Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वाध्यायघोषो ज्याघोषो दीयतामिति वै त्रय:

English

Vaisampayana said, "Hearing these words of Yajnasena's daughter, Arjuna once more spoke, showing proper regard for his mighty-armed eldest brother of unfading glory.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंको सोनेके तीन पर्वत दान करके पूर्णतः संतुष्ट किया

English

"The protection of the subjects is the dharma of kings, lotus-eyed one; dharma is the standard of the world, and the constant following of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:

English

Follow, king, the station of your father and grandfather; the dharma that is in Brahmanas is eternal, fixed by the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिरण्यकवचा: सर्वे सर्वे चोत्तमधन्विन:

English

That is the standard of standards, eternal, bull of the Bharatas; the kshatriya is the protector of the whole of that dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गायें और एक-एक गायके साथ सौ-सौ भेड़-बकरियाँ प्राप्त हुई थीं

English

So the man who obstructs his command in his realm, a destroyer of the conduct of the world, must be restrained by arms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शशबिन्दुर्महाराज ब्राह्मुणे भ्य: समार्पयत्

English

Whoever, fallen under delusion, treats the standard as no standard—servant, son or ascetic—should be restrained by all means or killed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:

English

A king acting otherwise incurs sin; one who does not protect dharma when it is being destroyed is a destroyer of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाय? अतः तुम्हें अपने मरे हुए पुत्रके लिये शोक नहीं करना चाहिए

English

Those destroyers of dharma have been slain by you with their followers; abiding in your own dharma, why do you grieve, Pandava? A king should slay, give and protect his subjects by dharma."

हिन्दी अर्थ

यः स वर्षशतं राजा हुतशिष्टाशनो5भवत्

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "I do not doubt your word, ascetic, what you say; for dharma is evident to you, best of upholders of all dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूषदाज्योद्धव: श्रीमांस्त्रितोकविजयी नृप:

English

"Arjuna said, 'The man armed with the rod of chastisement governs all subjects and protects them. The rod of chastisement is awake when all else is sleep. For this, the wise have characterised the rod of chastisement to be Righteousness itself. The rod of chastisement protects Righteousness and Profit. It protects also, O king! For this, the rod of chastisement is identified with the triple objects of life. Corn and wealth are both protected by the rod of chastisement. Knowing this, O thou that art possessed of learning, take up the rod of chastisement and observe the course of the world. One class of sinful men desist from sin through fear of the rod of chastisement in the king's bands. Another class desist from similar acts through fear of Yama's rod, and yet another from fear of the next world. Another class of persons desist from sinful acts through fear of society. Thus, O king, in this world, whose course is such, everything is, dependent on the rod of chastisement. There is a class of persons who are restrained by only the rod of chastisement from devouring one another. If the rod of chastisement did not protect people, they would have sunk in the darkness of hell. The rod of chastisement (danda) has been so named by the wise because it restrains the ungovernable and punishes the wicked, The chastisement of Brahmanas should be by word of mouth; of Kshatriyas, by giving them only that much of food as would suffice for the support of life; of Vaisyas, by the imposition of fines and forfeitures of property, while for Sudras there is no punishment. I For keeping men awake (to their duties) and for the protection of property, ordinances, O king, have been established in the world, under the name of chastisement (or punitive legislation). Thither where chastisement, of dark complexion and red eyes, stands in an attitude of readiness (to grapple with every offender) and the king is of righteous vision, the subjects never forget themselves. The Brahmacharin and the house-holder, the recluse in the forest and the religious mendicant, all these walk in their respective ways through fear of chastisement alone. He

हिन्दी अर्थ

स आसीदू द्वादशसमो द्वादशाहेन पार्थिव:

English

that is without any fear, O king, never performs a sacrifice. He that is without fear never giveth away. The man that is without any fear never desires to adhere to any engagement or compact. Without piercing the vitals of others, without achieving the most difficult feats and without staying creatures like a fisherman (slaying fish), no person can obtain great prosperity, l Without slaughter, no man has been able to achieve fame in this world or acquire wealth or subjects. Indra himself, by the slaughter of Vritra, became the great Indra. Those amongst the gods that are given to slaughtering others are adored much more by men. Rudra, Skanda, Sakra, Agni, Varuna, are all slaughterers. Kala and Mrityu and Vayu and Kuvera and Surya, the Vasus, the Maruts, the Sadhyas, and the Viswadevas, O Bharata, are all slaughterers. Humbled by their prowess, all people bend to those gods, but not to Brahman or Dhatri or

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मात्मानं महात्मानं शूरमिन्द्रसमं युधि

English

Men appointed by the Lord do good and bad deeds, O king; the fruit of the deed goes to the Lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अड़ू बृहद्रथं चैव मान्धाता समरेडजयत्

English

As a man who fells a tree in the forest with an axe, the sin would be the feller's, never the axe's.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अददादू रोहितान् मत्स्यान् ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशाम्पते

English

Or if, by taking it up, they would obtain the fruit of the deed, the sin made by rod and weapon does not exist in the man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिरिक्तान द्विजातिभ्यो व्यभजंस्त्वितरे जना:

English

It is not accepted, son of Kunti, that the fruit made by another should be obtained; therefore place it on the Lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रनुतप्यथा:

English

Or if man is the doer of good and bad deeds, there is nothing beyond; therefore do another good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

य इमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां विजित्य सहसागराम्

English

No one, O king, ever turns back from what is fated; the sin made by rod and weapon does not exist in the man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईजान: क्रतुभिर्मुख्यै: पर्यगच्छद् वसुन्धराम्

English

Or if you think the world is established on chance, even so no evil deed has been or will be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तर्पयामास विष्रेन्द्रांस्त्रेभि: काउचनपर्वतै:

English

Or if the world's approach to good and bad is to be taken, the raising of the rod is the most approached by kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यभजत् पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां ययातिर्नहुषात्मज:

English

Even so, in the world deeds revolve, Bharata, and I think they bring the fruit of good or bad.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके यह सारी पृथ्वी अपने पुत्रोंको बाँट दी थी

English

Thus the truth, the good teaching, the fruit of the deed is certain; give it up, tiger among kings; do not set your mind on grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यं प्रजा वव्रिरे पुण्यं गोप्तारं नृपसत्तमम्

English

For one abiding in his own dharma, even if blameworthy, Bharata, such self-abandonment is not fitting for you, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईजानो वितते यज्ञे ब्राह्मणेभ्य: सुसंहित:

English

Expiations are prescribed here for doers of deeds, son of Kunti; one with a body can perform them, one without a body would be undone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वेडश्वमेधैरीजानास्तेन्वयुर्दक्षिणायनम्

English

So, O king, while living you will perform the expiation; but having not performed expiation, you will be tormented after death, Bharata."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्षोतक होमसे अवशिष्ट अन्नका ही भोजन किया

English

Pushan at any time. Only a few men that are noble of disposition adore in all their acts those among the gods that are equally disposed towards all creatures and that are self-restrained and peaceful. I do not behold the creature in this world that supports life without doing any act of injury to others. Animals live upon animals, the stronger upon the weaker. The mongoose devours mice; the cat devours the mongoose; the dog devours the cat; the dog again is devoured by the spotted leopard. Behold all things again are devoured by the Destroyer when he comes ! This mobile and immobile universe is food for living creatures. This has, been ordained by the gods. The man of knowledge, therefore, is never stupefied at it. It behoveth thee, O great king, to become that which thou art by birth. Foolish (Kshatriyas) alone, restraining wrath and joy take refuge in the woods. The very ascetics cannot support their lives without killing creatures. In water, on earth, and fruits, there are innumerable creatures. It is not true that one does not slaughter them. What higher duty is there than supporting one's life? 2 There are many creatures that are so minute that their existence can only be inferred. With the failing of the eyelids alone, they are destroyed. There are men who subduing wrath and pride betake themselves to ascetic courses of life and leaving village and towns repair to the woods. Arrived there, those men may be seen to be so stupefied as to adopt the domestic mode of life once more. Others may be seen, who (in the observance of domesticity) tilling the soil, uprooting herbs, cutting off trees and killing birds and animals, perform sacrifices and at last attain to heaven. O son of Kunti, I have no doubt in this that the acts of all creatures become crowned with success only when the policy of chastisement is properly applied. If chastisement were abolished from the world, creatures wood soon be destroyed. Like fishes in the water, stronger animals prey on the weaker. This truth was formerly spoken by Brahmana himself, viz., that chastisement, properly applied upholds creatures. Behold, the very fires, when extinguished, blaze up again, in fright, when blown. This is due to the fear of force or chastisement. If there were no chastisement in the world distinguishing the good from the bad, then the whole world would have been

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्थायोत्थाय वै प्रादात् सहस्नं परिवत्सरान्

English

"Great-souled kshatriyas, kinsmen, friends, companions, relatives and brothers, grandsire,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृन् स्वधाभि: कामैश्न स्त्रिय: स पुरुषर्षभ

English

and many lords of men gathered from various countries have been slain by me alone, greedy for kingdom, grandsire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सोनेकी पृथ्वी बनवाकर दक्षिणारूपसे दान की थी

English

Having slain such kings, devoted to dharma, many heroes who drank soma, what shall I obtain, ascetic?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावतीरेव गा: प्रादादामूर्तरयसो गय:

English

I burn unceasingly today, thinking again and again of this earth bereft of those lion-like glorious kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्यगाराध्य य: शक्राद् वरं लेभे महातपा:

English

Seeing the dreadful slaughter of kinsmen and hundreds of enemies slain, and crores of other men, I am tormented, grandsire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रद्धा च नो मा व्यगमन्मा च याचिष्म कंचन

English

What will be the state today of those fair women, bereft of their sons, husbands and brothers?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ग्राम्यारण्या महात्मानं रन्तिदेवं यशस्विनम्

English

Cursing us, the dreadful Pandavas allied with the Vrishnis, enders, they, thin and wretched, fall on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततश्चर्मण्वतीत्येव॑ विख्याता सा महानदी

English

Not seeing fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, all the women, giving up their dear lives, will go to Yama's abode.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददतो यो3क्षयं वित्तं धर्मे श्रद्धा च वर्धताम्

English

enveloped in utter darkness and all things would have been confounded. Even they that are breakers of rules, that are atheists and scoffers of the Vedas, afflicted by chastisement, soon become disposed to observe rules and restrictions. I Everyone in this world is kept straight by chastisement. A person naturally pure and righteous is scarce. Yielding to the fear of chastisement, man becomes disposed to observe rules and restraints. Chastisement was ordained by the Creator himself for protecting religion and profit, for the happiness of all the four orders, and for making them righteous and modest. If chastisement could not inspire fear, then ravens and beasts of prey would have eaten up all other animals and men and the clarified butter intended for sacrifice. If chastisement did not uphold and protect, then nobody would have studied the Vedas, nobody would have milked a milch cow, and no maiden would have married. 2 If chastisement did not uphold and protect, then ravage and confusion would have set in on every side, and all barriers would have been swept away, and the idea of property would have disappeared. If chastisement did not uphold and protect, people could never duly perform annual sacrifices with large presents. If chastisement did not uphold and protect, no one, to whatever mode of life he might belong, would observe the duties of that mode as declared (in the scriptures), and no one would have succeeded in acquiring knowledge. 3 Neither camels, nor oxen, nor horses, nor mules, nor asses, would, even if yoked thereto, drag cars and carriages, if chastisement did not uphold and protect. Upon chastisement depend all creatures. The learned, therefore, say that chastisement is the root of

हिन्दी अर्थ

लेभे च कामांस्तान् सर्वान् पावकादिति न: श्रुतम्

English

We who slew our friends and did endless sin shall fall into hell, head downward.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अयजद्धयमेधेन सहस््रं परिवत्सरान्

English

We shall abandon our bodies by fierce austerity, good one; tell me, grandsire, especially about the stages of life."

हिन्दी अर्थ

चर्मण्वती (चम्बल) के नामसे विख्यात हुई

English

everything. Upon chastisement rests the heaven that men desire, and upon it rests this world also. Thither where foe-destroying chastisement is well applied, no sin, no deception, and no wickedness, is to be seen. If the rod of 'chastisement be not uplifted, the dog will lick the sacrificial butter. The crow also would take away the first (sacrificial) offering, if that rod were not kept uplifted. Righteously or unrighteously, this kingdom hath now become ours. Our duty now is to abandon grief. Do thou, therefore, enjoy it and perform sacrifices. Men that are fortunate, living with their dear wives (and children), eat good food, wear excellent clothes, and cheerfully acquire virtue. All our acts, without doubt, are dependent on wealth; that wealth again is dependent on chastisement. Behold, therefore, the importance of chastisement. Duties have been declared for only the maintenance of the relations of the world. There are two things here, viz., abstention from injury and injury prompted by righteous motives. Of these, two, that is superior by which righteousness may be acquired. 4 There is no act that is wholly meritorious, nor any that is wholly

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य नाम्ना समुद्रश्न सागरत्वमुपागत:

English

"Do not despair, king; remember kshatriya dharma; these kshatriyas were slain by their own dharma, bull among kshatriyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पथ्यं॑ मुमूर्षोरिव सुप्रयुक्तम्

English

Desiring all prosperity and great fame on earth, joined to the ordinance of the Ender, they met death by Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वतेन किमर्थ वा दत्तस्तेन ममार च

English

You are not the slayer, nor Bhima, nor Arjuna, nor the twins; Time, by the rule of turns, takes the lives of embodied beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किसलिये दिया और वह क्यों मर गया?

English

He who has no mother or father, to whom no one is to be favoured, the witness of the deeds of beings—by that Time they were withdrawn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथमप्राप्तकौमार: सृंजयस्य सुतो मृत:

English

This is a mere pretext of that Time, bull among men: that beings slay beings is his lordly form.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुमारावस्था आनेसे पहले ही क्‍यों मर गया?

English

Know Time as embodied in action, the witness of good and bad, giving the fruit of time, with happiness and sorrow as the result of qualities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं वा काञ्चनष्ठीवीत्येतदिच्छामि वेदितुम्

English

Think, mighty-armed one, of the deeds of those too by which they fell under Time as causes of their own destruction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाम पड़नेका कारण क्या था? यह सब मैं जानना चाहता हूँ

English

And know your own restraint, vow and character, when you were made to do such a deed, overcome by the ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुभ्यं निष्कं तुभ्यं निष्कमिति क्रोशन्ति वै द्विजा:

English

wicked. Right or wrong, in all acts, something of both is seen. Subjecting animals to castration, their horns again are cut off. They are then made to bear weights, are tethered, and chastised. In this world that is unsubstantial and rotten with abuses and rendered painful, O monarch, do thou practise the ancient customs of men, following the rules and analogies cited above. Perform sacrifices, give alms, protect thy subjects, and practise righteousness. Slay thy foes, O son of Kunti, and protect thy friends. Let no cheerlessness be thine. O king, while slaying foes. He that does it, O Bharata, does not incur the slightest sin. He that takes up a weapon and slays an armed foe advancing against him, does not incur the sin of killing a foetus, for it is the wrath of the advancing foe that provokes the wrath of the slayer. The inner soul of every creature is incapable of being slain. When the soul is incapable of being slain, how then can one be slain by another? As a person enters a new house, even so a creature enters successive bodies. Abandoning forms that are worn out, a creature acquires new forms. People capable of seeing the truth regard this transformation to be death.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

नासीत् किंचिदसौवर्ण रन्तिदेवस्थ धीमत:

English

away all property, but care should be taken to give him food sufficient for maintaining life. A Vaisya should be punished by forfeiture of possessions. There is practically no punishment for a Sudra, for being unable to possess wealth, dispossession of wealth cannot be a punishment in his case; again, service being his duty, the imposition of labour on him cannot be a punishment. For all that, hard work may be imposed upon him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आलकभ्यन्त शतं गाव: सहस्राणि च विंशति:

English

And whatever distress there is in your mind here, because of that, king, perform an expiation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करता था, उस समय उन्हें बीस हजार एक सौ गौएँ छूकर दी जाती थीं

English

And this is heard, Partha: in the war of gods and asuras of old, the asuras were the elder brothers and the gods the younger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सूप॑ं भूयिष्ठमश्री ध्वं नाद्य भोज्यं यथा पुरा

English

For them too, for the sake of prosperity, there was a great upheaval, and the war, it is said, lasted thirty-two thousand years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऐक्ष्वांकं पुरुषव्याप्रमतिमानुषविक्रमम्

English

Having made the earth a single ocean drenched in blood, the gods slew the Daityas and gained heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नक्षत्रराजं वर्षान्ति व्यभ्रे ज्योतिर्गणा इव

English

Likewise, having obtained the earth, Brahmanas versed in the Veda, deluded by pride, took refuge to aid the Danavas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

योश्वमेधसहस्त्रेण तर्पयामास देवता:

English

They were famed in the three worlds as Shala-wolves, Bharata, and eighty-eight thousand of them were slain by the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्ण पद्मदलाक्षीणां स्त्रीणां शयनसंकुलम्

English

Those who wish for the ruin of dharma and promote unrighteousness, wicked ones, are to be slain by the gods, like the fierce Daityas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्यादेशेन तद् वित्त व्यभजन्त द्विजातय:

English

If by slaying one the family of the good is made safe, or by slaying a family or a kingdom, that does not harm conduct.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हींके नामपर समुद्रकी 'सागर' संज्ञा हो गयी

English

There is something that is dharma in the form of adharma, O king, and dharma in the form of adharma; the wise must understand that.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथा:

English

So steady yourself, Pandava; you are learned; you have followed the path gone before by the gods, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यमभ्यषिज्चन् सम्भूय महारण्ये महर्षय:

English

Such as you do not go to hell, bull of the Pandavas; comfort these brothers and friends, scorcher of foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो राजेति नामास्थ अनुरागादजायत

English

He who in a sinful undertaking is of sinful mind, doing it and having done it shamelessly,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वा द्रोणदुघा गावो वैन्यस्यासन् प्रशासत:

English

in him all that stain is said to be complete; there is no expiation or diminution of the sinful deed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाभिकाममवसन क्षेत्रेषु च गृहेषु च

English

But you are of bright birth, made to act by another's fault; doing this deed unwilling, you are tormented.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरितश्नानुदीर्यन्त ध्वजभड़श्न नाभवत्

English

The horse sacrifice, the great sacrifice, is declared the expiation; perform it, great king, and you will be free of sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंको दान किये थे

English

Maghavan, Pakashasana, having conquered his foes with the Maruts, performed a hundred sacrifices, each hundred times,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रात् पुण्यतरश्वैव मा पुत्रमनुप्यथा:

English

purified of sin, conqueror of heaven, having obtained worlds of rising happiness, Shakra, surrounded by Marut hosts, shone, lighting the quarters.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने मरे हुए पुत्रके लिये शोक न करो

English

The sages and the gods attend the lord of Shachi, honoured in heaven by Apsarases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रकार मेरा यह सारा प्रवचन निष्फल तो नहीं हो गया?”

English

You have come here by valour to the earth, and the kings are conquered by your valour, blameless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीर्त्या युक्तानां शोकनिर्णाशनार्थाम्

English

Going to their cities and kingdoms, king, surrounded by friends, consecrate your brothers, sons and grandsons in their own kingdoms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चरित्रसे युक्त आपका यह वचन सम्पूर्ण शोकोंका विनाश करनेवाला है

English

Conciliating even children and those in the womb, delight all the people and protect the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न ते तृप्याम्यमृतस्येव पानात्

English

Where there is no prince, consecrate the daughters there; for women's hearts are given to desire and in this way they will give up grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिलनका सुख सुलभ हो जायगा

English

Having thus comforted all kingdoms, Bharata, sacrifice with the horse sacrifice, as Indra, victorious, did of old.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हिरण्यनाभं वर्षमहस्रिणं च

English

Those great-souled kshatriyas are not to be grieved for, bull among kshatriyas; they went to destruction by their own deeds, bewildered by the power of the Ender.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नामक एक पुत्र दे रहा हूँ, जिसकी आयु एक हजार वर्षोकी होगी

English

You have attained kshatriya dharma and a stainless kingdom; practise dharma, son of Kunti, which is better for the hereafter."

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनिये। नारद और पर्वत--ये दोनों ऋषि सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें श्रेष्ठ हैं

English

chastisement, and maidens also marry, without practising free love, through fear of chastisement by the king, society, or Yama in the next world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दर्शनीयानवद्याजड्री शीलवृत्तसमाहिता

English

[Vyasa said:] "One who does not do the prescribed rite, practises the forbidden, and lives falsely, is subject to expiation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुकुमारी च देवर्षि वानरप्रतिमाननम्

English

One for whom the sun has risen while he was a celibate student, or has set, one with defective nails or black teeth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमुवाच ततो दृष्टवा पर्वतं नारदस्तथा

English

the younger brother married before the elder, the elder unmarried, a Brahmana who has forsaken the Veda, a slanderer, the husband of a woman previously married, and the first such woman,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्यन्त दीन होकर उनसे बोले--

English

one who breaks his vow of celibacy, a slayer of the twice-born, one who gives up a Brahmana at a wrong place, and one who does not give at a tirtha,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वयाहं प्रथमं शप्तो वानरस्त्वं भविष्यसि

English

a village priest, son of Kunti, a seller of a king, a slayer of a Shudra or a woman—each earlier is the more blameworthy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्यप्रभृति वै वासं स्वर्गे नावाप्स्यसीति ह

English

One who vainly slaughters animals, a forest-burner, one who serves by lies, and one who obstructs his teacher,

हिन्दी अर्थ

न्यवर्तयेतां तौ शापावन्योन्येन तदा मुनी

English

one who casts away the sacred fires, a seller of the Veda—these are all sins, and he who has broken an agreement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुकुमारी प्रदुद्राव परपत्यभिशड्कया

English

I shall also tell the things that are not to be done; hear them from me, those that conflict with the world and the Veda; listen with a single mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विहर्तुकामौ सम्प्रीत्या मानुषेषु पुरा विभो

English

is plain that the fear of being regarded a dunce and a fool and incurring the ridicule or displeasure of the tutor and class-mates, induces one to acquire knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदो मातुलश्चैव भागिनेयश्व पर्वत:

English

that remain quiet for fear of injuring that beast of prey and commit sin. For that slaughter there is merit, for if not slaughtered, the beast will slaughter the kine before the spectator's eyes and the latter would incur sin by passively witnessing the sight. At any rate, to be more general, it is better to injure, says Arjuna, from righteous motives than not to injure from fear of sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारदजी मामा हैं और पर्वत इनके भानजे हैं

English

One who being capable does not perform the rites beginning with the installation of fires, and, Bharata, does not give all that is always to be given,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भुज्जानौ मानुषान् भोगान् यथावत् पर्यधावताम्

English

non-giving of fees, and touching a Brahmana: those who know dharma call all these things not to be done.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथावत््रूपसे परिभ्रमण करने लगे

English

A son who divides with his father, and one who defiles his teacher's bed; a man who does not beget offspring is unrighteous by adharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यो भवेद्धृदि संकल्प: शुभो वा यदि वाशुभ:

English

These deeds have been told in detail and briefly, for doing or not doing which a person becomes subject to expiation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तौ तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय महर्षी लोकपूजितौ

English

But hear in which circumstances men doing these very deeds are not stained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुकूल होकर रहो”

English

One who kills, in battle, a man even versed in the Vedanta who comes against him with weapon raised and wishing to slay him is not a slayer of a Brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथेति कृत्वा राजा तौ सत्कृत्योपचचार ह

English

On this too, son of Kunti, a mantra is recited in the Vedas; I tell you that dharma prescribed by the authority of the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीत् परमप्रीत: सुतेयं वरवर्णिनी

English

One who kills a Brahmana fallen from his conduct, an attacker, is not a slayer of a Brahmana; anger meets anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परम सौम्यमित्युक्त ताभ्यां राजा शशास ताम्

English

One who, when life is at stake or from ignorance, drinks wine, if unprompted and devoted to dharma, deserves a rite of purification again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सा तु कन्या तथेत्युक्त्वा पितरं धर्मचारिणी

English

All this has been told to you, son of Kunti, about eating the forbidden; all is purified by the rule of expiation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्यास्तेनोपचारेण रूपेणाप्रतिमेन च

English

Intercourse with a teacher's bed for the teacher's purpose does not defile a man; Uddalaka begot Shvetaketu through a pupil.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ववृधे हि ततस्तस्य हृदि कामो महात्मन:

English

In calamities, one who commits theft for his teacher's sake is not bound, unless he acts so often by desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नच तं भागिनेयाय पर्वताय महात्मने

English

One who takes from those who are not Brahmanas is not defiled; and one who has not eaten himself is not stained by sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपसा चेड़ितैश्वैव पर्वतो5थ बुबोध तम्

English

To save a life, untruth may be spoken for oneself or another, for a teacher's sake, with women, and in marriages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि काम प्रवर्तन्तं भवानाचष्ट मे पुरा

English

A vow is not broken by seminal emission in a dream in any way; a ghee oblation in a kindled fire is prescribed as the expiation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपने मुझे नहीं बताया; इसलिये यह मैं आपको शाप दे रहा हूँ

English

Marrying before an elder brother is not a fault when the brother is fallen or has gone forth, nor intercourse with another's wife who begs; that does not stain dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मचारी गुरुर्यस्मात् तपस्वी ब्राह्मणश्व॒ सन्

English

One should neither make vain slaughter of animals nor have it done; kindness to animals is the rite enjoined by the rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पर्वत: पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां विचचार महामति:

English

A gift given to an unworthy Brahmana in ignorance is not a fault; so also giving at a tirtha or elsewhere, for a reason.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपतस्थे च भर्तारें न चान्यं मनसाप्यगात्

English

For unchaste women there is a purification which is not defiling; she too is purified by it, but the husband is not defiled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चिन्तन नहीं करती थी

English

Knowing the truth, the sale of soma is not defiling; dismissing a servant who is unable is blameless; burning a forest for the sake of cattle is not defiling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः कदाचिद् भगवान् पर्वतोडनुचचार ह

English

These deeds have been told which one does without being defiled; I shall tell the expiations in detail, Bharata."