Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

किमागमनमाचक्ष्व भगवन् कृतमेव तत्

English

"Sahadeva said, 'By casting off all external objects only, O Bharata, one does not attain to success. By casting off even mental attachments, the attainment of success is doubtful, l Let that religious merit and that happiness which are his who has cast off external objects but whose mind still internally covets them, be the portion of our foes! On the other hand, let that religious merit and that happiness which are his who governs the earth, having cast off all internal attachments also, be the portion of our friends. The word mama (mine), consisting of two letters, is Death's self; white the opposite word na-mama (not mine), consisting of three letters, is eternal Brahma. 2 Brahma and death, O king, entering invisibly into every soul, without doubt, cause all creatures to act. If this being, O Bharata, that is called Soul, be not ever subject to destruction, then by destroying the bodies of creatures one cannot be guilty of slaughter. If, on the other hand, the soul and the body of a being are born or destroyed together, so that when the body is destroyed the soul also is destroyed, then the way (prescribed in the scriptures) of rites and acts would be futile. Therefore, driving away all doubts about the immortality of the soul, the man of intelligence should adopt that path which has been trodden by the righteous of old and older times. The life of that king is certainly fruitless who having acquired the entire earth with her mobile and immobile creatures, does not enjoy her. As regards the man again who lives in the forest upon wild fruits and roots, but whose attachment to things of the earth has not ceased, such a one, O king, lives within the jaws of Death. Behold, O Bharata, the hearts and the outward forms of all creatures to be but manifestations of thy own. They that look upon all creatures as their own selves escape from the great fear (of destruction). 3 Thou art my sire, thou art my protector, thou art my brother, and thou art my senior and preceptor. It behoveth thee, therefore, to forgive these incoherent utterances in sorrow of a woe-stricken person. True or false, this that has been uttered by are, O lord of earth, has been uttered from a due regard for thee, O best of Bharatas, that I entertain!"

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिया। मुझ दुर्बुद्धिके उस अपराधको आप क्षमा कर दें”

English

[Yudhishthira said:] "In Vasushena (Karna) and the knower of dharma Dhrishtaketu, and in other kings of various lands at the meeting,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजातशत्रुं कौन्तेयमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्

English

grief does not leave me, a slayer of kin, afflicted, greedy for kingdom, exceedingly fierce, the destroyer of my own family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपभोग करो। पीछे वनमें चले जाना

English

He on whose lap I played and rolled about—that son of Ganga was felled by me, greedy for kingdom.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आनृण्यं गच्छ कौन्तेय तत् सर्व च करिष्यसि

English

When I saw him reeling, Partha, trembling from arrows as if from thunderbolts, looking at Shikhandin,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्प्राप्त: कीर्तिमतुलां पाण्डवेय भविष्यसि

English

the tall lion among men, the grandsire, like an old lion, strewn with sharp arrows, my mind was pained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणुष्वैवं यथा कुर्वन् न धर्माच्च्यवसे नृप

English

When he turned away, sinking, and fell from his chariot by arrows, reeling like a mountain, I was faint.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनो, जिसके अनुसार कार्य करनेपर धर्मसे च्युत नहीं होओगे

English

He who with bow and arrow in hand fought Bhargava (Parashurama) for many days in the great battle at Kurukshetra,

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानधर्मकुशला: स्थापयन्ति नरेश्वर

English

who, the son of the river, the hero, with a single chariot challenged the assembled kshatriya kings at Varanasi for the sake of the maidens,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ है? यह बताइये और उसे पूरा हुआ ही समझिये”

English

in Sarira, i.e., the mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति श्रुत्वा तत् कर्तुमहसि

English

while everything proceeding from an opposite frame of mind leads to Brahma or immortality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्षितानि महाराज तत्र मां शाधि मा चिरम्

English

When I saw him fallen on the ground, drenched in blood, then a most fierce fever entered me, best of sages—he by whom we were raised as children and protected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाराज! इसके लिये मुझे शीघ्र दण्ड दीजिये”

English

He was slain by me, greedy for kingdom, sinful, a slayer of my teacher, a fool, for the sake of a kingdom of short duration.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुज्ञायामपि तथा हेतु: स्याद् ब्राह्मणर्षभ

English

And the teacher, the great archer honoured by all kings, was falsely told by me, sinful, in the battle concerning his son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह क्षमा करके आपको लौट जानेकी आज्ञा दे दे, इसका भी उसे अधिकार है

English

That burns my limbs: what the teacher said to me—'You are truthful, king; if my son lives, tell me the truth'—the Brahmana asked me that, not suspecting the truth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रूहि कामानतोन्‍्यांस्त्वं करिष्यामि हि ते वच:

English

With an elephant as intermediary, it was falsely done by me, greedy for kingdom, sinful, a slayer of my teacher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्‍्यं स वरयामास तस्माद् दण्डादृते वरम्

English

Putting on the cloak of truth, I said to the teacher in battle, 'Ashvatthaman is slain,' when the elephant was felled; what worlds shall I go to, having done that dreadful deed?

हिन्दी अर्थ

करी प्रच्छेदयामास धृतदण्डो जगाम स:

English

And that I had Karna, who never fled in battle, my fierce elder brother, killed—who is a worse sinner than I?

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृतदण्डस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्भवांस्तत् क्षन्तुमहति

English

And that I greedily sent the boy Abhimanyu, born like a lion on the mountains, into the army protected by Drona.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवानृषीन् पितृश्चैवं मा चाधर्मे मनः कृथा:

English

Since then I cannot look at Bibhatsu or at lotus-eyed Krishna, like a guilty slayer of an embryo.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मा च तेऊत्र विशंकाभूद् हैवमत्र विधीयते

English

And I grieve for Draupadi, undeserving of sorrow, bereft of five sons, as the earth would be bereft of five mountains.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यस्य ते तपसो वीर्यमीदृशं द्विजसत्तम

English

I, the doer of the fault, sinful, destroyer of the earth, will sit just so and dry up this body.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपने पहले ही मुझे पवित्र क्यों नहीं कर दिया?

English

Know me today as sitting to fast to death, a slayer of my teacher, so that in other births I may not be the ender of a family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सच पूतो नरपतिस्त्वं चापि पितृभि: सह

English

I shall not eat nor drink water in any way; I shall dry up my dear life here, ascetic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उस दण्डको स्वीकार करके तुम पितरोंसहित पवित्र हो गये

English

Go as you please; I give leave, having appeased you; all of you give me leave; I shall give up this body."

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्तवान् परमां सिद्धि दक्ष: प्राचेतसो यथा

English

[Vaishampayana said:] To Partha speaking thus, distraught with grief for his kin, Vyasa, best of sages, restraining him, said, "Not so."

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्पथोन्यो महाराज मा सम शोके मन: कृथा:

English

"You should not grieve beyond measure, great king; I shall say it again: this is fated, lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दण्ड एव हि राजेन्द्र क्षत्रधर्मो न मुण्डनम्

English

Unions and separations of born beings are certain; like bubbles in water they come to be and cease to be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रिय-धर्मके अन्तर्गत है, मूँड़ मुड़ाकर संन्यासी बनना नहीं

English

All accumulations end in exhaustion, all risings end in falling, all unions end in separation, and life ends in death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनोरथा महाराज ये तत्रासन् युधिछिर

English

Happiness ends in sorrow; idleness, skill, sorrow, with happiness arising; prosperity, beauty, modesty, steadiness and success do not dwell in the unskilled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुःखस्यान्ते नरव्याप्र सुखान्यनुभवन्तु वै

English

Friends are not enough for happiness, nor enemies for sorrow; wisdom is not enough for wealth, nor wealth for happiness.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुभूय ततः पश्चात् प्रस्थातासि विशाम्पते

English

As you were created by the Creator, son of Kunti, so act in deeds; thence is your success, you are not master of yourself, O king."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रजां बुद्धिमास्थाय युज्यते नैनसा हि सः

English

if Vrittam be read for Bhutam the sense would remain unaltered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्करैश्लापि हीयन्ते सर्व तद् राजकिल्बिषम्

English

[Vyasa said:] "Here too they tell this ancient history, the song of Ashma, tiger among men; hear it, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके

English

The king Janaka of Videha, flooded with grief and sorrow, questioned the wise Brahmana Ashma about a doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बारीसे विधाताके विधानानुसार मनुष्य समयपर सब कुछ पा लेता है

English

[Janaka said:] In the gain or loss of kinsmen and of wealth, how should a man act who wishes the good?

हिन्दी अर्थ

संज्ैषा लौकिकी राजन् न हिनस्ति न हन्यते

English

[Ashma said:] When this self has been born to man, thereafter sorrows and joys come upon him one after another.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यन्निमित्तो भवेच्छोकस्तापो वा भूशदारुण:

English

In the onset of either of them, whatever he resorts to, it carries off his consciousness as wind a cloud.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राप्त प्राप््मुपासीत हृदयेनापराजित:

English

"I am well born, I am perfected, I am not merely human"—for these three reasons his mind becomes drenched.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपनावे। अपने हृदयसे उसके सामने पराजय न स्वीकार करे (हिम्मत न हारे)

English

With his mind so drenched, he abandons the enjoyments gathered by his fathers and, wasted, thinks taking others' property good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो ज्ञास्यसि कः कस्य केन वा कथमेव च

English

Kings, greedy, forbid him, who has transgressed bounds and is taking what is not his, as they do a deer with arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिगृह्लाति तत् पापं चतुर्थाशेन भूमिप:

English

Men who are twenty or thirty years old will not exist after a hundred years, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निग्रहाद् धर्मशास्त्राणामनुरुद्धान्नपेतभी:

English

For those greatest sorrows, one should prescribe the remedy by wisdom, looking at the conduct of all living beings here and there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शास्त्रजां बुद्धिमास्थाय युज्यते नैनसा हि सः

English

The source of mental sorrows is confusion of mind or the onset of the unwanted; a third does not obtain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न साधयति यत् कर्म न तत्राहुरतिक्रमम्

English

Thus these and those sorrows, various, and those of touch, come upon man here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापै: सह न संदध्याद् राज्यं पण्यं न कारयेत्

English

Old age and death devour beings like two wolves, the strong and the weak, the small and the great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गोमिनो धनिनश्लैव परिपाल्या विशेषत:ः

English

No man ever passes beyond old age and death, even having conquered this earth to the ocean's edge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिक-से-अधिक गौएँ रखनेवाले धनी वैश्योंकी विशेषरूपसे रक्षा करनी चाहिए

English

Happiness or sorrow come upon beings and must be obtained helplessly; there is no avoiding it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुणयुक्तेडपि नैकस्मिन् विश्वसेत विचक्षण:

English

In youth, middle age or the last age, O king, those things are unavoidable and what is desired turns out otherwise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एनसा युज्यते राजा दुर्दान्त इति चोच्यते

English

Separation from the very dear and union with the unloved, gain and loss, happiness and sorrow, follow the ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दोष देखनेवाला है, वह पापसे संयुक्त होता है और लोग उसे दुर्दान्त कहते हैं

English

The appearance of beings, the laying down of the body, the attainment and exertion—all this is fixed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाय) तो राजाको उसका पाप नहीं लगता

English

Scent, colour, taste and touch cease by nature; so do happiness and sorrow follow the ordinance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृते पुरुषकारे तु नैनः स्पृशति पार्थिवम्

English

Sitting, lying, going, rising, drinking and eating of all beings are fixed and come only by Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यद् वृत्तं पूर्वराजर्षेहयग्रीवस्य पाण्डव

English

Physicians too are sick, the strong are very weak, those with wives are impotent; strange is the turn of Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

असहायस्य संग्रामे निर्जितस्य युधिष्ठिर

English

Birth in a family, valour, health, steadiness, good fortune and enjoyment are gained by what is to be.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संसिद्धार्थों मोदते स्वर्गलोके

English

The poor who do not wish for them have very many sons; the many who wish for them have none; the prosperous striving do not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्वातुरहोत्रं चतुरो वाजिमुख्या:

English

Disease, fire, water, weapon, hunger, wild beast, poison, death by rope, and a fall from a height—

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके

English

whatever a man's departure is fated to be, he goes by that cause; none is seen to evade it, nor has any escaped it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीर्ति फैलाकर इस समय देवलोकमें आनन्दित हो रहे हैं

English

A rich man is seen to perish while young, and a poor, afflicted man lives a hundred years, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाजिग्रीवो मोदते देवलोके

English

Men without possessions are seen to live long, and those born in prosperous families perish like moths.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तनुत्यजां लोकमाक्रम्य राजा

English

Mostly the fortunate in this world lack the power to enjoy, while even wood is digested by the poor, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धे क्षीणो मोदते देवलोके

English

Driven by Time, one thinks "I do this," and the ill-natured, from discontent, does whatever sin he desires.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हुए युद्धमें मारे गये और अब देवलोकमें सुख भोगते हैं

English

Women, dice, hunting and drink are censured by the wise for their attachment, yet many learned men are seen attached to them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धि प्राप्त: पुण्यकीर्तिर्महात्मा

English

Thus by Time all desired and undesired things touch all beings; no cause is found.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहुँचकर उत्तम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली'

English

Wind, sky, fire, moon and sun, day and night, luminaries, rivers and mountains—who makes or sustains them?

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यासमामन्त्रय कौन्तेय: प्रत्युवाच युधिछ्िर:

English

Cold, heat and rain turn by Time; so too the happiness and sorrow of men, bull among men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीणयन्ति मनो मे5द्य शोको मां रुन्धयत्ययम्

English

Neither herbs nor scriptures nor oblations nor prayers save a man seized by death or old age.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिदेवयमानानां शान्तिं नोपलभे मुने

English

As two logs meet in the great ocean, meet and part, so is the meeting of beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युधिष्ठिरं महाप्राज्ञो धर्मज्ञो वेदपारग:

English

Those who are attended by men and women with song and music, and the helpless who eat others' food—Time acts equally on them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महाज्ञानी व्यासने उनसे फिर इस प्रकार कहा

English

Thousands of mothers and fathers and hundreds of sons and wives have been experienced in cycles of existence—whose are they, or whose are we?

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन सर्व लभते मनुष्य:

English

No one will be anyone's, and this one is no one's; this is a meeting on the road with wives, kinsmen and companions.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालो हि कार्य प्रति निर्विशेष:

English

"Where did I dwell, where shall I go, who am I, why am I here, from what and for whom should I grieve?"—so should one settle the mind in this impermanent, dear companionship, in the cycle of existence moving like a wheel."

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्यकी सिद्धिमें सामान्य कारण है

English

The wise do not know the other world by direct sight; without transgressing the scriptures one who wishes to prosper should have faith.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धान्ति वर्धन्ति च भूतिकाले

English

The learned man should perform rites for ancestors and gods, practise the duties, sacrifice duly, and follow the triple aim.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन पुष्यन्ति वनेषु वृक्षा:

English

This world, sinking in the deep ocean of Time, whose great crocodiles are old age and death, no one comprehends.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कमल तथा उत्पल उत्पन्न हो जाते हैं और समयसे ही वनमें वृक्ष पुष्ट होते हैं

English

Many physicians, studying the science of life, are seen to be flooded with diseases, with their equipment.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाकालवेगा: सरितो वहन्ति

English

Drinking decoctions and various kinds of ghee, they do not pass beyond death, as the great ocean does not pass its shore.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नायान्त्यकाले शिशिरोष्णवर्षा:

English

Those who know elixirs and apply them well are seen broken by old age, like trees by the best of elephants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाकालतो रोहति बीजमुप्तम्

English

Likewise those endowed with austerity, devoted to Vedic study, givers and sacrificers, do not cross over old age and death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चन्द्र: समुद्रो5पि महोर्मिमाली

English

Days do not return, nor months, nor years, for all beings that are born, nor fortnights, nor nights.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालेन परिपक्तवा हि प्रियन्ते सर्वपार्थिवा:

English

This man, impermanent, helplessly by Time certainly goes the long road frequented by all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाज्चभौतिक शरीरोंके जन्म और मरण स्वभावत: नियत हैं

English

Either the body goes from the living, or the living being leaves the body; this is a meeting on the road with wives, other relatives and kinsmen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहो दुःखमिति ध्यायन् दुःखस्यापचितिं चरेत्

English

No one ever gets lasting companionship even with his own body, how much less with anyone else.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा मम तथान्येषामिति पश्यन् न मुहृति

English

Where is your father today, king, where your grandfather? You do not see them today, nor do they see you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवसे दिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति न पण्डितम्

English

A man is not a seer of heaven or hell; the eye of the good is the scripture; follow that here, king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभाव डालते हैं, विद्वानूपर नहीं

English

One who has practised celibacy should beget offspring and sacrifice, free of envy, to be quit of debts to ancestors, gods and great sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवेषु परिवर्तन्ते दुःखानि च सुखानि च

English

He who is devoted to sacrifice, engaged in begetting offspring, having first been a celibate student, with his sides divided, worshipping heaven and this world, and then renouncing the heart's wound for the highest,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तृष्णार्तिप्रभवं दुःखं दुःखार्तिप्रभवं सुखम्

English

for a king rightly practising dharma and rightly collecting wealth, whose wheel is turning, fame grows in all worlds, moving and unmoving."

हिन्दी अर्थ

न नित्यं लभते दुःखं न नित्यं लभते सुखम्

English

[Vyasa said:] Thus understanding, the king of Videha, with his reasons fulfilled, having taken the whole speech to heart, took leave of Ashma, pure in mind, and went to his own home, his grief calmed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादेतद् द्ववं जह्माद् य इच्छेच्छाश्वतं सुखम्

English

"So you also, Achyuta, cast off grief; rise, equal to Shakra, come to joy; the earth has been won by you by kshatriya dharma; enjoy it, son of Kunti; do not despair."