Janaka
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Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.1.2.388 | Then hath been described the history of king Mandhata; then the history of prince Jantu; and how king Somaka by offering up his only son Jantu in sacrifice obtained a hundred others; then the excellent history of the hawk and the pigeon; then the examination of king Sivi by Indra, Agni, and Dharma; then the story of Ashtavakra, in which occurs the disputation, at the sacrifice of Janaka, between that Rishi and the first of logicians, Vandi, the son of Varuna; the defeat of Vandi by the great Ashtavakra, and the release by the Rishi of his father from the depths of the ocean. |
Mbh.2.8.349 | Vysawa; Saswa and Krishaswa, and king Sasavindu; Rama the son of Dasaratha, and Lakshmana, and Pratarddana; Alarka, and Kakshasena, Gaya, and Gauraswa; Rama the son of Jamadagnya, Nabhaga, and Sagara; Bhuridyumna and Mahaswa, Prithaswa, and also Janaka; king Vainya, Varisena, Purujit, and Janamejaya; Brahmadatta, and Trigarta, and king Uparichara also; Indradyumna, Bhimajanu, Gauraprishta, Nala, Gaya; Padma and Machukunda, Bhuridyumna, Prasenajit; Aristanemi, Sudymna, Prithulauswa, and Ashtaka also; a hundred kings of the Matsya race and hundred of the Vipa and a hundred of the Haya races; a hundred kings of the name of Dhritarashtra, eighty kings of the name of Janamejaya; a hundred monarchs called Brahmadatta, and a hundred kings of the name of Iri; more than two hundred Bhishmas, and also a hundred Bhimas; a hundred Prativindhyas, a hundred Nagas, and a hundred Palasas, and a hundred called Kasa and Kusa; that king of kings Santanu, and thy father Pandu, Usangava, Sata-ratha, Devaraja, Jayadratha; the intelligent royal sage Vrishadarva with his ministers; and a thousand other kings known by the name of Sasa-vindu, and who have died, having performed many grand horse-sacrifices with large presents to the Brahmanas, these holy royal sages of grand achievements and great knowledge of the Sastras, wait upon, O King, and worship the son of Vivaswat in that assembly house. |
Mbh.2.29.1230 | And that tiger among men then defeated with comparative ease that lord of earth, Janaka the king of the Videhas. |
Mbh.3.2.84 | Listen, I shall tell the slokas which were chanted of old by the illustrious Janaka touching the subject of controlling the self! |
Mbh.3.84.4530 | There also existeth a well sacred to the royal Rishi Janaka, which is worshipped by the gods. |
Mbh.3.132.6701 | Those two Brahmanas, of matchless energy, who bore unto each other the relationship of uncle and nephew, went into the sacrificial ground of king Janaka and there defeated Vandin in a controversy. |
Mbh.3.132.6716 | Thus addressed by his wife, Kahoda went unto king Janaka for riches. |
Mbh.3.132.6726 | And having heard all, the Brahmana at night said unto his uncle Swetaketu, Let us go unto the sacrifice of king Janaka, wherein many wonderful things are to be seen. |
Mbh.3.132.6730 | Then they both, uncle and nephew, went unto the splendid sacrifice of king Janaka. |
Mbh.3.133.6741 | And, O son of Indradyumna, we have come, desirous of seeing the sacrifice, and to meet king Janaka and speak to him. |
Mbh.3.133.6765 | Go and inform king Janaka, who hath a garland of lotuses on his neck, that I am here. |
Mbh.3.134.6828 | And when the tumult thus arose in the splendid sacrifice performed by king Janaka, the Brahmanas well pleased, and with joined hands, approached Ashtavakra, and began to pay him homage' |
Mbh.3.134.6833 | O Janaka, I am the son of king Varuna. |
Mbh.3.134.6845 | O Janaka, thou hearest my words as if thou hast been stupefied in consequence of having eaten the fruit of the Sleshmataki tree. |
Mbh.3.134.6847 | Janaka said, Listening to thy words, I take them to be excellent and superhuman. |
Mbh.3.134.6856 | Lomasa said, Then rose before Janaka all the Brahmanas, after having been duly worshipped by the magnanimous Varuna. |
Mbh.3.134.6857 | Kahoda said, It is for this, O Janaka, that men pray for sons, by performing meritorious acts. |
Mbh.3.134.6862 | In this sacrifice of king Janaka, the principal hymns relating to the Uktha rites are being chanted, and the Soma juice also is being adequately quaffed. |
Mbh.3.147.7524 | And, O chief of the Bharatas, having by my own prowess crossed the ocean, that abode of sharks and crocodiles, I saw in Ravana's residence, the daughter of king Janaka, Sita, like unto the daughter of a celestial. |
Mbh.3.206.10567 | And he traversed many forests and villages and towns and at last reached Mithila that was ruled over by Janaka and he beheld the city to be adorned with the flags of various creeds. |
Mbh.3.206.10609 | O regenerate Rishi, there existeth not in the kingdom of Janaka a single subject that followeth not the duties of his birth. |
Mbh.3.206.10611 | King Janaka punisheth him that is wicked, even if he be his own son; but never doth he inflict pain on him that is virtuous. |
Mbh.3.206.10625 | But this our king Janaka casteth his eyes upon all his subjects virtuously, and he is always kind unto them who, on their part, ever adhere to their respective duties. |
Mbh.3.272.13246 | And Janaka was the king of Videha, and Sita was his daughter. |
Mbh.3.275.13381 | And, blessed be thou, he was followed by the auspicious Lakshmana, that foremost of bowmen and his wife Sita, the princess of Videha and daughter of Janaka. |
Mbh.3.276.13454 | The virtuous daughter of Janaka, seeing him come, welcomed him with fruits and root and a seat. |
Mbh.3.277.13534 | Thou wilt, without doubt, see the daughter of Janaka! |
Mbh.3.280.13707 | Will ye once more enable me to reign in Ayodhya after having slain my enemy in battle and rescued the daughter of Janaka? |
Mbh.3.280.13758 | And the daughter of Janaka further told me as a token from her, that by thee, O tiger among men, a blade of grass inspired with Mantras and thus converted into a fatal weapon had once been shot at a crow while ye were on the breast of the mighty hill known by the name of Chitrakuta! |
Mbh.3.282.13852 | Release Sita, the daughter of Janaka! |
Mbh.3.284.13917 | I have stealthily brought away his wife Sita, the daughter of Janaka. |
Mbh.3.289.14141 | And beholding Rama united with the daughter of Janaka, the charioteer of Sakra, highly pleased, addressed him in the midst of friends, and said these words, O thou of prowess that can never be baffled thou hast dispelled the sorrow of the celestials, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Asuras, the Nagas, and human beings! |
Mbh.6.27.1263 | By work alone, Janaka and others, attained the accomplishment of their objects. |
Mbh.12.17.768 | Mention is made of a verse sung of old by Janaka who was freed from the pairs of opposites, liberated from desire and enjoyments, and observant of the religion of Moksha. |
Mbh.12.18.782 | King Janaka shaved his head and assumed the garb of a mendicant. |
Mbh.12.18.831 | Arjuna continued, King Janaka is regarded to have been a truth-knowing person in this world. |
Mbh.12.28.1257 | Janaka the ruler of the Videhas, O king, filled with sorrow and grief, questioned a wise Brahmana of the name of Asma for the resolution of his doubts' |
Mbh.12.28.1258 | Janaka said, How should a man desirous of his own good behave upon occasions of the accession and the destruction of both kinsmen and wealth' |
Mbh.12.98.5479 | The ruler of Mithila, viz, Janaka, after installation in the sacrifice of battle, gladdened all his troops on the eve of fight. |
Mbh.12.98.5481 | Janaka, the high souled king of Mithila, conversant with the truth of everything, showed both heaven and hell unto his own warriors. |
Mbh.12.104.5906 | Do thou serve Janaka the ruler of Mithila, always performing good and pure deeds. |
Mbh.12.104.5911 | Honoured by Janaka possessed of intelligence and prosperity, thou shalt certainly become the right arm of that ruler and enjoy the confidence of all. |
Mbh.12.105.5978 | Thus addressed, king Janaka, properly saluting and honouring that bull among Brahmanas who deserved every honour, replied unto him, saying, Thou art of great learning and great wisdom. |
Mbh.12.105.5991 | King Janaka also bestowed upon his guest his own daughter and diverse kinds of gems and jewels. |
Mbh.12.158.9452 | Janaka, and Yuvanaswa, and Vrishadarbhi, and Prasenajit, and other kings acquired heaven in consequence of their having repressed covetousness. |
Mbh.12.177.10678 | SECTION CLXXVIII Bhishma continued, In this connection is also cited the old narrative of the verses sung by Janaka the ruler of the Videhas, who had attained to tranquillity of soul. |
Mbh.12.217.13112 | SECTION CCXVIII Yudhishthira said, By following what conduct, O thou that art conversant with all courses of conduct, did Janaka, the ruler of Mithila versed in the religion of Emancipation, succeed in attaining to Emancipation, after casting off all worldly enjoyments' |
Mbh.12.217.13141 | Conversant with all courses of duty, Panchasikha, after having himself acquired high knowledge, came to Janaka and knowing that that king had equal reverence for all his preceptors, began to amaze that century of preceptors by an exposition of his doctrine fraught, with abundant reasons. |
Mbh.12.217.13142 | Observing the talent of Kapileya, Janaka became exceedingly attached to him, and abandoning his hundred preceptors, began to follow him in particular. |
Mbh.12.217.13143 | Then Kapileya began to discourse unto Janaka, who had according to the ordinance bent his head unto him as a disciple should and who was fully competent to apprehend the sage's instructions, upon that high religion of Emancipation which is explained in Sankhya treatises. |
Mbh.12.218.13218 | SECTION CCXIX Bhishma said, Janadeva of the race of Janaka, thus instructed by the great Rishi Panchasikha, once more asked him about the topic of existence or nonexistence after death' |
Mbh.12.218.13314 | Their own ancestor Janaka, the chief of Mithila, beholding his city burning in a conflagration, himself proclaimed, In this conflagration nothing of mine is burning' |
Mbh.12.269.16521 | Never addicted at any time to sinful acts, observant of those rites that have been laid down in the Vedas, capable of crowning all their wishes with fruition, endued with certain conclusions through pure knowledge, never giving way to wrath, never indulging in envy, free from pride and malice, firm in Yoga of unstained birth, unstained conduct, and unstained learning, devoted to the good of all creatures, there were in days of yore many men, leading lives of domesticity and thoroughly devoted to their own duties, there were many kings also of the same qualifications, devoted to Yoga like Janaka, etc, |
Mbh.12.290.18201 | Bhishma said, In this connection I shall narrate to thee what the celebrated king Janaka had enquired, in days of yore, of the high-souled Parasara, What is beneficial for all creatures both in this world and the next! |
Mbh.12.296.18456 | SECTION CCXCVII Janaka said, Whence, O great Rishi, does this difference of colour arise among men belonging to the different orders? |
Mbh.12.296.18475 | Janaka said, When all have sprung from Brahmana alone, how came human beings to have diversity in respect of race? |
Mbh.12.296.18486 | Janaka said, Tell me, O holy one, the especial duties of the several orders. |
Mbh.12.296.18507 | Janaka said, O great ascetic, is man stained by his acts or is he stained by the order or class in which he is born? |
Mbh.12.296.18515 | Janaka said, What are those righteous acts in this world, O best of all regenerate persons, the accomplishment of which does not inflict any injury upon other creatures' |
Mbh.12.298.18595 | SECTION CCXCIX Bhishma said, Once again Janaka, the ruler of Mithila, questioned the high-souled Parasara endued with certain knowledge in respect of all duties' |
Mbh.12.298.18596 | Janaka said, What is productive of good? |
Mbh.12.298.18671 | Bhishma continued, Thus addressed conformably to the truth by the sage, Janaka, that foremost of righteous persons, O king, heard everything the Rishi said and obtained great happiness from it |
Mbh.12.302.19008 | Once on a time when that foremost of Rishis, viz, Vasishtha, endued with the effulgence of the Sun, was seated at his ease, king Janaka asked him about that highest knowledge which is for our supreme good. |
Mbh.12.305.19155 | SECTION CCCVI Janaka said, O holy one, it has been said that the relation between male and female is like that which subsists between the Indestructible and the destructible or Purusha and Prakriti. |
Mbh.12.306.19214 | SECTION CCCVII Janaka said, Thou hast, O foremost of Rishis, said that Unity is the attribute of that which is Akshara Indestructible and variety or multiplicity is the attribute of what is known as Kshara Destructible. |
Mbh.12.310.19506 | Bhishma said, I shall in this connection recite to thee the old narrative, O Bharata, of the discourse between Yajnavalkya and Janaka. |
Mbh.12.310.19508 | Janaka said, O regenerate Rishi, how many kinds of senses are there? |
Mbh.12.314.19656 | Janaka said, Both Prakriti and Purusha, O thou of great intelligence, are without beginning and without end. |
Mbh.12.318.19976 | Those persons, learned in the scriptures, who succeed in apprehending Eternal Brahma who is higher than Unmanifest Prakriti, succeed in obtaining that which transcends birth and death, which is free from attributes, and which is both existent and non-existent I got all this knowledge from Janaka. |
Mbh.12.318.19987 | In former time, Yajnavalkya did that good to king Janaka which is derivable from a study of the Upanishads. |
Mbh.12.319.19992 | Bhishma said, In this connection is cited the old narrative of Panchasikha who was a Bhikshu in his practices and Janaka. |
Mbh.12.319.19993 | Once on a time Janaka, the ruler of the Videhas, questioned the great Rishi Panchasikha, who was the foremost of all persons conversant with the Vedas and who had all his doubts removed in respect of the purpose and import of all duties. |
Mbh.12.320.20023 | Bhishma said, In this connection is cited the old narrative of the discourse between Janaka and Sulabha, O Bharata! |
Mbh.12.320.20031 | Hearing this report about king Janaka and desirous of ascertaining whether it was true or not, Sulabha became desirous of having a personal interview with Janaka. |
Mbh.12.320.20038 | Doubting whether Janaka had succeeded in attaining to Emancipation, by following the religion of Nivritti, Sulabha, endued with Yoga-power, entered the understanding of the king by her own understanding. |
Mbh.12.320.20039 | Restraining, by means of the rays of light that emanated from her own eyes, the rays issuing from the eyes of the king, the lady, desirous of ascertaining the truth, bound up king Janaka with Yoga bonds' |
Mbh.12.320.20045 | Janaka said, O holy lady, to what course of conduct art thou devoted? |
Mbh.12.320.20272 | Like kings, O Janaka, all men in their own houses chastise and reward. |
Mbh.12.320.20365 | Bhishma continued, Hearing these words fraught with excellent sense and with reason, king Janaka failed to return any answer thereto |
Mbh.12.325.20647 | When Vyasa behind his son to be possessed of the resplendence of the Vedas, endued with the energy of Brahma, and fully conversant with the religion of Emancipation, he addressed him, saying, Go thou to Janaka the ruler of Mithila. |
Mbh.12.325.20666 | Before much time had passed he reached the country of the Videhas that was protected by the virtuous and high-souled Janaka. |
Mbh.12.325.20705 | It was in this way, O Bharata, that the son of the Island-born Krishna passed the latter part of that day and the whole of that night in the palace of king Janaka |
Mbh.12.326.20706 | SECTION CCCXXVII Bhishma said, The next morning, king Janaka, O Bharata, accompanied by his minister and the whole household, came to Suka, placing his priest in the van. |
Mbh.12.326.20715 | Receiving Suka's permission, Janaka sat down with all his followers. |
Mbh.12.326.20718 | Suka said, Blessed be thou, my sire said unto me that his Yajamana, the ruler of the Videhas, known all over the world by the name of Janaka, is well-versed in the religion of Emancipation. |
Mbh.12.326.20726 | Janaka said, Hear what the duties are of a Brahmana from the time of his birth. |
Mbh.12.326.20738 | Janaka said, Without the aid of an understanding cleansed by study of the scriptures and without that true conception of all things which is known by the name of Vijnana, the attainment of Emancipation is impossible. |
Mbh.12.327.20785 | SECTION CCCXXVIII Bhishma said, Having heard these words of king Janaka, Suka of cleansed soul and settled conclusions began to stay in his Soul by his Soul, having of course seen Self by Self |
Mbh.12.327.20786 | His object being accomplished, he became happy and tranquil, and without putting further questions to Janaka, he proceeded northwards to the mountains of Himavat with the speed of the wind and like the wind |
Mbh.12.327.20823 | With great cheerfulness he then detailed to his father all the particulars of his conversation with king Janaka. |
Mbh.12.363.23889 | The son of Bhrigu, O monarch, recited this history to king Janaka in his place. |
Mbh.12.363.23890 | King Janaka, in his turn, narrated it to the celestial Rishi Narada of high soul. |
Mbh.13.45.4738 | Upon this subject Sukratu, the grandson of the high-souled Janaka, the ruler of the Videhas, has declared the following opinion. |
Mbh.13.46.4798 | In this connection a princess of the house of Janaka the ruler of the Videhas, sang a verse. |
Mbh.13.115.10352 | These other kings also, viz, Syenachitra, O monarch, and Somaka and Vrika and Raivata and Rantideva and Vasu and Srinjaya, and Dushmanta and Karushma and Rama and Alarka and Nala, and Virupaswa and Nimi and Janaka of great intelligence, and Aila and Prithu and Virasena, and Ikshvaku, and Sambhu, and Sweta, and Sagara, and Aja and Dhundhu and Suvahu, and Haryaswa and Kshupa and Bharata, O monarch, did not eat flesh for the month of Karttika and as the consequence thereof attained to heaven, and endued with prosperity, blazed forth with effulgence in the region of Brahman, adored by Gandharvas and surrounded by thousand damsels of great beauty. |
Mbh.13.165.13709 | They are Nriga, Yayati, Nahusha, Yadu, Puru of great energy, Sagara, Dhundhumara, Dilipa of great prowess, Krisaswa, Yauvanaswa, Chitraswa, Satyavat, Dushmanta, Bharata who became an illustrious Emperor over many kings, Yavana, Janaka, Dhrishtaratha, Raghu, that foremost of kings, Dasaratha, the heroic Rama, that slayer of Rakshasas, Sasavindu. |
Mbh.14.32.1270 | SECTION XXXII The Brahmana said, In this connection is cited the old narrative, O lady, of the discourse between a Brahmana and king Janaka. |
Mbh.14.32.1271 | King Janaka on a certain occasion, desirous of punishing him, said unto a Brahmana who had become guilty of some offence, Thou shalt not dwell within my dominions' |
Mbh.14.32.1278 | Janaka said, Although a large inhabited tract is subject to me within this ancestral kingdom of mine, yet I fail to find my dominion, searching through the whole Earth. |
Mbh.14.32.1290 | Janaka said, All conditions here, in all affairs, have been understood by me to be terminable. |
Mbh.14.32.1308 | The Brahmana then, smiling, once more said unto Janaka, Know that I am Dharma, who have come here today for examining thee. |
Mbh.14.91.4290 | Indeed, Visvamitra, and Asita, and king Janaka, and Kakshasena and Arshtisena, and king Sindhudwipa, these and many other kings, endued with wealth of penances, having made gifts of articles acquired lawfully, have attained to high success. |
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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