Chapter 30
अध्यायः 30
Pada II — Anushanga, Chapter 30
Shlokas (48)
+ Add ShlokaThe inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 1
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 1
कथं त्रेतायुगमुखे यज्ञस्य स्यात्प्रवर्त्तनम। पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे सर्गे यथावत्तच्च ब्रूहि मे।।
kathaṃ tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravarttanam| pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve sarge yathāvattacca brūhi me||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: How could Yajña begin to function formerly in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara, at the beginning of the Tretā Yuga. Narrate it factually to me.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 2
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 2
अन्तर्हितायां संध्यायां सार्द्धं कृतयुगेन वै। कालाख्यायां प्रवृत्तायां प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे तदा।।
antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena vai| kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prāpte tretāyuge tadā||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: When the Sandhyā (the period between two Yugas) elapsed along with the Kṛta Yuga, when (the time unit) called Kāla [kalā] began to function at the advent of Tretā Yuga, when the creation of rain had taken place and (the plants and) the medicinal herbs had grown, when the practice of cultivation. and agriculture had been fully established, when the people devoted to the stage of life of a householder established the classification of castes and stages of life with keen insight, then how was Yajña initiated after gathering together all the requisites?”
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 3
औषधीषु च जातासु प्रवृत्ते वृष्टिसर्जने। प्रतिष्ठितायां वार्त्तायां गृहाश्रमपरे पुनः।।
auṣadhīṣu ca jātāsu pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane| pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ gṛhāśramapare punaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: When the Sandhyā (the period between two Yugas) elapsed along with the Kṛta Yuga, when (the time unit) called Kāla [kalā] began to function at the advent of Tretā Yuga, when the creation of rain had taken place and (the plants and) the medicinal herbs had grown, when the practice of cultivation. and agriculture had been fully established, when the people devoted to the stage of life of a householder established the classification of castes and stages of life with keen insight, then how was Yajña initiated after gathering together all the requisites?”
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 4
वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं कृतवन्तश्च संख्यया। संभारांस्तांस्तु मंभृत्य कथं यज्ञः प्रवर्त्तितः।।
varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kṛtavantaśca saṃkhyayā| saṃbhārāṃstāṃstu maṃbhṛtya kathaṃ yajñaḥ pravarttitaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: When the Sandhyā (the period between two Yugas) elapsed along with the Kṛta Yuga, when (the time unit) called Kāla [kalā] began to function at the advent of Tretā Yuga, when the creation of rain had taken place and (the plants and) the medicinal herbs had grown, when the practice of cultivation. and agriculture had been fully established, when the people devoted to the stage of life of a householder established the classification of castes and stages of life with keen insight, then how was Yajña initiated after gathering together all the requisites?”
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 5
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 5
एतच्छुत्वाब्रवीत्सूतः श्रूयतां शांशपायने। यथा त्रेतायुगमुखे यज्ञस्य स्यात्प्रवर्तनम।।
etacchutvābravītsūtaḥ śrūyatāṃ śāṃśapāyane| yathā tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravartanam||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: On hearing this Sūta said:—
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 6
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 6
पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे सर्गे तद्वक्ष्याम्यानुपूर्व्यतः। अन्तर्हितायां संध्यायां सार्द्धं कृतयुगेन तु।।
pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve sarge tadvakṣyāmyānupūrvyataḥ| antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena tu||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: I shall recount in the proper order (how Yajña began) formerly in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 7
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 7
कालाख्यायां प्रवृत्तायां प्रप्ते त्रेतायुगे तदा। औषधीषु च जातासु प्रवृत्ते वृष्टिसर्जने।।
kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prapte tretāyuge tadā| auṣadhīṣu ca jātāsu pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: I shall recount in the proper order (how Yajña began) formerly in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 8
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 8
प्रतिष्ठितायां वार्त्तायां गृहश्रमपरेषु च। वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं कृत्वा मन्त्रांस्तु संहतान।।
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ gṛhaśramapareṣu ca| varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kṛtvā mantrāṃstu saṃhatān||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: I shall recount in the proper order (how Yajña began) formerly in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 9
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 9
मन्त्रांस्तान्योजयित्वाथ इहामुत्र च कर्मसु। तदा विश्वभुगिन्द्रश्च यज्ञं प्रावर्त्तयत्प्रभुः।।
mantrāṃstānyojayitvātha ihāmutra ca karmasu| tadā viśvabhugindraśca yajñaṃ prāvarttayatprabhuḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: I shall recount in the proper order (how Yajña began) formerly in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 10
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 10
दैवतैः सहितैः सर्वैः सर्वसंभारसंभृतैः। तस्याश्वमेधे वितते समाजग्मुर्महर्षयः।।
daivataiḥ sahitaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtaiḥ| tasyāśvamedhe vitate samājagmurmaharṣayaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: (They started the Yajña) along with all the gods and with all the requisites gathered together. The great sages came to his horse-sacrifice which was being lavishly performed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 11
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 11
यजन्तं पशुभिर्मे ध्यैरूचुः सर्वे समागताः। कर्मव्यग्रेषु ऋत्विक्षु संतते यज्ञकर्मणि।।
yajantaṃ paśubhirme dhyairūcuḥ sarve samāgatāḥ| karmavyagreṣu ṛtvikṣu saṃtate yajñakarmaṇi||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: All those who had come asked him even as he was performing the Yajña with the animals worthy of being sacrificed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 12
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 12
संप्रगीथेषु सर्वेषु सामगेष्वथ सुस्वग्म। परिक्रान्तेषु लघुषु ह्यध्वर्युवृषभेषु च।।
saṃpragītheṣu sarveṣu sāmageṣvatha susvagm| parikrānteṣu laghuṣu hyadhvaryuvṛṣabheṣu ca||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: All those who had come asked him even as he was performing the Yajña with the animals worthy of being sacrificed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 13
आलब्धेषु च मेध्येषु तथा पशुगणेषु च। हविष्यग्नौ हूयमाने ब्राह्मणैश्चाग्निहोत्रिभिः।।
ālabdheṣu ca medhyeṣu tathā paśugaṇeṣu ca| haviṣyagnau hūyamāne brāhmaṇaiścāgnihotribhiḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: All those who had come asked him even as he was performing the Yajña with the animals worthy of being sacrificed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 14
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 14
आहूतेषु च सर्वेषु यज्ञभाक्षु क्रमात्तदा। य इन्द्रियात्मका देवास्तदा ते यज्ञभागिनः।।
āhūteṣu ca sarveṣu yajñabhākṣu kramāttadā| ya indriyātmakā devāstadā te yajñabhāginaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: All those who had come asked him even as he was performing the Yajña with the animals worthy of being sacrificed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 15
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 15
तद्यचन्ते तदा देवान्कल्पादिषु भवन्ति ये। अध्वर्यवः प्रैषकाले व्यत्थिता वै महर्षयः।।
tadyacante tadā devānkalpādiṣu bhavanti ye| adhvaryavaḥ praiṣakāle vyatthitā vai maharṣayaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: All those who had come asked him even as he was performing the Yajña with the animals worthy of being sacrificed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 16
महर्षयस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा दीनान्पशुगणांस्तदा। प्रपच्छुरिद्रं संभूय को ऽयं यज्ञ विधिस्तव।।
maharṣayastu tāndṛṣṭvā dīnānpaśugaṇāṃstadā| prapacchuridraṃ saṃbhūya ko 'yaṃ yajña vidhistava||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: All those who had come asked him even as he was performing the Yajña with the animals worthy of being sacrificed.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 17
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 17
अधर्मो बलवानेष हिंसाधर्मेप्सया ततः। ततः पशुवधश्चैष तव यज्ञे सुरोत्तम।।
adharmo balavāneṣa hiṃsādharmepsayā tataḥ| tataḥ paśuvadhaścaiṣa tava yajñe surottama||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: This is highly unrighteous and sinful. It (this sacrifice) has been spread (performed) with a desire for rites involving violence to life). In your Yajña, O excellent god, the; killing of animals is involved.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 18
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 18
अधर्मो धर्मघाताय प्रारब्धः पशुहिसया। नायं धर्मो ह्यधर्मो ऽयं न हिंसा धर्म उच्यते।।
adharmo dharmaghātāya prārabdhaḥ paśuhisayā| nāyaṃ dharmo hyadharmo 'yaṃ na hiṃsā dharma ucyate||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: An evil thing has been started for the destruction of Dharma on account of this injury to the animals. This is not Dharma; it is Adharma (sin). Violence is not called as Dharma (Righteous).
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 19
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 19
आगमेन भवान्यज्ञं करोतु यदिहेच्छति। विधिदृष्टेन यज्ञेन धर्मेणाव्यपसेतुना।।
āgamena bhavānyajñaṃ karotu yadihecchati| vidhidṛṣṭena yajñena dharmeṇāvyapasetunā||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: If your honour wishes to perform the Yajña in accordance with the scriptures, perform the Yajña by means of Dharma that does not infringe established institutions. Perform the Yajña according to the injunctions laid down (in scriptures).
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 20
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 20
यज्ञबीचैः सुरेश्रष्ठ येषु हिंसा न विद्यते। त्रिवर्षं परमं कालमुषितैरप्ररोहिभिः।।
yajñabīcaiḥ sureśraṣṭha yeṣu hiṃsā na vidyate| trivarṣaṃ paramaṃ kālamuṣitairaprarohibhiḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: O excellent god! (sacrifice should be performed) with sacrificial seeds which are kept for a maximum period of three years and which do not put forth sprouts. In them (such seeds described above) no violence (to life) exists (is involved). O highly intelligent one, this is the Dharma laid down formerly by Brahmā”.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 21
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 21
एष धर्मो महाप्राज्ञ विरञ्चिविहितः पुरा। एवं विश्वभुगिन्द्रस्तु ऋषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।
eṣa dharmo mahāprājña virañcivihitaḥ purā| evaṃ viśvabhugindrastu ṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: O excellent god! (sacrifice should be performed) with sacrificial seeds which are kept for a maximum period of three years and which do not put forth sprouts. In them (such seeds described above) no violence (to life) exists (is involved). O highly intelligent one, this is the Dharma laid down formerly by Brahmā”.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 22
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 22
तदा विवादः सुमहानिन्द्रस्यासीन्महर्षिभिः। जङ्गमस्थावरैः कैर्हि यष्टव्यमिति चोच्यते।।
tadā vivādaḥ sumahānindrasyāsīnmaharṣibhiḥ| jaṅgamasthāvaraiḥ kairhi yaṣṭavyamiti cocyate||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Then a great argument took place between Indra and the great sages—” By what means should the Yajña be performed—by mobile (living) beings or immobile articles?”
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 23
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 23
ते तु खिन्ना विवादेन तत्त्वमुत्त्वा महर्षयः। सन्धाय वाक्यमिन्द्रेण पप्रच्छुः खेचरं वसुम।।
te tu khinnā vivādena tattvamuttvā maharṣayaḥ| sandhāya vākyamindreṇa papracchuḥ khecaraṃ vasum||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: After stating the principle the great sages became dejected on account of the argument. After coming to terms with Indra, they asked Vasu who was moving about in the firmament.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 24
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 24
सहाप्राज्ञ कथं दृष्टस्त्वया यज्ञविधिर्नृप। औत्तानपादे प्रब्रूहि संशयं नो नुद प्रभो।।
sahāprājña kathaṃ dṛṣṭastvayā yajñavidhirnṛpa| auttānapāde prabrūhi saṃśayaṃ no nuda prabho||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: “O king of great intellect, how (what) is the procedure for Yajña found out by you. O lord, son of Uttānapāda, explain and dispel our doubts”.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 25
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 25
श्रुत्वा वाक्यं वसुस्तेषाम विचार्य बलाबलम। वेदशास्त्रमनुस्मृत्य यज्ञतत्त्वमुवाच ह।।
śrutvā vākyaṃ vasusteṣāma vicārya balābalam| vedaśāstramanusmṛtya yajñatattvamuvāca ha||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: On hearing their words, Vasu, without considering the pros and cons recollected the Vedas and Scriptural texts. He then explained the principle of Yajña.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 26
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 26
यथोपनीर्तैर्यष्टव्यमिति होवाच पार्थिवः। यष्टव्यं पशुभिर्मे ध्यैरथ बीजैः फलैरपि।।
yathopanīrtairyaṣṭavyamiti hovāca pārthivaḥ| yaṣṭavyaṃ paśubhirme dhyairatha bījaiḥ phalairapi||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: “Sacrifice should be performed with whatever is duly brought” said the king. ‘Sacrifice should be performed by means of animals worthy of being sacrificed or by means of seeds and fruits.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 27
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 27
हिंसास्वभावो यज्ञस्य इति मे दर्शनागमौ। यथेह देवता मन्त्रा हिंसालिङ्गा महर्षिभिः।।
hiṃsāsvabhāvo yajñasya iti me darśanāgamau| yatheha devatā mantrā hiṃsāliṅgā maharṣibhiḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Violence is but natural to a sacrifice—such is my (opinion) as well as what is mentioned in philosophical texts and scriptures. Just as the Devatās, so also the Mantras, are symbols of violence. This is said by great sages endowed with austerities over a long period, through their philosophical texts and Tāraka and other (Mantras). This has been said on the basis of their authority. Hence, it behoves you all to achieve it provided those Mantras and statements are considered authoritative by you, O Brāhmaṇas, so, let the Yajña be continued and allowed to function. Otherwise, your words will be otherwise (false)”.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 28
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 28
दीर्घेण तपसा युक्तैर्दर्शनैस्तारकादिभिः। तत्प्रामाण्यान्मया चोक्तं तस्मात्स प्राप्तुमर्हथ।।
dīrgheṇa tapasā yuktairdarśanaistārakādibhiḥ| tatprāmāṇyānmayā coktaṃ tasmātsa prāptumarhatha||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Violence is but natural to a sacrifice—such is my (opinion) as well as what is mentioned in philosophical texts and scriptures. Just as the Devatās, so also the Mantras, are symbols of violence. This is said by great sages endowed with austerities over a long period, through their philosophical texts and Tāraka and other (Mantras). This has been said on the basis of their authority. Hence, it behoves you all to achieve it provided those Mantras and statements are considered authoritative by you, O Brāhmaṇas, so, let the Yajña be continued and allowed to function. Otherwise, your words will be otherwise (false)”.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 29
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 29
यदि प्रमाणं तान्येव मन्त्रवाक्यानि वै द्विजाः। तथा प्रवततां यज्ञो ह्यन्यथा वो ऽनृतं वचः।।
yadi pramāṇaṃ tānyeva mantravākyāni vai dvijāḥ| tathā pravatatāṃ yajño hyanyathā vo 'nṛtaṃ vacaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Violence is but natural to a sacrifice—such is my (opinion) as well as what is mentioned in philosophical texts and scriptures. Just as the Devatās, so also the Mantras, are symbols of violence. This is said by great sages endowed with austerities over a long period, through their philosophical texts and Tāraka and other (Mantras). This has been said on the basis of their authority. Hence, it behoves you all to achieve it provided those Mantras and statements are considered authoritative by you, O Brāhmaṇas, so, let the Yajña be continued and allowed to function. Otherwise, your words will be otherwise (false)”.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 30
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 30
एवं कृतोत्तरास्ते वै युक्तात्मानस्तपोधनाः। अवश्यभावितं दृष्ट्वा तमथो वाग्यताभवन।।
evaṃ kṛtottarāste vai yuktātmānastapodhanāḥ| avaśyabhāvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamatho vāgyatābhavan||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: After being answered to in this manner, those saints with souls united with Brahman of unified souls, realized the inevitability and hence restrained their speech.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 31
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 31
इत्युक्तमात्रे नृपतिः प्रविवेश रसातलम। ऊर्ध्वचारी वसुर्भूत्वा रसातलचरो ऽभवत।।
ityuktamātre nṛpatiḥ praviveśa rasātalam| ūrdhvacārī vasurbhūtvā rasātalacaro 'bhavat||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Immediately after saying this, the king entered Rasātala (nether worlds). After being a traverser of the upper regions Vasu (now) came to be a traverser of the nether-worlds.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 32
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 32
वसुधा तलवासी तु तेन वाक्येन सो ऽभवत। धर्माणां संशयच्छेत्ता राजा वसुरधोगतः।।
vasudhā talavāsī tu tena vākyena so 'bhavat| dharmāṇāṃ saṃśayacchettā rājā vasuradhogataḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: By means of that statement he had been a resident of the (nether) surface of the world. King Vasu who tried to dispel doubts in regard to Dharma, went down.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 33
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 33
तस्मान्न वाच्यमेकेन बहुज्ञेनापि संशये। बहुद्वारस्य धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मा दूरतरा गतिः।।
tasmānna vācyamekena bahujñenāpi saṃśaye| bahudvārasya dharmasya sūkṣmā dūratarā gatiḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Hence, even though one may be conversant with many things, one should not express anything by way of clarification of doubts when alone and single-handed. Dharma has many an opening. Its way is subtle and it goes a long way.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 34
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 34
तस्मान्न निश्चयाद्वक्तुं धर्मः शक्यस्तु केनचित। देवानृषीनुपादाय स्वायंभुवमृते मनुम।।
tasmānna niścayādvaktuṃ dharmaḥ śakyastu kenacit| devānṛṣīnupādāya svāyaṃbhuvamṛte manum||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Hence, nothing definite can be stated by anyone in the matter of Dharma including the Devas and the sages but excepting Svāyambhuva Manu.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 35
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 35
तस्मादहिंसा धर्मस्य द्वारमुक्तं महर्षिभिः। ऋषिकोटिसहस्राणि स्वतपोभिर्दिवं ययुः।।
tasmādahiṃsā dharmasya dvāramuktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ| ṛṣikoṭisahasrāṇi svatapobhirdivaṃ yayuḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Hence, non-violence has been declared by great sages as the gateway to Dharma. Thousands and millions of sages have gone to heaven by means of their own austerities.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 36
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 36
तस्मान्न दानं यज्ञं वा प्रशंसंति महर्षयः। उञ्छमूलफलं शाकमुदपात्रं तपोधनाः।।
tasmānna dānaṃ yajñaṃ vā praśaṃsaṃti maharṣayaḥ| uñchamūlaphalaṃ śākamudapātraṃ tapodhanāḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Therefore, the great sages do not praise either charity or Yajña. By giving roots and fruits or greens and vegetables gleaned by them or water-pot in accordance with their capacity, many ascetics have become well-established in the heavenly world.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 37
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 37
एतद्दत्वा विभवतः स्वर्गे लोके प्रतिष्ठिताः। अद्रोहश्चाप्य लोभश्च तपो भुतदया दमः।।
etaddatvā vibhavataḥ svarge loke pratiṣṭhitāḥ| adrohaścāpya lobhaśca tapo bhutadayā damaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Therefore, the great sages do not praise either charity or Yajña. By giving roots and fruits or greens and vegetables gleaned by them or water-pot in accordance with their capacity, many ascetics have become well-established in the heavenly world.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 38
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 38
ब्रह्मचर्यं तथा सत्यमनुक्रोशः क्षमा धृतिः। सनातनस्य धर्मस्य मूलमेतद्दुरासदम।।
brahmacaryaṃ tathā satyamanukrośaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ| sanātanasya dharmasya mūlametaddurāsadam||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Therefore, the great sages do not praise either charity or Yajña. By giving roots and fruits or greens and vegetables gleaned by them or water-pot in accordance with their capacity, many ascetics have become well-established in the heavenly world.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 39
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 39
श्रूयन्ते हि तपःसिद्धा ब्रह्मक्षत्रादयो ऽनघाः। प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ ध्रुवो मेधातिथिर्वसुः।।
śrūyante hi tapaḥsiddhā brahmakṣatrādayo 'naghāḥ| priyavratottānapādau dhruvo medhātithirvasuḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: It is heard (traditionally) that many sinless Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas and others have achieved spiritual power by means of penance. They are Priyavrata, Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Medhātithi, Vasu, Sudhāman, Virajas, Śaṅkha, Pāṇḍyaja, Prācīnabarhis, Parjanya, Havirdhāna and other kings. These and many others have gone to heaven by means of their austerities. They are saintly kings of great inherent strength whose reputation has been firmly established.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 40
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 40
सुधामा विरजाश्चैव शङ्खः पाण्ड्यज एव च। प्राजीनबर्हिः पर्जन्यो हविर्धानादयो नृपः।।
sudhāmā virajāścaiva śaṅkhaḥ pāṇḍyaja eva ca| prājīnabarhiḥ parjanyo havirdhānādayo nṛpaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: It is heard (traditionally) that many sinless Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas and others have achieved spiritual power by means of penance. They are Priyavrata, Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Medhātithi, Vasu, Sudhāman, Virajas, Śaṅkha, Pāṇḍyaja, Prācīnabarhis, Parjanya, Havirdhāna and other kings. These and many others have gone to heaven by means of their austerities. They are saintly kings of great inherent strength whose reputation has been firmly established.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 41
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 41
एते चान्ये च बहवः स्वैस्तपोभिर्दिवं गताः। राजर्षयो महासत्त्वा येषां कीर्त्तिः प्रतिष्ठिता।।
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ svaistapobhirdivaṃ gatāḥ| rājarṣayo mahāsattvā yeṣāṃ kīrttiḥ pratiṣṭhitā||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: It is heard (traditionally) that many sinless Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas and others have achieved spiritual power by means of penance. They are Priyavrata, Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Medhātithi, Vasu, Sudhāman, Virajas, Śaṅkha, Pāṇḍyaja, Prācīnabarhis, Parjanya, Havirdhāna and other kings. These and many others have gone to heaven by means of their austerities. They are saintly kings of great inherent strength whose reputation has been firmly established.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 42
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 42
तस्माद्विशिष्यते यज्ञात्तपः सर्वैस्तु कारणः। ब्रह्मणा तपसा सृष्टं जगद्विश्वमिदं पुरा।।
tasmādviśiṣyate yajñāttapaḥ sarvaistu kāraṇaḥ| brahmaṇā tapasā sṛṣṭaṃ jagadviśvamidaṃ purā||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Hence, by all reasons, penance is superior to Yajña. It is due to his penance that this whole universe had been formerly created by Brahmā.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 43
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 43
तस्मान्नान्वेति तद्यज्ञस्तपोमूलमिदं स्मृतम। द्रव्यमन्त्रात्मको यज्ञस्तपस्त्वनशनात्मकम।।
tasmānnānveti tadyajñastapomūlamidaṃ smṛtam| dravyamantrātmako yajñastapastvanaśanātmakam||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: Hence, Yajña does not follow it (penance) anywhere. This (world) is regarded as based on penance.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 44
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 44
यज्ञेन देवानाप्नोति वैराजं तपसा पुनः। ब्राह्मं तु कर्म संन्यासाद्वैराग्यात्प्रकृतेर्जयम।।
yajñena devānāpnoti vairājaṃ tapasā punaḥ| brāhmaṃ tu karma saṃnyāsādvairāgyātprakṛterjayam||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: One attains the Devas by means of Yajña and Vairāja by means of penance. Brahminical holy rites (are achieved) by means of renunciation and the victory over Prakṛti through Vairāgya (absence of passionate attachment).
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 45
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 45
ज्ञानात्प्राप्नोति कैवल्यं पञ्चैतागतयः स्मृताः। एवं विवादः सुमहान्य ज्ञस्यासीत्प्रवर्त्तने।।
jñānātprāpnoti kaivalyaṃ pañcaitāgatayaḥ smṛtāḥ| evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānya jñasyāsītpravarttane||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: One attains Kaivalya (salvation) through knowledge. These are declared as five goals.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 46
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 46
देवतानामृषीणां च पूर्व स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे। ततस्तमृषयो दृष्ट्वा हतं धर्मबलेन तु।।
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca pūrva svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare| tatastamṛṣayo dṛṣṭvā hataṃ dharmabalena tu||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: One attains Kaivalya (salvation) through knowledge. These are declared as five goals.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 47
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 47
वसोर्वाक्यमना दृत्य जगमुः सर्वे यथागतम। गतेषु मुनिसंघेषु देवा यज्ञं समाप्नुवन।।
vasorvākyamanā dṛtya jagamuḥ sarve yathāgatam| gateṣu munisaṃgheṣu devā yajñaṃ samāpnuvan||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: One attains Kaivalya (salvation) through knowledge. These are declared as five goals.
The inauguration of the sacrificial cult - Verse 48
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 30 · Verse 48
यज्ञप्रवर्त्तनं ह्येवमासीत्स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे। ततः प्रभृति यज्ञो ऽयं युगैः सह विवर्त्तितः।।
yajñapravarttanaṃ hyevamāsītsvāyaṃbhuve 'ntare| tataḥ prabhṛti yajño 'yaṃ yugaiḥ saha vivarttitaḥ||
Śāṃśapāyani said:: One attains Kaivalya (salvation) through knowledge. These are declared as five goals.