Chhandas
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 21 Feb 2010 12:39 and updated at 21 Feb 2010 12:39
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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| Mbh.5.43.2421 | O Kshatriya, the verses that were recited by Atharvan to a conclave of great sages, in days of old, are known by the name of Chhandas. |
| Mbh.5.43.2422 | They are not be regarded as acquainted with the Chhandas who have only read through the Vedas, without having attained to the knowledge of Him who is known through the Vedas. |
| Mbh.5.43.2423 | The Chhandas, O best of men, become the means of obtaining Brahman independently and without the necessity of anything foreign. |
| Mbh.5.43.2424 | They cannot be regarded as acquainted with the Chhandas who are acquainted only with the modes of sacrifice enjoined in the Vedas. |
| Mbh.6.39.1802 | SECTION XXXIX Bhagavad Gita Chapter XV The Holy One said, They say that the Aswattha, having its roots above and branches below, is eternal, its leaves are the Chhandas. |
| Mbh.7.67.2902 | Vrihaspati became the milker, the Chhandas were the vessel, and the excellent Soma, the calf. |
| Mbh.12.78.4397 | Bhishma said, It is laid down from those Brahmanas that are eligible as priests that they should be conversant with the Chhandas including the Samans, and all the rites inculcated in the Srutis, and that they should be able to perform all such religious acts as lead to the prosperity of the king. |
| Mbh.12.200.12158 | The Riks, all the Samanas, all the Yajuses, the Chhandas, Astronomy, Nirukta, Grammar, Sankalpa, and Siksha, I have studied. |
| Mbh.13.14.904 | Let Brahma and Siva and Kasyapa, the Rivers, those deities that preside over the mind, the soil, all deciduous herbs, those Chhandas Rhymes that are regarded as bearers of the libations poured in sacrifices, the Rishis, Earth, the Oceans, the sacrificial presents, those syllables that are uttered for completing the cadences of Samans, the Rikshas, the Pitris, the Planets, the spouses of the deities, the celestial maidens, the celestial mothers, the great cycles, kine, Chandramas, Savitri, Agni, Savitri, the knowledge of the Vedas, the seasons, the year, small and big divisions of time, eg, |
| Mbh.13.85.7798 | From his sweat sprang Chhandas, and from his strength sprang Mind. |
| Mbh.13.90.8091 | He that is conversant with the three Nachiketas, he that has set up the five sacrificial fires, he that knows the five Suparnas, he that is conversant with the six branches called Angas of the Veda, he that is a descendant of sires who were engaged in teaching the Vedas and is himself engaged in teaching, he that is well-conversant with the Chhandas, he that is acquainted with the Jeshtha Saman, he that is obedient to the sway of his parents, he that is conversant with the Vedas and whose ancestors have been so for ten generations, he that has congress with only his wedded wives and this at their seasons, and he who has been cleansed by knowledge, by the Veda, and by vows and observances, even such a Brahmana, sanctifies the line. |
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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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