Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 189
Source[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uetis3ivPZk&t=0s हिन्दी रूपान्तरणम्]ईश्वर उवाच। प्रवक्ष्यामि विशालाक्षि तुहिनाचलकन्यके । गीता पंचदशाध्यायमाहात्म्यमवधारय १। कृपालुर्नरसिंहोऽभून्नाम्ना गौडेषु भूपतिः । यस्यासिधारया संख्ये देवासंघा वधीकृताः २। यदीय मत्तमातंग दानधाराजलैरिला । निदाघेपि च सेहेतां रविसंतापवेदनाम् ३। संक्रंदनपरित्रस्ता यदीय शरणं गताः । रेजिरे करिणो मत्ताश्चलंतः पर्वता इव ४। मत्तमातंगचीत्कारप्रतिस्वनमिवादरात् । यस्य गोपायतः शैला व्याहरंति कृपावतः ५। यदीय धावत्तुरगक्षुरसंघातजर्जरम् । नाभूच्चित्रं कथंकारं गतखंडं धरातलम् ६। यस्मिन्वृत्रहणो मित्रे समुद्धरति मेदिनीम् 3। पुनरुज्वलयांचक्रे महाभाष्यं फणीश्वरः ७। तस्यासीत्सैनिको धीमाञ्छस्त्रशास्त्रकलानिधिः । नाम्ना [https://vipin110012.tripod.com/pur_index28/sharabh.htm शरभ उपरि टिप्पणी]सरभभेरुंडः[http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/bharund.htm भारुण्ड उपरि टिप्पणी] प्रचंडभुजमंडलः ८। भांडारेण तुरंगैश्च भटैर्वीररसोद्भवैः । समान एव भूपालदुर्गैरत्यंतदुर्गमैः ९। स कदाचित्स्वयं राज्यं कर्तुं पापो दधे मनः । निहत्य वसुधापालं बलात्साकं कुमारकैः १०। कर्तुं व्यवस्य दिवसैः स्वल्पैरित्थं चिकीर्षया । विषूचिकामयादाशु परासुः समजायत ११। कालेनाल्पीयसा प्रेत्य पापात्मा तेन कर्मणा । तेजस्वी तुरगो जातः सिंधुदेशे कृशोदरिः १२। मूलेन बहुना क्रीत्वा हयतत्वविदा ततः । बहुयत्नवता नीतः केनचिद्वैश्यसूनुना १३। राजापि पौत्रनप्त्त्राद्यैस्तस्यैव मरणात्परम् । कालेन वृद्धतां प्राप्तः स्वराज्यं चापि पालयन् १४। स वैश्यसूनुस्तं चाश्वं राज्ञे दातुं समागतः । राज्ञोद्वारिस्थितस्तत्र प्रतीक्षंस्तत्समागमम् १५। ज्ञातपूर्वोऽपि वैश्योऽसौ प्रतीहारेण दर्शितः । किमर्थं ब्रूहि राज्ञेति पृष्टः स्पष्टमभाषत १६। देव त्रिजगतीरत्नमिति मत्वा तुरंगमः । मया नियुतमूल्येन बहुना साधुलक्षणः १७। ततोऽवलोक्य वक्त्राणि भूपालः पार्श्ववर्तिनाम् । समादिदेश वणिजमश्वोऽत्र नीयतामिति १८। शिरांसि धूनयन्नृणामश्वलक्षणवेदिनाम् । शूराणामपि चेतांसि मुहुरुत्साहयन्महान् १९। अखंडमेदिनीवेगबहुसंक्रमणार्जितम् । लालाफेनछलेनासौ वमन्शुभ्रतरं यशः २०। उच्चैःश्रवस्तुलां भेजे गुणसाम्येन तत्त्वतः । विवृण्वन्नति तेजस्वी ह्रियेव नतकंधरः २१। चामरैरिंदुधवलैर्वीज्यमानो निरंतरम् । दुग्धांभोनिधिलोलैस्तैः श्वासैरुच्चैःश्रवा इव २२। नीलातपत्रयुगलं घनच्छायतुलश्रिया । बिभ्राणो वारिदालीढ हिमाद्रि शिखरश्रियम् २३। मेदिनीमंडलस्पर्श संक्रांतमिव पावकम् । मुहुरुद्धरयन्धुन्वन्बंधुरं कंधरातटम् २४। दारयन्वैरिणः सर्वान्व्याहरंश्च जयश्रियम् । हेषारवेण गुरुणा दिक्षुप्रख्यापयन्यशः २५। सत्त्वस्य राशिरत्युच्चैर्गतीनामिव शेवधिः । रूपस्य निलयं साक्षाल्लक्षणानां पयोनिधिः २६। आनीतो वणिजा वाजी राज्ञा च समदृश्यत । बहुधा वर्णितोऽमात्यैरश्वलक्षणवेदिभिः २७। यथेच्छं वणिजोदीर्णं स्वर्णं दत्त्वा महीपतिः । जग्राह तुरगं वेगादसीमानंदनिर्भरः २८। ततोऽश्वपालमाहूय यत्नतस्तं निरूप्य च । विसर्जितसभालोको गृहांतरमगान्नृपः २९। अनेकधा समापृष्टो महीपालं रंणांगणे । शस्त्रव्रणकिणश्रेणीभूषणं सत्वसन्निभम् ३०। एकदा मृगयां खेलन्कुतूहलरसात्मना । तमारुह्य महीपालो वनं प्रति विवेश ह ३१। विसृज्य सैनिकान्पृष्टे धावतः परितोऽखिलान् । आकृष्यमाणो हरिणैः पिपासाकुलितोऽभवत् ३२। तत उत्तीर्य तुरगाज्जलमन्वेषयन् नृपः । बध्वाश्वं तरुशाखायामारुरोह शिलां नृपः ३३। गीतापंचदशाध्यायश्लोकार्द्धलिखितं ततः । पातितं मरुता तत्र यत्र खंडे विलोकयत् ३४। पत्रं वाचयतो राज्ञः श्रुत्वा गीताक्षरावलीम् । ततो मुक्तिपदं लेभे तुरगस्त्वरयाऽपतत् ३५। ततो ग्रंथिं समाच्छिद्य पल्याणवतार्य च । उत्थापमानस्तुरगो राज्ञा नोत्थितवान्मृतः ३६। ततः सरभभेरुंडो नृपमाभाष्य सुस्वरम् । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य जगाम त्रिदशालयम् ३७। ततो गिरिं समारुह्य ददर्शाश्रममुत्तमम् । पुन्नागकदलीचूतनारिकेलसमन्वितम् ३८। द्राक्षेक्षुवाटिकापूगनागकेसरचंपकम् । खेलत्करभसारंगं नृत्यत्केकिकुलं नृपः ३९। प्रणिपत्य द्विजन्मानमुटजाभ्यंतरस्थितम् । पप्रच्छ परया भक्त्या मुक्तसंसारवासनात् ४०। तुरगो निरगात्स्वर्गं हेतुना केन मे वद । इत्याकर्ण्य वचो राज्ञो द्विजन्मा वाचमूचिवान् ४१। कालेन बहुना प्रेत्य तत्पापात्तुरगोऽभवत् । अथ पंचदशाध्यायश्लोकार्द्धं लिखितं क्वचित् ४२। ततो वाचयतः श्रुत्वा निरगात्तुरगो दिवम् । ततः समागतैस्तत्र परिवारजनैर्वृतः ४३। प्रणिपत्य द्विजन्मानं हृष्टरोमा विनिर्गतः । पत्रं तदेव लिखितं गीतापंचदशाक्षरम् ४४। वाचयन्स महीपालो हर्षसंफुल्ललोचनः । अभिषिच्य निजं पुत्रं मंत्रविन्मंत्रिभिः समम् ४५। सिंहासने सिंहबलं मुक्तिमाप विशुद्धधीः ४६। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे गीतामाहात्म्ये एकोननवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १८९।
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English translation
[ Note : this page corresponds to chapter 189 of the Book 6 (Uttarakhaṇḍa) of the translation of The Padmapurāṇa ]
The lord said :
1-11. O you large-eyed one, O you daughter of the Himalaya mountain, I shall tell (you) the importance of the fifteenth chapter of the Gītā . Listen to it. In the Gauḍa country there was a kind king named Narasiṃha . In the war by the edge of his sword the divine groups were killed. The earth could bear the agony due to the heat of the sun, even in summer, by means of the water of the stream of rut of his intoxicated elephants. Intoxicated elephants, frightened due to being challenged and seeking his refuge, shone like moving mountains. The mountains respectfully echoed the trumpets of the intoxicated elephants of him, the kind protector. It was a wonder how the earth was not reduced to pieces, when it was shattered with the multitudes of (the strokes of) the hoofs of his running horses. When he, a friend of Indra , emancipated the earth, Phaṇīśvara ( Śeṣa ; Patañjali ) again brightened Mahābhāṣya . He had an intelligent soldier named Sarabhabheruṇḍa, who was an abode of weapons, holy texts and arts, and had large round arms. By means of his treasure, horses, brave soldiers, and very inaccessible forts he was equal to the king. Some time the sinful one made up his mind to rule over the kingdom after having forcibly killed the king together with the princes. With a desire to do like this he was determined (to kill the king with the princes). Due to the disease of cholera he died.
12-26. O you of a thin belly, after death the sinful one was born, due to that act, as a bright horse in Sindhu country. A certain vaiśya -son, knowing the facts about horses, bought him at a great price and took him (to his place) with great effort. After his death the king got old in course of time and looked after his kingdom with (the help of) his grandsons. The vaiśya-son came to give the horse to the king. He remained at the king’s door waiting to meet him. Though the vaiśya was already known, he was presented (before the king) by the doorkeeper. “Speak why (you have come).” Thus asked by the king, he told (everything) clearly. “Thinking that this horse is a gem of the three worlds, I (bought) this horse of auspicious marks at a price of a million coins.” Then looking at the faces of those seated by his side, the king ordered the vaisya : “Bring the horse here.” The great horse made the heads of those knowing the marks of a horse, nod, and exciting the minds of the brave, ejecting hisvery bright fame earned by many speedy runs across, the entire earth, as it were, in the form of saliva and foam, he actually became comparable to Uccaiḥśravas by means of the similarity in virtues (with him). The very bright one bent his neck, as it were, through bashfulness. Constantly being fanned by chowries, white like the moon, he was like Uccaiḥśravas, unsteady like the Milky Ocean. Like the beauty of the clouds he had a pair of blue umbrellas, and the beauty of the peak of the Himalaya, with clouds touching it. Repeatedly raising his handsome neck, he was, as it were, turned into fire by the contact with the earth. He tore all the enemies; he brought prosperity in the form of victory with his loud neighing; he declared glory in (all) quarters. He was a very high heap of vitality; was, as it were, the treasure of gaits. He was actually the abode of beauty; he was the ocean of (auspicious) marks.
27-40. The vaiśya brought the horse; and the king saw him. The ministers knowing the (auspicious) marks described him in various ways. Giving the merchant as much gold as desired and aked [asked?] for by him, the king, full of extreme joy, quickly took the horse. Then having called the horsegroom, and carefully instructing him the king dismissed the assembly and went into his house after being taken leave of in many ways by (the members of) the assembly. He (took) the king, having the ornaments in the form of rows of scars of wounds made in battle, and resembling sattva (energy?). Once, the king, full of curiosity, having the sport of hunting (in mind), mounted him, and entered a forest. Leaving his soldiers behind, all of whom were running around, the king, being attracted by deer, was oppressed with thirst. Then the king got down from the horse, and looking for water, tied the horse to the branch of a tree, and ascended a rock. He saw half the verse from the fifteenth chapter of the Gītā written, and fallen where he looked into a fissure. When the king was reading the line of letters, the horse, hearing it, obtained salvation, and quickly fell. Then having cut off the knot, and dropping the saddle, he, being lifted by the king did not get up, (but) was dead. Then Sarabhabheruṇḍa, talking to the king in a sweet tone, got into a celestial aeroplane, and went to heaven. Then going up the mountain, he saw an excellent hermitage. It was full of the trees of punnāga , plantain, mango and coconut. It had groves of grapes and sugarcanes, and trees like nuts, nāgakesara and campaka . It had young elephants and deer playing in it. It had the flocks of peacocks dancing. The king, being free from the desire for worldly existence, saluted the brāhmaṇa who was in the hut, and asked him with great devotion:
41-46. “(Please) tell me, with what purpose the horse went to heaven.” Having heard these words of the king, the brāhmaṇa said: “Due to his sin, he became a horse after a long time. Having heard half a verse from the fifteenth chapter of the Gītā written somewhere, when you read it, the horse went to heaven.” Then the king, surrounded by his attendants who had come there, with horripilation due to joy, saluted the brāhmaṇa and left. The king, with his eyes dilating due to joy, read that writing having (half the verse from) the fifteenth (chapter) of the Gītā and he, along with the ministers, the counsellors, consecrated his son powerful like a lion, on the throne, and he of a pure mind, obtained salvation.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 19206, revision 337159 (2022-05-05T01:16:13Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavad-gita-mahatmya/d/doc365771.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.