Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.46
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12.46.1
शरतल्पे शयानस्तु भरतानां पितामहः ।
कथमुत्सृष्टवान्देहं कं च योगमधारयत् ॥ १२.४६.१ ॥
Lying on the bed of arrows, how did the grandfather of the Bharatas give up his body, and which yoga did he sustain?
12.46.2
शृणुष्वावहितो राजञ्शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः ।
भीष्मस्य कुरुशार्दूल देहोत्सर्गं महात्मनः ॥ १२.४६.२ ॥
Listen attentively, O king, having become pure and composed: the giving up of the body by the great-souled Bhīṣma, tiger among the Kurus.
12.46.3
प्रवृत्तमात्रे त्वयनमुत्तरेण दिवाकरे ।
शुक्लपक्षस्य चाष्टभ्यां माघमासस्य पार्थिव ॥ १२.४६.३ ॥
When the sun had just begun its northward course, on the eighth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha, O king.
12.46.4
प्राजापत्ये च नक्षत्रे मध्यं प्राप्ते दिवाकरे ।
समावेशयदात्मानमात्मत्येव समाहितः ॥ १२.४६.४ ॥
Under the Prajāpati lunar mansion, when the sun had reached midday, composed, he fixed his self within the self alone.
12.46.5
विकीर्णांशुरिवादित्यो भीष्मः शरशतैश्चितः ।
शुशुभे परया लक्ष्म्या वृतो ब्राह्मणसत्तमैः ॥ १२.४६.५ ॥
Covered with hundreds of arrows, Bhīṣma shone like the sun with scattered rays, surrounded by the best of brahmins with supreme splendour.
12.46.6
व्यासेन देवश्रवसा नारदेन सुरर्षिणा ।
देवस्थानेन वात्स्येन तथाऽश्मकसुमन्तुना ॥ १२.४६.६ ॥
With Vyāsa, Devaśravas, the divine sage Nārada, Devasthāna, Vātsya, and also Aśmaka and Sumantu.
12.46.7
तथा जैमिनिना चैव पैलेन च महात्मना ।
शाण्डिल्यदेवलाभ्यां च मैत्रेयेण च धीमता ॥ १२.४६.७ ॥
Likewise, Jaimini and Paila, the great-souled one, and Śāṇḍilya and Devala, and the wise Maitreya (also spoke of it).
12.46.8
असितेन वसिष्ठेन कौशिकेन महात्मना ।
हारितलोमशाभ्यां च तथाऽऽत्रेयेण धीमता ॥ १२.४६.८ ॥
Asita and Vasiṣṭha, the great-souled Kauśika, Hārita and Lomaśa, and the wise Ātreya (also spoke of it).
12.46.9
बृहस्पतिश्च शुक्रश्च च्यवनश्च महामुनिः ।
सनत्कुमारः कपिलो चाल्मीकिस्तुम्बुरुः कुरुः ॥ १२.४६.९ ॥
Bṛhaspati and Śukra, the great sage Cyavana, Sanatkumāra, Kapila, Vālmīki, Tumburu and Kuru.
12.46.10
मौद्गल्यो भार्गवो रामस्तृणबिन्दुर्महामुनिः ।
पिप्पलादोऽथ वायुश्च सवर्तः पुलहः कचः ॥ १२.४६.१० ॥
Maudgalya, Bhārgava Rāma, the great sage Tṛṇabindu, Pippalāda, Vāyu, Savarta, Pulaha and Kaca.
12.46.11
काश्यपश्च पुलस्त्यश्च क्रतुर्दक्षः पराशरः ।
मरीचिरङ्गिराः काश्यो गौतमो गालवो मुनिः ॥ १२.४६.११ ॥
Kāśyapa and Pulastya, Kratu, Dakṣa, Parāśara, Marīci, Aṅgiras, Kāśya, Gautama, and the sage Gālava.
12.46.12
धौम्यो विभाण्डो माण्डव्योधौम्रः कृष्णानुभौतिकः ।
उलूकः परमो विप्रो मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः।
भास्करिः पूरणः कृष्णः सूतः परमधार्मिकः ॥ १२.४६.१२ ॥
Dhaumya, Vibhāṇḍa, Māṇḍavya, Dhaumra, Kṛṣṇa and Ānubhautika, the supreme brahmin Ulūka, the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya, Bhāskari, Pūraṇa, Kṛṣṇa, and Sūta, the most righteous.
12.46.13
एतैश्चान्यैर्मुनिगणैर्महाभागैर्महात्मभिः ।
श्रद्धादमशमोपेतैर्वृतश्चन्द्र इव ग्रहैः ॥ १२.४६.१३ ॥
Surrounded by these and other hosts of sages, the greatly fortunate and great-souled ones, endowed with faith, self-restraint and calm, he was like the moon surrounded by the planets.
12.46.14
भीष्मस्तु पुरुषव्याघ्रः कर्मणा मनसा गिरा ।
शरतल्पगतः कृष्णं प्रदध्यौ प्राञ्जलिः शुचिः ॥ १२.४६.१४ ॥
But Bhīṣma, tiger among men, lying on the bed of arrows, pure in deed, mind and speech, with palms joined, meditated upon Kṛṣṇa.
12.46.15
स्वरेण हृष्टपुष्टेन तुष्टाव मधुसूदनम् ।
योगेश्वरं पझनाभं विष्णुं जिष्णुं जगत्पतिम्।
अनादिनिधनं विष्णुमात्मयोनिं सनातनम् ॥ १२.४६.१५ ॥
With a joyful and vigorous voice he praised Madhusūdana, the lord of yoga, lotus-navelled, Viṣṇu, the victorious, lord of the world, without beginning or end, Viṣṇu, self-born, the eternal.
12.46.16
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा वाग्विदां प्रवरः प्रभुः ।
भीष्मः परमधर्मात्मा वासुदेवमथास्तुवत् ॥ १२.४६.१६ ॥
With palms joined in reverence, Bhīṣma, foremost of those skilled in speech, lord, supremely righteous in nature, then praised Vāsudeva.
12.46.17
आरिराधयिषुः कृष्णं वाचं जिगदिषामि याम् ।
तया व्याससमासिन्या प्रीयतां पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ १२.४६.१७ ॥
Desiring to propitiate Kṛṣṇa, may the Supreme Person be pleased with the speech I wish to utter, the very speech condensed as Vyāsa had it.
12.46.18
शुचिं शुचिपदं हंसं तत्परं परमेष्ठिनम् ।
युक्त्वा सर्वात्मनाऽऽत्मानं तं प्रपद्ये प्रजापतिम् ॥ १२.४६.१८ ॥
The pure one, whose abode is pure, the swan, that supreme highest lord — having joined my self to him with my whole being, I take refuge in that lord of creatures.
12.46.19
अनाद्यन्तं परं ब्रह्म न देवा नर्षयो विदुः ।
एकोऽयं वेद भगवान्धाता नारायणो हरिः ॥ १२.४६.१९ ॥
The supreme Brahman, without beginning or end, is not known by the gods or the seers. This one alone, the blessed Dhātā, Nārāyaṇa, Hari, knows it.
12.46.20
नारायणादृषिगणास्तथा सिद्धमहोरगाः ।
देवा देवर्षयश्चैव यं विदुर्दुःखभेषजम् ॥ १२.४६.२० ॥
From Nārāyaṇa came the host of seers, likewise the perfected beings and the great serpents. The gods and divine seers know him, the remedy for suffering.
12.46.21
देवदानवगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः ।
यं न जानन्ति को ह्येष कुतो वा भगवानिति ॥ १२.४६.२१ ॥
Gods, demons, celestial musicians, yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents do not know him. Who is he, and whence, this blessed lord?
12.46.22
यमाहुर्जगतः कोशं यस्मिंश्च निहिताः प्रजाः ।
यस्मिँल्लोकाः स्फुरन्त्येते जाले शकुनयो यथा ॥ १२.४६.२२ ॥
They call him the treasury of the world, in whom all creatures are placed, in whom these worlds shine like birds caught in a net.
12.46.23
यस्मिन्विश्वानि भूतानि तिष्ठन्ति च विशन्ति च ।
गुणभूतानि भूतेशे सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ १२.४६.२३ ॥
In whom all beings abide and enter, having become qualities in the lord of beings, as clusters of gems on a thread.
12.46.24
यं च विश्वस्य कर्तारं जगतस्तस्थुषां पतिम् ।
वदन्ति जगतोऽध्यक्षमध्यात्मपरिचिन्तकाः ॥ १२.४६.२४ ॥
Those who contemplate the self call him the creator of the universe, the lord of the moving and unmoving world, the overseer of the world.
12.46.25
यस्मिन्नित्ये तते तन्तौ दृढे स्रगिव तिष्ठति ।
सदसद्ग्रथितं विश्वं विश्वाङ्गे विश्वकर्मणि ॥ १२.४६.२५ ॥
In him, the eternal, the one stretched through the firm thread, the universe strung together of being and non-being stands like a garland; he whose body is the universe, the maker of all.
12.46.26
हरिं सहस्रशिरसं सहस्रचरणेक्षणम् ।
सहस्रबाहुमकुटं सहस्रवदनोज्ज्वलम् ॥ १२.४६.२६ ॥
Hari, thousand-headed, thousand-footed and thousand-eyed, thousand-armed, crowned, radiant with a thousand faces.
12.46.27
प्राहुर्नारायणं देवं यं विश्वस्य परायणम् ।
अणीयसामणीयांसं स्थविष्ठं च स्थवीयसाम्।
गरीयसां गरिष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च श्रेयसामपि ॥ १२.४६.२७ ॥
They call him the god Nārāyaṇa, the supreme refuge of the universe: smaller than the smallest, greatest of the greatest, heaviest of the heavy, and the best even of the good.
12.46.28
चं वाकेष्वनुवाकेषु निषत्सूपनिषत्सु च ।
गृणन्ति सत्यकर्माणं सत्यं सत्येषु सामसु ॥ १२.४६.२८ ॥
In the verses, the sections, the sessions and the Upaniṣads they praise him, whose deeds are true: the truth among true things, in the Sāma hymns.
12.46.29
चतुर्भिश्चतुरात्मानं सत्वस्थं सात्वतां पतिम् ।
यं दिव्यैर्देवमर्चन्ति गुह्यैः परमनामभिः ॥ १२.४६.२९ ॥
The lord of the Sātvatas, four-selved, abiding in goodness, the god whom they worship with divine, secret, and supreme names.
12.46.30
यस्मिन्नित्यं तपस्तप्तं यदङ्गेष्वनुतिष्ठति ।
सर्वात्मा सर्ववित्सर्वः सर्वज्ञः सर्वभावनः ॥ १२.४६.३० ॥
In whom austerity is ever performed, and practised in his limbs: he is the self of all, the knower of all, all, the omniscient, the source of all beings.
12.46.31
यं देवं देवकी देवी वसुदेवादजीजनत् ।
भौमस्य ब्रह्मणो गुप्त्यै दीप्तमग्निमिवारणिः ॥ १२.४६.३१ ॥
The god whom the goddess Devakī bore from Vasudeva, as the fire-stick brings forth a blazing fire, for the protection of the earth and of the Brahman.
12.46.32
यमनन्यो व्यपेताशीरात्मानं वीतकल्मषम् ।
इष्ट्वानन्त्याय गोविन्दं पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि ॥ १२.४६.३२ ॥
Him, whom the undivided, free from desires and stainless self worships in the infinite Govinda, and sees the self within the self.
12.46.33
अप्रतर्क्यमविज्ञेयं हरिं नारायणं विभुम् ।
अतिवाय्विन्द्रकर्माणमतिसूर्याग्नितेजसम्।
अतिबुद्धीन्द्रियात्मानं तं प्रपद्ये प्रजापतिम् ॥ १२.४६.३३ ॥
I take refuge in that lord of creatures, who is beyond reasoning and unknowable, Hari, Nārāyaṇa, the all-pervading, whose deeds surpass Vāyu and Indra, whose brilliance surpasses the sun and fire, whose self surpasses intellect and the senses.
12.46.34
पुराणे पुरुषं प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मप्रोक्तं युगादिषु ।
क्षये संकर्षणं प्रोक्तं तमुपास्यमुपास्महे ॥ १२.४६.३४ ॥
In the Purāṇa that Person is declared, declared by Brahmā at the beginnings of the ages; at the dissolution he is named Saṃkarṣaṇa. Him, the one to be worshipped, we worship.
12.46.35
यमेकं बहुधात्मानं प्रादुर्भूतमधोक्षजम् ।
नान्यभक्ताः क्रियावन्तो यजन्ते सर्वकामदम् ॥ १२.४६.३५ ॥
Him, who though one has manifested himself in many forms, Adhokṣaja, the giver of all desires, is worshipped by the ritual-minded, who are devotees of no other.
12.46.36
ऋतमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म यत्तत्सदसतः परम् ।
अनादिमध्यपर्यन्तं न देवा नर्षयो विदुः ॥ १२.४६.३६ ॥
The truth, the single syllable Brahman, which is beyond being and non-being, without beginning, middle or end: this the gods and the seers do not know.
12.46.37
यं सुरासुरगन्धर्वाः सिद्धा ऋषिमहोरगाः ।
प्रयता नित्यमर्चन्ति परमं सुखभेषजम् ॥ १२.४६.३७ ॥
The one whom gods, demons, gandharvas, perfected beings, sages and great serpents, with self-restraint, always worship, is the supreme remedy of happiness.
12.46.38
अनादिनिधनं देवमात्मयोनिं सनातनम् ।
अप्रेक्ष्यमनभिज्ञेयं हरिं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥ १२.४६.३८ ॥
To the god without beginning or end, self-born, eternal, not to be seen nor known, the lord Hari Nārāyaṇa.
12.46.39
हिरण्यवर्णं यं गर्भमदितिर्दैत्यनाशनम् ।
एकं द्वादशधा जज्ञे तस्मै सूर्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.३९ ॥
To him, golden-hued embryo, destroyer of the daityas, who though one was born twelvefold from Aditi, to that sun-self, homage.
12.46.40
शुक्ले देवान्पितॄन्कृष्णे तर्पयत्यमृतेन यः ।
यश्च राजा द्विजातीनां तस्मै सोमात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४० ॥
Who nourishes the gods in the bright fortnight and the ancestors in the dark fortnight with nectar, and who is king of the twice-born, to that moon-self, homage.
12.46.41
हुताशनमुखैर्देवैर्धार्यते सकलं जगत् ।
हविः प्रथमभोक्ता यस्तस्मै होत्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४१ ॥
By the gods whose mouth is fire the whole world is sustained; to him, the first eater of the oblation, to the self of the sacrificer, homage.
12.46.42
महतस्तमसः पारे पुरुषं ह्यतितेजसम् ।
यं ज्ञात्वा मृत्युमत्येति तस्मै ज्ञेयात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४२ ॥
Beyond the great principle and darkness, the supremely radiant Person, knowing whom one passes beyond death, to that self-to-be-known, homage.
12.46.43
यं बृहन्तं बृहत्युक्थे यमग्नौ यं महाध्वरे ।
यं विप्रसङ्घा गायन्ति तस्मै वेदात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४३ ॥
Him who is called vast in the vast recitation, in the fire, in the great sacrifice, whom the throngs of sages sing: homage to him whose self is the Veda.
12.46.44
पादाङ्गं संधिपर्वाणं स्वरव्यञ्जनभूषितम् ।
यमाहुरक्षरं विप्रास्तस्मै वागात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४४ ॥
Whose limbs are the feet, whose joints are the junctures, adorned with vowels and consonants, whom the sages call the imperishable syllable: homage to him whose self is speech.
12.46.45
यज्ञाङ्गो यो वराहो वै भूत्वा गामुज्जहारह ।
लोकत्रयहितार्थाय तस्मै वीर्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४५ ॥
He whose limbs are sacrifices, who became a boar and indeed lifted up the earth for the welfare of the three worlds: homage to him whose self is power.
12.46.46
ऋग्यजुःसामधामानं दशार्धहविराकृतिम् ।
यं सप्ततन्तुं तन्वन्ति तस्मै यज्ञात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४६ ॥
Whose abode is the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāma, whose form is the oblation of half-tens, whom they extend with the sevenfold thread: homage to him whose self is sacrifice.
12.46.47
चतुर्भिश्च चतुर्भिश्च द्वाभ्यां पञ्चभिरेव च ।
हूयते च पुनर्द्वाभ्यां तस्मै होमात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४७ ॥
Into which oblations are poured by fours and fours, by twos and by fives, and again by twos: homage to him whose self is the oblation.
12.46.48
यः सुपर्णो यजुर्नाम च्छन्दोगात्रस्त्रिवृच्छिराः ।
रथन्तरबृहत्पक्षस्तस्मै स्तोत्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४८ ॥
Who is the bird Suparṇa, named Yajus, whose body is the metres, whose head is the trivṛt, whose wings are Rathantara and Bṛhat: homage to him whose self is praise.
12.46.49
यः सहस्रसवे सत्रे जज्ञे विश्वसृजामृषिः ।
हिरण्यपक्षः शकुनिस्तस्मै तार्क्ष्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.४९ ॥
Homage to him who was born as a seer among the creators of the worlds at the thousand-offering sacrificial session, the bird with golden wings, whose essence is Tārkṣya.
12.46.50
यश्चिनोति सतां सेतुमृतेनामृतयोनिना ।
धर्मार्थव्यवहाराङ्गैस्तस्मै सत्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५० ॥
Homage to him who builds a bridge for the good, by truth and by the immortal source, through the limbs of dharma, wealth and conduct; homage to his essence, which is truth.
12.46.51
यं पृथग्धर्मचरणाः पृथग्धर्मफलैषिणः ।
पृथग्धर्मैः समर्चन्ति तस्मै धर्मात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५१ ॥
Homage to him whom those who follow separate duties and seek separate fruits of their duties worship with separate observances; homage to his essence, which is dharma.
12.46.52
यतः सर्वे प्रसूयन्ते ह्यनङ्गात्माङ्गदेहिनः ।
उन्मादः सर्वभूतानां तस्मै कामात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५२ ॥
From whom all embodied beings are born, the limbed bodies arising from the self of the bodiless one, and from whom comes the frenzy within all beings: homage to him whose essence is desire.
12.46.53
यं तं व्यक्तस्थमव्यक्तं विचिन्वन्ति महर्षयः ।
क्षेत्रे क्षेत्रज्ञमासीनं तस्मै क्षेत्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५३ ॥
Homage to him whom the great seers seek as the unmanifest abiding in the manifest, seated in the field as the knower of the field; homage to his essence, which is the field.
12.46.54
यं दृगात्मानमात्मस्थं वृतं षोडशभिर्गुणैः ।
प्राहुः सप्तदशंसाङ्ख्यास्तस्मै साङ्ख्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५४ ॥
Homage to him whom the Sāṅkhya philosophers call the seeing self, abiding in the self, enclosed by the sixteen qualities, and the seventeenth; homage to his essence, which is Sāṅkhya.
12.46.55
यं विनिद्रा जितश्वासाः संतुष्टाः संयतेन्द्रियाः ।
ज्योतिः पश्यन्ति युञ्जानास्तस्मै योगात्मेन नमः ॥ १२.४६.५५ ॥
To him whom the sleepless yogins, who have conquered the breath, are content and have restrained their senses, behold as light while practising yoga — homage to him whose self is yoga.
12.46.56
अपुण्यपुण्योपरमे यं पुनर्भवनिर्भयाः ।
शान्ताः संन्यासिनो यान्ति तस्मै मोक्षात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५६ ॥
When merit and demerit have ceased, the calm renunciants, fearless of rebirth, attain him — homage to him whose self is liberation.
12.46.57
यस्याग्रिरास्यं द्यौर्मूर्धा खं नाभिश्चरणौ क्षितिः ।
सूर्यश्चक्षुर्दिशः श्रोत्रं तस्मै लोकात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५७ ॥
Whose mouth is fire, head the heavens, navel space, feet the earth, eye the sun, and ears the directions — homage to him whose self is the worlds.
12.46.58
युगेष्वावर्तते योंऽशैर्मासर्त्वयनहायनैः ।
सर्गप्रलययोः कर्ता तस्मै कालात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५८ ॥
Who revolves through the ages in his parts as months, seasons, solstices and years, and who is the author of creation and dissolution — homage to him whose self is time.
12.46.59
योऽसौ युगसहस्रान्ते प्रदीप्तार्चिर्विभावसुः ।
संभक्षयति भूतानि तस्मै घोरात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.५९ ॥
He who at the end of a thousand ages, blazing with flames, the fire Vibhāvasu, devours all beings — homage to him whose self is terrible.
12.46.60
संभक्ष्य सर्वभूतानि कृत्वा चैकार्णवं जगत् ।
बालः स्वपिति यश्चैकस्तस्मै मायात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६० ॥
Who, having devoured all beings and made the world a single ocean, sleeps alone like a child — homage to him whose self is illusion.
12.46.61
सहस्रशिरसे तस्मै पुरुषायामितात्मने ।
चतुःसमुद्रपयसि योगनिद्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६१ ॥
Homage to him of a thousand heads, the Puruṣa of boundless self, who lies in yoga-sleep upon the waters of the four oceans. Homage to him.
12.46.62
अजस्य नाभावध्येकं यस्मिन्विश्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
पुष्करं पुष्कराक्षस्य तस्मै पझात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६२ ॥
In the navel of the Unborn there is a single lotus in which the universe is established. Homage to the lotus-eyed one, whose nature is the lotus. Homage to him.
12.46.63
यस्य केशेषु जीमूता नद्यः सर्वाङ्गसंधिषु ।
कुक्षौ समुद्राश्चत्वारस्तस्मै तोयात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६३ ॥
In whose hair are the clouds, in the joints of all his limbs the rivers, and in whose belly the four oceans: homage to him whose nature is water.
12.46.64
यस्मात्सर्गाः प्रवर्तन्ते सर्गप्रलयविक्रियाः ।
यस्मिंश्चैव प्रलीयन्ते तस्मै हेत्वात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६४ ॥
From whom creations arise, and the transformations of creation and dissolution; in whom they are again absorbed: homage to him whose nature is the cause.
12.46.65
यो निषण्णो भवेद्रात्रौ दिवा भवति विष्ठितः ।
इष्टानिष्टस्य च द्रष्टा तस्मै द्रष्ट्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६५ ॥
He who is seated at night and standing by day, the seer of what is desired and what is not: homage to him whose nature is the seer.
12.46.66
अकार्यः सर्वकार्येषु धर्मकार्यार्थमुद्यतः ।
वैकुण्ठस्य हि तद्रूपं तस्मै कार्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६६ ॥
Though he is no doer in any action, yet he is intent upon the work of dharma; this indeed is the form of Vaikuṇṭha. Homage to him whose nature is action.
12.46.67
ब्रह्म वक्तं भुजौ क्षत्रं कृत्स्नमूरूदरं विशः ।
पादौ यस्याश्रिताः शूद्रास्तस्मैवर्णात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६७ ॥
The Brahmins are his mouth, the Kṣatriyas his arms, the Vaiśyas his thighs and belly, and the Śūdras rest upon his feet: homage to him whose self is the social orders.
12.46.68
अन्नपानेन्धनमयो रसप्राणविवर्धनः ।
यो धारयति भूतानि तस्मै प्राणात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६८ ॥
Made of food, drink and fuel, increasing the sap and breath, who sustains all beings: homage to him whose self is the life-breath.
12.46.69
प्राणानां धारणार्थाय योऽन्नं भुङ्क्ते चतुर्विधम् ।
अन्तर्भूतः पचत्यग्निस्तस्मै पाकात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.६९ ॥
For the sustaining of the breaths he eats food of four kinds, and as the fire dwelling within he cooks it: homage to him whose self is digestion.
12.46.70
विषये वर्तमानानां यं तं वैषयिकैर्गुणैः ।
प्राहुर्विषयगोप्तारं तस्मै गोप्त्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७० ॥
Among those engaged in sense-objects, him whom, by the qualities that belong to objects, they call the protector of objects: homage to him whose self is the protector.
12.46.71
अप्रमेयशरीराय सर्वतो बुद्धिचक्षुषे ।
अपारपरिमाणाय तस्मै दिव्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७१ ॥
Whose body is immeasurable, whose eye of understanding is on every side, whose measure is boundless: homage to him whose self is divine.
12.46.72
परः कालात्परो यज्ञात्परः सदसतश्च यः ।
अनादिरादिर्विश्वस्य तस्मै विश्वात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७२ ॥
Higher than time, higher than sacrifice, higher than existent and non-existent, who is without beginning and is the beginning of the universe: homage to him whose self is the universe.
12.46.73
वैद्युतो जाठरश्चैव पावकः शुचिरेव च ।
दहनः सर्वभक्षाणां तस्मै वह्न्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७३ ॥
He who is in lightning, in the digestive fire, in the purifier and in the pure, the burner of all that is consumed — homage to him whose self is fire.
12.46.74
रसातलगतः श्रीमार्ननन्तो भगवान्प्रभुः ।
जगद्धारयते योऽसौ तस्मै शेषात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७४ ॥
He who dwells in the nether world, the glorious endless blessed lord, who bears up this world — homage to him whose self is Śeṣa.
12.46.75
ज्वलनार्केन्दुताराणां ज्योतिषां दिव्यमूर्तिनाम् ।
यस्तेजयति तेजांसि तस्मै तेजात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७५ ॥
He who lights up the radiance of the luminaries — fire, sun, moon and stars in their divine forms — homage to him whose self is radiance.
12.46.76
आत्मज्ञानमिदं ज्ञानं ज्ञात्वा पञ्चस्ववस्थितम् ।
यं ज्ञानेनाधिगच्छन्ति तस्मै ज्ञानात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७६ ॥
This is knowledge of the self, the knowledge abiding in the five elements; knowing it, men attain him by knowledge — homage to him whose self is knowledge.
12.46.77
साङ्ख्यैर्योगैर्विनिश्चित्य साध्यैश्च परमर्षिभिः ।
यस्य तु ज्ञायते तत्वं तस्मै गुह्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७७ ॥
He whose truth is known to the Sāṃkhya and Yoga thinkers, to the Sādhyas and the great seers, having been ascertained — homage to him whose self is secret.
12.46.78
जटिने दण्डिने नित्यं लम्बोदरशरीरिणे ।
कमण्डलुनिषङ्गाय तस्मै ब्रह्मात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७८ ॥
To the matted-haired, staff-bearing one, always with a pendulous belly, holding the water-pot and quiver — homage to him whose self is Brahman.
12.46.79
शूलिने त्रिदशेशाय त्र्यम्बकाय महात्मने ।
भस्मदिग्धोर्ध्वलिङ्गाय तस्मा रुद्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.७९ ॥
Homage to the trident-bearer, lord of the gods, three-eyed and great-souled; homage to the Rudra-self, whose upright sign is smeared with ash.
12.46.80
चन्द्रार्धकृतशीर्षाय व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने ।
पिनाकशूलहस्ताय तस्मै उग्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८० ॥
Homage to the fierce self, whose head is crowned with a half-moon, who wears a serpent as his sacred thread, and whose hands hold the Pināka bow and the trident.
12.46.81
यो जातो वसुदेवेन देवक्यां यदुनन्दनः ।
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिर्वासुदेवात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८१ ॥
Homage to the self of Vāsudeva, who was born of Vasudeva to Devakī, the delight of the Yadus, holding conch, discus and mace in hand.
12.46.82
शिरःकपालमालाय व्याघ्रचर्मनिवासिने ।
भस्मदिग्धशरीराय तस्मै रुद्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८२ ॥
Homage to the Rudra-self, who wears a garland of skulls, dwells on a tiger hide, and whose body is smeared with ash.
12.46.83
यो मोहयति भूतानि सर्वपाशानुबन्धनैः ।
सर्वस्य रक्षणार्थाय तस्मै मोहात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८३ ॥
Homage to the self of delusion, who bewilders beings with the bonds of all the nooses, yet exists for the protection of all.
12.46.84
चैतन्यं सर्वतो नित्यं सर्वप्राणिहृदि स्थितम् ।
सर्वातीततरं सूक्ष्मं तस्मै सूक्ष्मात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८४ ॥
Homage to the subtle self: consciousness, present everywhere and always in the heart of all living beings, most transcendent of all, and subtle.
12.46.85
पञ्चभूतात्मभूताय भूतादिनिधनाय च ।
अक्रोधद्रोहमोहाय तस्मै शान्तात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८५ ॥
To him who is the self of the five elements, the origin and end of beings, free from anger, hostility and delusion, to that peaceful self, homage.
12.46.86
यस्मिन्सर्वं यतः सर्वं यः सर्वं सर्वतश्च यः ।
यश्च सर्वमयो देवस्तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८६ ॥
In whom all is, from whom all came, who is all, who is on every side, the god made of all, to that self of all, homage.
12.46.87
यः शेते क्षीरपर्यङ्के दिव्यनागविभूषिते ।
फणासहस्ररचिते तस्मै निद्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८७ ॥
To him who lies on a couch of the milk-ocean, adorned with divine serpents, made of a thousand hoods, to that self of sleep, homage.
12.46.88
विश्वे च मरुतश्चैव रुद्रादित्याश्विनावपि ।
वसवः सिद्धसाध्याश्च तस्मै देवात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८८ ॥
The Viśvedevas and the Maruts, the Rudras and Ādityas, the two Aśvins, the Vasus, the Siddhas and Sādhyas, are also his forms; to that self of the gods, homage.
12.46.89
अव्यक्तं बुद्ध्यहंकारो मनोबुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च ।
तन्मात्राणि विशेषाश्च तस्मै तत्वात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.८९ ॥
The unmanifest, intellect and ego-sense, mind, intellect and the senses, the subtle elements and the gross particulars are also his; to that self of the principles, homage.
12.46.90
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च भूतादिप्रभवाव्ययः ।
योऽग्रजः सर्वभूतानां तस्मै भूतात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९० ॥
The past, the present and the future; the imperishable origin of the beginnings of beings; the first-born of all beings; to that self of beings, homage.
12.46.91
यं हि सूक्ष्मं विचिन्वन्ति परं सूक्ष्मविदो जनाः ।
सूक्ष्मात्सूक्ष्मं च यद्ब्रह्म तस्मै सूक्ष्मात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९१ ॥
Him whom those who know the subtle seek as the supremest subtlety; Brahman, subtler than the subtle — homage to him whose self is subtle.
12.46.92
मत्स्यो भूत्वा विरिञ्चाय येन वेदाः समाहृताः ।
रसातलगतः शीघ्रं तस्मै मत्स्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९२ ॥
Having become a fish, by whom the Vedas were brought back for Virinci; who swiftly went down into the nether world — homage to him whose self is the fish.
12.46.93
मन्दराद्रिर्धृतो येन प्राप्ते ह्यमृतमन्थने ।
अतिकर्कशदेहाय तस्मै कूर्मात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९३ ॥
By whom Mount Mandara was held up when the churning for nectar came; to him of exceedingly hard body — homage to him whose self is the tortoise.
12.46.94
वाराहं रूपमास्थाय महीं सवनपर्वताम् ।
उद्धरत्येकदंष्ट्रेण तस्मै क्रोडात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९४ ॥
Having assumed the boar's form, who lifts up the earth with its forests and mountains on a single tusk — homage to him whose self is the boar.
12.46.95
नारसिंहवपुः कृत्वा सर्वलोकभयंकरम् ।
हिरण्यकशिपुं जघ्ने तस्मै सिंहात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९५ ॥
Having made a man-lion body terrifying to all worlds, who slew Hiranyakashipu — homage to him whose self is the lion.
12.46.96
पिङ्गेक्षणसटं यस्य रूपं दंष्ट्रानखैर्युतम् ।
दानवेन्द्रान्तकरणं तस्मै दृप्तात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९६ ॥
Whose form has tawny eyes and mane and is equipped with fangs and claws, the ender of the lord of the Dānavas — homage to him whose self is fierce.
12.46.97
यं न देवा न गन्धर्वा न दैत्या न च दानवाः ।
तत्वतो हि विजानन्ति तस्मै सूक्ष्मात्मने नमः
वामनं रूपमास्थाय बलिं संयम्य मायया ।
त्रैलोक्यं क्रान्तवान्यस्तु तस्मै क्रान्तात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९७ ॥
Those whom gods, celestial musicians, demons and Dānavas do not truly know: homage to that subtle self. Assuming the dwarf's form, restraining Bali by illusion, he who strode across the three worlds: homage to that self who strides across.
12.46.98
जमदग्निसुतो भूत्वा रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः ।
महीं निःक्षत्रियां चक्रे तस्मै रामात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९८ ॥
Having become the son of Jamadagni, Rāma, best of weapon-bearers, made the earth free of kṣatriyas. Homage to that self which is Rāma.
12.46.99
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो यश्चैको धर्मे व्युत्क्रान्तिगौरवात् ।
जघान क्षत्रियान्सङ्ख्ये तस्मै क्रोधात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.९९ ॥
He who alone, from the weight of having transgressed dharma, slew kṣatriyas in battle twenty-one times: homage to that self which is wrath.
12.46.100
विभज्य पञ्चधाऽऽत्मानं वायुर्भूत्वा शरीरगः ।
यश्चेष्टयति भूतानि तस्मै वाय्वात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०० ॥
Having divided himself fivefold, becoming wind dwelling within bodies, he who sets beings in motion: homage to that self which is wind.
12.46.101
रामो दशिरथिर्भूत्वा पुलस्त्यकुलनन्दनम् ।
जघान रावणं सङ्ख्ये तस्मै क्षत्रात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०१ ॥
Having become Rāma, son of Daśaratha, he who slew Rāvaṇa, joy of the Pulastya line, in battle: homage to that self which is the warrior.
12.46.102
यो हली मुसली श्रीमान्नीलाम्बरधरः स्थितः ।
रामाय रौहिणेयाय तस्मै भोगात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०२ ॥
Homage to him who stands glorious, wielding the plough and the club, clad in blue garments, to Rāma, son of Rohiṇī, whose very self is enjoyment.
12.46.103
शङ्खिने चक्रिणे नित्यं शार्ङ्गिणे पीतवाससे ।
वनमालाधरायैव तस्मै कृष्णात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०३ ॥
Homage to him, who always bears the conch and the discus, the bow Śārṅga, clad in yellow garments and wearing the forest garland: to him whose self is Kṛṣṇa.
12.46.104
वसुदेवसुतः श्रीमान्क्रीडितो नन्दगोकुले ।
कंसस्य निधनार्थाय तस्मै क्रीडात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०४ ॥
The glorious son of Vasudeva, who played in Nanda's cowherd village of Gokula for the sake of Kaṃsa's destruction: homage to him whose self is play.
12.46.105
वासुदेवत्वमागम्य यदोर्वंशसमुद्भवः ।
भूभारहरणं चक्रे तस्मै कृष्णात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०५ ॥
Homage to him, who attained the state of Vāsudeva, arose in the lineage of Yadu and lifted the burden of the earth: to him whose self is Kṛṣṇa.
12.46.106
सारथ्यमर्जुनस्याजौ कुर्वन्गीतामृतं ददौ ।
लोकत्रयोपकाराय तस्मै ब्रह्मात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०६ ॥
Homage to him who, serving as charioteer to Arjuna in battle, gave the nectar of the Gītā for the good of the three worlds: to him whose self is Brahman.
12.46.107
दानवांस्तु वशे कृत्वा पुनर्बुद्धत्वमागतः ।
सर्गस्य रक्षणार्थाय तस्मै बुद्धात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०७ ॥
Homage to him who, having subdued the demons, again took on the state of the Buddha for the protection of creation: to him whose self is the Buddha.
12.46.108
हनिष्यति कलौ प्राप्ते म्लेच्छांस्तुरगवाहनः ।
धर्मसंस्थापको यस्तु तस्मै कल्क्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०८ ॥
When the Kali age has come, he who, riding a horse, will slay the barbarians and establish dharma — to him whose self is Kalki, homage.
12.46.109
तारान्वये कालनेमिं हत्वा दानवपुङ्गवम् ।
ददौ राज्यं महेन्द्राय तस्मै साङ्ख्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.१०९ ॥
In the lineage of Tārā, having slain Kālanemi, best of the Dānavas, and given the kingdom to Mahendra — to him whose self is Sāṅkhya, homage.
12.46.110
यः सर्वप्राणिनां देहे साक्षिभूतो ह्यवस्थितः ।
अक्षरः क्षरमाणानां तस्मै साक्ष्यात्मने नमः ॥ १२.४६.११० ॥
He who abides as witness in the bodies of all beings, the imperishable among things that perish — to him whose self is the witness, homage.
12.46.111
नमोस्तु ते महादेव नमस्ते भक्तवत्सल ।
सुब्रह्मण्य नमस्तेऽस्तु प्रसीद परमेश्वर ॥ १२.४६.१११ ॥
Homage to you, great god! Homage to you, lover of devotees! Homage to you, Subrahmaṇya! Be gracious, supreme lord.
12.46.112
अव्यक्तव्यक्तरूपेण व्याप्तं सर्वं त्वया विभो ।
नारायणं सहस्राक्षं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ॥ १२.४६.११२ ॥
O all-pervading one, in unmanifest and manifest form you have pervaded everything. You are Nārāyaṇa, the thousand-eyed, the great lord of all worlds.
12.46.113
हिरण्यनाभ यज्ञाङ्गममृतं विश्वतोमुखम् ।
सर्वदा सर्वकार्येषु नास्ति तेषाममङ्गलम् ॥ १२.४६.११३ ॥
O golden-navelled one, limb of the sacrifice, immortal, face turned everywhere! For those who always remember you in all undertakings, there is no inauspiciousness.
12.46.114
येषां हृदिस्थो देवेशो मङ्गलायतनं हरिः ।
मङ्गल भगवान्विष्णुर्मङ्गलं मधुसूदनः ॥ १२.४६.११४ ॥
In whose heart dwells Hari, lord of the gods, the abode of auspiciousness: auspicious is the blessed Viṣṇu, auspicious is Madhusūdana.
12.46.115
मङ्गलं पुण्डरीकाक्षो मङ्गलं गरुडध्वजः ।
विश्वकर्मन्नमस्तेऽस्तु विश्वात्मन्विश्वसंभव ॥ १२.४६.११५ ॥
Auspicious is the lotus-eyed one, auspicious is he whose banner is Garuḍa. O Viśvakarman, homage be to you; O soul of the universe, O source of the universe.
12.46.116
अपवर्गस्थभूतानां पञ्चानां परमास्थित ।
नमस्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु वमस्ते परतस्त्रिषु ॥ १२.४६.११६ ॥
O supreme support of the five elements abiding in liberation, homage be to you. Homage to you in the three worlds, and homage to you beyond the three.
12.46.117
नमस्ते दिक्षु सर्वासु त्वं हि सर्वपरायणम् ।
नमस्ते भगवन्विष्णो त्येकानां प्रभवाव्यय ॥ १२.४६.११७ ॥
Homage to you in all directions, for you alone are the supreme refuge of all. Homage to you, blessed Viṣṇu; O imperishable source of the one and of the many.
12.46.118
त्वं हि कर्ता हृषीकेशः संहर्ता चापराजितः ।
तेन पश्यामि ते दिव्यान्भावान्हि त्रिषुवर्त्मसु ॥ १२.४६.११८ ॥
You indeed are the creator, O Hṛṣīkeśa, and the destroyer too, O unconquered one. Therefore I see your divine states along the three paths.
12.46.119
तच्च पश्यामि तत्वेन यत्ते रूपं सनातनम् ।
दिवं ते शिरसा व्याप्तं पद्भ्यां देवी वसुंधरा।
विक्रमेण त्रयो लोकाः पुरुषोऽसि सनातनः ॥ १२.४६.११९ ॥
And I truly see your eternal form: heaven is pervaded by your head, the goddess earth by your feet; by your stride the three worlds, and you are the eternal Puruṣa.
12.46.120
दिशो भुजा रविश्चक्षुर्वीर्ये शुक्रः प्रतिष्ठितः ।
सप्तमार्गा निरुद्धास्ते वायोरमिततेजसः ॥ १२.४६.१२० ॥
The quarters are your arms, the sun your eye, Śukra is established in your valour; O you of immeasurable brilliance, the seven paths of the wind have been blocked by you.
12.46.121
व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपेण व्याप्तं सर्वं त्वया विभो ।
अव्यक्तं ब्राह्मणं रूपं व्यक्तमेतच्चराचरम् ॥ १२.४६.१२१ ॥
O lord, in both manifest and unmanifest form you have pervaded all things. The unmanifest is your form as Brahman; the manifest is this world of the moving and the unmoving.
12.46.122
अतसीपुष्पसंकाशं पीतवाससमच्युतम् ।
ये नमस्यन्ति गोविन्दं न तेषां विद्यते भयम् ॥ १२.४६.१२२ ॥
To those who bow down to Govinda, the imperishable one resembling the flax flower, clad in yellow garments, there is no fear.
12.46.123
एकोऽपि कृष्णस्य कृतः प्रणामो ।
दशाश्वमेधावभृथेन तुल्यः।
दशाश्वमेधी पुनरेति जन्म ।
कृष्णप्रणामी न पुनर्भवाय ॥ १२.४६.१२३ ॥
A single obeisance made to Kṛṣṇa equals the ablution at the close of ten horse-sacrifices. The one who has performed ten horse-sacrifices is born again; but one who bows to Kṛṣṇa does not return for rebirth.
12.46.124
कृष्णव्रताः कृष्णमनुस्मरन्तो ।
रात्रौ च कृष्णं पुनरुत्थिता ये।
ते कृष्णदेहाः प्रविशन्ति कृष्ण ।
माज्यं यथा मन्त्रहुतं हुताशे ॥ १२.४६.१२४ ॥
Those who keep vows to Kṛṣṇa, constantly remember Kṛṣṇa, and rise again in the night still meditating on Kṛṣṇa — having Kṛṣṇa-bodies, they enter Kṛṣṇa, as clarified butter offered with mantra enters the fire.
12.46.125
नमो नरकसंत्रासरक्षामण्डलकारिणे ।
संसारनिम्नगावर्ततरिकाष्ठाय विष्णवे ॥ १२.४६.१२५ ॥
Homage to Viṣṇu, who makes the circle of protection from the terror of hell, who stands as a boat in the whirlpool of the river of worldly existence.
12.46.126
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च ।
जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय नमोनमः ॥ १२.४६.१२६ ॥
Homage to the god who favours the brahmins, homage to the benefactor of cows and brahmins. Homage, again and again, to Kṛṣṇa, the benefactor of the world, to Govinda.
12.46.127
प्राणकान्तारपाथेयं संसारोच्छेदभेषजम् ।
दुःखशोकपरित्राणं हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम् ॥ १२.४६.१२७ ॥
Provision for the wilderness journey of life, the medicine that cuts off worldly existence, deliverance from sorrow and grief: the two syllables "Hari".
12.46.128
नारायणपरं ब्रह्म नारायणपरं तपः ।
नारायणपरं सत्यं नारायणपरं परम् ॥ १२.४६.१२८ ॥
Nārāyaṇa is the supreme Brahman; Nārāyaṇa is the supreme austerity; Nārāyaṇa is the supreme truth; Nārāyaṇa is the supreme.
12.46.129
यथा विष्णुमयं सत्यं यथा विष्णुमयं हविः ।
तथा विष्णुमयं सर्वं पाप्मा ने नश्यतां तथा ॥ १२.४६.१२९ ॥
As truth is pervaded by Viṣṇu, and as the oblation is pervaded by Viṣṇu, so all things are pervaded by Viṣṇu; so let my sin perish.
12.46.130
तस्य यज्ञवराहस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः ।
प्रणामं येऽपि कुर्वन्ति तेषामपि नमोनमः ॥ १२.४६.१३० ॥
To those too who make obeisance to that Yajña-Varāha, Viṣṇu of boundless splendour, homage, homage.
12.46.131
त्वां प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय गतिमिष्टां जिगीषवे ।
यच्छ्रेयः पुण्डरीकाक्ष तद्ध्यायस्व सुरोत्तम ॥ १२.४६.१३१ ॥
Grant the desired goal to your devotee who has taken refuge in you and to the one who seeks victory; meditate on what is good, O lotus-eyed one, best of the gods.
12.46.132
इति विद्यातपोयोनिरयोनिर्विष्णुरीडितः ।
वाग्यज्ञेनार्चितो देवः प्रीयतां मे जनार्दनः ॥ १२.४६.१३२ ॥
Thus may the god Janārdana, the source of knowledge and austerity, the unborn Viṣṇu, praised and worshipped with the sacrifice of speech, be pleased with me.
12.46.133
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं भीष्मस्तद्रतमानसः ।
नम इत्येव कृष्णाय प्रणाममकरोत्तदा ॥ १२.४६.१३३ ॥
Having spoken so much, with his mind fixed on him, Bhīṣma then bowed to Kṛṣṇa, saying only, 'Namaḥ.'
12.46.134
तस्मिन्नुपरते वाक्ये ततस्ते ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
भीष्मं वाग्भिर्वाष्पगलास्तमानर्चुर्महाद्युतिम् ॥ १२.४६.१३४ ॥
When those words had ended, the Brahma-speakers, their throats choked with tears, honoured the greatly radiant Bhīṣma with words.
12.46.135
तेऽस्तुवन्तश्च विप्रेन्द्राः केशवं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
भीष्मं च शनकैः सर्वे प्रशशंसुः पुनः पुनः ॥ १२.४६.१३५ ॥
Those foremost brahmins, praising Keśava, the best of persons, and also Bhīṣma, slowly extolled them again and again.
12.46.136
अधिगम्य तु योगेन भक्तिं भीष्मस्य माधवः ।
त्रैलोक्यदर्शनं ज्ञानं दिव्यं दत्त्वा ययौ हरिः ॥ १२.४६.१३६ ॥
Having perceived Bhīṣma's devotion through yoga, Mādhava Hari gave him divine knowledge of the vision of the three worlds, and departed.
12.46.137
विदित्वा भक्तियोगं तं भीष्मस्य पुरुषोत्तमः ।
सहसोत्थाय तं हृष्टो यानमेवान्वपद्यत ॥ १२.४६.१३७ ॥
Knowing Bhīṣma's yoga of devotion, the supreme person, delighted, suddenly rose and mounted that very chariot.
12.46.138
केशवः सात्यकिश्चैव रथेनकेन जग्मतुः ।
अपरेण महात्मानौ युधिष्ठिरधनञ्जयौ ॥ १२.४६.१३८ ॥
Keśava and Sātyaki went in one chariot; the two great-souled ones, Yudhiṣṭhira and Dhanañjaya, went in another.
12.46.139
भीमसेनो यमौ चोभौ रथमेकं समास्थिताः ।
कृपो युयुत्सुः सूतश्च सञ्जयश्चापरं रथम् ॥ १२.४६.१३९ ॥
Bhīmasena and the twins mounted one chariot; Kṛpa, Yuyutsu, the charioteer and Sañjaya mounted another.
12.46.140
ते रथैर्नगराकारैः प्रयाताः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
नेमिघोषेण महता कम्पयन्ते वसुंधराम् ॥ १२.४६.१४० ॥
Those bulls among men set out in chariots like cities, and with the great roar of their wheel-rims they made the earth tremble.
12.46.141
ततो गिरः पुरुषवरस्तवेरितां ।
द्विजेरिताः पथिषु मनाक् स शुश्रुवे।
कृताञ्जलिं प्रणतमथापरं जनं ।
स केशिहा मुदितमनास्थनन्दत ॥ १२.४६.१४१ ॥
Then that best of men caught faintly the words of praise for you uttered by the brahmins on the roads; seeing another person with folded hands and bowed in reverence, the slayer of Keśin, glad at heart, rejoiced.
12.46.142
इति स्मरन्पठति च शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ।
शृणोतु वा यदुकुलनन्दनस्तवम्।
स चक्रभृत्प्रतिहतसर्वाकिल्विषो ।
जनार्दनं प्रविशति देहसंक्षये ॥ १२.४६.१४२ ॥
Remembering thus, one who recites the praise of the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, or hears the praise of the delight of the Yadu line, that wheel-bearer, all whose transgressions are destroyed, enters Janārdana when the body is spent.
12.46.143
यं योगिनः प्राणवियोगकाले ।
यत्नेन चित्ते विनिवेशयन्ति।
स तं पुरस्ताद्धरिमीक्षमाणः ।
प्राणाञ्जहौ प्राप्तफलो हि भीष्मः ॥ १२.४६.१४३ ॥
Gazing before him at Hari, whom yogis with effort fix in the mind at the time of the parting of breath, Bhīṣma gave up his breaths, having already attained the fruit.
12.46.144
स्ववराजः समाप्तोऽयं विष्णोरद्भुतकर्मणः ।
गाङ्गेयेन पुरा गीतो महापातकनाशनः ॥ १२.४६.१४४ ॥
This king of hymns to Viṣṇu, whose deeds are wondrous, is complete; it was sung long ago by the son of Gaṅgā, and it destroys great sins.
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इमं नरः स्तवराजं मुमुक्षुः ।
पठञ्शुचिः कलुषितकल्मषापहम्।
अतीत्य लोकान्मलिनः समामता ।
न्पदं स गच्छत्यमृतं महात्मनः ॥ १२.४६.१४५ ॥
A person who desires liberation and recites this king of hymns in purity, removing stained impurities, passes beyond the worlds, free from defilement, and attains the immortal abode of the great soul.