Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवमन्य नरेन्द्रत्वं देवेन्द्रत्वं च पार्थिव चाहते हो और तपकी भी अभिलाषा रखते हो

English

nominative may be construed with the previous line, but the genitive would be better.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आ गर्भादनुकृन्तन्तो हैवदण्डनिपीडिता:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] A kshatriya may give the earth; a brahmana should duly accept it by his own deed; no other deserves to give.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतों और वनोंसहित सारी पृथ्वीको भस्म कर डालेगी समुद्रे वडवावक्त्रे प्रक्षिप्प मुनिसत्तम:

English

What can be given by all classes by those wishing fruit, or what is declared in the Veda, you ought to tell me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

डालकर बुझा देंगे

English

[Bhishma said:] Three things of equal name and equal fruit are to be given, with fruit of all desires: cows, earth and learning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षात् कृत्स्नो धनुर्वेद: समुपस्थास्यतेडनघ सम्पूर्ण धनुर्वेद मूर्तिमानू होकर उपस्थित होगा

English

One who also tells his pupil the righteous Brahmic Sarasvati gains fruit equal to that of the gift of earth and cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सतुतंप्रतिगृहौव पुत्रे संक्रामयिष्यति

English

So they praise cows, and nothing higher is to be given than them; their fruit is near and their cost light, Yudhishthira; cows are mothers of all beings, giving all comfort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स चापि भृगुशार्दूलस्तं वेदं धारयिष्यति उद्धावनार्थ भवतो वंशस्य नृपसत्तम

English

Cows are to be circumambulated by those who wish prosperity, constantly; the goddesses are the house of auspiciousness; therefore they are always to be honoured.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्माणं क्षत्रधर्माणं पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यति

English

Let the instruction made by the gods go on in the works of cows; only the former syllable is to be said, nothing else in any way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रसे हटाकर भावी पौत्रमें स्थापित कर देंगे) विश्वामित्रं तव कुले गाधे: पुत्र सुधार्मिकम्

English

At pasture or at a watering-place the wise should not trouble cows; thirsty and looking, they would strike a man with his kinsmen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणे सति चर्षित्वमृषित्वे च तपस्विता

English

means the Thunder-fire. Very probably, what is implied is that flashes of lightning and the Thunder-fire looked like eyes set upon that cloud. Go may also mean jyoti or effulgence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्वी होना तो और भी कठिन है तृतीयं पुरुष तुभ्यं ब्राह्मणत्वं गमिष्यति

English

creatures enjoy or endure. The Bengal texts read pralaya. The Bombay reading is pranaya. The latter is also the reading that the commentator notices, but when he explains it to mean tadabhavah, i.e., the absence of joy and sorrow, I think, through the scribe's mistake, the / has been changed into the palatal n. Prabhavah is explained as aiswaryya. Saswata is eternal, i.e., transcending the influence of acts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारी तीसरी पीढ़ी ब्राह्मण हो जायगी

English

means of their righteous acts. Acts, again, are performed in course of Time whose divisions are caused

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निके समान तेजस्वी और तपस्वी ब्राह्मण होगा उत्पन्न कर देगा। मैं तुमसे यह सच्ची बात कहता हूँ

English

as possible or as gross as possible. One may also attain to the fruition of all desires, extending to the very creation of worlds upon worlds peopled with all kinds of creatures. That Yogins do not create is due to their respect for the Grandsire and their wish not to disturb the ordinary course of things.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीर्थयात्रां गमिष्यामि पुरा कालोभिवर्तते

English

commentator explains, satya-sankalpah.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब देर हो रही है पुनश्चाख्यातुमिच्छामि भगवन् विस्तरेण वै

English

boons. The commentator, stretching the words has tried to explain them as signifying a total of eight, and eight i.e., eight are to be obtained from Mahadeva, and eight from his divine spouse Uma. The language, however, is such that this meaning cannot be put upon it without doing violence to it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनः विस्तारके साथ सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

Whatever dharma he performs, and whatever the fruit of its merit, he who gives a share of all, by that all engagements go on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कश्नचासौ भविता बन्धुर्मम कश्चापि सम्मतः सम्मानित पौत्र कौन होगा जो सर्वप्रथम ब्राह्मण होनेवाला है?

English

He who begets him, he who saves him from fear, and he who makes his livelihood: all these are three fathers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदर्थ त्वाहमुच्छेत्तुं सम्प्राप्तो मनुजाधिप

English

Service to the teacher destroys stain, pride destroys great fame, three sons remove childlessness, and ten cows remove lack of livelihood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये यहाँ आया था, वह मुझे तुमसे अवश्य बता देना चाहिए ते च भेदं गमिष्यन्ति हैवयुक्तेन हेतुना

English

To one devoted to the Vedanta, of much learning, content in wisdom, master of his senses, good, self-controlled and restrained, and always speaking kindly to beings,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्वो नाम महातेजा ज्वलनार्कसमद्ुति: गोत्रकी वृद्धि करेगा। उसका तेज अग्नि और सूर्यके समान दुर्धर्ष होगा

English

who does no wrong from fear of hunger, gentle, self-controlled and always hospitable, to a brahmana of equal conduct with sons and wife one should assign a livelihood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महीं सपर्वतवनां य: करिष्यति भस्मसात्

English

As great as is the merit in giving a cow to a good vessel, so great is the fault in taking a brahmana's property; in all states the taking of a brahmana's property, and their wives, are to be avoided from afar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रियौं तु कारणं तत्र परिवर्ते भविष्यत:

English

"The blessed Krishna said, 'Bowing my head with great joy unto that mass of energy and effulgence, I said these words unto the great Deity, with a heart filled with gladness,— Firmness in virtue, the slaughter of foes in battle, the highest fame, the greatest might, devotion to Yoga, thy adjacence, and hundreds upon hundreds of children, these are the boons I solicit of thee,— So be it,— said Sankara repeating the words I had uttered. After this, the mother of the universe, the upholders of all things, who cleanses, all things, viz., the spouse of Sarva, that vast receptacle of penances said with a restrained soul these words unto me,— 'The puissant Mahadeva has granted thee, O sinless one, a son who shall be named Samva. Do thou take from me also eight boons which thou choosest. I shall certainly grant them to thee.— Bowing unto her with a bend of my head, I said unto her, O son of Pandu,— I solicit from thee non-anger against the Brahmanas, grace of my father, a hundred sons, the highest enjoyments, love for my family, the grace of my mother, the attainment of tranquillity and peace, and cleverness in every act!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवाकु्शीर्षा: पतिष्यामो नरके नात्र संशय: नरकमें गिरेंगे, इसमें संशय नहीं है

English

[Bhishma said:] When Dvaravati was being settled long ago, Partha, so we have heard, a great well was seen, covered with grass and creepers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आमिषप्रतिसंहारात् प्रजा ह्यायुष्मती भवेत्

English

Making effort there, those seeking water from that well, joined with great toil, in the water that was covered,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्तुओंका दान करनेसे मनुष्य स्मरणशक्ति और मेधा प्राप्त कर लेता है दाढ़ी-मूँछ धारण करनेवालोंको श्रेष्ठ संतानकी प्राप्ति होती है

English

saw a huge lizard staying there; and they made effort by thousands to lift it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृत्वा द्वादशवर्षाणि वीरस्थानाद् विशिष्यते

English

Binding that mountain-like creature with ropes and leather straps, they could not lift it, and went to Janardana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मदेयां सुतां दत्त्वा प्राप्नोति मनुजर्षभ लभते च शिवं ज्ञानं फलपुष्पप्रदो नर:

English

"A great lizard stands covering the mouth of the well; there is none to lift it": so they reported to Krishna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरं प्रदातारमुपैति सा गौ:

English

Lifted by Vasudeva and asked what he wished, King Nriga then told himself, the ancient sacrificer of a thousand sacrifices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामधेनु होकर आती है परलोकमें उद्धार कर देती है

English

As he spoke so, Madhava said to him: "Good deeds were done by you, no sin; how did you come to such an ill state, king? Tell me what this is."

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोका वसूनां सुलभा भवन्ति

English

"We have heard here that you gave earlier a hundred thousand cows, again hundreds, eight hundreds, and tens of thousands to the twice-born, king; where has that gone?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृतीये पुरुषे तुभ्यं ब्राह्मणत्वमुपैष्यति भगुवंशियोंके सम्बन्धी होओगे

English

"Uma said, 'It shall be even so, O thou that art possessed of prowess and puissance equal to that of a celestial. I never say what is untrue. Thou shalt have sixteen thousand wives. Thy love for them and theirs also for thee shall be unlimited. From all thy kinsmen also, thou shalt receive the highest affection. Thy body too shall be most beautiful. Seven thousand guests will daily feed at thy palace.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशिकस्तु मुनेर्वाक्यं च्यवनस्य महात्मन:

English

"Vasudeva continued, 'Having thus granted me boons both the god and the goddess, O Bharata, disappeared there and then with their Ganas, O elder brother of Bhima. All those wonderful facts I related fully, O best of kings, to that Brahmana of great energy, viz., Upamanyu (from whom I had obtained the Diksha before adoring Mahadeva). Bowing

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमस्त्विति धर्मात्मा तदा भरतसत्तम वरार्थ चोदयामास तमुवाच स पार्थिव:

English

down unto the great God, Upamanyu said these words to me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मभूतं कुलं मे5स्तु धर्मे चास्य मनो भवेत्

English

"Upamanyu said, 'There is no deity like Sarva. There is no end or refuge like Sarva. There is none that can give so many or such high boons. There is none that equal him in battle.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि मेरा कुल ब्राह्मण हो जाय और उसका धर्ममें मन लगा रहे” अभ्यनुज्ञाय नृपतिं तीर्थयात्रां ययौ तदा

English

"I begged the receiver by exchange of a hundred times a hundred cows, but he said this to me:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्काल तीर्थयात्राके लिये चले गये

English

'A cow suited to place and time, patient, not calf-loving, giver of sweet milk, blessed, is always in my house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भृगूणां कुशिकानां च अभिसम्बन्धकारणम् हीनां पार्थिवसंघातै: श्रीमद्धि: पृथिवीमिमाम्

English

The cow that nourishes my lean son without breast I cannot give up,' and he went.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखता हूँ तब भारी चिन्तामें पड़कर बारंबार मूर्च्छित-सा होने लगता हूँ

English

Then I begged another brahmana by exchange: 'Take a hundred thousand cows for that one.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोटिश: पुरुषान् हत्वा परितप्ये पितामह या हीना: पतिभि: पुन्रैर्मातुलैभ्रातृभिस्तथा

English

[The brahmana said:] 'I do not accept from kings; I am able in seeking my own; let that very cow be given quickly to me, Madhusudana.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

और मामा आदि सम्बन्धियोंसे सदाके लिये बिछुड़ गयी हैं?

English

Though I offered gold, horses, silver and chariots, that bull among brahmanas did not accept and went.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपदिष्टमिहेच्छामि तत्त्वतो5हं विशाम्पते

English

At this very time, urged by the law of time, I reached the world of the ancestors and came to the King of Dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और इसके विषयमें आपका यथार्थ उपदेश ग्रहण करना चाहता हूँ परीक्ष्य निपुणं बुद्ध्या युधिष्ठिरमभाषत

English

Yama, honouring me, then said: 'No end is counted of your merit, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मसे कौन-सी गति मिलती है--इस विषयको सुनो

English

But a sin was done by you through ignorance; practise it first or afterward, as you wish.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

बड़ी आयु, ऊँचा पद और उत्तमोत्तम भोग प्राप्त होते हैं सौभाग्यं चैव तपसा प्राप्यते भरतर्षभ

English

'You said "I protect"; your promise was untrue; and taking a brahmana's property: yours is a threefold transgression.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपभोगांस्तु दानेन ब्रह्मचर्येण जीवितम्

English

'First I shall bear the hardship and afterward the good': saying so to the King of Dharma, I fell on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानसे उपभोग और ब्रह्मचर्यके पालनसे दीर्घायु प्राप्त करता है फलमूलाशिनां राज्यं स्वर्ग: पर्णाशिनां भवेत्

English

I heard as I fell Yama speaking loudly: 'Vasudeva Janardana will be your lifter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरुशुश्रूषया विद्या नित्यश्राद्धेन संतति:

English

When a thousand years are complete and the evil deed is exhausted, you will gain eternal worlds won by your own deed.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मरुं साधयतो राजन् नाकपृष्ठमनाशके चीरवल्कलवासोभिववसांस्थाभरणानि च

English

I saw myself fallen head-down in the well and having reached an animal womb, but memory did not leave me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वल्कलके वस्त्र पहननेसे उत्तमोत्तम वस्त्र और आभूषण प्राप्त होते हैं

English

I have been carried across by you today; what else is there except the power of austerity? Give me leave, Krishna; let me go to heaven today."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्निप्रवेशे नियतं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते प्रवेश कर जानेपर जीवको ब्रह्मलोकमें सम्मान प्राप्त होता है

English

Permitted by Krishna, bowing to Janardana, he mounted a divine car and went to heaven, scourge of foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेसे दीर्घायु संतान उत्पन्न होती है सत्यवादी नरश्रेष्ठ हैवतैः सह मोदते

English

When Nriga had gone to heaven, best of the Bharatas, Vasudeva sang this verse, descendant of the Kurus:

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंके साथ आनन्द भोगता है

English

"A brahmana's property must not be taken by a man who knows; a brahmana's property taken kills, as a brahmin cow killed Nriga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नस्य तु प्रदानेन तृप्पन्ते कामभोगत: देवशुश्रूषया राज्यं दिव्यं रूपं नियच्छति

English

Meeting with the good among the good is not fruitless, Partha; see Nriga freed from hell by meeting with the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेक्षणीयप्रदानेन स्मृतिं मेधां च विन्दति

English

The gift there had fruit, and the malice there had none; therefore, Yudhishthira, one should avoid wrong to cows."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा विधिपूर्वक अन्नका दान करता है, उसे इन्द्रलोककी प्राप्ति होती है पक्के सोनेका दान उससे भी उत्तम फल देता है

English

"Upamanyu said, 'There was in the Krita age, O sire, a Rishi celebrated under the name of Tandi. With great devotion of heart he adored, with the aid of Yoga-meditation, the great God for ten thousand years. Listen to me as I tell thee fruit or reward he reaped of such extraordinary devotion. He succeeded in beholding Mahadeva and praised him by uttering some hymns. Thinking, with the aid of his penances, of Him who is the supreme Soul and who is immutable and undeteriorating, Tandi became filled with wonder, and said these words,— I seek the protection of Him whom the Sankhyas describe and the Yogins think of as the Supreme, the Foremost, the Purusha, the pervader of all things, and the Master of all existent objects, of him who, the learned say, is the cause of both the creation and the destruction of the universe; of him who is superior to all the celestials, the Asuras, and the Munis, of him who has nothing higher, who is unborn, who is the Lord of all things, who has neither beginning nor end, and who is endued with supreme puissance, who is possessed of the highest felicity, and who is effulgent and sinless. —After he had said these words, Tandi beheld before him that ocean of penances, that great Deity who is immutable and undeteriorating, who is without compare, who is inconceivable, who is eternal, and who is without any change, who is indivisible, who is whole, who is Brahma, who transcends all attributes, and who is endued with attributes, who is the highest delight of Yogins, who is without deterioration, who is called Emancipation, who is the refuge of the Mind, of Indra, of Agni, of the god of wind, of the entire universe, and of the Grandsire Brahma; who is incapable of being conceived by the Mind, who is without mutation of any kind, who is pure, who is capable of being apprehended by understanding only and who is immaterial as the Mind; who is difficult of comprehension, who is incapable of being measured, who is difficult of being attained by persons of uncleansed souls, who is the origin of the universe, and who transcends both the universe and the attribute of darkness; who is ancient, who is Purusha, who is possessed of effulgence, and who is higher than the highest. The Rishi Tandin, desirous of beholding Him who making himself endued with life- breaths, resides in what results from it viz., Jiva, in the form of that effulgence which is called the Mind, passed many years in the practice of the severest austerities, and having succeeded in beholding Him as

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वत्र पूजनीयस्तडागवान्

English

[Bhishma said:] On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, the words of the sage Uddalaki and of Nachiketas, both.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतितात्रस्य यज्ञस्य फलं स समुपाश्चुते गाव: पिबन्ति सलिलं साधवश्षल नरा: सदा

English

The sage Uddalaki, having undertaken a vow, said to his son Nachiketas, "Serve me"; and when the observance was complete, the great sage said to his son:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा ऋषिगणाश्रैव संश्रयन्ति महीरुहान्

English

"Attached to ablutions and intent on study, fuel, kusha grass, flowers, a water-pot and water on all sides were forgotten by me; take them and come here from the river bank."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रियो भवति भूतानामिह चैव परत्र च यो नार्चति यथाशक्ति स नृशंसो युधिष्ठिर

English

Going and not finding all that, swept by the river's current, "I do not see it," the sage said to his father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गूढस्वाध्यायतपसो ब्राह्मणा: संशितव्रता: यत् करिष्यसि कल्याण तत् ते लोके युधाम्पते

English

Possessed by hunger, thirst and fatigue, the sage Uddalaki then cursed his son, saying "See Yama," that great ascetic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा दत्तं द्विजातिभ्यो भवत्यथ यतात्मसु

English

Thus struck by his father with a thunderbolt of words, with joined palms he said "Be gracious" and fell to the ground, his life gone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वही फल संयमी ब्राह्मणोंको दान देनेसे मिलता है विशिष्ट: सर्वयज्ञेभ्यो ददतस्तात वर्तताम्

English

Seeing Nachiketas fallen, his father, fainting with sorrow, said "What have I done?" and fell on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवसन् पूजयंश्लैव तेष्वानृण्यं नियच्छति

English

Embracing his own son, afflicted with sorrow, the rest of that day passed for him, and the fierce night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गन्धप्रदानात् सुरभिर्नर: स्थात्

English

reward of those penances, he praised the great God in the following terms.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

दान करनेसे सुगन्धित शरीरकी प्राप्ति होती है नाना प्रकारके रत्नोंसे परिपूर्ण, धनसम्पन्न समृद्धिशाली घर प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

"Tandi said, 'Thou art the holiest of holies I and the refuge of all, O foremost of all beings endued with intelligence. Thou art the fiercest energy of all kinds of energy. Thou art the austerest penance of all penances. Thou, O puissant one, art the liberal giver of blessings. Thou art the supreme Truth. Salutations to thee, O thou of a thousand rays, and, O refuge of all felicity. Thou art the giver of that Nirvana which, O puissant one, Yatis, standing in fear of birth and death, strive for so hard. The Grandsire Brahma, he of a hundred sacrifices, (viz., Indra) Vishnu, the Viswadevas, the great Rishis, are

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तथाभिरूपक्ष नरेन्द्र लोके

English

"Son, have you won good worlds by your own deed? By good fortune you are back; your body is not human."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भार्यामयत्नोपगतां लभेत् सः एवं मनोहारिणी भार्या प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

The seer of all, asked by his great-souled father, told him the truth in the midst of the great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाधथिकं विद्यते यस्मादित्याहु: परमर्षय:

English

"Doing your command, I quickly went and, reaching the vast, lovely, splendid assembly hall of Vaivasvata, I saw it, made of gold and earth for thousands of yojanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाश्रमेडरोचयद् वासं वीरमार्गाभिकाडुक्षया करनेकी इच्छाका त्याग कर दिया

English

Seeing me come toward him, Vaivasvata gave a seat in the house and honoured me for your sake with guest-water and other honours.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामहस्य यद् वाक्यं तद् वो रोचत्विति प्रभु:

English

Then I said to him slowly, as he was honoured, surrounded by assembly members: 'I have come to your domain, king of dharma; assign to me the worlds I deserve.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिरस्य तद् वाक्‍्यं बाढमित्यभ्यपूजयन् उस वचनका आदर किया

English

Yama said to me, "You are not dead, gentle one; the ascetic said to you 'See Yama' with his father's word, blazing like fire; that cannot be made untrue, brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपेता सर्वभूतैश्न श्रेष्ठा भूमिरिहोच्यते

English

I am pleased with you; go back, dear one; your father, maker of your body, grieves. I give you whatever is your mind's wish; choose your desires, loving of guests."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवास करते हों, वही भूमि यहाँ श्रेष्ठ बतायी जाती है औदकानि च सर्वाणि प्रवक्ष्याम्यनुपूर्वश:

English

Thus addressed by him I replied: "I have come to your domain, hard to turn back from; I wish to see the prosperous worlds of the doers of merit, if I deserve a boon from you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य तीनों लोकोंमें सर्वत्र पूजनीय होता है कीर्तिसंजनन श्रेष्ठ तडागानां निवेशनम्

English

Mounting me on a vehicle yoked with horses, shining and radiant, the god then showed me all the worlds of the doers of merit, lord of the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धि करनेवाला तथा कीर्तिके विस्तारका सर्वोत्तम साधन है

English

There I saw splendid dwellings of the self-purified, of various shapes and forms, made wholly of jewels,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तडागसुकृतं देशे क्षेत्रमेक॑ महाश्रयम् एक महान् आश्रय है

English

white like the moon's disc, with nets of little bells, with many hundreds of floors, with water and groves inside,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तडागानि च सर्वाणि दिशन्ति श्रियमुत्तमाम्

English

shining like beryl and sun, made of silver and gold, the colour of the young sun, standing and moving,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकारके जलाशय उत्तम सम्पत्ति प्रदान करते हैं या च तत्र फलावाप्तिऋषिभि: समुदाह्ता

English

mountains made of food and drink, garments, beds, and trees bearing fruits of all desires standing at the houses,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लाभ होते हैं, उन सबको मैं तुम्हें बताऊँगा

English

rivers, lanes, halls, ponds and long lakes on all sides, and sounding vehicles harnessed by the thousand.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निहोत्रफलं तस्य फलमाहुर्मनीषिण: गोसहस्रस्य स प्रेत्य लभते फलमुत्तमम्

English

Rivers flowing with milk, mountains, and ghee and clear water too; and many regions approved by Vaivasvata I saw, never seen before.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वै बहुसुवर्णस्य यज्ञस्य लभते फलम्

English

Seeing all that, I said to the King of Dharma, the mighty ancient: "These rivers of milk and ghee, with eternal flow: for whom are they ordained to enjoy?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षिणासे युक्त महान् यज्ञके फलका भागी होता है तस्याग्निष्टोमयज्ञस्यथ फलमाहुर्मनीषिण:

English

Yama said: "Know that you are to enjoy them, who are the givers of cow-products, the good; the other worlds, eternal and free of sorrow, are crowded with those devoted to the gift of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषोंने अग्निष्टोम नामक यज्ञके फलकी प्राप्ति बतायी है

English

Not the mere gift of them is praised; the vessel, the time, the special cow and the rule are to be known; brahmana, the difference among cows is hard to know, like fire and sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समस्त कुलका उद्धार कर देता है

English

A brahmana rich in study, exceedingly ascetic, keeping the sacrificial fires is their worthy vessel; cows released from hardship and come for nourishment: by these doors special cows are praised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृगपक्षिमनुष्याश्व सो5श्वमेधफलं लभेत् सुलभ होता है, वह अश्वमेध यज्ञका फल पाता है

English

Cows satisfied, after fasting three nights on the ground with only water, are to be given to the satisfied; pleased with calves, with good offspring and attendants, after giving, one should live on cow-products for three days.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तडागे यस्य तत् सर्व प्रेत्यानन्त्याय कल्पते

English

Giving a cow of good vows, with bronze milk-pail, with a fine calf and not fleeing, for as many years as she has hairs he enjoys the world of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबका पुण्य उस पुरुषको मरनेके बाद अक्षय सुख प्रदान करता है पानीयस्य प्रदानेन प्रीतिर्भवति शाश्वती

English

So too, giving a self-controlled, strong, vigorous, young ox fit for the yoke to a brahmana, supporting the family, mighty and large, he enjoys worlds measured by the giver of a cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलका दान करते हैं, वे ही वहाँ जलदानके पुण्यसे सदा तृप्त रहते हैं

English

One patient with cows, a refuge of cows, grateful, afflicted in livelihood: such they call a worthy vessel; in distress of livelihood, in rush, for great purpose, for farming, for offerings, for childbirth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञातिभि: सह मोदध्वमेतत् प्रेत्य सुदुर्लभम् दान अवश्य करना चाहिए

English

for the teacher's sake or the nourishment of a child, cows may be given; the time and place are not special; those born within, well bought, got by knowledge, bought with life, won, and from water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत ऊर्ध्व॑ प्रवक्ष्यामि वृक्षाणामवरोपणम्

English

[Nachiketas said:] Hearing Vaivasvata's word, I asked again: "How does one who has no cow go to the worlds of the givers of cows?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

लगानेका माहात्म्य बतलाऊँगा वृक्षगुल्मलतावल्‍ल्यस्त्वक्सारास्तृणजातय:

English

Then the wise Yama said: "The highest goal is in the gift of cows; but there are givers of cow-substitutes without a cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीर्तिश्न मानुषे लोके प्रेत्य चैव फलं शुभम्

English

When no cows are had, one who gives a ghee cow, of controlled vow: for him these cows flow with ghee, like loving ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलकी प्राप्ति होती है छायया चातिथ्थिं तात पूजयन्ति महीरुह:

English

When no ghee is had, one who gives a sesame cow, of controlled vow, is carried across hardship by the cow and rejoices in the river of milk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृक्षदं पुत्रवद् वृक्षास्तारयन्ति परत्र तु पुत्रवत् परिपाल्याश्ष पुत्रास्ते धर्मत: स्मृता:

English

When no sesame is had, one who gives a water cow, of controlled vow, enjoys this cool river that bears desires."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते स्वर्गे महीयन्ते ये चान्ये सत्यवादिन:

English

Such things the King of Dharma showed me there, and seeing them I gained supreme joy, Achyuta.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यजेच्च विविधैर्यज्ै: सत्यं च सततं वदेत् यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करे तथा सदा सत्य बोले

English

"And I tell you what is dear: a great sacrifice of little wealth has come to me, dear father, born from me; it will proceed by the rule of the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेभ्यो विशिष्ट कि दानं मतं ते कुरुपुंगव

English

This curse has been received by me for your favour, since in it I saw Yama; seeing there the great reward of giving, I shall without doubt practise the dharmas of giving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपेक्षा आपके मतमें कौन दान श्रेष्ठ है? अनुसरण करता हो, वह मुझे बताइये

English

And the King of Dharma, again and again glad, said this to me, brahmana sage: 'Dear one, be always restrained in giving, and especially give cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यच्चाभिलषितं दद्यात् तृषितायाभियाचते

English

Pure wealth is not to be scorned by one's own dharma; it is to be given to a vessel suited to place and time; therefore cows are to be constantly given by you; let there be no doubt in you on this.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

दत्तं दातारमन्वेति यद् दानं भरतर्षभ एतानि वै पवित्राणि तारयन्त्यपि दुष्कृतम्

English

These were given in earlier times always by the peaceful-souled, set on the path of giving, not fearing fierce austerities; they gave gifts according to their power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानानि हि नरं पापान्मोक्षयन्ति न संशय:

English

In due time, as able, leaving envy, pure-souled, faithful, of meritorious conduct, having given and practised austerity, they reached that world and shine in heaven, of meritorious conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दान मनुष्यको पापसे मुक्त कर देते हैं, इसमें संशय नहीं है तत् तद् गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्षयमिच्छता

English

This gift won justly is to be given to the twice-born, given to a vessel after examining; for ten days one should live on cow-products, milk, dung or cow's urine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहता हो, उसके लिये ऐसा करना आवश्यक है

English

The giver of a bull would be one with the Vedic vow; the gift of a pair of oxen is the gaining of the Veda; the gift of one yoked to cows is the gaining of a sacred ford; the gift of a tawny cow is the release of sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्कार नहीं करता है, वह मनुष्य निर्दयी है

English

Giving even one tawny cow in a proper way, he is freed from stain; there is nothing higher than the juice of cows; they call the gift of cows very great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यसने योनुगृह्नाति स वै पुरुषसत्तम: उसपर दया करता है, वही मनुष्योंमें श्रेष्ठ है

English

Cows, flowing, support the worlds, and cows produce food in the world; one who knows that and does not come to the kindness of cows is a sinful-minded goer to hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपहन्यात् क्षुधां यस्तु न तेन पुरुष: सम:

English

Whether you are to give a thousand cows, a hundred, fifty or ten, with good calves, or even one to a good brahmana: she will be a river of holy fords there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अयाचमानान् कौन्तेय सर्वोपायैर्निमन्त्रयेत् प्रत्येक उपायसे सहायता देनेके लिये निमन्त्रित करना चाहिए

English

By attainment, nourishment and protecting the world, cows are equal on earth to the sun's rays; one is the word, offspring and enjoyment; therefore the giver of a cow shines like the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्लन्तो नित्यसंतुष्टास्तथा लब्धोपजीविन:

English

A pupil should choose his teacher in the gift of cows; he is the speaker, constantly the giver of heaven; this is a very great dharma of those who know rules, for rules rely on the first rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तान् युक्तैरुपजिज्ञास्यस्तथा द्विजवरोत्तमान् निमन्त्रयेथा: कौरव्य सर्वकामसुखावहै:

English

This gift won justly is to be given to the twice-born; having given to a vessel, you should cause to obtain after examining; immortals and men hope in you, and we too, on being born, are of meritorious conduct."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यमित्येव मन्वाना धार्मिका: पुण्यकर्मिण:

English

Thus addressed by the King of Dharma, great sage, bowing my head to the righteous-souled one, permitted by that Vaivasvata, I came back to the root of the blessed one's feet.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रवत् परिपाल्यास्ते नमस्तेभ्यस्तथाभयम् करनेवाले होते हैं। क्षत्रियका तेज ब्राह्मणके पास जाते ही शान्त हो जाता है

English

incapable of comprehending thee and thy real nature. How then can persons like ourselves hope to comprehend thee? From thee flows everything. Upon thee rests everything. Thou art called Kala, thou art called Purusha, thou art called Brahma. Celestial Rishis conversant with the Puranas, say that thou hast three bodies viz., those pertaining to Kalas, those pertaining to Purusha and those pertaining to Brahma or the three forms namely Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra. Thou art Adhi-Purusha, (occupying the physical flame from head to foot) thou art Adhyatma, thou art Adhibhuta, and Adhi-Daivata, thou art Adhi-loka, Adhi-Vijnanam and Adhi-Yajna. 2 Men of wisdom, when they succeed in knowing thee that residest in themselves and that art incapable of being known by the very gods, become freed from all bonds and pass into a state of existence that transcends all sorrow. 3 They that do not wish to know thee, O thou of great puissance, have to undergo innumerable births and deaths. Thou art the door of heaven and of Emancipation. Thou art he that projectest all beings into existence and withdrawest them again into thyself. Thou art the great giver. Thou art heaven, thou art Emancipation, thou art desire (the seed of action). Thou art wrath that inspires creatures. Thou art Sattwa, thou art Rajas, thou art Tamas, thou art the nether regions, and thou art the upper regions. Thou art the Grandsire Brahma, thou art Bhava, thou art Vishnu, thou art Skanda, thou art Indra, thou art Savitri, thou art Yama, thou art Varuna, Soma, thou art Dhatri, thou art Manu, thou art Vidhatri and thou art Kuvera, the Lord of treasures. Thou art Earth, thou art Wind, thou art Water, thou art Agni, thou art Space, thou art Speech, thou art the Understanding, thou art Steadiness, thou art Intelligence, thou art the acts that creatures do, thou art Truth, thou art Falsehood, thou art existent and thou art non-existent. Thou art the senses, thou art that

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूराच्छूद्रेणोपचर्यो ब्राह्मणो5ग्निरिव ज्वलन् मृदुभावान् सत्यशीलान् सत्यधर्मानुपालकान्

English

[Yudhishthira said:] And how the great-souled Nriga suffered sorrow from one offence done through ignorance, grandfather, greatly wise one,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्षापि ये परे

English

and how, when Dvaravati was being settled, Krishna became the cause of his release when he was lifted up: that too I have grasped.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेष्वेव शाम्पन्ति तेजांसि च तपांसि च न मे पितु: पिता राजन् न चात्मा न च जीवितम्

English

But I have a doubt about the world of cows, lord; I wish to hear truly where givers of cows enter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वत्तोडपि मे प्रियतरा ब्राह्मणा भरतर्षभ

English

[Bhishma said:] On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, as Shatakratu asked the lotus-born this very thing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन सत्येन गच्छेयं लोकान् यत्र च शान्तनु: उन्हीं लोकोंमें जाऊँ जहाँ मेरे पिता शान्तनु गये हैं

English

[Shakra said:] "Overcoming the splendour of the dwellers of heaven with your own brightness, I see those who dwell in the world of cows going; here I have a doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र मे तात गन्तव्यमह्बाय च चिराय च

English

What are the worlds of cows like, blessed one? Tell me, sinless one; those that givers live in; I wish to know this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यन्मे कृतं ब्राह्मणेषु न तप्ये तेन पार्थिव कि दूसरा कोई पुण्य क्‍यों नहीं किया?

English

What kind, what fruit, and what is highest in their quality there? And how do people go there, free of fever?

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि एकोनषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

English

For how long does the giver enjoy the fruit of giving? How is a gift many-fold, or how even small?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहैव सा गतिर्नान्या तथास्माकं द्विजातय:

English

which transcends Prakriti, thou art immutable. Thou art superior to the universe of existent objects, thou art superior to the universe of non-existent objects, thou art capable of being conceived, thou art incapable of being conceived. That which is supreme Brahman, that which is the highest entity, that which is the end of both the Sankhyas and the Yogins, is, without doubt, identical with thee. Verily, rewarded have I been today by thee in consequence of thy granting me a sight of thy form. I have attained the end which the righteous alone attain to. I have been rewarded with that end which is solicited by persons whose understandings have been cleansed by Knowledge. Alas, so long I was steeped in Ignorance; for this long period I was a senseless fool, since I had no knowledge of thee that art the Supreme Deity, thee that art the only eternal Entity as can be only known by all persons endued with wisdom. In course of innumerable lives have I at last succeeded in acquiring that Devotion towards thee in consequence of which thou hast shown thyself to me. O thou that art ever inclined to extend thy grace to those that are devoted to thee. He that succeeds in knowing thee is enable to enjoy immortality. Thou art that which is ever a mystery with the gods, the Asuras, and the ascetics. Brahman is concealed in the cave of the heart. The very ascetics are unable to behold or know Him. l Thou art that puissant deity who is the doer of everything and whose face is turned towards every direction. Thou art the Soul of all things, thou seest all things, thou pervadest all things, and thou knowest all things. Thou makest a body for thyself, and bearest that body. Thou art an embodied Being. Thou enjoyest a body, and thou art the refuge of all embodied creatures. Thou art the creator of the life-breaths, thou possessest the life- breaths, thou art one that is endued with life-breaths, thou art the giver of the life-breaths, and thou art the refuge of all beings endued with life-breaths. Thou art that Adhyatma which is the refuge of all righteous persons that are devoted to Yoga-meditation and conversant with the Soul and that are

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्यन्तो दारुणं कर्म सततं क्षत्रिये स्थितम् कस्तेषां जीवितेनार्थस्त्वां विना ब्राह्मणाश्रयम्

English

And how can the giver of much be equal to a giver of little, lord, and how can a giver of little be a giver of much, lord?

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजन्यो ब्राह्मणान् राजन् पुरा परिचचार ह

English

And what kind of fee is distinguished in the gift of cows? You ought to tell me this truly, blessed one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्द्त्तमो वै धृतिमान् कृपणादधृतात्मन: ब्राह्मणो धृतिमान् विद्वान देवान् प्रीणाति तुष्टिमान्

English

solicitous of avoiding rebirth. Verily, thou art that Supreme Lord who is identical with that refuge. Thou art the giver unto all creatures of whatever ends become theirs, fraught with happiness or misery. Thou art he that ordains all created beings to birth and death. Thou art the puissant Lord who grants success to Rishis crowned with success in respect of the fruition of their wishes. Having created all the worlds beginning with Bhu, together with all the denizens of heaven, that upholdest and cherishest them all, distributing thyself into thy well-known forms numbering Eight. 2 From thee flows everything. Upon

हिन्दी अर्थ

माध्यन्दिनं ते सवनं ददतस्तात वर्तताम्

English

[Brahma said:] There are worlds of many kinds, Shakra, that you do not see; I see them, and the women who are one-husband wives.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वस्वैश्वापि भर्तव्या नरा ये बहुकारिण: धेनूरनडुहो 5न्नानि च्छत्र॑ वासांस्युपानहौ

English

By very good deeds too, the sages of good vows, brahmanas of good conduct, go to them with their bodies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा राजा महायज्ञैर्यजेत बहुदक्षिणै:

English

By giving up the body and by a pure mind, those of good vows see even here those worlds as in a dream.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्युदयशील होता है

English

Thousand-eyed, hear of what qualities those worlds are: Time does not run there, nor old age nor sin; nor is anything else inauspicious, nor disease nor weariness there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिमेव ददुः सर्वे भूमिं ते भुञज्जते जना: ही पूर्ण फल पाकर उसका उपभोग करते हैं

English

Whatever the cows wish in mind there, Vasava, they get all that by my direct sight; going at will, moving at will, they enjoy desires from desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिर्भूतिर्महादेवी दातारं कुरुते प्रियम्

English

Ponds, lakes, rivers, various forests, houses, mountains and whatever wealth there is,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनर्नरित्वं सम्प्राप्य भवेत् स पृथिवीपति: संग्रामे वा तनुं जहायद् दद्याच्च पृथिवीमिमाम्

English

whatever is pleasing to all beings is seen there; know those worlds to be so; there is no world higher than that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तम लक्ष्मीकी प्राप्ति करानेवाले होते हैं

English

There, Shakra, go the best of men who are all-enduring, patient, loving, devoted to teachers, free of egoism.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यवहारसे संतुष्ट करता है

English

thee rests all things. All things, again, disappear in thee. Thou art the sole object that is Eternal. Thou art that region of Truth which is sought by the righteous and regarded by them as the highest. Thou art that cessation of individual existence which Yogins seek. Thou art that Oneness which is sought by persons conversant with the soul. Brahma and the Siddhas expounding the mantras have concealed thee in a cave for preventing the deities and Asuras and human beings from beholding thee. 1 Although thou residest in the heart, yet thou are concealed. Hence, stupefied by thee, deities and Asuras and human beings are all unable to understand thee, O Bhava, truly and in all thy details. Unto those persons that succeed in attaining to thee after having cleansed themselves by devotion, thou showest thyself of thy own accord, O thou that residest in all hearts. 2 By knowing thee one can avoid both death and rebirth. Thou art the highest object of knowledge. By knowing thee no higher object remains for one to know. Thou art the greatest object of acquisition. The person that is truly wise, by acquiring thee, thinks that there is no higher object to acquire. By attaining to thee that art exceedingly subtile and that art the highest object of acquisition, the man of wisdom becomes immortal and immutable. The followers of the Sankhya system, well conversant with their own philosophy and possessing a knowledge of the attributes (of Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas) and of those called the topics of enquiry,— those learned men who transcend the destructible by attaining to a knowledge of the subtile or indestructible—succeed, by knowing thee, in freeing themselves from all bonds. Persons conversant with the Vedas regard thee as the one object of knowledge, which has been expounded in the Vedantas. These men, devoted to the regulation of the breaths, always meditate on thee and at last enter into thee as their highest end. Riding on the car made of Om, those men enter into Maheswara. Of that which is called the Devayana (the path of the deities) thou art the door called Aditya. Thou art again, the door, called Chandramas, of that which is called the Pitriyana (the path of the Pitris). 3 Thou art Kashtha, thou art the points of the horizon, thou art the year, and thou art the Yugas. Thine is the sovereignty of the heavens, thine is the sovereignty of the Earth, thou art the Northern and the Southern declensions. The Grandsire Brahma in days of yore uttered thy praises, O thou that art called Nilarohita (blue and red), by reciting diverse hymns and urged thee to create living creatures. Brahmanas conversant with Richs praise thee by uttering Richs, regarding thee as unattached to all things and as divested of all forms. Adhyaryus, in sacrifices, pour libations, uttering Yajushes the while, in

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्बवेजयन्ति याचन्ति सदा भूतानि दस्युवत् प्राणी लुटेरोंकी भाँति सदा लोगोंको उद्विग्न करते रहते हैं

English

honour of thee that art the sole object of knowledge, according to the three well-known ways, l Persons of cleansed understandings, that are conversant with Samans, sing thee with the aid of Samans. Those regenerate persons, again, that are conversant with the Atharvans, hymn thee as Rita, as Truth, as the

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददत् संजीवयत्येनमात्मानं च युधिष्ठिर

English

A man gentle, self-controlled, devoted to the gods, host of all, and compassionate, of such qualities goes to the eternal and imperishable world of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनेको भी जीवित रखता है भस्मच्छन्नानिवाग्नींस्तान् बुध्येथास्त्वं प्रयत्नत:

English

An adulterer does not see this world, nor a killer of his teacher, nor a liar, nor a brahmana always slandering, calm in the Veda, nor one evil-souled and joined with other faults.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपूज्यमाना: कौरव्य पूजाहस्तु तथाविधा:

English

Neither a betrayer of friends, nor a cheat, nor an ingrate, nor a crafty, crooked hater of dharma, nor a killer of a brahmana would even in mind see the world of cows, the abode of the meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेभ्य पूजां प्रयुज्जीथा ब्राह्मुणेभ्य: परंतप ब्राह्मणोंकी तुम्हें सदा पूजा करनी चाहिए

English

All this has been told to you skilfully, lord of gods; now hear, Shatakratu, the fruit of those devoted to the gift of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदनग्निहोत्रे सुहुते सायंप्रातर्भवेत् फलम्

English

One who gives cows bought with wealth gained by inheritance gains imperishable worlds bought with wealth earned by dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्यावेदब्रतस्नातानव्यपाश्रयजीविन: अपि ते प्रतिगृह्नीयु: श्रद्धापेत॑ं युधिष्ठिर

English

One who, having won wealth at dice, buys cows and gives them gains, Shakra, the fruit of a divine ten thousand years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किया हुआ मानकर अवश्य स्वीकार करेंगे

English

Cows that are one's inheritance, earned by just means, when given, become imperishable and fixed for the givers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि ते ब्राह्मणा भुक्त्वा गता: सोद्धरणान् गृहान् अन्नानि प्रात:सवने नियता ब्रह्मबचारिण:

English

And one who, having received cows, gives them with a very pure mind: know, lord of Shachi, that he too has imperishable fixed worlds here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृतीयं सवन ते वै वैश्वदेवं युधिछिर अहिंसा सर्वभूते भ्य: संविभागश्चन भागश:

English

One who speaks truth from birth, of controlled senses, patient with the stings of twice-born, has a goal equal to that of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्ट: सर्वयज्ञानां नित्यं तात प्रवर्तताम्

English

A brahmana should never be told what should not be told, lord of Shachi; he should not harm cows in mind, living by cows and kind to cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि षष्टितमो5ध्याय: कस्य ज्याय: फल प्रोक्ते कीदृशेभ्य: कथं कदा

English

Hear the fruit, Shakra, for one devoted to truth and dharma: a cow equal to a thousand cows is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंस्विन्नै:श्रेयसं तात तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Hear the fruit for a kshatriya joined with these qualities: for him too a cow equal to a hundred is certain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य वैतानिकं कर्म दानं चैवेह पावनम् एतस्मात् कारणाद् यज्ञैर्यजेदू राजा55प्तदक्षिणै:

English

If a vaishya has these qualities, fifty; and for a trained shudra a quarter of the fruit is remembered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्धामास्थाय परमां पावन होतदुत्तमम्

English

One who practises this, joined with truth, serving the teacher, self-controlled, patient, a worshipper of gods, calm, pure, wise, of dharmic character and not boastful,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देना चाहिए; क्योंकि श्रद्धापूर्वक दिया हुआ दान आत्मशुद्धिका सर्वोत्तम साधन है मैत्रान् साधून् वेदविद: शीलवृत्ततपोर्जितान्

English

gains great fruit, having given a milch cow to a twice-born by this rule; he should always give, eating once a day, steady in truth and serving his teacher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधु स्वभाववाले ब्राह्मणोंको धन देकर संतुष्ट करो

English

One who studies the Veda, is devoted to cows, always welcomes cows on seeing them, and bows to cows from birth: hear his fruit, Shakra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये स्वादिष्ट अन्न और दक्षिणासे युक्त यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करो पूजयेथा यायजूकांस्तवाप्यंशो भवेद् यथा

English

The fruit that would be from sacrificing with the Rajasuya, or from sacrificing with much gold, they say his fruit is equal to that, the foremost; all good sages and perfected ones say so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा

English

One who, always keeping the cow vow, truthful, calm, wise, gives something to the cows first, before the devoted eat, would gain in a year the merit of a thousand cows, of meritorious conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्त्र दान करते रहो

English

One who eats one meal and gives one to the cows, keeping the cow vow, kind to cows, for ten endless years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजुगुप्सांश्व विज्ञाय ब्राह्म॒णान् वृत्तिकर्शितान् राजसूयाश्चमेधाभ्यां श्रेयस्तत् क्षत्रियान् प्रति

English

One who, buying a cow with one meal, gives her: for as many days as were told, Shatakratu, for that many hundreds of cows he gains eternal fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संचयित्वा पुनः कोशं यदू् राष्ट्र पालयिष्यसि

English

This is the fruit for a brahmana; hear what is said for a kshatriya: five years is remembered as the kshatriya's fruit, half of that for a vaishya, and for a shudra half of a vaishya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मनश्न परेषां च वृत्तिं संरक्ष भारत और प्रजाजनोंका पुत्रकी भाँति पालन करो

English

One who, having sold himself, buys cows and gives them, gains fruit for as many cows as he touches; for each hair, greatly fortunate one, his worlds are imperishable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योग: क्षेमश्व ते नित्यं ब्राह्मुणेष्वस्तु भारत

English

One who gives cows won in battles: know, Kaushika, those are eternal, equal to selling oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षासे तुम्हें कभी मुँह नहीं मोड़ना चाहिए अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यद् वित्तनिचयो महान्

English

When no cows are had, one who gives a sesame cow, of controlled vow, is carried across hardship by the cow and rejoices in the river of milk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होता है; क्योंकि लक्ष्मीका निरन्तर सहवास उन्हें दर्प और मोहमें डाल देता है

English

Not the mere gift of them is praised; the vessel, time, special cow and rule matter; the knowledge of time, brahmana, and difference among cows are hard to know, like fire and sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मप्रणाशे भूतानामभाव: स्यान्न संशय: यज्ञे राष्ट्रादू धनं तस्मादानयध्वमिति ब्रुवन्

English

One rich in study, of pure birth, calm, keeping the fires, afraid of sin, grateful, patient with cows, not over-sharp, a refuge, afflicted in livelihood: such they call a worthy vessel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यजेदू राजा न त॑ यज्ञ प्रशंसन्त्यस्य साधव:

English

In distress of livelihood and very sunk, for farming, for offerings, in childbirth, for a teacher or for the growth of a child, one may give a cow at a special place and time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तादृशेनाप्युपायेन यष्टव्यं नोद्यमाहतै: प्रजापीड़नरूप कठोर प्रयत्नसे लाये हुए धनके द्वारा नहीं

English

Those born within, well bought, got by knowledge, bought with life, won, and from the family, released from hardship and come for nourishment: by these doors special cows are praised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दद्याच्च महतो भोगान् क्षुद्धयं प्रणुदेत् सताम् नाश्नन्ति विधिवत् तानि कि नु पापतरं तत:

English

All are praised that are strong, rich in conduct and age, and fragrant; as the Ganga is the best of rivers, so the tawny is the best of the white cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोशतां पतिपुत्राणां मृतोड्सौ न च जीवति

English

Cows satisfied, after fasting three nights on the ground with only water, are to be given to the satisfied, with well-fed calves that drink milk and graze well; after giving, for three days one should live on cow-products.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुर्देके समान है तं वै राजकलिं हन्यु: प्रजा: सन्नह निर्धणम्

English

Giving a cow of good vows, with a fine calf, of auspicious conduct, not fleeing, for as many years as she has hairs he lives in the next world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजाको चाहिए कि ऐसे निर्दयी राजाको बाँधकर मार डाले

English

So too, giving to a brahmana a young, strong, trained ox fit for the yoke, bearing the plough, of endless strength, he gains ten worlds of the giver of a cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ तस्य पापस्य राजा विन्दति भारत चौथाई भाग राजाको भी प्राप्त होता है

English

One who protects brahmanas and cows in a wilderness, Kaushika, and is freed with safety: hear the fruit of his merit; it is eternal, equal to the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ तस्य पुण्यस्य राजा चाप्रोति भारत

English

At the time of death, thousand-eyed, whatever livelihood he desires, the many divine worlds, or whatever is in his heart,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महाद्रुममिवाण्डजा: ज्ञातयस्त्वानुजीवन्तु सुहृदश्च परंतप

English

he gains all that by that deed; permitted by cows, he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

English

But one who follows a cow in forests by this rule, eating grass, dung and leaves, free of longing, restrained and pure,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुदेयाश्व राजान: किंस्विद् दानमनुत्तमम् भूमिद: सर्वभूतेषु शाश्वतीरेधते समा:

English

he must live without desire, glad, Shatakratu, in my world with the gods, or in whatever world he wishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनाति दत्ता पृथिवी दातारमिति शुश्रुम पृथिवीं नान्यदिच्छन्ति पावनं जननी यथा

English

Highest, and as Brahma. Thou art the highest cause, whence Sacrifice has flowed. Thou art the Lord, and thou art Supreme. The night and day are thy sense of hearing and sense of sight. The fortnights and months are thy head and arms. The seasons are thy energy, penances are thy patience, and the year is thy anus, thighs and feet. Thou art Mrityu. thou art Yama, thou art Hutasana, thou art Kala, thou art endued with speed in respect of destruction, thou art the original cause of Time, and thou art eternal Time. Thou art Chandramas and Aditya. with all the stars and planets and the atmosphere that fills space. Thou art the pole-star, thou art constellation called the seven Rishis, thou art the seven regions beginning with Bhu. Thou art Pradhana and Mahat, thou art Unmanifest, and thou art this world. Thou art the universe beginning with Brahman and ending with the lowest forms of vegetation. Thou art the beginning or original cause of all creatures. Thou art the eight Prakritis. 2 Thou art, again, above the eight Prakritis. Everything that exists, represents a portion of thy divine Self. Thou art that supreme Felicity which is also Eternal. Thou art the end which is attained to by all things. Thou art that highest existence which is sought for by the Righteous. Thou art that state which is freed from every anxiety. Thou art eternal Brahman! Thou art that highest state which constitutes the meditation of persons learned in the scriptures and the Vedangas. Thou art the highest Kashtha, thou art the highest Kala. Thou art the highest Success, and thou art the highest Refuge. Thou art the highest Tranquillity. Thou art the highest cessation of Existence. By attaining to thee, Yogins think that they attain to the highest success that is open to them. Thou art Contentment, thou art Success, thou art the Sruti, and thou art the Smriti. Thou art that Refuge of the Soul after which Yogins strive, and thou art that indestructible Prapti which men of Knowledge pursue. Thou art, without doubt, that End which those persons have in view that are habituated to sacrifices and that pour sacrificial libations, impelled by specific desires, and that make large presents on such occasions. Thou art that high End which is sought for by persons that waste and scorch their bodies with severe penances with ceaseless recitations, with those rigid vows and fasts that appertain to their tranquil lives, and with other means of self-affliction. O Eternal one, thou art that End which is theirs that are unattached to all things and that have relinquished all acts. Thou, O Eternal one, art that End which is theirs that are desirous of achieving

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन पूयते

English

[Brahma said:] Those who steal cows for food or sale, or to give to a brahmana: hear the fruit of that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेभ्य: पवित्रमाख्येयं भूमिदानमनुत्तमम् यो यजेताश्वमेधेन दद्याद् वा साधवे महीम्

English

One who for sale, unrestrained, kills or eats, and those wishing it who approve a man who kills,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशड्क्‍्यमेकमेवैतद् भूमिदानमनुत्तमम्

English

the killer, the eater, and one who approves sinks for as many years as the cow has hairs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलके विषयमें किसीको शंका नहीं हो सकती गुरुहैवतपूजा च एता वर्तन्ति भूमिदम्

English

Whatever faults and of what kind there are in one who injures a twice-born's sacrifice, in selling and in theft, those faults are remembered, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यवादिता, गुरु-शुश्रूषा और देवाराधन--इन सबका फल प्राप्त हो जाता है

English

One who, having stolen a cow, gives it to a brahmana, goes to hell for as long as the fruit of the gift.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रस देकर भूमिदातापर अनुग्रह करती है घोराश्न॒ दारुणा: पाशा नोपसर्पन्ति भूमिदम्

English

Gold is called the fee for the gift of cows, greatly radiant one; gold is said to be the highest for a fee, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतर्पयति शान्तात्मा यो ददाति वसुन्धराम्

English

The gift of a cow carries across seven ancestors before and after; having given gold as a fee, it is said to be twofold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवलोकसे आये हुए देवताओंको भी तृप्त कर देता है एवमेव महाभाग भूमिर्भवति भूमिदम्

English

Gold is the highest gift, gold the highest fee; gold is a purifier, Shakra, remembered as the highest of purifiers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानं वाप्यथवा5दानं नामास्या: प्रथमं प्रियम्

English

Emancipation from rebirth, that live in dissociation from all enjoyments, and that desire the annihilation of the Prakriti elements. Thou art that high End, O illustrious one, which is indescribable, which is stainless, which is the immutable one, and which is theirs that are devoted to knowledge and science. These are the live Ends that have been declared in the Vedas and the Scriptures and the Puranas. It is through thy grace that persons attain to those Ends, or, if they fail to attain to them, it is through thy grace being denied to them.— It was thus Tandi, who was a vast heap of penances, praised Isana. And he sang also that high Brahman which in ancient days was sung by the Creator himself (in honour of Mahadeva).

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथिव्यामेतदिष्टं स राजा राज्यमितो व्रजेत् प्रभावसे पुनः राज्य प्राप्त करता है। भूमण्डलमें यह पृथ्वीदान सबको प्रिय है

English

"Upamanyu continued, Thus praised by that utterer of Brahma, Viz., Tandi, Mahadeva that illustrious and puissant Deity, who was accompanied by his spouse lima, said these words. Tandi had further said,— Neither Brahma, nor Indra nor Vishnu, nor the Viswedevas, nor the great Rishis, know thee. Gratified at this, Siva said the following words.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् प्राप्यैव पृथिवीं दद्यात् विप्राय पार्थिव:

English

Raghava also told it to his dear brother, the glorious Lakshmana, and Lakshmana told it to the sages while living in the forest, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए कि वह पृथ्वीपर अधिकार पाते ही उसमेंसे कुछ ब्राह्मणको दान करे नचापात्रेण वा ग्राह्मा दत्तदाने न चाचरेत्

English

This came down by tradition; sages of sharp vows and righteous kings bore it, hard to bear; it was told by my teacher to me, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेत्य चेह च धर्मात्मा सम्प्राप्रोति महद् यश:

English

The brahmana who always recites this in a brahmanical assembly, at sacrifices, at gifts of cows, and in a meeting of two,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुष इहलोक और परलोकमें भी महान् यशका भागी होता है न तस्य शत्रवो राजन् प्रशंसन्ति वसुन्धराम्

English

his worlds are said to be imperishable, with the gods always: so said the blessed Brahma, the Supreme Lord.