pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: सोऽब्रवीत् पितरं पुत्रः स्वाध्यायकरणे रतम्। मोक्षधर्मेष्वकुशलं मोक्षधर्मविचक्षणः॥
English: Himself a master of the religion of Liberation, the son one day asked his father who was not conversant with that religion and who was engaged in following the Vedic precepts, this question.
Sanskrit: पुत्र उवाच धीर: किंस्वित् तात कुर्यात् प्रजानन् क्षिप्रं ह्यायुर्धश्यते मानवानाम्। पितस्तथाऽऽख्याहि यथार्थयोगं ममानुपूर्व्या येन धर्मं चरेयम्॥
English: The son said What should an intelligent men do, O father, knowing that the life of men runs speedily away? Tell me this truly and in due order, O father, so that, guided by your instruction I may undertake the acquisition of virtue.
Sanskrit: पितोवाच अधीत्य वेदान् ब्रह्मचर्येषु पुत्र पुत्रानिच्छेत्पावनाय पितृणाम्। अग्नीनाधाय विधिवच्चेश्यज्ञो वनं प्रविश्याथ मुनिळूभूषेत्॥
English: The father said Having read the Vedas all the while following the duties of Brahmacharya, O son, one should then desire for children for the sake of rescuting one's departed manes. Having established his fire then and performing the sacrifices that are ordained, one should then retire into the forest and then become a hermit.
Sanskrit: पुत्र उवाच एवमभ्याहते लोके सर्वतः परिवारिते। अमोघासु पतन्तीषु किं धीर इव भाषसे॥
English: The son said, When the world is thus attacked on all sides, and when such irresistible things are falling on all sides, how can you speak so calinly?
Sanskrit: पितोवाच कथमभ्याहतो लोकः केन वा परिवारितः। अमोघाः काः पतन्तीह किं नु भीषयसीवमाम्॥
English: The sire said How is the world attacked?-By what is it besieged? What are those irresistible things that are falling on all sides? Do you frighten me with your words?-
Sanskrit: पुत्र उवाच मृत्युनाभ्याहतो लोको जरया परिवारितः। अहोरात्राः पतन्तीमे तच्च कस्मान्न बुद्ध्यसे॥
English: The world is attacked by Death. It is attacked by Decrepitude. Days and Nights are continually falling. Why do you not take care of these.
Sanskrit: यदाहमेव जानामि न मृत्युस्तिष्ठतीति ह। सोऽहं कथं प्रतीक्षिष्ये ज्ञानेनापिहितश्चरन्॥
English: When I know that Death does not wait here for any one how can I possibly wait thus covered in a sheath of Ignorance and attending affairs?
Sanskrit: रात्र्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामायुरल्पतरं यदा। गाधोदके मत्स्य इव सुखं विन्त कस्तदा॥
English: When with every night the period of a man's existence wears away, when, indeed, one's position is similar to that of a fish a pool of shallow water, who can be happy?
Sanskrit: पुष्पाणीव विचिन्वन्तमन्यत्र गतमानसम्। अनवाप्तेषु कामेषु मृत्युरभ्येति मानवम्॥
English: Death meets one in the very midst of his affairs, before the attainment of his objects, finding one as careless as a person while plucking flowers. to my
Sanskrit: श्वः कार्यमद्य कुर्वीत पूर्वाह्ने चापराह्निकम्। न हि प्रतीक्षते मृत्युः कृतं वास्य न वा कृतम्॥
English: What is kept for being done tomorrow should be done to-day; and what one thinks of doing in the afternoon should be done in the forenoon. Death does not wait for a man whether he has, or has not done his acts.
Sanskrit: अद्यैव कुरु यच्छ्यो मा त्वां कालोऽत्यगान्महान्। को हि जानाति कस्याद्य मृत्युकालो भविष्यति॥
English: Do to-day what is for your behoof! See that Death, who is irresistible, may not overcome you. Who knows that Death will not come to one this very day.
Sanskrit: अकृतेष्वेव कार्येषु मृत्यु सम्प्रकर्षति। युवैव धर्मशीलः स्यादनिमित्तं हि जीवितम्॥
English: Before a person's acts are done, Death drags one away. One should, therefore, begin to practise virtue while he is still young, for life is uncertain.
Sanskrit: कृते धर्मे भवेत् प्रीतिरिह प्रेत्य च शाश्वती। मोहेन हि समाविष्टः पुत्रदारार्थमुद्यतः॥
English: By acquiring virtue one is sure to acquire eternal happiness both in this world and in the next. Overpowered by folly one is up and doing on behalf of his sons and wives.
Sanskrit: अनुषत्तु द्वयेनैते भावाः स्थावरजङ्गमाः। न मृत्युसेनामायान्तीं जातु कश्चित् प्रबाधते॥ बलात् सत्यमृते त्वेकं सत्ये ह्यमृतमाश्रितम्। मृत्योर्वा गृहमेतद् वै या ग्रामे वसतो रतिः॥
English: All forms of existence, mobile and immobile, are possessed by these two. When the soldiers, which constitute Death's army, march, nothing can resist them except that one thing, viz., the power of Truth, for in Truth alone Immortality lives. The joy which one feels of living in the midst of men is residence of Death.
Sanskrit: देवानामेष वै गोष्ठो यदरण्यमिति श्रुतिः। निबन्धनी रज्जुरेषा या ग्रामे वसतो रतिः॥
English: The Shruti says that what is called the forest is the true fold for the deities, while the joy one feels in living in the midst of men is, as it were, the fetter for binding the dweller.
Sanskrit: छित्त्वैनां सुकृतो यान्ति नैनां छिन्दन्ति दुष्कृतः। यो न हिंसति सत्त्वानि मनोवाक्कर्महेतुभिः॥ जीवितार्थापनयनैः प्राणिभिर्न स बुद्ध्यते। तस्मात् सत्यव्रताचारः सत्यव्रतपरायणः॥ सत्यकाम: समो दान्तः सत्येनैवान्तकं जयेत्। अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च द्वयं देहे प्रतिष्ठितम्॥
English: The pious cut it and escape. The sinful can not cut it. He who does not injure other creatures in thought, word, and deed, and who never injures others by taking away their means of livelihood, is never injured by any crcature. Therefore, one should practise the vow of truth, be steadfastly devoted to the vow of truth, and should wish for nothing but the truth. Governing all his senses and regarding all creatures impartially, one should defeat Death with the help of Truth. Both Immortality and Death are in the body.
Sanskrit: मृत्युरापद्यते मोहात् सत्येनापद्यतेऽमृतम्। सोऽहं सत्यमहिंसाथी कामक्रोधबहिष्कृतः॥ समाश्रित्य सुखं क्षेमी मृत्युं हास्याम्यमृत्युवत्। शान्तियज्ञरतो दान्तो ब्रह्मयज्ञे स्थितो मुनिः॥ वाङ्मनःकर्मयज्ञश्च भविष्याम्युदगायने। पशुयज्ञैः कथं हिंस्रैर्मादृशो यष्टुमर्हति॥
English: Death comes from folly, and Immortality is acquired by Truth. Transcending desire and anger, abstaining from injury, I shall adopt Truth and happily acquiring what is for my behoof avoid Death like an Immortal. Engaged in the Sacrifice that is formed by Peace, and employed also in the Sacrifice of Brahma, and controlling my senses, the Sacrifices I shall perform and those of speech, mind, and deeds, when the sun enters his northerly course. How can one like me celebrate an Animal Sacrifice which is full of cruelty.
Sanskrit: अन्तवद्भिरुत प्राज्ञः क्षत्रयज्ञैः पिशाचवत्। आत्मन्येवात्मना जात आत्मनिष्ठोऽप्रजः पितः॥
English: How can one like me, endued with wisdom, perform like a cruel being, a Sacrifice of destruction after the manner of what is sanctioned for the Kshatriyas,-a Sacrifice which produces only fickle rewards, In myself have I been begotten by myown self. O father, without seeking to procreate progeny, I shall rest myself on my own self!
Sanskrit: आत्मयज्ञो भविष्यामि न मां तारयति प्रजा। यस्य वाङ्मनसी स्यातां सम्यक् प्रणिहिते सदा॥ तपस्त्यागश्च योगश्च स तैः सर्वमवाप्नुयात्। नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति विद्यासमं फलम्॥ नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्॥
English: I shall celebrate the Sacrifice of Self, I require no children to rescue me. He whose words and thoughts are always well-governed, he who has penances and Renunciation, and Yoga, is sure to acquire everything through these. There is no eye like Knowledge. There is no reward like Knowledge. There is no sorrow like attachment. There is no happiness like Renunciation.
Sanskrit: नैतादृशं ब्राह्मणस्यास्ति वित्तं यथैकता समता सत्यता च। शीले स्थितिर्दण्डनिधानमार्जवं ततस्ततश्चोपरमः क्रियाभ्यः॥
English: For a Brahmana there can be no wealth like living in solitude, an impartial eye for all creatures, truthfulness of speech, steady observance of good conduct, the total abandonment of the rod (of chastisement), simplicity, and the gradual abstention from all acts.
Sanskrit: किं ते धनैर्बान्धवैर्वापि किं ते कि ते दारैर्ब्राह्मण यो मरिष्यसि। आत्मानमन्विच्छ गुहां प्रविष्टं पितामहास्ते क्व गताः पिता च॥
English: Why do you require riches, relatives, friends, and wives? You are a Brahmana and you have death to encounter! Search you own Self which is concealed in a cave. Where have your grandfathers gone and where your father too?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच पुत्रस्यैतद् वचः श्रुत्वा तथाकाषीत् पिता नृप। तथा त्वमपि वर्तस्व सत्यधर्मपरायणः॥
English: Bhishma said, Hearing these words of his son, the father acted in the way that was pointed out, O king! Do you also act similarly, devoted to the religion of Truth.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच किंशीलः किंसमाचारः किंविद्यः किंपरायणः। प्राप्नोति ब्रह्मणं स्थानं यत् परं प्रकृतेर्बुवम्॥
English: Yudhishthira said "What should be a man's conduct, what his acts, what his knowledge, and to what must he be devoted, for attaining to Brahma's place which is above Nature and which is unchangeable?”
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच मोक्षधर्मेषु निरतो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः। प्राप्नोति परमं स्थानं यत् परं प्रकृतेऽवम्॥
English: One who is devoted to the religion of Liberation, abstemious in diet, and the master of his senses, attains to that high place which is above Prakriti and is unchangeable.
Sanskrit: (अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। हारीतेन पुरा गीतं तं निबोध युधिष्ठिर।।) स्वगृहादभिनिस्सृत्य लाभेऽलाभे समो मुनिः। समुपोढेषु कामेषु निरपेक्षः परिव्रजेत्॥
English: Retiring from his home, considering equally gain and loss, governing the senses and disregarding all objects of desire even when they are ready (for enjoyment), one should follow the life of Renunciation.
Sanskrit: । न चक्षुषा न मनसा न वाचा दूषयेदपि। न प्रत्यक्षं परोक्षं वां दूषणं व्याहरेत् क्वचित्॥
English: Neither with eye, nor with word, nor in thought, should one disparage another. Nor should one speak ill of any person either in or out of his hearing.
Sanskrit: न हिंस्यात् सर्वभूतानि मैत्रायणगतश्चरेत्। नेदं जीवितमासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित्॥
English: One should refrain from injuring any creature, and fact observing the course of the Sun. Having come into this life, one should not treat with unfriendliness any creature.
Sanskrit: अतिवादांस्तितिक्षेत नाभिमन्येत कंचन। क्रोध्यमानः प्रियं ब्रूयादाक्रुष्टः कुशलं वदेत्॥
English: One should disregard disgraceful speeches, and never in pride consider himself as superior to another. When sought to be angered by another, one should still give vent to agreeable speeches. Even when spoken ill of one should not calumniate in return.
Sanskrit: प्रदक्षिणं च सव्यं च ग्राममध्ये च नाचरेत्। भैक्षचर्यामनापन्नो न गच्छेत् पूर्वकेतितः॥
English: One should not act in a friendly or an unfriendly manner in the midst of human beings. One should not go about many houses in this round of mendicancy. Nor should one go to any house having obtained a previous invitation.
Sanskrit: अवकीर्णः सुगुप्तश्च न वाचा ह्यप्रियं वदेत्। मृदुः स्यादप्रतिक्रूरो विस्रब्धः स्यादकत्थनः॥
English: Even when filled with filth, one should, firmly following his duties, refrain from addressing unpleasant words to such men. One should be merciful. One should not return an injury. One should be fearless; one should not speak highly of himself.
Sanskrit: विधूमे न्यस्तमुसले व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने। अतीतपात्रसंचारे भिक्षां लिप्सेत वै मुनिः॥
English: The man of controlled senses should beg alms in a householder's house when the smoke has ceased to rise from it, when the sound of the husking rod is heard no more, when the hearth-fire is gone, when all the inmates have taken their food, or when the hour for setting the dishes is over.
Sanskrit: प्राणयात्रिकमात्रः स्यान्मात्रालाभेष्वनादृतः। अलाभे न विहन्येत लाभश्चैनं न हर्षयेत्॥ लाभं साधारणं नेच्छेन्न भुञ्जीताभिपूजितः। अभिपूजितलाभं हि जुगुप्सेतैव तादृशः॥
English: He should be satisfied with only as much as is hardly necessary for keeping the body and soul together. Even that much of food which yields gratification should not be sought by him. When he fails to get what he wants, he should not cherish discontent. Success, again, in obtaining what he wants, should not elate him. He should never wish for such things as are sought by ordinary men. He should never take his meals at any body's house when respectfully invited thereto. One like him should hate any thing that is presented with honour.
Sanskrit: न चान्नदोषान् निन्देत न गुणानभिपूजयेत्। शय्यासने विविक्ते च नित्यमेवाभिपूजयेत्॥
English: He should never find fault with the food put before him, nor should he speak highly of its merits. He should seek a bed and a seat that are removed from human habitations.
Sanskrit: शून्यागारं वृक्षमूलमरण्यमथवा गुहाम्। अज्ञातचर्यां गत्वान्यां ततोऽन्यत्रैव संविशेत्॥
English: The places he should seek should be such as an abandoned house, the foot of a tree, a forest, or a cave. Without making his practices to be known by others, or concealing their real nature by appearing to adopt others, he should enter his own Self.
Sanskrit: अनुरोधविरोधाभ्यां समः स्यादचलो ध्रुवः। सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चोभे नानुरुध्येत कर्मणा॥
English: By association with Yoga and dissociation from company, he should be perfectly calm, steadily fixed, and uniform. He should not acquire either merit or demerit by means of acts.
Sanskrit: नित्यतृप्तः सुसंतुष्टः प्रसन्नवदनेन्द्रियः। विभीर्जप्यपरो मौनी वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः॥
English: He should be always be always pleased, well contented, of cheerful countenance and senses, fearless, always engaged in mental recitation of sacred Mantras, silent, and a follower of a life of Renunciation.
Sanskrit: अभ्यस्तं भौतिकं पश्यन् भूतानामागतिं गतिम्। नि:स्पृहः समदर्शी च पक्वापक्वेन वर्तयन्। आत्मना य: प्रशान्तात्मा लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः॥
English: Seeing the repeated formation and dissolution of his own body with the senses that originate from and resolve into the primary elements, and seeing also the coming and departure of (other) creatures, he should become shorn of desire and learn to see all things impartially, living upon both cooked and uncooked food. Abstemious in diet, and controlling his senses, he gains tranquillity of Self by Self.
Sanskrit: वाचो वेगं मनसः क्रोधवेगं हिंसावेगमुदरोपस्थवेगम्। एतान् वेगान् विषहेद् वै तपस्वी निन्दा चास्य हृदयं नोपहन्यात्॥
English: One should govern the impulses of words, of the mind, of anger of envy, of hunger, and of lust. Given to penances for purifying his heart, he should never allow the censures (of others) to pain his heart.
Sanskrit: मध्यस्थ एव तिष्ठेत प्रशंसानिन्दयोः समः। एतत् पवित्रं परमं परिव्राजक आश्रमे॥
English: Becoming neutral, should live, regarding praise and censure as equal. This, indeed, is the holiest and the highest path of Renunciation.
Sanskrit: महात्मा सर्वतो दान्तः सर्वत्रैवानपाश्रितः। अपूर्वचारकः सौम्यो अनिकेतः समाहितः॥
English: Endued with great soul, the Sannyasin should control his senses from all things and stand aloof from all attachments. He should never go to the places visited by him and the men known to him while he lived otherwise, Agreeable to all creatures, and without a fixed dwelling, he should be given to the contemplation of Self. one
Sanskrit: वानप्रस्थगृहस्थाभ्यां न संसृज्येत कर्हिचित्। अज्ञातलिप्सं लिप्सेत न चैनं हर्ष आविशेत्॥
English: He should never mingle with house-holders and hermits. He should eat such food as he may get without effort. He should never allow joy to possess his heart.
Sanskrit: विजानतां मोक्ष एष श्रमः स्यादविजानताम्। मोक्षयानमिदं कृत्स्नं विदुषां हारितोऽब्रवीत्॥
English: Such a life of Renunciation brings on Liberation to those that are wise. The practice of these duties is a great burden to those, however, that are fools, The sage Harita declared all this to be the path by which Liberation can be acquired.
Sanskrit: अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो दत्त्वा यः प्रव्रजेद् गृहात्। लोकास्तेजोमयास्तस्य तथाऽऽनन्त्याय कल्पते॥
English: He who leaves his home, having assured all creatures of his perfect harmlessness, acquires many bright and eternal regions of felicity.
Sanskrit: उशनोवाच नमस्तस्मै भगवते देवाय प्रभविष्णवे। यस्य पृथ्वीतलं तात साकाशं बाहुग्रोचरः॥
English: Ushana said I bow to that divine and illustrious and powerful Being who holds this Earth with the sky in his arms.
Sanskrit: मूर्धा यस्य त्वनन्तं च स्थानं दानवसत्तम। तस्याहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्॥
English: I shall speak to you of the pre-eminent greatness of that Vishnu whose head, O best of the Danavas, is that Infinite place.
Sanskrit: तयोः संवदतोरेवमाजगाम महामुनिः। सनत्कुमारो धर्मात्मा संशयच्छेदनाय वै॥
English: While they were thus talking with each other there came to them the great sage Sanatkumara of pious soul for the purpose of removing their doubts.
Sanskrit: स पूजितोऽसुरेन्द्रेण मुनिनोशनसा तथा। निषसादासने राजन् महार्हे मुनिपुङ्गवः॥
English: Adored of the king of Asuras and the sage Ushanas, that foremost of sages sat down on a rich seat.
Sanskrit: तमासीनं महाप्रज्ञमुशना वाक्यमब्रवीत्। ब्रूह्यस्मै दानवेन्द्राय विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्॥ एष चाक्षिपते काले
English: After the highly wise Kumara had been seated, Ushanas said to him,-Describe to this king of the Danavas the pre-eminent greatness of Vishnu.
Sanskrit: सनत्कुमारस्तु ततः श्रुत्वा प्राह वचोऽर्थवत्। विष्णोर्माहात्म्यसंयुक्तं दानवेन्द्राय धीमते॥
English: Hearing these words, Sanatkumara said to the following, fraught with grave sense, upon the pre-cminent greatness of Vishnu to the intelligent king of the Danavas.
Sanskrit: शृणु सर्वमिदं दैत्य विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्। विष्णौ जगत् स्थितं सर्वमिति विद्धि परंतप॥
English: Listen, O Daitya, to everything regarding the greatness of Vishnu. Know, O destroyer of foes, that the entire universe depends on Vishnu.
Sanskrit: सृजत्येष महाबाहो भूतग्रामं चराचरम्। काले विसृजते पुनः॥
English: O you of mighty arms, it is He who creates all creatures mobile and immobile. In course of Time it is He, again, who withdraws all things and in Time it is He who once more sends them from Himself.
Sanskrit: अस्मिन् गच्छन्ति विलयमस्माच्च प्रभवन्त्युत। नैष ज्ञानवता शक्यस्तपसा नैव चेज्यया। सम्प्राप्तुमिन्द्रियाणां तु संयमेनैव शक्यते॥
English: Into Hari all things merge at the universal dissolution, and from Hiin all things again come forth. Men having scriptural learning cannot get him by such lore. Nor can He be acquired by Penances, nor by Sacrifices. The only means by which He can be acquired is by controlling the Senses.
Sanskrit: बाह्ये चाभ्यन्तरे चैव कर्मणोर्मनसि स्थितः। निर्मलीकुरुते बुद्ध्या सोऽमुत्रानन्त्यमश्नुते॥
English: Not that sacrifices are absolutely useless towards such an end. For a person, by relying upon both external and internal acts, and upon his own mind, can purify (them) by his own understanding. By such means, one can enjoy Infinity in the world.
Sanskrit: यथा हिरण्यकर्ता वै रूप्यमग्नौ विशोधयेत्। बहुशोऽतिप्रयत्नेन महताऽऽत्मकृतेन ह॥ तद्वज्जातिशतैर्जीवः शुद्ध्यतेऽनेन कर्मणा। यत्नेन महता चैवाप्येकजातौ विशुद्ध्यते॥
English: As a goldsmith purifies the dross of his metal by repeatedly putting it into the fire with very great efforts of his own, similarly Individual Soul succeeds in purifying himself by his course through hundreds of births. Some one may be seen to purify himself in only one life by great efforts.
Sanskrit: लीलयाल्पं यथा गात्रात् प्रमृज्यादात्मनो रजः। बहुयत्नेन महता दोषनिर्हरणं तथा॥
English: As one should with care remove stains from his body before they become thick, similarly one should with great efforts, wash off his sins.
Sanskrit: यथा चाल्पेन माल्येन वासितं तिलसर्षपम्। न मुञ्चति स्वकं गन्धं तद्वत् सूक्ष्मस्य दर्शनम्॥
English: By mixing only a few flowers with them, grains of sesame cannot be made to renounce their own smell. Similarly, one cannot, by purifying his heart only a little, succeed in seeing the Soul.
Sanskrit: तदेव बहुभिर्माल्यैर्वास्यमानं पुनः पुनः। विमुञ्चति स्वकं गन्धं माल्यगन्धे च तिष्ठति॥
English: When, however, those grains are perfumed repeatedly with the help of a large quantity of flowers, it is then that they cast off their own smell and assume that off the flowers with which they are mixed.
Sanskrit: एवं जातिशतैर्युक्तो गुणैरेव प्रसङ्गियु। बुद्ध्या निवर्तते दोषो यत्नेनाभ्यासजेन ह॥
English: Similarly, faults, in the form of attachments to all our environments, are removed by the understanding in course of many lives, with the help of a large quantity of the quality of goodness, and by means of efforts born of practice.
Sanskrit: कर्मणा स्वनुरक्तानि विरक्तानि च दानव। यथा कर्मविशेषांश्च प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा शृणु।॥
English: Listen, O Danava, by what means creatures attached to acts and those unattached to them get at the causes bringing on their respective states mind.
Sanskrit: यथावत् सम्प्रवर्तन्ते यस्मिस्तिष्ठन्ति वा विभो। तत् तेऽनुपूर्व्या व्याख्यास्ये तदिहैकमनाः शृणु॥
English: Listen to me with rapt attention. I shall in their due order, describe to you, O powerful Danava, as to how creatures follow action and how they give up action.
Sanskrit: अनादिनिधनः श्रीमान् हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः। देवः सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च॥
English: The Supreme Lord creates all creatures mobile and immobile. He is beginingless and endless. Unendued with attributes and endless. Unendued with attributes of any sort, he assumes attributes. He is the universal Destroyer, the Refuge of all things, the supreme Ordainer, and pure Intelligence.
Sanskrit: स वै सर्वेषु भूतेषु क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च। एकादशविकारात्मा जगत् पिबति रश्मिभिः॥
English: In all creatures it is He who lives as the mutable and the immutable. It is He who, having eleven modifications for His essence, drinks this universe with His rays.
Sanskrit: पादौ तस्य महीं विद्धि मूर्धानं दिवमित्युत। बाहवस्तु दिशो दैत्य श्रोत्रमाकाशमेव च॥
English: Know that the Earth is His feet. His head is formed by Heaven. His arms, O Daitya, are the several points of the horizon. The intermediate space is His ears.
Sanskrit: तस्य तेजोमयः सूर्यो मनश्चन्द्रमसि स्थितम्। बुद्धिर्ज्ञानगता नित्यं रसस्त्वप्सु प्रतिष्ठितः॥
English: The light of His eye is the Sun, and His mind is in the Moon. His Understanding lives always in Knowledge, and His tongue is in Water.
Sanskrit: भ्रुवोरन्तरास्तस्य ग्रहा दानवसत्तम। नक्षत्रचक्रं नेत्राभ्यां पादयोर्भूश्च दानव॥
English: O best of Danavas, the Planets are in the midst of His brows. The stars and constellations originate, from the light of His eyes. The Earth is in His feet, O Danava.
Sanskrit: रजस्तमश्च सत्त्वं च विद्धि नारायणात्मकम्। सोऽऽश्रमाणां फलं तात कर्मणस्तत् फलं विदुः॥
English: Know also that the qualities of Rajas, Tamas, and Sattva are of Him. He is the fruit of all the modes of life, and He it is who should be known as the fruit of all religious acts.
Sanskrit: अकर्मणः फलं चैव स एव परमव्ययः। छन्दांसि यस्य रोमाणि ह्यक्षरं च सरस्वती॥
English: The Highest and Immutable, He is also the fruit of abstention from all work. The Chcchandas are the hair on His body, and Pranava is His word.
Sanskrit: बह्वाश्रयो बहुमुखो धर्मो हृदि समाश्रितः। स ब्रह्म परमो धर्मस्तपश्च सदसच्च सः॥
English: The various orders (of men) and the modes of life are His refuge. His mouths are many. duty is put in his heart. He is Brahma, He is the highest Righteousness; He is existent and He is non-existent.
Sanskrit: श्रुतिशास्त्रग्रहोपेतः षोडशविक् क्रतुश्च सः। पितामहश्च विष्णुश्च सोऽश्विनौ स पुरंदरः।
English: He is Shruti. He is the scriptures. He is Sacrificial vessels. He is the sixteen sacrificial priests. He is all the Sacrifices. He is the Grandfather (Brahman), He is Vishnu. He is the two Ashvins, and he is Purandara.
Sanskrit: मित्रोऽथ वरुणश्चैव यमोऽथ धनदस्तथा॥ ते पृथग्दर्शनस्तस्य संविदन्ति तथैकताम्। एकस्य विद्धि देवस्य सर्वं जगदिदं वशे॥
English: He is Mitra, He is Varuna, He is Yama, He is Kuvera—the lord of riches. Although the Ritwijas seem to see Him as separate, He is, however, known to them as one and the same. Know that this entire universe is under the control of One divine Being.
Sanskrit: नानाभूतस्य दैत्येन्द्र तस्यैकत्वं वदत्ययम्। जन्तुः पश्यति विज्ञानात् ततो ब्रह्म प्रकाशते॥
English: The Veda that is in the soul, O king of Daityas, regards the unity of various creates. When a living creature realizes this unity on account of true knowledge, he is then said to attain to Brahma.
Sanskrit: स्तिष्ठन्ति जीवाः प्रचरन्ति चान्ये। प्रजाविसर्गस्य पारिमाण्यं वापीसहस्राणि बहूनि दैत्य॥
English: The period of time during which one creation exists or owing which it ceases to exist is called a Kalpa. Living creatures exist for a thousand millions of such Kalpas, Immobile creatures also exists for an equal time. The period for which a particular creation exists is measured by many thousands of lakes, O Daitya!
Sanskrit: वाप्यः पुनर्योजनविस्तृतास्ताः क्रोशं च गम्भीरतयावगाढाः। आयामतः पञ्चशताश्च सर्वाः प्रत्येकशो योजनतः प्रवृद्धाः॥
English: Conceive a lake that is one Yojana in width, one Krosha is depth, and five hundred Yojanas in length. Imagine many thousands of such lakes.