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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 47

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 47

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 47

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 47 of the classical Mahābhārata with 73 verses.

Total: 73 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.47.1–73 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
पदाङ्गं संधिपर्वाणं स्वरव्यञ्जनलक्षणम् । यमाहुरक्षरं नित्यं तस्मै वागात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Roots with all kinds of affixes and suffixes form your limbs. The Sandhis are your joints. The consonants and vowels are your ornaments. The Vedas have described you as the divine word. Salutations to you in your form as the Word.
यश्चिनोति सतां सेतुमृतेनामृतयोनिना । धर्मार्थव्यवहाराङ्गैस्तस्मै सत्यात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You make the bridge for crossing the sea of life with Truth, with the means of emancipation, and with the means by which the senses may be controlled. Salutations to thee in your form of Truth.
यं पृथग्धर्मचरणाः पृथग्धर्मफलैषिणः । पृथग्धर्मैः समर्चन्ति तस्मै धर्मात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Men following various religions moved by desire of various fruits, worship you with various rites. Salutations to you in your form of religion.
यं तं व्यक्तस्थमव्यक्तं विचिन्वन्ति महर्षयः । क्षेत्रे क्षेत्रज्ञमासीनं तस्मै क्षेत्रात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
The great Rishis seek your unmanifest self within the manifest. Called Kshetrajna, you sit in Kshetra. Salutations to you in your form of Kshetra.
यं दृगात्मानमात्मस्थं वृतं षोडशभिर्गुणैः । प्राहुः सप्तदशं सांख्यास्तस्मै सांख्यात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Though always conscious and present in self, the Sankhyas still describe you as existing in the three states of wakefulness, dream and sleep. They further describe you as possessed of sixteen attributes and representing the number seventeen. Salutations to your form as described by the Sankhyas.
यं विनिद्रा जितश्वासाः सत्त्वस्थाः संयतेन्द्रियाः । ज्योतिः पश्यन्ति युञ्जानास्तस्मै योगात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
I bow to the Soul of Yoga who is seen in the form of an effulgent Light by persons that have their senses under restraint, who are endued with the quality of Goodness, who have regulated their breaths, and who who have conquered sleep.
अपुण्यपुण्योपरमे यं पुनर्भवनिर्भयाः । शान्ताः संन्यासिनो यान्ति तस्मै मोक्षात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Peaceful Sannyasins, freed from fear of rebirth on account of the extinction of all their sins and merits, obtain you. Salutations to you in your form of emancipation.
योऽसौ युगसहस्रान्ते प्रदीप्तार्चिर्विभावसुः । संभक्षयति भूतानि तस्मै घोरात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
At the end of a thousand cycles, you assume the form of a fire with blazing flames and consume all creatures. Salutations to you in your form of fierceness.
संभक्ष्य सर्वभूतानि कृत्वा चैकार्णवं जगत् । बालः स्वपिति यश्चैकस्तस्मै मायात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Having consumed all creatures and converted the universe into one sheet of water, you sleep on the waters in the form of a child. Salutations to you in your form as Maya (illusion).
सहस्रशिरसे तस्मै पुरुषायामितात्मने । चतुःसमुद्रपर्याययोगनिद्रात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You have a thousand heads. You permeate everything. You are of immeasurable soul. You have conquered the four kinds of desire that are as vast as the four seas. Salutations to you in your form of Yoga sleep.
अजस्य नाभावध्येकं यस्मिन्विश्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । पुष्करं पुष्कराक्षस्य तस्मै पद्मात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
From the navel of the Self-born having eyes like lotus leaves, sprung a lotus. On that lotus is situate this universe. Salutations to you in your form as lotus.
यस्य केशेषु जीमूता नद्यः सर्वाङ्गसंधिषु । कुक्षौ समुद्राश्चत्वारस्तस्मै तोयात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
I salute Him who is the soul of water, in whose hair are the clouds, in the joints of whose body are the rivers, and in whose stomach are the four oceans.
युगेष्वावर्तते योंऽशैर्दिनर्त्वयनहायनैः । सर्गप्रलययोः कर्ता तस्मै कालात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You appear in very cycle in the forms called month and season and half-year and year, and are the cause of both creation and dissolution. Salutations to you in your form of Time.
ब्रह्म वक्त्रं भुजौ क्षत्रं कृत्स्नमूरूदरं विशः । पादौ यस्याश्रिताः शूद्रास्तस्मै वर्णात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Brahmanas are your mouth, Kshatriyas are your two arms., Vaishyas are your stomach and thighs, and Shudras are your feet. Salutations to you in your form of caste.
यस्याग्निरास्यं द्यौर्मूर्धा खं नाभिश्चरणौ क्षितिः । सूर्यश्चक्षुर्दिशः श्रोत्रे तस्मै लोकात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Fire is your mouth. The heavens are the crown of your head. The sky in your navel. The Earth is your feet. The Sun is your eye. The points of horizon are your ears. Salutations to you in your form as the three worlds.
विषये वर्तमानानां यं तं वैशेषिकैर्गुणैः । प्राहुर्विषयगोप्तारं तस्मै गोप्त्रात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
People according to the attributes assigned to you by the Vaisheshika theory, consider you as the Protector of the world. Salutations to you in your form of Protector.
अन्नपानेन्धनमयो रसप्राणविवर्धनः । यो धारयति भूतानि तस्मै प्राणात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Assuming the forms of food, drink, and fuel, you multiply the humours and the vital airs of creatures and keep up their existence. Salutations to you in your form of life.
परः कालात्परो यज्ञात्परः सदसतोश्च यः । अनादिरादिर्विश्वस्य तस्मै विश्वात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You are superior to Time. You are superior to Sacrifice. You are higher than the highest. Having yourself no origin, you are the origin of the Universe. Salutations to you in your form as Universe.
यो मोहयति भूतानि स्नेहरागानुबन्धनैः । सर्गस्य रक्षणार्थाय तस्मै मोहात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You stupefy all creatures by the letters of affection and love for the continuance of the creation. Salutations to you in your form of stupefaction.
आत्मज्ञानमिदं ज्ञानं ज्ञात्वा पञ्चस्ववस्थितम् । यं ज्ञानिनोऽधिगच्छन्ति तस्मै ज्ञानात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Knowing that knowledge which knows the five elements to be the true Self-knowledge people approach you by knowledge. Salutations to you in your form of Knowledge.
अप्रमेयशरीराय सर्वतोऽनन्तचक्षुषे । अपारपरिमेयाय तस्मै चिन्त्यात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Your body cannot be measured. Your understanding and eyes see every thing. You are infinite and immeasurable. Salutations to you in your form of vastness.
जटिने दण्डिने नित्यं लम्बोदरशरीरिणे । कमण्डलुनिषङ्गाय तस्मै ब्रह्मात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You had assumed the form of a hermit with matted locks on head, staff in hand, a long stomach, and having alms bowl for your quiver. Salutations to your form of Brahma.
शूलिने त्रिदशेशाय त्र्यम्बकाय महात्मने । भस्मदिग्धोर्ध्वलिङ्गाय तस्मै रुद्रात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You carry the trident, you are the lord of the celestials, you have three eyes, and you are great. Your body is always besmeared with ashes. Salutations to you in your form of Rudra.
पञ्चभूतात्मभूताय भूतादिनिधनात्मने । अक्रोधद्रोहमोहाय तस्मै शान्तात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
You are the soul of all creatures. You are the Creator and the Destroyer of all creatures. You are without anger, without enmity, without affection. Salutations to you in your form of Peace.
यस्मिन्सर्वं यतः सर्वं यः सर्वं सर्वतश्च यः । यश्च सर्वमयो नित्यं तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥
English Translation
Everything is in you. Everything originates from you. You are Everything. Everywhere are you. You are always the All. Salutations to you in your form as Everything.
विश्वकर्मन्नमस्तेऽस्तु विश्वात्मन्विश्वसंभव । अपवर्गोऽसि भूतानां पञ्चानां परतः स्थितः ॥
English Translation
The universe is the work of your hand. You are the soul of the universe and the universe has originated from you. Salutations to you. You are the end of all created things. You are above the five elements.
नमस्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु नमस्ते परतस्त्रिषु । नमस्ते दिक्षु सर्वासु त्वं हि सर्वपरायणम् ॥
English Translation
Salutations to you who are the three worlds to you who are above the three worlds! Salutations to you who are all the directions. You are all you are the one refuge of All.
नमस्ते भगवन्विष्णो लोकानां प्रभवाप्यय । त्वं हि कर्ता हृषीकेश संहर्ता चापराजितः ॥
English Translation
Salutations to you. O divine Lord, O Vishnu, and, O eternal origin of all the worlds. You, O Hrishikesha, are the Creator, you are the Destroyer, and you are invincible.
तेन पश्यामि ते दिव्यान्भावान्हि त्रिषु वर्त्मसु । तच्च पश्यामि तत्त्वेन यत्ते रूपं सनातनम् ॥
English Translation
I cannot see that divine form in which you are manifest in the Past, Present, and Future. I can, however, see truly your eternal form.
दिवं ते शिरसा व्याप्तं पद्भ्यां देवी वसुंधरा । विक्रमेण त्रयो लोकाः पुरुषोऽसि सनातनः ॥
English Translation
You have filled heaven with your head, and Earth with your, and feet the three worlds with your energy. You are Eternal. and permeate everything in the universe.
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