Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.343
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12.343.1
स एवमुक्तो द्विपदां वरिष्ठो ।
नारायणेनोत्तमपूरुषेण।
जगाद वाक्यं द्विपदां वरिष्ठं ।
नारायणं लोकहिताधिवासम् ॥ १२.३४३.१ ॥
Thus addressed by Nārāyaṇa, the supreme Person, the best of men spoke these words to Nārāyaṇa, who abides for the welfare of the worlds.
12.343.2
यदर्थमात्मप्रभवेह जन्म ।
त्वयोत्तमं धर्मगृहे चतुर्धा।
तत्साध्यतां लोकहितार्थमद्य ।
गच्छामि द्रष्टुं प्रकृतिं तवाद्याम् ॥ १२.३४३.२ ॥
For the sake of which you, self-born, took birth here and became supreme in fourfold form in the house of dharma, let that now be accomplished for the welfare of the worlds. I go to see your present nature.
12.343.3
वेदाः स्वधीता मम लोकनाथ ।
तप्तं तपो नानृतमुक्तपूर्वम्।
पूजां गुरूणां सततं करोमि ।
परस्य गुह्यं न तु भिन्नपूर्वम् ॥ १२.३४३.३ ॥
O lord of the worlds, I have studied the Vedas well and practised austerity; I have never spoken falsehood before, I constantly worship my teachers, and I have never before betrayed another's secret.
12.343.4
गुप्तानि चत्वारि यथागमं मे ।
शत्रौ च मित्रे च समोस्मि नित्यम्।
तं चादिदेवं सततं प्रपन्न ।
एकान्तभावेन वृणोभ्यजस्रम् ॥ १२.३४३.४ ॥
According to scripture I hold four guarded vows; I am always even-minded toward enemy and friend. I take refuge constantly in that primal god, and with single-minded devotion I ceaselessly choose him alone.
12.343.5
एभिर्विशेषैः परिशृद्धसत्वः ।
कस्मान्न पश्येयमनन्तमीशम्।
तत्पारमेष्ठ्यस्य वचो निशम्य ।
नारायणः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता ॥ १२.३४३.५ ॥
Pure in nature through these distinctions, why should I not see the infinite Lord? Having heard that word of the supreme abode, Nārāyaṇa, the guardian of eternal dharma, (replied).
12.343.6
गच्छेति तं नारदमुक्तबान्स ।
संपूजयित्वा विधिवत्क्रियाभिः।
ततो विसृष्टः परमेष्ठिपुत्रः ।
सोऽभ्यर्चयित्वा तमृषिं पुराणम् ॥ १२.३४३.६ ॥
"Go," he said to Nārada. Having honored him duly with rites, the son of Parameṣṭhin was then dismissed. He worshipped that ancient sage.
12.343.7
खमुत्पपातोत्तमयोगयुक्त ।
स्ततोऽधिमेरौ सहसा निलिल्ये।
तत्रावतस्थे च मुनिर्मुर्हुत ।
मेकान्तमासाद्य गिरेः स शृङ्क्ते ॥ १२.३४३.७ ॥
Endowed with supreme yoga, he rose into the sky; then he suddenly vanished above Meru. There the sage stood for a moment, and having reached a secluded peak of the mountain, he remained there.
12.343.8
आलोकयन्नुत्तरपश्चिमेन ।
ददर्श चाप्यद्भुतमुक्तरूपम्।
क्षीरोदधेर्योत्तरतो हि द्वीपः ।
श्वेतः स नाम्ना प्रथितो विशालः ॥ १२.३४३.८ ॥
Looking towards the north-west, he also saw a wondrous island of a stated form. To the north of the Ocean of Milk lies that island, vast and renowned by the name Śveta.
12.343.9
मेरोः सहस्रैः स हि योजनानां ।
द्वात्रिंशतोर्ध्वं कविभिर्निरुक्तः।
अनिन्द्रियाश्चानशनाश्च तत्र ।
निष्पन्दहीनाः सुसुगन्धिनस्ते ॥ १२.३४३.९ ॥
From Meru it lies, the wise say, thousands of yojanas and thirty-two more yojanas above. There dwell beings without senses and without food, free from motion and exceedingly fragrant.
12.343.10
श्वेताः पुमांसो गतसर्वपापा ।
श्चक्षुर्मुषः पापकृतां नराणाम्।
वज्रास्थिकायाः सममानोन्माना ।
दिव्यावयवरूपाः शुभसारोपेताः ॥ १२.३४३.१० ॥
They are white men, free from all sins, robbers of the eyes of sinful men. Their bodies have bones like adamant, of equal measure and proportion; their limbs are of divine form, endowed with auspicious essence.
12.343.11
छत्राकृतिशीर्षा मेघौघनिनादाः ।
सममुष्कचतुष्का राजीवच्छदपादाः।
षष्ठ्या दन्तैर्युक्ताः शुक्लैरष्टाभिर्दंष्ट्राभिर्ये ।
जिह्वाभिर्ये विश्ववक्रंलेलिह्यन्ते सूर्यप्रख्यम् ॥ १२.३४३.११ ॥
With umbrella-shaped heads and voices like roaring clouds, with four equal limbs and feet like lotus petals, endowed with sixty teeth and eight white fangs, who lick the sun-like face of the whole world with their tongues.
12.343.13
सर्वे तस्य निसर्ग इति ।
युधिष्ठिर उवाच।
अनिन्द्रिया निराहारा अनिष्पन्दाः सुगन्धिनः ।
कथं ते पुरुषा जाताः का तेषां गतिरुत्तमा ॥ १२.३४३.१३ ॥
All of this is their nature. Yudhiṣṭhira said: How were those men born, without senses, without food, motionless and fragrant? What is their highest destiny?
12.343.14
ये च मुक्ता भवन्तीह नरा भरतसत्तम ।
तेषां लक्षणमेतद्धि तच्छ्वेतद्द्वीपवासिनाम् ॥ १२.३४३.१४ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, this is the mark of men who here become liberated; this is the mark of those who dwell on the White Island.
12.343.15
तस्मान्मे संशयं छिन्धि परं कौतूहलं हि मे ।
त्वं हि सर्वकथारामस्त्वां चैवोपाश्रिता वयम् ॥ १२.३४३.१५ ॥
Therefore, dispel my doubt, for my curiosity is great. You delight in all tales, and we have taken refuge in you.
12.343.16
विस्तीर्णैषा कथा राजञ्श्रुता मे पितृसन्निधौ ।
यैषा तव हि वक्तव्या कथासारो हि सा मता ॥ १२.३४३.१६ ॥
O king, I heard this extensive tale in the presence of my father. It is fit to be told to you, for it is considered the very essence of the story.
12.343.17
शन्तनोः कथयामास नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ।
राज्ञा पृष्टः पुरा प्राह तत्राहं श्रुतवान्पुरा ॥ १२.३४३.१७ ॥
Nārada, best of sages, told this to Śantanu. When the king asked him long ago, he spoke; and there I had heard it before.
12.343.18
राजोपरिचरो नाम बभूवाधिपतिर्भुवः ।
आखण्डलसखः ख्यातो भक्तो नारायणं हरिं ॥ १२.३४३.१८ ॥
A king named Uparicara became lord of the earth; he was renowned as the friend of Indra and was devoted to Nārāyaṇa Hari.
12.343.19
धार्मिको नित्यभक्तश्च पितुर्नित्यमतन्द्रितः ।
साम्राज्यं तेन संप्राप्तं नारायणवरात्पुरा ॥ १२.३४३.१९ ॥
He was righteous, ever devoted, and always tireless in service to his father. Long ago, by Nārāyaṇa's boon, he obtained sovereignty.
12.343.20
सात्वतं विधिमास्थाय प्राक्सूर्यमुखनिःसृतम् ।
पूजयामास देवेशं तच्छेषेण पितामहान् ॥ १२.३४३.२० ॥
Following the Sātvata rite that came forth earlier from the sun's mouth, he worshipped the lord of gods, and with what remained of that offering he honored the forefathers.
12.343.21
पितृशेषेण विप्रांश्च संविभज्याश्रितांश्च सः ।
शेषान्नभुक्सत्यपरः सर्वभूतेष्वहिंसकः ॥ १२.३४३.२१ ॥
From the remainder for the fathers he distributed portions to the Brahmins and dependents, and ate the leftover food himself; intent on truth, he was non-violent toward all beings.
12.343.22
सर्वभावेन भक्तः स देवदेवं जनार्दनम् ।
अनादिमध्यनिधनं लोककर्तारमव्ययम् ॥ १२.३४३.२२ ॥
With his whole being he was devoted to Janārdana, god of gods, who has no beginning, middle, or end, the creator of the worlds, the imperishable.
12.343.23
तस्य नारायणे भक्तिं वहतोऽमित्रकर्शिनः ।
एकशय्यासनं देवो दत्तवान्देवराट् स्वयम् ॥ १२.३४३.२३ ॥
To him, who bore devotion to Nārāyaṇa and subdued his foes, the god, king of gods, himself gave a single bed and seat.
12.343.24
आत्मराज्यं धनं चैव कलत्रं वाहनं तथा ।
यत्तद्भागवतं सर्वमिति तत्प्रेषितं सदा ॥ १२.३४३.२४ ॥
His own kingdom, wealth, wife, vehicles, and all else, were regarded as belonging to the devotee, and always sent to him.
12.343.25
काम्यनैमित्तिका राजन्यज्ञियाः परमक्रियाः ।
सर्वाः सात्वतमास्थाय विधिं चक्रे समाहितः ॥ १२.३४३.२५ ॥
O king, having taken up the Sātvata path, he performed with a collected mind all the rites: those desire-based and occasional, the sacrifices of the warrior, and all supreme observances.
12.343.26
पाञ्चरात्रविदो मुख्यास्तस्य गेहे महात्मनः ।
वरान्नं भगवत्प्रोक्तं भुञ्जते वाऽग्रभोजनम् ॥ १२.३४३.२६ ॥
The chief knowers of the Pāñcarātra, in that great-souled one's house, ate the choice food declared by the Lord, or took his first portion of the meal.
12.343.27
तस्य प्रशासतो राज्यं धर्मेणामित्रघातिनः ।
नानृता वाक्समभवन्मनो दुष्टं न चाभवत्।
न च कायेन कृतवान्स पापं परमण्वपि ॥ १२.३४३.२७ ॥
While that slayer of enemies ruled the kingdom righteously, no falsehood came from his speech, his mind did not become corrupt, and he did not commit even the smallest sin by body.
12.343.28
ये हि ते ऋषयः ख्याताः सप्त चित्रशिखण्डिनः ।
तैरेकमतिभिर्भूत्वा यत्प्रोक्तं शास्त्रमुत्तमम् ॥ १२.३४३.२८ ॥
Those seven renowned sages called Citraśikhaṇḍin, having become of one mind, declared this supreme scripture.
12.343.29
वेदैश्चतुर्भिः समितं कृतं मेरौ महागिरौ ।
आस्यैः सप्तभिरुद्गीर्णं लोकधर्ममनुत्तमम् ॥ १२.३४३.२९ ॥
Composed on the great mountain Meru, completed through the four Vedas, and uttered by seven mouths: the supreme law of the worlds.
12.343.30
मरीचिरत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः ।
वसिष्ठश्च महातेजास्ते हि चित्रशिखण्डिनः ॥ १२.३४३.३० ॥
Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and the mighty-splendored Vasiṣṭha — these are the Citraśikhaṇḍins.
12.343.31
सप्त प्रकृतयो ह्येतास्तथा स्वायंभुवोऽष्टमः ।
एताभिर्धार्यते लोकस्ताभ्याः शास्त्रं विनिःसृतं ॥ १२.३४३.३१ ॥
These are the seven primal natures, and the eighth is Svāyambhuva (Manu). By them the world is sustained, and from them the śāstra came forth.
12.343.32
एकाग्रमनसो दान्ता मुनयः संयमे रताः ।
भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञाः सत्यधर्मपरायणाः ॥ १२.३४३.३२ ॥
Sages of single-minded intent, self-restrained, delighting in discipline, knowers of past, future and present, devoted to truth and dharma.
12.343.33
इदं श्रेय इदं ब्रह्म इदं हितमनुत्तमम् ।
लोकान्संचिन्त्य मनसा ततः शास्त्रं प्रचक्रिरे ॥ १२.३४३.३३ ॥
This is the highest good, this is Brahman, this is the supreme welfare. Having considered the worlds carefully in their minds, they then composed the treatise.
12.343.34
तत्र धर्मार्थकामा हि मोक्षः पश्चाच्च कीर्तितः ।
मर्यादा विविधाश्चैव दिवि भूमौ च संस्थिताः ॥ १२.३४३.३४ ॥
There dharma, wealth and desire are set forth, and liberation is declared last; the many boundaries established in heaven and on earth are also taught there.
12.343.35
आराध्य तपसा देवं हरिं नारायणं प्रभुम् ।
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं वै सर्वे ते ऋषिभिः सह ॥ १२.३४३.३५ ॥
Having worshipped the god Hari, Nārāyaṇa, the lord, through austerity, they all, together with the sages, [spent] a thousand divine years.
12.343.36
नारायणानुशिष्टा हि तदा देवी सरस्वती ।
विवेश तानृषीन्सर्वाल्लोँकानां हितकाम्यया ॥ १२.३४३.३६ ॥
Then the goddess Sarasvatī, instructed by Nārāyaṇa, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds, entered all those sages.
12.343.37
ततः प्रवर्तिता सम्यक्तपोविद्भिर्द्विजातिभिः ।
शब्दे चार्थे च हेतौ च एषा प्रथमसर्गजा ॥ १२.३४३.३७ ॥
Then, set properly in motion by the twice-born who know austerity, this [knowledge], born in the first creation, in sound, in meaning, and in reasoning.
12.343.38
आदावेव हि तच्छास्त्रमोंकारस्वरपूजितम् ।
ऋषिभिः श्रावितं तत्र यत्र कारुणिकोह्यसौ ॥ १२.३४३.३८ ॥
At the very beginning that treatise, honored with the sound of Oṃ, was recited by the sages, where he, the compassionate one, [is present].
12.343.39
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवाननिर्दिष्टशरीरगः ।
ऋषीनुवाच तान्सर्वानदृश्यः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ १२.३४३.३९ ॥
Then the pleased blessed lord, moving in an unspecified body, the unseen best of persons, spoke to all those sages.
12.343.40
कृतं शतसहस्रं हि श्लोकानां हितमुत्तमम् ।
लोकतन्त्रस्य कृत्स्नस्य यस्माद्धर्मः प्रवर्तते ॥ १२.३४३.४० ॥
A hundred thousand verses, the supreme and beneficial [work] has been composed, from which the dharma of the entire order of the world proceeds.
12.343.41
प्रवृत्तौ च निवृत्तौ च यस्मादेतद्भविष्यति ।
यजुर्ऋक्सामभिर्जुष्टमथर्वाङ्गिरसैस्तथा ॥ १२.३४३.४१ ॥
In activity and in renunciation, because this will come to be, cherished by the Yajur, Ṛg and Sāma and likewise by the Atharva-Āṅgirasa.
12.343.42
यथाप्रमाणं हिं मया कृतो ब्रह्म प्रसादतः ।
रुद्रश्च क्रोधजो विप्रा यूयं प्रकृतयस्तथा। ॥ १२.३४३.४२ ॥
As is the measure, this was made by me through the grace of Brahmā; Rudra was born from wrath, and you brahmins likewise are natures (of creation).
12.343.43
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ वायुर्भूमिरापोऽग्निरेव च ।
सर्वे च नक्षत्रगणा यच्च भूताभिशब्दितम् ॥ १२.३४३.४३ ॥
The sun and moon, wind, earth, waters and fire too; all the hosts of stars, and whatever is named as a being.
12.343.44
अधिकारेषु वर्तन्ते यथास्वं ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
सर्वे प्रमाणं हि यथा तथा तच्छास्त्रमुत्तमम् ॥ १२.३४३.४४ ॥
The speakers of Brahman abide each in their own domain; all are authoritative, and so is that supreme teaching.
12.343.45
भविष्यति प्रमाणं वै एतन्मदनुशासनम् ।
तस्मात्प्रवक्ष्यते धर्मान्मनुः स्वायंभुवः स्वयम् ॥ १२.३४३.४५ ॥
This my instruction will indeed be authoritative; therefore Manu Svāyambhuva himself will declare the dharmas.
12.343.46
उशना बृहस्पतिश्चैव यदोत्पन्नौ भविष्यतः ।
तदा प्रवक्ष्यतः शास्त्रं युष्मन्मतिभिरुद्धृतम् ॥ १२.३४३.४६ ॥
When Uśanas and Bṛhaspati too shall be born, then they will declare the teaching drawn out by your intellects.
12.343.47
स्वायंभुवेषु धर्मेषु शास्त्रे चोशनसा कृते ।
बृहस्पतिमते चैव लोकेषु प्रतिचारिते ॥ १२.३४३.४७ ॥
In the Svāyambhuva duties, in the treatise composed by Uśanas, and in the doctrine of Bṛhaspati, as it has been spread among the worlds.
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युष्मत्कृतमिदं शास्त्रं प्रजापालो वसुस्ततः ।
बृहस्पतिसकाशाद्वै प्राप्स्यते द्विजसत्तमाः ॥ १२.३४३.४८ ॥
This treatise made by you, O best of the twice-born, king Vasu, protector of the people, will obtain from Bṛhaspati.
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स हि मद्भावनिरतो मद्भक्तश्च भविष्यति ।
तेन शास्त्रेण लोकेषु क्रियाः सर्वाः करिष्यति ॥ १२.३४३.४९ ॥
He will be devoted to contemplating me and will be my devotee, and by that treatise he will perform all rites among the worlds.
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एतद्धि युष्मच्छास्त्राणां शास्त्रमुत्तमसंज्ञितम् ।
एतदर्थ्यं च धर्म्यं च रहस्यं चैतदुत्तमम् ॥ १२.३४३.५० ॥
This is the treatise named the best among your treatises; it is useful for this purpose, righteous, secret, and supreme.
12.343.51
अस्य प्रवर्तनाच्चैव प्रजावन्तो भविष्यथ ।
स च राजश्रिया युक्तो भविष्यति महान्वसुः ॥ १२.३४३.५१ ॥
By the promulgation of this, you will have offspring, and that great Vasu will be endowed with royal splendour.
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संस्थिते तु नृपे तस्मिञ्शास्त्रमेतत्सनातनम् ।
अन्तर्धास्यति तत्सर्वमेतद्वः कथितं मया ॥ १२.३४३.५२ ॥
When that king has departed, this eternal treatise will disappear; all this has been told to you by me.
12.343.53
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनमदृश्यः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
विसृज्य तानृषीन्सर्वान्कामपि प्रसृतो दिशम् ॥ १२.३४३.५३ ॥
Having said this much, the unseen Supreme Person dismissed all those sages and went off in some direction.
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ततस्ते लोकपितरः सर्वलोकार्थचिन्तकाः ।
प्रावर्तयन्त तच्छास्त्रं धर्मयोनिं सनातनम् ॥ १२.३४३.५४ ॥
Then those fathers of the worlds, concerned with the welfare of all worlds, set forth that eternal scripture, the source of dharma.
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उत्पन्नेऽङ्गिरसे चैव युगे प्रथमकल्पिते ।
साङ्गोपनिषदं शास्त्रं स्थापयित्वा बृहस्पतौ ॥ १२.३४३.५५ ॥
When, in the first ordained age, the line of Aṅgiras had arisen, having established the scripture together with its limbs and Upaniṣads in Bṛhaspati—
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जग्मुर्यथेप्सितं सर्वलोकानां सर्वधर्मप्रवर्तकाः ॥ १२.३४३.५६ ॥
The promoters of all dharma went wherever they desired throughout all the worlds.