Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नायकं तत्कुमारं वा यो वा स्याद् यत्र पूजित:

English

utterers of Brahma (that sat around him), with voices choked in tears, adored that high-souled chief of the Kurus in excellent words. Those foremost of Brahmanas uttered the praises of Krishna also, that first of Beings, and then continued in soft voices to commend Bhishma repeatedly. Learning (by his Yoga powers) of the devotion of Bhishma towards him, that foremost of Beings, viz., Madhava, suddenly

हिन्दी अर्थ

योधानुद्धर्षयामास तन्निबोध युधिछिर

English

"Similar to this matter is what I heard in the penance grove, what was said by the best of sages concerning Rama, son of Jamadagni.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षोभयेयुरनीकानि सागरं मकरा यथा

English

In some great forest frequented by no men there was a sage living on roots and fruits, disciplined, with senses controlled,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भी धर्मकी प्रतिष्ठा स्वीकार करते हैं

English

devoted to initiation and restraint, tranquil, supremely devoted to study, pure, his soul cleansed by fasts, ever established in the good path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शत्रुओंकी भाँति उनको भी मिटानेका प्रयत्न करे

English

Seeing the goodness of that wise one as he sat, all the forest-ranging creatures came near,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शल्यकण्टकलोहानि तनुत्रचमराणि च

English

lions and tigers with sharabhas, rutting great elephants, leopards, rhinoceroses, bears and others of fearful look.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानारञ्जनरक्ता: स्यु: पताका: केतवश्व ह

English

They all, though blood-eaters, gave him greeting, and like disciples of that sage they were submissive and obliging.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फलकान्यथ चर्माणि प्रतिकल्प्यान्यनेकश:

English

Having given greeting, they all went as they came; but one domestic animal there, a dog, did not leave the great sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चैत्र्यां वा मार्गशीर्ष्या वा सेनायोग: प्रशस्यते

English

Devoted, ever attached, weak and thin from fasting, living on piles of fruit and roots, tranquil, with the look of a good person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीते-जी पकड़ लेता है, उसको मेरे-जैसे लोक प्राप्त होते हैं

English

rose from his seat and ascended on his car, Kesava and Satyaki proceeded on one car. On another proceeded those two illustrious princes, viz., Yudhishthira and Dhananjaya. Bhimasena and the twins rode on a third; while those bulls among men, Kripa and Yuyutsu, and that scorcher of foes, Sanjaya of the Suta caste, proceeded on their respective cars, each of which looked like a town. And all of them proceeded, causing the earth to tremble with the rattle of their chariot-wheels. That foremost of men, as he proceeded, cheerfully listened to the speeches, fraught with his praise, that were uttered by the Brahmanas. The slayer of Kesi, with gladdened heart, saluted the people that waited (along the streets) with joined hands and bent heads."

हिन्दी अर्थ

आहवे तु हतं शूरं न शोचेत कथंचन

English

supposed to transcend all winged creatures in the range of its flight, so the Supreme Being transcends all creatures in the universe. He is called That, as in the Vedic formula of Praise, "Thou art That," meaning, "Thou art inconceivable and incapable of being described in words."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहाजन्न॑ंनोदकं॑ तस्य न सस्‍्नानं नाप्पोशौचकम्

English

attributes with which we are familiar can be affirmed of him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वराप्सर:सहस्राणि शूरमायोधने हतम्

English

Brahmanas; the Nishads are those portions of the Vedic ritual which lead to an acquaintance with the gods. The Upanishads are those portions which treat exclusively of the knowledge of the Soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् तपश्न पुण्यं च धर्मश्लैव सनातन:

English

Supreme Being is adored by the faithful are Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृद्धबालौ न हन्तव्यौ न च स्त्री नैव पृछत:

English

thy essence. Performed by creatures, they live in thy limbs, in the sense that penances performed are

हिन्दी अर्थ

जम्भं वृत्रं बलं पाकं शतमायं विरोचनम्

English

they called Arani. Brahma on earth is explained by Nilakantha to mean the Vedas, the Brahmanas, and

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रह्ादं च निहत्याजी ततो देवाधिपो5भवम्

English

Then came a very fearsome tiger, mouth gaping, hungry, licking his lips, eager for blood, toward a leopard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योधानामात्मन: सिद्धिमम्बरीषो5भिपन्नवान्

English

Seeing the tiger, broken by hunger, fanged, a forest-ranger, the leopard took refuge in the sage to save his life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतर्दनो मैथिलश्न संग्रामं यत्र चक्रतु:ः

English

Then the sage, ever showing the affection born of living together, turned that leopard into a tiger, stronger than his foes; and seeing him, the other tiger did not attack him, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार उत्साहित किया था, वह सुनो

English

But the dog, having become a tiger, strong and flesh-eating, felt no longing for the enjoyment of roots and fruits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योधान् स्वान् दर्शयामास स्वर्ग नरकमेव च

English

As the lord of beasts always desires forest-dwellers, so then, great king, did that tiger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्णा गन्धर्वकन्याभि: सर्वकामदुहोक्षया:

English

One day the tiger, staying at the root of the hermitage, was asleep, full from slain deer, when an elephant came to that spot, risen like a rutting cloud,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकीर्ति: शाश्व॒ती चैव यतितव्यमनन्तरम्

English

with temples burst, tall, with a lotus-marked trunk, broad-headed, fine-tusked, huge of body, with a voice deep as a cloud.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अत: अब तुम लोगोंको विजयके लिये प्रयत्न करना चाहिए

English

Seeing that rutting elephant coming, proud with rut, the tiger, terrified of the elephant, took refuge in the sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरकस्याप्रतिष्ठस्य मा भूत वशवर्तिन:

English

Then the best of sages turned that tiger into an elephant; seeing him like a great cloud, the other elephant was afraid.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कहीं भी प्रतिष्ठा नहीं है, उस नरकके अधीन न होओ

English

Then he wandered happily among lotus beds and thickets of shallaki trees, adorned with lotus pollen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्युक्तास्ते नृपतिना योधा: परपुरंजय

English

While the elephant was thus sporting, time passed for the sage living in his hut, night after night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सादिनामन्तरे स्थाप्यं पादातमपि दंशितम्

English

Then there came to that place a lion, reddened by his mane, born in a mountain cave, dreadful, destroyer of herds of elephants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अत: युधिष्ठिर! तुम्हें भी सदा इसी प्रकार व्यूहरचना करनी चाहिए

English

Seeing the lion coming, the elephant, overcome by fear of the lion, trembling with dread, took refuge in the sage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जितां च भूमिं रक्षेत भग्नान् नात्यनुसारयेत्

English

Then the sage turned that lord of elephants into a lion; and he did not regard the wild lion, being of the same kind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनका बहुत दूरतक पीछा नहीं करना चाहिए

English

Seeing him, the wild lion fled, afraid, his strength of speech gone; and that lion lived happily in the hermitage in that same forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् पलायमानानां कुर्यान्नात्यनुसारणम्

English

No other small animals dwelling in the penance grove were seen, terrified and ever wishing to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आप: पिपासतामन्नमन्नं शूरस्य कातरा:

English

Once, by the working of time, a strong sharabha, slayer of all creatures, blood-eating, a terror of many beings,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृत्वाञ्जलीनुपतिष्ठन्ति शूरान्

English

eight-legged, with his feet raised, a forest-ranger, came to that sage's dwelling to kill the lion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् सर्वास्ववस्थासु शूर: सम्मानमर्हति

English

The sage made him, too, a sharabha, mighty, scourge of foes; seeing in front of him the strong, very fierce sharabha of the sage, the wild one fled quickly in fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूर: सर्व पालयति सर्व शूरे प्रतेष्ठितम्

English

Thus placed by the sage in the sharabha's place, he stayed ever at the sage's side and gained the happiness of a sharabha.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईषदू धर्म प्रपीड्यापि तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

Then, terrified of the sharabha, all the herds of beasts fled from the forest in all directions, king, wishing to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थोड़ा-सा उल्लंघन करके भी अपनी सेनाको आगे ले जाते हैं, वह मुझे बताइये

English

The sharabha too, greatly corrupted, ever bent on slaughter of creatures, a flesh-eater, did not wish for a diet of peaceful fruit and roots.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साध्वाचारतया केचित् तथैवौपयिकादपि

English

Then, with thirst for blood, with strength, the sharabha wished to kill that sage, ungrateful, born of the dog's womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्मर्यादा दस्यवस्तु भवन्ति परिपन्थिन:

English

Then the sage, of great wisdom, knowing it by the power of his austerity with the eye of knowledge, said to that dog:

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्याणां सर्वसिद्धयर्थ तानुपायान् निबोध मे

English

"Dog, you became a leopard; leopard, you became a tiger; tiger, a rutting elephant; elephant, you became a lion;

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाननू् वक्रां न सेवेत प्रतिबाधेत चागताम्

English

lion, endowed with great strength, you again became a sharabha; out of affection I did not consider your birth and lineage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवन न करे। यदि वैसी बुद्धि स्वतः आ जाय तो भी उसे हटानेका ही प्रयत्न करे

English

Because, though I am sinless, you wish to kill me, sinner, therefore, returned to your own birth, you shall be a dog indeed."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तां राजा निकृतिं जानन् यथामित्रान् प्रबाधते

English

Then, from his hatred of the sage, the wicked-souled sharabha, unwise, was made a dog, cursed by the sage, and regained his own form."

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैवातिशीतो नात्युष्ण: कालो भवति भारत

English

of those forms in which thou art ordinarily adored but in that form of pure light which Yogins only can behold by spiritual sight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वभूमिं प्रशंसन्ति ये युद्धकुशला जना:

English

"Thus the wise king, having learned their character and purity, honesty, nature, strength, family, conduct, learning and self-control,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः सहस्राधिपतिं कुर्याच्छूरमतन्द्रितम्

English

compassion, strength, valour, disposition, tranquillity and forbearance, should place well-trained servants where each is fit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विजयार्थ हि संग्रामे न त्यक्ष्याम: परस्परम्

English

A ruler is not fit to employ a servant without testing; a king crowded with men not of good family does not prosper in happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शत्रुपक्षके प्रधान वीरका वध कर सकें, वे ही यहाँ ठहरें

English

One of good family employed by the king, because of that family never turns his mind to sin, even when reviled though innocent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मानं च स्वपक्षं च पालयन् हन्ति संयुगे

English

But a man of no family, employed by the king because of good qualities, having attained lordship hard to gain, if reproached may turn enemy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पक्षके सैनिकोंकी रक्षा करता हुआ शत्रुओंका संहार कर सकता है

English

A minister should be of good family, trained, wise, skilled in knowledge and science, knowing the truth of the meaning of all scriptures, patient and a native of the land,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमनोीज्ञासुखा वाच: पुरुषस्य पलायने

English

grateful, strong, forbearing, self-controlled, master of his senses, not greedy, content with what he gets, wishing well to his master and friends,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमिन्रैरवरुद्धस्य द्विषतामस्तु न: सदा

English

knowing place and time, devoted to gathering all, honoured, steady in mind, well-wishing and untiring.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते हि योगा: सेनाया: प्रशस्ता: परबाधने

English

mantras (Cchandas) predominating in the Vedic hymns, such as Gayatri, etc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चारै: सुविदिताभ्यास: कुशलैर्वनगोचरै:

English

years. The Supreme Being appeared in that sacrifice as an act of grace to the sacrificers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयमें विशेष जानकारी रहा करती है

English

the rules of euphony. Akshara is literally a character or letter; word made up of characters or letters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् सेनासु तानेव योजयन्ति जयार्थिन:

English

Kshetra is buddhi or intelligence. The Supreme Being is called Kshetrajna because he knows every mind. Intelligence or mind is one of his forms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवासस्तोयवान दुर्ग: पर्याकाश: प्रशस्यते

English

Mahabhutas. Added to this is Infinity. The Supreme Being, according to the Sankhya doctrine, is thus the embodiment of the number seventeen. Thy form as conceived by the Sankhyas, i.e., thy form as

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओर खुला आकाश होना चाहिए

English

their earthly life, to suffer and enjoy. In the case, however, of those that have betaken themselves to a life of renunciation the great endeavour is to exhaust this residuum.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशात् तु वनाभ्याशं मन्यन्ते गुणवत्तरम्

English

themselves is to tear those bonds rising superior to all the attractions of the flesh to effect their deliverance or emancipation from rebirth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपन्यासो भवेत् तत्र बलानां नातिदूरत:

English

Steadfast, patient, pure, swift, knowing manly effort in due time, obedient, learned, a listener, skilled in reasoning for and against,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ शत्रुप्रतीघातमापदर्थ परायणम्

English

intelligent, retentive, acting by rule, self-controlled, ever of pleasant speech, and forbearing in adversity,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनेन विधिना शत्रून् जिगीषेतापि दुर्जयान्

English

himself acting in giving and cutting off, with a good door, pleasant to behold, ever giving a hand to the afflicted, regarding himself as trusted, devoted to policy:

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीचद्रुमा महाकक्षा सोदका हस्तियोधिनाम्

English

"I am not a mere talker, nor without conflict, nor one who does anything whatever; I am the doer of deeds that are not in vain, dear to the servants."

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथाश्वबहुला सेना सुदिनेषु प्रशस्यते

English

He gathers people, is not stiff, ever of a pleasant face, a giver, looking after servants, not wrathful, greatly high-minded,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो) अच्छी मानी जाती है

English

of just punishment, not without the rod, instructing in dharma's affairs, with spies for eyes, far-sighted, ever skilled in dharma and wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणानेतान् प्रसंख्याय देशकालौ प्रयोजयेत्

English

A king filled with hundreds of virtues, so should he be sought, and warriors too, lord of men, endowed with all merits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसुप्तांस्तृषितान् श्रान्तान् प्रकीर्णानू नाभिघातयेत्

English

Good men, helpers who sustain the kingdom, should be sought out and not disrespected by a king who desires growth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिक्षिप्तान् व्यतिक्षिप्तान् निहतान् प्रतनूकृतान्

English

Warriors who are heroes in battle, grateful, skilled in weapons, versed in the dharma scriptures, with footmen,

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहिश्चरानुपन्यासान् कृतवेश्मानुसारिण:

English

grown in wealth and honour, expert in chariot-driving, skilled in bow and missiles—his is this earth, that king's.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं मारना चाहिए

English

The king who is ever intent on gathering all, diligent, rich in friends, is the best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानाशनपानास्ते कार्या: द्विगुणवेतना:

English

With a thousand horses and heroic riders, Bharata, with men gathered, the whole earth can be conquered."

हिन्दी अर्थ

राशिवर्धनमात्रास्ते नैव ते प्रेत्य नो इह

English

one from those attachments. Or, Samsara may mean the repeated deaths and births to which the unemancipated soul is subject. Contemplation of the divine Being may prevent such repeated births and deaths by leading to emancipation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रगृह्म बाहुन् क्रोशेत भग्ना भग्ना: परे इति

English

"A dog honoured beyond measure should not be raised above his place; leaving his own place, the dog goes to another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्त्ववन्तो 5भिधावेयु: कुर्वन्तो भैरवान् रवान्

English

Wise servants of their own kind and family, established in their own works, should be employed; action in the wrong place is not fitting.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भेरीमृदज़पणवान् नादयेयु: पुराश्चरान्

English

The king who gives servants works suited to them enjoys the fruit endowed with the servants' merit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नरसिंहे, भेरी, मृदंग और ढोल आदि बाजे बजाने चाहिए

English

A sharabha should be set in a sharabha's place, a strong lion like a lion, a tiger like a tiger, a leopard as a leopard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्योमें प्रवृत्त होता है

English

Servants should be placed by rule in fitting works; one who desires the fruit of deeds should not place his servants contrary.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभीरव: सुबलिनस्तद्धलं सर्वपारगम्

English

A king who, exceeding measure, places servants in contrary positions is unwise and does not please his subjects.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। वे बड़े बलवान् और निडर होते हैं। उनकी सेना सबको लाँघ जानेवाली होती है

English

Fools, the petty, those of uncontrolled senses and those of no family should not be placed at the side by a king who wishes his good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एते नियुद्धकुशला दाक्षिणात्यासिपाणय:

English

Men at his side should be good, skilled, brave, learned, free from envy, not petty, pure and able.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बढ़ानेवाले हैं। उन्हें इहलोक या परलोकमें कहीं भी सुख नहीं मिलता

English

Submissive, devoted, forbearing, clean, of natural good, they will be the king's outer agents, not reviled, each in his own place.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जयिनस्तु नरास्तात चन्दनैर्मण्डनेन च

English

Beside a lion there should always be a lion; one who is not a lion, with a lion, gains the fruit like a lion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदसहातरं दुःखमहं मन्ये वधादपि

English

But a lion surrounded by dogs, bent on the fruit of a lion's deed, cannot enjoy a lion's fruit when served by dogs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मैं मरणसे भी बढ़कर असहा मानता हूँ

English

Thus with these brave, wise, learned, well-born men, lord of men, the whole earth can be conquered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

या भीरूणां परा ग्लानि: शूरस्तामधिगच्छति

English

Rulers of the earth should not take as a servant one without knowledge, not straight, unlearned or not very wealthy, best of those with servants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जयन्तो वध्यमाना वा प्राप्रुयाम च सद्गतिम्

English

Men devoted to their master's work go off like arrows; to the servants who are beneficial to him, king, he should apply conciliation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृष्ठठ: शकटानीकं कलत्र॑ मध्यतस्तथा

English

The treasury should always be guarded with effort by kings; kings have the treasury as root; be a maker of the treasury's root.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपि तस्मिन् पुरे वृद्धा भवेयुर्ये पुरोगमा:

English

Let your granary always be full, well stored with grain; let wealth and grain be entrusted to the good; be devoted to wealth and grain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्कन्धदर्शनमात्रात्तु तिष्ठेयुर्वां समीपत:

English

Let your servants be ever diligent and skilled in war; skill in the use of horses is wished for here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूचीमुखमनीकं स्यादल्पानां बहुभि: सह

English

Looking after kin and relatives, surrounded by friends and relations, seeking the welfare of the citizens' affairs, be so, delight of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मित्रसेना आ गयी। अब निर्भय होकर प्रहार करो”

English

This is your final understanding and wisdom told by me; the dog is your example, dear one. What more do you wish to hear?"