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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 192

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 192

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 192

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 192 of the classical Mahābhārata with 128 verses.

Total: 128 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.192.1–128 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 5 of 5 (Verses 8 shown)
एवं सोमे तथा वायौ भूम्याकाशशरीरगः । सरागस्तत्र वसति गुणांस्तेषां समाचरन् ॥
English Translation
He is equally affected if he goes to Soma, or Vayu, or Earth, or Space. The fact is, he lives in all these, with attachment, and shows the attributes peculiar to those regions.
अथ तत्र विरागी स गच्छति त्वथ संशयम् । परमव्ययमिच्छन्स तमेवाविशते पुनः ॥
English Translation
If, however, after having freed himself from attachments, he goes to those regions and does not trust the happiness he enjoys) and wishes for That Which is Supreme and Immutable, he then enters even That.
अमृताच्चामृतं प्राप्तः शीतीभूतो निरात्मवान् । ब्रह्मभूतः स निर्द्वंद्वः सुखी शान्तो निरामयः ॥
English Translation
In that case he acquires the ambrosia of ambrosia, to a state free from desire and individual consciousness. He becomes Brahma's self, freed from the influence of the pairs of opposites, happy, tranquil, the without pain.
ब्रह्मस्थानमनावर्तमेकमक्षरसंज्ञकम् । अदुःखमजरं शान्तं स्थानं तत्प्रतिपद्यते ॥
English Translation
Indeed, he acquires that state which is free from pain, which is tranquil, which is called Brahma, whence there is no return, and which is called the One and Jummutable.
चतुर्भिर्लक्षणैर्हीनं तथा षड्भिः सषोडशैः । पुरुषं समतिक्रम्य आकाशं प्रतिपद्यते ॥
English Translation
He becomes freed from the four means of perception, viz., Direct knowledge (through the senses), Revelation, Inference, and Intuition, the six conditions, (Hunger, Trust, Grief, Delusion, Disease, and Death), and also the other six and ten senses, attributes, viz., five breaths, the ten senses, and the mind. Transcending the Creator (Brahiman), he becomes at one with the One Supreme Soul.
अथ वेच्छति रागात्मा सर्वं तदधितिष्ठति । यच्च प्रार्थयते तच्च मनसा प्रतिपद्यते ॥
English Translation
Or, if moved by attachments, he does not wish for such absorption, but wishes to have a separate existence depending on that Supreme Cause of everything, then he gets the fruition of all his desires.
अथ वा वीक्षते लोकान्सर्वान्निरयसंस्थितान् । निःस्पृहः सर्वतो मुक्तस्तत्रैव रमते सुखी ॥
English Translation
Or, if he hates all regions of happiness, which have been called hells, he then, driving off desire and freed from everything, enjoys supreme happiness even in those very regions.
एवमेषा महाराज जापकस्य गतिर्यथा । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥
English Translation
Thus, O king, I have described to you about the end acquired by Reciters. I have told you everything. What else do you wish to hear from me?
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