Self Born - AncientVoice

Mbh.8.69.4034	For this reason he was made blind by the Self-born.
Mbh.8.87.5318	Beholding the Self-born Lord of Creation viz, Brahman, the gods urged him, saying, Let, O god, the success of these two lions among men be equal.
Mbh.8.90.5649	That diadem, endued with the splendour of the sun or the moon or fire or a planet, and adorned with gold and pearls and gems and diamonds, had with great care been made by the puissant Self-born himself for Purandara.
Mbh.8.96.6165	With that foremost of persons, Vishnu, and the illustrious Self-born, and Bhava also, become pleased.
Mbh.12.47.2418	From the navel of the Self-born of eyes like lotus leaves, sprang a lotus.
Mbh.12.58.3146	Thus addressed, the Self-born and divine Lord said unto them, I shall think of what will do good to all.
Mbh.12.58.3150	Which the Self-born designated as the triple aggregate.
Mbh.12.58.3169	The four kinds of vices which the learned say are born of lust, viz, hunting, gambling, drinking, and sexual indulgence, were mentioned by the Self-born in that work.
Mbh.12.94.5308	Manu himself, the son of the Self-born Brahman, has said that battles should be fought fairly.
Mbh.12.181.10935	Self-born Manasa then created a divine Lotus pregnant with Energy.
Mbh.12.207.12547	There was at first one Eternal, Divine, and Self-born Brahman.
Mbh.12.207.12548	The Self-born Brahman begat seven illustrious sons.
Mbh.12.207.12549	They were Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and the highly-blessed Vasishtha who was equal to the Self-born himself.
Mbh.12.208.12613	The Self-born answered them, saying, I have already ordained what is to be done in this matter.
Mbh.12.209.12693	In consequence of the grace of the Self-born, the great Rishis, through their penances, first re-acquire the lost Vedas and the scriptures.
Mbh.12.209.12694	The Self-born Brahman first acquired the Vedas.
Mbh.12.219.13333	For controlling these men, the Self-born Brahman created kings.
Mbh.12.224.13707	The Self-born Brahman hath before this ordained the laws that regulate the Sun's motions.
Mbh.12.226.13771	After the rule of the deities had thus been re-established, and the four orders of men had been re-established in the practice of their respective courses of duty, the three worlds once more swelled with prosperity, and the Self-born became glad at heart.
Mbh.12.231.14387	At the outset the Self-born caused those excellent Vedic sounds, that are embodiments of knowledge and that have neither beginning nor end to spring up and flow on from preceptor to disciple.
Mbh.12.236.14665	Transcending birth and death and distinctions and acts of every kind, they are the lords of the four kinds of creatures and are the equals of the Self-born himself
Mbh.12.238.14720	The great entities five in number represent the first or initial creation of the Self-born.
Mbh.12.242.14974	The Self-born Brahman ordained that the domestic mode of life should be the productive cause of heaven.
Mbh.12.255.15497	Reflecting on the subject, the Self-born, however, could not decide what the means should be by which the destruction of life was to be brought about.
Mbh.12.256.15542	She then besought the Self-born, impelled by the desire of doing good to mankind
Mbh.12.257.15571	Indeed, the Self-born, by an effort of his will, became gratified.
Mbh.12.257.15619	It was thus, O monarch, that Death was created by the Self-born and it is in this way that she cuts off duly all living creatures when their hours come.
Mbh.12.266.16289	Indeed, Manu, the son of the Self-born, has, through compassion for human beings, indicated the way by means of which men may adhere to knowledge instead of harmfulness for the sake of emancipation
Mbh.12.293.18332	The Self-born at first created the Being called Dhatri held in universal respect.
Mbh.12.321.20423	That sinful wretch who, in consequence of his recklessness, transgresses the ten boundaries that have been fixed by the Self-born himself, is obliged to pass his time in great affliction in the wild wastes that occur in the dominions of the king of Pitris
Mbh.12.327.20855	The Vedas were created by the Self-born for the purpose of praising the deities therewith.
Mbh.12.334.21343	I heard it from my sire that in the Krita age, O monarch, during the epoch of the Self-born Manu, the eternal Narayana, the Soul of the universe, took birth as the son of Dharma in a quadruple form, viz, as Nara, Narayana, Hari, and the Self-create Krishna
Mbh.12.335.21499	Guided by this treatise, the Self-born Manu himself will declare to the world its course of duties and observances.
Mbh.12.335.21501	After the publication of his treatise by the Self-born Manu and of that by Usanas, and after the publication of the treatise also by Vrihaspati, this science composed by you will be acquired by king Vasu otherwise known by the name of Uparichara.
Mbh.12.340.22060	Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the high-souled Vasishtha, and the Self-born Mann, these should be known as the eight Prakritis.
Mbh.12.342.22407	During a bygone period, viz, that connected with the Self-born Manu it is said that Narayana had seized Rudra by the throat and hence did Rudra's throat become blue.
Mbh.12.349.23388	In obedience to this command of the Supreme Lord from whose Speech the Rishi Apantaratamas sprang into existence, the latter, in the Kalpa named after the Self-born Manu, distributed and arranged the Vedas.
Mbh.12.350.23481	Rudra said, Self-born thou art.
Mbh.13.14.983	The Self-born Brahma, concentrating his mind in Yoga in days of yore, made a sacrifice for three hundred years, with the object of obtaining children.
Mbh.13.14.1344	The Munis headed by the Self-born Manu and Rishis having Bhrigu for their first, and the deities with Sakra at their head, all came there.
Mbh.13.14.1537	The use of words like Mahat, Soul, Understanding, Brahman, Universe, Sambhu, and Self-born and other words occurring in succession in the Vedas, show that thy nature has been judged by persons conversant with the Vedas as identical with Mahat and Soul.
Mbh.13.47.4925	Even this is the law of inheritance, O son of Pritha, as declared by the Self-born himself.
Mbh.13.66.6261	Sesame seeds were created by the Self-born Brahman as the best food for the Pitris.
Mbh.13.66.6277	Once on a time the deities, desirous of making a sacrifice, repaired, O monarch, to the presence of the Self-born Brahman.
Mbh.13.77.7013	In days of yore, the Self-born Brahman commanded the Rishi Daksha, saying, Do thou create living creatures!
Mbh.13.91.8140	From the Self-born Brahman sprang Atri, O thou of Kuru's race.
Mbh.13.91.8167	This rite that thou hast conceived has been ordained by the Self-born himself.
Mbh.13.91.8168	Who else than the Self-born could ordain this ritual in Sraddhas?
Mbh.13.91.8170	Ordained by the Self-born himself, O son, do thou follow it.
Mbh.13.91.8173	Unto the Viswedevas also, who are always the companions of the Pitris, the Self-born then ordained a portion of the offerings.
Mbh.13.91.8177	Those deities that are called by the name of Pitris were created by the Self-born.
Mbh.13.91.8181	The Pitris referred to above as those created by the Self-born number seven.
Mbh.13.92.8204	Unto them Soma answered, saying, If, ye gods, ye are desirous of obtaining ease, do ye repair then into the abode of the Self-born.
Mbh.13.92.8209	Hearing these words of theirs, the Self-born said unto them in reply, Here, the god of fire is sitting beside me, Even he will do what is for your benefit'
Mbh.13.98.8782	Then Suvarna, addressing the Self-born Menu, said these words, It behoveth thee to answer one question of mine for the benefit of all creatures.
Mbh.13.104.9589	The Self-born Brahman himself has said that one should show compassion unto all orders of men
Mbh.13.107.9777	He beholds the car of the Self-born Brahman himself approach for taking him on it.
Mbh.13.109.9904	Bhishma said, Listen, O king, to what was sung by the Self-born himself and by accomplishing which a person, without doubt, attains to the highest happiness.
Mbh.13.115.10265	The Self-born Manu has said that that man who does not eat meat, or who does not slay living creatures, or who does not cause them to be slain, is a friend of all creatures.
Mbh.13.141.11686	For the sake of the righteousness of the world, three religions were created by the Self-born One.
Mbh.13.143.11881	In days of yore, the Self-born One created the four orders.
Mbh.13.143.11904	I shall now recite to thee, O goddess, a saying uttered by Brahma the Self-born on this subject.
Mbh.13.143.11967	This has been said by the Self-born Brahmana himself.
Mbh.13.144.12065	Even this is the way of those that are of righteous conduct and righteous deeds and that are blessed with longevity, the way that was indicated by the Self-born Brahman himself and that is characterised by abstention from the slaughter of living creatures
Mbh.13.149.12517	He that assumed a human form with a leonine head, He of handsome features and equipments, He of beautiful hair, the foremost of Purushas XVIII, XXIV the embodiment of all things, the Destroyer of all things, He that transcends the three attributes of Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas, the Motionless, the Beginning of all things, the Receptacle into which all things sink at the universal Dissolution, the Immutable, He who takes birth at his own will, He who causes the acts of all living creatures to fructify in the form of weal or woe the Upholder of all things, the Source from which the primal elements have sprung, the Puissant One, He in whom is the unbounded Lordship over all things XXV, XXXVII the Self-born, He that gives happiness to His worshippers, the presiding Genius of golden form in the midst of the Solar disc, the Lotus-eyed, Loud-voiced, He that is without beginning and without end.
Mbh.18.6.340	In this treatise, called Bharata, O foremost one of Bharatas race, are to be seen in one place the eternal Rudras, the Saddhyas, and the Viswedevas; the Adityas, the two deities named the Ashvinis, the regents of the World, the great Rishis, the Guhyakas, the Gandharvas, the Nagas, the Vidyadharas, the Siddhas, the diverse deities, the Self-born visible in a body, with many ascetics; the Hills and Mountains, Oceans and Seas and Rivers, the diverse tribes of Apsaras; the Planets, the Years, the Half-years, and the Seasons; and the whole universe of mobile and immobile entities, with all the gods and Asuras.

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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