Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्द्त्तमो वै धृतिमान् कृपणादधृतात्मन: ब्राह्मणो धृतिमान् विद्वान देवान् प्रीणाति तुष्टिमान्

English

solicitous of avoiding rebirth. Verily, thou art that Supreme Lord who is identical with that refuge. Thou art the giver unto all creatures of whatever ends become theirs, fraught with happiness or misery. Thou art he that ordains all created beings to birth and death. Thou art the puissant Lord who grants success to Rishis crowned with success in respect of the fruition of their wishes. Having created all the worlds beginning with Bhu, together with all the denizens of heaven, that upholdest and cherishest them all, distributing thyself into thy well-known forms numbering Eight. 2 From thee flows everything. Upon

हिन्दी अर्थ

माध्यन्दिनं ते सवनं ददतस्तात वर्तताम्

English

[Brahma said:] There are worlds of many kinds, Shakra, that you do not see; I see them, and the women who are one-husband wives.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वस्वैश्वापि भर्तव्या नरा ये बहुकारिण: धेनूरनडुहो 5न्नानि च्छत्र॑ वासांस्युपानहौ

English

By very good deeds too, the sages of good vows, brahmanas of good conduct, go to them with their bodies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा राजा महायज्ञैर्यजेत बहुदक्षिणै:

English

By giving up the body and by a pure mind, those of good vows see even here those worlds as in a dream.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्युदयशील होता है

English

Thousand-eyed, hear of what qualities those worlds are: Time does not run there, nor old age nor sin; nor is anything else inauspicious, nor disease nor weariness there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिमेव ददुः सर्वे भूमिं ते भुञज्जते जना: ही पूर्ण फल पाकर उसका उपभोग करते हैं

English

Whatever the cows wish in mind there, Vasava, they get all that by my direct sight; going at will, moving at will, they enjoy desires from desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिर्भूतिर्महादेवी दातारं कुरुते प्रियम्

English

Ponds, lakes, rivers, various forests, houses, mountains and whatever wealth there is,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनर्नरित्वं सम्प्राप्य भवेत् स पृथिवीपति: संग्रामे वा तनुं जहायद् दद्याच्च पृथिवीमिमाम्

English

whatever is pleasing to all beings is seen there; know those worlds to be so; there is no world higher than that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तम लक्ष्मीकी प्राप्ति करानेवाले होते हैं

English

There, Shakra, go the best of men who are all-enduring, patient, loving, devoted to teachers, free of egoism.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यवहारसे संतुष्ट करता है

English

thee rests all things. All things, again, disappear in thee. Thou art the sole object that is Eternal. Thou art that region of Truth which is sought by the righteous and regarded by them as the highest. Thou art that cessation of individual existence which Yogins seek. Thou art that Oneness which is sought by persons conversant with the soul. Brahma and the Siddhas expounding the mantras have concealed thee in a cave for preventing the deities and Asuras and human beings from beholding thee. 1 Although thou residest in the heart, yet thou are concealed. Hence, stupefied by thee, deities and Asuras and human beings are all unable to understand thee, O Bhava, truly and in all thy details. Unto those persons that succeed in attaining to thee after having cleansed themselves by devotion, thou showest thyself of thy own accord, O thou that residest in all hearts. 2 By knowing thee one can avoid both death and rebirth. Thou art the highest object of knowledge. By knowing thee no higher object remains for one to know. Thou art the greatest object of acquisition. The person that is truly wise, by acquiring thee, thinks that there is no higher object to acquire. By attaining to thee that art exceedingly subtile and that art the highest object of acquisition, the man of wisdom becomes immortal and immutable. The followers of the Sankhya system, well conversant with their own philosophy and possessing a knowledge of the attributes (of Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas) and of those called the topics of enquiry,— those learned men who transcend the destructible by attaining to a knowledge of the subtile or indestructible—succeed, by knowing thee, in freeing themselves from all bonds. Persons conversant with the Vedas regard thee as the one object of knowledge, which has been expounded in the Vedantas. These men, devoted to the regulation of the breaths, always meditate on thee and at last enter into thee as their highest end. Riding on the car made of Om, those men enter into Maheswara. Of that which is called the Devayana (the path of the deities) thou art the door called Aditya. Thou art again, the door, called Chandramas, of that which is called the Pitriyana (the path of the Pitris). 3 Thou art Kashtha, thou art the points of the horizon, thou art the year, and thou art the Yugas. Thine is the sovereignty of the heavens, thine is the sovereignty of the Earth, thou art the Northern and the Southern declensions. The Grandsire Brahma in days of yore uttered thy praises, O thou that art called Nilarohita (blue and red), by reciting diverse hymns and urged thee to create living creatures. Brahmanas conversant with Richs praise thee by uttering Richs, regarding thee as unattached to all things and as divested of all forms. Adhyaryus, in sacrifices, pour libations, uttering Yajushes the while, in

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्बवेजयन्ति याचन्ति सदा भूतानि दस्युवत् प्राणी लुटेरोंकी भाँति सदा लोगोंको उद्विग्न करते रहते हैं

English

honour of thee that art the sole object of knowledge, according to the three well-known ways, l Persons of cleansed understandings, that are conversant with Samans, sing thee with the aid of Samans. Those regenerate persons, again, that are conversant with the Atharvans, hymn thee as Rita, as Truth, as the

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददत् संजीवयत्येनमात्मानं च युधिष्ठिर

English

A man gentle, self-controlled, devoted to the gods, host of all, and compassionate, of such qualities goes to the eternal and imperishable world of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनेको भी जीवित रखता है भस्मच्छन्नानिवाग्नींस्तान् बुध्येथास्त्वं प्रयत्नत:

English

An adulterer does not see this world, nor a killer of his teacher, nor a liar, nor a brahmana always slandering, calm in the Veda, nor one evil-souled and joined with other faults.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपूज्यमाना: कौरव्य पूजाहस्तु तथाविधा:

English

Neither a betrayer of friends, nor a cheat, nor an ingrate, nor a crafty, crooked hater of dharma, nor a killer of a brahmana would even in mind see the world of cows, the abode of the meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेभ्य पूजां प्रयुज्जीथा ब्राह्मुणेभ्य: परंतप ब्राह्मणोंकी तुम्हें सदा पूजा करनी चाहिए

English

All this has been told to you skilfully, lord of gods; now hear, Shatakratu, the fruit of those devoted to the gift of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदनग्निहोत्रे सुहुते सायंप्रातर्भवेत् फलम्

English

One who gives cows bought with wealth gained by inheritance gains imperishable worlds bought with wealth earned by dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्यावेदब्रतस्नातानव्यपाश्रयजीविन: अपि ते प्रतिगृह्नीयु: श्रद्धापेत॑ं युधिष्ठिर

English

One who, having won wealth at dice, buys cows and gives them gains, Shakra, the fruit of a divine ten thousand years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किया हुआ मानकर अवश्य स्वीकार करेंगे

English

Cows that are one's inheritance, earned by just means, when given, become imperishable and fixed for the givers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि ते ब्राह्मणा भुक्त्वा गता: सोद्धरणान् गृहान् अन्नानि प्रात:सवने नियता ब्रह्मबचारिण:

English

And one who, having received cows, gives them with a very pure mind: know, lord of Shachi, that he too has imperishable fixed worlds here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृतीयं सवन ते वै वैश्वदेवं युधिछिर अहिंसा सर्वभूते भ्य: संविभागश्चन भागश:

English

One who speaks truth from birth, of controlled senses, patient with the stings of twice-born, has a goal equal to that of cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्ट: सर्वयज्ञानां नित्यं तात प्रवर्तताम्

English

A brahmana should never be told what should not be told, lord of Shachi; he should not harm cows in mind, living by cows and kind to cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि षष्टितमो5ध्याय: कस्य ज्याय: फल प्रोक्ते कीदृशेभ्य: कथं कदा

English

Hear the fruit, Shakra, for one devoted to truth and dharma: a cow equal to a thousand cows is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंस्विन्नै:श्रेयसं तात तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Hear the fruit for a kshatriya joined with these qualities: for him too a cow equal to a hundred is certain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य वैतानिकं कर्म दानं चैवेह पावनम् एतस्मात् कारणाद् यज्ञैर्यजेदू राजा55प्तदक्षिणै:

English

If a vaishya has these qualities, fifty; and for a trained shudra a quarter of the fruit is remembered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्धामास्थाय परमां पावन होतदुत्तमम्

English

One who practises this, joined with truth, serving the teacher, self-controlled, patient, a worshipper of gods, calm, pure, wise, of dharmic character and not boastful,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देना चाहिए; क्योंकि श्रद्धापूर्वक दिया हुआ दान आत्मशुद्धिका सर्वोत्तम साधन है मैत्रान् साधून् वेदविद: शीलवृत्ततपोर्जितान्

English

gains great fruit, having given a milch cow to a twice-born by this rule; he should always give, eating once a day, steady in truth and serving his teacher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधु स्वभाववाले ब्राह्मणोंको धन देकर संतुष्ट करो

English

One who studies the Veda, is devoted to cows, always welcomes cows on seeing them, and bows to cows from birth: hear his fruit, Shakra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये स्वादिष्ट अन्न और दक्षिणासे युक्त यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करो पूजयेथा यायजूकांस्तवाप्यंशो भवेद् यथा

English

The fruit that would be from sacrificing with the Rajasuya, or from sacrificing with much gold, they say his fruit is equal to that, the foremost; all good sages and perfected ones say so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा

English

One who, always keeping the cow vow, truthful, calm, wise, gives something to the cows first, before the devoted eat, would gain in a year the merit of a thousand cows, of meritorious conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्त्र दान करते रहो

English

One who eats one meal and gives one to the cows, keeping the cow vow, kind to cows, for ten endless years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजुगुप्सांश्व विज्ञाय ब्राह्म॒णान् वृत्तिकर्शितान् राजसूयाश्चमेधाभ्यां श्रेयस्तत् क्षत्रियान् प्रति

English

One who, buying a cow with one meal, gives her: for as many days as were told, Shatakratu, for that many hundreds of cows he gains eternal fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संचयित्वा पुनः कोशं यदू् राष्ट्र पालयिष्यसि

English

This is the fruit for a brahmana; hear what is said for a kshatriya: five years is remembered as the kshatriya's fruit, half of that for a vaishya, and for a shudra half of a vaishya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मनश्न परेषां च वृत्तिं संरक्ष भारत और प्रजाजनोंका पुत्रकी भाँति पालन करो

English

One who, having sold himself, buys cows and gives them, gains fruit for as many cows as he touches; for each hair, greatly fortunate one, his worlds are imperishable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योग: क्षेमश्व ते नित्यं ब्राह्मुणेष्वस्तु भारत

English

One who gives cows won in battles: know, Kaushika, those are eternal, equal to selling oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षासे तुम्हें कभी मुँह नहीं मोड़ना चाहिए अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यद् वित्तनिचयो महान्

English

When no cows are had, one who gives a sesame cow, of controlled vow, is carried across hardship by the cow and rejoices in the river of milk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होता है; क्योंकि लक्ष्मीका निरन्तर सहवास उन्हें दर्प और मोहमें डाल देता है

English

Not the mere gift of them is praised; the vessel, time, special cow and rule matter; the knowledge of time, brahmana, and difference among cows are hard to know, like fire and sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मप्रणाशे भूतानामभाव: स्यान्न संशय: यज्ञे राष्ट्रादू धनं तस्मादानयध्वमिति ब्रुवन्

English

One rich in study, of pure birth, calm, keeping the fires, afraid of sin, grateful, patient with cows, not over-sharp, a refuge, afflicted in livelihood: such they call a worthy vessel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यजेदू राजा न त॑ यज्ञ प्रशंसन्त्यस्य साधव:

English

In distress of livelihood and very sunk, for farming, for offerings, in childbirth, for a teacher or for the growth of a child, one may give a cow at a special place and time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तादृशेनाप्युपायेन यष्टव्यं नोद्यमाहतै: प्रजापीड़नरूप कठोर प्रयत्नसे लाये हुए धनके द्वारा नहीं

English

Those born within, well bought, got by knowledge, bought with life, won, and from the family, released from hardship and come for nourishment: by these doors special cows are praised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दद्याच्च महतो भोगान् क्षुद्धयं प्रणुदेत् सताम् नाश्नन्ति विधिवत् तानि कि नु पापतरं तत:

English

All are praised that are strong, rich in conduct and age, and fragrant; as the Ganga is the best of rivers, so the tawny is the best of the white cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोशतां पतिपुत्राणां मृतोड्सौ न च जीवति

English

Cows satisfied, after fasting three nights on the ground with only water, are to be given to the satisfied, with well-fed calves that drink milk and graze well; after giving, for three days one should live on cow-products.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुर्देके समान है तं वै राजकलिं हन्यु: प्रजा: सन्नह निर्धणम्

English

Giving a cow of good vows, with a fine calf, of auspicious conduct, not fleeing, for as many years as she has hairs he lives in the next world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजाको चाहिए कि ऐसे निर्दयी राजाको बाँधकर मार डाले

English

So too, giving to a brahmana a young, strong, trained ox fit for the yoke, bearing the plough, of endless strength, he gains ten worlds of the giver of a cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ तस्य पापस्य राजा विन्दति भारत चौथाई भाग राजाको भी प्राप्त होता है

English

One who protects brahmanas and cows in a wilderness, Kaushika, and is freed with safety: hear the fruit of his merit; it is eternal, equal to the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ तस्य पुण्यस्य राजा चाप्रोति भारत

English

At the time of death, thousand-eyed, whatever livelihood he desires, the many divine worlds, or whatever is in his heart,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महाद्रुममिवाण्डजा: ज्ञातयस्त्वानुजीवन्तु सुहृदश्च परंतप

English

he gains all that by that deed; permitted by cows, he is honoured everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

English

But one who follows a cow in forests by this rule, eating grass, dung and leaves, free of longing, restrained and pure,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुदेयाश्व राजान: किंस्विद् दानमनुत्तमम् भूमिद: सर्वभूतेषु शाश्वतीरेधते समा:

English

he must live without desire, glad, Shatakratu, in my world with the gods, or in whatever world he wishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनाति दत्ता पृथिवी दातारमिति शुश्रुम पृथिवीं नान्यदिच्छन्ति पावनं जननी यथा

English

Highest, and as Brahma. Thou art the highest cause, whence Sacrifice has flowed. Thou art the Lord, and thou art Supreme. The night and day are thy sense of hearing and sense of sight. The fortnights and months are thy head and arms. The seasons are thy energy, penances are thy patience, and the year is thy anus, thighs and feet. Thou art Mrityu. thou art Yama, thou art Hutasana, thou art Kala, thou art endued with speed in respect of destruction, thou art the original cause of Time, and thou art eternal Time. Thou art Chandramas and Aditya. with all the stars and planets and the atmosphere that fills space. Thou art the pole-star, thou art constellation called the seven Rishis, thou art the seven regions beginning with Bhu. Thou art Pradhana and Mahat, thou art Unmanifest, and thou art this world. Thou art the universe beginning with Brahman and ending with the lowest forms of vegetation. Thou art the beginning or original cause of all creatures. Thou art the eight Prakritis. 2 Thou art, again, above the eight Prakritis. Everything that exists, represents a portion of thy divine Self. Thou art that supreme Felicity which is also Eternal. Thou art the end which is attained to by all things. Thou art that highest existence which is sought for by the Righteous. Thou art that state which is freed from every anxiety. Thou art eternal Brahman! Thou art that highest state which constitutes the meditation of persons learned in the scriptures and the Vedangas. Thou art the highest Kashtha, thou art the highest Kala. Thou art the highest Success, and thou art the highest Refuge. Thou art the highest Tranquillity. Thou art the highest cessation of Existence. By attaining to thee, Yogins think that they attain to the highest success that is open to them. Thou art Contentment, thou art Success, thou art the Sruti, and thou art the Smriti. Thou art that Refuge of the Soul after which Yogins strive, and thou art that indestructible Prapti which men of Knowledge pursue. Thou art, without doubt, that End which those persons have in view that are habituated to sacrifices and that pour sacrificial libations, impelled by specific desires, and that make large presents on such occasions. Thou art that high End which is sought for by persons that waste and scorch their bodies with severe penances with ceaseless recitations, with those rigid vows and fasts that appertain to their tranquil lives, and with other means of self-affliction. O Eternal one, thou art that End which is theirs that are unattached to all things and that have relinquished all acts. Thou, O Eternal one, art that End which is theirs that are desirous of achieving

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन पूयते

English

[Brahma said:] Those who steal cows for food or sale, or to give to a brahmana: hear the fruit of that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेभ्य: पवित्रमाख्येयं भूमिदानमनुत्तमम् यो यजेताश्वमेधेन दद्याद् वा साधवे महीम्

English

One who for sale, unrestrained, kills or eats, and those wishing it who approve a man who kills,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशड्क्‍्यमेकमेवैतद् भूमिदानमनुत्तमम्

English

the killer, the eater, and one who approves sinks for as many years as the cow has hairs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलके विषयमें किसीको शंका नहीं हो सकती गुरुहैवतपूजा च एता वर्तन्ति भूमिदम्

English

Whatever faults and of what kind there are in one who injures a twice-born's sacrifice, in selling and in theft, those faults are remembered, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यवादिता, गुरु-शुश्रूषा और देवाराधन--इन सबका फल प्राप्त हो जाता है

English

One who, having stolen a cow, gives it to a brahmana, goes to hell for as long as the fruit of the gift.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रस देकर भूमिदातापर अनुग्रह करती है घोराश्न॒ दारुणा: पाशा नोपसर्पन्ति भूमिदम्

English

Gold is called the fee for the gift of cows, greatly radiant one; gold is said to be the highest for a fee, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतर्पयति शान्तात्मा यो ददाति वसुन्धराम्

English

The gift of a cow carries across seven ancestors before and after; having given gold as a fee, it is said to be twofold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवलोकसे आये हुए देवताओंको भी तृप्त कर देता है एवमेव महाभाग भूमिर्भवति भूमिदम्

English

Gold is the highest gift, gold the highest fee; gold is a purifier, Shakra, remembered as the highest of purifiers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानं वाप्यथवा5दानं नामास्या: प्रथमं प्रियम्

English

Emancipation from rebirth, that live in dissociation from all enjoyments, and that desire the annihilation of the Prakriti elements. Thou art that high End, O illustrious one, which is indescribable, which is stainless, which is the immutable one, and which is theirs that are devoted to knowledge and science. These are the live Ends that have been declared in the Vedas and the Scriptures and the Puranas. It is through thy grace that persons attain to those Ends, or, if they fail to attain to them, it is through thy grace being denied to them.— It was thus Tandi, who was a vast heap of penances, praised Isana. And he sang also that high Brahman which in ancient days was sung by the Creator himself (in honour of Mahadeva).

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथिव्यामेतदिष्टं स राजा राज्यमितो व्रजेत् प्रभावसे पुनः राज्य प्राप्त करता है। भूमण्डलमें यह पृथ्वीदान सबको प्रिय है

English

"Upamanyu continued, Thus praised by that utterer of Brahma, Viz., Tandi, Mahadeva that illustrious and puissant Deity, who was accompanied by his spouse lima, said these words. Tandi had further said,— Neither Brahma, nor Indra nor Vishnu, nor the Viswedevas, nor the great Rishis, know thee. Gratified at this, Siva said the following words.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् प्राप्यैव पृथिवीं दद्यात् विप्राय पार्थिव:

English

Raghava also told it to his dear brother, the glorious Lakshmana, and Lakshmana told it to the sages while living in the forest, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए कि वह पृथ्वीपर अधिकार पाते ही उसमेंसे कुछ ब्राह्मणको दान करे नचापात्रेण वा ग्राह्मा दत्तदाने न चाचरेत्

English

This came down by tradition; sages of sharp vows and righteous kings bore it, hard to bear; it was told by my teacher to me, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेत्य चेह च धर्मात्मा सम्प्राप्रोति महद् यश:

English

The brahmana who always recites this in a brahmanical assembly, at sacrifices, at gifts of cows, and in a meeting of two,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुष इहलोक और परलोकमें भी महान् यशका भागी होता है न तस्य शत्रवो राजन् प्रशंसन्ति वसुन्धराम्

English

his worlds are said to be imperishable, with the gods always: so said the blessed Brahma, the Supreme Lord.