Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रने अपने स्वाध्याय-परायण पितासे कहा

English

sacrifices, l These three, viz., a person, a sacrifice and Soma, must be of good character. A person that is of bad character is neither for this nor for the other world. This audition has been heard by us that the sacrifice which high-souled Brahmanas perform by wealth earned by excessive physical labour, is not productive of great merit. There is a declaration in the Vedas that penances are higher than sacrifices. I shall now speak to thee of penances. O learned prince, listen to me. Abstention from injury, truthfulness of speech, benevolence, compassion,— these are regarded as penances by the wise and not the emaciation of the body. Disregard of the Vedas, disobedience to the dictates of the scriptures, and violation of all wholesome restraints, are productive of self-destruction. Listen, O son of Pritha, to what has been laid down by those that pour ten libations upon the fire at ten times of the day. —For them that perform the sacrifice of penance, the Yoga they endeavour to effect with Brahma is their ladle; the heart is their clarified butter; and high knowledge constitutes their Pavitra. 2 All kinds of crookedness mean death, and all kinds of sincerity are called Brahma. This constitutes the subject of knowledge. The rhapsodies of system-builders cannot affect this.--'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृत्यु आ जाती है और उसे लेकर चल देती है

English

[The teacher said:] "Rare are the knowers of the Veda who stand in what the Veda says; therefore they seek here the praised path for the purpose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्राप्तं सर्वकामार्थान् मृत्युरादाय गच्छति

English

Because it has been practised by the good, this conduct is not blamed; there is this understanding and another, by which one goes to the supreme goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतको प्राप्त होता है

English

The embodied one through delusion takes up all possessions, joined with states such as desire and anger, rajasic and tamasic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समदु:ःखसुख: क्षेमी मृत्युं हास्याम्यमर्त्यवत्

English

Therefore one should not do the impure, wishing to maintain the body; making a gap in action, he would not gain the good worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंके समान मृत्युके भयसे मुक्त हो जाऊँगा

English

As gold joined with alloy and not well refined does not shine, so knowledge called unripe in its astringency does not shine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्निहोत्र एवं गुरुशुश्रूषादिरूप कर्मयज्ञका अनुष्ठान करूँगा

English

He who through delusion practises adharma, following desire and greed, having left the righteous path, perishes with his followers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तवद्धधिरिव प्राज्ञ: क्षेत्रयज्जै: पिशाचवत्

English

Therefore one should follow the objects of sound and the rest without attachment; anger, joy and despondency arise from each other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्त्यागश्न सत्यं च स वै सर्वमवाप्तुयात्

English

In a body of five elements, with sattva, rajas and tamas, whom does this one praise, or whom shout at, or what should he say?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममानुपूर्व्या येन धर्म चरेयम्

English

give the prescribed Dakshina, the sacrificer is directed to give away all he has. This direction or command is certainly terrible, for who can make up his mind to part with all his wealth for completing a

हिन्दी अर्थ

वन॑ प्रविश्याथ मुनिर्बुभूषेत्

English

morsels of cooked food for a living cow, a grain of barley for a piece of cloth; a copper coin for gold; etc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होनेकी इच्छा करे

English

the Vedas, yet by giving its substitute he does not lose any merit, for a single Purnapatra (256 handfuls of rice) is as efficacious if given away with devotion, as the richest Dakshina.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमोघा: का: पतन्तीह कि नु भीषयसीव माम्

English

sacrifices. In other words, such a sacrifice is fraught with merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सफलतापूर्वक अपना काम करके व्यतीत हो रहे हैं

English

So, in the wilderness of the world, intent on toil, one should take food for the journey, as a sick man takes medicine.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहोरात्रा: पतन्त्येते ननु कस्मान्न बुध्यसे

English

With truth, purity, honesty and renunciation, with fame and valour, forbearance, steadiness, intellect, mind and austerity alone,

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझते क्‍यों नहीं हैं?

English

he should live with all states as they come, in order; wishing peace, with undismayed self, he should restrain the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तब मैं थोड़ी देर भी प्रतीक्षा कैसे कर सकता हूँ?

English

Bewildered by sattva, rajas and tamas, creatures revolve like a wheel greatly, from ignorance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनवाप्तेषु कामेषु मृत्युरभ्येति मानवम्

English

Therefore one should examine well the faults born of ignorance, and always give up ego, born of ignorance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृकीवोरणमासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति

English

The great elements, the senses, the qualities, sattva, rajas and tamas: the three worlds with their lord, all, are founded on ego.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकृतेष्वेव कार्येषु मृत्युर्वैं सम्प्रकर्षति

English

As time here shows the fixed qualities of the seasons, so know ego among beings as the mover of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि प्रतीक्षते मृत्यु: कृतमस्य न वा कृतम्

English

Know tamas as the bewilderer, dark, born of ignorance; and the three qualities all bound with joy and sorrow: learn them, of sattva, rajas and tamas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूरा हुआ या नहीं

English

Delusion, joy-born delight, freedom from doubt, steadiness, memory: know these as the qualities of sattva; these others are rajasic and tamasic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृते धर्मे भवेत् कीर्तिरिह प्रेत्य च वै सुखम्

English

Desire, anger, heedlessness, greed, delusion, fear, weariness, despondency, grief, discontent, pride, arrogance and ignobleness,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृत्वा कार्यमकार्य वा पुष्टिमेषां प्रयच्छति

English

of such faults as these, examining the heavy and light, one should consider each in turn, those resting in oneself."

हिन्दी अर्थ

करने तथा न करने योग्य काम करके इन सबका पालन-पोषण करता है

English

[The disciple said:] "Which faults are given up by the mind, which loosened by the intellect? Which come again and again, which are fruitless from delusion?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुप्तं व्याप्रो मृगमिव मृत्युरादाय गच्छति

English

Of which should the wise man weigh strength and weakness by reasons and intellect? Tell me all this, lord, so that I may know."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हींमें मनको फँसाये रखनेवाले मनुष्यको एक दिन मृत्यु आकर उठा ले जाती है

English

[The teacher said:] "With faults cut off from the root, the pure soul is freed; as an iron one destroys what has arisen, so the self-trained one is destroyed by innate rajasic faults.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यात्र: पशुमिवादाय मृत्युरादाय गच्छति

English

Rajasic and tamasic, born of the action of the pure-souled, all that is the seed of embodied beings; all is the same for the self-possessed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षेत्रापणगृहासक्तं मृत्युरादाय गच्छति

English

Therefore the self-possessed should avoid rajas and tamas; freed from rajas and tamas, sattva would become spotless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुषक्तं यदा देहे किं स्वस्थ इव तिष्ठसि

English

Or they say, with mantras, of eaters of meat, the Yajus is made; the same is the reason in abstaining from taking and in keeping to pure dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुषक्ता द्वयेनैते भावा: स्थावरजड्रमा:

English

By rajas he undertakes tasks joined with dharma and wealth, and excessively enjoys all desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यागम: सदा दान्तः सत्येनैवान्तकं॑ जयेत्

English

By tamas he pursues what is joined with greed and born of anger, delighting in violence, drowsy and sleepy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृत्युमापद्यते मोहात् सत्येनापद्यतेडमृतम्

English

Abiding in sattva, resorting to it, he sees pure sattvic states; that embodied one is spotless, fortunate, pure, endowed with knowledge."

हिन्दी अर्थ

और सत्यसे सम्पन्न होता है, वह निश्चय ही सब कुछ प्राप्त कर सकता है

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'The most trifling act, O grandsire, cannot be accomplished by any man if unaided. What then need be said of the king (who has to govern a kingdom)? What should be the behaviour and what the acts of the king's minister? Upon whom should the king repose confidence and upon whom should he not?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विविधान्युपवर्तन्ते दु:खानि च सुखानि च

English

[The teacher said:] "They enter the supreme Self, the god, imperishable and undecaying, Vishnu, established in the unmanifest, best of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो सुख पाकर प्रसन्न हो और न दुःखमें पड़कर परितप्त हो

English

Men, their limbs pierced by his maya, fallen from knowledge and without hope, from the bewilderment of knowledge then go to desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकामात्मापि हि सदा धुरमुद्यम्य चैव ह

English

From desire they reach anger, and greed and delusion; from pride and arrogance, ego; from ego, actions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकिंचन: सुखं शेते समुत्तिषछति चैव ह

English

From actions come the bond of affection; from affection, grief; from the beginning of pleasure and pain, births and non-births, moments made.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनमित्रपथो होष दुर्लभ: सुलभो मत:

English

From birth, the dwelling in the womb, born of semen and blood, and turbid with the origin of excrement, urine, moisture and blood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मार्गमें किसी प्रकारके शत्रुका भी खटका नहीं है। यह दुर्लभ होनेपर भी सुलभ है

English

Overcome by craving, bound by them, floating among them, there one should understand women as the carriers of the web of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवेक्षमाणस्त्रीललॉकान् न तुल्यमिह लक्षये

English

By nature they are the field; men are marked as the knower of the field; therefore the wise man should especially pass beyond them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैराग्यसम्पन्न पुरुषके समान दूसरा कोई नहीं दिखायी देता है

English

These are the witches in dreadful form who bewilder the unwise; the eternal form of the senses is concealed in rajas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'Kings, O monarch, have four kinds of friends. They are he that has the same object, he that is devoted, he that is related by birth, and he that has been won over (by gifts and kindness). A person of righteous soul, who would serve one and not both sides, is the fifth in the enumeration of the king's friends. Such a person adopts that side on which righteousness is, and accordingly acts righteously. With respect to such a person, the king should never disclose such purposes of his as would not enlist his sympathy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थित हूँ। आगे भी आत्मामें ही लीन होऊँगा। संतान मुझे पार नहीं उतारेगी

English

Kings desirous of success are obliged to adopt both kinds of paths, righteous and unrighteous. Of the four kinds of friends, the second and the third are superior, while the first and the fourth should ever be regarded with suspicion. In view, however, of those acts which the king should do in person, he should always regard with suspicion all the four. The king should never act heedlessly in the matter of watching his friends. A king that is heedless is always overpowered by others. A wicked man assumes the garb of honesty, and he that is honest becomes otherwise. A foe may become a friend and a friend may become a foe. A man cannot always be of the same mind. Who is there that would trust him completely? All the chief acts, therefore, of a king he should accomplish in his own presence. A complete reliance (on his ministers) is destructive of both morality and profit. A want of trust again in respect of all is worse than death. Trustfulness is premature death. One incurs danger by truthfulness. If one trusts another completely, he is said to live by the sufferance of the trusted person. For this reason every one should be trusted as also mistrusted. This eternal rule of policy, O sire, should be kept in view. One should always mistrust that person who would, upon one's desire, obtain one's wealth. The wise declare such a person to be one's enemy. A person whose joy knows no bounds upon beholding the aggrandisement of the king and who feels miserable upon seeing the king's decay, furnishes the indications of one of the best friends of the king. He whose fall would be brought about by thy fall, should be trusted by thee completely even as thou shouldst trust thy sire. Thou shouldst, to the best of thy power, aggrandise him as thou winnest aggrandisement for thyself. One who, in even thy religious rites, seeks to rescue thee from harm, would seek to rescue thee from harm's way in every other business. Such a one should be regarded as thy best friend. They, on the other hand, that wish one harm are one's foes. That friend is said to be like thy own self who is inspired with fear when calamity overtakes thee and with joy when prosperity shines on thee. A person possessed of beauty, fair complexion, excellent voice, liberality, benevolence, and good birth, cannot be such a friend. That

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्ततश्षोपरम: क्रियाभ्य:

English

Rajas is cast in tamas; sattva stands in tamas; ignorance is the seat of knowledge, marked by intellect and ego.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो सही, आपके पिता और पितामह कहाँ चले गये?

English

They call that the seed of the embodied, that seed called the soul; by action joined with time it turns the cycle of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा त्वमपि वर्तस्व सत्यधर्मपरायण:

English

As the embodied one, as in dream, seems to delight in a body with the mind, so, with qualities carrying the womb of action, he comes to be in the womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पडज्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

Impelled by action as seed, whichever sense it is arises from ego, with a mind joined with attachment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखदु:खागमस्तेषां कः कथं वा पितामह

English

From attachment to sound the ear is born for him of purified self; from attachment to form, the eye; the nose from the wish for scent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शम्पाकेनेह मुक्तेन गीत॑ शान्तिगतेन च

English

From touches, the wind, dependent on prana and apana; vyana, udana and samana: the fivefold support of the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदाहरण देते हैं, जिसे परम शान्त जीवन्मुक्त शम्पाकने यहाँ कहा था

English

By limbs that are born, produced by action, covered by Brahma, a man is of sorrow at its beginning, middle and end, bodily and mental.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्लिश्यमान: कुदारेण कुचैलेन बुभुक्षया

English

Know sorrow from taking up, and it grows from conceit; by giving up those, there is cessation; the knower of cessation is freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाना प्रकारके सुख-दु:ख प्राप्त होने लगते हैं

English

Of the senses both rise and dissolution are in rajas alone; the wise man should move about, examining with the eye of scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न सुखं प्राप्य संहृष्येन्नासुखं प्राप्प संज्वरेत्

English

The senses of knowledge do not approach the objects of the senses eagerly; by the causes known, the embodied one does not deserve a body again."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्यरिच्यत दारिद्रयं राज्यादपि गुणाधिकम्

English

person who is possessed of intelligence and memory, who is clever in the transaction of business, who is naturally averse from cruelty, who never indulges in wrath, and who, whether regarded or disregarded is never dissatisfied, be he thy priest or preceptor or honoured friend should always receive thy worship if he accepts the office of thy counsellor and resides in thy abode. Such a person may be informed of thy most secret counsels and the true state of all thy affairs religious or pertaining to matters of profit. Thou mayst confide in him as in thy own sire. One person should be appointed to one task, and not two or three. Those may not tolerate each other. It is always seen that several persons, if set to one task, disagree with one another. That person who achieves celebrity, who observes all restraints, who never feels jealous of others that are able and competent, who never does any evil act, who never abandons righteousness from lust or fear or covetousness or wrath, who is clever in the transaction of business, and who is possessed of wise and weighty speech, should be thy foremost of ministers. Persons possessed of good birth and good behaviour,

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिक्षीण: परस्वानामादानं साधु मन्यते

English

[The teacher said:] "Among all beings the Person is said to be the best; above persons they place the twice-born; above the twice-born, those who speak mantras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है और यही परम उत्तम सुख माना गया है

English

They are distinguished among all beings, omniscient, all-seeing, the brahmanas who know the truth of the Veda, resolved on the truth of the purpose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतिहासमें वर्णित है। उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो

English

As a blind man meets hardship on the road, so the man without knowledge in the world; therefore the knowers of knowledge are superior.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केनचिद् धनशेषेण क्रीतवान् दम्यगोयुगम्

English

Those wishing for dharma follow these and those dharmas according to scripture; but there is no common wealth for them apart from these virtues.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसीनमुष्टं मध्येन सहसैवाभ्यधावताम्

English

Purity of speech, body and mind, forbearance, truth, steadiness, memory: knowers of dharma teach these virtues in all dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्थायोत्क्षिप्प तौ दम्यौ प्रससार महाजव:

English

That form of Brahman which is held to be celibacy is supreme above all beings; by it they go to the supreme goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्रियमाणौ च सम्प्रेक्ष्य मड्किस्तत्राब्रवीदिदम्

English

That which is free of union with the mark and free of touch of the body, hearing by the ear, seeing by the eye,

हिन्दी अर्थ

युक्तेन श्रद्धया सम्यगीहां समनुतिष्ठता

English

tasting by the tongue, that too is given up; with intellect and resolve, celibacy is without stain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्योद्धिग्नो हि धनवान् मृत्योरास्यगतो यथा

English

who are liberal and who never indulge in brag, who are brave and respectable, and learned and full of resources, should be appointed as ministers for supervising all thy affairs. Honoured by thee and gratified with wealth, they would act for thy good and be of great help to thee. Appointed to offices connected with profit and other important matters they always bring about great prosperity. Moved by a feeling of healthy rivalry, they discharge all duties connected with profit, holding consultations with one another when necessary. Thou shouldst fear thy kinsmen as thou shouldst death itself. A kinsman can never bear a kinsman's prosperity even as a feudatory chief cannot bear to see the prosperity of his overlord. None but a kinsman can feel joy at the destruction of a kinsman adorned with sincerity, mildness, liberality, modesty, and truthfulness of speech. They, again, that have no kinsmen, cannot be happy. No men can be more contemptible than they that are destitute of kinsmen. A person that has no kinsmen is easily overridden by foes. Kinsmen constitute the refuge of one that is afflicted by other men, for kinsmen can never bear to see a kinsman afflicted by other people. When a kinsman is persecuted by even his friends, every kinsman of the persecuted regards the injury to be inflicted upon himself. In kinsmen, therefore, there are both merits and faults. A person destitute of kinsmen never shows favours to any one nor humbles himself to any one. In kinsmen, therefore both merit and demerit may be marked. One should, for this reason, always honour and worship his kinsmen in words and acts, and do them agreeable offices without injuring them at any time. Mistrusting them at heart, one should behave towards them as if he trusted them completely. Reflecting upon their nature, it seems that they have neither faults nor merits. A person who heedfully conducts himself in this way finds his very foes disarmed of hostility and converted into friends. One who always conducts himself in this way amid kinsmen and relatives and bears himself thus towards friends and foes, succeeds in winning everlasting

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्विग्न रहता है, मानो मौतके मुखमें पड़ा हुआ हो

English

Celibacy is very hard; hear from me the means: the twice-born should restrain the mind when it has arisen and risen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभवन्ति धनत्यागाद् विमुक्तस्य निराशिष:

English

Tales of women should not be heard, nor naked women be looked at; by sometimes seeing them, passion enters the weak.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाहूपधान शाम्यन्तं प्रशंसन्ति दिवौकस:

English

When passion arises, he should practise austerity, enter water thrice a day; if overcome in a dream, he should mentally mutter the Aghamarshana three times.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिर्यगीक्ष: शुष्कमुख: पापको भ्रुकुटीमुख:

English

Thus the wise man should burn up the sin, the rajas-made, within, with a mind joined with knowledge, continually.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापमें ही मग्न रहा करता है

English

As a bond without gap joined with filth and impurity, so know the self in the body as bound by the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कस्तमिच्छेत् परिद्रष्टं दातुमिच्छति चेन्महीम्

English

Wind, bile and phlegm, blood, skin, flesh, sinew, bone and marrow, the juices of men nourish through the net of veins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा तस्य चित्त हरति शारदा भ्रमिवानिल:

English

Ten channels here carry the qualities of the five senses; by them the other subtle channels, thousands, are extended.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिजातोडस्मि सिद्धो स्मि नास्मि केवलमानुष:

English

So these veins are rivers carrying juice and nourish the ocean of the body in due time, as rivers the ocean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानने लगता है कि मैं बड़ा कुलीन हूँ, सिद्ध हूँ, कोई साधारण मनुष्य नहीं हूँ

English

In the middle of the heart there is one vein, the mind-carrying one; it sends out in all limbs the semen born of the intention of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होकर दूसरोंके धनको हड़प लाना अच्छा मानने लगता है

English

The veins that spread through all the limbs, following it, reach the eyes, carrying the quality of fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृगोंकी गति रोक देते हैं

English

As ghee hidden in milk is churned out with a churning-stick, so semen is churned out by the churning sticks born of the body's intention.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विविधान्युपपद्यन्ते गात्रसंस्पर्शजान्यपि

English

So too in dream the mind-born passion arrives, and the mind-carrying vein sends out semen, untouched, from the body of the man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकथर्ममवज्ञाय ध्रुवाणामध्रुवै: सह

English

The great sage, the blessed Atri, knew the origin of that semen; it has three seeds, its deity is Indra; therefore it is called indriya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नात्यक्त्वा चाभय: शेते त्यक्त्वा सर्व सुखी भव

English

Those who know the course of semen, which causes mixing of beings, are detached, their faults burnt, and do not gain birth in a body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शम्पाकेन पुरा महां तस्मात् त्याग: परो मत:

English

Having reached equality of the qualities, with mind alone driving the mind, impelling the breaths of bodily action, he is freed at the end of time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्णन किया था। अतः: त्याग ही सबसे श्रेष्ठ माना गया है

English

Knowledge will come from the mind, the mind itself is extended; the luminous, stainless, divine is perfected here for the great souls.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनतृष्णाभिभूतश्न कि कुर्वन् सुखमाप्नुयात्

English

Therefore, to avoid harm to it, one should do stainless action; having given up rajas and tamas here, he would not reach an animal birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्वेदश्चाविधित्सा च यस्य स्यात् स सुखी नर:

English

Knowledge gained in youth becomes weak by paramours; but with ripe understanding, in time, one takes up mental strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष स्वर्गश्न धर्मश्व॒ सुखं चानुत्तमं मतम्

English

Having crossed beyond the bond of qualities, as a very hard road, when he sees, then passing beyond faults, he enjoys immortality."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमं पश्यत संगत्या मम हैवमुपप्लवम्

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'If one does not succeed in winning over one's kinsmen and relatives (by this course), they that are intended for becoming friends become foes. How should one, then, conduct one's self so that the hearts of both friends and foes may be won?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मा मां योजय लोभेन वृथा त्वं वित्तकामुक

English

[The teacher said:] "Seeing this world ever beset by birth, death, old age, sorrow, disease and mental weariness, the wise should strive for liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संकल्प ही नहीं करूँगा, जिससे तू समूल नष्ट हो जायगा

English

Pure in speech, mind and body, without ego, calm, knowing, a mendicant should wander happily, without expectation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लब्धनाशे यथा मृत्युर्लब्धं भवति वा न वा

English

Or he should see attachment of the mind out of compassion for beings; even there he should be indifferent, knowing the world as the fruit of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

या नहीं, यह निश्चय नहीं होता

English

Whatever good or evil deed was done before he enjoys; therefore one should do good deeds by speech, mind and action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च तुष्यति लब्धेन भूय एव च मार्गति

English

Non-violence, truthful speech, honesty toward all beings, forbearance and heedfulness: he who has these will be happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मद्विलापनमेतत्तु प्रतिबुद्धो5स्मि संत्यज

English

He who knows this supreme dharma, bringing happiness to all beings and the way out of sorrow, is a knower of truth and will be happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स यात्वितो यथाकामं वसतां वा यथासुखम्

English

Therefore he should hold the mind collected by intellect on beings; he should not wish ill, nor crave, nor think of the unreal, unbound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादुत्सृज्य कामान् वै सत्त्वमेवाश्रयाम्यहम्

English

By the practice of silent yoga the knowing mind goes forth; or wishing to speak, regarding subtle dharma, he should speak true, non-violent, unslanderous speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बछड़ोंकी सड़तिसे मुझपर कैसा हैवी उपद्रव आ गया?

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old history of a discourse between Vasudeva and the celestial sage Narada. On a certain occasion Vasudeva said, 'Neither an illiterate and foolish friend, nor a learned friend of fickle soul, deserves, O Narada, to know one's secret counsels. Relying on thy friendship for me, I shall say something to thee, O sage ! O thou that canst go to heaven at thy pleasure, one should speak to another if one be convinced

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्क्षिप्प काकतालीयमुत्पथेनैव धावत:

English

of the intelligence of that other. I never behave with slavish obsequiousness towards my kinsmen by flattering speeches about their prosperity. I give them half of what I have, and forgive their evil speeches. As a fire-stick is grinded by a person desirous of obtaining fire, even so my heart is ground by my kinsmen with their cruel speeches. Indeed, O celestial Rishi, those cruel speeches burn my heart every day. Might resides in Sankarshana; mildness in Gada; and as regards Pradyumna, he surpasses even myself in beauty of person. (Although I have all these on my side) yet I am helpless, O Narada! Many others among the Andhakas and the Vrishnis are possessed of great prosperity and might, and during courage and constant perseverance. He on whose side they do not range themselves meets with destruction. He, on the other hand, on whose side they do range themselves, achieves everything. Dissuaded (in turns) by both (viz., Ahuka and Akrura,) I do not side either of them. What can be more painful for a person than to have both Ahuka and Akrura on his side? What, again, can be more painful for one than not to have both of them on his side? l 1 am like the mother of two brothers gambling against each other, invoking victory to both. I am thus, O Narada, afflicted by both. It behoveth thee to tell me that which is for the good of both myself and my kinsmen.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैवका ही सहयोग सिद्ध होता है

English

"Narada said, 'Calamities, O Krishna, are of two kinds, viz., external and internal. They arise, O thou of Vrishni's race, from one's own acts or from the acts of others. The calamity that has now overtaken thee is an internal one and is born of thy own acts. Valadeva and others of the Bhoja race are partisans of Akrura, and have taken up his side either for the sake of wealth, or mere caprice, or moved by words or by hate. As regards thyself, thou hast given away wealth obtained by thee to another. Though possessed of men who should be your friends, thou hast, however, by thy own act, brought calamity over thy head. Thou canst not take back that wealth, even as one cannot swallow again the food that he has vomited himself. The kingdom cannot be taken back from Babhu and Ugrasena (unto whom it has been given). Thyself, O Krishna, cannot, in particular, take it back (from them) from fear of producing intestine

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखं स्वपिति निर्विण्णो निराशश्वार्थसाधने

English

As a flock of sheep scattered would be driven by robbers, so the unwise, knowing the world to be contrary, are driven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिष्ठता महारण्यं जनकस्य निवेशनात्

English

And as, having thrown off those same robbers, one goes to the auspicious quarter, so, leaving rajasic and tamasic actions, one gains happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओरसे बन्धनमुक्त हो क्या ही अच्छा कहा था?

English

Free of doubt, without effort, freed from all possessions, living in solitude, light of diet, an ascetic of restrained senses,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रापणात् सर्वकामानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते

English

with afflictions burnt by knowledge, delighting in practice, self-possessed, with a mind free of wandering, he reaches that supreme.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरे जीविते चैव तृष्णा मन्दस्य वर्धते

English

The steady, self-possessed one should restrain the intellect without doubt; he should restrain the mind by intellect, and the objects by the mind of himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सका है। शरीर और जीवनके प्रति मूर्ख मनुष्यकी ही तृष्णा बढ़ती है

English

When his senses are restrained and he holds the mind in control, those deities appear and, delighted, go to that lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असकृच्चासि निकृतो न च निर्विद्यसे ततः

English

With a mind attached to them, he shines like Brahman; by the loss of all these he becomes fit for Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरे साथ आनन्दपूर्वक रहना चाहता है तो मुझे व्यर्थ लोभमें न फँसा

English

Or he should not engage but set about by the rules of yoga; by whatever system, let his livelihood be such and he should practise that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कदाचिन्मोक्ष्यसे मूढ धनेहां धनकामुक

English

Grains, oil-cake, thick gruel, vegetables, barley, meal, roots, fruit, and alms, he should take in turn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि नैवं जातु पुरुष: परेषां प्रेष्यतामियात्

English

Diet restrained, in place and time sattvic: examining that, he should follow what supports his activity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदनर्थशताविष्टे शतधा न विदीर्यते

English

He should not suppress activity but slowly kindle it like fire; then knowledge, kindled by knowledge, shines like the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तवाहं प्रियमन्विच्छन्नात्मन्युपलभे सुखम्

English

Ignorance is the seat of knowledge, and rules the three worlds; knowledge accompanied by discernment is drawn away by ignorance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनमें सुखका अनुभव नहीं हुआ

English

Because of separateness and of association, they do not envy the eternal Veda; the knower of the release from both, free of attachment, is freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न त्वां संकल्पयिष्यामि समूलो न भविष्यसि

English

Past the age, conquering old age and death, he gains the eternal Brahman, the immortal, the imperishable, undecaying."

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगे बुद्धि श्रुते सत्त्वं मनो ब्रह्मणि धारयन्

English

dissensions. Supposing the endeavour succeeds, it will do so after much trouble and after the accomplishment of the most difficult feats. A great slaughter and a great loss of wealth will ensue, perhaps, even total destruction. Use then a weapon that is not made of steel, that is very mild and yet capable of piercing all hearts. Sharpening and resharpening that weapon correct the tongues of thy

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकृतो धननाशेन शये सर्वाज्भविज्वर:

English

[The disciple said:] "In dream the embodied one is overcome by rajas and tamas; as if gone into another body, he moves with memory gone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वेष्ययुक्त: प्रियं वक्ष्याम्यनादृत्य तदप्रियम्

English

By the practice of knowledge, in waking, for inquiry, afterwards, by the devotion of discernment, he wakes ever and always.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो मैं उसपर ध्यान न देकर उससे अप्रिय वचन नहीं बोलूँगा

English

Now what is this state, in dream, as if with objects? With senses merged, the embodied one acts as if with a body."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न सकाम॑ करिष्यामि त्वामहं शत्रुमात्मन:

English

[The teacher said:] "Here it is said, as Hari, lord of yogis, knows it; so the great sages describe it, with its meaning established.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतदयां चैव विद्धि मां समुपागतम्

English

The wise say dream comes from the fatigue of the senses and is all-pervasive; and from the mind's absorption they give that example.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यजन्तु मां प्रतिष्ठन्तं सत्त्वस्थो हास्मि साम्प्रतम्

English

As the intention of one waking whose mind is engrossed in tasks, so the lordship of wishes in dream is in the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाले मुझ साधकको छोड़कर चले जायाँ। अब मैं सत्त्वगुणमें स्थित हो गया हूँ

English

The desire-natured one may gain this in countless worlds; all that is hidden in the mind that excellent Person knows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाद्य लोभवशं प्राप्तो दुःखं प्राप्स्याम्यनात्मवान्

English

Whatever action of the qualities comes to hand, he knows; and beings praise that as the mind has been formed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यया मां त्वं पुनर्नैंवं दुःखेषु प्रणिधास्यसि

English

"Vasudeva said, 'What is that weapon, O sage, which is not made of steel, which is mild, which still pierces all hearts, and which I must use for correcting the tongues of my kinsmen?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृष्णाशोकश्रमा्णां हि त्वं काम प्रभव: सदा

English

"Narada said, 'The giving of food to the best of thy power, forgiveness,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञातयो हावमन्यन्ते मित्राणि च धनाच्च्युतम्

English

sincerity, mildness, and honour to whom honour is due, these constitute a weapon that is not made of steel. With soft words alone turn away the anger of kinsmen about the utter cruel speeches, and mollify their hearts and minds and slanderous tongues. None who is not a great man with cleansed soul and possessed of accomplishments and friends can bear a heavy burthen. Take up this great weight (of governing the Vrishnis) and bear it on thy shoulders. All oxen can bear heavy burthens on a level road. The stronger ones only among them can bear such burthens on a difficult road. From disunion destruction will spring and overtake all the Bhojas and the Vrishnis. Thou, O Kesava, art the foremost one among them. Do thou act in such a manner that the Bhojas and the Vrishnis may not meet with destruction. Nothing but intelligence and forgiveness, restraint of the senses, and liberality are present in a person of wisdom. Advancing one's own race is always praiseworthy and glorious and conducive to long life. Do thou, O Krishna, act in such a way that destruction may not overtake thy kinsmen. There is nothing unknown to thee in respect of policy and the art of war, O Lord! The Yadavas, the Kukuras, the Bhojas, the Andhakas, and the Vrishnis, are all dependent on thee even as all the worlds and all the regents of those worlds, O mighty-armed one! The Rishis, O Madhava, always pray for thy advancement. Thou art the lord of all creatures. Thou knowest the past, the present, and the future. Thou art the foremost one among all the Yadavas. Relying on thee, they expect to live in happiness.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपमानित करने लगते हैं

English

loved Krishna. Ahuka always advised Krishna to shun Akrura, and Akrura always advised him to shun Ahuka. Krishna valued the friendship of both and could ill dispense with either. What he says here is that to have them both is painful and yet not to have them both is equally painful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धने सुखकला या तु सापि दु:खैर्विधीयते

English

That which is being and non-being and the unmanifest sleeps; here is the example; they know it as the quality of the self, dwelling as the self of all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्लिश्यन्ति विविषधैर्दण्डैर्नित्यमुद्रेजयन्ति च

English

He who by mind desires the lordly quality through intention should be known by the power of the self; for all the deities are in the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैव त्वं वेत्थ सुलभ नैव त्वं वेत्थ दुर्लभम्

English

So, joined with austerity, like the sun beyond darkness, the embodied one, the nature of the three worlds, by austerity reaches the Great Lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाहमद्य समावेष्ठूं शक्य: काम पुनस्त्वया

English

Austerity is supported by the gods; darkness, a mass, by the asuras; this, guarded by gods and asuras, they say is marked by knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्वत्ति परमां प्राप्प नाद्य कामान् विचिन्तये

English

They know sattva, rajas and tamas as the qualities of gods and asuras; know sattva as the quality of the gods, the other two as asuric.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब मैं भोगोंका चिन्तन नहीं करूँगा

English

That supreme Brahman, the knowable, immortal, light, imperishable: those self-trained ones who know it go to the supreme goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फिर मेरे साथ न तो रह सकेगा और न मौज ही कर सकेगा

English

So much can be said with reasoning to the eye of knowledge; or by withdrawal the unmanifest Brahman can be known."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजितेन्द्रिय पुरुषकी भाँति अब लोभमें फँसकर दुःख नहीं उठाऊँगा

English

"Bhishma said, 'This that I have told thee constitutes the first means. Listen now, O Bharata to the second means. That man who seeks to advance the interests of the king should always be protected by the king. If a person, O Yudhishthira, that is paid or unpaid, comes to thee for telling thee of the damage done to thy treasury when its resources are being embezzled by a minister, thou shouldst grant him an audience in private and protect him also from the (impeached) minister. The ministers guilty of peculation seek, O Bharata, to slay such informants. They who plunder the royal treasury combine together for opposing the person who seeks to protect it, and if the latter be left unprotected, he is sure to be ruined. In this connection also an old story is cited of what the sage Kalakavrikshiya had said unto the king of Kosala. It hath been heard by us that once on a time the sage Kalakavrikshiya came to Kshemadarsin who had ascended the throne of the kingdom of Kosala. Desirous of examining the conduct of all the officers of Kshemadarsin, the sage, with a crow kept within a cage in his hand, repeatedly travelled through every part of that king's dominions. And he spoke unto all the men and said, 'Study, ye the corvine science. The crows tell me the present, the

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो उदगार प्रकट किया था, उस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

English

[The teacher said:] "Know the manifest as the mouth of death and the unmanifest as the immortal state; the sage Narayana spoke of the dharma marked by activity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आमिषस्य परित्यागात् कुरर: सुखमेधते

English

In this alone all three worlds, moving and unmoving, are situated; the dharma marked by withdrawal is the unmanifest, eternal Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाकी विचरिष्यामि कुमारीशंखको यथा

English

Prajapati then spoke the dharma marked by activity: activity is return, withdrawal is the highest goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक चूड़ीके समान अकेला ही विचरुँगा-

English

The sage devoted to withdrawal reaches that supreme goal, ever intent on the truth of knowledge, pointing out the good and bad."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

So these two are to be known, the unmanifest and the Person; and what is other and greater than the unmanifest and the Person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किज्च कुर्वन्नरो लोके प्राप्रोति गतिमुत्तमाम्

English

The shrewd should observe that distinction with care: both are without beginning and end, and both are without mark.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रह्मादस्यथ च संवादं मुनेराजगरस्य च

English

Both are eternal, subtler than the subtle, and greater than the great; this is common to both, and the other is a qualification.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक मुनिके संवादरूप प्राचीन इतिहासका दृष्टान्त दिया जाता है

English

By nature, whose law is creation and which has threefold goodness, know the opposite to be the mark of the knower of the field.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामनाके वशीभूत होकर तो वह सर्वदा दुःख ही पाता है

English

past, and the future.' Proclaiming this in the kingdom, the sage, accompanied by a large number of men, began to observe the misdeeds of all the officers of the king. Having ascertained all the affairs in respect of that kingdom, and having learnt that all the officers appointed by the king were guilty of malversation, the sage, with his crow, came to see the king. Of rigid vows, he said unto the king, 'I know everything (about thy kingdom).' Arrived at the presence of the king, he said unto his minister adorned with the insignia of his office that he had been informed by his crow that the minister had done such a misdeed in such a place, and that such and such persons know that he had plundered the royal treasury. 'My crow tells me this. Admit or prove the falsehood of the accusation quickly.' The sage then proclaimed the names of other officers who had similarly been guilty of embezzlement, adding, 'My crow never says anything that is false.' Thus accused and injured by the sage, all the officers of the king, O thou of Kuru's race, (united together and) pierced his crow, while the sage slept, at night. Beholding his crow pierced with a shaft within the cage, the regenerate Rishi, repairing to Kshemadarsin in the morning said unto him, 'O king, I seek thy protection. Thou art all-powerful and thou art the master of the lives and wealth of all. If I receive thy command I can then say what is for thy good. Grieved on account of thee whom I regard as a friend have come to thee, impelled by my devotion and ready to serve thee with my whole heart. Thou art being robbed of thy wealth, I have come to thee for disclosing it without showing any consideration for the robbers. Like a driver that urges a good steed, I have come hither for awakening thee whom I regard as a friend. A friend who is alive to his own interests and desirous of his own prosperity and aggrandisement, should forgive a friend that intrudes himself forcibly, impelled by devotion and wrath, for doing what is beneficial.' The king replied unto him, saying, 'Why should I not bear anything thou wilt say, since I am not blind to what is for my good? I

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामक्रोधोद्धवं दुः:खमह्दीररतिरेव च

English

The origin marked by union is grasped as born of action; by the instruments of action, whatever the doer does is named by words: "Who am I? This one, that one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझे केवल सुख-ही-सुख मिल रहा है

English

As a man wearing a turban is covered with three cloths, so this embodied one is covered with sattva, rajas and tamas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नाहत: षोडशीं कलाम्

English

Therefore the fourfold is to be known, heaped up by these causes; so that he, being rightly aware, is not bewildered at the time of death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके मैं अविनाशी ब्रह्मपुरमें स्थित हो राजाके समान सुखी होऊँगा”

English

Wishing for divine fortune, pure in speech and mind regarding Brahman, he should practise stainless austerity with fierce bodily disciplines.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वान् कामान् परित्यज्य प्राप्य ब्रह्म महत्सुखम्

English

The three worlds are pervaded by austerity, by the shining within; the sun and moon shine in heaven by austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अच्छिनत् काममूलं स तेन प्राप महत्सुखम्

English

Ardour is the knowledge of austerity, and austerity is so named in the world; the work that dispels rajas and tamas is austerity's own mark.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामकी जड़ काट डाली; इसीलिये महान् सुख प्राप्त कर लिया

English

Celibacy and non-violence are called bodily austerity; restraint of speech and mind and equanimity are called mental austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

Food received from twice-born who know the rule is excellent; by restraint in food his rajasic sin is destroyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गीत॑ विदेहराजेन जनकेन प्रशाम्यता

English

Aversion for objects comes to him and the coverings fall; therefore he should take only as much as is needed here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्युति किउड्चन

English

At the end of life, by raising the vital force, he should act slowly and not in distress; thus with a joined mind that knowledge is attained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिथिलापुरीमें आग लग जाय तो भी मेरा कुछ नहीं जलता

English

By rajas too the embodied one moves like one with a body and speech; with mind unobstructed by tasks, standing in nature through detachment, he is freed from the body until its end through heedfulness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्वेद॑ प्रति विन्यस्तं तं निबोध युधिषछ्िर

English

Dissolution of beings, ever with causes, and their creation, do not go beyond what is fixed in the creation of others' belief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्वेदाच्छान्तिमापन्न शास्त्रप्रज्ञानतर्पितम्

English

Those whose wisdom is in the end and origin of existence remain in the opposite; bearing bodies by steadiness, with minds cast down by intellect, and being destroyed from their places, they worship them for subtlety.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रके उत्कृष्ट ज्ञानसे परितृप्त परम शान्त बोध्य ऋषिसे पूछा--

English

All that, according to tradition, is not known by intellect; some stay to the end of the body, self-trained and without support; some, joined to concentration, worship being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धि है, जिसका आश्रय लेकर आप शान्ति और संतोषके साथ विचरते हैं?”

English

They practise the supreme god, the imperishable called lightning; at the time of death, drawing near, their sins burnt by austerity,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्षणं तस्य बक्ष्येडहं तत् स्वयं परिमृश्यताम्

English

all these great souls go to the highest goal; the subtle distinction among them should be observed with the eye of scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इषुकार: कुमारी च षडेते गुरवो मम

English

Know the supreme body as freed from possession, one of the two beyond the middle air, with a mind attached to concentration.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आशा निराशां कृत्वा तु सुखं स्वपिति पिड्रला

English

Those with minds joined to knowledge are freed from the world of mortals; becoming Brahman, stainless, they go then to the highest goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(पिंगला आशाके त्यागका उपदेश देनेके कारण गुरु हुई)

English

Those in whom unwavering knowledge free of passion arises go to the highest worlds, purifying according to strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया। भोगोंके परित्यागका उपदेश देनेके कारण कुरर (क्रौंच) पक्षी गुरु हुआ

English

The blessed unborn divine Vishnu, called the unmanifest, they reach by feeling, the pure, satisfied with knowledge, without hope.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्प: परकृतं वेश्म प्रविश्य सुखमेधते

English

Knowing Hari in the self, they do not return; being imperishable, having reached that supreme state, they rejoice in the imperishable undecaying.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहने--घर-द्वारके चक्‍करमें न पड़नेका उपदेश देनेके कारण सर्प गुरु हुआ)

English

This much is the knowledge; this is, and is not; the whole world, bound by craving, revolves like a wheel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्रोहेणैव भूतानां सारड्रा इव पक्षिण:

English

As the fibre of a lotus-stalk lies all through the stalk, so the thread of craving, without beginning or end, always lies in the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(अद्रोहका उपदेश देनेके कारण पपीहा गुरु हुआ)

English

As the weaver passes the thread through cloth with a needle, so the thread of the world is bound by the needle of craving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समीपेनापि गच्छन्तं राजानं नावबुद्धवान्

English

He who rightly knows modification, nature and the eternal Person is satisfied and freed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाग्रचिचत्तताका उपदेश प्राप्त हुआ; इसलिये वह गुरु हो गया)

English

This light, the nectar, the blessed sage Narayana spoke out of compassion for beings, for the good of the world."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पप्रच्छ राजा प्रह्मादो बुद्धिमान् बुद्धिसम्मतम्

English

grant thee permission, O regenerate one! Tell me what thou pleasest, I shall certainly obey the instructions thou wilt give me, O Brahman,'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पत्तिनिधनज्ञस्थ कि कार्यमवशिष्यते

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, by whose conduct the knower of conduct went to great happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रासादे चापि मे शय्या कदाचिदुपपद्यते

English

Janaka, called Janadeva, lord of men in Mithila, was devoted to reflecting on the dharmas of the state after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवालोंको देखकर मैं पवित्रभावसे इस आजगरबव्रतका आचरण करता हूँ

English

A hundred teachers ever lived in his house, showing various dharmas, disputants of many heresies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथेन पातयामास श्रीमान् दृप्तस्तपस्विनम्

English

Regarding the determination of existence after death and birth after death, he stood by tradition and was mostly not satisfied about the truth of the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मरिष्याम्यधनस्येह जीवितार्थों न विद्यते

English

There the great sage Panchashikha, son of Kapila, roaming the whole earth, came also to Mithila.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्र: शूगालरूपेण बभाषे लुब्धभानसम्

English

In the determination of knowledge of truth of all the dharmas of renunciation, with his purpose accomplished, beyond the pairs, his doubts destroyed,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यत्वे च विप्रत्व॑ं सर्व एवाभिनन्दति

English

they say he was one of the sages whom desire had settled among men, seeking eternal, utter happiness, so very hard to find.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणत्वकी प्रशंसा तो सभी लोग करते हैं

English

Him whom the Sankhyas call Kapila, the supreme sage, Prajapati: I think he amazes people in that form himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिमान् राजा प्रह्नादने उससे इस प्रकार पूछा

English

"The sage said, 'Ascertaining the merits and faults of thy servants, as also the: dangers thou incurrest at their hands, I have come to thee, impelled by my devotion, for representing everything to thee. The teachers (of mankind) have of old declared what the curses are, O king, of those that serve others. The lot of those that serve the king is very painful and wretched. He who has any connection with kings is to have connection with snakes of virulent poison. Kings have many friends as also many enemies. They that serve kings have to fear all of them. Every moment, again, they have fear from the king himself, O monarch. A person serving the king cannot (with impunity) be guilty of heedlessness in doing the king's work. Indeed, a servant who desires to win prosperity should never display heedlessness in the discharge of his duties. His heedlessness may move the king to wrath, and such wrath may bring down destruction (on the servant). Carefully learning how to behave himself, one should sit in the presence of the king as he should in the presence of a blazing fire. Prepared to lay down life itself at every moment, one should serve the king attentively, for the king is all-powerful and master

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवाक् प्रगल्भो मेधावी प्राज्ञक्षरसि बालवत्

English

of the lives and the wealth of all, and therefore, like unto a snake of virulent poison. He should always fear to indulge in evil speeches before the king, or to sit cheerlessly or in irreverent postures, or to wait in attitudes of disrespect or to walk disdainfully or display insolent gestures and disrespectful motions of the limbs. If the king becomes gratified, he can shower prosperity like god. If he becomes enraged, he can consume to the very roots like a blazing fire. This, O king, was said by Yama. Its truth is seen in the affairs of the world. I shall now (acting according to these precepts) do that which would enhance thy prosperity. Friends like ourselves can give unto friends like thee the aid of their intelligence in seasons of peril. This crow of mine, O king, has been slain for doing thy business. I cannot, however, blame thee for this. Thou art not loved by those (that have slain this bird). Ascertain who are thy friends and who thy foes. Do everything thyself without surrendering thy intelligence to others. They who are on thy establishment are all peculators. They do not desire the good of thy subjects. I have incurred their hostility. Conspiring with those servants that have constant access to thee they covet the kingdom after thee by compassing thy destruction. Their plans, however, do not succeed in consequence of unforeseen circumstances. Through fear of those men, O king, I shall leave this kingdom for some other asylum. I have no worldly desire, yet those persons of deceitful intentions have shot this shaft at my crow, and have, O lord, despatched the bird to Yama's abode. I have seen this, O king, with eyes whose vision has been improved by penances. With the assistance of this single crow I have crossed this kingdom of thine that is like a river abounding with alligators and sharks and crocodiles and whales. Indeed, with the assistance of that bird, I have passed through thy dominions like unto a Himalayan valley, impenetrable and inaccessible in consequence of trunks of (fallen) trees and scattered rocks and thorny shrubs and lions and tigers and other beasts of prey. The learned say that a region inaccessible in consequence of gloom can be passed through with the aid of a light, and a river that is unfordable can be crossed by means of a boat. No means, however, exist for penetrating or passing through the labyrinth of kingly

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिभाशाली, मेधावी तथा तत्त्वज्ञ होकर भी बालकोंके समान विचर रहे हैं

English

affairs. Thy kingdom is like an inaccessible forest enveloped with gloom. Thou (that art the lord of it) canst not trust it. How then can I? Good and evil are regarded here in the same light. Residence here

हिन्दी अर्थ

नित्यतृप्त इव ब्रह्मनू न किज्चिदिव मन्यसे

English

That one-syllabled Brahman which is seen in many forms: Asuri attained that imperishable in that circle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियार्थाननादृत्य मुक्तश्चरसि साक्षिवत्

English

His pupil Panchashikha was nourished by a human woman's milk; there was a householder brahmana woman named Kapila.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षिप्रमाचक्ष्व मे ब्रह्मन् श्रेयो यदिह मनन्‍्यसे

English

Having become that woman's son, he drank from her breast; thereby he got the name Kapileya and a final understanding.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्रह्मादमनपार्थया

English

The blessed one told me this about the birth of Kapileya, his state as Kapileya and his unsurpassed omniscience.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाननेवाले उन मेधावी मुनिने उनसे मधुर एवं सार्थक वाणीमें इस प्रकार कहा

English

Knowing the commonness, Kapila, the best of the knowers of dharma, approached the hundred teachers and bewildered them with arguments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ह्वासं वृद्धि विनाशं च न प्रहृष्ये न च व्यथे

English

Janaka, drawn to him by the sight of the son of Kapila, left the hundred teachers and followed him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वभावनिरता: सर्वाः परितुष्येन्न केनचित्

English

To him, supremely fit and bowed in dharma, he spoke the highest liberation, that which is laid down as Sankhya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानता है, उसके लिये यहाँ कौन-सा कार्य अवशिष्ट रह जाता है?

English

Having spoken of disgust with birth, he spoke of disgust with action; having spoken of disgust with action, he spoke of disgust with all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महतामपि कायानां सूक्ष्माणां च महोदधौ

English

That for which one engages in action and for which the fruit of actions arises is unreliable, vain, perishable, unsteady and impermanent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पार्थिवानामपि व्यक्त मृत्युं पश्यामि सर्वश:

English

With destruction seen directly, witnessed by the world, one who says "there is something beyond, from scripture" is defeated.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिखायी दे रही है

English

The non-self is the self's death; affliction, death and old age are fear; he thinks of the self through delusion; that is held to be a poor view.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तिष्ठते यथाकाल मृत्युर्बलवतामपि

English

Now even if it is so, since it is not found in the world, this king thinks he is ageless and deathless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्योतींष्यपि यथाकालं पतमानानि लक्षये

English

"Is" and "is not": in the absence of a mark, what basis could he speak of for deciding the course of the world?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वसामान्यगो विद्वान् कृतकृत्य: सुखं स्वपे

English

The root of these two, of the end and of tradition, is perception; perceived scripture is not different, nor is the end anything.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतकृत्य हो सबके प्रति समान भाव रखता हुआ सुखसे सोता हूँ

English

Where there is inference here and there, or a thing is made to exist, the soul is held, in the view of the unbelievers, to be other than the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शये पुनरभुञ्जानो दिवसानि बहून्यपि

English

Like seed in a hundred drops, like the lodging of cooking ghee, memory of birth, the magnet, the sun-gem, the nature of water,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्षये शालिमांसानि भक्षांश्नोच्चावचान् पुन:

English

the passing of beings after death, the praying to deities, and the ceasing of action in the dead: this is held to be authority.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भीतर बिछी हुई बहुमूल्य शय्या भी उपलब्ध हो जाती है

English

But these are no reasons at all, those that stand in form; for there is no commonness of the immortal with the mortal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्याचक्षे न चाप्येनमनुरुध्ये सुदुर्लभम्

English

Some say rebirth is from ignorance and the efforts of action; greed and delusion are the cause, and the indulgence of faults.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता हूँ और प्राप्त न होनेपर किसी दुर्लभ भोगकी भी कभी इच्छा नहीं करता

English

They call ignorance the field and deed the seed sown; affection engenders craving; this is their rebirth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्षलरामि

English

When that array is burnt and the thought is of mortal nature, one body is born from another; they call that the end of being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसी व्रतका आचरण करता हूँ

English

When he is different in form, birth, scripture and purpose, how can this relation "this is he" be unjoined?

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्षरामि

English

If so, what joy is there in giving, learning, austerity and strength? For all the deed done by one, another gets.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ मैं पवित्रभावसे इस आजगरव्रतका आचरण करता हूँ

English

When one here is afflicted by common others, or by the happy or the unhappy, the settlement of it can be seen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्चरामि

English

Thus when beaten with clubs, that body would be born again; knowledge, apart from that, by which this is not found, is another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्लरामि

English

Season, year, lunar days, cold and heat, dear and undear, as they see them pass, such is the end of being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्नचरामि

English

When overtaken by old age or by destroying death, the weaker and weaker parts perish first, as in a house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्नलरामि

English

The senses, mind, breath, blood, flesh and bone perish in order and go to their own constituent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पवित्रभावसे इस आजगरबव्रतका आचरण करता हूँ

English

The arrangement of the world's course, the coming of the fruit of giving and dharma, for which the Vedic words and worldly dealings exist,

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्चरामि

English

so in the mind there are many reasons; "this is, this is" and one reaches nothing at all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वपरमतैर्गहनं प्रतर्कयद्धि:

English

For those so reasoning, running after this and that, the mind settles somewhere and there decays like a tree.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नृषु विहरामि विनीतदोषतृष्ण:

English

Thus all creatures are pained by gains and losses; they are dragged by traditions as elephants by their drivers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरस्य का प्रतिष्ठा स्थादेतत् पृष्टो वदस्व मे

English

Many, seeking things that bring utter pleasure, beyond price, fall into greater sorrow, and giving up the bait, go under the power of death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रज्ञा नि:श्रेयसी लोके प्रज्ञा स्वर्गो मत: सताम्

English

For the perishable, whose life is unsteady, what use are kinsmen and friends and possessions? He who goes leaving all of it goes in a moment and does not return.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रह्यादो नमुचिर्मड्किस्तस्या: कि विद्यते परम्

English

Earth, sky, water, fire and wind ever protect the body; seeing this, where would delight be? There is no ease for this perishable one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदाहरण दिया करते हैं, उसे सुनो

English

This word, without deceit or trick, the supreme freedom from disease, witnessed by the self, the king, looking at it with astonishment, began to question again.