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Book 12 – Chapter 320
BORI CE: 12-320-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-160-001 भीष्म उवाच इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं ब्रह्मर्षिः सुमहातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said “Having spoken in this way, the twice-born Rishi of austere penances, viz., Shuka, lived on his success, renouncing the four sorts of faults. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-002 तमो ह्यष्टविधं हित्वा जहौ पञ्चविधं रजः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-002 तमो हृष्टविधं हित्वा जहौ पञ्चविधं रजः |
M. N. Dutt: Renouncing also the eight kinds of Tamas, he dismissed the five kinds of Rajas. Gifted with great intelligence, he the renounced the attribute of Sattva. All this seemed extremely wonderful. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-003 ततस्तस्मिन्पदे नित्ये निर्गुणे लिङ्गवर्जिते |
MN DUTT: 08-160-003 ततस्तस्मिन् पदे नित्ये निर्गुणे लिङ्गवर्जिते |
M. N. Dutt: He then lived in that eternal station which is shorn of attributes, freed from every indication, that is, in Brahma, shining like a smokeless fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-004 उल्कापाता दिशां दाहा भूमिकम्पास्तथैव च |
MN DUTT: 08-160-004 उल्कापाता दिशा दाहो भूमिकम्पस्तथैव च |
M. N. Dutt: Meteors began to shoot. The points of the horizon seemed to be ablaze. The Earth trembled. All these phenomena seemed extremely wonderful. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-005 द्रुमाः शाखाश्च मुमुचुः शिखराणि च पर्वताः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-005 दुमाः शाखाश्च मुमुचुः शिखराणि च पर्वताः |
M. N. Dutt: The trees began to throw off their branches and the mountains their summits. Loud peals were heard that seemed to rive the Himavat mountains. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-006 न बभासे सहस्रांशुर्न जज्वाल च पावकः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-006 न बभासे सहस्रांशुर्न जज्वाल च पावकः |
M. N. Dutt: The Sun seemed at that moment to be shorn of effulgence. Fire refused to burn forth. The lakes and rivers and seas were all moved. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-007 ववर्ष वासवस्तोयं रसवच्च सुगन्धि च |
MN DUTT: 08-160-007 ववर्ष वासवस्तोयं रसवच्च सुगन्धि च |
M. N. Dutt: Vasava poured showers of rain of excellent taste and smell. A pure breeze began to blow, carrying excellent taste and smell. A pure breeze began to blow, carrying excellent perfumes. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-008 स शृङ्गेऽप्रतिमे दिव्ये हिमवन्मेरुसंभवे |
MN DUTT: 08-160-008 स शृङ्गे प्रथमे दिव्ये हिमवन्मेरुसम्भवे |
M. N. Dutt: Shuka, as he went through the sky, saw two beautiful summits, one belonging to Himavat and another to Meru. These were side by side with each other. One of them was made of gold and was, therefore, yellow; the other was white, being made of silver. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-009 शतयोजनविस्तारे तिर्यगूर्ध्वं च भारत |
MN DUTT: 08-160-009 शतयोजनविस्तारे तिर्यगूर्वं च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Each of them, O Bharata, was a hundred Yojanas in height and of the same breath. Indeed, as Shuka went towards the north, he beheld those two beautiful summits, |
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BORI CE: 12-320-010 सोऽविशङ्केन मनसा तथैवाभ्यपतच्छुकः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-010 सोऽविशङ्केन मनसा तदैवाभ्यपतच्छुकः |
M. N. Dutt: With a fearless heart he dashed against those two summits that were close to each other. Unable to bear the force, the summits were suddenly rent in two parts. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-011 ततः पर्वतशृङ्गाभ्यां सहसैव विनिःसृतः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-011 अदृश्येतां महाराज तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् |
M. N. Dutt: The spectacle, O monarch, was extremely wonderful to look at. Shuka pierced through those summits, for they were unable to stop his onward course. At this a loud noise was made in heaven by the dwellers thereof. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-012 ततो महानभूच्छब्दो दिवि सर्वदिवौकसाम् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-013 दृष्ट्वा शुकमतिक्रान्तं पर्वतं च द्विधाकृतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-012 गन्धर्वाणामृषीणां च ये च शैलनिवासिनः |
M. N. Dutt: The Gandharvas and the Rishis also and others who lived in that mountain sent up loud cheers at the sight of the mountain being rent in two and Shuka passing through it. Indeed, O Bharata, a loud noise was heard everywhere at that moment, saying,-Excellent, Excellent. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-014 स पूज्यमानो देवैश्च गन्धर्वैरृषिभिस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-160-013 स पूज्यमानो देवैश्च गन्धर्वैर्ऋषिभिस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: He was worshipped by the Gandharvas and the Rishis, by Yakhas and Rakshasas, and by all tribes of the Vidyadharas. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-015 दिव्यैः पुष्पैः समाकीर्णमन्तरिक्षं समन्ततः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-014 दिव्यैः पुष्पैः समाकीर्णमन्तरिक्षं समन्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: The entire sky became covered with celestial flowers showered from heaven at that moment when Shuka thus cut through that impenetrable barrier, O king. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-016 ततो मन्दाकिनीं रम्यामुपरिष्टादभिव्रजन् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-015 ततो मन्दाकिनी रम्यामुपरिष्टादभिव्रजन् |
M. N. Dutt: The pious Shuka then saw from a high region the extremely beautiful celestial river Mandakini, running below through a region adorned by many flowering groves and forests. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-017 तस्यां क्रीडन्त्यभिरताः स्नान्ति चैवाप्सरोगणाः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-016 तस्यां क्रीडन्त्यभिरतास्ते चैवाप्सरसां गणाः |
M. N. Dutt: In these waters many beautiful Apsaras were playing. Seeing Shuka who was bodiless, those naked aerial beings felt no shame. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-018 तं प्रक्रमन्तमाज्ञाय पिता स्नेहसमन्वितः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-017 तं प्रक्रामन्तमाज्ञाय पिता स्नेहसमन्वितः |
M. N. Dutt: Learning that Shuka had undertaken his great journey, his father Vyasa, filled with affection, followed him behind along the same aerial path. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-019 शुकस्तु मारुतादूर्ध्वं गतिं कृत्वान्तरिक्षगाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-018 शुकस्तु मारुतादूर्ध्वं गति कृत्वान्तरिक्षगाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Meanwhile Shuka, passing through thai region of the sky which is above the region of the wind, showed his Yoga-power and identified himself with Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-020 महायोगगतिं त्वग्र्यां व्यासोत्थाय महातपाः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-019 महायोगगतिं त्वन्यां व्यासोत्थाय महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Following the subtile path of high Yoga, Vyasa of austere penances, reached within the twinkling of the eye that place whence Shuka first started. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-021 स ददर्श द्विधा कृत्वा पर्वताग्रं शुकं गतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-020 स ददर्श द्विधा कृत्वा पर्वताग्रं शुकं गतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Proceeding along the same way, Vyasa saw the mountain summit rent in two parts and through which Shuka has passed. Meeting the Island-born ascetic, the Rishis began to describe to him the achievements of his own. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-022 ततः शुकेति दीर्घेण शैक्षेणाक्रन्दितस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 08-160-021 ततः शुकेति दीर्पण शब्देनाक्रन्दितस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa, however, began to lament, loudly naming his son and causing the three worlds to resound with the noise he made. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-023 शुकः सर्वगतो भूत्वा सर्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-022 शुकः सर्वगतो भूत्वा सर्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः |
M. N. Dutt: Meanwhile, the pious Shuka, who had entered all things, had become the soul of all things, and had acquired omnipresence, answered his fathers by uttering the monosyllable BHO in the form of an echo. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-024 तत एकाक्षरं नादं भो इत्येव समीरयन् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-023 तत एकाक्षरं नादं भोरित्येव समीरयन् |
M. N. Dutt: Thereat, the entire universe of mobile and immobile creatures, uttering the monosyllable BHO, echoed the answer of Shuka. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-025 ततः प्रभृति चाद्यापि शब्दानुच्चारितान्पृथक् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-024 ततः प्रभृति चाद्यापि शब्दानुच्चारितान् पृथक् |
M. N. Dutt: Thereforward, when sounds are made in mountain-caves or on mountain-breasts, the latter, as if in answer to Shuka, still echo them. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-026 अन्तर्हितः प्रभावं तु दर्शयित्वा शुकस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 08-160-025 अन्तर्हितः प्रभावं तु दर्शयित्वा शुकस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Having renounced all the attributes of sound, etc., and showing his Yoga-power in the manner of his disappearance, Shuka in this way acquired the highest station. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-027 महिमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्यामिततेजसः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-026 महिमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्यामिततेजसः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing that glory and power of his son of immeasurable energy, Vyasa sat down on the breast of the mountain and began to think of his son sorrowfully. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-028 ततो मन्दाकिनीतीरे क्रीडन्तोऽप्सरसां गणाः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-027 ततो मन्दाकिनीतीरे क्रीडन्तोऽप्सरसां गणाः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing the Rishi seated there, the Apsaras who were sporting on the banks of the celestial river Mandakini, became all moved with shame and dispirited. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-029 जले निलिल्यिरे काश्चित्काश्चिद्गुल्मान्प्रपेदिरे |
MN DUTT: 08-160-028 जले निलिल्यिरे काश्चित् काश्चिद् गुल्मान् प्रपेदिरे |
M. N. Dutt: Some of them, to hide their nakedness, plunged into the river, and some entered the groves hard by, and some quickly took up their clothes, at seeing the Rishi. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-030 तां मुक्ततां तु विज्ञाय मुनिः पुत्रस्य वै तदा |
MN DUTT: 08-160-029 तां मुक्ततां तु विज्ञाय मुनिः पुत्रस्य वै तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing these movements, the Rishi understood that his son had been liberated from all attachments, but that he himself was not freed therefrom. At this he became filled with both joy and shame. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-031 तं देवगन्धर्ववृतो महर्षिगणपूजितः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-030 तं देवगन्धर्ववृतो महर्षिगणपूजितः |
M. N. Dutt: As Vyasa was seated there, the auspicious god Shiva, armed with trident, surrounded on all sides by many gods and Gandharvas and worshipped of all the great Rishis, came there. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-032 तमुवाच महादेवः सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वचः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-031 तमुवाच महादेवः सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वचः |
M. N. Dutt: Consoling the Island-born Rishi who was burning with grief on account of his son, Mahadeva said these words to him |
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BORI CE: 12-320-033 अग्नेर्भूमेरपां वायोरन्तरिक्षस्य चैव ह |
MN DUTT: 08-160-032 अग्नेर्भूमेरपां वायोरन्तरिक्षस्य चैव ह |
M. N. Dutt: You had formerly solicited from me a son endued with the energy of Fire, of Water, of Wind, and of Ether. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-034 स तथालक्षणो जातस्तपसा तव संभृतः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-033 स तथालक्षणो जातस्तपसा तव सम्भृतः |
M. N. Dutt: Procreated by your penances, the son that was born to you was of that very sort. Proceeding from my favour, he was pure and full of Brahma-energy. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-035 स गतिं परमां प्राप्तो दुष्प्रापामजितेन्द्रियैः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-034 स गतिं परमां प्राप्तो दुष्प्रापामजितेन्द्रियैः |
M. N. Dutt: He has acquired the highest end-an end that is, which none can acquire who has not completely mastered his senses, nor by even any of the gods, why then, O twice-born Rishi, do you grieve for that son? |
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BORI CE: 12-320-036 यावत्स्थास्यन्ति गिरयो यावत्स्थास्यन्ति सागराः |
MN DUTT: 08-160-035 यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयो यावत् स्थास्यन्ति सागराः |
M. N. Dutt: As long as the hills will last, as long as the ocean will last, so long will the fame of your son continue. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-037 छायां स्वपुत्रसदृशीं सर्वतोऽनपगां सदा |
MN DUTT: 08-160-036 छायां स्वपुत्रसदृशी सर्वतोऽनपगां सदा |
M. N. Dutt: Through my favour, O great Rishi, you will see in this world a shadowy form resembling your son, moving by the side and never leaving you for a single moment! |
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BORI CE: 12-320-038 सोऽनुनीतो भगवता स्वयं रुद्रेण भारत |
MN DUTT: 08-160-037 सोऽनुनीतो भगवता स्वयं रुद्रेण भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Thus favoured by the illustrious Rudra himself, O Bharata, the Rishi saw a shadow of his son by his side. He came back from that place, filled with joy at this. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-039 इति जन्म गतिश्चैव शुकस्य भरतर्षभ |
MN DUTT: 08-160-038 इति जन्म गतिश्चैव शुकस्य भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: I have now told you, O chief of Bharata's race, everything regarding the birth and life of Shukra about which you had asked me. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-040 एतदाचष्ट मे राजन्देवर्षिर्नारदः पुरा |
MN DUTT: 08-160-039 एतदाचष्ट मे राजन् देवर्षिर्नारदः पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: The celestial Rishi Narada and the great Yogin Vyasa had again and again told all this to me in days of yore when the subject was suggested in course of conversation. |
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BORI CE: 12-320-041 इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं मोक्षधर्मार्थसंहितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-160-040 इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं मोक्षधर्मोपसंहितम् |
M. N. Dutt: That person devoted to tranquillity who hears this sacred history directly connected with the subject of Liberation is sure to acquire the highest end. |
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