Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिकुप्यन्ति ते राजन् सतत द्विषतां द्विजा:

English

forms his upper garment, l He sometimes laughs and sometimes sings and sometimes dances most beautifully. Surrounded by innumerable spirits and ghosts, he sometimes plays on musical instruments. Diverse, again are the instruments upon which he plays, and sweet the sounds they yield. He sometimes wanders (over crematoria), sometimes yawns, sometimes cries, and sometimes causes others to cry. He sometimes assumes the guise of one that is mad, and sometimes of one that is intoxicated, and he sometimes utters words that are exceedingly sweet. Endued with appalling fierceness, he sometimes laughs loudly, frightening all creatures with his eyes. He sometimes sleeps and sometimes remains awake and sometimes yawns as he pleases. He sometimes recites sacred Mantras and sometimes becomes the deity of those Mantras which are recited. He sometimes performs penances and sometimes becomes the deity for whose adoration those penances are undergone. He sometimes makes gifts and sometimes receives those gifts; sometimes disposes himself in Yoga and sometimes becomes the object of the Yoga contemplation of others. He may be seen on the sacrificial platform or in the sacrificial stake; in the midst of the cow-pen or in the fire. He may not again be seen there. He may be seen as a boy or as an old man. He sports with the daughters and the spouses of the Rishis. His hair is long and stands erect. He is perfectly naked, for he has the horizon for his garments. He is endued with terrible eyes. He is fair, he is darkish, he is dark, he is pale, he is of the colour of smoke, and he is red. He is possessed of eyes that are large and terrible. He has empty space for his covering and he it is that covers all things. Who is there that can truly understand the limits of Mahadeva who is formless, who is one and indivisible, who conjures of illusions, who is of the cause of all actions and destructive operations in the universe, who assumes the form of Hiranyagarbha, and who is without beginning and without end, and who is without birth. 2 He lives in the heart (of every creature). He is the prana, he is the mind, and he is Jiva (that is invested in the material case). He is the soul of Yoga, and it is that is called Yoga. He is the Yoga-contemplation into which Yogins enter. 3 He is the Supreme Soul. Indeed Maheswara, the purity in essence, is capable of being comprehended not by the senses but through only the Soul seizing his existence. He plays on diverse musical

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदा पूज्या नमस्कारै रक्ष्याश्व॒ पितृवन्नूपै:

English

[Bhishma said:] Come, I shall tell you an ancient event, greatly radiant one: the conversation of Nahusha and the great sage Chyavana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोई अन्यथा विचार नहीं करना चाहिए

English

Long ago the great sage Chyavana Bhargava, bull of the Bharatas, of great vows, began a water-dwelling vow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैव तेपि प्रीयन्ते येषां भवति तद्धवि:

English

Having killed pride, anger, joy and grief, the sage, firm in his vow, stayed twelve years living in water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आती है। वे मरनेके बाद नष्ट नहीं होते हैं, उत्तम गतिको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं

English

He placed supreme, good trust in all beings, among creatures living in water, like the cool-rayed moon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येन येनैव हविषा ब्राह्म॒णांस्तर्पयेन्नर:

English

Becoming still and pure, and bowing to the gods, he entered the water between the Ganga and the Yamuna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणादेव तद् भूतं प्रभवन्ति यत: प्रजा:

English

He took on his head the very terrible, terrible-sounding force of the Ganga and Yamuna, swift as the wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेहैष मार्ग स्वर्गस्य तथैव नरकस्य च

English

The Ganga and Yamuna and the rivers following them circled the sage and did not trouble him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणो भरतश्रेष्ठ स्वधर्म चैव वेद यः:

English

The great sage slept in the water, like a log, and then the wise one stood upright, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विज अपने प्रति सदा द्वेष रखनेवालोंपर कुपित हो उठते हैं

English

instruments. He is a vocalist. He has a hundred thousand eyes, he has one mouth, he has two mouths, he has three mouths, and he has many mouths. Devoting thyself to him, setting thy heart upon him, depending upon him, and accepting him as thy one refuse, do thou, O son, adore Mahadeva and then mayst thou obtain the fruition of all thy wishes. Hearing those words of my mother, O slayer of foes, from that day my devotion was directed to Mahadeva, having nothing else for its object. I then applied myself to the practice of the austerest penances for gratifying Sankara. For one thousand years I stood on my left toe. After that I passed one thousand years, subsisting only upon fruits. The next one thousand years I passed, subsisting upon the fallen leaves of trees. The next thousand years I passed, subsisting upon water only. After that I passed seven hundred years, subsisting on air alone. In this way, I adored Mahadeva for a full thousand years of the celestials. After this, the puissant Mahadeva, the Master of all the universe, became gratified with me. Desirous of ascertaining whether I was solely devoted to him and him alone, he appeared before me in the form of Sakra surrounded by all the deities. As the celebrated Sakra, he had a thousand eyes on his person and was armed with the thunderbolt. And he rode on an elephant whose complexion was of the purest white, with eyes red, ears folded, the temporal juice

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणैर्य: पराकृष्ट: पराभूयात् क्षणाद्धि सः

English

Then once, at some time, men who lived by fishing came to that place with nets in hand, greatly radiant one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देते हैं; उसका एक क्षणमें पराभव हो जाता है

English

Many Nishadas there, bent on taking fish, exerting, strong, brave, never turning back from the waters, came to that place, resolved on net-work.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृषलत्वं परिगता ब्राह्मणानामदर्शनात्

English

They set the net with special care, lord of men, having reached the fish water, best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोलिसर्पा माहिषकास्तास्ता: क्षत्रियजातय:

English

Then those fishermen, wishing fish, by many means cast it into the waters of the Ganga and Yamuna with nets.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेयान् पराजयस्तेभ्यो न जयो जयतां वर

English

Their net, well spread and newly made, was of suitable width and length for the water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मवध्या महान् दोष इत्याहु: परमर्षय:

English

Then all of them, scattering a very large, strong, well-twisted net on every side, dragged it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसीताधोमुखलस्तूष्णीं समुत्थाय व्रजेच्च वा

English

Fearless and glad, controlled by one another, they caught fish and other water-creatures there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो ब्राह्मणविरोधेन सुखं जीवितुमुत्सहेत्

English

So by the net, by chance, they dragged along Chyavana, Bhrigu's descendant, surrounded by fish, great king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्द्रमा इनके राजा हैं। ये मनुष्यको सुख और दु:ख देनेमें समर्थ हैं

English

His limbs smeared with river weeds, with green beard and matted hair, covered with clinging shells in his limbs and bellies, as if painted,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जायतां ब्रह्मवर्चस्वी राष्ट्रे वै ब्राह्मण: शुचि:

English

seeing him drawn up by the net, that knower of the Vedas, the fishermen with joined palms fell on the ground with their heads.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणं जातिसम्पन्नं धर्मज्ञ संशितव्रतम्

English

From distress and fear, and from dragging the net, and from being dragged on land, the fish perished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण समस्त प्राणियोंके पिता हैं। इनसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई प्राणी नहीं है

English

Seeing that slaughter of fish, the sage was filled with pity and sighed again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदित्यश्रन्द्रमा वायुरापो भूरम्बरं दिश:

English

[The Nishadas said:] "Show us favour in the sin done through ignorance; tell us what dear thing we may do for you, great sage."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणके शरीरमें प्रवेश करके अन्न भोजन करते हैं

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus addressed, Chyavana, standing amid the fish, said: "Hear with attention the highest wish I have today.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणद्रोही पापात्माका अन्न देवता भी नहीं ग्रहण करते हैं

English

I shall go with the fish, giving up breath or by sale; I cannot leave these who have lived with me in the water."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेषु तु तुष्टेषु प्रीयन्ते पितर: सदा

English

Thus addressed, the Nishadas, trembling with great fear, all with downcast faces, told Nahusha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न ते प्रेत्य विनश्यन्ति गच्छन्ति न पराभवम्

English

trickling down his cheeks, with trunk contracted, terrible to look at, and endued with four tusks. Indeed, riding on such an elephant, the illustrious chief of the deities seemed to blaze forth with his energy. With a beautiful crown on his head and adorned with garlands round his neck and bracelets round his arms, he approached the spot where I was. A white umbrella was held over his head. And he was waited upon by many Apsaras, and many Gandharvas sang his praise. Addressing me, he said,~0 foremost of regenerate persons, I have been gratified with thee. Beg of me whatever boon thou desirest,— Hearing these words of Sakra I did not become glad. Verily, O Krishna, I answered the chief of the celestials in these words. —I do not desire any boon at thy hands, or from the hands of any other deity. O amiable deity, I tell thee truly, that it is Mahadeva only from whom I have boons to ask. True, true it is, O Sakra, true are these words that I say unto thee. No other words are at all agreeable to me save those which relate to Maheswara. At the command of Pashupati, that Lord of all creatures, I am ready to become a worm or a tree with many branches. If not obtained through the grace represented by Mahadeva's boons, the very sovereignty of the three worlds would not be acceptable to me. Let me be born among the very Chandalas but let me still be devoted to the feet of Hara. Without, again, being devoted to that Lord of all creatures, I would not like to have birth in the palace of Indra himself. If a person be wanting in devotion to that Lord of the universe,— that Master of the deities and the Asuras,— his misery will not end even if from want of food he has to subsist upon only air and water, l What is the need of other discourses that are even fraught with other kinds of morality and

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्रैव येडपरे

English

Having done purification as is right, the king, with joined palms and controlled, announced himself to the great-souled Chyavana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृष्टवा द्विजातीन् धाता हि यथापूर्व समादधत्

English

And the king's priest honoured him, truthful of vow, greatly fortunate, god-like, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वराहमृगसत्त्वाश्न॒ जलसत्त्वास्तथापरे

English

[Nahusha said:] "What dear thing shall I do for you? You ought to tell me; I shall do all, blessed one, even if very hard."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्रशम्बरसंवादं तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर

English

[Chyavana said:] "These fishermen, who live by fish, are joined with great toil; give them my price along with the sale of the fish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरूपं रथमास्थाय प्रश्न॑ पप्रच्छ शम्बरम्

English

[Nahusha said:] "Let a thousand be given as the price to the Nishadas, priest, as the descendant of Bhrigu says, for the blessed one's ransom."

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठ त्वां केन मन्यन्ते तद् वै प्रब्रूहि तत्त्वतः

English

[Chyavana said:] "I am not worth a thousand; or what do you think, king? Let a suitable price be given; decide by your own mind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण तुम्हें सर्वश्रेष्ठ मानते हैं? यह ठीक-ठीक बतलाओ

English

[Nahusha said:] "Let a hundred thousand be quickly given to the Nishadas; if this should be the price, or what else do you think, blessed one?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्राणि वदतो विप्रान् सम्मन्यामि यथासुखम्

English

[Chyavana said:] "I am not to be measured by a hundred thousand, best of kings; let a suitable price be given; think with your ministers."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेष्वेव शाम्यन्ति तेजांसि च बलानि च

English

righteousness, unto those persons who do not like to live even a moment without thinking of feet of Mahadeva? When the unrighteous or sinful Kali Yuga comes, one should never pass a moment without devoting his heart upon Mahadeva. One that has drunk the Amrita constituted by the devotion to Hara, one becomes freed from the fear of the world. One that has not obtained the grace of Mahadeva can never succeed to devote oneself to Mahadeva for a single day or for half a day or for a Muhurta or for a Kshana or for a Lava (very small unit of time). At the command of Mahadeva I shall cheerfully become a worm or an insect, but I have no relish for even the sovereignty of the three worlds, if bestowed by thee, O Sakra. At the word of Hara I would become even a dog. In fact, that would accord with my highest wish. If not given by Maheswara, I would not have the sovereignty of the very deities. I do not wish to have this dominion of the Heavens. I do not wish to have the sovereignty of the celestials. I do not wish to have the region of Brahma. Indeed, I do not wish to have that cessation of individual existence which is called Emancipation and which involves a complete identification with Brahma. But I want to become the slave of Hara. As long as that Lord of all creatures, the illustrious Mahesa, with crown on his head and body possessed of the pure white complexion of the lunar disc, does not become gratified with me, so long shall I cheerfully bear all those afflictions, due to a hundred repetitions of decrepitude, death and birth, that befall to the lot of embodied beings. What person in the universe can obtain tranquillity, without gratifying Rudra that is freed from decripitude and death, that is endued with the effulgence of the Sun, the Moon, or the fire, that is the root or original cause of everything real and unreal in the three worlds, and that exists as one and indivisible entity? If in consequence of my faults, rebirths be mine, I shall, in those new births, devote myself solely to Bhava.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

भरद्वाजो वैहतव्यानैलांश्व भरतर्षभ

English

"Indra said, 'What reason canst thou assign for the existence of a Supreme Being or for His being the

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा भरद्वाजने हैहयोंको और इलाके पुत्रोंको पराजित किया था

English

[Nahusha said:] "Let half the kingdom or all be given to the Nishadas; I think this is the price, or what else do you think, twice-born?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रक्षिप्पाथ च कुम्भान् वै पारगामिनमारभेत्

English

[Chyavana said:] "I am not worth half the kingdom or all, king; let a suitable price be given; let it be thought of with sages."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व तद् ब्राह्मणेष्वेव गूढो उग्निरिव दारुषु

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing the great sage's word, Nahusha, tormented with sorrow, thought with his ministers and priest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवाद वासुदेवस्य पृथ्व्याश्न भरतर्षभ

English

There another sage, a forest-dweller living on roots and fruits, born in a cow, was near Nahusha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केनस्वित् कर्मणा पाप॑ व्यपोहति नरो गृही

English

Addressing the king, that best of the twice-born said: "I shall please the brahmana so that he will be pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतो भूतिरत: कीर्तिरितो बुद्धि: प्रजायते

English

I do not speak falsely, even in jest, still less otherwise; what I tell you, you should do without hesitation."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति मां नारद: प्राह सततं सर्वभूतये

English

[Nahusha said:] "Let the blessed one say the price suitable for the great sage Bhrigu; save me and my country and my family from this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देनेवाले महारथी क्षत्रियके उत्पन्न होनेकी कामना करनी चाहिए

English

The angry blessed one could burn even the three worlds entire; how much more me, lacking austerity and relying on strength of arm?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा दुश्चरितं सर्व पराभावाय कल्पते

English

For me sunk in unfathomable water with my ministers and priests, be a raft, great sage, and decide the price."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंका संग प्राप्त होते ही सारा दुष्कर्म नष्ट हो जाता है

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing Nahusha's word, the mighty one born in a cow, gladdening all the ministers and the king, said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वशमें रखनेवाला पवित्र पुरुष ब्राह्मणोंकी आज्ञाके अधीन रहे

English

"Brahmanas, great king, are priceless, the greatest of classes, and cows, lord of the earth; let a cow be set as the price."

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधु साध्विति कौरव्य मेदिनीं प्रत्यपूजयत्

English

Hearing the great sage's word, king, Nahusha, joined with great joy, with his ministers and priest,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सतत पूजयेथास्त्वं तत: श्रेयोडभिपत्स्यसे

English

approached Bhrigu's son Chyavana of sharp vows and spoke this, king, as if satisfying him with his words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंका पूजन करते रहो। इससे तुम कल्याणके भागी होओगे

English

"Rise, rise, brahmana sage; you are bought by a cow, Bhargava; I take this as your price, best of upholders of dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमस्य: सर्वभूतानामतिथि: प्रसृताग्रभुक्

English

[Chyavana said:] "I rise, king of kings; I am rightly bought by you, sinless one; I see no wealth here equal to cows, unfallen one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंका वन्दनीय, अतिथि और प्रथम भोजन पानेका अधिकारी है

English

Naming, hearing, giving and seeing cows, hero, is praised, removing all sin, auspicious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गीर्भिदरिणयुक्ताभिरभिहन्युरपूजिता:

English

Cows are always the root of prosperity; in cows there is no sin; cows are always food, and the highest offering of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिशापयुक्त कठोर वाणीद्वारा नष्ट कर डालें

English

Svaha and vashat are always established in cows; cows are the leaders of sacrifice and its mouth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुप्तो गोपायते ब्रह्मा श्रेयो वस्तेन शोभनम्

English

They flow and bear nectar, imperishable, divine; they are the abode of nectar, saluted by all worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमाणं सर्वभूतानां प्रग्रहाश्ष भविष्यथ

English

By splendour and by form cows are like fire on earth; cows are great splendour and give happiness to beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा स्वाध्यायका अत्यधिक माहात्म्य उपलब्ध होता है

English

The place where a herd of cows is settled and breathes fearless, it makes that place shine and removes sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्रभोज्या: प्रसूतीनां श्रिया ब्राह्म॒यानुकल्पिता:

English

Cows are the ladder to heaven; cows are worshipped even in heaven; cows are wish-granting goddesses; nothing else is remembered as higher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहले भोजन पानेके अधिकारी होते हैं

English

Thus I have told the greatness of cows, best of kings; a single aspect of their qualities has been told, but a full recital cannot be."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दमस्वाध्यायनिरता: सर्वान् कामानवाप्स्यथ

English

[The Nishadas said:] "Sight and talk, sage, have been done with us; the good have seven steps for friendship; show us favour, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्राणामनुकम्पार्थ तेन प्रोक्ते हि धीमता

English

As fire enjoys all offerings, so you, righteous-souled one, are the person-fire of great power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिमान धाताने ब्राह्मणोंपर कृपा करनेके लिये ही ऐसा कहा है

English

We propitiate you, learned one; we bow to you; for our sake let this cow be accepted."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुरासदाश्न चण्डाश्व रभसा: क्षिप्रकारिण:

English

[Chyavana said:] "What is the eye of a wretch and of a poisonous sage burns a man to the root, like blazing fire a dry grove.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेगशाली और शीघ्रकारी होते हैं

English

I accept the cow from you, fishermen; your sins are freed; go quickly to heaven with the fish taken in the net."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्ति वाराह और मृगके समान होती है। कितने ही जल-जन्तुओंके समान होते हैं

English

[Bhishma said:] Then by the grace of that great sage of purified self, the Nishadas went to heaven with the fish at his word.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विभाष्यघातिन: केचित् तथा चक्षुर्हणो5परे

English

Then King Nahusha, astonished and steady, saw the fish and the Nishadas ascending to heaven, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विविधानीह वृत्तानि ब्राह्मणानां युधिष्ठिर

English

Then the one born in a cow and Chyavana, descendant of Bhrigu, offered the king fitting boons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृषलत्वमनुप्राप्ता ब्राह्मणानाममर्षणात्

English

Then the mighty king Nahusha, lord of the earth, pleased, said "Enough," best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवता स्वर्गलोकमें निवास करते हैं

English

Then the king, like Indra, took steadiness in dharma; urged "So be it," pleased, he honoured the two sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणा हि महात्मानो देवानामपि देवता:

English

His vow complete, Chyavana then went to his own hermitage, and the greatly radiant one born in a cow went to his own hermitage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदीच्छसि महीं भोक्तुमिमां सागरमेखलाम्

English

The Nishadas and the fish went to heaven, lord of men, and Nahusha, having gained a boon, entered his own city.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवाके द्वारा सदा ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा करते रहो

English

This has been told to you, dear one, which you asked me: what affection in sight, and what in living together, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिग्रहं ये नेच्छेयुस्ते भ्यो रक्ष्यं त्वया नृप

English

The greatness of cows and the determination of dharma: what more shall be told, hero? What do you wish to say in your heart?