Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.286
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12.286.1
नमस्तस्मै भगवते देवाय प्रभविष्णवे ।
यस्य पृथ्वी तलं तात साकाशं बाहुगोचरः ॥ १२.२८६.१ ॥
Homage to that blessed god, the mighty and all-powerful one, dear child, within whose reach by his arms lie the surface of the earth and the sky.
12.286.2
मूर्धा यस्य त्वनन्तं च स्थानं दानवसत्तम ।
तस्याहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १२.२८६.२ ॥
Best of the Dānavas, of him whose head and abode are infinite, I will now declare to you the supreme greatness of Viṣṇu.
12.286.3
तयोः संवदतोरेवमाजगाम महामुनिः ।
सनत्कुमारो धमार्त्मा संशयच्छेदनाय वै ॥ १२.२८६.३ ॥
As those two were conversing in this way, the great sage Sanatkumāra, righteous of soul, came there indeed to cut away their doubt.
12.286.4
स पूजितोऽसुरेन्द्रेण मुनिनोशनसा तथा ।
निषसादासने राजन्महार्हे मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ १२.२८६.४ ॥
Thus honored by the lord of the Asuras and by the sage Uśanas, O king, that best of sages sat down on a precious seat.
12.286.5
तमासीनं महाप्रज्ञमुशना वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
ब्रूह्यस्मै दानवेन्दाय विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १२.२८६.५ ॥
To him, seated there, the man of great wisdom, Uśanas spoke these words: "Speak to this lord of the Dānavas the supreme greatness of Viṣṇu."
12.286.6
सनत्कुमारस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा प्राह वचोऽर्थवत् ।
विष्णोर्माहात्म्यसंयुक्तं दानवेन्द्राय धीमते ॥ १२.२८६.६ ॥
Sanatkumāra, having heard those words, then spoke meaningful words, imbued with the greatness of Viṣṇu, to the wise lord of the Dānavas.
12.286.7
शृणु सर्वमिदं दैत्य विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ।
विष्णौ जगत्स्थितं सर्वमिति विद्धि परंतप ॥ १२.२८६.७ ॥
Listen to all this, demon, the supreme greatness of Viṣṇu. Know that the whole world is established in Viṣṇu, O scorcher of foes.
12.286.8
अस्मिन्गच्छन्ति विलयमस्माच्च प्रभवन्त्युत ।
अवत्येष महाबाहुर्भूतग्रामं चराचरम्।
एष चाक्षिपते काले काले च सृजते पुनः ॥ १२.२८६.८ ॥
In him beings go to dissolution, and from him they arise again. This mighty-armed one protects the multitude of beings, moving and unmoving. He withdraws it in its time, and in time creates it again.
12.286.9
नैष दानव ते शक्यस्तपसा नैव चेज्यया ।
संप्राप्तुमिन्द्रियाणां तु संयमेनैव शक्यते ॥ १२.२८६.९ ॥
He is not attainable by you through asceticism, nor indeed through sacrifice. He is attained only through restraint of the senses, O Dānava.
12.286.10
बाह्ये चाभ्यन्तरे चैव कर्मणा मनसि स्थितः ।
निर्मलीकुरुते बुद्ध्या सोऽमुत्रानन्त्यमश्नुते ॥ १२.२८६.१० ॥
He who, abiding in the mind through action both outer and inner, purifies it by intellect, attains infinity in the other world.
12.286.11
यथा हिरण्यकर्ता वै रूप्यमग्नौ विशोधयेत् ।
बहुशोऽतिप्रयत्नेन महताऽऽत्मकृतेन ह ॥ १२.२८६.११ ॥
Just as a goldsmith purifies silver in fire, many times, with great effort and by a method of his own making.
12.286.12
तद्वज्जातिशतैर्जीवः शुद्ध्यतेऽल्पेन कर्मणा ।
यत्नेन महता चैयवाप्येकजातौ विशुद्ध्यते ॥ १२.२८६.१२ ॥
So too the living being is purified over hundreds of births through little action; and with great effort it is fully purified even in a single birth.
12.286.13
लीलयाऽल्पं यथा गात्रात्प्रमृज्यादात्मनो रजः ।
बहुयत्नेन महता दोषनिर्हरणं तथा ॥ १२.२८६.१३ ॥
As one easily wipes a little dust from one's own body, so the removal of a fault comes about through great effort.
12.286.14
यथा चाल्पेन माल्येन वासितं तिलसर्षपम् ।
न मुञ्चति स्वकं गन्धं तथा सूक्ष्मस्य दर्शनम् ॥ १२.२८६.१४ ॥
As sesame and mustard seeds scented with only a little garland do not give up their own fragrance, so is the perception of the subtle.
12.286.15
तदेव बहुभिर्माल्यैर्वास्यमानं पुनः पुनः ।
विमुच्य तं स्वकं गन्धं माल्यगन्धेऽवतिष्ठते ॥ १२.२८६.१५ ॥
That same thing, scented again and again by many garlands, having released its own fragrance, remains in the fragrance of the garlands.
12.286.16
एवं जातिशतैर्युक्तो गुणैरेव प्रसङ्गिषु ।
बुद्ध्या निवर्तते दोषो यत्नेनाभ्यासजेन ह ॥ १२.२८६.१६ ॥
Thus the being bound through hundreds of births remains in attachments only through its qualities; by intellect, through effort born of practice, the fault turns back.
12.286.17
कर्मणा स्वेन रक्तानि विरक्तानि च दानव ।
यथा कर्मविशेषांश्च प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा शृणु ॥ १२.२८६.१७ ॥
O Dānava, by their own action beings become attached and detached; listen how they obtain the distinctions of action.
12.286.18
यथावत्संप्रवर्तन्ते यस्मिंस्तिष्ठति चानिशम् ।
तत्तेऽनुपूर्व्या व्याख्यास्ये तदिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥ १२.२८६.१८ ॥
That in which they properly proceed and constantly abide, I shall explain to you in due order; listen here with single mind.
12.286.19
अनादिनिधनः श्रीमान्हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः ।
देवः सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥ १२.२८६.१९ ॥
He who has no beginning or end, the glorious Hari Nārāyaṇa, the lord and god, creates the immovable and the movable beings.
12.286.20
एष सर्वेषु भूतेषु क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ।
एकादश विकारात्मा जगत्पिबति रश्मिभिः ॥ १२.२८६.२० ॥
He is the perishable and also the imperishable in all beings. Having the eleven modifications as his self, he drinks up the world with his rays.
12.286.21
पादौ तस्य महीं विद्धि मूर्धानं दिवमेव च ।
बाहवस्तु दिशो दैत्य श्रोत्रमाकाशमेव च ॥ १२.२८६.२१ ॥
Know that the earth is his feet and heaven his head. O Daitya, his arms are the directions, and his ears are indeed space.
12.286.22
तस्य तेजोमयः सूर्यो मनश्चन्द्रमसि स्थितम् ।
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानगता नित्यं रसस्त्वप्सु प्रवर्तते ॥ १२.२८६.२२ ॥
His radiant form is the sun; his mind is established in the moon. His intellect, reaching to knowledge, endures forever, and his essence operates in the waters.
12.286.23
भ्रुवोरनन्तरास्तस्य ग्रहा दानवसत्तम ।
नक्षत्रचक्रं नेत्रं च आस्यमग्निं च दानव।
तं विश्वभूतं विश्वादिं परमं विद्धि चेश्वरम् ॥ १२.२८६.२३ ॥
O best of Dānavas, just beyond his brows are the planets. The wheel of the constellations is his eye, and fire is his mouth. O Dānava, know him to be the being of all beings, the origin of the universe, the supreme Lord.
12.286.24
रजस्तमश्च सत्वं च विद्धि नारायणात्मकम् ।
सोश्रमाणां मुखं तात कर्मणस्तत्फलं विदुः ॥ १२.२८६.२४ ॥
Know that passion, darkness and goodness are of the nature of Nārāyaṇa. Dear son, he is the face of those who toil, and they know that he is also the fruit of action.
12.286.25
अकर्मणः फलं चैव स एव परमोऽव्ययः ।
छन्दांसि यस्य रोमाणि ह्यक्षरं च सरस्वती ॥ १२.२८६.२५ ॥
The fruit of inaction is also he; he alone is supreme and imperishable. The Vedas are his hairs; the syllable (Om) and Sarasvatī too are his.
12.286.26
बह्वाश्रयो बहुमुखो धर्मो हृदि समाश्रितः ।
स ब्रह्मपरमो धर्मस्तपश्च सदसच्च सः ॥ १२.२८६.२६ ॥
Dharma, having many supports and many faces, dwells firmly in the heart. He is the supreme dharma in Brahman; he is austerity, and he is being and non-being.
12.286.27
श्रोत्रशास्त्रग्रहोपेतः षोड्शर्त्विक्क्रतुश्च सः ।
पितामहश्च रुद्रश्च सोऽश्विनौ स पुरंदरः ॥ १२.२८६.२७ ॥
Endowed with hearing, scripture and its grasp, he is the sacrifice with sixteen officiating priests. He is the grandfather and Rudra; he is the two Aśvins; he is Puraṃdara (Indra).
12.286.28
मित्रोऽथ वरुणश्चैव यमोऽथ धनदस्तथा ।
ते पृथग्दर्शनास्तस्य संविदन्ति तथैकताम्।
एकस्य विद्धि देवस्य सर्वं जगदिदं वशे ॥ १२.२८६.२८ ॥
Mitra, Varuṇa, Yama and Dhanada (Kubera) as well; they are his separate appearances, and they agree in his unity. Know that this whole world is under the control of that one god.
12.286.29
नानाभूतस्य दैत्येन्द्र तस्यैकत्वं वदन्त्यपि ।
जन्तुः पश्यति विज्ञानात्ततः सत्वं प्रकाशते ॥ १२.२८६.२९ ॥
O lord of the Daityas, his oneness is also spoken of, though he has become many. A living being sees through discernment, and then sattva shines forth.
12.286.30
संहारविक्षेपसहस्रकोटी ।
स्तिष्ठन्ति जीवाः प्रचरन्ति चान्ये।
प्रजाविसर्गस्य च पारिमाण्यं ।
वापीसहस्राणि बहूनि दैत्य ॥ १२.२८६.३० ॥
Thousands of millions of living beings abide in dissolution and dispersal, and others move about. The measure of the emission of creatures is likewise. O Daitya, they are like many thousands of wells.
12.286.31
वाप्यः पुनर्योजनविस्तृतास्ताः ।
क्रोशं च गम्भीरतयाऽवगाढाः।
आयामतः पञ्चशताश्च सर्वाः ।
प्रत्येकशो योजनतः प्रवृद्धाः ॥ १२.२८६.३१ ॥
Those reservoirs, again, were a yojana wide and plunged a krośa deep; in length they were all five hundred, each extended by a yojana.
12.286.32
वाप्या जलं क्षिप्यति वालकोट्या ।
त्वह्ना सकृच्चाप्यथ न द्वितीयम्।
तासां क्षये विद्धि परं विसर्गं ।
संहारमेकं च तथा प्रजानाम् ॥ १२.२८६.३२ ॥
If water is drawn from a reservoir with a hair-tip, once in a day and never a second time, know that in their exhaustion there is the highest emission of beings, and one dissolution.
12.286.33
षड्जीववर्णाः परमं प्रमाणं ।
कृष्णो धूम्रो नीलमथास्य मध्यम्।
रक्तं पुनः सह्यतरं सुखं तु ।
हारिद्रवर्णं सुसुखं च शुक्लम् ॥ १२.२८६.३३ ॥
The six colors of life are the supreme measure: black, smoke-colored, and blue, with its middle; then red, more bearable and pleasant; the turmeric-colored, most pleasant; and white.
12.286.34
परं तु शुक्लं विमलं विशोकं ।
गतक्लमं सिद्ध्यति दानवेन्द्र।
गत्वा तु योनिप्रभवाणि दैत्य ।
सहस्रशः सिद्धिमुपैति जीवः ॥ १२.२८६.३४ ॥
But, white and pure, free from sorrow and weariness, he attains perfection, lord of the dānavas. Then, O daitya, having gone forth from births of wombs, the living being attains perfection a thousand times.
12.286.35
गतिं च यां दर्शनमाह देवो ।
गत्वा शुभं दर्शनमेव चापि।
गतिः पुनर्वर्णकृता प्रजानां ।
वर्णस्तथा कालकृतोऽसुरेन्द्र ॥ १२.२८६.३५ ॥
The course and the vision that the god spoke of remain even when one has attained auspicious vision; again, the course of beings is made by their colors, and color, too, is made by time, lord of the asuras.
12.286.36
शतं सहस्राणि चतुर्दशेह ।
परा गतिर्जीवगणस्य दैत्य।
आरोहणं तत्कृतमेव विद्धि ।
स्थानं तथा निःसरणं च तेषाम् ॥ १२.२८६.३६ ॥
Here are fourteen hundred thousand. O Daitya, that is the supreme course of the host of living beings. Know that their ascent too is made by it, and likewise their station and their going forth.
12.286.37
योऽस्मादथ भ्रश्यति कालयोगा ।
त्कृष्णे वर्णे तिष्ठति सर्वकृष्टे।
अतिप्रसक्तो निरयाच्च दैत्य ।
ततस्ततः संपरिवर्तते च ॥ १२.२८६.३७ ॥
He who falls away from this through the conjunction of time stands in the dark colour, the lowest of all; O Daitya, excessively attached to hell, he turns around again and again.
12.286.38
कृष्णस्य वर्णस्य गतिर्निकुष्टा ।
स मज्जते नरके पच्यमानः।
स्थानं तथा दुर्गतिभिस्तु तस्य ।
प्रजाविसर्गान्सुबहून्वदन्ति ॥ १२.२८६.३८ ॥
The course of the dark colour is base; he sinks, being cooked in hell. His station too is with evil destinies; of the many emanations of creatures, people speak thus.
12.286.39
शतं सहस्राणि ततश्चरित्वा ।
प्राप्नोति वर्णं हरितं तु पश्चात्।
स चैव तस्मिन्निवसत्यनिशो ।
युगक्षयं तमसा संवृतात्मा ॥ १२.२८६.३९ ॥
Having wandered a hundred thousand (years), afterwards he attains the green colour; and he dwells in it without cease, until the dissolution of the age, his self enveloped by darkness.
12.286.40
स वै यदा सत्वगुणेन युक्त ।
स्तमो व्यपोहन्घटते स्वबुद्ध्या।
स लोहितं वर्णमुपैति नीला ।
न्मनुष्यलोके परिवर्तते च ॥ १२.२८६.४० ॥
When he, endowed with the quality of sattva, dispels darkness and strives by his own intellect, then he attains the red colour; the blue as well, and in the world of men he turns about.
12.286.41
स तत्र संहारविसर्गमेकं ।
स्वकर्मजैर्बन्धनैः क्लिश्यमानः।
ततः स हारिद्रमुपैति वर्णं ।
संहारविक्षेपशते व्यतीते ॥ १२.२८६.४१ ॥
There, once, tormented by the bonds born of his own deeds, through a cycle of dissolution and emanation, he then attains a turmeric-yellow hue, when a hundred cycles of dissolution and scattering have passed.
12.286.42
हारिद्रवर्णस्तु प्रजाविसर्गा ।
त्सहस्रशस्तिष्ठति संचरन्वै।
अविप्रमुक्तो निरये च दैत्य ।
ततः सहस्राणि दशापराणि ॥ १२.२८६.४२ ॥
That one of turmeric hue wanders for thousands of creations, not freed in hell, O demon; then ten thousand more.
12.286.43
गतीः सहस्राणि च पञ्च तस्य ।
चत्वारि संवर्तकृतानि चैव।
विमुक्तमेनं निरयाच्च विद्धि ।
सर्वेषु चान्येषु च संभवेषु ॥ १२.२८६.४३ ॥
His courses number five thousand, and four produced by the cosmic dissolutions; know that he is freed from hell, and in all other births as well.
12.286.44
स देवलोके विहरत्यभीक्ष्णं ।
ततश्च्युतो मानुषतामुपैति
संहारविक्षेपशतानि चाष्टौ ।
मर्त्येषु तिष्ठन्नमृतत्वमेवि ॥ १२.२८६.४४ ॥
He dwells constantly in the world of the gods; then, fallen, he attains the human state; after eight hundred cycles of dissolution and scattering, remaining among mortals, he attains immortality.
12.286.45
सोऽस्मादय भ्रश्यति कालयोगा ।
त्कृष्णे तले तिष्ठति सर्वकृष्टे।
यथा त्वयं सिध्यति जीवलोक ।
स्तत्तेऽभिधास्याम्यसुरप्रवीर ॥ १२.२८६.४५ ॥
By the union of time he falls from this; he remains in that dark bottom, drawn by all. How this one is accomplished in the world of living beings, I will declare to you, O best of asuras.
12.286.46
दैवानि स व्यूहशतानि सप्त ।
रक्तो हरिद्रोऽथ तथैव शुक्लः।
संश्रित्य संधावति शुक्लमेत ।
मष्टावरानर्च्यतमान्स लोकान्। ॥ १२.२८६.४६ ॥
He possesses seven hundred divine arrangements. Red, turmeric-yellow, and likewise white; resorting to white, he runs onward in this direction, and goes to the eight lower, most worshipful worlds.
12.286.47
अष्टौ च षष्टिं च शतानि चैव ।
मनोविरुद्धानि महाद्युतीनाम्।
शुक्लस्य वर्णस्य परा गतिर्या ।
त्रीण्येव रुद्धानि महानुभाव ॥ १२.२८६.४७ ॥
Eight, and sixty, and hundreds, contrary to the mind, of the greatly radiant ones; of the white colour the supreme path, of which only three are obstructed, O one of great power.
12.286.48
संहाराविक्षेपमनिष्टमेकं ।
चत्वारि चान्यानि वसत्यनीशः।
षष्ठस्य वर्णस्य परा गतिर्या ।
सिद्धावसिद्धस्य गतक्लमस्यर ॥ १२.२८६.४८ ॥
Destruction and dispersion, one undesired; and four others dwell without power. Of the sixth colour the supreme path, in accomplishment, of the unaccomplished, of one free from weariness…
12.286.49
ततो महान्मानुषतामुपैति ॥ १२.२८६.४९ ॥
Then the great one attains humanity.
12.286.50
तस्मादुपावृत्य ततः क्रमेण ।
सोग्रेण संतिष्ठति भूतसर्गम्।
स सप्तकृत्वश्च परैति लोका ।
न्संहारविक्षेपकृतप्रवासः ॥ १२.२८६.५० ॥
Therefore, having turned back, then in order, with the fierce one he stands in the creation of beings; seven times he goes to the worlds, with exile made by destruction and dispersion.
12.286.51
देवस्य विष्णोः परमस्य चैव ॥ १२.२८६.५१ ॥
Of the god Viṣṇu, and also of the supreme one.
12.286.52
संहारकाले परदिग्धकाया ।
ब्रह्माणमायान्ति सदा प्रजाहि।
चेष्टात्मनो देवगणाश्च सर्वे ।
ये ब्रह्मलोके ह्यमराः स्म तेऽपि ॥ १२.२८६.५२ ॥
At the time of dissolution, those whose bodies are smeared with the supreme always go to Brahmā: creatures, the active selves, all the multitudes of gods, and the immortals who were in Brahmā's world, they too.
12.286.53
प्रजानिसर्गे तु स शेषकाले ।
स्थानानि स्वान्येव सरन्ति जीवाः।
निःशेषतस्तत्पदं वान्ति चान्ते ।
सर्वे देवा ये सदृशा मनुष्याः ॥ १२.२८६.५३ ॥
But at the emanation of creatures and in the remaining time, beings go to their own places; at the end they attain entirely that state — all the gods, and humans who are like them.
12.286.54
ये तु च्युताः सिद्धलोकात्क्रमेण ।
तेषां गतिं यान्ति यथाऽऽनुपूर्व्या।
जीवाः परे तद्बलवेषरूपाः ।
स्वकं विधिं यान्ति विषर्ययेण ॥ १२.२८६.५४ ॥
But those who have fallen in order from the world of the perfected, their path follows in due succession; the supreme living beings, having that strength, form and appearance, attain their own ordained lot, even in reverse order.
12.286.55
स यावदेवास्ति सशेषभुक्तिः ।
प्रजाश्च देव्यौ च तथैव शुक्ले।
तावत्तदङ्गेषु विशुद्धभावः ।
संयम्य पञ्चेन्द्रियरूपमेतत् ॥ १२.२८६.५५ ॥
As long as that remaining enjoyment exists, so long do the creatures and the two goddesses, likewise in the bright half; so long a pure state remains in its limbs. Having restrained this form of the five senses —
12.286.56
नारायणस्येह बलं मया ते ॥ १२.२८६.५६ ॥
The strength of Nārāyaṇa here, I have told it to you.
12.286.57
एवं गते मे न विषादोस्ति कश्चि ।
त्सम्यक्च पश्यामि वचस्तथैतत्।
श्रुत्वा तु ते वाचमदीनसत्व ।
विकल्मषोस्म्यद्य तथा विपाष्मा ॥ १२.२८६.५७ ॥
Since it has so come about, I have no grief at all. I see your word as right. Having heard your unfaltering speech, I am now stainless and free from sin.
12.286.58
तस्मिज्जगत्सर्वमिदं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.२८६.५८ ॥
In him this entire world is established.
12.286.59
एवमुक्त्वा स कौन्तेय वृत्रः प्राणानवासृजत् ।
योजयित्वा तथाऽऽत्मानं परं स्थानमवाप्तवान् ॥ १२.२८६.५९ ॥
Son of Kuntī, having spoken thus, Vṛtra gave up his breaths of life; having joined his self in yoga in this way, he attained the supreme state.
12.286.60
अयं स भगवान्देवः पितामह जनार्दनः ।
सनत्कुमारो वृत्राय यत्तदाख्यातवान्पुरा ॥ १२.२८६.६० ॥
Grandsire, this is that blessed god Janārdana, who long ago, as Sanatkumāra, declared that to Vṛtra.
12.286.61
मूलस्थायी स भगवान्स्वेनानन्तेन तेजसा ।
तत्स्थः सृजति तान्भावानात्मरूपान्महामनाः ॥ १२.२८६.६१ ॥
That blessed one, abiding at the root, by his own infinite splendour, abiding in it, the great-minded one creates those beings which have his own form.
12.286.62
तुरीयांशेन तस्येमं विद्धि केशवमच्युतम् ।
तुरीयांशेन ब्रह्माणं तस्य विद्धि महात्मनः।
तुरीयार्धेन लोकांस्त्रीन्भावयत्येव बुद्धिमान् ॥ १२.२८६.६२ ॥
Know this unfaltering Keśava to be by a quarter part of him; know Brahmā to be by a quarter part of that great-souled one; by half of a quarter the wise one sustains the three worlds.
12.286.63
अर्वाक्स्थितस्तु यः स्थायी कल्पान्ते परिवर्तते ।
स शेते भगवानप्सु योऽसावतिबलः प्रभुः।
तान्विघाता प्रसन्नात्मा लोकांश्चरति शाश्वतान् ॥ १२.२८६.६३ ॥
He who abides below and changes at the end of an aeon, that blessed lord sleeps in the waters, the exceedingly mighty lord. The sustainer of serene mind moves through those eternal worlds.
12.286.64
सर्वाण्यशून्यानि करोत्यनन्तः ।
सनातनः संचरते च लोकान्।
स चानिरुद्धः सृजते महात्मा ।
तत्स्थं जगत्सर्वमिदं विचित्रम् ॥ १२.२८६.६४ ॥
The infinite one makes all things full; the eternal one moves through the worlds. That great-souled Aniruddha creates, and this entire wondrous world abides in him.
12.286.65
वृत्रेण परमार्थज्ञ दृष्टा मन्येत्मनो गतिः ।
सुखात्तस्मात्स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह ॥ १२.२८६.६५ ॥
O knower of the highest truth, one should think, having seen through Vṛtra the course of the self. Therefore he, happy in happiness, does not grieve, O grandsire.
12.286.66
शुक्लः शुक्लाभिजातीयः साध्यो नावर्ततेऽनघ ।
तिर्यग्गतेश्च निर्मुक्तो निरयाच्च पितामह ॥ १२.२८६.६६ ॥
O sinless one, the bright one of bright birth, the attainable one, does not return; he is freed from the animal path, and from hell too, O grandsire.
12.286.67
हारिद्रवर्णे रक्ते वा वर्तमानस्तु पार्थिव ।
तिर्यगेवानुपश्येत कर्मभिस्तामसैर्वृतः ॥ १२.२८६.६७ ॥
O king, one who abides in the turmeric-colored or the red state, enveloped by dark deeds, sees only the animal (downward) condition.
12.286.68
वयं तु भृशमापन्ना रक्ताः कष्टाः सुखेऽसुखे ।
कां गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यामो नीलां कृष्णाधमामथ ॥ १२.२८६.६८ ॥
We, greatly fallen, tinged with passion and afflicted in pleasure and in pain, what destiny shall we attain, the dark blue, or the black and lowest?
12.286.69
शुद्धाभिजनसंपन्नाः पाण्डवाः संशितव्रताः ।
विहत्य देवलोकेषु पुनर्मानुषमेध्यथ ॥ १२.२८६.६९ ॥
Pāṇḍavas, endowed with pure lineage and keen in your vows, having gone to the worlds of the gods you will return again to the human world.
12.286.70
प्रजाविसर्गं च सुखेन लोके ।
प्रेत्यान्येदेहेषु सुखानि भुक्त्वा।
सुखेन संयास्यथ सिद्धसङ्ख्यां ।
मा वो भयं भवतु न वोऽस्तु पापम् ॥ १२.२८६.७० ॥
Continuing the line of descendants happily in the world, and after death enjoying pleasures in other bodies, you will happily join the company of the perfected ones. May you have no fear, and may no evil be yours.