Hall of Raziel™ , found with , and of the Ages Raziel's Mercy™ Found a phone? Raziel's Mercy™ shows a calm blessing screen with a simple invitation: call the owner. A masked Call button reaches them without showing their number. No pressure. No threats. For finders → Raziel's Library™ Raziel's Library™ holds Sefer Raziel ha-Malakh (Amsterdam 1701, Hebrew and English, six parts), the Gutenberg Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, 3 Esdras, Judith, Esther, Job and Psalms), 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and the Book of Giants. Enter the Library → Hall of Raziel™ chat room Coming Soon. In the meantime, join us on RUEZALS.chat. Enter RUEZALS.chat Raziel's Mercy™ A lost Android recovery system. When your phone is lost, Mercy turns its screen into a calm, clear, kind blessing so whoever finds it knows how to help. If the phone can't come home, remote erase is there as the last safeguard. How Mercy works → Raziel speaks (paraphrased)
Hall of Raziel™ › Library › Hindu › Mahabharata › Book 3 › Section CCXXIII

Mahabharata · Book 3 · Vana Parva

Mahabharata, Book 3, Section CCXXIIIवनपर्व

Kisari Mohan Ganguli’s English prose (1883–96), beside the Sanskrit of adhyāya 3.223.

223Sanskrit adhyāya 3.223 · Sanskrit source · English source

Sanskrit

मार्कण्डेयेन युधिष्ठिरप्रति विस्तरेणाग्नीनां वंशकथनम् ।। 1 ।।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच।
गुरुभिर्नियमैर्युक्तो भरतो नाम पार्थिव।
अग्निः पुष्टिमतिर्नाम तुष्टः पुष्टिं प्रयच्छति ।।
`सततं भरतश्रेष्ठ पावकोयं महाप्रभः'।
अग्निर्यश्च शिवो नाम शक्तिपूजायनिश्च सः।
दुःखार्तानां स सर्वेषां शिवकृत्सततं शिवः ।।
तपसस्तु फलं दृष्ट्वासंप्रवृत्तं तपोमयम्।
उद्धर्तुकामो मतिमान्पुत्रो जज्ञे पुरंदरः ।।
उष्मा चैवोष्मणो जज्ञे सोऽग्निर्भूतेषु लक्ष्यते।
अग्निश्चापि मनुर्नाम प्राजापत्यं सकारणम् ।।
शंभुमग्निमथ प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः।
आवसथ्यं द्विजाः प्राहुर्दीप्तमग्निं महाप्रभम् ।।
ऊर्जस्करान्हव्यवाहान्सुवर्णसदृशप्रभान्।
अग्निस्तपो ह्यजनयत्पञ्च यज्ञसुतानिह ।।
प्रततोऽग्निर्महाभाग परिश्रान्तो गवांपतिः।
असुराञ्जनयन्घोरान्मर्त्यांश्चैव पृथग्विधान् ।।
तपसश्च मनुं पुत्रं भानुं चाप्यङ्गिराः सृजत्।
बृहद्भानुं तु तं प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।।
भानोर्भार्या महाराज बृहद्भासा तु सोमजसूर्यजा इति पाठभेदःा।
षट्पुत्राञ्जनयामास तदा सा कन्यया सह।
भानोराङ्गिरसस्याथ शृणु तस्य प्रजाविधिम् ।।
दुर्बलानां तु भूतानामसून् यः संप्रयच्छति।
तमग्निं बलदं प्राहुः प्रथमं भानुजं सुतम् ।।
यः प्रशान्तेषु भूतेषु मन्युर्भवति दारुणः।
अग्निः स मन्युमान्नाम द्वितीयो भानुजः सुतः ।।
दर्शे च पौर्णमासे च यस्येह हविरुच्यते।
विष्णुर्नामेह योऽग्निस्तु धृतिमान्नाम सोङ्गिराः ।।
इन्द्रेण सहितं यस्य हविराग्रयणं स्मृतम्।
अग्निराग्रयणो नाम भानोरेवान्वयस्तु सः ।।
चातुर्मास्येषु नित्यानां हविषां यो निरग्रहः।
चतुर्भिः सहितः पुत्रैर्भानोरेवान्वयस्तु सः ।।
निशा त्वजनयत्कन्यामग्नीषोमावुभौ तथा।
मनोरेवाभवद्भार्या सुषुवे पञ्च पावकान् ।।
पूज्यते हविषा योऽग्रे चातुर्मास्येषु पावकः।
पर्जन्यसहितः श्रीमानग्निर्वैश्वानरस्तु सः ।।
अस्य लोकस्य सर्वस्य यः प्रभुः परिपठ्यते।
सोऽग्निर्विश्वपतिर्नाम द्वितीयस्तापसः सुतः ।।
कन्या या हरिणीरोहिणी - पा.भे. नाम हिरण्यकशिपोः सुताः।
कर्मणाऽसौ बभौ भार्या स वह्निः स प्रजापतिः।
प्राणानाश्रित्य यो देहं प्रवर्तयति देहिनाम्।
तस्य सन्निहितो नाम शब्दरूपस्य साधनः ।।
शुक्लं कृष्णं वपुर्देवो यो बिभर्ति हुताशनः।
अकल्मषः कल्मषाणां कर्ता क्रोधाश्रितस्तु सः ।।
कपिलं परमर्षिं च यं प्राहुर्यतयः सदा।
अग्निः स कपिलो नाम साङ्ख्ययोगप्रवर्तकः ।।
योऽन्तर्यच्छति भूतानि येन चेष्टन्ति नित्यदा।
कर्मस्विह विचित्रेषु सोऽग्रणीर्वह्निरुच्यते ।।
इमामन्यान्समसृजत्पावकान्प्रथितौजसः।
अग्निहोत्रस्य दुष्टस्य प्रायश्चित्तार्थमुल्बणान् ।।
संस्पृशेयुर्यदाऽन्योन्यं कथंचिद्वायुनाऽग्नयः।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वै शुचयेऽग्नये ।।
दक्षिणाग्निर्यदा द्वाभ्यां संसृजेत तदा किल।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वै वीतयेऽग्नये ।।
यद्यग्नयो हि स्पृश्येयुर्निवेशस्था दवाग्निना।
इष्टरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तु शुचयेऽग्नये ।।
अग्निं रजस्वला वै स्त्री संस्पृशेदाग्निहौत्रिकम्।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वसुमतेऽग्नये ।।
मृतः श्रूयेत यो जीवन्परासुरशुचिर्यथा।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या सुरभिमतेऽग्नये ।।
आर्तो न जुहुयादग्निं त्रिरात्रं यस्तु ब्राह्मणः।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तन्तुमतेऽग्नये ।।
दर्शश्च पौर्णमासश्च यस् तिष्ठेत्प्रतिष्ठितम्।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या पथिकृतेऽग्नये ।।
सूतिकाग्निर्यदा चाग्निं संस्पृशेदाग्निहौत्रिकम्।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या चाग्निमतेऽग्नये ।।
।। इति श्रीमन्महाभारते अरण्यपर्वणि मार्कण्डेयसमास्यापर्वणि त्रयोविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः ।। 223 ।।
3-223-9 भानोर्भार्या सुप्रजा तु बृहद्भासा तु सूर्यजा इति झ. पाठः ।।
3-223-14 भानोरेवान्वयस्तुभः इति झ. पाठः ।।
3-223-18 कन्या सा रोहिणी इति झ. पाठः ।।
3-223-20 शुक्ककृष्णगतिर्देवो यो बिभर्ति हुताशनं इति झ. पाठः ।।
पाठान्तरम्
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
गुरुभिर्नियमैर्युक्तो भरतो नाम पावकः
अग्निः पुष्टिमतिर्नाम तुष्टः पुष्टिं प्रयच्छति
भरत्येष प्रजाः सर्वास्ततो भरत उच्यते १
अग्निर्यस्तु शिवो नाम शक्तिपूजापरश्च सः
दुःखार्तानां स सर्वेषां शिवकृत्सततं शिवः २
तपसस्तु फलं दृष्ट्वा संप्रवृद्धं तपो महत्
उद्धर्तुकामो मतिमान्पुत्रो जज्ञे पुरंदरः ३
ऊष्मा चैवोष्मणो जज्ञे सोऽग्निर्भूतेषु लक्ष्यते
अग्निश्चापि मनुर्नाम प्राजापत्यमकारयत् ४
शंभुमग्निमथ प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः
आवसथ्यं द्विजाः प्राहुर्दीप्तमग्निं महाप्रभम् ५
ऊर्जस्करान्हव्यवाहान्सुवर्णसदृशप्रभान्
अग्निस्तपो ह्यजनयत्पञ्च यज्ञसुतानिह ६
प्रशान्तेऽग्निर्महाभाग परिश्रान्तो गवांपतिः
असुराञ्जनयन्घोरान्मर्त्यांश्चैव पृथग्विधान् ७
तपसश्च मनुं पुत्रं भानुं चाप्यङ्गिरासृजत्
बृहद्भानुं तु तं प्राहुर्बाह्मणा वेदपारगाः ८
भानोर्भार्या सुप्रजा तु बृहद्भासा तु सोमजा
असृजेतां तु षट् पुत्राञ्शृणु तासां प्रजाविधिम् ९
दुर्बलानां तु भूतानां तनुं यः संप्रयच्छति
तमग्निं बलदं प्राहुः प्रथमं भानुतः सुतम् १०
यः प्रशान्तेषु भूतेषु मन्युर्भवति दारुणः
अग्निः स मन्युमान्नाम द्वितीयो भानुतः सुतः ११
दर्शे च पौर्णमासे च यस्येह हविरुच्यते
विष्णुर्नामेह योऽग्निस्तु धृतिमान्नाम सोऽङ्गिराः १२
इन्द्रे ण सहितं यस्य हविराग्रयणं स्मृतम्
अग्निराग्रयणो नाम भानोरेवान्वयस्तु सः १३
चातुर्मास्येषु नित्यानां हविषां यो निरग्रहः
चतुर्भिः सहितः पुत्रैर्भानोरेवान्वयस्तु सः १४
निशां त्वजनयत्कन्यामग्नीषोमावुभौ तथा
मनोरेवाभवद्भार्या सुषुवे पञ्च पावकान् १५
पूज्यते हविषाग्र्येण चातुर्मास्येषु पावकः
पर्जन्यसहितः श्रीमानग्निर्वैश्वानरस्तु सः १६
अस्य लोकस्य सर्वस्य यः पतिः परिपठ्यते
सोऽग्निर्विश्वपतिर्नाम द्वितीयो वै मनोः सुतः
ततः स्विष्टं भवेदाज्यं स्विष्टकृत्परमः स्मृतः १७
कन्या सा रोहिणी नाम हिरण्यकशिपोः सुता
कर्मणासौ बभौ भार्या स वह्निः स प्रजापतिः १८
प्राणमाश्रित्य यो देहं प्रवर्तयति देहिनाम्
तस्य संनिहितो नाम शब्दरूपस्य साधनः १९
शुक्लकृष्णगतिर्देवो यो बिभर्ति हुताशनम्
अकल्मषः कल्मषाणां कर्ता क्रोधाश्रितस्तु सः २०
कपिलं परमर्षिं च यं प्राहुर्यतयः सदा
अग्निः स कपिलो नाम सांख्ययोगप्रवर्तकः २१
अग्निर्यच्छति भूतानि येन भूतानि नित्यदा
कर्मस्विह विचित्रेषु सोऽग्रणीर्वह्निरुच्यते २२
इमानन्यान्समसृजत्पावकान्प्रथितान्भुवि
अग्निहोत्रस्य दुष्टस्य प्रायश्चित्तार्थमुल्बणान् २३
संस्पृशेयुर्यदान्योन्यं कथंचिद्वायुनाग्नयः
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वै शुचयेऽग्नये २४
दक्षिणाग्निर्यदा द्वाभ्यां संसृजेत तदा किल
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वै वीतयेऽग्नये २५
यद्यग्नयो हि स्पृश्येयुर्निवेशस्था दवाग्निना
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तु शुचयेऽग्नये २६
अग्निं रजस्वला चेत्स्त्री संस्पृशेदग्निहोत्रिकम्
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या दस्युमतेऽग्नये २७
मृतः श्रूयेत यो जीवन्परेयुः पशवो यथा
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कर्तव्याभिमतेऽग्नये २८
आर्तो न जुहुयादग्निं त्रिरात्रं यस्तु ब्राह्मणः
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या स्यादुत्तराग्नये २९
दर्शं च पौर्णमासं च यस्य तिष्ठेत्प्रतिष्ठितम्
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या पथिकृतेऽग्नये ३०
सूतिकाग्निर्यदा चाग्निं संस्पृशेदग्निहोत्रिकम्
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या चाग्निमतेऽग्नये ३१
इति श्रीमहाभारते आरण्यकपर्वणि एकादशाधिक द्विशततमोऽध्यायः २११
वर्गः:महाभारतम्/आरण्यकपर्व

English Ganguli

“The lady replied, ‘I am a daughter of Prajapati (the lord of all creatures, Brahma) and my name is Devasena. My sister Daityasena has ere this been ravished by Kesin. We two sisters with our maids habitually used to come to these Manasa mountains for pleasures with the permission of Prajapati. And the great Asura Kesin used daily to pay his court to us. Daityasena, O conqueror of Paka, listened to him, but I did not. Daityasena was, therefore, taken away by him, but, O illustrious one, thou hast rescued me with thy might. And now, O lord of the celestials, I desire that thou shouldst select an invincible husband for me.’ To this Indra replied, ‘Thou art a cousin of mine, thy mother being a sister of my mother Dakshayani, and now I desire to hear thee relate thine own prowess.’ The lady replied, ‘O hero with long arms, I am Avala70 (weak) but my husband must be powerful. And by the potency of my father’s boon, he will be respected by gods and Asuras alike.’ Indra said, ‘O blameless creature, I wish to hear from thee, what sort of power thou wishest thy husband to possess.’ The lady replied, ‘That manly and famous and powerful being devoted to Brahma, who is able to conquer all the celestials, Asuras, Yakshas, Kinnaras, Uragas, Rakshasas, and the evil-minded Daityas and to subdue all the worlds with thee, shall be my husband.’

“Markandeya continued, ‘On hearing her speech, Indra was grieved and deeply thought within himself, ‘There is no husband for this lady, answering to her own description.’ And that god adorned with sun-like effulgence, then perceived the Sun rising on the Udaya hill,71 and the great Soma (Moon) gliding into the Sun. It being the time of the new Moon, he of a hundred sacrifices, at the Raudra72 moment, observed the gods and Asuras fighting on the Sunrise hill. And he saw that the morning twilight was tinged with red clouds. And he also saw that the abode of Varuna had become blood-red. And he also observed Agni conveying oblations offered with various hymns by Bhrigu, Angiras, and others and entering the disc of the Sun. And he further saw the twenty four Parvas adorning the Sun, and the terrible Soma also present in the Sun under such surroundings. And observing this union of the Sun and the Moon and that fearful conjunction of theirs, Sakra thought within himself, This terrific conjunction of the Sun and the Moon forebodeth a fearful battle on the morrow. And the river Sindhu (Indus) too is flowing with a current of fresh blood and the jackals with fiery laces are crying to the Sun. This great conjunction is fearful and full of energy. This union of the Moon (Soma) with the Sun and Agni is very wonderful. And if Soma giveth birth to a son now, that son may become the husband of this lady. And Agni also hath similar surroundings now, and he too is a god. If the two begetteth a son, that son, may become the husband of this lady.’ With these thoughts that illustrious celestial repaired to the regions of Brahma, taking Devasena73 with him. And saluting the Grandsire he said unto him, ‘Do thou fix a renowned warrior as husband of this lady.’ Brahma replied, ‘O slayer of Asuras, it shall be; as thou hast intended. The issue of that union will be mighty and powerful accordingly. That powerful being will be the husband of this lady and the joint leader of thy forces with thee.’ Thus addressed, the lord of the celestials and the lady bowed unto him and then repaired to the place where those great Brahmanas, the powerful celestial Rishis, Vasistha and others, lived. And with Indra at their head, the other gods also, desirous of drinking the Soma beverage, repaired to the sacrifices of those Rishis to receive their respective shares of the offerings. Having duly performed the ceremonies with the bright blazing fire, those great-minded persons offered oblations to the celestials. And the Adbhuta fire, that carrier of oblations, was invited with mantras. And coming out of the solar disc, that lordly fire duly repaired thither, restraining speech. And, O chief of Bharata’s race, that fire entering the sacrificial fire that had been ignited and into which various offerings were made by the Rishis with recitations of hymns, took them with him and made them over to the dwellers of heaven. And while returning from that place, he observed the wives of those high-souled Rishis sleeping at their ease on their beds. And those ladies had a complexion beautiful like that of an altar of gold, spotless like moon-beams, resembling fiery flames and looking like blazing stars. And seeing those wives of the illustrious Brahmanas with eager eyes, his mind became agitated and he was smitten with their charms. Restraining his heart he considered it improper for him to be thus agitated. And he said unto himself, The wives of these great Brahmanas are chaste and faithful and beyond the reach of other people’s desires. I am filled with desire to possess them. I cannot lawfully cast my eyes upon them, nor ever touch them when they are not filled with desire. I shall, therefore, gratify myself daily with only looking at them by becoming their Garhapatya (house-hold) fire.’

“Markandeya continued, The Adbhuta fire, thus transforming himself into a house-hold one, was highly gratified with seeing those gold-complexioned ladies and touching them with his flames. And influenced by their charms he dwelt there for a long time, giving them his heart and filled with an intense love for them. And baffled in all his efforts to win the hearts of those Brahmana ladies, and his own heart tortured by love, he repaired to a forest with the certain object of destroying himself. A little while before, Swaha, the daughter of Daksha, had bestowed her love on him. The excellent lady had been endeavouring for a long time to detect his weak moments; but that blameless lady did not succeed in finding out any weakness in the calm and collected fire-god. But now that the god had betaken himself to a forest, actually tortured by the pangs of love, she thought, ‘As I too am distressed with love, I shall assume the guise of the wives of the seven Rishis, and in that disguise I shall seek the fire-god so smitten with their charms. This done, he will be gratified and my desire too will be satisfied.’”

Hall of Raziel™ · Raziel’s Library™ · from Raziel’s Mercy™, a lost Android recovery system.

English: Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text (Calcutta: Bharata Press, 1883–1896), public domain. Transcription: Project Gutenberg #15474, #15475, #15476, #15477 (from the sacred-texts.com scan, J. B. Hare / Distributed Proofreaders). Sanskrit: Sanskrit Wikisource. The ancient text is public domain; Wikisource page text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.