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युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी वा वानप्रस्थोऽथ भिक्षुकः। य इच्छेत्सिद्धिमास्थातुं देवतां कां यजेत सः ॥३-३२१-१॥
gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho'tha bhikṣukaḥ। ya icchetsiddhimāsthātuṃ devatāṃ kāṃ yajeta saḥ ॥3-321-1॥
[गृहस्थः (gṛhasthaḥ) - householder; ब्रह्मचारी (brahmacārī) - celibate student; वा (vā) - or; वानप्रस्थः (vānaprasthaḥ) - forest-dweller; अथ (atha) - or; भिक्षुकः (bhikṣukaḥ) - mendicant; यः (yaḥ) - who; इच्छेत् (icchet) - might wish; सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection; आस्थातुम् (āsthātum) - to attain; देवताम् (devatām) - deity; काम् (kām) - which; यजेत् (yajet) - should worship; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(Householder, celibate student, or forest-dweller, or mendicant; who might wish perfection to attain, deity which should worship, he.)
Whether a householder, celibate student, forest-dweller, or mendicant—whoever wishes to attain perfection, he should worship whichever deity he desires. (3-321-1)
कुतो ह्यस्य ध्रुवः स्वर्गः कुतो निःश्रेयसं परम्। विधिना केन जुहुयाद्दैवं पित्र्यं तथैव च ॥३-३२१-२॥
kuto hy asya dhruvaḥ svargaḥ kuto niḥśreyasaṃ param। vidhinā kena juhuyād daivaṃ pitryaṃ tathaiva ca ॥3-321-2॥
[कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where; whence; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; अस्य (asya) - of this; his; ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - certain; fixed; स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven; कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where; whence; निःश्रेयसं (niḥśreyasaṃ) - supreme good; highest bliss; परम् (param) - supreme; highest; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the ordinance; by the rule; केन (kena) - by whom; by what; जुहुयात् (juhuyāt) - should offer; should sacrifice; दैवम् (daivam) - relating to the gods; divine; पित्र्यम् (pitryam) - relating to the ancestors; ancestral; तथैव (tathaiva) - just so; likewise; च (ca) - and;]
(From where indeed for him is certain heaven? From where is the supreme highest good? By what ordinance, by whom should one offer the divine and ancestral (oblations) likewise and also?)
How can there be certain heaven for him? How can there be the highest supreme good? By what ordinance and by whom should one perform the divine and ancestral offerings likewise? (3-321-2)
मुक्तश्च कां गतिं गच्छेन्मोक्षश्चैव किमात्मकः। स्वर्गतश्चैव किं कुर्याद्येन न च्यवते दिवः ॥३-३२१-३॥
muktaś ca kāṃ gatiṃ gacchen mokṣaś caiva kim ātmakaḥ। svargataś caiva kiṃ kuryād yena na cyavate divaḥ ॥3-321-3॥
[मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - liberated one; च (ca) - and; कां (kāṃ) - which; गतिं (gatiṃ) - state; गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would attain; मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; किम् (kim) - what; आत्मकः (ātmakaḥ) - of what nature; स्वर्गतः (svargataḥ) - one who has gone to heaven; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; किम् (kim) - what; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do; येन (yena) - by which; न (na) - not; च्यवते (cyavate) - falls; दिवः (divaḥ) - from heaven;]
(Liberated one and which state would attain, liberation and indeed what of what nature; one who has gone to heaven and indeed what should do, by which not falls from heaven.)
What state does a liberated person attain, and what is the nature of liberation? What should one who has reached heaven do so that he does not fall from heaven? (3-321-3)
देवतानां च को देवः पितॄणां च तथा पिता। तस्मात्परतरं यच्च तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥३-३२१-४॥
devatānāṃ ca ko devaḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca tathā pitā। tasmāt parataraṃ yat ca tan me brūhi pitāmaha ॥3-321-4॥
[देवतानां (devatānām) - of the gods; च (ca) - and; को (ko) - who; देवः (devaḥ) - god; पितॄणां (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - likewise; पिता (pitā) - father; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; परतरं (parataraṃ) - higher; यत् (yat) - which; च (ca) - and; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandsire;]
(Of the gods and who (is) god; of the ancestors and likewise father; therefore higher which and that to me tell O grandsire;)
O grandsire, tell me who is the god of the gods and likewise the father of the ancestors, and what is higher than that. (3-321-4)
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhishma said;)
Bhishma said.
गूढं मां प्रश्नवित्प्रश्नं पृच्छसे त्वमिहानघ। न ह्येष तर्कया शक्यो वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि ॥३-३२१-५॥
gūḍhaṃ māṃ praśnavitpraśnaṃ pṛcchase tvamihānagha। na hyeṣa tarkayā śakyo vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi ॥3-321-5॥
[गूढं (gūḍham) - hidden; मां (mām) - me; प्रश्नवित्प्रश्नं (praśnavit-praśnam) - question-knower-question; पृच्छसे (pṛcchase) - you ask; त्वम् (tvam) - you; इह (iha) - here; अनघ (anagha) - sinless; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; एष (eṣa) - this; तर्कया (tarkayā) - by reasoning; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; वक्तुं (vaktum) - to speak; वर्षशतैः (varṣaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of years; अपि (api) - even;]
(Hidden me question-knower-question you ask you here sinless. Not indeed this by reasoning possible to speak by hundreds of years even.)
O sinless one, here you ask me a hidden question, a question for the question-knower. Indeed, this cannot be explained by reasoning, even in hundreds of years. (3-321-5)
ऋते देवप्रसादाद्वा राजञ्ज्ञानागमेन वा। गहनं ह्येतदाख्यानं व्याख्यातव्यं तवारिहन् ॥३-३२१-६॥
ṛte devaprasādād vā rājan jñānāgamena vā। gahanaṃ hy etad ākhyānaṃ vyākhyātavyaṃ tavārihan॥3-321-6॥
[ऋते (ṛte) - without; देवप्रसादात् (devaprasādāt) - by divine grace; वा (vā) - or; राजन् (rājan) - O king; ज्ञानागमेन (jñānāgamena) - by the acquisition of knowledge; वा (vā) - or; गहनम् (gahanam) - profound; हि (hi) - indeed; एतत् (etat) - this; आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative; व्याख्यातव्यम् (vyākhyātavyam) - is to be explained; तव (tava) - to you; अरिहन् (arihan) - O destroyer of enemies;]
(Without divine grace or, O king, by the acquisition of knowledge or, profound indeed this narrative is to be explained to you, O destroyer of enemies.)
O king, without divine grace or the acquisition of knowledge, this profound narrative is indeed to be explained to you, O destroyer of enemies. (3-321-6)
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। नारदस्य च संवादमृषेर्नारायणस्य च ॥३-३२१-७॥
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। nāradasya ca saṃvādam ṛṣer nārāyaṇasya ca ॥3-321-7॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; अपि (api) - also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Nārada; च (ca) - and; संवादम् (saṃvādam) - dialogue; ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage; नारायणस्य (nārāyaṇasya) - of Nārāyaṇa; च (ca) - and;]
(Here also they cite this ancient history, the dialogue of Nārada and of the sage Nārāyaṇa.)
Here too, they recount this ancient story, the conversation between Nārada and the sage Nārāyaṇa. (3-321-7)
नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा चतुर्मूर्तिः सनातनः। धर्मात्मजः सम्बभूव पितैवं मेऽभ्यभाषत ॥३-३२१-८॥
nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ। dharmātmajaḥ sambabhūva pitaivaṃ me'bhyabhāṣata ॥3-321-8॥
[नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; (the Supreme Being); हि (hi) - indeed; विश्वात्मा (viśvātmā) - soul of the universe; चतुर्मूर्तिः (caturmūrtiḥ) - having four forms; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal; धर्मात्मजः (dharmātmajaḥ) - son of Dharma; सम्बभूव (sambabhūva) - was born; पिता (pitā) - father; एवम् (evam) - thus; मे (me) - to me; अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - addressed; spoke;]
(Nārāyaṇa indeed, the soul of the universe, having four forms, eternal; the son of Dharma was born; father thus to me addressed;)
Nārāyaṇa, indeed the eternal soul of the universe with four forms, was born as the son of Dharma; my father thus spoke to me. (3-321-8)
कृते युगे महाराज पुरा स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। नरो नारायणश्चैव हरिः कृष्णस्तथैव च ॥३-३२१-९॥
kṛte yuge mahārāja purā svāyambhuve'ntare। naro nārāyaṇaścaiva hariḥ kṛṣṇastathaiva ca ॥3-321-9॥
[कृते (kṛte) - in the Kṛta (first) age; युगे (yuge) - in the age; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पुरा (purā) - formerly; स्वायम्भुवे (svāyambhuve) - of Svāyambhuva (Manu); अन्तरे (antare) - in the interval; नरः (naraḥ) - Nara; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; तथा (tathā) - likewise; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(In the Kṛta age, O great king, formerly, in the interval of Svāyambhuva (Manu), Nara, Nārāyaṇa, and indeed Hari, Kṛṣṇa likewise and indeed and.)
O great king, in the Kṛta age, during the interval of Svāyambhuva Manu, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, as well as Hari and Kṛṣṇa, indeed appeared. (3-321-9)
तेभ्यो नारायणनरौ तपस्तेपतुरव्ययौ। बदर्याश्रममासाद्य शकटे कनकामये ॥३-३२१-१०॥
tebhyo nārāyaṇanarau tapastepaturavyayau। badaryāśramam āsādya śakaṭe kanakāmaye ॥3-321-10॥
[तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them; (ablative plural of tad); नारायणनरौ (nārāyaṇanarau) - Nārāyaṇa and Nara; (dual); तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; penance; तेपतुः (tepatūḥ) - performed; (dual, past tense); अव्ययौ (avyayau) - the imperishable ones; (dual); बदर्याश्रमम् (badaryāśramam) - Badarī hermitage; (accusative singular); आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; शकटे (śakaṭe) - in the cart; (locative singular); कनकामये (kanakāmaye) - made of gold; (locative singular);]
(To them, Nārāyaṇa and Nara, the imperishable ones, performed austerity, having reached the Badarī hermitage, in the cart made of gold.)
Nārāyaṇa and Nara, the imperishable ones, performed austerities for them, having reached the Badarī hermitage in a golden cart. (3-321-10)
अष्टचक्रं हि तद्यानं भूतयुक्तं मनोरमम्। तत्राद्यौ लोकनाथौ तौ कृशौ धमनिसन्ततौ ॥३-३२१-११॥
aṣṭacakraṃ hi tadyānaṃ bhūtayuktaṃ manoramam। tatrādyau lokanāthau tau kṛśau dhamanisantatau ॥3-321-11॥
[अष्टचक्रं (aṣṭacakram) - eight-wheeled; हि (hi) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; यानं (yānam) - vehicle; भूतयुक्तं (bhūtayuktam) - endowed with beings; मनोरमम् (manoramam) - pleasing; तत्र (tatra) - there; आद्यौ (ādyau) - the first two; लोकनाथौ (lokanāthau) - lords of the world; तौ (tau) - those two; कृशौ (kṛśau) - thin; धमनिसन्ततौ (dhamanisantatau) - continuous with arteries;]
(Eight-wheeled indeed that vehicle endowed with beings pleasing. There the first two lords of the world, those two thin, continuous with arteries.)
That vehicle, indeed, was eight-wheeled, endowed with beings and pleasing. There, the first two, the lords of the world, those two thin ones, were continuous with arteries. (3-321-11)
तपसा तेजसा चैव दुर्निरीक्षौ सुरैरपि। यस्य प्रसादं कुर्वाते स देवौ द्रष्टुमर्हति ॥३-३२१-१२॥
tapasā tejasā caiva durnirīkṣau surair api। yasya prasādaṃ kurvāte sa devau draṣṭum arhati ॥3-321-12॥
[तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दुर्निरीक्षौ (durnirīkṣau) - difficult to behold; सुरैः (suraiḥ) - by the gods; अपि (api) - even; यस्य (yasya) - whose; प्रसादं (prasādam) - favor; कुर्वाते (kurvāte) - they make; सः (saḥ) - he; देवौ (devau) - the two gods; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; अर्हति (arhati) - is worthy;]
(By austerity, by brilliance, and indeed, difficult to behold even by the gods; whose favor they make, he is worthy to see the two gods.)
By austerity and brilliance, the two are difficult to behold even for the gods; only he whom they favor is worthy to see the two gods. (3-321-12)
नूनं तयोरनुमते हृदि हृच्छयचोदितः। महामेरोर्गिरेः शृङ्गात्प्रच्युतो गन्धमादनम् ॥३-३२१-१३॥
nūnaṃ tayoranumate hṛdi hṛcchayacoditaḥ। mahāmerorgireḥ śṛṅgāt pracyuto gandhamādanam ॥3-321-13॥
[नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed; तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two; अनुमते (anumate) - by the consent; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; हृत्-छय-चोदितः (hṛc-chaya-coditaḥ) - impelled by the desire of the heart; महामेरोः (mahāmeroḥ) - of Mahāmeru; गिरेः (gireḥ) - of the mountain; शृङ्गात् (śṛṅgāt) - from the peak; प्रच्युतः (pracyutaḥ) - fallen; गन्धमादनम् (gandhamādanam) - Gandhamādana;]
(Indeed; by the consent of those two; in the heart; impelled by the desire of the heart; from the peak of the mountain Mahāmeru; fallen; Gandhamādana.)
Indeed, with the consent of those two, impelled in the heart by desire, Gandhamādana has fallen from the peak of the mountain Mahāmeru. (3-321-13)
नारदः सुमहद्भूतं लोकान्सर्वानचीचरत्। तं देशमगमद्राजन्बदर्याश्रममाशुगः ॥३-३२१-१४॥
nāradaḥ sumahadbhūtaṃ lokānsarvānacīcarat। taṃ deśamagamadrājanbadaryāśramamāśugaḥ ॥3-321-14॥
[नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; (the sage); सुमहद्भूतं (sumahadbhūtam) - very great wonder; (su-: very, mahat: great, bhūta: being/wonder); लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; (accusative plural of loka); सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; (accusative plural of sarva); अचीचरत् (acīcarat) - wandered; (from root car: to move, with prefix ā- and reduplication); तं (taṃ) - that; (accusative singular of tad); देशम् (deśam) - region; (accusative singular of deśa); अगमत् (agamat) - went; (from root gam: to go, with prefix a-); राजन् (rājan) - O king; (vocative of rājan); बदर्याश्रमम् (badaryāśramam) - Badarī hermitage; (badarī: jujube tree, āśrama: hermitage); आशुगः (āśugaḥ) - swiftly; (āśu: swift, gaḥ: going);]
(Nārada, a very great wonder, all worlds wandered. That region went, O king, Badarī hermitage swiftly.)
Nārada, having wandered through all the worlds as a very great wonder, swiftly went to that region, O king, to the hermitage of Badarī. (3-321-14)
तयोराह्निकवेलायां तस्य कौतूहलं त्वभूत्। इदं तदास्पदं कृत्स्नं यस्मिँल्लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥३-३२१-१५॥
tayor āhnikavelāyāṃ tasya kautūhalaṃ tv abhūt। idaṃ tad āspadaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yasmin lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ॥3-321-15॥
[तयोः (tayor) - of those two; आह्निकवेलायाम् (āhnikavelāyām) - in the daily time; तस्य (tasya) - his; कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity; त्व् (tv) - indeed; अभूत् (abhūt) - arose; इदम् (idam) - this; तत् (tat) - that; आस्पदम् (āspadam) - abode; कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire; यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - are established;]
(Of those two, in the daily time, his curiosity indeed arose. This is that entire abode in which the worlds are established. (3-321-15))
During the daily time, one of the two became curious. This is the very abode in which all the worlds are established. (3-321-15)
सदेवासुरगन्धर्वाः सर्षिकिंनरलेलिहाः। एका मूर्तिरियं पूर्वं जाता भूयश्चतुर्विधा ॥३-३२१-१६॥
sadevāsuragandharvāḥ sarṣikiṁnaralelihāḥ। ekā mūrtiriyaṁ pūrvaṁ jātā bhūyaścaturvidhā ॥3-321-16॥
[स (sa) - with; देव (deva) - gods; असुर (asura) - demons; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - gandharvas; स (sa) - with; ऋषि (ṛṣi) - sages; किन्नर (kinnara) - kinnaras; लेलिहाः (lelihāḥ) - serpents; एका (ekā) - one; मूर्ति (mūrti) - form; इयं (iyaṁ) - this; पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - formerly; जाता (jātā) - arisen; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; चतुर्विधा (caturvidhā) - fourfold;]
(With gods, demons, gandharvas, with sages, kinnaras, serpents; one form this formerly arisen, again fourfold.)
Together with the gods, demons, gandharvas, sages, kinnaras, and serpents, this one form that arose formerly has now become fourfold. (3-321-16)
धर्मस्य कुलसन्तानो महानेभिर्विवर्धितः। अहो ह्यनुगृहीतोऽद्य धर्म एभिः सुरैरिह ॥ नरनारायणाभ्यां च कृष्णेन हरिणा तथा ॥३-३२१-१७॥
dharmasya kulasantāno mahānebhirvivardhitaḥ। aho hyanugṛhīto'dya dharma ebhiḥ surairiha ॥ naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇena hariṇā tathā ॥3-321-17॥
[धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of dharma; कुलसन्तानः (kulasantānaḥ) - family lineage; महानेभिः (mahānebhiḥ) - by great ones; विवर्धितः (vivardhitaḥ) - increased; अहो (aho) - indeed; हि (hi) - surely; अनुगृहीतः (anugṛhītaḥ) - favored; अद्य (adya) - today; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these; सुरैः (suraiḥ) - by the gods; इह (iha) - here; नरनारायणाभ्याम् (naranārāyaṇābhyām) - by Nara and Nārāyaṇa; च (ca) - and; कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa; हरिणा (hariṇā) - by Hari; तथा (tathā) - also;]
(Of dharma the family lineage by great ones increased. Indeed surely favored today dharma by these by the gods here. By Nara and Nārāyaṇa and by Kṛṣṇa by Hari also.)
The lineage of dharma has been increased by great ones. Indeed, today dharma has surely been favored here by these gods—by Nara and Nārāyaṇa, and also by Kṛṣṇa and Hari. (3-321-17)
तत्र कृष्णो हरिश्चैव कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे। स्थितौ धर्मोत्तरौ ह्येतौ तथा तपसि धिष्ठितौ ॥३-३२१-१८॥
tatra kṛṣṇo hariścaiva kasmiṃścit kāraṇāntare। sthitau dharmottarau hyetau tathā tapasi dhiṣṭhitau ॥3-321-18॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कस्मिंश्चित् (kasmiṃścit) - in some; कारणान्तरे (kāraṇāntare) - other reason; स्थितौ (sthitau) - remained; धर्मोत्तरौ (dharmottarau) - Dharmottara (the two superior in dharma); हि (hi) - indeed; एतौ (etau) - these two; तथा (tathā) - likewise; तपसि (tapasi) - in austerity; धिष्ठितौ (dhiṣṭhitau) - engaged;]
(There Kṛṣṇa and Hari indeed, for some other reason, remained; these two Dharmottara indeed, likewise, engaged in austerity.)
There, Kṛṣṇa and Hari, for some other reason, remained; these two, superior in dharma, likewise engaged in austerity. (3-321-18)
एतौ हि परमं धाम कानयोराह्निकक्रिया। पितरौ सर्वभूतानां दैवतं च यशस्विनौ ॥ कां देवतां नु यजतः पितॄन्वा कान्महामती ॥३-३२१-१९॥
etau hi paramaṃ dhāma kānayorāhnikakriyā। pitarau sarvabhūtānāṃ daivataṃ ca yaśasvinau ॥ kāṃ devatāṃ nu yajataḥ pitṝnvā kānmahāmatī ॥3-321-19॥
[एतौ (etau) - these two; हि (hi) - indeed; परमं (paramaṃ) - supreme; धाम (dhāma) - abode; कानयोः (kānayoḥ) - of which two; आह्निकक्रिया (āhnikakriyā) - daily rite; पितरौ (pitarau) - the two fathers; सर्वभूतानां (sarvabhūtānāṃ) - of all beings; दैवतं (daivataṃ) - divinity; च (ca) - and; यशस्विनौ (yaśasvinau) - the glorious two; कां (kāṃ) - which; देवतां (devatāṃ) - deity; नु (nu) - indeed; यजतः (yajataḥ) - worshipping; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors; वा (vā) - or; कान् (kān) - which; महामती (mahāmatī) - O great-minded one;]
(These two indeed are the supreme abode, of which two the daily rite; the two fathers of all beings, divinity and the glorious two. Which deity indeed does one worship, or which ancestors, O great-minded one? (3-321-19))
These two are truly the supreme abode, whose daily rites are performed; they are the fathers of all beings, divine and glorious. O great-minded one, which deity does one worship, or which ancestors? (3-321-19)
इति सञ्चिन्त्य मनसा भक्त्या नारायणस्य ह। सहसा प्रादुरभवत्समीपे देवयोस्तदा ॥३-३२१-२०॥
iti sañcintya manasā bhaktyā nārāyaṇasya ha। sahasā prādurabhavatsamīpe devayostadā ॥3-321-20॥
[इति (iti) - thus; सञ्चिन्त्य (sañcintya) - having thought; मनसा (manasā) - with the mind; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; नारायणस्य (nārāyaṇasya) - of Nārāyaṇa; ह (ha) - indeed; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; प्रादुरभवत् (prādurabhavat) - appeared; समीपे (samīpe) - near; देवयोः (devayoḥ) - of the two gods; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Thus, having thought with the mind, with devotion, of Nārāyaṇa indeed, suddenly appeared near the two gods then.)
Having thus contemplated with devotion on Nārāyaṇa in his mind, suddenly he appeared near the two gods at that moment. (3-321-20)
कृते दैवे च पित्र्ये च ततस्ताभ्यां निरीक्षितः। पूजितश्चैव विधिना यथाप्रोक्तेन शास्त्रतः ॥३-३२१-२१॥
kṛte daive ca pitrye ca tatas tābhyāṃ nirīkṣitaḥ। pūjitaś caiva vidhinā yathāproktena śāstrataḥ॥3-321-21॥
[कृते (kṛte) - having been performed; done; दैवे (daive) - in the divine (rite); च (ca) - and; पित्र्ये (pitrye) - in the ancestral (rite); च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; ताभ्यां (tābhyāṃ) - by those two; निरीक्षितः (nirīkṣitaḥ) - having been observed; examined; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - having been honored; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; just; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the procedure; by the rule; यथा (yathā) - as; according to; प्रोक्तेन (proktena) - declared; stated; शास्त्रतः (śāstrataḥ) - according to the śāstra; from the scripture;]
(Having been performed in the divine and ancestral (rites), then by those two having been observed, and having been honored indeed by the procedure as declared according to the śāstra.)
After the divine and ancestral rites have been performed, and after being examined by both, he is honored according to the procedure as stated in the śāstra. (3-321-21)
तं दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यमपूर्वं विधिविस्तरम्। उपोपविष्टः सुप्रीतो नारदो भगवानृषिः ॥३-३२१-२२॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahad-āścaryam-apūrvaṃ vidhi-vistaram। upopaviṣṭaḥ suprīto nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ॥3-321-22॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; महत् (mahat) - great; आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder; अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented; विधि (vidhi) - procedure; विस्तरम् (vistaram) - expansion; उपोपविष्टः (upopaviṣṭaḥ) - having sat near; सुप्रीतः (suprītaḥ) - well-pleased; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage;]
(Having seen him, the great unprecedented wonder, the expansion of the procedure, having sat near, well-pleased, Nārada, the venerable sage.)
Having seen him and the great, unprecedented wonder and the detailed procedure, the venerable sage Nārada, being well-pleased, sat nearby. (3-321-22)
नारायणं संनिरीक्ष्य प्रसन्नेनान्तरात्मना। नमस्कृत्वा महादेवमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥३-३२१-२३॥
nārāyaṇaṃ saṃnirīkṣya prasannenāntarātmanā। namaskṛtvā mahādevam idaṃ vacanam abravīt ॥3-321-23॥
[नारायणं (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; (the Supreme Being); संनिरीक्ष्य (saṃnirīkṣya) - having looked at; having observed; प्रसन्नेन (prasannena) - with pleased; with clear; अन्तरात्मना (antarātmanā) - with inner self; with inner soul; नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed; having saluted; महादेवम् (mahādevam) - Mahādeva; (the great god); इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; word; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said; he spoke;]
(Having looked at Nārāyaṇa with a pleased inner self, having bowed to Mahādeva, he spoke this speech.)
After gazing at Nārāyaṇa with a joyful heart and bowing to Mahādeva, he spoke these words. (3-321-23)
वेदेषु सपुराणेषु साङ्गोपाङ्गेषु गीयसे। त्वमजः शाश्वतो धाता मतोऽमृतमनुत्तमम् ॥ प्रतिष्ठितं भूतभव्यं त्वयि सर्वमिदं जगत् ॥३-३२१-२४॥
vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase। tvam ajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mato'mṛtamanuttamam ॥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhūtabhavyaṃ tvayi sarvam idaṃ jagat ॥3-321-24॥
[वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas; सपुराणेषु (sapurāṇeṣu) - and in the Purāṇas; साङ्गोपाङ्गेषु (sāṅgopāṅgeṣu) - in the limbs and sub-limbs (of the Vedas); गीयसे (gīyase) - you are sung; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अजः (ajaḥ) - unborn; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; धाता (dhātā) - supporter; मतः (mataḥ) - regarded; अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed; प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - established; भूतभव्यम् (bhūtabhavyam) - past and future; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; इदम् (idam) - this; जगत् (jagat) - world;]
(In the Vedas, and in the Purāṇas, in the limbs and sub-limbs (of the Vedas), you are sung. You are unborn, eternal, supporter, regarded as immortal, unsurpassed. Established, past and future, in you all this world (is). (3-321-24))
You are sung in the Vedas, the Purāṇas, and their limbs and sub-limbs. You are the unborn, the eternal, the supporter, regarded as immortal and unsurpassed. All this world, established in you, consists of the past and the future. (3-321-24)
चत्वारो ह्याश्रमा देव सर्वे गार्हस्थ्यमूलकाः। यजन्ते त्वामहरहर्नानामूर्तिसमास्थितम् ॥३-३२१-२५॥
catvāro hy āśramā deva sarve gārhasthyamūlakāḥ। yajante tvām ahar ahar nānā-mūrti-samāsthitam ॥3-321-25॥
[चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four; हि (hi) - indeed; आश्रमाः (āśramāḥ) - āśramas; देव (deva) - O divine one; सर्वे (sarve) - all; गार्हस्थ्यमूलकाः (gārhasthya-mūlakāḥ) - having householdership as root; यजन्ते (yajante) - worship; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अहर् (ahar) - day; अहर् (ahar) - day; नानामूर्तिसमास्थितम् (nānā-mūrti-samāsthitam) - abiding in various forms;]
(Four indeed āśramas, O divine one, all having householdership as root, worship you day by day, abiding in various forms.)
O divine one, all four āśramas, which are rooted in householdership, worship you every day in your various forms. (3-321-25)
पिता माता च सर्वस्य जगतः शाश्वतो गुरुः। कं त्वद्य यजसे देवं पितरं कं न विद्महे ॥३-३२१-२६॥
pitā mātā ca sarvasya jagataḥ śāśvato guruḥ। kaṃ tvadya yajase devaṃ pitaraṃ kaṃ na vidmahe ॥3-321-26॥
[पिता (pitā) - father; माता (mātā) - mother; च (ca) - and; सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all; जगतः (jagataḥ) - of the world; शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; कं (kaṃ) - whom; त्व (tv) - you; अद्य (adya) - today; यजसे (yajase) - do you worship; देवं (devaṃ) - god; पितरं (pitaraṃ) - father; कं (kaṃ) - whom; न (na) - not; विद्महे (vidmahe) - do we know;]
(Father, mother and of all the world the eternal teacher; whom you today do you worship as god, father, whom not do we know.)
The father, mother, and the eternal teacher of all the world; whom do you worship today as god, as father, whom we do not know. (3-321-26)
श्रीभगवानुवाच॥
śrībhagavānuvāca॥
[श्री (śrī) - splendid; auspicious; holy; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; the possessor of fortune; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(śrī - splendid; auspicious; holy; bhagavān - the Lord; the possessor of fortune; uvāca - said; spoke;)
The holy Lord said:
अवाच्यमेतद्वक्तव्यमात्मगुह्यं सनातनम्। तव भक्तिमतो ब्रह्मन्वक्ष्यामि तु यथातथम् ॥३-३२१-२७॥
avācyam etad vaktavyam ātmaguhyaṃ sanātanam। tava bhaktimato brahman vakṣyāmi tu yathātatham ॥3-321-27॥
[अवाच्यम् (avācyam) - not to be spoken; एतत् (etat) - this; वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - to be spoken; आत्मगुह्यम् (ātmaguhyam) - self-secret; सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal; तव (tava) - your; भक्तिमतः (bhaktimataḥ) - of the devoted; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall speak; तु (tu) - but; यथा (yathā) - as; तथम् (tatham) - so;]
(Not to be spoken this to be spoken self-secret eternal; your of the devoted O Brahman I shall speak but as so.)
O Brahman, this eternal self-secret is not to be spoken, but I shall tell it to you, the devoted one, just as it is. (3-321-27)
यत्तत्सूक्ष्ममविज्ञेयमव्यक्तमचलं ध्रुवम्। इन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियार्थैश्च सर्वभूतैश्च वर्जितम् ॥३-३२१-२८॥
yattat sūkṣmam avijñeyam avyaktam acalaṃ dhruvam। indriyair indriyārthaiś ca sarvabhūtaiś ca varjitam ॥3-321-28॥
[यत् (yat) - which; तत् (tat) - that; सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle; अविज्ञेयम् (avijñeyam) - not to be known; अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - unmanifest; अचलम् (acalam) - immovable; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - constant; इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by the senses; इन्द्रियार्थैः (indriyārthaiḥ) - by the objects of the senses; च (ca) - and; सर्वभूतैः (sarvabhūtaiḥ) - by all beings; च (ca) - and; वर्जितम् (varjitam) - devoid of;]
(Which that subtle not to be known unmanifest immovable constant by the senses by the objects of the senses and by all beings and devoid of.)
That which is subtle, unknowable, unmanifest, immovable, and constant, is devoid of the senses, sense objects, and all beings. (3-321-28)
स ह्यन्तरात्मा भूतानां क्षेत्रज्ञश्चेति कथ्यते। त्रिगुणव्यतिरिक्तोऽसौ पुरुषश्चेति कल्पितः ॥ तस्मादव्यक्तमुत्पन्नं त्रिगुणं द्विजसत्तम ॥३-३२१-२९॥
sa hy antarātmā bhūtānāṃ kṣetrajñaś ceti kathyate। triguṇavyatirikto'sau puruṣaś ceti kalpitaḥ ॥ tasmād avyaktam utpannaṃ triguṇaṃ dvijasattama ॥3-321-29॥
[स (sa) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; अन्तरात्मा (antarātmā) - inner self; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - knower of the field; च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said; त्रिगुणव्यतिरिक्तः (triguṇavyatiriktaḥ) - distinct from the three guṇas; असौ (asau) - he; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - is conceived; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest; उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - arisen; त्रिगुणम् (triguṇam) - threefold guṇa; द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of twice-born;]
(He indeed, the inner self of beings, is said to be the knower of the field; distinct from the three guṇas, he is conceived as the person. Therefore, the unmanifest, arisen as the threefold guṇa, O best of twice-born.)
He, the inner self of beings, is called the knower of the field; he is conceived as the person distinct from the three guṇas. Therefore, O best of the twice-born, the unmanifest has arisen as the threefold guṇa. (3-321-29)
अव्यक्ता व्यक्तभावस्था या सा प्रकृतिरव्यया। तां योनिमावयोर्विद्धि योऽसौ सदसदात्मकः ॥ आवाभ्यां पूज्यतेऽसौ हि दैवे पित्र्ये च कल्पिते ॥३-३२१-३०॥
avyaktā vyaktabhāvasthā yā sā prakṛtiravyayā। tāṃ yonimāvayorviddhi yo'sau sadasadātmakaḥ ॥ āvābhyāṃ pūjyate'sau hi daive pitrye ca kalpite ॥3-321-30॥
[अव्यक्ता (avyaktā) - unmanifested; व्यक्तभावस्था (vyaktabhāvasthā) - having the state of manifestation; या (yā) - which; सा (sā) - she; प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature; अव्यया (avyayā) - imperishable; तां (tāṃ) - her; योनिम् (yonim) - source; आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; यः (yaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - he; सत्-असत्-आत्मकः (sat-asad-ātmakaḥ) - of the nature of existence and non-existence; आवाभ्यां (āvābhyām) - by us two; पूज्यते (pūjyate) - is worshipped; असौ (asau) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; दैवे (daive) - in the divine rite; पित्र्ये (pitrye) - in the ancestral rite; च (ca) - and; कल्पिते (kalpite) - established;]
(The unmanifested, having the state of manifestation, which she, nature, imperishable; her source of us two know; who he, of the nature of existence and non-existence. By us two is worshipped he indeed in the divine and ancestral rites established.)
That imperishable nature, which is unmanifest and yet assumes the state of manifestation, know her as the source of both of us; he who is of the nature of both existence and non-existence is indeed worshipped by us two in the rites established for the gods and the ancestors. (3-321-30)
नास्ति तस्मात्परोऽन्यो हि पिता देवोऽथ वा द्विजः। आत्मा हि नौ स विज्ञेयस्ततस्तं पूजयावहे ॥३-३२१-३१॥
nāsti tasmāt paro'nyo hi pitā devo'tha vā dvijaḥ। ātmā hi nau sa vijñeyas tatastaṃ pūjayāvahe ॥3-321-31॥
[नास्ति (nāsti) - is not; does not exist; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than that; from that; परः (paraḥ) - higher; superior; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; another; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; पिता (pitā) - father; देवः (devaḥ) - god; अथ (atha) - or; then; वा (vā) - or; द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born; Brahmin; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; soul; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; नौ (nau) - for us; to us; सः (saḥ) - he; that; विज्ञेयः (vijñeyaḥ) - to be known; to be understood; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; from that; तम् (tam) - him; that; पूजयावहे (pūjayāvahe) - let us worship; let us honor;]
(There is not other superior than that, indeed, father, god, or twice-born; the self indeed for us, he is to be known; therefore, him let us worship.)
There is no one superior to him, not even the father, god, or Brahmin; the self alone is to be known by us, therefore let us worship him. (3-321-31)
तेनैषा प्रथिता ब्रह्मन्मर्यादा लोकभाविनी। दैवं पित्र्यं च कर्तव्यमिति तस्यानुशासनम् ॥३-३२१-३२॥
tenaiṣā prathitā brahmanmaryādā lokabhāvinī। daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca kartavyamiti tasyānuśāsanam ॥3-321-32॥
[तेन (tena) - by him; एषा (eṣā) - this; प्रथिता (prathitā) - established; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brāhmaṇa; मर्यादा (maryādā) - boundary; लोकभाविनी (lokabhāvinī) - causing the existence of the world; दैवं (daivam) - divine (rites); पित्र्यं (pitryam) - ancestral (rites); च (ca) - and; कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - to be done; इति (iti) - thus; तस्य (tasya) - his; अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction;]
(By him, this established, O Brāhmaṇa, boundary causing the existence of the world. Divine and ancestral are to be done, thus his instruction.)
O Brāhmaṇa, by him this boundary, which sustains the world, has been established. The performance of both divine and ancestral rites is to be done—such is his instruction. (3-321-32)
ब्रह्मा स्थाणुर्मनुर्दक्षो भृगुर्धर्मस्तपो दमः। मरीचिरङ्गिरात्रिश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः ॥३-३२१-३३॥
brahmā sthāṇur manur dakṣo bhṛgur dharmas tapo damaḥ। marīcir aṅgirātriś ca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ ॥3-321-33॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; (the creator); स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - Sthāṇu; (Śiva, the firm one); मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu; (the progenitor of mankind); दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; (the skilled one); भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu; (the sage); धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Dharma; (righteousness); तपः (tapaḥ) - tapas; (austerity); दमः (damaḥ) - dama; (self-control); मरीचिः (marīciḥ) - Marīci; (the sage); अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgirāḥ; (the sage); अत्रिः (atriḥ) - Atri; (the sage); च (ca) - and; पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya; (the sage); पुलहः (pulahaḥ) - Pulaha; (the sage); क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - Kratu; (the sage);]
(Brahmā, Sthāṇu, Manu, Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, Dharma, tapas, dama, Marīci, Aṅgirāḥ, Atri, and Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu.)
Brahmā, Sthāṇu (Śiva), Manu, Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, Dharma, austerity, self-control, Marīci, Aṅgirāḥ, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu. (3-321-33)
वसिष्ठः परमेष्ठी च विवस्वान्सोम एव च। कर्दमश्चापि यः प्रोक्तः क्रोधो विक्रीत एव च ॥३-३२१-३४॥
vasiṣṭhaḥ parameṣṭhī ca vivasvān soma eva ca। kardamaś cāpi yaḥ proktaḥ krodho vikrīta eva ca ॥3-321-34॥
[वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha; (a sage); परमेष्ठी (parameṣṭhī) - Parameṣṭhī; (Brahmā); च (ca) - and; विवस्वान् (vivasvān) - Vivasvān; (the Sun); सोम (soma) - Soma; (the Moon); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; कर्दमः (kardamaḥ) - Kardama; (a sage); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; यः (yaḥ) - who; प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - is said; क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - Krodha; (anger; a sage); विक्रीतः (vikrītaḥ) - Vikrīta; (a sage); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Vasiṣṭha; Parameṣṭhī; and; Vivasvān; Soma; indeed; and; Kardama; and; also; who; is said; Krodha; Vikrīta; indeed; and;)
Vasiṣṭha, Parameṣṭhī, Vivasvān, Soma, and also Kardama, who is mentioned, as well as Krodha and Vikrīta, are indeed (included). (3-321-34)
एकविंशतिरुत्पन्नास्ते प्रजापतयः स्मृताः। तस्य देवस्य मर्यादां पूजयन्ति सनातनीम् ॥३-३२१-३५॥
ekaviṃśatirutpannāste prajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ। tasya devasya maryādāṃ pūjayanti sanātanīm ॥3-321-35॥
[एकविंशति (ekaviṃśati) - twenty-one; उत्पन्नाः (utpannāḥ) - arisen; ते (te) - they; प्रजापतयः (prajāpata yaḥ) - lords of creatures; स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are remembered; तस्य (tasya) - of him; देवस्य (devasya) - of the god; मर्यादाम् (maryādām) - boundary; पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they honor; सनातनीम् (sanātanīm) - eternal;]
(Twenty-one arisen they lords of creatures are remembered. Of him, of the god, the boundary eternal they honor.)
The twenty-one lords of creatures who have arisen are remembered. They honor the eternal boundary of that god. (3-321-35)
दैवं पित्र्यं च सततं तस्य विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः। आत्मप्राप्तानि च ततो जानन्ति द्विजसत्तमाः ॥३-३२१-३६॥
daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca satataṃ tasya vijñāya tattvataḥ। ātmaprāptāni ca tato jānanti dvijasattamāḥ ॥3-321-36॥
[दैवं (daivam) - divine; पित्र्यं (pitryam) - ancestral; च (ca) - and; सततं (satatam) - always; तस्य (tasya) - of him; विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known; तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in essence; आत्मप्राप्तानि (ātmaprāptāni) - self-acquired; च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - from that; जानन्ति (jānanti) - they know; द्विजसत्तमाः (dvijasattamāḥ) - best of the twice-born;]
(Divine, ancestral and always of him, having known in essence; self-acquired and from that, they know, best of the twice-born.)
The best of the twice-born, having truly understood what is divine, ancestral, and always pertaining to him, also know what is self-acquired from that. (3-321-36)
स्वर्गस्था अपि ये केचित्तं नमस्यन्ति देहिनः। ते तत्प्रसादाद्गच्छन्ति तेनादिष्टफलां गतिम् ॥३-३२१-३७॥
svargasthā api ye kecittaṃ namasyanti dehinaḥ। te tatprasādādgacchanti tenādiṣṭaphalāṃ gatim ॥3-321-37॥
[स्वर्गस्था (svargasthā) - dwelling in heaven; अपि (api) - even; ये (ye) - who; केचित् (kecit) - some; तं (taṃ) - him; नमस्यन्ति (namasyanti) - bow to; देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - embodied beings; ते (te) - they; तत्प्रसादात् (tatprasādāt) - by his grace; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; तेन (tena) - by him; आदिष्टफलाम् (ādiṣṭaphalām) - the fruit ordained; गतिम् (gatim) - state;]
(Even those dwelling in heaven, who are some embodied beings, bow to him; they, by his grace, go to the state of the fruit ordained by him.)
Even those who dwell in heaven, among the embodied beings who bow to him, by his grace, attain the state of the fruit ordained by him. (3-321-37)
ये हीनाः सप्तदशभिर्गुणैः कर्मभिरेव च। कलाः पञ्चदश त्यक्त्वा ते मुक्ता इति निश्चयः ॥३-३२१-३८॥
ye hīnāḥ saptadaśabhir guṇaiḥ karmabhir eva ca। kalāḥ pañcadaśa tyaktvā te muktā iti niścayaḥ ॥3-321-38॥
[ये (ye) - who; हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - deprived; सप्तदशभिः (saptadaśabhiḥ) - by seventeen; गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - qualities; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; कलाः (kalāḥ) - parts; पञ्चदश (pañcadaśa) - fifteen; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; ते (te) - they; मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - liberated; इति (iti) - thus; निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty;]
(Who deprived by seventeen qualities and by actions indeed, having abandoned fifteen parts, they liberated, thus certainty.)
Those who are deprived of the seventeen qualities and actions, having abandoned the fifteen parts, are certainly liberated. (3-321-38)
मुक्तानां तु गतिर्ब्रह्मन्क्षेत्रज्ञ इति कल्पितः। स हि सर्वगतश्चैव निर्गुणश्चैव कथ्यते ॥३-३२१-३९॥
muktānāṃ tu gatir brahman kṣetrajña iti kalpitaḥ। sa hi sarvagataś caiva nirguṇaś caiva kathyate ॥3-321-39॥
[मुक्तानाम् (muktānām) - of the liberated ones; तु (tu) - but; गतिः (gatiḥ) - goal; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; क्षेत्रज्ञ (kṣetrajña) - the knower of the field; इति (iti) - thus; कल्पितः (kalpitaḥ) - is considered; स (sa) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; सर्वगतः (sarvagataḥ) - all-pervading; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - certainly; निर्गुणः (nirguṇaḥ) - without qualities; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - certainly; कथ्यते (kathyate) - is described;]
(Of the liberated ones but the goal, O Brahman, the knower of the field thus is considered. He indeed all-pervading and certainly without qualities and certainly is described.)
But, O Brahman, the goal of the liberated is considered to be the knower of the field. He is indeed described as all-pervading and certainly without qualities. (3-321-39)
दृश्यते ज्ञानयोगेन आवां च प्रसृतौ ततः। एवं ज्ञात्वा तमात्मानं पूजयावः सनातनम् ॥३-३२१-४०॥
dṛśyate jñānayogena āvāṃ ca prasṛtau tataḥ। evaṃ jñātvā tam ātmānaṃ pūjayāvaḥ sanātanam ॥3-321-40॥
[दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; is perceived; ज्ञानयोगेन (jñānayogena) - by the union with knowledge; by the means of knowledge; आवां (āvāṃ) - we two; च (ca) - and; प्रसृतौ (prasṛtau) - extended; spread out; ततः (tataḥ) - from that; from there; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; in this way; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known; तम् (tam) - him; that; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; पूजयावः (pūjayāvaḥ) - we two should worship; सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal;]
(Is seen by the means of knowledge, we two also extended from that. Thus, having known that self, we two should worship the eternal.)
He is perceived through the path of knowledge; we two have also arisen from that. Thus, knowing that self, we both should worship the eternal. (3-321-40)
तं वेदाश्चाश्रमाश्चैव नानातनुसमास्थिताः। भक्त्या सम्पूजयन्त्याद्यं गतिं चैषां ददाति सः ॥३-३२१-४१॥
taṃ vedāś cāśramāś caiva nānā-tanu-samāsthitāḥ। bhaktyā sampūjayanty ādyaṃ gatiṃ caiṣāṃ dadāti saḥ॥3-321-41॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas; च (ca) - and; आश्रमाः (āśramāḥ) - āśramas; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; नाना (nānā) - various; तनु (tanu) - bodies; समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - situated; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; सम्पूजयन्ति (sampūjayanti) - worship; आद्यं (ādyaṃ) - the first; गतिं (gatiṃ) - goal; च (ca) - and; एषां (eṣāṃ) - of these; ददाति (dadāti) - gives; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(Him the Vedas and āśramas indeed, situated in various bodies, with devotion worship the first goal, and to these he gives.)
The Vedas and the āśramas, established in various forms, worship him with devotion as the original goal, and he grants them their objective. (3-321-41)
ये तु तद्भाविता लोके एकान्तित्वं समास्थिताः। एतदभ्यधिकं तेषां यत्ते तं प्रविशन्त्युत ॥३-३२१-४२॥
ye tu tadbhāvitā loke ekāntitvaṃ samāsthitāḥ। etadabhyadhikaṃ teṣāṃ yatte taṃ praviśantyuta ॥3-321-42॥
[ये (ye) - who; (plural pronoun); तु (tu) - but; (emphatic particle); तद्भाविता (tadbhāvitā) - those who are devoted to that; (tad - that; bhāvitāḥ - those who have contemplated/meditated); लोके (loke) - in the world; (locative singular of loka); एकान्तित्वं (ekāntitvaṃ) - solitude; (state of being alone; ekānti - solitary; tvaṃ - ness); समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - those who have established; (sam-āsthitāḥ - those who are firmly situated); एतदभ्यधिकं (etadabhyadhikaṃ) - this superior; (etad - this; abhyadhikaṃ - exceeding, superior); तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; (genitive plural of tad); यत् (yat) - which; (relative pronoun); ते (te) - they; (pronoun); तं (taṃ) - that; (accusative singular of tad); प्रविशन्ति (praviśanti) - enter; (pra-viś - to enter; 3rd person plural); उत (uta) - indeed; (particle);]
(Who but those devoted to that, established in solitude in the world, this superior which is of them, they enter that indeed.)
But those who are devoted to that, who have established themselves in solitude in the world, they enter that which is superior among these, indeed. (3-321-42)
इति गुह्यसमुद्देशस्तव नारद कीर्तितः। भक्त्या प्रेम्णा च विप्रर्षे अस्मद्भक्त्या च ते श्रुतः ॥३-३२१-४३॥
iti guhya-samuddeśas tava nārada kīrtitaḥ। bhaktyā premṇā ca viprarṣe asmad-bhaktyā ca te śrutaḥ ॥3-321-43॥
[इति (iti) - thus; गुह्यसमुद्देशः (guhya-samuddeśaḥ) - secret instruction; तव (tava) - your; नारद (nārada) - O Nārada; कीर्तितः (kīrtitaḥ) - has been declared; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - by devotion; प्रेम्णा (premṇā) - by love; च (ca) - and; विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O best of Brāhmaṇas; अस्मद्भक्त्या (asmad-bhaktyā) - by my devotion; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - to you; श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - has been told;]
(Thus, the secret instruction of yours, O Nārada, has been declared; by devotion, by love, and O best of Brāhmaṇas, by my devotion also, it has been told to you.)
Thus, O Nārada, your secret instruction has been declared. Through devotion, through love, and also through my own devotion, O best of Brāhmaṇas, it has been revealed to you. (3-321-43)
