Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नदृष्टपूर्वान् सुबहूनपश्यम्

English

creatures the fruits (in the form of joys and griefs) of their acts. Thou art thyself those fruits which thou distributest. Thou art the most ancient (having existed from a time when there was no other existent thing). Thou art competent to cover with a single footstep of thine all the three worlds. Thou art Vamana (the dwarf) who deceived the Asura chief Vali (and depriving him of his sovereignty restored it unto Indra). Thou art the Yogin crowned with success (like Sanatkumara and others). Thou art a great Rishi (like Vasishtha and others). Thou art one whose objects are always crowned with success (like Rishava or Dattatreya). Thou art a Sanyasin (like Yajnavalkya and others). Thou art he that is adorned with the marks of the mendicant order. Thou art he that is without such marks. 5 Thou art he that transcends the usages of the mendicant order. Thou art he that assures all creatures from every sort of fear. Thou art

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टवा च परमं हर्षमवापमहमच्युत स्थान दिखाये। वह सब देखकर मुझे बड़ा हर्ष प्राप्त हुआ

English

[Yudhishthira said:] Kingship is constant sorrow, and the stages are very hard to know; with a household there is sorrow, hard to bear for the unpractised; and for kings in general no good goal is found.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वयं चापि प्रसृते पुण्यशीले

English

They are purified here constantly who give the earth; and the dharmas were told to me earlier by you, descendant of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् तथ्येन भगवन् मम शंसितुमहसि तुम्हारे सिवा इस जगतमें दूसरा कोई ऐसा प्रश्न करनेवाला नहीं है

English

Thus the gift of cows was told by you, Nriga; it was shown earlier by the sage Nachiketas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोप्रदानरतानां तु फलं शृणु शतक्रतो

English

In the Vedic Upanishad and in all rites, the fee in all sacrifices has been specified: land, cows and gold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चौथाई भाग अर्थात् ढाई सौ गौओंके दानका फल प्राप्त होता है शुचिर्बुद्धो धर्मशीलोडनहंवाक्ू

English

There the supreme Shruti says "Gold is the fee"; I wish to hear this truly, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्ये स्थितो गुरुशुश्रूषिता च

English

What is gold, how was it born, at what time and of what nature? What gift is it, what fruit, and why is it called supreme?

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलका भागी होता है। यह सभी सिद्ध-संत-महात्मा एवं ऋषियोंका कथन है संवत्सरेणाप्लुयात् सत्यशील:

English

Why do the wise honour the gift of gold? And why is it praised as a fee in sacrificial acts?

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिवर्ष एक सहस्र गोदान करनेके पुण्यका भागी होता है

English

Why is gold a better purifier than land and cows, and highest as a fee? Tell me, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुमतिसे और भी बहुत-से पहलेके न देखे हुए प्रदेशोंका दर्शन किया उपभोगमें आती हैं--इन्हें किनका भोजन नियत किया गया है?”

English

without any passions thyself (so that glory and humiliation are alike to thee). Thou art he that is called the celestial generalissimo. Thou art that Visakha who took his rise from the body of the celestial generalissimo when Indra hurled his thunder-bolt at him. Thou art conversant with the sixty tattwas or heads of enquiry in the universe. Thou art the Lord of the senses (for these achieve their respective functions guided by thee). Thou art he that is armed with the thunder-bolt (and that rives the mountains). Thou art infinite. Thou art the stupefier of Daitya ranks in the field of battle. Thou art he that moves his car in circles among his own ranks and that makes similar circles among the ranks of his foes and who conies back safe and sound after devastating then. Thou art he that is conversant with the lowest depth of the world's ocean (in consequence of thy knowledge of Brahman). Thou art he called Madhu (who has founded the race in which Krishna has taken his birth). Thou hast eyes whose colour resembles that of honey. Thou art he that has taken birth after Vrihaspati. l Thou art he that does the acts which Adhyaryus have to do in sacrifices. Thou art he who is always adored by persons whatever their modes of life. Thou art devoted to Brahman. Thou wanderest amongst the habitations of men in the world (in consequence of thy being a mendicant). Thou art he that pervadest all beings. Thou art he that is conversant with truth. Thou knowest and guidest every heart. Thou art he that overspreads the whole universe. Thou art he that collects or stores the good and bad acts of all creatures in order to award them the fruits thereof Thou art he that lives during even the night that follows the universal dissolution. Thou art the protector wielding the bow called Pinaka. Thou residest in even the Daityas that are the marks at which shootest thy arrows. Thou art the author of prosperity. Thou art the mighty ape Hanuman that aided Vishnu in the incarnation of Rama in his expedition against Ravana. Thou art the lord of those Ganas that are thy associates, Thou art each member of those diverse Ganas. Thou art he that gladdens all creatures. Thou art the enhancer of the joys of all. 2 Thou takest away the sovereignty and prosperity of even such high beings as Indra and others. Thou art the universal slayer in the form of Death. Thou art he that resides in the four and sixty Kalas. Thou art very great. Thou art the Grandsire (being the sire of the great sire of all). Thou art the supreme phallic emblem that is adored by both deities and Asuras. Thou art of agreeable and beautiful features. Thou art he who presides over the variety of evidences and tendencies for action and non-action. Thou art the lord of vision. Thou art the Lord of Yoga (in consequence of thy withdrawing all the senses into the heart and combining them together in that place).

हिन्दी अर्थ

समाकीर्णा गोप्रदाने रतानाम्

English

[Bhishma said:] My father, Shantanu of great splendour, had died; wishing to give him the funeral rite, I went to the gate of the Ganga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखं ज्ञातुं पावकादित्यभूतम् सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी पात्रको पहचानना भी सरल नहीं है

English

Arriving there, son, I began the funeral rite for my father, and my mother Jahnavi helped me then.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वारैरेतैगोंविशेषा: प्रशस्ता:

English

Then, seating many sages perfected by austerity in front, I began the rites from the giving of water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्र्यहं दत्त्वा गोरसैर्वर्तितव्यम् स्तावद् वर्षाण्यश्रुते स्वर्गलोकम्

English

Having completed the earlier rite as prescribed, composed, I began rightly to give the offering as is right.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दाता स्वर्गलोकका सुख भोगता है

English

Then, breaking through that arrangement of kusha grass, a hand with a lovely armlet and hanging ornaments rose up, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुड्क्ते लोकान् सम्मितान् थेनुदस्य कृष्यर्थ वा होम्यहेतो: प्रसूत्याम्

English

Seeing it rise, I came to supreme wonder: my father himself, as taker, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणक्रीता निर्जिता यौतकाश्ष

English

Then I had a thought again, considering the scripture: this rule is not laid down in the Vedas, "a hand"; the rice-ball is to be given by a man here; that was my mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभावे गोप्रदातृणां कथं लोकान् हि गच्छति गोप्रदानानुकल्पं तु गामृते सन्ति गोप्रदा:

English

The ancestors do not take in person here from a man, hidden somewhere; they take as prescribed; so the rice-ball should be given even on kusha grass.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स दुर्गात् तारितो थेन्वा क्षीरनद्यां प्रमोदते

English

Then I disregarded that showing of my father's hand, remembering the subtle rule by the authority of scripture, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रपत्स्यते वेदविधिप्रवृत्त:

English

Then I gave all that on the kusha grass, bull of the Bharatas, following the path of scripture; know that, best of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझसे प्रकट होकर सर्वत्र प्रचलित होगा निःसंदिग्धान् दानधर्माश्चिरिष्ये

English

Then that hand of my father vanished, lord of men; then the ancestors showed themselves to me at the end of a dream.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यक्ष देखकर मैं संदेहरहित दानधर्मोका अनुष्ठान करूँगा

English

Pleased, they said to me: "We are pleased, bull of the Bharatas, that by this knowledge you are not deluded in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशेषतो गोप्रदानं च कुर्यात् सदा पवित्र होना चाहें" वे विशेषरूपसे गोदान करें

English

By you acting by scripture, king, the standard here is the self, dharma, learning, the Vedas, ancestors and great sages,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्ते वै दान॑ प्रददुश्चैव शक्‍त्या

English

the grandfather Brahma himself, the teachers and the Prajapati, brought forward as authority, and the order is not shaken.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देदीप्यन्ते पुण्यशीलास्तु नाके गवां प्रदानं सुमहद् वदन्ति

English

This was well begun by you today, bull of the Bharatas; but let gold be given for land and cows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महादान बतलाते हैं

English

Thus we and dharma and all our grandfathers will be purified, for that is the highest purifier.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वै गन्ता निरयं पापचेता: सास्यामुष्मिन् पुण्यतीर्था नदी वै

English

Those who give gold carry across ten before and ten after": so my ancestors said.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीर्थोवाली नदी बन जाती है

English

Then I, astonished, king, woke, lord of men, and set my mind on the gift of gold, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तस्माद् गोद: सूर्य इवावभाति विधिं ह्याद्यं विधय: संविशन्ति

English

Hear also this ancient Itihasa, king, of Jamadagni's son, lord, giving grain and long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मकी ही आशा रखते हैं" माहात्म्यमपि चैवोक्तमुद्देशेन गवां प्रभो

English

Long ago Rama, Jamadagni's son, joined with fierce anger, made the earth free of kshatriyas twenty-one times.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपदेशकी चर्चा की और गौओंके माहात्म्यका भी संक्षेपसे वर्णन किया

English

Then, having conquered the whole earth, lotus-eyed Rama, the hero, performed a sacrifice honoured by brahmins and kshatriyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकापराधादज्ञानात् पितामह महामते मोक्षहेतुरभूत् कृष्णस्तदप्यवधृतं मया

English

The horse sacrifice, great king, joined with all desires, purifying all beings and increasing splendour and brightness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हेतु हुए भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण। ये सारी बातें मैंने ध्यानसे सुनी और समझी हैं

English

Though sinless and radiant, Jamadagni's son by the fruit of that sacrifice did not feel any lightness of himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्त्वतः श्रोतुमिच्छामि गोदा यत्र वसन्त्युत जिस लोकमें निवास करते हैं, उसका मैं यथार्थ वर्णन सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

Having sacrificed with that best sacrifice with ample fees, the great-souled Bhargava asked the sages and gods rich in tradition:

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथापृच्छत् पद्मयोनिमेतदेव शतक्रतु:

English

"What is the highest purifier for men engaged in fierce deeds? Tell me, greatly fortunate ones," he said, moved to pity. Thus addressed, the great sages who knew the Veda and scriptures said to him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोलोकवासिन: पश्ये वब्रजत: संशयोत्र मे यानावसन्ति दातार एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्

English

[Vasishtha said:] "The gods give to those who give gold; for Agni is all the gods, and gold is of his nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं च पुरुषास्तत्र गच्छन्ति विगतज्वरा:

English

Therefore all gods are given by one who gives gold, tiger among men; they know nothing higher than this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं बहुविध॑ दानं स्यादल्‍्पमपि वा कथम् अदत्त्वा गोप्रदा: सन्ति केन वा तच्च शंस मे

English

Hear also further the greatness of gold, brahmana sage, best of bearers of all weapons, as I tell it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पप्रदाता बहुद: कथं स्वित् स्यादिहेश्वर

English

This was heard by me long ago in the Purana, descendant of Bhrigu, as the Prajapati Manu Svayambhuva was telling it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखता हूँ और पतित्रता स्त्रियाँ भी उन्हें देख सकती हैं

English

When, on the best of mountains, the Himalaya, the blessed trident-bearer, the great-souled Rudra, lifter of Bhrigu's line,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सशरीरा हि तान् यान्ति ब्राह्मणा: शुभबुद्धय: स्वप्नभूतांश्व ताललोकान् पश्यन्तीहापि सुव्रता:

English

had finished his wedding with the goddess Rudrani, descendant of Bhrigu, at the meeting of the blessed great soul with the goddess, then all the gods, alarmed, approached the blessed one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तत्र क्रमते कालो न जरा न च पावक:

English

Having propitiated Mahadeva seated and the goddess Uma, the boon-giver, with their heads, they all said to Rudra, lifter of Bhrigu's line:

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुढ़ापाका आक्रमण नहीं होता। अग्निका भी जोर नहीं चलता यद् यच्च गावो मनसा तस्मिन् वाउछन्ति वासव

English

'This union of you, sinless one, with the goddess, ascetic with ascetic, radiant with the radiant, you of unfailing splendour, god of gods, and this goddess Uma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहाणि पर्वताश्नैव यावद्द्वव्यं च किंचन

English

your offspring, god, will be mighty, lord, and surely in the three worlds will leave nothing remaining.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईदृशाद् विपुलाल्लोकान्नास्ति लोकस्तथाविध: अधिकार देखा जाता है। इतना विशाल दूसरा कोई लोक नहीं है

English

So give a boon, broad-eyed one, lord of the world, to these gods who bow, wishing the good of the three worlds; restrain your blazing, highest splendour for the sake of offspring.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहंकारैरविरहिता यान्ति शक्र नरोत्तमा:

English

As they thus spoke, the blessed bull-bannered one replied to those gods, brahmana sage, "So be it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहंकाररहित हैं, वे श्रेष्ठ मनुष्य ही उस लोकमें जाते हैं शुश्रूषिता ब्राह्मणानामनिन्द्य:

English

Having so said, the bull-rider drew that seed upward, and from then on he was of upward seed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दाने रतो यः क्षमी चापराधे

English

Then Rudrani, angry at the cutting off of offspring thus done, spoke harsh words to the gods, from a woman's nature:

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोषैरेतैर्यश्व युक्तो दुरात्मा गवां लोकं पुण्यकृतां निवासम्

English

'Since my husband, desiring offspring, was turned back, therefore all you gods shall be childless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मार्जितान् धनै: क्रीतान् स लोकानाप्लुते5क्षयान् करता है, वह उस धनसे धर्मपूर्वक उपार्जित हुए अक्षय लोकोंको प्राप्त होता है

English

Since you have today made a cutting-off of my offspring, therefore all of you, sky-goers, will have no offspring.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

स दिव्यमयुतं शक्र वर्षाणां फलमश्लुते

English

Fire was not there at the time of the curse, descendant of Bhrigu; and so the gods, by the goddess's curse, became childless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह दस हजार दिव्य वर्षोतक उसके पुण्यफलका उपभोग करता है प्रदद्यात् ता: प्रदातृणां सम्भवन्त्यपि च श्रुवा:

English

Rudra bore the incomparable splendour; but some of it, falling from him, fell on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये वे गौएँ अक्षय फल देनेवाली हो जाती हैं

English

It fell then in the fire and grew wonderfully; splendour joined with splendour came to be of one womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्यापीहाक्षयाल्लोंकान् ध्रुवान् विद्धि शचीपते गुरुद्धविजसह: क्षान्तस्तस्यथ गोभि: समा गति:

English

At this very time the gods led by Shakra were greatly tormented by an asura named Taraka.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनसा गोधु न द्रुह्ेद् गोवृत्तिगोंडनुकल्पक:

English

The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Maruts, Ashvins and Sadhyas were all terrified by the daitya's prowess.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोसहस्रेण समिता तस्य थेनुर्भवत्युत तस्यापि द्विजतुल्या गौर्भवतीति विनिश्चय:

English

The abodes of the gods, their celestial cars and cities, and the hermitages of the sages were seized by the asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूद्रस्यापि विनीतस्य चतुर्भागफलं स्मृतम्

English

All those gods and sages, with dejected minds, went for refuge to the god Brahma, the ageless lord.