Mahabharata — Volume VIII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 166
MBh 8 166.1
भीष्म उवाच एवं स्तुतः स भगवान् गुस्तिथ्यैश्च नामभिः। तं मुनि दर्शयामास नारदं विश्वरूपधृक्॥
bhīṣma uvāca evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavān gustithyaiśca nāmabhiḥ| taṃ muni darśayāmāsa nāradaṃ viśvarūpadhṛk||
Bhishma said Thus sung with names that were not known to others, the Divine Narayana having the universe for his form appeared before the ascetic Narada.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.2
किंचिच्चन्द्राद् विशुद्धात्मा किंचिच्चन्द्राद् विशेषवान्। कृशानुवर्णः किंचिच्च किंचिद्धिष्ण्याकृतिः प्रभुः॥
kiṃciccandrād viśuddhātmā kiṃciccandrād viśeṣavān| kṛśānuvarṇaḥ kiṃcicca kiṃciddhiṣṇyākṛtiḥ prabhuḥ||
His form was some what purer than the moon and differed from the moon in some particulars. He somewhat resembled a burning fire in complexion. The powerful Lord was somewhat of the form of Vishti,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.3
शुकपत्रनिभः किंचित् किंचित्स्फटिकसंनिभः। नीलाञ्जनचयप्रख्यो जातरूपप्रभः क्वचित्॥
śukapatranibhaḥ kiṃcit kiṃcitsphaṭikasaṃnibhaḥ| nīlāñjanacayaprakhyo jātarūpaprabhaḥ kvacit||
He looked in some respects like the feathers of the parrot, and in some a collection of pure crystal. He resembled in some respects a hill of antimony and in some a mass of pure gold.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.4
प्रवालाङ्कुरवर्णश्च श्वेतवर्णस्तथा क्वचित्। क्वचित् सुवर्णवर्णाभो वैदूर्यसदृशः क्वचित्॥
pravālāṅkuravarṇaśca śvetavarṇastathā kvacit| kvacit suvarṇavarṇābho vaidūryasadṛśaḥ kvacit||
His complexion somewhat resembled the coral when first formed, and was somewhat white. That complexion resembled in some respects the colour of gold and in some that of the lapis lazulus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.5
नीलवैदूर्यसदृश इन्द्रनीलनिभः क्वचित्। मयूरग्रीववर्णाभो मुक्ताहारनिभः क्वचित्॥
nīlavaidūryasadṛśa indranīlanibhaḥ kvacit| mayūragrīvavarṇābho muktāhāranibhaḥ kvacit||
It resembled in some respects the colour of the blue lapis lazulus and in some that of sapphire. It resembled in some respects of colour of the peacock's neck, and in some that of a string of pearls.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.6
एतान् बहुविधान् वर्णान् रूपैर्बिभ्रत्सनातनः। सहस्रनयनः श्रीमाञ्छतशीर्षः सहस्रपात्॥
etān bahuvidhān varṇān rūpairbibhratsanātanaḥ| sahasranayanaḥ śrīmāñchataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt||
Bearing these various sorts of hues on his body the eternal Deity appeared before Narada. He had a thousand eyes and was endued with great beauty. He had a hundred heads and a hundred feet.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.7
सहस्रोदरबाहुश्च अव्यक्ता इति च क्वचित्। ओङ्कारमुद्गिरन् वक्त्रात् सावित्री च तदन्वयाम्॥
sahasrodarabāhuśca avyaktā iti ca kvacit| oṅkāramudgiran vaktrāt sāvitrī ca tadanvayām||
He had a thousand stomachs and a thousand arms. He seemed to be still inconceivable to the mind. With one of his mouths he uttered the syllable OM and then the Gayatri following OM.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.8
शेषेभ्यश्चैव वक्त्रेभ्यश्चतुर्वेदान् गिरन् बहून्। आरण्यकं जगौ देवो हरिर्नारायणो वशी॥
śeṣebhyaścaiva vaktrebhyaścaturvedān giran bahūn| āraṇyakaṃ jagau devo harirnārāyaṇo vaśī||
With mind under complete mastery, the great God, called by the names of Hari and Narayana, by his other mouths, many in nụmber, uttered many Mantras from the four Vedas which are known by the name of Aranyaka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.9
वेदि कमण्डलुं शुभ्रान् मणीनुपानहौ कुशान्। अजिनं दण्डकाष्ठं च ज्वलितं च हुताशनम्॥
vedi kamaṇḍaluṃ śubhrān maṇīnupānahau kuśān| ajinaṃ daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ ca jvalitaṃ ca hutāśanam||
The Lord of all the gods, the great God who is worshipped in sacrifices, held in his hands a sacrificial altar, a Kamandalu, a few white gems, a pair of shoes, a bundle of Kusha blades, a deer-skin, a tooth-stick, and a little burning fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.10
धारयामास देवेशो हस्तैर्यज्ञपतिस्तदा। तं प्रसन्नं प्रसन्नात्मा नारदो द्विजसत्तमः॥
dhārayāmāsa deveśo hastairyajñapatistadā| taṃ prasannaṃ prasannātmā nārado dvijasattamaḥ||
With a cheerful heart, that foremost of twice-born one viz., Narada, controlling speech, bowed to the great God and worshipped Him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.11
वाग्यतः प्रणतो भूत्वा ववन्दे परमेश्वरम्। तमुवाच नतं मूर्धा देवानामादिरव्ययः॥
vāgyataḥ praṇato bhūtvā vavande parameśvaram| tamuvāca nataṃ mūrdhā devānāmādiravyayaḥ||
The first of all the gods, who is free from decay, said the following words to him whose head was still bent low in veneration.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.12
श्रीभगवानुवाच एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चैव महर्षयः। इमं देशमनुप्राप्ता मम दर्शनलालसाः॥
śrībhagavānuvāca ekataśca dvitaścaiva tritaścaiva maharṣayaḥ| imaṃ deśamanuprāptā mama darśanalālasāḥ||
The Holy One said The great Rishis, Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, came to this country from desire of seeing me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.13
न च मां ते ददृशिरे न च द्रक्ष्यति कथश्चन। ऋते ौकान्तिकश्रेष्ठात् त्वं चैवैकान्तिकोत्तमः॥
na ca māṃ te dadṛśire na ca drakṣyati kathaścana| ṛte aukāntikaśreṣṭhāt tvaṃ caivaikāntikottamaḥ||
Their wishes, however, were not fulfilled. Excepting those who are devoted to with wholly and solely, no else can see me. As regards you, you are verily the foremost of all persons devoted to me with all their souls.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.14
ममैतास्तनवः श्रेष्ठा जाता धर्मगृहे द्विज। तास्त्वं भजस्व सततं साधयस्व यथागतम्॥
mamaitāstanavaḥ śreṣṭhā jātā dharmagṛhe dvija| tāstvaṃ bhajasva satataṃ sādhayasva yathāgatam||
These are my bodies, the best ones that I assume. These were born, O twice-born one, in the house of Dharma. Do you worship them always, and do you perform those rites that are laid down in the ordinances in connexion with that worship.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.15
वृणीष्व च वरं विप्र मत्तस्त्वं यदिहेच्छसि। प्रसन्नोऽहं तवायेह विश्वमूर्तिरिहाव्ययः॥
vṛṇīṣva ca varaṃ vipra mattastvaṃ yadihecchasi| prasanno'haṃ tavāyeha viśvamūrtirihāvyayaḥ||
O Brahmana, do you ask of me the boons you wish! I am pleased with you to-day and I appear to you now in my universal form as freed from decay and deterioration!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.16
नारद उवाच अद्य मे तपसो देव यमस्य नियमस्य च। सद्यः फलमवाप्तं वै दृष्टो यद् भगवान् मया॥
nārada uvāca adya me tapaso deva yamasya niyamasya ca| sadyaḥ phalamavāptaṃ vai dṛṣṭo yad bhagavān mayā||
Narada said Since, O holy one, I have to-day succeeded in seeing you, I think that I have acquired forthwith the fruits of my penances, O God, of my self-restraint, and of all the vows and observances that I have practised.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.17
वर एष ममात्यन्तं दृष्टस्त्वं यत् सनातनः। भगवन् विश्वदृक् सिंहः सर्वमूर्तिमहान् प्रभुः॥
vara eṣa mamātyantaṃ dṛṣṭastvaṃ yat sanātanaḥ| bhagavan viśvadṛk siṃhaḥ sarvamūrtimahān prabhuḥ||
This, indeed, is the highest boon you have granted me for you have appeared before me to-day, O Eternal Lord! You, O holy one, have the universe for your eye! You are the Lion. Your form is identifiable with everything! Possessed of power you, O Lord, are vast and infinite.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.18
भीष्म उवाच एवं संदर्शयित्वा तु नारदं परमेष्ठिनम्। उवाच वचनं भूयो गच्छ नारद मा चिरम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca evaṃ saṃdarśayitvā tu nāradaṃ parameṣṭhinam| uvāca vacanaṃ bhūyo gaccha nārada mā ciram||
Bhishma said Having thus appeared before Narada the son of Parameshthi, the great God addressed that ascetic and said,-Go hence, O Narada, and do not delay!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.19
इमे ह्यनिन्द्रियाहारा मद्भक्ताश्चन्द्रवर्चसः। एकाग्राश्चिन्तयेयुर्मी नैषां विघ्नो भवेदिति॥
ime hyanindriyāhārā madbhaktāścandravarcasaḥ| ekāgrāścintayeyurmī naiṣāṃ vighno bhavediti||
These worshippers of mine, having moonlike complexions, are divested of all senses and do not live upon any kind of food. They are, again, all Liberated! With minds wholly concentrated upon me, people should think of me. Such worshippers will never meet with any obstacles.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.20
सिद्धा ह्येते महाभागाः पुरा ह्येकान्तिनोऽभवन्। तमोरजोभिर्निर्मुक्ता मां प्रवेक्ष्यन्त्यसंशयम्॥
siddhā hyete mahābhāgāḥ purā hyekāntino'bhavan| tamorajobhirnirmuktā māṃ pravekṣyantyasaṃśayam||
These men have all acquired ascetic success and are highly blessed. In day of yore they became entirely devoted to me. They have becn freed from the qualities of Darkness and Ignorance. Forsooth, they are competent to enter me and become merged into my Self.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.21
न दृश्यश्चक्षुषा योऽसौ न स्पृश्यः स्पर्शनेन च। न घेयश्चैव गन्धेन रसेन च विवर्जितः॥ सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव न गुणास्तं भजन्ति वै। यश्च सर्वगतः साक्षी लोकस्यात्मेति कथ्यते॥ भूतग्रामशरीरेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतश्च निर्गुणो निष्कलस्तथा॥ द्विादशेभ्यस्तत्त्वेभ्यः ख्यातो यः पञ्चविंशकः। पुरुषो निष्क्रियश्चैव ज्ञानदृश्यश्च कथ्यते॥ यं प्रविश्य भवन्तीह मुक्ता वै द्विजसत्तमाः। स वासुदेवो विज्ञेयः परमात्मा सनातनः॥
na dṛśyaścakṣuṣā yo'sau na spṛśyaḥ sparśanena ca| na gheyaścaiva gandhena rasena ca vivarjitaḥ|| sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva na guṇāstaṃ bhajanti vai| yaśca sarvagataḥ sākṣī lokasyātmeti kathyate|| bhūtagrāmaśarīreṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati| ajo nityaḥ śāśvataśca nirguṇo niṣkalastathā|| dviādaśebhyastattvebhyaḥ khyāto yaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ| puruṣo niṣkriyaścaiva jñānadṛśyaśca kathyate|| yaṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā vai dvijasattamāḥ| sa vāsudevo vijñeyaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ||
He who cannot be seen with the eye, touched with the sense of touch, smelt with the sense of scent, and who is beyond the sense of taste, He whom the three qualities of goodness. Darkness, and Ignorance do not touch, who permeates all things and is the one Witness of the universe, and who is described as the Soul of the entire universe, He who is not destroyed upon the destruction of the bodies of all created things, who is unborn and unchangeable and eternal, who is freed from all qualities, who is indivisible and entire, He who is above the twenty-four topics of enquiry and is considered the Twenty-fifth, who is called by the name of Twenty-fifth, who is called by the name of Purusha, who is inactive, and who is said to be apprehended by Knowledge alone, He into whom the foremost of twice-born ones enter and become liberated, He is the eternal Supreme Soul and is known by the name of Vasudeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.22
पश्य देवस्य माहात्म्यं महिमानं च नारद। शुभाशुभैः कर्मभिर्यो न लिप्यति कदाचन॥
paśya devasya māhātmyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca nārada| śubhāśubhaiḥ karmabhiryo na lipyati kadācana||
See, O Narada, the greatness and power of that God! He is never affected by good or bad deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.23
सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चेति गुणानेतान् प्रचक्षते। यत्ते सर्वशरीरेषु तिष्ठन्ति विचरन्ति च॥
sattvaṃ rajastamaśceti guṇānetān pracakṣate| yatte sarvaśarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca||
Satvata, Rajas, and Tamas, are said to be the three (original) qualities. These live and act in the bodies of all creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.24
एतान् गुणांस्तु क्षेत्रज्ञो भुङ्क्ते नैभिः स भुज्यते। निर्गुणो गुणभुक् चैव गुणस्रष्टा गुणाधिकः॥
etān guṇāṃstu kṣetrajño bhuṅkte naibhiḥ sa bhujyate| nirguṇo guṇabhuk caiva guṇasraṣṭā guṇādhikaḥ||
The Individual Soul, called Kshetrajna, enjoys and suffers the action of these three qualities. He, however, is above them and they cannot touch Him. Freed from these qualities, He is again their enjoyer and sufferer. Having created them Himself, He is above them all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.25
जगत्प्रतिष्ठा देवर्षे पृथिव्यप्सु प्रलीयते। ज्योतिष्यापः प्रलीयन्ते ज्योतिर्वायौ प्रलीयते॥ खे वायुः प्रलयं याति मनस्याकाशमेव च। मनो हि परमं भूतं तदव्यक्ते प्रलीयते॥
jagatpratiṣṭhā devarṣe pṛthivyapsu pralīyate| jyotiṣyāpaḥ pralīyante jyotirvāyau pralīyate|| khe vāyuḥ pralayaṃ yāti manasyākāśameva ca| mano hi paramaṃ bhūtaṃ tadavyakte pralīyate||
O celestial Rishi, the Earth, which is the refuge of the universe, disappears into water. Water disappears into Fire and Fire into Wind. Wind disappears into Ether, and Ether into Mind. Mind is a great creature, and it disappears into Unmanifest Nature.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.26
अव्यक्तं पुरुषे ब्रह्मन् निष्क्रिये सम्प्रलीयते। नास्ति तस्मात् परतरः पुरुषाद् वै सनातनात्॥
avyaktaṃ puruṣe brahman niṣkriye sampralīyate| nāsti tasmāt parataraḥ puruṣād vai sanātanāt||
Unmanifest Nature, 0 Brahmana, disappears into Inactive Purusha (Soul). There is nothing higher than Purusha (Soul) which is Eternal.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.27
नित्यं हि नास्ति जगति भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम्। ऋते तमेकं पुरुषं वासुदेवं सनातनम्॥
nityaṃ hi nāsti jagati bhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam| ṛte tamekaṃ puruṣaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam||
There is nothing among mobile and immobile things in the universe which is immutable, except Vasudeva, the eternal Purusha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.28
सर्वभूतात्मभूतो हि वासुदेवो महाबलः। पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम्॥ ते समेता महात्मानः शरीरमिति संज्ञितम्। तदा विशति यो ब्रह्मन्नदृश्यो लघुविक्रमः॥ उत्पन्न एव भवति शरीरं चेष्टयन् प्रभुः। न विना धातुसंघातं शरीरं भवति क्वचित्॥
sarvabhūtātmabhūto hi vāsudevo mahābalaḥ| pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam|| te sametā mahātmānaḥ śarīramiti saṃjñitam| tadā viśati yo brahmannadṛśyo laghuvikramaḥ|| utpanna eva bhavati śarīraṃ ceṣṭayan prabhuḥ| na vinā dhātusaṃghātaṃ śarīraṃ bhavati kvacit||
Endued with great power, Vasudeva is the Soul of all creatures. Earth, Wind, Ether, Water, and Fire forming fifth, are primal clephants of great power. Mingling together they form the body. Possessed of subtile prowess and invisible to all eyes, O Brahmana, the powerful Vasudeva then enter that combination of the five principal elements called body. Such entrance is called his birth, and taking birth He makes the body move about and act. Without a combination of the five principal elements, 110 body can ever be formed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.29
न च जीवं विना ब्रह्मन् वायवश्चेष्टयन्त्युत। स जीवः परिसंख्यातः शेषः संकर्षणः प्रभुः॥
na ca jīvaṃ vinā brahman vāyavaśceṣṭayantyuta| sa jīvaḥ parisaṃkhyātaḥ śeṣaḥ saṃkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ||
Without, again, the entrance of Individual Soul into the body, the mind living within it cannot cause it move and act. He that enters the body is possessed of great power and is called Individual. He is known also by other names, viz., Shesha and Sankarshana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.30
तस्मात् सनत्कुमारत्वं योऽलभत् स्वेन कर्मणा। यस्मिश्च सर्वभूतानि प्रलयं यान्ति संक्षयम्॥ स मनः सर्वभूतानां प्रद्युम्न परिपठ्यते।
tasmāt sanatkumāratvaṃ yo'labhat svena karmaṇā| yasmiśca sarvabhūtāni pralayaṃ yānti saṃkṣayam|| sa manaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pradyumna paripaṭhyate|
He who takes his his rise, from that Sankarshana, by his own acts, Sanatkumara, and in whom all creatures merge when the universal dissolution sets in, is the Mind of all creatures and is called by the name of Praddyumna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.31
तस्मात् प्रसूतो यः कर्ता कारणं कार्यमेव च।॥ न च जीवं विना ब्रह्मन् वायवश्वेश्यन्त्युत। तस्मात् सर्वं सम्भवति जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्। सोऽनिरुद्धः स ईशानो व्यक्तः स सर्वकर्मसु॥
tasmāt prasūto yaḥ kartā kāraṇaṃ kāryameva ca||| na ca jīvaṃ vinā brahman vāyavaśveśyantyuta| tasmāt sarvaṃ sambhavati jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam| so'niruddhaḥ sa īśāno vyaktaḥ sa sarvakarmasu||
From Him originates. He who is the Creator, and who is both Cause and Effect. From this last, everything, viz., the mobile and immobile universe, originates. This one is called Aniruddha. He is otherwise called Ishana and He is manifest in all deeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.32
यो वासुदेवो भगवान् क्षेत्रज्ञो निर्गुणात्मकः। ज्ञेयः स एव राजेन्द्र जीव: संकर्षणः प्रभुः॥
yo vāsudevo bhagavān kṣetrajño nirguṇātmakaḥ| jñeyaḥ sa eva rājendra jīva: saṃkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ||
That illustrious one, viz., Vasudeva, who is called Kshetrajna, (Soul) and who is freed from qualities, should, O king of kings, be known as the powerful Sankarshana, when He takes birth as (Individual Soul).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.33
संकर्षणाच्च प्रद्युम्नो मनोभूतः स उच्यते। प्रद्युम्नाद् योऽनिरुद्धस्तु सोऽहंकारः स ईश्वरः॥
saṃkarṣaṇācca pradyumno manobhūtaḥ sa ucyate| pradyumnād yo'niruddhastu so'haṃkāraḥ sa īśvaraḥ||
From Sankarshana originates Praddyumna who is called “Mind-begotten." From Praddymuna is He who is Aniruddha. He is Consciousness, He is Ishvara (Supreme Lord).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.34
मत्तः सर्वं सम्भवति जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्। अक्षरं च क्षरं चैव सच्चासच्चैव नारद॥
mattaḥ sarvaṃ sambhavati jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam| akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva saccāsaccaiva nārada||
It is from me that the entire mobile and immobile universe originates. It is from me, O Narada, that the indestructible and the destructible, the existent and the non-existent, originates.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.35
गुरुः। मां प्रविश्य भवन्तीह मुक्ता भक्तास्तु ये मम्। अहं कि पुरुषो ज्ञेयो निष्क्रियः पञ्चविंशकः॥
guruḥ| māṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā bhaktāstu ye mam| ahaṃ ki puruṣo jñeyo niṣkriyaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ||
They who are devoted to me enter into me and become liberated. I am known as Purusha. Without acts, I am the Twenty-fifth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.36
निर्गुणो निष्कलश्चैव निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः। एतत् त्वा न विज्ञेयं रूपवानिति दृश्यते॥ इच्छन् मुहूर्तान्नश्येयमीशोऽहं जगतो
nirguṇo niṣkalaścaiva nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ| etat tvā na vijñeyaṃ rūpavāniti dṛśyate|| icchan muhūrtānnaśyeyamīśo'haṃ jagato
Getting over qualities, I am entire and indivisible. I am above all pairs of opposite and shorn of all attachments. This, O Narada, you will fail to understand. You see me as having a form. If I wish, I can dissolve this form in a moment. I am the Supreme Lord and the Preceptor of the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.37
माया ह्येषा मया सृष्टा यन्मां पश्यसि नारद॥ सर्वभूतगुणैर्युक्तं नैव त्वं ज्ञातुमर्हसि। मयैतत् कथितं सम्यक् तव मूर्तिचतुष्टयम्॥
māyā hyeṣā mayā sṛṣṭā yanmāṃ paśyasi nārada|| sarvabhūtaguṇairyuktaṃ naiva tvaṃ jñātumarhasi| mayaitat kathitaṃ samyak tava mūrticatuṣṭayam||
What you see of me, ONarada, is merely an illusion of mine. I now appear to be possessed of the attributes of all created things. You are not competent to know me. I have shown to you duly my fourfold form. I am, O Narada, the doer, I am Cause, and I am Effect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.38
अहं हि जीवसंज्ञातो मयि जीवः समाहितः। नैव ते बुद्धिरत्राभूद् दृष्टो जीवो मयेति वै॥
ahaṃ hi jīvasaṃjñāto mayi jīvaḥ samāhitaḥ| naiva te buddhiratrābhūd dṛṣṭo jīvo mayeti vai||
I am the sum-total of all living creatures. All living creatures have their refuge in me, Do not think that you have seen the Individual Soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.39
अहं सर्वत्रगो ब्रह्मन् भूतग्रामान्तरात्मकः। भूतग्रामशरीरेषु नश्यत्सु न नशाम्यहम्॥
ahaṃ sarvatrago brahman bhūtagrāmāntarātmakaḥ| bhūtagrāmaśarīreṣu naśyatsu na naśāmyaham||
I pervade all things, O Brahmana, and am the inner Soul of all creatures. When the bodies of all creatures, however, are destroyed, I am not destroyed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.40
सिद्धा हि ते महाभागा नरा ह्येकान्तिनोऽभवन्। तमोरजोभ्यां निर्मुक्ताः प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति च मां मुने॥
siddhā hi te mahābhāgā narā hyekāntino'bhavan| tamorajobhyāṃ nirmuktāḥ pravekṣyanti ca māṃ mune||
Those highly blessed men who, having acquired ascetic success, become entirely devoted to me, become freed from the qualities of both Darkness and Ignorance and succeed, therefore, in entering me, O great ascetic.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.41
हिरण्यगर्भो लोकादिश्चतुर्वक्त्रोऽनिरुक्तगः। ब्रह्मा सनातनो देवो मम बह्वर्थचिन्तकः॥
hiraṇyagarbho lokādiścaturvaktro'niruktagaḥ| brahmā sanātano devo mama bahvarthacintakaḥ||
He called Hiranyagarbha, who is the beginning of the world, who has four faces, who cannot be understood with the help of the Nirukta, who is otherwise called Brahman, who is an eternal god, is engaged in loO king after many of my works.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.42
ललाटाच्चैव मे रुद्रो देवः क्रोधाद् विनिःसृतः। पश्यैकादश मे रुद्रान् दक्षिणं पार्श्वमास्थितान्॥
lalāṭāccaiva me rudro devaḥ krodhād viniḥsṛtaḥ| paśyaikādaśa me rudrān dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamāsthitān||
The god Rudra, born of my anger, originated from my forehead. See, the eleven Rudras are increasing on the right side of my person.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.43
द्वादशैव तथाऽऽदित्यान् वामपार्वे समास्थितान्। अग्रतश्चैव मे पश्य वसूनष्टौ सुरोत्तमान्॥ नासत्यं चैव दस्रं च भिषजौ पश्य पृष्ठतः। सर्वान् प्रजापतीन् पश्य पश्य सप्त ऋषींस्तथा॥
dvādaśaiva tathā''dityān vāmapārve samāsthitān| agrataścaiva me paśya vasūnaṣṭau surottamān|| nāsatyaṃ caiva dasraṃ ca bhiṣajau paśya pṛṣṭhataḥ| sarvān prajāpatīn paśya paśya sapta ṛṣīṃstathā||
The twelve Adityas are on the left side of my person. See the eight Vasus, those foremnost of gods, are in my front, and see, Nasatya and Dasra, those two celestial physicians, are in the rear. See also in my body all the Prajapatis and see the seven Rishis Also.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.44
वेदान् यज्ञांश्च शतशः पश्यामृतमथौषधीः। तपांसि नियमांश्चैव यमानपि पृथग्विधान्॥
vedān yajñāṃśca śataśaḥ paśyāmṛtamathauṣadhīḥ| tapāṃsi niyamāṃścaiva yamānapi pṛthagvidhān||
See also the Vedas, all the Sacrifices numbering by hundreds, the Amrita (nectar), and all the (medicinal) herbs and plants, and Penances, and vows and observances of various sorts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.45
तथाष्टगुणमैश्वर्यमेकस्थं पश्य मूर्तिमत्। श्रियं लक्ष्मी च कीर्तिं च पृथिवीं च ककुदिनीम्॥
tathāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryamekasthaṃ paśya mūrtimat| śriyaṃ lakṣmī ca kīrtiṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca kakudinīm||
See also in me the eight attributes of power, viz., those particularly called the Lordly powers, living all together in my body in their united and embodied form. See also Shree and Lakshmi, and Kirti, and the Earth with her hump.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.46
वेदानां मातरं पश्य मत्स्थां देवीं सरस्वतीम्। ध्रुवं च ज्योतिषां श्रेष्ठ पश्य नारद खेचरम्॥
vedānāṃ mātaraṃ paśya matsthāṃ devīṃ sarasvatīm| dhruvaṃ ca jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭha paśya nārada khecaram||
See the goddess Sarasvati, that mother of the Vedas, living in me! See, O Narada, Dhruva, that foremost of luminaries ranging in the sky.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.47
अम्भोधरान् समुद्रांश्च सरांसि सरितस्तथा। मूर्तिमन्तः पितृगणांश्चतुरः पश्य सत्तम॥ त्रींश्चैवेमान् गुणान् पश्य मत्स्थान् मूर्तिविवर्जितान्।
ambhodharān samudrāṃśca sarāṃsi saritastathā| mūrtimantaḥ pitṛgaṇāṃścaturaḥ paśya sattama|| trīṃścaivemān guṇān paśya matsthān mūrtivivarjitān|
See also all the Oceans, those receptacles of water, and lakes, and rivers. See, also, O best of men, the four foremost ones amongst the Pitris in their embodied forms. See also, living in me, the three qualities (of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas) which are formless.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.48
देवकार्यादपि मुने पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते॥ देवानां च पितॄणां च पिता ह्येकोऽहमादितः।
devakāryādapi mune pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate|| devānāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca pitā hyeko'hamāditaḥ|
The acts done in honour of the departed mane are superior to those done in honour of the gods. I am the Pitri of the both the gods and the Pitris, and am existing from the beginning.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.49
अहं हयशिरा भूत्वा समुद्रे पश्चिमोत्तरे॥ पिबामि सुहुतं हव्यं कव्यं च श्रद्धयान्वितम्।
ahaṃ hayaśirā bhūtvā samudre paścimottare|| pibāmi suhutaṃ havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca śraddhayānvitam|
Becoming the Equine-head I pass through the Western and the Northern ocean and drink sacrificial libations duly poured with Mantras and solid sacrificial food offered with respect and devotion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.50
मया सृष्टः पुरा ब्रह्मा मां यज्ञमयजत् स्वयम्॥ ततस्तस्मिन् वरान् प्रीतो दत्त्वानसम्यनुत्तमान्।
mayā sṛṣṭaḥ purā brahmā māṃ yajñamayajat svayam|| tatastasmin varān prīto dattvānasamyanuttamān|
In ancient times I created Brahman who himself worshipped me in sacrifices. Pleased with him on that account I granted him many excellent boons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.51
मत्पुत्रत्वं च कल्पादौ लोकाध्यक्षत्वमेव च॥ अहंकारकृतं चैव नाम पर्यायवाचकम्।
matputratvaṃ ca kalpādau lokādhyakṣatvameva ca|| ahaṃkārakṛtaṃ caiva nāma paryāyavācakam|
I said to him that in the beginning of the cycle he would be born to me as my son, and the sovereignty of all the worlds would he enjoy, and various names will be given to diverse objects on account of the Ahankara, i. e., egoism, coming into existence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.52
त्वया कृतां च मर्यादा नातिक्रस्यति कश्चन॥ त्वं चैव वरदो ब्रह्मन् वरेप्सूनां भविष्यसि। सुरासुरगणानां च ऋषीणां च तपोधन॥
tvayā kṛtāṃ ca maryādā nātikrasyati kaścana|| tvaṃ caiva varado brahman varepsūnāṃ bhaviṣyasi| surāsuragaṇānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tapodhana||
I also told him that none would ever violate the limits and boundaries he would lay down, and, further that he would be the giver of boons to persons who would solicit him for the same.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.53
पितॄणां च महाभाग सततं संशितव्रत। विविधानां च भूतानां त्वमुपास्यो भविष्यसि॥
pitṝṇāṃ ca mahābhāga satataṃ saṃśitavrata| vividhānāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ tvamupāsyo bhaviṣyasi||
I further assured him that he would be an object of worship with all the gods and Asuras, all the Rishis and Pitris, and the various creatures forming the creation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.54
प्रादुर्भावगतश्चाहं सुरकार्येषु नित्यदा। अनुशास्यस्त्वया ब्रह्मन् नियोज्यश्च सुतो यथा।॥
prādurbhāvagataścāhaṃ surakāryeṣu nityadā| anuśāsyastvayā brahman niyojyaśca suto yathā|||
I also gave him to understand that I would always appear for performing the business of the gods and for that I would allow myself to be commanded by him even as a son by his father.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.55
एतांश्चान्यांश्च रुचिरान् ब्रह्मणेऽमिततेजसे। अहं दत्त्वा वरान् प्रीतो निवृत्तिपरमोऽभवम्॥
etāṃścānyāṃśca rucirān brahmaṇe'mitatejase| ahaṃ dattvā varān prīto nivṛttiparamo'bhavam||
Granting these and other highly agreeable boons to Brahman of great energy on account of my being propitiated with him I adopted the course dictated by Renunciation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.56
निर्वाणं सर्वधर्माणां निवृत्तिः परमा स्मृता। तस्मान्निवृत्तिमापन्नश्चरेत् सर्वाङ्गनिर्वृतः॥
nirvāṇaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ nivṛttiḥ paramā smṛtā| tasmānnivṛttimāpannaścaret sarvāṅganirvṛtaḥ||
The highest Renunciation is the annihilation of all duties and acts. Hence, by adopting Renunciation one should act in complete happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.57
विद्यासहायवन्तं च आदित्यस्थं समाहितम्। कपिलं प्राहुराचार्याः सांख्यनिश्चितनिश्चयाः॥
vidyāsahāyavantaṃ ca ādityasthaṃ samāhitam| kapilaṃ prāhurācāryāḥ sāṃkhyaniścitaniścayāḥ||
Learned preceptors, with settled conclusions deducted from the truths of the Sankhya philosophy, have spoken of me as Kapila endued with the power of knowledge, living within the effulgence of the Sun, and concentrated in Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.58
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानेष च्छन्दसि सुष्टुतः। सोऽहं योगरतिर्ब्रह्मन् योगशास्त्रेषु शब्दितः॥
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāneṣa cchandasi suṣṭutaḥ| so'haṃ yogaratirbrahman yogaśāstreṣu śabditaḥ||
In the Vedas I have been repeatedly hymned as the illustrious Hiranyagarbha. In the Yoga-Shastras, O Brahmana, I have been spoken of as one who find pleasure in Yoga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.59
एषोऽहं व्यक्तिमागत्य तिष्ठामि दिवि शाश्वतः। ततो युगसहस्रान्ते संहरिष्ये जगत् पुनः॥
eṣo'haṃ vyaktimāgatya tiṣṭhāmi divi śāśvataḥ| tato yugasahasrānte saṃhariṣye jagat punaḥ||
I am eternal. Assuming a form that is manifest, I live at present, in the sky. At the end of a thousand cycles, I shall once more withdraw the universe into myself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.60
कृत्वाऽऽत्मस्थानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च। एकाकी विद्यया सार्धं विहरिष्ये जगत् पुनः॥
kṛtvā''tmasthāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca| ekākī vidyayā sārdhaṃ vihariṣye jagat punaḥ||
Having withdrawn all creatures, mobile and immobile, into myself, I shall exist all alone with Knowledge only as my companion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.61
तयो भूयो जगत् सर्वं करिष्यामीह विद्यया। अस्मिन् मूर्तिश्चतुर्थी या सासृजज्छेषमव्ययम्॥
tayo bhūyo jagat sarvaṃ kariṣyāmīha vidyayā| asmin mūrtiścaturthī yā sāsṛjajcheṣamavyayam||
After the lapse of ages I shall again create the universe, with the help of that Knowledge. My fourth form creates the indestructible Shesha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.62
स हि संकर्षणः प्रोक्तः प्रद्युम्नं सोऽप्यजीजनत्। प्रद्युम्नादनिरुद्धोऽहं सर्गो मम पुनः पुनः॥
sa hi saṃkarṣaṇaḥ proktaḥ pradyumnaṃ so'pyajījanat| pradyumnādaniruddho'haṃ sargo mama punaḥ punaḥ||
That Shesha is called by the name of Sankarshana. Sankarshana creates Praddyumna. From Praddyumna I take birth myself as Aniruddha. I Aniruddha. I create (myself) repeatedly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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अनिरुद्धात् तथा ब्रह्मा तन्नाभिकमलोद्भवः। ब्रह्मणः सर्वभूतानि चराणि स्थावराणि च॥
aniruddhāt tathā brahmā tannābhikamalodbhavaḥ| brahmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca||
From Aniruddha originates Brahman. The latter is born from Aniruddha's navel. From Brahman originate all mobile and immobile creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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एतां सृष्टिं विजानीहि कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः। यथा सूर्यस्य गगनादुदयास्तमने इह॥
etāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ vijānīhi kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ| yathā sūryasya gaganādudayāstamane iha||
Know that Creation originates in this way repeatedly at the beginning of every cycle. Creation and destruction succeed each other like sunrise and sunset in this world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.65
नष्टे पुनर्बलात् काल आनयत्यमितद्युतिः। तथा बलादहं पृथ्वी सर्वभूतहिताय वै॥ सत्त्वैराक्रान्तसर्वाङ्गां नष्टां सागरमेखलाम्। आनयिष्यामि स्वस्थानं वाराहं रूपमास्थितः॥ हिरण्याक्षं वधिष्यामि दैतेयं बलगवितम्।
naṣṭe punarbalāt kāla ānayatyamitadyutiḥ| tathā balādahaṃ pṛthvī sarvabhūtahitāya vai|| sattvairākrāntasarvāṅgāṃ naṣṭāṃ sāgaramekhalām| ānayiṣyāmi svasthānaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ|| hiraṇyākṣaṃ vadhiṣyāmi daiteyaṃ balagavitam|
Then, again, as Time, gifted with great energy, forcibly brings back the Sun after his disappearance, similarly I shall, assuming the form of a boar and displaying my strength, bring back the Earth with her belt of seas to her own position for the behoof of all creatures when she becomes submerged in water. I shall then kill the son of Diti, named Hiranyagarbha, elated with pride of strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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नारसिंहं वपुः कृत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुं पुनः॥ सुरकार्ये हनिष्यामि यज्ञघ्नं दितिनन्दनम्।
nārasiṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ punaḥ|| surakārye haniṣyāmi yajñaghnaṃ ditinandanam|
Assuming the form then of a Manlion, I shall, for doing good to the gods, kill Hiranyakasipu, the son of Diti, who will be a great destroyer of sacrifices.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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विरोचनस्य बलवान् बलिः पुत्रो महासुरः॥ अवध्यः सर्वलोकानां सदेवासुररक्षसाम्। भविष्यति स शक्रं वा स्वराज्याच्चयावयिष्यति॥
virocanasya balavān baliḥ putro mahāsuraḥ|| avadhyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām| bhaviṣyati sa śakraṃ vā svarājyāccayāvayiṣyati||
Virochana will have a powerful son named Vali. The entire universe consisting of gods, Asuras, and Rakshasas will not be able to kill that great Asura. He will hurl Shakra from the sovereignty of the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.68
त्रैलोक्येऽपहते तेन विमुखे च शचीपतौ। अदित्यां द्वादशादित्यः सम्भविष्यामि कश्यपात्॥ (जटी गत्वा यज्ञसदः स्तूयमानो द्विजोत्तम। यज्ञस्तवं करिष्यामि श्रुत्वा प्रीतो भवेद् बलिः।। किमिच्छसि वटो बृहीत्युक्तो याचे महद् वरम्। दीयतां त्रिपदीमात्रमिति याचे महासुरम्।। स दद्यान्मयि सम्प्रीतः प्रतिषिद्धश्च मन्त्रिभिः। यावज्जलं हस्तगतं त्रिभिर्विक्रमणैर्वृतम्।।)
trailokye'pahate tena vimukhe ca śacīpatau| adityāṃ dvādaśādityaḥ sambhaviṣyāmi kaśyapāt|| (jaṭī gatvā yajñasadaḥ stūyamāno dvijottama| yajñastavaṃ kariṣyāmi śrutvā prīto bhaved baliḥ|| kimicchasi vaṭo bṛhītyukto yāce mahad varam| dīyatāṃ tripadīmātramiti yāce mahāsuram|| sa dadyānmayi samprītaḥ pratiṣiddhaśca mantribhiḥ| yāvajjalaṃ hastagataṃ tribhirvikramaṇairvṛtam||)
When after defeating the Lord of Shachi, that Asura will possess the sovereignty of the three worlds, I shall take birth in Aditi's womb, by Kashyapa, as the twelfth Aditya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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ततो राज्यं प्रदास्यामि शक्रायामिततेजसे। देवताः स्थापयिष्यामि स्वस्वस्थानेषु नारद॥
tato rājyaṃ pradāsyāmi śakrāyāmitatejase| devatāḥ sthāpayiṣyāmi svasvasthāneṣu nārada||
I shall restore it to Indra of immeasurable splendour, and replace the gods, O Narada, in their respective stations,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
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बलिं चैव करिष्यामि पातालतलवासिनम्। दानवं च बलिं श्रेष्ठमवध्यं सर्वदैवतैः॥
baliṃ caiva kariṣyāmi pātālatalavāsinam| dānavaṃ ca baliṃ śreṣṭhamavadhyaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ||
As regards Vali, that foremost of Danavas, who is to be unslayable by all the gods, I shall cause him to live in the nether regions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.71
त्रेतायुगे भविष्यामि रामो भृगुकुलोद्वहः। क्षत्रं चोत्सादयिष्यामि समृद्धबलवाहनम्॥
tretāyuge bhaviṣyāmi rāmo bhṛgukulodvahaḥ| kṣatraṃ cotsādayiṣyāmi samṛddhabalavāhanam||
In the Treta age I shall take birth as Rama in the race of Bhrigu, and root out the Kshatriyas who will become proud of their strength and riches.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.72
संध्यांशे समनुप्राप्ते त्रेताया द्वापरस्य च। अहं दाशरथी रामो भविष्यामि जगत्पतिः॥
saṃdhyāṃśe samanuprāpte tretāyā dvāparasya ca| ahaṃ dāśarathī rāmo bhaviṣyāmi jagatpatiḥ||
Towards the end of Treta and the beginning of Dvapara, I shall take birth as Rama the son of Dasharatha in Ikshvaku's race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.73
त्रितोपघाताद् वैरूप्यमेकतोऽथ द्वितस्तथा। प्राप्स्येते वानरत्वं हि प्रजापति सुतावृषी॥
tritopaghātād vairūpyamekato'tha dvitastathā| prāpsyete vānaratvaṃ hi prajāpati sutāvṛṣī||
At that time, the two Rishis, viz., the two sons of Prajapati, called by the names of Ekata and Dvita, will on account of the injury done by them to their brother Trita, have to take birth as monkeys, losing the beauty of the human forin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.74
तयोर्ये त्वन्वये जाता भविष्यन्ति वनौकसः। महाबला महावीर्याः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमाः॥ ते सहाया भविष्यन्ति सुरकार्ये मम द्विज।
tayorye tvanvaye jātā bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ| mahābalā mahāvīryāḥ śakratulyaparākramāḥ|| te sahāyā bhaviṣyanti surakārye mama dvija|
Those monkeys that shall take birth in the race of Ekata and Dvita, shall become endued with great power and mighty energy and will equal Shakra himself in power. All those monkeys, O twice-born one, will become my allies for performing the work of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.75
ततो रक्षः :पति घोरं पुलस्त्यकुलपांसनम्॥ हरिष्ये रावणं रौद्रं सगणं लोककण्टकम्।
tato rakṣaḥ :pati ghoraṃ pulastyakulapāṃsanam|| hariṣye rāvaṇaṃ raudraṃ sagaṇaṃ lokakaṇṭakam|
I shall then kill the dreadful king of the Rakshasas, that wretch of Pulastya's race, viz., the fierce Ravana, that thorn of all worlds, together with all his children and followers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.76
द्वापरस्य कलेश्चैव संधौ पार्यवसानिके॥ प्रादुर्भाव: कंसहेतोर्मथुरायां भविष्यति।
dvāparasya kaleścaiva saṃdhau pāryavasānike|| prādurbhāva: kaṃsahetormathurāyāṃ bhaviṣyati|
At the junction the Dvapara and the Kali ages, I shall again appear in the world taking birth in city of Mathura for the purpose of killing Kansa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.77
तत्राहं दानवान् हत्वा सुबहून् देवकण्टकान्॥ कुशस्थली करिष्यामि निवेशं द्वारकां पुरीम्।
tatrāhaṃ dānavān hatvā subahūn devakaṇṭakān|| kuśasthalī kariṣyāmi niveśaṃ dvārakāṃ purīm|
There, after killing numberless Danavas that will be as thorns in the side of the gods, I shali take up my residence in Kushasthali at the city of Dwaraka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.78
वसानस्तत्र वै पुर्यामदितेर्विप्रियंकरम्॥ हनिष्ये नरकं भौमं मुरं पीठं च दानवम्।
vasānastatra vai puryāmaditervipriyaṃkaram|| haniṣye narakaṃ bhaumaṃ muraṃ pīṭhaṃ ca dānavam|
While living in that city I shall kill the Asura Naraka the chief of the Earth,-him, that is, who will do an injury to Aditi, as also some other Danavas of the names of Muru and Pitha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.79
प्राग्ज्योतिषं पुरं रम्यं नानाधनसमन्वितम्॥ कुशस्थली नयिष्यामि हत्वा वै दानवोत्तमम्।
prāgjyotiṣaṃ puraṃ ramyaṃ nānādhanasamanvitam|| kuśasthalī nayiṣyāmi hatvā vai dānavottamam|
Killing also another foremost of Danavas, viz., the kill of Pragjyotisha, I shall transplant that delightful city furnished with various kinds of wealth into Dwaraka.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.80
महेश्वरमहासेनौ बाणप्रियहितैषिणौ॥ पराजेष्याम्यथायुक्तौ देवौ लोकनमस्कृतौ।
maheśvaramahāsenau bāṇapriyahitaiṣiṇau|| parājeṣyāmyathāyuktau devau lokanamaskṛtau|
I shall then defeat the two gods adored of all the deities, viz., Maheshvara and Mahasena, who will become fond of the Danava Vana and do him various good offices and who will try their best for that worshipper of theirs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.81
ततः सुतं बलेर्जित्वा बाणं बाहुसहस्रिणम्॥ विनाशयिष्यामि ततः सर्वान् सौभनिवासिनः।
tataḥ sutaṃ balerjitvā bāṇaṃ bāhusahasriṇam|| vināśayiṣyāmi tataḥ sarvān saubhanivāsinaḥ|
Defeating next the son of the Danava Vali, viz., Bana, who will be possessed a thousandarms, I shall next destroy all the inhabitants of the Danava city called Saubha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.82
यः कालयवनः ख्यातो गर्गतेजोऽभिसंवृतः॥ भविष्यति वधस्तस्य मत्त एव द्विजोत्तम।
yaḥ kālayavanaḥ khyāto gargatejo'bhisaṃvṛtaḥ|| bhaviṣyati vadhastasya matta eva dvijottama|
I shall next, O foremost of Brahmanas, bring about the death of Kalayavana, a Danava who will be endued with great power on account of his being equipt with the energy of Gargya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.83
जरासंधश्च बलवान् सर्वराजविरोधनः॥ भविष्यत्यसुरः स्फीतो भूमिपालो गिरिव्रजे। मम बुद्धिपरिस्पन्दाद् वधस्तस्य भविष्यति॥
jarāsaṃdhaśca balavān sarvarājavirodhanaḥ|| bhaviṣyatyasuraḥ sphīto bhūmipālo girivraje| mama buddhiparispandād vadhastasya bhaviṣyati||
A proud Asura will appear as a king at Girivraja, of the name of Jarasandha, who will fall out with all the other kings of the world. His death will be brought about by me through some one else guided by my intelligence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.84
शिशुपालं वधिष्यामि यज्ञे धर्मसुतस्य वै। समागतेषु बलिषु पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु॥ वासविः सुसहायो वै मम त्वेको भविष्यति।
śiśupālaṃ vadhiṣyāmi yajñe dharmasutasya vai| samāgateṣu baliṣu pṛthivyāṃ sarvarājasu|| vāsaviḥ susahāyo vai mama tveko bhaviṣyati|
I shall next kill Shisupala in the sacrifice of king Yudhishthira the son of Dharma, into which sacrifice all the kings of the world will bring tribute. In some of these works, only Arjuna, the son of Vasava, will become my assistant.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.85
युधिष्ठिरं स्थापयिष्ये स्वराज्ये भ्रातृभिः सह॥ एवं लोका वदिष्यन्ति नरनारायणावृषी। उद्युक्तौ दहतः क्षत्रं लोककार्यार्थमीश्वरौ॥ कृत्वा भारावतरणं वसुधाया यथेप्सितम्। सर्वसात्वतमुख्यानां द्वारकायाश्च सत्तम॥ करिष्ये प्रलयं घोरमात्मज्ञातिविनाशनम्।
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ sthāpayiṣye svarājye bhrātṛbhiḥ saha|| evaṃ lokā vadiṣyanti naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī| udyuktau dahataḥ kṣatraṃ lokakāryārthamīśvarau|| kṛtvā bhārāvataraṇaṃ vasudhāyā yathepsitam| sarvasātvatamukhyānāṃ dvārakāyāśca sattama|| kariṣye pralayaṃ ghoramātmajñātivināśanam|
I shall place Yudhishthira with all his brothers in his ancestral kingdom. People will call me and Arjuna as Narayana and Nara, when, endued with power, we two, putting forth our strength, shall kill a large number of Kshatriyas, for doing good to the world. Having lightened the load of the Earth according to our pleasure, I shall merge all the principal Satvatas, as also Dwaraka, my favourite city, into my own self, recollecting my all-einbracing Knowledge.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.86
कर्माण्यपरिमेयाणि चतुर्मूर्तिधरो ह्यहम्॥ कृत्वा लोकान् गमिष्यामि स्वानहं ब्रह्मसत्कृतान्।
karmāṇyaparimeyāṇi caturmūrtidharo hyaham|| kṛtvā lokān gamiṣyāmi svānahaṃ brahmasatkṛtān|
Having four forms, I shall, in this way, perform many feats of great prowess, and attain at last to those regions of happiness created by me and honoured by all the Brahmanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.87
हंस: कूर्मश्च मत्स्यश्च प्रादुर्भावा द्विजोत्तम॥ वराहो नरसिंहश्च वामनो राम एव च। रामो दाशरथिश्चैव सात्वतः कल्किरेव च॥
haṃsa: kūrmaśca matsyaśca prādurbhāvā dvijottama|| varāho narasiṃhaśca vāmano rāma eva ca| rāmo dāśarathiścaiva sātvataḥ kalkireva ca||
Appearing in the forms of a swan, a tortoise, a fish, O foremost of twice-born ones, I shall then appear as a boar, then as a manlion, then as a dwarf, then as Rama of Bhrigu's race, then as Rama the son of Dasharatha, then as Krishna the scion of the Satvata race, and lastly as Kalki.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.88
यदा वेदश्रुतिर्नष्टा मया प्रत्याहृता पुनः। सवेदाः सश्रुतीकाश्च कृताः पूर्वं कृते युगे॥
yadā vedaśrutirnaṣṭā mayā pratyāhṛtā punaḥ| savedāḥ saśrutīkāśca kṛtāḥ pūrvaṃ kṛte yuge||
When the Vedas disappeared from the world, I brought them back. The Vedas, were re-created by me in the Krita age.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.89
अतिक्रान्ताः पुराणेषु श्रुतास्ते यदि वा क्वचित्। अतिक्रान्ताश्च बहवः प्रादुर्भावा ममोत्तमाः॥
atikrāntāḥ purāṇeṣu śrutāste yadi vā kvacit| atikrāntāśca bahavaḥ prādurbhāvā mamottamāḥ||
They have once more disappeared or may only be partially heard here and there in the Puranas. Many of my best incarnations also in the world have become facts of the past.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.90
लोककार्याणि कृत्वा च पुनः स्वां प्रकृतिं गताः। न ह्येतद् ब्रह्मणा प्राप्तमीदृशं मम दर्शनम्॥ यत् त्वया प्राप्तमद्येह एकान्तगतबुद्धिना। एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं ब्रह्मन् भक्तिमतो मया॥ पुराणं च भविष्यं च सरहस्यं च सत्तम।
lokakāryāṇi kṛtvā ca punaḥ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ gatāḥ| na hyetad brahmaṇā prāptamīdṛśaṃ mama darśanam|| yat tvayā prāptamadyeha ekāntagatabuddhinā| etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ brahman bhaktimato mayā|| purāṇaṃ ca bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarahasyaṃ ca sattama|
Having secured the good of the worlds in those forms in which I appeared, they have reentered into my own Nature. Brahman (the Creator) himself never saw me in this form of mine, which you, O Narada, have seen to-day on account of your entire devotion to me. I have now said to you, who are devoted to me wholly, everything, O Brahmana. . I have described to you my ancient appearances and future ones also, O best of inen, together with ail their mysteries.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.91
भीष्म उवाच एवं स भगवान् देवो विश्वमूर्तिधरोऽव्ययः॥ एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे पुनः।
bhīṣma uvāca evaṃ sa bhagavān devo viśvamūrtidharo'vyayaḥ|| etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ tatraivāntardadhe punaḥ|
Bhishma said ‘The holy and illustrious god, of universal and immutable form, having said these words to Narada, disappeared there and then.
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MBh 8 166.92
नारदोऽपि महातेजाः प्राप्यानुग्रहमीप्सितम्॥ सरनारायणौ द्रष्टुं बदर्याश्रममाद्रवत्।
nārado'pi mahātejāḥ prāpyānugrahamīpsitam|| saranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ badaryāśramamādravat|
Having won the high favour that he had solicited, Narada also, gifted with great energy, then proceeded in all haste to the retreat called Vadari, for seeing Nara and Narayana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.93
इदं महोपनिषदं चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्॥ सांख्ययोगकृतं तेन पञ्चरात्रानुशब्दितम्। नारायणमुखोद्गीतं नारदोऽश्रावयत् पुनः॥ ब्रह्मणः सदने तात यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्।
idaṃ mahopaniṣadaṃ caturvedasamanvitam|| sāṃkhyayogakṛtaṃ tena pañcarātrānuśabditam| nārāyaṇamukhodgītaṃ nārado'śrāvayat punaḥ|| brahmaṇaḥ sadane tāta yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam|
This great Upanishad quite of a piece with the four Vedas, and the Sankhya-Yoga, and called by him by the name of the Pancharatra Scriptures and recited by Narayana himself with his own mouth, was repeated by Narada before a large audience in the residence of Brahman (his sire) in exactly the same way in which Narayana had recited it and in which he had heard it from his own lips."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.94
युधिष्ठिर उवाच एतदाश्चर्यभूतं हि माहात्म्यं तस्य धीमतः॥ किं वै ब्रह्मा न जानीते यतः शुश्राव नारदात्।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca etadāścaryabhūtaṃ hi māhātmyaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ|| kiṃ vai brahmā na jānīte yataḥ śuśrāva nāradāt|
Yudhishthira said “Was not Brahman. the Creator of all things, acquainted with this wonderful discourse of the glory of Narayana gifted with intelligence that he heard it from the lips of Narada?
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पितामहोऽपि भगवांस्तस्माद् देवादनन्तरः॥ कथं स न विजानीयात् प्रभावममितौजसः।
pitāmaho'pi bhagavāṃstasmād devādanantaraḥ|| kathaṃ sa na vijānīyāt prabhāvamamitaujasaḥ|
Is the illustrious Grandfather of all the worlds any way different from or inferior to the great Narayana? How then it is that he was unacquainted with the power of Narayana of great energy?"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.96
भीष्म उवाच महाकल्पसहस्राणि महाकल्पशतानि च॥ समतीतानि राजेन्द्र सर्गाश्च प्रलयाश्च ह।
bhīṣma uvāca mahākalpasahasrāṇi mahākalpaśatāni ca|| samatītāni rājendra sargāśca pralayāśca ha|
Bhishma continued "Hundreds and thousands of great cycles, hundreds and thousands of Creations and Dissolutions, O king of kings, have been over and become events of the past.
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सर्गस्यादौ स्मृतो ब्रह्मा प्रजासर्गकरः प्रभुः॥ जानाति देवप्रवरं भूयश्चातोऽधिकं नृप।
sargasyādau smṛto brahmā prajāsargakaraḥ prabhuḥ|| jānāti devapravaraṃ bhūyaścāto'dhikaṃ nṛpa|
In the beginning of every Creation, Brahman, endued with great power and who creates all things, is remembered by Narayana). Brahman knows well, O king, that Narayana, that foremost of all gods is very much superior to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.98
परमात्मानमीशानमात्मनः प्रभवं तथा॥ ये त्वन्ये ब्रह्मसदने सिद्धसंघाः समागताः। तेभ्यस्तच्छावयामास पुराणं वेदसम्मितम्॥ तेषां सकाशात् सूर्यस्तु श्रुत्वा वै भावितात्मनाम्। आत्मानुगामिनां राजन् श्रावयामास वै ततः॥ षट् षष्टिर्हि सहस्राणि ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम्।
paramātmānamīśānamātmanaḥ prabhavaṃ tathā|| ye tvanye brahmasadane siddhasaṃghāḥ samāgatāḥ| tebhyastacchāvayāmāsa purāṇaṃ vedasammitam|| teṣāṃ sakāśāt sūryastu śrutvā vai bhāvitātmanām| ātmānugāmināṃ rājan śrāvayāmāsa vai tataḥ|| ṣaṭ ṣaṣṭirhi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām|
He knows that Narayana is the Supreme Soul, that He is the Supreme Lord, that He is Creator of Brahman himself. Narada recited this very ancient narrative which is perfectly consistent with the Vedas, to that assembly of Rishis crowned with ascetic success that came to the abode of Brahman. The gods Surya, having heard that narrative from those Rishis crowned with ascetic success, repeated it to the sixty-six thousands of Rishis, O king, of purified souls, that follow in his train.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.99
सूर्यस्य तपतो लोकान् निर्मिता ये पुरः सराः॥ तेषामकथयत् सूर्यः सर्वेषां भावितात्मनाम्।
sūryasya tapato lokān nirmitā ye puraḥ sarāḥ|| teṣāmakathayat sūryaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhāvitātmanām|
And the Sun, the deity that imparts heat to all the worlds, repeated that narrative to those Beings also, of purified souls, that have been created (by Brahman) for always travelling in the van of the Sun.
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MBh 8 166.100
सूर्यानुगामिभिस्तात ऋषिभिस्तैर्महात्मभिः॥ मेरौ समागता देवाः श्राविताश्चेदमुत्तमम्।
sūryānugāmibhistāta ṛṣibhistairmahātmabhiḥ|| merau samāgatā devāḥ śrāvitāścedamuttamam|
The great Rishis who follow in the Sun's train, O son, repeated that excellent narrative to the deities assembled on the breast of Meru.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.101
देवानां तु सकाशाद् वै ततः श्रुत्वासितो द्विजः॥ श्रावयामास राजेन्द्र पितॄणां मुनिसत्तमः।
devānāṃ tu sakāśād vai tataḥ śrutvāsito dvijaḥ|| śrāvayāmāsa rājendra pitṝṇāṃ munisattamaḥ|
The best of ascetics, viz., the regener: Asita, then, having heard the narrative from the gods, repeated it to the Pitris, O king of kings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.102
मम चापि पिता तात कथयामास शान्तनुः॥ ततो मयापि श्रुत्वा च कीर्तितं तव भारत।
mama cāpi pitā tāta kathayāmāsa śāntanuḥ|| tato mayāpi śrutvā ca kīrtitaṃ tava bhārata|
I heard it from my father Shantanu, O son, who recited it to me formerly. Myself having heard it from my father, I have repeated it to you, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.103
सुरैर्वा मुनिभिर्वापि पुराणं यैरिदं श्रुतम्॥ सर्वे ते परमात्मानं पूजयन्ते समन्ततः।
surairvā munibhirvāpi purāṇaṃ yairidaṃ śrutam|| sarve te paramātmānaṃ pūjayante samantataḥ|
Gods and ascetics, they who have heard this excellent old narrative which is a Purana, all worship the Supreme Soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.104
इदमाख्यानमार्षेयं पारम्पर्यागतं नृप॥ नावासुदेवभक्ताय त्वया देयं कथंचन।
idamākhyānamārṣeyaṃ pāramparyāgataṃ nṛpa|| nāvāsudevabhaktāya tvayā deyaṃ kathaṃcana|
This discourse, belonging to the Rishis and thus handed down from one to another, should not, O king, be communicated by you to any one who is not a worshipper of Vasudeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.105
मत्तोऽन्यानि च ते राजन्नुपाख्यानशतानि वै॥ यानि श्रुतानि सर्वाणि तेषां सारोऽयमुद्धृतः।
matto'nyāni ca te rājannupākhyānaśatāni vai|| yāni śrutāni sarvāṇi teṣāṃ sāro'yamuddhṛtaḥ|
This narrative, O king, is really the cream of the hundreds of other discourses that you have heard from me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.106
सुरासुरैर्यथा राजन् निर्मथ्यामृतमुद्धतम्॥ एवमेतत् पुरा विप्रैः कथामृतमिहोद्धृतम्।
surāsurairyathā rājan nirmathyāmṛtamuddhatam|| evametat purā vipraiḥ kathāmṛtamihoddhṛtam|
In days of yore, O king, the gods and the Asuras, in a body, churned the Ocean and raised the Ambrosia. Similarly the Brahmanas, in a body in days of yore, churned all the scriptures and raised this narrative, which resembles nectar.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.107
यश्चेदं पठते नित्यं यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नरः॥ एकान्तभावोपगत एकान्तेषु समाहितः। प्राप्य श्वेतं महाद्वीपं भूत्वा चन्द्रप्रभो नरः॥ स सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशेन्नात्र संशयः।
yaścedaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ|| ekāntabhāvopagata ekānteṣu samāhitaḥ| prāpya śvetaṃ mahādvīpaṃ bhūtvā candraprabho naraḥ|| sa sahasrārciṣaṃ devaṃ praviśennātra saṃśayaḥ|
He who frequently reads this narrative, and he who frequently listens to it with rapt attention, in a secluded spot, and filled with devotion, succeeds, being possessed of lunar complexion, in living in the spacious insular continent known by the name of White Island. Forsooth, such a man succeeds in entering into Narayana of a thousand rays.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.108
मुच्येदार्तस्तथा रोगाच्छ्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम्॥ जिज्ञासुर्लभते कामान् भक्तो भक्तगतिं व्रजेत्।
mucyedārtastathā rogācchrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām|| jijñāsurlabhate kāmān bhakto bhaktagatiṃ vrajet|
By listening to this narrative from the beginning, a sick person becomes freed from his disease. The man who simply desires to read or listen to this discourse, gets the fruition of all his wishes. By reading or listening to it. The devoted worshipper acquires the high end reserved for devoted worshippers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.109
त्वयापि सततं राजन्नभ्यर्च्यः पुरुषोत्तमः॥ स हि माता पिता चैव कृत्स्नस्य जगतो गुरुः।
tvayāpi satataṃ rājannabhyarcyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ|| sa hi mātā pitā caiva kṛtsnasya jagato guruḥ|
You also, O king, should always adore and worship that foremost of all Beings. He is the father and the mother of all creatures, and He is an object of reverence to the entire universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.110
ब्रह्मण्यदेवो भगवान् प्रीयतां ते सनातनः॥ युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दनः।
brahmaṇyadevo bhagavān prīyatāṃ te sanātanaḥ|| yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho mahābuddhirjanārdanaḥ|
Let the illustrious and Eternal God of the Brahmanas, Viz., Janarddana of great intelligence, be pleased with you, O Yudhisthira of mighty arms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.111
वैशम्पायन उवाच श्रुत्वैतदाख्यानवरं धर्मराड् जनमेजय॥ भ्रातरश्चास्य ते सर्वे नारायणपराऽभवन्।
vaiśampāyana uvāca śrutvaitadākhyānavaraṃ dharmarāḍ janamejaya|| bhrātaraścāsya te sarve nārāyaṇaparā'bhavan|
Vaishampayana said Having listened to this best of discourses, O Janamejaya, king Yudhisthira the just, and all his brothers became devoted to Narayana.
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MBh 8 166.112
जितं भगवता तेन पुरुषेणेति भारत॥ नित्यं जप्यपरा भूत्वा सरस्वतीमुदीरयन्।
jitaṃ bhagavatā tena puruṣeṇeti bhārata|| nityaṃ japyaparā bhūtvā sarasvatīmudīrayan|
And all of them, O Bharata, silently meditating upon Narayana (from that day), uttered these words for His glorification, viz., Victory to that holy and illustrious Being.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.113
यो ह्यस्माकं गुरुश्रेष्ठः कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः॥ जगौ परमकं जप्यं नारायणमुदीरयन्।
yo hyasmākaṃ guruśreṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ|| jagau paramakaṃ japyaṃ nārāyaṇamudīrayan|
He, again, who is our best of preceptors, viz., the Island-born Krishna, devoted to penances, sung, uttering the word Narayana, that great Mantra which is worthy of being silently.
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MBh 8 166.114
गत्वान्तरिक्षात् सततं क्षीरोदममृताशयम्॥ पूजयित्वा च देवेशं पुनरायात् स्वमाश्रमम्।
gatvāntarikṣāt satataṃ kṣīrodamamṛtāśayam|| pūjayitvā ca deveśaṃ punarāyāt svamāśramam|
Passing through the sky to the Ocean of milk, which is always the abode of nectar, and adoring the great God there, be returned to his own hermitage.
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MBh 8 166.115
भीष्म उवाच एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं नारदोक्तं मयेरितम्॥ पारम्पर्यागतं ह्येतत् पित्रा मे कथितं पुरा।
bhīṣma uvāca etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ nāradoktaṃ mayeritam|| pāramparyāgataṃ hyetat pitrā me kathitaṃ purā|
Bhishma continued I have now recounted to you the discourse that was recited by Narada. That narrative has come down from person to person from very ancient times. I heard it from my father who formerly recounted it to me.
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MBh 8 166.116
सौतिरुवाच एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं वैशम्पायन कीर्तितम्॥ जनमेजयेन तच्छ्रुत्वा कृतं सम्यग् यथाविधि।
sautiruvāca etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ vaiśampāyana kīrtitam|| janamejayena tacchrutvā kṛtaṃ samyag yathāvidhi|
Suta said I have now told you all that Vaishampayana recounted to Janamejaya. Having listened to Vaishampayana's narration, king Janamejaya severe duly satisfied all his duties according to the scriptural ordinances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 8 166.117
यूयं हि तप्ततपसः सर्वे च चरितव्रताः॥ सर्वे वेदविदो मुख्या नैमिषारण्यवासिनः।
yūyaṃ hi taptatapasaḥ sarve ca caritavratāḥ|| sarve vedavido mukhyā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ|
You have have all practised very penances and observed many high and excellent vows. Living in this sacred forest of Naimisha, you are foremost of all persons conversant with the Vedas.
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MBh 8 166.118
शौनकस्य महासत्रं प्राप्ताः सर्वे द्विजोत्तमाः॥ यजध्वं सुहुतैर्यज्ञैः शाश्वतं परमेश्वरम्। पारम्पर्यागतं ह्येतत् पित्रा मे कथितं पुरा॥
śaunakasya mahāsatraṃ prāptāḥ sarve dvijottamāḥ|| yajadhvaṃ suhutairyajñaiḥ śāśvataṃ parameśvaram| pāramparyāgataṃ hyetat pitrā me kathitaṃ purā||
You foremost of twice-born ones, you all have come to this great sacrifice of Shaunaka. Do you all worship that Eternal and Supreme Lord of the universe in excellent sacrifices, properly pouring libations of clarified butter to the fire with the help of Mantras and dedicating the same to Narayana. As for myself, I heard this excellent discourse which has come down from generation to generation, from my father who recited it to me formerly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)