Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.23
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14.23.1
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
सुभगे सप्तहोतॄणां विधानमिह यादृशम् ॥ १४.२३.१ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient story: O fortunate lady, such is the arrangement of the seven hotṛ-priests here.
14.23.2
घ्राणश्चक्षुश्च जिह्वा च त्वक् श्रोत्रं चैव पञ्चमम् ।
मनो बुद्धिश्च सप्तैते होतारः पृथगाश्रिताः ॥ १४.२३.२ ॥
The nose, the eye, the tongue, the skin, and the ear as the fifth, along with mind and intellect — these seven are the hotṛ-priests, each dwelling separately.
14.23.3
सूक्ष्माकाशे समं प्राप्ते न पश्यन्तीतरेतरम् ।
एतद्वै सप्तहोतृत्वं स्वभावाद्विद्धि शोभने ॥ १४.२३.३ ॥
Having reached the subtle space equally, they do not see one another. O radiant one, know this to be the hotṛ-hood of the seven, by their very nature.
14.23.4
सूक्ष्मे तु काशे सम्प्राप्ते कथं नान्योन्यदर्शिनः ।
कथं स्वभावाद्भगवन्नेतदाचक्ष्व मे प्रभो ॥ १४.२३.४ ॥
But how is it that, having reached the subtle space, they do not see one another? O venerable one, how does this happen by nature? O lord, explain this to me.
14.23.5
गुणज्ञानेषु विज्ञानं गुणज्ञानामभिज्ञता ।
परस्परं गुणानेते नाभिजानन्ति कर्हिचित् ॥ १४.२३.५ ॥
In the knowledge of qualities there is discernment, and in the knowledge of qualities there is special acquaintance. Yet these never recognize each other's qualities.
14.23.6
जिह्वा चक्षुस्तथा श्रोत्रं त्वङ्मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
न गन्धानधिगच्छन्ति घ्राणस्तानधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.६ ॥
The tongue, the eye, likewise the ear, skin, mind and intellect do not perceive odors; the nose alone perceives them.
14.23.7
घ्राणं चक्षुस्तथा क्षोत्रं त्वङ्मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
न रसानधिगच्छन्ति जिह्वा तानधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.७ ॥
Smell, sight, hearing, touch, mind and intellect do not apprehend tastes; the tongue alone apprehends them.
14.23.8
घ्राणं जिह्वा तथा श्रोत्रं त्वङ्मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
न रूपाण्यधिगच्छन्ति चक्षुस्तान्यधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.८ ॥
Smell, tongue, hearing, touch, mind and intellect do not apprehend forms; the eye alone apprehends them.
14.23.9
घ्राणं जिह्वा ततश्चक्षुः श्रोत्रं बुद्धिर्मनस्तथा ।
न स्पर्शानधिगच्छन्ति त्वक्च तानधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.९ ॥
Smell, tongue, then sight, hearing, intellect and mind do not apprehend touches; the skin alone apprehends them.
14.23.10
घ्राणं जिह्वा च चक्षुश्च त्वङ्मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
न शब्दानधिगच्छन्ति श्रोत्रं तानधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.१० ॥
Smell, tongue, eye, touch, mind and intellect do not apprehend sounds; the ear alone apprehends them.
14.23.11
घ्राणं जिह्वा च चक्षुश्च त्वक् श्रोत्रं बुद्धिरेव च ।
सङ्कल्पान्नाधिगच्छन्ति मनस्तानधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.११ ॥
Smell, tongue, eye, touch, hearing and intellect do not apprehend through volition; the mind alone apprehends them.
14.23.12
घ्राणं जिह्वा च चक्षुश्च त्वक् श्रोत्रं मन एव च ।
न निष्ठामधिगच्छन्ति बुद्धिस्तामधिगच्छति ॥ १४.२३.१२ ॥
Smell, tongue, eye, touch, hearing and mind do not apprehend the final steadiness; the intellect alone apprehends it.
14.23.13
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
इन्द्रियाणां च संवादं मनसश्चैव भामिनि ॥ १४.२३.१३ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient legend, the dialogue of the senses and the mind, O radiant one.
14.23.14
नाघ्राति मामृते घ्राणं रसं जिह्वा न वेत्ति च ।
रूपं चक्षुर्न गृह्णाति त्वक् स्पर्सं नावबुध्यते ॥ १४.२३.१४ ॥
Without me the nose does not smell, the tongue does not know taste, the eye does not grasp form, the skin does not perceive touch.
14.23.15
न श्रोत्रं बुध्यते शब्दं मया हीनं कथञ्चन ।
प्रवरं सर्वबूतानामहमस्मि सनातनम् ॥ १४.२३.१५ ॥
Deprived of me, the ear does not perceive sound in any way. I am the foremost of all beings, the eternal one.
14.23.16
अगाराणीव शून्यानि शान्तार्चिष इवाग्नयः ।
इन्द्रियाणि न भासन्ते मया हीनानि नित्यशः ॥ १४.२३.१६ ॥
Without me the senses are always like empty houses or fires with extinguished flames; they do not shine.
14.23.17
काष्ठानीवार्द्रशुष्काणि यतमानैरपीन्द्रियैः ।
गुणार्थान्नाधिगच्छन्ति मामृते सर्वजन्तवः ॥ १४.२३.१७ ॥
Like wet and dry logs, all creatures do not attain the objects of the qualities through the senses, however they strive, without me.
14.23.18
एवमेतद्भवेत्सत्यं यथैतन्मन्यते भवान् ।
ऋतेऽस्मानस्मदर्थांस्त्वं भोगान्भुङ्क्ते भवान्यदि ॥ १४.२३.१८ ॥
So may this be true, as you think: if without us, you enjoy the pleasures meant for us.
14.23.19
यद्यस्मासु प्रलीनेषु तप्रणं प्राणधारणम् ।
भोगान्भुङ्क्ते भवान्सत्यं यथैतन्मन्यते तथा ॥ १४.२३.१९ ॥
If, when we are dissolved, you alone sustain life and enjoy pleasures, then what you think is true.
14.23.20
अथवाऽस्मासु लीनेषु तिष्ठत्सु विषयेषु च ।
यदि सङ्कल्पमात्रेण भुङ्क्ते भोगान्यथार्थवत् ॥ १४.२३.२० ॥
Or, if we are dissolved and the objects of sense remain, and you enjoy the pleasures truly by resolve alone.
14.23.21
अथ चेन्मन्यसे सिद्धिमस्मदर्थेषु नित्यदा ।
घ्राणेन रूपमादत्स्व रसमादत्स्व चक्षुषा ॥ १४.२३.२१ ॥
Now, if you think that fulfillment always lies in our objects, take form through the nose and taste through the eye.
14.23.22
श्रोत्रेण गन्धानादत्स्व स्पर्शानादत्स्व जिह्वया ।
त्वचा च शब्दमादत्स्व बुद्ध्या स्पर्शमथापि च ॥ १४.२३.२२ ॥
Take odors through the ear, take touches through the tongue, take sound through the skin, and take touch also through the intellect.
14.23.23
बलवन्तो ह्यनियमा नियमा दुर्बलीयसाम् ।
भोगानपूर्वानादत्स्व नोच्छिष्टं भोक्तुमर्हति ॥ १४.२३.२३ ॥
The strong are unrestrained; restraints are for the weak. Take enjoyments never before enjoyed; it is not fitting for you to enjoy what is left over.
14.23.24
यथा हि शिष्यः शास्तारं श्रुत्यर्थमभिधावति ।
ततः श्रुतमुपादाय श्रुतार्थमुपतिष्ठति ॥ १४.२३.२४ ॥
As a disciple runs to the teacher to hear the meaning of scripture, then, having taken what he has heard, he attends to the meaning he has learned.
14.23.25
विषयानेवमस्माभिर्दर्शितानभिमन्यसे ।
अनुभूतानतीतांश्च स्वप्ने जागरणे तथा ॥ १४.२३.२५ ॥
Thus you take to be real the objects we have shown you, both those experienced and those past, in dream and likewise in waking.
14.23.26
वैमनस्यं गतानां च जन्तूनामल्पचेतसाम् ।
अस्मदर्थे कृते दृश्यते प्राणधारणम् ॥ १४.२३.२६ ॥
Among the small-minded creatures, dejection of mind is seen, and the sustaining of life, when done for our sake.
14.23.27
बहूनपि हि सङ्कल्पान्मत्वा स्वप्नानुपास्य च ।
बुभुक्षया पीड्यमानो विषयानेन धावति ॥ १४.२३.२७ ॥
Having taken many resolves to be real and having attended to dreams, tormented by hunger, he runs after the objects of the senses.
14.23.28
अगारमद्वारमिव प्रविश्य ।
सङ्कल्पभोगान्विषयानविन्दन्।
प्राणक्षये शान्तिमुपैति नित्यं ।
दारुक्षयेऽग्निर्ज्वलितो यथैव ॥ १४.२३.२८ ॥
As if entering a house without a door, having found the objects that are the enjoyments of desire, he attains peace always when life is exhausted, as a fire blazing up goes out when its fuel is spent.
14.23.29
कामं तु नष्टेषु गुणेषु सङ्गः ।
कामं च नान्योन्यगुणोपलब्धिः।
अस्मान्विना नास्ति तपोपलब्धि-
स्तामप्यृते त्वां न भजेत्प्रहर्षः ॥ १४.२३.२९ ॥
Though attachment to the qualities remains when they are lost, and though each perceives the qualities of the other, there is no attainment of austerity without us, and even without that, joy would not attend you.