Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

काल: स्थापयते सर्व काल: पचति वै तथा गर्जन्तं प्रतपन्तं च कमन्यं नागमिष्यति

English

subjects are loyal, whose servants and officers are all contented, is said to have his roots firm. That king whose Ritwijas and priests and preceptors and others about him that are well- versed in all scriptures and deserving of honours are duly respected, is said to be conversant with the ways of the world. It was by such behaviour that Indra got the sovereignty of the world. It is by this behaviour that earthly kings succeed in obtaining the status of Indra. King Pratardana, subjugating his foes in a great battle, took all their wealth, including their very grain and medicinal herbs, but left their land untouched. King Divodasa, after subjugating his foes, brought away the very remnants of their sacrificial fires, their clarified butter (intended for libations), and their food. For this reason he was deprived of the merit of his conquests. 3 King Nabhaga (after his conquests) gave away whole kingdoms with their rulers as sacrificial presents unto the Brahmanas, excepting the wealth of learned Brahmanas and ascetics. The behaviour, O Yudhishthira, of all the righteous kings of old, was excellent, and I approve of it wholly. That king who desires his own prosperity should seek for conquests by the aid of every kind of excellence but never with that of deceit or with pride.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

मया त्वया च पूर्वेश्ष न स शक्‍्योतिवर्तितुम्

English

[Sthanu said:] "By the fire of your energy, god, the subjects are burnt everywhere; seeing them, I feel pity; do not be angry with them, lord of the world."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुन्दरी तथा कान्तिमती लक्ष्मी मूर्तिमती होकर निकल रही हैं

English

[Prajapati said:] "I am not angry, nor do I desire that the beings not be; for the lightening of the earth, destruction is wished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो बलिं पप्रच्छ वासव: आश्चर्यचकित हो उठे। उनके नेत्र विस्मयसे खिल उठे। उन्होंने बलिसे पूछा

English

This goddess, distressed by her burden, has always urged me for destruction, great god; by the burden she sinks in the waters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वत्त: स्थिता सकेयूरा दीप्यमाना स्वतेजसा

English

Since I found by intellect, thinking much, no way to destroy these grown ones, anger entered me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वमेनां पृच्छ वा मा वा यथेष्टं कुरु वासव अजानतो ममाचक्ष्व नामधेयं शुचिस्मिते

English

[Sthanu said:] "Be gracious at the end of destruction, lord of the thirty gods; do not be angry; do not destroy the beings, moving and unmoving.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हित्वा हैत्यवरं सुभ्रु तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छत:

English

All pools, all grass and shrubs, the unmoving and moving, the fourfold host of beings:

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वं मां शक्र न जानीषे सर्वे देवा न मां विदु: जानते तथा सम्पूर्ण देवताओंको भी मेरे विषयमें कुछ भी ज्ञान नहीं है

English

all this world has been reduced to ashes and overwhelmed; be gracious, blessed good one; this boon is chosen by me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःसहे विजहास्थेनं चिरसंवासिनी सती

English

Destroyed, these subjects will never come back; therefore turn this energy back by your own energy."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजांस्येकेन सर्वेषां देवराज धृतानि मे

English

Regarding the last half of the second line, I do not follow Nilakantha in his interpretation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकेले धारण कर रखे थे संयच्छामि नियच्छामि लोकेषु प्रभुरीश्वर:

English

outright, such slaughter being sinful. Slaying an enemy, however, in fair fight is meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हूँ; अत: मेरा वह सब ऐश्वर्य अब प्रकाशित नहीं हो रहा है

English

King Divodasa, however, by taking what he should not have taken, lost all the merit of his conquests.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्यायेण हि भुज्यन्ते लोका: शक्र यदृच्छया ऋतुद्वारं वर्षमुखमायुर्वेदविदो जना:

English

[Narada said:] Hearing Sthanu's words, the god, with restrained speech and mind, drew his own energy back into himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्या: पज्चैव चिन्ताया: पर्येष्यामि च पञजचधा

English

Then, taking back the fire, the blessed one honoured by the worlds ordained both activity and withdrawal, the lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनादिनिधन चाहुरक्षरं क्षरममेव च मन्यन्ते ध्रुवमेवैनं ये जनास्तत्त्वदर्शिन:

English

As he withdrew that fire born of anger, there appeared from all the cavities a woman of the great soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न होतावद् भवेद् गम्यं न यस्मात् प्रभवेत् पुन:

English

Dark, in red garments, with red eyes and palms, with divine earrings and shining with divine ornaments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आहुश्वैनं केचिदर्ग्निं केचिदाहु: प्रजापतिम् त॑ कालमिति जानीहि यस्य सर्वमिदं वशे

English

Coming out of the cavities, she took to the southern direction; the two, the girl and the god, lords of the universe, saw each other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलवीर्योपपन्नानि यथैव त्वं शचीपते

English

Calling her, the god, the primal lord of the worlds, said, "Death! Slay these subjects, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त काले महावीर्य: काल: संशमयिष्यति परंतु समय आनेपर महापराक्रमी काल तुम्हें भी शान्त कर देगा

English

For you were thought of by me in my anger with the purpose of destruction; therefore destroy all these subjects, wise one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मां च लोला परित्यज्य त्वामगाद् विबुधाधिप यह चंचला मुझे भी छोड़कर तुम्हारे पास गयी है

English

Destroy the subjects without distinction, lady; by my command you will attain the highest good."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वामप्येवंविध॑ ज्ञात्वा क्षिप्रमन्‍्यं गमिष्यति

English

Thus addressed, the goddess Death, wearing a lotus garland, a young girl, pondered grieved, with a great fall of tears.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्विशत्यधिकद्विशततमोध्याय: स्वरूपिणीं शरीराद्धि निष्क्रामन्ती तदा श्रियम्

English

The lord of men caught those tears in his hands, and again begged for the good of mankind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्या तुम मेरे लिये अथवा बलिके ही हितके लिये इनका त्याग कर रही हो? कालस्तु शक्र पर्यागान्मैनं शक्रावमन्यथा:

English

" Yudhishthira said. 'There are no practices, O king, more sinful than those of the Kshatriyas. In marching or in battle, the king slays large multitudes. 4 By what acts then does the king win regions of felicity? O bull of Bharata's race, tell this, O learned one, unto me that desire to know.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृतीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु

English

[Death said:] "How could a woman like me be born of you, best of speakers, to be of dreadful deeds, terrifying to all creatures?

हिन्दी अर्थ

गये और स्वयं इन्द्र उत्तरदिशाको वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सहस्राक्ष: खमेवारुरुहे तदा

English

I fear adharma; assign me a righteous task; look on me, fearful, with an auspicious eye, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखसे द्वेष करके अपनेको उसका कर्ता मान बैठता है

English

I would not take away children, the aged and those in youth who are blameless; creatures, lord of creatures, I bow to you; be gracious to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योभ्युपैति स धुरंधर: पुमान् अवगाहन करके उसीको अपनाता है, वही धुरंधर माना गया है

English

I fear for the dear sons, friends, brothers, mothers and fathers who, god, will think ill of me when they are dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तावत् कृच्छामापदं प्राप्य वृद्धः

English

The wetness of the tears of the wretched would burn me for ever; mightily afraid of them, I have come to you for refuge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और पदच्युत होकर भी मोहित नहीं हुए अलभ्यं लभते मर्त्यस्तत्र का परिदेवना

English

In Yama's house, god, the sinful go in the end; I appease you, giver of boons; grant me favour, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदेवानुचरिष्यामि किं मे मृत्यु: करिष्यति

English

This is the wish I desire from you, Grandfather of the world; I wish by your grace to practise austerity, lord of the gods."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुसरण करता आया हूँ और आगे भी करूँगा; अतः मृत्यु मेरा क्या करेगी? प्राप्तव्यान्येव चाप्रोति दुःखानि च सुखानि च

English

[The Grandfather said:] "Death, you were imagined by me for the purpose of destroying the subjects; go, destroy all subjects, and do not hesitate."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालकी अवहेलना न करना

English

"Bhishma said, 'By chastising the wicked, by attaching and cherishing the good, by sacrifices and gifts, kings become pure and cleansed. It is true, kings desirous of victory afflict many creatures, but after victory they advance and aggrandise all. By the power of gifts, sacrifices, and penances, they destroy

हिन्दी अर्थ

किया है? शुचिस्मिते! तुम मेरा त्याग किस प्रकार नहीं करोगी? यह मुझे बताओ पराक्रमे च धर्मे च पराचीनस्ततो बलि:

English

their sins, and their merit increases in order that they may be able to do good to all creatures. The reclaimer of a field, for reclaiming it, takes up both paddy-blades and weeds. His action, however, instead of destroying the blades or paddy, makes them grow more vigorously. They that wield weapons, destroy many that deserve destruction. Such extensive destruction, however, causes the growth and advancement of those that remain. He who protects people from plunder, slaughter, and affliction, in consequence of thus protecting their lives from robbers, comes to be regarded as the giver of wealth, of life, and of food. The king, therefore, by thus adoring the deities by means of a union of all sacrifices whose Dakshina is the dispelling of everybody's fear, enjoys every kind of felicity here and attains to a residence in Indra's heaven hereafter, l That king who, going out, fights his foes in battles that have arisen for the sake of Brahmanas and lays down his life, comes to be regarded as the embodiment of a sacrifice with illimitable presents. If a king, with his quivers full of shafts, shoots them fearlessly at his foes, the very gods do not see anyone on earth that is superior to him. In such a case, equal to the number of shafts with which he pierces the bodies of his enemies, is the number of regions that he enjoys, eternal and capable of granting every wish. The blood that flows from his body cleanses him of All his sins along with the very pain that he feels on the occasion. Persons conversant with the scriptures say that the pains a Kshatriya suffers in battle operate as penances for enhancing his merit. Righteous persons, inspired with fear, stay in the rear, soliciting life from heroes that have rushed to battle, even as men solicit rain from the clouds. If those heroes, without permitting the beseechers to incur the dangers of battle, keep them in the rear by themselves facing those dangers and defend them at that time of fear, great becomes their merit. If, again, those timid p sons, appreciating that deed of bravery, always respect those defenders, they do what is proper and just. By acting otherwise they cannot free themselves from fear. There is great difference between men apparently equal. Some rush to battle, amid its terrible din, against armed ranks of foes. Indeed, the hero rushes against crowds of foes, adopting the road to heaven. He, however, who is inspired with dastardly fear, seeks safety in flight, deserting his comrades in danger. Let not such wretches among men be born in thy race. The very gods with Indra at their head send calamities unto them that desert their comrades in battle and come with unwounded limbs. He who

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रोवाच लोकान् मूढात्मा कालेनोपनिपीडित:

English

Though told again and again, she, the lady, as if lifeless, remained silent; then the god, lord of the lords of gods,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमत्तेन धार्यास्मि तपसा विक्रमेण च यस्त्वामेको विषहितुं शकनुयात् कमलालये

English

was pleased, Brahma himself with his own self, self-possessed; and smiling, the lord of the world looked at all the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुष नहीं है जो अकेला तुम्हारा भार सहन कर सके?

English

When the anger of the blessed unconquered one had ceased, the girl, we have heard, went away from his presence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहन नहीं कर सकता तत् करिष्यामि ते वाक्यमृतं तत् वक्तुमहसि

English

Going aside, not promising the destruction of the subjects, Death then, as if in haste, went to Dhenuka, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिना वेददृष्टेन चतुर्धा विभजस्व माम्

English

There the goddess performed the supreme, hard austerity; for years she stood on one foot, ten times a thousand million and five.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बताती हूँ, सुनो। तुम वेदमें बतायी हुई विधिसे मुझे चार भागोंमें विभक्त करो करूँगा, किंतु तुम्हारे निकट कभी मेरा परित्याग न हो

English

As she performed there that supremely hard austerity, again Brahma of great splendour spoke:

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वितीयं शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु

English

"Do my word, Death." Disregarding it hastily, she stood in the same way on one foot, and then seven others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिष्ठित कर दिया। अब तुम मेरे दूसरे पैरको भी सुप्रतिष्ठित करो तुम्हारे दूसरे पैरका भार सहन करे; क्योंकि जल इस कार्यके लिये पूर्ण समर्थ है

English

She stood for five and two lotuses more, giver of honour, and then a hundred thousand million she roamed with the deer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुप्रतिष्ठित है। अब तुम मेरे तीसरे पैरको भलीभाँति स्थापित करो तृतीयं पादमग्निस्ते सुधृतं धारयिष्यति

English

Going again then, king, she took up the highest silence in the waters for seven thousand years, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चतुर्थ शक्र पादं मे तस्मात् सुनिहितं कुरु

English

Then the girl went to the Kaushiki, bull of the Bharatas; there, living on wind and water, she performed her rule again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिष्ठित है। इसके बाद मेरे चौथे पादको भलीभाँति स्थापित करो ते ते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलं सन्तस्तितिक्षितुम्

English

Then the greatly fortunate one went to the Ganga and to Meru alone; she stood motionless like a log, wishing the good of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चौथे पादका भार वहन करें; क्योंकि श्रेष्ठ पुरुष उसे सहन करनेमें पूर्ण समर्थ हैं

English

Then, on the head of the Himalaya, where the gods had sacrificed, king of kings, she stood on her thumb a hundred thousand years more, and with effort pleased the Grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं हि निहितां शक्र भूतेषु परिधत्स्व माम् उपहन्यात् स मे धृष्यस्तथा शृण्वन्तु मे वच:

English

Then the origin and dissolution of the worlds said to her there: "What is this, daughter? Do my word."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा देवासुरे युद्धे जेताहं त्वां शतक्रतो

English

Then Death spoke again to the blessed Grandfather: "God, I would not take the subjects; again I appease you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन ते5हं बले वज्ं न विमुञज्चामि मूर्थनि इसीलिये तुम्हारे मस्तकपर मैं अपना वज्र नहीं छोड़ रहा हूँ

English

To her, afraid of adharma and asking again, the god of gods then, restraining that word, said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदित्यो नैव तपिता कदाचिन्मध्यत: स्थित:

English

"There is no adharma for you, Death; restrain the subjects, auspicious one; what I have said, good one, will not be false; nothing will come of it here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजसं परियात्येष सत्येनावतपन् प्रजा: येन संयाति लोकेषु शीतोष्णे विसृजन् रवि:

English

Eternal dharma will enter you here itself; and I and the gods are always devoted to your good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगाम दक्षिणामाशामुदीची तु पुरंदर:

English

I give you this other wish, desired in mind: the subjects, afflicted by disease, will not go to you by fault.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशको ही उड़ चले

English

Among men you will be a man in form, among women a woman in form, and among the third a neuter."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शतक्रतोश्व संवाद नमुचेश्व॒ युधिष्ठिर प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

Thus addressed, great king, she said again with folded hands to the great-souled imperishable lord of gods, "No."

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवाभवज्ञं भूतानामित्युवाच पुरंदर:

English

The god then said to her, "Death, destroy mankind; there will be no adharma for you, and I shall support you, auspicious one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रिया विहीनो नमुचे शोचस्यथाहो न शोचसि विनीय खलु तद् दुःखमागतं वैमनस्यजम्

English

The drops of tears that I saw fall, those held in the hands before, will be diseases of dreadful form for men and, when the time comes, will afflict them, Death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा तस्य प्रसिध्यन्ति सर्वार्था नात्र संशय:

English

At the end of life of all creatures you shall join desire and anger together; thus immeasurable dharma will come to you, and you will not gain adharma, being of equal conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा नियुक्तोडस्मि तथा वहामि ईश्वरकी जैसी प्रेरणा होती है, उसीके अनुसार मैं भी कार्यभार वहन करता हूँ

English

Thus you will guard dharma as told, and not sink yourself in adharma; therefore take as your wish what has come, and, joining them, destroy creatures here."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तर्यामीकी प्रेरणा होती है, उसके अनुसार कार्यभार वहन करता हूँ

English

She then, afraid of the curse, from the name "Death," said to him, "So be it." Then at the end of life, at the end of creatures' breaths, reaching desire and anger, she bewilders and kills.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवितव्यं यथा यच्च भवत्येव तथा तथा जिस वस्तुकी जैसी होनहार होती है, वह वैसी होती ही है

English

Death, those diseases, those falls of tears, by which men's bodies are pained, belong to all creatures at the end of breath; therefore do not grieve; understand by intellect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र तत्रैव वसति न यत्र स्वयमिच्छति

English

All the gods, going at the end of breath of creatures, return and come back likewise; so all men, at the end of breath, having gone, return like gods, lion among kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तरहकी भावना होती है, वह कभी मोहमें नहीं पड़ता है दुःखमेतत् तु यद् द्वेष्टा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते

English

The wind, terrible, of terrible sound, of great power, is the breath of all creatures; his livelihood is varied at the breaking of the bodies of the embodied; therefore the wind is the god of gods, excellent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परावरज्ञास्तु न सम्भ्रमन्ति स्थित: प्रकृत्या हिमवानिवाचल:

English

All the gods are excellent by the name of mortals; all mortals are excellent by the name of gods; therefore do not grieve for your son, lion among kings; your son, having reached heaven, rejoices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान स्वभावसे ही अविचल बना रहता है

English

Thus Death was made by the god for the subjects, gathering them rightly when the time comes; and her diseases, the falls of tears, gather creatures here when the time comes."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशली सर्वदु:खेषु स वै सर्वधनो नर:

English

desires to save his own life-breaths by deserting his comrades, should be slain with sticks or stones or rolled in a mat of dry grass for being burnt to death. Those amongst the Kshatriyas that would be guilty of such conduct should be killed after the manner of killing animals. 2 Death on a bed of repose, after ejecting phlegm and urine and uttering piteous cries, is sinful for a Kshatriya. Persons acquainted with the scriptures do not applaud the death which a Kshatriya encounters with unwounded body. The death of a Kshatriya,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ह्ृतस्वरत्नराज्यस्त्वं ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि गया है, तो भी बताओ, तुम्हें शोक क्‍यों नहीं होता है?

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Is this dharma for aims here or for aims hereafter, or is dharma for both? Tell me, grandsire."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुष्कर पराक्रम कर दिखाया है, मेरा अपमान न करो पर्यायेणासि शक्रवत्वं प्राप्त: शक्र न कर्मणा

English

[Bhishma said:] "Good conduct, tradition and the Vedas are the threefold mark of dharma; the wise call wealth the fourth mark of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्यो गुणसमाचार: पुरुषस्य सुखावह:

English

Even the actions spoken of are decided in the later and the earlier; the rule of dharma was made here for the course of the world; it brings happiness as its result both here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शवनुवन्ति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम् अनर्थको नहीं रोक सकते

English

Not gaining skill in dharma, the sinful cling to sin, and some sinners are not freed from sin in calamity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदं तु दु:खं यच्छक्र कर्ताहमिति मन्यसे

English

When one becomes a knower of dharma he becomes blameless; the end of dharma is one's own conduct; relying on that alone you will know.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये दुःखकी बात है गन्‍्ता गतिमतां काल: काल: कलयति प्रजा:

English

When a thief, possessed by adharma, takes wealth, he delights in carrying off another's goods where there is no king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्ति प्रदान करता है और वही समस्त प्रजाका संहार करता है

English

When others carry off his, then he wants a king; then he envies those who are content with their own wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केचित् त्वां बहु मन्यन्ते श्रैष्ठ्यं प्राप्त स्‍्वकर्मणा कालेनाभ्याहत: शोचेन्मुहोद् वाप्यथ विशभ्रमेत्

English

The fearless, pure man goes to the king's door unsuspecting; for he sees no bad conduct at all within himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

षड्विंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमोध्याय: बन्धुनाशे महीपाल राज्यनाशे5थवा पुन:

English

O sire, at home is not praiseworthy. They are heroes. Any unheroic act of theirs is sinful and inglorious. In disease, one may be heard to cry, saying, 'What sorrow! How painful! I must be a great sinner.' With face emaciated and stench issuing fro in his body and clothes, the sick man plunges his relatives into grief. Coveting the condition of those that are hale, such a man (amidst his tortures) repeatedly desires for death itself. One that is a hero, having dignity and pride, does not deserve such in inglorious death. Surrounded by kinsmen and slaughtering his foes in battle, a Kshatriya should die at the edge of keen weapons. Moved by desire of enjoyment and filled with rage, a hero fights furiously and does not feel the wounds inflicted on his limbs by foes. Encountering death in battle, he earns that high merit fraught with fame and respect of the world which belongs to his or her and ultimately obtains a residence in Indra's heaven. The hero, by not showing his back in fight and contending by every means in his power, in utter recklessness of life itself, at the van of battle, obtains the companionship of Indra. Wherever the hero encountered death in the midst, of foes without displaying ignoble fear or cheerlessness, he has succeeded in earning regions hereafter of eternal bliss.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदू भवन्तं पृच्छामि तन्‍मे त्वं वक्तुमहसि

English

him, the vernacular translators take that word in the same sense. There can belittle doubt, however, that this is erroneous. The word means "vast multitudes." Why should Yudhishthira, refer to the slaughter of only the Vaisyas in the midst of troops as his reason for supposing Kshatriya practices to be sinful? Apayana mean, "flight." I prefer to read Avayana meaning 'march.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशोकता सुखं धत्ते धत्ते चारोग्यमुत्तमम् यच्च प्राज्ञो नरस्तात साच्त्विकीं वृत्तिमास्थित:

English

sacrifices. The final present in that sacrifice is the dispelling of everybody's fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और धैर्यकी प्राप्ति होती है तथा वही सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंमें उद्योगशील होता है

English

No one is utterly mighty or happy; therefore your mind should never be set on crookedness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् रद्रेवसुभिरादित्यैरश्विभ्यामपि चर्षिभि:

English

He has no fear of the wicked, nor of thieves, nor of the king; doing nothing to anyone, he may dwell fearless and pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरुह्दौरावतं शक्रस्त्रैलोक्यमनुसंययौ

English

The thief suspects everywhere, like a deer come to a village; sin done in many ways he sees elsewhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलिं वैरोचनिं वज्ी ददर्शोपससर्प च सुरेन्द्रमिन्द्रं हैत्येन्द्रो न शुशोच न विव्येथे

English

The glad and pure go everywhere ever fearless, for they see no bad conduct of their own in others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तनिक भी शोक या व्यथा नहीं हुई

English

"It must be given": this dharma is spoken by those devoted to the good of beings; the wealthy think it started by the wretched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनसे इस प्रकार कहा-- तपसा भावितत्वाद् वा सर्वथैतत् सुदुष्करम्

English

When wretchedness is restrained, then it pleases them; no one is utterly wealthy or happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैरोचने किमाश्रित्य शोचितव्ये न शोचसि

English

What a man does not wish others to do to himself, he should not do to others, knowing what is unpleasant to himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्त्वमद्य हतं दृष्टयवा सपत्नै: कि न शोचसि

English

One who is the paramour of another's wife, what can he say to anyone? My view is that he would not endure it if another did that to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हृतदारो हृतधनो ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि त्रैलोक्यराज्यनाशे हि कोन्यो जीवितुमुत्सहेत्

English

He who himself wishes to live, how can he have another killed? Whatever one wishes for oneself, he should consider for others too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैं देखता हूँ, आज तुम वज्र उठाये मेरे सामने खड़े हो

English

He should share surplus enjoyments with others who have nothing; for this reason the Creator started usury.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरा कौन ऐसा अत्यन्त क्िरूर वचन कह सकता है? हस्तप्राप्तस्य वीरस्य तं चैव पुरुषं विदु:

English

It should be so that the gods keep to the agreement; and if there is steadiness in dharma at the time of gain, that is also fair.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक: प्राप्नोति विजयमेकश्नैव पराजयम्

English

The wise say dharma is all that is accepted as dear; see this mark in dharma and adharma, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईश्वर: सर्वभूतानां विक्रमेण जितो बलातू यत् त्वमेवंगतो वज़्िन् यद्धाप्येवंगता वयम्

English

Ordained by the Creator long ago, joined with the support of the world, fixed in subtle dharma and wealth, is the highest conduct of the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मावमंस्था मया कर्म दुष्कृतं कृतमित्युत

English

This mark of dharma has been told to you, best of the Kurus; therefore your mind should never be set on crookedness."