Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्‍्यत्र श्रोत्रियस्वाच्च तापसार्थाच्च भारत

English

deterioration. The gods, the Danavas, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Pannagas, do not know who thou art and whence art thou. All the worlds and all created things live in thee, and enter thee (when the dissolution comes). Like gems strung together in a thread, all things that have attributes reside in thee, the Supreme Lord.' 2 Having the universe for thy work and the universe for thy limbs, this universe consisting of mind and matter resides in thy eternal and all-pervading soul like a number of flowers strung together in a strong thread. Thou art called Hari, of a thousand heads, a thousand feet, a thousand eyes, a thousand arms, a thousand crowns, and a thousand faces of great splendour. Thou art called Narayana, divinity, and the refuge of the universe. Thou art the subtlest of the subtle, grossest of the gross, the heaviest of the heavy and the highest of the high. In the Vaks, the Anuvaks, the Nishads, and Upanishads, thou art regarded as the Supreme Being of irresistible force. In the Samans also, whose declarations are always true, thou art regarded as Truth's self! 3 Thou art of quadruple soul. Thou art displayed in only the understanding (of all creatures). Thou art the Lord of those that are bound to thee in faith. O God, thou art adored (by the faithful) under four excellent, high, and secret names. 4 Penances are ever present in thee. Performed (by other creatures for gratifying thee), penances live in thy form. Thou art the Universal Soul. Thou art of universal knowledge. Thou art the universe. Thou art

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंपर अनुग्रह करनेके लिये उनके पुण्यकी वृद्धि होती है

English

[Bhishma said:] "Now I shall tell you; hear the one settled course of duty—what a king should do here, and by doing which he would be happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षिणाओंसे युक्त यज्ञके ही तुल्य है

English

One should not behave as we have heard of the great conduct of the camel; hear that, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तस्मात्त्रिदशा:श्रेयो भुवि पश्यन्ति किड्चन

English

A great camel who remembered his former births, born in the age of Prajapati, practised very great austerity in the forest, firm in his vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावत: सोश्षुते लोकान् सर्वकामदुहोक्षयान्

English

At the end of his austerity the lord was pleased, and then the grandfather offered him a boon.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सह तेनैव रक्तेन सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते

English

[The camel said:] "Revered one, by your grace let this neck of mine be long, so that it can go a full hundred yojanas to graze, lord."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन तेन तपो भूय इति धर्मविदो विदु:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Be it so," said the great-souled boon-giver; and obtaining that excellent boon, the camel went to his own forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिरूपं जन॑ कुर्यान्न चेत् तद्धर्तते तथा

English

By the boon he became slothful, that ill-minded one; the wicked, deluded by time, did not wish to graze or go.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युक्त न्याय्यं च कुर्युस्ते न च तद् वर्तते तथा

English

Once, stretching out that hundred-yojana neck, he was grazing with an untired heart, when a great wind came.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसन राज्ञां पुराणानां सर्व तन्मम रोचते

English

Thou art the creator of everything in the universe, i Like a couple of sticks generating a blazing fire, thou hast been born of the divine Devaki and Vasudeva for the protection of Brahma on earth. 2 For this eternal salvation, the devout worshipper, with mind withdrawn from everything else and casting off all desires, beholds thee, O Govinda, that art the pure Soul, in his own soul. Thou transcendest Surya in glory. Thou art beyond the ken of the senses and the understanding. O Lord of all creatures, I place myself in thy hands. In the Puranas thou hast been spoken as Purusha (all-pervading spirit). On occasions of the commencement of the Yugas, thou art said to be Brahma, while on occasions of universal dissolution thou art spoken of as Sankarshana. Adorable thou art, and therefore I adore thee. Though one, thou hast yet been born in innumerable forms. Thou hast thy passions under complete control. Thy devout worshippers, faithfully performing the rites laid down in the scriptures, sacrifice to thee, O giver of every wish! Thou art called the sheath within which the universe lies. All created things live in thee. Like swans and ducks swimming on the water, all the worlds that we see float in thee. Thou art Truth. Thou art One and undeteriorating. Thou art Brahma, Thou art That which is beyond Mind and Matter. Thou art without beginning, middle, and end. Neither the gods nor the Rishis know thee. The gods, the Asuras, the Gandharvas, the Siddhas, the Rishis, and the great Uragas with concentrated souls, always adore thee. Thou art the great panacea for all sorrow. Thou art without birth and death. Thou art Divine. Thou art self-created. Thou art eternal. Thou art invisible and beyond ken. Thou art called Hari and Narayana, O puissant one. The Vedas declare thee to be the Creator of the universe and the Lord of everything existing in the universe. Thou art the Supreme protector of the universe. Thou knowest no deterioration and thou art that which is called the highest. Thou art of the complexion of gold. Thou art the slayer of Asuras. Though One, Aditi brought thee forth in twelve forms. 3 Salutations to thee that art the soul of the Sun. Salutations to thee in thy form of Soma that is spoken of as the chief of all the regenerate ones and that gratifies with nectar the gods in the lighted fortnight and the Pitris in the dark fortnight. Thou art the One Being of transcendent effulgence dwelling on the other side of thick

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मायया न दम्भेन य इच्छेद् भूतिमात्मन:

English

Then a jackal, his limbs chilled, afflicted with hunger and weariness, with his mate quickly entered that cave, tormented by water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजय पानेकी इच्छा करे; दम्भ या पाखण्डद्वारा नहीं

English

Seeing it, the flesh-eating jackal, very greatly afflicted by hunger and weariness, then ate the camel's neck, bull of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपयानेन युद्धेन राजा हन्ति महाजनम्

English

When that animal realised his own body being eaten, he made an effort in great pain to draw it in.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्वन् जिज्ञासमानाय प्रब्रूहि भरतर्षभ

English

But as the animal contracted his neck up and down, by that jackal with his mate he was eaten.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यलोकोंकी प्राप्ति होती है; अतः यही मुझे बताइये

English

Having killed and eaten the camel, the jackal then came out of the mouth of the cave when the wind and rain had passed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञैदनिश्व राजानो भवन्ति शुचयो5डमला:

English

Thus the camel of evil mind met his end then; see the great fault that came from the sequence of sloth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त एव विजयं प्राप्य वर्धयन्ति पुनः प्रजा:

English

You too, giving up this way, behave with discipline, with senses controlled; for Manu said victory has intellect for its root.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजय प्राप्त कर लेनेके बाद पुनः सारी प्रजाकी उन्नति करते हैं

English

Works best done by intellect, middling by the arms, lowest by the thighs, and the least by carrying burdens, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुग्रहाय भूतानां पुण्यमेषां विवर्धते

English

A kingdom stays with the able one who has gathered his senses, who guards counsel and is learned, and has good helpers, sinless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दस्युभ्य: प्राणदानात् स धनद: सुखदो विराट्

English

Aims examined stay with the doer here, Yudhishthira; with helpers the whole earth can be ruled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुभूयेह भद्राणि प्राप्रोतीन्द्रसलोकताम्

English

This was told by the good who know the rule, in old times, of Mahendra-like splendour; I too have told it to you by the light of the scriptures; be diligent here, king."

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थिति इसके विपरीत होती है

English

darkness. Knowing thee one ceases to have any fear of death. Salutations to thee in that form which is an object of knowledge. 4 In the grand Uktha sacrifice, the Brahmanas adore thee as the great Rich. In the great fire-sacrifice, they sing thee as the chief Adhyaryu (priest). Thou

हिन्दी अर्थ

शौटीराणामशौटीर्यमधर्म कृपणं च तत्

English

[Bhishma said:] "On this too they recite this ancient history, the conversation of the rivers and the ocean, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिध्वस्तमुख: पूतिरमात्याननुशोचयन्

English

The ocean, ever the dwelling of the gods' foes, lord of rivers, asked all the rivers about a doubt that had arisen in him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

तीणै: शस्त्रैरभिक्लिष्ट: क्षत्रियो मृत्युमहीति

English

"I see trees with roots and branches, shade-giving, struck down by you when you are full; but I see no reed among them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृत्युके योग्य है

English

The reed is bodiless and of little substance, and grows on your banks; was it despised, or was it not possible, or did it do something for you?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वधर्म विपुलं प्राप्प शक्रस्पेति सलोकताम्

English

I wish to hear the opinion of all of you, how it is that these banks are broken but it is not brought under your power."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्तोतीन्द्रस्य सालोक्यं शूर: पृष्ठमदर्शयन्

English

Then the river Ganga spoke a reasoned, meaningful and convincing reply to the ocean, lord of rivers:

हिन्दी अर्थ

भवन्ति निधन प्राप्य तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

"These trees stand in their places, each having a single abode; the unwise give up that place against the current.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

English

The reed, seeing the force coming, bows, not the others; and when the force has passed it takes its place again and stands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आस्थाय स्वर्ग्यमध्वानं सहायान् विषमे त्यजेत्

English

art the soul of the Vedas. Salutations to thee. The Richs, the Yajus, and the Samans are thy abode. Thou art the five kinds of sanctified libations (used in sacrifices). Thou art the seven woofs used in the Vedas. Salutations to thee in thy form of Sacrifice. I Libations are poured on the Homa fire in accompaniment with the seventeen monosyllabic sounds. Thou art the soul of the Homa. Salutations to thee! Thou art that Purusha whom the Vedas sing. Thy name is Yajus. The Vedic metres are thy limbs. The sacrifices laid down in the three Vedas are thy three heads. The great sacrifice called Rathantara is thy voice expressive of gratification. Salutation to thee in thy form of sacred hymns! Thou art the Rishi that hadst appeared in the great sacrifice extending for a thousand years performed by the creators of the universe. Thou art the great swan with wings of gold. Salutations to thee in thy form of a swan. 2 Roots with all kinds of affixes and suffixes are thy limbs. The Sandhis are thy joints. The consonants and the vowels are thy ornaments. The Vedas have declared thee to be the divine word. Salutations to thee in thy form as the word! 3 Assuming the form of a boar whose limbs were constituted by sacrifice, thou hadst raised the submerged earth for the benefit of the three worlds. Salutations to thee in thy form of infinite prowess! Thou sleepest in Yoga on thy snake-decked sofa constituted by the thousand hoods (of the Naga). Salutations to thee in thy form of sleep! Thou buildest the bridge for the good (to cross the sea of life) with Truth, with those means by which emancipation may be obtained, and with the means by which the senses may be controlled. Salutations to thee in thy form of Truth! Men practising diverse creeds, actuated by desire of diverse fruits worship thee with diverse rites. Salutations to thee in thy form of Creed! From thee have all things sprung. It is thou that excitest all creatures having physical frames containing the principle of desire. Salutations to thee in thy form of Excitement. The great Rishis seek thy unmanifest self within the manifest. Called Kshetrajna, thou sittest in Kshetra. Salutations to thee in thy form of Kshetral 4 Thou always conscious and present in self, the Sankhyas still describe thee as existing in the three states of wakefulness, dream, and sound sleep. They further speak of thee as possessed of sixteen attributes and representing the number seventeen. Salutations to thy form as conceived by the Sankhyas! 5 Casting off sleep, restraining

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकेला छोड़ देता है

English

breath, withdrawn into their own selves, Yogins of restrained senses behold thee as eternal light. Salutations to thee in thy Yoga form! Peaceful Sannyasins, freed from fear of rebirth in consequence of the destruction of all their sins and merits, obtain thee. Salutations to thee in thy form of emancipation! l At the end of a thousand Yugas, thou assumest the form of a fire with blazing flames and consumest all creatures. Salutations to thee in thy form of fierceness ! Having consumed all creatures and making the universe one vast expanse of water, thou sleepest on the waters in the form of a child. Salutations to thee in thy form as Maya (illusion)! From the navel of the Self -born of eyes like lotus leaves, sprang a lotus. On that lotus is established this universe. Salutations to thee in thy form as lotus! Thou hast a thousand heads. Thou pervadest everything. Thou art of immeasurable soul. Thou hast subjugated the four kinds

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये सहायान् रणे हित्वा स्वस्तिमन्तो गृहान् ययु:

English

One who does not bear at first the onslaught of an enemy grown great, intent on the lord's slaying and ruin, quickly perishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यागेन यः सहायानां स्वान् प्राणांस्त्रातुमिच्छति

English

The wise man who goes about knowing the strong and weak parts of his own strength and valour and of his enemy's does not meet defeat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियो नास्य तत् कर्म प्रशंसन्ति पुराविद:

English

So too when a learned man thinks his enemy very strong, he should take up the reed's way; this is the mark of wisdom."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददर्श सुरलोकस्थं शक्रेण सचिवं सह

English

of desire that are as vast as the four oceans. Salutations to thee in thy form of Yoga-sleep! The clouds are in the hair of thy head. The rivers are in the several joints of thy limbs. The four oceans are in thy stomach. Salutations to thee in thy form as water! Birth and the change represented by death spring from thee. All things, again, at the universal dissolution dissolve away in thee. Salutations to thy form as cause! Thou sleepest not in the night. Thou art occupied in day time also. Thou observest the good and the bad actions (of all). Salutations to thee in thy form of (universal) observer! There is no act which thou canst not do. Thou art, again, ever ready to accomplish acts that are righteous. Salutations to thee in thy form of Work, the form, viz., which is called Vaikuntha! In wrath thou hadst, in battle, exterminated thrice seven times the Kshatriyas who had trampled virtue and authority under their feet. Salutations to thee in thy form of Cruelty! Dividing thyself into five portions thou hast become the five vital breaths that act within everybody and cause every living creature to move. Salutations to thee in thy form of air! Thou appearest in every Yuga in the form called month and season and half-year and year, and art the cause of both creation and dissolution. Salutations to thee in thy form of Time! Brahmanas are thy mouth, Kshatriyas are thy two arms, Vaisyas are thy stomach and thighs, and Sudras live in thy feet. Salutations to thee in thy form of caste! Fire constitute thy mouth. The heavens are the crown of thy head. The sky is thy navel. The earth is thy feet. The Sun is thy eye. The points of the compass are thy ears. Salutations to thee in thy form as the (three) worlds! Thou art superior to Time. Thou art superior to Sacrifice. Thou art higher than the highest. Thyself without origin, thou art the origin of the universe. Salutations to thee in thy form as Universe! Men of the world, according to the attributes ascribed to thee by the Vaiseshika theory, regard thee as the Protector of the world. Salutations to thee in thy form of Protector! Assuming the forms of food, drink, and fuel, thou increasest the humours and the life- breaths of creatures and upholdest their existence. Salutations to thee in thy

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त हो गया, जो सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके लिये भी अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है?

English

[Bhishma said:] "Hear, protector of the earth, how this matter is sung: a man of ever good mind bears with one of small mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धयज्ञाधिकारस्थो भवतीति विनिश्चय:

English

Not being angry at one who rages, he wins merit; the patient wipes away his own ill-doing, while the angry one grows angry again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार संग्रामयज्ञका अधिकारी होता है। यह मेरा निश्चित मत है

English

One should ignore him like a lapwing crying out as if in distress; fallen into the hatred of the world, he goes fruitlessly on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषच्विजजश्नात्र के प्रोक्तास्तन्मे ब्रूहि शतक्रतो

English

Thus he is ever boasting by that sinful deed. Told this by me, one esteemed in the assembly of people stays there ashamed, withered, as if dead.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सी दक्षिणा है और इसमें कौन-कौन-से ऋत्विज् बताये गये हैं? यह मुझसे कहिये

English

One who boasts by a deed not to be boasted of, shameless, such a lowest of men is to be ignored by the self-controlled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हवींषि परमांसानि रुधिरं त्वाज्यमुच्यते

English

Whatever the small-minded man says, one should always bear with it; for what can a vulgar man do, praising or blaming, like a senseless crow cawing uselessly in the forest?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञावशिष्ट घृत (रक्त) को पीते और उस यज्ञमें अर्पित हविष्य (मांस) को खाते हैं

English

If the evildoer's weapon were words, then words alone would be his aim; but one who wishes to kill does not aim at words.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञकर्ताके लिये खुकुका काम देते हैं

English

By his conduct he displays the opposite of his origin, like a peacock dancing and as if showing his loincloth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवलोकमें इन्द्रके साथ विराजमान है

English

form of life ! For supporting the life-breaths thou eatest the four kinds of food, l Assuming also the form of Agni within the stomach, thou digestest that food. Salutations to thee in the form of digesting heat! Assuming the form of half-man and half-lion, with tawny eyes and tawny manes, with teeth and claws for thy weapons, thou hadst taken the life of the chief of the Asuras. Salutations to thee in thy form of swelling might! Neither the gods, nor the Gandharvas, nor the Daityas, nor the Danavas, know thee truly. Salutations to thy form of exceeding subtility! Assuming the form of the handsome, illustrious, and puissant Ananta in the nether region, thou upholdest the world. Salutations to thy form of Might! Thou stupefiest all creatures by the bonds of affection and love for the continuance of the creation. Salutations to thee in thy form of stupefaction. 2 Regarding that knowledge which is conversant with the five elements to be the true Self-knowledge (for which yogins strive), people approach thee by knowledge! Salutations to thee in thy form of Knowledge! Thy body is immeasurable. Thy understanding and eyes are devoted to everything. Thou art infinite, being beyond all measures. Salutations to thee in thy form of vastness! Thou hadst assumed the form of a recluse with matted locks on head, staff in hand, a long stomach, and having thy begging bowl for thy quiver. Salutations to thee in thy form of Brahma. 3 Thou bearest the trident, thou art the lord of the celestials, thou hast three eyes, and thou art high-souled. Thy body is always besmeared with ashes, and thy phallic emblem is always turned upwards. Salutations to thee in thy form of Rudral The half-moon forms the ornament of thy forehead. Thou hast snakes for the holy thread circling thy neck. Thou art armed with Pinaka and

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपर्युपरि गच्छन्तं स्वं वै सेनापतिं प्रभुम्

English

A man who praises in one's presence but slanders behind one's back is like a dog in the world, bound for a lost world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋद्धि दृष्टवा सुदेवस्य विस्मित: प्राह वासवम्

English

Whatever such a man gives and offers, of even a hundred such people, is destroyed in an instant by slander behind the back.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चातुर्वण्यें यथाशास्त्र प्रवृत्ती धर्मकाम्यया

English

Therefore a wise man should at once avoid such an evil-minded person, as the good avoid a dog's meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषीन् स्वाध्यायदीक्षाभिददेवान् यज्ैरनुत्तमै:

English

The wicked-souled man who speaks calumny against a great soul shows his own faults, like a serpent raising its hood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेकर ऋषियोंका तथा उत्तमोत्तम यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करके देवताओंका पूजन किया

English

One who wishes to retaliate against him who is going about his own work, unwise, is like a donkey sinking in a heap of ashes in the dust.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता और युद्धमें शत्रुओंपर विजय पाता था

English

The unappeased wolf in the human hall, ever bent on slander of the people, like a rutting elephant trumpeting, one should abandon, like a very fierce dog.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसीदू योध: प्रशान्तात्मा सो5यं कस्मादतीव माम्

English

One walking the path frequented by the unsteady, lacking restraint and humility, sinful, of hostile vows, ever wishing ill—fie on that evil-minded man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह मुझे लाँधचकर कैसे जा रहा है?

English

When answered back by them, do not become distressed on hearing it; those of steady mind condemn the encounter of high with low.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तर्पिता विधिवच्छक्र सो5यं कस्मादतीव माम्

English

Enraged, he may strike with a five-fold hand, or scatter dust or husks, or show his teeth to frighten—this is established for a fool in anger, a cruel one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संग्रामयज्ञ: सुमहान् यश्चान्यो युद्धयते नर:

English

The man who bears in assembly the abuse done by a very evil man, and always recites this example, gets nothing unpleasant in speech."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋजु: सुनिशित: पीत: सायकश्न स्रुवो महान्

English

trident. Salutations to thy form of Fierceness! Thou art the soul of all creatures. Thou art the Creator and the Destroyer of all creatures. Thou art without wrath, without enmity, without affection. Salutations to thee in thy form of Peace! Everything is in thee. Everything is from thee. Thyself art Everything. Everywhere art thou. Thou art always the All. Salutations to thee in thy form as Everything! Salutations to thee whose work is the universe, to thee that art the soul of the universe, to thee from whom hath sprung the universe, to thee that art the dissolution of all things, to thee that are beyond the five (elements that constitute all things)! Salutations to thee that art the three worlds, to thee that art above the three worlds ! Salutations to thee that art all the directions ! Thou art all and thou art the one receptacle of All. Salutations to thee, O divine Lord, O Vishnu, and O eternal origin of all the worlds! Thou, O Hrishikesa, art the Creator, thou art the Destroyer, and thou art invincible. I cannot behold that heavenly form in which thou art displayed in the Past, Present, and the Future. I can, however, behold truly thy eternal form (as manifest in thy works). Thou hast filled heaven with thy head, and the earth

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु नापेक्षते कंचित् सहायं विजये स्थित:

English

"This, dear one, is the sort of talk told of evil-conducted, evil-souled men; now I ask you:

हिन्दी अर्थ

हतनागमहानक्रा परलोकवहाशिवा

English

What is good for the machinery of the kingdom and for the family, the rise of happiness, and what brings increase of welfare in the future and at present,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पत्नीशाला कृता यस्य परेषां वाहिनीमुखम्

English

what pleases sons and grandsons, what increases the realm, what is good in food, drink and body—tell me that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदस्या दक्षिणा योधा आग्नीथ्रश्नोत्तरां दिशम्

English

A king who is consecrated, established in the kingdom, surrounded by friends or joined with unfriendly men—how can he please his subjects?

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु योध: परावृत्त: संत्रस्तो हन्यते परै:

English

One who takes pleasure in the support of the bad, made so by the force of affection and attachment, and from lack of mastery of his senses desires to have bad men,

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य शोणितवेगेन वेदि: स्यात् सम्परिप्लुता

English

all his servants, though of good family, turn to faultiness, and that king is not joined with the fruits that servants bring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उठती है, वह वीर योद्धा परम गतिको प्राप्त होता है

English

To me, standing in doubt about these royal duties so hard to find, you, equal to Brihaspati in wisdom, ought to declare them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्तु सेनापतिं हत्वा तद्यानमधिरोहति

English

You, tiger among men, devoted to our family's good, are our declarer, and Kshattri the sharp-witted who always tells us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्थित महान् ख्रुव है

English

with thy feet: with thy prowess thou hast filled the three worlds. Thou art Eternal and thou pervadest everything in the universe. The directions are thy arms, the Sun is thy eye, and prowess is thy vital fluid. Thou art the lord of all creatures. Thou standest, shutting up the seven paths of the Wind whose energy is immeasurable. They are freed from all feats that worship thee, O Govinda of unfading prowess, thee that art attired in yellow robes of the colour of the Atasi flower, l Even one bending of the head unto thee, O Krishna, is equal to the completion of ten Horse-sacrifices. The man that has performed ten Horse-sacrifices is not freed from the obligation of rebirth. The man, however, that bows to Krishna escapes rebirth. They that have Krishna for their vow, they that think of Krishna in the night, and upon rising from sleep, may be said to have Krishna for their body. Those people (after death) enter Krishna's self even as libations of clarified butter sanctified with mantras enter the blazing fire. Salutations to thee that dispellest the fear of hell, to thee, O Vishnu, that art a boat unto them that are plunged amid the eddies of the ocean represented by worldly life! Salutations to thee, O God, that art the Brahmana's self, to thee that art the benefactor of Brahmanas and kine, to thee that art the benefactor of the universe, to thee that art Krishna and Govinda! The two syllables Hari constitute the pecuniary stock of those that sojourn through the wilderness of life and the medicine that effectually cures all worldly, predilections, besides being the means that alleviate sorrow and grief. 2 As truth is full of Vishnu, as the universe is full of Vishnu, as everything is full of Vishnu, so let my soul be full of Vishnu and my sins be destroyed! I seek thy protection and am devoted to thee, desirous of obtaining a happy end O thou of eyes like lotus petals, O best of gods, do thou think of what will be for my good! Thyself without origin, O Vishnu, thou art the origin of Knowledge and Penances. Thus art thou praised! O Janardana, thus worshipped by me in the Sacrifice constituted by speech (alone), be, O god, gratified with me ! The Vedas are devoted to Narayana. Penances are devoted to Narayana. The gods are devoted to Narayana. Everything is always Narayana!'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

हस्तिहस्तहर: खड्ग: स्फ्यो भवेत् तस्य संयुगे

English

Vaisampayana continued, "Having uttered these words, Bhishma, with mind concentrated upon Krishna, said, 'Salutations to Krishna!' and bowed unto him. Learning by his Yoga prowess of the devotion of Bhishma, Madhava, otherwise called Hari, (entering his body) bestowed upon him heavenly knowledge compassing the Past, the Present, and the Future, and went away. When Bhishma became silent, those

हिन्दी अर्थ

शैक्यायसमयैस्ती क्ष्णरभिघातो भवेद् वसु

English

A king without servants, alone, is not a protector; and all people of good family praise this kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवेगाद् यच्च रुधिरं संग्रामे स्रवते भुवि

English

For one alone cannot rule a kingdom, Bharata; without helpers, dear one, no aims can be obtained at all, and once obtained, not always guarded, bull of the Bharatas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

होममें समस्त कामनाओं को पूर्ण करनेवाली समृद्धिशालिनी पूर्णाहुति है

English

[Bhishma said:] "He whose whole body of servants is skilled in knowledge and science, well-wishing, of good family and affectionate, enjoys the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हविर्धानं तु तस्याहुः परेषां वाहिनीमुखम्

English

He whose ministers are of good family, not to be corrupted, who have lived with him, who give the king counsel and are skilled in knowledge of relations,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्नि: श्येनचितो नाम स च यज्ञे विधीयते

English

who provide for the future, expert in knowledge of time, not grieving over the past—he enjoys the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याघुष्टतलनादेन वषट्कारेण पार्थिव

English

He whose helpers share equally his joys and sorrows, who act truly, and who think of his aims, enjoys the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मस्वे ह्वियमाणे तु त्यक्त्वा युद्धे प्रियां तनुम्ू

English

He whose countryside, always near, is not afflicted, not mean, and relies on the good path, would share in the fruit of the kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीलचममवितै: खड्गैर्बाहुभि: परिघोपमै:

English

He whose treasury register is carried by trusted, content men who increase the treasury is the best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य शोणितसंघाता भेरीमण्ड्रककच्छपा

English

A granary guarded by incorruptible, trusted men intent on accumulation, worthy and not greedy, would be of merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असिचर्मप्लवा घोरा केशशैवलशाद्धला

English

He in whose city the transaction shows the fruit of deeds, as written by Shankha and Likhita, would share in the fruit of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पताकाध्वजवानीरा हतवारणवाहिनी

English

The king who has gathered men and knows kingly duty, mastering the six groups, gains fruit from dharma.