Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 131
MBh 2 131.1
श्येन उवाच धर्मात्मानं त्वाहुरेकं सर्वे राजन् महीक्षितः। सर्वधर्मविरुद्धं त्वं कस्मात् कर्म चिकीर्षसि॥
śyena uvāca dharmātmānaṃ tvāhurekaṃ sarve rājan mahīkṣitaḥ| sarvadharmaviruddhaṃ tvaṃ kasmāt karma cikīrṣasi||
The Hawk said: All the kings of earth call you virtuous. Therefore why do you perform an act which is not in accordance with Dharma?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.2
विहितं भक्षणं राजन् पीड्यमानस्य मे क्षुधा। मा रक्षीधर्मलोभेनधर्ममुत्सृष्टवानसि॥
vihitaṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ rājan pīḍyamānasya me kṣudhā| mā rakṣīdharmalobhenadharmamutsṛṣṭavānasi||
O king, I am oppressed by hunger; do not withhold from me my ordained food on the belief that you are thus gaining virtue, whereas you are not.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.3
राजोवाच संत्रस्तरूपस्त्राणार्थी त्वत्तो भीतो महाद्विज। मत्सकाशमनुप्राप्तः प्राणगृनुरयं द्विजः॥
rājovāca saṃtrastarūpastrāṇārthī tvatto bhīto mahādvija| matsakāśamanuprāptaḥ prāṇagṛnurayaṃ dvijaḥ||
The King said: O great bird, this one is afflicted with the fear of you; and desirous of escaping from you it has come in a fury to me for protection.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.4
एवमभ्यागतस्येह कपोतस्याभयार्थिनः। अप्रदाने परंधर्मं कथं श्येन न पश्यसि॥
evamabhyāgatasyeha kapotasyābhayārthinaḥ| apradāne paraṃdharmaṃ kathaṃ śyena na paśyasi||
O hawk, why do you not see that it is a great virtue for me not to give up this pigeon which has thus come to me?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.5
प्रस्पन्दमानः सम्भ्रान्तः कपोतः श्येन लक्ष्यते। मत्सकाशं जीवितार्थी तस्य त्यागो विगर्हितः॥
praspandamānaḥ sambhrāntaḥ kapotaḥ śyena lakṣyate| matsakāśaṃ jīvitārthī tasya tyāgo vigarhitaḥ||
O hawk, this pigeon is seen to tremble with fear; it is agitated, it has come to me for protection of its life. It is not proper for me to forsake it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.6
यो हि कश्चिद् द्विजान् हन्याद् गां वा लोकस्य मातरम् शरणागतं च त्यजते तुल्यं तेषां हि पातकम्॥
yo hi kaścid dvijān hanyād gāṃ vā lokasya mātaram śaraṇāgataṃ ca tyajate tulyaṃ teṣāṃ hi pātakam||
He who kills a Brahmana and the mother of men (cow) and he who forsakes one who seeks his protection, both commit equal sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.7
श्येन उवाच आहारात् सर्वभूतानि सम्भवन्ति महीपते। आहारेण विवर्धन्ते तेन जीवन्ति जन्तवः॥
śyena uvāca āhārāt sarvabhūtāni sambhavanti mahīpate| āhāreṇa vivardhante tena jīvanti jantavaḥ||
The Hawk said : O ruler of earth, all creatures exist on food. The animals are nourished and sustained by food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.8
शक्यते दुस्त्यजेऽप्यर्थे चिररात्राय जीवितुम्। न तु भोजनमुत्सृज्य शक्यं वर्तयितुं चिरम्॥
śakyate dustyaje'pyarthe cirarātrāya jīvitum| na tu bhojanamutsṛjya śakyaṃ vartayituṃ ciram||
A man can live many days even after forsaking his dear ones, but be cannot live long after abstaining from food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.9
भक्ष्याद् वियोजितस्याद्य मम प्राणा विशाम्पते। विसृज्य कायमेष्यन्ति पन्थानमकुतोभयम्॥
bhakṣyād viyojitasyādya mama prāṇā viśāmpate| visṛjya kāyameṣyanti panthānamakutobhayam||
O king, my life will depart today if deprived of food. Leaving my body it would fearlessly go away to other ways.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.10
प्रमृते मयिधर्मात्मन् पुत्रदारादि नक्ष्यति। रक्षमाणः कपोतं त्वं बहून् प्राणान् न रक्षसि॥
pramṛte mayidharmātman putradārādi nakṣyati| rakṣamāṇaḥ kapotaṃ tvaṃ bahūn prāṇān na rakṣasi||
O virtuous-minded one, at my death my wife and children will perish. By protecting the pigeon you do not (at all) protect many lives.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.11
धर्मं यो बाधतेधर्मो न सधर्मः कुधर्म तत्। अविरोधात् तु योधर्मः सधर्मः सत्यविक्रम॥
dharmaṃ yo bādhatedharmo na sadharmaḥ kudharma tat| avirodhāt tu yodharmaḥ sadharmaḥ satyavikrama||
The virtue, that stands in the way of another virtue, is (really) unrighteousness. O truthful king, that virtue true virtue which is not conflicting.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.12
विरोधिषु महीपाल निश्चित्य गुरुलाघवम्। न बाधा विद्यते यत्र तंधर्म समुपाचरेत्॥ गुरुलाघवमादायधर्माधर्मविनिश्चये। यतो भूयास्ततो राजन् कुरुष्वधर्मनिश्चयम्॥
virodhiṣu mahīpāla niścitya gurulāghavam| na bādhā vidyate yatra taṃdharma samupācaret|| gurulāghavamādāyadharmādharmaviniścaye| yato bhūyāstato rājan kuruṣvadharmaniścayam||
O ruler of earth, after comparing the opposing virtues and weighing their comparative merits, one ought to espouse that which is not opposing. Where there is no confliction, one should adopt that virtue which preponderates.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.13
राजोवाच बहुकल्याणसंयुक्तं भाषसे विहगोत्तम। सुपर्णः पक्षिराट् किं त्वंधर्मज्ञश्चास्यसंशयम्॥
rājovāca bahukalyāṇasaṃyuktaṃ bhāṣase vihagottama| suparṇaḥ pakṣirāṭ kiṃ tvaṃdharmajñaścāsyasaṃśayam||
The King said : O excellent bird, as you speak words fraught with good, (may I ask) are you the king of birds, Suparna (Garuda)? I have not the least doubt that you are learned in all the precepts of virtue.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.14
तथा हिधर्मसंयुक्तं बहु चित्रं च भाषसे। न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिदिति त्वां लक्षयाम्यहम्॥
tathā hidharmasaṃyuktaṃ bahu citraṃ ca bhāṣase| na te'styaviditaṃ kiṃciditi tvāṃ lakṣayāmyaham||
As you speak many and various words of virtue, I do not see there is anything in respect with it which you do not know.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.15
शरणैषिपरित्यागं कथं साध्विति मन्यसे। आहारार्थं समारम्भस्तव चायं विहंगम॥
śaraṇaiṣiparityāgaṃ kathaṃ sādhviti manyase| āhārārthaṃ samārambhastava cāyaṃ vihaṃgama||
O bird, why do you consider, it virtuous to forsake one who seeks one's protection? Your attempt is only to search for food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.16
शक्यश्चाप्यन्यथा कर्तुमाहारोऽप्यधिकस्त्वया। गोवृषो वा वराहो वा मृगो वा महिषोऽपि वा। त्वदर्थमद्य क्रियतां यच्चान्यदिह काक्षसि॥
śakyaścāpyanyathā kartumāhāro'pyadhikastvayā| govṛṣo vā varāho vā mṛgo vā mahiṣo'pi vā| tvadarthamadya kriyatāṃ yaccānyadiha kākṣasi||
You can appease you hunger with some other food which would be more plentiful. I am perfectly willing to procure for you any sort of food that would be palatable to you, whether it be an ox or a boar or a deer or a buffalo.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.17
श्येन उवाच न वराहं न चोक्षाणं न मृगान् विविधांस्तथा। भक्षयामि महाराज किं ममान्येन केनचित्॥
śyena uvāca na varāhaṃ na cokṣāṇaṃ na mṛgān vividhāṃstathā| bhakṣayāmi mahārāja kiṃ mamānyena kenacit||
The Hawk said: O great king, I am not desirous of eating a boar or an ox or any other kind of beasts. What have I to do with any other food?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.18
यस्तु मे देवविहितो भक्षः क्षत्रियपुङ्गव। तमुत्सृज महीपाल कपोतमिममेव मे॥
yastu me devavihito bhakṣaḥ kṣatriyapuṅgava| tamutsṛja mahīpāla kapotamimameva me||
O ruler of earth, O best of Kshatriyas, give me therefore this pigeon which is the food ordained to me by the celestials.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.19
श्यनेः कपोतानत्तीति स्थितिरेषा सनातनी। मा राजन् सारमज्ञात्वा कदलीस्कन्धमाश्रया२०॥
śyaneḥ kapotānattīti sthitireṣā sanātanī| mā rājan sāramajñātvā kadalīskandhamāśrayā20||
O king, that the hawks eat the pigeons, is an eternal law. Do not get on a plantain tree not knowing its want of strength (to support you).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.20
राजोवाच राष्ट्र शिबीनामृद्धं वै ददानि तव खेचर। यं वा कामयसे कामं श्येन सर्वं ददानि ते॥
rājovāca rāṣṭra śibīnāmṛddhaṃ vai dadāni tava khecara| yaṃ vā kāmayase kāmaṃ śyena sarvaṃ dadāni te||
The King said : Oranger of skies, I am willing to give you this kingdom of my dynasty and all wealth and also all that you desire to have,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.21
विनेनं पक्षिणं श्येन शरणार्थिनमागतम्। येनेमं वर्जयेथास्त्वं कर्मणा पक्षिसत्तम। तदाचक्ष्व करिष्यामि न हि दास्ये कपोतकम्॥
vinenaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ śyena śaraṇārthinamāgatam| yenemaṃ varjayethāstvaṃ karmaṇā pakṣisattama| tadācakṣva kariṣyāmi na hi dāsye kapotakam||
O hawk, O excellent bird, with the exception of giving up this pigeon which has come to me for protection. Tell me what I shall have to do for the deliverance of this bird, I shall not give you this pigeon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.22
श्येन उवाच उशीनर कपोते ते यदि स्नेहो नराधिप। आत्मनो मांसमुत्कृत्य कपोततुलयाधृतम्॥
śyena uvāca uśīnara kapote te yadi sneho narādhipa| ātmano māṃsamutkṛtya kapotatulayādhṛtam||
The Hawk said : O Ushinara, O ruler of men, if you have so much affection for the pigeon, then cut a portion of your flesh and weigh it against this pigeon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.23
यदा समं कपोतेन तव मांसं नृपोत्तम। तदा देयं तु तन्मह्यं सा मे तुष्टिर्भविष्यति॥
yadā samaṃ kapotena tava māṃsaṃ nṛpottama| tadā deyaṃ tu tanmahyaṃ sā me tuṣṭirbhaviṣyati||
O excellent king, when you flesh would be equal in weight with this pigeon, give it then to me and I shall be then satisfied.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.24
राजोवाच अनुग्रहमिमं मन्ये श्येन यन्माभियाचसे। तस्मात् तेऽद्य प्रदास्यामि स्वमांसं तुलयाधृतम्॥
rājovāca anugrahamimaṃ manye śyena yanmābhiyācase| tasmāt te'dya pradāsyāmi svamāṃsaṃ tulayādhṛtam||
The King said : O hawk, I consider your this request as a favour. I shall give you my own flesh weighing it against the pigeon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.25
लोमश उवाच उत्कृत्य स स्वयं मांसं राजा परमधर्मवित्। तोलयामास कौन्तेय कपोतेन समं विभो॥
lomaśa uvāca utkṛtya sa svayaṃ māṃsaṃ rājā paramadharmavit| tolayāmāsa kaunteya kapotena samaṃ vibho||
Lomasha said: O son of Kunti, O lord, cutting off his own flesh, that virtuous king weighed it against the pigeon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.26
ध्रियमाणः कपोतस्तु मांसेनात्यतिरिच्यते। पुनश्चोत्कृत्य मांसानि राजा प्रादादुशीनरः॥
dhriyamāṇaḥ kapotastu māṃsenātyatiricyate| punaścotkṛtya māṃsāni rājā prādāduśīnaraḥ||
But when he found that the pigeon was more heavy than this flesh (thus cut and placed in the scale), the king Ushinara again cut (some more) flesh (from his body) and placed it (in the scale).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.27
न विद्यते यदा मांसं कपोतेन समंधृतम्। तत उत्कृत्तमांसोऽसावारुरोह स्वयं तुलाम्॥
na vidyate yadā māṃsaṃ kapotena samaṃdhṛtam| tata utkṛttamāṃso'sāvāruroha svayaṃ tulām||
When portion after portion of his flesh had been added to weigh against the pigeon and no more flesh was left on his body, he then himself mounted on the scale.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.28
श्येन उवाच इन्द्रोऽहमस्मिधर्मज्ञ कपोतो हव्यवाडयम्। जिज्ञासमानौधर्म त्वां यज्ञवाटमुपागतौ॥
śyena uvāca indro'hamasmidharmajña kapoto havyavāḍayam| jijñāsamānaudharma tvāṃ yajñavāṭamupāgatau||
The Hawk said : O virtuous king, I am Indra. The pigeon is the carrier of the sacrificial Ghee (Agni). In order to test your virtuous merit, we came to your sacrificial grounds,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.29
यत् ते मांसानि गात्रेभ्य उत्कृत्तानि विशाम्पते। एषा ते भास्वती कीर्तिर्लोकानभिभविष्यति॥
yat te māṃsāni gātrebhya utkṛttāni viśāmpate| eṣā te bhāsvatī kīrtirlokānabhibhaviṣyati||
O king, as you have cut off your flesh from your body, your glory will be resplendent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.30
यावल्लोके मनुष्यास्त्वां कथयिष्यन्ति पार्थिव। तावत् कीर्तिश्च लोकाश्च स्थास्यन्ति तव शाश्वताः।।
yāvalloke manuṣyāstvāṃ kathayiṣyanti pārthiva| tāvat kīrtiśca lokāśca sthāsyanti tava śāśvatāḥ||
O king, as long as men will speak of you on earth, so long will your glory endure and eternal region would be reserved for you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.31
इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजानमारुरोह दिवं पुनः। उशीनरोऽपिधर्मात्माधर्मेणावृत्य रोदसी॥ विभ्राजमानो वपुषाप्यारुरोह त्रिविष्टपम्। तदेतत् सदनं राजन् राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः॥
ityevamuktvā rājānamāruroha divaṃ punaḥ| uśīnaro'pidharmātmādharmeṇāvṛtya rodasī|| vibhrājamāno vapuṣāpyāruroha triviṣṭapam| tadetat sadanaṃ rājan rājñastasya mahātmanaḥ||
Lomasha said: Having said this to the king, he (Indra) again went to heaven. And the virtuous Ushinara also, after filling heaven and earth with the merit of his pious deeds, went to heaven in an effulgent form. O king, yonder is the residence of that illustrious king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 131.32
पश्यस्वैतन्मया सार्धं पुण्यं पापप्रमोचनम्। तत्र वै सततं देवा मनुयश्च सनातनाः। दृश्यन्ते ब्राह्मणै राजन् पुण्यवद्भिर्महात्मभिः॥
paśyasvaitanmayā sārdhaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapramocanam| tatra vai satataṃ devā manuyaśca sanātanāḥ| dṛśyante brāhmaṇai rājan puṇyavadbhirmahātmabhiḥ||
Behold it which is holy and capable of cleansing sins. O king, here are always seen the celestials and eternal Rishis and also virtuous and high-souled Brahmanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)