Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैव क्रुद्धय॑ति न द्वेष्टि नानृता भाषते गिर: वाग्दण्डकर्ममनसां त्रयाणां च निवर्तक:

English

avoided challenges to battle by beginning a sacrifice. See Harivansa, the sections on the Syamantaka

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रज्ञावद्धिः प्रक्लृप्तानि यानासनगृहाणि च

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Of the dharma of the householder and the dharma of renunciation, both near at hand, which is the better, grandsire?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मज्ञानि विशिष्टानि कार्याकार्योपधारणात् उन्हींमें वेद प्रतिष्ठित है

English

[Bhishma said:] "Both dharmas are great, both very hard to practise, both of great fruit, dear, and both practised by the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके इनके समुच्चयको ही कारण बताते हैं

English

Here I shall tell you the authority of both; hear, Partha, one-pointed, doubts in dharma and wealth cut.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मस्था विषयं ब्रूयु: सत्त्वस्था: समदर्शिन: तपस्विन: प्रशान्ताश्न सत्त्वस्थाश्न कृते युगे

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Kapila and the cow; learn it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राग-द्वेषको मनसे हटाकर तपस्याका आश्रय लेते हैं

English

Seeing the ancient, eternal, firm tradition, Nahusha formerly performed the offering of Tvashta's cow, so we have heard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन सर्वानिवाप्नोति कामान् यान् मनसेच्छति कुर्यादन्यन्न वा कुर्यान्मैत्रो ब्राह्मण उच्यते

English

Her, thus engaged, Palila, undismayed in mind, abiding in goodness and devoted to rule, knowing, restrained in food, then saw.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संरोधादायुषस्त्वेते व्यस्यन्ते द्वापरे युगे

English

Attaining the highest final understanding, free of fear, he said once, "I remember the loosened truth: the Vedas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृश्यन्ते नापि दृश्यन्ते कलेरन्ते पुन: किल गवां भूमेश्च ये चापामोषधीनां च ये रसा:

English

The sage Syumarashmi, entering that cow, said to the ascetic: "O Vedas! If the Vedas are authorities, by what are other dharmas held?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैवेच्छति न चानिच्छो यात्रामात्रव्यवस्थित:

English

Ascetics, steadfast, with the eye of hearing and discernment, hold all the sages' utterances as known to the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्येन्द्रियमनेकाग्रं न विक्षिप्तमनोरथ: तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुति:

English

For one so free of craving, free of fever, without hope and wholly without undertaking, what intent to speak is there about the Vedas?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंख: सर्वभूतानामीदृक् सांख्यो विमुच्यते

English

[Kapila said:] "I do not blame the Vedas nor ever wish to; we have heard that the works of those in different stages have one aim.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योगैश्वर्यमतिक्रान्तो यो निष्क्रामति मुच्यते एवं भवति निर्द॑न्द्धो ब्रह्माणं चाधिगच्छति

English

The renouncer goes and the forest-dweller goes; the householder and the celibate student, those two also go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त होता है, इसमें कोई संशय नहीं है

English

The four paths of the gods are held eternal; among them the greater and lesser differ; the strength and weakness is told in the fruits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षट्त्रिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो ध्याय: शान्तिके लिये वास्तविक ज्ञानके आश्रित हो जाय

English

Having thus known all aims, one should undertake: so says the Vedic; elsewhere the final scripture says one should not undertake.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुष्यते च पुनः सर्वान् प्रज्ञया मुक्तहेतुकान्

English

In not undertaking there would be no fault; in undertaking faultlessness is best; for a scripture so stated, the strength and weakness are hard to know.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वचनोंका बारंबार पोषण करता रहता है पूत्वा तृणमिषीकां वा ते लभन्ते न किंचन

English

If here you see anything direct, held higher than non-violence, apart from the scriptures of tradition, tell it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानकर परमेश्वरकी उपासनासे निवृत्त हो जाते हैं, वे कल्याणके भागी नहीं होते

English

[Syumarashmi said:] "'One desiring heaven should sacrifice': so scripture is constantly heard; having first imagined the fruit, the sacrifice is then extended.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निरुक्तमेतयोरेतत् स्‍्वभावपरिभावयो: स्वभाव और परिभावके तत्त्वका यह आगे बताया जानेवाला विवेचन सुनो

English

Goat, horse, ram, cow, and flocks of birds, village and forest herbs: food for breath, so scripture says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रज्ञावन्त: प्रयोक्तारो ज्ञानवद्धिरनुछिता: कार्योका यथावत् अनुष्ठान होता है (स्वभावसे--अपने-आप नहीं)

English

Likewise food is offered day by day, evening and morning; animals and grain are a limb of sacrifice, so scripture says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजानो भुज्जते राज्यं प्रज्ञया तुल्यलक्षणा:

English

These together with sacrifice Prajapati devised; by it the lord Prajapati sacrificed to the gods by sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूसरोंपर शासन करते हैं विद्यया तात सृष्टानां विद्यैवेह परा गति:

English

They all say that these moving beings, seven and seven, are equal to each other; the universe offered in sacrifices is called the highest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगतमें सब प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि विद्यासे हुई है और उनकी परम गति विद्या ही है

English

And this was approved by earlier and still earlier; what learned man would not examine his own power?

हिन्दी अर्थ

जरायुजाण्डजोद्धिज्जस्वेदजं चोपलक्षयेत् प्राणी हैं, उन सबके जन्मकी ओर भी लक्ष्य करना चाहिए

English

Animals, men, trees with herbs wish for heaven alone, and there is no heaven without sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपपन्नं हि यच्चेष्टा विशिष्येत विशेष्यया

English

Herbs, animals, trees, creepers, ghee, milk, curds, oblation, earth, the quarters, faith and time: these twelve.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्टता स्वत: सिद्ध है बहुपाद्धयो विशिष्टानि द्विपदानि बहून्यपि

English

The Rik, Yajus and Saman verses, and the sacrificer as sixteenth; fire, the householder, is known as seventeenth. These are the limbs of sacrifice; sacrifice is the root, so scripture says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पार्थिवानि विशिष्टानि तानि ह्ान्ञानि भुज्जते

English

With ghee, milk, curds, dung, curd-cheese, skin, hair, horn and foot the cow becomes the sacrifice; so each is for whatever is ordained for it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(पक्षी)। अपार्थिवोंसे पार्थिव श्रेष्ठ हैं, क्योंकि वे अन्न भोजन करते हैं मध्यमानि विशिष्टानि जातिधर्मोपधारणात्

English

They carry the sacrifice together, with priests and fees; all these together bring the sacrifice to completion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य अधमकी अपेक्षा श्रेष्ठ हैं; क्योंकि वे जाति-धर्मको धारण करते हैं

English

These are created for sacrifice, as scripture is heard; so the earlier and still earlier men acted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवक्तृणि विशिष्टानि सर्वधर्मोपधारणात्

English

He who sacrifices without desire for fruit, thinking 'sacrifice must be done,' neither harms nor betrays anyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सधर्मा निखिला वेदा: २80 के भ्यो विनि:सृता: आत्मज्ञानि विशिष्टानि जन्माजन्मोपधारणात्

English

These limbs of sacrifice, as stated, without doubt, joined by rule, carry each other across.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स त्यागी सत्यसंकल्प: सत्य: शुचिरथेश्वर:

English

I see the tradition of the sages in which the Vedas are established; the learned see it by following the brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शब्दब्रह्मणि निष्णातं परे च कृतनिश्चयम् ज्ञानान्विता हि पश्यन्ति ते देवास्तात ते द्विजा:

English

Sacrifice has the brahmana as its source and is offered to the brahmana; the whole world follows sacrifice and sacrifice follows the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां माहात्म्यभावस्य सदृशं नास्ति किंचन

English

Om is the womb of Brahman; salutation, svaha, svadha, vashat: for him who uses these, even if done as far as he is able,

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्विधस्य भूतस्य सर्वस्येशा: स्वयम्भुव: ज्ञानवानेव कर्माणि कुर्वन् सर्वत्र सिध्यति

English

they say he has no fear of the next world in the three worlds: so the Vedas say here, and the perfected and great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि तु कर्म स्वभावोयं ज्ञानं कर्मेति वा पुन:

English

The Rik, Yajus, Saman and stobha verses enjoined by rule: the twice-born in whom all these are only outward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्या यह कर्म स्वभावसिद्ध है अथवा ज्ञानजनित? सहित इस विषयका वर्णन करूँगा, तुम उसे सुनो

English

In the setting up of the fires, in the soma pressing, twice-born, and in the other great sacrifices, the blessed Veda knows it of itself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैवमेके प्रशंसन्ति स्वभावमपरे जना:

English

Therefore, brahmana, one should sacrifice and cause to sacrifice without doubting; for the sacrificer, by the rule of heaven, there is great fruit of heaven after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

की प्रशंसा करते हैं और दूसरे लोग स्वभावके गुण गाते हैं त्रयमेतत् पृथग्भूतमविवेक॑ तु केचन

English

"This world is not for the non-sacrificers, nor the next": so it is settled; the knowers of Vedic disputation also hold both as authority."