Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

विदितं सर्वमेतत् ते पाणावामलकं यथा आँवलेके समान ज्ञात हैं

English

creature. That learned person who performs the Agnihotra (not by kindling of, external fire but) with the aid of the fire that is his own body, indeed, who poureth libations into his own mouth and upon the fire that exists in his own body, succeeds in attaining to numerous regions of felicity in consequence of that fire being fed with such libations obtained by a life of eleemosynation. That person of regenerate birth who observes in the aforesaid way this mode of life having Emancipation for its end, with a pure heart and with an understanding freed from resolution, attains to Brahma after the manner of a tranquil ray of light that is not fed by any blazing fuel.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणानां प्रसवत्वाच्च प्रलयत्वात् तथैव च

English

[Yudhishthira said:] On whom did the ascetic Vyasa beget Shuka? We do not know his mother, nor the foremost birth of that great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगियोंके शास्त्रका वर्णन करूँगा पडञ्चदशाधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

And how did the mind of a mere boy go to subtle knowledge, as in no other here, nor in any second?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्ट॑ तत्त्वेन नृपसत्तम

English

I wish to hear this at length, O greatly radiant one; I am not sated while hearing this highest nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावुभावेकचर्यो तावुभावनिधनौ स्मृती एक है और वे दोनों ही मृत्युका निवारण करनेवाले माने गये हैं

English

The greatness, the yoga of the self and the wisdom of Shuka: tell me that in due order, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकं॑ सांख्यं च योगं च य: पश्यति स तत्त्ववित्

English

[Bhishma said:] Not by years, nor by grey hairs, nor by wealth, nor by kin did the sages make dharma; he who is learned in the Vedas is great among us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांख्य और योगको एक देखता है, वही तत्त्वज्ञानी है तेनैव चाथ देहेन विचरन्ति दिशो दश

English

All this you ask me about has austerity as its root, Pandava; by restraining the senses, austerity comes to be, not otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरण कर सकते हैं

English

By indulgence of the senses a man doubtless incurs fault; by restraining them alone he gains success.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगेन लोकान् विचरन् सुखं संन्यस्य चानघ सूक्ष्ममष्टगुणं प्राहुनेंतरं नृपसत्तम

English

Of a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Vajapeyas, dear one, no fruit is equal to a fraction of yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्दशाधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय:

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'Beyond this region (that we inhabit) there is a region that we have heard of but never seen. I desire to know all about it. It behoveth thee to describe it to me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणवांश्षाप्पगुणवान् यथातत्त्वं निबोध मे निर्मुण नहीं किया जा सकता। इस विषयमें जो यथार्थ तत्त्व है, वह मुझसे सुनो

English

"Bhrigu said, 'Towards the north, on the other side of Himavat, which is sacred and possessed of every merit, there is a region that is sacred, blessed, and highly desirable. That is called the other world. I The men that inhabit that region are righteous in act, pious, of pure hearts, freed from cupidity and errors of judgment, and not subject to afflictions of any kind. That region is, indeed, equal to heaven, possessed as it is of such excellent attributes. Death comes there at the proper season. Diseases never touch the inhabitants. 2 Nobody cherishes any desire for the wives of other people. Every one is devoted to his own wife. These people do not afflict or kill one another, or covet one another's things. There no sin occurs, no doubt arises. 3 There the fruits of all (religious) acts are visible. There some enjoy seats and drinks and viands of the best kind, and live within palaces and mansions. There some, adorned with ornaments of gold, surround themselves with every article of enjoyment. There are, again, some that eat very abstemiously, for only keeping body and soul together. There some, with great toil, seek to hold the life-breaths. 4 Here (in this region that is inhabited by us), some men are devoted to righteousness and some to deceit. Some are happy and some miserable; some are poor and some rich. Here toil, and fear and delusion, and painful hunger make their appearance. Here cupidity for wealth is also seen, a passion that stupefies even those that are learned amongst men. Here diverse opinions prevail, broached by those that do deeds which are righteous or sinful. That man possessed of wisdom who knows all those opinions which may be divided into two kinds, is never stained by sin. Deceit With fraud, theft, slander, malice, oppression, injury, treachery, and untruth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो गुणोंके संसर्गसे रहित है, वह निर्गुण कहलाता है

English

and vices that detract from the merit of his penances who practises them. He, on the other hand, possessed of learning, who avoids them, finds the merit of his penances increased. Here there is much reflection about acts that are righteous and those that are unrighteous. This region that we inhabit is the field of action. Having done good and evil here, one obtains good for his good acts and evil for acts that are evil, i Here the very Creator in days of yore, and all the gods with the Rishis, having performed proper penances, become cleansed and attain to Brahma. 2 The northern portion of the earth is highly auspicious and sacred. Those belonging to this region (that we inhabit) that are doers of righteous deeds or that show regard for yoga, become born in that region. Others (that are of a different disposition) take

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपयुंक्ते च तानेव स चैवाज्ञ: स्वभावत: है। उन्हींको उपयोगमें लाती है और स्वभावसे ही ज्ञानरहित है

English

Entering himself by yoga, intent on the dharma of yoga, bearing austerity, he practised penance for the sake of a son, best of Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मत्त: परमोस्तीति नित्यमेवाभिमन्यते

English

"May my son be measured in power with fire, earth, water, wind and space": so he resolved.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह सदा इस बातको जानता रहता है कि मुझसे कोई दूसरा उत्कृष्ट पदार्थ नहीं है नित्यत्वाच्चाक्षरत्वाच्च क्षरत्वान्न तवनन्‍्यथा

English

Then with that resolve, hard to attain for the unpractised, he sought the lord of gods, established in the highest austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण पुरुष चेतन है

English

The lord is said to have stood a hundred years living on wind, worshipping Mahadeva of many forms, the lord of Uma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदा55त्मानं न जानीते तदा5त्मापि न मुच्यते असंगस्वरूपको नहीं जानता है, तबतक उसकी मुक्ति नहीं होती है

English

There were all the Brahmarishis and the divine sages, the guardians of the world and the Sadhyas with the Vasus, around the lord of the world,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्तृत्वाच्चापि योगानां योगधर्मा तथोच्यते

English

the Adityas and the Rudras, the sun and moon, the Maruts and the wind, the oceans and the rivers,

हिन्दी अर्थ

माननेसे योगधर्मा कहा जाता है कर्तृत्वात् प्रकृतीनां च तथा प्रकृतिधर्मिता

English

the Ashvins, the divine Gandharvas, Narada and Parvata, the Gandharva Vishvavasu, the Siddhas and troops of apsarases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणोंकी उत्पत्ति और प्रलयका कर्ता है, इसलिये गुणधर्मा कहलाता है अनित्यं नित्यमव्यक्तं व्यक्तमेतद्धि शुश्रुम

English

There Rudra Mahadeva shone, wearing a lovely garland made of karnikara flowers, like the moon with its light.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्बन्धसे अनित्य और व्यक्त प्रतीत होता है

English

In that lovely divine forest, thronged with gods and divine sages, the sage stood in supreme yoga, bent on a son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतदयावन्त: केवलं ज्ञानमास्थिता विद्वान् प्रकृतिको एक तथा पुरुषको अनेक मानते हैं

English

His colour did not fade nor did weariness arise in him; to all three worlds that seemed wonderful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा मुज्ज इषीकाणां तथैवैतद्धि जायते

English

His matted locks, blazing like the tip of Vaishvanara's flame, were seen shining in him, joined with boundless energy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चोदुम्बरसंयोगैर्मशकस्तत्र लिप्यते न चोदकस्य स्पर्शेन मत्स्यो लिप्यति सर्वश:

English

The blessed Markandeya told me this; he always related to me the deeds of the god here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चोपलिप्यते सो5ग्निरुखासंस्पर्शनेन वै

English

Those very locks of Krishna, kindled by that austerity, shine to this day, dear one, fire-coloured, of the great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्य समझो। उस हँड़ियेके स्पर्शसे अग्नि दूषित नहीं होती है न चोदकस्य स्पर्शेन लिप्यते तत्र पुष्करम्

English

With such austerity, and with devotion, Bharata, Maheshvara, pleased in spirit, made up his mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसी प्रकार पुरुष भी प्रकृतिसे भिन्न और असंग है

English

The blessed Tryambaka, smiling as it were, said to him: "Such a son shall be born to you, Dvaipayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याथातथ्येन पश्यन्ति न नित्यं प्राकृता जना: ते व्यक्त निरयं घोरं प्रविशन्ति पुन: पुन:

English

As fire, as wind, as earth, as water and as space, so shall your great son be pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वान इस प्रकार जान करके कैवल्यको प्राप्त हो गये हैं

English

Of that nature, of that mind, of that self, having that as refuge, he will cover the three worlds with splendour and win unique fame."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आठ गुणों (अंगों) से युक्त है; दूसरा नहीं

English

their births in the intermediate species. Some again, when their allotted periods run out, become lost on earth. 3 Employed in feeding upon one another and stained by cupidity and delusion, these mea return to this very region without being able to go (after death) to that northern region. Those men of wisdom who with vows and observant of Br ahmacharyy a listen with veneration to the instructions of preceptors, succeed in knowing the ends reserved for all classes of men. I have now told thee in brief the course of duties ordained by Brahman. He, indeed, is said to be possessed of intelligence who knows what is righteousness and what its reverse in this world.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरत होना नहीं चाहता। यही उसकी प्रसन्नताकी पहचान है निश्चलोर्ध्वशिखस्तद्वद् युक्तमाहुर्मनीषिण:

English

Then, O king, the blessed sage saw the apsara named Ghritachi, bearing supreme beauty with her own radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वेदवान् मुखेनाथ दिश: श्रोत्रेण चाप्रुयात्

English

Seeing the apsara, the blessed Vyasa was suddenly bewildered by desire in that forest, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रूभ्यां चैवाश्विनौ देवा ललाटेन पितृनथ पितरोंको प्राप्त होता है

English

And Ghritachi, having then made Vyasa's mind agitated with love, became a parrot, great king, and approached.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतान्युत्क्रमणस्थानान्युक्तानि मिथिलेश्वर

English

Seeing that apsara covered in another form, he was followed by the bodily passion that pervades all limbs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवत्सरवियोगस्य सम्भवन्ति शरीरिण: तथैव ध्रुवमित्याहु: पूर्णेन्दु दीपमेव च

English

Restraining with great fortitude the desire in his heart, the sage Vyasa could not hold back his spreading mind; and because of what was to be, he was carried away by Ghritachi's body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परचक्षुषि चात्मानं ये न पश्यन्ति पार्थिव

English

While the sage strove to restrain himself, wishing to make fire, his seed suddenly fell upon the fire-stick itself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी एक ही वर्षतक शेष समझनी चाहिए अतिथद्युतिरतिप्रज्ञा अप्रज्ञा चाद्युतिस्तथा

English

With unhesitating mind, that best of twice-born, the Brahmarishi, churned the fire-stick just as it was, and in it Shuka was born, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैवतान्यवजानाति ब्राह्मणैश्व विरुद्धाते

English

As the fire-stick was being churned, Shuka of great austerity was born, a supreme sage, a great yogi, born from the womb of the fire-stick.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सगुणं निर्गुणं चैव यथा शास्त्रनिदर्शनम् निर्बीज)। ऐसा ही शास्त्रोंका निर्णय है

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Thus, O king, did Bhrigu speak unto Bharadwaja of great energy. Of soul highly virtuous, the latter became filled with wonder and worshipped the great sage with veneration. Thus, O monarch, the origin of the universe has been narrated to thee in detail. What, O thou of great wisdom, dost thou wish to hear after this?'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाग्रता च मनस: प्राणायामस्तथैव च

English

like visiting sacred waters; vihita is vidhana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनको निर्बीज समाधिमें एकाग्र करना निर्गुण प्राणायाम कहलाता है वाताधिकयं भवत्येव तस्मात् तं न समाचरेत्

English

the poor, particularly their religious mendicants. The mendicants themselves are restrained from disturbing the householders often. None again save the well-to-do were to be visited by the mendicants, so that men of scanty means might not be compelled to support the recluses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अतः ध्यान-रहित प्राणायामको नहीं करना चाहिए

English

the next world. Bhrigu also, in his answer, uses the word Paw lokah. The reference to Himavat, therefore, is explained by the commentator as metaphorical. The whole answer of Bhrigu, however, leaves little room for doubt that the sage speaks of a region on earth and not in the invisible world after

हिन्दी अर्थ

मध्ये स्वप्नात् परे यामे द्वादशैव तु चोदना: अभ्यास करना चाहिए:

English

verses as metaphorical. Considerable ingenuity is displayed by him, and he even cites the Srutis in

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मारामेण बुद्धेन योक्तव्यो55त्मा न संशय:

English

The Gandharva Vishvavasu, and Tumburu and Narada, and the Gandharvas Haha and Huhu praised Shuka's birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शब्दं रूप॑ तथा स्पर्श रसं गन्धं तथैव च इन्द्रियग्राममखिलं मनस्यभिनिवेश्य ह

English

There the guardians of the world assembled, with Shakra at their head, and the gods, divine sages and Brahmarishis.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहंकार तथा बुद्धौ बुद्धि च प्रकृतावपि

English

The wind rained down all kinds of divine flowers there, and the world, moving and unmoving, became delighted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरजस्कमलं नित्यमनन्तं शुद्धमव्रणम् शाश्वृतं चाव्ययं चैव ईशान ब्रह्म चाव्ययम्

English

The great soul of great radiance himself, with the goddess, joyfully, as soon as the sage's son was born, duly initiated him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्षणं तु प्रसादस्य यथा तृप्त: सुखं स्वपेत्

English

To him Shakra, lord of gods, gladly gave a divine and wonderful-looking water-pot and garments, O lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाल॑ं चालयितुं शक्‍्यस्तथा युक्तस्य लक्षणम्

English

Swans, hundred-petalled birds, cranes by the thousand, parrots and others circled around him, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रियमाणैर्न कम्पेत युक्तस्यैतन्निदर्शनम् सोपानमारुहेद् भीतस्तर्ज्यमानो डसिपाणिभि:

English

The radiant son of the fire-stick, having gained that divine birth, the wise one stayed right there, a student keeping his vows, composed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैवोत्तरमागम्य एकाग्रमनसस्तथा

English

As soon as he was born, the Vedas with their secrets and compendia approached him, great king, as they had his father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं युक्तस्य तु मुनेर्लक्षणान्युपलक्षयेत् कालेन महता राजन् श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी

English

He chose Brihaspati, who knew the Vedas, Vedangas and commentaries, as his teacher, great king, contemplating dharma alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विज्ञाय तद्धि मन्यन्ते कृतकृत्या मनीषिण:

English

Having studied all the Vedas with their secrets and compendia, and the Itihasa entire, and the treatises of kingship, O lord,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पदशभ्यामुत्क्रममाणस्य वैष्णवं स्थानमुच्यते मनुष्यको भगवान् विष्णुके परमधामकी प्राप्ति होती बतायी जाती है

English

and having given the teacher his fee, the great sage returned and began fierce austerity as a composed student.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानुभ्यां च महाभागान् साध्यान् देवानवाप्रुयात्

English

Even in boyhood he was a great ascetic, worthy of counsel and honour by gods and sages, by knowledge and austerity alike.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाहुभ्यामिन्द्रमेवाहुरुरसा रुद्रमेव च वक्ष:स्थलसे हो तो रुद्रलोककी प्राप्ति होती है

English

But his mind, ruler of men, did not delight in the three stages rooted in the householder's life, as he beheld the dharma of liberation.