Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

माला थी। भरतश्रेष्ठ! वह कृत्या-सी जान पड़ती थी साभिनिष्क्रम्य राजेन्द्र तादूगूपा भयावहा

English

"Bhrigu said, 'The Earth it is that is called the Lotus. It was created for giving a seat unto that form of Manasa which became Brahman. Reaching up to heaven itself, the Sumeru became the pericarp of the Lotus. Remaining within it, the puissant Lord of the Universe created all the worlds.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपायत: स शक्रस्य ब्रह्म॒वध्यां व्यपोहत

English

[Bhishma said:] "The Sankhyas praise Sankhya, and the yogis, the twice-born, praise yoga; they say by reasons that their own is better, to establish their side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थमस्या भागांशं॑ मयोक्ता: सम्प्रतीच्छत मोक्ष समयतोस्माकं चिन्तयस्व पितामह

English

"How can one without a lord be freed?" so, scourge of foes, the yogis, the wise rightly say, by reasons, that theirs is better.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मवध्या ततः शुद्धि हयमेथधेन लब्धवान्

English

The Sankhyas, the twice-born, rightly say this reason: having known all the courses here, whoever is detached from objects

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनो। भारत! यह प्रसंग जैसा है, उसे मैं विस्तारपूर्वक बता रहा हूँ ज्योतिष्क॑ नाम सावित्रं सर्वरत्नविभूषितम्

English

will plainly be freed above the body, not otherwise; the greatly wise say this: Sankhya is the vision of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच वचन साध्वी देवं पशुपतिं पतिम्

English

The reason in one's own side is to be taken, as capable, beneficial speech; the view of the refined is to be accepted by those like you who are esteemed by the refined.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञेषु सर्वेषु मम न भाग उपकल्पित:

English

Yoga has perceptible reasons, Sankhya has settled determinations in scripture; both of these are my view of the truth, dear Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञोंमेंसे किसीमें भी मेरे लिये भाग नियत नहीं किया अतीव दु:खमुत्पन्नं वेपथुश्न ममानघ

English

Both of these, king, are views of knowledge accepted by the refined; practised according to the shastra, they lead to the highest goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तूष्णी भूताभवद् राजन् दहाुमानेन चेतसा

English

Purity is equal for both, and compassion to beings, sinless one; keeping vows is equal; the view is not equal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकलकर तत्काल ही वज्रधारी इन्द्रको खोजने लगी

English

track of the virtuous cannot be marked. Perhaps, it is; intended that such men do not leave any history or record behind them, they having abstained from all kinds of action good or bad.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा विनि:सरमाणं तु दृष्टवा शक्रं महौजसम् स हि तस्मिन् समुत्पन्ने ब्रह्म॒वध्याकृते भये

English

On the authority of the Srutis the commentator adds,— ye ete pancha akasadayodhatavo-dharana- karmanah sa eva Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुसृत्य तु यत्नात् स तथा वै ब्रह्महत्यया

English

As the large unwinking fish break the net and again reach the water, so yogis, freed from stain, reach that state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्या व्यपोहने शक्र: पर॑ यत्नं चकार ह गृहीत एव तु तया देवेन्द्रो भरतर्षभ

English

So also as strong deer, breaking the snare, reach a clear path freed from all bonds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह जानकर ब्रह्माजी विचार करने लगे

English

so, king, the strong yogis, cutting the bonds born of greed, go to the supreme, stainless, auspicious path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तामुवाच महाबाहो ब्रह्म॒वध्यां पितामह: मुच्यतां त्रिदशेन्द्रो5यं मत्प्रियं कुरु भाविनि

English

But weak deer in the snares perish, without doubt; so do those without yogic strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रृहि कि ते करोम्यद्य कामं॑ कि त्वमिहेच्छसि

English

And the weak, Kaunteya, as fish caught in a net, come to their end, king of kings; so are the weak yogis.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केवल निवासस्थानका प्रबन्ध कर दीजिये स्थापना वै सुमहती त्वया देव प्रवर्तिता

English

As small birds, reaching a fine net, are clinging and perish there, but the strong are freed,

हिन्दी अर्थ

महत्त्वपूर्ण मर्यादाकी स्थापना करके इसे चलाया है

English

so, scourge of foes, yogis bound by bonds of action: the weak perish, the strong are freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्रादपगमिष्यामि निवासं संविधत्स्व मे परंतु आप मेरे लिये निवास-स्थानकी व्यवस्था कर दीजिये

English

As a small fire, king, dies down when weak, overwhelmed by thick fuel, so yoga is weak, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माणमुपसंगम्य ततो वचनमब्रवीत् यत् कर्तव्यं मया देव तद् भवान् वक्तुमहसि

English

And when that same fire has gained strength, king, joined with wind, it would quickly burn the whole earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्रस्थाघविमोक्षार्थ चतुर्भागं प्रतीच्छ वै

English

So a yogi who has gained strength, blazing with energy, of great power, like the sun at the end of time, would dry up the whole world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भाग करूँगा। इसका एक चतुर्थाश तुम भी ग्रहण कर लो एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं तत्वतो लोकपूजित

English

As a weak man is carried off by a current, king, so weak yoga is carried off helplessly by objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करें। विश्ववन्द्य पितामह! मैं इस बातको ठीक-ठीक जानना चाहता हूँ

English

And as the lord of waters checks that same current, so having gained the strength of yoga one disposes many objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बीजौषधिरसैर्वद्ले न यक्ष्यति तमोवृत: ब्रह्मवध्या हव्यवाह व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वर:

English

Yogis endowed with the strength of yoga, Partha, enter helpless Prajapatis, sages, gods and great elements, being lords.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इममर्थ महाराज वक्तुं समुपचक्रमे

English

Neither Yama, nor the ender, nor angry Death of dreadful valour rules over any of those of immeasurable splendour in yoga, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यथितं वह्लिवद् राजन् ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रवीत् देवेनाभिहतानस्मान् न पुनर्हन्तुमहिसि

English

Yoga, having gained strength, can make many thousands of selves, bull of the Bharatas, and with all of them roam the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहाम: सततं देव तथा च्छेदनभेदने

English

He could gain objects and again perform fierce austerity, and draw them in again, Partha, as the sun draws in the qualities of its energy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करिष्यति नरो मोहात् तमेषानुगमिष्यति वाचा मधुरया प्राह सान्त्वयन्निव भारत

English

For yoga that stands in strength, lord of bondage, king, power over liberation is surely attained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सान्त्वना देते हुए-से कहा--

English

These strengths in yoga have been told by me, lord of the people; I shall again tell you subtle things for illustration.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमेषा यास्यति क्षिप्रं व्येतु वो मानसो ज्वर:

English

Regarding concentration of the self and the practice of holding, lord, hear from me subtle illustrations, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वानि स्थानानि सम्प्राप्य रेमिरे भरतर्षभ अप:संचिन्तयामास ध्यातास्ताश्चाप्पधागमन्

English

As an archer, careful and collected, hits his target, so the yogi, rightly joined, reaches liberation, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदमूचुर्वचो राजन् प्रणिपत्य पितामहम्

English

As a man climbs a ladder carrying a vessel full of oil with his mind set unmoving, with the mind joined and striving,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शासनात् तव लोकेश समाज्ञापय न: प्रभो ब्रह्मवध्या चतुर्थाशमस्या यूय॑ प्रतीच्छत

English

so, king, yoga, joining the self unmoving, makes the self stainless, with a vision like the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुमलोग इसका एक चौथाई भाग ग्रहण कर लो

English

As a helmsman, Kaunteya, collected, would quickly bring a boat on the great ocean to a port, king,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्ष समयतोस्माकं संचिन्तयितुमहसि इस ब्रह्महत्यासे किस समय छुटकारा पायेंगे, इसका भी विचार कर लें

English

so the knower of truth, having joined the self in concentration by yoga, reaches the hard-to-reach place, leaving this body, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोन्य: प्रसादो हि भवेद् यन्नः कृच्छात् समुद्धरेत्

English

And as a charioteer, careful, having yoked good horses, quickly brings the archer to the desired place, bull among men,

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि युष्मासु प्रतिमोक्ष्यति तथा वो भविता मोक्ष इति सत्यं ब्रवीमि व:

English

so, king, the yogi collected in his holdings quickly reaches the supreme place, as a freed arrow the target.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा विसृष्टं तं वासमगमद् देवशासनात्

English

The yogi who stands unmoving, having placed the self in the self, destroys sin and gains the ageless state, like a hunter of fish.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिये हुए पूर्वोक्त निवास-स्थानोंको चली गयी पितामहमनुज्ञाप्य सो5श्वमेधमकल्पयत्

English

At the navel, the throat, the head, the heart, the chest, the sides, in seeing, touching and in the nose, of immeasurable valour,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञ करके ही शुद्धि लाभ की थी पाकर अनुपम आनन्द प्राप्त किया

English

the yogi who in these places, collected in the great vow, joins the subtle self by the self, rightly, lord of the people,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमे हि भूतले देवा: प्रथिता: कुरुनन्दन

English

quickly, with stainless wisdom, burning up the deed good and bad, resorting to the highest yoga, is freed if he wishes."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपायपूर्व निहतो वृत्रो ह्मिततेजसा लेकर उपायपूर्वक महान् असुर वृत्रका वध किया था

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Having made what foods and having conquered what, Bharata, does the yogi gain strength? You should tell this."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भविष्यसि यथा देव: शतक्रतुरमित्रहा

English

[Bhishma said:] "Intent on eating grains and oil-cake, and on avoiding oils, the yogi would gain strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस पृथ्वीपर किसीसे पराजित होनेवाले नहीं हो विप्रमध्ये वदिष्यन्ति न ते प्राप्स्पन्ति किल्बिषम्

English

Eating dry barley for a long time, scourge of foes, delighting in solitude, pure of self, the yogi would gain strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथितं कर्म ते तात कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

English

Moving through fortnights, months and varied seasons and in caves, drinking water mixed with milk, the yogi would gain strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिया। अब तुम और क्या सुनना चाहते हो? अस्मिन् वृत्रवधे देव विवक्षा मम जायते

English

Or fasting a whole month unbroken, constantly, lord of men, rightly, pure of self, the yogi would gain strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्रवधके प्रसंगमें मुझे कुछ पूछनेकी इच्छा हो रही है

English

Having conquered desire and anger, cold and heat, rain, fear, sleep, breath, manliness and objects,

हिन्दी अर्थ

निहतो वासवेनेह वज्रेणेति तदानघ ज्वरोत्पत्तिं निपुणतः श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो

English

and the hard-to-conquer discontent, and dreadful craving, king, and all touches, and the hard-to-conquer drowsiness, best of kings,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विस्तरं चास्य वक्ष्यामि यादृशश्वैव भारत

English

great souls, free of attachment, greatly wise, kindle the subtle self by the self by the wealth of meditation and study.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र देवो गिरितटे हेमधातुविभूषिते

English

This path of the wise brahmanas is held hard to travel; no one, bull of the Bharatas, goes on it in safety.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शैलराजसुता चास्य नित्य॑ पाश्वे स्थिता बभौ तथा वैश्रवणो राजा गुह्म॒कैरभिसंवृत:

English

As a young man might fall into a dreadful forest with many snakes and reptiles, waterless like a pit, hard to pass, full of thorns,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्सरोगणसंघाश्व॒ समाजग्मुरनेकश:

English

without food, mostly forest, with trees burnt by wildfire, a path full of robbers, and come out in safety,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेता: पुष्पवन्तो द्रुमास्तथा महादेवं पशुपतिं पर्युपासन्त भारत

English

so a twice-born who follows the path of yoga, ceasing in safety, is held to have many faults from the path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राक्षसाश्न महारौद्रा: पिशाचाश्व महाबला:

English

It is easier to stand on the sharp edge of a razor, lord of the earth, than for the unself-controlled to stand in the holdings of yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवस्यानुचरास्तत्र तस्थिरे चानलोपमा: प्रगृह्य ज्वलितं शूलं दीप्यमान: स्वतेजसा

English

Holdings that have failed, dear, do not lead to a good goal, like boats without helmsmen carrying men on the sea, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेकर वहाँ खड़े रहते थे

English

But he who, Kaunteya, stands in the holdings by rule is freed from death, birth, sorrow and pleasure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्युपासत तं॑ देवं रूपिणी कुरुनन्दन दिव्यरूप धारण करके देवाधिदेव महादेवजीकी आराधना करती थीं

English

This has been told, set forth in many shastras, in the yogas; the supreme yoga, whole, is settled among the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवैश्व सुमहातेजा महादेवो व्यतिष्ठत

English

That is the great supreme Brahman of the great soul: Brahma, the lord, the giver of boons, Vishnu, Bhava, Dharma and the six-faced one, and the great-natured sons of Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन यक्ष्यमाणोन्वपद्यत देवस्यानुमते5गच्छन् गड्जाद्वारमिति श्रुति:

English

Darkness, passion, and the pure goodness; supreme nature; success; the goddess, the wife of Varuna; all energy and great steadiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पशुपति महादेवजीसे पूछा--- ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन तत्त्वज्ञ संशयो मे महानयम्

English

The pure ruler of men; the Vishvadevas, serpents and ancestors; all mountains and dreadful oceans; all rivers and thundering clouds;

हिन्दी अर्थ

हयमेधेन यजते तत्र यान्ति दिवौकस:

English

nagas, mountains, hosts of yakshas, directions, gandharvas, men and women: reaching each other, the great soul, the yogi, would enter and soon be freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केन वा प्रतिषेधेन गमनं ते न विद्यते कारण आपका वहाँ जाना नहीं हो रहा है?

English

And this tale that is attached to the god of great valour and wisdom, auspicious, the one who overcomes all mortals by yogas, the great soul whose self is Narayana, does."