Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.22
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14.22.1
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
निबोध दशहोतृणां विधानमिह यादृशम् ॥ १४.२२.१ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient story. Learn the rule of the ten priests who offer, as it is here.
14.22.2
श्रोत्रं त्वक्चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चरणौ करौ ।
उपस्थं पायुरिति वाग्घोतृणि दश भामिनि ॥ १४.२२.२ ॥
The ear, skin, two eyes, tongue, nose, two feet, two hands, the genitals, the anus, and speech — these are the ten priests who offer, O lady.
14.22.3
शब्दस्पर्शौ रूपरसौ गन्धो वाक्यं क्रिया गतिः ।
रेतोमूत्रपुरीषाणां त्यागो दश हवींषि च ॥ १४.२२.३ ॥
Sound and touch, form and taste, smell, speech, action, movement, and the release of semen, urine and feces — these are the ten oblations.
14.22.4
दिशो वायू रविश्चन्द्रः पृथ्व्यग्नी विष्णुरेव च ।
इन्द्रः प्रजापतिर्मित्रमग्नयो दश भामिनि ॥ १४.२२.४ ॥
The directions, wind, sun, moon, earth and fire, Viṣṇu, Indra, Prajāpati, Mitra, and the fires — these are the ten, O lady.
14.22.5
दशेन्द्रियाणि होतृणि हवींषि दश भामिनि ।
विषया नाम समिधो हूयन्ते तु दशाग्निषु ॥ १४.२२.५ ॥
The ten senses are the priests, the ten oblations, O lady. Their objects, called fuel-sticks, are poured into the ten fires.
14.22.6
चित्तं स्रुवश्च वित्तं च पवित्रं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।
सुविभक्तमिदं पूर्वं जगदासीदिति श्रुतम् ॥ १४.२२.६ ॥
The mind is the ladle, and wealth too; pure and supreme knowledge also. It is heard that this world was formerly thus well divided.
14.22.7
ततो विविक्ता वित्तासीत्सा वित्तं पर्यवेक्षते ।
सर्वमेवात्र विज्ञेयं चित्ते ज्ञानमवेक्षता।
रेतः शरीरभृत्काये विज्ञाता तु शरीरभृत् ॥ १४.२२.७ ॥
Then she, having been separated, became known; she examines wealth. Here everything is to be understood by one who observes knowledge in the mind. The seed is in the body of the embodied one; and the embodied one is the knower.
14.22.8
शरीरभृद्गार्हपत्यस्तस्मादग्निः प्रणीयते ।
मनश्चाहवनीयस्तु तस्मिन्प्रक्षिप्यते हविः ॥ १४.२२.८ ॥
The embodied one is the household fire (gārhapatya); therefore the fire is led forth. And the mind is the offering fire (āhavanīya); into it the oblation is cast.
14.22.9
ततो वाचस्पतिर्जज्ञे तं मनः पर्यवेक्षते ।
रूपं भवति वै वक्त्रं तदनुद्रवते मनः ॥ १४.२२.९ ॥
Then Vācaspati was born; the mind considers him. Form indeed is the mouth; the mind runs after it.
14.22.10
ब्राह्मण्युवाच ।
कस्माद्वागभवत्पूर्वं कस्मात्पश्चान्मनोऽभवत्।
मनसा चिन्तितं पूर्वं वाक्यं समभिपद्यते ॥ १४.२२.१० ॥
The Brahmin woman said: Why did speech come into being first, and why did the mind come into being afterwards? What is first thought by the mind is brought to completion as a sentence.
14.22.11
केन विज्ञानयोगेन मतिश्चित्तं समास्थिता ।
समुन्नीता नाध्यगच्छत्को वै तां प्रतिबाधते ॥ १४.२२.११ ॥
By what yoga of knowledge is understanding firmly established in the mind-heart? Though raised up, it does not attain it; who obstructs her?
14.22.12
तन्मनस्थः पतिर्भूत्वा तस्मात्प्रेहन्निवायति ।
तां मतिं मनसः प्राहुर्मनस्तस्मादपेक्षते ॥ १४.२२.१२ ॥
Having become the lord dwelling in the mind, it therefore goes forth and returns. That understanding they call the mind's (state); therefore the mind looks towards it.
14.22.13
प्रश्नं तु वाङ्मनसयोर्यस्मात्त्वमनुपृच्छसि ।
तस्मात्ते वर्तयिष्यामि तयोरेव समाह्वयम् ॥ १४.२२.१३ ॥
You ask about speech and mind; therefore I will set forth to you the very contest between those two.
14.22.14
उभे वाङ्मनसी गत्वा भूतात्मानमपृच्छताम् ।
आवयोः श्रेष्ठमाचक्ष्व च्छिन्धि नौ संशयं विभो ॥ १४.२२.१४ ॥
Both speech and mind went to the soul of beings and asked: 'Declare which of us two is the best, and resolve our doubt, O mighty one.'
14.22.15
मन इत्येवि भगवांस्तदा प्राह सरस्वतीम् ।
अहं वै कामधुक्तुभ्यमिति तं प्राह वागथ ॥ १४.२२.१५ ॥
Then the lord said to Sarasvatī: 'I am indeed the wish-milker for you.' Then speech said to him.
14.22.16
स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव विद्ध्युभे मनसी मम ।
स्थावरं मत्सकाशे वै जङ्गमं विषये तव ॥ १४.२२.१६ ॥
Know that both minds, the stationary and the moving, are mine: the stationary abides with me, the moving in your domain.
14.22.17
यस्तु ते विषये गच्छन्मन्त्रो वर्णः स्वरोपि वा ।
तन्मनो जङ्गमं नाम तस्मादसि गरीयसी ॥ १४.२२.१७ ॥
Whatever mantra, letter, or tone moves within your domain is named the moving mind; therefore you are the more weighty.
14.22.18
तस्माद्भवितुमर्हामि स्वयमभ्येत्य शोभने ।
तस्मादुच्छ्वासमासाद्य प्रवक्ष्यामि सरस्वति ॥ १४.२२.१८ ॥
Therefore I am fit to become present by coming myself, O radiant one. Therefore, having reached breath, I shall speak, O Sarasvatī.
14.22.19
प्राणापानावन्तरे यद्वाग्वै नित्यं स्म तिष्ठति ।
प्रीयमाणा महाभागे विना प्राणांश्च मामपि।
प्रजापतिमुपाधावत्प्रसीद भगवन्निति ॥ १४.२२.१९ ॥
The speech that dwells always between the in-breath and the out-breath, O greatly blessed one, pleased, without the life-breaths and even without me, ran to Prajāpati and said, 'O venerable one, be gracious.'
14.22.20
ततः प्राणः प्रादुरभूद्वाचमाप्याययन्पुनः ।
तस्मादुच्छ्वासमासाद्य न वाग्वदति कर्हिचित् ॥ १४.२२.२० ॥
Then the life-breath appeared again, nourishing speech once more. Therefore, having reached the exhalation, speech never speaks.
14.22.21
घोषिणी जातनिर्घोषा नित्यमेव प्रवर्तते ।
तयोरपि च घोषिण्या निर्घोर्षैव गरीयसी ॥ १४.२२.२१ ॥
The resounding one, having produced a roar, always operates. Even of those two, the roar of the resounding one is indeed the greater.
14.22.22
गौरिव प्रस्रवत्यर्थान्रसमुत्तमशालिनी ।
सततं स्यन्दते ह्येषा शाश्वतं ब्रह्मवादिनी ॥ १४.२२.२२ ॥
Like a cow, she pours forth meanings, adorned with the highest essence. This speaker of the sacred word flows constantly and eternally.
14.22.23
दिव्यादिव्यप्रभावेन भारती गौः शुचिस्मिते ।
एतयोरन्तरं पश्य सूक्ष्मयोर्यतमानयोः ॥ १४.२२.२३ ॥
By the power of the divine and the not-divine, Bhāratī is a cow. O pure-smiling one, see the difference between these two subtle ones who are striving.
14.22.24
ब्राह्मण्युवाच ।
अनुत्पन्नेषु वाक्येषु चोद्यमाना सिसृक्षया।
किंन्नु पूर्वं तदा देवी व्याजहार सरस्वती ॥ १४.२२.२४ ॥
The Brāhmaṇī said: When the utterances had not yet arisen, impelled by the desire to create, what did the goddess Sarasvatī first say then?
14.22.25
प्राणेन य सम्भवते शरीरे ।
प्राणादपानं प्रतिपद्यते च।
उदानभूता च विसृज्य देहं ।
व्यानेन सर्वं दिवमावृणोति ॥ १४.२२.२५ ॥
That which arises in the body through the breath, attains the downward breath from the breath, and, becoming the upward breath, releases the body and by the diffusing breath covers the whole sky.
14.22.26
ततः समाने प्रतितिष्ठतीह ।
इत्येव पूर्वं प्रजजल्प वागपि।
तस्मान्मनः स्थावरत्वाद्विशिष्टं ।
तथा देवी जङ्गमत्वाद्विशिष्टाः ॥ १४.२२.२६ ॥
Then it stands firm here in the samāna; thus speech, too, formerly spoke forth. Therefore the mind is distinguished by being stationary, and likewise the goddess (speech) is distinguished by being mobile.