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व्यास उवाच॥
vyāsa uvāca॥
[व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Vyāsa said;)
Vyāsa said.
भूतग्रामे नियुक्तं यत्तदेतत्कीर्तितं मया। ब्राह्मणस्य तु यत्कृत्यं तत्ते वक्ष्यामि पृच्छते ॥१२-२२६-१॥
bhūtagrāme niyuktaṃ yattadetatkīrtitaṃ mayā। brāhmaṇasya tu yatkṛtyaṃ tatte vakṣyāmi pṛcchate ॥12-226-1॥
[भूतग्रामे (bhūtagrāme) - in the aggregate of beings; नियुक्तं (niyuktaṃ) - appointed; यत् (yat) - which; तत् (tat) - that; एतत् (etat) - this; कीर्तितं (kīrtitaṃ) - declared; मया (mayā) - by me; ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brāhmaṇa; तु (tu) - but; यत् (yat) - which; कृत्यं (kṛtyaṃ) - duty; तत् (tat) - that; ते (te) - to you; वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall declare; पृच्छते (pṛcchate) - (to one who is) asking;]
(In the aggregate of beings, that which was appointed, this has been declared by me. But the duty of the Brāhmaṇa, that I shall declare to you who are asking.)
I have already described what was appointed for the aggregate of beings. Now, I shall tell you, who are asking, about the duty of the Brāhmaṇa.
जातकर्मप्रभृत्यस्य कर्मणां दक्षिणावताम्। क्रिया स्यादा समावृत्तेराचार्ये वेदपारगे ॥१२-२२६-२॥
jātakarmaprabhṛtyasya karmaṇāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām। kriyā syādā samāvṛtterācārye vedapārage ॥12-226-2॥
[जातकर्मप्रभृत्यस्य (jātakarmaprabhṛtyasya) - from birth-rites onwards; कर्मणां (karmaṇāṃ) - of rites; दक्षिणावताम् (dakṣiṇāvatām) - having fees; क्रिया (kriyā) - performance; स्यात् (syāt) - should be; आ (ā) - until; समावृत्तेः (samāvṛtteḥ) - completion of study; आचार्ये (ācārye) - in the teacher; वेदपारगे (vedapārage) - versed in the Veda;]
(From birth-rites onwards, the performance of rites having fees should be until the completion of study, in the teacher versed in the Veda.)
From the rite of birth onwards, all rituals requiring fees should be performed until the completion of study, with the teacher who is accomplished in the Veda.
अधीत्य वेदानखिलान्गुरुशुश्रूषणे रतः। गुरूणामनृणो भूत्वा समावर्तेत यज्ञवित् ॥१२-२२६-३॥
adhītya vedānakhilānguruśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ। gurūṇāmanṛṇo bhūtvā samāvarteta yajñavit ॥12-226-3॥
[अधीत्य (adhītya) - having studied; वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas; अखिलान् (akhilān) - all; गुरुशुश्रूषणे (guruśuśrūṣaṇe) - in service to the teacher; रतः (rataḥ) - engaged; गुरूणाम् (gurūṇām) - of the teachers; अनृणः (anṛṇaḥ) - not indebted; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; समावर्तेत (samāvarteta) - should graduate; यज्ञवित् (yajñavit) - knower of sacrifice;]
(Having studied all the Vedas, engaged in service to the teacher, having become not indebted to the teachers, the knower of sacrifice should graduate.)
After studying all the Vedas and serving the teacher with devotion, and having discharged all debts to the teachers, the knower of sacrifice should graduate.
आचार्येणाभ्यनुज्ञातश्चतुर्णामेकमाश्रमम्। आ विमोक्षाच्छरीरस्य सोऽनुतिष्ठेद्यथाविधि ॥१२-२२६-४॥
ācāryeṇābhyanujñātaś caturṇām ekam āśramam। ā vimokṣāc charīrasya so'nutiṣṭhed yathāvidhi ॥12-226-4॥
[आचार्येण (ācāryeṇa) - by the teacher; अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - having been permitted; चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) - of the four; एकम् (ekam) - one; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - āśrama; आ (ā) - until; विमोक्षात् (vimokṣāt) - from the liberation; शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body; सः (saḥ) - he; अनुतिष्ठेत् (anutiṣṭhet) - should observe; यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule;]
(Having been permitted by the teacher, he should observe one of the four āśramas until the liberation from the body, according to rule.)
After being permitted by the teacher, one should properly observe one of the four āśramas until the body is liberated.
प्रजासर्गेण दारैश्च ब्रह्मचर्येण वा पुनः। वने गुरुसकाशे वा यतिधर्मेण वा पुनः ॥१२-२२६-५॥
prajāsargeṇa dāraiś ca brahmacaryeṇa vā punaḥ। vane gurusakāśe vā yatidharmeṇa vā punaḥ ॥12-226-5॥
[प्रजासर्गेण (prajāsargeṇa) - by creation of progeny; दारैः (dāraiḥ) - by wives; च (ca) - and; ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - by celibacy; वा (vā) - or; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; वने (vane) - in the forest; गुरुसकाशे (gurusakāśe) - in the presence of the teacher; वा (vā) - or; यतिधर्मेण (yatidharmeṇa) - by the conduct of an ascetic; वा (vā) - or; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(By creation of progeny, by wives, and by celibacy, or again; in the forest, in the presence of the teacher, or by the conduct of an ascetic, or again.)
One may achieve the goal either by creating progeny, through married life, by practicing celibacy, or again; in the forest, in the presence of a teacher, or by following the path of an ascetic, or again.
गृहस्थस्त्वेव सर्वेषां चतुर्णां मूलमुच्यते। तत्र पक्वकषायो हि दान्तः सर्वत्र सिध्यति ॥१२-२२६-६॥
gṛhasthas tveva sarveṣāṃ caturṇāṃ mūlam ucyate। tatra pakvakāṣāyo hi dāntaḥ sarvatra sidhyati॥12-226-6॥
[गृहस्थः (gṛhasthaḥ) - householder; तु (tu) - but; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; चतुर्णां (caturṇām) - of the four; मूलम् (mūlam) - root; उच्यते (ucyate) - is said; तत्र (tatra) - there; पक्वकषायः (pakvakāṣāyaḥ) - one whose passions are ripened; हि (hi) - indeed; दान्तः (dāntaḥ) - self-restrained; सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere; सिध्यति (sidhyati) - succeeds;]
(The householder indeed is said to be the root of all four (orders). There, one whose passions are ripened, who is indeed self-restrained, succeeds everywhere.)
The householder is regarded as the foundation of all four orders. There, one whose passions are matured and who is self-controlled, succeeds everywhere.
प्रजावाञ्श्रोत्रियो यज्वा मुक्तो दिव्यैस्त्रिभिरृणैः। अथान्यानाश्रमान्पश्चात्पूतो गच्छति कर्मभिः ॥१२-२२६-७॥
prajāvāñśrotriyo yajvā mukto divyaistribhirṛṇaiḥ। athānyānāśramānpaścātpūto gacchati karmabhiḥ ॥12-226-7॥
[प्रजावान् (prajāvān) - having progeny; श्रोत्रियः (śrotriyaḥ) - versed in the Vedas; यज्वा (yajvā) - performer of sacrifices; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed; दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - by divine; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - three; ऋणैः (ṛṇaiḥ) - debts; अथ (atha) - then; अन्यान् (anyān) - other; आश्रमान् (āśramān) - āśramas; पश्चात् (paścāt) - after; पूतः (pūtaḥ) - purified; गच्छति (gacchati) - goes; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions;]
(Having progeny, versed in the Vedas, performer of sacrifices, freed from the three divine debts, then, after being purified by actions, goes to the other āśramas.)
One who has progeny, is learned in the Vedas, and performs sacrifices, after being freed from the three divine debts, then, purified by actions, proceeds to the other āśramas.
यत्पृथिव्यां पुण्यतमं विद्यास्थानं तदावसेत्। यतेत तस्मिन्प्रामाण्यं गन्तुं यशसि चोत्तमे ॥१२-२२६-८॥
yat-pṛthivyāṃ puṇyatamaṃ vidyāsthānaṃ tadāvaset। yateta tasmin prāmāṇyaṃ gantuṃ yaśasi cottame ॥12-226-8॥
[यत् (yat) - which; पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on earth; पुण्यतमं (puṇyatamam) - most meritorious; विद्यास्थानं (vidyāsthānam) - place of knowledge; तत् (tat) - that; आवसेत् (āvaset) - should reside; यतेत (yateta) - should strive; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; प्रामाण्यं (prāmāṇyam) - authenticity; गन्तुम् (gantum) - to attain; यशसि (yaśasi) - in fame; च (ca) - and; उत्तमे (uttame) - supreme;]
(Which on earth is the most meritorious place of knowledge, there one should reside; one should strive in that for authenticity and to attain supreme fame.)
One should reside in that place on earth which is the most meritorious for knowledge; one should strive there for authenticity and for attaining the highest fame.
तपसा वा सुमहता विद्यानां पारणेन वा। इज्यया वा प्रदानैर्वा विप्राणां वर्धते यशः ॥१२-२२६-९॥
tapasā vā sumahatā vidyānāṃ pāraṇena vā। ijyayā vā pradānairvā viprāṇāṃ vardhate yaśaḥ ॥12-226-9॥
[तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; वा (vā) - or; सुमहता (sumahatā) - by great (means); विद्यानां (vidyānāṃ) - of knowledges; पारणेन (pāraṇena) - by recitation; वा (vā) - or; इज्यया (ijyayā) - by worship; वा (vā) - or; प्रदानैः (pradānaiḥ) - by gifts; वा (vā) - or; विप्राणां (viprāṇām) - of Brāhmaṇas; वर्धते (vardhate) - increases; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame;]
(By austerity or by great (means) of knowledges, by recitation or by worship or by gifts, the fame of Brāhmaṇas increases.)
The fame of Brāhmaṇas grows through austerity, great knowledge, recitation, worship, or giving gifts.
यावदस्य भवत्यस्मिँल्लोके कीर्तिर्यशस्करी। तावत्पुण्यकृताँल्लोकाननन्तान्पुरुषोऽश्नुते ॥१२-२२६-१०॥
yāvad asya bhavati asmin loke kīrtiḥ yaśaskarī। tāvat puṇyakṛtām lokān anantān puruṣaḥ aśnute ॥12-226-10॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; अस्य (asya) - of him; भवति (bhavati) - there is; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; लोके (loke) - world; कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame; यशस्करी (yaśaskarī) - bestowing glory; तावत् (tāvat) - so long; पुण्यकृताम् (puṇyakṛtām) - of the doers of merit; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अनन्तान् (anantān) - endless; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person; अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains;]
(As long as there is fame bestowing glory of him in this world, so long a person attains the endless worlds of the doers of merit.)
As long as his glorious fame endures in this world, a person enjoys the endless worlds attained by the meritorious.
अध्यापयेदधीयीत याजयेत यजेत च। न वृथा प्रतिगृह्णीयान्न च दद्यात्कथञ्चन ॥१२-२२६-११॥
adhyāpayedadhīyīta yājayet yajeta ca। na vṛthā pratigṛhṇīyān na ca dadyāt kathañcana ॥12-226-11॥
[अध्यापयेत् (adhyāpayet) - he should cause to be taught; अधीयीत (adhīyīta) - he should study; याजयेत् (yājayet) - he should cause to perform sacrifice; यजेत् (yajeta) - he should sacrifice; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain; प्रतिगृह्णीयात् (pratigṛhṇīyāt) - he should accept (gifts); न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; दद्यात् (dadyāt) - he should give; कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way;]
(He should cause to be taught, should study, should cause to perform sacrifice, and should sacrifice; he should not accept (gifts) in vain, nor should he give in any way.)
He should teach, study, officiate at sacrifices, and perform sacrifices; he should not accept gifts in vain, nor should he give them in any way.
याज्यतः शिष्यतो वापि कन्यया वा धनं महत्। यद्यागच्छेद्यजेद्दद्यान्नैकोऽश्नीयात्कथञ्चन ॥१२-२२६-१२॥
yājyataḥ śiṣyato vāpi kanyayā vā dhanaṃ mahat। yadyāgacched yajed dadyān naiko'śnīyāt kathaṃcana ॥12-226-12॥
[याज्यतः (yājyataḥ) - from one who is to be sacrificed for; शिष्यतः (śiṣyataḥ) - from a disciple; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; कन्यया (kanyayā) - by a maiden; वा (vā) - or; धनं (dhanaṃ) - wealth; महत् (mahat) - great; यदि (yadi) - if; आगच्छेत् (āgacchet) - should come; यजेत् (yajet) - should sacrifice; दद्यात् (dadyāt) - should give; न (na) - not; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; अश्नीयात् (aśnīyāt) - should eat; कथञ्चन (kathaṃcana) - in any way;]
(From one who is to be sacrificed for, from a disciple, or even by a maiden, or great wealth—if it should come, one should sacrifice, should give; one should not eat alone in any way.)
If great wealth comes from one who is to be sacrificed for, from a disciple, or from a maiden, one should use it for sacrifice or charity; one should never consume it alone in any way.
गृहमावसतो ह्यस्य नान्यत्तीर्थं प्रतिग्रहात्। देवर्षिपितृगुर्वर्थं वृद्धातुरबुभुक्षताम् ॥१२-२२६-१३॥
gṛham āvasato hy asya nānyat tīrthaṃ pratigrahāt। devarṣipitṛgurvarthaṃ vṛddhāturabubhukṣatām ॥12-226-13॥
[गृहम् (gṛham) - house; आवसतः (āvasataḥ) - of the resident; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - of him; न (na) - not; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - sacred place; प्रतिग्रहात् (pratigrahāt) - than the receiving (of gifts); देव (deva) - for the gods; ऋषि (ṛṣi) - for the sages; पितृ (pitṛ) - for the ancestors; गुरु (guru) - for the teachers; अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of; वृद्ध (vṛddha) - for the aged; अतुर (atura) - for the sick; अभुभुक्षताम् (abubhukṣatām) - for the hungry;]
(For one residing in a house, indeed, for him, there is no other sacred place than the receiving (of gifts) for the sake of gods, sages, ancestors, teachers, the aged, the sick, and the hungry.)
For a householder, there is no greater sacred act than accepting gifts for the sake of the gods, sages, ancestors, teachers, the aged, the sick, and the hungry.
अन्तर्हिताभितप्तानां यथाशक्ति बुभूषताम्। द्रव्याणामतिशक्त्यापि देयमेषां कृतादपि ॥१२-२२६-१४॥
antarhitābhitaptānāṃ yathāśakti bubhūṣatām। dravyāṇāmatiśaktyāpi deyameṣāṃ kṛtādapi ॥12-226-14॥
[अन्तर्हित (antarhita) - hidden; अभितप्तानां (abhitaptānāṃ) - of those who are greatly afflicted; यथा (yathā) - according to; शक्ति (śakti) - ability; बुभूषताम् (bubhūṣatām) - of those who wish to live; द्रव्याणाम् (dravyāṇām) - of wealth; अतिशक्त्या (atiśaktyā) - beyond one's capacity; अपि (api) - even; देयम् (deyam) - should be given; एषाम् (eṣām) - to these; कृतात् (kṛtāt) - even from what is earned; अपि (api) - even;]
(To those hidden and greatly afflicted, who wish to live, wealth should be given according to ability, and even beyond one's capacity, even from what is earned.)
Wealth should be given, even from what is earned and even beyond one's capacity, to those hidden and greatly afflicted who wish to live, according to one's ability.
अर्हतामनुरूपाणां नादेयं ह्यस्ति किञ्चन। उच्चैःश्रवसमप्यश्वं प्रापणीयं सतां विदुः ॥१२-२२६-१५॥
arhatāmanurūpāṇāṃ nādeyaṃ hyasti kiñcana। uccaiḥśravasamapyaśvaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ satāṃ viduḥ ॥12-226-15॥
[अर्हताम् (arhatām) - of the worthy; अनुरूपाणाम् (anurūpāṇām) - befitting; न (na) - not; अदेयम् (adeyam) - not to be given; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्ति (asti) - there is; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything; उच्चैःश्रवसम् (uccaiḥśravasam) - Uccaiḥśravas (the divine horse); अपि (api) - even; अश्वम् (aśvam) - horse; प्रापणीयम् (prāpaṇīyam) - to be obtained; सताम् (satām) - of the good; विदुः (viduḥ) - they know;]
(Of the worthy, befitting, there is indeed nothing not to be given; even Uccaiḥśravas, the horse, is to be obtained, the good know.)
For those who are worthy, nothing befitting them is to be withheld; even the horse Uccaiḥśravas should be acquired for the virtuous, as the good know.
अनुनीय तथा काव्यः सत्यसन्धो महाव्रतः। स्वैः प्राणैर्ब्राह्मणप्राणान्परित्राय दिवं गतः ॥१२-२२६-१६॥
anunīya tathā kāvyaḥ satyasanndho mahāvrataḥ। svaiḥ prāṇairbrāhmaṇaprāṇānparitrāya divaṃ gataḥ ॥12-226-16॥
[अनुनीय (anunīya) - to be followed; तथा (tathā) - likewise; काव्यः (kāvyaḥ) - Kāvya (Śukra); सत्यसन्धः (satyasandhaḥ) - truthful; महाव्रतः (mahāvrataḥ) - of great vows; स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by his own; प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - lives; ब्राह्मणप्राणान् (brāhmaṇaprāṇān) - the lives of Brāhmaṇas; परित्राय (paritrāya) - to save; दिवं (divaṃ) - to heaven; गतः (gataḥ) - went;]
(To be followed likewise Kāvya (Śukra), truthful, of great vows, by his own lives, to save the lives of Brāhmaṇas, went to heaven.)
Likewise, Kāvya (Śukra), who was truthful and of great vows, gave up his own life to save the lives of Brāhmaṇas and ascended to heaven.
रन्तिदेवश्च साङ्कृत्यो वसिष्ठाय महात्मने। अपः प्रदाय शीतोष्णा नाकपृष्ठे महीयते ॥१२-२२६-१७॥
rantidevaś ca sāṅkṛtyo vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane। apaḥ pradāya śītoṣṇā nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate ॥12-226-17॥
[रन्तिदेवः (rantidevaḥ) - Rantideva; (proper noun, name of a king); च (ca) - and; साङ्कृत्यः (sāṅkṛtyaḥ) - Sāṅkṛtya; (proper noun, name of a sage); वसिष्ठाय (vasiṣṭhāya) - to Vasiṣṭha; (dative case, to the sage Vasiṣṭha); महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled one; (dative case); अपः (apaḥ) - waters; (accusative plural of 'ap', water); प्रदाय (pradāya) - having given; शीतोष्णा (śītoṣṇā) - cold and hot; (dual, cold and heat); नाकपृष्ठे (nākapṛṣṭhe) - in heaven; (locative, on the back of the sky, i.e., in heaven); महीयते (mahīyate) - is honored; (is revered, is exalted);]
(Rantideva and Sāṅkṛtya, having given waters to the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, cold and hot, are honored in heaven.)
Rantideva and Sāṅkṛtya, after offering both cold and hot water to the great sage Vasiṣṭha, are honored in heaven.
आत्रेयश्चन्द्रदमयोरर्हतोर्विविधं धनम्। दत्त्वा लोकान्ययौ धीमाननन्तान्स महीपतिः ॥१२-२२६-१८॥
ātreyaś candradamayor arhator vividhaṃ dhanam। dattvā lokān yayau dhīmān anantān sa mahīpatiḥ ॥12-226-18॥
[आत्रेय (ātreya) - to Ātreya; (a sage) च (ca) - and; चन्द्रदमयोः (candradamayoh) - to Candradamaya (and); अर्हतोः (arhatoḥ) - to the venerable ones; विविधं (vividham) - various; धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; ययौ (yayau) - he went; धीमान् (dhīmān) - the wise; अनन्तान् (anantān) - endless; सः (saḥ) - he; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king;]
(To Ātreya and Candradamaya, the venerable ones, various wealth having given, worlds endless he went, the wise, he the king.)
The wise king, having given various wealth to the venerable Ātreya and Candradamaya, went to endless worlds.
शिबिरौशीनरोऽङ्गानि सुतं च प्रियमौरसम्। ब्राह्मणार्थमुपाकृत्य नाकपृष्ठमितो गतः ॥१२-२२६-१९॥
śibirauśīnaro'ṅgāni sutaṃ ca priyamaurasam। brāhmaṇārthamupākṛtya nākapṛṣṭhamito gataḥ ॥12-226-19॥
[शिबिर (śibira) - camp; औशीनरः (auśīnaraḥ) - king Uśīnara; अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs; सुतम् (sutam) - son; च (ca) - and; प्रिय (priya) - dear; मौरसम् (maurasam) - born of the loins; ब्राह्मणार्थम् (brāhmaṇārtham) - for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa; उपाकृत्य (upākṛtya) - having offered; नाकपृष्ठम् (nākapṛṣṭham) - heaven; इतः (itaḥ) - from here; गतः (gataḥ) - has gone;]
(Camp, king Uśīnara, limbs, son and dear born of the loins, for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa, having offered, heaven, from here, has gone.)
Having offered the camp, king Uśīnara's limbs, his son and dear offspring for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa, he has departed from here to heaven.
प्रतर्दनः काशिपतिः प्रदाय नयने स्वके। ब्राह्मणायातुलां कीर्तिमिह चामुत्र चाश्नुते ॥१२-२२६-२०॥
pratardanaḥ kāśipatiḥ pradāya nayane svake। brāhmaṇāyātulāṃ kīrtimiha cāmutra cāśnute ॥12-226-20॥
[प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana; (proper name); काशिपतिः (kāśipatiḥ) - king of Kāśi; (title); प्रदाय (pradāya) - having given; (from pra-√dā); नयने (nayane) - eyes; (dual); स्वके (svake) - his own; (dual); ब्राह्मणाय (brāhmaṇāya) - to a Brāhmaṇa; (dative); अतुलां (atulām) - incomparable; (accusative, feminine); कीर्तिम् (kīrtim) - fame; (accusative, feminine); इह (iha) - here; (in this world); च (ca) - and; अमुत्र (amutra) - there; (in the next world); च (ca) - and; अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains; (from √aś);]
(Pratardana, king of Kāśi, having given his own eyes to a Brāhmaṇa, attains incomparable fame here and there (in this world and the next).)
Pratardana, the king of Kāśi, by giving his own eyes to a Brāhmaṇa, attains incomparable fame both in this world and the next.
दिव्यं मृष्टशलाकं तु सौवर्णं परमर्द्धिमत्। छत्रं देवावृधो दत्त्वा सराष्ट्रोऽभ्यपतद्दिवम् ॥१२-२२६-२१॥
divyaṃ mṛṣṭaśalākaṃ tu sauvarṇaṃ paramarddhimat | chatraṃ devāvṛdho dattvā sarāṣṭro'bhyapatad divam ॥12-226-21॥
[दिव्यं (divyam) - divine; मृष्टशलाकं (mṛṣṭaśalākam) - well-polished rod; तु (tu) - but; सौवर्णं (sauvarṇam) - golden; परमर्द्धिमत् (paramarddhimat) - of supreme prosperity; छत्रं (chatram) - umbrella; देवावृधः (devāvṛdhaḥ) - Devavriddha (name); दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; सराष्ट्रः (sarāṣṭraḥ) - Sarastra (name); अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - ascended; दिवम् (divam) - heaven;]
(Divine, well-polished rod but golden, of supreme prosperity, umbrella, Devavriddha having given, Sarastra ascended heaven.)
Devavriddha gave the divine, well-polished, golden, and supremely prosperous umbrella, and Sarastra ascended to heaven.
साङ्कृतिश्च तथात्रेयः शिष्येभ्यो ब्रह्म निर्गुणम्। उपदिश्य महातेजा गतो लोकाननुत्तमान् ॥१२-२२६-२२॥
sāṅkṛtiś ca tathātreyaḥ śiṣyebhyo brahma nirguṇam। upadiśya mahātejā gato lokānanuttamān ॥12-226-22॥
[साङ्कृतिः (sāṅkṛtiḥ) - Sāṅkṛti; (proper name); च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - likewise; अत्रेयः (atreyaḥ) - Atreya; (proper name); शिष्येभ्यः (śiṣyebhyaḥ) - to the disciples; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; निर्गुणम् (nirguṇam) - without qualities; उपदिश्य (upadiśya) - having instructed; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great brilliance; गतः (gataḥ) - departed; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अनुत्तमान् (anuttamān) - unsurpassed;]
(Sāṅkṛti and likewise Atreya, having instructed the disciples in the Brahman without qualities, of great brilliance, departed to unsurpassed worlds.)
Sāṅkṛti and Atreya, after teaching their disciples about the attributeless Brahman, departed—being of great brilliance—to the highest worlds.
अम्बरीषो गवां दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रतापवान्। अर्बुदानि दशैकं च सराष्ट्रोऽभ्यपतद्दिवम् ॥१२-२२६-२३॥
ambarīṣo gavāṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pratāpavān। arbudāni daśaikaṃ ca sarāṣṭro'bhyapatad divam ॥12-226-23॥
[अम्बरीषः (ambarīṣaḥ) - Ambarīṣa; (a king's name); गवाम् (gavām) - of cows; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful; illustrious; अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - ten crores; दश (daśa) - ten; एकम् (ekam) - one; च (ca) - and; सराष्ट्रः (sarāṣṭraḥ) - the king of Saurashtra; अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - ascended; attained; दिवम् (divam) - heaven;]
(Ambarīṣa, having given cows to the Brāhmaṇas, powerful, ten crores, ten and one, the king of Saurashtra ascended heaven.)
Ambarīṣa, the powerful king of Saurashtra, having given ten crores and eleven cows to the Brāhmaṇas, ascended to heaven.
सावित्री कुण्डले दिव्ये शरीरं जनमेजयः। ब्राह्मणार्थे परित्यज्य जग्मतुर्लोकमुत्तमम् ॥१२-२२६-२४॥
sāvitrī kuṇḍale divye śarīraṃ janamejayaḥ। brāhmaṇārthe parityajya jagmatur lokam uttamam ॥12-226-24॥
[सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Savitri; (name of a woman, wife of Satyavan); कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - earrings; दिव्ये (divye) - divine; शरीरं (śarīraṃ) - body; जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya; (name of a king); ब्राह्मणार्थे (brāhmaṇārthe) - for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; जग्मतु (jagmatuḥ) - they went; (dual); लोकम् (lokam) - world; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - highest;]
(Savitri, earrings, divine, body, Janamejaya, for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa, having abandoned, they went, world, highest.)
Savitri and Janamejaya, having abandoned their divine bodies and earrings for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa, went to the highest world.
सर्वरत्नं वृषादर्भो युवनाश्वः प्रियाः स्त्रियः। रम्यमावसथं चैव दत्त्वामुं लोकमास्थितः ॥१२-२२६-२५॥
sarvaratnaṃ vṛṣādarbho yuvanāśvaḥ priyāḥ striyaḥ। ramyamāvasathaṃ caiva dattvāmuṃ lokamāsthitaḥ ॥12-226-25॥
[सर्वरत्नं (sarvaratnam) - all jewels; वृषादर्भः (vṛṣādarbhaḥ) - Vṛṣādarbha (a proper name); युवनाश्वः (yuvanāśvaḥ) - Yuvanāśva (a proper name); प्रियाः (priyāḥ) - dear; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; रम्यम् (ramyam) - pleasant; आवसथं (āvasatham) - dwelling; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; अमुं (amuṃ) - this; लोकम् (lokam) - world; आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - has entered;]
(All jewels, Vṛṣādarbha, Yuvanāśva, dear women, a pleasant dwelling, and indeed, having given this world, has entered.)
Having given all jewels, Vṛṣādarbha, Yuvanāśva, dear women, and a pleasant dwelling, he has entered this world.
निमी राष्ट्रं च वैदेहो जामदग्न्यो वसुन्धराम्। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ चापि गयश्चोर्वीं सपत्तनाम् ॥१२-२२६-२६॥
nimī rāṣṭraṃ ca vaideho jāmadagnyo vasundharām। brāhmaṇebhyo dadau cāpi gayaścorvīṃ sapattanām ॥12-226-26॥
[निमी (nimī) - Nimi; (a proper name); राष्ट्रं (rāṣṭram) - kingdom; च (ca) - and; वैदेहः (vaidehaḥ) - the king of Videha; (Nimi); जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - descendant of Jamadagni; (Paraśurāma); वसुन्धराम् (vasundharām) - the earth; ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brāhmaṇas; ददौ (dadau) - gave; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; गयः (gayaḥ) - Gaya; (a proper name); च (ca) - and; उर्वीं (urvīm) - the earth; सपत्तनाम् (sapattanām) - with cities;]
(Nimi the king and the Videha (Nimi), the descendant of Jamadagni (Paraśurāma) gave the earth to the Brāhmaṇas; and also Gaya gave the earth with cities.)
Nimi, the king of Videha, Paraśurāma (descendant of Jamadagni), and Gaya each gave away their kingdoms or the earth to the Brāhmaṇas; Gaya gave the earth along with its cities.
अवर्षति च पर्जन्ये सर्वभूतानि चासकृत्। वसिष्ठो जीवयामास प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः ॥१२-२२६-२७॥
avarṣati ca parjanye sarvabhūtāni cāsakṛt। vasiṣṭho jīvayāmāsa prajāpatiriva prajāḥ ॥12-226-27॥
[अवर्षति (avarṣati) - does not rain; च (ca) - and; पर्जन्ये (parjanye) - when the rain-cloud; सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings; च (ca) - and; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha; जीवयामास (jīvayāmāsa) - caused to live; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati; इव (iva) - like; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures;]
(And when the rain-cloud does not rain, and all beings repeatedly (suffer), Vasiṣṭha caused the creatures to live, like Prajāpati (does).)
When the rain-cloud failed to give rain and all beings suffered again and again, Vasiṣṭha sustained the creatures just as Prajāpati would sustain his creations.
करन्धमस्य पुत्रस्तु मरुत्तो नृपतिस्तथा। कन्यामङ्गिरसे दत्त्वा दिवमाशु जगाम ह ॥१२-२२६-२८॥
karandhamasya putrastu marutto nṛpatistathā। kanyāmaṅgirase dattvā divamāśu jagāma ha ॥12-226-28॥
[करन्धमस्य (karandhamasya) - of Karandhama; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; तु (tu) - but; मरुत्तः (maruttaḥ) - Marutta; नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king; तथा (tathā) - also; कन्याम् (kanyām) - daughter; अङ्गिरसे (aṅgirase) - to Aṅgiras; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; दिवम् (divam) - heaven; आशु (āśu) - quickly; जगाम (jagāma) - went; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(But the son of Karandhama, Marutta, also a king, having given his daughter to Aṅgiras, quickly went to heaven indeed.)
But Marutta, the son of Karandhama and also a king, gave his daughter to Aṅgiras and then quickly ascended to heaven.
ब्रह्मदत्तश्च पाञ्चाल्यो राजा बुद्धिमतां वरः। निधिं शङ्खं द्विजाग्र्येभ्यो दत्त्वा लोकानवाप्तवान् ॥१२-२२६-२९॥
brahmadattaś ca pāñcālyo rājā buddhimatāṃ varaḥ। nidhiṃ śaṅkhaṃ dvijāgryebhyo dattvā lokān avāptavān ॥12-226-29॥
[ब्रह्मदत्तः (brahmadattaḥ) - Brahmadatta; (proper name) च (ca) - and; पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - of the Panchala (country); राजा (rājā) - king; बुद्धिमतां (buddhimatām) - of the wise; वरः (varaḥ) - foremost; निधिं (nidhiṃ) - treasure; शङ्खं (śaṅkham) - conch; द्विजाग्र्येभ्यः (dvijāgryebhyaḥ) - to the foremost of the twice-born (Brahmins); दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - attained;]
(Brahmadatta and the king of Panchala, foremost among the wise, having given the treasure and the conch to the foremost of the twice-born, attained the worlds.)
Brahmadatta, the king of Panchala and foremost among the wise, gave the treasure and the conch to the foremost Brahmins and thereby attained the worlds.
राजा मित्रसहश्चापि वसिष्ठाय महात्मने। मदयन्तीं प्रियां दत्त्वा तया सह दिवं गतः ॥१२-२२६-३०॥
rājā mitrasahaś cāpi vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane। madayantīṃ priyāṃ dattvā tayā saha divaṃ gataḥ ॥12-226-30॥
[राजा (rājā) - king; मित्रसहः (mitrasahaḥ) - Mitrasaha; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; वसिष्ठाय (vasiṣṭhāya) - to Vasiṣṭha; महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled; मदयन्तीम् (madayantīm) - Madayantī; प्रियां (priyām) - beloved; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; तया (tayā) - with her; सह (saha) - together; दिवम् (divam) - heaven; गतः (gataḥ) - gone; १२-२२६-३० (12-226-30) - 12-226-30;]
(The king Mitrasaha also, having given his beloved Madayantī to the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, together with her, went to heaven.)
King Mitrasaha, after giving his beloved Madayantī to the noble Vasiṣṭha, departed to heaven along with her.
सहस्रजिच्च राजर्षिः प्राणानिष्टान्महायशाः। ब्राह्मणार्थे परित्यज्य गतो लोकाननुत्तमान् ॥१२-२२६-३१॥
sahasrajic ca rājarṣiḥ prāṇān iṣṭān mahāyaśāḥ। brāhmaṇārthe parityajya gato lokān anuttamān ॥12-226-31॥
[सहस्रजित् (sahasrajit) - one who conquers thousands; च (ca) - and; राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives; इष्टान् (iṣṭān) - beloved; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame; ब्राह्मणार्थे (brāhmaṇārthe) - for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; गतः (gataḥ) - went; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अनुत्तमान् (anuttamān) - unsurpassed;]
(Sahasrajit and the royal sage, of great fame, having abandoned his beloved lives for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa, went to unsurpassed worlds.)
Sahasrajit, the royal sage of great fame, gave up his cherished life for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa and attained the highest worlds.
सर्वकामैश्च सम्पूर्णं दत्त्वा वेश्म हिरण्मयम्। मुद्गलाय गतः स्वर्गं शतद्युम्नो महीपतिः ॥१२-२२६-३२॥
sarvakāmaiś ca sampūrṇaṃ dattvā veśma hiraṇmayam। mudgalāya gataḥ svargaṃ śatadyumno mahīpatiḥ ॥12-226-32॥
[सर्वकामैः (sarvakāmaiḥ) - with all desires; च (ca) - and; सम्पूर्णं (sampūrṇam) - complete; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; वेश्म (veśma) - house; हिरण्मयम् (hiraṇmayam) - golden; मुद्गलाय (mudgalāya) - to Mudgala; गतः (gataḥ) - having gone; स्वर्गं (svargam) - heaven; शतद्युम्नः (śatadyumnaḥ) - Śatadyumna; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king;]
(With all desires, and having given the complete golden house to Mudgala, having gone to heaven, Śatadyumna, the king.)
Śatadyumna, the king, having given his entire golden mansion with all its enjoyments to Mudgala, ascended to heaven.
नाम्ना च द्युतिमान्नाम शाल्वराजः प्रतापवान्। दत्त्वा राज्यमृचीकाय गतो लोकाननुत्तमान् ॥१२-२२६-३३॥
nāmnā ca dyutimān nāma śālvarājaḥ pratāpavān। dattvā rājyam ṛcīkāya gato lokān anuttamān ॥12-226-33॥
[नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name; च (ca) - and; द्युतिमान् (dyutimān) - brilliant; नाम (nāma) - named; शाल्वराजः (śālvarājaḥ) - the king of Śālva; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - valiant; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; राज्यम् (rājyam) - the kingdom; ऋचीकाय (ṛcīkāya) - to Ṛcīka; गतः (gataḥ) - having gone; लोकान् (lokān) - to the worlds; अनुत्तमान् (anuttamān) - unsurpassed;]
(By name, and brilliant, named the king of Śālva, valiant, having given the kingdom to Ṛcīka, having gone to the unsurpassed worlds.)
The brilliant and valiant king of Śālva, named thus, after giving the kingdom to Ṛcīka, departed to the highest worlds.
मदिराश्वश्च राजर्षिर्दत्त्वा कन्यां सुमध्यमाम्। हिरण्यहस्ताय गतो लोकान्देवैरभिष्टुतान् ॥१२-२२६-३४॥
madirāśvaś ca rājarṣir dattvā kanyāṃ sumadhyamām। hiraṇyahastāya gato lokān devair abhiṣṭutān ॥12-226-34॥
[मदिराश्वः (madirāśvaḥ) - Madiraśva; (name of a king); च (ca) - and; राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; कन्यां (kanyām) - daughter; सुमध्यमाम् (sumadhyamām) - of beautiful waist; हिरण्यहस्ताय (hiraṇyahastāya) - to Hiraṇyahasta; (name of a person); गतः (gataḥ) - having gone; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods; अभिष्टुतान् (abhiṣṭutān) - praised;]
(Madiraśva, the royal sage, having given his daughter of beautiful waist to Hiraṇyahasta, went to the worlds praised by the gods.)
Madiraśva, the royal sage, after giving his beautiful-waisted daughter to Hiraṇyahasta, attained the worlds praised by the gods.
लोमपादश्च राजर्षिः शान्तां दत्त्वा सुतां प्रभुः। ऋश्यशृङ्गाय विपुलैः सर्वकामैरयुज्यत ॥१२-२२६-३५॥
lomapādaś ca rājarṣiḥ śāntāṃ dattvā sutāṃ prabhuḥ। ṛśyaśṛṅgāya vipulaiḥ sarvakāmair ayujyata ॥12-226-35॥
[लोमपादः (lomapādaḥ) - Lomapada; (proper name); च (ca) - and; राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage; शान्तां (śāntām) - Śāntā; (proper name, accusative singular); दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; सुतां (sutām) - daughter; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; ऋश्यशृङ्गाय (ṛśyaśṛṅgāya) - to Ṛśyaśṛṅga; (dative singular, proper name); विपुलैः (vipulaiḥ) - with abundant; सर्वकामैः (sarvakāmaiḥ) - with all desires; अयुज्यत (ayujyata) - was united;]
(Lomapada and the royal sage, having given Śāntā, the daughter, the lord was united to Ṛśyaśṛṅga with abundant and all desires.)
Lomapada, the royal sage, gave his daughter Śāntā in marriage, and the lord was united with Ṛśyaśṛṅga, fulfilling all desires abundantly.
दत्त्वा शतसहस्रं तु गवां राजा प्रसेनजित्। सवत्सानां महातेजा गतो लोकाननुत्तमान् ॥१२-२२६-३६॥
dattvā śatasahasraṃ tu gavāṃ rājā prasénajit। savatsānāṃ mahātejā gato lokānanuttamān ॥12-226-36॥
[दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; शतसहस्रं (śatasahasraṃ) - one hundred thousand; तु (tu) - but; गवां (gavāṃ) - of cows; राजा (rājā) - the king; प्रसेनजित् (prasénajit) - Prasenajit; सवत्सानां (savatsānāṃ) - with calves; महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great splendor; गतः (gataḥ) - went; लोकान् (lokān) - to worlds; अनुत्तमान् (anuttamān) - unsurpassed;]
(Having given one hundred thousand cows with calves, but King Prasenajit, of great splendor, went to unsurpassed worlds.)
King Prasenajit, of great splendor, having given one hundred thousand cows with calves, attained the unsurpassed worlds.
एते चान्ये च बहवो दानेन तपसा च ह। महात्मानो गताः स्वर्गं शिष्टात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः ॥१२-२२६-३७॥
ete cānye ca bahavo dānena tapasā ca ha। mahātmāno gatāḥ svargaṃ śiṣṭātmāno jitendriyāḥ ॥12-226-37॥
[एते (ete) - these; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; च (ca) - and; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; दानेन (dānena) - by giving; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - to heaven; शिष्टात्मानः (śiṣṭātmānaḥ) - those of disciplined self; जितेन्द्रियाः (jitendriyāḥ) - conquerors of the senses;]
(These and others, many, by giving, by austerity, and indeed, great-souled ones have gone to heaven; those of disciplined self, conquerors of the senses.)
These and many others, by charity and austerity, indeed, great-souled persons have attained heaven; those of disciplined self, conquerors of the senses.
तेषां प्रतिष्ठिता कीर्तिर्यावत्स्थास्यति मेदिनी। दानयज्ञप्रजासर्गैरेते हि दिवमाप्नुवन् ॥१२-२२६-३८॥
teṣāṃ pratiṣṭhitā kīrtiryāvatsthāsyati medinī। dānayajñaprajāsargairete hi divamāpnuvan ॥12-226-38॥
[तेषां (teṣām) - of them; प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - established; कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; स्थास्यति (sthāsyati) - will remain; मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth; दान (dāna) - gift; यज्ञ (yajña) - sacrifice; प्रजा (prajā) - progeny; सर्गैः (sargaiḥ) - by creations; एते (ete) - these; हि (hi) - indeed; दिवम् (divam) - heaven; आप्नुवन् (āpnuvan) - attained;]
(Of them, established fame as long as the earth will remain; by gifts, sacrifices, progeny, and creations, these indeed attained heaven.)
Their established fame will last as long as the earth endures; by gifts, sacrifices, progeny, and creative acts, these indeed have attained heaven.
