Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्यार्था: स पुमॉल्लोके यस्यार्था: स च पण्डित:

English

"Narada said, 'Hearing of the fame of Kama's might, the ruler of the Magadhas, king Jarasandha, challenged him to a single combat. Both conversant with the celestial weapons, a fierce battle took place between them in which they struck each other with diverse kinds of arms. At last when their arrows were exhausted and bows and swords were broken and they both became earless, they began, possessed of might as they were, to fight with bare arms. While engaged with him in mortal combat with bare arms, Kama was about to sever the two portions of his antagonist's body that had been united together by Jara. The king (of Magadha), then after feeling himself

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरी है'। ठीक वैसे ही जैसे पुत्र पिताके धनको अपना बताते हैं

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "I would never again go by a road to be travelled in company, because of you; I shall go, casting off the pleasures of village life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु तुम्हारे आग्रहके कारण कदापि राज्य नहीं स्वीकार करूँगा

English

Ask me: 'What road is safe for one to travel alone?' Or if you do not wish to ask, hear it from me unasked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानारूपान् वने पश्यन् रमणीयान् वनौकस:

English

Casting off the pleasures and practices of village life, practising great austerity, I shall roam in the forest with the deer, eating fruit and roots,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुन्दर वनवासियोंको देखा करूँगा

English

offering oblations to the fire at due times, touching water at both twilights, lean, with limited food, wearing skin, bark and matted locks,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाप्रियाण्याचरिष्यामि किंपुनग्रामवासिनाम्

English

bearing cold, wind and heat, enduring hunger, thirst and toil, drying up my body by austerity as prescribed in the scriptures,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृन् देवांश्व वन्येन वाग्भिरद्धिश्व तर्पयन्

English

ever hearing high and low voices pleasant to mind and ear of the deer and birds living delighted in the forests,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाणी और जलके द्वारा देवताओं तथा पितरोंको तृप्त करता रहूँगा

English

smelling the pleasant fragrance of flowering trees and creepers, seeing in the forest the lovely forest-dwellers of many forms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवमान: प्रतीक्षिष्ये देहस्थास्य समापनम्

English

Even to the sight of the forest hermits who live in their families, I shall do nothing unpleasant, how much less to village dwellers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आते हैं उसी प्रकार धनसे ही धन बाँँधा चला आता है

English

very much pained, cast off all desire of hostility and addressed Kama, saying, 'I am gratified.' From friendship he then gave unto Kama the town Malini. Before this, that tiger among men and subjugator of all foes (viz., Kama) had been king of the Angas only, but from that time the grinder of hostile forces began to mle over Champa also, agreeably to the wishes of Duryodhana, as thou knowest. Thus Kama became famous on earth for the valour of his arms. When, for thy good, the Lord of the celestials begged of him his (natural) coat of mail and ear-rings, stupefied by celestial illusion, he gave away those precious possessions . Deprived of his car-rings and divested of his natural armour, he was slain by Arjuna in Vasudeva's presence. In consequence of a Brahmana's curse, as also of the curse of the illustrious Rama, of the boon granted to Kunti and the illusion practised on him by Indra, of his depreciation by Bhishma as only half a car-warrior, at the tale of Rathas and Atirathas, of the destruction of his energy caused by Salya (with his keen speeches), of Vasudeva's policy, and, lastly of the celestial weapons obtained by Arjuna from Rudra and Indra and Yama and Vamna and Kuvera and Drona and the illustrious Kripa, the wielder of Gandiva succeeded in slaying Vikartana's son Kama of effulgence like that of Surya himself. Even thus had thy brother been cursed and beguiled by many. As, however, he has fallen in battle, thou shouldst not grieve for that tiger among men!'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथदितानि सर्वाणि प्रवर्तन्ते नराधिप

English

Thus, following the ever sterner rule of the forest scriptures, I shall wait for the end of this body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्धनके लिये तो न यह लोक सुखदायक होता है, न परलोक

English

Or else I shall spend my days alone, going from tree to tree for a single day, begging, a shaven sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नदी झरती रहती है, उसी प्रकार धनसे ही धर्मका स्रोत बहता रहता है

English

Covered in dust, dwelling in an empty house or at the root of a tree, having abandoned all likes and dislikes,

हिन्दी अर्थ

योग्य है। जो केवल शरीरसे कृश है, उसे कृश नहीं कहा जा सकता

English

neither grieving nor rejoicing, regarding blame and self-praise as equal, without hope, without possessiveness, free of dualities, without possessions,

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजन् किमन्यज्जातीनां वधाद् गृद्धयन्ति देवता:

English

delighting in the Self, tranquil in soul, in the form of a dull, blind or deaf man, never making any agreement with anyone about anything,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वथा धनमाहार्य यष्टव्यं चापि यत्नतः

English

harming none of the four kinds of beings, moving or unmoving, all creatures abiding in their dharma, equal toward all living beings,

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रोहात् किमन्यज्ज्ञातीनां गृद्धयन्ते येन देवता:

English

not laughing at anyone, nowhere frowning, ever of a tranquil face, with all senses well controlled,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधीयतेथध्यापयन्ते यजन्ते याजयन्ति च

English

not asking anyone the way, going by whatever road, wishing to go to no particular place or direction,

हिन्दी अर्थ

न पश्यामो5नपकृतं धनं किंचित् क्वचिद् वयम्

English

indifferent in going, not looking behind, upright, composed, going, avoiding moving and unmoving beings,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथैव पूर्णादुदधे: स्यन्दन्त्यापो दिशो दश

English

his own nature goes ahead and foods come of themselves; thinking nothing of all the opposing pairs,

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकलकर सम्पूर्ण पृथ्वीमें फैल जाता है

English

taking little or tasteless food, even when the first is not obtained; going to others too, filling seven by one gain in the absence of gain,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसीदियं दिलीपस्य नृगस्य नहुषस्थ च

English

when the smoke is gone, the pestle laid down, the embers out, when people have eaten, when vessels have ceased to go about, when no beggars remain,

हिन्दी अर्थ

येषां राजाश्वमेधेन यजते दक्षिणावता

English

begging once a day, at two or five houses, I shall roam this earth, having freed myself from the nooses of desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जुहाव सर्वभूतानि तथैवात्मानमात्मना

English

Not like one wishing to live, nor like one wishing to die, neither welcoming life nor death nor hating them,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतोंकी तथा स्वयं अपनी भी आहुति दे दी थी

English

though one arm is cut with an adze and the other smeared with sandal, thinking neither ill nor good of either,

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान् दाशरथ: पन्था मा राजन् कुपथं गम:

English

abandoning all activities of prosperity that can be done by one living, abiding by the winking of an eye (the moment),

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारयन्नपि तच्छुत्वा रोचेत वचनं मम

English

ever unattached to them, with the activity of all senses abandoned, with intentions well abandoned, the soul's stain well washed,

हिन्दी अर्थ

दो घड़ीतक एकाग्र हो जाओ, तब मेरी बात सुनकर तुम इसे पसंद करोगे

English

freed from all attachments, passed beyond all snares, subject to no one, with the nature of the wind,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छेयं तद् गमिष्यामि हित्वा ग्राम्पसुखान्युत

English

free of passion, thus roaming, I shall obtain eternal contentment; for through craving I have been led by ignorance to great sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा नेच्छसि प्रष्टमपृच्छन्नपि मे शूणु

English

Some men, having done good and bad deeds, bearing no name of their own folk, attached to cause and effect,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदि पूछना नहीं चाहते हो तो बिना पूछे भी मुझसे सुनो

English

at the end of life casting off this nearly worn body, accept that sin; it is the fruit of the doer's deed."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अरण्ये फलमूलाशी चरिष्यामि मृगै: सह

English

"Thus in this wheel of existence, revolving like a chariot wheel, this host of beings meets another host of beings, each with its purpose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करूँगा, फल-मूल खाकर मृगोंके साथ विचरूँगा

English

There is happiness for one who abandons this worthless, endless cycle of existence, assailed by birth, death, old age, disease and pain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा विधिदृष्टेन शरीरमुपशोषयन्

English

When gods fall from heaven and great sages from their stations, who that knows the truth of cause would wish for any aim?

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रोक्त तपस्याद्वारा इस शरीरको सुखाता रहूँगा

English

Having done various deeds of various marks, a king is bound by even slight causes through the earthly kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुदितानामरण्येषु वसतां मृगपक्षिणाम्

English

Therefore, this nectar of wisdom has long since come before me; having attained it, I seek the imperishable, eternal, steadfast station.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और कानोंको सुख देनेवाली होगी, नित्य सुनता रहूँगा

English

Living always by such a way of life, I shall support my body, following a fearless path."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चरन् भैक्ष्यं मुनिर्मुण्ड: क्षपयिष्ये कलेवरम्

English

"Vaisampayana said, 'Having said these words, the celestial Rishi Narada became silent. The royal sage Yudhishthira, filled with grief, became plunged in meditation. Beholding that hero cheerless and unmanned by sorrow, sighing like a snake and shedding copious tears, Kunti, herself filled with grief and almost deprived of her senses by sorrow, addressed him in these sweet words of grave import and well-suited to the occasion, 'O mighty-armed Yudhishthira, it behoveth thee not to give way to sorrow thus. O thou of great wisdom, kill this grief of thine, and listen to what I say. I tried in past times to apprise Kama of his brothership with thee. The god Surya also, O foremost of all righteous persons, did the same. All that a well-wishing friend, from desire of good, should say unto one, was said unto Kama by that god in a dream and once more in my presence. Neither by affliction nor by reasons could Surya or myself succeed in pacifying him or inducing him to unite himself with thee. Succumbing to the influence of Time, he became resolved upon wreaking his enmity on thee. As he was bent upon doing injuries upon you all, I myself gave up the attempt.' Thus addressed by his mother, king Yudhishthira, with tearful eyes and heart agitated by grief, said these words, 'In consequence of thyself having concealed thy counsels, this great affliction has overtaken me!' Possessed of great energy, the righteous king, then, in sorrow, cursed all

हिन्दी अर्थ

दन्द्वानि च विरुद्धानि तानि सर्वाण्यचिन्तयन्

English

[Bhima said:] "For one whose mind is set on idleness and who despises the duties of kings, what fruit is there in the destruction of the Dhritarashtras, bull of the Bharatas?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यकारणसंश्लिष्टं स्वजनं नाम बिभ्रति

English

Forbearance, compassion, mercy and kindness do not exist for one following the kshatriya path, even toward a kinsman, in your view.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिगृह्नाति तत् पापं कर्तु: कर्मफलं हि तत्

English

If we had known such a mind of yours, we would not have taken up weapons nor slain anyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापको ग्रहण करता है; क्योंकि कर्ताको ही उसके कर्मका वह फल प्राप्त होता है

English

We would have lived by begging until the release of the body, and this dreadful war of kings would not have been.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समेति भूतग्रामो5यं भूतग्रामेण कार्यवान्

English

The wise know that all this is food for life; the moving and the unmoving are all the food of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह समुदाय कार्यवश अन्य प्राणियोंसे मिलता है

English

The wise who know kshatriya dharma know that whoever obstructs a king who takes a kingdom must be slain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपारमिव चास्वस्थ॑ संसारं त्यजत: सुखम्

English

Those obstructors of the kingdom, with their faults, have been slain by us; having slain them, enjoy this earth by dharma, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्याग देता है, उसीको सुख मिलता है

English

As a man who digs a well and, not reaching water, turns back smeared with mud, so is this deed of ours.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृक्षसे भिक्षा माँगकर अपने शरीरको सुखाता रहूँगा

English

the women of the world, saying, 'Henceforth no woman shall succeed in keeping a secret.' The king, then, recollecting his sons and grandsons and kinsmen and friends, became filled with anxiety and grief. Afflicted with sorrow, the intelligent king, resembling a fire covered with smoke, became overwhelmed

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृक्षमूलनिकेतो वा त्यक्तसर्वप्रियाप्रिय:

English

As a man who sets out on a long road with hope and, falling, turns back hopeless, so is this deed of ours.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निराशीरनरर्मिमो भूत्वा निर्द्धन्द्ो निष्परिग्रह:

English

As a man who, having slain his enemies, best of the Kurus, afterwards slays himself, so is this deed of ours.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकुर्वाण: परै: काज्चित् संविदं जातु कैरपि

English

As a hungry man who obtains food and does not eat it by chance, or a lover who, having won his beloved, does not enjoy her, so is this deed of ours.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कहूँगा, न किसीको देखूँगा और न किसीकी सुनूँगा

English

We alone are to be blamed here, who of dull mind follow you, O king, thinking 'He is the eldest.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजा: सर्वा: स्वधर्मस्था: सम: प्राणभूत: प्रति

English

We, strong in arm, learned and high-minded, stand by the word of a weakling as though powerless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्ममें स्थित हुई समस्त प्रजाओं तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके प्रति समभाव रखूँगा

English

How would people not see us, the pathless, ruined, who have wasted our aims for the sake of a goal, as they see us now?

हिन्दी अर्थ

न देशं न दिशं काज्चिद् गन्तुमिच्छन् विशेषतः

English

Renunciation is prescribed for a time of calamity, for one overcome by old age or afflicted by enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थान या दिशाकी ओर जानेकी इच्छा नहीं रखूँगा

English

Therefore the resolute here do not praise renunciation; the subtle-sighted consider this a transgression of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवोंको बचाता हुआ आगे चलता रहूँगा

English

How could one born from it, devoted to it and resting on it, sit censuring it? Or is faith taken elsewhere?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्येष्वपि चरेँल्लाभमलाभे सप्त पूरयन्

English

The knowledge of Vedic doctrine promoted by the fortuneless, the penniless and unbelievers is a semblance of truth, an untruth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दशामें क्रमश: सात घरोंमें जाऊँगा, आठवेंमें नहीं जाऊँगा

English

It is possible to adopt shaven-headedness, supporting oneself by oneself, and to sit under a pretence of dharma, but not to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्नेहपाशं विमुच्याहं चरिष्यामि महीमिमाम्

English

It is again possible to live happily alone in forests, not supporting sons, grandsons, gods, sages, guests and ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न जिजीविषुवत् किंचिन्न मुमूर्षवदाचरन्

English

These deer, boars and birds are not conquerors of heaven; by this reckoning people do not call them meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वास्यैकं तक्षतों बाहुं चन्दनेनैकमुक्षत:

English

If anyone obtained success by renunciation, O king, mountains and trees would quickly attain success.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वास्ता: समभित्यज्य निमेषादिव्यवस्थित:

English

These are seen to be ever renouncers, free of calamity, possessionless and always moving about in themselves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनको संकल्पशून्य करके अन्तःकरणका सारा मल धो डालूँगा

English

But if one does not gain the success of others in one's own portion, then action alone must be done; there is no success without action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न वशे कस्यचित्तिष्ठन् सधर्मा मातरिश्वन:

English

Even water-born creatures attain success, who have only themselves to support and no other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझसे बड़े-बड़े पाप करवाये हैं

English

Consider how the world is engaged in its own various actions; therefore action alone is to be done; there is no success without action."

हिन्दी अर्थ

को हि नाम भवेनार्थी भवेत् कारणतत्त्ववित्

English

Vaisampayana said, "The righteous-souled Yudhishthira, with an agitated heart and burning with sorrow, began to grieve for that mighty car-warrior Kama. Sighing repeatedly, he addressed Arjuna, saying, 'If, O Arjuna, we had led a life of mendicancy in the cities of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, then this miserable end would not have been ours in consequence of having exterminated our kinsmen. Our foes, the Kurus, have gained in prosperity, while we have become divested of all the objects of life, for what fruits of righteousness can be ours when we have been guilty of self- slaughter? l Fie on the usages of Kshatriyas, fie on might and valour, and fie on wrath, since through these such a calamity hath overtaken us. Blessed are forgiveness, and self-restraint, and purity, with renunciation and humility, and abstention from injury, and truthfulness of speech on all occasions, which are all practised by forest- recluses. Full of pride and arrogance, ourselves, however, through covetousness and folly and from desire of enjoying the sweets of sovereignty, have fallen into this plight. Beholding those kinsmen of ours that were bent on acquiring the sovereignty of the world slain on the field of battle, such grief hath been ours that one cannot gladden us by giving the sovereignty of even the three worlds. Alas, having slain, for the sake of the earth, such lords of earth as deserved not to be slain by us, we are bearing the weight of existence, deprived of friends and reft of the very objects of life. Like a pack of dogs fighting one another for a piece of meat, a great disaster has overtaken us! That piece of meat is no longer dear to us. On the other hand, it shall be thrown aside. They that have been slain should not have been slain for the sake of even the whole earth or mountains of gold, or all the horses and kine in this world. Filled with envy and a hankering for all earthly objects, and influenced by wrath and pleasure, all of them, betaking themselves to the highway of Death, have repaired to the regions of Yama. Practising asceticism and Brahmacharya and truth and renunciation, sires wish for sons endued with every kind of prosperity. Similarly, by fasts and sacrifices and vows and sacred rites and auspicious ceremonies mothers conceive. They then hold the foetus for ten months. Passing their time in misery and in expectation of fruit, they

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो राजाओंमें यह भयंकर युद्ध होता ही नहीं

English

[Arjuna said:] "Some twice-born have left their homes and gone to the forest; fools, with beards not yet grown, born in families, they have gone forth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वां राजन्ननुगच्छामो ज्येष्ठोडयमिति भारत

English

Thinking 'This is dharma,' established in celibacy, abandoning homes and ancestors, Indra took pity on them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्लीबस्य वाक्ये तिष्ठामो यथैवाशक्तयस्तथा

English

The revered one, becoming a golden bird, spoke to them: 'What those who eat the remnants (of sacrifice) have done is hard for men to do.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं वै नानुपश्येयुर्जना: पश्यत यादृशम्

English

Their deed is meritorious and their life praiseworthy; they are perfected and have gained the foremost state, devoted to dharma.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कैसे दृष्टि नहीं डालेंगे? बन्धुओ! मेरा कथन कैसा है? इसपर विचार करो

English

[The sages said:] 'Ah, this bird praises the remnant-eaters; surely it instructs us, and we are remnant-eaters.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

जरयाभिपरीतेन शत्रुभिव्यसितेन वा

English

[The bird said:] 'I do not praise you, smeared with mud, dusty, eaters of leavings, fools; others are the remnant-eaters.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मव्यतिक्रमं चैव मन्यन्ते सूक्ष्मदर्शिन:

English

[The sages said:] 'We worship this as the highest good; tell us, bird, what is the good; we greatly trust you.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेव निन्दां भाषेयुर्धाता तत्र न गहतिे

English

[The bird said:] 'If you do not distrust me, and separate yourselves by yourselves, then I shall tell you the truth, beneficial words.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

पार्थिवैर्नुपति: स्वल्पै: कारणैरेव बध्यते

English

always ask themselves in anxiety, 'Shall these come out of the womb safely? Shall these live after birth? Shall they grow in might and be objects of regard on earth? Shall they be able to give us happiness in this and the other world?' Alas, since their sons, youthful in years and resplendent with ear-rings, have been slain, therefore, those expectations of theirs rendered fruitless, have been abandoned by them. Without having enjoyed the pleasure of this world, and without having paid off the debts they owed to their sires and the gods, they have repaired to Yama's abode. Alas, O mother, those kings have been slain just at that time when their parents expected to reap the fruits of their might and wealth, l They were always fitted with envy and a hankering after earthly objects, and were exceedingly subject to anger and joy. For this, they could not be expected to enjoy at any time or any place the fruits of victory. 2 1 think that they among the Panchalas and the Kurus that have fallen (in this battle) have been

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् प्राप्य प्रार्थये स्थानमव्ययं शाश्रवृतं ध्रुवम्

English

[The bird said:] 'Among quadrupeds the cow is best; among metals gold is best; among sounds the mantra is best; among bipeds the Brahmana is best.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुवाकहता बुद्धिर्नैषा तत्त्वार्थदर्शिनी

English

For a Brahmana the mantra-rites of birth and so on are ordained, up to the funeral at the cremation ground, at the proper time while he lives.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समझनेवाली नहीं है

English

His Vedic rites are the unsurpassed road to heaven; all rites are said to be perfected by mantras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निश्चय किया था तो धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंका विनाश करानेसे क्या फल मिला?

English

Success is desired here by those firm in the traditions; the months, half-months, seasons, sun, moon and stars,

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षात्रमाचरतो मार्गमपि बन्धोस्त्वदन्तरे

English

all beings strive; that is the truth for those attached to rites; this is the holy field of success, this the great stage of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और कोमलताका भाव नहीं रह जाता; फिर आपके हृदयमें यह सब क्‍यों है?

English

But men who censure rites and have gone astray, fools without wealth, have sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शस्त्र नैव ग्रहीष्यामो न वधिष्याम कंचन

English

Fools who, abandoning the eternal lines of the gods, ancestors and Brahma, act so, go thereafter to the path of the unheard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उठाते और न किसीका वध ही करते

English

Let this be your austerity, joined to giving, as urged by the sages; therefore austerity is said to be what one resolves upon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चेदं दारुणं युद्धमभविष्यन्महीक्षिताम्

English

Dividing the eternal lines of gods, ancestors and Brahma, and serving the teacher—that is called hard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थावरं जड़म॑ चैव सर्व प्राणस्य भोजनम्

English

The gods, having done what is hard, reached supreme glory; therefore I tell you that carrying the householder's life is hard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगत् प्राणका भोजन है

English

Austerity is the best, the root of creatures, without doubt, by this rule of family life, in which everything is established.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तान् हत्वा भुड्क्ष्व धर्मेण युधिष्ठिर महीमिमाम्

English

The Brahmanas, beyond dualities and free of envy, know this as austerity; therefore the forest and the middle are called austerity in the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पड़्कदिग्धो निवर्तेत कर्मेदे नस्तथोपमम्

English

The remnant-eaters go to an unassailable state: those who, dividing food at evening and morning in their own family according to rule,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्राश्य निधन गच्छेत् कर्मेदे नस्तथोपमम्

English

and giving to guests, gods, ancestors and their own people, eat what is left, they call remnant-eaters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स निराशो निवर्तेत कर्मतन्नस्तथोपमम्

English

Therefore, resorting to their own dharma, of good vows, truth-speaking, becoming teachers of the world, they become unblemished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मानं घातयेत् पश्चात् कर्मेदं नस्तथोपमम्

English

Reaching heaven in Shakra's world, free of envy, those who do the hard deed dwell for eternal years.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामीव कामिनी लब्ध्वा कर्मेदे नस्तथोपमम्

English

Then, hearing that word of his, joined to dharma and wealth, they gave up the path of unbelief and took to the householder's dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न करे, हमारा यह कर्म भी वैसा ही निष्फल हो रहा है

English

Therefore you too, invincible one, taking up eternal steadfastness, rule the whole earth, your enemies slain, best of men."

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियोंके लिये युद्धधर्मका विधान किया है

English

lost, otherwise he that has slain would, by that act of his, obtain all regions of bliss. 3 We are regarded as the cause of the destruction that has overtaken the world. The fault, however, is really ascribable to the sons of Dhritarashtra. Duryodhana's heart was always set upon guile. Always cherishing malice, he was addicted to deception. Although we never offended him, yet he always behaved falsely towards us. We have not gained our object, nor have they gained theirs. We have not vanquished them, nor have they vanquished us. The Dhartarashtras could not enjoy this earth, nor could they enjoy women and music. They did not listen to the counsels of ministers and friends and men learned in the scriptures. They could not, indeed, enjoy their costly gems and well-filled treasury and vast territories. Burning with the hate they bore us, they could not obtain happiness and peace. Beholding our aggrandisement, Duryodhana became colourless, pale and emaciated. Suvala's son informed king Dhritarashtra of this. As a father full of affection for his son, Dhritarashtra tolerated the evil policy his son pursued. Without doubt, by disregarding Vidura and the high-souled son of Ganga, and in consequence of his neglect in restraining his wicked and covetous son, entirely governed by his passions, the king has met with destruction like my poor self. Without doubt, Duryodhana, having caused his uterine brothers to be slain and having east this couple into burning grief, hath fallen off from his blazing fame. Burning with the hate he bore to us Duryodhana was always of a sinful heart. What other kinsman of high birth could use such language towards kinsmen as he, from desire of battle, actually used in the presence of Krishna? We also have, through Duryodhana's fault, been lost for eternity, like suns burning everything around them with their own energy. That wicked-souled wight,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषामात्मैव भर्तव्यो नान्य: कश्नन विद्यते

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Humouring his brother's mind, the wide-chested, mighty-armed, copper-faced, measured-speaking subduer of foes (Nakula) spoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उच्छिष्ट भोजिनो मन्दानन्ये वै विधघसाशिन:

English

"The fires on the sacrificial posts of all the gods are piled up; therefore know, great king, that the gods stand on the path of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धिक्षेत्रमिदं पुण्यमयमेवाश्रमो महान्

English

Those who are givers of life to the believers, and the ancestors, too perform only action; behold the rule, O king; and those who are cast out by the Vedic doctrine, know them to be utter unbelievers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संत्यज्य मूढा वर्तन्ते ततो यान्त्यश्रुतीपथम्

English

A Brahmana, abandoning what the Veda declares in all rites, does not reach the heights of heaven by the path of the gods, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् तत् तद् व्यवस्थानं तपस्वितप उच्यते

English

'This goes beyond all stages of life,' say the Vedic conclusions, Brahmanas versed in the scriptures; know them, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्वीका “तप” कहलाता है

English

He who spends wealth gained by dharma in the chief sacrifices, great king, among the self-controlled, is called the true renouncer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संविभज्य गुरोश्चर्या तद् वै दुष्करमुच्यते

English

One who gives up himself without regard to taking pleasure, and is established above, great king, is a renouncer of the tamasic sort, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् गार्हस्थ्यमुद्रोढुं दुष्करं प्रत्रवीमि व:

English

The homeless wanderer, the sage dwelling at a tree's root, never cooking, ever in yoga, is a renouncer, Partha, a mendicant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेदवादस्य विज्ञानं सत्याभासमिवानृतम्

English

that embodiment of hostility, was our evil star. Alas, for Duryodhana's acts alone, this race of ours has been exterminated. Having slain those whom we should never have slain, we have incurred the censures of the world. King Dhritarashtra, having installed that wicked-souled prince of sinful deeds, that exterminator of his race, in the sovereignty, is obliged to grieve today. Our heroic foes have been slain. We have committed sin. His possessions and kingdom are gone. Having slain them, our wrath has been pacified. But grief is stupefying me. O Dhananjaya, a perpetrated sin is expiated by auspicious acts, by publishing it wildly, by repentance, by alms-giving, by penances, by trips to tirthas after renunciation of everything, by constant meditation on the scriptures. Of all these, he that has practised renunciation is believed to be incapable of committing sins anew. The Srutis declare that he that practises renunciation escapes from birth and death, and obtaining the right rood, that person of fixed soul attains to Brahma. I shall, therefore, O Dhananjaya, go to the woods, with your leave, O scorcher of foes, disregarding all the pairs of opposites, adopting the vow of taciturnity, and walking in the way pointed out by knowledge, l O slayer of foes, the Srutis declare it and I myself have seen it with my eyes, that one who is wedded to this earth can never obtain every kind Of religious merit. Desirous of obtaining the things of this earth, I have committed sin, through which, as the Srutis declare, birth and death are brought about. Abandoning the whole of my kingdom, therefore, and the things of this earth, I shall go to the woods, escaping from the ties of the world, freed from grief, and without affection for anything. Do thou govern this earth, on which peace has been restored, and which has been divested of all its thorns. O best of Kuru's race, I have no need for kingdom or for pleasure.' Having said these words, king Yudhishthira the just stopped. His younger brother Arjuna then addressed him in the following words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मच्छ्म समास्थाय च्यवितुं न तु जीवितुम्

English

The wise say the stages of life have been weighed on a balance: on one side the three, O king, and on the other the householder's stage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानेसे कर्तव्यसे भ्रष्ट होना ही सम्भव है, जीवनको सार्थक बनाना नहीं

English

He who looks to the aim of wealth, desire and heaven, Bharata—this is the path of the great sages, this the course of those who know the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अबिक्षता पुत्रपौत्रान् देवर्षीनतिथीन् पितृन्

English

He who holds this view is a renouncer, bull of the Bharatas, not he who, abandoning his home, goes to the forest like a fool.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथान्येन प्रकारेण पुण्यमाहुर्न तं जना:

English

When the dishonest man who uses dharma as a decoration looks to desires, Death, the king, binds him by the noose of death at the throat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वनवासको ही पुण्यकारक नहीं मानते

English

A deed done from pride is not called fruitful; all that is joined to renunciation, great king, bears great fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वताश्र द्रुमाश्वैव क्षिप्रं सिद्धिमवाप्रुयु:

English

Peace, self-control, austerity, giving, truth, purity, uprightness, sacrifice, steadfastness and dharma are ever the rule of the sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपरिग्रहवन्तश्न सततं ब्रह्मचारिण:

English

Undertaking rites for ancestors, gods and guests is praised here; and here alone, great king, the triple aim is the whole fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् कर्मव कर्तव्यं नास्ति सिद्धिरकर्मण:

English

For the renouncer who abides in this rule practised by Brahmanas, there is never any loss of what has been done.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही करना चाहिए। अकर्मण्य पुरुषको कभी कोई सिद्धि नहीं मिलती

English

The sinless Prajapati created beings, O king, with a tranquil soul, thinking 'They will sacrifice to me with sacrifices of various fees.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

भरण-पोषणका भार वे उठाते हों

English

Creepers and trees, and herbs for sacrifice, pure animals, and oblations for sacrifice were made.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् कर्मव कर्तव्यं नास्ति सिद्धिरकर्मण:

English

That sacrificial work of the householder in his stage is not at variance; therefore the householder's life is hard and rare here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, उसे कभी सिद्धि नहीं मिलती

English

Householders who have attained it, with cattle and grain, and do not sacrifice, great king, have eternal sin in them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तापसै: सह संवाद शक्रस्य भरतर्षभ

English

Some sages spread their sacrifices of Vedic study, others sacrifices of knowledge, and others the great sacrifices by mind alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवाद हुआ था, उस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

For one who follows the path of giving and concentration, O king, a twice-born who has become Brahma, the dwellers in heaven long.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभी उन्हें मूँछठ-दाढ़ीतक नहीं आयी थी, उसी अवस्थामें उन्होंने घर त्याग दिया

English

You speak of unbelief without ever having given up in sacrifices the wondrous jewels gathered from here and there; I see no renunciation in one who keeps a family, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यक्त्वा भ्रातृन् पितृश्चैव तानिन्द्रोडन्वकृपायत

English

Sacrifice, great king, with the Rajasuya, Ashvamedha and Sarvamedha, and other sacrifices honoured by Brahmanas, dear one, as Shakra, lord of the gods, did.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदुष्करं मनुष्यैश्व यत् कृतं विघसाशिभि:

English

A king who, by his negligence, lets his subjects be plundered by robbers, and gives them no refuge, is called Kali (the evil age) as king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धार्थस्ति गतिं मुख्यां प्राप्ता धर्मपरायणा:

English

Horses, cows, female slaves, female elephants, well adorned, villages and countries, fields and houses,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मान् नूनमयं शास्ति वयं च विघसाशिन:

English

without giving them to the twice-born, with minds filled with envy, we, lord of men, will become the evil of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शकुने ब्रूहि यच्छेयो भृशं ते श्रद्धधामहे

English

Non-givers, without refuge, sharers in the sin of kings, they enjoy sorrows only, never happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिक श्रद्धा करते हैं

English

If, without having sacrificed with great sacrifices, without having made the ancestral offering, you go forth without giving up at the tirthas,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोऊहं व: प्रवक्ष्यामि याथातथ्यं हितं वच:

English

you will go to ruin like a torn cloud driven by the wind, fallen from both worlds and standing in between.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नियोगे चैव धर्मात्मन् स्थातुमिच्छाम शाधि न:

English

One would be a renouncer by abandoning whatever within or without causes distraction of mind, not he who stands having merely left.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शब्दानां प्रवरो मन्त्रो ब्राह्मणो द्विपदां वर:

English

For a Brahmana abiding in this rule practised by Brahmanas, great king, there is never any loss.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और मनुष्योंमें ब्राह्मण प्रधान है

English

Having forcibly slain the prosperous enemies as Shakra slew the Daitya hosts in battle, who, Partha, intent on his own dharma, would grieve, O king, following what was remembered by the ancients and practised by the good?

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवतोपि यथाकालं श्मशाननिधनादिभि:

English

Having conquered the earth by kshatriya dharma and valour and given it to those who know the mantras, you will go to the heights of heaven, king; you ought not to grieve now, Partha."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुटुम्बविधिनानेन यस्मिन् सर्व प्रतिष्ठितम्

English

perished, they have not attained to heaven; if, indeed, heaven has been theirs, then the slayers too would obtain heaven, the scriptural ordinance having said so. It is impossible, however, too suppose that men of wrath who have done such wicked deeds should obtain such regions of bliss hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहुँचकर अनन्त वर्षोतक वहाँ निवास करते हैं

English

[Sahadeva said:] "For one freed from outward possessions yet greedy for bodies, whatever dharma or happiness there is, let that be so for our enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सृज्य नास्तीति गता गार्हस्थ्यं समुपाश्रिता:

English

For one who has given up bodily possessions yet rules the earth, whatever dharma or happiness there is, let that be so for our friends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रशाधि पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां हतामित्रां नरोत्तम

English

Death is of two syllables, Brahma of three, eternal; 'mine' is death, 'not mine' is eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथ्वीका शासन कीजिये

English

Brahma and Death, O king, both rest in the self; unseen, they surely make beings fight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषिशकुनिसंवादकथने एकादशोध्याय:

English

If, Bharata, this being's imperishability is fixed, then splitting the bodies of beings will not be violence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् विद्धि महाराज देवा: कर्मफले स्थिता:

English

Or if the origin and dissolution of being are joined, then with the body destroyed all would be destroyed and the path of action would be in vain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए कि देवता भी वैदिक कर्मों और उनके फलोंपर विश्वास करते हैं

English

Therefore, abandoning the extreme, one who knows should follow the path practised by the good of former and still more ancient times.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिवाक्योंपर दृष्टि रखकर कर्म ही करते हैं

English

The king who, having won the whole earth with its moving and unmoving things, does not enjoy it rightly, has a fruitless life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् व्रतं मध्यमं तु लोकेषु तप उच्यते

English

Or if, O king, he dwells in the forest living on wild produce, but has possessiveness toward his goods, he is in the mouth of Death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुष्ठानकी अपेक्षा मध्यम श्रेणीका है

English

See, Bharata, the nature of beings outward and inward; those who see that nature are freed from great fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सायंप्रातर्विभज्यान्नं स्वकुटुम्बे यथाविधि

English

You are my father, you my mother, you my brother, you my teacher; therefore forgive me, afflicted, for my lamentation of grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवशिष्टानि येश्रन्ति तानाहुर्विघसाशिन:

English

Whether true or untrue, what I have said, know it, protector of the earth, to be from devotion, best of the Bharatas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गलोककी पृष्ठभूमिमें पैर नहीं रख सकता

English

Vaisampayana said, "Like a person unwilling to forgive an insult, Arjuna of keen speech and prowess, and possessed of energy, betraying great fierceness and licking the Corners of his mouth, said these words of grave import, smiling the while: 'Oh, how painful, how distressing! I grieve to see this great agitation of thy heart, since having achieved such a superhuman feat, thou art bent upon forsaking this great prosperity. Having slain thy foes, and having acquired the sovereignty of the earth which has been won through observance of the duties of thy own order, why shouldst thou abandon everything through fickleness of heart? Where on earth hath a eunuch or a person of procrastination

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथीनं मृत्युपाशेन कण्ठे बध्नाति मृत्युराट्

English

[Vaishampayana said:] Of great family, glorious, long-eyed, the best of women, Draupadi, spoke to the king of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हैं, उन्हें सदा ही पापका भागी होना पड़ता है

English

To the bull among kings, seated surrounded by his brothers like a lord of the herd by elephants like lions and tigers,

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोषाणामेव भोक्तारो न सुखानां कदाचन

English

she, ever proud, especially toward Yudhishthira, ever cherished by the king, knowing dharma and seeing dharma,

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हें दुःख-ही-दु:ःख भोगना पड़ता है, सुख तो कभी नहीं मिलता

English

the broad-hipped one, addressing him in a most sweet, gentle voice, looking at her husband, then spoke these words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीर्थेष्वनभिसम्प्लुत्य प्रव्रजिष्पसि चेत् प्रभो

English

"These brothers of yours, Partha, stand drying up like chataka birds, crying out, and you do not gladden them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकयोरुभयोर्भ्रष्टो हुन्तराले व्यवस्थित:

English

Gladden them, great king, like rutting great elephants, always sharers of your sorrow, with fitting speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणस्य महाराज नोच्छित्तिविद्यते क्वचित्

English

How, king, in Dvaitavana earlier, did you say these words to these brothers together, afflicted by cold, wind and heat:

हिन्दी अर्थ

उच्छेद (पतन) नहीं होता

English

'Having slain Duryodhana in battle, we shall enjoy the earth, replete with all desires, eager for victory in the fight,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्याश्रमानयं सर्वनित्याहुर्वेदनिश्चया:

English

ever acquired sovereignty? Why then didst thou, insensate with rage, slay all the kings of the earth? He that would live by mendicancy, cannot, by any act of his, enjoy the good things of the earth. Divested of prosperity and without resources, he can never win fame on earth or acquire sons and animals. If, O king, abandoning this swelling kingdom, thou livest in the observance of the wretched mode of life led by a mendicant, what will the world say of thee? Why dost thou say that abandoning all the good things of the earth, divested of prosperity, and reft of resources, thou wilt lead a life of mendicancy like a vulgar person? Thou art born in this race of kings. Having won by conquest the whole earth, wishest thou from folly to live in the woods after abandoning everything of virtue and profit? If thou retirest into the woods, in thy absence, dishonest men will destroy sacrifices. That sin will certainly pollute thee. King Nahusha, having done many wicked acts in a state of poverty, cried fie on that state and said that poverty is for recluses. Making no provision for the morrow is a practice that suits Rishis. Thou knowest this well. That, however, which has been called the religion of royalty depends entirely on wealth. One who robs another of wealth, robs him of his religion as well, l Who amongst us, therefore, O king, would forgive an act of spoliation that is practised on us? It is seen that a poor man, even when he stands near, is accused falsely. Poverty is a state of sinfulness. It behoveth thee not to applaud poverty, therefore. The man that is fallen, O king, grieveth, as also he that is poor. I do not see the difference between a fallen man and a poor man. All kinds of meritorious acts flow from the possession of great wealth like a mountain. From wealth spring all religious acts, all pleasures, and heaven itself, O king ! Without wealth, a man cannot find the very means of sustaining his life. The acts of a person who, possessed of little intelligence, suffers himself to be divested of wealth, are all dried up like shallow streams in the summer season. He that has wealth has friends. He that has wealth has kinsmen. He that has wealth is regarded as a true man in the world. He that has wealth is regarded as a learned man. If a person who hath no wealth desires to achieve a particular purpose, he meets with failure. Wealth brings about accessions of wealth, like elephants capturing (wild) elephants. Religious acts, pleasures, joy, courage, wrath, learning, and sense of dignity, all these proceed from wealth, O king ! From wealth one acquires family honour. From wealth, one's religious merit increases. He that is without wealth hath neither this world, nor the next, O best of men ! The man that hath no wealth succeeds not in performing

हिन्दी अर्थ

वित्तानि धर्मलब्धानि क्रतुमुख्येष्ववासृजन्

English

sacrificing with various abundant sacrifices with proper fees, the sorrow of our forest dwelling will become happiness for us.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतात्मा स महाराज स वै त्यागी स्मृतो नर:

English

Having said this to them yourself, best of upholders of dharma, how do you today, hero, again break their hearts?

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मत्यागी महाराज स त्यागी तामसो मत:

English

A weakling does not enjoy the earth, a weakling does not gain wealth, and a weakling's sons in his house sit like fish in mud.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपाचक: सदा योगी स त्यागी पार्थ भिक्षुक:

English

A kshatriya without the rod does not shine; one without the rod does not gain prosperity; subjects of a king without the rod do not prosper in happiness, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विप्रो वेदानधीते य: स त्यागी पार्थ उच्यते

English

Friendliness to all beings, giving, study and austerity are the dharma of a Brahmana, not of a king, best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकततश्च त्रयो राजन् गृहस्थाश्रम एकत:ः

English

Restraining the wicked and protecting the good, and not fleeing from battle—this is the highest dharma of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अयं पन्था महर्षीणामियं लोकविदां गति:

English

He in whom are forbearance and anger, giving and taking, fear and fearlessness, restraint and favour, is called a knower of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न य: परित्यज्य गृहान् वनमेति विमूढवत्

English

Not by learning, nor by giving, nor by conciliation, nor by sacrifice, nor even by bribery was this earth won by you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चला जाता है, वह त्यागी नहीं है

English

That army of the enemies, raised up, hero, with elephants, horses and chariots, greater with its three arms,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञो धृतिश्च धर्मश्न नित्यमार्षो विधि: स्मृत:

English

guarded by Drona and Karna, Ashvatthaman and Kripa—that was slain by you, hero; therefore enjoy the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरन्तर पालन करनेका विधान है

English

Jambudvipa, great king, with its tens of thousands of countries, was crushed by you with the rod, tiger among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनत्रैव हि महाराज त्रिवर्ग: केवलं फलम्

English

Krauncha-dvipa, like Jambudvipa, king, to the west of great Meru, was crushed by you with the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यागिन: प्रसृतस्येह नोच्छित्तिविद्यते क्वचित्

English

Shaka-dvipa, like Krauncha-dvipa, to the east of great Meru, was crushed by you with the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होता--वह पारलौकिक उन्नतिसे कभी वज्चित नहीं रहता

English

Bhadrashva, to the north of great Meru, measured like Shaka-dvipa, was crushed by you with the rod, tiger among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मां यक्ष्यन्तीति धर्मात्मा यज्ञैविविधदक्षिणै:

English

The islands with their intermediate islands, the abodes of various peoples, plunging into the ocean, hero, were crushed by you with the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पशुंश्चैव तथा मेध्यान् यज्ञार्थानि हवींषि च

English

Having done these incomparable deeds, Bharata, you are not pleased, great king, though honoured by the twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेध्य पशुओं तथा यज्ञार्थक हविष्योंकी भी सृष्टि की है

English

Behold these brothers, Bharata, and be glad, like bulls in rut, like mighty lords of elephants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् गार्हस्थ्यमेवेह दुष्करं दुर्लभ तथा

English

All are like immortals, scorchers of foes, able to bear enemies; I think even one of them could bring happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न यजन्ते महाराज शाश्रवतं तेषु किल्बिषम्

English

How much more my husbands, bulls among men, tigers among men, like all the senses in the body's activity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथापरे महायज्ञान् मनस्येव वितन्वते

English

My mother-in-law, omniscient and all-seeing, did not speak falsely: 'Yudhishthira will place you, Panchali, in the supreme happiness.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्विजातेब्रह्म भूतस्य स्पृहयन्ति दिवौकस:

English

Having quickly with valour slain many thousands of kings, I see that as vain through your delusion, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मखेष्वनभिसंत्यज्य नास्तिक्यमभिजल्पसि

English

Those whose eldest is mad, all of them serve him; by your madness, king of kings, all the Pandavas are mad.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजसूयाश्दमेधेषु सर्वमेधेषु वा पुन:

English

If your brothers were not mad, O lord of men, they would bind you and rule the earth together with the unbelievers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तैर्यजस्व महीपाल शक्रो देवपतिर्यथा

English

One who is thus foolish and does not attain the good is to be treated with fumigations, ointments, rites and medicines—he who goes the wrong way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रके समान आप भी यज्ञपुरुषकी आराधना कीजिये

English

I am the lowest of all women in the world, bull of the Bharatas, I who, so wronged by enemies, wish to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अशरण्य: प्रजानां यः स राजा कलिरुच्यते

English

From these who strive, prosperity arises; but you, having won the whole earth, bring calamity on yourself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाने प्रजाको शरण नहीं दी तो उसे मूर्तिमान् कलियुग कहा जाता है

English

As Mandhata and Ambarisha were the two best kings of the earth, esteemed by kings, so you shine, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्रामाउ्जनपदांश्वैव क्षेत्राणि च गृहाणि च

English

Rule the goddess earth, protecting the subjects by dharma, with her mountains, forests and islands; do not be downcast, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वयं ते राजकलयो भविष्याम विशाम्पते

English

Sacrifice with various sacrifices, offering to the fires, and give cities, enjoyments and garments to the twice-born, best of kings."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममेति च भवेन्मृत्युर्न ममेति च शाश्वतम्

English

religious acts, for these latter spring from wealth, like rivers from a mountain. He that is lean in respect of (his possession of) steeds and kine and servants and guests, is truly lean and not he whose limbs alone are so. Judge truly, O king, and look at the conduct of the gods and the Danavas. O king, do the gods ever wish for anything else than the slaughter of their kinsmen (the Asuras)! If the appropriation of wealth belonging to others be not regarded as righteous, how, O monarch, will kings practise virtue on this earth? Learned men have, in the Vedas, laid down this conclusion. The

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान् भयसे मुक्त हो जाते हैं

English

[Arjuna said:] "The rod governs all subjects; the rod alone protects; the rod is awake among the sleeping; the wise know the rod as dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्णा सर्वकामानामाहवे विजयैषिण:

English

The rod protects dharma, lord of men, and likewise wealth; the rod protects desire; the triple aim is called the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्वेण तु महामेरोर्दण्डेन मृदितास्त्वया

English

By the rod grain is protected, by the rod wealth is protected; learned one, take this, see the worldly nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुमान्य महाबाहें ज्येष्ठ भ्रातरमच्युतम्

English

Some sinners do not sin from fear of the king's rod, some from fear of Yama's rod, some from fear of the next world,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजास्तत्र न मुहान्ते नेता चेत् साधु पश्यति

English

some from fear of one another; thus in the world as constituted, everything rests on the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमाद नहीं करती

English

From fear of the rod alone some do not eat one another; they would sink in blind darkness if the rod did not guard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्डस्यैव भयादेते मनुष्या वर्त्मनि स्थिता:

English

Because it tames the untamed and punishes the ill-behaved, the wise know it as the rod (danda) from taming and punishing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने मार्गपर स्थिर रहते हैं

English

For Brahmanas the rod is in speech, for kshatriyas the offering of the arm; for the Vaishya the rod is said to be giving, and the Shudra is said to be without the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(यह मेरा नहीं है--ऐसा भाव) अमृत--सनातन ब्रह्म है

English

learned have laid it down that kings should live, reciting every day the three Vedas, seeking to acquire wealth, and carefully performing sacrifices with the wealth thus acquired. The gods, through internecine quarrels, have obtained footing in heaven. When, the very gods have won their prosperity through internecine quarrels, what fault can there be in such quarrels? The gods, thou seest, act in this way. The eternal precepts of the Vedas also sanction it. To learn, teach, sacrifice, and assist at other's sacrifices,— these are our principal duties. The wealth that kings take from others becomes the means of their prosperity. We never see wealth that has been earned without doing some injury to others. It is even thus that kings conquer this world. Having conquered, they call that wealth theirs, just as sons speak of the wealth of their sires as their own. The royal sages that have gone to heaven have declared this to be the duty of kings. Like water flowing on every direction from a swollen ocean, that wealth runs on every direction from the treasuries of kings. This earth formerly belonged to king Dilipa, Nahusha, Amvarisha, and Mandhatri. She now belongs to thee! A great sacrifice, therefore, with profuse presents of every kind and requiring a vast heap of the earth's produce, awaits thee. If thou dost not perform that sacrifice, O king, then the sins of this kingdom shall all be thine. Those subjects whose king performs a horse- sacrifice with profuse presents, become all cleansed and sanctified by beholding the ablutions at the end of the sacrifice. Mahadeva himself, of universal form, in a great sacrifice requiring libations of all kinds of flesh, poured all creatures as sacrificial libations and then his own self. Eternal is this auspicious path. Its fruits are never destroyed. This is the great path called Dasaratha. Abandoning it, O king, to what other path wouldst thou betake thyself?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अदृश्यमानौ भूतानि योधयेतामसंशयम्

English

Where the dark, red-eyed rod moves, truthful, the subjects are not bewildered, if the leader sees rightly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे ही अदृश्यभावसे रहकर प्राणियोंकोी एक-दूसरेसे लड़ाते हैं, इसमें संशय नहीं है

English

The celibate student, the householder, the forest-dweller and the mendicant stay on their path only from fear of the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरका वध करनेमात्रसे उनकी हिंसा नहीं हो सकेगी

English

No one unafraid sacrifices, O king; no one unafraid wishes to give; no man unafraid wishes to stay within the agreement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नष्टे शरीरे नष्ट: स्याद् वृथा च स्यात् क्रियापथ:

English

Without cutting vital parts, without a cruel deed, without slaying like a fisherman, one does not gain great fortune.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्ववर्ती श्रेष्ठ पुरुषोंने जिस मार्गका सेवन किया है, उसीका आश्रय लेना चाहिए

English

There is no fame here for one who does not slay, nor wealth, nor offspring; Indra became Mahendra only by slaying Vritra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं करता, उसका जीवन निष्फल है

English

The very gods who are slayers are greatly honoured by the world: Rudra, Skanda, Shakra, Fire, Varuna, Yama,

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रव्येषु यस्य ममता मृत्योरास्ये स वर्तते

English

Time the slayer, Wind, Death, Vaishravana, the Sun, the Vasus, Maruts, Sadhyas and Vishvedevas, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषकी द्रव्योंमें ममता बनी रहती है, वह मौतके ही मुखमें है

English

People bow to these gods in submission, mighty one; never to Brahma, Dhata or Pushan.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये तु पश्यन्ति तद् भूतं मुच्यन्ते ते महाभयात्

English

Some tranquil men in all rites worship the impartial, self-controlled, peace-devoted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखप्रलापानार्तस्य तने त्वं क्षन्तुमहसि

English

I do not see anyone in the world living by non-violence; beings live on beings, the strong on the weak.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किये हैं, उन सबको आप क्षमा करें

English

The mongoose eats mice, the cat the mongoose, the dog eats the cat, O king, and the wild beast the dog.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रातृणां ब्रुवतां तांस्तान् विविधान् वेदनिश्चयान्

English

Man eats them all; see how dharma came about; all this moving and unmoving is the food of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिंहशार्दूलसदृशैर्वारणैरिव यूथपम्

English

The ordinance made by the gods—the wise man is not bewildered by it; as you were created, O king of kings, so should you be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लालिता सतत राज्ञा धर्मज्ञा धर्मदर्शिनी

English

Forest-dwelling fools who have restrained anger and joy do not support life without killing, ascetics though they be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भर्तारमभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य ततो वचनमब्रवीत्

English

In water are many creatures, on earth and in fruits; no one fails to kill them, what else for sustaining life?

हिन्दी अर्थ

वावाश्यमानास्तिष्ठन्ति न चैनानभिनन्दसे

English

There are subtle beings known only by inference, for whom by the falling of an eyelash the course of life is altered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपपन्नेन वाक्येन सततं दुःखभागिन:

English

Sages who have left villages, free of anger and envy, are seen bewildered in the forest, keeping family dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उठाते आये हैं। अब तो इन्हें युक्तियुक्त वचनोंद्वारा आनन्दित कीजिये

English

Men splitting the earth, cutting herbs, trees, egg-born creatures and animals, perform sacrifices, and they attain heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भ्रातृनेतान् सम सहितान् शीतवातातपार्दितान्

English

When the science of the rod is established, all undertakings succeed, son of Kunti, for all beings; of this I have no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संस्तीर्य च रथैर्भूमिं ससादिभिररिंदमा:

English

If the rod did not exist in the world, these subjects would perish; the strong would roast the weak on a spit like fish.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वनवासकृतं दु:खं भविष्यति सुखाय व:

English

This truth was spoken earlier by Brahma: the rod, rightly applied, protects the subjects; see the fires: unafraid they are quenched, but threatened, they blaze for fear of the rod."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथमपद्य पुनर्वीर विनिहंसि मनांसि न:

English

This world would be as if in blind darkness, and nothing would be discerned, if the rod did not exist in the world to separate the good from the bad.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न क्लीबस्य गृहे पुत्रा मत्स्या: पंक इवासते

English

Even those who break all bounds, the unbelievers and revilers of the Veda, are fit for enjoyment when oppressed by the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नादण्डस्य प्रजा राज्ञ: सुखं विन्दन्ति भारत

English

The whole world is held by the rod; a pure man is hard to find; afraid of the rod, one becomes fit for enjoyment here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष राज्ञां परो धर्म: समरे चापलायनम्

English

For the non-confusion of the four classes and for good leadership, the rod was ordained by the Creator to protect dharma and wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्ड देता और दीनोंपर अनुग्रह करता है, वही धर्मज्ञ कहलाता है

English

If they did not fear the rod, birds and beasts would eat animals, men and the oblations meant for sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वयेयं पृथिवी लब्धा न संकोचेन चाप्युत

English

No one would study as a celibate student, no auspicious cow would be milked, and no maiden would go to marriage, if the rod did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् त्वया निहत॑ वीर तस्माद् भुड्क्ष्य वसुन्धराम्

English

Universal ruin would arise, all bridges would be broken, and none would know possessiveness, if the rod did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वया पुरुषशार्दूल दण्डेन मृदित: प्रभो

English

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

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रीयसे महाराज पूज्यमानो द्विजातिभि:

English

None would practise dharma in their stage of life according to the rule laid down; none would gain learning, if the rod did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषभानिव सम्मत्तान् गजेन्द्रानूर्जितानिव

English

Camels, bulls, horses, mules and asses would not draw yoked vehicles, if the rod did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकोपि हि सुखायैषां मम स्यादिति मे मति:

English

Servants would not do their master's word, nor would a child ever stay in the dharma approved by his father, if the rod did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद् व्यर्थ सम्प्रपश्यामि मोहात् तव जनाधिप

English

All subjects stand on the rod; the wise know the rod as fear; heaven for men and this world are established on the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बद्ध्वा त्वां नास्तिकै: सार्ध प्रशासेयुर्वसुन्धराम्

English

No deceit, sin or cheating is seen where the rod, well applied, moves destroying foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाँधकर स्वयं इस वसुधाका शासन करते

English

A bold dog would lap up the oblation, and a crow carry off the sacrificial cake, if the rod were not raised and did not protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धूपैरञ्जनयोगैश्व नस्यकर्मभिरेव च

English

Whether this kingdom was acquired by dharma or by unrighteousness, there should be no grief in the matter: enjoy pleasures and sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतेषां यतमानानां न मेडद्य वचन मृषा

English

The prosperous practise dharma in comfort, in clean garments, living with dear wives and eating the best food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथास्तां सम्मतौ राज्ञां पृथिव्यां राजसत्तम

English

All undertakings depend on wealth, without doubt, and that depends on the rod; behold the weight of the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंको धन, भोगसामग्री और वस्त्रोंका दान कीजिये

English

The teaching of dharma was made only for the conduct of the world: non-violence, and violence rightly used, is better as a basis of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्ड त्रिवर्गरूप कहा जाता है

English

No one is wholly good nor wholly without good; both, good and bad, are seen in all affairs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं विद्वानुपाधत्स्व भावं पश्यस्व लौकिकम्

English

Having cut off the testicles of animals, they pierce the noses of bulls; many bear loads, are bound and tamed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्ड धारण कीजिये और जगतके व्यवहारपर दृष्टि डालिये

English

Thus in this world, thrown into confusion, off the path, shattered by various reasonings, O great king, practise the ancient dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यमदण्डभयादेके परलोकभयादपि

English

Conquer, give, protect the subjects, uphold dharma; slay your foes, son of Kunti, and protect your friends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं सांसिद्धिके लोके सर्व दण्डे प्रतिष्ठितम्

English

Let no anger arise in you as you slay your enemies, Bharata; there is no sin in doing so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो सब लोग घोर अन्धकारमें डूब जायेँ

English

One who slays an attacker who has come against him does not become a slayer of an embryo; anger meets anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानदण्डा: स्मृता वैश्या निर्दण्ड: शूद्र उच्चते

English

The inner self of all beings is not to be slain, without doubt; when the self cannot be slain, how can anyone be slain by anyone?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवा लेनेके सिवा और कोई दण्ड उसके लिये नहीं है

English

As a man enters a new house again, so the soul takes up one body after another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मर्यादा स्थापिता लोके दण्डसंज्ञा विशाम्पते

English

Casting off old bodies it takes new ones; those who see the truth call this the mouth of death."