Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपन्नचेतसो ब्रूहि कि कार्यमवशिष्यते

English

men, elephants, cars, and steeds, the diverse kinds of battle array, strategies, and manoeuvres in war, planetary conjunctions foreboding evil, calamitous visitations (such

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदापनयनं क्षिप्रमेतावत् साम्परायिकम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you an ancient tale, what the brahmana Indrota Shaunaka said to Janamejaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पेनापि हि सैन्येन महीं जयति भूमिप:

English

There was a king, Janamejaya son of Parikshit, of great valour; the sin of brahmin-slaying, committed unwittingly, came upon that lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेनाके द्वारा भी राजा पृथ्वीपर विजय पा सकता है

English

All the brahmanas and his priests abandoned him; the king went to the forest, burning day and night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धे हि संत्यजन् प्राणान् शक्रस्यैति सलोकताम्

English

Abandoned by his subjects, he did much good; he performed austerity to excess, burning with remorse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परित्याग करता है, वह इन्द्रलोकमें जाता है

English

Here I shall tell the tale that supports this dharma: Janamejaya, burning with the sin of his deed, went

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वासाद् विनयं कुर्याद् विश्वसेच्चाप्युपायत:

English

to choose Indrota Shaunaka, of strict vows; approaching him, he clasped his feet, pressing them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपायपूर्वक उनके ऊपर विश्वास करे

English

Then the greatly wise one, afraid, rebuked him sharply: "You are the doer of a great sin, a slayer of a brahmin; why have you come here?

हिन्दी अर्थ

विलड्घयित्वा मन्त्रेण ततः स्वयमुपक्रमेत्

English

What is to be done by you with us? Do not ask me in any way; go, go; for your place here will surely not please us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जवेन संधि कुर्वीत पूर्व भुक्तान् विमोचयेत्

English

as earthquakes), skilful methods of warfare and retreat, knowledge of weapons and their proper keep, the disorders of troops and how to get rid of them, the means of inspiring the army with joy and confidence, diseases, times of distress and danger, knowledge of guiding foot-soldiers in battle, the methods of sounding alarms and notifying orders, inspiring the enemy with fear by display of standards, the diverse methods of afflicting the enemy's kingdom by means of robbers and fierce wild-tribes, and fire-raisers and poisoners and forgers by producing disunion among the chief officers of hostile armies, by cutting down crops and plants, by destroying the efficiency of the enemy's elephants, by producing alarms, by honouring those among the enemy's subjects that are well disposed towards the invader, and by inspiring the enemy with confidence, the waste, growth, and harmony of the seven essential requisites of sovereignty, capacity for (projected) works, the means for accomplishing them, the methods of extending the kingdom, the means of winning over persons residing in the enemy's territory, the chastisement and destruction of those that are strong, the exact administration of justice, the extermination of the wicked, wrestling, shooting and throwing and hurling of weapons, the methods of making presents and of storing requisite things, feeding the unfed and supervision over those that have been fed, gifts of wealth in season, freedom from the vices called Vyasanas, the attributes of kings, the qualifications of military officers, the sources of the aggregate of three and its merits and faults, the diverse kinds of evil intents, the behaviour of dependents, suspicion against every one, the avoidance of heedlessness, the acquisition of objects unattained, the improving of objects already acquired, gifts to deserving persons of what has thus been improved, expenditure of wealth for pious purposes, for acquiring objects of desire, and for dispelling danger and distress, were all treated in that work. The fierce vices, O chief of the Kurus, born of temper, and those born of lust, in all of ten kinds, were mentioned in that treatise. 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. Rudeness of speech, fierceness, severity of chastisement, infliction of pain on the body, suicide, and frustrating one's own objects, these are the six kinds of faults born of wrath, that have also been mentioned. Diverse kinds of machines and their actions have been described there. Devastation of the enemy's territories, attacks upon foes, the destruction and removal of landmarks and other indications, the cutting down of large trees (for depriving the enemy and the enemy's subjects of their refreshing shade), siege of forts, supervision of agriculture and other useful operations, the storage of necessaries, robes and attire (of troops), and the best means of manufacturing them, were all described. The characteristics and uses of Panavas, Anakas, conchs, and drums. O Yudhishthira, the six kinds of articles (viz., gems, animals, lands, robes, female slaves, and gold) and the means of acquiring them (for one's one self) and of destroying them (for injuring the foe), pacification of newly acquired territories, honouring the good, cultivating friendship with the learned, knowledge of the rules in respect of gifts and

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझा-बुझाकर उसके हाथसे छुड़ानेकी चेष्टा करे

English

religious rites such as homa, the touch of auspicious articles, attention to the adornment of the body, the

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मन: संनिरोधेन संधि तेनापि रोचयेत्

English

Your life is in vain, king, and you live in torment; you were created for sin and for the lowest deeds here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद्धभावयुक्तो द्रव्याणि जीवन् पुनरुपार्जयेत्

English

Fathers strive for sons wishing them much good, by austerity, by worship of gods, by salutation and forbearance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कस्तत्राधिकमात्मान संत्यजेदर्थधर्मवित्

English

See this line of ancestors gone to hell because of you; all their hopes and bonds that rested on you are in vain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरका त्याग करेगा?

English

Those whom people honour and gain heaven, long life, fame and happiness, toward those brahmanas your hatred is constant and pointless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न त्वेवात्मा प्रदातव्य: शक्ये सति कथंचन

English

Leaving this world, you will fall head downward, for unending years, by your sinful deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षीणे कोशे श्रुते मन्त्रे कि कार्यमवशिष्यते

English

Eaten by vultures, blue-throated birds and iron-mouthed creatures, from there again you will return and go to a sinful womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाका गुप्त रहस्य सबके कानोंमें पड़ गया हो, तब उसे क्या करना चाहिए?

English

If you think, king, "there is no other world," where then? The messengers of Yama will remind you in Yama's abode."

हिन्दी अर्थ

खोयी हुई सम्पत्ति अथवा राज्यको पुनः प्राप्त करनेका प्रयत्न आरम्भ करे

English

manner of preparing and using food, piety of behaviour, the attainment of prosperity by following in one path, truthfulness of speech, sweetness of speech, observance of acts done on occasions of festivity and social gatherings and those done within the household, the open and secret acts of persons in all places of meeting, the constant supervision of the behaviour of men, the immunity of Brahmanas from punishment, the reasonable infliction of punishment, honours paid to dependants in consideration of kinship and merit, the protection of subjects and the means of extending the kingdom, the counsels that a king who lives in the midst of a dozen of kings, should pursue in respect of the four kinds of foes, the four kinds of allies, and the four kinds of neutrals, the two and seventy acts laid down in medical works about the protection, exercise, and improvements of the body, and the practices of particular countries, tribes, and families, were all duty treated in that work. Virtue, Profit, and Pleasure, and Emancipation, were also described in it. The diverse means of acquisition, the desire for diverse kinds of wealth. O giver of profuse presents, the methods of agriculture and other operations that form the chief source of the revenue, and the various means for producing and applying illusions, the methods by which stagnant water is rendered foul, were laid down in it. All those means, O tiger among kings, by which men might be prevented from deviating from the path of righteousness and honesty, were all described in it. Having composed that highly beneficial treatise, the divine Lord cheerfully said unto the deities having Indra for their head, those words: 'For the good of the world and for establishing the triple aggregate (viz., Virtue, Profit, and Pleasure), I have composed this science representing the very cheese of speech. Assisted by chastisement, this science will protect the world. Dealing rewards and punishments, this science will operate among men. And because men are led (to the acquisition of the objects of their existence) by chastisement, or, in other words, chastisement leads or governs everything, therefore will this science be known in the three worlds as Dandaniti (science of chastisement). I Containing the essence of all the attributes of the aggregate of six, this science will always be much regarded by all high-souled persons. Virtue, Profit, Pleasure, and Salvation have all been treated in it.' After this, the lord of Uma,~the divine and multiform Siva of large eyes, the Source of all blessings, first studied and mastered it. In view, however, of the gradual decrease of the period of life of human beings, the divine Siva abridged that science of grave import compiled by Brahman. The abridgment, called Vaisalakasha, consisting of ten thousand lessons, was then received by Indra devoted to Brahman

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा वहाँसे उठकर अन्यत्र चला जाय

English

[Janamejaya said:] "Shame on the deed, shame on me who did it; therefore I seek to appease you; all this is of my own making; I burn as if set in a fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचारमेव मन्यन्ते गरीयो धर्मलक्षणम्

English

Reflecting on my own deeds, my mind takes no joy; I have surely met a dreadful fear, even from Vaivasvata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मात्सर्यादथवा लोभान्न ब्रूयुर्वाक्यमीदूशम्

English

How shall I live without drawing out that thorn? Putting away all anger, Shaunaka, speak to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तादृक्सदृशं किज्चित् प्रमाणं दृश्यते क्वचित्

English

I shall again become a provider of food for brahmanas, and have purpose; let some remnant of this family remain; let this family not be defeated.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याजेन विन्दन वित्त हि धर्मात् स परिहीयते

English

For we, cursed by brahmanas, can have no remnant, for those who do not obtain the Vedas know it for certain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो छलसे धन प्राप्त करता है, वह धर्मसे भ्रष्ट हो जाता है

English

Greatly despondent, I shall speak further now; and again they perish, those without dharma and without recitation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ह्ृदयेना भ्यनुज्ञातो यो धर्मस्तं व्यवस्यति

English

They settle down on this side, like Pulindas and Shabaras; for those without sacrifice never reach the other world in any way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहेरिव हि धर्मस्य पदं दुःखं गवेषितुम्

English

Without knowing my wisdom, like a wise man toward a child, brahmana, like a father toward his sons, Shaunaka, wish me well."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वस्मिन् दस्युसादूभूते पृथिव्यामुपजीवने

English

and endued with great ascetic merit. The divine Indra also abridged it into a treatise consisting of five thousand lessons and called it Vahudantaka. Afterwards the puissant Vrihaspati, by his intelligence, further abridged the work into a treatise consisting of three thousand lessons and called it Varhaspatya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुष्टोंके लिये कुछ भी नहीं है

English

into a work of a thousand lessons. In view of the period of men's lives and the general decrease (of everything), great Rishis did thus, for benefiting the world, abridge that science. The gods then, approaching that lord of creatures, viz., Vishnu, said unto him, 'Indicate, O god, that one among mortals who deserves to have superiority over the rest.' The divine and puissant Narayana, reflecting a little, created, by a fiat of his will, a son born of his energy, named Virajas. The highly blessed Virajas, however, did not desire sovereignty on earth. His mind, O son of Pandu, inclined to a life of renunciation. Virajas had a son named Krittimat. He too renounced pleasure and enjoyment, l Krittimat had a son named Kardama. Kardama also practised severe austerities. The lord of creatures, Kardama,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मानं संक्रमं कृत्वा कृच्छूधर्मविदेव सः

English

He gets no benefit there and sees no tasks, his soul despondent, or he is unseen, scorned by all the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपद्धर्मका ज्ञाता है

English

Knowing the power on both sides, and the greatness in the Veda and tradition, perform here a great pacifying rite; let Brahma be your refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदत्तमेवाददीत दातुर्वित्तं ममेति च

English

That is the lovely thing for the next world; let the brahmanas not be angry; if you are tormented by sin and see dharma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्तिविज्ञानवान् धीर: कस्तं वा वक्तुमहति

English

[Janamejaya said:] "I repent of the sin and do not practise adharma; I long for one who seeks prosperity and serves, Shaunaka."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तहैवमभ्यसेदेवं मेधावी वाप्यथोत्तरम्

English

[Shaunaka said:] "Cutting off stiffness and pride, I wish for affection from you, king; abide in the good of all beings, and remember dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् प्रमाणोवगाहेत तेन तत् साध्वसाधु वा

English

I summon you neither from fear, nor from meanness, nor from greed; let the gods hear that true speech of mine with the brahmanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुसार आपत्तिकालमें उसे भले या बुरे कार्यका निर्णय करना चाहिए

English

I want nothing from anyone, and I summon you to dharma, while all beings cry out, saying 'Shame!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्णावथ पिधातव्यौ प्रस्थेयं चान्यतो भवेत्

English

Those ignorant of dharma will speak of me, unfriendly people will speak; hearing those words, my friends will burn greatly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणानामेव वक्तार: सन्त: सत्सु नराधिप

English

Only a few of great wisdom will understand the purpose; know what I have done, dear, toward brahmanas, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धुरमुद्यम्य वहतास्तथा वर्तेत वै नृप:

English

Do so that they gain welfare through me; and promise, king, that you will do no injury to brahmanas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार राजाको भी अपने राज्यका भार अच्छी तरह सँभालना चाहिए

English

[Janamejaya said:] "Never by speech, nor mind, nor deed again shall I harm brahmanas; I touch your feet, brahmana."

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्षेद् रुधिरलेपेन तथा धर्मपदं नयेत्

English

begot a son named Ananga. Ananga became a protector of creatures, pious in behaviour, and fully conversant with the science of chastisement. Ananga begot a son named Ativala, well versed in policy. Obtaining extensive empire after the demise of his sire, he became a slave of his passions. Mrityu, O king, had a daughter born of his mind, named Sunita and celebrated over the three worlds. She was married to Ativala and gave birth to a son named Vena. Vena, a slave of wrath and malice, became unrighteous in his conduct towards all creatures. The Rishis, those utterers of Brahma, slew him with Kusa blades (as their weapon) inspired with mantras. Uttering mantras the while, those Rishis pierced the right thigh of Vena. Thereupon, from that thigh, came out a short-limbed person on earth, resembling a charred brand, with blood-red eyes and black hair. Those utterers of Brahma said unto him, 'Nishida (sit) here!' From him have sprung the Nishadas, viz., those wicked tribes that have the hills and the forests for their abode, as also those hundreds and thousands of others called Mlechchhas, residing on the Vindhya mountains. The great Rishis then pierced the right arm of Vena. Thence sprang a person who was a second Indra in form. Clad in mail, armed with scimitars, bows, and arrows, and well- versed in the science of weapons, he was fully acquainted with the Vedas and their branches. All the ordinances of the science of chastisement, O king, (in their embodied forms) came to that best of men. The son of Vena then, with joined hands, said unto those great Rishis, 'I have attained an understanding that is very keen and that is observant of righteousness. Tell me in detail what I shall do with it. That useful task which you will be pleased to indicate, I shall accomplish without hesitation.' Thus addressed, the gods that were present there, as also the Rishis, said unto him. 'Do thou fearlessly accomplish all those tasks in which righteousness even resides.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चास्याल्पेन तुष्यन्ति कार्यमप्युत्सहन्ति च

English

[Shaunaka said:] "Beings favour one another by their own conduct, king; the world surely decides that everything is good and bad, where you, being such, now look to dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नि:शेषकारिणो नित्यं नि:शेषकरणाद् भयम्

English

That one, leaving delicious food and enjoyments, has taken up austerity: this too is a wonder among beings, Janamejaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो हानाढ्य: स पतितस्तदुच्छिष्टं यदल्पकम्

English

They say it is no wonder if a giver is weak or a poor man is rich in austerity; for it is not far off.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उभौ सत्याधिकारस्थौ त्रायेते महतो भयात्

English

This very thing is wholly meanness, unexamined; therefore it should be by examination alone that virtue arises in it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यकी महान् भयसे रक्षा करते हैं

English

Sacrifice, giving, compassion, the Vedas and truth, lord of the earth: these five are purifiers, and sixth, good conduct and austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बले प्रतिष्ठितो धर्मो धरण्यामिव जड़मम्

English

That alone is the supreme purifier of kings, Janamejaya; by rightly taking it up you will gain the higher dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनीथश्वरो बले धर्मों द्रुमे वललीव संश्रिता

English

Going to holy places is held to be a supreme purifier; and these verses sung by Yayati are cited here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्त्यसाध्यं बलवतां सर्व बलवतां शुचि

English

The mortal who should undertake it, or who would live again, having performed a sacrifice wholly, renouncing it should practise austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए। इसीको तुम राजर्षियोंका सदाचार समझो

English

Disregarding what is dear and what not so, look upon all creatures with an equal eye. Castoff at a distance Just and wrath and covetousness and honour, and, always observing the dictates of righteousness, do thou punish with thy own hands the man, whoever he may be, that deviates from the path of duty. Do thou also swear that thou wouldst, in thought, word, and deed, always maintain the religion inculcated on earth by the Vedas. Do thou further swear that thou wouldst fearlessly maintain the duties laid down in the Vedas with the aid of the science of chastisement, and that thou wouldst never act with caprice. O puissant one, know that Brahmanas are exempt from chastisement, and pledge further that thou wouldst protect the world from an intermixture of castes.' Thus addressed, Vena's son replied unto the deities headed by the Rishis, saying, 'Those bulls among men, viz., the highly blessed Brahmanas, shall ever be worshipped by me.' Those utterers of Brahma then said unto him, 'Let it be so!' Then Sukra, that vast receptacle of Brahma, became his priest. The Valakhilyas became his counsellors, and the Saraswatas his companions. The great and illustrious Rishi Garga became his astrologer. This high declaration of the Srutis is current among men that Prithu is the eighth from Vishnu. A little before, the two persons named Suta and Magadha had come into existence. They became his bards and panegyrists. Gratified, Prithu, the royal son of Vena, possessed of great prowess, gave unto Suta the land lying on the sea-coast, and unto Magadha the country since known as Magadha. We have heard that the surface of the earth had before been very uneven. It was Prithu who made the terrestrial surface level. In every Manwantara, the earth becomes uneven, l Vena's son removed the rocks and rocky masses lying all around, O monarch, with the horn of his bow. By this means the hills and mountains became enlarged. Then Vishnu, and the deities of Indra, and the Rishis, and the Regents of the world, and the

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वात्रिशयदिधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

The great asura... Pushkara, Prabhasa, Uttara Manasa, Kalodaka: you will go to these, with life regained and living again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोशाद्धि धर्म: कौन्तेय राज्यमूलं च वर्धते

English

Serve and follow the Sarasvati and the Drishadvati; devoted to study, bathe at all the sacred places.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिपाल्यानुतनुयादेष धर्म: सनातन:

English

He called renunciation the dharma of giving up the highest of purifiers; here too are cited these verses made by Satyavat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरन्तर उसको बढ़ाता रहे; यही राजाका सदासे चला आनेवाला धर्म है

English

As a young boy is truthful, neither meritorious nor a doer of sin; there is no sorrow in all beings here; whence happiness here?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मध्यमं पदमास्थाय कोशसंग्रहणं चरेत्

English

Thus, for beings in their natural state, going through all contacts, giving up life, virtue and sin are laid open.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मार्गका आश्रय लेकर कोश-संग्रह करना चाहिए

English

But what is higher than all tasks for a king, that I tell you: win heaven by strength and by sharing, and purify yourself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अबलस्य कुतो राज्यमराज्ञ: श्रीर्भवेत् कुतः

English

The man who has such strength and vigour is lord of dharma; for the happiness of brahmanas, go about this earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राज्यहीनके पास लक्ष्मी कैसे रह सकती है?

English

As you formerly insulted them, so now appease them; even if scorned and abandoned in many ways,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् कोशं बलं मित्रमथ राजा विवर्धयेत्

English

the sight of oneself, learned one: "I am not a killer," do not be angry; striving in your own tasks, do what is supremely good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सास्य गूहति पापानि वासो गुह्यूमिव स्त्रिया:

English

Some king is like frost and terrible fire, another like a plough and thunderbolt, scourge of foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शालावृका इवाजसंं जिघांसुमेव विन्दति

English

One should not think of oneself as wholly beyond cure, nor ever be attached, thinking "I am not that," to the wicked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो होव पौरुषम्

English

One tormented by a wrongful deed is freed from a quarter of the sin; by "this must not be done again," from a second; by "I shall practise dharma alone," from a third.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्यरण्यं समाश्रित्य चरेन्मृगगणै: सह

English

A man wishing to prosper should approve what is good; those who serve the fragrant become fragrant, and those who serve the foul-smelling become so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दस्यूनां सुलभा सेना रौद्रकर्मसु भारत

English

One given to austerity is at once freed from sin; one accused is freed by tending the fire a year; the killer of a brahmin is freed by tending the fire three years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दस्यवोप्यभिशड्कन्ते निरनुक्रोशकारिण:

English

By releasing from death as many living beings as he has killed, of the same kind, the killer of a brahmin is freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मवित्तस्य चादानं नि:शेषकरणं तथा

English

Or let him plunge in water thrice muttering the Aghamarshana; Manu said that it is like the bath of the horse sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संश्लेषं च परस्त्रीभिवर्दस्युरेतानि वर्जयेत्

English

It quickly drives away sin and he gains honour; and beings are pleased with him, though dull and mute.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशेषमेवोपलभ्य कुर्वन्तीति विनिश्चय:

English

The gods and asuras all together approached Brihaspati, the teacher of the gods, king, and questioned him: "You know the fruit in dharma done, great sage, and likewise in the other, the hell of sinful worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न बलस्थो5हमस्मीति नृशंसानि समाचरेत्

English

But when both good deeds are present in one, which of them would be the higher victory? Tell us the fruit of action, great sage: how does a man of virtue drive away sin?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नि:शेष हो जानेका भय बना रहता है

English

[Brihaspati said:] "He who, having done sin before unintentionally, does meritorious deeds intentionally, being of virtuous nature, drives away that sin, as a soiled cloth is cleaned with alkali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यक्षावेव धर्मार्थो क्षत्रियस्य विजानत:

English

Having done sin, a man should not think "I am not that"; he should wish to do good, with faith and without envy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही प्रत्यक्ष हैं

English

He who, being good, opens the rents as of a garment, the man who, having done sin, turns to the good,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधर्मो धर्म इत्येतद् यथा वृकपदं तथा

English

as the sun, rising again, dispels all darkness, so the one who practises good dispels all sin."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्णय करना कठिन है

English

[Bhishma said:] "Having spoken thus to King Janamejaya, Indrota Shaunaka had him perform the horse sacrifice according to rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुभूषेद् बलमेवैतत् सर्व बलवतो वशे

English

Then that king, his sin removed, endowed with splendour like blazing fire, the destroyer of foes, entered his own kingdom, like the full-bodied moon the sky."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्तु ही शुद्ध एवं निर्दोष होती है

English

Brahmanas, assembled together for crowning Prithu (as the king of the world). The earth herself, O son of Pandu, in her embodied form, came to him, with a tribute of gems and jewels. Ocean, that lord of rivers, and Himavat, the king of mountains, and Sakra, O Yudhishthira, bestowed upon him inexhaustible wealth. The great Meru, that mountain of gold, gave unto him heaps of that precious metal. The divine Kuvera, borne on the shoulders of human beings, that lord of Yakshas and Rakshasas , gave him wealth enough for gratifying the needs of religion, profit, and pleasure. Steeds, cars, elephants, and men, by millions, O son of Pandu, started into life as soon as Vena's son thought of them. At that time there was neither decrepitude, nor famine, nor calamity, nor disease (on earth). In consequence of the protection afforded by that king, nobody had any fear from reptiles and thieves or from any other source. When he proceeded to the sea, the waters used to be solidified. The mountains gave him way, and his standard was never obstructed anywhere. He drew from the earth, as a milcher from a cow, seven and ten kinds of crops for the food of Yakshas, and Rakshasas, and Nagas, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितर और अतिथियोंकी पूजा होती हो, वहाँ कोई उपद्रव न खड़ा करना

English

Some, grieving, took up a boy not yet come to youth, the whole wealth of the family, weeping, overwhelmed with sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

Having taken the dead boy, they stood facing the cremation ground, and passing him from lap to lap they wept on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सैव वृत्तिरयज्ञेषु यथा धर्मो विधीयते

English

At the sound of their weeping a vulture came up and said: "Leave this lone one in the world and go; do not delay.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोचनेवाले उस मत्स्यने अपने उन दोनों सुहृदोंसे कहा--

English

Here, thousands of men and thousands of women have been brought together by time; were they ever without kin?

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी दूसरे मत्स्योंके साथ जालमें फँस गया

English

See the whole world ruled by pleasures and pains; union and separation come in turn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मासा: पक्षा: षड़ ऋतव: कल्प: संवत्सरास्तथा

English

Those who take the dead and go, and those who follow, even they go by the measure of their own lifespan, as creatures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुत-से मिलकर उस असहाय राजाको उखाड़ फेंकनेका प्रयत्न करते हैं

English

Enough of staying in this cremation ground, crowded with vultures and jackals, full of skeletons, dreadful, terrifying to all creatures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिस्थिति सदा एक-सी नहीं रहती है

English

No one who has met the law of time lives again, whether dear or hated; such is the end of creatures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ तस्मादुद्विजते सर्वो लोको वृकादिव

English

other creatures. That high-souled king caused all creatures to regard righteousness as the foremost of all things; and because he gratified all the people, therefore, was he called Rajan (king). And because he also healed the wounds of Brahmanas, therefore, he earned the name of Kshatriya. And because the earth (in his region) became celebrated for the practice of virtue, therefore, she came to be called by many as Prithvi. The eternal Vishnu himself, O Bharata, confirmed his power, telling him, 'No one, O king, shall transcend thee.' The divine Vishnu entered the body of that monarch in consequence of his penances. For this reason, the entire universe offered divine worship unto Prithu, numbered among human gods. \ O king, thy kingdom should always be protected by the aid of the science of chastisement. Thou shouldst also, by careful observation made through the movements of thy spies, protect it in such a way that no one may be able to injure it. 2 All good acts, O king, lead to the good (of the monarch). The conduct of a king should be regulated by his own intelligence, as also by the opportunities and means that may offer themselves. 3 What other cause is there in consequence of which the multitude live in obedience to one, save the divinity of the monarch? At that time a golden lotus was born from Vishnu's brow. The goddess Sree was born of that lotus. She became the spouse of Dharma of great intelligence upon Sree, O son of Pandu, Dharma begot Artha. All the three, viz., Dharma, and Artha and Sree, were established in sovereignty. A person upon the exhaustion of his merit, comes down from heaven to earth, and takes birth as a king conversant with the science of chastisement. Such a person becomes endued with greatness and is really a portion of Vishnu on earth. He becomes possessed of great intelligence and obtains superiority over others. Established by the gods, no one transcends him. It is for this reason that everybody acts in obedience to one, and it is for this that the world cannot command him. Good acts, O king, lead to good. It is for this that the multitude obey his words of command, though he belongs to the same world and is possessed of similar limbs. He who once beheld Prithu's amiable face became obedient to him. Thenceforth he began to regard him as handsome, wealthy, and highly blessed. 4 In consequence of the might of his sceptre, the practice of morality and just behaviour became so visible on earth. It is through that reason that the earth became overspread with

हिन्दी अर्थ

कायव्यो नाम नैषादिर्दस्युत्वात् सिद्धिमाप्तवान्

English

With the world ordered by the ending of deeds, and the sun going to its setting, go to your own dwelling, leaving your affection for the son."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्मर्यादानि दस्यूनां निरनुक्रोशवर्तिनाम्

English

Then, hearing the vulture's words, wailing, king, those kinsmen set off, leaving the son on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्रामणीर्भव नो मुख्य: सर्वेषामेव सम्मत:

English

Having resolved, abandoning their own child, hopeless of his life, they climbed onto the road and stood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसलिये हम सब लोगोंकी सम्मतिसे तुम हमारे सरदार हो जाओ

English

A jackal, in colour like a crow or a cloud, came out of its hole and said to them as they were leaving: "Humans are indeed pitiless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हमारी यथोचित रीतिसे रक्षा करो

English

The sun is still up, fools; show affection; do not be afraid; a moment has many forms, and he may even live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नायुद्धयमानो हन्तव्यो न च ग्राह्मा बलात् स्त्रिय:

English

You, having laid your son on the ground, bereft of love for him, leaving him in the cremation ground, why do you go, pitiless ones?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्य॑तु ब्राह्मणे स्वस्ति योद्धव्यं च तदर्थतः

English

You have no affection for this son, a child of sweet speech, by whose mere speech you come to joy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हितका सदा ध्यान रखना। आवश्यकता हो तो उनकी रक्षाके लिये युद्ध भी करना

English

You do not see the affection for sons that beasts and birds have, from whom no one gets any fruit by keeping them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूज्यन्ते यत्र देवाश्न पितरोडतिथयस्तथा

English

Four-footed creatures, birds, insects, beings bound by affection, whose station is in the next world, like the rites of the sages' sacrifices,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्याचोपचितिस्तेषां सर्वस्वेनापि या भवेत्

English

for those who delight in sons, no merit is seen here or hereafter, and yet they sustain their offspring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। अपना सर्वस्व लगाकर भी तुम्हें उनकी सेवा-पूजा करनी चाहिए

English

Not seeing their dear sons, their grief does not last; and when grown they never support their mother and father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु त्राता भवति कश्नन

English

Where is affection among men, whose grief will be so great? How will you go, leaving this son, the founder of your line?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूर्योदय इव ध्वान्ते ध्रुवं तस्य पराभव:

English

Weep long, and look long with love; such dear ones are hard to give up, especially.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये ये नो न प्रदास्यन्ति तांस्तांस्तेनाभियास्यसि

English

Where kinsmen stay for one who is weak, beset, and facing the cremation ground, no other remains there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तहैव तेनुमार्यन्ते कुणपे कृूमयो यथा

English

Life is dear to all, and all find affection; see, even among animal wombs, what affection the good have."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धिं च लेभिरे सर्वे पापेभ्यश्षाप्यपुपारमन्

English

"How can you go, leaving this lotus-eyed boy, adorned with bath and garlands like a newly wedded groom?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

साधूनामाचरन् क्षेमं दस्यून् पापान्निवर्तयम्

English

[Bhishma said:] Hearing the jackal's piteous lament, all those men turned back then, for the sake of the boy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषोंका कल्याण करते हुए डाकुओंको पापसे बचा लिया था

English

[The vulture said:] "Shame! Men of little courage, spoken to by a cruel, small-minded, petty jackal, why do you turn back?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नासतो विद्यते राजन् स हारण्येषु गोपति:

English

Abandoned by the five elements, empty, turned to wood, why do you grieve for a motionless thing? Why do you not grieve for yourselves?

हिन्दी अर्थ

येन मार्गेण राजा वै कोशं संजनयत्युत

English

Perform fierce austerity, by which you may be freed from sin; everything is gained by austerity; what will lamenting do?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दस्यूनां निष्क्रियाणां च क्षत्रियो हर्तुमहति

English

Know that fortunes, unwished-for, come with their forms; by it this world goes, having given endless grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपहरण कर सकता है

English

Wealth, cows, gold, jewels and gems, and offspring too, have austerity as their root and are gained through austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धन हि क्षत्रियस्यैव द्वितीयस्य न विद्यते

English

As done among beings, so one obtains pleasure and pain; a creature is born taking up pains and pleasures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभोग्याश्लौषधीश्कछित्त्वा भोग्या एव पचन्त्युत

English

A son does not go by his father's deed, nor a father by his son's; each goes by another way, leaving behind good and bad deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनर्थकं धन तत्र प्राहुर्धमविदो जना:

English

Practise dharma with effort, turn back from adharma, and in due time attend to the gods and the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः प्रीणयते लोक॑ न कोशं तद्विधं नृप:

English

Give up grief and dejection, turn back from affection for the son; let him be abandoned in the open, and then return quickly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मानं संक्रमं कृत्वा कृत्स्नधर्मविदेव सः

English

Whatever good deed or dreadful wrong one does, the doer alone partakes of it; what have kinsmen to do with it?

हिन्दी अर्थ

बनाकर उन सबको पार कर देता है। उसे सम्पूर्ण धर्मोंका ज्ञाता ही मानना चाहिए

English

Kinsmen do not stay here having left a dear kinsman; giving up affection, they go away with eyes full of tears.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनिमित्तात् सम्भवन्ति तथायज्ञ: प्रजायते

English

Wise or foolish, rich or poor, all go under the sway of time, bearing their good and bad.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैवेह भवेद् धर्म: सूक्ष्म: सूक्ष्मतरस्तथा

English

What will you do by grieving? Why mourn the dead? For time is lord of all, impartial by dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वावेव सुखमेधेते दीर्घसूत्री विनश्यति

English

Death enters the young and the child, the old, even those in the womb; such is this world."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य नष्ट हो जाता है

English

[The jackal said:] "Alas, affection has been dulled by the vulture here, of little wit, in you who are overcome by love of your son and grieve greatly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुन्दर उपाख्यान सुना रहा हूँ। तुम स्वस्थचित्त होकर सुनो

English

With measured, well-applied words full of humility, you go off, leaving behind an affection hard to give up, on this watered ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभूतमत्स्ये कौन्तेय बभूवु: सहचारिण:

English

Alas, from separation from a son, from living in a place empty of the dead, the sorrow of those who cry out is great, like that of cows who have lost their calves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरनेवाले और एक-दूसरेके सुहृद् थे

English

Today I know the grief of men on earth; seeing their piteous love, tears came to me too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दीर्घसूत्रश्न तत्रैकस्त्रयाणां सहचारिणाम्

English

Effort must ever be made; what is made succeeds by fate; fate and human effort come together through the ender.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निस्रावयामासुरथो निम्नेषु विविधैर्मुखै:

English

One should never be despondent; from despondency, where is happiness? By effort wealth is gained; why do you go, pitiless ones?

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वारोंसे उसका पानी आसपासकी नीची भूमिमें निकालना आरम्भ कर दिया

English

Born of your own flesh, a body made of half of your own, the founder of your fathers' line: where will you go, leaving him in the forest?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीद् दीर्घदर्शी तु तावुभौ सुहदौ तदा

English

Or when the sun has set and twilight has come, you may take the boy then, or you may stay here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यहाँसे अन्यत्र चले जाना चाहिए

English

[The vulture said:] "A thousand years and more have passed, men, since I was born, and I have not seen a living one, dead, woman, man or eunuch.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स न संशयमाप्रोति रोचतां भो व्रजामहे

English

Some die in the womb, some die as soon as they are born, some die while still crawling, and others in youth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तु कार्या त्वरा तावदिति मे निश्चिता मति:

English

Fortunes here are impermanent, even for four-footed creatures and birds; for the moving and the unmoving, life stands in front.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरा यह दृढ़ विचार है कि अभी हमें जल्दी नहीं करनी चाहिए”

English

Parted from beloved wives and afflicted by grief for sons, burning with sorrow, they go home every day.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्ते काले न मे किंचिन्न्यायत: परिहास्यते

English

Thousands of unwished things and hundreds of wished ones have been left behind here, and the kinsmen go away deeply grieved.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगाम स्रोतसा तेन गम्भीर॑ सलिलाशयम्

English

Let this lifeless one be abandoned, empty, turned to wood; for those attached to another body worship a corpse, a log.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रास्तेसे दूसरे गहरे जलाशयमें चला गया

English

Why do you not leave your tears for one whose life has gone astray? This affection is useless and the keeping is useless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बबन्धुर्विविधैयोंगैर्मत्स्यान् मत्स्योपजीविन:

English

He hears with neither eyes nor ears, nor sees; so leave him and go quickly to your own homes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मछलियोंको फँसा लिया

English

I have spoken with words based on the dharma of liberation, reasoned and not harsh; go quickly each to his own dwelling."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अगच्छद् बन्धन तत्र दीर्घसूत्र: सहापरैः

English

Spoken to harshly by one endowed with wisdom and knowledge, giving the name of understanding, the men turned back.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रविश्यान्तरमेतेषां स्थित: सम्प्रतिपत्तिमान्

English

[The jackal said:] "This one, of golden hue, adorned with ornaments, how can you abandon him at a vulture's word, your son who gives the ancestors' offering?

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्युत्पन्नमति मत्स्य भी उन्हीं मत्स्योंके भीतर घुसकर जालमें बँध-सा गया

English

There is no conflict in affection, in lament and weeping; but by abandoning this dead one, anguish will surely come.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सवनिव च तांस्तत्र ते विदुर्ग्रथितानिति

English

It is heard that when the Shudra Shambuka was slain, a brahmana's child was revived, through dharma, by Rama of true valour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुक्त्वा रज्जुं प्रमुक्तोडसौ शीघ्र सम्प्रतिपत्तिमान्

English

So too the boy of the royal sage Shveta, who had met his appointed end, a dead one, was brought back to life by one constant in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रस्सीको छोड़कर उसके बन्धनसे मुक्त हो गया और जलमें समा गया

English

So some perfected sage or even a deity may show pity to you who weep here, miserable ones."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मरणं प्राप्तवान् मूढो यथैवोपहतेन्द्रियः

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus addressed, those grieving, fond of their son, turned back; laying his head in their lap, they wept at great length.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियोंके नष्ट होनेसे नष्ट हो जाता है

English

[The vulture said:] "Wet with tears, pained by the touch of hands, by the order of the king of dharma, he has been put into a long sleep.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स विनश्यति वै क्षिप्र॑ दीर्घसूत्रो यथा झष:

English

Even one joined to austerity is not spared at his time; this is the end of all affection, this the city of the dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस दीर्घसूत्री मत्स्यके समान शीघ्र ही नष्ट हो जाता है

English

Kinsmen, ever abandoning thousands of children and old people, remain on the ground in sorrow through days and nights.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स संशयमवाप्रोति यथा सम्प्रतिपत्तिमान्

English

Enough of insisting, this warding off of grief; it is not to be believed; how could he live again here today?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिप्रेतार्थसिद्धयर्थ ध्यायते यच्च तत्तथा

English

By the jackal's words he will not regain life; for one dead and with body cast off there is no body again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रधानाविति निर्दिष्टी कामे चाभिमतौ नृणाम्

English

Not by giving a form, nor by hundreds of jackals, can this boy be revived, even in hundreds of years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देशकालावभिप्रेतो ताभ्यां फलमवाप्नुयात्

English

Even if Rudra or Kumara or Brahma or Vishnu himself were to grant him a boon, only then might this child live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

Not by the release of tears, not by consolation, nor by long weeping will he live again here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनागता तथोत्पन्ना दीर्घसूत्रा विनाशिनी

English

I, the jackal, you, and the kinsmen of this child, taking up dharma and adharma, all proceed on the road.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाली बुद्धिको विनाशकारी बताया है

English

The unpleasant and harsh, treachery, another's wife, adharma and falsehood: the wise man should turn away from these from afar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृच्छामि त्वां कुरुश्रेष्ठ तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

Seek with effort truth, dharma, the good, the just, great compassion for beings, straightness and honesty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं सर्वमेव यथाविधि

English

For those who do not look after mother and father, kinsmen and friends while they live, there is a reversal of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुछ मैं विधिपूर्वक सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

He who does not see with his eyes and does not stir at all, what will you do, weeping at the end of the final rites?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहवोप्येकमुद्धर्तु यतन्ते पूर्वतापिता:

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus addressed, leaving that son on the ground, overwhelmed with grief, burning with love for the son, the kinsmen went to their homes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकेनैवासहायेन शक्‍यं स्थातुं भवेत् कथम्

English

[The jackal said:] "Dreadful is this world of mortals, destroyer of all creatures; parting from loved ones and a short life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चेष्टितव्यं कथं चात्र शत्रोर्मित्रस्य चान्तरे

English

Seeing this much falsehood and untruth, one who speaks unpleasantly in reply, rebirth increases sorrow and grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बीचमें रहकर कैसी चेष्टा करनी चाहिए?

English

This human world does not please me even for a moment; alas, men, you turn back at a vulture's word.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं तु पुरुष: कुर्यात् कृत्वा कि वा सुखी भवेत्

English

Burning with grief for a son, as if without sense, how do you go, you who were affectionate, leaving your love for your son, having heard the words of a vulture, sinful and uncultivated?

हिन्दी अर्थ

साथ कोई पुरुष कैसा बर्ताव करे? अथवा क्‍या करके वह सुखी हो?

English

After happiness comes sorrow, after sorrow happiness; in a world joined with pleasure and pain there is nothing here endless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैतस्य कश्रिद् वक्तास्ति श्रोता वापि सुदुर्लभ:

English

Laying this child, endowed with beauty, on the ground, where will you go, fools, abandoning a son who is the source of your family's grief?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदन्विष्य महाभाग सर्वमेतद् वदस्व मे

English

Endowed with beauty and youth, shining as if with splendour, I see him alive in my mind; there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु मे पुत्र कार्त्स्न्येन गुह्यमापत्सु भारत

English

His destruction too is unfit; you men will gain happiness; for you, burnt by the fire of grief for your son, even the dead is fitting today.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोपनीय होनेसे सबको मालूम नहीं है। तुम यह सब रहस्य मुझसे सुनो

English

Having made yourselves expect pain, and having yourselves held happiness, where will you go today, abandoning him like men of small mind?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सामर्थ्ययोगात् कार्याणामनित्या वै सदा गति:

English

[Bhishma said:] So, by one whose opposition to dharma, a lover of falsehood, a dweller in the cremation ground, always seeking prey at night,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देशं कालं॑ च विज्ञाय कार्याकार्यविनिश्षये

English

the kinsmen were brought to a middle ground by the jackal's words like nectar, for his own purpose, and stood there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किसीके साथ युद्ध करना चाहिए

English

[The vulture said:] "This place is crowded with the dead, frequented by yakshas and rakshasas, a dreadful forest region, resounded by owls,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमित्रैरपि संधेयं प्राणा रक्ष्या हि भारत

English

fearsome and very terrible, dark as a blue cloud; leaving the body in it, attend to the rites of the dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षा सदा ही कर्तव्य है

English

Before the sun reaches its setting and while the directions are clear, leave him and attend to the rites of the dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्थयुक्ति समालोक्य सुमहद् विन्दते फलम्

English

Hawks cry harshly, dreadful jackals howl, the lords of beasts roar in answer, and the sun goes to its setting.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरोध बढ़ा लेता है, वह महान् फल प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

Trees are tinged with the dark smoke of pyres, and in the cremation ground the hungry creatures rejoice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मार्जारस्य च संवाद न्यग्रोधे मूषिकस्य च

English

All the very dreadful ones of mighty valour in this region, deformed eaters of flesh, will attack you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप एक प्रचीन कथानकका दृष्टान्त दिया करते हैं

English

This forest region is far, and fear will be here; abandon this thing become wood; put up with the jackal's talk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भाँति-भाँतिके पक्षियोंसे सुशोभित था

English

If you hear the jackal's words, vain and false, you will all perish, with your good sense lost."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरण्यमभितो जात: स तु व्यालमृगाकुल:

English

[The jackal said:] "Stay; there is nothing to fear here as long as the sun burns; so long, out of love for the son, act here without despondency.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवितं यदपक्रुष्ट यथैव मरणं तथा

English

Weep as you like, trusting; look with affection as you like; stay as long as the sun; what use are the words of a flesh-eater to you?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुभृशं तप्यते तेन वाक्शल्येन परिक्षत:

English

If, with minds bewildered, you accept the vulture's harsh and rash words, you will have no son."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयीं विद्यामवेक्षेत तथोपासीत वै द्विजान्

English

[Bhishma said:] When the sun had not set, the vulture said "it has set," and the jackal said it had not; the two, hungry, spoke to the dead boy's household.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महामनाश्चापि भवेद् विवहेच्च महाकुले

English

Both skilled in their own aims, king, the vulture and the jackal, wearied by hunger and thirst, spoke relying on the shastra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जपेदुदकशील: स्यात् पेशलो नातिजल्पक:

English

Of those two, learned in knowledge, the jackal and the bird, with words like nectar, the kinsmen now stayed, now moved to go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उच्चमानो हि लोकेन बहुकृत् तदचिन्तयन्

English

Overcome with grief and dejection, weeping, they stood, and were bewildered by the skill of those two who were clever in their own aims.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखं च चित्र भुड्जीत कृतेनैकेन गोपयेत्

English

While those two learned ones thus disputed, to the kinsmen who stood there Shankara came.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा दस्यु: समर्याद: प्रेत्यभावे न नश्यति

English

Then the trident-bearer said to those men, "I am the giver of a boon"; they replied with these words, grieved, bowed and standing:

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

"For all of us who have lost our only son and wish to live, you should give life by granting life to our son."

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षन्नाश्रमिणां धर्म ब्रह्म॒ण्यो गुरुपूजक:

English

Thus addressed, the blessed one, with his hand full of water, gave life to that boy, for a hundred years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिज्ञो मृगजातीनां नैषादानां च कोविद:

English

And the blessed Pinaka-bearer, intent on the good of all beings, gave the jackal and the vulture a boon that ended their hunger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेकी कलाको जाननेवाला था। निषादोंमें वह सबसे निपुण था

English

Then, bowing to that god, filled with joy at the good, their work done, happy and delighted, they set off, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मज्ञ: सर्वभूतानाममोधेषुर्दूढायुध:

English

By long freedom from despondency and a firm resolve, and by the grace of the god of gods, fruit is quickly gained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वृद्धावन्धबधिरौ महारण्ये5भ्यपूजयत्

English

See the meeting with the god and the resolve of the kinsmen; the tears of the weeping poor were wiped away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने अन्धे और बहरे माता-पिताकी सेवा-पूजा किया करता था

English

See, too, that in a short time, by seeking resolve, the afflicted gained the grace of Shankara and found happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि तेभ्यो गृहान् गत्वा निनाय सततं वने

English

They were astonished and delighted at their son's revival, best of the Bharatas, by the grace of Shankara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनके घरमें जाकर उनके लिये अन्न आदि वस्तुएँ पहुँचा देता था

English

Then, quickly, king, having heard the story born of grief, they entered the city with the son in their arms, glad at heart. This wisdom has been shown for all four classes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषामासज्य गेहेषु कल्य एव स गच्छति

English

Hearing this auspicious tale, joined with dharma, wealth and liberation, a man always rejoices here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसति सम महाप्राज्ञ: पलितो नाम मूषिक:

English

"Thus, O Yudhishthira, the histories of all past events, the origin of the

हिन्दी अर्थ

गतं मां सहसा भूमिं नकुलो भक्षयिष्यति

English

Having reached the Himalaya, there was a great silk-cotton tree, grown through many years, with branches, trunk and leaves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं विचिन्तयामास मूषिक: शत्रुचेष्टितम्

English

There intoxicated elephants, oppressed by heat and worn by toil, rested, mighty-armed, and other kinds of deer likewise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न धर्षयति मार्जार तेन मे स्वस्ति साम्प्रतम्

English

That tree, of the girth of a hundred cubits, with dense shade, resounded with parrots and mynas, full of fruit and flower.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लगाये बैठे हैं। जबतक वे मुझपर आक्रमण नहीं करते, तभीतक मैं कुशलसे हूँ

English

Caravans, merchants and ascetics living in the forest dwelt in that most lovely of trees as travellers on the road.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घूर रहा है। उससे मुझे बड़ा डर लगता है

English

Seeing its vast branches and its trunk on every side, Narada approached it and said, bull of the Bharatas:

हिन्दी अर्थ

सांवास्यकं करिष्यामि नास्ति ते भयमद्य वै

English

"Oh, how lovely you are, oh, how charming; we are always pleased by you, best of trees, Shalmali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं छेत्स्यामि पाशांस्ते यदि मां त्वं न हिंससि

English

Always birds, dear, and below deer and elephants live in you, delighted and even more charming.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिंसा न करो तो मैं तुम्हारे ये सारे बन्धन काट डालूँगा

English

Your branches, great-branched one, and your trunk are vast; I never see them broken by the wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोमशो नाम मार्जार: पक्षिसंघातखादक:

English

great Rishis, the holy waters, the planets and stars and asterisms, the duties in respect of the four modes of life, the four kinds of Homa, the characteristics of the four orders of men, and the four branches of learning, were all treated of in that work (of the Grandsire). Whatever objects or things, O son of Pandu, there are on earth, were all included in that treatise of the Grandsire. Histories and the Vedas and the science of Nyaya were all treated in it, as also penances, knowledge, abstention from injury in respect of all creatures, truth, falsehood, and high morality. Worship of persons old in years, gifts, purity of behaviour, readiness for exertion, and compassion towards all creatures, were very fully described in it. There is no doubt in this. Since that time, O monarch, the learned have begun to say that there is no difference between a god and a king. I have now told thee everything about the greatness of kings. What other subject is there, O chief of the Bharatas, upon which I shall next have to discourse?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

पक्षियोंका समूह ही उसका भोजन था

English

those libations, pour rain on the earth whence men derive their sustenance. Men. therefore are said to pour upwards and the gods pour downwards.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रयोजयति चोन्माथं नित्यमस्तंगते रवौ

English

of ascetics; and Destruction in respect of thieves and wicked men. All these depend upon Chastisement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहं गत्वा सुखं शेते प्रभातामेति शर्वरीम्

English

replete with errors in almost every page. They have rendered verse 78 in a most ridiculous way. The first line of the verse merely explains the etymology of the word Dandaniti, the verb ni being used first in the passive and then in the active voice. The idam refers to the world, i.e., men in general. K.P. Singha's version of the Santi is better, and, of course, gives the correct sense of this verse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तमुन्माथमारुह्मु तदामिषमभक्षयत्

English

erroneously render it "died."

हिन्दी अर्थ

था। इतनेहीमें कभी उसकी दृष्टि दूसरी ओर घूम गयी

English

Of all of these, separately and together, a sweet voice is heard, singing most charmingly at the season of flowering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन मूषिकगन्धेन त्वरमाणमुपागतम्

English

So these elephants, glad, adorning their herds, oppressed by heat, find happiness in you, Shalmali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शाखागतमरिं चान्यमपश्यत् कोटरालयम्

English

So also you are adorned by other kinds of deer, and by the lodgings of caravans you shine like Meru among trees.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गतस्य विषयं तत्र नकुलोलूकयोस्तथा

English

With brahmanas, with ascetics perfected in austerity, with sages, I think your dwelling equal to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपद्विनाशभूयिष्ठं गर्त: कार्य हि जीवितम्

English

Out of kinship or friendship, Shalmali, without doubt, the terrible wind guards you everywhere, always.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न त्वेवास्मद्विधः प्राज्ञ: सम्मोहं गन्तुमरहति

English

You have attained the highest lowness before the wind, Shalmali, "I am yours," by which the wind protects you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निमज्जत्यापदं प्राप्प महतीं दारुणामपि

English

I see no tree nor firm mountain on earth that has not been broken by the force of the wind; so I think.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। मेरे द्वारा इसका भी बड़ा भारी काम निकल सकता है

English

But you, Shalmali, are surely always protected by the wind with his retinue, and for that you stand, without doubt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादेनमहं शत्रुं मार्जार संश्रयामि वै

English

[Shalmali said:] "The wind is not my friend, brahmana, nor kinsman, nor well-wisher; nor the Supreme Lord by whom the wind protects me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येनेम॑ं शत्रुसंघातं मतिपूर्वेण वजचये

English

My strength is such that the wind, though terrible, Narada, does not reach even an eighteenth part of my breath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस शत्रुसमुदायको धोखा देकर बच जाऊँगा

English

When the mighty wind came, I checked him by force, as he broke trees and mountains and whatever else.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मूढो ग्राहयितुं स्वार्थ सड्भत्या यदि शक्‍्यते

English

He has been broken by me many times, breaking all; so I do not fear, divine sage, even an angry wind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलिना संनिकृष्टस्य शत्रोरपि परिग्रह:

English

[Narada said:] "Shalmali, your view is mistaken, without doubt; for no being anywhere is equal in strength to the wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठो हि पण्डित: शत्रुर्न च मित्रमपण्डित:

English

Indra, Yama, Vaishravana, and Varuna, lord of waters, even they are not equal to the Maruts; what then of you, lord of the forest?

हिन्दी अर्थ

हन्तास्मै सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि हेतुमात्माभिरक्षणे

English

For whatever creature stirs on earth, Shalmali, the blessed wind is everywhere the lord who makes stirring and breath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वाक्‍्यं मार्जारें मूषिकोडब्रवीत्

English

He moves creatures rightly when he moves rightly; moving wrongly, he moves again, deformed, among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवितं हि तवेच्छामि श्रेय: साधारणं हि नौ

English

Why do you not honour the wind, such as he is, the best of all who bear beings, the worshipful, through lightness of mind?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारी दोनोंकी एक-सी भलाई है

English

You are without substance, ill-minded, and merely talk much; covered with anger and the rest, you speak falsely, Shalmali.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहं त्वामुद्धरिष्यामि यदि मां न जिघांससि

English

Anger has risen in me as you speak thus; I myself shall tell the wind your many ill words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येन शक्‍्यस्त्वया मोक्ष: प्राप्तुं श्रेयस्तथा मया

English

Sandalwoods, spandanas, sals, pines, deodars, reeds, and others still stronger,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भागी हो सकता हूँ। यद्यपि वह उपाय मुझे दुष्कर प्रतीत होता है

English

even they, ill-minded one, have not so insulted the wind, being self-controlled; for they know the strength of the wind and their own.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ढूँढ निकाला है, जिससे हम दोनोंकी समानरूपसे भलाई होगी

English

Therefore those best of trees bow to the wind; but you, through delusion, do not know the endless strength of the wind."