Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैवाचरतो धर्मो नृपते: स्थादथाखिल:

English

"Bhishma said, 'The king, with an eye to both religious merit and profit whose considerations are often very intricate, should, without delay, appoint a priest possessed of learning and intimate acquaintance with the Vedas and the (other) scriptures. Those kings that have priests possessed of virtuous souls and conversant with policy, and that are themselves possessed of such attributes, enjoy prosperity in every direction. Both the priest and the king should have such qualities as are worthy of regard and should be observant of vows and penances. They would then succeed in supporting and aggrandising the subjects and the deities, the Pitris and the children, l It is laid down

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रियस्य तु बालिश्याद् ब्राह्मण: क्लिश्यते क्षुधा

English

[Bhishma said:] "Hear attentively, king, lord, the fate of the mutterers, how they go to many hells, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथीैनं परिरक्षेत पिता पुत्रमिवौरसम्

English

The mutterer who does not follow what was told before, and performs only part of the rite here, goes to hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह उस ब्राह्मणकी रक्षा करे

English

Whoever acts with contempt, is not pleased and does not grieve, such a mutterer goes to hell; there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुकल्प: परो धर्मो धर्मवाहैस्तु केवलम्

English

All who act from ego go to hell; a man who despises others becomes one bound for hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपपत्सु मरणाद् भीतैर्विधि: प्रतिनिधीकृत:

English

He who, deluded, does his muttering with covetousness goes to whatever hell he covets.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपत्कालके विषयमें प्रत्येक विधिका प्रतिनिधि नियत कर दिया है

English

If a mutterer, set on lordship, takes pleasure in it, that is his hell; he is not freed from it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्ववीर्याद् राजवीर्याच्च स्ववीर्य बलवत्तरम्

English

A mutterer who mutters with attachment, deluded, is born wherever his attachment falls.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्ता शास्ता विधाता च ब्राह्मणो देव उच्यते

English

The ill-minded, of untrained wisdom, who stays in an unsteady mind, goes to an unsteady course or reaches hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्ति होती है

English

that they should be possessed of similar hearts and should be each other's friends. In consequence of such friendship between Brahmana and Kshatriya, the subjects become happy. If they do not regard each other, destruction would overtake the people. The Brahmana and the Kshatriya are said to be the progenitors of all men. In this connection is cited the old story about the discourse between Aila's son and Kasyapa. Listen to it, O Yudhishthira.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वस्तनविधानेन हर्तव्यं हीनकर्मण:

English

"Aila said, 'When the Brahmana forsakes the Kshatriya or the Kshatriya forsakes the Brahmana, who amongst them should be regarded superior and upon whom do the other orders rely and maintain

हिन्दी अर्थ

आखयातव्यं नृपस्यैतत् पृच्छते5पृच्छतेडपि वा

English

"Kasyapa said, 'Ruin overtakes the kingdom of the Kshatriya when the Brahmana and Kshatriya contend with each other. Robbers infest that kingdom in which confusion prevails, and all good men regard the ruler to be a Mlechcha. Their oxen do not thrive, nor their children. Their pots (of milk) are not churned, and no sacrifices are performed there. The children do not study the Vedas in kingdoms where Brahmanas abandon Kshatriyas. In their houses wealth does not increase. Their children do not become good and do not study the scriptures and perform sacrifices. Those Kshatriyas that abandon Brahmanas become impure in blood and assume the nature of robbers. The Brahmana and the Kshatriya are connected with each other naturally, and each protects the other. The Kshatriya is the cause of the Brahmana's growth and the Brahmana is the cause of the Kshatriya's growth. When each helps the other, both attain to great prosperity. If their friendship, existing from days of old, breaks, a confusion sets over everything. No person desirous of crossing the ocean of life succeeds in his task even as a small boat floating on the bosom of the sea. The four orders of men become confounded and destruction overtakes all. If the Brahmana. who is like a tree is protected, gold and honey are showered. If, on the other hand, he is not protected, it then tears and sins are showered, When Brahmanas fall away from the Vedas and (in the absence of a Kshatriya ruler) seek protection from the scriptures, then Indra does not pour rain seasonably and diverse kinds of calamities ceaselessly afflict the kingdom. When a sinful wretch having

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनी वह बात उसे कह दे

English

Many hells are listed from poor wisdom; muttering is praised, and these faults belong to it."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शासक, धारण-पोषण करनेवाला और देवता कहलाता है

English

slain a woman or a Brahmana does not incur obloquy in assemblies of fellowmen and has not to stand in fear of the king, then danger threatens the Kshatriya ruler. In consequence of the sins perpetrated by sinful men, the god Rudra appears in the kingdom. Indeed, the sinful by their sins bring upon them that god of vengeance. He then destroys all, the honest and the wicked alike (without making any

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनाहिताग्निरिति स प्रोच्यते धर्मदर्शिभि:

English

"Aila said, 'The Wind does not, by blowing, visibly destroy men on all occasions, nor does the deity of the clouds do so by pouring rain. On the

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनाप्तदक्षिणैर्यज्जैन यजेत कथड्चन

English

other hand, it is seen among men that they lose their senses and are slain through lust and malice.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

उषित्वा द्वादश समा: शूद्रकर्मेव गच्छति

English

"Kasyapa said, 'Fire, blazing forth in one house, burnetii a whole quarter or an entire village. Similarly, this deity stupefies the senses of some one and then that stupefaction touches all, the honest and the wicked alike, without any distinction.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा शूद्रजातिकी स्त्रीके साथ विवाह कर लेनेसे ब्राह्मण भी शूद्र हो जाता है

English

"Aila said, 'If chastisement touches all viz., the honest and the wicked alike, in consequence of the sins perpetrated by the sinful, why should men, in that case, do acts that are good? Indeed, why should they not perform wicked acts?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा संशुध्यते राजन् शृणु चात्र वचो मम

English

"Kasyapa said, 'By avoiding all connection with the sinful, one becomes pure and stainless. In consequence, however, of their being mixed with the sinful, the sinless are overtaken by chastisement. Wood that is wet, if mixed with wood that is dry, is consumed by fire in consequence of such co- existence. The sinless, therefore, should never mingle with the sinful.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिभिर्वर्ष: शमयेदात्मपापम्

English

"Aila said, 'The earth holds the honest and the wicked. The sun warms the honest and the wicked. The wind blows equally for them. Water cleanses them equally.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रतका पालन करते हुए पृथ्वीपर विचरनेसे दूर कर सकता है

English

"Kasyapa said, 'Such, indeed, is the course of this world, O prince! It is not so, however, hereafter. In the other world, there is great difference of condition between the person that acts righteously and him that acts sinfully. The regions that meritorious men acquire are full of honey and possessed of the splendour of gold or of a fire upon which clarified butter has been poured. Those regions also are likened to the navel of ambrosia. The meritorious person enjoys great felicity there. Death, decrepitude, and sorrow, are not there. The region for the sinful is hell. Darkness and ceaseless pain are there, and it is full of

हिन्दी अर्थ

पज्चानृतान्याहुरपातकानि

English

"Kasyapa said, 'Such, indeed, is the course of this world, O prince! It is not so, however, hereafter. In the other world, there is great difference of condition between the person that acts righteously and him that acts sinfully. The regions that meritorious men acquire are full of honey and possessed of the splendour of gold or of a fire upon which clarified butter has been poured. Those regions also are likened to the navel of ambrosia. The meritorious person enjoys great felicity there. Death, decrepitude, and sorrow, are not there. The region for the sinful is hell. Darkness and ceaseless pain are there, and it is full of

हिन्दी अर्थ

नैव कन्या न युवतिर्नामन्त्रज्ञो न बालिश:

English

"Aila said, 'Whence does Rudra spring? What also is his form? Creatures are seen to be destroyed by creatures. Tell me all this, O Kasyapa! Whence does the god Rudra spring?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्माद् वैतानकुशलो होता स्याद् वेदपारग:

English

"Kasyapa said, 'Rudra exists in the hearts of men. He destroys the bodies themselves in which he dwells as also the bodies of others. Rudra has been said to be like atmospheric visitations and his form is like that of the wind-gods.'