Devas
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 21 Feb 2010 15:36 and updated at 21 Feb 2010 15:36
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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| Mbh.1.1.34 | The generation of Devas, in brief, was thirty-three thousand, thirty-three hundred and thirty-three. |
| Mbh.1.1.87 | Of those, thirty hundred thousand are known in the world of the Devas; fifteen hundred thousand in the world of the Pitris: fourteen hundred thousand among the Gandharvas, and one hundred thousand in the regions of mankind. |
| Mbh.1.1.88 | Narada recited them to the Devas, Devala to the Pitris, and Suka published them to the Gandharvas, Yakshas, and Rakshasas: and in this world they were recited by Vaisampayana, one of the disciples of Vyasa, a man of just principles and the first among all those acquainted with the Vedas. |
| Mbh.1.1.230 | Herein Devas, Devarshis, and immaculate Brahmarshis of good deeds, have been spoken of; and likewise Yakshas and great Uragas Nagas. |
| Mbh.1.3.705 | And with the cloth so woven, ye have established two courses of action appertaining respectively to the Devas and the Pitris. |
| Mbh.1.7.1062 | With the butter that is poured upon my flame according to the injunctions prescribed in the Vedas, the Devas and the Pitris are appeased. |
| Mbh.1.7.1063 | The Devas are the waters; the Pitris are also the waters. |
| Mbh.1.7.1064 | The Devas have with the Pitris an equal right to the sacrifices called Darshas and Purnamasas. |
| Mbh.1.7.1065 | The Devas therefore are the Pitris and the Pitris, the Devas. |
| Mbh.1.7.1067 | The Devas and the Pitris eat what is poured upon me. |
| Mbh.1.7.1068 | I am therefore called the mouth of the Devas and the Pitris. |
| Mbh.1.7.1069 | At the new moon the Pitris, and at the full moon the Devas, are fed through my mouth, eating of the clarified butter that is poured on me. |
| Mbh.1.65.3297 | And Sesha or Ananta, Vasuki, Takshaka, Kumara, and Kulika are known to be the sons of Kadru; and Bhimasena, Ugrasena, Suparna, Varuna, Gopati, and Dhritarashtra, and Suryavarchas the seventh, Satyavachas, Arkaparna, Prayuta, Bhima, and Chitraratha known to fame, of great learning, and a controller of his passions, and then Kalisiras, and, O king, Parjanya, the fourteenth in the list, Kali, the fifteenth, and Narada, the sixteenth, these Devas and Gandharvas are known to be the sons of Muni Daksha's daughter as mentioned before. |
| Mbh.3.180.8965 | In days of yore, while I used to sojourn in heaven in a celestial chariot, revelling in my pride, I did not think of anything else, I used to exact tribute from Brahmarshis, Devas, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Rakshasas, Pannagas and all other dwellers of the three worlds. |
| Mbh.12.276.16937 | The Sruti declares that that which is called the forest is the true fold for the Devas, while the delight one feels in dwelling in the midst of men is, as it were, the cord for binding the dweller and making him helpless |
| Mbh.12.279.17165 | Jiva sports for many long Kalpas in the world of Devas. |
| Mbh.12.279.17185 | When the time of universal destruction comes, those Jivas who have attained to the position of Devas and who have an unexhausted remnant of the fruits of acts to enjoy or endure, revert to those stages of life in the subsequent Kalpa which had been theirs in the previous one. |
| Mbh.12.294.18374 | The fierce chief of those Asuras possessed of fierce, prowess, who had struck the Devas with terror, was also slain by Mahadeva armed with the lance |
| Mbh.13.14.1208 | If, O Sakra, the Devas deities and the Asuras could see any other puissant form than Bhava's, would not both of them, especially the former, when opposed and afflicted by the latter, have sought the protection of that form? |
| Mbh.13.96.8730 | O foremost one of Bharata's race, he who gives away a white umbrella with a hundred ribs to a Brahmana, attains to eternal felicity after death and resides in the region of Indra, respected by Brahmanas, Apsaras, and Devas. |
| Mbh.14.10.303 | Then the lord of the Devas attended by the other gods and riding in his chariot drawn by the most excellent steeds, approached the sacrificial altar of that son of Avikshit and drank the Soma libations of that unrivalled monarch. |
| Mbh.14.10.304 | And king Marutta with his priest rose to receive Indra coming with the host of gods and well-pleased in mind, he welcomed the lord of the Devas with due and foremost honours according to the Sastras. |
| Mbh.14.10.313 | Samvarta said, If, O prince of the Devas, thou art pleased with us, do thou thyself give all the directions for this sacrifice, and O Surendra, thyself ordain the sacrificial portions for the gods, so that, O god, all the world may know that it hath been done by thee |
| Mbh.14.14.393 | And that monarch Yudhishthira after performing the obsequial ceremonies of his departed friends, and honouring the Brahmanas and Devas gods, brought the kingdom of the earth with its girdle of oceans, under his sway. |
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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