Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.192
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3.192.1
कामं देवाऽपि मां विप्र न हि जानन्ति तत्त्वतः ।
त्वत्प्रीत्या तु प्रवक्ष्यामि यथेदं विमृजाम्यहम् ॥ ३.१९२.१ ॥
Even the gods do not truly know me; yet, O brahmin, out of love for you I will declare how I dispel this doubt.
3.192.2
पितृभक्तोसि विप्रर्षे मां चैव शरणं गतः ।
ततो दृष्टोस्मि ते साक्षाद्ब्रह्यचर्यं च ते महत् ॥ ३.१९२.२ ॥
O sage among brahmins, you are devoted to your father and have come to me for refuge; therefore I have appeared to you directly, and your celibate discipline is great.
3.192.3
आपो नारा इति प्रोक्तास्तासां नाम कृतं मया ।
तेन नारायणप्युक्तो मम तत्त्वयनं सदा ॥ ३.१९२.३ ॥
The waters are called 'nāra'; I gave them that name. Therefore I am also called Nārāyaṇa, for the waters are my constant abode.
3.192.4
अहंनारायणो नाम प्रभवः शाश्वतोऽव्ययः ।
विधाता सर्वभूतानां संहर्ता च द्विजोत्तम् ॥ ३.१९२.४ ॥
I am named Nārāyaṇa, the source, eternal and imperishable; I am the creator of all beings and their destroyer, O best of the twice-born.
3.192.5
अहं विष्णुरहं ब्रह्मा शक्रश्चाहं सुराधिपः ।
अहं वैश्रवणो राजा यमः प्रेताधिपस्तथा ॥ ३.१९२.५ ॥
I am Viṣṇu, I am Brahmā, I am Śakra, lord of the gods. I am the king Vaiśravaṇa, and likewise I am Yama, lord of the departed.
3.192.6
अहं शिवश्च सोमश्च कश्यपोऽथ प्रजापतिः ।
अहं धाता विधाता च यज्ञश्चाहं द्विजोत्तम ॥ ३.१९२.६ ॥
I am Śiva and I am Soma; I am Kaśyapa and Prajāpati. I am the sustainer and the ordainer, and I am the sacrifice, O best of the twice-born.
3.192.7
अग्निरास्यं क्षिति पादौ चन्द्रादित्यौ च लोचने ।
द्यौर्मूर्धा मे दिशः श्रोत्रे तथाऽऽपः स्वेदसंभवाः।
सकलं च नभः कायो वायुर्मनसि मे स्थितः ॥ ३.१९२.७ ॥
Fire is my mouth, the earth my feet, the moon and sun my two eyes. The sky is my head, the directions my ears, and the waters born of sweat likewise. The whole sky is my body, and the wind abides in my mind.
3.192.8
मया क्रतुशतैरिष्टं बहुभिस्त्वाप्तदक्षिणैः ।
यजन्ते वेदविदुषो मां देवसदने स्थितम् ॥ ३.१९२.८ ॥
By me hundreds of sacrifices have been offered, many times with abundant sacrificial fees; the knowers of the Vedas worship me, abiding in the abode of the gods, through sacrifice.
3.192.9
पृथिव्यां क्षत्रियेन्द्राश् पार्तिवाः स्वर्गकाङ्क्षिणः ।
यजन्ते मां तथा वैश्याः स्वर्गलोकजिगीषया ॥ ३.१९२.९ ॥
On earth, the foremost warriors and kings who desire heaven sacrifice to me; likewise the merchants sacrifice to me, desiring to conquer the world of heaven.
3.192.10
चतुःसमुद्रपर्यन्तां मेरुमन्दरभूषणाम् ।
शेषो भूत्वाऽहमेवैतां धारयामि वसुंधराम् ॥ ३.१९२.१० ॥
This earth, encircled by the four oceans and adorned with Meru and Mandara, I myself, having become Śeṣa, bear up.
3.192.11
वाराहं रूपमास्थाय मयेयं जगती पुरा ।
मज्जमाना जले विप्र वीर्येणासीत्समुद्धृता ॥ ३.१९२.११ ॥
O brahmin, formerly, having assumed the form of a boar, I lifted up this world when it was sinking in the water, by my valour.
3.192.12
अग्निश्च बडबावक्रे भूत्वाऽहं द्विजसत्तम ।
पिबाम्यापः सदा विद्वंस्ताश्चैव विसृजाम्यहम् ॥ ३.१९२.१२ ॥
O best of the twice-born, O learned one, having become the fire in the mouth of the mare, I always drink the waters, and those same waters I also release.
3.192.13
ब्रह्म वक्रं भुजौ क्षत्रमूरू मे संस्थिता विशः ।
पादौ शूद्रा भवन्तीमे विक्रमेण क्रमेण च ॥ ३.१९२.१३ ॥
The Brahmins are my mouth, the Kṣatriyas my arms, the Vaiśyas stand in my thighs, and these Śūdras become my feet — through strength and in due order.
3.192.14
ऋग्वेदः सामवेदश्च यजुर्वेदोऽप्यथर्वणः ।
मत्तः प्रादुर्भवन्त्येते मामेव प्रविशन्ति च ॥ ३.१९२.१४ ॥
The Ṛg Veda, the Sāma Veda, the Yajur Veda, and also the Atharva Veda — these arise from me and enter into me alone.
3.192.15
यतयः शान्तिपरमा यतात्मानो मुमुक्षवः ।
कामक्रोधद्वेषमुक्ता निःसंज्ञा वीतकल्मषाः ॥ ३.१९२.१५ ॥
Ascetics intent on supreme peace, self-restrained, desiring liberation, freed from desire, anger and hatred, absorbed without sense-consciousness, and free from impurity.
3.192.16
सत्वस्था निरहंकारा नित्यमध्यात्मकोविदाः ।
मामेव सततं विप्राश्चिन्तयन्त उपासते ॥ ३.१९२.१६ ॥
The Brahmins, abiding in goodness, free from ego, always expert in the inner self, constantly contemplating me alone, worship me.
3.192.17
अहं संवर्तको वह्निरहं संवर्तको यमः ।
अहं संवर्तकः सूर्यस्त्वहं संवर्तकोऽनिलः ॥ ३.१९२.१७ ॥
I am the Saṃvartaka fire, I am the Saṃvartaka Yama, I am the Saṃvartaka sun, and I am the Saṃvartaka wind.
3.192.18
तारारूपाणि दृश्यन्ते यान्येतानि नभस्तले ।
मम रूपाण्यथैतानि विद्धि त्वं द्विजसत्तम ॥ ३.१९२.१८ ॥
The star-forms that appear upon the surface of the sky — know these too to be my forms, best of the twice-born.
3.192.19
रत्नाकराः समुद्राश्च सर्व एव चतुर्दिशः ।
वसनं शयनं चैव विलयं चैव विद्धि मे ॥ ३.१९२.१९ ॥
The jewel-mines, the oceans, and all the four quarters, as well as garment, bed and dissolution — know these to be mine.
3.192.20
मयैव सुविभक्तास्ते देवकार्यार्थसिद्धये ।
कामं क्रोधं च हर्षं च भयं मोहं तथैव च।
ममैव विद्धि रोमाणि सर्वाण्येतानि सत्तम ॥ ३.१९२.२० ॥
For the accomplishment of the gods' purpose they were well apportioned by me — desire, anger, joy, fear and delusion as well. These, all of them, know to be my hairs, best of beings.
3.192.21
प्राप्नुवन्ति नरा विप्र यत्कृत्वा कर्म शोभनम् ।
सत्यं दानं तपश्चोग्रमहिंसा चैव जन्तुषु ॥ ३.१९२.२१ ॥
O brahmin, by performing which good deed men obtain it — truthfulness, giving, severe austerity, and non-harm toward living beings.
3.192.22
मद्विधानेन विहिता मम देहविहारिणः ।
मयाऽभिभूतविज्ञाना विचेष्टन्ते न कामतः ॥ ३.१९२.२२ ॥
Appointed by my decree, moving within my body, their discernment overpowered by me — they act not at their own will.
3.192.23
सम्यग्वेदमधीयाना यजन्ते विविधैर्मखैः ।
शान्तात्मानो जितक्रोधाः प्राप्नुवन्ति द्विजातयः ॥ ३.१९२.२३ ॥
Studying the Veda well and sacrificing with various rites, the twice-born of calm mind who have conquered anger obtain it.
3.192.24
…न शक्यो यो विद्वन्नरैर्दुष्कृतकर्मभिः ।
…भाभिभूतैः कृपणैरनार्यैरकृतात्मभिः ॥ ३.१९२.२४ ॥
…which, O learned one, cannot be attained by men who do evil deeds; …overcome by …, wretched, ignoble, of unrefined self.
3.192.25
तस्मान्महाफलंविद्धि पदं सुकृतकर्मणः ।
सुदुष्प्रापं विमूढानां मार्गं योगैर्निषेवितम् ॥ ३.१९२.२५ ॥
Therefore know this to be the abode of one of good deeds, bearing great fruit. It is very hard to attain for the deluded; it is the path followed by the practices of yoga.
3.192.26
यदा यदा च धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति सत्तम ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥ ३.१९२.२६ ॥
Whenever there is a decline of dharma and a rising up of adharma, O best of the good, then I create myself.
3.192.27
दैत्या हिंसानुरक्ताश्च अवध्याः सुरसत्तमैः ।
राक्षसाश्चापि लोकेऽस्मिन्यदोत्पत्स्यन्ति दारुणाः ॥ ३.१९२.२७ ॥
When the Daityas, devoted to violence and not to be slain even by the best of gods, and also the terrible Rākṣasas, shall arise in this world—
3.192.28
तदाऽहंसंप्रसूयामि गृहेषु शुभकर्मणाम् ।
प्रविष्टो मानुषं देहं सर्वं प्रशमयाम्यहम् ॥ ३.१९२.२८ ॥
Then I am born in the homes of those who do good deeds; having entered a human body, I pacify all of them.
3.192.29
सृष्ट्वा देवमनुष्यांस्तु गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसान् ।
स्थावराणि च भूतानि संहराम्यात्ममायया ॥ ३.१९२.२९ ॥
Having created gods and humans, Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas, and the immobile beings too, I withdraw them by my own illusory power.
3.192.30
कर्मकाले पुनर्देहमनुचिन्त्य सृजाम्यहम् ।
आविश्य मानषं देहं मर्यादाबन्धकारणात् ॥ ३.१९२.३० ॥
At the time of action, having considered it again, I create a body; having entered a human body, for the sake of binding the order of conduct.
3.192.31
श्वेतः कृतयुगे वर्णः पीतस्त्रेतायुगे मम ।
श्यामो द्वापरमासाद्य कृष्णः कलियुगे तथा ॥ ३.१९२.३१ ॥
In the Kṛta age my colour is white, in the Tretā yellow; having reached the Dvāpara it is dark, and likewise black in the Kali age.
3.192.32
त्रयो भागा ह्यधर्मस् तस्मिन्काले भवनति च ।
यदा भवति मे वर्णः कृष्णो वै द्विजसत्तम् ॥ ३.१९२.३२ ॥
In that time unrighteousness comes to have three parts; and when my colour is black, O best of the twice-born.
3.192.33
अन्तकाले च संप्राप्ते कालो भूत्वाऽतिदारुणः ।
त्रैलोक्यं नाशयाम्येकः कृत्स्नं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥ ३.१९२.३३ ॥
And when the time of the end has come, becoming a most dreadful Time, I alone destroy the whole three worlds, the immovable and the moving.
3.192.34
अहं त्रिवर्त्मा विश्वात्मा सर्वलोकसुखावहः ।
अजितः सर्वगोऽनन्तो हृषीकेश उरुक्रमः।
कालचक्रं नयाम्येको ब्रह्मन्नहमरूपकम् ॥ ३.१९२.३४ ॥
I am the three-pathed, the soul of the universe, the bringer of happiness to all worlds, the unconquered, all-pervading, infinite Hṛṣīkeśa of vast strides. Alone I set in motion the formless wheel of time, O Brahmin.
3.192.35
शमनं सर्वभूतानां सर्वकालकृतोद्यमम् ।
एवं प्रणिहितः सम्यङ्मायया मुनिसत्तम।
सर्वभूतेषु विप्रेन्द्र न च मां वेत्ति कश्चन ॥ ३.१९२.३५ ॥
I am the quieter of all beings, my effort active in every age. Thus, O best of sages, fully impelled by illusion, O lord of Brahmins, among all beings no one knows me.
3.192.36
सर्वलोके च मां भक्ताः पूजयन्ति च सर्वशः ॥ ३.१९२.३६ ॥
And in all worlds my devotees worship me in every way.
3.192.37
यच्च किंचित्त्वया प्राप्तं मयि क्लेशात्मकं द्विज ।
सुखोदयाय तत्सर्वं श्रेयसे च तवानघ ॥ ३.१९२.३७ ॥
O twice-born one, whatever suffering you have obtained in me, all of it is for the rising of happiness and for your welfare, O sinless one.
3.192.38
यच्च किंचित्त्वया लोके दृष्टं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
विहित सर्वथैवासौ ममात्मा भूतभावनः ॥ ३.१९२.३८ ॥
Whatever, in the world, you have seen, the immobile and the mobile, all of it is ordained in every way; that is my own self, the producer of beings.
3.192.39
अर्धं मम शरीरस्य सर्वलोकपितामहः ।
अहं नारायणो नाम शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥ ३.१९२.३९ ॥
Half of my body is the grandfather of all worlds; I am named Nārāyaṇa, bearer of the conch, discus and mace.
3.192.40
यावद्युगानां विप्रर्षे सहस्रपरिवर्तनम् ।
तावत्स्वपिमि विश्वात्मा सर्वलोकपितामहः ॥ ३.१९२.४० ॥
O brahmin-sage, for as long as a thousand revolutions of the ages pass, I, the self of the universe, grandfather of all worlds, sleep.
3.192.41
एवं सर्वमहं कालमिहासे मुनिसत्तम ।
अशिशुः शिशुरूपेण यावद्ब्रह्मा न बुध्यते ॥ ३.१९२.४१ ॥
Thus, O best of sages, I remain here all this time, though not a child, in the form of a child, until Brahmā does not awaken.
3.192.42
मया च दत्तो विप्राग्र्य वरस्ते ब्रह्मरूपिणा ।
असकृत्परितष्टेन विप्रर्षिगणपूजित ॥ ३.१९२.४२ ॥
O foremost of brahmins, I, in the form of Brahman, have given you a boon, being pleased again and again, O you worshipped by hosts of brahmin-sages.
3.192.43
सर्वमेकार्णवं दृष्ट्वा नष्टं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
विक्लबोसि मया ज्ञातस्ततस्ते दर्शितं जगत् ॥ ३.१९२.४३ ॥
Seeing all become one ocean and the immovable and movable destroyed, you were bewildered; I knew you, and then I showed you the world.
3.192.44
अभ्यन्तरं शरीरस्य प्रविष्टोसि यदा मम ।
दृष्ट्वा लोकं समस्तं च विस्मितो नावबुध्यसे ॥ ३.१९२.४४ ॥
When you entered within my body, you were amazed at seeing the entire world, and you did not understand.
3.192.45
ततोसि वक्राद्विप्रर्षे द्रुतं निःसारितो मया ।
आख्यातस्ते मया चात्मा दुर्ज्ञे योपि सुरासुरैः ॥ ३.१९२.४५ ॥
Then, O sage among brahmins, I quickly expelled you from my mouth, and I declared to you my self, which even gods and demons find hard to know.
3.192.46
यावत्स भगवान्ब्रह्मा न बुध्येत महातपाः ।
तावत्त्वमिह विप्रर्षे विस्रब्धश्चर वै सुखम् ॥ ३.१९२.४६ ॥
Until that blessed great-ascetic Brahmā awakens, O sage among brahmins, roam here at ease and happily.
3.192.47
ततो विबुद्धे तस्मिंस्तु सर्वलोकपितामहे ।
एकीभूतः प्रवेक्ष्यामि शरीराणि द्विजोत्तम ॥ ३.१९२.४७ ॥
Then, when that grandfather of all worlds awakens, O best of the twice-born, I shall become one and enter the bodies.
3.192.48
आकाशं पृथिवीं ज्योतिर्वायुं सलिलमेव च ।
लोके यच्च भवेच्छेषमिह स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥ ३.१९२.४८ ॥
Space, earth, light, air, and water, and whatever else remains in the world, the immovable and the movable here.
3.192.49
इत्युक्त्वान्तर्हितस्तात स देवः परमाद्भुतः ।
प्रजाश्चेमाः प्रपश्यामि विचित्रा विविधाः कृताः ॥ ३.१९२.४९ ॥
Having spoken thus, that most wondrous god vanished, dear one. And I see these creatures, made varied and manifold.
3.192.50
एवं दृष्टं मया राजंस्तस्मिन्प्राप्ते युगक्षये ।
आश्चर्यं भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्वधर्मभृतांवरः ॥ ३.१९२.५० ॥
Thus did I see it, O king, when the dissolution of the age came. O best of the Bharatas, it is a wonder; he is the best of all who uphold dharma.
3.192.51
यः स देवो मया दृष्टः पुरा पद्मायतेक्षणः ।
स एष पुरुषव्याघ्र संबन्धी ते जनार्दनः ॥ ३.१९२.५१ ॥
That god whom I formerly saw, lotus-eyed, he is this Janārdana, your kinsman, tiger among men.
3.192.52
अस्यैव वरदानाद्धि स्मृतिर्न प्रजहाति माम् ।
दीर्गमायुश्च कौन्तेय स्वच्छन्दमरणं मम ॥ ३.१९२.५२ ॥
By his very boon my memory does not abandon me. O son of Kuntī, I have a long life, and my death is at my own will.
3.192.53
स एष कृष्णो वार्ष्णेय पुराणपुरुषो विभुः ।
आस्ते हरिरचिन्त्यात्मा क्रीडन्निव महाभुजः ॥ ३.१९२.५३ ॥
That very Kṛṣṇa, descendant of Vṛṣṇi, the ancient Person, the all-pervading Hari of inconceivable nature, dwells there as though at play, the great-armed one.
3.192.54
एष धाता विधाता च संहर्ता चैव शाश्वतः ।
श्रीवत्सवक्षा गोविन्दः प्रजापतिपतिः प्रभुः ॥ ३.१९२.५४ ॥
He is the creator, the ordainer, and the destroyer, the eternal one; Govinda, with the Śrīvatsa mark upon his chest, lord of the lords of creatures, the sovereign.
3.192.55
दृष्ट्वेमं वृष्णिप्रवरं स्मृतिर्मामियमागता ।
आदिदेवमयं जिष्णुं पुरुषं पीतवाससम् ॥ ३.१९२.५५ ॥
Seeing this best of the Vṛṣṇis, this memory has come to me: this is the primal god, the victorious Person clad in yellow garments.
3.192.56
सर्वेषामेव भूतानां पिता माता च माधवः ।
गच्छध्वमेनं शरणं शरण्यं कौरवर्षभाः ॥ ३.१९२.५६ ॥
Mādhava is the father and mother of all beings. Bulls of the Kurus, go for refuge to him, the one worthy of refuge.
3.192.57
एवमुक्तास्च ते पार्ता यमौ च पुरुषर्षभौ ।
द्रौपद्या सहिताः सर्वे नमश्चक्रुर्जनार्दनम् ॥ ३.१९२.५७ ॥
Thus addressed, the sons of Pṛthā, the twin bulls among men, together with Draupadī, all bowed to Janārdana.
3.192.58
स चैतान्पुरुषव्याघ्र साम्ना परमवल्गुना ।
सान्त्वयामास मानार्हो मन्यमानो यथाविधि ॥ ३.१९२.५८ ॥
And that tiger among men, worthy of honor, consoled them with the most gracious words according to rule, regarding them as worthy of respect.