Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.39
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13.39.1
अधःस्रोतसि सर्गे च तिर्यक्स्रोतसि चैव हि ।
एताभ्यामीश्वरं विन्द्यादूर्ध्वस्रोतस्तथैव च ॥ १३.३९.१ ॥
In the downward stream, in creation, and in the sideways stream too; by these two one should know the Lord, and likewise by the upward stream.
13.39.2
कर्मेन्द्रियाणां पञ्चानामीश्वरो बुद्धिगोचरः ।
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणामपि तु ईश्वरो मन उच्यते ॥ १३.३९.२ ॥
The lord of the five organs of action is the object of the intellect; but the lord of the organs of perception is called the mind.
13.39.3
मनसः पञ्चभूतानि सगुणान्याहुरीश्वरम् ।
भूतानामीश्वरं विद्याद्ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् ॥ १३.३९.३ ॥
From the mind, the five great elements together with their qualities are said to be the lord; the lord of beings one should know as Brahmā, the supreme-seated one.
13.39.4
भवान्हि कुशलश्चैव धर्मेष्वेषु परेषु वै ।
कालाग्निरह्नः कल्पान्ते जगद्दहति चांशुभिः ॥ १३.३९.४ ॥
Indeed you are skilled in these supreme duties; at the end of the cosmic age, by day, the fire of time burns the world with its rays.
13.39.5
ततः सर्वाणि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ।
महाभूतानि दग्धानि स्वां योनिं गमितानि वै ॥ १३.३९.५ ॥
Then all beings, the immobile and the mobile, and the great elements, burned, have gone to their own source.
13.39.6
कूर्मपृष्ठनिभा भूमिर्निर्दग्धकुशकण्टका ।
निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा चैव दग्धा कालाग्निना तदा ॥ १३.३९.६ ॥
The earth, like the back of a tortoise, its kuśa grass and thorns burned away, treeless and grassless, was then burned by the fire of time.
13.39.7
जगत्प्रलीनं जगति जगच्चापि प्रलीयते ।
नष्टिगन्धा तदा सूक्ष्मा जलमेवाभवत्तदा ॥ १३.३९.७ ॥
The world dissolves, and within the world the world itself dissolves. Then, its smell destroyed, only subtle water remains.
13.39.8
ततो मयूखजालेन सूर्यस्त्वापीयते जलम् ।
रसात्मा लीयते चार्के तथा ब्राह्मणसत्तम ॥ १३.३९.८ ॥
Then the sun draws up even the water with his network of rays; O best of brahmins, water whose nature is flavour is dissolved into the sun.
13.39.9
अन्तरिक्षगतान्भूतान्प्रदहत्यनलस्तदा ।
अग्निभूतं तदा व्योम भवतीत्यभिचक्षते ॥ १३.३९.९ ॥
Then fire burns up the beings that dwell in the sky; then the sky becomes fire, so they declare.
13.39.10
तं तथा विस्फुरद्वह्निं वायुर्जरयते महान् ।
महता बलवेगेन आदत्ते तं हि भानुमान् ॥ १३.३९.१० ॥
That blazing fire the great wind wears away; with great force and speed the sun indeed takes it up.
13.39.11
वायोरपि गुणं स्पर्शमाकाशं ग्रसते यदा ।
प्रशाम्यति तदा वायुः खं तु तिष्ठति नानदत् ॥ १३.३९.११ ॥
When the ether swallows even the wind's quality of touch, the wind is calmed; and the ether remains, without sound.
13.39.12
तस्य तं निनदं शब्दमादत्ते वै मनस्तदा ।
स शब्दगुणहीनात्मा तिष्ठते मूर्तिमांस्तु वै ॥ १३.३९.१२ ॥
Then the mind takes up its reverberating sound; that essence, devoid of the quality of sound, remains embodied.
13.39.13
भुङ्क्ते च स तदा व्योम मनस्तात दिगात्मकम् ।
व्योमात्मनि विनष्टे तु सङ्कल्पात्मा विवर्धते ॥ १३.३९.१३ ॥
Then he consumes the sky, dear mind, whose nature is the directions. When the self made of space is destroyed, the self made of volition grows.
13.39.14
सङ्कल्पात्मानमादत्ते चित्तं वै स्वेन तेजसा ।
चित्तं ग्रसत्यहङ्कारस्तदा वै मुनिसत्तम ॥ १३.३९.१४ ॥
Mind, by its own radiance, seizes the self made of volition. Then, best of sages, egoity swallows the mind.
13.39.15
विनष्टे च तदा चित्ते अहङ्कारोऽभवन्महान् ।
अहङ्कारं तदादत्ते महान्ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः ॥ १३.३९.१५ ॥
When consciousness was destroyed, then great egoity arose. Then the great lord of creatures, Brahmā, seizes egoity.
13.39.16
अभिमाने विनष्टे तु महान्ब्रह्मा विराजते ।
तं तदा त्रिषु लोकेषु मूर्तिष्वेवाग्रमूर्तिजम् ॥ १३.३९.१६ ॥
When self-pride is destroyed, the great Brahmā shines forth. Then in the three worlds, among forms, he is seen as born of the first form.
13.39.17
येन विश्वमिदं कृत्स्नं निर्मितं वै गुणार्थिना ।
मूर्तं जलेचरमपि व्यवसायगुणात्मकम्।
ग्रसिष्णुर्भगवान्ब्रह्मा व्यक्ताव्यक्तमसंशयम् ॥ १३.३९.१७ ॥
He by whom this entire universe was created, desiring qualities, including embodied beings and those that move in water, whose nature is effort and qualities, the blessed Brahmā is about to swallow the manifest and the unmanifest, without doubt.
13.39.18
एषोऽव्ययस्य प्रलयो मया ते परिकीर्तितः ।
अध्यात्ममधिभूतं च अधिदैवं च श्रूयताम् ॥ १३.३९.१८ ॥
This dissolution of the Imperishable has been declared to you by me. Now hear also the inner self, the elements, and the divine.
13.39.19
आकाशं प्रथमं भूतं श्रोत्रमध्यात्मं शब्दोधिभूतं दिशोधिदैवतं ॥ १३.३९.१९ ॥
Ether is the first element; hearing is the inner (adhyātma); sound is the outer (adhibhūta); the directions are the presiding deities (adhidaivata).
13.39.20
वायुर्द्वितीयं भूतं त्वगध्यात्मं स्पर्शोधिभूतं विद्युदधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२० ॥
Air is the second element; the skin is the inner (adhyātma); touch is the outer (adhibhūta); lightning is the presiding deity (adhidaivata).
13.39.21
ज्योतिस्तृतीयं भूतं चक्षुरध्यात्मं रूपमधिभूतं सूर्योधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२१ ॥
Light is the third element; the eye is the inner (adhyātma); form is the outer (adhibhūta); the sun is the presiding deity (adhidaivata).
13.39.22
आपश्चतुर्थं भूतं जिह्वाध्यात्मं रसोधिभूतं वरुणोधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२२ ॥
Water is the fourth element; the tongue is the inner (adhyātma); taste is the outer (adhibhūta); Varuṇa is the presiding deity (adhidaivata).
13.39.23
पृथिवी पञ्चमं भूतं ध्राणमध्यात्मं गन्धोधिभूतं वायुरधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२३ ॥
Earth is the fifth element; the nose is the inner (adhyātma); smell is the outer (adhibhūta); the wind is the presiding deity (adhidaivata).
13.39.24
पाञ्चभौतिकमेतच्चतुष्टयं वर्णितम्। अत ऊर्ध्वमिन्द्रियमनुवर्णयिष्यामः ॥ १३.३९.२४ ॥
This fourfold set, made of the five elements, has been described. Hence, beyond this, we shall describe in turn the sense-faculties.
13.39.25
पादावध्यात्मं गन्तव्यमधिभूतं विष्णुरधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२५ ॥
The feet are the inner (bodily) aspect, walking is their task, the elemental aspect is the ground trodden, and Viṣṇu is the presiding deity.
13.39.26
हस्तावध्यात्मं कर्तव्यमधिभूतमिन्द्रोऽधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२६ ॥
The hands are the inner (bodily) aspect, acting is their duty, the elemental aspect is the object grasped, and Indra is the presiding deity.
13.39.27
पायुरध्यात्मं विसर्गोऽधिभूतं मित्रोऽधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२७ ॥
The organ of excretion is the inner (bodily) aspect, excretion is the elemental aspect, and Mitra is the presiding deity.
13.39.28
उपस्थोऽध्यात्ममानन्दोऽधिभूतं प्रजापतिरवधिदैवतं स्यात्। ॥ १३.३९.२८ ॥
The genital organ is the inner (bodily) aspect, delight is the elemental aspect, and Prajāpati is the presiding deity.
13.39.29
वागध्यात्मं वक्तव्यमधिभूतमग्निरधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.२९ ॥
Speech is the inner (bodily) aspect, speaking is its task, the elemental aspect is the thing spoken of, and Agni is the presiding deity.
13.39.30
मनोऽध्यात्मं मन्तव्यमधिभूतं चन्द्रमा अधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.३० ॥
The mind is the inner (bodily) aspect, thinking is its task, the elemental aspect is the thing thought of, and the Moon is the presiding deity.
13.39.31
अहङ्कारोऽध्यात्ममभिमानोऽधिभूतं विरिञ्चोऽधिदैवतं स्यात्। ॥ १३.३९.३१ ॥
Self-conception is the inner level, pride is the level of beings, and Virinca is the presiding deity.
13.39.32
बुद्धिरध्यात्मं व्यवसायोऽधिभूतं ब्रह्माधिदैवतं स्यात् ॥ १३.३९.३२ ॥
Intellect is the inner level, determination is the level of beings, and Brahmā is the presiding deity.
13.39.33
एवमव्यक्तो भगवान्सकृत्कृत्स्नान्कुरुते सम्हरते च। कस्मात्क्रीडार्थम् ॥ १३.३९.३३ ॥
Thus the unmanifest Lord creates all the worlds at once and withdraws them. Why? For the sake of play.
13.39.34
यथाऽऽदित्योंऽशुजालं क्षिपति सम्हरते च एवमव्यक्तो गुणान्सृजति सम्हरते च ॥ १३.३९.३४ ॥
As the sun casts forth and draws back its net of rays, so the unmanifest creates and withdraws the qualities.
13.39.35
यथाऽर्णवादूर्मिमालानिच यश्चोर्ध्वमुत्तिष्ठते सम्हरते च ।
यथा चान्तरिक्षादभ्रमाकाशमुत्तिष्ठति स्तनितगर्जितोन्मिश्रं तद्वत्तत्रैव प्राणशत्।
एवमव्यक्तो गुणान्सृजति सम्हरति च ॥ १३.३९.३५ ॥
As garlands of waves rise from the ocean and subside, and as a cloud rises from the sky mixed with thunder and roaring, so there life-breath stirs. Thus the unmanifest creates and withdraws the qualities.
13.39.36
यथा कूर्मोऽङ्गानि कामात्प्रसारयते पुनश्च प्रवेशयति एवमव्यक्तो भगवान्लोकान्प्रकाशयति प्रवेशयते च ॥ १३.३९.३६ ॥
As a tortoise at will stretches out its limbs and then draws them back in, so the unmanifest Lord brings the worlds to light and causes them to dissolve again.
13.39.37
एवं चेतनश्च भगवान्पञ्चविंशः शुचिस्तेनाधिष्ठिता प्रकृतिश्चेतयति नित्यं सहधर्मा च। भगवतोऽव्यक्तस्य क्रियावतोक्रियावतश्च प्रकृतिः क्रियावानजरामरः क्षेत्रज्ञो नारायणाख्यः पुरुषः ॥ १३.३९.३७ ॥
Thus the conscious Lord is the twenty-fifth principle, pure. Nature, governed by him, ever awakens consciousness and shares his very nature. The nature of the unmanifest Lord is both active and inactive; the active nature is the ageless, undying knower of the field, the Person named Nārāyaṇa.
13.39.38
इत्येतन्नारदायोक्तं कुमारेण च धीमता ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा द्विजो राजन्सर्वयज्ञफलं लभेत् ॥ १३.३९.३८ ॥
Thus this was spoken to Nārada by the wise Kumāra. O king, having heard this, a twice-born man would obtain the fruit of all sacrifices.