Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरनारायणो पूर्व तपस्तेपतुरव्ययम्

English

"The Brahmana said, 'Thou wert boasting that thy utterances always solicit battle. Why then dost thou not solicit battle with me?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदक्षरमथाव्यक्तमीशं लोकस्य भावनम् व्यक्तिभावगतस्यास्य एका मूर्तिरियं शुभा

English

Then the elder, the lord, son of Dharma, said to him: "Whom, best of the twice-born, is worshipped in the rites ordained for gods and ancestors?

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष ते कथित: पार्थ नारायणजयो मृथे

English

Tell me that, best of the wise, as in the tradition, you who have told it: what is this action done, and what fruit is wished for it?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषिभि: कथितानीह यानि संकीर्तितानि ते ब्रद्मलोक॑ च कौन्तेय गोलोक॑ च सनातनम्

English

[Narada said:] "You said before that the rite for the gods is to be done; the deity and the supreme sacrifice is the eternal Supreme Self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मलोकमें रहता हूँ और सनातन गोलोकमें विहार करता हूँ

English

Then, formed by him, I ever worship the imperishable Vaikuntha; and from him came forth Brahma, grandfather of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमस्व देवं प्रयतो विश्वेशं हरमक्षयम् तस्य प्रभाव एवाग्रे यच्छुतं ते धनंजय

English

Pleased, Parameshthi begot my father; I am his first-ordained mind-born son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुमने जो कुछ सुन रक्‍्खा है, वह सब उन रुद्रदेवका ही प्रभाव है

English

I worship the ancestors, good one, when the Narayana rite is done; thus the blessed one himself, father, mother and grandfather, is worshipped by me always at ancestor sacrifices as lord of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो5 ध्याय: यच्छुत्वा मुनय: सर्वे विस्मयं परमं गता:

English

There is also another tradition: the ancestors worshipped their sons as gods; the Veda was lost and again taught by sons; then those sons, giving mantras, attained fatherhood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समस्त ऋषियोंको बड़ा आश्चर्य हुआ है

English

Surely this was known long ago to you two of purified selves: sons and fathers worshipped each other."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्कालसमये चैव दक्षयज्ञो बभूव ह ततो दधीचिवचनाद् दक्षयज्ञमपाहरत्

English

"The king said, 'It has been said that Brahmanas are armed with the thunder of speech, and that Kshatriyas have might of arms. Hence, learned Brahmana, this wordy warfare has set in between thee

हिन्दी अर्थ

तच्छूलं भस्मसात्कृत्वा दक्षयज्ञं सविस्तरम्

English

"The Brahmana said, 'As regards myself, even that is my resolution today. What shall I give thee according to my might? Tell me, O king of kings, and I shall give thee, having wealth of my own. Do

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेगेन महता पार्थ पतन्नारायणोरसि बभूवुर्मुज्जवर्णास्तु ततो5हं मुछजकेशवान्

English

"The king said, 'If, indeed, thou desirest to give me anything, then give me the fruits thou hast earned by practising recitation for these thousand years.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगाम शंकरकरं नारायणसमाहतम्

English

"The Brahmana said, 'Take the highest fruit of the recitations I have gone through. Indeed, take half, without any scruple, of that fruit. Or, O king, if thou wishest, take without any scruple the entire fruits of my recitations.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुंकारसे प्रतिहत होकर वह शंकरजीके हाथमें चला गया तत एन॑ समुद्भूतं कण्ठे जग्राह पाणिना

English

"The king said, 'Blessed be thou, I have no need for the fruits of thy recitations which I solicited. Blessings on thy head. I am about to leave thee. Tell me, however, what those fruits are (of thy

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ रुद्रविघातार्थमिषीकां नर उद्धरन्

English

"The Brahmana said, 'I have no knowledge of the fruits I have won. I have, however, given thee those fruits that I have acquired by recitation. These, viz., Dharma and Time, and Yama, and Mrityu, are witnesses (of the act of gift).'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मिन् युद्धे तु वा्ष्णेय त्रैलोक्यशमने तदा नागृह्नात् पावक: शुभ्र॑ मखेषु सुहुतं हवि:

English

"The king said, 'What will the fruits, that are unknown, of these thy observances, do for me? If thou dost not tell me what the fruits are of thy recitations, let those fruits be thine, for without doubt I do not wish

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवान् रजस्तमश्वैव समाविविशतुस्तदा

English

"The Brahmana said, 'I will not accept any other utterance (from thee). I have given thee the fruits of my recitations. Let, O royal sage, both thy words and mine become true. As regards my recitations, I never cherished any specific desire to accomplish. How then, O tiger among kings, should I have any knowledge of what the fruits are of those recitations? Thou saidst, 'Give!' I said 'I give!' I shall not falsify these words. Keep the truth. Be calm! If thou request to keep my word, O king, great will be thy sin due to falsehood. O chastiser of foes, it does not become thee to utter what is untrue. Similarly, I dare not falsify what I have uttered. I have, before this, unhesitatingly said, 7 give !' If, therefore, thou art firm in truth, accept my gift. Coming here, O king, thou didst solicit of me the fruits of my recitations. Therefore, take what I have given away, if, indeed, thou art firm in truth. He who is addicted to falsehood had neither this world nor the next. Such a person fails to rescue his (deceased) ancestors. How again shall he succeed in doing good to his (unborn) progeny? The rewards of sacrifices and gifts, as also of fasts and religious observances, are not so efficacious in rescuing (a person from evil and hell)

हिन्दी अर्थ

और तमोगुणका आवेश हो गया था आजगामाशु त॑ देशं यत्र युद्धमवर्तत

English

"Three are without bodily form and these bearing a form of rice-ball; let them be the ancestors in the world, made by me, eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच वचन रुद्रं लोकानामस्तु वै शिवम्

English

Father, grandfather and likewise great-grandfather: I alone am to be known here, standing in the three rice-balls.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा महता युक्तौ देवश्रेष्ठी महाव्रती

English

None is greater than I; whom should I myself worship? Who is my father in the world? I alone am grandfather,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वं चैव क्रोधजस्तात पूर्वसर्गे सनातन: पूर्वसर्गमें उन्हीं भगवानके क्रोधसे उत्पन्न हुए सनातन पुरुष हैं

English

grandfather and father; I alone am the cause here": having said these words, the god of gods, Vrishakapi,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीजिये, जिससे सम्पूर्ण जगतमें शीघ्र ही शान्ति स्थापित हो”

English

on the boar mountain, Brahmana, having given rice-balls at length and worshipped himself, vanished there itself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीतिमानभवत्् तत्र रुद्रेण सह संगत: उवाच देवमीशानमीश: स जगतो हरि:

English

For this reason, wise one, the ancestors called rice-balls constantly receive worship, according to Vrishakapi's word.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नावयोरन्तरं किंचिन्मा ते5भूद् बुद्धिरन्यथा

English

Those who worship ancestors, gods, teachers and guests, cows, the best of the twice-born, and the earth their mother, by deed, mind and speech, worship Vishnu alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मम पाण्यड्कितश्नापि श्रीकण्ठस्त्वं भविष्यसि सख्यं चैवातुलं कृत्वा रुद्रेण सहितावृषी

English

The blessed one dwelling within, in the bodies of all beings, equal in all beings, the lord of pleasure and pain, great, great-souled, the self of all, is heard of as Narayana."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैसा फलदायक नहीं है, जैसी कि भगवान् नारायणकी कथा है नारायणाश्रयां पुण्यां सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम्

English

as Truth, O bull among men, in both this and the next world. All the penances that have been undergone by thee and all those that thou wilt undergo in the future for hundreds and thousands of years

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकाले गये अमृतके समान है

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Having lived a thousand years in the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, having heard the account of the blessed one and seen the imperishable Hari, Narada quickly went to the Himalaya, where his own hermitage was.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नवनीतं यथा दध्नो मलयाच्चन्दनं यथा समुद्धृतमिदं ब्रह्मन् कथामृतमिदं तथा

English

Those two sages Nara and Narayana, famed for austerity, practised excellent austerity in that same lovely hermitage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स ईशो भगवान् देव: सर्वभूतात्मभावन:

English

Today the lifter of the Pandava line, of boundless prowess, has been purified by hearing this story from the beginning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्राविशन्ति कल्पान्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मादय: सुरा: न ततोस्ति परं मन्ये पावन दिवि चेह च

English

Neither the next world nor this is his, best of kings, who by deed, mind or speech hates the imperishable Vishnu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देनेवाला नहीं है, जैसा कि भगवान् नारायणकी कथा प्रदान करती है

English

His ancestors sink in hell for endless years who hates the best of the gods, the god Narayana Hari.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हरेविंश्वेश्वरस्येह सर्वपापप्रणाशनीम् वासुदेवसहायो य: प्राप्तवाउ्जयमुत्तमम्

English

How could the self of anyone be hated? The self, tiger among men, is to be known as Vishnu; so it stands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ली, वह वहाँ उन्होंने कोई अदभुत कार्य नहीं किया है

English

This teacher of ours, the sage son of Gandhavati, told this greatness of the Supreme Self; from him I heard this and I have told it to you, sinless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रैलोक्यनाथो विष्णु: स यथा55सीत् साहुकृत् स वै हिताय श्रेयसे चैव येषामासीज्जनार्दन:

English

Know Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa to be the lord Narayana. Who else, tiger among men, would be the maker of the Mahabharata, and who would tell the various dharmas except the lord?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनकर हमारे तन-मन पवित्र हो गये

English

do not possess efficacy greater than that of Truth. Truth is one un deteriorating Brahma. Truth is the one undeteriorating Penance. Truth is the one undeteriorating sacrifice. Truth is the one undeteriorating Veda. Truth is awake in the Vedas. The fruits attached to Truth have been said to be the highest. From Truth arise Righteousness and Self-restraint. Everything rests on Truth. Truth is the Vedas and their branches. Truth is Knowledge. Truth is the Ordinance. Truth is the observance of vows and fasts. Truth is the Primeval Word Om. Truth is the origin of creatures. Truth is their progeny. It is by Truth that the Wind moves. It is by Truth that the Sun gives heat. It is by Truth that Fire burns. It is on Truth that Heaven rests. Truth is Sacrifice, Penance, Vedas, the utterance of Samans, Mantras, and Saraswati. It hath been heard by us that once on a time Truth and all religious observances were placed on a pair of scales. When both were weighed, that scale on which Truth was, seen to be heavier. There is Truth where Righteousness is. Everything increaseth through Truth. Why, O king, dost thou wish to do an act that is stained with falsehood? Be firm in Truth. Do not act falsely, O monarch! Why wouldst thou falsify thy words 'Give (me),' which thou hast uttered? If thou refusest, O monarch, to accept the fruits that I have given thee of my recitations, thou shalt then have to wander over the world, fallen away from Righteousness! That person who does not give after having promised, and he also that does not accept after having solicited, are both stained with falsehood. It behoveth thee, therefore, not to falsify thy own

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब्रद्यकै: सुरै: कृत्स्नैरन्यैश्वेव महर्षिभि: अन्यान्य महर्षियोंके लिये भी दुर्लभ है

English

"The king said, 'To fight and protect (subjects) are the duties of Kshatriyas. It is said that Kshatriyas are givers (of presents). How then shall I take anything from thee (in gift)?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

नूनमेतद्धयनुमतं तस्य देवस्य सूतज

English

"The Brahmana said, 'I never insisted on thee, O king (for accepting anything from me in the first instance). I did not seek thy house. Thyself, coming here, didst solicit me. Why then dost thou not take?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् प्राद्रवत् पुनर्भूयो नारदो देवसत्तमौ कारण है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

"Dharma said, 'Know ye both that I am Dharma himself. Let there be no dispute between you. Let the Brahmana become endued with the reward attaching to gift, and let the monarch also obtain the merit of

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिन् यज्ञे वर्तमाने राज्ञ: पारिक्षितस्य वै

English

"Heaven said, 'Know, O great king, that I am Heaven's self in my embodied form, come hither in person. Let this dispute between you cease. You are both equal in respect of the merit or rewards earned.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वेतद्वीपातन्निवृत्तेन नारदेन सुर्िणा नारद जब श्वेतद्वीपसे लौट आये, तब उसके बाद उन्होंने क्या किया?

English

"The king said, 'I have no use with Heaven. Go, O Heaven, to the place you have come from. If this learned Brahmana desires to repair to thee, let him take the rewards that I have won (by my acts in life).'

हिन्दी अर्थ

बदर्याश्रममागम्य समागम्य च तावृषी

English

"The Brahmana said, 'In my younger days I had, through ignorance, stretched my hand (for acceptance of gifts). At present, however, I recite the Gayatri, observing the duty of abstention, l Why dost thou, O king, tempt me thus, me who have for a long time observed the duty of abstention? I shall myself do

हिन्दी अर्थ

समयतक निवास किया और उन दोनोंसे कौन-सी कथा पूछी? इदं शतसहस्राद्धि भारताख्यानविस्तरात्

English

He is the womb of the world, the abode of nectar, subtle, ancient, unmoving, supreme; held high by Sankhya-yogis, always known by the self-restrained through understanding.