Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनब्रवीत् तव भर्तैष नात्र कार्या विचारणा

English

Vaisampayana said, "After the conclusion of Arjuna's speech, Bhimasena of great wrath and energy, mustering all his patience, said these words unto his eldest brother, 'Thou art, O monarch, conversant with all duties. There is nothing unknown to thee. We always wish to imitate thy conduct, but, alas, we cannot do it!— "7 will not say anything! I will not say anything— ■! Even this is what I had wished! Impelled, however, by great grief I am constrained to say something. Listen to these words of mine, O ruler of men! Through the stupefaction of thy faculties, everything is endangered, and ourselves are being made cheerless and weak. How is it that thou that art the ruler of the world, thou that art conversant with all branches of knowledge, sufferest thy understanding to be clouded, in consequence of cheerlessness, like a coward? The righteous and unrighteous paths of the world are known to thee. There is nothing belonging either to the future or the present that is also unknown to thee, O puissant one! When such is the case, O monarch, I will indicate, O ruler of men, the reasons in favour of your assuming sovereignty. Listen to me with undivided attention. There are two kinds of diseases, viz., physical and mental. Each springs from the other. None of them can be seen existing independently. Without doubt, mental diseases

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवयोस्तपसा सिद्ध) प्राप्नोतु यदि मन्‍्यसे

English

"Eating once a day, living by alms, doing his own work, with a skull in hand and a skull-topped staff, a celibate, ever rising early,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवराजाभि भूत्यर्थ संकल्पो होष ते हृदि

English

free of envy, sleeping on the ground, proclaiming his deed to the world, a slayer of a Brahmana is freed after twelve full years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुमारमन्तरप्रेक्षी नित्यमेवान्वपद्यत

English

With six years of hard diet the slayer of a Brahmana is purified; eating once a month he is freed in three years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसका सारा रक्त बाघके द्वारा पी लिया गया है और वह आनन्दहीन हो गया है

English

Eating once a month for a year he is purified, without doubt; likewise, O king, by desisting he is freed even with little.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्र रुधिरसंसिक्तं पर्यदेवयदातुर:

English

By the horse sacrifice he is purified, without doubt; and certain such men who bathe at its closing bath are purified."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यधावन्त तं॑ देशं यत्र राजा स सूंजय:

English

All of those, the supreme scripture says, become purified of sin; one slain in battle for a Brahmana's sake is freed from the sin of Brahmin-slaying.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदाहं चिन्तन ज्ञात्वा गतवांस्तस्य दर्शनम्

English

A slayer of a Brahmana who gives a hundred thousand cows to worthy recipients is freed from all sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवितव्यं तथा तच्च न तच्छक्यमतोन्यथा

English

One who gives twenty-five thousand tawny milch cows is freed from all sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तवैवाभेद्यह्ददयो मा ते5भूदत्र संशय:

English

spring from physical ones. Similarly physical diseases spring from mental ones. This is the truth. He that indulgeth in regrets on account of past physical or mental woes, reapeth woe from woe and suffereth double woe. Cold, heat, and wind,— these three are the attributes of the body, l Their existence in harmony is the sign of health. If one of the three prevails over the rest, remedies have been laid down. Cold is checked by heat, and heat is checked by cold. Goodness, passion, and darkness are the three attributes of the mind. The existence of these three in harmony is the sign of (mental) health. If one of these prevails over the rest, remedies have been prescribed. Grief is checked by joy, and joy is checked by grief. One, living in the present enjoyment of this, wishes to recollect his past woes. Another, living in the present suffering of woe, wishes to recollect his past bliss. Thou, however, wert never sad in grief or glad in bliss. 2 Thou, shouldst not, therefore, use thy memory for becoming sad during times of bliss, or glad during times of woe. It seems that Destiny is all-powerful. Or, if it be thy nature, in consequence of which thou art thus afflicted, how is it that it does not behove thee to recollect the sight thou sawest before, viz., the scantily-clad Krishna dragged, while in her season, before the assembly. 3 Why does it not behove thee to recollect our expulsion from the (Kuru) city and our exile (into the woods) dressed in deerskins, as also our living in the great forests? Why hast thou forgotten the woes inflicted by Jatasura, the battle with Chitrasena, and the distress suffered at the hands of the Sindhu king? Why hast thou forgotten the kick received by the princess Draupadi from Kichaka white we were living in concealment? A fierce battle, O chastiser of foes, like that which thou hast fought with Bhishma and Drona is now before thee, to be fought (however) with thy mind alone. In deed, that battle is now before

हिन्दी अर्थ

शापदोषं च त॑ भर्तु: श्रुत्वा प्रकृतिमागता

English

One who gives a hundred Kamboja horses to restrained Brahmanas, lord of the earth, is freed from the sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवज्छोतुमिच्छामि सुवर्णष्ठीविसम्भवम्

English

One who fulfils a wish of even one person, Bharata, and does not proclaim it after giving, is freed from sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचचक्षे यथावृत्तं सुवर्णष्ठीविनं प्रति

English

A twice-born who once drinks wine, and then drinks it fire-hot, purifies himself here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यस्यास्य तु यच्छेषं तत् ते वक्ष्यामि पृच्छत:

English

By falling from Mount Meru, or entering fire, or undertaking the great departure, one is freed of all sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्य है। इस प्रसड़में जो कुछ शेष है, वह तुम्हारे प्रश्नके अनुसार मैं बता रहा हूँ

English

A Brahmana who has drunk wine, having sacrificed with the Brihaspati-sava, should go again to the assembly of Brahmanas—so says the Brahmana scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वकामै: सुविहिती निवसावोस्य वेश्मनि

English

One who, free of envy, gives a gift of land after drinking wine and does not drink again, O king, being purified is cleansed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतो मामुवाचेदं काले वचनमर्थवत्

English

One who defiles his teacher's bed should lie on a heated iron slab, or with his organ in his hand go forth looking upward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस समय इनका कुछ उपकार करनेकी बात सोचिये'

English

By leaving the body he is freed from the evil deed; women are freed from their deeds by restraint for a year.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वमेतत् त्वयि विभो भागिनेयोपपद्यते

English

One who practises the great vow and gives all his wealth, or is slain in battle for his teacher, is freed from the evil deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतो5नुमतो वाक्यमुवाच कुरुपुड़व

English

One who has served by falsehood or obstructed his teacher, having brought him something pleasing, is freed from that sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवाभ्यामभ्यनुज्ञातो वरं नृवर चिन्तय

English

For breaking the vow of celibacy, one should practise the vow for Brahmin-slaying, wearing an ass's hide for six months; thus he is freed from the offence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हें आज्ञा देते हैं कि तुम इच्छानुसार कोई वर सोचकर माँग लो

English

An abductor of another's wife and one taking another's property, keeping the vow for a year, is likewise freed from the offence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहार ही हो सके। तुम हमारी दृष्टिमें आदरके योग्य हो”

English

One from whom something is stolen should be given equal wealth; by various means he is freed from the offence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष एव परो लाभो निर्वत्तों मे महाफल:

English

By hardship for twelve days, well practised, or at least ten, the younger brother married before the elder and the elder unmarried become pure, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यही हमारे लिये महान् फलदायक परम लाभ सिद्ध हो गया

English

The marriage of the younger should be arranged by him, who ever saves his ancestors; there is no fault in the woman, and she is not stained by it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृणीष्व राजन् संकल्पं यत् ते हृदि चिरं स्थितम्

English

In union the woman is pure by her season; the Chaturmasya rite is prescribed; women are thereby purified, so those who know dharma say.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हृदयमें जो चिरकालसे संकल्प हो, वही माँग लो”

English

Women suspected of sin are not to be approached by one who knows; they are purified by their menses as a vessel by ashes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयुष्मन्तं महाभागं देवराजसमदुतिम्

English

Dharma is fourfold and complete for Brahmanas; for the kshatriya a quarter less, so dharma is ordained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रके समान तेजस्वी हो

English

Likewise for the Vaishya and Shudra a quarter each is ordained; by such a rule know the weightiness and lightness of their duties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्ष्यश्ष देवराजात् स देवराजसमद्युति:

English

Having slain animals, and cut many other trees, a man should live three nights on air and make his deed known.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसादयामास तदा नैतदेवं भवेदिति

English

For intercourse with the forbidden, O king, expiation is prescribed: wearing wet clothes for six months, he should live lying in ashes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न च त॑ पर्वत: किंचिदुवाचेन्द्रव्यपेक्षया

English

This same rule would apply to all the things not to be done, by the rule declared by Brahmanas, with examples, scriptures and reasons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मर्तव्यो5स्मि महाराज दर्शयिष्यामि ते सुतम्

English

One who recites the Savitri in a pure place, with moderate food, harmless, unhurried and silent, is freed from all offences.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृंजयश्चव यथाकामं प्रविवेश स्वमन्दिरम्

English

He should stay in the open air by day and sleep under the sky at night; three times by day and three times by night, he should enter water with his clothes on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो रहा था। वह महान् बलशाली था

English

In the vow he should not speak to women, Shudras or outcasts; having done sins unknowingly, the twice-born is freed by this vow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुमारस्यान्तरप्रेक्षी बभूव बलवृत्रहा

English

After death one receives the fruit of good and evil, with beings as witnesses; whichever of the two is greater, that fruit the doer receives.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्रासुरका वध करनेवाले इन्द्र उस राजकुमारके वधका अवसर देखने लगे

English

Therefore by giving, austerity and action one should increase the good fruit after doing evil, so as to have the excess.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याप्रो भूत्वा जहीम॑ त्वं राजपुत्रमिति प्रभो

English

One should do good deeds in the matter of sinful deeds and give wealth always; thus he is freed from the offence.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृंजयस्य सुतो वज्र यथैनं पर्वतो5ब्रवीत्

English

Expiation is declared corresponding to the sin; expiation is prescribed excepting the great sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हृष्ट: सान्त:पुरो राजा वननित्यो बभूव ह

English

In all matters of the edible and the forbidden, the speakable and unspeakable, O king, those who know allow distinctions between ignorance and knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धात्रीद्वितीयो बाल: स क्रीडार्थ पर्यधावत

English

A sin done knowingly becomes wholly heavy; for a fault in a lapse from ignorance, expiation is prescribed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

खेलनेके लिये गया और इधर-उधर दौड़ने लगा

English

Sin can be removed by the rule as stated; this rule is prescribed for the believing and faithful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा। यह देखकर धाय चिल्ला उठी

English

This rule is never seen for unbelievers and faithless men, in whom the fault of hypocrisy predominates.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शार्टूलो देवराजस्य माययान्तर्हितस्तदा

English

The conduct of the good and the good one, best of those who uphold dharma, tiger among men, are to be followed by one who wishes happiness here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यधावत तं॑ देशं स्वयमेव महीपति:

English

You, O king, will be freed from sin by that former reason, whether in saving or in slaying them, or by action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुमारं विगतानन्दं निशाकरमिव च्युतम्

English

Or if you feel any disgust, you will perform expiation; but do not meet death by a deed practised by the ignoble."

हिन्दी अर्थ

थी। उसे कोई पलट नहीं सकता था

English

thee in which there is no need of arrows, of friends, of relatives and kinsmen, but which will have to be fought with thy mind alone. If thou givest up thy life-breath before conquering in this battle, then, assuming another body, thou shalt have to fight these very foes again. 4 Therefore, fight that battle this very day, O bull of Bharata's race, disregarding the concerns of thy body, and aided by thy own acts, conquer and identify with thy mind's foe. 5 If thou canst not win that battle, what wilt be thy condition?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणेषु तपो धर्म: स नित्यो वेदनिश्चित:

English

"What is edible and what forbidden, what is to be given and praised, and who is a worthy and who an unworthy recipient—tell me that, grandsire."

हिन्दी अर्थ

हठो वा वर्तते लोके कर्मजं वा फलं स्मृतम्

English

[Vyasa said:] "Here they recite this ancient history, the dialogue of the perfected with Manu, the Prajapati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभाशुभफल चैते प्राप्तुवन्तीति मे मति:

English

Long ago the perfected, devoted to austerity and vows, gathered and asked about dharma the lord seated, the Prajapati of the beginning:

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वशुरा गुरवश्चैव मातुलाश्न पितामहा:

English

'How is food, how is giving, how is study, how is austerity, and what is to be done and not done? Tell us all that, Prajapati.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वयस्या भागिनेयाश्र ज्ञातयक्षु पितामह

English

Thus addressed, the revered Manu Svayambhuva said: 'Listen to dharma briefly, Vyasa, as it is.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घातिता राज्यलुब्धेन मयैकेन पितामह

English

Not taking what is not given, giving, study, austerity, non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, forbearance and sacrifice are the marks of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असकृत् सोमपान् वीरान् कि प्राप्स्पामि तपोधन

English

That which is dharma becomes adharma in the wrong place and time; taking, falsehood and violence are held to be dharma by circumstance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थे, वैसे वीर भूपालोंका वध करके मैं कौन-सा फल पाऊँगा?

English

For those who know dharma and adharma, both are twofold: inaction and action—the twofold in the world and in the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चित्तं प्रसादयामास पितुर्मातुश्च वीर्यवान्

English

On the other hand, by winning it, O monarch, thou shalt have attained the great end of life. Applying thy intellect to this, and ascertaining the right and the wrong paths of creatures, follow thou the course adopted by thy sire before thee and govern properly thy kingdom. By good luck, O king, the sinful Duryodhana hath been stain with all his followers. By good luck, thou too hast attained to the condition of Draupadi's locks. I Perform with due rites and profuse presents the horse-sacrifice. We, are thy servants, O son of Pritha, as also Vasudeva of great energy!'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

माताके चित्तको प्रसन्न किया

English

with joy or depressed with grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्षाणां शतमेक॑ च सहस््रं भीमविक्रम:

English

before thee, why dost thou not then recollect the insult to your wife? The recollection of this insult will fill thee with wrath and convince thee that in slaying thy foes,~those insulters of thy wife—thou hast acted very properly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तर्पयामास देवांश्व पितृश्वैव महाद्युति:

English

of the means of effecting thy salvation by sacrifice and gifts and other act, of piety, thou shalt have to he re-born and to renew this mental battle with thy doubts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन महता राजन् कालधर्ममुपेयिवान्

English

explained by Nilakantha as connected with paramavyaktarupasya. According to Nilakantha, this means that thou shouldst go to, i.e. conquer, and identify thyself with, the param or foe of that which is of unmanifest form, the mind; of course, this would mean that Yudhishthira should identify himself with his own soul, for it is the soul which is his foe and with which he is battling. Such conquest and identification implies the cessation of the battle and, hence, the attainment of tranquillity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा त्वां केशव: प्राह व्यासश्व॒ सुमहातपा:

English

Ten who know the Veda and scriptures, or three who recite dharma, what they say when a matter arises is dharma, in a doubt about dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इष्ट्वा पुण्यर्महायज्ञैरिष्ट लोकमवाप्स्यसि

English

Red earth, ants, the shleshmataka fruit, and poison are forbidden to Brahmanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्वी धर्मतत्त्वज्ञ: कृष्णद्वैपायनोडब्रवीत्

English

Fish without scales are forbidden to Brahmanas; of quadrupeds, other than the tortoise; frogs and water-creatures;

हिन्दी अर्थ

देख धर्मके तत्त्वको जाननेवाले तपोधन श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायनने कहा

English

bhasa birds, swans, Garuda-like birds, chakravakas, cranes, plavas, herons, madgu birds, vultures, kalolukas;

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्म: प्रमाणं लोकस्य नित्यं धर्मनिवर्तिन:

English

all flesh-eating birds and tusked quadrupeds, those with teeth in both jaws and those with four tusks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करो। तपस्या तो ब्राह्मणोंका नित्य धर्म है। यही वेदका निश्चय है

English

A Brahmana should not drink the milk of ewes, mares, she-asses, camels, cows that have just calved, women and deer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य धर्मस्य कृत्स्नस्य क्षत्रिय: परिरक्षिता

English

Food of the dead and of the newly delivered, anything unprepared, and milk of a cow before ten days, is not to be eaten or drunk.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स बाहुभ्यां विनिग्राह्मो लोकयात्राविधातक:

English

Food of a carpenter, a leather-cutter, an unchaste woman, a washerman, a physician, and a guard is not to be eaten.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भृत्यो वा यदि वा पुत्रस्तपस्वी वाथ कश्नन

English

Nor of those cursed by guilds or villages, those who live on the stage or on women, the married-before-elder, eunuchs, bards and gamblers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतोडन्यथा वर्तमानो राजा प्राप्रोति किल्बिषम्

English

Food brought when refused, sour, stale, accompanied by liquor, left over and remnants are not to be eaten.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मकी रक्षा नहीं करता, वह राजा धर्मका घात करनेवाला है

English

Preparations of flour, meat, sugarcane and vegetables, and milk, barley meal, parched grain and gruel kept long are not to be eaten.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते त्वया धर्महन्तारो निहता: सपदानुगा:

English

Payasa, krisara, meat and cakes made for no purpose are not to be eaten by householder Brahmanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा हि हन्याद् दद्याच्च प्रजा रक्षेच्च धर्मत:

English

Having worshipped gods, ancestors, men, sages and the household deities, the householder may then eat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तानि कर्माणि मे ब्रह्मन् दहन्ति च पचन्ति च

English

As a mendicant who has gone forth lives, so a householder in his own house; living thus with dear wives he obtains dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेरे वे ही कर्म मुझे जलाते और पकाते हैं

English

A righteous man should not give a gift for fame, nor from fear, nor to a benefactor, nor to those who dance, sing or jest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फल इस रूपमें प्राप्त होनेके कारण प्रारब्ध ही कर्ता है?

English

Nor to the drunk or mad, nor to a thief or physician, nor to the speechless, discoloured, limb-deficient or dwarf.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुरुते पुरुष: कर्म फलमीश्वरगामि तत्

English

Nor to a wicked man or one of bad family, or one not refined by vows; a gift to an unlearned Brahmana who does not expound Brahma is dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छेत्तुरेव भवेत् पापं परशोर्न कथठ्चन

English

What is given improperly and accepted improperly leads to harm for both, giver and taker.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुल्हाड़ी चलानेवाले पुरुषको ही लगता है। कुल्हाड़ीको किसी प्रकार नहीं लगता

English

As one who clings to a khadira branch or a stone and crosses the sea sinks, so sink the giver and the receiver.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तरदायित्व नहीं है

English

As fire spread with wet wood does not blaze, so the recipient lacking austerity, Vedic study and character.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्रुयादिति यस्माच्च ईश्वरे तन्निवेशय

English

As water in a skull or milk in a dog's skin, so learning in one lacking conduct, through the fault of the vessel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईश्वरको ही सारे शुभाशुभ कर्मोका कर्तृत्व और फल सौंप दो

English

One who is without mantras, vows, scripture and free of envy, to him out of compassion one should give, even among the wretched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न परो विद्यते तस्मादेवमेतच्छुभं कृतम्

English

Out of compassion one should not give even to a wretched wrongdoer; "It is the practice of the trustworthy" or "It is dharma"—that is the reason.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमप्यशुभं कर्म न भूतं न भविष्यति

English

What is given to a Brahmana devoid of dharma is without cause, it is from the fault of an unworthy recipient; I have no doubt here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिपन्नमिदं लोके राज्ञामुद्यतदण्डनम्

English

As a wooden elephant, as a leather deer, so is a Brahmana who has not studied; the three bear only the name.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यज त्वं राजशार्दूल मैवं शोके मन: कृथा:

English

As a eunuch is fruitless among women, as a cow is fruitless with a cow, as a bird is wingless, so is a Brahmana without mantras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमात्मपरित्यागस्तव राजन् न शोभन:

English

As a village's grain is empty, as a well is waterless, as an oblation is in a fireless place, so is one rejected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरवांस्तानि कुर्यादशरीर: पराभवेत्

English

A fool who is a destroyer of the oblations for gods and ancestors, an enemy, a robber of wealth, cannot attain the worlds.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रायश्षित्तमकृत्वा तु प्रेत्य तप्तासि भारत

English

All this has been told to you as it was, Yudhishthira, briefly; this great matter is to be heard, bull of the Bharatas."