Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानका उपदेश किया है, तुम उसीके अनुसार आचरण करो अबुद्धिमोहजैर्गुणैः स एक एव युज्यते

English

in respect of winning the objects it desires, and well-restrained, is happy both here and hereafter. 4 Mark the distinction between these two subtile things, viz., Intelligence and Soul. One of these (viz., intelligence), puts forth the qualities. The other (viz., the Soul), does nothing of the kind. A gnat and a fig may be seen to be united with each other. Though united, each however is distinct from the other. Similarly, Intelligence and Soul, though distinguished from each other, by their respective natures, yet they may always be seen to exist in a state of union. A fish and water exist in a state of union, Each, however, is different from the other. The same is the case with Intelligence and Soul. The qualities do not know the Soul, but the Soul knows them all. The Soul is the spectator of the qualities and regards them all as proceeding from itself. The soul, acting through the senses, the mind, and the understanding numbering as the seventh, all of which are inactive and have no self-consciousness, discovers the objects (amid which it exists) like a (covered) lamp showing all objects around it by shedding its rays through an aperture in the covering. The understanding or Intelligence creates all the qualities. The Soul only beholds them (as a witness). Even such is certainly the connection between the intelligence and the Soul. 5 There is no refuge on which either Intelligence or Soul depends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः क्लेशमवाप्रोति परत्रेह तथैव च

English

By nature one should make effort; a man of effort does not sink; one should raise the beloved self from old age, death and disease.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शेते सह शयानेन येन येन यथा कृतम् करोति कुर्वतः कर्म च्छायेवानुविधीयते

English

Diseases, bodily and mental, afflict bodies like sharp-pointed arrows shot by skilled archers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्म कैसे हुआ? तथा उन्होंने परम सिद्धि कैसे प्राप्त की? यह मुझे बताइये

English

For the sick man, by the desires of treatments, trembling, wishing to live, the helpless body is dragged away to destruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धैर्यशाली पुत्र प्राप्त हो, तपस्या आरम्भ की थी वरयामास देवेशमास्थितस्तप उत्तमम्

English

Like the currents of rivers, they flow and do not return, taking the life of mortals night and day again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुकी भूत्वा महाराज घृताची समुपागमत्

English

This alternation of the bright and dark fortnights is utter; it wears out a born mortal and does not stay for a wink.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुकदेवजीका जन्म हो गया। वे अरणीके ही गर्भसे प्रकट हुए यथाध्वरे समिद्धो3ग्निर्भाति हव्यमुदावहम्

English

The ageless sun, wearing out the pleasure and pain of beings, goes to its setting and rises again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बिशभ्रत् पितुश्च कौरव्य रूपवर्णमनुत्तमम्

English

Taking pleasant and unpleasant states of men, unseen before and unsuspected, the nights go to their setting.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तं गड़ा सरितां श्रेष्ठा मेरुपृष्ठे जनेश्वर और उन्होंने अपने जलसे शुकदेवजीको तृप्त किया

English

Whatever one wished, as desired, of desires, one would obtain, if the fruit of a man's action were not dependent on another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणोंसे संयुक्त होता है

English

The Understanding creates the mind, but never the qualities. When the soul, by means of the mind, sufficiently restrains the rays that emanate from the senses, it is then that it becomes manifest (to the Understanding) like a lamp burning within a vessel that covers it. That person who renounces all ordinary acts, practises penances, devotes himself to study the Soul, taking a delight therein, and regards himself as the Soul of all creatures, acquires a high end. As an aquatic fowl, while moving over the waters, is never drenched in that element, even thus does a person of wisdom move (in the world) among creatures. By the aid of one's intelligence one should act in the world after this fashion, without grief, without joy, with an equal eye for all, and destitute of malice and envy. One living in this way succeeds in creating the qualities (instead of being oneself affected by them), like a spider creating threads. I The qualities should, indeed, be regarded as the threads of the spider. Some say that the qualities in respect of such men are not lost. Some say that they are all lost. Those who say that they are not lost rely upon the revealed scriptures (viz., the Srutis), which do not contain any declaration to the contrary. They, on the other hand, who say that the qualities are all lost rely on the Smritis. Reflecting upon both these opinions, one should judge oneself as to which of them is right. One should thus get over this hard and knotty question which is capable c f disturbing the understanding by doubt, and thereby win happiness. When that doubt will be removed, one will no longer have to indulge in sorrow of any kind. Men of filthy hearts may by knowledge obtain success like persons plunging in a well-filled stream purifying themselves of all filth. One who has to cross a broad river does not feel happy at only seeing the other shore. If the case were otherwise (i.e., if by only beholding the other shore one could reach it by a boat), then might one become happy. The matter is otherwise with one acquainted with the Truth. The mere knowledge of Truth will bring him happiness. As soon as such knowledge begins to bear fruits, the person may be regarded to have reached the other shore. They who thus know the Soul as freed from all worldly objects and is but the One, are said to obtain high and excellent knowledge. 2 A person by knowing the origin and the end of all creatures, which is even such, and by reflecting upon the matter, gradually obtains infinite happiness. He that has understood the triple aggregate (viz., that it is liable to destruction instead of being eternal), and reflecting upon it, casts it

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं देखती कि इसका काम पूरा हुआ है या नहीं अग्नौ प्रक्षिप्य पुरुष ज्ञातय: सुहृदस्तथा

English

Others, foolish, devoid of qualities, lowest of men, are seen as desirers of everything, though unjoined even with blessings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूलकर भी उनका साथ न दो

English

One who is constantly bent on harming beings and cheating the world grows old in pleasures alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान् धैर्यका आश्रय ले सम्पूर्ण हृदयसे धर्मका आचरण करो तथा55त्मानं समादध्याद् भ्रश्यते न पुनर्यथा

English

Fortune attends someone sitting without effort; another, following his deeds, does not reach what is to be obtained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमाहु: पुण्यकर्माणमशोच्यं पुत्रबान्धवै:

English

Tell the fault of the man by his own nature: seed produced in one place goes again to another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये कदापि शोचनीय नहीं है स्वर्गे कृतावकाशस्य नास्ति तस्य महद् भयम्

English

For one attached to the womb, there may or may not be an embryo; the end, like a mango blossom, is seen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषामल्पतरो धर्म: कामभोगानजानताम्

English

For some who desire sons, wishing continuity of line and striving for success, there is no joy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनागतान्यतीतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम् न तं पश्यामि यस्याहं तन्न पश्यामि यो मम

English

Fearing the womb as one fears an angry serpent, how is a long-lived son born, dead, that very father?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वकृतैस्तानि यातानि भवांश्वैव गमिष्यति

English

Having worshipped the gods and practised austerity, pitiful ones greedy for sons bear for ten months those who are born as disgraces of the family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। वे अपने कर्मोके साथ चले गये और तुम भी चले जाओगे स्वजनस्तु दरिद्राणां जीवतामपि नश्यति

English

Others are born to abundant wealth, grain and enjoyments stored by the fathers, and obtained by those very blessings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् कुरुष्व तथा पुत्र कृत्स्नं यत् समुदाह्मतम् देखता है, अत: बेटा! मैंने जो कुछ कहा है, वह सब काममें लाओ

English

Looking at one another at the union of intercourse, the embryo enters the womb as if seized by an upheaval.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभान्याचरितव्यानि परलोकमभीप्सता

English

The embodied one, worn down by another's body, skinless, with the movement of flesh and phlegm when the breaths of beings are stopped.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतानि काल: पचति प्रसह शुको गत: परित्यज्य पितरं मोक्षहैशिकम्

English

Burnt by another's body, moving and unmoving in another's body, perishing at the end of perishing, like a boat placed on a boat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नामैकविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो5 ध्याय:

English

The drop of semen placed in the womb by union, insentient: by what effort do you see it living as an embryo here?

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरूणां वापि शुश्रूषा तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह मिलता है तो वह मुझे बताइये

English

In the very belly where food and drink are digested and what is eaten is consumed, why is the embryo not digested like food?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृतेभ्य: प्रमृता यान्ति दरिद्रा: पापकर्मिण:

English

The course of the embryo's urine and excrement is fixed by nature; in holding or releasing, the doer has no control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भयको पाते हुए मरे हुओंसे भी अधिक मृतकतुल्य हो जाते हैं श्रद्दधानाश्ष दान्ताश्न धनस्था: शुभकारिण:

English

Embryos flow from the belly, and others are born; for others destruction comes with the coming.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हस्तावापेन गच्छन्ति नास्तिका: किमत: परम्

English

One who, living, is freed from this connection with the womb, and gains a child, sinks again in the pairs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदिके भयसे भरे हुए होते हैं। इससे बढ़कर उन्हें और क्या दण्ड मिल सकता है? क्षेम्यमात्मवतां मार्गमास्थिता हस्तदक्षिणम्

English

Of a hundred born together, they reach the seventh and tenth stages; after that five do not become hundred-year-lived.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रखनेवाले योगियोंको ही प्राप्त होने योग्य मार्गपर आरूढ़ होते हैं

English

In the rising up of men, undoubtedly there are no means; they are crushed by diseases like small deer by beasts of prey.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् तदेकतरो भुद्ुक्ते नित्यं विहितमात्मना

English

For those devoured by diseases, giving up vast wealth, physicians, though striving, do not remove the pain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किये हुए उन कर्मोंका फल सदा अकेला ही भोगता है स्वं काल॑ नातिवर्तन्ते तथा कर्म पुरा कृतम्

English

Those skilled physicians too, clever, with medicines gathered, are dragged by diseases like deer tormented by hunters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पग-पगपर प्राप्त होते हैं और प्रारब्धभोगके पश्चात् पुनः निवृत्त हो जाते हैं

English

Drinking decoctions and various ghees, they are seen broken by old age, like elephants by better elephants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गर्भशय्यामुपादाय भुज्यते पौर्वदेहिकम् उपभोग करने लगता है

English

Who on earth treats beasts, birds, wild animals and the poor when they are sick? Mostly they are not afflicted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्यां तस्यामवस्थायां भुड्धक्ते जन्मनि जन्मनि

English

Disease attacks even fierce, unassailable kings of terrible energy, and takes them as a butcher takes beasts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति पहलेका किया हुआ कर्म भी अपने कर्ताके पास पहुँच जाता है

English

Thus the world, silent, flooded with delusion and sorrow, is suddenly swept by a current and carried by a stronger one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपवासै: प्रतप्तानां दीर्घ सुखमनन्तकम्

English

Not by wealth, nor by kingdom, nor by fierce austerity do embodied beings escape the natures to which they are bound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मनिर्धूतपापानां संसिध्यन्ते मनोरथा: गये हैं, उनके सम्पूर्ण मनोरथ सिद्ध हो जाते हैं

English

They would not die nor grow old, all would have all they desire, and none would see the unpleasant, as the fruit of their effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पद यथा न दृश्येत तथा पुण्यकृतां गति:

English

Everyone in the world wishes to be above others and strives as he can, but it does not turn out so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पेशलं चानुरूपं च कर्तव्यं हितमात्मन: सिद्धि च परमां प्राप्तस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

The intoxicated with the pride of lordship and with the pride of wine are attended by the unwearied, the crafty, the cruel and the bold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हास्य जननीं विद्य जन्म चाग्र्यं महात्मन: यथा नान्यस्य लोके5स्मिन् द्वितीयस्येह कस्यचित्

English

For some, afflictions turn back unforeseen; for others one's own and the other's are again lost; nothing at all is reached.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनके सिवा दूसरे किसीकी ऐसी बुद्धि नहीं देखी गयी

English

A great inequality of fruit is seen at the joints of action: some carry the palanquin, others go riding in palanquins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि मे तृप्तिरस्तीह शृण्वतोमृतमुत्तमम् यथावदानुपूर्व्येण तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Among all who desire prosperity, others go ahead of chariots; men with a hundred wives, and women by hundreds as widows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियोंका संयम करनेसे ही तपस्याकी सिद्धि होती है, अन्यथा नहीं

English

Among beings delighting in the pairs, men go one by one; see this other, supreme; you will make a mere delusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संनियम्य तु तान्येव सिद्धिमाप्रोति मानव: और उन्हीं इन्द्रियोंको काबूमें कर लेनेपर वह सिद्धिका भागी होता है

English

Give up dharma and adharma; give up both truth and untruth; having given up both truth and untruth, give up that by which you give up.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझमें न आनेवाली उनकी उत्कृष्ट गति बता रहा हूँ

English

This highest secret has been told to you, best of sages, by which gods, leaving the world of mortals, have gone to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजहार महादेवो भीमैर्भूतगणैर्वत: तत्र दिव्यं तपस्तेपे कृष्णद्वैषयायनस्तदा

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing Narada's words, Shuka of supreme intelligence, steadfast, pondered in his mind and did not arrive at a decision.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायन व्यास उस पर्वतपर दिव्य तपस्या कर रहे थे

English

With sons and wives is great affliction, in studying the tradition is great toil; what then would be the eternal state, of little affliction and great content?

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारयन् स तप्स्तेपे पुत्रार्थ कुरुसत्तम धारणापूर्वक तपका अनुष्ठान करते थे। उनके तपका उद्देश्य था पुत्रकी प्राप्ति

English

Then, thinking for a moment, knowing the high and low of dharma, he found his own settled goal, the supreme path of the highest good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धैर्येण सम्मित: पुत्रो मम भूयादिति सम ह

English

"How may I go to the supreme goal unafflicted, and not return again to the ocean of rebirth in wombs?

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषोंके लिये दुर्लभ देवेश्वर महादेवजीसे वर-प्रार्थना की

English

I long for the supreme state from which one does not return, giving up all attachments, the settled course of the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आराधयन्महादेवं बहुरूपमुमापतिम् लोकपालाश्च लोकेशं साध्याश्व बहुभि: सह

English

I shall go where the self will find peace for me, where I shall stand imperishable, unchanging and eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसवो मरुतश्चैव सागरा: सरितस्तथा

English

That supreme goal cannot be reached without yoga; for a freed one, no bondage arises from deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयाणामपि लोकानां तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् प्रज्वलन्त्य: सम दृश्यन्ते युक्तस्यामिततेजस:

English

Therefore, taking up yoga and leaving the body of the house, becoming wind, I shall enter the sun, the mass of splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महेश्वर: प्रसन्नात्मा चकार मनसा मतिम्

English

For this moon is not destroyed, though the host of gods trembling falls to earth and climbs again; the moon always wanes and is again filled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन-ही-मन उन्हें अभीष्ट वर देनेका विचार किया एवंविधस्ते तनयो द्वैपायन भविष्यति

English

But the sun scorches the worlds with fierce rays, taking splendour on every side, its disc ever undiminished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा च खं तथा शुद्धों भविता ते सुतो महान्

English

Therefore I wish to go to the sun of blazing splendour; there I shall dwell, unassailable, with an inner self free of attachment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयोविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: अरणी सहिते गृहा ममन्थाग्निचिकीर्षया

English

And leaving this body in the sun's abode, I shall go with the sages to the solar splendour, very hard to bear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घृताचीं नामाप्सरसमपश्यद् भगवानृषि:

English

I take leave of the trees, serpents, mountains, earth, directions and sky, of the gods, danavas, gandharvas, pishachas, uragas and rakshasas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्सराको देखा, जो अपने तेजसे परम मनोहर रूप धारण किये हुए थी अभवद् भगवान् व्यासो वने तस्मिन् युधिष्ठिर

English

I shall enter all beings in the worlds, doubtless; let all the gods with the sages see the power of my yoga."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरजेनानुगद: सर्वगात्रातिगेन ह न शशाक नियमन्तुं तद् व्यास: प्रविसृतं मन:

English

Then, having taken leave of the world-famous sage Narada, and having gained his permission, he went to his father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गये हुए मनको रोकनेमें वे किसी तरह समर्थ न हो सके

English

Saluting the great-souled sage Dvaipayana, the sage Shuka circled him and took leave of Krishna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्नान्नियच्छतस्तस्य मुनेरग्निचिकीर्षया ही लगे रहे। उसी समय अरणीसे शुकदेवजी प्रकट हो गये

English

Hearing Shuka's words, the great-souled sage, pleased, said to him again: "Ho, ho, son! Stay for today, until I satisfy my eyes with you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुक्रे निर्मथ्यामाने स शुको जज्ञे महातपा:

English

Becoming indifferent, Shuka, without affection, his bonds loosed, thinking only of liberation, set his mind on going; leaving his father, the best of the twice-born went.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जेगीयन्ते सम गन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणा:

English

away, succeeds by yoga to behold the Truth and obtain perfect felicity. The Soul is incapable of being seen unless the senses, which are employed on diverse objects and are difficult of being controlled, be all duly restrained. He that knows this is really wise. What other indication is there of a wise man? Acquiring this knowledge, men possessed of intelligence regard themselves to be crowned with success. That which inspires the ignorant with fear can never inspire fear in persons of Knowledge. There is no

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा मे मनस: शान्ति: परमा सम्भवेत् प्रभो अधीष्व पुत्र मोक्ष वै धर्माश्न विविधानपि

English

The great sage held himself as the scriptures prescribe, knowing the order of yoga, in order from the feet onward through the limbs.

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आर्यावर्तमिमं देशभाजगाम महामुनि:

English

Then, facing east, the learned one, when the sun had newly risen, composed his hands and feet and sat down humbly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यानं सो5तिचक्राम खेचर: खे चरज्निव रत्नानि च विचित्राणि पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति

English

There was no flock of birds, no sound, nor any sight, where the wise son of Vyasa began to practise yoga.

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पल्लीघोषान् समृद्धांश्व बहुगोकुलसंकुलान्

English

He saw himself then released from his attachments; Shuka, looking at the sun, laughed a great laugh.

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पद्मिनीभिश्व शतश: श्रीमतीभिरलड्कृतान् मिथिलोपवनं रम्यमाससाद समृद्धिमत्

English

Taking up yoga again for the attainment of the path of liberation, he became a great lord of yogis and passed into the sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्यन्नपश्यन्निव तत् समतिक्रामदच्युत:

English

Then, circling the divine sage Narada, he made known his yoga to the supreme sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्माराम: प्रसन्नात्मा मिथिलामाससाद ह तत्रापि द्वारपालास्तमुग्रवाचा न्यषेधयन्

English

"The path is seen, I have set out; blessings on you, wealth of austerity; by your grace I shall go to the desired goal, greatly radiant one."

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उन्हें कष्ट नहीं दे सकी थी

English

Permitted by Narada, Dvaipayana's son saluted him, took up yoga again and entered the sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र शक्रपुरोगाश्चव॒ लोकपाला: समागता: इन्द्र आदि सम्पूर्ण लोकपाल, देवता, देवर्षि और ब्रह्मर्षि भी वहाँ आये

English

higher end for anybody (than Emancipation). In consequence, however, of the excess or otherwise of good qualities, the sages say that differences are observable in respect of the degree of Emancipation. A person by acting without expectation of fruits succeeds (by those acts) in annihilating his sinful acts of a former period. To one possessed of wisdom, the acts of a former period (thus washed off) and those of this life also (which are accomplished without expectation of fruit), do not become productive of any disagreeable consequence (such as immurement in hell). But how can acts, if he continues to be engaged in accomplishing acts, bring about what is agreeable (viz., Emancipation)? l People censure a person that is afflicted (with lust, envy, and other evil passions). Those vices hurl the person in his next life into diverse kinds of inferior orders. 2 Mark with close attention the vicious in this world who grieve exceedingly for the loss of their possessions (such as sons and wives, etc.). Behold also those that are gifted with judgment and who never grieve when thrown into similar circumstances. Those that are conversant with both (i.e., with gradual Emancipation and immediate Emancipation), deserve to be called truly wise.'"

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दिव्यानि सर्वपुष्पाणि प्रववर्ष च मारुत:

English

for yoga-dharma as depending upon or as an attribute of the mind. Generally speaking, all speculations on the character of the mind and its relations with external objects are included in the word Adhyatma.

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त॑ महात्मा स्वयं प्रीत्या देव्या सह महाद्युति: तस्य देवेश्वर: शक्रो दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम्

English

explains that it arises from the declaration of Bhishma that Righteousness is a property of the mind, and is, besides, the root of everything. (V 31, sec. 193, ante). Hence the enquiry about Adhyatma as also about the origin of all things.

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आरणेयस्ततो दिव्यं प्राप्प जन्म महाद्युति:

English

between the mind, the understanding, and the soul. The mind is the seat or source of all feelings and emotions as also all our perceptions, or those which are called cognitions in the Kantian school, including Comparison which (in the Kantian school) is called the Vernuft or Reason. This last is called the Understanding or buddhi. The soul is regarded as something distinct from both the body and the

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्नमात्र तं वेदा: सरहस्या: ससंग्रहा: बृहस्पतिं च वत्रे स वेदवेदाड्रभाष्यवित्

English

As far as they could and as was proper, they paid him honour, and the dwellers of heaven showered him with divine flowers.

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सोधीत्य निखिलान् वेदान् सरहस्यान् ससंग्रहान्

English

Seeing him, all the troops of gandharvas and apsarases were astonished, and the sages and perfected ones came to supreme wonder.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा समावृत्तो महामुनि: सम्मन्त्रणीयो मान्यश्न ज्ञानेन तपसा तथा

English

"Who is this sky-goer, who has attained perfection through austerity, whose body is turned downward and face upward, borne along by his eyes?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिषु गार्हस्थ्यमूलेषु मोक्षधर्मानुदर्शिन:

English

Then he of supremely steady mind, renowned in the three worlds, looking at the sun, facing east and silent, went, filling all the sky as it were with sound on every side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवलम्बित रहनेवाले तीनों आश्रमोंमें प्रसन्नताका अनुभव नहीं करती थी चतुर्विशत्यधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

Seeing him suddenly approach, all the troops of apsarases, O king, were bewildered and greatly astonished, Panchachuda and the rest, their eyes wide open.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राहाभिवाद्य च गुरु श्रेयोडर्थी विनयान्वितः

English

"Which deity is this, who has taken the highest path? He comes here firmly resolved, like one freed and without desire."

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धर्मोका अध्ययन करो'

English

Then he passed the mountain named Malaya, which Urvashi and Purvachitti always frequent, and they came to the highest wonder at the Brahmarishi's son.

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सांख्यका अध्ययन किया मेने पुत्र यदा व्यासो मोक्षधर्मविशारदम्

English

"Ah, the concentration of understanding in a twice-born devoted to the study of the Vedas! In no long time he moves in the sky like the moon; he has gained this unsurpassed success by serving his father.

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स ते वक्ष्यति मोक्षार्थ निखिल मिथिलेश्वर:

English

Devoted to his father, firm in austerity, a son dear to his father: how is he separated from that father, with a mind set on none other?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रष्टं धर्मस्य निष्ठां वै मोक्षस्य च परायणम् कदापि यात्रा न करना

English

Hearing Urvashi's words, Shuka, knower of supreme dharma, looked toward all the directions, his mind set on her speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्वेष्टव्या विशेषास्तु विशेषा हि प्रसज्धिन:

English

Then he looked at the sky and the earth with its mountains, woods and forests, and at the lakes and rivers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रति आसक्ति हो जाती है स्थातव्यं च वशे तस्य स ते छेत्स्यति संशयम्

English

Then all the goddesses, with joined palms, looked upon Dvaipayana's son with great respect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याज्यो मम स यद् ब्रूयात् तत् कार्यमविशड्कया

English

Then Shuka, knower of supreme dharma, said to them: "If my father follows me, crying 'Shuka!',

हिन्दी अर्थ

दें, उसीका नि:शंक होकर पालन करना” पद्धयां शक्तोन्तरिक्षेण क्रान्तुं पृथ्वीं ससागराम्

English

then all of you together must reply; out of affection for me, you should all do this."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशभमार्गसे सारी पृथ्वीको लाँघ जानेमें समर्थ थे, तो भी पैदल ही चले

English

Hearing Shuka's words, the directions with their groves, the oceans, the rivers and the mountains replied to him on every side:

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुव्यालमृगाकीर्णा हाटवीश्व वनानि च क्रमेणैवं व्यतिक्रम्प भारतं वर्षमासदत्

English

"As you command, brahmana, so it shall be; when the sage speaks, we shall answer."