Adhyaya 74

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुङ्कम और इरा (एक प्रकारकी नशीली मीठी लता)- के पुष्प बिखरे हुए थे। कहीं तगर, अतिविषा (अतीस नामकी जहरीली ओषधि), जटामासी और गुग्गुलकी भीनी सुगन्ध फैल रही थी। कहीं कनेरके पुष्पों, भूमिपर फैली हुई लताओंके फूलों, जम्बीर-वृक्षों और घासोंसे भूमि सुहावनी लग रही थी, जिसपर तोते विचर

English

BrahmAsahl: — lrd iiva! you are the One, who sees all beings safely through the oceau of the worid, pray therefore descr/he some such ordiuancQ, as may lead people to cross the sea of the world in safety, and attain health, heaven and happiness.— 1. iiva said: — BrahniA! I shall describe to you the Saura dharma, consisting of the following vratas: ti. Kal ydna saptamt (u) VieJokasaptaml. So also [iiii Phalli Saptami, the dcstrojier of sins and giver of great merit. Similarly, {iv) the sacred iiarkara Saptami lo) ICatnala Saptami (rt) Maiidarii Saptami, (rii; Subha Saptami, the giver of auspiciousness. I'lieso are the givers of endless merit. All thes- have been respected by the Devas and the Uisis, and I shall describe their rituals to you, one by one, in due order. — 3-4.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(तुनि) और प्रियालक (छोटी पियार)-के वृक्ष शोभा पा रहे थे तो कहीं अनेकों रंगोंके सुगन्धित कमलोंके पुष्प खिले हुए थे। उनमें कुछ पुष्प उगते हुए सूर्यके समान लाल, कुछ सूर्य-सरीखे चमकीले एवं चन्द्रमाके- से उज्वल थे, कुछ सुवर्ण-सदृश पीतोज्चल, कुछ अलसीके पुष्पके समान नीले तथा कुछ तोतेके पंखके सदृश हरे थे। इस प्रकार वहाँकी भूमि इन पाँचों रंगोंवाले अन्यान्य रंग-बिरंगे स्थलपुष्पोंसे आच्छादित थी। तथा वह्िशिखाकारैर्गजवक्त्रोत्पलै: शुभेः

English

When a Sunday falls on the 7tli day of a bright fortinght, it is known as Kalyariiiii or Vijaya Saptami. On that day the devotee should hiitiie in cow's milk, in the morning, and put on white clothes, and then sit facing the east and draw the picture of au eight-petulled lotus flower, made of uncooked rice powder, lie should, then, draw a circle round that lotus, and in the centre of it »!raw its pericarp, with tlic.same material. -Then, on all sides of it, he should draw eiglit pictures of the Sun with flowers and rice. The devotee should put a pincli of uncooked rice on each petal of the lotus, after reciting tho fuihoving mantras Tapamlya iiamah, ilarfancriya namali, I>ivakaio'ya namah, Vidliatn nanuih, Vaiun»\* ya namah, rihaskaiaya namah Vikartanaya namah, and Uavayc namah, res- pectively, beginning with tlie pi-'-tmo of tlie Sun on the lOasterii petal, and then on those on tiio Soiuh Kurtcrn, Somhern, S(>utli-\Vcstern, Western, North-Western, Nortliern, and, lastly, on the North-Eastern petals.— 5-5). Afote. — A pinch of uncooked rice ahould bo placed o;i each petal after rocitiug oiio name each time, until it i.s placed nji each eight petals, viz, — On the petal in the eastern direction by reciting Tapan&ya namah, and.so on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीलोत्पलैः सकहाॉरैर्गुज्ञातककसेरुकै: । श्वुजुटकमृणालेश्वच करटै राजतोत्पलैः विविधैश्चैव नीवारैर्मुनिभोज्यैर्नराधिप

English

At the coiumencement. as well as at the oikI, and so also iu the luiddle, of placing rice, he should recite the Mantra Paramtlt-iuane namah Then at the end, tlie God-Sun should be sainted. — 10. The Sun should be worshipped on the altar by being otfered white cloth, fruits, incense, flowers, sandal paste, eatables and raw sugar, along with salt, all of which should be given away in charity to Brnhmapas. — 11.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नागलोकोद्भवं दिव्यं नरलोकभवं च यत्। अनूपोत्थं वनोत्थं च तत्र यन्नास्ति पार्थिवः मयूरान् शतपत्रांश्च कलविङ्काश्च कोकिलान् तदा कादम्बकान् हंसान् कोयष्टीन् खञ्जरीटकान्। कुररान् कालकूटांश्व खट्वाड्ॉल्लुब्धकांस्तथा

English

Afterwards, good Brahmaoas should be devoutly worshipped with raw sugar, clarified butter and milk, and then they shouhl be given gold, placed on a dish, containing sesamum. — 12. GBAPTEB LXXV,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोक्ष्वेडकांस्तथा कुम्भान् धातराष्ट्राञ्छुकान् बकान्। घातुकांश्चक्रवाकांश्च कटाकूण्टिड्टिभान् भटान् पुत्रप्रियाँल्लोहपृष्ठान् गोचर्मगिरिवर्तकान्। पारावतांश्च कमलान् सारिकाञ्जीवजी वकान्

English

Then the BrfthmaDas should bo dismissed with fees, after reciting the ' vyAliriti ' mantras. The devotee sliould then go to sleep and then, after getting up in the morning, ha should bathe and finish his japa (prayers) and take rice cooked in clarified butter and sugar in company of the Br&hmanas.—* 13. After meals, the devotee sliould give away t) the Bralimanas, who may be free from hypocrisy, a pot, full of clarified butter, a*id a piece of gold, along with a pitcher, fall of water. — 14.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्तवर्त्मप्रभद्रकान्। ताम्नचूडान् स्वर्णचूडाङ्कुक्कटान् काष्ठकुक्कुटान् कपिञ्जलान् कलविङ्कांस्तथा कुङ्कमचूडकान्। भृद्गराजान् सीरपादान् भूलिङ्गाण्डिण्डिमान् नवान् लाववर्तकवार्ताकान्

English

At that time the devotee bliould say; " 0, Adorable Suu, the Supreme Self, be pleased.*' Tlie worship of the Jun.should thus be followed for a year, on the bright Saptami of every month, and in the 13tli month, 13 cows, with their mouths covered with g)M and bodie.s adornod with clothes and ornaments, should be given away. — 15-]f). If one cannot allord 13 cow.s, he may give only one. The observer of this ordinance shoul I n )t cKerci-so inisarlinoss and jealousy. Those who do so, go to hell. — 17.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हितमुहैः कुमुहैश्चन्द्रसन्निभ्ः। वह वनस्थली देखनेवालेकी दृष्टिको आनन्ददायक एवं

English

One who tlius observes the Kalyana Saptami ordinance, goes to the region of the Sun, after being liberated from all sins, and obtains long life, health and prosperity on this earth. — 18. This Saptami, wliicli is tlie destroyer of all sins and venerated by the Devas, is known a.s Kalyana Saptami, the remover of all evils.— -19.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्द्रमा-सरीखे उज्वल कुमुद-पुष्पों तथा अग्निको शिखाके सदृश एवं हाथीके मुखमें संलग्न उज्वल उत्पल, नीले उत्पल, कह्लार, गुंजातक (घुँघुची), कसेरुक (कसेरा), शृङ्गाटक (सिंघाड़), कमलनाल, करट (कुसुम्भ) तथा चाँदीके समान उज्ज्वल उत्पलोंसे सुशोभित थी। इस प्रकार वह पुष्पोंसे विशेष शोभायमान था। नरेश्वर! वहाँ मुनियेंके खानेयोग्य अनेकों प्रकारके नीवार (तिन्री) भी उगे हुए थे॥ ३३--४५॥

English

One who reads or hears about this kalyana Saptami, the giver of endless merits, is freed from all sins on this earth. — 20. Hen ends th** chapter descrihin j the Kalyana

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरेन्द्र! (यहाँतक कि) नागलोक, स्वर्गलोक, मृत्युलोक, जलप्रा स्थान तथा वनमें उत्पन्न होनेवाला ऐसा कोई भी अनाज, धान्य, शाक, फल, मूल, कन्द और फूल नहीं था, जो वहाँ विद्यमान न हो अर्थात् सभी प्राप्य थे। वहाँके वृक्ष ऋतुओंके अनुकूल सदा फूलों और फलोंसे लदे रहते थे। मद्रेश्वर पुरूरवाने अपनी तपस्याके प्रभावसे उस वनप्रान्तको देखा। राजाको वहाँ अनेकों प्रकारके रूप-रंगवाले पक्षी भी दीख पड़े। जैसे

English

Saptami rrata. CHAFrEU LXXV.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोर, शतपत्र (कठफोरवा), कलविंक (गौरैया), कोयल, कादम्बक (कलहंस), हंस, कोयष्टि (जलकुक्कुट), खंजरीट (खिड्रिंच), कुरर (कराँकुल), कालकूट (जलकौआ), कुम्भ (डोम कौआ), धार्तराष्ट्र (काली चोंच और काले (कर्कश ध्वनि करनेवाले विशेष पक्षी), टिटिहिरी, भट

English

iva said: -O sage! 1.shall ik)w tell \'ou about the Virfoka Saptami (the Sorrow- Destroying fast' the observance of whicl) fast frees the devotee from all grief. — 1. On tlie sixth day of the bright fortinght, in the month of Mghai the devotee, after brushing his teeth in the morning and rubbing the body with black sesainum, and bathing, should fast the whole day; and at night, again brushing his teeth, he should take krisarfi pudding (consist- ing of rice, sesamuin and a pulse cooked in milk and eaten with ghee and without salt). Then go to bed as a BrahmachAri.— 2.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(सारस), मैना, जीवजीवक (चकोर), लवा, वर्तक (बटेर), वार्ताक (बटेरोंकी एक जाति), रक्तवर्त्म (मुर्गा), प्रभद्रक (हंसका एक भेद), ताम्रचूड (लाल शिखावाले मर्गे, काष्ठकुक्कुट (मुर्गेका एक भेद), कपिञ्जल (पपीहा), कलविंक (गौरैया), कुङ्कमचूड (केसर-सरीखी शिखावाले

English

THE MATA PUBAEAU. On tbe following morning, after bathing and finising his daily prayer and so being pure, he should have a lotus made of gold, and vroTship it by pronouncing * Ark&ya natuah-' — 3.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूलिंग (भूमिमें रहनेवाले पक्षी), डिण्डिम (हारिल पक्षीकी एक जाति), नव (काक), मञ्जुलीतक (चील्हकी जातिविशेष), दात्यूह (जलकाक), भारद्वाज (भरदूल) तथा चाष (नीलकण्ठ) --इन्हें तथा इनके अतिरिक्त अन्यान्य बहुत-से मनोहर पक्षिसमूहोंको राजाने देखा ॥४६--५५॥ श्वापदान् विविधाकारान् मृगांश्चैव महामृगान्। व्याघ्रान् केसरिणः सिंहान् द्वीपिनः शरभान् वृकान्

English

Hote Arakiya asmshssSslutotloiur to the San. The lotus should be worshipped with red kaiiera flowers and a piece of red cloth. The devotee should pray to the Sun in these words; —

हिन्दी अर्थ

शशलोमान् सकादम्बान् मार्जारान् वायुवेगिनः नीलांश्चैव महानीलान् करालान् मृगमातृकान्

English

' 0 Adit3a! asbthis world becomes free from all grief at Tliy rising, in the same way, let me also be free from sorrow, in all my lives, and may 1 have always lii-m faith in Thee.' —4. Thus, having performed Puja on the.sixth day of the bright fort- night, the Brahmauas should be worshipped with devotion. The worshipper, after taking cow's urine, should go to bed.* Then, on the following morning, rising from his bed, bathing and finishing his daily prayers, he should offer food to the Brahmauas, in a vessel containing raw sugar. Then the golden lotus should be given away to a BrAlimapa, along with a pair of red clothes mentioned above. — 5 -6.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदंष्टालोमशरभान् क्रौञ्जाकारकशम्बरान्। करालान् कृतमालांश्च कालपुच्छांश्च तोरणान् हिंसन्ति हि न चान्योन्यं हिंसकास्तु परस्परम् सरांसि तत्र दिव्यानि नद्याश्च विमलोदकाः

English

On the Saptami (seventh / day, oil and salt should be avoided, and the devotee should observe a vow of silence and listen to some Parana. —7. The ordinance should tlien be continued on the seventh day of each fortnight, till the next mouth of Magha.— 8.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणालिकानि चोष्णानि शीतलानि च भागशः । कन्दराणि च शैलस्य सुसेव्यानि पदे पदे उपत्यका सुशैलस्य शिखरस्य न विद्यते

English

On the conclusion of the ordinance, a pitcher of water, along with a golden lotus, should be given away, and a bedstead, witli all its requisites and a milch cow, slnmld aUi be given away.— 9. One who keeps up the Visoka Saptami ordinance, according to the rites mentioned above, without giving way to fni.serliuoss, attains bliss, and never gets any sorrow for a period of ten padmas, and is also free from disease. He also attains his wishes, and if he observes it without any desires, he becomes uiiified with Brahma. — 10-1<J.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसी प्रकार राजाको वहाँ विभिन्न रूप-रंगवाले जंगली जीव भी देखनेको मिले। जैसे-हिरन, बारहसिंघे, तरक्षु (लकडा), बहुत-से लाङ्गली वानर, सामान्य बिलाव, मतवाले हाथी, भैंसे, नीलगाय, बैल, चमर (सुरा गाय), सृमर (बालमृग), श्वेत रंगके गधे, भेंड

English

One who reads, listens to, or relates this vrata of \dioka Saptami, goes to the realm of ludra aucfenevcr gets any sorrow. — 13. Here ends the seventy- fifth chapter dealing with Visoka saptami vrata or the Sorroiv-Destroying fast. Sjiva said: — " 1 shall now describe to 3'ou the Bhala Saptami, (fruit- gift fast) the observance of which liberates the devotee from sins and leads him to heaven.— 1.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृगमातृक (कस्तूरी मृग), बड़ी-बड़ी दाढ़ों एवं रोमोंसे युक्त शरभ (अष्टपदी), क्रौंच पक्षीके आकारवाले शम्बर (साबर मृग), भयानक कृतमाल (एक प्रकारका हिरन), काली पूँछोंवाले तोरण (सियार), ऊँट, गैंडे, सूअर, घोड़े, खच्चर, गधे आदि जीवोंको उस बनमें परस्पर विरुद्धस्वभाववाले होनेपर भी द्वेषरहित होकर निवास करते देखकर मद्रेश्वर पुरूरवा विस्मयविमुग्ध हो गये। राजन्! पूर्वकालमें उसी स्थानपर महर्षि अत्रिका पुण्यमय

English

* This oerenumy relates to the fsf (bS day. 0B4PTMB L4Xn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्रम था। उन ऋषिकी कृपासे वह प्रदेश स्थावर- जङ्गम प्राणियोंसे भरा हुआ अत्यन्त सुहावना था और बहाँ हिंसक जीव भी परस्पर एक-दूसरेकी हिंसा नहीं करते थे महर्षि अत्रिने उस आश्रममें ऐसा उत्तम वातावरण बना दिया था कि वहाँके सभी मांसभोजी जीव दूध और फलका ही आहार करते थे। राजन्! मन्रेश्वरने पर्वतके उसी नितम्बप्रदेश (निचले भाग)-में अपना निवास- स्थान बनाया। वहाँ सब ओर कहीं भैंसों तो कहीं बकरियोंके स्तनोंसे अमृतके समान स्वादिष्ट दिव्य दूध झरता रहता था, जिससे वहाँकी शिलाएँ. भीतर-बाहर- सब ओर दूध एवं दहीसे सराबोर रहती थीं। यह

English

la the month of M&rgutfira, on the seventh day of the bright fort- night, the devotee, after fasting, sliould give away a lotus of gold, along with sugar, to some firfthmana with a large family. A golden image of the Sun, weighing one pala in measure, sliould also be given away tt> a Br&hmapa in the afternoon, when the devotee should say, ' 0 Sun; be pleased on me.'— 2-3. On tlie following day, that is, on Aftami, the BrAhmauas should worshipped with devotion and fed with milk and fruits*; during that period of the day, so long as there is any portion of the Kri$pa Saptam! remaining, and on every seventh day of the dark fortnight, fruits should lie given away in charity. — 4. In the same way, any fruit made of gold, and a lotus, along with sugar, utensils, cloths and flowers should be given away on each seventh day of the dark and ihn bright fortnights in the month, for a full year.— 5-6.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखकर भूपाल पुरूरवाको परम हर्ष प्राप्त हुआ। वहाँ दिव्य सरोवर थे तथा निर्मल जलसे भरी हुई नदियाँ बह रही थीं। नालियोंमें कहीं गरम तो कहीं शीतल जल बह रहा था। उस पर्वतकी कन्दराएँ पग-पगपर सेवन करने योग्य थीं। उस आश्रमके चारों ओर पाँच योजनके घेरेमें हिम-पात नहीं होता था। उस सुन्दर पर्वतके शिखरके नीचे उपत्यका (मैदानी भूमि) नहीं थी (जिसके कारण वह प्रदेश जनशून्य था)। राजन्!

English

The following names should be recited, one after the other, each month: — BhAnu, Arka, Ravi, BrahmA, Siirya, Bukra, Hari, liva, Srlmnn, VibhAvasu, TvatA, and Varnna. — 7. Out of the names mentioned above, one name, turn by turn, should be recited monthly, on tlie seventh day of the dark or bright fortnight. The desire of obtaining any fruit or merit, by the observance of this vrata, should be renounced by the devotee.— 8.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वहाँ उस पर्वतराजका एक पीले रंगका शिखर है, जिसपर बादल संगठित होकर सदा हिमकी वर्षा किया + नामावलिमें एक ही नाम कई बार आये हैं, अतः उनसे उस जातिके विभिन्न भेदोंको समझना चाहिए। तत्रास्ति चापरं भृङ्गं यत्र तोयघना घनाः। करते हैं। वहीं एक दूसरा शिखर भी है, उस सुन्दर नित्यमेवाभिवर्षन्ति शिलाभिः शिखरं वरम्॥ ७९ शिखरपर जलसे बोझिल हुए बादल बड़ी-बड़ी शिलाओंके साथ नित्य बरसते रहते हैं। जहाँ वह मनको लुभानेवाला सातत्य याच्या तता मनोहारि यत्र Boda आश्रम स्थित है, वहाँकी पृथ्वी कामनाओंको पूर्ण करनेवाली

English

At the end of tlie ordinance, a BrAhmana and his wife should be adored, and then cloth as well as a pitcher, full of sugar, along with a lotus of gold, should be given, and the following prayer should be offerer!: — ' O'Ravi! as the wishes of your devotees never prove fruitless, so the attainment of endless fniits be mine, throughout my future seven lives.' — 10. One who observes this Phala Saptaml, the giver of endless fniits, being liberated from all his sins, goes to the realm of tlie sun. He is freed from the sins arising out of drinks, AiA wliether committed in this or the next world. All that is destroyed, who observes this Phala Saptam! fast. He wlio observes this Phala Saptaml, becomes free from all diseases and liberates his past ancestors as well as liis successors, for 21 generations from bondage. One who reads, hears or relates this to others, gets also prosperity.— 11-14. Here enda the aewntyixtik (Stapler rdating to PhaJa Saptam i orthefaatfoUotoed by the gift of fruits.