Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाभीत: पुरुष: कश्चित् समये स्थातुमिच्छति

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'For a little while, O Arjuna, concentrate thy attention and fix thy mind and hearing on thy inner soul. If thou listenest to my words in such a frame of mind, they will meet with thy approbation. Abandoning all worldly pleasures, I shall betake myself to that path which is trod by the righteous. I shall not, for thy sake, tread along the path thou recommendest. If thou askest me what path is auspicious that one should tread alone, I shall tell thee. If thou dost not desire to ask me, I shall yet, unasked by thee, tell thee of it. Abandoning the pleasures and observance of men of the world, engaged in performing the austerest of penances, I shall wander in the forest, with the animals that have their home there, living on fruit and roots. Pouring libations on the: fire at due hours, and performing ablutions at morn and eve, I shall thin myself by reduced diet, and covering myself with skins, bear matted locks on my head. Enduring cold, wind, and heat as also hunger and thirst and toil, I shall emaciate my body by penances as laid down in the ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बन जाते हैं। परंतु बिना हिंसा किये वे भी जीवन-निर्वाह नहीं कर पाते हैं

English

"King, you know dharma; nothing on earth is unknown to you; we ever learn from your conduct and yet cannot match it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पड़नेपर डर जाती और दण्डके भयसे फिर प्रज्वलित हो उठती है

English

'I will not speak, I will not speak'—such was my resolve; but from great grief I shall speak; hear it, lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और किसीको कुछ सूझ न पड़े

English

By your delusion everything has been thrown into doubt; weakness and faintness have come upon us.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेडपि भोगाय कल्पन्ते दण्डेनाशु निपीडिता:

English

How is it that the king of the world, versed in all scriptures, falls into delusion from distress like a base man?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्डस्य हि भयाद् भीतो भोगायैव प्रवर्तते

English

The coming and going of the world are known to you; nothing about the future or the present is unknown to you, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्डो विधात्रा विहितो धर्मार्थी भुवि रक्षितुम्

English

This being so, great king, concerning the kingdom, I shall state the reason; listen to it with a single mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्युः पशून् मनुष्यांश्व॒ यज्ञार्थानि हवींषि च

English

Disease is of two kinds, bodily and mental; the birth of each from the other is not found free of the other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञके लिये रखे हुए हविष्योंको खा जाते

English

Mental disease arises from bodily, without doubt; and bodily disease arises from mental, it is certain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाहत्वा मत्स्यघातीव प्राप्रोति महतीं श्रियम्

English

Charming to the heart and the ear, I shall daily listen to the clear strains of, cheerful birds and animals residing in the woods. I shall enjoy the fragrance of flower-burthened trees and creepers, and see diverse kinds of charming products that grow in the forest. I shall also see many excellent recluses of the forest. I shall not do the slightest injury to any creature, what need be said then of those that dwell in villages and towns? l Leading a retired life and devoting myself to contemplation, I shall live upon ripe and unripe fruits and gratify the Pitris and the deities with offerings of wild fruits and spring water and grateful hymns. Observing in this way the austere regulations of a forest life, I shall pass my days, calmly awaiting the dissolution of my body. Or, living alone and observing the vow of taciturnity, with my head shaved clean, I shall derive my sustenance by begging each day of only one tree. 2 Smearing my body with ashes, and availing of the shelter of abandoned houses, or lying at the foot of trees, I shall live, casting off all things dear or hateful. Without indulging in grief or joy, and regarding censure and applause, hope and affliction, equally, and prevailing over every couple of opposites, I shall live casting off all the things of the world. Without conversing with anybody, I shall assume the outward form of a blind and deaf idiot, while living in contentment and deriving happiness from my own soul. Without doing the least injury to the four kinds of movable and immovable creatures, I shall behave equally towards all creatures whether mindful of their duties or following only the dictates of the senses. I shall not jeer at any one, nor shall I frown at anybody. Restraining all my senses, I shall always be of a cheerful face. Without asking anybody about the way, proceeding along any route that I may happen to meet with, I shall go on, without taking note of the country or the point of the compass to which or towards which I may go. Regardless of whither I may proceed, I shall not look behind. Divesting myself of desire and wrath, and turning my gaze inwards, I shall go on, casting off pride of soul and body. Nature always walks ahead; hence, food and drink will somehow be accomplished. I shall not think of those pairs of opposites that stand in the way of such a life. If pure food in even a small

हिन्दी अर्थ

इन्द्रो वृत्रवधेनैव महेन्द्र: समपद्यत

English

Cold, heat and wind are the three bodily qualities; their equilibrium is called the mark of health.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हन्ता रुद्रस्तथा स्कन्द: शक्रोडग्निर्वरुणो यम:

English

When one of them is in excess, a remedy is prescribed: heat is checked by cold and cold by heat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वसवो मरुत: साध्या विश्वेदेवाक्ष भारत

English

Sattva, rajas and tamas are the three mental qualities; grief is checked by joy and joy by grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न ब्रह्माणं न धातारं न पूषाणं कथंचन

English

Someone in happiness wishes to remember sorrow; someone in sorrow wishes to remember happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत्त्वै: सत्त्वा हि जीवन्ति दुर्बलैर्बलवत्तरा:

English

You are neither sorrowing from sorrow nor happy from happiness, neither sorrowing from born joy nor happy from born sorrow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बिडालमत्ति श्वा राजन् श्वानं व्यालमृगस्तथा

English

You ought to remember, Kaurava, that fate is stronger; or else this is your nature by which you are drawn.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणस्यान्नमिदं सर्व जड़मं स्थावरं च यत्

English

You ought not to remember seeing Krishna in the assembly in a single garment, in her season, while the sons of Pandu looked on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा सृष्टोडसि राजेन्द्र तथा भवितुमरहसि

English

Nor the exile from the city, the dwelling in deerskins, nor the dwelling in the great forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विना वध॑ न कुर्वन्ति तापसा: प्राणयापनम्

English

How can you have forgotten the torment from Jatasura, the fight with Chitrasena, the torment from Saindhava, and again the kick of Kichaka in the year unknown?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नच वक्षिन्न तान हन्ति किमन्यत् प्राणयापनात्

English

The war that you had with Drona and Bhishma, subduer of foes—this dreadful battle has now come to you with your mind alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिवा और क्या है?

English

In which there is no need of arrows, friends or kinsmen, and one must fight by oneself alone—that battle has come to you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पक्ष्मणो5पि निपातेन येषां स्यथात् स्कन्धपर्यय:

English

If you are freed of life without winning in that battle, you will take another body and fight with it again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वने कुट॒म्बधर्माणो दृश्यन्ते परिमोहिता:

English

Therefore, bull of the Bharatas, you must go to that battle today; having won it, great king, you will have fulfilled your task.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्यास्तन्वते यज्ञांस्ते स्वर्ग प्राप्रुवन्ति च

English

Resolving on this, knowing the coming and going of beings, rule the kingdom as is fitting, in the conduct of your father and grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कौन्तेय सर्वभूतानां तत्र मे नास्ति संशय:

English

By good fortune the sinful Duryodhana is slain in battle with his followers; by good fortune you have gone the road of Draupadi's hair.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतर्जिता दण्डभयाज्ज्वलन्ति

English

Sacrifice with the horse sacrifice duly with fees; we are your servants, Partha, and the valiant Vasudeva."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न कन्योद्धहनं गच्छेद् यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

measure be not obtainable in the first house (to which I may go), I shalt get it by going to other houses. If I fail to procure it by even such a round, I shall proceed to seven houses in succession and fill my craving. When the smoke of houses will cease, their hearth-fires having been extinguished, when husking-rods will be kept aside, and all the inmates will have taken their food, when mendicants and guests Will cease to wander, I shall select a moment for my round of mendicancy and solicit alms at two, three, or five houses at the most. I shall wander over the earth, after breaking the bonds of desire. Preserving equability in success and failure, I shall earn great ascetic merit. I shall behave neither like one that is fond of life nor like one that is about to die.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यत्र दण्ड: सुविहितश्चरत्यरिविनाशन:

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "Possessed by these sins you desire the kingdom; become free of flesh (greed), released, tranquil and very happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवर्षन्त: फलैदनिर्भुज्जनाश्षान्नमुत्तमम्

English

One who rules this whole earth, as one king, still has but one belly; why do you praise this?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सच दण्डे समायत्त: पश्य दण्डस्य गौरवम्

English

It cannot be filled in a day or a month, bull among men; filling the unfillable with desire, one cannot manage it even in a lifetime.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहिंसासाधुहिंसेति श्रेयान् धर्मपरिग्रह:

English

As fire blazes when kindled and dies when not, so quench the fire of the belly when it has risen, by little food; the glutton wins the earth and is better off conquered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वही कार्य श्रेष्ठ मानना चाहिए:

English

You praise human pleasures and enjoyments and lordship; those who do not enjoy and the weak go to the unsurpassed state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वहन्ति बहवो भारान् बध्नन्ति दमयन्ति च

English

The security and welfare of the kingdom, and dharma and unrighteousness, rest on you; be freed from the great burden; take refuge in renunciation alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तैस्तैन्ययिर्महाराज पुराणं धर्ममाचर

English

For the sake of a single belly the tiger makes a great kill, and others live on his leavings, the slow-footed beasts that roam.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमित्रान् जहि कौन्तेय मित्राणि परिपालय

English

Withdrawing from objects of sense, the ascetic renounces; kings are not content; see how the minds differ.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दूध न दुहावे और कन्या ब्याह न करे

English

I shall not manifest any liking for life or dislike for death. If one strikes off one arm of mine and another smears the other arm with sandal-paste, I shall not wish evil to the one or good to the other. Discarding all those acts conducive to prosperity that one can do in life, the only acts I shall perform will be to open and shut my eyes and take as much food and drink as will barely keep up life. Without ever being attached to action, and always restraining the functions of the senses, I shall give up all desires and purify the soul of all impurities. Freed from all attachments and tearing off all bonds and ties, I shall live free as the wind. Living in such freedom from affections, everlasting contentment will be mine. Through desire, I have, from ignorance, committed great sins. A certain class of men, doing both auspicious and inauspicious acts here, maintain their wives, children, and kinsmen, all bound to them in relations of cause and effect, l When the period of their life runs out, casting off their weakened bodies, they take upon themselves all the effects of their sinful acts, for none but the actor is burdened with the consequences of his acts. 2 Even thus, endued with actions, creatures come into this wheel of life that is continually turning like the wheel of a car, and even thus, coming thither, they meet with their fellow-creatures. He, however, who abandons the worldly course of life, which is really a fleeting illusion although it looks eternal, and which is afflicted by birth, death, decrepitude, disease, and pain, is sure to obtain happiness. When again, the very gods fall down from heaven and great Rishis from their respective positions of eminence who, that is acquainted with truths of causes (and effects) would wish to have even heavenly prosperity? 3 Insignificant kings, having performed diverse acts relating to the diverse means of kingcraft (known by the means of conciliation, gift, &c.) often slay a king through some contrivance. Reflecting on these circumstances, this nectar of wisdom hath come to me. Having attained it, I desire to get a permanent, eternal, and unchangeable place (for myself). Always (conducting myself) with such wisdom and acting in this way, I shall, by betaking myself to that fearless path of life, terminate this physical frame that is subject to birth, death, decrepitude, disease, and pain.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

ममत्वं न प्रजानीयुर्यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

wronging men of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिवद् दक्षिणावन्ति यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

In your plans be free of undertaking, free of hope and possessiveness; take your stand on the griefless, imperishable state here and hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बेखटके न होने पावे

English

Those without flesh (desire) do not grieve; why do you grieve for flesh? Abandoning all flesh, you will be freed from falsehood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न विद्यां प्राप्तुयात् कश्चिद् यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

There are two paths, famed: the path of the ancestors and the path of the gods; the sacrificers go by the path of the ancestors, the liberated by the path of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युक्ता वहेयुर्यानानि यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

Purified by austerity, celibacy and Vedic study, casting off their bodies, they shine, having gone beyond the domain of death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिये जानेपर भी उन्हें ढोकर ले न जायेँ

English

In the world, flesh (desire) is a bond and so is action here; freed from those two nooses, one reaches the supreme state.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तिछेद् युवती धर्मे यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

They also tell of this verse sung by Janaka, free of dualities, liberated, seeing liberation:

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्डे स्वर्गो मनुष्याणां लोकोयं सुप्रतिषछ्ठित:

English

'Truly endless is my wealth, who have nothing at all; when Mithila is on fire, nothing of mine burns.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। मनुष्योंका इहलोक और स्वर्गलोक दण्डपर ही प्रतिष्ठित है

English

Ascending the palace of wisdom, one looks on grieving people, who should not be grieved for, as one on a mountain looks on dull-witted people on the ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाप और ठगी भी नहीं देखनेमें आती है

English

He who sees what is to be seen is possessed of sight and wisdom; by knowledge of the unknown and by awakening, wisdom is spoken of.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हरेत् काक: पुरोडाशं यदि दण्डो न पालयेत्

English

He who understands speech obtains great honour; he is Brahma, among physicians of those born of the nature of Brahma, with refined souls.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यस्तत्र न शोको वै भुड्क्ष्य भोगान् यजस्व च

English

When he sees the separate states of beings as one, then from that very expansion he becomes Brahma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भोग भोगिये और यज्ञ कीजिये

English

They go the way of people; the unlearned and dull-minded do not, nor the unwise or those without austerity; everything rests on wisdom."

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहिये। कुन्तीनन्दन! आप शत्रुओंका वध और मित्रोंका पालन कीजिये

English

for a living person, they walk under its shade and beg of it its fruits. Those fruits that fall down on such occasions are regarded as the alms granted by the tree to its mendicant guest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विक्लवत्वं च न: प्राप्तमबलत्वं तथैव च

English

[Arjuna said:] "People tell this ancient history, the dialogue of the king of Videha with his wife, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखका स्मरण करना चाहता है

English

When the lord of Videha had resolved to give up his kingdom and beg, his queen, distressed, said to him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

परमव्यक्तरूपस्य व्यक्त त्यक्त्वा स्वकर्मभि:

English

'Abandoning wealth, children, friends and jewels of many kinds, and the purifying path, Janaka has taken to shaven-headedness.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतज्जित्वा महाराज कृतकृत्यो भविष्यसि

English

His beloved wife saw him living by alms, penniless, sitting with a handful of grain, without effort, free of envy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितृपैतामहे वृत्ते शाधि राज्यं यथोचितम्

English

Approaching her fearless husband in private, the wife, high-minded and angry, said reasoned words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रौपद्या: केशपाशस्य दिष्ट्या त्वं पदवीं गत:

English

'How, abandoning your own kingdom rich in wealth and grain, taking up a skull-bearer's life, do you roam the forest with a handful of grain?

हिन्दी अर्थ

वयं ते किंकरा: पार्थ वासुदेवश्च वीर्यवान्

English

Your vow is otherwise, king, and your conduct otherwise, that you give up a great kingdom and are content with a little.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बल॑ मोहो5भिमानश्षाप्युद्वेगश्वैव सर्वश:

English

Neither guests, nor gods, sages and ancestors can be supported by this now by you; this labour of yours is in vain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तत्र किल्बिषं किंचित् कर्तुर्भवीति भारत

English

therefore, as agents of happiness or the reverse, depend upon one's past acts. They are effects of pre- existing causes. Then again, they may be causes of effects to be manifested in the next life, for their acts also are supposed to affect the next life of him to whom they belong.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शत्रुओंका वध करनेसे कर्ताको कोई पाप नहीं लगता

English

You who were the supporter of thousands of aged Brahmanas learned in the three Vedas, and of the world, now seek a livelihood from others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवध्ये चात्मनि कथं वध्यो भवति कस्यचित्

English

Having abandoned blazing fortune, you are now looked on like a corpse; your mother Kausalya is childless and husbandless through you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ही नहीं सकता तब वह किसीका वध्य कैसे होगा?

English

Eighty dharma-seeking kshatriya women wait on you, hoping in you, wretched ones intent on fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं जीव: शरीराणि तानि तानि प्रपद्यते

English

Making them fruitless, to what worlds will you go, O king, with liberation uncertain for embodied beings who are dependent?

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं मृत्युमुखं प्राहुर्जना ये तत्त्वदर्शिन:

English

For you there is neither this world nor the next, a sinner, who, abandoning lawful wives, wish to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धैर्यमास्थाय तेजस्वी ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरमब्रवीत्

English

Why, abandoning garlands, scents, ornaments and garments of many kinds, do you wander inactive?

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपशिक्षाम ते वृत्तं सहैव न च शक्‍नुम:

English

Having been a watering-place for all beings, a great purifier, a rich tree, you now wait on others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सदा ही सदाचारकी शिक्षा पाते हैं। हम आपको शिक्षा दे नहीं सकते

English

Many flesh-eaters feed on an elephant when cast down, and many worms; what then of you, useless?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अतिदु:खात्तु वक्ष्यामि तन्निबोध जनाधिप

English

If someone broke this water-jar of yours, took your three-staved stick, or took away your cloth, how would your mind be?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोहमापद्यसे हैन्याद् यथा कापुरुषस्तथा

English

You who abandoned everything and hold a handful of grain—if all is equal to that, what is this that is being given to me? If a handful of grain is the aim here, your vow is destroyed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयत्यां च तदात्वे च न तेस्त्यविदितं प्रभो

English

Who am I to you, who are you to me, what favour have you for me today? Rule the earth, O king, where you may show favour; palace, bed, vehicles, garments and ornaments.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, उसे ही यहाँ बता रहा हूँ। आप एकाग्रचित्त होकर सुनें

English

Of the wealth gathered by the happy, you give up what is held by the fortuneless, the penniless, those who abandon friends and those with nothing; what then is that?

हिन्दी अर्थ

परस्परं तयोर्जन्म निर्दधन्द्ध नोपलभ्यते

English

Know the difference between one who always receives and one who always gives; which of the two is called better?

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थो च विन्दति

English

The gift given to those who always beg, even among the good free of pretence, is like an oblation badly offered in a forest fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां गुणानां साम्य॑ं यत्तदाहु: स्वस्थलक्षणम्

English

As fire, O king, does not go out without burning, so a Brahmana who always begs does not become calm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साम्यावस्थामें रहना ही स्वस्थताका लक्षण बताया गया है

English

The Vedas of the good and food in this world are an established nature; if there were no giver, how would there be liberation-seekers?

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां गुणानां साम्य॑ं यत्तदाहु: स्वस्थलक्षणम्

English

From food householders and mendicants exist in this world; from food life arises; the giver of food is the giver of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शोक (रजोगुण)-का निवारण होता है और शोकके द्वारा हर्षका

English

Derived from householders and resting on householders, the self-controlled sit censuring their origin and support.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वश्चिद् दुःखे वर्तमान: सुखस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छति

English

One is not to be known as a mendicant by renunciation, nor by shaving, nor by begging; know that the upright one who renounces possessions is the happy mendicant.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा ते स्वभावोयं येन पार्थिव क्लिश्यसे

English

Going unattached as if attached, free of attachment, free of bonds, equal toward foe and friend—he is truly liberated, lord of the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मिषतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां न तस्य स्मर्तुमहसि

English

Shaven, in ochre garments, white, they wander for the sake of gifts, accumulating vain flesh with many kinds of nooses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महारण्यनिवासश्न न तस्य स्मर्तुमहसि

English

Those who abandon the Three Vedas and trade, and abandon their sons, and the foolish who accept a three-staved stick and a cloth—

हिन्दी अर्थ

सैन्धवाच्च परिक्लेशं कथं विस्मृतवानसि

English

know that ochre is for the sake of effort in one whose stains are not cleansed; it is for the livelihood of the shaven banner-bearers of dharma, so I think.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रौपद्या राजपुत्र्याश्न कथं विस्मृतवानसि

English

Supporting good men, naked, shaven, matted, in ochre robes, antelope skins and bark garments, great king, conquer the worlds, controlling your senses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मारी थी, उस घटनाको आपने सहसा कैसे भुला दिया?

English

The Janaka who formerly gave daily fire-installations, sacrifices for his teachers with animals and fees—what is more righteous than that?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनसैकेन योद्धव्यं तत्ते युद्धमुपस्थितम्

English

King Janaka was sung in the world as knower of the truth; even he was possessed of delusion; do not fall under the sway of delusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपको ही लड़ना है। वह युद्ध आपके सामने उपस्थित है

English

Thus by men ever devoted to giving, the dharma has been followed, men endowed with the quality of kindness, free of desire and anger,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारण करके पुनःउन्हीं शत्रुओंके साथ आपको युद्ध करना पड़ेगा

English

protecting subjects and resorting to the supreme gift, we shall gain the desired worlds, devoted to Brahmanas and truthful.'"