Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.11
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2.11.1
पितामहसभां तात कथ्यमानां निबोध मे ।
शक्यते या न निर्देष्टुमेवंरूपेति भारत ॥ २.११.१ ॥
Child, listen to me as I describe the assembly of the Grandfather; it cannot be pointed out in such a form, descendant of Bharata.
2.11.2
पुरा देवयुगे राजन्नादित्यो भगवान्दिवः ।
आगच्छन्मानुषं लोकं दिदृक्षुर्विगतक्लमः ॥ २.११.२ ॥
O king, in the past, in the age of the gods, the blessed Āditya came down from heaven, desiring to see the human world, freed from weariness.
2.11.3
चरन्मानुषरूपेण सभां दृष्ट्वा स्वयम्भुवः ।
स तामकथयन्मह्यं दृष्ट्वा तत्त्वेन पाण्डव ॥ २.११.३ ॥
Wandering in human form, he beheld the assembly of the Self-existent one; and, having seen it truly, he described it to me, O Pāṇḍava.
2.11.4
अप्रमेयां सभां दिव्यां मानसीं भरतर्षभ ।
अनिर्देश्यां प्रभावेण सर्वभूतमनोरमाम् ॥ २.११.४ ॥
That assembly, O bull of the Bharatas, was immeasurable, divine, born of the mind; indescribable in its splendour, delightful to the minds of all beings.
2.11.5
श्रुत्वा गुणानहं तस्याः सभायाः पाण्डवर्षभ ।
दर्शनेप्सुस्तथा राजन्नादित्यमिदमब्रुवम्। ॥ २.११.५ ॥
Having heard the virtues of that assembly, O bull of the Pāṇḍavas, and desiring to see it, O king, I spoke these words to Āditya.
2.11.6
भगवन्द्रष्टुमिच्छामि पितामहसभां शुभाम् ।
येन वा तपसा शक्या कर्मणा वाऽपि गोपते ॥ २.११.६ ॥
Blessed lord, I wish to see the auspicious assembly of the Grandfather; O lord of the earth, tell me by what austerity or by what action it may be attained.
2.11.7
औषधैर्या तथा युक्तैरुत्तमा पापनाशिनी ।
तन्ममाचक्ष्व भगवन्पश्येयं तां सभां यथा ॥ २.११.७ ॥
Tell me, O venerable one, by means of the supreme medicines that destroy sin, so that I may see that hall.
2.11.8
स तन्मम वचः श्रुत्वा सहस्रांशुर्दिवाकरः ।
प्रोवाच भारतश्रेष्ठ व्रतं वर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ २.११.८ ॥
Having heard my words, that thousand-rayed sun, the day-maker, spoke of a vow lasting a thousand years, O best of the Bharatas.
2.11.9
ब्रह्मव्रतमुपास्स्व त्वं प्रयतेनान्तरात्मना ।
ततोऽहं हिमवत्पृष्ठे समारब्दो महाव्रतम् ॥ २.११.९ ॥
You practise the Brahman-vow with a controlled inner self. Then I undertook the great vow on the slope of the Himālaya.
2.11.10
ततः स भगवान्सूर्यो मामुपादाय वीर्यवान् ।
आगच्छत्तां सभां ब्राह्मीं विपाप्मा विगतक्लमः ॥ २.११.१० ॥
Then that venerable and mighty Sun, taking me with him, sinless and free from weariness, came to that Brāhmī hall.
2.11.11
एवंरूपेति सा शक्या न निर्देष्टुं नराधिप ।
क्षणेन हि बिभर्त्यन्यदनिर्देश्यं वपुस्तथा ॥ २.११.११ ॥
O lord of men, it is not possible to describe her as having such a form; in a moment she assumes another indescribable form.
2.11.12
न वेद परिमाणं वा संस्थानं चापि भारत ।
न च रूपं मया तादृक् दृष्टपूर्वं कदाचन ॥ २.११.१२ ॥
O Bhārata, I do not know its measure or its structure, nor had I ever before seen such a form.
2.11.13
सुसुखा सा सदा राजन्न शीता न च घर्मदा ।
न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिं प्राप्यतां प्राप्तुवन्त्युत ॥ २.११.१३ ॥
O king, that hall is always most pleasant; it is neither cold nor heat-giving. There is neither hunger, thirst, nor weariness there; whatever is to be obtained is obtained there.
2.11.14
नानारूपैरिव कृता मणिभिः सा सुभास्वरैः ।
स्तम्भैर्न च धृता सा तु शाश्वती न च सा क्षरा ॥ २.११.१४ ॥
That hall seems made of jewels, in many forms and very radiant; it is not held up by pillars. It is eternal, and not perishable.
2.11.15
दिव्यैर्नानाविधैर्भावैर्भासद्भिरमितप्रभैः ॥ २.११.१५ ॥
[The hall is adorned] with divine appearances of many kinds, shining, of boundless splendor.
2.11.16
अति चन्द्रं च सूर्यं च शिखिनं च स्वयम्प्रभा ।
दीप्यते नाकपृष्ठस्था भर्त्सयन्वीव भास्करम् ॥ २.११.१६ ॥
Surpassing the moon, the sun, and fire, self-luminous, it shines standing on the back of heaven, as if rebuking the sun itself.
2.11.17
तस्यां स भगवानास्ते विदधद्देवमायया ।
स्वयमेकोऽनिशं राजन्सर्वलोकपितामहः ॥ २.११.१७ ॥
In it that blessed Lord dwells alone and unceasing, ordaining creation by divine illusion; O king, he is the grandfather of all worlds.
2.11.18
उपतिष्ठन्ति चाप्येनं प्रजानां पतयः प्रभुम् ।
दक्षः प्रचेताः पुलहो मरीचिः कश्यपः प्रभुः ॥ २.११.१८ ॥
The lords of creatures also wait upon him: Dakṣa, Pracetas, Pulaha, Marīci, and the lord Kaśyapa.
2.11.19
भृगुरत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च गौतमोऽथ तथाङ्गिराः ।
पुलस्त्यश्च कतुश्चैव प्रह्लादः कर्दमस्तथा। ॥ २.११.१९ ॥
Bhṛgu, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Gautama, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Kratu, Prahlāda and Kardama likewise.
2.11.20
अथर्वाङ्गिरसश्चैव वालखिल्या सरीचिपाः ।
मनोऽन्तरिक्षं विद्याश्च वायुस्तेजो जलं मही ॥ २.११.२० ॥
The Atharvāṅgiras, the Vālakhilyas, the Marīcipas, and mind, space, the sciences, air, fire, water and earth.
2.11.21
शब्दस्पर्शौ तथा रूपं रसो गन्धश्च भारत ।
प्रकृतिश्च विकारश्च यच्चान्यत्कारणं भुवः ॥ २.११.२१ ॥
Sound, touch, form, taste and smell, O Bhārata; primal nature and its modifications, and whatever else is the cause of the world.
2.11.22
अगस्त्यश्च महातेजा मार्कण्डेयश्च वीर्यवान् ।
जमदग्निर्भरद्वाजः संवर्तश्च्यवनस्तथा ॥ २.११.२२ ॥
Agastya of great radiance, the mighty Mārkaṇḍeya, Jamadagni, Bharadvāja, Saṃvarta and Cyavana likewise.
2.11.23
दुर्वासाश्च महाभाग ऋष्णशृङ्गश्च धार्मिकः ।
सनत्कुमारो भगवान्योगाचार्यो महातपाः ॥ २.११.२३ ॥
Durvāsas, greatly fortunate, the righteous Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, the venerable Sanatkumāra, the teacher of yoga and the one of great asceticism.
2.11.24
असितो देवलश्चैव जैगीषव्यश्च तत्त्ववित् ।
ऋषभो जितशत्रुश्च महावीर्यस्तथा मणिः ॥ २.११.२४ ॥
Asita, Devala, Jaigīṣavya the knower of truth, Ṛṣabha, Jitaśatru of great valor, and Maṇi likewise.
2.11.25
आयुर्वेदस्तथाऽष्टाङ्गो देहवांस्तत्र भारत ।
चन्द्रमाः सह नक्षत्रैरादित्यश्च गभस्तिमान् ॥ २.११.२५ ॥
There, O Bhārata, the Āyurveda with its eight limbs stood embodied, and the moon with the stars, and the sun, the radiant one.
2.11.26
वायवः क्रतवश्चैव सङ्कल्पः प्राण एव च ।
मूर्तिमन्तो महात्मानो महाव्रतपरायणाः ॥ २.११.२६ ॥
The winds, the sacrificial rites, resolve, and breath as well; the great-souled ones who have taken form, devoted to the great vows.
2.11.27
एते चान्ये च बहवो ब्रह्माणं समुपस्थिताः ।
अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च हर्षो द्वेषस्तपो दमः ॥ २.११.२७ ॥
These and many others have come near Brahmā: wealth, righteousness and desire, joy and hatred, austerity and self-restraint.
2.11.28
आयान्ति तस्यां सहिता गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः ।
विंशतिः सप्त चैवान्ये लोकपालाश्च सर्वशः ॥ २.११.२८ ॥
Into that assembly come together the troops of Gandharvas and Apsarases, twenty-seven and the others, the world-guardians, all of them.
2.11.29
शुक्रो बृहस्पतिश्चैव बुधोऽङ्कारक एव च ।
शनैश्चरश्च राहुश्च ग्रहाः सर्वे तथैव च ॥ २.११.२९ ॥
Śukra and Bṛhaspati, Budha and Aṅgāraka, Śanaiścara and Rāhu, and all the planets likewise.
2.11.30
मन्त्रो रथन्तरं चैव हरिमान्वसुमानपि ।
आदित्याः साधिराजानो नामद्वन्द्वैरुदाहृताः ॥ २.११.३० ॥
The mantra and the Rathantara, Harimān and Vasumān as well, the Ādityas with their kings, named in pairs of names.
2.11.31
मरुतो विश्वकर्मा च वसवश्चैव भारत ।
तथा पितृगणाः सर्वे सर्वाणि च हवींष्यथ ॥ २.११.३१ ॥
O Bhārata, the Maruts, Viśvakarman and the Vasus, likewise all the groups of ancestors and all the oblations are there.
2.11.32
ऋग्वेदः सामवेदश्च यजुर्वेदश्च पाण्डव ।
अथर्ववेदश्च तथा सर्वशास्त्राणि चैव ह ॥ २.११.३२ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, the Ṛg Veda, the Sāma Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda, and likewise all the sciences, are there.
2.11.33
इतिहासोपवेदाश्च वेदाङ्गानि च सर्वशः ।
ग्रहा यज्ञाश्च सोमश्च देवताश्चापि सर्वशः ॥ २.११.३३ ॥
The epics and the subordinate Vedas, all the Vedic limbs, the planets, the sacrifices, Soma and all the deities are there.
2.11.34
सावित्री दुर्गतरणी वाणी सप्तविधा तथा ।
मेधा धृतिः श्रुतिश्चैव प्रज्ञा बुद्धिर्यशः क्षमा ॥ २.११.३४ ॥
Sāvitrī, the rescuer from distress, sevenfold speech, and likewise intellect, steadfastness, learning, insight, understanding, fame and forbearance are there.
2.11.35
सामानि स्तुतिशस्त्राणि गाथाश्च विविधास्तथा ।
भाष्याणि तर्कयुक्तानि देहवन्ति विशाम्पते ॥ २.११.३५ ॥
O lord of the people, the chants, the praise-hymns, the various verses and the commentaries full of reasoning are there in embodied form.
2.11.36
नाटका विविधाः काव्याः कथाख्यायिकारिकाः ।
तत्रतिष्ठन्ति ते पुण्या ये चान्ये गुरुपूजकाः ॥ २.११.३६ ॥
Various plays, poems, tales, stories and verse-couplets stand there, and there dwell those meritorious who honour their teachers, as well as others.
2.11.37
क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश्च दिवा रात्रिस्तथैव च ।
अर्धमासाश्च मासाश्च ऋतवः षट् च भारत ॥ २.११.३७ ॥
Moments, small units of time, muhūrtas, day and night likewise; half-months and months, and, O Bhārata, the six seasons.
2.11.38
संवत्सराः पञ्ययुगमहोरात्रश्चतुर्विधः ।
कालचक्रं च तद्दिव्यं नित्यमक्षयमव्ययम् ॥ २.११.३८ ॥
Years, the cycle of five yugas, the great day and night — this is fourfold; and that divine wheel of time is eternal, imperishable and unchanging.
2.11.39
धर्मचक्रं तथा चापि नित्यमास्ते युधिष्ठिर ।
अदितिर्दितिर्दनुश्चैव सुरसा विनता इरा ॥ २.११.३९ ॥
Likewise, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the wheel of dharma also abides eternally. Aditi, Diti, Danu, Surasā, Vinatā and Irā.
2.11.40
कालिका सुरभी देवी सरमा चाथ गौतमी ॥ २.११.४० ॥
Kālikā, the goddess Surabhī, Saramā, and then Gautamī.
2.11.41
प्रभा कद्रूश्च वै देव्यौ देवतानां च मातरः ।
रुद्राणी श्रीश्च लक्ष्मीश्च भद्रा षष्ठी तथाऽपरा ॥ २.११.४१ ॥
The two goddesses Prabhā and Kadrū, the mothers of the gods; Rudrāṇī, Śrī and Lakṣmī, Bhadrā, and a sixth, another.
2.11.42
पृथिवी गां गता देवी ह्रीः स्वाहा कीर्तिरेव च ।
सुरा देवी शची चैव तथा पुष्टिररुन्धती ॥ २.११.४२ ॥
Earth, who went as a cow; the goddess Hrī, Svāhā, and Kīrti too; the goddess Surā, Śacī, and likewise Puṣṭi and Arundhatī.
2.11.43
संवृत्तिराशा नियतिः सृष्टिर्देवी रतिस्तथा ।
एताश्चान्याश्चवै देव्य उपतस्थुः प्रजापतिम् ॥ २.११.४३ ॥
Saṃvṛtti, Āśā, Niyati, the goddess Sṛṣṭi, and Rati, and these and other goddesses attended upon Prajāpati.
2.11.44
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा मरुतश्चास्विनावपि ।
विश्वेदेवाश्च साध्याश्च पितरश्च मनोजवाः ॥ २.११.४४ ॥
The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Maruts, and the two Aśvins, the Viśvedevas and Sādhyas, and the ancestors swift as thought.
2.11.45
पितृणां च गणान्विद्धि सप्तैव पुरुषर्षभ ।
मूर्तिमन्तो वै चत्वारस्त्रयश्चापि शरीरिणः ॥ २.११.४५ ॥
Know, O bull among men, that the groups of ancestors are seven: four of them are embodied, and three also have bodies.
2.11.46
वैराजश्च महाभागा अग्निष्वात्ताश्च भारत ।
गार्हपत्या नाकचराः पितरो लोकविश्रुताः ॥ २.११.४६ ॥
O Bhārata, the Vairājas and the greatly blessed Agniṣvāttas, the Gārhapatyas, the ancestors who roam in heaven and are renowned in the worlds.
2.11.47
सोमपा एकशृङ्गाश्च चतुर्वेदाः कलास्तथा ।
एते चतुर्षु वर्णेषु पूज्यन्ते पितरो नृप ॥ २.११.४७ ॥
The soma-drinkers, the single-horned, the knowers of the four Vedas, and the Kalā ancestors likewise: these ancestors, O king, are worshipped among the four social orders.
2.11.48
एतैराप्यायितैः पुर्वं सोमश्चाप्याय्यते पुनः ।
त एते पितरः सर्वे प्रजापतिमुपस्थिताः ॥ २.११.४८ ॥
Nourished by these, Soma too is nourished again; all these ancestors approached Prajāpati.
2.11.49
उपासते च संहृष्टा ब्रह्माणममितौजसम् ।
राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च दानवा गुह्यकास्तथा ॥ २.११.४९ ॥
Rākṣasas, piśācas, dānavas and guhyakas too, rejoicing, attend upon Brahmā of immeasurable power.
2.11.50
नागाः सुपर्णाः पशवः पितामहमुपासते ।
स्थावरा जङ्गमाश्चैव महाभूतास्तथाऽपरे ॥ २.११.५० ॥
Nāgas, suparṇas, animals, immobile and mobile things, and the other great elements attend upon the Grandfather.
2.11.51
पुरन्दरश्च देवेन्द्रो वरुणो धनदो यमः ।
महादेवः सहोमोऽत्र सदा गच्छति सर्वशः ॥ २.११.५१ ॥
Purandara, Devendra, Varuṇa, Dhanada and Yama, and Mahādeva together with Umā, always go about here everywhere.
2.11.52
महासेनश्च राजेन्द्र सदोपास्ते पितामहम् ।
देवो नारायणस्तस्यां तथा देवर्षयश्च ये ॥ २.११.५२ ॥
O lord of kings, Mahāsena too always attends upon the Grandfather; the god Nārāyaṇa there, and likewise the divine sages who are there.
2.11.53
ऋषयो वालखिल्याश्च योनिजायोनिजास्तथा ।
यच्च किञ्चित्रिलोकेऽस्मिन्दृश्यते स्थाणु जङ्गमम्।
सर्वं तस्यां मया दृष्टमिति विद्धि नराधिप ॥ २.११.५३ ॥
Sages, the Vālakhilyas, those born from a womb and those not born from a womb, and whatever is seen in these three worlds, immobile or mobile—know, O lord of men, that I saw all of it there.
2.11.54
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ।
प्रजावतां च पञ्चाशदृषीणामपि पाण्डव ॥ २.११.५४ ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, there are eighty-eight thousand sages whose seed rises upward, and also fifty sages who have offspring.
2.11.55
ते स्म तत्र यथाकामं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे दिवौकसः ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा तस्मै सर्वे यान्ति यथागमम् ॥ २.११.५५ ॥
There, all the gods, having seen him as they wished, bow to him with their heads and all go back the way they came.
2.11.56
अतिथीनागतान्देवान्दैत्यान्नागांस्तथा द्विजान् ।
यक्षान्मुपर्णान्कालेयान्गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा ॥ २.११.५६ ॥
The gods who had come as guests, and likewise the demons, serpents, twice-born brahmins, yakṣas, garuḍas, kāleyas, gandharvas and apsarases were there.
2.11.57
महाभागानमितधीर्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
दयावान्सर्वभूतेषु यथार्हं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ २.११.५७ ॥
Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, of boundless intellect and compassionate toward all beings, treats the greatly fortunate ones as is fitting.
2.11.58
प्रतिगृह्य तु विश्वात्मा स्वयं स्वयम्भूरमितद्युतिः ।
सान्त्वमानार्थसम्भोगैर्युनक्ति मनुजाधिप ॥ २.११.५८ ॥
O lord of men, Brahmā, soul of the universe, self-existent and of boundless splendour, himself receives them and joins them with comfort, honour, wealth and enjoyments.
2.11.59
तथा तैरुपयातैश्च प्रतियद्भिश्च भारत ।
आकुला सा सभातात भवति स्म सुखप्रदा ॥ २.११.५९ ॥
O Bhārata, dear one, thus that assembly, crowded with those who had come and those who were returning, was giving happiness.
2.11.60
सर्वतेजोमयी दिव्या ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेविता ।
ब्राहया श्रिया दीप्यमाना शुशुभे विगतक्लमा ॥ २.११.६० ॥
That divine assembly, made of all splendour, attended by groups of brahmarshis, shining with the glory of Brahmā, shone forth, free from weariness.
2.11.61
सा सभा तादृशी दृष्टा मया लोकेषु दुर्लभा ।
सभेयं राजशार्दूल मनुष्येषु यथा तव ॥ २.११.६१ ॥
O tiger among kings, such an assembly hall I have seen nowhere in the worlds; among men, this hall of yours is rare.
2.11.62
एता मया दृष्टपूर्वाः सभा देवेषु भारत ।
सभेयं मानुषे लोके सर्वश्रेष्ठतमा तव ॥ २.११.६२ ॥
O Bhārata, these halls I have seen before among the gods; but in the human world, this hall of yours is the most excellent of all.