Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.358
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12.358.1
अहो ह्येकान्तिनः सर्वान्प्रीणाति भगवान्हरिः ।
विधिप्रयुक्तां पूजां च गृह्णाति शिरसा स्वयम् ॥ १२.३५८.१ ॥
Oh! The blessed Hari pleases all his single-minded devotees, and he himself accepts with his head the worship offered according to rule.
12.358.2
ये तु दग्धेन्धना लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः ।
तेषां च या हि निर्दिष्टा पारम्पर्यागता गतिः ॥ १२.३५८.२ ॥
And the destination handed down by tradition and prescribed for those in the world whose fuel is burnt and who are free from merit and demerit.
12.358.3
चतुर्थ्यां चैव ते गत्यां गच्छन्ति पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
एकान्तिनस्तु पुरुषा गच्छन्ति परमं पदम् ॥ १२.३५८.३ ॥
In the fourth destination they go to the supreme Person; but single-minded men go to the supreme state.
12.358.4
नूनमेकान्तधर्मोऽयं श्रेष्ठो नारायणप्रियः ।
अगत्वा गतयतिस्रो यद्गच्छत्यव्ययं हरिम् ॥ १२.३५८.४ ॥
Surely this dharma of single-minded devotion is supreme and dear to Nārāyaṇa, for without going through the three destinations it reaches the imperishable Hari.
12.358.5
सहोपनिषदान्वेदान्ये विप्राः सम्यगास्थिताः ।
पठन्ति विधिमास्थाय ये चापि यतिधर्मिणः ॥ १२.३५८.५ ॥
The brahmins who properly hold to the Vedas together with the Upaniṣads and recite them according to rule, and those who also follow the dharma of the ascetic.
12.358.6
तेभ्यो विशिष्टां जानामि गतिमेकान्तिनां नृणाम् ।
केनैष धर्मः कथितो देवेन ऋषिणाऽपि वा ॥ १२.३५८.६ ॥
I know that a destination superior to theirs belongs to single-minded men. By which god or sage was this dharma declared?
12.358.7
एकान्तिनां च का चर्या कदा चोत्पादिता विभो ।
एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ १२.३५८.७ ॥
What is the conduct of the ekāntins, and when was it first instituted, O mighty one? Resolve this doubt of mine; I am greatly curious.
12.358.8
समुपोढेष्वनीकेषु कुरुपाण्डवयोर्मृधे ।
अर्जुने विमनस्के च गीता भगवता स्वयम् ॥ १२.३५८.८ ॥
When the armies of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas were drawn up for battle, the blessed Lord himself sang the Gītā to the despondent Arjuna.
12.358.9
आगतिश्च गतिश्चैव पूर्वं ते कथिता मया ।
गहनो ह्येष धर्मो वै दुर्विज्ञेयोऽकृतात्मभिः ॥ १२.३५८.९ ॥
I have already told you of coming and going. This dharma is profound, and it is hard for the unrestrained to understand.
12.358.10
संमितः सामवेदेन पुरैवादियुगे कृतः ।
धार्यते स्वयमीशेन राजन्नारायणेन ह ॥ १२.३५८.१० ॥
This dharma was formed long ago, in the first age, and fixed by the Sāmaveda. O king, it is sustained by the Lord Nārāyaṇa himself.
12.358.11
एतदर्थं महाराज पृष्टः पार्थेन नारदः ।
ऋषिमध्ये महाभागः शृण्वतोः कृष्णभीष्मयोः ॥ १२.३५८.११ ॥
For this very purpose, O great king, Pārtha (Arjuna) asked the greatly fortunate Nārada among the sages, while Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma listened.
12.358.12
गुरुणा च मयाऽप्येव कथितो नृपसत्तम ।
यथा तत्कथितं तत्र नारदेन तथा शृणु ॥ १२.३५८.१२ ॥
O best of kings, my teacher and I have also told this. Listen as Nārada told it there.
12.358.13
यदाऽऽसीन्मानजं जन्म नारायणमुखोद्गतम् ।
ब्रह्मणः पृथिवीपाल तदा नारायणः स्वयम् ॥ १२.३५८.१३ ॥
O protector of the earth, when the mind-born birth issued from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, of Brahmā, then Nārāyaṇa himself (did so).
12.358.14
तेन धर्मेण कृतवान्दैवं पित्र्यं च भारत ।
फेनपा ऋषयश्चैव तं धर्मं प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ १२.३५८.१४ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, by that dharma (Nārāyaṇa) performed the divine and the ancestral rites; and the foam-drinking sages also took up that dharma.
12.358.15
वैखानसाः फेनपेभ्यो धर्मं तं प्रतिपदिरे ।
वैखानसेभ्यः सोपस्तु ततः सोऽन्तर्दधे पुनः ॥ १२.३५८.१५ ॥
The Vaikhānasa sages received that dharma from the foam-drinkers; then he approached the Vaikhānasas, and then he vanished again.
12.358.16
यदाऽऽसीच्चाक्षुषं जन्म द्वितीयं ब्रह्मणो नृप ।
यदा पितामहेनैव सोमाद्धर्मः परिश्रुतः ॥ १२.३५८.१६ ॥
O king, when the second birth of Brahmā, the Cākṣuṣa, took place, then the grandfather (Brahmā) himself heard dharma from Soma.
12.358.17
नारायणात्मको राजन्रुद्राय प्रददौ च तम् ।
ततो योगस्थितो रुद्रः पुरा कृतयुगे नृप ॥ १२.३५८.१७ ॥
O king, Nārāyaṇa-natured (Brahmā) gave that to Rudra; then Rudra, established in yoga, O king, formerly in the Kṛta age (received it).
12.358.18
वालखिल्यानृषीन्सर्वान्धर्ममेनमपाठयत् ।
अन्तर्दधे ततो भूयस्तस्य देवस्य मायया ॥ १२.३५८.१८ ॥
He taught this dharma to all the Vālakhilya sages; then, by the illusion of that god, he vanished again.
12.358.19
तृतीयं ब्रह्मणो जन्म यदासीद्वाचिकं महत् ।
तत्रैष धर्मः संभूतः स्वयं नारायणान्नृप ॥ १२.३५८.१९ ॥
The third birth of Brahmā, the great one born of speech — there, O king, this dharma arose of its own accord from Nārāyaṇa.
12.358.20
सुपर्णो नाम तमृषिः प्राप्तवान्पुरुषोत्तमात् ।
तपसा वै सुतप्तेन दमेन नियमेन च ॥ १२.३५८.२० ॥
The sage named Suparṇa obtained it from the supreme Person, through intense austerity, self-restraint and observance.
12.358.21
त्रिः परिक्रान्तवानेतत्सुपर्णो धर्मसुत्तमम् ।
यस्मात्तस्माद्व्रतं ह्येतत्रिसौपर्णमिहोच्येत ॥ १२.३५८.२१ ॥
Suparṇa circled this supreme dharma three times; therefore this observance is called the Trisauparṇa here.
12.358.22
ऋग्वेदपाठपठितं व्रतमेतद्धि दुश्चरम् ।
सुपर्णाच्चाप्यधिगतो धर्म एष सनातनः ॥ १२.३५८.२२ ॥
This observance, recited through the recitation of the Ṛgveda, is indeed difficult; and from Suparṇa this eternal dharma was also obtained.
12.358.23
वायुना द्विपदश्रिष्ठे प्रथितो जगदायुषा ।
वायोः सकाशात्प्राप्तश्च ऋषिभिर्विघसाशिभिः ॥ १२.३५८.२३ ॥
Through Vāyu, the best of the two-footed, it spread abroad with the life of the world; and from Vāyu's presence it was obtained by the sages who eat the remnants.
12.358.24
तेभ्यो महोदधिश्चैव प्राप्तवान्धर्ममुत्तमम् ।
अन्तर्दधे ततो भूयो नारायणसमाहृतः ॥ १२.३५८.२४ ॥
From them the great ocean too obtained the supreme dharma; then it vanished again, withdrawn by Nārāyaṇa.
12.358.25
यदा भूयः श्रवणजा सृष्टिरासीन्महात्मनः ।
ब्रह्मणः पुरुषव्याघ्र तत्र कीर्तयतः शृणु ॥ १२.३५८.२५ ॥
When creation born of hearing arose again from the great-souled Brahmā, O tiger among men, listen as it is recounted there.
12.358.26
जगत्स्रष्टुमना देवो हरिर्नारायणः स्वयम् ।
चिन्तयामास पुरुषं जगत्सर्गकरं प्रभुम् ॥ १२.३५८.२६ ॥
The god Hari Nārāyaṇa, intent on creating the world, himself contemplated the lord Puruṣa who makes the creation of the world.
12.358.27
अथ चिन्तयतस्तस्य कर्णाभ्यां पुरुषः स्मृतः ।
प्रजासर्गकरो ब्रह्मा तमुवाच जगत्पतिः ॥ १२.३५८.२७ ॥
Then, as he contemplated, from his ears arose a person named Brahmā, who makes the creation of beings; the lord of the world spoke to him.
12.358.28
सृज प्रजाः पुत्र सर्वा मुखतः पादतस्तथा ।
श्रेयस्तव विधास्यामि बलं तेजश्च सुव्रत ॥ १२.३५८.२८ ॥
Create all beings, O son, from the mouth and likewise from the feet. O one of good vows, I shall ordain your welfare, strength and radiance.
12.358.29
धर्मं च मत्तो गृह्णीष्व सात्वतं नाम नामतः ।
तेन सृष्टं कृतयुगं स्थापयस्व यथाविधि ॥ १२.३५८.२९ ॥
Take from me the dharma known by the name Sātvata, and establish the Kṛta age that was created by it, according to rule.
12.358.30
ततो ब्रह्मा नमश्चक्रे देवाय हरिमेधसे ।
धर्मं चाग्र्यं स जग्राह सरहस्यं ससंग्रहम् ॥ १२.३५८.३० ॥
Then Brahmā bowed to the god Hari-medhas, and took up the foremost dharma with its secret teaching and its compendium.
12.358.31
आरण्यकेन सहितं नारायणमुखोद्गतम् ।
उपदिश्य ततो धर्मं ब्रह्मणेऽमिततेजसे ॥ १२.३५८.३१ ॥
Having then taught the dharma, which came forth from Nārāyaṇa's mouth together with the Āraṇyaka, to Brahmā of boundless splendor,
12.358.32
तं कार्तयुगधर्माणं निराशीः कर्मसंज्ञितम् ।
जगाम तमसः पारं यत्राव्यक्तं व्यवस्थितम् ॥ १२.३५८.३२ ॥
He, whose nature is the dharma of the Kṛta age, free from desire for fruits and called action, went beyond darkness to the far shore where the unmanifest abides.
12.358.33
ततोऽथ वरदो देवो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
असृजत्स ततो लोकान्कृत्स्नान्स्थावरजङ्गमान् ॥ १२.३५८.३३ ॥
Then Brahmā, the god who grants boons, grandfather of the worlds, created all the worlds, both the immovable and the movable.
12.358.34
ततः प्रावर्तत तदा आदौ कृतयुगं शुभम् ।
ततो हि सात्वतो धर्मो व्याप्य लोकानवस्थितः ॥ १२.३५८.३४ ॥
Then at the beginning the auspicious Kṛta age began. Then the Sātvata dharma, pervading the worlds, was established.
12.358.35
तेनैवाद्येन धर्मेण ब्रह्मा लोकविसर्गकृत् ।
पूजयामास देवेशं हरिं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥ १२.३५८.३५ ॥
By that very primary dharma, Brahmā, maker of the emanation of the worlds, worshipped the lord of gods, Hari, Nārāyaṇa, the lord.
12.358.36
धर्मप्रतिष्ठाहेतोश्च मनुं स्वारोचिषं ततः ।
अध्यापयामास तदा लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥ १२.३५८.३६ ॥
For the sake of establishing dharma, and desiring the welfare of the worlds, he then caused Manu Svārociṣa to learn it.
12.358.37
ततः स्वारोचिषः पुत्रं स्वयं शङ्खपदं नृप ।
अध्यापयत्पुराऽव्यग्रः सर्वलोकपतिर्विभुः ॥ १२.३५८.३७ ॥
Then Svārociṣa himself, the undisturbed lord of all worlds, long ago taught his son Śaṅkhapada, O king.
12.358.38
ततः शङ्खपदश्चापि पुत्रमात्मजमौरसम् ।
दिशापालं सुधर्माणमध्यापयत भारत।
सोऽन्तर्दधे ततो भूयः प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे पुनः ॥ १२.३५८.३८ ॥
Then Śaṅkhapada also taught his own legitimate son Sudharman, the guardian of the quarters, O Bhārata. He vanished, and when the Tretā age came again, he reappeared.
12.358.39
नासत्ये जन्मनि पुरा ब्रह्मणः पार्थिवोत्तम ।
धर्ममेतं स्वयं देवो हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः ॥ १२.३५८.३९ ॥
O best of kings, long ago at Brahmā's birth, in the Nāsatya age, the god Hari Nārāyaṇa, the lord, himself [revealed] this very dharma.
12.358.40
तज्जगादारविन्दाक्षो ब्रह्मणः पश्यतस्तदा ।
सनत्कुमारो भगवांस्ततः प्राधीतवान्नृप ॥ १२.३५८.४० ॥
The lotus-eyed one declared it while Brahmā looked on; then the blessed Sanatkumāra, O king, learned it by recitation.
12.358.41
सनत्कुमारादपि च वीरणो वै प्रजापतिः ।
कृतादौ कुरुशार्दूल धर्ममेतदधीतवान् ॥ १२.३५८.४१ ॥
And from Sanatkumāra also, Vīraṇa, the lord of creatures, learned this dharma at the beginning of the Kṛta age, O tiger among the Kurus.
12.358.42
वीरणश्चाप्यधीत्यैनं रैभ्याय मुनये ददौ ।
रैभ्यः पुत्राय शुद्धाय सुव्रताय सुमेधसे ॥ १२.३५८.४२ ॥
Vīraṇa too, having learned it, gave it to the sage Raibhya; and Raibhya gave it to his pure, dutiful and wise son.
12.358.43
कुक्षिपालाय च ददौ विशालाय च धर्मिणे ।
ततोऽप्यन्तर्दधे भूयो नारायणमुखोद्गतः ॥ १२.३५८.४३ ॥
He gave it to Kukṣipāla and to the righteous Viśāla. Then he who had come forth from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa disappeared again.
12.358.44
अण्डजे जन्मनि पुनर्ब्रह्मणे हरियोनये ।
एष धर्मः समुद्भूतो नारायणमुखात्पुनः ॥ १२.३५८.४४ ॥
In the egg-born birth, again, for Brahmā, who was born of Hari, this dharma arose once more from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa.
12.358.45
गृहीतो ब्रह्मणा राजन्प्रयुक्तश्च यथाविधि ।
अध्यापिताश्च मुनयो नाम्ना बर्हिपदो नृप ॥ १२.३५८.४५ ॥
O king, it was received by Brahmā and applied according to rule. O king, the sages known by the name Barhipadas were taught it.
12.358.46
बर्हिषद्भ्यश्च संप्राप्तः सामवेदान्तगं द्विजम् ।
ज्येष्ठं नामाभिविख्यातं ज्येष्ठसामव्रतो हरिः ॥ १२.३५८.४६ ॥
From the Barhiṣads came a twice-born named Jyeṣṭha, renowned, who had reached the end of the Sāma Veda; Hari was the observer of the eldest Sāma vow.
12.358.47
ज्येष्ठाच्चाप्यनुसंक्रान्तो राजानमविकम्पनम् ।
अन्तर्दधे ततो राजन्नेष दर्मः प्रभो हरेः ॥ १२.३५८.४७ ॥
From Jyeṣṭha it also passed on to a king, Avikampana. Then, O king, it disappeared. O lord, this is the dharma of Hari.
12.358.48
यदिदं सप्तमं जन्म पद्मजं ब्रह्मणो नृप ।
तत्रैष धर्मः कथितः स्वयं नारायणेन ह ॥ १२.३५८.४८ ॥
O king, this is the seventh birth of Brahmā, the lotus-born; in it this dharma was declared by Nārāyaṇa himself.
12.358.49
पितामहाय शुद्धाय युगादौ लोकधारिणे ।
पितामहश्च दक्षाय धर्ममेतं पुरा ददौ ॥ १२.३५८.४९ ॥
At the beginning of the age, to the pure grandfather who sustains the worlds, and the grandfather gave this dharma to Dakṣa long ago.
12.358.50
ततो ज्येष्ठे तु दौहित्रे प्रादाद्दक्षो नृपोत्तम ।
आदित्ये सवितुर्ज्येष्ठे विवस्वाञ्जगृहे ततः ॥ १२.३५८.५० ॥
Then Dakṣa, best of kings, gave it to his eldest grandson, to Āditya, the eldest son of Savitṛ; then Vivasvān received it.
12.358.51
त्रेतायुगादौ च ततो विवस्वान्ममवे ददौ ।
मनुश्च लोकभूत्यर्थं सुतायेक्ष्वाकवे ददौ ॥ १२.३५८.५१ ॥
And at the beginning of the Tretā age, Vivasvān gave it to Manu, and Manu, for the welfare of the world, gave it to his son Ikṣvāku.
12.358.52
इक्ष्वाकुणा च कथितो व्याप्य लोकानवस्थितः ।
गमिष्यति क्षयान्ते च पुनर्नारायणं नृप ॥ १२.३५८.५२ ॥
Taught by Ikṣvāku, this dharma, pervading the worlds, abides; O king, at the end of destruction it will return again to Nārāyaṇa.
12.358.53
यतीनां चापि यो धर्मः स ते पूर्वं नृपोत्तम ।
कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पितः ॥ १२.३५८.५३ ॥
O best of kings, the dharma of ascetics too was told to you before, in the Hari-gītās, arranged as a concise method.
12.358.54
नारदेन सुसंप्राप्तः सरहस्यः ससंग्रहः ।
एष धर्मो जगन्नाथात्साक्षान्नारायणान्नृप ॥ १२.३५८.५४ ॥
Nārada fully received this dharma, with its secret and its summary; O king, this dharma came directly from the lord of the world, Nārāyaṇa.
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एवमेव महान्धर्मे आद्यो राजन्सनातनः ।
दुर्विज्ञेयो दुष्करश्च सात्वतैर्धार्यते सदा ॥ १२.३५८.५५ ॥
Even so, O king, this great, primordial, eternal dharma is hard to understand and hard to practise; the Sātvatas uphold it always.
12.358.56
धर्मज्ञानेन चैतेन सुप्रयुक्तेन कर्मणा ।
अहिंसाधर्मयुक्तेन प्रीयते हरिरीश्वरः ॥ १२.३५८.५६ ॥
By this knowledge of dharma, by action rightly performed and joined to the dharma of non-harm, Hari, the Lord, is pleased.
12.358.57
एकव्यूहविभागो वा क्वचिद्द्विव्यूहसंज्ञितः ।
त्रिव्यूहश्चापि संख्यातश्चतुर्व्यूहश्च दृश्यते ॥ १२.३५८.५७ ॥
Sometimes it is divided as a single emanation, or called the twofold emanation; a threefold emanation is also reckoned, and a fourfold emanation is seen.
12.358.58
हरिरेव हि क्षेत्रज्ञो निर्ममो निष्कलस्तथा ।
जीवश्च सर्वभूतेषु पञ्चभूतगुणातिगः ॥ १२.३५८.५८ ॥
Hari indeed is the knower of the field, free from 'mine' and without parts; likewise the living self in all beings, transcending the qualities of the five elements.
12.358.59
मनश्च प्रथितं राजन्पञ्चन्द्रियसमीरणम् ।
एष लोकनिधिः श्रीमानेषु लोकविसर्गकृत् ॥ १२.३५८.५९ ॥
And the renowned mind, O king, is the wind of the five senses; this glorious one is the treasure of the worlds, the creator of the emission of the worlds among them.
12.358.60
अकर्ता चैव कर्ता च कार्यं कारणमेव च ।
यथेच्छति तथा राजन्क्रीडते पुरुषोऽव्ययः ॥ १२.३५८.६० ॥
He is the non-doer and also the doer, the effect and also the cause; O king, as he wills, the imperishable Person plays.
12.358.61
एष एकान्तिधर्मस्ते कीर्तितो नृपसत्तम ।
मया गुरुप्रसादेन दुर्विज्ञेयोऽकृतात्मभिः ॥ १२.३५८.६१ ॥
O best of kings, by the grace of my teacher I have declared to you this path of single-minded devotion; it is hard to comprehend for those whose selves are undisciplined.
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एकान्तिनो हि पुरुषा दुर्लभा बहवो नृप ।
यद्येकान्तिभिराकीर्णं जगत्स्यात्कुरुनन्दनः ॥ १२.३५८.६२ ॥
Rare indeed, O king, are those single-minded men; if the world were filled with such single-minded devotees, O delight of the Kurus.
12.358.63
अहिंसकैरात्मविद्भिः सर्वभूतहिते रतैः ।
भवेत्कृतयुगप्राप्तिराशीः कर्मविवर्जिता ॥ १२.३५८.६३ ॥
By the non-violent, knowers of the self, delighting in the welfare of all beings, the attainment of the Kṛta age would come about; that blessing would be free from action.
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एवं स भगवान्व्यासो गुरुर्मम विशांपते ।
कथयामास धर्मज्ञो धर्मराजे द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १२.३५८.६४ ॥
Thus did the venerable Vyāsa, my teacher, best of the twice-born and knower of dharma, declare it to Dharmarāja, O lord of men.
12.358.65
ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजञ्शृण्वतोः कृष्णभीष्मयोः ।
तस्याप्यकथयत्पूर्वं नारदः सुमहातपाः ॥ १२.३५८.६५ ॥
O king, in the presence of the sages, while Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma were listening, this had first been declared to him by Nārada of great austerity.
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देवं परमकं ब्रह्म श्वेतं चन्द्राभमच्युतम् ।
यत्र चैकान्तिनो यान्ति नारायणपरायणाः।
तदेव परमं स्थानं मुक्तानां केवलं भवेत् ॥ १२.३५८.६६ ॥
To the god, the supreme Brahman, white and moon-bright, the imperishable, to where the single-minded devotees, intent on Nārāyaṇa, go; that alone would be the supreme abode of the liberated.
12.358.67
एवं बहुविधं धर्मं प्रविबुद्धैर्निषेवितम् ।
न कुर्वन्ति कथं विप्रा अन्ये नानाव्रते स्थिताः ॥ १२.३५८.६७ ॥
Thus, why do the brahmins and others who abide in various vows not practice this manifold dharma followed by the awakened?
12.358.68
तिस्रः प्रकृतयो राजन्देहबन्धेषु निर्मिताः ।
सात्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चैव भारत ॥ १२.३५८.६८ ॥
O king, three natures are produced in the bonds of the body: the sattvic, the rajasic and the tamasic, O descendant of Bharata.
12.358.69
देहबन्धेषु पुरुषः श्रेष्ठः कुरुकुलोद्वह ।
सात्विकः पुरुषव्याघ्र भवेन्मोक्षाय निश्चितः ॥ १२.३५८.६९ ॥
The best of men in the bonds of the body, O bearer of the Kuru line, the sattvic tiger among men is certainly destined for liberation.
12.358.70
अत्रापि स विजानाति पुरुषं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् ।
नारायणां परं मोक्षे ततो वै सात्विकः स्मृतः ॥ १२.३५८.७० ॥
Here too he knows the person, the best knower of Brahman, who is Nārāyaṇa and supreme in liberation; therefore he is remembered as sattvic.
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मनीषितं च प्राप्नोति चिन्तयन्पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
एकान्तभक्तः सततं नारायणपरायणः ॥ १२.३५८.७१ ॥
Meditating on the highest person, he attains what he desires; ever an exclusive devotee, intent on Nārāyaṇa.
12.358.72
मनीषिणो हि ये केचिद्यतयो मोक्षधर्मिणः ।
तेषां विच्छिन्नतृष्णानां योगक्षेमवहो हरिः ॥ १२.३५८.७२ ॥
For those sages and ascetics who are devoted to the dharma of liberation, whose craving is cut off, Hari is the bearer of acquisition and security.
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जायमानं हि पुरुषं यं पश्येन्मधुसूदनः ।
सात्विकस्तु स विज्ञेयो भवेन्मोक्षे च निश्चितः ॥ १२.३५८.७३ ॥
The person who is being born, whom Madhusūdana looks upon, should be known as sāttvika; he is indeed fixed for liberation.
12.358.74
साङ्ख्ययोगेन तुल्यो हि धर्म एकान्तिसेवितः ।
नारायणात्मके मोक्षे ततो यान्ति परां गतिं ॥ १२.३५८.७४ ॥
That dharma, equal to sāṅkhya and yoga, is followed by the single-minded devotees; in liberation consisting of Nārāyaṇa they attain the supreme goal.
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नारायणेन दृष्टस्तचु प्रतिबुद्धो भवेत्पुमान् ।
एवमात्मेच्छया राजन्प्रतिबुद्धो न जायते ॥ १२.३५८.७५ ॥
A person seen by Nārāyaṇa becomes awakened; thus, O king, one awakened by the will of the self is not born again.
12.358.76
राजसी तामसी चैव व्यामिश्रे प्रकृती स्मृते ।
तदात्मकं हि पुरुषं जायमानं विशांपते।
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणैर्युक्तं नावेक्षति हरिः स्वयम् ॥ १२.३५८.७६ ॥
Rājasī and tāmasī are said to be the two mixed natures. O lord of men, Hari himself does not look upon a person born having their nature and endowed with the marks of activity.
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पश्यत्येनं जायमानं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
रजसा तपसा चैव मानसं समभिप्लुतम् ॥ १२.३५८.७७ ॥
Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, looks upon him as he is born, him who is overwhelmed in mind by rajas and by austerity.
12.358.78
कामं देवाश्च ऋषयः सत्वस्था नृपसत्तम ।
हीनाः सत्वेन सूक्ष्मेण ततो वैकारिकाः स्मृताः ॥ १२.३५८.७८ ॥
Indeed, O best of kings, the gods and sages abide in sattva; yet, lacking the subtle sattva, they are said to be vaikārikas.
12.358.79
कथं वैकारिको गच्छेत्पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
वद सर्वं यथादृष्टं प्रवृत्तिं च यथाक्रमम् ॥ १२.३५८.७९ ॥
How would a transformed being (vaikārika) attain the Supreme Person (Puruṣottama)? Tell all as it has been seen, and its course in due order.
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सुसूक्ष्मं तत्त्वसंयुक्तं संयुक्तं त्रिभिरक्षरैः ।
पुरुषः पुरुषं गच्छेन्निष्क्रियं पञ्चविंशकम् ॥ १२.३५८.८० ॥
Very subtle, joined with the principles, united with the three syllables, the person should go to the person, with the inactive twenty-fifth.
12.358.81
एवमेकं साङ्ख्ययोगं वेदारण्यकमेव च ।
परस्पराङ्गान्येतानि पाञ्चरात्रं च कथ्यते ॥ १२.३५८.८१ ॥
Thus Sāṅkhya and Yoga, and the Veda with its forest texts, are one; these are mutually supporting limbs, and the Pāñcarātra is also said to be so.
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एष एकान्तिनां धर्मो नारायणपरात्मकः ॥ १२.३५८.८२ ॥
This is the dharma of the ekāntins, whose self is wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
12.358.83
यथा समुद्रात्प्रसृता जलौघा ।
स्तमेव राजन्पुनराविशन्ति।
इमे तथा ज्ञानमहाजलौघा ।
नारायणं वै पुनराविशन्ति ॥ १२.३५८.८३ ॥
As streams of water spread out from the ocean enter it again, O king, so these great floods of knowledge enter Nārāyaṇa once more.
12.358.84
एष ते कथितो धर्मः सात्वतो यदुबान्धव ।
कुरुष्वैनं यथान्यायं यदि शक्तोसि भारत ॥ १२.३५८.८४ ॥
Kinsman of the Yadus, this Sātvata dharma has been declared to you; Bhārata, if you are able, practise it rightly.
12.358.85
एवं हि स महाभागो नारदो गुरवे मम ।
श्वेतानां यतिनां चाह एकान्तगतिमख्याम् ॥ १२.३५८.८५ ॥
Thus did the greatly fortunate Nārada speak to my teacher, and told of the single-minded path concerning the white-robed ascetics.
12.358.86
व्यासश्चाकथयत्प्रीत्या धर्मपुत्राय धीमते ।
स एवायं मया तुभ्यमाख्यातः प्रसृतो गुरोः ॥ १२.३५८.८६ ॥
And Vyāsa told this lovingly to the wise son of Dharma; that same teaching, extended from my teacher, I have now related to you.
12.358.87
इत्थं हि दुश्चरो धर्म एष पार्थिवसत्तम ।
यथैव त्वं तथैवान्ये न भजन्ति च मोहिताः ॥ १२.३५८.८७ ॥
Thus this dharma is hard to practise, best of kings; just as you do not follow it, so too others, deluded, do not practise it.
12.358.88
कृष्ण एव हि लोकानां भावनो मोहनस्तथा ।
संहारकारकश्चैव कारणं च विशांपते ॥ १२.३५८.८८ ॥
Kṛṣṇa alone is the creator of the worlds, their deluder, and their destroyer; he is their cause, O lord of men.