Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.224
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12.224.1
अस्ति कश्चिद्यदि विभो सदारो नियतो गृहे ।
अतीतसर्वसंसारः सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितः।
तं मे ब्रूहि महाप्राज्ञ दुर्लभः पुरुषो महान् ॥ १२.२२४.१ ॥
O mighty one, if there is any man who lives self-restrained at home with his wife, who has passed beyond all the bonds of worldly existence and is free from all pairs of opposites, tell me of him, O greatly wise one; such a great man is rare.
12.224.2
शृणु राजन्यथावृत्तं यन्मां त्वं पृष्टवानसि ।
इतिहासमिमं शुद्धं संसारभयभेषजम् ॥ १२.२२४.२ ॥
Listen, O king, to what happened just as you have asked me. This pure legend is a remedy for the fear of worldly existence.
12.224.3
देवलो नाम विप्रर्षिः सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदः ।
क्रियावान्धार्मिको नित्यं देवब्राह्मणपूजकः ॥ १२.२२४.३ ॥
There was a brahmin sage named Devala, learned in the meaning of all the scriptures, devoted to ritual action, righteous, and always honouring gods and brahmins.
12.224.4
सुता सुवर्चला नाम तस्य कल्याणलक्षणा ।
नातिह्रस्वा नातिकृशा नातिदीर्घा यशस्विनी।
प्रदानसमयं प्राप्ता पिता तस्य ह्यचिन्तयत् ॥ १२.२२४.४ ॥
He had a daughter named Suvarcalā, marked by auspicious signs, neither too short nor too thin nor too tall, and renowned. When the time came to give her in marriage, her father began to reflect.
12.224.5
अस्याः पतिः कुतो वेति ब्राह्मणः श्रोत्रियः परः ।
विद्वान्विप्रो ह्यकुटुम्बः प्रियवादी महातपाः ॥ १२.२२४.५ ॥
"Where could a husband for her be found?" — a brahmin who is supreme among the learned in the Veda, wise, without family ties, sweet-spoken, and of great austerity.
12.224.6
इत्येवं चिन्तयानं तं रहस्याह सुवर्चला ॥ १२.२२४.६ ॥
As he was thinking thus, Suvarcalā spoke to him in private.
12.224.7
अन्धाय मां महाप्राज्ञ देह्यनन्धाय वै पितः ।
एवं स्मर सदा विद्वन्ममेदं प्रार्थितं मुने ॥ १२.२२४.७ ॥
O father of great wisdom, give me to a blind man, or give me to one who is not blind. O learned sage, always remember this request of mine.
12.224.8
न शक्यं प्रार्थितं वत्से त्वयाऽद्य प्रतिभाति मे ।
अन्धतानन्धता चेति विकारो मम जायते ॥ १२.२२४.८ ॥
Daughter, what you have asked cannot be done; it seems so to me now. Blindness and non-blindness, these words stir a disturbance within me.
12.224.9
उन्मत्तेवाशुभं वाक्यं भाषसे शुभलोचने ॥ १२.२२४.९ ॥
O fair-eyed one, you speak inauspicious words as though you were mad.
12.224.10
नाहमुन्मत्तभूताऽद्य बुद्धिपूर्वं ब्रवीमि ते ।
विद्यते चेत्पतिस्तादृक्स मां भरति वेदवित् ॥ १२.२२४.१० ॥
I have not gone mad now; I speak to you with deliberate purpose. If there is such a husband, one who knows the Veda and supports me...
12.224.11
येभ्यस्त्वं मन्यसे दातुं मामिहानय तान्द्विजान् ।
तादृशं तं पतिं तेषु वरयिष्ये यथातथम् ॥ १२.२२४.११ ॥
Bring here the brahmins to whom you think of giving me; from among them I shall choose, rightly, such a husband.
12.224.12
तथेति चोक्त्वा तां कन्यामृषिः शिष्यानुवाच ह ।
ब्राह्मणान्वेदसंपन्नान्योनिगोत्रविशोधितान् ॥ १२.२२४.१२ ॥
Saying 'So be it' to the maiden, the sage spoke to his disciples: 'Bring brahmins endowed with the Vedas, purified in lineage and clan.'
12.224.13
मातृतः पितृतः शुद्धाञ्शुद्धानाचारतः शुभान् ।
अरोगान्बुद्धिसंपन्नाञ्शीलसत्वगुणान्वितान् ॥ १२.२२४.१३ ॥
Pure on the mother's and the father's side, pure in conduct, auspicious, free from disease, endowed with intelligence, and possessed of good character, courage and virtue.
12.224.14
असंकीर्णांश्च गोत्रेषु वेदव्रतसमन्वितान् ।
ब्राह्मणान्स्नातकाञ्शीघ्रं मातापितृसमन्वितान्।
निवेष्टुकामान्कन्यां मे दृष्ट्वाऽऽनयत शिष्यकाः ॥ १२.२२४.१४ ॥
Unmixed in lineage, endowed with the Vedas and vows, brahmins who have completed their studies, together with their mother and father, desiring to marry — having seen them for my daughter, bring them quickly, O disciples.
12.224.15
तच्छ्रुत्वा त्वरिताः शिष्या ह्याश्रमेषु ततस्ततः ।
ग्रामेषु च ततो गत्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न्यवेदयन् ॥ १२.२२४.१५ ॥
Having heard that, the disciples hurried here and there among the hermitages and then the villages, went to the brahmins, and announced it to them.
12.224.16
ऋषेः प्रभावं मत्वा ते कन्यायाश्च द्विजोत्तमाः ।
अनेकमुनयो राजन्संप्राप्ता देवलाश्रमम् ॥ १२.२२४.१६ ॥
Considering the sage's power and the maiden's worth, O king, those best of the twice-born and many sages arrived at the hermitage of Devala.
12.224.17
अनुमान्य यथान्यायं मुनीन्मुनिकुमारकान् ।
अभ्यर्च्य विधिवत्तत्र कन्यामाह पिता महान् ॥ १२.२२४.१७ ॥
Having duly obtained the consent of the sages and sages' sons, and worshipped them there according to rite, the great father spoke to the maiden.
12.224.18
एतेऽपि मुनयो वत्से स्वपुत्रैकमता इह ।
वेदवेदाङ्गसंपन्नाः कुलीनाः शीलसंमताः ॥ १२.२२४.१८ ॥
Daughter, these sages here are also of one mind with their own sons: endowed with the Veda and its auxiliary sciences, of good family, and esteemed for their character.
12.224.19
येऽमी तेषु वरं भद्रे त्वमिच्छसि महाव्रतम् ।
तं कुमारं वृणीष्वाद्य तस्मै दास्याम्यहं शुभे ॥ १२.२२४.१९ ॥
O auspicious one, whichever of these great-vowed ones you wish for as your husband, choose that youth now; O fair one, I will give you to him.
12.224.20
तथेति चोक्त्वा कल्याणी तप्तहेमनिभा तदा ।
सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना वाक्यमाह यशस्विनी ॥ १२.२२४.२० ॥
Saying "So be it," the auspicious maiden, shining like heated gold and endowed with all auspicious marks, then spoke these words, she who is renowned.
12.224.21
विप्राणां समितीर्दृष्ट्वा प्रणिपत्य तपोधनान् ।
यद्यस्ति समितौ विप्रो ह्यन्धोऽनन्धः स मे वरः ॥ १२.२२४.२१ ॥
Seeing the assemblies of brahmins, and bowing to the sages rich in austerity, she said: if there is a brahmin in this assembly, whether blind or not blind, he shall be my husband.
12.224.22
तच्छ्रुत्वा मुनयस्तत्र वीक्षमाणाः परस्परम् ।
नोचुर्विप्रा महाभागाः कन्यां मत्वा ह्यवेदिकां ॥ १२.२२४.२२ ॥
Hearing this, the sages there looked at one another, but those greatly fortunate brahmins said nothing, regarding the maiden as avedikā, unfit.
12.224.23
कुत्सयित्वा मुनिं तत्र मनसा मुनिसत्तमाः ।
यथागतं ययुः क्रुद्धा नानादेशनिवासिनः ॥ १२.२२४.२३ ॥
Reviling that sage in their minds there, enraged, those best of sages, dwelling in many lands, departed as they had come.
12.224.24
कन्या च संस्थिता तत्र पितृवेश्मनि भामिनी ॥ १२.२२४.२४ ॥
And the lovely maiden remained there, in her father's house.
12.224.25
ततः कदाचिद्ब्रह्मण्यो विद्वान्न्यायविशारदः ।
ऊहापोहविधानज्ञो ब्रह्मचर्यसमन्वितः ॥ १२.२२४.२५ ॥
Then once there was a sage devoted to brahmins, learned, skilled in reasoning, knowing the method of inference and refutation, and endowed with celibate discipline.
12.224.26
वेदविद्वेदतत्वज्ञः क्रियाकल्पविशारदः ।
आत्मतत्वविभागज्ञः पितृमान्गुणसागरः ॥ १२.२२४.२६ ॥
Knower of the Vedas, who understood the truth of the Vedas, skilled in the rules of ritual action, who knew the divisions of the truth of the self, who had a father, an ocean of virtues.
12.224.27
श्वेतकेतुरिति ख्यातः श्रुत्वा वृत्तान्तमादरात् ।
कन्यार्थं देवलं चापि शीघ्रं तत्रागतोऽभवत् ॥ १२.२२४.२७ ॥
Śvetaketu, renowned by that name, having heard the account with respect, and Devala too for the sake of the maiden, quickly came there.
12.224.28
उद्दालकसुतं दृष्ट्वा श्वेतकेतुं महाव्रतम् ।
यथान्यायं च संपूज्य देवलः प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १२.२२४.२८ ॥
Seeing Śvetaketu, son of Uddālaka, the one of great vows, and honouring him according to rule, Devala replied.
12.224.29
कन्ये एष महाभागे प्राप्तो ऋषिकुमारकः ।
वरयैनं महाप्राज्ञं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ॥ १२.२२४.२९ ॥
O maiden, O greatly fortunate one, this young sage has arrived. Choose him, the very wise, master of the Veda and its limbs.
12.224.30
तच्छ्रुत्वा कुपिता कन्या ऋषिपुत्रमुदैक्षत ।
तां कन्यामाह विप्रर्षिः सोऽहं भद्रे समागतः ॥ १२.२२४.३० ॥
Hearing this, the angry maiden looked at the sage's son. To that maiden the brahmin sage said: O good lady, I have come here.
12.224.31
अन्धोऽहमत्र तत्वं हि तथा मन्ये च सर्वदा ।
विशालनयनं विद्धि तथा मां हीनसंशयम्।
वृणीष्व मां वरारोहे भजे च त्वामनिन्दिते ॥ १२.२२४.३१ ॥
I am blind here, yet I always hold the truth to be so. Know me to be large-eyed and free of doubt. Choose me, O fair-hipped woman; I will serve you, O blameless one.
12.224.32
येनेदं वीक्षते नित्यं वृणोति स्पृशतेऽथवा ।
घ्रायते वक्ति सततं येनेदं सार्यते पुनः ॥ १२.२२४.३२ ॥
By which this is always seen, grasped or touched, smelled, continually spoken, and by which this is set in motion again—
12.224.33
येनेदं मन्यते तत्वं येन बुध्यति वा पुनः ।
न चक्षुर्विद्यते ह्येतत्स वै भूतान्ध उच्यते ॥ १२.२२४.३३ ॥
By which this holds the truth, and by which it again understands—yet it has no eye: that indeed is called blind among beings.
12.224.34
यस्मिन्प्रवर्तते चेदं पश्यञ्छृण्वन्स्पृशन्नपि ।
जिघ्रंश्च रसयंस्तद्वद्वर्तते येन चक्षुषा ॥ १२.२२४.३४ ॥
In which this proceeds, and which likewise acts while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting—by which eye it acts.
12.224.35
तन्मे नास्ति ततो ह्यन्धो वृणु भद्रेऽद्य मामतः ।
लोकदृष्ट्या करोमीह नित्यनैमित्तिकादिकम् ॥ १२.२२४.३५ ॥
That is not mine; therefore I am blind. Choose me today, O gentle lady. In the eyes of the world I perform here the daily and occasional rites and the like.
12.224.36
आत्मदृष्ट्या च तत्सर्वं विलिप्यासि च नित्यशः ।
स्थितोऽहं निर्भरः शान्तः कार्यकारणभावनः ॥ १२.२२४.३६ ॥
By the view of the self you remain always untouched by all that; I stand firm, unburdened and at peace, contemplating cause and effect.
12.224.37
अविद्यया तरन्मृत्युं विद्यया तं तथाऽमृतम् ।
यथाप्राप्तं तु संदृश्य वसामीह विमत्सरः।
क्रीते व्यवसितं भद्रे भर्ताऽहं ते वृणीष्व माम् ॥ १२.२२४.३७ ॥
Crossing death through ignorance and attaining that immortality through knowledge, seeing things as they have come, I dwell here free from envy. O auspicious one, my resolve is made; I am your husband, choose me.
12.224.38
ततः सुवर्चला दृष्ट्वा प्राह तं द्विजसत्तमम् ।
मनसाऽसि वृतो विद्वञ्शेषकर्ता पिता मम।
वृणीष्व पितरं मह्यमेष वेदविधिक्रमः ॥ १२.२२४.३८ ॥
Then Suvarcalā, having seen him, spoke to that best of brahmins: O learned one, in my heart I have already chosen you; my father, who performs my remaining rites, is here. Choose my father for me; this is the order prescribed by the Veda.
12.224.39
तद्विज्ञाय पिता तस्या देवलो मुनिसत्तमः ।
श्वेतकेतुं च संपूज्य तथैवोद्दालकेन तम् ॥ १२.२२४.३९ ॥
Knowing this, her father Devala, best of sages, honoured Śvetaketu, and likewise Uddālaka honoured him.
12.224.40
मुनीनामग्रतः कन्यां प्रददौ जलपूर्वकम् ।
उदाहरन्ति वै तत्र श्वेतकेतुं निरीक्ष्य तम् ॥ १२.२२४.४० ॥
Before the sages he gave the maiden, with water poured first. There, looking at Śvetaketu, they say…
12.224.41
हृत्पुण्डरीकनिलयः सर्वभूतात्मको हरिः ।
श्वेतकेतुस्वरूपेण स्थितोऽसौ मधुसूदनः ॥ १२.२२४.४१ ॥
Hari, dwelling in the lotus of the heart, the self of all beings, abides in the form of Śvetaketu; he is Madhusūdana.
12.224.42
प्रीयतां माधवो देवः पत्नी चेयं सुता मम ।
प्रतिपादयामि ते कन्यां सहधर्मचरीं शुभाम्।
इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ तस्मै देवलो मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ १२.२२४.४२ ॥
May the god Mādhava be pleased. This is my wife, and this is my daughter. I give you this auspicious maiden, a partner in dharma. Having said this, Devala, the best of sages, gave her to him.
12.224.43
प्रतिगृह्य च तां कन्यां श्वेतकेतुर्महायशाः ।
उपयम्य यथान्यायमत्र कृत्वा यथाविधि ॥ १२.२२४.४३ ॥
Having accepted that maiden, the far-famed Śvetaketu took her in marriage according to rule, and here performed the rites as prescribed.
12.224.44
समाप्य तन्त्रं मुनिभिर्वैवाहिकमनुत्तमम् ।
स गार्हस्थ्ये वसन्धीमान्भार्यां तामिदमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.२२४.४४ ॥
When the sages had completed the supreme wedding rite, the wise man, dwelling in the householder's life, said this to his wife.
12.224.45
यानि चोक्तानि वेदेषु तत्सर्वं कुरु शोभने ।
मया सह यथान्यायं सहधर्मचरी मम् ॥ १२.२२४.४५ ॥
O radiant one, whatever is enjoined in the Vedas, do all of it with me, rightly and according to rule, for you are my partner in dharma.
12.224.46
अहमित्येव भावेन स्थितोऽहं त्वं तथैव च ।
तस्मात्कर्माणि कुर्वीथाः कुर्यां ते च ततः परम् ॥ १२.२२४.४६ ॥
I abide in the very sense of 'I am I,' and so do you. Therefore you should perform the rites, and afterwards I shall perform them for you.
12.224.47
न ममेति च भावेन ज्ञानाग्निनिलयेन च ।
अनन्तरं तथा कुर्यास्तानि कर्माणि भस्मसात् ॥ १२.२२४.४७ ॥
With the sense 'this is not mine,' and abiding in the fire of knowledge, afterwards you should perform those actions so that they are reduced to ashes.
12.224.48
एवं त्वया च कर्तव्यं सर्वदा दुर्भगा मया ।
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
तस्माल्लोकस्य सिद्ध्यर्थं कर्तव्यं चात्मसिद्धये ॥ १२.२२४.४८ ॥
Thus you and I must always act. Whatever the best of men does, that other people also do. Therefore it must be done for the success of the world and for the perfection of the self.
12.224.49
उक्त्वैवं स महाप्राज्ञः सर्वज्ञानैकभाजनः ।
पुत्रानुत्पाद्य तस्यां च यज्ञैः संतर्प्य देवताः ॥ १२.२२४.४९ ॥
Having said this, that very wise one, the sole vessel of all knowledge, begot sons by her and, through sacrifices, satisfied the gods.
12.224.50
आत्मयोगपरो नित्यं निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः ।
भार्यां तां सदृशीं प्राप्य बुद्धिं क्षेत्रज्ञयोरिव ॥ १२.२२४.५० ॥
Ever devoted to the yoga of the self, free from pairs of opposites, without possessions, having obtained that suitable wife, he dwelt with an understanding like that of the field and its knower.
12.224.51
लोकमन्यमनुप्राप्तौ भार्या भर्ता तथैव च ।
साक्षिभूतौ जगत्यस्मिंश्चरमाणौ मुदाऽन्वितौ ॥ १२.२२४.५१ ॥
Having attained another world, wife and husband likewise, as witnesses in this world, wandered on, filled with joy.
12.224.52
ततः कदाचिद्भर्तारं श्वेतकेतुं सुवर्चला ।
पप्रच्छ को भवानत्र ब्रूहि मे तद्द्विजोत्तम ॥ १२.२२४.५२ ॥
Then once Suvarcalā asked her husband Śvetaketu: 'Who are you here? Tell me, best of the twice-born.'
12.224.53
तामाह भगवान्वाग्मी तया ज्ञातो न संशयः ।
द्विजोत्तमेति मामुक्त्वा पुनः कमनुपृच्छसि ॥ १२.२२४.५३ ॥
That eloquent revered one said to her: 'You have known me, without doubt. Having called me best of the twice-born, whom else do you ask about again?'
12.224.54
सा तमाह महात्मानं पृच्छामि हृदि शायिनम् ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाचैनां स न वक्ष्यति भामिनि ॥ १२.२२४.५४ ॥
She said to that great-souled one, "I ask him who dwells in the heart." Hearing this, he answered her: "O lady, he will not speak."
12.224.55
नामगोत्रसमायुक्तमात्मानं मन्यसे यदि ।
तन्मिथ्यागोत्रसद्भावे वर्तते देहबन्धनम् ॥ १२.२२४.५५ ॥
If you consider yourself joined with a name and lineage, then, while a false lineage is real, the bondage of the body persists.
12.224.56
अहमित्येष भावोऽत्र त्वयि चापि समाहितः ।
त्वमप्यहमहं सर्वमहमित्येव वर्तते।
नात्र तत्परमार्थं वै किमर्थमनुपृच्छसि ॥ १२.२२४.५६ ॥
This notion "I" is firmly present here in you too. You too are I; I am everything; so it stands. Here there is no supreme truth of that kind—why do you ask?
12.224.57
ततः प्रहस्य सा हृष्टा भर्तारं धर्मचारिणी ।
उवाच वचनं काले स्मयमाना तदा नृप ॥ १२.२२४.५७ ॥
Then, laughing and delighted, that woman who followed dharma spoke these words to her husband at the right moment. O king, then she spoke smiling.
12.224.58
किमनेकप्रकारेण विरोधेन प्रयोजनम् ।
क्रियाकलापैर्ब्रह्मर्षे ज्ञाननष्टोऽसि सर्वदा।
तन्मे ब्रूहि महाप्राज्ञ यथाऽहं त्वामनुव्रता ॥ १२.२२४.५८ ॥
What is the purpose of so many kinds of contradiction? O brahmin sage, through the multitude of rites you have always lost knowledge. Therefore, O greatly wise one, tell me that, so that I may be devoted to you.
12.224.59
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।
वर्तते तेन लोकोऽयं संकीर्णश्च भविष्यति ॥ १२.२२४.५९ ॥
Whatever the best person does, that very thing other people also do. By that, this world will become confused and disordered.
12.224.60
संकीर्णे च तथा धर्मे वर्णः संकरमेति च ।
संकरे च प्रवृत्ते तु मात्स्यो न्यायः प्रवर्तते ॥ १२.२२४.६० ॥
When dharma is confused, the social classes too fall into mixture; and when mixture has set in, the law of the fishes prevails.
12.224.61
तदनिष्टं हरेर्भद्रे धातुरस्य महात्मनः ।
परमेश्वरसंक्रीडा लोकसृष्टिरियं शुभे ॥ १२.२२४.६१ ॥
O auspicious one, that is undesired by Hari, this great-souled creator; this creation of the worlds is the sport of the supreme lord.
12.224.62
यावत्पासव उद्दिष्टास्तावत्योऽस्य विभूतयः ।
तावत्यश्चैव मायास्तु तावत्योऽस्याश्च शक्तयः ॥ १२.२२४.६२ ॥
As many as the cords are declared to be, so many are his manifestations; as many illusions, and as many too are his powers.
12.224.63
एवं सुगह्वरे युक्तो यत्र मे तद्भवाभवम् ।
छित्त्वा ज्ञानासिना गच्छेत्स विद्वान्स च मे प्रियः।
सोऽहमेव न सन्देहः प्रतिज्ञा इति तस्य वै ॥ १२.२२४.६३ ॥
Thus united in the deepest abyss, the one who, cutting through origin and dissolution with the sword of knowledge, goes forth — that wise one is dear to me. He is indeed I myself, without doubt; this is his vow.
12.224.64
ये मूढास्ते दुरात्मानो धर्मसंकरकारकाः ।
मर्यादाभेदका नीचा नरके यान्ति जन्तवः ॥ १२.२२४.६४ ॥
Those who are deluded are evil-minded; makers of confusion in dharma, breakers of boundaries, base — such beings go to hell.
12.224.65
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना इति देवानुशासनम् ॥ १२.२२४.६५ ॥
Having fallen into a demonic womb — this is the instruction of the gods.
12.224.66
भगवत्या तथा लोके रक्षितव्यं न संशयः ।
मर्यादालोकरक्षार्थमेवमस्ति तथा स्थितः ॥ १२.२२४.६६ ॥
It must indeed be protected in the world by the venerable goddess, there is no doubt. For the sake of guarding the order of the world, it is so, and so it is established.
12.224.67
शब्दः कोत्र इति ख्यातस्तथाऽर्थं च महामुने ।
आकृत्या पतयो ब्रूहि लक्षणेन पृथक्पृथक् ॥ १२.२२४.६७ ॥
Great sage, what is known as 'sound' (śabda), and what is its meaning? Tell me the distinct kinds of each, separately, by form and by characteristic.
12.224.68
व्यत्ययेन च वर्णानां परिवादकृतो हि यः ।
स शब्द इति विज्ञेयस्तन्निपातोऽर्थ उच्यते ॥ १२.२२४.६८ ॥
That which arises from the inversion of sounds (letters) is to be understood as 'word' (śabda); its settling is said to be its 'meaning' (artha).
12.224.69
शब्दार्थयोर्हि संबन्धस्त्वनयोरस्ति वा न वा ।
तन्मे ब्रूहि यथातत्वं शब्दस्यानेऽर्थ एव चेत् ॥ १२.२२४.६९ ॥
Is there truly a connection between word and meaning, or not? Tell me this as it truly is; and if the meaning of a word is something else, tell me that too.
12.224.70
शब्दार्थयोर्न चैवास्ति संबन्धोऽत्यन्त एव हि ।
पुष्करे च यथा तोयं तथाऽस्मीति च वेत्थ तत् ॥ १२.२२४.७० ॥
Between word and meaning there is indeed no absolute connection, just as water is in a lotus pond. You know this: 'I am so.'
12.224.71
अर्थे स्थितिर्हि शब्दस्य नान्यथा च स्थितिर्भवेत् ।
विद्यते चेन्महाप्राज्ञ विनाऽर्थं ब्रूहि सत्तम ॥ १२.२२४.७१ ॥
A word's standing rests only in its meaning; otherwise it could not stand at all. Great-wise one, if a word exists without meaning, tell me that, best of the good.
12.224.72
ससंसर्गोऽतिमात्रस्तु वाचकत्वेन वर्तते ।
अस्ति चेद्वर्तते नित्यं विकारोच्चारणेन वै ॥ १२.२२४.७२ ॥
That contact is excessive, and it functions as the expresser of meaning. If it exists, it always operates through the utterance of a modification.
12.224.73
शब्दस्थानोत्र इत्युक्तस्तथाऽर्थ इति मे कृतः ।
अर्थः स्थितो न तिष्ठेच्च विरूढमिह भाषितम् ॥ १२.२२४.७३ ॥
Here the place of sound has been declared, and by me meaning has likewise been taken as such. Meaning is established, yet it may not stand; what has been said here has become contradictory.
12.224.74
न विकूलोऽत्र कथितो नाकाशं हि विना जगत् ।
संबन्धस्तत्र नास्त्येव तद्वदित्येष मन्यताम् ॥ १२.२२४.७४ ॥
Here nothing disordered has been said; without space there is no world. There is indeed no connection there. Let it be understood in the same way.
12.224.75
सदाऽहंकारशब्दोऽयं व्यक्तमात्मनि संश्रितः ।
न वाचस्तत्र वर्तन्ते इति मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥ १२.२२४.७५ ॥
This word 'ahaṃkāra', ego, always clearly rests in the self. To say that words do not operate there will prove false.
12.224.76
अहंशब्दो ह्यहंभावो नात्मभावे शुभव्रते ।
न वर्तन्ते परेऽचिन्त्ये वाचः सगुणलक्षणाः ॥ १२.२२४.७६ ॥
The word 'aham' itself is the sense of 'I'; O you of pure vows, it does not exist in the state of the self. In the supreme and inconceivable, words that bear qualities do not operate.
12.224.77
अहं गात्रैकतः श्यामा भावनपि तथैव च ।
तन्मे ब्रूहि यथान्यायमेवं चेन्मुनिसत्तम ॥ १२.२२४.७७ ॥
'I' is dark from one part of the body, and the idea is likewise. Tell me this rightly, if so, best of sages.
12.224.78
मृण्मये हि घटे भावस्तादृग्भाव इहेष्यते ।
अयं भावः परेऽचिन्त्ये ह्यात्मभावो यथाच तत् ॥ १२.२२४.७८ ॥
In a clay pot, such is the nature that is here regarded as such. This nature is in the unthinkable supreme as well, and it is just like the nature of the self.
12.224.79
अहं त्वमेतदित्येव परे संकल्पना मया ।
तस्माद्वाचो न वर्तन्त इति नैव विरुध्यते ॥ १२.२२४.७९ ॥
I have formed these conceptions of the supreme: 'I', 'you', 'this'. Therefore words do not apply to it, and this is not a contradiction.
12.224.80
तस्माद्वामेन वर्तन्ते मनसा भीरु सर्वशः ।
यथाऽऽकाशगतं विश्वं संसक्तमिव लक्ष्यते ॥ १२.२२४.८० ॥
Therefore, timid one, people proceed in every way by the mind along a crooked path, just as the universe situated in space appears as if attached.
12.224.81
संसर्गे सति संबन्धात्तद्विकारं भविष्यति ।
अनाकाशगतं सर्वं विकारे च सदा गतम् ॥ १२.२२४.८१ ॥
When there is contact, through connection a modification will arise in it. Everything not situated in space is always in modification.
12.224.82
तद्ब्रह्म परमं शुद्धमनौषम्यं न शक्यते ।
न दृश्यते तथा तच्च दृश्यते च मतिर्मम ॥ १२.२२४.८२ ॥
That Brahman is supreme, pure, and incomparable; it cannot be described. It is not seen, yet it is seen in that way — this is my opinion.
12.224.83
निर्विकारं ह्यमूर्ति च निरयं सर्वगं तथा ।
दृश्यते च वियन्नित्यं दृगात्मा तेन दृश्यते ॥ १२.२२४.८३ ॥
He is unchanging, formless, without support, and all-pervading; so too space is always seen. The self that is the seer is seen through that.
12.224.84
त्वचा स्पृशति वै वायुमाकाशस्थं पुनः पुनः ।
तत्स्थं गन्धं तथाघ्राति ज्योतिः पश्यति चक्षुषा ॥ १२.२२४.८४ ॥
Through the skin he touches the wind abiding in space again and again; likewise he smells the scent residing in it, and with the eye he sees light.
12.224.85
तमोरश्मिगणश्चैव मेघजालं तथैव च ।
वर्षं तारागणं चैव नाकाशं दृश्यते पुनः ॥ १२.२२४.८५ ॥
Darkness, a host of rays, a mesh of clouds, rain, and the host of stars too; and again the sky is not seen.
12.224.86
आकाशस्याप्यथाकाशं सद्रूपमिति निश्चितम् ।
तदर्थे कल्पिता ह्येते तत्सत्यो विष्णुरेव च।
यानि नामानि गौणानि ह्युपचारात्परात्मनि ॥ १२.२२४.८६ ॥
The sky of the sky—it is certain that it has the nature of being. For its sake these are devised; that true one is indeed Viṣṇu. The secondary names applied to the supreme self are used by figurative usage.
12.224.87
न चक्षुषा न मनसा न चान्येन परो विभुः ।
चिन्त्यते सूक्ष्मया बुद्ध्या वाचा वक्तुं न शक्यते ॥ १२.२२४.८७ ॥
Not by the eye, nor by the mind, nor by anything else is the supreme all-pervading one thought of; he is thought of by the subtle intellect, and cannot be expressed in speech.
12.224.88
एतत्प्रपञ्चमखिलं तस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
महाघटोऽल्पकश्चैव यथा मह्यां प्रतिष्ठितौ ॥ १२.२२४.८८ ॥
This entire manifold world is established in him, just as a large pot and a small pot are established upon the earth.
12.224.89
न च स्त्री न पुमांश्चैव यथैव न नपुंसकः ।
केवलज्ञानमात्रं तत्तस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.२२४.८९ ॥
He is neither woman, nor man, nor even neuter; he is pure knowledge alone, and in him everything is established.
12.224.90
भूमिसंस्थानयोगेन वस्तुसंस्थानयोगतः ।
रसभेदा यथा तोये प्रकृत्यामात्मनस्तथा ॥ १२.२२४.९० ॥
By the union of the configuration of the earth and the union of the configuration of things, just as differences of taste arise in water, so too in nature (arise the differences) of the self.
12.224.91
तद्वाक्यस्मरणान्नित्यं तृप्तिं वारि पिबन्निव ।
प्राप्नोति ज्ञानमखिलं तेन तत्सुखमेधते ॥ १२.२२४.९१ ॥
By constantly remembering that statement, as one satisfied while drinking water, he attains complete knowledge; by that his happiness grows.
12.224.92
अनेन साध्यं किं स्याद्वै शब्देनेति मतिर्मम ।
वेदगम्यः परोऽचिन्त्य इति पौराणिका विदुः ॥ १२.२२४.९२ ॥
What could be accomplished by this word? Such is my view. The supreme is knowable through the Veda and unthinkable, so the Purāṇa-reciters know.
12.224.93
निरर्थको यथा लोके तद्वत्स्यादिति मे मतिः ।
निरीक्ष्यैवं यथान्यायं वक्तुमर्हसि मेऽनघ ॥ १२.२२४.९३ ॥
As in the world a meaningless thing is, so this would be, such is my view. Having examined it thus, sinless one, you should speak to me rightly.
12.224.94
वेदगम्यं परं शुद्धमिति सत्या परा श्रुतिः ।
व्याहत्या नैतदित्याह व्युपलिङ्गे च वर्तते ॥ १२.२२४.९४ ॥
'The supreme, pure, knowable through the Veda' — this supreme śruti is true. 'This is not so' is said through contradiction, and it also holds in the indicated sense.
12.224.95
निरर्थको न चैवास्ति शब्दो लौकिक उत्तमे ।
अनन्वयास्तथा शब्दा निरर्था इति लौकिकैः ॥ १२.२२४.९५ ॥
In the highest sense no word is meaningless. Words which worldly people call meaningless, deeming them disconnected, are likewise not meaningless.
12.224.96
गृह्यन्ते तद्वदित्येव न वर्तन्ते परात्मनि ।
अगोचरत्वं वचसां युक्तमेवं तथा शुभे ॥ १२.२२४.९६ ॥
They are grasped in just that way, but they do not abide in the supreme self. That words cannot reach it is fitting in this way, O auspicious one.
12.224.97
साधनस्योपदेशाच्च ह्युपायस्य च सूचनात् ।
उपलक्षणयोगेन व्यावृत्त्या च प्रदर्शनात्।
वेदगम्यः परः शुद्ध इति मे धीयते मतिः ॥ १२.२२४.९७ ॥
From the teaching of the means, from the hint of the method, through the connection of indicative marks and through demonstration by exclusion, my conviction holds that the supreme, pure one is to be known through the Veda.
12.224.98
अध्यात्मध्यानसंभूतमभूतं… वत्स्फुटम् ।
ज्ञानं विद्धि शुभाचारे तेन यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥ १२.२२४.९८ ॥
Know, O one of auspicious conduct, the clear knowledge that arises from meditation on the self, which is not-existent (in the usual sense)…like; by it they go to the highest goal.
12.224.99
यदि मे व्याहृतं गुह्यं श्रुतं न तु त्वया शुभे ।
तथ्यमित्येव वा शुद्धे ज्ञानं ज्ञानविलोचने ॥ १२.२२४.९९ ॥
If you have not heard the secret I have spoken, O auspicious one, or O pure one, take it as truth; O you whose eyes are knowledge, that is knowledge.
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नानारूपवदस्यैवमैश्वर्यं दृश्यते शुभे ।
न वायुस्तं न सूर्यस्तं नाग्निस्तत्तत्परं पदम् ॥ १२.२२४.१०० ॥
Its sovereignty is seen thus, having many forms, O auspicious one. It is not the wind, not the sun, not the fire; that is the supreme state.
12.224.101
अनेन पूर्णमेतद्धि हृदि भूतमिहेष्यते ।
एतावदात्मविज्ञानमेतावद्यदहं स्मृतम्।
आवयोर्न च सत्वे वै तस्मादज्ञानबन्धनम् ॥ १२.२२४.१०१ ॥
Through this, the whole is desired to exist in the heart here. Such is the knowledge of the self, so much as I have recalled. There is no sattva in us both; therefore this is the bondage of ignorance.
12.224.102
एवं सुवर्चला हृष्टा प्रोक्ता भर्त्रा यथार्थवत् ।
परिचर्यमाणा ह्यनिशं तत्वबुद्धिसमन्विता ॥ १२.२२४.१०२ ॥
Thus Suvarcalā, delighted and instructed truthfully by her husband, served him constantly, endowed with understanding of the truth.
12.224.103
भर्ता च तामनुप्रेक्ष्य नित्यनैमित्तिकान्वितः ।
परमात्मनि गोविन्दे वासुदेवे महात्मनि ॥ १२.२२४.१०३ ॥
And her husband, observing her, engaged in regular and occasional rites, fixed his mind on the supreme Self, Govinda, Vāsudeva, the great-souled one.
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समाधाय च कर्माणि तन्मयत्वेन भावितः ।
कालेन महता राजन्प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥ १२.२२४.१०४ ॥
Having laid down his actions, absorbed in that and imbued with it, O king, after a long time he attains the supreme goal.
12.224.105
एतत्ते कथितं राजन्यस्मात्त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
गार्हस्थ्यं च समास्थाय गतौ जायापती परम् ॥ १२.२२४.१०५ ॥
This has been told to you, O king, since you ask. Having taken up the householder's life, husband and wife attain the supreme goal.