Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवत्यनपगान् सर्वास्तान् गुणाल्लँक्षयामहे

English

guard himself against poisonous reptiles and the arts of women, and should take particular care while ascending mountains or entering inaccessible regions such as forests and woody valleys.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपकी यह स्थिति आत्मज्ञानके कारण है या धैर्यके कारण?”

English

[Vyasa said:] "Space, wind, light, water and earth as fifth, being and non-being and time: in all beings these five.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा स्वां प्रज्ञामनुवर्णयन् प्रह्नादजीने अपने ज्ञानका वर्णन करते हुए मधुर वाणीमें कहा

English

Space is the inner self; hearing, the sense, is made of it; know its quality as sound, knower of the form and the rule of the shastras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य स्तम्भो भवेद् बाल्यान्नास्ति स्तम्भो5नुपश्यत:

English

Movement is of the nature of wind; prana and apana are made of it; know the touch sense, and touch too, as made of it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे भावास्तथाभावा: पुरुषार्थो न विद्यते स्वयं न कुर्वतस्तस्य जातु मानो भवेदिह

English

Then cooking and light, fire and the eye are made of it; know its quality as form, with darkness as its unfinished nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुए भी उसे इस जगत्में कर्तापनका अभिमान हो जाता है

English

Wetness, smallness, oiliness: this is taught of water; the tongue is the sense, and taste is held the quality of water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य दोषवती प्रज्ञा अतत्त्वज्ञेति मे मतिः तत्त्वज्ञानसे रहित है--ऐसी मेरी मान्यता है

English

The earthy constituent is the compound: bone, teeth and nails, beard, hair and head hair, veins, sinew and skin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरम्भास्तस्य सिद्धयेयुर्न तु जातु परा भवेत्

English

The sense named smell is called the nose; and smell is to be known as made of earth, this sense and its object.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्ष्यते यतमानानां पुरुषार्थस्तत: कुत: विरूपेभ्यो5ल्पबुद्धिभ्यो लिप्समाना धनागमम्

English

In the later ones are all the qualities, and in all the later; the sages know the continuity of the groups of the five elements.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबको मैं आपके भीतर स्थिरभावसे स्थित देखता हूँ आत्मानं मन्यमान: सन् श्रेय: किमिह मन्यसे

English

Mind is the ninth of these, intellect the tenth, and the inner self the eleventh, said to be beyond all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किसको आत्मज्ञानका सर्वश्रेष्ठ साधन मानते हैं?

English

Intellect is of the nature of resolve, mind of the nature of expression; from inference by action it is known; that is the soul, called the field.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रिया विहीन: प्रह्माद शोचितव्ये न शोचसि प्रहाद सुस्थरूपो5सि पश्यन् व्यसनमात्मन:

English

The wise one who sees the stainless that pervades all with all these states, whose last is time, does not follow delusion."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभाशुभास्तदा तत्र कस्य कि मानकारणम्

English

"Vamadeva said, 'The king should win victories without battles. Victories achieved by battles are not spoken of highly. O monarch, by the wise. When the sovereign's own power has not been confirmed, he should not seek to make new acquisitions. It is not proper that a king whose power has not been consolidated should seek to make such acquisitions. The power of that king whose dominions are wide and abound with wealth, whose subjects are loyal and contented, and who has a large number of officers, is said to be confirmed. That king whose soldiery are contented, gratified (with pay and prize), and competent to deceive foes can with even a small force subjugate the whole earth. The power of that king whose subjects, whether belonging to the cities or the provinces, have compassion for all creatures, and possessed of wealth and grain, is said to be confirmed. When the king thinks that his power is greater than that of a foe, he should then, aided by his intelligence, seek to acquire the latter's territories and wealth. A king whose resources are increasing, who is compassionate unto all creatures, who never loses any time by procrastination, and who is careful in protecting, his own self, succeeds in earning advancement. That king who behaves deceitfully towards his own people

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वेषी समझता हूँ और न आत्मीय ही मानता हूँ

English

[Vyasa said:] "As rays move together, going, standing and being seen, so beings beyond the human, freed from bodies, roam the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हिज्ञेये न विज्ञाने न ज्ञाने कर्म विद्यते होती है, उसे पूछता हूँ। आप मुझे अच्छी तरह उसे बताइये

English

As the sun's heat is seen reflected in water, so one endowed with sattva sees the reflection of sattva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धशुश्रूषया शक्र पुरुषो लभते महत्

English

Those subtle ones, freed from the body, are seen by the knowers of truth, abiding in goodness and restrained in senses, by their own truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बड़े-बूढ़ोंकी सेवा करनेसे पुरुषको महत्-पदकी प्राप्ति होती है स्वभावादेव तत्सर्व यर्त्किंचिदनुपश्यसि

English

What is thought by the self of all, sleeping and waking, joined with a division of the primal, giving up the dust born of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीतिमांश्व॒ तदा राजंस्तद्वाक्यं प्रत्यपूजयत्

English

As by day so by night, as by night so by day, the sattvic self stays in control for yogis of yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असुरेन्द्रमुपामन्त्रय जगाम स्वं निवेशनम् द्वाविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमोध्याय:

English

For them the ever-eternal self of beings is always joined with seven qualities, subtle, moving, ageless and deathless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालदण्डविनिष्पिष्टस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Overcome by mind and intellect, knowing his own and another's body, in dreams too he becomes the knower of pleasure and pain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वासवस्य च संवादं बलेवैंरोचनस्यथ च इन्द्रके संवादरूप एक प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

There too he gets pain, there too pleasure; there too, having done anger and greed, he meets calamity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किसीको भी उनपर अभिमान करनेका क्या कारण है? आत्मप्रतिष्ठा प्रज्ञा वा मम नास्ति ततो5न्यथा

English

that have not been guilty of any fault, shears his own self like a person cutting down a forest with an axe. If the king does not always attend to the task of slaying his foes, the latter do not diminish. That king, again, who knows how to kill his own temper finds no enemies. If the king be possessed of wisdom, he would never do any act that is disapproved by good men. He would, on the other hand, always engage himself in such acts as would lead to his own benefit and that of others. That king who, having accomplished all his duties, becomes happy in the approbation of his own conscience, has never to incur the reproach of others and indulge in regrets. That king who observes such conduct towards men succeeds in subjugating both the worlds and enjoy the fruits of victory.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य स्तम्भो भवेद् बाल्यान्नास्ति स्तम्भो5नुपश्यत:

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Thus addressed by Vamadeva, king Vasumana did as he was directed. Without doubt, thyself also, following these counsels, shalt succeed in conquering both the worlds.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

“यह सब नाशवान् है" ऐसा समझकर किसीके लिये शोक नहीं करता स्वस्थो व्यपेत: पश्यामि भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययौं

English

Becoming devoted to the discipline of scripture, wishing to find their own self, those formless ones without breath, though like thunderbolts,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नायासो विद्यते शक्र पश्यतो लोकमव्ययम्

English

in the four stages and their actions created separately, Shandilya called this yoga in concentration peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कभी कष्ट नहीं होता द्रेष्ारं च न पश्यामि यो मामद्य ममायते

English

Knowing the seven subtle ones and the six-limbed great Lord, standing in the application of the primal, he reaches the supreme Brahman."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सवनिवासुरान् जित्वा बलिं पप्रच्छ वासव:

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'If a Kshatriya desires to subjugate another Kshatriya in battle, how should the former act in the matter of that victory? Questioned by me, do thou answer it.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यायस्तु शक्र प्रष्टव्यस्त्वया वासव काम्यया चचारैरावतस्कन्धमधिरुह श्रिया वृत:

English

[Vyasa said:] "Its basis is ignorance; heedlessness is the sprinkling; envy is the leaf; and it is full of the essence of former evil.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा55ख्यातं भगवता शून्यागारकृतालयम्

English

Its grief-branches are delusion, worry and torment, and it is terrible, wound round by creepers of bewildering thirst.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा बलिको देखा, जिन्होंने गर्दभके वेषमें अपने आपको छिपा रखा था इयं ते योनिरधमा शोचस्याहो न शोचसि

English

The very greedy, wishing for fruit, serve this great tree; bound by toils and snares, they surround its fruits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त हुई है। इसके लिये तुम्हें शोक होता है या नहीं?

English

He who, having brought those snares under control, uproots that tree, has gone to the end of both sorrows, striving for both.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रिया विहीन मित्रैश्व भ्रष्टवीर्यपराक्रमम् पराक्रम नष्ट हो गया है

English

The one of untrained wisdom climbs the tree in torment, and it kills him, like a poison, like a draught to a sick man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकृष्टपच्या च मही तवैश्वर्ये बभूव ह

English

The root of its remaining, for it is pulled up by force, by the sword of equanimity made by renunciation and heedfulness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। इसके लिये तुम शोक करते हो या नहीं? यदा53तिष्ठ: समुद्रस्य पूर्वकूले विलेलिहन्

English

He who thus knows the mere dragging of desire, the killing of the science of desire, passes beyond sorrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् ते सहस्रसमिता ननुृतुर्देवयोषित:

English

They call the body a city and intellect is held the mistress; there the mind, named the thinker of aims, stays in the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जोड़कर प्रणाम करके उन्होंने पूछा--“भगवन्! बलि कहाँ रहता है?” तं बलिं नाधिगच्छामि ब्रद्युन्नाचक्ष्व मे बलिम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'The king, with or without an army at his back, entering the dominions of the king he would subjugate, should say unto all the people, 'I am your king. I shall always protect you. Give me the just tribute or encounter me in battle.' If the people accept him for their king, there need not be any fighting. If, without being Kshatriyas by birth, they show signs of hostility, they should then, observant as they are of practices not laid down for them, be sought to be restrained by every means. People of the other orders do take up arms (for resisting the invader) if they behold the Kshatriya unarmed for fight, incapable of protecting himself, and making too much of the enemy.' l

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा बलिको मैं ढूँढ़नेपर भी नहीं पा रहा हूँ। आप मुझे बलिका पता बताइये

English

"Yudhishthira said 'Tell me, O grandsire, how that Kshatriya king should conduct himself in fight who advances against another Kshatriya king.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोडग्निस्तपति भूतानि जलं च स भवत्युत स एव हास्तमयते स सम विद्योतते दिश:

English

"Bhishma said, 'A Kshatriya must not put on armour for fighting a Kshatriya unclad in mail. One should fight one, and abandon the opponent when the latter becomes disabled. 2 If the enemy comes clad in

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ बलिं नाधिगच्छामि ब्रद्य॒ुन्नाचक्ष्य मे बलिम्

English

opponent also should put on mail. If the enemy advances backed by an army, one should, backed by an army, challenge him to battle. If the enemy fights aided by deceit, he should be met with the aid of deceit. If, on the other hand, he fights fairly, he should be resisted with fair means. One should not on horseback proceed against a car-warrior. A car-warrior should proceed against a car-warrior. When an antagonist has fallen into distress, he should not be struck; nor should one that has been frightened, nor one that has been vanquished. I Neither poisoned nor barbed arrows should be used. These are the weapons of the wicked. One should fight righteously, without yielding to wrath or desiring to slay. A weak or wounded man should not be slain, or one that is sonless; or one whose weapon has been broken; or one that has fallen into distress; or one whose bow-string has been cut; or one that has lost his vehicle. A wounded opponent should either be sent to his own home, or, if brought to the victor's quarters, should have his wounds attended to by skilful surgeons. When in consequence of a quarrel between righteous kings, a righteous warrior falls into distress, (his wounds should be attended to and) when cured he should be set at liberty. This is the eternal duty. Manu himself, the son of the Self-born (Brahman), has said that battles should be fought fairly. The righteous should always act righteously towards those that are righteous. They should adhere to righteousness without destroying it. If a Kshatriya, whose duty it is to fight righteously, wins a victory by unrighteous means, he becomes sinful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरिष्ठो भविता जन्‍्तुः: शून्यागारे शचीपते हन्यामेनं न वा हन्यां तद् ब्रह्मुन्ननुशाधि माम्

English

When the mind becomes separate from intellect and alone, then it lies there, open, empty, and rajas remains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हें मार डालूँ या न मारूँ, यह मुझे बतावें

English

That mind makes friendship, joined with rajas, and, taking the townsfolk, gives them to rajas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वा: पुष्करमालिन्य: सर्वा: काउ्चनसप्रभा: छत्र॑ तवासीत् सुमहत् सौवर्ण रत्नभूषितम्

English

Of deceitful conduct, such a person is said to slay his own self. Such is the practice of those that are wicked. Even he that is wicked should be subdued by fair means. It is better to lay down life itself in the observance of righteousness than to win victory by sinful means. Like a cow, O king, perpetrated sin does not immediately produce its fruits. That sin overwhelms the perpetrator after consuming his roots and branches. A sinful person, acquiring wealth by sinful means, rejoices greatly. But the sinner, gaining advancement by sinful ways, becomes wedded to sin. Thinking that virtue has no efficacy, he jeers at men of righteous behaviour. Disbelieving in virtue, he at last meets with destruction. Though enmeshed in the noose of Varuna, he still regards himself immortal. Like unto a large leathern bag puffed up with wind, the sinner dissociates himself entirely from virtue. Soon, however, he disappears like a tree on the riverside washed away with its very roots. Then people, beholding him resemble an earthen pot broken on a stony surface, speak of him as he deserves. The king should, therefore, seek both victory and the enhancement of his resources, by righteous means.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतप्रज्ञा ज्ञानतृप्ता: क्षान्ता: सन्‍तो मनीषिण:

English

[Vyasa said:] "The blessed one, like a blazing fire, spoke to Dhumravarchas; then I too shall give a further example, son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदाहमिव भावी स्यास्तदा नैव॑ वदिष्यसि त्रयोविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो5 ध्याय:

English

The earth's steadiness, breadth, hardness, power of generation, smell, heaviness, strength, compactness, support and firmness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निःश्वसन्तं यथा नागं प्रव्याहाराय भारत

English

Of the waters, coldness, taste, wetness, fluidity, oiliness, gentleness, tongue that flows, and earthy-watery oozing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनः अपना उत्कर्ष सूचित करनेके लिये हँसते हुए कहा लोकान् प्रतापयन् सर्वान् यास्यस्मानवितर्कयन्

English

Of fire, unassailability, energy, heat, cooking, lighting, purity, passion, lightness, sharpness, and as tenth, rising upward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञातिमित्रपरित्यक्त: शोचस्याहो न शोचसि

English

Of wind, lack of restraint, touch, place of speech, independence, strength, speed, delusion and the effort made by action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनिपातमिमं बाहां शोचस्याहो न शोचसि सोचकर तुम्हारे मनमें शोक होता है या नहीं?

English

Of space, the quality sound, pervasiveness, holes, being without support, without resting-place, unmanifest, and unchangingness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माच्छक्र न शोचामि सर्व होवेदमन्तवत्

English

Unobstructedness, elementhood and modifications: fifty qualities are spoken, nourished by the nature of the five elements.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सारा जगत् विनाशशील है तेन शक्र न शोचामि नापराधादिदं मम

English

Mobility, expression, release, imagining, forbearance, being and non-being and quickness: these are the nine qualities of the mind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यूपस्तवासीत् सुमहान् यजत: सर्वकाऊ्चन:

English

kingly order, yet when the Kshatriyas do not arm themselves for resisting an invader, or other orders may fight for putting down those that so arm themselves against the kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शम्याक्षेपेण विधिना तदा55सीत् किं तु ते हदि समय तुम्हारे हृदयमें कितना उत्साह रहा होगा?

English

reading is more consistent with what follows in verse 8. If the Bombay reading be adopted, the translation would run thus:~"One should not fight a Kshatriya in battle unless he has put on armour. One should fight with one, after challenging in those words— 'Shoot, for I am shooting at thee." K.P. Singh's rendering is substantially correct. The Burdwan version, as usual, is wrong.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मदत्तां च ते मालां न पश्याम्यसुराधिप

English

[Bhishma said:] "They say there are sixty qualities of beings, attached to eminence in beings, ever clinging, attached to beings and made by the imperishable; but, son, they do not say they are eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रद्मदत्तां च मे मालां न त्वं द्रक्ष्य्सि वासव हुई मेरी उस दिव्य मालाको भी नहीं देख सकोगे

English

What has been said is measured by thought, son; the future is yours here; having reached all that, the truth of the meaning of beings, be of calm mind by the power of beings."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदेवमभिजानामि का व्यथा मे विजानतः

English

"Bhishma said, 'A king should never desire to subjugate the earth by unrighteous means, even if such subjugation would make him the sovereign of the whole earth. What king is there that would rejoice after obtaining victory by unfair means? A victory stained by unrighteousness is uncertain and never leads to heaven. Such a victory, O bull of Bharata's race, weakens both the king and the earth. A warrior whose armour has fallen off, or who begs for quarter, saying, 'I am thine' or joining his hands, or who has laid aside his weapon, may simply be seized but never slain. If a hostile king be vanquished by the troops of the invader, the latter should not himself fight his vanquished foe. On the other hand, he should bring him to his palace and persuade him for a whole year to say, 'I am thy slave!' Whether he says or does not say this, the vanquished foe, by living for a year in the house of his victor, gains a new lease of life, i If a king succeeds in bringing by force a maiden from the house of his vanquished foe, he should keep her for a year and ask her whether she would wed him or any one else. If she does not agree, she should then be sent back. He should behave similarly in respect of all other kinds of wealth (such as slave) that are acquired by force. The king should never appropriate the wealth confiscated from thieves and others awaiting execution. The kine taken front the enemy by force should be given away to the Brahmanas so that they may drink the milk of those animals. The bulls taken from the enemy should be set to agriculture work or returned to the enemy. 2 It is laid down that a king should fight one that is a king. One that is not a king should never strike one that is a king. If a Brahmana, desirous of peace, fearlessly goes between two contending armies, both should immediately abstain from fight. He would break an eternal rule that would slay or wound a Brahmana. If any Kshatriya breaks that rule, he would become a wretch of his order. In addition to this, that Kshatriya who destroys righteousness and transgresses all wholesome barriers does not deserve to be reckoned as a Kshatriya and should be driven from society. A king desirous of obtaining victory should never follow such conduct. What gain can be greater than victory won righteously? The excitable classes (of a kingdom recently conquered) should, without delay, be conciliated with soothing speeches and gifts. This is a good policy for the king to adopt. If instead of doing this, these men be sought to be governed with impolicy, they would then leave the kingdom and side with (the victor's) foes and wait for the accession of calamities (in order that they may then make head against the victor). Discontented men, watching for the calamities of the king, promptly side with the latter's foes. O monarch, in times of danger. An enemy should not be deceived by unfair means, nor should be wounded mortally. For, if struck mortally,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बिभ्रतं गार्दभं रूपमागत्य परिगर्हसे हो और मेरी निन्‍दा करते हो

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Each of terrible strength, and of the strength of ten thousand elephants; these have been slain in battle by men of equal energy and strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समवेक्षस्व मघवनू् बुद्धि विन्दस्व नैप्ठेकीम्

English

I do not see who was the slayer of these in battle before; they were endowed with valour, with energy and strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थे। वह सब कुछ तुम जानते हो इति मामभ्यपद्यन्त बुद्धिमात्सर्यमोहिता:

English

Now these, greatly wise one, lie lifeless, and this word "dead" is used of these lifeless ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखं जीवन् सहामात्यो भवितव्यं हि तत् तथा

English

These kings, mostly of terrible valour, are dead; there arises doubt in me: whence the word "dead"?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखं जीवन सहामात्यो भवितव्यं हि तत् तथा अलक्षणा विरूपा च सुभगा दृश्यते परा

English

Whose is death, whence is death, and by whom does death here carry off creatures, like the immortals? Tell me that, grandsire."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् त्वमेवंगतो वज्रिन् यच्चाप्येवंगता वयम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Long ago, dear, in the Krita age, there was a king named Avikampana; he fell under the power of his enemy in battle, his vehicles spent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋद्धिर्वाउप्यथवा नर्द्धि: पर्यायकृतमेव तत् श्रीमन्तं द्युतिमन्तं च गर्जमानं ममोपरि

English

There his son, named Hari, equal to Narayana in strength, was slain in battle by enemies, with his army and followers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पातयेयमहं त्वाद्य सवज्ञमपि मुष्टिना

English

That king, under his enemies' power and filled with grief for his son, by chance, intent on peace, saw Narada on the earth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतत् सम्यग्विजानन्तो नरा मुहान्ति वज्धृक् विपाप्मा लभते सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्थ: सम्प्रसीदति

English

his very life may pass away, l If a king possessed of little resources be gratified therewith, he would regard life alone to be much. 2 That king whose dominions are extensive and full of wealth, whose

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृपणा: परितप्यन्ते तैर्थैरभिचोदिता:

English

Hearing his words, the ascetic Narada then told this tale, which removes grief for a son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखदुःखफले चैव न द्वेष्मि न च कामये एवं दुःखमय फलसे द्वेष ही रखता हूँ

English

"King, hear this very long tale, as it happened, and as I too have heard it, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो यश्न हन्ति हतश्ष यः

English

At the creation of beings, the Grandfather of great energy, having created beings, could not bear the beings that had grown very numerous.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकर्ता होव भवति कर्ता होव करोति तत् उस कर्मका भी कर्ता है

English

There was no gap anywhere for creatures, Achyuta; the three worlds, king, were as if bound, without breath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि तत्र का परिदेवना

English

A thought arose in him about destruction, lord of the earth; thinking, he found no reason or cause for dissolution.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतः उनके लिये शोक और विलापकी क्‍या आवश्यकता है? तस्मिन् कालवशं प्राप्ते का व्यथा मे विजानतः

English

From his anger, great king, fire rose from the cavities; with it the Grandfather burnt all the directions, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नश्यते नष्टमेवाग्रे लब्धव्यं लभते नर:

English

Then fire, born of the blessed one's wrath, burnt heaven, earth and sky, and the world with its moving and unmoving, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, उसीको मनुष्य हस्तगत करता है नान्तमस्य प्रपश्यामि विधेर्दिव्यस्य चिन्तयन्

English

There beings, moving and fixed, were burnt by the great force of the anger of the great-grandfather in his wrath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्यान्मे हर्षश्न दर्पश्ष क्रोधश्षेव शचीपते

English

Then Sthanu, Hari, Shiva, lord of the Vedic sacrifice, the slayer of heroes, went for refuge to Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरे निकटसे भाग खड़े होओगे

English

When Sthanu had come, for the good of the subjects, the boon-giving god, blazing as it were, said to Shiva:

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन विहितं सर्व मा कृथा: शक्र पौरुषम् अवैमि त्वस्य लोकस्य धर्म शक्र सनातनम्

English

'What wish shall I fulfil today? You are held by me worthy of a boon; I shall do what pleases you, Shambhu, whatever is in your heart.'"