Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकमालम्बमानानां निर्णये सर्वतोदिशम्

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'O thou that art conversant with the conduct of men, tell me by what conduct a person may succeed in this world, freed from grief. How also should a person act in this world so that he may attain to an excellent end?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

न मात्रामनुरुध्यन्ते न धर्मच्छलमन्ततः तेषां नासीद् विधातवयं प्रायश्षित्तं कदाचन

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "What auspicious deed, best of men, does a man do to gain the highest good here and hereafter? Tell me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ सदाचारमाश्चर्य पुराणं शाश्व॒तं ध्रुवम्

English

[Bhishma said:] "Here I shall relate to you as before, greatly famous one: King Janaka asked the great-souled Parashara.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यस्तमेकं चतुर्धा हि ब्राह्मणा आश्रमं विदु: गृहेभ्य एव निष्क्रम्य वनमन्ये समाश्रिता:

English

'What is the good of all beings, in this world and the next, that should be undertaken? Please tell me.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

त एते दिवि दृश्यन्ते ज्योतिर्भूता द्विजातय:

English

Then the sage, joined with austerity, knowing the rules of all dharmas, kindly disposed to the king, spoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनन्त्यमुपसम्प्राप्ता: संतोषादिति वैदिकम् न लिप्यन्ते पापकृत्यै:ः कदाचित् कर्मयोनित:

English

'Dharma alone done is best here and hereafter; therefore there is nothing higher, as the wise say.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं युक्तो ब्राह्मण: स्यादन्यो ब्राह्मणको भवेत्

English

Having taken up dharma, a man is honoured in heaven; the rule of action for embodied beings is of the nature of dharma, best of kings; in it the good in the stages perform their own deeds here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं पक्‍्वकषायाणामानन्त्येन श्रुतेन च तेषामपेततृष्णानां निर्णिक्तानां शुभात्मनाम्

English

The course of the world is ordained fourfold, dear; where mortals stay, it proceeds from desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसिद्धै: साध्यते नित्यं ब्राह्मणैर्नियतात्मभि:

English

Practising good and bad action by various orders, there are many courses for beings divided into ten halves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पिण्डमात्र व्यपाश्रित्य चरितुं विजितात्मना अपेतन्यायशास्त्रेण सर्वलोकविगर्हिणा

English

"Bhishma said, 'In this connection is cited the old story of the discourse between Prahlada and the sage Ajagara. Once on a time king Prahlada of great intelligence questioned a wandering Brahmana of great intelligence and a cleansed and tranquil soul.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानमध्ययनं यज्ञ: प्रजासंतानमार्जवम्

English

"Prahlada said, 'Freed from desire, with a cleansed soul, possessed of humility and self-restraint, without desire of action, free from malice, agreeable

हिन्दी अर्थ

रूप जो कर्म है, यह सब मनुष्यके लिये अत्यन्त दुष्कर है धिक् कर्तरें च कार्य च श्रमश्नायं निरर्थक:

English

in speech, endued with dignity and intelligence and wisdom, thou livest (in simplicity) like a child. Thou never covetest any kind of gain, and never grievest at any kind of loss. Thou art always contented, O Brahmana, and dost not seem to regard anything in the world. While all other creatures are being borne away in the current of desire and passion, thou art perfectly indifferent to all acts appertaining to Religion, Profit, and Pleasure. Thou seemest to be in a state of quietude (without the possibility of agitation). Disregarding all objects of the senses, thou movest like an emancipated self, only witnessing everything (but never taking part in anything). What, O sage, is thy wisdom, what thy learning, and what thy behaviour (in consequence of which all this becomes possible)? Tell me this without delay, if, O Brahmana, thou thinkest it will do me good!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुगमतापूर्वक मोक्षका साधक होगा?

English

"Bhishma continued, 'That intelligent Brahmana who was well-conversant with the duties of the world, thus questioned by Prahlada, answered him in sweet words of grave import. Behold, O Prahlada, the origin of creatures, their growth, decay, and death, are traceable to no (intelligible) cause. It is for this that I do not indulge in either joy or sorrow. I All the propensities (for action) that exist in the universe may be seen to flow from the very natures of the creatures (to which they inhere). All things (in the universe) are depended on their respective natures. Hence, I am not delighted with anything. 2 Behold, O Prahlada, all kinds of union have an aptitude for disunion. All acquisitions are certain to end in destruction. Hence I never set my heart upon the acquisition of any object. All things possessed of attributes are certain to meet with destruction. What remains there for a person then to do who (like me) is conversant with both the origin and the end of things? Of all things, large or small, born in the ocean of waters, the end is noticeable. I see also the death, which is manifest, O chief of Asuras, of all things, mobile and immobile, belonging to the land. O best of Danavas, death comes in season unto even the strongest of winged creatures which range the sky. I see again that the luminous bodies, large and small,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकोनसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो 5 ध्याय: शरीरमेतत् कुरुते यद् वेदे कुरुते तनुम्

English

The word was made resting on the course of the world and on the Veda, for the peace of the mind, dear; this is not the teaching of the aged.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनन्त्यमत्र बुद्धयेदं कर्मणां तद् ब्रवीमि ते

English

By eye, mind, speech and action, a fourfold action; as one does action, so he gains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनानामेष वै पन्थास्तीर्थेषु प्रतिपादनम् मन: संकल्पसंसिद्धा विशुद्धज्ञाननिश्चया:

English

Action bears fruit unbroken and mixed, king; whether good or bad, it has no destruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजानश्न तथा युक्ता ब्राह्मणाश्व यथाविधि

English

Sometimes a good deed, dear, stays as if unmoving for one sinking in the world until he is freed from sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने-अपने कर्मोका त्याग न करके उनमें निष्काम भावसे विधिपूर्वक लगे रहे चरन्ति धर्म कृच्छेडपि दुर्गे चैवापि संहता:

English

Then, having ended sorrow, he enjoys good deeds; and from the exhaustion of good deeds, bad deeds; know that, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां नासीद् विधातवयं प्रायश्षित्तं कथंचन

English

Self-control, forbearance, steadiness, energy, contentment, truthfulness, modesty, non-violence, non-addiction and skill: these bring happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते थे, अतः उनके सामने कभी प्रायश्चित्त करनेका अवसर नहीं आता था

English

A creature should not be unrestrained in bad or good deeds; the discerning should ever strive for collectedness of mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्बलात्मन उत्पन्नं प्रायश्षित्तमिति श्रुति: गया है--ऐसा सुननेमें आता है

English

He does not enjoy another's good or bad deed; as is the action one does, so he gains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रैविद्यवृद्धा: शुचयो वृत्तवन्तो यशस्विन:

English

Having set pleasure and pain in order, a man goes by another; by another goes every person who is joined, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बढ़े-चढ़े, पवित्र, सदाचारी और यशस्वी थे तेषां यज्ञाश्न वेदाश्न कर्माणि च यथागमम्

English

What a man would envy in others he should not do himself; the envious joined to it brings ridicule on himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपेतकामक्रोधानां दुश्चराचारकर्मणाम्

English

The timid kshatriya, the brahmana who eats anything, the vaishya without effort, the low-class idle man, the learned man of no character, the well-born of failed conduct, the brahmana fallen from truth and the bad woman:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋजूनां शमनित्यानां स्वेषु कर्मसु वर्तताम् तेषामदीनसत्त्वानां दुश्चराचारकर्मणाम्

English

the attached freed, the one cooking for himself, the fool who speaks, a king, a poor kingdom: all these, king, come to be pitied, and he who is unjoined and without love for the subjects.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपवर्गमतिर्नित्यो यतिधर्म: सनातन: ब्रह्मण: पदमन्विच्छन् संसारान्मुच्यते शुचि:

English

which move in the firmament, fall down when their time comes. Beholding all created things Possessed of knowledge, to be thus liable to be affected by death, and thinking all things to be possessed of the same nature, I sleep in peace without any anxiety of heart. If I get without trouble a copious repast, I do not scruple to enjoy it. On the other hand, I pass many days, together without eating anything. Sometimes people feed me with costly viands in profusion, sometimes with a small quantity, sometimes with even less, and sometimes I get no food whatever. I sometimes eat only a portion of a grain;

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तस्मै नमो ब्रह्मणे ब्राह्मणाय

English

[Parashara said:] "With a mind resorting to service, for one without livelihood it is praised; what comes from the hands of the twice-born, not from an equal to one another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्यपश्यज्जलथरं कुण्डधारमवस्थितम् अयं मे धास्यति श्रेयो वपुरेतद्धि तादूशम्

English

Having gained a life hard to obtain, lord of the people, he should not draw himself down; a man strives for elevation by holy action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष मे दास्यति धन प्रभूतं शीघ्रमेव च

English

One who has fallen even from his class deserves honour; not the one who, having gained respect, practises rajasic action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझे शीघ्र ही प्रचुर धन देगा बलिभिविंविधाभिश्न पूजयामास तं द्विज:

English

A man gains elevation of class by holy action; not gaining that hard thing, he would destroy it by sinful action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्योपकारनियतामिमां वाचमुवाच ह

English

Sin done through ignorance should be removed by austerity alone; sin bears fruit; sin is self-made; therefore he should not do sin, action whose fruit is sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नियमपूर्वक प्रवृत्ति सूचित करनेवाली यह बात कही-- प्रायश्चित्तका विधान किया है, किंतु कृतघ्नके लिये कोई प्रायश्चित्त नहीं है

English

An action joined with sin, though it be of great fruit, the wise should not do, like clean water in a bad pool.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोभ: पुत्रो निकृत्यास्तु कृतघ्नो नाहति प्रजाम्

English

What fruit of sinful action do I see? For a good man fallen into misfortune the self does not shine so far.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपश्यत् सर्वभूतानि कुशेषु शयितस्तदा स्वप्में उसने समस्त प्राणियोंको देखा

English

Even he who, fool, does not undergo remorse here suffers very great torment as he goes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मात्राभिरुपलब्धाभिरयें वा त्यागं समाश्रिता:

English

dry sesame cakes from which the oil has been pressed out, I sometimes eat rice and other food of the richest kind. Sometimes I sleep on an elevated bedstead of the best kind. Sometimes I sleep on the bare ground. Sometimes my bed is made within a fine palace or mansion. I am sometimes clad in rags, sometimes in sackcloth, sometimes in raiments of fine texture, sometimes in deer-skins, sometimes in robes of the costliest kind. I never reject such enjoyments as are consistent with virtue and as are obtained by me without effort. I do not, at the same time, strive for attaining such objects as are difficult of acquisition. The rigid vow I have adopted is called Ajagara. \_ That vow can secure immortality. It is auspicious and griefless. It is incomparable and pure. It is consistent with the counsels of the wise. It is disapproved by persons of foolish understanding who never follow it. With a pure heart I conduct myself according to it. My mind never swerves from this vow. I have not swerved from the practices of my order. I am abstemious in everything. I know the past and the present. Divested of fear and wrath and cupidity and errors of judgment, I follow this vow with a pure heart. There are no restrictions in respect of food and drink and other objects of enjoyment for one practising this vow. As everything is dependent on destiny, there is no observance of the considerations of time and place for one like us. The vow I follow contributes to true happiness of the heart. It is never observed by those that are wicked. I follow it with a pure heart. Induced by cupidity, men pursue different kinds of wealth. If baffled in the pursuit, they become depressed by sorrow. Reflecting properly upon all this by the aid of my intelligence which has penetrated the truths of things, I follow this vow with a pure heart. I have seen persons in distress seeking, for the acquisition of wealth, the shelter of men, good and bad. Devoted to tranquillity, and with my passions under control, I follow this vow with a pure heart. Beholding, by the aid of truth, that happiness and misery, loss and gain, attachment and renunciation, death and life, are all ordained by destiny, I follow this vow with a pure heart. Divested of fear and attachment and errors of judgment and pride, and endued with wisdom, intelligence, and understanding, and devoted to tranquillity and hearing that large snakes without moving enjoy the fruit that comes to them of itself, I follow their practice with a pure heart. Without restrictions of any kind in respect of bed and food, endued by my nature with self- restraint, abstemiousness, pure vow, truth, and purity of conduct, and without any desire to store (for future use) the rewards of action, I follow, with a delighted and pure heart, this vow. All causes of sorrow have fled from me in consequence of my having driven off the object of desire. Having received an accession of light, I follow this vow with a pure heart, for controlling my soul which is thirsty and unrestrained but which is capable (under proper culture) of depending upon itself (without the necessity of external objects to keep it engaged). Without paying any heed to the concerns towards

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदाचक्ष्व मे ब्रह्मन् यथातत्त्वेन पृष्छत: नतु त्यागसुखं प्राप्ता एतत् त्वमपि पश्यसि

English

One who, having himself done sin, then practises the good alone, would be able to do atonement and enjoys both separately.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्रमाणां च सर्वेषां निष्ठायामैक्यमुच्यते

English

Violence done unknowingly is removed by non-violence: so the speakers of Brahman say by the direction of the shastra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद् यथावद् यथान्यायं भगवान प्रब्रवीतु मे कषाये कर्मभि: पक्‍वे रसज्ञाने च तिष्ठति

English

And what is done by desire is removed by non-violence too: so say the brahmanas learned in dharmashastra, masters of the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्ञानमें स्थित हो जाता है

English

But I see the action that has been done, endowed with virtue, plain and not joined with sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्रोहो5नभिमान श्र दह्वीस्तितिक्षा शमस्तथा तद् विद्वाननुबुद्धयेत मनसा कर्मनिश्चयम्

English

As subtle actions bear fruit here as they are, done with the mind joined to intellect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गतिं गच्छन्ति संतुष्टास्तामाहु: परमां गतिम्

English

An action practised constantly yields little fruit but is strong; one done without forethought, knower of dharma, is done by fierce action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं वेदविदित्याहुरतो5न्यो वातरेचक: वेदे हि निष्ठा सर्वस्य यद् यदस्ति च नास्ति च

English

The actions done by gods and by sages the righteous-souled should not follow, nor, hearing them, blame.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतदन्त च मध्यं च सच्चासच्च विजानतः

English

Reflecting in mind, king, knowing his own power, he who does good action sees good things.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषकी दृष्टिमें सदसत् स्वरूप ब्रह्म ही इस जगत्का आदि, मध्य और अन्त है ब्रह्माव्यक्त प्रभवश्चवाव्ययं च

English

As water placed in a new vessel is not lost, so in another than new it is lost; one gains the state well cultivated for happiness."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कस्य लाभो विशिष्टोत्र तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह यज्ञार्थ सततोर्डदर्थार्थी तपो5तप्यपत दारुणम्

English

As water poured from another source is added to that same water in a pond, so the aged one gains increase, as water in water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्‍्त्या न चैवाध्यगच्छद् धन॑ सम्पूज्य देवता:

English

So whatever deeds here are joined with intellect, lord of the earth, are not lowered, even if among the most meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओंकी पूजा करके भी वह धन न पा सका यन्ये द्रुतं प्रसीदेत मानुषैरजडीकृतम्

English

The king should conquer the armed and the haughty, and rightly protect the subjects; he should kindle fire with many sacrifices, and at the end or the middle he should resort to the forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और मनुष्योंने आराधना करके जिसे जड न बना दिया हो

English

A self-controlled man, devoted to dharma, learned, should see beings as himself; he should honour the greater according to his power, by truth and character, lord of men, in happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुद्धात्मा ब्राह्मणो रात्रौ निदर्शनमपश्यत

English

which my heart, mind, words would like to lead me, and marking that the happiness which is connected with these is both difficult of acquisition and fleeting in respect of duration, I follow this vow with a pure heart. Learned men possessed of great intelligence, desirous of proclaiming their own feats, have while establishing their own theories and censuring those of others, said this and that on this topic which is incapable of being settled by disputation. Foolish men fail to understand this vow in a proper light. I, however, see it to be destructive of Ignorance. Regarding it also as fraught with immortality and as a remedy against diverse kinds of evil, I wander among men, having subdued all faults and having freed myself from thirst (after worldly goods)!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

गच्छामि वनमेवाहं वरं धर्मेण जीवितुम् वन॑ प्रविश्य सुमहत् तप आरब्धवांस्तदा

English

One who has been cast off with respect, without affection, should be avoided, even a brother of the same womb, how much more another common person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयश्वाचिन्तयत् सिद्धो यत्परं सोडभिमन्यते

English

Giving and receiving between the distinguished and the more distinguished are equal; the gift of one who gives to a twice-born is the more meritorious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणने पुनः यों विचार किया-- मेरी यह बात कभी मिथ्या नहीं हो सकती”

English

Wealth gained justly by the classes and increased justly should be guarded with effort for the sake of dharma: so it is settled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य साक्षात् कुण्डधारो दर्शयामास भारत

English

One who seeks dharma should not gain wealth by cruel deed; he should do all tasks as able and should not think of prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणस्य तपोयोगात् सौहृदेनाभिचोदित: ब्राह्मण: कुण्डधारस्य विस्मितश्वाभवन्नूप

English

Water, cold or warmed by fire, given to a guest according to ability, and food to the hungry, bring fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्य राज्ञां गतिं विप्र लोकांश्वैव तु चक्षुषा

English

Rantideva, the great soul, gained the success desired in the worlds; he honoured sages with fruit, leaves and roots.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूरादपश्यद् विप्र: स दिव्ययुक्तेन चक्षुषा स्वर्गद्वारं हि संरुद्धं मानुषेषु विशेषत:

English

With those same fruit and leaves he satisfied the Mathara; from it Shaibya, lord of the earth, gained the highest place.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशेषतः मनुष्योंके लिये स्वर्गका दरवाजा प्राय: बंद ही रहता है

English

Mortal beings are born in debt to gods, guests, servants, ancestors and the self; therefore one should go to freedom from debt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्तिका परिचय मिल गया शुभे: कर्मभिरारब्धा: प्रच्छिन्दन्त्यशुभेषु च

English

"Bhishma continued, 'That high-souled person who, having freed himself from attachments and divested himself of fear, cupidity; foolishness, and wrath, follows this Ajagara vow, or indulges in this sport, as it may be called, certainly succeeds in passing his days in great delight.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

निपत्य पतितो भूमौ देवानां भरतर्षभ

English

would take this speech as a theistic one. I refuse to reject the plain and obvious meaning of the word, All phases of speculative opinion are discussed in the Santi. It is very Possible that a religious indifferentism is preached here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच पतितं भूमौ कुण्डधार किमिष्यते देवानामेव वचनात् कुण्डधारं महाद्युतिम्

English

either gladden or grieve me. If a son be born to me I am not delighted. If he dies, I am not grieved. His birth and death depend upon his own nature as a mortal. I have no Power to alter that nature or affect it

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनार्थी यदि विप्रो5यं धनमस्मै प्रदीयताम्

English

such snakes, without moving, lie in the same place in expectation of prey, eating when anything comes near famishing when there is nothing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो जाओ। यदि यह ब्राह्मण धन चाहता तो इसे धन दे दिया जाय देवानां शासनात् तावदसंख्येयं ददाम्यहम्

English

Ushanas, by propitiating the god of gods, reached the state of Shukra; having praised the goddess he rejoices in the sky, covered with energy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाहं धनानि याचामि ब्राह्मणाय धनप्रद

English

Asita and Devala, Narada and Parvata, Kakshivan, Jamadagnya, Rama, Tandya and Anshuman,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मप्रधानो भवतु ममैषोनुग्रहो मतः फलान्येवायमश्नातु कायक्लेशविवर्जित:

English

Vasishtha, Jamadagni, Vishvamitra and Atri, Bharadvaja, Harishmashru, Kundadhara and Shrutashrava:

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यासमकरोद् धर्मे ततस्तुष्टास्तु देवता:

English

these great sages, collected, praising Vishnu with Rik verses, gained success by austerity through the grace of the wise one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सब देवता संतुष्ट हो गये ईप्सितं मनसो लब्ध्वा वरमन्यै: सुदुर्लभम्

English

The unworthy, praising him alone, became worthy; but one should not seek increase here by doing a despised deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं सफल-मनोरथ हो वह मेघ बड़ा प्रसन्न हुआ

English

Wealth that is by dharma is real; shame on that which is by adharma; one should not give up eternal dharma in the world from desire for wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता था। महाराज! धर्मके विषयमें उसकी बुद्धि अटल हो गयी थी

English

The righteous-souled one who has set up the fires is the best doer of merit; for all the Vedas, king of kings, stand in the three fires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्ण त्यक्त्वा जलाहार: पुनरासीद् द्विजस्तदा न चास्य क्षीयते प्राणस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्

English

And that brahmana who has set up the fires, whose rites do not lapse, is good; for not having set up the fires is the good; fire-offering is not inaction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन महता तस्य दिव्या दृष्टिरजायत

English

Fire, the self, the mother, the father who begot, and the teacher: tiger among men, these are to be served properly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुष्ट:ः कस्यचिदेवेह मिथ्यावाड़ू न भवेन्मम धन दे दूँ तो मेरा दिया हुआ वचन मिथ्या नहीं होगा

English

The man who, giving up pride, serves the aged, learned, though a eunuch he sees out of affection, not lacking skill, joined with dharma, not self-controlled: he is honoured in this world by the good, noble.