Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.172
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
13.172.1
शरतल्पगतं भीष्मं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम् ।
उपगम्य महाप्राज्ञः पर्यपृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १३.१७२.१ ॥
Approaching Bhīṣma, the aged grandsire of the Kurus, who lay upon a bed of arrows, the very wise Yudhiṣṭhira asked him.
13.172.2
अङ्गानां रूपसौभाग्यं प्रियं चैव कथं भवेत् ।
धर्मार्थकामसंयुक्तः सुखभागी कथं भवेत् ॥ १३.१७२.२ ॥
How may the limbs attain beauty, good fortune and loveliness? And how, endowed with dharma, wealth and pleasure, may one become a sharer of happiness?
13.172.3
मार्गशीर्षस्य मासस्य चन्द्रे मूलेन संयुते ।
पादौ मूलेन राजेन्द्रि जङ्घायामथ रोहिणीम् ॥ १३.१७२.३ ॥
In the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, when the moon is joined with Mūla, the feet are (under) Mūla, O lord of kings; and then the shins are (under) Rohiṇī.
13.172.4
अश्विन्यां सक्थिनी चैव ऊरू चाषाढयोस्तथा ।
गुह्यं तु फाल्गुनी विद्यात्कृत्तिका कटिकास्तथा ॥ १३.१७२.४ ॥
From Aśvinī (come) the thighs, and from the two Āṣāḍhās the hips and the loins likewise; the private parts one should know from Phālgunī, and the waist from Kṛttikā.
13.172.5
नाभिं भाद्रपदे विद्याद्रेवत्यामक्षिमण्डलम् ।
पृष्ठमेव धनिष्ठासु अनुराधोत्तरास्तथा ॥ १३.१७२.५ ॥
The navel one should know from Bhādrapada, and the circle of the eye from Revatī; the back from the Dhaniṣṭhās, and likewise from Anurādhā and the Uttarās.
13.172.6
बाहुभ्यां तु विशाखासु हस्तौ हस्तेन निर्दिशेत् ।
पुनर्वस्वङ्गुली राजन्नाश्लेषासु नखास्तथा ॥ १३.१७२.६ ॥
From Viśākhā the arms, and from Hasta the hands one should indicate; O king, from Punarvasu the fingers, and from Āśleṣā the nails likewise.
13.172.7
ग्रीवां ज्येष्ठा च राजेन्द्र श्रवणेन तु कर्णयोः ।
मुखं पुष्येण दानेन दन्तोष्ठौ स्वातिरुच्यते ॥ १३.१७२.७ ॥
O lord of kings, Jyeṣṭhā governs the neck, and Śravaṇa both ears; Puṣya the face, and Dāna the teeth and lips; Svāti is declared.
13.172.8
हासं शतभिषां चैव मघां चैवाथ नासिकाम् ।
नेत्रे मृगशिरो विद्याल्ललाटे मित्रमेव तु ॥ १३.१७२.८ ॥
Śatabhiṣā governs laughter and Maghā the nose; Mṛgaśiras should be known for the two eyes, and Mitra (Anurādhā) for the forehead.
13.172.9
भरण्यां तु शिरो विद्यात्केशानार्द्रां नराधिप ।
समाप्ते तु घृतं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे ॥ १३.१७२.९ ॥
O lord of men, Bharaṇī should be known for the head and Ārdrā for the hair; and at the conclusion of the rite, ghee should be given to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas.
13.172.10
सुभगो दर्शनीयश्च ज्ञानभाग्यथ जानते ।
जायते परिपूर्णाङ्गः पौर्णमास्येव चन्द्रमाः ॥ १३.१७२.१० ॥
Fortunate and pleasing to behold, he becomes a sharer in knowledge, as the wise know; he is born with complete limbs, like the moon on the full-moon night.