Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामक्रोधौ वशे कृत्वा निनीषेद् ब्रह्मण: पदम्

English

thee! Rise, and practise virtue. It is not meet that thou shouldst throw away thy life! If, O regenerate one, thou listen to me and place credence on my words, thou wilt then obtain the highest reward of the religion inculcated in the Vedas. Do thou set thyself to Vedic studies, and duly maintain thy sacred fire, and observe truth, and self-restraint, and charity. Never compare thyself boastfully with another. They who, by devoting themselves to the study of the Vedas, become competent for performing sacrifices for themselves and others, have no need to indulge in any kind of regret or fear any kind of evil. They that are born under an auspicious constellation on an auspicious lunation and at an auspicious hour, strive their best for performing sacrifices, practising charity, and procreating children, and desiring to pass their time cheerfully in those acts, at last win very great happiness, l They, on the other hand, that are

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टौ भूतानि भूतानां शाश्वतानि भवात्ययौ प्रलयके अधिष्ठान हैं

English

[Parashara said:] "For the most part the sense of mine arises in a householder, from attachment, best of men, with tamasic and rajasic states.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हें समस्त इन्द्रियाँ और उनके ज्ञान, कर्म एवं गुण सुना दिये

English

Houses, cows, fields, wealth, wives, sons and servants come to a man here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह सुख-दुःखका भागी होता है याति देहमयं मुक्त्वा कदाचित्परमां गतिम्

English

For him so engaged, ever looking at this, attachment and aversion grow, as he does not see impermanence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षीणदेह: पुनर्देही ब्रह्मत्वमुपगच्छति

English

To a man overcome by attachment and aversion and following wealth, lord of men, a delight born of delusion comes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्क्षये हास्य पश्यन्ति ब्रह्मुभावे परां गतिम् गीत॑ विदेहराजेन माण्डव्यायानुपृच्छते

English

Having achieved his end by enjoyment, intent on delight, he sees no gain other than the pleasure of the village, from delight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विज्ञ पुरुष ऐसे अवसरोंपर उदाहरणके तौरपर दुहराया करते हैं

English

Then, with a self overcome by greed, he increases people through attachment, and for his nourishment wishes to do the people's wealth here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्युति किंचन आग लग जाय तो भी मेरा कुछ नहीं जलता है

English

Though knowing what should not be done, a man does it for wealth, with a self full of child-like affection, and then repents at its loss.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असमृद्धास्त्वपि सदा मोहयन्त्यविचक्षणान्

English

Then, endowed with pride, guarding his own defeat, he does what makes him an enjoyer, and for that perishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेकी इच्छा करे अहैन्यमनुदीर्णत्वमनुद्वेगो व्यवस्थिति:

English

under evil constellations, inauspicious lunations, and at evil hours, become destitute of sacrifices and progeny and at last fall into the Asura order, l In my former life I had much useless learning. I always sought for reasons and had very little faith. I was a slanderer of the Vedas. I was destitute of the (fourfold) objects of life, and was devoted to that science of argumentation which is based upon ocular or tangible proofs. 2 1 used to utter words based on (plausible) reasons. Indeed, in assemblies, I always spoke of reasons (and never faith). I used to speak irreverently of the declarations of the Srutis and address Brahmanas in domineering tones. I was an unbeliever, skeptical of everything, and though really ignorant, proud of my learning. This status of a jackal that I have obtained in this life is the consequence, O regenerate one, of those sins of mine! If even after hundreds of days and nights I that am a jackal can once again obtain the status of humanity, I shall then pass my life in contentment, heedful of the true objects of existence, and engaged in sacrifices and gifts. I shall then know what should be known, and avoid what should be avoided!' Thus addressed, the ascetic Kasyapa, rising up, said, 'O, thou art certainly possessed of knowledge and great intelligence! I am really surprised at all this!' With eyes whose vision was extended by knowledge, the Brahmana then beheld that being who had addressed him to be Indra, chief of the gods and the lord of Sachi. Kasyapa then worshipped that god having the best of steeds for the animal that bore him. Receiving afterwards the god's permission, the Brahmana returned to

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा वाक्कायमनसां नियम: कामतोन्यथा

English

as a triplet. Nilakantha points out that Icchantaste, etc., is grammatically connected with 45.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो5ध्याय: नारदस्य च संवादं देवलस्यासितस्य च

English

From disgust comes knowledge of the self; from knowledge, the vision of scripture; from vision of the meaning of scripture, king, he sees austerity alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप प्राचीन इतिहासका विद्वान् पुरुष उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

A man of reflection is hard to find, lord of men, who, when pleasure is spent, resolves to practise austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारद: परिपप्रच्छ भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययम् नारदजीने उनसे सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति और प्रलयके विषयमें प्रश्न किया

English

Austerity is for all, dear, even for the low; for the self-controlled, restrained, it shows the path to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रलये च कमभ्येति तद् भवान् प्रत्रवीतु मे

English

Prajapati, the lord, created the subjects formerly through austerity; somewhere devoted to vows, taking up vows, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रलयके समय किसमें लीन हो जाता है, यह आप मुझे बताइये? महाभूतानि पज्चेति तान्याहुर्भूतचिन्तका:

English

Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Agni, Ashvins, Maruts, Vishvedevas, Sadhyas, ancestors and hosts of Maruts,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतेभ्यो यः परं ब्रूयादसद् ब्रूयादसंशयम्

English

yakshas, rakshasas, gandharvas, perfected ones and other dwellers in heaven, and others who live in heaven, were perfected by austerity, dear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महतस्तेजसो राशीन् कालषष्ठान् स्वभावत: नासीद्धि परम तेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो मुक्तसंशयम्

English

The brahmanas created in the beginning by Brahma formerly through austerity roam, making the earth and heaven flourish.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेत्थैतानभिनिर्वत्तान् षडेते यस्य राशय:

English

Kings in the world of mortals and other householders seen in great families: all that is the fruit of austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनष्टो5प्यनु तान्येव जन्तुर्भवति पडचधा

English

Silk garments, lovely ornaments, vehicles, seats and carriages: all that is the fruit of austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूर्याच्चक्षुरसुर्वायोरद्भ्यस्तु खलु शोणितम् उपपच्त्या गुणान् विद्धि पजच पञठचसु पठचधा

English

Thousands of beautiful women agreeable to the mind, dwelling on palace roofs: all that is the fruit of austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियेरूपल भ्यन्ते पजचधा पठ्च पठ्चभि:

English

The best beds and varied foods, all wished for, come to those who have done the work.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदि पाँच प्रकारोंसे उपलब्ध किये जाते हैं जानती हैं। उन इन्द्रियोंद्वारा क्षेत्रज् (जीवात्मा) ही उनका अनुभव करता है

English

Nothing is unattainable by austerity in these three worlds, scourge of foes; giving up enjoyment is the fruit for those who have not done the work.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनसस्तु परा बुद्धि: क्षेत्रज्ञो बुद्धित: पर:

English

Happy or unhappy, a man should give up greed, considering the shastra with mind and intellect, best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिसे भी क्षेत्रज्ञ श्रेष्ठ है इन्द्रियेरुपलब्धार्थान् बुद्धिमांस्तु व्यवस्यति

English

Discontent leads only to unhappiness; from greed comes confusion of the senses; then his wisdom is lost, like learning without practice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टौ ज्ञानेन्द्रियाण्याहुरेतान्यध्यात्मचिन्तका:

English

When wisdom is lost he does not see justice; therefore, when pleasure is spent, a man should practise fierce austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धि--इन आठोंको ज्ञानेन्द्रिय कहते हैं इति संशब्द्यमानानि शृणु कर्मेन्द्रियाण्यपि

English

What is wished they call happiness; what is hated, sorrow here; see the fruit of austerity done and not done, such as it is.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम इनका भी विवरण सुनो

English

They always see good things and enjoy objects, and by doing stainless austerity they become radiant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विसर्गे च पुरीषस्य विसगे चापि कामिके ज्ञानचेष्टेन्द्रियगुणा: सर्वेषां शब्दिता मया

English

The disagreeable and insults, sorrow of many kinds: the seeker of fruit who gives up that path gains the objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवतीन्द्रियसंत्यागादथ स्वपिति वै नर: करके जीवात्मा सो जाता है

English

Doubt about dharma, austerity and giving arises in him, and having done sin he goes to hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवते विषयानेव त॑ विद्यात् स्वप्नदर्शनम्

English

The man whose eye is scripture, and who in happiness or in sorrow, best of men, does not stray from his own conduct, is the man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो उसे स्वप्नदर्शनकी अवस्था समझना चाहिए कर्मयुक्तान् प्रशंसन्ति सात्त्विकानितरांस्तथा

English

Delight in the touch of contact is held to last only the flight of an arrow, in taste, sight, smell and hearing, lord of the people.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सात्त्विकस्य निमित्तानि भावान् संश्रयते स्मृति:

English

Then from its loss keen pain arises again; by which the wise praise liberation as the supreme happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भावयोरीप्सितं नित्यं प्रत्यक्ष गमनं तयो: अपनी रुचिके अनुसार राजस और तामस पदार्थोंका सदा प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन होता है

English

Then he acts for the fruit, and the virtues become superior; by the conduct of dharma he is never deprived of desire and wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषामष्टादशो देही यः शरीरे स शाश्वत:

English

Objects that come without effort should always be enjoyed by householders, and those to be reached by effort are one's own dharma: so I hold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संश्रितास्तद् वियोगे हि सशरीरा न सन्ति ते पूर्वोक्त अठारह गुण--ये सभी इस समुदायके अन्तर्गत हैं

English

For the proud, well-born, ever having the eye of scripture, deprived of acts of dharma, with self restrained by incapacity,

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान् संधारयत्येतच्छरीरं वायुना सह

English

when the work being done goes to ruin for men, there is no work for them in the world except austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देहं विशति कालेन ततोयं कर्मसम्भवम् छोड़कर पूर्वसंकल्पके द्वारा निर्मित दूसरे-दूसरे शरीरमें जाता है

English

With his whole self the householder should make a settled decision in action; he should go through his own dharma with skill for the offerings to gods and ancestors, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृपणास्त्वनुतप्यन्ते जना: सम्बन्धदर्शिन:

English

As all rivers and streams go to the ocean that stands, so all in the stages go to the householder who stands."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नाहत: षोडशीं कलाम् तथैव तृष्णा वित्तेन वर्धमानेन वर्धते

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, if gifts, sacrifices, penances, and dutiful services returned to preceptors, are productive of wisdom and high felicity.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्र मोक्षधर्मके ज्ञानमें कुशल था; अत: उसने अपने पितासे पूछा

English

[Janaka said:] "The scripture says, 'what is born as offspring is the same one'; how then, born of a brahmana, is a distinction taken up?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोहेन हि समाविष्ट: पुत्रदारार्थमुद्यतः त॑ पुत्रपशुसम्पन्नं व्यासक्तमनसं नरम्

English

[Parashara said:] "So it is, great king; who begets is that very one; but by the lowering of austerity he is counted by birth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पशुयज्ञै: कथं हिंस्नैमादृशो यछ्टमहति

English

From good field and good seed the origin is holy; from deficiency in either, a lower one is born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मन्येवात्मना जात आत्मनिष्ठो5प्रज: पित: यस्य वाड्मनसी स्यातां सम्यक् प्रणिहिते सदा

English

From the mouth, the arms, the thighs and the feet they were born, as Prajapati created the worlds: so the knowers of dharma know.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीनोंका समावेश है, वह उनके द्वारा सब कुछ पा लेता है

English

From the mouth, dear, the brahmanas; from the arms the kshatriyas; from the thighs the rich, king; from the feet the servants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम् तथा त्वमपि वर्तस्व सत्यधर्मपरायण:

English

The origin is of four classes only, bull among men; others, beyond these, are remembered as born of mixture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमोध्याय:

English

The kshatriya births, Ambashthas, Ugras and Vaidehakas, Shvapakas, Pulkasas, Stenas, Nishadas, Sutas and Magadhas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त कर सकता है? समुपोढेषु कामेषु निरपेक्ष: परिव्रजेत्

English

Ayogas, Karanas, Vratyas and Chandalas, lord of men: these are born from the four classes among each other."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्पार्थमुपयुज्जीत धर्म कामान् विसर्जयेत्

English

'Bhishma said, 'If the mind becomes affected by desire, wrath and other evil passions, it then runs towards sin. If one's acts are stained by sin, one is obliged to dwell in painful regions. Sinful men take birth in indigent circumstances and repeatedly suffer the pangs of famine, woe, fear, and death. Those that are virtuous in their acts, and possessed of faith, and that have

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतकृत्यो विशुद्धात्मा सर्व त्यजति चैव ह भयाभयं च संत्यज्य स प्रशान्तो निरामय:

English

their senses under control, become born as affluent men and repeatedly sport in festivities and heaven and happiness. Unbelievers, with their arms manacled, are sent to regions rendered inaccessible by carnivorous beasts and elephants and full of terrors in consequence of snakes and robbers. What more need be said of them? They, on the other hand, who have reverence for gods and guests, who are liberal, who are fond of good and honest men, go, in consequence of their acts of charity, along that happy way which belongs to persons of cleansed souls. They that have no reverence for virtue are as vile among men as seedless grains among corn or the gnat among birds. That which is ordained in consequence of the acts of a past life pursues the actor even if the latter strives his best for leaving it behind, i It sleeps when he sleeps and does whatever else he does. 2 Like his shadow it rests when he rests, proceeds when he proceeds, and acts when he acts. Whatever acts a man does he has certainly to obtain the fruits thereof. Death is dragging all creatures who are surely destined to fall (into orders of existence they deserve) and who are surely liable to enjoy or suffer that which has been ordained as the consequence of their acts. The acts of a past life develop their consequences in their own proper time even as flowers and fruits, without extraneous efforts of any kind, never fail to appear when their proper time comes. After the consequences, as ordained, of the acts of a past life, have been exhausted (by enjoyment or sufferings), honour and disgrace, gain and loss, decay and growth, no longer flow or appear in respect of any one. This happens repeatedly. 3 A creature while still in the mother's womb enjoys or suffers the happiness or the misery that has been ordained for him in consequence of his own acts. In childhood or youth or old age, at whatever period of life one does an act good or bad, the consequences thereof are sure to visit him in his next life at precisely the same period. As a calf recognises and approaches its parent in the midst of even a thousand kine, even so the acts of a past life recognise and visit the doer in his new life. Washed in water a (dirty) piece of cloth becomes clean. Similarly, men burning in repentance obtain endless happiness by proper penances. 4 Those that can take up their residence in the woods and by performing austerities for a long period can wash themselves of their sins, succeed in obtaining the objects on which they set their hearts. As no one can mark the track of birds in the sky or of fishes in the water, similarly, the track of persons whose souls have been cleansed by knowledge

हिन्दी अर्थ

योडसौ प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजत: सुखम्

English

[Parashara said:] "King, this is to be accepted: from a lowly birth there arises a great-souled one among those whose selves are formed by austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मात्मा लभते कीर्ति प्रेत्य चेह यथासुखम् धर्मात्मा पुरुष इहलोक और परलोकमें कीर्ति एवं उत्तम सुख पाता है

English

The sages, having begotten sons here and there on women of kings, made them sages again by their own austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजयित्वा च तद् वाक्यं माण्डव्यो मोक्षमाश्रित:

English

My grandfather before, and Rishyashringa, Kashyapa, Vatsa, Tandya, Kripa, Kakshivan, Kamatha and others,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुनिने मोक्षमार्गका आश्रय लिया षट्सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमोध्याय:

English

Yavakrita, king, and Drona, best of speakers, Ayu, Matanga, Datta, Drupada and Matsya:

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि श्रेय: प्रतिपद्येत तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

these, Vaideha, reached their nature by relying on austerity; they are the Vedic scholars established in self-control and austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य किस कार्यको अपने लिये कल्याणकारी समझे, यह मुझे बताइये? पितुः पुत्रेण संवाद त॑ं निबोध युधिछ्िर

English

Four root gotras arose, lord of the earth: Angiras, Kashyapa, Vasishtha and Bhrigu.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रो बभूव मेधावी मेधावी नाम नामतः

English

Other gotras arose from action, lord of the earth; and the names by austerity too are the acceptance of the good."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्न हुआ, जिसका नाम “मेधावी” ही था मोक्षधर्मेष्वकुशलं मोक्षधर्मविचक्षण:

English

[Janaka said:] "Tell me, blessed one, the special dharmas of the classes and the common dharmas also; for you are skilled in all."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममानुपूर्व्या येन धर्म चरेयम् यथार्थरूपसे आप मुझे बताइये, जिससे मैं भी उस धर्मका आचरण कर सकूँ

English

[Parashara said:] "Receiving, officiating and teaching are the special dharma of brahmanas, king; protection is the fair one for the kshatriya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वन॑ प्रविश्याथ मुनिर्बुभूषेत्

English

Farming, herding and trade for vaishyas; service of the twice-born is the shudra's work, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुनिवृत्तिसे रहनेकी इच्छा करे अमोघा: का: पतन्तीह कि नु भीषयसीव माम्

English

The special dharmas of the classes have been told; hear now in detail, dear, the common dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहोरात्रा: पतन्तीमे तच्च कस्मान्न बुद्धासे

English

Non-cruelty, non-violence, heedfulness, sharing, shraddha rites, hospitality, truth and freedom from anger,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोहं कथं प्रतीक्षिष्ये ज्ञानेनापिहितश्षरन् अपने कल्याणसाधनमें एक क्षणकी भी प्रतीक्षा कैसे करूँगा?

English

contentment with one's own wives, purity, constant freedom from envy, knowledge of the self and endurance are the common dharmas, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, तब छिछले पानीमें रहनेवाली मछलीके समान कौन सुख पा सकता है?

English

Brahmanas, kshatriyas and vaishyas are the three twice-born classes; they have authority in the dharmas here, best of two-footed beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनवाप्तेषु कामेषु मृत्युरभ्येति मानवम् उसकी इच्छा पूर्ण होनेके पहले ही सहसा मौत आकर उसे दबोच लेती है

English

The three classes, king, fall when standing in wrong action; they rise by resorting to the good in their own duties here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि प्रतीक्षते मृत्यु: कृतं वास्य न वा कृतम्

English

It is not settled that a shudra falls, nor that he is not fit for the rites; he does not gain a dharma prompted by scripture, but no prohibition has been made for his dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

काम पूरा हो गया या नहीं को हि जानाति कस्याद्य मृत्युकालो भविष्यति

English

The twice-born, learned in scripture, cite the Vaideha as a shudra, great king; I see the god Vishnu, lord of the universe, the chief of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युवैव धर्मशील: स्यादनिमित्तं हि जीवितम्

English

Having followed the conduct of the good, the lowly who wish to rise up are not harmed, doing nourishing rites without mantra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संचिन्वानकमेवैनं कामानामवितृप्तकम्

English

As other people take up good conduct, so they find happiness and rest here and hereafter."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदं कृतमिदं कार्यमिदमन्यत् कृताकृतम् हुए उस मनुष्यको मौत लेकर चल देती है

English

[Janaka said:] "Great sage, what stains him, action or birth? Doubt has arisen in me; you should explain it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतानां फलमप्राप्तं कार्याणां कर्मसज्ञिनाम्

English

[Parashara said:] "Without doubt, great king, both cause fault, action and birth; but learn the difference.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्बलं बलवन्तं च प्राज्ञ शूरं जडं कविम् उसकी समस्त कामनाओं के पूर्ण होनेसे पहले ही उसे उठा ले जाती है

English

One who by birth and by action practises bad action; and one who is bad by birth but does not commit sin is a man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृत्युर्जरा च व्याधिश्व दुःखं चानेककारणम्

English

A man chief by birth who does a blamed action: that action stains him; therefore action is not good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जातमेवान्तकोन्ताय जरा चाभ्येति देहिनम् निबन्धनी रज्जुरेषा या ग्रामे वसतो रति:

English

[Janaka said:] "What actions are righteous in this world, best of the twice-born, which do not harm beings even when always done?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् सत्यव्रताचार: सत्यव्रतपरायण:

English

[Parashara said:] "Hear from me, great king, what you ask me: the actions that are non-violent which always save a man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च द्वयं देहे प्रतेष्ठितम् सत्यसे अमृतपदकी उपलब्धि होती है

English

Those who have renounced the fires, sitting, seeing, free of fever, having climbed the path of dharma leading to the highest good in due order,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोहं सत्यमहिसार्थी कामक्रोधबहिष्कृत:

English

humble, disciplined, ever self-controlled and of strict vow, go to the ageless state, free of all action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शान्तियज्ञरतो दान्तो ब्रद्मयज्ञे स्थितो मुनि: कर्मोंका निष्कामभावसे आचरणरूप कर्मयज्ञका अनुष्ठान करूँगा

English

All classes, having rightly done acts of dharma, king, and spoken true words, having given up dreadful adharma in the world of the living, go to heaven; there is no doubt in this."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रत्यक्ष परोक्षं वा दूषणं व्याहरेत् क्वचित्

English

cannot be marked by any. l There is no need of any more eloquence or any more reference to sinful acts. Suffice it to say that one should, with proper judgment and as befits one best, do what is for one's good. This is the means by which wisdom and high felicity may be achieved.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् पवित्र परमं परिव्राजक आश्रमे संन्यासाश्रममें इस प्रकारका आचरण परम पवित्र माना गया है

English

[Parashara said:] "The father is the supreme deity of men; they say the father is better than the mother; they call gain of knowledge supreme; those whose senses are conquered obtain the highest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यपोहति तदा ब्रह्म प्रकाशति सनातनम्

English

In the field of battle, on a bed of arrows and fire, a king's son who meets death is burnt and goes to worlds hard for the immortals to reach, and enjoys heaven's fruit at will.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशमें निर्भय विचरता हुआ समस्त प्राणियोंके लिये अजेय हो गया था धृतिमास्थाय भगवन् न शोचामि ततस्त्वहम्

English

A king should not kill one who is weary, afraid, with weapon dropped, weeping, facing away, without retinue, undaunted, sick or begging, nor children and the aged.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवर्तते चापि पुन: कथमैश्चर्यमुत्तमम्

English

A king in battle may overcome a kshatriya's son who is well supplied with retinue, ready and equal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कैसे नष्ट हो जाता है? किं वा फल परं प्राप्प जीवस्तिष्ठति शाश्वत:

English

Here killing an equal or a superior is better, so it is settled; the killing of one lowly or timid is blamed for kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदवाप्तुं फलं विप्र तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

The killing of the sinful, of sinful conduct, and the lowly, lord of men, is called sin leading to hell: so it is settled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बतानेकी कृपा करें यस्य पृथ्वीतलं तात साकाशं बाहुगोचर:

English

No one saves, king, one who has come under the power of fate; and someone may be drawn away even when a remainder of life is left.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्याहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णोमहित्म्यमुत्तमम्

English

One should turn back from the actions done here by those with affection; one should not wish life from violent actions with long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नेदं जीवितमासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित् क्रोध्यमान: प्रियं ब्रूयादाक्रुष्ट: कुशलं वदेत्

English

Magha, etc; yajnaprasava may also mean the fruits of sacrifices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भैक्षचर्यामनापन्नो न गच्छेत् पूर्वकेतित:

English

abstention from injury as regards all creatures, and actual gifts made outside the sacrificial altar. Similarly, the maintenance of the sacred fire, penances, purity of conduct, the study of the Vedas, hospitality to guests, and offer of food to the Viswedevas, are all included in the word Ishta which is ordinarily rendered 'sacrifice.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृदुः स्यादप्रतिक्रूरो विस्रब्ध: स्यादकत्थन: अतीतपात्रसंचारे भिक्षां लिप्सेत वै मुनि:

English

(with respect to whom such exhaustion takes place), is freed from all vicissitudes of life. Lest, however, such creatures become emancipated, the orthodox view is that a balance is always left of both merit and demerit, so that a new birth must take place and the consequences of what is thus left as a balance must begin to be enjoyed or suffered. This is not referred to here, but this is the view of all orthodox Hindus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाय, उस समय संन्यासी मुनिको भिक्षा प्राप्त करनेकी चेष्टा करनी चाहिए

English

in water. If it be samjuktam it would mean united, with filth, of course. Another reading is samswinnam, meaning 'drenched with sweat.' Nilakantha explains upavasah here as equivalent to the renunciation of all earthly possessions. Ordinarily it means 'fasts.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अलाभे न विहन्येत लाभश्नैनं न हर्षयेत् अनुभव न करे और मिल जाय तो उसके कारण वह हर्षित न हो

English

The body is an aggregate of veins, sinew and bone, repulsive and crowded with impure things, a meeting of the elements, senses and qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिपूजितलाभ हि जुगुप्सेतेव तादूश:

English

The learned thinkers on the self call the body ending in skin; again wasted, it comes to mortality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शय्यासने विविक्ते च नित्यमेवाभिपूजयेत् अज्ञातचर्या गत्वान्यां ततोन्यत्रैव संविशेत्

English

Abandoned by the embodied one, motionless and without consciousness, it reaches the elements and sinks into the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चोभे नानुरुध्येत कर्मणा

English

Joined with action by yoga, he is born here and there; this body, Vaideha, dies here and there; another nature is seen, and likewise the release of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणव आदिका जप करता रहे तथा वैराग्यका आश्रय ले मौन रहे आत्मना य: प्रशान्तात्मा लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रिय:

English

The embodied one is never born of time alone, king; he turns about, as a great cloud in the sky.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निन्दा चास्य हृदयं नोपहन्यात्

English

He is born again, king, reaching a dwelling here; the self is beyond the mind, and the mind beyond the senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपूर्वचारक: सौम्यो अनिकेत: समाहित:

English

Among beings of two kinds, king, the moving are supreme; among the moving, the two-footed are held supreme; and among two-footed, the twice-born are remembered as supreme.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अज्ञातलिप्सं लिप्सेत न चैनं हर्ष आविशेत् मोक्षयानमिदं कृत्स्नं विदुषां हारितो5ब्रवीत्

English

Among the twice-born, king of kings, those with wisdom are supreme; among the wise, those awake to the self; among the awakened, those without pride.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। हारीत मुनिने विद्वानोंके लिये इस सम्पूर्ण धर्मको मोक्षका विमान बताया है

English

Death follows what is born: so it is settled for men; actions have an end, and beings follow the qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो5ध्याय: न दुःखिततर: ककश्ित् पुमानस्माभिरस्ति ह

English

When the sun has reached its highest point, he who meets death, in a star and at a moment that is holy, king, is a doer of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्प जाति मनुष्येषु देवेरपि पितामह

English

Without engaging people in affliction, having crossed his bad deeds, having done his work by his own power, death here by an uncommon death...

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखमेतच्छरीराणां धारणं कुरुसत्तम करेंगे? हमें तो इन शरीरोंका धारण करना ही दुःख जान पड़ता है

English

Poison, hanging, burning, and slaying at the hands of robbers, by fanged beasts and animals, are called a common death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रियार्थर्गुणैश्वैव अष्टाभिश्व पितामह

English

Those of holy deeds are not joined with these, nor with those born of intention, nor with many such other common ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कदा वयं गमिष्यामो राज्यं हित्वा परंतप पुनर्भावोडपि विख्यातो नास्ति किंचिदिहाचलम्

English

The breaths of those who do holy deeds leave upward, king; of those of middle merit through the middle; of those of bad deeds, below.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्ष प्राप्त कर सकते हो

English

There is one enemy, no second enemy, for a man, king: ignorance; covered by it, joined, he does dreadful and very cruel deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन पुण्य और पापोंसे उत्पन्न संस्काररूप अन्धकारसे यह आच्छन्न हो जाता है अनुप्रविश्य तद्वर्णो दृश्यते रज्जयन् दिश:

English

For awakening, what is joined with scripture and dharma and should be served by the aged, he is accomplished by effort, a king's son; churned by the arrow of wisdom, he goes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सनातन ब्रह्म प्रकाशित हो जाता है तस्मान्नमस्यामि महर्षिसड्घान्

English

Having studied the Vedas with austerity as a celibate, having performed the five sacrifices as able, a man who desires dharma should go to the forest, having gathered the good and established his lineage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जो जीवन्मुक्त हैं; अतएव मैं महर्षियोंके समुदायको नमस्कार करता हूँ

English

Even abandoned by enjoyments, one should not dishearten oneself; human birth, even among the Chandalas, is in every way hard to get, dear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा हैत्येन वृत्रेण भ्रष्टैश्न्॒येण चेष्टितम् अशोचता शत्रुमध्ये बुद्धिमास्थाय केवलाम्

English

This is the first womb, having attained which, lord of the earth, the self can be saved by deeds of auspicious marks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न शोचामि न हृष्यामि भूतानामागतिं गतिम्

English

"How shall we not be lost from this womb?" so men practise dharma, seeing the authority of scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परितुष्टानि सर्वाणि दिव्यान्याहुर्मनीषिण: सावशेषेण कालेन सम्भवन्ति पुन: पुन:

English

The man who, having obtained the hardest-to-obtain human birth here, scorns dharma and is desire-natured is surely cheated.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्गच्छन्त्यवशा जीवा: कामबन्धनबन्धना:

English

He who sees with an eye led by affection, dear, beings like lamps, as long as the flame does not die,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा कर्म तथा लाभ इति शास्त्रनिदर्शनम् सुखदु:खे प्रिये द्वेष्ये चरित्वा पूर्वमेव ह

English

by conciliation, giving and pleasant speech, equal in pleasure and pain, is honoured hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मया यज्जयलुब्धेन पुरा तप्तं महत् तप:

English

Giving, renunciation, a beautiful form, again the body bathed in the waters by austerity, Sarasvati, Naimisha and Pushkara and the other holy regions on earth:

हिन्दी अर्थ

है कि मैंने पहले विजयके लोभसे बड़ी भारी तपस्या की थी अवर्ध त्रीन् समाक्रम्य लोकान् वै स्वेन तेजसा

English

for those whose breath falls in their houses, the carrying out is praised, the conveying to the cremation ground, and the burning by rule with purity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजेय: सर्वभूतानामासं नित्यमपेतभी:

English

Sacrifice, nourishing, worship, officiating, giving, the performance of meritorious acts, and whatever is praised as an ancestral rite, all he does for the self's sake as a man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मोसे नष्ट हो गया। तथापि मैं धैर्य धारण करके उसके लिये शोक नहीं करता हूँ

English

The dharmashastras, the Vedas and the six limbs are ordained for the good of the man of unwearied action, lord of men."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो मे भगवान् दृष्टो हरिनारायण: प्रभु: मुञज्जकेशो हरिश्मश्रु: सर्वभूतपितामह:

English

[Bhishma said:] "All this was told by the great-souled sage to the king of Videha long ago for his good, lord of men."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सनत्कुमारो धर्मात्मा संशयच्छेदनाय वै उनके संशयका निवारण करनेके लिये आ पहुँचे

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Whence has this universe consisting of mobile and immobile creatures been created? Whom does it go to when destruction sets in? Tell me this, O grandsire! Indeed, by whom has this universe with its oceans, its firmament, its mountains, its clouds, its lands, its fire, and its wind, been created. How were all objects created? Whence this division into separate orders of existence? Whence are their purity and impurity, and the ordinances about virtue and vice? Of what kind is the life of living creatures? Where also do they go who die. Tell us everything about this and the other world.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमुञज्चति स्वकं गन्धं माल्यगन्धे च तिष्ठति

English

[Janaka said:] "What is the good, what the goal, brahmana? What done is not lost? Where gone does one not return? Tell me that, great sage."

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहारमेक॑ च तथा प्रजानाम् हारिद्रवर्ण सुसुखं च शुक्लम्

English

[Parashara said:] "Non-attachment is the root of the good; knowledge, and the goal of knowledge, is supreme; austerity practised is not lost, as seed sown in a field is not lost.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंकी भाँति मनुष्य-योनिको ही प्राप्त होते हैं

English

When, having cut the snare of adharma, one delights in dharma, having given the gift made of fearlessness, then he gains success.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही तीनों लोकोंकी रचना करते हैं तान् विधाता प्रसन्नात्मा लोकांश्वरति शाश्वतान्

English

He who gives thousands of cows and hundreds of horses: fearlessness to all beings surpasses that gift.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसन्नात्मा सृष्टिकर्ता ईश्वर उन समस्त शाश्वत लोकोंमें विचरण करते हैं

English

The wise man, though living amid objects, does not live there; the fool lives with the wicked, even amid objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्स्थं जगत् सर्वमिदं विचित्रम् शुभा तस्मात् स सुखितो न शोचति पितामह

English

Adharma does not cling to the wise, as water to a lotus leaf; to the unwise greater sin clings, like lac to wood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोक नहीं करता था

English

Adharma does not wait for a cause to release the doer; the doer reaches all of it in time; the self-trained, who see by the self's conviction, are not split.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिर्यग्गतेश्व निर्मुक्तो निरयाच्च पितामह पक्षियोंकी योनि तथा नरकसे छुटकारा पा गया

English

The heedless who do not understand intellect, action and senses, with a self attached to good and bad, meet very great fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुमूल्य सिंहासनपर विराजमान हुए

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old narrative of the sacred words that Bhrigu said in reply to the questions of Bharadwaja. Beholding the great Rishi Bhrigu blazing with energy and splendour, seated on the Kailasa summit, Bharadwaja addressed him in the following words.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रूहास्मै दानवेन्द्राय विष्णोमहित्म्यमुत्तमम् आप इस दानवराजको भगवान् विष्णुका उत्तम माहात्म्य बताइये”

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'By whom was this world with its ocean, its firmament, its mountains, its clouds, its lands, its fire, and its wind, created? How were all creatures first created? Whence this distinction of castes? Whence the purity and the impurity of (behaviour), and whence the ordinances about virtue and vice, for living creatures? Of what kind is the life of living creatures? Where do they go who die? It behoveth thee to tell me everything about this and the other world.' Thus addressed about his doubts by Bharadwaja, the illustrious and regenerate Rishi Bhrigu who resembled Brahma itself, replied unto him, saying these words.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विष्णोमहित्म्यसंयुक्तं दानवेन्द्राय धीमते

English

"Bhrigu said, 'There is a Primeval Being, known to the great Rishis, of the name of Manasa. He is without beginning and without end. That Divine Being is incapable of being penetrated by weapons. He is without decay and is Immortal. He is said to be Unmanifest. He is Eternal, Undecaying, and Unchangeable. Through Him are creatures born and through Him they die. He first created a Divine Being known by the name of Mahat. 2 Mahat created Consciousness. That Divine Being created Space.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महिमासे युक्त यह सार्थक वचन कहा-- एष चाक्षिपते काले काले विसृजते पुन:

English

Being is the holder of all created objects. From Space was born Water, and from Water were born Fire and Wind. Through the union of Fire and Wind was born the Earth. Self -born Manasa then created a divine Lotus pregnant with Energy. From that Lotus sprang Brahman, that Ocean of Veda. 1 The Srutis say that as soon as born, that divine Being uttered the words, 7 amHeV For this He came to be called by the name of Consciousness. He has all created things for his body and He is their Creator. 2 These five elements that we see are that Brahman of great energy. The mountains are his bones. The earth is his fat and flesh. The oceans are his blood. Space is his stomach. The Wind is his breath. Fire is his energy. The rivers are his arteries and veins. Agni and Soma, otherwise called the Sun

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्प्राप्तुमिन्द्रियाणां तु संयमेनैव शक्‍्यते

English

He gives up his wives, he does not strive for wealth, good horses and carriages, and the varied rites; when a man's mind is set on the third heaven, his intellect is split on objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनकी उपलब्धि हो सकती है वह परलोकमें अक्षय सुख (मोक्ष) को प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

The man whose mind is attached to objects, who never understands his own good, is dragged by the thought that follows all states, like a fish by a king's bait.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुशोतिप्रयत्नेन महता55त्मकृतेन ह

English

The world of mortals is an aggregate, depending on each other, like the pith of a plantain, and sinks like a boat in water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्नेन महता चैवाप्येकजातौ विशुद्धाते बहुयत्नेन महता दोषनिर्हरणं तथा

English

There is no appointed time for dharma for a man, nor does death wait for a man; the action of dharma is always beautiful when the man is turned to the mouth of death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोषोंको भी दूर कर सकता है

English

As a blind man at home, by practice, goes his way, so with a mind joined, the wise man goes that goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मुज्चति स्वकं गन्धं तद्वत् सूक्ष्मस्य दर्शनम् ब्रह्मका साक्षात्कार ही हो पाता है

English

Death is said to belong to birth, and birth rests on death; the unlearned, bound in the dharmas of liberation, wanders like a wheel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धा निवर्तते दोषो यत्नेनाभ्यासजेन ह यथा कर्मविशेषांश्र प्राप्रुवन्ति तथा शूणु

English

As a lotus fibre quickly frees itself from mud that clings, so the self of a man here is freed by the mind; the mind leads the self and joins it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनो

English

Acting for another, he who thinks it his own affair, attached to objects of the senses, is deprived of his own affair.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाहवस्तु दिशो हैत्य श्रोत्रमाकाशमेव च नक्षत्रचक्रं नेत्राभ्यां पादयोर्भूश्न दानव

English

The self of the wise and the other gains below, animal birth, and in heaven the highest goal, by its own deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सो55श्रमाणां फलं तात कर्मणस्तत् फलं विदु:

English

As liquid is put in a baked earthen vessel, so the body heated by austerity gains the object.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छन्दांसि यस्य रोमाणि हााक्षरं च सरस्वती मन्त्र उनके रोम हैं तथा प्रणव उनकी वाणी है

English

He who enjoys objects will not, without doubt, be an enjoyer; but he who gives up enjoyments, that self is fit to enjoy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स ब्रह्म परमो धर्मस्तपश्च॒ सदसच्च स:

English

Covered by mist, intent on the organ and belly, like one blind from birth, with covered self, he does not know the road.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मित्रो5थ वरुणश्रैव यमो5थ धनदस्तथा एकस्य विद्धि देवस्य सर्व जगदिदं वशे

English

As a merchant gains wealth from the sea according to purpose, so in the ocean of mortality the course of a creature is by knowledge of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण जगत्को एक परमात्मदेवके ही अधीन समझो

English

In a world made of days and nights, moving in the form of old age, death swallows beings, as a serpent the wind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्तुः पश्यति विज्ञानात् ततो ब्रह्म प्रकाशते वापीसहस्राणि बहूनि हैत्य

English

A creature born meets the deeds it has done; no one gets anything, pleasant or unpleasant, he has not done.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्येकशो योजनत: प्रवृद्धा:

English

Whether lying, going, sitting, or engaged in objects, good and bad deeds ever follow a man."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस्रश: सिद्धिमुपैति जीव:

English

Having reached the other shore, one does not resolve to cross again; its fall in the great ocean is seen to be hard to find.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकर कभी सिद्धि लाभ करता है वही सिद्धि प्राप्त होती है। वह वर्ण कालकृत माना गया है

English

As a boat laden and tied by a rope on the great waters, so the body drags by application of the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थान तथा नि:सरणं च तेषाम्

English

As other rivers are stitched together around the ocean, so nature is ever stitched together by yoga.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजाविसर्गान् सुबहून् वदन्ति विवेक) के प्रभावसे सुरक्षित होकर उस संकटसे उद्धार पा जाता है

English

Men with minds clinging to snares of affection of many kinds, abiding in nature, sink like a house of sand in water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यलोके परिवर्तते च

English

For the embodied one who stays in the house of the body, whose holy place is purity, and who has set out on the path of intellect, there is happiness here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वेषु चान्येषु च सम्भवेषु स्तत् तेडभिधास्याम्यसुरप्रवीर

English

Expansions are joined with affliction, but brief statements bring happiness; all expansions are for others; they know renunciation as the good of the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रीण्येव रुद्धानि महानुभाव

English

The circle of friends born of intention, kinsmen with a cause, wife, servants and sons all engage for their own ends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त होती है, वही उन योगियोंको मिलती है होता है एवं सातों लोकोंमें प्रभावशाली होकर एक कल्पतक निवास करता है

English

Neither mother nor father gets anything for anyone; a creature with the rice of giving as wholesome food enjoys the fruit of his own deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये ब्रह्मलोकादपरा: सम तेडपि

English

Mother, son, father, brother, wife and friends are set like a die in the place of a step on a chessboard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त हो जाते हैं सर्वे देवा ये सदृशा मनुष्या:

English

All deeds done before, good and bad, go with a creature; knowing the fruit of action at hand, the inner self urges the intellect accordingly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वं स्वं विधि यान्ति विपर्ययेण संयम्य पज्चेन्द्रियरूपमेतत्

English

He who goes forth with resolve and finds helpers: for him no undertaking ever sinks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्थात् इन्द्रियोंक देवताओंका तथा अपरा और परा विद्याका निवास रहता है

English

Fortune never abandons the brave, steadfast, wise man of single mind, joined, as rays never leave the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुष्प्रापमभ्येति स शाश्वतं वै वह उसीमें प्रतिष्ठित हो जाता है

English

The man of blameless self who begins anything with faith and resolve, by right means and wonder, with intellect, finds no purpose failing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं प्रभाव बताया है”

English

A creature of itself meets the good and bad deeds that all fixed to it; from the womb it gains both what it did before; death is inescapable, equal in course, cut off by time; like flour ground by a stone, it brings the work to its end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मिन् जगत् सर्वमिदं प्रतिष्ठितम् तत्स्थ:सृजति तान् भावान् नानारूपान् महामना:

English

His own form, the extent of his making, family descent, accumulation of wealth: every man gains as he has done, by good or bad action made by himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुरीयार्थेन लोकांस्त्रीन् भावयत्येव बुद्धिमान्

English

[Bhishma said:] Thus addressed truly by the wise, Janaka, king, best of the knowers of dharma, heard it and reached supreme joy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिर्यगेवानुपश्येत कर्मभिस्तामसैर्वृत:

English

and the Moon, are called his eyes. The firmament above is his head. The earth is his two feet. The cardinal and subsidiary points of the horizon are his arms. Without doubt, He is incapable of being known and His Soul is inconceivable by even persons crowned with ascetic success. The Divine Being, who pervades the whole universe, is also known by the name of Ananta (Infinite). He lives in Consciousness, and is incapable of being known by persons of uncleansed souls. Asked by thee I have now told thee of Him who created Consciousness for evoking into existence all created objects, and from whom this universe has sprung.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतके समान विशालकाय वृत्रको देखा शतानि विस्तरेणाथ त्रीण्येवाभ्यधिकानि वै

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you an ancient tale, the dialogue of the Sadhyas with the Swan, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आर्या युद्धे मतिं कृत्वा जहि शत्रून् सुराधिप

English

Becoming a golden swan, the unborn, eternal Prajapati roams the three worlds, and then approached the Sadhyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण बहुत व्यग्र हो रहा है; इसी अवस्थामें तुम वज़से इसे मार डालो वज्नेण निहनिष्यामि पश्यतस्ते सुरर्षभ

English

[The Sadhyas said:] 'Bird, we are the gods called Sadhyas; we ask you, for you are said to know liberation: we ask the dharma of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धमें उस हैत्यकी ओर देखा

English

We have heard you are wise and a speaker of the steadfast; a good word falls from you, bird: what do you hold the best, twice-born, and in what does your mind, great soul, delight?

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यजृम्भच्चैव राजेन्द्र तीव्रज्वरसमन्वित: स वज्र: सुमहातेजा: कालाग्निसदृशोपम:

English

Instruct us, best of birds, in the one task you hold best among tasks, by doing which a man is quickly freed from all bonds, lord of birds.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्रं तु हत्वा मघवा दानवारिमहायशा:

English

[The Swan said:] 'I hear this is the task, you who eat nectar: austerity, self-control, truth, guarding the self; loosening all the knots of the heart, one should bring the dear and undear under one's power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ वृत्रस्य कौरव्य शरीरादभिनि:सृता करालदशना भीमा विकृता कृष्णपिड्ूला

English

He should not be a wounder of others, nor speak cruelly, nor take the highest from the lowly; with whatever speech another is alarmed, he should not speak that harsh, sinful speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कपालमालिनी चैव कृत्येव भरतर्षभ

English

Arrows of speech go out from the mouth, struck by which one grieves day and night; they fall on the vital parts of another; the wise man should not let them go on others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कभी तामस कर्मोंसे आवृत होकर तिर्यग्योनिका भी दर्शन कर सकता है कां गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यामो नीलां कृष्णाधमामथ

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'What is the extent of the firmament, of the points of the horizon, of the surface of this earth, and of the Wind? By telling me the truth, solve my doubts.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विह्ृत्य देवलोकेषु पुनर्मानुषमेष्यथ

English

"Bhrigu said, 'The sky thou seest above is Infinite. It is the abode of persons crowned with ascetic success and of divine beings. It is delightful, and consists of various regions. Its limits cannot be ascertained. The Sun and the Moon cannot see, above or below, beyond the range of their own rays. There where the rays of the Sun and the Moon cannot reach are luminaries 3 which are self-effulgent and which possess splendour like that of the Sun or the fire. Know this, O giver of honours, that possessed of far-famed splendour, even these last do not behold the limits of the firmament in consequence of the inaccessibility and infinity of those limits. This Space which the very gods cannot measure is fall of many blazing and self-luminous worlds each above the other. Beyond the limits of land are oceans of water. Beyond water is darkness. Beyond darkness is water again, and beyond the last is fire. Downwards, beyond the nether regions, is water. Beyond water is the region belonging to the great snakes. Beyond that is sky once more, and beyond the sky is water again. Even thus there is water and sky alternately without end. Even such are the limits of the Divinity represented by water. The very gods are unable to ascertain limits of fire and wind and

हिन्दी अर्थ

मा वो भयं भूद् विमला: स्थ सर्वे अशीत्यधिकद्वधिशततमोध्याय:

English

water. The nature of fire, wind, water, and land, is like that of space. They are distinguished through want of true Knowledge. Sages read in diverse scriptures the limits that have been declared of the three worlds and the ocean. Who is there, however, that would set limits to what cannot be grasped by vision and what is inaccessible (in all its parts)? If even it becomes possible to ascertain the limits of the firmament which is the track of the gods and beings crowned with ascetic success, it can never be possible to set limits to that which is limitless and known by the name of the Infinite, to that which correspond with the name by which it is known, viz., what has been called the high-souled Manasal When again His form is sometimes contracted and sometimes expanded, how can any one else except one that is equal to Him, be able to comprehend His limits? From the Lotus (of which I have already spoken) was first created the Omniscient lord, Brahman, endued with form, of essence comprised of Righteousness, and the Creator of all mobile and immobile things.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य विज्ञानमतुलं विष्णोर्भक्तिश्व तादृशी

English

"Bharadwaja said, 'If Brahman sprang from the Lotus, then it is the Lotus that should be regarded as the First-born and not Brahman. Why, however, is Brahma said to be the first? Do thou remove that doubt

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं वा राजशार्दूल पदं तु ज्ञातवानसौ भूयस्तु मे समुत्पन्ना बुद्धिरव्यक्तदर्शनात्

English

The force of speech, the force of mind, the force of anger, the force of contentiousness, the force of belly and genitals: the one who bears these forces when they rise, I think a brahmana and a sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझमें नहीं आयी है; अतः पुनः मेरी बुद्धिमें प्रश्न उत्पन्न हो गया

English

The unangry is better than the angry; the patient better than the impatient; the human better than the non-human; the knowing better than the ignorant is chief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धार्मिको विष्णुभक्तश्च तत्त्वज्ञश्ष पदान्वये वृत्रस्तु राजशार्दूल यथा शक्रेण निर्जित:

English

Abused, one should not abuse; the anger of the patient burns the abuser and he gains his good deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीजिये। इन्द्रने वृत्रासुरको कैसे परास्त किया?

English

He who, when addressed harshly, does not speak rough or dear words, and, struck, does not strike back from steadiness, nor wishes ill for his striker: the gods always long for him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विस्तरेण महाबाहो परं कौतूहलं हि मे बताइये; इसे सुननेके लिये मेरे मनमें बड़ी उत्सुकता हो रही है

English

One should be patient with a worse, a better and an equal; slighted, struck and abused thus he will reach success.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददर्शाथाग्रतो वृत्रं धिष्ठितं पर्वतोपमम्

English

I ever serve the noble, humble as I am; I have no contentiousness and no anger; nor do I go seeking gain, nor do I go by any crookedness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्रस्य देवा: संत्रस्ता न शान्तिमुपलेभिरे

English

Cursed, I do not curse back; I know self-control as the door to the immortal here; this secret Brahman I tell you: there is nothing higher than man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गये। उन्हें शान्ति नहीं मिलती थी भयाद् वृत्रस्य सहसा दृष्ट्वा तद्भूपमुत्तमम्

English

Freed from sins, like the moon from clouds, free of dust, awaiting time, the steadfast one succeeds by steadiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रकी दोनों जाँघें अकड़ गयीं

English

He who is worthy of honour by all, like a post in a sprinkling, well born, of whom good speech is said: that self-controlled one goes to the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवासुराणां सर्वेषां तस्मिन् युद्धे ह्युपस्थिते शक्रस्य च सुरेन्‍्द्रस्य वृत्रस्य च महात्मन:

English

They do not wish to speak of the virtues of a man as they wish to speak of his lack of virtues, those who inquire after them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकोंके मनमें भय उत्पन्न करनेवाला था

English

He whose speech and mind are always rightly set gains all this, the Vedas, austerity and renunciation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिलाभिवविंविधाभिश्न कार्मुकैश्न महास्वनै: ऋषयश्च महाभागास्तद् युद्ध द्रष्टमागमन्

English

The wise grows by the abuse and dishonour of the unwise; therefore one should not exalt another nor despise oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्मवर्षेण देवेन्द्र समाकिरदतिद्रुतम्

English

The twice-born should be satisfied with dishonour as with nectar; the dishonoured sleeps happily, but he who dishonours perishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रपर पत्थरोंकी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी अश्मवर्षमपोहन्त वृत्रप्रेरितमाहवे

English

What the angry man sacrifices, what he gives, the austerity he practises, what he offers: Vaivasvata takes it all of his; the angry man's toil is in vain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोहयामास देदवेन्द्रं मायायुद्धेन सर्वश:

English

He who has four doors well guarded, best of the immortals: the genital, belly, hands and speech as fourth, he knows dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथन्तरेण तं तत्र वसिष्ठ: समबोधयत् त्रैलोक्यबलसंयुक्त: कस्माच्छक्र विषीदसि

English

Practising truth, self-control, honesty, non-cruelty, steadiness and patience, ever devoted to study, coveting nothing of others, delighting in solitude, he would go upward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये श्रेष्ठ बुद्धिका सहारा लेकर अपने शत्रुओंका संहार करो निरीक्षते त्वां भगवांस्त्यज मोहं सुराधिप

English

Following all these as a calf follows four teats, I have found nothing anywhere more purifying than truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तवेन शक्र दिव्येन स्तुवन्ति त्वां जयाय वै

English

I say to men, moving among the gods: truth is the stairway to heaven, like a boat to the far shore of the sea.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतीव वासवस्यासीद् बलमुत्तमतेजस: योगेन महता युक्तस्तां मायां व्यपकर्षत

English

As a man lives with such, as he serves such, and as he wishes to be, such he becomes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टवा वृत्रस्य विक्रान्तमुपागम्य महेश्वरम्

English

Whether one serves the good or the bad, an ascetic or a thief, as a garment takes the colour it is dyed, so he comes under their power.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये उनसे निवेदन किया विष्णुश्न भगवान् देव: सर्वलोकाभिपूजित:

English

The gods always converse with the good; they do not go to see a human object; not even the moon is equal; for the wind is unequal, who knows high and low objects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसिष्ठ श्ष महातेजा: सर्वे च परमर्षय:

English

When a man is of blameless heart, the gods are pleased by him who stands in the path of the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊचुरेकाग्रमनसो जहि वृत्रमिति प्रभो विश्वात्मा सर्वगश्नैव बहुमायश्व विश्रुतः

English

Those who are always devoted to the organ and belly, thieves and always harsh in speech: the gods, knowing them to be full of faults, avoid them from afar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्ति है। यह अनेक प्रकारकी मायाओंका सुविख्यात ज्ञाता भी है

English

The gods are not to be pleased by a man of low goodness, an all-eater or doer of bad deeds; those true to truth, grateful, devoted to dharma, they meet with.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जहि त्वं योगमास्थाय मावमंस्था: सुरेश्वर षष्टिं वर्षमहस्राणि ब्रह्मा चास्मै वरं ददौ

English

The unspoken is better than the spoken, they say; one should speak truth, which is second to the unspoken; one should speak dharma, the third; one should speak the pleasant, the fourth.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

और तब ब्रह्माजीने इसे मनोवाजञ्छित वर दिया था

English

[The Sadhyas said:] 'By what is the world covered, by what does it not shine? By what does one give up friends, and by what does one not go to heaven?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवतानामृषीणां च हर्षानज्नादो महानभूत्

English

[The Swan said:] 'The world is covered by ignorance; from envy it does not shine; from greed one gives up friends; from attachment one does not go to heaven.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुरजा डिण्डिमाश्नैव प्रावाद्यन्त सहस्रश: मायानाशश्व बलवान् क्षणेन समपद्यत

English

[The Sadhyas said:] 'Who alone delights among brahmanas? Who alone sits in silence with many? Who alone is strong, though weak? Who of these does not enter into quarrel?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मायाओंका पूर्णरूपसे विनाश हो गया

English

[The Swan said:] 'The wise one alone delights among brahmanas; the wise one alone sits in silence with many; the wise one alone is strong though weak; the wise one does not enter into quarrel.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तुवन्त: शक्रमीशानं तथा प्राचोदयन्नपि ऋषिभ: स्तूयमानस्य रूपमासीत् सुदुर्दूशम्

English

[The Sadhyas said:] 'What is the godhood of brahmanas, what is their goodness said to be, what their badness, what their humanness?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो5ध्याय:

English

[The Swan said:] 'Study is their godhood, vow is said to be their goodness, slander their badness, and death their humanness.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्रस्योपरि संसृष्टा श्रक्रवत् परिब भ्रमु: वज्नोद्यतकर: शक्रस्तं हैत्यं समवैक्षत

English

[Bhishma said:] This dialogue of the Sadhyas is called supreme; the field of actions, the womb, goodness, is called truth."