Brahmacharin

Mbh.1.45.2326	The Pitris said, Venerable Brahmacharin, thou desirest to relieve us.
Mbh.1.65.3299	Anavadya Manu, Vansa, Asura, Marganapria, Anupa, Subhaga, Vasi, were the daughters brought forth by Pradha, Siddha, and Purna, and Varhin, and Purnayus of great fame, Brahmacharin, Ratiguna, and Suparna who was the seventh; Viswavasu, Bhanu, and Suchandra who was the tenth, were also the sons of Pradha.
Mbh.1.66.3376	And the learned Sukra, of great intelligence and wisdom, of rigid vows, leading the life of a Brahmacharin, divided himself in twain by power of asceticism, and became the spiritual guide of both the Daityas and the gods.
Mbh.1.76.4273	He himself too was a Brahmacharin and an ascetic; always wakeful and skilled in everything.
Mbh.1.91.4996	Yayati answered, These are what a Brahmacharin must do.
Mbh.1.123.6654	Gopati and Dhritarashtra and Suryavarchas the eighth, Yugapa and Trinapa, Karshni, Nandi, and Chitraratha, Salisirah the thirteenth, Parjanya the fourteenth, Kali the fifteenth, and Narada the sixteenth in this list, Vrihatta, Vrihaka, Karala of great soul, Brahmacharin, Vahuguna, Suvarna of great fame, Viswavasu, Bhumanyu, Suchandra, Sam and the celebrated tribes of Haha and Huhu gifted with wonderful melody of voice, these celestial Gandharvas, O king, all went there.
Mbh.1.133.7105	Devoted to the service of my preceptor, I lived with him for many years in the humble guise of a Brahmacharin, with matted locks on my head.
Mbh.1.213.10465	And the rule they made was that when one of them would be sitting with Draupadi, any of the other four who would see that one thus must retire into the forest for twelve years, passing his days as a Brahmacharin.
Mbh.1.215.10540	Arjuna replied, Commanded by king Yudhishthira, O amiable one, I am undergoing the vow of Brahmacharin for twelve years.
Mbh.1.215.10545	Ulupi answered, I know, O son of Pandu, why thou wanderest over the earth, and why thou hast been commanded to lead the life of a Brahmacharin by the superior.
Mbh.1.215.10546	Even this was the understanding to which all of you had been pledged, viz, that amongst you all owning Drupada's daughter as your common wife, he who would from ignorance enter the room where one of you would be sitting with her, should lead the life of a Brahmacharin in the woods for twelve years.
Mbh.1.224.10980	And Rudra continued, If, O king of kings, thou canst, for twelve years, pour without intermission libations of clarified butter into the fire, thyself leading all the while the life of a Brahmacharin with rapt attention, then thou shalt obtain from me what thou askest'
Mbh.3.187.9339	And, O tiger among men, many of the twice-born classes become, from avarice of wealth, religious mendicants of the Brahmacharin order.
Mbh.3.207.10721	And such a man is not at all considered to have partaken of animal food, even, as a Brahmacharin having intercoursed with his wife during the menstrual period, is nevertheless considered to be a good Brahmana.
Mbh.3.218.11110	He is self-restrained, of great religious merit, and is a Brahmacharin and he is worshipped by Brahmanas at the Paka-sacrifices.
Mbh.3.230.11701	Vaisampayana continued, Thus addressed by the Pandava in that assembly of Rishis, the worshipful Markandeya of high ascetic merit replied, Agneya Son of Agni, Skanda Cast-off, Diptakirti Of blazing fame, Anamaya Always hale, Mayuraketu Peacock-bannered, Dharmatman The virtuous-souled, Bhutesa The lord of all creatures, Mahishardana The slayer of Mahisha, Kamajit The subjugator of desires, Kamada The fulfiller of desires, Kanta The handsome, Satyavak The truthful in speech, Bhuvaneswara The lord of the universe, Sisu The child, Sighra The quick, Suchi The pure, Chanda The fiery, Diptavarna The bright-complexioned, Subhanana Of beautiful face, Amogha Incapable of being baffled, Anagha The sinless, Rudra The terrible, Priya The favourite, Chandranana Of face like the moon, Dipta-sasti The wielder of the blazing lance, Prasantatman Of tranquil soul, Bhadrakrit The doer of good, Kutamahana The chamber of even the wicked, Shashthipriya True favourite of Shashthi, Pavitra The holy, Matrivatsala The reverencer of his mother, Kanya-bhartri The protector of virgins, Vibhakta Diffused over the universe, Swaheya The son of Swaha, Revatisuta The child of Revati, Prabhu The Lord, Neta The leader, Visakha Reared up by Visakha, Naigameya Sprang from the Veda, Suduschara Difficult of propitiation, Suvrata Of excellent vows, Lalita The beautiful, Valakridanaka-priya Fond of toys, Khacharin The ranger of skies, Brahmacharin The chaste, Sura The brave, Saravanodbhava Born in a forest of heath, Viswamitra priya The favourite of Viswamitra, Devasena-priya The lover of Devasena, Vasudeva-priya The beloved of Vasudeva, and Priya-krit The doer of agreeable things, these are the divine names of Kartikeya.
Mbh.4.49.1890	Alone he led the life of a Brahmacharin for five years on the breast of Himavat.
Mbh.6.41.1876	Reverence to the gods, regenerate ones, preceptors, and men of knowledge, purity, uprightness, the practices of a Brahmacharin, and abstention from injury, are said to constitute the penance of the body.
Mbh.6.121.6696	SECTION CXXI Dhritarashtra said, Alas, what was the state of my warriors, O Sanjaya, when they were deprived of the mighty and god-like Bhishma who had become a Brahmacharin for the sake of his reverend sire?
Mbh.7.78.3488	To him who hath the bull for his mark, to him who is bold, to him who is of matted lock, to him who is a Brahmacharin!
Mbh.7.79.3520	Then from one of the sides of Siva's body there came out a Brahmacharin of tawny eyes.
Mbh.7.79.3523	Taking up that best of bows that Brahmacharin stood placing both the bow and his feet properly.
Mbh.7.79.3526	The mighty and puissant Brahmacharin then sped that arrow to that same lake.
Mbh.12.15.608	The Brahmacharin and the house-holder, the recluse in the forest and the religious mendicant, all these walk in their respective ways through fear of chastisement alone.
Mbh.12.30.1588	Thou art a Brahmacharin.
Mbh.12.35.1838	By subsisting upon only one meal a day, and that procured by mendicancy, by doing all his acts himself without relying on the aid of a servant, by making his round of mendicancy with a human skull in one hand and a khattanga in another, by becoming a Brahmacharin and always ready for exertion, by casting off all malice, by sleeping on the bare ground, by publishing his offence to the world, by doing all this for full twelve years, a person can cleanse himself from the sin of having slain a Brahmana.
Mbh.12.60.3425	Unengaged in the six kinds of work such as officiating in the sacrifices of others, and never engaged with attachment to any kind of acts, never showing favour or disfavour to any one, doing good even unto his enemies, these, O sire, are the duties laid down for a Brahmacharin'
Mbh.12.74.4222	No person, be he a man virtuously following the domestic mode of life, or be he a king, or be he a Brahmacharin, has ever succeeded in conducting himself without tripping.
Mbh.12.76.4303	No one in my kingdom who is not a Brahmacharin begs his food, and no one who leads the Bhikshu mode of life desires to be a Brahmacharin.
Mbh.12.220.13371	Such a Brahmana, by always speaking the truth and by adhering always to wisdom, and by going to his wife only in her season and never at other times, becomes a Brahmacharin celibate.
Mbh.12.241.14887	Vyasa said, One that is a Brahmacharin, one that leads a life of domesticity, one that is a forest recluse, and one that leads a life of religious mendicancy, all reach the same high end by duly observing the duties of their respective modes of life.
Mbh.12.241.14892	For the fourth part of his life, the Brahmacharin, conversant, with the distinctions of duty and freed from malice, should live with his preceptor or his preceptor's son.
Mbh.12.241.14908	Whatever scents or tastes the Brahmacharin may abstain from while actually leading a life of Brahmacharya may be used by him after his return from the preceptor's abode.
Mbh.12.267.16312	Both the other two also, viz, the householder and the Brahmacharin, reach the same end.
Mbh.12.269.16552	Indeed, one who has led the life of a Brahmacharin and waited dutifully upon his preceptor, who has arrived at settled conclusions in respect of the soul, and who has devoted himself to Yoga thus, is truly a Brahmana.
Mbh.12.297.18581	The man desirous of achieving merit should at first study the Vedas and observe penances, becoming a Brahmacharin.
Mbh.12.324.20639	Adopting the vow of a Brahmacharin, he then commenced to practise the austerest penances concentrating all his attention thereon.
Mbh.12.334.21328	SECTION CCCXXXV Yudhishthira said, If a man be a house-holder or a Brahmacharin, a forest-recluse or a mendicant, and if he desires to achieve success, what deity should he adore?
Mbh.12.338.21752	Thou art a Brahmacharin.
Mbh.13.14.1215	Who else can be said to be a Brahmacharin with his vital seed drawn up?
Mbh.13.17.1874	Thou art a Brahmacharin without having ever fallen away from the rigid vow of continence.
Mbh.13.25.3433	If one becomes a Brahmacharin and subdues one's wrath, devotes oneself to truth and practises compassion towards all creatures, and then bathes in the Jala parda Lake of Waters, one is sure to acquire the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.75.6910	If a Brahmacharin yields to wrath in consequence of any slight the chief of the deities himself trembles in fear.
Mbh.13.107.9819	That man who having fasted for nineteen days eats only one meal on every twentieth day and bears himself in this way for a full year, adhering all the while to truthfulness of speech and to the observance of other excellent rituals, abstaining also from meat, leading the life of a Brahmacharin, and devoted to the good of all creatures, attains to the extensive legions, of great happiness, belonging to the Adityas.
Mbh.13.140.11559	Why art thou always a Brahmacharin with matted locks?
Mbh.13.141.11575	I live as a Brahmacharin with matted locks on my head, impelled by the desire of doing good to all creatures.
Mbh.14.26.1035	It is he who becomes a Brahmacharin by always devoting himself to the subjugation of his senses.
Mbh.14.26.1037	By moving in the world, identifying himself the while with Brahman, he becomes a Brahmacharin.
Mbh.14.35.1378	Vasudeva said, Unto that disciple who had humbly sought his instruction and put the questions duly, who was devoted to his preceptor and possessed of tranquillity, and who always behaved in a manner that was agreeable to his instructor, who lived so constantly by the side of his instructor as to have almost become his shadow, who was self-restrained, and who had the life of a Yati and Brahmacharin, O son of Pritha, that preceptor possessed of intelligence and observant of vows, duly explained all the questions, O foremost one of Kuru's race, O chastiser of all foes'
Mbh.14.45.1883	The householder, the Brahmacharin, the forest recluse and the mendicant, these four modes of life have all been said to have the householder's mode for their foundation.
Mbh.14.46.1899	SECTION XLVI Brahmana said, Duly studying thus to the best of his power, in the way described above, and likewise living as a Brahmacharin, one that is devoted to the duties of one's own order, possessed of learning, observant of penances, and with all the senses under restraint, devoted to what is agreeable and beneficial to the preceptor, steady in practising the duty of truth, and always pure, should, with the permission of the preceptor, eat one's food without decrying it.
Mbh.14.46.1908	Such a Brahmacharin is worthy of applause.
Mbh.14.46.1911	Cleansed by all purificatory rites and having lived as a Brahmacharin, one should next go out of one's village and next live as an ascetic in the woods, having renounced all attachments.
Mbh.14.46.1925	A householder, or Brahmacharin, or forest-recluse, who would wish to achieve Emancipation, should have recourse to that which has been called the best course of conduct.

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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