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Book 6 - Adhyaya 4

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अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 1

[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे षष्ठे ऽंशे तृतीयो ऽध्यायः ]] सप्तर्षिस्थानम् आक्रम्य स्थिते ऽम्भसि महामुने एकार्णवं भवत्य् एतत् त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं ततः

[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe ṣaṣṭhe 'ṃśe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] saptarṣisthānam ākramya sthite 'mbhasi mahāmune ekārṇavaṃ bhavaty etat trailokyam akhilaṃ tataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

और निवृत्तिरूप (सांख्ययोग)। इन दोनों प्रकारके कर्मोसे उस सर्वभूत पुरुषोत्तमका ही यजन किया

English

í arasara said : — great ascetic, the ivaters having reached the region of the seven Rishis the wliole of three worlds becomes one ocean. The breath of Vishnu, there- upon, becomes a strong wind, which blows for more than a hundred years uotjl all the clouds are dispersed. The wind is then re-absorbed and he, of whom all beings are made, the lord by whom all things exist, he, who is incon- ceivable, without beginning of the universe, reposes sleep- ing upon Sesha in tli.e midst of the ocean. The creator Hari, sleeps upon the ocean in the form of Brahma glorified by Sanaka and the saints who had departed to the Janaloka and contemplated by the holy inhahitants of Brahmaloka, anxious for final liberation — involved in mystic slumber, the celestial personification of his own illusions and meditating on his own ineffable spirit which is called Vásudeva. This Majtreya, is the dissolution called incidental, because, Hari, in the form of Brahma , sleeps there as its incidental

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 2

मुखनिश्वासजो विष्णोर् वायुस् ताञ् जलदांस् ततः नाशयन् वाति मैत्रेय वर्षाणाम् अपरं शतम्

mukhaniśvāsajo viṣṇor vāyus tāñ jaladāṃs tataḥ nāśayan vāti maitreya varṣāṇām aparaṃ śatam

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा निवृत्ति-मार्गमें स्थित योगिजन विष्णुका ही ज्ञानयोगद्वारा यजन करते हैं

English

When the uni versal spijit wakes, the world revives : when h^clears his eyesall things fall upon the bed of roystic sleep. 'u tbe .satye manner a thousand great eyes comprise a -iay

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 3

सर्वभूतमयो ऽचिन्त्यो भगवान् भूतभावनः अनादिर् आदिर् विश्वस्य पीत्वा वायुम् अशेषतः

sarvabhūtamayo 'cintyo bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ anādir ādir viśvasya pītvā vāyum aśeṣataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है तथा जो वाणीका विषय नहीं है वह सब भी अव्ययात्मा विष्णु ही है

English

of BrahmS, so his night consists of tlie same periöd : during which the world is submerged by a vast ocean. Avvaking at tbe cnd of his night ; the unborn Vishnu, in the character of Brahma, creates the universe an#v in the manner formerly described unto you. I have thus related to you the inter- mediate dissolution of the world taking place at the end of every Kalpa. I will novv, Maitreva, describe to you ele- mental dissolution. When by dearth and fire all the worlds and Pátalas are dried up and the modification of Mahat and other products of nature are by the will of Krishna destroyed the progress of elemental dissolution is begun. At first ,the water swallow up the propjrty of earth which is the rudiment of smell ; and carth, deprived of its property, proceeds to destruction. Devoid of the rudiment of odour the earth be- comes identical with water. The water then being much in- creased roaring aHd rushing along fill up all space whether agitated ot still. When the universe is thus pervaded by thc waves of the watery element its rudimental fiavour is licked up by the element of fire and on accouut of the destruction of these rudiments the waters themselves are destroyed. Dcvoid of the essential element of flavour they become indentical with fire and the universe is therefore entirely filled with flame vvhich drinks up the water on every sirle and gradually overspreads the whole of the vvorld. While space is enve- loped in flame above, below and all around the .element of the wind siezes upon the rudimental property or form which is the cause of liijht, and that be.ing vvithdrawn, all becomes of the nature of air. The rudiment of form being 'des- troyed and lire deprived of its ruiliment, air extinguishes fiie and spreads resisllessly over space which is df prived of Iijjht when fire mages into air. Air then accompanii*d by sound which is the source of ether, extends everywhere ihrougliout the ten regions of space until ejher seizes upon contaci, Jitjt rudimental property ; by the • toss of wllich air is des- troyed and ether remains unchangéd: deyoíd oí 1<»P>

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 4

एकार्णवे ततस् तस्मिञ् शेषशय्यास्थितः प्रभुः ब्रह्मरूपधरः शेते भगवान् आदिकृद् धरिः

ekārṇave tatas tasmiñ śeṣaśayyāsthitaḥ prabhuḥ brahmarūpadharaḥ śete bhagavān ādikṛd dhariḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकृति और पुरुष लीन हो जाते हैं

English

flavour, toucli and smell, it exists unembodied and vast and pervades the whole of space. Ether, whose characteristic property and rudiment is sound exists alone occupying all thé vacuity of space. Blt then the radical element ego- tism devours sound and all the elements and faculties are at once merged into their original. This primary element is conscientiousness combined with the property of darkness and is itself swallowed up by Mahat whose characterestic property is intelligence ; and earth and Mahat are the inner and outer boundaries of the universe. In this manner, as in the creation were the seven fonns of nature (Prakriti) reckoned from Mahat to earth ; so at the time of elemental dissolution these seven successively re-enter into each other. The egg of Brahma, is dissolved in the waters that surround it, with its seven zones, seven oceaus, seven regions, and their mountains. The investure of water is drunk up by fire : thc stratum of fire is absorbed by that of air : air blends itselí with ether ; the primary element of egoiism devours the ether and ia itself taken up by intellect, which, along with all those, is seized upon by nature. Equilibrium of the three properties, without excess or deficiency, is called nature (Prakriti), origin (Hetu), the chief Principle (Pradhana) cause (Karana) supreme (Param). This Prakriti is essentially the same, whether discrete or indiscrete ; only that which is discrete finally is lost or absorbed in the indiscrete. Spirit also which is one, pure, imperishable, eternal, all-pervading is a portion of that superme spirit which is all things. That spirit which is other than embodied spirit, in which there are no attri- butes of name, species or the like — which is one with all wisdom and is to be understood as sole existence, that is Brahma, infinite glory, supreme spirit, supreme power, Vishnu, all that is from whence the perfect sage returns no more. Prakriti, which I have 4escribed toyou as being essentially ífpth discrete , aud indiscrete and spirit both resolve into itipreme, spiritjíífupreme spirit is the upholder of all things

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 5

जनलोकगतैः सिद्धैः सनकाद्यैर् अभिष्टुतः ब्रह्मलोकगतैश् चैव चिन्त्यमानो मुमुक्षुभिः

janalokagataiḥ siddhaiḥ sanakādyair abhiṣṭutaḥ brahmalokagataiś caiva cintyamāno mumukṣubhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन विष्णुभगवानका केवल एक दिन है

English

and tbe ruler of all things and ís glorified ín the Vedas and in tbe Vedanta by Ihe name of Vishnu.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 6

आत्ममायामयीं दिव्यां योगनिद्रां समास्थितः आत्मानं वासुदेवाख्यं चिन्तयन् परमेश्वरः

ātmamāyāmayīṃ divyāṃ yoganidrāṃ samāsthitaḥ ātmānaṃ vāsudevākhyaṃ cintayan parameśvaraḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषमें लीन हो जानेपर इतने ही कालकी विष्णुभगवान्की

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 7

एष नैमित्तिको नाम मैत्रेय प्रतिसंचरः निमित्तं तत्र यच् छेते ब्रह्मरूपधरो हरिः

eṣa naimittiko nāma maitreya pratisaṃcaraḥ nimittaṃ tatra yac chete brahmarūpadharo hariḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

हे द्विज! वास्तवमें तो उन नित्य परमात्माका न कोई दिन है और न रात्रि, तथापि केवल उपचार (अध्यारोप)-से ऐसा कहा जाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 8

यदा जागर्ति सर्वात्मा स तदा चेष्टते जगत् निमीलत्य् एतद् अखिलं मायाशय्याशये ऽच्युते

yadā jāgarti sarvātmā sa tadā ceṣṭate jagat nimīlaty etad akhilaṃ māyāśayyāśaye 'cyute

हिन्दी अर्थ

पारमार्थिक स्वरूपका वर्णन आधिदेविक और आधिभौतिक--तीनों तापोंको जानकर प्रलय प्राप्त करते हैं

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 9

पद्मयोनेर् दिनं यत् तु चतुर्युगसहस्रवत् एकार्णवे कृते लोके तावती रात्रिर् इष्यते

padmayoner dinaṃ yat tu caturyugasahasravat ekārṇave kṛte loke tāvatī rātrir iṣyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

और मानसिक दो प्रकारके होते हैं; उनमें शारीरिक शारीरो बहुभिभेंदेभिद्यते श्रूयतां च स:॥ २ तापके भी कितने ही भेद हैं, वह सुनो

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 10

ततः प्रबुद्धो रात्र्यन्ते पुनः सृष्टिं करोत्य् अजः ब्रह्मस्वरूपधृग् विष्णुर् यथा ते कथितं पुरा

tataḥ prabuddho rātryante punaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ karoty ajaḥ brahmasvarūpadhṛg viṣṇur yathā te kathitaṃ purā

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामक्रोधभयद्वेषलेभमोहविषादज: । मृगपक्षिमनुष्यादहे: पिशाचोरगराक्षसे: । पूतिब्रणान्निपतितो धरण्यां कृमिको यथा॥ १७ स्नानपानादिकाहारमप्याणोति परेच्छया॥ १८

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 11

इत्य् एष कल्पसंहाराद् अन्तरप्रलयो द्विज नैमित्तिकस् ते कथितः प्राकृतं शृण्वतः परम्

ity eṣa kalpasaṃhārād antarapralayo dvija naimittikas te kathitaḥ prākṛtaṃ śṛṇvataḥ param

हिन्दी अर्थ

उल्ब (गर्भकी झिल्ली)-से लिपटा हुआ यह सुकुमारशरीर जीव, जिसकी पीठ और ग्रीवाकी अस्थियाँ कुण्डलाकार कड़वे, चरपरे, गर्म और खारे पदार्थोसे जिसकी वेदना बहुत बढ़ जाती है, जो मल-मूत्ररूप महापंकमें पड़ा-

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 12

अनावृष्ट्यग्निसंपर्कात् कृते संक्षालने मुने समस्तेष्व् एव लोकेषु पातालेष्व् अखिलेषु च

anāvṛṣṭyagnisaṃparkāt kṛte saṃkṣālane mune samasteṣv eva lokeṣu pātāleṣv akhileṣu ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रबल प्रसूति-वायु उसका मुख नीचेको कर देती है और वह आतुर होकर बड़े क्लेशके साथ माताके गर्भाशयसे बाहर निकल पाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 13

महदादेर् विकारस्य विशेषान्तस्य संक्षये कृष्णेच्छाकारिते तस्मिन् प्रवृत्ते प्रतिसंचरे

mahadāder vikārasya viśeṣāntasya saṃkṣaye kṛṣṇecchākārite tasmin pravṛtte pratisaṃcare

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस समय वह जीव दुर्गन्धयुक्त फोड़ेमेंसे गिरे हुए किसी कण्टक-विद्ध अथवा आरेसे चीरे हुए कीड़ेके समान पृथिवीपर गिरता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 14

आपो ग्रसन्ति वै पूर्वं भूमेर् गन्धात्मकं गुणम् आत्तगन्धा ततो भूमिः प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते

āpo grasanti vai pūrvaṃ bhūmer gandhātmakaṃ guṇam āttagandhā tato bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate

हिन्दी अर्थ

खुजलाने अथवा करवट लेनेकी भी शक्ति नहीं रहती। वह स्नान तथा दुग्धपानादि आहार भी दूसरेहीकी इच्छासे

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 15

प्रणष्टे गन्धतन्मात्रे भवत्य् उर्वी जलात्मिका आपस् तदा प्रवृद्धास् तु वेगवत्यो महास्वनाः

praṇaṣṭe gandhatanmātre bhavaty urvī jalātmikā āpas tadā pravṛddhās tu vegavatyo mahāsvanāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

बालभावे यदाप्नोति ह्ाधिभौतादिकानि च॥ २० अज्ञानतमसा55च्छननो मूढान्त:करणो नर: । न जानाति कुतः को5हं क्वाहं गनन्‍्ता किमात्मन: ॥ २१ केन बन्धेन बद्धो 5हं कारणं किमकारणम्।

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 16

सर्वम् आपूरयन्तीदं तिष्ठन्ति विचरन्ति च सलिलेनैवोर्मिमता लोकांस् तांस् तान् समन्ततः व्याप्तम् एवाभवत् सर्वं जगद् एतद् द्विजोत्तम

sarvam āpūrayantīdaṃ tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca salilenaivormimatā lokāṃs tāṃs tān samantataḥ vyāptam evābhavat sarvaṃ jagad etad dvijottama

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार जन्मके समय और उसके अनन्तर बाल्यावस्थामें जीव आधिभौतिकादि अनेकों दुःख भोगता

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 17

अपाम् अपि गुणो यस् तु ज्योतिषा पीयते तु सः नश्यन्त्य् आपस् ततस् ताश् च रसतन्मात्रसंक्षयात्

apām api guṇo yas tu jyotiṣā pīyate tu saḥ naśyanty āpas tatas tāś ca rasatanmātrasaṃkṣayāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

अज्ञानरूप अन्धकारसे आवृत होकर मूढ्हदय पुरुष यह नहीं जानता कि 'मैं कहाँसे आया हूँ? कौन हूँ? कहाँ जाऊँगा ? तथा मेरा स्वरूप क्या है 2

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 18

ततश् चापो हृतरसा ज्योतिषं प्राप्नुवन्ति वै अग्न्यवस्थे तु सलिले तेजसा सर्वतो वृते

tataś cāpo hṛtarasā jyotiṣaṃ prāpnuvanti vai agnyavasthe tu salile tejasā sarvato vṛte

हिन्दी अर्थ

बन्धनसे बँधा हूँ ? इस बन्धनका क्‍या कारण है 2? अथवा यह अकारण ही प्राप्त हुआ है? मुझे क्या करना चाहिये और क्या न करना चाहिये ? तथा क्‍या कहना चाहिये और क्या

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 19

स चाग्निः सर्वतो व्याप्य आदत्ते तज् जलं तथा सर्वम् आपूर्यते ऽर्चिभिस् तदा जगद् इदं शनैः

sa cāgniḥ sarvato vyāpya ādatte taj jalaṃ tathā sarvam āpūryate 'rcibhis tadā jagad idaṃ śanaiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार पशुके समान विवेकशून्य शिश्नोदर- परायण पुरुष अज्ञानजनित महान् दुःख भोगते हैं

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 20

अर्चिर्भिः संवृते तस्मिंस् तिर्यग् ऊर्ध्वम् अधस् तथा ज्योतिषो ऽपि परं रूपं वायुर् अत्ति प्रभाकरम्

arcirbhiḥ saṃvṛte tasmiṃs tiryag ūrdhvam adhas tathā jyotiṣo 'pi paraṃ rūpaṃ vāyur atti prabhākaram

हिन्दी अर्थ

हे द्विज! अज्ञान तामसिक भाव (विकार) है, अतः होती है; इससे वैदिक कर्मोका लोप हो जाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 21

प्रलीने च ततस् तस्मिन् वायुभूते ऽखिलात्मनि प्रणष्टे रूपतन्मात्रे हृतरूपो विभावसुः

pralīne ca tatas tasmin vāyubhūte 'khilātmani praṇaṣṭe rūpatanmātre hṛtarūpo vibhāvasuḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनीषिजनोंने कर्म-लोपका फल नरक बतलाया है; इसलिये अज्ञानी पुरुषोंको इहलोक और परलोक दोनों जगह अत्यन्त ही दुःख भोगना पड़ता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 22

प्रशाम्यति तदा ज्योतिर् वायुर् दोधूयते महान् निरालोके तदा लोके वाय्ववस्थे च तेजसि

praśāmyati tadā jyotir vāyur dodhūyate mahān nirāloke tadā loke vāyvavasthe ca tejasi

हिन्दी अर्थ

जर्जरित हो जानेपर पुरुषके अंग-प्रत्यंग शिथिल हो जाते हैं, उसके दाँत पुराने होकर उखड़ जाते हैं और शरीर झुर्रियों तथा नस-नाड़ियोंसे आवृत हो जाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 23

ततस् तु मूलम् आसाद्य वायुः संभवम् आत्मनः ऊर्ध्वं चाधश् च तिर्यक् च दोधवीति दिशो दश

tatas tu mūlam āsādya vāyuḥ saṃbhavam ātmanaḥ ūrdhvaṃ cādhaś ca tiryak ca dodhavīti diśo daśa

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाती है, नेत्रोंके तारे गोलकोंमें घुस जाते हैं, नासिकाके रन्ध्रोंमेंसे बहुत-से रोम बाहर निकल आते हैं और शरीर

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 24

वायोर् अपि गुणं स्पर्शम् आकाशं ग्रसते ततः प्रशाम्यति ततो वायुः खं तु तिष्ठत्य् अनावृतम्

vāyor api guṇaṃ sparśam ākāśaṃ grasate tataḥ praśāmyati tato vāyuḥ khaṃ tu tiṣṭhaty anāvṛtam

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसकी समस्त हड्डियाँ दिखलायी देने लगती हैं, मेरुदण्ड झुक जाता है तथा जठराग्निके मन्द पड़ जानेसे उसके आहार और पुरुषार्थ कम हो जाते

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 25

अरूपम् अरसस्पर्शम् अगन्धं न च मूर्तिमत् सर्वम् आपूरयच् चैव सुमहत् तत् प्रकाशते

arūpam arasasparśam agandhaṃ na ca mūrtimat sarvam āpūrayac caiva sumahat tat prakāśate

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस समय उसकी चलना-फिरना, उठना- बैठना और सोना आदि सभी चेष्टाएँ बड़ी कठिनतासे है तथा लार बहते रहनेसे उसका मुख मलिन हो जाता

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 26

परिमण्डलं तत् सुषिरम् आकाशं शब्दलक्षणम् शब्दमात्रं तदाकाशं सर्वम् आवृत्य तिष्ठति

parimaṇḍalaṃ tat suṣiram ākāśaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam śabdamātraṃ tadākāśaṃ sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण वह सब प्रकार मरणासन्न हो जाता है तथा स्मरणशक्तिके क्षीण हो जानेसे वह उसी समय अनुभव किये हुए समस्त पदार्थोको भी भूल जाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 27

ततः शब्दगुणं तस्य भूतादिर् ग्रसते पुनः भूतेन्द्रियेषु युगपद् भूतादौ संस्थितेषु वै अभिमानात्मको ह्य् एष भूतादिस् तामसः स्मृतः

tataḥ śabdaguṇaṃ tasya bhūtādir grasate punaḥ bhūtendriyeṣu yugapad bhūtādau saṃsthiteṣu vai abhimānātmako hy eṣa bhūtādis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वासकाशसमुद्भूतमहायासप्रजागर: ॥ ३२ है तथा श्वास और खाँसी आदिके महान् कष्टके कारण वह दिन-रात जागता रहता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 28

भूतादिं ग्रसते चापि महान् वै बुद्धिलक्षणः

bhūtādiṃ grasate cāpi mahān vai buddhilakṣaṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

औरोंकी सहायतासे ही उठता तथा औरोंके बिठानेसे ही बेठ सकता है, अत: वह अपने सेवक और स्त्री- पुत्रादिके लिये सदा अनादरका पात्र बना रहता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 29

उर्वी महांश् च जगतः प्रान्ते ऽन्तर् बाह्यतस् तथा

urvī mahāṃś ca jagataḥ prānte 'ntar bāhyatas tathā

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसका समस्त शौचाचार नष्ट हो जाता है तथा भोग और भोजनकी लालसा बढ़ जाती है; उसके परिजन भी उसकी हँसी उड़ाते हैं और बन्धुजन उससे उदासीन हो

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 30

एवं सप्त महाबुद्धेः क्रमात् प्रकृतयस् तु वै प्रत्याहारे तु ताः सर्वाः प्रविशन्ति परस्परम्

evaṃ sapta mahābuddheḥ kramāt prakṛtayas tu vai pratyāhāre tu tāḥ sarvāḥ praviśanti parasparam

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनी युवावस्थाकी चेष्टाओंको अन्य सनन्‍्तापवश दीर्घ नि:ःश्वास छोड़ता रहता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 31

येनेदम् आवृतं सर्वम् अण्डम् अप्सु प्रलीयते सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रान्तं सप्तलोकं सपर्वतम्

yenedam āvṛtaṃ sarvam aṇḍam apsu pralīyate saptadvīpasamudrāntaṃ saptalokaṃ saparvatam

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार वृद्धावस्थामें ऐसे ही अनेकों दुःख अनुभव कर उसे मरणकालमें जो कष्ट भोगने पड़ते हैं वे भी

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 32

उदकावरणं यत् तु ज्योतिषा पीयते तु तत् ज्योतिर् वायौ लयं याति यात्य् आकाशे समीरणः

udakāvaraṇaṃ yat tu jyotiṣā pīyate tu tat jyotir vāyau layaṃ yāti yāty ākāśe samīraṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

होती और कभी कुछ चेतना भी आ जाती है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 33

आकाशं चैव भूतादिर् ग्रसते तं तथा महान् महान्तम् एभिः सहितं प्रकृतिर् ग्रसते द्विज

ākāśaṃ caiva bhūtādir grasate taṃ tathā mahān mahāntam ebhiḥ sahitaṃ prakṛtir grasate dvija

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुत्य और गृह आदिके प्रति 'इन सबका क्या होगा ?' इस

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 34

गुणसाम्यम् अनुद्रिक्तम् अन्यूनं च महामुने प्रोच्यते प्रकृतिर् हेतुः प्रधानं कारणं परम्

guṇasāmyam anudriktam anyūnaṃ ca mahāmune procyate prakṛtir hetuḥ pradhānaṃ kāraṇaṃ param

हिन्दी अर्थ

समय मर्मभेदी क्रकच (आरे) तथा यमराजके विकराल बाणके समान महाभयंकर रोगोंसे उसके प्राण-बन्धन कटने

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 35

इत्य् एषा प्रकृतिः सर्वा व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी व्यक्तस्वरूपम् अव्यक्ते तस्मिन् मैत्रेय लीयते

ity eṣā prakṛtiḥ sarvā vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī vyaktasvarūpam avyakte tasmin maitreya līyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसकी आँखोंके तारे चढ़ जाते हैं, वह अत्यन्त पीड़ासे बारम्बार हाथ-पैर पटकता है तथा उसके तालु और ओंठ सूखने लगते हैं

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 36

एकः शुद्धो ऽक्षरो नित्यः सर्वव्यापी तथा पुमान् सो ऽप्य् अंशः सर्वभूतस्य मैत्रेय परमात्मनः

ekaḥ śuddho 'kṣaro nityaḥ sarvavyāpī tathā pumān so 'py aṃśaḥ sarvabhūtasya maitreya paramātmanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोष-समूहसे उसका कण्ठ रुक जाता है अत: वह ' घरघर '

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 37

न सन्ति यत्र सर्वेशे नामजात्यादिकल्पनाः सत्तामात्रात्मके ज्ञेये ज्ञानात्मन्य् आत्मनः परे

na santi yatra sarveśe nāmajātyādikalpanāḥ sattāmātrātmake jñeye jñānātmany ātmanaḥ pare

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऐसी अवस्थामें भी यमदूतोंसे पीड़ित होता हुआ कर्मफल भोगनेके लिये यातना-देह प्राप्त करता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 38

तद् ब्रह्म तत् परं धाम परमात्मा स चेश्वरः स विष्णुः सर्वम् एवेदं यतो नावर्तते यतिः

tad brahma tat paraṃ dhāma paramātmā sa ceśvaraḥ sa viṣṇuḥ sarvam evedaṃ yato nāvartate yatiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

मरणकालमें मनुष्योंको ये और ऐसे ही अन्य भयानक कष्ट भोगने पड़ते हैं; अब, मरणोपरान्त उन्हें नरकमें जो यातनाएँ भोगनी पड़ती हैं वह सुनो--

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 39

प्रकृतिर् या मया ख्याता व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी पुरुषश् चाप्य् उभाव् एतौ लीयेते परमात्मनि

prakṛtir yā mayā khyātā vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī puruṣaś cāpy ubhāv etau līyete paramātmani

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रथम यम-किंकर अपने पाशोंमें बाँधते हैं; फिर उनके दण्ड-प्रहार सहने पड़ते हैं, तदनन्तर यमराजका दर्शन होता है और वहाँतक पहुँचनेमें बड़ा दुर्गम मार्ग

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 40

परमात्मा च सर्वेषाम् आधारः परमेश्वरः विष्णुर् नाम्ना स वेदेषु वेदान्तेषु च गीयते

paramātmā ca sarveṣām ādhāraḥ parameśvaraḥ viṣṇur nāmnā sa vedeṣu vedānteṣu ca gīyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्येक नरके याशच यातना द्विज दुःसहा: ॥ ४५ नरके यानि दुःखानि पापहेतूद्धवानि वै। इति संसारदु:खार्कतापतापितचेतसाम्। शस्त्रादिसि महाभयंकर नरकोंमें जो यातनाएँ भोगनी

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 41

प्रवृत्तं च निवृत्तं च द्विविधं कर्म वैदिकम् ताभ्याम् उभाभ्यां पुरुषैः सर्वमूर्तिः स इज्यते

pravṛttaṃ ca nivṛttaṃ ca dvividhaṃ karma vaidikam tābhyām ubhābhyāṃ puruṣaiḥ sarvamūrtiḥ sa ijyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाने, मूसमें तपाये जाने, कुल्हाड़ीसे काटे जाने, भूमिमें गाड़े जाने, शूलीपर चढ़ाये जाने, सिंहके मुखमें डाले जाने, गिद्धोंके नोचने, हाथियोंसे दलित होने, तेलमें पकाये जाने, खारे दलदलमें फँसने, ऊपर ले जाकर नीचे गिराये

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 42

ऋग्यजुःसामभिर् मार्गैः प्रवृत्तैर् इज्यते ह्य् असौ यज्ञेश्वरो यज्ञपुमान् पुरुषैः पुरुषोत्तमः

ṛgyajuḥsāmabhir mārgaiḥ pravṛttair ijyate hy asau yajñeśvaro yajñapumān puruṣaiḥ puruṣottamaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरक अथवा स्वर्ग-भोगके अनन्तर बार-बार वह गर्भमें आता है और जन्म ग्रहण करता है तथा फिर कभी गर्भमें ही नष्ट हो जाता हैं और कभी जन्म लेते ही मर जाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 43

ज्ञानात्मा ज्ञानयोगेन ज्ञानमूर्तिः स चेज्यते निवृत्ते योगिभिर् मार्गे विष्णुर् मुक्तिफलप्रदः

jñānātmā jñānayogena jñānamūrtiḥ sa cejyate nivṛtte yogibhir mārge viṣṇur muktiphalapradaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा जराग्रस्त होनेपर अवश्य मर जाता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 44

ह्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतैर् यत् तु किंचिद् वस्त्व् अभिधीयते यच् च वाचाम् अविषये तत् सर्वं विष्णुर् अव्ययः

hrasvadīrghaplutair yat tu kiṃcid vastv abhidhīyate yac ca vācām aviṣaye tat sarvaṃ viṣṇur avyayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

जबतक जीता हैं तबतक नाना प्रकारके कष्टोंसे घिरा रहता है, जिस तरह कि कपासका बीज तन्‍्तुओंके कारण सूत्रोंसे घिरा रहता है

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 45

व्यक्तं स एव चाव्यक्तं स एव पुरुषो ऽव्ययः परमात्मा च विश्वात्मा विश्वरूपधरो हरिः

vyaktaṃ sa eva cāvyaktaṃ sa eva puruṣo 'vyayaḥ paramātmā ca viśvātmā viśvarūpadharo hariḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी मनुष्योंको अनेकों दु:ख उठाने पड़ते हैं

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 46

व्यक्ताव्यक्तात्मिका तस्मिन् प्रकृतिः संप्रलीयते पुरुषश् चापि मैत्रेय व्यापिन्य् अव्याहतात्मनि

vyaktāvyaktātmikā tasmin prakṛtiḥ saṃpralīyate puruṣaś cāpi maitreya vyāpiny avyāhatātmani

हिन्दी अर्थ

सभी दुःखरूपी वृक्षका बीज हो जाती हैं

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 47

द्विपरार्धात्मकः कालः कथितो यो मया तव तद् अहस् तस्य मैत्रेय विष्णोर् ईशस्य कथ्यते

dviparārdhātmakaḥ kālaḥ kathito yo mayā tava tad ahas tasya maitreya viṣṇor īśasya kathyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

जैसा दुःख होता है वैसा सुख नहीं होता

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 48

व्यक्ते च प्रकृतौ लीने प्रकृत्यां पुरुषे तथा तत्र स्थिते निशा चान्या तत्प्रमाणा महामुने

vyakte ca prakṛtau līne prakṛtyāṃ puruṣe tathā tatra sthite niśā cānyā tatpramāṇā mahāmune

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांसारिक दुःखरूप सूर्यके तापसे जिनका अन्तःकरण तप्त हो रहा है उन पुरुषोंको मोक्षरूपी वृक्षकी घनी छायाको छोड़कर और कहाँ सुख मिल सकता है ?

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 49

नैवाहस् तस्य न निशा नित्यस्य परमात्मनः उपचारस् तथाप्य् एष तस्येशस्य द्विजोच्यते

naivāhas tasya na niśā nityasya paramātmanaḥ upacāras tathāpy eṣa tasyeśasya dvijocyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

सनातन ओषधि भगवत्प्राप्ति ही है जिसका निरतिशय दो ही उसकी प्राप्तिके कारण कहे गये हैं

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

अध्याय १२२

श्लोक 50

इत्य् एष तव मैत्रेय कथितः प्राकृतो लयः आत्यन्तिकम् अथो ब्रह्मन् निबोध प्रतिसंचरम्

ity eṣa tava maitreya kathitaḥ prākṛto layaḥ ātyantikam atho brahman nibodha pratisaṃcaram

हिन्दी अर्थ

विभुं सर्वगतं नित्यं भूतयोनिरकारणम्।

English

Works as sanctioned by the Vedas are of two kinds, active and quiescent ; by both of wiich the universal person is worshipped by mankinJ. He, the Iord of sacrifice, the male of sacrifice, the most excellent Purusha, is worshipped by men in the active mode, by rites enjoined in the Rik, Yayur and Sama Vedas. The soul of wisdom, the person of wisdom, Vishnu, the giver of emancipation is worshipped by the sages in the quiescent form through meditative devotion. The exhaustless Vishnu is whatever thing that is designafced by long, short or prolated syllables or tliat which is without a narae. He is that which is diísolute or that which is in- descrete : he is exhaustless spirit, supreme spirit, universal spirit, Hari, the assumer of universal forms. Nature, dis- crete or indiscrete is absorbed unto him, and spirit also merges into the all diffusive and unobstructed spirit. The period of two Parárdhas, as I have related to you, Maitreya, constitutes a day of that powerful Vishnu, and whilst the products of r.ature are merged into this source, nature into spirit and that into the supreme, that period is called his night and is of equal duration with his day. But in reality, to that supreme spirit there is neither day nor night and these distinctions are only figuratively appliedto the Ahnighty. I have thus explained to you the nature of elemental dissolu- tion and will now explain to you which is final.

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शास्त्रीय प्रामाणिकता एवं पारदर्शकताSources & Interpretation

स्रोत, संस्करण एवं व्याख्या वर्गीकरण

धर्म ग्रंथ पर मूल शास्त्र, पारंपरिक भाष्य और आधुनिक व्याख्या को पूर्णतः पृथक रखा जाता है ताकि पाठक को किसी भी व्याख्या के शास्त्र होने का भ्रम न हो।

सामग्री वर्गीकरण संकेत (Epistemic Content Labels)

६ स्तरिय प्रमाण व्यवस्था
मूल पाठOriginal text

अपौरुषेय / प्रामाणिक शास्त्र (Primary Canonical Scripture)

मूल संस्कृत, प्राकृत अथवा अवधी श्लोक/मंत्र। यह सर्वोच्च प्रमाण (प्रस्थान) है। इस पाठ में किसी भी आधुनिक व्याख्याकार का हस्तक्षेप नहीं है।

शाब्दिक अनुवादLiteral translation

पदार्थ व अन्वय (Direct Grammatical & Word-for-Word Meaning)

व्याकरणसम्मत प्रत्यक्ष शब्दार्थ (अन्वय)। बिना किसी दार्शनिक संप्रदाय के पूर्वाग्रह के, संस्कृत शब्दों का सटीक भाषांतर।

पारंपरिक भाष्यTraditional commentary

आचार्य परंपरा व टीका (Classical Lineage Commentary)

प्राचीन आचार्य परंपरा (यथा शंकराचार्य, रामानुजाचार्य, मध्वाचार्य, श्रीधर स्वामी) द्वारा विरचित शास्त्रीय भाष्य व टीकाएं।

सरल व्याख्याSimple explanation

भावार्थ व सुबोध प्रबोधन (Accessible Pedagogical Exposition)

आधुनिक जिज्ञासुओं के लिए सरल भाषा में भावार्थ। यह मूल मंत्र नहीं, बल्कि पाठ को सुगम बनाने हेतु संपादकीय व्याख्या है।

आधुनिक चिंतनModern reflection

समसामयिक विमर्श व अनुप्रयोग (Contemporary Application & Analysis)

दार्शनिक, मनोवैज्ञानिक व वैज्ञानिक समरूपताओं पर आधुनिक चिंतन। यह मूल शास्त्र का अंग नहीं है और इसे शास्त्रोक्त सिद्धांत के रूप में नहीं देखा जाना चाहिए।

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पांडुलिपि एवं ऐतिहासिक शोध (Critical Apparatus & Manuscript Research)

पांडुलिपि विविधताएं, पाठ-भेद (variant readings), छंद रचना, और ऐतिहासिक व तुलनात्मक भाषावैज्ञानिक शोध। यह शास्त्र का मूल संदेश बदलने हेतु नहीं, बल्कि पाठ की प्रामाणिकता परखने के लिए है।

पहचानकर्ता:Vishnu Purana — Chapter 122
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