Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.65
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13.65.1
बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या क्षमया ब्रह्मणः समम् ।
पराक्रमे शक्रसममादित्यसमतेजसम् ॥ १३.६५.१ ॥
Equal to Bṛhaspati in intellect, equal to Brahmā in forbearance, equal to Indra in valour, and equal to the sun in splendour.
13.65.2
गाङ्गेयमर्जुनेनाजौ निहतं भूरितेजसम् ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽन्यैश्च पर्यपृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १३.६५.२ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, together with his brothers and others, questioned about the son of Gaṅgā, of great splendour, slain in battle by Arjuna.
13.65.3
शयानं वीरशयने कालाकाङ्क्षिणमच्युतम् ।
आजग्मुर्भरतश्रेष्ठं द्रष्टुकामा महर्षयः ॥ १३.६५.३ ॥
The great sages came, desiring to see the unfallen best of the Bharatas, lying on the bed of heroes and awaiting the time of his death.
13.65.4
अत्रिर्वसिष्ठोऽथ भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः ।
अङ्गिरा गौतमोऽगस्त्यः सुमतिः सुयतात्मवान् ॥ १३.६५.४ ॥
Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Aṅgiras, Gautama, Agastya, Sumati, and the well-restrained in soul.
13.65.5
विश्वामित्रः स्थूलगिराः संवर्तः प्रमतिर्दमः ।
बृहस्पत्युशनोव्यासश्च्यवनः फाश्यपो ध्रुवः ॥ १३.६५.५ ॥
Viśvāmitra, Sthūlagirā, Saṃvarta, Pramati, Dama, Bṛhaspati, Uśanas, Vyāsa, Cyavana, Kāśyapa's descendant, and Dhruva.
13.65.6
दुर्वासा जमदग्निश्च मार्कण्डेयोऽथ गालवः ।
भरद्वाजोऽथ रैभ्यश्चक यवक्रीतस्त्रितस्तथा ॥ १३.६५.६ ॥
Durvāsas, Jamadagni, then Mārkaṇḍeya, Gālava, then Bharadvāja, Raibhya, Cakra, Yavakrīta, and Trita likewise.
13.65.7
स्थूलाक्षः शबलाक्षश्च कण्वो मेधातिथिः कृशः ।
नारदः पर्वतश्चैव सुधन्वाऽथैकतो द्विजः ॥ १३.६५.७ ॥
Sthūlākṣa and Śabalākṣa, Kaṇva, Medhātithi, Kṛśa, Nārada, Parvata, Sudhanvan, and one twice-born sage were also there.
13.65.8
नितंभूर्भुवनो धौम्यः शतानन्दोऽकृतव्रणः ।
जामदग्र्यस्तथा रामः कचश्चेत्येवमादयः।
समागता महात्मानो भीष्मं द्रष्टुं महर्षयः ॥ १३.६५.८ ॥
Nitambhū, Bhuvana, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, Rāma the son of Jamadagni, Kaca, and other great-souled great sages like them, had gathered to see Bhīṣma.
13.65.9
तेषां महात्मनां पूजामागतानां युधिष्ठिरः ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितश्चक्रे यतावदनुपूर्वशः ॥ १३.६५.९ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, together with his brothers, duly and in due order paid honour to those great-souled ones who had come.
13.65.10
ते पूजिताः सुखासीनाः कथाश्रक्रुर्महर्षयः ।
भीष्माश्रिताः सुमधुराः सर्वेन्द्रियमनोहराः ॥ १३.६५.१० ॥
Honoured and seated at ease, the great sages began to tell stories centred on Bhīṣma, most sweet and delighting all the senses and the mind.
13.65.11
भीष्मस्तेषां कथाः श्रुत्वा ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् ।
मेने दिविष्ठमात्मानं तुष्ट्या परमया युतः ॥ १३.६५.११ ॥
Having heard the stories of those sages whose souls were refined, Bhīṣma, filled with supreme contentment, considered himself to be abiding in heaven.
13.65.12
ततस्ते भीष्ममामन्त्र्य पाण्डवांश्च महर्षयः ।
अन्तर्धानं गताः सर्वे सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम् ॥ १३.६५.१२ ॥
Then the great sages, taking leave of Bhīṣma and the Pāṇḍavas, all vanished in the sight of everyone.
13.65.13
तानृषीन्सुमहाभागानन्तर्धानगतानपि ।
पाण्डवास्तुष्टुवुः सर्वे प्रणेमुश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ १३.६५.१३ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas all praised those very fortunate sages, though they had vanished, and bowed down to them again and again.
13.65.14
प्रसन्नमनसः सर्वे गाङ्गेयं कुरुसत्तमम् ।
उपतस्थुर्यथोद्यन्तमादित्यं मन्त्रकोविदाः ॥ १३.६५.१४ ॥
With cheerful minds, all the Pāṇḍavas, skilled in sacred lore, drew near to Gāṅgeya, best of the Kurus, as to the rising sun.
13.65.15
प्रभावं तपसस्तेषामृषीणां वीक्ष्य पाण्डवाः ।
प्रकाशन्तो दिशः सर्वा विस्मयं परमं ययुः ॥ १३.६५.१५ ॥
Seeing the power of those sages' austerity, the Pāṇḍavas, as all the directions shone, were struck with the utmost wonder.
13.65.16
महाभाग्यं परं तेषामृषीणामनुचिन्त्य ते ।
पाण्डवाः सह भीष्मेण कथाश्चक्रुस्तदाश्रयाः ॥ १३.६५.१६ ॥
Reflecting on the supreme great fortune of those sages, the Pāṇḍavas, relying on Bhīṣma, together with him began to talk.
13.65.17
कथान्ते शिरसा पादौ स्पृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य पाण्डवः ।
धर्म्यं धर्मसुतः प्रश्नं पर्यपृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १३.६५.१७ ॥
At the end of the talk, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma and a Pāṇḍava, touched Bhīṣma's feet with his head and asked a question concerning dharma.
13.65.18
के देशाः के जनपदा आश्रमाः के च पर्वताः ।
प्रकृष्टाः पुण्यतः काश्च ज्ञेया नद्यः पितामह ॥ १३.६५.१८ ॥
Which are the regions, the countries, the hermitages and the mountains? Which are the most excellent in merit, and which rivers are to be known, O grandsire?
13.65.19
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
शिलोच्छवृत्तेः संवादं सिद्धस्य च युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.६५.१९ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, here too people recount this ancient dialogue between a gleaner living on gathered grain and a perfected sage.
13.65.20
इमां कश्चित्परिक्रम्य पृथिवीं शैलभूषणाम् ।
असकृद्द्विपदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्य गृहमेधिनः ॥ १३.६५.२० ॥
Having repeatedly travelled around this earth, adorned with mountains, a certain excellent man came to the house of an excellent householder.
13.65.21
शिलवृत्तेर्गृहं प्राप्तः स तेन विधिनाऽर्चितः ।
उवास रजनीं तत्र सुमुखः सुखभागृषिः ॥ १३.६५.२१ ॥
He arrived at the house of the gleaner, who honoured him according to rule; and that sage, cheerful of face and sharer of happiness, stayed there through the night.
13.65.22
शिलवृत्तिस्तु यत्कृत्यं प्रातस्तत्कृतवाञ्शुचिः ।
कृतकृत्यमुपातिष्ठत्सिद्धं तमतिथिं तदा ॥ १३.६५.२२ ॥
The gleaner, pure, performed at dawn what had to be done; then, his duties done, he attended upon that guest, the perfected sage.
13.65.23
तौ समेत्य महात्मानौ सुखासीनौ कथाः शुभाः ।
चक्रतुर्वेदसम्बद्धास्तच्छेषकृतलक्षणाः ॥ १३.६५.२३ ॥
The two great-souled ones met, sat at ease, and carried on auspicious talks connected with the Vedas, marked by the remnants of that rite.
13.65.24
शिलवृत्तिः कथान्ते तु सिद्धमामन्त्र्य यत्नतः ।
प्रश्नं पप्रच्छ मेधावी यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥ १३.६५.२४ ॥
At the end of their talk, the wise gleaner carefully addressed the perfected sage and asked the very question you are asking me.
13.65.25
केदेशाः के जनपदाः केऽऽश्रमाः के च पर्वताः ।
प्रकृष्टाः पुण्यतः काश्च ज्ञेया नद्यस्तदुच्यताम् ॥ १३.६५.२५ ॥
Which lands, which peoples' realms, which hermitages and which mountains are most excellent in merit? Which rivers are to be known? Let that be told.
13.65.26
ते देशास्ते जनपदास्तेऽऽश्रमास्ते च पर्वताः ।
येषां भागीरथी गङ्गा मध्येनैति रारिद्वरा ॥ १३.६५.२६ ॥
Those are the regions, those are the peoples' realms, those are the hermitages, and those are the mountains, through the midst of which the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā flows, winding among the rocks.
13.65.27
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण यज्ञैस्त्यागेन वा पुनः ।
गतिं तां न लभेज्जन्तुर्गङ्गां संसेव्य यां लभेत् ॥ १३.६५.२७ ॥
By austerity, by chastity, by sacrifices, or again by renunciation, a living being would not attain that goal which he attains by serving the Gaṅgā.
13.65.28
स्पष्टानि येषां गाङ्गेयैस्तोयैर्गात्राणि देहिनाम् ।
न्यस्तानि न पुनस्तेषां त्यागः स्वर्गाद्विधीयते ॥ १३.६५.२८ ॥
For those embodied beings whose bodies have been touched by the waters of the Gaṅgā, or laid down in them, a fall from heaven is not ordained again.
13.65.29
सर्वाणि येषां गाङ्गेयैस्तोयैः कार्याणि देहिनाम् ।
गां त्यक्त्वा मानवा विप्र दिवि तिष्ठन्ति ते जनाः ॥ १३.६५.२९ ॥
O brāhmaṇa, those embodied beings for whom all their rites are performed with the waters of the Gaṅgā—those people, leaving the earth, abide in heaven.
13.65.30
पूर्वे वयसि कर्माणि कृत्वा पापानि ये नराः ।
पश्चाद्गङ्गां निषेवन्ते तेऽपि यान्त्युत्तमां गतिम् ॥ १३.६५.३० ॥
Those men who, having committed sinful deeds in their earlier years, afterwards serve the Gaṅgā—they too go to the supreme goal.
13.65.31
युक्ताश्च पातकैस्त्यक्त्वा देहं शुद्धा भवन्ति ते ।
मुच्यन्ते देहसंत्यागाद्गङ्गायमुनसङ्गमे ॥ १३.६५.३१ ॥
Those joined to sins, having abandoned the body, become purified. At the confluence of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā they are freed by the giving up of the body.
13.65.32
स्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाङ्गेयैः प्रयतात्मनाम् ।
व्युष्टिर्भवति या पुंसां न सा क्रतुशतैरपि ॥ १३.६५.३२ ॥
The bright result that comes to men who have bathed in the pure waters of the Gaṅgā, their minds controlled, is not attained even by a hundred sacrifices.
13.65.33
यावदस्थि मनुष्यस्य गङ्गातोयेषु तिष्ठति ।
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥ १३.६५.३३ ॥
As long as a man's bone remains in the waters of the Gaṅgā, for thousands of years he is honoured in the heaven-world.
13.65.34
अपहत्य तमस्तीव्रं यथा भात्युदये रविः ।
तथाऽपहत्य पाप्मानं भाति गङ्गाजलोक्षितः ॥ १३.६५.३४ ॥
As the sun, rising, dispels the fierce darkness and shines, so one sprinkled with the water of the Gaṅgā, having dispelled sin, shines.
13.65.35
विसोमा इव शर्वर्यो विपुष्पास्तरवो यथा ।
तद्वद्देशा दिशश्चैव हीना गङ्गाजलैः शिवैः ॥ १३.६५.३५ ॥
As nights without the moon and trees without flowers, so lands and quarters are bereft of the auspicious waters of the Gaṅgā.
13.65.36
वर्णाश्रमा यथा सर्वे धर्मज्ञानविवर्जिताः ।
क्रतवश्च यथाऽसोमास्तथा गङ्गां विना जगत् ॥ १३.६५.३६ ॥
As all the varṇas and āśramas devoid of knowledge of dharma, and as sacrifices without soma, so is the world without the Gaṅgā.
13.65.37
यथा हीनं नभोऽर्केण भूः शैलैः खं च वायुना ।
तथा देशा दिशश्चैव गङ्गाहीना न संशयः ॥ १३.६५.३७ ॥
As the sky is bereft of the sun, the earth of mountains, and space of wind, so are the lands and directions without the Gaṅgā—there is no doubt.
13.65.38
त्रिषु लोकेषु ये केचित्प्राणिनः सर्व एव ते ।
तर्प्यमाणाः परां तृप्तिं यान्ति गङ्गाजलैः शुभैः ॥ १३.६५.३८ ॥
All living beings in the three worlds, when satisfied with the auspicious waters of the Gaṅgā, attain supreme contentment.
13.65.39
अन्ये च देवा मुनयः प्रेतानि पितृभिः सह ।
तर्पितास्तृप्तिमायान्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वशः ॥ १३.६५.३९ ॥
Other gods, sages, and the departed spirits together with the ancestors, being satisfied, attain contentment everywhere in the three worlds.
13.65.40
यस्तु सूर्येण निष्टप्तं गाङ्गेयं पिबते जलम् ।
गवां निर्हरनिर्मुक्ताद्यावकात्तद्विशिष्यते ॥ १३.६५.४० ॥
He who drinks the Gaṅgā's water heated by the sun is said to surpass even the barley-gruel freed from the cow-dung.
13.65.41
इन्द्रव्रतसहस्रं तु यश्चोरत्कायशोधनम् ।
पिवेद्यश्चापि गङ्गाम्यः समौ स्यातां न वा समौ ॥ १३.६५.४१ ॥
Whether one who performs a thousand Indra-vows and one who drinks the Gaṅgā's water for purification of the body are equal or not is a matter for consideration.
13.65.42
तिष्ठेद्युगसहस्रं तु पदेनैकेन यः पुमान् ।
मासमेकं तु गङ्गायां समौ स्यातां न वा सभौ ॥ १३.६५.४२ ॥
Whether a man who stands on one foot for a thousand yugas and a man who remains in the Gaṅgā for one month are equal or not is a matter for consideration.
13.65.43
लम्बतेऽवाक्शिरा यस्तु युगानामयुतं पुमान् ।
तिष्ठेद्यथेष्टं यश्चापि गङ्गायां स विशिष्यते ॥ १३.६५.४३ ॥
The man who hangs head-down for ten thousand ages, or who stands in the Gaṅgā for as long as he wishes, is the one who is distinguished.
13.65.44
अग्नौ प्रास्तं प्रधूयेत यथा तूलं द्विजोत्तम ।
तथा गङ्गावगाढस्य सर्वपापं प्रधूयते ॥ १३.६५.४४ ॥
O best of the twice-born, just as cotton thrown into fire is burnt away, so all the sins of one who has plunged into the Gaṅgā are shaken off and destroyed.
13.65.45
भूतानामिह सर्वेषां दुःखोपहतचेतसाम् ।
गतिमन्वेषमाणानां न गङ्गासदृशी गतिः ॥ १३.६५.४५ ॥
For all beings here whose minds are struck by sorrow, seeking a refuge, there is no refuge like the Gaṅgā.
13.65.46
भवन्ति निर्विषाः सर्पा यथा तार्क्ष्यस्य दर्शनात् ।
गङ्गाया दर्शनातद्वत्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ १३.६५.४६ ॥
Just as snakes become without poison at the sight of Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), so by the sight of the Gaṅgā a man is freed from all sins.
13.65.47
अप्रतिष्ठाश्च ये केचिदधर्मशरणाश्च ये ।
येषां प्रतिष्ठा गङ्गेह शरणं शर्म वर्म च। ॥ १३.६५.४७ ॥
Whoever are without foundation, and those who take unrighteousness as their refuge, for them here the Gaṅgā is the foundation, the refuge, the joy and the armour.
13.65.48
प्रकृष्टैरशुभैर्ग्रस्ताननेकैः पुरुषाधमान् ।
पततो नरके गङ्गा संश्रितान्प्रेत्य तारयेत् ॥ १३.६५.४८ ॥
The Gaṅgā carries across after death those lowest of men, seized by many extreme evils and falling toward hell, who have taken refuge in her.
13.65.49
ते संविभक्ता मुनिभिर्नूनं देवैः सवासवैः ।
येऽभिगच्छन्ति सततं गङ्गां मतिमतांवर ॥ १३.६५.४९ ॥
Those who constantly go to the Gaṅgā are surely apportioned by the sages and by the gods together with Vāsava, best of the wise.
13.65.50
विनयाचारहीनाश्च अशिवाश्च नराधमाः ।
ते भवन्ति शिवा विप्र ये वै गङ्गामुपाश्रिताः ॥ १३.६५.५० ॥
Men lacking humility and good conduct, inauspicious and the lowest of men, O brahmin, who have resorted to the Gaṅgā, become auspicious.
13.65.51
यथा सुराणामभृतं पितॄणां च यथा स्वधा ।
सुधा यथा च नागानां तथा गङ्गाजलं नृणाम् ॥ १३.६५.५१ ॥
As nectar is for the gods, and svadhā for the ancestors, and sudhā for the serpents, so is the water of the Gaṅgā for men.
13.65.52
उपासते यथा बाला मातरं क्षुधयाऽर्दिताः ।
श्रेयस्कामास्तथा गङ्गामुपासन्तीह देहिनः ॥ १३.६५.५२ ॥
As hungry children attend upon their mother, so embodied beings who desire welfare attend upon the Gaṅgā here.
13.65.53
स्वायंभुवं यथा स्थानं सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठमुच्यते ।
स्थानानां सरितां श्रेष्ठा गङ्गा तद्वदिहोच्यते ॥ १३.६५.५३ ॥
As the seat of the Self-born is said to be the best of all, so among places and rivers the Gaṅgā is here declared the best.
13.65.54
उपजीव्या यथा धेनुर्लोकानां ब्राह्ममेव वा ।
हविषां तु यथा सोमस्तरणेषु तथा त्वियम् ॥ १३.६५.५४ ॥
As the cow is the sustenance of the worlds, or the Brahman (the Veda), and as Soma is among oblations, so is this one (the Gaṅgā) among the means of crossing over.
13.65.55
यथोपजीविनां धेनुर्देवादीनां परा स्मृता ।
तथोपजीविनां गङ्गा सर्वप्राणभृतामिह ॥ १३.६५.५५ ॥
As the cow is held to be supreme for the gods and others who live by her, so the Gaṅgā is supreme here for all living beings who live by her.
13.65.56
देवाः सोमार्कसंस्थानि यता सत्रादिभिर्मखैः ।
अमृतान्युपजीवन्ति तथा गङ्गाजलं नराः ॥ १३.६५.५६ ॥
As the gods live on the nectars won from the stations of Soma and the sun through sacrifices such as the satra, so men live on the water of the Gaṅgā.
13.65.57
जाह्नवीपुलिनोत्थाभिः सिकताभिः समुक्षितम् ।
आत्मानं मन्यते लोको दिविष्ठमिव शोभितम् ॥ १३.६५.५७ ॥
A man sprinkled with sand arisen from the banks of the Jāhnavī thinks himself adorned as if dwelling in heaven.
13.65.58
जाह्नवीतीरसम्भूतां मृदं मूर्ध्ना बिभर्ति यः ।
बिभर्ति रूपं सोऽर्कस्य तमोनाशाय निर्मलम् ॥ १३.६५.५८ ॥
He who bears on his head the clay arisen from the bank of the Jāhnavī bears the pure form of the sun, for the destruction of darkness.
13.65.59
गङ्गोर्मिभिरथो दिग्धः पुरुषं पवनो यदा ।
स्पृश्यते सोऽस्य पाप्मानं सद्य एवापकर्षति ॥ १३.६५.५९ ॥
When the wind, sprinkled with the waves of the Gaṅgā, touches a man, it at once draws his sin away.
13.65.60
व्यसनैरभितप्तस्य नरस्य विनशिष्यतः ।
गङ्गादर्शनजा प्रीतिर्व्यसनान्यपकर्षति ॥ १३.६५.६० ॥
For a man tormented by calamities and about to perish, the joy born of seeing the Gaṅgā draws his calamities away.
13.65.61
हंसारावैः कोकरवै रवैरन्यैश्च पक्षिणाम् ।
पस्पर्ध गङ्गा गन्धर्वान्पुलिनैश्च शिलोच्चयान् ॥ १३.६५.६१ ॥
With the calls of swans, the cries of ruddy geese, and the notes of other birds, the Gaṅgā vied with the Gandharvas, with her sandbanks, and with her heaps of rocks.
13.65.62
हंसादिभिः सुबहुभिर्विविधैः पक्षिभिर्वृताम् ।
गङ्गां गोकुलसम्बादां दृष्ट्वा स्वर्गोऽपि विस्मृतः ॥ १३.६५.६२ ॥
Having seen the Gaṅgā, surrounded by many kinds of birds, swans and others, and crowded with herds of cattle, even heaven is forgotten.
13.65.63
न सा प्रीतिर्दिविष्ठस्य सर्वकामानुपाश्नतः ।
सम्भवेद्या परा प्रीतिर्गङ्गायाः पुलिने नृणाम् ॥ १३.६५.६३ ॥
The delight that arises for men on the bank of the Gaṅgā is not the supreme delight that arises even for a dweller in heaven who enjoys all desires.
13.65.64
वाङ्मन कर्मजैर्ग्रस्तः पापैरपि पुमानिह ।
वीक्ष्य गङ्गां भवेन्मूतो अत्र मे नास्ति संशयः ॥ १३.६५.६४ ॥
Even a man seized by sins born of speech, mind and deed becomes freed here, on seeing the Gaṅgā; of this I have no doubt.
13.65.65
सप्तावरान्सप्त परान्पितॄंस्तेभ्यश्च ये परे ।
पुमांस्तारयते गङ्गां वीक्ष्य स्पृष्ट्वाऽवगाह्य च ॥ १३.६५.६५ ॥
A man who, having seen, touched and bathed in the Gaṅgā, delivers the seven lower and seven higher ancestors, and those beyond them.
13.65.66
श्रुताभिलषिता पीता स्पृष्टा दृष्टाऽवगाहिता ।
गङ्गा तारयते नॄणामुभौ वंशौ विशेषतः ॥ १३.६५.६६ ॥
The Gaṅgā, heard of, desired, drunk, touched, seen and bathed in, delivers men, especially both of their lineages.
13.65.67
तत्तीरगानां तपसा श्राद्धपारायणादिभिः ।
गङ्गाद्वारप्रभृतिभिस्तत्तीर्थैर्न परं नृणाम् ॥ १३.६५.६७ ॥
For those who go to her banks, nothing is higher for men than austerity, ancestral rites, recitation, and those sacred fords beginning with Gaṅgādvāra.
13.65.68
सायं प्रातः स्मरेद्गङ्गां नित्यं स्नाने तु कीर्तयेत् ।
तर्पणे पितृपूजासु मरणे चापि संस्मरेत् ॥ १३.६५.६८ ॥
One should remember the Gaṅgā morning and evening, proclaim her name at the daily bath, and recall her well at the libation, in worship of the ancestors, and even at death.
13.65.69
दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्पानात्तथा गङ्गेति कीर्तनात् ।
पुनात्युपुण्यान्पुरुषाञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ १३.६५.६९ ॥
By seeing her, touching her, drinking her, and proclaiming the name 'Gaṅgā', she purifies even men without merit, hundreds and thousands of times over.
13.65.70
य इच्छेत्सफलं जन्म जीवितं श्रुतमेव च ।
स पितॄंस्तर्पयेद्गङ्गामभिगम्य सुरांस्तथा ॥ १३.६५.७० ॥
Whoever wishes his birth, his life, and his learning to bear fruit should go to the Gaṅgā and satisfy the ancestors, and likewise the gods.
13.65.71
न श्रुतैर्न च वित्तेन कर्मणा न च तत्फलम् ।
प्राप्नुयात्पुरुषोऽत्यन्तं गङ्गां प्राप्य यदाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.६५.७१ ॥
Neither by learning, nor by wealth, nor by ritual action does a man fully attain that fruit which he attains on reaching the Gaṅgā.
13.65.72
जात्यन्धैरिह तुल्यास्ते मृतैः पङ्गुभिरेव च ।
समर्था ये न पश्यन्ति गङ्गां पुण्यजलां शिवाम् ॥ १३.६५.७२ ॥
Those who are able yet do not behold the Gaṅgā, whose waters are meritorious and auspicious, are here like men born blind, like the dead, and like the lame.
13.65.73
भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञैर्महर्षिभिरुपस्थिताम् ।
देवैः सेन्द्रैश्च को गङ्गां नोपसेवेत मानवः ॥ १३.६५.७३ ॥
Who among men would not serve the Ganges, attended by the great sages who know past, present and future, and by the gods together with Indra?
13.65.74
वानप्रस्थैर्गृहस्थैश्च यतिभिर्ब्रह्मचारिभिः ।
विद्यावद्भिः श्रितां गङ्गां पुमान्को नाम नाश्रयेत् ॥ १३.६५.७४ ॥
What man would not take refuge in the Ganges, which is resorted to by forest-dwellers, householders, ascetics, celibate students and the learned?
13.65.75
उत्कामद्बिश्च यः प्राणैः प्रयतः शिष्टसम्मतः ।
चिन्तयेन्मनसा गङ्गां स गतिं परमांलभेत् ॥ १३.६५.७५ ॥
The self-controlled man, approved by the virtuous, who at the departure of his breaths contemplates the Ganges in mind, attains the supreme goal.
13.65.76
न भयेभ्यो भयं तस्य न पापेभ्यो न राजतः ।
आदेहपतनाद्गङ्गामुपास्ते यः पुमानिह ॥ १३.६५.७६ ॥
For the man who here worships the Ganges until the fall of his body, there is no fear from any fear, nor from sins, nor from the king.
13.65.77
गगनाद्गां पतन्तीं वै महापुण्यां महेश्वरः ।
दधार शिरसा गङ्गां तामेव दिवि सेवते ॥ १३.६५.७७ ॥
The great holy Ganges, falling from the sky to the earth, Maheśvara held on his head, and in heaven too he serves her alone.
13.65.78
अलङ्कृतास्त्रयो लोकाः पथिभिर्विमलैस्त्रिभिः ।
यस्तु तस्या जलं सेवेत्क्रतकृत्यः पुमान्भवेत्। ॥ १३.६५.७८ ॥
The three worlds are adorned by three pure paths; the man who serves her water becomes one who has accomplished his duty.
13.65.79
दिवि ज्योतिर्यथाऽऽदित्यः पितॄणां चैव चन्द्रमाः ।
देवेश यथा नृणां गङ्गा च सरितां तथा ॥ १३.६५.७९ ॥
As the sun is light in heaven, and the moon is for the fathers, O lord of gods, so for men is the Gaṅgā among rivers.
13.65.80
मात्रा पित्रा सुतैर्दारैर्विमुक्तस्य धनेन वा ।
न भवेद्धि तथा दुःखं यथा गङ्गा वियोगजम् ॥ १३.६५.८० ॥
Not even one separated from mother, father, sons, wives, or wealth suffers sorrow like the sorrow born of separation from the Gaṅgā.
13.65.81
नारण्यैर्नेष्टविषयैर्न सुतैर्न धनागमैः ।
तथा प्रसादो भवति गङ्गां वीक्ष्य यथा भवेत् ॥ १३.६५.८१ ॥
Not by forests, not by desired objects, not by sons, not by gains of wealth does such gladness arise as arises from beholding the Gaṅgā.
13.65.82
पूर्णमिन्दुं यथा दृष्ट्वा नृणां दृष्टिः प्रसीदति ।
तथा त्रिपथगां दृष्ट्वा नृणां दृष्टिः प्रसीदति ॥ १३.६५.८२ ॥
As the sight of men brightens on beholding the full moon, so the sight of men brightens on beholding the three-pathed Gaṅgā.
13.65.83
तद्भावस्तद्गतमनास्तन्निष्ठस्तत्परायणः ।
गङ्गांयोऽनुगतो भक्त्यास तस्याः प्रियतां व्रजेत् ॥ १३.६५.८३ ॥
He who, with his whole mind and being fixed on her, with her as his supreme refuge, follows the Gaṅgā with devotion, attains to being beloved of her.
13.65.84
भूस्थैः खस्थैर्दिविष्ठैश्च भूतैरुच्चावचैरपि ।
गङ्गा विगाह्या सततमेतत्कार्यतमं सताम् ॥ १३.६५.८४ ॥
Beings on the earth, in the sky, and in heaven, high and low alike, should always bathe in the Gaṅgā; this is the most important duty of the good.
13.65.85
विश्वलोकेषु पुण्यत्वाद्गङ्गायाः प्रथितं यशः ।
दुर्मृताननपत्यांश्च सा मृताननयद्दिवम्।
यत्पुत्रान्सगरस्येतो भस्माख्याननयद्दिवम् ॥ १३.६५.८५ ॥
Through the sanctity of the Gaṅgā in all the worlds her fame is renowned. She led to heaven those who died untimely and the childless, and the dead; and she led to heaven the sons of Sagara, who were called ashes here.
13.65.86
वाय्वीरिताभिः सुमनोहराभि-
र्द्रुताभिरत्यर्थसमुत्थिताभिः।
गङ्गोर्मिभिर्भानुमतीभिरिद्धाः ।
सहस्ररश्मिप्रतिमा भवन्ति ॥ १३.६५.८६ ॥
Kindled by the waves of the Gaṅgā, stirred by the wind, most delightful, swift, rising very high, they become like the thousand-rayed sun.
13.65.87
पयस्विनीं घृतिनीमत्युदारां ।
समृद्धिनीं वेगिनीं दुर्विगाह्याम्।
गङ्गां गत्वा यैः शरीरं विसृष्टं ।
गता धीरस्ते विबुधैः समत्वम् ॥ १३.६५.८७ ॥
Those steadfast ones who, having gone to the Gaṅgā — rich in water, nourishing as ghee, most generous, prosperous, swift, and hard to plunge into — cast off their bodies there, attained equality with the gods.
13.65.88
अन्धाञ्चडान्द्रव्यहीनांश्च गङ्गा ।
यशस्विनी बृहती विश्वरूपा।
देवैः सेन्द्रैर्मुनिभिर्मानवैश्च ।
निषेविता सर्वकामैर्युनक्ति ॥ १३.६५.८८ ॥
Even the blind, the cruel, and the destitute — the renowned, vast, all-formed Gaṅgā, served by the gods with Indra, by sages and by humans, joins them, with all desires fulfilled, (to the supreme goal).
13.65.89
ऊर्जस्वतीं मधुमतीं महापुण्यां त्रिवर्त्मगाम् ।
त्रिलोकगोप्त्रीं ये गङ्गां संश्रितास्ते दिवं गताः ॥ १३.६५.८९ ॥
Those who took refuge in the Gaṅgā — full of vigor, sweet, very sacred, flowing on three paths, protector of the three worlds — have gone to heaven.
13.65.90
यो वत्स्यति द्रक्ष्यति वाऽपि मर्त्य-
स्मस्मै प्रयच्छन्ति सुखानि देवाः।
तद्भाविताः स्पर्शनदर्शनेन ।
इष्टां गतिं तस्य सुरा दिशन्ति ॥ १३.६५.९० ॥
Whoever dwells by the Gaṅgā, or even sees her, the gods bestow happiness upon that mortal; made pure by her touch and sight, the gods grant him the destination he desires.
13.65.91
दक्षां पृश्निं बृहतीं विप्रकृष्टां ।
शिवामृद्धां भागिनीं सुप्रसन्नाम्।
विभावरीं सर्वभूतप्रतिष्ठां ।
गङ्गां गता ये त्रिदिवं गतास्ते ॥ १३.६५.९१ ॥
Those who have gone to the Gaṅgā—skillful, speckled, vast, far-reaching, auspicious, prosperous, bestower of portions, most gracious, radiant, the foundation of all beings—have gone to heaven.
13.65.92
ख्यातिर्यस्याः खं दिवं गां च नित्या-
मूर्ध्वं दिशो विदिशश्चावतस्थे।
तस्या जलं सेव्य सरिद्वराया ।
मर्त्याः सर्वे कुतकृत्या भवन्ति ॥ १३.६५.९२ ॥
Whose fame ever spreads through sky, heaven, earth, the upper quarters and the intermediate quarters—by drinking the water of that best of rivers, all mortals become fulfilled in their purpose.
13.65.93
इयं गङ्गेति नियतं प्रतिष्ठा ।
गुहस्य स्क्मस्य च गर्भयोषा।
प्रातस्त्रिवर्गा घृतवहा विपाप्मा ।
गङ्गाऽवतीर्णा वियतो विश्वतोया ॥ १३.६५.९३ ॥
This Gaṅgā is surely the foundation of Guha and of Skanda, and the womb-mother who bore them. At dawn, threefold, ghee-bearing, sinless Gaṅgā descended from the sky, all-watered.
13.65.94
दिवो भुवश्चापि वीक्ष्यानुरूपा ॥ १३.६५.९४ ॥
Having looked upon heaven and earth, she is fitting.
13.65.95
सुताऽवनीध्रस्य हरस्य भार्या ।
दिवो भुवश्चापि कृतानुरूपा।
भव्या पृथिव्यां भागिनी चापि राज-
न्गङ्गा लोकानां पृण्यदा वै त्रयाणाम् ॥ १३.६५.९५ ॥
She is the daughter of Avanīdhra (the Himālaya) and the wife of Hara (Śiva). Made fitting for heaven and earth, she is auspicious and a sharer on earth, O king; Gaṅgā is the giver of merit to the three worlds.
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मधुस्रवा घृतधारा घृतार्चि-
र्महोर्मिभिः शोभिता ब्राह्मणैश्च।
दिवश्च्युता शिरसाऽऽप्ता शिवेन ।
गङ्गाऽवनीध्रात्त्रिदिवस्य माता ॥ १३.६५.९६ ॥
Honey-flowing, a stream of ghee, with flames of ghee, adorned with great waves and by brahmins; fallen from heaven and received on the head by Śiva, Gaṅgā came from Avanīdhra, the mother of heaven.
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योनिर्वरिष्ठा विरजा वितन्वी ।
शय्याऽचिरा वारिवहा यशोदा।
विश्वावती चाकृतिरिष्टसिद्धा ।
गङ्गोक्षितानां भुवनस्य पन्थाः ॥ १३.६५.९७ ॥
The best source, stainless, slender; a resting place, swift, water-bearing, glorious; all-pervading, possessing form, fulfilling desires — Gaṅgā is the path of the world for those sprinkled with her waters.
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क्षान्त्या मह्या गोपने धारणे च ।
दीप्त्य कृशानोस्तपनस्य चैव।
तुल्या गङ्गा सम्मता ब्राह्मणानां ।
गृहस्य ब्रह्मण्यतया च नित्यम् ॥ १३.६५.९८ ॥
In patience equal to the earth, in protecting and sustaining, in radiance equal to fire and the sun; Gaṅgā is always regarded as equal by the brahmins, and always by the household's devotion to brahmins.
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ऋषिष्टुतां विष्णुपदीं पुराणां ।
सुपुण्यतोयां मनसाऽपि लोके।
सर्वात्मना जाह्नवीं ये प्रवन्ना ।
स्ते ब्रह्मणः सदनं सम्प्रयाताः ॥ १३.६५.९९ ॥
Those who wholeheartedly take refuge, even in mind, in the Gaṅgā in this world — praised by the sages, born from Viṣṇu's foot, ancient, with exceedingly meritorious waters — go to the abode of Brahmā.
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लोकानिमान्नयति या जननीव पुत्रा-
न्सर्वात्मना सर्वगुणोपपन्ना।
तत्स्थानकं ब्राह्ममभीप्समानै-
र्गङ्गा सदैवात्मवशैरुपास्या ॥ १३.६५.१०० ॥
Gaṅgā, who leads these worlds as a mother leads her sons, endowed wholeheartedly with every good quality — she should always be worshipped by those self-controlled ones who desire that abode of Brahmā.
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गंङ्गां श्रयेदात्मवान्सिद्धिकामः ॥ १३.६५.१०१ ॥
The self-controlled one who desires success should take refuge in the Gaṅgā.
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प्रसाद्य देवान्सविभून्समस्ता-
न्भगीरथस्तपसोग्रेण गङ्गाम्।
गामानयत्तामभिगम्य शश्व-
त्पुंसां भयं नेह चामुत्र विद्यात् ॥ १३.६५.१०२ ॥
Having propitiated all the gods together with the mighty ones, Bhagīratha by fierce penance brought the Gaṅgā down to the earth. One should know that men who constantly approach her have no fear, either here or in the hereafter.
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उदाहृतः सर्वथा ते गुणानां ।
मयैकदेशः प्रसमीक्ष्य बृद्ध्या।
शक्तिर्न से काचिदिहास्ति वक्तुं ।
गुणान्सर्वान्परिमातुं तथैव ॥ १३.६५.१०३ ॥
Having considered it with my understanding, I have spoken to you of only a part of her qualities in every way. I have no power here to speak of, or to measure, all her qualities.
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मेरोः समुद्रस्य च सर्वयत्नैः ।
सङ्ख्योपलानामुदकस्य वाऽपि।
शक्यं वक्तुं नेह गङ्गाजलानां ।
गुणाख्यानं परिमातुं तथैव ॥ १३.६५.१०४ ॥
Even by every effort, the height of Meru, the ocean, the number of stones, or the waters cannot be told; so here too the virtues of the Ganges' waters cannot be recounted or measured.
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तस्मादेतान्परया श्रद्धयोक्ता-
न्गुणान्सर्वाञ्जाह्नवीयान्सदैव।
भवेद्वाचा मनसा कर्मणा च ।
भक्त्या युक्तः श्रद्धया श्रद्दधानः ॥ १३.६५.१०५ ॥
Therefore, let your speech, mind and deeds always be joined to devotion and faith, believing in all these virtues of the Jāhnavī told with supreme reverence.
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लोकानिमांस्त्रीन्यशसा वितत्य ।
सिद्धिं प्राप्य महतीं तां दुरापाम्।
गङ्गाकृतानचिरेणैव लोका-
न्यथेष्टमिष्टान्विहरिष्यसि त्वम् ॥ १३.६५.१०६ ॥
Having spread your fame through these three worlds and attained that great perfection, so hard to win, you will soon, through the Ganges, roam at will among the worlds you desire.
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तव मम च गुणैर्महानुभावा ।
जुषतु भतिं सततं स्वधर्मयुक्तैः।
अभिमतजनवत्सला हि गङ्गा ।
जगति युनक्ति सुखैश्च भक्तिमन्तम् ॥ १३.६५.१०७ ॥
Let great-souled beings endowed with virtues like yours and mine constantly direct their minds to their own duty; for the Ganges is fond of her beloved people, and in the world she joins the devout to happiness.
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इति परममतिर्गुणानशेषा-
ञ्शिलरतये त्रिपथानुयोगरूपान्।
बहुविधमनुशास्य तथ्यरूपा-
न्गगनतलं द्युतिमान्विवेश सिद्धः ॥ १३.६५.१०८ ॥
Thus the siddha of supreme wisdom, having taught in many ways, in true form, all the virtues of the three-pathed river for the rocky bed, entered the sky, radiant.
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शिलवृत्तिस्तु सिद्धस्य वाक्यैः सम्बोधितस्तदा ।
गङ्गामुपास्य विधिवत्सिद्धिं प्राप सुदुर्लभाम् ॥ १३.६५.१०९ ॥
Then the stone-gleaner, instructed by the words of the accomplished sage, duly worshipped the Gaṅgā and attained a perfection most hard to obtain.
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तथा त्वमपि कौन्तेय भक्त्या परमया युतः ।
गङ्गामभ्येहि सततं प्राप्स्यसे सिद्धिमुत्तमाम् ॥ १३.६५.११० ॥
So too, you, son of Kuntī, endowed with supreme devotion, should constantly approach the Gaṅgā; you will attain the highest perfection.
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श्रुत्वेतिहासं भीष्मोक्तं गङ्गायाः स्तवसंयुतम् ।
युधिष्ठिरः परां प्रीतिमगच्छद्धातृभिः सह ॥ १३.६५.१११ ॥
Having heard that ancient account spoken by Bhīṣma, joined with praise of the Gaṅgā, Yudhiṣṭhira felt supreme joy together with his brothers.