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Book 13 – Chapter 027
BORI CE: 13-027-001 वैशंपायन उवाच BORI CE: 13-027-002 गाङ्गेयमर्जुनेनाजौ निहतं भूरिवर्चसम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या क्षमया ब्रह्मणः समम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Equal to Brihaspati in intelligence and Brahman himself in forgiveness, resembling Shakra in prowess and the Sun in energy, Bhishma the son of Ganga, of infinite might, had been defeated in battle by Arjuna. Accompanied by his brothers and many other people king, Yudhishthira asked him these questions. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-003 शयानं वीरशयने कालाकाङ्क्षिणमच्युतम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-002 शयानं वीरशयने कालाकाटिणमच्युतम् |
M. N. Dutt: The old hero was lying on a bed coveted by heroes, in expectation of that sacred moment when he could take leave of his body. Many great Rishis had come there for seeing that foremost one of Bharata's race. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-004 अत्रिर्वसिष्ठोऽथ भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः BORI CE: 13-027-005 विश्वामित्रः स्थूलशिराः संवर्तः प्रमतिर्दमः BORI CE: 13-027-006 दुर्वासा जमदग्निश्च मार्कण्डेयोऽथ गालवः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-003 अत्रिर्वसिष्ठोऽथ भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः |
M. N. Dutt: Amongst them were Atri, Vasishtha, Bhrigu, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu. There were also Angiras, Gotama, Agastya, Sumati of well restrained soul, Vishvamitra, Sthulashiras, Samvarta, Pramati and Dama. There were also Brihaspati, Ushanas, Vyasa, Chyavana, Kashyapa, Dhruva, Durvasas, Jamadagni, Markandeya Galava, Bharadvaja, Raibhya Yavakrita and Trita. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-007 स्थूलाक्षः शकलाक्षश्च कण्वो मेधातिथिः कृशः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-004 स्थूलाक्षः शवलाक्षश्च कण्वो मेधातिथिः कृशः |
M. N. Dutt: There Sthulaksha, Shavalaksha, Kanwa, Medhatithi, Krishi, Narada, Parvata, Sudhanwan, Ekata and Dwita. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-008 नितंभूर्भुवनो धौम्यः शतानन्दोऽकृतव्रणः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-005 नितम्भूर्भुवनो धौम्यः शतानन्दोऽकृतव्रणः |
M. N. Dutt: There also Nitambhu Bhuvana, Dhaumya, Shatananda, Akritavrana, Rama the son of Jamadagni and Kacha. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-009 तेषां महात्मनां पूजामागतानां युधिष्ठिरः BORI CE: 13-027-010 ते पूजिताः सुखासीनाः कथाश्चक्रुर्महर्षयः BORI CE: 13-027-011 भीष्मस्तेषां कथाः श्रुत्वा ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् BORI CE: 13-027-012 ततस्ते भीष्ममामन्त्र्य पाण्डवांश्च महर्षयः BORI CE: 13-027-013 तानृषीन्सुमहाभागानन्तर्धानगतानपि BORI CE: 13-027-014 प्रसन्नमनसः सर्वे गाङ्गेयं कुरुसत्तमाः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-006 समागता महात्मानो भीष्मं द्रष्टुं महर्षयः MN DUTT: 09-026-007 भीष्माश्रिताः सुमधुराः सर्वेन्द्रियमनोहराः MN DUTT: 09-026-008 मेने दिविष्ठमात्मानं तुष्ट्या परमया युतः MN DUTT: 09-026-009 अन्तर्धानं गताः सर्वे सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम् MN DUTT: 09-026-010 पाण्डवास्तुष्टुवुः सर्वे प्रणेमुश्च मुहुर्मुहुः MN DUTT: 09-026-011 उपतस्थुर्यथोद्यन्तमादित्यं मन्त्रकोविदाः |
M. N. Dutt: All these great Rishis came there for seeing Bhishma lying on his bed of arrows. Yudhishthira with his brothers duly adored those great Rishis who had come there, one after another in proper order. Receiving that were were adoration, those foremost of Rishis sat themselves down and began to converse with one another. Their conversation related to Bhishma and was highly sweet and agreeable. Hearing that talk of theirs about himself, Bhishma became filled with joy and considered himself to be already in heaven. Having obtained the leave of Bhishma and of the Pandava princes those Rishis then disappeared before the very sight of all the beholders. The Pandavas bowed again and again and offered their adorations to those highly blessed Rishis even after they had made themselves invisible. They then cheerfully waited upon the son of Ganga even as Brahmanas versed in Mantras wait with respect upon the rising Sun. The Pandavas saw that the points of the compass shining on account of the energy of their penances, and became filled with wonder at the spectacle. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-015 प्रभावात्तपसस्तेषामृषीणां वीक्ष्य पाण्डवाः |
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: 13-027-016 महाभाग्यं परं तेषामृषीणामनुचिन्त्य ते |
MN DUTT: 09-026-012 प्रकाशन्तो दिशः सर्वा विस्मयं परमं ययुः |
M. N. Dutt: Thinking of the high blessedness and power of those Rishis, the Pandava princes began to discourse on the subject with their grandfather Bhishma. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-017 कथान्ते शिरसा पादौ स्पृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य पाण्डवः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-013 वैशम्पायन उवाच कथान्ते शिरसा पादौ स्पृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य पाण्डवः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said After that conversation was over, the pious Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, touched Bhishma's feet with his head and then resumed his questions about morality and virtue. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-018 के देशाः के जनपदा आश्रमाः के च पर्वताः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-014 युधिष्ठिर उवाच के देशाः के जनपदा आश्रमाः के च पर्वताः |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Which countries, which provinces, which hermitages, which mountains, and which rivers, O grandfather, are the foremost in sancity. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-019 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-026-015 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Regarding it is cited the old conversation between a Brahmana in the observance of the Shila and the Unccha vows, O Yudhishthira, and a Rishi crowned with ascetic merits. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-020 इमां कश्चित्परिक्रम्य पृथिवीं शैलभूषिताम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-016 इमां कश्चित् परिक्रम्य पृथिवीं शैलभूषणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Once on a time, a foremost person, having travelled over this entire Earth adorned with mountains, arrived at last in the house of a foremost person living like a householder in accordance with the shila vow. The latter welcomed his guest with due rites. Received with such hospitality, the happy Rishi passed the night happily in the house of his host. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-021 शिलवृत्तेर्गृहं प्राप्तः स तेन विधिनार्चितः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-017 शिलवृत्तिस्तु यत् कृत्यं प्रातस्तत् कृतवाञ्छुचिः |
M. N. Dutt: The next morning the Brahmana in the observance of the Shila vow, having finished all his morning acts and rites and purified himself duly, gladly approached his guest crowned with ascetic success. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-022 तौ समेत्य महात्मानौ सुखासीनौ कथाः शुभाः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-018 तौ समेत्य महात्मानौ सुखासीनौ कथाः शुभाः |
M. N. Dutt: Meeting with each other and seated at their ease, the two began to take on agreeable subjects of the Vedas and the Upanishads. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-023 शिलवृत्तिः कथान्ते तु सिद्धमामन्त्र्य यत्नतः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-019 शिलवृत्तिः कथान्तेतु सिद्धमामन्त्र्य यत्नतः |
M. N. Dutt: Towards the conclusion of the discourse, the Brahmana in the observance of the Shila vow respectfully addressed the Rishi crowned with success. Gifted with intelligence, he put this very question which you, O Yudhishthira have put to me. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-024 शिलवृत्तिरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-026-020 शिलवृत्तिरुवाच के देशाः के जनपदाः केऽऽश्रमाः के च पर्वताः |
M. N. Dutt: The Poor Brahmana said What are those countries, what are those provinces, what those hermitages, what those mountains, and what those rivers that should be considered as the foremost in sanctity? Do you describe this to me. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-025 सिद्ध उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-026-021 ऋषिरुवाच ते देशास्ते जनपदास्तेऽऽश्रमास्ते च पर्वताः |
M. N. Dutt: The Rishi said Those countries, those provinces, those retreats, and those mountains, should be considered as the foremost in sanctity through which or by the side of which that foremost of all rivers viz., Bhagirathi, flows. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-026 तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण यज्ञैस्त्यागेन वा पुनः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-022 तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण यज्ञैस्त्यागेन वा पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: The end which a creature can attain by penances by Brahmacharyya by sacrifices or by practising Renunciation, one is sure to attain by only living by the side of the Bhagirathi and bathing in its sacred waters. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-027 स्पृष्टानि येषां गाङ्गेयैस्तोयैर्गात्राणि देहिनाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-023 स्पृष्टानि येषां गाङ्गेयैस्तोयैर्गात्राणि देहिनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Those creatures whose bodies have been sprinkled with the sacred waters of Bhagirathi or whose bones have been laid in that sacred stream, have not to fall away from heaven at any time. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-028 सर्वाणि येषां गाङ्गेयैस्तोयैः कृत्यानि देहिनाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-024 सर्वाणि येषां गाङ्गेयैस्तोयैः कार्याणि देहिनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Those men, O learned Brahmana, who use the waters of Bhagirathi in all their acts surely go to heaven after death. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-029 पूर्वे वयसि कर्माणि कृत्वा पापानि ये नराः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-025 पूर्वं वयसि कर्माणि कृत्वा पापानि ये नराः |
M. N. Dutt: Even those men who, having committed various sinful deeds in the first part of their lives, live in after years by the side of Ganga, succeed in attaining to a very superior end. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-030 स्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाङ्गेयैः प्रयतात्मनाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-026 स्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाङ्गेयैः प्रयतात्मनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Hundreds of sacrifices cannot yield that merit which men of controlled souls are capable of acquiring by bathing in the sacred waters of Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-031 यावदस्थि मनुष्यस्य गङ्गातोयेषु तिष्ठति |
MN DUTT: 09-026-027 यावदस्थि मनुष्यस्य गङ्गातोयेषु तिष्ठति |
M. N. Dutt: A person is respected and adored in the celestial region for as long a period as his bones lie in the channel of Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-032 अपहत्य तमस्तीव्रं यथा भात्युदये रविः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-028 अपहत्य तमस्तीवं यथा भात्युदये रविः |
M. N. Dutt: Even as the Sun, when he rises at the dawn of day, shines, having removed the darkness of night, likewise the person who has bathed in the waters of Ganga is seen to shine, purged of all his sins. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-033 विसोमा इव शर्वर्यो विपुष्पास्तरवो यथा BORI CE: 13-027-034 वर्णाश्रमा यथा सर्वे स्वधर्मज्ञानवर्जिताः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-029 विसोमा इव शर्वर्यो विपुष्पास्तरवो यथा |
M. N. Dutt: The countries and the points of the compass which are destitute of the sacred waters of Ganga are like nights without the moon or trees without flowers. Indeed a world without Ganga is like the different castes and modes of life when they are shorn of virtue or like sacrifices without Soma. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-035 यथा हीनं नभोऽर्केण भूः शैलैः खं च वायुना |
MN DUTT: 09-026-030 यथा हीनं नभोऽर्केण भूःशैलैः खं च वायुना |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth countries and points of the compass which are without Ganga are like the sky without the sun or the Earth without mountains, or the etherial region without air. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-036 त्रिषु लोकेषु ये केचित्प्राणिनः सर्व एव ते |
MN DUTT: 09-026-031 त्रिषु लोकेषु ये केचित् प्राणिनः सर्व एव ते |
M. N. Dutt: All the creatures in the three worlds, if served with the sacred waters of Ganga, derive a pleasure the like of which they cannot derive from any other source. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-037 यस्तु सूर्येण निष्टप्तं गाङ्गेयं पिबते जलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-032 यस्तु सूर्येण निष्टतं गाङ्गेयं पिबते जलम् |
M. N. Dutt: He who drinks Ganga water which has been heated by the Sun's rays, derives merit much greater than that which belongs to the vow of living upon the wheat or grains or other corn picked up from cowdung. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-038 इन्दुव्रतसहस्रं तु चरेद्यः कायशोधनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-033 इन्द्रव्रतसहस्रं तु यश्चरेत् कायशोधनम् |
M. N. Dutt: It cannot be said whether, he who performs a thousand Chandrayana rites for purifying his body and he who drinks the water of Ganga, are equal. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-039 तिष्ठेद्युगसहस्रं तु पादेनैकेन यः पुमान् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-034 तिष्ठेद् युगसहस्रं तु पदेनैकेन यः पुमान् |
M. N. Dutt: It cannot be said whether one who stands for a thousand years on one foot and one who lives for only a month by the side of Ganga are equal. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-040 लम्बेतावाक्शिरा यस्तु युगानामयुतं पुमान् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-035 लंबतेऽवाशिरा यस्तु युगानामयुतं पुमान् |
M. N. Dutt: One who lives permanently by the side of Ganga is superior in merit to one who lives for ten thousand cycles with head hanging downwards. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-041 अग्नौ प्राप्तं प्रधूयेत यथा तूलं द्विजोत्तम |
MN DUTT: 09-026-036 अग्नौ प्रास्तं प्रधूयेत यथा तूलं द्विजोत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: As cotton, when it comes into contact with fire, is burnt off without a residue, so the sins of the person that has bathed in Ganga become perfectly consumed. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-042 भूतानामिह सर्वेषां दुःखोपहतचेतसाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-037 भूतानामिह सर्वेषां दुःखोपहतचेतसाम् |
M. N. Dutt: There is no end superior to Ganga for those creatures who, with hearts afflicted by sorrow, seek to attain to ends which may remove that sorrow of theirs. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-043 भवन्ति निर्विषाः सर्पा यथा तार्क्ष्यस्य दर्शनात् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-038 भवन्ति निर्विषाः सर्प यथा तार्क्ष्यस्य दर्शनात् |
M. N. Dutt: As snakes become shorn of their poison as soon as they see Garuda, so one becomes purged of all his sins as soon as he sees the sacred river Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-044 अप्रतिष्ठाश्च ये केचिदधर्मशरणाश्च ये |
MN DUTT: 09-026-039 अप्रतिष्ठाश्च ये केचिदधर्मशरणाश्च ये |
M. N. Dutt: They who do not enjoy fame for virtue and they who are addicted to deeds of sinfulness, have Ganga for their fame, their protection, their means of safety their refuge or cover. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-045 प्रकृष्टैरशुभैर्ग्रस्ताननेकैः पुरुषाधमान् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-040 प्रकृष्टैरशुभैर्ग्रस्ताननेकैः पुरुषाधमान् |
M. N. Dutt: Many wretched men who commit various sins of a heinous nature, when they are about to sink into hell, are rescued by Ganga in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-046 ते संविभक्ता मुनिभिर्नूनं देवैः सवासवैः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-041 ते संविभक्ता मुनिभिर्नूनं देवैः सवासवैः |
M. N. Dutt: They, O foremost of intelligent men, who plunge every day in the sacred waters of Ganga, become the equals of great Munis and the very deities headed by Indra. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-047 विनयाचारहीनाश्च अशिवाश्च नराधमाः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-042 विनयाचारहीनाश्च अशिवाश्च नराधमाः |
M. N. Dutt: Those wretched men who are destitute of humility or modesty of behaviour and who are greatly sinful, become righteous and good, O Brahmana, by living by the side of Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-048 यथा सुराणाममृतं पितॄणां च यथा स्वधा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-043 यथा सुराणाममृतं पितॄणां च यथा स्वधा |
M. N. Dutt: As ambrosia is to the deities, as Svadha is to the Pitris, as Svadha is to the Nagas, so is Gangawater to human beings. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-049 उपासते यथा बाला मातरं क्षुधयार्दिताः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-044 उपासते यथा बाला मातरं क्षुधयार्दिताः |
M. N. Dutt: As children stricken with hunger, solicit their mothers for food, similarly do people desirous of their highest good seek Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-050 स्वायंभुवं यथा स्थानं सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठमुच्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-026-045 स्वायम्भुवं यथा स्थानं सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठमुच्यते |
M. N. Dutt: As the region of the selfcreate Brahman is said to be the foremost of all places, so is Ganga said to be foremost of all rivers for those who desire to bathe. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-051 यथोपजीविनां धेनुर्देवादीनां धरा स्मृता |
MN DUTT: 09-026-046 यथोपजीविनां धेनुर्देवादीनां धरा स्मृता |
M. N. Dutt: As the Earth and the cow are said to be the chief sustenance of the celestials, so is Ganga the chief sustenance of all living creatures. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-052 देवाः सोमार्कसंस्थानि यथा सत्रादिभिर्मखैः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-047 देवाः सोमार्कसंस्थानि यथा सत्रादिभिर्मखैः |
M. N. Dutt: As the celestials support themselves upon the ambrosia that is in the Sun and the Moon and that is offered in various sacrifices, so do human beings support themselves upon Gangawater. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-053 जाह्नवीपुलिनोत्थाभिः सिकताभिः समुक्षितः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-048 जाह्नवीपुलिनोत्थाभिः सिकताभिः समुक्षितम् |
M. N. Dutt: One besmeared with the sand taken from the shores of Ganga considers oneself as an inhabitant of heaven, adorned with celestial unguents. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-054 जाह्नवीतीरसंभूतां मृदं मूर्ध्ना बिभर्ति यः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-049 जाह्नवीतीरसम्भूतां मृदं मूर्धा बिभर्ति यः |
M. N. Dutt: He who bears on his head the mud taken from the banks of Ganga looks effulgent like the sun himself bent on removing the surrounding darkness. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-055 गङ्गोर्मिभिरथो दिग्धः पुरुषं पवनो यदा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-050 गङ्गोर्मिभिरथो दिग्धः पुरुषं पवनो यदा |
M. N. Dutt: When the wind which is moistened with the particles of Gangawater touches one's body, it cleanses him immediately of every sin. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-056 व्यसनैरभितप्तस्य नरस्य विनशिष्यतः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-051 व्यसनैरभितप्तस्य नरस्य विनशिष्यतः |
M. N. Dutt: A person afflicted by calamities and about to sink under their pressures finds all his calamities removed by the joy which originates in his heart on seeing that sacred river. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-057 हंसारावैः कोकरवै रवैरन्यैश्च पक्षिणाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-052 हंसारावैः कोकरवै रवैरन्यैश्च पक्षिणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: By the sweet notes of the swans and Kokas and other aquatic fowl that play on her breast, Ganga, challenges the very Gandharvas and by her high banks the very mountains on the Earth. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-058 हंसादिभिः सुबहुभिर्विविधैः पक्षिभिर्वृताम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-053 हंसादिभिः सुबहुभिर्विविधैः पक्षिभिर्वृताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing her surface teeming with swans and various other aquatic fowl, and having banks adorned with pasture lands with kine grazing on them, the celestial region herself loses her pride. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-059 न सा प्रीतिर्दिविष्ठस्य सर्वकामानुपाश्नतः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-054 न सा प्रीतिर्दिविष्ठस्य सर्वकामानुपाश्नतः |
M. N. Dutt: The high happiness which one enjoys by living on the banks of Ganga, can never be his who is living even in the celestial region. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-060 वाङ्मनःकर्मजैर्ग्रस्तः पापैरपि पुमानिह |
MN DUTT: 09-026-055 वाङ्मनःकर्मजैर्ग्रस्तः पापैरपि पुमानिह |
M. N. Dutt: I have no doubt in this that the person who is afflicted with sins perpetrated in words and thought and act, becomes cleansed on seeing Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-061 सप्तावरान्सप्त परान्पितॄंस्तेभ्यश्च ये परे |
MN DUTT: 09-026-056 सप्तावरान् सप्त परान् पितूंस्तेभ्यश्च ये परे |
M. N. Dutt: By seeing that sacred river, touching it, and bathing in its waters, one rescues his ancestors to the seventh degree, and his descendants to the seventh degeree, as also other ancestors and descendants. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-062 श्रुताभिलषिता दृष्टा स्पृष्टा पीतावगाहिता |
MN DUTT: 09-026-057 श्रुताभिलषिता पीता स्पृष्टा दृष्टावगाहिता |
M. N. Dutt: By hearing of Ganga, by wishing to go to that river, by drinking its waters, by touching those waters, and by bathing in them , a person rescues both his paternal and maternal families. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-063 दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्पानात्तथा गङ्गेति कीर्तनात् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-058 दर्शनात् स्पर्शनात् पानात् तथा गङ्गेति कीर्तनात् |
M. N. Dutt: By seeing touching and drinking the waters of Ganga, or by praising them, hundreds and thousands of sinful men become purged of all their sins. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-064 य इच्छेत्सफलं जन्म जीवितं श्रुतमेव च |
MN DUTT: 09-026-059 य इच्छेत् सफलं जन्म जीवितं श्रुतमेव च |
M. N. Dutt: They who wish to make their birth, life, and learning successful, should go to Ganga and please the departed manes and the celestials by offering them oblations of water. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-065 न सुतैर्न च वित्तेन कर्मणा न च तत्फलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-060 न सुतैर्न च वित्तेन कर्मणा न च तत्फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: The merit that one acquires by bathing in Ganga is such that the like of it is incapable of being acquired through the acquisition of sons or riches or the performance of meritorious acts. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-066 जात्यन्धैरिह तुल्यास्ते मृतैः पङ्गुभिरेव च |
MN DUTT: 09-026-061 जात्यन्धैरिह तुल्यास्ते मृतैः पङ्गुभिरेव च |
M. N. Dutt: Those who, although physically able do not seek to see the sacred Ganga, are, forsooth, comparable persons suffering from congenital blindness or those who are dead or those who are benumbed through palsy or lameness. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-067 भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञैर्महर्षिभिरुपस्थिताम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-062 भूतभव्यभविष्यज्ञैर्महर्षिभिरुपास्थिताम् |
M. N. Dutt: What is there who would not respect this sacred river that is adored by great Rishis knowing the Present the Past and the Future, as also by the very gods headed by Indra? to |
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BORI CE: 13-027-068 वानप्रस्थैर्गृहस्थैश्च यतिभिर्ब्रह्मचारिभिः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-063 वानप्रस्थैर्गृहस्थैश्च यतिभिर्ब्रह्मचारिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: What man is there who wouldnot seek the protection of Ganga whose protection is sought by hermits and householders, by Yatis and Brahmacharins alike? |
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BORI CE: 13-027-069 उत्क्रामद्भिश्च यः प्राणैः प्रयतः शिष्टसंमतः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-064 उत्क्रामद्धिश्च यः प्राणः प्रयतः शिष्टसम्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: The virtuous man with controlled mind, thinks of Ganga at the time when his vital airs are about to leave his body, succeeds in acquiring the highest end. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-070 न भयेभ्यो भयं तस्य न पापेभ्यो न राजतः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-065 न भयेश्यो भयं तस्य न पापेभ्यो न राजतः |
M. N. Dutt: That man who lives by the side of Ganga up to the time of his death, worshipping her reverentially, becomes freed from all fear of sin and of kings. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-071 गगनाद्यां महापुण्यां पतन्तीं वै महेश्वरः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-066 महापुण्यां च गगनात् पतन्तीं वै महेश्वरः |
M. N. Dutt: When that highly sacred river dropped from the sky, Maheshvara held it on his head. It is that very river which is worshipped in heaven. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-072 अलंकृतास्त्रयो लोकाः पथिभिर्विमलैस्त्रिभिः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-067 अलंकृतास्त्रयो लोकाः पथिभिर्विमलैस्त्रिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: The three regions are beautiful by the three courses of this sacred river. The man who uses the waters of that river, becomes certainly successful. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-073 दिवि ज्योतिर्यथादित्यः पितॄणां चैव चन्द्रमाः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-068 दिवि ज्योतिर्यथाऽऽदित्यः पितॄणां चैव चन्द्रमाः |
M. N. Dutt: As the solar ray is to the gods in the celestial region, as the moon is to the departed manes, as the king is to human beings, so is Ganga to all rivers. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-074 मात्रा पित्रा सुतैर्दारैर्वियुक्तस्य धनेन वा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-069 मात्रा पित्रा सुतैारैर्विमुक्तस्य धनेन वा |
M. N. Dutt: One who becomes bereaved of mother or father or sons or wives or riches does not feel that grief which one feels when he becomes bereaved of Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-075 नारण्यैर्नेष्टविषयैर्न सुतैर्न धनागमैः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-070 नारण्यैर्नेष्टविषयैर्न सुतैर्न धनागमैः |
M. N. Dutt: One does not get that joy through acts that lead to the region of Brahman, or through such sacrifices and rites that lead to heaven, or through children or riches, which one get from seeing Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-076 पूर्णमिन्दुं यथा दृष्ट्वा नृणां दृष्टिः प्रसीदति |
MN DUTT: 09-026-071 पूर्णमिन्दुं यथा दृष्ट्वा नृणां दृष्टिः प्रसीदति |
M. N. Dutt: The pleasure that men derive from seeing Ganga is tantamount to what they derive from seeing the full moon. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-077 तद्भावस्तद्गतमनास्तन्निष्ठस्तत्परायणः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-072 तद्भावस्तद्गतमनास्तन्निष्टस्तत्परायणः! गङ्गां योऽनुगतो भक्त्या स तस्याः प्रियतां व्रजेत् |
M. N. Dutt: That man becomes dear to Ganga who worship her with deep devotion, with mind wholly fixed upon her, with a respect that refuses to take in any other object within its sphere, with a feeling that there is nothing else in the universe worthy of similar adoration, and with a steadiness that knows no decrease. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-078 भूःस्थैः खस्थैर्दिविष्ठैश्च भूतैरुच्चावचैरपि |
MN DUTT: 09-026-073 भूस्थैः स्वःस्थैर्दिविष्ठैश्च भूतैरुच्चावचैरपि |
M. N. Dutt: Creatures who live on Earth, in the sky or in the celestial region indeed, even beings who are very superior, should always bathe in Ganga. Indeed, this is the foremost of all duties of the righteous. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-079 त्रिषु लोकेषु पुण्यत्वाद्गङ्गायाः प्रथितं यशः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-074 विश्वलोकेषु पुण्यत्वाद् गङ्गायाः प्रथितं यशः |
M. N. Dutt: The fame of Ganga for sanctity has spread over the entire universe, since she carried all the sons of Sagara, who had been reduced to ashes, from here to the celestial region, |
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BORI CE: 13-027-080 वाय्वीरिताभिः सुमहास्वनाभि;र्द्रुताभिरत्यर्थसमुच्छ्रिताभिः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-075 १ताभिरत्यर्थसमुत्थिताभिः |
M. N. Dutt: Men who are washed by the bright, beautiful, high, and rapidly moving waves, raised by the wind, of Ganga, become purged of all their sins and resemble in splendour the Sun with his thousand rays. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-081 पयस्विनीं घृतिनीमत्युदारां; समृद्धिनीं वेगिनीं दुर्विगाह्याम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-076 पथस्विनी घृतिनीमत्युदारां समृद्धिनी वेगिनीं दुर्विगाह्याम् |
M. N. Dutt: Those men of tranquil souls who have renounced their bodies in the waters of Ganga whose sanctity is as great as that of the butter and other liquids poured in sacrifices and which are capable of giving merits equal to those of the greatest of sacrifices, have certainly attained to a station equal to that of the very gods. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-082 अन्धाञ्जडान्द्रव्यहीनांश्च गङ्गा; यशस्विनी बृहती विश्वरूपा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-077 अन्धान् जडान् द्रव्यहीनांश्च गङ्गा यशस्विनी बृहती विश्वरूपा |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, Ganga, having faine and vast extent and at one with the entire universe and respected by the deities headed by Indra, the Munis, and human beings, is competent to grant the fruition of all their wishes io them who are blind, to them who are idiots, and to them who are destitute of all things. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-083 ऊर्जावतीं मधुमतीं महापुण्यां त्रिवर्त्मगाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-078 ऊर्जावती महापुण्यां मधुमती त्रिवम॑गाम् |
M. N. Dutt: They who seek refuge with Ganga, that protectress of all the universe, that flows in three currents, that is filled with water at once highly sacred and sweet as honey and productive of every sort of good, have succeeded in acquiring the beatitude of Heaven. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-084 यो वत्स्यति द्रक्ष्यति वापि मर्त्य;स्तस्मै प्रयच्छन्ति सुखानि देवाः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 09-026-079 स्तस्मै प्रयच्छन्ति सुखानि देवाः |
M. N. Dutt: That mortal who live by the side of Ganga and sees her every day, becomes purified by her sight and touch. To him the gods give every sort of happiness here and a high end hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-085 दक्षां पृथ्वीं बृहतीं विप्रकृष्टां; शिवामृतां सुरसां सुप्रसन्नाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-080 दक्षां पृश्निं बृहती विप्रकृष्टां शिवामृद्धां भागिनी सुप्रसन्नाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Ganga is regarded as competent to rescue every creature from sin and lead him to the happiness of Heaven. She is held to be at one with Prishni the mother of Vishnu. She is identical with the Word or Speech. She is very remote and can not be easily attained. She is the embodiment of auspiciousness, and prosperity. She is capable granting the six wellknown attributes beginning with lordship or power. She is always bent upon showing her grace. She is the displayer of all things in the universe, and she is the great resort of all creatures. Those who seek her protection in this life have surely acquired heaven. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-086 ख्यातिर्यस्याः खं दिवं गां च नित्यं; पुरा दिशो विदिशश्चावतस्थे |
MN DUTT: 09-026-081 ख्यातिर्यस्याः खं दिवंगां च नित्यं पुरा दिशो विदिशश्चावतस्थे |
M. N. Dutt: The fame of Ganga has spread all over the sky, and Heaven, and Earth, and all the points, cardinal and subsidiary, of the compass. By using the waters of that foremost of rivers, mortal creatures always become crowned with high success. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-087 इयं गङ्गेति नियतं प्रतिष्ठा; गुहस्य रुक्मस्य च गर्भयोषा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-082 इयं गङ्गेति नियतं प्रतिष्ठा गुहस्य रुक्मस्य च गर्भयोषा |
M. N. Dutt: That person who, himself seeing Ganga, points her out to others, finds that Ganga rescues him from rebirth and confers Liberation on him. Ganga held Guha, the commander-in-chief of the celestial army in her womb. She bears the most precious of all metals, viz., gold, also in that womb of hers. They who bathe in her waters every day in the morning, succeed in obtaining the three-fold objects, viz., Virtue and Wordly Profit and Pleasure. Those waters are, again, equal in point of sanctity to the butter that is poured with Mantras on the sacrificial fire. Capable of purging one from every sin, she has descended from the celestial region and her current is held in high regard by every one. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-088 सुतावनीध्रस्य हरस्य भार्या; दिवो भुवश्चापि कक्ष्यानुरूपा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-083 सुतावनीध्रस्य हरस्य भार्या दिवो भुवश्चापि कृतानुरूपा |
M. N. Dutt: Ganga is the daughter of Himavat, the wife of Hara, and the ornament of both Heaven and Earth. She is the bestower of everything auspicious, and is competent to give the six well known attributes beginning with lordship or power. Indeed, O king, Ganga is the one object of great sanctity in the three worlds and confers merit upon all. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-089 मधुप्रवाहा घृतरागोद्धृताभि;र्महोर्मिभिः शोभिता ब्राह्मणैश्च |
MN DUTT: 09-026-084 महोर्मिभिः शोभिता ब्राह्मणैश्च |
M. N. Dutt: Truly, O king, Ganga is Virtue in liquefied i form. She is energy in a liquid forin over the Earth. She is gifted with the splendour or power that belongs to the butter that is poured with Mantras on the sacrificial fire. She is always adorned with large waves as also with Brahmanas who may at all times be seen making their ablutions in her waters. Falling from Heaven, she was held by Shiva on his head. The very mother of the heavens, she has originated from the highest mountain for running over the plains and conferring the most valuable benefits on all creatures of the Earth. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-090 योनिर्वरिष्ठा विरजा वितन्वी; शुष्मा इरा वारिवहा यशोदा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-085 योनिर्वरिष्ठा विरजा वितन्वी शय्याचिरा वारिवहा यशोदा |
M. N. Dutt: She is the highest cause of all things; she is perfectly pure. She is as subtile as Brahma. She is the best bed for the dying. She takes creatures speedily to the celestial region. She carries a large volume of water. She confers great fame on all. She is the protectress of the universe. She is at one with every forin. She is very much coveted by persons crowned with success. Indeed, Ganga is the path to that celestial region of those who have bathed in her water. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-091 क्षान्त्या मह्या गोपने धारणे च; दीप्त्या कृशानोस्तपनस्य चैव |
MN DUTT: 09-026-086 क्षान्त्या मह्या गोपने धारणेच दीप्त्या कृशानोस्तपनस्य चैव |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmanas consider Ganga as being equal to the Earth in forgiveness, and in the protection and upholding of those who live by her, further, as equalling Fire and the Sun in energy and splendour; and, lastly, as always equalling Guha himself in the matter of showing favours to the trueborn class. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-092 ऋषिष्टुतां विष्णुपदीं पुराणीं; सुपुण्यतोयां मनसापि लोके |
MN DUTT: 09-026-087 ऋषिष्टुतां विष्णुपदी पुराणां सुपुण्यतोयां मनसापि लोके |
M. N. Dutt: Those men who, in the life, even in their minds seek that sacred river which is lauded by the Rishis, which has come out of the feet of Vishnu, which is very ancient, and which is highly sacred succeed in going to the regions of Brahman. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-093 लोकानिमान्नयति या जननीव पुत्रा;न्सर्वात्मना सर्वगुणोपपन्ना |
MN DUTT: 09-026-088 लोकानवेक्ष्य जननीव पुत्रान् सर्वात्मना सर्वगुणोपपन्नान् |
M. N. Dutt: Fully convinced that children and other belongings, as also regions possessed of every kind of happiness, are transitory or frail, men of subdued souls, who are desirous of acquiring that everlasting station which is at one with Brahina, always pay their adorations to Ganga with that respect and love which are due from a son to a mother. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-094 उस्रां जुष्टां मिषतीं विश्वतोया;मिरां वज्रीं रेवतीं भूधराणाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-089 मिरावतीं धारिणी भूधराणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: The man of purified soul who is desirous of acquiring success should seek the protection of Ganga who is like a cow that gives ambrosia instead of ordinary milk, who is prosperity's self, who is endued with omniscience, who exists for all creatures, who is the source of all sorts of food, who is the mother of all mountains, who is the refuge of all pious persons, who is immeasurable in power and energy and who charms the heart of Brahman himself. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-095 प्रसाद्य देवान्सविभून्समस्ता;न्भगीरथस्तपसोग्रेण गङ्गाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-090 प्रसाद्य देवान् सविभून् समस्तान् भगीरथस्तपसोग्रेण गङ्गाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having, with austere penances, pleased all the gods with the Supreme Lord (Vishnu), Bhagiratha brought Ganga down on the Earth. Going to her, men always succeed in freeing themselves from every sort of fear both here and hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-096 उदाहृतः सर्वथा ते गुणानां; मयैकदेशः प्रसमीक्ष्य बुद्ध्या |
MN DUTT: 09-026-091 उदाहतः सर्वथा ते गुणानां मयैकदेशः प्रसमीक्ष्य बुद्ध्या |
M. N. Dutt: Observing with the help of intelligence, I have mentioned to you only a small portion of the merits of Ganga. My power, however, is inadequate to speak of all the merits of the sacred river, or indeed, to measure her power and sanctity. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-097 मेरोः समुद्रस्य च सर्वरत्नैः; संख्योपलानामुदकस्य वापि |
MN DUTT: 09-026-092 मेरो: समुद्रस्य च सर्वयत्नैः संख्योपलानामुदकस्य वापि |
M. N. Dutt: One may, displaying his best powers, count the stones of the mountain Meru or measure the waters of the ocean. But one cannot count all the merits of the waters of Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-098 तस्मादिमान्परया श्रद्धयोक्ता;न्गुणान्सर्वाञ्जाह्नवीजांस्तथैव |
MN DUTT: 09-026-093 तस्मादेतान् परया श्रद्धयोक्तान् गुणान् सर्वान् जाह्नवीयान् सदैव |
M. N. Dutt: Hence, having listened to these particular merits of Ganga which I have uttered with great devotion, one should in thought, word and deed, respect them with faith and devotion. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-099 लोकानिमांस्त्रीन्यशसा वितत्य; सिद्धिं प्राप्य महतीं तां दुरापाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-026-094 लोकानिमांस्त्रीन् यशसा वितत्य सिद्धिं प्राप्य महतीं तां दुरापाम् |
M. N. Dutt: On account of your having listened to those merits which I have recounted, you are sure to fill all the three regions with fame and acquire a measure of success that is very large and that is difficult of being won by any other person. Indeed, you will soon after that, sport in joy in many a region of great happiness created by Ganga herself for those that respect her. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-100 तव मम च गुणैर्महानुभावा; जुषतु मतिं सततं स्वधर्मयुक्तैः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-095 तव मम च गुणैर्महानुभावा जुषतु मतिं सततं स्वधर्मयुक्तः |
M. N. Dutt: Ganga always extends her favour to those who are devoted to her in huinbleness of heart. She unites those who are so devoted to her with every kind of happiness. I pray that the highly blessed Ganga may always inspire your heart and mine with the attributes of virtue. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-101 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-026-096 भीष्म उवाच शिलरतये त्रिपथानुयोगरूपान् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The learned ascetic gifted with high soul and great slendour and crowned with success having in this manner described to that poor Brahmana observing the Shila vow, on the subject of the infinite merits of Ganga, then ascended the sky. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-102 शिलवृत्तिस्तु सिद्धस्य वाक्यैः संबोधितस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-097 शिलवृत्तिस्तु सिद्धस्य वाक्यैः सम्बोधितस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: The poor Brahmana observing the Shila vow, awakened by the words of that ascetic crowned with success, duly sought refuge with Ganga and acquired great success. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-103 तस्मात्त्वमपि कौन्तेय भक्त्या परमया युतः |
MN DUTT: 09-026-098 तथा त्वमपि कौन्तेय भक्त्या परमया युतः |
M. N. Dutt: Do you also, O son of Kunti, seek Ganga with great devotion for you will then, as the reward thereof, acquire great and excellent Success. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-104 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-026-099 वैशम्पायन उवाच श्रुत्वेतिहासं भीष्मोक्तं गङ्गायाः स्तवसंयुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Hearing this discourse from Bhishma of the praise of Ganga, Yudhishthira with his brothers became filled with great joy. |
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BORI CE: 13-027-105 इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं शृणुयाद्यः पठेत वा |
MN DUTT: 09-026-100 इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं शृणुयाद् यः पठेत वा |
M. N. Dutt: That person who recites or hears recited this sacred topic of the praise of Ganga, becomes purged of every sin. |
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