Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.43
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2.43.1
ततो भीष्मस्य तच्छ्रुत्वा वचः काले युधिष्ठिरः ।
ज्ञापनार्थाय सर्वेषां भीष्मं पुनरथाब्रवीत् ॥ २.४३.१ ॥
Then, having heard Bhīṣma's words at the proper time, Yudhiṣṭhira spoke again to Bhīṣma, so that it might be made known to all.
2.43.2
विस्तरेणास्य देवस्य कर्माणीच्छामि सर्वशः ।
श्रोतुं भगवतस्तानि प्रब्रवीहि पितामह ॥ २.४३.२ ॥
Grandsire, I wish to hear in full and in detail the deeds of this god; tell me of the deeds of that blessed lord.
2.43.3
कर्मणामानुपूर्वा च प्रादुर्भावाश्च ये विभोः ।
यथा च प्रकृतिः कृष्णे तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ २.४३.३ ॥
Grandsire, tell me the sequence of that all-pervading one's deeds and his manifestations, and what his nature is as it is in Kṛṣṇa.
2.43.4
एवमुक्तस्तदा भीष्मः प्रोवाच भरतर्षभ ।
युधिष्ठिरममित्रघ्नं तस्मिन्त्राजसमागमे ॥ २.४३.४ ॥
Thus addressed, Bhīṣma, bull of the Bharatas, then spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira, slayer of enemies, in that assembly of kings.
2.43.5
समक्षं वासुदेवस्य देवस्येव शतक्रतोः ।
कर्माण्यसुकराण्यन्यैराचचक्षे जनाधिप ॥ २.४३.५ ॥
In the presence of Vāsudeva, as if before the god Indra, the hundred-sacrificer, Bhīṣma, lord of men, recounted deeds that are hard for others to accomplish.
2.43.6
शृण्वतां पार्थिवानां च धर्मराजस्य चान्तिके ।
इदं मतिमतां श्रेष्ठः कृष्णं प्रति विशाम्पते ॥ २.४३.६ ॥
Lord of the people, in the presence of the king of dharma and while the kings listened, Bhīṣma, best of the wise, spoke this concerning Kṛṣṇa.
2.43.7
म्नैवामन्त्र्य राजेन्द्र चेदिराजमरिन्दमम् ।
भीमकर्मा ततो भीष्णो भूयः स इतमब्रवीत् ॥ २.४३.७ ॥
Then Bhīṣma, of terrible deeds, addressing the lord of kings, the Cedi king who subdues enemies, again spoke this.
2.43.8
करूणामपि राजानं युधिष्ठिरमभाषत ।
वर्तमानामतीतां च शृणु राजन्युधिष्ठिर ॥ २.४३.८ ॥
He also spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira, king of the Karus: Listen, O king Yudhiṣṭhira, to the present and the past.
2.43.9
ईश्वरस्योत्तमस्यैनां कर्मणां गहनां गतिम् ।
अव्यक्तो व्यक्तलिङ्गस्थो य एष भगवान्प्रभुः ॥ २.४३.९ ॥
Bhīṣma said: This is the unfathomable path of the supreme Lord's deeds. This blessed lord, the mighty one, who abides in manifest form, is unmanifest.
2.43.10
पुरा नारायणो देवः स्वयम्भूः प्रपितामहः ।
सहस्रशीर्षः पुरुषो ध्रवोऽनन्तः सनातनः ॥ २.४३.१० ॥
Formerly, the god Nārāyaṇa, self-existent great-grandfather, the thousand-headed Person, steadfast, infinite and eternal.
2.43.11
सहस्रास्यः सहस्राश्चः सहस्रचरणो विभुः ।
सहस्रवाहुः सर्वज्ञो देवो नामसहस्रवान् ॥ २.४३.११ ॥
The all-pervading lord with a thousand faces, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; the god with a thousand arms, all-knowing, possessing a thousand names.
2.43.12
सहस्रमुकुटो देवो विश्वरूपो महाद्युतिः ।
अनेकवर्णो देवादिरव्यक्ताद्वै परे स्थितः ॥ २.४३.१२ ॥
The god with a thousand crowns, of universal form, of great brilliance, of many colors, first of the gods; he abides beyond the unmanifest.
2.43.13
असृजत्सलिलं पूर्वं स च नारायणः प्रभुः ।
ततस्तु भगवांस्तोये ब्रह्माणमसृजत्स्वयम् ॥ २.४३.१३ ॥
That lord Nārāyaṇa first created the waters; then the blessed lord himself created Brahmā in the waters.
2.43.14
ब्रह्मा चतुर्मुखो लोकान्सर्वांस्तानसृजत्स्वयम् ।
आदिकाले पुरा ह्येवं सर्वलोकस्य चोद्भवः।
पुरा यः प्रलये प्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ॥ २.४३.१४ ॥
Brahmā of the four faces himself created all those worlds. In primal time, formerly, thus was the origin of the whole world; formerly, when dissolution came and the immobile and mobile beings were destroyed,
2.43.15
ब्रह्मादिषु प्रलीनेषु नष्टे लोके चराचरे ।
आभूतसम्प्लवे प्राप्ते प्रलीने प्रकृतौ महान् ॥ २.४३.१५ ॥
When Brahmā and the others had dissolved and the world of moving and unmoving beings was destroyed, when the flood of beings came and the great one was dissolved into primal matter.
2.43.16
एकस्मिष्ठति सर्वात्मा स तु नारायणः प्रभुः ।
नारायणस्य चाङ्गानि सर्वदैवानि भारत ॥ २.४३.१६ ॥
In that one the lord Nārāyaṇa, the self of all, remains; and O Bhārata, the limbs of Nārāyaṇa are always all the deities.
2.43.17
शिरस्तस्य दिवं राजन्नाभिः खं चरणौ मही ।
अश्विनौ कर्णयोर्देवौ चक्षुषी शशिभास्करौ ॥ २.४३.१७ ॥
O king, his head is heaven, his navel the sky, his feet the earth; the two Aśvins are his ears, and the moon and sun are his eyes.
2.43.18
इन्द्रवैश्वानरौ देवौ मुखं तस्य महात्मनः ।
अन्यानि सर्वदैवानि सर्वाङ्गानि महात्मनः ॥ २.४३.१८ ॥
Indra and Vaiśvānara, the gods, are the face of that great-souled one; all the other deities are all the limbs of the great-souled one.
2.43.19
सर्वं चापि हरौ संस्थं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ।
आभूतसम्प्लवान्तेऽथ दृष्ट्वा सर्वं तमोन्वितम् ॥ २.४३.१९ ॥
All things rest in Hari, as clusters of gems on a thread; and at the end of the dissolution of beings, seeing all filled with darkness.
2.43.20
नारायणो महायोगी सर्वज्ञः परमात्मवान् ।
ब्रह्मभूतस्तदात्मानं ब्रह्मणमसृजत्स्वयम् ॥ २.४३.२० ॥
Nārāyaṇa, the great yogin, omniscient, possessing the supreme Self, having become Brahman, then created Brahmā from himself by himself.
2.43.21
सोऽध्यक्षः सर्वभूतानां प्रभूतप्रभवोऽच्युतः ।
सनत्कुमारं रुद्रं च सप्तर्षीश्च तपोधनात् ॥ २.४३.२१ ॥
He, the overseer of all beings, of abundant origin, the unfailing one, created Sanatkumāra, Rudra and the seven sages from the wealth of his austerity.
2.43.22
सर्वमेवासृजद्ब्रह्मा तथा लोकांस्तथा प्रजाः ।
ते च तद्व्यसृजंस्तत्र प्राप्तकाले युधिष्ठिर ॥ २.४३.२२ ॥
Brahmā created everything, and likewise the worlds and creatures; and they, when the appointed time came, released it there, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
2.43.23
तेभ्योऽभवन्महात्मभ्यो बहुधा ब्रह्म शाश्वतम् ।
कल्पानां बहुकोट्यश्चसमतीतास्तु भारत ॥ २.४३.२३ ॥
From those great-souled ones the eternal Brahman arose in many ways; and many crores of kalpas have passed, O Bhārata.
2.43.24
आभूतसम्प्लवाश्चैव बहुधाऽद्धाऽपचक्रमुः ।
मन्वन्तरयुगा राजन्सङ्कल्पो भूतसम्प्लवाः ॥ २.४३.२४ ॥
The dissolutions of beings, too, have indeed passed away in many ways; the manvantaras and yugas, O king, and the resolve and the dissolutions of beings have passed.
2.43.25
चक्रवत्परिवर्तन्ते सर्वं विषमुखं जगत् ।
सृष्ट्वा चतुर्मुखं देवं देवो नारायणः प्रभुः ॥ २.४३.२५ ॥
Like a wheel they revolve; the whole world has poison at its beginning. Having created the four-faced god, the lord, the god Nārāyaṇa.
2.43.26
स लोकानां हितार्थाय क्षीरोदे वसति प्रभुः ।
ब्रह्मा च सर्वलोकानां लोकस्य च पितामहः ॥ २.४३.२६ ॥
That lord dwells in the ocean of milk for the welfare of the worlds; and Brahmā is the grandfather of all worlds and of this world.
2.43.27
ततो नारायणो देवः सर्वस्य प्रपितामहः। ॥ २.४३.२७ ॥
Then the god Nārāyaṇa is the great-grandfather of all.