Parasara - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.1.47	The son of Satyavati having, by penance and meditation, analysed the eternal Veda, afterwards composed this holy history, when that learned Brahmarshi of strict vows, the noble Dwaipayana Vyasa, offspring of Parasara, had finished this greatest of narrations, he began to consider how he might teach it to his disciples.
Mbh.1.2.449	The number of slokas as composed in the Drona Parva by Rishi Vyasa, the son of Parasara and the possessor of true knowledge after much meditation, is eight thousand, nine hundred and nine.
Mbh.1.57.2822	Now hear the names I mention, in order, of those snakes endued with the speed of the wind and with virulent poison, born in the race of Dhritarashtra: Sankukarna, Pitharaka, Kuthara, Sukhana, and Shechaka; Purnangada, Purnamukha, Prahasa, Sakuni, Dari, Amahatha, Kumathaka, Sushena, Vyaya, Bhairava, Mundavedanga, Pisanga, Udraparaka, Rishabha, Vegavat, Pindaraka; Raktanga, Sarvasaranga, Samriddha, Patha and Vasaka; Varahaka, Viranaka, Suchitra, Chitravegika, Parasara, Tarunaka, Maniskandha and Aruni.
Mbh.1.60.2878	And he, the grand-father of the Pandavas, was born in an island of the Yamuna, of the virgin Kali by Sakti's son, Parasara.
Mbh.1.63.3113	While engaged in this vocation, Satyavati was seen one day by the great Rishi Parasara, in course of his wanderings.
Mbh.1.63.3136	And the illustrious Parasara, after this, went to his own asylum.
Mbh.1.63.3138	And she brought forth the very day, on an island in the Yamuna, the child begot upon her by Parasara and gifted with great energy.
Mbh.1.63.3141	And it was thus that Vyasa was born of Satyavati through Parasara.
Mbh.1.95.5291	And in her maidenhood she had a son by Parasara, named Dwaipayana.
Mbh.1.105.5902	It so happened that the great and wise Rishi Parasara, that foremost of all virtuous men, came, and betook himself to my boat for crossing the Yamuna.
Mbh.1.105.5910	And the child of Parasara so born of me in my maidenhood hath become a great Rishi endued with large ascetic powers and known by the name of Dwaipayana the island-born.
Mbh.1.179.9172	And, because the Rishi Vasishtha had resolved on self-destruction but had abstained therefrom as soon as he knew of the existence of that child, that child, when born, was called Parasara the vivifier of the dead.
Mbh.1.179.9173	The virtuous Parasara, from the day of his birth, knew Vasishtha for his father and behaved towards the Muni as such.
Mbh.1.181.9268	O thou Parasara, who art acquainted with the higher regions, thou foremost of wise men
Mbh.1.182.9269	SECTION CLXXXIII Chaitraratha Parva continued The Gandharva continued, The Brahmana sage Parasara thus addressed by the illustrious Vasishtha restrained his wrath from destroying the worlds.
Mbh.1.182.9270	But the Rishi Parasara endued with great energy, the son of Saktri, the foremost of all persons acquainted with the Vedas, performed a grand Rakshasa sacrifice.
Mbh.1.182.9273	And in that sacrifice the great Muni Parasara sat before three blazing fires, himself like unto a fourth fire.
Mbh.1.182.9278	And, O thou bull of the Bharata race, Pulastya then, seeing that many Rakshasas had already been slain, told these words unto Parasara that oppressor of all enemies: There is no obstruction, I hope, to this sacrifice of thine, O child!
Mbh.1.182.9283	Therefore, O Parasara, establish thou peace.
Mbh.1.182.9284	How hast thou, O Parasara, being so superior, engaged thyself in such a sinful practice?
Mbh.1.182.9290	And, O Parasara, Viswamitra was only a blind instrument in that matter.
Mbh.2.7.325	And Parasara and Parvata and Savarni and Galava; and Sankha, and the Muni, Gaursiras, and Durvasa, and Krodhana and Swena and the Muni Dhirghatamas; and Pavitrapani, Savarni, Yajnavalkya and Bhaluki; and Udyalaka, Swetaketu, and Tandya, and also Bhandayani; and Havishmat, and Garishta, and king Harischandra; and Hridya, Udarshandilya.
Mbh.2.45.1858	Vaisampayana continued, Hearing these words of the king, the exalted son of Parasara, the island-born Vyasa of dark hue, spoke these words, For thirteen years, O king, those portents will bear mighty consequences ending in destruction, O king of kings, of all the Kshatriyas.
Mbh.3.36.1885	That foremost of speakers then, the son of Parasara, taking Yudhishthira to a corner, began to address him in words of deep import, saying, O best of the Bharatas, the time is come for thy prosperity, when, indeed Dhananjaya, that son of Pritha, will slay all thy foes in battle.
Mbh.6.15.794	Having bowed down to thy father, that wise and high-souled son of Parasara, through whose grace, through whose boon bestowed on me I have obtained excellent and celestial apprehension, sight beyond the range of the visual sense, and hearing, O king, from great distance, knowledge of other people's hearts and also of the past and the future, a knowledge also of the origin of all persons transgressing the ordinances the delightful power of coursing through the skies, and untouchableness by weapons in battles, listen to me in detail as I recite the romantic and highly wonderful battle that happened between the Bharatas, a battle that makes one's hair stand on end.
Mbh.7.199.11544	Sanjaya said, Having addressed Arjuna in these words, the son of Parasara, O chief of the Bharatas, went away to the place he had come from, O chastiser of foes'
Mbh.12.47.2294	Surrounded by Vyasa conversant with the Vedas by the celestial Rishi Narada, by Devasthana, by Asmaka Sumantu, by Jaimini, by the high-souled Paila, by Sandilya, by Devarata, by Maitreya of great intelligence, by Asita and Vasishtha and the high-souled Kausika, by Harita and Lomasa and Atri's son of great intelligence, by Vrihaspati and Sukra and the great sage Chyavana, by Sanatkumara and Kapila and Valmiki and Tumvuru and Kuru, by Maudgalya and Rama of Bhrigu's race, and the great sage Trinavindu, by Pippalada and Vayu and Samvarta and Pulaha and Katha, by Kasyapa and Pulastya and Kratu and Daksha and Parasara, by Marichi and Angiras and Kasmya and Gautama and the sage Galava, by Dhaumya and Vibhanda and Mandavya and Dhaumra and Krishnanubhautika, by Uluka, that foremost of Brahmanas and the great sage Markandeya, by Bhaskari and Purana and Krishna and Suta, that foremost of virtuous persons, surrounded by these and many other highly-blessed sages of great souls and possessed of faith and self-restraint and tranquillity of mind, the Kuru hero looked like the Moon in the midst of the planets and the stars.
Mbh.12.49.2652	Another, viz, the son of Saudasa, has been protected, through compassion, by Parasara of immeasurable energy and ever engaged in sacrifices.
Mbh.12.240.14840	Bhishma continued, Thus addressed, the son of Parasara said these words unto his son, I shall expound to thee the two paths, viz, the destructible and the indestructible, depending respectively upon acts and knowledge.
Mbh.12.284.17855	This was said even by the puissant Vyasa, the son of Parasara
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.12.290.18203	Thus questioned, Parasara, possessed of great ascetic merit and conversant with the ordinances of every religion said these words, desirous of favouring the king'
Mbh.12.290.18204	Parasara said, Righteousness earned by acts is supreme benefit both in this world and the next.
Mbh.12.291.18241	SECTION CCXCII Parasara said, That man who, having obtained this car, viz, his body endued with mind, goes on, curbing with the reins of-knowledge the steeds represented by the objects of the senses, should certainly be regarded as possessed of intelligence.
Mbh.12.292.18275	SECTION CCXCIII Parasara said, Nobody in this world does good to another.
Mbh.12.293.18317	SECTION CCXCIV Parasara said, The lowest order, it is proper, should derive their sustenance from the three other orders.
Mbh.12.294.18353	SECTION CCXCV Parasara said, In the Brahmana, wealth acquired by acceptance of gifts, in the Kshatriya that won by victory in battle, in the Vaisya that obtained by following the duties laid down for his order, and in the Sudra that earned by serving the three other orders, however small its measure, is worthy of praise, and spent for the acquisition of virtue is productive of great benefits.
Mbh.12.295.18395	SECTION CCXCVI Parasara said, I have now discoursed to thee on what the ordinances are of the duties in respect of one that leads the domestic mode of life.
Mbh.12.296.18462	Parasara said, It is as thou sayst, O king!
Mbh.12.296.18479	Parasara said, O king, the status of high-souled persons that succeeded in cleansing their souls by penances could not be regarded as affected by their low births.
Mbh.12.296.18489	Parasara said, Acceptance of gifts, officiation at the sacrifices of others, and the teaching of pupils, O king, are the especial duties of the Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.296.18510	Parasara said, Without doubt, O king, both, viz, acts and birth, are sources of demerit.
Mbh.12.296.18516	Parasara said, Hear from me, O monarch, about what thou askest me' viz, those acts free from injury which always rescue man.
Mbh.12.297.18522	SECTION CCXCVIII Parasara said, The sires, the friends, the preceptor, and the spouses of the preceptors of men that are destitute of devotion are unable to give to those men the merits that attach to devotion.
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.12.298.18601	Parasara said, Dissociation from attachments is the root of what is good
Mbh.12.318.19884	I have heard discourses on this subject from Jaigishavya, Aista, Devala, the regenerate sage Parasara, the intelligent Varshaganya, Bhrigu, Panchasikha Kapila, Suka, Gautama, Arshtisena, the high-souled Garga, Narada, Asuri, the intelligent Paulastya, Sanatkumara, the high-souled Sukra, and my sire Kasyapa.
Mbh.12.327.20824	Vyasa the son of Parasara, after the arrival of his puissant son, continued to dwell there on the Himavat engaged in teaching his disciples and his son.
Mbh.12.327.20841	Even this is the boon that we solicit, Hearing these words of his disciples, Vyasa, the son of Parasara, possessed of great intelligence, well-conversant with the meaning of the Vedas, endued with a righteous soul, and always engaged in thinking of objects that confer benefits on a person in the world hereafter, said unto his disciples these righteous words fraught with great benefit: The Vedas should always be given unto him who is a Brahmana, or unto him who is desirous of listening to Vedic instructions, by him who eagerly wishes to attain a residence in the region of Brahman!
Mbh.12.328.20863	Hearing these words of his disciples, the puissant son of Parasara replied unto them in these beneficial words that were fraught, besides, with righteousness and profit, You may repair to the Earth or to the regions of the celestials, as ye like.
Mbh.12.328.20947	Having said these words, the puissant son of Parasara bade his son when the wind had ceased to go on with his Vedic recitation.
Mbh.12.340.22043	Hearing these words that were addressed to him by his disciples that dispeller of all kinds of darkness represented by ignorance, viz, the blessed Vyasa, the son of Parasara, said these words: have undergone very severe, in fact, the austerest of penances.
Mbh.12.349.23331	Vaisampayana said, I bow unto that great Rishi who is the dispeller of darkness, and whom Satyavati bore to Parasara in the midst of an island, who is possessed of great knowledge and who is endued with great liberality of soul.
Mbh.12.349.23335	Janamejaya said, O best of regenerate persons, it was thou that saidst before this that the Rishi Vasishtha had a son of the name of Saktri and that Saktri had a son of the name of Parasara, and that Parasara begot a son named the Island-born Krishna endued with great ascetic merit.
Mbh.12.349.23401	He whom learned Brahmanas call the mind-born son of the Grandsire, viz, Vasishtha endued with great intelligence and like unto an ocean of penances, and whose splendour transcends that of the Sun himself, will be the progenitor of a race in which a great Rishi of the name of Parasara, possessed of mighty energy and prowess, will take his birth.
Mbh.12.349.23403	Thou shalt take thy birth as the son of a maiden residing in the house of her sire, through an act of congress with the great Rishi Parasara.
Mbh.13.18.2833	Parasara said, In former times I gratified Sarva, O king.
Mbh.13.18.2842	Freed from diseases of every kind, that son of thine, O Parasara, shall besides, be immortal,
Mbh.13.48.4938	The son that is begotten by a Brahmana upon a Sudra wife is called Parasara, implying one born of a corpse, for the Sudra woman's body is as inauspicious as a corpse.
Mbh.13.66.6352	Even this has been said by Parasara.
Mbh.13.150.12583	Indeed, O tiger among kings, those monarchs who, with restrained senses and tranquil soul, recite this Mantra every day, succeed in acquiring unrivalled prosperity, Salutations to Vasishtha of high vows after having bowed with reverence unto Parasara, that Ocean of the Vedas!
Mbh.13.150.12687	This that I have said unto thee is the excellent opinion of Parasara.
Mbh.18.5.238	It was explained to us by Vyasa of mighty energy, celestial vision and great prowess, that ancient ascetic, O Kauravya, who is the son of Parasara and who always observes high vows, who is of immeasurable understanding, who is omniscient, and who, therefore knows the end attached to all acts.

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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