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Book 12 – Chapter 175
BORI CE: 12-175-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-009-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच कुत: सृष्टमिदं विश्वं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Whence has this universe, consisting of mobile and immobile creatures, originated? Whom does it go to when it is destroyed? Tell me this, O grandfather. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-002 ससागरः सगगनः सशैलः सबलाहकः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-002 ससागरः सगगन सशैलः सबलाहकः |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, by whom has this universe with its oceans, its sky, its mountains, its clouds, its lands, its fire, and its wind, been created. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-003 कथं सृष्टानि भूतानि कथं वर्णविभक्तयः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-003 कथं सृष्टानि भूतानि कथं वर्णविभक्तयः |
M. N. Dutt: How were all objects created? Whence has this division of creatures originated? Whence are their purity and impurity, and the laws about virtue and vice? |
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BORI CE: 12-175-004 कीदृशो जीवतां जीवः क्व वा गच्छन्ति ये मृताः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-004 कीदृशो जीवतां जीवः क्व वा गच्छन्ति ये मृताः |
M. N. Dutt: Of what nature is the life of living creatures? Where also do they go who die? Tell us everything about this and the next world. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-005 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-009-005 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishina said Regarding it is cited the old discourse of the sacred words the Bhrigu said in reply to the questions of Bharadwaja addressed him thusकैलासशिखरे दृष्ट्वा दीप्यमानं महौजसम्। |
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BORI CE: 12-175-006 कैलासशिखरे दृष्ट्वा दीप्यमानमिवौजसा |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 08-009-006 भृगु महर्षिमासीनं भरद्वाजोऽन्वपृच्छत् |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing the sage Bhrigu, endued with high power and effulgent seated on the peak of Kailasa mountain, Bharadvaja said him |
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BORI CE: 12-175-007 ससागरः सगगनः सशैलः सबलाहकः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-007 ससागर: सगगनः सशैल: सबलाहकः |
M. N. Dutt: Bharadwaja said By whom was this world its ocean, its sky, its mountains, its clouds, its lands, its fire, and its wind, created? |
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BORI CE: 12-175-008 कथं सृष्टानि भूतानि कथं वर्णविभक्तयः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-008 कथं सृष्टानि भूतानि कथं वर्णविभक्तयः |
M. N. Dutt: How were all creatures first created? Whence originated this distinction of castes? Whence the purity and the impurity of conduct, and whence the laws about virtue and vice, for living creatures? |
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BORI CE: 12-175-009 कीदृशो जीवतां जीवः क्व वा गच्छन्ति ये मृताः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-009 कीदृशो जीवतां जीवः क्व वा गच्छन्ति ये मृताः |
M. N. Dutt: What type of individual soul is of the living creatures? Where they go after the death. What is this and next world? You are able to explain all the things. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-010 एवं स भगवान्पृष्टो भरद्वाजेन संशयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-009-010 एवं स भगवान् पृष्टो भरद्वाजेन संशयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus accosted about his doubts by Bharadwaja, the illustrious and twice-born Rishi Bhrigu who took after Brahma itself, replied to him thus. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-011 मानसो नाम विख्यातः श्रुतपूर्वो महर्षिभिः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-011 भृगुरुवाच मानसो नाम विख्यातः श्रुतपूर्वो महर्षिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhrigu said There is a Primeval Being, known to the great Rishis, by the name of Manasa. He is without beginning and without end. That Divine being cannot be cut by weapons. he is without decay and is immortal. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-012 अव्यक्त इति विख्यातः शाश्वतोऽथाक्षरोऽव्ययः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-012 अव्यक्त इति विख्यातः शाश्वतोऽथाक्षयोऽव्ययः |
M. N. Dutt: He is Unmanifest. he is Eternal, Undecaying, and Unchangeable. By Him are crcatures born and through Him they die. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-013 सोऽसृजत्प्रथमं देवो महान्तं नाम नामतः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-013 सोऽसृजत् प्रथमं देवो महान्तं नाम नामतः |
M. N. Dutt: He first created a Divine Being known by the name of Mahat (Great). Mahat created Consciousness, who created Space. That powerful Being holds all created objects. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-014 आकाशादभवद्वारि सलिलादग्निमारुतौ |
MN DUTT: 08-009-014 आकाशादभवद् वारि सलिलादग्निमारुतौ |
M. N. Dutt: From Space was born Water, and from Water were born Fire and Wind. Through the union of Fire and Wind was born the Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-015 ततस्तेजोमयं दिव्यं पद्मं सृष्टं स्वयंभुवा |
MN DUTT: 08-009-015 ततस्तेजोमयं दिव्यं पद्मं सृष्टं स्वयम्भुवा |
M. N. Dutt: Self-born Manasa then created a divine Lotus of Energy. From that Lotus originated Brahmana, that Ocean of Veda. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-016 अहंकार इति ख्यातः सर्वभूतात्मभूतकृत् |
MN DUTT: 08-009-016 अहंकार इति ख्यातः सर्वभूतात्मभूतकृत् |
M. N. Dutt: The Shrutis say that as soon as born, that divine Being uttered the words—I am He. For this He passed by the name of Consciousness. All created things are his body and He is their Creator. These five elements that we see are the Brahman of great energy. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-017 शैलास्तस्यास्थिसंज्ञास्तु मेदो मांसं च मेदिनी |
MN DUTT: 08-009-017 शैलास्तस्यास्थिसंज्ञास्तु मेदो मांसं च मेदिनी |
M. N. Dutt: The Mountains from his bones. the Earth forins his fat and flesh. the Oceans constitute his blood. space is his stomach. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-018 पवनश्चैव निःश्वासस्तेजोऽग्निर्निम्नगाः सिराः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-018 पवनश्चैव निःश्वासस्तेजोऽग्निर्निम्नगाः शिराः |
M. N. Dutt: The Wind forins his breath. Fire his energy. The rivers forms his arteries and veins. Agni and Soma, otherwise called the Sun and the Moon, are his eyes. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-019 नभश्चोर्ध्वं शिरस्तस्य क्षितिः पादौ दिशो भुजौ |
MN DUTT: 08-009-019 नभश्चोर्ध्वं शिरस्तस्य क्षितिः पादौ भुजौ दिशः |
M. N. Dutt: The sky is above his head. The Earth is his two feet. The cardinal and minor points of compass are his arms, Forsooth, He is incapable of being known and His Soul cannot be conceived even by successful ascetics. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-020 स एव भगवान्विष्णुरनन्त इति विश्रुतः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-020 स एष भगवान् विष्णुरनन्त इति विश्रुतः |
M. N. Dutt: That Divine Being, who pervades the entire universe, passes also by the name of Ananta (Infinite). He lives in Consciousness, and persons of impure souls cannot know him. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-021 अहंकारस्य यः स्रष्टा सर्वभूतभवाय वै |
MN DUTT: 08-009-021 अहंकारस्य यः स्रष्टा सर्वभूतभवाय वै |
M. N. Dutt: Asked by you I have now told you of Him who created objects, and from whom this universe had originated. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-022 भरद्वाज उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-009-022 भरद्वाज उवाच गगनस्य दिशां चैव भूतलस्यानिलस्य वा |
M. N. Dutt: Bharadwaja said What is the extent of the sky, of the points of the horizon, of the surface of this Earth, and of the Wind? By telling me the truth, remove my doubts. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-023 भृगुरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-009-023 भृगुरुवाच अनन्तमेतदाकाशं सिद्धदैवतसेवितम् |
M. N. Dutt: The sky you see above is infinite. It is the abode of successful ascetics and of celestial beings. It is lovely and consists of various regions. Its limits cannot be determined. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-024 ऊर्ध्वं गतेरधस्तात्तु चन्द्रादित्यौ न दृश्यतः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-024 उर्ध्वं गतेरधस्तात्तु चन्द्रादित्यौ न दृश्यतः |
M. N. Dutt: The Sun and Moon cannot sec, above or below, beyond the range of their own rays. There where are rays of the Sun and the Moon cannot go are luminaries which are selfeffulgent and shining like the Sun or the fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-025 ते चाप्यन्तं न पश्यन्ति नभसः प्रथितौजसः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-025 ते चाप्यन्तं न पश्यन्ति नभसः प्रथितौजसः |
M. N. Dutt: Know this, O giver of honours, that even these luminaries which have great effulgence, do not see the limits of the sky for the inaccessibility and infinity of those limits. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-026 उपरिष्टोपरिष्टात्तु प्रज्वलद्भिः स्वयंप्रभैः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-026 उपरिष्टोपरिष्टात्तु प्रज्वलद्भिः स्वयंप्रभैः |
M. N. Dutt: This Space which even the very celestials cannot measure contains many shining and self-luminous worlds each above the other. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-027 पृथिव्यन्ते समुद्रास्तु समुद्रान्ते तमः स्मृतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-009-027 पृथिव्यन्ते समुद्रास्तु समुद्रान्ते तमः स्मृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Beyond the limits of land are oceans, Beyond water is darkness. Beyond darkness is water again, and beyond water is fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-028 रसातलान्ते सलिलं जलान्ते पन्नगाधिपः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-028 रसातलान्ते सलिलं जलान्ते पन्नगाधिपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Underneath, beyond the neither regions is water. Beyond water is the region of the great serpents. Beyond that is sky once more, and beyond the sky is water again. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-029 एवमन्तं भगवतः प्रमाणं सलिलस्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-009-029 एवमन्तं भगवतः प्रमाणं सलिलस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Thus exist water and sky alternately without end. Such are the limits of the god of water. The very gods cannot determine the limits of fire and wind and water. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-030 अग्निमारुततोयानां वर्णाः क्षितितलस्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-009-030 अग्निमारुततोयानां वर्णाः क्षितितलस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: The nature of fire, wind, water, and land, is like that of space. It is the absence of true knowledge that draws distinction between them. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-031 पठन्ति चैव मुनयः शास्त्रेषु विविधेषु च |
MN DUTT: 08-009-031 पठन्ति चैव मुनयः शास्त्रेषु विविधेषु च |
M. N. Dutt: Sages read in various scriptures the limits of the three worlds and the ocean. |
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MN DUTT: 08-009-032 अदृश्याय त्वगम्याय कः प्रमाणमुदाहरेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Who is there, however, who can set limits to what cannot be seen and what is inaccessible? |
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BORI CE: 12-175-032 सिद्धानां देवतानां च यदा परिमिता गतिः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-033 तदा गौणमनन्तस्य नामानन्तेति विश्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: If even it becomes possible to learn the limits of the sky which is the region of the gods and successful ascetics, it is not possible to set limits to that which is limitless and passes by the name of the Infinite, to that which answers its name, viz., the high-souled Manasa? |
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BORI CE: 12-175-033 यदा तु दिव्यं तद्रूपं ह्रसते वर्धते पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-034 यदा तु दिव्यं तद् रूपं ह्रसते वर्धते पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: When again His form is sometimes contracted and sometimes expanded, how can any one else save one who is equal to him, perceive his limits? |
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BORI CE: 12-175-034 ततः पुष्करतः सृष्टः सर्वज्ञो मूर्तिमान्प्रभुः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-035 ततः पुष्करतः सृष्टः सर्वज्ञो मूर्तिमान् प्रभुः |
M. N. Dutt: From the Lotus sprang first the Omniscient lord Brahman, endued with form, of the essence of Righteousness, and the Creator of all mobile and immobile things. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-035 भरद्वाज उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-009-036 भरद्वाज उवाच पुष्कराद् यदि सम्भूतो ज्येष्ठं भवति पुष्करम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bharadwaja said If Brahman originated from the Lotus, then it is the Lotus that should be considered as the first-born and not Brahman. Why, however, is Brahman said to be the first? Do you dispel this doubt of mine. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-036 भृगुरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-009-037 भृगुरुवाच मानसस्येह या मूर्तिर्ब्रह्मत्वं समुपागता |
M. N. Dutt: Bhrigu said The Earth is called that Lotus. It was created for giving a seat to that form of Manasa which became Brahman. |
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BORI CE: 12-175-037 कर्णिका तस्य पद्मस्य मेरुर्गगनमुच्छ्रितः |
MN DUTT: 08-009-038 कर्णिका तस्य पद्मस्य मेरुर्गगनमुच्छ्रितः |
M. N. Dutt: Extending up to heaven itself, the Sumeru became the pericarp of that Lotus. Remaining within it, the powerful Lord of the Universe created all the worlds. |
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