Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.50
हिन्दी · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · বাংলা · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · اردو · English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Русский · 中文 · 日本語 · العربية · Bahasa Indonesia · ไทย
12.50.1
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं भीष्मो वासुदेवस्य धीमतः ।
किंचिदुन्नाम्य वदनं प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.५०.१ ॥
Having heard the words of the wise Vāsudeva, Bhīṣma raised his face a little, and with palms joined he spoke these words.
12.50.2
नमस्ते भगवन्कृष्ण लोकानां प्रभवाप्यय ।
त्वं हि कर्ता हृषीकेश संहर्ता चापराजितः ॥ १२.५०.२ ॥
Homage to you, blessed Kṛṣṇa. You are the origin and the dissolution of the worlds; you indeed are the creator, O Hṛṣīkeśa, and the destroyer, the unconquered.
12.50.3
विश्वकर्मन्नमस्तेऽस्तु विश्वात्मन्विश्वसंभव ।
अपवर्गस्थ भूतानां पञ्चानां परतः स्थित ॥ १२.५०.३ ॥
Homage to you, maker of the universe. O soul of the universe, source of the universe, you abide in liberation and stand beyond the five elements.
12.50.4
नमस्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु नमस्ते परतस्त्रिषु ।
योगेश्वर नमस्तेऽस्तु त्वं हि सर्वपरायणः ॥ १२.५०.४ ॥
Homage to you in the three worlds; homage to you beyond the three. Homage to you, lord of yoga; you indeed are the supreme refuge of all.
12.50.5
मत्संश्रितं यदात्थ त्वं वचः पुरुषसत्तम ।
तेन पश्यामि ते दिव्यान्भावांस्त्रिषु च वर्त्मसु ॥ १२.५०.५ ॥
O best of men, by the words you have spoken resting on me, I see your divine states across the three paths.
12.50.6
तच्च पश्यामि तत्वेन यत्ते रूपं सनातनम् ।
सप्त मार्गा निरुद्धास्ते वायोरमिततेजसः ॥ १२.५०.६ ॥
And truly I see that eternal form of yours, in which the seven paths of the wind of boundless splendour are held back by you.
12.50.7
दिवं ते शिरसा व्याप्तं पभ्द्यां देवी वसुंधरा ।
दिशो भुजा रविश्चक्षुर्वीर्ये शुक्रः प्रतिष्ठितः ॥ १२.५०.७ ॥
Your head pervades heaven, and the goddess Earth is pervaded by your feet. The quarters are your arms, the sun is your eye, and Śukra is established in your power.
12.50.8
अतसीपुष्पसंकाशं पीतवाससमच्युतम् ।
वपुर्ह्यनुमिमीमस्ते मेघस्येव सविद्युतः ॥ १२.५०.८ ॥
Your form, Acyuta, resembling a flax flower and clad in yellow garments, we perceive like a cloud with lightning.
12.50.9
त्वां प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय गतिमिष्टां जिगीषवे ।
यच्छ्रेयः पुण्डरीकाक्ष तद्ध्यायस्व सुरोत्तम ॥ १२.५०.९ ॥
To you, who have taken refuge, the devoted one who desires victory, you are the desired goal. Lotus-eyed one, best of gods, meditate on what is best.
12.50.10
यतः खलु परा भक्तिर्मयि ते पुरुषर्षभ ।
ततो मया वपुर्दिव्यं तव राजन्प्रदर्शितम् ॥ १२.५०.१० ॥
Because your supreme devotion is toward me, bull among men, therefore I have revealed to you my divine form, O king.
12.50.11
न ह्यभक्ताय राजेन्द्र भक्तायानृजवे न च ।
दर्शयाम्यहमात्मानं न चादान्ताय भारत ॥ १२.५०.११ ॥
I do not reveal myself, O king of kings, to one without devotion, nor to a devotee who is not upright, nor, Bhārata, to one who is not self-controlled.
12.50.12
भवांस्तु मम भक्तश्च नित्यं चार्जवमास्थितः ।
दमे तपसि सत्ये च दाने च निरतः शुचिः ॥ १२.५०.१२ ॥
But you are my devotee, always abiding in uprightness, devoted to self-restraint, austerity, truth and giving, pure.
12.50.13
अर्हस्त्वं भीष्म मां द्रष्टुं तपसा स्वेन पार्थिव ।
तव ह्युपस्थिता लोका येभ्यो नावर्तते पुनः ॥ १२.५०.१३ ॥
O king Bhīṣma, by your own austerity you are worthy to see me. Those worlds stand ready for you, from which one does not return again.
12.50.14
पञ्चाशतं षट् च कुरुप्रवीर ।
शेषं दिनानां तव जीवितस्य।
ततः शुभैः कर्मफलोदयैस्त्वं ।
समेष्यसे भीष्म विमुच्य देहम् ॥ १२.५०.१४ ॥
O hero of the Kurus, the remaining days of your life are fifty-six. Then, O Bhīṣma, by the rising of auspicious fruits of deeds, having released the body, you will attain (those worlds).
12.50.15
एते हि देवा वसवो विमाना ।
न्यास्थाय सर्वे ज्वलिताग्निकल्पाः।
अन्तर्हितास्त्वां प्रतिपालयन्ति ।
काष्ठां प्रपद्यन्तमुदक्पतङ्गाम् ॥ १२.५०.१५ ॥
These gods, the Vasus, mounted on their aerial chariots, like blazing fires, invisibly await you as you go along the path of the sun, toward the northern direction.
12.50.16
व्यावृत्तमात्रे भगवत्युदीचीं ।
सूर्ये जगत्कालवशं प्रपन्ने।
गन्तासि लोकान्पुरुषप्रवीर ।
नावर्तते यानुपलभ्य विद्वान् ॥ १२.५०.१६ ॥
O best of men, when the holy sun has just turned northward and the world has passed under the sway of time, you will go to those worlds, having reached which the wise man does not return.
12.50.17
अमुं च लोकं त्वयि भीष्म याते ।
ज्ञानानि सर्वाणि पराभविष्यन्।
अतस्तु सर्वे तव सन्निकर्षं ।
समागता धर्मविवेचनाय ॥ १२.५०.१७ ॥
O Bhīṣma, when you have departed to that world, all knowledges will be lost. Therefore all these have gathered near you for the discernment of dharma.
12.50.18
तज्ज्ञातिशोकोपहतश्रुताय ।
सत्याभिसन्धाय युधिष्ठिराय।
प्रब्रूषि धर्मार्थसमाधियुक्तं ।
सत्यं वचोऽस्यापनुदेच्छुचं यत् ॥ १२.५०.१८ ॥
Therefore, speak to Yudhiṣṭhira, whose hearing is struck by grief for his kinsmen and whose resolve is true, a true word joined with the right settling of dharma and profit, which may drive away his grief.