Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

यद् भूतहितमत्यन्तमेतत् सत्यं मतं मम येन सर्व परित्यक्त स विद्वान स च पण्डित:

English

succeeds in controlling them. One, O Bharata, by oneself directing one's mind and senses to the path of meditation, succeeds in bringing them under perfect

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृमिर्हि कोषकारस्तु बध्यते स परिग्रहात्

English

Brihat, Brahma and Mahat: these words are synonyms; endowed with these qualities, O king, the learned Brihaspati...

हिन्दी अर्थ

रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासमिमं त्यज इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिरव्यक्तसंज्ञक:

English

His chief pupil was Vasu Uparichara; he then studied well the scripture born of the Chitrashikhandins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुख देनेवाली अबाध सिद्धिको प्राप्त हो चुके हैं

English

That king Vasu, formed before by divine rule, ruled the earth as Indra rules heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्निग्धत्वं चेन्द्रियार्थेषु मोहान्मरणमप्रियम् मोहवश विषयोंके प्रति अनुराग होता है और मृत्यु अप्रिय लगती है

English

His great sacrifice was a horse sacrifice of the great soul; Brihaspati was the priest, and there he became the hotri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुक्त हो जाता है

English

Three sons of Prajapati were members of the assembly there: Ekata, Dvita and Trita, the great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदि विषयोंमें किंचित् सुखकी प्रतीति होती है, उपभोगके पश्चात् नहीं पुरुषको किसीके वियोगमें कभी भी शोक नहीं करना चाहिए

English

Dhanushaksha, Raibhya, Arvavasu, Paravasu the sage, Medhatithi, and the great sage Tandya,

हिन्दी अर्थ

चक्षु:श्रोत्रे च मनसा मनो वाचं च विद्यया

English

the sage Shakti, greatly fortunate, and Vedashiras, Kapila the best of sages, grandfather of Shalihotra,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरेदसमुन्नद्ध: स सुखी स च पण्डित: वही सुखी और वही विद्वान है

English

Adya Katha, Taittiri, Vaishampayana's elder, Kanva, and Devahotra: these sixteen are named; all the materials were gathered at that great sacrifice, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वान है और वही पण्डित

English

control by steadfast yoga. The felicity that he feels who has succeeded in controlling his mind and senses is such that its like can never be obtained through Exertion or Destiny, l United with such felicity, he continues to take a pleasure in the act of meditation. Even in this way yogins attain to Nirvana which is highly blessed.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

असज्जमान: शान्तात्मा निर्विकार: समाहित: स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो नचिरेणाधितिष्ठति

English

nishkamam. Ubhayam is prachinamaihikam cha karmam. Apriyam is equivalent to vadham. The substance of priyam, etc., is thus given: Moksham prati tu karmanah karanatwam duranirastam.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य भूतै: सह मुने स श्रेयो विन्दते परम्

English

explained by the commentator as parikshakah but it would be better to take it as standing for people generally. Tasya is an instance of the genitive for the accusative. Tat refers to nindyam karma, sarvatah means sarvashu yonishu. Janayati Janena dadati. The object of the verse is to show that sinful acts produce fear both here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातचीत नहीं करता, वह परम कल्याणको प्राप्त होता है नेदं जन्म समासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित्

English

sandhi. Niravishan is an adverb, equivalent to samyak-abhinivesam kurvan. Tattadeva means "those and those" i.e., possessions, such as putradaradikam. Kusalan is sarasaravivekanipunan. Ubhayam is explained as karma-mukhin and sadyomuktim. Bhisma here points out the superiority of the latter kind of Emancipation over the former; hence Vedic acts or rites must yield to that yoga which drills the mind and the understanding and enables them to transcend all earthly influences.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य-जन्म पाकर किसीके साथ वैर न करे

English

One may recover it by yoga which aids one in liberating oneself from those attachments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदाहुः: परं श्रेय आत्मज्ञस्य जितात्मन: अशोकं स्थानमातिष्ठ इह चामुत्र चाभयम्

English

different stages of progress in yoga. The commentator explains them at length.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करो, जो इस लोक और परलोकमें भी निर्भय एवं सर्वथा शोकरहित है

English

in acts, and destiny as dependent on the acts of a past life or the will of the gods or pure chance. Yoga felicity is unattainable through either of these two means.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और संतापसे छूट जाओगे शीघ्र ही सर्वोत्तम सुखरूप मोक्षको प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

And they said to him calmly, "You ought not to be angry; this is not dharma in the Krita age, that you have made anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्धि प्रज्ञानतृप्तं त॑ ज्ञानतृप्तो न शोचति

English

That god is free of anger, whose share has been offered; he cannot be seen by you or by us, Brihaspati; he whom he favours deserves to see him."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशुभैश्वाप्यधो जन्म कर्मभिलभतेडवश: तुम्हारी समझमें क्‍यों नहीं आती है?

English

[Ekata said:] "We are called the mind-born sons of Brahma; once we went to the northern quarter for the highest good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर:पड्कार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव पारक्यमश्रुवं सर्व कि स्वं सुकृतदुष्कृतम्

English

Having practised excellent austerity for four thousand years, standing on one foot, like logs, rightly composed,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसमें अपना क्या है, केवल पाप और पुण्य

English

in the northern part of Meru, near the Milk Ocean, at the place where we practised most severe austerity: 'How might we see the god Narayana?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनर्थ किं प्रसक्तस्त्वं स्वमर्थ नानुतिष्ठसि तमःकान्तारमध्वानं कथमेको गमिष्यसि

English

Then at the end of the vow a bodiless voice said: 'Your austerity is well performed, ascetic brahmanas, with a calm inner self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुकृतं दुष्कृतं च त्वां यास्यन्तमनुयास्यति

English

You are seekers and devotees; how will you see that lord? North of the Milk Ocean is the radiant Shvetadvipa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारा किया हुआ पुण्य या पाप ही वहाँ जाते समय तुम्हारा अनुसरण करेगा मनुष्य मुक्त हो जाता है

English

There men devoted to Narayana, moon-bright, having attained single-minded devotion, are devotees of the Supreme Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छित्त्वैतां सुकृतो यान्ति नैनां छिन्दन्ति दुष्कृत:

English

They enter the eternal god of a thousand rays, beyond the senses, without food, motionless, fragrant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो पापी हैं, वे उसे नहीं काट पाते गन्धपड्कां शब्दजलां स्वर्गमार्गदुरावहाम्

English

Those single-minded men dwell in Shvetadvipa; go there, sages; there my self was revealed.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यागवाताध्वगां शीघ्रां नौतार्या तां नदीं तरेत्

English

Hearing that bodiless voice, we all reached that place by the way described.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा येन त्यजसि तं त्यज उभे सत्यानृते बुद्धया बुद्धिं परमनिश्चयात्

English

Reaching the great white island, our minds on it, desiring to see him, then our range of sight was blocked."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चर्मावनद्ध॑ दुर्गन्धिं पूर्ण मूत्रपुरीषयो:

English

"We did not see the Person, our sight taken by that splendour; then knowledge born of the god's yoga appeared to us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्विशक इत्येष व्यक्ताव्यक्तमयो गण:

English

One who has not practised austerity cannot easily see him; so, practising great austerity for another hundred years suited to the time,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिवर्ग तु सुखं दुः:खं जीवितं मरणं तथा अव्यक्तमिति विज्ञेयं लिड्ग्राह्ममतीन्द्रियम्

English

at the end of the vow we saw very beautiful men, white, moon-like, marked with all auspicious signs,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोके विततमात्मानं लोकांक्षात्मनि पश्यति

English

with joined palms constantly, muttering Brahman, facing east and north; that mental muttering was muttered by those great souls, and by that one-pointed mind Hari is pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्यत: सर्वभूतानि सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा भी कभी अशुभ कर्मोंसे युक्त नहीं होता अर्थात् अशुभ कर्म नहीं करता

English

Whatever radiance there would be, tiger among sages, of the sun at the end of an age, such was the radiance of each one of those men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानेन विविधान् क्लेशानतिवृत्तस्य मोहजान्

English

We thought that island a dwelling of splendour; none there was greater, all of equal splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनादिनिधनं जन्तुमात्मनि स्थितमव्ययम् यो जन्‍्तुः स्वकृतैस्तैस्तै: कर्मभिर्नित्यदु:खित:

English

Then, Brihaspati, we suddenly saw the radiance of a thousand suns arisen at once.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः कर्म समादत्ते पुनरन्यज्नवं बहु

English

Then those men together ran swiftly, with joined palms, glad, saying only 'Homage!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजस्रमेव मोहान्धो दुःखेषु सुखसंज्ञित: ततो निबद्धः स्वां योनिं कर्मणामुदयादिह

English

Then, as they greeted, we heard a vast sound: an offering was being made by those men to that god.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाना प्रकारके दुःख भोगता हुआ उसमें चक्रकी भाँति घूमता रहता है

English

But we, our minds suddenly taken by his splendour, saw nothing at all, our sight, strength and senses taken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स त्वं निवृत्तबन्धस्तु निवृत्तश्नापि कर्मत: सम्प्राप्ता बहवः सिद्धिमप्यबाधां सुखोदयाम्

English

One cry alone was heard uttered by us without pause: 'You have conquered, lotus-eyed one; homage to you, maker of the universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निशम्य लभते बुद्धि तां लब्ध्वा सुखमेधते बुद्धि पाकर सुखी हो जाता है

English

Homage to you, Hrishikesha, great Person, first-born'; this sound was heard by us, uttered in the letters of phonetics.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभाव डालते हैं, विद्वानूपर नहीं

English

In the meantime a pure wind bearing every scent carried divine flowers and herbs fit for rites.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्या मानसैर्दु:खैर्युज्यन्ते स्वल्पबुद्धय: मन दुखी होते हैं

English

Hari, worshipped five times a day by those single-minded men, surely came there, as the voice was uttered by them; but we did not see him, bewildered by his illusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तानाद्रियमाणस्य स्नेहबन्ध: प्रमुच्यते

English

When the wind had ceased and the offering had been made, our minds became disturbed with worry, best of the Angirases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसक्तिका बन्धन नहीं छूटता है अनिष्टवर्धितं पश्येत् तथा क्षिप्रं विरज्यते

English

Among those thousands of men of pure birth, none honoured us in mind or with his eye.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही यह शोकका अवसर आता हो, ऐसी बात नहीं है

English

Those troops of sages too, self-possessed, devoted to oneness, did not show regard to us, being engaged in Brahman-regard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थो प्रपद्यते अनर्थ भोगने पड़ते हैं

English

Then, as we were exhausted and also wasted by austerity, a certain bodiless being, self-possessed, spoke to us:

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्मिन् न शकक्‍्यते कर्तु यलस्तन्नानुचिन्तयेत्

English

'You have seen the white men, devoid of all senses; by seeing these, the lord of gods is seen, best of the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् विज्ञानसामर्थ्य न बालै: समतामियात् आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासो गृध्येत् तत्र न पण्डित:

English

Go, sages, all of you, as you came, soon from here; he cannot in any way be seen by one who is not a devotee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशोचन् प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येदुपक्रमम्

English

By great time, those who have attained single-mindedness may, if they wish, see the blessed one, hard to see with his disc of radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्येति ब्रह्म सोत्यन्तं न तं शोचन्ति पण्डिता:

English

But you, best of the twice-born, have a great task to do: from now, when the Krita age has passed and has gone to reversal,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है। विद्वान पुरुष उसके लिये शोक नहीं करते दुःखेन चाधिगम्यन्ते नाशमेषां न चिन्तयेत्

English

in the Vaivasvata interval, brahmanas, when the Treta age has come, you will be helpers for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतृप्ता यान्ति विध्वंसं संतोष यान्ति पण्डिता:

English

Hearing that wonderful speech, Soma-drinker, by his grace we easily reached the place we wished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् और जीवनका अन्त है मरण

English

Thus, though with good austerity and with offerings to gods and ancestors, the god was not seen by us; how then can you hope to see Narayana, the great being, maker of the universe, enjoyer of offerings to gods and ancestors?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् संतोषमेवेह धनं पश्यन्ति पण्डित:

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus with Ekata's word and Dvita's and Trita's opinion, and consoled by the assembly members, the noble-minded Brihaspati gathered the sacrifice and worshipped the deity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वशरीरेष्वनित्येषु नित्यं किमनुचिन्तयेत् अनित्य है, तब इस संसारकी किस वस्तुको नित्य समझा जाय

English

His sacrifice completed, King Vasu ruled the people; fallen from heaven by a brahmin's curse, he then entered the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न शोचन्ति गताध्वान: पश्यन्त: परमां गतिम्

English

Gone beneath the earth, ever fond of dharma, devoted to Narayana, he sang Narayana's praise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याप्र: पशुमिवासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति अशोचन् नारभेच्चैव मुक्तश्नाव्यसनी भवेत्

English

By his grace alone he rose again, went from the earth and soon reached the abode of Brahma, the supreme goal, as it is said, readily.