Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्धास्यति तत् सर्वमेतद् वः कथितं मया विसृज्य तानृषीन् सर्वान् कामपि प्रसृतो दिशम्

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Thou hast said that as regards Reciters, they obtain this very high end. 1 1 beg to enquire whether this is their only end or there is any other to which they attain.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

गता निः:श्रेयसार्थ हि कदाचिद् दिशमुत्तराम्

English

[Janamejaya said:] The blessed lord himself, established in the dharma of withdrawal, secure, fond of devotees, ordains the dharmas of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजोनिवास: स द्वीप इति वै मेनिरे वयम् अथ सूर्यसहस्रस्य प्रभां युगपदुत्थिताम्

English

How were the gods made worthy of shares in the dharmas of action, and how were the dharmas of withdrawal made, with minds turned away?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्तदद्भुतं वाक्‍्यं निशम्यैवामृतोपमम्

English

Cut this doubt for us, brahmana, this hidden eternal matter; you have told the story of Narayana, joined with dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मार्गगितो नृपश्रेष्ठस्तं देशं प्राप्तवान् वसु: त॑ दृष्टवा सहसायान्तं वसुं ते त्वन्तरिक्षगम्

English

These worlds with Brahma, with gods, asuras and men, are seen everywhere attached to the rites told for prosperity; and you have told of liberation, Brahmana, extinction, the supreme happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञेषु सुहुतां विप्रैर्वसोर्धारां समाहितैः

English

We have heard that those who are freed here, free of merit and sin, enter the god of a thousand rays.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पातालमें जहाँ राजा वसु विराजमान थे, घुस गये उत्पपात नभस्तूर्ण तत्र चैनममुज्चत

English

Ah, the eternal dharma of liberation is hard to practise, leaving which all the gods became eaters of offerings to gods and ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आभा दिखायी देती थी और कहीं-कहीं वैदूर्यममणिकी-सी छटा छिटक रही थी

English

Do Brahma, Rudra, Shakra the slayer of Bala, the sun, the lord of stars, wind, fire, Varuna, space, earth and the other dwellers of heaven

हिन्दी अर्थ

सनातन प्रभु हैं। आपका जो दर्शन हो गया, यही मेरे लिये सबसे बड़ा वरदान है उवाच वचन भूयो गच्छ नारद मा चिरम्

English

not know the dissolution that is made for themselves? Then by that they have taken the fixed, imperishable, unchanging way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रावर्तयन्त तच्छास्त्रं धर्मयोनिं सनातनम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'Listen with concentrated attention, O puissant monarch, to the end that silent Reciters attain, and to the diverse kinds of hell into which they sink, O bull among men! That Reciter who does not at first conduct himself according to the method that has been laid down, and who cannot complete the ritual or course of discipline laid down, has to go to hell. 2 That Reciter who goes on without faith, who is not contented with his work, and who takes no pleasure in it, goes to hell, without doubt. They who follow the ritual with pride in their hearts, all go to hell. That Reciter who insults and disregards others has to go to hell. That man who betakes himself to silent recitation under the influence of stupefaction and from desire of fruit, obtains all those things upon which his heart becomes set. 3 That Reciter whose heart becomes set upon the attributes that go by the name of divinity, has to incur hell and never becomes freed from it. 4 That Reciter who betakes himself to recitation under the influence of attachments (to earthly objects such as wealth, wives etc.) obtain those objects upon which their hearts are set. That Reciter of wicked understanding and uncleansed soul who sets himself to his work with an unstable mind, obtains an unstable end or goes into hell. That Reciter who is not endued with wisdom and who is foolish, becomes stupefied or deluded; and in consequence of such delusion

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषिश्रेष्ठक्ष कपिल: शालिहोत्रपिता स्मृत: कण्वोथ देवहोत्रश्न एते षोडश कीर्तिता:

English

Cut this doubt of mine, brahmana, planted in my heart like a thorn, by telling the Itihasa; my curiosity is great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तत्र पशुघातो5भूत् स राजैवं स्थितो5भवत्

English

How were the gods said to be sharers in the rites, twice-born, and why are the dwellers of heaven worshipped at sacrifices, Brahmana?

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरण्यकपदोदभूता भागास्तत्रोपकल्पिता: साक्षात् तं दर्शयामास सोदृश्यो5न्येन केनचित्

English

And those who take a share at sacrifices, best of the twice-born, when they sacrifice with great sacrifices, to whom do they give a share?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दर्शन दिया; परंतु दूसरे किसीको उनका दर्शन नहीं हुआ

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Ah, lord of men, a most hidden question has been asked by you; it cannot be answered easily by one who has not practised austerity, nor by one ignorant of the Veda, nor one ignorant of the Puranas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदृश्येन हृतो भागो देवेन हरिमेधसा और उसे सूँघकर अपने अधीन कर लिया

English

Come, I shall tell you what I asked of my teacher long ago, Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the great sage who arranged the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशं घ्नन् खुच: पातै रोषादश्रूण्यवर्तयत्

English

Sumantu, Jaimini, Paila of firm vows, I as the fourth pupil, and Shuka remembered as the fifth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्राह्मुः स्वयं हि देवेन मत्प्रत्यक्षं न संशय: किमर्थमिह न प्राप्तो दर्शनं स हरिरविंभु:

English

These five pupils gathered, self-controlled, joined with purity and good conduct, with anger conquered and senses mastered,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसादयामास मुनि सदस्यास्ते च सर्वश:

English

he taught the Vedas, with the Mahabharata as the fifth, on Meru, the best of mountains, lovely and frequented by Siddhas and Charanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैष धर्म: कृतयुगे यस्त्वं रोषमचीकृथा: न शक्य: स त्वया द्रष्टमस्माभिर्वा बृहस्पते

English

As they were studying the Vedas, a doubt once arose among them; this is what you have now asked, and it was explained to them; I heard it then too, and must tell it to you today, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकपादा: स्थिता: सम्यक् काष्ठ भूता: समाहिता: स देशो यत्र नस्तप्तं तप: परमदारुणम्

English

Hearing the pupils' words, the glorious Vyasa, Parashara's son, remover of the darkness of all ignorance, spoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरेण्यं वरदं तं वै देवदेवं सनातनम्

English

"I have practised a very great and most severe austerity, good ones, that I might know past, present and future.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ व्रतस्यावभूथे वागुवाचाशरीरिणी सुतप्तं वस्तपो विप्रा: प्रसन्नेनान्तरात्मना

English

By Narayana's grace, for me of practised austerity and restrained senses, beside the Milk Ocean,

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षीरोदधेरुत्तरत: श्वेतद्वीपो महाप्रभ:

English

this threefold-time knowledge appeared as I wished. Hear it; as the knowledge is, I shall tell the excellent doubt, as it happened at the beginning of the age, seen by my eye of knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकान्तभावोपगतास्ते भक्ता: पुरुषोत्तमम् अनिन्द्रिया निराहारा अनिष्पन्दा: सुगन्धिन:

English

Him whom those who know Sankhya and yoga call the Supreme Self gets the name Great Person by his own deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छथ्वं तत्र मुनयस्तत्रात्मा मे प्रकाशित:

English

From him was born the unmanifest, which the wise know as Pradhana; from the unmanifest the manifest arose, from the lord, for the creation of the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोअस्मद्दृष्टिविषयस्तदा प्रतिहतोभवत् ततो नः प्रादुरभवद् विज्ञानं देवयोगजम्

English

Aniruddha is called in the worlds the Great Self; he who has reached manifestation and made the grandfather is called ego, for he is made wholly of splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हमलोग भगवान्को सुगमतापूर्वक नहीं देख सकते

English

Earth, wind, space, water, and light as the fifth: these great elements, Bharata, are born of ego.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः पुनर्वर्षशतं तप्त्वा तात्कालिकं महत् श्वेतांश्रन्द्रप्रतिकाशान् सर्वलक्षणलक्षितान्

English

Having created the great elements, he again made their qualities; hear of the embodied ones made from the elements.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानसो नाम स जपो जप्यते तैर्महात्मभि:

English

Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the great-souled Vasishtha, and Manu Svayambhuva: these are to be known as the eight natures in which the worlds are established.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुई। हमारी दृष्टि सहसा उस ओर खिंच गयी

English

Brahma, grandfather of the worlds, made the Vedas with their limbs and sacrifices with their parts for the success of the worlds; from the eight natures this universe was born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहिताश्चाभ्यधावन्त ततस्ते मानवा द्रुतम् ततो हि वदतां तेषामश्रौष्म विपुलं ध्वनिम्

English

Rudra, of the nature of wrath, was born and himself created ten others; these eleven Rudras are remembered as modifications, persons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वयं तु तेजसा तस्य सहसा हृतचेतस:

English

Those Rudras and the nature, and all the divine sages, born for the success of the worlds, approached Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकस्तु शब्दो वितत: श्रुतो5स्माभिरुदीरित: नमस्तेस्तु हृषीकेश महापुरुषपूर्वज

English

"We have been created by you, blessed one, the mighty; in what office each of us is to act, grandfather,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वायु: सर्वगन्धवह: शुचि:

English

the office you have assigned, thinking of its purpose: how is that office to be kept by the holder of the office?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मारुते संनिवृत्ते च बलौ च प्रतिपादिते मानवानां सहस्रेषु तेषु वै शुद्धयोनिषु

English

Give strength to him who is concerned with the purpose of the office." Thus addressed, Mahadeva spoke to those gods:

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी हमलोगोंका सत्कार नहीं किया

English

"Well have I been informed by you, gods; blessings on you; this concern which you have is arisen in me also.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेडपि स्वस्था मुनिगणा एकभावमनुव्रता: ततोअस्मान् सुपरिश्रान्तांस्तपसा चातिकर्शितान्

English

How is the whole system of the world to be taken up, and how may no loss of strength befall you and me?

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छध्वं मुनय: सर्वे यथागतमितो5चिरात्

English

From here let us all go for refuge to the witness of the worlds, the Great Person, the unmanifest; he will tell us what is beneficial."

हिन्दी अर्थ

काम॑ कालेन महता एकान्तित्वमुपागतै: वैवस्वतेन्तरे विप्रा: प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे पुन:

English

Then those sages and gods, with Brahma, wishing the good of the worlds, went to the northern bank of the Milk Ocean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं सुतपसा चैव हव्यकव्यैस्तथैव च नारायणो महद्धूतं विश्वसृग्धव्यकव्यभुक्

English

They took up austerity, ordained by the Veda and spoken by Brahma, a most severe austerity named the Great Observance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेकतवाक्सयेन द्वितत्रितमतेन च

English

With eyes and arms upward, with minds one-pointed, standing on one foot, rightly composed like logs,

हिन्दी अर्थ

समापयत्् ततो यज्ञं हैवतं समपूजयत् स्वर्गसे भ्रष्ट होना पड़ा था। उस समय वे पृथ्वीके भीतर रसातलमें समा गये थे

English

for a divine thousand years they practised that excellent austerity, and heard a sweet voice adorned with the Veda and its limbs:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्यैव च प्रसादेन पुनरेवोत्थितस्तु सः

English

"Ho, gods with Brahma, and sages rich in austerity, honouring you all with a welcome, I tell you an excellent word.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षट्त्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: किमर्थ स परिभ्रष्टो विवेश विवरं भुवः

English

I know your task, and that great one for the good of the world: a work of action, to be done, strengthening your lives.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थे, तब वे स्वर्गसे भ्रष्ट होकर पातालमें कैसे प्रविष्ट हुए?

English

Your austerity is well practised, gods, done from desire to please me; you, of great strength, will enjoy the excellent fruit of this austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषीणां चैव संवादं त्रिदशानां च भारत संवादरूप इस प्राचीन इतिहासको उद्धृत किया करते हैं--

English

This is Brahma, teacher of the world, grandfather of all worlds; and you, best of the gods, worship me, composed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स च च्छागो5प्यजो ज्ञेयो नान्य: पशुरिति स्थिति:

English

Make portions for me always at sacrifices; and I shall ordain the good, lords, according to each one's office."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं, ऐसा निश्चय है” अजसंज्ञानि बीजानि च्छागं नो हन्तुमर्हथ

English

Hearing this word of the god of gods, with hair standing on end for joy, all those gods and Brahma and the great sages

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुति है। बीजोंका ही नाम अज है; अतः बकरेका वध करना हमें उचित नहीं है

English

performed a Vaishnava sacrifice by the rule seen in the Veda; at that sacrificial session Brahma himself made a share, and the gods and divine sages made shares.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्वा दानपति): श्रेष्ठ: सर्वभूतहितप्रिय:

English

The shares, highly honoured, with the duties of the task and the age, reached that Person of sun-colour beyond darkness, vast, all-pervading, the god, ruler, boon-giving lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं ते संविदं कृत्वा विबुधा ऋषयस्तथा भो राजन् केन यष्टव्यमजेनाहोस्विदौषधै:

English

Then the boon-giving god, to all those immortals standing there, bodiless, shone and spoke this word, standing in the sky, the great lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तान् कृताञ्जलि भ्भूत्वा परिपप्रच्छ वै वसु:

English

"By whomever the share was made, it has come so; pleased, I give today the fruit marked by return.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धान्यैर्यष्टव्यमित्येव पक्षो5स्माकं नराधिप देवानां तु मतं ज्ञात्वा वसुना पक्षसंश्रयात्

English

This is your mark, gods, born of my grace: worshipped by you with sacrifices completed with full fees, age after age you will be enjoyers of the fruit of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुपितास्ते ततः सर्वे मुनय: सूर्यवर्चस:

English

And those men who in all the worlds sacrifice with sacrifices will make portions for you, gods, as ordained by the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुरपक्षो गृहीतस्ते यस्मात् तस्माद् दिव: पत अधो वै सम्बभूवाशु भूमेविंवरगो नूप

English

Whoever has made a portion for me in this great sacrifice as arranged, he is made by me worthy of a share of the sacrifice in the Vedic aphorism.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और तत्काल पृथ्वीके विवरमें प्रवेश कर गये

English

You, risen by the fruit of the share of the sacrifice, support the worlds, thinking of every purpose in the world, formed according to your offices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवास्तु सहिता: सर्वे वसो: शापविमोक्षणम् इति बुद्ध्या व्यवस्याशु गत्वा निश्चयमीश्व॒रा:

English

By those rites that will be performed, honoured by the fruit of action, with strength increased, you will support the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मण्यदेवभक्तस्त्वं सुरासुरगुरुहरि:

English

You are cherished in the world by men in all sacrifices; then you will cherish me; this is my cherishing of you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानना तु द्विजातीनां कर्तव्या वै महात्मनाम् यावत् त्वं शापदोषेण कालमासिष्यसे5डनघ

English

For this purpose the Vedas and the sacrifices with herbs were created; when rightly employed, the gods on earth are pleased by these.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न क्षुत्पिपासे राजेन्द्र भूमेश्छिद्रे भविष्यत: स देवोस्मद्धरात् प्रीतो ब्रह्मलोक॑ हि नेष्यति

English

This making of yours, set by the quality of action, has been made by me, best of gods, until the end of the age; think, lords, of the good of the world according to your offices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जप्यं जगौ च सततं नारायणमुखोद्गतम्

English

Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasishtha: these seven were made mind-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अयजद्धरिं सुरपतिं भूमेविवरगो5पि सन् यज्ञोंद्वारा देवेश्वर श्रीहरिकी आराधना करते थे

English

These were made chief knowers of the Veda and teachers of the Veda, and also upholders of the dharma of action, made under Prajapati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनन्यभक्तस्य सतस्तत्परस्य जितात्मन:

English

This is the eternal path of those who act, manifested, called Aniruddha, the lord who creates the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने उस अनन्य भक्तकी भक्तिसे भगवान् श्रीनारायण हरि बहुत संतुष्ट हुए गरुत्मन्तं महावेगमाबभाषेप्सितं तदा

English

Sana, Sanatsujata, Sanaka with Sanandana, Sanatkumara, Kapila, and the seventh Sanatana:

हिन्दी अर्थ

गरुड़से अपनी अभीष्ट बात इस प्रकार कही--

English

these seven are called the mind-born sages, sons of Brahma, with knowledge come of itself, standing in the dharma of withdrawal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्राड् राजा वसुर्नाम धर्मात्मा संशितव्रत: राजा वसुके पास जाकर उन्हें देखो

English

These are the chief knowers of yoga and of the dharma of Sankhya, teachers in the treatise of liberation and promoters of the dharma of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानितास्ते तु विप्रेन्द्रास्त्वं तु गच्छ द्विजोत्तम

English

From the unmanifest, threefold in quality and great, from which I came forth before, that which is higher, conceived as the knower of the field, that am I, the path of those who act, hard to find for return.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंका सदा सम्मान ही किया है; अतः तुम उनके पास जाओ अधक्षरं नृपश्रेष्ठ खेचरं कुरु मा चिरम्

English

However a creature is made, and in whatever action, in action or withdrawal, he helplessly enjoys its fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विवेश विवरं भूमेर्यत्रास्ते पार्थिवो वसु:

English

This is Brahma, teacher of the world, lord, maker of the beginning of the world; he is your mother and father and grandfather. Instructed by me he will be the giver of boons to all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सशरीरो गतश्चैव ब्रह्मलोकं नृपोत्तम:

English

And his younger brother Rudra, who arose from his forehead, instructed by Brahma, will be a giver of boons everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्ता गतिरथस्तात् तु द्विजशापान्महात्मना अपराध करनेके कारण ब्राह्मणोंके शापसे अधोगति प्राप्त की थी

English

Go to your offices and think of them as ordained; let all rites go forward in all worlds without delay.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् ते सर्व प्रवक्ष्यामि शृुणुष्वैकमना नूप

English

And let the deeds of beings and their goals be shown, and their lives with ages fixed, best of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो 5 ध्याय: ददर्श तानेव नरान् श्वैतांश्रन्द्रसमप्रभान्

English

This is the Krita age, the best time, now going on; in this age sacrificial animals are not to be killed, not otherwise; here, gods, dharma will be fourfooted and whole.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिदृक्षुर्जप्पपरम: सर्वकृच्छुगत: स्थित:

English

Then the Treta age, in which the threefold Veda will be, in which animals sprinkled will be put to death at the sacrifice; there dharma will lack a fourth part.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वात्मा भगवान् नारायणकी इस प्रकार (दौ सौ नामोंद्वारा) स्तुति करने लगे त॑ मुनि दर्शयामास नारदं विश्वरूपधृक्

English

Then the Dvapara age, a mixed time, and in that age dharma will lack two parts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवान्की स्तुति की, तब उन्होंने विश्वरूप धारण करके उन्हें दर्शन दिया

English

Then when Tishya comes, the age headed by Kali, dharma will stand on one foot only where it is."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृशानुवर्ण: किंचिच्च किंचिद्धिष्ण्याकृति: प्रभु: था। कुछ अग्निके समान देदीप्यमान और कुछ नक्षत्रोंक समान जाज्वल्यमान था

English

[The gods said:] "When dharma stands on one foot, going anywhere, what are we to do, blessed one? Tell us that."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीलाञठ्जनचयप्रख्यो जातरूपप्रभ: क्वचित्

English

[The Blessed One said:] "Where the Vedas and sacrifices, austerity, truth, self-control and non-violence joined with dharma are practised, best of gods, that country is to be resorted to; let adharma not touch you with its foot."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कज्जलराशिके समान काला और कहींसे सुवर्णके समान कान्तिमान् था क्वचित् सुवर्णवर्णाभो वैदूर्यसदृश: क्वचित्

English

[Vyasa said:] Thus instructed by the blessed one, the gods and troops of sages bowed to the blessed one and went to the countries they wished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मयूरग्रीववर्णा भो मुक्ताहारनिभ: क्वचित् हारकी-सी कान्ति दृष्टिगोचर होती थी

English

When the dwellers of heaven had gone, Brahma alone remained, wishing to see the blessed one established in the body of Aniruddha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस्रनयन: श्रीमान् शतशीर्ष: सहस्रपात्

English

The god showed himself to him, taking the great form of Hayashiras, reciting the Vedas with their limbs, bearing a water-pot and a rosary.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हाथ थे। वे अपूर्व कान्तिसे सम्पन्न थे और कहीं-कहीं उनकी आकृति अव्यक्त थी ओड्कारमुद्गिरन् वकत्रात् सावित्रीं तदन्‍्वयाम्

English

Then seeing that god of boundless might with a horse's head, Brahma, lord and maker of the worlds, wishing the good of the worlds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरण्यकं जगौ देवो हरिनारायणो वशी

English

bowing his head to the boon-giver, praised him standing in front with joined palms; and embraced by the god, he was made to hear this speech:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजिन् दण्डकाष्ठं च ज्वलितं च हुताशनम् तमुवाच नत मूर्ध्ना देवानामादिरव्यय:

English

"Think rightly of all the courses of the world's work; you are the creator of all beings, you are lord and teacher of the world; with the burden placed on you I shall soon gain steadiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रीहरिने इस प्रकार कहा

English

And when the gods' work becomes too hard for you, I shall come into manifestation, as a teacher of knowledge of the self."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमं देशमनुप्राप्ता मम दर्शनलालसा: इच्छासे इस स्थानपर आये हुए थे

English

Having said this, Hayashiras vanished right there, and Brahma, instructed by him, soon went to his own world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तास्त्वं भजस्व सततं साधयस्व यथागतम्

English

Thus this greatly fortunate lotus-naveled eternal one is said to be the first taker at sacrifices and ever the upholder of sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसन्नो5हं तवाद्येह विश्वमूर्तिरिहाव्यय: सद्यः फलमवाप्तं॑ वै दृष्टो यदू भगवान् मया

English

Standing in the dharma of withdrawal, the goal of those with imperishable dharma, he ordains the dharmas of action, making the world variegated.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवन् विश्वदृक् सिंह: सर्वमूर्तिर्महान् प्रभु:

English

He is the beginning, middle and end of creatures; he is creator, the thing created, doer and deed; asleep at the end of the age, having drawn in the worlds, awakened at the start of the age, he sent forth the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फिर कहा, “नारद! जाओ, विलम्ब न करो

English

Bow to that god, without qualities and of the nature of qualities, unborn, of universal form, the abode of all the dwellers of heaven,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यहाँसे चले जाना चाहिए तमोरजोभिरन्निमिुक्ता मां प्रवेक्ष्यन्त्यसंशयम्

English

lord of the great elements, lord of the Rudras, lord of the Adityas, lord of the Vasus,

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रेयश्वैव गन्धेन रसेन च विवर्जित:

English

lord of the Ashvins, lord of the Maruts, lord of the Vedas and sacrifices, lord of the Vedangas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यश्ष सर्वगतः: साक्षी लोकस्यात्मेति कथ्यते अजो नित्य: शाश्वतश्न निर्गुणो निष्कलस्तथा

English

Hari who ever dwells in the ocean, with hair of munja grass, peace of all beings, proclaimer of the dharma of liberation,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषो निष्क्रियश्चैव ज्ञानदृश्यश्ष॒ कथ्यते

English

lord of austerities and splendours and of fame, lord of speech always, lord of rivers,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वासुदेवो विज्ञेय: परमात्मा सनातन: शुभाशुभै: कर्मभियों न लिप्पति कदाचन

English

the matted-haired, the boar, the one-horned, the wise, Vivasvan, Hayashiras, ever bearing the fourfold form,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिप्त नहीं होता है

English

secret, to be seen by knowledge, imperishable and perishable; this god goes about, moving everywhere, unchanging.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्ते सर्वशरीरेषु तिष्ठन्ति विचरन्ति च निर्गुणो गुणभुक् चैव गुणस्रष्टा गुणाधिक:

English

Thus was this seen long ago by me with the eye of knowledge, and it has been told to you all in truth when I was asked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्योंकि वह निर्गुण, गुणोंका भोक्ता, गुणोंका स्रष्टा तथा गुणोंसे उत्कृष्ट है

English

Do my word, pupils: serve Hari the lord, sing him with Vedic words and worship him by rule."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलका तेजमें और तेजका वायुमें लय होता है नास्ति तस्मात् परतर: पुरुषाद् वै सनातनात्

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Thus told by the wise Veda Vyasa, we all, the pupils, and his son Shuka, knower of supreme dharma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मूलभूत उस सनातन शास्त्रका जगतमें प्रचार किया साज़्रोपनिषदं शास्त्र स्थापयित्वा बृहस्पती

English

has to go to hell where he is obliged to indulge in regrets, l If a person of even firm heart, resolving to complete the discipline, betakes himself to recitation, but fails to attain to completion in consequence of his having freed himself from attachments by a violent stretch without genuine conviction of their inutility or harmful character, he also has to go to hell 2.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय:

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'When the Reciter attains to the essence of that which exists in its own nature (without being anything like created or born objects), which is Supreme, which is indescribable and inconceivable, and which dwells in the syllable om forming the subject of both recitation and meditation (indeed, when Reciters to a state of Brahma), why is it that they have again to take birth in embodied

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतोष प्राप्त हुआ एभि: समन्वितो राजन् गुणैर्विद्वान् बृहस्पति:

English

"Bhishma, said, 'In consequence of the absence of true knowledge and wisdom, Reciters obtain diverse descriptions of hell. The discipline followed by Reciters is certainly very superior. These, however, that I have spoken of, are the faults that appertain to it.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधीततवांस्तदा शास्त्र सम्यक् चित्रशिखण्डिजम्

English

One becomes free of disease, radiant, endowed with strength and beauty; the afflicted is freed from disease, the bound from bondage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पालयामास पृथिवीं दिवमाखण्डलो यथा करने लगे, जैसे इन्द्र स्वर्गका

English

One desiring a desire gains it and obtains long life; a brahmana would be a knower of all the Vedas, a kshatriya victorious, a vaishya of great gain, and a shudra would gain happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बृहस्पतिरुपाध्यायस्तत्र होता बभूव ह

English

The childless gains a son, a maiden the husband she wishes, a woman with a clinging embryo is freed, a pregnant woman bears a son, a barren woman gains offspring rich in sons and grandsons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपाध्याय बृहस्पति होता हुए एकत्र द्वितश्वैव त्रितश्ैव महर्षय:

English

One who reads this on the road goes the road in safety; whatever desire one desires, one surely gains it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषिर्मेधातिथिश्वैव ताण्ड्यश्वैव महानृषि:

English

This is the settled word of the great sage, the praise of the great-souled best of persons; hearing this assembly of sages and gods, devotees gain great happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोई वस्तु नहीं है

English

decrepitude and death, or death at will, or absorption into Brahma, or independent, existence in a beatific

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् त्वया न विज्ञेयं रूपवानिति दृश्यते प्राणियोंके गुणोंसे युक्त न जानो

English

[Janamejaya said:] You ought to tell, for one eager to hear of Hari, lord of the lords of creatures, that hearing it I may be purified, like the spotless autumn moon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मत्पुत्रत्वं च कल्पादौ लोकाध्यक्षत्वमेव च

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Hear, king, as Hari the all-pervading, with a pleased heart, told Phalguna the derivation of his own names, born of qualities and deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृष्टिविस्तार मेरा ही है ब्रह्मण: सर्वभूतानि चराणि स्थावराणि च

English

By the names of that great-souled Keshava being recited, king, Phalguna, hero, asked Keshava:

हिन्दी अर्थ

जरासंधश्न बलवान् सर्वराजविरोधन:

English

[Arjuna said:] Blessed one, lord of past and future, imperishable creator of all beings, abode of the worlds, lord of the world, giver of fearlessness to the worlds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

रामो दाशरथिश्रैव सात्वत: कल्किरेव च अकिक्रान्ताश्व॒ बहव: प्रादुर्भावा ममोत्तमा:

English

those names of yours, god, sung by the great sages in the Vedas with the Puranas, which are secret by their deeds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

न होतद् ब्रह्मणा प्राप्तमीदृ्श मम दर्शनम्

English

their derivation I wish to hear from you, Keshava; no other than you can tell the derivation of the names, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं ब्रह्मनू भक्तिमतो मया नारदो5पि महातेजा: प्राप्यानुग्रहमीप्सितम्

English

[The Blessed One said:] In the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Atharva and Sama, in the Puranas with the Upanishads, and in astrology, Arjuna,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदं महोपनिषदं चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्

English

in Sankhya and in the treatise of yoga and in Ayurveda, many names of mine have been sung by the great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्न॒ पञचमम् तदा विशति यो ब्रद्यान्नदृश्यो लघुविक्रम:

English

to the joys of heaven, but compared to Emancipation, they are hell, there being the obligation of rebirth attached to them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदृश्यभावसे जो शीघ्रगामी चेतन उसमें प्रवेश करता है, वही जीवात्मा है

English

Reciters. They are the power to become minute or huge in shape, or go whither soever one will, etc. These are likened to hell, because of the obligation of re-birth that attaches to them. Nothing less than Emancipation or the absorption into the Supreme Soul is the end that should be striven for.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न विना धातुसंघातं शरीरं भवति क्वचित् स जीव: परिसंख्यात: शेष: संकर्षण: प्रभु:

English

By whose grace Brahma was born, and Rudra born of anger, who is the womb of all, moving and unmoving,

हिन्दी अर्थ

संकर्षण कहा गया है

English

that sattva of eighteen qualities, best of the good, that supreme nature, for me upholder of yoga, heaven and earth, the truth, the true, unconquerable by the gods, called the self of the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्मिंश्व॒ सर्वभूतानि प्रलयं यान्ति संक्षयम् तस्मात् प्रसूतो यः कर्ता कारणं कार्यमेव च

English

From that proceed all the changes of creation and dissolution; from it sacrifice, the sacrificer, the ancient Person, Virat, called Aniruddha, the origin and dissolution of the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परम्परा-सम्बन्धसे महाभूतोंका कारण तथा महत्तत्त्वका कार्य है

English

When the night of Brahma had ended, by the grace of that one of boundless splendour, lotus-eyed one, a lotus appeared, and in it Brahma was born, born of his grace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोडनिरुद्ध: स ईशानो व्यक्त: स सर्वकर्मसु कहलाता है। वह (कर्तृत्वके अभिमानरूपसे) सम्पूर्ण कर्मामें व्यक्त होता है

English

At the end of the day, from the forehead of the god, filled with anger, Rudra was born, the cause of destruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रद्युम्नादू योडनिरुद्धस्तु सो5हंकार: स ईश्वर:

English

These two best of the gods, born of grace and anger, are remembered as the makers of creation and destruction on his command, mere instruments here, givers of boons to all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव सच्चासच्चैव नारद अहं हि पुरुषो ज्ञेयो निष्क्रिय: पजचविंशक:

English

The matted, the knotted, the shaven, frequenter of cremation grounds, bearer of fierce vows, Rudra the yogi, terrible to Tripura,

हिन्दी अर्थ

निष्क्रिय पुरुषरूपसे जानने योग्य हूँ

English

destroyer of Daksha's sacrifice and the taker of Bhaga's eyes, is to be known as Narayana's self, age after age, son of Pandu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मयैतत् कथितं सम्यक् तव मूर्तिचतुष्टयम्

English

When Maheshvara, god of gods, is worshipped, the god Narayana, the lord, is also worshipped, Partha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैवं ते बुद्धिरत्राभूद् दृष्टो जीवो मयेति वै भूतग्रामशरीरेषु नश्यत्सु न नशाम्यहम्

English

I am the self of all worlds, son of Pandu; therefore I worship Rudra, the self, first.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और शरीरोंके नष्ट हो जानेपर भी मेरा नाश नहीं होता है

English

If I did not worship Ishana, the boon-giving Shiva, my mind thinks that no one would worship the self; I have made the standard, and the world follows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवता हैं, वे ब्रह्मा मेरे बहुत-से कार्योका चिन्तन करनेवाले हैं पश्यैकादश मे रुद्रान् दक्षिण पार््वमास्थितान्

English

Standards are to be honoured, therefore I worship him; he who knows him knows me, and he who follows him follows me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दाहिने भागमें विराजमान हैं

English

Rudra and Narayana are one sattva made two; he moves in the world, standing in manifestation, in all actions, Kaunteya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्रतश्वैव मे पश्य वसूनष्टौ सुरोत्तमान् सर्वान् प्रजापतीन् पश्य पश्य सप्त ऋषीस्तथा

English

No boon is to be given to me by anyone, delight of the Pandavas; thinking so in mind, I worshipped the ancient lord of the universe for a son, the self by the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपांसि नियमांश्वैव यमानपि पृथग्विधान्

English

Vishnu does not bow to any god, except the self; therefore I worship Rudra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रियं लक्ष्मी च कीर्ति च पृथिवीं च ककुझिनीम् ध्रुवं च ज्योतिषां श्रेष्ठ पश्य नारद खेचरम्

English

The gods with Brahma, with Rudras, with Indra and the sages, worship the best of gods, the god Narayana Hari.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवकार्यादपि मुने पितृकार्य विशिष्यते

English

Of those who will be, those who are, and the beings, Bharata, Vishnu is the foremost of all, always to be served and worshipped.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवकार्यसे भी पितृकार्य बढ़कर है मया सृष्ट: पुरा ब्रह्मा मां यज्ञमयजत् स्वयम्

English

Bow to Vishnu, giver of offerings, and to the giver of refuge; bow to the boon-giver, Kaunteya, bow to the enjoyer of offerings to gods and ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वया कृतां च मर्यादां नातिक्रंस्पति कश्नन सुरासुरगणानां च ऋषीणां च तपोधन

English

My devotees are of four kinds; this you have heard. Of them the single-minded are best, with no other deity; I alone am their goal, who act without desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विविधानां च भूतानां त्वमुपास्थो भविष्यसि

English

The other three kinds of devotees are held to desire fruit; all are liable to fall; but the awakened one has the best share.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुशास्यस्त्वया ब्रह्मन् नियोज्यश्व सुतो यथा अहं दत्त्वा वरान् प्रीतो निवृत्तिपरमो5भवम्

English

Those who serve Brahma, the dark-throated one, and the other deities that are remembered, the best of the awakened, have been told to you, Partha; this is the distinction concerning the devotee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसन्नतापूर्वक निवृत्तिपरायण हो गया

English

You and I, Kaunteya, are remembered as Nara and Narayana, entered into a human body for the lifting of the burden.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मान्निवृत्तिमापन्नश्चरेत् सर्वाज्रनिर्वृतः है, वह सभी अंगोंसे सुखी होकर विचरण करे

English

I know the yogas of the self, who I am and whence, Bharata; the dharma marked by withdrawal, and that of prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कपिल प्राहुराचार्या: सांख्यनिश्चितनिश्चया:

English

I alone am famed as the resort of men, the eternal; waters are called nara, the waters are the sons of Nara; they were my resting-place before, so I am Narayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युक्त, सूर्यमण्डलमें स्थित एवं समाहितचित्त कपिल कहते हैं सोहं योगरतिर्ब्रह्मन् योगशास्त्रेषु शब्दित:

English

I cover the whole world, becoming like the sun with its rays; I am the dwelling of all beings, so I am Vasudeva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो युगसहस्रान्ते संहरिष्ये जगत् पुन:

English

I am the goal of all beings and of creatures too, Bharata; heaven and earth are pervaded by me, Partha, and my splendour is greater.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाकी विद्यया सार्थ विहरिष्ये जगत् पुन: शक्तिके साथ सूने संसारमें विहार करूँगा

English

I am the supervisor of beings at the end, and wishing that, Bharata; and by striding, Partha, I am called Vishnu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मिन् मूर्तिश्चतुर्थी या सासृजच्छेषमव्ययम्

English

Desiring success through self-control, people desire me; and I am in heaven, earth and the middle; so I am Damodara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा सूर्यस्य गगनादुदयास्तमने इह

English

Prishni is said to be food, the Vedas, water and nectar; these are always in my womb; so I am Prishnigarbha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा बलादहं पृथ्वीं सर्वभूतहिताय वै नारसिंहं वपु: कृत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुं पुन:

English

The sages spoke of me thus when Trita was cast into the well: "Prishnigarbha, protect Trita"; one thus cast down was protected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवता: स्थापयिष्यामि स्वस्वस्थानेषु नारद

English

Then Trita, son of Brahma, the first and best of sages, rose from the well by reciting Prishnigarbha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानवं च बलिं श्रेष्ठमवध्यं सर्वदेवतै: क्षत्रं चोत्सादयिष्यामि समृद्धबलवाहनम्

English

The rays which shine of the scorching sun, of fire and of the moon, are called my hair; therefore the all-knowing best of the twice-born call me Keshava.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाबला महावीर्या: शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमा:

English

The embryo laid in his wife by the great-souled Utathya... and when Utathya had vanished, once by the god's illusion, Brihaspati took his wife, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो रक्ष:पतिं घोरं पुलस्त्यकुलपांसनम् द्वापरस्य कलेश्रैव संधौ पार्यवसानिके

English

Then, as that best of sages was in union, the embryo, endowed with the five elements, spoke, Kaunteya:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्राहं दानवान् हत्वा सुबहून् देवकण्टकान्

English

"I came first, giver of boons; you should not trouble my mother." Hearing this, Brihaspati grew angry and cursed him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसानस्तत्र वै पुर्यामदितेरविप्रियंकरम् प्राग्ज्योतिषं पुरं रम्यं नानाधनसमन्वितम्

English

"Since you have forbidden me, going in union, therefore you will be born blind, by my curse; there is no doubt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

महेश्वरमहासेनौ बाणप्रियहितैषिणौ

English

By the curse of that chief of sages he entered long darkness; he was the sage named Dirghatamas by name of old.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः सुतं बलेजिंत्वा बाणं बाहुसहस्रिणम् य: कालयवन: ख्यातो गर्गतेजोडभिसंवृत:

English

Having obtained the four eternal Vedas with their limbs and subsidiary limbs, he then employed this secret name of mine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मम बुद्धिपरिस्पन्दाद् वधस्तस्य भविष्यति समागतेषु बलिषु पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु

English

By rule in sequence, saying "Keshava" again and again, he became sighted and became Gautama again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिशुपालका वध कर डालूँगा

English

Thus, Arjuna, my name Keshava is a boon-giver to all the gods and great-souled sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिरं स्थापयिष्ये स्वराज्ये भ्रातृभि: सह कर्माण्यपरिमेयाणि चतुर्मूर्तिधरो हुहम्

English

Agni joined with Soma has been made one womb and mouth; therefore the whole universe, moving and unmoving, is of the nature of Agni and Soma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हंस: कूर्मश्न मत्स्यश्न प्रादुर्भावा द्विजोत्तम

English

It is also in the Purana: "Agni and Soma are of one womb and one nature, and the gods have Agni as their mouth"; and by being of one womb, honouring each other, they support the worlds.