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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 326

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 326

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 326

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 326 of the classical Mahābhārata with 125 verses.

Total: 125 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.326.1–125 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 5 (Verses 30 shown)
अव्यक्तं पुरुषे ब्रह्मन्निष्क्रिये संप्रलीयते । नास्ति तस्मात्परतरं पुरुषाद्वै सनातनात् ॥
English Translation
Unmanifest Nature, 0 Brahmana, disappears into Inactive Purusha (Soul). There is nothing higher than Purusha (Soul) which is Eternal.
नित्यं हि नास्ति जगति भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । ऋते तमेकं पुरुषं वासुदेवं सनातनम् । सर्वभूतात्मभूतो हि वासुदेवो महाबलः ॥
English Translation
There is nothing among mobile and immobile things in the universe which is immutable, except Vasudeva, the eternal Purusha.
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् । ते समेता महात्मानः शरीरमिति संज्ञितम् ॥
English Translation
Earth, Wind, Ether, Water, and Fire numbering the fifth—these are the five Great Creatures that have originated from Consciousness.
तदाविशति यो ब्रह्मन्नदृश्यो लघुविक्रमः । उत्पन्न एव भवति शरीरं चेष्टयन्प्रभुः ॥
न विना धातुसंघातं शरीरं भवति क्वचित् । न च जीवं विना ब्रह्मन्धातवश्चेष्टयन्त्युत ॥
स जीवः परिसंख्यातः शेषः संकर्षणः प्रभुः । तस्मात्सनत्कुमारत्वं यो लभेत स्वकर्मणा ॥
यस्मिंश्च सर्वभूतानि प्रलयं यान्ति संक्षये । स मनः सर्वभूतानां प्रद्युम्नः परिपठ्यते ॥
English Translation
He who takes his his rise, from that Sankarshana, by his own acts, Sanatkumara, and in whom all creatures merge when the universal dissolution sets in, is the Mind of all creatures and is called by the name of Praddyumna.
तस्मात्प्रसूतो यः कर्ता कार्यं कारणमेव च । यस्मात्सर्वं प्रभवति जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । सोऽनिरुद्धः स ईशानो व्यक्तिः सा सर्वकर्मसु ॥
English Translation
From Him originates. He who is the Creator, and who is both Cause and Effect. From this last, everything, viz., the mobile and immobile universe, originates. This one is called Aniruddha. He is otherwise called Ishana and He is manifest in all deeds.
यो वासुदेवो भगवान्क्षेत्रज्ञो निर्गुणात्मकः । ज्ञेयः स एव भगवाञ्जीवः संकर्षणः प्रभुः ॥
English Translation
That illustrious one, viz., Vasudeva, who is called Kshetrajna, (Soul) and who is freed from qualities, should, O king of kings, be known as the powerful Sankarshana, when He takes birth as (Individual Soul).
संकर्षणाच्च प्रद्युम्नो मनोभूतः स उच्यते । प्रद्युम्नाद्योऽनिरुद्धस्तु सोऽहंकारो महेश्वरः ॥
English Translation
From Sankarshana originates Praddyumna who is called “Mind-begotten." From Praddymuna is He who is Aniruddha. He is Consciousness, He is Ishvara (Supreme Lord).
मत्तः सर्वं संभवति जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव सच्चासच्चैव नारद ॥
English Translation
It is from me that the entire mobile and immobile universe originates. It is from me, O Narada, that the indestructible and the destructible, the existent and the non-existent, originates.
मां प्रविश्य भवन्तीह मुक्ता भक्तास्तु ये मम । अहं हि पुरुषो ज्ञेयो निष्क्रियः पञ्चविंशकः ॥
English Translation
They who are devoted to me enter into me and become liberated. I am known as Purusha. Without acts, I am the Twenty-fifth.
निर्गुणो निष्कलश्चैव निर्द्वंद्वो निष्परिग्रहः । एतत्त्वया न विज्ञेयं रूपवानिति दृश्यते । इच्छन्मुहूर्तान्नश्येयमीशोऽहं जगतो गुरुः ॥
English Translation
Getting over qualities, I am entire and indivisible. I am above all pairs of opposite and shorn of all attachments. This, O Narada, you will fail to understand. You see me as having a form. If I wish, I can dissolve this form in a moment. I am the Supreme Lord and the Preceptor of the universe.
माया ह्येषा मया सृष्टा यन्मां पश्यसि नारद । सर्वभूतगुणैर्युक्तं नैवं त्वं ज्ञातुमर्हसि । मयैतत्कथितं सम्यक्तव मूर्तिचतुष्टयम् ॥
English Translation
What you see of me, ONarada, is merely an illusion of mine. I now appear to be possessed of the attributes of all created things. You are not competent to know me. I have shown to you duly my fourfold form. I am, O Narada, the doer, I am Cause, and I am Effect.
सिद्धा ह्येते महाभागा नरा ह्येकान्तिनोऽभवन् । तमोरजोभ्यां निर्मुक्ताः प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति च मां मुने ॥
English Translation
These men have all acquired ascetic success and are highly blessed. In day of yore they became entirely devoted to me. They have becn freed from the qualities of Darkness and Ignorance. Forsooth, they are competent to enter me and become merged into my Self.
अहं कर्ता च कार्यं च कारणं चापि नारद । अहं हि जीवसंज्ञो वै मयि जीवः समाहितः । मैवं ते बुद्धिरत्राभूद्दृष्टो जीवो मयेति च ॥
English Translation
I am the sum-total of all living creatures. All living creatures have their refuge in me, Do not think that you have seen the Individual Soul.
अहं सर्वत्रगो ब्रह्मन्भूतग्रामान्तरात्मकः । भूतग्रामशरीरेषु नश्यत्सु न नशाम्यहम् ॥
English Translation
I pervade all things, O Brahmana, and am the inner Soul of all creatures. When the bodies of all creatures, however, are destroyed, I am not destroyed.
हिरण्यगर्भो लोकादिश्चतुर्वक्त्रो निरुक्तगः । ब्रह्मा सनातनो देवो मम बह्वर्थचिन्तकः ॥
English Translation
He called Hiranyagarbha, who is the beginning of the world, who has four faces, who cannot be understood with the help of the Nirukta, who is otherwise called Brahman, who is an eternal god, is engaged in loO king after many of my works.
पश्यैकादश मे रुद्रान्दक्षिणं पार्श्वमास्थितान् । द्वादशैव तथादित्यान्वामं पार्श्वं समास्थितान् ॥
अग्रतश्चैव मे पश्य वसूनष्टौ सुरोत्तमान् । नासत्यं चैव दस्रं च भिषजौ पश्य पृष्ठतः ॥
English Translation
The twelve Adityas are on the left side of my person. See the eight Vasus, those foremnost of gods, are in my front, and see, Nasatya and Dasra, those two celestial physicians, are in the rear. See also in my body all the Prajapatis and see the seven Rishis Also.
सर्वान्प्रजापतीन्पश्य पश्य सप्त ऋषीनपि । वेदान्यज्ञांश्च शतशः पश्यामृतमथौषधीः ॥
तपांसि नियमांश्चैव यमानपि पृथग्विधान् । तथाष्टगुणमैश्वर्यमेकस्थं पश्य मूर्तिमत् ॥
श्रियं लक्ष्मीं च कीर्तिं च पृथिवीं च ककुद्मिनीम् । वेदानां मातरं पश्य मत्स्थां देवीं सरस्वतीम् ॥
ध्रुवं च ज्योतिषां श्रेष्ठं पश्य नारद खेचरम् । अम्भोधरान्समुद्रांश्च सरांसि सरितस्तथा ॥
मूर्तिमन्तः पितृगणांश्चतुरः पश्य सत्तम । त्रींश्चैवेमान्गुणान्पश्य मत्स्थान्मूर्तिविवर्जितान् ॥
English Translation
See also all the Oceans, those receptacles of water, and lakes, and rivers. See, also, O best of men, the four foremost ones amongst the Pitris in their embodied forms. See also, living in me, the three qualities (of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas) which are formless.
देवकार्यादपि मुने पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते । देवानां च पितॄणां च पिता ह्येकोऽहमादितः ॥
English Translation
The acts done in honour of the departed mane are superior to those done in honour of the gods. I am the Pitri of the both the gods and the Pitris, and am existing from the beginning.
अहं हयशिरो भूत्वा समुद्रे पश्चिमोत्तरे । पिबामि सुहुतं हव्यं कव्यं च श्रद्धयान्वितम् ॥
English Translation
Becoming the Equine-head I pass through the Western and the Northern ocean and drink sacrificial libations duly poured with Mantras and solid sacrificial food offered with respect and devotion.
मया सृष्टः पुरा ब्रह्मा मद्यज्ञमयजत्स्वयम् । ततस्तस्मै वरान्प्रीतो ददावहमनुत्तमान् ॥
English Translation
In ancient times I created Brahman who himself worshipped me in sacrifices. Pleased with him on that account I granted him many excellent boons.
मत्पुत्रत्वं च कल्पादौ लोकाध्यक्षत्वमेव च । अहंकारकृतं चैव नाम पर्यायवाचकम् ॥
English Translation
I said to him that in the beginning of the cycle he would be born to me as my son, and the sovereignty of all the worlds would he enjoy, and various names will be given to diverse objects on account of the Ahankara, i. e., egoism, coming into existence.
त्वया कृतां च मर्यादां नातिक्राम्यति कश्चन । त्वं चैव वरदो ब्रह्मन्वरेप्सूनां भविष्यसि ॥
English Translation
I also told him that none would ever violate the limits and boundaries he would lay down, and, further that he would be the giver of boons to persons who would solicit him for the same.
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