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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 296

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 296

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 296

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 296 of the classical Mahābhārata with 51 verses.

Total: 51 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.296.1–51 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 21 shown)
एतावदेतत्कथितं मया ते; तथ्यं महाराज यथार्थतत्त्वम् । अमत्सरत्वं प्रतिगृह्य चार्थं; सनातनं ब्रह्म विशुद्धमाद्यम् ॥
English Translation
O monarch, I have duly told you all this that is perfectly true. Candidly have I described to you this subject, viz., the Eternal, Pure and Prime Brahma.
न वेदनिष्ठस्य जनस्य राज;न्प्रदेयमेतत्परमं त्वया भवेत् । विवित्समानाय विबोधकारकं; प्रबोधहेतोः प्रणतस्य शासनम् ॥
English Translation
You may communicate this high knowledge, capable of awakening the soul, to that person, O king, who though not a master of the Vedas is, nevertheless, humble and has a keen desire for acquiring the knowledge of Brahma.
न देयमेतच्च तथानृतात्मने; शठाय क्लीबाय न जिह्मबुद्धये । न पण्डितज्ञानपरोपतापिने; देयं त्वयेदं विनिबोध यादृशे ॥
English Translation
It should never be given to one who speaks falsehood, or one who is cunning or roguish, or one who has no strength of mind, or one who is of crooked understanding, or one who is jealous of men of knowledge, or one who pains others. Listen to me as I say who they are to whom this knowledge may safely be given.
श्रद्धान्वितायाथ गुणान्विताय; परापवादाद्विरताय नित्यम् । विशुद्धयोगाय बुधाय चैव; क्रियावतेऽथ क्षमिणे हिताय ॥
विविक्तशीलाय विधिप्रियाय; विवादहीनाय बहुश्रुताय । विजानते चैव न चाहितक्षमे; दमे च शक्ताय शमे च देहिनाम् ॥
एतैर्गुणैर्हीनतमे न देय;मेतत्परं ब्रह्म विशुद्धमाहुः । न श्रेयसा योक्ष्यति तादृशे कृतं; धर्मप्रवक्तारमपात्रदानात् ॥
English Translation
This high knowledge of Brahma should never be given to one who has not such qualifications. It has been said that by giving this knowledge to one who is not considered a worthy recipient, no advantage or good fruit can arise.
पृथ्वीमिमां यद्यपि रत्नपूर्णां; दद्यान्नदेयं त्विदमव्रताय । जितेन्द्रियायैतदसंशयं ते; भवेत्प्रदेयं परमं नरेन्द्र ॥
English Translation
This great knowledge should never be given, even if he gives in exchange the whole Earth full of gems and riches of every sort, to one that is not obscrvant of any vows and restraints. Forsooth, however, O king, this knowledge should be imparted to one who has conquered his senses.
कराल मा ते भयमस्तु किंचि;देतच्छ्रुतं ब्रह्म परं त्वयाद्य । यथावदुक्तं परमं पवित्रं; निःशोकमत्यन्तमनादिमध्यम् ॥
English Translation
O Karala, do not entertain any fear since you have heard all this regarding high Brahma from the to-day! I have described to you duly the high and holy Brahma that is without beginning and middle, and that is capable of removing all kinds of sorrow.
अगाधजन्मामरणं च राज;न्निरामयं वीतभयं शिवं च । समीक्ष्य मोहं त्यज चाद्य सर्वं; ज्ञानस्य तत्त्वार्थमिदं विदित्वा ॥
English Translation
Seeing Brahma whose sight is capable of doing away with both birth and death, O king, which is full of auspiciousness, which removes all fear, and which yields the highest benefit, and having acquired this essence of all knowledge, renounce all error and stupefaction to-day.
अवाप्तमेतद्धि पुरा सनातना;द्धिरण्यगर्भाद्गदतो नराधिप । प्रसाद्य यत्नेन तमुग्रतेजसं; सनातनं ब्रह्म यथाद्य वै त्वया ॥
पृष्टस्त्वया चास्मि यथा नरेन्द्र; तथा मयेदं त्वयि चोक्तमद्य । तथावाप्तं ब्रह्मणो मे नरेन्द्र; महज्ज्ञानं मोक्षविदां पुराणम् ॥
एतदुक्तं परं ब्रह्म यस्मान्नावर्तते पुनः । पञ्चविंशो महाराज परमर्षिनिदर्शनात् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said I have thus told you of high Brahma, just as the great Rishi had said, by attaining to which the Twenty-fifth (Individual Soul) has never to return.
पुनरावृत्तिमाप्नोति परं ज्ञानमवाप्य च । नावबुध्यति तत्त्वेन बुध्यमानोऽजरामरः ॥
English Translation
On account of his knowing truly the Supreme Soul which is not subject to decay and death, Individual Soul is obliged to frequently return to the world. When, however, Individual Soul succeeds in acquiring that high knowledge, he has no longer to return.
एतन्निःश्रेयसकरं ज्ञानानां ते परं मया । कथितं तत्त्वतस्तात श्रुत्वा देवर्षितो नृप ॥
English Translation
Having heard it, O king, from the celestial Rishi, I have, O son, given to you that great knowledge which yields the highest good.
हिरण्यगर्भादृषिणा वसिष्ठेन महात्मना । वसिष्ठादृषिशार्दूलान्नारदोऽवाप्तवानिदम् ॥
English Translation
This knowledge acquired from Hiranyagarbha by the great Rishi Vashishtha. was From that foremost of Rishis, viz., Vashishtha, it was acquired by Narada.
नारदाद्विदितं मह्यमेतद्ब्रह्म सनातनम् । मा शुचः कौरवेन्द्र त्वं श्रुत्वैतत्परमं पदम् ॥
English Translation
From Narada I have acquired that knowledge which is truly at one with the eternal Brahma. Having heard this discourse of great import, couched in excellent words, do not, O foremost of the Kurus, give way any longer to greaf.
येन क्षराक्षरे वित्ते न भयं तस्य विद्यते । विद्यते तु भयं तस्य यो नैतद्वेत्ति पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
That man who knows the Destructible and the Indestructible, become freed from fear. He, indeed, O king, is compelled to entertain fear who is shorn of this knowledge.
अविज्ञानाच्च मूढात्मा पुनः पुनरुपद्रवन् । प्रेत्य जातिसहस्राणि मरणान्तान्युपाश्नुते ॥
English Translation
On account of Ignorance, the man of foolish soul hath repeatedly to return to this world. Indeed, after death he has to be born in thousands and thousands of orders of Being, every one of which meets with Death in the end.
देवलोकं तथा तिर्यङ्मानुष्यमपि चाश्नुते । यदि शुध्यति कालेन तस्मादज्ञानसागरात् ॥
English Translation
Now in the world of the gods, now among men, and now among intermediate orders of Being, he has to appear again and again. If in course of time he succeeds in crossing that Ocean of Ignorance in which he is sunk, he then succeeds in avoiding completely re-birth and attaining to oneness with the Supreme Soul.
अज्ञानसागरो घोरो ह्यव्यक्तोऽगाध उच्यते । अहन्यहनि मज्जन्ति यत्र भूतानि भारत ॥
English Translation
The Ocean of Ignorance is dreadful. It is bottomless and called the Unmanifest. 0 Bharata, day after day, creatures are seen to fall and sink in that Ocean.
यस्मादगाधादव्यक्तादुत्तीर्णस्त्वं सनातनात् । तस्मात्त्वं विरजाश्चैव वितमस्कश्च पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
Since you, O king, have been freed from that eternal and limitless Ocean of Ignorance, you have, therefore, become freed from Darkness and also Ignorance.
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