Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैक॑ न चापरं केचिदुभयं च तथापरे

English

restraint, fortitude, truth, purity, simplicity, sacrifices, perseverance, and righteousness,— these are always regarded as virtues recommended by the Rishis. In domesticity, it is said, are acts intended for Pitris, gods, guests. In this mode of life alone, O monarch, are the threefold aims to be attained. 5 The renouncer that rigidly adheres to this mode of life, in which one is free to do all acts, has not to encounter ruin either here or hereafter. The sinless Lord of all creatures, of righteous soul, created

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनुृशंस्यगुणैर्युक्ता: कामक्रोधविवर्जिता:

English

"The wishes, dear one, of your brothers who dwelt in the forest as ascetics, Yudhishthira, which they had there,

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसका जीवन उत्तम ही माना गया है; क्योंकि क्षत्रियकी उत्पत्ति ब्राह्मणसे ही हुई है

English

let these great chariot-warriors obtain them, bull of the Bharatas; rule the earth, Partha, like Yayati son of Nahusha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियका हृदय तो विशेषरूपसे वज्रके तुल्य कठोर होता है

English

You, ascetics, endured a painful dwelling in the forest; at the end of sorrow, tigers among men, let these now experience happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजितात्मा मनुष्येन्द्र यज्ञदवानपरो भव

English

Having experienced dharma, wealth and desire with your brothers, Bharata, afterwards you may depart, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञातीनां पापवृत्तीनां जघान नवतीर्नव

English

Become quit of your debt to guests, ancestors and gods, son of Kunti, and then you shall go to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेनेन्द्रत्वं समापेदे देवानामिति नः श्रुतम्

English

Sacrifice with the Sarvamedha and Ashvamedha, delight of the Kurus; then afterwards, great king, you will go to the supreme state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मसे देवेन्द्रपद प्राप्त कर लिया, ऐसा हमने सुना है

English

Having joined all your brothers with sacrifices of abundant fees, you will gain unequalled fame, Pandava.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालतक बहुत-सी दक्षिणावाले यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करते रहिये

English

We know your word, tiger among men, delight of the Kurus; hear from me how by acting a king does not fall from dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानमेके प्रशंसन्ति केचिच्चैव प्रतिग्रहम्

English

with the intention that they would adore him by sacrifices with profuse presents. Creepers and trees and deciduous herbs, and animals that are clean, and clarified butter, were created as ingredients of sacrifice. For one in the observance of domesticity the performance of sacrifice is fraught with impediments. For this, that mode of life has been said to be exceedingly difficult and unattainable. Those persons, therefore, in the observance of the domestic mode of life, who, possessed of wealth and corn and animals, do not perform sacrifices, earn, O monarch, eternal sin. Amongst Rishis, there are some that regard the study of the Vedas to be a sacrifice: and some that regard contemplation to be a great sacrifice which they perform in their minds. The very gods, O monarch, covet the companionship of a regenerate person like this, who in consequence of his treading along such a way which consists in the concentration of the mind, has become equal to Brahma. By refusing to spend in sacrifice the diverse kinds of wealth that thou hast taken from thy foes, thou art only displaying thy want of faith. I have never seen, O monarch, a king in the observance of a life of domesticity renouncing his wealth in any other way except in the Rajasuya, the Astwamedha, and other kinds of sacrifice. Like Sakra, the chief of the celestial, O sire, perform those other sacrifices that are praised by the Brahmanas. That king, through whose heedlessness the subjects are plunged by robbers, and who does not offer protection to those whom he is called upon to govern, is said to be the very embodiment of Kati. If, without giving away steeds, and kine, and female slaves, and elephants adorned with trappings, and villages, and populous regions, and fields, and houses, unto Brahmanas, we retire into the woods with hearts not harbouring friendly feeling towards kinsmen, even we shall be, O monarch, such Kalis of the kingly order. Those members of the kingly order that do not practise charity and give protection (to others), incur sin. Woe is their portion hereafter and not bliss. If, O lord, without performing great sacrifices and the rites in honour of thy deceased ancestors, and it, without bathing in sacred waters, thou betakest thyself to a wandering life, thou shalt then meet with destruction like a small cloud separated from a mass and dashed by the winds. Thou shalt then fall off from both worlds and have to take thy birth in the Pisacha order, l A person becomes a true renouncer by casting off every internal and external attachment, and not simply by abandoning home for dwelling in the woods. A Brahmana that lives in the observance of these ordinances in which there are no impediments, does not fall off from this or the other world. Observant of the duties of one's own order,— duties respected by the ancients and practised by the best of men, who is there, O Partha, that would grieve, O king, for having in a trice stain in battle his foes that swelled with prosperity, like Sakra slaying the forces of the Daityas? Having in the observance of Kshatriya duties subjugated the world by the aid of thy prowess, and having made presents unto persons conversant with the Vedas, thou canst, O monarch, go to regions higher than heaven. It behoves thee not, O Partha, to indulge in grief."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दान देनेके प्रशंसक हैं तो कोई दान लेनेके

English

A king who shows a robber the right time and place, relying on wisdom born of the scriptures, is not touched by sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राज्यमेके प्रशंसन्ति प्रजानां परिपालनम्

English

A king who takes a sixth share and does not protect the kingdom takes on that sin to the extent of a fourth part.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् सर्व समालोक्य बुधानामेष निश्चय:

English

Learn how a king does not fall from dharma: restraining by the law books, following the rule, fearless, disregarding desire and anger, equal-eyed like a father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्रोह: सत्यवचनं संविभागो दया दम:

English

When a king is struck by fate in the time of action, and neglects that action, they do not call it a transgression.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं धर्म प्रधानेष्टं मनु: स्वायम्भुवो5ब्रवीत्

English

Enemies must be restrained, whether by force or by design; one should not make peace with sinners nor let the kingdom be sold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असाधुनिग्रहरत: साधूनां प्रग्रहे रत:

English

Heroes and the noble and the learned are to be honoured, Yudhishthira; those with cattle and the wealthy are especially to be protected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रसंक्रामितश्री श्ष वने वन्येन वर्तयन्

English

The learned are to be appointed in lawful affairs; and a wise man should not trust a single one, even if full of merits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

य एवं वर्तते राजन् स राजा धर्मनिश्चित:

English

An unprotecting, ill-mannered, proud, stiff and envious king is joined to sin and is called ill-controlled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्वाणं हि सुदुष्प्राप्यं बहुविघ्नं च मे मतम्

English

Those who are lost when not protected, under a king struck by fate, and those killed by thieves—all that is the king's sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोब्राह्माणार्थे युध्यन्त: प्राप्ता गतिमनुत्तमाम्

English

When good counsel has been taken and good policy followed, and effort duly made and the action done, there is no unrighteousness, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमत्तास्तत: स्वर्ग प्राप्ता: पुण्यै: स्वकर्मभि:

English

Undertakings fail and also succeed by fate; but when human effort is made, sin does not touch the king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्विण्णमनसं ज्येष्ठमिदं भ्रातरमच्युतम्

English

Here I shall tell you this story, tiger among kings, of what befell the former royal sage Hayagriva, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिससे इस प्रकार कहा--

English

Having slain his enemies, and himself slain in the battle, the hero of untroubled deeds, alone, steadfast, conquered, Yudhishthira,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्ट बहुभियय॑ज्ञि: क्षत्रधर्ममनुस्मर

English

by the deed in restraining his foes and the supreme yoga in protecting his people, having done deeds and gained fame in a good fight, Hayagriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो बहुसंख्यक यज्ञोंसे भी बढ़कर माना गया है

English

With his self given up in battles, an attacker, cut by weapons and harassed by robbers, Ashvagriva, the great soul of fixed conduct, perfected in soul, rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियाणां च निधन संग्रामे विहित॑ं प्रभो

English

The bow the sacrificial post, the bowstring the girdle, the arrow the ladle, the sword the spoon, blood the ghee; the chariot the altar, battle the fire at will, the four best horses the four priests;

हिन्दी अर्थ

वधश्च भरतश्रेष्ठ काले शस्त्रेण संयुगे

English

having offered his enemies in that sacrificial fire, freed of sin, the lion among kings, the energetic one, having offered his life at the avabhritha in battle, Hayagriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोई कारण नहीं है)

English

Protecting the kingdom with design and policy, self-given, given to sacrifice, the great-souled, high-minded, pervading all worlds with his fame, Hayagriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रशस्तं जीवितं लोके क्षत्रं हि ब्रह्मसम्भवम्

English

Having protected the earth by divine success and human policy of the rod, by the principles of yoga, the king, righteous, great-souled Hayagriva rejoices in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियस्यथ विधीयन्ते न परस्वोपजीवनम्

English

The learned, renouncing, faithful, grateful, having left the human world and done his deed, the king ascended to the world of the wise and learned and esteemed who gave up their bodies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा मनीषी निपुणो लोके दृष्टपरावर:

English

Having rightly obtained the Vedas and studied the scriptures, rightly protected the kingdom, the great soul, having established the four classes in their own dharma, Hayagriva rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसारमें आगे-पीछेकी सब बातोंपर दृष्टि रखनेवाले हैं

English

Having won battles and protected subjects, drunk soma and satisfied the best of the twice-born, having borne the rod rightly for his people, exhausted in battle he rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियस्य विशेषेण हृदयं वज़संनिभम्

English

He whose conduct men praise and whom the good and learned honour as worthy, having conquered heaven and gone to the worlds of heroes, the great soul of holy fame attained perfection."

हिन्दी अर्थ

गतास्ते क्षत्रधर्मेण शस्त्रपूता: परां गतिम्

English

a Brahmana and not to a Kshatriya. Therefore, if Yudhishthira would, without reigning, live quietly in the kingdom governed by some brother of his, he would then be equally sinning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामहोंके इस राज्यका भार तुम्हें एक धुरन्धर पुरुषकी भाँति वहन करना चाहिए

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Neither this kingdom of the earth nor the various pleasures please my mind today; this grief makes me roar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्तवान् परमां सिद्धि दक्ष: प्राचेतसो यथा

English

And hearing the lament of the women bereft of heroes and sons, sage, I find no peace."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुत: फलान्यवाप्तानि हेतुना केन खादसि

English

Thus addressed, Vyasa, best of those who know yoga, knower of dharma, versed in the Veda, replied to the greatly wise Yudhishthira:

हिन्दी अर्थ

शीघ्रं धारय चौरस्थ मम दण्डं नराधिप

English

"It is not gained by action or by thought, nor does anyone give it to man; by the turn of Time as ordained by the Creator, a man gets everything in time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यगच्छन्महाबाहो लिखित: संशितव्रत:

English

Not by wisdom or study of scriptures can distinctions be won by men out of time; even a fool sometimes gains aims; for Time is without distinction regarding any deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिखित मुनि राजा सुद्युम्नके पास गये

English

Out of time neither craft nor mantras nor herbs give their fruit; when gathered by Time, they succeed and flourish in due time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यगच्छत् सहामात्य: पद्भ्यामेव जनेश्वर:

English

By Time swift winds blow; by Time rain comes from the clouds; by Time water is full of lotuses and blue lotuses; by Time trees flower in forests.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रियोंके साथ पैदल ही उनके निकट गये

English

By Time nights are dark and bright; by Time the moon is full-orbed; out of time trees give no flower or fruit; out of time rivers do not flow with force.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिष्टं हि राजशार्टूल न शक्‍्यमतिवर्तितुम्

English

arranger of everything, Acts done from a spirit of renunciation, i.e., without hope of reaping their fruits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उल्लंघन नहीं किया जा सकता

English

Out of time none dies or is born; out of time a child does not speak; out of time youth does not come; out of time a sown seed does not sprout.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नोवाच किंचित् कौरव्यस्ततो द्वैपायनो5ब्रवीत्

English

Out of time the sun does not come to its conjunction; out of time it does not go to the western mountain; out of time the moon and the ocean with their great waves neither wax nor wane.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परमधर्म गृहस्थ-आश्रमका ही आश्रय लेकर टिका हुआ है

English

Here too they tell this ancient history, sung by King Senajit, afflicted with grief, Yudhishthira:

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि गार्हस्थ्यमुत्सृज्य तवारण्यं विधीयते

English

This cycle touches all mortals, hard to cross; all men, ripened by Time, die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भृत्याश्वैवोपजीवन्ति तान् भरस्व महीपते

English

Men kill others, O king, and others kill them too; this is the worldly term: neither does one kill nor is one killed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवन-निर्वाह करते हैं; अत: तुम उनका भरण-पोषण करो

English

Some think 'He kills,' others 'He does not kill'; but the arising and passing of beings are fixed by nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहस्थैरेव धार्यन्ते तस्माच्छेष्ठो गृहाअ्रमी

English

When wealth, a wife, a son or a father is lost or dead, one should deal with grief thinking 'Alas, how painful!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तं चराद्य विधिं पार्थ दुश्नरं दुर्बलेन्द्रिये:

English

Why do you grieve, being a fool? What is there to grieve for? Look at sorrows within sorrows and fears within fears.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृपैतामहं राज्यं धुर्यवद् वोढुमरहसि

English

Even this self is not mine, nor is the whole earth mine; seeing that as it is mine so it is others', one is not bewildered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ध्यानमेकान्तशीलव्वं तुष्टिज्ञानं च शक्तित:

English

Thousands of occasions of grief and hundreds of occasions of joy enter the fool day after day, not the wise man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियाणां तु वक्ष्यामि तवापि विदितं पुन:

English

Thus by Time these pleasant and unpleasant things, sorrows and joys, turn in portions among living beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्डधारणमुग्रत्वं प्रजानां परिपालनम्

English

There is only sorrow, no joy; therefore it is found; sorrow is born of craving's pain, and joy is born of sorrow's pain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रविणोपार्जनं भूरि पात्रे च प्रतिपादनम्

English

After joy comes sorrow, after sorrow joy; one does not always get sorrow nor always joy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमं लोकममुं चैव साधयन्तीति न: श्रुतम्

English

Joy is at the end of sorrows and sorrow at the end of joy; therefore he who wishes eternal happiness should give up both.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बल हि क्षत्रिये नित्यं बले दण्ड: समाहित:

English

That which would be the cause of grief or anguish, or confusion in sorrow, or whose root is iron—one should abandon it, even a limb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियमें बलकी नित्य स्थिति है और बलमें ही दण्ड प्रतिष्ठित होता है

English

Whether happiness or sorrow, pleasant or unpleasant, one should accept what comes, unconquered in heart.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि गाथामिमां चापि बृहस्पतिरगायत

English

When a little unpleasantness comes even from one's limbs, wives or sons, then you will know who is whose, by what and how.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयमें बृहस्पतिजीने इस गाथाका भी गान किया है

English

Those who are the most foolish in the world and those who have gone beyond wisdom prosper in happiness; the middle is joined to affliction.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजानं चाविरोद्धारं ब्राह्मणं चाप्रवासिनम्

English

Thus spoke the greatly wise Senajit, Yudhishthira, knower of the high and low, of the world's dharma, of joy and sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसिद्धि परमां प्राप्त: श्रोतुमिच्छामि तं नृपम्

English

One happy at another's sorrow can never be happy; there is no end to sorrows, for one arises after another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ली थी। मैं उन नरेशका चरित्र सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

Happiness and sorrow, existence and non-existence, gain and loss, death and life—all touch men in turn here; therefore the steadfast one should neither rejoice nor be angry.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शंखक्ष लिखितकश्षास्तां भ्रातरौ संशितव्रतो

English

Initiation in sacrifice, protection, war, yoga in the kingdom with proper policy of the rod, giving up wealth as fees in sacrifice, and right knowledge: know these as purifying.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फूलोंसे लदे रहनेवाले वृक्षोंसे सुशोभित थे

English

Protecting the kingdom with design and policy, self-given, given to sacrifice, the great soul, moving in all worlds in the form of dharma, rejoices in the world of the gods after the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यद्च्छयाथ शंखोपि निष्क्रान्तोभवदाश्रमात्

English

Having won battles and protected the kingdom, drunk soma and increased the subjects, having borne the rod rightly for his people, exhausted in battle he rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलानि पातयामास सम्यक्परिणतान्युत

English

Having rightly obtained the Vedas and studied the scriptures, and the king having rightly protected the kingdom, having established the four classes in their own dharma, he, pure in soul, rejoices in the world of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिंश्न भक्षयत्येव शंखो5प्याश्रममागत:

English

The king whose conduct men honour even when he has gone to heaven, as do townsfolk, countryfolk and ministers, is the best of kings."

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमागमनमाचक्ष्व भगवन् कृतमेव तत्

English

"Sahadeva said, 'By casting off all external objects only, O Bharata, one does not attain to success. By casting off even mental attachments, the attainment of success is doubtful, l Let that religious merit and that happiness which are his who has cast off external objects but whose mind still internally covets them, be the portion of our foes! On the other hand, let that religious merit and that happiness which are his who governs the earth, having cast off all internal attachments also, be the portion of our friends. The word mama (mine), consisting of two letters, is Death's self; white the opposite word na-mama (not mine), consisting of three letters, is eternal Brahma. 2 Brahma and death, O king, entering invisibly into every soul, without doubt, cause all creatures to act. If this being, O Bharata, that is called Soul, be not ever subject to destruction, then by destroying the bodies of creatures one cannot be guilty of slaughter. If, on the other hand, the soul and the body of a being are born or destroyed together, so that when the body is destroyed the soul also is destroyed, then the way (prescribed in the scriptures) of rites and acts would be futile. Therefore, driving away all doubts about the immortality of the soul, the man of intelligence should adopt that path which has been trodden by the righteous of old and older times. The life of that king is certainly fruitless who having acquired the entire earth with her mobile and immobile creatures, does not enjoy her. As regards the man again who lives in the forest upon wild fruits and roots, but whose attachment to things of the earth has not ceased, such a one, O king, lives within the jaws of Death. Behold, O Bharata, the hearts and the outward forms of all creatures to be but manifestations of thy own. They that look upon all creatures as their own selves escape from the great fear (of destruction). 3 Thou art my sire, thou art my protector, thou art my brother, and thou art my senior and preceptor. It behoveth thee, therefore, to forgive these incoherent utterances in sorrow of a woe-stricken person. True or false, this that has been uttered by are, O lord of earth, has been uttered from a due regard for thee, O best of Bharatas, that I entertain!"

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिया। मुझ दुर्बुद्धिके उस अपराधको आप क्षमा कर दें”

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "In Vasushena (Karna) and the knower of dharma Dhrishtaketu, and in other kings of various lands at the meeting,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजातशत्रुं कौन्तेयमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्

English

grief does not leave me, a slayer of kin, afflicted, greedy for kingdom, exceedingly fierce, the destroyer of my own family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपभोग करो। पीछे वनमें चले जाना

English

He on whose lap I played and rolled about—that son of Ganga was felled by me, greedy for kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनृण्यं गच्छ कौन्तेय तत् सर्व च करिष्यसि

English

When I saw him reeling, Partha, trembling from arrows as if from thunderbolts, looking at Shikhandin,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्प्राप्त: कीर्तिमतुलां पाण्डवेय भविष्यसि

English

the tall lion among men, the grandsire, like an old lion, strewn with sharp arrows, my mind was pained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणुष्वैवं यथा कुर्वन् न धर्माच्च्यवसे नृप

English

When he turned away, sinking, and fell from his chariot by arrows, reeling like a mountain, I was faint.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनो, जिसके अनुसार कार्य करनेपर धर्मसे च्युत नहीं होओगे

English

He who with bow and arrow in hand fought Bhargava (Parashurama) for many days in the great battle at Kurukshetra,

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानधर्मकुशला: स्थापयन्ति नरेश्वर

English

who, the son of the river, the hero, with a single chariot challenged the assembled kshatriya kings at Varanasi for the sake of the maidens,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ है? यह बताइये और उसे पूरा हुआ ही समझिये”

English

in Sarira, i.e., the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति श्रुत्वा तत् कर्तुमहसि

English

while everything proceeding from an opposite frame of mind leads to Brahma or immortality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्षितानि महाराज तत्र मां शाधि मा चिरम्

English

When I saw him fallen on the ground, drenched in blood, then a most fierce fever entered me, best of sages—he by whom we were raised as children and protected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाराज! इसके लिये मुझे शीघ्र दण्ड दीजिये”

English

He was slain by me, greedy for kingdom, sinful, a slayer of my teacher, a fool, for the sake of a kingdom of short duration.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुज्ञायामपि तथा हेतु: स्याद् ब्राह्मणर्षभ

English

And the teacher, the great archer honoured by all kings, was falsely told by me, sinful, in the battle concerning his son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह क्षमा करके आपको लौट जानेकी आज्ञा दे दे, इसका भी उसे अधिकार है

English

That burns my limbs: what the teacher said to me—'You are truthful, king; if my son lives, tell me the truth'—the Brahmana asked me that, not suspecting the truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रूहि कामानतोन्‍्यांस्त्वं करिष्यामि हि ते वच:

English

With an elephant as intermediary, it was falsely done by me, greedy for kingdom, sinful, a slayer of my teacher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्‍्यं स वरयामास तस्माद् दण्डादृते वरम्

English

Putting on the cloak of truth, I said to the teacher in battle, 'Ashvatthaman is slain,' when the elephant was felled; what worlds shall I go to, having done that dreadful deed?

हिन्दी अर्थ

करी प्रच्छेदयामास धृतदण्डो जगाम स:

English

And that I had Karna, who never fled in battle, my fierce elder brother, killed—who is a worse sinner than I?

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृतदण्डस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्भवांस्तत् क्षन्तुमहति

English

And that I greedily sent the boy Abhimanyu, born like a lion on the mountains, into the army protected by Drona.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवानृषीन् पितृश्चैवं मा चाधर्मे मनः कृथा:

English

Since then I cannot look at Bibhatsu or at lotus-eyed Krishna, like a guilty slayer of an embryo.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मा च तेऊत्र विशंकाभूद् हैवमत्र विधीयते

English

And I grieve for Draupadi, undeserving of sorrow, bereft of five sons, as the earth would be bereft of five mountains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य ते तपसो वीर्यमीदृशं द्विजसत्तम

English

I, the doer of the fault, sinful, destroyer of the earth, will sit just so and dry up this body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपने पहले ही मुझे पवित्र क्यों नहीं कर दिया?

English

Know me today as sitting to fast to death, a slayer of my teacher, so that in other births I may not be the ender of a family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सच पूतो नरपतिस्त्वं चापि पितृभि: सह

English

I shall not eat nor drink water in any way; I shall dry up my dear life here, ascetic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उस दण्डको स्वीकार करके तुम पितरोंसहित पवित्र हो गये

English

Go as you please; I give leave, having appeased you; all of you give me leave; I shall give up this body."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्तवान् परमां सिद्धि दक्ष: प्राचेतसो यथा

English

[Vaishampayana said:] To Partha speaking thus, distraught with grief for his kin, Vyasa, best of sages, restraining him, said, "Not so."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पथोन्यो महाराज मा सम शोके मन: कृथा:

English

"You should not grieve beyond measure, great king; I shall say it again: this is fated, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्ड एव हि राजेन्द्र क्षत्रधर्मो न मुण्डनम्

English

Unions and separations of born beings are certain; like bubbles in water they come to be and cease to be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रिय-धर्मके अन्तर्गत है, मूँड़ मुड़ाकर संन्यासी बनना नहीं

English

All accumulations end in exhaustion, all risings end in falling, all unions end in separation, and life ends in death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनोरथा महाराज ये तत्रासन् युधिछिर

English

Happiness ends in sorrow; idleness, skill, sorrow, with happiness arising; prosperity, beauty, modesty, steadiness and success do not dwell in the unskilled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखस्यान्ते नरव्याप्र सुखान्यनुभवन्तु वै

English

Friends are not enough for happiness, nor enemies for sorrow; wisdom is not enough for wealth, nor wealth for happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुभूय ततः पश्चात् प्रस्थातासि विशाम्पते

English

As you were created by the Creator, son of Kunti, so act in deeds; thence is your success, you are not master of yourself, O king."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रजां बुद्धिमास्थाय युज्यते नैनसा हि सः

English

if Vrittam be read for Bhutam the sense would remain unaltered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्करैश्लापि हीयन्ते सर्व तद् राजकिल्बिषम्

English

[Vyasa said:] "Here too they tell this ancient history, the song of Ashma, tiger among men; hear it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके

English

The king Janaka of Videha, flooded with grief and sorrow, questioned the wise Brahmana Ashma about a doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बारीसे विधाताके विधानानुसार मनुष्य समयपर सब कुछ पा लेता है

English

[Janaka said:] In the gain or loss of kinsmen and of wealth, how should a man act who wishes the good?

हिन्दी अर्थ

संज्ैषा लौकिकी राजन् न हिनस्ति न हन्यते

English

[Ashma said:] When this self has been born to man, thereafter sorrows and joys come upon him one after another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यन्निमित्तो भवेच्छोकस्तापो वा भूशदारुण:

English

In the onset of either of them, whatever he resorts to, it carries off his consciousness as wind a cloud.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त प्राप््मुपासीत हृदयेनापराजित:

English

"I am well born, I am perfected, I am not merely human"—for these three reasons his mind becomes drenched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनावे। अपने हृदयसे उसके सामने पराजय न स्वीकार करे (हिम्मत न हारे)

English

With his mind so drenched, he abandons the enjoyments gathered by his fathers and, wasted, thinks taking others' property good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो ज्ञास्यसि कः कस्य केन वा कथमेव च

English

Kings, greedy, forbid him, who has transgressed bounds and is taking what is not his, as they do a deer with arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिगृह्लाति तत् पापं चतुर्थाशेन भूमिप:

English

Men who are twenty or thirty years old will not exist after a hundred years, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निग्रहाद् धर्मशास्त्राणामनुरुद्धान्नपेतभी:

English

For those greatest sorrows, one should prescribe the remedy by wisdom, looking at the conduct of all living beings here and there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रजां बुद्धिमास्थाय युज्यते नैनसा हि सः

English

The source of mental sorrows is confusion of mind or the onset of the unwanted; a third does not obtain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न साधयति यत् कर्म न तत्राहुरतिक्रमम्

English

Thus these and those sorrows, various, and those of touch, come upon man here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापै: सह न संदध्याद् राज्यं पण्यं न कारयेत्

English

Old age and death devour beings like two wolves, the strong and the weak, the small and the great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोमिनो धनिनश्लैव परिपाल्या विशेषत:ः

English

No man ever passes beyond old age and death, even having conquered this earth to the ocean's edge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिक-से-अधिक गौएँ रखनेवाले धनी वैश्योंकी विशेषरूपसे रक्षा करनी चाहिए

English

Happiness or sorrow come upon beings and must be obtained helplessly; there is no avoiding it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणयुक्तेडपि नैकस्मिन् विश्वसेत विचक्षण:

English

In youth, middle age or the last age, O king, those things are unavoidable and what is desired turns out otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एनसा युज्यते राजा दुर्दान्त इति चोच्यते

English

Separation from the very dear and union with the unloved, gain and loss, happiness and sorrow, follow the ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोष देखनेवाला है, वह पापसे संयुक्त होता है और लोग उसे दुर्दान्त कहते हैं

English

The appearance of beings, the laying down of the body, the attainment and exertion—all this is fixed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाय) तो राजाको उसका पाप नहीं लगता

English

Scent, colour, taste and touch cease by nature; so do happiness and sorrow follow the ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृते पुरुषकारे तु नैनः स्पृशति पार्थिवम्

English

Sitting, lying, going, rising, drinking and eating of all beings are fixed and come only by Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यद् वृत्तं पूर्वराजर्षेहयग्रीवस्य पाण्डव

English

Physicians too are sick, the strong are very weak, those with wives are impotent; strange is the turn of Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असहायस्य संग्रामे निर्जितस्य युधिष्ठिर

English

Birth in a family, valour, health, steadiness, good fortune and enjoyment are gained by what is to be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसिद्धार्थों मोदते स्वर्गलोके

English

The poor who do not wish for them have very many sons; the many who wish for them have none; the prosperous striving do not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वातुरहोत्रं चतुरो वाजिमुख्या:

English

Disease, fire, water, weapon, hunger, wild beast, poison, death by rope, and a fall from a height—

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके

English

whatever a man's departure is fated to be, he goes by that cause; none is seen to evade it, nor has any escaped it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीर्ति फैलाकर इस समय देवलोकमें आनन्दित हो रहे हैं

English

A rich man is seen to perish while young, and a poor, afflicted man lives a hundred years, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके

English

Men without possessions are seen to live long, and those born in prosperous families perish like moths.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तनुत्यजां लोकमाक्रम्य राजा

English

Mostly the fortunate in this world lack the power to enjoy, while even wood is digested by the poor, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धे क्षीणो मोदते देवलोके

English

Driven by Time, one thinks "I do this," and the ill-natured, from discontent, does whatever sin he desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हुए युद्धमें मारे गये और अब देवलोकमें सुख भोगते हैं

English

Women, dice, hunting and drink are censured by the wise for their attachment, yet many learned men are seen attached to them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धि प्राप्त: पुण्यकीर्तिर्महात्मा

English

Thus by Time all desired and undesired things touch all beings; no cause is found.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहुँचकर उत्तम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली'

English

Wind, sky, fire, moon and sun, day and night, luminaries, rivers and mountains—who makes or sustains them?

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यासमामन्त्रय कौन्तेय: प्रत्युवाच युधिछ्िर:

English

Cold, heat and rain turn by Time; so too the happiness and sorrow of men, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीणयन्ति मनो मे5द्य शोको मां रुन्धयत्ययम्

English

Neither herbs nor scriptures nor oblations nor prayers save a man seized by death or old age.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिदेवयमानानां शान्तिं नोपलभे मुने

English

As two logs meet in the great ocean, meet and part, so is the meeting of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिरं महाप्राज्ञो धर्मज्ञो वेदपारग:

English

Those who are attended by men and women with song and music, and the helpless who eat others' food—Time acts equally on them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाज्ञानी व्यासने उनसे फिर इस प्रकार कहा

English

Thousands of mothers and fathers and hundreds of sons and wives have been experienced in cycles of existence—whose are they, or whose are we?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन सर्व लभते मनुष्य:

English

No one will be anyone's, and this one is no one's; this is a meeting on the road with wives, kinsmen and companions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालो हि कार्य प्रति निर्विशेष:

English

"Where did I dwell, where shall I go, who am I, why am I here, from what and for whom should I grieve?"—so should one settle the mind in this impermanent, dear companionship, in the cycle of existence moving like a wheel."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यकी सिद्धिमें सामान्य कारण है

English

The wise do not know the other world by direct sight; without transgressing the scriptures one who wishes to prosper should have faith.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धान्ति वर्धन्ति च भूतिकाले

English

The learned man should perform rites for ancestors and gods, practise the duties, sacrifice duly, and follow the triple aim.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन पुष्यन्ति वनेषु वृक्षा:

English

This world, sinking in the deep ocean of Time, whose great crocodiles are old age and death, no one comprehends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कमल तथा उत्पल उत्पन्न हो जाते हैं और समयसे ही वनमें वृक्ष पुष्ट होते हैं

English

Many physicians, studying the science of life, are seen to be flooded with diseases, with their equipment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाकालवेगा: सरितो वहन्ति

English

Drinking decoctions and various kinds of ghee, they do not pass beyond death, as the great ocean does not pass its shore.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नायान्त्यकाले शिशिरोष्णवर्षा:

English

Those who know elixirs and apply them well are seen broken by old age, like trees by the best of elephants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाकालतो रोहति बीजमुप्तम्

English

Likewise those endowed with austerity, devoted to Vedic study, givers and sacrificers, do not cross over old age and death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्द्र: समुद्रो5पि महोर्मिमाली

English

Days do not return, nor months, nor years, for all beings that are born, nor fortnights, nor nights.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन परिपक्तवा हि प्रियन्ते सर्वपार्थिवा:

English

This man, impermanent, helplessly by Time certainly goes the long road frequented by all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाज्चभौतिक शरीरोंके जन्म और मरण स्वभावत: नियत हैं

English

Either the body goes from the living, or the living being leaves the body; this is a meeting on the road with wives, other relatives and kinsmen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहो दुःखमिति ध्यायन् दुःखस्यापचितिं चरेत्

English

No one ever gets lasting companionship even with his own body, how much less with anyone else.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा मम तथान्येषामिति पश्यन् न मुहृति

English

Where is your father today, king, where your grandfather? You do not see them today, nor do they see you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवसे दिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति न पण्डितम्

English

A man is not a seer of heaven or hell; the eye of the good is the scripture; follow that here, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभाव डालते हैं, विद्वानूपर नहीं

English

One who has practised celibacy should beget offspring and sacrifice, free of envy, to be quit of debts to ancestors, gods and great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवेषु परिवर्तन्ते दुःखानि च सुखानि च

English

He who is devoted to sacrifice, engaged in begetting offspring, having first been a celibate student, with his sides divided, worshipping heaven and this world, and then renouncing the heart's wound for the highest,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृष्णार्तिप्रभवं दुःखं दुःखार्तिप्रभवं सुखम्

English

for a king rightly practising dharma and rightly collecting wealth, whose wheel is turning, fame grows in all worlds, moving and unmoving."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न नित्यं लभते दुःखं न नित्यं लभते सुखम्

English

[Vyasa said:] Thus understanding, the king of Videha, with his reasons fulfilled, having taken the whole speech to heart, took leave of Ashma, pure in mind, and went to his own home, his grief calmed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादेतद् द्ववं जह्माद् य इच्छेच्छाश्वतं सुखम्

English

"So you also, Achyuta, cast off grief; rise, equal to Shakra, come to joy; the earth has been won by you by kshatriya dharma; enjoy it, son of Kunti; do not despair."