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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 190

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 190

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 190

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 190 of the classical Mahābhārata with 14 verses.

Total: 14 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.190.1–14 • 250 Lexicon Terms
गतीनामुत्तमा प्राप्तिः कथिता जापकेष्विह । एकैवैषा गतिस्तेषामुत यान्त्यपरामपि ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said You have described the very high end to which the Reciters attain. I beg to enquire whether this is their only end or there any other to which they attain.
शृणुष्वावहितो राजञ्जापकानां गतिं विभो । यथा गच्छन्ति निरयमनेकं पुरुषर्षभ ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said-Listen with rapt attention, O powerful king, to the end that silent Reciters attain, and to the various kinds of hell into which they sink, O foremost of men.
यथोक्तमेतत्पूर्वं यो नानुतिष्ठति जापकः । एकदेशक्रियश्चात्र निरयं स निगच्छति ॥
English Translation
That Reciter who does not. at first act according to the rules which have been laid down, and who cannot complete the ritual or course of discipline laid down, has to go to hell.
अवज्ञानेन कुरुते न तुष्यति न शोचति । ईदृशो जापको याति निरयं नात्र संशयः ॥
English Translation
That Reciter who work without faith, who is not contented with his work, and who takes no pleasure in it, forsooth, goes to hell.
अहंकारकृतश्चैव सर्वे निरयगामिनः । परावमानी पुरुषो भविता निरयोपगः ॥
English Translation
They who follow the ritual with pride in their hearts, all go to hell. That Reciter who insults and disregards others has to go to hell.
अभिध्यापूर्वकं जप्यं कुरुते यश्च मोहितः । यत्राभिध्यां स कुरुते तं वै निरयमृच्छति ॥
English Translation
That man who makes silent recitation under the influence of stupefaction and from desire of fruit, acquires all those things which he seeks at heart.
अथैश्वर्यप्रवृत्तः सञ्जापकस्तत्र रज्यते । स एव निरयस्तस्य नासौ तस्मात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
English Translation
That Reciter who seeks at heart the supreme power of Yoga, has to go to hell and never becomes freed from it.
रागेण जापको जप्यं कुरुते तत्र मोहितः । यत्रास्य रागः पतति तत्र तत्रोपजायते ॥
English Translation
That Reciter who makes recitation under the influence of attachments, obtain those objects which he seeks for.
दुर्बुद्धिरकृतप्रज्ञश्चले मनसि तिष्ठति । चलामेव गतिं याति निरयं वाधिगच्छति ॥
English Translation
That Reciter of wicked understanding and uncleaned soul who engages in work with an unstable mind, obtains an unstable end or goes into hell.
अकृतप्रज्ञको बालो मोहं गच्छति जापकः । स मोहान्निरयं याति तत्र गत्वानुशोचति ॥
English Translation
The Reciter who is not gifted with wisdom and who is foolish, becomes stupefied or deluded; and for such delusion has to go to hell where he is obliged to grieve.
दृढग्राही करोमीति जप्यं जपति जापकः । न संपूर्णो न वा युक्तो निरयं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥
English Translation
If a person even of fixed heart, determining in to complete the discipline, makes, recitation, but fails to come to the end, for his having freed himself from attachments by a violent stretch without genuine conviction of their worthlessness of harmful character, he also has to go to hell.
अनिमित्तं परं यत्तदव्यक्तं ब्रह्मणि स्थितम् । सद्भूतो जापकः कस्मात्स शरीरमथाविशेत् ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said When the Reciter attains to the essence of that which exists in its own nature, which is Supreme, which is beyond description and comprehension, and which dwells in the syllable. OM forming the subject of both recitation and meditation, why is it that they have a gain to take birth in embodied forms?
दुष्प्रज्ञानेन निरया बहवः समुदाहृताः । प्रशस्तं जापकत्वं च दोषाश्चैते तदात्मकाः ॥
English Translation
Reciters, for want of true knowledge and wisdom, go to various descriptions of hell. The discipline followed by Reciters is surely very superior. These, however, that I have spoken o! are their weak points.
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