[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › [Bharatabhavadipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) › 1.64 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.64 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 1.64 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.64.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.1) catuṣaṣṭitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ ya eta iti || ### [1.64.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.4) triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ ekaviṃśativārān || ### [1.64.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.9) brāhmaṇottarāḥ brāhmaṇapradhānāḥ || ### [1.64.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.11) jīvinaḥ jīvinyaḥ || ### [1.64.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.12) ādhibhiḥ śokādibhiḥ vyādhibhirjvarādibhiḥ || ### [1.64.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.13) apāṅga ivāpāṅgaḥ prāntaḥ sāgarāntamityarthaḥ | adhyatiṣṭhat adhiṣṭhitavān | he gajendragata || ### [1.64.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.16) svādu rocakaṃ yathā syāttathā || ### [1.64.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.20) brahma vedaṃ na vikrīṇate bhṛtakādhyāpanaṃ na kurvata ityarthaḥ || ### [1.64.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.21) vaiśyāḥ svayaṃ dhuri gāḥ balīvardān na yuñjate || ### [1.64.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.22) phenapān atṛṇādānabhilakṣya na duhanti dhenūritiśeṣaḥ | kūṭamānaiḥ kapaṭatulāprasthādibhiḥ || ### [1.64.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.25) ṛtuṣu vasantādiṣu svasvakāle || ### [1.64.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.27) samudite muditayā prītyā sahite || ### [1.64.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.29) devatvaṃ rājyaṃ devabhāvaṃ vā || ### [1.64.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.37) mahī upacakrame gantumitiśeṣaḥ | mahārājeti pāṭhāntare tu mahītiśeṣaḥ || ### [1.64.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.38) na hyamī iti | bhūtasatvaughāḥ bhūtānāṃ śeṣakūrmadiggajānāṃ dharābhṛtāṃ satvaughāḥ balasaṅghāḥ | pannagāḥ śeṣāḥ | bahuvacanaṃ teṣāṃ pratyekaṃ bahūnāmapyasāmarthyaṃ kiṃ punarekaikasyeti sūcanārtham | na hyenāmiti pāṭhe enāṃ buddhisthāṃ bhūmim || ### [1.64.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.40) avyayam ajaratvādapakṣayaśūnyam || ### [1.64.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.41) enaṃ brahmāṇam | sā pṛthvī || ### [1.64.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.43) tadbhūmeḥ kṛtyam | pradhānātmanaḥ pradhānajayī ātmā mano yasya tasya | sāṅkhyayogānāṃ hi pradhānajayinaḥ sarvajñatvaṃ sarvaśaktitvaṃ ca bhavatīti prasiddham | sarvajñasya nāviditaṃ kiñcidastītyarthaḥ | pradhānātmanaḥ kāraṇātmanaḥ tadbhūmeḥ kṛtyamiti vārthaḥ || ### [1.64.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.44) tadevāha sraṣṭāhīti || ### [1.64.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.45) asya trimūrtitvamāha | prabhava iti īśo viṣṇuḥ || ### [1.64.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.48) virodhāya virodhamūlakāya bhūbhāranāśāyetyarthaḥ || ### [1.64.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.50) tathyaṃ yathārtham | arthyam prārthanīyam | pathyaṃ hitakaram || ### [1.64.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.51) kṛtakṣaṇāḥ kṛtaniyamāḥ || ### [1.64.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.52) pṛthucārvañcitekṣaṇaḥ pṛthunī cārvañcite sadayanipāte īkṣaṇe yasya saḥ | pṛthuvakṣāñcitekṣaṇa iti pāṭhe vakṣaḥśabdo'kārāntaḥ pṛthuni vakṣe vakṣasi añcitaṃ gamanaṃ yayoste dhyānārūḍhatayā īkṣaṇe yasya saḥ || ### [1.64.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.54) śodhanāya kaṣṭakabhūtakhalonmūlanāya || ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64) · Pramāṇa