Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.16
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13.16.1
द्वारकायां यथा प्राह पुराऽयं मुनिसत्तमः ।
वेदविप्रमयत्वं तु वासुदेवस्य तच्छृणु ॥ १३.१६.१ ॥
As this best of sages once declared in Dvārakā, listen to the nature of Vāsudeva, made of the Veda and of Brahmins.
13.16.2
यूपं विष्णुं वासुदेवं विजान-
न्सर्वान्विप्रान्बोधते तत्वदर्शि।
विष्णुं क्रान्तं वासुदेवं विजान-
न्विप्रो विप्रत्वं गच्छते तत्वदर्शी ॥ १३.१६.२ ॥
Knowing the sacrificial post to be Viṣṇu and Vāsudeva, the seer of truth awakens all Brahmins. Knowing the striding Viṣṇu to be Vāsudeva, the Brahmin who sees truth attains Brahminhood.
13.16.3
विष्णुर्यज्ञस्त्विज्यते चापि विष्णुः ।
कृष्णो विष्णुर्यश्च कृत्स्नः प्रभुश्च।
कृष्णो वेदाङ्गं वेदवादाश्च कृष्ण ।
एवं जानन्ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्म एति ॥ १३.१६.३ ॥
Viṣṇu is the sacrifice, and Viṣṇu is the one who is worshipped. Kṛṣṇa is Viṣṇu, and the all-pervading lord is Viṣṇu. Kṛṣṇa is a limb of the Veda, and the Vedic statements are Kṛṣṇa. Knowing thus, the Brahmin attains Brahman.
13.16.4
स्थानं सर्वं वैष्णवं यज्ञमार्गे ।
चातुर्होत्रं वैष्णवं तत्र कृष्णः।
सर्वैर्भावैरिज्यते सर्वकामैः ।
पुण्याँल्लोकान्ब्राह्मणाः प्राप्नुवन्ति ॥ १३.१६.४ ॥
Every place on the path of sacrifice belongs to Viṣṇu. There the fourfold priesthood also belongs to Viṣṇu, and there is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is worshipped with all states of being and with all desires. Brahmins obtain meritorious worlds.
13.16.5
सोमं सद्भावाद्ये च जातं पिबन्ति ।
दीप्तिं कर्म ये विदानाश्चरन्ति।
एकान्तमिष्टं चिन्तयन्तो दिविस्था-
स्ते वै स्थानं प्राप्नुवन्ति व्रतज्ञाः ॥ १३.१६.५ ॥
Those who drink soma prepared with true devotion, who act knowing the radiance of rites, and who meditate single-mindedly on the beloved, dwelling in heaven — these knowers of vows alone attain that abode.
13.16.6
ओमित्येतद्ध्यायमानो न गच्छे-
द्दुर्गं पन्थानं पापकर्मापि विप्रः।
सर्वं कृष्णं वासुदेवं हि विग्राः ।
कृत्वा ध्यानं दुर्गतिं न प्रयान्ति ॥ १३.१६.६ ॥
A brahmin who meditates on 'Om' does not go the difficult path, even if he is one of sinful deeds; having meditated on all as Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva, the sages do not fall into a bad destiny.
13.16.7
आज्यं यज्ञः स्रुक्स्रुवौ यज्ञदाता ।
इच्छा पत्नी पत्निशाला हवींषि।
इध्याः पुरोडाशं सर्वदा होतृकर्ता ।
कृत्स्नं विष्णुं संविजानंस्तमेति ॥ १३.१६.७ ॥
Clarified butter is the sacrifice; the ladles are the sacrificer; desire is the wife; the wife's hall is the oblations; the kindling sticks and the sacrificial cake are always the work of the hotṛ priest; he who fully knows the entire Viṣṇu goes to him.
13.16.8
योगेयोगे कर्मणां चाभिहारे ।
युक्ते वैताने कर्मणि ब्राह्मणस्य।
पुष्ट्यर्थेषु प्राप्नुयात्कर्मसिद्धिं ।
शान्त्यर्थेषु प्राप्नुयात्सर्वशान्तिम्ट ॥ १३.१६.८ ॥
At each yoking of rites and at the offering, in the properly arranged Vaitāna rite of the brahmin, let him attain success of the rite through rites for prosperity, and complete peace through rites for pacification.