12.336
जनमेजय उवाच॥
janamejaya uvāca॥
[जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; (a proper name;) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Janamejaya said;)
Janamejaya said.
अहो ह्येकान्तिनः सर्वान्प्रीणाति भगवान्हरिः। विधिप्रयुक्तां पूजां च गृह्णाति भगवान्स्वयम् ॥१२-३३६-१॥
aho hy ekāntinaḥ sarvān prīṇāti bhagavān hariḥ। vidhi-prayuktāṃ pūjāṃ ca gṛhṇāti bhagavān svayam ॥12-336-1॥
[अहो (aho) - indeed; हि (hi) - surely; एकान्तिनः (ekāntinaḥ) - those who are exclusively devoted; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) - pleases; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; विधिप्रयुक्तां (vidhi-prayuktāṃ) - enjoined by rule; पूजां (pūjāṃ) - worship; च (ca) - and; गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti) - accepts; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself;]
(Indeed, surely, those who are exclusively devoted, all, pleases, the Lord, Hari. Enjoined by rule, worship, and, accepts, the Lord, himself. (12-336-1))
Indeed, the Lord Hari surely pleases all those who are exclusively devoted. The Lord himself accepts even worship performed according to prescribed rules. (12-336-1)
ये तु दग्धेन्धना लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः। तेषां त्वयाभिनिर्दिष्टा पारम्पर्यागता गतिः ॥१२-३३६-२॥
ye tu dagdhendhanā loke puṇyapāpavivarjitāḥ। teṣāṃ tvayābhinirdiṣṭā pāramparyāgatā gatiḥ ॥12-336-2॥
[ये (ye) - who; तु (tu) - but; दग्धेन्धना (dagdhendhanā) - whose fuel is burnt; लोके (loke) - in the world; पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः (puṇyapāpavivarjitāḥ) - devoid of merit and demerit; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; अभिनिर्दिष्टा (abhinirdiṣṭā) - specifically indicated; पारम्पर्यागता (pāramparyāgatā) - coming by succession; गतिः (gatiḥ) - path;]
(Who but whose fuel is burnt in the world, devoid of merit and demerit; for them, the path coming by succession specifically indicated by you.)
But those in the world whose fuel is burnt and who are free from merit and demerit, for them, the path that has come down by succession has been specifically indicated by you. (12-336-2)
चतुर्थ्यां चैव ते गत्यां गच्छन्ति पुरुषोत्तमम्। एकान्तिनस्तु पुरुषा गच्छन्ति परमं पदम् ॥१२-३३६-३॥
caturthyāṃ caiva te gatyāṃ gacchanti puruṣottamam। ekāntinas tu puruṣā gacchanti paramaṃ padam ॥12-336-3॥
[चतुर्थ्यां (caturthyām) - in the fourth; (locative singular of caturthī); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ते (te) - they; गत्यां (gatyām) - in the path; (locative singular of gati); गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - the Supreme Person; एकान्तिनः (ekāntinaḥ) - those who are single-minded; तु (tu) - but; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men; persons; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; पदम् (padam) - state; abode;]
(In the fourth indeed they in the path go to the Supreme Person; but those who are single-minded men go to the supreme state. (12-336-3))
In the fourth path, they indeed reach the Supreme Person; but single-minded men attain the highest state. (12-336-3)
नूनमेकान्तधर्मोऽयं श्रेष्ठो नारायणप्रियः। अगत्वा गतयस्तिस्रो यद्गच्छन्त्यव्ययं हरिम् ॥१२-३३६-४॥
nūnam ekāntadharmo'yaṃ śreṣṭho nārāyaṇapriyaḥ। agatvā gatayastisro yadgacchantyavyayaṃ harim ॥12-336-4॥
[नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly; एकान्तधर्मः (ekāntadharmaḥ) - exclusive dharma; अयम् (ayam) - this; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best; नारायणप्रियः (nārāyaṇapriyaḥ) - dear to Nārāyaṇa; अगत्वा (agatvā) - without going; गतयः (gatayaḥ) - paths; तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three; यत् (yat) - which; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable; हरिम् (harim) - to Hari;]
(Certainly, this exclusive dharma, best and dear to Nārāyaṇa, without going by the three paths which go to the imperishable Hari.)
Certainly, this exclusive dharma, which is the best and dear to Nārāyaṇa, leads to the imperishable Hari without following the three other paths. (12-336-4)
सहोपनिषदान्वेदान्ये विप्राः सम्यगास्थिताः। पठन्ति विधिमास्थाय ये चापि यतिधर्मिणः ॥१२-३३६-५॥
sahopaniṣadānvedānye viprāḥ samyagāsthitāḥ। paṭhanti vidhimāsthāya ye cāpi yatidharmiṇaḥ ॥12-336-5॥
[सह (saha) - together with; उपनिषदाम् (upaniṣadām) - of the Upaniṣads; वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas; ये (ye) - those who; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - established; पठन्ति (paṭhanti) - recite; विधिम् (vidhim) - the procedure; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having adopted; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; यतिधर्मिणः (yatidharmiṇaḥ) - those who possess the conduct of ascetics;]
(Together with the Upaniṣads and the Vedas, those Brāhmaṇas who are properly established recite, having adopted the procedure, and also those who possess the conduct of ascetics.)
Those Brāhmaṇas who are properly established recite the Vedas along with the Upaniṣads, following the prescribed procedure, as do those who follow the conduct of ascetics. (12-336-5)
तेभ्यो विशिष्टां जानामि गतिमेकान्तिनां नृणाम्। केनैष धर्मः कथितो देवेन ऋषिणापि वा ॥१२-३३६-६॥
tebhyo viśiṣṭāṃ jānāmi gatimekāntināṃ nṛṇām। kena eṣa dharmaḥ kathito devena ṛṣiṇā api vā ॥12-336-6॥
[तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from them; विशिष्टां (viśiṣṭām) - distinct; जानामि (jānāmi) - I know; गतिम् (gatim) - path; एकान्तिनां (ekāntinām) - of those who are single-minded; नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men; केन (kena) - by whom; एष (eṣa) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - declared; देवेन (devena) - by the god; ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by the sage; अपि (api) - also; वा (vā) - or;]
(From them, I know the distinct path of single-minded men. By whom was this dharma declared, by the god or by the sage, also or?)
From them, I know the distinct path of those men who are single-minded. By whom was this dharma declared—by the god, or by the sage, or by someone else? (12-336-6)
एकान्तिनां च का चर्या कदा चोत्पादिता विभो। एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥१२-३३६-७॥
ekāntināṃ ca kā caryā kadā cotpāditā vibho। etan me saṃśayaṃ chindhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me ॥12-336-7॥
[एकान्तिनां (ekāntinām) - of those who are exclusively devoted; च (ca) - and; का (kā) - what; चर्या (caryā) - practice; कदा (kadā) - when; च (ca) - and; उत्पादिता (utpāditā) - arisen; विभो (vibho) - O Lord; एतत् (etat) - this; मे (me) - my; संशयम् (saṃśayam) - doubt; छिन्धि (chindhi) - cut; परम् (param) - supreme; कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity; हि (hi) - indeed; मे (me) - my;]
(Of those who are exclusively devoted and what practice, when and arisen, O Lord; this my doubt cut, supreme curiosity indeed my.)
O Lord, what is the practice of those who are exclusively devoted, and when did it arise? Please dispel this doubt of mine; for I have the highest curiosity. (12-336-7)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
समुपोढेष्वनीकेषु कुरुपाण्डवयोर्मृधे। अर्जुने विमनस्के च गीता भगवता स्वयम् ॥१२-३३६-८॥
samupoḍheṣvanīkeṣu kurupāṇḍavayormṛdhe। arjune vimanaske ca gītā bhagavatā svayam ॥12-336-8॥
[समुपोढेषु (samupoḍheṣu) - having been arrayed together; (sam-upa-uḍh, loc. pl.); अनीकेषु (anīkeṣu) - in the armies; (anīka, loc. pl.); कुरुपाण्डवयोः (kurupāṇḍavayoḥ) - of Kuru and Pāṇḍava; (dual gen.); मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle; (loc. sg.); अर्जुने (arjune) - in Arjuna; (loc. sg.); विमनस्के (vimanaske) - being despondent; (vi-manas, loc. sg.); च (ca) - and; गीता (gītā) - the Gītā; (song); भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the Blessed One; (instrumental sg.); स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; (indeclinable);]
(When the armies of Kuru and Pāṇḍava had been arrayed together in battle, and Arjuna being despondent, the Gītā was (spoken) by the Blessed One himself.)
When the armies of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas had been drawn up for battle, and Arjuna was despondent, the Gītā was spoken by the Blessed Lord himself. (12-336-8)
आगतिश्च गतिश्चैव पूर्वं ते कथिता मया। गहनो ह्येष धर्मो वै दुर्विज्ञेयोऽकृतात्मभिः ॥१२-३३६-९॥
āgatiś ca gatiś caiva pūrvaṃ te kathitā mayā। gahanō hy eṣa dharmō vai durvijñēyō'kṛtātmabhiḥ ॥12-336-9॥
[आगतिः (āgatiḥ) - arrival; च (ca) - and; गतिः (gatiḥ) - departure; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously; ते (te) - to you; कथिता (kathitā) - have been told; मया (mayā) - by me; गहनः (gahanaḥ) - profound; हि (hi) - indeed; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; वै (vai) - truly; दुर्विज्ञेयः (durvijñeyaḥ) - difficult to understand; अकृतात्मभिः (akṛtātmabhiḥ) - by those whose self is not disciplined;]
(Arrival and departure indeed previously to you have been told by me. Profound indeed this dharma truly is difficult to understand by those whose self is not disciplined. (12-336-9))
I have already explained to you about arrival and departure. This dharma is indeed profound and truly difficult to understand for those whose self is not disciplined. (12-336-9)
संमितः सामवेदेन पुरैवादियुगे कृतः। धार्यते स्वयमीशेन राजन्नारायणेन ह ॥१२-३३६-१०॥
saṁmitaḥ sāmavedena puraivādiyuge kṛtaḥ। dhāryate svayam īśena rājannārāyaṇena ha ॥12-336-10॥
[संमितः (saṁmitaḥ) - measured; सामवेदेन (sāmavedena) - by the Sāmaveda; पुरा (purā) - formerly; एव (eva) - indeed; आदियुगे (ādiyuge) - in the first age (Kṛta Yuga); कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made; धार्यते (dhāryate) - is upheld; स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself; ईशेन (īśena) - by the Lord; राजन् (rājan) - O king; नारायणेन (nārāyaṇena) - by Nārāyaṇa; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Measured by the Sāmaveda, formerly indeed in the first age (Kṛta Yuga) made; is upheld by himself by the Lord, O king, by Nārāyaṇa indeed.)
O king, in the first age (Kṛta Yuga), it was measured by the Sāmaveda and made; it is upheld by the Lord Nārāyaṇa himself. (12-336-10)
एतमर्थं महाराज पृष्टः पार्थेन नारदः। ऋषिमध्ये महाभागः शृण्वतोः कृष्णभीष्मयोः ॥१२-३३६-११॥
etamarthaṃ mahārāja pṛṣṭaḥ pārthena nāradaḥ। ṛṣimadhye mahābhāgaḥ śṛṇvatoḥ kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ ॥12-336-11॥
[एतम् (etam) - this; (object); अर्थम् (artham) - meaning; matter; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked; questioned; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha; by Arjuna; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; ऋषिमध्ये (ṛṣimadhye) - in the midst of sages; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - the highly fortunate one; शृण्वतोः (śṛṇvatoḥ) - while listening (dual); कृष्णभीष्मयोः (kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ) - of Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma (dual);]
(This matter, O great king, was asked by Pārtha to Nārada; in the midst of sages, the highly fortunate one (Nārada), while Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma were listening.)
O great king, this matter was asked by Pārtha (Arjuna) to Nārada; in the midst of the sages, the highly fortunate Nārada spoke while Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma were listening. (12-336-11)
गुरुणा च ममाप्येष कथितो नृपसत्तम। यथा तु कथितस्तत्र नारदेन तथा शृणु ॥१२-३३६-१२॥
guruṇā ca mamāpy eṣa kathito nṛpasattama। yathā tu kathitas tatra nāradena tathā śṛṇu ॥12-336-12॥
[गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the teacher; च (ca) - and; मम (mama) - to me; अपि (api) - also; एष (eṣa) - this; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - was told; नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings; यथा (yathā) - as; तु (tu) - but; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - was told; तत्र (tatra) - there; नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada; तथा (tathā) - so; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen;]
(By the teacher and to me also this was told, O best of kings; as but it was told there by Nārada, so listen.)
O best of kings, this was told to me also by my teacher; just as it was narrated there by Nārada, so listen. (12-336-12)
यदासीन्मानसं जन्म नारायणमुखोद्गतम्। ब्रह्मणः पृथिवीपाल तदा नारायणः स्वयम् ॥ तेन धर्मेण कृतवान्दैवं पित्र्यं च भारत ॥१२-३३६-१३॥
yad āsīn mānasaṃ janma nārāyaṇa-mukhodgatam। brahmaṇaḥ pṛthivīpāla tadā nārāyaṇaḥ svayam ॥ tena dharmeṇa kṛtavān daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca bhārata ॥12-336-13॥
[यत् (yat) - which; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; मानसं (mānasaṃ) - mental; जन्म (janma) - birth; नारायण (nārāyaṇa) - Nārāyaṇa; मुख (mukha) - mouth; उद्गतम् (udgatam) - arisen; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā; पृथिवीपाल (pṛthivīpāla) - O protector of the earth; तदा (tadā) - then; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; तेन (tena) - by him; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by dharma; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - performed; दैवम् (daivam) - divine rite; पित्र्यम् (pitryam) - ancestral rite; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Which was the mental birth arisen from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, of Brahmā, O protector of the earth, then Nārāyaṇa himself, by that dharma, performed the divine and ancestral rites, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, that mental birth of Brahmā, which arose from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, at that time Nārāyaṇa himself, by that dharma, performed both the divine and ancestral rites, O protector of the earth. (12-336-13)
फेनपा ऋषयश्चैव तं धर्मं प्रतिपेदिरे। वैखानसाः फेनपेभ्यो धर्ममेतं प्रपेदिरे ॥ वैखानसेभ्यः सोमस्तु ततः सोऽन्तर्दधे पुनः ॥१२-३३६-१४॥
phenapā ṛṣayaś caiva taṃ dharmaṃ pratipedire। vaikhānasāḥ phenapebhyo dharmam etaṃ prapedire ॥ vaikhānasebhyaḥ somas tu tataḥ so'ntardadhe punaḥ ॥12-336-14॥
[फेनपा (phenapā) - foam-eaters; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तं (taṃ) - that; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - duty; प्रतिपेदिरे (pratipedire) - attained; वैखानसाः (vaikhānasāḥ) - Vaikhānasa sages; फेनपेभ्यः (phenapebhyaḥ) - from the foam-eaters; धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty; एतं (etaṃ) - this; प्रपेदिरे (prapedire) - obtained; वैखानसेभ्यः (vaikhānasebhyaḥ) - from the Vaikhānasas; सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - from them; सः (saḥ) - he; अन्तर्दधे (antardadhe) - disappeared; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Foam-eaters, sages indeed, that duty attained. Vaikhānasa sages from the foam-eaters this duty obtained. From the Vaikhānasas, Soma but from them he disappeared again.)
The foam-eating sages and others attained that duty. The Vaikhānasa sages received this duty from the foam-eaters. From the Vaikhānasas, Soma then disappeared again. (12-336-14)
यदासीच्चाक्षुषं जन्म द्वितीयं ब्रह्मणो नृप। तदा पितामहात्सोमादेतं धर्ममजानत ॥ नारायणात्मकं राजन्रुद्राय प्रददौ च सः ॥१२-३३६-१५॥
yad āsīc cākṣuṣaṃ janma dvitīyaṃ brahmaṇo nṛpa। tadā pitāmahāt somād etaṃ dharmam ajānata ॥ nārāyaṇātmakaṃ rājan rudrāya pradadau ca saḥ ॥12-336-15॥
[यत् (yat) - which; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; चाक्षुषम् (cākṣuṣam) - of Cākṣuṣa (Manu); जन्म (janma) - birth; द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - second; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; तदा (tadā) - then; पितामहत् (pitāmahat) - from the Grandfather (Brahmā); सोमात् (somāt) - from Soma (the Moon); एतं (etaṃ) - this; धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma; अजानत् (ajānat) - he knew; नारायणात्मकम् (nārāyaṇātmakam) - having the nature of Nārāyaṇa; राजन् (rājan) - O king; रुद्राय (rudrāya) - to Rudra; प्रददौ (pradadau) - he gave; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(Which was the Cākṣuṣa birth, the second of Brahmā, O king; then from the Grandfather, from Soma, he knew this dharma. Having the nature of Nārāyaṇa, O king, he gave it to Rudra, and he.)
O king, when the Cākṣuṣa birth, the second of Brahmā, occurred, then from the Grandfather and from Soma, he learned this dharma. Having the nature of Nārāyaṇa, O king, he gave it to Rudra. (12-336-15)
ततो योगस्थितो रुद्रः पुरा कृतयुगे नृप। वालखिल्यानृषीन्सर्वान्धर्ममेतमपाठयत् ॥ अन्तर्दधे ततो भूयस्तस्य देवस्य मायया ॥१२-३३६-१६॥
tato yogasthito rudraḥ purā kṛtayuge nṛpa। vālakhiḷyān ṛṣīn sarvān dharmam etam apāṭhayat ॥ antardadhe tato bhūyas tasya devasya māyayā ॥12-336-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; योगस्थितः (yogasthitaḥ) - established in yoga; रुद्रः (rudraḥ) - Rudra; पुरा (purā) - formerly; कृतयुगे (kṛtayuge) - in the Kṛta Yuga; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; वालखिल्यान् (vālakhiḷyān) - the Vālakhiḷya sages; ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma; एतम् (etam) - this; अपाठयत् (apāṭhayat) - caused to be recited; अन्तर्दधे (antardadhe) - disappeared; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; तस्य (tasya) - of him; देवस्य (devasya) - of the god; मायया (māyayā) - by the māyā;]
(Then Rudra, established in yoga, formerly in the Kṛta Yuga, O king, caused all the Vālakhiḷya sages to recite this dharma. Then, by the māyā of that god, he again disappeared. (12-336-16))
Then, O king, Rudra, established in yoga, in the ancient Kṛta Yuga, caused all the Vālakhiḷya sages to recite this dharma. Afterwards, by the māyā of that god, he disappeared again. (12-336-16)
तृतीयं ब्रह्मणो जन्म यदासीद्वाचिकं महत्। तत्रैष धर्मः सम्भूतः स्वयं नारायणान्नृप ॥१२-३३६-१७॥
tṛtīyaṃ brahmaṇo janma yad āsīd vācikaṃ mahat। tatra eṣa dharmaḥ sambhūtaḥ svayam nārāyaṇāt nṛpa ॥12-336-17॥
[तृतीयं (tṛtīyam) - third; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahman; जन्म (janma) - birth; यत् (yat) - which; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; वाचिकं (vācikam) - verbal; महत् (mahat) - great; तत्र (tatra) - there; एष (eṣa) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; सम्भूतः (sambhūtaḥ) - arisen; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; नारायणात् (nārāyaṇāt) - from Nārāyaṇa; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(The third birth of Brahman, which was verbal and great, there this dharma arose itself from Nārāyaṇa, O king.)
O king, the third and great verbal birth of Brahman occurred; there, this dharma itself arose from Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-17)
सुपर्णो नाम तमृषिः प्राप्तवान्पुरुषोत्तमात्। तपसा वै सुतप्तेन दमेन नियमेन च ॥१२-३३६-१८॥
suparṇo nāma tam ṛṣiḥ prāptavān puruṣottamāt। tapasā vai sutaptena damena niyamena ca ॥12-336-18॥
[सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - having beautiful wings; नाम (nāma) - by name; तम् (tam) - him; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - obtained; पुरुषोत्तमात् (puruṣottamāt) - from the Supreme Person; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; वै (vai) - indeed; सुतप्तेन (sutaptena) - by well-performed austerity; दमेन (damena) - by self-restraint; नियमेन (niyamena) - by observance; च (ca) - and;]
(Suparṇa by name, him sage obtained from the Supreme Person, by austerity indeed, by well-performed austerity, by self-restraint, by observance and.)
The sage named Suparṇa obtained this from the Supreme Person, indeed through austerity, well-performed austerity, self-restraint, and observance. (12-336-18)
त्रिः परिक्रान्तवानेतत्सुपर्णो धर्ममुत्तमम्। यस्मात्तस्माद्व्रतं ह्येतत्त्रिसौपर्णमिहोच्यते ॥१२-३३६-१९॥
triḥ parikrāntavānetatsuparṇo dharmamuttamam। yasmāttasmādvrataṃ hyetattrisauparṇamihocyate ॥12-336-19॥
[त्रिः (triḥ) - three times; परिक्रान्तवान् (parikrāntavān) - one who has gone around; एतत् (etat) - this; सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - Suparṇa (Garuda); धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; व्रतम् (vratam) - vow; हि (hi) - indeed; एतत् (etat) - this; त्रिसौपर्णम् (trisauparṇam) - threefold Suparṇa; इह (iha) - here; उच्यते (ucyate) - is called;]
(Three times having gone around this, Suparṇa (Garuda) (attained) the supreme dharma; because of this, therefore, this vow is indeed here called the threefold Suparṇa.)
Suparṇa (Garuda) went around this three times and attained the highest dharma; therefore, this vow is indeed called here the 'threefold Suparṇa'. (12-336-19)
ऋग्वेदपाठपठितं व्रतमेतद्धि दुश्चरम्। सुपर्णाच्चाप्यधिगतो धर्म एष सनातनः ॥१२-३३६-२०॥
ṛgvedapāṭha-paṭhitaṃ vratam etad dhi duścaram। suparṇāc cāpy adhigato dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ ॥12-336-20॥
[ऋग्वेद (ṛgveda) - Ṛgveda; पाठ (pāṭha) - recitation; पठितं (paṭhitaṃ) - recited; व्रतम् (vratam) - vow; एतत् (etat) - this; हि (hi) - indeed; दुश्चरम् (duścaram) - difficult to perform; सुपर्णात् (suparṇāt) - from Suparṇa; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अधिगतः (adhigataḥ) - attained; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal;]
(Ṛgveda recitation recited vow this indeed difficult to perform; from Suparṇa and also attained dharma this eternal.)
This vow of reciting the Ṛgveda is indeed difficult to perform; and this eternal dharma was also attained from Suparṇa. (12-336-20)
वायुना द्विपदां श्रेष्ठ प्रथितो जगदायुषा। वायोः सकाशात्प्राप्तश्च ऋषिभिर्विघसाशिभिः ॥१२-३३६-२१॥
vāyunā dvipadāṃ śreṣṭha prathito jagadāyuṣā। vāyoḥ sakāśāt prāptaś ca ṛṣibhir vighasāśibhiḥ ॥12-336-21॥
[वायुना (vāyunā) - by Vāyu; (the wind); द्विपदां (dvipadām) - of bipeds; (two-footed beings); श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - best; superior; प्रथितो (prathitaḥ) - celebrated; renowned; जगदायुषा (jagadāyuṣā) - with the life of the world; (life-giver to the world); वायोः (vāyoḥ) - from Vāyu; (the wind); सकाशात् (sakāśāt) - from the presence; from the proximity; प्राप्तश्च (prāptaś ca) - and obtained; and received; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the sages; विघसाशिभिः (vighasāśibhiḥ) - by those who eat remnants; (ascetics living on leftovers);]
(By Vāyu, the best of bipeds, celebrated with the life of the world. From Vāyu's proximity, and obtained by the sages who eat remnants.)
The best among bipeds, celebrated as the life-giver of the world by Vāyu, was obtained from the presence of Vāyu by sages who subsist on remnants. (12-336-21)
तेभ्यो महोदधिश्चैनं प्राप्तवान्धर्ममुत्तमम्। ततः सोऽन्तर्दधे भूयो नारायणसमाहितः ॥१२-३३६-२२॥
tebhyo mahodadhiś cainaṃ prāptavān dharmam uttamam। tataḥ so'ntardadhe bhūyo nārāyaṇasamāhitaḥ ॥12-336-22॥
[तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to them; महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - the great ocean; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - this; प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - obtained; धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; अन्तर्दधे (antardadhe) - disappeared; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; नारायणसमाहितः (nārāyaṇasamāhitaḥ) - absorbed in Nārāyaṇa;]
(To them the great ocean also obtained this supreme dharma. Then he disappeared again, absorbed in Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-22))
The great ocean also received this supreme dharma from them. Then, absorbed in Nārāyaṇa, he disappeared once again. (12-336-22)
यदा भूयः श्रवणजा सृष्टिरासीन्महात्मनः। ब्रह्मणः पुरुषव्याघ्र तत्र कीर्तयतः शृणु ॥१२-३३६-२३॥
yadā bhūyaḥ śravaṇajā sṛṣṭir āsīn mahātmanaḥ। brahmaṇaḥ puruṣavyāghra tatra kīrtayataḥ śṛṇu ॥12-336-23॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; श्रवणजा (śravaṇajā) - born from hearing; सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahman; पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men; तत्र (tatra) - there; कीर्तयतः (kīrtayataḥ) - of the one who is praising; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen;]
(When again a creation born from hearing was (there) of the great soul Brahman, O tiger among men, there, of the one who is praising, listen.)
O tiger among men, listen there to the account of the creation born again from the hearing of the great soul Brahman. (12-336-23)
जगत्स्रष्टुमना देवो हरिर्नारायणः स्वयम्। चिन्तयामास पुरुषं जगत्सर्गकरं प्रभुः ॥१२-३३६-२४॥
jagatsraṣṭumanā devo harirnārāyaṇaḥ svayam। cintayāmāsa puruṣaṃ jagatsargakaraṃ prabhuḥ ॥12-336-24॥
[जगत् (jagat) - world; स्रष्टु (sraṣṭu) - to create; मना (manā) - having the mind intent on; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - pondered; पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - the person; जगत् (jagat) - world; सर्ग (sarga) - creation; करम् (karam) - maker; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]
(The god Hari Nārāyaṇa himself, having the mind intent on creating the world, pondered the person, the maker of the world's creation, the lord.)
Hari Nārāyaṇa, the god himself, desiring to create the world, contemplated the person who would be the creator of the world, the lord. (12-336-24)
अथ चिन्तयतस्तस्य कर्णाभ्यां पुरुषः सृतः। प्रजासर्गकरो ब्रह्मा तमुवाच जगत्पतिः ॥१२-३३६-२५॥
atha cintayatastasya karṇābhyāṃ puruṣaḥ sṛtaḥ। prajāsargakaro brahmā tamuvāca jagatpatiḥ ॥12-336-25॥
[अथ (atha) - then; चिन्तयतः (cintayataḥ) - of (him) thinking; तस्य (tasya) - his; कर्णाभ्यां (karṇābhyām) - from the two ears; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man; सृतः (sṛtaḥ) - emerged; प्रजासर्गकरः (prajāsargakaraḥ) - creator of the progeny; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; तम् (tam) - to him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; जगत्पतिः (jagatpatiḥ) - lord of the world;]
(Then, as he was thinking, from his two ears a man emerged; the creator of progeny, Brahmā, the lord of the world, said to him.)
Then, as he was contemplating, a man emerged from his two ears; Brahmā, the creator of beings and lord of the world, spoke to him. (12-336-25)
सृज प्रजाः पुत्र सर्वा मुखतः पादतस्तथा। श्रेयस्तव विधास्यामि बलं तेजश्च सुव्रत ॥१२-३३६-२६॥
sṛja prajāḥ putra sarvā mukhataḥ pādatastathā। śreyastava vidhāsyāmi balaṃ tejaśca suvrata ॥12-336-26॥
[सृज (sṛja) - create; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - offspring; पुत्र (putra) - son; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; मुखतः (mukhataḥ) - from the mouth; पादतः (pādataḥ) - from the feet; तथा (tathā) - thus; श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare; तव (tava) - your; विधास्यामि (vidhāsyāmi) - I shall arrange; बलं (balaṃ) - strength; तेजः (tejaḥ) - energy; च (ca) - and; सुव्रत (suvrata) - O well-vowed;]
(Create offspring, son, all, from the mouth, from the feet, thus; welfare your I shall arrange, strength, energy and, O well-vowed.)
O well-vowed son, create all offspring from the mouth and from the feet; I shall arrange your welfare, strength, and energy. (12-336-26)
धर्मं च मत्तो गृह्णीष्व सात्वतं नाम नामतः। तेन सर्वं कृतयुगं स्थापयस्व यथाविधि ॥१२-३३६-२७॥
dharmaṃ ca matto gṛhṇīṣva sātvataṃ nāma nāmataḥ। tena sarvaṃ kṛtayugaṃ sthāpayasva yathāvidhi ॥12-336-27॥
[धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - righteousness; duty; च (ca) - and; मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me; गृह्णीष्व (gṛhṇīṣva) - accept; take; सात्वतं (sātvataṃ) - Sātvata; (name of a tradition or law); नाम (nāma) - name; नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name; by designation; तेन (tena) - by that; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; everything; कृतयुगं (kṛtayugaṃ) - Kṛta Yuga; the age of truth; स्थापयस्व (sthāpayasva) - establish; set up; यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule; as prescribed;]
(Righteousness and from me accept Sātvata (name) by name; by that all Kṛta Yuga establish according to rule.)
Accept from me the righteousness called Sātvata by name; by that, establish the entire Kṛta Yuga according to the prescribed rule. (12-336-27)
ततो ब्रह्मा नमश्चक्रे देवाय हरिमेधसे। धर्मं चाग्र्यं स जग्राह सरहस्यं ससङ्ग्रहम् ॥ आरण्यकेन सहितं नारायणमुखोद्गतम् ॥१२-३३६-२८॥
tato brahmā namaścakre devāya harimedhase। dharmaṃ cāgryaṃ sa jagrāha sarahasyaṃ sasaṅgraham ॥ āraṇyakena sahitaṃ nārāyaṇamukhodgatam ॥12-336-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; नमः (namaḥ) - obeisance; चक्रे (cakre) - made; देवाय (devāya) - to the god; हरिमेधसे (harimedhase) - to Hari the wise; धर्मम् (dharmaṃ) - dharma; च (ca) - and; आग्र्यम् (āgryam) - supreme; सः (saḥ) - he; जग्राह (jagrāha) - accepted; सरहस्यं (sarahasyaṃ) - with secret; ससङ्ग्रहम् (sasaṅgraham) - with compendium; आरण्यकेन (āraṇyakena) - with the Āraṇyaka; सहितम् (sahitam) - together; नारायणमुखोद्गतम् (nārāyaṇamukhodgatam) - issued from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa;]
(Then Brahmā made obeisance to the god Hari the wise. He accepted the supreme dharma, with secret and compendium, together with the Āraṇyaka, issued from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-28))
Then Brahmā bowed to the god Hari, the wise one. He received the supreme dharma, containing its secrets and compendium, along with the Āraṇyaka, which had emerged from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-28)
उपदिश्य ततो धर्मं ब्रह्मणेऽमिततेजसे। तं कार्तयुगधर्माणं निराशीःकर्मसञ्ज्ञितम् ॥ जगाम तमसः पारं यत्राव्यक्तं व्यवस्थितम् ॥१२-३३६-२९॥
upadiśya tato dharmaṃ brahmaṇe'mitatejase। taṃ kārtayugadharmāṇaṃ nirāśīḥkarmasañjñitam ॥ jagāma tamasaḥ pāraṃ yatrāvyaktaṃ vyavasthitam ॥12-336-29॥
[उपदिश्य (upadiśya) - having instructed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - duty; ब्रह्मणे (brahmaṇe) - to Brahmā; अमिततेजसे (amitatejase) - of immeasurable splendor; तं (taṃ) - that; कार्तयुगधर्माणं (kārtayugadharmāṇam) - relating to the duties of the Kṛta Yuga; निराशीःकर्मसञ्ज्ञितम् (nirāśīḥkarmasañjñitam) - characterized by action without desire for results; जगाम (jagāma) - he went; तमसः (tamasaḥ) - of darkness; पारं (pāram) - the far shore; यत्र (yatra) - where; अव्यक्तं (avyaktam) - the unmanifest; व्यवस्थितम् (vyavasthitam) - is established;]
(Having instructed then duty to Brahmā of immeasurable splendor; that relating to the duties of the Kṛta Yuga, characterized by action without desire for results; he went to the far shore of darkness, where the unmanifest is established. (12-336-29))
After instructing Brahmā, who possesses immeasurable splendor, in the duties of the Kṛta Yuga—those characterized by action without desire for results—he went to the far shore of darkness, where the unmanifest is established. (12-336-29)
ततोऽथ वरदो देवो ब्रह्मलोकपितामहः। असृजत्स तदा लोकान्कृत्स्नान्स्थावरजङ्गमान् ॥१२-३३६-३०॥
tato'tha varado devo brahmalokapitāmahaḥ। asṛjatsa tadā lokānkṛtsnānsthāvarajaṅgamān ॥12-336-30॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from then; अथ (atha) - then; वरदः (varadaḥ) - the giver of boons; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; ब्रह्मलोकपितामहः (brahmalokapitāmahaḥ) - the grandsire of the world of Brahma; असृजत् (asṛjat) - created; स (sa) - he; तदा (tadā) - then; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; कृत्स्नान् (kṛtsnān) - all; स्थावरजङ्गमान् (sthāvarajaṅgamān) - immovable and movable (beings);]
(From then, then, the giver of boons, the god, the grandsire of the world of Brahma, created, he, then, worlds, all, immovable and movable (beings).)
Then, the boon-giving god, the grandsire of the world of Brahma, created all the worlds, both immovable and movable beings. (12-336-30)
ततः प्रावर्तत तदा आदौ कृतयुगं शुभम्। ततो हि सात्वतो धर्मो व्याप्य लोकानवस्थितः ॥१२-३३६-३१॥
tataḥ prāvartata tadā ādau kṛtayugaṃ śubham। tato hi sātvato dharmo vyāpya lokānavasthitaḥ ॥12-336-31॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from then; प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - arose; तदा (tadā) - then; आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning; कृतयुगं (kṛtayugaṃ) - Kṛta Yuga; शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious; ततः (tataḥ) - from then; हि (hi) - indeed; सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - of sattva (purity); धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; व्याप्य (vyāpya) - pervading; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ) - remained;]
(From then arose then in the beginning the auspicious Kṛta Yuga. From then indeed the dharma of sattva, pervading the worlds, remained. (12-336-31))
Then, at that time, the auspicious Kṛta Yuga began. From then, the dharma of purity indeed pervaded and remained throughout the worlds. (12-336-31)
तेनैवाद्येन धर्मेण ब्रह्मा लोकविसर्गकृत्। पूजयामास देवेशं हरिं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥१२-३३६-३२॥
tenaivaādyena dharmeṇa brahmā lokavisargakṛt। pūjayāmāsa deveśaṃ hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum ॥12-336-32॥
[तेनैव (tenaiva) - by that very; आद्येन (ādyena) - by the first; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by dharma; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; लोकविसर्गकृत् (lokavisargakṛt) - creator of the emission of worlds; पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - worshipped; देवेशं (deveśam) - the lord of the gods; हरिं (hariṃ) - Hari; नारायणं (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; प्रभुम् (prabhum) - the master;]
(By that very first dharma, Brahmā, creator of the emission of worlds, worshipped the lord of the gods, Hari, Nārāyaṇa, the master.)
By that very original dharma, Brahmā, the creator of the worlds, worshipped the lord of the gods, Hari, Nārāyaṇa, the supreme master. (12-336-32)
धर्मप्रतिष्ठाहेतोश्च मनुं स्वारोचिषं ततः। अध्यापयामास तदा लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥१२-३३६-३३॥
dharmapratiṣṭhāhetośca manuṃ svārociṣaṃ tataḥ। adhyāpayāmāsa tadā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ॥12-336-33॥
[धर्मप्रतिष्ठा (dharma-pratiṣṭhā) - establishment of dharma; हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of; cause; च (ca) - and; मनुं (manuṃ) - Manu; स्वारोचिषं (svārociṣam) - Svārociṣa (name of Manu); ततः (tataḥ) - then; after that; अध्यापयामास (adhyāpayāmāsa) - caused to be taught; instructed; तदा (tadā) - then; at that time; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; of the people; हितकाम्यया (hita-kāmyayā) - with the desire for welfare;]
(For the sake of the establishment of dharma and Manu Svārociṣa then caused to be taught at that time with the desire for the welfare of the worlds.)
Then, for the sake of establishing dharma, Manu Svārociṣa instructed (the people) at that time, desiring the welfare of the worlds. (12-336-33)
ततः स्वारोचिषः पुत्रं स्वयं शङ्खपदं नृप। अध्यापयत्पुराव्यग्रः सर्वलोकपतिर्विभुः ॥१२-३३६-३४॥
tataḥ svārociṣaḥ putraṃ svayaṃ śaṅkhapadaṃ nṛpa। adhyāpayat purā vyagraḥ sarvalokapatir vibhuḥ ॥12-336-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्वारोचिषः (svārociṣaḥ) - of Svārociṣa; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; स्वयं (svayaṃ) - himself; शङ्खपदं (śaṅkhapadaṃ) - Śaṅkhapada; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; अध्यापयत् (adhyāpayat) - taught; पुरा (purā) - formerly; व्यग्रः (vyagraḥ) - earnest; सर्वलोकपतिः (sarvalokapatiḥ) - lord of all worlds; विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the mighty one;]
(Then, the lord of all worlds, the mighty one, formerly, himself, O king, earnestly taught Śaṅkhapada, the son of Svārociṣa.)
Then, O king, the mighty lord of all worlds himself, in former times, earnestly taught Śaṅkhapada, the son of Svārociṣa. (12-336-34)
ततः शङ्खपदश्चापि पुत्रमात्मजमौरसम्। दिशापालं सुधर्माणमध्यापयत भारत ॥१२-३३६-३५॥
tataḥ śaṅkhapadaś cāpi putram ātmajam aurasam। diśāpālaṃ sudharmāṇam adhyāpayata bhārata ॥12-336-35॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शङ्खपदः (śaṅkhapadaḥ) - Śaṅkhapada (name); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - own-born; औरसम् (aurasam) - born from one's own body; दिशापालम् (diśāpālam) - guardian of the direction; सुधर्माणम् (sudharmāṇam) - Sudharmāṇa (name); अध्यापयत् (adhyāpayat) - caused to study; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Then Śaṅkhapada also caused his own son, born from his own body, Sudharmāṇa, the guardian of the direction, to study, O Bhārata.)
Then, O Bhārata, Śaṅkhapada also had his own son Sudharmāṇa, who was born from his own body and was the guardian of the direction, instructed. (12-336-35)
ततः सोऽन्तर्दधे भूयः प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे पुनः ॥१२-३३६-३५॥
tataḥ so'ntardadhe bhūyaḥ prāpte tretāyuge punaḥ ॥12-336-35॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; अन्तर्दधे (antardadhe) - disappeared; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived; त्रेतायुगे (tretāyuge) - in the Tretā Yuga; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Then he disappeared again; when the Tretā Yuga arrived, again.)
Then he disappeared; when the Tretā Yuga arrived, he appeared again. (12-336-35)
नासिक्यजन्मनि पुरा ब्रह्मणः पार्थिवोत्तम। धर्ममेतं स्वयं देवो हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः ॥ उज्जगारारविन्दाक्षो ब्रह्मणः पश्यतस्तदा ॥१२-३३६-३६॥
nāsikyajanmani purā brahmaṇaḥ pārthivottama। dharmam etaṃ svayaṃ devo harir nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ ॥ ujjagāra aravindākṣaḥ brahmaṇaḥ paśyataḥ tadā ॥12-336-36॥
[नासिक्यजन्मनि (nāsikyajanmani) - in the birth as a Nā́sikya; पुरा (purā) - formerly; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā; पार्थिवोत्तम (pārthivottama) - O best of kings; धर्मम् (dharmam) - this dharma; एतं (etaṃ) - this; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; उज्जगार (ujjagāra) - uttered; अरविन्दाक्षः (aravindākṣaḥ) - the lotus-eyed; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while seeing; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(In the birth as a Nā́sikya, formerly, O best of kings, this dharma, himself, the god Hari Nārāyaṇa, the lord, uttered, the lotus-eyed, while Brahmā was seeing, then.)
O best of kings, formerly, in the birth as a Nā́sikya, the lotus-eyed lord Hari Nārāyaṇa himself uttered this dharma while Brahmā was watching. (12-336-36)
सनत्कुमारो भगवांस्ततः प्राधीतवान्नृप। सनत्कुमारादपि च वीरणो वै प्रजापतिः ॥ कृतादौ कुरुशार्दूल धर्ममेतमधीतवान् ॥१२-३३६-३७॥
sanatkumāro bhagavāṃstataḥ prādhītavānnṛpa। sanatkumārādapi ca vīraṇo vai prajāpatiḥ ॥ kṛtādau kuruśārdūla dharmametamadhītavān ॥12-336-37॥
[सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumāra; (name of a sage); भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; the blessed one; ततः (tataḥ) - from him; thereafter; प्राधीतवान् (prādhītavān) - studied; learned; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; सनत्कुमारात् (sanatkumārāt) - from Sanatkumāra; अपि (api) - also; even; च (ca) - and; वीरणः (vīraṇaḥ) - Vīraṇa; (name); वै (vai) - indeed; truly; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati; lord of creatures; कृत-अदौ (kṛta-adau) - at the beginning of the Kṛta (age); कुरु-शार्दूल (kuru-śārdūla) - O tiger among Kurus; धर्मम् (dharmam) - this dharma; righteousness; एतम् (etam) - this; अधीतवान् (adhītavān) - studied; learned;]
(Sanatkumāra, the venerable, from him studied, O king. From Sanatkumāra also and Vīraṇa indeed, Prajāpati. At the beginning of the Kṛta age, O tiger among Kurus, this dharma, this, studied.)
Sanatkumāra, the venerable sage, studied this (dharma) from him, O king. From Sanatkumāra, Vīraṇa, the Prajāpati, also learned it. At the beginning of the Kṛta age, O tiger among Kurus, this dharma was studied. (12-336-37)
वीरणश्चाप्यधीत्यैनं रौच्याय मनवे ददौ। रौच्यः पुत्राय शुद्धाय सुव्रताय सुमेधसे ॥१२-३३६-३८॥
vīraṇaś cāpy adhītyainaṃ raucyāya manave dadau। raucyaḥ putrāya śuddhāya suvratāya sumedhase ॥12-336-38॥
[वीरणः (vīraṇaḥ) - Vīraṇa; (proper name); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अधीत्य (adhītya) - having studied; एनम् (enam) - this (text); रौच्याय (raucyāya) - to Raucya; मनवे (manave) - to Manu; ददौ (dadau) - gave; रौच्यः (raucyaḥ) - Raucya; (proper name); पुत्राय (putrāya) - to (his) son; शुद्धाय (śuddhāya) - to Śuddha; सुव्रताय (suvratāya) - to Suvrata; सुमेधसे (sumedhase) - to Sumedhas;]
(Vīraṇa also, having studied this, gave (it) to Raucya Manu. Raucya (gave it) to (his) son Śuddha, to Suvrata, to Sumedhas. (12-336-38))
Vīraṇa, after studying this, gave it to Raucya Manu. Raucya then gave it to his son Śuddha, to Suvrata, and to Sumedhas. (12-336-38)
कुक्षिनाम्नेऽथ प्रददौ दिशां पालाय धर्मिणे। ततः सोऽन्तर्दधे भूयो नारायणमुखोद्गतः ॥१२-३३६-३९॥
kukṣināmne'tha pradadau diśāṃ pālāya dharmiṇe। tataḥ so'ntardadhe bhūyo nārāyaṇamukhodgataḥ ॥12-336-39॥
[कुक्षिनाम्ने (kukṣināmne) - to Kukṣi by name; अथ (atha) - then; प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave; दिशां (diśām) - of the regions; पालाय (pālāya) - to the protector; धर्मिणे (dharmiṇe) - to the righteous; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; अन्तर्दधे (antardadhe) - disappeared; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; नारायणमुखोद्गतः (nārāyaṇamukhodgataḥ) - emerged from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa;]
(To Kukṣi by name, then gave of the regions to the protector, to the righteous. Then he disappeared again, emerged from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-39))
Then he gave the regions to Kukṣi, the righteous protector. After that, he again disappeared, having emerged from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-39)
अण्डजे जन्मनि पुनर्ब्रह्मणे हरियोनये। एष धर्मः समुद्भूतो नारायणमुखात्पुनः ॥१२-३३६-४०॥
aṇḍaje janmani punarbrahmaṇe hariyonaye। eṣa dharmaḥ samudbhūto nārāyaṇamukhāt punaḥ ॥12-336-40॥
[अण्डजे (aṇḍaje) - in the egg-born; (i.e., born from an egg); जन्मनि (janmani) - in the birth; (locative of janman); पुनर्ब्रह्मणे (punarbrahmaṇe) - again for Brahmā; (dative of Brahmā); हरियोनये (hariyonaye) - for the descent of Hari; (dative of hari-avatāra); एष (eṣa) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; (law, duty); समुद्भूतः (samudbhūtaḥ) - arisen; (having originated); नारायणमुखात् (nārāyaṇamukhāt) - from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(In the egg-born birth, again for Brahmā, for the descent of Hari, this dharma arisen from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa again.)
In the birth of the egg-born (Brahmā), again for Brahmā and for the descent of Hari, this dharma has arisen once more from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-40)
गृहीतो ब्रह्मणा राजन्प्रयुक्तश्च यथाविधि। अध्यापिताश्च मुनयो नाम्ना बर्हिषदो नृप ॥१२-३३६-४१॥
gṛhīto brahmaṇā rājan prayuktaś ca yathāvidhi। adhyāpitaś ca munayo nāmnā barhiṣado nṛpa ॥12-336-41॥
[गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - accepted; ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रयुक्तः (prayuktaḥ) - appointed; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - according to; विधि (vidhi) - rule; अध्यापिताः (adhyāpitāḥ) - taught; च (ca) - and; मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name; बर्हिषदः (barhiṣadaḥ) - Barhiṣads; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(Accepted by Brahmā, O king, and appointed according to rule; and taught, the sages by name Barhiṣads, O king.)
O king, having been accepted by Brahmā and appointed as per the rules, the sages known as the Barhiṣads were instructed, O king. (12-336-41)
बर्हिषद्भ्यश्च सङ्क्रान्तः सामवेदान्तगं द्विजम्। ज्येष्ठं नाम्नाभिविख्यातं ज्येष्ठसामव्रतो हरिः ॥१२-३३६-४२॥
barhiṣadbhyaś ca saṅkrāntaḥ sāmavedāntagaṃ dvijam। jyeṣṭhaṃ nāmnābhivikhyātaṃ jyeṣṭhasāmavratō hariḥ ॥12-336-42॥
[बर्हिषद्भ्यः (barhiṣadbhyaḥ) - from the barhiṣads (priests); च (ca) - and; सङ्क्रान्तः (saṅkrāntaḥ) - having entered; सामवेदान्तगम् (sāmavedāntagam) - reaching the end of the Sāmaveda; द्विजम् (dvijam) - twice-born (brāhmaṇa); ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest; नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name; अभिविख्यातम् (abhivikhyātam) - well-known; ज्येष्ठसामव्रतः (jyeṣṭhasāmavrataḥ) - having the vow of the eldest Sāman; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Viṣṇu);]
(From the barhiṣads and having entered, reaching the end of the Sāmaveda, the twice-born; the eldest, by name well-known, having the vow of the eldest Sāman, Hari.)
Hari, having entered from among the barhiṣads and attained the culmination of the Sāmaveda as the twice-born, became well-known by the name 'Jyeṣṭha', the eldest, and observed the vow of the eldest Sāman. (12-336-42)
ज्येष्ठाच्चाप्यनुसङ्क्रान्तो राजानमविकम्पनम्। अन्तर्दधे ततो राजन्नेष धर्मः प्रभोर्हरेः ॥१२-३३६-४३॥
jyeṣṭhāccāpyanusaṅkrānto rājānamavikampanam। antardadhe tato rājanneṣa dharmaḥ prabhorhareḥ ॥12-336-43॥
[ज्येष्ठात् (jyeṣṭhāt) - from Jyeṣṭha (the lunar month); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अनुसङ्क्रान्तः (anusaṅkrāntaḥ) - having passed over; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; अविकम्पनम् (avikampanam) - unshaken; अन्तर्दधे (antardadhe) - disappeared; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; प्रभोः (prabhoḥ) - of the Lord; हरेः (hareḥ) - of Hari (Viṣṇu);]
(From Jyeṣṭha and also having passed over, the king, unshaken, disappeared; then, O king, this is the duty of the Lord Hari.)
After the month of Jyeṣṭha had passed, the unshaken king disappeared; then, O king, this is the duty of Lord Hari. (12-336-43)
यदिदं सप्तमं जन्म पद्मजं ब्रह्मणो नृप। तत्रैष धर्मः कथितः स्वयं नारायणेन हि ॥१२-३३६-४४॥
yad idaṃ saptamaṃ janma padmajaṃ brahmaṇo nṛpa। tatra eṣa dharmaḥ kathitaḥ svayam nārāyaṇena hi ॥12-336-44॥
[यत् (yat) - which; इदं (idaṃ) - this; सप्तमं (saptamaṃ) - seventh; जन्म (janma) - birth; पद्मजं (padmajaṃ) - born from the lotus; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; तत्र (tatra) - there; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - has been told; स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself; नारायणेन (nārāyaṇena) - by Nārāyaṇa; हि (hi) - indeed;]
(Which this seventh birth, born from the lotus, of Brahmā, O king, there this dharma has been told by Nārāyaṇa himself indeed.)
O king, in regard to this seventh birth of Brahmā, who was born from the lotus, this dharma was indeed explained there by Nārāyaṇa himself. (12-336-44)
पितामहाय शुद्धाय युगादौ लोकधारिणे। पितामहश्च दक्षाय धर्ममेतं पुरा ददौ ॥१२-३३६-४५॥
pitāmahāya śuddhāya yugādau lokadhāriṇe। pitāmahaś ca dakṣāya dharmam etaṃ purā dadau ॥12-336-45॥
[पितामहाय (pitāmahāya) - to the Grandfather (Brahmā); शुद्धाय (śuddhāya) - to the pure one; युगादौ (yugādau) - at the beginning of the age; लोकधारिणे (lokadhāriṇe) - to the sustainer of the worlds; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the Grandfather (Brahmā); च (ca) - and; दक्षाय (dakṣāya) - to Dakṣa; धर्मम् (dharmam) - the dharma; एतं (etaṃ) - this; पुरा (purā) - formerly; ददौ (dadau) - gave;]
(To the Grandfather (Brahmā), to the pure one, at the beginning of the age, to the sustainer of the worlds. The Grandfather (Brahmā) also gave this dharma formerly to Dakṣa. (12-336-45))
At the beginning of the age, the pure Grandfather (Brahmā), the sustainer of the worlds, gave this dharma to Dakṣa in ancient times. (12-336-45)
ततो ज्येष्ठे तु दौहित्रे प्रादाद्दक्षो नृपोत्तम। आदित्ये सवितुर्ज्येष्ठे विवस्वाञ्जगृहे ततः ॥१२-३३६-४६॥
tato jyeṣṭhe tu dauhitre prādāddakṣo nṛpottama। āditye saviturjyeṣṭhe vivasvāñjagṛhe tataḥ ॥12-336-46॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ज्येष्ठे (jyeṣṭhe) - in the eldest; तु (tu) - but; दौहित्रे (dauhitre) - in the daughter's son; प्रादात् (prādāt) - gave; दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; नृप-उत्तम (nṛpa-uttama) - best of kings; आदित्ये (āditye) - to Āditya; सवितुः (savituḥ) - of Savitṛ; ज्येष्ठे (jyeṣṭhe) - the eldest; विवस्वान् (vivasvān) - Vivasvān; जगृहे (jagṛhe) - accepted; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(Then, in the eldest daughter's son, Dakṣa, the best of kings, gave. In Āditya, the eldest of Savitṛ, Vivasvān then accepted.)
Then Dakṣa, the best of kings, gave his eldest daughter to his daughter's son. Among the Ādityas, Vivasvān, the eldest son of Savitṛ, then accepted her. (12-336-46)
त्रेतायुगादौ च पुनर्विवस्वान्मनवे ददौ। मनुश्च लोकभूत्यर्थं सुतायेक्ष्वाकवे ददौ ॥१२-३३६-४७॥
tretāyugādau ca punar vivasvān manave dadau। manuś ca lokabhūtyarthaṃ sutāya ikṣvākave dadau ॥12-336-47॥
[त्रेतायुगादौ (tretāyugādau) - at the beginning of the Tretā Yuga; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punar) - again; विवस्वान् (vivasvān) - Vivasvān (the Sun); मनवे (manave) - to Manu; ददौ (dadau) - gave; मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu; च (ca) - and; लोकभूत्यर्थम् (lokabhūtyartham) - for the purpose of the welfare of the world; सुताय (sutāya) - to the son; इक्ष्वाकवे (ikṣvākave) - to Ikṣvāku; ददौ (dadau) - gave;]
(At the beginning of the Tretā Yuga and again, Vivasvān gave (it) to Manu. And Manu, for the purpose of the welfare of the world, gave (it) to his son Ikṣvāku. (12-336-47))
At the beginning of the Tretā Yuga, Vivasvān again gave it to Manu, and Manu, for the welfare of the world, gave it to his son Ikṣvāku. (12-336-47)
इक्ष्वाकुणा च कथितो व्याप्य लोकानवस्थितः। गमिष्यति क्षयान्ते च पुनर्नारायणं नृप ॥१२-३३६-४८॥
ikṣvākuṇā ca kathito vyāpya lokānavasthitaḥ। gamiṣyati kṣayānte ca punarnārāyaṇaṃ nṛpa ॥12-336-48॥
[इक्ष्वाकुणा (ikṣvākuṇā) - by Ikṣvāku; च (ca) - and; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - declared; व्याप्य (vyāpya) - having pervaded; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ) - remaining; गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go; क्षयान्ते (kṣayānte) - at the end of destruction; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; नारायणं (nārāyaṇam) - to Nārāyaṇa; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(By Ikṣvāku and declared, having pervaded the worlds, remaining, will go at the end of destruction and again to Nārāyaṇa, O king.)
O king, this was declared by Ikṣvāku: having pervaded and remained in the worlds, at the end of destruction, it will again return to Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-48)
व्रतिनां चापि यो धर्मः स ते पूर्वं नृपोत्तम। कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पितः ॥१२-३३६-४९॥
vratināṃ cāpi yo dharmaḥ sa te pūrvaṃ nṛpottama। kathito harigītāsu samāsavidhikalpitaḥ ॥12-336-49॥
[व्रतिनाम् (vratinām) - of those who observe vows; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; यः (yaḥ) - which; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; सः (sa) - that; ते (te) - to you; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before; नृप-उत्तम (nṛpa-uttama) - O best of kings; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - has been told; हरिगीतासु (harigītāsu) - in the songs of Hari; समास-विधि-कल्पितः (samāsa-vidhi-kalpitaḥ) - set forth by the rule of compendium;]
(O best of kings, the duty which is also of those who observe vows, that has been told to you before in the songs of Hari, set forth by the rule of compendium.)
O best of kings, the duty of those who observe vows has already been explained to you earlier in the songs of Hari, arranged according to the rules of compendium. (12-336-49)
नारदेन तु सम्प्राप्तः सरहस्यः ससङ्ग्रहः। एष धर्मो जगन्नाथात्साक्षान्नारायणान्नृप ॥१२-३३६-५०॥
nāradena tu samprāptaḥ sarahasyaḥ sasaṅgrahaḥ। eṣa dharmo jagannāthātsākṣānnārāyaṇānnṛpa ॥12-336-50॥
[नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada; तु (tu) - but; सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - obtained; सरहस्यः (sarahasyaḥ) - with secret; ससङ्ग्रहः (sasaṅgrahaḥ) - with collection; एष (eṣa) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; जगन्नाथात् (jagannāthāt) - from Jagannātha; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; नारायणात् (nārāyaṇāt) - from Nārāyaṇa; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(By Nārada but obtained with secret with collection. This dharma from Jagannātha directly from Nārāyaṇa, O king.)
O king, this dharma, complete with its secrets and collection, was obtained by Nārada directly from Jagannātha, that is, from Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-50)
एवमेष महान्धर्म आद्यो राजन्सनातनः। दुर्विज्ञेयो दुष्करश्च सात्वतैर्धार्यते सदा ॥१२-३३६-५१॥
evameṣa mahāndharma ādyo rājansanātanaḥ। durvijñeyo duṣkaraśca sātvatairdhāryate sadā ॥12-336-51॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; महान् (mahān) - great; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - law; आद्यः (ādyaḥ) - primordial; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal; दुर्विज्ञेयः (durvijñeyaḥ) - difficult to comprehend; दुष्करः (duṣkaraḥ) - difficult to perform; च (ca) - and; सात्वतैः (sātvataiḥ) - by the Sātvatas; धार्यते (dhāryate) - is upheld; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Thus this great law, primordial, O king, eternal, difficult to comprehend, and difficult to perform, is always upheld by the Sātvatas. (12-336-51))
Thus, O king, this great and eternal primordial law, though difficult to understand and practice, is always upheld by the Sātvatas. (12-336-51)
धर्मज्ञानेन चैतेन सुप्रयुक्तेन कर्मणा। अहिंसाधर्मयुक्तेन प्रीयते हरिरीश्वरः ॥१२-३३६-५२॥
dharmajñānena ca etena suprayuktena karmaṇā। ahiṁsā-dharma-yuktena prīyate harir īśvaraḥ ॥12-336-52॥
[धर्मज्ञानेन (dharmajñānena) - by knowledge of dharma; च (ca) - and; एतेन (etena) - by this; सुप्रयुक्तेन (suprayuktena) - well-applied; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; अहिंसाधर्मयुक्तेन (ahiṁsā-dharma-yuktena) - endowed with the dharma of non-violence; प्रीयते (prīyate) - is pleased; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - the Lord;]
(By knowledge of dharma and by this well-applied action endowed with the dharma of non-violence, Hari, the Lord, is pleased.)
Hari, the Lord, is pleased by actions that are well-applied with knowledge of dharma and endowed with the principle of non-violence. (12-336-52)
एकव्यूहविभागो वा क्वचिद्द्विव्यूहसञ्ज्ञितः। त्रिव्यूहश्चापि सङ्ख्यातश्चतुर्व्यूहश्च दृश्यते ॥१२-३३६-५३॥
ekavyūhavibhāgo vā kvacid dvivyūhasaṃjñitaḥ। trivyuhaś cāpi saṅkhyātaś caturvyūhaś ca dṛśyate ॥12-336-53॥
[एकव्यूहविभागः (ekavyūhavibhāgaḥ) - one-formation-division; वा (vā) - or; क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; द्विव्यूहसञ्ज्ञितः (dvivyūhasaṃjñitaḥ) - two-formation-designated; त्रिव्यूहः (trivyūhaḥ) - three-formation; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सङ्ख्यातः (saṅkhyātaḥ) - enumerated; चतुर्व्यूहः (caturvyūhaḥ) - four-formation; च (ca) - and; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen;]
(One-formation-division or somewhere two-formation-designated; three-formation and also enumerated; four-formation and is seen.)
Sometimes a single-formation division is seen, or in some places it is designated as two formations; three formations are also enumerated, and four formations are also seen. (12-336-53)
हरिरेव हि क्षेत्रज्ञो निर्ममो निष्कलस्तथा। जीवश्च सर्वभूतेषु पञ्चभूतगुणातिगः ॥१२-३३६-५४॥
harireva hi kṣetrajño nirmamo niṣkalastathā। jīvaśca sarvabhūteṣu pañcabhūtaguṇātigaḥ ॥12-336-54॥
[हरि (hari) - Vishnu; एव (eva) - indeed; हि (hi) - for; क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - knower of the field; निर्ममः (nirmamaḥ) - without possessiveness; निष्कलः (niṣkalaḥ) - without parts; तथा (tathā) - so; जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul; च (ca) - and; सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - in all beings; पञ्चभूतगुणातिगः (pañcabhūtaguṇātigaḥ) - transcending the qualities of the five elements;]
(Hari indeed for knower of the field without possessiveness without parts so. The individual soul and in all beings transcending the qualities of the five elements.)
Hari alone is truly the knower of the field, devoid of possessiveness and without parts. Likewise, the individual soul in all beings transcends the qualities of the five elements. (12-336-54)
मनश्च प्रथितं राजन्पञ्चेन्द्रियसमीरणम्। एष लोकनिधिर्धीमानेष लोकविसर्गकृत् ॥१२-३३६-५५॥
manaś ca prathitaṃ rājan pañcendriya-samīraṇam। eṣa loka-nidhir dhīmān eṣa loka-visarga-kṛt ॥12-336-55॥
[मनः (manaḥ) - mind; च (ca) - and; प्रथितम् (prathitam) - well-known; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पञ्च (pañca) - five; इन्द्रिय (indriya) - senses; समीरणम् (samīraṇam) - moving together; एष (eṣa) - this; लोक (loka) - world; निधिः (nidhiḥ) - treasure; धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent; एष (eṣa) - this; लोक (loka) - world; विसर्ग (visarga) - creation; कृत् (kṛt) - maker;]
(Mind and well-known O king five senses moving together. This world treasure intelligent this world creation maker.)
O king, the mind, which is well-known as the mover of the five senses, is the treasure of the world; this intelligent one is the creator of the world. (12-336-55)
अकर्ता चैव कर्ता च कार्यं कारणमेव च। यथेच्छति तथा राजन्क्रीडते पुरुषोऽव्ययः ॥१२-३३६-५६॥
akartā caiva kartā ca kāryaṃ kāraṇam-eva ca। yathecchati tathā rājan-krīḍate puruṣo'vyayaḥ ॥12-336-56॥
[अकर्ता (akartā) - non-doer; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कर्ता (kartā) - doer; च (ca) - and; कार्यं (kāryaṃ) - action; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - as; इच्छति (icchati) - desires; तथा (tathā) - so; राजन् (rājan) - O king; क्रीडते (krīḍate) - plays; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - imperishable;]
(Non-doer and indeed doer and action cause indeed and as desires so O king plays person imperishable.)
O king, the imperishable person, as he desires, thus plays, being both the non-doer and the doer, as well as the action and the cause. (12-336-56)
एष एकान्तिधर्मस्ते कीर्तितो नृपसत्तम। मया गुरुप्रसादेन दुर्विज्ञेयोऽकृतात्मभिः ॥ एकान्तिनो हि पुरुषा दुर्लभा बहवो नृप ॥१२-३३६-५७॥
eṣa ekāntidharmaste kīrtito nṛpasattama। mayā guruprasādena durvijñeyo'kṛtātmabhiḥ ॥ ekāntino hi puruṣā durlabhā bahavo nṛpa ॥12-336-57॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; एकान्तिधर्मः (ekāntidharmaḥ) - exclusive quality; ते (te) - to you; कीर्तितः (kīrtitaḥ) - has been declared; नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings; मया (mayā) - by me; गुरुप्रसादेन (guruprasādena) - by the grace of the teacher; दुर्विज्ञेयः (durvijñeyaḥ) - difficult to understand; अकृतात्मभिः (akṛtātmabhiḥ) - by those whose self is not disciplined; एकान्तिनः (ekāntinaḥ) - exclusive ones; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men; दुर्लभाः (durlabhāḥ) - rare; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(This exclusive quality has been declared to you, O best of kings, by me through the grace of the teacher; it is difficult to understand by those whose self is not disciplined. Indeed, exclusive men are rare, many, O king.)
O best of kings, this exclusive quality has been explained to you by me through the grace of the teacher; it is difficult to comprehend for those whose minds are undisciplined. Truly, men of exclusive devotion are rare, though many exist, O king. (12-336-57)
यद्येकान्तिभिराकीर्णं जगत्स्यात्कुरुनन्दन। अहिंसकैरात्मविद्भिः सर्वभूतहिते रतैः ॥ भवेत्कृतयुगप्राप्तिराशीःकर्मविवर्जितैः ॥१२-३३६-५८॥
yadyekāntibhirākīrṇaṃ jagatsyātkurunandana। ahiṃsakairātmavidbhiḥ sarvabhūtahite rataiḥ ॥ bhavetkṛtayugaprāptirāśīḥkarmavivarjitaiḥ ॥12-336-58॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; एकान्तिभिः (ekāntibhiḥ) - by those who are single-minded; आकीर्णं (ākīrṇam) - filled; जगत् (jagat) - world; स्यात् (syāt) - would be; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O joy of the Kurus; अहिंसकैः (ahiṃsakaiḥ) - by the non-violent; आत्मविद्भिः (ātmavidbhiḥ) - by the knowers of the self; सर्वभूतहिते (sarvabhūtahite) - in the welfare of all beings; रतैः (rataiḥ) - engaged; भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be; कृतयुगप्राप्तिः (kṛtayugaprāptiḥ) - attainment of the Kṛta Yuga; आशीःकर्मविवर्जितैः (āśīḥkarmavivarjitaiḥ) - by those free from acts of wishing;]
(If, O joy of the Kurus, the world were filled by those who are single-minded, by the non-violent, by the knowers of the self, engaged in the welfare of all beings, there would be the attainment of the Kṛta Yuga by those free from acts of wishing.)
O joy of the Kurus, if the world were filled with single-minded, non-violent knowers of the self, devoted to the welfare of all beings and free from acts of wishing, then the Kṛta Yuga would be attained. (12-336-58)
एवं स भगवान्व्यासो गुरुर्मम विशां पते। कथयामास धर्मज्ञो धर्मराज्ञे द्विजोत्तमः ॥१२-३३६-५९॥
evaṁ sa bhagavān vyāso gurur mama viśāṁ pate। kathayām āsa dharmajño dharmarājñe dvijottamaḥ ॥12-336-59॥
[एवं (evaṁ) - thus; स (sa) - he; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; मम (mama) - my; विशाम् (viśām) - of the peoples; पते (pate) - O lord; कथयाम् (kathayām) - narrated; आस (āsa) - did; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; धर्मराज्ञे (dharmarājñe) - to Dharmarāja; द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - best of the twice-born;]
(Thus he, the venerable Vyāsa, my teacher, O lord of the peoples, narrated, the knower of dharma, to Dharmarāja, the best of the twice-born.)
Thus, O lord of the people, the venerable Vyāsa, my teacher, who is the best of the twice-born and knower of dharma, narrated to Dharmarāja. (12-336-59)
ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजञ्शृण्वतोः कृष्णभीष्मयोः। तस्याप्यकथयत्पूर्वं नारदः सुमहातपाः ॥१२-३३६-६०॥
ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājañśṛṇvatoḥ kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ। tasyāpyakathayatpūrvaṃ nāradaḥ sumahātapāḥ ॥12-336-60॥
[ऋषीणां (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages; संनिधौ (saṃnidhau) - in the presence; राजन् (rājan) - O king; शृण्वतोः (śṛṇvatoḥ) - while listening (dual); कृष्णभीष्मयोः (kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ) - of Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma (dual); तस्यापि (tasyāpi) - of him also; अकथयत् (akathayat) - narrated; पूर्वं (pūrvam) - formerly; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - of great austerity;]
(Of the sages in the presence, O king, while listening (dual) of Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma; of him also, narrated formerly, Nārada, of great austerity. (12-336-60))
O king, in the presence of the sages, while Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma were listening, Nārada, who is of great austerity, also narrated this formerly. (12-336-60)
देवं परमकं ब्रह्म श्वेतं चन्द्राभमच्युतम्। यत्र चैकान्तिनो यान्ति नारायणपरायणाः ॥१२-३३६-६१॥
devaṃ paramakaṃ brahma śvetaṃ candrābhamacyutam। yatra caikāntino yānti nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ ॥12-336-61॥
[देवं (devaṃ) - divine; god; परमकं (paramakaṃ) - supreme; highest; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; absolute reality; श्वेतं (śvetam) - white; pure; चन्द्राभम् (candrābham) - moon-like lustre; having the radiance of the moon; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - imperishable; infallible; यत्र (yatra) - where; च (ca) - and; एकान्तिनः (ekāntinaḥ) - single-minded; devoted; यान्ति (yānti) - go; reach; नारायणपरायणाः (nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ) - those whose supreme goal is Nārāyaṇa; devoted to Nārāyaṇa;]
(The divine, supreme Brahman, white, with the radiance of the moon, imperishable; where also the single-minded devoted, whose supreme goal is Nārāyaṇa, go.)
That divine, supreme Brahman, white and radiant like the moon, imperishable, is the place where those single-minded devotees whose supreme goal is Nārāyaṇa go. (12-336-61)
जनमेजय उवाच॥
janamejaya uvāca॥
[जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; (a proper name;) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Janamejaya said;)
Janamejaya said.
एवं बहुविधं धर्मं प्रतिबुद्धैर्निषेवितम्। न कुर्वन्ति कथं विप्रा अन्ये नानाव्रते स्थिताः ॥१२-३३६-६२॥
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ dharmaṃ pratibuddhairniṣevitam। na kurvanti kathaṃ viprā anye nānāvrate sthitāḥ ॥12-336-62॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; बहुविधं (bahuvidhaṃ) - of many kinds; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - dharma; प्रतिबुद्धैः (pratibuddhaiḥ) - by those who are awakened; निषेवितम् (niṣevitam) - practiced; न (na) - not; कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - do perform; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - brāhmaṇas; अन्ये (anye) - others; नानाव्रते (nānāvrate) - engaged in various vows; स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - situated;]
(Thus, the dharma of many kinds practiced by those who are awakened; how do other brāhmaṇas, situated in various vows, not perform (it)?)
Thus, the many kinds of dharma practiced by the awakened—how is it that other brāhmaṇas, engaged in various vows, do not perform them? (12-336-62)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
तिस्रः प्रकृतयो राजन्देहबन्धेषु निर्मिताः। सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति भारत ॥१२-३३६-६३॥
tisraḥ prakṛtayo rājan dehabandheṣu nirmitāḥ। sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti bhārata ॥12-336-63॥
[तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three; प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - natures; राजन् (rājan) - O king; देहबन्धेषु (dehabandheṣu) - in bodily bonds; निर्मिताः (nirmitāḥ) - formed; सात्त्विकी (sāttvikī) - of sattva; राजसी (rājasī) - of rajas; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तामसी (tāmasī) - of tamas; च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(Three natures, O king, are formed in bodily bonds: of sattva, of rajas, and of tamas, thus, O descendant of Bharata.)
O king, three natures are formed in the bonds of the body: sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic—thus it is, O Bharata. (12-336-63)
देहबन्धेषु पुरुषः श्रेष्ठः कुरुकुलोद्वह। सात्त्विकः पुरुषव्याघ्र भवेन्मोक्षार्थनिश्चितः ॥१२-३३६-६४॥
dehabandheṣu puruṣaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kurukulodvaha। sāttvikaḥ puruṣavyāghra bhavenmokṣārthanicchitaḥ ॥12-336-64॥
[देह (deha) - body; बन्धेषु (bandheṣu) - in bonds; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best; कुरुकुलोद्वह (kurukulodvaha) - O uplifter of the Kuru lineage; सात्त्विकः (sāttvikaḥ) - possessed of sattva; पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men; भवेत् (bhavet) - should be; मोक्षार्थ (mokṣārtha) - for the sake of liberation; निश्चितः (niścitaḥ) - determined;]
(In the bonds of the body, the person, best, O uplifter of the Kuru lineage, possessed of sattva, O tiger among men, should be determined for the sake of liberation.)
O best among men, O uplifter of the Kuru lineage, one who is possessed of sattva, O tiger among men, should be firmly determined for liberation even while bound in the body. (12-336-64)
अत्रापि स विजानाति पुरुषं ब्रह्मवर्तिनम्। नारायणपरो मोक्षस्ततो वै सात्त्विकः स्मृतः ॥१२-३३६-६५॥
atrāpi sa vijānāti puruṣaṃ brahmavartinam। nārāyaṇaparo mokṣastato vai sāttvikaḥ smṛtaḥ ॥12-336-65॥
[अत्रापि (atrāpi) - here also; स (sa) - he; विजानाति (vijānāti) - knows; पुरुषं (puruṣam) - person; ब्रह्मवर्तिनम् (brahmavartinam) - engaged in Brahman; नारायणपरो (nārāyaṇaparaḥ) - devoted to Nārāyaṇa; मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation; ततः (tataḥ) - from that; वै (vai) - indeed; सात्त्विकः (sāttvikaḥ) - of sattva (goodness); स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is remembered;]
(Here also he knows the person engaged in Brahman. Devoted to Nārāyaṇa, liberation from that indeed is remembered as of sattva (goodness).)
Here too, he recognizes the person engaged in Brahman. Liberation attained by one devoted to Nārāyaṇa is indeed regarded as sāttvika (of the quality of goodness). (12-336-65)
मनीषितं च प्राप्नोति चिन्तयन्पुरुषोत्तमम्। एकान्तभक्तिः सततं नारायणपरायणः ॥१२-३३६-६६॥
manīṣitaṃ ca prāpnoti cintayanpuruṣottamam। ekāntabhaktiḥ satataṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ ॥12-336-66॥
[मनीषितं (manīṣitam) - desired; sought after; च (ca) - and; प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains; obtains; चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - contemplating; thinking; पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - the Supreme Person; the highest being; एकान्तभक्तिः (ekāntabhaktiḥ) - exclusive devotion; सततं (satataṃ) - always; continuously; नारायणपरायणः (nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ) - one whose supreme goal is Nārāyaṇa;]
(Desiring and attains, contemplating the Supreme Person; with exclusive devotion, always, one whose supreme goal is Nārāyaṇa.)
By contemplating the Supreme Person, one attains what is desired; with exclusive devotion, always devoted to Nārāyaṇa, (12-336-66).
मनीषिणो हि ये केचिद्यतयो मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणः। तेषां वै छिन्नतृष्णानां योगक्षेमवहो हरिः ॥१२-३३६-६७॥
manīṣiṇo hi ye kecid yatayo mokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ। teṣāṃ vai chinnatṛṣṇānāṃ yogakṣemavaho hariḥ ॥12-336-67॥
[मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones; हि (hi) - indeed; ये (ye) - who; केचित् (kecit) - some; यतयः (yatayaḥ) - ascetics; मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणः (mokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - desiring liberation; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; वै (vai) - indeed; छिन्नतृष्णानाम् (chinnatṛṣṇānām) - of those whose thirst (desire) is cut; योगक्षेमवहः (yogakṣemavahaḥ) - bearer of acquisition and preservation; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Viṣṇu);]
(Wise ones indeed who some ascetics desiring liberation; of them indeed of those whose thirst is cut; bearer of acquisition and preservation Hari;)
Indeed, among all the wise, those ascetics who desire liberation—of those whose desires have been cut off, Hari (Viṣṇu) is truly the bearer of their acquisition and preservation. (12-336-67)
जायमानं हि पुरुषं यं पश्येन्मधुसूदनः। सात्त्विकस्तु स विज्ञेयो भवेन्मोक्षे च निश्चितः ॥१२-३३६-६८॥
jāyamānaṃ hi puruṣaṃ yaṃ paśyen madhusūdanaḥ। sāttvikas tu sa vijñeyo bhaven mokṣe ca niścitaḥ ॥12-336-68॥
[जायमानं (jāyamānam) - being born; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरुषं (puruṣam) - person; यं (yaṃ) - whom; पश्येत् (paśyet) - may see; मधुसूदनः (madhusūdanaḥ) - Madhusūdana; सात्त्विकः (sāttvikaḥ) - possessed of sattva; तु (tu) - but; स (sa) - he; विज्ञेयः (vijñeyaḥ) - to be known; भवेत् (bhavet) - should be; मोक्षे (mokṣe) - in liberation; च (ca) - and; निश्चितः (niścitaḥ) - certain;]
(Being born indeed person whom may see Madhusūdana; possessed of sattva but he to be known should be in liberation and certain.)
Indeed, the person whom Madhusūdana sees at birth should be known as possessed of sattva; he is certain to attain liberation. (12-336-68)
साङ्ख्ययोगेन तुल्यो हि धर्म एकान्तसेवितः। नारायणात्मके मोक्षे ततो यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥१२-३३६-६९॥
sāṅkhyayogena tulyo hi dharma ekāntasevitaḥ। nārāyaṇātmake mokṣe tato yānti parāṃ gatim ॥12-336-69॥
[साङ्ख्ययोगेन (sāṅkhyayogena) - by Sāṅkhya-yoga; तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal; हि (hi) - indeed; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; एकान्तसेवितः (ekāntasevitaḥ) - exclusively practiced; नारायणात्मके (nārāyaṇātmake) - in that which has Nārāyaṇa as its essence; मोक्षे (mokṣe) - in liberation; ततः (tataḥ) - from that; यान्ति (yānti) - they go; पराम् (parām) - supreme; गतिम् (gatim) - state;]
(By Sāṅkhya-yoga, equal indeed is the duty exclusively practiced; in that which has Nārāyaṇa as its essence, in liberation, from that they go to the supreme state.)
The duty that is exclusively practiced through Sāṅkhya-yoga is indeed equal; in liberation, which has Nārāyaṇa as its essence, from that they attain the supreme state. (12-336-69)
नारायणेन दृष्टश्च प्रतिबुद्धो भवेत्पुमान्। एवमात्मेच्छया राजन्प्रतिबुद्धो न जायते ॥१२-३३६-७०॥
nārāyaṇena dṛṣṭaś ca pratibuddho bhavet pumān। evam ātmechchhayā rājan pratibuddho na jāyate ॥12-336-70॥
[नारायणेन (nārāyaṇena) - by Nārāyaṇa; दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen; च (ca) - and; प्रतिबुद्धः (pratibuddhaḥ) - awakened; भवेत् (bhavet) - may become; पुमान् (pumān) - man; एवम् (evam) - thus; आत्मेच्छया (ātmechchhayā) - by one's own will; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रतिबुद्धः (pratibuddhaḥ) - awakened; न (na) - not; जायते (jāyate) - is born;]
(By Nārāyaṇa seen and awakened may become man. Thus by one's own will, O king, awakened is not born.)
A man becomes awakened when seen by Nārāyaṇa; but, O king, one is not awakened by his own will. (12-336-70)
राजसी तामसी चैव व्यामिश्रे प्रकृती स्मृते। तदात्मकं हि पुरुषं जायमानं विशां पते ॥ प्रवृत्तिलक्षणैर्युक्तं नावेक्षति हरिः स्वयम् ॥१२-३३६-७१॥
rājasī tāmasī caiva vyāmiśre prakṛtī smṛte। tadātmakaṃ hi puruṣaṃ jāyamānaṃ viśāṃ pate॥ pravṛttilakṣaṇairyuktaṃ nāvekṣati hariḥ svayam॥12-336-71॥
[राजसी (rājasī) - of the quality of passion; तामसी (tāmasī) - of the quality of darkness; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; व्यामिश्रे (vyāmiśre) - mixed; प्रकृती (prakṛtī) - natures; स्मृते (smṛte) - are considered; तदात्मकं (tadātmakaṃ) - of that nature; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरुषं (puruṣaṃ) - person; जायमानं (jāyamānaṃ) - being born; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; प्रवृत्तिलक्षणैः (pravṛttilakṣaṇaiḥ) - with the characteristics of activity; युक्तं (yuktaṃ) - endowed; न (na) - not; अवेक्षति (avekṣati) - regards; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself;]
(The passionate, the dark, and indeed the mixed natures are considered. Of that nature indeed, the person being born, O lord of men, endowed with the characteristics of activity, Hari himself does not regard.)
The natures called passionate, dark, and mixed are recognized. A person born with such a nature, O lord of men, and endowed with the characteristics of activity, is not regarded by Hari himself. (12-336-71)
पश्यत्येनं जायमानं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। रजसा तमसा चैव मानुषं समभिप्लुतम् ॥१२-३३६-७२॥
paśyaty enaṃ jāyamānaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ। rajasā tamasā caiva mānuṣaṃ samabhiplutam ॥12-336-72॥
[पश्यति (paśyati) - sees; एनम् (enam) - this; जायमानम् (jāyamānam) - being born; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - grandfather of the worlds; रजसा (rajasā) - by rajas (passion); तमसा (tamasā) - by tamas (darkness); च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human; समभिप्लुतम् (samabhiplutam) - completely pervaded;]
(Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, sees this human being being born, completely pervaded by rajas and tamas indeed.)
Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds, observes this human being at birth, thoroughly enveloped by rajas and tamas. (12-336-72)
कामं देवाश्च ऋषयः सत्त्वस्था नृपसत्तम। हीनाः सत्त्वेन सूक्ष्मेण ततो वैकारिकाः स्मृताः ॥१२-३३६-७३॥
kāmaṃ devāś ca ṛṣayaḥ sattvasthā nṛpasattama। hīnāḥ sattvena sūkṣmeṇa tato vaikārikāḥ smṛtāḥ ॥12-336-73॥
[कामं (kāmaṃ) - indeed; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; च (ca) - and; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - seers; सत्त्वस्था (sattvasthā) - abiding in sattva; नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings; हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - devoid; सत्त्वेन (sattvena) - by sattva; सूक्ष्मेण (sūkṣmeṇa) - subtle; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; वैकारिकाः (vaikārikāḥ) - those of vikāra (modification); स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are remembered;]
(Indeed, gods and seers abiding in sattva, O best of kings, those devoid of subtle sattva, therefore, are remembered as vaikārikas. ॥12-336-73॥)
O best of kings, the gods and seers who dwell in sattva are called vaikārikas, but those lacking subtle sattva are also remembered as such. (12-336-73)
जनमेजय उवाच॥
janamejaya uvāca॥
[जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; (a proper name;) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Janamejaya said;)
Janamejaya said.
कथं वैकारिको गच्छेत्पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमम्। वैशम्पायन उवाच ॥१२-३३६-७४॥
kathaṁ vaikāriko gacchet puruṣaḥ puruṣottamam। vaiśampāyana uvāca ॥12-336-74॥
[कथं (kathaṁ) - how; वैकारिकः (vaikārikaḥ) - one born of vikāra (modification); गच्छेत् (gacchet) - might go; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - to the Supreme Person; वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(How might a person born of modification go to the Supreme Person? Vaiśampāyana said.)
Vaiśampāyana said, "How can a person, born of modification, reach the Supreme Person?" (12-336-74)
सुसूक्ष्मसत्त्वसंयुक्तं संयुक्तं त्रिभिरक्षरैः। पुरुषः पुरुषं गच्छेन्निष्क्रियः पञ्चविंशकम् ॥१२-३३६-७५॥
susūkṣmasattvasaṃyuktaṃ saṃyuktaṃ tribhirakṣaraiḥ। puruṣaḥ puruṣaṃ gacchenniṣkriyaḥ pañcaviṃśakam ॥12-336-75॥
[सुसूक्ष्म (susūkṣma) - very subtle; सत्त्व (sattva) - essence; संयुक्तं (saṃyuktaṃ) - joined; संयुक्तं (saṃyuktaṃ) - joined; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; अक्षरैः (akṣaraiḥ) - syllables; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; पुरुषं (puruṣaṃ) - person; गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go; निष्क्रियः (niṣkriyaḥ) - inactive; पञ्चविंशकम् (pañcaviṃśakam) - the twenty-fifth;]
(Very subtle essence joined, joined with three syllables; the person should go to the person, inactive, the twenty-fifth.)
The very subtle essence, joined and combined with three syllables, the person (spirit) should reach the person (spirit), being inactive, the twenty-fifth. (12-336-75)
एवमेकं साङ्ख्ययोगं वेदारण्यकमेव च। परस्पराङ्गान्येतानि पञ्चरात्रं च कथ्यते ॥ एष एकान्तिनां धर्मो नारायणपरात्मकः ॥१२-३३६-७६॥
evamekaṃ sāṅkhyayogaṃ vedāraṇyakameva ca। parasparāṅgānyetāni pañcarātraṃ ca kathyate ॥ eṣa ekāntināṃ dharmo nārāyaṇaparātmakaḥ ॥12-336-76॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एकम् (ekam) - one; साङ्ख्ययोगम् (sāṅkhyayogam) - Sāṅkhya and Yoga; वेदारण्यकम् (vedāraṇyakam) - Vedāraṇyaka; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; परस्पराङ्गानि (parasparāṅgāni) - mutual limbs; एतानि (etāni) - these; पञ्चरात्रम् (pañcarātram) - Pañcarātra; च (ca) - and; कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said; एष (eṣa) - this; एकान्तिनाम् (ekāntinām) - of the single-minded; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; नारायणपरात्मकः (nārāyaṇaparātmakaḥ) - having Nārāyaṇa as the supreme essence;]
(Thus, one Sāṅkhya-Yoga, Vedāraṇyaka indeed and; these mutual limbs, Pañcarātra and is said. This is the duty of the single-minded, having Nārāyaṇa as the supreme essence. (12-336-76))
Thus, Sāṅkhya-Yoga, Vedāraṇyaka, and Pañcarātra are said to be mutually related; this is the duty of the single-minded, whose supreme essence is Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-76)
यथा समुद्रात्प्रसृता जलौघा; स्तमेव राजन्पुनराविशन्ति। इमे तथा ज्ञानमहाजलौघा; नारायणं वै पुनराविशन्ति ॥१२-३३६-७७॥
yathā samudrātprasṛtā jalaughā; stameva rājanpunarāviśanti। ime tathā jñānamahājalaughā; nārāyaṇaṃ vai punarāviśanti ॥12-336-77॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; समुद्रात् (samudrāt) - from the ocean; प्रसृता (prasṛtā) - having flowed forth; जलौघा (jalaughā) - streams of water; स्तम् (tam) - that; एव (eva) - indeed; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - enter; इमे (ime) - these; तथा (tathā) - in the same way; ज्ञानमहाजलौघा (jñānamahājalaughā) - great streams of knowledge; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; वै (vai) - indeed; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - enter;]
(Just as from the ocean, having flowed forth, streams of water, that indeed, O king, again enter; these in the same way, great streams of knowledge, Nārāyaṇa indeed again enter.)
Just as streams of water that have flowed from the ocean, O king, return again to that very ocean, so too do these great streams of knowledge return again to Nārāyaṇa. (12-336-77)
एष ते कथितो धर्मः सात्वतो यदुबान्धव। कुरुष्वैनं यथान्यायं यदि शक्नोषि भारत ॥१२-३३६-७८॥
eṣa te kathito dharmaḥ sātvato yadubāndhava। kuruṣva enaṃ yathā-nyāyaṃ yadi śaknoṣi bhārata ॥12-336-78॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; ते (te) - to you; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - declared; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - of the Sātvata; यदुबान्धव (yadubāndhava) - O kinsman of the Yadus; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do; एनम् (enam) - this; यथा (yathā) - as; न्यायम् (nyāyam) - justice; यदि (yadi) - if; शक्नोषि (śaknoṣi) - you are able; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(This to you declared duty of the Sātvata, O kinsman of the Yadus; do this as justice, if you are able, O descendant of Bharata.)
This is the duty of the Sātvata that has been declared to you, O kinsman of the Yadus. Do this according to justice, if you are able, O descendant of Bharata. (12-336-78)
एवं हि सुमहाभागो नारदो गुरवे मम। श्वेतानां यतिनामाह एकान्तगतिमव्ययाम् ॥१२-३३६-७९॥
evaṃ hi sumahābhāgo nārado gurave mama। śvetānāṃ yatinām āha ekāntagatim avyayām ॥12-336-79॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; हि (hi) - indeed; सुमहाभागः (sumahābhāgaḥ) - very highly fortunate one; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; गुरवे (gurave) - to the teacher; मम (mama) - my; श्वेतानाम् (śvetānām) - of the Śvetas; यतिनाम् (yatinām) - of the ascetics; आह (āha) - said; एकान्तगतिम् (ekāntagatim) - the ultimate state; अव्ययाम् (avyayām) - imperishable;]
(Thus indeed the very highly fortunate Nārada said to my teacher the imperishable ultimate state of the Śveta ascetics.)
Thus, the most fortunate Nārada described to my teacher the imperishable, ultimate state of the Śveta ascetics. (12-336-79)
व्यासश्चाकथयत्प्रीत्या धर्मपुत्राय धीमते। स एवायं मया तुभ्यमाख्यातः प्रसृतो गुरोः ॥१२-३३६-८०॥
vyāsaś cākathayat prītyā dharmaputrāya dhīmate। sa evāyaṃ mayā tubhyam ākhyātaḥ prasṛto guroḥ ॥12-336-80॥
[व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; (the sage); च (ca) - and; अकथयत् (akathayat) - spoke; narrated; प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection; with love; धर्मपुत्राय (dharmaputrāya) - to Dharmaputra; (Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma); धीमते (dhīmate) - to the wise; intelligent; सः (saḥ) - he; एव (eva) - indeed; just; अयम् (ayam) - this; मया (mayā) - by me; तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you; आख्यातः (ākhyātaḥ) - told; declared; प्रसृतः (prasṛtaḥ) - extended; delivered; गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the teacher; of the guru;]
(Vyāsa and spoke with affection to Dharmaputra, the wise; he indeed this by me to you told, extended of the teacher.)
Vyāsa, with affection, narrated to the wise Dharmaputra; this same account, as extended by the teacher, has now been told to you by me. (12-336-80)
इत्थं हि दुश्चरो धर्म एष पार्थिवसत्तम। यथैव त्वं तथैवान्ये न भजन्ति विमोहिताः ॥१२-३३६-८१॥
itthaṁ hi duścaro dharma eṣa pārthivasattama। yathaiva tvaṁ tathaivānye na bhajanti vimohitāḥ ॥12-336-81॥
[इत्थं (ittham) - thus; in this way; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; दुश्चरः (duścaraḥ) - difficult to practice; hard to perform; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; righteousness; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; पार्थिवसत्तम (pārthivasattama) - O best among kings; यथा (yathā) - just as; in the manner; एव (eva) - indeed; exactly; त्वम् (tvam) - you; तथा (tathā) - so; in that way; एव (eva) - indeed; exactly; अन्ये (anye) - others; न (na) - not; भजन्ति (bhajanti) - follow; practice; विमोहिताः (vimohitāḥ) - deluded; confused;]
(Thus indeed difficult to practice is this dharma, O best among kings; just as you, so indeed others, deluded, do not practice.)
O best of kings, this dharma is indeed difficult to practice in this way; just as you do, others who are deluded do not follow it. (12-336-81)
कृष्ण एव हि लोकानां भावनो मोहनस्तथा। संहारकारकश्चैव कारणं च विशां पते ॥१२-३३६-८२॥
kṛṣṇa eva hi lokānāṃ bhāvano mohanas tathā। saṃhārakārakaś caiva kāraṇaṃ ca viśāṃ pate ॥12-336-82॥
[कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; (the dark one, name of the deity); एव (eva) - indeed; only; verily; हि (hi) - for; indeed; surely; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; of the people; भावनः (bhāvanaḥ) - creator; producer; originator; मोहनः (mohanaḥ) - deluder; bewilderer; तथा (tathā) - also; likewise; in that way; संहारकारकः (saṃhārakārakaḥ) - destroyer; agent of dissolution; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; only; verily; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause; reason; च (ca) - and; विशाम् (viśām) - of men; of people; पते (pate) - O lord; O master;]
(Kṛṣṇa indeed for of the worlds creator deluder also destroyer agent and indeed cause and of men O lord.)
O lord of men, Kṛṣṇa alone is indeed the creator of the worlds, the deluder as well as the destroyer, and also the cause. (12-336-82)
