Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकोंमें जाता है, ऐसा हमने सुन रखा है

English

the objects of every mode of life. That king, O perpetuator of Kuril's race, who affords relief to all oppressed people that seek his protection, attains to the object of the Garhasthya mode of life. That king who protects all creatures mobile and immobile, and honours them is they deserve, attains to the object of the Garhasthya mode of life. Bestowing favours and inflicting

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणयेन ब्रवीमि त्वां त्वं हि न: शरणागत:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of a father with his son; learn it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः शुष्केषु पर्णेषु पावकं सो5प्यदीपयत्

English

A certain twice-born, Partha, devoted to study, had a wise son, named Medhavin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुतः पूर्व मया धर्मो महानतिथिपूजने

English

The son, skilled in the dharma of liberation and in wealth, discerning the truth of the world, said to his father, who was devoted to study:

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजा करनेमें महान् धर्म है

English

"Father, what should a wise man do, knowing that the life of men quickly slips away? Tell me, father, in proper order and as it truly is, by which I may practise dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निश्चिता खलु मे बुद्धिरतिथिप्रतिपूजने

English

[The father said:] "Having studied the Vedas in celibacy, son, one should wish for sons for the purification of the ancestors; having set up the fires according to rule, performed sacrifices and rites, one should enter the forest and desire to be a sage."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमननिं त्रिःपरिक्रम्य प्रविवेश महामति:

English

[The son said:] "With the world struck down in this way and surrounded on all sides, with unfailing ones falling, why do you speak as if you were wise?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निदेवकी परिक्रमा की, और हँसते हुए-से आगमें प्रवेश किया

English

[The father said:] "How is the world struck down, or by what surrounded? Which unfailing ones fall here? Why do you seem to frighten me?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिन्तयामास मनसा किमिदं वै मया कृतम्

English

[The son said:] "The world is struck down by death and surrounded by old age; these days and nights fall; why do you not wake?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स त्वं संतानवानद्य पुत्रवानसि च द्विज

English

punishments upon the wives and brothers, elder and younger, and upon their sons and grandsons, are the domestic duties of a king and these constitute his best penances. By honouring those that are righteous and deserving of worship and protecting those that have (by their penances) acquired it knowledge of self, a king, O tiger among men, attains to the object of the Garhasthya mode of life. Inviting to this home, O Bharata, persons that have betaken themselves to that Vanaprastha and other modes of life, and treating them with food, constitute the domestic duties of a king. That king who duly adheres to the duties laid down by the Creator, obtains the blessed merits of all the modes of life. That king, O son of Kunti, in whom no virtue is wanting, that foremost of men, O Yudhishthira, is said by the learned to be a person in the observance of the Vanaprastha and all the other modes of life. That king who duly honours the office or rank which deserves honour, the race or family which deserves honour, and those old men that deserve honour is said, O Yudhishthira, to live in all the modes of life, l A king, O son of Kunti, by observing the duties of his country and those of his family, acquires, O tiger among men, the merits of all the modes of life. That king who at proper seasons bestows upon righteous persons affluence or gifts of value, earns the merits, O king, of all the modes of life. That king, O son of Kunti, who while overcome with danger and fear still keeps his eye on the duties of all men, 2 earns the merits of all the modes of life. The king obtains a share of the merits earned under his protection by righteous people in his dominions. On the other hand, if kings, O tiger among men, do not protect the righteous people within their dominions, they then take the sins of the latter (of omission and commission). Those men also, O Yudhishthira. who assist kings (in protecting their subjects), become equally entitled, O sinless one, to a share of the merits earned by others (in consequence of that protection). The learned say that the Garhasthya, which we have adopted, is superior to all the other modes of life. The conclusions in respect of it are very clear. It is certainly sacred, O tiger among men. That man who regards all creatures to be like his own self, who never does any harm and has his wrath under control, obtains great happiness both here and hereafter. 3 A king can easily cross the ocean of the world, with kingly duties as his boat passed of great speed, urged on by the breeze of gifts, having the scriptures for its tackle and intelligence for the strength of its helmsman, and kept afloat by the power of righteousness. When the principle of desire in his heart is withdrawn from every earthly object, he is then regarded as one resting on his understanding alone. In this state he soon attains to Brahma. 4 Becoming cheerful by meditation and by restraining desire and other passions of the heart, O tiger among men, it

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजामस्मै प्रयुड्क्ष्व त्वं प्रीयेतास्य मनो यथा

English

king, engaged in discharging the dully of protection, succeeds in obtaining great merit. Do thou, therefore, O Yudhishthira, exert thyself carefully in protecting Brahmanas of pious deeds and devoted to the study of the Vedas, as also all other men. By exercising the duty of protection only, O Bharata, the king earns merit that is a hundred times greater than what is earned by recluses in their asylums within

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरयात्राकृत्यर्थमन्यान् दारानुपैष्यसि

English

While desires are unattained, death comes to a man, gathering him like one picking ears of grain, his mind elsewhere; like a she-wolf with a lamb, death carries him off.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये दूसरी स्त्री मिल जायेगी

English

Do today what is best; let this time not pass you; while tasks remain undone, death drags one away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुखी हो पतिके मुँहकी ओर देखने लगी

English

Tomorrow's work should be done today, the afternoon's in the forenoon; death does not wait whether it is done or not; who knows for whom the army of death will camp today?

हिन्दी अर्थ

पडञ्चचचत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

One should be devoted to dharma in youth itself, for life has no cause; when dharma is done, there is fame here and happiness hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कबूतरको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। उसके नेत्रोंमें आनन्दके आँसू छलक आये

English

Overcome by delusion, bent on sons and wives, doing what should and should not be done, one gives them nourishment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखकर शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार यत्नपूर्वक उसका पूजन किया

English

The man intoxicated with sons and cattle, with mind attached, death carries off, like a great flood a sleeping tiger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतापश्च न कर्तव्य: स्वगृहे वर्तते भवान्

English

The man gathering, unsated in desires, death carries off, as a tiger a beast.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संताप नहीं करना चाहिए, आप इस समय अपने ही घरमें हैं

English

"This is done, this is to be done, this is half done": the End brings under his sway one so striving and attached to pleasure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूछ रहा हूँ; क्योंकि आप हमारे घर पधारे हैं

English

One who has not got the fruit of his works, attached to the fruit, attached to field, shop and house, death carries off.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छेत्तुमप्यागते छायां नोपसंहरते ट्रुम:

English

When death, old age, disease and sorrow of many causes cling to the body, how can you stay as if at ease?

हिन्दी अर्थ

काटनेके लिये आया हो, उसके ऊपरसे भी वृक्ष अपनी छाया नहीं हटाता

English

The End follows the embodied one at birth for his end, and old age follows; these states cling to the moving and unmoving by both.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चयज्ञप्रवृत्तेन गृहस्थेन विशेषत:

English

That delight of one dwelling in a village is a house of death; the forest is the cattle-pen of the gods, so scripture says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु पंचयज्ञके अधिकारी गृहस्थका यह प्रधान धर्म है

English

That delight of one dwelling in a village is a binding rope; the virtuous go, cutting it; the wicked do not cut it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये धर्मके अनुसार न तो यह लोक प्राप्त होता है और न परलोक ही

English

He who does not harm others' lives by mind, speech or body, or by deeds that take away life, is not bound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् करिष्याम्यहं सर्व मा त्वं शोके मन: कृथा:

English

No one at all can hold back the army of death as it comes, except by truth that is not to be abandoned; in truth, nectar is lodged.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कहोगे, वह सब मैं करूँगा; अतः तुम मनमें शोक न करो”

English

Therefore, one whose conduct is the vow of truth, devoted to the discipline of truth, delighting in truth, equal and self-controlled, should conquer the End by truth alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाधते खलु मे शीतं संत्राणं हि विधीयताम्

English

Nectar and death, both are established in the body; through delusion one reaches death; through truth one reaches nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाशकक्‍त्या हि पर्णेन ज्वलनार्थ द्रुतं ययौ

English

So I, non-violent, seeking truth, outside desire and anger, equal in pleasure and pain, secure, shall leave death behind, like one immortal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतापय सुविश्रब्ध: स्वगात्राण्यकुतो भय:

English

Delighting in the sacrifice of peace, self-controlled, a sage established in the sacrifice of Brahman, I shall be a sacrifice of speech, mind and action in the northern course.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अननिं प्रत्यागतप्राणस्तत: प्राह विहड्गमम्

English

How can one like me, wise, sacrifice with violent animal sacrifices, perishable, or with kshatriya sacrifices, like a goblin?

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके उसकी जानमें जान आयी। तब वह कबूतरसे कुछ कहनेको उद्यत हुआ

English

He whose speech and mind are always rightly set, whose austerity, renunciation and yoga are such, gains everything.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथेमं शकुनिं दृष्टवा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा

English

There is no eye like knowledge, no strength like knowledge, no sorrow like attachment, no happiness like renunciation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तद्वचः प्रतिश्रुत्य वाक्यमाह विहड्भम:

English

Born in the self by the self, established in the self, even without offspring, I shall be in the self alone; offspring do not carry me across.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्नेन हि जीवामो वयं नित्यं वनौकस:

English

For a brahmana there is no wealth like this: oneness, equanimity, truthfulness, steadiness in conduct, freedom from the pairs, honesty, and withdrawal from actions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच तर्पयिष्ये त्वां मुहूर्त प्रतिपालय

English

What are wealth and kinsmen to you, what wives, brahmana, since you will die? Seek the self that has entered the cave; where has your grandfather gone, and your father?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

हर्षेण महता5विष्ट: स पक्षी वाक्यमब्रवीत्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Hearing this speech of his son, the father did so, king; so you too should act, devoted to truth and dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधर्म: सुमहान् घोरो भविष्यति न संशय:

English

"I have now described, O eldest son of Pandu, the diverse duties of men. Do thou adhere to kingly duties that are eternal and that have been practised by great men since days of old. If thou employest thyself with concentrated attention to the duty of protecting (thy subjects), O tiger among men, thou mayst then, O son of Pandu, obtain the merits of all the four modes of life and of all the four orders of men!"

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षुत्पिपासातपसह: कृशो धमनिसंततः

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, sung by Shamyaka when freed, who had reached peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

A certain brahmana, who had taken up renunciation, once said to me, afflicted by a bad wife, bad clothes and hunger:

हिन्दी अर्थ

संस्मृत्य सा च भर्तारें रुवती शोककर्शिता

English

'Born in this world, from birth onward a man meets sorrows and joys of many kinds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मरण करके शोकसे कातर हो उठी और दुःखमग्न हो रोती हुई विलाप करने लगी

English

If either of the two leads him on his way, he should not rejoice on gaining pleasure, nor burn on gaining sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लालिताहं त्वया नित्यं बहुमानाच्च पूजिता

English

You do not do what is best for yourself, nor what you strive for; even without desire, always lift the yoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कन्दरेषु च शैलानां नदीनां निर्झरिषु च

English

Having nothing, wandering, you will taste happiness; one with nothing sleeps happily and rises happily.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशगमने चैव विहृताहं त्वया सुखम्

English

Having nothing is happiness in the world, wholesome, auspicious, free of disease, without enemies; this is hard to get yet easy for the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं भ्राता मितं सुत:

English

Of one with nothing, pure, endowed in every way, looking at the three worlds, I see nothing equal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याधने अनेक प्रकारकी बातें कहकर बहुत विलाप किया

English

mean— 'Listen now to those duties about which thou askest my omniscient self.' Bhishma having acquired omniscience through Krishna's boon, refers to it here. The interpretation seems to be very far-

हिन्दी अर्थ

षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

duties of all men,' i.e., protects all men in the discharge of their duties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कपोतमग्निपतितं वाक्‍्यं पुनरुवाच ह

English

to mean 'the quality of goodness' as well.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भविष्यति हि मे नित्यं पातकं कृतजीविन:

English

Him, ever moving as he wishes, sleeping without a bed, with his arm as pillow, at peace, the dwellers in heaven praise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्‍्खा है कि मुझसे नित्य पाप बनता ही रहेगा”

English

The rich man, possessed by anger and greed, senseless, squinting, dry-mouthed, sinful, with a frowning face,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविद्वास्य: सुदुर्बुद्धि:ः सदा निकृतिनिश्चय:

English

biting his lower lip, angry, speaking harshly: who would wish to look at him, if he were willing to give the earth?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नृशंसस्य ममाद्यायं प्रत्यादेशो न संशय:

English

Constant dwelling with fortune bewilders the unwise; she steals his mind as the wind a cloud of autumn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सो हं त्यक्ष्ये प्रियान् प्राणान् पुत्रान् दारांस्तथैव च

English

Then pride of beauty and pride of wealth take hold of him: "I am well-born, I am accomplished, I am not a mere man"; by these three causes his mind is drenched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महात्मा कबूतरने मुझे विशुद्ध धर्मका उपदेश दिया है

English

With his mind drenched, he casts off the enjoyments saved by his fathers, and, reduced, thinks taking others' property good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्यप्रभृति देहं स्व॑ सर्वभोगैर्विवर्जितम्

English

Him, who has transgressed the limit and takes from here and there, kings restrain, like greedy hunters a deer with arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टो धर्मो हि धर्मिछे यादृशो विहगोत्तमे

English

Thus these sorrows of many kinds, born of touch of the body, come to a man here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतका आश्रय ले महाप्रस्थानके पथपर चल दिया

English

One should practise the remedy for these great sorrows by intelligence, knowing the dharma of the world, the unsteady with the steady.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तां च बद्धां कपोतीं स प्रमुच्य विससर्ज ह

English

Without giving up one does not gain happiness, without giving up one does not find the highest, without giving up one does not sleep without fear; giving up all, be happy.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

शलाका, जाल, पिंजड़ा सब कुछ छोड़ दिया

English

This was described to me at Hastinapura by the brahmana Shamyaka long ago; therefore I hold renunciation to be supreme."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्ति भर्त्समो नाथो नास्ति भर्त्समं सुखम्

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Thou hast said what the duties are of the four modes of the life and the four orders. Tell me now, O grandsire, what are the principal duties of a kingdom.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानापक्षिगणाकीर्ण सर: शीतजलं शिवम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Equality toward all, freedom from exertion, truthful speech, detachment, and freedom from contentiousness: the man who has these is happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विराजते हि सा क्षिप्रं कपोतीव दिवि स्थिता

English

The elders say these five steps are for peace; this is heaven, dharma, and the highest happiness of the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रोत: शौनको विप्रो यदाह जनमेजयम्

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, sung by Manki out of detachment; learn it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशिव: शिवसंकाशो मृतो जीवन्निवाटसि

English

Manki, striving for wealth and repeatedly frustrated, with some remaining wealth bought a pair of young bullocks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यमराजके दूत तुझे इन सारी बातोंकी याद दिला देंगे

English

The two well-yoked bullocks, going out to be broken in, suddenly ran at a camel sitting between them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्प घोरं भयं नूनं मया वैवस्वतादपि

English

When the two reached him, the camel, enraged, stood up, lifted the two onto his shoulder, and ran off at great speed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व मन्युं विनीय त्वमभि मां वद शौनक

English

Seeing the two bullocks carried off by that tormenting camel, and dying, Manki said this there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तुतीरलभमानानां संविदं वेदनिश्चितान्

English

'Wealth cannot be sought even by the skilled unless it is ordained, even joined with faith and rightly following effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पतिव्रता स्त्री होगी, जो पतिके बिना जीवित रह सकेगी?

English

"Bhishma said, 'The (election and) coronation of a king is the first duty of a kingdom. A kingdom in which anarchy prevails becomes weak and is soon afflicted by robbers. I In kingdoms torn by anarchy, righteousness cannot dwell. The inhabitants devour one another. An anarchy is the worst possible of states. The Srutis declare that in crowning a king, it is Indra that is crowned (in the person of the king). A person who is desirous of prosperity should worship the king as he should worship Indra himself. No one should dwell in kingdoms torn by anarchy. Agni does not convey (to the gods) the libations that are poured upon him in kingdoms where anarchy prevails. If a powerful king approaches kingdoms weakened by anarchy, from desire of annexing them to his dominions, the people should go forward and receive the invader with respect. Some conduct would be consistent with wise counsels. There is no evil greater than anarchy. If the powerful invader be inclined to equity, everything will be right. If, on the other hand, he be engaged, he may exterminate all. That cow which cannot be easily milked has to suffer much torture. On the other hand, that cow which is capable of being easily milked, has not to suffer any torture whatever. The wood that bends easily does not require to be heated. The tree that bends easily, has not to suffer any torture (at the hands of the gardener). Guided by these instances, O hero, men should bend before those that are powerful. The man that bends his head to a powerful person really bends his head to Indra. For

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं विलप्य बहुधा करुणं सा सुदु:ःखिता

English

these reasons, men desirous of prosperity should (elect and) crown some person as their king. They who live in countries where anarchy prevails cannot enjoy their wealth and wives. During times of anarchy, the sinful man derive great pleasure by robbing the wealth of other people. When, however, his (ill-got) wealth is snatched by others, he wishes for a king. It is evident, therefore, that in times of anarchy the very wicked even cannot be happy. The wealth of one is snatched away by two. That of those two is snatched away by many acting together. He who is not a slave is made a slave. Women, again, are forcibly abducted. For these reasons the gods created kings for protecting the people. If there were no king on earth for wielding the rod of chastisement, the strong would then have preyed on the weak after the manner of fishes in the water. In hath been heard by us that men, in days of old, in consequence of anarchy, met with destruction, devouring one another like stronger fishes devouring the weaker ones in the water. It hath been heard by us that a few amongst them then, assembling together, made certain compacts, saying, 'He who becomes harsh in speech, or violent in temper, he who seduces or abducts other people's wives or robs the wealth that belongs to others, should be cast off by us.' For inspiring confidence among all classes of the people, they made such a compact and lived for some time. Assembling after some time they proceeded in affliction to the Grandsire, saying, 'Without a king, O

हिन्दी अर्थ

पतिव्रता कबूतरी उसी प्रज्वलित अग्निमें समा गयी

English

Two ornaments hang from the camel's neck; my two dear calves are carried off; this is surely pure fate; there is no human effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तततद्रित्राड़दधरं भर्तारें सान्वपश्यत

English

Even if human effort is found at any time, when sought, that too stands as fate alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चित्रमाल्याम्बरधरं सर्वाभरणभूषितम्

English

Therefore detachment alone is to be reached here by one who wants happiness; the despondent sleeps happily, hopeless in the pursuit of wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मणा पूजितत्तत्र रेमे स सह भार्यया

English

Ah, well said by Shuka, free of everything, setting out for the great forest from Janaka's house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया और अपने सत्कर्मसे पूजित हो वहाँ आनन्दपूर्वक रहने लगा

English

One who could obtain all desires and one who gives them all up: the giving up of all desires surpasses their attainment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टचत्वारिंशयदिधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

No one has ever gone to the end of all longings; in body and life the craving of the dull grows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टवा तौ दम्पती राजन् व्यचिन्तयत तां गतिम्

English

Turn back from longings, be calm, be disgusted, my friend; you have been deceived again and again, and you are still not disgusted, body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति बुद्धया विनिश्चित्य गमनायोपचक्रमे

English

If I am not to be destroyed by you, if you so delight in me, do not engage me in greed in vain, you who love wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भरा था और अत्यन्त सुखद जान पड़ता था

English

The wealth you have heaped up has been lost again and again; when will you let go, fool, wealth-seeker, lover of wealth?

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपवासकृशोत्यर्थ स तु पार्थिव लुब्धक:

English

Ah, my folly, that I am bought by you; would a man ever become the servant of others?

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान्तं निश्चयं कृत्वा लुब्धकः प्रविवेश ह

English

Neither those before nor after have reached the end of desires; giving up all undertakings, I am awake, I am watchful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स कण्टकैर्विभिन्नाड्को लोहिताद्रीकृतच्छवि:

English

Surely your heart, desire, is made of the firm essence of the thunderbolt, since though seized by hundreds of evils it does not split in a hundred.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो द्रुमाणां महता पवनेन वने तदा

English

I give up you, desire, and whatever is dear to you; seeking happiness for myself, I find happiness in the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स ज्वालै: पवनोदशभूतैर्विस्फुलिज्ज:ः समन्तत:

English

Desire, I know your root; you are born from conception; I shall not conceive you, and you will not be with your root.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स देहमोक्षार्थ सम्प्रहषष्टेन चेतसा

English

The seeking of wealth is not happy; after gaining it, worry increases; loss of the gained is like death; whether it is gained or not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसने परम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली

English

Who gets nothing after death? What is more painful? One is not satisfied with what is got and seeks more.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यक्षगन्धर्वसिद्धानां मध्ये भ्राजन्तमिन्द्रवत्

English

Wealth, ever craving, is sweet like Ganga water; it dissolves intoxication; I am awake; let it go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लुब्धकेन सह स्वर्ग गता: पुण्येन कर्मणा

English

Let the host of beings that has resorted to this body of mine go from here as it likes, or stay as it pleases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गलोकमें स्थित हो अपने तेजसे प्रकाशित होती है

English

I have no affection for you here, who follow desire and greed; leaving all of you, I take refuge in truth alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कपोतस्य च धर्मिष्ठा गति: पुण्येन कर्मणा

English

Seeing all beings in the body and in my own mind, fixing intellect in yoga, learning, goodness, and mind in Brahman,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाशुभ॑ विद्यते तस्य मनसापि प्रमादत:

English

I shall roam unattached, happy, free of disease in the worlds, so that you will not again put me into sorrows as you have.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोघ्नेष्वपि भवेदस्मिन्निष्कृति: पापकर्मण:

English

Driven out by you I have no other refuge; for craving, grief and fatigue you, desire, are always the source.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाले पुरुषोंके पापका भी प्रायश्चित्त हो जाता है

English

I think loss of wealth the greater sorrow, the greatest of all; relatives despise and friends despise one who has fallen from wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न दुर्गतिमवाप्रोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति

English

With thousands of humiliations come faults in poverty and wealth; and the little portion of pleasure is made of pains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गलोककी प्रप्ति होती है

English

Robbers formerly strike a man, saying "he has wealth"; people are troubled by various conflicts and ever alarmed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

I have long known that dull greed is sorrow; whatever you cling to, desire, you follow that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुच्यते स कथं तस्मादेतत् सर्व वदस्व मे

English

You do not know the truth; you are a child, hard to satisfy, never full, like fire; you know neither the easy nor the hard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बैठे तो वह उससे किस प्रकार मुक्त हो सकता है? यह सब मुझे बताइये

English

Hard to fill like the nether world, you wish to bind me with sorrows; today I cannot be engaged again by you, desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अबुद्धिपूर्वामागच्छद् ब्रह्महत्यां महीपति:

English

Having reached detachment through loss of wealth by chance, and gained the highest peace, I no longer think of desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स जगाम वन राजा दहामानो दिवानिशम्

English

I bear excessive hardships here; unwise, I do not wake; deceived by loss of wealth, I lie with fever in all my limbs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिन्तासे दिन-रात जलते हुए वनमें चले गये

English

I give you up, desire, leaving all movements of the mind; you will not again delight in me as in a woven cloth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिवेलं तपस्तेपे दह्ममान: स मन्युना

English

I shall forgive those who do not forgive, I shall not harm though harmed, freed from hate I shall speak kindly, disregarding the unkind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लगे। दुःखसे दग्ध होते हुए वे दीर्घकालतक तपस्यामें लगे रहे

English

Satisfied, with senses at ease, ever living on what comes, I shall not make you, my enemy, fulfilled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्यटन् पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां देशो देशे नराधिप:

English

Know that I have come to detachment, ease, satisfaction, peace, truth, self-control, forbearance and compassion for all beings as my refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

के लिये उपाय पूछा

English

Therefore let desire, greed, craving and meanness leave me as I stand firm; I am now abiding in goodness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समासाद्योपजग्राह पादयो: परिपीडयन्

English

Having abandoned desire, greed, anger and harshness, today I am not under the sway of greed; I shall not meet sorrow, being master of myself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्ता पापस्य महतो भ्रूणहा किमिहागत:

English

Whatever one gives up of desires, that fills up his happiness; one ever under the power of desire meets only sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छ गच्छ न ते स्थान प्रीणात्यस्मानिति ब्रुवन्

English

When a man shakes off desires, whatever dust there is, sorrow born of desire and anger, shamelessness and discontent, goes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापायैव हि सृष्टोडसि कर्मणे हि यवीयसे

English

I have entered Brahman like a pool in summer entered for cold; I am calm, I am cool, I sit in pure happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

खोटे कर्मके लिये ही तेरा जन्म हुआ है

English

The pleasure of desire in the world and the great divine pleasure do not equal a sixteenth part of the pleasure of the end of craving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा हैवतेज्याभिरवरन्दनेन तितिक्षया

English

Having killed desire, the best enemy, with myself as the seventh, and reached the unslayable city of Brahman, I shall be happy like a king.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरर्था: सर्व एवैषामाशाबन्धास्त्वदाश्रया:

English

Resorting to this wisdom, Manki reached detachment; giving up all desires, he gained the great happiness of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषु त्वं सतत द्वेष्टा ब्राह्मणेषु निरर्थक:

English

By the loss of his bullocks, Manki is said to have reached immortality; he cut the root of desire and by that gained great happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंसे तू सदा द्वेष रखता है। तेरा जीवन व्यर्थ है

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, sung by Janaka, king of Videha, when he had found peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशाश्षती: शाशक्षृती क्ष समा: पापेन कर्मणा

English

'Infinite, alas, is my wealth, for I have nothing at all; when Mithila is on fire, nothing of mine is burnt.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिर किये नरकमें पड़ा रहेगा

English

Here too they cite these collected words of Bodhya, set down on detachment; learn them, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततश्न पुनरावृत्त: पापयोनिं गमिष्यसि

English

King Nahusha questioned the self-controlled sage Bodhya, who had reached peace through detachment, calm, and satisfied with wisdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिस्मारयितारस्त्वां यमदूता यमक्षये

English

"Greatly wise one, give me instruction in peace; thinking on what understanding do you roam calm and content?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

गा भवान् गर्हयते निन्द्य॑ निन्दति मां पुन:

English

[Bodhya said:] "I live by instruction; I teach no one here; I shall tell you its mark; let it be considered by yourself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व हीदं दुष्कृतं मे ज्वलाम्यग्नाविवाहित:

English

Pingala, the osprey, the serpent, the search of the deer in the forest, the arrow-maker, and the maiden: these are my teachers."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयश्चैवाभिरक्षन्तु निर्धनान् निर्जना इव

English

divine lord, we are going to destruction. Appoint some one as our king. All of us shall worship him and he shall protect us.' Thus solicited, the Grandsire asked Manu. Manu, however, did not assent to the

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंके सहित हैवीवाणीके समान मेरी यह सच्ची बात कान खोलकर सुन लो

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Prahlada with the sage who lived like a python.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही दृष्टि रख रहे हो, यह कम आश्वर्यकी बात नहीं है

English

Prahlada, wise and approved by the wise, king, questioned a certain brahmana roaming, at ease of mind and free of disease.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ययातिकी गायी हुई इस गाथाका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

"Healthy, capable, gentle, self-controlled, without contentiousness, free of envy, of good speech, esteemed in the world, wise, you roam like a child.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञमेकान्तत: कृत्वा तत् संन्यस्य तपश्चरेत्

English

You do not seek gain nor grieve over loss; ever as if satisfied, brahmana, you slight nothing at all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके फिर उसे त्यागकर तपस्यामें लग जाय

English

While the people are being swept away by the current, you seem undisturbed, unmoved like a mountain peak in the tasks of dharma, desire and wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरस्वत्याश्न तीर्थानि तीर्थभ्यश्व पृथूदकम्

English

You do not pursue dharma and wealth, nor do you engage in desire; disregarding the objects of the senses, you roam freed like a witness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीर्थको श्रेष्ठ कहा गया है

English

What is your wisdom, sage, what learning, what livelihood? Quickly tell me, brahmana, what you consider the highest good here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

महासर: पुष्कराणि प्रभासोत्तरमानसे

English

Thus questioned, the wise one, who knew the ordinances of the world's dharma, answered Prahlada with gentle, unharmful speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपातानू प्रतितिष्ठन्ति पुलिन्दशबरा इव

English

"Manu said, 'I fear all sinful acts. To govern a kingdom is exceedingly difficult, especially among men who are always false and deceitful in their behaviour.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

जैसे पिता पुत्रपर स्वभावत: संतुष्ट होता है, उसी प्रकार मुझपर भी प्रसन्न होइये'

English

"Bhishma continued, 'The inhabitants of the earth then said unto him, 'Do not fear. The sins that men commit will touch those only that commit them (without staining thee in the least). For the increase of thy treasury, we will give thee a fiftieth part of our animals and precious metals and a tenth part of our grain. When our maidens also will become desirous of wedding, we shall, when the question comes up, give thee the most beautiful ones among them. Those amongst men who will become the foremost of all in the use of weapons and in riding animals and driving vehicles, shall proceed behind thee like the deities behind Indra. With thy strength enhanced in this way, and becoming invincible and possessed of great prowess, thou wilt be our king and protect us happily like Kuvera protecting the Yakshas and the Rakshasas. A fourth part of the merit which men will earn under thy protection will be thine. Strengthened by that merit so easily obtained by thee, do thou protect us, O king, like He of a hundred sacrifices protecting the deities. Like the Sun scorching everything with his rays, go out for winning victories. Crush the pride of foes and let righteousness always triumph (in the world).' Thus addressed by those inhabitants of the earth, Manu, possessed of great energy, proceeded, accompanied by a large force. Of high descent, he seemed then to blaze with prowess. Beholding the might of Manu, like the gods eyeing the might of Indra, the inhabitants of the earth became inspired with fear and set

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति वै पण्डितो भूत्वा भूतानां नानुकुप्यते

English

their hearts upon their respective duties. Manu then made his round through the world, checking everywhere all acts of wickedness and setting all men to their respective duties, like a rain-charged cloud (in its mission of beneficence).'

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्विण्णात्मा परोक्षो वा धिक्कृत: पूर्वसाधुषु

English

"Those, O Yudhishthira, those men on earth who desire prosperity should first elect and crown a king for the protection of all. Like disciples humbling themselves in the presence of the preceptors or the gods in the presence of Indra, all men should humble themselves before the king. One that is honoured by his own people becomes an object of regard with his foes also, while one that is disregarded by his own is overridden by foes. If the king be overridden by his foes, all his subjects become unhappy. Therefore, umbrellas and vehicles and outward ornaments, and viands, and drinks, and mansions, and seats, and beds, and all utensils for use and show, should be assigned to the king. By such means the king will succeed in discharging his duties of protection (the better) and become irresistible. He should speak with smiles. Addressed sweetly by others, he should address others sweetly. Grateful (to those that serve him), firmly devoted (to those that deserve his respect), and with passions under control, he should give unto others their due. Looked upon by others he should look at them mildly, sweetly, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुरुष्वेह यथाशान्ति ब्रह्मा शरणमस्तु ते

English

"I perceive the end, in turn, even of water-born creatures, of great bodies and of tiny ones in the great ocean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा तप्यसे पापे धर्ममेवानुपश्य वै

English

Of the moving and unmoving beings, lord of the asuras, even of kings, I see death plainly everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मपर ही दृष्टि रक्खो

English

Of sky-roamers also, best of the Danavas, of birds, death rises in due time, even of the powerful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुभूषुं भजमानं च प्रीतिमानू भव शौनक

English

The lights wandering in heaven, small and great, I see falling in due time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतहितं तिष्ठ धर्म चैव प्रतिस्मरन्

English

Seeing thus beings bound by death, equal in all, I, learned and with my duty done, sleep happily.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तां मे हैवीं गिरं सत्यां शृणु त्वं ब्राह्मणै:ः सह

English

I swallow even a very large mouthful obtained by chance; I lie again many days without eating.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोशतां सर्वभूतानां हाहा धिगिति जल्पताम्

English

Food flows to me again, plentiful and of many good qualities; then again little and of few qualities; then again none at all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हें केवल धर्मके कारण निकट आनेके लिये आमन्त्रित करता हूँ

English

Sometimes I eat grains, sometimes oil-cake; I eat rice and meats, and various dishes again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ता वाच: सुहृद: श्रुत्वा संज्वरिष्यन्ति मे भूशम्

English

Sometimes I lie on a couch, sometimes on the ground; sometimes a bed is had even in a palace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बात सुनकर मेरे सुहृद् मुझपर अत्यन्त रोषसे जल उठेंगे

English

I wear rags, hemp, linen and deerskins; at one time I wear very costly garments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानीहि मत्कृतं तात ब्राह्मणान् प्रति भारत

English

I neither refuse the righteous enjoyment that comes by chance, nor pursue it when hard to get.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिजानीहि चाद्रोहं ब्राह्मणानां नराधिप

English

Unmoving, deathless, auspicious, free of grief, pure, unequalled, esteemed by the learned, unliked and unpractised by fools: this python-vow I follow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरे सामने यह प्रतिज्ञा करो कि अब मैं ब्राह्मणोंसे कभी द्रोह नहीं करूँगा

English

With unwavering mind, not falling from my dharma, with limited wandering, knowing high and low, free of fear, passion, greed and delusion, I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रोग्धास्मि ब्राह्मणान् विप्र चरणावपि ते स्पृशे

English

Eating and drinking food of uncertain kind, with place and time divided by the turn of fate, pleasing to the heart and unpractised by misers, I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुगृह्नाति भूतानि स्वेन वृत्तेन पार्थिव:

English

Seeing people overcome by craving, "this, this," losing heart without gaining wealth, I follow, by subtle understanding of truth, this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र त्वं तादृशो भूत्वा धर्ममेवानुपश्यसि

English

Seeing in many ways the wretched man here, noble or ignoble, resorting to others for the sake of wealth, I, self-possessed, calm, delighting in peace, follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनाश्चर्य तदित्याहुर्नातिदूरेण वर्तते

English

Seeing in truth that pleasure and pain, harm and gain, delight and disgust, death and life are fixed by ordinance, I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिक कठिन नहीं है

English

Free of fear, passion, delusion and pride, endowed with steadiness, intellect and wisdom, calm, seeing the enjoyers of their fruit arrived, I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यच्चेत् समी क्षयैव स्याद् भवेत् तस्मिंस्ततो गुण:

English

With uncertain bed and seat by nature, joined with self-control, rules, vows, truth and purity, free of hoarding the fruit, delighted, I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चैतानि पवित्राणि षष्ठ॑ सुचरितं तप:

English

Seeing that what comes by efforts for gain brings no happiness, with understanding gained and established in myself, to restrain the thirsty, unsteady mind, I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अच्छी तरह आचरणमें लाया हुआ तप भी छठा पवित्र कर्म माना गया है

English

Neither heart nor mind runs after it, seeing the difficulty of getting dear pleasure and its impermanence, both together; I follow this python-vow, pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन सम्यग्गृहीतेन श्रेयांसं धर्ममाप्स्यसि

English

Much has been said of this by the wise, by poets spreading their own fame: "this, this," here and there, searching the depths by their own views.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लानेपर तुम श्रेष्ठतम धर्मको प्राप्त कर लोगे

English

Having reflected on that, so varied and taken up by unwise men here, unfinished, with endless faults, I roam among men, my anger and craving subdued.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमां गाथां गीतां ययातिना

English

[Bhishma said:] The great-souled man here who follows the way of the python, with attachment tamed, free of fear, anger, greed and delusion, would indeed roam happily in this manner of life."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरस्वतीदृषद्वत्यो: संगमो मानस: सर:

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Why, O bull of Bharata's race, have the Brahmanas said that the king, that ruler of

हिन्दी अर्थ

न जातु नाहमस्मीति सुप्रसक्तमसाधुषु

English

[Bhishma said:] "Wisdom is the support of beings; wisdom is held to be the highest gain; wisdom is the highest good in the world; wisdom is heaven for the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है, वे दोनों ही पापरहित हो जाते हैं

English

By wisdom Bali, when his lordship was lost, Prahlada, Namuchi and Manki won their ends; what is higher than it?

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकात्मजमिमं लोके त्यक्त्वा गच्छत मा चिरम्

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Indra and Kashyapa; learn it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरत हो रहे हैं। तुमलोग भी अब अपने पुत्रका स्नेह छोड़कर घर लौट जाओ”

English

A certain vaishya, proud of his wealth, dear, knocked down with his chariot the sage Kashyapa, of strict vows, an ascetic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निराशा जीविते तस्य मार्गमावृत्य धिष्ठिता:

English

Fallen, in pain and angry, he gave up on himself and said, "I shall die, poor as I am; there is no purpose in living."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो वे सब लोग अपने बच्चेको छोड़कर जानेके लिये रास्तेपर आकर खड़े हुए

English

As he sat thus wishing to die, silent and senseless, Indra in the form of a jackal appeared to him, his mind angry.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छमानान् सम तानाह निर्घणा: खलु मानुषा:

English

"All beings everywhere wish for a human birth, and in human birth all rejoice in brahminhood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकलकर उन लौटते हुए बान्धवोंसे कहा--“मनुष्यो! तुम बड़े निर्दय हो!

English

You are a human, a brahmana, and learned in the Veda, Kashyapa; having gained this so hard to gain, you wish to die without fault.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यागधर्म: पवित्राणां संन्यासं मनुरब्रवीत्

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection, is cited the old story, O Bharata, of the discourse of Vrihaspati unto Vasumanas. There was a king of Kosala possessed of great intelligence, named Vasumanas. On a certain occasion he questioned the great sage Vrihaspati of much wisdom. Conversant with the requirements of humility, king Vasumanas, ever devoted to the welfare of all, having observed the proper humilities and having circumambulated the great sage and bowed unto him duly, enquired of the virtuous Vrihaspati about the ordinances in respect of a kingdom, moved by the desire of securing the happiness of men.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

संन्यास सम्पूर्ण पवित्र धर्मोमें श्रेष्ठ है

English

"Vasumanas said, 'By what means do creatures grow and by what are they destroyed? O thou of great wisdom, by adoring whom do they succeed in obtaining eternal happiness?' Thus questioned by the Kosala king of immeasurable energy, Vrihaspati of great wisdom discoursed unto him coolly about the respect that should be paid to kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा कुमार: सत्यो वै नैव पुण्यो न पापकृत्

English

"Vrihaspati said, 'The duties of all men, O thou of great wisdom, may be seen to have their root in the king. It is through fear of the king only that men do not devour one another. It is the king that brings peace on earth, through due observance of duties, by checking all disregard for wholesome restraints and all kinds of lust. Achieving this, he shines in glory. As, O king,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं प्रकृतिभूतानां सर्वसंसर्गयायिनाम्

English

all creatures become unable to see one another and sink in utter darkness if the sun and the moon do not rise, as fishes in shallow water and birds in a spot safe from danger dart and rove as they please (for a time) and repeatedly attack and grind one another with force and then meet with certain destruction even so men sink in utter darkness and meet with destruction if they have no king to protect them, like a herd of cattle without the herdsman to look after them. If the king did not exercise the duty of protection, the strong would forcibly appropriate the possessions of the weak, and if the latter refused to surrender them with ease, their very lives would be taken. Nobody then, with reference to any article in his possession, would be able to say 'This is mine.' Wives, sons, food, and other kinds of property, would not then exist. Ruin would overtake everything if the king did not exercise the duty of protection. Wicked men would forcibly appropriate the vehicles and robes and ornaments and precious stones and other kinds of property belonging to others, if the king did not protect. In the absence of protection by the king, diverse kinds of weapons would fall upon those that are righteous in their practices, and unrighteousness would be adopted by all. In the absence of royal protection men would disregard or even injure their very mothers and fathers if aged, their very preceptors and guests and seniors. If the king did not protect, all

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवन ही कल्याणमय है

English

They make protections from snow, rain and heat, and enjoy cloth, food, comfort, bed and shelter from the wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्त्वेव राज्ञो ज्यायिष्ठं कार्याणां तद् ब्रवीमि ते

English

Mounting the cow in the world, they enjoy and drive her; by many devices they make others subject to themselves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्यैव बलमोजश्न स धर्मस्य प्रभुर्नर:

English

Those who are tongueless, wretched, with little breath and no hands endure those sorrows; by good fortune you, sage, are not so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथैवैतान् पुराक्षैप्सीस्तथैवैतान् प्रसादय

English

By good fortune you are not a jackal, nor a worm, nor a mouse, nor a snake, nor a frog, nor any other born of a sinful womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घटमान: स्वकार्येषु कुरु नि:श्रेयसं परम्

English

Even with this much gain you should be content, Kashyapa; how much more as the best of brahmanas among all beings?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

चेष्टा करते हुए परम कल्याणका साधन करो

English

[Kashyapa said:] "These worms eat me; I have no power to take them off, being without hands; see my condition.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुचिस्तीर्थान्यनुचरन् बहुत्वात्परिमुच्यते

English

And because it is not to be done, I do not give up myself, lest I fall from here into a still more sinful birth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये सुगन्धीनि सेवन्ते तथागन्धा भवन्ति ते

English

[The jackal said:] "Among sinful births, I am a jackal, and have gone to it; many other sinful births are worse than this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पैदल यात्रा करनेसे भी भ्रूणहत्याके पापसे छुटकारा मिल जाता है

English

Some by birth alone are happier, others are greatly afflicted; I see no one anywhere here who is wholly happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनकी हत्याके पापसे मुक्त हो जाता है

English

Men, having got wealth, wish for kingship next; from kingship they wish for godhood, and from godhood even Indra's rank.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वमेधयज्ञमें अवभूथस्नान करनेका फल मिलता है, ऐसा मनुजीने कहा है

English

Even if you were rich, neither king nor god, and having gained godhood, even Indrahood, you would not be content so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि चैन प्रसीदन्ति भूतानि जडमूकवत्

English

There is no satiety in gaining the dear; craving is not quenched by water; it blazes up again, as fire with fuel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं पापं नुदते धर्मशील:ः

English

You have grief, and you have joy; and pleasure and pain both; what is the lament there?

हिन्दी अर्थ

वासो यथा मलिने क्षारयुक्तम्

English

Cutting off the roots of all desires and all actions, shut in the host of the senses, like birds in a cage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तच्चिकीर्षति कल्याण श्रद्धधानोडनसूयक:

English

Desire is never born in one who does not know tastes; it is born of touch, sight or hearing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यः पाप॑ पुरुष: कृत्वा कल्याणमभिपलद्यते

English

You do not remember liquor, or the lataka birds; and nothing at all is more worth eating than those two.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कल्याणमाचरन्नेवं सर्वपापं व्यपोहति

English

And whatever other foods and dishes there are far away, Kashyapa, for those who have not eaten them before, there is not even memory.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याजयामास विधिवत् वाजिमेधेन शौनक:

English

Not eating, not touching, not seeing: this is the rule for a man, I think, and the good, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिपूर्वक अश्वमेधयज्ञका अनुष्ठान कराया

English

Men with hands, joined with wealth, strong, without doubt, are made slaves by men themselves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कच्चिन्मर्त्यो मृतो राजन् पुनरुज्जीवितो5भवत्

English

They are afflicted again and again by killing, binding and distress; and yet they too delight, rejoice and laugh.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य मरकर फिर जी उठा हो!

English

Others, strong of arm, learned and high-minded, take up a despised, wretched and sinful livelihood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो संवाद हुआ था, उसे सुनो, वह पूर्वधटित यथार्थ इतिहास है

English

They are able to pursue another livelihood too, but it must be fixed by one's own deed, and it is so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुलसर्वस्वभूतं वै रुदन्‍्त: शोकविद्दला:

English

Neither the Pulkasa nor the Chandala wishes to give up himself; see what a delusion, discontent with one's own womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अड्नेनैव च संक्रम्य रुरुदुर्भशदु:खिता:

English

Seeing men crippled and struck down, sick, you are, Kashyapa, fully endowed with your own womb, having won a prize.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और अत्यन्त दुखी होकर रोने लगे

English

If your brahmana body is free of fear and of disease, and your limbs are whole, and you are not scorned in the worlds,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तं बाल॑ भूतले क्षिप्य प्रतिगन्तुं न शकनुयु:

English

not by any slander, only by the truth that carries off, rise up for dharma, brahmana sage; you should not give up yourself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानीतानि कालेन हित्वा वै यान्ति बान्धवा:

English

If, brahmana, you listen to this and have faith in my words, you will gain the chief fruit of the dharma spoken in the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयोगो विप्रयोगश्षु पर्यायेणोपल भ्यते

English

Carefully keep up study and the tending of the fires, truth, self-control and giving; do not compete with anyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयोग और वियोग प्राप्त होते रहते हैं

English

Those who have studied their own study and gained sacrifice and officiating, how could they ever grieve or dwell on the unfair?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेडप्यायुष: प्रमाणेन स्वेन गच्छन्ति जन्तव:

English

Wishing for pleasure, they would gain great happiness; those born under a good star, at good bathing-places, at good moments,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कड्कालबहुले रौद्रे सर्वप्राणिभयड्करे

English

while others, born under asura stars, at bad places and bad moments, fall into asura wombs devoid of the birth of sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रियो वा यदि वा द्वेष्य: प्राणिनां गतिरीदृशी

English

I was once a pedant, a rationalist, a reviler of the Veda, devoted to logic and the science of argument, to no purpose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं हुआ है। समस्त प्राणियोंकी ऐसी ही गति है

English

A propounder of arguments, a speaker with reasons in assemblies, a reviler and rebuker of the twice-born in sacrifices of Brahman,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतान्तविहिते मार्गे मृतं को जीवयिष्यति

English

an unbeliever, suspicious of all, a fool who thought himself a scholar: this is the result of that, my jackalhood, brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालद्वारा निर्मित पथपर मरकर गये हुए प्राणीको कौन जीवित कर सकेगा

English

Might it happen, even after hundreds of days and nights, that I, a jackal, would gain a human womb again?

हिन्दी अर्थ

गम्यतां स्वमधिष्ठानं सुतस्नेहं विसृज्य वै

English

Content and careful, delighting in sacrifice, giving and austerity, I would be a knower of what is to be known and an avoider of what is to be avoided."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बान्धवास्ते5 भ्यगच्छ न्त पुत्रमुत्सूज्य भूतले

English

Then the sage Kashyapa rose and said to him, "Oh, how clever you are, how wise!" astonished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृतमित्येव गच्छन्तो निराशास्तस्य दर्शने

English

The brahmana looked at him with an eye lengthened by knowledge, and saw him as Indra, the god, lord of the gods, husband of Shachi.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसके दर्शनसे निराश हो वहाँसे जानेके लिये तैयार हो गये

English

Then Kashyapa honoured the one with bay horses, and, permitted by him, entered his own hermitage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्मशाने सुतमुत्सूज्य कस्माद् गच्छत निर्घणा:

English

persons possessed of wealth would have to encounter death, confinement, and persecution, and the very idea of property would disappear. If the king did not protect, everything would be exterminated prematurely, and every part of the country would be overrun by robbers, and everybody would fall into terrible hell. If the king did not protect, all restrictions about marriage and intercourse (due to consanguinity and other kinds of relationship) would cease; all affairs relating to agricultures and trade would fall into confusion, morality would sink and be lost; and the three Vedas would disappear. Sacrifices, duly completed with presents according to the ordinance, would no longer be performed; no marriage would take place; society itself would cease to exist, if the king did not exercise the duty of protection. The very bulls would not cover cows and milk-jars would not be churned, and men living by rearing kine would meet with destruction, if the king did not exercise the duty of protection. In the absence of royal protection, all things, inspired with fear and anxiety and becoming senseless and uttering cries of woe, would meet with destruction in no time. No sacrifices extending for a year and completed with presents according to the ordinances would occur if the king did not exercise the duty of protection. In the absence of royal protection Brahmanas would never study the four Vedas or undergo austerities or be cleansed by knowledge and rigid vows. In the absence of royal protection, the slayer of a person guilty of the slaughter of a Brahmana would not obtain any reward; on the other hand the person guilty of Brahmanicide would enjoy perfect immunity. In the absence of royal protection, men would snatch other people's wealth from their very hands, and all wholesome barriers would be swept away, and everybody, inspired with fear, would seek safety in flight. In the absence of royal protection, all kinds of injustice would set in; an intermixture of castes would take place; and famine would ravage

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा नवोद्वाहकृतं स्नानमाल्यविभूषितम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "The mind, joined with its own harm, enters sin; having done a stained deed, he is set in great affliction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बालकके शरीरकी देख-रेखके लिये पुनः लौट आये

English

From famine to famine, from affliction to affliction, from fear to fear; from the dead to the dead go the poor, the doers of sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षुद्रंणोक्ता हीनसत्त्वा मानुषा: कि निवर्तथ

English

From festival to festival they go, from heaven to heaven, from happiness to happiness: the faithful, the self-controlled, the rich, the doers of good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कस्माच्छोचथ तिष्ठन्तमात्मानं कि न शोचथ

English

In the strongholds of beasts and elephants and the dangers of serpents and thieves, the unbelievers go with a hand-offering; what is higher than this?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने लिये क्‍यों नहीं शोक करते?

English

Dear to gods and guests, generous, dear to the good, they have taken the path of safety of the self-possessed, with open hand.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा लभ्यते सर्व विलाप: कि करिष्यति

English

Like husks among grains, like putrid insects among birds, such are those among men for whom dharma is no cause.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब कुछ मिल सकता है। तुम्हारा यह विलाप क्‍या करेगा?

English

Even one running very swiftly is followed by ordinance; one lies down with the one who lies down, according to what each has done.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येन गच्छति बालोयं दत्त्वा शोकमनन्तकम्

English

It attends the one who stands, follows the one who goes, acts with the one who acts, like a shadow it follows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य भाषितमात्रेण प्रसादमधिगच्छत

English

In consequence again of royal protection, men can everywhere sleep fearlessly and at their case without shutting their houses and doors with bolts and bars. Nobody would hear the evil speeches of others, far less actual assaults, if the king did not righteously protect the earth. I If the king exercises the duty of protection, women decked with ornament may fearlessly wander everywhere without male relatives to attend upon them. Men become righteous and without injuring serve one another because the king exercises the duty of protection. In consequence of royal protection the members of the three orders are enabled to perform high sacrifices and devote themselves to the acquisition of learning with attention, The world depends upon agriculture and trade and is protected by the Vedas. All these again are duly protected by the king exercising his principal duty. Since the king, taking a heavy load upon himself, protects his subjects with the aid of a mighty force, it is for this that the people are able to live in happiness. Who is there that will not worship him in whose existence the people exist and in whose destruction the people are destroyed? That person who does what is agreeable and beneficial to the king and who bears (a share of) the burden of kingly duties that strike every caste with fear, conquers both this and the other world. 2 That man who even thinks of doing an injury to the king, without doubt meets with grief here and goes to hell hereafter. No one should disregard the king by taking him for a man, for he is really a high divinity in human form. The king assumes five different forms according to five different occasions. He becomes Agni, Aditya, Mrityu, Vaisravana, and Yama. When the king, deceived by falsehood, burns with his fierce energy the sinful offenders before him, he is then said to assume the form of Agni. When he observes through his spies the acts of all persons and

हिन्दी अर्थ

परलोकगतिस्थानां मुनियज्ञक्रिया इव

English

Time drags this host of beings on every side, cast about by the fruit of their own deeds and guarded by ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न गुणो दृश्यते कश्चित् प्रजा: संधारयन्ति च

English

As flowers and fruits, unprompted, do not pass their own time, so the deed done before does not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षा करते रहते हैं

English

Honour and dishonour, gain and loss, decay and rise, having proceeded, turn back again and again at the end of ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च पुष्णन्ति संवृद्धास्ते मातापितरी क्वचित्

English

Sorrow is made by oneself and pleasure is made by oneself; taking up the bed of the womb, what belongs to a former body is enjoyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमं कुलकरं पुत्र त्यक्त्वा क्व नु गमिष्यथ

English

Child, youth and old man, whatever good or bad he does, in that very state he enjoys it, birth after birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह तुम्हारा वंशधर बालक है। इसे छोड़कर तुम कहाँ जाओगे

English

As among thousands of cows the calf finds its mother, so a deed done before follows the doer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवंविधानि हीष्टानि दुस्त्यजानि विशेषत:

English

A garment soiled in front is cleansed behind by action; for those heated by fasting, long and endless happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बान्धवा यत्र तिष्ठन्ति तत्रान्यो नाधितिषछतति

English

By long austerity practised in the penance forest, the desires of those whose sins are shaken off by dharma are accomplished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिर्यग्योनिष्वपि सतां स्नेह पश्यत यादृशम्

English

As the path of birds in the sky or of fish in water is not seen, so is the course of those who know.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यवर्तन्त तदा सर्वे शवार्थ ते सम मानुषा:

English

Enough of other reproaches and recited transgressions; what is pleasing and suitable and beneficial to oneself should be done."