Ashvamedha Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा त्वमपि जानीहि गर्भे जीवोपपादनम्

English

Indra said. "I know thy priest, this highly energetic ascetic, the younger brother of Vrihaspati, at whose invitation I have come to this sacrifice. I am, O monarch, well-pleased with thee and my resentment against thee hath been destroyed. "

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदाचारमें ही स्थित रहते हैं

English

Everything here is to be known; the mind looks to knowledge. Semen is the body-bearer in the body, while the knower is the body-bearer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुक्त है, वह अन्य धर्मात्माओंकी अपेक्षा श्रेष्ठ होता है

English

The body-bearer is the Garhapatya; another is led forth from it, then the Ahavaniya, and into it the oblation is thrown.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व तत्कारणं येन विकृतोडयमिहागत:

English

From that arose the lord of speech; Samana looks on; form becomes manifest, and the mind runs after it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्येवं संशयो लोके तच्च वक्ष्याम्यत: परम्

English

[Brahmin woman] "Which came first, speech or mind? When a thought of the mind comes to be spoken,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रैलोक्यमसृजद् ब्रह्मा कृत्स्नं स्थावरजड्रमम्

English

by what union of knowledge is the understanding established in thought? Raised up, it did not get through; who obstructs it?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

यया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं यां लोके परमां विदु:

English

[Brahmin] "Apana, becoming its lord, directs it from there to the state of Apana; they call it the understanding of the mind, and from that the mind looks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयाणां मिथुनं सर्वमेकेकस्य पृथक् पृथक्

English

Since you ask me about the question of speech and mind, therefore I shall tell you the dialogue between those two.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थावराणि च भूतानि इत्येषा पौर्विकी श्रुति:

English

Both speech and mind went and asked the Self of beings, 'Tell us which of us is better, lord, and cut our doubt.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेव शरीराणि प्रकाशयति चेतना

English

Samvarta said, "If, O prince of the Devas, thou art pleased with us, do thou thyself give all the directions for this sacrifice, and O Surendra, thyself ordain the sacrificial portions (for the gods), so that, O god, all the world may know that it hath been done by thee."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्वदेहकृतं सर्वमवश्यमुपभुज्यते

English

Vyasa said, "Thus accosted by the son of Angira, Sakra himself gave directions to all the gods to erect the hall of assembly, and a thousand well-furnished excellent rooms looking grand as in a picture, and speedily to complete the staircase massive and durable, for the ascent of the Gandharvas and Apsaras and to furnish that portion of the sacrificial ground reserved for the dance of the Apsaras, like unto the palace of Indra in the heaven. O king, thus directed, the renowned dwellers of heaven speedily fulfilled the directions of Sakra. And then, O king, Indra well-pleased and adored, thus said to king Marutta,— O prince, by associating with thee at this sacrifice, thine ancestors who have gone before thee, as well as the other gods have been highly gratified and have accepted the oblations offered by thee. And now, O king, let the foremost of regenerate beings offer on the sacrificial altar a red bull appertaining to the Fire- god and a sacred and duly consecrated blue bull with a variegated skin, appertaining to the Viswedevas. Then, O king, the sacrificial ceremony grew in splendour, wherein the gods themselves collected the food, and Sakra, the lord of the gods, possessed of horses, and worshipped by the Brahmanas, became an assistant at the sacrifice. And then the high-souled Samvarta ascending the altar, and looking radiant as the second embodiment of the blazing fire, loudly addressing the gods with complaisance, offered oblations of clarified butter to the fire with incantation of the sacred hymns. And then the slayer of Vala first drank the Soma juice, and then the assembly of other gods drank Soma. And then in happiness and with the king's permission they returned home and well-pleased and delighted. Then that monarch, the slayer of his enemies, with a delighted heart, placed heaps of gold on diverse spots, and distributing the immense wealth to the Brahmanas, he looked glorious like Kuvera, the god of wealth. And with a buoyant heart, the king filled his treasury with different kinds of wealth, and with the permission of his spiritual preceptor, he returned (to his kingdom) and continued to rule the entire realm extending to the borders of the sea. So virtuous in this world was that king, at whose sacrifice such an enormous quantity of gold vas collected, and now, O prince, thou must collect that gold and worshipping the gods with due rites, do thou perform this sacrifice."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यावत् तन्मोक्षयोगस्थं धर्म नैवावबुध्यते

English

Vaisampayana continued, "Then the Pandava prince Yudhishthira was

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मोकी परम्परा नहीं टूटती है

English

delighted on hearing this speech of the son of Satyavati (Vyasa), and desirous of performing his sacrifice with those riches, he held repeated consultations with his ministers."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवर्तमानो जातीषु यथान्योन्यासु सत्तम

English

Between prana and apana, the goddess Speech always stood; urged on, fair one, unable to move without prana, she ran to Prajapati: "Be gracious, blessed one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दम: प्रशान्तता चैव भूतानां चानुकम्पनम्

English

Then prana appeared, refreshing speech again; therefore, having reached the exhaling breath, speech never speaks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यलीकानामकरणं भूतानां मनसा भुवि

English

The sounding one, having produced sound, goes on forever; and of those two sounding ones, the soundless is greater.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरुपूजा घृणा शौचं नित्यमिन्द्रियसंयम:

English

She flows like a cow, the best yielder of essence, ever streaming, this eternal speaker of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो धर्म: प्रभवति य: प्रजा: पाति शाश्वती:

English

By divine and undivine power, pure-smiling one, Bharati is the cow; see the difference between these two subtle streaming ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचारो धर्ममाचष्टे यस्मिन् शान्ता व्यवस्थिता:

English

When no sentences had arisen yet, urged by desire to create, which then did the goddess Sarasvati utter first?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तं समभिपद्येत न स दुर्गतिमाप्रुयात्

English

She who arises in the body with prana, from prana reaches apana, and, as udana, leaving the body, with vyana covers all of heaven,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यश्च योगी च मुक्तश्न स एतेभ्यो विशिष्यते

English

then stands established in samana here; so she first said. Therefore the mind is superior for being immovable, and the goddess is superior for being moving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतों और जंगम प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि की है, यह पुरातन श्रुति है

English

Vaisampayana said, "When Vyasa of wonderful achievements had concluded his speech to the king, the highly-puissant son of Vasudeva (Krishna) also addressed him. Knowing the king, the son of Pritha, afflicted in mind, and bereft of his relatives and kinsmen slain in battle, and appearing crest-fallen like the sun darkened eclipse, or fire smothered by smoke, that prop of the Vrishni race (Krishna), comforting the son of Dharma, essayed to address him thus."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्दन्दो वीतरागात्मा सर्वथा मुक्त एव सः

English

Nose, eye and tongue, skin, ear as fifth, mind and intellect: these seven offerers are each separately settled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाले योगी पुरुष अपने आत्माका साक्षात्कार कर लेते हैं

English

Being in subtle space, they do not see one another; know these seven offerers, fair one, by their nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यैद्वरिश्षारयन्नित्यं पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि

English

[Brahmin woman] "How, being in subtle space, do they not see one another? How are they of their own nature? Tell me this, blessed lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीव्र तप्त्वा तप: पूर्व मोक्षयोगं समाचरेत्

English

[Brahmin] "Ignorance of qualities, lack of knowledge, knowing the possessor of the quality, awareness: these never know one another's qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनीषी मनसा विद्र: पश्यन्नात्मानमात्मनि

English

Tongue, eye, ear, skin, mind and intellect do not reach smells; the nose reaches them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षात्कार करता है

English

Nose, eye, ear, skin, mind and intellect do not reach tastes; the tongue reaches them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा रूपमिवात्मानं साधुयुक्त: प्रपश्यति

English

Nose, tongue, ear, skin, mind and intellect do not reach forms; the eye reaches them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगी निष्कृष्य चात्मानं तथा पश्यति देहत:

English

Nose, tongue, eye, ear, intellect and mind do not reach touches; the skin reaches them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतेषु परिवृत्तिं च पुनरावृत्तिमेव च

English

Vasudeva said, "All crookedness of heart leads to destruction (perdition?) and all rectitude leads to Brahman (spiritual excellence). If this and this only is the aim and object of all true wisdom, then what can mental distraction do (to one who understands this)? Thy Karma has not yet been annihilated, nor have thy enemies been subjugated, for thou dost not yet know the enemies that are still lurking within thine own flesh. I shall (therefore) relate to thee truly as I have heard it, the story of the war of Indra with Vritra as it took place. In ancient times the Prithivi (earth), O king, was encompassed by Vritra, and by this abstraction of earthly matter, the seat of all odour, there arose bad odours on all sides, and the Performer of a hundred sacrifices (Indra), being much enraged by this act, hurled his thunderbolt at Vritra. And being deeply wounded by the thunderbolt of mighty Indra, Vritra entered into the (waters), and by doing so he destroyed their property. The waters being seized by Vritra, their liquid property left them. At this Indra became highly enraged and again smote him with his thunderbolt. And he (Vritra) smitten by the thunderbolt by the most powerful Indra betook himself to the Jyoti (luminous matter) and abstracted its inherent property. The luminous matter being overwhelmed by Vritra and its property, colour and form being thereby lost, the wrathful Indra again hurled his thunderbolt at him. And thus wounded again by Indra of immeasurable power, Vritra entered all on a sudden into the Vayu (gaseous matter), and thereafter made away with its inherent property. And this matter being overpowered by Vritra and its property, viz. , touch being lost, Indra became again filled with wrath and flung his thunderbolt at him. And wounded therein by the mighty (Indra), he overwhelmed the Akasa (ether), and took away its inherent property, and the Akasa being overwhelmed by Vritra, and its property, sound being destroyed, the god of a hundred sacrifices highly incensed, again smote him with his thunderbolt. And thus smitten by the mighty Indra, he suddenly entered into his (Sakra's) body, and took away its essential attributes. And

हिन्दी अर्थ

कायं चामेध्यसंघातं विनाशं कर्मसंहितम्

English

overtaken by Vritra, he was filled with great illusion. And, O venerable sir, the mightiest of Bharata's race, we have heard that Vasistha comforted Indra (when he was thus afflicted) and that the god of a hundred sacrifices slew Vritra in his body by means of his invisible thunderbolt, and know, O prince, that this religious mystery was recited by Sakra to the great sages, and they in turn told it to me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसारसागरं घोरं तरिष्यति सुदुस्तरम्

English

Nose, tongue, eye, skin, ear and mind do not reach the settled conclusion; the intellect reaches it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चेतनावत्सु चैतन्यं सम॑ भूतेषु पश्यति

English

On this too they cite an ancient tale, fair one: the dialogue between the senses and the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्योपदेशं वक्ष्यामि याथातथ्येन सत्तम

English

[Mind] 'Without me the nose does not smell, the tongue does not know taste, the eye does not grasp form, the skin does not know touch.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोच्यमानं मया विप्र निबोधेदमशेषत:

English

The ear does not know sound without me in any way; I am the eternal best of all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहा भारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि अष्टादशो5ध्याय:

English

Without me the senses do not shine, like empty houses or fires with their flames calmed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्व पूर्व परित्यज्य स तीर्णो बन्धनाद् भवेत्

English

Like wet and dry wood, though the senses strive, all creatures do not reach the objects of the qualities without me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यपेतभयमन्युश्च॒ आत्मवान् मुच्यते नर:

English

[The senses] 'This would be true as you think, if without us you enjoyed the pleasures that are our objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लाभालाभे प्रियद्वेष्पे य:ः सम: स च मुच्यते

English

If, when we are dissolved, you enjoy pleasures and tastes, nourishing and sustaining life, then it is as you think.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यक्तधर्मार्थकामश्न निराकाड्क्षी च मुच्यते

English

Or, when we are dissolved and objects remain, if by mere resolve you enjoy pleasures as they are.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धातुक्षयप्रशान्तात्मा निर्दन्द्ः स विमुच्यते

English

If you think you succeed in our objects always, take form by the nose, take taste by the eye,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वत्थसदृशं नित्यं जन्ममृत्युजरायुतम्

English

take smell by the ear, take certainty by the tongue, take sound by the skin, and touch by the intellect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुक्त हो जाता है

English

The strong are without rules and the rules are for the weak; take pleasures never before taken; you should not eat what is left over.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अगुणं गुणभोक्तारं यः पश्यति स मुच्यते

English

As a pupil runs to his teacher for the meaning of the scripture, and then takes what is heard and attends to its meaning,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शनैर्निर्वाणमाप्रोति निरिन्धन इवानल:

English

so you think of objects shown by us, future and past, in dream and waking.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह बिना ईंधनकी आगके समान धीरे-धीरे शान्तिको प्राप्त हो जाता है

English

In creatures of little mind who have fallen into dejection, life is seen sustained when the work is done for our sake.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा इन्द्रियग्रामं यश्नरेन्मुक्त एव सः

English

Though you think of many resolves and enjoy dreams, pressed by hunger you run only to objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परमाप्रोति संशान्तमचलं नित्यमक्षरम्

English

Entering a house as if without a door, enjoying by resolve, finding no objects, at the failing of life you always find peace, like a fire lit when the wood is spent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युञ्जन्तः सिद्धमात्मानं यथा पश्यन्ति योगिन:

English

True, we are attached to our own qualities, and our qualities are not mutually perceived; without us there is no perception of you, and without you, joy would not serve us.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस देहसे पृथक् करके देखता है

English

" Vasudeva said, "There are two kinds of ailments, physical and mental. They are produced by the mutual action of the body and mind on each other, and they never arise without the interaction of the two. The ailment that is produced in the body, is called the physical ailment, and that which has its seat in the mind, is known as the mental ailment. The cold, the warm (phlegm and bile) as well as the windy humours, O king, are the essential transformations generated in the physical body, and when these humours are evenly distributed, and are present in due proportions, they are said to be symptomatic of good health. The warm humour is acted upon (allayed) by the cold, and the cold by the warm. And Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas are the attributes of the soul, and it is said by the learned that their presence in due proportions indicates health (of the mind). But if any of the three preponderates, some remedy is enjoined (to restore the equilibrium). Happiness is overcome by sorrow, and sorrow by pleasure. Some people while afflicted by sorrow, desire to recall (past) happiness, while others, while in the enjoyment of happiness, desire to recall past sorrow. But thou, O son of Kunti, dost neither desire to recall thy sorrows nor thy happiness; what else dost thou desire to recall barring this delusion of sorrow? Or, perchance, O son, of Pritha, it is thy innate nature, by which thou art at present overpowered. Thou dost not desire to recall to thy mind the painful sight of Krishna standing in the hall of assembly with only one piece of cloth to cover her body, and while she was in her menses and in the presence of all the Pandavas. And it is not meet that thou shouldst brood over thy departure from the city, and thy exile with the hide of the antelope for thy robe, and thy wanderings in the great forest, nor shouldst thou recall to thy mind the affliction from Jatasura, the fight with Chitrasena, and thy troubles from the Saindhavas. Nor it is proper, O son of Pritha, and conqueror of thy foes, that thou shouldst recall the incident of Kichaka's kicking Draupadi, during the period of thy exile passed in absolute concealment, nor the incidents of the fight which took place between thyself and Drona and Bhishma. The time has now arrived, when thou must fight the battle which each must fight single-handed with his mind. Therefore, O chief of Bharata's race, thou must now prepare to carry the struggle against thy mind, and by dint of abstraction and the merit of thine own Karma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

छुटकारा पाकर सुखसे सोता--अक्षय आनन्दका अनुभव करता है

English

Prana, apana, udana, samana and vyana: these five offerers the wise know as the supreme state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आभ्यन्तर विषयोंसहित मनको धारण करे

English

[Brahmin woman] "That the offerers are seven by nature was your earlier view. As the offerers are five, say what the supreme state is."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिन् काले मनश्नलास्य न च किंचन बाह्त:

English

[Brahmin] "The wind gathered by prana becomes apana; the wind gathered in apana goes on as vyana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कायमभ्यन्तरं कृत्स्नमेकाग्र: परिचिन्तयेत्

English

The wind gathered by vyana then goes on as udana; the wind gathered in udana goes on as samana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाहर और भीतर प्रत्येक अंगमें परिपूर्ण परब्रह्म परमात्माका चिन्तन करे

English

They once went and asked Prajapati, born first: 'Tell us which of us is eldest; he will be best for us.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

हृदयं चिन्तयेच्चापि तथा हृदयबन्धनम्

English

[Brahma] 'He in whose dissolution all the vital breaths in the bodies of embodied beings go to dissolution, and by whose going about they move again, he is the best; go where you wish.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

पप्रच्छ पुनरेवेम॑ मोक्षधर्म सुदुर्वचम्

English

[Prana] 'When I am dissolved, all the vital breaths in the bodies of embodied beings go to dissolution, and when I move they move again. I am the best; see me dissolved.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्यन्त कठिन है, उस मोक्षधर्मके विषयमें पूछा--

English

[Brahmin] Prana was dissolved, and then moved again; samana and udana then spoke, fair one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतन्निदर्शनं प्रोक्तं योगविद्धिरनुत्तमम्

English

thou must reach the other side of (overcome) the mysterious and unintelligible (mind). In this war there will be no need for any missiles, nor for friends, nor attendants. The battle which is to be fought alone and single-handed has now arrived for thee. And if vanquished in this struggle, thou shalt find thyself in the most wretched plight, and O son of Kunti, knowing this, and acting accordingly, shalt thou attain success. And knowing this wisdom and the destiny of all creatures, and following the conduct of thy ancestors, do thou duly administer thy kingdom."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसके ऊपर त्रिभुवनके अधीश्वरका भी आधिपत्य नहीं रहता

English

'When I am dissolved, all the vital breaths in the bodies of embodied beings go to dissolution, and when I move they move again. I am the best; see me dissolved.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्म चाव्ययमाप्रोति हित्वा देहमशाश्वतम्

English

Vyana and udana spoke to him as he spoke: 'Apana, you are not the best, for prana is in your control.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह इस अनित्य शरीरका त्याग करके अविनाशी ब्रह्मको प्राप्त होता है

English

Apana then moved, and vyana again said to him: 'I am the best of all; hear the reason.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्लिश्यमानेषु भूतेषु न स क्लिश्यति केनचित्

English

When I am dissolved, all the vital breaths in the bodies of embodied beings go to dissolution, and when I move they move again. I am the best; see me dissolved.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसको किसीसे क्लेश नहीं पहुँचता

English

Then vyana was dissolved and moved again; prana, apana, udana and samana said to him: 'You are not the best, vyana, for samana is in your control.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

न विचाल्यति युक्तात्मा निःस्पृह: शान्तमानस:

English

Vyana moved again, and samana spoke again: 'I am the best of all; hear the reason.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा भयसे विचलित नहीं होता

English

When I am dissolved, all the vital breaths in the bodies of embodied beings go to dissolution, and when I move they move again. I am the best; see me dissolved.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखी कहीं कोई नहीं दिखायी देता

English

Then samana was dissolved and moved again; prana, apana, udana and vyana said to him: 'Samana, you are not the best, for vyana is in your control.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनिवृत्तजरादु:ख: सुखं स्वपिति चापि स:

English

Samana moved, and udana said to him: 'I am the best of all; hear the reason.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्वेदस्तु न कर्तव्यो भुज्जानेन कथंचन

English

When I am dissolved, all the vital breaths in the bodies of embodied beings go to dissolution, and when I move they move again. I am the best; see me dissolved.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तहैव न स्पृहयते साक्षादपि शतक्रतो:

English

Then udana was dissolved and moved again; prana, apana, samana and vyana said to him: 'Udana, you are not the best, for vyana is in your control.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

लगता है, उस समय वह साक्षात् इन्द्रके पदको भी पानेकी इच्छा नहीं करता है

English

Then Brahma, Prajapati, said to them as they stood together: 'All are best and none is best; all are mutually dependent. All are best in their own domain, and all protect one another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टपूर्वां दिशं चिन्त्य यस्मिन् संनिवसेत् पुरे

English

One is steady and one unsteady; the five winds are distinguished by difference. My Self is one alone, though it is built up in many ways.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिन्नावसथे धार्य सबाहा॒ भ्यन्तरं मन:

English

Friends of one another, bring each other into being; go in well-being; may it be well with you; uphold one another.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं रसत्वं बत्रजति शोणितत्वं कथं पुन:

English

"Vasudeva said, "O scion of Bharata's race, salvation is not attained by foregoing the external things (like kingdom, etc), it is only attained by giving up things which pander to the flesh (body). The virtue and happiness which are attainable by the person who has renounced only the external objects, but who is at the same time engrossed by passions and weakness of the flesh, let these be the portion of our enemies. The word with two letters is Mrit-yu (death of the soul or perdition), and the word with three letters is Sas-wa-ta (Brahman) or the eternal spirit. The consciousness that this or that thing is mine, or the state of being addicted to worldly objects is Mrityu and the absence of that feeling is Saswatam. And these two, Brahman and Mrityu, O king, have their seats in the souls of all creatures, and remaining unseen, they, without doubt, wage war with each other. And if, O Bharata, it be true that no creature is ever destroyed, then one doth not make oneself guilty of the death of a creature by piercing (destroying) its body. What matters the world to a man, if having acquired the sovereignty of the whole earth with its mobile and immobile creation, he does not become attached to it, or engrossed in its enjoyment. But the man who having renounced the world, has taken to the life of the recluse in the forest, living on wild roots and edibles, if such a man, O son of Pritha, has a craving for the good things of the world, and is addicted to them, he may be said to bear Mrityu (death) in his mouth. Do thou, O Bharata, watch and observe the character of thy external and internal enemies, (by means of thy spiritual vision), And the man who is able to perceive the nature of the eternal reality is able to overreach the influence of the great fear (perdition). Men do not look with approbation upon the conduct of those who are engrossed in worldly desires and there is no act without having a desire (at its root) and all (Kama) desires are, as it were, the limbs (offshoots) of the mind. Therefore, wise men knowing this subjugate their desires. The Yogi who holds communion with the Supreme Spirit, knows Yoga to be the perfect way (to salvation) by reason of the practices of his many former births. And remembering that, what the soul desires, is not conducive to piety and virtue, but that the suppression of the desires is at the root of all true virtue, such

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वतः श्रुतिमाल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति

English

[The brahmin woman] "When a creature is being born, which goes first: prana, apana, samana, vyana or udana?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तमुत्सृज्य देहे स्वं धारयन् ब्रह्म केवलम्

English

[Brahmin] "That by which this creature is created, another goes before it. The pair of breaths should be known as the transverse and the upward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेवमाश्रयं कृत्वा मोक्ष याति ततो मयेि

English

[Woman] By what is this creature created, and which other goes before it? Tell me the pair of breaths, the transverse and upward, with certainty."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपूृच्छे साधयिष्यामि गच्छ विप्र यथासुखम्

English

[Brahmin] "Joy is born from resolve, and from sound, from taste, from form,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्रवर! तुम भी सुखपूर्वक अपने स्थानको लौट जाओ

English

from touch, and from smell. This is the form of udana; joy is born of the couple's union.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अगच्छत यथाकामं ब्राह्मण: संशितव्रत:

English

From desire semen is born, from desire the essence is born; in the common semen and blood produced by samana and vyana,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिष्य ब्राह्मण काश्यप इच्छानुसार अपने अभीष्ट स्थानको चला गया

English

from semen mixed with blood, prana goes first; when the semen is changed by prana, apana then goes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्षधर्माश्रित: सम्यक् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

English

This pair, prana and apana, goes downward and upward; vyana and samana, both, are called the transverse pair.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बनता है और किस प्रकार वह रक्तके रूपमें परिणत हो जाता है?

English

do not engage in the practice of charity, Vedic learning, asceticism and Vedic rites whose object is attainment of worldly prosperity, ceremonies, sacrifices, religious rules and meditation, with the motive of securing any advantage thereby. By way of illustration of this truth, the sages versed in ancient lore, recite these Gathas called by the name of Kamagita, do thou O Yudhishthira, listen to the recital of them in detail. (Kama says) No creature is able to destroy me without resorting to the proper methods (viz. , subjugating of all desires and practice of Yoga etc.) If a man knowing my power, strive to destroy me by muttering prayers etc., I prevail over him by deluding him with the belief that I am the subjective ego within him. If he wish to destroy me by means of sacrifices with many presents, I deceive him by appearing in his mind as a most virtuous creature amongst the mobile creation, and if he wish to annihilate me by mastering the Vedas and Vedangas, I over reach him by seeming to his mind to be the

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरोधानां निर्गमनं मलानां च पृथक् पृथक्

English

His smoke is darkness, passion is ash, and goodness arises in the one of good seed, where the oblation is thrown.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कं च देशमधिष्ठाय तिष्ठत्यात्मायमात्मनि

English

The knowers of sacrifice know samana and vyana as the two pourings; prana and apana as the two portions of ghee, and between them the fire. Brahmins know this as the highest form of udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि वर्ण कीदृशं चैव निवेशयति वै पुन:

English

That which is free of dualities, hear it as I tell it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति सम्परिपृष्टो5हं तेन विप्रेण माधव

English

Day and night are the pair, and between them the fire; brahmins know this as the highest form of udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा स्वकोएषे प्रक्षिप्प भाण्डं भाण्डमना भवेत्

English

The two courses are a pair, and between them the fire; brahmins know this as the highest form of udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मानं तत्र मार्गेत प्रमादं परिवर्जयेत्

English

Truth and falsehood are a pair, and between them the fire; brahmins know this as the highest form of udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसादयति तद् ब्रह्म यद् दृष्टवा स्यात् प्रधानवित्

English

Good and bad are a pair, and between them the fire; brahmins know this as the highest form of udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकृति एवं उसके विकारोंको स्वतः जान लेता है

English

Being and non-being are a pair, and between them the fire; brahmins know this as the highest form of udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्माका दर्शन होता है

English

First samana and vyana are fixed, and by them the act is fixed; the third is again determined by samana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कानवाला है; क्योंकि वह संसारमें सबको व्याप्त करके स्थित है

English

For peace, the Vamadeva chant; peace is eternal Brahman. Brahmins know this as the highest form of udana."