Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथायोग्य दान देता और धर्मानुष्ठानमें तत्पर रहता है

English

" Yudhishthira said, 'O royal son of Bharata's race, it behoveth thee to answer this question of mine truly and in detail. What are those circumstances under which a person may become guilty of Brahmanicide without actually slaying a Brahmana!'

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेन दुष्टस्वभावेन जात्यन्धास्ते भवन्ति ह रोगातस्ति भवन्तीह नरा दुष्कृतकर्मिण:

English

[Maheshvara] You are skilled, calm, self-controlled, without possessiveness, practising dharma. I ask you, fair one; being asked, tell me what I want.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मार्कण्डेयस्य धूमोर्णा ऋद्धिवैश्रवणस्य च

English

Savitri of Brahma, the virtuous Shachi of Kaushika, Dhumorna of Yama, and Riddhi of Vaishravana,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शतद्रूदेंविका सिन्धु: कौशिकी गौतमी तथा गगनाद् गां गता देवी गज्जा सर्वसरिद्वरा

English

Gauri of Varuna, Suvarchala of Surya, Rohini of the Moon, the virtuous Svaha of Fire,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देववत् सततं साध्वी या भर्तरें प्रपश्यति

English

and Aditi of Kashyapa: all these have the husband as god; and you, goddess, always ask and attend them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बिभर्त्यन्नेन या नारी सा पतिव्रतभागिनी पतिचित्ता पतिहिता सा पतिव्रतभागिनी

English

Therefore I ask you, knower and speaker of dharma, I wish to hear the dharma of women declared by you from the beginning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

या नारी भर्त॒परमा भवेद् भर्त॒व्रता सती

English

[Uma] You are my partner in dharma, of equal character and equal vows, of equal strength and valour, and you have done fierce austerity; what is said by you in particular will be authority.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह कार्य महान् पुण्य, बड़ी भारी तपस्या और सनातन स्वर्गका साधन है पत्या समा गतिर्नास्ति हैवतं वा यथा पति:

English

Women especially are the refuge of the female sex always; a cow goes to a cow, fair-hipped one; such is the standing always in the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये पतिके समान न दूसरा कोई सहारा है और न दूसरा कोई देवता

English

You are half of my body and issued from my half, you do the gods' work and produce the descent of the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्वकर्मफलमाप्रोति स्वयमेव नर: सदा इस प्रकार मनुष्य अपने कर्मोका फल सदा स्वयं ही भोगता है

English

"Bhishma said, 'Formerly, O monarch, I had one day requested Vyasa to explain to me this very subject. I shall now narrate to thee what Vyasa told me on that occasion. Do thou listen to it with undivided attention. Repairing to the presence of Vyasa, I addressed him, saying,— Thou, O great ascetic, art the fourth in descent from Vasishtha. Do thou explain to me this. What are those circumstances under which one becomes guilty of Brahmanicide without actually slaying a Brahmana,— Thus addressed by me, the son of Parasara's loins, O king, well-skilled 'n the science of morality, made me the following answer, at once excellent and fraught with certainty, Thou shouldst know that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who having of his own will invited a Brahmana of righteous conduct to his house for giving him alms subsequently refuses to give anything to him on the pretence of there being nothing in the house. Thou shouldst, O Bharata, know that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who destroys

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष धर्मों मया प्रोक्तो विधात्रा स्वयमीरित:

English

the means of living of a Brahmana learned in the Vedas and all their branches, and who is freed from attachments to worldly creatures and goods. Thou shouldst, O king, know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide, who causes obstructions in the way of thirsty kine while employed in quenching that thirst. Thou shouldst take that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who, without studying the Srutis that have flowed from preceptor to pupil for ages and ages together, finds fault with the Srutis or with those scriptures that have been composed by the Rishis. Thou shouldst know that man as guilty of Brahmanicide who does not bestow upon a suitable bride-groom his daughter possessed of beauty and other excellent accomplishments. Thou shouldst know that foolish and sinful person to be guilty of Brahmanicide who inflicts such grief upon Brahmanas as afflict the very core of their hearts. Thou shouldst know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide who robs the blind, the lame, and idiots of their all. Thou shouldst know that man to be guilty of Brahmanicide who sets fire to the retreats of ascetics or to woods or to a village or a town.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। यह साक्षात् ब्रह्माजीके बताये हुए धर्मका मैंने वर्णन किया है हिंसार्थ निकृतिप्रज्ञ: प्रोद्ेजशयति चैव ह

English

[Uma] These rivers, god of gods, with the waters of all tirthas, stand near you for the sake of touching you.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवंशीलसमाचारो निरयं प्रतिपद्यते

English

Having consulted them, I shall speak in order. One who, having power, does not say "I", is truly called a man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बह्दाबाधपरिक्लिष्टे जायते सोडधमे कुले हस्तपाहै: सुनियतैरविश्वास्य: सर्वजन्तुषु

English

A woman, lord of beings, always runs after a woman, and these best rivers will be honoured by me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अल्पाबाधो निरातड्क: स जात: सुखमेधते

English

This is the holy Sarasvati, best of rivers, the first of all rivers, flowing to the sea.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एष देवि सतां मार्गो बाधा यत्र न विद्यते मनुष्य कौन-सा विशेष कर्म करनेसे बुद्धिमान हो सकता है?

English

Vipasha, Vitasta, Chandrabhaga, Iravati, Shatadru, Devika, Sindhu, Kaushiki and Gomati,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका क्या कारण है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

and this divine river Ganga, surrounded by all tirthas, goddess, who came from the sky to earth, best of all rivers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

परिपृच्छन्त्यहरह: कुशला: कुशलं तथा लभमन्ते स्वर्गतिं नित्यमिहलोके तथा सुखम्

English

Having said this, the wife of the god of gods, best of those who uphold dharma, addressed all those rivers with a smile.

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुतं प्रज्ञानुगं यस्य कल्याणमुपजायते

English

The queen of the gods, a woman fond of dharma, asked those best of rivers, Ganga and the rest, skilled in women's dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पुरुषेषु सुदुष्प्रज्ञा क्लीबत्वमुपयान्ति ते

English

This question given by the blessed one concerns women's dharma; having consulted you, I wish to speak on it, auspicious ones.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्य कल्याणका भागी होता है? मेधावी धारणायुक्त: प्रायस्तत्राभिजायते

English

I see no knowledge in the world that can be accomplished by one alone, nor in heaven; therefore I honour you who go to the sea.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारण शक्तिसे सम्पन्न होता है

English

[Bhishma] So all the best rivers, the most holy and auspicious, were asked. Then the divine river Ganga was appointed and honoured her.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नृणां हितार्थाय मया तव वै समुदाह्ृत: ब्राह्मणान् वेदविदुषो नेच्छन्ति परिसर्पितुम्

English

Rich in many insights, a woman who knew dharma, pure-smiling, holy, the remover of sin, she addressed the mountain king's daughter, the auspicious goddess.

हिन्दी अर्थ

केन कर्मविपाकेन भवन्तीह वदस्व मे

English

Endowed with modesty and wisdom, skilled in all knowledge, Ganga, rich in understanding, smiled and spoke.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रामाण्येनानुवर्तन्ते दृश्यन्ते च दूढब्रता: अव्रता नष्टमर्यादास्ते प्रोक्ता ब्रह्म॒राक्षसा:

English

We are blessed and favoured, goddess, devoted to dharma, since you, honoured by the whole world, honour the rivers, blameless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नि्होमा निर्वषट्कारास्ते भवन्ति नराधमा:

English

One who, having power, asks and honours a person, surely of undefiled soul, comes to be called wise.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वषट्कारसे रहित तथा नराधम होते हैं पज्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:

English

One who asks others, speakers endowed with knowledge and wisdom, skilled in argument, attains a true station.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुकूलां प्रियां भार्या पारश्वस्थां समभाषत

English

Otherwise one rich in understanding speaks one thing in an assembly, while a conceited man speaks a weak word differently.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुकूल भार्या पार्वतीसे कहा साध्वि सुभ्रु सुकेशान्ते हिमवत्पर्वतात्मजे

English

Of divine knowledge, best in heaven, divinely holy, always rising up, you alone, goddess, are fit to instruct us in women's dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रोहिणी शशिन: साध्वी स्वाहा चैव विभावसो: पृष्टाश्नोपासिताश्वैव तास्त्वया देवि नित्यश:

English

[Bhishma] Then the goddess, honoured by Ganga with many virtues, the beautiful woman of the gods, told all of women's dharma in full.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स्त्रीधर्म श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वयोदाह्ृतमादित:

English

As women's dharma appears to me, rightly, I shall tell it, so that it may be renowned.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वर्णित नारीधर्म आद्योपान्त सुनना चाहता हूँ समानसारवीर्या च तपस्तीव्रं कृतं च ते

English

This women's dharma was first performed by relatives at the marriage: she becomes her husband's partner in dharma before the fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लोके चैव त्वया देवि प्रमाणत्वमुपैष्यति

English

Of good nature, good speech, good conduct and pleasant to see, with undivided mind and fair face, she is her husband's companion in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौर्या गच्छति सुश्रोणि लोकेष्वेषा गति: सदा सुरकार्यकरी च त्वं लोकसंतानकारिणी

English

She is supreme in dharma and shares in dharma, a woman of virtue who, child, regards her husband as a god.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाली तथा लोक-संततिका विस्तार करनेवाली हो

English

She who gives service and attendance as to a god, with no other thought, undismayed, of good vows and pleasant to see,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मादशेषतो ब्रूहि स्वधर्म विस्तरेण मे पूर्णरूपसे विस्तारपूर्वक मेरे आगे वर्णन करो

English

who looks at her husband's face again and again as at a son's face, the virtuous woman of restrained conduct, is the one who practises dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उपस्पर्शनहेतोस्त्वामुपयान्ति समीपत:

English

Having heard the auspicious dharma of a couple, made as partners in dharma, with undivided mind and fair face, she is her husband's companion in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभवन् यो5नहंवादी स वै पुरुष उच्यते मया सम्मानिताश्रैव भविष्यन्ति सरिद्वरा:

English

The woman who, even when spoken to harshly or looked at with a cruel eye, keeps a serene face toward her husband, is devoted to her husband.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रथमा सर्वसरितां नदी सागरगामिनी

English

The fair-hipped one who looks at neither moon, sun nor tree with a male name, apart from her husband, is the one who practises dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आकाशसे पृथ्वीपर उतरी हैं, यहाँ विराजमान हैं

English

The woman who tends a husband poor, sick, wretched or worn by travel as she would a son shares in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तं तु सम्मन्त्रय युष्माभिवरक्तुमिच्छामि शंकरम् दिवि वा सागरगमास्तेन वो मानयाम्यहम्

English

The woman who is restrained and skilled, who is a mother of sons, dear to her husband, her husband her life, shares in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शैलराजसूुतां देवीं पुण्या पापभयापहा

English

She who always gives service and attendance undismayed, cheerful and modest, shares in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सस्मितं बहुबुद्धयाढद्या गड़ा वचनमत्रवीत् या त्वं सर्वजगन्मान्या नदीं मानयसे5नघे

English

A woman who has no longing for pleasures, enjoyments, lordship or happiness apart from her husband shares in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नूनं जनमदुष्टात्मा पण्डिताख्यां स गच्छति

English

Always rising at dawn, devoted to serving elders, with the house well swept, and plastered with cow dung,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रवक्तून् पृच्छते योडन्यान् स वै नापदमृच्छति त्वमेवा्हसि नो देवि स्त्रीधर्माननुभाषितुम्

English

always devoted to the fire rite, ever giving flowers and offerings, setting aside portions for gods, guests and servants with her husband,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्राह सर्वमशेषेण स्त्रीधर्म सुरसुन्दरी

English

eating what remains, rightly and by rule, keeping her people content and nourished, a woman is joined with dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उमाने सम्पूर्ण स्त्री-धर्मका पूर्णतः: वर्णन किया तमहं कीर्तयिष्यामि तथैव प्रश्निता भव

English

She who pleases the feet of her mother-in-law and father-in-law, virtuous, always devoted to mother and father, is rich in austerity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बताऊँगी। तुम विनय और उत्सुकतासे युक्त होकर इसे सुनो

English

The woman who supports with food brahmins, the weak, the helpless, the wretched, the blind and the needy shares in the devoted wife's vow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहधर्मचरी भर्तुर्भवत्यग्निसमीपत: अनन्यचित्ता सुमुखी भर्तु: सा धर्मचारिणी

English

She who always keeps the hard-to-keep vow with a light heart, her mind on her husband and her good, shares in the devoted wife's vow.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्यभावा हाविमना: सुव्रता सुखदर्शना या साध्वी नियताहारा सा भवेद् धर्मचारिणी

English

This is merit and austerity, and this is eternal heaven: the woman whose supreme is her husband, devoted to her husband, is auspicious.

हिन्दी अर्थ

या भवेद् धर्मपरमा नारी भर्तृसमव्रता

English

For a husband is a woman's god, a husband her kin, a husband her refuge; there is no refuge equal to a husband, nor deity like a husband.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दम्पत्योरेष वै धर्म: सहधर्मकृत: शुभ: अनन्यचित्ता सुमुखी भर्तु: सा धर्मचारिणी

English

Whether or not heaven is equal to a husband's favour for a woman, I would not wish for heaven if you, Maheshvara, were displeased.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुप्रसन्नमुखी भर्तुर्या नारी सा पतिव्रता

English

If a husband, poor or sick, were somehow to command what should not be done, or unrighteousness, or even the destruction of life,

हिन्दी अर्थ

पतिं पुत्रमिवोषपास्ते सा नारी धर्मभागिनी पतिप्रिया पतिप्राणा सा नारी धर्मभागिनी

English

or if he were in distress, among enemies, or afflicted by a brahmin's curse, considering the dharmas of distress, it should be done without hesitation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुप्रतीता विनीता च सा नारी धर्मभागिनी

English

This, god, is the women's dharma as I have told it at your word; the woman who is so shares in dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं होती। वह स्त्री पातिव्रतरर्मकी भागिनी होती है सुसम्मृष्टक्षया चैव गोशकृत्कृतलेपना

English

[Bhishma] Thus addressed, the lord of the gods honoured the mountain's daughter and dismissed the worlds with all his attendants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मातापितृपरा नित्यं या नारी सा तपोधना

English

Then the hosts of spirits and the rivers went as they had come, and the gandharvas and apsarases, bowing their heads to Bhava.