Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.256
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12.256.1
यस्माद्धर्मात्परो धर्मो विद्यदे नेह कश्चन ।
यो वि… न्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥ १२.२५६.१ ॥
Than which there is no higher dharma here—which… let him tell me.
12.256.2
धर्मं ति संप्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणमृषिसंस्तुतम् ।
विशिष्टं सर्वधर्मेभ्यस्तमिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥ १२.२५६.२ ॥
I shall fully declare to you that ancient dharma, praised by the sages, distinguished above all dharmas; hear it with a single mind.
12.256.3
इन्द्रिया…प्रमाथीनि बुद्ध्या संयम्य यत्नतः ।
सर्वतो… ॥ १२.२५६.३ ॥
The senses… unruly; restraining them with intellect and effort… on all sides…
12.256.4
मनसश्चेन्द्रियाणा चाप्यकाग्र्य परमं तप ।
तज्ज्यायः सर्वधर्मेभ्यः स धर्मः पर उच्य ॥ १२.२५६.४ ॥
The one-pointedness of mind and senses is the supreme austerity; it is better than all dharmas, and that is called the supreme dharma.
12.256.5
तानि सर्वाणि संधाय मनःषष्ठानि मेधया ।
आत्मतृप्त इवासीत बहुचिन्त्यमचिन्तयन् ॥ १२.२५६.५ ॥
Having gathered all of them, with mind as the sixth, by intelligence, sit content in the self, not thinking of the many things that are to be thought about.
12.256.6
गोचरेभ्यो निवृत्तानि यदा स्थास्यन्ति वेश्मनि ।
तदा त्वमात्मनाऽऽत्मानं परं द्रक्ष्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥ १२.२५६.६ ॥
When the senses, withdrawn from their objects, will stand firm in the house of the body, then you will see by yourself the supreme, eternal self.
12.256.7
सर्वात्मानं महात्मानं विधूममिव पावकम् ।
तं पश्यन्ति महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा ये मनीषिणः ॥ १२.२५६.७ ॥
Like smokeless fire, the self of all, that great Self, is seen by the great-souled brahmins who are wise.
12.256.8
यथा पुष्पफलोपेतो बहुशाखो महाद्रुमः ।
आत्मनो नाभिजानीते क्व मे पुष्पं क्व मे फलम् ॥ १२.२५६.८ ॥
As a great tree, laden with flowers and fruit and with many branches, does not know of itself: where is my flower, where is my fruit?
12.256.9
एवमात्मा न जानीते क्व गभिष्ये कुतस्त्वहम् ।
अन्यो ह्यत्रान्तरात्माऽस्ति यः सर्वमनुपश्यति ॥ १२.२५६.९ ॥
Thus the self does not know: where shall I go, whence have I come? Here there is another inner self, who sees everything.
12.256.10
ज्ञानदीपेन दीप्तेन पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मना ।
दृष्ट्वा त्वमात्मनाऽऽत्मानं निरात्मा भव सर्ववित् ॥ १२.२५६.१० ॥
By the kindled lamp of knowledge a man sees the self by the self. Having seen the self by the self, become without a separate self, a knower of all.
12.256.11
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो विमुक्तत्वगिवोरगः ।
परां बुद्धिमवाप्येह विपाप्मा विगतज्वरः ॥ १२.२५६.११ ॥
Freed from all sins, as a snake freed from its shed skin, having attained supreme understanding here, become sinless and free from fever.
12.256.12
सर्वतः प्रवहां घोरां नदीं लोकप्रवाहिनीम् ।
पञ्चेन्द्रियग्राहवतीं मनःसंकल्परोधसम् ॥ १२.२५६.१२ ॥
A terrible river flowing on all sides, carrying the worlds along, with the five senses for its crocodiles and the mind's resolves for its banks.
12.256.13
लोभमोहतृणच्छन्नां कामक्रोधसरीसृपाम् ।
सत्यतीर्थानृतक्षोभां क्रोधपङ्कां सरिद्वराम् ॥ १२.२५६.१३ ॥
Covered with the grass of greed and delusion, crawling with the reptiles of desire and anger, with truth for its fords, troubled by falsehood, with anger for its mud — the best of rivers.
12.256.14
अव्यक्तप्रभवां शीघ्रां दुस्तरामकृतात्मभिः ।
प्रतरस्व नदीं बुद्ध्या कामग्राहसमाकुलाम् ॥ १२.२५६.१४ ॥
Arising from the unmanifest, swift, hard to cross for those who have not disciplined the self, full of the crocodiles of desire — cross this river with discernment.
12.256.15
… तालद्स्तराम् ।
आत्मकमा…जिह्वावर्तां दुरासदाम् ॥ १२.२५६.१५ ॥
…hard to cross as a grove of palms, …desire of the self, with whirlpools of the tongue, hard to approach.
12.256.16
यां तरन्ति कृतप्रज्ञा धृतिमन्तो मनीषिणः ।
तां तीर्णः सर्वतोमुक्तो विधूतात्माऽऽत्मविच्छुचिः ॥ १२.२५६.१६ ॥
Having crossed that river which the steadfast, wise men of settled wisdom cross, one becomes free on all sides, the self shaken clear, a knower of the self, pure.
12.256.17
उत्तमां बुद्धिमास्थाय ब्रह्मभूयं भविष्यसि ।
संतीर्णः सर्वसंक्लेशान्प्रसन्नात्मा विकल्मषः ॥ १२.२५६.१७ ॥
Taking up the supreme discernment, you will become one with Brahman; having crossed all afflictions, with a serene self and without stain.
12.256.18
भूमिष्ठानीव भूतानि पर्वतस्थो निशामय ।
अक्रुध्यन्नप्रहृष्यंश्च अनृशंसमतिस्तथा ॥ १२.२५६.१८ ॥
Standing on a mountain, observe the beings on the earth, neither angered nor elated, and likewise with a compassionate mind.
12.256.19
ततो द्रक्ष्यसि सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययौ ।
एनं वै सर्वभूतेभ्यो विशिष्टं मेनिरे बुधाः।
धर्मं धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठा मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥ १२.२५६.१९ ॥
Then you will see the origin and dissolution of all beings. The wise consider this superior to all beings; the best of those who uphold dharma, the sages who see the truth, consider this very dharma (to be supreme).
12.256.20
आत्मनो व्यापिनो ज्ञानमिदं पुत्रानुशासनम् ।
प्रयताय प्रवक्तव्यं हितायानुगताय च ॥ १२.२५६.२० ॥
This is the knowledge of the pervading self, an instruction for a son. It is to be spoken only to one who is self-controlled, well-wishing, and devoted.
12.256.21
आत्मज्ञानमिदं गुह्यं सर्वगुह्यतमं महत् ।
अब्रुवं यदहं तात आत्मसाक्षिकमञ्जसा ॥ १२.२५६.२१ ॥
This knowledge of the self is secret, the most secret of all secrets, and great. Dear son, what I have spoken, I have spoken as directly witnessed by the self.
12.256.22
नैव स्त्री न पुमानेतन्नैव वेद नपुंसकम् ।
अदुःखमसुखं ब्रह्म भूतभव्यभवात्मकम् ॥ १२.२५६.२२ ॥
It (Brahman) is neither woman, nor man, nor yet neuter. It is Brahman, free from pain and free from pleasure, whose nature is all that was, will be, and is.
12.256.23
नैतज्ज्ञात्वा पुमान्स्त्री वा पुनर्भवमवाप्नुते ।
स्वभावप्रतिपत्त्यर्थमेतद्धर्मं विधीयते ॥ १२.२५६.२३ ॥
Having known this, neither a man nor a woman obtains rebirth. This dharma is prescribed only so that one may realize one's own nature.
12.256.24
यथा मतानि सर्वाणि तथैतानि यथातथा ।
कथितानि मया पुत्र भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ॥ १२.२५६.२४ ॥
Just as all the doctrines exist, so do these. Son, I have spoken them as best I could; they both are and are not.
12.256.25
तत्प्रीतियुक्तेन गुणान्वितेन ।
पुत्रेण सत्पुत्र दमान्वितेन।
पृष्टो हि संप्रीतिमना यथार्थं ।
ब्रूयात्सुतस्येह यदुक्तमेतत् ॥ १२.२५६.२५ ॥
When a son, full of affection, endowed with virtues and self-restraint, asks, O good son, one should answer with a cheerful mind and in truth, speaking what has been said here to the son.