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Book 12 – Chapter 310
BORI CE: 12-310-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-150-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच कथं व्यासस्य धर्मात्मा शुको जज्ञे महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Tell me, O grandfather, how the great Shuka of austere penances took birth as the son of Vyasa, and how did he succeed in acquiring the highest success? |
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BORI CE: 12-310-002 कस्यां चोत्पादयामास शुकं व्यासस्तपोधनः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-002 कस्यां चोत्पादयामास शुकं व्यासस्तपोधनः |
M. N. Dutt: Upon what woman did Vyasa, having asceticism for his wealth, beget that son of his? We do not know who was Shuka's mother, nor do we know anything of the birth of that great ascetic. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-003 कथं च बालस्य सतः सूक्ष्मज्ञाने गता मतिः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-003 कथं च बालस्य सत: सूक्ष्मजाने गता मतिः |
M. N. Dutt: How was it that, when he was a mere boy, his mind became bent to the knowledge of the subtile? Indeed, in this world no second person can be seen in whom such marks could be seen at so early an age. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-004 एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण महाद्युते |
MN DUTT: 08-150-004 एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण महामते |
M. N. Dutt: I wish to hear all this in full, you of great intelligence. I am never satiated with hearing your excellent and nectar-like words. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-005 माहात्म्यमात्मयोगं च विज्ञानं च शुकस्य ह |
MN DUTT: 08-150-005 माहात्म्यमात्मयोगं च विज्ञानं च शुकस्य ह |
M. N. Dutt: Tell me, grandfather, in their due order, of the greatness, and the knowledge of Shuka and of his union with the (Supreme) Soul! |
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BORI CE: 12-310-006 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-150-006 भीष्म उवाच न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तैर्न न बन्धुभिः |
M. N. Dutt: The Rishis did not make merit depend upon years of decrepitude or riches or friends. They said that he amongst them was great who studied the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-007 तपोमूलमिदं सर्वं यन्मां पृच्छसि पाण्डव |
MN DUTT: 08-150-007 तपोमूलमिदं सर्वं यन्मां पृच्छसि पाण्डवः तदिन्द्रियाणि संयम्य तपो भवति नान्यथा |
M. N. Dutt: All this that you have asked has penances for its root. That penance, again, O son of Pandu, originates from the subjugation of the senses. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-008 इन्द्रियाणां प्रसङ्गेन दोषमृच्छत्यसंशयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-150-008 इन्द्रियाणां प्रसङ्गेन दोषमृच्छत्यसंशयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth, one incurs fault by letting loose his senses. It is only by controlling them that one succeeds in acquiring success. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-009 अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-150-009 अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयशतस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: The merit of a thousand Horse-sacrifices or a hundred Vajapeyas is not equal to even a sixteenth part of the merit of Yoga. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-010 अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि जन्मयोगफलं यथा |
MN DUTT: 08-150-010 अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि जन्मयोगफलं तथा |
M. N. Dutt: I shall, now, recite to you the circumstances of Shuka's birth, the fruits he acquired of his penances, and the foremost end he achieved. These are the topics which persons of uncleansed souls cannot understand. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-011 मेरुशृङ्गे किल पुरा कर्णिकारवनायुते |
MN DUTT: 08-150-011 मेरुशृङ्गे किल पुरा कर्णिकारवनायुते |
M. N. Dutt: Once on a time on the summit of Meru adorned with Karnikara flowers, Mahadeva sported, in company of his followers, the terrible spirits. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-012 शैलराजसुता चैव देवी तत्राभवत्पुरा |
MN DUTT: 08-150-012 शैलराजसुता चैव देवी तत्राभवत् पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: The daughter of the king of mountains, viz., the goddess Parvati, was also there. There near that summit, the Island-born (Vyasa) practised extraordinary austerities. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-013 योगेनात्मानमाविश्य योगधर्मपरायणः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-013 योगेनात्मानमाविश्य योगधर्मपरायणः |
M. N. Dutt: O best of the Kuru, given to the practices of Yoga, the great ascetic, withdrawing himself by Yoga into his own soul, and engaged in concentration, practised many austerities for the sake of a son. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-014 अग्नेर्भूमेरपां वायोरन्तरिक्षस्य चाभिभो |
MN DUTT: 08-150-014 अग्नेर्भूमेरपां वायोरन्तरिक्षस्य वा विभो |
M. N. Dutt: The prayer he offered to the great God was,-~O powerful one, let me have a son that will have the might of Fire and Earth and Weather and Wind and Ether. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-015 संकल्पेनाथ सोऽनेन दुष्प्रापेणाकृतात्मभिः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-015 संकल्पेनाथ योगेन दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभिः |
M. N. Dutt: Engaged in the austerest of penances the Island-born Rishi begged of that great God, who cannot be approached by persons of impure souls, by his Yoga. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-016 अतिष्ठन्मारुताहारः शतं किल समाः प्रभुः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-016 अतिष्ठन्मारुताहारः शतं किल समाः प्रभुः |
M. N. Dutt: The powerful Vyasa remained there for a hundred years, living on air alone, engaged in worshipping many formed Mahadeva, the lord ofUma. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-017 तत्र ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव सर्वे देवर्षयस्तथा BORI CE: 12-310-018 आदित्याश्चैव रुद्राश्च दिवाकरनिशाकरौ BORI CE: 12-310-019 अश्विनौ देवगन्धर्वास्तथा नारदपर्वतौ |
MN DUTT: 08-150-017 तत्र ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव सर्वे राजर्षयस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: There were all the twice-born Rishis and royal sages and the Regents of the world and the Sadhyas along with the Vasus, and the Adityas, the Rudras, and the Sun and the Moon, and the Maruts, and the Oceans, and the rivers, and the Ashvins, the Deities, the Gandharvas, and Narada, and Parvata, and the Gandharva Vishvavasu, and the Siddhas, and the Apsaras. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-020 तत्र रुद्रो महादेवः कर्णिकारमयीं शुभाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-150-018 तत्र रुद्रो महादेवः कर्णिकारमयीं शुभाम् |
M. N. Dutt: There Mahadeva, called also Rudra, sat, adorned with an excellent garland of Karnikara flowers, and effulgent like the Moon with his rays. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-021 तस्मिन्दिव्ये वने रम्ये देवदेवर्षिसंकुले |
MN DUTT: 08-150-019 तस्मिन् दिव्ये वने रम्ये देवदेवर्षिसंकुले |
M. N. Dutt: In those delightful and celestial forests populous with gods and heavenly Rishis, the great Rishi remained, engaged in high Yogacontemplation, for getting a son. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-022 न चास्य हीयते वर्णो न ग्लानिरुपजायते |
MN DUTT: 08-150-020 न चास्य हीयते प्राणो न ग्लानिरुपजायते |
M. N. Dutt: His strength suffered no decrease, nor did he feel any pain. There at the three worlds were much surprised. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-023 जटाश्च तेजसा तस्य वैश्वानरशिखोपमाः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-021 जटाश्च तेजसा तस्य वैश्वानरशिखोपमाः |
M. N. Dutt: While the Rishi, gifted with immeasurable energy, sat in Yoga, his mattered locks, on account of his energy, were seen to blaze like flames of fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-024 मार्कण्डेयो हि भगवानेतदाख्यातवान्मम |
MN DUTT: 08-150-022 मार्कण्डेयो हि भगवानेतदाख्यातवान् मम! स देवचरितानीह कथयामास मे सदा |
M. N. Dutt: I heard to this from the illustrious Markandeya. He used always to recite to me the acts of the gods. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-025 ता एताद्यापि कृष्णस्य तपसा तेन दीपिताः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-023 एता अद्यापि कृष्णस्य तपसा तेन दीपिताः |
M. N. Dutt: It is for this that the matted locks of the great Vyasa, thus enblazed by his energy on that occasion, seem to this day to be gifted with the hue of fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-026 एवंविधेन तपसा तस्य भक्त्या च भारत |
MN DUTT: 08-150-024 एवंविधेन तपसा तस्य भक्त्या च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Pleased with such penances and such devotion, O Bharata, of the Rishi, the great God resolved to grant him his wish. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-027 उवाच चैनं भगवांस्त्र्यम्बकः प्रहसन्निव |
MN DUTT: 08-150-025 उवाच चैवं भगवांस्त्र्यम्बकः प्रहसन्निव |
M. N. Dutt: Smiling with pleasure, the three-eyed god addressed him and said,-O Island-born one, you will have a son after your heart. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-028 यथा ह्यग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम् |
MN DUTT: 08-150-026 यथा ह्यग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Endued with greatness, he shall be as pure as Fire, as Wind, as Earth, as Water, and as Space. |
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BORI CE: 12-310-029 तद्भावभावी तद्बुद्धिस्तदात्मा तदपाश्रयः |
MN DUTT: 08-150-027 तद्भावभावी तबुद्धिस्तदात्मा तदपाश्रयः |
M. N. Dutt: He will be conscious of his being Brahma's self ; his understanding and soul shall be devoted to Brahma, and he shall completely depend upon Brahma so as to be at one with. |
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