Penances - AncientVoice

Mbh.9.46.3413	Penances are the root of great happiness.
Mbh.12.22.932	Penances and Renunciation are the duties of Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.22.937	Neither Renunciation, nor Sacrifice, nor Penances, nor dependence on the wealth of others, O ruler of men, has been ordained for Kshatriyas.
Mbh.12.23.968	Penances, sacrifices, forgiveness, learning, mendicancy, keeping the senses under control, contemplation, living in solitude, contentment, and knowledge of Brahma, should, O king, be striven after by Brahmanas to the best of their ability for the attainment of success.
Mbh.12.32.1689	Penances, therefore, O bull of Bharata's race, constitute the eternal duty of Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.47.2323	Penances are ever present in thee.
Mbh.12.47.2524	Thyself without origin, O Vishnu, thou art the origin of Knowledge and Penances.
Mbh.12.47.2528	Penances are devoted to Narayana.
Mbh.12.152.9104	Penances again are the results of yoga union of the soul with Godhead.
Mbh.12.160.9528	Penances are of many kinds.
Mbh.12.190.11357	What of Penances well-performed?
Mbh.12.190.11363	By Penances, one acquires blessed heaven.
Mbh.12.199.12102	The Sadhyas, the Viswas, the Mantras, diverse kinds of loud and sweet music, the Rivers, the Mountains, the Seas, the Sacred Waters, the Penances, the Ordinances about yoga, the Vedas, the Sounds that accompany the singing of the Samans, Saraswati, Narada, Parvata, Viswavasu, the Hahas, the Huhus, the Gandharva Chitrasena with all the members of his family, the Nagas, the Sadhyas, the Munis, the god of gods, viz, Prajapati, and the inconceivable and thousand-headed Vishnu himself, came there.
Mbh.12.231.14403	Penances or worship of Brahma is the sacrifice laid down for the Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.276.16952	He whose words and thoughts are always well-restrained, he who has Penances and Renunciation, and Yoga, is sure to attain to everything through these.
Mbh.12.279.17078	Nor can He be obtained by Penances, nor by Sacrifices.
Mbh.12.295.18414	Penances, O child, are for all.
Mbh.12.295.18416	Penances set the self-restrained man having the mastery over all his senses on the way to heaven.
Mbh.12.298.18603	Penances practised are never destroyed, Gifts also, made to deserving persons, are not lost.
Mbh.12.299.18726	That person whose speech and mind are properly restrained and always devoted to the Supreme, succeeds in attaining to the fruits of the Vedas, Penances, and Renunciation.
Mbh.12.338.21705	Thou art Penances.
Mbh.12.338.21739	Thou hast thy home in Fame, in Penances, in Self-restraint, in Prosperity, in Knowledge, in grand Achievements, and in Everything belonging to the universe.
Mbh.12.339.21890	Behold also the Vedas, and all the Sacrifices numbering by hundreds, the Amrita nectar, and all the medicinal herbs and plants, and Penances, and vows and observances of diverse kinds.
Mbh.12.340.22163	The blessed and holy one said, Ye foremost of celestials, ye should, in that age, repair to such places where the Vedas and sacrifices and Penances and Truth and Self-restraint, accompanied by duties fraught with compassion for all creatures, will still continue to flourish.
Mbh.12.340.22190	Bow unto Him who is the Lord of Penances, of all kinds of energy, and of Fame, who is ever the Lord of Speech and the Lord of all the Rivers also.
Mbh.12.347.23145	He is the receptacle of Penances also.
Mbh.12.351.23519	Penances are of diverse kinds, but they have one common origin whence they have flowed.
Mbh.13.8.519	One should, O Yudhishthira, always fear these two, viz Energy and Penances.
Mbh.13.8.522	There is the superiority, however, of Penances, viz, that Brahmanas endued with Penances, O monarch, can, if angry, slay the object of their wrath regardless of the measure of Energy with which that object may be endued.
Mbh.13.8.523	Energy and Penances, each of the largest measure, become neutralised if applied against a Brahmana that has conquered wrath.
Mbh.13.8.524	If the two, that is, Energy and Penances, be set against each other, then destruction would overtake both but not destruction without, a remnant, for while Energy, applied against Penances, is sure to be destroyed without leaving a remnant.
Mbh.13.8.525	Penances applied against Energy cannot be destroyed completely
Mbh.13.17.2649	Thou art the door to Heaven because of thy identity with Penances.
Mbh.13.18.2882	All this that I have mentioned is grosser than that which the wise think of with the aid of Penances.
Mbh.13.54.5499	Penances are superior to even the sovereignty over the three worlds.
Mbh.13.62.5995	Penances, sacrifice, Vedic lore, good behaviour, absence of cupidity, firmness in truth, worship of seniors, preceptors, and the deities, all these dwell in him who makes a gift of earth.
Mbh.13.121.10640	Penances, knowledge of the Vedas, and birth in a pure race, these are the causes of the status which one acquires of a Brahmana.
Mbh.13.122.10676	Penances are sacred.
Mbh.13.122.10677	Penances are the means by which one may acquire the Vedas and heaven also.
Mbh.13.151.12722	They are possessed of great fame Penances are always their great wealth.
Mbh.13.165.13692	Then comes the three-eyed Lord of Lima; then Skanda the generalissimo of the celestial forces; then Visakha; then Agni the eater of sacrificial libations; then Vayu the god of wind; then Chandramas; then Aditya the god of the sun, endued with effulgence; then the illustrious Sakra the lord of Sachi; and Yama with his spouse Dhumorna; and Varuna with Gauri; Kuvera the lord of treasures, with his spouse Riddhi; the amiable and illustrious cow Surabhi; the great Rishi Visravas; Sankalpa, Ocean, Gangs: the other sacred Rivers; the diverse Maruts; the Valkhilyas crowned with success of penances; the island-born Krishna; Narada; Parvata; Viswavasu; the Hahas; the Huhus; Tumvuru; Chitrasena; the celestial messenger of wide celebrity; the highly blessed celestial maidens; the celestial Apsaras, Urvasi, Menaka, Rambha; Misrakesi, Alamvusha, Viswachi, Ghritachi, Panchachuda, Tilottama, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Aswins, the Pitris; Dharma Righteousness; Vedic lore, Penances, Diksha, Perseverance in religious acts, the Grandsire, Day and Night, Kasyapa the son of Marichi, Sukra, Vrihaspati, Mangala the son of Earth, Vudha, Rahu, Sanischara, the Constellations, the Seasons, the Months, the Fortnights, the Year, Garuda, the son of Vinata, the several Oceans, the sons of Kadru, viz, the Snakes, Satadru, Vipasa, Chandrabhaga, Saraswati, Sindhu, Devika, Prabhasa, the lakes of Pushkara, Ganga, Mahanadi, Vena, Kaveri, Narmada, Kulampuna Visalya, Karatoya, Amvuvahini.
Mbh.13.165.13693	Sarayu, Gandaki, the great river Lohita, Tamra, Aruna, Vetravati, Parnasa, Gautami, the Godavari, Vena, Krishnavena, Dwija, Drishadvati, Kaveri, Vankhu, Mandakini Prayaga, Prabhasa, the sacred Naimisha, the spot sacred to Visweswara or Mahadeva, viz, Kasi, that lake of crystal water, Kurukshetra full of many sacred waters, the foremost of oceans viz, the ocean of milk, Penances, Gifts, Jamvumarga, Hiranwati, Vitasta, the river Plakshavati, Vedasmriti, Vedavati, Malava, Aswavati, all sacred spots on Earth, Gangadwara, the sacred Rishikulya, the river Chitravaha, the Charmanwati, the sacred river Kausiki, the Yamuna, the river Bhimarathi, the great river Vahuda, Mahendravani, Tridiva Nilika, Saraswati, Nanda, the other Nanda, the large sacred lake, Gaya, Phalgutirtha Dharmarayana the sacred forest that is peopled with the deities, the sacred celestial river, the lake created by the Grandsire Brahma which is sacred and celebrated over the three worlds, and auspicious and capable of cleansing all sins, the Himavat mountain endued with excellent herbs, the Vindhya mountain variegated with diverse kinds of metals, containing many Tirthas and overgrown with medicinal herbs.
Mbh.14.45.1866	Penances and vows are its mud.

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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