03.088
धौम्य उवाच॥
dhaumya uvāca॥
[धौम्य (dhaumya) - Dhaumya; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Dhaumya spoke;)
Dhaumya said:
उदीच्यां राजशार्दूल दिशि पुण्यानि यानि वै। तानि ते कीर्तयिष्यामि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ॥०३-८८-१॥
udīcyāṃ rājaśārdūla diśi puṇyāni yāni vai। tāni te kīrtayiṣyāmi puṇyānyāyatanāni ca॥03-88-1॥
[उदीच्यां (udīcyām) - in the northern; राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings; दिशि (diśi) - in the direction; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - meritorious (holy) places; यानि (yāni) - which; वै (vai) - indeed; तानि (tāni) - those; ते (te) - to you; कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I shall recount; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - holy places; आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - shrines; च (ca) - and;]
(In the northern direction, O tiger among kings, the meritorious places which indeed, those to you I shall recount, holy places and shrines and.)
O tiger among kings, I will recount to you the holy places and shrines that are in the northern direction. (03-88-1)
सरस्वती पुण्यवहा ह्रदिनी वनमालिनी। समुद्रगा महावेगा यमुना यत्र पाण्डव ॥०३-८८-२॥
sarasvatī puṇyavahā hradinī vanamālinī। samudragā mahāvegā yamunā yatra pāṇḍava ॥03-88-2॥
[सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī; (name of a river); पुण्यवहा (puṇyavahā) - carrying merit; ह्रदिनी (hradinī) - having pools; वनमालिनी (vanamālinī) - garlanded with groves; समुद्रगा (samudragā) - going to the ocean; महावेगा (mahāvegā) - of great speed; यमुना (yamunā) - Yamunā; (name of a river); यत्र (yatra) - where; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - the Pāṇḍavas;]
(Sarasvatī, carrying merit, having pools, garlanded with groves. Going to the ocean, of great speed, Yamunā, where the Pāṇḍavas (were). (03-88-2))
Sarasvatī, the meritorious river with pools and forest garlands, and Yamunā, swift and flowing to the ocean, are where the Pāṇḍavas (resided). (03-88-2)
तत्र पुण्यतमं तीर्थं प्लक्षावतरणं शिवम्। यत्र सारस्वतैरिष्ट्वा गच्छन्त्यवभृथं द्विजाः ॥०३-८८-३॥
tatra puṇyatamaṁ tīrthaṁ plakṣāvataraṇaṁ śivam। yatra sārasvatairiṣṭvā gacchantyavabhṛthaṁ dvijāḥ ॥03-88-3॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; पुण्यतमं (puṇyatamam) - most holy; तीर्थं (tīrtham) - sacred ford; प्लक्षावतरणं (plakṣāvataraṇam) - plakṣa tree descent; शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious; यत्र (yatra) - where; सारस्वतैः (sārasvataiḥ) - by the Sarasvata sages; इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā) - having worshipped; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go; अवभृथं (avabhṛtham) - for the ceremonial bath; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - twice-born;]
(There most holy ford Plakṣāvataraṇa auspicious. Where by the Sarasvata sages having worshipped go for the ceremonial bath twice-born.)
There is the most sacred tīrtha, the auspicious Plakṣāvataraṇa, where twice-born sages of Sarasvatī, having completed rites, proceed for the ceremonial bath. (03-88-3)
पुण्यं चाख्यायते दिव्यं शिवमग्निशिरोऽनघ। सहदेवोऽयजद्यत्र शम्याक्षेपेण भारत ॥०३-८८-४॥
puṇyaṃ cākhyāyate divyaṃ śivam agniśiro'na gha। sahadevo'yajadyatra śamyākṣep eṇa bhārata॥03-88-4॥
[पुण्यं (puṇyam) - meritorious; holy; च (ca) - and; आख्यायते (ākhyāyate) - is said; is described; दिव्यं (divyam) - divine; शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious; अग्निशिरः (agniśiraḥ) - Agniśiras (name of a sacrificial fire); अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; अयजत् (ayajat) - performed a sacrifice; यत्र (yatra) - where; शम्या (śamyā) - with a staff; आक्षेपेण (ākṣep eṇa) - by casting; by tossing; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Meritorious and is described as divine, auspicious Agniśiras, O sinless one. Where Sahadeva performed a sacrifice by casting a staff, O Bhārata.)
This meritorious, divine, and auspicious Agniśiras is described, O sinless one. Here Sahadeva performed a sacrifice by casting a staff, O Bhārata. (03-88-4)
एतस्मिन्नेव चार्थेयमिन्द्रगीता युधिष्ठिर। गाथा चरति लोकेऽस्मिन्गीयमाना द्विजातिभिः ॥०३-८८-५॥
etasminneva cārtheyam indrāgītā yudhiṣṭhira। gāthā carati loke'smiṅgīyamānā dvijātibhiḥ॥03-88-5॥
[एतस्मिन् एव (etasmin eva) - in this indeed; च (ca) - and; अर्थे (arthe) - matter; इयम् (iyam) - this; इन्द्रगीता (indragītā) - the song of Indra; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; गाथा (gāthā) - song; चरति (carati) - moves; लोके (loke) - in the world; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; गीयमाना (gīyamānā) - being sung; द्विजातिभिः (dvijātibhiḥ) - by the twice-born;]
(In this indeed and matter this Song of Indra, O Yudhishthira, the song moves in the world in this, being sung by the twice-born.)
O Yudhishthira, indeed, in this matter, this Indra-gītā (song of Indra) circulates in this world, being sung by the twice-born. (03-88-5)
अग्नयः सहदेवेन ये चिता यमुनामनु। शतं शतसहस्राणि सहस्रशतदक्षिणाः ॥०३-८८-६॥
agnayaḥ sahadevena ye citā yamunāmanu। śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi sahasraśatadakṣiṇāḥ॥03-88-6॥
[अग्नयः (agnayaḥ) - fires; सहदेवेन (sahadevena) - by Sahadeva; ये (ye) - which; चिता (citā) - kindled; यमुनाम् (yamunām) - Yamunā; अनु (anu) - along; शतं (śatam) - one hundred; शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundred-thousands; सहस्रशतदक्षिणाः (sahasraśatadakṣiṇāḥ) - with hundreds and thousands of gifts;]
(Fires by Sahadeva which were kindled along the Yamunā, one hundred, hundred-thousands, with hundreds and thousands of gifts.)
The fires that Sahadeva kindled along the Yamunā, a hundred, hundreds of thousands in number, accompanied by gifts of hundreds and thousands. (03-88-6)
तत्रैव भरतो राजा चक्रवर्ती महायशाः। विंशतिं सप्त चाष्टौ च हयमेधानुपाहरत् ॥०३-८८-७॥
tatraiva bharato rājā cakravartī mahā-yaśāḥ। viṁśatiṁ sapta cāṣṭau ca hayamedhān upāharat ॥03-88-7॥
[तत्रैव (tatraiva) - there itself; भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata; राजा (rājā) - king; चक्रवर्ती (cakravartī) - universal monarch; महायशाः (mahā-yaśāḥ) - of great fame; विंशतिं (viṁśatim) - twenty; सप्त (sapta) - seven; च (ca) - and; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; च (ca) - and; हयमेधान् (hayamedhān) - horse sacrifices; उपाहरत् (upāharat) - he performed;]
(There itself, Bharata, the king, the universal monarch, of great fame, twenty, seven and eight, and horse sacrifices, he performed.)
There itself, King Bharata, a universal monarch of great fame, performed twenty-seven and eight horse sacrifices. (03-88-7)
कामकृद्यो द्विजातीनां श्रुतस्तात मया पुरा। अत्यन्तमाश्रमः पुण्यः सरकस्तस्य विश्रुतः ॥०३-८८-८॥
kāmakṛdyo dvijātīnām śrutastāta mayā purā। atyantamāśramaḥ puṇyaḥ sarakastasya viśrutaḥ॥03-88-8॥
[कामकृद्यो (kāmakṛdyo) - those who act according to desire; द्विजातीनां (dvijātīnām) - of the twice-born; श्रुत (śruta) - heard; तात (tāta) - O dear one; मया (mayā) - by me; पुरा (purā) - formerly; अत्यन्तमाश्रमः (atyantamāśramaḥ) - the ultimate hermitage; पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) - meritorious; सरकः (sarakaḥ) - Saraka (proper noun); तस्य (tasya) - his; विश्रुतः (viśrutaḥ) - renowned;]
(Those who act according to desire, of the twice-born, heard, O dear one, by me formerly, the ultimate hermitage, meritorious, Saraka, his, renowned.)
O dear one, I have formerly heard of Saraka, the meritorious and ultimate hermitage, renowned among those twice-born who act according to desire. (03-88-8)
सरस्वती नदी सद्भिः सततं पार्थ पूजिता। वालखिल्यैर्महाराज यत्रेष्टमृषिभिः पुरा ॥०३-८८-९॥
sarasvatī nadī sadbhiḥ satataṃ pārtha pūjitā। vālakhiḷyair mahārāja yatra iṣṭam ṛṣibhiḥ purā॥03-88-9॥
[सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvati; (the river-goddess name); नदी (nadī) - river; सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good; by the virtuous; सततं (satataṃ) - always; continually; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna); पूजिता (pūjitā) - was worshipped; वालखिल्यैः (vālakhiḷyaiḥ) - by the Vālakhilya sages; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; यत्र (yatra) - where; इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - sacrifice; worship; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the sages; पुरा (purā) - formerly; in ancient times;]
(Sarasvati river by the virtuous always, O Partha, was worshipped. By the Vālakhilya sages, O great king, where sacrifice by the sages formerly.)
O Partha, the Sarasvati river was always worshipped by the virtuous. In ancient times, O great king, the Vālakhilya sages and other sages performed sacrifices there. (03-88-9)
दृषद्वती पुण्यतमा तत्र ख्याता युधिष्ठिर। तत्र वैवर्ण्यवर्णौ च सुपुण्यौ मनुजाधिप ॥०३-८८-१०॥
dṛṣadvatī puṇyatamā tatra khyātā yudhiṣṭhira। tatra vaivarṇyavarṇau ca supuṇyau manujādhipa ॥03-88-10॥
[दृषद्वती (dṛṣadvatī) - Dṛṣadvatī (name of a river); पुण्यतमा (puṇyatamā) - most sacred; तत्र (tatra) - there; ख्याता (khyātā) - (she is) renowned; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; तत्र (tatra) - there; वैवर्ण्यवर्णौ (vaivarṇyavarṇau) - Vaivarṇyavarṇa (names of two tirthas); च (ca) - and; सुपुण्यौ (supuṇyau) - very sacred (dual); मनुजाधिप (manujādhipa) - O king of men;]
(Dṛṣadvatī, most sacred, there (is) renowned, Yudhiṣṭhira. There Vaivarṇya and Varṇa (are), and very sacred, O king of men.)
O Yudhiṣṭhira, Dṛṣadvatī is renowned there as the most sacred. There, Vaivarṇya and Varṇa are also very sacred, O king of men. (03-88-10)
वेदज्ञौ वेदविदितौ विद्यावेदविदावुभौ। यजन्तौ क्रतुभिर्नित्यं पुण्यैर्भरतसत्तम ॥०३-८८-११॥
vedajñau vedaviditau vidyāvedavidāubhau। yajantau kratu-bhir-nityaṃ puṇyaiḥ bharata-sattama ॥03-88-11॥
[वेदज्ञौ (vedajñau) - knowers of the Veda; वेदविदितौ (vedaviditau) - known by the Veda; विद्यावेदविदौ (vidyāvedavidau) - knowers of learning and Veda; उभौ (ubhau) - both; यजन्तौ (yajantau) - they perform sacrifices; क्रतुभिः (kratu-bhiḥ) - with sacrificial rites; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; पुण्यैः (puṇyaiḥ) - with merits; भरतसत्तम (bharata-sattama) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(The two, knowers of the Veda, known by the Veda, knowers of learning and Veda, both, always perform (sacrifices) with sacrificial rites, with merits, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, both of them, who are knowers of the Veda, known through the Veda, and mastered in learning and the Veda, always perform meritorious sacrifices with ritual offerings. (03-88-11)
समेत्य बहुशो देवाः सेन्द्राः सवरुणाः पुरा। विशाखयूपेऽतप्यन्त तस्मात्पुण्यतमः स वै ॥०३-८८-१२॥
sametya bahuśo devāḥ sendrāḥ savaruṇāḥ purā। viśākhayūpe'tapyanta tasmāt puṇyatamaḥ sa vai ॥03-88-12॥
[समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled together; बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; सेन्द्राः (sendrāḥ) - with Indra; सवरुणाः (savarunāḥ) - with Varuṇa; पुरा (purā) - formerly; विशाखयूपे (viśākhayūpe) - at the Viśākha-yūpa (sacrificial post of Viśākhā); अतप्यन्त (atapyanta) - were scorched; were afflicted; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; पुण्यतमः (puṇyatamaḥ) - most meritorious; स (sa) - that; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Having assembled together, many times the gods, with Indra and with Varuṇa, formerly, at the Viśākhayūpa, were scorched; therefore, that is indeed the most meritorious.)
Long ago, the gods, together with Indra and Varuṇa, repeatedly assembled and were afflicted at the Viśākhayūpa; therefore, that one is considered the most meritorious. (03-88-12)
ऋषिर्महान्महाभागो जमदग्निर्महायशाः। पलाशकेषु पुण्येषु रम्येष्वयजताभिभूः ॥०३-८८-१३॥
ṛṣir mahān mahābhāgo jamadagnir mahāyaśāḥ। palāśakeṣu puṇyeṣu ramyeṣv ayajat ābhibhūḥ॥03-88-13॥
[ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; महान् (mahān) - great; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - highly fortunate; जमदग्निः (jamadagniḥ) - Jamadagni; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame; पलाशकेषु (palāśakeṣu) - among palāśa-trees; पुण्येषु (puṇyeṣu) - holy; रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - pleasant; अयजात् (ayajat) - performed sacrifice; आभिभूः (ābhibhūḥ) - the illustrious one;]
(The great, highly fortunate sage, Jamadagni of great fame, the illustrious one, performed sacrifice among the holy and pleasant palāśa-trees.)
The great and highly fortunate sage Jamadagni, renowned and illustrious, performed sacrifice among the sacred and beautiful groves of palāśa-trees. (03-88-13)
यत्र सर्वाः सरिच्छ्रेष्ठाः साक्षात्तमृषिसत्तमम्। स्वं स्वं तोयमुपादाय परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥०३-८८-१४॥
yatra sarvāḥ saricchreṣṭhāḥ sākṣāttam ṛṣi-sattamam। svaṃ svaṃ toyam upādāya parivāryopatasthire ॥03-88-14॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; सरिच्छ्रेष्ठाः (saricchreṣṭhāḥ) - foremost rivers; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; तम् (tam) - that; ऋषिसत्तमम् (ṛṣi-sattamam) - the best among sages; स्वं स्वं (svaṃ svaṃ) - their respective; तोयम् (toyam) - water; उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; उपतस्थिरे (upatasthire) - approached;]
(Where all foremost rivers, directly that best among sages, their respective water having taken, having surrounded, approached.)
Where all the foremost rivers, having taken their own water, directly surrounded and approached that best among sages. (03-88-14)
अपि चात्र महाराज स्वयं विश्वावसुर्जगौ। इमं श्लोकं तदा वीर प्रेक्ष्य वीर्यं महात्मनः ॥०३-८८-१५॥
api cātra mahārāja svayaṃ viśvāvasur jagau। imaṃ ślokaṃ tadā vīra prekṣya vīryaṃ mahātmanaḥ ॥03-88-15॥
[अपि (api) - moreover; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; स्वयं (svayaṃ) - himself; विश्वावसु: (viśvāvasuḥ) - Viśvāvasu (proper noun); जगौ (jagau) - sang; इमं (imaṃ) - this; श्लोकं (ślokaṃ) - verse; तदा (tadā) - then; वीर (vīra) - O hero; प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having observed; वीर्यं (vīryaṃ) - valor; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one;]
(Moreover and here, O great king, Viśvāvasu himself sang this verse then, O hero, having observed the valor of the great-souled one.)
Furthermore, O great king, here Viśvāvasu himself sang this verse at that time, O hero, after witnessing the valor of the great-souled one. (03-88-15)
यजमानस्य वै देवाञ्जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः। आगम्य सरितः सर्वा मधुना समतर्पयन् ॥०३-८८-१६॥
yajamānasya vai devāñ jamad agner mahātmanaḥ। āgamya saritaḥ sarvā madhunā samatarpayan॥03-88-16॥
[यजमानस्य (yajamānasya) - of the sacrificer; वै (vai) - indeed; देवान् (devān) - the gods; जमदग्नेः (jamadagneḥ) - of Jamadagni; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - the great-souled; आगम्य (āgamya) - having arrived; सरितः (saritaḥ) - the rivers; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; मधुना (madhunā) - with honey; समतर्पयन् (samatarpayan) - fully satisfied;]
(Of the sacrificer indeed the gods, having arrived at all the rivers of the great-souled Jamadagni, fully satisfied (the rivers) with honey.)
Indeed, the gods of the sacrificer, having reached all the rivers belonging to the great-souled Jamadagni, satisfied (them) completely with honey. (03-88-16)
गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षोभिरप्सरोभिश्च शोभितम्। किरातकिंनरावासं शैलं शिखरिणां वरम् ॥०३-८८-१७॥
gandharvayakṣarakṣobhir apsarobhiś ca śobhitam। kirātakiṁnarāvāsaṁ śailaṁ śikhariṇāṁ varam॥03-88-17॥
[गन्धर्व (gandharva) - celestial musician; spirit; यक्ष (yakṣa) - nature-spirit; treasure-guardian; रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - with rākṣasas; with demons; अप्सरोभिः (apsarobhiḥ) - with apsarases; with celestial nymphs; च (ca) - and; शोभितम् (śobhitam) - adorned; made beautiful; किरात (kirāta) - forest-dweller; mountaineer; किंनर (kiṁnara) - mythical being; celestial musician; आवासम् (āvāsam) - abode; dwelling; शैलम् (śailam) - mountain; शिखरिणाम् (śikhariṇām) - of (those) having peaks; वरम् (varam) - best; chief;]
(Adorned by gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and apsarases, the mountain, abode of kirātas and kiṁnaras, chief among those having peaks.)
The mountain, chief among those having peaks, adorned by gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and apsarases, and abode of kirātas and kiṁnaras. (03-88-17)
बिभेद तरसा गङ्गा गङ्गाद्वारे युधिष्ठिर। पुण्यं तत्ख्यायते राजन्ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥०३-८८-१८॥
bibheda tarasā gaṅgā gaṅgādvāre yudhiṣṭhira। puṇyaṃ tatkhyāyate rājan brahmarṣigaṇasevitam ॥03-88-18॥
[बिभेद (bibheda) - cleft; split; broke; तरसा (tarasā) - by force; vigorously; गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā; (the river Ganges); गङ्गाद्वारे (gaṅgādvāre) - at Gaṅgādvāra; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; पुण्यं (puṇyaṃ) - holy; auspicious; तत् (tat) - that; ख्यायते (khyāyate) - is known; is celebrated; राजन् (rājan) - O king; ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् (brahmarṣigaṇasevitam) - attended (sevita) by groups (gaṇa) of Brahmarṣis;]
(Gaṅgā by force cleft at Gaṅgādvāra, Yudhiṣṭhira. That holy (place) is known, O king, attended by groups of Brahmarṣis.)
O Yudhiṣṭhira, Gaṅgā cleft forcefully at Gaṅgādvāra. That holy place, O king, is known to be frequented by assemblies of Brahmarṣis. (03-88-18)
सनत्कुमारः कौरव्य पुण्यं कनखलं तथा। पर्वतश्च पुरुर्नाम यत्र जातः पुरूरवाः ॥०३-८८-१९॥
sanatkumāraḥ kauravya puṇyaṃ kanakhalaṃ tathā। parvataś ca purur nāma yatra jātaḥ purūrāvāḥ ॥03-88-19॥
[सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumāra; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; पुण्यं (puṇyam) - holy; कनखलं (kanakhalaṃ) - Kanakhala; तथा (tathā) - and; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain; च (ca) - and; पुरुर्नाम (purur nāma) - named Puru; यत्र (yatra) - where; जातः (jātaḥ) - was born; पुरूरवाः (purūrāvāḥ) - Purūravas;]
(Sanatkumāra, O descendant of Kuru, the holy Kanakhala, and also the mountain named Puru where Purūravas was born.)
Sanatkumāra, O Kaurava, the sacred Kanakhala, and the mountain called Puru where Purūravas was born. (03-88-19)
भृगुर्यत्र तपस्तेपे महर्षिगणसेवितः। स राजन्नाश्रमः ख्यातो भृगुतुङ्गो महागिरिः ॥०३-८८-२०॥
bhṛgur yatra tapas tepe mahaṛṣi-gaṇa-sevitaḥ। sa rājan nāśramaḥ khyāto bhṛgu-tuṅgo mahā-giriḥ॥03-88-20॥
[भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu; (the sage); यत्र (yatra) - where; तपः (tapas) - austerity; तेपे (tepe) - practiced; महर्षिगणसेवितः (mahaṛṣi-gaṇa-sevitaḥ) - attended by bands of great ṛṣis; सः (saḥ) - that; राजन् (rājan) - O King; आश्रमः (āśramaḥ) - hermitage; ख्यातः (khyātaḥ) - renowned; भृगुतुङ्गः (bhṛgu-tuṅgaḥ) - Bhṛgu-tuṅga; महागिरिः (mahā-giriḥ) - great mountain;]
(Bhṛgu where austerity practiced attended by bands of great ṛṣis; that O King hermitage renowned Bhṛgu-tuṅga great mountain.)
O King, that hermitage on the great mountain named Bhṛgu-tuṅga, where Sage Bhṛgu practiced austerities and was attended by assemblies of great seers, is well-known. (03-88-20)
यच्च भूतं भविष्यच्च भवच्च पुरुषर्षभ। नारायणः प्रभुर्विष्णुः शाश्वतः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥०३-८८-२१॥
yacca bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyacca bhavacca puruṣarṣabha। nārāyaṇaḥ prabhurviṣṇuḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ ॥03-88-21॥
[यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; भूतम् (bhūtam) - past; भविष्यत् (bhaviṣyat) - future; च (ca) - and; भवत् (bhavat) - present; च (ca) - and; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best of men; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - master; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣottamaḥ) - supreme person;]
(Which and past and future and present and O best of men, Nārāyaṇa (is), master, Viṣṇu, eternal, supreme person.)
O best of men, that which is past, future, and present—all this is Nārāyaṇa, the master, Viṣṇu, the eternal and supreme person. (03-88-21)
तस्यातियशसः पुण्यां विशालां बदरीमनु। आश्रमः ख्यायते पुण्यस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः ॥०३-८८-२२॥
tasyāti-yaśasaḥ puṇyāṃ viśālāṃ badarīmanu। āśramaḥ khyāyate puṇyastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ॥03-88-22॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; अति-यशसः (ati-yaśasaḥ) - of great fame; पुण्यां (puṇyām) - holy; विशालां (viśālām) - vast; बदरीम् (badarīm) - Badarī (a sacred place); अनु (anu) - along; आश्रमः (āśramaḥ) - hermitage; ख्यायते (khyāyate) - is renowned; पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) - holy; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - worlds; विश्रुतः (viśrutaḥ) - famous;]
(Of him, of great fame, the holy, vast Badarī along, the hermitage is renowned, holy, in the three worlds, famous.)
The hermitage of that highly renowned one, holy and vast along the sacred Badarī, is famed as holy and celebrated in all the three worlds. (03-88-22)
उष्णतोयवहा गङ्ग शीततोयवहापरा। सुवर्णसिकता राजन्विशालां बदरीमनु ॥०३-८८-२३॥
uṣṇatoyavahā gaṅgā śītatoyavahāparā। suvarṇasikatā rājan viśālāṃ badarīm anu ॥03-88-23॥
[उष्णतोयवहा (uṣṇatoyavahā) - carrying hot water; गङ्ग (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā (the Ganga river); शीततोयवहापरा (śītatoyavahāparā) - carrying cold water, the other; सुवर्णसिकता (suvarṇasikatā) - having golden sand; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विशालां (viśālām) - vast; बदरीमन् (badarīm anu) - following Badarī (Badrī, the holy place);]
(Carrying hot water Gaṅgā, carrying cold water the other, having golden sand, O king, vast, following Badarī.)
O king, the Gaṅgā carries hot water, while the other river carries cold water; it has golden sand and is vast, following (near) Badarī. (03-88-23)
ऋषयो यत्र देवाश्च महाभागा महौजसः। प्राप्य नित्यं नमस्यन्ति देवं नारायणं विभुम् ॥०३-८८-२४॥
ṛṣayo yatra devāśca mahābhāgā mahaujasaḥ। prāpya nityaṃ namasyanti devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vibhum॥03-88-24॥
[ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; यत्र (yatra) - where; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; च (ca) - and; महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - very fortunate; महौजसः (mahaujasaḥ) - of great energy; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; नित्यं (nityam) - always; नमस्यन्ति (namasyanti) - they bow (to); देवम् (devam) - to the god; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; विभुम् (vibhum) - the all-pervading;]
(Sages where gods and very fortunate ones of great energy, having attained, always bow to the god Nārāyaṇa the all-pervading.)
Where sages, gods, and the most fortunate and powerful beings, having reached, always bow to Nārāyaṇa, the all-pervading Lord. (03-88-24)
यत्र नारायणो देवः परमात्मा सनातनः। तत्र कृत्स्नं जगत्पार्थ तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥०३-८८-२५॥
yatra nārāyaṇo devaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ। tatra kṛtsnaṁ jagat pārtha tīrthāni āyatanāni ca ॥03-88-25॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; देवः (devaḥ) - God; परमात्मा (paramātmā) - Supreme Self; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal; तत्र (tatra) - there; कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire; जगत् (jagat) - world; पार्थ (pārtha) - Pārtha; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places; आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - abodes; च (ca) - and;]
(Where Nārāyaṇa, God, Supreme Self, eternal, there, entire world, O Pārtha, sacred places, abodes and.)
Wherever Nārāyaṇa, the eternal Supreme God, resides, O Pārtha, there all the world, sacred places, and abodes are found. (03-88-25)
तत्पुण्यं तत्परं ब्रह्म तत्तीर्थं तत्तपोवनम्। तत्र देवर्षयः सिद्धाः सर्वे चैव तपोधनाः ॥०३-८८-२६॥
tatpuṇyaṃ tatparaṃ brahma tattīrthaṃ tattapovanam। tatra devarṣayaḥ siddhāḥ sarve caiva tapodhanāḥ ॥03-88-26॥
[तत् (tat) - that; पुण्यं (puṇyam) - merit; sacredness; तत् (tat) - that; परं (param) - supreme; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; ultimate reality; तत् (tat) - that; तीर्थं (tīrtham) - sacred place; तत् (tat) - that; तपोवनम् (tapovanam) - ascetic grove; forest of penance; तत्र (tatra) - there; देवर्षयः (devarṣayaḥ) - divine sages; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; सर्वे (sarve) - all; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तपोधनाः (tapodhanāḥ) - rich in austerity; ascetics;]
(That merit, that supreme Brahman, that sacred place, that ascetic grove; there, divine sages, perfected ones, all and indeed ascetics rich in penance.)
That is the merit, that is the supreme Brahman, that is the sacred place, that is the ascetic grove; there, all the divine sages, perfected beings, and ascetics endowed with austerity dwell. (03-88-26)
आदिदेवो महायोगी यत्रास्ते मधुसूदनः। पुण्यानामपि तत्पुण्यं तत्र ते संशयोऽस्तु मा ॥०३-८८-२७॥
ādidevo mahāyogī yatrāste madhusūdanaḥ। puṇyānām api tat puṇyaṃ tatra te saṃśayo'stu mā ॥03-88-27॥
[आदिदेवः (ādidevaḥ) - primordial god; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi; यत्र (yatra) - where; आस्ते (āste) - abides; मधुसूदनः (madhusūdanaḥ) - Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu, i.e., Viṣṇu); पुण्यानाम् (puṇyānām) - of merits; अपि (api) - even; तत् (tat) - that; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit; तत्र (tatra) - there; ते (te) - to you; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt; अस्तु (astu) - let be; मा (mā) - not;]
(The primordial god, the great yogi, where abides Madhusūdana; of merits even that merit, there to you doubt let be not.)
Where the primordial god, the great yogi Madhusūdana, abides—there is the supreme merit of merits; let there be no doubt of this for you. (03-88-27)
एतानि राजन्पुण्यानि पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते। कीर्तितानि नरश्रेष्ठ तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥०३-८८-२८॥
etāni rājan puṇyāni pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivī-pate। kīrtitāni nara-śreṣṭha tīrthāni āyatānāni ca ॥03-88-28॥
[एतानि (etāni) - these; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - meritorious (things); पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on the earth; पृथिवीपते (pṛthivī-pate) - O lord of the earth; कीर्तितानि (kīrtitāni) - declared (as); नरश्रेष्ठ (nara-śreṣṭha) - O best of men; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places; आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - shrines; च (ca) - and;]
(These, O king, meritorious (things) on the earth, O lord of the earth, declared (as), O best of men, sacred places, shrines and.)
O king, these meritorious places on earth, O lord of the earth, have been declared, O best of men, as sacred places and shrines. (03-88-28)
एतानि वसुभिः साध्यैरादित्यैर्मरुदश्विभिः। ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मकल्पैश्च सेवितानि महात्मभिः ॥०३-८८-२९॥
etāni vasubhiḥ sādhyair ādityaiḥ marudaśvibhiḥ। ṛṣibhir brahmakalpaiś ca sevitāni mahātmabhiḥ॥03-88-29॥
[एतानि (etāni) - these; वसुभिः (vasubhiḥ) - by the Vasus; साध्यैः (sādhyaiḥ) - by the Sādhyas; आदित्यैः (ādityaiḥ) - by the Ādityas; मरुदश्विभिः (marudaśvibhiḥ) - by the Maruts and Aśvins; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the sages; ब्रह्मकल्पैः (brahmakalpaiḥ) - by those equivalent to Brahmā; च (ca) - and; सेवितानि (sevitāni) - attended to; महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by the great souls;]
(These, by the Vasus, Sādhyas, Ādityas, Maruts, and Aśvins, by sages and those equivalent to Brahmā also, have been attended by great souls.)
These have been honored by the Vasus, Sādhyas, Ādityas, Maruts and Aśvins, by sages, Brahma-like beings, and other great souls. (03-88-29)
चरनेतानि कौन्तेय सहितो ब्राह्मणर्षभैः। भ्रातृभिश्च महाभागैरुत्कण्ठां विजहिष्यसि ॥०३-८८-३०॥
caranetāni kaunteya sahito brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ| bhrātṛbhiśca mahābhāgairutkaṇṭhāṃ vijahiṣyasi॥03-88-30॥
[चरनेतानि (caranetāni) - you will move around these; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - together; ब्राह्मणर्षभैः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ) - with foremost Brahmins; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - with brothers; च (ca) - and; महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - greatly fortunate ones; उत्कण्ठाम् (utkaṇṭhām) - anxiety; विजहिष्यसि (vijahiṣyasi) - you will abandon;]
(You will move around these, O son of Kunti, together with foremost Brahmins and brothers, greatly fortunate ones, anxiety you will abandon.)
O son of Kunti, moving about here with the foremost Brahmins and your greatly fortunate brothers, you will abandon all anxiety. (03-88-30)
