Purana Bulletin
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The “Purana Bulletin” is an academic journal published by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. The Puranas are an important part of Hindu scriptures in Sa...
The Glorification of Vyasa (Part 2)
The Glorification of Vyasa [vyasamahima] / 109-112
vyasa-mahima (Mbh., Cri. Edn., Adi-Parvan) (Continued from Purana, IX. 2) adhyaya 2 arthasastramidam proktam dharmasastramidam mahat | 11 kamasastramidam proktam vyasenamitabuddhina | 186* (=56 .21 ) dvaipayanosthaputanihsrtamaprameyam punyam pavitramatha papaharam sivam ca | yo bharatam samadhigacchati vacyamanam kim tasya puskarajalairabhisecanena || 242 a0 13 itihasamimam vrddhah puranam paricaksate | krsnadvaipayanaproktam naimisaranyavasinah || 6 a0 55 patu vah kavimatango vyasah satyavatisutah | yasya vagmadagandhena vasitam bhuvanatrayam || 471* maharseh sarvalokesu visrutasyasya dhimatah | pravaksyami matam krtsnam vyasasyamitatejasah || 2 (= 56 .12 ) a0 56 idam satasahasram hi slokanam punyakarmanam | satyavatyatmajeneha vyakhyatamamitaujasa || 13 dhanyam yasasyamayusyam svargyam punyam tathaiva ca | krsnadvaipayanenedam krtam punyacikirsuna || 25 tribhirvarseh sadotthayi krsnadvaipayano munih | mahabharatamakhyanam krtavanidamuttamam || 32
110 puranam - PURANA [Vol. X., No. 2 a0 57 evam dvaipayano jajne satyavatyam parasarat | dvipe nyastah sa yadvalastasmad dvaipayano'bhavat || 71 brahmano brahmananam ca tathanugrahakamyaya | vivyasa vedanyasmacca tasmadvayasa iti smrtah || 73 a0 110 tasya kamatmanah (?) ksetre samyatavagrsih | krsnadvaipayanah saksadbhagavanmamajijanat || 4 a0 188 tata utthaya bhagavan vyaso dvaipayanah prabhuh | kare grhitva rajanam rajavesma samavisat || 20 tato dvaipayanastasmai narendraya mahatmane | acakhyau tadyatha dharmo bahunamekapalita || 22 a0 189 tato vyasah paramodarakarma sucirviprastapasa tasya rajnah | caksurdivyam pradadau tan sa sarvan rajanapasyat purvadehairyathavat || 36 najne bahujnam paramatyudaram yam dvipamadhye sutamatmayogat | parasarat satyavati maharsi tasmai namo'jnanatamonudaya || ( P. 879, footnote)
July, 1968] vyasa-mahima Appendix 1 5 (After 1. 2. 236) tribhirvarse mahabhagah krsnadvaipayanah subhah | prabandham bharatasyemam cakara bhagavan prabhuh | krsnadvaipayanah putram purvamadhyapayacchukam | sumantum jaimini pailam vaisampayanameva ca | 111 [L. 8-11] 35 (After 1. 57. 57) tamucuh pitarah kanyam bhrastaisvaryam vyatikramat | [L. 30] parasarasya dayadam tvam putram janayisyasi | yo vedamekam brahmarsiscaturdha vibhanisyati | 37 [L. 40-41] (After 1. 57.69) natamatrah sa vavrdhe saptavarso 'bhavattada | snatvabhivadya pitaram tasthau vyasah samahitah | svastiti vacanam coktva dadau kalasamuttamam | grhitva kalasam parsve tasthau vyasah samahitah | [L. 1-4] vedavyasa iti proktah purane ca svayambhuva | dharmaneta maharsinam manusyanam tvameva ca | [L. 26-27] prajahitartha sambhuto visnorbhago mahanrsih | [L. 30] vyasam kamalapatraksam parisvajyasrvavartayat | stanyasaraih klidyamana putramadaya murdhani | [L. 35-36]
112 puranam- PURANA [Vol. X, No. 2 38 (After 1.57.38) krtopanayano vyaso yajnavalkyena bharata | vedanadhinage sanganom karena trimatraya | gurave daksinam dattva tapah karttum pracakrame | 87 (After 1. 143. 15) [L. 5-7 ] svah prabhate mahadbhutam pradurbhutam jagatpatim | vyasam kamalapatraksam drstva sokam vihasyatha | 108 [ L. 7-8] (After 1. 199. 26 ab) tasminksane maharaja krsnadvaipayanastada | agamya kurubhih sarvaih pujitah sa suhrdganaih | [L. 26-27]