Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

निशाचर: प्रेतचारी भूतचारी महेश्वर:

English

by the practice of truth, nobility of birth by sacrifices. The Brahmana of pure practices that subsists on water only, and performs the Agnihotra ceaselessly, and recites the Gayatri, obtains a kingdom. By abstaining food or by regulating it, one attains to residence in heaven. O king, by abstaining from all but the prescribed diet while engaged in sacrifices, and by making pilgrimage for twelve years, one attains to a place better than the abodes reserved for heroes. By reading all the Vedas, one is instantly liberated from misery, and by practising virtue in thought, one attains to the heavenly regions. That man who is able to renounce that intense yearning of the heart for happiness and material enjoyments,— a yearning that is difficult of conquest by the foolish and that doth not abate with the abatement of bodily vigour and that clings like a fatal disease unto him, —is able to secure happiness. As the young calf is able to recognise its dam from among a thousand cows, so does the previous acts of a man pursue him (in all his different transformations). As the flowers and fruits of a tree, unurged by visible influences, never miss their proper season, so does Karma done in a previous existence bring about its fruits in proper time. With age, man's hair grows grey, his teeth become loose; his eyes and ears too become dim in action; but the only thing that does not abate is his desire for enjoyments. Prajapati is pleased with those acts that please one's father, and the Earth is pleased with those acts that please one's mother, and Brahma is adored with those acts that please one's preceptor. Virtue is honoured by him who honours these three. The acts of those that despise these three do not avail them.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यालरूपो गुहावासी गुहो माली तरड्रवित्

English

[Bhishma said:] Ashtavakra asked her, "How do you change your form? And you must not tell me untruth, Brahmana, by your wish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

बन्धनस्त्वसुरेन्द्राणां युधि शत्रुविनाशन:

English

[The woman said:] "It is only of heaven and earth, best of brahmanas, this form I took on; hear all this with attention, truth-valiant one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रस्कन्दनो विभागज्ञो5तुल्यो यज्ञविभागवित्

English

Know me as the northern quarter; you have seen woman's fickleness; by your not rising up, the worlds are conquered, truth-valiant one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञसम्बन्धी हविष्यके विभिन्न भागोंका ज्ञान रखनेवाले

English

This test was applied by me to make you firm, sinless one; the fever of desire torments even aged women.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैमो हेमकरोयज्ञ: सर्वधारी धरोत्तम:

English

Your father is pleased today, and the gods with Vasava, and for what reason you, blessed one, came here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अखिल ब्रह्माण्डको धारण करनेवाले

English

I was sent by that brahmana, the maiden's father, bull among the twice-born, to teach you, and all that has been done by me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संग्रहो निग्रह: कर्ता सर्पचीरनिवासन:

English

You will go home safely and have no fatigue; you will gain that maiden, Brahmana, and have sons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निवासन:--सर्पमय चीर धारण करनेवाले

English

You asked me by your wish, and the answer has been given. This is not to be transgressed by all the three worlds ever.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वलालस:--सबपर प्रेम रखनेवाले

English

" Vaisampayana said, 'The princes of Kuru's race became filled with wonder upon listening to this speech of Bhishma. All of them became pleased in mind and overpowered with joy. As Mantras applied with a desire to win victory, or the performance of the Shoma sacrifice made without proper gifts, or oblations poured on the fire without proper hymns, become useless and lead to evil consequences, even so sin and evil results flow from falsehood in speech. O prince, I have thus related to thee this doctrine of the fruition of good and evil acts, as narrated by the Rishis of old. What else dost thou wish to hear?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहस््रहस्तो विजयो व्यवसायो ह्ाूतन्द्रित:

English

I was propitiated by the sage for your sake, bull among the twice-born; to honour him I spoke this to you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षयागापहारी च सुसहो मध्यमस्तथा

English

Hearing her word, the brahmana stood with joined palms and, permitted by her, returned to his own house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गम्भीरघोषो गम्भीरो गम्भीरबलवाहन:

English

Having reached home and rested, and honoured his own people, he duly went to that brahmana, delight of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गम्भीरबलवाहन:--अगाध बलशाली वृषभपर सवारी करनेवाले

English

Asked by that brahmana, "Was this illustration seen?", the brahmana, with a very pleased heart, told the brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाकाय:--बड़े डीलडौलवाले, २०६ महानन:--विशाल मुखवाले

English

"Permitted by you I set out to Gandhamadana, and to the north of it in a place I saw that great deity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुताशनसहायश्च प्रशान्तात्मा हुताशन:

English

And I was permitted by her, and you too were praised, and I have come home, lord, having made you hear that speech."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेणवी पणवी ताली खली कालकटंकट:

English

Then the brahmana said to him: "Accept my daughter; at the meeting of star and tithe, you are the best vessel."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजापतिर्विश्वबाहुर्विभाग: सर्वगो5मुख:

English

[Bhishma said:] Saying "So be it," Ashtavakra, lord, accepted the maiden, supremely righteous-souled, and was pleased then.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेढ्रजो बलचारी च महीचारी ख्रुतस्तथा

English

Having accepted that maiden as a most beautiful wife, he lived glad in his own hermitage, free of fever.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वकालप्रसादश्न॒ सुबलो बलरूपधृक्

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Who are deserving of worship? Who are they unto whom one may bow? Who are they, O Bharata, unto whom thou wouldst bend thy head? Who, again, are they whom thou likest? Tell me all this, O prince. What is that upon which thy mind dwells when affliction overwhelms thee? Do thou discourse to me on what is beneficial here, that is, in this region of human beings, as also

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोककर्ता पशुपतिर्महाकर्ता हनौषध:

English

[Bhishma said:] To one who has fallen into his own livelihood, whether wearing the mark or not, a gift should be given, they say, great king; both these are ascetics.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसन्नश्ष प्रसादश्ष प्रत्ययो गिरिसाधन:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] What fault would there be, grandfather, in one who is purified by supreme faith and gives to a twice-born an offering to gods and ancestors, or a gift?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्बवीणो महाक्रोध ऊर्ध्वरेता जलेशय:

English

[Bhishma said:] A man purified by faith, dear one, though unrestrained, is without doubt purified everywhere; how much more you, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सयज्ञारि: सकामारिर्महादंष्टी महायुध:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] One should not examine a brahmana for rites to the gods; the wise say a brahmana is to be examined in giving to ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजैकपाच्च कापाली त्रिशंकुरजित: शिव:

English

[Bhishma said:] A brahmana does not accomplish the offering; it succeeds through fate; sacrificers sacrifice by the grace of the gods; there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धाता शक्रश्न विष्णुश्न मित्रस्त्वष्टा ध्रुवो धर:

English

Brahmanas, best of the Bharatas, are always speakers of Brahman; the wise Markandeya said this long ago in these worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उषड्गुश्न विधाता च मान्धाता भूतभावन:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] Whether unprecedented or learned, or a relative, or an ascetic or one given to sacrifice, how does he become a worthy vessel?

हिन्दी अर्थ

पद्मनाभो महागर्भभ्रन्द्रवक्‍त्रो-निलोडनल:

English

[Bhishma said:] Of good family, a doer of deeds, a physician, and non-cruel, modest, straight, truthful: these are worthy vessels, and the earlier three.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशनिर्विरूपश्न निपाती हवश: खग:

English

"Bhishma said, 'I like those regenerate persons whose highest wealth is Brahman, whose heaven consists in the knowledge of the soul, and whose penances are constituted by their diligent study of the Vedas. My heart yearns after those in whose race persons, young and old diligently bear the ancestral burthens without languishing under them. Brahmanas well-trained in several branches of knowledge, self- controlled, mild-speeched, conversant with the scriptures, well-behaved, possessed of the knowledge of Brahman and righteous in conduct, discourse in respectable assemblies like flights of swans. 2 Auspicious, agreeable, excellent, and well-pronounced are the words, O Yudhishthira, which they utter with a voice as deep as that of the clouds. Fraught with happiness both temporal and spiritual, such words are uttered by them in the courts of monarchs, themselves being received with honour and attention and served with reverence by those rulers of men. Indeed, my heart yearns after them who listen to the words uttered in assemblies or the courts of kings by persons endued with knowledge and all desirable attributes, and are respected by others. My heart, O monarch, always yearns after them who, for the gratification of Brahmanas, O Yudhishthira, give unto them, with devotion, food that is well- cooked and clean and wholesome. It is easy to fight in battle, but not so to make a gift without pride or vanity. In this world, O Yudhishthira, there are brave men and heroes by hundreds. While counting them, he that is a hero in gifts should be regarded as superior, O amiable one, if I had been even a vulgar Brahmana, I would have regarded myself as very great, not to speak of one born in a good Brahmana family endued with righteousness of conduct, and devoted to penances and learning. There is no one, O son of Pandu, in this world that is dearer to me than thou, O chief of Bharata's race but dearer to me than thou are the Brahmanas. And since, O best of the Kurus, the Brahmanas are very much dearer to me than thou, it is by that truth that I hope to go to all those regions of felicity

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसुवेगो महावेगो मनोवेगो निशाचर:

English

which have been acquired by my sire Santanu. Neither my sire, nor my sire's sire, nor any one else connected with me by blood, is dearer to me than the Brahmanas. I do not expect any fruit, small or great, from my worship of the Brahmanas (for I worship them as deities because they are deserving of such worship), l In consequence of what I have done to the Brahmanas in thought, word, and deed, I do not feel any pain now (even though I am lying on a bed of arrows). People used to call me as one devoted to the Brahmanas. This style of address always pleased me highly. To do good to the

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धयोगी महर्षिश्न सिद्धार्थ: सिद्धसाधक:

English

[Kashyapa said:] "All the Vedas with their six limbs, Sankhya, the Purana and birth in a good family are not a goal for a man devoid of conduct, king."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृत्तावृत्तकरस्तालो मधुर्मधुकलोचन:

English

[Agni said:] "He who studies, thinking himself learned, and with knowledge destroys others' fame, Brahmana, does by that a killing of a Brahman; his worlds are perishable."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रहद्मचारी लोकचारी सर्वचारी विचारवित्

English

[Earth said:] "A thousand horse sacrifices and truth were weighed on a scale; I do not know whether half of this truth would be gained."

हिन्दी अर्थ

निमित्तस्थो निमित्तं च नन्दिर्नन्दिकरो हरि:

English

[Bhishma said:] Having so spoken, those four of boundless splendour quickly went: Earth, Kashyapa, Agni and Prakrishtayus Bhargava.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगहारी निहन्ता च कालो ब्रह्मा पितामह:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] These brahmanas in the world who keep vows eat the offering; how does what is eaten for a Brahman's sake become merit?

हिन्दी अर्थ

३८६ पितामह:--प्रजापतिके भी पिता

English

[Bhishma said:] Those brahmanas, king of kings, who are appointed and have crossed the Vedas, eat for Brahman's sake; they become those with broken vows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिड्डाध्यक्ष: सुराध्यक्षो योगाध्यक्षो युगावह:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] The wise say dharma is of many ways and not of one end; what is settled there? Tell me, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चारों युगोंके निर्वाहक

English

[Bhishma said:] Non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, non-cruelty, self-control, and honesty, king of kings, are the settled marks of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीतिहानीति: शुद्धात्मा शुद्धो मान्यो गतागत:

English

Those who, praising dharma, wander this earth without practising that dharma, lord, delighting in mixture,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निज्वालो महाज्वालो अतिधूम्रो हुतो हवि:

English

whoever gives them jewels, gold, cows or horses eats excrement for ten years, resorting to hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नीलस्तथाडुूलुब्धश्न शोभनो निरवग्रह:

English

Of Medas, Pulkasas and Antavasayins, of those who babble of deeds done and not done from passion and delusion,

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सड्रश्न महाड़श्च महागर्भपरायण:

English

those fools who do not give the Vaishvadeva to a Brahmanical student, king of kings, enjoy unhappy worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महागर्भपरायण:--हिरण्यगर्भके परम आश्रय

English

[Yudhishthira said:] What is the highest in celibacy, what the highest mark of dharma, and what is the best purity? Tell me, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

४६१ महायशा:--महान् सुयशवाले

English

[Bhishma said:] Celibacy is highest, dear one, with avoidance of honey and meat; dharma stands in limit; peace is the mark of purity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान्तको महाकर्णो महोष्ठश्न महाहनुः

English

[Yudhishthira said:] At what time should one practise dharma, at what time pursue wealth, and at what time be happy? Tell me, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओठवाले, ४६९ महाहनुः--पुष्ट एवं बड़ी ठोड़ीवाले

English

[Bhishma said:] One should pursue wealth early, then dharma after, and afterward desire; and not go to attachment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महावक्षा महोरस्को ह्ान्तरात्मा मृगालय:

English

One should honour brahmanas and worship teachers, be agreeable to all beings, gentle in conduct and sweet in speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महादन्तो महादंष्टो महाजिह्दो महामुख:

English

An untruth in office, tale-bearing to the king, and falsehood against the priest are equal to killing a brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

४९३ गिरिसाधन:--पर्वतको युद्धका साधन बनानेवाले

English

One should not strike kings, nor kill a cow; whoever practises both is equal to killing an embryo.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृक्षाकारो वृक्षकेतुरनलो वायुवाहन:

English

One should never abandon the fire nor the Vedas, nor revile a brahmana; that is equal to killing a brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथर्वशीर्ष: सामास्य ऋक्‍्सहस्रामितेक्षण:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] What sort of brahmanas are good, and to whom is a gift of great fruit? To what sort should food be given? Tell me, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमोघार्थ: प्रसादश्ष अभिगम्य: सुदर्शन:

English

[Bhishma said:] The angerless, devoted to dharma, ever true, delighting in self-control: such are good brahmanas, and a gift to them has great fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाभिननन्दिकरो भाव: पुष्करस्थपति: स्थिर:

English

The unproud, all-enduring, seers of purpose, masters of senses, friendly and kind to all beings: a gift to them has great fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नक्तं कलिश्न कालश्न मकर: कालपूजित:

English

The ungreedy, pure, learned, modest, truthful, and those devoted to their own work: a gift to them has great fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भस्मशयो भस्मगोप्ता भस्मभूतस्तरुर्गण:

English

The best of the twice-born who studies the four Vedas with their limbs, turned back from the six actions, the sages know as the worthy vessel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुक्लस्त्रिशुक्ल: सम्पन्न: शुचिर्भूतनिषेवित:

English

Those of this kind of qualities: a gift to them has great fruit; the giver to one worthy of the quality gains a thousandfold.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशालशाखतस्ताग्रोष्ठो हम्बुजाल: सुनिश्चल:

English

Endowed with wisdom, learning, conduct and character, a single best of the twice-born here could carry his whole family across.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुशारद:--उत्तम वाणी बोलनेवाले

English

One should give to such a one a cow, horse, wealth or grain, and other goods; he does not grieve after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलेशय:--विष्णुरूपसे जलमें शयन करनेवाले

English

Even one best of the twice-born could carry the whole family across; how much more more than one; therefore one should honour the worthy vessel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वाड्ररूपो मायावी सुहदो हुनिलोडनल:

English

Hearing of a brahmana endowed with qualities and approved by the good, one should bring him from afar for the rite and honour him in every way.