Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

असत्य बोलना पाप नहीं बताया गया है

English

sorrow. Sinking in infamy, the man of sinful deeds wrung with remorse there for many years. In consequence of a disunion between Brahmanas and Kshatriyas, unbearable griefs afflict the people. Knowing this, a king should appoint a (Brahmana) priest possessed of experience and wide knowledge. A king should first install the priest in his office, and then cause his own coronation. This has been laid down in the ordinance. The ordinances declare that the Brahmana is the foremost of all creatures. Men acquainted with the Vedas say that the Brahmana was created first. In consequence of the precedence of his birth, all things that are good in this world are vested in him. The rightful owner of all the best things that have flowed from the Creator, the Brahmana is also, for such precedence, worthy of the respect and the worship of all creatures. A king, however powerful, should, according to the dictates of the scriptures, bestow upon the Brahmana whatever is best and distinguished above others. The Brahmana contributes to the aggrandisement of the Kshatriya, and the Kshatriya to the aggrandisement of the Brahmana. Brahmanas should, therefore, be especially and always worshipped by kings.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणस्तु सुरापस्य गन्धमादाय सोमप:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, of what took place between Ikshvaku, son of the Sun, and a brahmana,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाधा देनेमें समर्थ है

English

and Time and Death; learn from me how their dialogue came about and in what place.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निःशब्दं चाप्रमेयं च तत्र जज्ञे पितामह:

English

There was a brahmana mutterer, famed, living by dharma, versed in the six limbs, greatly wise, Paippaladi of the Kaushika line.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मस्यापचयं चक्कुः: क्रोधलो भसमन्विता:

English

He had direct knowledge of the six limbs and was skilled in the Vedas, dwelling at the foot of the Himalaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र घोरतमं वृत्तमृषीणां मे परिश्रुतम्

English

He performed imperishable Brahmic austerity, restrained, muttering the Samhita; for a thousand years he continued so by rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विकुर्वन् बहुधा वर्णान् नीलपाण्डुरलोहितान्

English

Then the goddess showed herself to him in person, saying, "I am pleased"; he, repeating his mutterings, was silent and said nothing to her.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रुद्रदेवको वे सब असुर सहस्रोंक समान समझने लगे

English

Out of compassion for him the goddess was pleased then; Mother of the Veda, she honoured his muttering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स भगवान् रुद्रो दानवक्षतजोक्षितम्

English

When the muttering was done, the righteous one rose and fell with his head at the goddess's feet, and said these words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्णमपि चामेध्यादाददीताविचारयन्

English

"By good fortune, goddess, you are pleased and have come to my sight; if you are indeed pleased, let my mind delight in muttering."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यको बड़ा भारी पाप लगता है

English

[Savitri said:] "What do you wish, brahmana sage, what desire shall I fulfil? Say, best of mutterers; all that will be yours."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण दो ब्रह्महत्याओंका पाप लगता है

English

Thus addressed by the goddess, the brahmana, knower of dharma, said: "I wish for my muttering, again and again, to grow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुचर: पज्चवर्षाणि चरेद् भैक्ष्यं मुनिव्रत:

English

Let my concentration of mind grow day by day, auspicious one." "So be it," the goddess then answered sweetly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाणिग्रहास्त्वधर्मेण सर्वे ते पतिता: स्मृता:

English

And the goddess, wishing to please him, said this also: "You will not go to hell, where the best of the twice-born have gone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चान्द्रायणं चरेन्मासं कृच्छूं वा पापशुद्धये

English

You will go to the seat of Brahma, causeless and blameless; and what you have asked of me here will be accomplished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिष्ठात्रवमन्तारं पशूनां पुरुषं विदु:

English

Restrained, mutter with one-pointed mind; dharma will come to you; Time, Death and Yama will come near you; and there will be a dispute between you and them, by dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चरेत् संवत्सरं चापि तद् व्रतं येन कृन्तति

English

Having spoken thus, the goddess went to her own dwelling; the brahmana too stayed muttering for a divine hundred years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानं वा दानशक्तिषु सर्वमेतत् प्रकल्पयेत्

English

When that rule was complete, Dharma himself, pleased with the wise brahmana, showed himself to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्ववराहमनुष्याणां कुक्कुटस्य खरस्य च

English

[Dharma said:] "Twice-born, see me, Dharma; I have come to see you. Hear also the fruit of your muttering which you have obtained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयहमुष्णं पय: पीत्वा वायुभक्षो भवेत् त्यहम्

English

All the worlds, divine and human, have been conquered by you; leaving behind all the hells of the gods, good one, you will go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषण यदज्ञानेन सम्भवेत्

English

Give up your life-breath, sage, and go to the worlds you desire; leaving your body, you will gain the worlds."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशेषरूपसे विधान है। अनजानमें जो पाप बन जाय, उसीके लिये प्रायश्चित्त है

English

[The brahmana said:] "I have done with the worlds, Dharma; go as you please; I will not cast off this body of many pains and pleasures, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो5 ध्याय:

English

[Dharma said:] "Surely, sir, your body must be given up, bull among sages; ascend to heaven, brahmana; what do you wish, sinless one?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नकुल: शरतल्पस्थमिदमाह पितामहम्

English

[The brahmana said:] "I do not wish to dwell in heaven without my body, lord; go, Dharma; I have no desire to go to heaven without myself."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मतस्तु मम धर्मज्ञ खड्ग एव सुसंशित:

English

[Dharma said:] "Enough of fixing your mind on the body; give up the body and be happy; go to the stainless worlds, having gone to which one does not grieve."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है, तथापि मुझे तो अत्यन्त तीखा खड्ग ही अच्छा जान पड़ता है

English

[The brahmana said:] "I delight in muttering, great one; I have done with the eternal worlds; I must go to heaven with my body, or not at all."

हिन्दी अर्थ

खड्गेन शक्‍यते युद्धे साध्वात्मा परिरक्षितुम्

English

[Dharma said:] "If you do not wish to give up the body, look: here Time, Death and Yama have come to you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वारा अपने शरीरकी भलीभाँति रक्षा की जा सकती है

English

[Bhishma said:] Then Vaivasvata, Time and Death, the three, lord, came to that blessed brahmana and spoke thus:

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक: खड्गधरो वीर: समर्थ: प्रतिबाधितुम्

English

"The fruit of your well-performed austerity and good conduct is the best for you; I am Yama and I speak to you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंस्वित् प्रहरणं श्रेष्ठ सर्वयुद्धेषु पार्थिव

English

You have obtained the supreme fruit of this muttering in due measure; it is time for you to ascend to heaven; I am Time and have come to you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण युद्धोंमें कौन-सा आयुध श्रेष्ठ है?

English

Know me as Death, knower of rule and dharma, come in person in form, urged by Time, to lead you from here today, brahmana."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्वाचार्य च खड्गस्य प्रब्रूहि प्रपितामह

English

[The brahmana said:] "Welcome to the son of the Sun, and to Time the great-souled, and to Death and Dharma; what can I do for you?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

किया? खड्गयुद्धका प्रथम आचार्य कौन था? यह सब मुझे बताइये

English

[Bhishma said:] Having offered them water for the feet and arghya, he said in that gathering, greatly pleased: "What can I do for you, as I am able?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तु कौशलसंयुक्तं सूक्ष्मचित्रार्थसम्मतम्

English

At that very time, Ikshvaku, who had come on a pilgrimage, reached the place where they were gathered, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिक्षया चोपपन्नाय द्रोणशिष्याय भारत

English

The royal sage, having honoured and saluted them all, the best of kings asked after the well-being of everyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरतल्पगतो भीष्मो नकुलाय महात्मने

English

Giving him a seat, water for feet and arghya, the brahmana, having asked after his welfare, said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रबोधितो5स्मि भवता धातुमानिव पर्वत:

English

"Welcome to you, great king; say whatever you wish here; what can I do for you here as I am able? Tell me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निष्प्रकम्पमनाकाशमनिर्देश्यमहीतलम्

English

[The king said:] "I am a king and you are a brahmana; if you are devoted to your work, I give wealth; say what you desire."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसमें कम्पन नहीं था। आकाशका पता नहीं था। भूतलका कहीं नाम भी नहीं था

English

[The brahmana said:] "Brahmanas are of two kinds, king, and dharma is said to be of two kinds: of action and of withdrawal; I am withdrawn from receiving gifts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशमस्जच्चोर्ध्वमधो भूमिं च नैऋतीम्

English

Give gifts to those engaged in action, lord of men; I do not receive; what do you wish, what shall I give you? Tell me, best of kings; what can I accomplish by austerity?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमि तथा राक्षससमूहकी भी रचना की

English

[The king said:] "I am a kshatriya; I never know the word 'give'; 'give battle' is what I say, best of the twice-born."

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवत्सरानृतून् मासान् पक्षानथ लवान् क्षणान्

English

[The brahmana said:] "You are content with your own dharma, and we are content so, king; there is no reply between us to each other; do what you wish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जनयामास भगवान् पुत्रानुत्तमतेजस:

English

[The king said:] "You said before, 'I give as I am able'; I beg of you, brahmana, as my own, the fruit of this muttering."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसिष्ठाड़िरसौ चोभौ रुद्रं च प्रभुमी श्वरम्

English

[The brahmana said:] "You boast that battle is your constant speech and begging; yet there is no battle with me; why do you beg again?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा पक्षिगणा: सर्वे जलस्थलविचारिण:

English

[The king said:] "Brahmanas are said to have speech as their thunderbolt, kshatriyas live by the strength of their arms; this is a battle of words, fierce, brahmana, between me and you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जज्ञे तात जगत् सर्व तथा स्थावरजजड्भमम्

English

[The brahmana said:] "My promise stands even today; what shall be given according to my ability? Say, king of kings, I shall give as my means allow; do not delay."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शाश्वतं वेदपठितं धर्म प्रयुयुजे ततः

English

[The king said:] "The fruit you obtained by muttering fully for a hundred years: give it to me, if you are willing to give."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसिष्ठगौतमागस्त्यास्तथा नारदपर्वतौ

English

[The brahmana said:] "Take the best of the fruit of what I have muttered; take half of its fruit without hesitation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घृतपा: सोमवायव्या वैश्वानरमरीचिपा:

English

Or, king, take all the fruit of my muttering here, if you wish all."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शम्बरो विप्रचित्तिश्व विराधो नमुचिरबलि:

English

[The king said:] "Let it all be yours, good luck to you, the muttering I have asked for; farewell, I shall go; but tell me, what is its fruit?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मसेतुमतिक्रम्य रेमिरेड धर्मनिश्चया:

English

[The brahmana said:] "I do not know the fruit of what I have given, what I muttered; this Dharma, Time, Yama and Death are witnesses."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्येवं धर्ममास्थाय स्पर्थमाना: सुरषिभि:

English

[The king said:] "What will the fruit of this unknown dharma do for me? Let the brahmana have that fruit; I do not wish it with doubt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रीनुपायानतिक्रम्य दण्डेन रुरुधु: प्रजा:

English

[The brahmana said:] "I do not take back what was given by word; my word, royal sage, is the authority for me and for you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ वै भगवान ब्रद्मा ब्रद्मर्षिभिरुपस्थित:

English

I never made an intention in my muttering; how, tiger among kings, can I know the fruit of the muttering?

हिन्दी अर्थ

शतयोजनविस्तारे मणिरत्नचयाचिते

English

You said 'give,' and I said 'I give'; I shall not spoil my word; keep truth, be firm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माजी सम्पूर्ण जगत्का कार्य सिद्ध करनेके लिये ठहर गये

English

If you do not do as I say today, there will be great adharma for you, king, a falsehood made.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिना कल्पदृष्टेन यथावच्चोपपादितम्

English

It is not fit for you to speak falsely, scourge of foes; and neither can I speak a greater falsehood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समिद्धि: परिसंकीर्ण दीप्यमानैश्व पावकै:

English

I promised before, without deliberation, 'I give'; take it without deliberation, if you stand in truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृतं देवगणैश्नैव प्रवरैर्यज्ममण्डलम्

English

Coming here, king, you asked me for the fruit of my muttering; take what is given by me, and be firm in truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विकीर्याग्निं तथा भूतमुत्थितं श्रूयते तदा

English

This world is not for one given to lies, nor the next; he cannot save his forebears, how then his descendants, king?

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रांशुं सुदुर्धरषतरं तथैव हमितौजसम्

English

Neither sacrifice, study, giving nor rules carry one across in the other world as truth does, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महोर्मिकलितावर्तश्नुक्षुभे स महोदधि:

English

The austerities that have been practised and the austerity you will practise for hundreds and thousands of years do not exceed truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स तुमुलं दृष्टवा तं च भूतमुपस्थितम्

English

Truth is the one-syllabled Brahman, truth the one-syllabled austerity, truth the one-syllabled sacrifice, truth the one-syllabled scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ देख पितामह ब्रह्माने महर्षियों, देवताओं तथा गन्धर्वोसे कहा--

English

Truth is awake in the Vedas; the supreme fruit is said to be in truth; from truth come dharma and self-control; all is established in truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मयैवं चिन्तितं भूतमसिनमिष वीर्यवान्

English

Truth is the Vedas and their limbs, truth the sacrifice and its rule, truth the observance of vows, and truth is Om.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तकके समान उद्यत प्रतीत होता था

English

Truth is the birth of living beings, truth is progeny; by truth the wind blows, by truth the sun shines.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स शितिकण्ठाय रुद्रायार्षभकेतवे

English

By truth fire burns, heaven is founded on truth; truth is sacrifice, austerity, the Vedas, the stobha chants, the mantras and Sarasvati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स भगवान् रुद्रो महर्षिजनसंस्तुत:

English

We have heard that dharma and truth were put on the scales; where the scale was even, truth was the heavier.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्बाहुः स्पृशन् मूर्थ्ना भूस्थितो5पि दिवाकरम्

English

Where there is dharma there is truth; all grows by truth; why do you wish, king, to do a deed of falsehood?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नेत्र चैंक ललाटेन भास्करप्रतिमं वहन्

English

Make your mind firm in truth, king; do not do untruth; why do you make it a wicked untruth to say 'give'?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिवा काले और पिड्ढलवर्णके दो अत्यन्त निर्मल नेत्र और शोभा पा रहे थे

English

If you will not take the fruit of muttering given by me, king, you will fall from your own dharma and wander the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो देवो महादेव: शूलपाणिर्भगाक्षिहा

English

He who promises and does not wish to give, and he who begs and does not wish to take, both are liars; you should not make it false."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चचार विविधान् मार्गान् महाबलपराक्रम:

English

[The king said:] "Fighting and protecting are the kshatriya's dharma, brahmana; kshatriyas are said to be givers; how can I take from you?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य नादं विनदतो महाहासं च मुज्चतः

English

[The brahmana said:] "I do not entice you, king, nor have I come to your house; having come here and begged, how is it you do not take?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

समस्त दानव हर्ष और उत्साहमें भरकर उनके ऊपर टूट पड़े

English

[Dharma said:] "Let there be no dispute between you; the wealth has come to me, Dharma. Let the brahmana be joined with the fruit of giving, and the king with the fruit of truth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्मशभि श्षाभ्यवर्षन्त प्रदीप्तैश्ष तथोल्मुकै:ः

English

[Heaven said:] "Know me, king, as Heaven, come in person in form; let there be no dispute between you; you two are of equal fruit."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्तु दानवानीकं सम्प्रणेतारमच्युतम्

English

[The king said:] "I have no business with Heaven; go, Heaven, as you please; if the brahmana wishes to give, let him give and let him take my wealth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

रुद्रदेव युद्धसे पीछे नहीं हट रहे हैं, तब वे मोहित और विचलित हो उठे

English

[The brahmana said:] "If in childhood, through ignorance, I held out my hand, I now practise the dharma marked by withdrawal, muttering the Samhita.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चित्र शीघ्रपदत्वाच्च चरन्तमसिपाणिनम्

English

How do you tempt me, king, a brahmana long withdrawn? I shall act by my own means; I do not want fruit from you; I am given to austerity and study and withdrawn from taking."

हिन्दी अर्थ

छिन्दन् भिन्दन् रुजन् कृन्तन् दारयन् पोथयन्नपि

English

[The king said:] "If, brahmana, the highest fruit of your muttering has been given up by you, let whatever fruit there is of us both be shared between us here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असिवेगप्रभग्नास्ते छिन्नबाहूरुवक्षस:

English

Brahmanas are engaged in taking, kings are givers; if dharma has been heard, brahmana, let the fruit be ours together.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार वे महाबली हैत्य मरकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े

English

Or if it is not to be shared between us, take my fruit; accept the dharma done by me, if you have favour for me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुए उन्होंने सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंकी शरण ली

English

[Bhishma said:] Then two men of deformed behaviour appeared, seizing and clasping each other, in ragged clothes, and said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिं केचित् प्रविविशु: पर्वतानपरे तथा

English

"You do not owe me," said one; "I owe you," said the other; "this is our dispute; this king is the ruler."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूसरे बहुत-से दानव पानीमें समा गये

English

"I tell the truth: you do not owe me; you tell a falsehood here; I owe you a debt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानवानां शरीरैश्व पतितै: शोणितोक्षितै:

English

Both, greatly distressed, said to the king, "Let it be examined so that we are not reviled here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पलाशके फूलोंसे युक्त पर्वत-शिखरोंद्वारा आच्छादित-सी जान पड़ती थी

English

[Vikrita said:] "I owe, tiger among men, the fruit of the cow of Vikrita here; and Vikrita does not take it from me when I offer it, lord of the earth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स रुद्रो दानवान् हत्वा कृत्वा धर्मोत्तरं जगत्

English

[Virupa said:] "This Virupa does not owe me anything, lord of men; he speaks falsely; he speaks falsely to you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो महर्षय: सर्वे सर्वे देवगणास्तथा

English

[The king said:] "Virupa, what do you owe him? Tell me; having heard, I shall decide; so my mind is set."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विष्णुर्मरीचये प्रादान्मरीचिर्भगवानपि

English

[Virupa said:] "Hear attentively, king, how I owe this Vikrita, all of it, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महेन्द्रो लोकपाले भ्यो लोकपालास्तु पुत्रक

English

Long ago, sinless one, he gave a good cow to a brahmana devoted to austerity and study, to acquire dharma, royal sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊचुश्नैनं तथा वाक्यं मानुषाणां त्वमीश्वर:

English

And I, king, approached him and asked for the fruit of that; and Vikrita gave it to me with a pure heart.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मसेतुमतिक्रान्ता: स्थूलसूक्ष्मात्मकारणात्

English

Then I did a good deed for the purification of myself: I bought two tawny cows, calf-bearing, of much milk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्वाचा निग्रहो दण्डो हिरण्यबहुलस्तथा

English

And I gave them, king, to a gleaner for his livelihood, by rule and with faith; of that I again owe to him, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असेरेतानि रूपाणि दुर्वारादीनि निर्दिशेत्

English

Taking it here today I would pay him back double the fruit of one cow; tiger among men, who is pure here and who at fault?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स विसृज्याथ पुत्र स्वं प्रजानामधिपं तत:

English

Disputing thus, we two have come to you here, king; do dharma or adharma; settle us by right procedure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उस खड्ग को ग्रहण किया

English

If he does not wish to take my gift as given by him, then, lord, remain firm here and set us on the road."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्त्वैलविलाल्लेभे धुन्धुमारो नरेश्वर:

English

[The king said:] "Why do you not take the debt that is offered? Take it as it was permitted to you, and do not delay."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धुन्धुमारको मिली

English

[Vikrita said:] "He said 'let it be given,' and I said 'I give'; he owes me nothing here; let him go where he wishes."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदृष्या हि स्त्रियों रत्नमाप इत्येव धर्मत:

English

[The king said:] "You do not take what he gives; this seems unfair to me; you are to be fined by me, without doubt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैश्यो गृह्नीत शस्त्राणि परित्राणार्थमात्मन:

English

[Vikrita said:] "It was given by me to him, royal sage; how can I take it back? Let the fault be mine; order the fine, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विहरन् मद्यपानाच्च अगम्यागमनादपि

English

[Virupa said:] "If you will not take it as I give it, in any way, this king, the ruler of dharma, will restrain you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अचिरेण महाराज पतितो वै भवत्युत

English

[Vikrita said:] "My own was given by me when asked; how can I take it back today? Go; I give you leave."

हिन्दी अर्थ

याजनाध्यापनाद यौनान्न तु यानासनाशनात्

English

[The brahmana said:] "You have heard this, king, said by these two; take what I promised you without deliberation."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्देश्यानेन विधिना कालेनाव्यसनी भवेत्

English

[The king said:] "A great matter has been set before us, as if a chasm; how shall the firmness of the mutterer be?

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिषु त्वेतेषु पूर्वेषु न कुर्वीत विचारणाम्

English

If I do not take what the brahmana has given up, how shall I not be stained today by great fault?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए। इसमें कुछ अन्यथा विचार करनेकी आवश्यकता नहीं है

English

[Bhishma said:] The royal sage said to those two, "You have done your work; you may go. Now having come to me, the dharma of kings cannot be false.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रायक्षित्तमकुर्वाणैनैतैरहीति संविदम्

English

The dharma of kings is to be kept; this is the settled rule; and the brahmana's dharma, heavy indeed, has entered me, who am not master of myself."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणानवगह्ठोंह स्पृष्टवा गुरुतरं भवेत्

English

[The brahmana said:] "Take it; I hold it for you; I have heard what you asked; if you do not take it, king, I shall curse you; there is no doubt."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहसंरं चैव वर्षाणां निपत्य नरकं वसेत्

English

[The king said:] "Shame on the dharma of kings, whose settlement of this matter is such; thus I must take it; how can it be equal?

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोणितं यावत: पांसून् संगृह्नीयाद् द्विजक्षतात्

English

This hand, never before outstretched, is held out for a deposit; whatever you hold for me, brahmana, give it now."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रूगहा55हवमध्ये तु शुद्ध्यते शस्त्रपातत:

English

[The brahmana said:] "Whatever merit I have made by muttering the Samhita, take it all, if there is anything of mine here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुरापो वारुणीमुष्णां पीत्वा पापाद् विमुच्यते

English

[The king said:] "This water has fallen in my hand, best of the twice-born; let it be equal, let it be together; let you also receive."

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकांश्व लभते विप्रो नान्‍न्यथा लभते हि सः

English

[Virupa said:] "Know us as Desire and Anger; you were made to act by us two; and what you said, 'equal,' the worlds are equal for you and for him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रयाकारां प्रतिमां लिंग्य मृत्युना सोडभिशुद्धयति

English

He holds nothing; the test was made for you; Time, Dharma, Death, Desire and Anger, and the two of you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा शिश्रवृषणावादायाञ्जलिना स्वयम्

English

All has been rubbed out in mutual friction before your eyes; go to the worlds won by your own deed, wherever you wish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणार्थेडपि वा प्राणान् संत्यजेत् तेन शुद्धयति

English

[Bhishma said:] "The attainment of fruit by mutterers has been told to you by me, and their goal, their place and the worlds as conquered by a mutterer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके वह इहलोक तथा परलोकमें पूजित होता है

English

The student of the Samhita goes to Brahma, the supreme lord, or comes to fire, or enters the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मचारी भवेन्नित्यं स्वकर्म ख्यापयन् मुनि:

English

If there, in that radiant state, he takes delight, he takes up their qualities, deluded by attachment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषभैकसहसंर वा गा दत्त्वा शौचमाप्नुयात्

English

So in the moon and the wind, with body of earth or space, attached he dwells there practising their qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूद्रं हत्वाब्दमेवेकमृषभं च शतं च गा:

English

Then, if he is free of attachment there, he goes to the highest doubt; wishing the supreme imperishable, he enters that very one again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मार्जारचाषमण्डूकान् काकं व्यालं च मूषिकम्

English

Gained from the immortal to the immortal, become cool, selfless, become Brahman, beyond the pairs, happy, calm, free of disease,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रायक्षित्तान्यथान्यानि प्रवक्ष्याम्यनुपूर्वश:

English

he reaches the seat of Brahman, from which there is no return, the one called the imperishable, free of sorrow, undecaying and calm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेव निराकर्ता यश्षाग्नीनपविध्यति

English

Having passed beyond the Person, devoid of four marks, six, and sixteen, he reaches space.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पतित: स्यात्स कौरव्य यथा धर्मेषु निश्चय:

English

Or if he wishes, with an attached self, he governs all of it, and whatever he prays for he reaches by mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वभिस्तामर्दयेद् राजा संस्थाने बहुविस्तरे

English

Or he looks on all the worlds established in hell, free of desire, freed on every side, and delights happy in that very place.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्यन्त विस्तृत मैदानमें खड़ी करके राजा कुत्तोंसे नोचवा डाले

English

Thus, great king, is the goal of the mutterer; all this has been told to you; what more do you wish to hear?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुचुकुन्दान्मरुत्तश्न मरुत्तादपि रैवत:

English

"Bhishma said, 'It is said that the preservation and growth of the kingdom rest upon the king. The preservation and growth of the king rest upon the king's priest. That kingdom enjoys true felicity where the invisible fears of the subjects are dispelled by the Brahmana and all visible fears are dispelled by the king with the might of his arms. In this connection is cited the old narrative of the discourse between king Muchukunda and Vaisravana. King Muchukunda, having subjugated the whole earth, repaired to the lord of Alaka for testing his strength. King Vaisravana created (by ascetic power) a large force of Rakshasas. These ground the forces led by Muchukunda. Beholding the slaughter of his army, king Muchukunda, O chastiser of foes, began to rebuke his own learned priest (Vasishtha). Thereupon that foremost of righteous persons viz., Vasishtha, underwent very severe penances and, causing those Rakshasas to be slain, ascertained the true course upon which Muchukunda was bent. When king Vaisravana's troops were being slaughtered, he showed himself unto Muchukunda and said these words.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान धर्मपूर्वक इस पृथ्वीकी रक्षा की थी

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "But what did those two do, if they went there as you have told, or what was the dialogue between them?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

लघु है; ऐसा मनीषी पुरुष कहते हैं

English

[Bhishma said:] "Saying 'so be it,' and honouring Dharma, Yama, Time, Death and Heaven, who were worthy,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृषिर्वाणिज्यगोरक्षं शिल्पानि विविधानि च

English

and the others, the best of brahmanas who had gathered there before, honouring all with his head, he spoke to the king:

हिन्दी अर्थ

काम च चरितु शक्तो दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभि:

English

'Joined with this fruit, royal sage, go to merit; permitted by you, I shall mutter again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामनाओंकी प्राप्ति कर सकता है

English

And a boon was given to me before by the goddess, mighty one, that I would ever have faith in muttering, lord of the people.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्थसिद्धया विनिर्वृत्तावुभावेती भविष्यत:

English

[The king said:] 'If the success is thus fruitless, and you have faith in muttering, go, brahmana; with me gain the fruit of the mutterer.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माणमिव भूतानि सततं पर्युपासते

English

[The brahmana said:] 'Great effort has been made in the presence of all here; let us two go with equal fruit to where our goal is.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी सदा धनवान् पुरुषकी उपासना किया करते हैं

English

[Bhishma said:] Knowing the resolve of those two, the lord of the thirty gods came with the gods and with the guardians of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इक्ष्वाकुवंशजस्तस्माद्धरिणाश्व: प्रतापवान्

English

"The Lord of treasures said, 'Many kings of old, more powerful than thou art, aided by their priests, had never approached me thus? All of them were skilled in weapons and all of them were possessed of might. Regarding me as the grantor of weal and woe, they approached me for offering worship. In truth, if thou hast might of arms, it behoves thee to display it. Why dost thou act so proudly, aided by Brahmana might?' Enraged at these words, Muchukunda, without pride and fear, said unto the lord of treasures these words fraught with reason and justice, 'The self-born Brahman created the Brahmana and the Kshatriya. They have a common origin. If they apply their forces separately, they would never be able to uphold the world. The power of penances and mantras was bestowed upon Brahmanas; the might of arms and of weapons was bestowed upon Kshatriyas. Aggrandised by both kinds of might, kings should protect their subjects. I am acting in that way. Why dost thou, O lord of Alaka, rebuke me then?' Thus addressed, Vaisravana said unto Muchukunda and his priest, 'I never, without being ordered by the (self-created) bestow sovereignty upon any one. Nor do I ever, without being ordered, take it away from any one. Know this, O king! Do thou rule then the whole earth without bounds.' Thus addressed, king Muchukunda replied, saying, 'I do not, O king, desire to enjoy sovereignty obtained as gift from thee! I desire to enjoy sovereignty obtained by the might of my own arms.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतर्दनादष्टकश्न पृषदश्चो 5ष्टकादपि

English

"Bhishma continued, 'At these words of Muchukunda, Vaisravana, seeing the king fearless in the observance of Kshatriya duties, became filled with surprise. King Muchukunda, devoted to Kshatriya duties, continued to rule the entire earth obtained by the might of his own arms. That virtuous king who rules his kingdom, aided by and yielding precedence to the Brahmana, succeeds in subjugating the whole earth and achieving great fame. The Brahmana

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्त्वं भ्रातृभि: सार्थ परमासिमवाप्तवान्

English

The gandharva Chitrasena with his retinue, the nagas, perfected ones and sages, the god of gods Prajapati, and Vishnu of a thousand heads, the inconceivable god, came.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रोहिणी गोत्रमस्याथ रुद्रश्न गुरुरुत्तम:

English

Drums and trumpets sounded in the sky, lord, and divine showers of flowers fell there on those great souls; groups of apsarases danced there on every side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाण्डवेय सदा यानि कीर्तयन् लभते जयम्

English

Then Heaven in his form said to the brahmana, 'You are perfected, great one, and you, king, are perfected.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाला पुरुष युद्धमें विजय प्राप्त करता है

English

Then the two together, king, by rule and with each other, both performed the withdrawal from objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रीगर्भो विजयश्चैव धर्मपालस्तथैव च

English

Prana, apana, udana, samana and vyana: so placing them in the mind, they set the mind on the life-breaths.

हिन्दी अर्थ

८. धर्मपाल-ये ही वे आठ नाम हैं

English

Fixing at the tip of the nose, below the brows, at the saffron-place, they slowly held it with the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महेश्वरप्रणीतश्न पुराणे निश्चयं गत:

English

With motionless bodies, steady in gaze, collected, having mastered their posture, they placed the self in the head.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मेण च यथापूर्व वैन्येन परिरक्षिता

English

Splitting through the palate of the great-souled brahmana, a great blaze of light went up then to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असेश्व पूजा कर्तव्या सदा युद्धविशारहै:

English

Then a great cry of "Alas!" arose in all quarters; that light, praised, entered Brahma then.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असेरुत्पत्तिसंसगों यथावद् भरतर्षभ

English

Then the Grandfather, going forth to meet that light as a person a span in size, said "Welcome," lord of the people.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पप्रच्छावसथं गत्वा भ्रातृन् विदुरपठचमान्

English

And he spoke again sweet words: "The fruit of yogas is equal to that of the mutterers; there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहृष्टा नै्ठिकं वाक्यं यथावद् वक्तुमर्हथ

English

Of these, the fruit of yoga is seen directly; but for mutterers the rising to meet is special and greater.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगाद विदुरो वाक्य धर्मशास्त्रमनुस्मरन्

English

Dwell in me, if you are joined." Thinking so, the brahmana, free of fever, then entered his mouth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके सबसे पहले कहना आरम्भ किया

English

The king too, by this method, entered the blessed Grandfather, just as the tiger among the twice-born had.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भावशुद्धिर्दया सत्यं संयमश्चात्मसम्पद:

English

Then the gods, saluting the Self-born, said: "This effort is for the sake of mutterers; for that we have come.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञकर्म, क्षमा, भावशुद्धि, दया, सत्य और संयम--ये सब आत्माकी सम्पत्ति हैं

English

These two, honoured, are of equal fruit with you; the great fruit of yoga and of muttering is seen today; passing all worlds, these two may go where they wish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतन्मूलौ हि धर्माथवितदेकपदं हि मे

English

[Brahma said:] "He who reads the Mahasmriti and likewise the auspicious Anusmriti, these two also by this method may go to my world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामो यवीयानिति च प्रवदन्ति मनीषिण:

English

And whoever is devoted to yoga, he too, without doubt, by this method, at the end of his body, will gain my worlds. Go; I shall accomplish each place for success."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा च सर्वभूतेषु वर्तितव्यं यथात्मनि

English

[Bhishma said:] Having spoken so, the god then vanished there; the gods, taking leave of him, went each to his dwelling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंके साथ वैसा ही बर्ताव करना चाहिए, जैसा हम अपने लिये चाहते हैं

English

And all those great souls, having honoured Dharma there, followed behind, king, all with well-pleased minds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पार्थो धर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञो जगौ वाक्‍्यं प्रचोदित:

English

This is the fruit of the mutterers, and their goal has been told as heard; what more do you wish to hear, great king?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुण्डा निस्तन्तवश्वापि वसन्त्यर्थार्थिन: पृथक्

English

should every day perform his religious rites and the Kshatriya should always be armed with weapons. Between them they are the rightful owners of everything in the universe.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाकाम: कामयानोस्ति तस्मात् कामो विशिष्यते

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Manu, lord of creatures, and the great sage Brihaspati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् सारं महाराज धर्मार्थावत्र संस्थितौ

English

Brihaspati, great sage, chief of the hosts of gods and sages, as a disciple bowing to his teacher, asked this old question of Prajapati, the best on earth:

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेय: पुष्पफलं काष्ठात् कामो धर्मार्थियोर्वर:

English

"For what reason has the rule of mantras come about, and what do the brahmins call the fruit in knowledge? That which is not revealed by the words of mantras: tell me that, blessed one, as it is.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म और अर्थ दोनोंसे श्रेष्ठ काम है

English

What is it that the knowers of the scriptures of wealth and of mantras seek with many sacrifices and gifts of choice cows, as great fruit? What is it, how and where will it be?

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया है। काम धर्म और अर्थका कारण है, अतः वह धर्म और अर्थरूप है

English

The earth, the plants, the wind, the sky, the water-dwellers and the water, heaven and the dwellers in heaven: from what are they born? Tell me that ancient matter, blessed one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् काम: प्राक् त्रिवर्गस्य दृष्ट:

English

From what a man seeks knowledge, for that the activity is aimed; and I do not know the ancient supreme; how then should I make false activity?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामो हि राजन् परमो भवेन्न:

English

Having studied the Rig, Sama and Yajus collections, the metres, the course of the stars, etymology, grammar, ritual and phonetics, I do not know the nature of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममेति वाक्‍्यं परमानृशंसम्

English

Let you tell me all this: the fruit in knowledge or in action, how the embodied one leaves the body, and how he enters a body again."

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वांसश्वैव शान्ताश्न मुक्ता: सर्वपरिग्रहै:

English

[Manu said:] "Whatever is dear to someone they call happiness; that same, unwished for, they call sorrow. 'Let the wished be mine and the other not': for this the rule of action arose. 'Let neither the wished nor the unwished touch me': for this the rule of knowledge arose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुलप्रत्यागमाश्चैके स्वं स्वं धर्ममनुछिता:

English

The works in the Veda are of desire; freed from these, one would reach the supreme. A man on the manifold path of action, seeking happiness, does not reach the supreme; for that supreme is apart from the path of action, without hope, and is surely Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रज्ञानं तमोभूतं प्रज्ञानं तु प्रकाशिता

English

Beings were created by mind and by action; both these are good paths, honoured by the world. Seeing that action is eternal and also has an end, giving up the mind is the cause and nothing else.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनयोस्तु निबोध त्वं वचनं वाक्यकण्ठयो:

English

Like an eye leading by its own self, with the self covered in darkness at night's end, knowledge joined with the quality of discernment sees the inauspicious deed, to be avoided.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नकुल और सहदेवने अपनी उत्तम बात इस प्रकार उपस्थित की

English

Men avoid snakes, sharp points of grass and a well, knowing them; the foolish fall into them through ignorance; see how in knowledge the fruit is special.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इह कामानवाप्रोति प्रत्यक्ष नात्र संशय:

English

The whole mantra properly used, sacrifices as prescribed with fees, gift of food, and concentration of mind: they say the fruit of action is fivefold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद्धि त्वामृतसंवादं तस्मादेतो मताविह

English

The Vedas say action is of the nature of the qualities; therefore the mantras, for action has mantras as its root; the rule is to be done, accomplished by the mind, the embodied one being the enjoyer of the fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतके समान होगा, यह हम दोनोंका मत है

English

Sounds, forms, tastes that are good, touches and scents that are auspicious: a man reaching the state of embodiment could be lord of these; this is the fruit that is accomplished by action in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वस्तेषु हि भूतेषु कल्पते सर्वमेव हि

English

Whatever action one does by the body, joined to the body he gains the fruit of that; the body is the seat of happiness, and the body is also the seat of sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः काम चरेत् पश्चात् सिद्धार्थ: स हि तत्परम्

English

What action one does by speech, by speech alone he gains all of that; and what action one does by the mind, abiding in the mind he gains that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पलाशफलमूलादा वायुभक्षा: सुसंयता:

English

As the seeker of fruit does a host of acts by their quality, intent on the fruit of action, so, joined with the qualities, he enjoys the good and bad fruit of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्राद्धयज्ञक्रियायां च तथा दानप्रतिग्रहे

English

As a fish going against the current, so a deed done before comes to the doer; let the embodied one be pleased with good, but he is not pleased with evil deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवकर्मकृतश्लैव युक्ता: कामेन कर्मसु

English

That from which all this world was born, which self-possessed ones know and cross beyond, and which is not revealed by the words of mantras: hear from me, as it is told, that supreme.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामो हि विविधाकार: सर्व कामेन संततम्

English

Free of tastes and of various scents, soundless, touchless, formless, ungraspable, unmanifest, colourless, one, it created the fivefold kind of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सारा कार्य ही कामनासे व्याप्त है

English

Neither woman, man nor neuter, neither being nor non-being, nor being and non-being, which the knowers of Brahman among men do not see: know that to be the imperishable, which does not decay."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सारभूत है; अतः श्रेष्ठ पुरुष भी इसे स्वीकार कर सकते हैं

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, that conduct by which a king succeeds in aggrandising his subjects and earning regions of felicity in the other world.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाओंने युधिष्ठिरकी भूरि-भूरि प्रशंसा की

English

[Brihaspati said:] "These, going to water with their bodies, and from water to fire, wind and sky, return from space those who are not to be; those who are to be reach the supreme.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिष्ठन्ति यत्र सुहृदस्तिष्ठन्तीति मतिर्मम

English

Not hot, not cold, not soft, nor sharp, not sour, astringent, sweet or bitter; not with sound nor with scent, nor with form: that is the supreme nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दे सकता है और न सम्बन्धी तथा बन्धु-बान्धव ही ठहर सकते हैं

English

The body knows touch, the tongue taste, the nose smells, the ear sounds, the eye forms; but they do not grasp the supreme, those men who do not know the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ सर्व व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

Having turned the tongue from tastes, the nose from smells, the ear from sound, the body from touch and the eye from the quality of form, then he sees the supreme, his own nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षुद्र पापसमाचार: सर्वशड्की तथालस:

English

That by which one takes up and does, that in which one begins activity, that in which and by which and whoever is the doer: they call it the cause, the means.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यसने यः परित्यागी दुरात्मा निरपत्रप:

English

That which is lord, accomplishing and pervading, which is praised in the world as having mantras, which is the cause of all and accomplishes the supreme aim: that is the cause; other than that is effect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्प्रकीर्णेन्द्रियो लोके यः काम॑ निरतश्चरेत्

English

As a man gains good and bad by his own good deeds without obstruction, so in good and bad bodies this knowledge is bound by deeds born of oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मित्रैरपकृतिर्नित्यमिच्छतेर्थ परस्य य:

English

As a lamp lit in front gives light to another as it burns, so here the five-sensed lamp-trees, lit by knowledge, stand out.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोक्त्वाथ वीरान् विरराम भीम:

English

"Bhishma said, 'The king should be liberal and should perform sacrifices, O Bharata! He should be observant of vows and penances, and should be devoted to the duty of protecting his subjects. Righteously protecting all his subjects, he should honour all righteous persons by standing up when they come and by making gifts unto them. If the king regards it, righteousness becomes regarded everywhere. Whatever acts and things are liked by the king are liked by his subjects. Unto his foes the king should always be like Death, with the rod of chastisement uplifted in his hands. He should exterminate robbers everywhere in his kingdom and never pardon any one from caprice. The king, O Bharata, earns a fourth part of the merit that his subjects earn under his protection. By only protecting his subjects the king acquires a fourth part of the merit that his subjects acquire by study, by gifts, by pouring libations, and by worshipping the gods. The king acquires a fourth part also of the sin that his subjects commit in consequence of any distress in the kingdom arising from the king's neglect in discharging the duty of protection. Some say that the king earns a moiety, and some say the full measure, of whatever sin is caused by his becoming cruel and untruthful in speech. Listen now to the means by which the king may be cleansed of such sins. If the king fails to restore to a subject the wealth that has been stolen away by thieves, he should then compensate the injured from his own treasury, or, in case of inability, with wealth obtained from his dependents. All the orders should protect the wealth of a Brahmana even as they should the Brahmana's boy or life. The person that offends against Brahmanas should be exiled from the kingdom. Everything is protected by protecting the Brahmana's wealth. Through the grace of the Brahmana, which may thus be secured, the king becomes crowned with success. Men seek the protection of a competent king like creatures seeking relief from the clouds or birds seeking refuge in a large tree. A cruel and covetous king, with lustful soul and ever seeking the gratification of his desire never succeeds in protecting his subjects.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

लब्धश्रुतां धर्मभूृतां वरिष्ठ:

English

"Yudhishthira, said, 'I do not, for a moment, desire the happiness that sovereignty bestows or sovereignty itself for its own sake. I desire it, however, for the sake of the merit one may acquire from it. It seems to me that no

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाक्‍्यं निबोधध्वमनन्यभावा:

English

merit is attached to it. No need for sovereignty then by which no merit can be acquired. I shall, therefore, retire into the woods from desire of earning merit. Laying aside the rod of chastisement, and subduing my senses, I shall go to the woods which are sacred and seek to acquire the merit of righteousness by becoming an ascetic subsisting upon fruit and roots.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरी उस बातको भी अनन्यचित्त होकर अवश्य सुनिये

English

As, churning those same logs, one sees smoke and flame by combination, so the wise man, by the sameness of the senses, sees the supreme, his own nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमुच्यते दुःखसुखार्थसिद्धे:

English

As one sees in a dream one's own limb fallen on the earth, as another's, so the one joined to hearing and the rest, with good mind and good understanding, goes from one subtle body to another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्ष प्रशंसन्ति न तं च विद्य:

English

He is not joined to birth, growth, decay and meeting, this supreme embodied one; by this subtle body he goes unseen to another subtle body by the joining of rebirth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मान्न कुर्यात् प्रियमप्रियं च

English

He does not see his own form with the eye, nor does he touch anything with the sense of touch, nor does he accomplish his task by them; they do not see him, he sees them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए कि वह किसीका प्रिय अथवा अप्रिय न करे

English

As in a burning lamp's fire a form born of heat is found, yet it does not bear an inner quality of form, so his form is seen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुरुप्रवीराय च चक्रिरेडज्जलिम्

English

As a man leaves the body and enters another unseen, abandoning the body in the great elements, and bears a form dependent on them,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गिरं नरेन्द्रा: प्रशशंसुरेव ते

English

the embodied one enters space, wind, fire, water and earth on every side; hearing and the other four, relying on different supports, serve the qualities in action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः परं धर्ममहीनचेतसम्

English

Hearing is from space, smell from earth, form is of fire, digestion too; sweat is said to rest on water, taste also, and the quality that makes touch belongs to wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रश्न॑ कज्चित् प्रवक्ष्यामि तन्मे व्याख्यातुमरहसि

English

In the great elements dwell the five, and the five objects of sense in the senses; all of these follow the mind; the mind follows intellect; mind has its own nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रश्न आपके सामने उपस्थित कर रहा हूँ। मेरे उन प्रश्नोंका विवेचन कीजिये

English

Whatever good or bad deed is done by him, he takes up in his own body; high and low follow the mind, as water-dwellers follow the current.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयत्यां च तदात्वे च के क्षमास्तान् वदस्व मे

English

It moves as it comes into the path of sight; subtle, it descends as a great form; it observes its own form, and then comes to the path of the higher intellect."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुहृदश्चैव कल्याणानाशु त्यजति किल्बिषी

English

"Bhishma said, 'I know, O Yudhishthira, what the nature of thy heart is, and how inoffensive is thy disposition. Thou wilt not, however, by inoffensiveness alone, succeed in ruling thy kingdom. Thy heart is inclined to mildness, thou art compassionate, and thou art exceedingly righteous. Thou art without energy, and thou art virtuous and full of mercy. People, therefore, do not regard thee much. Follow the conduct of thy sire and grandsire. Kings should never adopt that conduct which thou desirest to adopt. Never be touched by such anxiety (after doing thy duty), and never adopt such inoffensiveness of conduct. By becoming so, thou wouldst not succeed in earning that merit of righteousness which arises from protecting subjects. The behaviour thou wishest to adopt, impelled by thy own intelligence and wisdom, is not consistent with those blessings which thy sire Pandu or thy mother Kunti used to solicit for thee. Thy sire always solicited for thee courage, might, and truth. Kunti always solicited for thee high-mindedness and liberality. The offerings with Swaha and Swadha in Sraddhas and sacrifices are always asked from children by the Pitris and the deities. Whether gifts and study and sacrifices and the protection of subjects be meritorious or sinful, thou hast been born to practise and perform them. The fame, O son of Kunti, is never tarnished of men that even fail in bearing the burdens which are placed on them and unto which they are yoked in life. Even a horse, if properly trained, succeeds in bearing, without falling down, a burden. (What need then be said of thee that art a human being?) One incurs no censure if only one's acts and words be proper, for success is said to depend upon acts (and words). No person, be he a man virtuously following the domestic mode of life, or be he a king, or be he a Brahmacharin, has ever succeeded in conducting himself without tripping. It is better to do an act which is good and in which there is small merit than to totally abstain from all acts, for total abstention from acts is very sinful. When a high-born and righteous person succeeds in obtaining affluence, the king then succeeds in obtaining prosperity in all his affairs. A virtuous king, having obtained a kingdom, should seek to subdue some by gifts, some by force, and some by sweet words. There is no one more virtuous than he upon whom high-born and learned persons rely from fear of losing their means of sustenance and depending upon whom they live in contentment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये च दोषसमायुक्ता नराः प्रोक्ता मयानघ

English

[Manu said:] "As he does not see all the objects of the senses at once, in the same time, but moves by strength as he is able, learned one, therefore he is one, the supreme embodied one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसमें भीख माँगनेके लिये गया

English

Rajas, tamas and, third, sattva: he goes to the diverse qualities of knowledge; the embodied one enters the senses as wind enters fire in fuel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मण्य: सत्यसंधश्न दाने च निरतो5भवत्

English

He does not see his own form with the eye, nor touch with the sense of touch; the mark of hearing is not seen in the ear; one who sees thus, that perishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिश्रयं च वासार्थ भिक्षां चैवाथ वार्षिकीम्

English

Hearing and the rest do not see their own self by themselves; the omniscient, all-seeing knower of the field sees them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारीं चापि वयोपेतां भर्त्रां विरहितां तथा

English

As the side of the Himalaya and the back of the moon were not seen before by men, yet they are not for that reason nonexistent,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिन् गृहवरे राजंस्तया रेमे स गौतम:

English

so the self of beings among beings, subtle and made of knowledge, was not seen before with eyes, yet is not for that reason nonexistent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुन्दर गृहमें दासीके साथ आनन्दपूर्वक रहने लगा

English

As though looking, one does not find the mark in the moon in the world, so whether this exists or not, that is not without a resort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्रावसत् स वर्षीश्ष समृद्धे शबरालये

English

The wise see by thought the sun's rising and setting, which has form because it has no form; absorbed in it, they see the sun's course.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यसेवी च मित्रेषु मित्रद्धवेषी नराधिप

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'What acts, O sire, are conductive to heaven? What is the nature of the great felicity that is derived from them? What also is the high prosperity that may be obtained thence? Tell me all this, if thou kno west,

हिन्दी अर्थ

न विरज्यति कल्याणे यस्त्यजेत् तादृशं नरम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'That man from whom a person afflicted with fear obtains relief even for a moment, is the most worthy of heaven amongst us. This that I tell thee is very true. Be thou cheerfully the king of the Kurus, O foremost

हिन्दी अर्थ

परोपतापी मित्रश्चुक् तथा प्राणिवधे रत:

English

one of Kuru's race, acquire heaven, protect the good and slay the wicked. Let thy friends, together with all honest men, derive their support from thee, like all creatures from the deity of the clouds and like birds from a large tree with delicious fruits. Men seek the protection of that person who is dignified, courageous, capable of smiting, compassionate, with senses under control, affectionate towards all, and equitable, and just.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

रूपवन्तो गुणोपेतास्तथा5लुब्धा जितश्रमा:

English

The snake alone sees the feet of the snake: such is the example; so the one in forms, resting in forms, is to be known and sees by knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माधुर्यगुणसम्पन्ना: सत्यसंधा जितेन्द्रिया:

English

As the senses are not able to know the senses, so here the supreme intellect does not see the supreme by intellect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोषै: प्रमुक्ता: प्रथितास्ते ग्राह्मा: पार्थिवैर्नरा:

English

As the moon on the new-moon night is not seen because it has no mark, yet it is not destroyed, so know the embodied one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरक्ताश्चन न दुष्यन्ति मनसाप्यर्थकोविदा:

English

The moon, its store spent, does not shine on the new moon; so the embodied one, parted from form, is not perceived.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विरज्यन्ति न मित्रेभ्यो वासो रक्तमिवाविकम्

English

As the moon, reaching another store, shines again, so the embodied one, reaching another subtle body, shines again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये चरन्त्यभिमानानि सृष्टार्थमनुषज्धिण:

English

His birth, growth and decay are seen directly, but that is the moon's manifestation, not that of the embodied one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रनित्या जितक्रोधा बलवन्तो रणे सदा

English

As it is taken as "the same" by origin, growth and loss, the moon alone on the new moon is thus embodied.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यक्तव्यास्तु दुराचारा: सर्वेषामिति निश्चय:

English

Darkness is seen neither approaching nor leaving the moon; see the embodied one likewise as leaving and approaching.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मित्रद्रोही कृतघ्नश्न यः प्रोक्तस्तद् वदस्व मे

English

As darkness is found joined with moon and sun, so the embodied one is found joined with the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदीच्यां दिशि यद् वृत्तं म्लेच्छेषु मनुजाधिप

English

As Rahu, freed from moon and sun, is not found, so the embodied one, freed from the body, is not found.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह घटना उत्तरदिशामें म्लेच्छोंके देशमें घटित हुई थी

English

As the moon on the new moon goes and is joined with the stars, so the embodied one, freed from the body, is joined with the fruits of action.