Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रेभ्य: श्राद्धदेवस्तु सूक्ष्मधर्मार्थकारणात्

English

of the scriptures O monarch, the king should Study friends and foes. O thou of great liberality, thou shouldst avoid all those evil practices that are called Vyasanas. It is not necessary that thou shouldst never indulge in them. What, however, is needed is that thou shouldst not be attached to them. He that is attached to those practices is prevailed over by everyone. The king who cherishes no love for his people inspires the latter with anxiety. The king should always bear himself towards his subjects as a mother towards the child of her womb. Hear, O monarch, the reason why this becomes desirable. As the mother, disregarding those objects that are most cherished by her, seeks the good of her child alone, even so, without doubt, should kings conduct themselves (towards their subjects). The king that is righteous, O foremost one of Kuru's race, should always behave in such a manner as to a old what is dear to him, for the sake of doing that which would benefit his people. Thou shouldst not ever, O son of Pandu, abandon fortitude. The king that is possessed of fortitude and who is known to inflict chastisement on wrong- doers, has no cause of fear. O foremost of speakers, thou shouldst not indulge in jests with thy servants. O tiger among kings, listen to the faults of such conduct. If the master mingles too freely with them, dependents begin to disregard him. They forget their own position and most truly transcend that of the master. Ordered to do a thing, they hesitate, and divulge the master's secrets. They ask for things that should not be asked for, and take the food that is intended for the master. They go to the length of displaying their wrath and seek to outshine the master. They even seek to predominate over the king, and accepting bribes and practising deceit, obstruct the business of the state. They cause the state to rot with abuses by falsifications and forgeries. They make love with the female guards of the palace and dress in the same style as their master. They become so shameless as to indulge in eructations and the like, and expectorate in the very presence of their master, O tiger among kings, and they do not fear to even speak of him with levity before others. If the king becomes mild and disposed to jest, his servants, disregarding him, ride on steeds and elephants and cars as good as the king's, l His counsellors, assembled in court, openly indulge in such speeches as: 'This is beyond thy power. This is a wicked attempt.' If the king becomes angry, they laugh; nor are they gladdened if favours be bestowed upon them, though they may express joy for other reasons. They disclose the secret counsels of their master and bruit his evil acts. Without the least anxiety they set at naught the king's commands. If the king's jewels, or food, or the necessaries of his bath, or unguents, be not forthcoming, the servants, in his very presence, do not show the least anxiety. They do not take what rightfully belongs to them. On the other hand, without being content with what has been assigned to them, they appropriate what belongs to the king. They wish to sport with the king as with a bird tied with a string, And always give the people to understand that the king is very intimate with them and loves them dearly. If the king becomes mild and disposed to jest, O Yudhishthira, these and many other

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजस्वी दण्ड सबको मर्यादाके भीतर रखता है

English

[Bhishma said:] "Well, I shall tell you the policy for calamities, Bharata: how a king should act in time, even setting aside compassion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परंतु इन तीनोंका मूल कारण है संकल्प और संकल्प है विषयरूप

English

Here too they cite this ancient tale, the dialogue of Bharadvaja with the king Shatrutapa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आड्रिष्ठोडथ पप्रच्छ कृत्वा समयपर्ययम्

English

The king Shatrutapa, great chariot-warrior of the Sauviras, approached Kanika and asked about the determination of ends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवेच्च यदपध्वस्तस्तच्छुद्ध मरणं भवेत्

English

'How may one desire what is not yet gained, how is the gained increased, how should the increased be protected, and how the protected be applied?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह सब सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

Asked for the settled meaning, the brahmana, who had determined the matter, spoke these words, reasoned and apt in reply.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उससे भी बढ़कर राजलक्ष्मीको यदि तुम पाना चाहते हो तो शीलवान् बनो

English

'One should ever have the rod raised, ever display manliness, be without flaw, yet see the flaws of others, and follow their weak points.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शीलवानोंके लिये संसारमें कुछ भी असाध्य नहीं है

English

People are greatly alarmed by one who ever has the rod raised; therefore one should restrain all beings by the rod alone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस पृथ्वीका राज्य प्राप्त किया था

English

So indeed the wise who see the truth praise it; therefore among the four, the rod is called chief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुष्टानां निग्रहो दण्डो हिरण्यं बाह्मुत: क्रिया

English

When the root of a support is cut, all who live by it are destroyed; how could branches remain when the tree's root is cut?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कदापि उचित नहीं है

English

The wise man should cut the root of the enemy's side first; then he should pursue the allies and the whole party.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्नेर्जागर्ति वरुणो वरुणाच्च प्रजापति:

English

Good counsel, good valour, good fighting and good flight, he should practise at the times of calamity, without hesitating.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्माच्च ब्रह्मुण: पुत्रो व्यवसाय: सनातन:

English

He should be humble in word alone, while at heart like a razor; speaking gently at first, he should avoid desire and anger.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओषध्यस्तेजसस्तस्मादोषधीभ्यश्ष् पर्वता:

English

In a task shared with a rival, having made an alliance, one should not trust; the shrewd man, his work done, should quickly withdraw.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जागर्ति निर्क्रतिर्देवी ज्योतींषि निर्क्रतरपि

English

An enemy in the form of a friend he should soothe with conciliation alone, and always be wary of him, as of a snake that has entered the house.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मा पितामहस्तस्माज्जागर्ति प्रभुरव्यय:

English

One whose understanding is slighted should be soothed with the past; the dull-witted with the future; the wise with the present.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विश्वेदेवा: शिवाच्चापि विश्वेभ्यश्ष॒ तथर्षय:

English

With folded hands, oaths, conciliation, bowing with the head, and even shedding tears, one desiring prosperity should act.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवेभ्यो ब्राह्मणा लोके जाग्रतीत्युपधारय

English

He should carry the enemy on his shoulder until the time turns; then, when the time comes, he should break him like a pot on a stone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व संक्षिपते दण्ड: पितामहसमप्रभ:

English

Even for a moment, king of kings, let one blaze like a brand of tinduka wood; a man should not smoulder long like a husk-fire without flame.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ईश्वर: सर्वलोकस्य महादेव: प्रजापति:

English

One should not deal in wealth with the useless and ungrateful; wealth can be enjoyed, but one whose task is done despises you; therefore make all tasks leave something remaining.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह सर्वलोकेश्वर महादेवका स्वरूप है। यही समस्त प्रजाओंका पालक है

English

Of the cuckoo, the boar, Meru, the empty house, the beast of prey, and the painted pattern, whatever is best, one should take up.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कपर्दी शड्करो रुद्र: शिव: स्थाणुरुमापति:

English

Rising again and again, ever diligent, one should go to the enemy's houses and ask after his welfare, even if all is not well.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमिपालो यथान्यायं वर्तेतानेन धर्मवित्

English

The idle do not gain wealth, nor the weak, nor the proud, nor those afraid of public talk, nor those who always wait.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसके द्वारा न्यायोचित बर्ताव करे

English

Let the enemy not know his weak point, but let him know the enemy's; let him hide his limbs like a tortoise, and guard his own opening.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नियन्ता सर्वलोकस्य धर्माक्रान्तस्थ भारत

English

Let him ponder matters like a heron, strike like a lion, snatch like a wolf, and spring like a hare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उसके सम्बन्धमें जितनी बातें हैं, उन्हें मैंने तुम्हें बता दीं

English

Drink, dice, women, hunting, and song and music: these one should use with moderation, for attachment to them has fault.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्योन्यं चानुषज्जन्ते वर्तन्ते च पृथक् पृथक्

English

One should make a bow of reeds, lie down like a deer, be blind at the time of blindness, and even resort to deafness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालप्रभवसंस्थासु सज्जन्ते च त्रयस्तदा

English

The shrewd man, having reached the right place and time, should show valour; for valour past place and time is fruitless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संकल्पमूलास्ते सर्वे संकल्पो विषयात्मक:

English

Having weighed right and wrong time, his own strength and weakness, and knowing each side's strength, he should engage himself accordingly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मूलमेतत् त्रिवर्गस्य निवृत्तिमोक्ष उच्यते

English

The king who does not restrain an enemy who has come under the rod embraces death, as a mule her foetus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामका मूल है, इससे निवृत्त होना ही “मोक्ष” कहा जाता है

English

Let him be richly flowering yet fruitless, or fruitful yet hard to climb; raw yet seeming ripe, and yet not crumbling for anyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बतायी जाती है तथा कामका फल है रति। वे सभी रजोगुणमय हैं

English

Let him make his hope last long, and join it with obstruction; let him state the obstruction by a pretext, and the pretext by a reason.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमुक्तस्तपसा सर्वान् धर्मादीन् कामनैष्ठिकान्

English

One should make provision as if afraid while the danger has not come; but seeing the danger arrived, strike like one unafraid.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके ही इन सब धर्म, अर्थ और कामका सेवन करना चाहिए

English

A man does not see good things without taking up a risk; but having taken the risk, if he lives, he sees them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धयाबुद्धिरिहार्थे न तदज्ञाननिकृष्टया

English

One should foresee what has not come, restrain the danger that has come, and again consider what has come about from growth and decay.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोनोंका फल सुलभ नहीं होता

English

To forgo present pleasure when the time is at hand and to hope for pleasure yet to come is not the way of the wise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्प्रमोदमल: कामो भूय: स्वगुणवर्जित:

English

He who makes an alliance with an enemy and sleeps happily, trusting, is like one asleep at the top of a tree, who wakes only when fallen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कामन्दकस्य संवादमाड्रिष्ठस्थ चो भयो:

English

By whatever deed, mild or harsh, one should lift up one's distressed self here; when able, one should practise dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतिहास सुनाया करते हैं

English

Those who are rivals of his rivals he should draw to himself; and he should know the spies placed by others against himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आंगरिष्ठने प्रश्नके उपयुक्त समय देखकर पूछा--

English

Spies should be well posted, for himself and against the other; he should send heretics, ascetics and the like into the enemy's realm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पश्चात्ताप होने लगे तो उसके उस पापको दूर करनेके लिये कौन-सा प्रायश्चित्त है?

English

In gardens, pleasure-grounds, drinking-halls, lodgings, taverns, brothels, holy places and assemblies,

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ चापि प्रथितं लोके कथं राजा निवर्तयेत्

English

sinful spies who feign dharma are thorns of the world and gather there; knowing them, he should restrain them and even pacify them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकविख्यात सम्मानित पुरुषको राजा किस प्रकार उस अधर्मसे दूर हटावे?

English

One should not trust the untrustworthy, nor even trust the trusted; fear follows the trusting; one should not trust without testing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स धर्मार्थिपरित्यागात् प्रज्ञानाशमिहा्च्छति

English

Having made the other trust, by a reason that is real, one should strike at him in time when his foot has slipped a little.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवन करता है, उन दोनोंके त्यागसे उसकी बुद्धि नष्ट हो जाती है

English

One should suspect even what is beyond suspicion, and ever suspect the suspected; for fear born of suspicion cuts even the root.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मान्नास्तिकता चैव दुराचारश्न॒ जायते

English

With attentiveness, silence, ochre robes, matted locks and deerskins, having made a hater trust you, you should pounce on him as a wolf does.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घरमें रहनेवाले सर्पकी भाँति उस राजासे उद्विग्न हो उठती है

English

Whether son, brother, father or friend, those who obstruct one's purpose, though they increase one's prosperity, are to be slain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः संशयमाप्रोति तथा वध्यत्वमेति च

English

Even a teacher who is puffed up, who does not know what should and should not be done, and who has taken the wrong path, is properly ruled by the rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हाथसे मारा भी जाता है

English

By rising to greet and saluting, by giving, one may become the slayer of someone's abundance, like a bird with a sharp beak.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होकर भी वह जीता है तो वह जीवन भी स्पष्टरूपमें मरण ही है

English

Without cutting the vital parts of others, without doing a dreadful deed, without killing, like a fisherman, one does not gain supreme fortune.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवितव्या त्रयी विद्या सत्कारो ब्राह्मणेषु च

English

By birth there is no such thing as an enemy, and no friend exists; friends and enemies are born from the conjunction of capability.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणांश्वापि सेवेत क्षमायुक्तान् मनस्विन:

English

He should never release an enemy, even one who speaks piteously; he should not cause him pain there, but should slay one who has done harm before.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मान्वितान् सम्प्रविशेद् बहि: कृत्वेह दुष्कृतीन्

English

Effort should always be made, without envy, in gathering and favouring; and restraint too should be practised with effort by one desiring prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तवास्मीति ददेन्नित्यं परेषां कीर्तयन् गुणान्

English

About to strike, one should speak pleasantly; having struck, one should speak more pleasantly still; having cut off his head, one may weep or even grieve.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और सबसे यही कहे--मैं आपका ही हूँ---आप मुझे अपना ही समझें

English

One should invite with conciliation, honour and patience; hope is the cause; this is what one desiring prosperity should do.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करो। गुरुजनोंकी कृपासे तुम परम कल्याणके भागी होओगे

English

One should not make dry enmity, nor cross a river with one's arms; chewing a cow's horn is useless and shortens life: the teeth are worn and no juice is obtained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

In the three aims of life there are three kinds of affliction and three consequences; knowing the consequence and the killing, one should avoid affliction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मस्य शीलमेवादौ ततो मे संशयो महान्

English

A remaining debt, a remaining fire and a remaining enemy grow again and again, even if small, when not checked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत् सर्व यथैतदुपलभ्यते

English

A debt that grows and enemies that are scorned bring severe misfortune, as do diseases that are neglected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंलक्षणं च तत् प्रोक्तं ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर

English

One should not be one who acts improperly; he should always be watchful; even a thorn badly removed causes trouble for long.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामह! उसका क्या लक्षण बताया गया है? यह मुझसे कहिये

English

By the killing of men, by fouling the roads, and by the destruction of mines, one should ruin an enemy's realm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आखेयातं॑ तप्यमानेन श्रियं दृष्टवा तथागताम्

English

With the sight of a vulture, the stillness of a heron, the doings of a dog and the prowess of a lion, unagitated, wary like a crow, he should act as a serpent acts.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्योधनस्तदा55सीन: सर्व पित्रे न्यवेदयत्

English

He should guard his ministers against the secret overtures of the heads of guilds, against the appeals of favourites, and against division and combination.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीत् कर्णसहितं दुर्योधनमिदं वच:

English

"He is mild," they despise him; "he is sharp," they are alarmed; let him be sharp at the time for sharpness, and mild at the time for mildness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्र॒ुत्वा त्वामनुनेष्यामि यदि सम्यग् भविष्यति

English

With mildness one kills the very mild, with mildness one kills the dreadful; nothing is impossible by mildness; therefore mildness is the sharper.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहता हूँ, सुनकर यदि उचित होगा तो तुम्हें समझानेका प्रयत्न करूँगा

English

He who is mild in season and dreadful in season accomplishes his tasks and stands over his enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आजानेया वहन्त्यश्वा: केनासि हरिण: कृश:

English

One at enmity with a wise man should not trust, thinking "I am far away"; the arms of the intelligent are long, with which, when harmed, he harms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वांस्तित्तिरकल्माषान् वस्त्राणि विविधानि च

English

One should not cross what one cannot reach the far shore of, nor take what the other would take back, nor dig what one cannot dig up the root of, nor slay him whose head one cannot bring down.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्टां वा नरव्यात्र शीलवान् भव पुत्रक

English

Thus has been said what is bound up with crooked conduct; a man should not act in this way; but how could he not hear what is applied by others? Hence it was told by me, wishing your good.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

न हि किंचिदसाध्यं वै लोके शीलवतां भवेत्

English

Having heard the words, beneficial and duly spoken, from the brahmana, the king of the Sauviras acted accordingly, with an undismayed mind, and enjoyed blazing fortune with his kinsmen."