Chapter 191
Janamejaya said, “It behoveth thee to narrate to me in full the greatnessof the Brahmanas even as the mighty ascetic Markandeya had expounded itto the sons of Pandu.”
Janamejaya said, “It behoveth thee to narrate to me in full the greatnessof the Brahmanas even as the mighty ascetic Markandeya had expounded itto the sons of Pandu.”
चिद्रूपिणि महामाये दिव्यतेजः समन्विते ।
तिष्ठ देवि शिखामध्ये तेजोवृद्धि कुरुव मे ।।
संत महात्माओं को हमारी विशेष गरज रहती है| जैसे, माँ को अपने बच्चे की याद आती है| बच्चे को भूख लगते ही माँ स्वयं चलकर बच्चे के पास चली आती है, ऐसे ही संत-महात्मा सच्चे जिज्ञासुओं के पास खींचे चले जाते हैं| इस विषय में एक कहानी सुनी है-
“Brahma said, ‘That which is unmanifest, which is indistinct,all-pervading, everlasting, immutable, should be known to become the city(or mansion) of nine portals, possessed of three qualities, andconsisting of five ingredients.
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अजानतस ते राधेय नाभ्यसूयाम्य अहं वचः
जानासि तवं जिताञ शत्रून गन्धर्वांस तेजसा मया
1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.