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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 322

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 322

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 322

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 322 of the classical Mahābhārata with 53 verses.

Total: 53 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.322.1–53 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
स एवमुक्तो द्विपदां वरिष्ठो; नारायणेनोत्तमपूरुषेण । जगाद वाक्यं द्विपदां वरिष्ठं; नारायणं लोकहिताधिवासम् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said "Addressed by Narayana, that foremost of beings, in these words, Narada, the foremost of men, then said these words to Narayana for the behoof of the world.
यदर्थमात्मप्रभवेह जन्म; तवोत्तमं धर्मगृहे चतुर्धा । तत्साध्यतां लोकहितार्थमद्य; गच्छामि द्रष्टुं प्रकृतिं तवाद्याम् ॥
English Translation
Narada said Let that object be fulfilled for which you, O Self-born Being, have taken birth in four forms in the house of Dharma! I shall now go for seeing your original nature.
वेदाः स्वधीता मम लोकनाथ; तप्तं तपो नानृतमुक्तपूर्वम् । पूजां गुरूणां सततं करोमि; परस्य गुह्यं न च भिन्नपूर्वम् ॥
गुप्तानि चत्वारि यथागमं मे; शत्रौ च मित्रे च समोऽस्मि नित्यम् । तं चादिदेवं सततं प्रपन्न; एकान्तभावेन वृणोम्यजस्रम् । एभिर्विशेषैः परिशुद्धसत्त्वः; कस्मान्न पश्येयमनन्तमीशम् ॥
English Translation
As laid down in the scriptures, I have always protected the four that should be protected. I always treat impartially friends and enemies. Wholly and surely given to Him, that first of gods, viz., the Supreme Soul, I incessantly worship Him.
तत्पारमेष्ठ्यस्य वचो निशम्य; नारायणः सात्वतधर्मगोप्ता । गच्छेति तं नारदमुक्तवान्स; संपूजयित्वात्मविधिक्रियाभिः ॥
ततो विसृष्टः परमेष्ठिपुत्रः; सोऽभ्यर्चयित्वा तमृषिं पुराणम् । खमुत्पपातोत्तमवेगयुक्त;स्ततोऽधिमेरौ सहसा निलिल्ये ॥
तत्रावतस्थे च मुनिर्मुहूर्त;मेकान्तमासाद्य गिरेः स शृङ्गे । आलोकयन्नुत्तरपश्चिमेन; ददर्श चात्यद्भुतरूपयुक्तम् ॥
क्षीरोदधेरुत्तरतो हि द्वीपः; श्वेतः स नाम्ना प्रथितो विशालः । मेरोः सहस्रैः स हि योजनानां; द्वात्रिंशतोर्ध्वं कविभिर्निरुक्तः ॥
अतीन्द्रियाश्चानशनाश्च तत्र; निष्पन्दहीनाः सुसुगन्धिनश्च । श्वेताः पुमांसो गतसर्वपापा;श्चक्षुर्मुषः पापकृतां नराणाम् ॥
वज्रास्थिकायाः सममानोन्माना; दिव्यान्वयरूपाः शुभसारोपेताः । छत्राकृतिशीर्षा मेघौघनिनादाः; सत्पुष्करचतुष्का राजीवशतपादाः ॥
षष्ट्या दन्तैर्युक्ताः शुक्लै;रष्टाभिर्दंष्ट्राभिर्ये । जिह्वाभिर्ये विष्वग्वक्त्रं; लेलिह्यन्ते सूर्यप्रख्यम् ॥
English Translation
Their heads seem to be like umbrellas. Their voices are deep like that of the clouds. Each of them have four testes. The soles of their feet have hundreds of lines. They had sixty white teeth, and eight small ones. They had many tongues. With those tongues they seemed to lick the very Sun whose face is turned towards all sides.
भक्त्या देवं विश्वोत्पन्नं; यस्मात्सर्वे लोकाः सूताः । वेदा धर्मा मुनयः शान्ता; देवाः सर्वे तस्य विसर्गाः ॥
English Translation
Indeed, they seemed to be capable of devouring that great god from whom has originated the entire universe, the Vedas, the duties, and the ascetics possessing the quality of tranquillity.
अतीन्द्रिया निराहारा अनिष्पन्दाः सुगन्धिनः । कथं ते पुरुषा जाताः का तेषां गतिरुत्तमा ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said are “O grand-father, you have said that those beings have no senses, that they do not eat anything for maintaining their lives; that their eyes are winkless, and that they always emit excellent perfumes. I ask, how were they born? What also is the superior end which they acquire?
ये विमुक्ता भवन्तीह नरा भरतसत्तम । तेषां लक्षणमेतद्धि यच्छ्वेतद्वीपवासिनाम् ॥
English Translation
O chief of Bharata's race, the characteristics of those men that become liberated the same as those by which the inhabitants of the White Island are distinguished?
तस्मान्मे संशयं छिन्धि परं कौतूहलं हि मे । त्वं हि सर्वकथारामस्त्वां चैवोपाश्रिता वयम् ॥
English Translation
Do you remove my doubts! The curiosity I feel is very great. You are the repository of all histories and narratives. As regards ourselves, we entirely depend on you for knowledge and instruction.
विस्तीर्णैषा कथा राजञ्श्रुता मे पितृसंनिधौ । सैषा तव हि वक्तव्या कथासारो हि स स्मृतः ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said "This narrative, O king, which I have heard from my father, is extensive. I shall now recite it to you. Indeed, it is considered as the cream of all narratives.
राजोपरिचरो नाम बभूवाधिपतिर्भुवः । आखण्डलसखः ख्यातो भक्तो नारायणं हरिम् ॥
English Translation
There was, in days of yore, a king on Earth, Uparichara, by name. He was known to be the friend, of Indra the king of gods. He was devoted to Narayana called also by the name of Hari.
धार्मिको नित्यभक्तश्च पितॄन्नित्यमतन्द्रितः । साम्राज्यं तेन संप्राप्तं नारायणवरात्पुरा ॥
English Translation
He used to discharge all the duties laid down in the scriptures. Ever devoted to his father, was always ready for action. He acquired sovereignty of the world on account of a boon he had obtained from Narayana.
सात्वतं विधिमास्थाय प्राक्सूर्यमुखनिःसृतम् । पूजयामास देवेशं तच्छेषेण पितामहान् ॥
English Translation
Following the Satvata ritual that had been declared in days of yore by the Sun himself, king Uparichara used to adore the God of gods, and after his worship was over, to adore the Grandfather of the universe.
पितृशेषेण विप्रांश्च संविभज्याश्रितांश्च सः । शेषान्नभुक्सत्यपरः सर्वभूतेष्वहिंसकः । सर्वभावेन भक्तः स देवदेवं जनार्दनम् ॥
English Translation
After adoring the departed manes, he adored the Brahmanas. He then divided the offerings among those who depended on him. With the remnant after serving those, the king satisfied his own hunger. Given to truth, the king abstained from doing any injury to any creature.
तस्य नारायणे भक्तिं वहतोऽमित्रकर्शन । एकशय्यासनं शक्रो दत्तवान्देवराट्स्वयम् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the devotion to Narayana of that destroyer of foes, the divine king of the gods himself shared with him his own seat and bed.
आत्मा राज्यं धनं चैव कलत्रं वाहनानि च । एतद्भगवते सर्वमिति तत्प्रेक्षितं सदा ॥
English Translation
His kingdom and riches and wives and animals were all considered by him as obtained from Narayana. He, therefore, offered all his belongings to that great god.
काम्यनैमित्तिकाजस्रं यज्ञियाः परमक्रियाः । सर्वाः सात्वतमास्थाय विधिं चक्रे समाहितः ॥
English Translation
Adopting the Satvata ritual, king Uparichara, with concentrated soul, used to perform all his sacrificial acts and observances, both optional and obligatory.
पञ्चरात्रविदो मुख्यास्तस्य गेहे महात्मनः । प्रायणं भगवत्प्रोक्तं भुञ्जते चाग्रभोजनम् ॥
English Translation
Many foremost Brahmanas, well conversant with the Pancharatra ritual, used to eat before all others the food offered to the god Narayana in the palace of that illustrious king.
तस्य प्रशासतो राज्यं धर्मेणामित्रघातिनः । नानृता वाक्समभवन्मनो दुष्टं न चाभवत् । न च कायेन कृतवान्स पापं परमण्वपि ॥
English Translation
As long as that destroyer of enemies continued to rule his kingdom piously, no falsehood ever escaped his lips and no evil thought ever entered his mind.
ये हि ते मुनयः ख्याताः सप्त चित्रशिखण्डिनः । तैरेकमतिभिर्भूत्वा यत्प्रोक्तं शास्त्रमुत्तमम् ॥
मरीचिरत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । वसिष्ठश्च महातेजा एते चित्रशिखण्डिनः ॥
सप्त प्रकृतयो ह्येतास्तथा स्वायंभुवोऽष्टमः । एताभिर्धार्यते लोकस्ताभ्यः शास्त्रं विनिःसृतम् ॥
एकाग्रमनसो दान्ता मुनयः संयमे रताः । इदं श्रेय इदं ब्रह्म इदं हितमनुत्तमम् । लोकान्संचिन्त्य मनसा ततः शास्त्रं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
English Translation
This is good, This is Brahma,—-This is highly beneficial,-reflecting thus in their minds, those Rishis created the worlds, and the science of morality and duty that governs those worlds.
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