Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपास्यमाना गन्धर्व: स्त्रीसहस्लसमन्विता: ये चरन्ति महात्मानो नाकपृषछ्े वसन्ति ते

English

to control my inclinations by self-restraint. O good lady, do thou return to thy own bed.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये भवन्ति मनुष्याणां तान् मे निगदतः शृणु

English

[Yudhishthira] You earlier spoke of the rule of the shraddha with many kinds of meat; without killing, how can there be meat? This seems contradictory.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृत्युकाले हि भूतानां सद्यो जायति वेपथु: प्राणियोंका शरीर तुरंत काँप उठता है

English

Doubt has arisen in us about dharma in giving up meat: what fault is there in eating, and what merit in not eating?

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि शक्‍्या गुणा वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैरपि

English

For one who kills and eats, or eats what has been brought by another, or who kills for another's sake, or buys and eats,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नृणां च संवाहयतां श्रूयते विविध: स्वन: तस्मादतिक्रमाम्येष भयादस्मात् सुदारुणात्

English

I wish to hear this in truth from you, blameless one, so that I may resolve to follow this eternal dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उत्तम लक्ष्मी देखकर मैं अकारण ही उनसे कुढ़ता रहता था

English

How does one obtain long life, how become strong, how come to be free of defects, and how be born with good marks?

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिस्मृत्याथ जग्राह पादौ मूर्थ्नि कृताउ्जलि: यदहं प्राप्प कीटत्वमागतो राजपुत्रताम्

English

[Bhishma] Hear from me truly, O king, O best of the Kurus, what unrighteousness there is in eating meat, and what its best rule is.

हिन्दी अर्थ

था, उसका सर्वदा नाश नहीं हुआ है अथ मोदिष्यसे स्वर्गे ब्रह्मभूतो5व्यय: सुखी

English

Men desiring beauty, soundness of limb, long life, intelligence, strength and memory, if self-perfected, must avoid harm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्ग पुण्यं ब्राह्मण: साधुवृत्त:

English

On this there was often a dialogue of the sages, O best of the Kurus; hear their view, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जन्मप्रभृति मद्यं च सर्वे ते मुन॒य: स्मृता:

English

"The lady said, 'I bow to thee, bending my head. It behoves thee to show me thy grace. O sinless one, I prostrate myself before thee, do thou become my refuge. If indeed, thou seest such sin in congress with one that is not thy spouse, I yield myself unto thee. Do thou, O regenerate one, accept my hand in marriage. Thou wilt incur no sin. I tell thee truly. Know that I am my own mistress. If there by any sin in this, let it be mine alone. My heart is devoted to thee. I am my own mistress. Do thou accept me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमांसभक्षणविर्धि पवित्रमृषिपूजितम् विशिष्टतां ज्ञातिषु च लभते नात्र संशय:

English

"Ashtavakra said, 'How is it, O good lady, that thou art thy own mistress. Tell me the reason of this. There is not a single woman in the three worlds that deserves to be regarded as the mistress of her own self. The father protects her while she is a maiden. The husband protects her while she is in youth. Sons protect her when she is aged. Women can never be independent as long as they live!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुच्येत्तथा55तुरो रोगाद् दुःखान्मुच्येत दु:खित:

English

"The lady said, 'I have since my maidenhood, adopted the vow of Brahmacharyya. Do not doubt it. I am still a maid. Do thou make me thy wife. O Brahmana, do not kill this devotion of mine to thee.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋद्धिमान् वै कुरुश्रेष्ठ प्राप्तुयाच्च महद् यश: और महान् यशकी प्राप्ति होती है

English

"Ashtavakra said, 'As thou art inclined to me, so I am inclined to thee. There is this question, however, that should be settled. Is it true that by yielding to my inclinations I shall not be regarded as acting in opposition to what the Rishi (Vadanya) wishes. This is very wonderful. Will this lead to what is beneficial? Here is a maiden adorned with excellent ornaments and robes. She is exceedingly beautiful. Why did decrepitude cover her beauty so long? At present she looks like a beautiful maiden. There is no knowing what form she may take hereafter. 1 1 shall never swerve from that restraint which I have over desire and the other passions or from contentment with what I have already got. Such swerving does not seem to be good. I shall keep myself united with truth!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवृत्ती च निवृत्ती च विधानमृषिनिर्मितम्

English

I adhere to Vadanya's daughter or shall I take this girl? I think this is rather far-fetched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विसृज्य विविधान् भक्ष्यान् महारक्षोगणा इव खाण्डवान् रसयोगाजन्न तथेच्छन्ति यथा5डमिषम्

English

half of the last line of verse 25 is rendered erroneously by both the vernacular translators. Adhering to

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छा नहीं रखते, जैसी रुचि मांसके लिये रखते हैं

English

One who sacrifices with the Ashvamedha every month for a hundred years, and one who does not eat meat, are equal, in my view.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्षणे चैव ये दोषास्तांश्वैव पुरुषर्षभ हानियोंको पुनः सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

By abstaining from honey and meat one sacrifices always with the long sacrifice, gives always, and is always an ascetic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करने योग्य क्या वस्तु है

English

All the Vedas and all sacrifices, O Bharata, would not do that, for one who, having eaten meat, afterwards turns back.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोषा भक्षयतो ये5पि तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह इसे खानेवाले पुरुषको जो दोष प्राप्त होते हैं--ये सब बातें मुझे बताइये

English

It is hard for one who knows taste to give up meat; but this is the best vow, which gives fearlessness to all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नास्ति क्षुद्रतरस्तस्मात् स नृशंसतरो नर: तस्माद् दयां नर: कुर्याद् यथा55त्मनि तथा परे

English

The wise man who gives fearlessness as a gift to all beings becomes in the world a giver of lives, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने ऊपर दया चाहता है, उसी तरह दूसरोंपर भी दया करे

English

So the wise praise the highest dharma: as one's own life is dear to oneself, so it is to other beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्षणे तु महान् दोषो निवृत्त्या पुण्यमुच्यते संशय नहीं है। अतः उससे निवृत्त होनेमें ही पुण्य बताया गया है

English

The wise and great-souled should reason by taking themselves as measure: even the learned who desire well-being fear death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत् सर्वेष्विह भूतेषु दया कौरवनन्दन

English

What then of those being killed by force, desiring life, healthy and sinless, by sinners who live on meat?

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस जगतमें समस्त प्राणियोंपर दया की जाय दयावतामिमे लोका: परे चापि तपस्विनाम्

English

Therefore know, great king, that giving up meat is the best abode of dharma, of heaven and of happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्वी पुरुषोंके लिये हहलोक और परलोक दोनों ही सुखद होते हैं

English

Non-harm is the highest dharma, non-harm is the highest austerity, non-harm is the highest truth; from it dharma proceeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदहिंसात्मकं कर्म तत् कुर्यादात्मवान् नर: अभयं तस्य भूतानि ददतीत्यनुशुश्रुम

English

Meat does not come from grass, wood or stone; it comes from killing a creature, and so there is fault in eating it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देते हैं। ऐसा हमने सुन रखा है

English

The gods eat svaha and svadha, and love truth and honesty; know that the flesh-eaters are rakshasas, devoted to crookedness and falsehood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वभूतानि रक्षन्ति समेषु विषमेषु च मुच्यते भयकालेषु मोक्षयेद् यो भये परान्

English

In forests and terrible places, in hard and thick places, by night and day, at twilights, at crossroads and in assemblies, for one who does not eat meat, O king, fear does not come at the end.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हाात्मन: प्रियतरं किंचिदस्तीह निश्चितम्

English

If there were no eater, there would be no killer; the killer kills for the eater's sake.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मूत्रस्वेदपुरीषाणां परुषैर्भुशदारुणै:

English

"This is not to be eaten," thus harm is turned away; so killing of deer and others goes on for the eater's sake.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाच्यमानाश्र दृश्यन्ते विवशा मांसगृद्धिन: आक्रम्य मार्यमाणाश्ष भ्राम्यन्ते वै पुनः पुन:

English

Because he devours the lives of those who do harm, O greatly radiant one, one who desires his own well-being should give up meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् प्राणिषु सर्वेषु दयावानात्मवान् भवेत्

English

Fierce destroyers of living beings find no protector; they are a terror to creatures, like beasts of prey.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वर्गे स विपुल स्थान प्राप्त॒यान्नात्र संशय: भक्ष्यन्ते तेडपि भूतैस्तैरिति मे नास्ति संशय:

English

Through greed, delusion of mind, or for strength and vigour, or through association with the wicked, men come to take pleasure in unrighteousness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणियोंद्वारा भक्षण किये जाते हैं। इस विषयमें मुझे संशय नहीं है

English

One who wishes to enlarge his own flesh with another's flesh is born, wherever he lives, in a dwelling of fear.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतन्मांसस्यथ मांसत्वमनुबुद्ध्यस्व भारत खाऊँगा।” यही मांसका मांसत्व है--इसे ही मांस शब्दका तात्पर्य समझो

English

The restrained great sages say that not eating meat brings wealth, fame, long life, heaven and great blessing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता है, वह स्वयं भी दूसरोंके क्रोध और द्वेषका पात्र होता है

English

Now, son of Kunti, this I heard long ago from Markandeya, as he spoke of the faults in eating meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्मका फल भोगता है अहिंसा परमं॑ दानमहिंसा परमं तप:

English

He who eats the flesh of living beings who desire to live, whether killed or dead, is just like the one who kills them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंसा परम॑ मित्रमहिंसा परमं सुखम्

English

One who buys with money kills; the eater kills by enjoyment; the slayer kills by killing and binding. Thus killing is of three kinds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंस्र: सर्वभूतानां यथा माता यथा पिता है। हिंसा न करनेवाला मनुष्य सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके माता-पिताके समान है

English

A man who neither eats nor consents, but approves "it should be killed" by a fault of intention, is also stained with the fault.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कां गतिं प्रतिपन्नास्ते तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह किस गतिको प्राप्त हुए है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

One who does not eat meat, compassionate to living beings here, becomes unassailable by all beings, long-lived, healthy and happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानासि त्वं महाप्राज्ञ प्राणत्यागं सुदुष्करम्

English

The tradition says that the dharma of not eating meat is better than gifts of gold, cows and land, in every way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करना कितना दुःखदायक होता है। प्राणोंका त्याग करना अत्यन्त दुष्कर कार्य है कारण तत्र मे ब्रूहि सर्वज्ञो हसि मे मत:

English

One should not eat meat that is unsprinkled, needless or against rule; a man who eats it goes to hell, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका क्या कारण है? यह मुझे बताइये; क्योंकि मेरी दृष्टिमें आप सर्वज्ञ हैं

English

Meat that is sprinkled and consecrated, and for a brahmin's wish, is to be known as of little fault here; otherwise one is stained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसारेडस्मिन् समायाता: प्राणिन: पृथिवीपते सम्यक् चायमनुप्रश्नस्त्वयोक्तस्तु युधिषछ्ठिर

English

The lowest of men who kills a creature for an eater's sake does great wrong; there the eater is at fault, not the killer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्वैधायनस्य संवादं कीटस्य च युधिष्ठिर

English

The ignorant man who, greedy for meat, kills a creature by the ways laid down in sacrifice and the Vedic texts is surely a man destined for hell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राचीन वृत्तान्त प्रसिद्ध है, वही तुम्हें बता रहा हूँ ददर्श कीटं धावन्तं शीघत्रं शकटवर्त्मनि

English

One who, having eaten meat, afterwards turns away, also has very great dharma, for he turns from sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक कीड़ेको गाड़ीकी लीकसे बड़ी तेजीके साथ भागते देखा

English

The bringer, the approver, the cutter, the buyer and seller, the cook and the eater: all these are killers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वज्ञ: स तदा दृष्टवा कीटं वचनमव्रवीत् बताओ तो सही--कहाँ भागे जा रहे हो? कहाँसे तुम्हें भय प्राप्त हुआ है?

English

I shall tell you another authority, framed by rule, ancient, practised by sages and settled in the Vedas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वसतां च शृणोम्येनं गोपुत्राणां प्रतोद्यताम्

English

In the dharma marked by action, pursued by seekers of reward, it is as told, tiger among kings, but not for those who desire liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस अत्यन्त दारुण भयसे अपनी रक्षा करनेके लिये मैं यहाँसे भाग रहा हूँ

English

The oblation consecrated with mantras, sprinkled and pure, by the Vedic authority and in the rites for the ancestors; otherwise, Manu said, meat is wasteful and not to be eaten.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतो भीत: पलायामि गच्छेयं ना सुखं सुखात् मरणं ते सुखं मन्ये तिर्यग्योनौ तु वर्तसे

English

It is not conducive to heaven, nor to fame, and is demonic, best of the Bharatas; in the old days men ate meat only by rule, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाभिजानासि कीट त्वं श्रेयो मरणमेव ते

English

A man who wishes for himself lasting freedom from trouble should avoid altogether the flesh of living beings here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानुषा: स्थैर्यजाश्वैव पृथग्भोगा विशेषत: प्राणियोंके भोग अलग-अलग हैं

English

It is heard that in the earlier age the animal of men was made of rice, with which sacrificers intent on holy worlds sacrificed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रद्याण्यो नृशंसश्न कदर्यो वृद्धिजीवन:

English

Asked a doubt by the sages, Vasu, lord of the Chedis, once said that meat was not to be eaten, and then that it was, O lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिथ्याकृतो5पि विधिना परस्वहरणे रत: दूसरोंके मालको हड़प लेनेमें संलग्न रहना--यही मेरा काम था

English

From the sky he fell to the earth, that lord of the earth; and having said this again, he entered the surface of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मात्सर्यात् स्वादुकामेन नृशंसेन बुभुक्षता

English

For the good of creatures, the great-souled Agastya consecrated by his austerity all forest beasts as sacred to all the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही भोजन कर लेता था न दत्तमर्थकामेन देयमन्नं पुरा किल

English

In this way rites resting on the ancestors and gods are not lost, and the ancestors are justly pleased, gratified with meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु धन-संग्रहकी कामनासे उस देनेयोग्य अन्नका भी दान नहीं करता था

English

But hear this, king of kings, as I tell it, blameless one: in not eating meat lies all happiness, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अकस्मात् ते मया त्यक्ता न त्राता अभयैषिण: श्रियं दृष्टवा मनुष्याणामसूयामि निरर्थकम्

English

One who practises terrible austerity for a full hundred years, and one who gives up meat for one year, are equal in my view.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिवर्गहन्ता चान्येषामात्मकामानुवर्तक: स्मृत्वा तदनुतप्ये5हं हित्वा प्रियमिवात्मजम्

English

Especially in the Kaumuda bright fortnight, O lord of men, one should give up all meat, for dharma is enjoined there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माता च पूजिता वृद्धा ब्राह्मणश्वार्चितो मया

English

One who gives up meat for the four rainy months gains four blessings: fame, long life, glory and strength.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिथि: पूजितो ब्रह्मंस्तेन मां नाजहात् स्मृति: तच्छोतुमहमिच्छामि त्वत्त: श्रेयस्तपोधन

English

Or if for even one month one eats no meat of any kind, he passes beyond all sorrows and lives happy and healthy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममैव कीट तत् कर्म येन त्वं न प्रमुहासे

English

For those who give up meat by the month or by the fortnight, and are turned from harm, Brahma's world is ordained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपोबलाद्धि बलवद् बलमन्यन्न विद्यते अवाप्स्यसि पुनर्धर्म धर्म तु यदि मन्यसे

English

Meat in the Kaumuda fortnight has been avoided, Partha, by kings who were the self of all beings and knew the higher and lower.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मोडपि हि मनुष्येषु कामार्थश्च तथा गुणा:

English

By Nabhaga, Ambarisha, the great-souled Gaya, Ayus, Anaranya, Dilipa, Raghu and Puru,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि हास्यति मनुष्यस्य मन्दस्यापि हि जीवत: तत्र ते5हं विनेष्यामि ब्रद्नु त्वं यत्र वैष्यसि

English

by Kartavirya and Aniruddha, Nahusha and Yayati, Nriga, Vishvagashva, Shashabindu, Yuvanashva, and Shibi Aushinara,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वहीं तुम्हें पहुँचा दूँगा

English

by Shyenachitra, O king of kings, Somaka, Vrika, Raivata, Rantideva, Vasu and Srinjaya,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शकटो व्रजंश्व॒ सुमहानागतश्न यद्च्छया वहाँ आ पहुँचा और उसके पहियेसे दबकर चूर-चूर हो कीड़ेने प्राण त्याग दिये

English

by Dushyanta, Karusha, Rama, Alarka and Nala, Virupashva, Nimi, and the wise Janaka,

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वाविद्वोधावराहाणां तथैव मृगपक्षिणाम्

English

by Sila and Prithu, by Virasena, Ikshvaku, Shambhu, Shveta and Sagara,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीड़ा होकर भी आज राजकुमार हो गया हूँ

English

by these and others, O king of kings, meat was not eaten in the old days in the autumn Kaumuda month, and so they gained heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्यन्दनेषु च काम्बोजा युक्ता: परमवाजिन: सबान्धव: सहामात्यश्नलाश्रामि पिशितौदनम्

English

They stay in Brahma's world, blazing and glorious, served by gandharvas and accompanied by thousands of women.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरार्हेषु महाभाग स्वपामि च सुपूजित:

English

This supreme, auspicious dharma marked by non-harm: the great souls who practise it dwell on the back of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शय्याओंपर मैं बड़े सम्मानके साथ शयन करता हूँ स्तुवन्ति मां यथा देवा महेन्द्र प्रियवादिन:

English

The righteous who here always give up honey and meat and, from birth, liquor, are all held to be sages, and attain pre-eminence among kinsmen, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यदहं कीटतां प्राप्य सम्प्राप्तो राजपुत्रताम्

English

One in distress is freed from distress, a bound man from bonds, a sick man from sickness, and a sorrowing man from sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वत्तपोबलनिर्दिष्टमिदं हृधिगतं मया अद्य ते कीटतां प्राप्य स्मृतिर्जाता जुगुप्सिता

English

He does not go to an animal womb; he is handsome, wise, O best of the Kurus, and gains great fame.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शूद्रेणार्थप्रधानेन नृशंसेनाततायिना

English

This has been told to you, O king, on giving up meat, and the rule of engagement and withdrawal framed by the sages.