Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रारब्ध राजाओंका प्रयोजन नहीं सिद्ध कर सकता

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'In consequence of the fall Abhimanyu of tender years, of the sons of Draupadi, of Dhrishtadyumna, of Virata, of king Drupada, of Vasusena conversant with every duty, of the royal Dhrishtaketu, and of diverse other kings hailing from diverse regions, in battle, grief does not forsake my wretched self that am a slayer of kinsmen. Indeed, I am inordinately covetous of kingdom and am an exterminator of my own race. He upon whose breast and limbs I used to roll in sport, alas, that Ganga's son has been slain by me in battle through lust of sovereignty. When I beheld that lion among men, viz., our grandsire, assailed by Sikhandin and trembling and reeling in consequence of Partha's shafts that resembled thunder-bolts in energy, when I beheld his tall form pierced all over with blazing arrows and himself become weak like an aged lion, my heart was deeply pained. When I beheld that afflictor of hostile cars reel like a mountain summit and fall down strengthless on the terrace of his own vehicle with his face turned towards the east, my senses were stupefied. That scion of Kuru's race who with bow and shaft in hand had contended in fierce battle for many days with Rama himself of Bhrigu's line on the field sanctified by Kuru, that son of Ganga, that hero, who, at Baranasi, for the sake of brides, had, on a single car, challenged to battle the assembled Kshatriyas of the world, he who had burnt by the energy of his weapons that irresistible and foremost of kings, viz., Ugrayudha, alas, that hero has been caused by me to be slain in battle. Knowing full well that Sikhandin the prince of Panchala was his destroyer, that hero still refrained from slaying the prince with his shafts. Alas, such a magnanimous warrior was slain by Arjuna. O best of sages, at that moment when I beheld the grandsire stretched on the earth and covered with blood, a violent fever afflicted my heart. He who had protected and reared us when we were children, alas, he was caused to be slain by my sinful self that am covetous of kingdom, that am a slayer of reverend seniors, and a perfect fool, for the sake of sovereignty that would last but a few days. Our preceptor, the great archer Drona, adored by all the kings, was approached by me and addressed falsely in respect of his son. The memory of that act of mine is burning all my limbs. The preceptor said unto me, 'Tell me truly, O king, whether my son liveth still. Expecting truth from me, the Brahmana asked me of all others. By silently uttering the word elephant, I behaved falsely towards him. Sinful that I am exceedingly covetous of kingdom, and a slayer of my reverend seniors, I behaved even thus towards my preceptor in battle, throwing off the garb of truth (which I was believed to wear), for I said unto him that Aswatthaman had been killed when, in fact, an elephant of that name had been slain. To what regions shall I go (thereafter), having perpetrated such infamous deeds? I caused also my eldest brother Kama to be slain, that terrible warrior who never retreated from battle. Who is there more sinful than I? Through covetousness I caused Abhimanyu of tender years, that hero who resembled a lion born in the hills, to penetrate into the array that was protected by Drona

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा इहलोक और परलोकमें भी सुख पाता है

English

"Four stages of life are prescribed for a Brahmana, lord; the three classes follow them, best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा राज्ञां परं सत्यान्नान्यद् विश्वासकारणम्

English

Many duties have been told, O king, leading to heaven, O kshatriya; these are not remembered in the rule of example; in the kshatriya dharma everything is prescribed fully.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदर्श: स्थूललक्ष्यश्न न भ्रश्येत सदा श्रिय:

English

A Brahmana who follows kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra works is blamed in this world, dull-minded, and goes to hell in the next.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनर्नयविचारेण त्रयीसंवरणेन च

English

The designation prescribed in the world for a slave, a dog, a wolf and an animal, apply to a Brahmana who remains in wrong deeds, Pandava.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीक्ष्णाच्चोद्विजते लोकस्तस्मादुभयमाश्रय

English

For a Brahmana engaged in the six duties in all four stages, endowed with all dharmas, well born and self-controlled,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतमेतत् परं लोके ब्राह्मणो नाम पाण्डव

English

purified, delighting in austerity, free of hope and generous, the worlds are called imperishable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मेषु स्वेषु कौरव्य हृदि तौ कर्तुमहसि

English

Whoever does what work, of what kind, with what and where, in just such a way does he obtain the corresponding quality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन दोनोंको अपने हृदयमें धारण करो

English

You ought to know, king of kings, the great (matters of) increase, agriculture, trade, livelihood, Vedic study and calculation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घटस्वैव सदा55त्मानं राज्ञामेष परो नय:

English

Time, urged by Time, fixed in the turn of Time, helplessly performs works high, low and middle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्ये हि राजा निरत: प्रेत्य चेह च नन्दति

English

Gifts end, and the things that bring good in the past; the world, devoted to its own deeds, is imperishable and many-faced."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां सर्वत्रगं तेज: स्वासु योनिषु शाम्यति

English

himself. I am like one guilty of infanticide. Sinful as I am, I have not since then, been able to look Arjuna or the lotus-eyed Krishna in the face. I grieve also few Draupadi who is bereft of her five sons like the Earth bereft of her five mountains. I am a great offender, a great sinner, and a destroyer of the earth! Without rising from this seat that I now occupy, I will weaken my body (by starvation) and meet with death. Know me who am the slayer of my preceptor as one that has sat down here in the observance of the Praya vow. An exterminator of my race, I must do so in order that I may not he reborn in any of other orders of beings ! 1 1 shall forgo all food and drink, and without moving from this place, O great ascetic, shall dry up my life-breaths that are so dear. I pray you with humility, grant me permission in this and go whithersoever you please. Let every one grant me permission. I shall cast off this body of

हिन्दी अर्थ

न कोश: परमोडन्‍्योस्ति राज्ञां पुरुषसंचयात्

English

"Brahma and the six duties are to be served by the wise householder; for a Brahmana who has done his task, dwelling in the forest is praised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गर्भस्य हितमाधत्ते तथा राज्ञाप्पसंशयम्

English

Serving a king, living by agriculture and wealth, and livelihood by trade, crookedness, dealings with dogs and usury should be avoided.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धीरस्य स्पष्टदण्डस्य न भयं विद्यते क्वचित्

English

A Brahmana-in-name becomes a Shudra, O king, who is ill-behaved, fallen from dharma, a husband of a low woman, a slanderer, a dancer, a servant of a village, one who does wrong deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसमें जो दोष है, वह मुझसे सुनो

English

One who recites the Vedas and one who does not, O king, equal to Shudras, and to be fed like a slave—all these become equal to Shudras; avoid them at rites for the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वे स्थाने न च तिष्ठन्ति लंघयन्ति च तद्गबच:

English

Toward one who is unbounded in eating, cruel in conduct, violent, and has abandoned his own dharma and livelihood, oblations, offerings to ancestors and other gifts become undeserved.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्कोचैर्वज्चनाभि श्र कार्याण्यनुविहन्ति च

English

Therefore dharma is prescribed for a Brahmana: self-control, purity and uprightness, O king; and all the stages of life for a Brahmana were sent forth by Brahma long ago.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रीरक्षिभिश्व सज्जन्ते तुल्यवेषा भवन्ति च

English

He who is self-controlled, a soma-drinker, of noble conduct, compassionate, tolerant of all, free of hope, upright, gentle, kind and forbearing is a true Brahmana, not another, who does sinful deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्लज्जा राजशार्दूल व्याहरन्ति च तद्बच:

English

The Shudra, Vaishya and prince, O king—all worlds depend on them, wishing dharma; therefore Vishnu, regarding the classes as attached to the dharmas of their birth, does not wish otherwise, Pandava.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्म च क्षत्रियों द्वेष्टि तदा सीदन्ति ते त्रय:

English

Vaisampayana continued, "Restraining Pritha's son who, stupefied by sorrow on account of his kinsmen, uttered such words, Vyasa, that best of ascetics, spoke as follows, first telling him, 'This can not be!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

भीम ब्रह्म द्विजश्रेष्ठा धारयन्ति समर्चिता:

English

"Vyasa said, 'It behoveth thee not, O monarch, to indulge in such poignant grief. I shall repeat what I have once said. All this is Destiny, O puissant one! Without doubt, all creatures that are born display at first a union (of diverse materials and forces). Dissolution, however, overtakes them at the end. Like bubbles in the water they rise and disappear. All things massed together are sure to crumble away and all things that rise must fall down. Union ends in dissolution and life ends in death. Idleness, though temporarily agreeable, ends in misery, and labour with skill, though temporarily painful, ends in happiness. Affluence, Prosperity, Modesty, Contentment, and Fame dwell in labour and skill but not in idleness. Friends are not competent to bestow happiness, nor foes competent to inflict misery. Similarly wisdom does not bring wealth nor does wealth bring happiness. Since, O son of Kunti, thou hast been created by the Maker to engage thyself in Work. Success springs from Work. Thou art not fit, O king, to

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण पूजित होनेपर भूतलके ब्रह्मको अर्थात् वेदको धारण करते हैं

English

I may not be born as an inferior animal but succeed in taking birth among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निग्राह्मा एव सततं बाहुभ्यां ये स्युरीदूशा:

English

For one who has gone a little distance or even for one who has gone ten dharma-ways, all stages are prescribed except the hopeless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निगृह्नीयात् स्वधर्मेण धमपिक्षी नराधिप:

English

They do not call the life of alms the dharma for him; likewise for the Vaishya, king of kings, and for the prince.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही युद्ध करके उसे कैद कर लेना चाहिए

English

One who has done his task and passed his years, the Vaishya who has laboured for the king, may go, with the king's permission, to the circle of hermitages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तेन धर्महा स स्यान्मन्युस्तन्मन्युमृच्छति

English

Having studied the Vedas by dharma and the king's sciences, blameless one, having performed rites beginning with offspring and used soma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सापराधानपि हि तान् विषयान्ते समुत्सूजेत्

English

having protected all subjects by dharma, best of speakers, and the sacrifices such as the Rajasuya and Ashvamedha and others,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मघ्ने गुरुतल्ये च भ्रूणहत्ये तथैव च

English

having brought together as taught and given fees to Brahmanas, having obtained victory in battle, whether little or much,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधीयते न शारीरं दण्डमेषां कदाचन

English

having established a son in the kingdom as protector of subjects, Pandava—whether of another lineage, or one praised, bull among kshatriyas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वदुर्गेषु मन्यन्ते नरदुर्ग सुदुस्तरम्

English

having rightly honoured ancestors with ancestral sacrifices by rule, gods with sacrifices and sages with the Vedas with effort,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मात्मा सत्यवाक् चैव राजा रञ्जयति प्रजा:

English

and when the end comes, whoever wishes another stage, going through the stages in order, O king, attains perfection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधर्मो हि मृदू राजा क्षमावानिव कुज्जर:

English

By royal sagehood, O king, by the path of alms-life, though free of household duties, one may move wishing to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मिन्नर्थे महाराज तन्मे निगदत: शृणु

English

This is not the final work of the three, bull of the Bharatas; of the four, tiger among kings, they speak of dwellers in stages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वासन्तार्क इव श्रीमान् न शीतो न च घर्मद:

English

Much depends on kshatriyas, of men, serving the best dharma of the world; all dharmas and sub-dharmas of the three come from the king's dharma, so I hear from the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परीक्ष्यास्ते महाराज स्वे परे चैव नित्यश:

English

As the footprints of all creatures merge into the footprint of an elephant, so all dharmas merge into the duties of kings in every condition; know this.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने-परायेकी पहचान करते रहना चाहिए

English

Those who know dharma say other dharmas have little support and little fruit; the noble say the kshatriya dharma is of great support and of many forms of good, not another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चैव न प्रयुड्जीत सड़ूं तु परिवर्जयेत्

English

All dharmas have the duties of kings as chief; all dharmas are protected; all renunciation is in the duties of kings, O king; and in renunciation they say the ancient dharma is chief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्वेजयति लोक॑ं च यो5तिद्वेषी महीपति:

English

If the rod-policy is slain, the triple learning would sink, and all dharmas would not be in harmony; all the dharmas of the stages of life would go if the kshatriya, the ancient duty of kings, were abandoned.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारणं च महाराज शृणु येनेदमिष्यते

English

All renunciations are seen in the duties of kings; all initiations are taught in the duties of kings; all yogas are taught in the duties of kings; all worlds have entered the duties of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वं प्रियं तु परित्यज्य यद् यलल्‍लोकहितं भवेत्

English

As creatures slain in nature are for the torment of those who rely on dharma, so dharmas deprived of the duties of kings, in every condition, do not honour their own dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिरोहन्त्यनादृत्य हर्षुले पार्थिवे मृदौ

English

Vaisampayana said, "Vyasa then dispelled the grief of the eldest son of Pandu., who, burning with sorrow on account of the slaughter of his kinsmen, had resolved to make an end of himself. "

हिन्दी अर्थ

छोड़कर स्त्रीकी भाँति बेकार बैठा रहता है, उस राजाकी प्रशंसा नहीं होती है

English

"All these dharmas, best of the Bharatas, are in the kshatriya; in the living world, free of hope, they rest in the kshatriya dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असमंजाका भी त्याग कर दिया था

English

The dharma of those dwelling in stages is imperceptible, of many doors; they describe its nature by the scriptures alone, as eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतः उसके पिताने उसे दुत्कारकर घरसे बाहर निकाल दिया

English

Others, disputing with holy words about the world's settled truth, ignorant of certainty about dharmas, delight in the unseen end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिथ्या विप्रानुपचरन् संत्यक्तो दयित: सुत:

English

Dharma, mostly of visible happiness, witnessed by the self, guileless, beneficial to all the world, is established in kshatriyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिया कि वह ब्राह्मणोंके साथ मिथ्या एवं कपटपूर्ण व्यवहार करता था

English

Of Brahmanas who are engaged in the dharma of stages, Yudhishthira, as for the three classes, there was earlier an account of incomparable duties of kings, praiseworthy in this world by good conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्यस्य रक्षणं चैव व्यवहारस्य चार्जवम्

English

It has been told to you, king of kings, how, long ago, many brave kings went to the greatly radiant Vishnu, the lord of all beings, the lord Narayana, for the rod-policy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्षा और व्यवहारकी सरलता ही राजोचित कर्तव्य है

English

Having weighed each of their own works in a stage of life, the kings of old waited upon him, established in the word of example.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विक्रान्त: सत्यवाक् क्षान्तो नृपो न चलते पथ:

English

Sadhyas, gods, Vasus and the Ashvins, Rudras, Vishvedevas and hosts of Maruts were created long ago by the First God; the gods and the perfected abide in the kshatriya dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संघर्षशीलाश्व तदा भवन्त्यन्योन्यकारणात्

English

Vyasa said, 'In this connection is cited the old story, O tiger among men, that is known by the name of Asma's discourse. Listen to it, O Yudhishthira! Janaka the ruler of the Videhas, O king, filled with sorrow and grief, questioned a wise Brahmana of the name of Asma for the resolution of his doubts.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

लीलया चैव कुर्वन्ति सावज्ञास्तस्य शासनम्

English

"Janaka said, 'How should a man desirous of his own good behave upon occasions of the accession and the destruction of both kinsmen and wealth?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदेशकी अवहेलना करके खिलवाड़ करते हुए उसका पालन करते हैं

English

"Asma said, 'Immediately after the formation of a man's body, joys and griefs attach themselves to it. Although there is a possibility of either of the two overtaking the person, yet whichever actually overtakes him quickly robs him of his reason like the wind driving away gathering clouds. (In times of prosperity) one thinks in this strain, viz., 'I am of high birth! I can do whatever I like!— I am not an ordinary manV His mind becomes soaked with such triple vanity. Addicted to all earthly enjoyments, he begins to waste the wealth hoarded by his ancestors. Impoverished in course of time, he regards the appropriation of what belongs to others as even laudable. Like a hunter piercing a deer with his shafts, the king then punishes that wicked wight that robber of other people's possessions, that transgressor of law and rule. Without attaining to a hundred years (the usual period of human life), such men scarcely live beyond twenty or thirty years. Carefully observing the behaviour of all creatures, a king should, by the exercise of his intelligence, apply remedies for alleviating the great sorrows of his subjects. The causes of all mental sorrow are two, viz., delusion of the mind and the accession of distress. No third cause exists. All these diverse kinds of woe as also those arising from attachment to earthly enjoyments, that overtake man, are even such, l Decrepitude and Death, like a pair of wolves, devour all creatures, strong or weak, short or tall. No man can escape decrepitude and death, not even the subjugator of the whole earth girt by the sea. Be it happiness or be it sorrow that comes upon creatures., it should be enjoyed or borne without elation or depression. There is no method of escape from them. The evils of life, O king, overtake one in early or middle or old age. They can never he avoided, while those (sources of bliss) that are coveted never come. 2 The absence, of what is agreeable, the presence of what is disagreeable, good and evil, bliss and woe, follow Destiny. Similarly, the birth of creatures and their death, and the accessions of gain and loss, are all pre-ordained. Even as scent, colour, taste, and touch spring naturally, happiness and misery arise from what has been pre-ordained. Seats and beds and vehicles, prosperity and drink and food, ever approach leaving creatures according to Time's course. 3 Physicians even get ill. The strong become weak. They that are in the enjoyment of prosperity lose all

हिन्दी अर्थ

हेलनानि नरव्याप्र स्वस्थास्तस्योपशृण्वत:

English

Vishnu showed himself to Vasava in a form; he, surrounded by good kings, worshipped that lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहनने, खाने, नहाने और चन्दन लगाने आदिका मजाक उड़ाया करते हैं

English

There was this great dialogue between that host of kings and that great soul about Vishnu, greatly radiant one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न वृत्त्या परितुष्यन्ति राजदेयं हरन्ति च

English

[The kings said:] "What is wished, best of those who uphold dharma, that you wish to see the immeasurable one, of endless illusion and immeasurable might, Narayana, the first god, the ancient?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मत्प्रणेयो राजेति लोकांश्वैव वदन्त्युत

English

That god of universal form cannot be seen even by me or by Brahma in person; any other wishes of yours, O king, that are in your heart, I shall give, for you are king among mortals.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नृपतौ मार्दवोपेते हर्षुले च युधिष्ठिर

English

Established in truth, devoted to dharma, with senses subdued, brave, firm, delighting in the gods, by your wisdom, devotion and highest faith, I shall therefore give you a boon as you wish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बताये हुए तथा दूसरे दोष भी प्रकट होते हैं

English

"Without doubt, revered one, I shall see the first god, having pleased him with my head; I wish, abandoning pleasures, desiring dharma, to go to the forest, the good path honoured by the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रशस्यते न राजा हि नारीवोद्यमवर्जित:

English

By the vast, immeasurable kshatriya dharma, worlds have been won and one's own fame established; the dharma that proceeds from the first god, the eldest of the world—I do not know how to do it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदिहैकमना राजन् गदतस्तं निबोध मे

English

"Without an army, devoted to dharma, you will roam and attain the supreme goal, careless no more; the kshatriya dharma proceeded from the first god, and the other dharmas are the remainder.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम यहाँ एकाग्रचित्त होकर मुझसे उस श्लोकको सुनो

English

The remainder were created finite; the endless have a good departure, distinguished by the kshatriya dharma; all dharmas have entered this dharma; therefore they call this dharma the best.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजानं चाविरोद्धारं ब्राह्मणं चाप्रवासिनम्

English

By action, of old, gods and sages of immeasurable splendour were all saved, crushing enemies, by Vishnu with kshatriya dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथ्वी निगल जाती है (अर्थात् वे पुरुषार्थ-साधन किये बिना ही मर जाते हैं)”

English

If that revered one, wealthy, immeasurable, had not slain all the enemies, neither Brahmanas nor the creator of the worlds nor good dharmas nor the original dharmas would be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संधेयानभिसंधत्स्व विरोध्यांश्ष विरोधय

English

If that best of gods, of old, immeasurable, had not conquered this earth by valour, the four classes and the dharmas of the four stages would not be, by the destruction of Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनसे संधि करो और जो विरोधके पात्र हों, उनका डटकर विरोध करो

English

Dharmas were seen in hundreds and, by the eternal kshatriya dharma, were set in motion again; in every age the original dharmas proceed; they call the kshatriya dharma the eldest of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुरुर्वा यदि वा मित्र प्रतिहन्तव्य एव सः

English

Self-sacrifice, compassion to all beings, knowledge of the world, rescuing and protecting, rescuing the despondent and afflicted: these are in the kshatriya dharma of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाधिकारे राजेन्द्र बृहस्पतिमते पुरा

English

Unrestrained men, moved by desire and anger, afraid of kings, do not incur sin; and others, the good, endowed with all dharma, of good conduct, practise good dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चलनेवाला मुनष्य यदि अपना गुरु हो तो उसे भी दण्ड देनेका सनातन विधान है”

English

All beings in the world, protected by kings as sons by the law of signs, move about; of this there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असमज्जा: सुतो ज्येष्ठस्त्यक्त: पौरहितैषिणा

English

The kshatriya is devoted to all dharma, eldest of the world, eternal, ever extending to the imperishable, imperishable and many-faced."

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च मोक्षे च सततं रत:

English

and become indigent. The course of Time is very wonderful. High birth, health, beauty, prosperity, and objects of enjoyment, are all won through Destiny. The indigent, although they may not desire it, have many children. The affluent again are seen to be childless. Wonderful is the course of Destiny. The evils caused by disease, fire, water, weapons, hunger, poison, fever, and death, and falls from high places, overtake a man according to the Destiny under which he is born. It is seen in this world that somebody without sinning, suffers diverse ills, while another, having

हिन्दी अर्थ

काले दाता च भोक्ता च शुद्धाचारस्तथैव च

English

"Let the king know the refinement of the earth, the union with the kings' rites, non-begging, protection of subjects, compassion for all beings, and giving up the body in battle as the best dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषये दानरुचयो नरा यस्य स पार्थिव:

English

The sages say renunciation is the best; he who gives up the body is best of all; all is always renounced in the duties of kings; these kings are always evidently so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कोई सनातन धर्म नहीं है, रक्षा ही जगत्को धारण करनेवाली है

English

By great learning, by serving a teacher, or by striking another, they ever say a kshatriya celibate, devoted to dharma, should walk the stage alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन दोनों श्लोकोंको यहाँ सुनो

English

In dealings for common aims, avoiding liked and disliked with care, by establishing the four classes and protecting them, by various means, restraints and by his own;

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रवक्तारमाचार्यमनधीयानमृत्विजम्

English

by all efforts they call the stage dharma; the kshatriya is the eldest, endowed with all dharma. The classes that do not follow their own dharma, to them they speak various dharmas incorrectly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बृहस्पति्हिं भगवान् न्याय्यं धर्म प्रशंसति

English

Those ruined by wealth for unbounded desire they call men turned into beasts; one leads by policy from greed for wealth; therefore the kshatriya dharma is the better stage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजशान्‍्त्रप्रणेतारो ब्रह्माण्या ब्रह्मवादिन:

English

The course of the Brahmanas of the three Vedas and the stage that is declared for Brahmanas—that work they call the best for a Brahmana; doing another, he is liable to the sword like a Shudra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनार्जवैराज॑विश्व शत्रुपक्षस्थ भेदनम्

English

The dharmas of the four stages and the dharmas of the Veda, O king, are to be followed by the Brahmana; another could not know them in any way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृजिनं च नरेन्द्राणां नान्यच्चारक्षणात् परम्

English

sinned, is not borne down by the weight of calamity. It is seen that somebody in the enjoyment of wealth perishes in youth; while some one that is poor drags on his existence, borne down by decrepitude, for a hundred years. One borne in an ignoble race may have a very long life, while one sprung from a noble line perishes soon like an insect. In this world, it is very common that persons in affluent circumstances have no appetite, while they that are indigent can digest chips of wood. Impelled by destiny, whatever sins the man of wicked soul, discontented with his condition, commits, saying, 7 am the doer,' he regards to be all for his good. Hunting, dice, women, wine, brawls, these are censured by the wise. Many persons, however, possessed of even extensive knowledge of the scriptures are seen to be addicted to them. Objects, whether coveted or otherwise, come upon creatures in consequence of Time's course. No other cause can be traced. Air, space, fire, moon, sun, day, night, the luminous bodies (in the firmament), rivers, and mountains,— who makes them and who supports them? Cold, and heat, and rain, come one after another in consequence of Time's course. It is even so, O bull among men, with the happiness and the misery of mankind. Neither medicines, nor incantations, can rescue the man assailed by decrepitude or overtaken by death. As two logs of wood floating on the great ocean, come together and are again (when the time comes) separated, even so creatures come together and are again (when the time comes) separated. Time acts equally towards those men that (are in affluent circumstances and that) enjoy the pleasures of song and dance in the company of women and those helpless men that live upon the food that others supply. In this world a thousand kinds of relationship are contracted, such as mother and father and son and wife. In reality, however, whose are they and whose are we? No one can become anyone's own, nor can anyone become anybody else's own. Our union herewith wives and kinsfolk and well-wishers is like that of travellers at a road-side inn. Where am I? Where shall go? Who am I? How come I here! What for and whom I grievel Reflecting on these questions one obtains tranquillity. Life and its environments are constantly revolving like a wheel, and the companionship of those that are dear is transitory. The union with brother, mother, father, and friend is like that of travellers in an inn. Men of knowledge behold, as if with corporeal eyes, the next world that is unseen. Without disregarding the scriptures, one desirous of knowledge should have faith. One possessed of knowledge should perform the rites laid down in respect of the Pitris and the gods, practise all religious duties, perform sacrifices, judiciously pursue virtue, profit, and pleasure. Alas, no one understands that the world is sinking on the ocean of Time that is so very deep and that is infested with those huge crocodiles called decrepitude and death. Many physicians may be seen afflicted with all the members of their families, although they have carefully studied the science of Medicine, l Taking bitters and diverse kinds of oily drugs, these succeed not in escaping death, like ocean in transcending its continents. Men well- versed in chemistry, notwithstanding chemical compounds applied

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मसंकररक्षा च राज्ञां धर्म: सनातन:

English

A Brahmana who remains in wrong deeds does not deserve honour; they hold him untrustworthy who is not employed in works.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाओंका सनातन धर्म है

English

These dharmas and all classes are to be raised by heroic kshatriyas; this is the dharma; therefore the duties of kings are the eldest and none other; those heroic dharmas that are eldest in valour are so held.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षाड्गुण्यगुणदोषांश्व नित्यं बुद्धथघावलोकयेत्

English

"Yavanas, Kiratas, Gandharas, Chinas, Shabaras, Barbaras, Shakas, Tusharas, Kahvas, Pahlavas, Andhras, Madrakas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबके गुण-दोषोंका अपनी बुद्धिद्वारा सदा निरीक्षण करे

English

Odras, Pulindas, Ramathas, Kachas, and Mlecchas everywhere, and those born of Brahmanas and kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras, among men:

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिवर्ग विदितार्थश्न युक्तचारोपधिश्व॒ यः:

English

how should they all, living in the realm, practise dharma, and how are they all, who live by robbery, to be established by men like me?

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदिको फोड़नेके लिये गुप्तचर लगा रखा है, वह भी प्रशंसाके ही योग्य है

English

I wish to hear this; tell it to me, revered one, for you are like a kinsman to us kshatriyas, lord of the gods."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेत्ता च दशवर्गस्य स्थानवृद्धिक्षयात्मन:

English

"Service of mother and father is to be done by all robbers, and service of teachers and of dwellers in stages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहना और मुसकराते हुए वार्तालाप करना चाहिए

English

Service of lords of the earth must be done by all robbers, and rites of Vedic dharma are prescribed for them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सतां वृत्ते स्थितमति: संतोष्यश्चारुदर्शन:

English

Ancestral sacrifices, wells, water-sheds, beds and gifts they should give to the twice-born at the proper time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मे च निरतान् साधूनचलानचलानिव

English

Non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, protecting the inheritance of livelihood, supporting sons and wives, purity and non-malice are for them."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तैश्व तुल्यो भवेद् भोगैश्छत्रमात्राज्याधिक:

English

Fees should be given in all sacrifices by one wishing prosperity, and costly household sacrifices should be performed by all robbers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं कुर्वन् नरेन्द्रोडपि न खेदमिह विन्दति

English

These duties, of such kinds, were ordained of old, blameless one, and are to be performed here by the whole world, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स क्षिप्रमनजुर्लुब्ध: स्वजनेनैव बध्यते

English

Robbers are seen in the world among all classes, men living in other signs of life, even in all four stages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा एक दिन अपने ही लोगोंके हाथसे शीघ्र मारा जाता है

English

When the rod-policy is lost and the dharma of kings is cast aside, beings are bewildered through the wickedness of kings, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदर्श: सर्ववर्णानां नयापनयवित् तथा

English

Beggars and wearers of badges will be countless, and the variations of the stages of life, when this Krita age ends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्भया विचरिष्यन्ति स राजा राजसत्तम:

English

Not hearing the best courses of the ancient dharmas, impelled by desire and anger, they will take the wrong path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य निर्भय होकर विचरते हैं, वह सब राजाओंमें श्रेष्ठ है

English

When sin is turned back by the great souls with the rod-policy, then dharma, being the eternal highest, does not waver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाओंमें श्रेष्ठ है

English

One who scorns the king, the teacher of the next world, finds that nothing he gives, offers or does for ancestors ever bears fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असंघातरता दान्ता: पाल्यमाना यथाविधि

English

The gods too greatly honour the lord of men, the eternal, god-like king who loves dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषये भूमिपालस्य तस्य धर्म: सनातन:

English

The revered Prajapati who created the whole world desires the kshatriya order for the promotion and restraint of dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सतां वर्त्मनिगस्त्यागी स राजा राज्यमहति

English

One who by his understanding remembers the course of dharma that has been set in motion is to be honoured and revered by me; in that the kshatriya order is established.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न ज्ञायन्ते हि रिपुभि: स राजा राज्यमहति

English

Having said this, the revered lord, surrounded by hosts of Maruts, Vishnu, went to his abode, the imperishable supreme station.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आखूयाते राजचरिते नृपतिं प्रति भारत

English

With dharma so set in motion of old and well practised, blameless one, who would scorn the kshatriya, if he had thought and much learning?

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते समय इस श्लोकका गान किया था

English

What is begun and ended wrongly dissolves in the middle, like a blind man on the road.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋते रक्षां तु विस्पष्टां रक्षा लोकस्य धारिणी

English

As the wheel was first set in motion, so with the first as the refuge, act, tiger among men; I know you, blameless one."

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विविधस्य च दण्डस्य प्रयोग: कालचोदित:

English

judiciously, are seen to be broken down by decrepitude like trees broken down by elephants. Similarly, persons possessed of ascetic merit, devoted to study of the Vedas, practising charity, and frequently performing sacrifices, succeed not in escaping decrepitude and death. As regards all creatures that have taken birth, neither years, nor months, nor fortnights, nor days, nor nights, that have once passed, do ever return. Man, whose existence is so transitory, is forced, in course of Time, whether he will or not, to come upon this inevitable and broad path that has to be trodden by every creature, l Whether the body springs from the creature or the creature springs from the body, one's union however, with wives and other friends is like that of travellers in an inn. 2 one cannot obtain a lasting companionship with anyone. One cannot obtain such companionship with one's own body. How then it can be had with anyone else? Where, O king, is thy sire today and where thy grandsire? Thou beholdst them not today and they do not behold thee. O sinless one! No person can see either heaven or hell. The scriptures, however, are the eyes of the virtuous. O king, frame thy conduct according to the scriptures. What pure heart, one should practise first the vow of Brahmacharya and then beget children and then perform sacrifices, for paying off the debt one owes to the Pitris, the gods, and men. Performing sacrifices and engaged in procreating (children), after having first observed the vow of Brahmacharya, one who bath wisdom for his eyes, casting off all anxiety of heart, should pay court to heaven, this world, and his own soul. 3 That king bent upon the practice of virtue who strives judiciously for acquiring Heaven and Earth and who takes of earthly goods just what is ordained (as the king's share) in the scriptures, wins a reputation that spread over all the worlds and among all creatures, mobile and immobile. The ruler of the Videhas, of clear understanding, having heard these words full of reason, become freed from grief, and taking Asma's leave proceeded towards his abode, O thou of unfading glory, cast off thy grief and rise up. Thou art equal to Sakra himself. Suffer thy soul to be gladdened. The earth has been won by thee in the exercise of Kshatriya duties. Enjoy her, O son of Kunti, and do not disregard my words.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पो5पि हि दहत्यग्निर्विषमल्पं हिनस्ति च

English

"All dharmas are known here to you, Yudhishthira, as they are known to me, mighty-armed one, approved by the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णा भ्यां पादौ तस्य शनै:स्पृशन्

English

But what you ask me, Yudhishthira, concerning the dharma of those gone to other signs, best of upholders of dharma, hear that, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोनों हाथ जोड़कर कहा

English

All these, son of Kunti, exist for those engaged in good conduct and the works of the four stages, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथमेष समुत्पन्नस्तन्मे ब्रूहि परंतप

English

For one free of desire and aversion, by the rod-policy, Yudhishthira, regarding all beings equally, the station of the alms-life is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शब्द चल रहा है, इसकी उत्पत्ति कैसे हुई है? यह मुझे बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

One who knows taking and giving, restraint and favour, a hero of the conduct as stated, has the station of the stage of security.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुल्यदुः:खसुखात्मा च तुल्यपृष्ठमुखोदर:

English

For one who lifts up kinsmen, relatives and friends who have fallen into misfortune, the station of the stage of initiation is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निःश्वासोच्छवासतुल्यश्षतुल्यप्राणशरीरवान्

English

For one who performs the daily rites, offerings to beings, offerings to ancestors and to men on a great scale, Partha, the station of the forest stage is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्टबुद्धीन् शूरांश्ष कथमेको5थघितिष्ठति

English

By protecting all beings and ruling his own kingdom, the king's manifold initiation is the station of the forest stage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निचयश्न निचेयानां सेवा बुद्धिमतामपि

English

decay and death become his portion on Earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरिमध्यस्थमित्राणां यथावच्चान्ववेक्षणम्

English

For one who follows a straight and honest path always toward all beings, the station of the Brahma stage is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविश्वास: स्वयं चैव परस्याश्वासनं तथा

English

For one giving abundant wealth to forest-dwelling Brahmanas and those learned in the three Vedas, the station of the forest stage is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रिपूणामनवज्ञानं नित्यं चानार्यवर्जनम्

English

For one who shows compassion to all beings, engaged in kindness, there is a station in every condition.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजधर्मका मूल है। इस विषयमें जो श्लोक हैं, उन्हें बताता हूँ, सुनो

English

For one who shows compassion toward children and the aged, Kaurava, Yudhishthira, there is a station in every condition.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्थानेन महेन्द्रेण श्रैष्ठ्यं प्राप्त दिवीह च

English

Protecting beings that have been wronged by force, delight of the Kurus, and those who seek refuge, Kaurava, one would dwell in the householder's life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उद्योगसे ही देवलोक और इहलोकमें श्रेष्ठता प्राप्त की

English

Protecting all moving and unmoving beings in every way and always honouring as is fitting, one would dwell in the householder's life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्थानवीरान् वाग्वीरा रमयन्त उपासते

English

Restraint and favour toward the elder, the younger, wives, brothers, sons and grandsons, Partha—that is the householder's life, that is austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रधर्षणीय: शत्रूणां भुजड़ इव निर्विष:

English

Protecting the good, who are worthy of honour, among the subjects, whose selves are known—that would be the station of the householder's stage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शत्रुओंके द्वारा परास्त होता रहता है

English

One who in his house takes with food all those who dwell in stages, that is the householder's life, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व तापयते देशमपि राज्ञ: समृद्धिन:

English

A man established in the dharma made by the Creator as it truly is gains the unsurpassed fruit of all the stages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाके समूचे देशको भी संतप्त कर डालता है”

English

In whom virtues never perish, son of Kunti, him too, the best of men, they call one who dwells in a stage, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दम्भनार्थ च लोकस्य धर्मिष्ठामाचरेत् क्रियाम्

English

Showing regard for rank, age and family, one dwells in all the stages, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न शक्‍यं मृदुना वोढुमायासस्थानमुत्तमम्

English

Protecting the dharmas of countries, son of Kunti, and the dharmas of families, tiger among men, a king would be one of all stages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मान्मिश्रेण सततं वर्तितव्यं युधिष्ठिर

English

Honouring in due season the prosperity of beings and the offerings, tiger among men, he would dwell in the stage of the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोप्यस्य विपुलो धर्म एवंवृत्ता हि भूमिपा:

English

One who, having gone ten ways of dharma, looks to the dharma of the whole world, son of Kunti, becomes a king in a stage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयस्ते यत्र संदेहस्तद् ब्रूहि कुरुसत्तम

English

Those skilled in dharma in the world, the good who practise dharma, protected in the domain of a lord of the earth—a quarter share of that dharma is his.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातमें संदेह हो, वह पूछो

English

Kings who do not protect men who delight in dharma and are devoted to dharma, tiger among men—those men take away their sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वासुदेव: कृपश्चैव सात्यकि: संजयस्तथा

English

And those who are the helpers in protection of kings, Yudhishthira, all share in the portion of dharma done, blameless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्तुवंश्व नरव्याप्रं भीष्म धर्मभूतां वरम्

English

In all the stations of the stages, they say, the householder's life is bright in its decision, a purifier, tiger among men, which we worship.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपैति सविता हास्तं रसमापीय पार्थिवम्

English

The man who is like himself toward beings, who has laid down the rod and conquered anger, gains happiness after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो रथानारुरुहुर्मुदान्विता:

English

A swift boat, risen from dharma, strong in sattva, with dharma as its bridge and banyan, with renunciation as wind on its way, will carry you across.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सतत: पुरं ते विविशुर्गजाह्दयम्

English

When all desire that was in his heart has turned back, then he becomes established in sattva and thence attains Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिरादिस्वस्थानगमनेष्टपञ्चाशत्तमो ध्याय:

English

Very serene by feeling and by yoga, lord of men, you will attain dharma, tiger among men, delighting in protection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो हस्तिनापुरसे चल दिये

English

Make effort in protecting the Brahmanas who study the Veda, doers of good deeds, and all the world, blameless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखां च रजनी पृष्टवा गाड्गेयं रथिनां वरम्

English

The dharma that one practises in the forest and in the stages, Bharata, a king obtains a hundredfold by protection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निषेदुरभितो भीष्म परिवार्य समन्‍्ततः

English

This manifold dharma has been declared to you, best of the Pandavas; follow it, seen by the ancients, eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर्भीष्म॑ प्रतिपूज्य यथाविधि

English

With one-pointed mind in the four stages and the four classes, Pandava, you will attain dharma, tiger among men, delighting in protection."

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है और कैसे सम्पूर्ण जगत्की प्रसन्नता चाहता है?

English

life, or the creature exists independent of the body. This is much disputed by Hindu philosophers. The gross body may be dissolved, but the linga sarira (composed of the subtlest elements) exists as a cause for the unborn Soul. This is maintained by many.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिपत्तिविमोहाच्च धर्मस्तेषामनीनशत्

English

"The most necessary task of a kingdom is the consecration of a king; a kingdom without Indra is weak, and robbers overpower it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः सम समतां याता मर्त्यस्त्रिभुवनेश्वर

English

In kingdoms without a king dharma does not stand firm, and they devour one another; fie on kinglessness in every way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशभ्रमश्चैव मन्त्रस्य सिद्ध्यसिद्धौश्व यत् फलम्

English

The scripture says they chose this one as Indra, the king; as Indra, so the king is to be honoured by one wishing prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भयसत्कारवित्ताख्य॑ कार्त्स्न्येन परिवर्णितम्

English

The Vedic rule is that one should not dwell in kingdoms without a king; in kingdoms without a king even Fire does not carry the oblation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधम मानी गयी है। इन सबका उस ग्रन्थमें विस्तारपूर्वक वर्णन है

English

And if one seeking the kingdom, stronger, should come against kingdoms without kings or with kings slain,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजयो धर्मयुक्तश्व तथार्थविजयश्व ह

English

he should be met and honoured; this is well counselled here; for there is nothing worse than sin, nothing worse than kinglessness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लक्षणं पज्चवर्गस्य त्रिविध॑ चात्र वर्णितम्

English

If he were to see rightly, all would be well; for a strong man enraged might even make an end entirely.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विष्टिनविश्चराश्वैव देशिका इति चाष्टमम्

English

A cow that is hard to milk suffers much trouble; but they do not trouble one that milks easily.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याकुले चाकुल: सर्वो भवतीति विनिश्चय:

English

What is not heated bends, they do not heat it; and wood that has itself bowed they do not bend further.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होता है और उस एकके ही व्याकुल होनेपर सब लोग व्याकुल हो जाते हैं

English

By this likeness the wise should bow to the stronger; one who bows to the stronger bows to Indra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृत्स्नं तन्मे यथातत्त्व॑ प्रब्रूहि वदतां वर

English

Therefore a king must always be made by one wishing prosperity; neither wealth nor wife is for those who have no king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामह! यह सारा रहस्य मुझे यथावत् रूपसे बताइये

English

A sinner seizing another's wealth in a kingless land is pleased; but when others take from him, then he wishes for a king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदेकस्मिन् जगत् सर्व देववद् याति संनतिम्

English

Even sinners then never get safety; for one is robbed by two, and two by many others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नतमस्तक हो जाता है, इसका कोई स्वल्प कारण नहीं हो सकता

English

A non-slave is made a slave, and women are taken by force; for this reason the gods made rulers of subjects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा राज्यं समुत्पन्नममादौ कृतयुगे5भवत्

English

If there were no king in the world and no rod-bearer on earth, the stronger would roast the weaker on a spit like fish.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पत्ति हुई, वह सारा वृत्तान्त तुम एकाग्र होकर सुनो

English

We have heard that in the beginning kingless peoples perished, eating one another like fish in water the thin ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मेणैव प्रजा: सर्वा रक्षन्ति सम परस्परम्

English

Assembling, they then made agreements, we have heard: "One who is harsh in speech, violent, an adulterer, or does not take his own—we shall abandon such."

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वारा ही एक-दूसरेकी रक्षा करती थी

English

To give confidence to all classes without distinction, they made an agreement, but did not stay by the agreement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होनेके कारण उनके धर्मका नाश हो गया

English

Together they then went to the Grandsire, afflicted with unhappiness: "Lordless, we perish, revered one; appoint a lord for us,

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोभस्य वशमापतन्ना: सर्वे भरतसत्तम

English

whom we may worship together and who may protect us." He directed Manu for them, but Manu did not welcome them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामो नामापरस्तत्र प्रत्यपद्यत वै प्रभो

English

"I fear the cruel work; kingship is exceedingly hard, especially among men always of false conduct."

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्ताश्न नाभ्यजानन्त कार्याकार्ये युधिष्ठिर

English

The subjects said to him: "Do not fear; sin will not go to you for the work. We shall give you a fiftieth of animals and of gold, and a tenth of grain, to increase the treasury.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं च राजेन्द्र दोषादोषं च नात्यजन्

English

Those men who are mainly chief with weapon and wing will follow you, like gods Mahendra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाशाच्च ब्रह्मणो राजन् धर्मो नाशमथागमत्

English

You, having gained strength, king, hard to assail and glorious, will place us all in happiness as Kubera does the Nairritas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया। राजन! वैदिक ज्ञानका लोप होनेसे यज्ञ आदि कर्मोंका भी नाश हो गया

English

And a fourth of whatever dharma the subjects, well protected by the king, practise will rest with you for us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊचुः: प्राउजजलय: सर्वे दुःखवेगसमाहता:

English

Nourished by that great dharma, won easily, protect us on all sides, king, as Shatakratu the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनसे हाथ जोड़कर बोले--

English

Go out swiftly to victory, blazing like the sun with rays; crush the pride of your enemies; may dharma always conquer for us."

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोभमोहादिभिभ्भावैस्ततो नो भयमाविशत्

English

He set out, greatly radiant, surrounded by a great army, endowed with noble birth, blazing as it were with splendour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया। इससे हम सब देवता मनुष्योंके समान हो गये हैं

English

Seeing his greatness, like the gods seeing Mahendra's, all were terrified and set their minds on their own dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रियाव्युपरमात् तेषां ततो गच्छाम संशयम्

English

Then he went round the earth like a raining cloud, calming sins everywhere and engaging them in their own works.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वत्प्रभावसमुत्थो5सौ स्वभावो नो विनश्यति

English

Thus those men on earth who wish prosperity should first make a king, for the favour of the subjects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेयो5हं चिन्तयिष्यामि व्येतु वो भी:सुरर्षभा:

English

And they should bow to him in devotion as pupils to a teacher always, as the gods to the thousand-eyed, the subjects to the king near them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र धर्मस्तथैवार्थ: कामश्चैवाभिवर्णित:

English

One honoured by his own people here is greatly esteemed by others; but one slighted by his own people is despised by others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थो मोक्ष इत्येव पृथगर्थ: पृथग्गुण:

English

Contempt of the king by others brings unhappiness to all; therefore umbrella, leaf-fan, garments, ornaments,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहाया: कारणं चैव षड्वर्गो नीतिज: स्मृत:

English

foods and drinks, houses, seats, beds and all equipment they should give to the king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चारश्न विविधोपाय: प्रणिधेय: पृथग्विध:

English

He should be guarded in himself, hard to assail, speaking first with a smile, and when addressed he should answer men sweetly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपेक्षा पञ्चमी चात्र कार्त्स्न्येन समुदाहयता

English

Grateful, firm in devotion, a sharer, with senses subdued, when looked at he should look back, gently, honestly and pleasantly."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जड्माजड्माश्षोक्ताश्वूर्णपोगा विषादय:

English

Vaisampayana said, "The foremost of kings, viz., Yudhishthira the son

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूतसामर्थ्यसंयोगात् सराष्ट्रस्य विवर्धनम्

English

"Here too they recite this ancient history, how Vasumanas questioned Brihaspati, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मनो निग्रहस्त्यागो हार्थदूषणमेव च

English

A king named Vasumanas, Kausalya, best of the wise, of trained understanding, questioned the great sage Brihaspati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देशजातिकुलानां च धर्मा: समनुवर्णिता:

English

Having done all the observances of discipline, knowing discipline, turning to the right of Brihaspati and bowing duly,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया। फिर इसे इन्द्रने ग्रहण किया

English

delighting in the welfare of all beings, wishing the good of the subjects, he asked the rule of kingship, the root of dharma, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्यामें लग गये

English

"By what do beings flourish and by what do they decline? Honouring whom, great sage, would they attain utmost happiness?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिपेदे महाराज्यमथेन्द्रियवशो 5भवत्

English

Thus asked by the great king Kausalya of immeasurable splendour, Brihaspati calmly told him of the honouring of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राज्य प्राप्त किया। राज्य पाकर वह इन्द्रियोंका गुलाम हो गया

English

"The dharma of the world is seen to be rooted in the king, great king; the subjects do not eat one another only from fear of the king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु यासौी वेनमजीजनत्

English

The king pacifies by dharma the whole world, agitated and eager, and having pacified, shines.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदि चूर्णयोग अर्थात् विनाशकारक ओषधियाँ

English

of Dharma, still remaining speechless, Pandu's son Arjuna addressed Krishna and spoke as follows:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरिरमित्र उदासीन इत्येते5प्यनुवर्णिता:

English

"Arjuna said, This scorcher of foes, viz., Dharma's son, is burning with grief on account of his (slaughtered) kinsfolk. Comfort him, O Madhava I Once more, O Janardana, all of us have fallen into great danger. It behoveth thee! O mighty-armed one, to dispel his grief.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदासीनका भी बारंबार वर्णन किया गया है

English

Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed by the high-souled Arjuna, the lotus-eyed Govinda of unfading glory turned his face towards the king. Kesava could not by any means be disregarded by Yudhishthira. From the earliest years Govinda was dearer to Yudhishthira than Arjuna himself. Taking up the king's hand adorned with sandal-paste and looking like a column of marble, the mighty-armed Saurin began to speak, gladdening (the hearts of all who listened to him). His face, adorned with teeth and eyes that were very beautiful, shone brightly like a full-blown lotus at sunrise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मरक्षणमाश्वास: सर्गाणां चान्ववेक्षणम्

English

"Vasudeva said, "Do not, O tiger among men, indulge in such grief that emaciates thy body. They who have been slain in this battle will on no account be got back. Those Kshatriyas, O king, that have fallen in this great battle, are even, like objects that one acquires in one's dreams and that vanish when one awakes. All of them were heroes and ornaments of battle. They were vanquished while rushing with faces towards their foes. No one amongst them was slain with wounds on the back or while flying away. All of them, having contended with heroes in great battle and having cast off their life-breaths then, have, sanctified by weapons, proceeded to heaven. It behoveth thee not to grieve for them. Devoted to the duties of Kshatriyas, possessed of courage, perfectly conversant with the Vedas and their branches, all of them have attained to that blissful end which is obtainable by heroes. It behoveth thee not to grieve for them after hearing of those high-souled lords of the earth, of ancient days, that departed from this world. In this connection is cited the old discourse of Narada before Srinjaya when the latter was deeply afflicted with grief on account of the death of his son. (Narada said),— Subject to happiness and misery, myself, thyself and all creatures, O Srinjaya, shall have to die. What cause then is there for sorrow. Listen to me as I recite the great blessedness of (some) ancient king. Hear me with concentrated attention. Thou shalt then, O king, cast off thy grief. Listening to the story of those high-souled lords of the earth, abate thy sorrow. O, hear me as I recite their stories to thee in detail. By listening to the charming and delightful history of those kings of ancient times, malignant stars may be propitiated and the period of one's life be increased. We hear, O Srinjaya, that there was a king of the name of Marutta who was the son of Avikshit. Even he fell a prey to death. The gods with Indra and Varuna and

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्माण और निरीक्षण आदिका भी वर्णन है

English

The strong would seize the possessions of the weak and kill those who strive, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यूहाश्व विविधाभिख्या विचित्र युद्धकौशलम्

English

Sinners would suddenly seize vehicles, garments, ornaments and jewels of many kinds, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शस्त्राणां पालन ज्ञानं तथैव भरतर्षभ

English

There would be no ownership in this world of "this is mine"; universal ruin would set in, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातोंका उस शास्त्रमें वर्णन किया गया है

English

They would torment or even kill mother, father, the aged, teacher, guest and elder, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चोरैराटविकैश्नोग्रै: परराष्ट्स्य पीडनम्

English

Weapons of many kinds would fall in many ways on those who practise dharma, and unrighteousness would be accepted, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेणिमुख्योपजापेन वीरुधश्छेदनेन च

English

Killing, binding and torment would ever befall the wealthy, and they would not know possession, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवमर्द: प्रतीघातस्तथैव च बलीयसाम्

English

The world would end in the sky, be given over to robbers, and fall into dreadful hell, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रमो व्यायामयोगकश्न त्यागो द्रव्यस्य संग्रह:

English

Neither breeding nor agriculture nor trade routes would continue, dharma would sink and the triple learning would not be, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अर्थस्य काले दानं च व्यसने चाप्रसज्धिता

English

Sacrifices with proper fees would not proceed duly, nor marriages or assemblies, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारणं च त्रिवर्गस्य गुणदोषास्तथैव च

English

Bulls would not run, churns would not churn, and cow-pens would perish, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शड्कितत्वं च सर्वस्य प्रमादस्य च वर्जनम्

English

Terrified, anguished in heart, crying "Alas", senseless, all would perish in a moment, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रदानं च विवृद्धस्य पात्रेभ्यो विधिवत्तत:

English

Year-long sacrificial sessions would not stand free of fear, with proper fees, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ व्यसनाघाते तथैवात्रानुवर्णितम्

English

The ascetic Brahmanas would not study the four Vedas, though bathed in learning and bathed in austerity, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दशोक्तानि कुरुश्रेष्ठ व्यसनान्यत्र चैव ह

English

Hand would rob hand, all bridges would be broken, and all would flee in fear, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनका भी इस ग्रन्थमें उल्लेख है

English

People struck down by the slain Brahmanas would find no union with dharma; the doer would go as his own senses wish, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामजान्याहुराचार्य: प्रोक्तानीह स्वयम्भुवा

English

Unjust acts would proceed, mixture of classes would occur, and famine would enter the kingdom, if the king did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवमर्द: प्रतीघात: केतनानां च भज्जनम्

English

Men, protected by the king, sleep as they please with their house doors open, fearless on every side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपस्करो5थ वसनं तथोपायाश्ष वर्णिता:

English

No one tolerates abuse, how much less a hand raised, if the king is a righteous protector of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवननिर्वाहके अनेक उपायोंका भी उक्त ग्रन्थमें वर्णन है

English

Women without men, adorned with all ornaments, travel the road fearless when the lord of the earth protects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपार्जनं च द्रव्याणां परिमर्दश्च॒ तानि षघट्

English

They follow dharma only and do not injure one another, and favour one another, when the lord of the earth protects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वद्धिरेकीभावश्व दानहोमविधिज्ञता

English

The three classes sacrifice with great sacrifices of various kinds and study scripture with application, when the lord of the earth protects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सवानां समाजानां क्रिया: केतनजास्तथा

English

This world is rooted in trade and ever held up by the triple learning; all that proceeds rightly when the lord of the earth protects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्तेर्भरतशार्दूल नित्यं चैवान्ववेक्षणम्

English

When the king takes the best of burdens and bears the subjects with great exercise of force, then the world is content.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए। इसका भी उक्त शास्त्रमें उल्लेख है

English

In whose absence beings would be absent on every side, and in whose presence there would be constant presence—who would not honour him?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुजीविस्वजातिभ्यो गुणेभ्यश्व समुद्भव:

English

One who carries his burden, which brings happiness to all the world, should remain devoted to the king's welfare; he would conquer both worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्नति करनेका उस ग्रन्थमें उल्लेख है

English

Any man who would even in mind think of sin against him will surely suffer here and fall into hell after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुलके धर्मोका भी भलीभाँति वर्णन किया गया है

English

A king must never be scorned as a mere man; for this is a great deity standing in human form.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपायाश्चार्थलिप्सा च विविधा भूरिदक्षिण

English

He takes on five forms joined to times: he becomes Fire, Sun, Death, Vaishravana and Yama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूषणं स्रोतसां चैव वर्णितं चास्थिराम्भसाम्

English

When he burns sinners with fierce splendour, wrongly served, then the king becomes Fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् सर्व राजशार्दूल नीतिशास्त्रेडभिवर्णितम्

English

When the king sees all beings through spies and goes after making good, then he becomes the Sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवानुवाच संद्ृष्ट: सर्वान् शक्रपुरोगमान्

English

When, angry, he destroys by hundreds the impure men with their sons, grandsons and ministers, then he becomes the Ender.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाणीका सारभूत यह विचार यहाँ प्रकट किया गया

English

When he restrains all the unrighteous with sharp rods and favours the righteous, then he becomes Yama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निग्रहानुग्रहरता लोकाननुचरिष्यति

English

When he satisfies benefactors with streams of wealth and takes away the many jewels of wrongdoers,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाश्ष सकला ह्वात्र शब्दिता:

English

gives fortune to one and takes it from another, then the king, O king, becomes Vaishravana in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहुरूपो विशालाक्ष: शिव: स्थाणुरुमापति:

English

One should not stay in disparagement of him, a skilled man of untroubled deeds, wishing lawful gain, without envy of the lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संचिक्षेप ततः शास्त्र महास्त्र ब्रह्मणा कृतम्

English

One who does what is hostile to the king would not get happiness, even if a son, brother or friend equal to himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दशाध्यायसहस्तराणि सुब्रह्मण्यो महातपा:

English

Fire, blazing, with the wind as charioteer, might leave a remainder; but for one attacked by the king no remainder exists anywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस्रै: पञ्चभिस्तात यदुक्त बाहुदन्‍तकम्

English

One should avoid from afar all things guarded by him, and be as repelled by seizing the king's property as by death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तच्छास्त्रममितप्रज्ञो योगाचार्यो महायशा:

English

One who lays hands on it soon perishes, as a deer touching a snare; a wise man should guard the king's property as his own.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यायोंमें उस शास्त्रका संक्षेप किया

English

The senseless who seize the king's wealth fall for a long time into great, dreadful, groundless hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संक्षिप्तमायुर्विज्ञाय मर्त्यानां ह्ासमेव च

English

King, Bhoja, Virat, Samrat, Kshatriya, Bhupati, Nripa—who would not wish to honour him who is praised by such words?

हिन्दी अर्थ

एको योहति मर्त्येंभ्य: श्रैष्ल्यं वैतं समादिश

English

Therefore one wishing prosperity, restrained, self-conquered, with senses subdued, intelligent, mindful and skilled, should resort to the lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तैजसं वै विरजसं सो5सृजन्मानसं सुतम्

English

A king should honour a minister who is grateful, wise, not petty, firm in devotion, with senses subdued, ever devoted to dharma and steady in position.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानस पुत्रकी सृष्टि की, जो विरजाके नामसे विख्यात हुआ

English

He should rely on a man of firm devotion, trained intellect, who knows dharma, is self-restrained, brave, of non-petty deeds, one who avoids crowds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संन्यास लेनेका ही निश्चय किया

English

A king makes a man bold; a king strengthens a thin man; how can one attacked by the king have happiness? A king makes a man who approaches him happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्दमस्तस्य तु सुत: सोडप्यतप्यन्महत् तप:

English

The king is the weightier heart of the subjects, their refuge, foundation and supreme happiness; relying on him men rightly win this world and the next, the lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजा रक्षयिता साधुर्दण्डनीतिविशारद:

English

The lord of men too, having governed the earth by self-control, truth and friendliness, and having sacrificed with great sacrifices, the greatly renowned one attains an honoured place in heaven."

हिन्दी अर्थ

समर्थ, साधु तथा दण्डनीतिविद्यामें निपुण हुआ

English

Thus instructed by his teacher, Kausalya, the best of kings, the hero, with effort protected the subjects.