Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी उन अमिततेजस्वी गुरुके कृपा-प्रसादसे तुम्हें बताऊँगा ब्रह्मणा सह संवादं तयम्बकस्य विशाम्पते

English

breaths, the ten senses, and the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतत् कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति पितामह

English

"He cannot be seen by you or me or others, good one; with qualities, without qualities, universal, he is remembered as seen by knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्नैकाग्रेण मनसा पुरुषश्चिन्त्यते विराट् सृज्यन्ते चापरे ब्रह्मनू स चैक: पुरुषो विराट्

English

Bodiless, he dwells in all bodies; though dwelling in bodies, he is not stained by deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतनमे संशयं ब्रूहि महत् कौतूहलं हि मे

English

The inner self of me and of you and of the others called embodied, he is the witness of all, to be grasped by none anywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाधान कीजिये। इस विषयको सुननेके लिये मेरे मनमें बड़ी उत्कण्ठा हो रही है एवमेतदतिक्रान्तं द्रष्टव्यं नैवमित्यपि

English

With the universe for head, arms, feet, eyes and nose, he moves alone in the fields, roaming freely at will.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहूनां पुरुषाणां स यथैका योनिरुच्यते

English

Fields are bodies, and good and bad are seeds; he knows them, the yoga-self, and therefore is called the knower of the field.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: अक्षयश्षाप्रमेयश्न सर्वगश्न निरुच्यते

English

His coming and going are not to be known by any being, by Sankhya rule or by yoga in order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमेय और सर्वव्यापी बताया जाता है, वह सुनो

English

I think of his course, and do not know the highest course; but as knowledge is, I shall tell of that eternal Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सगुणो निर्गुणो विश्वो ज्ञानदृश्यो हासौ स्मृत: वसन्नपि शरीरेषु न स लिप्यति कर्मभि:

English

His oneness and greatness: he is remembered as the one Person; he alone, the eternal, bears the name Great Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

One fire is kindled in many ways; one sun is the source of heat; one wind blows in many ways in the world; one great ocean is the source of waters; and one Person, without qualities, of universal form, they enter that Person without qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैजयन्त इति ख्यात: पर्वतप्रवरो नृप सुवर्णकी-सी कान्तिसे प्रकाशित होता है

English

Having left all that is made of qualities, having left action, good and bad, and having left both truth and untruth, thus one becomes without qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैराजसदनान्नित्यं वैजयन्तं निषेवते

English

Knowing him too as inconceivable, subtle by nature, fourfold, the ascetic who lives with effort goes to the lord Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उस वैजयन्त पर्वतका सेवन करते थे ललाटप्रभव: पुत्र: शिव आगाद् यदृच्छया

English

Some wise men so wish the Supreme Self, others, reflecting on the self, wish the self as one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः खान्निपपाताशु धरणीधरमूर्थनि

English

There the Supreme Self is remembered as always without qualities; he is to be known as Narayana, the self of all, the Person; he is not stained by fruits, like a lotus leaf by water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ पादयोर्निपतितं दृष्टवा सव्येन पाणिना उवाच चैनं भगवांश्रचिरस्यागतमात्मजम्

English

But the other, the self of action, is joined with the bonds of liberation, and is joined with the heap of seventeen. Thus the Person has been told to you in many ways in order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कच्चित् ते कुशल पुत्र स्वाध्यायतपसो: सदा

English

That which is the whole abode of the system of the world, the highest knowable, the awakener with the awakened one, the thinker, the thinkable, the taster, the tasteable, the smeller, the smellable, the toucher, the touchable,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्यमुग्रतपास्त्वं हि ततः पृच्छामि ते पुन: कुशल चाव्ययं चैव सर्वस्य जगतस्त्वथ

English

the seer, the seeable, the hearer, the hearable, the knower, the knowable, with qualities and without qualities, what is called the equilibrium of qualities, Pradhana, eternal, everlasting and imperishable,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कभी भंग नहीं हुए हैं। सम्पूर्ण जगत् भी कुशल-क्षेमसे है

English

what produces the first treasure of the creator, that, brahmins, they call Aniruddha. What in the world is good Vedic action joined with wishes, that is to be enjoyed by him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोऊहं पर्वत प्राप्तस्त्विमं त्वत्यादसेवितम् चरणोंद्वारा सेवित इस पर्वतपर पुन: दर्शनके लिये आया हूँ

English

All the gods and the good, self-controlled sages worship him first with sacrifices as the share of sacrifice. I, Brahma, the first lord of creatures, and you, born of me, and from me the moving and unmoving world, and all the Vedas with their secrets, son."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका कोई छोटा-मोटा कारण नहीं होगा सुरासुरैरध्युषितं ऋषिभिश्नामितप्रभै:

English

Fourfold divided the Person plays as he wishes; thus the blessed one himself was awakened by knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सृज्येमं गिरिवरमेकाकी प्राप्ततानसि

English

This has been told to you, son, as you asked; it has been described truly in Sankhya knowledge and in yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वेषां साक्षिभूतो5सौ न ग्राह्म: केनचित् क्वचित्

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, what reply was given by either the Brahmana or the monarch to Virupa after the conclusion of the latter's speech. What kind of end was it, amongst those described by thee, that they obtained? What, indeed, was the discourse that happened between them, and what did they do there?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानते हैं, इसलिये क्षेत्रज् कहलाते हैं सांख्येन विधिना चैव योगेन च यथाक्रमम्

English

"The Brahmana said, Thou hast made strenuous efforts before all these persons (for making me a sharer of the rewards in store for thee as the consequences of thy own acts). Let us then become equal in respect of our rewards (in next life), and let us go to receive that end which is ours.' Knowing the resolve to which they came there, the chief of the gods came to that spot, accompanied by the deities and the Regents of the world. The Sadhyas, the Viswas, the Mantras, diverse kinds of loud and sweet music, the Rivers, the Mountains, the Seas, the Sacred Waters, the Penances, the Ordinances about yoga, the Vedas, the Sounds that accompany the singing of the Samans, Saraswati, Narada, Parvata, Viswavasu, the Hahas, the Huhus, the Gandharva Chitrasena with all the members of his family, the Nagas, the

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाज्ञानं तु वक्ष्यामि पुरुषं तु सनातनम्

English

Munis, the god of gods, viz., Prajapati, and the inconceivable and thousand-headed Vishnu himself, came there. Drums and trumpets were beat and blown in the firmament. Celestial flowers were rained down upon those high-souled beings. Bands of Apsaras danced all around. Heaven, in his embodied form, came there. Addressing the Brahmana, he said, 'Thou hast attained to success. Thou art highly blessed.' Next addressing the monarch, he said, 'Thou also, O king, hast attained to success.' Those two persons then, O monarch (viz., the Brahmana and the king), having done good to each other, withdrew their senses from the objects of the world. Fixing the vital breaths Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana and Vyana in the heart, they concentrated the mind in Prana and Apana united together.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महापुरुषशब्दं स बिभरत्येंक: सनातन: सनातन श्रीहरि ही महापुरुष नाम धारण करते हैं

English

And you, tiger among men, ought to hear from me a story told to Shakra long ago by the divine sage Narada.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्‍्तं निर्गुणं पुरुषं चाविशन्ति

English

The divine sage Narada, O king, perfected, honoured in the three worlds, goes through the worlds in order, like the unobstructed wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा एवं भवति निर्गुण: विचरेद् यो5समुन्नद्ध: स गच्छेत् पुरुषं शुभम्

English

Once that great archer went to the abode of the king of the gods, was honoured by Mahendra, and sat close.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकात्मानं तथा55त्मानमपरे ज्ञानचिन्तका:

English

As he sat at leisure the lord of Shachi asked him: "Brahmarishi, sinless one, have you seen any wonder?

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्माको ही जानना या पाना चाहते हैं स हि नारायणो ज्ञेय: सर्वात्मा पुरुषो हि सः

English

As you, brahmana sage, roam the three worlds with their moving and unmoving, always curious, perfected, like a witness,

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए। वही सर्वात्मा पुरुष है

English

there is nothing unknown to you in the world, divine sage; tell me what you have heard, felt or seen."

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षी वे पुरुषोत्तम श्रीहरि कहीं किसीके द्वारा भी पकड़में नहीं आते एकक्षरति क्षेत्रेषु स्वैरचारी यथासुखम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'The Brahmana, saying, 'Let it be as thou hast said, 'worshipped Dharma and Yama and Time and Mrityu and Heaven, all of whom were worthy of worship. He also worshipped all those foremost of Brahmanas that had come there by bending his head unto them. Addressing the monarch then, he said, 'Endued with the reward of my recitations, O royal sage, attain thou to a position of eminence. With thy leave I shall set myself to my recitations again. O thou of great might, the goddess Savitri gave me a boon, saying, 'Let thy devotion to recitations be continuous.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तानि वेत्ति स योगात्मा ततः क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते

English

"The king said, 'If thy success (in recitation) has b.-come fruitless (in consequence of thy having given away those fruits unto me), and if thy heart be set upon practising again, go, O learned Brahmana, half and half with me, and let the reward of thy recitations themselves be thine.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं बहुविध: प्रोक्त: पुरुषस्ते यथाक्रमम् अनेकताकी बात बतायी गयी

English

They then placed the two united breaths in the abdomen, and directed their gaze to the tip of the nose and then immediately below the two eye-brows. They next held the two breaths, with the aid of the mind, in the spot that intervenes between the two eye-brows, bringing them there very gradually. With bodies perfectly inactive, they were absorbed with fixed gaze. Having control over their souls, they then placed the soul within the brain. Then piercing the crown of the high-souled Brahmana a fiery flame of great splendour ascended to heaven. Loud exclamations of woe, uttered by all creatures, were then heard on all sides. Its praises hymned by all, that splendour then entered Brahman's self. The Great grandsire, advancing forward, addressed that splendour which had assumed a form of the tallness of a span, saying, 'Welcome!' And once more he uttered these words, 'Verily, Reciters attain to the same end with the yogins. The attainment by the yogin of his end is an object of direct vision unto all these (here assembled). As regards Reciters, there is this distinction, that the honour is ordained for them of Brahman's advancing forward to receive them (after their departure from earth), l Dwell thou in me.' Thus spoke Brahman and once more imparted consciousness into that splendour. Indeed, the Brahmana then, freed from all anxieties, entered the mouth of the Creator. The monarch (Ikshvaku) also, after the same manner, entered the divine Grandsire like that foremost of Brahmanas. The (assembled) deities saluted the self-born and said, A very superior end is, indeed, ordained for Reciters. This exertion (that we have seen thee put forth) is for Reciters. As regards ourselves, we came hither for beholding it. Thou hast made these two equal, rendered them equal honour, and bestowed upon them an equal end. The high end that is reserved for both yogins and Reciters has been seen by us today. Transcending all regions (of felicity), these two are capable of going whithersoever they wish.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

घ्राता प्रेयं स्पर्शिता स्पर्शनीयम्

English

"Brahman said, 'He also that would read the great Smriti (viz., the Veda), and he too, who would read the other auspicious Smritis that follow the former (viz., Manu's and the rest), would, in this way, attain to the same region with me. He also who is devoted to yoga, will, without doubt, acquire in this manner, after death, the regions that are mine. I go hence. Go ye all

हिन्दी अर्थ

वही स्पर्श करनेवाला तथा वही स्पर्शके योग्य वस्तु है नित्यं चैतच्छाश्वूतं चाव्ययं च

English

to your respective places for the accomplishment of your ends.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह पुरुष ही है। यह नित्य सनातन और अविनाशी तत्त्व है

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Having said these words, that foremost of gods disappeared there and then. The assembled deities, having previously taken his leave, returned to their respective abodes. All those high- souled beings, having honoured Dharma, proceeded with well-pleased hearts, O monarch, walking behind that great deity. These are the rewards of reciters and this their end. I have described them to thee as I myself had heard of them. What else, O monarch, dost thou wish to hear of?'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

आशीरयुक्त तद्धि तस्यैव भाव्यम् पुरुषकी प्रसन्नताके लिये ही होते हैं--ऐसा चिन्तन करना चाहिए

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माज्जातस्त्वं च मत्त: प्रसूत:

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे वेदा: सरहस्या हि पुत्र एवं स भगवान् स्वेन ज्ञानेन प्रतिबोधित:

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांख्यज्ञाने तथा योगे यथावदनुवर्णितम्

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगमें इस विषयका यथार्थरूपसे वर्णन किया गया है धर्ममाश्रमिणां श्रेष्ठ वक्तुमहति मे भवान्

English

absorption into Brahma; the other's enjoyment of ordinary felicity, which, of course, is terminable, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तमेवाभिजानाति नान्‍्यं भरतसत्तम

English

the last is the enjoyment of that felicity which is due to a freedom from desire and attachments; 126 speaks of this last kind of felicity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गज़ाया दक्षिणे तीरे कश्चिद् विप्र: समाहित:

English

"Having fulfilled the householder's dharma, lord of brahmanas, and gone to the sons' stage, I would practise the highest dharma; what, Brahmana, would be the way?

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यायप्राप्तेन वित्तेन स्वेन शीलेन चान्वित: कुले महति विख्याते विशिष्टां वृत्तिमास्थित:

English

I wish to be one with the self in the self, alone and abiding in the self; I do not wish to be bound by common qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आजीविकाके सहारे जीवन-निर्वाह करता था

English

As long as my age relying on the fruit of sons has not passed, so long I wish to take provisions for the other world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुलधर्मश्ितो राजन् धर्मचर्यास्थितो5भवत् शिष्टाचीर्ण च धर्म च त्रिविधं चिन्त्य चेतसा

English

For one who wishes the farther shore in this line of the world, this thought has arisen in me: where is the raft made of dharma?

हिन्दी अर्थ

परम धर्मात्मा तथा एकाग्रचित्त ब्राह्मण अतिथिके रूपमें आ पहुँचा

English

Hearing of the world being swept along and sattvic things being given up, and seeing the garland of the banner of dharma scattered over creatures,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्रान्तं सुसमासीनमिदं वचनमत्रवीत् जब वह सुखपूर्वक बैठकर विश्राम करने लगा, तब उससे इस प्रकार कहा

English

my mind does not delight at the time of enjoyment, seeing ascetics beseeching the beyond. Therefore, guest, by the strength of your understanding, engage me in the truth of dharma and wealth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिपठचाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing the words of the seeker of dharma, the guest, a wise one, spoke gentle words in a sweet voice:

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहता हूँ। ब्रह्म! बताइये, मेरे लिये कौन-सा मार्ग श्रेयस्कर होगा? तावदिच्छामि पाथेयमादातुं पारलौकिकम्

English

"I too am bewildered here; this is my wish too; and I come to no settled conclusion, for heaven has many doors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरा शक्रस्य कथितां नारदेन महर्षिणा पर्येति क्रमशो लोकान् वायुरव्याहतो यथा

English

remain unaltered. What the monarch does is to call upon the Brahmana to share with the monarch the rewards that the monarch had won.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्कृतश्च महेन्द्रेण प्रत्यासन्नगतो5भवत्

English

Some rely on the dharma of kings, some on the fruit of the self, some on service of the teacher, some on the word of restraint.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षे किंचिदाश्नर्यमस्ति दृष्टं त्वयानघ महर्षे! इधर आपने कोई आश्चर्यजनक घटना देखी है क्या?

English

Some have gone to heaven serving mother and father; others by non-violence, others by truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जातकौतूहलो नित्यं सिद्धश्चरसि साक्षिवत्

English

Some, facing the enemy in battle, were slain and went to heaven; some became perfected by gleaning vows, resorting to the path of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदा साक्षीकी भाँति विचरते रहते हैं श्रुतं वाप्यनुभूतं वा दृष्ट वा कथयस्व मे

English

Some, devoted to study, intent on the Vedic vows, good, wise, content in self and masters of their senses, went to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्भुत बात देखी हो, सुनी हो अथवा अनुभव की हो तो वह मुझे बताइये'

English

Others joined with honesty, slain by dishonest men, the honest, pure of soul, are established in the vault of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुरेन्द्रको एक विस्तृत कथा सुनायी द्विपज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

Thus, with the many kinds of doors of dharma open in the world, my mind too is troubled, like a line of cloud by the wind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्ना मे मतिरियं कुतो धर्ममय: प्लव:

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'What are the fruits of the yoga represented by Knowledge, of all the Vedas, and of the (various) observances and vows? How also may the creature-soul be known? Tell us, this, O

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोवाच वचन “लक्षण प्राज्ञो मधुरया गिरा वाणीमें यह उत्तम वचन कहा

English

"Manu said, 'That which is agreeable to one is said to constitute one's happiness. Similarly, that which is disagreeable to one is said to constitute one's misery.— By this I shall obtain happiness and keep off misery—from a sentiment like this flow all religious acts. The efforts for the acquisition of Knowledge, however, arise from a sentiment for avoiding both happiness and misery, l The ordinances about sacrifices and other observances, that occur in the Vedas, are all connected with desire. He, however, who liberates himself from desire, succeeds in attaining to Brahma. That man who, from desire of winning happiness, walks in the path of acts which are of diverse kinds, has to go to hell.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वानप्रस्थाश्रया: केचिद् गार्हस्थ्यं केचिदास्थिता:

English

"Vrihaspati said, 'Men's aspirations are concerned with the acquisition of the agreeable which ends in

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेते हैं तो कोई गार्हस्थ्य-धर्मका गुरुधर्माश्रयं केचित्केचिद् वाक्संयमाश्रयम्

English

"Having made his dwelling there, the righteous-souled one, the great Padmanabha, called the Eye-Hearer, is famed simply as Padma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंसया परे स्वर्ग सत्येन च तथा परे

English

By speech, deed and mind, bull among the twice-born, he pleases beings, standing in the threefold path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यसे ही स्वर्गलोकके भागी हुए हैं केचिदुउ्छव्रतै: सिद्धा: स्वर्गमार्ग समाश्रिता:

English

By conciliation, gift, division and punishment, fourfold, he protects people in difficulty and his own with the eye of meditation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। कितने ही मनुष्य उज्छवृत्तिके द्वारा सिद्धि प्राप्त करके स्वर्गगामी हुए हैं

English

Approaching him by rule, you ought to ask what you wish; he will show you the highest dharma truly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हुए शुभसम्पन्न हो स्वर्गलोकमें स्थान प्राप्त कर चुके हैं ऋणजतवो नाकपूृष्ठे वै शुद्धात्मान: प्रतिष्ठिता:

English

He is the host of all, the naga, skilled in understanding and the scriptures, joined with all unfailing qualities that please.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममापि मतिराविग्ना मेघलेखेव वायुना

English

By nature always full of water, always devoted to study, joined with austerity and self-control, and with conduct that is not less."

हिन्दी अर्थ

है कि मुझे धर्ममयी नौका कहाँसे प्राप्त होगी? प्रकीर्यमाणामुपरि प्रजानाम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old narrative of the discourse between that lord of creatures, viz., Manu, and the great Rishi, Vrihaspati. In days of old, the foremost of celestial Rishis, viz., Vrihaspati, who was a disciple of Manu, bowed to his preceptor and addressing that lord and first of all creatures, said, 'What is the cause (of the universe)? Whence have the ordinances (about sacrifices and other pious observances) flowed? What are those fruits which the learned say are attached to Knowledge? Tell me also truly, O illustrious one, what is that which the very, Vedas have not been able to reveal? What are those fruits which are adored by eminent personages conversant with the science of Artha, with the Vedas, and with the Mantras, through sacrifices and plentiful gifts of kine? Whence do those fruits arise? Where are they to be found? Tell me also this old history, viz., whence have the earth, all earthly objects, wind, sky, aquatic creatures, water, heaven, and the denizens of heaven, all sprung? Man's inclinations tend towards that object about which he seeks knowledge. I have no knowledge of that Ancient and Supreme one. How shall I rescue myself from a false display of inclinations towards Him? l The Riks, all the Samanas, all the Yajuses, the Chhandas, Astronomy, Nirukta, Grammar, Sankalpa, and Siksha, I have studied. But I pave no knowledge of the nature of the great creatures (the five primal elements) that enter into the composition of everything. 2 Tell me all I have asked thee, by using only simple assertions and distinguishing

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मेण धर्मे विनियुद्धक्ष्व मां त्वम्

English

adjectives or attributes. Tell me what the fruits are of Knowledge and what those fruits that are attached to sacrifices and other religious rites. Explain to me how also an embodied being departs from his body and how he attains to another body.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसी प्रकार उद्विग्न एवं चंचल हो उठी है, जैसे वायुसे मेघोंकी घटा चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय:

English

happiness, and the avoidance of the disagreeable which brings misery. Such acquisition and such avoidance again are accomplished by acts.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैमिषे गोमतीतीरे तत्र नागाह्नयं पुरम् यत्रेन्द्रातिक्रमं चक्रे मान्धाता राजसत्तम:

English

becomes endued with Knowledge, succeeds in beholding all evils that are worthy of avoidance, l Snakes, sharp-pointed kusa blades, and pits, men avoid when they perceive them lie on their way. If some tread upon or fall into them, they do so through ignorance. Behold the superiority of the fruits of knowledge (over those of ignorance). Mantras applied duly, sacrifices, the presents called Dakshina, gift of food, and concentration of the mind (for divine contemplation),— these are the five acts that are said to be productive of fruits, there being none else. Acts have (the three) attributes (of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas) for their soul. The Vedas say this. (The Vedas consist of Mantras). The Mantras, therefore, have the same three attributes, since it is with Mantras that acts are to be accomplished. The ritual also must be liable to the same three attributes. The fruits of action depend upon the mind. It is the embodied creature that enjoys those fruits. 2 All excellent kinds of sound, form, taste, touch, and scent, are the fruits of acts, being attainable in the region of acts (i.e., heaven). As regards, however, the fruits of knowledge, man acquires them even here before death. 3 Whatever acts are accomplished by means of the body, one enjoys the fruits thereof in a state of physical existence. The body is, indeed, the framework to which happiness inheres, as also the framework to which misery inheres. 4 Whatever acts are accomplished by means of words, their fruits are to be enjoyed in a state in which words can be spoken. Similarly, whatever acts are accomplished by the mind, their fruits are enjoyed in a state in which one is not freed from the mind. 5 Devoted to the fruits of acts, whatever kind of acts (Sattwika or

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु पद्म नामसे ही उसकी प्रसिद्धि है

English

Rajasika or Tamasika) a person covetous of fruits accomplishes, the fruits, good or bad, that he actually enjoys partake of their character. Like fishes going against a current of water, the acts of a past life come to the actor. The embodied creature experiences happiness for his good acts, and misery for his evil ones. Him from whom this universe hath sprung. Him by knowing whom persons of cleansed souls transgress this world, Him who has not been expressed by Vedic mantras and words. I

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसादयति भूतानि त्रिविधे वर्त्मनि स्थित: मार्गोका आश्रय लेकर रहता और सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको प्रसन्न रखता है

English

"The sight of one cared for in the mind, tender with affection: your word delights me, what you have said.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषमस्थं समस्थं॑ च चक्षुध्यनिन रक्षति

English

As if given an eye in space, I see and consider; this instruction I have been given by your wise words I shall carry out fully, as you speak to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स ते परमकं धर्म न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यति धर्मका दर्शन करायेगा; मिथ्या धर्मका उपदेश नहीं करेगा

English

Stay here tonight with me, good one; in the morning you will go, refreshed and having rested happily. For the blessed sun, of weak rays, faces downward."

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणैरनुपमैर्युक्त: समस्तैराभिकामिकै:

English

[Bhishma said:] Then, honoured as a guest by him, scourge of foes, that guest stayed that night with the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपोदमाभ्यां संयुक्तो वृत्तेनानवरेण च सत्यवागनसूयुश्च शीलवान्नियतेन्द्रिय:

English

While they talked of various things joined with dharma, that whole night passed happily like a day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संलग्न, सत्यवादी, दोषदृष्टिसे रहित, शीलवान् और जितेन्द्रिय है

English

Then in the morning that guest, honoured by the brahmana as he could, set out wishing to do his own work.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसीका मैं तुमको क्रमश: उपदेश करूँगा। तुम मेरे इस कथनको सुनो

English

"Manu said, 'It is by liberating oneself from acts that one succeeds in entering into Brahma. The ordinances about acts have flowed for that very end. 4 The ordinances about acts tempts only those whose hearts are not free from desire. By liberating oneself from acts (as already said) one acquires the highest state. One desirous of felicity (Emancipation), betaking oneself to religious rites, becomes purified (from attachments) by acts having for their object the purification of the soul, and at last wins great splendour. By liberating oneself from acts, one acquires the highest end, viz., Brahma, which is very much above the reward that acts give. Creatures have all been created by Mind and Act. These again are the two best paths adored by all. Outward acts produce fruits that are transitory as also eternal. For acquiring the latter there is no other means than abandonment of fruits by the mind. 5 As the eye, when night passes away and the veil of darkness is removed from it, leads its possessor by its own power, so the Understanding, when it

हिन्दी अर्थ

पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: पराश्चासकरं वाक्यमिदं मे भवतः श्रुतम्

English

will now indicate. Listen to me as I speak of that highest of the high. Himself liberated from the several kinds of taste and scent, and sound and touch and form. He is incapable of being grasped by the senses, unmanifest, without colour, the One, and He has created the five kinds of objects l for His creatures. He is neither female, nor male, nor of the neuter sex. He is neither existent, nor non-existent, nor existent- nonexistent. 2 Only those that are acquainted with Brahma behold Him. He knoweth no direction.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमां हि रजनीं साधो निवसस्व मया सह

English

abandon them for obtaining the higher end. Acts, therefore, have their use, and help one, though mediately, in the acquisition of Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असौ हि भगवान् सूर्यो मन्दरश्मिरवाड्मुख: उवास किल तां रात्रिं सह तेन द्विजेन वै

English

ante. Both are good paths, for by both, good end maybe attained, viz., the highest, by drilling the mind, as also (mediately) by acts (as explained in verse 14 above). The fruits of actions must be mentally abandoned if the highest end is to be attained; i.e., acts may be gone through, but their fruits should never be coveted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके रातभर वहीं उस ब्राह्मणके साथ रहा

English

praneta nayako, etc. A better construction would be yatha chaksha pranetah ibhavati) etc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेन यथाशक्‍त्या स्वकार्यमभिकाड्क्षता जगाम काले सुकृतैकनिश्चय:

English

She, devoted to dharma, duly paid him honour, welcomed him with a greeting and said, "What shall I do?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिया। उसने अपने शुभ कार्यको सिद्ध करनेका एक दृढ़ निश्चय कर लिया था

English

[The brahmana said:] "I am rested and honoured by you with your gentle speech; I wish to see, lady, that god, the best of nagas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षट्पञज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमोध्याय: अभिगच्छन् क्रमेण सम कंचिन्मुनिमुपस्थित:

English

This is my highest task and the fruit I wish; for this purpose I have come today to the abode of serpents."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरोवरोंको लाँघता हुआ किसी मुनिके आश्रमपर उपस्थित हुआ

English

[The naga's wife said:] "Noble one, he has gone to draw the sun's chariot, for his monthly turn; in seven or eight days, Brahmana, he will surely show himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्यपृच्छद् यथान्यायं श्रुत्वैव च जगाम स: बताया, उसे यथावत््रूपसे सुनकर वह पुनः आगे बढ़ा

English

This absence of my husband is known to you, noble one; let it be so; what else is to be done, tell me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृषितस्य च पानीयं क्षुधार्तस्थ च भोजनम्

English

behaviour. How shall I be rescued from such falsehood? This is what Vrihaspati says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतोष होता है, उतनी ही प्रसन्नता मुझे आपकी यह बात सुनकर हुई है एषितस्यात्मन: काले वृद्धस्यैव सुतो यथा

English

forms an Anga of the Vedas. Nirukta furnishes rules for interpreting obscure passages of the Vedas, and also gives the meanings of technical or obscure words used therein. Kalpa is the description of religious rites. Siksha is the science of Pronunciation as applied to Vedic hymns and mantras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रह्नमादयति मां वाक्यं भवता यदुदीरितम्

English

withdraw themselves from pious acts which lead to that happiness. They seek Knowledge as the best means for avoiding all that is transitory and changeful. They seek moksha or complete Emancipation which has been described in the previous sections.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रज्ञानवचनाद्यो5यमुपदेशो हि मे कृत: सुनकर मैं आकाशकी ओर देखता और कर्तव्यका विचार करता हूँ

English

'sacrifices and other religious observances.' The intention of Vrihaspati is to enforce the Propriety of acts, for without acts, the ends of life cannot, he maintains, be secured.