Harivamsha — Chapter 14

HV 14.1

आसन् पूर्वयुगे तात भरद्वाजात्मजा द्विजाः योगधर्मम् अनुप्राप्य भ्रष्टा दुश्चरितेन वै

āsan pūrvayuge tāta bharadvājātmajā dvijāḥ yogadharmam anuprāpya bhraṣṭā duścaritena vai

In a former age, my dear, there were brahmins, sons of Bharadvāja, who, having attained the discipline of yoga, fell away through bad conduct.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.2

अपभ्रंशम् अनुप्राप्ता योगधर्मापचारिणः महतस् तमसः पारे मानसस्य विसंज्ञिताः

apabhraṃśam anuprāptā yogadharmāpacāriṇaḥ mahatas tamasaḥ pāre mānasasya visaṃjñitāḥ

Transgressors against the discipline of yoga, they came to a fall, (and were left) senseless beyond a great darkness of the mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.3

तम् एवार्थम् अनुध्यान्तो नष्टम् अप्स्व् इव मोहिताः अप्राप्य योगं ते सर्वे संयुक्ताः कालधर्मणा

tam evārtham anudhyānto naṣṭam apsv iva mohitāḥ aprāpya yogaṃ te sarve saṃyuktāḥ kāladharmaṇā

Brooding upon that very object, bewildered, (which was) lost as though in water, all of them, not having attained yoga, met with the law of time (i.e. died).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.4

ततस् ते योगविभ्रष्टा देवेषु सुचिरोषिताः जाताः कौशिकदायादाः कुरुक्षेत्रे नरर्षभ

tatas te yogavibhraṣṭā deveṣu suciroṣitāḥ jātāḥ kauśikadāyādāḥ kurukṣetre nararṣabha

Then those who had fallen from yoga, after dwelling long among the gods, were born as descendants of Kauśika in Kurukṣetra, O bull among men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.5

हिंसया विचरिष्यन्तो धर्मं पितृकृतेन वै ततस् ते पुनर् आजातिं भ्रष्टाः प्राप्स्यन्ति कुत्सितां

hiṃsayā vicariṣyanto dharmaṃ pitṛkṛtena vai tatas te punar ājātiṃ bhraṣṭāḥ prāpsyanti kutsitāṃ

Going about (transgressing) dharma by violence, on account of what their father did, those fallen ones will then again attain a despicable birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 14.6

तेषां पितृप्रसादेन पूर्वजातिकृतेन च स्मृतिर् उत्पत्स्यते प्राप्य तां तां जातिं जुगुप्सिताम्

teṣāṃ pitṛprasādena pūrvajātikṛtena ca smṛtir utpatsyate prāpya tāṃ tāṃ jātiṃ jugupsitām

By their father's grace, and by what was done in a former birth, memory will arise in them upon reaching each of those loathsome births.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.7

ते धर्मचारिणो नित्यं भविष्यन्ति समाहिताः ब्राह्मण्यं प्रतिलप्स्यन्ति ततो भूयः स्वकर्मणा

te dharmacāriṇo nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti samāhitāḥ brāhmaṇyaṃ pratilapsyanti tato bhūyaḥ svakarmaṇā

They will constantly be practisers of dharma, composed; and then again, by their own action, they will regain brahminhood.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.8

ततश् च योगं प्राप्स्यन्ति पूर्वजातिकृतं पुनः भूयः सिद्धिम् अनुप्राप्ताः स्थानं प्राप्स्यन्ति शाश्वतम्

tataś ca yogaṃ prāpsyanti pūrvajātikṛtaṃ punaḥ bhūyaḥ siddhim anuprāptāḥ sthānaṃ prāpsyanti śāśvatam

And thereafter they will again attain the yoga practised in a former birth; having once more reached perfection, they will attain the eternal station.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.10

एवं धर्मे च ते बुद्धिर् भविष्यति पुनः पुनः योगधर्मे च निरतः प्राप्स्यसे सिद्धिम् उत्तमाम् ॥ ह्व्_१४।९ योगो हि दुर्लभो नित्यम् अल्पप्रज्ञैः कदाचन । लब्ध्वापि नाशयन्त्य् एनं व्यसनैः कटुतामिताः ॥ अधर्मेष्व् एव वर्तन्ते अर्दयन्ते गुरुं सदा । याचन्ते न त्व् अयाच्यानि रक्षन्ति शरणागतान् । नावमन्यन्ति कृपणान् माद्यन्ते न धनोष्मणा । युक्ताहारविहाराश् च युक्तचेष्टाः स्वकर्मसु । ध्यानाध्ययनयुक्ताश् च न नष्टानुगवेषिणः ॥ नोपभोगरता नित्यं न मांसमधुभक्षणाः । न कामपरमा नित्यं न विप्रसेविनस् तथा ॥ नानार्यसंकथासक्ता नालस्योपहतास् तथा । नात्यन्तमानसंसक्ता गोष्ठीषु निरतास् तथा । प्राप्नुवन्ति नरा योगं योगो वै दुर्लभो भुवि ॥ प्रशान्ताश् च जितक्रोधा मानाहंकारवर्जिताः । कल्याणभाजनं ये तु ते भवन्ति यतव्रताः ॥ एवंविधास् तु ते तात ब्राह्मणा ह्य् अभवंस् तदा । स्मरन्ति ह्य् आत्मनो दोषं प्रमादकृतम् एव तु । ध्यानाध्ययनयुक्ताश् च शान्ते वर्त्मनि संस्थिताः । शान्तिं ते परमाम् आशु लभन्ते नात्र संशयः । तस्मात् त्वम् अपि धर्मज्ञ योगधर्मपरो भव । योगधर्माद् धि धर्मज्ञ न धर्मो ऽस्ति विशेषवान् वरिष्ठं सर्वधर्माणां तं समाचर भार्गव

evaṃ dharme ca te buddhir bhaviṣyati punaḥ punaḥ yogadharme ca nirataḥ prāpsyase siddhim uttamām // HV_14.9 yogo hi durlabho nityam alpaprajñaiḥ kadācana | labdhvāpi nāśayanty enaṃ vyasanaiḥ kaṭutāmitāḥ || adharmeṣv eva vartante ardayante guruṃ sadā | yācante na tv ayācyāni rakṣanti śaraṇāgatān | nāvamanyanti kṛpaṇān mādyante na dhanoṣmaṇā | yuktāhāravihārāś ca yuktaceṣṭāḥ svakarmasu | dhyānādhyayanayuktāś ca na naṣṭānugaveṣiṇaḥ || nopabhogaratā nityaṃ na māṃsamadhubhakṣaṇāḥ | na kāmaparamā nityaṃ na viprasevinas tathā || nānāryasaṃkathāsaktā nālasyopahatās tathā | nātyantamānasaṃsaktā goṣṭhīṣu niratās tathā | prāpnuvanti narā yogaṃ yogo vai durlabho bhuvi || praśāntāś ca jitakrodhā mānāhaṃkāravarjitāḥ | kalyāṇabhājanaṃ ye tu te bhavanti yatavratāḥ || evaṃvidhās tu te tāta brāhmaṇā hy abhavaṃs tadā | smaranti hy ātmano doṣaṃ pramādakṛtam eva tu | dhyānādhyayanayuktāś ca śānte vartmani saṃsthitāḥ | śāntiṃ te paramām āśu labhante nātra saṃśayaḥ | tasmāt tvam api dharmajña yogadharmaparo bhava | yogadharmād dhi dharmajña na dharmo 'sti viśeṣavān variṣṭhaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ taṃ samācara bhārgava

Thus your mind too will turn again and again to dharma, and, devoted to the discipline of yoga, you will attain the highest perfection. // (14.9) For yoga is always hard to get, never (attainable) by those of little wisdom; and even when they have got it they destroy it by their vices, being embittered [text uncertain]. They move only among unrighteous things and always vex their teacher. (But such men as) do not beg what ought not to be begged, who protect those who come for shelter, who do not despise the wretched, who are not intoxicated by the fever of wealth, who are measured in food and recreation and measured in their exertions in their own duties, who are given to meditation and study and do not go chasing after what is lost; who are not constantly given to enjoyments, not eaters of meat and honey, not always making pleasure their highest aim, nor likewise servers of (other) brahmins; who are not attached to ignoble talk, nor struck down by sloth, nor excessively attached to pride, nor given to gossip-circles — (such) men attain yoga; yoga is indeed hard to obtain on earth. Those who are tranquil, who have conquered anger, free of pride and egotism, of restrained vows — they become vessels of good fortune. Of just such a kind, my dear, were those brahmins then; for they remember their own fault, committed through heedlessness. Given to meditation and study, established on the path of peace, they swiftly obtain supreme peace — here there is no doubt. Therefore you too, knower of dharma, be intent on the discipline of yoga; for than the discipline of yoga, O knower of dharma, there is no dharma more excellent. Practise it, the best of all dharmas, O Bhārgava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 14.11

कालस्य परिणामेन लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः तत्परः प्रयतः श्राद्धी योगधर्मम् अवाप्स्यसि इत्य् उक्त्वा भगवान् देवस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

kālasya pariṇāmena laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ tatparaḥ prayataḥ śrāddhī yogadharmam avāpsyasi ity uktvā bhagavān devas tatraivāntaradhīyata

With the turning of time, eating lightly, with senses conquered, intent on that, restrained, and faithful, you will attain the discipline of yoga.' Having said this, the blessed god vanished on that very spot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.12

अष्टादशानां वर्षाणाम् एकाहम् इति मे मतिः उपासतश् च देवेशं वर्षाण्य् अष्टादशैव मे

aṣṭādaśānāṃ varṣāṇām ekāham iti me matiḥ upāsataś ca deveśaṃ varṣāṇy aṣṭādaśaiva me

Of eighteen years — in my mind it was a single day; for I attended upon the lord of gods for a full eighteen years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 14.13

प्रसादात् तस्य देवस्य न ग्लानिर् अभवत् तदा न क्षुत्पिपासे कालं वा जानामि स्म तदानघ पश्चाच् छिष्यसकाशात् तु कालः संविदितो मम

prasādāt tasya devasya na glānir abhavat tadā na kṣutpipāse kālaṃ vā jānāmi sma tadānagha paścāc chiṣyasakāśāt tu kālaḥ saṃvidito mama

By the grace of that god there was then no weariness, nor hunger and thirst; nor did I know the time then, O sinless one. Afterwards the time was made known to me from my pupils.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition