Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकोंमें जाता है, ऐसा हमने सुन रखा है

English

the objects of every mode of life. That king, O perpetuator of Kuril's race, who affords relief to all oppressed people that seek his protection, attains to the object of the Garhasthya mode of life. That king who protects all creatures mobile and immobile, and honours them is they deserve, attains to the object of the Garhasthya mode of life. Bestowing favours and inflicting

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रणयेन ब्रवीमि त्वां त्वं हि न: शरणागत:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of a father with his son; learn it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः शुष्केषु पर्णेषु पावकं सो5प्यदीपयत्

English

A certain twice-born, Partha, devoted to study, had a wise son, named Medhavin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुतः पूर्व मया धर्मो महानतिथिपूजने

English

The son, skilled in the dharma of liberation and in wealth, discerning the truth of the world, said to his father, who was devoted to study:

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजा करनेमें महान् धर्म है

English

"Father, what should a wise man do, knowing that the life of men quickly slips away? Tell me, father, in proper order and as it truly is, by which I may practise dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निश्चिता खलु मे बुद्धिरतिथिप्रतिपूजने

English

[The father said:] "Having studied the Vedas in celibacy, son, one should wish for sons for the purification of the ancestors; having set up the fires according to rule, performed sacrifices and rites, one should enter the forest and desire to be a sage."

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमननिं त्रिःपरिक्रम्य प्रविवेश महामति:

English

[The son said:] "With the world struck down in this way and surrounded on all sides, with unfailing ones falling, why do you speak as if you were wise?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निदेवकी परिक्रमा की, और हँसते हुए-से आगमें प्रवेश किया

English

[The father said:] "How is the world struck down, or by what surrounded? Which unfailing ones fall here? Why do you seem to frighten me?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिन्तयामास मनसा किमिदं वै मया कृतम्

English

[The son said:] "The world is struck down by death and surrounded by old age; these days and nights fall; why do you not wake?

हिन्दी अर्थ

स त्वं संतानवानद्य पुत्रवानसि च द्विज

English

punishments upon the wives and brothers, elder and younger, and upon their sons and grandsons, are the domestic duties of a king and these constitute his best penances. By honouring those that are righteous and deserving of worship and protecting those that have (by their penances) acquired it knowledge of self, a king, O tiger among men, attains to the object of the Garhasthya mode of life. Inviting to this home, O Bharata, persons that have betaken themselves to that Vanaprastha and other modes of life, and treating them with food, constitute the domestic duties of a king. That king who duly adheres to the duties laid down by the Creator, obtains the blessed merits of all the modes of life. That king, O son of Kunti, in whom no virtue is wanting, that foremost of men, O Yudhishthira, is said by the learned to be a person in the observance of the Vanaprastha and all the other modes of life. That king who duly honours the office or rank which deserves honour, the race or family which deserves honour, and those old men that deserve honour is said, O Yudhishthira, to live in all the modes of life, l A king, O son of Kunti, by observing the duties of his country and those of his family, acquires, O tiger among men, the merits of all the modes of life. That king who at proper seasons bestows upon righteous persons affluence or gifts of value, earns the merits, O king, of all the modes of life. That king, O son of Kunti, who while overcome with danger and fear still keeps his eye on the duties of all men, 2 earns the merits of all the modes of life. The king obtains a share of the merits earned under his protection by righteous people in his dominions. On the other hand, if kings, O tiger among men, do not protect the righteous people within their dominions, they then take the sins of the latter (of omission and commission). Those men also, O Yudhishthira. who assist kings (in protecting their subjects), become equally entitled, O sinless one, to a share of the merits earned by others (in consequence of that protection). The learned say that the Garhasthya, which we have adopted, is superior to all the other modes of life. The conclusions in respect of it are very clear. It is certainly sacred, O tiger among men. That man who regards all creatures to be like his own self, who never does any harm and has his wrath under control, obtains great happiness both here and hereafter. 3 A king can easily cross the ocean of the world, with kingly duties as his boat passed of great speed, urged on by the breeze of gifts, having the scriptures for its tackle and intelligence for the strength of its helmsman, and kept afloat by the power of righteousness. When the principle of desire in his heart is withdrawn from every earthly object, he is then regarded as one resting on his understanding alone. In this state he soon attains to Brahma. 4 Becoming cheerful by meditation and by restraining desire and other passions of the heart, O tiger among men, it

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूजामस्मै प्रयुड्क्ष्व त्वं प्रीयेतास्य मनो यथा

English

king, engaged in discharging the dully of protection, succeeds in obtaining great merit. Do thou, therefore, O Yudhishthira, exert thyself carefully in protecting Brahmanas of pious deeds and devoted to the study of the Vedas, as also all other men. By exercising the duty of protection only, O Bharata, the king earns merit that is a hundred times greater than what is earned by recluses in their asylums within

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरीरयात्राकृत्यर्थमन्यान् दारानुपैष्यसि

English

While desires are unattained, death comes to a man, gathering him like one picking ears of grain, his mind elsewhere; like a she-wolf with a lamb, death carries him off.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये दूसरी स्त्री मिल जायेगी

English

Do today what is best; let this time not pass you; while tasks remain undone, death drags one away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुखी हो पतिके मुँहकी ओर देखने लगी

English

Tomorrow's work should be done today, the afternoon's in the forenoon; death does not wait whether it is done or not; who knows for whom the army of death will camp today?

हिन्दी अर्थ

पडञ्चचचत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

One should be devoted to dharma in youth itself, for life has no cause; when dharma is done, there is fame here and happiness hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कबूतरको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। उसके नेत्रोंमें आनन्दके आँसू छलक आये

English

Overcome by delusion, bent on sons and wives, doing what should and should not be done, one gives them nourishment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देखकर शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार यत्नपूर्वक उसका पूजन किया

English

The man intoxicated with sons and cattle, with mind attached, death carries off, like a great flood a sleeping tiger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतापश्च न कर्तव्य: स्वगृहे वर्तते भवान्

English

The man gathering, unsated in desires, death carries off, as a tiger a beast.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संताप नहीं करना चाहिए, आप इस समय अपने ही घरमें हैं

English

"This is done, this is to be done, this is half done": the End brings under his sway one so striving and attached to pleasure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूछ रहा हूँ; क्योंकि आप हमारे घर पधारे हैं

English

One who has not got the fruit of his works, attached to the fruit, attached to field, shop and house, death carries off.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छेत्तुमप्यागते छायां नोपसंहरते ट्रुम:

English

When death, old age, disease and sorrow of many causes cling to the body, how can you stay as if at ease?

हिन्दी अर्थ

काटनेके लिये आया हो, उसके ऊपरसे भी वृक्ष अपनी छाया नहीं हटाता

English

The End follows the embodied one at birth for his end, and old age follows; these states cling to the moving and unmoving by both.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चयज्ञप्रवृत्तेन गृहस्थेन विशेषत:

English

That delight of one dwelling in a village is a house of death; the forest is the cattle-pen of the gods, so scripture says.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु पंचयज्ञके अधिकारी गृहस्थका यह प्रधान धर्म है

English

That delight of one dwelling in a village is a binding rope; the virtuous go, cutting it; the wicked do not cut it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये धर्मके अनुसार न तो यह लोक प्राप्त होता है और न परलोक ही

English

He who does not harm others' lives by mind, speech or body, or by deeds that take away life, is not bound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् करिष्याम्यहं सर्व मा त्वं शोके मन: कृथा:

English

No one at all can hold back the army of death as it comes, except by truth that is not to be abandoned; in truth, nectar is lodged.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कहोगे, वह सब मैं करूँगा; अतः तुम मनमें शोक न करो”

English

Therefore, one whose conduct is the vow of truth, devoted to the discipline of truth, delighting in truth, equal and self-controlled, should conquer the End by truth alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाधते खलु मे शीतं संत्राणं हि विधीयताम्

English

Nectar and death, both are established in the body; through delusion one reaches death; through truth one reaches nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाशकक्‍त्या हि पर्णेन ज्वलनार्थ द्रुतं ययौ

English

So I, non-violent, seeking truth, outside desire and anger, equal in pleasure and pain, secure, shall leave death behind, like one immortal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतापय सुविश्रब्ध: स्वगात्राण्यकुतो भय:

English

Delighting in the sacrifice of peace, self-controlled, a sage established in the sacrifice of Brahman, I shall be a sacrifice of speech, mind and action in the northern course.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अननिं प्रत्यागतप्राणस्तत: प्राह विहड्गमम्

English

How can one like me, wise, sacrifice with violent animal sacrifices, perishable, or with kshatriya sacrifices, like a goblin?

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके उसकी जानमें जान आयी। तब वह कबूतरसे कुछ कहनेको उद्यत हुआ

English

He whose speech and mind are always rightly set, whose austerity, renunciation and yoga are such, gains everything.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथेमं शकुनिं दृष्टवा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा

English

There is no eye like knowledge, no strength like knowledge, no sorrow like attachment, no happiness like renunciation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तद्वचः प्रतिश्रुत्य वाक्यमाह विहड्भम:

English

Born in the self by the self, established in the self, even without offspring, I shall be in the self alone; offspring do not carry me across.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पन्नेन हि जीवामो वयं नित्यं वनौकस:

English

For a brahmana there is no wealth like this: oneness, equanimity, truthfulness, steadiness in conduct, freedom from the pairs, honesty, and withdrawal from actions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच तर्पयिष्ये त्वां मुहूर्त प्रतिपालय

English

What are wealth and kinsmen to you, what wives, brahmana, since you will die? Seek the self that has entered the cave; where has your grandfather gone, and your father?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

हर्षेण महता5विष्ट: स पक्षी वाक्यमब्रवीत्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Hearing this speech of his son, the father did so, king; so you too should act, devoted to truth and dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधर्म: सुमहान् घोरो भविष्यति न संशय:

English

"I have now described, O eldest son of Pandu, the diverse duties of men. Do thou adhere to kingly duties that are eternal and that have been practised by great men since days of old. If thou employest thyself with concentrated attention to the duty of protecting (thy subjects), O tiger among men, thou mayst then, O son of Pandu, obtain the merits of all the four modes of life and of all the four orders of men!"

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षुत्पिपासातपसह: कृशो धमनिसंततः

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here too they cite this ancient tale, sung by Shamyaka when freed, who had reached peace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

A certain brahmana, who had taken up renunciation, once said to me, afflicted by a bad wife, bad clothes and hunger:

हिन्दी अर्थ

संस्मृत्य सा च भर्तारें रुवती शोककर्शिता

English

'Born in this world, from birth onward a man meets sorrows and joys of many kinds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्मरण करके शोकसे कातर हो उठी और दुःखमग्न हो रोती हुई विलाप करने लगी

English

If either of the two leads him on his way, he should not rejoice on gaining pleasure, nor burn on gaining sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लालिताहं त्वया नित्यं बहुमानाच्च पूजिता

English

You do not do what is best for yourself, nor what you strive for; even without desire, always lift the yoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कन्दरेषु च शैलानां नदीनां निर्झरिषु च

English

Having nothing, wandering, you will taste happiness; one with nothing sleeps happily and rises happily.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशगमने चैव विहृताहं त्वया सुखम्

English

Having nothing is happiness in the world, wholesome, auspicious, free of disease, without enemies; this is hard to get yet easy for the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं भ्राता मितं सुत:

English

Of one with nothing, pure, endowed in every way, looking at the three worlds, I see nothing equal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याधने अनेक प्रकारकी बातें कहकर बहुत विलाप किया

English

mean— 'Listen now to those duties about which thou askest my omniscient self.' Bhishma having acquired omniscience through Krishna's boon, refers to it here. The interpretation seems to be very far-

हिन्दी अर्थ

षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

duties of all men,' i.e., protects all men in the discharge of their duties.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कपोतमग्निपतितं वाक्‍्यं पुनरुवाच ह

English

to mean 'the quality of goodness' as well.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भविष्यति हि मे नित्यं पातकं कृतजीविन:

English

Him, ever moving as he wishes, sleeping without a bed, with his arm as pillow, at peace, the dwellers in heaven praise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रक्‍्खा है कि मुझसे नित्य पाप बनता ही रहेगा”

English

The rich man, possessed by anger and greed, senseless, squinting, dry-mouthed, sinful, with a frowning face,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविद्वास्य: सुदुर्बुद्धि:ः सदा निकृतिनिश्चय:

English

biting his lower lip, angry, speaking harshly: who would wish to look at him, if he were willing to give the earth?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नृशंसस्य ममाद्यायं प्रत्यादेशो न संशय:

English

Constant dwelling with fortune bewilders the unwise; she steals his mind as the wind a cloud of autumn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सो हं त्यक्ष्ये प्रियान् प्राणान् पुत्रान् दारांस्तथैव च

English

Then pride of beauty and pride of wealth take hold of him: "I am well-born, I am accomplished, I am not a mere man"; by these three causes his mind is drenched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महात्मा कबूतरने मुझे विशुद्ध धर्मका उपदेश दिया है

English

With his mind drenched, he casts off the enjoyments saved by his fathers, and, reduced, thinks taking others' property good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्यप्रभृति देहं स्व॑ सर्वभोगैर्विवर्जितम्

English

Him, who has transgressed the limit and takes from here and there, kings restrain, like greedy hunters a deer with arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टो धर्मो हि धर्मिछे यादृशो विहगोत्तमे

English

Thus these sorrows of many kinds, born of touch of the body, come to a man here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतका आश्रय ले महाप्रस्थानके पथपर चल दिया

English

One should practise the remedy for these great sorrows by intelligence, knowing the dharma of the world, the unsteady with the steady.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तां च बद्धां कपोतीं स प्रमुच्य विससर्ज ह

English

Without giving up one does not gain happiness, without giving up one does not find the highest, without giving up one does not sleep without fear; giving up all, be happy.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

शलाका, जाल, पिंजड़ा सब कुछ छोड़ दिया

English

This was described to me at Hastinapura by the brahmana Shamyaka long ago; therefore I hold renunciation to be supreme."