Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 34
BndP 1 34.1
वायुरुवाच ऋषयस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा सूतमाहुस्तदुत्तरम् । कथं वेदाः पुनर्व्यस्तास्तन्नो ब्रूहि महामते
vāyuruvāca ṛṣayastadvacaḥ śrutvā sūtamāhustaduttaram / kathaṃ vedāḥ punarvyastāstanno brūhi mahāmate
Vāyu said: The seers, having heard that speech, said to the Sūta in reply: How were the Vedas divided again? Tell us that, O greatly wise one.
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BndP 1 34.2
सूत उवाच द्वापरे तु पुरावृत्ते मनोः स्वायंभुवान्तरे । ब्रह्मा मनुमुवाचेदं रक्षवेदं महामते
sūta uvāca dvāpare tu purāvṛtte manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvāntare / brahmā manumuvācedaṃ rakṣavedaṃ mahāmate
The Sūta said: In the Dvāpara that had passed formerly, in the interval of Manu Svāyambhuva, Brahmā said this to Manu: Protect the Veda, O greatly wise one.
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BndP 1 34.3
परिवृत्तं युगं तात स्वल्पवीर्या द्विजातयः । संवृता युगदोषेण सर्वे चैव यथाक्रमम्
parivṛttaṃ yugaṃ tāta svalpavīryā dvijātayaḥ / saṃvṛtā yugadoṣeṇa sarve caiva yathākramam
The age has turned, my son; the twice-born are of little vigour, and all are overtaken, in due order, by the defect of the age.
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BndP 1 34.4
तस्य मानं युगवशादल्पं चैव हि दृश्यते । दशसाहस्रभागेन ह्यवशिष्टं कृतोदितम्
tasya mānaṃ yugavaśādalpaṃ caiva hi dṛśyate / daśasāhasrabhāgena hyavaśiṣṭaṃ kṛtoditam
Its measure too, by force of the age, appears small; only a ten-thousandth part of what was declared in the Kṛta remains.
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BndP 1 34.5
वाय तेजो बलं चाल्पं सर्वं चैव प्रणश्यति । वेदक्रिया हि कार्याः स्युर्माभूद्वेदविनाशनम्
vāya tejo balaṃ cālpaṃ sarvaṃ caiva praṇaśyati / vedakriyā hi kāryāḥ syurmābhūdvedavināśanam
Vitality, energy and strength are little, and everything perishes. The Vedic rites must be performed; let there be no destruction of the Veda.
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BndP 1 34.6
वेदे नाशमनुप्राप्ते यज्ञो नाशं गमिष्यति । यज्ञे नष्टे वेदनाशस्ततः सर्वं प्रणश्यति
vede nāśamanuprāpte yajño nāśaṃ gamiṣyati / yajñe naṣṭe vedanāśastataḥ sarvaṃ praṇaśyati
When the Veda has come to destruction, sacrifice will go to destruction; when sacrifice is lost, the Veda is lost, and thereafter everything perishes.
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BndP 1 34.7
आद्यो वेदश्च तुष्पादः शतसाहस्रसंमितः । पुनर्दशगुणः कृष्णो यज्ञो वै सर्वकामधुक्
ādyo vedaśca tuṣpādaḥ śatasāhasrasaṃmitaḥ / punardaśaguṇaḥ kṛṣṇo yajño vai sarvakāmadhuk
The original Veda was four-footed, reckoned at a hundred thousand (verses); and again tenfold — dark (Kṛṣṇa) — the sacrifice indeed, which milks out every desire.
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BndP 1 34.8
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा मनुर्लौकहिते रतः । वेदमेकं चतुष्पादं चतुर्द्धा व्यभजत्प्रभुः
evamuktastathetyuktvā manurlaukahite rataḥ / vedamekaṃ catuṣpādaṃ caturddhā vyabhajatprabhuḥ
Thus addressed, Manu, devoted to the welfare of the world, said "So be it," and the lord divided the one four-footed Veda into four.
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BndP 1 34.9
ब्रह्मणो वचनात्तात लोकानां हितकाम्यया । तदहं वर्त्तमानेन युष्माकं वेदकल्पनम्
brahmaṇo vacanāttāta lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā / tadahaṃ varttamānena yuṣmākaṃ vedakalpanam
By the word of Brahmā, dear one, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds — that (was done). I (shall now tell) you the arrangement of the Veda in the present (age).
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BndP 1 34.10
मन्वन्तरेण वक्ष्यमि व्यतीतानां प्रकल्पनम् । प्रत्यक्षेण वरोक्षंवै तन्निबोधत सत्तमाः
manvantareṇa vakṣyami vyatītānāṃ prakalpanam / pratyakṣeṇa varokṣaṃvai tannibodhata sattamāḥ
I shall tell (it) manvantara by manvantara, (and) the arrangement (of the Vedas) in the past ones — that which was seen directly, O best of men; learn it.
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BndP 1 34.11
अस्मिन्युगे तदा व्यासः पाराशर्यः परन्तपः । द्वैपायन इति ख्यातो विष्णोरंशः सनातनः
asminyuge tadā vyāsaḥ pārāśaryaḥ parantapaḥ / dvaipāyana iti khyāto viṣṇoraṃśaḥ sanātanaḥ
In this age, then, Vyāsa, son of Parāśara, scorcher of foes, known as Dvaipāyana, an eternal portion of Viṣṇu (appeared).
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BndP 1 34.12
ब्रह्मणा चोदितः सो ऽस्मिन् वेदं वक्तुं प्रचक्रमे । अथ शिष्यान्सजग्राह चतुरो वेदकारणात्
brahmaṇā coditaḥ so 'smin vedaṃ vaktuṃ pracakrame / atha śiṣyānsajagrāha caturo vedakāraṇāt
Urged by Brahmā, he set about declaring the Veda in this (age); then he took on four pupils for the sake of the Veda.
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BndP 1 34.13
जैमिनिं च सुमन्तुं च वैशंपायनमेव च । चतुर्थं पैलमेतेषां पञ्चमं लोमहर्षणम्
jaiminiṃ ca sumantuṃ ca vaiśaṃpāyanameva ca / caturthaṃ pailameteṣāṃ pañcamaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
Jaimini, and Sumantu, and Vaiśampāyana, and Paila as the fourth of these; Lomaharṣaṇa as the fifth.
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BndP 1 34.14
ऋग्वेदश्रावकं पैलमग्रहीद्विधिवद्द्विजाः । यजुर्वेदप्रवक्तारं वैशंपायनमेव च
ṛgvedaśrāvakaṃ pailamagrahīdvidhivaddvijāḥ / yajurvedapravaktāraṃ vaiśaṃpāyanameva ca
He accepted, in due form, O twice-born ones, Paila as the reciter of the Ṛgveda, and Vaiśampāyana as the expounder of the Yajurveda.
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BndP 1 34.15
जैमिनिं सामवेदार्थश्रावकं सो ऽन्वपद्यत । तथैवाथर् ववेदस्य सुमन्तुमृषिसत्तमम्
jaiminiṃ sāmavedārthaśrāvakaṃ so 'nvapadyata / tathaivāthar vavedasya sumantumṛṣisattamam
He took Jaimini as the reciter of the meaning of the Sāmaveda, and likewise Sumantu, best of sages, for the Atharvaveda.
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BndP 1 34.16
इतिहासपुराणस्य कलपवाक्यस्य चैव हि । मां चैव प्रतिजग्राह भगवानीश्वरः प्रभुः
itihāsapurāṇasya kalapavākyasya caiva hi / māṃ caiva pratijagrāha bhagavānīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
And the blessed lord, the mighty one, accepted me for the Itihāsa-Purāṇa and for the Kalpa texts.
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BndP 1 34.17
एक आसीद्यजुर्वेदस्तं चतुर्द्धा व्यकल्पयत् । चातुर्हेत्रमभूत्तस्मिंस्तेन यज्ञमकल्पयत्
eka āsīdyajurvedastaṃ caturddhā vyakalpayat / cāturhetramabhūttasmiṃstena yajñamakalpayat
The Yajurveda was one; he arranged it in four ways. In it there came to be the fourfold priestly office, and by that he arranged the sacrifice.
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BndP 1 34.18
आध्वर्यवं यजुर्भिस्तु ऋग्भिर्हेत्रं तथैव च । औद्गात्रं सामभिश्चक्रे ब्रह्मत्वं चाप्यथर्वभिः
ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhistu ṛgbhirhetraṃ tathaiva ca / audgātraṃ sāmabhiścakre brahmatvaṃ cāpyatharvabhiḥ
He made the office of the adhvaryu with the yajus verses, and likewise that of the hotṛ with the ṛc verses, that of the udgātṛ with the sāman chants, and the office of the brahman with the atharvan (verses).
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BndP 1 34.19
ततः स ऋच उद्धृत्य ऋग्वेदं समकल्पयत् । होतृकं कल्पयत्तेन यजुर्वेदं जगत्पतिः
tataḥ sa ṛca uddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ samakalpayat / hotṛkaṃ kalpayattena yajurvedaṃ jagatpatiḥ
Then, having extracted the ṛc verses, he composed the Ṛgveda; by it the lord of the world established the hotṛ's office, (and by the yajus) the Yajurveda.
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BndP 1 34.20
सामभिः सामवेदं च तेनौद्गात्रमकल्पयत् । रा५स्त्वथर्ववेदेन सर्वकर्माण्यकारयत्
sāmabhiḥ sāmavedaṃ ca tenaudgātramakalpayat / rā5stvatharvavedena sarvakarmāṇyakārayat
And with the sāman chants (he composed) the Sāmaveda, and by it he established the udgātṛ's office; and with the Atharvaveda he had all the rites of the king performed.
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BndP 1 34.21
आख्यानैश्चाप्युपाख्यानैर्गाथाभिः कल्पजोक्तिभिः । पुरामसंहितां चक्रे पुराणार्थविशारदः
ākhyānaiścāpyupākhyānairgāthābhiḥ kalpajoktibhiḥ / purāmasaṃhitāṃ cakre purāṇārthaviśāradaḥ
With narratives and subsidiary narratives, with songs and with statements about the kalpas, he made the Purāṇa collection, being skilled in the matter of the Purāṇas.
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BndP 1 34.22
यच्छिष्टं तु यजुर्वेदे तेन य५मयुञ्जत । यजनात्स यजुर्वेद इति शास्त्रविनिश्चयः
yacchiṣṭaṃ tu yajurvede tena ya5mayuñjata / yajanātsa yajurveda iti śāstraviniścayaḥ
With what remained over in the Yajurveda they performed the sacrifice; from 'sacrificing' (yajana) it is the Yajurveda — such is the settled doctrine of the treatises.
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BndP 1 34.23
पादानामुद्धतत्वाच्च यजूंषि विषमाणि च । शतेनोद्धतवीर्यस्तु ऋत्विग्भिर्वेदपारगैः
pādānāmuddhatatvācca yajūṃṣi viṣamāṇi ca / śatenoddhatavīryastu ṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ
And because the feet (of the verses) were taken out, the yajus verses are uneven; but with a hundred officiants who had gone through the Vedas, whose power was drawn forth,
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BndP 1 34.24
प्रयुज्यते ह्यश्वमेधस्तेन वा पुष्यते तु सः । ऋचो गृहीत्वा पैलस्तु व्यभजत्तु द्विधा पुनः
prayujyate hyaśvamedhastena vā puṣyate tu saḥ / ṛco gṛhītvā pailastu vyabhajattu dvidhā punaḥ
the horse-sacrifice is employed, and by that it prospers. But Paila, having taken the ṛc verses, divided (them) again in two.
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BndP 1 34.25
द्वे कृत्वा संहिते चैव शिष्याभ्या मददाद्विबुः । इन्द्रप्रमत्तये चैकां द्वितीयां बाष्कलाय च
dve kṛtvā saṃhite caiva śiṣyābhyā madadādvibuḥ / indrapramattaye caikāṃ dvitīyāṃ bāṣkalāya ca
Having made two collections, the wise one gave them to two pupils: one to Indrapramati, the second to Bāṣkala.
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BndP 1 34.26
चतस्रः संहिताः कृत्वा बाष्कलो द्विजसत्तमः । शिष्यानध्यापया मास शुश्रुषाभिरतान्हितान्
catasraḥ saṃhitāḥ kṛtvā bāṣkalo dvijasattamaḥ / śiṣyānadhyāpayā māsa śuśruṣābhiratānhitān
Having made four collections, Bāṣkala, best of the twice-born, taught his pupils, who were devoted to service and well-disposed.
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BndP 1 34.27
बोध्यां तु प्रथमां शाखां द्वितीयामग्निमातरम् । पाराशरीं तृतीयां तु या५वल्क्यामथापराम्
bodhyāṃ tu prathamāṃ śākhāṃ dvitīyāmagnimātaram / pārāśarīṃ tṛtīyāṃ tu yā5valkyāmathāparām
(He taught) Bodhyā as the first branch, Agnimātara as the second, Pārāśarī as the third, and Yājñavalkyā as the next.
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BndP 1 34.28
इन्द्रप्रमतिरेकां तु संहितामृषिसत्तमः । अध्यापयन्महाभागं माण्डूकेयं यशस्विनम्
indrapramatirekāṃ tu saṃhitāmṛṣisattamaḥ / adhyāpayanmahābhāgaṃ māṇḍūkeyaṃ yaśasvinam
But Indrapramati, best of seers, taught one collection to the greatly fortunate and illustrious Māṇḍūkeya.
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BndP 1 34.29
स्त्यस्रवसमग्र्यं तु पुत्रं स तु महायशाः । सत्यस्रवाः सत्यहितं पुत्रमध्यापयद्विभुः
styasravasamagryaṃ tu putraṃ sa tu mahāyaśāḥ / satyasravāḥ satyahitaṃ putramadhyāpayadvibhuḥ
(He taught it) to his foremost son Satyaśravas; and that mighty and greatly renowned Satyaśravas taught his son Satyahita.
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BndP 1 34.30
सो ऽपि सत्यहितः पुत्रं पुनरध्यापयद्द्विजाः । सत्यश्रियं महात्मानं सत्य धर्मपरायणम्
so 'pi satyahitaḥ putraṃ punaradhyāpayaddvijāḥ / satyaśriyaṃ mahātmānaṃ satya dharmaparāyaṇam
And that Satyahita in turn taught his son, O twice-born ones — the great-souled Satyaśrī, devoted to truth and dharma.
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BndP 1 34.31
अभवंस्तस्य शिष्या वै त्रयस्तु सुमहौजसः । सत्यश्रियाश्च विद्वांसः शास्त्रग्रहणतत्पराः
abhavaṃstasya śiṣyā vai trayastu sumahaujasaḥ / satyaśriyāśca vidvāṃsaḥ śāstragrahaṇatatparāḥ
He had three disciples of very great vigour, learned men of Satyaśrī, intent on grasping the scripture.
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BndP 1 34.32
शाकल्यः प्रथमस्तेषां तस्मादन्यो रथीतरः । बाष्कलिश्च भरद्वाज इति शाखाप्रवर्त्तकाः
śākalyaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ tasmādanyo rathītaraḥ / bāṣkaliśca bharadvāja iti śākhāpravarttakāḥ
Śākalya was the first of them, another besides him was Rathītara, and Bāṣkali Bharadvāja — these were the founders of branches.
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BndP 1 34.33
देवमित्रस्तु शाकल्यो ज्ञानाहङ्कारगर्वितः । जनकस्य स यज्ञे वै विनाशामगमद्द्विजाः
devamitrastu śākalyo jñānāhaṅkāragarvitaḥ / janakasya sa yajñe vai vināśāmagamaddvijāḥ
But Devamitra Śākalya, puffed up with pride in his knowledge, met his destruction at Janaka's sacrifice, O twice-born ones.
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BndP 1 34.34
शांशपायन उवाच कथं विनाशमगमत्स मुनिर्ज्ञानगर्वितः । जनकस्याश्वमेधे तु कथ वादाभ्यजायत
śāṃśapāyana uvāca kathaṃ vināśamagamatsa munirjñānagarvitaḥ / janakasyāśvamedhe tu katha vādābhyajāyata
Śāṃśapāyana said: How did that sage, proud of his knowledge, meet destruction? And how did a dispute arise at Janaka's horse sacrifice?
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BndP 1 34.35
किमर्थं वाभवद्वादः केन सार्द्धमथापि वा । एतत्सर्वं यथा वृत्तमाचक्ष्त्र विदितं तव
kimarthaṃ vābhavadvādaḥ kena sārddhamathāpi vā / etatsarvaṃ yathā vṛttamācakṣtra viditaṃ tava
For what purpose did the dispute arise, and with whom? Tell (us) all this as it happened, for it is known to you.
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BndP 1 34.36
सूत उवाच जनकस्याश्वमेधे तु महानासीत्समागमः । ऋषीणां हि सहस्राणि तत्राजग्मुरनेकशः
sūta uvāca janakasyāśvamedhe tu mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ / ṛṣīṇāṃ hi sahasrāṇi tatrājagmuranekaśaḥ
The Sūta said: At Janaka's horse sacrifice there was a great gathering; thousands of seers came there, many times over.
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BndP 1 34.37
राजर्षेर्जनकस्याथ तं यज्ञं हि दिदृक्षवः । आगतान्ब्राह्मणान्दृष्ट्वा जिज्ञासास्याभवत्ततः
rājarṣerjanakasyātha taṃ yajñaṃ hi didṛkṣavaḥ / āgatānbrāhmaṇāndṛṣṭvā jijñāsāsyābhavattataḥ
They came desiring to see that sacrifice of the royal seer Janaka; and seeing the brahmins who had come, a wish to test them arose in him.
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BndP 1 34.38
को न्वेषां ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठः कथं मे निश्चयो भवेत् । इति निश्चित्य मनसा बुद्धिं चक्रे जनाधिपः
ko nveṣāṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ me niścayo bhavet / iti niścitya manasā buddhiṃ cakre janādhipaḥ
"Which of these is the best of brahmins? How can I decide?" Having thus resolved in his mind, the lord of men formed a plan.
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BndP 1 34.39
गवां सहस्रमादाय सुवर्णमधिकं ततः । ग्रामान्रत्नानि दासीस्छ मुनीन्प्राह नराधिपः
gavāṃ sahasramādāya suvarṇamadhikaṃ tataḥ / grāmānratnāni dāsīscha munīnprāha narādhipaḥ
Taking a thousand cows, and gold besides, and villages, jewels and female servants, the ruler of men spoke to the sages:
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BndP 1 34.40
सर्वानहं प्रपन्नो वः शिरसा श्रेष्ठभागिनः । यदेतदाहृतं वित्तं यो वा श्रेष्ठतमो भवेत्
sarvānahaṃ prapanno vaḥ śirasā śreṣṭhabhāginaḥ / yadetadāhṛtaṃ vittaṃ yo vā śreṣṭhatamo bhavet
"I bow with my head to you all, who share in excellence. This wealth that has been brought here — whoever among you is the most excellent,
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BndP 1 34.41
तस्मै तदुपनीतं मे वित्त वित्तं द्विजोत्तमाः । जनकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ऋषयस्ते श्रुतिक्षमाः
tasmai tadupanītaṃ me vitta vittaṃ dvijottamāḥ / janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā ṛṣayaste śrutikṣamāḥ
to him this wealth of mine is presented, O best of the twice-born." Hearing Janaka's words, those seers, patient in scripture,
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BndP 1 34.42
दृष्ट्वा धनं महासारं धनगृध्ना जिघृक्षवः । आह्वयाञ्चक्रिरे ऽन्योन्यं वेदज्ञानमदोल्बणान्
dṛṣṭvā dhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ dhanagṛdhnā jighṛkṣavaḥ / āhvayāñcakrire 'nyonyaṃ vedajñānamadolbaṇān
seeing the wealth of great worth, greedy for riches and wishing to seize it, challenged one another, swollen with the intoxication of Vedic learning.
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BndP 1 34.43
मनसा गतवित्तास्ते ममैतद्धनमित्युत । ममैतन्न तवेत्यन्यो ब्रूहि वा किं विकत्थसे
manasā gatavittāste mamaitaddhanamityuta / mamaitanna tavetyanyo brūhi vā kiṃ vikatthase
In their minds the wealth was already theirs: "This wealth is mine!" — and another: "This is mine, not yours! Speak up — or why do you boast?"
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BndP 1 34.44
इत्येवं धनदोषेण वादांश्चकुरनेकशः । अथान्यस्तत्रवै विद्वान्ब्रह्मणस्तु सुतः कविः
ityevaṃ dhanadoṣeṇa vādāṃścakuranekaśaḥ / athānyastatravai vidvānbrahmaṇastu sutaḥ kaviḥ
Thus, through the fault of wealth, they made many disputes. Then there was another learned one there, a wise son of a brahmin,
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BndP 1 34.45
याज्ञवल्क्यो महातेजास्तपस्वी ब्रह्मवित्तमः । ब्रह्मण्ॐऽशसमुत्पन्नो वाक्यं प्रोवाच सुस्वरम्
yājñavalkyo mahātejāstapasvī brahmavittamaḥ / brahmaṇoṃ'śasamutpanno vākyaṃ provāca susvaram
Yājñavalkya, of great splendour, an ascetic, foremost knower of brahman, born from a portion of Brahmā, who spoke a word in a fine voice.
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BndP 1 34.46
शिष्यं ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठं धनमेतद्गृहाण वै । नयस्व च गृहंवत्स ममैतन्नात्र संशयः
śiṣyaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanametadgṛhāṇa vai / nayasva ca gṛhaṃvatsa mamaitannātra saṃśayaḥ
(He said) to his pupil, the best of the knowers of brahman: "Take this wealth, and lead it home, my child; it is mine — there is no doubt here."
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BndP 1 34.47
सर्ववादेष्वहं वक्ता नान्यः कश्चित्तु मत्समः । यो वा न प्रीयते विद्वान्समाह्वयतु माचिरम्
sarvavādeṣvahaṃ vaktā nānyaḥ kaścittu matsamaḥ / yo vā na prīyate vidvānsamāhvayatu māciram
"In all debates I am the speaker; there is no other equal to me. Whichever learned man is not pleased (by this), let him challenge me at once."
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BndP 1 34.48
ततो ब्रह्मार्णवः क्षुब्दः समुद्र इव संप्लवे । तानुवाच ततः स्वस्थो याज्ञवल्क्यो हसन्निव
tato brahmārṇavaḥ kṣubdaḥ samudra iva saṃplave / tānuvāca tataḥ svastho yājñavalkyo hasanniva
Then that ocean of brahmins was stirred up, like the sea at the (time of) flood; and Yājñavalkya, self-possessed, said to them, as if laughing:
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BndP 1 34.49
क्रोधं मा कार्ष्ट विद्वांसो भवन्तः सत्यवादिनः । वदामहे यथाशक्ति जिज्ञासंतः परस्परम्
krodhaṃ mā kārṣṭa vidvāṃso bhavantaḥ satyavādinaḥ / vadāmahe yathāśakti jijñāsaṃtaḥ parasparam
"Do not be angry, you learned ones; you are speakers of truth. Let us speak as best we can, questioning one another (to learn)."
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BndP 1 34.50
ततो ऽभ्युपगतास्तेषां वादाः शब्दैरनेकशः । सहस्रधा शुभैरर्थैः सुक्ष्मदर्शनसंभवैः
tato 'bhyupagatāsteṣāṃ vādāḥ śabdairanekaśaḥ / sahasradhā śubhairarthaiḥ sukṣmadarśanasaṃbhavaiḥ
Then their debates set in, manifold in their words, a thousandfold, with fine meanings arising from subtle insight,
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BndP 1 34.51
लोके वेदे तथाध्यात्मविद्यास्थानैरलङ्कृतैः । संत्युत्तमगुणैर्युक्ता नृपस्यापि परीक्षकाः
loke vede tathādhyātmavidyāsthānairalaṅkṛtaiḥ / saṃtyuttamaguṇairyuktā nṛpasyāpi parīkṣakāḥ
adorned with the topics of the world, the Veda, and likewise of the science of the self. Endowed with the highest qualities, they are examiners even of a king.
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BndP 1 34.52
वादाः समभवंस्तत्र धनहेतोर्महात्मनाम् । ऋषयस्त्वेकतः सर्वे याज्ञवल्क्यस्तथैकतः
vādāḥ samabhavaṃstatra dhanahetormahātmanām / ṛṣayastvekataḥ sarve yājñavalkyastathaikataḥ
There the debates of those great-souled ones took place for the sake of the wealth: all the seers on one side, and Yājñavalkya on the other.
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BndP 1 34.53
सर्वे ते मुनयस्तेन याज्ञवल्क्येन धीमता । एकैकशस्ततः पृष्टा नैवोत्तरमथाब्रुवन्
sarve te munayastena yājñavalkyena dhīmatā / ekaikaśastataḥ pṛṣṭā naivottaramathābruvan
All those sages, questioned one by one by that wise Yājñavalkya, then gave no answer at all.
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BndP 1 34.54
स विजित्य मुनीन्सर्वान् ब्रह्मराशिर्महामतिः । शाकल्यमिति होवाच वादकर्त्तारमञ्जसा
sa vijitya munīnsarvān brahmarāśirmahāmatiḥ / śākalyamiti hovāca vādakarttāramañjasā
Having defeated all the sages, that mass of sacred knowledge, of great intellect, straightway said this to Śākalya, the initiator of the debate:
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BndP 1 34.55
शाकल्य वद वक्तव्यं किं ध्यायन्नवतिष्ठसे । पणस्तु यजमानेन बद्धो नीतो यथा धृतः
śākalya vada vaktavyaṃ kiṃ dhyāyannavatiṣṭhase / paṇastu yajamānena baddho nīto yathā dhṛtaḥ
"Śākalya, say what is to be said. Why do you stand there brooding? The stake set by the sacrificer has been bound, and led away as taken (by me)."
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BndP 1 34.56
एवं स धर्षितस्तेन रोषात्ताम्रास्यलोचनः । प्रोवाच याज्ञवल्क्यं सपुरुषं मुनिसन्निधौ
evaṃ sa dharṣitastena roṣāttāmrāsyalocanaḥ / provāca yājñavalkyaṃ sapuruṣaṃ munisannidhau
Thus provoked by him, his face and eyes copper-red with rage, he spoke to Yājñavalkya harshly in the presence of the sages:
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BndP 1 34.57
त्वमस्मास्तृणवत्कृत्वा तथैवान्यान्द्विजोत्तमान् । विद्याधनं महासारं स्वयङ्ग्राहं जिघृक्षसि
tvamasmāstṛṇavatkṛtvā tathaivānyāndvijottamān / vidyādhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ svayaṅgrāhaṃ jighṛkṣasi
"Having made us, and likewise the other best of the twice-born, like straw, you wish to seize the wealth of knowledge, of great substance, as your own taking."
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BndP 1 34.58
शाकल्येनैवमुक्तस्तु याज्ञवल्क्यस्तमब्रवीत् । ब्रह्मिष्ठानां बलं विद्धि विद्यातत्त्वार्थदर्शनम्
śākalyenaivamuktastu yājñavalkyastamabravīt / brahmiṣṭhānāṃ balaṃ viddhi vidyātattvārthadarśanam
Addressed thus by Śākalya, Yājñavalkya said to him: "Know that the strength of those most versed in Brahman is the seeing of the true meaning of knowledge.
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BndP 1 34.59
कामस्यार्थेन संबन्धस्तेनार्थं कामयामहे । कामप्रर्श्नधना विप्राः कामप्रश्नं वदामहे
kāmasyārthena saṃbandhastenārthaṃ kāmayāmahe / kāmaprarśnadhanā viprāḥ kāmapraśnaṃ vadāmahe
Desire has a connection with wealth; therefore we desire wealth. Brahmins whose wealth is the questioning at will—we speak the question at will."
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BndP 1 34.60
पणश्चैवास्य राजर्षेस्तस्मान्नीतं धनं मया । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य शाकल्यः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः
paṇaścaivāsya rājarṣestasmānnītaṃ dhanaṃ mayā / etacchrutvā vacastasya śākalyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ
"And this royal seer's stake—therefore the wealth was taken away by me." Hearing this speech of his, Śākalya, stupefied with anger,
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BndP 1 34.61
या५वल्क्यमथोवाच कामप्रश्नार्थकृद्वचः । ब्रूहीदानीं मयोद्दिष्टान्कामप्रश्नान्यथार्थतः
yā5valkyamathovāca kāmapraśnārthakṛdvacaḥ / brūhīdānīṃ mayoddiṣṭānkāmapraśnānyathārthataḥ
then said to Yājñavalkya words that made the point of the question-at-will: "Now answer, according to their true sense, the questions at will that I put to you."
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BndP 1 34.62
ततः समभवद्वादस्तयोर्ब्रह्मविदोर्महान् । साग्रं प्रश्नसहस्रं तु शाकल्यः सो ऽकरोत्तदा
tataḥ samabhavadvādastayorbrahmavidormahān / sāgraṃ praśnasahasraṃ tu śākalyaḥ so 'karottadā
Then a great debate took place between those two knowers of Brahman; and Śākalya then put a thousand questions and more.
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BndP 1 34.63
याज्ञवल्क्यो ऽब्रवीत्सर्वमृषीणां शृण्वतां तदा । शाकल्यस्त्वास निर्वादो याज्ञवल्क्यस्तमब्रवीत्
yājñavalkyo 'bravītsarvamṛṣīṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ tadā / śākalyastvāsa nirvādo yājñavalkyastamabravīt
Yājñavalkya answered them all, while the seers listened; but Śākalya was left without a reply, and Yājñavalkya said to him:
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BndP 1 34.64
प्रश्नमेकं ममापि त्वं शाकल्य वद कामिकम् । पणप्राप्यस्य वादस्य ब्रुवतोर्मृत्युरत्र वै
praśnamekaṃ mamāpi tvaṃ śākalya vada kāmikam / paṇaprāpyasya vādasya bruvatormṛtyuratra vai
"Śākalya, do you too state one question at will for me. For of two who dispute a debate whose prize is to be won by a stake, death lies here.
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BndP 1 34.65
सुसूक्ष्मज्ञानसंयुक्तं सांख्यंयोगमथापि वा । अध्यात्मस्य गतिं मुख्यां ध्यानमार्गमथापि वा
susūkṣmajñānasaṃyuktaṃ sāṃkhyaṃyogamathāpi vā / adhyātmasya gatiṃ mukhyāṃ dhyānamārgamathāpi vā
(Ask something) joined with very subtle knowledge, or else Sāṃkhya and Yoga, or the chief course of the inner self, or else the path of meditation."
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BndP 1 34.66
अथ संचोदितः प्रश्नो याज्ञवल्क्येन धीमता । शाकल्यस्तमविज्ञाय तथा मृत्युमवाप्तवान्
atha saṃcoditaḥ praśno yājñavalkyena dhīmatā / śākalyastamavijñāya tathā mṛtyumavāptavān
Then, when the question was put by the wise Yājñavalkya, Śākalya, not knowing it, thereupon met with death.
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BndP 1 34.67
एवं स्मृतः स शाकल्यः प्रश्नव्याख्यानपीडितः । एवं विवादः सुमहानासीत्तेषां धनार्थिनाम्
evaṃ smṛtaḥ sa śākalyaḥ praśnavyākhyānapīḍitaḥ / evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānāsītteṣāṃ dhanārthinām
Thus that Śākalya is remembered, oppressed by the explaining of the question; thus very great was the dispute of those who sought wealth.
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BndP 1 34.68
ऋषीणामृषिभिः सार्द्धं याज्ञवल्क्यस्य चैव हि । याज्ञवल्क्यो धनं गृह्य यशो विख्याय चात्मनः । जगाम वै गृहं स्वच्छं शिष्यैः परिवृतो वशी
ṛṣīṇāmṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ yājñavalkyasya caiva hi / yājñavalkyo dhanaṃ gṛhya yaśo vikhyāya cātmanaḥ / jagāma vai gṛhaṃ svacchaṃ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto vaśī
(the dispute) of the sages with the sages and indeed of Yājñavalkya; Yājñavalkya, having taken the wealth and having made his own fame known, went, self-controlled, surrounded by his pupils, to his clean home.
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