Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

चण्डालयोनौ जातो हि कथं ब्राह्मण्यमाप्तवान्

English

serpent, do not absolve thee from all blame. Mrityu and thyself are the causes of the child's death. I consider both of you to be the cause and I do not call that to be the cause which is not truly so. Accursed be the wicked and vengeful Mrityu that causes affliction to the good. Thee too I shall kill that art sinful and engaged, in sinful acts!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्यामें संलग्न रहते थे। उन्होंने राजा गाधिसे उस कन्याको माँगा

English

[Bhishma said:] In the realm of the king of Kashi, a hunter went out of a village, took a poisoned arrow and hunted a deer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ददौ तां समलंकृत्य कन्यां भगुसुताय वै

English

There in a great forest the hunter, greedy for meat, seeing a deer not far away, set his arrow ready.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ तामब्रवीन्माता सुतां किंचिदवाड्मुखी

English

By that arrow of unstoppable weapon and uncertain aim, a great forest tree was pierced as he tried to kill the deer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुनकर उसकी माताने संकोचसे सिर नीचे करके पुत्रीसे कहा--

English

Struck with force by the arrow smeared with sharp poison, the tree gave up fruit and leaves and withered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपत्यस्य प्रदानेन समर्थश्न महातपा:

English

In that tree so affected, a parrot who had long lived in its hollows did not leave his home, out of devotion to the forest tree.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मातुश्चिकीर्षितं राजनचीकस्तामथाब्रवीत्

English

Without moving about, without food, weak, with slack voice, the grateful, righteous-souled one withered along with the tree.

हिन्दी अर्थ

की। तब ऋचीकने उससे कहा--

English

Knowing that noble, great-hearted bird of superhuman conduct, equal in pain and pleasure, Pakashasana was astonished.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मम प्रसादात् कल्याणि माभूत् ते प्रणयो5न्यूथा

English

Then Shakra fell into thought: "How has this bird, in an animal womb, resorted to a non-cruelty that seems impossible?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणत्वं गतस्तात ब्रद्मूर्षित्वं तथैव च

English

"Mrityu said, 'We both are not free agents, but are dependent on Kala, and ordained to do our appointed work. Thou shouldst not find fault with us if thou dost consider this matter thoroughly.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

बभूव भरतश्रेष्ठ यज्वा धर्मभूतां वर:

English

"The fowler said, 'If ye both, O serpent and Mrityu, be dependent on Kala, I am curious to know how pleasure (arising from doing good) and anger (arising from doing evil) are caused.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

यज्ञकर्ता एवं धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ थे

English

"Mrityu said, 'Whatever is done is done under the influence of Kala. I have said it before, O fowler, that Kala is the cause of all and that for this reason we both, acting under the inspiration of Kala, do our appointed work and therefore, O fowler, we two do not deserve censure from thee in any way!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुहितृत्वमनुप्राप्ता गड़ा यस्य महात्मन:

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Then Kala arrived at that scene of disputation on this point of morality, and spoke thus to the serpent and Mrityu and the fowler Arjunaka assembled together.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिन्धुद्वीपाच्च राजर्षिबलाकाश्वो महाबल:

English

"Kala said, 'Neither Mrityu, nor this serpent, nor I, O fowler, am guilty of the death of any creature. We are merely the immediate exciting causes of the event. O Arjunaka, the Karma of this child formed the exciting cause of our action in this matter. There was no other cause by which this child came by its death. It was killed as a result of its own Karma. It has met with death as the result of its Karma in the past. Its Karma has been the cause of its destruction. We all are subject to the influence of our respective Karma. Karma is an aid to salvation even as sons are, and Karma also is an indicator of virtue and vice in man. We urge one another even as acts urge one another. As men make from a lump of clay whatever they wish to make, even so do men attain to various results determined by Karma. As light and shadow are related to each other, so are men related to Karma through their own actions. Therefore, neither art thou, nor am I, nor Mrityu, nor the serpent, nor this old Brahmana lady, is the cause of this child's death. He himself is the cause here. Upon Kala, O king, expounding the matter in this way, Gautami, convinced in her mind that men suffer according to their actions, spoke thus to Arjunaka.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सिन्धुद्वीपसे महाबली राजा बलाकाश्वका जन्म हुआ था

English

"Gautami said, 'Neither Kala, nor Mrityu, nor the serpent, is the cause in this matter. This child has met with death as the result of its own Karma. I too so acted (in the past) that my son has died (as its consequence). Let now Kala and Mrityu retire from this place, and do thou too, O Arjunaka, release this

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुशिकस्तस्य तनय: सहस्राक्षसमद्युति:

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Then Kala and Mrityu and the serpent went back to their respective destinations, and Gautami became consoled in mind as

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपुत्र: प्रसवेनार्थी वनवासमुपावसत्

English

also the fowler. Having heard all this, O king, do thou forego all grief, and attain to peace of mind. Men

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छासे पुण्यकर्म करनेके लिये वे वनमें रहने लगे

English

Having considered with wisdom this tree, whose life had gone, without strength, its essence gone, its beauty destroyed, shameless, unsteady,

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतलपर कहीं भी उसके रूप और सौन्दर्यकी तुलना नहीं थी

English

hearing what Shakra said, the righteous-souled parrot sighed very long and spoke in distress:

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुल्कं॑ प्रदीयतां महं ततो वत्स्यसि मे सुताम्

English

"The gods, lord of Shachi, are not to be transgressed; where you are, there is being; hear that, lord of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुहितुर्ब्रह्यासंसक्तो माभूत् तत्र विचारणा

English

I was born in this tree, joined with good qualities, protected in childhood and not harmed by enemies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकतः: श्यामकर्णानां सहस््रं देहि भार्गव

English

Why do you make my compassion fruitless, sinless one, when I am devoted to non-cruelty, a devotee, and a follower?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अब्रवीद् वरुण देवमादित्यं पतिमम्भसाम्

English

Compassion of the good is a very great mark of dharma, and compassion always gives joy to the good.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हजार ऐसे घोड़ोंकी भिक्षा माँगता हूँ जिनका एक ओरका कान श्याम रंगका हो”

English

You are asked about doubts of dharma by all the gods; therefore you are established in sovereignty over the gods of gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच यत्र ते छन्दस्तत्रोत्थास्यन्ति वाजिन:

English

You ought not, thousand-eyed, to make me abandon one able here out of devotion; relying on it, how should I abandon it today?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छा होगी, वहींसे इस तरहके घोड़े प्रकट हो जायँगे”

English

Delighted by his gentle word, Pakashasana, pleased with his non-cruelty, said to the parrot, knower of dharma:

हिन्दी अर्थ

गड्ाजलात् समुत्तस्थी सहस्नं विपुलौजसाम्

English

"Choose a boon." Then the parrot chose a boon: the tree's coming back to life, ever intent on non-cruelty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एक हजार तेजस्वी घोड़े प्रकट हो गये

English

Knowing his firm wealth of conduct in the parrot, Shakra, pleased, quickly sprinkled the tree with nectar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋचीक: प्रददौ प्रीत: शुल्कार्थ तपतां वर:

English

Then the tree gained fruit, leaves and lovely branches, and splendour, by the parrot's firm devotion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छन्‍्दयामास चैवैनां वरेण वरवर्णिनीम्

English

And the parrot, by that deed done out of non-cruelty, at the end of his life, great king, reached Shakra's world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुन्दरी पत्नीको मनोवांछित वर देनेकी इच्छा प्रकट की

English

Even so, lord of men, one who relies on a devoted person gains the success of every aim, as the tree did by reaching the parrot.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रेमपूर्ण अनुरोध असफल नहीं होगा

English

attain to heaven or hell as the result of their own Karma. This evil has neither been of thy own creation, nor of Duryodhana's. Know this that these lords of Earth have all been slain (in this war) as a result of acts of Kalas.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रवीर्य च सकल॑ चरौ तस्या निवेशितम्

English

[Bhishma said:] On this too they recite this ancient Itihasa, the conversation of Vasishtha and Brahma, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षत्रिय: सोडप्यथ तथा ब्रह्म॒वंशस्य कारक:

English

Long ago the blessed Vasishtha asked the grandfather, "Which is better, divine action or human action?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हारे संशयका निवारण करूँगा

English

Then the lotus-born, god of gods, grandfather, O king, spoke sweet words adorned with meaning and reason:

हिन्दी अर्थ

समदुःखसुखं दृष्टवा विस्मित: पाकशासन:

English

"Nothing is born without a seed, nor fruit without a seed; from seed seed arises, and from seed alone fruit is remembered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तिर्यग्योनावसम्भाव्यमानृशंस्यमवस्थित:

English

What seed a farmer sows, reaching a field, whether in good or bad, he gets fruit of that kind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पक्षीकी योनिमें प्रायः असम्भव है

English

As a field without seed, sown, is fruitless, so fate is not accomplished without human effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राणिनामपि सर्वेषां सर्व सर्वत्र दृश्यते

English

Human effort is the field, fate is called the seed; from the union of field and seed the crop flourishes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अवतीर्य महीं शक्रस्तं पक्षिणमुवाच ह

English

The doer himself enjoys the fruit of action; this is seen directly in the world, of what is done and not done.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मद्बंशकर: श्रीमान् सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते

English

Vaisampayana said, "Having heard all this, the powerful and virtuous Yudhishthira became consoled in mind, and again enquired as follows."

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वंच सा चोपभुज्जीतं ततः पुत्राववाप्स्थथ:

English

produced by the intermediate act of raising the axe by some sentient agent, but that in the case of the burning of a forest, the fire is produced by the friction of the dry branches of trees without the intervention of any sentient agent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रि पूर्वोपपन्नाया: कुरुष्व वचनं मम

English

By austerity beauty and good fortune and various jewels are got; everything is got by action, not by fate for one who has not acted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एनं प्रयच्छ महां त्वं मदीयं त्वं गृहाण च

English

So too heaven, enjoyment, and whatever goal is wished, all is attained here by action done by human effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृक्षोंमें भी अदल-बदल कर लें”

English

The luminaries, gods, nagas, yakshas, moon, sun and winds all went from human state to divinity by human effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यक्त भगवता चात्र कृतमेवं भविष्यति

English

Wealth, a circle of friends, lordship or high family, and Shri are hard to enjoy, likewise, by those who have done no deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं विशिष्टो भ्राता मे भवेदित्येव चिन्तय

English

A brahmana gains prosperity by purity, a kshatriya by valour, a vaishya by effort, a shudra by service.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथ गर्भावनुप्राप्ते उभे ते वै युधिछ्िर

English

Wealth does not serve the non-giver, the impotent, the inactive, one not given to action, the unheroic, nor one without austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वस्तुओंका अदल-बदलकर उपयोग किया। फिर तो वे दोनों गर्भवती हो गयीं

English

He by whom the three worlds were made, the Daityas and all the gods, this blessed Vishnu practises austerity in the ocean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच तां सत्यवतीं दुर्मना भूगुसत्तम:

English

If there were no fruit of one's own action, everything would be fruitless; the world, relying on fate, would be indifferent, but it is not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साच क्षत्रं विशिष्ट वै तत एतत् कृतं मया

English

One who, without doing human action, follows fate toils in vain, like a woman who has got an impotent husband.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् सा ब्राह्माणं श्रेष्ठ माता ते जनयिष्यति

English

In the human world there is not such fear in good and bad as in the world of the gods, where fear arises from little.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहि ते तत् कृतं साधु मातृस्नेहेन भाविनि

English

Human effort once done, fate follows it; fate cannot give anything to anyone without action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनोहर लताके समान मूर्च्छित होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ी

English

When abodes are seen to be impermanent even among the gods, how will fate stand or establish without action?

हिन्दी अर्थ

उवाच भार्या भर्तरें गाधेयी भार्गवर्षभम्

English

Gods in this world do not engage in anyone's affairs; they produce fierce attachment in fear of harm to themselves.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसादं कुरु विप्रषें न मे स्यात् क्षत्रिय: सुत:

English

There is always quarrel between sages and gods; by whose word would there be no fate, from which fate proceeds?

हिन्दी अर्थ

नतु मे स्यात् सुतो ब्रद्मन्नेष मे दीयतां वर:

English

And how does it arise, how does fate proceed? So even in the world of the gods many deceits are met.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मुझे यही वर दीजिये”

English

The self alone is the friend of the self, the self alone the enemy of the self; the self alone is witness of what is done and not done by the self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः सा जनयामास जगदरग्निं सुतं शुभम्

English

Whatever is done or undone is accomplished in the deed done; in a well-done act a bad act does not reach its aim.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषे: प्रसादाद् राजेन्द्र ब्रद्मर्षेब्रह्मयवादिनम्

English

The refuge of the gods is merit; everything is obtained by merits; having got a man of meritorious conduct, what will fate do?

हिन्दी अर्थ

उलूको यमदूतश्न तथर्षि: सैन्धवायन:

English

Long ago Yayati fell from heaven, was made to fall to earth, and was again raised to heaven by his daughters' sons of meritorious deeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वादुलिमुसलश्नैव वक्षोग्रीवस्तथैव च

English

Pururavas the royal sage, long ago addressed by the twice-born, famed as Aila, the lord of the earth, reached heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चक्रको मारुतन्तव्यो वातघ्नो5थाश्वलायन:

English

The lord of Kosala, honoured by horse sacrifices and others, Saudasa, became a man-eater by a great sage's curse.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारीषिरथ संभश्रुत्य: परपौरवतन्तव:

English

Ashvatthama and Rama, sons of sages, bow-bearers, do not go to the world of heaven by good deeds done here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैव चोपगहनस्तथर्षिश्वासुरायण:

English

Vasu, having sacrificed with hundreds of sacrifices, like a second Vasava, went to the nether world by one false statement.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतिर्विभूति: सूतश्न सुरकृत् तु तथैव च

English

Bali, son of Virochana, was bound by the gods with the noose of dharma and, by Vishnu's effort, was made to lie in Patala.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नवतनन्‍्तुर्बकनख: सेयनो यतिरेव च

English

Janamejaya, going to the foot of Shakra's sacrifice, having killed twice-born women, what did fate do to prevent it?

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्जयोनिरुदापेक्षी नारदी च महानृषि:

English

Vaishampayana, the brahmana sage, having killed a brahmana through ignorance, and touched by the killing of a child, what did fate prevent?

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं तत्त्वेन भरतर्षभ

English

And the royal sage Nriga, for falsely giving cows to brahmanas at the great sacrifice long ago, became a lizard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत्र तत्र च मां ब्रूहि च्छेत्तास्मि तव संशयम्

English

The royal sage Dhundhumara grew old in sacrificial sessions; leaving the gift of joy, he slept at Girivraja.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रोतुमिच्छामि धर्मज्ञ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

The kingdom of the Pandavas was taken by the mighty sons of Dhritarashtra and taken back again not by fate but by the strength of their arms.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहता हूँ; अत: कृपा करके मुझे उनके गुण ही बताइये

English

Do sages, joined with austerity and restraint, of sharp vows, cast curses by the strength of fate, not by action?

हिन्दी अर्थ

निकला और शिकारके लिये किसी मृगको खोजने लगा

English

One casts off sin in the world, having obtained everything very hard to get; fate does not save the man overcome by greed and delusion.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविदूरे मृगान् दृष्टवा बाण: प्रतिसमाहित:

English

As fire, fanned by wind, though small becomes great, so fate joined with action grows well.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महान् वनतरुस्तत्र विद्धो मृगजिघांसया

English

As a lamp fades from the exhaustion of oil, so fate fades from the exhaustion of action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इच्छासे छोड़े गये उस बाणने एक विशाल वृक्षको वेध दिया

English

Even having got a great flood of wealth, enjoyments or women, a man without action here cannot enjoy; and though wealth is well placed and guarded by gods, the good, by action, rely on it even at loss.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्सृज्य फलपत्राणि पादप: शोषमागत:

English

The world of the gods is more distinguished than the world of men; the houses of men are much more prosperous, while those of immortals are seen like a forest of the ancestors; and fate bears no fruit for a world without action.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फैल गया। उसके फल और पत्ते झड़ गये और धीरे-धीरे वह सूखने लगा

English

Fate removes no wrong path and has no lordship; as a done deed goes to the teacher, so fate goes to the chief deed; fate untouched and undiminished is led at will by stored human effort here and there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न जहाति शुको वासं तस्य भक्‍त्या वनस्पते:

English

All this has been told to you by me, best of sages, always seeing in truth the fruit of human effort.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृतज्ञ: सह वृक्षेण धर्मात्मा सो5प्यशुष्यत

English

By rising up, by action begun, by rule and by action, one would gain the path to heaven."