Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.26
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14.26.1
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
चातुर्होत्रविधानस्य विधानमिह यादृशम् ॥ १४.२६.१ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient account of the rule of the four priests, such as it is here.
14.26.2
तस्य सर्वस्य विधिवद्विधानमुपदेक्ष्यते ।
शृणु मे गदतो भद्रे रहस्यमिदमुद्भुतम् ॥ १४.२६.२ ॥
I will teach you the full rule of all of this according to procedure; listen, O auspicious one, as I speak this wondrous secret.
14.26.3
करणं कर्म कर्ता च मोक्ष इत्येव भामिनि ।
चत्वार एते होतारो यैरिदं जगदावृतम् ॥ १४.२६.३ ॥
The instrument, the action, the agent, and liberation — these indeed are the four priests, O lovely one, by whom this world is enveloped.
14.26.4
होतॄणां साधनं चैव शृणु सर्वमशेषतः ।
घ्राणं जिह्वा च चक्षुश्च त्वक्च श्रोत्रं च पञ्चमम्।
मनो बुद्धिश्च सप्तैते ज्ञेयाः कारणहेतवः ॥ १४.२६.४ ॥
Hear also the instruments of the priests in full: the nose, the tongue, the eye, the skin, the ear as the fifth, the mind and the intellect — these seven are to be known as the causal grounds.
14.26.5
गन्धो रसश्च रूपं च शब्दः स्पर्शश्च पञ्चमः ।
मन्तव्यमवबोद्धव्यं सप्तैते कर्महेतवः ॥ १४.२६.५ ॥
Smell, taste, form, sound, and touch as the fifth — these seven, to be thought upon and understood, are the causes of action.
14.26.6
घ्राता भक्षयिता द्रष्टा स्प्रष्टा श्रोता च पञ्चमः ।
मन्ता बोद्धा च सप्तैते विज्ञेयाः कर्तृहेतवः ॥ १४.२६.६ ॥
The smeller, the eater, the seer, the toucher, and the hearer as the fifth — the thinker and the knower — these seven are to be recognized as the causes of the agent.
14.26.7
स्वगुणान्भक्षयन्त्येते गुणवन्तः शुभाशुभान् ।
असन्तो निर्गुणाश्चैते सप्तैते मोक्षहेतवः ॥ १४.२६.७ ॥
These, possessing qualities, consume their own qualities, good and bad. And these, unreal and without qualities—these seven are the causes of liberation.
14.26.8
विदुषां बुध्यमानानां स्वंस्वं स्थानं यथाविधि ।
गुणास्ते देवता भूत्वा सततं भुञ्जते हविः ॥ १४.२६.८ ॥
For the wise and those who understand, each in its own place according to rule, those qualities, becoming deities, constantly enjoy the oblation.
14.26.9
अदन्हवींषि चान्नानि ममत्वेन विहन्यते ।
आत्मार्थे पाचयन्नन्नं ममत्वेनोपहन्यते ॥ १४.२६.९ ॥
He who does not eat the oblations and foods is destroyed by a sense of 'mine'; and he who cooks food for himself is afflicted by a sense of 'mine'.
14.26.10
अभक्ष्यभक्षणं चैव मद्यपानं च हन्ति तम् ।
स चान्नं हन्ति तं चान्नं स हत्वा हन्यते पुनः ॥ १४.२६.१० ॥
Eating what is forbidden and drinking liquor also strike him down; he strikes the food, and that food strikes him. Having struck, he is struck again.
14.26.11
हन्ता ह्यन्नमिदं विद्वान्पुनर्जनयतीश्वरः ।
न चान्नाज्जायते तस्मिन्सूक्ष्मो नाम व्यतिक्रमः ॥ १४.२६.११ ॥
The slayer of food, this knowing one, again produces the lord; and from food nothing is born in him. That is called the subtle transgression.
14.26.12
मनसा मन्यते यच्च यच्च वाचा निगद्यते ।
श्रोत्रेण श्रूयते यच्च चक्षुषा यच्च दृश्यते ॥ १४.२६.१२ ॥
What is thought by the mind, and what is spoken by speech; what is heard by the ear, and what is seen by the eye.
14.26.13
स्पर्शेन स्पृश्यते यच्च घ्राणेन घ्रायते च यत् ।
मनस्येतानि संयम्य हवींष्येतानि सर्वशः ॥ १४.२६.१३ ॥
What is touched by touch and what is smelled by smell — restrain these in the mind, and make all of them oblations.
14.26.14
गुणवत्पावको मह्यं दीप्यतेऽन्तःशरीरगः ।
योगयज्ञः प्रवृत्तो मे ज्ञानं ब्रह्ममयो हविः। ॥ १४.२६.१४ ॥
Within my body, the fire endowed with qualities burns for me; my sacrifice of yoga has begun, and knowledge, made of Brahman, is the oblation.
14.26.15
प्राणस्तोत्रोऽपानशस्त्रः सर्वत्यागसुदक्षिणः ।
कर्ताऽनुमन्ता ब्रह्मात्मा होताऽध्वर्युः कृतस्तुतिः
ऋतं प्रशास्ता तच्छस्त्रमपवर्गोऽस्य दक्षिणा ॥ १४.२६.१५ ॥
The breath is the hymn of praise, the downward breath the recitation, renunciation of all the rich fee; the doer and the approver is the Brahman-self, the offerer and the adhvaryu, the one who is praised; truth is the director, that is the recitation, and liberation is its fee.
14.26.16
ऋचश्चाप्यत्र शंसन्ति नारायणविदो जनाः ।
नारायणाय देवाययदविन्दन्पशून्पुरा ॥ १४.२६.१६ ॥
Here, too, people who know Nārāyaṇa recite the verses for the god Nārāyaṇa, by which people formerly obtained cattle.
14.26.17
तत्र सामानि गायन्ति तत्र चाहुर्निदर्शनम् ।
देवं नारायणं भीरु सर्वात्मानं निबोध तम् ॥ १४.२६.१७ ॥
There the sāma chants are sung, and there they also cite an illustration. Timid one, know that god Nārāyaṇa, the self of all.