Shanti Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्योंकि समस्त जीवोंके संघातका ही नाम ब्रह्मा है

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'O foremost of kings, what is that method by which a king ruling his subjects may, in consequence of it, obtain great blessedness and eternal fame?'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यक्षराक्षसनागाश्न पिशाचा मनुजास्तथा

English

Deprived of fortune, sitting like an unshaken ocean, knowing the arising and passing of beings, Purandara said to him:

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वेषां खलु वर्णानां दृश्यते वर्णसंकर: सर्वेषां नः प्रभवति कस्माद् वर्णो विभिद्यते

English

"Bound by snares, fallen from your place, come under the power of foes, deprived of fortune, Namuchi, do you grieve or not?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

समानरूपसे ही पड़ता है; फिर वर्णोका भेद कैसे सिद्ध होता है?

English

[Namuchi said:] "The body is tormented by grief and nothing is gained; enemies rejoice; there is no help in grief.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तनु: क्षरति सर्वेषां कस्माद् वर्णो विभज्यते दशामें रंगके द्वारा वर्णोका विभाग कैसे किया जा सकता है?

English

Therefore, Shakra, I do not grieve, for all this has an end; from torment beauty and dharma fall away, lord of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां विविधवर्णानां कुतो वर्णविनिश्चय:

English

Having put aside that sorrow born of dejection that has come, one should meditate in the mind on what is delightful and good, knowing it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मणा पूर्वसृष्ट हि कर्मभिर्वर्णतां गतम् त्यक्तस्वधर्मा रक्ताड़ास्ते द्विजा: क्षत्रतां गता:

English

In whatever way a man sets his mind on the good, in just that way all his purposes become clear; there is no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वधर्मान् नानुतिष्ठन्ति ते द्विजा वैश्यतां गता:

English

There is one ruler, there is no second ruler; the ruler rules the man lying in the womb. Instructed by him, as water flows down a slope, as I am appointed, so I carry on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मण वैश्यभावको प्राप्त हुए विहिता ब्रह्मुणा पूर्व लोभात् त्वज्ञानतां गता:

English

Knowing being and non-being, the heavier, I know the better, but I do not do it; doing good to friends in their hopes of dharma, as I am appointed, so I carry on.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जब वह मुक्त हो जाता है, तब परमात्मा कहलाता है

English

"Bhishma said, 'A king of cleansed soul and attentive to the duty of protecting his subjects earns merit and fame, both here and hereafter, by conducting himself righteously.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

कमल-पत्रपर पड़े हुए जलबिन्दुकी तरह वास्तवमें इससे पृथक् ही है

English

"Yudhishthira said, 'With whom should the king behave in what way? Asked by me, O thou of great wisdom, it behoveth thee to tell me everything duly. Those virtues of which thou hast already spoken with respect to a person, cannot, it is my belief, be found to exist in any single individual.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमो रजश्न सत्त्वं च विद्धि जीवगुणानिमान्

English

"Bhishma said, 'Thou art endued with great intelligence, O Yudhishthira! It is even so as thou sayest. The person is very rare who is possessed of all those good qualities. To be brief, conduct like this (viz., the presence of all the virtues spoken of), is very difficult to be met with even upon careful search. I shall, however, tell thee what kinds of ministers should be appointed by thee. Four Brahmanas, learned in the Vedas, possessed of a sense of dignity, belonging to the Snataka order, and of pure behaviour, and eight Kshatriyas, all of whom should be possessed of physical strength and capable of wielding weapons, and one and twenty Vaisyas, all of whom should be possessed of

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है। शरीरके पाँच तत्त्वोंका अलग-अलग हो जाना ही शरीरका नाश है

English

wealth, and three Sudras, everyone of whom should be humble and of pure conduct and devoted to his daily duties, and one man of the Suta caste, possessed of a knowledge of the Puranas and the eight cardinal virtues, should be thy ministers. Every one of them should be fifty years of age, possessed of a sense of dignity, free from envy, conversant with the Srutis and the Smritis, humble, impartial, competent to readily decide in the midst of disputants urging different courses of action, free from covetousness, and from the seven dreadful vices called Vyasanas. The king should consult with those eight ministers and hold the lead among them. He should then publish in his kingdom, for the information of his subjects, the results of such deliberation. Thou shouldst always, adopting such a conduct, watch over thy people. Thou shouldst never confiscate what is deposited with thee or appropriate as thine the thing about whose ownership two persons may dispute. Conduct such as this would spoil the administration of justice. If the administration of justice be thus injured, sin will afflict thee, and afflict thy kingdom as well, and inspire thy people with fear as little birds at the sight of the hawk. Thy kingdom will then melt away like a boat wrecked on the sea. If a king governs his subjects with unrighteousness, fear takes possession of his heart and the door of heaven is closed against him. A kingdom, O bull among men, has its root in righteousness. That minister, or king's son, who acts unrighteously, occupying the seat of justice, and those officers who having accepted the charge of

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृष्टि: प्रजापतेरेषा भूताध्यात्मविनिश्चये

English

Sages, gods, great asuras, the old knowers of the three Vedas and sages in the forest: what calamities do not come upon them in the world? But those who know high and low are not confused.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बात अध्यात्मतत्त्वका निश्चय करके कही गयी है

English

The wise man is not angry, not attached, neither despondent nor exultant; he does not grieve in hardship or calamity of wealth, abiding by nature like the immovable Himalaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जीवस्वरूपनिरूपणे सप्ताशीत्यधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

He whom the highest success of wealth does not gladden, and whom calamity in its time does not bewilder, who serves pleasure and pain and the middle alike, that man is a bearer of the yoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आत्मतेजोभिनिर्वत्तान् भास्कराग्निसमप्रभान्

English

In whatever state a man comes to be, he should take delight in it, untroubled; thus he should drive away the grown torment, born of the mind, that makes the body weary.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान प्रकाशित होनेवाले ब्राह्मणों, मरीचि आदि प्रजापतियोंको ही उत्पन्न किया

English

He who, having come into that hall, that assembly, among assembly-sitters, has no fear of the assembly, the wise man who plunges into the truth of dharma and goes forward, that man is a bearer of the yoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आचार और शौचके नियम बनाये

English

The deeds of the wise are hard to follow; the wise are not bewildered at a time of bewilderment; if Gautama, though fallen from his place, was not bewildered, so the old man, having come to a hard calamity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और मनुष्योंको उत्पन्न किया

English

Not by mantras, strength, valour, wisdom or manliness does a mortal gain what is not to be gained; what lament is there?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये चान्ये भूतसड्घानां सड्घास्तांश्चापि निर्ममे

English

What the Creators ordained long ago for one so born, that I shall undergo; what will death do to me?

हिन्दी अर्थ

और प्राणिसमूहोंमें जो अन्य समुदाय हैं, उनकी भी सृष्टि की

English

One gains only what is to be gained, goes only where he is to go, obtains only what is to be obtained, pains and pleasures.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वैश्यानां पीतको वर्ण: शूद्राणामसितस्तथा

English

The man who, knowing this wholly, is not bewildered, skilled in pleasure and pain, is indeed lord of all wealth."