Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

जमदन्निर्महातेजा: कि कार्य प्रत्यपद्यत जमदग्नि: शमं नैव जगाम कुरुनन्दन

English

"Vaisampayana said, 'After Vasudeva had ceased to speak, the great Yogin, viz. the Island-born Krishna, addressed Yudhisthira, saying,— O son, do thou recite this hymn consisting of the thousand and eight names of Mahadeva, and let Maheswara be gratified with thee. In former days, O son, I was engaged in the practice of severe austerities on the breast of the mountains of Mem from desire of obtaining a son. It is this very hymn that was recited by me. As the reward of this, I obtained the fruition of all my wishes, O son of Pandu. Thou wilt also, by reciting this same hymn, obtain from Sarva the fruition of all thy wishes. —After this, Kapila, the Rishi who promulgated the doctrines that go by the name of Sankhya, and who is honoured by the gods themselves, said,— I adore Bhava with great devotion for many lives together. The illustrious Deity at last became gratified with me and gave me knowledge that is capable of aiding the acquirer in getting over rebirth.— After this, the Rishi named Charusirsha, that dear friend of Sakra and known otherwise under the name of Alamvana's son and who is filled with compassion, said,— I, in former days, repaired to the mountains of Gokarna and sat myself to practise severe penances for a hundred years. As the reward of those penances, I obtained from Sarva, O son of king Pandu, a hundred sons, all of whom were born without the intervention of woman, of well- restrained soul, conversant with righteousness, possessed of great splendour, free from disease and sorrow, and endued with lives extending over a

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिगृह्लीष्व पद्भ्यां च त्राणार्थ चर्मपादुके

English

[Bhishma] While those two were speaking thus, all the rites of that great soul, divine and human, continued.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमवश्यं धरे कार्य कि वा कृत्वा कृतं भवेत् गृहस्थको सफलता मिलती है?

English

So too the lamp gifts, all the equipment, the food-offerings and every other kind of offering and observance of that great lord of the gods were all performed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचार्यस्थ पितुश्चैव सख्युपराप्तस्य चातिथे:

English

In the world of gods and the world of men, good conduct is praised by the wise. If these exist, O king, householders prosper, by gifts of incense, by lamps and by salutations.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते यद् वदेयुस्तत् कुर्यादिति धर्मों विधीयते राजर्त्विजं स्नातकं च गुरु श्वशुरमेव च

English

As the first portion of cooked food is given to a brahmin, and offerings are made at the house's corner, the gods are thereby pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैश्वदेवं हि नामैतत् सायंप्रातर्विधीयते

English

As the householder's satisfaction arises from the food-offering, so the gods' pleasure becomes a hundredfold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स इहर्षिवरान् प्राप्य प्रेत्य लोके महीयते तथा चकार सतत त्वमप्येवं सदाचर

English

So the good praise the gift of incense and the gift of lamps, joined with salutations, as bringing virtue to oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुष्ठान करते रहो

English

The rite a wise man performs with bathing and water, joined with salutation, pleases the gods; and all household deities, honoured by rule, are pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इहलोके यश: प्राप्य प्रेत्य स्वर्गमवाप्स्पसि कथमेतत् समुत्पन्नं फलं वा तद् ब्रवीहि मे

English

Holding this view, King Nahusha, having gained great lordship over the gods, did this wondrous thing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजस्वी जमदग्नि मुनिका क्रोध शान्त नहीं हुआ

English

hundred thousand years— Then the illustrious Valmiki, addressing Yudhishthira, said,— Once upon a time, in course of a dialectical disputation, certain ascetics that were possessors of the homa fire denounced me as one guilty of Brahmanicide. As soon as they had denounced me as such, the sin of Brahmanicide, O Bharata, possessed me. I then, for cleansing myself, sought the protection of the sinless Isana who is irresistible in energy. I become cleansed of all my sins. That dispeller of all sorrows, viz., the destroyer of the triple city of the Asuras, said unto me,— Thy fame shall be great in the world— Then Jamadagni's son, that foremost of all righteous persons, shining like the Sun with blazing splendour in the midst of that conclave of Rishis, said unto the son of Kunti these words;— I was afflicted with the sin, O eldest son of Pandu, of Brahmanicide for having slain my brothers who were all learned Brahmanas. For purifying myself, I sought the protection, O king, of Mahadeva. I hymned the praises of the great Deity by reciting his names. At this, Bhava became gratified with me and gave me a battle-axe and many other celestial weapons. And he said unto me,— Thou shalt be freed from sin and thou shalt be invincible in battle; Death himself shall not succeed in overcoming thee for thou shalt be freed from disease.— Even thus did the illustrious and crested Deity of auspicious form said unto me. Through the grace of that Deity of supreme intelligence I obtained all that He had said. Then Viswamitra said,— I was formerly a Kshatriya. I paid my adorations to Bhava with the desire of becoming a Brahmana Through the grace of that great Deity I succeeded in obtaining the high status of a Brahmana that is so difficult to obtain.— Then the Rishi Asita-Devala, addressing the royal son of Pandu, said,— In former days, O son of

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृताञ्जलि्प्ररूपी प्रणम्यैनं विशाम्पते कथं चल भेत्स्यसि त्वं सदा यान्तं दिवाकरम्

English

Then that lord of the gods fell away from the food-offering and did not duly perform the rule of incense, lamps and water. Then rakshasas disturbed the field of his sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हुए सूर्यरूपी चंचल लक्ष्यका आप किस प्रकार भेदन करेंगे?”

English

Then he summoned the best of sages, Agastya, to carry him, and Agastya, mighty, came swiftly from the banks of the Sarasvati, almost smiling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवश्यं विनयाधान कार्यमद्य मया तव तत्र भेत्स्यामि सूर्य त्वां न मे5त्रास्ति विचारणा

English

Then the greatly radiant Bhrigu said to Mitra-Varuna's son: "Close your eyes, until I enter your matted hair."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपकारिणं मां विद्धि भगवन् शरणागतम्

English

As he stood like a post, the unfailing and greatly radiant Bhrigu entered his matted locks, to bring about the king's fall.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवन्! यद्यपि मैं आपका अपराधी हूँ तो भी आप मुझे अपना शरणागत समझिये न भी: सूर्य त्वया कार्या प्रणिषपातगतो हासि

English

Then the lord of the gods came to that sage to be carried, and Agastya spoke to the lord of the gods, O lord of the people.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सौम्यतां चैव सोमस्य गाम्भीर्य वरुणस्य च

English

"Yoke me quickly, Indra; to what place shall I carry you? Wherever you say, there I shall take you, lord of the gods."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतान्यतिक्रमेद् यो वै स हन्याच्छशणागतम् सुरापानं स कुर्याच्च यो हन्याच्छशणागतम्

English

So addressed, Nahusha yoked that sage; and Bhrigu, in his matted hair, was greatly delighted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा सुखगम: पन्था भवेत् त्वद्रश्मिभावित:

English

And Bhrigu, knowing the power of the boon, did not then show himself to the great-souled Nahusha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ सूर्योडददत् तस्मै छत्रोपानहमाशु वै भगवान् सूर्यने उन्हें शीघ्र ही छत्र और उपानह दोनों वस्तुएँ प्रदान कीं

English

Agastya did not grow angry, though yoked by Nahusha; but the king urged him with a goad, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किये गये हैं। आप इन्हें ग्रहण कीजिये पुण्यकेषु च सर्वेषु परमक्षय्यमेव च

English

That righteous one did not grow angry; but the lord of the gods, enraged, then struck Agastya on the head with his left foot.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इनका दान उत्तम एवं अक्षय फल देनेवाला होगा

English

When the head was struck, Bhrigu, within the matted hair, in great anger cursed Nahusha of sinful mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यमेतदभिख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत पवित्र बताया गया है

English

[Bhrigu] "Because in anger you have struck this great sage on the head with your foot, fall quickly to the earth, evil-minded one, having become a serpent."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मस्तेषु महान् भावी न मेत्रास्ति विचारणा

English

So addressed by the unseen Bhrigu, he fell to earth as a serpent, O best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभ्रं शतशलाकं वै स प्रेत्य सुखमेधते अप्सरोभिश्ष सतत देवैश्ष भरतर्षभ

English

If Nahusha, O lord of the earth, had seen Bhrigu, he would not by his brilliance have been able to be felled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रलोकमें निवास करता है

English

By those various gifts, austerities and observances, even fallen, O great king, he kept his memory on earth; and he appeased Bhrigu, praying that the curse might end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोलोके स मुदा युक्तो वसति प्रेत्य भारत छत्रोपानहदानस्य फलं भरतसत्तम

English

Then Agastya, moved by compassion, appeased Bhrigu for the end of the curse, O great king, and Bhrigu graciously granted it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋद्धिमाप्रोति कि कृत्वा मनुष्य इह पार्थिव

English

[Bhrigu] "A king named Yudhishthira will be born, the upholder of the Kurus; he will free you from the curse." Having said this, he vanished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप एक प्राचीन वृत्तान्त बता रहा हूँ पप्रच्छ भरतश्रेष्ठ मां त्वं यत् पृच्छसे5द्य वै

English

Agastya too, greatly radiant, having done Shatakratu's task, went to his own hermitage, honoured by the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थी, जो आज तुम मुझसे पूछते हो

English

And you, O king, have raised Nahusha from that curse; he went to Brahma's abode as you watched, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इज्याश्वैवार्चनीयाश्व॒ यथा चैव निबोध मे

English

Then, having felled Nahusha to the ground, Bhrigu went to Brahma's abode and reported it to Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छनन्‍्दतश्न यथा नित्यमर्हान् भुञज्जीत नित्यश: नित्यमग्निं परिचरेदभुक्त्वा बलिकर्म च

English

Then the Grandsire, having summoned Shakra, said to the gods: "By my boon, gods, Nahusha obtained the kingship; enraged Agastya has cast him down to earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुर्यादहरह: श्राद्धमन्नाद्यंनोदकेन च

English

The gods can never carry on without a king; therefore let Shakra be consecrated again to the kingship of the gods."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धान्नाद् वैश्वदेवं वै कुर्यादगनौ यथाविधि प्रजानां पतये चैव पृथग्घोमो विधीयते

English

As the Grandsire spoke so, O Partha, the gods, delighted, answered him, "So be it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षिणायां यमायेति प्रतीच्यां वरुणाय च

English

Consecrated by the blessed Brahma to the lordship of the gods, Vasava shone as before, O tiger among kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धन्वन्तरे: प्रागुदीच्यां प्राच्यां शक्राय माधव मरुदभ्यो हैवतेभ्यश्व बलिमन्तर्गहे हरेत्

English

So did this happen of old through Nahusha's transgression; and Nahusha was again perfected by those same deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंको घरके भीतर बलि समर्पित करनी चाहिए

English

Therefore lamps should be given by householders at dusk. The giver of lamps gains divine sight after death, and lamp-givers become radiant as the full moon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निशाचरेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो बलिं नक्तं तथा हरेत् अलाभे ब्राह्मणस्याग्नावग्रमुद्धृत्य निक्षिपेत्

English

For as many years as there are winks of the eye while a lamp burns, so many years the lamp-giver becomes handsome and wealthy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है? इसकी उत्पत्ति कैसे हुई? अथवा इसका फल कया है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

Kunti, through the curse of Sakra, all my merit due to the acts of righteousness I had performed, was destroyed. The puissant Mahadeva it was who kindly gave me back that merit together with great fame and a long life. —The illustrious Rishi Gritsamada, the dear friend of Sakra, who resembled the celestial preceptor Vrihaspati himself in splendour, addressing Yudhishthira of Ajamidha's race said,— The inconceivable Sakra had, in days of yore, performed a sacrifice extending over a thousand years. While that sacrifice was going on, I was engaged by Sakra in reciting the Samans. Varishtha, the son of that Manu who sprung from the eyes of Brahma, came to that sacrifice and addressing me, said.— O foremost of regenerate persons, the Rathantara is not being recited properly by thee. O best of Brahmanas, cease to earn demerit by reading so faultily, and with the aid of thy understanding do thou read the Samans correctly. O thou of wicked understanding, why dost thou perpetrate such sin that is destructive of sacrifice.— Having said these words, the Rishi Varishtha, who was very wrathful, gave way to that passion and addressing me once more, said,— Be thou an animal divested of intelligence, subject to grief, ever filled with fear, and a denizen of trackless forests destitute of both wind and water and abandoned by other animals. Do thou thus pass ten thousand years

हिन्दी अर्थ

निषसादासने पश्चाद् विधिवद् भूरिदक्षिण: सुमनोधूपदीपानां सम्प्रदाने फलं प्रति

English

[Bhishma] On this too they cite an ancient tale: the dialogue between a chandala and a degraded kshatriya, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसुराणि च माल्यानि हैवतेभ्यो हितानि च

English

[Kshatriya] You are aged, chandala, yet you behave like a child. You live in the dust of dogs and donkeys; why do you shrink from the dust of cows?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्याणां पितृणां च कान्तायास्त्वनुपूर्वश: अकण्टका: कण्टकिनो गन्धरूपरसान्विता:

English

The act you do is censured by the good, and is a chandala's; why do you sprinkle in a pool of water what is spoiled by cow dust?

हिन्दी अर्थ

इष्टगन्धानि देवानां पुष्पाणीति विभावय

English

[Chandala] O king, long ago the dust of a brahmin's cows being driven along spoiled the soma, and the twice-born who drank that soma were harmed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंको प्रिय होते हैं। इस बातको ध्यानमें रखो तेषां पुष्पाणि देवानामिष्टानि सततं प्रभो

English

And that king, though consecrated, swiftly entered hell with all those priests, having lived on a brahmin's property.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गन्धर्वनागयक्षेभ्यस्तानि दद्याद् विचक्षण:

English

Those too who there drank the milk, ghee and curds, brahmins together with kshatriyas, all entered hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेतोंके काम आते हैं। अतः उनको वैसे ही फूल भेंट करने चाहिए चारुरूपा: सुमनसो मानुषाणां स्मृता विभो

English

Those cows, with their milk, killed sons and grandsons, and a couple, shaking, looking on at the cattle, lived righteously.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संनयेत् पुष्टियुक्तेषु विवाहेषु रह:सु च

English

I lived there then, O king, a celibate student, master of my senses; my alms were spoiled by their dust, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनो: प्रजापतेर्वादं सुवर्णस्य च भारत इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

English

with ten and eight hundred years in addition. That forest in which thou shalt have to pass this period will be destitute of all holy trees and will, besides, be the haunt of Rums and lions. Verily, thou shalt have to become a cruel deer plunged in excess of grief.— As soon as he had said these words, O son of Pritha, I immediately became transformed into a deer. I then sought the protection of Maheswara. The great Deity said unto me,— Thou shalt be freed from disease of every kind, and besides immortality shall be thine. Grief shall never afflict thee. Thy friendship with Indra shall remain unchanged, and let the sacrifices of both Indra and thyself Increase. The illustrious and puissant Mahadeva favours all creatures in this way. He is always the great dispenser and ordainer in the matter of the happiness and sorrow of all living creatures. That illustrious Deity is incapable of being comprehended in thought, word, or deed. O son, O thou that are the best of warriors (through the grace of Mahadeva), there is none that is equal to me in learning.— After this, Vasudeva, that foremost of all intelligent men, once more said,— Mahadeva of golden eyes was gratified by me with my penances. Gratified with me, O Yudhishthira, the illustrious Deity said unto me,— Thou shalt, O Krishna, through my grace, become dearer to all persons than wealth which is coveted by all. Thou shalt be invincible in battle. Thy energy shall be equal to that of Fire. Thousands of other boons Mahadeva gave unto me on that occasion. In a former incarnation I adored Mahadeva on the Manimantha mountain for millions of years. Gratified with me, the illustrious Deity said unto me these words:— Blessed be thou, do thou solicit boons as thou wishest. Bowing unto him with a bend of my head, I said these words,— If the puissant Mahadeva has been gratified with me, then let my devotion to him be unchanged, O Isana! Even this is the boon that I solicit.— The great God said unto me,— Be it so— and disappeared there and then.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्णतो हेमवर्ण: स सुवर्ण इति पप्रथे

English

" Jaigishavya said, 'O Yudhishthira, formerly in the city of Varanasi, the puissant Mahadeva searching me out, conferred upon me the eight attributes of sovereignty.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्णके समान थी। इसीलिये वे सुवर्णनामसे विख्यात हुए थे बहून् सुवंशप्रभवान् समतीत: स्वकैर्गुणै:

English

"Garga said,— 'O son of Pandu, gratified with me in consequence of mental sacrifice which I had performed, the great God bestowed upon me, on the banks of the sacred stream Saras wati, that

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशलप्रश्नमन्योन्यं तौ चोभौ तत्र चक्रतु:

English

Those who buy it, O king, and those who sell it, go to Raurava after reaching Vaivasvata, every one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फिर तो वे दोनों एक-दूसरेसे कुशल-समाचार पूछने लगे रमणीये शिलापृष्ठे सहितौ संन्यषीदताम्

English

One who knowingly sells soma spoiled by dust, a learned brahmin turned usurer, perishes in a long night; having reached hell for thirty years, he lives on dog's dung.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिलापृष्ठपर एक साथ बैठ गये

English

Dog-like conduct, arrogance, and treachery toward a friend's wives: weighed in the scale, arrogance outweighs even dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रद्मर्षिदेवहैत्यानां पुराणानां महात्मनाम् हितार्थ सर्वभूतानां प्रश्न॑ मे वक्तुमहसि

English

Look at me, a sinful dog, discoloured, fawn-coloured and lean, brought to this state through arrogance toward beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमेतत् कथमुत्पन्नं फलं योगं च शंस मे

English

I was born in a wealthy family of great means, and in another birth, O lord, I had mastered knowledge and wisdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुक्रस्य च बलेश्ैव संवादं वै महात्मनो: समीपमाजगामाशु शुक्रो भगुकुलोद्वह:

English

Knowing these faults, yet through pride and fury, I then ate the backs of living beings, their flesh.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुगुकुलभूषण शुक्र शीघ्रतापूर्वक उनके पास आये

English

By that conduct and that food I have reached this state; see the turning of time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः पप्रच्छ हैत्येन्द्र: कवीन्द्रं प्रश्रमुत्तमम्

English

Look at me, covered in dust, running furiously, like a cloth-end set on fire, tormented as if by bees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रदानस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति क्या फल है? यह बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

Householders cross over great sin by study of the Veda, and by gifts of many kinds, as the wise say.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बीचमें लता और ओषधियोंका प्रादुर्भाव हुआ है

English

So, O lord of the earth, the Vedic hymns carry across a brahmin who has done wrong, if he stands in an ashrama and is freed from all attachment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतं च विषं चैव ये चान्ये तृतजातय: मनो ग्लपयते तीव्र विष॑ गन्धेन सर्वश:

English

But I was born in a sinful womb, best of kshatriyas; I find no certainty how I may be freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और विष वह है जो अपनी गन्धसे चित्तमें सर्वथा तीव्र ग्लानि पैदा करता है

English

By some good deed of a former life I have memory of past births, and by it I wish to attain liberation, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं, वे सबन-की-सब अमृत मानी गयी हैं और विष अग्निजनित तेज है तस्मात् सुमनस: प्रोक्ता नरै: सुकृतकर्मभि:

English

To me who have come to you, tell me, as I ask: how can I be freed from being a chandala, best of men?

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसलिये पुण्यात्मा मनुष्योंने उसे सुमन कहा है

English

[Kshatriya] Chandala, make a vow by which you will gain liberation: giving up your life for a brahmin, you will attain the goal you wish.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य तुष्यन्ति वै देवास्तुष्टा: पुष्टि ददत्यपि मंगलार्थ स तेनास्य प्रीतो भवति हैत्यप

English

Giving your body to flesh-eaters in battle for a brahmin's sake, offering your life in the fire of war, you will be freed; you can be freed no other way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दातापर बहुत प्रसन्न होता और उसके मंगलके लिये सचेष्ट रहता है

English

[Bhishma] So addressed, O king, he offered his life at the front of battle for a brahmin's property, O scourge of foes, and attained the goal he desired.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओषघध्यो बहुवीर्या हि बहुरूपास्तथैव च उन सबको जानना चाहिए

English

Therefore, my son, you must guard a brahmin's property, O best of the Bharatas, if you wish for the eternal, highest goal, mighty-armed one.