Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 40
MBh 4 40.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्। छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्॥
śrībhagavānuvāca ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam| chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit||
The great One said They say that the Ahsvatha tree with its roots above and branches below is (like the) eternal. Its leaves are the Chandas. He who knows it knows the Vedas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.2
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः। अधश्च मूलान्यनुसंततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके॥
adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ| adhaśca mūlānyanusaṃtatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke||
Its branches which are enlarged by the qualities stretched upwards and downwards; its sprouts are the objects of senses. Its roots, leading to actions, are extended downward to this world of men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.3
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा। मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा॥ ततः पदं तत् परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन् गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः। तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी॥
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā| masaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā|| tataḥ padaṃ tat parimārgitavyaṃ yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ| tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī||
Its from cannot be known in this world, nor its end, its beginning, for its support. Cutting this Ahsvatha of strong roots with a sharp weapon, one should seek for that place going whither none returns again-resolving, “I shall seek the protection of that Primeval Sire from whom the original course of this worldly life has flowed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.4
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः। गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्॥
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ| gacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat||
Those that are free from delusion and pride, that have subdued the evil of attachments, that are steady in contemplation of the relation of the Supreme to the individual Self, from whom desires have gone away, and who is free from the pairs of opposites, go undeluded to that eternal seat.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.5
न तद् भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः। यद् गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद् धाम परमं मम॥
na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ| yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṃ mama||
The sun lights not that place, nor the Moon, nor the fire. Going there none returns, that is my Supreme seat.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.6
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः। मनः षष्ठानीन्द्रीयाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ| manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndrīyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati||
An everlasting portion of Me (My Self) becoming an individual Self in this world, draws to itself the five senses with the mind as the sixth. They all depend on Nature.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.7
शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः। गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात्॥
śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ| gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt||
When (this Self) the king of the body, assumes or quits the body, it departs taking them away, as the wind takes away the fragrance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.8
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च। अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते॥
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca| adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate||
Presiding over the ear, the eye, the organs of touch, taste and smell, and the mind. It (the Self) enjoys all objects of senses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.9
उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जान् वा गुणान्वितम्। विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः॥
utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjān vā guṇānvitam| vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ||
Those that are deluded do not see It when It remains in the body, or when It quits it, when It enjoys or when It is joined with qualities. But those see it who have the eye of knowledge.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.10
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्। यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः॥
yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam| yatanto'pyakṛtātmāno nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ||
Devotees who are trying to attain to emancipation see It in their own bodies. But those that are senseless, and whose minds are not restrained, do not see It, although they too are trying for emancipation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.11
यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद् भासयतेऽखिलम्। यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चागग्नौ तत् तेजो विद्धि मामकम्॥
yadādityagataṃ tejo jagad bhāsayate'khilam| yaccandramasi yaccāgagnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam||
The refulgence in the Sun which illuminates the vast universe, that which is in the Moon, and in the Fire, know it to be mine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.12
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा। पुष्णामि चौषश्वीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वारसात्मकः॥
gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā| puṣṇāmi cauṣaśvīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvārasātmakaḥ||
Entering into the earth I uphold every thing by My Force, and becoming Savoury Moon, I nourish all plants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.13
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः। प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्॥
ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ| prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṃ caturvidham||
Becoming the vital heat in the bodies of creatures, and mixing with the upward and downward breaths, I digest the four kinds of food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.14
सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि संनिविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च। वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद् वेदविदेव चाहम्॥
sarvasya cāhaṃ hṛdi saṃniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṃ ca| vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛd vedavideva cāham||
I am in the hearts of all. Memory and knowledge, and the loss of both, are all from Me. I am the objects of knowledge to be known from the Vedas. I am the author of the Vedantas, and again I alone am the object to be known of the Vedas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.15
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च। क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते॥
dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca| kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate||
There are two entities in this universe, namely the Perishable and the Imperishable. All creatures are the Perishable, and the unconcerned One is the Imperishable.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.16
उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः। यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः॥
uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ| yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ||
But there is another, namely the Supreme Being, called Paramatma, who being the everlasting Lord, and pervading the three worlds, sustains them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.17
यस्तात् क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः। अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः॥
yastāt kṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ| ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ||
As I transcend the Perishable, and as I am higher then even the Imperishable, I am celebrated in the world and sung in the Vedas as Purushottama.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.18
यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्। स सर्वविद् भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत॥
yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam| sa sarvavid bhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata||
He, who without being deluded, knows Me to be this Highest Being, O Bharata, knowing all this, worships Me with all thoughts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 40.19
इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयानघ। एतद् बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान् स्यात् कृतकृत्यश्च भारत॥
iti guhyatamaṃ śāstramidamuktaṃ mayānagha| etad buddhvā buddhimān syāt kṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata||
I have thus, O holy one, declared to you this knowledge, the greatest of all mysteries. Knowing this, O Bharata, one becomes gifted with intelligence, and he has done all that he needs do".
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)