Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाण्डव युधिष्ठिरके पीछे-पीछे चले

English

Vaisampayana said, "After Yudhishthira had stopped, the great ascetic Devasthana, possessed of eloquence, said these words, fraught with reason, unto the king."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तूयमान: शुभैर्वाक्यै: प्रविवेश सुहृददूवृत:

English

[Vaishampayana said:] "Hear attentively, king, pure and composed, the departure from the body of the great-souled Bhishma, tiger of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य इधर-उधरसे आकर कानोंको सुख देनेवाली बातें कहने लगे--

English

As soon as the sun had turned to the north, he concentrated himself in himself, composed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जयं प्रवदतां तत्र स्वन: प्रादुरभून्नप

English

Like the sun with scattered rays, Bhishma, covered with hundreds of arrows, lay surrounded by supreme splendour and the best of Brahmanas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यासन्नव्यसनिनं न मां धिक्कर्तुमरहथ

English

by Vyasa, Vedashravas, the divine sage Narada, Devasthana, Vatsya, and Ashmaka and Sumantu,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बदरिकाश्रममें तपस्या की

English

and by these and other greatly fortunate great-souled bands of sages, with faith, restraint and honour, like the moon among planets.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस पापीको जला देंगे। इससे उसका नाश हो जायगा”

English

But Bhishma, tiger among men, lying on his bed of arrows, in deed, mind and speech meditated on Krishna, standing with joined palms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शत्रून् जहि प्रजा रक्ष द्विजांश्व॒ परिपूजय

English

In a voice full and resounding he praised Madhusudana, lord of yoga, Padmanabha, Vishnu, Jishnu, lord of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

English

With joined palms, pure, the best of speakers, Bhishma, supremely righteous, then praised the lord Vasudeva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सात्यकिसहित श्रीकृष्ण भी कौरवोंके पीछे-पीछे गये

English

"Devasthana said, 'Phalguna has told thee that there is nothing superior to wealth. I shall discourse to thee on that subject. Listen to me with undivided

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्रतो धर्मराजस्यथ गान्धारीसहितो ययौ

English

attention, O Ajatasatru, thou hast righteously won the earth. Having won her, it behoves thee not, O king, to abandon her without cause. Four modes of life are indicated in the Vedas. Do thou, O king, duly pass through them, one after another. At present thou shouldst, therefore, perform great sacrifices with profuse presents. Amongst the very Rishis, some are engaged in the sacrifice represented by Vedic study, and some in that presented by knowledge. Therefore, O Bharata, thou must know that the very ascetics also are addicted to action. The Vaikhanasas, however, are said to preach that he who does not seek for wealth is superior to him that seeks for it. 1 1 think that he who would follow that precept would incur many faults. Men collect together diverse things (for the performance of sacrifices) simply because of the (Vedic) ordinance. He who, tainted by his own understanding, giveth away wealth to an undeserving person without giving it to the deserving, doth not know that he incurs the sin of killing a foetus. 2 The exercise of the duty of charity after discriminating the deserving from the undeserving is not easy. The Supreme Ordainer created wealth for sacrifice, and He created man also for taking care of that wealth and for performing sacrifice. For this reason the whole of one's wealth should be applied to sacrifice. Pleasure would follow from it as a natural consequence. Possessed of abundant energy, Indra, by the performance of diverse sacrifices with profuse gifts of valuables, surpassed all the gods. Having got their chiefship by that means, he shineth in heaven. Therefore, everything should be applied to sacrifices. Clad in deer-skins, the high-souled Mahadeva, having poured his own self as a libation in the sacrifice called Sarva, became the first of gods, and surpassing all creatures in the universe and prevailing over them by means of that achievement, shines in resplendence. King Marutta, the son of Avikshit, by the profusion of his wealth, vanquished Sakra himself, the chief of the gods. In the great sacrifice he performed, all the vessels were of gold, and Sree herself came in person. Thou hast heard that the great king Harischandra, having performed sacrifices, earned great merit and great happiness. Though a man, he nevertheless vanquished Sakra by his wealth. For this reason everything should be applied to sacrifice.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

पादाताश्च हयाश्वैव पृष्ठठ: समनुव्रजन्

English

In whom all beings stand and into whom they enter, the qualities in the lord of beings, like jewels on a thread,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तूयमानो ययौ राजा नगरं नागसाह्नयम्

English

in whom, the eternal, extended thread, the universe, existent and non-existent, is strung like a garland, whose body is the universe and who is the maker of the universe,

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा युधिष्ठिरने हस्तिनापुर नगरमें प्रवेश किया

English

Hari of a thousand heads, a thousand feet and eyes, they call Narayana, the god who is the final refuge of the universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकुलाकुलमुत्त्ुष्ट हृष्टपुष्टजनाकुलम्

English

Subtler than the subtle, vaster than the vast, weightier than the weighty, best of the best,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं कोलाहल हो रहा था

English

whom they sing in the vakyas, anuvakyas, nishads and Upanishads, whose deeds are true, the truth among truths, among the Samans,

हिन्दी अर्थ

संस्कृतो राजमार्गो5 भूद्धूपनै श्व प्रधूषित:

English

the fourfold-souled one by the four, abiding in sattva, lord of the Satvatas, whom they worship as god with divine secret supreme names,

हिन्दी अर्थ

माल्यदामभिरासक्ते राजवेश्माभिसंवृतम्

English

whom the goddess Devaki bore to Vasudeva to protect the earthly Brahma, as the fire-stick bears blazing fire,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बेलों और पुष्पहारोंकी बन्दनवारोंसे उसे अच्छी तरह सुसज्जित किया गया था

English

whom the single-minded, free of desire, having sacrificed for endlessness, see as Govinda, the Self free of stain, established in himself,

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिदृक्षूणां सहस्रनाणि समाजग्मु: सहस्रश:

English

called Purusha in the Puranas, Brahma at the beginnings of ages, Sankarshana at the dissolution—him, the one to be worshipped, we worship.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हें देखनेके लिये दस लाख नगरनिवासी सड़कोंपर एकत्र हो गये

English

Beyond the deeds of Wind and Indra, beyond the splendour of sun and fire, beyond intellect, senses and mind—him, the Prajapati, I take refuge in.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राकम्पन्तेव भारेण स्त्रीणां पूर्णानि भारत

English

Whom they call maker of the universe, lord of the moving and unmoving, overseer of the world, the imperishable, the supreme station,

हिन्दी अर्थ

होने के कारण उनके भारी भारसे काँपते हुए-से जान पड़ते थे

English

golden-hued, whom Aditi bore as an embryo, destroyer of Daityas, who being one was born in twelve forms—homage to him, the Self as Sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माद्रीकुमार नकुल सहदेवकी प्रशंसा करने लगीं

English

Who in the bright fortnight satisfies the gods and in the dark the ancestors with nectar, and who is king of the twice-born—homage to him, the Self as Moon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपतिष्ठसि कल्याणि महर्षीनिव गौतमी

English

Beyond the great darkness, the person blazing in splendour, knowing whom one passes beyond death—homage to him, the Self as the knowable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति कृष्णां महाराज प्रशशंसुस्तदा स्त्रिय:

English

Whom the hosts of Brahmanas sing as great in the Brihati verse, in the fire, in the great sacrifice—homage to him, the Self as the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीतिजैश्न तदा शब्है: पुरमासीत् समाकुलम्

English

Whose abode is the Rik, Yajus and Saman, whose form is the ten-and-a-half oblation, whom they extend with seven threads—homage to him, the Self as sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिर राजभवनके समीप जा पहुँचे

English

Who as the Suparna, whose name is the Yajus, whose metre is his body, the Trivrit his head, the Rathantara and Brihat his eyes—homage to him, the Self as hymn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊचु: कर्णसुखा वाच: समुपेत्य ततस्ततः

English

Who was born at the thousand-year sacrifice as the sage of the creators of the universe, the golden-hued bird—homage to him, the Self as swan.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजा: पालय धर्मेण यथेन्द्रस्त्रेदिवं तथा

English

Whose feet are limbs, whose joints are sections, marked with vowels and consonants, whom they call the imperishable eternal—homage to him, the Self as speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आशीरव॑दान् द्विजैरुक्तान् प्रतिगृह्ू समन्‍तत:

English

Who builds the bridge of the good by truth, the source of nectar, by the limbs of conduct in dharma and wealth—homage to him, the Self as truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्धाविजयसंयुक्त रथात् पश्चादवातरत्

English

Whom those who follow dharma separately, seeking the fruits of dharma separately, worship by separate dharmas—homage to him, the Self as dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजयामास र२त्नैश्व गन्धमाल्यैश्न सर्वश:

English

Him whom the great sages seek, the unmanifest in the manifest, the knower of the field seated in the field—homage to him, the Self as the field.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्दन तथा माला आदिसे सर्वथा उनकी पूजा की

English

Whom the Sankhyas call the seventeenth, the Self of sight abiding in the self, covered with sixteen qualities—homage to him, the Self as Sankhya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददर्श ब्राह्मणांश्वैव सो5भिरूपानवस्थितान्

English

Whom the sleepless, who have conquered breath, abiding in sattva with senses restrained, see as light as they practise yoga—homage to him, the Self as yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुशुभे विमलश्नन्द्रस्तारागणवृतो यथा

English

To whom, at the cessation of merit and demerit, the fearless, tranquil renouncers go, free of rebirth—homage to him, the Self as liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छावाले ब्राह्मणोंसे घिरे हुए राजा युधिष्ठिरकी उस समय बड़ी शोभा हो रही थी

English

He who at the end of a thousand ages, as blazing fire, devours beings—homage to him, the dreadful Self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धौम्यं गुरु पुरस्कृत्य ज्येष्ठं पितरमेव च

English

Who, having devoured all beings and made the world a single ocean, sleeps alone as a child—homage to him, the Self as illusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोभिव्स्त्रिश्ष राजेन्द्र विविधैशज्ष किमिच्छकै:

English

Homage to that Purusha of a thousand heads and immeasurable self, whose sleep is yoga through the cycle of the four oceans.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवालोंका गम्भीर घोष वहाँ प्रकट होने लगा

English

In the navel of the Unborn, in whom the universe is established, the lotus of the lotus-eyed one—homage to him, the Self as lotus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजानं ब्राह्मणच्छ््या चार्वाको राक्षसोब्रवीत्

English

In whose hair are the clouds, in the joints of whose limbs are the rivers, in whose belly the four oceans—homage to him, the Self as water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नामक राक्षस राजा युधिष्ठिरसे कुछ कहनेको उद्यत हुआ

English

Who revolves through the ages in his parts, in days, seasons and years, the maker of creation and dissolution—homage to him, the Self as Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्ष: शिखी त्रिदण्डी च धृष्टो विगतसाध्वस:

English

Whose mouth is the Brahmana, whose arms are the kshatriya, whose thighs and belly the Vaishya, and in whose feet the Shudras rest—homage to him, the Self as the classes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर:सहसे राजेन्द्र तपोनियमसंवृतै:

English

Whose mouth is fire, whose head is the sky, whose navel is space, whose feet are the earth, whose eye the sun, whose ears the quarters—homage to him, the Self as the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धिग् भवन्तं कुनृपतिं ज्ञातिघातिनमस्तु वै

English

Him whom they call the guardian of objects for those who move among objects, by particular qualities—homage to him, the guardian Self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घातयित्वा गुरूंश्वैव मृतं श्रेयो न जीवितम्

English

Made of food, drink and fuel, increasing savour and life, who sustains beings—homage to him, the Self as breath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विव्यथुश्नुक्रुशुश्वेव तस्य वाक्यप्रधर्षिता:

English

Beyond Time, beyond sacrifice, beyond the existent and non-existent, without beginning, the beginning of the universe—homage to him, the Self as universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उठे और मन-ही-मन उसके कथनकी निन्दा करने लगे

English

Who bewilders beings with the bonds of affection and attachment, for the preservation of creation—homage to him, the Self as delusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रीडिता: परमोद्विग्नास्तृष्णीमासन् विशाम्पते

English

Knowing this knowledge of the Self, abiding in the five, which the knowers attain—homage to him, the Self as knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओरसे बड़ी भारी विपत्ति आ गयी है; अत: आपलोग मुझे धिक्कार न दें

English

To him of immeasurable body, with eyes endless on every side, unlimited and immeasurable—homage to him, the Self to be contemplated.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊचुर्नैतद् वचोस्माकं श्रीरस्तु तव पार्थिव

English

To the matted, staff-bearing, big-bellied embodied one, with a water-pot and quiver—homage to him, the Self as Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणा वेदविद्वांसस्तपोभिविमलीकृता:

English

To the trident-bearing lord of the thirty gods, Tryambaka, the great soul, whose sign is smeared with ash and raised—homage to him, the Self as Rudra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानदृष्टिसे उस राक्षसको पहचान लिया

English

To him who is the soul of the five elements, the end of beings and their beginning, free of anger, harm and delusion—homage to him, the tranquil Self."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपतिष्ठतु कल्याणं भवन्तं भ्रातृभि: सह

English

In whom is all, from whom is all, who is all and on every side, and who is ever all-pervading—homage to him, the Self of all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महेन्द्राशनिनिर्दग्ध: पादपो5डुकुरवानिव

English

Homage to you, Vishvakarman, soul of the universe, source of the universe; you are the release of beings, standing beyond the five.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा च हर्षमापेदे पाण्डव: ससुहृज्जन:

English

Homage to you in the three worlds, homage to you beyond the three; homage to you in all directions, for you are the final refuge of all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच देवकीपुत्र: सर्वदर्शी जनार्दन:

English

Homage to you, revered Vishnu, origin and dissolution of the worlds; you are the doer, Hrishikesha, and the destroyer, unconquered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रीकृष्णने वहाँ भाइयोंसहित खड़े हुए राजा युधिष्ठिससे कहा

English

Therefore I see your divine states in the three paths, and I see in truth that form of yours which is eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्तेपे महाबाहो बदर्या बहुवार्षिकम्

English

Your head pervades the sky, the goddess Earth is your feet, the three worlds your stride; you are the eternal Purusha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभयं सर्वभूते भ्यो वरयामास भारत

English

Those who bow to Achyuta, Govinda, flax-flower-hued and clad in yellow, have no fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर माँगा कि मुझे किसी भी प्राणीसे भय न हो

English

As truth is made of Vishnu, as the oblation is made of Vishnu, as all is made of Vishnu, so may my sin be destroyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो ददौ तस्मै जगत्पति:

English

To me who have taken refuge in you, a devotee, wishing the desired goal, whatever is best, lotus-eyed one, meditate on that, best of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंकी ओरसे अभयदान दे दिया

English

Thus the womb of knowledge and austerity, the unborn Vishnu, has been praised; may the god worshipped by the sacrifice of speech be pleased, Janardana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राक्षसस्तापयामास तीव्रकर्मा महाबल:

English

Having said this much, Bhishma, his mind absorbed in him, then made obeisance to Krishna with only "Homage."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथास्य भविता मृत्युरचिरेणेति भारत

English

Understanding by yoga Bhishma's devotion, Madhava, Hari, went to give him divine knowledge of the three times.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शीघ्र ही उस राक्षसकी मृत्यु हो जायगी

English

When that sound had ceased, those expounders of Brahma, their throats choked with tears, honoured the greatly wise Bhishma with words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य स्नेहावबद्धो 5सौ ब्राह्मणानवमंस्यते

English

Praising Keshava, the best of men, those best of Brahmanas also praised Bhishma softly again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंका अपमान कर बैठेगा

English

Knowing Bhishma's devotion, the best of men suddenly rose, glad, and took to his vehicle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थधक्ष्यन्ति वाग्बला: पापं ततो नाशं गमिष्यति

English

Keshava and Satyaki went in one chariot, and in another the great souls Yudhishthira and Dhananjaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चार्वाको नृपतिश्रेष्ठ मा शुचो भरतर्षभ

English

Bhimasena and the twins mounted one chariot, and Kripa, Yuyutsu and the charioteer Sanjaya another chariot.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाकर पृथ्वीपर पड़ा है

English

Those bulls among men set out in chariots like cities, making the earth tremble with the great rumble of the wheels.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गताश्न महात्मानो वीरा: क्षत्रियपुड़वा:

English

Then the best of men, glad, heard the words spoken by the twice-born on the road; with joined palms to the bowing and to others, the slayer of Keshi, delighted, welcomed them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

काउ्चने प्राड्मुखो हृष्टो न्‍्यषीदत् परमासने

English

perform sacrifices if they cannot be performed without wealth. Nilakantha, by interpreting Dhanahetu as sacrifices which have wealth for the means of their accomplishment, would come to this meaning

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वस्तिकानक्षतान् भूमिं सुवर्ण रजतं मणिम्

English

They went swiftly to Kurukshetra in chariots like cities, adorned with banners and flags, with swift horses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्ण, रजत एवं मणिका स्पर्श किया

English

They descended at Kurukshetra, thick with hair, marrow and bones, where those great-souled kshatriyas had laid down their bodies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददृशुर्धर्मराजानमादाय बहुमड्गलम्

English

It was heaped like mountains with the bones of elephants, horses and men, strewn with human skulls like conches.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माड़लिक सामग्री साथ लिये धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरका दर्शन किया

English

Covered with thousands of pyres, full of armour and weapons, it was like Time's drinking-ground, eaten and cast aside.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं सर्वसम्भारसम्भूतम्

English

Frequented by hosts of spirits and thronged by bands of Rakshasas, seeing Kurukshetra the great chariot-warriors swiftly passed on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्णकुम्भा: सुमनसो लाजा बहींषि गोरसम्

English

Even as he went, the mighty-armed delight of all the Yadavas told Yudhishthira of the prowess of Jamadagni's son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

खुव औदुम्बर: शंखस्तथा हेमविभूषित:

English

"These five Rama-lakes are seen from afar, Partha, in which he satisfied his ancestors with kshatriya blood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रागुदक्प्रवर्णां वेदीं लक्षणेनोपलिख्य च

English

Having made the earth free of kshatriyas thrice seven times, the lord Rama then ceased from his work here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निषीदतुर्महात्मानौ शलक्ष्णयोर्मणिपीठयो:

English

wealth. Such a person incurs the sin of killing a foetus, because that sin proceeds from killing one's own self. Improper use of wealth is, of course, regarded as killing one's ownself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथापि सहदेवेन सहास्ते नकुलेन च

English

"When the seed of the kshatriyas was burned by Rama, bull of the Yadus, how did the kshatriya order arise again, of immeasurable valour?

हिन्दी अर्थ

साथ माता कुन्ती भी बैठ गयीं

English

By the great-souled revered Rama, bull of the Yadus, how was the kshatriya order destroyed and how did it regain its livelihood?

हिन्दी अर्थ

निषेदुर्ज्वलनाकारेष्वासनेषु पृथक् पृथक्

English

In the Mahabharata war crores of kshatriyas were slain, and yet the earth was again strewn with kshatriyas, best of speakers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथक् सिंहासनोंपर विराजमान हुए

English

Cut this doubt of mine, Vrishni, whose banner is Tarkshya, for from you comes the supreme tradition, younger brother of Vasava."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृतराष्ट्री यतो राजा ततः सर्वे समाविशन्

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Then, as he went, the lord, elder brother of Gada, told Yudhishthira of incomparable splendour everything truly, how the earth became filled with kshatriyas.