Vyasa Praises Austerity, Giving and the Worship of Hari

Verse 1 (13.184.1)

एवमुक्तः स भगवान्मैत्रेयं प्रत्यभाषत । दिष्ट्यैतत्त्वं विजानासि दिष्ट्या ते बुद्धिरीदृशी ॥

evamuktaḥ sa bhagavānmaitreyaṃ pratyabhāṣata | diṣṭyaitattvaṃ vijānāsi diṣṭyā te buddhirīdṛśī

Bhishma said: Thus addressed, the blessed Vyasa replied to Maitreya: By good fortune you know this; by good fortune your mind is such.

Note on the text: Replaced a stray question mark after ईदृशी with the verse-end mark (misprint in Wikisource). Not matched by the aligner; lines 1 and 2 = CE 13.123.1a, 1c (exact).

Verse 2 (13.184.2)

लोको ह्ययं गुणानेव भूयिष्ठं सम्प्रशंसति । रूपमानो वयोमानो धनविद्यामदस्तथा ॥

loko hyayaṃ guṇāneva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ sampraśaṃsati | rūpamāno vayomāno dhanavidyāmadastathā

This world mostly praises only qualities: pride of beauty, pride of age, and the intoxication of wealth and learning.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Vyasa's own speech, continuing; the page prints no heading after Bhishma's at verse 1 (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Not matched by the aligner: line 1 = CE 13.123.1e (Wikisource 'लोको ह्ययं गुणानेव भूयिष्ठं सम्प्रशंसति' against CE 'loko hy ayaṃ guṇān eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ sma praśaṃsati'); line 2 is a recension variant of CE 2a ('rūpamānavayomānaśrīmānāś cāpy asaṃśayam').

Verse 3 (13.184.3)

दिष्ट्या नाभिभवन्ति त्वां दैवस्तेऽयमनुग्रहः । तत्ते बहुगुणं दानं वर्तयिष्यामि तच्छृणु ॥

diṣṭyā nābhibhavanti tvāṃ daivaste'yamanugrahaḥ | tatte bahuguṇaṃ dānaṃ vartayiṣyāmi tacchṛṇu

By good fortune these do not overpower you; this is the gods' favour to you. I shall now tell you of giving, which has many merits; listen to it.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Vyasa's speech (the input had Bhishma). Not matched by the aligner: line 1 = CE 13.123.2c (exact); line 2 is a recension variant of CE 2e ('yat te bhṛśataraṃ dānād vartayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu').

Verse 4 (13.184.4)

यानीहागमशास्त्राणि याश्च काश्चित्प्रवृत्तयः । तानि वेदं पुरस्कृत्य प्रवृत्तानि यथाक्रमम् ॥

yānīhāgamaśāstrāṇi yāśca kāścitpravṛttayaḥ | tāni vedaṃ puraskṛtya pravṛttāni yathākramam

All the scriptures of tradition here, and all the ways of life whatever they are, have proceeded in due order with the Veda before them.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रिवृत्तयः → प्रवृत्तयः (misprint in Wikisource; प्रि for प्र; CE pravṛttayaḥ). Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 5 (13.184.5)

अहं दानं प्रशंसामि भवानपि तपःश्रुतेः । तपः पवित्रं वेदस्य तपः स्वर्गस्य साधनम् ॥

ahaṃ dānaṃ praśaṃsāmi bhavānapi tapaḥśruteḥ | tapaḥ pavitraṃ vedasya tapaḥ svargasya sādhanam

I praise giving, and you too praise austerity and sacred learning. Austerity is what purifies the Veda; austerity is the means to heaven.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Wikisource 'भवानपि तपःश्रुतेः' against CE 4a 'bhavān api tapaḥśrute' (recension variant, kept). The CE star line 13.123.004b*0614_01 is not in Wikisource and is not added.

Verse 6 (13.184.6)

तपसा महदाप्नोति विद्यया चेति नः श्रुतम् । तपसैव चापनुदेद्यच्चान्यदपि दुष्कृतम् ॥

tapasā mahadāpnoti vidyayā ceti naḥ śrutam | tapasaiva cāpanudedyaccānyadapi duṣkṛtam

We have heard that by austerity, and by learning, a man wins greatness; and by austerity alone he can remove any other evil deed as well.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 7 (13.184.7)

यद्यद्धि किञ्चित्सन्धाय पुरुषस्तप्यते तपः । सर्वमेतदवाप्नोति ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥

yadyaddhi kiñcitsandhāya puruṣastapyate tapaḥ | sarvametadavāpnoti brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ

Whatever a man sets his mind on when he practises austerity, a brahmin who has mastered the Veda obtains all of it.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 8 (13.184.8)

दुरन्वयं दुष्प्रधर्षं दुरापं दुरतिक्रमम् । सर्वं वै तपसाऽभ्येति तपो हि बलवत्तरम् ॥

duranvayaṃ duṣpradharṣaṃ durāpaṃ duratikramam | sarvaṃ vai tapasā'bhyeti tapo hi balavattaram

What is hard to follow, hard to assail, hard to reach, hard to cross — all of it a man overcomes by austerity; for austerity is the stronger.

Note on the text: Corrected तपसाऽभ्योति → तपसाऽभ्येति (misprint in Wikisource; ो for े; CE tapasābhyeti). Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 9 (13.184.9)

सुरापः स्वर्णहारी च भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पगः । तपसा तरते सर्वमेनसश्च प्रमुच्यते ॥

surāpaḥ svarṇahārī ca bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ | tapasā tarate sarvamenasaśca pramucyate

A drinker of liquor, a thief of gold, a slayer of an embryo, one who defiles his teacher's bed — he crosses over all this by austerity and is freed from sin.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Wikisource 'स्वर्णहारी च भ्रूणहा' against CE 8a 'surāpo 'saṃmatādāyī' (recension variant, kept).

Verse 10 (13.184.10)

सर्वो वैद्यस्तु चक्षुष्मानपि यादृशतादृशः । तपस्विनं तथैवाहुस्ताभ्यां कार्यं सतां मतम् ॥

sarvo vaidyastu cakṣuṣmānapi yādṛśatādṛśaḥ | tapasvinaṃ tathaivāhustābhyāṃ kāryaṃ satāṃ matam

Every learned man, and every man of insight, whatever he may be, they likewise call an ascetic; the good hold that both are to be resorted to.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Wikisource 'सर्वो वैद्यस्तु चक्षुष्मानपि यादृशतादृशः … तपस्विनं तथैवाहुः' against CE 9a 'sarvavidyas tu cakṣuṣmān api yādṛśatādṛśaḥ', 9c 'tapasvinau ca tāv āhus tābhyāṃ kāryaṃ sadā namaḥ' (recension variant, kept).

Verse 11 (13.184.11)

सर्वे पूज्याः श्रुतधनास्तथैव च तपस्विनः । दानप्रदाः सुखं प्रेत्य प्राप्नुवन्तीह च श्रियम् ॥

sarve pūjyāḥ śrutadhanāstathaiva ca tapasvinaḥ | dānapradāḥ sukhaṃ pretya prāpnuvantīha ca śriyam

All are to be honoured, both those rich in learning and ascetics; givers of gifts gain happiness after death, and prosperity here.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 12 (13.184.12)

इमं च ब्रह्मलोकं च लोकं च बलवत्तरम् । अन्नदानैः सुकृतिनः प्रतिपद्यन्ति लौकिकम् ॥

imaṃ ca brahmalokaṃ ca lokaṃ ca balavattaram | annadānaiḥ sukṛtinaḥ pratipadyanti laukikam

Through gifts of food the virtuous attain this world, the world of Brahma, and a yet mightier world, such as men of the world can reach.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 13 (13.184.13)

पूजिताः पूजयन्त्येते मानिता मानयन्ति च । स दाता यत्र यत्रैति सर्वतः सम्प्रणूयते ॥

pūjitāḥ pūjayantyete mānitā mānayanti ca | sa dātā yatra yatraiti sarvataḥ sampraṇūyate

Honoured, they honour in turn; respected, they respect. Wherever that giver goes, he is praised on every side.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Not matched by the aligner; = CE 13.123.12 (Wikisource 'पूजिताः पूजयन्त्येते मानिता मानयन्ति च' = CE 12a; line 2 'स दाता यत्र यत्रैति सर्वतः सम्प्रणूयते' against CE 12c 'adātā yatra yatraiti sarvataḥ saṃpraṇudyate', where the non-giver is driven away; a recension variant, kept).

Verse 14 (13.184.14)

अकर्ता चैव कर्ता च लभते यस्य यादृशम् । यदि चोर्ध्वं यद्यधो वा स्वान्लोकानभियास्यति ॥

akartā caiva kartā ca labhate yasya yādṛśam | yadi cordhvaṃ yadyadho vā svānlokānabhiyāsyati

Whether a man acts or does not act, he obtains what is due to him; whether he goes up or down, he will go to his own worlds.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Not matched by the aligner; = CE 13.123.13 (line 1 = 13a; line 2 a recension variant of 13c 'yady evordhvaṃ yady avāk ca tvaṃ lokam abhiyāsyasi').

Verse 15 (13.184.15)

प्राप्स्यसि त्वन्नपानानि यानि दास्यसि कर्हिचित् । मेधाव्यसि कुले जातः श्रुतवाननृशंसवान् ॥

prāpsyasi tvannapānāni yāni dāsyasi karhicit | medhāvyasi kule jātaḥ śrutavānanṛśaṃsavān

You will gain whatever food and drink you give at any time. You are wise, born in a good family, learned and kind.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 16 (13.184.16)

कौमारदारो व्रतवान्मैत्रेय निरतो भव । एतद्गृहाण प्रथमं प्रशस्तं गृहमेधिनाम् ॥

kaumāradāro vratavānmaitreya nirato bhava | etadgṛhāṇa prathamaṃ praśastaṃ gṛhamedhinām

Maitreya, you who married in your youth and keep your vows, be devoted to this: take up this first and most praised duty of householders.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Removed the editor's opening square bracket before line 2 (the bracket closes in verse 18). Lines = CE 13.123.15a, 15c (exact).

Verse 17 (13.184.17)

यो भर्ता वासितातुष्टो भर्तुस्तुष्टा च वासिता । यस्मिन्नेवं कुले सर्वं कल्याणं तत्र वर्तते ॥

yo bhartā vāsitātuṣṭo bhartustuṣṭā ca vāsitā | yasminnevaṃ kule sarvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ tatra vartate

A husband content with his wife and a wife content with her husband: in the family where this is so, all that is auspicious dwells.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). The verse stands inside the editor's square brackets (opened in verse 16, closed in verse 18), which are removed.

Verse 18 (13.184.18)

अद्भिर्गात्रान्मलमिव तमोऽग्निप्रभया यथा । दानेन तपसा चैव विष्णोरभ्यर्चनेन च । ब्राह्मणः स महाभाग तरेत्संसारसागरात् ॥

adbhirgātrānmalamiva tamo'gniprabhayā yathā | dānena tapasā caiva viṣṇorabhyarcanena ca | brāhmaṇaḥ sa mahābhāga taretsaṃsārasāgarāt

As water removes dirt from the body, and the light of fire removes darkness, so by giving, by austerity, and by the worship of Vishnu a brahmin, O greatly blessed one, may cross the ocean of rebirth.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as the page prints it (13-184-18a, b, c). Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Removed the editor's closing square bracket and the page's doubled danda in line 1 and the stray backtick before line 3. Line 1 = CE 13.123.17a (exact). Line 2 joins the first half of CE 17c ('dānena tapasā caiva …') to the CE star line 13.123.017c*0615_01 (viṣṇor abhyarcanena ca); line 3 is the CE star line 17c*0615_02 (brāhmaṇaḥ sa mahābhāga taret saṃsārasāgarāt). Not matched by the aligner.

Verse 19 (13.184.19)

स्वकर्मशुद्धसत्त्वानां तपोभिर्निर्मलात्मनाम् । विद्यया गतमोहानां तारणाय हरिः स्मृतः ॥

svakarmaśuddhasattvānāṃ tapobhirnirmalātmanām | vidyayā gatamohānāṃ tāraṇāya hariḥ smṛtaḥ

For those whose being is purified by their own deeds, whose selves are cleansed by austerity, and whose delusion has been dispelled by knowledge, Hari is declared to be the one who carries them across.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition: both lines are the CE star passage 13.123.017c*0615_03-04 (exact).

Verse 20 (13.184.20)

तदर्चनपरो नित्यं तद्भक्तस्तं नमस्कुरु । तद्भक्ता न विनश्यन्ति ह्यष्टाक्षरपरायणाः ॥

tadarcanaparo nityaṃ tadbhaktastaṃ namaskuru | tadbhaktā na vinaśyanti hyaṣṭākṣaraparāyaṇāḥ

Be ever devoted to his worship, be his devotee and bow to him; his devotees, who hold to the eight-syllabled mantra, are never lost.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition: both lines are the CE star passage 13.123.017c*0615_05-06 (exact).

Verse 21 (13.184.21)

प्रणवोपासनपराः परमार्थिपरास्त्विह । एतैः पावय चात्मानं सर्वपापमपोह्य च ॥

praṇavopāsanaparāḥ paramārthiparāstviha | etaiḥ pāvaya cātmānaṃ sarvapāpamapohya ca

Be given to the worship of the Pranava (Om), intent here on the highest truth. With these, purify your self, casting off all sin.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over). Removed the closing quote mark and the page's doubled danda; verse-end mark normalised. Not a numbered verse of the critical edition: line 1 is the CE star line 13.123.017c*0615_07 (exact); line 2 begins with the star line 0615_08 (etaiḥ pāvaya cātmānaṃ), the half-line there, completed in Wikisource by 'सर्वपापमपोह्य च' (cf. CE 17d 'sarvapāpam apohyate').

Verse 22 (13.184.22)

स्वस्ति प्राप्नुहि मैत्रेय गृहान्साधु व्रजाम्यहम् । एतन्मनसि कर्तव्यं श्रेय एवं भविष्यति ॥

svasti prāpnuhi maitreya gṛhānsādhu vrajāmyaham | etanmanasi kartavyaṃ śreya evaṃ bhaviṣyati

Be blessed, Maitreya, and attain welfare; I shall now go on my way. Keep this in mind, and it will be well for you.

Note on the text: Speaker Vyasa (the input had Bhishma, a carry-over).

Verse 23 (13.184.23)

तं प्रणम्याथ मैत्रेयः कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम् । स्वस्ति प्राप्नोतु भगवानित्युवाच कृताञ्जलिः ॥

taṃ praṇamyātha maitreyaḥ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam | svasti prāpnotu bhagavānityuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ

Bhishma said: Maitreya bowed to him, circled him with his right side toward him, and then, with folded hands, said, "May the blessed one attain welfare."

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 2 = CE 13.123.19a, 19c (Wikisource 'कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्' against CE 'kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam'). The CE has two star lines between them (13.123.019b*0616_00-01, the second naming Vyasa and Maitreya), which Wikisource lacks.