Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा राजा उपरिचर भी राजलक्ष्मीसे सम्पन्न एवं महान् पुरुष होगा

English

Narada too, of great splendour, having gained the desired grace, hurried to the Badari hermitage to see Nara and Narayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कम्पित: पतते भूमिं पुनश्चैवाधिरोहति नेच्छाम्येवं विदित्वैते ह्वासवृद्धी पुनः पुन:

English

This great Upanishad, joined with the four Vedas, made of Sankhya and yoga, called by the name Pancharatra,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छा नहीं होती है

English

sung from Narayana's mouth, Narada recited again in Brahma's abode, dear one, as seen and as heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वतस्तेज आदत्ते नित्यमक्षयमण्डल: ऋषिभि: सह यास्यामि सौरं तेजो5तिदुःसहम्

English

[Yudhishthira said:] This greatness of that wise one is truly wonderful. Does Brahma not know it, since he heard it from Narada?

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवदानवगन्धर्वान् पिशाचोरगराक्षसान्

English

The blessed grandfather is next to that god; how would he not know the power of the one of boundless might?

हिन्दी अर्थ

और राक्षसोंसे आज्ञा माँगता हूँ पश्यन्तु योगवीर्य मे सर्वे देवा: सहर्षिभि:

English

[Bhishma said:] Thousands of great ages and hundreds of great ages have passed, king, creations and dissolutions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादनुज्ञां सम्प्राप्प जगाम पितरं प्रति

English

Brahma is remembered at the beginning of creation as the lord who makes creatures; he knows the best of gods, and still more, king, the Supreme Self, the ruler, and the origin of himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आज्ञा लेकर वे अपने पिता व्यासजीके पास गये शुकः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा कृष्णमापृष्टवान् मुनिम्

English

To the other crowds of Siddhas gathered in Brahma's abode he recited that Purana, equal to the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कैलासपृष्ठं विपुलं सिद्धसंघनिषेवितम्

English

From them, the sun heard it, and recited it, Bharata, to the pure-souled followers of the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समे देशे विविक्ते स निःशलाक उपाविशत् पादप्रभृतिगात्रेषु क्रमेण क्रमयोगवित्

English

Sixty-six thousand sages of purified selves, who were created first, while the sun scorches the worlds: to all those pure-souled ones the sun told it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र वैयासकिर्धीमान् योक्तुं समुपचक्रमे

English

By those great-souled sages who followed the sun, dear one, the gods gathered on Meru were made to hear this excellent teaching.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाश में उड़नेके लिये तैयार हो गये

English

Then Asita the twice-born, best of sages, having heard it from the gods, recited it, king, to the ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवेदयामास च त॑ स्वं योगं परमर्षये योगके सम्बन्धमें इस प्रकार निवेदन किया

English

My father Shantanu also told it to me, dear one; having heard it, I have recited it to you, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिवाद्य पुनर्योगमास्थायाकाशमाविशत्

English

Whether gods or sages, all who have heard this Purana worship the Supreme Self again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तरिक्षचर: श्रीमान् वायुभूत: सुनिश्चित: ददृशु: सर्वभूतानि मनोमारुतरंहसम्

English

This account, composed by sages and come down by tradition, you should not give, king, to one who is not a devotee of Vasudeva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान कान्तिमान् तथा मन और वायुके समान वेगशाली देखा

English

From me you have heard hundreds of other stories, king, of dharma; the essence of them has been drawn out in this one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आस्थितो दीर्घमध्वानं पावकार्कसमप्रभ: ददृशु: सर्वभूतानि जड़मानि चराणि च

English

As nectar was drawn out by gods and asuras by churning, so this nectar of a story has been drawn out here by the brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुष्पवषैश्न दिव्यैस्तमवचक्रुर्दिवौकस:

English

The man who reads this always, or who hears this, gone to single-minded devotion, composed in solitude,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधः:कायोर्ध्ववक्त्रश्ष नेत्रै: समभिरज्यते नीचेकी ओर ही है? हमारी आँखें बरबस इसकी ओर खिंच जाती हैं"

English

reaching the great white island, becoming moon-bright, will enter the god of a thousand rays; of this there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भास्करं समुदी क्षन् स प्राडमुखो वाग्यतो5गमत्

English

Hearing this story from the beginning, the afflicted is freed from disease, the seeker gains his wishes, and the devotee reaches the devotee's goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखते हुए मौनभावसे आगे बढ़ रहे थे तमापतन्तं सहसा दृष्टवा सर्वाप्सरोगणा:

English

And you too, king, must always worship the Supreme Person; he is mother, father and teacher of the whole world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनिश्चितमिहायाति विमुक्तमिव नि:स्पृहम् उर्वशी पूर्वचित्तिश्न यं नित्यमुपसेवत:

English

May the god friend of brahmanas, the blessed eternal one, be pleased with you, Yudhishthira of mighty arms; Janardana is mighty-armed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्सराएँ सदा निवास करती हैं

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Hearing this excellent account, Janamejaya, the king of dharma and all his brothers became devoted to Narayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृशुश्रूषया बुद्धि सम्प्राप्तोड्यमनुत्तमाम् समय उनका चित्त उसकी बातोंकी ओर चला गया था

English

"Conquered by the blessed Person": so, Bharata, they were always devoted to muttering and uttering Sarasvati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विलोकयामास तदा सरांसि सरितस्तथा

English

Our teacher, the best sage Krishna Dvaipayana, sang the supreme prayer, uttering Narayana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पिता यद्यनुगच्छेन्मां क्रोशमान: शुकेति वै एतन्मे स्नेहत: सर्वे वचन कर्तुमर्हथ

English

Going constantly through the sky to the Milk Ocean, the abode of nectar, and having worshipped the lord of gods, he came back to his own hermitage.