Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.41
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13.41.1
सोऽहमामन्त्र्य पितरं तद्भावगतमानसः ।
स्वमेवालयमासाद्य तमेवार्थमचिन्तयम् ॥ १३.४१.१ ॥
Having taken leave of my father, my mind absorbed in that state, I reached my own dwelling and reflected on that very object.
13.41.2
तद्भावगतभावात्मा तद्भूतगतमानसः ।
गोविन्दं चिन्तयन्नासे शाश्वतं परमव्ययम् ॥ १३.४१.२ ॥
With my self absorbed in that state and my mind gone to that being, I sat meditating on Govinda, the eternal, supreme, imperishable one.
13.41.3
धृतं बभूव हृदयं नारायणदिदृक्षया ।
सोहं वेगं समास्थाय मनोमारुतवेगवान्।
रम्यां विशालां बदरीं गतो नारायणाश्रमम् ॥ १३.४१.३ ॥
My heart grew steady with desire to behold Nārāyaṇa. Assuming a speed swift as mind and wind, I went to the hermitage of Nārāyaṇa in pleasant, vast Badarī.
13.41.4
ततस्तत्र हरिं जगतः प्रभवं विभुम् ।
गोविन्दं पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रणतः शिरसा हरिम्।
ऋग्यजुस्सामभिश्चैनं तुष्टाव परया मुदा ॥ १३.४१.४ ॥
Then there, bowing my head to Hari, Govinda, the source of the world, the all-pervading lotus-eyed one, I praised him with the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāma hymns in supreme joy.
13.41.5
अथापश्यं सुविपुलमश्वत्थं देवसंश्रयम् ॥ १३.४१.५ ॥
Then I saw a very vast sacred fig tree, the refuge of the gods.
13.41.6
चतुर्द्विगुणपीनांसः शङ्कचक्रगदाधरः ।
प्रादुर्बभूव पुरुषः पीतवासाः सनातनः।
मध्याह्नार्कप्रतीकाशस्तेजसा भासयन्दिशः ॥ १३.४१.६ ॥
There appeared the eternal Person, broad-shouldered as eightfold, bearing conch, discus and mace, clad in yellow, like the midday sun, lighting up the directions with his radiance.
13.41.7
संस्तुतः संविदं कृत्वा व्रजेति श्रेयसे रतः ।
प्रागुदीचीं दिशं देवः प्रतस्थे पुरुषोत्तमः।
दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव भासयन्स्वेन तेजसा ॥ १३.४१.७ ॥
Praised and having made their agreement, bidding him 'go', the god Puruṣottama, intent upon the highest good, set out toward the north-east, lighting the directions and intermediate directions with his own radiance.
13.41.8
तमहं पुरुषं दिव्यं व्रजन्तममितौजसम् ।
अनुवव्राज वेगेन शनैर्गच्छन्तमव्ययम् ॥ १३.४१.८ ॥
That divine person of immeasurable power, going on, I followed swiftly; he moved slowly, the imperishable one.
13.41.9
योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्टिमष्टौ तथा शतम् ।
तथा शतसहस्रं च शतं द्विगुणमेव च ॥ १३.४१.९ ॥
Thousands of yojanas: sixty-eight thousand, likewise a hundred thousand, and a hundred doubled (such was the distance).
13.41.10
स गत्वा दीर्गमध्वानमपश्यमहमद्भुतम् ।
महान्तं पावकं दीप्तमर्चिष्मन्तमनिन्धनम् ॥ १३.४१.१० ॥
Having gone along that long road, I saw a wondrous, great fire, blazing, flaming, without fuel.
13.41.11
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं तस्माद्द्विगुणमायतम् ।
विवेश स महायोगी पावकं पावकद्युतिः ॥ १३.४१.११ ॥
A hundred yojanas in breadth and twice that in length (was that fire). That great yogin, blazing like fire, entered it.
13.41.12
तत्र शंभुस्तपस्तेपे महादेवः सहोमया ।
स तेन संविदं कृत्वा पावकं समतिक्रमत् ॥ १३.४१.१२ ॥
There Śambhu, the great god, was performing austerity together with Umā. Having made an agreement with him, he crossed beyond that fire.
13.41.13
श्रमाभिभूतेन मया कथञ्चिदनुगम्यते ॥ १३.४१.१३ ॥
Overcome by weariness, I was somehow following him.
13.41.14
गत्वा स दीर्घमध्वानं भास्करेणावभासितम् ।
अभास्करममर्यादं विवेश सुमहत्तमः ॥ १३.४१.१४ ॥
Having gone a long road lit by the sun, he entered the sunless, boundless, vast darkness.
13.41.15
अथ दृष्टिः प्रतिहता मम तत्र बभूव ह ।
यथास्वभावं भूतात्मा विवेश स महाद्युतिः ॥ १३.४१.१५ ॥
Then my sight was checked there, and that great-radiant soul of beings entered it according to its own nature.
13.41.16
ततोऽहमभवं मूढो जडान्धबधिरोपमः ।
दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव न विजज्ञे तमोवृतः ॥ १३.४१.१६ ॥
Then I became bewildered, like one dull, blind and deaf; enveloped in darkness, I did not even know the directions or the intermediate directions.
13.41.17
अविजानन्नहं किञ्चित्तस्मिंस्तमसि संवृते ।
ससंभ्रान्तेन मनसा व्यथां परमिकां गतः ॥ १३.४१.१७ ॥
Enveloped in that darkness, knowing nothing, with a bewildered mind I fell into supreme distress.
13.41.18
सोऽहं प्रपन्नः शरणं देवदेवं सनातनम् ।
प्राञ्चलिर्मनसा भूत्वा वाक्यमेतत्तदोक्तवान् ॥ १३.४१.१८ ॥
Then I took refuge in the eternal god of gods, and with folded hands in my heart I spoke these words.
13.41.19
भगवन्भूतभव्येश भवद्भूतकृदव्यय ।
शरणं सम्प्रपन्नं मां त्रातुमर्हस्यरिंदम ॥ १३.४१.१९ ॥
O blessed Lord, lord of what has been and what will be, imperishable creator of beings, you should protect me, who have come for refuge, O subduer of enemies.
13.41.20
अहं तु तत्त्वजिज्ञासुः कोसि कस्यासि कुत्र वा ।
सम्प्राप्तः पदवीं देव स मां संत्रातुमर्हसि ॥ १३.४१.२० ॥
I am eager to know the truth. Who are you, whose are you, and from where? O god, you who have reached this path should protect me.
13.41.21
आविर्भूतः पुराणात्मा मामेहीति सनातनः ।
ततोपरान्ततो देवो विश्वस्य गतिरात्मवान्।
मोहयामास मां तत्र दुर्विभाव्यवपुर्विभुः ॥ १३.४१.२१ ॥
The ancient self, the eternal one, appeared saying, "Come to me." Then the god, the goal of the universe, self-possessed, of incomprehensible form, all-pervading, bewildered me there.
13.41.22
स्वभावमात्मनस्तत्र दर्शयन्स्वयमात्मना ।
श्रमं मे जनयामास भयं चाभयदः प्रभुः ॥ १३.४१.२२ ॥
There, showing his own nature by himself, the lord who grants fearlessness produced weariness in me, and fear as well.
13.41.23
खिन्न इत्येव मां मत्वा भगवानव्ययोऽच्युतः ।
शब्देनाश्वासयामास जगाहे च तमो महत् ॥ १३.४१.२३ ॥
Thinking, "He is weary," the blessed lord, imperishable and infallible, comforted me with a sound, and entered a great darkness.
13.41.24
अहं तमेवानुगतः श्रमालसपदश्चरन् ।
मनसा देवदेवेशं ध्यातुं समुपचक्रमे ॥ १३.४१.२४ ॥
I, following him alone, walking with weary and sluggish steps, began to meditate in my mind on the god of gods, the lord.
13.41.25
तथागतं तु मां ज्ञात्वा भगवानमितद्युतिः ।
तमः प्रणाशयामास ममानुग्रहकाङ्क्षया ॥ १३.४१.२५ ॥
Knowing me to have come to this state, the Blessed Lord of immeasurable splendour, desiring to show me grace, dispelled the darkness.
13.41.26
ततः प्रनष्टे तमसि तमहं दीप्ततेजसम् ।
अपश्यं तेजसा व्याप्तं मध्याह्न इव भास्करम् ॥ १३.४१.२६ ॥
Then, when the darkness had been destroyed, I saw him of blazing splendour, pervaded by radiance, like the sun at midday.
13.41.27
स्वयंप्रभांश्च पुरुषान्स्त्रियश्च परमाद्भुताः ।
अपश्यमहमव्यग्रस्तस्मिन्देशे सहस्रशः ॥ १३.४१.२७ ॥
In that place, undisturbed, I saw by the thousands men who shone by their own light, and women of wondrous beauty.
13.41.28
न तत्र द्योतते सूर्यो नक्षत्राणि तथैव च ।
न तत्र चन्द्रमा भाति न वायुर्वाति पांसुलः ॥ १३.४१.२८ ॥
There the sun does not shine, nor do the stars likewise; there the moon does not shine, and no dust-laden wind blows.
13.41.29
तत्र तूर्याण्यनेकानि गीतानि मधुराणि च ।
अदृश्यानि मनोज्ञानि श्रूयन्ते सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ १३.४१.२९ ॥
There many instruments and sweet songs are heard on all sides, unseen yet delightful.
13.41.30
स्रवन्ति वैडूर्यलताः पद्मोत्पलझषाकुलाः ।
मुक्तासिकतवप्राश्च सरितो निर्मलोदकाः ॥ १३.४१.३० ॥
Rivers flow with pure waters, bordered by lapis-lazuli vines, filled with lotuses, water-lilies and fish, with banks of pearl-like sand.
13.41.31
अगतिस्तत्र देवानामसुराणां तथैव च ।
गन्धर्वनागयक्षाणां राक्षसानां तथैव च ॥ १३.४१.३१ ॥
There is no passage there, for gods, asuras, gandharvas, nāgas, yakṣas, or rākṣasas alike.
13.41.32
स्वयंप्रभास्तत्र नरा दृश्यन्तेऽद्भुतदर्शनाः ।
येषां न देवतास्तुल्याः प्रभाभिर्भावितात्मनाम् ॥ १३.४१.३२ ॥
There men are seen, self-luminous and wondrous to behold, whose radiance even the gods do not equal, their selves purified.
13.41.33
स च तानप्यतिक्रम्य दैवतैरपि पूजितः ।
विवेश ज्वलनं दीप्तमनिन्धनमनौपमम् ॥ १३.४१.३३ ॥
Passing beyond even them, honoured even by the gods, he entered the blazing fire, kindled without fuel and incomparable.
13.41.34
ज्वालाभिर्मां प्रविष्टं च ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोदिशम् ।
दैत्यदानवरक्षोभिर्दैवतैश्चापि दुस्सहम् ॥ १३.४१.३४ ॥
Entering among the flames, I saw the fire blazing on every side, unbearable even for daityas, dānavas, rākṣasas and gods.
13.41.35
ज्वालामालिनमासाद्य तमग्निमहमव्ययम् ।
अविषह्यतमं मत्वा मनसेदमचिन्तयम् ॥ १३.४१.३५ ॥
Reaching that imperishable fire garlanded with flames, and judging it most unbearable, I pondered this in my mind.
13.41.36
मया हि समरेष्वग्निरनेकेषु महाद्युतिः ।
प्रविष्टश्चापविद्धश्च न च मां दग्धवान्क्वचित् ॥ १३.४१.३६ ॥
In many battles that great-brilliance fire was entered by me and thrown away, yet it never once burnt me.
13.41.37
अयं च दुस्सहः शश्वत्तेजसाऽतिहुताशनः ।
अत्यादित्यप्रकाशार्चिरनलो दीप्यते महान् ॥ १३.४१.३७ ॥
And this unbearable, constantly blazing great fire burns, its flames shining beyond the light of the sun.
13.41.38
स तथा दह्यमानोपि तेजसा दीप्तवर्चसा ।
प्रपन्नः शरणं देवं शङ्कचक्रगदाधरम् ॥ १३.४१.३८ ॥
Thus, though burning from that blazing splendour, he took refuge in the god who bears the conch, discus and mace.
13.41.39
भक्तश्चानुगतश्चेति त्रातुमर्हसि मां विभो ।
यथा मां न दहेदग्निः सद्यो देव तथा कुरु ॥ १३.४१.३९ ॥
'I am your devotee and follower; O lord, it befits you to protect me. O god, do so at once, that the fire may not burn me.'
13.41.40
एवं विलपमानस्य ज्ञात्वा मे वचनं प्रभुः ।
मा भैरिति वचः प्राह मेघगम्बीरनिस्वनः ॥ १३.४१.४० ॥
Knowing my words as I lamented thus, the lord, whose voice was deep as a cloud, said, 'Do not fear.'
13.41.41
स मामाश्वास्य वचनं प्राहेदं भगवान्विभुः ।
मम त्वं विदितः सौम्य यथावत्तत्वदर्शने ॥ १३.४१.४१ ॥
Having comforted me, that blessed all-pervading lord spoke these words: 'Gentle one, in the vision of truth you are truly known to me.'
13.41.42
ज्ञापितश्चापि यत्पित्रा तच्चापि विदितं महत् ।
वैनतेय ममाप्येवमहं वेद्यः कथञ्चन ॥ १३.४१.४२ ॥
'What your father made known, and that great truth too, is known to me. O Vainateya, in this way I too am to be known somehow.'
13.41.43
महदेतत्स्वरूपं मे न ते वेद्यं कथञ्चन ।
मां हि विन्दन्ति विद्वांसो ये ज्ञाने परिनिष्ठिताः
निर्ममा निरहङ्कारा निराशीर्बन्धनायुताः ॥ १३.४१.४३ ॥
This great form of mine cannot be known by you in any way. The wise, firmly established in knowledge, free from possessiveness and egoism, and free from the bonds of desire, find me.
13.41.44
भवांस्तु सततं भक्तो मन्मनाः पक्षिसत्तम ।
स्थूलंमां वेत्स्यसे तस्माज्जगतः कारणेस्थितम् ॥ १३.४१.४४ ॥
But you are always devoted to me, your mind fixed on me, best of birds. Therefore you will know me in this gross form, abiding in the cause of the world.