Mahābhārata

Janamejaya said: Vyasas, with his disciples, praised this Madhusudana. Please tell me the etymology of their various names. 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, you should tell me, who am eager to hear, about the Lord of the Creator, Hari. Having heard, I shall become pure, like the spotless moon in autumn. 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.

Vaishampayana said: O king, listen to how the Lord Hari told Arjuna the meaning of his names, which are based on his qualities and deeds, when he was pleased with him 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-souled Keshava was praised by these names. O king, Arjuna, the slayer of enemy heroes, asked Keshava about this. 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.

Arjuna said: O Lord, master of the past and future, creator and destroyer of all beings, O abode of the world, protector of the world, bestower of fearlessness on the 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.

Those names that have been proclaimed by the great sages, in the Vedas and Puranas, which are secret due to their actions, 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.

I wish to hear from you the etymology of those names, O Keśava. For no one else can explain the etymology of the names except you, O Lord. 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 Blessed Lord said: In the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda, In the Puranas, Upanishads, and Astrology, Arjuna, 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.

In the Sāṃkhya and Yoga scriptures, and also in Ayurveda, many of my names have been praised by the great sages. 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 are also secondary names, some of which are due to actions. Listen attentively, O sinless one, to the etymology of those due to actions, as I explain them. O 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.

Salutations to that very famous one, the supreme Self of embodied beings, to Narayana, the universe, to the one without qualities, to the one with qualities. 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 whose grace was born Brahma, and Rudra from anger, Who is the womb of all that is immobile and mobile. 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 is the eighteenfold essence, O best of the virtuous, That is the supreme nature of mine, the bearer of the yoga of the earth and the sky, The true, the un 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.

Therefore, all the activities of creation and destruction proceed from him. Then there is the sacrifice, the performer of the sacrifice, the ancient Purusha, the great one, called Anirudd 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.

When the night of Brahma was over, that of immeasurable splendor, By his grace, a lotus appeared, O lotus-eyed one. Brahma was born there, born from his grace alone 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.

At the end of the day, from the forehead of the god, who was possessed by anger, Rudra, the destroyer, was born. 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 two, the best of the gods, are said to be born from grace and anger. They follow the path commanded by him, the cause of creation and destruction. They are merely the 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 matted-haired, the shaven-headed, the one who serves the house of the cremation ground, The fierce vow-wearer, the terrible Rudra, the yogi 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.

He who destroyed Daksha's sacrifice, and also the eyes of Bhaga, should be known as the soul of Narayana, O son of Pandu, in every age. 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.

For when the Lord of the gods, Mahesvara, is worshipped, the Lord Narayana, the master, is worshipped, O Partha. 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 son of Pandu, I am the Self of all the worlds. Therefore, I first worship the Self, Rudra. 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.

If I do not worship the Lord, the bestower of boons, the auspicious one, I have thought in my mind that no one would worship himself. I have made a standard, 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.

For the means of knowledge are to be honored, therefore I honor him. He who knows him knows me, he who follows him follows me. 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.

Rudra and Narayana are the one essence divided into two. O son of Kunti, it moves in the world, embodied in all actions. 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.

For no one can give me a boon, O son of the Pandavas. Having thus reflected in my mind, I worshipped the ancient lord of the universe, For the sake of a son 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.

For Vishnu does not bow to any god. But the truth is that he worships his own self. Therefore I worship Rudra. 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.

With Brahma, Rudra, Indra, and the gods along with the sages, They worship the best of the gods, the god Narayana Hari. 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 descendant of Bharata, Vishnu is the leader of all the beings of the past, present and future. He should always be served and worshipped. 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.

Salutations to you, O Vishnu, the receiver of oblations, and to the bestower of refuge. Salutations to the bestower of boons, O son of Kunti, to 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.

I have four kinds of devotees. You have heard about them. Among them, the devotees who are one-sided are the best, and they are the ones who have no other deity. 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.

And the three remaining devotees are considered to be desirous of fruits. And all of them are subject to death. But the awakened one is the best. 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.

Those who are the best of the awakened, who serve Brahma, Shiva, and the other deities remembered, will come to me, the supreme. This is the special relationship with the devotee 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.

You and I, O son of Kunti, are known as Nara and Narayana, For the purpose of removing the burden, we have entered the human body. 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.

I know the yoga of the inner self, O Bhārata, who I am and from where I am. The Dharma of renunciation and also the Dharma of prosperity. 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 abode of men is well-known. I alone am the eternal one. The waters are said to be men. The waters are indeed the sons of men. That is my abode in 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.

I shall cover the world with my rays, becoming like the sun. I am Vāsudeva, the abode of all beings. 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 descendant of the Bharata dynasty! I am the energy that moves all beings and the progeny of all beings. O Partha! I have pervaded the sky and the earth, and my 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.

And at the end I am the overlord of the beings. I am so desired, O descendant of Bharata. And because of my movement, O son of Pritha, I am known 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.

People who desire success through self-control desire me. I am the sky, the earth, and the space between them. Therefore, I am Dāmodara. 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 food is called "pṛṣni", the Vedas, the waters, and the nectar. These are always in my womb. Therefore, I am "pṛṣnigarbha". 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 sages said to me thus: "O Priśnigarbha, save Trita, who has fallen into the well." "One said, ""Save Trita, who has fallen into 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.

Then the first son of Brahma, the best of sages, Triṭa, rose up from the waters of the ocean by the recitation of the Purusha-sūkta. 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 rays of the sun, the fire, and the moon, which illuminate the worlds, are known as my hair. The best of Brahmins call me the omniscient Keshava, 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-souled Utathya had deposited his seed in his wife. Once, by the power of the gods, Utathya disappeared. Then Brihaspati, O descendant of 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.

Then the embryo, O son of Kunti, endowed with the five elements, spoke to that best of sages who was thus engaged in sexual intercourse. 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 bestower of boons, I have come first. It is not proper for you to obstruct the mother." Hearing this, Brihaspati became angry and cursed him, 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.

Since you have prevented me from having sexual intercourse, therefore, you will become blind by my curse. There is no doubt about this. 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.

He, by the curse of the chief of the sages, entered into a long darkness. For he was formerly a sage named Dīrghatamas. 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.

Having studied the four Vedas with their appendages and the eternal Upanishads, he then applied himself to this secret name of mine. 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.

By the method of sequence, again and again with "Keśava", He became one with eyes, and Gautama became again. 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.

Thus, O Arjuna, the name of the bestower of boons is Keshava, of all the gods and the great-souled sages, 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.

Agni, united with Soma, has made the mouth the one womb. Therefore the entire universe, the moving and the unmoving, is the essence of Agni and Soma. 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.

For in the Purāṇa it is said: "The two, Agni and Soma, are of one origin." "And the gods are Agni-faced." "And because they are 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.