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Book 12 – Chapter 333
BORI CE: 12-333-001 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-172-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच कस्यचित् त्वथ कालस्य नारदः परमेष्ठिजः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said On one occasion, while living in the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, Narada the son of Prameshthi, having duly performed the rites and observances in honour of the gods, began to perforin thereafter the rites in honour of the departed manes. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-002 ततस्तं वचनं प्राह ज्येष्ठो धर्मात्मजः प्रभुः BORI CE: 12-333-003 त्वया मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ तन्मे शंस यथागमम् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-002 ततस्तं वचनं प्राह ज्येष्ठो धर्मात्मजः प्रभुः |
M. N. Dutt: Beholding him thus prepared, the eldest son of Dharma, viz., the powerful Narayana, addressed him, saying,-Whom you adoring, O foremost of twice-born ones, by these rites and the observances in connection with the gods and the departed means. O foremost of all persons gifted with intelligence, tell me this, agreeably to the scriptures. What is this that you are doing? What also are the fruits desired by you of those rites which you are performing. are |
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BORI CE: 12-333-004 नारद उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-172-003 नारद उवाच त्वयैतत् कथितं पूर्वं दैवं कर्तव्यमित्यपि |
M. N. Dutt: Narada said You said to me formerly that rites and observances in honour of the gods should be performed. You said that the rites in honour of the gods from the highest sacrifice and are equivalent to the worship of the Eternal and Supreme Soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-005 ततस्तद्भावितो नित्यं यजे वैकुण्ठमव्ययम् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-004 ततस्तद्भावितो नित्यं यजे वैकुण्ठमव्ययम् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus instructed, I always sacrifice in honour of the eternal and iminutable Vishnu through these rites that I perform in adoring the gods. It is from that Supreme Deity that Brahman, the Grandfather of all the worlds, sprang in days of yore. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-006 मम वै पितरं प्रीतः परमेष्ठ्यप्यजीजनत् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-005 मम वै पितरं प्रीतः परमेष्ठ्यप्यजीजनत् |
M. N. Dutt: That Brahman, otherwise called Prameshthi, filled with cheerfulness, caused my father (Daksha) to come into being. I was the son of Brahman, created before all others, by his will. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-007 यजाम्यहं पितॄन्साधो नारायणविधौ कृते |
MN DUTT: 08-172-006 यजामि वै पितृन् साधो नारायणविधौ कृते |
M. N. Dutt: Orighteous and illustrious one, I am performing these rites in honour of the departed manes for the sake of Narayana and according to those ordinances that have been ordained by himself. The illustrious Narayana is the father, mother, and grandfather. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 08-172-007 इज्यते पितृयज्ञेषु तथा नित्यं जगत्पतिः |
M. N. Dutt: In all sacrifices performed in honour of the departed manes, it is that Lord of the universe who is worshipped. On one occasion, the gods, who were father, taught their children the Shrutis. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-008 श्रुतिश्चाप्यपरा देव पुत्रान्हि पितरोऽयजन् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-008 वेदश्रुतिः प्रणष्टा च पुनरध्यापिता सुतैः |
M. N. Dutt: Having lost their knowledge of the Shrutis, and father had to acquire it again from those sons to whom they had come municated it. On account of this incident, the sons, who had thus to communicate the Mantras to their father, acquired the status of fathers. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-009 नूनं पुरैतद्विदितं युवयोर्भावितात्मनोः |
MN DUTT: 08-172-009 वै नूनं पुरैतद् विदितं युवयोर्भावितात्मनोः |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth, what the gods did on that occasion is well known to you two. Sons and fathers had thus to adore each other. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-010 त्रीन्पिण्डान्न्यस्य वै पृथ्व्यां पूर्वं दत्त्वा कुशानिति |
MN DUTT: 08-172-010 त्रीन् पिण्डान् न्यस्य पृथव्यां पूर्वं दत्त्वा कुशानिति |
M. N. Dutt: Having first spread some blades of Kusha grass, the gods and the departed manes placed three funeral cakes thereon and thus adored each other. I wish to know, however, the reason why the departed manes in days of yore acquired the name of Pindas. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-011 नरनारायणावूचतुः |
MN DUTT: 08-172-011 नरनारायणावूचतुः इमां हि धरणी पूर्वं नष्टां सागरमेखलाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Nara and Narayana said The Earth, in days of yore, with her belt of seas, disappeared from the view. Govinda, taking the form of a gigantic boar, raised her up. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-012 स्थापयित्वा तु धरणीं स्वे स्थाने पुरुषोत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 08-172-012 सापयित्वा तु धरणी स्वे स्थाने पुरुषोत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: Having replaced the Earth in her former position, that foremost of Purushas, his body smeared with water and mud, began to do what was necessary for the world and its inhabitants. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-013 प्राप्ते चाह्निककाले स मध्यंदिनगते रवौ |
MN DUTT: 08-172-013 प्राप्ते चाह्निककाले तु मध्यदेशगते रवौ |
M. N. Dutt: When the Sun reached the meridian, and the hour, therefore, came for saying the morning prayers, the powerful Lord, suddenly shaking off thrce balls of mud from his tusk, placed them upon the Earth, O Narada, having previously spread powerful Vishnu dedicated those balls of mud to his own self, according to the rites laid down in the eternal ordinance. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-014 स तेष्वात्मानमुद्दिश्य पित्र्यं चक्रे यथाविधि |
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: 12-333-015 आत्मगात्रोष्मसंभूतैः स्नेहगर्भैस्तिलैरपि BORI CE: 12-333-016 मर्यादास्थापनार्थं च ततो वचनमुक्तवान् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-014 संकल्पयित्वा त्रीन् पिण्डान् स्वेनैव विधिना प्रभुः MN DUTT: 08-172-015 वृषाकपिरुवाच अहं हि पितरः स्रष्टुमुद्यतो लोककृत् स्वयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding the three balls of mud that the powerful Lord had shaken off from his tusks as funeral cakes, he then, with sesame seeds that arose from the heat of his own body, himself performed the rite of dedication, sitting with face turned towards the East. That foremost of gods then, moved by the desire of establishing rules of conduct for the inhabitants of the three worlds, said these words. I am the Creator of the worlds. I ain determined to create those that are to be called departed manes.-Saying these words, he began to think of those high ordinances that should regulate the rites to be performed in honour of the departed manes. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-017 तस्य चिन्तयतः सद्यः पितृकार्यविधिं परम् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-016 दंष्ट्राभ्यां प्रविनिर्धूता ममैते दक्षिणां दिशम् |
M. N. Dutt: While thus doing, he beheld that the three balls of mud, shaken off his tusk, had fallen towards the South. He then said to himself,—These balls, shaken off my tusk, have fallen on the Earth towards the south of her surface! Led by this, I declare that these should be known henceforth by the name of departed manes. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-018 त्रयो मूर्तिविहीना वै पिण्डमूर्तिधरास्त्विमे |
MN DUTT: 08-172-017 त्रयो मूर्तिविहीना वै पिण्डमूतिधरास्त्विमे |
M. N. Dutt: Let these three that are of no particular shape, and that are only round, come to be considered as Pitris in the world! Thus do I create the eternal Pitris. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-019 पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः |
MN DUTT: 08-172-018 पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः |
M. N. Dutt: I am the father, the grandfather and the great grandfather, and I should be considered as living in these three Pindas. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-020 नास्ति मत्तोऽधिकः कश्चित्को वाभ्यर्च्यो मया स्वयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-019 नास्ति मत्तोऽधिः कश्चित् को वान्योऽयॊ मया स्वयम् को वा मम पिता लोके अहमेव पितामहः |
M. N. Dutt: There is no one that is superior to me. Who is there whom I myself may adore with rites? Who, again, is iny father in the universe? I myself am my grandfather. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-021 पितामहपिता चैव अहमेवात्र कारणम् BORI CE: 12-333-022 वराहपर्वते विप्र दत्त्वा पिण्डान्सविस्तरान् |
MN DUTT: 08-172-020 पितामहपिता चैव अहमेवात्र कारणम् |
M. N. Dutt: I am, indeed, the Grandfather and the father, I am the one cause! Having said these words, that God of gods, viz., He called Vrishakapi, offered those funeral cakes, O learned Brahmana, on the breast of the Varaha mountains, with elaborate rites. By those rites. He adored His own self, and having finished the adoration, disappeared there and then. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-023 एतदर्थं शुभमते पितरः पिण्डसंज्ञिताः |
MN DUTT: 08-172-021 एषा तस्य स्थितिविप्र पितरः पिण्डसंज्ञिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Hence the Pitris are called Pinda. This is the root of the designation. According to the words given vent to by Vrishakapi at that time, the Pitris receive the worship offered by all. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-024 ये यजन्ति पितॄन्देवान्गुरूंश्चैवातिथींस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-172-022 ये यजन्ति पितॄन् देवान् गुरूंश्चैवातिथींस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: They who celebrate sacrifices in honour of and adore the departed manes, the gods, the preceptor or other reverend senior, guests arrived at the house, kine, superior Brahmanas, the goddess Earth, and their mothers, in thought, word, and deed, and said to adore and sacrifice to Vishnu himself. Entering the bodies of all existent creatures, the illustrious Lord is the Soul of all things. |
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BORI CE: 12-333-025 अन्तर्गतः स भगवान्सर्वसत्त्वशरीरगः |
MN DUTT: 08-172-023 समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु ईश्वरः सुखदुःखयोः |
M. N. Dutt: Unaffected by happiness or misery, His attitude towards all is equal. Gifted with greatness, and of great soul, Narayana has been said to be the soul of all things in the universe. |
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