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वैशंपायन उवाच । जामदग्न्यवचः श्रुत्वा कण्वोऽपि भगवानृषिः । दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्कुरुसंसदि॥५-९५-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Having heard the words of Jāmadagnya, the venerable sage Kaṇva too spoke the following statement to Duryodhana in the Kuru assembly.
english translation
अक्षयश्चाव्ययश्चैव ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । तथैव भगवन्तौ तौ नरनारायणावृषी॥५-९५-२॥
Akṣaya and Avyaya—Brahmā, the grandsire of the worlds; and likewise those two venerable sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
english translation
आदित्यानां हि सर्वेषां विष्णुरेकः सनातनः । अजय्यश्चाव्ययश्चैव शाश्वतः प्रभुरीश्वरः॥५-९५-३॥
Among all the Ādityas, Viṣṇu alone is eternal—unconquerable, imperishable, everlasting, the sovereign Lord, the Īśvara.
english translation
निमित्तमरणास्त्वन्ये चन्द्रसूर्यौ मही जलम् । वायुरग्निस्तथाकाशं ग्रहास्तारागणास्तथा॥५-९५-४॥
Others are subject to cessation due to causes: the moon and sun, earth and water, wind and fire, and likewise space, the planets, and the multitudes of stars.
english translation
ते च क्षयान्ते जगतो हित्वा लोकत्रयं सदा । क्षयं गच्छन्ति वै सर्वे सृज्यन्ते च पुनः पुनः॥५-९५-५॥
At the world’s dissolution, leaving the three worlds behind, all of them indeed pass into decline; and they are generated again and again.
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