Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.67
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6.67.1
वासुदेवो महद्भूतं सर्वलोकेषु कथ्यते ।
तस्यागमं प्रतिष्ठां च ज्ञातुमिच्छे पितामह ॥ ६.६७.१ ॥
Vāsudeva is spoken of in all the worlds as a great being. I wish to know his coming and his foundation, O grandsire.
6.67.2
वासुदेवो महद्भूतं सर्वदैवतदैवतम् ।
न परं पुण्डरीकाक्षाद्दृश्यते भरतर्षभ ॥ ६.६७.२ ॥
Vāsudeva is a great being, the god of all gods. O bull of the Bharatas, no one higher than the lotus-eyed one is seen.
6.67.3
श्रुतं मे तात रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य जल्पतः ।
नारदस्य च देवर्षेः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य च।
असितो देवलश्चापि वालखिल्यास्तपोधनाः ॥ ६.६७.३ ॥
Dear one, I have heard the words of Rāma, son of Jamadagni, speaking, and of the divine sage Nārada, and of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, and of Asita and Devala, and of the Vālakhilyas, whose wealth is austerity.
6.67.4
मार्कण्डेयश्च गोविन्दे कथयत्यद्भुतं महत् ।
सर्वभूतादिभूतात्मा महात्मा पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ६.६७.४ ॥
Mārkaṇḍeya too speaks of Govinda a great and wondrous thing: the primal source of all beings, the self of all, the great-souled supreme Person.
6.67.5
आपो वायुश्च तेजश्च त्रयमेतदकल्पयत् ।
स सृष्ट्वा पृथिवीं देवीं सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः ॥ ६.६७.५ ॥
Water, air, and fire — these three he made. Having created the goddess Earth, the Lord, master of all worlds, arranged them.
6.67.6
अप्सु वै शयनं चक्रे महात्मा पुरुषोत्तमः ।
सर्वदेवमयो देवः शयानः शयने सुखम् ॥ ६.६७.६ ॥
The great-souled supreme Person made his bed in the waters. The god made of all gods, reclining on his couch, rested in comfort.
6.67.7
मुखतः सोऽग्निमसृजत्प्राणाद्वायुमथापि च ।
सरस्वतीं च वेदांश्च मनसः ससृजेऽच्युत ॥ ६.६७.७ ॥
From his mouth he created fire, from his breath the wind, and also Sarasvatī and the Vedas; from his mind, O Acyuta, he created them.
6.67.8
एषक लोकान्ससर्जादौ देवांश्च ऋषिभिः सह ।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युं च प्रजानां प्रभवाप्ययौ ॥ ६.६७.८ ॥
In the beginning he created the worlds, and the gods together with the sages; immortality and death, and the origin and dissolution of creatures.
6.67.9
एष धर्मश्च धर्मज्ञो वरदः सर्वकामदः ।
एष कर्ता च कार्यं च आदेरादिः स्वयं प्रभुः ॥ ६.६७.९ ॥
He is dharma, the knower of dharma, the giver of boons, the granter of all desires; he is the doer and the deed, the beginning of the beginning, the lord himself.
6.67.10
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च पूर्वमेतदकल्पयत् ।
उभे सन्ध्ये दिवः खं च नियमांश्च जनार्दनः ॥ ६.६७.१० ॥
Past, present and future: these he first ordained. Both twilights, heaven and the sky, and the rules as well, O Janārdana.
6.67.11
ऋषींश्चैव हि गोविन्दस्तपश्चैवाभ्यकल्पयत् ।
स्रष्टारं जगतश्चापि महात्मा प्रभुरव्ययः ॥ ६.६७.११ ॥
Govinda ordained the sages and asceticism as well; the creator of the world too — that great-souled, imperishable lord.
6.67.12
अग्रजं सर्वभूतानां संकर्षणमकल्पयत् ।
शेषं चाकल्पयद्देवमनन्तमिति तं विदुः ॥ ६.६७.१२ ॥
He ordained Saṃkarṣaṇa, the first-born of all beings; and he ordained the god named Śeṣa, whom men know as Ananta.
6.67.13
यो धारयति भूतानि धरां चेमां सपर्वताम् ।
ध्यानयोगेन विप्राश्च तं विदन्ति महौजसम्।
कर्णस्रोतोभवं चापि मधुं नाम महासुरम् ॥ ६.६७.१३ ॥
He who supports all beings and this earth with its mountains; the brahmins know that mighty-powered one through the yoga of meditation, and also the great demon Madhu, born from the ear-hole.
6.67.14
तमुग्रमुग्रकर्माणमुग्रां बुद्धइं समास्थितम् ।
हरन्तं ब्रह्मणो वेदाञ्जघान ब्रह्मणः पिता।
ब्रह्मणोपचितिं कुर्वन्महात्मा पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ६.६७.१४ ॥
That fierce one, of fierce deeds and fierce intellect, who was stealing Brahmā's Vedas—the father of Brahmā slew him, honouring Brahmā, the great-souled best of persons.
6.67.15
तस्य तात वधादेव देवदानवमानवाः ।
मधुसूदनमित्याहुर्ऋषयश्च जनार्दनम् ॥ ६.६७.१५ ॥
Dear one, from the slaying of him, gods, demons and men call him Madhusūdana, and the sages call him Janārdana.
6.67.16
वराहं नारसिंहं च त्रिविक्रममिति प्रभुम् ।
एष धाता विधाता च सर्वेषां प्रामिनां हरिः ॥ ६.६७.१६ ॥
Varāha, Nārasiṃha and Trivikrama—thus the lord is known. This Hari is the sustainer and the ordainer of all living beings.
6.67.17
परं हि पुण्डरीकाक्षान्न भूतं न भविष्यति ।
मुखतः सोसृजद्विप्रान्बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रियांस्तथा ॥ ६.६७.१७ ॥
Greater than the lotus-eyed one there has never been, nor will there be. From his mouth he created the brahmins, and from his arms likewise the kṣatriyas.
6.67.18
वैश्यांश्चाप्यूरुतो राजञ्शूद्रान्पद्भ्यां तथैवच ।
तपसा नियतं देवं निधानं सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ ६.६७.१८ ॥
O king, from the thighs he created the vaiśyas, and from the feet likewise the śūdras. That god, constantly honoured through austerity, is the treasury of all embodied beings.
6.67.19
ब्रह्मभूतममावास्यां पौर्णमास्यां तथैव च ।
योगभूतं परिचरन्केशवं महदाप्नुयात् ॥ ६.६७.१९ ॥
One who, on the new-moon and likewise on the full-moon day, becomes one with Brahman, absorbed in yoga, and serves Keśava, attains great fruit.
6.67.20
केशवः परमं तेजः सर्वलोकपितामहः ।
एवमार्हुर्हृषीकेशं मुनयो वै नराधिप ॥ ६.६७.२० ॥
Keśava is the supreme radiance, the grandfather of all worlds. Thus, O lord of men, the sages have called Hṛṣīkeśa.
6.67.21
एवमेनं विजानीहि आचार्यं पितरं गुरुम् ।
कृष्णो यस्य प्रसीदेत लोकास्तेनाक्षया जिताः ॥ ६.६७.२१ ॥
Know him thus as teacher, father and guru. He with whom Kṛṣṇa is pleased conquers imperishable worlds.
6.67.22
यश्चैवैनं भयस्थाने केशवं शरणं व्रजेत् ।
सदा नरः पठंश्चेदं स्वस्तिमान्स सुखी भवेत् ॥ ६.६७.२२ ॥
A man who, in a place of fear, thus takes refuge in Keśava, and who always recites this, becomes blessed and happy.
6.67.23
ये च कृष्णं प्रपद्यन्ते ते न मुह्यन्ति मानवाः ।
भये महति मग्नांश्च पाति नित्यं जनार्दनःक ॥ ६.६७.२३ ॥
Those men who take refuge in Kṛṣṇa are not deluded. Janārdana always protects even those who are sunk in great fear.
6.67.24
स तं युधिष्ठिरो ज्ञात्वा याथातथ्येन भारत ।
सर्वात्मना महात्मानं केशवं जगदीश्वरम्।
प्रपन्नः शरणं राजन्योगानां प्रभुमीश्वरम् ॥ ६.६७.२४ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, knowing him truly, O descendant of Bharata, took refuge with his whole self in Keśava, the great soul, lord of the universe. O king, he is the lord of yogas, the supreme Lord.