Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वविज्जयी-सब कुछ जाननेवाले और सबको जीतनेवाले

English

thousand tirthas and thirsty millions of other tirthas come to Prayaga (the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna), O chief of Bharata's race in the month of Magha. He who bathes in Prayaga, with a restrained soul and observing rigid vows the while, in the month of Magha, becomes cleansed of all his sins, O chief of Bharata's race, and attains to heaven. Bathing in the tirtha that is sacred to the Maruts, as also in that which is situate in the retreat of the Pitris, and also in that

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्त्वं तत्त्वविदेकात्मा जन्ममृत्युजरातिग: यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा यज्ञाड़ो यज्ञवाहन:

English

[Bhishma] On this too they cite an ancient tale: the dialogue between the Wind and Arjuna, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवत्यरोगो द्युतिमान् बलरूपगुणान्वित: भयान्मुच्येत भीतस्तु मुच्येतापन्न आपद:

English

Kartavirya, glorious, bearing a thousand arms, became lord of all this world at Mahishmati, of great might.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तुवन् नामसहस््रेण नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः

English

That Haihaya of true valour ruled the whole earth, with its jewel mines, its islands and its sea-girt expanse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति ब्रह्म सनातनम् जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिभयं नैवोपजायते

English

He gave his wealth to Dattatreya for a cause, putting kshatriya dharma first, with humility and learning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और व्याधिका भी भय नहीं रहता है

English

The son of Kritavirya propitiated that sage and, glad, invited the brahmin to give three boons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युज्येतात्मसुखक्षान्तिश्रीधृतिस्मृतिकीर्तिभि: भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे

English

Asked by him to choose boons, the king said: "May I have a thousand arms in the midst of the army, and otherwise at home.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोभ नहीं होता और उनकी बुद्धि कभी अशुद्ध नहीं होती

English

Let soldiers in battle see my thousand arms; may I conquer the whole earth by valour, O sage of great vows, and having won it by dharma, guard it tirelessly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वासुदेवस्य वीरयेंण विधृतानि महात्मन: जगद् वशे वर्ततेदं कृष्णस्य सचराचरम्

English

The fourth boon I ask of you, best of brahmins, blameless one: out of favour to me, give it. Let the good instruct me when I fall into wrong conduct."

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाह्ददो महागर्तो महाभूतो महानिधि: भक्त भक्तिपूर्वक पत्र-पुष्पादि जो कुछ भी अर्पण करें, उसे भक्षण करनेवाले

English

which is known by the name of Vaivaswata, one becomes cleansed of all one's sins and becomes as pure and sanctified as a tirtha. Repairing to Brahmasaras as also to the Bhagirathi and bathing there and offering oblations to the Pitris every day for a full month, abstaining from food all the while, one is sure to attain to the region of Soma, Bathing in Utpataka and then in Ashtavakra and offering oblations of water to the Pitris every day for twelve days in succession, abstaining the while from food, one acquires the merits of a Horse-sacrifice. Bathing in Asmaprishtha and Niravinda mountains and Kraunchapadi,— all three in Gaya— one becomes cleansed of the sin of Brahmanicide. A bath in the first place cleanses one of a single Brahmanicide; a bath in the second cleanses one of two offences of that character; and a bath in the third cleanses one of three such offences. Bathing in Kalavinga, one acquires a large quantity of water (for use in the next world). A man, by bathing in the city of Agni, acquires such merit as entitles him to live during his next birth in the city of Agni's daughter. Bathing in Visala in Karavirapura and offering oblations of water unto one's Pitris, and performing one's ablutions in Devahrada too, one becomes identified with Brahma and shines in glory as such. Bathing in Punaravarta-nanda as also Mahananda, a man of restrained senses and universal compassion repairs to the celestial gardens called Nandana of Indra and is waited upon there by Apsaras of diverse tribes. Bathing with concentrated soul in the tirtha that is called after the name of Urvasi and that is situate in the river Lohitya, on the day of full moon of the month of Kartika, one attains to the merits that attach to the sacrifice called Pundarika. Bathing in Ramahrada and offering oblations of water to the Pitris in the river Vipasa (Beas), and observing a fast for twelve days, one becomes cleansed of all sins. Bathing in the tirtha called Maha- hrada with a purified heart and after observing a fast for one month, one is sure to attain to the end which was the sage Jamadagni's. By exposing oneself to heat in the tirtha called Vindhya, a person devoted to truth and endued with compassion for all creatures should then betake himself to austere penances, actuated by humility. By so doing, he is sure to attain to ascetic success in course of a single month. Bathing in the Narmada as also in the tirtha known by the name of Surparaka, observing a fast for a full fortnight, one is sure to become in one's next birth a prince of the royal line. If one proceeds with restrained senses and a concentrated soul to the tirtha known under the name of Jamvumarga, one is sure to attain to success in course of a single day and night. By repairing to Chandalikasrama and bathing in the tirtha called Kokamukha, having subsisted for sometime on potherbs alone and worn rags for vestments, one is sure to obtain ten maidens of great beauty for one's spouses. One who lives by the side of the tirtha known by the name of Kanya-hrada has never to go to the regions of Yama. Such a person is sure to ascend to the regions of felicity that belong to the celestials. One who bathes with restrained senses on the day of the new moon in the tirtha known by the name of Prabhasa, is sure, O thou of mighty arms, of at once attaining to

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यग्रोधोदुम्बरोश्वत्थश्वाणूरान्ध्रनिषूदन:

English

Then, mounting his chariot, bright as fire and sun, he said in the confusion of his might: "Who is there like me in valour, steadfastness, fame, purity, prowess or vigour?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्पुरुषोंक भयका नाश करनेवाले अधृतः स्वधृत: स्वास्य: प्राग्वंशो वंशवर्धन:

English

At the end of his words a bodiless voice in the sky said: "Fool, you do not know that a brahmin is better than a kshatriya. A kshatriya protects subjects together with a brahmin."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्रम: श्रमण: क्षाम: सुपर्णो वायुवाहन:

English

[Arjuna] "Pleased, I could create beings; angered, I could bring destruction. In deed, mind and word there is no brahmin superior to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिप्राय: प्रियाहोंडर्ह: प्रियकृत् प्रीतिवर्धन: रविर्विरोचन: सूर्य: सविता रविलोचन:

English

The first view has the brahmin as higher, the second the kshatriya; of the two reasons you stated, a difference is seen here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनिर्विण्ण: सदामर्षी लोकाधिष्ठानमद््भुत:

English

Brahmins depend on the kshatriya; the kshatriya does not depend on a brahmin. Brahmins, dependent ones, devour kshatriyas on earth under pretext of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वत्तमो वीतभय: पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तन: वीरहा रक्षण: सन्‍तो जीवन: पर्यवस्थित:

English

Dharma rests in kshatriyas, the protection of subjects; brahmins' livelihood is from the kshatriya; how then is a brahmin better?

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुरस्रो गभीरात्मा विदिशो व्यादिशों दिश:

English

Those brahmins, foremost of all beings, always living by begging, esteemed by themselves, I shall bring under my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जननो जनजन्मादिर्भीमो भीमपराक्रम: अतिशय भय उत्पन्न करनेवाले, पराक्रमसे युक्त

English

This maiden Gayatri has declared the truth in heaven; I shall conquer all brahmins, helpless, clad in skins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्ध्वग: सत्पथाचार: प्राणद: प्रणव: पण:

English

No one in the three worlds, god or man, could drive me from my kingdom; therefore I am senior to a brahmin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञरूप अंगोंवाले, वाराहस्वरूप, ९७५ यज्ञवाहन:-यज्ञोंको चलानेवाले

English

Today I shall make the world kshatriya-supreme, not Brahman-supreme; no one in battle can bear my strength."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञान्तकृद् यज्ञगुहामन्नमन्नाद एव च रथाड्रपाणिरक्षोभ्य: सर्वप्रहरणायुध:

English

Hearing Arjuna's words, the night-wandering voice was frightened; then the Wind, standing in the sky, spoke to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबको धारण करनेवाले

English

"Give up this foul disposition and salute brahmins. If you do wrong to them, there will be unrest in your kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाम्नां सहस्न॑ं दिव्यानामशेषेण प्रकीर्तितम् पूर्णरूपसे वर्णन कर दिया

English

Or, O lord of the earth, the twice-born will calm you, or those of great might will cast you from the kingdom, your zeal destroyed."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाशुभं प्राप्तुयात् किंचित् सोअमुत्रेह च मानव:

English

The king said to him, "Who are you?" Then the Wind answered: "I am the Wind, a messenger of the gods, and I tell you what is good for you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैश्यो धनसमृद्धः स्याच्छूद्र: सुखमवाप्रुयात् इच्छावाला भोग पाता है और संतानकी इच्छावाला संतान पाता है

English

[Arjuna] "Ah, you have today shown devotion and love for brahmins. Tell me which brahmin is like the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अचलां श्रियमाप्रोति श्रेय: प्राप्रोत्यनुत्तमम्

English

Tell me a brahmin like the wind, best of brahmins, tell me one like water, or like the sun or the sky."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वासुदेवात्मकान्याहु: क्षेत्र क्षेत्र्ष एव च

English

success and immortality. Bathing in the tirtha known by the name of Ujjanaka which occurs in the retreat of Arshtisena's son, and next in the tirtha that is situate in the retreat of Pinga, one is sure to be cleansed of all one's sins. Observing a fast for three days and bathing in the tirtha known as Kulya and reciting the sacred mantras that go by the name of Aghamarshana, one attains the merit of a horse- sacrifice. Observing a fast for one night and bathing in Pindaraka, one becomes purified on the dawn of the next day and attains to the merit of an Agnishtoma sacrifice. One who repairs to Brahmasara which is adorned by the woods called Dharmaranya, becomes cleansed of all one's sins and attains to the merit of the Pundarika sacrifice. Bathing in the waters of the Mainaka mountain and saying one's morning and evening prayers there and living at the spot for a month, restraining desire, one attains to the merit of all the sacrifices. Setting out for Kalolaka and Nandikunda and Uttara-manasa, and reaching a spot that is hundred yojanas remote from any of them, one becomes cleansed of the sin of foeticide, One who succeeds in obtaining a sight of image of Nandiswara, becomes cleansed of all sins. Bathing in the tirtha called Swargamarga one is sure to proceed to the regions of Brahman. The celebrated Himavat is sacred. That prince of mountains is the father-in-law of Sankara. He is a mine of all jewels and gems and is the resort of the Siddhas and Charanas. That regenerate person who is fully conversant with the Vedas and who, regarding this life to be exceedingly unstable, casts off his body on those mountains, abstaining from all food and drink in accordance with the rites laid down in the scriptures, after having adored the deities and bent his head in worship of the ascetics, is sure to attain to success and proceed to the eternal regions of Brahman. There is nothing unattainable to him who resides in a tirtha, restraining lust and subjugating wrath, in consequence of such residence. For the purpose of repairing to all the tirthas in the world, one should mentally think of those amongst them that are almost inaccessible or sojourns to which are attended with insurmountable difficulties. Sojourns to tirthas is productive of the merits of sacrifices. They are competent to cleanse everybody of sin. Fraught with great excellence, they are capable of leading to heaven. The subject is truly a great mystery. The very deities should bathe in tirthas. To them also they are sin-cleansing. This discourse on tirthas should be imparted to Brahmanas, and to such honest or righteous persons as are bent upon achieving what is for their own good. It should also be recited in the hearing of one's well-wishers and friends and of one's obedient and devoted disciples. Angiras possessed of great ascetic merit, had imparted this discourse to Gautama. Angiras himself had obtained it from Kasyapa of great intelligence. The great Rishi regard this discourse as worthy of constant repetition. It is the foremost of all cleansing things. If one recites it regularly every day, one is sure to become cleansed of every sin and to proceed to heaven after the termination of this life. One who listens to this discourse recited in his hearing,— this discourse, viz., of Angiras, that is regarded as a mystery,— is sure to attain in one's next life to be born in

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् ते5हं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शूणुष्वैकमना नूप इहलोक और परलोकमें भी आनन्द भोगता है

English

Out of rivalry with King Anga, the Earth gave up her earthhood and went to ruin; the brahmin Kashyapa propped her up.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रधर्मपरैर्नित्यं सत्यव्रतपरायणै:

English

Brahmins, O king, are imperishable, in heaven and here, always. Long ago Angiras himself drank the waters by his radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संलग्न रहनेवाले राजर्षिशिरोमणि इस मन्त्रका सदा ही जप किया करते थे नृपैर्भरतशार्टूल प्राप्यते श्रीरनुत्तमा

English

Drinking them like milk, the great ascetic was not satisfied, and filled the whole earth with a great flood, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रका जप करते हैं, उन्हें सर्वोत्तम सम्पत्ति प्राप्त होती है

English

When he was angered I left the world and went, and I stayed long in the Agnihotra for fear of Angiras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमोस्तु सिद्धेभ्य इहाक्षयेभ्य: ऋतश्न पितृरूपश्च त्रयम्बकश्न महेश्वर:

English

The blessed Purandara was cursed by Gautama for desiring Ahalya, though he was not killed, for the sake of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकादशैते प्रथिता रुद्रास्त्रिभुवनेश्वरा:

English

So the ocean, O king, though full of sweet water, was cursed by brahmins and made salty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अंशो भगश्न मित्रश्न वरुणश्ष जलेश्वर: धरो ध्रुवश्च सोमश्न सावित्रो5थानिलोडनल:

English

The golden-hued, smokeless fire with its flame gathered upward was cursed by the angry Angiras and deprived of these qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नासत्यश्लापि दस्नश्न स्मृतौ द्वावश्विनावपि

English

See the Maruts, crushed, who laughed at the great ocean and were always cursed by the golden-bearing twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचारप्रभवो धर्मों धर्मस्य प्रभुरच्युत: जड़माजड़मं चेदं जगन्नारायणोद्धवम्

English

a good family and, what is more, one would become endued with the memory of one's previous

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदा: शास्त्राणि विज्ञानमेतत् सर्व जनार्दनात्

English

The great kingdom of Dandaka was destroyed by a brahmin, and the great kshatriya force of Talajangha by Aurva alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रीललोकान् व्याप्य भूतात्मा भुझुक्ते विश्वभुगव्यय: व्याप्त होकर सबको भोग रहे हैं

English

And by Dattatreya's grace you have gained vast kingdom, strength, dharma and learning, so hard to obtain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पठेद् य इच्छेत् पुरुष: श्रेय: प्राप्तुं सुखानि च

English

Arjuna, why do you always sacrifice to Fire? Is he not a brahmin? Do you not know him as the carrier of oblations for the whole world?

हिन्दी अर्थ

भजन्ति ये पुष्कराक्षं न ते यान्ति पराभवम् एकोनपडञ्चाशदधिकशततमोड ध्याय:

English

Or why, knowing the best of brahmins, who follows and protects beings and is the maker of the living world, are you bewildered?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि जप्यं जपतो नित्यं भवेद् धर्मफलं महत्

English

Likewise Prajapati Brahma, unmanifest, source and dissolution, by whom this whole universe, moving and unmoving, was produced.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैवे वा श्राद्धकाले वा कि जप्यं कर्मसाधनम् किस मन्त्रका जप करनेसे कर्मकी पूर्ति हो जाती है?

English

Some unlearned wish Brahma to be egg-born. From the burst egg came mountains, directions, water, earth and sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जप्यं यद् ब्रह्म॒समितं तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति

English

This should not be seen so; how could he be greater? The sky is held to be the egg; the Grandsire was born from it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सावित्र्या विहितं दिव्यं सद्य:ः पापविमोचनम् पापसे छुटकारा दिलानेवाला है

English

Tell me how it could stand; there would then be nothing. He is called ego, the lord who has gone into all radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है

English

There is no egg, but there is Brahma, O king, the creator of worlds. So addressed, he then fell silent, and the Wind spoke to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतः: पर प्रवक्ष्यामि लोकानां कर्मसाक्षिण: अदृश्या: सर्वभूतेषु पश्यन्ति त्रिदशेश्वरा:

English

river Jhelum was known by the name of Vitasta.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतमश्न भरद्वाजो विश्वामित्रो5थ कौशिक:

English

[Earth] "Having obtained this boon, the king who holds me, the support of all beings, how does he wish to give me to brahmins, Brahma's daughter?

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनका उद्धार किया था, उन महाराज भगीरथका भी कीर्तन एवं स्मरण करे उग्रकायान् महासतत्त्वान् कीर्तयेत् कीर्तिवर्धनान्

English

I shall leave and go; being earth is Brahma's station. Let this king not be with his kingdom." And so she went.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षिभूता महात्मान: पापस्य सुकृतस्य च

English

Then Kashyapa, seeing the Earth going, entered the earth at once, releasing himself in concentration.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानवोंके अमंगलका नाश करते हैं नाग्निचौरभयं तस्य न मार्गप्रतिरोधनम्

English

Stopped, she became thick with grass and herbs on all sides; the earth became supreme in dharma, her fear lost, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापोंसे मुक्त होता है और कुशलपूर्वक घर लौटता है

English

So for thirty thousand divine years Kashyapa, of great vows, tirelessly was the earth, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यायवानात्मनिरत: क्षान्तो दान्तो5नसूयक: न्‍्यायशील, आत्मनिष्ठ, क्षमावान्, जितेन्द्रिय तथा दोष-दृष्टिसे रहित होता है

English

Then, O great king, the Earth came, bowed to Kashyapa, and became Kashyapi, the great soul's daughter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वास्तुमध्ये तु पठत: कुले स्वस्त्ययनं भवेत्

English

Such, O king, was the brahmin Kashyapa. Name another, or tell me a kshatriya better than Kashyapa."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने घरके भीतर इन नामोंका पाठ करता है, उसके कुलका कल्याण होता है गच्छत: क्षेममध्वानं ग्रामान्तरगत: पठन्

English

The king was silent, and the Wind spoke again: "Hear, O king, of Utathya, born in the family of Angiras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुचिस्मिता: कीर्तयतां प्रयच्छन्ति शुभं नृूणाम्

English

the eternal region called Andhaka that rests on nothing. Human sacrifices were performed sometimes in

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मार्थकामैरविपुलैर्युज्यते सह नित्यश: प्रचुरमात्रामें धर्म, अर्थ और कामकी प्राप्ति होती है

English

She practised fierce austerity, fortunate and renowned; for him she chose the fortunate Utathya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत् सर्वभूतगणेश्वरा:

English

Then, summoning Utathya, he gave the renowned woman to him as wife, and he, giver of rich fees, took her by rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईश्वरा: सर्वलोकानां गणेश्व॒रविनायका: हिमवान् गिरय: सर्वे चत्वारश्न महार्णवा:

English

The glorious Varuna had desired her before; coming to the forest hermitage he carried her off on the Yamuna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विष्णुदेवो5थ जिष्णुश्न स्कन्दश्चाम्बिकया सह

English

The lord of waters, having taken her, led her to his own city, wondrously splendid, with six hundred thousand lakes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत ऊर्ध्व॑ प्रवक्ष्यामि मानवानृषिसत्तमान् ऑऔशिजजश्चैव कक्षीवान् बलश्षाड्रिरस: सुत:

English

There is no city lovelier than that one, adorned with palaces, divine apsarases and pleasures; there the god, lord of waters, sported with her, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुवि कृत्वा शुभं कर्म मोदन्ते दिवि हैवतैः

English

Then the abduction of his wife was told to Utathya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रयत: कीर्तयेदेतान् शक्रलोके महीयते नाम लेता है, वह इन्द्रलोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है

English

Hearing all that from Narada, Utathya said to Narada: "Go and speak harsh words to Varuna: at my word release my wife; why have you taken her?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृढ्व्यश्नोर्ध्वबाहुश्न तृणसोमाज्निरास्तथा

English

You are the world's guardian, not a robber of the world. My wife was given by Soma, and you have carried her off today."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकत्र द्वितश्वैव त्रितश्नादित्यसांनिभा: वरुणस्यर्त्विज: सप्त पश्षचिमां दिशमाश्रिता:

English

So addressed at his word by Narada, the lord of waters said, "Release Utathya's wife"; then Varuna said to him: "She is my dear wife; I cannot give her up."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनेश्वरस्य गुरव: सप्तैते उत्तराश्रिता: कीर्तिस्वस्तिकरा नृणां कीर्तिता लोकभावना:

English

Thus addressed by Varuna, Narada returned to that sage and said to Utathya, as if not very glad:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनन्त: कपिलश्चनैव सप्तैते धरणीधरा:

English

"Seized by the neck, I was thrown out by Varuna, great sage. He will not give back your wife; do what you must."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्येते मुनयो दिव्या एकैक: सप्त सप्तधा एक-एक सात-सात ऋषियोंके समान हैं

English

Hearing Narada's words, Angiras flared up in anger and, steadying himself, the great ascetic drank the water by his radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्यां यस्यां दिशि होते तन्मुख: शरणं व्रजेत्

English

While all the water was being drunk, the lord of waters, though urged by friends, still did not release her.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इनकी शरण लेनी चाहिए संवर्तो मेरुसावर्णो मार्कण्डेयश्व धार्मिक:

English

Then the angry Utathya, best of brahmins, said to the Earth: "Show, fair one, the place of the six hundred thousand lakes."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपुत्रो लभते पुत्र दरिद्रो लभते धनम्

English

Then that place became desert, and the ocean withdrew; and the best of the twice-born said to the river from that place:

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिलता है और दरिद्रको धन पृथुं वैन्यं नूपवरं पृथ्वी यस्याभवत् सुता

English

"Go unseen, timid Sarasvati, toward the desert; let this region be unholy, abandoned by you, fair one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदित्यवंशप्रभवं महेन्द्रसमविक्रमम्

English

When that region was crushed, the lord of waters took the auspicious woman, went for refuge, and gave the wife to Angiras's son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुधस्य दयितं पुत्र कीर्तयेद् वसुधाधिपम् विश्वजित्तपसोपेतं लक्षण्यं लोकपूजितम्

English

Having taken back his wife, Utathya was glad, and released the world from sorrow, and Varuna too, O Haihaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सगरस्यात्मजा येन प्लावितास्तारितास्तथा

English

Then, having got his wife back, the very radiant Utathya, knower of dharma, said to Varuna what I now tell, O king, hear it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांख्यं योगं च परमं हव्यं कव्यं तथैव च

English

"I won her by my austerity as you cried out, lord of waters." Having said this, he took her and went to his own house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मड्जल्यं सर्वभूतानां पवित्र बहुकीर्तितम् प्रयत: कीर्तयेच्चैतान् कल्यं सायं च भारत

English

Such, O king, was Utathya, bull among brahmins; I tell you, or you tell me, of a kshatriya better than Utathya."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बीजानामोषधीनां च रक्षामेतां प्रयोजयेत्

English

" Vaisampayana said,— 'Equal unto Vrihaspati in intelligence and Brahma himself in forgiveness, resembling Sakra in prowess and Surya in energy, Bhishma the son of Ganga, of infinite might, had been overthrown in battle by Arjuna. Accompanied by his brothers and many other people, king Yudhisthira asked him these questions. The old hero was lying on a bed that is coveted by heroes, in expectation of that auspicious time when he could take leave of the physical frame. Many great Rishis had come there for seeing that foremost one of Bharata's race. Amongst them were Atri and Vasishtha and Bhrigu and Pulastya and Pulaha and Kratu. There were also Angiras and Gotama and Agastya and Sumati of well-restrained soul, and Viswamitra and Sthulasiras and Samvarta and Pramati and Dama. There were also Vrihaspati and Usanas, and Vyasa and Chyavana and Kasyapa and Dhruva, and Durvasas and Jamadagni and Markandeya and Galava, and Bharadwaja and Raibhya and Yavakrita and Trita. There were Sthulaksha and Savalaksha and Kanwa and Medhatithi and Krisa and Narada and Parvata and Sudhanwa and Ekata and Dwita. There were also Nitambhu and Bhuvana and Dhaumya and Satananda and Akritavrana and Rama, the son of Jamadagni and Kacha. All these high-souled and great Rishis came there for seeing Bhishma lying on his bed of arrows. Yudhishthira with his brothers duly worshipped those high-souled Rishis who had come there, one after another in proper order. Receiving that worship, those foremost of Rishis sat themselves down and began to converse with one another. Their conversation related to Bhishma, and was highly sweet and agreeable to all the senses. Hearing that talk of theirs having reference to himself, Bhishma became filled with delight and regarded himself to be already in heaven. Those Rishis then, having obtained the leave of Bhishma and of the Pandava princes, made themselves invisible, vanishing in the very sight of all the beholders. The Pandavas repeatedly bowed and offered their adorations to those highly blessed Rishis, even after they had made themselves invisible. They then with cheerful souls waited upon the son of Ganga, even as Brahmanas versed in Mantras wait with reverence upon the rising Sun. The Pandavas beheld that the points of the compass blazed forth with splendour in consequence of the energy of their penances, and became filled with wonder at the sight. Thinking of the high blessedness and puissance of those Rishis, the Pandava princes began to converse on the subject with their grandsire Bhishma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्षणं सर्वकृच्छाणां मोचयत्यशुभात् सदा तुल्यं फलं भवति तस्य च तस्य चैव

English

The gods were conquered by the asuras and left without spirit; all their sacrifices were taken, and the svadha for the ancestors too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणेतारक्षु लोकानां शास्त्राणां च यशस्विन: लोकनायक, शास्त्रोंके निर्माता और परम यशस्वी हैं

English

The rites and worship of men were seized by the danavas, O bull of the Haihayas; deprived of lordship, the gods wandered the earth, so it is heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यान् समाश्रित्य जीवन्ति प्रजा: सर्वाश्चितुर्विधा:

English

Then once, O king, they saw Agastya, blazing with radiance like the sun, of great vows and full of splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेतु हैं। उन्हींका आश्रय लेकर चारों प्रकारकी सारी प्रजा जीवन धारण करती है पितृपैतामहीं गुर्वीमुद्गहन्ति धुरं सदा

English

Greeting him and seeing him wreathed in fame, the gods spoke these words to the great soul at the right time, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चलायी हुई भारी धर्म-मर्यादाका भार सदा वहन करते हैं

English

"We were broken in battle by the danavas and deprived of lordship; therefore save us from this fierce fear, best of sages."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृदेवातिथिमुखा हव्यकव्याग्रभोजिन: दीप: सर्वस्य लोकस्य चक्षुश्क्षुष्मतामपि

English

Thus addressed by the gods, Agastya grew angry, and the radiant one blazed like the fire of dissolution at the end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गतिज्ञा: सर्वभूतानामध्यात्मगतिचिन्तका:

English

By that net of blazing rays the danavas were burned and fell by thousands from the sky, O great king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परावरविशेषज्ञा गन्तार: परमां गतिम् मानार्हा मानिता नित्य ज्ञानविद्धिर्महात्मभि:

English

Burned by Agastya's radiance, those daityas gave up both worlds and fled to the southern quarter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नामावलीका प्रयोग करे ओरसे कल्याण होता है

English

"Vaisampayana continued, 'The conversation being over, the righteous Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu; touched Bhishma's feet with his head and then resumed his questions relating to morality and righteousness.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवता और कव्यको पितर सहर्ष स्वीकार करते हैं

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Which countries, which provinces, which retreats, which mountains, and which rivers, O grandsire, are the foremost in point of sanctity?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कश्मलं लघुतां याति पाप्मना च प्रमुच्यते बाधा नहीं आती। शोक कम हो जाता है और पापसे छुटकारा मिल जाता है

English

"Bhishma said, "In this connection is cited the old narrative of a conversation between a Brahmana in

हिन्दी अर्थ

परां सिद्धिमवाप्नोति सावित्री हुत्तमां पठन्

English

So the danavas were burned by the blessed Agastya, by his own radiance, O king, he whose soul was perfected by austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाग्न्यम्बुपवनव्यालाद् भयं तस्योपजायते करोति सतत शान्तिं सावित्रीमुत्तमां पठन्

English

Such too is Agastya, as told to you by me, blameless one. I tell you, or you tell me, of a kshatriya better than Agastya."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तत्र बालो प्रियते न च तिष्ठन्ति पन्नगा:

English

So addressed, he fell silent, and the Wind then said: "Hear, O king, the chief deed of the renowned Vasishtha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये शृण्वन्ति महद् ब्रह्म सावित्रीगुणकीर्तनम् प्रस्थाने वा प्रवासे वा सर्वावस्थां गत: पठेत्

English

The Adityas held a long sacrifice by Lake Manasa; having gone to Vasishtha in mind and heard his range there,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषीणां परम॑ जप्यं गुहमेतन्नराधिप

English

seeing them sacrificing, anxious and emaciated by the consecration, mountain-like danavas named Khalins wished to kill them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ह्ृदयं सर्वभूतानां श्रुतिरिषा सनातनी पठन्ति शुचयो नित्यं सावित्रीं प्राणिनां गतिम्

English

Not far from there was a lake with a boon given by Brahma; the danavas killed there were revived by bathing in it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रका जप करते आये हैं। गायत्री संसारके प्राणियोंकी परमगति है

English

Seizing terrible clubs, bars and trees, they rose out of the water a hundred yojanas, churning it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक-सा पुण्य फल प्राप्त होता है

English

Ten thousand of them rushed upon the gods; harassed by them, the gods went to Vasava for refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाम लेनेवाले मनुष्यको कभी रोग नहीं सताता विवक्षुरसि यच्चान्यत् तत् ते वक्ष्यामि भारत

English

Troubled by them, Shakra went to Vasishtha for refuge, and then the blessed sage Vasishtha gave them freedom from fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो कुछ भी तुम पूछना चाहते हो, वह भी तुम्हें बताऊँगा

English

Knowing them distressed, the sage, devoted to compassion, burned all the Khalins without effort by his own radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमाचार: कीदृशेषु पितामह न रिष्यते आचरण किया जाय तो वह हानिकर नहीं होता?

English

The great ascetic brought from Kailasa the famed river Ganga to that divine lake, and by her that lake was split.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो कभी कोई हानि नहीं होती

English

The lake split by the river became the Sarayu, and the place where the Khalins were killed was called Khalina.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते हि लोकानिमान् सर्वान् धारयन्ति मनीषिण: धनत्यागाभिरामाशक्ष वाक्संयमरताक्ष ये

English

So the dwellers of heaven with Indra were protected by Vasishtha, and the daityas with Brahma's boon were slain by the great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्याग करके प्रसन्न होते हैं और वाणीका संयम रखते हैं

English

This deed of Vasishtha has been told to you by me, blameless one. I tell you, or you tell me, of a kshatriya better than Vasishtha."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। ज्ञानी महात्मा उन्हें सदा ही आदर देते हैं

English

the observance of the Sila and the Unccha vows, O Yudhishthira, and a Rishi crowned with ascetic success. Once on a time, a foremost person, having roamed over this entire earth adorned with mountains, arrived at last in the house of a foremost person leading the domestic mode of life in accordance with the Sila vow. The latter welcomed his guest with due rites. Received with such hospitality, the happy Rishi passed the night happily in the house of his host. The next morning the Brahmana in the observance of the Sila vow, having finished all his morning acts and rites and purified himself duly, very cheerfully approached his guest crowned with ascetic success. Meeting with each other and seated at their ease, the two began to converse on agreeable subjects connected with the Vedas and the Upanishads. Towards the conclusion of the discourse, the Brahmana in the observance of the Sila vow respectfully addressed the Rishi crowned with success. Endued with intelligence, he put this very question which thou, O Yudhisthira, hast put to me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वथा ब्राह्मुणो मान्यो हैवतं विद्धि तत्परम् ब्राह्मणप्रशंशायामेकपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

In dense darkness the gods and danavas fought together; there the sun and moon were pierced by arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बताया है; परंतु उनमें यह अन्तर देखा जाता है

English

Then, seized by darkness, the gods, O tiger among kings, were struck down together with the strong ones by the danavas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्राद् वृत्तित्राह्मिणानां तै: कथं ब्राह्मणो वर:

English

Struck by the asuras, the dwellers of heaven, their life ebbing, saw the brahmin Atri practising austerity in a great forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त होती है। फिर ब्राह्मण क्षत्रियसे श्रेष्ठ कैसे हो सकता है? आत्मसम्भावितान् विप्रान् स्थापयाम्यात्मनो वशे

English

Then the gods said to him, whose anger was calm and senses mastered: "These two, the moon and sun, are pierced by arrows of the asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाले और अपनेको सबसे उत्तम माननेवाले ब्राह्मणोंको अपने अधीन रखूँगा

English

We too are being killed by enemies in the shrouding darkness and find no peace; from fear, protect us, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवो वा मानुषो वापि तस्माज्ज्येष्ठो द्विजादहम् न हि मे संयुगे कश्चित् सोढुमुत्सहते बलम्

English

"How shall I protect you?" he said; they said, "Be the moon, be the sun that destroys darkness and the robbers."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रधानता स्थापित करूँगा। संग्राममें कोई भी मेरे बलको नहीं सह सकता

English

So addressed, Atri, pleasant to see like the moon, took on a gentle nature and the sun's appearance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथैनमन्तरिक्षस्थस्ततो वायुरभाषत एतेषां कुर्वतः पापं॑ राष्ट्रक्षो भो भविष्यति

English

Seeing the moon and sun not very bright, O king, Atri by his own austerity made light in the battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम॑ येषां दुकूलं च तथा क्षौमाजिनानि च लिये साधारण वस्त्र, रेशमी वस्त्र और मृगछाला समान हैं

English

"The poor Brahmana said, 'What countries, what provinces, what retreats, what mountains, and what rivers should be regarded as the foremost in point of sanctity? Do thou discourse to me on this.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोषयेयुश्च गात्राणि स्वाध्यायै: संयतेन्द्रिया:

English

"The Rishi crowned with success said, 'Those countries, those provinces, those retreats, and those mountains, should be regarded as the foremost in point of sanctity through which or by the side of which that foremost of all rivers, viz., Bhagirathi flows. That end which a creature is capable of attaining by penances, by Brahmacharyya, by sacrifices, or by practising renunciation, one is sure to attain by only living by the side of the Bhagirathi and bathing in its sacred waters. Those creatures whose bodies have been sprinkled with the sacred waters of Bhagirathi or whose bones have been laid in the channel of that sacred stream, have not to fall away—from heaven at any time, l Those men, O learned Brahmana, who use the waters of Bhagirathi in all their acts, surely ascend to heaven after departing from this world. Even those men who, having committed diverse kinds of sinful deeds in the first part of their lives, betake themselves in after years to a residing by the side of Ganga, succeed in attaining to a very superior end. Hundreds of sacrifices cannot produce that merit which men of restrained souls are capable of acquiring by bathing in the sacred waters of Ganga. A person is treated with respect and worshipped in heaven for as long a period as his bones lie in the channel of the Ganga. Even as the

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकानन्यान् सृजेयुस्ते लोकपालांश्व कोपिता: येषां कोपाग्निरद्यापि दण्डके नोपशाम्यति

English

Sun, when he rises at the dawn of day, blazes forth in splendour, having dispelled the gloom of night, after the same manner the person that has bathed in the waters of Ganga is seen to shine in splendour, cleansed of all his sins. Those countries and those points of the compass that are destitute of the sacred waters of Ganga are like nights without the moon or like trees without flowers. Verily, a world without Ganga is like the different orders and modes of life when they are destitute of righteousness or like sacrifices without Soma. Without doubt, countries and points of the compass that are without Ganga are like the firmament without the Sun, or the Earth without mountains, or the welkin without air. The entire body of creatures in the three worlds, if served with the auspicious waters of Ganga, derive a pleasure, the like of which they are incapable of deriving from any other source. He who drinks Ganga water that has been heated by the Sun's rays derives merit much greater than that which attaches to the vow of subsisting upon the wheat or grains of other corn picked up from cowdung. It cannot be said whether the two are equal or not, viz., he who performs a thousand Chandrayana rites for

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्डकारण्यमें आजतक शान्त नहीं हुई

English

See, royal sage, what Atri did, the sage alone, murmuring prayers, clad in skins, living on fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमाणस्य प्रमाणं च कस्तानभिभवेद् बुध: मनुष्य बुद्धिमान् होकर भी ब्राह्मणोंका अपमान करेगा

English

The deed of the great soul Atri has been told at length. I tell you, or you tell me, of a kshatriya better than Atri."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपोविद्याविशेषात्तु मानयन्ति परस्परम्

English

So addressed, Arjuna fell silent, and the Wind said to him: "Hear, O king, the great deed of the great soul Chyavana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और विद्याकी अधिकता देखकर एक-दूसरेका सम्मान करते हैं विद्वान् भूयस्तरो देव: पूर्णमसागरसंनिभ:

English

Having promised the Ashvins, Chyavana said to Pakashasana, with the gods: 'Make the two Ashvins soma-drinkers.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणीतश्नाप्रणीतश्न॒ यथानि्निर्देवत॑ं महत्

English

[Indra] 'How can these two become soma-drinkers when excluded by us? They are not counted with the gods; do not say so to us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संस्कारपूर्वक स्थापित हो या न हो, वह महान् देवता ही है हविर्यज्ञे च विधिवद् गृह एवातिशोभते

English

We do not wish, great one, to drink soma with the Ashvins; others may drink as they like, but I will not drink here.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

होनेवाले यज्ञमें तथा घरमें भी उनकी अधिकाधिक शोभा होती है

English

[Chyavana] 'If you do not do what I say, slayer of Bala, you will drink soma at the sacrifice, pressed out by me at once.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

क॑ वा कर्मोदयं मत्वा तानर्चसि महामते

English

Then, for the Ashvins' good, Chyavana suddenly began the rite, and by his mantras the gods were overcome.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वायुदेवताके संवादरूप इस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं अस्य लोकस्य सर्वस्य माहिष्मत्यां महाबल:

English

Seeing the rite begun, Indra, struck senseless with rage, raised a huge mountain and rushed upon Chyavana with his thunderbolt, his eyes dim with fury.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शशास पृथिवीं सर्वा हैहय: सत्यविक्रम:

English

Seeing him rush, the ascetic Chyavana sprinkled him with water and froze him, with thunderbolt and mountain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रधर्म पुरस्कृत्य विनयं श्रुतमेव च कारणवश अपना सारा धन उनकी सेवामें समर्पित कर दिया

English

Then the great sage created a very terrible enemy of Indra: Mada, made of mantra-offering, with open mouth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यमन्त्रयत संतुष्टो द्विजश्नैनं वरैस्त्रिभि:

English

It had a thousand teeth a hundred yojanas long, its fangs very terrible, two hundred yojanas long; one jaw was on the earth and one touched heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विक्रमेण महीं कृत्स्नां जयेयं संशितव्रत अनुशासन्तु मां सनन्‍्तो मिथ्योद्वृत्तं त्वदाश्रयम्

English

All the gods with Vasava stood at the root of his tongue, come into the mouth of that Timi like fishes in the great ocean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं समभवंस्तस्य वरास्ते दीप्ततेजस:

English

Then the gods, having consulted, gone into Mada's mouth, said together to Shakra, "Bow to this twice-born; we shall drink soma with the Ashvins, free of fever."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो।' फिर तो उस तेजस्वी राजाके लिये वे सभी वर उसी रूपमें सफल हुए तद्वाक्यान्ते चान्तरिक्षे वागुवाचाशरीरिणी

English

Then Shakra bowed and did that for Chyavana, and Chyavana made the two Ashvins soma-drinkers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहितो ब्राह्माणेनेह क्षत्रिय: शास्ति वै प्रजा:

English

Then the sage withdrew his rite and divided Mada among dice, hunting, drink and women, the mighty one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा न मत्तो5स्ति वरो द्विज: मुझसे श्रेष्ठ नहीं है

English

By these faults a man goes to ruin, O king, without doubt; therefore a man should always keep far from them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ख्रिता ब्रह्मोपधा विप्रा: खादन्ति क्षत्रियान् भुवि भूतलपर क्षत्रियोंके ही सहारे भोजन पाते हैं

English

This deed of Chyavana has been told to you, O king. I tell you, or you tell me, of a kshatriya better than Chyavana."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इनकी बुराई करोगे तो तुम्हारे राज्यमें हलचल मच जायगी

English

purifying his body and he who drinks the water of Ganga. It cannot be said whether the two are equal or not, viz., one who stands for a thousand years on one foot and one who lives for only a month by the side of Ganga. One who lives permanently by the side of Ganga is superior in merit to one who stays for ten thousand Yugas with head hanging downwards. As cotton, when it comes into contact with fire, is burnt off without a remnant, even so the sins of the person that has bathed in Ganga become consumed without a remnant. There is no end superior to Ganga for those creatures who with hearts afflicted by sorrow, seek to attain to ends that may dispel that sorrow of theirs. As snakes become deprived of their poison at the very sight of Garuda, even so one becomes cleansed of all one's sins at the very sight of the sacred stream of Ganga. They that are without good name and that are addicted to deeds of sinfulness, have Ganga for their fame, their protection, their means of rescue, their refuge or cover. Many wretches among men who become afflicted with diverse sins of a heinous nature, when they are about to sink into hell, are rescued by Ganga in the next world (if, notwithstanding their sins, they seek the aid of Ganga in their after-years). They, O foremost of intelligent men, who plunge every day in the sacred waters of Ganga, become the equals of great Munis and the very deities with Vasava at their head. Those wretches among men that are destitute of humility or modesty of behaviour and that are exceedingly sinful, become righteous and good, O Brahmana, by betaking themselves to the side of Ganga. As Amrita is to the deities, as Swadha is to the Pritis, as Sudha is to the Nagas, even so is Ganga water to human beings. As children afflicted with hunger solicit their mothers for food, after the same manner do people desirous of their highest good pay court to Ganga. As the region of the self-born Brahma is said to be the foremost of all places, even so is Ganga said to

हिन्दी अर्थ

गर्भस्थान् ब्राह्मणान् सम्यड़ नमस्यति किल प्रभु: तालजंघं महाक्षत्रमौर्वेगेकेन नाशितम्

English

When the gods with Indra had come into Mada's mouth, then Chyavana took away their earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजापति भगवान् ब्रह्माजी भी ब्राह्मण ही हैं

English

Thinking both worlds taken, the gods were grieved and, afflicted by sorrow, went to the great soul Brahma for refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अण्डाद् भिन्नाद् बभु: शैला दिशो5म्भ:पृथिवी दिवम् हुए अण्डसे पर्वत, दिशाएँ, जल, पृथ्वी और स्वर्गकी उत्पत्ति हुई है

English

[The gods] "We were anointed with the mouth of Mada, world-honoured one; the earth was taken by Chyavana, and heaven by the Kapas, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मृतमाकाशमण्डं तु तस्माज्जात: पितामह:

English

[Brahma] "Go quickly to brahmins for refuge, gods with Indra; having appeased them you will have both worlds as before."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्युक्त: स तदा तूष्णीमभूद् वायुस्ततो5ब्रवीत् त्रिपड्चाशदधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

They went to the brahmins for refuge, and the brahmins said, "Whom shall we conquer?" The gods said, "Conquer the Kapas here on earth, for we shall be the conquerors," O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अड्ढी नाम नृपो राजंस्तततक्रिन्तां मही ययौ

English

Then the brahmins began a rite for destroying the Kapas; hearing it, the wealthy Kapa sent a messenger to the brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझे पाकर यह श्रेष्ठ राजा ब्राह्मणोंको क्‍यों देना चाहता है अयं सराष्ट्रो नृपतिर्मा भूदिति ततो5गमत्

English

That messenger of the wealthy Kapa said to the brahmins: "All the Kapas are like you; what is the matter here?

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके पृथ्वी चली गयी

English

All know the Veda, are wise, all sacrifice, all are true to vows, all are equal to great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरसिष्यन्ति ते राष्ट्रद्धतोत्साहा महाबला: वायुर्वे देवदूतो5स्मि हित॑ त्वां प्रत्रवीम्यहम्

English

be foremost of all rivers for those that desire to bathe. As the Earth and the cow are said to be the chief sustenance of the deities and other celestials, even so is Ganga the chief sustenance of all living creatures, 1 As the deities support themselves upon the Amrita that occurs in the Sun and the Moon and that is offered in diverse sacrifices, even so do human beings support themselves upon Ganga water. One besmeared with the sand taken from the shores of Ganga regards oneself as a denizen of heaven, adorned with celestial unguents. He who bears on his head the mud taken from the banks of Ganga presents an effulgent aspect equal to that of Sun himself bent on dispelling the surrounding darkness. When that wind which is moistened with the particles of Ganga-water touches one's person, it cleanses him immediately of every sin. A person afflicted by calamities and about to sink under their weight, finds all his calamities dispelled by the joy which springs up in his heart at sight of that sacred stream. By the melody of the swans and Kokas and other aquatic fowls that play on her breast, Ganga challenges the very Gandharvas and by her high banks the very mountains on the Earth. Beholding her surface teeming with swans and diverse other aquatic fowls, and having banks adorned with pasture lands with kine grazing on them. Heaven herself loses her pride. The high happiness which one enjoys by a residence on the banks of Ganga, can never be his who is residing even in heaven. I have no doubt in this that the person who is afflicted with sins perpetrated in speech and thought and overt act, becomes cleansed at the very sight of Ganga. By holding that sacred stream, touching it, and bathing in its waters, one rescues one's ancestors to the seventh generation, one's descendants to the seventh generation, as also other ancestors and descendant. By hearing of Ganga, by wishing to repair to that river, by drinking its waters, by touching its waters, and by bathing in them a person rescues both his paternal and maternal

हिन्दी अर्थ

यादृशं पृथिवीभूतं तादृशं ब्रूहि मे द्विजम्

English

They offer to the blazing fire, stand by the word of their elders, are all self-controlled, and share with the weak.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये त्वया कीर्तिता राजंस्तेभ्यो5थ ब्राह्मणो वर: नाशं जगाम तां विप्रो व्यस्तम्भयत कश्यप:

English

They travel in carts, do not approach a menstruating woman, do not eat when those depending on them have not eaten, and do not eat or sleep by day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समय विप्रवर कश्यपने अपने तपोबलसे इस स्थूल पृथ्वीको थाम रखा था

English

Endowed with these and many other virtues, how will you conquer the Kapas? Turn back; it is well for you if you turn back."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपूरयन्महौघधेन महीं सर्वा च पार्थिव व्यतिष्ठमग्निहोत्रे च चिरमज्धिरसो भयात्

English

[Brahma's side] "We shall conquer the Kapas; those who are gods are we, it is held. Therefore the Kapas are to be killed by us, wealthy one; go as you came."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगत्को त्यागकर मुझे दीर्घकालतक अग्निहोत्रकी अग्निमें निवास करना पड़ा था

English

The wealthy one went and told the Kapas, "The brahmins are not friendly to you." Then all the Kapas took weapons and rushed upon the brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहल्यां कामयानो वै धर्मार्थ च न हिंसित: केवल धर्मकी रक्षाके लिये उनके प्राण नहीं लिये

English

Seeing all the Kapas with raised banners, the twice-born loosed blazing fires that destroy the Kapas' lives.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणैरभिशप्तश्व बभूव लवणोदक:

English

The eaters of oblations, made by Brahma, eternal, having devoured the Kapas, shone like clouds in the sky, O king, and the gods praised the twice-born and the renowned Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रुद्धेनाड़िरसा शप्तो गुणैरेतैर्विवर्जित: दिया। इसलिये अब उसमें ये पूर्वोक्त गुण नहीं रह गये

English

Their radiance and strength then grew for the gods, and they gained immortality and honour in the three worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्णधारिणा नित्यमवशप्ता द्विजातिना

English

Having heard these words from the Wind, Arjuna replied, honouring him: "Hear, O mighty-armed one, what I say, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दत्तात्रेयप्रसादेन प्राप्त परमदुर्लभम्

English

I live always, lord, for the sake of brahmins; I always bow to Brahma and to brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह विप्रवर दत्तात्रयजीकी कृपासे ही सम्भव हुआ है स हि सर्वस्य लोकस्य हव्यवाट् कि न वेत्सि तम्

English

By Dattatreya's grace I have gained this fame, and supreme renown in the world, and great dharma practised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्तारें जीवलोकस्य कस्माज्जानन् विमुहासे

English

Ah, the deeds of brahmins as you, Wind, have told truly and in full, I have heard attentively."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातको जानते हुए भी तुम क्‍यों मोहमें पड़े हुए हो येनेदं निखिल विश्व जनितं स्थावरं चरम्

English

[Wind] "Protect brahmins by kshatriya dharma, and your senses; fierce danger from the Bhrigus will come to you in time."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रविवेश महीं सद्यो मुक्त्वा55त्मानं समाहित: भूमिके इस स्थूल विग्रहमें प्रविष्ट हो गये

English

races. By seeing, touching, and drinking the waters of Ganga, or even by applauding Ganga, hundreds and thousands of sinful men became cleansed of all their sins. They who wish to make their birth, life and learning fruitful, should repair to Ganga and gratify the Pitris and the deities by offering them oblations of water. The merit that one earns by bathing in Ganga is such that the like of it is incapable of being earned through the acquisition of sons or wealth or the performance of meritorious acts. Those who, although possessed of the physical ability, do not seek to have a sight of the auspicious Ganga of sacred current, are, without doubt, to be likened to persons afflicted with congenital blindness or those that are dead or those that are destitute of the power of locomotion through palsy or lameness. What man is there that would not reverence this sacred stream that is adored by great Rishis conversant with the

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रासाहैरप्सरोभिश्व दिव्यै: कामैश्न शोभितम्

English

[Yudhishthira] Seeing what result in honouring brahmins, mighty-vowed one, do you honour them? Tell me all this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रवीम्यहं ब्रूहि वा त्वमुतथ्यात् क्षत्रियं वरम् उतथ्यसे श्रेष्ठ कोई क्षत्रिय हो तो तुम उसे बताओ”

English

[Bhishma] Keshava here, of great mind, will tell you all about the result of honouring brahmins, he who has seen the result, O mighty-vowed ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असुरोंका भी नाश कर डालिये'

English

My strength, hearing, speech, mind and eyes and knowledge are not clear today; I think the casting off of my body is not far, and the sun is not moving very fast.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दलोंमें युद्ध छिड़ गया)

English

The great dharmas told in the Purana for brahmins, kshatriyas and vaishyas, and those who follow the ancient rod, learn the rest from Krishna, Partha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हताहता वै तत्रैते जीवन्त्याप्लुत्य दानवा: उसके जलमें डुबकी लगाते ही जी उठते थे

English

For I know him in truth, Krishna, and what his ancient strength is; Keshava of immeasurable soul, chief of the Kurus, he will tell dharma in doubts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विक्षोभयन्त: सलिलमुत्थितं शतयोजनम्

English

Krishna created the earth, the sky and heaven; this is the Boar of terrible might, ancient. Below him, the atmosphere, heaven, the four directions and four intermediate directions: this creation too issued forth; he made this ancient universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो5भयं ददौ तेभ्यो वसिष्ठो भगवानृषि: अयत्नेनादहत् सर्वान् खलिन: स्वेन तेजसा

English

From his navel the lotus arose, in which the immeasurably radiant one himself was born; by him that dreadful darkness was cut, Partha, which stood in the roaring ocean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रवीम्यहं ब्रूहि वा त्वं वसिष्ठात् क्षत्रियं वरम्

English

In the Krita age dharma was complete; in the Treta age knowledge came; in the Dvapara age, Partha, strength; and in the Kali, Krishna, unrighteousness came to the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मोत्तरा नष्टभया भूमिरासीत् ततो नृप

English

the Past, and the Future, as also by the very deities with Indra at their head. What man is there that would not seek the protection of Ganga whose protection is sought for by forest recluses and householders, and by Yatis and Brahmacharins alike? The man of righteous conduct who, with rapt soul, thinks of Ganga at the time when his life-breaths are about to leave his body, succeeds in attaining to the highest end. That man who dwells by the side of Ganga up to the time of his death, adoring her with reverence, becomes freed from the fear of every kind of calamity, of sin, and of kings. When that highly sacred stream fell from the firmament. Maheswara held it on his head. It is that very stream which is adored in heaven, l The three regions, viz., (Earth, Heaven, and the nether place called Patala) are adorned by the three courses of this sacred stream. The man who uses the waters of that stream becomes certainly crowned with success. As the solar ray is to the deities in heaven, as Chandramas is to the Pitris, as the king is to human beings, even such is Ganga unto all streams. 2 One who becomes bereaved of mother or father or sons or spouses or wealth does not fell that grief which becomes one's, when one becomes bereaved of Ganga. One does not obtain that joy through acts that lead to the region of Brahma, or through such sacrifices and rites that lead to heaven, or through children or wealth, which one obtain from a sight of Ganga. 3 The pleasures that men derive from a sight of Ganga is equal to what they derive from a sight of the full moon. That man becomes dear to Ganga who adores her with deep devotion, with mind wholly fixed upon her, with a reverence that refuses to take any other object within its sphere, with a feeling that there is nothing else to the universe worthy of similar adoration, and with a steadiness that knows no failing away. Creatures that live on Earth, in the welkin, or in Heaven, indeed, even beings that are very superior,— should always bathe in Ganga. Verily, this is the foremost of all duties with those that are righteous. The fame of Ganga for sanctity has spread over the entire universe, since she bore all the sons of Sagara, who had been reduced to ashes, from here to Heaven. 4 Men who are washed by the bright, beautiful, high, and rapidly moving waves, raised by the wind, of Ganga, became cleansed of all their sins and resemble in splendour the Sun with his thousand rays. Those men of tranquil souls that have cast off their bodies in the waters of Ganga whose sanctity is as great as that of the butter and other liquids poured in sacrifices and which are

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिंशत: कश्यपो राजन् भूमिरासीदतन्द्रित: पृथिवी काश्यपी जज्ञे सुता तस्य महात्मन:

English

capable of conferring merits equal to those of the greatest of sacrifices, have certainly attained to a

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणाम करके उनकी पुत्री बनकर रहने लगी। तभीसे उसका नाम काश्यपी हुआ

English

Having abandoned what should be abandoned for the destruction of asuras, the cause of what is to be done and not to be done, Partha, what he did and will do and is doing, the god; know this Soma and Shakra too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्य प्रब्रृहि वा त्वं च कश्यपात् क्षत्रियं वरम् भी श्रेष्ठ किसी अन्य क्षत्रियको जानते हो तो बताओ

English

He is the maker of all, of all forms, the bearer of all, the maker of all, conqueror of all; the bearer of the trident, the drinker of blood, the terrible; they praise him, known by his deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु राजन्नुतथ्यस्य जातस्याड्विरसे कुले

English

Gandharvas and apsarases and hundreds of the gods always attend him, and rakshasas wait on him; he alone, wishing to conquer, is the increase of wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्यास्तुल्यं पतिं सोम उतथ्यं समपश्यत उतथ्यार्थ तु चार्वज्ी परं नियममास्थिता

English

At the sacrifice the reciters praise him, the singers of Saman praise him in the Rathantara, brahmins praise him with Brahman-mantras, and the Adhvaryus prepare the oblation for him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये उत्तम नियमका आश्रय ले तीव्र तपस्या करने लगी

English

Entering the ancient cave of Brahman, he saw the earth's sacrifice before the Bharata; and he of supreme deeds lifted up the earth, throwing into turmoil daityas, serpents and danavas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये भद्राका विधिपूर्वक पाणिग्रहण किया स चागम्य वनप्रस्थं यमुनायां जहार ताम्

English

They declare his many foods; they declare that he is the vehicle in battle; the sky, earth and heaven all stand under the control of the eternal one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्रमके निकट आकर यमुनामें स्नान करते समय भद्राका अपहरण कर लिया

English

He of pot-born seed created the ancient one in whom Vasishtha is said to have been born; he is the Wind, the lord, the horse-swift, the rayed Savita, the first god.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परमाद्भुतसंकाशं षघट्सहस्रशतह्नदम् बिजलियोंका प्रकाश" छा रहा था

English

By him all the asuras were conquered; by his prowess the three worlds here were conquered; he is of gods, men and ancestors; they call him the extension of those who know sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथाख्यातमुतथ्याय तत: पत्न्यवमर्दनम् उसके साथ बलात्कार किया है”

English

He alone rises, dividing time; his are the north and south courses; his rays go up, across and down, heating the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोवाच गच्छ ब्रूहि त्वं वरुणं परुषं वच:

English

Brahmins who know the Veda serve him; the Sun shines using his brightness; he arranges the sacrifice month after month; Veda-knowers recite him at the sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकपालोसि लोकानां न लोकस्य विलोपक: इत्युक्तो वचनात् तस्य नारदेन जलेश्वर:

English

He, with one yoke, bears this three-naved wheel drawn by seven horses; of great radiance, all-going, lion of all, Krishna alone upholds the worlds. Eating or not eating, the steadfast; come to Krishna, Partha, the doer always.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उतथ्यमब्रवीद् वाक्‍्यं नातिहृष्टमना इव

English

Once, the great soul, pervading, satisfied at Khandava, as the smoke-bannered fire, conquered rakshasas and serpents, and everywhere offers all into the fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रयच्छति ते भार्या यत् ते कार्य कुरुष्व तत् अपिबत् तेजसा वारि विष्ट भ्य सुमहातपा:

English

He gave the horse the white horse; he made all the horses; his chariot has three struts and three wheels, with three heads and four corners.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थे ही, अपने तेजसे सारे जलको स्तम्भित करके पीने लगे

English

He set the sky in order with five naves; he made the earth, heaven and atmosphere, and likewise created lovely mountains: Hrishikesha of immeasurably blazing fiery splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुहृद्धिर्भिक्षमाणो 5पि नैवामुज्चत तां तदा तस्माद् देशान्नदीं चैव प्रोवाचासौ द्विजोत्तम:

English

Crossing rivers, wishing to kill, he drove back that thunderbolt as it struck; as Mahendra he is praised at the great sacrifice by brahmins, alone, with thousands of ancient Rik verses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अददाच्छरणं गत्वा भारयामाड्विरसाय वै

English

Durvasa could be lodged in a house, O king, by him and no other, of great might; they call him the one ancient sage; he, maker of the universe, ordains states of his own self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुमोच च जगद् दुःखाद् वरुणं चैव हैहय उतथ्य: सुमहातेजा यत् तच्छुणु नराधिप

English

He who is the presiding god that makes the Vedas known, and the rules and ancient practices he relies upon, and whatever the fruit in desire, Veda and worldly life: know all this through Vishvaksena.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऐसा कहकर वे भद्राको साथ ले अपने घरको लौट गये

English

The white lights in all the world, the three worlds, the three world-guardians, the three fires and the three utterances: all the gods are in Devaki's son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुष्पण्चाशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

Year, season, fortnight, day and night, the kalas and kashthas, matras, muhurtas, lavas and kshanas: know all this in Vishvaksena.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु राजन्नगस्त्यस्य माहात्म्यं ब्राह्मणस्य ह ब्राह्मगजातीय अगसत्यका माहात्म्य सुनो--

English

Moon and sun, planets, stars, constellations, all new-moon days and full-moon days, the conjunctions of stars and the seasons, Partha: all this is born from Vishvaksena.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रष्टैश्चर्यास्ततो देवाश्चेरु: पृथ्वीमिति श्रुति:

English

Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, the two Ashvins, Sadhyas, Vishvedevas, the six hosts of Maruts, Prajapati, Aditi mother of the gods, and the seven sages: all from Krishna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददृशुस्तेजसा युक्तमगस्त्यं विपुलब्रतम् और महान व्रतधारी अगस्त्यको देखा

English

Becoming wind, he scatters the universe; becoming fire, he burns, of all forms; becoming water, he submerges all; becoming Brahma, he creates hosts of the universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदमूचुर्महात्मानं वाक्‍्यं काले जनाधिप

English

What is to be known and what makes the Vedas known, the rule and what is ordained and relied on: in dharma, Veda and strength, know Keshava as all, moving and unmoving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदस्मान्नो भयात् तीवरात् त्राहि त्वं मुनिपुड्व प्रजज्वाल च तेजस्वी कालाग्निरिव संक्षये

English

That supreme one, in front, became light, illuminating with splendour, of universal form; having created the waters, the self-existent, self-born, he made the whole universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निकी भाँति रोषसे जल उठे

English

Seasons, portents, many marvels, clouds, lightning, all, and Airavata: all moving and unmoving things are from Krishna; know him as Vishnu, called the Universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तरिक्षान्महाराज निपेतुस्ते सहस्रश: आकाशसे पृथ्वीपर गिरने लगे

English

They call Vasudeva the dwelling of the universe, free of qualities; Sankarshana the living being; then Pradyumna, and Aniruddha as the fourth; the self-born great soul commands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभौ लोकौ परित्यज्य गता: काष्ठां तु दक्षिणाम्

English

In five ways, joined with the five peoples, urging on, wishing to create this universe, he then made earth, wind, space, light and water, Partha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येउन्येडधस्था महीस्थाश्व ते न दग्धा महासुरा: अथैनमन्रुवन् देवा भूमिष्ठानसुरान् जहि

English

Having made this four-fold world, moving and unmoving, he then set the earth with five seeds; heaven will place abundant water on earth; by him this was made, O king; self-born, he gives life by himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दग्धुं तपो हि क्षीयेन्मे न शक्‍्यामीति पार्थिव इसलिये यह कार्य मेरे लिये असम्भव है”

English

Then the gods, asuras, men, worlds, sages, ancestors and subjects, briefly, all the various worlds of living beings: the lord of beings, wishing to create always.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानवोंको दग्ध कर दिया था

English

Good and bad, moving and unmoving: know all this to be from Vishvaksena. What is and what will be here: know all this as Keshava.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रवीम्यहं ब्रूहि वा त्वमगस्त्यात् क्षत्रियं वरम् कहता हूँ, तुम अगस्त्य मुनिसे श्रेष्ठ किसी क्षत्रियको जानते हो तो बताओ”

English

And death for beings at the end is Krishna himself, the eternal bearer of dharma; whatever has been that we do not know here: know all this from Vishvaksena.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु राजन् वसिष्ठस्य मुख्यं कर्म यशस्विन:

English

Whatever is praised in the worlds, holy, and whatever is good or bad, all that is Keshava; the inconceivable would be otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसिष्ठ॑ मनसा गत्वा ज्ञात्वा तत् तस्य गौरवम् जाकर मानसरोवरके तटपर यज्ञ आरम्भ किया

English

Such is this Keshava, self-existent Narayana, supreme and imperishable, the middle of this world and of those that stand, the origin and dissolution of all beings.