Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

पौरजानपदाश्ैव गोप्तव्यास्ते यथासुखम्

English

consequences of his own achievements , ascended to heaven, the earth, O son of Pritha, will look like a moonless night. Therefore, O Yudhishthira, submissively approaching Ganga's son, viz., Bhishma of terrible prowess, question him about what thou mayst desire to learn. O lord of the earth, enquire of him about the four branches of knowledge (in respect of morality, profit., pleasure and salvation), about the sacrifices and the rites laid down for the four orders, about the four modes of life, and about the kingly duties in full. When Bhishma, that foremost one of Kuru's race, will disappear from the world, every kind of knowledge will disappear with him. It is for this that I urge thee (to go to him now).' Hearing these beneficial words of high import from Vasudeva, the righteous Yudhishthira, with voice choked in tears, answered Janardana, saying, 'What thou hast said, O Madhava, about the eminence of Bhishma, is perfectly true. I have not the slightest doubt regarding it. Indeed, I had heard of the high blessedness, as also the greatness, of the illustrious Bhishma from high-souled Brahmanas discoursing upon it. Thou, O slayer of foes, art the Creator of all the worlds. There cannot, therefore, O delighter of the Yadavas, be the slightest doubt in what thou sayest. If thy heart be inclined to show grace, O Madhava, then we shall go unto Bhishma with thyself at our head. When the divine Surya shall have turned towards the north, Bhishma will leave (this world), for those regions of bliss that he has won. That descendant of Kuru's race, therefore, O mighty-armed one, deserves to have a sight of thee. (If thou grantest my prayer), Bhishma will then obtain a sight of thee that art the first of Gods, of thee that art destructible and indestructible. Indeed, O lord, thou it is that art the vast receptacle of Brahma.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्यच्छिद्रं पर: पश्येच्छिद्रेषु परमन्वियात्

English

"Truth and falsehood both stand pervading the worlds; of these, which should a man firm in dharma practise, king?

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसे किस प्रकार बर्ताव करना चाहिए? यह मैं आपसे पूछता हूँ; आप मुझे बताइये

English

What is truth, what falsehood, what is the eternal dharma? At what time should he speak truth, and at what time falsehood?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षि परिपप्रच्छ वामदेवं तपस्विनम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Speaking truth is good; there is nothing higher than truth; what is very hard to know on earth, that I shall tell you, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येन वृत्तेन वै तिष्ठन् न हीयेय॑ं स्वधर्मत:

English

Sometimes truth should not be spoken and falsehood should be spoken; where falsehood would be truth, or truth would be falsehood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आप अपने अर्थ और धर्मयुक्त वचनोंद्वारा मुझे इसी बातका उपदेश दीजिये”

English

In such a case the childish are bewildered, where truth is not settled; having ascertained truth and falsehood, one then becomes a knower of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हेमवर्ण सुखासीनं ययातिमिव नाहुषम्

English

Even an ignoble man, of untrained understanding, quite cruel, may gain very great merit, like Balaka from killing the blind one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बैठे हुए सुवर्णकी-सी कान्तिवाले राजा वसुमनासे कहा

English

What wonder that a fool, desiring dharma yet ignorant of it, may gain very great sin, like Kaushika at the Ganga?

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मे स्थिता हि राजानो जयन्ति पृथिवीमिमाम्

English

Such is this question, in which dharma is very hard to state, difficult to determine, and is settled here by reasoning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भारो हि सुमहांस्तात राज्यं नाम सुदुष्करम्

English

"Vaisampayana continued, 'Hearing these words of king Yudhishthira the just, the slayer of Madhu addressed Satyaki who was sitting beside him, saying, 'Let my car be yoked.' At this, Satyaki quickly left Kesava's presence and going out, commanded Daruka, saying, 'Let Krishna's car be made

हिन्दी अर्थ

राज्यका संचालनरूप अत्यंत दुष्कर कार्य बहुत बड़ा भार है

English

ready.' Hearing the words of Satyaki, Daruka speedily yoked Krishna's car. That foremost of vehicles, adorned with gold, decked with a profusion of emeralds, and moon-gems and sun-gems, furnished with wheels covered with gold, possessed of effulgence, fleet as the wind, set in the middle with diverse other kinds of jewels, beautiful as the morning sun, equipped with a beautiful standard topped by Garuda, and gay with numerous banners, had those foremost of steeds, fleet as thought, viz., Sugriva and Saivya and the other two, in trappings of gold, yoked unto it. Having yoked it, O tiger, among kings, Daruka, with joined hands, informed Krishna of the fact.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि शक्‍्यमदण्डेन क्लीबेनाबुद्धिनापि वा

English

the Asura Vali and depriving him of universal sovereignty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिहीन नरेश कदापि राज्यकी रक्षा नहीं कर सकता

English

sleep. The fourth state, realisable by Yogins alone, is called Turiya. It is the state of perfect

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वदेशे परदेशे वा न ते धर्मो विनड्क्ष्यति

English

If release is possible by not crying out, one should not cry out at all; or if one must cry out, or they would suspect from silence...

हिन्दी अर्थ

या परदेशमें, कहीं भी तुम्हारा धर्म नष्ट नहीं होगा

English

In such a case it is better to speak falsehood than truth, so it is held: one who is freed from association with sinners by an oath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मिल्लोके परे चैव धर्मात्मा सुखमेधते

English

Nor should wealth be given to them in any way when it is possible not to; wealth given to sinners would torment even the giver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुष इहलोकमें और परलोकमें भी सुख भोगता है

English

Those witnesses who, wishing to take a boon at the cost of their own bodies, say anything anywhere to gain assent to truth without saying what ought to be said there—all are speakers of falsehood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संग्रहश्चैव भूतानां दानं च मधुरा च वाक्ू

English

When life is at stake and at a marriage, falsehood may be spoken, to protect wealth, or for the dharma of others; one who desires the dharma of others would be a base beggar of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतेभ्यश्वैव मान्धातः सततं मा प्रमादिथा:

English

What has been promised should be given, but tomorrow it is to be done under compulsion; whoever has fallen from the agreement of dharma and stands in adharma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजर्षीणां च सर्वेषां तत् त्वमप्यनुपालय

English

the rogue who gives up his own dharma and wishes to live by it, the sinner who lives by fraud, is to be slain by all means.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आतिष्ठ दिव्यं पन्थानमल्नाय पुरुषर्षभ

English

Wealth is the settled aim of all sinners here; those who are unbearable, not to dine with, fallen by fraud,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवर्षिपितृगन्धर्वा: कीर्तयन्ति महौजस:

English

fallen from gods and men, are like the dead; separation from life is more painful than taking their wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मपरायण राजाके यशका गान करते रहते हैं

English

"May this dharma please you"—it should be said with effort; but there is no dharma for sinners—this is certain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतवानविशड्कश्न एक: प्राप च मेदिनीम्

English

One who slays such a person is not stained by sin; he slays one slain by his own deed, and the slain is slain indeed. Whoever makes an agreement with those of ruined mind...

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म कृत्वा महीं रक्ष स्वर्गे स्थानमवाप्स्यसि

English

Like the crow and the vulture are those who live by deceit; after release from the body they are born in such wombs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृच्छामि त्वां कुरुश्रेष्ठ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

As a man behaves toward one, so should one behave toward him—that is dharma; one of deceitful conduct is to be dealt with by deceit; one of good conduct is to be met with good."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्तु नहीं है; क्योंकि धर्ममें स्थित रहनेवाले राजा इस सारी पृथ्वीको जीत लेते हैं

English

unconsciousness of this world, when the soul, abstracted within itself, is said to be fixed upon the Supreme Being or some single object.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साहसप्रकृती राजा क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति

English

[Bhishma said:] "Twice-born who, restrained in self, live as prescribed in the stages as prescribed, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नचिरेण प्रिय: स स्याद् यो5प्रिय: प्रियमाचरेत्

English

Those who do not mutter from hypocrisy, whose livelihood is concealed and who restrain the objects of sense, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न कामाज्न च संरम्भान्न द्वेषाद् धर्ममुत्सूजेत्

English

Those who always lodge guests and are free from envy, always given to study, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न त्वरेत न चासूयेत् तथा संगृहाते पर:

English

Those who, knowing dharma, behave dutifully toward mother and father and avoid sleep by day, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तप्येदर्थकृच्छेषु प्रजाहितमनुस्मरन्

English

Those who, in the proper season each time, go to their own wives in lawful conduct and are devoted to the agnihotra, being good, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य कर्माणि सिद्धयन्ति न च संत्यज्यते श्रिया

English

Kings, clouded by passion, who do not take wealth out of greed, and guard their lands, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और सम्पत्ति कभी उसका साथ नहीं छोड़ती

English

Those who are heroes in battles, giving up fear of death and desiring victory by dharma, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्त भजेत नृपति: सहैव सुसमाहित:

English

Those who do no sins by deed, mind or speech, and lay down the rod toward beings, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धयां च कुरुते बुद्धि स धर्मेण विराजते

English

the Understanding or the cognitive faculties of the Kantian school. The Bombay reading of the second line is correct. It is Gunadevah Kshetrajne etc. Nilakantha correctly explains it as Savdadiguna- bhajodevah, i.e., the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षिप्रमेवापयातो5स्मादुभौ प्रथममध्यमौ

English

Brahmanas who do not neglect study on non-study days, ever devoted to austerity and of fine austerity, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहैव परिवारेण क्षिप्रमेवावसीदति

English

Those whose deeds are not for show, whose speech is truthful and kind, and whose wealth is for good ends, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि सर्वा महीं लब्ध्वा क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति

English

Those who practise austerity, celibate from youth, bathed in knowledge and Vedic vows, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह सारी पृथ्वीका राज्य पाकर भी शीघ्र ही नष्ट हो जाता है

English

Those whose passion is stilled and whose darkness is stilled, great souls established in truth, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्धते मतिमान् राजा स्रोतोभिरिव सागर:

English

Those of whom no one is afraid and who are afraid of no one, for whom the world is like themselves, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धितो मित्रतश्नापि सततं वसुधाधिप:

English

The good, bulls among men, who are not pained by another's prosperity and who have turned from village food, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतानि शृण्वँल्लभते यश: कीर्ति श्रियं प्रजा:

English

Those who bow to all the gods, hear all the dharmas, and have faith and self-control, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाको यश, कीर्ति, लक्ष्मी और प्रजाकी प्राप्ति होती है

English

Those who do not desire honour but honour others, and when honoured do not think themselves so, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलका भागी होता है

English

Those who, desiring offspring, perform shraddhas on each lunar day with a very pure mind, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यसन स्वमिवोत्पन्नं विजिघांसन्ति मानवा:

English

Those who never become angry, who calm the angry, and are not angry at servants, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझता है, वह चिरकालतक सुखका उपभोग करता है

English

Men who here always avoid honey, meat and, from birth, strong drink, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तां वृत्तिमुपजीवन्ति ये भवन्ति तदन्वया:

English

Those whose eating is for the journey of life, whose union is for offspring, and whose speech is for the speaking of truth, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीविकाका साधन बना लेते हैं

English

Devotees of Narayana, lord of all beings, the origin and dissolution of the world, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविनीतमनुष्यं तत् क्षिप्रं राष्ट्र विनश्यति

English

This red-lotus-eyed, yellow-robed, mighty-armed Achyuta is your friend, brother, companion and relative.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेव विषमस्थस्य स्वजनोपि न मृष्यते

English

He, lord of inconceivable self, Govinda, the Supreme Person, who could wrap all these worlds like a skin if he wished,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशास्त्रलक्षणो राजा क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति

English

stands in the pleasure and welfare of Jishnu, bull among men; and for you too, king, the unassailable Vaikuntha, Supreme Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पालन नहीं करने देता) वह क्षत्रिय-धर्मसे गिर जाता है

English

Those who here take refuge in Narayana Hari with devotion cross over difficulties here; I have no doubt of this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो न मानयते द्वेषात क्षत्रधर्मादपैति सः

English

Those who read this passage on crossing difficulties, make others hear it, and have it recited to Brahmanas, cross over difficulties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रियो भवति भूतानां न च विश्रश्यते श्रिय:

English

Thus the summary of duty has been recounted to you by me, sinless one, by which a man may cross difficulties hereafter and here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्तं चैवानुरक्तं च युञ्ज्यान्महति कर्मणि

English

"Janamejaya said, 'How did the grandsire of the Bharatas, who lay on a bed of arrows, cast off his body and what kind of Yoga did he adopt?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सतत वर्तमानोत्र राजा धत्ते महीमिमाम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "On this too they recite this ancient history, the conversation of a tiger and a jackal; hear it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भारुण्डसदृशा होते निपतन्ति प्रमाद्यत:

English

Long ago in the city of Purika, the fortunate, there was a king of the city, a cruel man, fond of harming others, the lowest of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बर्तावद्वारा कुल्हाड़ीसे जंगलकी भाँति अपने आपका ही उच्छेद कर डालता है

English

When his life was exhausted he went to an undesired state, and became a jackal, stained by his former deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं सम्प्रति योद्धव्यस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Remembering his former birth, he reached the utmost disgust; he would not eat flesh even when brought by others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्ध करना चाहिए, यह स्वायम्भुव मनुका कथन है

English

Harmless to all beings, truthful and firm in his vows, he made his food, as he liked, of fallen fruits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवत्सरं विप्रणयेत् तस्माज्जात: पुनर्भवेत्

English

The jackal's dwelling came to be in the cremation ground, by his preference; and out of regard for his birthplace he liked no other dwelling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवित हाृप्यतिच्छिन्न: संत्यजेच्च कदाचन

English

Unable to bear his purity, all his fellow jackals sought to shake that resolve with deferential words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

आजहार दिवोदासस्ततो विप्रकृतोभवत्

English

"Living in the dread ancestors' grove, you wish to attain purity? This contradiction is yours, since you are a flesh-eater."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भर्तुरर्थेष्वप्रमत्तं नियुज्यादर्थकर्मणि

English

"Vaisampayana said, 'Listen, O king, with pure heart and concentrated attention, as to how, O tiger among the Kurus, the high-souled Bhishma cast off his body. As soon as the Sun, passing the solstitial point, entered in his northerly course, Bhishma, with concentrated attention, caused his soul (as connected with and independent of the body) to enter his soul (in its independent and absolute state). Surrounded by many foremost of Brahmanas, that hero, his body pierced with innumerable arrows, blazed forth in great beauty like Surya himself with his innumerable rays. 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. Stretched on his bed of arrows, that tiger among men, Bhishma, with pure heart and joined palms, thought of Krishna in mind, word, and act. With a cheerful and strong voice he hymned the praise of the slayer of Madhu, that master of yoga, with the lotus in his navel, that lord of the universe, called Vishnu and Jishnu. With joined hands, that foremost of

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनतीतोपध॑ हिंस दुर्बुद्धिमबहुशुतम्

English

eloquent men, that puissant one, viz., Bhishma of highly virtuous soul, thus praised Vasudeva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य महति युञ्जानो हीयते नृपति: श्रिया

English

"Bhishma said, 'O Krishna, O foremost of Beings, be thou pleased with these words which I utter, in brief and in detail, from desire of hymning thy praises. Thou art pure and purity's self. Thou transcendest all. Thou art what people say to be THAT. Thou art the Supreme Lord. With my whole heart I seek thy refuge, O universal Soul and Lord of all creatures! l Thou art without beginning and without end. Thou art the highest of the high and Brahma. Neither the gods nor the Rishis know thee. The divine Creator, called Narayana or Hari, alone knows thee. Through Narayana, the Rishis, the Siddhas, the great Nagas, the gods, and the celestial Rishis know a little of thee. Thou art the highest of the high and knowest no

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुहृद्धिरनभिख्यातैस्तेन राजातिरिच्यते

English

"If my dwelling is in the cremation ground, hear my meditation: the self bears fruit by its deeds; the stage of life is not the mark of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्येनाभिपतनैरेते निपतन्ति प्रमाद्यतः

English

If a man in a hermitage should kill a Brahmana, or one outside a hermitage should give a cow, would that not be sin, or would that gift not be in vain?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अबलानभियुगञ्जीत न तु ये बलवत्तरा:

English

You, out of every greed, delight only in eating; deluded, you do not see the faults that follow after.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आहवे निधन कुर्याद् राजा धर्मपरायण:

English

A livelihood made of distrust, blameworthy, spoiled by wrong-doing in wealth, bad here and hereafter—therefore I do not like it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

करे तथा युद्धमें शत्रुओंका संहार कर डाले

English

Thinking him pure and wise, a tiger of famed prowess, honouring him as his equal, himself advanced him to be his counsellor:

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रचिन्ता सुखं काले पड्चभिर्वर्धते मही

English

"Gentle one, with your nature known, come with me on the journey; let the enjoyments you desire be chosen, and ample things be kept away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथासमय सबको सुख प्रदान करना--इन पाँचोंके द्वारा राज्यकी वृद्धि होती है

English

We are known as fierce, and we make it known to you; those who strike first mildly will find good fortune."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषु सर्व प्रतिष्ठाप्प राजा भुड्धक्ते चिरं महीम्

English

Then, honouring the words of that great lord of beasts, the jackal, bowing a little, spoke respectful words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

असंत्यक्तमनुष्यं च तं जना: कुर्वते नृपम्

English

"This speech of yours, king of beasts, is fitting in me, that you seek helpers skilled in dharma and wealth and pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मनो मतमुत्सृज्य तं लोको5नुविधीयते

English

One cannot rule greatness without ministers, or with evil ministers, hero, who obstruct one's welfare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणोति प्रतिकूलानि सर्वदा विमना इव

English

One should seek helpers who are devoted, not covetous, not quarrelling with one another, wishing to win, not greedy,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जितानामजितानां च क्षत्रधर्मादपैति सः

English

free of deceit, wise, intent on welfare, high-minded, great and fortunate—you should honour them as teachers, as fathers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वै व्यसनमासाद्य गाधमार्तो न विन्दति

English

But for my contentment I like nothing else, lord of beasts; I do not desire pleasures and enjoyments or lordship dependent on you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदृढात्मा दृढक्रोध: स मृत्योर्वसते5न्तिके

English

My nature will not fit with your old servants; they will be divided from you, being of painful temper, because of me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, वह सदा मृत्युके समीप निवास करता है

English

You are a refuge to be praised, even for other brilliant ones; self-perfected, greatly fortunate, not cruel even to sinners,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रियेण कुरुते वश्यांश्वचिरं यशसि तिष्ठति

English

far-sighted, of great energy, openhanded, of great strength, accomplished, unerring in deed and adorned with what is to be—

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रिये नातिभृशं तुष्येद् युज्येतारोग्यकर्मणि

English

but I am content with my own; a hard livelihood is practised; and I do not know service, a free forest-ranger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिद्रह्मृति पापात्मा न तस्माद् विश्वसेज्जनात्

English

All the faults of the king's neighbourhood belong to those who dwell in dependence; the forest life is unattached, fearless and unconfined.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी अकारण द्रोह करता है, उसपर कभी विश्वास नहीं करना चाहिए

English

The fear that sits in the heart of one summoned by a king does not sit in the contented who eat roots and fruits in the forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यविषये युक्तो हन्ति शत्रूननुत्तमान्

English

Water without exertion or sweet food mixed with fear—weighing it, I see that as happiness in which there is peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जघन्यमाहुर्विजयं युद्धेन च नराधिप

English

Servants are not so punished by kings for offences as they are ruined by plots and brought to destruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतुष्टपुष्टसमचिवो दृढमूल: स पार्थिव:

English

But if this is to be done by me, and the lord of beasts agrees, I wish a covenant to be kept regarding me:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पेनापि स दण्डेन महीं जयति पार्थिव:

English

"Those of mine should be honoured by you; my good counsel should be heard; and the livelihood that has been arranged for you should be firmly kept.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा लिप्सेत मेधावी परभूमिधनान्युत

English

I would never take counsel with your other ministers; seeking advantage, the clever would speak idly to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूसरेका राज्य और धन लेनेकी चेष्टा करे

English

One by one, meeting you in private, I shall tell you what is good; and in the affairs of your kin I am not to be asked about good or ill.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्धते त्वरमाणस्य विषयो रक्षितात्मन:

English

After consulting me, the ministers should not be harmed by you; and angry, do not let the rod fall on those of mine."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यः सम्यग वर्तमानेषु स्वेषु मिथ्या प्रवर्तते

English

"So be it," said the lord of beasts, honouring him; and the jackal, from a tiger's birth, obtained the post of minister by his wisdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोधं निहन्तुं यो वेद तस्य द्वेष्टा न विद्यते

English

Seeing him so honoured and employed in work, the former servants, banded together, hated him again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृत्यशेषेण यो राजा सुखान्यनुबुभूषति

English

With friendly mind they comforted the jackal and brought him in, and the ill-minded wished to bring him to equality in faults.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूसरे लोग अनादर करते हैं और न वह स्वयं ही संतप्त होता है

English

For otherwise, being accustomed to seizing others' goods, unable to take anything, they were checked by the jackal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीतकर विजयमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है

English

Wishing his fall, they tempted him with stories, and his mind was tempted with great wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा कुर्वस्त्वमप्पेती लोकौ जेता न संशय:

English

But that greatly wise one did not waver from his steadiness; then, having made an agreement, the others stood for his destruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समय यही मेरा आपसे प्रश्न है, आप मुझे इसका उत्तर दीजिये

English

The meat that was prepared there, desired by the lord of beasts, they themselves removed and placed in his dwelling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते चेत् तमागतं तत्र वृणुयु: कुशलं भवेत्

English

He knew all that—why it was taken, by whom, and what was counselled—and for a reason he endured it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वोपायैर्नियन्तव्या विकर्मस्था नराधिप

English

"This agreement was made by him on becoming minister: "You should not take harm to me, king, if you wish friendship here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

लगे हुए उन सब मनुष्योंका सभी उपायोंसे दमन करना चाहिए

English

When the meal was to be brought, that meat was not to be seen; and the king of beasts ordered, "Let the thief be sought."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्राणायाप्यसमर्थ त॑ं मन्यमानमतीव च

English

With artifice they described that meat to the lord of beasts: "It was brought by your minister, wise in his own conceit."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो उस समय उसे उसके साथ किस प्रकार युद्ध करना चाहिए यह मुझे बताइये

English

Hearing the jackal's fickleness, the tiger was angry; the king was offended and approved his slaying.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक एकेन वाच्यश्व विसृजेति क्षिपामि च

English

Seeing that gap, the former ministers said: "He is bent on breaking the livelihood of us all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेनाके साथ आवे तो स्वयं भी सेनाके साथ आकर शत्रुकोी ललकारे

English

And this deed of his is guarded by favour; and as heard before by the master, he is not as he seems.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ चेद् धर्मतो युद्धयेद् धर्मेणैव निवारयेत्

English

He is righteous in speech alone but cruel by nature; this sinner is a mask of dharma, taking pains in vain conduct, in vows for the sake of work and food."

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यसने न प्रहर्तव्यं न भीताय जिताय च

English

Knowing that the meat had been taken, the tiger, hearing their words, then commanded: "Let the jackal be killed."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथार्थमेव योद्धव्यं न क्रुद्धयेत जिघांसत:

English

Hearing the tiger's words, the tiger's mother came to enlighten the lord of beasts with good words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो तो उसपर क्रोध नहीं करना चाहिए (किंतु यथायोग्य प्रतीकार करना चाहिए)

English

"Son, you should not accept this, cloaked in a beginning of deceit; the pure is corrupted by impure faults born of the friction of deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिकित्स्य: स्यात् स्वविषये प्राप्यो वा स्वगृहे भवेत्

English

No one tolerates one who has risen; the work of enmity is done; even for a pure man, intent, only a fault is cast down.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसे उसके घर पहुँचा देना चाहिए

English

The pure are hated by the greedy, the strong by cowards, the learned by fools, the wealthy by the poor, the righteous by the unrighteous, the handsome by the ugly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् धर्मेण योद्धव्यमिति स्वायम्भुवोडब्रवीत्

English

Many learned men are greedy and all live by deceit; they might fault even a blameless man of Brihaspati's wisdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो वै जयत्यधर्मेण क्षत्रियो धर्मसंगर:

English

The meat taken today from the empty house—he does not wish it even when given; let that be well considered first.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्म चैतदसाधूनामसाधून् साधुना जयेत्

English

By fate, things are seen as untrue that look true, and true that look untrue; in them examination is proper.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाधर्मश्चरितो राजन् सद्य: फलति गौरिव

English

The sky seems to have a floor, and the firefly seems like a fire; yet there is no floor in the sky nor fire in the firefly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापेन कर्मणा वित्तं लब्ध्वा पाप: प्रह्दषष्पति

English

Therefore even what is seen directly it is proper to examine; he who, having examined, makes known matters does not afterwards repent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्बद्धो वारुणै: पाशैरमर्त्य इव मनन्‍्यते

English

It is not hard, son, for a lord to have another killed; but forbearance of the powerful is praised and chosen in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् धर्मेण विजयं कोशं लिप्सेत भूमिप:

English

This one, renowned among the neighbouring chiefs, was set up by you, son; a worthy vessel is hard to find; keep this friend.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधर्मविजयं लब्ध्वा को नु मन्येत भूमिप:

English

Whoever takes the pure otherwise, corrupted by others' faults, himself corrupting his ministers, soon perishes."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सादयत्येष राजानं महीं च भरतर्षभ

English

Then someone came from the enemy band of the jackal, a righteous-souled man, and told how this deceit had been done.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजय राजा और राज्य दोनोंका पतन कर देती है

English

Then, his conduct known, he was honoured and released, and embraced with affection again and again by the lord of beasts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृताज्जलिं न्यस्तशस्त्रं गृहीत्वा न हि हिंसयेत्

English

But the jackal, versed in the science of policy, took leave of the lord of beasts, and, burning with that indignation, wished to fast to death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेव धन सर्व यच्चान्यत्सहसा55हृतम्

English

The tiger, tears flowing from affection, restrained the righteous jackal, returning honour with honour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युज्जीरन्नप्यनडुह: क्षन्तव्यं वा तदा भवेत्

English

The jackal, seeing him come in haste from affection, bowing, spoke with a voice choked with tears:

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्यो राजानमभ्यस्येदराजन्य: कथठ्चन

English

"I was honoured by you before and then dishonoured; I was taken to the haunt of others; I cannot live with you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शान्तिमिच्छन्नुभयतो न योद्धव्यं तदा भवेत्

English

Servants who were content with their own, who fell from place and were lowered from honour, or who were taken and brought by others themselves,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण आ जाय तो दोनों पक्षवालोंको तत्काल युद्ध बंद कर देना चाहिए

English

the exhausted, the greedy, the cruel, the tormented in prison, the proud who have lost their goods, and the ambitious who have been abandoned or taken up,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ चेल्लड्घयेदेव मर्यादां क्षत्रियब्रुव:

English

those who are tormented, who watch for calamity, hidden, supported—all of these are tools.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु धर्मविलोपेन मर्यादाभेदनेन च

English

How will you go to trust me, set up again though joined with insult, or shall I come again?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सान्त्वेन भोगदानेन स राज्ञां परमो नयः

English

Having taken me as capable, set me up, tested me, and having broken the agreement made, you have dishonoured me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमित्रास्तमुपासीरन् व्यसनौधप्रतीक्षिण:

English

One first declared in the assembly to be of good character—his defects should not be spoken of, by one guarding his promise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतुष्टा: सर्वतो राजन् राजव्यसनकाड्क्षिण:

English

Thus, dishonoured here, what trust will you give me? And in your want of trust, my own anxiety will arise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुद्ध जीवितमेवापि तादृशो बहु मन्यते

English

You are suspicious, I am afraid, the enemies watch for gaps, the unaffectionate are hard to satisfy, and this business is much deceit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवनको ही बहुत अधिक महत्त्व देता है

English

What is broken is joined with difficulty, and what is joined is broken with difficulty; the love that is broken and joined does not proceed with affection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतुष्टभृत्यसचिवो दृढमूल: स पार्थिव:

English

Someone is seen to be afraid, but not of another and himself; feelings depend on regard to purpose; the affectionate are rare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वही लोक-गतिको जाननेवाला कहा जाता है

English

Knowledge of men is very hard; their minds waver; one, capable or incapable, is found among a hundred.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनेन चेन्द्रविषयं विजिगीषन्ति पार्थिवा:

English

Men's rise is sudden and their fall sudden, and greatness in good and ill is produced by lightness of mind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गलोकपर विजय पाना चाहते हैं

English

Having thus spoken with many kinds of conciliation, with reasons of dharma and wealth, and having appeased the king, the jackal went to the forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि चान्नौषधी: शश्वदाजहार प्रतर्दन:

English

Not accepting the lord of beasts' entreaty, the wise jackal, sitting in fast to death, gave up his body and went to heaven."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्‍्यत्र श्रोत्रियस्वाच्च तापसार्थाच्च भारत

English

deterioration. The gods, the Danavas, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Pannagas, do not know who thou art and whence art thou. All the worlds and all created things live in thee, and enter thee (when the dissolution comes). Like gems strung together in a thread, all things that have attributes reside in thee, the Supreme Lord.' 2 Having the universe for thy work and the universe for thy limbs, this universe consisting of mind and matter resides in thy eternal and all-pervading soul like a number of flowers strung together in a strong thread. Thou art called Hari, of a thousand heads, a thousand feet, a thousand eyes, a thousand arms, a thousand crowns, and a thousand faces of great splendour. Thou art called Narayana, divinity, and the refuge of the universe. Thou art the subtlest of the subtle, grossest of the gross, the heaviest of the heavy and the highest of the high. In the Vaks, the Anuvaks, the Nishads, and Upanishads, thou art regarded as the Supreme Being of irresistible force. In the Samans also, whose declarations are always true, thou art regarded as Truth's self! 3 Thou art of quadruple soul. Thou art displayed in only the understanding (of all creatures). Thou art the Lord of those that are bound to thee in faith. O God, thou art adored (by the faithful) under four excellent, high, and secret names. 4 Penances are ever present in thee. Performed (by other creatures for gratifying thee), penances live in thy form. Thou art the Universal Soul. Thou art of universal knowledge. Thou art the universe. Thou art

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंपर अनुग्रह करनेके लिये उनके पुण्यकी वृद्धि होती है

English

[Bhishma said:] "Now I shall tell you; hear the one settled course of duty—what a king should do here, and by doing which he would be happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षिणाओंसे युक्त यज्ञके ही तुल्य है

English

One should not behave as we have heard of the great conduct of the camel; hear that, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तस्मात्त्रिदशा:श्रेयो भुवि पश्यन्ति किड्चन

English

A great camel who remembered his former births, born in the age of Prajapati, practised very great austerity in the forest, firm in his vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावत: सोश्षुते लोकान् सर्वकामदुहोक्षयान्

English

At the end of his austerity the lord was pleased, and then the grandfather offered him a boon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सह तेनैव रक्तेन सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते

English

[The camel said:] "Revered one, by your grace let this neck of mine be long, so that it can go a full hundred yojanas to graze, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन तेन तपो भूय इति धर्मविदो विदु:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Be it so," said the great-souled boon-giver; and obtaining that excellent boon, the camel went to his own forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिरूपं जन॑ कुर्यान्न चेत् तद्धर्तते तथा

English

By the boon he became slothful, that ill-minded one; the wicked, deluded by time, did not wish to graze or go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युक्त न्याय्यं च कुर्युस्ते न च तद् वर्तते तथा

English

Once, stretching out that hundred-yojana neck, he was grazing with an untired heart, when a great wind came.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसन राज्ञां पुराणानां सर्व तन्मम रोचते

English

Thou art the creator of everything in the universe, i Like a couple of sticks generating a blazing fire, thou hast been born of the divine Devaki and Vasudeva for the protection of Brahma on earth. 2 For this eternal salvation, the devout worshipper, with mind withdrawn from everything else and casting off all desires, beholds thee, O Govinda, that art the pure Soul, in his own soul. Thou transcendest Surya in glory. Thou art beyond the ken of the senses and the understanding. O Lord of all creatures, I place myself in thy hands. In the Puranas thou hast been spoken as Purusha (all-pervading spirit). On occasions of the commencement of the Yugas, thou art said to be Brahma, while on occasions of universal dissolution thou art spoken of as Sankarshana. Adorable thou art, and therefore I adore thee. Though one, thou hast yet been born in innumerable forms. Thou hast thy passions under complete control. Thy devout worshippers, faithfully performing the rites laid down in the scriptures, sacrifice to thee, O giver of every wish! Thou art called the sheath within which the universe lies. All created things live in thee. Like swans and ducks swimming on the water, all the worlds that we see float in thee. Thou art Truth. Thou art One and undeteriorating. Thou art Brahma, Thou art That which is beyond Mind and Matter. Thou art without beginning, middle, and end. Neither the gods nor the Rishis know thee. The gods, the Asuras, the Gandharvas, the Siddhas, the Rishis, and the great Uragas with concentrated souls, always adore thee. Thou art the great panacea for all sorrow. Thou art without birth and death. Thou art Divine. Thou art self-created. Thou art eternal. Thou art invisible and beyond ken. Thou art called Hari and Narayana, O puissant one. The Vedas declare thee to be the Creator of the universe and the Lord of everything existing in the universe. Thou art the Supreme protector of the universe. Thou knowest no deterioration and thou art that which is called the highest. Thou art of the complexion of gold. Thou art the slayer of Asuras. Though One, Aditi brought thee forth in twelve forms. 3 Salutations to thee that art the soul of the Sun. Salutations to thee in thy form of Soma that is spoken of as the chief of all the regenerate ones and that gratifies with nectar the gods in the lighted fortnight and the Pitris in the dark fortnight. Thou art the One Being of transcendent effulgence dwelling on the other side of thick

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मायया न दम्भेन य इच्छेद् भूतिमात्मन:

English

Then a jackal, his limbs chilled, afflicted with hunger and weariness, with his mate quickly entered that cave, tormented by water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजय पानेकी इच्छा करे; दम्भ या पाखण्डद्वारा नहीं

English

Seeing it, the flesh-eating jackal, very greatly afflicted by hunger and weariness, then ate the camel's neck, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपयानेन युद्धेन राजा हन्ति महाजनम्

English

When that animal realised his own body being eaten, he made an effort in great pain to draw it in.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वन् जिज्ञासमानाय प्रब्रूहि भरतर्षभ

English

But as the animal contracted his neck up and down, by that jackal with his mate he was eaten.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यलोकोंकी प्राप्ति होती है; अतः यही मुझे बताइये

English

Having killed and eaten the camel, the jackal then came out of the mouth of the cave when the wind and rain had passed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञैदनिश्व राजानो भवन्ति शुचयो5डमला:

English

Thus the camel of evil mind met his end then; see the great fault that came from the sequence of sloth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त एव विजयं प्राप्य वर्धयन्ति पुनः प्रजा:

English

You too, giving up this way, behave with discipline, with senses controlled; for Manu said victory has intellect for its root.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजय प्राप्त कर लेनेके बाद पुनः सारी प्रजाकी उन्नति करते हैं

English

Works best done by intellect, middling by the arms, lowest by the thighs, and the least by carrying burdens, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुग्रहाय भूतानां पुण्यमेषां विवर्धते

English

A kingdom stays with the able one who has gathered his senses, who guards counsel and is learned, and has good helpers, sinless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दस्युभ्य: प्राणदानात् स धनद: सुखदो विराट्

English

Aims examined stay with the doer here, Yudhishthira; with helpers the whole earth can be ruled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुभूयेह भद्राणि प्राप्रोतीन्द्रसलोकताम्

English

This was told by the good who know the rule, in old times, of Mahendra-like splendour; I too have told it to you by the light of the scriptures; be diligent here, king."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थिति इसके विपरीत होती है

English

darkness. Knowing thee one ceases to have any fear of death. Salutations to thee in that form which is an object of knowledge. 4 In the grand Uktha sacrifice, the Brahmanas adore thee as the great Rich. In the great fire-sacrifice, they sing thee as the chief Adhyaryu (priest). Thou

हिन्दी अर्थ

शौटीराणामशौटीर्यमधर्म कृपणं च तत्

English

[Bhishma said:] "On this too they recite this ancient history, the conversation of the rivers and the ocean, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिध्वस्तमुख: पूतिरमात्याननुशोचयन्

English

The ocean, ever the dwelling of the gods' foes, lord of rivers, asked all the rivers about a doubt that had arisen in him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीणै: शस्त्रैरभिक्लिष्ट: क्षत्रियो मृत्युमहीति

English

"I see trees with roots and branches, shade-giving, struck down by you when you are full; but I see no reed among them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृत्युके योग्य है

English

The reed is bodiless and of little substance, and grows on your banks; was it despised, or was it not possible, or did it do something for you?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वधर्म विपुलं प्राप्प शक्रस्पेति सलोकताम्

English

I wish to hear the opinion of all of you, how it is that these banks are broken but it is not brought under your power."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्तोतीन्द्रस्य सालोक्यं शूर: पृष्ठमदर्शयन्

English

Then the river Ganga spoke a reasoned, meaningful and convincing reply to the ocean, lord of rivers:

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवन्ति निधन प्राप्य तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

"These trees stand in their places, each having a single abode; the unwise give up that place against the current.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

English

The reed, seeing the force coming, bows, not the others; and when the force has passed it takes its place again and stands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आस्थाय स्वर्ग्यमध्वानं सहायान् विषमे त्यजेत्

English

art the soul of the Vedas. Salutations to thee. The Richs, the Yajus, and the Samans are thy abode. Thou art the five kinds of sanctified libations (used in sacrifices). Thou art the seven woofs used in the Vedas. Salutations to thee in thy form of Sacrifice. I Libations are poured on the Homa fire in accompaniment with the seventeen monosyllabic sounds. Thou art the soul of the Homa. Salutations to thee! Thou art that Purusha whom the Vedas sing. Thy name is Yajus. The Vedic metres are thy limbs. The sacrifices laid down in the three Vedas are thy three heads. The great sacrifice called Rathantara is thy voice expressive of gratification. Salutation to thee in thy form of sacred hymns! Thou art the Rishi that hadst appeared in the great sacrifice extending for a thousand years performed by the creators of the universe. Thou art the great swan with wings of gold. Salutations to thee in thy form of a swan. 2 Roots with all kinds of affixes and suffixes are thy limbs. The Sandhis are thy joints. The consonants and the vowels are thy ornaments. The Vedas have declared thee to be the divine word. Salutations to thee in thy form as the word! 3 Assuming the form of a boar whose limbs were constituted by sacrifice, thou hadst raised the submerged earth for the benefit of the three worlds. Salutations to thee in thy form of infinite prowess! Thou sleepest in Yoga on thy snake-decked sofa constituted by the thousand hoods (of the Naga). Salutations to thee in thy form of sleep! Thou buildest the bridge for the good (to cross the sea of life) with Truth, with those means by which emancipation may be obtained, and with the means by which the senses may be controlled. Salutations to thee in thy form of Truth! Men practising diverse creeds, actuated by desire of diverse fruits worship thee with diverse rites. Salutations to thee in thy form of Creed! From thee have all things sprung. It is thou that excitest all creatures having physical frames containing the principle of desire. Salutations to thee in thy form of Excitement. The great Rishis seek thy unmanifest self within the manifest. Called Kshetrajna, thou sittest in Kshetra. Salutations to thee in thy form of Kshetral 4 Thou always conscious and present in self, the Sankhyas still describe thee as existing in the three states of wakefulness, dream, and sound sleep. They further speak of thee as possessed of sixteen attributes and representing the number seventeen. Salutations to thy form as conceived by the Sankhyas! 5 Casting off sleep, restraining

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकेला छोड़ देता है

English

breath, withdrawn into their own selves, Yogins of restrained senses behold thee as eternal light. Salutations to thee in thy Yoga form! Peaceful Sannyasins, freed from fear of rebirth in consequence of the destruction of all their sins and merits, obtain thee. Salutations to thee in thy form of emancipation! l At the end of a thousand Yugas, thou assumest the form of a fire with blazing flames and consumest all creatures. Salutations to thee in thy form of fierceness ! Having consumed all creatures and making the universe one vast expanse of water, thou sleepest on the waters in the form of a child. Salutations to thee in thy form as Maya (illusion)! From the navel of the Self -born of eyes like lotus leaves, sprang a lotus. On that lotus is established this universe. Salutations to thee in thy form as lotus! Thou hast a thousand heads. Thou pervadest everything. Thou art of immeasurable soul. Thou hast subjugated the four kinds

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये सहायान् रणे हित्वा स्वस्तिमन्तो गृहान् ययु:

English

One who does not bear at first the onslaught of an enemy grown great, intent on the lord's slaying and ruin, quickly perishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यागेन यः सहायानां स्वान् प्राणांस्त्रातुमिच्छति

English

The wise man who goes about knowing the strong and weak parts of his own strength and valour and of his enemy's does not meet defeat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियो नास्य तत् कर्म प्रशंसन्ति पुराविद:

English

So too when a learned man thinks his enemy very strong, he should take up the reed's way; this is the mark of wisdom."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददर्श सुरलोकस्थं शक्रेण सचिवं सह

English

of desire that are as vast as the four oceans. Salutations to thee in thy form of Yoga-sleep! The clouds are in the hair of thy head. The rivers are in the several joints of thy limbs. The four oceans are in thy stomach. Salutations to thee in thy form as water! Birth and the change represented by death spring from thee. All things, again, at the universal dissolution dissolve away in thee. Salutations to thy form as cause! Thou sleepest not in the night. Thou art occupied in day time also. Thou observest the good and the bad actions (of all). Salutations to thee in thy form of (universal) observer! There is no act which thou canst not do. Thou art, again, ever ready to accomplish acts that are righteous. Salutations to thee in thy form of Work, the form, viz., which is called Vaikuntha! In wrath thou hadst, in battle, exterminated thrice seven times the Kshatriyas who had trampled virtue and authority under their feet. Salutations to thee in thy form of Cruelty! Dividing thyself into five portions thou hast become the five vital breaths that act within everybody and cause every living creature to move. Salutations to thee in thy form of air! Thou appearest in every Yuga in the form called month and season and half-year and year, and art the cause of both creation and dissolution. Salutations to thee in thy form of Time! Brahmanas are thy mouth, Kshatriyas are thy two arms, Vaisyas are thy stomach and thighs, and Sudras live in thy feet. Salutations to thee in thy form of caste! Fire constitute thy mouth. The heavens are the crown of thy head. The sky is thy navel. The earth is thy feet. The Sun is thy eye. The points of the compass are thy ears. Salutations to thee in thy form as the (three) worlds! Thou art superior to Time. Thou art superior to Sacrifice. Thou art higher than the highest. Thyself without origin, thou art the origin of the universe. Salutations to thee in thy form as Universe! Men of the world, according to the attributes ascribed to thee by the Vaiseshika theory, regard thee as the Protector of the world. Salutations to thee in thy form of Protector! Assuming the forms of food, drink, and fuel, thou increasest the humours and the life- breaths of creatures and upholdest their existence. Salutations to thee in thy

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त हो गया, जो सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके लिये भी अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है?

English

[Bhishma said:] "Hear, protector of the earth, how this matter is sung: a man of ever good mind bears with one of small mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धयज्ञाधिकारस्थो भवतीति विनिश्चय:

English

Not being angry at one who rages, he wins merit; the patient wipes away his own ill-doing, while the angry one grows angry again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार संग्रामयज्ञका अधिकारी होता है। यह मेरा निश्चित मत है

English

One should ignore him like a lapwing crying out as if in distress; fallen into the hatred of the world, he goes fruitlessly on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषच्विजजश्नात्र के प्रोक्तास्तन्मे ब्रूहि शतक्रतो

English

Thus he is ever boasting by that sinful deed. Told this by me, one esteemed in the assembly of people stays there ashamed, withered, as if dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सी दक्षिणा है और इसमें कौन-कौन-से ऋत्विज् बताये गये हैं? यह मुझसे कहिये

English

One who boasts by a deed not to be boasted of, shameless, such a lowest of men is to be ignored by the self-controlled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हवींषि परमांसानि रुधिरं त्वाज्यमुच्यते

English

Whatever the small-minded man says, one should always bear with it; for what can a vulgar man do, praising or blaming, like a senseless crow cawing uselessly in the forest?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञावशिष्ट घृत (रक्त) को पीते और उस यज्ञमें अर्पित हविष्य (मांस) को खाते हैं

English

If the evildoer's weapon were words, then words alone would be his aim; but one who wishes to kill does not aim at words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञकर्ताके लिये खुकुका काम देते हैं

English

By his conduct he displays the opposite of his origin, like a peacock dancing and as if showing his loincloth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवलोकमें इन्द्रके साथ विराजमान है

English

form of life ! For supporting the life-breaths thou eatest the four kinds of food, l Assuming also the form of Agni within the stomach, thou digestest that food. Salutations to thee in the form of digesting heat! Assuming the form of half-man and half-lion, with tawny eyes and tawny manes, with teeth and claws for thy weapons, thou hadst taken the life of the chief of the Asuras. Salutations to thee in thy form of swelling might! Neither the gods, nor the Gandharvas, nor the Daityas, nor the Danavas, know thee truly. Salutations to thy form of exceeding subtility! Assuming the form of the handsome, illustrious, and puissant Ananta in the nether region, thou upholdest the world. Salutations to thy form of Might! Thou stupefiest all creatures by the bonds of affection and love for the continuance of the creation. Salutations to thee in thy form of stupefaction. 2 Regarding that knowledge which is conversant with the five elements to be the true Self-knowledge (for which yogins strive), people approach thee by knowledge! Salutations to thee in thy form of Knowledge! Thy body is immeasurable. Thy understanding and eyes are devoted to everything. Thou art infinite, being beyond all measures. Salutations to thee in thy form of vastness! Thou hadst assumed the form of a recluse with matted locks on head, staff in hand, a long stomach, and having thy begging bowl for thy quiver. Salutations to thee in thy form of Brahma. 3 Thou bearest the trident, thou art the lord of the celestials, thou hast three eyes, and thou art high-souled. Thy body is always besmeared with ashes, and thy phallic emblem is always turned upwards. Salutations to thee in thy form of Rudral The half-moon forms the ornament of thy forehead. Thou hast snakes for the holy thread circling thy neck. Thou art armed with Pinaka and

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपर्युपरि गच्छन्तं स्वं वै सेनापतिं प्रभुम्

English

A man who praises in one's presence but slanders behind one's back is like a dog in the world, bound for a lost world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋद्धि दृष्टवा सुदेवस्य विस्मित: प्राह वासवम्

English

Whatever such a man gives and offers, of even a hundred such people, is destroyed in an instant by slander behind the back.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चातुर्वण्यें यथाशास्त्र प्रवृत्ती धर्मकाम्यया

English

Therefore a wise man should at once avoid such an evil-minded person, as the good avoid a dog's meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषीन् स्वाध्यायदीक्षाभिददेवान् यज्ैरनुत्तमै:

English

The wicked-souled man who speaks calumny against a great soul shows his own faults, like a serpent raising its hood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेकर ऋषियोंका तथा उत्तमोत्तम यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करके देवताओंका पूजन किया

English

One who wishes to retaliate against him who is going about his own work, unwise, is like a donkey sinking in a heap of ashes in the dust.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता और युद्धमें शत्रुओंपर विजय पाता था

English

The unappeased wolf in the human hall, ever bent on slander of the people, like a rutting elephant trumpeting, one should abandon, like a very fierce dog.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसीदू योध: प्रशान्तात्मा सो5यं कस्मादतीव माम्

English

One walking the path frequented by the unsteady, lacking restraint and humility, sinful, of hostile vows, ever wishing ill—fie on that evil-minded man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह मुझे लाँधचकर कैसे जा रहा है?

English

When answered back by them, do not become distressed on hearing it; those of steady mind condemn the encounter of high with low.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तर्पिता विधिवच्छक्र सो5यं कस्मादतीव माम्

English

Enraged, he may strike with a five-fold hand, or scatter dust or husks, or show his teeth to frighten—this is established for a fool in anger, a cruel one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संग्रामयज्ञ: सुमहान् यश्चान्यो युद्धयते नर:

English

The man who bears in assembly the abuse done by a very evil man, and always recites this example, gets nothing unpleasant in speech."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋजु: सुनिशित: पीत: सायकश्न स्रुवो महान्

English

trident. Salutations to thy form of Fierceness! Thou art the soul of all creatures. Thou art the Creator and the Destroyer of all creatures. Thou art without wrath, without enmity, without affection. Salutations to thee in thy form of Peace! Everything is in thee. Everything is from thee. Thyself art Everything. Everywhere art thou. Thou art always the All. Salutations to thee in thy form as Everything! Salutations to thee whose work is the universe, to thee that art the soul of the universe, to thee from whom hath sprung the universe, to thee that art the dissolution of all things, to thee that are beyond the five (elements that constitute all things)! Salutations to thee that art the three worlds, to thee that art above the three worlds ! Salutations to thee that art all the directions ! Thou art all and thou art the one receptacle of All. Salutations to thee, O divine Lord, O Vishnu, and O eternal origin of all the worlds! Thou, O Hrishikesa, art the Creator, thou art the Destroyer, and thou art invincible. I cannot behold that heavenly form in which thou art displayed in the Past, Present, and the Future. I can, however, behold truly thy eternal form (as manifest in thy works). Thou hast filled heaven with thy head, and the earth

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु नापेक्षते कंचित् सहायं विजये स्थित:

English

"This, dear one, is the sort of talk told of evil-conducted, evil-souled men; now I ask you:

हिन्दी अर्थ

हतनागमहानक्रा परलोकवहाशिवा

English

What is good for the machinery of the kingdom and for the family, the rise of happiness, and what brings increase of welfare in the future and at present,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पत्नीशाला कृता यस्य परेषां वाहिनीमुखम्

English

what pleases sons and grandsons, what increases the realm, what is good in food, drink and body—tell me that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदस्या दक्षिणा योधा आग्नीथ्रश्नोत्तरां दिशम्

English

A king who is consecrated, established in the kingdom, surrounded by friends or joined with unfriendly men—how can he please his subjects?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु योध: परावृत्त: संत्रस्तो हन्यते परै:

English

One who takes pleasure in the support of the bad, made so by the force of affection and attachment, and from lack of mastery of his senses desires to have bad men,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य शोणितवेगेन वेदि: स्यात् सम्परिप्लुता

English

all his servants, though of good family, turn to faultiness, and that king is not joined with the fruits that servants bring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उठती है, वह वीर योद्धा परम गतिको प्राप्त होता है

English

To me, standing in doubt about these royal duties so hard to find, you, equal to Brihaspati in wisdom, ought to declare them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु सेनापतिं हत्वा तद्यानमधिरोहति

English

You, tiger among men, devoted to our family's good, are our declarer, and Kshattri the sharp-witted who always tells us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थित महान् ख्रुव है

English

with thy feet: with thy prowess thou hast filled the three worlds. Thou art Eternal and thou pervadest everything in the universe. The directions are thy arms, the Sun is thy eye, and prowess is thy vital fluid. Thou art the lord of all creatures. Thou standest, shutting up the seven paths of the Wind whose energy is immeasurable. They are freed from all feats that worship thee, O Govinda of unfading prowess, thee that art attired in yellow robes of the colour of the Atasi flower, l Even one bending of the head unto thee, O Krishna, is equal to the completion of ten Horse-sacrifices. The man that has performed ten Horse-sacrifices is not freed from the obligation of rebirth. The man, however, that bows to Krishna escapes rebirth. They that have Krishna for their vow, they that think of Krishna in the night, and upon rising from sleep, may be said to have Krishna for their body. Those people (after death) enter Krishna's self even as libations of clarified butter sanctified with mantras enter the blazing fire. Salutations to thee that dispellest the fear of hell, to thee, O Vishnu, that art a boat unto them that are plunged amid the eddies of the ocean represented by worldly life! Salutations to thee, O God, that art the Brahmana's self, to thee that art the benefactor of Brahmanas and kine, to thee that art the benefactor of the universe, to thee that art Krishna and Govinda! The two syllables Hari constitute the pecuniary stock of those that sojourn through the wilderness of life and the medicine that effectually cures all worldly, predilections, besides being the means that alleviate sorrow and grief. 2 As truth is full of Vishnu, as the universe is full of Vishnu, as everything is full of Vishnu, so let my soul be full of Vishnu and my sins be destroyed! I seek thy protection and am devoted to thee, desirous of obtaining a happy end O thou of eyes like lotus petals, O best of gods, do thou think of what will be for my good! Thyself without origin, O Vishnu, thou art the origin of Knowledge and Penances. Thus art thou praised! O Janardana, thus worshipped by me in the Sacrifice constituted by speech (alone), be, O god, gratified with me ! The Vedas are devoted to Narayana. Penances are devoted to Narayana. The gods are devoted to Narayana. Everything is always Narayana!'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

हस्तिहस्तहर: खड्ग: स्फ्यो भवेत् तस्य संयुगे

English

Vaisampayana continued, "Having uttered these words, Bhishma, with mind concentrated upon Krishna, said, 'Salutations to Krishna!' and bowed unto him. Learning by his Yoga prowess of the devotion of Bhishma, Madhava, otherwise called Hari, (entering his body) bestowed upon him heavenly knowledge compassing the Past, the Present, and the Future, and went away. When Bhishma became silent, those

हिन्दी अर्थ

शैक्यायसमयैस्ती क्ष्णरभिघातो भवेद् वसु

English

A king without servants, alone, is not a protector; and all people of good family praise this kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवेगाद् यच्च रुधिरं संग्रामे स्रवते भुवि

English

For one alone cannot rule a kingdom, Bharata; without helpers, dear one, no aims can be obtained at all, and once obtained, not always guarded, bull of the Bharatas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

होममें समस्त कामनाओं को पूर्ण करनेवाली समृद्धिशालिनी पूर्णाहुति है

English

[Bhishma said:] "He whose whole body of servants is skilled in knowledge and science, well-wishing, of good family and affectionate, enjoys the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हविर्धानं तु तस्याहुः परेषां वाहिनीमुखम्

English

He whose ministers are of good family, not to be corrupted, who have lived with him, who give the king counsel and are skilled in knowledge of relations,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्नि: श्येनचितो नाम स च यज्ञे विधीयते

English

who provide for the future, expert in knowledge of time, not grieving over the past—he enjoys the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याघुष्टतलनादेन वषट्कारेण पार्थिव

English

He whose helpers share equally his joys and sorrows, who act truly, and who think of his aims, enjoys the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मस्वे ह्वियमाणे तु त्यक्त्वा युद्धे प्रियां तनुम्ू

English

He whose countryside, always near, is not afflicted, not mean, and relies on the good path, would share in the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीलचममवितै: खड्गैर्बाहुभि: परिघोपमै:

English

He whose treasury register is carried by trusted, content men who increase the treasury is the best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य शोणितसंघाता भेरीमण्ड्रककच्छपा

English

A granary guarded by incorruptible, trusted men intent on accumulation, worthy and not greedy, would be of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असिचर्मप्लवा घोरा केशशैवलशाद्धला

English

He in whose city the transaction shows the fruit of deeds, as written by Shankha and Likhita, would share in the fruit of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पताकाध्वजवानीरा हतवारणवाहिनी

English

The king who has gathered men and knows kingly duty, mastering the six groups, gains fruit from dharma.