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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 326

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 326

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 326

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 326 of the classical Mahābhārata with 125 verses.

Total: 125 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.326.1–125 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 4 of 5 (Verses 30 shown)
समागतेषु बलिषु पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु । वासविः सुसहायो वै मम ह्येको भविष्यति ॥
English Translation
I shall next kill Shisupala in the sacrifice of king Yudhishthira the son of Dharma, into which sacrifice all the kings of the world will bring tribute. In some of these works, only Arjuna, the son of Vasava, will become my assistant.
एवं लोका वदिष्यन्ति नरनारायणावृषी । उद्युक्तौ दहतः क्षत्रं लोककार्यार्थमीश्वरौ ॥
कृत्वा भारावतरणं वसुधाया यथेप्सितम् । सर्वसात्वतमुख्यानां द्वारकायाश्च सत्तम । करिष्ये प्रलयं घोरमात्मज्ञातिविनाशनम् ॥
कर्माण्यपरिमेयानि चतुर्मूर्तिधरो ह्यहम् । कृत्वा लोकान्गमिष्यामि स्वानहं ब्रह्मसत्कृतान् ॥
English Translation
Having four forms, I shall, in this way, perform many feats of great prowess, and attain at last to those regions of happiness created by me and honoured by all the Brahmanas.
हंसो हयशिराश्चैव प्रादुर्भावा द्विजोत्तम । यदा वेदश्रुतिर्नष्टा मया प्रत्याहृता तदा । सवेदाः सश्रुतीकाश्च कृताः पूर्वं कृते युगे ॥
English Translation
When the Vedas disappeared from the world, I brought them back. The Vedas, were re-created by me in the Krita age.
अतिक्रान्ताः पुराणेषु श्रुतास्ते यदि वा क्वचित् । अतिक्रान्ताश्च बहवः प्रादुर्भावा ममोत्तमाः । लोककार्याणि कृत्वा च पुनः स्वां प्रकृतिं गताः ॥
English Translation
They have once more disappeared or may only be partially heard here and there in the Puranas. Many of my best incarnations also in the world have become facts of the past.
न ह्येतद्ब्रह्मणा प्राप्तमीदृशं मम दर्शनम् । यत्त्वया प्राप्तमद्येह एकान्तगतबुद्धिना ॥
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं ब्रह्मन्भक्तिमतो मया । पुराणं च भविष्यं च सरहस्यं च सत्तम ॥
एवं स भगवान्देवो विश्वमूर्तिधरोऽव्ययः । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said ‘The holy and illustrious god, of universal and immutable form, having said these words to Narada, disappeared there and then.
नारदोऽपि महातेजाः प्राप्यानुग्रहमीप्सितम् । नरनारायणौ द्रष्टुं प्राद्रवद्बदराश्रमम् ॥
English Translation
Having won the high favour that he had solicited, Narada also, gifted with great energy, then proceeded in all haste to the retreat called Vadari, for seeing Nara and Narayana.
इदं महोपनिषदं चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम् । सांख्ययोगकृतं तेन पञ्चरात्रानुशब्दितम् ॥
English Translation
This great Upanishad quite of a piece with the four Vedas, and the Sankhya-Yoga, and called by him by the name of the Pancharatra Scriptures and recited by Narayana himself with his own mouth, was repeated by Narada before a large audience in the residence of Brahman (his sire) in exactly the same way in which Narayana had recited it and in which he had heard it from his own lips."
नारायणमुखोद्गीतं नारदोऽश्रावयत्पुनः । ब्रह्मणः सदने तात यथा दृष्टं यथा श्रुतम् ॥
English Translation
This great Upanishad quite of a piece with the four Vedas, and the Sankhya-Yoga, and called by him by the name of the Pancharatra Scriptures and recited by Narayana himself with his own mouth, was repeated by Narada before a large audience in the residence of Brahman (his sire) in exactly the same way in which Narayana had recited it and in which he had heard it from his own lips."
एतदाश्चर्यभूतं हि माहात्म्यं तस्य धीमतः । किं ब्रह्मा न विजानीते यतः शुश्राव नारदात् ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said “Was not Brahman. the Creator of all things, acquainted with this wonderful discourse of the glory of Narayana gifted with intelligence that he heard it from the lips of Narada?
पितामहो हि भगवांस्तस्माद्देवादनन्तरः । कथं स न विजानीयात्प्रभावममितौजसः ॥
English Translation
Is the illustrious Grandfather of all the worlds any way different from or inferior to the great Narayana? How then it is that he was unacquainted with the power of Narayana of great energy?"
महाकल्पसहस्राणि महाकल्पशतानि च । समतीतानि राजेन्द्र सर्गाश्च प्रलयाश्च ह ॥
English Translation
Bhishma continued "Hundreds and thousands of great cycles, hundreds and thousands of Creations and Dissolutions, O king of kings, have been over and become events of the past.
सर्गस्यादौ स्मृतो ब्रह्मा प्रजासर्गकरः प्रभुः । जानाति देवप्रवरं भूयश्चातोऽधिकं नृप । परमात्मानमीशानमात्मनः प्रभवं तथा ॥
English Translation
In the beginning of every Creation, Brahman, endued with great power and who creates all things, is remembered by Narayana). Brahman knows well, O king, that Narayana, that foremost of all gods is very much superior to him.
ये त्वन्ये ब्रह्मसदने सिद्धसंघाः समागताः । तेभ्यस्तच्छ्रावयामास पुराणं वेदसंमितम् ॥
तेषां सकाशात्सूर्यश्च श्रुत्वा वै भावितात्मनाम् । आत्मानुगामिनां ब्रह्म श्रावयामास भारत ॥
षट्षष्टिर्हि सहस्राणि ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् । सूर्यस्य तपतो लोकान्निर्मिता ये पुरःसराः । तेषामकथयत्सूर्यः सर्वेषां भावितात्मनाम् ॥
सूर्यानुगामिभिस्तात ऋषिभिस्तैर्महात्मभिः । मेरौ समागता देवाः श्राविताश्चेदमुत्तमम् ॥
English Translation
The great Rishis who follow in the Sun's train, O son, repeated that excellent narrative to the deities assembled on the breast of Meru.
देवानां तु सकाशाद्वै ततः श्रुत्वासितो द्विजः । श्रावयामास राजेन्द्र पितॄणां मुनिसत्तमः ॥
English Translation
The best of ascetics, viz., the regener: Asita, then, having heard the narrative from the gods, repeated it to the Pitris, O king of kings.
मम चापि पिता तात कथयामास शंतनुः । ततो मयैतच्छ्रुत्वा च कीर्तितं तव भारत ॥
English Translation
I heard it from my father Shantanu, O son, who recited it to me formerly. Myself having heard it from my father, I have repeated it to you, O Bharata.
सुरैर्वा मुनिभिर्वापि पुराणं यैरिदं श्रुतम् । सर्वे ते परमात्मानं पूजयन्ति पुनः पुनः ॥
English Translation
Gods and ascetics, they who have heard this excellent old narrative which is a Purana, all worship the Supreme Soul.
इदमाख्यानमार्षेयं पारंपर्यागतं नृप । नावासुदेवभक्ताय त्वया देयं कथंचन ॥
English Translation
This discourse, belonging to the Rishis and thus handed down from one to another, should not, O king, be communicated by you to any one who is not a worshipper of Vasudeva.
मत्तोऽन्यानि च ते राजन्नुपाख्यानशतानि वै । यानि श्रुतानि धर्म्याणि तेषां सारोऽयमुद्धृतः ॥
English Translation
This narrative, O king, is really the cream of the hundreds of other discourses that you have heard from me.
सुरासुरैर्यथा राजन्निर्मथ्यामृतमुद्धृतम् । एवमेतत्पुरा विप्रैः कथामृतमिहोद्धृतम् ॥
English Translation
In days of yore, O king, the gods and the Asuras, in a body, churned the Ocean and raised the Ambrosia. Similarly the Brahmanas, in a body in days of yore, churned all the scriptures and raised this narrative, which resembles nectar.
यश्चेदं पठते नित्यं यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नरः । एकान्तभावोपगत एकान्ते सुसमाहितः ॥
प्राप्य श्वेतं महाद्वीपं भूत्वा चन्द्रप्रभो नरः । स सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशेन्नात्र संशयः ॥
English Translation
He who frequently reads this narrative, and he who frequently listens to it with rapt attention, in a secluded spot, and filled with devotion, succeeds, being possessed of lunar complexion, in living in the spacious insular continent known by the name of White Island. Forsooth, such a man succeeds in entering into Narayana of a thousand rays.
मुच्येदार्तस्तथा रोगाच्छ्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम् । जिज्ञासुर्लभते कामान्भक्तो भक्तगतिं व्रजेत् ॥
English Translation
By listening to this narrative from the beginning, a sick person becomes freed from his disease. The man who simply desires to read or listen to this discourse, gets the fruition of all his wishes. By reading or listening to it. The devoted worshipper acquires the high end reserved for devoted worshippers.
त्वयापि सततं राजन्नभ्यर्च्यः पुरुषोत्तमः । स हि माता पिता चैव कृत्स्नस्य जगतो गुरुः ॥
English Translation
You also, O king, should always adore and worship that foremost of all Beings. He is the father and the mother of all creatures, and He is an object of reverence to the entire universe.
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