Amrita - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.3.930	The bull that thou hast seen on the road is Airavata, the king of elephants; the man mounted thereon is Indra; and the dung of the bull which was eaten by thee was Amrita.
Mbh.1.18.1394	Seeing all these wondrous things, the Asuras were filled with despair, and got themselves prepared for entering into hostilities with the gods for the possession of Lakshmi and Amrita.
Mbh.1.18.1396	The Danavas and the Daityas charmed with her exquisite beauty and grace lost their reason and unanimously placed the Amrita in the hands of that fair damsel
Mbh.1.19.1399	In the meantime the valiant Lord Vishnu in the form of an enchantress accompanied by Nara deceived the mighty Danavas and took away the Amrita from their hands.
Mbh.1.19.1400	And all the gods at that time of great fright drank the Amrita with delight, receiving it from Vishnu.
Mbh.1.19.1402	And when the Amrita had reached Rahu's throat only, Surya and Soma recognised him and intimated the fact to the gods.
Mbh.1.19.1403	And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.
Mbh.1.19.1434	And the gods, on returning to the heavens, rejoiced greatly, and Indra and the other deities made over to Narayana the vessel of Amrita for careful keeping
Mbh.1.20.1436	SECTION XX Astika Parva continued Sauti said, Thus have I recited to you the whole story of how Amrita was churned out of the Ocean, and the occasion on which the horse Uchchaihsravas of great beauty and incomparable prowess was obtained.
Mbh.1.33.1893	Then the mighty son of Vinata, taking up the Amrita from the place where it was kept, rose on his wings with great speed, breaking into pieces the machine that had surrounded it.
Mbh.1.33.1894	And the bird soon came out, taking the Amrita but without drinking it himself.
Mbh.1.33.1900	And he again spake unto Narayana these words, I shall be immortal and free from disease without drinking Amrita'
Mbh.1.33.1906	And while that foremost of all rangers of the skies, that first of winged creatures, Garuda, was coursing through the air after wresting the Amrita, Indra hurled at him his thunderbolt.
Mbh.1.34.1941	And Garuda in joy then spake unto all the snakes, Here have I brought the Amrita.
Mbh.1.34.1946	Meanwhile, Sakra taking up the Amrita, wended back to heaven.
Mbh.1.34.1947	The snakes after performing their ablutions, their daily devotions, and other sacred rites, returned in joy, desirous of drinking the Amrita.
Mbh.1.34.1948	They saw that the bed of kusa grass whereon the Amrita had been placed was empty, the Amrita itself having been taken away by a counter-act of deception.
Mbh.1.34.1949	And they began to lick with their tongues the kusa grass, as the Amrita had been placed thereon.
Mbh.1.34.1951	And the kusa grass, too, from the contact with Amrita, became sacred thenceforth.
Mbh.1.34.1952	Thus did the illustrious Garuda bring Amrita from the heavens for the snakes, and thus were the tongues of snakes divided by what Garuda did.
Mbh.1.65.3301	And it is also known that this Pradha of great fortune, through the celestial Rishi Kasyapa, her husband, brought forth the sacred of the Apsaras, Alamvusha, Misrakesi, Vidyutparna, Tilottama, Aruna, Rakshita, Rambha, Manorama, Kesini, Suvahu, Surata, Suraja, and Supria were the daughters, and Ativahu and the celebrated Haha and Huhu, and Tumvuru were the sons, the best of Gandharvas, of Pradha and Amrita.
Mbh.1.95.5280	And Anaswan married Amrita, the daughter of the Madhavas.
Mbh.3.64.3138	Oh, when shall I again hear the voice of Nala, gentle and deep as that of the clouds, that voice, sweet as Amrita, of the illustrious king, calling me Vidharva's daughter, with accents distinct, and holy, and musical as the chanting of the Vedas and rich, and soothing all my sorrows.
Mbh.3.91.4909	That fierce weapon, known by the name of Brahma-sira which arose after Amrita, and which Rudra had obtained by means of ascetic austerities, hath been acquired by Arjuna together with the Mantras for hurling and withdrawing it, and the rites of expiation and revival.
Mbh.3.191.9707	And hearing those words, the minister-in-chief caused an artificial forest to be created, consisting of many trees with abundant flowers and fruits, and he caused to be excavated within that forest and towards one of its sides a large tank, placed in a secluded spot and full of water that was sweet as Amrita.
Mbh.3.244.12180	And the lord of the celestials then, coming to that spot, revived those Gandharvas that had been slain in the encounter with the Kurus, by sprinkling the celestial Amrita over them.
Mbh.3.298.14720	Both these jewelled ornaments have sprung from Amrita.
Mbh.3.305.14988	And both his ear-rings and coat of mail will be made of Amrita, and his coat will also be invulnerable'
Mbh.3.305.14989	Kunti then said, If the excellent mail and ear-rings of the son thou wilt beget on me, be, indeed, made of Amrita, then, O god, O worshipful deity, let thy purpose be fulfilled!
Mbh.3.306.15035	Indeed, the excellent coat of mail and those ear-rings made of Amrita that were born with his body, as also the ordinance of Destiny, kept the child alive
Mbh.3.308.15079	And when that foremost of Brahmanas did not ask for any other boon, Radha's son again spake unto him with a smile, My mail, O regenerate one, hath been born with my body, and this pair of ear-rings hath arisen from Amrita.
Mbh.3.311.15329	What, O foremost of kings, is Amrita?
Mbh.5.46.2626	The person that knoweth Brahman should be regarded as identical with Amrita or the state called Kaivalya which is incapable of being affected by either virtue or vice.
Mbh.5.48.2739	He that would conquer Vasudeva in battle, would, with his two arms, extinguish a blazing fire, stop the Sun and the Moon, and plunder by force the Amrita of the gods, that Vasudeva, viz, who having mowed down in battle by main force all the royal warriors of the Bhoja race, had carried off on a single car Rukmini of great fame for making her his wife; and by her was afterwards born Pradyumna of high soul.
Mbh.5.94.4438	And all the kings in the assembly, although they gazed at Janardana of Dasarha's race for a long while, were not, however, gratified with their gaze, like drinkers of the Amrita, that are never satiated with quaffing measure after measure.
Mbh.5.99.4678	It was here that' the gods, having first vanquished and slain their foes, quaffed the Amrita and deposited the residue.
Mbh.5.99.4684	O charioteer, here are many kinds of creatures that die during the day, being pierced by the rays of the sun, but all of whom revive in the night, the reason being that the moon, rising here every day, laying those deceased creatures with Amrita by means of rays, that constitute his arms, resuscitate them by that touch.
Mbh.5.102.4744	Here dwelleth Surabhi, the mother of all kine, she, who was born of the Amrita.
Mbh.5.102.4746	The faultless Surabhi herself sprang in days of old from the mouth of the Grandsire, gratified with drinking the Amrita and vomiting the best things.
Mbh.5.102.4757	The gods, uniting with the Asuras, and making the Mandara mountain their pole, churned the waters of the ocean and obtained the wine called Varuni, and the Goddess of Prosperity and Grace called Lakshmi, and Amrita, and that prince of steeds called Uchchhaisrava, and that best of gems called Kaustubha.
Mbh.5.102.4759	As regards Surabhi, the milk she yielded becometh Swaha unto those that live on Swaha, Swadha unto those that live on Swadha, and Amrita unto those that live on Amrita.
Mbh.5.104.4829	Kanwa continued, Hearing all that Narada said, Vishnu directed Purandara, the Lord of the universe, saying, Let Amrita be given to this youth, and let him be made immortal like gods themselves.
Mbh.5.104.4831	Purandara, however, reflecting on the prowess of Vinata's son, said unto Vishnu, Let Amrita be given unto him by thee'
Mbh.5.104.4835	The slayer of Vala and Vritra did not make him a drinker of Amrita.
Mbh.5.134.6031	Sovereignty is either the door of heaven or Amrita.
Mbh.6.7.404	These always yield milk and the six different kinds of food of the taste of Amrita itself.
Mbh.6.7.413	They drink the milk, sweet as Amrita, of those milk-yielding trees already mentioned.
Mbh.6.65.3598	O thou that art busy in creation and destruction, O controller of all wishes, O Supreme Lord, O thou that art the Cause of Amrita, O thou that art All-existent, O thou that art the first that appears at the end of the Yuga, O thou that art the giver of victory, O Divine Lord of the Lord of all creatures, O thou that hast the lotus springing from thy navel, O thou of mighty strength, O thou that art sprung from Thyself, O thou that art the great elements in their primeval state, O thou that art the soul of all religious rites, victory to Thee that givest all.
Mbh.7.65.2813	That high-souled king had two hundred thousand cooks to distribute excellent food, raw and cooked, like unto Amrita, unto the Brahmanas, by day and by night, who might come to his house as guests
Mbh.7.67.2866	All the fruits were soft and sweet and like unto Amrita in taste.
Mbh.7.79.3506	There is a celestial lake full of Amrita, not far from this place, ye slayers of foes!
Mbh.8.60.3449	Behold, checked by Satyaki and Bhima, they have again been stupefied, like the Daityas, that desired to take away the Amrita, made motionless by Sakra and Agni.
Mbh.12.114.6494	Hearing instructions from thee that are productive of good to our race and kingdom, I shall be able to pass my days in happiness like a person gratified with having quaffed the deathless Amrita.
Mbh.12.164.9727	Amrita, if extracted from poison, may be quaffed; women, jewels and other valuables, and water, can never, according to the scriptures, be impure or unclean.
Mbh.12.290.18199	O grandsire, I am never satiated with thy words which seem to me like Amrita.
Mbh.12.299.18684	The Swan said, Ye who have drunk Amrita, I have heard that one should have recourse to these, viz, penances, self-restraint, truth, and subjugation of the mind.
Mbh.12.338.21695	Thou art he who is divested of all attributes, who is the Witness of all the worlds, who is called Kshetrajna, who is the foremost of all Beings, who is Infinite, who is called Purusha, who is the great Purusha, who is the foremost of all Purushas, who is the soul of the three attributes, who is called the Foremost, who is Amrita nectar, who is called Immortal, who is called Ananta Sesha, who is Space who is without beginning, who is both Manifest and Unmanifest as existent and not-existent things, who is said to have his home in Truth who is the first of gods Narayana, who is the giver of wealth or of the fruits of acts, identified with Daksha and other Lords of the Creation, who is the Aswattha and other big trees, who is the four-headed Brahman, who is the Lord of all created Beings, who is the Lord of Speech who is the Lord of the universe or Indra, who is the all-pervading Soul, who is the Sun, who is the breath called Prana, who is the Lord of the waters viz, Varuna, who is identifiable with the Emperor or the King, who is identifiable with the Regents of the several points of the compass, who is the refuge of the universe when it is dissolved in the final destruction who is Undisplayed unrevealed, who is the giver of the Vedas unto Brahman, who is identifiable with the sacrifices and Vedic studies achieved by Brahmanas with the aid of their bodies, who is identifiable with the four principal orders of the deities, who is every one of those four orders, who is possessed of effulgence, who is possessed of great effulgence, who is he unto whom the seven largest offerings in sacrifices are presented with the Gayatri and other sacred mantras, who is Yama, who is Chitragupta and the other attendants of Yama, who is called the wife of Yama, who is that order of the deities called Tushita, who is that other order called Mahatushita, who is the universal grinder Death, who is desire and all diseases that have been created for aiding the advent of Death, who is health and freedom from disease, who is subject to desire and passions, who is free from the influence of desire and passions, who is Infinite as exhibited in species and forms, who is he that is chastised, who is he that is the chastiser, who is all the lesser sacrifices like Agnihotra and others, who is all the larger sacrifices like those called Brahma, etc,
Mbh.12.339.21890	Behold also the Vedas, and all the Sacrifices numbering by hundreds, the Amrita nectar, and all the medicinal herbs and plants, and Penances, and vows and observances of diverse kinds.
Mbh.12.339.21984	In days of yore, O monarch, the deities and the Asuras, uniting together, churned the Ocean and t wised the Amrita.
Mbh.12.346.22972	He is that Being who is called Amrita.
Mbh.13.14.991	That lord of the universe, that foremost one of all the deities, thus gratified by the Valikhilyas, said unto them, Ye shall succeed by your penances in creating a bird that will rob Indra of the Amrita.
Mbh.13.14.1027	I saw the milk and it appeared to me to resemble Amrita itself in taste.
Mbh.13.14.1034	Drinking her milk that resembled Amrita in taste, I knew what the virtues are of milk.
Mbh.13.14.1169	One that has drunk the Amrita constituted by the devotion to Hara, one becomes freed from the fear of the world.
Mbh.13.20.3107	The old lady prepared some food for the Rishi that was as delicious to the taste as Amrita itself.
Mbh.13.26.3559	As Amrita is to the deities, as Swadha is to the Pritis, as Sudha is to the Nagas, even so is Ganga water to human beings.
Mbh.13.26.3563	As the deities support themselves upon the Amrita that occurs in the Sun and the Moon and that is offered in diverse sacrifices, even so do human beings support themselves upon Ganga water.
Mbh.13.26.3641	The men of cleansed soul who is desirous of achieving success should seek the protection of Ganga who is like a cow that yields Amrita instead of ordinary milk, who is prosperity's self, who is possessed of omniscience, who exists for the entire universe of creatures, who is the source of all kinds of food, who is the mother of all mountains, who is the refuge of all righteous persons, who is immeasurable in puissance and energy, and who charms the heart of Brahma himself.
Mbh.13.63.6143	In a former Kalpa, the Lord of all creatures said that food is Amrita or the source of immortality.
Mbh.13.67.6383	Amrita and Sudha and Swadha and milk as also every kind of food, the deciduous herbs, O monarch, and creepers medicinal and of other virtues, spring from water.
Mbh.13.77.7033	As those kine, whose complexion resembled that of Amrita, began to pour milk, the froth of that milk arose and began to spread on every side, even as when the waves of a running stream dashing against one another, copious froth is produced that spreads on every side.
Mbh.13.93.8255	He should always eat Amrita viz, the food that remains in the house after all the family, including guests and servants have eaten He should duly observe all rites and perform sacrifices
Mbh.13.93.8265	He who always eats what remains after serving the needs of guests and servants is said to always eat Amrita.
Mbh.13.98.8800	Some of these creepers and herbs came to be regarded as Amrita and some came to be regarded as Poison.
Mbh.13.98.8802	That is Amrita which gives immediate gratification and joy to the mind.
Mbh.13.98.8804	Know again that Amrita is highly auspicious and that Poison is highly inauspicious.
Mbh.13.98.8805	All the deciduous herbs are Amrita.
Mbh.13.126.10988	If one beholding a Brahmana leading the Brahmacharya mode of life arrived at one's house, offers unto him the first portion of one's food that belongs as of right to a Brahmana, and eats what remains thereafter, one is regarded as eating Amrita.
Mbh.13.162.13556	Amrita nectar, Brahmanas, and kine, these three are regarded as equal.
Mbh.14.51.2226	Even this is what is highly acceptable to eaters of Amrita

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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