Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये भी अत्यन्त दुर्लभ हैं

English

hast Brahma himself for the driver of thy car. Thou sleepest on ashes. 1 Thou protectest the universe with ashes. 2 Thou art he whose body is made of ashes. 3 Thou art the tree that grants the fruition of all wishes. Thou art of the form of those that constitute thy Gana. Thou art the protector of the four and ten regions. Thou transcendent all the regions. Thou art full, (there being no deficiency). Thou art adored by all creatures. Thou art white (being pure and stainless). Thou art he that has his body, speech and mind perfectly stainless. Thou art he who has attained to that purity of existence which is called Emancipation. Thou art he who is incapable of being stained by impurity of any kind. Thou art he who has been attained to by the great preceptors of old. Thou residest in the form of Righteousness or duly in the four modes of life. Thou art that Righteousness which is of the form of rites and sacrifices. Thou art of the form of that skill which is possessed by the celestial artificer of the universe. Thou art he who is adored as the primeval form of the universe. Thou art of vast arms. Thy lips are of a coppery hue. Thou art of the form of the vast waters that are contained in the Ocean. Thou art exceedingly stable and fixed (being of the form of mountains and hills). Thou art Kapila. Thou art brown. Thou art all the hues whose mixture produces white. Thou art the period of life. Thou art ancient. Thou art recent. Thou art a Gandharva. Thou art the mother of the celestials in the form of Aditi (or the mother of all things, in the form of Earth). Thou art Garuda, the prince of birds, born of Vinata by Kasyapa, otherwise called Tarkshya. Thou art capable of being comprehended with ease. Thou art of excellent and agreeable speech. Thou art he that is armed with the battle-axe. Thou art he that is desirous of victory. Thou art he that assists others in the accomplishment of their designs. 4 Thou art an excellent friend. 5 Thou art he that bears a Vina made of two hollow gourds. Thou art of terrible wrath (which thou displayest at the time of the universal dissolution). Thou ownest for thy offspring, beings higher than men and deities (viz., Brahma and Vishnu). Thou art of the form of that Vishnu who floats on the waters after the universal dissolution. Thou devourest all things with great ferocity. Thou art he that procreates offspring. Thou art family and race, continuing from generation to generation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीलोत्पलविमिश्रैश्व सरोभिर्बहुपड्कजै: संतानकवनै: फुल्लैर्व॑क्षैश्ष समलंकृता:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] The cause of the origin of gold was told here; how then did Taraka meet his death? Tell me that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घी पीकर फिर तीन दिनोंतक वह वायु पीकर रहे

English

It was said by the gods that he could not be killed, lord of the earth, but his death was not told to you in detail.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गावस्तुष्टा: प्रयच्छन्ति सेविता वै न संशय:

English

I wish to hear this from you, lifter of the Kuru line, the full account of Taraka's killing; my curiosity is great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रोहिण्य इति जानीहि नैताभ्यो विद्यते परम् कामनाएँ देनेवाली हैं। तुम इन्हें रोहिणी समझो। इनसे बढ़कर दूसरा कुछ नहीं है

English

[Bhishma said:] When their work had failed, king of kings, gods and sages urged the Krittikas to bear offspring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजयामास गां नित्यं तस्मात् त्वमपि पूजय

English

Of the gods' wives, not one was able, even a single one, to hold that embryo by her power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं संशयो5त्र पितामह गोभिननपेह संवादं श्रिया भरतसत्तम

English

Then Pavaka was pleased with those six for bearing the embryo, by release of his own splendour and by supreme power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप इस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

Those six Krittikas nourished the embryo of Jatavedas; the whole splendour of fire was placed in six paths, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गावो5थ विस्मितास्तस्या दृष्टवा रूपस्य सम्पदम् विस्मिता: सम महाभागे तव रूपस्य सम्पदा

English

Then, as the great-souled boy grew, they, their limbs filled with his splendour, found no comfort anywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि चात्र पुरागीतां कथयिष्यामि तेडनघ अभिवाद्याह्विककृतः शुचि: प्रयतमानस:

English

Thou art the blare that a bamboo flute gives out. Thou art faultless. Thou art he every limb of whose body is beautiful. Thou art full of illusion. Thou dost good to others without expecting any return. Thou art Wind. Thou art Fire. Thou art the bonds of the worlds which bind Jiva. Thou art the creator of those bonds. Thou art the tearer of such bonds. Thou art he that dwells with even the Daityas (who are the foes of all sacrifices). Thou dwellest with those that are the foes of all acts (and that have abandoned all acts). Thou art of large teeth, and thou art of mighty weapons. Thou art he that has been greatly censured. Thou art he that stupefied the Rishis dwelling in the Daruka forest. Thou art he that did good unto even thy detractors, viz., those Rishis residing in the Daruka forest. Thou art he who dispels all fears and who dispelling all the fears of those Rishis gave them Emancipation. Thou art he that has no wealth (in consequence of his inability to procure even his necessary wearing apparel). Thou art the lord of the celestials. Thou art the greatest of the gods (in consequence of thy being adored by even Indra and others that are regarded as the highest of the celestials). Thou art an object of adoration with even Vishnu. Thou art the slayer of those that are the foes of the deities. Thou art he that resides (in the form of the snake Sesha) in the nethermost region, l Thou art invisible but capable of being

हिन्दी अर्थ

केन देवा: पवित्रेण स्वर्गमश्नन्ति वा विभो

English

Then the earth received that embryo, with six supports, come to oneness, near the city of Kanti.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पवित्र कार्यके द्वारा देवता स्वर्गलोकका उपभोग करते हैं? देवानामुत्तमं कि च कि च सत्रमित: परम्

English

That embryo of divine form, radiant, bright as Pavaka, reaching the divine reed-thicket, grew, pleasing to see.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तम है? इससे श्रेष्ठ यज्ञ क्या है?

English

The Krittikas saw that child, bright like fire, and out of affection and friendship nourished him with streams of milk from their breasts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रायाकथयत् सर्व तत्त्वेन भरतर्षभ गाव: पुण्या: पवित्राश्व गोधनं पावनं तथा

English

He became Kartikeya in the three worlds with moving and unmoving; from being fallen, Skanda, and from living in a cave, Guha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शंगार्थे समुपासन्त ता: किल प्रभुमव्ययम्

English

Then the thirty-three gods and the lords of directions with the directions, Rudra, Dhatri and Vishnu, Yajna, Pushan, Aryaman, Bhaga,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानावर्णा: शृंगवन्त्यस्ता व्यरोचन्त पुत्रक पुण्या: पवित्रा: सुभगा दिव्यसंस्थानलक्षणा:

English

Amsha, Mitra and the Sadhyas, the Vasus, Vasava and the Ashvins, water, wind, space, moon, stars, planets and sun,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये चैता: सम्प्रयच्छन्ति साधवो वीतमत्सरा:

English

and other separate beings who are offerings to the gods, came there to see that boy, the son of fire; the sages praised and the gandharvas sang.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गवां लोकं तथा पुण्यमाप्रुवन्ति च तेडनघ पुष्पाणि च सुगन्धीनि दिव्यानि द्विजसत्तम

English

Six-faced, twelve-eyed, dear to brahmanas, broad-shouldered, twelve-armed, of splendour like fire and sun, that boy,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तरुणादित्यसंकाशैर्भान्ति तत्र जलाशया:

English

lying in the reed thicket, seen by the gods with the sages, they gained supreme joy and thought the asura slain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्भूतपुलिनास्तत्र जातरूपैश्न निम्नगा:

English

Then all the gods did what was dear to him, giving playthings for him at play, and flocks of birds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जातरूपमयैश्चान्यैहुताशनसमप्रभै: सर्वरत्नमयैर्भान्ति शंगैश्वारुभिरुच्छितै:

English

Suparna gave him a feather and the peacock with its coloured tail, and the rakshasas gave the boar and the buffalo.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिव्यगन्धरसै: पुष्पै: फलैश्न भरतर्षभ

English

Varuna himself gave a cock like fire, the moon gave a ram, and the sun a lovely radiance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वकामसमृद्धार्था नि:शोका गतमन्यव: बैठकर यथेष्ट विहार करते हुए आनन्दका अनुभव करते हैं

English

The goddess mother of cows gave cows by the hundred thousand, Agni a goat with good qualities, and Ila abundant flowers and fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एताल्लॉकानवाप्रोति गां दत्त्वा वै युधिष्ठिर

English

Sudhanva gave a cart and a chariot with endless poles; Varuna gave lovely divine serpents of Varuna; the lord of the gods gave lions, tigers, leopards and other fanged beasts,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऐश्वर्ये वरुणो राजा नाममात्र युगन्धरा: प्राजापत्यमिति ब्रह्मन् जपेन्नित्यं यतव्रत:

English

and many fierce wild animals and various parasols; and the hosts of rakshasas and asuras who followed that lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मै तुष्टा: प्रयच्छन्ति वरानपि सुदुर्लभान्

English

Seeing him grow, Taraka sought by many means to kill that lord, but could not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्चयेत सदा चैव नमस्कारैश्व पूजयेत् सत्कार करे और नमस्कार आदिके द्वारा उनका पूजन करता रहे

English

The gods, honouring him with generalship, told him of the injury done by Taraka, as he lived in the cave.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्र्यहमुष्णं पिबेन्मूत्रं 5यहमुष्णं पिबेत् पय:

English

Grown, of great prowess, the lord Guha, general of the gods, killed the danava Taraka with his unfailing spear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गरम गोदुग्ध पीकर रहे त्रयहमुष्णं घृतं पीत्वा वायुभक्षो भवेत् ऋ यहम्

English

When the asura was killed by that boy at play, the lord of the gods was set in the kingdom, again lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् पवित्र पवित्राणां तद् घृतं शिरसा वहेत् पवित्र वस्तुओंमें सबसे बढ़कर पवित्र है, उससे घृतको शिरोधार्य करे

English

Then the mighty Skanda shone as general, lord and protector of the gods, doing what was dear to Shankara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं अपनी पुष्टिका अनुभव करता है

English

This blessed son of Pavaka, golden in form, ever the boy, attained the generalship of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्महत्यासमं पाप॑ सर्वमेतेन शुध्यते ब्रह्महत्या-जैसे पापसे भी छुटकारा पा जाता है

English

Therefore gold is auspicious, the best and imperishable jewel, the innate splendour of Kartikeya and the highest splendour of fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते देवत्वमपि प्राप्ता: संसिद्धाक्ष महाबला:

English

Thus, Kauravya, Vasishtha told Rama long ago; therefore strive to give gold, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ताश्च दत्त्वा द्विजातिभ्यो नर: स्वर्गमुपाश्ुते त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा गोमतीं लभते वरम्

English

Rama, having given gold, was freed from all sin and gained a great place in the third heaven, not easy for men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्त्वेन वरवर्णाभे सर्वमेतद् ब्रवीहि न:

English

comprehended, even as the wind which though invisible is perceived by every body. Thou art he whose knowledge extends to the roots of everything and unto whom all things, even in their inner nature, are known. Thou art the object that is enjoyed by him that enjoys it. Thou art he among the eleven Rudras who is called Ajaikapat. Thou art the sovereign of the entire universe. Thou art of the form of all Jivas in the universe (in consequence of thy being covered by the three well-known attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas). Thou art he that is not subject to those three attributes. Thou art he that transcends all attributes and is a state of pure existence which is incapable of being described with the aid of any adjective that language can yield. Thou art the prince of physicians called Dhanwantari. Thou art a comet (in consequence of the calamities that flow from thee unto the sinful). Thou art the celestial generalissimo called Skanda. Thou art the king of the Yakshas, called Kuvera, who is thy inseparable associate and who is the Lord of all treasures in the world. Thou art Dhatri. Thou art Sakra. Thou art Vishnu. Thou art Mitra. Thou art Tashtri (the celestial artificer). Thou art the Pole Star. Thou art he that upholds all things. Thou art he called Prabhava amongst the Vasus. Thou art the wind which is capable of going everywhere (being the Sutra-atma that connects all things in the universe with a thread). Thou art Aryaman. Thou art Savitri. Thou art Ravi. Thou art that ancient king of great celebrity known by the name of Ushangu. Thou art he who protects all creatures in diverse ways. Thou art Mandhatri (because of thy competence to gratify all creatures). Thou art he from whom all creatures start into life. Thou art he who exists in diverse

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपमान पानेके योग्य नहीं हूँ अध्रुवा चलचित्तासि ततत्त्वां वर्जयामहे

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Thus addressed by Yudhishthira, Bhishma, Shantanu's son, began to tell this entire rule of the funeral rite.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वपुष्मन्त्यो वयं सर्वा: किमस्माकं त्वयानघे

English

[Bhishma said:] Hear attentively, king, this auspicious rule of the funeral rite, bringing wealth, fame and sons, the sacrifice to the ancestors, scorcher of foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्याख्यानेन युष्माकं प्रसाद: क्रियतां मम जगत्के लिये अवहेलित और उपेक्षित हो जाऊँगी, इसलिये मुझपर कृपा करो

English

Ancestors are always to be honoured by gods, asuras and men, gandharvas, serpents and rakshasas, pishachas and kinnaras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परित्रायन्तु मां नित्यं भजमानामनिन्दिताम्

English

They honour the ancestors first and afterward satisfy the gods; therefore a man should always honour them with all effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्येकांगेष्वधो वस्तुमिच्छामि च सुकुत्सिते पुण्या: पवित्रा: सुभगा ममादेशं प्रयच्छथ

English

The Anvaharya rite for ancestors, great king, is said to be that done with meat by rule; this rule was first ordained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्मन्त्रय सहिता: सर्वा: श्रियमूचुर्नराधिप

English

On all days the grandfathers are pleased by funeral rites done; I shall tell you the qualities and faults of each lunar day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साथ मिलकर सलाह की; फिर सबने लक्ष्मीसे कहा-- शकृन्मूत्रे निवस त्वं पुण्यमेतद्धि नः शुभे

English

The fruit gained by funeral rites done on those days, sinless one: all that I shall tell, as it is; hear it from me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं भवतु भद्रें व: पूजितास्मि सुखप्रदा:

English

Honouring the ancestors on the first day, one would gain in his house women, handsome, bearing children, to be admired, with many offspring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरवर्णिनि! ये सारी बातें हमें ठीक-ठीक बताओ मया हैत्या: परित्यक्ता विनष्टा: शाश्वती: समा:

English

form. Thou art he who causes the diverse hues to exist in the universe. Thou art he who upholds all desires and all attributes (because of these flowing from thee). Thou art he who has the lotus on thy navel, l Thou art he within whose womb are innumerable mighty creatures. Thou art of face as beautiful as the moon. Thou art wind. Thou art fire. Thou art possessed of exceeding might. Thou art endued with tranquillity of soul. Thou art old. Thou art he that is known with the aid of Righteousness. 2 Thou art Lakshmi. Thou art the maker of the field of those actions (by which persons adore the supreme Deity). Thou art he who lives in the field of action. Thou art the soul of the field of action. Thou art the medicine or provoker of the attributes of sovereignty and the others. 3 All things lie in thee (for, as the Srutis declare, all things becomes one in thee, thyself being of the nature of that unconsciousness which exhibits itself in dreamless slumber). Thou art the lord of all creatures endued with life-breaths. Thou art the god of the gods. Thou art he who is attached to felicity. Thou art Sat (in the form of cause). Thou art Asat (in the form of effect). Thou art he who possesses the best of all things. Thou art he who resides on the mountains of Kailasa. Thou art he who repairs to the mountains of Himavat. Thou washest away all things besides thee like a mighty current washing away trees and other objects standing on its banks. Thou art the maker of Pushkara and other large lakes and pieces of natural water. Thou art possessed of knowledge of infinite kinds. Thou art the giver of infinite blessings. Thou art a merchant (who conveys the goods of this country to that country and brings the goods of that country to this for the convenience of human beings). Thou art a carpenter. Thou art the tree (of the world that supplies the timber for thy axe). Thou art the tree called Vakula (Mimusops Elengi, Linn.) Thou art the sandal-wood tree (Santalum album, Linn.). Thou art the tree called Chcchada (Alstonia Scholaris, syn Echitis, Scholaris, Roxb.). Thou art he whose neck is very strong. Thou art he whose shoulder joint is vast. Thou art not restless (but endued with steadiness in all thy acts and in respect of all thy faculties). Thou art the principal herbs

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रो विवस्वान् सोमश्न विष्णुरापोडग्निरेव च

English

Those who do it on the fifth day, king, have many sons born; those who do it on the sixth become sharers in splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरुण और अग्नि आदि देवता सदा आनन्द भोग रहे हैं यान् नाविशाम्यहं गावस्ते विनश्यन्ति सर्वश:

English

One doing the rite on the seventh, king, becomes a sharer in farming; one doing it on the eighth gains profit in trade.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जिनके शरीरमें मैं प्रवेश नहीं करती, वे सर्वथा नष्ट हो जाते हैं

English

One who does the rite on the ninth has many single-hoofed animals; for those who perform funeral rites on the tenth, cows increase.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आगत्य प्रार्थये युष्मान् श्रीजुष्टा भवताथ वै न त्वामिच्छाम भद्ठरं ते गम्यतां यत्र रंस्यसे

English

A mortal doing it on the eleventh, king, becomes a sharer in vessels and metals, and sons of Brahmic splendour are born in his house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथेष्टं गम्यतां तत्र कृतकार्या वयं त्वया

English

For one who strives on the twelfth, much silver and lovely gold are constantly seen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छा हो, चली जाओ। तुमने दर्शन दिया, इतनेहीसे हम कृतार्थ हो गयीं नमां सम्प्रति गृह्नीध्वं कस्माद् वै दुर्लभां सतीम्

English

One doing the rite on the thirteenth becomes best among his kinsmen, but young men in his house surely die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वीकार क्यों नहीं करती?

English

A mortal doing the rite on the fourteenth becomes a sharer in battle; offering on the new moon, he would gain all desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वयं प्राप्ते परिभवों भवतीति विनिशक्ष॒य: देवदानवगन्धर्वा: पिशाचोरगराक्षसा:

English

In the dark fortnight, from the tenth onward, except the fourteenth, the lunar days are praised for funeral rites, not the others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवाका सौभाग्य प्राप्त करते हैं

English

As the latter fortnight is distinguished above the former, so afternoon is distinguished above forenoon for the funeral rite.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरा मान रख लिया, अत: तुम्हारा कल्याण हो पश्यन्तीनां ततस्तासां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

English

and plants with their produce (in the form of rice and wheat and the other varieties of grain). Thou art he that grants success upon others in respect of the objects upon which they bestow their heart. Thou art all the correct conclusions in respect of both the Vedas and Grammar. 4 Thou art he who utters leonine roars. Thou art endued with leonine fangs. Thou ridest on the back of a lion for performing thy journeys.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवासुरसुपर्णाश्च प्रजानां पतयस्तथा

English

[Bhishma said:] The offerings in the rule of the funeral rite that knowers of the rite know: hear from me those, Yudhishthira, the desired ones, and their fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारद: पर्वतश्चैव विश्वावसुर्हहाहुहू: तत्र दिव्यानि पुष्पाणि प्रावहत् पवनस्तदा

English

With sesame, rice, barley, beans, water, roots and fruits given for a month, the ancestors are pleased by the funeral rite, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिन् देवसमावाये सर्वभूतसमागमे

English

Manu said that a funeral rite with growing sesame is imperishable; and in all foods sesame is remembered as chief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्र: पप्रच्छ देवेशमभिवाद्य प्रणम्य च उपरिष्टाद् गवां लोक एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्

English

Satisfaction of the host of ancestors is two months with fish, they say three months with mutton, four months with hare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवज्ञातास्त्वया नित्यं गावो बलनिषूदन

English

With goat's meat the ancestors are pleased five months, king; with boar's six months, and with birds' seven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गवां प्रभाव परमं माहात्म्यं च सुरर्षभ दूध, दही और घीके बिना यज्ञ किसी तरह सम्पन्न नहीं हो सकता

English

Eight months with Parshata, nine with Raurava, and a satisfaction of ten months with the meat of the gavaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतासां तनयाश्नवापि कृषियोगमुपासते

English

Eleven months is the ancestors' pleasure with buffalo; with the cow's, a year is said here for the offering given.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आते तथा नाना प्रकारके धान्य एवं बीज उत्पन्न करते हैं ततो यज्ञा: प्रवर्तन्ते हव्यं कव्यं च सर्वश:

English

As cow's, so is payasa with ghee; with the meat of the vadhrinasa the satisfaction is twelve years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माहात्म्यं च गवां भूय: श्रूयतां गदतो मम

English

a car that is drawn by a lion. Thou art he called the truth of truth, l Thou art he whose dish or plate is constituted by the Destroyer of the universe. 2 Thou art always engaged in seeking the good of the worlds. Thou art he who rescues all creatures from distress (and leads them to the felicity of Emancipation). Thou art the bird called Saranga. Thou art a new (Young) swan. Thou art he who is displayed in beauty in consequence of the crest thou bearest on thy head (like the cock or the peacock). Thou art he who protects the place where assemblies of the wise sit for dispensing justice. Thou art the abode of all creatures. Thou art the cherisher of all creatures. Thou art Day and Night (which are the constituent elements of Eternity). Thou art he that is without fault and therefore, never censured. Thou art the upholder of all creatures. Thou art the refuge of all creatures. Thou art without birth. Thou art existent. Thou art ever fruitful. Thou art endued with Dharana and Dhyana and Samadhi. Thou art the steed Uchchaisravas. Thou art the giver of food. Thou art he who upholds the life-breaths of living creatures. Thou art endued with patience. Thou art possessed of intelligence. Thou art endued with exertion and cleverness. Thou art honoured by all. Thou art the giver of the fruits of Righteousness and sin. Thou art the cherisher of the senses (for the senses succeed in performing their respective functions in consequence of thee that presidest over them). Thou art the lord of all the luminaries. Thou art all collections of objects. Thou art he whose vestments are made of cowhides. Thou art he who dispels the grief of his devotees. Thou hast a golden arm. Thou art he who protects the bodies of Yogins who seek to enter their own selves. Thou art he who has reduced to nothingness all his foes. 3 Thou art he the measure of whose gladness is very great. Thou art he who achieved victory over the deity of desire that is irresistible. Thou art he who has subjugated his senses. Thou art the note called Gandhara in the musical octave. Thou art he who has an excellent and beautiful home (in consequence of its being placed upon the delightful mountains of Kailasa). Thou art he who is ever attached to penances. Thou art of the form of cheerfulness and contentment. Thou art he called vast or infinite. 4 Thou art he in whose honour the foremost of hymns has been composed. Thou art he whose dancing is characterised by vast strides and large leaps. Thou art he who is adored with reverence by the diverse tribes of Apsaras. Thou art he who owns a vast standard (bearing the device of the bull). Thou art the mountains of Mem. Thou art he who roves among all the summits

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां सत्राणि यज्ञाश्न नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर करते हैं उन्हें प्रतेदिन अन्नदान और यज्ञ करनेका फल मिलता है

English

of that great mountain. Thou art so mobile that it is very difficult to seize thee. Thou art capable of being explained by preceptors to disciples, although thou art incapable of being described in words. Thou art of the form of that instruction which preceptors impart to disciples. Thou art he that can perceive all agreeable scents simultaneously or at the same instant of time. Thou art of the form of the porched gates of cities and palaces. Thou art of the form of the moats and ditches that surround fortified towns and

हिन्दी अर्थ

गाव: श्रेष्ठा: पवित्राश्न॒ पावन होतदुत्तमम्

English

"May he be born in our family who gives on the thirteenth, under the Maghas in the southern course, payasa joined with ghee."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पयोदधिघृतं चासां सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् न गोभ्य: परमं किंचित् पवित्र भरतर्षभ

English

Or with goat's meat or iron-vessel offering under the Maghas, of controlled vow, duly in the elephant's shadow, fanned with the ear's fan.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बढ़कर पवित्र कोई वस्तु नहीं है

English

Many sons are to be desired, so that even one may go to Gaya, where the banyan, the maker of imperishability, is famed in the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदाहरण दिया करते हैं प्रजा: समुदिता: सर्वा: सत्यधर्मपरायणा:

English

Water, roots, fruit, meat or food at the ancestors' rite, whatever mixed with honey, makes for endlessness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वहन्ति विविधान् भारान् क्षुत्तष्णापरिपीडिता:

English

give the victory to the besieged garrison. Thou art the Wind. Thou art of the form of fortified cities and towns encompassed by walls and moats. Thou art the prince of all winged creatures, (being, as thou art, of the form of Garuda). Thou art he who multiplies the creation by union with the opposite sexes. Thou art the first of all in respect of virtues and knowledge. Thou art superior to even him who is the first of all in virtues and knowledge. Thou transcendest all the virtue and knowledge. Thou art eternal and immutable as also dependent on thyself. Thou art the master and protector of the deities and Asuras. Thou art the master and protector of all creatures. Thou art he who wears a coat of mail. Thou art he whose arms are competent to grind all foes. Thou art an object of adoration with even him who is called Suparvan in heaven, l Thou art he who grants the power of bearing or upholding all things. 2 Thou art thyself capable of bearing all things. Thou art fixed and steady (without being at all unstable). Thou art white or pure (being, as thou art, without any stain or blot). Thou bearest the trident that is competent to destroy (all things). 3 Thou art the grantor of bodies or physical forms unto those that constantly revolve in the universe of birth and death. Thou art more valuable than wealth. Thou art the conduct or way of the righteous (in the form of goodness and courtesy). Thou art he who had torn the head of Brahma after due deliberation (and not impelled by mere wrath). Thou art he who is marked with all those auspicious marks that are spoken of in the sciences of palmistry and phrenology and other branches of knowledge treating of the physical frame as the indicator of mental peculiarities. Thou art that wooden bar which is called the Aksha of a car and, therefore, art thou he who is attached to the car represented by the body. Thou art attached to all things (in consequence of thy pervading all things as their soul). Thou art endued with very great might, being as thou art a hero of heroes. Thou art the Veda. Thou art the Smritis, the Itihasas, the Puranas, and other scriptures. Thou art the illustrious deity of every sacred shrine. Thou art he who has the Earth for his car. Thou art the inert elements that enter into

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यब्रुवं यद् देवेन्द्र तच्निबोध शचीपते प्रसन्नो5हं वरं तस्मादमरत्वं ददामि ते

English

The man who always does the funeral rite under the conjunction of Krittika, having kindled the fires, would sacrifice with offspring, free of fever.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निष्काम तपस्यासे मैं बहुत प्रसन्न हूँ; अतः तुम्हें अमरत्वका वरदान देता हूँ

English

Wishing offspring, under Rohini; wishing vigour, under Mrigashiras; one who gives a funeral rite under Ardra becomes a doer of cruel deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मत्प्रसादाच्च विख्यातो गोलोक: सम्भविष्यति निवत्स्यन्ति महाभागे सर्वा दुहितरश्न॒ ते

English

A mortal doing the rite under Punarvasu becomes a sharer in farming; wishing nourishment, a man should seek the funeral rite under Pushya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्म करती हुई निवास करेंगी

English

Giving the rite under Ashlesha, he begets hero sons; offering the rite under the Maghas he becomes the best among his kinsmen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यच्च स्वर्गे सुखं देवि तत् ते सम्पत्स्यते शुभे मृत्यु और बुढ़ापाका आक्रमण नहीं होता है। अग्निका भी जोर नहीं चलता

English

Giving the funeral rite under the Phalgunis, the giver becomes fortunate; under Uttara a sharer in offspring; under Hasta a sharer in fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र दिव्यान्यरण्यानि दिव्यानि भवनानि च

English

Giving the rite under Chitra he would gain handsome sons; honouring ancestors at the conjunction of Svati, he lives by trade.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा महता चैव सुकृतेन च कर्मणा प्रतिदिन गौओंकी पूजा करने लगे। उन्होंने उनके प्रति बहुत सम्मान प्रकट किया

English

A man striving for the ancestors' rite under Vishakha has many sons; doing it under Anuradha he would set a wheel of kingship going.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रियोडपि भक्ता या गोषु ताश्व काममवाप्रुयु:

English

A man going to overlordship, renouncing under Jyeshtha, best of the Kurus, funeral rites precede at Yama's city.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं ते कारणं शक्र निवासकृतमद्य वै यदर्थ गां गताश्चैव सुरभ्य: सुरसत्तम

English

the composition of every creature. Thou art he who imparts life into every combination of those inert element. Thou art the Pranava and other sacred Mantras that instil life into dead matter. Thou art he that casts tranquil glances. Thou art exceedingly harsh (in consequence of thy being the destroyer of all things). Thou art he in whom are innumerable precious attributes and possessions. Thou hast a body that is red. Thou art he who has all the vast oceans as so many ponds filled for thy drinking, l Thou art the root of the tree of the world. Thou art exceedingly beautiful and shinest with surpassing grandeur. Thou art of the form of ambrosia or nectar. Thou art both cause and effect. Thou art an ocean of penances (being as thou art a great Yogin). Thou art he that desirous of ascending to the highest state of existence. Thou art he that has already attained to that state. Thou art he who is distinguished for the purity of his conduct and acts and observances. Thou art he who possessed of great fame (in consequence of the Righteousness of his behaviour). Thou art the ornament of armies (being as thou art of the form of prowess and courage), Thou art he who is adorned with celestial ornaments. Thou art Yoga. Thou art he from whom flow eternal time measured by Yugas and Kalpas. Thou art he who conveys all creatures from place. 2 Thou art of the form of Righteousness and sin and their intermixture (such as are displayed in the successive Yugas). Thou art great and formless. Thou art he who slew the mighty Asura that had approached against the sacred city of Varanasi in the form of an infuriate elephant of vast proportions. Thou art of the form of death. Thou givest to all creatures such fruition of their wishes as accords with their merits. Thou art approachable. Thou art conversant with all things that are beyond the ken of the

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदित्यास्तप्यमानायास्तपो घोर सुदुश्चरम्

English

Doing the funeral rite under Abhijit he would gain the best learning; giving it under Shravana he would go after death to the highest goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तां तु दृष्टवा महादेवीं तप्यमानां महत्तप: व्यतिष्ठदेकपादेन परमं योगमास्थिता

English

A man gains a share in kingship under Dhanishtha and does not meet calamity; doing it under the Varuna star, a physician would gain success.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथाहमनब्रुवं तत्र देवीं तां तपसान्विताम्

English

Doing it under Purva Proshthapada he would gain many goats and sheep; doing it under Uttara he gains cows by the thousand.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीतस्ते5हं महाभागे तपसानेन शो भने वरयस्व वरं देवि दातास्मीति पुरंदर

English

He gains wealth made of many silvers under Revati; he gains horses under Ashvayuj; and under the Bharanis the best life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष एव वरो मेडद्य यत् प्रीतोडसि ममानघ

English

Hearing this rule of the funeral rite, Shashabindu did so, and without trouble conquered and ruled the earth.