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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 330

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 330

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 330

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 330 of the classical Mahābhārata with 72 verses.

Total: 72 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.330.1–72 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ शश्वत्केशैर्मे अंशुसंज्ञितैः । बोधयंस्तापयंश्चैव जगदुत्तिष्ठतः पृथक् ॥
English Translation
It is said that the Sun and the Moon are the eyes of Narayana. The rays of the Sun form the eyes. Each of them, viz., the Sun and the Moon, give strength and heat to the universe respectively.
बोधनात्तापनाच्चैव जगतो हर्षणं भवेत् । अग्नीषोमकृतैरेभिः कर्मभिः पाण्डुनन्दन । हृषीकेशोऽहमीशानो वरदो लोकभावनः ॥
English Translation
And because of the Sun and the Moon thus warming and strengthening the universe, they are considered as the Harsha (joy) of the universe. It is on account of these acts of Agni and Soma that keeps up the universe that I pass by the name of Hrishikesha, O son of Pandu! Indeed, I am the boon-giving Ishana the Creator of the universe.
इडोपहूतयोगेन हरे भागं क्रतुष्वहम् । वर्णश्च मे हरिश्रेष्ठस्तस्माद्धरिरहं स्मृतः ॥
English Translation
Through potency of the Mantras with which libations of clarified butter are poured on the sacred fire, I take and appropriate the share of offerings made in sacrifices. My complexion also is of that in sacrifices. My complexion also is of that foremost of gems called Harit. It is for these reasons that I pass by the name of Hari.
धाम सारो हि लोकानामृतं चैव विचारितम् । ऋतधामा ततो विप्रैः सत्यश्चाहं प्रकीर्तितः ॥
English Translation
I am the substantial residence of all creatures and am considered by persons wellversed in the scriptures to be at one with Truth or Necta. I am, therefore, called by learned Brahmanas by the name of Ritadhama.
नष्टां च धरणीं पूर्वमविन्दं वै गुहागताम् । गोविन्द इति मां देवा वाग्भिः समभितुष्टुवुः ॥
English Translation
When in days of old the Earth became submerged in the waters and was not seen, I the discovered her and raised her from the Ocean. Therefore the gods worshipped me by the name of Govinda.
शिपिविष्टेति चाख्यायां हीनरोमा च यो भवेत् । तेनाविष्टं हि यत्किंचिच्छिपिविष्टं हि तत्स्मृतम् ॥
English Translation
Shipivishta is a name. The word Shipi means a person who has no hair on his body. He who pervades all things in the form of Shipi passes by the name of Shipivishta.
यास्को मामृषिरव्यग्रो नैकयज्ञेषु गीतवान् । शिपिविष्ट इति ह्यस्माद्गुह्यनामधरो ह्यहम् ॥
English Translation
The Rishi Yashka, with quiet soul, in many a sacrifice invoked me by the name Shipvishta. It is therefore that I came to bear this secret name.
स्तुत्वा मां शिपिविष्टेति यास्को ऋषिरुदारधीः । मत्प्रसादादधो नष्टं निरुक्तमभिजग्मिवान् ॥
English Translation
Having adored me by the me by the name of Shipivishta, the highly intelligent Yashka, succeeded in restoring the Niruktas which were lost on the Earth and sunk into the nether regions.
न हि जातो न जायेऽहं न जनिष्ये कदाचन । क्षेत्रज्ञः सर्वभूतानां तस्मादहमजः स्मृतः ॥
English Translation
I was never born. I never take birth. Nor shall I ever be born. I am the Soul of all creatures. Hence I pass by the name of Aja (unborn).
नोक्तपूर्वं मया क्षुद्रमश्लीलं वा कदाचन । ऋता ब्रह्मसुता सा मे सत्या देवी सरस्वती ॥
English Translation
I have never uttered anything mean or obscene. The divine Sarasvati who is Truth, who is the daughter of Brahman and is named Rita, represents my speech and always lives in my tongue.
सच्चासच्चैव कौन्तेय मयावेशितमात्मनि । पौष्करे ब्रह्मसदने सत्यं मामृषयो विदुः ॥
English Translation
The existent and the non-existent have been merged by me in my Soul. The Rishis living in Pushkara which is considered as the residence of Brahmana called me by the name of Truth. even
सत्त्वान्न च्युतपूर्वोऽहं सत्त्वं वै विद्धि मत्कृतम् । जन्मनीहाभवत्सत्त्वं पौर्विकं मे धनंजय ॥
English Translation
I have never swerved from the quality of Goodness, and know that the quality of Goodness has emanated from me. In this birth also of mine, O Dhananjaya, my ancient quality of Goodness has not left me so that in this life, establishing myself on Goodness, I began to perform acts without ever wishing for their fruits. Purged off of all sins as I am by virtue of the quality of Goodness which is my nature, I can be seen by the help of that knowledge only which flows from adoption of the quality of Goodness. I am reckoned also among those who follow that quality. For these reasons am I known by the name of Satvata.
निराशीःकर्मसंयुक्तं सात्वतं मां प्रकल्पय । सात्वतज्ञानदृष्टोऽहं सात्वतः सात्वतां पतिः ॥
कृषामि मेदिनीं पार्थ भूत्वा कार्ष्णायसो महान् । कृष्णो वर्णश्च मे यस्मात्तस्मात्कृष्णोऽहमर्जुन ॥
English Translation
I till the Earth, taking the form of a large plough-share of black iron. And because my complexion is dark, therefore, am I called Vaikuntha.
मया संश्लेषिता भूमिरद्भिर्व्योम च वायुना । वायुश्च तेजसा सार्धं वैकुण्ठत्वं ततो मम ॥
English Translation
I have united the Earth with Water, Ether with Mind, and Wind with Fire. Therefore am I called Vaikuntha.
निर्वाणं परमं सौख्यं धर्मोऽसौ पर उच्यते । तस्मान्न च्युतपूर्वोऽहमच्युतस्तेन कर्मणा ॥
English Translation
The cessation of separate conscious existence by identification with Supreme Brahma is the highest stage for a living agent to acquire. And since I have never swered from that condition, I am, therefore, called by the name of Achyuta.
पृथिवीनभसी चोभे विश्रुते विश्वलौकिके । तयोः संधारणार्थं हि मामधोक्षजमञ्जसा ॥
English Translation
The Earth and the sky are known to extend on all sides. And because I uphold them both, therefore, am I called by the name of Adhokshaja.
निरुक्तं वेदविदुषो ये च शब्दार्थचिन्तकाः । ते मां गायन्ति प्राग्वंशे अधोक्षज इति स्थितिः ॥
English Translation
Persons well-versed in the Vedas and engaged in interpreting the words used in those scriptures worship me in sacrifices by calling upon me by the same name.
शब्द एकमतैरेष व्याहृतः परमर्षिभिः । नान्यो ह्यधोक्षजो लोके ऋते नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥
English Translation
In days of yore, the great Rishis, while practising severe austerities, said,-No one else in the universe, save the powerful Narayana, is capable of being called by the name of Adhokshaja.
घृतं ममार्चिषो लोके जन्तूनां प्राणधारणम् । घृतार्चिरहमव्यग्रैर्वेदज्ञैः परिकीर्तितः ॥
English Translation
Clarified butter which keeps up the lives of all creatures in the universe forms my effulgence. It is, therefore, that Brahmanas well-versed in the Vedas and possessed of concentrated souls call me by the name of Ghritarchis.
त्रयो हि धातवः ख्याताः कर्मजा इति च स्मृताः । पित्तं श्लेष्मा च वायुश्च एष संघात उच्यते ॥
English Translation
There are three well-known ingredients of the body. They have their origin in action, and are called Bile, Phlegm, and Wind. The body is called a union of these three. All living creatures are kept up by these three, and when these three become weakened, living creatures also become weakened. It is, therefore, that all persons well-versed in the scriptures of the science of Life call me by the name of Tridhatu.
एतैश्च धार्यते जन्तुरेतैः क्षीणैश्च क्षीयते । आयुर्वेदविदस्तस्मात्त्रिधातुं मां प्रचक्षते ॥
English Translation
There are three well-known ingredients of the body. They have their origin in action, and are called Bile, Phlegm, and Wind. The body is called a union of these three. All living creatures are kept up by these three, and when these three become weakened, living creatures also become weakened. It is, therefore, that all persons well-versed in the scriptures of the science of Life call me by the name of Tridhatu.
वृषो हि भगवान्धर्मः ख्यातो लोकेषु भारत । नैघण्टुकपदाख्यातं विद्धि मां वृषमुत्तमम् ॥
English Translation
The holy Dharma is known among all creatures by the name of Vrisha, O Bharata! Hence it is that I am called the excellent Vrisha in the Vedic lexicon called Nighantuka.
कपिर्वराहः श्रेष्ठश्च धर्मश्च वृष उच्यते । तस्माद्वृषाकपिं प्राह कश्यपो मां प्रजापतिः ॥
English Translation
The word ‘Kapi' signifies the foremost of boars, and Dharma is otherwise known by the name of Vrisha. It is, therefore, that that lord of all creature, viz., Kashyapa, the common father of the gods and the Asuras, called me by the name Vrishakapi.
न चादिं न मध्यं तथा नैव चान्तं; कदाचिद्विदन्ते सुराश्चासुराश्च । अनाद्यो ह्यमध्यस्तथा चाप्यनन्तः; प्रगीतोऽहमीशो विभुर्लोकसाक्षी ॥
English Translation
The gods and the Asuras have never been able to know my beginning, my middle, or my end. It is, therefore, that I am sung as Anadi, Amadhya, Ananta. I am the Supreme Lord, gifted with power, and I am the eternal witness of the universe.
शुचीनि श्रवणीयानि शृणोमीह धनंजय । न च पापानि गृह्णामि ततोऽहं वै शुचिश्रवाः ॥
English Translation
I always hear words that are pure and holy, O Dhananjaya, and never catch anything that is sinful. Hence am I called by the name of Shuchishravas.
एकशृङ्गः पुरा भूत्वा वराहो दिव्यदर्शनः । इमामुद्धृतवान्भूमिमेकशृङ्गस्ततो ह्यहम् ॥
English Translation
Putting on, in days of yore, the form of a boar with a single tusk, O increaser of the joys of others, I raised the sub-merged Earth from the bottom of the ocean. Therefore am I called by the name of Ekashringa.
तथैवासं त्रिककुदो वाराहं रूपमास्थितः । त्रिककुत्तेन विख्यातः शरीरस्य तु मापनात् ॥
English Translation
While I put on the form of a powerful boar for this purpose, I had three humps on my back. Indeed on account of this peculiarity of my form at that time that I have come to be called by the name of Trikakud (threehumped).
विरिञ्च इति यः प्रोक्तः कपिलज्ञानचिन्तकैः । स प्रजापतिरेवाहं चेतनात्सर्वलोककृत् ॥
English Translation
Those who are well-versed in the science of Kapila call the Supreme Soul by the name Virincha. That Virincha is otherwise called the great Prajapati (or Brahman). Verily, I am at one with Him called Virincha on account of my imparting animation to all living creatures, for I am the Creator of the universe.
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