Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

बातें आप बतानेकी कृपा करें

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old story of the battle between Pratardana and the ruler of Mithila. The ruler of Mithila, viz., Janaka, after installation in the sacrifice of battle, gladdened all his troops (on the eve of fight). Listen to me, O as I recite the story. Janaka, the high souled king of Mithila, conversant with the truth of everything, showed both heaven and hell unto his own warriors. He addressed them, saying, 'Behold, these are the regions, endued with great splendour, for those that fight fearlessly. Full of Gandharva girls, those regions are eternal and capable of granting every wish. There, on the other side, are the regions of hell, intended for those that fly away from battle. They would have to rot there for eternity in everlasting ingloriousness. Resolved upon casting away your very lives, do ye conquer your foes. Do not fall into inglorious hell. The laying down of life, (in battle) constitutes, in respect of heroes, their happy door of heaven.' Thus addressed by their king, O subjugator of hostile towns, the warriors of Mithila, gladdening their rulers, vanquished their foes in battle. They that are of firm souls should take their stand in the van of battle. The car-warriors should be placed in the midst of elephants. Behind the car-warriors should stand the horsemen. Behind the last should be placed the foot- soldiers all accoutred in mail. That king who forms his array in this manner always succeeds in vanquishing his foes. Therefore, O Yudhishthira, the array of battle should always be thus formed. Filled with rage, heroes desire to will blessedness in heaven by

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाधर्मेणागम: कश्चित् परस्तस्य प्रवर्तते चौर्यकानृतमायाभिर धर्म श्वोपचीयते

English

[Tuladhara said:] "These many sparrows move about on every side, born on your head, and hawks and other kinds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस्रपरिवर्त तद् ब्राह्मं दिवसमुच्यते मान्यता है। एक सहस्र चतुर्युगको ब्रह्माका एक दिन बताया जाता है

English

Call them, great Brahmin, entering here and there; see them clinging to your hands, feet and body everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रलये ध्यानमाविश्य सुप्त्वा सोन्ते विबुद्धयते

English

Birds honoured by you honour you as their father; without doubt you are their father; call your sons, Jajali."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकत्रिशदधिकद्विशततमो ध्याय: एकस्य ब्रह्मुभूतस्य द्ववं स्थावरजड्रमम्

English

[Bhishma said:] Then, called by that Jajali, the birds uttered a divine voice, at the command of dharma:

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूरगं बहुधागामि प्रार्थनासंशयात्मकम्

English

"A deed such as non-violence, done here and hereafter: rivalry kills it, brahmana, and being killed it kills the man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिभूत करके सात- मानस ऋषियोंकी सृष्टि करता है आकाशं जायते तस्मात् तस्य शब्दं गुणं विदु:

English

Faith, aged, speech and mind: sacrifice cannot save. Here the sages of old recite verses sung of Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलवान जायते वायुस्तस्य स्पर्शो गुणो मत:

English

The gods thought the heart of the pure one without faith and of the faithful one impure was the same in sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

'स्पर्श! माना गया है रोचिष्णु जायते शुक्र तद्रूपगुणमुच्यते

English

Having examined both, a learned priest and a miser, a generous man and a usurer, the gods ordained the food as equal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतीतानागते विद्वान सर्वज्ञ: सर्वधर्मवित् प्रकार उपदेश किया

English

fighting fairly. Like Makaras agitating the ocean, they agitate the ranks of the foe. Assuring one another, they should gladden those (amongst them) that are cheerless. The victor should protect the land newly conquered (from acts of aggression). He should not cause his troops to pursue too much the routed foe. The onset is irresistible of persons that rally after the rout and that, despairing of safety, assail their pursuers. For this reason, O king, thou shouldst not cause thy troops to pursue too much the routed roe. Warriors of courage do not wish to strike them that run away with speed. That is another reason why the routed foe should not be pursued hotly. Things that are immobile are devoured by those that are mobile; creatures that are toothless are devoured by those that have teeth; water is drunk by the thirsty; cowards are devoured by heroes. Cowards sustain defeat though they have, like the victors, similar backs and stomachs and arms and legs. They that are afflicted with fear bend their heads and joining their hands stay before those that are possessed of courage. This world rests on the arms of heroes like a son on those of his sire. He, therefore, that is a hero deserves respect under every circumstance. There is nothing higher in the three worlds than heroism. The hero protects and cherishes all, and all things depend upon the hero.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमर, ध्रुव, अविकारी, अतर्क्य और ज्ञानातीत ब्रह्म ही रहता है

English

The faithless alone does not deserve the offering of the gods; his food should not be eaten, so the knowers of dharma know.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भाग: कलाया दशमश्न यः स्यात् संख्याविदो दक्षिणमुत्तरं च

English

Faithlessness is the greatest sin; faith frees from sin; the faithful gives up sin as a snake its old skin."

हिन्दी अर्थ

रात्रि: स्वप्लाय भूतानां चेष्टायै कर्मणामह:

English

The turning away from the impure with faith is better; he who has turned from faults of character and has faith is pure indeed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और दिन काम करनेके लिये शुक्लो5ह: कर्मचेष्टायां कृष्ण: स्पप्नाय शर्वरी

English

What need has he of austerity, of conduct, of self? This person is made of faith; whoever has faith, he is that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेके लिये दिन है और कृष्णपक्ष उनके विश्रामके लिये रात है

English

Thus dharma has been declared by the good who see the aims of dharma; we, wishing to know, have come to you to see dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहस्तत्रोदगयन रात्रि: स्याद् दक्षिणायनम् इस प्रकार है। उत्तरायण उनका दिन है और दक्षिणायन उनकी रात्रि

English

Give up rivalry, greatly wise one; then you will gain the highest; the trader, faithful and trusting, established in his own path, is the greater, Jajali."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य तावच्छती संध्या संध्यांशक्ष तथाविध:

English

Thus was spoken by Tuladhara a matter held in high esteem; and thus was he rightly rebuked, and eternal dharma was told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक पादेन हीयन्ते सहस्राणि शतानि च क्रमश: एक-एक चौथाई घटती जाती है-

English

Hearing the words of Tuladhara of renowned valour, that twice-born, Kaunteya, attained peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् ब्रह्माविदां तात विदितं ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्

English

Then in no long time Tuladhara and he, the two greatly wise ones, going to heaven, took their pleasure happily, each gone to his own place won by the fruit of his own deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृते त्रेतायुगे त्वेषां पादशो हसते वय:

English

For those who do what is called sacrifice, equal, faithful, restrained, of good mind, sacrifice is never unfit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयूंषि चाशिषश्चैव वेदस्यैव च यत्फलम् अन्ये कलियुगे नृणां युगहासानुरूपत:

English

Faith is indeed the goddess of goodness, daughter of the sun, king, Savitri, the mother, and the one who trusts life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वापरे यज्ञमेवाहुर्दानमेक॑ कलौ युगे

English

Faith protects the aged in speech and in mind, Bharata, as taught by this comparison; what more do you wish to hear?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

पञ्चमहाभूतोंकी सृष्टि बतायी जाती है

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me, O grandsire, how kings desirous of victory should, O bull of Bharata's race, lead their troops to battle even by offending slightly against the rules of righteousness!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीराश्रयणं प्राप्तास्तत: पुरुष उच्यते तमाविशन्ति भूतानि महान्ति सह कर्मणा

English

Seeing the bull with cut sinews and the cows crying out greatly, in the seizure of cows at the sacrifice, that king, looking on,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदिकर्ता स भूतानां तमेवाहु: प्रजापतिम्

English

said, "Good luck to the cows in the worlds!" Then a derivation was made: when violence had begun, this blessing was devised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः स सृजति ब्रह्मा देवर्षिपितृमानवान् अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव द्वयं स्थावरजज्रमम्

English

Violence has been declared by men who have no fixed limits, the deluded, unbelievers, doubting, obscure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तान्येव प्रतिपाद्यन्ते सृज्यमाना: पुनः पुन:

English

Manu, the righteous-souled, said that all action is non-violence toward oneself; out of desire and passion men kill animals outside the altar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण वैसे ही कर्म करने लगते हैं तद्धाविता: प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात् तत् तस्य रोचते

English

Therefore dharma, being subtle, must be known by one who knows with authority; non-violence alone is held greater than all dharmas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विनियोगं च भूतानां धातैव विदधात्युत

English

Having fasted, sharpened, and given up the scriptural rules made in the Veda, the wretched, seeking fruit, call what is misconduct "conduct."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्योमें नियुक्ति है, इन सबका विधान विधाता ही करते हैं हैवमित्यपरे विप्रा: स्वभावं भूतचिन्तका:

English

If men eat meat in vain, with sacrifices, trees and posts as their pretext, this dharma is not praised.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रय एतेडपृथग्भूता न विवेक॑ तु केचन

English

Meat, honey, liquor, fish, spirits and rice with sesame were introduced by rogues; this is not laid down in the Vedas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां यावद् यथा यच्च तत्तत् तावदगुणं स्मृतम् है, उसके गुण भी उतने ही समयतक रहते हैं

English

"Bhishma said: 'Some say that righteousness is made stable by truth; some, by reasoning: so me, by good behaviour; and some, by the application of means and contrivances. 1 1 shall presently tell thee what the means and contrivances, productive of immediate fruit, are. Robbers, transgressing all wholesome bounds, very often become destroyers of property and religious merit. For resisting and restraining them. I shall tell thee what the contrivances are, as indicated in the scriptures. Listen to me as I speak of those means for the success of all acts. Both kinds of wisdom, straight and crooked, should be within call of the king. Though acquainted with it, he should not, however, apply that wisdom which is crooked (for injuring others). He may use it for

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथिव्यामेव तं॑ विद्यादपां वायोश्व संश्रितम्

English

resisting the dangers that may overtake him. Enemies frequently injure a king by producing disunion (among his ministers or troops or allies or subjects). The king, conversant with deceit, may, by the aid of deceit, counteract those enemies. Leathern armour for protecting the bodies of elephants, armour of the same material for bovine bulls, bones, thorns, and keen-pointed weapons made of iron, coats of mail, yak-tails, sharp and well-tempered weapons, all kinds of armour, yellow and red, banners and standards of diverse hues, swords, and lances and scimitars of great sharpness and battle-axes, and spears and shields, should be manufactured and stored in abundance. The weapons should all be properly whetted. The soldiers should be inspired with courage and resolution. It is proper to set the troops in motion in the month of Chaitra or Agrahayana. The crops ripen about that time and water also does not become scarce. That time of the year, O Bharata, is neither very cold nor very hot. Troops should, therefore, be moved at that time. If the enemy, however, be overtaken by distress, troops should immediately be set in motion (without waiting for such a favourable time). These (two) are the best occasions for the motion of troops with a view to subjugate foes. That road which has abundance of water and grass along it, which is level and easy of march, should be adopted (in moving the troops). The regions lying near the road (on both its sides) should previously be well ascertained through spies possessed of skill and having an intimate knowledge of the woods. The troops must not, like animals, be marched through woody regions. Kings desirous of victory should, therefore, adopt good roads for marching their troops. In the van should be placed a division of brave men, endued with strength and high birth. As regards forts, that which has walls and a trench full of water on every side and only one entrance, is worthy of praise. In respect of invading foes, resistance may be offered from within it. In pitching the camp, a region lying near the woods is regarded as much better than one under the open sky by men conversant with war and possessed of military accomplishments. The camp should be pitched for the troops not far from such a wood. Pitching the camp at such a place, planting the foot-soldiers in a position of safety, and collision

हिन्दी अर्थ

तो वह आगन्तुककी भाँति स्थित होता है नाशवनुवन् प्रजा: स्रष्टमसमागम्य कृत्स्नश:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "The body and calamities dispute with one who is non-violent; how will the maintenance of the body of one who undertakes nothing succeed?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तबतक उनमें प्रजाकी सृष्टि करनेकी शक्ति नहीं आयी

English

[Bhishma said:] "Let him act in works so that the body does not waste away and does not fall under the power of death; being capable, he should practise dharma."