Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृतं यज्ञशेषं स्थाद् भोजनं हविषा समम्

English

Brahmana addressed that ruler of very cheerless heart and said these words, 'Why art thou stupefied? Thou art without any intelligence. Thyself an object of grief, why dost thou grieve (for others)? A few days hence others will grieve for thee, and in their turn they will be grieved for by others. Thyself, myself, and others who wait upon thee, O king, shall all go to that place whence all of us have

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्मिंश्वैते वसन्त्यहस्तिद् राष्ट्रमभिवर्धते गृहस्थवृत्तीक्षाप्येता वर्तयेद् यो गतव्यथ:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you an ancient tale of how Kundadhara long ago, out of affection, helped a devotee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सद्य:प्रक्षालका: केचित् केचिन्मासिकसंचया:

English

A certain poor brahmana, from desire, looked to dharma; wishing wealth for sacrifice, he performed dreadful austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकीर्त्सममानं परमं परायणम् चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमोध्याय:

English

Having made his resolve, he worshipped the deities with devotion, but did not gain wealth by worshipping the deities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र क्वचन शायी च त॑ देवा ब्राह्मणं विदु:

English

Then he fell into worry again: "Which deity is it that would quickly be gracious to me, not made dull by men?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्मुक्ते बन्धनै: सर्वैस्तं देवा ब्राह्म॒णं विदु: कुर्यान्न कर्माणि हि श्रद्धधान:

English

Then, near him, he saw with a gentle form an attendant of the gods, a cloud-bearer, Kundadhara, standing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सो5नन्त्यमाप्रोत्य भयं प्रजाभ्य:

English

On seeing that great soul, devotion arose in him: "He will give me good fortune, for his form is such.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवा: समर्त्या: सुकृतं वदन्ति तस्यैव देवा: स्पृहयन्ति नित्यम्

English

He is near the god and not surrounded by other men; he will give me abundant wealth, and quickly."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो वेद भोग्यात्मनि रश्मिदीप्त:

English

Then the twice-born worshipped him with incense, perfumes, garlands of various kinds, and many kinds of offerings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोजन हविष्यके समान और अमृत माना गया है विघसं भृत्यशेषं तु यज्ञशेषमथामृतम्

English

"Senajit said, 'What is that intelligence, what is that penance, O learned Brahmana, what is that concentration of mind, O thou that hast wealth of asceticism, what is that knowledge, and what is that learning, by acquiring which thou dost not yield to sorrow?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषत्विक् पुरोहिताचार्यमातुलातिथिसंश्रितै:

English

"The Brahmana said, 'Behold, all creatures,— the superior, the middling, and the inferior,— in consequence of their respective acts, are entangled in grief. I do not regard even my own self to be mine. On the other hand, I regard the whole world to be mine. I again think that all this (which I see) is as much mine as it belongs to others. Grief cannot approach me in consequence of this thought. Having acquired such an understanding, I do not yield either to joy or to grief. As two pieces of wood floating on the ocean come together at one time and are again separated, even such is the union of (living) creatures in this world. Sons, grandsons, kinsmen, relatives are all of this kind. One should never feel affection for them, for separation with them is certain. Thy son came from an invisible region. He has departed and become invisible. He did not know thee. Thou didst not know him. Who art thou and for whom dost thou grieve? Grieve arises from the disease constituted by desire. Happiness again results from the disease of desire being cured. From joy also springs sorrow, and hence sorrow arises repeatedly. Sorrow comes after joy, and joy after sorrow. The joys and sorrows of human beings are revolving on a wheel. After happiness sorrow has come to thee. Thou shalt again have happiness. No one suffers sorrow for ever, and no one enjoys happiness for ever. The body is the refuge of both sorrow and happiness, l Whatever acts an embodied creature does with the aid of his body, the consequence thereof he has to suffer in that body. Life springs with the springing of the body into existence. The two exist together, and the two perish together. 2 Men of uncleansed souls, wedded to worldly things by various bonds, meet with destruction like embankments of sand in water. Woes of diverse kinds, born of ignorance, act like pressers of oil-seeds, for assailing all creatures in consequence of their attachments. These press them like oil-seeds in the oil-making machine represented by the round of rebirths (to which they are subject). Man, for the sake of his wife (and others), commits numerous evil acts, but suffers singly diverse kinds of misery both in this and the next world. All men, attached to children and wives and kinsmen and relatives, sink in the miry sea of grief like wild elephants, when destitute of strength, sinking in a miry slough. Indeed. O lord, upon loss of wealth or

हिन्दी अर्थ

मातापितृभ्यां जामीभि भ्रात्रा पुत्रेण भार्यया आचार्यो ब्रह्मलोकेश: प्राजापत्ये पिता प्रभु:

English

son or kinsmen or relatives, man suffers great distress, which resembles as regards its power of burning, a forest conflagration. All this, viz., joy and grief, existence and non-existence, is dependent upon destiny. One having friends as one destitute of friends, one having foes as one destitute of foes, one having wisdom as one destitute of wisdom, each and every one amongst these, obtains happiness through destiny. Friends are not the cause of one's happiness. Foes are not the cause of one's misery.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जामयोअप्सरसां लोके वैश्वदेवे तु ज्ञातय:

English

Then the brahmana, by the radiance of Kundadhara, saw in a dream all beings, lying on kusha grass.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धबालातुरकृशास्त्वाकाशे प्रभविष्णव: लोकोंकी प्राप्ति होती है

English

The brahmana, pure of self, unadorned, through calm, austerity and devotion, saw an example in the night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छाया सवा दासवर्गश्व दुहिता कृपणं परम्

English

He saw Manibhadra there, of great radiance, the great-souled one among the gods, giving orders, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहधर्मपरो विद्वान् धर्मशीलो जितक्लम: और थकावटको जीतकर धर्मका निरन्तर पालन करते रहना चाहिए

English

There the gods give kingdoms and wealth; those engaged in good deeds cut off the evil ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहस्थवृत्तयस्तिस्रस्तासां नि:श्रेयसं परम्

English

Then, while the yakshas watched, Kundadhara of great radiance, coming out, fell on the ground before the gods, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं कल्याणकारिणी हैं यथोक्ता नियमास्तेषां सर्व कार्य बुभूषता

English

Then, by the gods' word, Manibhadra of great fame said to him fallen on the ground: "Kundadhara, what is wished?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नियम हैं, उन सबका अपनी उन्नति चाहनेवाले पुरुषको पालन करना चाहिए

English

[Kundadhara said:] "If the gods are pleased with me, this brahmana is my devotee; I wish to do him a favour that brings happiness."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जितेन्द्रियाणामथवा गतिरेषा विधीयते

English

[Bhishma said:] Then Manibhadra spoke again to Kundadhara of great radiance, by the word of the gods:

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वितीयं क्रमश: प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते गार्हस्थ्यको पाकर मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है

English

"Rise, rise, good luck to you; your work done, be happy. As much wealth as this friend of yours the brahmana wishes, by the command of the gods I give an immeasurable amount."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणुष्व संश्लिष्टशरीरकारिणाम्

English

But Kundadhara, reflecting that human life is unsteady and impermanent, set his mind on the austerity of that famous brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमोध्याय: तदनन्तरमुक्तं यत् तन्निबोध युधिछिर

English

[Kundadhara said:] "I do not ask for wealth for the brahmana, giver of wealth; I wish another favour for my devotee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महात्मा पुत्र शुकदेवसे जो कुछ कहा था, वह सब बताता हूँ, सुनो

English

I do not wish for my devotee the earth full of jewels or a great heap of wealth; let him be righteous.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संयोगव्रतखिन्नानां वानप्रस्थाश्रमौकसाम् प्रेक्षापूर्व प्रवृत्तानां पुण्यदेशनिवासिनाम्

English

Let his mind delight in dharma and let him live by dharma; let him be chief in dharma; this I hold to be my favour."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपत्यस्यैव चापत्यं वनमेव तदा श्रयेत्

English

[Manibhadra said:] "Since the kingdom and varied pleasures are the fruit of dharma, let him enjoy the fruits themselves, free of bodily affliction."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तानेवाग्नीन् परिचरेद् यजमानो दिवौकस: तदग्निहोत्रं ता गावो यज्ञाज़नि च सर्वश:

English

[Bhishma said:] Then Kundadhara of great fame did that very thing many times, practising dharma, and the deities were pleased with him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वानप्रस्थका धर्म है

English

[Manibhadra said:] "All those deities are pleased with him and with this brahmana; this righteous-souled one will set his mind on dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हवींषि सम्प्रयच्छेत मखेष्वत्रापि पजचसु हविष्य वितरण करे

English

[Bhishma said:] Then the cloud-bearer, Yudhishthira, his work done, having gained the wish of his mind, a boon hard for others to obtain,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुर्वन्त्यतिथिपूजार्थ यज्ञतन्त्रार्थमेव वा संग्रह अतिथि-सेवा तथा यज्ञकर्मके लिये होता है

English

saw then the fine garments of the best of the twice-born lying at his side, and came to despondency.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थानासनैवरवर्तयन्ति सवनेष्वभिषिज्चते

English

[The brahmana said:] "He does not know good deeds; who else will know what is done? I shall go to the forest; better to live by dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसन लगाकर बैठते तथा तीनों काल स्नान और संध्या करते हैं शुक्लपक्षे पिबन्त्येके यवागूं क्वथितां सकृत्

English

[Bhishma said:] From despondency and the grace of the gods, that best of the twice-born entered the forest and began great austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हुए फूलोंसे ही धर्मानुकूल जीविका चलाते हैं

English

Living on roots and fruit, on the remains of offerings to gods and guests, the twice-born, great king, also came to delight in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एताश्चान्याश्व विविधा दीक्षास्तेषां मनीषिणाम् अगस्त्य: सप्त ऋषयो मधुच्छन्दो5घमर्षण:

English

Giving up all roots and fruit he became a leaf-eater; giving up leaves, the best of the twice-born then lived on water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहोवीर्यस्तथा काव्यस्ताण्ड्यो मेधातिथिबुध:

English

Later he lived on wind for many years, and his breath did not fail; it was as if a marvel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एनं धर्म कृतवन्तस्तत:ः स्वर्गमुपागमन् ऋषीणामुग्रतपसां धर्मनैपुणदर्शिनाम्

English

To him, faithful in dharma and engaged in fierce austerity, after a great time divine vision arose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गताः प्रत्यक्षधर्माणस्ते सर्वे वनमाश्रिता:

English

The thought arose in him: "If, pleased, I were to give great wealth to someone, my word would not be false."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जरया च परिय्यूनो व्याधिना च प्रपीडित: आत्मन्यग्नीन् समारोप्य त्यक्त्वा सर्वपरिग्रहान्

English

Then, with glad face, he took up austerity again and thought again what the perfected one attains above.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्चात् तेजोमय लोकमें जाता है और अन्तमें मोक्ष प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

"If, pleased, I were to give a kingdom to anyone, he would soon be king, and my word would not be false."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुसार उस परमात्माका चिन्तन कैसे करना चाहिए?

English

Kundadhara showed himself to him in person, Bharata, urged by friendship through the brahmana's austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्कार्य परमार्थ तु तदिहैकमना: शूणु एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनो

English

Meeting him, the brahmana honoured Kundadhara by rule, and was amazed, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रव्रजेच्च परं स्थान पारिव्राज्यमनुत्तमम्

English

Then Kundadhara said: "Your divine eye is the best; see the fate of kings, brahmana, and look at the worlds with that eye."

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक एव चरेद् धर्म सिद्धयर्थमसहायवान् न लेकर अकेला ही संन्यास-धर्मका पालन करे

English

Then the brahmana saw from afar with the divine-joined eye thousands of kings sunk in hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनग्निरनिकेतश्न ग्राममन्नार्थमा श्रयेत्

English

[Kundadhara said:] "If, having honoured me with feeling, you should meet sorrow, what would I have done, and what would be the favour to you?

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये ही गाँवमें जाय लघ्वाशी नियताहार: सकृदन्ननिषेविता

English

See, see again; how would a man wish for desires? For the door of heaven is shut, especially among men."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपेक्षा सर्वभूतानामेतावद् भिक्षुलक्षणम्

English

[Bhishma said:] Then he saw desire, anger, greed, fear, pride, sleep, drowsiness and sloth standing and covering men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब संन्यासीके लक्षण हैं ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण नैव ब्रूयात् कथंचन

English

[Kundadhara said:] "By these the worlds are closed; the gods fear men, and by the gods' word they cause obstruction everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तूष्णीमासीत निन्दायां कुर्वन् भैषज्यमात्मन:

English

No one becomes righteous without the permission of the gods; you are able by austerity to give a kingdom and wealth."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शून्यं येन जनाकीर्ण त॑ देवा ब्राह्मणं विदु: समझता है, उसे ही देवतालोग ब्राह्मण (ब्रह्मज्ञानी) मानते हैं

English

[Bhishma said:] Then the brahmana fell with his head before the cloud-bearer and said, righteous-souled: "A great favour has been done to me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुणपादिव च स्त्रीभ्यस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदु: कालमेव प्रतीक्षेत निदेशं भूतको यथा

English

That I envied you before through the bonds of desire and greed, not knowing your affection: forgive me for it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्मुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो निरमित्रस्थ कि भयम्

English

"Forgiven by me," said Kundadhara, and embracing the best of the twice-born in his arms, he vanished right there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थिति प्राप्त हो उसे किसीसे क्या भय हो सकता है? तस्य मोहाद् विमुक्तस्य भयं नास्ति कुतश्चन

English

Then the brahmana roamed all these worlds, joined with austerity by the grace of Kundadhara, as before.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वाण्येवापिधीयन्ते पदजातानि कौज्जरे

English

Travel through the sky, accomplishment of whatever he conceived, power from dharma, and the highest goal by yoga:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमृत: स नित्यं वसति यो हिंसां न प्रपद्यते शरण्य: सर्वभूतानां गतिमाप्रोत्यनुत्तमाम्

English

gods, brahmanas, the good, yakshas, men and charanas honour the righteous here, not the wealthy and not the desirous.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मृत्युरतिगो भाव: स मृत्युमधिगच्छति

English

The gods are well pleased that your mind delights in dharma; in wealth there is a little part of happiness, but in dharma the highest happiness."

हिन्दी अर्थ

किरणोंसे प्रकाशित होता है तत् कालचक्रं निहितं गुहायाम्

English

Wisdom is not competent to bring an accession of wealth; nor is wealth competent to bring an accession of happiness. Intelligence is not the cause of wealth, nor is stupidity the cause of penury. He only that is possessed of wisdom, and none else, understands the order of the world. Amongst the intelligent, the heroic, the foolish, the cowardly, the idiotic, the learned, the weak, or the strong, happiness comes to him for whom it is ordained. Among the calf, the cowherd that owns her, and the thief, the cow indeed belongs to him who drinks her milk, l They whose understanding is absolutely dormant, and they who have attained to that state of the mind which lies beyond the sphere of the intellect, succeed in enjoying happiness. Only they that are between the two classes, suffer misery. 2 They that are possessed of wisdom delight in the two extremes but not in the states that are intermediate. The sages have said that the attainment of any of these two extremes constitutes happiness. Misery consists in the states that are intermediate between the two. 3 They who have succeeded in attaining to real felicity (which samadhi can bring), and who have become free from the pleasures and pains of this world, and who are destitute of envy, are never agitated by either the accession of wealth or its loss. They who have not succeeded in acquiring that intelligence which leads to real felicity, but who have transcended folly and ignorance (by the help of a knowledge of the scriptures), give way to excessive joy and excessive misery. Men destitute of all notions of right or wrong, insensate with pride and with success over others, yield to transports of delight like the gods in heaven. 4 Happiness must end in misery. Idleness is misery; while cleverness (in action) is the cause of happiness. Affluence and prosperity dwell in one possessed of cleverness, but not in one that is idle. Be it happiness or be it misery, be it agreeable or be it disagreeable, what comes to one should be enjoyed or

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनीश्वर: प्रशान्तात्मा ततो्र्च्छत्यमृतं पदम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you what was told by Narada about the gleaner's sacrifice for a brahmana in former times.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और अपनेको काम आदि शत्रुओंके हाथोंमें सौंपकर मृत्युका कष्ट भोगता है निवाते वा यथा दीपो दीप्यमानो न कम्पते

English

In a realm of most excellent dharma, in the Vidarbhas, there was a twice-born, a gleaner, a certain sage, who performed sacrifice by sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लघ्वाहारो विशुद्धात्मा पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि

English

There his food was millet; the sun's wife Suvarchala, and bitter, tasteless greens, became sweet through austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मप्रत्ययिकं शास्त्रमिदं पुत्रानुशसनम् यह ठीक-ठीक समझमें आता है

English

Approaching the earth in the forest, without harming any being, the sacrifice leading to heaven, scourge of foes, can be performed even with roots and fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दशेदमृक्सहस्राणि निर्मथ्यामृतमुद्भुतम्

English

His wife, thin with vows, pure, wandering in the lotus-pond, was brought to be the sacrificer's wife; she is followed by truth, but, terrified of the curse, she did not follow her nature.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दस हजार ऋचाओंका मन्थन करके यह अमृतमय सारतत्त्व निकाला गया है तथैव विदुषां ज्ञानं पुत्र हेतो: समुद्धृूतम्

English

Her garment of the old leaves of the peacock-feathered leafy trees was made there, not by her wish, in the sacrifice, following the hotri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदिदं नाप्रशान्ताय नादान्तायातपस्विने

English

By ill-thinking, the ignorant of dharma was born again from Shukra; in that forest near by a deer was a companion; it spoke truth in words: "A bad deed was done by you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपदेश नहीं करना चाहिए उपदेश देना उचित नहीं है

English

If this sacrifice becomes deformed, lacking in mantra and limbs, then, sir, throw me into the hotri's fire; go to heaven untiringly."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्ते वै तृप्तास्तर्पयन्त्यास्यमस्य

English

endured with an unconquered heart. Every day a thousand occasions for sorrow, and hundred occasions for fear assail the man of ignorance and folly but not the man that is possessed of wisdom. Sorrow can never touch the man that is possessed of intelligence, that has acquired wisdom, that is mindful of listening to the instructions of his betters, that is destitute of envy, and that is self-restrained. Relying upon such an understanding, and protecting his heart (from the influences of desire and the passions), the man of wisdom should conduct himself here. Indeed, sorrow is unable to touch him who is conversant with that Supreme Self from which everything springs and unto which everything disappears, i The very root of that for which grief, or heartburning, or sorrow is felt or for which one is impelled to exertion, should, even if it be a part of one's body, be cast off. That object, whatever it may be in respect of which the idea of meum is cherished, becomes a source of grief and heart-burning. Whatever objects, amongst things that are desired, are cast off become sources of happiness. The man that pursues objects of desire meets with destruction in course of the pursuit. Neither the happiness that is derived from a gratification of the senses nor that great felicity which one may enjoy in heaven, approaches to even a sixteenth part of the felicity which arises from the destruction of all desires. The acts of a former life, right or wrong, visit, in their consequences, the wise and the foolish, the brave and the timid. It is even thus that joy and sorrow, the agreeable and the disagreeable, continually revolve (as on a wheel) among living creatures. Relying upon such an understanding, the man of intelligence and wisdom lives at ease. A person should disregard all his desires, and never allow his wrath to get the better of him. This wrath springs in the heart and grows there into vigour and luxuriance. This wrath that dwells in the bodies of men and is born in their minds, is spoken of by the wise as Death. When a person

हिन्दी अर्थ

स भूतानां न त्रसते कदाचित् न चेह नामुत्र च सो5न्नमृच्छति

English

Thus addressed, she turned back and entered the sacrificial fire; desiring to see what bad conduct there was in the sacrifice, she went to the nether world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोगोंमें आसक्त नहीं होता

English

With folded hands she begged the deer for truth again; embraced by truth, she was told, "Let it be gone."

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वरन्नुदासीनवदेष भिक्षुक: पजञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो5 ध्याय:

English

Then the deer went eight steps and turned back: "Kill me well; killed by truth, I shall go to a good end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न चैनं ते प्रजानन्ति स तु जानाति तानपि

English

See, with the eye I have given, the divine apsarases and the wondrous aerial cars of the great-souled gandharvas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदान्तैरिव संयन्ता दृढ़: परमवाजिभि: कार्य सिद्ध करता है

English

Then, seeing the lovely things with an eye clinging in longing, looking at the deer, she approved of heaven's dwelling by violence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्बुद्धेरात्मा महान् पर:

English

But Dharma, having become a deer, living many years in the forest, set up atonement for him; that was not the arrangement of sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलवान है और बुद्धिसे जीवात्मा बलवान् है सीमा और परम गति है

English

For him, by that feeling, with the mind of killing a deer then, great austerity was cut off; therefore violence is not for sacrifice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृश्यते त्वग्र्यया बुद्धया सूक्ष्मया सूक्ष्मदर्शिभि:

English

Then the blessed Dharma himself had that sacrifice performed, and he gained by austerity the supreme concentration of his wife.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धिद्वारा उसका दर्शन करते हैं इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थाश्च॒ बहुचिन्त्यमचिन्तयन्

English

Non-violence is all of dharma; violence is not fitting in sacrifice; I shall tell you the truth, the dharma of truth-speakers."