Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नावयोरेकयोगोस्ति मा कृथा वर्णसंकरम् वर्णसंकर नामक दोषका उत्पादन न कीजिये

English

Gandusha, i.e., the act of taking a little water in the right hand, raising it to the lips, and throwing it down, repeating a short formula.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् सर्व प्रतिच्छन्न॑ मयि नाहसि गूहितुम्

English

"We have been told, lord, what is to come and is joined; it has taken root in our minds and we shall do accordingly."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदं तदिति वाक्यान्ते प्रोच्यते स विनिर्णय: तत्र या नृपते वृत्तिस्तत् प्रयोजनमिष्यते

English

Thus honouring one another, with minds very pleased, those skilled in speech again addressed their teacher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविक्षिप्तमना राजजन्नेकाग्र: श्रोतुमहसि

English

"We wish, great sage, to go from the mountain to the earth, to make the Vedas many-fold, if it pleases you, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यासामेव निपातेन कललं नाम जायते जिनके सम्मिश्रणसे ही 'कलल' नामक एक पदार्थ उत्पन्न होता है

English

Hearing the pupils' words, the lord, Parashara's son, then replied with words beneficial and joined with dharma and wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कहाँसे आयी हैं?” इन वचनोंद्वारा प्रश्न करनेसे आपका कया प्रयोजन है?

English

"Go to the earth or to the world of the gods if it pleases you; you must be unwearied, for Brahman is full of obstacles."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतवान् यो महीपाल: कि तस्मिन् मुक्तलक्षणम् भूपालने यथोचित कार्य किये हैं, उसमें जीवन्मुक्तका क्या लक्षण है?

English

Permitted then by the truthful teacher, they all went, circling Vyasa and saluting him with their heads.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सड़वान् यस्त्रिवर्गुण कि तस्मिन् मुक्तलक्षणम्

English

Descending to earth, they arranged the Chaturhotra, performing sacrifices for brahmanas, kshatriyas and vaishyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवन्मुक्तका क्‍या लक्षण है? सुहृद्धिः संनिवार्यस्तेविरक्तस्येव भेषजम्

English

Constantly honoured by the twice-born, rejoicing, devoted to household life, intent on sacrificing and teaching, prosperous, renowned in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अयं चापि सुकष्टस्ते द्वितीयो55श्रमसंकर:

English

interpretation. What then is Sankusuka or Sanku cukal The above version is offered tentatively. The commentator imagines that the true sense of the verse is that it declares such men to be unable to attain to Mahadayu which is Brahma and not long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सगोत्रमाविशन्त्यास्ते तृतीयों गोत्रसंकर: अगम्या परभार्येति चतुर्थो धर्मसंकर:

English

offering.' I do not see the necessity of discarding the obvious meaning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविज्ञानेन वा युक्ता भिथ्याज्ञानेन वा पुन:

English

wound round the thumb, as the Grihyasutras declare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करने योग्य कार्य कर डालनेको उद्यत हो गयी हैं यदि किंचिच्छुतं ते5स्ति सर्व कृतमनर्थकम्

English

fallen copiously' or words to that effect. Krisara or Kricara is food made of rice and pease, or rice and sesame; probably what is now called Khichree.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया हो तो आपने अपने ही दोषसे वह सब व्यर्थ कर दिया है

English

avoided, being too direct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुष्टाया लक्ष्यते लिड्रं विवृण्वत्याप्रकाशितम् हृदयकी प्रीतिपर आघात करनेवाला है

English

consequences of those deeds visit the doer without fail. This verse, however, seems to say that the recollection of those sins forces itself upon the sinner and makes him miserable in spite of himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येयं मत्परिषत् कृत्स्ना जेतुमिच्छसि तामपि

English

Merit or sin, according to him, does not depend on the overt act alone. Both depend on the mind. Hence the injunction against even mentally harming others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपितु यह जो मेरी सारी सभा बैठी है, इसे भी जीतना चाहती हैं मत्यक्षप्रतिघाताय स्वपक्षोद्भावनाय च

English

if the mind be sinful, no associate can be of any help. The mind alone is the cause of virtue and piety.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी बारंबार अपनी दृष्टि फेंक रही हैं

English

"Whatever happens in the three worlds stands by your approval; command me, brahmana sage, tell me what I may do for you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूय: सृजसि योगांस्त्वं विषामृतमिवैकताम् अलाभ शक्षापि रक्तस्य सो5पि दोषो विषोपम:

English

"Brahmarishi, tell me what I should undertake; my mind, separated here from my pupils, is not much delighted."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् त्वं सत्रप्रतिच्छन्ना मयि नाहसि गूहितुम् रूपयौवनसौभाग्यं स्त्रीणां बलमनुत्तमम्

English

[Narada said:] "Without recitation, the Vedas are stained; for a brahmana, absence of vows is a stain; Bahlikas are the stain of the earth; curiosity is the stain of women.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रूप, यौवन और सौभाग्य है

English

Study the Vedas, along with your wise son, shaking off with the sound of Brahman the darkness made by fear."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आर्जवेनाभिगन्तव्या विनाशाय हानार्जवम् विनाशका कारण बन जाता है

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing Narada's words, Vyasa, knower of supreme dharma, firm in his vows, said "So be it," glad, in the study of the Vedas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यादिष्टा नरेन्द्रेण सुलभा न व्यकम्पत

English

With his son Shuka he took up the study of the Vedas, filling the worlds as it were with his loud recitation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततश्नारुतरं वाक्‍्यं॑ प्रचक्रामाथ भाषितुम् अपेतमुपपन्नार्थमष्टादशगुणान्वितम्

English

As the two studied thus, speaking of various dharmas, a wind blew exceedingly, stirred by the ocean's air.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चैतान्यर्थजातानि वाक्यमित्युच्यते नृप

English

Then Vyasa restrained his son, saying, "It is a time of no study." But Shuka, though restrained, was full of curiosity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु संसार्यमाणानां पदार्थपदवाक्यत: जा रहे हैं। आप इनमेंसे एक-एकका अलग-अलग लक्षण सुनिये

English

He asked his father, "Brahmana, whence has this wind come? You ought to tell all the workings of the wind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्रातिशायिनी बुद्धिस्तत् सौक्ष्म्यमिति वर्तते

English

Hearing this word of Shuka, Vyasa, greatly astonished, spoke these words concerning the cause of the suspension of study.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धि है, उसीका नाम सौक्ष्म्य है कंचिदर्थमभिप्रेत्य सा संख्येत्युपधार्यताम्

English

"Divine sight has arisen in you; your mind is healthy and pure; freed of tamas and rajas, you are established in sattva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रमयोगं तमप्याहुर्वाक्यं वाक्यविदो जना:

English

As one sees one's own reflection in a mirror, so you see the self by the self; placing the Vedas within the self, ponder them with the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकार्थसमवेतानि वाक्यं मम निशामय

English

The path of the gods, belonging to Vishnu, and the path of the ancestors, dark: these two paths after death lead to heaven and downward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाक्यको आप श्रवण करें नाश्लक्ष्णं न च संदिग्धं वक्ष्यामि परमं ततः

English

On earth and in the sky, where the winds blow, there are seven paths of the winds; learn them in order.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानृतं न त्रिवर्गेण विरुद्ध नाप्यसंस्कृतम्

English

There the hosts of gods, the Sadhyas, of great strength, came to be; to them too a son was born, named Samana, hard to conquer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म, अर्थ और कामके विरुद्ध और संस्कारशून्य ही होगा न शेषमनु कल्पेन निष्कारणमहेतुकम्

English

Udana was his son, Vyana was born as his son, and then Apana is to be known, and after him Prana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवश्यकता नहीं होगी। यह वाक्य निष्प्रयोजन और युक्तिशून्य भी नहीं होगा

English

Prana was childless, unassailable, a scorcher of foes; I shall tell their separate works as they are.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ह्वीतोडनुक्रोशतो मानाजन्न वक्ष्यामि कथंचन कोई बात नहीं बोलूँगी

English

In living beings the wind everywhere carries on their separate activities; because it breathes in beings, it is called prana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सममेति विवक्षायां तदा सोअ्डर्थ: प्रकाशते

English

The first, which drives clouds born of smoke and heat, is on the first path, the wind named Pravaha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वार्थमाह परार्थ तत् तदा वाक्‍्यं न रोहति विशड्का जायते तस्मिन् वाक्यं तदपि दोषवत्

English

The second, roaring, blows in the sky moisture from clouds and lightning, of excellent radiance, named Avaha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोताके हृदयमें आशंका उत्पन्न होती है, अतः वह वाक्य भी दोषयुक्त ही है

English

That which constantly causes the rising of the luminaries, the moon and the others, and within bodies, the great sages call Udana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोतुश्चैवात्मनश्वैव स वक्ता नेतरो नूप वही वास्तवमें वक्ता है, दूसरा नहीं

English

That wind which holds water from the four oceans, lifting it up, and takes the waters from the clouds in the sky,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्रोत्तरमिदं वाक्‍्यं राजन्नेकमना: शृणु अतः इसके उत्तरमें मेरा यह कथन एकचित्त होकर सुनिये

English

which joins the clouds with water and gives them to Parjanya, is the third, always moving, the best rainer, named Udvaha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथगात्मान आत्मानं संश्लिष्टा जतुकाष्ठवत्

English

By it, carried in many ways, the dark clouds separately begin to release rain and become dense masses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्ति नहीं है। यही विद्वानोंका निश्चय है नहीं जानता। इसी प्रकार कान भी अपने विषयमें कुछ नहीं जानता

English

By which, struck together, they become the roaring rumblers, and produced for protection they take on cloud-hood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यक्ष देखनेमें हेतु हैं

English

That which carries the celestial cars of the gods through the sky is the fourth wind named Samvaha, the mountain-crusher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचारयति येनायं॑ निश्चये साध्वसाधुनी महासत्त्वो5ल्पसत्त्वो वा जन्तुर्येनानुमीयते

English

By that swift, rough, painful wind, breaking the waters, the clouds are not made into rain-bearers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममायमिति येनायं मनन्‍्यते न ममेति च

English

The fifth, of terrible portents, with thunder in the sky, a wind of great speed, is named Vivaha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, जिससे जीवात्मा “यह वस्तु मेरी है और यह वस्तु मेरी नहीं है! ऐसा मानता है इति चैकोनविंशोयं द्वन्द्योग इति स्मृत:

English

In which, in its whirl, the divine waters flow through the sky, and it holds fast the holy water of the heavenly Ganga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतीम॑ विद्धि विंशत्या भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययम्

English

In which, repelled from afar, the single-rayed sun is the source of a thousand beams, by which the earth shines.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये दो अन्य प्रकाशक गुण, ये सब मिलकर सत्ताईस हैं प्रकृति सर्वभूतानां पश्यन्त्यध्यात्मचिन्तका:

English

From which the moon is fed, and the divine treasure of nectar, that wind, best of the swift, is named Parivaha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं च त्वं च राजेन्द्र ये चाप्यन्ये शरीरिण:

English

It takes away at the end of time the breaths of all living beings; death and Vaivasvata both follow its path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पेश्यास्त्वड्राभिनिर्वत्तिनखरोमाणि चाड्रत:

English

Which suits immortality those who look rightly with an understanding calm and ever centred in the self, delighting in the practice of meditation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जायते नामरूपत्वं स्त्री पुमान् वेति लिड्गतः कौमारं रूपमापन्नं रूपतो नोपलभ्यते

English

Reaching which with speed the ten thousand sons of Daksha the Prajapati reached the ends of the directions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनेन क्रमयोगेन पूर्व पूर्व न लभ्यते

English

Created by which, one is overcome and goes, never returning; the supreme wind named Pravaha is hard to pass.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्तते सर्वभूतेषु सौक्ष्म्यात् तु न विभाव्यते अवस्थायामवस्थायां दीपस्येवार्चिषो गति:

English

Thus these sons of Aditi, the Maruts, most wonderful, blow without rest, going everywhere and supporting all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजसं सर्वलोकस्य क: कुतो वा न वा कुत:

English

This is the great wonder, that this best of mountains was suddenly shaken by that blowing wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्बन्ध: कोस्ति भूतानां स्वैरप्पवयवैरिह जायन्त्येवं समुदयात् कलानामिव जन्तव:

English

This is the breath of Vishnu, dear one; when it is suddenly let loose with speed, the world trembles then.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेवात्मना55त्मानमन्यस्मिन् कि न पश्यसि

English

Therefore knowers of Brahman do not recite Brahman when it blows too strongly; the fear of wind from wind is said, and Brahman would be harmed."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ मां कासि कस्येति किमर्थमनुपृच्छसि कि “आप कौन हैं और किसकी हैं?”

English

Having said only this, the lord, Parashara's son, said to his son "Study," and then went to the sky-Ganga.