Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राय एव समुद्दिष्टा लक्षणानि तु मे शृणु

English

Vaisampayana said, "Then Hrishikesa and king Yudhishthira, and all those persons headed by Kripa, and the four Pandavas, riding on those cars looking like fortified cities and decked with standards and banners, speedily proceeded to Kurukshetra with the aid of their fleet steeds. They descended on that field which was covered with hair and marrow and bones and where millions of high-souled Kshatriyas had cast away their bodies. It abounded also with many a hill formed of the bodies and bones of elephants and steeds, and human heads and skulls lay stretched over it like conch-shells. Variegated with thousands of funeral pyres and teeming with heaps of armour and weapons, the vast plain looked like the drinking garden of the Destroyer himself used and abandoned recently. The mighty car-warriors quickly proceeded, viewing the field of battle haunted by crowds of spirits and thronged with Rakshasas. While proceeding, the mighty-armed Kesava, that delighter of all the Yadavas, spoke unto Yudhishthira about the prowess of Jamadagni's son, Yonder, at a distance, O Partha, are seen the five lakes of Rama! There Rama offered oblations of Kshatriya blood unto the manes of his ancestors. It was hither that the puissant Rama, having freed the earth of Kshatriya for thrice seven times, gave up his task."

हिन्दी अर्थ

वारणा इव सम्मत्तास्ते भवन्ति दुरासदा:

English

"The same, told in detail by former sages, seen and held by the good: tell me, bull of the Bharatas, the loving essence of the duties of kings."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जयस्यैतद् भाविनो रूपमाहु:

English

[Bhishma said:] "Protection of all beings is held the highest for the kshatriya; hear, protector of the earth, how he should protect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण नहीं मालूम रहता है

English

As the serpent-eater bears variegated plumes, so the king who knows dharma should take many kinds of forms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मृदुमप्यवमन्यन्ते तस्मादुभयमाचरेत्

English

Sharpness, crookedness, forbearance, truth and straightness—standing in the mean and in goodness, he thus finds happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रियो भवति भूतानां धर्मज्ञो वीतभीर्नप:

English

In whatever matter is beneficial, he should take on the form and colour suited to it; for a king of many forms, even a subtle aim does not fail.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोगोंका प्रिय एवं निर्भय हो जाता है

English

His counsel should always be guarded; he should be as one mute; with fine speech and slender body, fortunate and expert in the scriptures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वस्त: शक्‍्यते भोक्तुं यथाकाममुपस्थित:

English

He should be careful at the gates of calamity, as at places where water flows; he should take shelter in Brahmanas who are perfected, as from mountain rain-water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वत: परिरक्षेच्च यो महीं भोक्तुमिच्छति

English

A king desiring wealth should make a crest like the banner of dharma; he should always hold up the rod and act without negligence; and, seeing in the world income and expenditure, move from tree to tree.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पारावतकुलिल्ञाक्षा: सर्वे शूरा: प्रमाथिन:

English

"Yudhishthira said,— 'I have great doubts in what thou sayest about Rama's having thrice seven times exterminated the Kshatriyas in days of old. When the very Kshatriya seed was burnt by Rama, O bull among the Yadus, how was the Kshatriya order revived, O thou of immeasurable prowess? How, O bull of the Yadus, was the Kshatriya order exterminated by the illustrious and high-souled Rama, and how did it again grow? In frightful car-encounters millions of Kshatriyas were slain. The earth, O foremost of eloquent men, was strewn with the corpses of Kshatriyas. For what reason was the Kshatriya order thus exterminated in days of yore by Rama, the high-souled descendant of Bhrigu, O tiger among the Yadus? O thou of Vrishni's race, remove this doubt of mine, O bird-bannered hero! O Krishna, O

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रमादिनश्न मन्दाश्ष क्रोधना: किडुकिणीस्वना:

English

younger brother of Baladeva, the highest knowledge is from thee.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

हो, वे स्वभावके बड़े क्रोधी होते हैं

English

Vaisampayana said,— "The puissant elder brother of Gada then narrated unto Yudhishthira of incomparable prowess everything that happened, in full detail, as to how the earth had become filled with Kshatriyas."

हिन्दी अर्थ

जिद्दानासाग्रजिद्नाश्व दूरगा दूरपातिन:

English

In the rains, with his neck dark, he should sink into the lonely night; with the peacock's quality alone he should move unnoticed by women; he should not give up his armour and should guard himself by himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शीघ्राश्चपलवृत्ताश्व ते भवन्ति दुरासदा:

English

He should avoid going into the ranging grounds and snares; he should afflict that ground and again vanish in the thicket.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवादितेषु कुप्यन्ति हृष्पन्ति कलहेषु च

English

He should kill the angry, the very venomous, the crooked-going and the hostile; he should not shelter in a young peacock's feather; he should settle in good dwellings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भिड़नेमें ही आनन्द आता है

English

Ever like the peacock, he may do as he likes in attachment; from all sides he should take wisdom, as birds into thickets; thus, like the peacock, a king should protect his own realm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नकुलाक्षास्तथा चैव सर्वे शूरास्तनुत्यज:

English

The wise man should lay down a policy that increases himself: restraint of self by intellect, the lowering of another by intellect, and the gaining of one's own qualities by intellect—this is the instruction of the scripture.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्याग करनेवाले होते हैं

English

He should reassure the other by conciliation and observe his own strength; by examining himself he should weigh intellect by intellect; the wise, intent on conciliation, should consider what to do and not to do.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वज़बाह्वंगुलीचक्रा: कृशा धमनिसंतता:

English

The steadfast, of hidden thought, should speak when it is to be spoken; if the wise one brings up near talk, Brihaspati by his intellect would come to nature, like black iron heated in water.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्नतांसा: पृथुग्रीवा विकटा: स्थूलपिण्डिका:

English

The king should examine all affairs, taught by the scriptures, both his own and another's.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पिण्डशीर्षातिवक्त्रा श्व वृषदंशमुखास्तथा

English

He should employ in their own work the petty, the cruel, the wise, the brave and the expert in wealth, and others who are superior in speech.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरस्कार्या: सदा सैन्ये हन्यन्ते घ्नन्ति चापि ये

English

Even without seeing them, appointed to fitting tasks, he should follow them all, as stretched strings give their notes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमेव प्रकुप्यन्ति राज्ञो5प्येते हभीक्ष्णश:

English

Without conflict with the dharmas he should do what is pleasing to all; the king who says "this is mine" is like an unmoving mountain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृतनाया: प्रशस्तानि तानि चेच्छामि वेदितुम्

English

Fixing his resolve like the sun its stretched ray, he should guard dharma alone, treating the pleasant and the unpleasant alike.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं? यह मैं जानना चाहता हूँ

English

Knowing dharma, soft-spoken, from fitting family, nature and country, faultless in middle age, intent on welfare, masters of their senses,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मड़लानि च कुर्वन्ति शमयन्त्यहितानि च

English

not greedy, trained, self-controlled, firmly established in dharma—the king should place such guardians of dharma and wealth in all works.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्यां भवन्ति सेनायां ध्रुवं तस्यां परो जय:

English

In this way, intent, content and aided by spies, he should perform the coming and going of affairs.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसकी उत्तम विजय अवश्य होती है

English

For one whose anger and joy are not in vain, who himself looks into affairs and whose treasury rests on trust in himself, the earth is truly the bearer of wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुप्लवन्तो मेघाश्व॒ तथा55दित्यस्य रश्मय:

English

He whose favour is plain and whose restraint is just, whose self is guarded and kingdom guarded, is a king who knows kingly duty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

येषां चमूस्तेडभिभवन्ति शत्रून्ू

English

He should always look over the realm, like the sun rising with its rays; he should know the spies and the unmoving, and not be anxious by intellect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जयस्यैतद् भाविनो रूपमाहु:

English

The king should take wealth in due season and not announce it; the wise should milk the earth day by day as a cow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यही शुभ लक्षण बताया गया है

English

As the bee gathers honey from flowers in order, so the king should take wealth and make a store.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धैर्य चाविशते योधान् विजयस्य मुखं च तत्

English

What remains guarded is good for dharma and desire; the king who knows the scriptures and is self-possessed should store and release.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्चात्संसाधयत्यर्थ पुरस्ताच्च निषेधति

English

He should not despise a small aim nor slight enemies; he should know himself by intellect and not trust the unwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साम्नैव वर्तये: पूर्व प्रयतेथास्ततो युधि

English

Steadiness, skill, restraint, supreme intellect, courage, valour, place and time, and carefulness—these eight kindle the growth of wealth, whether little or great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यादृच्छिको युधि जयो हैवो वेति विचारणम्

English

A spark grows when fed with ghee, and a single seed becomes many thousands; seeing the great rise and fall, the wise should not despise the small."

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका पहलेसे कोई निश्चय नहीं रहता

English

The enemy, whether boy, non-boy or old man, who would always strike a careless man—another, in time, would take away his root; the knower of time is the best of kings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्निवार्यतमा चैव प्रभग्ना महती चमू:

English

He would take away fame, obstruct his dharma, and destroy his long-held strength in wealth; whether the enemy is hateful, weak or strong, the self-controlled should never slight a foe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उदारसारा महती रुरुसंघोपमा चमू:

English

The decline of the enemy, one's own accumulation and protection—both aims together serve dharma and desire; hence the wise man should arrange the rest; therefore a king should rely on the wise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुलीना: पूजिता: सम्यग् विजयन्तीह शात्रवान्

English

Blazing intellect destroys the strong; strength grows when guarded by intellect; the enemy, growing, sinks by intellect; praised is the deed that follows intellect.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वज्रादिव प्रज्वलितादियं क्व नु पतिष्यति

English

The steadfast, desiring all desires, wading with little strength, of slight body, as he wishes for himself with his wealth, fills a vessel of the good not little.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वज्र गिरनेवाला हो। वे सोचते हैं, न जाने यह सेना किसके ऊपर पड़ेगी?

English

Therefore a king, once seized by enemies, should take up from all sides the root of fortune; even long oppressed, he should be glorious, like the fall of lightning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्य प्रतापतप्तानां मज्जा सीदति देहिनाम्

English

Knowledge, austerity or vast wealth—all this is possible by resolve; Brahman, which dwells in embodied beings, therefore know resolve to be abundant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बलवान् राजा हो, उसके साथ सन्धि करना श्रेष्ठ है

English

Where the wise and the high-minded dwell, where Shakra, Vishnu and Sarasvati and all beings ever abide—therefore the learned man should not despise the body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा सार्धममित्रेण सर्वतः प्रतिबाधनम्

English

One should always slay the greedy by gifts; the greedy never reaches satisfaction with another's wealth; every greedy man works for the enjoyment of qualities; he who is without wealth gives up dharma and desire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षमायाश्षाक्षमायाश्न पार्थ विद्धि प्रयोजनम्

English

Wealth, food, sons, wives and prosperity of others—every greedy man wishes for; all faults arise in the greedy; therefore a king should not take on the greedy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महापराधे हाप्यस्मिन् विश्वसन्त्यपि शत्रव:

English

Even a lowly good man one should urge on in sight; the wise should destroy all the undertakings and aims of his enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्रोधेनाविनाशेन नियन्तव्या: स्वपुत्रवत्

English

A counsellor known among the righteous, guarded, trusted, Pandava, of good family, is sufficient for gathering the kingdom, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वशमें करे; उसका विनाश न करे

English

Hear in brief with your intellect, god among men, these dharmas set forth that proceed by rule; the king who follows and applies them is able to protect the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसलिये उसे आवश्यकतानुसार उग्रता और कोमलता दोनोंसे काम लेना चाहिए

English

If happiness is seen born of misconduct and lack of rule, forced and of many kinds, there is no course for such a king; there is no highest happiness born of the realm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रहत्य च कृपायीत शोचन्निव रुदन्निव

English

Distinguished by wealth, honoured for intellect and character, endowed with qualities, of valour seen in battle, seen in virtues—the self-possessed king soon, attending to the good, slays his enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुदुर्लभा: सुपुरुषा: संग्रामेष्वपलायिन:

English

He should see the means by various paths of action, and not fix his mind on what is without means; a man who sees faults does not gain superior fortune, vast fame and wealth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति वाचा बदन् इन्तृन् पूजयेत रहोगत:

English

In the course of affection and in turning back, knowing among friends and turning from both, whatever friend bears a heavy burden, the wise man should call that very one most affectionate.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रोशेद् बाहुं प्रगृह्मापि चिकीर्षन् जनसंग्रहम्

English

Fix your mind on these duties of kings told by me and on the protection of men; you will easily gain the fruit of merit, for all, best of the world, has dharma as its root."