Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाणीद्वारा उसपर आक्षेप भी करता है; परंतु फिर अन्तमें प्रसन्न हो जाता है

English

" Vaisampayana said, 'The royal son of Kunti, freed from grief and the fever of his heart, took his seat, with face eastwards, on excellent seat made of gold. On another seat, beautiful and blazing and made of gold, sat with face directed towards him, those two chastisers of foes, viz., Satyaki and Vasudeva. Placing the king in their midst, on his two sides sat Bhima and Arjuna upon two beautiful seats adorned with gems. Upon a white throne of ivory, decked with gold, sat Pritha with Sahadeva and Nakula.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सलाह सुननेका अधिकारी नहीं है

English

"Dharmas are established by truth, others by reasoning, some by good conduct, and others are expedient. I shall tell the expedient dharmas that accomplish the aims of wealth and dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करना चाहिए। राजाके मन्त्रियोंकी संख्या कम-से-कम तीन होनी चाहिए

English

Robbers who are without restraint become obstructors; to counter them I shall now tell the rule. Learn from me those means for the success of tasks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप एक प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं, वह सुनो

English

There are two kinds of wisdom to be known, straight and crooked, Bharata; knowing the crooked, one should not practise it but should resist it when it comes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फल॑ं च जनयत्येवं न चास्योद्धिजते जन:

English

Enemies approach a king by sowing division; the king, knowing that deceit, should afflict the enemies accordingly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्यगासेव्यमानस्य तुल्यं जातु न विद्यते

English

Side-hides of elephants, and of bulls, cows and pythons, and iron plates, are held to be armour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नि:संदेह दूसरा कोई नहीं है

English

Weapons should be whetted and polished; armours yellow and red; the banners and flags should be coloured with many dyes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पालन करे, जिससे वह लोगोंका प्रेम और अक्षय कीर्ति प्राप्त कर सके?

English

Lances, javelins, swords, sharp axes, shields and hides should be prepared in multiples; weapons should be brought up and the warriors rested.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्प धर्म च कीर्ति च लोकानाप्रोत्युभौ शुचि:

English

In Chaitra or Margashirsha the marshalling of the army is praised, for then the earth is ripe with crops and has water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रिणां च भवेत् क्रोधो विस्फूर्जितमिवाशने:

English

and Vidura, and Dhaumya, and the Kuru king Dhritarashtra, each sat separately on separate seats that blazed with the effulgence of fire. Yuyutsu and Sanjaya and Gandhari of great fame, all sat down where king Dhritarashtra had taken his seat. The righteous-souled king, seated there, touched the beautiful white flowers, Swastikas, vessels full of diverse articles, earth, gold, silver, and gems, (that were placed before him). Then all the subjects, headed by the priest, came to see king Yudhishthira, bringing with them diverse kinds of auspicious articles. Then earth, and gold, and many kinds of gems, and all the things in profusion that were necessary for the performance of the coronation rite, were brought there. There were golden jars full to the brim (with water), and those made of copper and silver and earth, and flowers, and fried paddy, and Kusa grass, and cow's milk, and (sacrificial) fuel consisting of the wood of Sami, Pippala, and Palasa, and honey and clarified butter and (sacrificial) ladles made of Udumvara, and conches adorned with gold. I Then the priest Dhaumya, at the request of Krishna, constructed, according to rule, an altar gradually inclining towards the cast and the north. Causing the high-souled Yudhishthira then, with Krishna the daughter of Drupada, to be seated upon a handsome seat, called Sarvatobhadra, with firm feet and covered with tiger-skin and blazing with effulgence, began to pour libations of clarified butter (upon the sacrificial fire) with proper mantras. Then he of Dasaratha's race, rising from his seat, took up the sanctified conch, poured the water it contained upon the head of that lord of earth, viz., Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti. The royal sage Dhritarashtra and all the subjects also did the same at the request of Krishna. The son of Pandu then, with his brothers, thus bathed with the sanctified water of the conch, looked exceedingly beautiful. Then Panavas and Anakas and drums were beaten. King Yudhishthira the just duly accepted the gifts made unto him by the subjects. Always giving away presents in profusion in all his sacrifices, the king honoured his subjects in return. He gave a thousand nishkas unto the Brahmanas that uttered (especial) benedictions on him. All of them had studied the Vedas and were endued with wisdom and good behaviour. Gratified (with gifts), the Brahmanas, O king, wished him prosperity and victory, and with voice melodious like that of swans, uttered his praises, saying, 'O Yudhishthira of mighty arms, by good luck, O son of Pandu, victory has been thine. By good luck, O thou of great splendour, thou hast recovered thy position through prowess. By good luck, the wielder of Gandiva, and Bhimasena, and thyself, O king, and the two sons of Madri, are all well, having slain your foes and escaped with life from the battle, so destructive of heroes. Do

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुरागशून्य मन्त्रियोंका क्रोध वजपातके समान भयंकर होता है

English

A road with water and grass, level and passable, is praised; for it has been practised by skilled spies who range the forests.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानसुखदु:खं तं पृच्छेदर्थेषु मानवम्

English

It could not be traversed by new forest herds as by bands of deer; therefore those who seek victory employ it in all armies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाको सभी कार्योंमें सलाह पूछनी चाहिए

English

A camp with water and a fort, with open space, is praised; and there should be a defence against the approach of enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राज्ञ: प्रज्ञानयुक्तोडपि न मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

Open ground near a forest they consider more advantageous, those people skilled in war, for its many sorts of merits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असुद्वत् तादृशो ज्ञेयो न मन्त्र श्रोतुमहीति

English

Planting oneself, retreating, concealing the footmen, then repelling the foe, and a refuge for calamity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असुदहृत् क्रोधनो लुब्धो न मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

Placing the seven sages behind them, they should fight unmoving as mountains; by this rule, O king, one may seek to conquer even the hard to conquer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्कृतः संविभक्तो वा न मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

Where the wind is, where the sun is, where Shukra is, there is victory; each earlier is better for victory when they meet, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुननेके योग्य नहीं है

English

Ground without mud, without water, without boundaries, without clods is praised for horses by people skilled in war.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्कृतः स्थापित: सो5पि न मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

Level ground without water and open sky is praised as chariot-ground; ground with low trees, great thickets and water is for elephant-warriors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुनरन्यैर्गुणैर्युक्तो न मन्त्र श्रेतुमहीति

English

Ground with many forts, great trees, spread with canes and bamboos, and mountains and groves, is fit for footmen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वकर्मसु यः शुद्ध: स मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

An army abundant in footmen is firm, Bharata; one abundant in chariots and horses is praised in fine weather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो, वह गुप्त सलाह सुननेका अधिकारी है

English

One abundant in footmen and elephants is praised in the rainy season; weighing these merits, one should employ place and time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुहृदात्मसमो राज्ञ: स मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

He who goes thus, having reflected, honoured by lunar day and star, always wins victory, deploying his army rightly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुननेका अधिकारी है

English

One should not strike the sleeping, thirsty, weary or scattered, nor at release, at marching, at moving, nor at drinking and eating time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृपैतामहो य: स्यात् स मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

Those thrown into disorder, scattered, shattered, thinned, those greatly trusting and who have begun a work, those harassing by ambush, the roaming outside, those who return to their houses after setting ambush...

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्रवित् कालविच्छूर: स मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

At the gate come down through succession, any who follow, the attendants, the guards, and any boasters,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी गुप्त मन्त्रणाको सुननेकी योग्यता रखता है

English

those who break the ranks and those who hold the broken together, who share food and drink, should be given double pay.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मै मन्त्र: प्रयोक्तव्यो दण्डमाधित्सता नृप

English

Commanders of ten should be made, and of a hundred; over them one should make a commander of a thousand, a hero and untiring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योद्धा नयविपश्िच्च स मन्त्र श्रोतुमहति

English

Assembling them according to rank, they should be told: "We swear that, for victory, we shall not abandon one another in battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गूहेत् कूर्म इवाड्रानि रक्षेद् विवरमात्मन:

English

Let those who are cowards among us turn back here; let them not, making a breach in the tumult, cause us to be slain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाका कवच है और सदस्य आदि दूसरे लोग मन्त्रणाके अंग हैं

English

Fleeing, one slays himself and his own side in battle; loss of goods, death, infamy and disgrace are in flight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वामिन त्वनुवर्तन्ते वृत्त्यर्थमिह मन्त्रिण:

English

Pleasing and unpleasant are the words of a man who flees, with trembling lips and teeth, with all weapons laid down.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उठे हुए हैं, ऐसे मन्त्रियोंके साथ ही राजाको सदा गुप्त मन्त्रणा करनी चाहिए

English

May it be so for our enemies: one who, abandoning his helpers when life is in doubt, flees, pursued by foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवेदयेदुत्तरमन्त्रकाले

English

Those who turn away are the dregs of men; they merely swell the count; they are nothing here nor hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजगुरुकी सेवामें निवेदन करे

English

Enemies with glad minds go out to meet the fleer; the friends of the victor, dear one, greet with salutations and blessings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

(विचारपद्धति) को कार्यरूपमें परिणत करे

English

That which enemies delight in at a man's misfortune, O king, I think a sorrow more unbearable even than death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मन्त्र प्रजासंग्रहणे समर्थम्

English

Know Fortune to be the root of dharma and of all happiness; she departs from cowards, and the hero wins her.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्मन्त्रयेत् कार्यमहीनकालम्

English

So we, desiring heaven, having given up life in battle, whether conquering or slain, deserve to reach a good goal."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बृहस्पतेश्न संवादं शक्रस्य च युधिछ्िर

English

Thus, with oaths sworn and life abandoned, the fearless heroes plunge into the enemy host.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमाणं सर्वभूतानां यशश्वैवाप्रुयान्महत्

English

In front should be the line of men with swords and shields, behind the line of wagons, and the women in the middle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमाणं सर्वभूतानां यशश्रवैवाप्रुयान्महत्

English

To counter the enemy, and to conceal the footmen, those in the van should be eager for the foe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंका प्रिय होकर महान् यश प्राप्त कर लेता है

English

Those who are esteemed in front, the courageous and spirited, should advance first, and the other men follow them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचरनू् सर्वभूतेषु प्रियो भवति सर्वदा

English

Even the cowards should be encouraged with effort; let them merely show their shoulders or stay near.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य सदा समस्त प्राणियोंका प्रिय होता है

English

A few should be made to fight massed together; the many may be spread as desired; the needle-faced array is for few with many.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वेष्यो भवति भूतानां स सान्त्वमिह नाचरन्

English

In the clash, or when elated, truly or falsely, raising their arms, they should cry: "The foe are broken, broken!"

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मितपूर्वाभिभाषी च तस्य लोक: प्रसीदति

English

"Our friends' force has come; strike fearlessly!" they should run after them shouting, making a dreadful roar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न प्रीणयति भूतानि निर्व्यज्जनमिवाशनम्

English

They should sound shouts and howls, conches, saws, cow-horns, kettledrums, mridangas and tabors, and make the elephants trumpet.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत्पृष्टो महाप्राज्ञ यथावद् वक्तुमहसि

English

thou, O Bharata, attend without delay to those acts that should next be done.' Thus adored by those pious men, king Yudhishthira the just, with his friends, became installed on the throne of a large kingdom, O

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिस्रवेच्च सततं नौर्विशीर्णेव सागरे

English

[Bhishma said:] "The writ of arms is ordained according to conduct; a man acts in deeds according to his behaviour.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हार्द भयं सम्भवति स्वर्गक्षास्य विरुद्धयते

English

The Gandharas, Sindhu-Sauviras, fighters with claws and lances, the Abhiras, are strong; that force goes through everything.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धमससने संनियुक्तो धर्ममूले नरर्षभ

English

The Ushinaras are skilled in all weapons and brave; the Easterners are skilled in elephant fighting and fight by craft.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाथो वै भूमिपो नित्यमनाथानां नृणां भवेत्

English

So too the Yavanas, Kambojas, and those around Mathura; these are skilled in wrestling; the Southerners carry swords and shields.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असाक्षिकमनाथं वा परीक्ष्यं तद् विशेषत:

English

Heroes are born everywhere, of great spirit and strength; this is mostly stated; hear now the marks from me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजाको स्वयं ही विशेष प्रयत्न करके उसकी छानबीन करनी चाहिए

English

With eyes like lions and tigers, and the gait of lions and tigers, with eyes like pigeons and lapwings, all are heroes, crushers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वियोजयेद् धनैर्रद्धानधनानथ बन्धनै:

English

Some with voices of deer, eyes of leopards, or eyes of bulls, are loud talkers, very fierce and wrathful, with kinnara voices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सान्त्वेनोपप्रदानेन शिष्टांक्ष परिपालयेत्

English

Some with voices of clouds, angry faces, voices like young camels, with crooked noses and calves, going far and hitting far.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैकस्मिन् पुरुषे होते विद्यन्त इति मे मति:

English

Some are like cats and hunchbacks, thin, with thin hair and thin skin, heroes and fickle-minded, hard to approach.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्लभ: पुरुष: कश्रिदेभियुक्तो गुणै: शूभै:

English

Some with eyes closed like iguanas, and gentle in nature, with the sound of a horse's gait—those men are able to carry through.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वक्ष्यामि तु यथामात्यान् यादृशांश्व करिष्यसि

English

Well knit, lean, broad-chested, well set, they dance and rejoice at music and in quarrels.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियांश्ष॒ तथा चाष्टौ बलिन: शस्त्रपाणिन:

English

With deep eyes, protruding eyes, tawny, with frowning faces, with eyes like mongooses—all these are heroes who give up life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रींक्ष शूद्रान् विनीतांश्व शुचीन् कर्मणि पूर्वके

English

With squinting eyes and broad foreheads, with fleshless jaws, with crooked arms and fingers, thin, with veins stretched,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चाशद्वधर्षवयसं प्रगल्भमनसूयकम्

English

they rush in with great speed when the battle is at hand; like maddened elephants they are hard to approach.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य विवदमानानां शक्तमर्थेष्वलोलुपम्

English

With hair-ends bright and bursting, broad flanks, jaws and faces, high shoulders, thick necks, fearsome, with thick calves,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अष्टानां मन्सत्रिणां मध्ये मन्त्र राजोपधारयेत्

English

upright with fine necks, bent like birds, with heads like balls, with serpent faces and mouths like bulls' bites,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनेन व्यवहारेण द्रष्टव्यास्ते प्रजा: सदा

English

with fierce voices, wrathful, rushing with roars in battles, ignorant of dharma and arrogant, terrible, showing savagery,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य खलु विपन्ने त्वां सोधर्मस्तांश्व पीडयेत्

English

all these have abandoned themselves, are of low birth and do not turn back; they should always be put in the van of the army; they are slain and they slay.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाती है, उसी प्रकार प्रजा धीरे-धीरे तुम्हारा राज्य छोड़कर अन्यत्र चली जायगी

English

They are unrighteous and of broken conduct; their defeat is well; just so they are constantly enraged even at kings."