Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.44
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13.44.1
अहो श्रावितमाख्यानं भवताऽत्यद्भुतं महत् ।
पुण्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं स्वर्ग्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥ १३.४४.१ ॥
Oh! This narrative you have recited is most marvellous and great; it is meritorious, brings fame and long life, leads to heaven, and is a great source of well-being.
13.44.2
एतत्पवित्रं देवानामेतद्गुह्यं परंतप ।
एतज्ज्ञानवता ज्ञेयमेषा गतिरनुत्तमा ॥ १३.४४.२ ॥
This is sacred even to the gods, and it is a secret, O scorcher of foes. The wise should know it; this is the supreme path.
13.44.3
य इमां श्रावयेद्विद्वान्कथां पर्वसुपर्वसु ।
स लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यान्देवर्षिभिरभिष्टुतान् ॥ १३.४४.३ ॥
The learned man who recites this story section by section attains the meritorious worlds praised by the divine sages.
13.44.4
श्राद्धकाले च विप्राणां य इमां श्रावयेच्छुचिः ।
न तत्र रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां च विद्यते ॥ १३.४४.४ ॥
When a pure man recites this to brahmins at the time of the śrāddha rite, the demons have no share there, nor do the asuras.
13.44.5
अनसूयुर्जितक्रोधः सर्वसत्वहिते रतः ।
यः पठेत्सततं युक्तः स व्रजेत्तत्सलोकताम् ॥ १३.४४.५ ॥
He who, free from envy, having conquered anger, delighting in the welfare of all beings, constantly recites this with devotion, goes to the same world.
13.44.6
वेदान्पारयते विप्रो राजा विजयवान्भवेत् ।
वैश्यस्तु धनधान्याढ्यः शूद्रः सुखमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.४४.६ ॥
A brahmin masters the Vedas, a king becomes victorious, a vaiśya becomes rich in wealth and grain, and a śūdra obtains happiness.
13.44.7
ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे सम्पूज्य विनतासुतम् ।
स्वानेव चाश्रमाञ्जग्मुर्बभूवुः शान्तितत्पराः ॥ १३.४४.७ ॥
Then all those sages, having honored Vinatā's son (Garuḍa), went back to their own hermitages and became intent on peace.
13.44.8
स्थूलदर्शिभिराकृष्टो दुर्ज्ञेयो ह्यकृतात्मभिः ।
एषा धुतिर्महाराज धर्म्या धर्मभृतांवर ॥ १३.४४.८ ॥
It is easily drawn away by those who see only the surface, and hard to know for those of unrefined self. This, great king, is the steadfastness that accords with dharma, best of those who uphold dharma.
13.44.9
सुराणां ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्ता विस्मितानां परंतप ।
मयाप्येषा कथा तात कथिता मातुरन्तिके।
वसुभिः सत्त्वसम्पन्नैस्तवाप्येषा मयोच्यते ॥ १३.४४.९ ॥
Scorcher of foes, this account was told by Brahmā to the astonished gods. Dear son, I too heard it recounted in my mother's presence, and it was also spoken by the Vasus, endowed with goodness; now I speak it to you.
13.44.10
तदग्निहोत्रपरमा जपयज्ञपरायणाः ।
निराशीर्बन्धनाः सन्तः प्रयान्त्यक्षरसात्मतां ॥ १३.४४.१० ॥
Thus the wise, devoted to the fire-offering and intent on the sacrifice of recitation, free from the bonds of desire, go forth into the nature of the imperishable.
13.44.11
आरम्भयज्ञानुत्सृज्य जपहोमपरायणाः ।
ध्यायन्तो मनसा विष्णुं गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् ॥ १३.४४.११ ॥
Having abandoned the sacrifices of action, devoted to recitation and oblation, meditating on Viṣṇu in the mind, they attain the supreme goal.
13.44.12
तदेष परमो मोक्षो मोक्षद्वारं च भारत ।
यथा विनिश्चितात्मानो गच्छन्ति परमां गतिम् ॥ १३.४४.१२ ॥
Therefore, descendant of Bharata, this is the supreme liberation and the gate of liberation, by which those of firm resolve attain the supreme goal.