Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.37
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13.37.1
सदृशं राजशार्दूल वृत्तस्य च कुलस्य च ॥ १३.३७.१ ॥
O tiger among kings, this is fitting for both your conduct and your lineage.
13.37.2
को राज्यं विपुलं गृह्य स्फीताकारं पुनर्महत् ।
निर्जितारातिसामन्तं देवराज्योपमं सुखम् ॥ १३.३७.२ ॥
Who, having taken a vast and swollen kingdom, its enemies and vassals conquered, could enjoy happiness like the realm of the gods?
13.37.3
राज्ये राज्यगुणा ये च तान्व्युदस्य नराधिप ।
दोषं पश्यति राजेन्द्र देहेऽस्मिन्पाञ्चभौतिके ॥ १३.३७.३ ॥
O lord of men, having cast off the royal virtues that belong to kingship, O lord of kings, one still sees a fault in this body made of the five elements.
13.37.4
अतिक्रान्तास्त्वया राजन्वृत्तेन प्रपितामहाः ।
धर्मो विग्रहवान्धीरो विदुरश्च महायशाः ॥ १३.३७.४ ॥
O king, your great-grandfathers have passed on by their conduct, and so have embodied Dharma, the steadfast Vidura, and the man of great fame.
13.37.5
सञ्जयश्च महातेजा ये चान्ये दिव्यदर्शनाः ।
प्रवृत्तज्ञानसम्पन्नास्तत्वज्ञानविदो नृप ॥ १३.३७.५ ॥
Sañjaya of great splendour, and the others who had divine sight, endowed with knowledge of what has come to pass, knowers of the knowledge of truth, O king.
13.37.6
तेऽतिक्रान्ता महाराज ब्रह्माद्याः ससुरासुराः ।
अनित्यं दुःखसंतप्तं जगदेतन्न संशयः ॥ १३.३७.६ ॥
O great king, they have all passed on, Brahmā and the rest, with gods and demons. This world is impermanent and tormented by suffering; of this there is no doubt.
13.37.7
एवमेतान्महाबाहो ब्रह्माद्यान्ससुरासुरान् ।
अनित्यान्सततं पश्य मनुष्यादिषु का कथा ॥ १३.३७.७ ॥
O mighty-armed one, thus see Brahmā and the others, with the gods and demons, always as impermanent; what need is there to speak of humans and the rest?
13.37.8
नित्यां तु प्रकृतीमाह याऽसौ प्रसवधर्मिणी ।
अरूपिणीमनिर्देश्यामकृतां पुरुषातिगाम् ॥ १३.३७.८ ॥
But he speaks of the eternal Prakṛti, which is productive by nature: formless, indescribable, uncreated, and beyond the person.
13.37.9
तामत्यन्तसुखां सौम्यां निर्वाणमिति संज्ञिताम् ।
आहुर्ब्रह्मर्षयो ह्याद्यां भुवि चैव महर्षयः ॥ १३.३७.९ ॥
They call it supremely blissful, gentle, and named Nirvāṇa; the sages of Brahman and the great sages on earth call it the primordial one.
13.37.10
तया पुरुषरूपिण्या धर्मप्रकृतिकोऽनघ ।
स यात्येव हि निर्वाणं यत्तत्प्रकृतिसंज्ञितम् ॥ १३.३७.१० ॥
O sinless one, through her, who has the form of a person, one whose nature is dharma goes indeed to that Nirvāṇa which is called Prakṛti.
13.37.11
स एष प्राकृतो धर्मो भ्राजत्यादियुगे नृप ।
विकारधर्माः शेषेषु युगेषु भरतर्षभ।
भ्राजन्तेऽभ्यधिकं वीर संसारपथगोचराः ॥ १३.३७.११ ॥
O king, that natural dharma shines in the first age; in the remaining ages there are dharmas of changing nature. O bull of the Bharatas, O hero, those that move along the path of saṃsāra shine all the more.
13.37.12
प्रकृतीनां च सर्वासामकृता प्रकृतिः स्मृता ।
एवं प्रकृतिधर्मा हि वरां प्रकृतिमाश्रिता ॥ १३.३७.१२ ॥
Among all natures, the uncreated nature is regarded as the foremost; thus those whose dharma is of nature resort to the supreme Prakṛti.
13.37.13
पश्यन्ति परमां लोके दृष्टादृष्टानुदर्शिनीम् ।
सत्वादियुगपर्यन्ते त्रेतायुगसमुद्भवे ॥ १३.३७.१३ ॥
In the world they see it as supreme, the one that follows the seen and the unseen, at the end of the ages beginning with sattva, arising in the Tretā age.
13.37.14
कामं कामयमानेषु ब्राह्मणेषु तिरोहितः ।
कुपथेषु तु धर्मेषु प्रादुर्भूतेषु कौरव।
जातो मन्दप्रचारो हि धर्मः कलियुगे नृप ॥ १३.३७.१४ ॥
Among brahmins who desire, it hides at will; when dharmas of wrong paths have arisen, O Kaurava, then dharma, O king, is born with feeble course in the Kali age.
13.37.15
नित्यस्तु पुरुषो ज्ञेयो विश्वरूपो निरञ्जनः ।
ब्रह्माद्या अपि देवाश्च यं सदा पर्युपासते ॥ १३.३७.१५ ॥
The eternal Person is to be known, of universal form and stainless; even the gods, beginning with Brahmā, always worship him.
13.37.16
तं च नारायणं विद्धि परं ब्रह्मेति शाश्वतम् ।
तत्कर्म कुरु कायेन ध्यायस्व मनसा च तम् ॥ १३.३७.१६ ॥
Know that Nārāyaṇa as the supreme Brahman, eternal; perform that action with the body, and meditate on him with the mind.
13.37.17
कीर्तयस्व च तन्नाम वाचा सर्वत्र भूपते ।
तत्पदं प्राप्नुहि प्राप्यं शाश्वतं चापुनर्भवम् ॥ १३.३७.१७ ॥
Proclaim his name everywhere with speech, O lord of the earth; attain that state, to be attained, eternal, and without rebirth.
13.37.18
इत्येतद्विष्णुमाश्रित्य संसारग्रहमोक्षणम् ।
कथितं ते महाबाहो किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ १३.३७.१८ ॥
Thus, relying on Viṣṇu, release from the grasp of saṃsāra has been told to you. O mighty-armed one, what more do you wish to hear?