Mahābhārata

Yudhisthira said: That which is free from Dharma and Adharma, free from all dependence, Free from birth and death, free from merit and demerit, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

That which is auspicious, always free from fear, always imperishable, imperishable, Pure, always effortless, you should speak about it. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Bhishma said: Here I shall relate to you an ancient legend, The conversation between Yajnavalkya and Janaka, O descendant of the Bharata lineage. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The greatly renowned Daivaraṭi asked the best of sages, Yājñavalkya, King Janaka, the best of those who know questions, asked a question. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

How many senses are there, O sage of the seers, how many are the principles remembered? What is the unmanifest, the supreme Brahman? And what is beyond that? ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O lord of Brahmanas, please tell us the origin, the present, the enumeration of time, for we desire your grace. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Out of ignorance, I ask you, for you are a treasure of knowledge. I wish to hear all this without doubt. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Yājñavalkya said: Listen, O king, to what you are asking about. The supreme knowledge of yoga and especially of Sāṃkhya. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

There is nothing unknown to you. But you are desirous of knowing me. And when asked, I must tell you this eternal truth. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The eight Prakrtis (primordial principles) and the sixteen Vikaras (modifications) have been declared. Now the seven Vyaktani (manifestations) are said by those who contemplate ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The unmanifest, the great, and the ego, Earth, wind, space, water, and light as the fifth, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Now listen to the modifications of these eight principles. The five sense organs: the ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell, Speech, hands, feet, anus, and penis, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

These are the differences, O lord of kings, in the five great elements. These are the sense organs, O Maithila, with their differences. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The thinkers of the path of the soul have declared the mind to be sixteenfold, and you and other wise men, skilled in the knowledge of truth, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

From the unmanifest is born the great soul, O king. The wise call this the primary creation. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

From the great one, O Lord of men, the ego arises. This is said to be the second creation, known as the intellect. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

From the ego-sense, the mind, consisting of the qualities of the elements, has come into being. This is called the third creation, which is said to be of the ego-sense ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The great elements are born from the mind, O Lord of men. This fourth creation is called mental. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell, these are said to be the fifth creation by those who contemplate the elements. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The ear, skin, eyes, tongue, and nose as the fifth, They say the sixth creation is the mind, known as the abode of many thoughts. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The group of sense organs of hearing arises below, O Lord of men. This is said to be the seventh creation, known as the one with sense organs. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The upward-flowing, the sideways-flowing, and the downward-flowing, O Lord of men, are born. The wise call this the eighth creation, the straight one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O Lord of men, it is born from the downward-flowing stream. The wise call this the ninth creation, the straight one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

These nine creations and the principles, O Lord of men, are described as twenty-four, as seen in the scriptures. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Now, great king, listen to me as I explain the true nature of this virtue, as it has been described by the great ones, in terms of the measure of time. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.