Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.205
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12.205.1
पितामह महाप्राज्ञ दुःखशोकसमाकुले ।
संसारचक्रे लोकानां निर्वेदो नास्ति किंन्विदम् ॥ १२.२०५.१ ॥
O grandfather, O man of great wisdom, why is there no dispassion among people in this wheel of saṃsāra, filled with sorrow and grief?
12.205.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
निबन्धनस्य संवादं भोगवत्या नृपोत्तम ॥ १२.२०५.२ ॥
On this matter too, they recount this ancient story, the dialogue of Nibandhana with Bhogavatī, O best of kings.
12.205.3
मुनिं निबन्धनं शुष्कं धमनीयाकृतिं तथा ।
निरारम्भं निरालम्बमसज्जन्तं च कर्मणि।
पुत्रं दृष्ट्वाऽप्युवाचार्तं माता भोगवती तदा ॥ १२.२०५.३ ॥
The sage Nibandhana was withered, thin like a bundle of veins, not beginning any action, without support, not attached to action. Seeing his son distressed, his mother Bhogavatī then spoke.
12.205.4
उत्तिष्ठ मूढ किं शेषे निरपेक्षः सुहृज्जनैः ।
निरालम्बो धनोपाये पैतृकं तव किं धनम् ॥ १२.२०५.४ ॥
Rise up, fool! Why do you lie there, indifferent to friends and kin, without means of gaining wealth? What is your ancestral wealth?
12.205.5
पैतृकं मे महन्मातः सर्वदुःखालयं त्विह ।
अस्त्येतत्तद्विधाताय यतिष्ये तत्र मा शुचः ॥ १२.२०५.५ ॥
Mother, my ancestral wealth here is great; it is the abode of all sorrows. I shall strive there to dispose of it — do not grieve.
12.205.6
इदं शरीरमत्युग्रं पित्रा दत्तमसंशयम् ।
तमेव पितरं गत्वा धनं तिष्ठति शाश्वतम् ॥ १२.२०५.६ ॥
This very dreadful body was undoubtedly given by the father. Going to that very father, the eternal wealth remains.
12.205.7
कश्चिन्महति संसारे वर्तमान… ।
वनदुगमभिप्राप्तो महत्क्रव्या… ॥ १२.२०५.७ ॥
A certain man, dwelling in the great round of worldly existence… reached a difficult forest, where great flesh-eaters were.
12.205.8
सिंहव्याघ्रगजाकारैरतिघोरैर्महा… ।
समन्तात्सुपरिक्षिप्तं स दृष्ट्वा व्यथते पुमान् ॥ १२.२०५.८ ॥
Seeing it, surrounded on all sides by the most terrible forms of lions, tigers and elephants, great… , the man is distressed.
12.205.9
स तद्वनं ह्यनुचरन्विप्रधावन्नितस्ततः ।
वीक्षमाणो दिशः सर्वाः शरणार्थं प्रधावति ॥ १२.२०५.९ ॥
Wandering through that forest, running about in distress here and there, looking in all directions, he runs for refuge.
12.205.10
अथापश्यद्वनं रूढं समन्ताद्वागुरावृतम् ।
वनमध्ये च तत्रासीदुदपानः समावृतः ॥ १२.२०५.१० ॥
Then he saw the forest, overgrown all around and enclosed by a net; and in the middle of the forest there was a well, covered over.
12.205.11
वल्लिभिस्तृणसंछिन्नैर्गूढाभिरभिसंवृतः ।
स पपात द्विजस्तत्र विजने सलिलाशये ॥ १२.२०५.११ ॥
Enclosed by creepers, concealed under cut grass and hidden vines, he fell there into a lonely water-reservoir, that twice-born man.
12.205.12
विलग्नश्चाभवत्तस्मिँल्लतासन्तानसङ्कुले ।
बाहुभ्यां संपरिष्वक्तस्तया परमसत्वया ॥ १२.२०५.१२ ॥
He clung there, in that place thick with a tangle of creepers, and held fast with both arms to that creeper of supreme strength.
12.205.13
स तथा लम्बते तत्र ऊर्ध्वपादो ह्यधश्शिराः ।
अधस्तत्रैव जातश्च जम्बूवृक्षः सुदुस्तरः ॥ १२.२०५.१३ ॥
So he hangs there, feet upward and head downward; and right below, there has grown a jambu tree, very hard to cross.
12.205.14
कूपस्य तस्य वेलाया अपश्यत्सुमहाफलम् ।
वृक्षं बहुविधं व्योमं वल्लीपुष्पसमाकुलम् ॥ १२.२०५.१४ ॥
At the edge of that well he saw a tree of many kinds, with very large fruit, spreading toward the sky and crowded with creeper flowers.
12.205.15
नानारूपा मधुकरास्तस्मिन्वुक्षऽभवन्किल ।
तेषां मधूनां बहुधा धारा प्रववृते तदा ॥ १२.२०५.१५ ॥
On that tree there were bees of many forms, and then streams of their honey flowed forth in many ways.
12.205.16
विलम्बमानः स पुमान्धारां पिबति सर्वदा ।
न तस्य तृष्णा विरता पीयमानस्य संकटे ॥ १२.२०५.१६ ॥
That hanging man always drinks the stream, yet while he drinks in peril, his thirst never ceases.
12.205.17
परीप्सति च तां नित्यमतृप्तः स पुनः पुनः ।
एवं स वसते तत्र दुःखिदुःखी पुनः पुनः ॥ १२.२०५.१७ ॥
Unsatisfied, he constantly desires to obtain it again and again; thus he dwells there, wretched in suffering over and over.
12.205.18
मया तु तद्धनं देयं तव दास्यामि चेच्छसि ।
तस्य च प्रार्थितः सोथ दत्वा मुक्तिमवाप सः ॥ १२.२०५.१८ ॥
"That wealth must be given by me to you; if you desire it, I will give it." Being asked by him, he gave the gift and obtained liberation.
12.205.19
सा च त्यक्त्वाऽर्थसंकल्पं जगाम परमां गतिम् ॥ १२.२०५.१९ ॥
Having abandoned her intention toward wealth, she went to the highest state.
12.205.20
एवं संसारचक्रस्य स्वरूपज्ञा नृपोत्तम ।
परं वैराग्यमागम्य गच्छन्ति परमं पदम् ॥ १२.२०५.२० ॥
Thus, best of kings, those who know the nature of the wheel of saṃsāra attain supreme dispassion and go to the highest station.
12.205.21
एवं संसारचक्रस्य स्वरूपं विदितं न मे ।
पैतृकं तु धनं प्रोक्तं किं तद्विद्वन्महात्मना ॥ १२.२०५.२१ ॥
Thus I do not know the nature of the wheel of saṃsāra. Ancestral wealth was spoken of; learned one, what did the great-souled one mean by that?
12.205.22
कान्तारमिति किं प्रोक्तं को हस्ती स तु कूपकः ।
किंसंज्ञिको महावृक्षो मधु वाऽपि पितामह ॥ १२.२०५.२२ ॥
What was called the 'forest wilderness'? Who is that elephant, and what is that well? Grandfather, what is that great tree called, and what is the honey?
12.205.23
एवं मे संशयं विद्धि धनशब्दं किमुच्यते ।
कथं लब्धं धनं तेन तथा च किमिदं त्विह ॥ १२.२०५.२३ ॥
Know this doubt of mine: what is meant by the word 'wealth'? How did he obtain that wealth, and what is this here?
12.205.24
उपाख्यानमिदं सर्वं मोक्षविद्भिरुदाहृतम् ।
सुमतिं विन्दते येन बन्धनाशश्च भारत ॥ १२.२०५.२४ ॥
This entire parable was related by knowers of liberation. O Bhārata, by it one attains right understanding, and the bondage is destroyed.
12.205.25
एतदुक्तं हि कान्तारं महान्संसार एव सः ।
ये ते प्रतिष्ठिता व्याला व्याधयस्ते प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ १२.२०५.२५ ॥
This has been said: the great cycle of worldly existence is indeed that wilderness, and the fierce beasts dwelling there are declared to be diseases.
12.205.26
या सा नारी महाघोरा वर्णरूपविनाशिनी ।
तामाहुश्च जरां प्राज्ञाः परिष्वक्तं यया जगत् ॥ १२.२०५.२६ ॥
That most terrible woman, who destroys complexion and form — the wise call her Jarā, old age, by whom the world is embraced.
12.205.27
यस्तत्र कूपे वसते महाहिः काल एव सः ।
यो वृक्षः स च मृत्युर्हि स्वकृतं तस्य तत्फलम् ॥ १२.२०५.२७ ॥
The great serpent that dwells in the well there is indeed Time, and that tree is indeed Death; its fruit is the deed a man has himself done.
12.205.28
ये तु कृष्णाः सिता राजन्मूषिका रात्र्यहानि वै ॥ १२.२०५.२८ ॥
And the black and white mice, O king, are indeed the nights and days.
12.205.29
द्विषट्कपदसंयुक्तो यो हस्ती षण्मुखाकृतिः ।
स च संवत्सरः प्रोक्तः पाशमासर्तवो मुखाः ॥ १२.२०५.२९ ॥
The elephant with twelve feet and the form of six faces is said to be the year; the seasons are its snares and its mouths.
12.205.30
एतत्संसारचक्रस्य स्वरूपं व्याहृतं मया ।
एवं लब्धधनं राजंस्तत्स्वरूपं विनाशय ॥ १२.२०५.३० ॥
Thus I have explained to you the true nature of the wheel of saṃsāra. O king, having obtained wealth in this way, destroy that very nature of it.
12.205.31
एतज्ज्ञात्वा तु सा राजन्परं वैराग्यमास्थिता ।
यथोक्तविधिना भूयः परं पदमवाप सः ॥ १२.२०५.३१ ॥
O king, knowing this, she took up supreme dispassion, and by the method described he again attained the supreme state.
12.205.32
धत्ते धारयते चैव एतस्मात्कारणाद्धनम् ।
तद्गच्छ चामृतं शुद्धं हिरण्यममृतं तपः ॥ १२.२०५.३२ ॥
For this very reason it holds and sustains wealth. Go to that pure, immortal gold, and to immortal austerity.
12.205.33
तत्स्वरूपो महादेवः कृष्णो देवकिनन्दनः ।
तस्य प्रसादाद्दुःखस्य नाशं प्राप्स्यसि मानद ॥ १२.२०५.३३ ॥
Mahādeva, who has that same nature, is Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī. O giver of honour, by his grace you will attain the destruction of sorrow.
12.205.34
एकः कर्ता स कृष्णश्च ज्ञानिनां परमा गतिः ॥ १२.२०५.३४ ॥
That Kṛṣṇa alone is the one doer, and he is the supreme goal of the wise.
12.205.35
इदमाश्रित्य देवेन्द्रो देवा रुद्रास्तथाऽश्विनौ ।
स्वेस्वे पदे विविशिरे भुक्तिमुक्तिविदो जनाः ॥ १२.२०५.३५ ॥
Taking refuge in this, the lord of the gods, the gods, the Rudras and the two Aśvins, and people who know enjoyment and liberation, each entered into their own station.
12.205.36
भूतानामन्तरात्माऽसौ स नित्यपदसंवृतः ।
श्रूयतामस्य सद्भावः सम्यग्ज्ञानं यथा तव ॥ १२.२०५.३६ ॥
He is the inner self of all beings, enveloped in the eternal state. Listen to his true nature, so that you may come to right knowledge.
12.205.37
भवेदेतन्निबोध त्वं नारदाय पुरा हरिः ।
दर्शयित्वाऽऽत्मनो रूपं यदवोचत्स्वयं विभुः ॥ १२.२०५.३७ ॥
Know this: what Hari, the all-pervading lord, himself declared long ago to Nārada, after showing him his own form.
12.205.38
पुरा देवऋषिः श्रीमान्नारदः परमार्थवान् ।
चचार पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां तीर्थान्यनुचरन्प्रभुः ॥ १२.२०५.३८ ॥
Long ago the glorious divine sage Nārada, who knew the supreme truth, wandered over the whole earth, visiting the holy places of pilgrimage.
12.205.39
हिमवत्पादमाश्रित्य विचार्य च पुनःपुनः ।
स ददर्श ह्रदं तत्र पद्मोत्पलसमाकुलम् ॥ १२.२०५.३९ ॥
Having resorted to the foot of the Himālaya and reflected again and again, he saw there a lake crowded with lotuses and blue lotuses.
12.205.40
ददर्श कन्यां तत्तीरे सर्वाभरणभूषिताम् ।
शोभमानां श्रिया राजन्क्रीडन्तीमुत्पलैस्तथा ॥ १२.२०५.४० ॥
On its bank he saw a maiden adorned with all ornaments, shining with splendour and playing with blue lotuses, O king.
12.205.41
सा महात्मानमालोक्य नारदेत्याह भामिनी ।
तस्याः समीपमासाद्य तस्थौ विस्मितमानसः ॥ १२.२०५.४१ ॥
Seeing the great soul, the lovely woman said, "Nārada!" and he, astonished in mind, came near her and stood there.
12.205.42
वीक्षमाणं तमाज्ञाय सा कन्या चारुवासिनी ।
विजजृम्भे महाभागा स्मयमाना पुनः पुनः ॥ १२.२०५.४२ ॥
Knowing that he was gazing at her, that maiden clad in fine garments, greatly fortunate, smiling again and again, stretched her limbs.
12.205.43
तस्मात्समभवद्वक्रात्पुरुषाकृतिसंयुतः ।
रत्नविन्दुचिताङ्गस्तु सर्वाभरणभूषितः ॥ १२.२०५.४३ ॥
From that mouth arose a being with the form of a man, his limbs spotted with gem-like drops, adorned with all ornaments.
12.205.44
आदित्यसदृशाकारः शिरसा धारयन्मणिम् ।
पुनरेव तदाकारसदृशः समजायत ॥ १२.२०५.४४ ॥
Having a form like the sun, bearing a jewel on his head, again another arose, similar in that form.
12.205.45
तृतीयस्तु महाराज विविधाभरणैर्युतः ।
प्रदक्षिणं तु तां कृत्वा विविधध्वनयस्तु ताम् ॥ १२.२०५.४५ ॥
O great king, the third, endowed with various ornaments, circled her to the right and made various sounds toward her.
12.205.46
ततः सर्वेण विप्रर्षिः कन्यां पप्रच्छ तां शुभाम् ॥ १२.२०५.४६ ॥
Then the brahmin sage, together with all of them, asked that auspicious maiden.
12.205.47
का त्वं परमकल्याणि पद्मेन्दुसदृशानने ।
न जाने त्वां महादेवि ब्रूहि सत्यमनिन्दिते ॥ १२.२०५.४७ ॥
Who are you, most auspicious one, O lotus-and-moon-faced one? I do not know you. Tell me the truth, O great goddess, O faultless one.
12.205.48
सावित्री नाम विप्रर्षे शृणु भद्रं तवास्तु वै ।
किं करिष्यामि तद्ब्रूहि तव यच्चेतसि स्थितम् ॥ १२.२०५.४८ ॥
My name is Sāvitrī. Listen, brahmin sage, may blessings be upon you. What shall I do? Tell me what is in your mind.
12.205.49
अभिवादये त्वां सावित्रि कृतार्थोऽहमनिन्दिते ।
एतं मे संशयं देवि वक्तुमर्हसि शोभने ॥ १२.२०५.४९ ॥
Sāvitrī, I greet you; blameless one, I am fulfilled. Goddess, radiant one, you are worthy to speak to me of this doubt of mine.
12.205.50
यस्तु वै प्रथमोत्पन्नः कोऽसौ स पुरुषाकृतिः ।
बिन्दवस्तु महादेवि मूर्ध्नि ज्योतिर्मयाकृतिः ॥ १२.२०५.५० ॥
Who is the first-born, that one having the form of a person? But the drops, O great goddess, upon the head have a form of light.
12.205.51
अग्रजः प्रथमोत्पन्नो यजुर्वेदस्तथाऽपरः ।
तृतीयः सामवेदस्तु संशयो व्येतु ते मुने ॥ १२.२०५.५१ ॥
The eldest, first to arise, is the Yajurveda; the other, the third, is the Sāmaveda. O sage, may your doubt be dispelled.
12.205.52
वेदाश्च बिन्दुसंयुक्ता यज्ञस्य फलसंश्रिताः ।
यत्तद्दृष्टं महज्ज्योतिर्ज्योतिरित्युच्यते बुधैः ॥ १२.२०५.५२ ॥
The Vedas, joined with drops, rest upon the fruit of sacrifice. That great light which was seen is called 'light' by the wise.
12.205.53
ऋषे ज्ञेयं मया चाऽपीत्युक्त्वा चान्तरधीयत ।
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो नारदः पुरुषर्षभ।
ध्यानयुक्तः स तु चिरं न बुबोध महामतिः ॥ १२.२०५.५३ ॥
"O sage, this is also to be known by me," saying this, she vanished. Then Nārada, filled with wonder, O bull among men, absorbed in meditation, for a long time did not understand, that great-minded one.
12.205.54
ततः स्नात्वा महातेजा वाग्यतो नियतेन्द्रियः ।
तुष्टाव पुरुषव्याघ्रो जिज्ञासुश्च तदद्भुतम् ॥ १२.२०५.५४ ॥
Then the great-splendored tiger among men, of restrained speech and controlled senses, having bathed, desiring to know that wonder, praised.
12.205.55
ततो वर्षशते पूर्णे भगवाँलोकभावनः ।
प्रादुश्चकार विश्वात्मा ऋषेः परमसौहृदात् ॥ १२.२०५.५५ ॥
Then, when a hundred years were complete, the blessed lord who sustains the worlds, the soul of all, appeared out of supreme affection for the sage.
12.205.56
तमागतं जगन्नाथं सर्वकारणकारणम् ।
अखिलामरमौल्यङ्गरुक्मारुणपदद्वयम् ॥ १२.२०५.५६ ॥
Him, the lord of the universe, who had come, the cause of all causes, whose two feet, red as gold, shine with the crowns of all the immortals.
12.205.57
वैनतेयपदस्पर्शकिणशोभितजानुकम् ।
पीताम्बरलसत्काञ्चीदामबद्धकटीतटम् ॥ १२.२०५.५७ ॥
whose knees are adorned with the calluses made by Garuḍa's feet, and whose hips are bound by a shining golden girdle over yellow garments.
12.205.58
श्रीवत्सवक्षसं चारुमणिकौस्तुभकन्धरम् ।
मन्दस्मितमुखाम्भोजं चलदायतलोचनम् ॥ १२.२०५.५८ ॥
whose chest bears the śrīvatsa mark, whose beautiful neck is adorned with the gem Kaustubha, whose lotus face wears a gentle smile, and whose long eyes move.
12.205.59
नम्रचापानुकरणनम्रभ्रूयुगशोभितम् ।
नानारत्नमणीवज्रस्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम् ॥ १२.२०५.५९ ॥
adorned with a pair of brows bent like a bowed bow, with makara earrings flashing with many gems, jewels and diamonds.
12.205.60
इन्द्रनीलनिभासं तं केयूरमकुटोज्ज्वलम् ।
देवैरिन्द्रपुरोगैश्च ऋषिसङघैरभिष्टुतम् ॥ १२.२०५.६० ॥
He, whose radiance is like the sapphire, bright with armlets and crown, whom the gods led by Indra and the companies of sages praised.
12.205.61
नारदो जयशब्देन ववन्दे शिरसा हरिम् ॥ १२.२०५.६१ ॥
Nārada, with a cry of 'victory', bowed his head to Hari.
12.205.62
ततः स भगवाञ्श्रीमान्मेघगम्भीरया गिरा ।
प्राहेशः सर्वभूतानां नारदं पतितं क्षितौ ॥ १२.२०५.६२ ॥
Then that blessed and glorious lord, the ruler of all beings, spoke in a voice deep as a cloud to Nārada, who had fallen to the ground.
12.205.63
भद्रमस्तु ऋषे तुभ्यं वरं वरय सुव्रत ।
यत्ते मनसि सुव्यक्तमस्ति च प्रददामि तन् ॥ १२.२०५.६३ ॥
Blessings upon you, O sage. Ask a boon, O one of good vows; whatever is clear in your mind, that I will give you.
12.205.64
स चेमं जयशब्देन प्रसीदेत्यातुरो मुनिः ।
प्रोवाच हृदि संरूढं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् ॥ १२.२०५.६४ ॥
And that distressed sage, with a cry of 'victory' and 'be gracious', spoke to him who holds the conch, discus and mace, lodged deep within his heart.
12.205.65
विवक्षितं जगन्नाथ मया ज्ञातं त्वयाऽच्युत ।
तत्प्रसीद हृषीकेश श्रोतुमिच्छामि तद्धरे ॥ १२.२०५.६५ ॥
What I meant to say, O Acyuta, you have known. Therefore be gracious, O Hṛṣīkeśa; I wish to hear it, O Hari.
12.205.66
ततः स्मयन्महाविष्णुरभ्यभाषत नारदम् ।
यद्दृष्टं मम रूपं तु वेदानां शिरसि त्वया ॥ १२.२०५.६६ ॥
Then Mahāviṣṇu, smiling, addressed Nārada: 'The form of mine that you saw upon the crown of the Vedas.'
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निर्द्वन्द्वा निरहंकाराः शुचयः शुद्धलोचनाः ।
तं मां पश्यन्ति सततं तान्पृच्छ यदिहेच्छसि ॥ १२.२०५.६७ ॥
Those free from pairs of opposites, free from egoism, pure, with purified eyes, constantly see Me. Ask them whatever you desire here.
12.205.68
ये योगिनो महाप्राज्ञा मदंशा ये व्यवस्थिताः ।
तेषां प्रसादं देवर्षे मत्प्रसादमवैहि तत् ॥ १२.२०५.६८ ॥
The yogins of great wisdom who abide as parts of Me, O divine sage — know their grace to be My grace.
12.205.69
इत्युक्त्वा स जगामाथ भगवान्भूतभावनः ।
तस्माद्व्रज हृषीकेशं कृष्णं देवकिनन्दनम् ॥ १२.२०५.६९ ॥
Having said this, the blessed lord, nourisher of beings, went away. Therefore go to Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī.
12.205.70
एतमाराध्य गोविन्दं गता मुक्तिं महर्षयः ।
एष कर्ता विकर्ता च सर्वकारणकारणम् ॥ १२.२०५.७० ॥
Having worshipped this Govinda, the great sages attained liberation. He is the creator and the destroyer, the cause of all causes.
12.205.71
मयाऽप्येतच्छ्रुतं राजन्नारदात्तु निबोध तत् ।
स्वयमेव समाचष्ट नारदो भगवान्मुनिः ॥ १२.२०५.७१ ॥
This too I heard from Nārada, O king; understand it. The blessed sage Nārada himself related it.
12.205.72
समस्तसंसारविघातकारणं ।
भजन्ति ये विष्णुमनन्यमानसाः।
ते यान्ति सायुज्यमतीव दुर्लभ ।
मितीव नित्यं हृदि वर्णयन्ति ॥ १२.२०५.७२ ॥
Those who worship Viṣṇu with undivided minds — the cause of the destruction of all worldly bondage — attain union, which is exceedingly rare. Thus they constantly declare it in their hearts.