Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

महात्माओंकी निन्‍्दा भी मनुष्यका अकल्याण करनेवाली है अगम्याश्न न गच्छेत राज्ञ: पत्नी सखीस्तथा

English

He should not speak ill of others nor ever speak what is unpleasant; and one who seeks well-being should not stir up anger in anyone.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बन्धूनां ब्राह्मणानां च तथा शारणिकस्य च

English

He should not wish to converse with the fallen and should avoid even seeing them; he should not associate, and so gains long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हाथीका क्‍या काम है? किं ब्राह्मणस्येह धनेन कृत्यम्

English

He should not go to a woman by day, nor to a maiden, nor to a harlot, nor to an unbathed woman; so he gains long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तरह-तरहके धन तुम्हारे ही पास रहें। नरेन्द्र! ब्राह्मणके यहाँ धनका क्या काम है?

English

Having rinsed at his own tirtha when a rite is prepared, drinking three times and wiping twice, a man becomes purified.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नागश्रेष्ठ गौतमास्मान्निवर्त स्तत्र त्वाहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये

English

Touching the senses once and sprinkling three times, a man should perform the ancestral and divine rites by the action seen in the Veda.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हाथी वसूल करूँगा

English

Hear from me, O Kaurava, also the purification for brahmins: having spoken what is proper and good, at the beginning and end of a meal,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जानेवाला नहीं है सेवन करती हैं; वहाँ जाकर मैं तुमसे अपना हाथी वसूल करूँगा

English

in all purifications he should touch water with the Brahma tirtha; and after spitting or sneezing, touching water, he becomes pure.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मंदाकिनीं तेडपि विभूषयन्ति

English

An aged kinsman or a friend, even one who is poor, should be housed in the home; this brings wealth and long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृतराष्ट्रको तो वहाँ भी नहीं जाना है) मध्वाहुत्या जुद्वति वै द्विजेभ्य:

English

Pigeons in the house bring wealth, as do parrots and mynas; these in houses are not for harm, nor are oil-drinkers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद् ब्रूहि त्वं त्वरितो होष यामि

English

Uddipakas, vultures, doves and bees, when they settle there, he should then perform a pacifying rite.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूतानां ये सर्वभूतात्म भूता: उनकी स्थिति है। वहाँ पहुँचकर मैं तुमसे अपना हाथी वापस लूँगा

English

These are inauspicious, as is the cursing of great souls; the secrets of great souls should never be told.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वातिथ्या: सुप्रसादा जनाश्व॒

English

He should not go to women forbidden, the wives of kings, nor friends' wives, nor those of physicians, children, the aged or servants, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तत्र त्वाहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये

English

Nor those of kinsmen, brahmins, or a refugee, nor of relatives, O king of kings; so he gains long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथाम्नायं त्रीणि वर्षाणि विप्रा: चलकर मैं आपसे अपने इस हाथीको वापस लूँगा

English

A house made by a brahmin and a builder, a wise man seeking well-being should always dwell in, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परं गन्ता धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र

English

He should not sleep at twilight, O king, nor study, nor eat; the wise man so gains long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं, उन्हींके लिये प्रजापतिलोक हैं। धृतराष्ट्र वहाँ भी नहीं जायगा पज्चभ्यो वा दानशीलस्तथैकाम्

English

He should not perform ancestral rites by night, nor adorn himself after eating; one who desires prosperity should not draw water by night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यं च नैमिषं तीर्थ बाहुदां करतोयिनीम्

English

Barley-meal is always to be avoided at night, O Bharata, and the remains of food, white things, and water at a meal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृष्णां गंगां पजचनदं महाह्ददमथापि च सरस्वतीदृषद्धत्यौ यमुनां ये तु यान्ति च

English

He should not overeat; he should not do so at night; he should not cut a twice-born's bond, and should not do it after eating.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रयान्ति पुण्यगंधाढ्या धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र वै

English

O greatly wise one, one is fit to marry a maiden born of a great family, praised for her marks, and of fit age.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिर्न दुःखं न सुखं तथा न जरामरणे तत्र न पुण्यं न च पातकम्

English

Having begotten offspring and established the family, sons should be given to learning and the family's duties, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वयम्भुभवने पुण्ये हस्तिनं मे प्रदास्यसि

English

A daughter, once born, should be given to a wise boy of good family; sons should be settled apart from the family, and servants may be obtained, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अध्यात्मयोगसंस्थानैर्युक्ता: स्वर्गगतिं गता: न तत्र धृतराष्ट्रस्ते शक्‍्यो द्रष्ट महामुने

English

Having bathed his head, he should perform the divine and ancestral rites; not on the star of his birth, nor on Proshthapada, nor on the Agneya, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दकार्ष ते मनसो5भिषंगात् कदाचित् वाणीद्वारा आपके प्रति कोई अपराध तो नहीं कर डाला?

English

He should avoid all dreadful ones, and daily, and should avoid all that is declared in astrology.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रवीषि यत् तत् करवाणि सर्वम्

English

Attentive, he should have his beard shaved facing east, or facing north, O king of kings; so he gains long life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्तव्यका उपदेश दें। आप जो-जो कहेंगे, वह सब करूँगा स्तमेव मे देहि सुरेन्द्र नागम्

English

He should not speak ill of others or of himself; for abuse is not said to be for dharma, O best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेयो ममाध्याहि नमश्न ते5स्तु

English

He should avoid a deformed woman, and likewise a maiden, O best of men; one of the same sage lineage, and a deformed one, and one of his mother's own family.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वया दत्तं प्रतिगृह्ञामि नागम् आपके दिये हुए इस हाथीको ग्रहण करता हूँ

English

He should avoid an aged woman, an ascetic, a devoted wife of another, one very dark, and one of a higher class.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वं हि प्राप्तु शुभाललोकानह्वाय च चिराय च

English

The wise man should not go to one without a womb or of a wrong womb, nor to a tawny woman, nor to a leper woman; you should not marry such.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवमाचक्रमे वज्जी सद्धिः सह दुरासदम् स याति ब्रह्मणो लोकं ब्राह्मणो गौतमो यथा

English

He should avoid one born in a family with epilepsy, a very low one, and one born in a family of those with white leprosy, O lord of men; of these three.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह गौतम ब्राह्मणकी भाँति ब्रह्मलोकमें जायगा

English

She who is endowed with marks and praised for them, pleasing and good to look at, you are fit to marry.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वदारतुषटिश्लोक्ता ते फलं दानस्य चैव यत् तपसो यत्परं तेडद्य तन्नो व्याख्यातुमहसि

English

One should marry into a great family or an equal one, Yudhishthira; one who seeks well-being should not take a lower or a fallen one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं

English

Having carefully kindled the fires, he should practise all the rites well ordained, as declared in the Vedas by brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोकमें तो आना बहुत ही कठिन है, तुम कैसे यहाँ आ पहुँचे

English

He should not be jealous of women, and wives are to be guarded in every way; jealousy shortens life, so he should avoid it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आयान्त्यतप्ततपस: कथं वै त्वमिहागत: कैसे यहाँ आ गये?”

English

Sleeping by day shortens life, as do sleeping after sunrise, and sleeping in the morning and evening, and those who sleep unclean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, परंतु उन यज्ञोंके फलसे भी मैं यहाँ नहीं आया हूँ

English

Adultery shortens life, as does the barber's leavings; these must be carefully avoided, and habit of them too, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यके प्रभावसे भी मैं यहाँ नहीं आया हूँ पुष्करेषु द्विजातिभ्य: प्रादां शतसहस्रश:

English

At twilight he should not eat, bathe or pass faeces; he should be pure then and do nothing else.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाम्बूनहैराभरणैर्न तेन

English

He should honour brahmins after bathing, O lord of men, bow to the gods when bathed, and greet his teachers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्णकांस्योपदुह्ाा न तेन प्रादां दशगुणं ब्रह्मनू न तेनाहमिहागत:

English

He should not go uninvited; a spectator may go to a sacrifice. Going uninvited shortens life, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कर्काणां हेममालानां न च तेनाहमागत:

English

He should not travel alone nor go at night. Before twilight has come, he should stay at home in the west.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकैकस्मिन् क्रतौ तेन फलेनाहं न चागत: प्रादां हेमस्रजां ब्रह्मन् कोटीर्दश च सप्त च

English

The command of mother, father and teachers must be done; whether good or bad, it should not be weighed, O best of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षिणावयवा: केचिद् वेहैयें सम्प्रकीर्तिता:

English

Effort should be made in archery and the Veda, in riding on elephants and horses, and in the chariot's use. Be diligent, O king; the diligent prospers happily.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबको मैंने दस वाजपेय यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करके दान किया था शक्रतुल्यप्रभावाणामिज्यया विक्रमेण ह

English

Unassailable by enemies, and in charge of servants and kinsmen and devoted to protecting subjects, he never suffers loss.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्रोतश्न यावद्गड्राकयाश्छन्नमासीज्जगत्पते कारण भी मैं इस लोकमें नहीं आया हूँ

English

You should know the science of reasoning and of grammar, O Bharata, the science of the gandharvas, and the arts, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्वी नियताहार: शममास्थाय वाग्यतः

English

You should always hear the Purana, the histories, the tales, and the lives of great souls.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न तेनाप्यहमागच्छे फलेनेह पितामह सपौण्डरीकान्न च तेषां फलेन

English

He should not approach his wife when she is menstruating, nor summon her; bathed on the fourth day, the wise man may go to her at night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विभूषित गौएँ भी मैंने दी थीं

English

On the fifth day a woman is conceived, on the sixth a man; by this rule the wise man should approach his wife.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनधान्यसमृद्धा श्च ग्रामाश्चान्ये सहस्रश: इष्ट्वानेकैर्महायज्ञैब्राह्मणेभ्यो न तेन च

English

Kinsmen, relatives and friends should always be honoured, and he should sacrifice as he can with sacrifices of many fees; after that, O lord of men, the forest should be resorted to.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्तेषां फलेनेह न चागतो5स्मि

English

This is the account of the marks of long life told to you; the rest, Yudhishthira, you must take from the aged masters of the three Vedas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किया; परंतु उन यज्ञोंके फलसे मैं इस लोकमें नहीं आया हूँ किंतु उस दानके फलसे भी मैं यहाँ नहीं आया हूँ

English

Conduct brings prosperity, conduct increases fame; by conduct life grows, and conduct removes bad marks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिने दिने हाददं ब्राह्मणेभ्य:

English

Of all the traditions, conduct is called best; dharma arises from conduct, and from dharma life increases.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जिसमें प्रतिदिन नौ सौ गायें ब्राह्मणोंको दान देता था अष्टश्रि: सर्वमेधैश्व नरमेधैश्व॒ सप्तभि:

English

This is conducive to fame, long life and heaven, a great blessing; Brahma declared it with compassion for all classes.