Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्यक्त्वा स कीटतां राज॑ंश्वचार विपुलं तप: आजगाम द्विजश्रेष्ठ: कृष्णद्वैपषायनस्तदा

English

the commentator's explanation, they add their own interpretation which is different. This sort of jumble is very peculiar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृच्छामि त्वां सतां श्रेष्ठ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

They do not so desire cakes of various forms, various vegetables, the shadava dishes and mixtures of flavours as they do meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है--यह मुझे प्रत्यक्ष दिखायी देता है पुण्यस्यैव हि ते सत्त्वं पुण्यस्यैव च दर्शनम्

English

On this my mind is bewildered at this point: I do not think there is anything here better in taste than meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततोअन्यत् कर्म यक्किंचिन्न पुण्यं न च पातकम्

English

So I wish to hear the merits of not eating meat, and the faults in eating it, O best of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। प्रभो! यदि आप आज्ञा दें तो मैं कुछ कहूँ ब्रृहि तत्त्वं महाप्राज्ञ शुश्रेषे वचनं तव

English

Tell me all of it truly, knower of dharma, rightly and by dharma: what may be eaten and what may not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विद्यातपो भ्यां हि भवान् भावितात्मा न संशय:

English

[Bhishma] It is so, mighty-armed one, as you say, O Bharata: there is nothing else on earth that so exceeds meat in taste.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयो बुद्ध्यानुपश्यामि सुसमृद्धतपा इव मन्ये भवत्प्रसादो5यं तद्धि कर्म स्वभावत:

English

For those wasted by wounds and tormented, those given to worldly pleasures, and those worn by travel, there is nothing better than meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वभावत: बन गया है

English

It at once increases the vital breaths and gives the best nourishment; no food exceeds meat, scourge of foes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिभिर्गुणै: समुदितस्ततो भवति वै द्विज: न हि श्रुतवतां किंचिदधिकं ब्राह्मणादृते

English

But in giving it up there are many merits, delight of the Kurus, that come to men; hear them as I tell them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षात्रं देवव्रतं ध्यायंस्ततो विप्रत्वमेष्यसि

English

One who wishes to enlarge his own flesh with the flesh of others, no man is meaner than he or more cruel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शुभे: संविभजन् कामैरशुभानां च पावनै: क्षात्रीं तनुं समुत्सृज्य ततो विप्रत्वमेष्यसि

English

Nothing in the world is dearer than life; therefore a man should show compassion to others as to himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षे्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रजा धर्मेण पाल्य च

English

Meat arises, dear child, from semen, without doubt; and in eating it great fault comes together with the killing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आजगाम महाप्राज्ञ: कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा शुभकृच्छुभयोनीषु पापकृत् पापयोनिषु

English

The knowers of the Veda know that dharma is marked by non-harm; what action is harmless, a self-possessed man should do.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मान्मृत्युभयात् कीट मा व्यथिष्ठा: कथंचन

English

In sacrifices to ancestors and gods the oblation is called consecrated; when eaten by the rule seen in the Veda, one is not stained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोपका भय अवश्य होना चाहिए, इसलिये उत्तम धर्मका आचरण करते रहो सुखात् सुखतरं प्राप्तो भगवंस्त्वत्कृते हुहम्

English

It is also heard in scripture that animals were created for sacrifice; for those acting otherwise, the rule is called demonic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवद्धचनात् कीटो ब्राद्दाण्यं प्राप्प दुर्लभम्

English

Hear also from me the rule seen for kshatriyas, by which meat won by valour does not stain him who eats it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत:ः सालोक्यमगमद् ब्रह्माणो ब्रद्मृवित्तम: स्वकर्मफलनिर्वत्तं व्यासस्य वचनात् तदा

English

The forest beasts were all consecrated as sacred to all the gods by Agastya long ago, O king, and so hunting is honoured.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हुआ कि उस कीटने सनातन ब्रह्मपद प्राप्त कर लिया

English

There is no hunting without risking oneself; meeting on equal terms, one may slay the beast, or may not.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्प्राप्तास्ते गतिं पुण्यां तस्मान्मा शोच पुत्रक एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

Therefore all royal sages go hunting, O Bharata; they are not stained by fault, and they do not hold it a sin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रेष्ठ है? यह मैं आपसे पूछता हूँ, मुझे बताइये मैत्रेयस्य च संवाद कृष्णद्वैयायनस्यथ च

English

For nothing is higher, here and hereafter, than compassion toward all beings in this world, delight of the Kurus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संवादरूप इस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है

English

A compassionate man never has fear here; these worlds and the next belong to the compassionate and to ascetics.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वाराणस्यामुपातिष्ठ न्मैत्रेयं स्वैरिणीकुले अर्चित्वा भोजयामास मैत्रेयो5शनमुत्तमम्

English

We have heard that beings give freedom from fear to him who, devoted to compassion, gives freedom from fear to all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उन्हें उत्तम अन्न भोजन कराया

English

Wounded, stumbling, fallen, afflicted or struck, all beings protect him, on level and uneven ground.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रतिष्ठमानो5स्मयत प्रीत: कृष्णो महामना: व्यासजी बहुत संतुष्ट हुए। फिर जब वे वहाँसे चलने लगे तो मुस्कराये

English

Beasts of prey do not kill him, nor do pishachas or rakshasas; he is freed in times of fear, and frees others.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारणं ब्रूहि धर्मात्मन् व्यस्मयिष्ठा: कुतश्न ते

English

There is no gift higher than giving life, nor was, nor will be; it is certain that nothing is dearer to one than oneself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पान्तरमहं मन्ये विशिष्टमपि चान्वयात् सकता। भला, वेद क्‍यों असत्य कहेगा?

English

Death is disagreeable to all beings, O Bharata; at the time of death trembling arises in them at once.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न द्रह्मेच्चैव दद्याच्च सत्यं चैव परं वदेत्

English

In the sorrows of birth, rebirth and old age, in the ocean of rebirth, creatures ever turn and shrink from death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इदानीं चैव न: कृत्यं पुरस्ताच्च परिश्रुतम् तृषिताय च ते दत्त हृदयेनानसूयता

English

In the womb they are cooked by bitter, sour and pungent humours, and by the very cruel touch of urine, phlegm and faeces.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अजैषीर्महतो लोकान् महायज्ञैरिव प्रभो

English

Born, helpless, they are torn again and again and shown cut open, helpless, those who craved meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुण्यका ही बल है और तुम्हारा दर्शन भी पुण्यका ही दर्शन है

English

They are cooked in the Kumbhi hell, reaching one womb after another; attacked and killed, they wander again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधिकं मार्जनात् तात तथा चैवानुलेपनात् पूर्तिसे भी बढ़कर है

English

Nothing on earth is dearer than oneself; therefore one should be compassionate and self-possessed toward all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां श्रेष्ठतरं दानमिति मे नात्र संशय:

English

One who for all his life, O king, eats no meat of any kind attains a vast place in heaven, without doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है, इस विषयमें मुझे संशय नहीं है ते हि प्राणस्य दातारस्तेषु धर्म: प्रतिष्ठित:

English

Those who eat the flesh of beings who wish to live are in turn eaten by those beings; of this I have no doubt.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस संसारमें दान भी अत्यन्त उत्तम माना गया है

English

"He eats me, therefore I shall eat him": this is the meaning of the word for meat (mamsa); understand it, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुखात् सुखतरप्राप्तिमाप्रुते मतिमान्नर: श्रीमन्तः प्राप्तुवन्त्यर्थान् दान॑ं यज्ञं तथा सुखम्

English

The killer is always killed, and the binder bound; the reviler is reviled, O king, and the hater is hated.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृश्यते हि महाप्राज्ञ नियतं वै स्वभावत:

English

By whatever body one does whatever deed, with that very body one enjoys its fruit.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाती है। सुख और दुःख मनुष्यके स्वभावके अनुसार नियत हैं पुण्यमन्यत् पापमन्यन्न पुण्यं न च पापकम्

English

Non-harm is the highest dharma, non-harm is the highest self-control, non-harm is the highest gift, non-harm is the highest austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पापमय तथा पुण्य-पाप दोनोंसे रहित

English

Non-harm is the highest sacrifice, non-harm is the highest strength, non-harm is the highest friend, non-harm the highest happiness, non-harm the highest truth, non-harm the highest teaching.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा स्वकर्मनिर्वत्तं न पुण्यंन च पापकम् येअभिद्रह्मन्ति भूतानि ते वै पापकृतो जना:

English

Gifts in all sacrifices, bathing in all tirthas, or the fruit of all gifts: none of this is equal to non-harm.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहो, दान दो और यज्ञ करो। विद्वान् और तपस्वी तुम्हारा पराभव नहीं कर सकेंगे अत्यन्तश्रीमति कुले जात: प्राज्ञो बहुशुतः

English

The austerity of the non-harming is inexhaustible; the non-harming always sacrifices; the non-harming is to all beings as mother and father.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुज्ञातश्न भवता किंचिद् ब्रूयामहं विभो

English

This is the fruit of non-harm, and more, O best of the Kurus; its virtues cannot be told here even in hundreds of years.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई मान्य नहीं है

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me why had that lady no fear of Ashtavakra's curse although Ashtavakra was endued with great energy? How also did Ashtavakra succeed in coming back from that place?'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

तप: पवित्र वेदस्य तप: स्वर्गस्थ साधनम् वास्तवमें तपस्या पवित्र और वेदाध्ययन एवं स्वर्गका उत्तम साधन है

English

[Yudhishthira] The giving up of life by men in a great battle is painful; I know the truth, knower of dharma, that giving up life is very hard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् गृहाण प्रथम प्रशस्तं गृहमेधिनाम् दानेन तपसा चैव सर्वपापमपोहति

English

Whether in prosperity or in adversity, in good or in ill, tell me the reason there, for you are held by me to be all-knowing.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता है, उसी प्रकार दान और तपस्यासे मनुष्यके सारे पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं

English

[Bhishma] Whether in prosperity or in adversity, in good or in ill, beings born in this cycle of rebirth, O lord of the earth,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतन्मनसि कर्ताव्यं श्रेय एवं भविष्यति श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं त्वत्तस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

English

hear from me the reason by which feeling they are fond of life. This is a good question you have put, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वरूप है? यह मैं आपके मुखसे सुनना चाहता हूँ। उसे मुझे बताइये

English

On this I shall tell you, O king, an old event: the dialogue between Dvaipayana and an insect, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कैकेयी सुमना नाम शाण्डिलीं पर्यपृच्छत एवं मनस्विनी शाण्डिलीदेवीसे केकयराजकी पुत्री सुमनाने इस प्रकार प्रश्न किया--

English

Once the brahmin Krishna Dvaipayana, moving as one with Brahman, saw an insect running swiftly on a cart-track.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधूय सर्वपापानि देवलोक॑ त्वमागता

English

Knowing the course of all beings and the cries of embodied creatures, all-knowing and all-giving, he saw the insect and spoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करके देवलोकमें पदार्पण किया है? सुता ताराधिपस्येव प्रभया दिवमागता

English

"Insect, you seem terrified and hasty. Where do you run? Tell me, from where has this fear come to you?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

चातुर्वर्ण्य न वर्तेत धर्माधमावृतानृते प्रतिग्रहीता दानस्य मोघं स्थात् धनिनां धनम्

English

"Bhishma said, 'Ashtavakra asked her, saying,— How dost thou succeed in altering thy form so? Thou shouldst not say anything that is untrue. I wish to know this. Speakest thou truly before a Brahmana.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

पा सके तो धनियोंका धन व्यर्थ हो जाय

English

"The lady said, 'O best of Brahmana, wherever thou mayst reside in heaven or on Earth, this desire of union between the sexes is to be observed. O thou of infallible prowess, listen, with concentrated attention, to this all. This trial was devised by me. O sinless one, for testing thee aright. O thou of infallible prowess, thou hast subjugated all the worlds for not foregoing your previous resolution. Know that I am the embodiment of the Northern point of the compass. Thou hast seen the lightness of the female character. Even women that are aged are tortured by the desire of sexual union. The Grandsire himself and all the deities with Indra have been pleased with thee. The object for which thy illustrious self has come here (is known to me). O foremost of regenerate persons, thou hast been despatched higher by the Rishi Vadanya— the father of thy bride—in order

हिन्दी अर्थ

तं चान्न पाति यश्चान्नं स हन्‍्ता हन्यतेडबुध: रक्षा करता है। जो मूर्ख दानके फलका हनन करता है, वह स्वयं भी मारा जाता है

English

that I may instruct thee. Agreeably to the wishes of that Rishi I have already instructed thee. Thou wilt return home in safety. Thy journey back will not be toilsome. Thou wilt obtain for wife and girl thou hast chosen. She will bear thee a son. Through desire I had solicited thee, thou madest me the very best answer. The desire for sexual union is incapable of being transcended in the three worlds. Go back to thy quarters, having achieved such merit. What else is there that thou wishest to hear from me? I shall discourse on it, O Ashtavakra, in accordance with the truth. I was gratified by the Rishi Vadanya in the first instance for thy sake, O regenerate ascetic For the sake of honouring him, I have said all this to thee.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

स चाजन्नाज्जायते तस्मात् सूक्ष्म एष व्यतिक्रम:

English

"Bhishma continued, 'Hearing these words of hers, the regenerate Ashtavakra joined his hands in a reverential attitude. He then solicited the lady for her permission to go back. Obtaining the permission he came back to his own asylum. Resting himself for some time at home and obtaining the permission of his kinsmen and friends, he then in a proper way, proceeded, O delighter of the Kurus, to the Brahmana Vadanya. Welcomed with the usual enquiries by Vadanya, the Rishi Ashtavakra, with a well-pleased heart, narrated all that he had seen (in course of his sojourn to the North). He said,— Commanded by thee I proceeded to the mountains of Gandhamadana. In the regions lying to the north of these mountains I beheld a very superior goddess. I was received by her with courtesy. She named you in my hearing and also instructed me in various matters. Having listened to her I have come back, O lord. Unto him that said so, the learned Vadanya said,— Take my daughter's hand according to due rites and under the proper

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह प्रजा (विद्वान ब्राह्मण) से अन्नकी उत्पत्तिका विषय दुर्विज्ञेय है न होकचक्रं वर्तेत इत्येवमृषयो विदु:

English

[Bhishma] Thus addressed, he said to him: "Where is there happiness for you, insect? I think death would be happiness for you, since you live in an animal womb.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानाध्ययनसम्पन्नास्ते वै पूज्यतमा: सदा

English

You do not know sound, touch, taste, smell and the many high and low enjoyments, insect; death is better for you."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते हि स्वर्गस्य नेतारो यज्ञवाहा: सनातना: मैत्रेयभिक्षायामेकविंशत्यधिकशततमोध्याय:

English

[Insect] "The soul takes delight everywhere, and so here too I have happiness, great sage; I am aware of it, and therefore I wish to live.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिष्ट्यैवं त्वं विजानासि दिष्ट्या ते बुद्धिरीदृशी

English

Here too all objects are as the body prompts; humans and animals have separate enjoyments, specially.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भाग्यसे ही तुमको ऐसी बुद्धि प्राप्त हुई है रूपमानवयोमानश्रीमानाश्षाप्पसंशयम्

English

In the past I was a man, a wealthy shudra, hostile to brahmins, cruel, a miser and a usurer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तानि वेदं पुरस्कृत्य प्रवृत्तानि यथाक्रमम्

English

Sharp of tongue, crafty of mind, a robber of everyone, secretly a destroyer, devoted to taking others' property.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्यान्य जो पाप हैं, उन्हें भी तपस्यासे ही वह दूर कर सकता है

English

In my house I kept servants and guests with stale food, from spite, a cruel man wanting good flavour and wishing to prosper.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वमेतदवाप्रोति विद्यया चेति नः श्रुतम् विद्यासे प्राप्त हो जाता है; यह हमारे सुननेमें आया है

English

Food prepared out of faith for gods and for ancestral sacrifice I did not give, desiring wealth; food that should be given purifies.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्व वै तपसाभ्येति तपो हि बलवत्तरम्

English

Those who came for refuge in times of fear, taking shelter in a hidden place, I abandoned, not out of sudden fear, and I did not protect the fearful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वह सब तपस्यासे सुलभ हो जाता है; क्योंकि तपस्याका बल सबसे बड़ा है तपस्विनं तथैवाहुस्ताभ्यां कार्य सदा नम:

English

Seeing men's wealth, grain, beloved wives, vehicles, clothes and marvellous prosperity, I was envious to no purpose.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दानप्रदा: सुख प्रेत्य प्राप्गुवन्तीह च श्रियम्

English

Envious on seeing another's happiness, aggressive, wishing no one's prosperity, destroying others' three aims, following my own desire,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धन-सम्पत्ति और परलोकमें सुख पाते हैं अन्नदानै: सुकृतिन: प्रतिपद्यन्ति लौकिका:

English

I remember the deeds I did long ago, full of cruel qualities, and I repent them, as one gives up a dear son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स दाता यत्र यत्रैति सर्वतः सम्प्रणूयते

English

I know too the fruit of my good deeds: I honoured my aged mother, and I honoured a brahmin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जहाँ-जहाँ जाते हैं, सब ओर उनकी स्तुति की जाती है यदि चोर्ध्व॑ यद्यधो वा स्वॉललोकानभियास्यति

English

Once a guest endowed with good birth and merit, having met me, came to my house, and I honoured him, O brahmin; by that my memory did not leave me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मेधाव्यसि कुले जात: श्रुतवाननृशंसवान्

English

By that deed I see hope of happiness here. I wish to hear from you what is best, wealthy in austerity."

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रीके समान अपनी उज्ज्वल प्रभासे प्रकाशित होती हुई स्वर्गगलोकमें आयी हो

English

constellations. Thou art the fittest bridegroom I can select for the girl.'

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृंगार करना पसंद नहीं करती थी आन्तरेष्वपि कार्येषु तेन तुष्पति मे मन:

English

[Vyasa] "By mere sight I help you across, by the power of austerity; and there is no other strength greater than the strength of austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दारुणान्यपि भूतानि सान्त्वेनाराधयेद् यथा

English

I know that you went to this state by your own sins, insect; you will gain the highest dharma if you, standing in dharma, think so.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भयानक प्राणीको वशमें कर सकता है गृहीत्वा रक्षसा मुक्तो द्विजाति: कानने यथा

English

The gods and the animals enjoy what is made in the field of action; and among men, by dharma, desire and wealth come according to merits.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गृहीत: कृच्छूमापन्नो रक्षसा भक्षयिष्यता

English

What does a wise man lose, endowed with speech, mind, hands and feet, even if he lives dull-witted?

हिन्दी अर्थ

सामैवास्मिन् प्रयुयुजे न मुमोह न विव्यथे प्रति उसने साम नीतिका ही प्रयोग किया

English

A living man performs the worship of the moon and the sun, foremost of brahmins; how, insect, will you come to holy worship there?

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्ष्यसे ब्रूहि मे प्रश्न केनास्मि हरिण: कृश:

English

You will enjoy beings who are the qualities there; and there I shall lead you to Brahma-hood, wherever you wish."

हिन्दी अर्थ

किस कारणसे अत्यन्त दुर्बल और सफेद (पाण्डु) हो गया हूँ! आभिर्गाथाभिरव्यग्र: प्रश्न प्रतिजगाद ह

English

Agreeing "So be it," the insect stayed on the road; he went to see that sage, through all the other wombs,

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयानतुलान् भुड्क्षे तेनासि हरिण: कृश:

English

dog, iguana, boar, deer and birds, the wombs of the dog-eaters, vaishyas and shudras, and kshatriyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विमानस्था शुभा भासि सहस्रगुणमोजसा तुम्हारी मंगलमयी आकृति है, तुम अपने तेजसे सहख्रगुनी शोभा पा रही हो

English

'Bhishma continued, 'Ashtavakra said,— So be it and took the hand of the girl. Indeed, the highly righteous Rishi, having espoused the girl, became filled with joy. Having taken as his wife that beautiful damsel, the Rishi continued to dwell in his own asylum, freed from (mental) fever of every kind.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमं लोकमनुप्राप्ता त्वं हि तत्त्व वदस्व मे

English

[Insect] "This is that incomparable place desired, with ten qualities, which I, having been an insect, have reached as a prince.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नम्रतापूर्ण शब्दोंमें इस प्रकार कहा-- न च मुण्डा च जटिला भूत्वा देवत्वमागता

English

Very strong elephants with gold garlands carry me, and in chariots Kambojas, the finest horses, are yoked.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्रमत्ता च भर्तारें कदाचिन्नाहमब्रुवम्

English

Vehicles yoked with camels and mules carry me; with my kin and ministers I eat meat and rice.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वचन नहीं निकाले हैं सावधान होकर संलग्न रहती थी

English

In well-appointed houses, on pleasant couches, and the most precious ones, O fortunate one, I sleep here well honoured.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रहस्यमरहस्यं वा न प्रवर्तामि सर्वथा

English

In every last watch of the night, bards, heralds and panegyrists praise me with pleasing words as they do the god Mahendra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसनेनोपसंयोज्य पूजयामि समाहिता बैठनेके लिये आसन देती और एकाग्रचित्त हो उनकी पूजा करती थी

English

By the favour of you whose word is true and splendour is boundless, I, who was an insect, have come to princehood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भक्ष्यं वा यदि वा लेहां तत्सव॑ वर्जयाम्यहम्

English

Salutations to you, great sage; what shall I do? Command me. By the power of your austerity this has been shown to me."

हिन्दी अर्थ

या लेह्म आदिको वे नहीं पसंद करते थे, उन सबको मैं भी त्याग देती थी मंगलैर्बहुभिय्युक्ता भवामि नियता तदा

English

[Vyasa] "I have been honoured by you today with words, O king, by chance. Today you, having been an insect, have recovered a memory free of disgust.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसाधन च निष्क्रान्ते नाभिनन्दामि भर्तरि

English

Yet there is no end of the sin you accumulated long ago as a shudra, intent on wealth, cruel and aggressive.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गुप्तगुह्दमा सदा चास्मि सुसम्मृष्टनिवेशना

English

You have come to see me, and that was your earlier good deed, born in an animal womb, and also by your honouring me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पतिधर्म महाभागा जगामादर्शनं तदा त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

From this princehood you will reach brahmin-hood, having offered your life on the battlefield for cows and brahmins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्रूहि भरतश्रेष्ठ यदत्र व्यतिरिच्यते

English

Having had the happiness of a prince and sacrifices with fees given, you will then rejoice in heaven, one with Brahman, imperishable and happy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषप्रकृतिं ज्ञात्वा तयोरेकतरं भजेत् पुरुषके स्वभावको समझकर दोनोंमेंसे एकको अपनाना चाहिए

English

From an animal womb one goes to shudra-hood; a shudra to vaishya-hood and kshatriya-hood; a vaishya, a kshatriya praising good conduct, to brahmin-hood; a brahmin of good conduct to holy heaven."