Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.239
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12.239.1
प्रत्याहारं तु वक्ष्यामि शर्वर्यादौ गतेऽहनि ।
यथेदं कुरुतेऽध्यात्मं सुसूक्ष्मं विश्वमीश्वरः ॥ १२.२३९.१ ॥
I shall speak of withdrawal, which comes at the beginning of night when the day has passed, just as the Lord brings about this most subtle universe within the self.
12.239.2
दिवि सूर्यस्तथा सप्त दहन्ति शिखिनोऽर्चिषः ।
सर्वमेतत्तदाऽर्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जाज्वल्यते जगत् ॥ १२.२३९.२ ॥
In the sky the sun and the seven tongues of fire burn; then all this is filled with those flames, and the world blazes forth.
12.239.3
पृथिव्यां यानि भूतानि जङ्गमानि ध्रुवाणि च ।
तान्येवाग्रे प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च ॥ १२.२३९.३ ॥
Whatever beings on the earth, moving or fixed, they first dissolve and then attain the nature of earth.
12.239.4
ततः प्रलीने सर्वास्मिन्स्थावरे जङ्गमे तथा ।
अकाष्ठा निस्तृणा भूमिर्दृश्यते कूर्मपृष्ठवत् ॥ १२.२३९.४ ॥
Then, when all things, the stationary and the moving, have dissolved, the earth appears bare of wood and grass, like the back of a tortoise.
12.239.5
भूमेरपि गुणं गन्धमाप आददते यदा ।
आत्तगन्धा तदा भूमिः प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १२.२३९.५ ॥
When the waters also take away earth's quality of smell, the earth, having lost its smell, becomes fit for dissolution.
12.239.6
आपस्तत्र प्रतिष्ठन्ते ऊर्मिमत्यो महास्वनाः ।
सर्वमेवेदमापूर्य तिष्ठन्ति च चरन्ति च ॥ १२.२३९.६ ॥
There the waters, full of waves and of great roar, take their stand; filling all this, they both stand and move.
12.239.7
अपामपि गुणांस्तात ज्योतिराददते यदा ।
आपस्तदा त्वात्तगुणा ज्योतिः षूपरमन्ति वै ॥ १२.२३९.७ ॥
O dear son, when light (fire) takes up the qualities of the waters, then the waters, their qualities taken, cease and subside into light.
12.239.8
यदाऽऽदित्यं स्थितं मध्ये गूहन्ति शिखिनोऽर्चिषः ।
सर्वमेवेदमर्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जाज्वल्यते नमः ॥ १२.२३९.८ ॥
When the flames of fire conceal the sun standing in the middle of the sky, then all this, filled with rays, blazes in the sky.
12.239.9
ज्योतिषोऽपि गुणं रूपं वायुराददते यदा ।
प्रशाम्यति ततो ज्योतिर्वायुर्दोधूयते महान् ॥ १२.२३९.९ ॥
When the wind takes up the quality and form of light (fire), then the light subsides, and the great wind is violently shaken.
12.239.10
ततस्तु मूलमासाद्य वायुः संभवमात्मनः ।
अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक्च दोधवीति दिशो दश ॥ १२.२३९.१० ॥
Then the wind, having reached its own source, shakes the ten directions below, above, and across.
12.239.11
वायोरपि गुणं स्पर्शमाकाशं ग्रसते यदा ।
प्रशाम्यति तदा वायुः खं तु तिष्ठति नानदन् ॥ १२.२३९.११ ॥
When space swallows the quality of touch belonging to the wind, then the wind subsides, and space remains, making no sound.
12.239.12
अरूपमरसस्पर्शमगन्धं न च मूर्तिमत् ।
सर्वलोकप्रणुदितं स्वं तु तिष्ठति नानदत् ॥ १२.२३९.१२ ॥
It is formless, tasteless, untouchable, odorless, not embodied; pervaded by all worlds, it remains in its own nature, making no sound.
12.239.13
आकाशस्य गुणं शब्दमभिव्यक्तात्मकं मनः ।
ग्रसते च यदा सोऽपि शाम्यति प्रतिसंचरे।
मनसो व्यक्तमव्यक्तं ब्राह्मः संप्रतिसंचरः ॥ १२.२३९.१३ ॥
The quality of space is sound, which resides in the mind whose nature is manifest. When the mind swallows it, that too is stilled. The mind's return from the manifest to the unmanifest is the complete reabsorption of brahman.
12.239.14
तदाऽऽत्मगुणमाविश्य मनो ग्रसति चन्द्रमाः ।
मनस्युपरते चात्मा चन्द्रमस्युपतिष्ठते ॥ १२.२३९.१४ ॥
Then the moon, entering into the quality of the self, swallows the mind. When the mind has ceased, the self abides in the moon.
12.239.15
तं तु कालेन महता संकल्पं कुरुते वशे ।
चित्तं ग्रसति संकल्पस्तच्च ज्ञानमनुत्तमम् ॥ १२.२३९.१५ ॥
But after a great time it brings the resolve under its control. The resolve swallows the thought, and that is the supreme knowledge.
12.239.16
कालो गिरति विज्ञानं कालं बलमिति श्रुतिः ।
बलं कालो ग्रसति तु तं विद्वान्कुरुते वशे ॥ १२.२३९.१६ ॥
Time swallows understanding; the scripture says time is power. Time swallows power; but the wise one brings it under control.
12.239.17
आकाशस्य तदा घोषं तं विद्वान्कुरुतेऽऽत्मनि ।
तदव्यक्तं परं ब्रह्म तच्छाश्वतमनुत्तमम्।
एवं सर्वाणि भूतानि ब्रह्मैव प्रतिसंहरेत् ॥ १२.२३९.१७ ॥
Then the wise one places the sound of space within the self. That unmanifest, supreme, eternal, unsurpassed brahman is the goal. Thus one should withdraw all beings into brahman alone.
12.239.18
यथावत्कीर्तितं सत्यमेवमेतदसंशयम् ।
बोध्यं विद्यामयं दृष्ट्वा योगिभिः परमात्मभिः ॥ १२.२३९.१८ ॥
As it has been declared, this is true, without doubt. This truth, made of knowledge, is to be understood by yogins who have seen it, who have reached the supreme self.
12.239.19
एवं विस्तारसंक्षेपौ ब्रह्माव्यक्ते पुनःपुनः ।
युगसाहस्रयोरादावहोरात्र्यास्तथैव च ॥ १२.२३९.१९ ॥
Thus, again and again, there is expansion and contraction in Brahman and in the unmanifest, at the beginning of the thousand-yuga periods and likewise at the beginning of day and night.