Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहे; क्योंकि यह शिष्योंका उपकार कर सकती है” विज्ञापयन्ति सम गुरु पुनर्वाक्यविशारदा:

English

"Bhishma said, 'I shall now, O son of Pritha, discourse to thee upon the four kinds of yoga meditation. The great Rishis, obtaining a knowledge of the same, attain to eternal success even here. Great Rishis gratified with knowledge, with hearts set upon Emancipation, and conversant with yoga, act in such a way that their yoga meditation may get on properly. These, O son of Pritha, being freed from the faults of the world, never come back (for rebirth). Liberated from liability to rebirth, they live in their original

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमुक्तस्येह शिष्यैमें नातिहृष्टमिदं मन:

English

[Narada said:] "For the sake of which, self-born, this excellent birth in four forms in the house of Dharma, let that be accomplished today for the good of the world; I go to see your primal nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रमश: उनका वर्णन सुनो तेषामप्यभवत् पुत्र: समानो नाम दुर्जय:

English

The Vedas are well studied by me, lord of the world; austerity has been practised; no untruth has been spoken before; I constantly honour the teachers, and I have never divulged another's secret.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यं चाकाशगज़ायास्तोयं विष्टभ्य तिष्ठति

English

The four are guarded by me as the tradition says; I am always equal to enemy and friend; having taken refuge in that primal god constantly, I choose him with single-minded devotion ceaselessly; with these distinctions, of pure sattva, why should I not see the infinite lord?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सनत्कुमारो भगवानिदं वचनमत्रवीत् नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्

English

Hearing those words of Parameshthi's son, Narayana, protector of the Satvata dharma, said to Narada, "Go," having honoured him by the rites of his own order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोहजालावृतो दुःखमिह चामुत्र सो5श्लुते बँधा हुआ पुरुष इस लोक तथा परलोकमें दुःख ही भोगता है

English

Dismissed, Parameshthi's son honoured that ancient sage and sprang into the sky with the highest speed; then he suddenly vanished on Meru.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य: श्रेयोडर्थिना तौ हि श्रेयोघातार्थमुद्यती

English

There the sage stayed for a moment, and reaching a solitary peak of the mountain, looking to the north-west, he saw something of wonderful form.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्यां मानावमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादत: और अपने-आपको प्रमादसे बचावे

English

North of the Milk Ocean is a great island named Shveta, said by the learned to be thirty-two thousand yojanas above Meru.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मज्ञानं परं ज्ञानं न सत्याद् विद्यते परम्

English

There the men are beyond the senses, without food, motionless, very fragrant, white, free of all sin, with eyes that blind the men who do evil.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदनन्तर प्रवचनकुशल शिष्योंने गुरुसे इस प्रकार निवेदन किया--

English

Soul-state, l Freed from the influence of all pairs of opposites (such as heat and cold, joy and sorrow, etc.), ever existing in their own (original) state, liberated (from attachments), never accepting anything (in gift), they live in places free from the companionship of wives and children, without others with whom disputes may arise, and favourable to perfect tranquillity of heart. There such a person, restraining speech, sits like a piece of wood, crushing all the senses, and with mind undividedly united by the aid of meditation (with the Supreme Soul). He has no perception of sound through the ear; no perception of touch through the skin; no perception of form through the eye; no perception of taste through the tongue. He has no perception also of scents through the organ of smell. Immersed in yoga, he would abandon all things, rapt in meditation. Possessed of great energy of mind, he has no desire for anything that excites the five senses. The wise man, withdrawing his five senses into the mind, should then fix the unstable mind with the five senses (into the Intellect). Possessed of patience, the yogin should fix his mind which always wanders (among worldly objects), so that his five gates (under the influence of training) may be made stable in respect of things that are themselves unstable. He should, in the firmament of the heart, fix his mind into the path of meditation, making it independent of the body or any other refuge. I have spoken of the path of meditation as the first, since the yogin has first to crush his senses and the mind (and direct them to that path). The mind, which constitutes the sixth, when thus restrained, seeks to flash out like the capricious and flighty lightning moving in frolic among the clouds. As a drop of water on a (lotus) leaf is unstable and moves about in all directions, even so becomes the yogin' s mind when first fixed on the path of meditation. When fixed, for a while the mind stays in that path. When, however, it strays again into the path of the wind, it becomes as flighty as the wind. The person conversant with the ways of yoga-meditation, undiscouraged by this, never regarding the loss of the toil undergone, casting aside idleness and malice, should again direct his mind to meditation. Observing the vow of silence, when one begins to set his mind on yoga, then discrimination, knowledge, and power to avoid evil, are gained by him. 2 Though feeling annoyed in consequence of the flightiness of his mind, he should fix it (in meditation). The yogin should never despair, but seek his own good. As a heap of dust or ashes; or of burnt cow-dung, when drenched with water, does not seem to be soaked, indeed, as it continues dry if drenched partially, and requires incessant drenching before it becomes thoroughly soaked, even thus should the yogin gradually control all his senses. He should gradually withdraw them (from all objects). The man that acts in this way

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदाननेकधा कर्तु यदि ते रुचितं प्रभो प्रत्युवाच ततो वाक्‍्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम्

English

With sixty teeth, white, with eight tusks, with tongues they lick the sun-like face on every side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमादश्न वः कार्यो ब्रह्म हि प्रचुरच्छलम्

English

With devotion to the god from whom the universe arose, from whom all worlds are born, the Vedas, dharmas, sages and calm gods are all his emanations.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याजसे (फलोंका लोभ दिखाकर) धर्मका प्रतिपादन करती हैं? जम्मु: प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा व्यासं मूर्श्नाभिवाद्य च

English

[Yudhishthira said:] Those men, beyond the senses, without food, motionless, fragrant: how were they born, and what is their highest goal?

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयाजयन्तो विप्रांश्व॒ राजन्यांक्ष विशस्तथा

English

The mark of men who are freed here, best of Bharatas, is this, that they dwell in Shvetadvipa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याजनाध्यापनरता: श्रीमन्तो लोकविश्रुता: तूष्णीं ध्यानपरो धीमानेकान्ते समुपाविशत्

English

Therefore cut my doubt; great is my curiosity; you are the delight of all stories, and we have come to you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथैनमब्रवीत् काले मथुराक्षरया गिरा

English

[Bhishma said:] This story, king, is long, and I heard it in my father's presence; it must be told to you, for it is remembered as the essence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षरोंसे युक्त मीठी वाणीमें उनसे इस प्रकार बोले-- एको ध्यानपरस्तूष्णीं किमास्से चिन्तयन्निव

English

There was a lord of the earth named Uparichara, famed as Indra's friend, devoted to Narayana Hari.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षे यत् त्वया प्रोक्ते वेदवादविचक्षण

English

Righteous, always devoted, unwearied toward the ancestors, he gained empire of old by Narayana's boon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वज्ञ: सर्वदर्शी च सर्वत्र च कुतूहली तदाज्ञापय विदष्रषेे ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते

English

Following the Satvata rite, which first issued from the sun's mouth, he worshipped the lord of the gods, and with the remainder the ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मलं॑ पृथिव्या वाहीका: स्त्रीणां कौतूहलं मलम् विधुन्वन् ब्रह्म॒घोषेण रक्षोभयकृतं तम:

English

With the ancestors' remainder he shared with brahmanas and dependants, eating the remains, intent on truth, harming no beings; devoted with all his being to Janardana, god of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिमान् पुत्र शुकदेवजीके साथ वेदोंका स्वाध्याय करते रहें

English

To him bearing devotion to Narayana, scourge of foes, Shakra himself gave a shared couch and seat, god-like king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वरेणोच्चै: स शैक्ष्येण लोकानापूरयन्निव परिपूर्ण करते हुए-से वेदोंकी आवृत्ति आरम्भ कर दी

English

"Self, kingdom, wealth, wife and vehicles: all this belongs to the blessed one": so he always regarded it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वातोतिमात्र प्रववी समुद्रानिलवेजित:

English

Voluntary, occasional and constant sacrificial rites, all the highest acts, he performed with composure, following the Satvata rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर ही रहे थे कि समुद्री हवासे प्रेरित होकर बड़े जोरकी आँधी चलने लगी शुको वारितमात्रस्तु कौतूहलसमन्वित:

English

In that great soul's house the foremost knowers of the Pancharatra ate first, the refuge told by the Blessed One.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आख्यातुमहति भवान् वायो: सर्व विचेष्टितम्

English

As he ruled the kingdom by dharma, slaying enemies, no untrue speech occurred, his mind was not corrupted, and he did not do the slightest sin with his body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनध्यायनिमित्तेडस्मिन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् अनध्यायके कारणपर प्रकाश डालते हुए इस प्रकार बोले---

English

Those famed sages, the seven Chitrashikhandins, becoming of one mind, composed the supreme scripture that was told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमसा रजसा चापि त्यक्तः सत्त्वे व्यवस्थित:

English

Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu and the greatly radiant Vasishtha: these are the Chitrashikhandins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यस्यात्मनि स्वयं वेदान् बुद्धया समनुचिन्तय द्वावेतौ प्रेत्य पन्थानौ दिव॑ चाधश्ष गच्छत:

English

These are the seven natures, and the Svayambhuva is the eighth; by these the world is supported, and from them the scripture issued.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तैते वायुमार्गा वै तान् निबोधानुपूर्वश:

English

One-pointed, self-controlled, sages intent on restraint, thinking of the worlds: "This is the good, this is Brahman, this is the unsurpassed benefit," then composed the scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदृश्यभावसे रहते हैं, उनके दुर्जय पुत्रका नाम है समान

English

There dharma, wealth and desire, and liberation afterwards, are told, and various limits established in heaven and on earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपानभश्ष ततो ज्ञेय: प्राणश्षापि ततो5पर: पृथक् कर्माणि तेषां ते प्रवक्ष्यामि यथातथम्

English

Having worshipped by austerity the god Hari Narayana, the lord, for a divine thousand years, all of them with the sages,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणनाच्चैव भूतानां प्राण इत्यभिधीयते

English

then, instructed by Narayana, the goddess Sarasvati entered all those sages, wishing the good of the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रथम: प्रथमे मार्गे प्रवहो नाम योडनिल: मार्गमें प्रवाहित होनेवाला 'प्रवह” नामक प्रथम वायु है

English

Then it was rightly set going by ascetic twice-born in word, meaning and reason; this was born of the first creation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवटहो नाम संवाति द्वितीय: श्वसनो नदन्

English

That scripture, adorned from the beginning with the sound of Om, was formed by the sages where that merciful one was.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्देहेषु चोदानं यं वदन्ति मनीषिण: उद्धृत्याददते चापो जीमूते भ्यो5म्बरेडनिल:

English

Then the blessed one, pleased, unseen, in a body not shown, the Supreme Person, spoke to all those sages:

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्वहो नाम बंहिष्ठस्तृतीय: स सदागति:

English

"This excellent work of a hundred thousand verses has been made, by which dharma proceeds for the whole system of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्षमोक्षकृतारम्भास्ते भवन्ति घनाघना: रक्षणार्थाय सम्भूता मेघत्वमुपयान्ति च

English

It will be the source in action and in withdrawal, accepted by the Rig, Yajus and Saman, and likewise by the Atharvangirasa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ: संवहो नाम वायु: स गिरिमर्दन:

English

Thus I have made as authority Brahma, born of my grace, and Rudra, born of anger, brahmanas, and you the natures,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वायुना सहिता मेघास्ते भवन्ति बलाहका: पजञ्चम: स महावेगो विवहो नाम मारुत:

English

the sun and moon, wind, earth, water and fire, and all the hosts of stars and whatever is called a being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षष्ठ: परिवहो नाम स वायुर्जयतां वर: यस्य वर्त्मनुवर्तेते मृत्युवैवस्वतावुभौ

English

They abide in their offices as their own, the proclaimers of Brahman; all are authority, and so this supreme scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ध्यानाभ्यासाभिरामाणां योडमृतत्वाय कल्पते

English

This, my teaching, will be authority; from it Manu Svayambhuva himself will teach dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परावहो नाम परो वायु: स दुरतिक्रम: अनारतं ते संवान्ति सर्वगा: सर्वधारिण:

English

When Ushanas and Brihaspati are born, they will teach a scripture drawn from your minds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरन्तर बहते और सबको धारण करते हैं

English

When the Svayambhuva dharmas, the scripture made by Ushanas, and Brihaspati's teaching have spread in the worlds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कम्पित: सहसा तेन वायुनातिप्रवायता वायोर्वायुभयं हाक्तं ब्रह्म तत्पीडितं भवेत्

English

then this scripture made by you, the protector of people Vasu will receive from Brihaspati, best of the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नामाष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ध्याय:

English

That king, formed by me, will be my devotee, and by that scripture will do all rites in the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुकं स्वाध्यायनिरतं वेदार्थान् वक्तुमीप्सितान् अर्घ्यपूर्वेण विधिना वेदोक्तेना भ्यपूजयत्

English

This is the scripture named the best of all scriptures; this is beneficial, righteous, glorious and excellent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केन त्वां श्रेयसा वत्स योजयामीति हृष्टवत्

English

By its practice you will have offspring, and that king Vasu will be great and joined with prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हें किस श्रेष्ठ वस्तुकी प्राप्ति कराऊँ?” यह बात उन्होंने बड़े हर्षके साथ कही अस्मिल्लोके हितं यत् स्यात् तेन मां योक्तुमहसि

English

When that king has died, this eternal scripture will vanish; that is true; this I have told you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कल्याणका साधन हो, उसीका मुझे उपदेश देनेकी कृपा करें”

English

Having said only this, the unseen Supreme Person dismissed all the sages and departed to some direction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःख नहीं है और त्यागके सदृश कोई सुख नहीं है

English

Then those fathers of the world, thinking of the good of all the world, set going that eternal scripture, the source of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सद्वृत्ति: समुदाचार: श्रेय एतदनुत्तमम् सदाचारका पालन करना--यही सर्वोत्तम श्रेय (कल्याण)-का साधन है

English

When Angirasa was born, in the first-ordained age, having established the scripture with its limbs and Upanishads in Brihaspati,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नालं स दुःखमोक्षाय संयोगो दुःखलक्षणम्

English

they went to the place they wished, resolved on austerity, being the promoters of all dharmas by supporting all the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यद् भूतहितमत्यन्तमेतत् सत्यं मतं मम येन सर्व परित्यक्त स विद्वान स च पण्डित:

English

succeeds in controlling them. One, O Bharata, by oneself directing one's mind and senses to the path of meditation, succeeds in bringing them under perfect

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृमिर्हि कोषकारस्तु बध्यते स परिग्रहात्

English

Brihat, Brahma and Mahat: these words are synonyms; endowed with these qualities, O king, the learned Brihaspati...

हिन्दी अर्थ

रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासमिमं त्यज इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिरव्यक्तसंज्ञक:

English

His chief pupil was Vasu Uparichara; he then studied well the scripture born of the Chitrashikhandins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुख देनेवाली अबाध सिद्धिको प्राप्त हो चुके हैं

English

That king Vasu, formed before by divine rule, ruled the earth as Indra rules heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्निग्धत्वं चेन्द्रियार्थेषु मोहान्मरणमप्रियम् मोहवश विषयोंके प्रति अनुराग होता है और मृत्यु अप्रिय लगती है

English

His great sacrifice was a horse sacrifice of the great soul; Brihaspati was the priest, and there he became the hotri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुक्त हो जाता है

English

Three sons of Prajapati were members of the assembly there: Ekata, Dvita and Trita, the great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदि विषयोंमें किंचित् सुखकी प्रतीति होती है, उपभोगके पश्चात् नहीं पुरुषको किसीके वियोगमें कभी भी शोक नहीं करना चाहिए

English

Dhanushaksha, Raibhya, Arvavasu, Paravasu the sage, Medhatithi, and the great sage Tandya,

हिन्दी अर्थ

चक्षु:श्रोत्रे च मनसा मनो वाचं च विद्यया

English

the sage Shakti, greatly fortunate, and Vedashiras, Kapila the best of sages, grandfather of Shalihotra,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरेदसमुन्नद्ध: स सुखी स च पण्डित: वही सुखी और वही विद्वान है

English

Adya Katha, Taittiri, Vaishampayana's elder, Kanva, and Devahotra: these sixteen are named; all the materials were gathered at that great sacrifice, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वान है और वही पण्डित

English

control by steadfast yoga. The felicity that he feels who has succeeded in controlling his mind and senses is such that its like can never be obtained through Exertion or Destiny, l United with such felicity, he continues to take a pleasure in the act of meditation. Even in this way yogins attain to Nirvana which is highly blessed.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

असज्जमान: शान्तात्मा निर्विकार: समाहित: स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो नचिरेणाधितिष्ठति

English

nishkamam. Ubhayam is prachinamaihikam cha karmam. Apriyam is equivalent to vadham. The substance of priyam, etc., is thus given: Moksham prati tu karmanah karanatwam duranirastam.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य भूतै: सह मुने स श्रेयो विन्दते परम्

English

explained by the commentator as parikshakah but it would be better to take it as standing for people generally. Tasya is an instance of the genitive for the accusative. Tat refers to nindyam karma, sarvatah means sarvashu yonishu. Janayati Janena dadati. The object of the verse is to show that sinful acts produce fear both here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातचीत नहीं करता, वह परम कल्याणको प्राप्त होता है नेदं जन्म समासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित्

English

sandhi. Niravishan is an adverb, equivalent to samyak-abhinivesam kurvan. Tattadeva means "those and those" i.e., possessions, such as putradaradikam. Kusalan is sarasaravivekanipunan. Ubhayam is explained as karma-mukhin and sadyomuktim. Bhisma here points out the superiority of the latter kind of Emancipation over the former; hence Vedic acts or rites must yield to that yoga which drills the mind and the understanding and enables them to transcend all earthly influences.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य-जन्म पाकर किसीके साथ वैर न करे

English

One may recover it by yoga which aids one in liberating oneself from those attachments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदाहुः: परं श्रेय आत्मज्ञस्य जितात्मन: अशोकं स्थानमातिष्ठ इह चामुत्र चाभयम्

English

different stages of progress in yoga. The commentator explains them at length.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करो, जो इस लोक और परलोकमें भी निर्भय एवं सर्वथा शोकरहित है

English

in acts, and destiny as dependent on the acts of a past life or the will of the gods or pure chance. Yoga felicity is unattainable through either of these two means.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और संतापसे छूट जाओगे शीघ्र ही सर्वोत्तम सुखरूप मोक्षको प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

And they said to him calmly, "You ought not to be angry; this is not dharma in the Krita age, that you have made anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्धि प्रज्ञानतृप्तं त॑ ज्ञानतृप्तो न शोचति

English

That god is free of anger, whose share has been offered; he cannot be seen by you or by us, Brihaspati; he whom he favours deserves to see him."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशुभैश्वाप्यधो जन्म कर्मभिलभतेडवश: तुम्हारी समझमें क्‍यों नहीं आती है?

English

[Ekata said:] "We are called the mind-born sons of Brahma; once we went to the northern quarter for the highest good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर:पड्कार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव पारक्यमश्रुवं सर्व कि स्वं सुकृतदुष्कृतम्

English

Having practised excellent austerity for four thousand years, standing on one foot, like logs, rightly composed,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसमें अपना क्या है, केवल पाप और पुण्य

English

in the northern part of Meru, near the Milk Ocean, at the place where we practised most severe austerity: 'How might we see the god Narayana?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनर्थ किं प्रसक्तस्त्वं स्वमर्थ नानुतिष्ठसि तमःकान्तारमध्वानं कथमेको गमिष्यसि

English

Then at the end of the vow a bodiless voice said: 'Your austerity is well performed, ascetic brahmanas, with a calm inner self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुकृतं दुष्कृतं च त्वां यास्यन्तमनुयास्यति

English

You are seekers and devotees; how will you see that lord? North of the Milk Ocean is the radiant Shvetadvipa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारा किया हुआ पुण्य या पाप ही वहाँ जाते समय तुम्हारा अनुसरण करेगा मनुष्य मुक्त हो जाता है

English

There men devoted to Narayana, moon-bright, having attained single-minded devotion, are devotees of the Supreme Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छित्त्वैतां सुकृतो यान्ति नैनां छिन्दन्ति दुष्कृत:

English

They enter the eternal god of a thousand rays, beyond the senses, without food, motionless, fragrant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो पापी हैं, वे उसे नहीं काट पाते गन्धपड्कां शब्दजलां स्वर्गमार्गदुरावहाम्

English

Those single-minded men dwell in Shvetadvipa; go there, sages; there my self was revealed.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यागवाताध्वगां शीघ्रां नौतार्या तां नदीं तरेत्

English

Hearing that bodiless voice, we all reached that place by the way described.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा येन त्यजसि तं त्यज उभे सत्यानृते बुद्धया बुद्धिं परमनिश्चयात्

English

Reaching the great white island, our minds on it, desiring to see him, then our range of sight was blocked."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चर्मावनद्ध॑ दुर्गन्धिं पूर्ण मूत्रपुरीषयो:

English

"We did not see the Person, our sight taken by that splendour; then knowledge born of the god's yoga appeared to us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्विशक इत्येष व्यक्ताव्यक्तमयो गण:

English

One who has not practised austerity cannot easily see him; so, practising great austerity for another hundred years suited to the time,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिवर्ग तु सुखं दुः:खं जीवितं मरणं तथा अव्यक्तमिति विज्ञेयं लिड्ग्राह्ममतीन्द्रियम्

English

at the end of the vow we saw very beautiful men, white, moon-like, marked with all auspicious signs,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोके विततमात्मानं लोकांक्षात्मनि पश्यति

English

with joined palms constantly, muttering Brahman, facing east and north; that mental muttering was muttered by those great souls, and by that one-pointed mind Hari is pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्यत: सर्वभूतानि सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा भी कभी अशुभ कर्मोंसे युक्त नहीं होता अर्थात् अशुभ कर्म नहीं करता

English

Whatever radiance there would be, tiger among sages, of the sun at the end of an age, such was the radiance of each one of those men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानेन विविधान् क्लेशानतिवृत्तस्य मोहजान्

English

We thought that island a dwelling of splendour; none there was greater, all of equal splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनादिनिधनं जन्तुमात्मनि स्थितमव्ययम् यो जन्‍्तुः स्वकृतैस्तैस्तै: कर्मभिर्नित्यदु:खित:

English

Then, Brihaspati, we suddenly saw the radiance of a thousand suns arisen at once.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः कर्म समादत्ते पुनरन्यज्नवं बहु

English

Then those men together ran swiftly, with joined palms, glad, saying only 'Homage!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजस्रमेव मोहान्धो दुःखेषु सुखसंज्ञित: ततो निबद्धः स्वां योनिं कर्मणामुदयादिह

English

Then, as they greeted, we heard a vast sound: an offering was being made by those men to that god.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाना प्रकारके दुःख भोगता हुआ उसमें चक्रकी भाँति घूमता रहता है

English

But we, our minds suddenly taken by his splendour, saw nothing at all, our sight, strength and senses taken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स त्वं निवृत्तबन्धस्तु निवृत्तश्नापि कर्मत: सम्प्राप्ता बहवः सिद्धिमप्यबाधां सुखोदयाम्

English

One cry alone was heard uttered by us without pause: 'You have conquered, lotus-eyed one; homage to you, maker of the universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निशम्य लभते बुद्धि तां लब्ध्वा सुखमेधते बुद्धि पाकर सुखी हो जाता है

English

Homage to you, Hrishikesha, great Person, first-born'; this sound was heard by us, uttered in the letters of phonetics.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभाव डालते हैं, विद्वानूपर नहीं

English

In the meantime a pure wind bearing every scent carried divine flowers and herbs fit for rites.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्या मानसैर्दु:खैर्युज्यन्ते स्वल्पबुद्धय: मन दुखी होते हैं

English

Hari, worshipped five times a day by those single-minded men, surely came there, as the voice was uttered by them; but we did not see him, bewildered by his illusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तानाद्रियमाणस्य स्नेहबन्ध: प्रमुच्यते

English

When the wind had ceased and the offering had been made, our minds became disturbed with worry, best of the Angirases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसक्तिका बन्धन नहीं छूटता है अनिष्टवर्धितं पश्येत् तथा क्षिप्रं विरज्यते

English

Among those thousands of men of pure birth, none honoured us in mind or with his eye.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही यह शोकका अवसर आता हो, ऐसी बात नहीं है

English

Those troops of sages too, self-possessed, devoted to oneness, did not show regard to us, being engaged in Brahman-regard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थो प्रपद्यते अनर्थ भोगने पड़ते हैं

English

Then, as we were exhausted and also wasted by austerity, a certain bodiless being, self-possessed, spoke to us:

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्मिन् न शकक्‍्यते कर्तु यलस्तन्नानुचिन्तयेत्

English

'You have seen the white men, devoid of all senses; by seeing these, the lord of gods is seen, best of the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् विज्ञानसामर्थ्य न बालै: समतामियात् आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासो गृध्येत् तत्र न पण्डित:

English

Go, sages, all of you, as you came, soon from here; he cannot in any way be seen by one who is not a devotee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशोचन् प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येदुपक्रमम्

English

By great time, those who have attained single-mindedness may, if they wish, see the blessed one, hard to see with his disc of radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्येति ब्रह्म सोत्यन्तं न तं शोचन्ति पण्डिता:

English

But you, best of the twice-born, have a great task to do: from now, when the Krita age has passed and has gone to reversal,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है। विद्वान पुरुष उसके लिये शोक नहीं करते दुःखेन चाधिगम्यन्ते नाशमेषां न चिन्तयेत्

English

in the Vaivasvata interval, brahmanas, when the Treta age has come, you will be helpers for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतृप्ता यान्ति विध्वंसं संतोष यान्ति पण्डिता:

English

Hearing that wonderful speech, Soma-drinker, by his grace we easily reached the place we wished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् और जीवनका अन्त है मरण

English

Thus, though with good austerity and with offerings to gods and ancestors, the god was not seen by us; how then can you hope to see Narayana, the great being, maker of the universe, enjoyer of offerings to gods and ancestors?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् संतोषमेवेह धनं पश्यन्ति पण्डित:

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus with Ekata's word and Dvita's and Trita's opinion, and consoled by the assembly members, the noble-minded Brihaspati gathered the sacrifice and worshipped the deity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वशरीरेष्वनित्येषु नित्यं किमनुचिन्तयेत् अनित्य है, तब इस संसारकी किस वस्तुको नित्य समझा जाय

English

His sacrifice completed, King Vasu ruled the people; fallen from heaven by a brahmin's curse, he then entered the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न शोचन्ति गताध्वान: पश्यन्त: परमां गतिम्

English

Gone beneath the earth, ever fond of dharma, devoted to Narayana, he sang Narayana's praise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याप्र: पशुमिवासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति अशोचन् नारभेच्चैव मुक्तश्नाव्यसनी भवेत्

English

By his grace alone he rose again, went from the earth and soon reached the abode of Brahma, the supreme goal, as it is said, readily.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मनैव सहायेन यश्चरेत् स सुखी भवेत्

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Thou hast discoursed on the four modes of life and their duties. Thou hast also spoken of the duties of kings. Thou hast recited many histories of diverse kinds and connected with diverse topics. I have also heard from thee, O thou of great intelligence, many discourses connected with morality. I have, however, one doubt. It behoveth thee to resolve it. I wish, O Bharata, to hear of the fruits that silent Reciters of sacred mantras acquire (by their practice). What are the fruits that have been indicated for such men? What is that region to which they go after death? It behoveth thee also, O sinless one, to tell me all the rules that have been laid down in respect of such silent recitation? When the word Reciter is uttered, what shall I understand by it? Is such a man to be regarded as following the ordinances of Sankhya or yoga or work! 2 Or, is such a man to be regarded as observing the ordinances about (mental) sacrifices? How is the path of the Reciters to be called? Thou art, as I think, of universal knowledge. Tell me all this.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंसे सम्पन्न दिखायी देते हैं वज्चनायां च लोकस्य स सुखेष्वेव जीर्यते

English

[Bhishma said:] On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, the dialogue of the sages and the gods, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारणे वा विसर्गे वा न कर्ता विद्यते वश:

English

"One must sacrifice with the aja," the gods said to the best of the twice-born; the aja is to be understood as the goat, no other animal; so the rule stands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वं स्वं च पुनरन्येषां न किंचिदधिगम्यते धनमेंसे समयपर कुछ भी नहीं मिलता

English

[The sages said:] "One must sacrifice with seeds at sacrifices": thus the Vedic scripture. Seeds are called aja; you should not kill a goat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वहन्ति शिबिकामन्ये यान्त्यन्ये शिबिकागता:

English

Dharma of the good is not where an animal is killed, gods; this is the best, the Krita age; how should an animal be slain?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्याश्न गतस्त्रीका: शतशो विविधस्त्रिय: इदमन्यत् पद पश्य मात्र मोहं करिष्यसि

English

[Bhishma said:] As the sages were thus conversing with the gods, the best of kings, Vasu, came by the road to that place, moving in the sky, glorious, with his whole army and vehicles.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा येन त्यजसि तं॑ त्यज

English

Seeing Vasu suddenly coming through the sky, the twice-born said to the gods: "This king will surely settle the doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोनोंका त्याग करके जिससे त्याग करते हो, उस अहंकारको भी त्याग दो येन देवा: परित्यज्य मर्त्यलोकं॑ दिवं गता:

English

A sacrificer, the best giver, fond of the good of all beings: how could this great Vasu say otherwise?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

संचिन्त्य मनसा धीरो निश्ष॒यं नाध्यगच्छत

English

Having agreed thus, the gods and sages suddenly approached King Vasu and asked him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरण करता है, वह सुखी होता है त्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो्ध्याय:

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old history of what transpired between Yama, Time, and a certain Brahmana. Sages conversant with the means of attaining to Emancipation have spoken of two methods, viz., the Sankhya and the yoga. Amongst these, in the former, which is otherwise called the Vedanta, Renunciation has been preached with respect to silent recitation. The declarations of the Vedas preach Abstention (from rites), are fraught with tranquillity, and are concerned with Brahma. 3 Indeed, the two paths spoken of by sages bent on achieving what is for their good, viz., Sankhya and yoga, are such that they are both concerned and again

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैनं प्रज्ञा सुनीतं वा त्रायते नापि पौरुषम्

English

unconcerned (with silent recitations). I The manner in which silent recitation is connected (with each of the two paths) and the cause I shall now explain. In both as in the case of silent recitation, are needed the subduing of the senses and the fixing of the mind (after withdrawal from external objects); as also truth keeping up of the (sacred) fire, residence in solitude, meditation, penance, self-restraint, forgiveness, benevolence, abstemiousness in respect of food, withdrawal from worldly attachments, the absence of talkativeness, and tranquillity. These constitute a sacrifice in acts (leading to the fruition of desire about heaven or felicity in next life). 2 Listen now to the course that consists of abstention (from acts). The manner in which the acts of the Reciter observing the vow of Brahmacharya may cease, I will presently declare. Such a person should conduct himself in every way according to what has been (already) said by me. 3 Betaking himself to the path of abstention, he should seek to extinguish his dependence on both the External and the Internal. Sitting on kusa grass, with kusa in hand, and binding his coronal locks with kusa, he should surround himself with kusa and have kusa for robes. Bowing unto all earthly concerns, he should take leave of them and never think of them. Assuming equability by the aid of his mind, he should fix his mind on the mind itself. Reciting the highly beneficial composition (viz., the

हिन्दी अर्थ

और रोगोंके कष्टसे उसका उद्धार करे सायका इव तीक्ष्णाग्रा: प्रयुक्ता दृढ्धन्विभि:

English

"Our side, king, is that one must sacrifice with grains; the gods' side, king, is the animal; tell us."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवशस्य विनाशाय शरीरमपकृष्यते

English

[Bhishma said:] Knowing the gods' view, Vasu, resorting to their side, said then that one must sacrifice with the goat, the aja.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनाशकी ओर ही खिंचता चला जाता है आयुरादाय मर्त्यानां रात्यहानि पुनः पुन:

English

Then all those sages, radiant as the sun, angry, said to Vasu, who stood in his car speaking for the gods' side:

हिन्दी अर्थ

बीतते चले जाते हैं

English

"Since you have taken the gods' side, fall from heaven; from today, king, your course is blocked in the sky; struck by our curse, you will break the earth and enter it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जातान् मर्त्यान् जरयति निमेषान् नावतिष्ठते आदित्यो ह्ुस्तमभ्येति पुन: पुनरुदेति च

English

Then in that very moment the king Uparichara quickly went down into a cleft of the earth; but memory did not leave him, by Narayana's command.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इष्टानिष्टान् मनुष्याणामस्तं गच्छन्ति रात्रय:

English

And all the gods together, unagitated, considered how to free Vasu from the curse, for the king had good deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये आती और चली जाती हैं दृश्यन्ते निष्फला: संतः प्रहीणा: सर्वकर्मभि:

English

"This great-souled king has got a curse on our account; we dwellers of heaven together must do something dear to him."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आशीर्भिरिष्यसंयुक्ता दृश्यन्ते सर्वकामिन:

English

Having so resolved quickly, the lords went and, glad in mind, spoke to King Uparichara then:

हिन्दी अर्थ

धोखा दिया करता है, तो भी वह सुख ही भोगते-भोगते बूढ़ा होता है

English

"You are devoted to the god, friend of brahmanas, Hari, teacher of gods and asuras; may he, pleased, as he wishes, free you from the curse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वश्चित् कर्मानुसृत्यान्यो न प्राप्पमधिगच्छति उपलब्ध नहीं कर पाते

English

But the great souls, the twice-born, must be honoured; their austerity must surely bear fruit, best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुक्रमन्यत्र सम्भूतं पुनरन्यत्र गच्छति

English

Because you fell suddenly from the sky to the surface of the earth, we give you one favour, best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आम्रपुष्पोपमा यस्य निवृत्तिरुपलभ्यते तथा कभी-कभी आमके बौरके समान वह व्यर्थ ही झर जाता है

English

For as long a time as you remain under the fault of the curse, becoming a cow of the earth's cleft for that time, you will receive the stream of ghee well offered by great-souled brahmanas at sacrifices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धौ प्रयतमानानां न चाण्डमुपजायते

English

You will obtain it through our meditation, and let no weariness touch you; hunger and thirst, lord of kings, will not be in the cleft of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयुष्मान् जायते पुत्र: कथं प्रेत इवाभवत् दश मासान् परिधृता जायन्ते कुलपांसना:

English

Having drunk Vasu's stream and being nourished by splendour, that god, pleased with our boon, will go to Brahma's world."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विपुलानभिजायन्ते लब्धास्तैरेव मड़लै:

English

Having thus given the boon to the king, all the dwellers of heaven, the gods and the ascetic sages, went to their own homes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुए अपार धनधान्य एवं विपुल भोगोंके अधिकारी होते हैं उपद्रव इवाविष्टो योनिं गर्भ: प्रपद्यते

English

He constantly paid worship to Vishvaksena, Bharata, and constantly muttered the prayer issued from Narayana's mouth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणिनं प्राणसंरोधे मांसश्लेष्मविवेष्टितम्

English

There too, scourge of foes, though in the cleft of the earth, he worshipped Hari, lord of gods, with five sacrifices at the five times.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनश्यन्तं विनाशान्ते नावि नावमिवाहितम् रहता है, क्या तुम कभी इसपर विचार करते हो?

English

Then the blessed Narayana Hari, pleased with his devotion, for one who was devoted to none other, intent on him, self-controlled,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजां च लभते काज्चित् पुनर्दधन्द्रेषु सज्जति प्राप्तुवन्ति तत: पजच न भवन्ति गतायुष:

English

the boon-giving blessed Vishnu, to the best of the twice-born near him, Garuda of great speed, appeared, smiling as it were.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याधिभिश्व विमथ्यन्ते व्याधै: क्षुद्रमूगा इव

English

"Best of the twice-born, greatly fortunate, go at my word: the sovereign king named Vasu, righteous-souled, has taken refuge in me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदनां नापकर्षन्ति यतमानाश्षिकित्सका: व्याधिभि: परिकृष्यन्ते मृगा व्याधैरिवार्दिता:

English

Entering the earth's surface through the anger of brahmanas, the lords of brahmanas were honoured; but you go, best of the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृश्यन्ते जरया भग्ना नगा नागैरिवोत्तमै:

English

Garuda, by my command, hidden in the cleft of the earth, make the best of kings, who goes below, a sky-goer quickly."

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वापदानि दरिद्रांक्ष प्रायो नाता भवन्ति ते आक्रम्याददते रोगा: पशून् पशुगणा इव

English

Then Garuda, spreading his wings, swift as the wind, entered the cleft of the earth where Vasu stayed silent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वशमें कर लेते हैं

English

Then suddenly lifting him up, the son of Vinata swiftly rose to the sky and released him there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वभावमतिवर्तन्ते ये नियुक्ता: शरीरिण: तपस्याके प्रभावसे प्रकृतिका उल्लंघन नहीं कर सकते

English

In that very moment Uparichara was born again, and the best of kings went bodily to Brahma's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाप्रियं प्रति पश्येयुरुत्थानस्य फले सति

English

Thus, Kaunteya, by a fault of speech and by the gods' command, a goal fit for a non-sacrificer was got by that great soul through the brahmins' curse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबकी समस्त कामनाएँ पूरी हो जातीं और किसीको अप्रिय नहीं देखना पड़ता यतते च यथाशक्ति न च तद् वर्तते तथा

English

Only because the Person, Hari the lord, was served by him, he soon left the curse and reached Brahma's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमत्ता: शठान् शूरा विक्रान्ता: पर्युपासते

English

All this has been told to you, how those beings were men, and how the sage Narada went to the white island; all that I shall tell you; listen with one mind, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचार किया; किंतु सहसा वे किसी निश्चयपर न पहुँच सके कि नु स्याच्छाश्वतं स्थानमल्पक्लेशं महोदयम्

English

Gayatri), he meditates with the aid of his intellect on Brahma alone. Afterwards he leaves off even that, being then absorbed in concentrated contemplation. 4 In consequence of his dependence on the strength of the Gayatri which he recites, this concentrated contemplation will come of itself. By penances he attains to purity of soul, and self-restraint, and cessation of aversion and desire. Freed from attachment and delusion, above the influence of all pairs of opposites (such as heat and cold, joy and sorrow, etc.), he never grieves and never suffers himself to be drawn towards worldly objects. He does not regard himself as the actor nor as the enjoyer or sufferer of the consequences of his acts. He never, through selfishness, fixes his mind on anything. Without being employed in the acquisition of wealth, he abstains also from disregarding or insulting others, but not from work. The work in which he is employed is that of meditation; he is devoted to meditation, and seeks meditation unalterably. By meditation he succeeds in bringing about concentrated contemplation , and then gradually leaves off meditation itself. In that state he enjoys the felicity which attaches to the abandonment of all things. Having thoroughly mastered the principle of desire he casts off his life-breaths and then enters into the Brahmic body. Or, if he does

हिन्दी अर्थ

परावरज्ञो धर्मस्य परां नैःश्रेयसीं गतिम्

English

desire to enter into the Brahmic body, he at once goes upwards into the region of Brahma and has never to undergo rebirth. Having become tranquillity's self, and being freed from all kinds of calamity, such a person, by depending upon his own intelligence, succeeds in attaining to that Soul which is pure and immortal and which is without a stain.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नावर्तेयं यथा भूयो योनिसंकरसागरे गतिको प्राप्त करूँ, जहाँसे फिर इस संसार-सागरमें आना न पड़े

English

think, this is said because of the agreement between the Vedanta and the Sankhya in this respect notwithstanding their difference in other respects. The object of the verse is to say that according to the Sankhya, there is no necessity for silent recitation of mantras. Mental meditation, without the utterance of particular words, may lead to Brahma. Soul, one may silently recite the Pranava or the original word Om. When, however, one succeeds in beholding one's Soul, then may one give up such recitation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वसड्भान् परित्यज्य निश्चितो मनसा गतिम्

English

other Nrivritti dharma. The first is a course of actions; the second of abstention from actions. The attributes indicated in 10 and 1 1 belong to the first course or path. They are, therefore, called Pravartaka yajna or Sacrifice having its origin in Pravritti or action.