Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.336
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12.336.1
एतच्छ्रुत्वा गुरोर्वाक्यं व्यासशिष्या महौजसः ।
अन्योन्यं हृष्टमनसः परिषस्वजिरे तदा ॥ १२.३३६.१ ॥
Hearing these words of their teacher, the mighty disciples of Vyāsa, their minds gladdened, then embraced one another.
12.336.2
उक्ताः स्मो यद्भगवता तदात्वायतिसंहितम् ।
तन्नो मनसि संरूढं करिष्यामस्तथा च तत् ॥ १२.३३६.२ ॥
What the Lord has told us, that teaching connected with the present and the future, has taken firm root in our minds; we shall do so.
12.336.3
अन्योन्यं संविभाष्यैवं सुप्रीतमनसः पुनः ।
विज्ञापयन्ति स्म गुरुं पुनर्वाक्यविशारदाः ॥ १२.३३६.३ ॥
Thus conversing among themselves, their minds very pleased, the disciples, skilled in speech, once more addressed their teacher.
12.336.4
शैलादस्मान्महीं गन्तुं काङ्क्षितं नो महामुने ।
वेदाननेकधा कर्तुं यदि ते रुचितं प्रभो ॥ १२.३३६.४ ॥
O great sage, we desire to go from this mountain to the earth and to spread the Vedas in many ways, O lord, if it pleases you.
12.336.5
शिष्याणां वचनं श्रुत्वा पराशरसुतः प्रभुः ।
प्रत्युवाच ततो वाक्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् ॥ १२.३३६.५ ॥
Having heard the words of the disciples, the lord, son of Parāśara, then replied with words joined to dharma and purpose, beneficial words.
12.336.6
क्षितिं वा देवलोकं वा गम्यतां यदि रोचते ।
अप्रमादश्च वः कार्यो ब्रह्म हि प्रचुरच्छलम् ॥ १२.३३६.६ ॥
Whether to the earth or to the world of the gods, go if it pleases you; but you must be vigilant, for the sacred knowledge is abounding in deceit.
12.336.7
तेऽनुज्ञातास्ततः सर्वे गुरुणा सत्यवादिना ।
जग्मुः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा व्यासं मूर्ध्नाऽभिवाद्य च ॥ १२.३३६.७ ॥
Having been given leave by their truthful teacher, they all went away, circumambulating Vyāsa keeping him on their right and bowing their heads to him.
12.336.8
अवतीर्य महीं तेऽथ चातुर्होत्रमकल्पयन् ।
संयाजयन्तो विप्रांश्च राजन्यांश्च विशस्तथा ॥ १२.३३६.८ ॥
Descending to the earth, they arranged the fourfold sacrificial priesthood and had brahmins, warrior-kings and common people perform sacrifices.
12.336.9
पूज्यमाना द्विजैर्नित्यं मोदमाना गृहे रताः ।
याजनाध्यापनरताः श्रीमन्तो लोकविश्रुताः ॥ १२.३३६.९ ॥
Always honored by the twice-born, rejoicing and content in their homes, devoted to officiating at sacrifices and to teaching, prosperous and renowned throughout the world.
12.336.10
अवतीर्णेषु शिष्येषु व्यासः पुत्रसहायवान् ।
तूष्णीं ध्यानपरो धीमानेकान्ते समुपाविशत् ॥ १२.३३६.१० ॥
When the disciples had descended, wise Vyāsa, accompanied by his son, sat down in a secluded place, silent and absorbed in meditation.
12.336.11
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा ।
हिमवन्तमगं द्रष्टुं सिद्धचारणसेवितम् ॥ १२.३३६.११ ॥
At that very time, the divine sage Nārada also came to see the Himavat mountain, which is frequented by siddhas and cāraṇas.
12.336.12
तं ददर्शाश्रमपदे नारदः सुमहातपाः ।
अथैनमब्रवीत्काले मधुराक्षरया गिरा ॥ १२.३३६.१२ ॥
Nārada, of great austerity, saw him at the hermitage, and then, at the right time, spoke to him in a voice of sweet syllables.
12.336.13
भोभो महर्षे वासिष्ठ ब्रह्मघोषो न वर्तते ।
एको ध्यानपरस्तूष्णीं किमास्से चिन्तयन्निव ॥ १२.३३६.१३ ॥
O great sage, descendant of Vasiṣṭha, the sound of the Veda is not here. Why do you sit alone, silent and intent on meditation, as if lost in thought?
12.336.14
ब्रह्मघोषैर्विरहितः पर्वतोऽयं न शोभते ।
रजसा तमसा चैव सोमः सोपप्लवो यथा ॥ १२.३३६.१४ ॥
This mountain, bereft of the sounds of the Veda, does not shine, just as the moon, seized by passion and darkness, loses its brilliance in an eclipse.
12.336.15
न भ्राजते यथापूर्वं निषादानामिवालयः ।
देवर्षिगणजुष्टोऽपि वेदध्वनिविनाकृतः ॥ १२.३३६.१५ ॥
Though frequented by hosts of divine sages, it does not shine as before, deprived of the sound of the Veda, like the dwelling of hunters.
12.336.16
ऋषयश्च हि देवाश्च गन्धर्वाश्च महौजसः ।
वियुक्ता ब्रह्मघोषेण न भ्राजन्ते यथा पुरा ॥ १२.३३६.१६ ॥
Sages, gods, and mighty Gandharvas, separated from the sound of the Veda, do not shine as they did before.
12.336.17
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ।
महर्षे यत्त्वया प्रोक्तं वेदवादविचक्षण ॥ १२.३३६.१७ ॥
Having heard Nārada's words, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) said: O great sage, expert in the discourse of the Veda, what you have said.
12.336.18
एतन्मनोऽनुकूलं मे भवानर्हसि भाषितुम् ।
सर्वज्ञः सर्वदर्शी च सर्वत्र च कुतूहली ॥ १२.३३६.१८ ॥
This pleases my mind; you alone are fit to speak it, for you are all-knowing, all-seeing, and curious everywhere.
12.336.19
त्रिषु लोकेषु यद्वृत्तं सर्वं तव मते स्थितम् ।
तदाज्ञापय विप्रर्षे ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥ १२.३३६.१९ ॥
Whatever has happened in the three worlds all stands fixed in your mind. Command me, O sage among brahmins, and tell me what I should do for you.
12.336.20
यन्मया समनुष्ठेयं ब्रह्मर्षे तदुदाहर ।
वियुक्तस्येह शिष्यैर्मे नातिहृष्टमिदं मनः ॥ १२.३३६.२० ॥
Tell me what I must do, O sage of brahman. Separated here from my disciples, my mind is not very glad.
12.336.21
अनाम्नायमला वेदा ब्राह्मणस्याव्रतं मलम् ।
मलं पृथिव्या बाह्वीकाः स्त्रीणां कौतूहलं मलम् ॥ १२.३३६.२१ ॥
The Vedas are soiled by not being recited; a brahmin is soiled by lacking vows; the earth is soiled by the Bāhlīkas; women are soiled by curiosity.
12.336.22
अधीयतां भवान्वेदान्सार्घं पुत्रेण धीमता ।
विधुन्वन्ब्रह्मघोषेण रक्षोभयकृतं तमः ॥ १२.३३६.२२ ॥
Study the Vedas, you together with your wise son, shaking off with the sound of brahman the darkness caused by the fear of demons.
12.336.23
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा व्यासः परमधर्मवित् ।
तथेत्युक्त्वाऽथ संहृष्टो वेदाभ्यासे दृढव्रतः ॥ १२.३३६.२३ ॥
Hearing Nārada's words, Vyāsa, knower of supreme dharma, said, 'So be it,' and, delighted, became firm in his vow to the practice of the Veda.
12.336.24
उवाच च महाप्राज्ञं नारदं पुनरेव हि ॥ १२.३३६.२४ ॥
And he spoke again to the very wise Nārada.
12.336.25
मलं पृथिव्या बाह्लीका इत्युक्तमधुना त्वया ।
कीदृशाश्चैव वाह्लीका ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर ॥ १२.३३६.२५ ॥
You have just said that the Bāhlīkas are the filth of the earth. What kind of Bāhlīkas are they? Tell me, best of speakers.
12.336.26
अस्यां पृथिव्यां चत्वारो देशाः पापजनैर्वृताः ।
युगन्धरस्तु प्रथमस्तथा भूतिलकः स्मृतः ॥ १२.३३६.२६ ॥
On this earth there are four lands inhabited by sinful people. The first is Yugandhara, and likewise Bhūtilaka is recalled.
12.336.27
अच्युतच्छल इत्युक्तस्तृतीयः पारकृत्तमः ।
चतुर्थस्तु महापापो बाह्लीक इति संज्ञितः ॥ १२.३३६.२७ ॥
The third is called Acyutacchala, the most cutter-away of boundaries. The fourth, greatly sinful, is named Bāhlīka.
12.336.28
भृगोष्ट्रगर्दभक्षीरं पिबन्त्यस्य युगन्धरे ।
एवकर्णास्तु दृश्यन्ते जना वै ह्यच्युतस्थले ॥ १२.३३६.२८ ॥
In Yugandhara they drink the milk of ewe, camel and she-ass; and in the land of Acyuta people are seen with only one ear.
12.336.29
मेहन्ति च मलं पापा विसृजन्ति जलेषु वै ।
नित्यं भूतिलकेत्यन्नं तज्जलं च पिबन्ति च ॥ १२.३३६.२९ ॥
Those sinners urinate and release filth into the waters; in Bhūtilaka they always eat that food and drink that water.
12.336.30
हरिबाह्यास्तु बाहीका न स्मरन्ति हरिं क्वचित् ।
ऐहलौकिकमोक्षं ते मांसशोणितवर्धनाः।
वृथा जाता भविष्यन्ति बाह्लीका इति विश्रुताः ॥ १२.३३६.३० ॥
The Bāhlīkas outside Hari never remember Hari. Seeking liberation in this world only, they increase flesh and blood; born in vain, they shall be renowned as Bāhlīkas.
12.336.31
पुष्कराहारनिरताः पिशाचा यदभाषते ।
मुसुण्ठीं परिगृह्योग्रां तच्छृणुष्व महामुने ॥ १२.३३६.३१ ॥
Hear, great sage, what the goblins intent on feeding on lotuses at Puṣkara say, brandishing the fierce club.
12.336.32
ब्राह्मणीं बहुपुत्रां तां पुष्करे स्नातुमागताम् ।
युगन्धरे पयः पीत्वा ह्युचिता ह्यच्युतस्थले ॥ १२.३३६.३२ ॥
That brahmin woman, mother of many sons, who came to bathe at Puṣkara, having drunk water at Yugandhara and being fit at the place of Acyuta.
12.336.33
तथा भूतिलके स्नात्वा बाह्लीकांश्च निरीक्ष्य वै ।
आगताऽसि तथा स्नातुं कथं स्वर्गं न गच्छसि ॥ १२.३३६.३३ ॥
Likewise, having bathed at Bhūtilaka and looked upon the Bāhlīkas, you have come to bathe. Why do you not go to heaven?
12.336.34
इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणीभाण्डं पोथयित्वा मुसुण्ठिना ।
उवाच क्रोधताम्राक्षी पिशाची तीर्थपालिका ॥ १२.३३६.३४ ॥
Having said this, and having struck the brahmin woman's vessel with the club, the goblin woman who guards the sacred place, red-eyed with anger, spoke.
12.336.35
एतत्तु ते दिवावृत्तं रात्रौ वृत्तमथान्यथा ।
गच्छ बाह्लीकसंसर्गादशुचित्वं न संशयः ॥ १२.३३६.३५ ॥
This is your conduct by day, and by night it is otherwise. Go; from contact with the Bāhlīkas comes impurity, there is no doubt.
12.336.36
यद्द्विषन्ति महात्मानं न स्मरन्ति जनार्दनम् ।
न तेषां पुण्यतीर्थेषु गतिः संसर्गिणामपि ॥ १२.३३६.३६ ॥
Those who hate the great soul and do not remember Janārdana have no going to the holy sacred places, nor do those who keep company with them.
12.336.37
उद्युक्ता ब्राह्मणी भीता प्रतियाता सुतैः सह ।
स्वदेहस्था जजापैवं सपुत्रा ध्यानतत्परा ॥ १२.३३६.३७ ॥
The frightened brahmin woman, resolved, returned together with her sons. Remaining within her own body, intent on meditation, she thus began to recite japa, with her sons.
12.336.38
अनन्तस्य हरेः शुद्धं नाम वै द्वादशाक्षरम् ।
वत्सरत्रितये पूर्णे ब्राह्मणी पुनरागता ॥ १२.३३६.३८ ॥
The pure twelve-syllabled name of the endless Hari — when three years were completed, the brahmin woman came back again.
12.336.39
सपुत्रा पुष्करद्वारं पिशाच्याह तथागतम् ।
नमस्ते ब्राह्मणि शुभे पूताऽहं तव दर्शनात् ॥ १२.३३६.३९ ॥
At the Puṣkara gate the ghoul spoke to the brahmin woman who had come thus with her sons: "Salutations to you, O brahmin woman, O auspicious one; I am purified by seeing you."
12.336.40
कुरु तीर्थाभिषेकं च सपुत्रा पापवर्जिता ।
हरेर्नाम्ना च मां साध्वी जलेन स्प्रष्टुमर्हसि ॥ १२.३३६.४० ॥
O sinless one, bathe in the sacred ford with your sons; and O virtuous woman, touch me with water, by the name of Hari.
12.336.41
इत्युक्ता ब्राह्मणी हृष्टा पुत्रैः सह शुभव्रता ।
जलेन प्रोक्षयामास द्वादशाक्षरसंयुतम् ॥ १२.३३६.४१ ॥
Thus addressed, the brahmin woman of auspicious vows, delighted, together with her sons sprinkled her with water joined to the twelve-syllabled name.
12.336.42
तत्क्षणादभवच्छुद्धा पिशाची दिव्यरूपिणी ।
अप्सरा ह्यभवद्दिव्या गता स्वर्लोकमुत्तभम् ॥ १२.३३६.४२ ॥
In that very moment the ghoul became purified and of divine form; she became a divine apsaras and went to the supreme heavenly world.
12.336.43
ब्राह्मणी चैव कालेन वासुदेवपरायणा ।
सपुत्रा चागता स्थानमच्युतस्य शुभं परम् ॥ १२.३३६.४३ ॥
And a brahmin woman too, in time, devoted to Vāsudeva, came with her son to the auspicious supreme abode of Acyuta.
12.336.44
एतत्ते कथितं विद्वन्मुने कालोऽयमागतः ॥ १२.३३६.४४ ॥
This has been told to you, O learned sage; this time has come.
12.336.45
गमिष्येऽहं महाप्राज्ञ आगमिष्यामि वै पुनः ।
इत्युक्त्वा स जगामाथ नारदो वदतांवरः ॥ १२.३३६.४५ ॥
"O greatly wise one, I shall go, and I shall surely come again." Having said this, Nārada, the best of speakers, departed.
12.336.46
द्वैपायनस्तु भगवांस्तच्छ्रुत्वा मुनिसत्तमात् ।
शुकेन सह पुत्रेण वेदाभ्यासमथाकरोत्।
स्वरेणोच्चैः सशैक्ष्येण लोकानापूरयन्निव ॥ १२.३३६.४६ ॥
But the venerable Dvaipāyana, having heard this from the best of sages, then practised the Vedas with his son Śuka, loudly, with the recitation of the pupil, as if filling the worlds.
12.336.47
तयोरभ्यसतोरेव नानाधर्मप्रवादिनोः ।
वातोऽतिमात्रं प्रववौ समुद्रानिलवेजितः ॥ १२.३३६.४७ ॥
While those two, expounding many dharmas, were practising, a wind stirred by the sea-breeze blew with excessive force.
12.336.48
ततोऽनध्याय इति तं व्यासः पुत्रमवारयत् ।
शुको वारितमात्रस्तु कौतूहलसमन्वितः ॥ १२.३३६.४८ ॥
Then Vyāsa stopped his son, saying, "This is an anadhyāya, a time not for recitation." But Śuka, though stopped, was filled with curiosity.
12.336.49
अपृच्छत्पितरं ब्रह्मन्कुतो वायुरभूदयम् ।
आख्यातुमर्हति भवान्वायोः सर्वं विचेष्टितम् ॥ १२.३३६.४९ ॥
He asked his father, 'O Brahmin, from where did this wind arise? You are fit to explain all the workings of the wind.'
12.336.50
शुकस्यैतद्वचः श्रुत्वा व्यासः परमधर्मवित् ।
अनध्यायनिमित्तेऽस्मिन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.३३६.५० ॥
Having heard these words of Śuka, Vyāsa, knower of the highest dharma, spoke these words on this occasion of the cessation of study.
12.336.51
दिव्यं ते चक्षुरुत्पन्नं स्वस्थं ते निश्चलं मनः ।
तमसा रजसा चापि त्यक्तः सत्वे व्यवस्थितः ॥ १२.३३६.५१ ॥
Your divine eye has arisen; your mind is steady and unmoving. Abandoning both darkness and passion, you are established in goodness.
12.336.52
आदर्शे रस्वामिव च्छायां पश्यस्यात्मानमात्मना ।
न्यस्यात्मनि स्वयं चेतो बुद्ध्या समनुचिन्तय ॥ १२.३३६.५२ ॥
As one sees one's own reflection in a mirror, so you see yourself by yourself. Placing your mind within yourself, contemplate it well with your intellect.
12.336.53
देवयानपथो विष्णुः पितृयानपथो रविः ।
द्वावेतौ प्रेत्य पन्थानौ दिवं चाधश्च गच्छतः ॥ १२.३३६.५३ ॥
The path of the gods is Viṣṇu, and the path of the fathers is the sun. After death these two paths lead upward to heaven and downward.
12.336.54
पृथिव्यामन्तरिक्षे च यत्र संवान्ति वायवः ।
सप्तैते वायुमार्गा वै तान्निबोधानुपूर्वशः ॥ १२.३३६.५४ ॥
On the earth and in the atmosphere, where the winds blow together—these are the seven paths of the wind. Learn them in due order.
12.336.55
तत्र देवगणाः साध्याः संबभूवुर्महाबलाः ।
तेषामप्यभवत्पुत्रः समानो नाम दुर्जयः ॥ १२.३३६.५५ ॥
There the Sādhya groups of gods, of great strength, came into being. And to them too a son was born, named Samāna, hard to conquer.
12.336.56
उदानस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूद्व्यानस्तस्याभवत्सुतः ।
अपानश्च ततो ज्ञेयः प्राणश्चापि तताऽपरः ॥ १२.३३६.५६ ॥
His son was Udāna; Udāna's son was Vyāna. Then Apāna should be known, and from him came yet another, Prāṇa.
12.336.57
अनपत्योऽभवत्प्राणो दुर्घर्षः शत्रुतापनः ।
पृथक्कर्माणि तेषां तु प्रवक्ष्यामि यथातथम् ॥ १२.३३६.५७ ॥
Prāṇa remained without offspring, hard to assail, a scorcher of enemies. Now I shall declare their separate functions just as they are.
12.336.58
प्राणिनां सर्वतो वायुश्रेष्टां वर्तयते पृथक् ।
प्राणनाच्चैव भूतानां प्राण इत्यभिधीयते ॥ १२.३३६.५८ ॥
The wind drives the highest life-function in each living being separately; and because beings breathe, it is called Prāṇa.
12.336.59
प्रेरयत्यभ्रसंघातान्धूमजांश्चोष्मजांश्च यः ।
प्रथमः प्रथमे मार्गे आवहो नाम योऽनिलः ॥ १२.३३६.५९ ॥
The wind that drives the masses of clouds, both smoke-born and heat-born — first on the first path — is called Āvaha.
12.336.60
अम्बरे स्नेहमभ्रेभ्यस्तटिद्भ्यश्च महाद्युतिः ।
प्रवहो नाम संवाति द्वितीयश्च सतोयदः ॥ १२.३३६.६० ॥
In the sky, the great-radiant wind that blows moisture from the clouds and lightnings is called Pravaha; it is the second, and it is rain-giving.
12.336.61
उदयं ज्योतिषां शश्वत्सोमादीनां करोति यः ।
अन्तर्देहेषु चोदानं यं वदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥ १२.३३६.६१ ॥
He who constantly brings about the rising of the luminaries, beginning with the moon, and whom the wise call udāna within bodies.
12.336.62
यश्चतुर्भ्यः समुद्रेभ्यो वायुर्धारयते जलम् ।
उद्धृत्याददते चापो जीमूतेभ्योऽम्बरेऽनिलः ॥ १२.३३६.६२ ॥
The wind that holds water from the four oceans, lifting it up and taking the waters from the clouds in the sky, is the wind Anila.
12.336.63
योऽद्भिः संयोज्य जीमूतान्पर्जन्याय प्रयच्छति ।
उद्वहो नाम वर्षिष्ठस्तृतीयः स सदागतिः ॥ १२.३३६.६३ ॥
He who joins the clouds with water and gives them to Parjanya is the third wind, named Udvaha, most rain-bearing and ever-moving.
12.336.64
समुह्यमाना बहुधा येन नीताः पृथग्घनाः ।
वर्षमोक्षकृतारम्भास्ते भवन्ति घनाघनाः ॥ १२.३३६.६४ ॥
Carried in many ways by whom the separate clouds are brought along, those beginning to release rain become the dense thunderclouds (ghanāghana).
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संहता येन चाविद्धा भवन्ति नदनान्तराः ।
रक्षणार्थाय संभूता मेघत्वमुपश्यान्ति च ॥ १२.३३६.६५ ॥
United by whom, unpierced, with thunder rolling between them, they arise for protection and attain the state of cloud.
12.336.66
योऽसौ वहति देवानां विमानानि विहायसा ।
चतुर्थः संवहो नाम वायुः स गिरिमर्दनः ॥ १२.३३६.६६ ॥
He who carries the celestial chariots of the gods through the sky is the fourth wind, named Saṃvaha, the mountain-crusher.
12.336.67
येन वेगवता तूर्णं रूक्षेणारुजता रसान् ।
वायुना विहता मेघा न भवन्ति बलाहकाः ॥ १२.३३६.६७ ॥
By the swift, harsh wind that quickly breaks the moisture, the clouds driven away do not become rain-clouds.
12.336.68
दारुणोत्पातसंचारो नभसः स्तनयित्नुमान् ।
पञ्चमः स महावेगो विवहो नाम मारुतः ॥ १२.३३६.६८ ॥
The fifth wind, of terrible violent motion in the sky, thundering and of great speed, is named Vivaha.
12.336.69
यस्मिन्पारिप्लवा दिव्या भवन्त्यापो विहायसा ।
पुण्यं चाकाशगङ्गायास्तोयं विष्टभ्य तिष्ठति ॥ १२.३३६.६९ ॥
In which divine waters flow through the sky, and which stands supporting the sacred water of the Heavenly Ganges.
12.336.70
दूरात्प्रतिहतो यस्मिन्नेकरश्मिर्दिवाकरः ।
यो निरंशुः सहस्रस्य येन भाति वसुंधरा ॥ १२.३३६.७० ॥
In which the sun, with a single ray, is struck back from afar — the rayless one of the thousand-rayed — and by which the earth shines.
12.336.71
यस्मादाप्यायते सोमो योनिर्दिव्योऽमृतस्य यः ।
षष्ठः पिरवहो नाम स वायुर्जयतांवरः ॥ १२.३३६.७१ ॥
By which the moon is nourished, the divine source of nectar — the sixth, the wind named Parivaha, best of victors.
12.336.72
सर्वप्राणभृतां प्राणान्योऽनुकाले निरस्यति ।
यस्य वर्त्मानुवर्तेते मृत्युवैवस्वतावुभौ ॥ १२.३३६.७२ ॥
Which at the proper time expels the life-breaths of all living beings, and whose path both Death and Vaivasvata follow.
12.336.73
सम्यगन्वीक्षतां बुद्ध्या शान्तयाऽध्यात्मचिन्तकाः ।
ध्यानाभ्यासाभिरामाणां योऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १२.३३६.७३ ॥
For those thinkers on the inner self who examine rightly with a calm intellect, and who delight in the practice of meditation, this leads to immortality.
12.336.74
यं समासाद्य वेगेन दिशामन्तं प्रपेदिरे ।
दक्षस्य दशपुत्राणां सहस्राणि प्रजापतेः ॥ १२.३३६.७४ ॥
Having reached which with speed, they went to the ends of the directions — thousands of the ten sons of Dakṣa, lord of creatures.
12.336.75
येन सृष्टः पराभूतो यात्येव न निवर्तते ।
परावहो नाम परो वायुः स दुरतिक्रमः ॥ १२.३३६.७५ ॥
Sent forth by which, though overpowered, it simply goes and does not turn back: this is the supreme wind called Parāvaha, hard to overcome.
12.336.76
एवमेतेऽदितेः पुत्रा मारुताः परमाद्भुताः ।
अनारतं ते संवान्ति सर्वगाः सर्वधारिणः ॥ १२.३३६.७६ ॥
Thus these sons of Aditi, the Maruts, are most wondrous; unceasingly they blow, going everywhere and sustaining all.
12.336.77
एतत्तु महदाश्चर्यं यदयं पर्वतोत्तमः ।
कम्पितः सहसा तेन वायुनाऽतिप्रवायता ॥ १२.३३६.७७ ॥
This indeed is a great wonder: that this best of mountains was suddenly shaken by that wind blowing with such extreme force.
12.336.78
विष्णोर्निः श्वासवातोऽयं यदा वेगसमीरितः ।
सहसोदीर्यते तात जगत्प्रव्यथते तदा ॥ १२.३३६.७८ ॥
When this wind of Viṣṇu's breath, stirred by its force, suddenly rises, dear one, then the world is shaken.
12.336.79
तस्माद्ब्रह्मविदो ब्रह्म नाधीयन्तेऽतिवायति ।
वायोर्वायुभयं ह्युक्तं ब्रह्म तत्पीडितं भवेत् ॥ १२.३३६.७९ ॥
Therefore those who know the Veda do not study it when the wind blows excessively. It is said that wind has fear from wind; then that Brahman (the Veda) becomes distressed.
12.336.80
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं पराशरसुतः प्रभुः ।
उक्त्वा पुत्रमधीष्वेति व्योमगङ्गामगात्तदा ॥ १२.३३६.८० ॥
Having spoken these words, the lord, the son of Parāśara, said to his son, "Study!" and then went off to the celestial Gaṅgā, the river of the sky.