महाभारत · 2.11.34–35
॥
देवनागरी
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि यतीनाम् ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम् ॥
प्रजावतां च पञ्चाशद् ऋषीणाम् अपि पाण्डव ॥
ते स्म तत्र यथाकामं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे दिवौकसः ॥
प्रणम्य शिरसा तस्मै प्रतियान्ति यथागतम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi yatīnām ūrdhvaretasām ||
prajāvatāṃ ca pañcāśad ṛṣīṇām api pāṇḍava ||
te sma tatra yathākāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve divaukasaḥ ||
praṇamya śirasā tasmai pratiyānti yathāgatam ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अष्टाशीति-सहस्राणिaṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇiEighty-eight thousand
यतीनाम् ऊर्ध्व-रेतसाम्yatīnām ūrdhva-retasāmascetics who have retained their seed [the chaste],
प्रजा-वताम् च पञ्चाशत्prajā-vatām ca pañcāśatand fifty who have offspring —
ऋषीणाम् अपि पाण्डवṛṣīṇām api pāṇḍavasages, O Pandava;
ते स्म तत्र यथा-कामम्te sma tatra yathā-kāmamthey there, to their heart's content,
दृष्ट्वा सर्वे दिव-ओकसःdṛṣṭvā sarve diva-okasaḥhaving beheld [Him], all the celestials,
प्रणम्य शिरसा तस्मैpraṇamya śirasā tasmaibowing their heads before Him,
प्रतियान्ति यथा-आगतम्pratiyānti yathā-āgatamreturn as they came;
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणिaṣṭāśītisahasrāṇioriginal form "aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्ūrdhvaretasāmoriginal form "ūrdhvaretasām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रजावतांprajāvatāṃoriginal form "prajāvatāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पञ्चाशद्pañcāśadoriginal form "pañcāśad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथाकामंyathākāmaṃoriginal form "yathākāmaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिवौकसःdivaukasaḥoriginal form "divaukasaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथागतम्yathāgatamoriginal form "yathāgatam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"Eighty-eight thousand chaste ascetics and fifty sages who have offspring, O Pandava; all of them, and [other] celestials, having beheld Him there to their heart's content and bowed their heads before Him, return as they came."
संस्करण
a08432cd5779 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 3:13:23 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here even the greatest ascetics, having beheld the Creator, only bow and depart. It is telling that beholding the Highest is not a right to remain but a grace granted for a moment: even the saints receive it humbly. Thus the scripture reveals a reverent measure in communion with the divine; and next comes Brahma's reception of his guests.