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Ashvamedha Parva

अश्वमेधपर्व

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अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.1

[बर] नेदम अल्पात्मना शक्यं वेदितुं नाकृतात्मना बहु चाल्पं च संक्षिप्तं विप्लुतं च मतं मम

[bara] nedama alpātmanā śakyaṃ vedituṃ nākṛtātmanā bahu cālpaṃ ca saṃkṣiptaṃ viplutaṃ ca mataṃ mama

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन:षष्ठानि संयम्य हवींष्येतानि सर्वश:

English

stellar worlds that shine in the firmament, the lunar disc, and the solar disc as well that shines in the universe in its own light. Upon the exhaustion, again, of their merits, they fall away from those regions repeatedly. There, in Heaven itself, is distinction of inferior, superior, and middling felicity. There, in Heaven itself, is discontent at sight of prosperity more blazing than one's own. Even these are the goals which I have mentioned in detail. I shall, after this, discourse to you on the attainment by Jiva of the condition of residence in the womb. Do thou hear me, with concentrated attention, O regenerate one, as I speak to thee!'

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.2

उपायं तु मम बरूहि येनैषा लभ्यते मतिः तन मन्ये कारणतमं यत एषा परवर्तते

upāyaṃ tu mama barūhi yenaiṣā labhyate matiḥ tana manye kāraṇatamaṃ yata eṣā paravartate

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारायणाय देवाय यदविन्दन् पशून् पुरा

English

off the body appertaining to the other world. I think Telang is not correct in his version of 19 and 20. Atisarpana can never imply 'exhaustion'; hence, karmanam can never be the reading he adopts. Besides tadrisam seems to settle the question. The tortures felt at death are similar to those at birth.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.3

[बर] अरणीं बराह्मणीं विद्धि गुरुर अस्यॊत्तरारणिः तपः शरुते ऽभिमथ्नीतॊ जञानाग्निर जायते ततः

[bara] araṇīṃ barāhmaṇīṃ viddhi gurura asyòttarāraṇiḥ tapaḥ śarute 'bhimathnītò jañānāgnira jāyate tataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवं नारायणं भीरु सर्वात्मानं निबोध तम्

English

[Brahmin] "Know the brahmin woman as the lower fire-stick and the teacher as the upper fire-stick; when austerity and learning are rubbed together, the fire of knowledge is born."

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.4

[बराह्मणी] यद इदं बरह्मणॊ लिङ्गं कषेत्रज्ञम इति संज्ञितम गरहीतुं येन तच छक्यं लक्षणं तस्य तत कव नु

[barāhmaṇī] yada idaṃ barahmaṇò liṅgaṃ kaṣetrajñama iti saṃjñitama garahītuṃ yena taca chakyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tasya tata kava nu

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यमें नियुक्त होता हूँ, उसीका पालन करता रहता हूँ

English

[Brahmin woman] "This mark of Brahman, called the knower of the field: how can it be grasped, and where is its sign?"

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.5

[बर] अलिङ्गॊ निर्गुणश चैव कारणं नास्य विद्यते उपायम एव वक्ष्यामि येन गृह्येत वा न वा

[bara] aliṅgò nirguṇaśa caiva kāraṇaṃ nāsya vidyate upāyama eva vakṣyāmi yena gṛhyeta vā na vā

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तर्षयश्नैव दिवि प्रभान्ति

English

[Brahmin] "It is without mark and without qualities, and has no cause; I shall tell only the means by which it may or may not be grasped.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.6

सम्यग अप्य उपदिष्टश च भरमरैर इव लक्ष्यते कर्म बुद्धिर अबुद्धित्वाज जञानलिङ्गैर इवाश्रितम

samyaga apya upadiṣṭaśa ca bharamaraira iva lakṣyate karma buddhira abuddhitvāja jañānaliṅgaira ivāśritama

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्रो गत: सर्वलोकामरत्वम्

English

Though rightly taught, it is seen like bees; by lack of understanding, action and understanding rest as if on marks of knowledge.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.7

इदं कार्यम इदं नेति न मॊक्षेषूपदिश्यते पश्यतः शृण्वतॊ बुद्धिर आत्मनॊ येषु जायते

idaṃ kāryama idaṃ neti na mòkṣeṣūpadiśyate paśyataḥ śṛṇvatò buddhira ātmanò yeṣu jāyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोके द्विष्टा: पन्नगा: सर्व एव

English

'This is to be done, this not' is not taught in liberations; understanding arises in those who see and hear for the self.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.8

यावन्त इह शक्येरंस तावतॊ ऽंशान परकल्पयेत वयक्तान अव्यक्तरूपांश च शतशॊ ऽथ सहस्रशः

yāvanta iha śakyeraṃsa tāvatò 'ṃśāna parakalpayeta vayaktāna avyaktarūpāṃśa ca śataśò 'tha sahasraśaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजापतौ पन्नगानां देवर्षीणां च संविदम्

English

As many parts as can be here, so many he should imagine, manifest and unmanifest, by hundreds and thousands,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.9

सर्वान नानात्व युक्तांश च सर्वान परत्यक्षहेतुकान यतः परं न विद्येत ततॊ ऽभयासे भविष्यति

sarvāna nānātva yuktāṃśa ca sarvāna paratyakṣahetukāna yataḥ paraṃ na vidyeta tatò 'bhayāse bhaviṣyati

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राचीन इतिहासके जानकार लोग उस विषयमें उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

all endowed with plurality, all with perception as their reason; beyond which there is nothing, there he will be in practice."

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.10

[वा] ततस तु तस्या बराह्मण्या मतिः कषेत्रज्ञसंक्षये कषेत्रज्ञाद एव परतः कषेत्रज्ञॊ ऽनयः परवर्तते

[vā] tatasa tu tasyā barāhmaṇyā matiḥ kaṣetrajñasaṃkṣaye kaṣetrajñāda eva parataḥ kaṣetrajñò 'nayaḥ paravartate

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणस्तोत्रो5पानशस्त्र: सर्वत्यागसुदक्षिण:

English

dissolution of the body. The second relates to the manner of re-acquiring a body. The third has reference to the manner in which rebirth may be avoided. The fourth relates to the causes that operate for giving a body to Jiva. By Prakriti is meant Nature or that Nescience which is the cause of body. The fifth relates to the Any at or Param, viz., how final Emancipation or absorption into Brahman takes place. The sixth pertains to the manner in which the fruits of acts are enjoyed or endured. The seventh enquires after the way in which acts attach to Jiva even when devoid of a body.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.11

[अर्जुन] कव नु सा बराह्मणी कृष्ण कव चासौ बराह्मणर्षभः याभ्यां सिद्धिर इयं पराप्ता ताव उभौ वद मे ऽचयुत

[arjuna] kava nu sā barāhmaṇī kṛṣṇa kava cāsau barāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ yābhyāṃ siddhira iyaṃ parāptā tāva ubhau vada me 'cayuta

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्याग ही उत्तम दक्षिणा है

English

summer is not so in winter, or that which is beneficial in youth is otherwise at old age. All the texts that I have seen have viditwa and not aviditiwa which Telang takes in his version for the Sacred Books of the East. Kala is always interpreted by the commentators of Charaka as referring to either period of life or period of the year. This, as well as the following verses, relates to the laws of health as expounded by

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 34.12

[वा] मनॊ मे बराह्मणं विद्धि बुद्धिं मे विद्धि बराह्मणीम कषेत्रज्ञ इति यश चॊक्तः सॊ ऽहम एव धनंजय

[vā] manò me barāhmaṇaṃ viddhi buddhiṃ me viddhi barāhmaṇīma kaṣetrajña iti yaśa còktaḥ sò 'hama eva dhanaṃjaya

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋतं प्रशास्ता तच्छस्त्रमपवर्गो डस्य दक्षिणा

English

produce health. When one is excited or two, or all, indisposition sets in. They are called dosha or faults, because of their liability to be excited and product, disease. Telang, not suspecting that the whole passage is a reproduction of a passage in the ancient work edited by Charaka, misunderstands some expressions and wrongly renders doshan into 'disorders.'

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.1

[अर्जुन] बरह्म यत परमं वेद्यं तन मे वयाख्यातुम अर्हसि भवतॊ हि परसादेन सूक्ष्मे मे रमते मतिः

[arjuna] barahma yata paramaṃ vedyaṃ tana me vayākhyātuma arhasi bhavatò hi parasādena sūkṣme me ramate matiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्यपृच्छन्नुपासीना: श्रेयो न: प्रोच्यतामिति

English

that in the first line of the next verse may be taken as the nom. of niyachachati.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.2

[वा] अत्राप्य उदाहरन्तीमम इतिहासं पुरातनम संवादं मॊक्षसंयुक्तं शिष्यस्य गुरुणा सह

[vā] atrāpya udāharantīmama itihāsaṃ purātanama saṃvādaṃ mòkṣasaṃyuktaṃ śiṣyasya guruṇā saha

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वह शुभाचारी कहलाता है

English

[Vasudeva] On this too they cite an ancient tale: the conversation about liberation of a pupil with his teacher.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.3

कश चिद बराह्मणम आसीनम आचार्यं संशितव्रतम शिष्यः पप्रच्छ मेधावी किंश चिच छरेयः परंतप

kaśa cida barāhmaṇama āsīnama ācāryaṃ saṃśitavratama śiṣyaḥ papraccha medhāvī kiṃśa cica chareyaḥ paraṃtapa

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं है। उसके समान सुखरूप भी कोई नहीं है

English

A wise pupil asked a brahmin teacher of strict vows, who was sitting, something about the highest good, scourge of foes.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.4

भगवन्तं परपन्नॊ ऽहं निःश्रेयसपरायणः याचे तवां शिरसा विप्र यद बरूयां तद विचक्ष्व मे

bhagavantaṃ parapannò 'haṃ niḥśreyasaparāyaṇaḥ yāce tavāṃ śirasā vipra yada barūyāṃ tada vicakṣva me

हिन्दी अर्थ

वनको व्याप्त करके स्थित हैं

English

"Blessed one, I have come to you for refuge, devoted to the highest good. I ask you with bowed head, brahmin: explain to me what I should say."

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.5

तम एवं वादिनं पार्थ शिष्यं गुरुर उवाच ह कथयस्व परवक्ष्यामि यत्र ते संशयॊ दविज

tama evaṃ vādinaṃ pārtha śiṣyaṃ gurura uvāca ha kathayasva paravakṣyāmi yatra te saṃśayò davija

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो जाता है। तत्पश्चात् वह ब्रह्मरूप वन विलक्षणरूपसे प्रकाशित होता है

English

To the pupil who spoke thus, Partha, the teacher said, "Tell me, and I shall tell you where your doubt lies, brahmin."

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.6

इत्य उक्तः स कुरुश्रेष्ठ गुरुणा गुरुवत्सलः पराञ्जलिः परिपप्रच्छ यत तच छृणु महामते

itya uktaḥ sa kuruśreṣṭha guruṇā guruvatsalaḥ parāñjaliḥ paripapraccha yata taca chṛṇu mahāmate

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानाश्रयं तृप्तितोयमन्तःक्षेत्रज्ञभास्करम्

English

So addressed, best of the Kurus, the pupil, devoted to his teacher, asked with folded hands; hear it, wise one.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.7

[षिस्य] कुतश चाहं कुतश च तवं तत सत्यं बरूहि यत परम कुतॊ जातानि भूतानि सथावराणि चराणि च

[ṣisya] kutaśa cāhaṃ kutaśa ca tavaṃ tata satyaṃ barūhi yata parama kutò jātāni bhūtāni sathāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्ध्व॑ चाधश्व तिर्यक् च तस्य नान्तोडथिगम्यते

English

[Pupil] "From where am I, and from where are you? Tell me that truth which is highest. From where are beings born, immovable and moving?

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.8

केन जीवन्ति भूतानि तेषाम आयुः किम आत्मकम किं सत्यं किं तपॊ विप्र के गुणाः सद्भिर ईरिताः के पन्थानः शिवाः सन्ति किं सुखं किं च दुष्कृतम

kena jīvanti bhūtāni teṣāma āyuḥ kima ātmakama kiṃ satyaṃ kiṃ tapò vipra ke guṇāḥ sadbhira īritāḥ ke panthānaḥ śivāḥ santi kiṃ sukhaṃ kiṃ ca duṣkṛtama

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊपर-नीचे तथा इधर-उधर सब ओर व्याप्त है। उसका कहीं भी अन्त नहीं है

English

By what do beings live, and what is their lifespan like? What is truth, what austerity, brahmin? What virtues are declared by the good? What paths are auspicious? What is happiness, and what is evil?

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.9

एतान मे भगवन परश्नान याथातथ्येन सत्तम वक्तुम अर्हसि विप्रर्षे यथावद इह तत्त्वतः

etāna me bhagavana paraśnāna yāthātathyena sattama vaktuma arhasi viprarṣe yathāvada iha tattvataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वान् यथा सत्यमनित्यता च

English

Tell me these questions truly, blessed best of men; you should rightly explain here the truth, sage of brahmins."

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.10

[वा] तस्मै संप्रतिपन्नाय यथावत परिपृच्छते शिष्याय गुणयुक्ताय शान्ताय गुरुवर्तिने छाया भूताय दान्ताय यतये बरह्मचारिणे

[vā] tasmai saṃpratipannāya yathāvata paripṛcchate śiṣyāya guṇayuktāya śāntāya guruvartine chāyā bhūtāya dāntāya yataye barahmacāriṇe

हिन्दी अर्थ

हमारे कल्याणका क्या उपाय है? यह बताइये'

English

[Vasudeva] To that pupil, who had come and rightly asked, endowed with virtue, calm, devoted to his teacher, like a shadow, self-controlled, an ascetic and celibate,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.11

तान परश्नान अब्रवीत पार्त्थ मेधावी स धृतव्रतः गुरुः कुरु कुलश्रेष्ठ सम्यक सर्वान अरिंदम

tāna paraśnāna abravīta pārttha medhāvī sa dhṛtavrataḥ guruḥ kuru kulaśreṣṭha samyaka sarvāna ariṃdama

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रद्य ते श्र॒त्वा प्राद्रवन् दिश:

English

the wise, firm-vowed teacher, Partha, answered all those questions rightly, best of the Kurus, scourge of foes.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.12

बरह्म परॊक्तम इदं धर्मम ऋषिप्रवर सेवितम वेद विद्या समावाप्यं तत्त्वभूतार्थ भावनम

barahma paròktama idaṃ dharmama ṛṣipravara sevitama veda vidyā samāvāpyaṃ tattvabhūtārtha bhāvanama

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनी-अपनी दिशा (अपने-अपने स्थान)-की ओर भाग चले

English

[Teacher] This dharma, declared as Brahman, served by the best of sages, to be obtained by the Veda's knowledge, making real the truth of things,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.13

भूतभव्य भविष्यादि धर्मकामार्थ निश्चयम सिद्धसंघ परिज्ञातं पुराकल्पं सनातनम

bhūtabhavya bhaviṣyādi dharmakāmārtha niścayama siddhasaṃgha parijñātaṃ purākalpaṃ sanātanama

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्पाणां दंशने भाव: प्रवृत्त: पूर्वमेव तु

English

the decision about past, future and present, dharma, desire and wealth, known to hosts of the perfected, ancient and eternal,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.14

परवक्ष्ये ऽहं महाप्राज्ञ पदम उत्तमम अद्य ते बुद्ध्वा यद इह संशिद्धा भवन्तीह मनीषिणः

paravakṣye 'haṃ mahāprājña padama uttamama adya te buddhvā yada iha saṃśiddhā bhavantīha manīṣiṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानं॑ देवा व्यवसिता दममेव महर्षय:

English

I shall tell you today, greatly wise one, the supreme state, understanding which the wise here become perfected.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.15

उपगम्यर्षयः पूर्वं जिज्ञासन्तः परस्परम बृहस्पतिभरद्वाजौ गौतमॊ भार्गवस तथा

upagamyarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ jijñāsantaḥ parasparama bṛhaspatibharadvājau gautamò bhārgavasa tathā

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाना व्यवसिता: सर्वे सर्पदेवर्षिदानवा:

English

Long ago the sages, wishing to know from each other, Brihaspati, Bharadvaja, Gautama, Bhargava,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.16

वसिष्ठः काश्यपश चैव विश्वामित्रॊ ऽतरिर एव च मार्गान सर्वान परिक्रम्य परिश्रान्ताः सवकर्मभिः

vasiṣṭhaḥ kāśyapaśa caiva viśvāmitrò 'tarira eva ca mārgāna sarvāna parikramya pariśrāntāḥ savakarmabhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृच्छातस्तदतो भूयो गुरुरन्यो न विद्यते

English

Vasishtha, Kashyapa, Vishvamitra and Atri, having travelled all the paths, tired by their own deeds,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.17

ऋषिम आङ्गिरसं वृद्धं पुरस्कृत्य तु ते दविजाः ददृशुर बरह्मभवने बरह्माणं वीतकल्मषम

ṛṣima āṅgirasaṃ vṛddhaṃ puraskṛtya tu te davijāḥ dadṛśura barahmabhavane barahmāṇaṃ vītakalmaṣama

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरु्बोद्धा च श्रोता च द्वेष्ट च हृदि निःसृत:

English

putting the aged sage Angirasa before them, saw Brahma, free of sin, in Brahma's abode.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.18

तं परणम्य महात्मानं सुखासीनं महर्षयः पप्रच्छुर विनयॊपेता निःश्रेयसम इदं परम

taṃ paraṇamya mahātmānaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ maharṣayaḥ papracchura vinayòpetā niḥśreyasama idaṃ parama

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार हृदयमें प्रकट होनेवाला परमात्मा ही गुरु, ज्ञानी, श्रोता और द्वेष्टा है

English

Bowing to that great soul, sitting at ease, the great sages, with humility, asked this supreme highest good:

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.19

कथं कर्म करियात साधु कथं मुच्येत किल्बिषात के नॊ मार्गाः शिवाश च सयुः किं सत्यं किं च दुष्कृतम

kathaṃ karma kariyāta sādhu kathaṃ mucyeta kilbiṣāta ke nò mārgāḥ śivāśa ca sayuḥ kiṃ satyaṃ kiṃ ca duṣkṛtama

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभेन विचरल्लोंके शुभचारी भवत्युत

English

"How should action be done well, how may one be freed from sin? What paths are auspicious for us? What is truth, and what is evil?

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.20

केनॊभौ कर्म पन्थानौ महत्त्वं केन विन्दति परलयं चापवर्गं च भूतानां परभवाप्ययौ

kenòbhau karma panthānau mahattvaṃ kena vindati paralayaṃ cāpavargaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ parabhavāpyayau

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मचारी सहैवैष य इन्द्रियजये रत:

English

By what are the two paths of action, by what does one gain greatness, and what are dissolution and liberation, the origin and end of beings?"

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.21

इत्य उक्तः स मुनिश्रेष्ठैर यद आह परपितामहः तत ते ऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु शिष्ययथागमम

itya uktaḥ sa muniśreṣṭhaira yada āha parapitāmahaḥ tata te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu śiṣyayathāgamama

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियसंयममें प्रवृत्त रहनेवाला पुरुष सदा ही ब्रह्मचारी है

English

What the great-grandsire said, so addressed by the best of sages, I shall tell you, pupil; hear it as the tradition has it.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.22

[बरह्मा] सत्याद भूतानि जातानि सथावराणि चराणि च तपसा तानि जीवन्ति इति तद वित्तसु वरताः

[barahmā] satyāda bhūtāni jātāni sathāvarāṇi carāṇi ca tapasā tāni jīvanti iti tada vittasu varatāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मभूतश्चरल्लोंके ब्रह्मचारी भवत्ययम्

English

[Brahma] From truth beings were born, immovable and moving; they live by austerity; know this, you of good vows.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.23

सवां यॊनिं पुनर आगम्य वर्तन्ते सवेन कर्मणा सत्यं हि गुणसंयुक्तं नियतं पञ्च लक्षणम

savāṃ yòniṃ punara āgamya vartante savena karmaṇā satyaṃ hi guṇasaṃyuktaṃ niyataṃ pañca lakṣaṇama

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपो ब्रद्दा गुरुब्रह्य स ब्रह्मणि समाहित:

English

Coming again to their own wombs, they go on by their own deeds. Truth, joined with qualities, is fixed and has five marks.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.24

बरह्मसत्यं तपः सत्यं सत्यं चैव परजापतिः सत्याद भूतानि जातानि भूतं सत्यम अयं महत

barahmasatyaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ caiva parajāpatiḥ satyāda bhūtāni jātāni bhūtaṃ satyama ayaṃ mahata

हिन्दी अर्थ

विदित्वा चान्वपद्यन्त क्षेत्रज्ञेनानुदर्शिता:

English

Truth is Brahman, truth is austerity, truth is Prajapati; from truth beings were born, and this great being is truth.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.25

तस्मात सत्याश्रया विप्रा नित्यं यॊगपरायणाः अतीतक्रॊधसंतापा नियता धर्मसेतवः

tasmāta satyāśrayā viprā nityaṃ yògaparāyaṇāḥ atītakròdhasaṃtāpā niyatā dharmasetavaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदतीत्य महादुर्ग प्रविष्टोडस्मि महद् वनम्

English

Therefore brahmins, relying on truth, always devoted to yoga, beyond the heat of anger, restrained, are the bridges of dharma.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.26

अन्यॊन्यनियतान वैद्यान धर्मसेतु परवर्तकान तान अहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि शाश्वताँल लॊकभावनान

anyònyaniyatāna vaidyāna dharmasetu paravartakāna tāna ahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śāśvatā~la lòkabhāvanāna

हिन्दी अर्थ

गिरय: पर्वताश्चैव कियत्यध्वनि तद् वनम्

English

I shall tell you of those knowers, mutually bound, who set going the bridges of dharma, eternal makers of the worlds.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.27

चातुर्विद्यं तथा वर्णांश चतुरश चाश्रमान पृथक धर्मम एकं चतुष्पादं नित्यम आहुर मनीषिणः

cāturvidyaṃ tathā varṇāṃśa caturaśa cāśramāna pṛthaka dharmama ekaṃ catuṣpādaṃ nityama āhura manīṣiṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

और नदियाँ हैं तथा वह कितनी दूरीपर है

English

The knowledge of the four Vedas, the four classes, and the four stages are separate; dharma is one, four-footed, the wise say, eternal.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.28

पन्थानं वः परवक्ष्यामि शिवं कषेमकरं दविजाः नियतं बरह्म भावाय यातं पूर्वं मनीषिभिः

panthānaṃ vaḥ paravakṣyāmi śivaṃ kaṣemakaraṃ davijāḥ niyataṃ barahma bhāvāya yātaṃ pūrvaṃ manīṣibhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतदस्त्यपृथग्भाव: किंचिद् दुःखतरं ततः

English

I shall tell you the path, twice-born, auspicious and giving safety, fixed for becoming Brahman, walked before by the wise.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.29

गदतस तं ममाद्येह पन्थानं दुर्विदं परम निबॊधत महाभागा निखिलेन परं परम

gadatasa taṃ mamādyeha panthānaṃ durvidaṃ parama nibòdhata mahābhāgā nikhilena paraṃ parama

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्ति तस्मात् सूक्ष्मतरं नास्त्यन्यत् तत्समं सुखम्

English

Listen, greatly fortunate ones, entire, to the path hard to know that I now tell, higher than the highest.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.30

बरह्म चारिकम एवाहुर आश्रमं परथमं पदम गार्हस्थ्यं तु दवितीयं सयाद वानप्रस्थम अतः परम ततः परं तु विज्ञेयम अध्यात्मं परमं पदम

barahma cārikama evāhura āśramaṃ parathamaṃ padama gārhasthyaṃ tu davitīyaṃ sayāda vānaprasthama ataḥ parama tataḥ paraṃ tu vijñeyama adhyātmaṃ paramaṃ padama

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च बिभ्यति केषांचित् तेभ्यो बिभ्यति केचन

English

They say the stage of the celibate student is the first step, the householder's the second, the forest-dweller's next; and after that the supreme step is to be known as the spiritual.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.31

जयॊतिर आकाशम आदित्यॊ वायुर इन्द्रः परजापतिः नॊपैति यावद अध्यात्मं तावद एतान न पश्यति तस्यॊपायं परवक्ष्यामि पुरस्तात तं निबॊधत

jayòtira ākāśama ādityò vāyura indraḥ parajāpatiḥ nòpaiti yāvada adhyātmaṃ tāvada etāna na paśyati tasyòpāyaṃ paravakṣyāmi purastāta taṃ nibòdhata

हिन्दी अर्थ

किन्हीं प्राणियोंसे डरते हैं और न उन्हींसे दूसरे कोई प्राणी भय मानते हैं

English

Light, space, the sun, wind, Indra and Prajapati: as long as one does not reach the spiritual, so long he does not see these. I shall tell you the means to it; learn it first.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.32

फलमूलानिल भुजां मुनीनां वसतां वने वानप्रस्थं दविजातीनां तरयाणाम उपदिश्यते

phalamūlānila bhujāṃ munīnāṃ vasatāṃ vane vānaprasthaṃ davijātīnāṃ tarayāṇāma upadiśyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

दीक्षाश्न सप्तैतदरण्यरूपम्

English

For sages living in the forest on fruit, roots and air, the forest-dweller's life is taught for the three twice-born classes.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.33

सर्वेषाम एव वर्णानां गार्हस्थ्यं तद विधीयते शरद्धा लक्षणम इत्य एवं धर्मं धीराः परचक्षते

sarveṣāma eva varṇānāṃ gārhasthyaṃ tada vidhīyate śaraddhā lakṣaṇama itya evaṃ dharmaṃ dhīrāḥ paracakṣate

हिन्दी अर्थ

यही उस वनका स्वरूप है

English

The householder's life is ordained for all classes; faith is its mark, so the steadfast declare of dharma.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.34

इत्य एते देव याना वः पन्थानः परिकीर्तिताः सद्भिर अध्यासिता धीरैः कर्मभिर धर्मसेतवः

itya ete deva yānā vaḥ panthānaḥ parikīrtitāḥ sadbhira adhyāsitā dhīraiḥ karmabhira dharmasetavaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृजन्तः पादपास्तत्र व्याप्य तिष्ठन्ति तद् वनम्

English

These are the paths of the gods declared to you, the bridges of dharma, practised by the good and steadfast by their actions.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.35

एतेषां पृथग अध्यास्ते यॊ धर्मं संशितव्रतः कालात पश्यति भूतानां सदैव परभवाप्ययौ

eteṣāṃ pṛthaga adhyāste yò dharmaṃ saṃśitavrataḥ kālāta paśyati bhūtānāṃ sadaiva parabhavāpyayau

हिन्दी अर्थ

वनको व्याप्त करके स्थित हैं

English

One of strict vows who follows dharma in each of these sees in time the origin and dissolution of beings always.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.36

अतस तत्त्वानि वक्ष्यामि याथातथ्येन हेतुना विषयस्थानि सर्वाणिव वर्तमानानि भागशः

atasa tattvāni vakṣyāmi yāthātathyena hetunā viṣayasthāni sarvāṇiva vartamānāni bhāgaśaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृजन्तः पादपास्तत्र व्याप्य तिष्ठन्ति तद् वनम्

English

Now I shall tell the principles truly, by reason, as they stand in objects, all present in their portions.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.37

महान आत्मा तथाव्यक्तम अहं कारस तथैव च इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च महाभूतानि पञ्च च

mahāna ātmā tathāvyaktama ahaṃ kārasa tathaiva ca indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca mahābhūtāni pañca ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओरसे व्याप्त कर रखा है

English

The great self and the unmanifest, and the ego, the ten senses and the eleventh, the five great elements,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.38

विशेषाः पञ्च भूतानाम इत्य एषा वैदिकी शरुतिः चतुर्विंशतिर एषा वस तत्त्वानां संप्रकीर्तिता

viśeṣāḥ pañca bhūtānāma itya eṣā vaidikī śarutiḥ caturviṃśatira eṣā vasa tattvānāṃ saṃprakīrtitā

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृजन्तः पादपास्तत्र व्याप्य तिष्ठन्ति तद् वनम्

English

the five specific objects of the elements: so says the Vedic tradition. These twenty-four principles have been told to you.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.39

तत्त्वानाम अथ यॊ वेद सर्वेषां परभवाप्ययौ स धीरः सर्वभूतेषु न मॊहम अधिगच्छति

tattvānāma atha yò veda sarveṣāṃ parabhavāpyayau sa dhīraḥ sarvabhūteṣu na mòhama adhigacchati

हिन्दी अर्थ

विसृजन्तौ महावृक्षौ तद् वन॑ व्याप्य तिषछतत:

English

The steadfast one who knows the origin and dissolution of all principles does not come to delusion among beings.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 35.40

तत्त्वानि यॊ वेदयते यथातथं; गुणांश च सर्वान अखिलाश च देवताः विधूतपाप्मा परविमुच्य बन्धनं; स सर्वलॊकान अमलान समश्नुते

tattvāni yò vedayate yathātathaṃ; guṇāṃśa ca sarvāna akhilāśa ca devatāḥ vidhūtapāpmā paravimucya bandhanaṃ; sa sarvalòkāna amalāna samaśnute

हिन्दी अर्थ

अचितेषु प्रलीनेषु तेष्वन्यद् रोचते वनम्

English

One who knows the principles as they are, and all the qualities and all the deities, shaking off sin and freeing himself from bondage, attains all the stainless worlds.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.1

[बर] तद अव्यक्तम अनुद्रिक्तं सर्वव्यापि धरुवं सथिरम नवद्वारं पुरं विद्यात तरिगुणं पञ्च धातुकम

[bara] tada avyaktama anudriktaṃ sarvavyāpi dharuvaṃ sathirama navadvāraṃ puraṃ vidyāta tariguṇaṃ pañca dhātukama

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यको ग्रहण करती है

English

"--The Brahmana said, The acts, good and bad, that a Jiva does are not subject to destruction. Upon attainment of body after body, those acts produce fruits corresponding with them, l As a fruit-bearing tree, when the season comes of productivity, yields a large quantity of fruit, similarly merit, achieved with a pure heart, yields a large crop (of felicity). After the same fashion, sin, done with a sinful heart, produces a large crop of misery. The Soul (or Jiva), placing the mind ahead, addresses himself to action. Hear then how Jiva, equipt with all his acts and overwhelmed with lust and wrath, enters the womb. The vital seed, mixed with blood, enters the womb of females and becomes the field (of Jiva), good or bad, born of (his) acts. In consequence of his subtlety and the condition of being unmanifest, Jiva does not become attached to anything even after attaining to a body. Therefore, he is called Eternal Brahman. 2 That (viz., Jiva or Brahman) is the seed of all creatures. It is in consequence of Him that living creatures live. That Jiva, entering all the limbs of the foetus part by part, accepting the attribute of mind, and residing within all the regions that belong to Prana, supports (life). In consequence of this, the foetus becoming endued with mind begins to move its limbs. 3 As liquified iron, poured (into a mould), takes the form of the mould, know that the entrance of Jiva into the foetus is even such. As fire, entering a mass of iron, heats it greatly, do thou know that the manifestation of Jiva in the foetus is such. As a lamp, burning in a room, discovers (all things within it), after the

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.2

एकादश परिक्षेपं मनॊ वयाकरणात्मकम बुद्धिस्वामिकम इत्य एतत परम एकादशं भवेत

ekādaśa parikṣepaṃ manò vayākaraṇātmakama buddhisvāmikama itya etata parama ekādaśaṃ bhaveta

हिन्दी अर्थ

काम, क्रोध, जरा और मृत्युसे ग्रस्त नहीं होता

English

The eleven-fold circle: the mind, whose essence is working things out, with the intellect as its master, is the highest eleventh.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.3

तरीणि सरॊतांसि यान्य अस्मिन्न आप्यायन्ते पुनः पुनः परणाड्यस तिस्र एवैताः परवर्तन्ते गुणात्मिकाः

tarīṇi saròtāṃsi yānya asminna āpyāyante punaḥ punaḥ paraṇāḍyasa tisra evaitāḥ paravartante guṇātmikāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रयस्वैनमुन्नीय परवन्तं विशेषत:

English

The three streams that are fed again and again in it, those three channels, move as consisting of the qualities.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.4

तमॊ रजस तथा सत्त्वं गुणान एतान परचक्षते अन्यॊन्यमिथुनाः सर्वे तथान्यॊन्यानुजीविनः

tamò rajasa tathā sattvaṃ guṇāna etāna paracakṣate anyònyamithunāḥ sarve tathānyònyānujīvinaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्यं बहुविध॑ कर्तु भवता कार्यदूषणम्

English

Darkness, passion and goodness they call the qualities; all are mutually coupled and mutually live on one another.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.5

अन्यॊन्यापाश्रयाश चैव तथान्यॊन्यानुवर्तिनः अन्यॊन्यव्यतिषक्ताश च तरिगुणाः पञ्च धातवः

anyònyāpāśrayāśa caiva tathānyònyānuvartinaḥ anyònyavyatiṣaktāśa ca tariguṇāḥ pañca dhātavaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य-दोष सम्पादित हो सकते हैं

English

They depend on one another and follow one another, mixed together: the three qualities and the five elements.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.6

तमसॊ मिथुनं सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं रजः रजसश चापि सत्त्वं सयात सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं तमः

tamasò mithunaṃ sattvaṃ sattvasya mithunaṃ rajaḥ rajasaśa cāpi sattvaṃ sayāta sattvasya mithunaṃ tamaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यक्षत: साधयामो न परोक्षमुपास्महे

English

The couple of darkness is goodness; the couple of goodness is passion; passion's partner is goodness, and goodness's partner is darkness.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.7

नियम्यते तमॊ यत्र रजस तत्र परवर्तते नियम्यते रजॊ यत्र सत्त्वं तत्र परवर्तते

niyamyate tamò yatra rajasa tatra paravartate niyamyate rajò yatra sattvaṃ tatra paravartate

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधक हैं, परोक्षकी उपासना नहीं करते हैं

English

Where darkness is restrained, passion goes on; where passion is restrained, goodness goes on.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.8

नैशात्मकं तमॊ विद्यात तरिगुणं मॊहसंज्ञितम अधर्मलक्षणं चैव नियतं पापकर्मसु

naiśātmakaṃ tamò vidyāta tariguṇaṃ mòhasaṃjñitama adharmalakṣaṇaṃ caiva niyataṃ pāpakarmasu

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्योतिषां पश्यसे रूप॑ स्पृशस्यनिलजान् गुणान्

English

Know darkness as of the nature of night, threefold, called delusion, marked by unrighteousness, fixed in sinful acts.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.9

परवृत्त्य आत्मकम एवाहू रजः पर्याय कारकम परवृत्तं सर्वभूतेषु दृश्यतॊत्पत्तिलक्षणम

paravṛttya ātmakama evāhū rajaḥ paryāya kārakama paravṛttaṃ sarvabhūteṣu dṛśyatòtpattilakṣaṇama

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वाण्येतानि भूतानि प्राणा इति च मन्यसे

English

They say passion is of the nature of activity, causing alternation, seen in all beings, marked by origination.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.10

परकाशं सर्वभूतेषु लाघवं शरद्दधानता सात्त्विकं रूपम एवं तु लाघवं साधु संमितम

parakāśaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lāghavaṃ śaraddadhānatā sāttvikaṃ rūpama evaṃ tu lāghavaṃ sādhu saṃmitama

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्त सप्तर्षय: सिद्धा वसिष्ठप्रमुखै:ः सह

English

same manner mind discovers the different limbs of the body, i Whatever acts, good or bad, Jiva does in a former body, have certainly to be enjoyed or endured by him. By such enjoyment and endurance former acts are exhausted, and other acts, again, accumulate, till Jiva succeed in acquiring a knowledge of the duties included in that contemplation which leads to Emancipation. Regarding this, I shall tell thee those acts by which Jiva, O best of men, while coursing through a repeated round of re-births, becomes happy, Gifts, observances of austerity, Brahmacharyya, bearing Brahman according to the ordinances laid down, self-restraint, tranquillity, compassion for all creatures, restraint of passions, abstentions from cruelty as also from appropriating what belongs to others, refraining from doing even mentally all acts that are false and injurious to living creatures on the Earth, reverently serving mother and father, honouring deities and guests, worship of preceptors, pity, purity, constant restraint of all organs, and causing of all good acts, are said to constitute the conduct of the good. From observance of such conduct, arises Righteousness which protects all creatures eternally. Such conduct one would always behold among persons that are good. Verily, such conduct resides there eternally. That course of practices to which persons of tranquil souls adhere indicates Righteousness. Among them is thrown that course of practices which constitutes eternal Righteousness. He who would betake himself to that Righteousness would never have to attain to a miserable end. It is by the conduct of the good that the world is restrained in the paths of Righteousness when it falls away. He that is a Yogin is Emancipated,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.11

एतेषां गुणतत्त्वं हि वक्ष्यते हेत्वहेतुभिः समास वयास युक्तानि तत्त्वतस तानि वित्तमे

eteṣāṃ guṇatattvaṃ hi vakṣyate hetvahetubhiḥ samāsa vayāsa yuktāni tattvatasa tāni vittame

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेवानुवर्तन्ते सप्त ज्योतींषि भास्करम्

English

The nature of these qualities will be told by reasons and non-reasons, in brief and in detail; learn them truly.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.12

संमॊहॊ ऽजञानम अत्यागः कर्मणाम अविनिर्णयः सवप्नः सतम्भॊ भयं लॊभः शॊकः सुकृतदूषणम

saṃmòhò 'jañānama atyāgaḥ karmaṇāma avinirṇayaḥ savapnaḥ satambhò bhayaṃ lòbhaḥ śòkaḥ sukṛtadūṣaṇama

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मारूपी सूर्यका ही अनुसरण करती हैं

English

Bewilderment, ignorance, non-renunciation, indecision about acts, sleep, stiffness, fear, greed, grief, disparagement of good deeds,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.13

अस्मृतिश चाविपाकश च नास्तिक्यं भिन्नवृत्तिता निर्विशेषत्वम अन्धत्वं जघन्यगुणवृत्तिता

asmṛtiśa cāvipākaśa ca nāstikyaṃ bhinnavṛttitā nirviśeṣatvama andhatvaṃ jaghanyaguṇavṛttitā

हिन्दी अर्थ

नद्यश्न सरितो वारि वहन्त्यो ब्रह्म॒ुसम्भवम्

English

forgetfulness, non-ripening, unbelief, divided conduct, lack of distinction, blindness, conduct of base qualities,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.14

अकृते कृतमानित्वम अज्ञाने जञानमानिता अमैत्री विकृतॊ भावॊ अश्रद्धा मूढ भावना

akṛte kṛtamānitvama ajñāne jañānamānitā amaitrī vikṛtò bhāvò aśraddhā mūḍha bhāvanā

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वात्मतृप्ता यतो यान्ति साक्षादेव पितामहम्

English

pride in what is not done, pride of knowledge in ignorance, unfriendliness, distorted mind, faithlessness, deluded thought,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.15

अनार्जवम असंज्ञत्वं कर्म पापम अचेतना गुरुत्वं सन्नभावत्वम असितत्वम अवाग गतिः

anārjavama asaṃjñatvaṃ karma pāpama acetanā gurutvaṃ sannabhāvatvama asitatvama avāga gatiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मन्यात्मानमाविश्य ब्रह्माणं समुपासते

English

dishonesty, senselessness, sinful action, unconsciousness, heaviness, dejection, blackness and speechlessness:

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.16

सर्व एते गुणा विप्रास तामसाः संप्रकीर्तिताः ये चान्ये नियता भावा लॊके ऽसमिन मॊहसंज्ञिताः

sarva ete guṇā viprāsa tāmasāḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ ye cānye niyatā bhāvā lòke 'samina mòhasaṃjñitāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदारण्यमभिप्रेत्य यथाधीरभिजायत

English

all these qualities, brahmins, are called dark, and whatever other fixed states in this world are called delusion.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.17

तत्र तत्र नियम्यन्ते सर्वे ते तामसा गुणाः परिवाद कथा नित्यं देव बराह्मण वैदिकाः

tatra tatra niyamyante sarve te tāmasā guṇāḥ parivāda kathā nityaṃ deva barāhmaṇa vaidikāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

विदित्वा चानुतिष्ठ न्ति क्षेत्रज्ञेनानुदर्शिता

English

They are all restrained here and there, those dark qualities: constant tales of slander against the gods, brahmins and the Veda.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.18

अत्यागश चाभिमानश च मॊहॊ मन्युस तथाक्षमा मत्सरश चैव भूतेषु तामसं वृत्तम इष्यते

atyāgaśa cābhimānaśa ca mòhò manyusa tathākṣamā matsaraśa caiva bhūteṣu tāmasaṃ vṛttama iṣyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

न कोई संकल्प ही करता हूँ

English

Non-renunciation, pride, delusion, resentment, intolerance and envy toward beings: this is held to be dark conduct.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.19

वृथारम्भाश च ये के चिद वृथा दानानि यानि च वृथा भक्षणम इत्य एतत तामसं वृत्तम इष्यते

vṛthārambhāśa ca ye ke cida vṛthā dānāni yāni ca vṛthā bhakṣaṇama itya etata tāmasaṃ vṛttama iṣyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणापानौ जन्‍्तुदेहान्निवेश्य

English

Vain undertakings, vain gifts and vain eating: this is held to be dark conduct.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.20

अतिवादॊ ऽतितिक्षा च मात्सर्यम अतिमानिता अश्रद्दधानता चैव तामसं वृत्तम इष्यते

ativādò 'titikṣā ca mātsaryama atimānitā aśraddadhānatā caiva tāmasaṃ vṛttama iṣyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

राग और द्वेषका स्पर्श नहीं है

English

Excessive talk, excessive endurance, envy, excessive pride and faithlessness: this is held to be dark conduct.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.21

एवंविधास तु ये के चिल लॊके ऽसमिन पापकर्मिणः मनुष्या भिन्नमर्यादाः सर्वे ते तामसा जनाः

evaṃvidhāsa tu ye ke cila lòke 'samina pāpakarmiṇaḥ manuṣyā bhinnamaryādāḥ sarve te tāmasā janāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिप्त नहीं कर सकता

English

Whatever men of sinful deeds there are of this kind in this world, who break bounds, they are all dark people.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.22

तेषां यॊनिं परवक्ष्यामि नियतां पापकर्मणाम अवाङ्निरयभावाय तिर्यङ्निरयगामिनः

teṣāṃ yòniṃ paravakṣyāmi niyatāṃ pāpakarmaṇāma avāṅnirayabhāvāya tiryaṅnirayagāminaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्वर्युयतिसंवादं तं निबोध यशस्विनि

English

I shall tell their fixed birth, the sinful-acting: downward to hell, going to animal hell.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.23

सथावराणि च भूतानि पशवॊ वाहनानि च करव्यादा दन्द शूकाश च कृमिकीट विहंगमाः

sathāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni paśavò vāhanāni ca karavyādā danda śūkāśa ca kṛmikīṭa vihaṃgamāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

यतिरध्वर्युमासीनो हिंसेयमिति कुत्सयन्

English

Immovable beings, animals and draught beasts, flesh-eaters, biting snakes, worms, insects and birds,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.24

अण्डजा जन्तवॊ ये च सर्वे चापि चतुष्पदाः उन्मत्ता बधिरा मूका ये चान्ये पापरॊगिणः

aṇḍajā jantavò ye ca sarve cāpi catuṣpadāḥ unmattā badhirā mūkā ye cānye pāparògiṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

निन्दा करते हुए कहा--'यह हिंसा है (अत: इससे पाप होगा)'

English

egg-born creatures and all four-footed beasts, the mad, deaf and dumb, and others sick with sin,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.25

मग्नास तमसि दुर्वृत्ताः सवकर्म कृतलक्षणाः अवाक्स्रॊतस इत्य एते मग्नास तमसि तामसाः

magnāsa tamasi durvṛttāḥ savakarma kṛtalakṣaṇāḥ avāksròtasa itya ete magnāsa tamasi tāmasāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेयसा योक्ष्यते जन्तुर्यदि श्रुतिरियं तथा

English

sunk in darkness, of bad conduct, marked by their own deeds: these are called "downward-streaming", sunk in darkness, the dark.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.26

तेषाम उत्कर्षम उद्रेकं वक्ष्याम्य अहम अतः परम यथा ते सुकृताँल लॊकाँल लभन्ते पुण्यकर्मिणः

teṣāma utkarṣama udrekaṃ vakṣyāmya ahama ataḥ parama yathā te sukṛtā~la lòkā~la labhante puṇyakarmiṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीयमान:” इत्यादि श्रुति सत्य है तो यह जीव कल्याणका ही भागी होगा

English

Now I shall tell their rise and surging, how those who do good deeds gain worlds of their good deeds.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.27

अन्यथा परतिपन्नास तु विवृद्धा ये च कर्मसु सवकर्मनिरतानां च बराह्मणानां शुभैषिणाम

anyathā paratipannāsa tu vivṛddhā ye ca karmasu savakarmaniratānāṃ ca barāhmaṇānāṃ śubhaiṣiṇāma

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी जलीय भाग है, वह जलमें प्रविष्ट हो जायगा

English

But those who have gone another way and grown in their deeds, and brahmins devoted to their own work and wishing good,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.28

संस्कारेणॊर्ध्वम आयान्ति यतमानाः स लॊकताम सवर्गं गच्छन्ति देवानाम इत्य एषा वैदिकी शरुतिः

saṃskāreṇòrdhvama āyānti yatamānāḥ sa lòkatāma savargaṃ gacchanti devānāma itya eṣā vaidikī śarutiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

आगमगमे वर्तमानस्य न मे दोषो5स्ति कश्षन

English

go upward by refinement, striving, to the world of the gods in heaven: so says the Vedic tradition.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.29

अन्यथा परतिपन्नास तु विवृद्धाः सवेषु कर्मसु पुनर आवृत्ति धर्माणस ते भवन्तीह मानुषाः

anyathā paratipannāsa tu vivṛddhāḥ saveṣu karmasu punara āvṛtti dharmāṇasa te bhavantīha mānuṣāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

छागार्थे वर्तते यज्ञों भवत: कि प्रयोजनम्

English

Those who have gone otherwise and grown in their own acts become men who return again to dharma.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.30

पापयॊनिं समापन्नाश चण्डाला मूक चूचुकाः वर्णान पर्यायशश चापि पराप्नुवन्त्य उत्तरॊत्तरम

pāpayòniṃ samāpannāśa caṇḍālā mūka cūcukāḥ varṇāna paryāyaśaśa cāpi parāpnuvantya uttaròttarama

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषामनुमतं श्रुत्वा शक्‍्या कर्तु विचारणा

English

Having come to sinful wombs, outcastes, mutes and chucchukas, they gain the classes in turn, higher and higher.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.31

शूद्रयॊनिम अतिक्रम्य ये चान्ये तामसा गुणाः सरॊतॊ मध्ये समागम्य वर्तन्ते तामसे गुणे

śūdrayònima atikramya ye cānye tāmasā guṇāḥ saròtò madhye samāgamya vartante tāmase guṇe

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीर केवल शिष्ट॑ निश्चेष्टमिति मे मति:

English

Having passed beyond a shudra's birth, other dark qualities, meeting in the middle of the stream, remain in the dark quality.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.32

अभिषङ्गस तु कामेषु महामॊह इति समृतः ऋषयॊ मुनयॊ देवा मुह्यन्त्य अत्र सुखेप्सवः

abhiṣaṅgasa tu kāmeṣu mahāmòha iti samṛtaḥ ṛṣayò munayò devā muhyantya atra sukhepsavaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो केवल इसका निश्वेष्ट शरीर ही अवशिष्ट रह गया है

English

Attachment to desires is called great delusion; sages, ascetics and gods are bewildered by it here, wishing for happiness.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.33

तमॊ मॊहॊ महामॊहस तामिस्रः करॊधसंज्ञितः मरणं तव अन्धतामिस्रं तामिस्रं करॊध उच्यते

tamò mòhò mahāmòhasa tāmisraḥ karòdhasaṃjñitaḥ maraṇaṃ tava andhatāmisraṃ tāmisraṃ karòdha ucyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिंसानिर्वेष्टकामानामिन्धनं पशुसंज्ञितम्

English

Darkness, delusion, great delusion, Tamisra named anger, death as Andhatamisra: anger is called Tamisra.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.34

भावतॊ गुणतश चैव यॊनितश चैव तत्त्वतः सर्वम एतत तमॊ विप्राः कीर्तितं वॊ यथाविधि

bhāvatò guṇataśa caiva yònitaśa caiva tattvataḥ sarvama etata tamò viprāḥ kīrtitaṃ vò yathāvidhi

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिंसा क्यों की जाय?)

English

By nature, by quality, by birth and in truth, all this darkness, brahmins, has been told to you duly.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.35

कॊ नव एतद बुध्यते साधु कॊ नव एतत साधु पश्यति अतत्त्वे तत्त्वदर्शी यस तमसस तत्त्वलक्षणम

kò nava etada budhyate sādhu kò nava etata sādhu paśyati atattve tattvadarśī yasa tamasasa tattvalakṣaṇama

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदिहिंस्रं भवेत् कर्म तत् कार्यमिति विद्यहे

English

Who understands this well, who sees this well? He who sees truth in untruth knows the mark of the truth of darkness.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 36.36

तमॊ गुणा वॊ बहुधा परकीर्तिता; यथावद उक्तं च तमः परावरम नरॊ हि यॊ वेद गुणान इमान सदा; स तामसैः सर्वगुणैः परमुच्यते

tamò guṇā vò bahudhā parakīrtitā; yathāvada uktaṃ ca tamaḥ parāvarama narò hi yò veda guṇāna imāna sadā; sa tāmasaiḥ sarvaguṇaiḥ paramucyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

वही करने योग्य है, यही हमारा मत है

English

The qualities of darkness have been told to you in many ways, and the higher and lower of darkness duly told. The man who always knows these qualities is freed from all dark qualities.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.1

[बर] रजॊ ऽहं वः परवक्ष्यामि याथा तथ्येन सत्तमाः निबॊधत महाभागा गुणवृत्तं च सर्वशः

[bara] rajò 'haṃ vaḥ paravakṣyāmi yāthā tathyena sattamāḥ nibòdhata mahābhāgā guṇavṛttaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारे द्वारा अहिंसाका ही पालन हो रहा है?

English

and is, therefore, distinguished above these (viz., the good). 2 Deliverance from the world takes place, after a long time, of one who acts righteously and well on every occasion as he should. A living creature thus always meets with the acts done by him in a former life. All these acts constitute the cause in consequence of which he comes into this world in a state different from his true form. 3 There is a doubt in the world as regards the question. By what was the acceptance (by Jiva) of a body first determined. The Grandsire of all the worlds, viz., Brahma having first formed a body of his own, then created the three worlds, in their entirety, of mobile and immobile creatures. Having first himself assumed a body, he then created Pradhana. That Pradhana is the material cause of all embodied creatures, by whom is all this covered and whom all came to know as the highest. This that is seen is said to be destructible; while the other is immortal and indestructible. This that (is seen) is said to be Kshara (the destructible); that, however, which is Para (the other) is the Immortal, (as also) Akshara (the Indestructible). Of each Purusha taken distributively, the whole is duality among these three. 4 Seen first (to appear in an

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.2

संघातॊ रूपम आयासः सुखदुःखे हिमातपौ ऐश्वर्यं विग्रहः संधिर हेतुवादॊ ऽरतिः कषमा

saṃghātò rūpama āyāsaḥ sukhaduḥkhe himātapau aiśvaryaṃ vigrahaḥ saṃdhira hetuvādò 'ratiḥ kaṣamā

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवाकिरन् शरशतै: समुद्रमिति न: श्रुतम्

English

Aggregation, form, effort, pleasure and pain, cold and heat, lordship, quarrel, peace, argument, discontent, patience,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.3

बलं शौर्यं मदॊ रॊषॊ वयायामकलहाव अपि ईर्ष्येप्सा पैशुनं युद्धं ममत्वं परिपालनम

balaṃ śauryaṃ madò ròṣò vayāyāmakalahāva api īrṣyepsā paiśunaṃ yuddhaṃ mamatvaṃ paripālanama

हिन्दी अर्थ

मा मुज्च वीर नाराचान् ब्रूहि कि करवाणि ते

English

strength, valour, pride, anger, exertion and strife, jealousy, desire, slander, war, possessiveness, protection,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.4

वधबन्धपरिक्लेशाः करयॊ विक्रय एव च निकृन्त छिन्धि भिन्धीति परमर्मावकर्तनम

vadhabandhaparikleśāḥ karayò vikraya eva ca nikṛnta chindhi bhindhīti paramarmāvakartanama

हिन्दी अर्थ

वध्यन्ते राजशार्दूल तेभ्यो देहाभयं विभो

English

killing, binding, torment, buying and selling, "cut, split, pierce," cutting vital parts of others,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.5

उग्रं दारुणम आक्रॊशः परवित्तानुशासनम लॊकचिन्ता विचिन्ता च मत्सरः परिभाषणम

ugraṃ dāruṇama ākròśaḥ paravittānuśāsanama lòkacintā vicintā ca matsaraḥ paribhāṣaṇama

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्यते तं समाचक्ष्व य: समासीत मां मृथे

English

fierceness, cruelty, abuse, ruling over others' wealth, worldly care and anxiety, envy, insult,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.6

मृषावादॊ मृषा दानं विकल्पः परिभाषणम निन्दास्तुतिः परशंसा च परतापः परितर्पणम

mṛṣāvādò mṛṣā dānaṃ vikalpaḥ paribhāṣaṇama nindāstutiḥ paraśaṃsā ca paratāpaḥ paritarpaṇama

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य पुत्रस्तवातिथ्यं यथावत् कर्तुमहति

English

lying, false giving, alternatives, insult, blame and praise, heat, satisfaction,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.7

परिचर्या च शुश्रूषा सेवा तृष्णा वयपाश्रयः वयूहॊ ऽनयः परमादश च परितापः परिग्रहः

paricaryā ca śuśrūṣā sevā tṛṣṇā vayapāśrayaḥ vayūhò 'nayaḥ paramādaśa ca paritāpaḥ parigrahaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तमाश्रममागम्य राममेवान्वपद्यत

English

attendance, service, ministering, thirst, dependence, scheming, another's, carelessness, distress and acquisition,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.8

संस्कारा ये च लॊके ऽसमिन परवर्तन्ते पृथक पृथक नृषु नारीषु भूतेषु दरव्येषु शरणेषु च

saṃskārā ye ca lòke 'samina paravartante pṛthaka pṛthaka nṛṣu nārīṣu bhūteṣu daravyeṣu śaraṇeṣu ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रदहन् रिपुसैन्यानि तदा कमललोचने

English

and the rites which here proceed separately among men, women, beings, goods and shelters,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.9

संतापॊ ऽपरत्ययश चैव वरतानि नियमाश च ये परदानम आशीर युक्तं च सततं मे भवत्व इति

saṃtāpò 'paratyayaśa caiva varatāni niyamāśa ca ye paradānama āśīra yuktaṃ ca satataṃ me bhavatva iti

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिच्छेद सहसा रामो बहुशाखमिव द्रुमम्

English

distress, mistrust, and vows and rules, giving, and blessing: "May this always be mine."

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.10

सवधा कारॊ नमः कारः सवाहाकारॊ वषट करिया याजनाध्यापने चॊभे तथैवाहुः परिग्रहम

savadhā kārò namaḥ kāraḥ savāhākārò vaṣaṭa kariyā yājanādhyāpane còbhe tathaivāhuḥ parigrahama

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षरं तत्र सद्भाव: स्वभाव: क्षर उच्यते

English

Prajapati (then) created all the primal elements and all immobile creatures. Even this is the ancient audition. Of that (acceptance of body), the Grandsire ordained a limit in respect of time, and migrations among diverse creatures and return or rebirth. All that I say is proper and correct, like to what a person who is endued with intelligence and who has seen his soul, would say on this topic of previous births. 1 That person who looks upon pleasure and pain as inconstant, which, indeed, is the correct view, who regards the body as an unholy conglomeration, and destruction as ordained in action, and who remembers that what little of pleasure there is, is really all pain, will succeed in crossing this terrible ocean of worldly migration that is so difficult to cross. Though assailed by decrepitude and death and disease, he that understands Pradhana beholds with all equal eye that Consciousness which dwells in all beings endued with consciousness. Seeking the supreme seat, he then becomes utterly indifferent to all (other) things. O best of men, I shall now impart instruction to thee, agreeably to truth, concerning this. Do thou, O learned Brahmana, understand in completeness that which constitutes the excellent knowledge, as I declare it, of that indestructible seat.--'"

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.11

इदं मे सयाद इदं मे सयात सनेहॊ गुणसमुद्भवः अभिद्रॊहस तथा माया निकृतिर मान एव च

idaṃ me sayāda idaṃ me sayāta sanehò guṇasamudbhavaḥ abhidròhasa tathā māyā nikṛtira māna eva ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वथा और सभी कालोंमें अभाव है, वह क्षर कहलाता है

English

his subtlety and imperceptibility, Jiva does not become attached to anything. For this reason, one possessed of a knowledge of Brahman, having become cognisant of Brahman and attained the great object of his desire, succeeds in becoming so (i.e., dissociated from all things). This interpretation seems to be a little far-fetched.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.12

सतैन्यं हिंसा परीवादः परितापः परजागरः सतम्भॊ दम्भॊ ऽथ रागश च भक्तिः परीतिः परमॊदनम

satainyaṃ hiṃsā parīvādaḥ paritāpaḥ parajāgaraḥ satambhò dambhò 'tha rāgaśa ca bhaktiḥ parītiḥ paramòdanama

हिन्दी अर्थ

समन्तात् परिमुक्तस्य न भयं विद्यते क्वचित्

English

Theft, harm, slander, anguish, wakefulness, stiffness, hypocrisy, passion, devotion, love, delight,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.13

दयूतं च जनवादश च संबन्धाः सत्रीकृताश च ये नृत्तवादित्रगीतानि परसङ्गा ये च के चन सर्व एते गुणा विप्रा राजसाः संप्रकीर्तिताः

dayūtaṃ ca janavādaśa ca saṃbandhāḥ satrīkṛtāśa ca ye nṛttavāditragītāni parasaṅgā ye ca ke cana sarva ete guṇā viprā rājasāḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्वर्युरपि निर्मोह: प्रचचार महामखे

English

gambling, gossip, relations made by women, dance, instruments and song, and whatever attachments there are: all these qualities, brahmins, are declared passionate.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.14

भूतभव्य भविष्याणां भावानां भुवि भावनाः तरिवर्गनिरता नित्यं धर्मॊ ऽरथः काम इत्य अपि

bhūtabhavya bhaviṣyāṇāṃ bhāvānāṃ bhuvi bhāvanāḥ tarivarganiratā nityaṃ dharmò 'rathaḥ kāma itya api

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुछ नहीं बोला। फिर अध्वर्यु भी मोहरहित होकर उस महायज्ञमें अग्रसर हुआ

English

Ruminations on the states of past, present and future on earth, ever devoted to the three aims, dharma, wealth and desire,

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.15

कामवृत्ताः परमॊदन्ते सर्वकामसमृद्धिभिः अर्वाक सरॊतस इत्य एते तैजसा रजसावृताः

kāmavṛttāḥ paramòdante sarvakāmasamṛddhibhiḥ arvāka saròtasa itya ete taijasā rajasāvṛtāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

विदित्वा चानुतिष्ठ न्ति क्षेत्रज्ञेनार्थदर्शिना

English

living by desire, they rejoice in the prosperity of all desires. These are called "downward-streaming", radiant and covered with passion.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.16

अस्मिँल लॊके परमॊदन्ते जायमानाः पुनः पुनः परेत्य भाविकम ईहन्त इह लौकिकम एव च ददति परतिगृह्णन्ति जपन्त्य अथ च जुह्वति

asmi~la lòke paramòdante jāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ paretya bhāvikama īhanta iha laukikama eva ca dadati paratigṛhṇanti japantya atha ca juhvati

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्तवीर्यस्य संवाद समुद्रस्य च भाविनि

English

Rejoicing in this world, being born again and again, after death they strive for the next and for this world; they give, receive, mutter prayers and offer.

अध्याय 14

श्लोक 37.17

रजॊगुणा वॊ बहुधानुकीर्तिता; यथावद उक्तं गुणवृत्तम एव च नरॊ हि यॊ वेद गुणान इमान सदा; स राजसैः सर्वगुणैर विमुच्यते

rajòguṇā vò bahudhānukīrtitā; yathāvada uktaṃ guṇavṛttama eva ca narò hi yò veda guṇāna imāna sadā; sa rājasaiḥ sarvaguṇaira vimucyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

English

The passionate qualities have been told to you in many ways, and the conduct of the qualities duly told. The man who always knows these qualities is freed from all passionate qualities.

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

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स्रोत, संस्करण एवं व्याख्या वर्गीकरण

धर्म ग्रंथ पर मूल शास्त्र, पारंपरिक भाष्य और आधुनिक व्याख्या को पूर्णतः पृथक रखा जाता है ताकि पाठक को किसी भी व्याख्या के शास्त्र होने का भ्रम न हो।

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6 स्तरिय प्रमाण व्यवस्था
मूल पाठOriginal text

अपौरुषेय / प्रामाणिक शास्त्र (Primary Canonical Scripture)

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

शाब्दिक अनुवादLiteral translation

पदार्थ व अन्वय (Direct Grammatical & Word-for-Word Meaning)

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

पारंपरिक भाष्यTraditional commentary

आचार्य परंपरा व टीका (Classical Lineage Commentary)

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

सरल व्याख्याSimple explanation

भावार्थ व सुबोध प्रबोधन (Accessible Pedagogical Exposition)

आधुनिक जिज्ञासुओं के लिए सरल भाषा में भावार्थ। यह मूल मंत्र नहीं, बल्कि पाठ को सुगम बनाने हेतु संपादकीय व्याख्या है।

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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।