Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 106
MBh 9 106.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां म्लेच्छानां च पितामह। उपवासे मतिरियं कारणं च न विद्यते॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ mlecchānāṃ ca pitāmaha| upavāse matiriyaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca na vidyate||
Yudhishthira said O grandfather, all the orders of men, including the very Mlechchhas, are naturally disposed to observe fasts. We, however, do not know the reason thereof.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.2
ब्रह्मक्षत्रेण नियमाश्चर्तव्या इति नः श्रुतम्। उपवासे कथं तेषां कृत्यमस्ति पितामह॥
brahmakṣatreṇa niyamāścartavyā iti naḥ śrutam| upavāse kathaṃ teṣāṃ kṛtyamasti pitāmaha||
We have heard that only Brahmanas and Kshatriyas should observe the vow of fasts. How, O grandfather, are the other castes to be taken as acquiring any merit by the observance of fasts?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.3
नियमांश्चोपवासांश्च सर्वेषा ब्रूहि पार्थिव। आप्नोति कां गतिं तात उपवासपरायणः॥
niyamāṃścopavāsāṃśca sarveṣā brūhi pārthiva| āpnoti kāṃ gatiṃ tāta upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ||
How have vows and fasts come to be observed by persons of all castes, O king? What is that end which one devoted to the observance of fasts, acquires?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.4
उपवासः परं पुण्यमुपवासः परायणम्। उपोष्येह नरश्रेष्ठ किं फलं प्रतिपद्यते॥
upavāsaḥ paraṃ puṇyamupavāsaḥ parāyaṇam| upoṣyeha naraśreṣṭha kiṃ phalaṃ pratipadyate||
It has been said that fasts are greatly meritorious and that fasts are a great refuge. O king, what is the fruit that is acquired in this world by the man who observes fasts?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.5
अधर्मान्मुच्यते केन धर्ममाप्नोति वा कथम्। स्वर्गे पुण्यं च लभते कथं भरतसत्तम॥
adharmānmucyate kena dharmamāpnoti vā katham| svarge puṇyaṃ ca labhate kathaṃ bharatasattama||
By what means is one purged of his sins? By what means does one acquire virtue. By what means, O best of the Bharatas, does one succeed in acquiring Heaven and merit.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.6
उपोष्य चापि किं तेन प्रदेय स्यानराधिप। धर्मेण च सुखार्थोल्लभेद् येन ब्रबीहि तम्॥
upoṣya cāpi kiṃ tena pradeya syānarādhipa| dharmeṇa ca sukhārthollabhed yena brabīhi tam||
After having observed a fast, what should one give away, O king? O tell me, what those duties are by which one may succeed in acquiring objects leading to happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.7
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं ब्रुवाणं कौन्तेयं धर्मज्ञं धर्मतत्त्ववित्। धर्मपुत्रमिदं वाक्यं भीष्मः शान्तनवोऽब्रवीत्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kaunteyaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmatattvavit| dharmaputramidaṃ vākyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo'bravīt||
Vaishampayana said Kunti's son begotten by the deity of Dharma, who was conversant with every duty and who said so to him, Shantanu's son, Bhishma, who knew every duty, answered in the following words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.8
भीष्म उवाच इदं खलु मया राजन् श्रुतमासीत् पुरातनम्। उपवासविधौ श्रेष्ठा गुणा ये भरतर्षभ॥
bhīṣma uvāca idaṃ khalu mayā rājan śrutamāsīt purātanam| upavāsavidhau śreṣṭhā guṇā ye bharatarṣabha||
Bhishma said Formerly, O king, I heard of these high merits O chief of Bharata's race, as belonging to the observance of fasts according to the ordinance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.9
ऋषिमङ्गिरसं पूर्वं पृष्टवानस्मि भारत। यथा मां त्वं तथैवाहं पृष्टवांस्तं तपोधनम्॥
ṛṣimaṅgirasaṃ pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭavānasmi bhārata| yathā māṃ tvaṃ tathaivāhaṃ pṛṣṭavāṃstaṃ tapodhanam||
I had, O Bharata, asked the Rishi Angirasa of great ascetic merit, the very same questions which you have asked me today.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.10
प्रश्चमतं मया पृष्टो भगवानग्निसम्भवः। उपवासविधिं पुण्यमाचष्ट भरतर्षभ।॥
praścamataṃ mayā pṛṣṭo bhagavānagnisambhavaḥ| upavāsavidhiṃ puṇyamācaṣṭa bharatarṣabha|||
Accosted by me thus, the illustrious Rishi, who originated from the sacrificial fire, answered me even thus about the observance of fasts according to the ordinance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.11
अङ्गिरा उवाच ब्रह्मक्षत्रे त्रिरात्रं तु विहितं कुरुनन्दन। द्विस्त्रिरात्रमथैकाहं निर्दिष्टं पुरुषर्षभ॥
aṅgirā uvāca brahmakṣatre trirātraṃ tu vihitaṃ kurunandana| dvistrirātramathaikāhaṃ nirdiṣṭaṃ puruṣarṣabha||
Angirasa said Fasts for three nights together, ordained for Brahmanas and Kshatriyas, O delighter of the Kurus. Indeed, O king, a fast for one night, for two nights, and for three nights may be observed by them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.12
वैश्याः शूद्राश्च यन्मोहादुपवासं प्रचक्रिरे। त्रिरात्रं या द्विरात्रं वा तयोर्तुष्टिर्न विद्यते॥
vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśca yanmohādupavāsaṃ pracakrire| trirātraṃ yā dvirātraṃ vā tayortuṣṭirna vidyate||
Fast for one night is ordained for Vaishyas and Shudras. If they observe fasts for two or three nights by mistake, such fasts never bring on their advancement.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.13
चतुर्थभक्तक्षपणं वैश्ये शूद्रे विधीयते। त्रिरात्रं न तु धर्मज्ञैर्विहितं धर्मदर्शिभिः॥
caturthabhaktakṣapaṇaṃ vaiśye śūdre vidhīyate| trirātraṃ na tu dharmajñairvihitaṃ dharmadarśibhiḥ||
Fasts for two nights have been ordained for Vaishyas and Shudras (on certain special occasions). Fasts for three nights, however, have not been ordained for them by persons knowing duties.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.14
पञ्चम्यां वापि षष्ठ्यां च पौर्णमास्यां च भारत। उपोष्य एकभक्तेन नियतात्मा जितेन्द्रियः॥ क्षमावान् रूपसम्पन्नः श्रुतवांश्चैव जायते। नानपत्यो भवेत् प्राज्ञो दरिद्रो वा कदाचन॥
pañcamyāṃ vāpi ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca paurṇamāsyāṃ ca bhārata| upoṣya ekabhaktena niyatātmā jitendriyaḥ|| kṣamāvān rūpasampannaḥ śrutavāṃścaiva jāyate| nānapatyo bhavet prājño daridro vā kadācana||
The wise man who, with his senses and soul under restraint, O Bharata, fasts, by abstaining from one of the two meals, on the fifth and the sixth days of the moon as also on the day of the full moon, becomes gifted with forgiveness and personal beauty and knowledge of scriptures. Such a person never becomes childless and poor.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.15
यजिष्णुः पञ्चमी षष्ठी कुले भोजयते द्विजान्। अष्टमीमथ कौरव्य कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम्॥ उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते। मार्गशीर्षं तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन संक्षिपेत्॥ भोजयेच्च द्विजाशक्त्या स मुच्येद् व्याधिकिल्बिशैः। सर्वकल्याणसम्पूर्ण: सर्वोषधिसमन्वितः॥
yajiṣṇuḥ pañcamī ṣaṣṭhī kule bhojayate dvijān| aṣṭamīmatha kauravya kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm|| upoṣya vyādhirahito vīryavānabhijāyate| mārgaśīrṣaṃ tu yo māsamekabhaktena saṃkṣipet|| bhojayecca dvijāśaktyā sa mucyed vyādhikilbiśaiḥ| sarvakalyāṇasampūrṇa: sarvoṣadhisamanvitaḥ||
He who celebrates sacrifices for worshipping the deities on the fifth and the sixth days of the moon, becomes superior to all the members of his family and succeeds in feeding a large number of Brahmanas. He who observes fasts on the eighth and the fourteenth days of the dark fortnight, becomes freed from diseases and possessed of great energy. The man who abstains from one meal every day throughout the month called Margashirsha, should, with respect and devotion, feed a number of Brahmanas. By so doing he becomes freed from all his sins. Such a man becomes gifted with prosperity, and all sorts of grain become his.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.16
उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते। कृषिभागी बहुधनो बहुधान्यश्च जायते॥
upoṣya vyādhirahito vīryavānabhijāyate| kṛṣibhāgī bahudhano bahudhānyaśca jāyate||
He becomes gifted with energy. In fact, such a person reaps profuse harvest from his fields, acquires great riches and much corn.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.17
पौषमासं तु कौन्तेय भक्तेनैकेन यः क्षिपेत्। सुभगो दर्शनीयश्च यशोभागी च जायते॥
pauṣamāsaṃ tu kaunteya bhaktenaikena yaḥ kṣipet| subhago darśanīyaśca yaśobhāgī ca jāyate||
That man, O son of Kunti, who passes the whole month of Pausha abstaining every day from one of two meals, becomes a gainer of good fortune and pleasant features and great fame.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.18
माघं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत्। श्रीमत्कुले ज्ञातिमध्ये स महत्त्वं प्रपद्यते॥
māghaṃ tu niyato māsamekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet| śrīmatkule jñātimadhye sa mahattvaṃ prapadyate||
He who passes the whole month of Magha, abstaining every day from one of the two mcals, is born in a high family and attains to a position of eminence among his kinsmen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.19
भगदैवतमासं तु एकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत्। स्त्रीषु वल्लभतां याति वश्याश्चास्य भवन्ति ताः।।२२
bhagadaivatamāsaṃ tu ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet| strīṣu vallabhatāṃ yāti vaśyāścāsya bhavanti tāḥ||22
He who passes the whole month of Bhagadaivata, confining himself every day to only one meal, becomes a favourite with women who, indeed, readily acknowledge his sway.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.20
चैत्रं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत्। सुवर्णमणिमुक्ताढ्ये कुले महति जायते॥
caitraṃ tu niyato māsamekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet| suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye kule mahati jāyate||
He who passes the whole of the month of Chaitra, taking every day one meal only, is born in high family and becomes rich in gold, gems, and pearls.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.21
निस्तरेदेकभक्तेन वैशाख यो जितेन्द्रियः। नरो वा यदि वा नारी ज्ञातीनां श्रेष्ठतां व्रजेत्॥
nistaredekabhaktena vaiśākha yo jitendriyaḥ| naro vā yadi vā nārī jñātīnāṃ śreṣṭhatāṃ vrajet||
The person, whether male or female, who passes the month of Baishakha, taking himself or herself every day one meal, and keeping his or her senses under restraint, succeeds in attaining to a position of eminence among kinsmen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.22
ज्येष्ठामूलं तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन संक्षिपेत्। ऐश्वर्यमतुलं श्रेष्ठं पुमान् स्त्री वा प्रपद्यते॥
jyeṣṭhāmūlaṃ tu yo māsamekabhaktena saṃkṣipet| aiśvaryamatulaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pumān strī vā prapadyate||
The person who passes the month of Jaishthya taking himself every day one meal, succeeds in acquiring a position of eminence and great riches. If a woman, she reaps the same reward.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.23
आषाढमेकभक्तेन स्थित्वा मासमतन्द्रितः। बहुधान्यो बहुधनो बहुपुत्रश्च जायते॥
āṣāḍhamekabhaktena sthitvā māsamatandritaḥ| bahudhānyo bahudhano bahuputraśca jāyate||
He who passes the month of Ashada, taking himself one meal a day and with senses steadily concentrated upon his duties, becomes possessed of much corn, great riches and large progeny.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.24
श्रावणं नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत्। यत्र तत्राभिषेकेण युज्यते ज्ञातिवर्धनः॥
śrāvaṇaṃ niyato māsamekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet| yatra tatrābhiṣekeṇa yujyate jñātivardhanaḥ||
He who passes the month of Sravana, taking himself one meal a day receives the honors of Abhisheka wherever he may happen to live, and attains to a position of eminence among kinsmen whom he supports.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.25
प्रौष्ठपदं तु यो मासमेकाहारो भवेन्नरः। गवाढ्यं स्फीतमचलमैश्वर्यं प्रतिपद्यते॥
prauṣṭhapadaṃ tu yo māsamekāhāro bhavennaraḥ| gavāḍhyaṃ sphītamacalamaiśvaryaṃ pratipadyate||
That man who takes himself only one meal a day for the whole month of Proshthapada, becomes possessed of great riches.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.26
तथैवाश्वयुजं मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत्। मृजावन् वाहनाढ्यश्च बहुपुत्रश्च जायते॥
tathaivāśvayujaṃ māsamekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet| mṛjāvan vāhanāḍhyaśca bahuputraśca jāyate||
The man who passes the month of Ashvin, taking himself one meal a day, becomes pure in soul and body, possessed of many animals and vehicles and large progeny.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.27
कार्तिकं तु नरो मासं यः कुर्यादेकभोजनम्। शूरश्च बहुभार्यश्च कीर्तिमांश्चैव जायते॥
kārtikaṃ tu naro māsaṃ yaḥ kuryādekabhojanam| śūraśca bahubhāryaśca kīrtimāṃścaiva jāyate||
He who passes the month of Kartika, taking himself one meal every day, becomes possessed of heroism, many wives and great fame.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.28
इति मासा नरव्याघ्र क्षिपतां परिकीर्तिताः। तिथीनां नियमा ये तु शृणु तानपि पार्थिव॥
iti māsā naravyāghra kṣipatāṃ parikīrtitāḥ| tithīnāṃ niyamā ye tu śṛṇu tānapi pārthiva||
I have now told you, O king, what the fruits are that are obtained by men by observing fasts for the two and ten months in detail. Listen now, O king, to me as I tell you what the rules are about the lunar days.
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MBh 9 106.29
पक्षे पक्षे गते यस्तु भक्तमश्नशति भारत। गवाढ्यो बहुपुत्रश्च बहुभार्यः स जायते॥
pakṣe pakṣe gate yastu bhaktamaśnaśati bhārata| gavāḍhyo bahuputraśca bahubhāryaḥ sa jāyate||
The man who, abstaining from it every day, takes rice at the termination of every fortnight becomes possessed of a great many kine, a large progeny, and a long life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.30
मासि मासि त्रिरात्राणि कृत्वा वर्षाणि द्वादश। गणाधिपत्यं प्राप्नोति निःसपत्नमनाविलम्॥
māsi māsi trirātrāṇi kṛtvā varṣāṇi dvādaśa| gaṇādhipatyaṃ prāpnoti niḥsapatnamanāvilam||
He whọ observes fasts for three nights every month and acts thus for two and ten years, acquires a position of eminence among his kinsmen and friends, without a rival to contest his claim and without any anxiety caused by any one trying to rise to the same height.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.31
एते तु नियमाः सर्वे कर्तव्या: शरदो दश। द्वे चान्ये भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रवृत्तिमनुवर्तता॥
ete tu niyamāḥ sarve kartavyā: śarado daśa| dve cānye bharataśreṣṭha pravṛttimanuvartatā||
These rules which I speak of, O chief of Bharata's race, should be observed for twelve years. Be disposed to do it.
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MBh 9 106.32
यस्तु प्रातस्तथा सायं भुजानो नान्तरा पिबेत्। अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं जुह्वानो जातवेदसम्॥ षभिः स वषैर्नृपते सिध्यते नात्र संशयः। अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः॥
yastu prātastathā sāyaṃ bhujāno nāntarā pibet| ahiṃsānirato nityaṃ juhvāno jātavedasam|| ṣabhiḥ sa vaṣairnṛpate sidhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ| agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ||
That man who eats once in the forenoon and once after evening and abstains from drinking at the interval, and who shows mercy towards all creatures, and pours libations of clarified butter on his sacred fire every day, acquires success, O king, in six years. There is no doubt in this. Such a man acquires the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 106.33
अधिवासे सोऽप्सरसां नृत्यगीतविनादिते। रमते स्त्रीसहस्राढ्ये सुकृती विरजो नरः॥
adhivāse so'psarasāṃ nṛtyagītavinādite| ramate strīsahasrāḍhye sukṛtī virajo naraḥ||
Gifted with merit and freed from every sort of stain, he acquires the region of the Apsaras which echo with the sound of songs and dance, and passes his days in the company of a thousand highly beautiful ladies.
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MBh 9 106.34
तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभं विमानमधिरोहति।
taptakāñcanavarṇābhaṃ vimānamadhirohati|
He rides on a car of the colour of melted gold and receives great honours in the region of Brahma.
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MBh 9 106.35
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रं च ब्रह्मलोके महीयते॥ तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहाम्यं प्रतिपद्यते। यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णमेकाहारो भवेन्नरः॥ अतिरात्रस्य यज्ञस्य स फलं समुपाश्नुते। दशवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे च स महीयते॥
pūrṇe varṣasahasraṃ ca brahmaloke mahīyate|| tatkṣayādiha cāgamya māhāmyaṃ pratipadyate| yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇamekāhāro bhavennaraḥ|| atirātrasya yajñasya sa phalaṃ samupāśnute| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svarge ca sa mahīyate||
After the exhaustion of that merit, such a person returns to Earth and acquires elevated position. That man who passes one whole year, taking himself every day only one meal, acquires the merit of the Atiratra sacrifice. He ascends to Heaven after death and receives great honours there.
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MBh 9 106.36
तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते। यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं चतुर्थं भक्तमश्नुते॥ अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं सत्यवाग् विजितेन्द्रियः। वाजपेयस्य यज्ञस्य स फलं समुपाश्नुते॥
tatkṣayādiha cāgamya māhātmyaṃ pratipadyate| yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ caturthaṃ bhaktamaśnute|| ahiṃsānirato nityaṃ satyavāg vijitendriyaḥ| vājapeyasya yajñasya sa phalaṃ samupāśnute||
Upon the termination of that merit he returns to the Earth and acquires a position of eminence. He who passes one whole year fasting for three days in succession and taking food on every fourth day, and abstaining from injury from every sort, adhering to truthfulness of speech, and keeping his senses under control, acquires the merit of the Vajapeya sacrifice.
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MBh 9 106.37
दशवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते। षष्ठे काले तु कौन्तेय नरः संवत्सरं क्षिपन्॥ अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः। चक्रवाकप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति॥
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate| ṣaṣṭhe kāle tu kaunteya naraḥ saṃvatsaraṃ kṣipan|| aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ| cakravākaprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati||
Such a person ascends to Heaven after death and receives great honours there. That man, O son of Kunti, who passes a whole year observing fasts for five days and taking food on only the sixth day, gains the merit of Horse sacrifice. The chariot he rides, is drawn by Chakravakas.
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MBh 9 106.38
यत्वारिंशत् सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते। अष्टमेन तु भक्तेन जीवन् संवत्सरं नृप॥ गवामयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः। हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति॥
yatvāriṃśat sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate| aṣṭamena tu bhaktena jīvan saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa|| gavāmayasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ| haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati||
Such a man enjoys every kind of happiness in Heaven for full forty thousand years. He who passes a whole year observing fasts for seven days and taking food on only every eighth day, gains the merit of the Gavamaya sacrifice. The chariot he rides, is drawn by swans and cranes.
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MBh 9 106.39
पञ्चाशतं सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते। पक्षे पक्षे गते राजन् योऽश्नीयाद् वर्षमेव तु॥ षण्मासानशनं तस्य भगवानङ्गिराऽब्रवीत्। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि दिवमावसते च सः॥
pañcāśataṃ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate| pakṣe pakṣe gate rājan yo'śnīyād varṣameva tu|| ṣaṇmāsānaśanaṃ tasya bhagavānaṅgirā'bravīt| ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi divamāvasate ca saḥ||
Such a person enjoys all kinds of happiness in Heaven for fifty thousand years. He who passes a whole year, o king, taking food only at intervals of a fortnight, gains the merit of a continuous fast for six months. This has been said by the illustrious Angirasa himself. Such a man Lives in Heaven for sixty thousand years.
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MBh 9 106.40
वीणानां वल्लकीनां च वेणूनां च विशाम्पते। सुघोषैर्मधुरैः शब्दैः सुप्तः स प्रतिबोध्यते॥
vīṇānāṃ vallakīnāṃ ca veṇūnāṃ ca viśāmpate| sughoṣairmadhuraiḥ śabdaiḥ suptaḥ sa pratibodhyate||
He is roused every morning from his bed by the sweet notes of Vinas and Vallakis and flutes, O king.
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MBh 9 106.41
संवत्सरमिहैकं तु मासि मासि पिबेदपः। फलं विश्वजितस्तात प्राप्नोति स नरो नृप॥
saṃvatsaramihaikaṃ tu māsi māsi pibedapaḥ| phalaṃ viśvajitastāta prāpnoti sa naro nṛpa||
He who passes a whole year, drinking only a little water at the termination of every month, acquires, O king, the merit of the Vishvajit sacrifice.
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MBh 9 106.42
सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति। सप्ततिं व सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते॥
siṃhavyāghraprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati| saptatiṃ va sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate||
Such a man rides a chariot drawn by lions and tigers. He lives in Heaven for seventy thousand years in the enjoyment of every sort of happiness.
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MBh 9 106.43
मासादूर्ध्वं नरव्याघ्र नोपवासो विधीयते। विधि त्वनशनस्याहुः पार्थ धर्मविदो जनाः॥
māsādūrdhvaṃ naravyāghra nopavāso vidhīyate| vidhi tvanaśanasyāhuḥ pārtha dharmavido janāḥ||
No fast for more than a month, O king, has been ordained. Even this, O son of Pritha, is the ordinance about fasts that has been declared by sages conversant with duties.
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MBh 9 106.44
अनार्तो व्याधिरहितो गच्छेदनशनं तु यः। पदे पदे यज्ञफलं स प्राप्नोति न संशयः॥
anārto vyādhirahito gacchedanaśanaṃ tu yaḥ| pade pade yajñaphalaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ||
That man who, unafflicted by discase and free from every malady, observes a fast, indeed acquires, at every step the merits of Sacrifices.
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MBh 9 106.45
दिवं हंसप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति। शतं वर्षसहस्राणां मोदते स दिवि प्रभो॥
divaṃ haṃsaprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati| śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ modate sa divi prabho||
Such a man ascends to Heaven on a car drawn by swans. Gifted with power, he enjoys every sort of happiness in Heaven for a hundred years.
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MBh 9 106.46
शतं चाप्सरस: कन्या रमयन्त्यपि तं नरम्। आर्तो वा व्याधितो वापि गच्छेदनशनं तु यः॥
śataṃ cāpsarasa: kanyā ramayantyapi taṃ naram| ārto vā vyādhito vāpi gacchedanaśanaṃ tu yaḥ||
A hundred Apsaras of the most beautiful features, wait upon, and sport with him.
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MBh 9 106.47
शतं वर्षसहस्राणां मोदते स दिवि प्रभो। काञ्चीनूपुरशब्देन सुप्तश्चैव प्रबोध्यते॥
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ modate sa divi prabho| kāñcīnūpuraśabdena suptaścaiva prabodhyate||
He is roused from his bed every morning by the sound of the Kanchis and the Nupuras of those ladies.
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MBh 9 106.48
सहस्रहंसयुक्तेन विमानेन तु गच्छति। स गत्वा स्त्रीशताकीर्णं रमते भरतर्षभ॥
sahasrahaṃsayuktena vimānena tu gacchati| sa gatvā strīśatākīrṇaṃ ramate bharatarṣabha||
Such a person rides on a car drawn by a thousand swans. Living, again, in a region teeming with hundreds of the most beautiful ladies, he passes his time in great joy.
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MBh 9 106.49
क्षीणस्याप्यायनं दृष्टं क्षतस्य क्षतरोहणम्। व्याधितस्यौषधग्रामः क्रुद्धस्य च प्रसादनम्॥ दुःखितस्यार्थमानाभ्यां दुःखानां प्रतिषेधनम्। न चैते स्वर्गकामस्य रोचन्ते सुखमेधसः॥
kṣīṇasyāpyāyanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kṣatasya kṣatarohaṇam| vyādhitasyauṣadhagrāmaḥ kruddhasya ca prasādanam|| duḥkhitasyārthamānābhyāṃ duḥkhānāṃ pratiṣedhanam| na caite svargakāmasya rocante sukhamedhasaḥ||
The person who seeks Heaven, does not want strength when he becomes weak, or the cure of wounds when he is wounded, or the administration of medicine when he is ill, or soothings, by others when he is angry, or the mitigation, by the expenditure of money, of sorrows caused by poverty.
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MBh 9 106.50
अतः स कामसंयुक्त विमाने हेमसंनिभे। रमते स्त्रीशतकीर्णं पुरुषोऽलंकृतः शुचिः॥
ataḥ sa kāmasaṃyukta vimāne hemasaṃnibhe| ramate strīśatakīrṇaṃ puruṣo'laṃkṛtaḥ śuciḥ||
Leaving this world, where he suffers all sorts of privations, he proceeds to Heaven and rides on cars bedecked with gold, his body adorned with all sorts of ornaments. There in the midst of hundreds of beautiful ladies, he enjoys all sorts of pleasure and happiness, cleansed of every sin.
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MBh 9 106.51
स्वस्थः सफलसंकल्प: सुखी विगतकल्मषः। अनश्चन् देहमुत्सृज्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः॥
svasthaḥ saphalasaṃkalpa: sukhī vigatakalmaṣaḥ| anaścan dehamutsṛjya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ||
Indeed, abstaining from food and enjoyments in this world, he renounces this body and ascends to Heaven as the fruit of his penances, There purged of all his sins, he enjoys health and happiness and all his wishes become crowned with success.
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MBh 9 106.52
बालसूर्यप्रतीकाशे विमाने हेमवर्चसि। वैदूर्यमुक्ताखचिते वीणामुरजनादिते॥ पताकादीपिकाकीर्णं दिव्यकघण्टानिनादिते। स्त्रीसहस्रानुचरिते स नरः सुखमेधते॥
bālasūryapratīkāśe vimāne hemavarcasi| vaidūryamuktākhacite vīṇāmurajanādite|| patākādīpikākīrṇaṃ divyakaghaṇṭāninādite| strīsahasrānucarite sa naraḥ sukhamedhate||
Such a person rides on a celestials car of golden colour, effulgent like the morning sun, set with pearls and lapis lazuli, resounding with the music of Vinas and Murajas, adorned with banners and lamps, and echoing with the sounds of celestial bells.
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MBh 9 106.53
यावन्ति रोमकूपाणि तस्य गात्रेषु पाण्डव। तावन्त्येव सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते॥
yāvanti romakūpāṇi tasya gātreṣu pāṇḍava| tāvantyeva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate||
Such a person enjoys all sorts of happiness in Heaven for as many years as there are pores in his body.
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MBh 9 106.54
नास्ति वेदात् परं शास्त्रं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः। न धर्मात् परमो लाभस्तपो नानशनात् परम्॥
nāsti vedāt paraṃ śāstraṃ nāsti mātṛsamo guruḥ| na dharmāt paramo lābhastapo nānaśanāt param||
There is no Shastra superior to the Veda. There is no person more worthy of respect than the mother. There is no acquisition superior to that of virtue, and no penance superior to fast.
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MBh 9 106.55
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः परं नास्ति पावनं दिवि चेह च। उपवासैस्तथा तुल्यं तपःकर्म न विद्यते॥
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti pāvanaṃ divi ceha ca| upavāsaistathā tulyaṃ tapaḥkarma na vidyate||
There is nothing, more sacred, in Heaven or Earth, than Brahmanas. Similarly there is no penance that is superior to the observance of fasts.
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MBh 9 106.56
उपोष्य विधिवद् देवास्त्रिदिवै प्रतिपेदिरे। ऋषयश्च परां सिद्धिमुपवासैरवाप्नुवन्॥
upoṣya vidhivad devāstridivai pratipedire| ṛṣayaśca parāṃ siddhimupavāsairavāpnuvan||
It was by fasts that the celestials have succeeded in becoming dwellers of Heaven. It is by fasts that the Rishis have acquired high success.
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MBh 9 106.57
दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणि विश्वामित्रेण धीमता। क्षान्तमेकेन भक्तेन तेन विप्रत्वमागतः॥
divyavarṣasahasrāṇi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā| kṣāntamekena bhaktena tena vipratvamāgataḥ||
Vishvamitra passed a thousand celestial years, taking one meal a day, and as the consequence thereof acquired the status of a Brahmana.
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MBh 9 106.58
च्यवनो जमदग्निश्च वसिष्ठो गौतमो भृगुः। सर्व एव दिवं प्राप्ताः क्षमावन्तो महर्षयः॥
cyavano jamadagniśca vasiṣṭho gautamo bhṛguḥ| sarva eva divaṃ prāptāḥ kṣamāvanto maharṣayaḥ||
Chyavana, Jamadagni, Vasishtha, Gautama and Bhriguall these great Rishis gifted with the virtue of forgivenesshave attained to Heaven through the observance of fasts.
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MBh 9 106.59
इदमङ्गिरसा पूर्वं महर्षिभ्यः प्रदर्शितम्। यः प्रदर्शयते नित्यं न स दुःखमवाप्नुते॥
idamaṅgirasā pūrvaṃ maharṣibhyaḥ pradarśitam| yaḥ pradarśayate nityaṃ na sa duḥkhamavāpnute||
Forinerly Angirasa declared so to the great Rishis. The man who teaches another the merit of fasts, has never to suffer any sort of misery.
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MBh 9 106.60
इमं तु कौन्तेय यथाक्रमं विधि प्रवर्तितं ह्यङ्गिरसा महर्षिणा। पठेच्च यो वै शृणुयाच्च नित्यदा न विद्यते तस्य नरस्य किल्बिषम्॥
imaṃ tu kaunteya yathākramaṃ vidhi pravartitaṃ hyaṅgirasā maharṣiṇā| paṭhecca yo vai śṛṇuyācca nityadā na vidyate tasya narasya kilbiṣam||
The ordinances about fasts, in their due order, O son of Kunti, have originated from the great Rishi Angirasa. The man who daily reads these ordinances or hears them read, becomes freed from all sins.
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MBh 9 106.61
र्न चास्य दोषैरभिभूयते मनः। वियोनिजानां च विजानते रुतं ध्रुवां च कीर्तिं लभते नरोत्तमः॥
rna cāsya doṣairabhibhūyate manaḥ| viyonijānāṃ ca vijānate rutaṃ dhruvāṃ ca kīrtiṃ labhate narottamaḥ||
Not only is such a person freed from every calamity, but his mind rises above all sorts of shortcomings. Such a person succeeds in understanding the sounds of all creatures other than human, and acquiring eternal fame, becomes the foremost of men.
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