Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.233
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13.233.1
बहवः पुरुषा ब्रह्मन्नुताहो एक एव तु ।
को ह्यत्र पुरुषः श्रेष्ठः को वा योनिरिहोच्यते ॥ १३.२३३.१ ॥
O brahmin, are there many puruṣas, or is there indeed only one? Who here is the best puruṣa, and what is called the source (yoni)?
13.233.2
बहवः पुरुषा लोके साङ्ग्ययोगविचारणे ।
नैतदिच्छन्ति पुरुषमेकं कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥ १३.२३३.२ ॥
In the inquiry of Sāṅkhya and Yoga, there are many puruṣas in the world; they do not accept this as one single puruṣa, O best of the Kuru line.
13.233.3
बहनां पुरुषाणां च यथैका योनिरुच्यते ।
तथा तं पुरुषं विश्वं व्याख्यास्यामि गुणाधिकम् ॥ १३.२३३.३ ॥
Just as one source (yoni) is spoken of for many puruṣas, so I will explain that all-pervading puruṣa, superior in qualities.
13.233.4
नमस्कृत्वा च गुरवे व्यासाय विदितात्मने ।
तपोयुक्ताय दान्ताय वन्द्याय परमपये ॥ १३.२३३.४ ॥
Having bowed to the teacher Vyāsa, who knows the self, is endowed with austerity, is self-controlled and worthy of reverence, I speak for the supreme purpose.
13.233.5
इदं पुरुषसूक्तं हि सर्ववेदेषु पार्थिव ।
ऋतं सत्यं च विख्यातमृपिसिंहेन चिन्तितम् ॥ १३.२३३.५ ॥
This Puruṣa Hymn, O king, is in all the Vedas; it was contemplated by the lion among sages and is renowned as ṛta and truth.
13.233.6
उत्सर्गेणापवादेन ऋषिभिः कपिलादिभिः ।
अध्यान्मचिन्तामाश्रित्य शास्त्राण्युक्तानि भारत ॥ १३.२३३.६ ॥
O Bhārata, the sages led by Kapila, by general rule and by exception, resorting to contemplation of the self, declared the treatises.
13.233.7
समासतेस्तु यद्व्यासः पुरुषैकत्वमुक्तवान् ।
तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि प्रसादादमितौजसः ॥ १३.२३३.७ ॥
Briefly, the oneness of the self that Vyāsa has spoken of — I will explain that to you by the grace of the one of boundless might.
13.233.8
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
ब्रह्मणा सह संवादं त्र्यम्बकस्य विशांपते ॥ १३.२३३.८ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient story: the dialogue of Brahmā with Tryambaka, O lord of the people.
13.233.9
क्षीरोदस्य समुद्रस्य मध्ये हाटकसप्रभः ।
वैजयन्त इति ख्यातः पर्वतप्रवरो नृप ॥ १३.२३३.९ ॥
In the midst of the Ocean of Milk stands the foremost of mountains, gleaming like gold, known as Vaijayanta, O king.
13.233.10
तत्राध्यात्मगतिं देव एकाकी प्रविचिन्तयन् ।
वैराजसदनान्नित्यं वैजयन्तं निपेवते ॥ १३.२३३.१० ॥
There the god, alone and deeply reflecting on the course of the inner self, daily resorts to Vaijayanta from the abode of Virāj.
13.233.11
अथ तत्राऽऽसतस्तस्य चतुर्वक्रस्य धीमतः ।
ललाटप्रभवः पुत्रः शिव आगाद्यदृच्छया।
आकाशेन महायोगी पुरा त्रिनयनः प्रभुः ॥ १३.२३३.११ ॥
Then, as the wise four-faced one sat there, Śiva — the son born from his forehead, the great yogin, the three-eyed lord — came by chance through the sky.
13.233.12
ततः खान्निपपाताशु धरणीधरमूर्धनि ।
अग्रतश्चाभवत्प्रीतो ववन्दे चापि पादयोः ॥ १३.२३३.१२ ॥
Then he quickly descended from the sky onto the summit of the mountain, stood before him well pleased, and bowed at his feet.
13.233.15
त्वत्प्रसादेन भगवन्स्वाध्यायतपसोर्मम ।
कृशलं चाव्ययं चैव सर्वस्य जगतस्त्वथ ॥ १३.२३३.१५ ॥
By your grace, O blessed one, my study and austerity, and the welfare of the whole world, remain well and undiminished.
13.233.16
चिरदृष्टोमि भगवन्वैराजसदने मया ।
ततोऽहं पर्वतं प्राप्तस्त्विमं त्वत्पादसेवितम् ॥ १३.२३३.१६ ॥
O blessed one, I had not seen you for a long time in the abode of Virāj; then I came to this mountain, which is served by your feet.
13.233.17
कौतूहलं चापि हि मे एकान्तगमनेन ते ।
नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति पितामह ॥ १३.२३३.१७ ॥
O grandfather, your going into solitude has also stirred my curiosity; the reason for it will surely not be small.
13.233.19
गन्धर्वैरेप्सरोभिश्च सततं संनिषेवितम् ।
उत्सृज्येमं गिरिवरमेकाकी प्राप्तवानसि ॥ १३.२३३.१९ ॥
Leaving this best of mountains, which is constantly frequented by gandharvas and apsarases, you have come here alone.
13.233.21
बहवः पुरुषा ब्रह्मंस्त्वया सृष्टाः स्वयंभुव ।
सृज्यन्ते चापरे ब्रह्मन्स चैकः पुरुषो विराट् ॥ १३.२३३.२१ ॥
O Brahmā, self-existent one, many beings have been created by you, and others are being created; and that one being is the sovereign Virāj.
13.233.22
को ह्यसौ चिन्त्यते ब्रह्मंस्त्वयैकः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि महत्कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ १३.२३३.२२ ॥
O Brahmā, who is that one supreme person you contemplate alone? Cut away this doubt of mine, for my curiosity is very great.
13.233.24
आधारं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि एकस्य पुरुषस्य ते ।
बहूनां पुरुषाणां स यथैका योनिरुच्यते ॥ १३.२३३.२४ ॥
I will tell you the support of that one person, just as the single source is said to be of many persons.
13.233.26
अथैनं बुद्धिसंयुक्तं पुनः स ददृशे हरिः ।
भूयश्चैव वचः प्राह सृजेमा विविधाः प्रजाः ॥ १३.२३३.२६ ॥
Then Hari saw him again, endowed with understanding, and once more spoke these words: 'Create these various creatures.'
13.233.27
बाढमित्येव कृत्वाऽसौ यथाऽऽज्ञां शिरसा हरेः ।
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधायत ॥ १३.२३३.२७ ॥
Saying 'So be it,' he bowed his head to Hari's command; having spoken thus, the blessed one vanished right there.
13.233.28
प्राप चैनं मुहूर्तेन स्वं स्थानं देवसंज्ञितम् ।
तां चैव प्रकृतिं प्राप्य एकीभावगतोऽभवत् ॥ १३.२३३.२८ ॥
In a moment he reached his own place, named divine, and having attained his primal nature, he became one with it.
13.233.31
बहवो बलिनः पृथ्व्यां दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः ।
भविष्यन्ति तपोयुक्ता वरानप्राप्स्यन्ति चोत्तमान् ॥ १३.२३३.३१ ॥
On the earth there will be many mighty Daityas, Dānavas and Rākṣasas, endowed with austerity, and they will obtain excellent boons.
13.233.33
तत्र न्याय्यमिदं कर्तुं भारावतरणं मया ।
अथ नानासमुद्भूतैर्वसुधायां यथाक्रमम् ॥ १३.२३३.३३ ॥
There it is right for me to do this: to lighten the burden of the earth; then, in due order, through those born in various ways upon the earth.
13.233.35
मया ह्येषा हि ध्रियते पातालस्थेन भोगिना ।
तस्मात्पृथ्व्याः परित्राणं करिष्ये संभवं गतः ॥ १३.२३३.३५ ॥
It is indeed by me that this earth is held up, by the serpent who dwells in the nether world. Therefore I shall take birth and rescue the earth.
13.233.37
वाराहं नारसिहं च वामनं मानुषं तथा ।
एभिर्मया निहन्तव्याः दुर्विनीताः सुरारयः ॥ १३.२३३.३७ ॥
By these forms — the boar, the man-lion, the dwarf, and likewise the human — the insolent enemies of the gods shall be slain by me.
13.233.38
अथ भूयो जगत्स्रष्टा भोःशब्देनानुनादयन् ।
सरस्वतीमुच्चचार तत्र सारस्वतोऽभवत् ॥ १३.२३३.३८ ॥
Then the creator of the world, causing the sound 'bhoḥ' to resound, uttered Sarasvatī aloud, and there Sārasvata came into being.
13.233.39
अपान्तरतमा नाम सुतो वाक्संभवः प्रभोः ।
भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञः सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः ॥ १३.२३३.३९ ॥
A son named Apāntaratamas, born from the lord's speech, knower of past, present and future, truthful, firm in his vows.
13.233.40
तमुवाच नतं मूर्ध्ना देवानामादिवरव्ययः ।
वेदाख्याने श्रुतिः कार्या त्वया मतिमतांवर ॥ १३.२३३.४० ॥
To him, bowed with head lowered, spoke the first, supreme and imperishable one among the gods: O best of the wise, in the narration of the Vedas you must follow śruti.
13.233.41
तस्मात्कुरु यथाज्ञप्तं ममैतद्वचनं मुने ।
तेन भिन्नास्तदा वेदा मनोः स्वायंभुवेन्तरे ॥ १३.२३३.४१ ॥
Therefore, O sage, do as I command, this word. By that, the Vedas were then divided in the manvantara of Svāyaṃbhuva Manu.
13.233.43
मन्वन्तरेषु पुत्र त्वमेवं लोकप्रवर्तकः ।
भविष्यस्यचलो ब्रह्मन्नप्रधृष्यश्च नित्यशः ॥ १३.२३३.४३ ॥
Son, in the manvantaras you will thus be the promoter of the worlds; O brahmin, you will always be unshaken and unassailable.
13.233.44
पुनस्तिष्ये च संप्राप्ते कुरवो नाम भारताः ।
भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो राजानः प्रथिता भुवि ॥ १३.२३३.४४ ॥
And when the Tiṣya age comes again, there will be the Bhāratas named Kurus, great-souled kings renowned on earth.
13.233.45
तेषां त्वत्तः प्रसूतानां कुलभेदो भविष्यति ।
परस्परविनाशार्थं त्वामृते द्विजसत्तम ॥ १३.२३३.४५ ॥
Among those born of you, O best of the twice-born, a division of the family will arise, for their mutual destruction, except you.
13.233.47
धर्माणां विविधानां च कर्ता ज्ञानकरस्तथा ।
भविष्यसि तपोयुक्तो न च रागाद्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥ १३.२३३.४७ ॥
You will be the author of many kinds of dharma and the maker of knowledge; endowed with asceticism, yet you will not be freed from passion.
13.233.48
वीतरागश्च पुत्रस्ते परमात्मा भविष्यति ।
महेश्वरप्रसादेन नैतद्वचनमन्यथा ॥ १३.२३३.४८ ॥
Your son will be the supreme self, free from passion; by the grace of Maheśvara this word is not otherwise.
13.233.49
यं मानसं वै प्रवदन्ति विप्राः ।
पितामहस्योत्तमबुद्धियुक्तम्।
वसिष्ठमग्र्यं च तपोनिधानं ।
यस्यातिसूर्यं व्यरिरिच्यते भाः ॥ १३.२३३.४९ ॥
Vasiṣṭha, whom the brahmins call the mind-born son of the Grandfather, endowed with supreme intellect, foremost, a treasure of asceticism, whose radiance surpasses even the sun.
13.233.50
तस्यान्वपे चापि ततो महर्षिः ।
पराशरो नाम महाप्रभावः।
पिता स ते वेदनिधिर्वरिष्ठो ।
महातपा वै तपसो निवासः ॥ १३.२३३.५० ॥
After him there arose the great sage Parāśara, of mighty power. He is your father: a treasury of the Vedas, the best of them, of great austerity, the abode of asceticism.
13.233.51
कानीनगर्भः पितृकन्यकायां ।
तस्मादृषेस्त्वं भविता च पुत्रः ॥ १३.२३३.५१ ॥
Born from a premarital union, in a daughter of your father, you will be a son of that sage.
13.233.54
अनादिनिधनं लोके चक्रहस्तं च मां मुने ।
अनुध्यानान्मम मुने नैतद्वचनमन्यथा।
भविष्यति महासत्व ख्यातिश्चाप्यतुला तव ॥ १३.२३३.५४ ॥
O sage, in the world I am without beginning or end, the discus-handed one. O sage, through my meditation this word will not be otherwise. O one of great strength, your fame too will be incomparable.
13.233.56
यत्किंचिद्विद्यते लोके सर्वं तन्मद्विचेष्टितम् ।
अन्यो ह्यन्यं चिन्तयति स्वच्छन्दं विदधाम्यहम् ॥ १३.२३३.५६ ॥
Whatever exists in the world, all of it is my doing. One person thinks about another; but I ordain at my own will.
13.233.57
एवं सारस्वतमृषिमपांतरतमं तथा ।
युक्त्वा वचनमीशानः साधयस्वेत्यथाब्रवीत् ॥ १३.२३३.५७ ॥
Thus the Lord Īśāna, having spoken these words to the Sārasvata sage Apāṃtaratamas, said: 'Accomplish this.'
13.233.58
सोहं तस्य प्रसादेन देवस्य हरिमेधसः ।
अपांतरतमो नाम्ना ततो जातोऽऽज्ञया हरेः ॥ १३.२३३.५८ ॥
I, by the grace of that god Harimedhas, by the command of Hari, was born from there by the name Apāṃtaratamas.
13.233.62
त्रिराप्लुत्य जलाभ्यासे दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणदक्षिणाम् ।
अभ्यर्च्य देवायतनं ततः प्रायाद्यथागतम् ॥ १३.२३३.६२ ॥
Having bathed three times in the water, and given the offering to a brahmin, and having worshipped in the temple of the god, he should then depart by the way he came.
13.233.63
एतद्विधानं सर्वेषां तीर्थंतीर्थमिति प्रिये ।
समीपतीर्थस्नानात्तु दूरतीर्थं सुपूजितम् ॥ १३.२३३.६३ ॥
O beloved, this rule applies to all holy fords, each and every one. By bathing at a nearby holy ford, a distant holy ford is also well honoured.
13.233.64
आदिप्रभृतिशुद्धस्य तीर्थस्नानं शुभं भवेत् ।
तपोर्थं पापनाशार्थं शौचार्थं तीर्थगाहनम् ॥ १३.२३३.६४ ॥
For one who is pure from the beginning, bathing at a holy ford is auspicious. Plunging into a holy ford is done for the sake of austerity, for the destruction of sin, and for purity.