज्ञेयो यथा शूद्रो न च भोज्य: कदाचन

English

Why has a third eye risen on your forehead? Why was the mountain burned, with its flocks of birds and forests?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांवत्सरो वृथाध्यायी सर्वे ते शूद्रसम्मिता: अभोज्यभोजन भुकक्‍त्वा भयं प्राप्रोति दारुणम्

English

And why, god, was it restored in an instant to its natural state, covered again with trees, Maheshvara?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभक्ष्य-भक्षणका पाप करके दारुण भयको प्राप्त होता है

English

[Maheshvara] "Goddess, blameless one, when you closed my eyes in play, the world lost its light in an instant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स प्रयाति यथा श्रा वै निष्क्रियो धर्मवर्जित: तदप्यन्नं यथा शौद्रं तत् साधु: परिवर्जयेत्

English

When the sun was lost and the world became dark, O mountain's daughter, I made the third eye blaze to protect creatures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परित्याग कर देना चाहिए

English

From that eye came the great fire by which this mountain was churned; and for your pleasure, goddess, I restored it in an instant."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पिशुनं भोजन भुड्धक्ते ब्रह्म॒हत्यासमं विदु: असत्कृतमवज्ञातं न भोक्तव्यं कदाचन

English

[Uma] "Blessed one, by what is your face pleasing to see like the moon, and so lovely in the east, and likewise the north and the west?

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहार हो जाता है। जो नगररक्षकका अन्न खाता है, वह चण्डालके समान होता है

English

By what is your south face terrible, by what are your matted locks tawny above, by what is your neck made blue like a peacock's tail?

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुक्त्वान्नं जायते विप्रो रक्षसां कुलवर्धन: लेनेपर ब्राह्मण राक्षसोंके कुलकी वृद्धि करनेवाला होता है

English

Why does this Pinaka always stay in your hand, and why are you always matted-haired and celibate?

हिन्दी अर्थ

जायते शबरावासे मध्यदेशबहिष्कृते

English

Tell me all this doubt, lord of beings, blameless one; I am your dharma-following wife and devoted, bull-bannered one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्र मे प्रश्रसंदेहस्तन्मे वद पितामह

English

Thus addressed by the mountain's daughter, the blessed bearer of Pinaka was pleased with her conduct and her understanding.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसका मेरे लिये समाधान कीजिये प्रायश्चित्त है? यह मुझे बतावें

English

Then the god said to her: "Fair one, hear by what reasons I have these forms, lovely-faced one."