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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 328

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 328

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 328

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 328 of the classical Mahābhārata with 54 verses.

Total: 54 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.328.1–54 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 24 shown)
चतुर्विधा मम जना भक्ता एवं हि ते श्रुतम् । तेषामेकान्तिनः श्रेष्ठास्ते चैवानन्यदेवताः । अहमेव गतिस्तेषां निराशीःकर्मकारिणाम् ॥
English Translation
I have heard that there are four kinds of worshippers. Among them all, they that are devoted to me wholly and do not worship any other god, are the foremost. I am the end they seek, and though engaged in deeds, they never seek the fruits thereof.
ये च शिष्टास्त्रयो भक्ताः फलकामा हि ते मताः । सर्वे च्यवनधर्माणः प्रतिबुद्धस्तु श्रेष्ठभाक् ॥
English Translation
The three remaining classes of my worshippers are those who seek the fruits of their acts. They acquire regions of great happiness, but then they have to drop down therefrom upon the exhaustion of their merits. Those amongst my worshippers, therefore, who are fully awakened obtain what is foremost.
ब्रह्माणं शितिकण्ठं च याश्चान्या देवताः स्मृताः । प्रबुद्धवर्याः सेवन्ते मामेवैष्यन्ति यत्परम् । भक्तं प्रति विशेषस्ते एष पार्थानुकीर्तितः ॥
English Translation
Those who are awakened and whose conduct shows such enlightenment, may be engaged in worshipping Brahman or Mahadeva or the other gods who live in heaven, but they succeed at least in getting to myself.
त्वं चैवाहं च कौन्तेय नरनारायणौ स्मृतौ । भारावतरणार्थं हि प्रविष्टौ मानुषीं तनुम् ॥
English Translation
I have thus told you, O Partha, what the destinations are between my worshippers. Yourself, O son of Kunti, and myself are known as Nara and Narayana. Both of us have taken human bodies only for the purpose of lightening the load of the Earth.
जानाम्यध्यात्मयोगांश्च योऽहं यस्माच्च भारत । निवृत्तिलक्षणो धर्मस्तथाभ्युदयिकोऽपि च ॥
English Translation
I know the different sorts of Yoga that rest on the Soul. I know who I am and whence I am, O Bharata. I know the Religion of Renunciation, and all that contributes to the prosperity of creatures.
नराणामयनं ख्यातमहमेकः सनातनः । आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः । अयनं मम तत्पूर्वमतो नारायणो ह्यहम् ॥
English Translation
Eternal as I am, I am the one sole Refuge of all men. The waters have been called by the name of Nara, for they originated from Him called Nara. And since the waters, in former times, were my refuge, I am, therefore, called by the name of Narayana.
छादयामि जगद्विश्वं भूत्वा सूर्य इवांशुभिः । सर्वभूताधिवासश्च वासुदेवस्ततो ह्यहम् ॥
English Translation
Taking the form of the Sun I cover the universe, with my rays. And because I am the home of all creatures, therefore, am I called by the name of Vasudeva.
गतिश्च सर्वभूतानां प्रजानां चापि भारत । व्याप्ता मे रोदसी पार्थ कान्तिश्चाभ्यधिका मम ॥
English Translation
I am the end of all creatures and their father, O Bharata. I pervade the entire sky and the Earth. O Partha. and my splendour transcends every other splendour.
अधिभूतानि चान्तेऽहं तदिच्छंश्चास्मि भारत । क्रमणाच्चाप्यहं पार्थ विष्णुरित्यभिसंज्ञितः ॥
English Translation
I am He, O Bharata, whom all creatures wish to attain to at the end. And because I overwhelm all the universe, I am called by the name of Vishnu.
दमात्सिद्धिं परीप्सन्तो मां जनाः कामयन्ति हि । दिवं चोर्वीं च मध्यं च तस्माद्दामोदरो ह्यहम् ॥
English Translation
Desirous of acquiring success through control of their senses, people seek to obtain to me who am heaven and Earth and the sky between the two. For this am I called Damodara.
पृश्निरित्युच्यते चान्नं वेदा आपोऽमृतं तथा । ममैतानि सदा गर्भे पृश्निगर्भस्ततो ह्यहम् ॥
English Translation
The word Prishni includes food, the Vedas, water, and nectar. These four are always in my stomach. Hence am I called Prishnigarbha.
ऋषयः प्राहुरेवं मां त्रितकूपाभिपातितम् । पृश्निगर्भ त्रितं पाहीत्येकतद्वितपातितम् ॥
English Translation
The Rishis have said that once on a time when the Rishi Trita was thrown into a well by Ekata and Dvita, the distressed Trita invoked me, saying,-O Prishnigarbha, do you save the fallen Trita.
ततः स ब्रह्मणः पुत्र आद्यो ऋषिवरस्त्रितः । उत्ततारोदपानाद्वै पृश्निगर्भानुकीर्तनात् ॥
English Translation
That foremost of Rishis, viz., Trita, the spiritual son of Brahma, having called on me thus, was saved from the pit.
सूर्यस्य तपतो लोकानग्नेः सोमस्य चाप्युत । अंशवो ये प्रकाशन्ते मम ते केशसंज्ञिताः । सर्वज्ञाः केशवं तस्मान्मामाहुर्द्विजसत्तमाः ॥
English Translation
The rays that come out of the Sun who gives heat to the world, from the blazing fire, and from the Moon, form my hair. Hence do foremost of learned Brahmanas call me by the name of Keshava.
स्वपत्न्यामाहितो गर्भ उतथ्येन महात्मना । उतथ्येऽन्तर्हिते चैव कदाचिद्देवमायया । बृहस्पतिरथाविन्दत्तां पत्नीं तस्य भारत ॥
English Translation
The great Utathya having impregnated his wife disappeared from her side through an illusion of the gods. The younger brother Brihaspati then appeared before that great one's wife.
ततो वै तमृषिश्रेष्ठं मैथुनोपगतं तथा । उवाच गर्भः कौन्तेय पञ्चभूतसमन्वितः ॥
पूर्वागतोऽहं वरद नार्हस्यम्बां प्रबाधितुम् । एतद्बृहस्पतिः श्रुत्वा चुक्रोध च शशाप च ॥
मैथुनोपगतो यस्मात्त्वयाहं विनिवारितः । तस्मादन्धो जास्यसि त्वं मच्छापान्नात्र संशयः ॥
स शापादृषिमुख्यस्य दीर्घं तम उपेयिवान् । स हि दीर्घतमा नाम नाम्ना ह्यासीदृषिः पुरा ॥
English Translation
Through this curse of the foremost of Rishis, the child of Utathya was born blind and remained so for a long time. It was, therefore, that that Rishi, in days of yore, passed by the name of Dirghatamas.
वेदानवाप्य चतुरः साङ्गोपाङ्गान्सनातनान् । प्रयोजयामास तदा नाम गुह्यमिदं मम ॥
English Translation
He, however, acquired the four Vedas with their eternal limbs and subsidiary parts. After that-he frequently invoked me by this secret name of mine. Indeed, according to the ordinance as laid down he repeatedly called me by the name of Keshava.
आनुपूर्व्येण विधिना केशवेति पुनः पुनः । स चक्षुष्मान्समभवद्गौतमश्चाभवत्पुनः ॥
English Translation
Through the merit he acquired by uttering this name repeatedly, he became cured of his blindness and then passed by the name of Gotama.
एवं हि वरदं नाम केशवेति ममार्जुन । देवानामथ सर्वेषामृषीणां च महात्मनाम् ॥
English Translation
This name of mine, therefore, O Arjuna, is productive of boons to them who utter it among all the gods and the great Rishis.
अग्निः सोमेन संयुक्त एकयोनि मुखं कृतम् । अग्नीषोमात्मकं तस्माज्जगत्कृत्स्नं चराचरम् ॥
English Translation
The god of fire and Soma, blending together, become transfused into one and the same substance. It is, therefore, that the entire universe of mobile and immobile creatures is said to be pervaded by those two gods.
अपि हि पुराणे भवति । एकयोन्यात्मकावग्नीषोमौ । देवाश्चाग्निमुखा इति । एकयोनित्वाच्च परस्परं महयन्तो लोकान्धारयत इति ॥
English Translation
In the Puranas, Agni and Soma are spoken of at possessing natures that had one and the same result. The gods also are said to have Agni for their mouth. It is on account of these two beings gifted with natures leading to the same result that they are said to be deserving of each other and upholders of the universe."
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