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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 290

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 290

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 290

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 290 of the classical Mahābhārata with 111 verses.

Total: 111 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.290.1–111 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 3 of 4 (Verses 30 shown)
राजसानशुभान्गन्धांस्तामसांश्च तथाविधान् । पुण्यांश्च सात्त्विकान्गन्धान्स्पर्शजान्देहसंश्रितान् । छित्त्वाशु ज्ञानशस्त्रेण तपोदण्डेन भारत ॥
ततो दुःखोदकं घोरं चिन्ताशोकमहाह्रदम् । व्याधिमृत्युमहाग्राहं महाभयमहोरगम् ॥
तमःकूर्मं रजोमीनं प्रज्ञया संतरन्त्युत । स्नेहपङ्कं जरादुर्गं स्पर्शद्वीपमरिंदम ॥
कर्मागाधं सत्यतीरं स्थितव्रतमिदं नृप । हिंसाशीघ्रमहावेगं नानारसमहाकरम् ॥
नानाप्रीतिमहारत्नं दुःखज्वरसमीरणम् । शोकतृष्णामहावर्तं तीक्ष्णव्याधिमहागजम् ॥
अस्थिसंघातसंघाटं श्लेष्मफेनमरिंदम । दानमुक्ताकरं भीमं शोणितह्रदविद्रुमम् ॥
हसितोत्क्रुष्टनिर्घोषं नानाज्ञानसुदुस्तरम् । रोदनाश्रुमलक्षारं सङ्गत्यागपरायणम् ॥
पुनराजन्मलोकौघं पुत्रबान्धवपत्तनम् । अहिंसासत्यमर्यादं प्राणत्यागमहोर्मिणम् ॥
वेदान्तगमनद्वीपं सर्वभूतदयोदधिम् । मोक्षदुष्प्रापविषयं वडवामुखसागरम् ॥
तरन्ति मुनयः सिद्धा ज्ञानयोगेन भारत । तीर्त्वा च दुस्तरं जन्म विशन्ति विमलं नभः ॥
ततस्तान्सुकृतीन्सांख्यान्सूर्यो वहति रश्मिभिः । पद्मतन्तुवदाविश्य प्रवहन्विषयान्नृप ॥
English Translation
The Sun-god then bears, with his rays, those pious men who prastise the Sankhya doctrines. Like the fibres of the lotus-stalk carrying water to the flower into which they all converge, the Sun-God, drinking all things from the universe, conveys them to those good and wise men.
तत्र तान्प्रवहो वायुः प्रतिगृह्णाति भारत । वीतरागान्यतीन्सिद्धान्वीर्ययुक्तांस्तपोधनान् ॥
सूक्ष्मः शीतः सुगन्धी च सुखस्पर्शश्च भारत । सप्तानां मरुतां श्रेष्ठो लोकान्गच्छति यः शुभान् । स तान्वहति कौन्तेय नभसः परमां गतिम् ॥
नभो वहति लोकेश रजसः परमां गतिम् । रजो वहति राजेन्द्र सत्त्वस्य परमां गतिम् ॥
सत्त्वं वहति शुद्धात्मन्परं नारायणं प्रभुम् । प्रभुर्वहति शुद्धात्मा परमात्मानमात्मना ॥
English Translation
Darkness then carries them to the highest end of Goodness. Goodness then bears them,O you of pure soul, to the Supreme and powerful Narayana.
परमात्मानमासाद्य तद्भूतायतनामलाः । अमृतत्वाय कल्पन्ते न निवर्तन्ति चाभिभो । परमा सा गतिः पार्थ निर्द्वंद्वानां महात्मनाम् ॥
English Translation
The powerful and pure-souled Narayana at last through himself, carries them to the Supreme Soul, those pure persons, who have become the body of Brahman, attain to immortality, and they have never afterwards to come back from that position, O King! That is the highest end, O son of Pritha, which is acquired by those great men who have got over the influence of all pairs of opposites.
स्थानमुत्तममासाद्य भगवन्तं स्थिरव्रताः । आजन्ममरणं वा ते स्मरन्त्युत न वानघ ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said O pure one, have those persons of firm Vows, after they have acquired that excellent position which is fraught with power and happiness, and recollection of their lives including birth and death?
यदत्र तथ्यं तन्मे त्वं यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि । त्वदृते मानवं नान्यं प्रष्टुमर्हामि कौरव ॥
English Translation
You should tell me properly what the truth is in this respect. O you of Kuru's race, I do not think it proper to ask any one else but you,
मोक्षदोषो महानेष प्राप्य सिद्धिं गतानृषीन् । यदि तत्रैव विज्ञाने वर्तन्ते यतयः परे ॥
English Translation
Following the scriptures relating to Liberation, I find this great fault in the subject, If, having attained to that high state, the Yatis continue to live in consciousness, it would appear, O king, that the religion of work is superior. If, again, consciousness disappear from the liberated state and one who has become liberated only resembles a person sunk in dreamless slumber, then nothing can be more improper than to say that there is really no consciousness in Liberation.
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्मं पश्यामि परमं नृप । मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने किं नु दुःखतरं भवेत् ॥
English Translation
Following the scriptures relating to Liberation, I find this great fault in the subject, If, having attained to that high state, the Yatis continue to live in consciousness, it would appear, O king, that the religion of work is superior. If, again, consciousness disappear from the liberated state and one who has become liberated only resembles a person sunk in dreamless slumber, then nothing can be more improper than to say that there is really no consciousness in Liberation.
यथान्यायं त्वया तात प्रश्नः पृष्टः सुसंकटः । बुद्धानामपि संमोहः प्रश्नेऽस्मिन्भरतर्षभ । अत्रापि तत्त्वं परमं शृणु सम्यङ्मयेरितम् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said “However difficult it may be to answer it, the question which you have asked, O son, is proper. Verily, the question is of such a nature that even the highly learned men become stupefied in answering it, O chief of Bharata's racc.
बुद्धिश्च परमा यत्र कापिलानां महात्मनाम् । इन्द्रियाण्यपि बुध्यन्ते स्वदेहं देहिनो नृप । कारणान्यात्मनस्तानि सूक्ष्मः पश्यति तैस्तु सः ॥
English Translation
The senses of knowledge, O king, placed in the bodies of embodied creatures, are engaged in their respective functions of perception. They form the instruments of the Soul, for it through them that subtile Being perceives.
आत्मना विप्रहीणानि काष्ठकुड्यसमानि तु । विनश्यन्ति न संदेहः फेना इव महार्णवे ॥
English Translation
Disassociated from the Soul, the senses are like pieces of wood, and are, forsooth, destroyed like the forth that is seen on the bosom of the ocean.
इन्द्रियैः सह सुप्तस्य देहिनः शत्रुतापन । सूक्ष्मश्चरति सर्वत्र नभसीव समीरणः ॥
English Translation
When the embodied creature, O scorcher of enemies, goes into sleep together with his senses, the subtile Soul then roves among all objects like the wind through ether.
स पश्यति यथान्यायं स्पर्शान्स्पृशति चाभिभो । बुध्यमानो यथापूर्वमखिलेनेह भारत ॥
English Translation
The Subtile Soul, during sleep continues to see and touch all objects of touch, O king, and get other perceptions, as well as when it is awake.
इन्द्रियाणीह सर्वाणि स्वे स्वे स्थाने यथाविधि । अनीशत्वात्प्रलीयन्ते सर्पा हतविषा इव ॥
English Translation
On account of their inability to act without their director, the senses, during slumber, all become extinguished in their respective places like snakes shorn of poison.
इन्द्रियाणां तु सर्वेषां स्वस्थानेष्वेव सर्वशः । आक्रम्य गतयः सूक्ष्माश्चरत्यात्मा न संशयः ॥
English Translation
At such times, the subtile Soul, repairing into the respective places of all the senses, forsooth, performs all their functions,
सत्त्वस्य च गुणान्कृत्स्नान्रजसश्च गुणान्पुनः । गुणांश्च तमसः सर्वान्गुणान्बुद्धेश्च भारत ॥
गुणांश्च मनसस्तद्वन्नभसश्च गुणांस्तथा । गुणान्वायोश्च धर्मात्मंस्तेजसश्च गुणान्पुनः ॥
अपां गुणांस्तथा पार्थ पार्थिवांश्च गुणानपि । सर्वात्मना गुणैर्व्याप्य क्षेत्रज्ञः स युधिष्ठिर ॥
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