Maitrāyaṇīya Āraṇyaka 1.3
Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka 1.3
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1.3
bha̱gava̍nnasthica̱rmasnāyu̍ma̱jjāmā̍dgasa̱śukra̱śoṇi̍ta̱śleṣmā̍śru̱dūṣi̍kā̱viṇmū̍tra̱vātapitta̍ka̱phasa̍ṅghā̱te du̍rga̱ndhe ni̍ḥsā̱re'si̍mañcha̱rīre kiṅkāmo̍pabho̱gaiḥ
kāma̱krodha̱lobha̱moha̍bha̱yavi̍ṣā̱derṣyeṣṭa̍vi̱yogāni̍ṣṭasamprayo̱gakṣutpi̱pāsā̍ja̱rāmṛ̍tyu̱roga̱śokādyairabhiha̱te'si̍mañcha̱rīre kiṅkāmo̍pabho̱gaiḥ
'Venerable sir, in this foul-smelling, worthless body, an aggregate of bones, skin, sinews, marrow, flesh, semen, blood, mucus, tears, rheum, feces, urine, wind, bile, and phlegm, what is the use of the enjoyment of desires? In this body stricken with desire, anger, greed, delusion, fear, despair, envy, separation from the desirable, union with the undesirable, hunger, thirst, old age, death, disease, grief, and the like, what is the use of the enjoyment of desires?
1.3.p1
sarvañcedam̐ kṣa̱yiṣṇu̍ paśyāmo̱ yathe̍me da̱dgaśama̱śakā̍dayastṛ̱ṇa̱va̱na̱spa̱ta̱ya
And we see that all this is perishable, like these gnats, mosquitoes, and the like, grass and trees,
1.3.p2
udbhū̍tapradhvadgasi̱no'tha̍ ki̱metairvā̱'pare'nye̍ mahādhanurdha̱rāścakrava̱rtina̱ḥ
which spring up and perish. And what of these? There are others, great bowmen, universal monarchs—
1.3.p3
keci̱tsudyu̍mna̱bhūri̍dyu̱mnendradyumna̱kuva̍layāśva̱yau va̍nāśva̱vaddhrya̍ścāśvapa̱tiḥ
some such as Sudyumna, Bhūridyumna, Indradyumna, Kuvalayāśva, Yauvanāśva, Vadhryaśva, Aśvapati,
1.3.p4
śa̍śabi̱ndurha̱riśca̍ndro'mbarī̱ṣo na̱nattu̍ṣḥ śa̱ryāti̍rya̱yāti̱rana̍raṇyo'kṣase̱nāda̱yo'tha̍ ma̱rutta̍bha̱rata̍prabhṛta̱yo rā̱jāno̍ miṣa̱to ba̱ndhuva̍rgasya ma̱hatī̍m̐ śri̱yaṃ
Śaśabindu, Hariścandra, Ambarīṣa, Nanuṣa, Śaryāti, Yayāti, Anaraṇya, Ukṣasena, and the rest; and kings such as Marutta and Bharata—who, while their circle of kin looked on, renouncing great splendor,
1.3.p5
tya̱ktvāsmāllo̱kāda̱muṃlo̱kaṃ pra̱yātā̱ iti atha̍ ki̱metairvā̱'pare̍'nye
departed from this world to that other world. And what of these? There are yet others—
1.3.p6
gandha̱rvāsu̍rayakṣa̱rākṣa̍sa̱bhūta̍gaṇapi̱śāco̍ragagra̱hādī̍nāṃ ni̱rodha̍naṃ pa̱śyāmaḥ
we see the destruction of Gandharvas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, host of spirits, Piśācas, serpents, grasp-demons, and the like.
1.3.p7
atha̍ ki̱metairvā̱rṇyānā̍m̐ śo̱ṣaṇaṃ ma̱hārṇavānām̐ śikha̱riṇāṃ pra̱pata̍naṃ dhru̱vasya̍
And what of these? There is the drying up of other great oceans, the falling of mountain peaks, the moving of the Pole Star,
1.3.p8
praca̱lana̍dgavra̱ścana̱m̐ vāta̍rajjūnāṃ ni̱majja̍naṃ pṛthi̱vyāḥ sthā̱nāda̍pasa̱raṇa̍m̐
the severing of the wind-ropes, the sinking of the earth, the displacement of the gods from their station.
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