Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.150
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13.150.1
शुश्रूषानिरतो नित्यमरिष्टान्युपलक्षयेत् ।
त्रैवार्षिकं द्विवार्षिकं वा वार्षिकं वा समुत्थितम् ॥ १३.१५०.१ ॥
One who is always intent on service should recognize the omens that have arisen, which signal death in three years, two years, or one year.
13.150.2
षाण्मासिकं मासिकं वा साप्तरात्रिकमेव वा ।
सर्वांस्तदर्थान्वा विद्यात्तेषां चिह्नानि लभयेत् ॥ १३.१५०.२ ॥
One should know the meanings of all of these, whether death comes in six months, one month, or seven nights, and should obtain the signs of them.
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पुरुषं हिरण्मयं यस्तु तिष्ठन्तं दक्षिणामुखम् ।
लक्षयेदुत्तरेणैव मृत्युस्त्रैवार्षिको भवेत् ॥ १३.१५०.३ ॥
One who sees a golden person standing facing south, perceiving him from the north, will have death within three years.
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शुद्धमण्डलमादित्यमरश्मिं सम्प्रपश्यतः ।
संवत्सरद्वयेनैव तस्य मत्युं समादिशेत् ॥ १३.१५०.४ ॥
For one who clearly sees the sun with a pure disc and without rays, death should be declared within two years.
13.150.5
ज्योत्स्नायामात्मनश्छायां सच्छिद्रां यः प्रपश्यति ।
मृत्युं संवत्सरेणैव जानीयात्सुविचक्षणः ॥ १३.१५०.५ ॥
A wise man should know that one who sees his own shadow with a hole in it in moonlight will die within a year.
13.150.6
विशिरस्कां यदा छायां पश्येत्पुरुष आत्मनः ।
जानीयादात्मनो मृत्युं षाण्मासेनेह बुद्धिमान् ॥ १३.१५०.६ ॥
When a person sees his own shadow without a head, the wise man should know that his death will come within six months.
13.150.7
कर्णौ पिधाय हस्ताभ्यां शब्दं न शृणुते यदि ।
जानीयादात्मनो मृत्युं मासेनैव विचक्षणः ॥ १३.१५०.७ ॥
If, even with both ears covered by the hands, a man hears no sound, the wise one should know that his death will come within a month.
13.150.8
शवगन्धमुपाघ्राति अन्यद्वा सुरभिं नरः ।
देवतायतनस्थो वै सप्तरात्रेण मृत्युभाक् ॥ १३.१५०.८ ॥
If a man smells the stench of a corpse, or cannot smell any other fragrance, and this happens while he stands in a temple of the gods, he becomes subject to death within seven nights.
13.150.9
कर्णनासापनयनं दन्यदृष्टिविरागता ।
लुप्तसंज्ञं हि करणं सद्यो मृत्युं समादिशेत् ॥ १३.१५०.९ ॥
The loss of feeling in the ears and nose, the eyes turning away in indifference, and the senses losing consciousness — these should be taken as signs of immediate death.
13.150.10
एवमेषामरिष्टानां पश्येदन्यतमं यदि ।
न तं कालं परीक्षेत यथाऽरिष्टं प्रकल्पितम् ॥ १३.१५०.१० ॥
Thus, if one sees any one of these omens of death, one should not try to test the time; the omen should be accepted as it has been established.
13.150.11
अभ्यासेन तु कालस्य गच्छेत पुलिनं शुचि ।
तत्र प्राणान्प्रमुञ्चेत तमीशानमनुस्मरन् ॥ १३.१५०.११ ॥
By practice, when the time comes, one should go to a pure sandbank; there, constantly remembering Īśāna, one should give up the breaths of life.
13.150.12
ततोऽन्यदेहमासाद्य गान्धर्वं स्थानमाप्नुयात् ।
तत्रस्थो वसते विंशत्पद्मानि सुहहाद्युतिः ॥ १३.१५०.१२ ॥
Then, obtaining another body, he reaches the realm of the Gandharvas; dwelling there, endowed with the splendour of friends, he lives for twenty padma periods.
13.150.13
गन्धर्वैश्चित्रसेनाद्यैः सहितः सत्कृतस्तथा ।
नीलवैडूर्यवर्णेन विमानेनावभासयन् ॥ १३.१५०.१३ ॥
Accompanied by the Gandharvas, led by Citrasena, and likewise honored, lighting up the sky with a celestial car the colour of blue lapis lazuli.
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नभस्थलमदीनात्मा सार्धमप्सरसां गणैः ।
छन्दकामानुसारी च तत्रतत्र महीयते ॥ १३.१५०.१४ ॥
Moving through the expanse of the sky with an undaunted spirit, together with companies of Apsarases, following his own will, he is honored here and there.
13.150.15
मोदतेऽमरतुल्यात्मा सदाऽमरगणैः सह ।
पतितश्च क्षये काले क्षणेन विमलद्युतिः ॥ १३.१५०.१५ ॥
Of a spirit like the immortals, he always rejoices with the companies of immortals; but when time comes and his merit is exhausted, in an instant he falls, bright and spotless as he was.
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वैश्यस्य बहुवित्तस्य कुलेऽग्र्ये बहुगोधने ।
अवाप्य तत्र वै जन्म स पूतो देवकर्मणा ॥ १३.१५०.१६ ॥
Having obtained birth there in the eminent family of a wealthy merchant, rich in cattle and wealth, he is purified by a deed of the gods.
13.150.17
छन्दसा जागतेनैव प्राप्तोपनयनं ततः ।
क्षौमवस्त्रोपकरणं द्विजत्वं समवाप्य तु ॥ १३.१५०.१७ ॥
Having received the initiation with the Jāgata metre itself, then equipped with silken garments and implements, having fully attained the status of the twice-born.
13.150.18
अधीयमानो वेदार्थान्गुरुशुश्रूषणे रतः ।
ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्तपस्वी जायते ततः ॥ १३.१५०.१८ ॥
Studying the meanings of the Vedas, devoted to service of the teacher, a celibate student who has conquered anger, he then becomes an ascetic.
13.150.19
अधीत्य दक्षिणां दत्त्वा गुरवे विधिपूर्वकम् ।
कृतदारः समुपैति गृहस्थव्रतमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.१५०.१९ ॥
Having studied the Vedas and given the teacher his fee as prescribed, having taken a wife, he enters the highest vow of the householder.
13.150.20
ददाति यजते चैव चज्ञैर्विपुलदक्षिणैः ।
अग्निहोत्रमुपासन्वै जुह्वच्चैव यथाविधिः ॥ १३.१५०.२० ॥
He gives gifts and sacrifices with sacrifices bearing abundant fees; attending to the fire-offering and making oblations according to rule.
13.150.21
धर्मं सञ्चिनुते नित्यं मृदुगामी जितेन्द्रियः ।
स कालपरिणामात्तु मृत्युना सम्प्रयुज्यते ॥ १३.१५०.२१ ॥
The gentle-walking man who has conquered his senses constantly accumulates dharma; yet in the course of time he is joined by death.
13.150.22
संस्कृतश्चाग्निहोत्रेण कृतपात्रोपधानवान् ।
संस्कृतो देहमुत्सृज्य मरुद्भिरुपपद्यते ॥ १३.१५०.२२ ॥
Consecrated with the agnihotra, with vessels and cushion prepared, and consecrated by rites, having given up the body, he is reborn among the Maruts.
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मरुद्भिः सहितश्चापि तुल्यतेजा महाद्युतिः ।
बालार्कसमवर्णेन विमानेन विराजता ॥ १३.१५०.२३ ॥
Accompanied by the Maruts, equal to them in brilliance and of great radiance, he shines in a celestial car the colour of the rising sun.
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सुखं चरति तत्रस्तो गन्थर्वाप्सरसां गणैः ।
विरजोम्बरसंवीतस्तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणः ॥ १३.१५०.२४ ॥
Dwelling there, he moves happily among hosts of gandharvas and apsarases, clad in stainless garments and adorned with ornaments of molten gold.
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छन्दकामानुसारी च द्विगुणं कालमावसेत् ।
सन्निवर्तेत कालेन स्थानादस्मात्परिच्युतः ॥ १३.१५०.२५ ॥
Whoever follows his own desire should dwell there twice as long; then, fallen from that place, he turns back in due time.
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अवितृप्तविहारार्थो दिव्यभोगान्विहाय तु ।
सञ्जायते नृपकुले गजाश्वरथसंकुले ॥ १३.१५०.२६ ॥
For the sake of unsatisfied enjoyment, having abandoned divine pleasures, he is born into a royal family crowded with elephants, horses and chariots.
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पार्थिवीं श्रियमापन्नः श्रीमान्धर्मपतिर्यथा ।
जन्मप्रभृति संस्कारं चौलोपनयनानि च ॥ १३.१५०.२७ ॥
Having obtained earthly splendor, glorious as the lord of dharma, from birth onward he receives the consecratory rites, the tonsure and the initiation.
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प्राप्य राजकुले तत्र यथावद्विधिपूर्वकम् ।
छ्दसा त्रैष्टुभेनेह द्विजत्वमुपनीयते ॥ १३.१५०.२८ ॥
Having reached the royal family there, duly and according to rule, here the state of the twice-born is conferred by the tristubh meter.
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अधीत्य वेदमखिलं धनुर्वेदं च मुख्यशः ।
समावृत्तस्ततः पित्रा यौवराज्येऽभिषिच्यते ॥ १३.१५०.२९ ॥
Having studied the entire Veda and chiefly the science of the bow, having returned home, he is then anointed crown prince by his father.
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कृतदारक्रियः श्रीमान्राज्यं सम्प्राप्य धर्मतः ।
प्रजाः पालयते सम्यक् षड्भागकृतसंविधिः ॥ १३.१५०.३० ॥
Having performed the marriage rites, the glorious one, having rightfully obtained the kingdom and having set up the one-sixth tax, protects his subjects well.
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यज्ञैर्बहुभिरीजानः सम्यगाप्तार्थदक्षिणैः ।
प्रशासति महीं श्रीमान्राज्यमिन्द्रसमुद्युतिः ॥ १३.१५०.३१ ॥
Sacrificing with many sacrifices, giving full and proper fees, that glorious one, equal in splendor to Indra, rules the earth and the kingdom.
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स्वधर्मनिरतो नित्यं पुत्रपौत्रसहायवान् ।
कालस्य वशमापन्नः प्राणांस्त्यजति संयुगे ॥ १३.१५०.३२ ॥
Ever devoted to his own duty, supported by sons and grandsons, he falls under the power of time and gives up his life in battle.
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देवराजस्य भवनमिन्द्रलोकमवाप्नुते ।
सम्पूज्यमानस्त्रिदिवैर्विचचार यथासुखम् ॥ १३.१५०.३३ ॥
He attains the abode of the king of the gods, the world of Indra, and there, honored by the dwellers of heaven, he roams at ease.
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राजर्षिभिः पुण्यकृद्भिर्यथा देवपतिस्तथा ।
तैः स्तूयते बन्दिभिस्तु नानावाद्यैः प्रबोध्यते ॥ १३.१५०.३४ ॥
As the lord of the gods is honored, so he is praised by royal sages who have done meritorious deeds; bards praise him, and he is awakened with various instruments.
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दिव्यजाम्बूनदमयं भ्राजमानं समन्ततः ।
वराप्सरोभिः सम्पूर्णं देवगन्धर्वसेवितम् ॥ १३.१५०.३५ ॥
Made of divine Jambū-river gold, shining on all sides, filled with excellent apsarases, attended by gods and gandharvas.
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यानमारुह्य विचरेद्यथा शक्रः शचीपतिः ।
स तत्र वसते षष्टिं पद्मानीह मुदान्वितः ॥ १३.१५०.३६ ॥
As Śakra, the lord of Śacī, mounts a vehicle and roams, so he, mounted on a vehicle, roams there; filled with joy, he dwells there for sixty padma-periods.
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सर्वाँल्लोकाननुचरन्महर्द्धिरवभासयन् ।
अथ पुण्यक्षयात्तस्मात्स्थाप्यते भुवि भारत।
जायते च द्विजकुले वेदवेदाङ्गपारगे ॥ १३.१५०.३७ ॥
Wandering through all the worlds, lighting them with great splendor. Then, O Bhārata, when his merit is spent, he is placed upon the earth and is born in a family of twice-born who are masters of the Vedas and their limbs.