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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 337

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 337

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 337

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 337 of the classical Mahābhārata with 70 verses.

Total: 70 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.337.1–70 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
सांख्यं योगं पञ्चरात्रं वेदारण्यकमेव च । ज्ञानान्येतानि ब्रह्मर्षे लोकेषु प्रचरन्ति ह ॥
English Translation
The Sankhya System, the Pancharatra Scriptures, and the Aranyaka-Vedas—these different systems of knowledge or religion,-0 twice-born Rishi, are current in the world.
किमेतान्येकनिष्ठानि पृथङ्निष्ठानि वा मुने । प्रब्रूहि वै मया पृष्टः प्रवृत्तिं च यथाक्रमम् ॥
English Translation
Do all these systems preach the same course of duties, or are the courses of duties preached by them, O ascetic, different from one another? Accosted by me, do you describe to me on Renunciation in due order!
जज्ञे बहुज्ञं परमत्युदारं; यं द्वीपमध्ये सुतमात्मवन्तम् । पराशराद्गन्धवती महर्षिं; तस्मै नमोऽज्ञानतमोनुदाय ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said I bow to that great Rishi who is the remover of Darkness, and whom Satyavati bore to Parashara in the midst of an island, who is endued with great knowledge and great liberality of soul.
पितामहाद्यं प्रवदन्ति षष्ठं; महर्षिमार्षेयविभूतियुक्तम् । नारायणस्यांशजमेकपुत्रं; द्वैपायनं वेदमहानिधानम् ॥
English Translation
The learned say that he is the origin of the Grandfather Brahman; that he is the sixth form of Narayana; that he is the foremost of Rishis; that he is endued with the power of Yoga; that as the only son of his parents he is an incarnate part of Narayana; and that, born under extraordinary circumstances on an Island, he is the undecaying receptacle of the Vedas.
तमादिकालेषु महाविभूति;र्नारायणो ब्रह्ममहानिधानम् । ससर्ज पुत्रार्थमुदारतेजा; व्यासं महात्मानमजः पुराणः ॥
English Translation
In the Krita age, Narayana, of great power and might energy, created him as his son. Verily, the great Vyasa is unborn and ancient and is the undecaying receptacle of the Vedas.
त्वयैव कथितः पूर्वं संभवो द्विजसत्तम । वसिष्ठस्य सुतः शक्तिः शक्तेः पुत्रः पराशरः ॥
English Translation
Janamejaya said, O best of twice-born ones, it was you who said before this that the Rishi Vashishtha had a son named Shakti and that Shakti had a son named Parashara, and that Parashara begot a son named the Island-born Krishna gifted with great ascetic merit.
पराशरस्य दायादः कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः । भूयो नारायणसुतं त्वमेवैनं प्रभाषसे ॥
किमतः पूर्वजं जन्म व्यासस्यामिततेजसः । कथयस्वोत्तममते जन्म नारायणोद्भवम् ॥
English Translation
You tell me again that Vyasa is the son of Narayana. I ask was it in some former birth that Vyasa of great energy had originated from Narayana? O you of great intelligence, do tell me of that birth of Vyasa from Narayana!
वेदार्थान्वेत्तुकामस्य धर्मिष्ठस्य तपोनिधेः । गुरोर्मे ज्ञाननिष्ठस्य हिमवत्पाद आसतः ॥
English Translation
Desirous of understanding the meaning of the Shrutis, my preceptor, that sea of penances, who is greatly devoted to the observance of all scriptural duties and the acquisition of knowledge, lived for sometime in a particular region of the Himavat mountains.
कृत्वा भारतमाख्यानं तपःश्रान्तस्य धीमतः । शुश्रूषां तत्परा राजन्कृतवन्तो वयं तदा ॥
English Translation
Gifted with great intelligence, he became fatigued with his penances on account of the great strain on his energies made by the composition of the Mahabharata. At that time, Sumanta and Jaimini and Paila of firm vows and myself as the fourth, and Shuka his own son, were his disciples. All of us, O king, seeing the fatigfue of our preceptor, waited dutifully upon him, engaged in doing all that was necessary for removing that fatigue of his.
सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिश्चैव पैलश्च सुदृढव्रतः । अहं चतुर्थः शिष्यो वै शुको व्यासात्मजस्तथा ॥
English Translation
Gifted with great intelligence, he became fatigued with his penances on account of the great strain on his energies made by the composition of the Mahabharata. At that time, Sumanta and Jaimini and Paila of firm vows and myself as the fourth, and Shuka his own son, were his disciples. All of us, O king, seeing the fatigfue of our preceptor, waited dutifully upon him, engaged in doing all that was necessary for removing that fatigue of his.
एभिः परिवृतो व्यासः शिष्यैः पञ्चभिरुत्तमैः । शुशुभे हिमवत्पादे भूतैर्भूतपतिर्यथा ॥
English Translation
Surrounded by these disciples of his, Vyasa shone on the breast of the Himavat mountains like the Lord of all the goblins, viz., Mahadeva, in the midst of those ghostly attendants of his.
वेदानावर्तयन्साङ्गान्भारतार्थांश्च सर्वशः । तमेकमनसं दान्तं युक्ता वयमुपास्महे ॥
English Translation
Having recapitulated the Vedas with all their branches as also the meanings of all the Verses in the Mahabharata, one day, with rapt attention, all of us approached our preceptor who, having mastered his senses, was at time engaged in thought.
कथान्तरेऽथ कस्मिंश्चित्पृष्टोऽस्माभिर्द्विजोत्तमः । वेदार्थान्भारतार्थांश्च जन्म नारायणात्तथा ॥
English Translation
Availing ourselves of an interval in the conversation, we asked that foremost of twiceborn ones to explain to us the meanings of the Vedas and of the Verses in the Mahabharata and describe to us the events as well of his own birth from Narayana.
स पूर्वमुक्त्वा वेदार्थान्भारतार्थांश्च तत्त्ववित् । नारायणादिदं जन्म व्याहर्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥
English Translation
Conversant as he was with all subjects of enquiry, he at first described to us the interpretations of the Shrutis and the Mahabharata, and then began to narrate to us the following events regarding his birth from Narayana.
शृणुध्वमाख्यानवरमेतदार्षेयमुत्तमम् । आदिकालोद्भवं विप्रास्तपसाधिगतं मया ॥
English Translation
Vyasa said Listen, ye disciples to this foremost of narratives, to this best of histories that concerns the birth of a Rishi. Belonging to the Krita age, this discourse has become known to me through my penances, ye twice-born ones.
प्राप्ते प्रजाविसर्गे वै सप्तमे पद्मसंभवे । नारायणो महायोगी शुभाशुभविवर्जितः ॥
English Translation
On the occasion of the seventh creation, viz., that which was due to the primeval Lotus, Narayana, gifted, with the austerest penances, getting over both good and evil, and possessed of peerless splendour, at first created Brahman, from his navel. After Brahman had come into being, Narayana addressed him, saying,
ससृजे नाभितः पुत्रं ब्रह्माणममितप्रभम् । ततः स प्रादुरभवदथैनं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
मम त्वं नाभितो जातः प्रजासर्गकरः प्रभुः । सृज प्रजास्त्वं विविधा ब्रह्मन्सजडपण्डिताः ॥
English Translation
You have originated from my navel. Gifted with power of creation, do you begin to create diverse kinds of creatures, rational and irrational.
स एवमुक्तो विमुखश्चिन्ताव्याकुलमानसः । प्रणम्य वरदं देवमुवाच हरिमीश्वरम् ॥
English Translation
Thus addressed by his Creator, Brahman, with mind stricken with anxiety, felt the difficulty of his task and became reluctant to do what he was ordered to do. Bowing his head to the boon-giving and illustrious Hari, the Lord of the universe, Brahman said these words to him,
का शक्तिर्मम देवेश प्रजाः स्रष्टुं नमोऽस्तु ते । अप्रज्ञावानहं देव विधत्स्व यदनन्तरम् ॥
English Translation
I bow to you, O Lord of the gods, but I ask what power have I to create various creatures? I have no wisdom. Do you ordain what should be ordained in view of this.
स एवमुक्तो भगवान्भूत्वाथान्तर्हितस्ततः । चिन्तयामास देवेशो बुद्धिं बुद्धिमतां वरः ॥
English Translation
Thus addressed by Brahman, the Lord of the universe, viz., Narayana, disappeared there and then from Brahman's view, the foremost of all being gifted with intelligence, viz., the Supreme Lord, then thought of Intelligence.
स्वरूपिणी ततो बुद्धिरुपतस्थे हरिं प्रभुम् । योगेन चैनां निर्योगः स्वयं नियुयुजे तदा ॥
English Translation
Possessed of form that resembled immediately appeared before the powerful Hari. Himself above all Yoga, Narayana then, with Yoga, applied the goddess of Intelligence properly.
स तामैश्वर्ययोगस्थां बुद्धिं शक्तिमतीं सतीम् । उवाच वचनं देवो बुद्धिं वै प्रभुरव्ययः ॥
English Translation
The illustrious and powerful and immutable Hari, addressed the goddess of Intelligence who was gifted with activity and goodness and all the power of Yoga, said to her these words-
ब्रह्माणं प्रविशस्वेति लोकसृष्ट्यर्थसिद्धये । ततस्तमीश्वरादिष्टा बुद्धिः क्षिप्रं विवेश सा ॥
English Translation
For the accomplishment of the work of creating all the words do you enter into Brahman!-Ordered thus by the Supreme Lord, Intelligence immediately entered Brahman.
अथैनं बुद्धिसंयुक्तं पुनः स ददृशे हरिः । भूयश्चैनं वचः प्राह सृजेमा विविधाः प्रजाः ॥
English Translation
When Hari saw that Brahman had become united with Intelligence, He once addressed him, saying,-Do you now create various creatures.
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । प्राप चैव मुहूर्तेन स्वस्थानं देवसंज्ञितम् ॥
English Translation
Replying to Narayana by uttering the word— Yes,-Brahman reverently accepted the order of his progenitor. Narayana then disappeared from Brahman's view, and in a more moment repaired to his own place known by the name of Light or Effulgence. Coming back to His own disposition, Hari resolved Himself into His one universal nature.
तां चैव प्रकृतिं प्राप्य एकीभावगतोऽभवत् । अथास्य बुद्धिरभवत्पुनरन्या तदा किल ॥
सृष्टा इमाः प्रजाः सर्वा ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । दैत्यदानवगन्धर्वरक्षोगणसमाकुलाः । जाता हीयं वसुमती भाराक्रान्ता तपस्विनी ॥
English Translation
After the work of Creation, however, had been done by Brahman, another thought arose in the mind of Narayana. Indeed,. He thought thus,-Brahman, otherwise called Parameshthi, has created all these creatures, consisting of Daityas and Danavas and Gandharvas and Rakshasas. The helpless Earth has become loaded with the weight of creatures.
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