Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिष्यैरनुगता: सिद्धिर्देवकल्पैस्तपोधनै: देवकीतनय: प्रीतो देवकल्पमकल्पयत्

English

By making gifts unto such Brahmanas as have been robbed of all their possessions by powerful men but as are perfectly innocent, and as desire to fill their stomachs any how without, that is, any scruples respecting the quality of the food they take, one earns great merit. By making gifts unto such Brahmanas as beg on behalf of others that are observant of penances and devoted to them and as are satisfied with even small gifts, one earns great merit. Thou hast now, O bull of Bharata's race, heard what the declarations are of the scriptures in respect of the acquisition of great merit by the making of gifts. Listen now to me as I expound what those acts are that lead to hell or heaven. They, O Yudhishthira, that speak an untruth on occasions other than those when such untruth is needed for serving the purpose of the preceptor or for giving the assurance of safety to a person in fear of his life, sink into hell l. They who ravish other people's spouses, or have sexual congress with them, or assist at such acts of delinquency, sink in hell. They who rob others of their wealth or destroy the wealth and possessions of other people, or proclaim the faults of other people, sink in hell. They who destroy the containers of such pieces of water as are used by cattle for quenching thirst, as injure such buildings as are used for purposes of public meetings, as break down bridges and causeways, and as pull down houses used for purposes of habitation, have to sink to hell. They who beguile and cheat helpless women, or girls, or aged dames, or such women as have been frightened, have to sink to hell. They who destroy the means of other people's living, they who exterminate the habitations of other people, they who rob others of their spouses, they who sow dissensions among friends, and they who destroy the hopes of other people, sink into hell. They who proclaim the faults of others, they who break down bridges or causeways, they who live by following vocations laid down for other people, and they who are ungrateful to friends for services received, have to sink in hell. They who have no faith in the Vedas and show no reverence for them, they who break the

हिन्दी अर्थ

निर्ममस्यागमवतो विस्मय: समुपागत:

English

[Maheshvara] Brahmins were created by the Creator, desiring excellence, from the essence of the world, to carry all the worlds across; gods of the earth among mortals.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिष्यवत् परिचर्यार्थ शान्त: प्रकृतिमागत: बताया है। आपलोगोंको भय नहीं मानना चाहिए

English

I shall tell you their dharma and the rise of the fruit of their deeds; the dharma that is in brahmins is held to be supreme dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णे भूतसंघनिषेविते

English

These three were created by the Self-existent for the world's dharma and wealth; they were always created in the making of the earth; hear them too from me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रसन्नतासे युक्त हो नाचते और कलरव करते थे तत्र देवो गिरितटे दिव्यधातुविभूषिते

English

Supreme dharma is that declared in the Veda; another is that found in the smriti texts; another, called supreme, is that practised by the good: these three dharmas are eternal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निहोम॑ निर्वषघट्कारं जगद् वै सहसाभवत्

English

A learned brahmin of the three Vedas, who does not live by teaching, who does three acts and has gone through three stages, is held to be a friend, a twice-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा होम और वषट्कारसे रहित हो गया निमीलिते भूतपतौ नष्टसूर्य इवाभवत्

English

The Lord of the world declared these six acts for the livelihood of brahmins; hear them attentively.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ज्वाला च महती दीप्ता ललाटात् तस्य नि:सृता

English

Sacrificing, officiating, giving and receiving, teaching and learning: the twice-born with six acts shares in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अत्यन्त दीप्तिशालिनी महाज्वाला प्रकट हो गयी युगान्तसदृशं दीप्तं येनासौ मथितो गिरि:

English

Constant study is dharma, sacrifice is eternal dharma, and giving is praised for him, as one is able and by rule.

हिन्दी अर्थ

महर्षियोंका अपने कुलके अनुरूप आतिथ्य-सत्कार किया

English

vows made by themselves or oblige others to break them, and they who fall away from their status through sin, sink in hell. They who betake themselves to improper conduct, they who take exorbitant rates of interest, and they who make unduly large profits on sales, have to sink in hell. They who are given to gambling, they who indulge in wicked acts without any scruple, and they who are given to slaughter of living creatures, have to sink in hell. They who cause the dismissal by masters of servants that are hoping for rewards or are expectant of definite need or are in the enjoyment of wages or salaries or are waiting for returns in respect of valuable services already rendered, have to sink in hell. They who themselves eat without offering portions thereof unto their spouse or their sacred fires or their servants or their guests, and they who abstain from performing the rites laid down in the scriptures for honouring the Pitris and deities, have to sink in hell. They who sell the Vedas, they who find fault with the Vedas, and they who reduce the Vedas into writing, have all to sink in hell, l They who are out of the pale of the four well-known modes of life, they who betake themselves to practices interdicted by the Srutis and the scriptures, and they who live by betaking themselves to acts that are wicked or sinful or that do not belong to their order of birth, have to sink in hell. They who live by selling hair, they who subsist by selling poisons, and they who live by selling milk, have to sink in hell. They who put obstacles in the path of Brahmanas and kine and maidens, O Yudhishthira, have to sink in hell. They who sell weapons, they who forge weapons, they who make shafts, and they who make bows, have to sink in hell. 'I hey who obstruct paths and roads with stones and thorns and holes have to sink in hell. They who abandon

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपोपविविशु: प्रीता विष्टरेषु महर्षय: राजर्षीणां सुराणां च ये वसन्ति तपोधना:

English

Pure in self by the five sacrifices, truthful, free of envy, a giver, honouring brahmins, with a well-swept house,

हिन्दी अर्थ

धर्मयुक्त मधुर कथाएँ कहने लगे

English

free of pride, straightforward, gentle in speech, generous, delighting in guests and visitors, eating what remains of his food:

हिन्दी अर्थ

वक्‍त्रान्नि:सृत्य कृष्णस्य वल्विरद्भुतकर्मण: सपक्षिमृगसंघातं सश्वापदसरीसूपम्

English

he who gives foot-water, offering, seat, bed, lamp and shelter is righteous.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिखरं तस्य शैलस्य मथितं दीनदर्शनम्

English

Rising in the morning, rinsing his mouth, inviting a guest to a meal, honouring and following him: that is his eternal dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कारण वह पर्वतशिखर बड़ा दयनीय दिखायी देता था विष्णो: समीप आगम्य पादौ शिष्यवदस्पृशत्

English

Hospitality to all, to the extent of one's ability, day and night, is the dharma told for the shudra: serving the three classes.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सौम्यैर्दष्टिनिपातैस्तं पुनः प्रकृतिमानयत्

English

The dharma marked by action is ordained for householders. I shall tell it: it is auspicious and good for all beings.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सपक्षिगणसंघुष्ट: सश्वापदसरीसूप: विस्मितो हृष्टरोमा च बभूवास््राविलेक्षण:

English

One should give repeatedly as able, sacrifice repeatedly, and perform nourishing rites, if desiring well-being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रोमांचित हो उठा। उन सबके नेत्रोंमें आनन्दके आँसू भर आये

English

Wealth should be gathered by dharma; wealth gained by dharma should be in three parts, and a man should earnestly keep dharma supreme.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रश्चितं मधुरं स्निग्धं॑ पप्रच्छ वदतां वर: देख विनय और स्नेहसे युक्त मधुर वाणीमें पूछा--

English

One part should be used for dharma and wealth by one who desires prosperity, one part for desire and wealth, and one part he should increase.

हिन्दी अर्थ

फिर भी आपलोगोंको आश्चर्य क्यों हो रहा है? ऋषयो वक्तुमर्न्ति निश्चितार्थ तपोधना:

English

The other dharma, marked by withdrawal, is held to be liberation. I shall tell its practice; hear it from me truly, goddess.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेषां पिता त्वं माता त्वं प्रभु: प्रभव एव च

English

Compassion for all beings is dharma, and not living in one village; freedom from the snare of hope is praised for seekers of liberation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वमेवाहसि कल्याण वक्तुं वल्लेविनिर्गमम् संदेह और विस्मयका निवारण कर सकते हैं

English

No attachment to a water-pot, to water, to clothing, to a seat, to a triple staff, to a bed, to fire, or to a shelter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यच्छुतं यच्च दृष्टं नस्तत् प्रवक्ष्यामहे हरे

English

One whose mind is on the Self, whose thought is on that, who is devoted to it, always attentive to yoga and to reflection,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृष्णवर्त्मा युगान्ताभो येनायं मथितो गिरि: भवन्तो व्यथिताश्चासन् देवकल्पास्तपोधना:

English

who always sleeps at the foot of a tree, dwells in empty houses, sleeps on river banks and delights in riverside,

हिन्दी अर्थ

जितेन्द्रिय ऋषि भी पीड़ित और व्यथित हो गये थे

English

freed from all attachments and bonds of affection, the twice-born who wanders fixing his mind only on the Self in the Self.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मम वदल्लिः समुदभूतो न वै व्यथितुमर्हथ अग्निरूपमें प्रकट हुआ था। अत: आपलोग उससे व्यथित न हों

English

Becoming like a post, without food, by the action seen for liberation, one who wanders disciplined has the eternal dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुत्रं चात्मसमं वीर्ये तपसा लब्धुमागत:

English

Not long attached to one place, not confined to one village, he wanders disciplined and free, not sleeping on one riverbank.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मंगलकारी पर्वतपर आया हूँ गतश्न वरदं द्रष्टूं सर्वलोकपितामहम्

English

This is the dharma of the knowers of liberation, the good path of the good, declared in the Veda; for one who follows this path, there is no further step.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजसोडर्धेन पुत्रस्ते भवितेति वृषध्वज:

English

Mendicants are of four kinds: the hut-dweller, the water-maker, the hamsa and the paramahamsa; each later one is higher.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तपस्थविव्रतसंदीप्ता ज्ञानविज्ञानशोभिता:

English

Beyond this there is nothing higher, nothing lower, nothing across or ahead: painless, pleasureless, gentle, ageless, deathless, imperishable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आश्चर्य परमं किंचित् तद् भवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु मे आश्चर्यकी बात देखी या सुनी हो तो उसको मुझे बतलाइये

English

[Uma] You have told the householder's dharma and the dharma of liberation as practised by the good, the great path of the world of mortals leading to the best.

हिन्दी अर्थ

समान मधुर वचन सुननेकी इच्छा मुझे सदा बनी रहती है

English

But I wish to hear the supreme dharma of the sages, knower of dharma; I always long for the dwellers in the ascetic forest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिवि वा भुवि वा किंचित् पश्याम्यमरदर्शना: चिरं तिष्ठति मेदिन्यां शैले लेख्यामिवार्पितम्

English

The scent rising from ghee smoke seems to fill the ascetic forest; seeing it, Maheshvara, may my mind always be pleased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथयिष्याम्यहमहो बुद्धिदीपकरं नृणाम्

English

Explain to me this doubt, god, about the sages' dharma, lord, you who know the truth of all dharma and wealth, god of gods; tell me, Mahadeva, all I have asked as it truly is.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नेत्रै: पच्मदलप्रख्यैरपश्यंस्त जनार्दनम् वाम्भिक्रग्भूषितार्थाभि: स्तुवन्तो मधुसूदनम्

English

[Maheshvara] Come, I shall tell you the supreme dharma of sages, by which, auspicious one, sages by their own austerity attain perfection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदा नियोजयामासुर्वचने वाक्यकोविदम्

English

Hear from me, fortunate one, who know dharma, the dharma from the beginning of the foam-drinking sages, always the dharma of those who know dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा दृष्ट हृषीकेशे सर्वमाख्यातुमहसि कथयामास देवर्षि: पूर्ववृत्तामिमां कथाम्

English

They always gather the fair heap of Brahma's foam, the nectar drunk by Brahma, sweet and spread in heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शड्करस्योमया सार्ध संवादं प्रत्यभाषत

English

This is the practice of dharma, the path made by those pure foam-drinkers, ascetic; hear now of the host of the Valakhilyas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शंकरजीका पार्वतीके साथ जो संवाद हुआ था, उसे बताना आरम्भ किया पुण्ये गिरो हिमवति सिद्धचारणसेविते

English

The Valakhilyas, sages perfected by austerity in the orb of the sun, who know dharma, glean grain, following the bird's way of life.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानारूपैर्विख्पैश्न दिव्यैरद्भुतदर्शनै: क्रोष्टकद्वीपिवदनैरऋरक्षर्षभमुखैस्तथा

English

Wearing deer-skin and garments of rags and bark, free of dualities, the Valakhilya ascetics have reached the good path.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नानावर्णर्मुगमुखै: सर्वजातिसमन्वितै:

English

They are only the size of a thumb-joint, abiding in their own limbs, and perform austerity; their fruit of dharma is great.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् सदो वृषभाड्कस्य दिव्यवादित्रनादितम् नृत्यद्धिर्भूतसंघैश्व बहिणैश्व समनन्‍्तत:

English

They attain equality with the gods for accomplishing the gods' work, lighting all directions, their sins burned away by austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टिकान्तमनिर्देश्यं दिव्यमद््भुतदर्शनम्

English

Others of pure mind, devoted to compassion and dharma, the good, holy ones who move in the circle and move in the moon's world,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनोहर, अनिर्वचनीय, अलौकिक और अदभुत थी स्वाध्यायपरमैविंर्रि्ब्रह्मयघोषो निनादित:

English

dwelling near the ancestors' world, glean by rule; some wash and pound with stones, and some use the teeth as mortar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्राह्मणोंकी वेद-ध्वनि वहाँ सब ओर गूँज रही थी

English

Of the soma-drinking gods and the steam-drinking ones, those who dwell near them, their senses controlled by nature, glean.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तन्महोत्सवसंकाशं भीमरूपधरं तत: मुनयश्नल महाभागा: सिद्धाश्रैवोर्ध्वरेतस:

English

Their dharma is tending the fire, honouring ancestors and gods, and performing the five sacrifices.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यक्षा नागा: पिशाचाश्न लोकपाला हुताशना:

English

This, goddess, is the sages' dharma, always practised by the twice-born who move in the circle and in the world of the gods. Hear also of the other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋतव: सर्वपुष्पैश्न व्यकिरन्त महादूभुतै:ः प्रज्वलित हो उस वनको प्रकाशित कर रही थीं

English

In all sages' dharmas, the self must be conquered and senses mastered; desire and anger are to be conquered after that, in my view.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विहज़ाश्च मुदा युक्ता: प्रानृत्यन् व्यनदंश्व ह

English

Tending the Agnihotra, sitting through the night of dharma, permission for the Soma sacrifice, and the fifth, the sacrificial fee.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्याप्रचर्माम्बरधर: सिंहचर्मोत्तरच्छद:

English

Constant sacrifice is dharma, delight in honouring ancestors and gods, and hospitality to all with food won by gleaning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दृष्टवा महर्षय: सर्वे शिरोभिरवर्निं गता: तस्य भूतपते: स्थानं भीमरूपधरं बभौ

English

Withdrawal from enjoyment, delight in the products of cows, sleeping on the bare ground as yoga, and feeding on leaves of vegetables.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षणेनैवाभवत् सर्वमद्भुतं मधुसूदन

English

Eating fruit and roots, wind, water, or eating moss: these are the sages' rules, by which they win an unconquered goal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमभ्ययाच्छैलसुता भूतस्त्रीगणसंवृता बिभ्रती कलशं रौक्मं सर्वतीर्थजलोद्धवम्

English

When the smoke has gone, the pestle laid aside, the embers out, the people have eaten, vessels no longer pass, and alms-time has passed,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेवन्ती हिमवत् पार्श्व हरपार्श्वमुपागमत्

English

wishing for a guest, eating what remains, delighting in truth and dharma, patient, he is joined with the sage's dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे भी हिमालयके पार्श्चभागका ही सेवन करती थीं हरनेत्रे शुभे देवी सहसा सा समावृणोत्

English

One who is not stiff, not proud, not careless, not amazed, equal to friend and foe, a friend, he is the best knower of dharma.