Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

गीतवादित्रतत्त्वज्ञो गीतवादनकप्रिय: मुण्ड तथा त्रिदण्डधारी हैं

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'When the high-souled Brahman has created thousands of creatures, why is it that only these five elements which he created first, which pervade all the universe and which are great creatures, have come to have the name of creatures applied to them exclusively?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषाग्निपा: सुरश्रेष्ठ: सोमपास्त्वं मरुत्पति:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "I wish to understand the manifestation of the imperishable and the perishable, slayer of foes, mighty-armed, delight of the Kurus, in truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमस्तेभ्य: स्वधा स्वाहा प्राप्रुवन्तु मुदन्तु ते रक्षन्तु ते हि मां नित्यं नित्यं चाप्पाययन्तु माम्ू

English

For you are called a treasury of knowledge by brahmanas who master the Veda, and by greatly fortunate sages and great-souled ascetics.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तप: सुतप्तं विपुल॑ दुश्चरं देवदानवै:

English

Few days remain to you, with the sun in its southern course; when the blessed sun has turned, you will go to the highest goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्याह भगवान् व्यास: पराशरसुत: प्रभु:

English

When you have gone, from whom shall we hear the good? You are the lamp of the Kuru line, shining with the wealth of knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुरशीत्यधिकद्विशततमो5 ध्याय: यदध्यात्मं यतश्वैव तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

I wish to hear this from you, bull of the Kuru line; I am not sated, king of kings, hearing such nectar."

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह अध्यात्म क्या है और उसकी उत्पत्ति कहाँसे हुई है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you an ancient tale, the dialogue of Vasishtha and Karala Janaka.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस व्याख्याको ध्यान देकर सुनो महाभूतानि भूतानां सर्वेषां प्रभवाप्ययौ

English

Janaka the king asked Vasishtha, the best of sages, shining like the sun, seated, about the supreme knowledge of the highest good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और प्रलयके स्थान हैं

English

Having saluted with folded hands the son of Mitra and Varuna, seated, skilled in the supreme self-knowledge and settled in the course of the self:

हिन्दी अर्थ

चातुराश्रम्यनेता च चातुर्व्ण्यकरश्न यः

English

"Bhrigu said, 'All things that belong to the category of the Infinite or the Vast receive the appellation of Great. It is for this reason that these five elements have come to be called Great creatures. Activity is wind. The sound that is heard is space. The heat that is within it is fire. The liquid juices occurring in it are water. The solidified matter, viz., flesh and bones, are earth. The bodies (of living creatures) are thus made of the five (primeval) elements. All mobile and immobile objects are made of these five elements. The five senses also of living creatures partake of the five elements. The ear partakes of the properties of space, the nose of earth; the tongue of water; touch of wind; and the eyes of light (of fire).'

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्तमाल्याम्बरधरो गिरिशो गिरिकप्रिय: भगनेत्राड्कुशश्वण्ड: पूष्णो दन्‍तविनाशन:

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'If all mobile and immobile objects be composed of these five elements, why is it that in all immobile objects those elements are

हिन्दी अर्थ

गूढव्रतो गुह्दतपास्तारकस्तारकामय:

English

not visible? Trees do not appear to have any heat. They do not seem to have any motion. They are again made up of dense particles. The five elements are not noticeable in them. Trees do not hear: they do not see; they are not capable of the perceptions of scent or taste. They have not also the perception of touch. How then can they be regarded as composed of the five (primeval) elements? It seems to me that in consequence of the absence of any liquid material in them, of any heat, of any earth, of any wind, and of any empty space, trees cannot be regarded as compounds of the five (primeval) elements.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतधारी, गुप्त तपस्या करनेवाले, तारकमन्त्र और ताराओंसे भरे हुए आकाश हैं ब्रह्मा तपश्च सत्यं च ब्रह्म॒चर्यमथार्जवम्

English

"Bhrigu said, 'Without doubt, though possessed of density, trees have space within them. The putting forth of flowers and fruits is always taking place in them. They have heat within them in consequence of which leaf, bark, fruit, and flower, are seen to droop. They sicken and dry up. That shows they have perception of touch. Through sound of wind and fire and thunder, their fruits and flowers drop down. Sound is perceived through the ear. Trees have, therefore, ears and do hear. A creeper winds round a tree and goes about all its sides. A blind thing cannot find its way. For this reason it is evident that trees have vision. Then again trees recover vigour and put forth flowers in consequence of odours, good and bad, of the sacred perfume of diverse kinds of dhupas. It is plain that trees have scent, l They drink water by their roots. They catch diseases of diverse kinds. Those diseases again are cured by different operations. From this it is evident that trees have perceptions of taste. As one can suck up water through a bent lotus- stalk, trees also, with the aid of the wind, drink through their roots. They are susceptible of pleasure and pain, and grow when cut or lopped off. From these circumstances I see that trees have life. They are not

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूर्भुव: स्वरितश्वैव ध्रुवो दान्तो महेश्वर:

English

Know an age as twelve thousand; an aeon is four times that; repeated ten hundred times, that is called Brahma's day, and the night is as long, king, at whose end he awakes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्द्रावर्तों युगावर्त: संवर्त: सम्प्रवर्तक: संवर्त (प्रलय) तथा सम्प्रवर्तक (पुन: सृष्टि-संचालन करनेवाले) भी आप ही हैं

English

He creates the great being of endless action, the eldest being, the embodied one, formless in self, the universe of the Self-born; Shambhu, with minuteness, lightness and attainment, the lord, the imperishable light.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नन्दीमुखो भीममुख: सुमुखो दुर्मुखो5मुख:

English

He has hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads and faces everywhere, ears everywhere in the world; he stands covering all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिरण्यगर्भ: शकुनिर्महोरगपतिर्विराट् गोनर्दो गोप्रतारश्न॒ गोवृषेश्चवरवाहन:

English

This blessed Hiranyagarbha is called intellect; in the yogas he is also called Mahat and Virinchi.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठ: स्थिरश्न स्थाणुश्न निष्कम्प: कम्प एव च

English

In Sankhya doctrine he is read by many names, of manifold nature, of varied form, the self of the universe, called the one syllable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आधयो व्याधयश्रैव व्याधिहा व्याधिरेव च शिखण्डी पुण्डरीकाक्ष: पुण्डरीकवनालय:

English

Because by himself he covers the whole three worlds, not of one self, and because of his many forms, he is called Vishvarupa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मधुधश्नयुतानामग्रपास्त्वमेव तुषिताद्यपा: चन्द्रादित्यौ चक्षुषी ते हृदयं च पितामह:

English

This one, changed, creates himself by himself: ego, of great energy, and the Prajapati made of ego.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माहात्म्यं वेदितुं शक्ता याथातथ्येन ते शिव

English

From the unmanifest the manifest arises; they call it the creation of knowledge; the great and ego too are the creation of ignorance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्राहि मां सततं रक्ष पिता पुत्रमिवौरसम् औरस पुत्रकी रक्षा करता है, उसी तरह आप सर्वदा मेरी रक्षा करें

English

Non-rule and rule arose together, called by the thinkers on scripture and shastra knowledge and ignorance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्तानुकम्पी भगवान् भक्तश्नाहं सदा त्वयि

English

Know the creation of elements from ego as the third, lord of the earth; and know the changed one, the fourth, among elements in ego.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिष्ठत्येक: समुद्रान्ते स मे गोप्तास्तु नित्यश: ज्योति: पश्यन्ति युञ्जानास्तस्मै योगात्मने नम:

English

Wind, light, space, water and earth, and sound, touch, form, taste and smell,

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस योगात्मा परमेश्वरको नमस्कार है

English

thus arisen together, the tenfold group, without doubt; know, king of kings, the elemental creation as the fifth, with meaning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कमण्डलुनिषजड्भाय तस्मै ब्रह्मात्मने नम: कुक्षौ समुद्राश्चत्वारस्तस्मै तोयात्मने नम:

English

Ear, skin, eyes, tongue and nose as fifth; speech, hands, feet, anus and genital;

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलस्वरूप परमात्माको नमस्कार है

English

these are the senses of knowledge and the senses of action, arisen here together with the mind, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यः शेते जलमध्यस्थस्तं प्रपद्ये3म्बुशायिनम् करते हैं, उन जलशायी भगवान्की मैं शरण लेता हूँ

English

This twenty-four-fold set of principles operates in all forms; knowing it, the brahmanas who see the truth do not grieve.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्रसत्यर्क च स्वर्भानुर्भूत्वा मां सोडभिरक्षतु

English

This is said of the body in all embodied beings in the three worlds, best of men, among gods, men and Danavas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हर्षयन्ति न हृष्यन्ति नमस्तेभ्यो5स्तु नित्यश:

English

with yakshas, beings, gandharvas, kinnaras and great serpents, with charanas and pishachas, with divine sages and night-roamers,

हिन्दी अर्थ

होकर उन्हें ही हर्षित करते हैं, उन सब रुद्रोंको मैं नित्य नमस्कार करता हूँ वृक्षमूलेषु गोछ्ठेषु कान्तारे गहनेषु च

English

with gnats, worms and mosquitoes, with putrid worms and mice, in dog and dog-eater, in the sons of Vinata, with chandalas and pulkasas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हस्त्यश्वरथशालासु जीर्णोद्यानालयेषु च

English

in elephants, horses, asses and tigers, in trees and cows: whatever is made of form, this is the illustration everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमस्तेभ्यो नमस्ते भ्यो नमस्तेभ्यो5स्तु नित्यश: असंख्येयगुणा रुद्रा नमस्तेभ्यो5स्तु नित्यश:

English

In water, on earth and in space, not elsewhere: so it is settled; the embodied have a place: so we have heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सकती, उन रुद्रोंको मैं सदा नमस्कार करता हूँ

English

All this, dear, called the manifest, flows away; day by day the self of beings flows; therefore it is called perishable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा च तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रित: प्राणियोंके अन्तरात्मा हैं। इसीलिये मैंने आपको पृथक् निमन्त्रण नहीं दिया

English

This is called the imperishable; as the world flows, they call the world delusive; they call the unmanifest the manifest by name.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वमेव कर्ता सर्वस्य तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रित:

English

And the Great, the eldest, is ever the illustration of the perishable; I have told you that, great king, from which one does not return.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतस्मात् कारणाद् वापि तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रित: त्वयि मे हृदयं देव त्वयि बुद्धिर्मनस्त्वयि

English

The twenty-fifth is Vishnu, without principle, called the principle; through reliance on the principles the wise call this the principle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवानपि सुप्रीत: पुनर्दक्षमभाषत

English

What the formless created as manifest, the formless one rests in as form; the twenty-fourth is manifest, but the twenty-fifth is formless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हूँ। यहाँ अधिक क्या कहूँ, तुम मेरे निकट निवास करोगे आश्वासनकरं वाक्‍्यं वाक्यविद्वाक्य सम्मतम्

English

He alone, self-possessed, abides in the heart of all forms, conscious, making conscious, eternal, the form of all and the formless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्हैर्दशाहसंयुक्तं गूढमप्राज्ञनिन्दितम् गतान्तैरध्यवसितमत्याश्रममिदं व्रतम्

English

Of the nature of non-creation and non-dissolution, though the law of creation and dissolution is of nature, he is ever in the sphere, without qualities, called by qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदर्शनमनुप्राप्तो दक्षस्थामितविक्रम:

English

Thus this great self, knowing creation and dissolution, modifying, joined with nature, thinks himself, unawake.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाशुभं प्राप्तुयात् किंचिद् दीर्घमायुरवाप्रुयात् अमंगल नहीं प्राप्त होगा। वह दीर्घ आयु प्राप्त करता है

English

Joined with tamas, sattva and rajas, he is dissolved in these and those wombs here, from being unawakened, from serving the unawake.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा स्तवो वरिष्ठो5यं स्तवानां ब्रह्मसम्मित:

English

By dwelling together he thinks, as dweller, "I am not another"; saying "who I am, he I am," he turns after the qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोतव्यो भक्तिमास्थाय विद्याकामैश्न यत्नतः तेजसा यशसा चैव युक्तो भवति निर्मल:

English

By tamas he reaches the manifold tamasic states, by rajas the rajasic, and by relying on sattva the sattvic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा तेज और यशसे सम्पन्न होकर निर्मल हो जाता है

English

White, red and black: these three forms; know all these forms to be of nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विघ्नं कुर्युर्गहे तस्य यत्रायं पठ्यते स्तवः: पितृपक्षे भर्त॒पक्षे पूज्या भवति देववत्

English

The tamasic go to hell, the rajasic to men, the sattvic go to the world of the gods, sharers of happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनती है, वह पितृकुल और पतिकुलमें देवताके समान आदरणीय होती है

English

By unmixed sin he would gain an animal womb; by merit and sin, humanity; by merit alone, divinity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य सर्वाणि कर्माणि सिद्धि गच्छन्त्यभीक्ष्णश: बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च

English

Thus the wise call the perishable the object of the unmanifest; this twenty-fifth proceeds from knowledge alone."