Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.200
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12.200.1
अक्षरात्खं ततो वायुस्ततो ज्योतिस्ततो जलम् ।
जलात्प्रसूता जगती जगत्या जायते जगत् ॥ १२.२००.१ ॥
From the imperishable came space; then air; then light; then water. From water the earth was born, and from the earth this world arises.
12.200.2
इमे शरीरैर्जलमेव गत्वा ।
जलाच्च तेजः पवनान्तरिक्षम्।
खाद्वै निवर्तन्ति न भाविनस्ते ।
ये भाविनस्ते परमाप्नुवन्ति ॥ १२.२००.२ ॥
Embodied beings, having merged into water, go from water to fire, wind and space, and return from space. Those subject to becoming do not return; those not subject to becoming attain the supreme.
12.200.3
नोष्णं न शीतं मृदु नापि तीक्ष्णं ।
नाम्लं कषायं मधुरं न तिक्तम्।
न शब्दवन्नापि च गन्धवत्त ।
न्न रूपवत्तत्परमस्वभावम् ॥ १२.२००.३ ॥
It is not hot, nor cold; not soft, nor sharp; not sour, astringent, sweet, or bitter; not possessing sound, nor smell, nor form. That supreme is not of such a nature.
12.200.4
स्पर्शं तनुर्वेद रसं च जिह्वा ।
घ्राणं च गन्धाञ्श्रवणे च शब्दान्।
रूपाणि चक्षुर्नच तत्परं य ।
द्गृह्णन्त्यनध्यात्मविदो मनुष्याः ॥ १२.२००.४ ॥
The skin knows touch, the tongue taste, the nose smell, the ear sounds, the eye forms; but not that supreme. People ignorant of the self grasp it only through these.
12.200.5
निवर्तयित्वा रसनां रसेभ्यो ।
घ्राणं च गन्धाच्छ्रवणे च शब्दात्।
स्पर्शात्तनुं रूपगुणात्तु चक्षु ।
स्ततः परं पश्यति तत्स्वभावम् ॥ १२.२००.५ ॥
Having turned the tongue back from tastes, the nose from smell, the ear from sound, the body from touch, and the eye from the quality of form, one then sees that supreme in its own nature.
12.200.6
यतो गृहीत्वा हि करोति यच्च ।
यस्मिंश्च यामारभते प्रवृत्तिम्।
यस्मै च यद्येन च यश्च कर्ता ।
यत्कारणं तं स्वमुपेयमाहुः ॥ १२.२००.६ ॥
Having taken hold of that from which it acts, in which it begins its activity, for which, by which, and who is the agent — that cause they call the thing to be attained by oneself.
12.200.7
यद्वाऽप्यभूद्व्यापकं साधकं च ।
यन्मन्त्रवत्स्थास्यति चापि लोके।
यः सर्वहेतुः परमार्थकारी ।
तत्कारणं कार्यमतो यदन्यत् ॥ १२.२००.७ ॥
That which has been pervasive and accomplishing, or which will abide in the world like a mantra, which is the cause of all and performs the highest aim — that is the cause; what is other than this is the effect.
12.200.8
यथा हि कश्चित्सुकृतैर्मनुष्यः ।
शुभाशुभं प्राप्नुते चाविरोधात्।
एवं शरीरेषु शुभाशुभेषु ।
स्वकर्मभिर्ज्ञानमिदं निवद्धम् ॥ १२.२००.८ ॥
Just as a man, by his good deeds, obtains good and evil without contradiction, so in bodies good and evil come by one's own actions — thus this knowledge is bound together.
12.200.9
यथा प्रदीप्तः पुरतः प्रदीपः ।
प्रकाशमन्यस्य करोति दीप्यन्।
तथेह पञ्चेन्द्रियदीपवृक्षा ।
ज्ञानप्रदीप्ताः परवन्त एव ॥ १२.२००.९ ॥
As a blazing lamp set before one makes light for another while shining itself, so here the five senses — the lamp-trees — though kindled by knowledge, are still dependent on another.
12.200.10
यथा च राज्ञो बहवो ह्यमात्याः ।
पृथक् प्रमाणं प्रवदन्ति युक्ताः।
तद्वच्छरीरेषु भवन्ति पञ्च ।
ज्ञानैकदेशाः परमः स तेभ्यः ॥ १२.२००.१० ॥
As many ministers of a king rightly declare separate proofs, so in bodies there are five partial portions of knowledge, and the supreme is other than them.
12.200.11
यथार्चिषोऽग्नेः पवनस्य वेगा ।
मरीचयोऽर्कस्य नदीषु चापः।
गच्छन्ति चायान्ति च संयताश्च ।
तद्वच्छरीराणि शरीरिणां तु ॥ १२.२००.११ ॥
As the flames of fire, the currents of wind, the rays of the sun, and the waters in rivers go and come and remain bound, so too are the bodies of embodied beings.
12.200.12
यथा च कश्चित्परशुं गृहीत्वा ।
धूमं न पश्येज्ज्वलनं च काष्ठे।
तद्वच्छरीरोदरपाणिपादं ।
छित्त्वा न पश्यन्ति ततो यदन्य ॥ १२.२००.१२ ॥
Just as someone who takes an axe to a log does not see smoke or fire in the wood, so too, having cut apart the body, belly, hands and feet, they do not see anything else apart from them.
12.200.13
तान्येव काष्ठानि यथा विमथ्य ।
धूमं च पश्येज्ज्वलनं च योगात्।
तद्वत्सुबुद्धिः सममिन्द्रियार्थै ।
र्बुद्धः परं पश्यति तत्स्वभावम् ॥ १२.२००.१३ ॥
Just as, by churning those same pieces of wood with effort, one sees smoke and fire, so too the wise man, awake and even-minded toward the objects of the senses, sees the highest in its true nature.
12.200.14
यथात्मनोऽङ्गं पतितं पृथिव्यां ।
स्वप्नान्तरे पश्यति चात्मनोऽन्यत्।
श्रोत्रादियुक्तः सुमनाः सुबुद्धि ।
र्लिङ्गात्तथा गच्छति लिङ्गमन्यत् ॥ १२.२००.१४ ॥
Just as in a dream one sees one's own limb fallen on the ground and something other than oneself, so the being endowed with hearing and the other senses, serene-minded and of good understanding, passes from one subtle body to another subtle body.
12.200.15
उत्पत्तिवृद्धिक्षयमसन्निपातै ।
र्न युज्यतेऽसौ परमः शरीरी।
अनेन लिङ्गेन तु लिङ्गमन्य ।
द्गच्छत्यदृष्टः प्रतिसन्धियोगात् ॥ १२.२००.१५ ॥
The supreme embodied self is not bound by birth, growth, decay, or union and separation. By this subtle body it passes into another subtle body, unseen, through the joining of connection.
12.200.16
न चक्षुषा पश्यति रूपमात्मनो ।
न चापि संस्पर्शमुपैति किंचित्।
न चापि तैः साधयते स्वकार्यं ।
ते तं न पश्यन्ति स पश्यते तान् ॥ १२.२००.१६ ॥
He does not see the form of the self with the eye, nor does he receive any touch. Through them he does not accomplish his own task. They do not see him; he sees them.
12.200.17
यथा समीपे ज्वलतोऽनलस्य ।
संतापजं रूपमुपैति कश्चित्।
न चान्तरा रूपगुणं बिभर्ति ।
तथैव तद्दृश्यते रूपमस्य ॥ १२.२००.१७ ॥
As near a blazing fire someone acquires a form born of heat, and in between it does not bear the quality of form, so that form of his is seen.
12.200.18
तथा मनुष्यः परिमुच्य काय ।
मदृश्यमन्यद्विशते शरीरम्।
विसृज्य भूतेषु महत्सु देहं ।
तदाश्रयं चैव बिभर्ति रूपम् ॥ १२.२००.१८ ॥
In the same way a man, having abandoned his body, enters another unseen body; having left his body among the great elements, and resting on them, he bears a form.
12.200.19
खं वायुमग्निं सलिलं तथोर्वी ।
समन्ततोऽभ्याविशते शरीरी।
नान्याश्रयाः कर्मसु वर्तमानाः ।
श्रोत्रादयः पञ्चगुणाञ्श्रयन्ते ॥ १२.२००.१९ ॥
The embodied one enters space, air, fire, water and earth on every side. The senses, beginning with hearing, engaged in their actions and having no other support, resort to the five qualities.
12.200.20
श्रोत्रं नभो घ्राणमथो पृथिव्या ।
स्तेजोमयं रूपमथो विपाकः।
जलाश्रयं तेज उक्तं रसं च ।
वाय्वात्मकः स्पर्शकृतो गुणश्च ॥ १२.२००.२० ॥
Hearing arises from space, smell from earth; form is made of fire-light, and so too is its maturation; fire is said to rest on water, and so is taste; and the quality of air's nature, produced by touch.
12.200.21
महत्सु भूतेषु च सन्ति पञ्च ।
पञ्चेन्द्रियार्थेषु तथेन्द्रियाणि।
सर्वाणि चैतानि मनोनुगानि ।
बुद्धिं मनोऽन्वेति मतिः स्वभावम् ॥ १२.२००.२१ ॥
Among the great elements there are five; likewise there are the senses within the five objects of sense. All of these follow the mind; the mind follows the intellect, and understanding follows one's nature.
12.200.22
शुभाशुभं कर्म कृतं यदस्य ।
तदेव प्रेत्याददतेऽन्यदेहे।
मनोऽनुवर्तन्ति परावराणि ।
जलौकसः स्रोत इवानुकूलम् ॥ १२.२००.२२ ॥
Whatever good or bad deed this one has done, that very thing is taken up after death in another body. The higher and the lower all follow the mind, like a favourable current for water-dwelling creatures.
12.200.23
चलं यथा दृष्टिपथं परैति ।
सूक्ष्मं महद्रूपमिवावभाति।
तातप्यमानो न पतेच्च धीरः ।
परं तथा बुद्धिपथं परैति ॥ १२.२००.२३ ॥
As a moving object passes beyond the range of sight, and though subtle it appears like a large form, so the steady wise one, though heated, should not fall. In the same way the supreme passes beyond the path of the intellect.