Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.39
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6.39.1
ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् ।
छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥ ६.३९.१ ॥
They speak of the imperishable fig tree (aśvattha), with its root above and its branches below; the Vedas are its leaves. He who knows it is one who knows the Vedas.
6.39.2
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा ।
गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।
अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानि ।
कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥ ६.३९.२ ॥
Its branches spread both below and above, grown by the guṇas, with sense-objects for shoots. Its roots too extend below, binding one to action in the human world.
6.39.3
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते ।
नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा ।
अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल-
मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्वा ॥ ६.३९.३ ॥
Here its form is not perceived as such; it has no end, no beginning, no foundation. Having cut this fig tree of deeply rooted growth with the firm weapon of non-attachment—
6.39.4
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं ।
यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः ।
तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये ।
यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥ ६.३९.४ ॥
Then that place should be sought, from which, having gone, one does not return again. I take refuge in that very primordial Person, from whom this ancient course has spread forth.
6.39.5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा ।
अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः ।
द्वद्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै-
र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥ ६.३९.५ ॥
Free from pride and delusion, having conquered the fault of attachment, ever steadfast in the knowledge of the self, with desires withdrawn, freed from the pairs of opposites called pleasure and pain—the undeluded go to that imperishable state.
6.39.6
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः ।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ६.३९.६ ॥
Neither the sun nor the moon nor fire illumines that abode; having gone there, they do not return. That is my supreme abode.
6.39.7
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।
मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥ ६.३९.७ ॥
That eternal one, become a living being in the world of the living, is indeed a portion of me; it draws the six senses, with the mind as the sixth, which abide in nature.
6.39.8
शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः ।
गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥ ६.३९.८ ॥
The lord takes these from the body he obtains and the body he leaves, and goes away, as the wind carries scents from their place of rest.
6.39.9
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च ।
अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥ ६.३९.९ ॥
Taking up hearing, sight, touch, taste and smell, and the mind as their base, this one enjoys the objects of sense.
6.39.10
उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वाऽपि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।
विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥ ६.३९.१० ॥
Whether departing, abiding, or enjoying the objects endowed with the qualities, the deluded do not see him; those with the eye of knowledge see him.
6.39.11
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् ।
यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः ॥ ६.३९.११ ॥
Striving yogins see him established in the self; but those whose self is not refined, though they strive, do not see him, being unthinking.
6.39.12
यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् ।
यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मार्मकम् ॥ ६.३९.१२ ॥
The radiance that dwells in the sun and lights up the whole world, and the radiance that is in the moon and in fire — know that radiance to be Mine.
6.39.13
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयम्यहमोजसा ।
पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः ॥ ६.३९.१३ ॥
Entering the earth, I sustain all beings with My vital power; and becoming the moon, of the nature of sap, I nourish all herbs.
6.39.14
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः ।
प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥ ६.३९.१४ ॥
Becoming the fire Vaiśvānara, dwelling in the bodies of living beings and joined with the breaths prāṇa and apāna, I digest the fourfold food.
6.39.15
सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो ।
मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च ।
वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो ।
वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम् ॥ ६.३९.१५ ॥
I am seated in the heart of all; from Me come memory, knowledge and discernment. By all the Vedas I alone am to be known; I am the author of the Vedānta and indeed the knower of the Vedas.
6.39.16
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ।
क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥ ६.३९.१६ ॥
In this world there are two persons: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable; the one standing unmoved on the summit is called the imperishable.
6.39.17
उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः ।
यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ॥ ६.३९.१७ ॥
But the supreme Person is another, declared to be the Supreme Self: the imperishable Lord who, entering the three worlds, sustains them.
6.39.18
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः ।
अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रस्थितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ६.३९.१८ ॥
Because I am beyond the perishable and higher even than the imperishable, therefore I am renowned in the world and in the Veda as the Supreme Person (Puruṣottama).
6.39.19
यो मामेवमसंमूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ॥ ६.३९.१९ ॥
He who, undeluded, thus knows Me as the Supreme Person, is all-knowing, and with his whole being he worships Me, O Bhārata.
6.39.20
इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ ।
एवद्बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत ॥ ६.३९.२० ॥
Thus, O sinless one, this most secret teaching has been spoken by Me. Having understood it thus, O Bhārata, a wise man becomes one whose task is accomplished.