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अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.1

[य] किं राज्ञः सर्वकृत्यानां गरीयः सयात पितामह किं कुर्वन कर्म नृपतिर उभौ लॊकौ समश्नुते

[ya] kiṃ rājñaḥ sarvakṛtyānāṃ garīyaḥ sayāta pitāmaha kiṃ kurvana karma nṛpatira ubhau lòkau samaśnute

हिन्दी अर्थ

लाभेषु विषमाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

himself to universal Renunciation or Sanyasa, without, however, the lingam or marks of that vow.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.1-2

[भ] बराह्मणान एव सततं भृशं संप्रतिपूजयेत

[bha] barāhmaṇāna eva satataṃ bhṛśaṃ saṃpratipūjayeta

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सन्नपितृदेवेज्यास्ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

himself to universal Renunciation or Sanyasa, without, however, the lingam or marks of that vow.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.2

[भ] एतद राज्ञः कृत्यतमम अभिषिक्तस्य भारत बराह्मणानाम अनुष्ठानम अत्यन्तं सुखम इच्छता शरॊत्रियान बराह्मणान वृद्धान नित्यम एवाभिपूजयेत

[bha] etada rājñaḥ kṛtyatamama abhiṣiktasya bhārata barāhmaṇānāma anuṣṭhānama atyantaṃ sukhama icchatā śaròtriyāna barāhmaṇāna vṛddhāna nityama evābhipūjayeta

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदत्त्वा भक्षयन्त्यग्रे ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

[Bhishma said:] This is the most important duty, Bharata, of a consecrated king: the practice for brahmanas; one wishing the utmost happiness should always honour learned old brahmanas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.3

पौरजानपदांश चापि बराह्मणांश च बहुश्रुतान सान्त्वेन भॊगदानेन नमः कारैस तथार्चयेत

paurajānapadāṃśa cāpi barāhmaṇāṃśa ca bahuśrutāna sāntvena bhògadānena namaḥ kāraisa tathārcayeta

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुट॒म्बानां च दातार: पुरुषा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

He should also honour townspeople, countryfolk and learned brahmanas with conciliation, gifts of enjoyment and salutations.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.4

एतत कृत्यतमं राज्ञॊ नित्यम एवेति लक्षयेत यथात्मानं यथा पुत्रांस तथैतान परिपालयेत

etata kṛtyatamaṃ rājñò nityama eveti lakṣayeta yathātmānaṃ yathā putrāṃsa tathaitāna paripālayeta

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धिमें सहायक होते हैं, वे पुरुष स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं

English

He should mark this as the king's most important duty always: as he protects himself and his sons, so he should protect them.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.5

ये चाप्य एषां पूज्यतमास तान दृढं परतिपूजयेत तेषु शान्तेषु तद राष्ट्रं सर्वम एव विराजते

ye cāpya eṣāṃ pūjyatamāsa tāna dṛḍhaṃ paratipūjayeta teṣu śānteṣu tada rāṣṭraṃ sarvama eva virājate

हिन्दी अर्थ

४ 48 सस्नेहास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

And those among them who are most worthy of honour he should honour firmly; when they are at peace, that whole kingdom shines.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.6

ते पूज्यास ते नमः कार्यास ते रक्ष्याः पितरॊ यथा तेष्व एव यात्रा लॊकस्य भूतानाम इव वासवे

te pūjyāsa te namaḥ kāryāsa te rakṣyāḥ pitarò yathā teṣva eva yātrā lòkasya bhūtānāma iva vāsave

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं

English

They are to be honoured, to be saluted, to be protected like ancestors; the world's course depends on them as beings on Vasava.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.7

अभिचारैर उपायैश च दहेयुर अपि तेजसा निःशेषं कुपिताः कुर्युर उग्राः सत्यपराक्रमाः

abhicāraira upāyaiśa ca daheyura api tejasā niḥśeṣaṃ kupitāḥ kuryura ugrāḥ satyaparākramāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये वै जितेन्द्रिया धीरास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

By magic and means they might burn with their splendour; angry, fierce and truly valiant, they might leave nothing.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.8

नान्तम एषां परपश्यामि न दिशश चाप्य अपावृताः कुपिताः समुदीक्षन्ते दावेष्व अग्निशिखा इव

nāntama eṣāṃ parapaśyāmi na diśaśa cāpya apāvṛtāḥ kupitāḥ samudīkṣante dāveṣva agniśikhā iva

हिन्दी अर्थ

धीर पुरुष स्वर्गगामी होते हैं

English

I do not see an end to them nor open directions; angry, they look about like tongues of fire in forest fires.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.9

विद्यन तेषां साहसिका गुणास तेषाम अतीव हि कूपा इव तृणच छन्ना विशुद्धा दयौर इवापरे

vidyana teṣāṃ sāhasikā guṇāsa teṣāma atīva hi kūpā iva tṛṇaca channā viśuddhā dayaura ivāpare

हिन्दी अर्थ

दातारो वाससां चैव ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

Their bold qualities are great, like wells covered with grass, pure, like another sky.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.10

परसह्य कारिणः के चित कार्पास मृदवॊ ऽपरे सन्ति चैषाम अतिशठास तथान्ये ऽतितपस्विनः

parasahya kāriṇaḥ ke cita kārpāsa mṛdavò 'pare santi caiṣāma atiśaṭhāsa tathānye 'titapasvinaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणिहिंसाप्रवृत्ता श्व ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

helped. A Kulapati is an ascetic that owns ten thousand ascetics for his disciples, Kanwa, the foster- father of Sakuntala, was a Kulapati.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.11

कृषिगॊरक्ष्यम अप्य अन्ये भैक्षम अन्ये ऽपय अनुष्ठिताः चॊराश चान्ये ऽनृताश चान्ये तथान्ये नटनर्तकाः

kṛṣigòrakṣyama apya anye bhaikṣama anye 'paya anuṣṭhitāḥ còrāśa cānye 'nṛtāśa cānye tathānye naṭanartakāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षीरविक्रयिकाश्वैव ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

or Pitri rites. Those Brahmanas that violate this injunction fall away from their superior position. They are condemned as Sudra-yajins. Here the Rishi, by only giving directions to the Sudra as to how the Pitri rites were to be performed, became a Sudra-yajin. There are many families to this day whose status has been lowered in consequence of such or similar acts of indiscretion on the part of their ancestors.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.12

सर्वकर्मसु दृश्यन्ते परशान्तेष्व इतरेषु च विविधाचार युक्ताश च बराह्मणा भरतर्षभ

sarvakarmasu dṛśyante paraśānteṣva itareṣu ca vividhācāra yuktāśa ca barāhmaṇā bharatarṣabha

हिन्दी अर्थ

येडन्तरं यान्ति कार्येषु ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

Atharva Veda Veda cha implies that the Atharvans were not generally included under the term Veda by which the first three Vedas only were meant.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.13

नाना कर्मसु युक्तानां बहु कर्मॊपजीविनाम धर्मज्ञानां सतां तेषां नित्यम एवानुकीर्तयेत

nānā karmasu yuktānāṃ bahu karmòpajīvināma dharmajñānāṃ satāṃ teṣāṃ nityama evānukīrtayeta

हिन्दी अर्थ

शल्यानां धनुषां चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

made to him, and he utters benedictions in return upon the giver. Yudhishthira used to invite every day a large number of Brahmanas and make them very valuable presents for obtaining their benedictions.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.14

पितॄणां देवतानां च मनुष्यॊरगरक्षसाम पुरॊहिता महाभागा बराह्मणा वै नराधिप

pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca manuṣyòragarakṣasāma puròhitā mahābhāgā barāhmaṇā vai narādhipa

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये मार्गमनुरुन्धन्ति ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

Brahmanas, O lord of men, are the greatly fortunate priests of ancestors, gods, men, serpents and rakshasas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.15

नैते देवैर न पितृभिर न गन्धर्वैर न राक्षसैः नासुरैर न पिशाचैश च शक्या जेतुं दविजातयः

naite devaira na pitṛbhira na gandharvaira na rākṣasaiḥ nāsuraira na piśācaiśa ca śakyā jetuṃ davijātayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये त्यजन्त्यविकारांस्त्रींस्ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

The twice-born cannot be conquered by gods, ancestors, gandharvas, rakshasas, asuras or pishachas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.16

अदैवं दैवतं कुर्युर दैवतं चाप्य अदैवतम यम इच्छेयुः स राजा सयाद यं दविष्युः स पराभवेत

adaivaṃ daivataṃ kuryura daivataṃ cāpya adaivatama yama iccheyuḥ sa rājā sayāda yaṃ daviṣyuḥ sa parābhaveta

हिन्दी अर्थ

बन्धकाश्व पशूनां ये ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

They could make the non-divine divine and the divine non-divine; the one they favour becomes king, the one they hate is defeated.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.17

परिवादं च ये कुर्युर बराह्मणानाम अचेतसः निन्दा परशंसा कुशलाः कीर्त्यकीर्तिपरावराः परिकुल्प्यन्ति ते राजन सततं दविषतां दविजाः

parivādaṃ ca ye kuryura barāhmaṇānāma acetasaḥ nindā paraśaṃsā kuśalāḥ kīrtyakīrtiparāvarāḥ parikulpyanti te rājana satataṃ daviṣatāṃ davijāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरकगामी होते हैं

English

Those fools who slander brahmanas, skilled in blame and praise, causing fame and infamy, high and low, king, make the twice-born constantly hate.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.18

बराह्मणा यं परशंसन्ति पुरुषः स परवर्धते बराह्मणैर यः पराक्रुष्टः पराभूयात कषणाद धि सः

barāhmaṇā yaṃ paraśaṃsanti puruṣaḥ sa paravardhate barāhmaṇaira yaḥ parākruṣṭaḥ parābhūyāta kaṣaṇāda dhi saḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

समर्थाक्षाप्पदातारस्ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

The man whom brahmanas praise prospers; he whom brahmanas revile is defeated in an instant.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.19

शका यवनकाम्बॊजास तास ताः कषत्रिय जातयः वृषलत्वं परिगता बराह्मणानाम अदर्शनात

śakā yavanakāmbòjāsa tāsa tāḥ kaṣatriya jātayaḥ vṛṣalatvaṃ parigatā barāhmaṇānāma adarśanāta

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यजन्ति कृतकृत्या ये ते वै निरयगामिन:

English

The Shakas, Yavanas and Kambojas, those and those kshatriya peoples, have become shudras by not seeing brahmanas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.20

दरमिॢाश च कलिङ्गाश च पुलिन्दाश चाप्य उशीनराः कौलाः सर्पा माहिषकास तास ताः कषत्रिय जातयः

daramiḷāśa ca kaliṅgāśa ca pulindāśa cāpya uśīnarāḥ kaulāḥ sarpā māhiṣakāsa tāsa tāḥ kaṣatriya jātayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

भागिन: स्वर्गलोकस्य वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ

English

The Dravidas, Kalingas, Pulindas, Ushinaras, Kaulas, Sarpas and Mahishakas, those and those kshatriya peoples,

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.21

वृषलत्वं परिगता बराह्मणानाम अदर्शनात शरेयान पराजयस तेभ्यॊ न जयॊ जयतां वर

vṛṣalatvaṃ parigatā barāhmaṇānāma adarśanāta śareyāna parājayasa tebhyò na jayò jayatāṃ vara

हिन्दी अर्थ

हन्ति पुत्रान् पशून् कृत्स्नान् ब्राह्मणातिक्रम: कृत:

English

have become shudras by not seeing brahmanas. Defeat is better than victory over them, best of the victorious.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.22

यस तु सर्वम इदं हन्याद बराह्मणं च न तः समम बरह्म वध्या महान दॊष इत्य आहुः परमर्षयः

yasa tu sarvama idaṃ hanyāda barāhmaṇaṃ ca na taḥ samama barahma vadhyā mahāna dòṣa itya āhuḥ paramarṣayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये प्रतिग्रहनि:स्नेहास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

He who would kill all this, and he who kills a brahmana, are not equal; the great sages say the killing of a brahmana is a great fault.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.23

परिवादॊ दविजातीनां न शरॊतव्यः कथं चन आसीताधॊ मुखस तूष्णीं समुत्थाय वरजेत वा

parivādò davijātīnāṃ na śaròtavyaḥ kathaṃ cana āsītādhò mukhasa tūṣṇīṃ samutthāya varajeta vā

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे लोग स्वर्गगामी होते हैं

English

Slander of the twice-born must never be heard; one should sit with face down, silent, or rise and go.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.24

न स जातॊ जनिष्यॊ वा पृथिव्याम इह कश चन यॊ बराह्मण विरॊधेन सुखं जीवितुम उत्सहेत

na sa jātò janiṣyò vā pṛthivyāma iha kaśa cana yò barāhmaṇa viròdhena sukhaṃ jīvituma utsaheta

हिन्दी अर्थ

मड्ुलाचारसम्पन्ना: पुरुषा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

No one has been born or will be born on earth here who can live happily in opposition to brahmanas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 33.25

दुर्ग्रहॊ मुष्टिना वायुर दुःस्पर्शः पाणिना शशी दुर्धरा पृथिवी मूर्ध्ना दुर्जया बराह्मणा भुवि

durgrahò muṣṭinā vāyura duḥsparśaḥ pāṇinā śaśī durdharā pṛthivī mūrdhnā durjayā barāhmaṇā bhuvi

हिन्दी अर्थ

देशानां नगराणां च ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

The wind is hard to hold in a fist, the moon hard to touch by hand, the earth hard to bear on the head; brahmanas are hard to conquer on earth.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.1

एते हि सॊमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयॊः

ete hi sòmarājāna īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayòḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वयमुत्पाद्य दातार: पुरुषा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

vows that one seeks to perform.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.2

एते भॊगैर अलंकारैर अन्यैश चैव किम इच्छकैः सदा पूज्या नमः कार्या रक्ष्याश च पितृवन नृपैः अतॊ राष्ट्रस्य शान्तिर हि भूतानाम इव वासवात

ete bhògaira alaṃkāraira anyaiśa caiva kima icchakaiḥ sadā pūjyā namaḥ kāryā rakṣyāśa ca pitṛvana nṛpaiḥ atò rāṣṭrasya śāntira hi bhūtānāma iva vāsavāta

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्तिं हरति दुर्बुद्धिस्तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्

English

With enjoyments, ornaments and whatever else they wish, they are always to be honoured, saluted and protected by kings like ancestors; thence comes peace for the kingdom, as for beings from Vasava.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.3

जायतां बरह्म वर्चस्वी राष्ट्रे वै बराह्मणः शुचिः महारथश च राजन्य एष्टव्यः शत्रुतापनः

jāyatāṃ barahma varcasvī rāṣṭre vai barāhmaṇaḥ śuciḥ mahārathaśa ca rājanya eṣṭavyaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

पप्रच्छाज्ञिरसं धीर॑ गौतम: संशितव्रत:

English

Let there be born in the kingdom a pure brahmana of Brahmic splendour, and a great-chariot kshatriya, scorcher of enemies, is to be sought.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.4

बराह्मणं जातिसंपन्नं धर्मज्ञं संशितव्रतम वासयेत गृहे राजन न तस्मात परम अस्ति वै

barāhmaṇaṃ jātisaṃpannaṃ dharmajñaṃ saṃśitavratama vāsayeta gṛhe rājana na tasmāta parama asti vai

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् सर्व श्रोतुमिच्छामि तन्मे शंस महामुने

English

A brahmana of good birth, knower of dharma and of sharp vows, should be settled in one's house, king; there is nothing higher than that.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.5

बराह्मणेभ्यॊ हविर दत्तं परतिगृह्णन्ति देवताः पितरः सर्वभूतानां नैतेभ्यॊ विद्यते परम

barāhmaṇebhyò havira dattaṃ paratigṛhṇanti devatāḥ pitaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ naitebhyò vidyate parama

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनना चाहता हूँ। आप कृपया मुझे बताइये

English

The gods accept the offering given to brahmanas; ancestors and all beings; there is nothing higher than them.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.6

आदित्यश चन्द्रमा वायुर भूमिर आपॊ ऽमबरं दिशः सर्वे बराह्मणम आविश्य सदान्नम उपभुञ्जते

ādityaśa candramā vāyura bhūmira āpò 'mabaraṃ diśaḥ sarve barāhmaṇama āviśya sadānnama upabhuñjate

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेत्पयभावे महाप्राज्ञ तद् यथास्ति तथा वद

English

The sun, moon, wind, earth, water, sky and directions all, entering a brahmana, always eat food.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.7

न तस्याश्नन्ति पितरॊ यस्य विप्रा न भुञ्जते देवाश चाप्य अस्य नाश्नन्ति पापस्य बराह्मण दविषः

na tasyāśnanti pitarò yasya viprā na bhuñjate devāśa cāpya asya nāśnanti pāpasya barāhmaṇa daviṣaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

विगाहा वै निराहारो निर्मलो मुनिवद् भवेत्

English

The ancestors do not eat of him whose brahmanas do not eat, and the gods too do not eat of the sinner, hater of brahmanas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.8

बराह्मणेषु तु तुष्टेषु परीयन्ते पितरः सदा तथैव देवता राजन नात्र कार्या विचारणा

barāhmaṇeṣu tu tuṣṭeṣu parīyante pitaraḥ sadā tathaiva devatā rājana nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

हिन्दी अर्थ

ता नदी: सिन्धुमासाद्य शीलवान् स्वर्गमाप्तुयात्

English

When brahmanas are pleased, the ancestors and likewise the gods are always pleased, king; there is no need to hesitate over this.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.9

तथैव ते ऽपि परीयन्ते येषां भवति तद धविः न च परेत्य विनश्यन्ति गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम

tathaiva te 'pi parīyante yeṣāṃ bhavati tada dhaviḥ na ca paretya vinaśyanti gacchanti paramāṃ gatima

हिन्दी अर्थ

देविकामिन्द्रमार्ग च स्वर्णबिन्दुं विगाह्ू च

English

So too those whose offering it is are pleased; they do not perish after death but go to the highest goal.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.10

येन येनैव हविषा बराह्मणांस तर्पयेन नरः तेन तेनैव परीयन्ते पितरॊ देवतास तथा

yena yenaiva haviṣā barāhmaṇāṃsa tarpayena naraḥ tena tenaiva parīyante pitarò devatāsa tathā

हिन्दी अर्थ

सानुक्रोशा जितक्रोधा: पुरुषा: स्वर्गगामिन:

English

With whatever offering a man would satisfy brahmanas, with that same the ancestors and gods are pleased.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.11

बराह्मणाद एव तद भूतं परभवन्ति यतः परजाः यतश चायं परभवति परेत्य यत्र च गच्छति

barāhmaṇāda eva tada bhūtaṃ parabhavanti yataḥ parajāḥ yataśa cāyaṃ parabhavati paretya yatra ca gacchati

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानधर्म च दानस्य यत् पूर्वमृषिभि: कृतम्

English

From a brahmana is that being, from whom creatures arise, from whom he arises, and after death where he goes.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.12

वेदैष मार्गं सवर्गस्य तथैव नरकस्य च आगतानागते चॊभे बराह्मणॊ दविपदां वरः बराह्मणॊ भरतश्रेष्ठ सवधर्मं वेद मेधया

vedaiṣa mārgaṃ savargasya tathaiva narakasya ca āgatānāgate còbhe barāhmaṇò davipadāṃ varaḥ barāhmaṇò bharataśreṣṭha savadharmaṃ veda medhayā

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि ब्राह्मणकी हिंसा न करनेपर भी मनुष्यको ब्रह्महत्याका पाप कैसे लगता है?

English

He knows the way to heaven and to hell, and both the coming and not coming; a brahmana, best of the two-footed, bull of the Bharatas, knows his dharma by wisdom.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.13

ये चैनम अनुवर्तन्ते ते न यान्ति पराभवम न ते परेत्य विनश्यन्ति गच्छन्ति न पराभवम

ye cainama anuvartante te na yānti parābhavama na te paretya vinaśyanti gacchanti na parābhavama

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्ते5हं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तदिहैकमना: शृणु

English

Those who follow him do not meet defeat; they do not perish after death but go and do not meet defeat.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.14

ये बराह्मण मुखात पराप्तं परतिगृह्णन्ति वै वचः कृतात्मानॊ महात्मानस ते न यान्ति पराभवम

ye barāhmaṇa mukhāta parāptaṃ paratigṛhṇanti vai vacaḥ kṛtātmānò mahātmānasa te na yānti parābhavama

हिन्दी अर्थ

यहाँ एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनो

English

Those who take up the word that has come from a brahmana's mouth, practised and great-souled, do not meet defeat.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.15

कषत्रियाणां परतपतां तेजसा च बलेन च बराह्मणेष्व एव शाम्यन्ति तेजांसि च बलानि च

kaṣatriyāṇāṃ paratapatāṃ tejasā ca balena ca barāhmaṇeṣva eva śāmyanti tejāṃsi ca balāni ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंसयित्वा केनेह ब्रह्महत्या विधीयते

English

For kshatriyas who blaze with splendour and strength, splendours and strengths are appeased in brahmanas alone.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.16

भृगवॊ ऽजयंस तालजङ्घान नीपान अङ्गिरसॊ ऽजयन भरद्वाजॊ वैतहव्यान ऐलांश च भरतर्षभ

bhṛgavò 'jayaṃsa tālajaṅghāna nīpāna aṅgirasò 'jayana bharadvājò vaitahavyāna ailāṃśa ca bharatarṣabha

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्महत्याका पाप लगता है?”

English

The Bhrigus conquered the Talajanghas, the Angirases the Nipas, Bharadvaja the Vitahavyas and the Ailas, bull of the Bharatas,

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.17

चित्रायुधांश चाप्य अजयन्न एते कृष्णाजिनध्वजाः परक्षिप्याथ च कुम्भान वै पारगामिनम आरभेत

citrāyudhāṃśa cāpya ajayanna ete kṛṣṇājinadhvajāḥ parakṣipyātha ca kumbhāna vai pāragāminama ārabheta

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीन्निपुणो धर्मे नि:संशयमनुत्तमम्

English

and they conquered the Chitrayudhas too, these with black antelope skins for banners; having thrown away the pots, one may begin as one who crosses over.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.18

यत किं चित कथ्यते लॊके शरूयते पश्यते ऽपि वा सर्वं तद बराह्मणेष्व एव गूढॊ ऽगनिर इव दारुषु

yata kiṃ cita kathyate lòke śarūyate paśyate 'pi vā sarvaṃ tada barāhmaṇeṣva eva gūḍhò 'ganira iva dāruṣu

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रूयान्नास्तीति यः पश्चात्तं विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्

English

Whatever is said, heard or seen in the world is all hidden in brahmanas alone, like fire in wood.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.19

अत्राप्य उदाहरन्तीमम इतिहासं पुरातनम संवादं वासुदेवस्य पृथ्व्याश च भरतर्षभ

atrāpya udāharantīmama itihāsaṃ purātanama saṃvādaṃ vāsudevasya pṛthvyāśa ca bharatarṣabha

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुलाकर जो पीछे देनेसे इनकार कर देता है, उसे ब्रह्महत्यारा समझो

English

On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, a conversation of Vasudeva and the Earth, bull of the Bharatas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.20

[वासुदेव] मातरं सर्वभूतानां पृच्छे तवा संशयं शुभे केन सवित कर्मणा पापं वयपॊहति नरॊ गृही

[vāsudeva] mātaraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ pṛcche tavā saṃśayaṃ śubhe kena savita karmaṇā pāpaṃ vayapòhati narò gṛhī

हिन्दी अर्थ

छीन लेता है, उसे भी ब्रह्महत्यारा ही समझना चाहिए

English

[Vasudeva said:] Mother of all beings, I ask you a doubt, auspicious one: by what deed does a householder wash away sin?

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.21

[पृथिवी] बराह्मणान एव सेवेत पवित्रं हय एतद उत्तमम बराह्मणान सेवमानस्य रजः सर्वं परणश्यति

[pṛthivī] barāhmaṇāna eva seveta pavitraṃ haya etada uttamama barāhmaṇāna sevamānasya rajaḥ sarvaṃ paraṇaśyati

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पादयति यो विषध्नं त॑ विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्

English

[The Earth said:] "He should serve brahmanas only; for this is the highest purifier; serving brahmanas, all stain perishes.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.22

अतॊ भूतिर अतः कीर्तिर अतॊ बुद्धिः परजायते अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश चैव ये परे

atò bhūtira ataḥ kīrtira atò buddhiḥ parajāyate apareṣāṃ pareṣāṃ ca parebhyaśa caiva ye pare

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूषयत्यनभिज्ञाय तं॑ विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्

English

From this comes prosperity, from this fame, from this understanding is born, for others and others, and those beyond.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.23

बराह्मणा यं परशंसन्ति पुरुषः स परवर्धते अथ यॊ बराह्मणाक्रुष्टः पराभवति सॊ ऽचिरात

barāhmaṇā yaṃ paraśaṃsanti puruṣaḥ sa paravardhate atha yò barāhmaṇākruṣṭaḥ parābhavati sò 'cirāta

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझे-बूझे दोषारोपण करता है, उसको भी ब्रह्मघाती ही समझो

English

The man whom brahmanas praise prospers; he who is reviled by brahmanas is soon defeated.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.24

यथा महार्णवे कषिप्त आमलॊष्टॊ विनश्यति तथा दुश्चरितं कर्म पराभावाय कल्पते

yathā mahārṇave kaṣipta āmalòṣṭò vinaśyati tathā duścaritaṃ karma parābhāvāya kalpate

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रयच्छति य: कन्यां त॑ विद्याद् ब्रद्मघातिनम्

English

As a lump of clay thrown into the great ocean perishes, so bad conduct leads to defeat.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.25

पश्य चन्द्रे कृतं लक्ष्म समुद्रे लवणॊदकम तथा भग सहस्रेण महेन्द्रं परिचिह्नितम

paśya candre kṛtaṃ lakṣma samudre lavaṇòdakama tathā bhaga sahasreṇa mahendraṃ paricihnitama

हिन्दी अर्थ

दद्यान्मर्मातिगं शोकं त॑ विद्याद् ब्रद्मघातिनम्

English

See the mark placed on the moon and the salt water in the sea; and Mahendra is marked with a thousand marks.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.26

तेषाम एव परभावेन सहस्रनयनॊ हय असौ शतक्रतुः समभवत पश्य माधव यादृशम

teṣāma eva parabhāvena sahasranayanò haya asau śatakratuḥ samabhavata paśya mādhava yādṛśama

हिन्दी अर्थ

हरेत यो वै सर्वस्वं त॑ विद्याद् ब्रह्मघातिनम्

English

By their very power that one became thousand-eyed, Shatakratu; see, Madhava, what kind.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.27

इच्छन भूतिं च कीर्तिं च लॊकांश च मधुसूदन बराह्मणानुमते तिष्ठेत पुरुषः शुचिर आत्मवान

icchana bhūtiṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca lòkāṃśa ca madhusūdana barāhmaṇānumate tiṣṭheta puruṣaḥ śucira ātmavāna

हिन्दी अर्थ

वक्तुमहसि मे तानि श्रोतास्मि नियतं प्रभो

English

Wishing prosperity, fame and worlds, Madhusudana, a man, pure and self-possessed, should abide by the approval of brahmanas."

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.28

इत्य एतद वचनं शरुत्वा मेदिन्या मधुसूदनः साधु साध्व इत्य अथेत्य उक्त्वा मेदिनीं परत्यपूजयत

itya etada vacanaṃ śarutvā medinyā madhusūdanaḥ sādhu sādhva itya athetya uktvā medinīṃ paratyapūjayata

हिन्दी अर्थ

आप उन्हें बतलानेकी कृपा करें

English

Hearing this speech of the Earth, Madhusudana said "Well, well," and honoured the Earth.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 34.29

एतां शरुत्वॊपमां पार्थ परयतॊ बराह्मणर्षभान सततं पूजयेथास तवं ततः शरेयॊ ऽभिपत्स्यसे

etāṃ śarutvòpamāṃ pārtha parayatò barāhmaṇarṣabhāna satataṃ pūjayethāsa tavaṃ tataḥ śareyò 'bhipatsyase

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोतुमर्हसि भद्रं ते प्राप्स्यसे धर्ममुत्तमम्

English

Hearing this comparison, Partha, you should always honour the best of brahmanas, restrained; then you will gain the good.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.1

[भ] जन्मनैव महाभागॊ बराह्मणॊ नाम जायते नमस्यः सर्वभूतानाम अतिथिः परसृताग्र भुक

[bha] janmanaiva mahābhāgò barāhmaṇò nāma jāyate namasyaḥ sarvabhūtānāma atithiḥ parasṛtāgra bhuka

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिरण्यबिन्दुं विक्षोभ्य प्रयतश्नाभिवाद्य च

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, in what kind of man or woman, O chief of the Bharatas, does the goddess of prosperity always reside?'

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.2

सर्वान नः सुहृदस तात बराह्मणाः सुमनॊमुखाः गीर्भिर मङ्गलयुक्ताभिर अनुध्यायन्ति पूजिताः

sarvāna naḥ suhṛdasa tāta barāhmaṇāḥ sumanòmukhāḥ gīrbhira maṅgalayuktābhira anudhyāyanti pūjitāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवेषु लभते कीर्ति यशसा च विराजते

English

[Bhishma said:] Brahmanas, dear one, are all our friends; honoured, with pleased faces, they bless us with auspicious words.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.3

सर्वान नॊ दविषतस तात बराह्मणा जातमन्यवः गीर्भिर दारुणयुक्ताभिर अभिहन्युर अपूजिताः

sarvāna nò daviṣatasa tāta barāhmaṇā jātamanyavaḥ gīrbhira dāruṇayuktābhira abhihanyura apūjitāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्त्रिसत्रं मुच्यते भवात्

English

Brahmanas, dear one, with anger arisen, would strike all our enemies with harsh words if they were not honoured.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.4

अत्र गाथा बरह्म गीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुरा विदः सृष्ट्वा दविजातीन धाता हि यथापूर्वं समादधत

atra gāthā barahma gītāḥ kīrtayanti purā vidaḥ sṛṣṭvā davijātīna dhātā hi yathāpūrvaṃ samādadhata

हिन्दी अर्थ

तोषयित्वा महादेवं निर्मला: स्वर्गमाप्तुयात्

English

Here the verses sung by Brahma are recited by the knowers of old; the creator, having created the twice-born, placed them as before:

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.5

न वॊ ऽनयद इह कर्तव्यं किं चिद ऊर्ध्वं यथाविधि गुप्ता गॊपायत बरह्म शरेयॊ वस तेन शॊभनम

na vò 'nayada iha kartavyaṃ kiṃ cida ūrdhvaṃ yathāvidhi guptā gòpāyata barahma śareyò vasa tena śòbhanama

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रसानां स्थावराणां च द्विपदानां भयं त्यजेत्

English

"You have nothing else to do here higher by rule; guarded, guard Brahman; thereby your good is lovely.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.6

सवम एव कुर्वतां कर्म शरीर वॊ बराह्मी भविष्यति परमाणं सर्वभूतानां परग्रहं च गमिष्यथ

savama eva kurvatāṃ karma śarīra vò barāhmī bhaviṣyati paramāṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ paragrahaṃ ca gamiṣyatha

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियों तथा मनुष्योंसे प्राप्त होनेवाले भयको त्याग देता है

English

Doing only your own work, Brahmic fortune will be yours; you will become the standard of all beings and gain leadership.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.7

न शौद्रं कर्म कर्तव्यं बराह्मणेन विपश्चिता शौद्रं हि कुर्वतः कर्म धर्मः समुपरुध्यते

na śaudraṃ karma kartavyaṃ barāhmaṇena vipaścitā śaudraṃ hi kurvataḥ karma dharmaḥ samuparudhyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपां प्रपतनासेवी सेव्यते सो5प्सरोगणै:

English

A wise brahmana should not do the work of a shudra, for doing a shudra's work obstructs dharma.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.8

शरीश च बुद्धिश च तेजश च विभूतिश च परतापिनी सवाध्यायेनैव माहात्म्यं विमलं परतिपत्स्यथ

śarīśa ca buddhiśa ca tejaśa ca vibhūtiśa ca paratāpinī savādhyāyenaiva māhātmyaṃ vimalaṃ paratipatsyatha

हिन्दी अर्थ

विगाहा वै निराहारो राजलक्ष्म्या निषेव्यते

English

Shri, understanding, splendour and glorious power you will gain by study alone, spotless greatness.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.9

हुत्वा चाहवनीयस्थं महाभाग्ये परतिष्ठिताः अग्रभॊज्याः परसूतीनां शरिया बराह्म्यानुकल्पिताः

hutvā cāhavanīyasthaṃ mahābhāgye paratiṣṭhitāḥ agrabhòjyāḥ parasūtīnāṃ śariyā barāhmyānukalpitāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपवास करता है वह पुरुष राजलक्ष्मीसे सेवित होता है

English

Having offered at the Ahavaniya fire, established in great fortune, first eaters of the produce, arranged by Brahmic prosperity."

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.10

शरद्धया परया युक्ता हय अनभिद्रॊह लब्धया दमस्वाध्यायनिरताः सर्वान कामान अवाप्स्यथ

śaraddhayā parayā yuktā haya anabhidròha labdhayā damasvādhyāyaniratāḥ sarvāna kāmāna avāpsyatha

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रतोयां समासाद्य गन्धमादनसंनिधौ

English

"Bhishma said, 'I shall, in this connection, narrate to thee what occurred and what I have heard. Once on a time, beholding the goddess of prosperity blazing with beauty and endued with the complexion of the lotus, the princess Rukmini the mother of Pradyumna that bore the device of the Makara on his banner, filled with curiosity, asked this question in the presence of Devaki's son. Who are those beings by whose side thou stayest and whom thou favours? Who again, are those whom thou dost not bless with favour. O thou that art dear unto Him that is the lord of all creatures, tell me this truly, O thou that art equal to a great Rishi in penances and puissance. Thus addressed by the princess, the goddess of prosperity, with a face as beautiful as the moon, and moved by grace, in the presence of him who has Garuda on his banner, said these words in reply that were sweet and charming.'

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.11

यच चैव मानुषे लॊके यच च देवेषु किं चन सर्वं तत तपसा साध्यं जञानेन विनयेन च

yaca caiva mānuṣe lòke yaca ca deveṣu kiṃ cana sarvaṃ tata tapasā sādhyaṃ jañānena vinayena ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति विगाहा प्रयत: शुचि:

English

"Sree said, 'O blessed lady, I always reside with him that is eloquent,

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.12

इत्य एता बरह्म गीतास ते समाख्याता मयानघ विप्रानुकम्पार्थम इदं तेन परॊक्तं हि धीमता

itya etā barahma gītāsa te samākhyātā mayānagha viprānukampārthama idaṃ tena paròktaṃ hi dhīmatā

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा कनखले स्नात्वा धूतपाप्मा दिवं व्रजेत्

English

active, attentive to business, free from wrath, given to the worship of the deities, endued with gratitude, has his passions under complete control, and is high-minded in everything. I never reside with one that is inattentive to business, that is an unbeliever, that causes an intermixture of races in consequence of his lustfulness, that is ungrateful, that is of impure practices, that uses harsh and cruel words, that is a thief, that cherishes malice towards his preceptors and other seniors, those persons that are endued with little energy, strength, life, and honour, that are distressed at every trifle, and that always indulge in wrath. I never reside with these that think in one strain and act in a different one. 1 1 never reside also with him who never desires any acquisition for himself, of him who is so blinded as to rest content with the lot in which he finds himself without any exertion or with those that are contented with small acquisitions. I reside with those that are observant of the duties of their own order, or those that are conversant with the duties of righteousness, or those that are devoted to the service of the aged or those that have their passions under control, or those that are endued with cleansed souls or those that observe the virtue of forgiveness, or those that are able and prompt in action, or with such women as are forgiving and self- restrained. I reside with those women also that are devoted to truth and sincerity and that worship the deities. I do not reside with those women also that do not attend to household furniture and provisions scattered all around the house, and that always utter words contrary to the wishes of their husbands. I always avoid those women that are fond of the houses of other people and that have no modesty. On the other hand, I reside with those women that are devoted to their husbands, that are blessed in behaviour, and that are always decked in ornaments and attired in good robes. I always reside with those women

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.13

भूयस तेषां बलं मन्ये यथा राज्ञस तपस्विनः दुरासदाश च चण्डाश च रभसाः कषिप्रकारिणः

bhūyasa teṣāṃ balaṃ manye yathā rājñasa tapasvinaḥ durāsadāśa ca caṇḍāśa ca rabhasāḥ kaṣiprakāriṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकको जाता है

English

I think their strength is greater, as for a king with austerity; they are hard to approach, fierce, impetuous and quick in action.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.14

सन्त्य एषां सिंहसत्त्वाश च वयाघ्रसत्त्वास तथापरे वराहमृगसत्त्वाश च गजसत्त्वास तथापरे

santya eṣāṃ siṃhasattvāśa ca vayāghrasattvāsa tathāpare varāhamṛgasattvāśa ca gajasattvāsa tathāpare

हिन्दी अर्थ

सलिलहद नामक तीर्थमें डुबकी लगाये तो उसे अश्वमेध यज्ञका फल मिलता है

English

Some of them have the nature of lions, others of tigers, others of boars and deer, others of elephants.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.15

कर्पास मृदवः के चित तथान्ये मकरस्पृशः विभाष्य घातिनः के चित तथा चक्षुर्हणॊ ऽपरे

karpāsa mṛdavaḥ ke cita tathānye makaraspṛśaḥ vibhāṣya ghātinaḥ ke cita tathā cakṣurhaṇò 'pare

हिन्दी अर्थ

महेश्वरस्य त्रिस्थाने यो नरस्त्वभिषिच्यते

English

Some are soft as cotton, others touch like the makara; some strike by speech, others destroy the eye.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.16

सन्ति चाशीविषनिभाः सन्ति मन्दास तथापरे विविधानीह वृत्तानि बराह्मणानां युधिष्ठिर

santi cāśīviṣanibhāḥ santi mandāsa tathāpare vividhānīha vṛttāni barāhmaṇānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

हिन्दी अर्थ

निराहार रहकर वहाँ स्नान करता है, उसे देवताओं का प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन होता है

English

Some are like venomous snakes, some dull; various are the conducts of brahmanas here, Yudhishthira.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.17

मेकला दरमिडाः काशाः पौण्ड्राः कॊल्ल गिरास तथा शौण्डिका दरदा दर्वाश चौराः शबर बर्बराः

mekalā daramiḍāḥ kāśāḥ pauṇḍrāḥ kòlla girāsa tathā śauṇḍikā daradā darvāśa caurāḥ śabara barbarāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तगड़े त्रिगड़े च इन्द्रमार्गे च तर्पपन्

English

The Mekalas, Dramidas, Kashas, Paundras, Kollagiras, Shaundikas, Daradas, Darvas, Chauras, Shabaras and Barbaras,

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.18

किराता यवनाश चैव तास ताः कषत्रिय जातयः वृषलत्वम अनुप्राप्ता बराह्मणानाम अदर्शनात

kirātā yavanāśa caiva tāsa tāḥ kaṣatriya jātayaḥ vṛṣalatvama anuprāptā barāhmaṇānāma adarśanāta

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाश्रम उपस्पृश्य योडग्निहोत्रपर: शुचि:

English

the Kiratas and Yavanas, those and those kshatriya peoples, have become shudras by not seeing brahmanas.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.19

बराह्मणानां परिभवाद असुराः सलिले शयाः बराह्मणानां परसादाच च देवाः सवर्गनिवासिनः

barāhmaṇānāṃ paribhavāda asurāḥ salile śayāḥ barāhmaṇānāṃ parasādāca ca devāḥ savarganivāsinaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाह्दद उपस्पृश्य भृगुतुज़े त्वलोलुप:

English

By contempt of brahmanas, the asuras lie in the water; by the grace of brahmanas, the gods dwell in heaven.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.20

अशक्यं सप्रष्टुम आकाशम अचाल्यॊ हिमवान गिरिः अवार्या सेतुना गङ्गा दुर्जया बराह्मणा भुवि

aśakyaṃ sapraṣṭuma ākāśama acālyò himavāna giriḥ avāryā setunā gaṅgā durjayā barāhmaṇā bhuvi

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्रिन्यां रूपवर्चस्कं प्रेत्य वै लभते नर:

English

The sky cannot be touched, the Himalaya cannot be moved, the Ganga cannot be stopped by a dam; brahmanas are hard to conquer on earth.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.21

न बराह्मण विरॊधेन शक्या शास्तुं वसुंधरा बराह्मणा हि महात्मानॊ देवानाम अपि देवताः

na barāhmaṇa viròdhena śakyā śāstuṃ vasuṃdharā barāhmaṇā hi mahātmānò devānāma api devatāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूसरे जन्ममें मनुष्यको रूप और तेजकी प्राप्ति होती है

English

The earth cannot be ruled in opposition to brahmanas; brahmanas, great souls, are gods even of the gods.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.22

तान पूजयस्व सततं दानेन परिचर्यया यदीच्छसि महीं भॊक्तुम इमां सागरमेखलाम

tāna pūjayasva satataṃ dānena paricaryayā yadīcchasi mahīṃ bhòktuma imāṃ sāgaramekhalāma

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवासेप्सरसां दिव्ये कामचारी महीयते

English

Honour them constantly with gifts and service, if you wish to enjoy this earth girdled by the sea.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 35.23

परतिग्रहेण तेजॊ हि विप्राणां शाम्यते ऽनघ परतिग्रहं ये नेच्छेयुस ते ऽपि रक्ष्यास तवयानघ

paratigraheṇa tejò hi viprāṇāṃ śāmyate 'nagha paratigrahaṃ ye neccheyusa te 'pi rakṣyāsa tavayānagha

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिव्यलोकमें जाकर सम्मानित होता और इच्छानुसार विचरता है

English

The splendour of brahmins is appeased by receiving gifts, sinless one; those who do not wish to accept gifts are also to be protected by you, sinless one.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.1

[भ] अत्राप्य उदाहरन्तीमम इतिहासं पुरातनम शक्र शम्बर संवादं तन निबॊध युधिष्ठिर

[bha] atrāpya udāharantīmama itihāsaṃ purātanama śakra śambara saṃvādaṃ tana nibòdha yudhiṣṭhira

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकपक्ष निराहारस्त्वन्तर्धानफलं लभेत्

English

that are truthful in speech, that are of handsome and agreeable features, that are blessed and that are endued with all accomplishments. I always avoid such women as are sinful and unclean or impure, as always lick the corners of their mouths, as have no patience or fortitude, and as are fond of dispute and quarrelling, as are given to much sleep, and as always lie down. I always reside in conveyances and the animals that drag them, in maidens, in ornaments and good vestments, in sacrifices, in clouds charged with rain, in full-blown lotuses, and in those stars that bespangle the autumnal firmament. I reside in elephants, in the cow pen, in good seats, and in lakes adorned with full-blown lotuses. I live also in such rivers as babble sweetly in their course, melodious with the music of cranes, having banks adorned with rows of diverse trees, and restored to by Brahmanas and ascetics and others crowned with success. I always reside in those rivers also that have deep and large volumes of rolling waters rendered turbid by lions and elephants plunging into them for

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.2

शक्रॊ हय अज्ञातरूपेण जटी भूत्वा रजॊ रुणः विरूपं रूपम आस्थाय परश्नं पप्रच्छ शम्बरम

śakrò haya ajñātarūpeṇa jaṭī bhūtvā rajò ruṇaḥ virūpaṃ rūpama āsthāya paraśnaṃ papraccha śambarama

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्नान करता है वह सब पापोंसे मुक्त होकर स्वर्गमें जाता है

English

Shakra, in an unrecognised form, becoming matted-haired and dusty-red, taking an ugly form, asked Shambara a question.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.3

केन शम्बर वृत्तेन सवजात्यान अधितिष्ठसि शरेष्ठं तवां केन मन्यन्ते तन मे परब्रूहि पृच्छतः

kena śambara vṛttena savajātyāna adhitiṣṭhasi śareṣṭhaṃ tavāṃ kena manyante tana me parabrūhi pṛcchataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

मरुद्गण उपस्पृश्य पितृणामाश्रमे शुचि:

English

"By what conduct, Shambara, do you stand above your own people, and by what do they consider you best? Tell me, who ask."

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.4

[ष] नासूयामि सदा विप्रान बरह्माणं च पितामहम शास्त्राणि वदतॊ विप्रान संमन्यामि यथासुखम

[ṣa] nāsūyāmi sadā viprāna barahmāṇaṃ ca pitāmahama śāstrāṇi vadatò viprāna saṃmanyāmi yathāsukhama

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा ब्रह्मसरो गत्वा भागीरथ्यां कृतोदक:

English

[Shambara said:] "I never envy brahmanas nor the grandfather Brahma; I honour brahmanas who speak scriptures as I please.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.5

शरुत्वा च नावजानामि नापराध्यामि कर्हि चित अभ्यर्च्याननुपृच्छामि पादौ गृह्णामि धीमताम

śarutvā ca nāvajānāmi nāparādhyāmi karhi cita abhyarcyānanupṛcchāmi pādau gṛhṇāmi dhīmatāma

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकमासं निराहार: सोमलोकमवाप्लनुयात्

English

Having heard, I do not slight, nor ever offend; I ask those to be honoured, and I take the feet of the wise.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.6

ते विश्रब्धाः परभाषन्ते संयच्छन्ति च मां सदा परमत्तेष्व अप्रमत्तॊ ऽसमि सदा सुप्तेषु जागृमि

te viśrabdhāḥ parabhāṣante saṃyacchanti ca māṃ sadā paramatteṣva apramattò 'sami sadā supteṣu jāgṛmi

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वादशाहं निराहारो नरमेधफलं लभेत्

English

They speak confidently and always restrain me; among the heedless I am heedless-not, among the asleep I am awake.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.7

ते मा शास्त्रपथे युक्तं बरह्मण्यम अनसूयकम समासिञ्चन्ति शास्तारः कषौद्रं मध्व इव मक्षिकाः

te mā śāstrapathe yuktaṃ barahmaṇyama anasūyakama samāsiñcanti śāstāraḥ kaṣaudraṃ madhva iva makṣikāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहनेसे नरमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है

English

They, the instructors, pour on me, engaged in the path of scripture, devoted to Brahman, without envy, as bees pour honey into honey.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.8

यच च भाषन्ति ते तुष्टास तत तद्गृह्णामि मेधया समाधिम आत्मनॊ नित्यम अनुलॊमम अचिन्तयन

yaca ca bhāṣanti te tuṣṭāsa tata tadgṛhṇāmi medhayā samādhima ātmanò nityama anulòmama acintayana

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्ने: पुरे नरः स्नात्वा अग्निकन्यापुरे वसेत्

English

Whatever they say, pleased, I take it with wisdom, always thinking of composure of the self, agreeable.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.9

सॊ ऽहं वाग अग्रसृष्टानां रसानाम अवलेहकः सवजात्यान अधितिष्ठामि नक्षत्राणीव चन्द्रमाः

sò 'haṃ vāga agrasṛṣṭānāṃ rasānāma avalehakaḥ savajātyāna adhitiṣṭhāmi nakṣatrāṇīva candramāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निपुर तीर्थमें स्नान करनेसे अग्निकन्यापुरका निवास प्राप्त होता है

English

So I, a taster of the juices first created by speech, stand above my own people as the moon above the stars."

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.10

एतत पृथिव्याम अमृतम एतच चक्षुर अनुत्तमम यद बराह्मणं मुखाच छास्त्रम इह शरुत्वा परवर्तते

etata pṛthivyāma amṛtama etaca cakṣura anuttamama yada barāhmaṇaṃ mukhāca chāstrama iha śarutvā paravartate

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्धानके फलको प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

bathing or slaking their thirst. I reside also in infuriate elephants, in bovine bulls, in kings, on the throne and good men. I always reside in that house in which the inmate pours libation on the sacrificial fire and worships kine, Brahmanas and the deities. I reside in that house where at the proper time offerings are made unto the deities, in course of worshi 1 always reside in such Brahmanas as are devoted to the study of the Vedas, in Kshatriyas devoted to the observance of righteousness, in Vaisyas devoted to cultivation, and the Sudras devoted to the (menial) service of the three upper classes. I reside, with a heart firm and unchangeable, in Narayana, in my embodied self. In Him is righteousness in its perfection and full measure, devotion to the Brahmanas, and the quality of agreeableness. Can I not say, O lady that I do not reside in my embodied form, (in any of these places that I have mentioned, except Narayana)? That person in whom I reside in spirit increases in righteousness and fame and wealth and objects of

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.11

एतत कारणम आज्ञाय दृष्ट्वा देवासुरं पुरा युद्धं पिता मे हृष्टात्मा विस्मितः परत्यपद्यत

etata kāraṇama ājñāya dṛṣṭvā devāsuraṃ purā yuddhaṃ pitā me hṛṣṭātmā vismitaḥ paratyapadyata

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकविंशतिरात्रेण स्वर्गमारोहते नर:

English

sentiments by acting differently. The reference is to hypocrites.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.12

दृष्ट्वा च बराह्मणानां तु महिमानं महात्मनाम पर्यपृच्छत कथम इमे सिद्धा इति निशाकरम

dṛṣṭvā ca barāhmaṇānāṃ tu mahimānaṃ mahātmanāma paryapṛcchata kathama ime siddhā iti niśākarama

हिन्दी अर्थ

पीकर रह जाता है वह मनुष्य स्वर्गको प्राप्त होता है

English

line is that the goddess of prosperity resides in that house in which flowers are offered to the deities instead of animal life.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.13

[सॊम] बराह्मणास तपसा सर्वे सिध्यन्ते वाग्बलाः सदा भुजवीर्या हि राजानॊ वाग अस्त्राश च दविजातयः

[sòma] barāhmaṇāsa tapasā sarve sidhyante vāgbalāḥ sadā bhujavīryā hi rājānò vāga astrāśa ca davijātayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

विगाहति हाुनालम्बमन्धकं वै सनातनम्

English

[Soma said:] "Brahmanas all succeed by austerity, their strength being speech; kings have strength of arm; the twice-born have the weapon of speech.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.14

परवसन वाप्य अधीयीत बह्वीर दुर्वसतीर वसन निर्मन्युर अपि निर्मानॊ यतिः सयात समदर्शनः

paravasana vāpya adhīyīta bahvīra durvasatīra vasana nirmanyura api nirmānò yatiḥ sayāta samadarśanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलं पुरुषमेधस्य लभेन्मासं कृतोदक:

English

One should study even living abroad, living in many bad dwellings, free of anger and pride, an ascetic equal in sight.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.15

अपि चेज जातिसंपन्नः सर्वान वेदान पितुर गृहे शलाघमान इवाधीयेद गराम्य इत्य एव तं विदुः

api ceja jātisaṃpannaḥ sarvāna vedāna pitura gṛhe śalāghamāna ivādhīyeda garāmya itya eva taṃ viduḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति तत्र मासं कृतोदक:

English

Even one of good birth who studies all the Vedas in his father's house, boasting, they call a villager.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.16

भूमिर एतौ निगिरति सर्पॊ बिलशयान इव राजानं चाप्य अयॊद्धारं बराह्मणं चाप्रवासिनम

bhūmira etau nigirati sarpò bilaśayāna iva rājānaṃ cāpya ayòddhāraṃ barāhmaṇaṃ cāpravāsinama

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वह अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल पाता है

English

The earth swallows these two, like a serpent lying in a hole: a king who does not fight and a brahmana who does not travel.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.17

अतिमानः शरियं हन्ति पुरुषस्याल्पमेधसः गर्भेण दुष्यते कन्या गृहवासेन च दविजः

atimānaḥ śariyaṃ hanti puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ garbheṇa duṣyate kanyā gṛhavāsena ca davijaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

दशाश्वमेधानाप्रोति तत्र मासं कृतोदकः

English

Excess of pride destroys the prosperity of a man of little wisdom; a maiden is spoiled by pregnancy and a twice-born by staying at home.

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.18

इत्य एतन मे पिता शरुत्वा सॊमाद अद्भुतदर्शनात बराह्मणान पूजयाम आस तथैवाहं महाव्रतान

itya etana me pitā śarutvā sòmāda adbhutadarśanāta barāhmaṇāna pūjayāma āsa tathaivāhaṃ mahāvratāna

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेसे दस अश्वमेध-यज्ञोंका फल प्राप्त होता है

English

Hearing this from Soma of wonderful sight, my father honoured brahmanas, and so did I, of great vows."

अध्याय 13

श्लोक 36.19

[भ] शरुत्वैतद वचनं शक्रॊ दानवेन्द्र मुखाच चयुतम दविजान संपूजयाम आस महेन्द्रत्वम अवाप च

[bha] śarutvaitada vacanaṃ śakrò dānavendra mukhāca cayutama davijāna saṃpūjayāma āsa mahendratvama avāpa ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

माघमासं प्रयागे तु नियत: संशितव्रत:

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing this speech that fell from the mouth of the lord of danavas, Shakra honoured the twice-born and gained the lordship of Mahendra.

स्रोत: bhavykhatri/DharmicData · प्राप्त 1/6/2026

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मूल संस्कृत, प्राकृत अथवा अवधी श्लोक/मंत्र। यह सर्वोच्च प्रमाण (प्रस्थान) है। इस पाठ में किसी भी आधुनिक व्याख्याकार का हस्तक्षेप नहीं है।

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व्याकरणसम्मत प्रत्यक्ष शब्दार्थ (अन्वय)। बिना किसी दार्शनिक संप्रदाय के पूर्वाग्रह के, संस्कृत शब्दों का सटीक भाषांतर।

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प्राचीन आचार्य परंपरा (यथा शंकराचार्य, रामानुजाचार्य, मध्वाचार्य, श्रीधर स्वामी) द्वारा विरचित शास्त्रीय भाष्य व टीकाएं।

सरल व्याख्याSimple explanation

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दार्शनिक, मनोवैज्ञानिक व वैज्ञानिक समरूपताओं पर आधुनिक चिंतन। यह मूल शास्त्र का अंग नहीं है और इसे शास्त्रोक्त सिद्धांत के रूप में नहीं देखा जाना चाहिए।

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पांडुलिपि विविधताएं, पाठ-भेद (variant readings), छंद रचना, और ऐतिहासिक व तुलनात्मक भाषावैज्ञानिक शोध। यह शास्त्र का मूल संदेश बदलने हेतु नहीं, बल्कि पाठ की प्रामाणिकता परखने के लिए है।