Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 35
MBh 4 35.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच भूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वचः। यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया॥
śrībhagavānuvāca bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ| yatte'haṃ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā||
The great one said And again, O mighty-armed, listen to My words relating to the great Self. I tell them to you out of a wish for your welfare, and you, too, will be delighted with them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.2
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः। अहमादिहि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः॥
na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ| ahamādihi devānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ||
The hosts of gods and great sages do not know my origin, for I am in every way the source of the gods and sages.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.3
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्। असम्मूढः स मर्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥
yo māmajamanādiṃ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram| asammūḍhaḥ sa maryeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate||
He, who knows Me to be unborn, free from delusion, without beginning, the supreme Lord of all the world, is released from all sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.4
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः। सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च॥
buddhirjñānamasammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ| sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṃ cābhayameva ca||
Intelligence, knowledge, absence from delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, tranquility, pleasure, pain, birth, fear and also security.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.5
अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः। भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः॥
ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṃ yaśo'yaśaḥ| bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṃ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ||
Harmlessness, equanimity of mind; contentment, penance, offering gifts, fame, infamy, all these attributes of being arise from Me alone.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.6
महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा। मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः॥
maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā| madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ||
The seven great Rishis, and also the four ancient Manus, pertaining my nature, were all born from my mind, (by My mere thinking). From them are all things born.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.7
एतां विभूति योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः। सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः॥
etāṃ vibhūti yogaṃ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ| so'vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ||
He, who knows correctly these emanations and mystic powers of Mine, becomes possessed of unswerving devotion, there is no doubt about it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.8
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते। इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः॥
ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate| iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ||
The truly wise man, endued with My nature, worship Me, believing that I am the origin of all, and from Me all things proceed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.9
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्। कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च॥
maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam| kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca||
Such men placing their minds on Me, devoting their lives to Me, instructing each other and speaking about Me, are always contended and happy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.10
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्। ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते॥
teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam| dadāmi buddhiyogaṃ taṃ yena māmupayānti te||
To such men I give that knowledge by which they attain to Me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.11
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः। नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता॥
teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṃ tamaḥ| nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā||
Out of compassion for them I, remaining in their hearts, destroy, in such men, the darkness of ignorance, with the lamp of knowledge.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.12
अर्जुन उवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्। पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्॥
arjuna uvāca paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān| puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyamādidevamajaṃ vibhum||
Arjuna said You are the supreme Brahma, the supreme asylum, the holiest of the holy, the everlasting divine Being, the first of gods, unborn, the great Lord.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.13
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षि रदस्तथा। असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे॥
āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣi radastathā| asito devalo vyāsa: svayaṃ caiva bravīṣi me||
All the Rishis, as well as the divine sages Narada, Asita, Devala, are thus. And you too, O Keshava, tell me yourself that it is so.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.14
सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव। न हि ते भगवन् व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः॥
sarvametadṛtaṃ manye yanmāṃ vadasi keśava| na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṃ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ||
I believe all that you tell me, O holy one, for neither the gods nor the demons understand your manifestation,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.15
स्वयमेवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं वेत्थं त्वं पुरुषोत्तम। भूतभावन भूतेष देवदेव जगत्पते॥
svayamevātmanā''tmānaṃ vetthaṃ tvaṃ puruṣottama| bhūtabhāvana bhūteṣa devadeva jagatpate||
O best of beings, creator of all things, God of gods, Lord of the universe, you only know yourself by your great Self.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.16
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः। याभिविभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि॥
vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ| yābhivibhūtibhirlokānimāṃstvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi||
Kindly tell me without reservation your divine emanations, by which emanation you remain pervading all these worlds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.17
कथं विद्यामहं योगिस्त्वा सदा परिचिन्तयन्। केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन् मय॥
kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogistvā sadā paricintayan| keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavan maya||
O you of mystic powers, how shall I know you by always mediating on you. In what particular entity (manifestation), should l mediate on you?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.18
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन। भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्॥
vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana| bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me'mṛtam||
O Janardana, declare to me yourself, your powers and emanations, for hearing this ambrosia, I am not satiated.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.19
श्रीभगवानुवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः। प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे॥
śrībhagavānuvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ| prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me||
The great One said Well. O best of Kurus, I shall declare you my divine emanations, but I shall only tell you the chief ones, for there is no end of emanations.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.20
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः। अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च॥
ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ| ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca||
O Gudakesha, I am the Self in the heart of every being. I am the beginning the middle and the end of every thing.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.21
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्कोतिषां रविरंशुमान्। मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी॥
ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇurkotiṣāṃ raviraṃśumān| marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṃ śaśī||
I am Vishnu amongst the Adityas, all resplendent Sun among all shining bodies. I am Marichi among Maruts, and the Moon among constellations.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.22
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासव।। इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना॥
vedānāṃ sāmavedo'smi devānāmasmi vāsava|| indriyāṇāṃ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā||
I am the Sama Veda among the Vedas, I am Indra among the celestial I am mind among the senses, I am the consciousness of all living things.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.23
रुद्राणां शंकरश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम्। वसूना पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम्॥
rudrāṇāṃ śaṃkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām| vasūnā pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham||
I am Shankara among the Rudras, I am the lord of treasures among Yakshas. I am Pavaka among the Vasus, and I am the Meru amongst the mountain peaks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.24
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्। सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः॥
purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim| senānīnāmahaṃ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ||
Know me, Partha, as Brihaspati among family priests, and Skanda among commanders of forces. I am occan among all waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.25
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामसम्येकमक्षरम्। यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः॥
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgurahaṃ girāmasamyekamakṣaram| yajñānāṃ japayajño'smi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ||
I am Bhrigu among the great Rishis, I am Om among all words, I am Tapa Sacrifice among all sacrifices. I am the Himalaya among mountains.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.26
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः। गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः॥
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ| gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ||
And the fig tree among all trees; I am Narada among celestial Rishis, and Chitraratha among Gandharvas. I un Kapila among all ascetics successful in Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.27
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्। ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्॥
uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṃ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam| airāvataṃ gajendrāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca narādhipam||
Know me to be Uchaishrava among all horses, produced by the churning for ambrosia, and Airavata among the great elephants. I am king among men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.28
आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक्। प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः॥
āyudhānāmahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk| prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ||
I am thunder among weapons; I am Kamadhuka among cows; I am Kandarpa that generates. I am Vasuki among serpents;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.29
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्। पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्॥
anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham| pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham||
I am Ananta among Nags. I am Varuna among aquatic beings, I am Aryaman among the Pitris and Yama among the dispensers of justice and punishment.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.30
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम्। मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्॥
prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṃ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham| mṛgāṇāṃ ca mṛgendro'haṃ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām||
I am Pralhada among Daityas, and the Kala among those who count. I am lion among the beasts of prey, and Garuda among birds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.31
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्। झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी॥
pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham| jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī||
I am the wind among those that move, Rama among the wielders of weapons. I am Makara among fishes, I am the Ganges among all rivers and streams.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.32
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन। अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम्॥
sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṃ caivāhamarjuna| adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham||
O Arjuna, I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all created things. I am the knowledge of the supreme Self among all kinds of knowledge, and I am the argument of all debtors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.33
अक्षराणाकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च। अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः॥
akṣarāṇākāro'smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca| ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātā'haṃ viśvatomukhaḥ||
I am the first letter of the Alphabet and Dvandva (copulative) among all Samasa (compounds). I am the Eternal Time, I am the Creator with face turned to every side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.34
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्। कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक् च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।३४।
mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām| kīrtiḥ śrīrvāk ca nārīṇāṃ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā||34|
I am the Source of all that is to be. Among females, I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Courage, and Forgiveness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.35
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्। मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः॥
bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasāmaham| māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'hamṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ||
I am Brihata Saman among Samnas, and Gayatri among meters. I am Margashirsha among months, and among seasons I am the spring that is full of flowers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.36
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्। जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्व सत्ववतामहम्॥
dyūtaṃ chalayatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham| jayo'smi vyavasāyo'smi sattva satvavatāmaham||
I am the dice-game among cheats, I am the glory among the glories. I am victory, I am industry, I am the goodness of the good.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.37
वृष्णीनांवासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनंजयः। मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः॥
vṛṣṇīnāṃvāsudevo'smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ| munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ||
I am Vasudeva among Vrishnis and Arjuna among the Pandavas. I am Vyasa among Rishis, and Ushanas among the Seers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.38
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्॥
daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām| maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham||
I am the rod of the chastisers, and the policy of those that seek victory. I am silence in secrets, and the knowledge of the learned.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.39
यच्चापि सर्वभूताना बीजं तदहमर्जुन। न तदस्ति विना यत् स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्॥
yaccāpi sarvabhūtānā bījaṃ tadahamarjuna| na tadasti vinā yat syānmayā bhūtaṃ carācaram||
I am, O Arjuna, that which is the seed of all things. There is nothing movable or immovable which can exist without Me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.40
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परंतप। एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया।॥
nānto'sti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ paraṃtapa| eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā|||
O terror of foes, there is no end of my divine emanations; the extent of my emanations in part has only been declared to you to cite instances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.41
यद् यद् विभूतमत् सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा। तत् तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोऽशसम्भवम्॥
yad yad vibhūtamat sattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā| tat tadevāvagaccha tvaṃ mama tejo'śasambhavam||
Whatever thing there is of power of glory or splendor, know them to be produced from portions of my energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 35.42
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन। विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।॥
athavā bahunaitena kiṃ jñātena tavārjuna| viṣṭabhyāhamidaṃ kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthito jagat|||
O Arjuna, what have you to do, knowing all this at large? Know, I stand supporting this entire universe with only a portion of my Self.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)