Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.360
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12.360.1
बहवः पुरुषा ब्रह्मन्नुताहो एक एव तु ।
को ह्यत्र पुरुषः श्रेष्ठः को वा योनिरिहोच्यते ॥ १२.३६०.१ ॥
O brahmin, are there many beings, or is there only one? Who here is the best puruṣa, and what is said to be his source?
12.360.2
बहवः पुरुषा लोके साङ्ग्ययोगविचारणे ।
नैतदिच्छन्ति पुरुषमेकं कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥ १२.३६०.२ ॥
In the world, in the inquiry of Sāṅkhya and Yoga, there are many beings; but they do not hold this Puruṣa to be one alone, O foremost of the Kuru race.
12.360.3
बहनां पुरुषाणां च यथैका योनिरुच्यते ।
तथा तं पुरुषं विश्वं व्याख्यास्यामि गुणाधिकम् ॥ १२.३६०.३ ॥
Just as one source is said to be the origin of many beings, so I will expound that universal Puruṣa, superior in qualities.
12.360.4
नमस्कृत्वा च गुरवे व्यासाय विदितात्मने ।
तपोयुक्ताय दान्ताय वन्द्याय परमपये ॥ १२.३६०.४ ॥
Having bowed in reverence to my teacher Vyāsa, who knows the self, who is endowed with austerity, self-controlled, worthy of veneration, and the giver of the supreme,
12.360.5
इदं पुरुषसूक्तं हि सर्ववेदेषु पार्थिव ।
ऋतं सत्यं च विख्यातमृपिसिंहेन चिन्तितम् ॥ १२.३६०.५ ॥
This Puruṣa Hymn, O king, is in all the Vedas; contemplated by the lion among sages, it is renowned as truth and right order.
12.360.6
उत्सर्गेणापवादेन ऋषिभिः कपिलादिभिः ।
अध्यान्मचिन्तामाश्रित्य शास्त्राण्युक्तानि भारत ॥ १२.३६०.६ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, the sages beginning with Kapila, through the general rule and its exceptions, relying on contemplation of the self, declared the treatises.
12.360.7
समासतेस्तु यद्व्यासः पुरुषैकत्वमुक्तवान् ।
तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि प्रसादादमितौजसः ॥ १२.३६०.७ ॥
What Vyāsa has declared briefly about the oneness of the self, I will explain to you fully, by the grace of the one of boundless power.
12.360.8
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
ब्रह्मणा सह संवादं त्र्यम्बकस्य विशांपते ॥ १२.३६०.८ ॥
Here too they cite this ancient account: the dialogue of Brahmā with Tryambaka, O lord of the people.
12.360.9
क्षीरोदस्य समुद्रस्य मध्ये हाटकसप्रभः ।
वैजयन्त इति ख्यातः पर्वतप्रवरो नृप ॥ १२.३६०.९ ॥
In the midst of the Ocean of Milk, gleaming like gold, famed as Vaijayanta, the foremost of mountains, O king.
12.360.10
तत्राध्यात्मगतिं देव एकाकी प्रविचिन्तयन् ।
वैराजसदनान्नित्यं वैजयन्तं निपेवते ॥ १२.३६०.१० ॥
There, alone and deeply contemplating the path of the self, that god constantly resorts to Vaijayanta from the abode of Virāj.
12.360.11
अथ तत्राऽऽसतस्तस्य चतुर्वक्रस्य धीमतः ।
ललाटप्रभवः पुत्रः शिव आगाद्यदृच्छया।
आकाशेन महायोगी पुरा त्रिनयनः प्रभुः ॥ १२.३६०.११ ॥
Then the son born from the forehead of that wise four-faced one, who was seated there, Śiva, the great yogin, the three-eyed lord, came of his own will through the sky.
12.360.12
ततः खान्निपपाताशु धरणीधरमूर्धनि ।
अग्रतश्चाभवत्प्रीतो ववन्दे चापि पादयोः ॥ १२.३६०.१२ ॥
Then he swiftly descended from the sky onto the summit of the mountain, and, pleased, came before him and bowed at his feet.
12.360.13
तं पादयोनिंपतितं दृष्ट्वा सव्येन पाणिना ।
अत्थापयामास तदा प्रभुरेकः प्रजापतिः।
उवाच चैनं भगवांश्चिरस्यागतमात्मजम् ॥ १२.३६०.१३ ॥
Seeing him fallen at his feet, the lord Prajāpati alone raised him with his left hand. Then the blessed one spoke to the son who had come after a long time.
12.360.14
स्वागतं ते महाबाहो दिष्ट्या प्राप्तोसि मेऽन्तिकम् ।
कच्चित्ते कुशलं पुत्र स्वाध्यायतपसोः सदा।
नित्यमुग्रतपास्त्वं हि ततः पृच्छामि ते पुनः ॥ १२.३६०.१४ ॥
Welcome to you, O mighty-armed one; by good fortune you have come near me. Son, are your study and austerity always well? You are constantly of fierce austerity, and so I ask you again.
12.360.15
त्वत्प्रसादेन भगवन्स्वाध्यायतपसोर्मम ।
कृशलं चाव्ययं चैव सर्वस्य जगतस्त्वथ ॥ १२.३६०.१५ ॥
By your grace, O blessed one, my study and austerity are well, and the imperishable well-being of the whole world is so as well.
12.360.16
चिरदृष्टोमि भगवन्वैराजसदने मया ।
ततोऽहं पर्वतं प्राप्तस्त्विमं त्वत्पादसेवितम् ॥ १२.३६०.१६ ॥
O blessed one, I had long not seen you in the abode of Virāja. Then I came to this mountain, which is served by your feet.
12.360.17
कौतूहलं चापि हि मे एकान्तगमनेन ते ।
नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति पितामह ॥ १२.३६०.१७ ॥
Your going into solitude has also stirred my curiosity; O grandfather, the reason for it will not be a small one.
12.360.18
किंनु तत्सदनं श्रेष्ठं क्षुत्पिपासाविवर्जितम् ।
सुरासुरैरध्युपितमृषिभिश्चामितप्रभैः ॥ १२.३६०.१८ ॥
What, then, is that excellent abode, free from hunger and thirst, where gods and demons and sages of immeasurable splendour dwell?
12.360.19
गन्धर्वैरेप्सरोभिश्च सततं संनिषेवितम् ।
उत्सृज्येमं गिरिवरमेकाकी प्राप्तवानसि ॥ १२.३६०.१९ ॥
Having abandoned this best of mountains, which is constantly attended by gandharvas and apsarases, you have come here alone.
12.360.20
वैजयन्तो गिरिवरः सततं सेव्यते मया ।
अत्रैकाग्रेण मनसा पुरुषश्चिन्त्यते विराट् ॥ १२.३६०.२० ॥
This best of mountains, named Vaijayanta, is constantly attended by me. Here the cosmic Person, Virāṭ, is contemplated with a one-pointed mind.
12.360.21
बहवः पुरुषा ब्रह्मंस्त्वया सृष्टाः स्वयंभुव ।
सृज्यन्ते चापरे ब्रह्मन्स चैकः पुरुषो विराट् ॥ १२.३६०.२१ ॥
O Brahmā, O self-existent one, many beings have been created by you, and others are still being created; yet that one is the cosmic Person, Virāṭ.
12.360.22
को ह्यसौ चिन्त्यते ब्रह्मंस्त्वयैकः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि महत्कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ १२.३६०.२२ ॥
O Brahmā, who is that single best of persons upon whom you meditate? Resolve this doubt of mine, for I am greatly curious.
12.360.23
बहवः पुरुषाः पुत्र त्वया ये समुदाहृताः ।
एवमेतदतिक्रान्तं द्रष्टव्यं नैवमित्यपि ॥ १२.३६०.२३ ॥
O son, the many persons you have mentioned have passed beyond in this way. They are to be seen so; and yet they are to be seen not so.
12.360.24
आधारं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि एकस्य पुरुषस्य ते ।
बहूनां पुरुषाणां स यथैका योनिरुच्यते ॥ १२.३६०.२४ ॥
But I shall declare to you the support of that one Person, just as one single source is said to be the origin of many persons.
12.360.25
तथा तं पुरुषं विश्वं परमं सुमहत्तमम् ।
निर्गुणं निर्गुणा भूत्वा प्रविशन्ति सनातनम् ॥ १२.३६०.२५ ॥
Likewise, having become without qualities, they enter the eternal one, that all-pervading, supreme, greatest person.