Ashvamedha Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

न स्पर्शानधिगच्छन्ति त्वक् च तानधिगच्छति

English

"Janamejaya said, "When the high-souled Kesava and Arjuna after slaying their enemies repaired to the assembly rooms, what conversation, O regenerate one, took place between them?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयोंका अनुभव कर सकते तो हम आपकी इस बातको सच मान लेतीं

English

There was a king named Kartavirya Arjuna with a thousand arms, by whom the earth to the sea was conquered with the bow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वचा च शब्दमादत्स्व बुद्धया स्पर्शभथापि च

English

Once, wandering at the sea's edge, proud of his strength, he covered the sea with hundreds of arrows, so we have heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोगानपूर्वानादत्स्व नोच्छिष्टं भोक्तुमहति

English

The ocean, saluting him with folded hands, said: "Do not loose arrows, hero; tell me what I may do for you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः श्रुतमुपादाय श्रुत्यर्थमुपतिछति

English

Creatures dependent on me are being killed by the great arrows you loose, tiger among kings; give them safety, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनागतानतीतांक्ष स्वप्ने जागरणे तथा

English

[Arjuna] "If anyone bearing a bow is equal to me in battle, tell me of him who could stand against me in fight."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मदर्थ कृते कार्य दृश्यते प्राणधारणम्

English

[Ocean] "If you have heard of the great sage Jamadagni, his son is fit to give you proper hospitality."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारण देखा जाता है

English

Then the king set off, filled with great anger; coming to that hermitage he fell upon Rama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुभुक्षया पीड्यमानो विषयानेव धावति

English

He and his kinsmen did hostile things to Rama and caused trouble to the great soul Rama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंतु त्वचाको उसका ज्ञान होता है

English

Vaisampayana said, "The son of Pritha (Arjuna), having recovered his own kingdom, joyously spent his time, without doing anything else, in the company of Krishna, his heart filled with delight, in that palace of celestial beauty. One day, those two listlessly proceeded to a particular part of the palace that looked, O king, like a veritable portion of Heaven. Themselves filled with delight, they were then surrounded by their relatives and attendents. Pandu's son, Arjuna, filled with joy in the company of Krishna, surveyed that delightful mansion, and then addressed his companion, saying, 'O— mighty-armed one, thy greatness became known to me upon the approach of the battle. O son of Devaki, thy form also, as the Lord of the universe, then became known to me ! What thy holy self said unto me at that time, O Kesava, through affection, has all been forgotten by me, O chief of men, in consequence of the fickleness of my mind. Repeatedly, however, have I been curious on the subject of those truths. Thou again, O Madhava, wilt repair to Dwaraka soon.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

न शब्दानधिगच्छन्ति श्रोत्रं तानधिगच्छति

English

Vaisampayana continued, 'Thus addressed by him, Krishna of mighty

हिन्दी अर्थ

संशयं नाधिगच्छन्ति मनस्तमधिगच्छति

English

energy, that foremost of speakers, embraced Phalguna and replied unto him as follows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सकते। यह काम मनका है

English

'Vasudeva said, 'I made thee listen to truths that are regarded as mysteries. I imparted to thee truths that are eternal. Verily, I discoursed to thee on Religion in its true form and on all the eternal regions. It is exceedingly disagreeable to me to learn that thou didst not, from folly, receive what I imparted. The recollection of all that I told thee on that occasion will not come to me now. Without doubt, O son of Pandu, thou art destitute of faith and thy understanding is not good. It is impossible for me, O Dhananjaya, to repeat, in detail, all that I said on that occasion. That religion (about which I discoursed to thee then) is more than sufficient for understanding Brahma. I cannot discourse on it again in detail. I discoursed to thee on Supreme Brahma, having concentrated myself in Yoga. I shalt now, however, recite to thee an old history upon the same topic. O foremost of all persons, observant of duty, listen to everything I now say, so that, with an understanding adapted to my teaching, thou mayst succeed in attaining to the highest end. O chastiser of foes, on one occasion, a Brahmana came to us from the regions of Heaven. Of irresistible energy, he came from the regions of the Grandsire. He was duly reverenced by us. Listen. O son of Pritha, without yielding to scruples of any kind, to what he, O chief of

हिन्दी अर्थ

न निष्ठामधिगच्छन्ति बुद्धिस्तामधिगच्छति

English

Then some kshatriyas, having killed Jamadagni, entered mountain fastnesses, like deer harried by lions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियाणां च संवादं मनसश्लैव भामिनि

English

Out of fear of them, they did not perform their own appointed duties; the people, not seeing brahmins, fell to the state of low-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रूप॑ चक्षुर्न गृह्नाति त्वक् स्पर्श नावबुध्यते

English

These Dravidas, Kashas, Pundras and Shabaras fell into low-born state by rising up from kshatriya dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवरं सर्वभूतानामहमस्मि सनातनम्

English

Then, when the kshatriya women's heroes were slain again and again, kshatriyas were born through brahmins, and Jamadagni's son cut them down.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियाणि न भासन्ते मया हीनानि नित्यश:

English

At the end of twenty-one such slaughters a divine bodiless voice, sweet and heard by all the worlds, spoke to Rama:

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणार्थान् नाधिगच्छन्ति मामृते सर्वजन्तव:

English

"Rama, Rama, turn back. What merit do you see, dear one, in parting these kshatriya wretches from life again and again?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोगान् भुड्क्ते भवान् सत्यं यथैतन्मन्यते तथा

English

So too Richika and the other forefathers said to that great soul, "Fortunate one, turn back."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदि संकल्पमात्रेण भुदड्ुक्ते भोगान् यथार्थवत्

English

But Rama, not forgiving his father's slaying, said to those sages, "You should not hold me back here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणेन रूपमादत्स्व रसमादत्स्व चक्षुषा

English

[Ancestors] "You should not kill the kshatriyas, best of conquerors; it is not fitting for you, a brahmin and good man, to kill kings."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दारुक्षयेडग्निज्वलितो यथैव

English

Bharata's race, said, in answer to our enquiries, agreeably to heavenly forms.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाद फिर चलने लगा। तब समान और उदानवायु उससे पुनः बोले--

English

There was a royal sage named Alarka, of great austerity, knower of dharma, true to his word, a great soul of great vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो हाहं पश्यत मां प्रलीनम्

English

Having conquered this earth to the sea with the bow and done a very hard deed, he set his mind on the subtle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका क्या कारण है? यह सुनो

English

As he stood at the root of a tree, this thought came to him, after giving up a very great kingdom, toward the subtle, O wise one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो हाहं पश्यत मां प्रलीनम्

English

[Alarka] "Strength has arisen in my mind; conquering the mind is certain victory. I shall shoot arrows elsewhere, when surrounded by enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे श्रेष्ठा न वा श्रेष्ठा: सर्वे चान्योन्य धर्मिण:

English

Because this mind wishes to do all this out of the restlessness of the body, I shall loose very sharp-pointed arrows at the mind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं है। तुम सबका धारणरूप धर्म एक-दूसरेपर अवलम्बित है

English

[Mind] "These arrows will not pierce me at all, Alarka; they will pierce your own vital spots, and with your vital spots pierced you will die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति तानब्रवीत् सर्वान् समवेतान् प्रजापति:

English

Look to other arrows with which you will kill me." Hearing it, he reflected and then said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार वहाँ एकत्र हुए सब प्राणोंसे प्रजापतिने फिर कहा--

English

[Alarka] "Having smelled many scents, it hankers after those very ones; therefore I shall loose sharp arrows at the nose."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुभगे पञ्चहोतृणां विधानमिह यादृशम्

English

The Brahmana said, That which thou askest me, O Krishna, connected with the religion of Moksha (Emancipation), led by thy compassion for all creatures (and not for thy own good),— that, indeed, which destroys all delusion, O thou that art possessed of supreme puissance 1 1 shall now tell thee duly, O slayer of Madhu. Do thou listen with concentrated attention as I discourse to thee, O Madhava. A Brahmana of the name of Kasyapa, possessed of penances and the foremost of all persons conversant with, duties, came to a certain other Brahmana who had become conversant with all the mysteries of religion. 2 Indeed, the latter had mastered all the knowledge which the scriptures teach respecting the departure and reappearance of beings and possessed that direct knowledge of all things which Yoga gives. He was well skilled in the truths of all topics relating to the world. He had mastered the truth about pleasure and pain. He knew the truth about birth and death, and understood the distinctions between merit and demerit. He was a beholder of the ends attained to by embodied creatures high and low in consequence of their acts. He lived like one emancipated from the world. Crowned with ascetic success and possessed of perfect tranquillity of soul, he had all his senses under complete control. He seemed to blaze with the resplendence of Brahma and was capable of going everywhere at will. He knew the science of disappearing at will from before the eyes of all. He used to rove in the company of invisible Siddhas and celestial musicians. He used to sit and converse with them on some

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक प्राचीन दृष्टान्त बतलाया जाता है

English

spot retired from the bustle of humanity. He was as unattached to all things as the wind. Kasyapa having heard of him truly, desired to see him. Possessed of intelligence, that foremost of all Brahmanas, approached the sage. Himself possessed of penances, Kasyapa, moved by the desire of acquiring merit, fell, with a rapt heart, at the feet of the sage when he had seen all those wonderful attributes. Filled with wonder at the sight of those extraordinary accomplishments, Kasyapa began to wait upon that foremost of all Brahmanas, with the dutiful reverence of a disciple waiting upon his preceptor and succeeded in propitiating him. By his devotion, O scorcher of foes, rendering to hint the obedience due from a disciple to a preceptor, Kasyapa gratified that Brahmana who possessed all these accomplishments and was endued, besides, with scriptural learning and excellent conduct. Gratified with Kasyapa, that Brahmana one day addressed him cheerfully and spoke as follows, with an eye to the highest success. Listen to those words, O Janarddana, as I repeat them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चहोतुस्तथैतान् वै परं भावं विदुर्बुधा:

English

"--The ascetic crowned with success said,'— By diverse acts, O son, as also by the aid of merit, mortal creatures attain to diverse ends here and residence in Heaven. Nowhere is the highest happiness; nowhere can residence be eternal. There are repeated falls from the highest regions acquired with such sorrow. In consequence of my indulgence in sin, I had to attain to diverse miserable and inauspicious ends, filled as I was with lust and wrath, and deluded by cupidity. I have repeatedly undergone death and rebirth. I have eaten diverse kinds of food, I have sucked at diverse breasts. I have seen diverse kinds of mothers, and diverse fathers dissimilar to one another. Diverse kinds of happiness have been mine and diverse kinds of misery, O sinless one. On diverse occasions have I been separated from what was agreeable and united with what was disagreeable. Having earned wealth with great toil I have had to put up with its loss. Insults and excessive misery I have received from king and relatives. Mental and

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा वै पञ्चहोतार: परो भावस्तदुच्यताम्

English

[Nose] "These arrows will not pierce me at all, Alarka; they will pierce your own vital spots, and with your vital spots pierced you will die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपाने सम्भूतो वायुस्ततो व्यान: प्रवर्तते

English

Look to other arrows with which you will kill me." Hearing it, he reflected and then said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदाने सम्भूतो वायु: समानो नाम जायते

English

[Alarka] "Having created varied touches, it hankers after those very ones; therefore I shall tear the skin with varied heron-feathered arrows."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो नः श्रेष्ठस्तमाचक्ष्व स न: श्रेष्ठो भविष्यति

English

[Skin] "These arrows will not pierce me at all, Alarka; they will pierce your own vital spots, and with your vital spots pierced you will die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वै श्रेष्ठो गच्छत यत्र काम:

English

Look to other arrows with which you will kill me." Hearing it, he reflected and then said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो हाहं पश्यत मां प्रलीनम्

English

[Alarka] "Having heard varied sounds, it hankers after those very ones; therefore I shall loose sharp arrows at the ear."

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानकश्षाप्युदानश्व वचोडब्रूतां पुन: शुभे

English

[Ear] "These arrows will not pierce me at all, Alarka; they will pierce your own vital spots, and then you will lose your life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रचचार पुन: प्राणस्तमपानो5भ्यभाषत

English

Look to other arrows with which you will kill me." Hearing it, he reflected and then said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो हाहं पश्यत मां प्रलीनम्

English

[Alarka] "Having seen varied states, it hankers after those very ones; therefore I shall loose sharp arrows at the eye."

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखो, अब मैं लीन हो रहा हूँ (फिर तुम्हारा भी लय हो जायगा)

English

[Eye] "These arrows will not pierce me at all, Alarka; they will pierce your own vital spots, and with your vital spots pierced you will die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो5हमस्मि सर्वेषां श्रूयतां येन हेतुना

English

Look to other arrows with which you will kill me." Hearing it, he reflected and then said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबसे श्रेष्ठ हूँ। मेरी श्रेष्ठताका कारण क्या है। वह सुनो

English

[Alarka] "This many-formed resolve is decided by wisdom; therefore I shall loose sharp arrows at the intellect."

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो हाहं पश्यत मां प्रलीनम्

English

[Eye] "These arrows will not pierce me at all, Alarka; they will pierce your own vital spots, and with your vital spots pierced you will die."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैं लीन हो रहा हूँ (फिर तुम्हारा भी लय हो जायगा)'

English

[Ancestors] Then Alarka, taking up terrible, very hard austerity, did not find, with all his power, another arrow for these seven; with a concentrated mind the lord then reflected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न त्वं श्रेष्ठोडसि नो व्यान समानस्तु वशे तव

English

Having reflected a long time, O best of brahmins, Alarka, best of the wise, found no higher good than yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो5हमस्मि सर्वेषां श्रूयतां येन हेतुना

English

Making his mind one-pointed and standing steady in yoga, the mighty one quickly struck down the senses with a single arrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबमें श्रेष्ठ हूँ, वह बताता हूँ सुनो

English

Entering the Self by yoga, he went to supreme perfection; and the amazed royal sage sang this verse: "Ah, what pain, that we earlier practised kingship! Afterward I learned that there is no happiness higher than yoga."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैं लीन हो रहा हूँ (फिर तुम्हारा भी लय हो जायगा)'

English

Know this too, Rama, and do not kill kshatriyas; take up terrible austerity, and then you will gain the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो5हमस्मि सर्वेषां श्रूयतां येन हेतुना

English

[Brahmin] So addressed by his forefathers, Jamadagni's son took up terrible austerity, very fortunate, and went to hard-to-reach perfection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक एव ममैवात्मा बहुधाप्युपचीयते

English

physical pain, of great severity, have been mine. Humiliations I have undergone, and death and immurement under circumstances of great severity. Falls into Hell have been mine, and great tortures in the domains of Yama. Decrepitude and diseases have repeatedly assailed me, and calamities, as frequent, in copious measure. In this world I have repeatedly undergone all those afflictions that flow from a perception of all pairs of opposites. After all this, one day, overwhelmed with sorrow, blank despair came upon me. I took refuge in the Formless. Afflicted as I was with great distress, I gave up the world with all its joys and sorrows, l Understanding then this path, I exercised myself in it in this world. Afterwards, through tranquillity of soul, I attained to this success that thou seest. I shall not have to come to this world again (after my departure hence). Verily, till I attain to absorption into eternal Brahman, till, in fact, the final dissolution of the universe, I shall look on those happy ends that will be mine, and on those beings that

हिन्दी अर्थ

किसकी प्रवृत्ति होती है? प्राण, अपान, समान, व्यान अथवा उदानकी?

English

Grief, anger and excessive agitation are held to be the passionate qualities; sleep, drowsiness and delusion, those three, are the dark qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणद्वन्द्धं च मे ब्रूहि तिर्यगूर्ध्यमधश्च॒ यत्

English

Having cut these down with showers of arrows, the steadfast, tireless one, calm in soul and master of his senses, can conquer enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मध्यमें और नीचे व्याप्त है?

English

On this, those who know the ancient age recite verses sung by King Ambarisha while ruling the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रूपसे भी हर्षकी उत्पत्ति होती है

English

When faults had risen and the good were being slain, Ambarisha seized the kingdom by force, it is heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणेन विकृते शुक्रे ततो5पान: प्रवर्तते

English

Having subdued the great faults and honoured the good, he went to great perfection and sang this verse:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वीर्यमें विकार उत्पन्न होनेपर फिर अपानकी प्रवृत्ति होती है

English

"I have conquered most faults and killed all enemies; one fault remains, to be killed, and I have not killed it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानव्यानजनिते सामान्ये शुक्रशोणिते

English

Joined to it, this creature does not attain freedom from thirst, running like one parched toward low ground and not understanding.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वीर्य और रज समान और व्यानसे उत्पन्न होते हैं। इसलिये सामान्य कहलाते हैं

English

Cut down with sharp swords the greed by which a man, impelled, does here even what should not be done."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वस्ति व्रजत भद्रं वो धारयध्वं परस्परम्

English

constitute this universe, l Having acquired this excellent success, I shall, after departing from this world, proceed, to what is above it (i.e., Satyaloka) and thence to what is higher (i.e., absorption into Brahman). Verily, I shall attain to the condition, which is unmanifest aspect of Brahman. Let no doubt be thine as regards this. O scorcher of foes, I shall not return to this world of mortal creatures. O thou of great wisdom, I have become gratified with thee. Tell me what I shall do for thee. The time has come for the accomplishment of that purpose for which thou hast come hither. Verily, I know that object for which thou hast sought me. I shall soon depart from this world. Hence it is that I have given thee this hint. O thou of great wisdom and experience, I have been highly gratified with thee for thy behaviour. Do thou question me. I shall discourse on what is beneficial to thee, agreeably to thy desire. I think thy intelligence is great. Indeed, I applaud it much, for it was with the aid of that intelligence that thou wert able to recognise me. Surely, O Kasyapa, thou art possessed of great intelligence.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

परस्परकी उन्नतिमें सहायता पहुँचाते हुए एक-दूसरेको धारण किये रहो”

English

Brhamabhavasritena, implying reliance on Brahman by having recourse to Samadhi or a suspension of all functions of both body and mind (through Yoga) and arrival at that state which is one of perfect unconsciousness.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदस्य च संवादमृषेर्देवमतस्य च

English

then, the sage will look upon all beings, i.e., their repeated migrations.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

So the verse was sung by the renowned King Ambarisha, who, putting sovereignty first, cut down greed alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यान: समानश्रैवो भौ तिर्यग् द्वन्द्धत्वमुच्यते

English

" Vasudeva said, touching the feet of that sage, the Brahmana asked him some questions that were exceedingly difficult to answer. That foremost of all righteous persons then discoursed on those duties that were referred to.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृतीयं तु समानेन पुनरेव व्यवस्यते

English

King Janaka said to a brahmin who was in distress about some text, "Do not live in my domain," for his instruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनो बुद्धिश्व सप्तैते विज्ञेया गुणहेतव:

English

Thus addressed, the brahmin replied to the best of kings: "Tell me, O king, the extent of your domain over which you stand in control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हेतु गुणमय जानने चाहिए

English

I wish to live in another king's domain, lord; I wish to do your word as the scriptures say, lord of the earth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्तव्यमथ बोद्धव्यं सप्तैते कर्महेतव:

English

Thus addressed by the renowned brahmin, the king sighed again and again hotly and did not reply to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मरूप हेतु हैं

English

As the king of immeasurable power sat meditating, a faintness suddenly came upon him, as Rahu seizes the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्ता बोद्धा च सप्तैते विज्ञेया: कर्तहेतवः

English

Then the king, consoled, when the faintness had passed, spoke to the brahmin after a moment:

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाला और निश्चयात्मक बोध प्राप्त करनेवाला--ये सात कर्तरूप हेतु हैं

English

"In my ancestral kingdom, with the country under my control, searching this whole earth I do not find a domain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं च निर्गुणो5नन्तः सप्तैते मोक्षहेतव:

English

When I did not find it on earth, I searched Mithila; when I did not find it there, I searched my own subjects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान--ये दोनों मध्यगामी द्वन्द्ध कहे जाते हैं

English

'Kasyapa said, 'How does the body dissolve away, and how is another acquired? How does one become emancipated after passing through a repeated round of painful rebirths? Enjoying Prakriti for sometime, how does Jiva cast off the particular body (which Prakriti gives)? How does Jiva, freed from the body, attain to what is different from it (viz., Brahman)? How does a human being enjoy (and endure the fruits of) the good and bad acts done by him? Where do the acts exist of one that is devoid of body?

हिन्दी अर्थ

संजायते ब्राह्मणस्य ज्ञानं बुद्धिसमन्वितम्

English

'The Brahmana said,— Thus urged by Kasyapa, the emancipated sage answered those questions one after another. Do thou listen to me, O scion of the Vrishi race, as I recite to thee the answers he made.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदसे ही ब्राह्मणमें बुद्धियुक्त ज्ञान उत्पन्न होता है

English

'--The Emancipated sage said, 'Upon the exhaustion of those acts capable

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व संजायते तस्य यत्र प्रक्षिप्पते हवि:

English

of prolonging life and bringing on fame which are done in a particular body that Jiva assumes, the embodied Jiva, with the span of his life shortened, begins to do acts hostile to life and health. On the approach of destruction, his understanding turns away from the proper course. The man of uncleansed soul, after even a correct apprehension of his constitution and strength and of the season of both his own life and of the year, begins to eat at irregular intervals and to eat such food as is hostile to him. 1 At such a time he indulges in practices that are exceedingly harmful. He sometimes eats excessively and sometimes abstains altogether from food. He eats bad food or bad meat or takes bad drinks, or food that has been made up of ingredients incompatible with one another. He eats food that is heavy in excess of the measure that is beneficial, or before the food previously taken has been digested. He indulges in physical exercise and sexual pleasure in excess of the due measure, or through avidity for work, suppresses the urgings of his corporeal organism even when they become pronounced. Or, he takes food that is very juicy, or indulges in sleep during daytime. Food that is not properly digested, of itself excites the faults, when the time comes. 2 From such excitement of the faults in his body, he gets disease ending in death itself. Sometimes the person engages in perverse or unnatural acts like hanging (for bringing about his death). Through these causes the living body of the creature dissolves away. Understand correctly the manner as I declare it to thee. 3 Urged on by the Wind which becomes violent, the heat in the body, becoming excited and reaching every part of the body one after another, restrains all the (movements of the) vital breaths. Know truly that excited all over the body, the heat becomes very strong, and pierces every vital part where life may be said to reside. In consequence of this, Jiva, feeling

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणापानावाज्यभागौ तयोर्मध्ये हुताशनः

English

[Janaka] "All undertakings here are known to end in all actions; I did not find that which would be 'mine'.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्दन्द्रमिति यत् त्वेतत् तन्मे निगदत: शृणु

English

'Whose is this? Whose is the property?' So says the Veda. I did not find by understanding that which would be 'mine'.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् रूपमुदानस्य परम॑ ब्राह्मणा विदु:

English

Having settled this understanding, I have given up possessiveness. Hear the understanding by which everywhere is my domain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्कृष्ट रूप मानते हैं

English

I do not desire for myself even the smells that reach the nose; therefore the earth, conquered by me, always stays in my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदू रूपमुदानस्य परम॑ ब्राह्मणा विदु:

English

I do not desire for myself tastes that are in my mouth; therefore the waters, conquered by me, always stay in my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदानका परम उत्कृष्ट रूप मानते हैं

English

I do not desire for myself form and light by the eye; therefore light, conquered by me, always stays in my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीसरी अवस्था है, उससे उपलक्षित ब्रह्मका समानके द्वारा ही निश्चय होता है

English

I do not desire for myself touches that rest on the skin; therefore wind, conquered by me, always stays in my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् रूपमुदानस्य परम॑ ब्राह्मणा विदु:

English

I do not desire for myself sounds that reach the ear; therefore sounds, conquered by me, always stay in my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चातुर्होत्रविधानस्य विधानमिह यादृशम्

English

I do not desire for myself the mind within the mind; therefore the mind, conquered by me, always stays in my control.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसको बतानेवाले इस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

All these undertakings are for the gods, ancestors, beings and guests."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु मे गदतो भद्रे रहस्यमिदमद्धुतम्

English

Then the brahmin, laughing, said again to Janaka: "Know that I have come here today as Dharma, to test you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चत्वार एते होतारो यैरिदं जगदावृतम्

English

You alone are the mover of this wheel, whose navel is Brahman, whose spokes are the understanding that does not turn back, whose rim is goodness, and which is held still."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सातों--प्राण आदि मोक्षके हेतु होते हैं

English

great pain, quickly takes leave of its mortal casement. Know, O foremost of regenerate persons, that when the vital parts of the physical organism become thus afflicted, Jiva slips away from the body, overwhelmed with great pain. All living creatures are repeatedly afflicted with birth and death, it Is seen, O chief of Brahmanas, that the pain which is felt by a person when casting off his bodies is like what is felt by him when first entering the womb or when issuing out of it. His joints become almost dislocated and he derives much distress from the waters (of the womb). 4 Urged on by (another) violent

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणास्ते देवताभूता: सततं भुठ््जते हवि:

English

wind, the wind that is in the body becomes excited through cold, and dissolves away the union of matter (called the body) into its respective elements numbering five, l That wind which resides in the vital breaths called Prana and Apana occurring within this compound of the five primal elements, rushes upwards, from a situation of distress, leaving the embodied creature. It is even thus that the wind leaves the body. Then is seen breathlessness. The man then becomes destitute of heat, of breath, of beauty, and of consciousness. Deserted by Brahman (for Jiva is Brahman), the person is said to be dead. By those ducts through which he perceives all sensuous objects, the bearer of the body no longer perceives them. It is the eternal Jiva who creates in the body in those very duets the life-breaths that are generated by food. The elements gathered together become in certain parts firmly united. Know that those parts are called the vitals of the body. It is said so in the Sastras. When those vital parts are pierced, Jiva, rising up, enters the heart of the living creature and restrains the principle of animation without any delay. The creature then, though still endued with the principle of consciousness, fails to know anything. The vital parts being all overwhelmed, the knowledge of the living creature becomes overwhelmed by darkness. Jiva then, who has been deprived of everything upon which to stay, is then agitated by the wind. He then, deeply breathing a long and painful breath, goes out quickly, causing the inanimate body to tremble. Dissociated from the body, Jiva, however, is surrounded by his acts. He becomes equipped on every side with all his auspicious acts of merit and with all his sins. Brahmanas endued with knowledge and equipped with the certain conclusions of the scriptures, know him, from indications, as to whether he is possessed of merit or with its reverse. Even as men possessed of eyes behold the fire-fly appearing and disappearing amid darkness, men possessed of the eye of knowledge and crowned with success of penances, behold, with spiritual vision, Jiva as he leaves the body, as he is reborn, and as he enters the womb. It is seen that Jiva has three regions assigned to him eternally. This world where creatures dwell is called the field of action. Accomplishing acts good or bad, all embodied creatures attain to the fruits thereof. In consequence of their own acts, creatures acquire even here superior or inferior enjoyments. Doers of evil deeds here, in consequence of those acts of theirs, attain to Hell. This condition of sinking with head downwards, in which creatures are cooked, is one of great misery. It is such that a rescue therefrom is exceedingly difficult. Indeed; one should strive hard for saving oneself from this misery. Those regions where creatures dwell when they ascend from this world I shall now declare truly. Do thou listen to me with attention. By listening to what I say, thou shalt attain to firmness of understanding and a clear apprehension of (good and bad) acts. Know that even those are the regions of all creatures of righteous deeds, viz., the

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिपूर्वक जानते हैं और देवता-रूप होकर सदा हविष्यका भोग करते हैं

English

Whatever creatures there are in the world, moving and unmoving, know me as the ender of them, as fire is of wood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मार्थ पाचयजन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते

English

This understanding knows kingdom over all the earth or in heaven; understanding is my wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सचान्न॑ हन्ति तं चान्नं स हत्वा हन्यते पुन:

English

There is one path of the brahmins by which the knowers of that go: in houses, forest dwellings, teachers' houses and among mendicants, by many unagitated signs, one understanding is attended.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चान्नाज्जायते तस्मिन् सूक्ष्मो नाम व्यतिक्रम:

English

Those whose minds are calm, though they stand in various signs and stages, reach one state, as rivers reach the sea.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस अन्नसे उस दिद्वान् पुरुषमें कोई सूक्ष्म-से-सूक्ष्म दोष भी नहीं उत्पन्न होता

English

This path is travelled by understanding, not by the body; actions have beginning and end, and the body is the bond of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोत्रेण श्रूयते यच्च चक्षुषा यच्च दृश्यते

English

Therefore, fortunate one, you have no fear for the next world; devoted to my state of being, you will reach my very Self."