Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.354
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12.354.1
धन्योस्यनुगृहीतोसि यत्ते दृष्टः स्वयंप्रभुः ।
न हि तं दृष्टवान्कश्चित्पद्मयोनिरपि स्वयम् ॥ १२.३५४.१ ॥
You are blessed and favoured, for the self-existent Lord has appeared to you. Not even Brahmā, born from the lotus, has seen him thus.
12.354.2
अव्यक्तयोनिर्भगवान्दुर्दर्शः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
नारदैतद्धि नौ सत्यं वचनं समुदाहृतम् ॥ १२.३५४.२ ॥
The Lord of unmanifest origin, the Supreme Person, is hard to see. Nārada, this statement of ours is true.
12.354.3
नास्य भक्तात्प्रियतरो लोके कश्चन विद्यते ।
ततः स्वयं दर्शितवान्स्वमात्मानं द्विजोत्तम ॥ १२.३५४.३ ॥
In the world there is no one dearer to him than his devotee. Therefore he himself has revealed his own self, best of the twice-born.
12.354.4
तपो हि तप्यतस्तस्य यत्स्थानं परमात्मनः ।
न तत्संप्राप्नुते कश्चिदृते ह्यावां द्वितोत्तम ॥ १२.३५४.४ ॥
Even one who performs austerity does not attain that state of the Supreme Self, except for us two, best of the twice-born.
12.354.5
या हि सूर्यसहस्रस्य समस्तस्य भवेद्द्युतिः ।
स्थानस्य सा भवेत्तस्य स्वयं तेन विराजता ॥ १२.३५४.५ ॥
That radiance which is the full brilliance of a thousand suns, that is the brilliance of that place, shining of itself by his light.
12.354.6
तस्मादुत्तिष्ठते विप्र देवाद्विश्वभुवः पतेः ।
क्षमा क्षमावतां श्रेष्ठ यया भूमिस्तु युज्यते ॥ १२.३५४.६ ॥
Therefore, O brahmin, it rises from the god, the lord of the world's existence. Best of the patient, it is by patience that the earth is sustained.
12.354.7
तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात्सर्वभूतहिताद्रसः ।
आपो हि तेन युज्यन्ते द्रवत्वं प्राप्नुवन्ति च ॥ १२.३५४.७ ॥
From that god, the welfare of all beings, the sap arises. By it the waters are joined, and they attain fluidity.
12.354.8
तस्मादेव समुद्भूतं तेजो रूपगुणात्मकम् ।
येन संयुज्यते सूर्यस्ततो लोके विराजते ॥ १२.३५४.८ ॥
From that very god arose radiance, whose nature is form and quality. By it the sun is joined, and thence shines forth in the world.
12.354.9
तस्माद्देवात्समुद्भूतः स्पर्शस्तु पुरुषोत्तमात् ।
येन स्म युज्यते वायुस्ततो लोकान्विवात्यसौ ॥ १२.३५४.९ ॥
From that god, the best of persons, touch arose. By it the wind is joined, and thence it blows through the worlds.
12.354.10
तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते शब्दः सर्वलोकेश्वरात्प्रभोः ।
आकाशं युज्यते येन ततस्तिष्ठत्यसंवृतम् ॥ १२.३५४.१० ॥
And from that mighty lord of all worlds, sound arises. By it space is joined, and thence it stands unenclosed.
12.354.11
तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात्सर्वभूतगतं मनः ।
चन्द्रमा येन संयुक्तः प्रकाशगुणधारणः ॥ १२.३५४.११ ॥
And from that god, who dwells in all beings, the mind arises. By it the moon is joined, bearing the quality of light.
12.354.12
सद्भूतोत्पादकं नाम तत्स्थानं वेदसंज्ञितम् ।
विद्यासहायो यत्रास्ते भगवान्हव्यकव्यभुक् ॥ १२.३५४.१२ ॥
That place, which produces the true beings and is named the Veda, is where the Lord dwells with knowledge as his companion, the eater of oblations and offerings.
12.354.13
ये हि निष्कल्मषा लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः ।
तेषां वै क्षेममध्वानं गच्छतां द्विजसत्तम ॥ १२.३५४.१३ ॥
For those in the world who are stainless and free from merit and demerit, O best of the twice-born, the path they travel is indeed a path of safety.
12.354.14
सर्वलोके तमोहन्ता आदित्यो द्वारमुच्यते ।
ज्वालामाली महातेजा येनेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ १२.३५४.१४ ॥
In the whole world the sun, destroyer of darkness, is called the gate; he of the flaming garland, of great radiance, by whom this world is sustained.
12.354.15
आदित्यदग्धसर्वाङ्गा अदृश्याः केनचित्क्वचित् ।
परमाणुभूता भूत्वा तु तं देवं प्रविशन्त्युत ॥ १२.३५४.१५ ॥
Their whole bodies burnt by the sun, they are unseen by anyone anywhere; having become atoms, they enter that god.
12.354.16
तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिताः ।
मनोभूतास्ततो भूत्वा प्रद्युम्नं प्रविशन्त्युत ॥ १२.३५४.१६ ॥
Released also from that, they abide in the body of Aniruddha; then, becoming mind, they enter Pradyumna.
12.354.17
प्रद्युम्नाच्चापि निर्मुक्ता जीवं संकर्षणं ततः ।
विशन्ति विप्रप्रवराः साङ्ख्या भागवतैः सह ॥ १२.३५४.१७ ॥
Released also from Pradyumna, they then enter Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is the living self; O foremost of brahmins, the Sāṅkhya followers together with the Bhāgavatas.
12.354.18
ततस्त्रैगुण्यहीनास्ते परमात्मानमञ्जसा ।
प्रविशन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठाः क्षेत्रज्ञं निर्गुणात्मकम्।
सर्वावासं वासुदेवं क्षेत्रज्ञं विद्धि तत्त्वतः ॥ १२.३५४.१८ ॥
Then, free from the three guṇas, they directly enter the supreme self, O best of the twice-born, the knower of the field whose nature is beyond all qualities. Know Vāsudeva, the dwelling of all, in truth as the knower of the field.
12.354.19
समाहितमनस्काश्च नियताः संयतेन्द्रियाः ।
एकान्तभावोपगता वासुदेवं विशन्ति ते ॥ १२.३५४.१९ ॥
Those whose minds are composed, who are restrained and have controlled their senses, having attained single-minded devotion, enter Vāsudeva.
12.354.20
आवामपि च धर्मस्य गुहे जातौ द्विजोत्तम ।
रम्यां विशालामाश्रित्य तप उग्रं समास्थितौ ॥ १२.३५४.२० ॥
We two too were born in the cave of dharma, best of the twice-born. Having resorted to a pleasant and vast place, we have undertaken severe austerity.
12.354.21
ये तु तस्यैव देवस्य प्रादुर्भावाः सुरप्रियाः ।
भविष्यन्ति त्रिलोकस्थास्तेषां स्वस्तीत्यथो द्विज ॥ १२.३५४.२१ ॥
As for those manifestations of that same god, dear to the gods, who will dwell in the three worlds, may there be well-being for them, O twice-born.
12.354.22
विधिना स्वेन युक्ताभ्यां यथापूर्वं द्विजोत्तम ।
आस्थिताभ्यां सर्वकृच्छ्रं व्रतं सम्यगनुत्तमम् ॥ १२.३५४.२२ ॥
Joined to our own rule, as before, best of the twice-born, we two have properly undertaken the vow of the complete kṛcchra penance, which is supreme.
12.354.23
स्वार्थेन विधिना युक्तः सर्वकृच्छ्रव्रते स्थितः ।
आवाभ्यामपि दृष्टस्त्वं श्वेतद्वीपे तपोधन ॥ १२.३५४.२३ ॥
Established in the vow of complete kṛcchra penance, joined to rule for your own purpose, you too, O wealth of austerity, were seen by us two on the White Island.
12.354.24
समागतो भगवता संकल्पं कृतवांस्तथा ।
सर्वं हि नौ संविदितं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ॥ १२.३५४.२४ ॥
Having come together with the Blessed Lord, he likewise made the resolve; everything in the three worlds, with the moving and the unmoving, is known to us both.
12.354.25
यद्भविष्यति वृत्तं वा वर्तते वा शुभाशुभम् ।
सर्वं स ते कथितवान्देवदेवो महामुने ॥ १२.३५४.२५ ॥
Whatever will happen, whatever has happened, or whatever is happening, good and bad alike, all of it the God of gods has told you, O great sage.
12.354.26
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तयोर्वाक्यं तपस्युग्रे च वर्ततोः ।
नारदः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा नारायणपरायणः ॥ १२.३५४.२६ ॥
Having heard these words of those two, who were engaged in fierce austerity, Nārada, with palms joined, became devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
12.354.27
जजाप विधिवन्मन्त्रान्नारायणगतान्बहून् ।
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं हि नरनारायणाश्रमे ॥ १२.३५४.२७ ॥
In the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa he recited, as prescribed, many mantras pertaining to Nārāyaṇa, for a full divine thousand years.
12.354.28
अवसत्स महातेजा नारदो भगवानृषिः ।
तावेवाभ्यर्चयन्देवौ नरनारायणौ च तौ ॥ १२.३५४.२८ ॥
The mighty and radiant sage Nārada, the blessed one, dwelt there, worshipping those two gods, Nara and Nārāyaṇa.