अाता अवधारा कथा गहन।

अाता अवधारा कथा गहन।  जे सकळा कौतुका जन्मस्थान।

की अभिनव उद्यान। विवेकतरूचे।।

Now listen to this story with deep meaning. Or is it the birthplace of all that is worth praising? It is a unique garden of thought, of discernment. 

ना तरी सर्व सुखांची आदि। जे प्रमेयमहानिधि। 

नाना नवरससुधाब्धि। परिपूर्ण हे।।

Or is it the beginning of all happiness, or the gathering together of all theories, or an ocean of all the Rasas.

कीं परमधाम प्रकट। सर्व विद्यांचे मूळ पीठ।

शास्त्रजातां वसिष्ठ। अशेषांचे।।

Or is it the manifestation of that ultimate abode of all beings or the source of all arts and sciences?

ना तरी सकळ धर्मांचें माहेर। सज्जनांचें जिव्हार। 

लावण्यरत्नाभांडार। शारदेचे।।

Or is it the mother of all Dharma, the love of all those who are good, or is it the treasure of Sharada’s beauty?

नाना कथारूपे भारती। प्रकटली असे त्रिजगती।

आविष्करोनी महामती। व्यासाचिये।।

Or the invention of the great mind of Vyasa manifested in the three worlds as a story?

म्हणोनि हा काव्या रावो। ग्रंथ गुरुवतीचा ठावो।

एथूनि रसां झाला आवो। रसाळपणाचा।।

Hence, this work is the king of poetry, the limit of all that is superior. It is here that all the essence of Rasa began.

तेवीचि आइका आणीक एक। एथूनि शब्दश्री सच्छास्रिक।

आणि महाबोधी कोंवळीक। दुणावली।।

Listen to one more of its attributes. It is here that the word got its disciplines and led to scientific knowledge.

एथ चातुर्य शहाणे झाले। प्रमेय रुचीस आले।

आणि सौभाग्य पोखले। सुखाचे एथ।।

It is here that astuteness became discrete. the theories came to become a beautiful experience, luxury of happiness came to rest here.

माधुर्यी माधुरता। शृंगारी सुरेखता।

रूढपण उचितां। दिसे भले।।

The sweetness in the sweet, the elegance in adornment, the relevant in tradition came about here.

एथ कळाविदपण कळा। पुण्यासि प्रतापु आगळा।

म्हणऊनि जन्मेजयाचे अवलीळा। दोष हरले।।

आणि पाहतां नावेक। रंगी सुरंगतेची आगळीक।

गुणां सगुणपणाचें बिक। बहुवस एथ।।

Here the arts got dexterity, the righteous became glorious, which is why when Janamejaya heard the story be became blameless and when one looks closely one finds that colors got their beauty here, the deed became the good deed here.

भानुचेनि तेजे धवळले। जैसे त्रैलोक्य दिसे उजळले।

तैसे व्यासमती कवळले। मिरवे विश्व।।

Just as the brightness of the Sun enlightens the three worlds, so does Vyasa’s mind brighten this world. 

कां सुक्षेत्री बीज घातले। ते आपुलियापरी विस्तारले।

तैसे भारती सुरवाडले। अर्थजात।।

Just as when good soil receives the seed and then the seed sprouts and grows on its own, so did Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha sprout and grow in the Bharata. 

ना तरी नगरांतरी वसिजे। तरी नागराचि होईजे।

तैसे व्यासोक्तितेजे। धवळित सकळ।।

Just as a person becomes a city dweller by living in the city, so does one becomes enlightened by listening to Vyasa.

की प्रथमवयसाकाळी। लावण्याची नव्हाळी। 

प्रगटे जैसी आगळी। अंगनाअंगी।।

Or the beauty of a woman manifests itself in her youth

ना तरी उद्यानी माधवी घडे। तेथ वनशोभेची खाणी उघडे।

अादिलापासोनि उपाडे। जियापरी।।

Or at the advent of spring the garden blossoms revealing its treasures of beauty

नाना घनीभूत सुवर्ण। जैसे न्याहाळितां साधारण।

मग अळंकारी बरवेपण। निवाडु दावी।।

Or a pile of gold appears ordinary till it is crafted into beautiful jewelry

तैसे व्यासोक्ती अळंकारिले। आवडे ते बरवेपण पातले। 

ते जाणोनि काय आश्रयिले। इतिहासी।।

In a similar vein the stories of yesteryears came to reside in the story of Vyasa

नाना पुरतिये प्रतिष्ठेलागी। सानीव धरूनि अांगी।

पुराणे आख्यानरूपे जगी। भारता आली।।

The Puranas too wanted to be recognized the world over and hence, leaving aside their pride, came to reside in the Bharata.

म्हणऊनि महाभारती जे नाही। ते नोहेचि लोकी तिही।

येणे कारणे म्हणिपे पाही। व्यासोच्छिष्ट जगत्रय।।

Hence, what is not in the Mahabharata is not in this world. Hence these three worlds are what Vyasa tasted and left for us

एेसी सुरस जगी कथा। जे जन्मभूमि परमार्था।

मुनि सांगे नृपनाथा। जन्मेजया।।

जे अद्वितीय उत्तम। पवित्रैक निरुपम।

परम मंगलधाम। अवधारिजो।।

Such a beautiful story, full of the knowledge of the Universe, was narrated by the Muni to the king Janamejaya. Hear, hear, this story is incomparable, the best, the purest , without an equal and sacred. 

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