Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ ते वै जयन्त्येनं तालाग्रादिव पात्यते

English

thyself. And O, let there be no delay on thy part in granting this prayer of mine. There is nothing in the three worlds that is unattainable by thee, O perpetuator of Yadu's race, thou canst create other worlds if only thou wishest it. Observing a vow for twelve years and purifying thyself, thou hadst adored the Lord of all creatures (viz., Mahadeva) and then begot upon Rukmini the sons that she has obtained from thee, viz., Charudeshna and Sucharu and Charuvesa and Yasodhana and Charusravas and Charuyasas and Pradyumna and Sambhu. O slayer of Madhu, do thou grant to me a son like unto those of great powers whom thou hast begotten upon Rukmini?~Thus addressed by the princess, I replied unto her of slender waist,— Let me have thy permission (to leave thee for some time), O queen. I shall certainly obey thy behest. She answered me, saying,— Go, and may success and prosperity always attend thee. Let Brahma and Siva and Kasyapa, the Rivers, those deities that preside over the mind, the soil, all deciduous herbs, those Chhandas (Rhymes) that are regarded as bearers of the libations poured in sacrifices, the Rishis, Earth, the Oceans, the sacrificial presents, those syllables that are uttered for completing the cadences of Samans, the Rikshas, the Pitris, the Planets, the spouses of the deities, the celestial maidens, the celestial mothers, the great cycles, kine, Chandramas, Savitri, Agni, Savitri, the knowledge of the Vedas, the seasons, the year, small and big divisions of time, e.g., the Kshanas, the Labas, the Muhurtas, the Nimeshas, and the Yugas in succession, protect thee, O Yadava, and keep thee in happiness, wherever thou mayst stay. Let no danger overtake thee on thy way, and let no heedlessness be thine, O sinless one.— Thus blessed by her, I took her leave, bidding farewell unto the daughter of the prince of apes. Repairing then into the presence of that foremost of men, viz., my father, of my mother, of the king, and of Ahuka, I informed them of what the daughter of the prince of the Vidyadharas, in great affliction, had said unto me. Bidding them farewell with a sorrowful heart, I then repaired to Gada and to Rama of great might. These two cheerfully addressed me saying,— Let thy penances increase without any obstruction.— Having obtained the permission of all of them, I thought of Garuda. He immediately came to me and bore me to Himavat (at my bidding). Arrived at Himavat, I dismissed him. There on that foremost of mountains, I beheld many wonderful sights. I saw an excellent, wonderful, and agreeable retreat for the practice of penances. That delightful retreat was owned by the high-souled Upamanyu who was a descendant of Vyaghrapada. That retreat is applauded and reverenced by the deities and the Gandharvas, and seemed to be covered with Vedic beauty. It was adorned with Dhavas and

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण: सर्वभूतानां योगक्षेमसमर्पिता

English

[Bhishma said:] This is held the most to be reflected on of all dharmas, to whom a maiden should be given, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैवं तु कथमेतद् वै यदहं मातृदोषतः

English

Having considered conduct, learning, family and deeds, the maiden is to be given with water to a worthy groom; this is the constant dharma of good brahmanas, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रूयते वदसे तच्च दुष्प्रापमिति सत्तम

English

One who gives, being favourable, a bride to be brought, should so bring her; this is the eternal dharma of the good and of kshatriyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हर्यश्व इति विख्यातो बभूव जयतां वर:

English

One who leaves aside his own wish and follows the maiden's wish, and she is given to whom she wishes, Yudhishthira: knowers of dharma call this dharma Gandharva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तैर्वीतहव्यैरागत्य युधि सर्वर्विनिर्जित:

English

Having bought with much wealth and tempted the relatives, king, the wise call this the dharma of asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वीतहव्यके सभी पुत्रोंने आक्रमण करके युद्धमें उन्हें भी परास्त कर दिया

English

Carrying off by force a weeping maiden from home from her weeping family, having killed and cut heads, is the Rakshasa mark of dharma, dear one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सौदेवस्त्वथ काशीशो दिवोदासो5भ्यषिच्यत

English

Of the five, three are righteous and two unrighteous, Yudhishthira; the Paishacha and Asura are never to be practised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाराणसीं महातेजा निर्ममे शक्रशासनात्

English

Brahma, Kshatra and Gandharva are righteous, bull among men; separately or mixed they are to be done, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृणीष्व काममन्यं त्वं ब्राह्मुण्यं हि सुदुर्लभम्

English

Kakubhas and Kadamvas and Cocas, with Kuruvakas and Ketakas and Jamvus and Patalas, with banians and Varunakas and Vatsanabhas and Vilwas, with Saralas and Kapitthas and Piyalas and Salas and palmyras with Vadaris and Kundas and Punnagas and Asokas and Amras and Kovidaras and Champakas and Panasas, and with diverse other trees endued with fruits and flowers. And that retreat was also decked with the straight stems of the Musa Supienta. l Truly, that asylum was adorned with diverse other kinds of trees and with diverse kinds of fruits forming the food of diverse kinds of birds. Heaps of ashes (of sacrificial fires) were thrown in proper places all around, which added to the beauty of the scene. It abounded with Rurus and apes and tigers and lions and leopards, with deer of diverse species and peacocks, and with cats and snakes. Indeed, large numbers of other animals also were seen there, as also buffaloes and bears. Delicious breezes constantly blew bearing the melodious strains of celestial nymphs. The babblings of mountain rivulets and springs, the sweet notes of winged choristers, the gruntings of elephants, the delicious stains of Kinnaras, and the auspicious voice of

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस्रमेकपादेन ततो ध्याने व्यतिष्ठत

English

The brahmin wife should be the senior; for a kshatriya, a kshatriya woman; for pleasure a shudra woman may be, others say not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और संयमशील बनाकर एक हजार वर्षोतक एक पैरसे ध्यान लगाये खड़ा रहा

English

The good do not praise the begetting of offspring on a shudra woman; a brahmin begetting on a shudra woman is given an expiation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेव च पुनर्वाक्यमुवाच बलवृत्रहा

English

A man of thirty should marry a ten-year-old wife, unclad; or one of twenty-one a seven-year-old.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिष्ठमेकपादेन ब्राह्म॒ण्यं नाप्तुयां कथम्

English

A maiden who has no brother or father, bull of the Bharatas, he should never marry, for she is a daughter appointed as son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्यं काम॑ वृणीष्व त्वं मा वृथा तेडस्त्वयं श्रम:

English

A maiden of age should wait three years; when the fourth comes, she should herself find a husband.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यतिष्ठद् गयां गत्वा सों5गुछ्ठेन शतं समा:

English

Her offspring is lost and her husband too, bull of the Bharatas; so one acting otherwise would be blamed by Prajapati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वगस्थिभूतो धर्मात्मा स पपातेति नः श्रुतम्

English

One not of her mother's sapinda and not of her father's gotra: Manu said that one should marry such a woman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वराणामीश्वरो दाता सर्वभूतहिते रत:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] If a bride-price has been given by one and another says "I give", another speaks by force and another shows wealth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्माण्यं दुर्लभतरं संवृतं परिपन्थिभि:

English

and another is the one who takes the hand, whose is the maiden, grandfather? Be our eye as we seek the truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण: सर्वभूतानां मतंग पर उच्यते

English

[Bhishma said:] Whatever human act is undertaken for establishment, with mantra, and has been consecrated, a falsehood in it is a sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंमें सर्वश्रेष्ठ कहा जाता है

English

Wife, husband, priest, teacher, pupil and instructor deserve punishment for lying; others say not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वद्दीस्तु संविशन् योनीर्जायमान: पुन: पुन:

English

Manu does not praise agreement without desire; what is false, disgraceful and unrighteous angers dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदुत्सृज्येह दुष्प्रापं ब्राह्म॒ण्यमकृतात्मभि:

English

There is no sole fault in one alone; that giving is not found where they give righteously and where they buy, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि मां तुदसि दुःखार्त मृतं मारयसे च माम्

English

Permitted by relatives, one should apply mantra and offering; so those mantras succeed, and never for one not given.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्मसे ही ब्राह्मणत्वको पाकर भी तुम उसे अपना नहीं रहे हो

English

The agreement by mantra made here between wife and husband is called the weightier, and the one made by kinsmen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणं यदि दुष्प्रापं त्रिभिर्वण: शतक्रतो

English

The husband knows the wife given by the gods by the rule of dharma; she rejects divine or human false speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यः पापेभ्य: पापतमस्तेषामधम एव सः:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] If, when a maiden's price has been paid, a better groom comes, joined with dharma, desire and wealth, should untruth be said or not?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुष्प्रापं खलु विप्रत्वं प्राप्त दुरनुपालनम्

English

In that fault on both sides, doing the better, one should act. This is held the most to be reflected on of all our dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकारामो हाहं शक्र निर्दधन्द्ो निष्परिग्रह:

English

Be our eye as we seek the truth; tell all this; I am not satisfied; let it be told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नूनं हैव॑ न शक्‍्यं हि पौरुषेणातिवर्तितुम्

English

[Vyasa said:] The price is not the end-making; knowing so, one does not take it; the good never give a maiden for a price.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जिसके लिये ऐसा प्रयत्नशील हूँ उस ब्राह्मणत्वको नहीं उपलब्ध कर पाता हूँ

English

Kinsmen ask a price for a maiden of other qualities; one who gives, being favourable, saying "Adorn her and take her",

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवंगते तु धर्मज्ञ दातुमरहसि मे वरम्

English

gives that and her too; that is not a price, nor a sale; having received it, it should be given. This is eternal dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा कामविहारी स्यां कामरूपी विहड्गरम:

English

"I shall give you the maiden" was not said earlier; those who say it, those who do not, and those who say it as necessary,

हिन्दी अर्थ

छन्‍्दोदेव इति ख्यातः स्त्रीणां पूज्यो भविष्यसि

English

ask each other until the taking of the hand. We have heard that the groom was formerly given the maiden by the Maruts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परित्याग करके उत्तम स्थान (ब्रह्मलोक)-को प्राप्त हुआ

English

A maiden is not to be given to the unwilling, so said the sages' injunction; its root, I think, is desire, the root of offspring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तच्च दुष्प्रापमिह वै महेन्द्रवचनं यथा

English

Considering the many faults of living together of two who hate each other, hear how the price does not make the end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुसार यह इस जीवनमें दूसरे वर्णके लोगोंके लिये दुर्लभ है

English

I carried off two maidens for Vichitravirya, having conquered all the Magadhas, Kashis and Kosalas; one whose hand had been taken got a price, the other did not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदुष्प्रापं यद् ब्रवीषि ब्राह्म॒ण्यं वदतां वर

English

"The one whose hand was taken there should be released," my father said; the Kaurava took the other maiden.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणत्वकी प्राप्ति बहुत ही कठिन है

English

He asked of another, fearing his father's word, and my father's wish for dharma was exceedingly great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेव तावद् गाड़ेय श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं विभो

English

Then I said these words, king, wishing conduct: "I wish to know conduct in truth," again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभो! अब मैं पहले उसी प्रसड़को सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

When I had so spoken, my father, Bahlika, best of upholders of dharma, great king, said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरेण तपसा वापि तन्मे व्याख्यातुमरहसि

English

"If for you the end is by price and not by taking the hand, let her who got a price wait at the throwing of parched grain on the chosen husband.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुए? यह मुझे विस्तारपूर्वक बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

Knowers of dharma do not say that speech is a remembered standard for those for whom the end is by price and not by taking the hand.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकसम्मानित दुर्लभ ब्राह्मणत्व प्राप्त किया था, उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो

English

What is said in giving is known, and for them there is a return; those who think a price can be bought are not knowers of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बभूव पुत्रो धर्मात्मा शर्यातिरिति विश्रुत:

English

Such a one is not to be given nor to be married; a wife is not to be bought nor to be sold in any way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मात्मा पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ, जिसका नाम था शर्याति

English

Those who buy like slave-women and those who sell, for those greedy and sinful the end would be so."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैहयस्तालजंघश्न वत्सस्य जयतां वर

English

In this dharma people asked Satyavan; the giver of the price, when the maiden's price was paid, became calm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शतं बभूव पुत्राणां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्

English

"And another might be the hand-taker; here we have a doubt of dharma; cut it, greatly wise one, for you are honoured by the wise; be our eye as we seek the truth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च सर्वत्रैव कृतश्रमा:

English

To them speaking so, Satyavan said: "She should be given where it is wished; there is no need for debate. Even living men do this; for the dead there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गड्जायमुनयोर्म ध्ये संग्रामे विनिपातित:

English

A maiden might enter the brother-in-law, or practise great austerity, devoted to him alone, in the name of the hand-taker.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धमें मार गिराया

English

Some write it slowly; those who agree so here know this to be the settlement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिजग्मु: पुरी रम्यां वत्सानामकुतो भया:

English

What is later than the taking of the hand, where the all-auspicious mantra applies, a falsehood is a sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुरम्य पुरीको लौट गये

English

The end of the hand-taking mantras is at the seventh step; she is the wife of the hand-taker, to whom she is given with water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदेवो देवसंकाश: साक्षाद् धर्म इवापर:

English

The best of the twice-born, circling her as is right, should take as wife one favourable, of the line, given by a brother, and with fire."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैकद्रव्योच्चयवर्ती समृद्धविपणापणाम्

English

ascetics singing the Samans, O hero, and diverse other kinds of music, rendered that retreat extremely charming. The very imagination cannot conceive another retreat as delightful as the one I beheld. There were also large houses in that asylum, intended for keeping the sacred fire, and covered all over with flowering creepers. It was adorned with the river Ganga of clear and sacred water. Indeed, the daughter of Jahnu always remained there. It was decked also with many ascetics who were the foremost of all righteous persons, who were endued with high souls, and who resembled fire itself in energy. 2 Some of those ascetics subsisted upon air and some upon water, some were devoted to Japa or the silent recitation of sacred Mantras, and some were engaged in cleansing their souls by practising the virtues of compassion while some amongst them were Yogins devoted to the abstraction of Yoga-meditation. Some amongst them subsisted upon smoke only, and some subsisted upon fire, and some upon milk. Thus was that retreat

हिन्दी अर्थ

न भेतव्यं न भेतव्यं सौदेव व्येतु ते भयम्

English

[Bhishma said:] The maiden who is the heir of a childless one then becomes the substitute for a son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजो लोक्यं स संगृहा तस्मिन् देशे समाविशत्

English

But if one who is bought brings back the price, she, in the giver's interest, should seek offspring by whatever rule she can.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगत्का तेज भर दिया

English

No one should do anything to her by mantra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूर्यके समान प्रकाशित होने लगा

English

"Chosen by herself", Savitri was accepted by her father; some praise that, the knowers of dharma, not others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रययौ स धनुर्धुन्चन् खड्गी चर्मी शरासनी

English

Others have not done this, nor have the good ever; but the conduct of the good is the weightier mark of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेने च मनसा दग्धान् वैतहव्यान् स पार्थिव:

English

In this very matter Sukratu spoke, the grandson of the great-souled Janaka, king of Videha:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वीतहव्यके पुत्रोंको अपने पुत्रके तेजसे दग्ध हुआ ही समझा

English

"On a path practised by the bad, how could there be recitation? Question or doubt would blame this of the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतकृत्य माना और बड़े आनन्दका अनुभव किया

English

The Asura rule is indeed carelessness of dharma; we have not heard of this in former births."

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोमत्या दक्षिणे कूले शक्रस्येवामरावतीम्

English

adorned with many foremost of regenerate persons. And some there were amongst them that had taken the vow of eating and drinking like kine,— that is, by giving up the use of the hands at once. And some used only two pieces of stone for husking their grain, and some used their teeth only for that purpose. And some subsisted by drinking only the rays of the moon, and some by drinking only froth. And some had betaken themselves to vow of living like deer, l And some there were that lived upon the fruits of the Ficus religiosa, and some that used to live upon water. And some dressed themselves in rags and some in animal skins and some in barks of trees. Indeed, I beheld diverse ascetics of the foremost order observing these and other painful vows. I desired then to enter that asylum. Verily, that asylum was honoured and adored by the deities and all high-souled beings, by Siva and others, O Bharata, and by all creatures of righteous acts. Thus addressed, it stood in all its beauty on the breast of Himavat, like the lunar disc in the firmament. The mongoose sported there with the snake, and the tiger with the deer, like friends, forgetting their natural enmity, in consequence of the energy of those ascetics of blazing penances and for their proximity to these high-souled ones. In that foremost of asylums, which was delightful to all creatures, inhabited by many foremost of Brahmanas fully conversant with the Vedas and their branches, and by many high-souled Rishis celebrated for the difficult vows they observed, I saw, as soon as I entered, a puissant Rishi with matted locks on head and dressed in rags, who seemed to blaze forth like fire with his penances and energy. Waited upon by his disciples and possessed of tranquil soul, that foremost of Brahmanas was young in aspect. His name was Upamanyu. Unto me who bowed unto him with a nod of the head, he said,— Welcome art thou, O thou of eyes like lotus petals. Today, by this visit of thine, we see that our penances have borne fruit. Thou art worthy of our adoration, but thou adorest us still. Thou art worthy of being seen, but thou desirest to see me. —Joining my hands I addressed him the usual enquiries respecting the well-being of the animals and birds that resided in his asylum, of the progress of his righteousness, and of his disciples. The illustrious Upamanyu then addressed me in words that were exceedingly sweet and delightful,— Thou shalt, O Krishna, obtain without doubt a son like unto thyself. Betaking thyself to severe penances, do thou gratify Isana, the Lord of all creatures. That divine Master, O Adhokshaja, sporteth here with his spouse by his side. O Janarddana, it was here that the deities with all the Rishis, in days of yore, gratified that foremost of deities by their penances and Brahmacharyya and truth and self-restraint, and succeeded in obtaining the fruition of many high desires. That illustrious god is verily the vast receptacle of all

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवासुरसमं घोरं दिवोदासो महाद्युति:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] By what authority is wealth taken by men? A daughter ought to be like a son to her father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हतवाहनभभूयिष्ठस्ततो हैन्यमुपागमत्

English

[Bhishma said:] As the self, so the son; a daughter is equal to a son; when she stands in the self, how can another take the wealth?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवोदास: पुरी त्यक्त्वा पलायनपरो5भवत्

English

What is a mother's dowry is a maiden's portion alone; or a daughter's son would take the inheritance of a childless father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगाम शरणं राजा कृताञज्जलिररिंदम

English

He gives the rice-ball to his father and his mother's father; in son and daughter's son there is here no distinction in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरोधा: शीलसम्पन्नो दिवोदासं महीपतिम्

English

A son seeks offspring born elsewhere; a daughter is distinguished from a son born elsewhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् ते प्रियं तत् करिष्ये न मे5त्रास्ति विचारणा

English

I see no reason in the dharma of a daughter's son; the sons who are born of sold women belong to the father alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहमेकः: परिद्यूनो भवन्तं शरणं गत:

English

They are envious, most unrighteous, takers of others' goods, deceitful, born of the Asura rule, uneven in conduct from dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकशेष: कृतो वंशो मम तै: पापकर्मभि:

English

Here are verses sung by Yama, recited by the knowers of old, bound in the law books, the bridges of dharma:

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक ही व्यक्तिको शेष छोड़ा है

English

"The man who, having sold a son, wishes for wealth, or gives a daughter for a price for his living,

हिन्दी अर्थ

डरो। तुम्हारा भय दूर हो जाना चाहिए

English

in the very terrible hell called Kalasaha for seven rebirths, there after death he eats sweat, urine and excrement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वीतहव्यसहस्राणि येन त्वं प्रहरिष्यसि

English

Some say a cow and bull pair is the price in the sages' rite; that is false; little or much, king, it is as much a sale.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हजारों वीतहव्य-पुत्रोंकी मार गिराओगे”

English

Even if practised by some, this is in no way dharma; in others too, actions from greed are seen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदं चापि जगौ कृत्स्नं धनुर्वेदे च भारत

English

Those who enjoy a maiden in their power, ordained, are makers of sin and lie in blind darkness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देने लगा। उसी समय उसने अपने मुखसे सम्पूर्ण वेद और धनुर्वेदका गान किया

English

Another man should not be sold, still less offspring; by wealth with unrighteous roots there is no purpose at all."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्र प्रस्थापयामास प्रतर्दनमरिंदमम्

English

energies and penances. Projecting into existence and withdrawing once more unto himself all things

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राद्रवन्नगरं हित्वा भूगोराश्रममप्युत

English

[Bhishma said:] That is the honouring of maidens and is the most non-cruel; and all of it must be returned to the maiden, wholly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्रममें भाग गये

English

By fathers, brothers, fathers-in-law and brothers-in-law they are to be honoured and cherished, by those wishing much welfare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभयं च ददौ तस्मै राजे राजन् भगुस्तदा

English

If a woman is not pleased she does not please the man; and by not pleasing the man, offspring does not increase.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स प्राप्य चाश्रमपदं दिवोदासात्मजोब्रवीत्

English

Women are always to be honoured and cherished, lord of men; where they are not honoured, all rites are fruitless; that family exists no more when kinswomen grieve.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रष्टमिच्छे मुनिमहं तस्याचक्षत मामिति

English

Houses cursed by kinswomen are cut down as if by magic; they neither shine nor grow, lord, being devoid of prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजयामास च ततो विधिना नृपसत्तमम्

English

Manu, wishing to go to heaven, entrusted women to men: weak, with little clothing, friends, wishing to win by truth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स चोवाच नृपस्तस्मै यदागमनकारणम्

English

jealous, desiring honour, fierce, unfriendly, unwise; women deserve honour: honour them, men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब राजाने उनसे अपने आगमनका जो कारण था, उसे इस प्रकार बताया

English

A wife is your trust, dharma, and only pleasures of love; service and refinement depend on her; let them depend on you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रययौ वीतहव्यानां पुरी परपुरज्जय:

English

good and evil, that inconceivable Deity whom thou seekest, O destroyer of foes, lives here with his spouse. He who took his birth as the Danava named Hiranyakashipu, whose strength was so great that he could shake the very mountains of Mem, succeeded in obtaining from Mahadeva the puissance belonging to all the deities and enjoyed it for ten millions of years. He who was the foremost of all his sons and who was celebrated by the name of Mandara, succeeded, through the boon he had obtained from Mahadeva, in fighting Sakra for a million of years. The terrible discus of Vishnu and the thunderbolt of Indra were both unable to make the slightest impression, O Kesava, in days of yore, upon the body of that great cause of universal affliction, l The discus which thou bearest, O sinless one, was given unto thee by Mahadeva after he had slain a Daitya that was proud of his strength and used to live within the waters. That discus, blazing with energy and like unto fire, was created by the great god having for his device the bull. Wonderful and irresistible in energy it was given unto thee by that illustrious god. In consequence of its blazing energy it was incapable of being gazed at by any person save Siva the wielder of Pinaka. It was for this reason that Bhava (Siva) bestowed upon it the name of Sudarsana. From that time the name Sudarsana came to be current in all the worlds. Even the weapon, O Kesava, failed to make the slightest impression on the body of Hiranyakashipu' s son Mandara, that appeared like an evil planet in the three worlds. Hundreds of Chakras like thine and thunderbolts like that of Sakra, could not inflict a scratch on the body of that evil planet endued with great might, who had obtained a boon from Mahadeva. Afflicted by the mighty Mandara, the deities fought hard against him and his associates, all of whom had obtained boons from Mahadeva. Gratified with another Danava named Vidyutprabha, Mahadeva granted to him the sovereignty of the three worlds. That Danava remained the sovereign of the three worlds for a hundred thousand years. And Mahadeva said unto him,— Thou shalt become one of my attendants. —Indeed, the puissant Lord further bestowed upon him the boon of a hundred millions of children. The Master without birth, of all creatures further gave the Danava the region known by the name of Kusadwipa for his kingdom. Another great Asura, of the name of Satamukha, was created by Brahma. For a hundred years he poured on' the sacrificial fire (as offerings unto Mahadeva) the flesh of his own body. Gratified with such penances, Sankara said unto him,— What can I do for thee?— Satamukha replied unto him, saying,— O thou that art most wonderful, let me have the power of creating new creatures and animals. Give also unto me, O foremost of all deities, eternal power.— The puissant lord, thus addressed by him, said unto him,— So be it.— The Self-born

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्ययुर्नगराकारै रथै: पररथारुजै:

English

Brahma, concentrating his mind in Yoga, I in days of yore, made a sacrifice for three hundred years, with the object of obtaining children. Mahadeva granted him a thousand sons possessed of qualifications commensurate with the merits of the sacrifice. Without doubt, thou knowest, O Krishna, the lord of Yoga, him that is, who is sung by the deities. The Rishi known by the name of Yajnavalkya is exceedingly virtuous. By adoring Mahadeva he has acquired great fame. The great ascetic who is Parasara's son, viz., Vyasa, of soul set on Yoga, has obtained great celebrity by adoring

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतर्दन॑ समाजग्मु: शरवर्षैरुदायुधा:

English

For woman there is no sacrifice, no funeral rite and no fasting; her dharma is serving her husband, and by that she wins heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यवर्षन्त राजानं हिमवन्तमिवाम्बुदा:

English

The father protects in childhood, the husband in youth, the sons in old age; a woman is not fit for independence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपततन् रुधिरार्द्राज़ा निकृत्ता इव किंशुका:

English

These women are called Shri; one wishing prosperity should honour them; cherished and restrained, a woman becomes Shri, Bharata.