Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.45
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12.45.1
किमिदं परमाश्चर्यं ध्यायस्यमितविक्रम ।
कच्चिल्लोकत्रयस्यास्य स्वस्ति लोकपरायण ॥ १२.४५.१ ॥
Mighty-valoured one, what is this supreme wonder you are contemplating? May there be welfare for these three worlds, O refuge of the worlds?
12.45.2
इन्द्रियाणि मनश्चैव बुद्धौ संवेशितानि ते ।
चतुर्थं ध्यानमार्गं त्वमालम्ब्य पुरुषर्षभ।
अपक्रान्तो यतो जीवस्तेन मे विस्मितं मनः ॥ १२.४५.२ ॥
You have fixed the senses and the mind in the intellect. O bull among men, having taken up the fourth path of meditation, I am astonished, for the living self has departed from you.
12.45.3
निगृहीतो हि वायुस्ते पञ्चकर्मा शरीरगः ।
इन्द्रियाणि च सर्वाणि मनसि स्थापितानि ते ॥ १२.४५.३ ॥
The breath that dwells in your body and performs five functions has indeed been restrained, and all your senses have been placed in the mind.
12.45.4
वाक्च सत्वं च गोविन्द बुद्धौ संवेशितानि ते ।
सर्वे चैव गुणा देवाः क्षेत्रज्ञे ते निवेशिताः ॥ १२.४५.४ ॥
O Govinda, your speech and your essence have been fixed in the intellect, and all your qualities and the gods have been placed in the knower of the field, the self.
12.45.5
नेङ्गन्ति तव रोमाणि स्थिरा बुद्धिस्तथा मनः ।
काष्ठकुड्यशिलाभूतो निरीहश्चासि माधव ॥ १२.४५.५ ॥
Your body hairs do not stir, and your intellect and mind are steady. O Mādhava, you have become like wood, a wall or a stone, motionless and without desire.
12.45.6
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो निरिङ्गो ज्वलतेऽच्युत ।
तथाऽसि भगवन्देन निश्चलो योगनिश्चयात् ॥ १२.४५.६ ॥
As a lamp standing in a windless place burns without flickering, O Acyuta, so you are steady, O blessed Lord, through the firm resolve of yoga.
12.45.7
यदि श्रोतुमिहार्हामि न रहस्यं च ते यदि ।
छिन्धि मे संशयं देव प्रपन्नायाभियाचते ॥ १२.४५.७ ॥
If I am fit to hear it here, and if it is not a secret of yours, then, O god, cut away my doubt, for I have come to you for refuge and beg you.
12.45.8
त्वं हि कर्ता विकर्ता च त्वं क्षरश्चाक्षरश्च ह ।
अनादिनिधनो ह्याद्यस्त्वमेकः पुरुषोत्तम ॥ १२.४५.८ ॥
You are the creator and the destroyer; you are both the perishable and the imperishable. Without beginning or end, you are the primeval one, you alone, O best of persons.
12.45.9
त्वं प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय शिरसा प्रणताय च ।
ध्यानस्यास्य यथातत्त्वं ब्रूहि धर्मभृतां वर ॥ १२.४५.९ ॥
To me, who have taken refuge, am devoted and bow my head to you, tell me the true nature of this meditation, O best of those who uphold dharma.
12.45.10
ततः स्वगोचरे न्यस्य मनोबुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च ।
स्मितपूर्वमुवाचेदं भगवान्वासवानुजः ॥ १२.४५.१० ॥
Then, having fixed his mind, intellect and senses upon their own objects, the blessed one, younger brother of Vāsava, spoke these words, beginning with a smile.
12.45.11
शरतल्पगतो भीष्मः शाम्यन्निव हुताशनः ।
मां ध्याति पुरुषव्याघ्रस्ततो मे तद्गतं मनः ॥ १२.४५.११ ॥
Bhīṣma, lying on his bed of arrows, calm as a fire going out, meditates upon me, that tiger among men; therefore my mind has gone to him.
12.45.12
यस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः ।
न सहेद्देवराजोऽपि तमस्मि मनसा गतः ॥ १२.४५.१२ ॥
Whose bowstring's twang was like the roar of the thunderbolt, which even the king of the gods could not endure, to him I have gone in mind.
12.45.13
येनाभिजित्य तरसा समस्तं राजमण्डलम् ।
ऊढास्तिस्रः पुरा कन्यास्तमस्मि मनसा गतः ॥ १२.४५.१३ ॥
He who, having swiftly conquered the whole circle of kings, once carried off three maidens — to him I have gone in mind.
12.45.14
त्रयोविंशतिरात्रं यो योधयामास भार्गवम् ।
न च रामेण निस्तीर्णस्तमस्मि मनसा गतः ॥ १२.४५.१४ ॥
He who fought the Bhārgava for twenty-three nights and was not overcome by Rāma — to him I have gone in mind.
12.45.15
यं गङ्गा गर्भविधिना धारयामास भारतम् ।
वसिष्ठशिष्यं तं तात गतोऽस्मि मनसा नृप ॥ १२.४५.१५ ॥
To the Bhārata whom the Ganges bore by the rite of the womb, the disciple of Vasiṣṭha — O dear one, O king, I have gone in mind.
12.45.16
दिव्यास्त्राणि महातेजा यो धारयति बुद्धिमान् ।
साङ्गांश्च चतुरो वेदांस्तमस्मि मनसा गतः ॥ १२.४५.१६ ॥
He, the mighty in splendour and wise, who bears the divine weapons and the four Vedas with their limbs — to him I have gone in mind.
12.45.17
रामस्य दयितं शिष्यं जामदग्न्यस्य पाण्डव ।
आधारं सर्व्रविद्यानां तमस्मि मनसा गतः ॥ १२.४५.१७ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, the beloved disciple of Rāma son of Jamadagni, the support of all knowledge — to him I have gone in mind.
12.45.18
एकीकृत्येन्द्रियग्रामं मनः संयम्य मेधया ।
शरणं मामुपागच्छत्ततो मे तद्गतं मनः ॥ १२.४५.१८ ॥
He who, having gathered the host of the senses and restrained the mind by discernment, comes to me for refuge — then my mind goes toward him.
12.45.19
स हि भूतं भविष्यच्च भवच्च भरतर्षभ ।
वेत्ति धर्मविदां श्रेष्ठस्तमस्मि मनसा गतः ॥ १२.४५.१९ ॥
For he knows what has been, what will be, and what is, O bull of the Bharatas. The best of those who know dharma, I have gone to him in my mind.
12.45.20
तस्मिन्हि पुरुषव्याघ्रे शान्ते भीष्मे महात्मनि ।
भविष्यति मही पार्थ नष्टचन्द्रेव शर्वरी ॥ १२.४५.२० ॥
When that tiger among men, the great-souled Bhīṣma, is at rest, O son of Pṛthā, the earth will be like a night with its moon gone.
12.45.21
तद्युधिष्ठिर गाङ्गेयं भीष्मं भीमपराक्रमम् ।
अभिगम्योपसंगृह्य पृच्छ यत्ते मनोगतम् ॥ १२.४५.२१ ॥
Therefore, O Yudhiṣṭhira, go to Bhīṣma, the son of Gaṅgā, of terrible valour, take hold of him and ask what is in your mind.
12.45.22
चातुर्विद्यं चातुर्होत्रं चातुराश्रम्यमेव च ।
राजधर्मांश्चि निखिलान्पृच्छैनं पृथिवीपते ॥ १२.४५.२२ ॥
The fourfold knowledge, the fourfold office of the hotṛ priests, the fourfold stages of life, and all the duties of kingship, O lord of the earth, ask him about them all.
12.45.23
तस्मिन्नस्तमिते भीष्मे कौरवाणां धुंरधरे ।
ज्ञानान्यल्पीभविष्यन्ति तस्मात्त्वां चोदयाम्यहम् ॥ १२.४५.२३ ॥
When Bhīṣma, the pillar of the Kurus, has set, knowledge will become scarce. Therefore I urge you on.
12.45.24
तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य तथ्यं वचनमुत्तमम् ।
साश्रुकण्ठः स धर्मज्ञो जनार्दनमुवाच ह ॥ १२.४५.२४ ॥
Having heard this true and excellent word of Vāsudeva, Yudhiṣṭhira, knower of dharma, his voice choked with tears, spoke to Janārdana.
12.45.25
यद्भवानाह भीष्मस्य प्रभावं प्रति माधव ।
तथा तन्नात्र संदेहो विद्यते मम माधव ॥ १२.४५.२५ ॥
O Mādhava, what you have said about the power of Bhīṣma is just so; of this I have no doubt, O Mādhava.
12.45.26
महाभाग्यं च भीष्मस्य प्रभावश्च महाद्युते ।
श्रुतं मया कथयतां ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् ॥ १२.४५.२६ ॥
O radiant one, of Bhīṣma's great good fortune and power I have heard from the great-souled brahmins who speak of them.
12.45.27
भवांश्च कर्ता लोकानां यद्ब्रवीत्यरिसूदन ।
तथा तद्रनभिध्येयं वाक्यं यादवनन्दन ॥ १२.४५.२७ ॥
O destroyer of foes, you are the maker of the worlds, and what you say is just so; that statement, O delight of the Yādavas, is worth contemplating even in battle.
12.45.28
यदि त्वनुग्रहवती बुद्धिस्ते मयि माधव ।
त्वामग्रतः पुरस्कृत्य भीष्मं यास्यामहे वयम् ॥ १२.४५.२८ ॥
O Mādhava, if your resolve toward me is full of favor, then placing you in front, we shall go to Bhīṣma.
12.45.29
आवृत्ते भगवत्यर्के स हि लोकान्गमिष्यति ।
त्वद्दर्शनं महाबाहो तस्मादर्हति कौरवः ॥ १२.४५.२९ ॥
When the holy sun has turned back, he will surely go to the worlds; therefore, O mighty-armed one, the Kaurava deserves the sight of you.
12.45.30
तव ह्याद्यस्य देवस्य क्षरस्यैवाक्षरस्य च ।
दर्शनं त्वस्य लाभः स्यात्त्वं हि ब्रह्ममयो निधिः ॥ १२.४५.३० ॥
You are indeed the primordial god; both the perishable and the imperishable are you. Your sight will be his gain, for you are a treasure made of Brahman.
12.45.31
श्रुत्वैवं धर्मराजस्य वचनं मधुसूदनः ।
पार्श्वस्थं सात्यकिं प्राह रथो मे युज्यतामिति ॥ १२.४५.३१ ॥
Hearing these words of the king of dharma, Madhusūdana said to Sātyaki, who stood beside him, "Let my chariot be yoked."
12.45.32
सात्यकिस्त्वाशु निष्क्रम्य केशवस्य समीपतः ।
दारुकं प्राह कृष्णस्य युज्यतां रथ इत्युत ॥ १२.४५.३२ ॥
Sātyaki quickly withdrew from near Keśava and said to Dāruka, "Let Kṛṣṇa's chariot be yoked."
12.45.33
स सात्यकेराशु वचो निशम्य ।
रथोत्तमं काञ्चनभूषिताङ्गम्।
मसारगल्वर्कमयैर्विभङ्गै ।
र्विभूषितं हेमनिबद्धचक्रम् ॥ १२.४५.३३ ॥
Hearing Sātyaki's words, he quickly prepared the finest chariot, its body adorned with gold, decorated with parts made of masāra-stone, galva-stone and sun-stone, its wheels bound with gold.
12.45.34
दिवाकरांशुप्रभमाशुगामिनं ।
विचित्रनानामणिभूषितान्तरम्।
नवोदितं सूर्यमिव प्रतापिनं ।
विचित्रतार्क्ष्यध्वजिनं पताकिनम् ॥ १२.४५.३४ ॥
A chariot shining like the sun's rays, swift-moving, its interior adorned with many varied jewels, blazing like the newly risen sun, with a variegated Garuḍa banner and pennants.
12.45.35
सुग्रीवशैब्यप्रप्नुखैर्वराश्वै ।
र्मनोजवैः काञ्चनभूषिताङ्गैः।
संयुक्तमावेदयदच्युताय ।
कृताञ्जलिर्दारुको राजसिंह ॥ १२.४५.३५ ॥
With the finest horses, Sugrīva, Śaibya and others, swift as thought, their bodies adorned with gold, yoked, Dāruka reported to Acyuta with folded hands, O lion among kings.