Parva 2, Adhyāya 110

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं—जनमेजय! आत्मघाती शम्बरासुरने जब प्रद्युम्नका अपहरण किया था, उसी महीनेमें जाम्बवतीके गर्भसे साम्बका जन्म हुआ

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलरामजीने साम्बको बचपनसे ही अस्त्र-शस्त्रॉंक अभ्यासमें लगा रखा था। बलरामजीके बाद साम्ब ही उनके- जैसे अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंके ज्ञाता थे, इसलिये समस्त वृष्णिवंशी वीर उनका बड़ा सम्मान करते थे

हिन्दी अर्थ

साम्बके जन्म लेनेके पश्चात्‌ भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण अपने शत्रुभूत सामन्तोंका संहार करके शुभस्वरूपा द्वारकापुरीमें रहने लगे; जैसे कोई देवता इन्द्रके उद्यान नन्दनवनमें निवास करता हो

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदुवंशियोंकी सम्पत्ति देखकर देवराज इन्द्र अपनी राज्यलक्ष्मीसे द्वेष करने लगे थे। भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके भयसे राजाओंको कभी शान्ति नहीं मिलती थी

English

Vaishampāyana said:—Thus addressed by Varuna Krishna, the multiplier of the Yadu race thought, that what Varuna had said about the kine could not be gainsaid and was accordingly silenced. Thereupon Keshava, who could understand all, smilingly said to Varuna:—"O Lord Varuna, on account of your contract with Vāna you are saved. Specially you have expressed the truth in sweet and charming words. How can I then perform an iniquity by you? O lord of water, you are truthful and therefore for pleasing you I let loose Vāna's cows. And you too are released. There is no doubt about it. Depart now." Thereupon sounding bugles Varuna adored Keshava with _Arghya_. After the Yadu chief Keshava had accepted it from Varuna, the lord of waters, adored Baladeva with a controlled mind. Giving protection unto Varuna, Shouri, the heroic descendant of Shura, with Sachi's lord set out for Dwārakā. The Devas, Maruts, Sāddhyas, Siddhas, Chāranas, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Kinnaras followed Krishna, the eternal lord of all creatures in the etherial way, (95–102). When Keshava, on acquiring victory and fame, proceeded the Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, the two Ashwinis, Yakshas, Rākshasas, Siddhas, Chāranas, and Vidyadharas followed him. Pleased at seeing Vāna and Varuna defeated the great and ever quarrelsome Nārada, set out for Dwārakā. Thus proceeding Keshava, the holder of discus and club, saw from a distance the city of Dwarakā having many doors and adorned with blue-turreted, beautiful palaces resembling the summits of the mount Kailāsha and blew his conch-shell Pānchajanya. As the blare of Pānchajanya used to indicate Keshava's arrival and departure he, with it, communicated the news of his approach to the citizens of Dwārakā. Hearing the sound of Pānchajanya the inhabitants of Dwaraka adorned their respective habitations with profuse flowers, jars full of water and fried paddy. The streets of that prosperous city, abounding in many jems, were cleansed; the Brāhmanas and the elderly persons with arghya and exclaiming his many victories adored Mādhava. People bowed unto Krishna, highly beautiful and resembling a mass of collyrium who sat on Vinatā's son. The Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Sudras in order adored the highly powerful Ananta, the slayer of Keshi. Waiting in a garden of Dwārakā, the lotus-eyed Mādhava was eulogised by the Rishis, gods, Gandharvas and Chāranas. Seeing those wonders and the large-armed Krishna the great Dāshārhas attained to an excess of joy. Beholding the great Purusottama return after defeating Vāna, the inhabitants of Dwārakā began to talk on diverse topics. After the great Krishna, the greatest car-warrior amongst the Yadavas, had returned from that long distance whither he had gone through the help of Suparna they conversed amongst themselves. "Blessed and favoured are we since the kind lord of the universe, the long and mighty-armed Krishna is our protector. Riding on Vinatā's son the lotus-eyed deity defeated the irrepressible Vāna: and now returning to Dwārakā he has gladdened our hearts." While the inhabitants of Dwārakā thus conversed, the gods, the car-warriors, entered into Vasudeva's palace. Then coming down from Garuda's back Vāsudeva, Bahadeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha entered into the palace. Celestial cars of various forms were then seen moving about in the sky. Drawn by swans, bulls, deer, elephants, horses, Sarasas and peacocks, those thousands of cars displayed a great beauty there (103-121).

हिन्दी अर्थ

किसी समय हस्तिनापुरमें दुर्योधनके यजमें भूमण्डलके समस्त राजा एकत्र हुए

श्लोक 6–7 का हिन्दी अर्थ

वहाँ यदुवंशियोंकी राज्य-लक्ष्मी, पुत्रसहित भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण तथा समुद्रके भीतर बसी हुई द्वारकापुरीकी विशेष चर्चा सुनकर अपने दूतोंद्वारा भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके साथ संधि स्थापित करके, पृथ्वीके समस्त भूपाल यादवोंकी राजलक्ष्मीका दर्शन करनेके लिये द्वारकामें भगवान्‌ हषीकेशके पास उनके निवास-मन्दिरमें आये

English

After the departure of Purandara for the celestial region the highly powerful and great lotus-navelled deity enquired after their well-being. Thereupon there arose on all sides tumult of persons for seeing the moon-like countenance of Keshava. Seeing their devotion the sinless Keshava was highly pleased. Having thus returned to Dwārakā, Krishna, obtaining all objects of desire, riches and prosperity, lived happily

श्लोक 8–16 का हिन्दी अर्थ

धृतराष्ट्रकी आज्ञाके अधीन रहनेवाले दुर्योधन आदि सब भाई, पाण्डवोंको अगुआ बनाकर चलनेवाले धृष्टयुम्न आदि नरेश, पाण्ड्य, चोल और कलिड् देशके भूपाल, बाह्लीक, द्राविड और खश देशोंकि राजा अठारह अक्षौहिणी सेनाएँ साथ लिये श्रीकृष्णकी भुजाओंसे सुरक्षित यादवपुरीमें आये । वे भूमिपाल शैवतक पर्वतको चारों ओरसे घेरकर अपने-अपने लिये निश्चित की हुई एक-एक योजनकी भूमिमें डेरा डालकर बस गये। तदनन्तर कमलनयन श्रीमान्‌ हषीकेश यादव- शिरोमणियोंके साथ पुरीसे निकलकर उन नरेन्द्रोंके समीप गये। उन नरदेवोंके बीचमें बैठे हुए यदुश्रेष्ठ मधुसूदन शरत्कालके सूर्यकी भाँति शोभा पाने लगे। वहाँ स्थान और अवस्थाके अनुसार शिष्टाचारका निर्वाह करके भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण सोनेके सिंहासनपर विराजमान हुए। फिर वे नरेश भी नाना प्रकारके सिंहासनों और विचित्र पीठोंपर यथास्थान बैठे । वहाँ उस समय यादव नरेशोंका समाज ब्रह्माजीकी सभामें एकत्र हुए देवताओं और असुरोंके समाजकी भाँति शोभा पाने लगा। उस राजसमाजमें वहाँ भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके सुनते हुए उन यादवों और भूपालोंमें विचित्र बातें होने लगीं

English

After Ahuka had said this females, performing benedictory ceremonies, as laid down in the ritualistic code, conducted the beautiful Ushā to Aniruddha's house. Beholding Aniruddha Devaki, Revati and the Bidarbha princess Rukshmini shed tears of joy. Thus when Ushā was taken into the room, the beautiful damsels, blowing bugles, began to perform benedictory ceremonies. The beautiful Ushā too, under the shelter of the Yadu chiefs, lived in their palace and enjoyed best of happiness (12-16). After a few days, the Apsarā Chitralekha, who was living there under the guise of a woman, with the permission of Ushā and other companions, started for the celestial region. Thus after the departure of her companions Māyāvati first invited the beautiful Asura princess Ushā and took her to her own residence. Seeing her youthful and beautiful daughter-in law Ushā Pradyumna's wife welcomed her with costly jewels and dresses. Thereupon according to the custom of the family all the ladies of the Yadu race duly treated the new daughter in-law Ushā

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसी बीचमें मेघोंकी गर्जनाके समान सनसनाहट पैदा करती हुई प्रचण्ड वायु चलने लगी । घोर दुर्दिन छा गया। बिजली चमकने और गड़गड़ाहट पैदा करने लगी

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस दुर्दिनतल अर्थात्‌ मेघोंके आवरणको भेदकर नारदजी दिखायी दिये, उन्होंने अपने सिरपर बढ़े हुए जटाभारको लपेट रखा था, उनकी एक भुजामें वीणा थी

English

Vyasa said:—O king, the cause thereof will be the ireful curse of a Brāhmana. You may fare well if you try to avoid it. O slayer of enemies, as long as the world will last, the Kshatriyas will not be able to collect materials for your horse-sacrifice (34–35).

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे समुद्रके समान गम्भीर और अग्नि-शिखाके समान तेजस्वी नारद मुनि जो देवराज इन्द्रके मित्र हैं, उन नरेशोंके बीचमें उतरे

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुनिवर नारदजीके भूमिपर उतर आनेपर महान्‌ मेघोंकी घटासे छाया हुआ वह अद्भुत दुर्दिन तत्काल दूर हो गया

हिन्दी अर्थ

सागरसदूृश गम्भीर स्वभाववाले नारद मुनिने उन नरेशोंके मध्यभागमें प्रवेश करके सिंहासनपर बैठे हुए अविनाशी यदुश्रेष्ठ श्रीकृष्णसे इस प्रकार कहा—

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाबाहो ! बड़े आश्चर्यकी बात है, अवश्य ही देवताओंमें एकमात्र आप ही पुरुषोत्तम हैं और आप ही धन्य हैं, संसारमें दूसरा कोई ऐसा नहीं है'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनके ऐसा कहनेपर भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण मुसकराकर नारद मुनिसे बोले-'मैं दक्षिणाओंके साथ आश्चर्य एवं धन्य हूँ'

English

Shouti said:—Thus accosted the Divine Vyāsa accurately thought of the condition of men in the Kali-yuga and began to describe the future cycle

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवान्‌के ऐसा कहनेपर मुनिश्रेष्ठ नारद उन राजाओंके बीचमें इस प्रकार बोले-' श्रीकृष्ण! मुझे अपनी बातका पूरा उत्तर मिल गया, अब मैं जैसे आया था वैसे ही लौट जाऊँगा'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हें जाते देख उन नारदजीके कहे हुए गूढ़ मन्त्रूपी वाक्यका तात्पर्य न जाननेवाले भूपालोंने भगवान्‌से कहा—

श्लोक 26–27 का हिन्दी अर्थ

ततमो “माधव ! नारदजीने आपके विषयमें आश्चर्य और धन्य कहा है और आपने 'दक्षिणाओंके साथ' ऐसा कहकर नारदजीको उनकी बातका उत्तर दे दिया है; यह सब हो जानेपर भी हम यह नहीं समझ सके कि 'यह क्या है?' इस दिव्य एवं महान्‌ मन्त्रपदका तात्पर्य कया है? श्रीकृष्ण! यदि यह सुनानेयोग्य हो तो हमलोग यथार्थरूपसे इसका रहस्य सुनना चाहते हैं'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने उन समस्त भूपालशिरोमणियोंसे कहा-' राजाओ! यदि तुम्हें इसका तात्पर्य सुनना है तो ये विप्रवर नारदजी ही आपके समक्ष पूर्वोक्त वचनोंकी व्याख्या करेंगे

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब वे सुन्दर सुवर्णमय पीठपर जमकर बैठ गये। वे सुन्दर अलंकारोंसे अलंकृत भी थे, उन्होंने उन वन्दनीय प्रभुके प्रभावका वर्णन इस प्रकार आरम्भ किया

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदजी बोले—नृपवरो! आपलोग जितनी संख्यामें यहाँ पधारे हैं, वे सुनें, मैं इन परम महान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी महिमाके पार कैसे पहुँचा, यह बता रहा हूँ

श्लोक 32–34 का हिन्दी अर्थ

किसी समय मैं गड़ाजीके तटपर तीनों समय स्नान करनेवाले अतिथिके रूपमें अकेला ही विचरता था। एक दिन जब रात बीत चुकी थी और सूर्यदेव दिखायी देने लगे थे, मैंने एक कछुआ देखा, जो पर्वतके शिखरके समान प्रतीत होता था। उसका शरीर दो कपालोंके संयोगसे बना था। उसका मण्डलाकार विस्तार एक कोसका था, लम्बाई इससे दूनी थी। उसके चार पैर थे। वह पानीसे भीगा और कीचड़में सना हुआ था। उसकी आकृति मेरी वीणाके समान थी। उसे देखकर ऐसा जान पड़ता था, मानो हाथीके चमड़ेका ढेर लगा हो

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैंने उस जलचर जन्तुको हाथसे छूकर उससे कहा-कूर्म! तुम्हारा शरीर आश्चर्यजनक है। मेरे मतमें तुम धन्य हो

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्योंकि तुम दो अभेद्य कपालोंसे आवृत रहकर दूसरे किसीकी परवा न रखते हुए पानीमें निःशड्ू विचरते हो'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब उस जलचर कछुएने स्वयं ही मनुष्यकी-सी बोलीमें मुझसे कहा—'मुने! मुझमें क्या आश्चर्य है? प्रभो! मैं कैसे धन्य हूँ?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्ननू! धन्य तो ये गड्ा नदी हैं। इनसे बढ़कर आश्चर्यकी वस्तु और क्या है? जिनके भीतर मुझ-जैसे हजारों जलजन्तु विचरते हैं '

श्लोक 39–40 का हिन्दी अर्थ

तब मैं कौतूहलवश गड़्ा नदीके निकट गया और बोला-सरिताओंमें श्रेष्ठ गड़े ! तुम धन्य हो और सदा आश्चर्यसे विभूषित रहती हो, क्योंकि ऐसे-ऐसे विशालकाय हिंसक जन्तु तुम्हारी शोभा बढ़ाते हैं; तुम अनेकानेक कुण्डोंसे युक्त हो और कितने ही तापसोंके आश्रमोंकी रक्षा करती हुई समुद्रतक जाती हो'

English

Vyasa said:—When Kali will set in the kings, incapable of protecting their subjects, will only guard themselves busily exacting tributes from them. At the end of this cycle the kings will not act like the Kshatriyas, the Brāhmanas will carry on their livelihood like the Sudras and the Sudras will behave like the Brāhmanas. O Janamejaya, at the end of this cycle the Brāhmanas, well read in Srutis and Vedas, will take up arrows and Havi will be divorced from sacrifices and all people will take their meals in the same row. When the last of the cycles Kali will appear men will be artizans, untruthful, fond of wine and meat and know the wives of their friends. In the Kali Yuga the thieves will fare like the kings and the kings will act like thieves and the servants will enjoy unfixed incomes. In the last cycle wealth will be spoken of highly, the character of the pious will be despised and the fallen will not be censured. The widows, divorced from the consciousness of virtue and sin, the ascetics and men of fifteen years of age will procreate offspring through promiscuous intercourse. In that last cycle the villagers will sell food, the Brāhmanas will sell the Vedas, and the women will sell their persons. In this cycle all will read the Vedas and celebrate Vajasaneyi sacrifices and the Sudras will (boldly) address all as "O". The Sudras following the tenets of Buddha will abstain from taking meat. And with white teeth, keen observation and shaving their heads and wearing silk raiments they will practise religion (5-15). The Mlechchas will live in the province of Kurupānchāla and people of that country will live in that of the former. In the end of the cycle men will go downwards. The Brāhmanas will sell the fruits of Tapas and sacrifices and the seasons will be perverted. The beasts, with tusks and teeth, will be set to ploughs and carts: men will till with the water of ponds and the clouds will irregularly discharge their contents. The thieves will steal the wealth of one another and wretched men will be rich acquiring very little money. In this last cycle men will be divorced from religious rites, the divisions of the land will abound in deserts, and the cities will be traversed by many roads. In the Kali yuga every body will become a merchant and the sons will divide the ancestral gifts. Impelled by covetuousness and false-hood people will fight with one another and rob their wealth. In the absence of beauty, personal grace and ornaments the women will be only adorned with hairs (16-22). In this last cycle, men, divorced from all objects of enjoyment, as garlands, sandal, etc., will find pleasure only in their wives (22–23). When the wicked and non-aryans will multiply, when the number of males will decrease, and dis-proportionate to it that of women will increase know this as the real sign of the end of the cycle. Then every body will be a beggar: and no one will give alms. Without distinction people will accept gifts from other Varnas (orders), And afflicted by the king, thieves and fire, people will meet with extinction. In this last cycle people will not get crops, youthful persons will be visited by decrepitude and people will be unhappy for their bad ambition. Blowing high and downwards the wind will shower dust in the rany season and people will feel doubts about the next world. Every one will be wicked by nature, will villify the God and be egoistic: being covetous the Brāhmanas will blame others. Adopting the ways of the Vaishyas the Kshatriyas will maintain themselves by cultivation and trade and the Brāhmanas will destroy the dignity of religion (24-29). In the end of the cycle men will not observe their vows and promise. And what to speak of their satisfying their own debts, they will, for it, even cast off courtesy. Fruitless will be a man's joy and fruitful will be his anger. For milk the sheep will be regarded. In the end of the cycle, men, shorn of the knowledge of scriptures, will naturally behave thus. Disregarding moral laws, men, proud of their own learning, will interpret the Sastras. When the last cycle will set in every one, without the instruction of their elders, will acquire knowledge in all branches and there will be no one who will not be a poet. Deviating from their right duties the Brāhmanas will turn out astrologers and the kings will become thieves (30–34). In the end of the cycle those men, who will co-habit with bastard women, be deceiptful and drunkards, will be Brahmavadins and celebrate horse sacrifices. Eager for acquiring riches the Brāhmanas will officiate as priests for unworthy persons and partake of the forbidden food. Every one will recite "Bho!" and no one will study the Vedas. The women will put on one conch bangle and use an ornament of the shape of a paddy. The stars will not be united with proper planets, the quarters will be contrary—the appearance of an evening and burning will always be seen. The son will engage his father in works and the daughter-in-law will order her mother-in-law. Men will co-habit with beasts and women of different castes. The disciples will wound their preceptors with wordy shafts and men, maddened, will speak many things. Without offering the first four oblations to the gods the Agnihotris will take their meals; and without offering food to their guests, men will eat themselves. Deceiving their sleeping husbands the women will visit other men, and men too, leaving their sleeping wives, will go to other women. When the cycle will run out people will be visited with diseases, mental agony and envy and they will not remedy their own actions (35–43).

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवगन्धर्व! ऐसा न कहो, न कहो। युद्ध और कलहके प्रेमी द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! मैं न तो धन्य हूँ और न आश्चर्यजनक जन्तुओंसे सुशोभित ही

श्लोक 43–45 का हिन्दी अर्थ

आप सत्यपरायण महर्षिका यह वचन मेरे प्रति बाधित हो रहा है। ब्रह्मन्‌! संसारमें पूर्णत: आश्चर्यकारक और धन्य तो एकमात्र समुद्र ही है, जिसमें मुझ-जैसी सैकड़ों विस्तृत नदियाँ जाकर मिलती हैं।' गड़ाजीका उक्त वचन सुनकर मैं महासागरके तटपर गया और बोला-' महार्णव ! तुम समस्त लोकोंमें आश्चर्यमय और धन्य हो, क्योंकि तुम जलकी योनि और स्वामी हो

हिन्दी अर्थ

जल बहानेवाली जो ये लोकपावन और विश्ववन्दित नदियाँ पत्नीभावसे तुम्हारे समीप जाती हैं, यह सब उचित ही है'

English

Vyasa said:—When Kali will set in the kings, incapable of protecting their subjects, will only guard themselves busily exacting tributes from them. At the end of this cycle the kings will not act like the Kshatriyas, the Brāhmanas will carry on their livelihood like the Sudras and the Sudras will behave like the Brāhmanas. O Janamejaya, at the end of this cycle the Brāhmanas, well read in Srutis and Vedas, will take up arrows and Havi will be divorced from sacrifices and all people will take their meals in the same row. When the last of the cycles Kali will appear men will be artizans, untruthful, fond of wine and meat and know the wives of their friends. In the Kali Yuga the thieves will fare like the kings and the kings will act like thieves and the servants will enjoy unfixed incomes. In the last cycle wealth will be spoken of highly, the character of the pious will be despised and the fallen will not be censured. The widows, divorced from the consciousness of virtue and sin, the ascetics and men of fifteen years of age will procreate offspring through promiscuous intercourse. In that last cycle the villagers will sell food, the Brāhmanas will sell the Vedas, and the women will sell their persons. In this cycle all will read the Vedas and celebrate Vajasaneyi sacrifices and the Sudras will (boldly) address all as "O". The Sudras following the tenets of Buddha will abstain from taking meat. And with white teeth, keen observation and shaving their heads and wearing silk raiments they will practise religion (5-15). The Mlechchas will live in the province of Kurupānchāla and people of that country will live in that of the former. In the end of the cycle men will go downwards. The Brāhmanas will sell the fruits of Tapas and sacrifices and the seasons will be perverted. The beasts, with tusks and teeth, will be set to ploughs and carts: men will till with the water of ponds and the clouds will irregularly discharge their contents. The thieves will steal the wealth of one another and wretched men will be rich acquiring very little money. In this last cycle men will be divorced from religious rites, the divisions of the land will abound in deserts, and the cities will be traversed by many roads. In the Kali yuga every body will become a merchant and the sons will divide the ancestral gifts. Impelled by covetuousness and false-hood people will fight with one another and rob their wealth. In the absence of beauty, personal grace and ornaments the women will be only adorned with hairs (16-22). In this last cycle, men, divorced from all objects of enjoyment, as garlands, sandal, etc., will find pleasure only in their wives (22–23). When the wicked and non-aryans will multiply, when the number of males will decrease, and dis-proportionate to it that of women will increase know this as the real sign of the end of the cycle. Then every body will be a beggar: and no one will give alms. Without distinction people will accept gifts from other Varnas (orders), And afflicted by the king, thieves and fire, people will meet with extinction. In this last cycle people will not get crops, youthful persons will be visited by decrepitude and people will be unhappy for their bad ambition. Blowing high and downwards the wind will shower dust in the rany season and people will feel doubts about the next world. Every one will be wicked by nature, will villify the God and be egoistic: being covetous the Brāhmanas will blame others. Adopting the ways of the Vaishyas the Kshatriyas will maintain themselves by cultivation and trade and the Brāhmanas will destroy the dignity of religion (24-29). In the end of the cycle men will not observe their vows and promise. And what to speak of their satisfying their own debts, they will, for it, even cast off courtesy. Fruitless will be a man's joy and fruitful will be his anger. For milk the sheep will be regarded. In the end of the cycle, men, shorn of the knowledge of scriptures, will naturally behave thus. Disregarding moral laws, men, proud of their own learning, will interpret the Sastras. When the last cycle will set in every one, without the instruction of their elders, will acquire knowledge in all branches and there will be no one who will not be a poet. Deviating from their right duties the Brāhmanas will turn out astrologers and the kings will become thieves (30–34). In the end of the cycle those men, who will co-habit with bastard women, be deceiptful and drunkards, will be Brahmavadins and celebrate horse sacrifices. Eager for acquiring riches the Brāhmanas will officiate as priests for unworthy persons and partake of the forbidden food. Every one will recite "Bho!" and no one will study the Vedas. The women will put on one conch bangle and use an ornament of the shape of a paddy. The stars will not be united with proper planets, the quarters will be contrary—the appearance of an evening and burning will always be seen. The son will engage his father in works and the daughter-in-law will order her mother-in-law. Men will co-habit with beasts and women of different castes. The disciples will wound their preceptors with wordy shafts and men, maddened, will speak many things. Without offering the first four oblations to the gods the Agnihotris will take their meals; and without offering food to their guests, men will eat themselves. Deceiving their sleeping husbands the women will visit other men, and men too, leaving their sleeping wives, will go to other women. When the cycle will run out people will be visited with diseases, mental agony and envy and they will not remedy their own actions (35–43).

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरे ऐसा कहनेपर पवनप्रेरित समुद्र अपनी अगाध जलराशिका भेदन करके उठ खड़ा हुआ और मुझसे इस प्रकार बोला—

श्लोक 48–58 का हिन्दी अर्थ

देवगन्धर्व ! आप ऐसा न कहें! न कहें!! द्विजश्रेष्ठ! मैं ऐसा आश्चर्यरूप नहीं हूँ। मुने! धन्य तो यह वसुधा है, जिसके ऊपर मैं स्थित हूँ । संसारमें पृथ्वीके सिवा उससे बढ़कर आश्चर्यकी वस्तु दूसरी कौन है?' समुद्रके कहनेसे मैं पृथ्वीपर खड़ा हुआ और कौतूहलयुक्त होकर जगतूकी आधार-स्वरूपा पृथ्वीसे बोला—धरित्रि! तू समस्त देहधारियोंकी योनि है, अत: शोभने! तू निश्चय ही धन्य तमो$ध्याय: + ८१७ है। महती क्षमासे संयुक्त होनेके कारण तू सम्पूर्ण भूतोंमें आश्चर्यरूप है। अत: निश्चय ही तू समस्त प्राणियोंको धारण करनेवाली और मनुष्योंका उत्पत्ति-स्थान है'। तुझसे ही क्षमाभाव प्रकट हुआ है। आकाशचारियोंका कर्म भी तुझसे ही सिद्ध होता है'। मेरे द्वारा कहे गये प्रशंसासूचक वचनसे पृथ्वी उत्तेजित-सी हो उठी। उसने अपनी सहज धीरता छोड़ दी और प्रत्यक्ष होकर मुझसे कहा-“युद्ध और कलहसे प्रेम रखनेवाले देवगन्धर्व ! ऐसी बात न कहो! न कहो! ! न तो मैं धन्य हूँ और न आश्चर्यरूप ही हूँ। मुझमें जो धीरता दिखायी देती है, यह मेरी नहीं दूसरोंकी है। द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! ये पर्वत धन्य हैं, जो मुझे धारण करते हैं। ये ही आश्चर्यरूप देखे जाते हैं तथा ये ही जगत्‌की स्थितिके हेतु हैं।' पृथ्वीके इस कथनसे प्रभावित होकर मैं पर्वतोंकि यहाँ उपस्थित हुआ और बोला—' भूधरो! तुम धन्य हो। तुममें बहुत-सी आश्चर्यकी बातें दिखायी देती हैं । सुवर्ण, श्रेष्ठ रत और विशेषत: धातुओंके उत्पत्तिस्थान होनेके कारण तुम सब लोग आकर कहलाते हो। इस भूतलपर तुम सब ही सदा बने रहते हो।' मेरी यह बात सुनकर स्थावर पदार्थोंमें श्रेष्ठ पर्वत, जो वनोंसे सुशोभित होते हैं, मुझसे सान्त्वनायुक्त वचन बोले-' ब्रह्म! न तो हम धन्य हैं और न हमारे पास आश्चर्यजनक वस्तुएँ ही हैं । प्रजापति ब्रह्माजी धन्य हैं, देवताओंमें भी वे ही सम्पूर्ण आश्चर्योंसे युक्त हैं'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब मैंने सबके उत्पत्तिस्थान अविनाशी प्रजापतिके पास जाकर उनमें पर्वतोंके कहे हुए वचनोंकी पर्याप्त सार्थकता देखी

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसके बाद मैंने सम्पूर्ण लोकोंकी उत्पत्तिके स्थानभूत, चार मुखवाले पितामहदेवको नतमस्तक होकर प्रणाम किया और फिर स्तवन करनेके लिये मैं उनके पास खड़ा हुआ

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तुतिके बाद अपनी बात समाप्त करनेके लिये मैंने पद्मयोनि ब्रह्माजीको सुनाते हुए कहा—' भगवन्‌! एकमात्र आप ही आश्चर्यमय हैं, आप ही सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के गुरु एवं धन्य हैं

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैं दूसरे किसी भूतको ऐसा नहीं देखता, जो आपके समान हो । यह सम्पूर्ण चराचर जगत्‌ आपसे ही उत्पन्न हुआ है

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वदेवेश्वर ! संसारमें भूत और इन्द्रियिमय जो देवता, दानव और मनुष्य आदि प्राणी देखे जाते हैं, वे सब आपसे ही उत्पन्न होते हैं, इस सम्पूर्ण जगतूको देखकर यही निश्चय होता है

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसलिये आप अवश्य ही देवताओंके सनातन देवाधिदेव हैं; क्योंकि आप ही उनके स्रष्टा हैं और आप ही समस्त लोकोंके आदिकारण हैं!

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब लोकपितामह भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माने मुझसे कहा—नारद! धन्य और आश्चर्यके विवेचनसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाले वचनोंद्वारा मेरे विषयमें क्या कहते हो ?

English

Vyasa said:—When Kali will set in the kings, incapable of protecting their subjects, will only guard themselves busily exacting tributes from them. At the end of this cycle the kings will not act like the Kshatriyas, the Brāhmanas will carry on their livelihood like the Sudras and the Sudras will behave like the Brāhmanas. O Janamejaya, at the end of this cycle the Brāhmanas, well read in Srutis and Vedas, will take up arrows and Havi will be divorced from sacrifices and all people will take their meals in the same row. When the last of the cycles Kali will appear men will be artizans, untruthful, fond of wine and meat and know the wives of their friends. In the Kali Yuga the thieves will fare like the kings and the kings will act like thieves and the servants will enjoy unfixed incomes. In the last cycle wealth will be spoken of highly, the character of the pious will be despised and the fallen will not be censured. The widows, divorced from the consciousness of virtue and sin, the ascetics and men of fifteen years of age will procreate offspring through promiscuous intercourse. In that last cycle the villagers will sell food, the Brāhmanas will sell the Vedas, and the women will sell their persons. In this cycle all will read the Vedas and celebrate Vajasaneyi sacrifices and the Sudras will (boldly) address all as "O". The Sudras following the tenets of Buddha will abstain from taking meat. And with white teeth, keen observation and shaving their heads and wearing silk raiments they will practise religion (5-15). The Mlechchas will live in the province of Kurupānchāla and people of that country will live in that of the former. In the end of the cycle men will go downwards. The Brāhmanas will sell the fruits of Tapas and sacrifices and the seasons will be perverted. The beasts, with tusks and teeth, will be set to ploughs and carts: men will till with the water of ponds and the clouds will irregularly discharge their contents. The thieves will steal the wealth of one another and wretched men will be rich acquiring very little money. In this last cycle men will be divorced from religious rites, the divisions of the land will abound in deserts, and the cities will be traversed by many roads. In the Kali yuga every body will become a merchant and the sons will divide the ancestral gifts. Impelled by covetuousness and false-hood people will fight with one another and rob their wealth. In the absence of beauty, personal grace and ornaments the women will be only adorned with hairs (16-22). In this last cycle, men, divorced from all objects of enjoyment, as garlands, sandal, etc., will find pleasure only in their wives (22–23). When the wicked and non-aryans will multiply, when the number of males will decrease, and dis-proportionate to it that of women will increase know this as the real sign of the end of the cycle. Then every body will be a beggar: and no one will give alms. Without distinction people will accept gifts from other Varnas (orders), And afflicted by the king, thieves and fire, people will meet with extinction. In this last cycle people will not get crops, youthful persons will be visited by decrepitude and people will be unhappy for their bad ambition. Blowing high and downwards the wind will shower dust in the rany season and people will feel doubts about the next world. Every one will be wicked by nature, will villify the God and be egoistic: being covetous the Brāhmanas will blame others. Adopting the ways of the Vaishyas the Kshatriyas will maintain themselves by cultivation and trade and the Brāhmanas will destroy the dignity of religion (24-29). In the end of the cycle men will not observe their vows and promise. And what to speak of their satisfying their own debts, they will, for it, even cast off courtesy. Fruitless will be a man's joy and fruitful will be his anger. For milk the sheep will be regarded. In the end of the cycle, men, shorn of the knowledge of scriptures, will naturally behave thus. Disregarding moral laws, men, proud of their own learning, will interpret the Sastras. When the last cycle will set in every one, without the instruction of their elders, will acquire knowledge in all branches and there will be no one who will not be a poet. Deviating from their right duties the Brāhmanas will turn out astrologers and the kings will become thieves (30–34). In the end of the cycle those men, who will co-habit with bastard women, be deceiptful and drunkards, will be Brahmavadins and celebrate horse sacrifices. Eager for acquiring riches the Brāhmanas will officiate as priests for unworthy persons and partake of the forbidden food. Every one will recite "Bho!" and no one will study the Vedas. The women will put on one conch bangle and use an ornament of the shape of a paddy. The stars will not be united with proper planets, the quarters will be contrary—the appearance of an evening and burning will always be seen. The son will engage his father in works and the daughter-in-law will order her mother-in-law. Men will co-habit with beasts and women of different castes. The disciples will wound their preceptors with wordy shafts and men, maddened, will speak many things. Without offering the first four oblations to the gods the Agnihotris will take their meals; and without offering food to their guests, men will eat themselves. Deceiving their sleeping husbands the women will visit other men, and men too, leaving their sleeping wives, will go to other women. When the cycle will run out people will be visited with diseases, mental agony and envy and they will not remedy their own actions (35–43).

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारद ! सबसे महान्‌ आश्चर्य तो वेद हैं, वे ही धन्य भी हैं; क्योंकि वे तत्त्वार्थदर्शी वेद सम्पूर्ण लोकोंको धारण करते हैं

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्रवर! ऋक्‌, साम और यजुर्वेदका जो सत्य है तथा अधथर्ववेदमें जो सत्य माना गया है, उसीको मेरा स्वरूप समझो। वेदोंने मुझे धारण कर रखा है और मैंने वेदोंको '

English

Vyasa said:—When Kali will set in the kings, incapable of protecting their subjects, will only guard themselves busily exacting tributes from them. At the end of this cycle the kings will not act like the Kshatriyas, the Brāhmanas will carry on their livelihood like the Sudras and the Sudras will behave like the Brāhmanas. O Janamejaya, at the end of this cycle the Brāhmanas, well read in Srutis and Vedas, will take up arrows and Havi will be divorced from sacrifices and all people will take their meals in the same row. When the last of the cycles Kali will appear men will be artizans, untruthful, fond of wine and meat and know the wives of their friends. In the Kali Yuga the thieves will fare like the kings and the kings will act like thieves and the servants will enjoy unfixed incomes. In the last cycle wealth will be spoken of highly, the character of the pious will be despised and the fallen will not be censured. The widows, divorced from the consciousness of virtue and sin, the ascetics and men of fifteen years of age will procreate offspring through promiscuous intercourse. In that last cycle the villagers will sell food, the Brāhmanas will sell the Vedas, and the women will sell their persons. In this cycle all will read the Vedas and celebrate Vajasaneyi sacrifices and the Sudras will (boldly) address all as "O". The Sudras following the tenets of Buddha will abstain from taking meat. And with white teeth, keen observation and shaving their heads and wearing silk raiments they will practise religion (5-15). The Mlechchas will live in the province of Kurupānchāla and people of that country will live in that of the former. In the end of the cycle men will go downwards. The Brāhmanas will sell the fruits of Tapas and sacrifices and the seasons will be perverted. The beasts, with tusks and teeth, will be set to ploughs and carts: men will till with the water of ponds and the clouds will irregularly discharge their contents. The thieves will steal the wealth of one another and wretched men will be rich acquiring very little money. In this last cycle men will be divorced from religious rites, the divisions of the land will abound in deserts, and the cities will be traversed by many roads. In the Kali yuga every body will become a merchant and the sons will divide the ancestral gifts. Impelled by covetuousness and false-hood people will fight with one another and rob their wealth. In the absence of beauty, personal grace and ornaments the women will be only adorned with hairs (16-22). In this last cycle, men, divorced from all objects of enjoyment, as garlands, sandal, etc., will find pleasure only in their wives (22–23). When the wicked and non-aryans will multiply, when the number of males will decrease, and dis-proportionate to it that of women will increase know this as the real sign of the end of the cycle. Then every body will be a beggar: and no one will give alms. Without distinction people will accept gifts from other Varnas (orders), And afflicted by the king, thieves and fire, people will meet with extinction. In this last cycle people will not get crops, youthful persons will be visited by decrepitude and people will be unhappy for their bad ambition. Blowing high and downwards the wind will shower dust in the rany season and people will feel doubts about the next world. Every one will be wicked by nature, will villify the God and be egoistic: being covetous the Brāhmanas will blame others. Adopting the ways of the Vaishyas the Kshatriyas will maintain themselves by cultivation and trade and the Brāhmanas will destroy the dignity of religion (24-29). In the end of the cycle men will not observe their vows and promise. And what to speak of their satisfying their own debts, they will, for it, even cast off courtesy. Fruitless will be a man's joy and fruitful will be his anger. For milk the sheep will be regarded. In the end of the cycle, men, shorn of the knowledge of scriptures, will naturally behave thus. Disregarding moral laws, men, proud of their own learning, will interpret the Sastras. When the last cycle will set in every one, without the instruction of their elders, will acquire knowledge in all branches and there will be no one who will not be a poet. Deviating from their right duties the Brāhmanas will turn out astrologers and the kings will become thieves (30–34). In the end of the cycle those men, who will co-habit with bastard women, be deceiptful and drunkards, will be Brahmavadins and celebrate horse sacrifices. Eager for acquiring riches the Brāhmanas will officiate as priests for unworthy persons and partake of the forbidden food. Every one will recite "Bho!" and no one will study the Vedas. The women will put on one conch bangle and use an ornament of the shape of a paddy. The stars will not be united with proper planets, the quarters will be contrary—the appearance of an evening and burning will always be seen. The son will engage his father in works and the daughter-in-law will order her mother-in-law. Men will co-habit with beasts and women of different castes. The disciples will wound their preceptors with wordy shafts and men, maddened, will speak many things. Without offering the first four oblations to the gods the Agnihotris will take their meals; and without offering food to their guests, men will eat themselves. Deceiving their sleeping husbands the women will visit other men, and men too, leaving their sleeping wives, will go to other women. When the cycle will run out people will be visited with diseases, mental agony and envy and they will not remedy their own actions (35–43).

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब स्वयम्भू ब्रह्माजीके कहे हुए उनके स्वरूपके अनुरूप वचनसे प्रेरित हो मैंने लक्षणविस्तारके अनुसार वेदोंके उपस्थानका विचार किया

श्लोक 69–70 का हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वयम्भू ब्रह्माजीके वचनसे मैंने मन्त्र और व्याख्यासे युक्त पूर्वोक्त चारों वेदोंकी सेवामें उपस्थित हो उनसे कहा-*आपलोग धन्य हैं, पवित्र हैं और सदा आश्चर्यसे विभूषित रहते हैं। ब्राह्मणोंके आधार भी आप ही हैं, ऐसा प्रजापतिका कथन है

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपलोगोंके विषयमें स्वयम्भू ब्रह्माजीका भी यही निर्णय है कि आपलोग सबसे श्रेष्ठ हैं। श्रुति अथवा तपस्याके द्वारा भी आपलोगोंसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई नहीं है '

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब चारों वेदोंने में सब ओर खड़े होकर इस प्रकार उत्तर दिया—नारद! परमात्माके उद्देश्यसे किये जानेवाले यज्ञ ही आश्चर्य और धन्य हैं

श्लोक 73–77 का हिन्दी अर्थ

नारद! परमात्माने यज्ञके लिये ही हमें प्रकट किया है, अत: यज्ञ ही हमसे उत्कृष्ट है। हम अपने वशमें नहीं हैं, स्वयम्भू ब्रह्मासे उत्कृष्ट वेद हैं और वेदोंसे उत्कृष्ट यज्ञ हैं।' तब मैंने वेदोंकी वाणीसे पुरस्कृत हुए यज्ञोंसे कहा—“यज्ञो ! तुमलोगोंमें सबसे उत्कृष्ट तेज दिखायी देता है। ब्रह्माजीने जो बात कही है और वेदोंने जिस प्रकार प्रतिपादन किया है, उसके अनुसार इस जगतमें आपलोगोंके सिवा दूसरी कोई आश्चर्यकी वस्तु नहीं ज्ञात होती है। ' आपलोग धन्य हैं, जो द्विजातियोंके वंशज हैं। आपलोगोंसे तर्पित होनेपर त्रिविध अग्नियोंको तृप्ति प्राप्त होती है। यज्ञॉमें ही सब देवता अपने भागोंसे और महर्षिगण मन्त्रोंसे तृप्त होते हैं '

श्लोक 78–79 का हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरे ऐसा कहनेके बाद यूपरूपी ध्वजसे सुशोभित समस्त अग्िष्टोम आदि यज्ञ खड़े होकर मुझसे बोले—' मुने ! यह आश्चर्य अथवा धन्य शब्द हमलोगोंके लिये उपयुक्त नहीं है। भगवान्‌ विष्णु ही परम आश्चर्यरूप हैं; क्योंकि वे ही हमारी परम गति हैं

English

Vyasa said:—When Kali will set in the kings, incapable of protecting their subjects, will only guard themselves busily exacting tributes from them. At the end of this cycle the kings will not act like the Kshatriyas, the Brāhmanas will carry on their livelihood like the Sudras and the Sudras will behave like the Brāhmanas. O Janamejaya, at the end of this cycle the Brāhmanas, well read in Srutis and Vedas, will take up arrows and Havi will be divorced from sacrifices and all people will take their meals in the same row. When the last of the cycles Kali will appear men will be artizans, untruthful, fond of wine and meat and know the wives of their friends. In the Kali Yuga the thieves will fare like the kings and the kings will act like thieves and the servants will enjoy unfixed incomes. In the last cycle wealth will be spoken of highly, the character of the pious will be despised and the fallen will not be censured. The widows, divorced from the consciousness of virtue and sin, the ascetics and men of fifteen years of age will procreate offspring through promiscuous intercourse. In that last cycle the villagers will sell food, the Brāhmanas will sell the Vedas, and the women will sell their persons. In this cycle all will read the Vedas and celebrate Vajasaneyi sacrifices and the Sudras will (boldly) address all as "O". The Sudras following the tenets of Buddha will abstain from taking meat. And with white teeth, keen observation and shaving their heads and wearing silk raiments they will practise religion (5-15). The Mlechchas will live in the province of Kurupānchāla and people of that country will live in that of the former. In the end of the cycle men will go downwards. The Brāhmanas will sell the fruits of Tapas and sacrifices and the seasons will be perverted. The beasts, with tusks and teeth, will be set to ploughs and carts: men will till with the water of ponds and the clouds will irregularly discharge their contents. The thieves will steal the wealth of one another and wretched men will be rich acquiring very little money. In this last cycle men will be divorced from religious rites, the divisions of the land will abound in deserts, and the cities will be traversed by many roads. In the Kali yuga every body will become a merchant and the sons will divide the ancestral gifts. Impelled by covetuousness and false-hood people will fight with one another and rob their wealth. In the absence of beauty, personal grace and ornaments the women will be only adorned with hairs (16-22). In this last cycle, men, divorced from all objects of enjoyment, as garlands, sandal, etc., will find pleasure only in their wives (22–23). When the wicked and non-aryans will multiply, when the number of males will decrease, and dis-proportionate to it that of women will increase know this as the real sign of the end of the cycle. Then every body will be a beggar: and no one will give alms. Without distinction people will accept gifts from other Varnas (orders), And afflicted by the king, thieves and fire, people will meet with extinction. In this last cycle people will not get crops, youthful persons will be visited by decrepitude and people will be unhappy for their bad ambition. Blowing high and downwards the wind will shower dust in the rany season and people will feel doubts about the next world. Every one will be wicked by nature, will villify the God and be egoistic: being covetous the Brāhmanas will blame others. Adopting the ways of the Vaishyas the Kshatriyas will maintain themselves by cultivation and trade and the Brāhmanas will destroy the dignity of religion (24-29). In the end of the cycle men will not observe their vows and promise. And what to speak of their satisfying their own debts, they will, for it, even cast off courtesy. Fruitless will be a man's joy and fruitful will be his anger. For milk the sheep will be regarded. In the end of the cycle, men, shorn of the knowledge of scriptures, will naturally behave thus. Disregarding moral laws, men, proud of their own learning, will interpret the Sastras. When the last cycle will set in every one, without the instruction of their elders, will acquire knowledge in all branches and there will be no one who will not be a poet. Deviating from their right duties the Brāhmanas will turn out astrologers and the kings will become thieves (30–34). In the end of the cycle those men, who will co-habit with bastard women, be deceiptful and drunkards, will be Brahmavadins and celebrate horse sacrifices. Eager for acquiring riches the Brāhmanas will officiate as priests for unworthy persons and partake of the forbidden food. Every one will recite "Bho!" and no one will study the Vedas. The women will put on one conch bangle and use an ornament of the shape of a paddy. The stars will not be united with proper planets, the quarters will be contrary—the appearance of an evening and burning will always be seen. The son will engage his father in works and the daughter-in-law will order her mother-in-law. Men will co-habit with beasts and women of different castes. The disciples will wound their preceptors with wordy shafts and men, maddened, will speak many things. Without offering the first four oblations to the gods the Agnihotris will take their meals; and without offering food to their guests, men will eat themselves. Deceiving their sleeping husbands the women will visit other men, and men too, leaving their sleeping wives, will go to other women. When the cycle will run out people will be visited with diseases, mental agony and envy and they will not remedy their own actions (35–43).

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततमो हमलोग आस्वादन करते हैं, वह सब विश्वरूप कमलनयन भगवान्‌ विष्णु हमें प्रदान करते हैं '

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदोंके इस कथनके अनुसार मैं भगवान्‌ विष्णुकी गति प्राप्त करनेके लिये यहाँ इस पृथ्वीपर आया हूँ। यहाँ आप राजाओंसे | घिरे हुए भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णका मैंने दर्शन किया है

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाओ! मैंने जो श्रीकृष्णके विषयमें यह कहा है कि “जनारदन! तुम आश्चर्यरूप और धन्य हो' वे ही यहाँ आपलोगोंके बीचमें विराजमान हैं

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्होंने आज मेरी इस बातका जो उत्तर दिया है कि 'दक्षिणाओंके सहित (मैं धन्य हूँ)', यह मेरे प्रश्नका पर्याप्त उत्तर प्राप्त हो गया

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्योंकि दक्षिणाओंसहित विष्णु ही सब यज्ञोंके आश्रय हैं, इसलिये *दक्षिणाओंसहित ' इतना कह देनेपर मेरा प्रश्न समाप्त हो गया

English

Vyasa said:—When Kali will set in the kings, incapable of protecting their subjects, will only guard themselves busily exacting tributes from them. At the end of this cycle the kings will not act like the Kshatriyas, the Brāhmanas will carry on their livelihood like the Sudras and the Sudras will behave like the Brāhmanas. O Janamejaya, at the end of this cycle the Brāhmanas, well read in Srutis and Vedas, will take up arrows and Havi will be divorced from sacrifices and all people will take their meals in the same row. When the last of the cycles Kali will appear men will be artizans, untruthful, fond of wine and meat and know the wives of their friends. In the Kali Yuga the thieves will fare like the kings and the kings will act like thieves and the servants will enjoy unfixed incomes. In the last cycle wealth will be spoken of highly, the character of the pious will be despised and the fallen will not be censured. The widows, divorced from the consciousness of virtue and sin, the ascetics and men of fifteen years of age will procreate offspring through promiscuous intercourse. In that last cycle the villagers will sell food, the Brāhmanas will sell the Vedas, and the women will sell their persons. In this cycle all will read the Vedas and celebrate Vajasaneyi sacrifices and the Sudras will (boldly) address all as "O". The Sudras following the tenets of Buddha will abstain from taking meat. And with white teeth, keen observation and shaving their heads and wearing silk raiments they will practise religion (5-15). The Mlechchas will live in the province of Kurupānchāla and people of that country will live in that of the former. In the end of the cycle men will go downwards. The Brāhmanas will sell the fruits of Tapas and sacrifices and the seasons will be perverted. The beasts, with tusks and teeth, will be set to ploughs and carts: men will till with the water of ponds and the clouds will irregularly discharge their contents. The thieves will steal the wealth of one another and wretched men will be rich acquiring very little money. In this last cycle men will be divorced from religious rites, the divisions of the land will abound in deserts, and the cities will be traversed by many roads. In the Kali yuga every body will become a merchant and the sons will divide the ancestral gifts. Impelled by covetuousness and false-hood people will fight with one another and rob their wealth. In the absence of beauty, personal grace and ornaments the women will be only adorned with hairs (16-22). In this last cycle, men, divorced from all objects of enjoyment, as garlands, sandal, etc., will find pleasure only in their wives (22–23). When the wicked and non-aryans will multiply, when the number of males will decrease, and dis-proportionate to it that of women will increase know this as the real sign of the end of the cycle. Then every body will be a beggar: and no one will give alms. Without distinction people will accept gifts from other Varnas (orders), And afflicted by the king, thieves and fire, people will meet with extinction. In this last cycle people will not get crops, youthful persons will be visited by decrepitude and people will be unhappy for their bad ambition. Blowing high and downwards the wind will shower dust in the rany season and people will feel doubts about the next world. Every one will be wicked by nature, will villify the God and be egoistic: being covetous the Brāhmanas will blame others. Adopting the ways of the Vaishyas the Kshatriyas will maintain themselves by cultivation and trade and the Brāhmanas will destroy the dignity of religion (24-29). In the end of the cycle men will not observe their vows and promise. And what to speak of their satisfying their own debts, they will, for it, even cast off courtesy. Fruitless will be a man's joy and fruitful will be his anger. For milk the sheep will be regarded. In the end of the cycle, men, shorn of the knowledge of scriptures, will naturally behave thus. Disregarding moral laws, men, proud of their own learning, will interpret the Sastras. When the last cycle will set in every one, without the instruction of their elders, will acquire knowledge in all branches and there will be no one who will not be a poet. Deviating from their right duties the Brāhmanas will turn out astrologers and the kings will become thieves (30–34). In the end of the cycle those men, who will co-habit with bastard women, be deceiptful and drunkards, will be Brahmavadins and celebrate horse sacrifices. Eager for acquiring riches the Brāhmanas will officiate as priests for unworthy persons and partake of the forbidden food. Every one will recite "Bho!" and no one will study the Vedas. The women will put on one conch bangle and use an ornament of the shape of a paddy. The stars will not be united with proper planets, the quarters will be contrary—the appearance of an evening and burning will always be seen. The son will engage his father in works and the daughter-in-law will order her mother-in-law. Men will co-habit with beasts and women of different castes. The disciples will wound their preceptors with wordy shafts and men, maddened, will speak many things. Without offering the first four oblations to the gods the Agnihotris will take their meals; and without offering food to their guests, men will eat themselves. Deceiving their sleeping husbands the women will visit other men, and men too, leaving their sleeping wives, will go to other women. When the cycle will run out people will be visited with diseases, mental agony and envy and they will not remedy their own actions (35–43).

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहले कच्छपने धन्यताका प्रतिपादन आरम्भ किया था, फिर परम्परासे यहाँ इन दक्षिणासहित परमपुरुष श्रीकृष्णमें उसका उपसंहार हुआ है; अत: कौन धन्य है, इस बातका उत्तर प्राप्त हो गया

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपलोग जो मेरे पूर्वोक्त कथनका निश्चित तात्पर्य पूछ रहे थे, उसके विषयमें यह सब कुछ मैंने बता दिया। अत: मैं जैसे आया था, वैसे ही जा रहा हूँ

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदजीके स्वर्गलोकको चले जानेपर वे समस्त भूपाल विस्मित होकर सेना और सवारियोंसहित अपने राष्ट्रींको चले गये

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्पश्चात्‌ यदुकुलको आनन्दित करनेवाले वीर जनार्दन भी अग्निके समान तेजस्वी यदुवंशी वीरोंके साथ अपने ही भवनमें पधारे