Book 12 Chapter 338 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | bahavaḥ puruṣā brahmann utāho eka eva tu
ko hy atra puruṣaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ ko vā yonir ihocyate |
2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
2 | bahavaḥ puruṣā loke sāṃkhyayogavicāriṇām
naitad icchanti puruṣam ekaṃ kurukulodvaha |
3 | bahūnāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca yathaikā yonir ucyate
tathā taṃ puruṣaṃ viśvaṃ vyākhyāsyāmi guṇādhikam |
4 | namaskṛtvā tu gurave vyāsāyāmitatejase
tapoyuktāya dāntāya vandyāya paramarṣaye |
5 | idaṃ puruṣasūktaṃ hi sarvavedeṣu pārthiva
ṛtaṃ satyaṃ ca vikhyātam ṛṣisiṃhena cintitam |
6 | utsargeṇāpavādena ṛṣibhiḥ kapilādibhiḥ
adhyātmacintām āśritya śāstrāṇy uktāni bhārata |
7 | samāsatas tu yad vyāsaḥ puruṣaikatvam uktavān
tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi prasādād amitaujasaḥ |
8 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
brahmaṇā saha saṃvādaṃ tryambakasya viśāṃ pate |
9 | kṣīrodasya samudrasya madhye hāṭakasaprabhaḥ
vaijayanta iti khyātaḥ parvatapravaro nṛpa |
10 | tatrādhyātmagatiṃ deva ekākī pravicintayan
vairājasadane nityaṃ vaijayantaṃ niṣevate |
11 | atha tatrāsatas tasya caturvaktrasya dhīmataḥ
lalāṭaprabhavaḥ putraḥ śiva āgād yadṛcchayā ākāśenaiva yogīśaḥ purā trinayanaḥ prabhuḥ |
12 | tataḥ khān nipapātāśu dharaṇīdharamūrdhani
agrataś cābhavat prīto vavande cāpi pādayoḥ |
13 | taṃ pādayor nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā savyena pāṇinā
utthāpayām āsa tadā prabhur ekaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
14 | uvāca cainaṃ bhagavāṃś cirasyāgatam ātmajam
svāgataṃ te mahābāho diṣṭyā prāpto 'si me 'ntikam |
15 | kaccit te kuśalaṃ putra svādhyāyatapasoḥ sadā
nityam ugratapās tvaṃ hi tataḥ pṛcchāmi te punaḥ |
16 | rudra uvāca |
16 | tvatprasādena bhagavan svādhyāyatapasor mama
kuśalaṃ cāvyayaṃ caiva sarvasya jagatas tathā |
17 | ciradṛṣṭo hi bhagavān vairājasadane mayā
tato 'haṃ parvataṃ prāptas tv imaṃ tvatpādasevitam |
18 | kautūhalaṃ cāpi hi me ekāntagamanena te
naitat kāraṇam alpaṃ hi bhaviṣyati pitāmaha |
19 | kiṃ nu tat sadanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kṣutpipāsāvivarjitam
surāsurair adhyuṣitam ṛṣibhiś cāmitaprabhaiḥ |
20 | gandharvair apsarobhiś ca satataṃ saṃniṣevitam
utsṛjyemaṃ girivaram ekākī prāptavān asi |
21 | brahmovāca |
21 | vaijayanto girivaraḥ satataṃ sevyate mayā
atraikāgreṇa manasā puruṣaś cintyate virāṭ |
22 | rudra uvāca |
22 | bahavaḥ puruṣā brahmaṃs tvayā sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā
sṛjyante cāpare brahman sa caikaḥ puruṣo virāṭ |
23 | ko hy asau cintyate brahmaṃs tvayā vai puruṣottamaḥ
etan me saṃśayaṃ brūhi mahat kautūhalaṃ hi me |
24 | brahmovāca |
24 | bahavaḥ puruṣāḥ putra ye tvayā samudāhṛtāḥ
evam etad atikrāntaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ naivam ity api ādhāraṃ tu pravakṣyāmi ekasya puruṣasya te |
25 | bahūnāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ sa yathaikā yonir ucyate
tathā taṃ puruṣaṃ viśvaṃ paramaṃ sumahattamam nirguṇaṃ nirguṇā bhūtvā praviśanti sanātanam |