Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 107
MBh 3 107.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ब्रूहि भूयो महाबुद्ध धर्मार्थसहितं वचः। शृण्वतो नास्ति मे तृप्तिर्विचित्राणीह भाषसे॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca brūhi bhūyo mahābuddha dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ| śṛṇvato nāsti me tṛptirvicitrāṇīha bhāṣase||
Dhritarashtra said O you of great wisdom, repeat these sayings, that are consist on with morality and worldly benefit. What you say is most interesting; my desire for hearing them has not been satisfied.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.2
विदुर उवाच सर्वतीर्थेषु वा स्नानं सर्वभूतेषु चार्जवम्। उभे त्वेते समे स्यातामार्जवं वा विशिष्यते॥
vidura uvāca sarvatīrtheṣu vā snānaṃ sarvabhūteṣu cārjavam| ubhe tvete same syātāmārjavaṃ vā viśiṣyate||
Vidura said Bathing in all the holy places and kindness to all beings-both these are equal. Perhaps kindness is better.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.3
आर्जवं प्रतिपद्यस्व पुत्रेषु सततं विभो। इह कीर्तिं परां प्राप्य प्रेत्य स्वर्गमवाप्स्यसि॥
ārjavaṃ pratipadyasva putreṣu satataṃ vibho| iha kīrtiṃ parāṃ prāpya pretya svargamavāpsyasi||
O Lord, always show kindness to your sons; and thus you will attain to heaven after having gained great fame in this world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.4
यावत् कीर्तिर्मनुष्यस्य पुण्या लोके प्रगीयते। तावत् स पुरुषव्याघ्र स्वर्गलोके महीयते॥
yāvat kīrtirmanuṣyasya puṇyā loke pragīyate| tāvat sa puruṣavyāghra svargaloke mahīyate||
As long as a man's deeds are spoken of in this world, so long, O foremost among men, he is glorious in heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.5
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। विरोचनस्य संवादं केशिन्यर्थं सुधन्वना॥
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam| virocanasya saṃvādaṃ keśinyarthaṃ sudhanvanā||
As an instance of this is cited the old story about the conversation between Virochana and Sudhanvan, suitors of Keshini's hand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.6
स्वयंवरे स्थिता कन्या केशिनी नाम नामतः। रूपेणाप्रतिमा राजन् विशिष्टपतिकाम्यया।॥
svayaṃvare sthitā kanyā keśinī nāma nāmataḥ| rūpeṇāpratimā rājan viśiṣṭapatikāmyayā|||
A maiden named Keshini, of peerless beauty, o king, with the desire of a good husband, resolved to to choose in Svayamvara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.7
विरोचनोऽथ दैतेयस्तदा तत्राजगाम ह। प्राप्तुमिच्छंस्ततस्तत्र दैत्येन्द्रं प्राह केशिनी॥
virocano'tha daiteyastadā tatrājagāma ha| prāptumicchaṃstatastatra daityendraṃ prāha keśinī||
Then Virochana, a son of Diti, came there with the desire of winning her. Then did Keshini address that chief among the Daityas thus. one a
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.8
केशिन्युवाच किं ब्राह्मणा: स्विच्छ्रेयांसो दितिजाः स्विद् विरोचन। अथ केन स्म पर्यवं सुधन्वा नाधिरोहति॥
keśinyuvāca kiṃ brāhmaṇā: svicchreyāṃso ditijāḥ svid virocana| atha kena sma paryavaṃ sudhanvā nādhirohati||
Keshini said Are the Brahmanas superior or are the sons of Diti superior, O Virochana? why should not Sudhanvan sit on the sofa?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.9
विरोचन उवाच प्राजापत्यास्तु वै श्रेष्ठा वयं केशिनि सत्तमाः। अस्माकं खल्विमे लोकाः के देवाः के द्विजातयः॥
virocana uvāca prājāpatyāstu vai śreṣṭhā vayaṃ keśini sattamāḥ| asmākaṃ khalvime lokāḥ ke devāḥ ke dvijātayaḥ||
Virochana said We, the descendants of Prajapati, O Keshini, are the best among creatures. This world is ours. Who are the gods and who are the twice-born person?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.10
केशिन्युवाच इहैवावां प्रतीक्षाव उपस्थाने विरोचन। सुधन्वा प्रातरागन्ता पश्येयं वां समागतौ॥
keśinyuvāca ihaivāvāṃ pratīkṣāva upasthāne virocana| sudhanvā prātarāgantā paśyeyaṃ vāṃ samāgatau||
Keshini said Even in this very Pavilion shall we wait, O Virochana. Sudhanvan will come in the morning to-morrow; I shall both of you together.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.11
विरोचन उवाच तथा भद्रे करिष्यामि यथा त्वं भीरु भाषसे। सुधन्वानं च मां चैव प्रातर्दृष्टासि संगतौ॥
virocana uvāca tathā bhadre kariṣyāmi yathā tvaṃ bhīru bhāṣase| sudhanvānaṃ ca māṃ caiva prātardṛṣṭāsi saṃgatau||
Virochana said 0gentle maiden, I shall do as you say, 0 timid one; you will see in the morning myself and Sudhanvan together.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.12
विदुर उवाच अतीतायां च शर्वर्यामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले। अथाजगाम तं देशं सुधन्वा राजसत्तम। विरोचनो यत्र विभो केशिन्या सहितः स्थितः॥
vidura uvāca atītāyāṃ ca śarvaryāmudite sūryamaṇḍale| athājagāma taṃ deśaṃ sudhanvā rājasattama| virocano yatra vibho keśinyā sahitaḥ sthitaḥ||
Vidura said The night had passed away and the solar disc had appeared, there came to that country, O best kings, Sudhanvan, where, O Lord, Virochana was staying with Keshini.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.13
सुधन्वा च समागच्छत् प्राहादि केशिनी तथा। समागतं द्विजं दृष्ट्वा केशिनी भरतर्षभ। प्रत्युत्थायासनं तस्मै पाद्यमयं तदौ पुनः॥
sudhanvā ca samāgacchat prāhādi keśinī tathā| samāgataṃ dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā keśinī bharatarṣabha| pratyutthāyāsanaṃ tasmai pādyamayaṃ tadau punaḥ||
Sudhanvan came to the son of Prahrada and Keshini; the latter, O best among the race if Bharata, having observed the approach of a Brahmana, rose up; and gave him water to wash his feet and the Arghya (mark of respect).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.14
सुधन्वोवाच अन्वालभे हिरण्मयं प्राह्रादे ते वरासनम्। एकत्वमुपसम्पन्नो न त्वासेऽहं त्वया सह॥
sudhanvovāca anvālabhe hiraṇmayaṃ prāhrāde te varāsanam| ekatvamupasampanno na tvāse'haṃ tvayā saha||
Sudhanvan said (When asked by Virochana to sit on the sofa he occupied) O son of Prahrada, how can I touch that excellent gold seat occupied by you? I shall then come down to the same level with yourself. I shall not sit with you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.15
विरोचन उवाच तवाहते तु फलकं कूर्च वाप्यथवा बृसी। सुधन्वन्न त्वमोऽसि मया सह समासनम्॥
virocana uvāca tavāhate tu phalakaṃ kūrca vāpyathavā bṛsī| sudhanvanna tvamo'si mayā saha samāsanam||
Virochana said You are fit for (sitting on) a plank, a skin or a mat. O Sudhanvan, you are not fit for a seat equal to mine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.16
सुधन्वोवाच पितापुत्रौ सहासीतां द्वौ विप्रौ क्षत्रियावपि। वृद्धौ वैश्यौ च शूद्रौ च न त्वन्यावितरेतरम्॥
sudhanvovāca pitāputrau sahāsītāṃ dvau viprau kṣatriyāvapi| vṛddhau vaiśyau ca śūdrau ca na tvanyāvitaretaram||
Sudhanvan said Father and son, two Brahmanas, two Kshatriyas, two old men and two Sudras can sit together. Excepting these, no others can sit together.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.17
पिता हि ते समासीनमुपासीतैव मामधः। बालः सुखैधितो गेहे न त्वं किंचन बुध्यसे॥
pitā hi te samāsīnamupāsītaiva māmadhaḥ| bālaḥ sukhaidhito gehe na tvaṃ kiṃcana budhyase||
Your father used to respect me and occupy a seat lower than mine. You are a child bred in luxury at home; and do not know anything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.18
विरोचन उवाच हिरण्यं च गवावं च यद् वित्तमसुरेषु नः। सुधन्वन् विपणे तेन प्रश्नं पृच्छाव ये विदुः॥
virocana uvāca hiraṇyaṃ ca gavāvaṃ ca yad vittamasureṣu naḥ| sudhanvan vipaṇe tena praśnaṃ pṛcchāva ye viduḥ||
Virochana said The gold kine, horses and all other wealth that we Asuras have-staking all these, o Sudhanvan, let us ask this question to them that know.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.19
सुधन्वोवाच हिरण्यं च गवाश्चं च तवैवास्तु विरोचना प्राणयोस्तु पणं कृत्वा प्रश्नं पृच्छाव ये विदुः॥
sudhanvovāca hiraṇyaṃ ca gavāścaṃ ca tavaivāstu virocanā prāṇayostu paṇaṃ kṛtvā praśnaṃ pṛcchāva ye viduḥ||
Sudhanvan said O Virochana, let alone your gold, kine and horses. Let us stake our very lives and ask them the question that are able to answer.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.20
विरोचन उवाच आवां कुत्र गमिष्यावः प्राणयोविपणे कृते। न तु देवेष्वहं स्थाता न मनुष्येषु कहिचित्॥
virocana uvāca āvāṃ kutra gamiṣyāvaḥ prāṇayovipaṇe kṛte| na tu deveṣvahaṃ sthātā na manuṣyeṣu kahicit||
Virochana said Where shall we go after staking our lives. I shall not stand before any of the gods and never before any among men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.21
सुधन्वोवाच पितरं ते गमिष्यावः प्राणयोर्विपणे कृते। पुत्रस्यापि स हेतोहि प्रह्लाद नानृतं वदेत्॥
sudhanvovāca pitaraṃ te gamiṣyāvaḥ prāṇayorvipaṇe kṛte| putrasyāpi sa hetohi prahlāda nānṛtaṃ vadet||
Sudhanvan said We shall go your father after staking our lives. Prahrada will not tell a lie even for the sake of his son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.22
विदुर उवाच एवं कृतपणौ क्रुद्धौ तत्राभिजग्मतुस्तदा। विरोचनसुधन्वानौ प्रह्लाद यत्र तिष्ठति॥
vidura uvāca evaṃ kṛtapaṇau kruddhau tatrābhijagmatustadā| virocanasudhanvānau prahlāda yatra tiṣṭhati||
Vidura said In this way having laid wagers, Virochana and Sudhanvan, enraged at each other, then went to the place where Prahrada was staying.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.23
प्रह्लाद उवाच इमौ तौ सम्प्रदृश्येते याभ्यां न चरितं सह। आशीविषाविव क्रुद्धावेकमार्गाविहागतौ॥
prahlāda uvāca imau tau sampradṛśyete yābhyāṃ na caritaṃ saha| āśīviṣāviva kruddhāvekamārgāvihāgatau||
Prahrada said These two now appear, who have never before been together, like two enraged serpents coming by the same road.
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MBh 3 107.24
किं वै सहैवं चरथो न पुरा चरथः सह। विरोचनैतत् पृच्छामि किं ते सख्यं सुधन्वना॥
kiṃ vai sahaivaṃ caratho na purā carathaḥ saha| virocanaitat pṛcchāmi kiṃ te sakhyaṃ sudhanvanā||
Is it that friendship has now been established between you, among whom these was no friendship before? O Virochana, I ask you why this friendship with Sudhanvan.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.25
विरोचन उवाच न मे सुधन्वना सख्यं प्राणयोर्विपणावहे। प्रह्लाद तत्त्वं पृच्छामि मा प्रश्नमनृतं वदेः॥
virocana uvāca na me sudhanvanā sakhyaṃ prāṇayorvipaṇāvahe| prahlāda tattvaṃ pṛcchāmi mā praśnamanṛtaṃ vadeḥ||
Virochana said There is no friendship between myself and Sudhanvan. (the Truth is that) we have wagered our lives. O sire, I shall ask you a question; do not answer it untruely.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.26
प्रह्लाद उवाच उदकं मधुपर्क वाप्यानयन्तु सुधन्वने। ब्रह्मन्नभ्यर्चनीयोऽसि श्वेता गौः पीवरी कृता।॥
prahlāda uvāca udakaṃ madhuparka vāpyānayantu sudhanvane| brahmannabhyarcanīyo'si śvetā gauḥ pīvarī kṛtā|||
Prahrada said Let water, honey and curds be brought for Sudhanvan. O Brahmana, you ought to be respected by ine. A white and healthy cow is ready for you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.27
सुधन्वोवाच उदकं मधुपर्कं च पथिष्वेवार्पितं मम। प्रह्लाद त्वं तु मे तथ्यं प्रश्न प्रबूहि पृच्छतः। किं ब्राह्मणाः स्विच्छ्रेयांस उताहो स्विद् विरोचनः।।
sudhanvovāca udakaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca pathiṣvevārpitaṃ mama| prahlāda tvaṃ tu me tathyaṃ praśna prabūhi pṛcchataḥ| kiṃ brāhmaṇāḥ svicchreyāṃsa utāho svid virocanaḥ||
Sudhanvan said Water, honey and curds have been presented to me on the way. O Prahrada, I ask you a question; answer truly what I ask you. Are the Brahmanas superior or is Virochana superior?
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MBh 3 107.28
प्रह्लाद उवाच पुत्र एको मम ब्रह्मंस्त्वं च साक्षादिहास्थितः। तयोर्विवदतोः प्रश्नं कथमस्मद्विधो वदेत्॥
prahlāda uvāca putra eko mama brahmaṃstvaṃ ca sākṣādihāsthitaḥ| tayorvivadatoḥ praśnaṃ kathamasmadvidho vadet||
Prahrada said I have got only one son; and you are a Brahmana present here in person. How can one situated as I am, answer the question, which is a matter of dispute between yourselves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.29
सुधन्वोवाच गां प्रदद्यास्त्वौरसाय यद्वान्यत् स्यात् प्रियं धनम्। द्वयोर्विवदतोस्तथ्यं वाच्यं च मतिमंस्वया॥
sudhanvovāca gāṃ pradadyāstvaurasāya yadvānyat syāt priyaṃ dhanam| dvayorvivadatostathyaṃ vācyaṃ ca matimaṃsvayā||
Sudhanvan said Keep your cow and whatever wealth you hold dear for yourself; but, O wise man, you should speak the truth in a matter, on which we two are disputing.
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MBh 3 107.30
प्रह्लाद उवाच अथ यो नैव प्रब्रूयात् सत्यं वा यदि वानृतम्। एतत् सुधन्वन् पृच्छामि दुर्विवक्ता स्म किं वसेत्॥
prahlāda uvāca atha yo naiva prabrūyāt satyaṃ vā yadi vānṛtam| etat sudhanvan pṛcchāmi durvivaktā sma kiṃ vaset||
Prahrada said Who does not answer, truly or falsely; I ask you, Sudhanvan, where does that wrong user of his tongue live?
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MBh 3 107.31
सुधन्वोवाच यां रात्रिमधिविन्ना स्त्री यां चैवाक्षपराजितः। यां च भाराभितप्ताङ्गो दुर्विवक्ता स्म तां वसेत्॥
sudhanvovāca yāṃ rātrimadhivinnā strī yāṃ caivākṣaparājitaḥ| yāṃ ca bhārābhitaptāṅgo durvivaktā sma tāṃ vaset||
Sudhanvan said One who makes a wrong use of his tongue lives passing his nights like a woman having her husband sleeping in the arms of a co-wife or like one who has been defeated at a game at dice or like one whose body is burning with troubles.
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MBh 3 107.32
नगरे प्रतिरुद्धः सन् बहिरे बुभुक्षितः। अमित्रान् भूयसः पश्येद् यः साक्ष्यमनृतं वदेत्॥
nagare pratiruddhaḥ san bahire bubhukṣitaḥ| amitrān bhūyasaḥ paśyed yaḥ sākṣyamanṛtaṃ vadet||
The man, who is giving evidence tells lies, stays staving at the outer gates, shut out from the city; and he always sees his enemies.
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MBh 3 107.33
पञ्च पश्चनृते हन्ति दश हन्ति गवानृते। शतमश्वानृते हन्ति सहस्रं पुरुषानृते।॥
pañca paścanṛte hanti daśa hanti gavānṛte| śatamaśvānṛte hanti sahasraṃ puruṣānṛte|||
A lie for the sake of an animal means the degradation from heaven of five of one's ancestors; one for the sake of a cow means the downfall of ten; one for the sake of a horse means for the downfall of a hundred; while one for the sake of a man means the casting away of a thousand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.34
हन्ति जातानजातांश्च हिरण्यार्थेऽनृतं वदन्। सर्वं भूम्यनृते हन्ति मा स्म भूम्यनृतं वदेः॥
hanti jātānajātāṃśca hiraṇyārthe'nṛtaṃ vadan| sarvaṃ bhūmyanṛte hanti mā sma bhūmyanṛtaṃ vadeḥ||
A lie for the sake of gold means the destruction of one's race born and unborn; and one for the sake of land means the ruin of everything. Therefore do not tell lies for the sake of land.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.35
प्रहाद उवाच मत्तः श्रेयानङ्गिरा वै सुधन्वा स्वद्विरोचन। मातास्य श्रेयसी मातुस्तस्मात् त्वं तेन वै जितः॥
prahāda uvāca mattaḥ śreyānaṅgirā vai sudhanvā svadvirocana| mātāsya śreyasī mātustasmāt tvaṃ tena vai jitaḥ||
Prahrada said Superior to me is Angirasa; and superior to you is Sudhanvan, O Virochana. His mother, too, is superior to (your) mother. Therefore you have been vanquished by him.
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MBh 3 107.36
विरोचन सुधन्वाऽयं प्राणानामीश्वरस्तव। सुधन्वन् पुनरिच्छामि त्वया दत्तं विरोचनम्॥
virocana sudhanvā'yaṃ prāṇānāmīśvarastava| sudhanvan punaricchāmi tvayā dattaṃ virocanam||
O Virochana, this Sudhanvan is now the lord of your life. O Sudhanvan, I desire it (the life) to be restored by you to Virochana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.37
सुधन्वोवाच यद् धर्ममवृणीथास्त्वं न कामादनृतं वदीः। पुनर्ददामि ते पुत्रं तस्मात् प्रह्लाद दुर्लभम्॥
sudhanvovāca yad dharmamavṛṇīthāstvaṃ na kāmādanṛtaṃ vadīḥ| punardadāmi te putraṃ tasmāt prahlāda durlabham||
Sudhanvan said you have chosen virtue and have not I spoken an untruth from temptation; therefore I give back your dear son his life, O Prahrada.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.38
एष प्रह्लाद पुत्रस्ते मया दत्तो विरोचनः। पादप्रक्षालनं कुर्यात् कुमार्याः संनिधौ मम॥
eṣa prahlāda putraste mayā datto virocanaḥ| pādaprakṣālanaṃ kuryāt kumāryāḥ saṃnidhau mama||
This son of your, Virochana, who is given to you by me, O Prahrada, should wash my feet before the maiden. Since you
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MBh 3 107.39
विदुर उवाच तस्माद् राजेन्द्र भूम्यर्थं नानृतं वक्तुमर्हसि। मा गम: ससुतामात्यो नाशं पुत्रार्थमब्रुवन्॥
vidura uvāca tasmād rājendra bhūmyarthaṃ nānṛtaṃ vaktumarhasi| mā gama: sasutāmātyo nāśaṃ putrārthamabruvan||
Vidura said Therefore, O chief among kings you should not speak an untruth for the sake of land. Do not ruin yourself with your sons and ministers by refraining from speaking the truth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.40
न देवा दण्डमादाय रक्षन्ति पशुपालवत्। यं तु रक्षितुमिच्छन्ति बुद्ध्या संविभजन्ति तम्॥
na devā daṇḍamādāya rakṣanti paśupālavat| yaṃ tu rakṣitumicchanti buddhyā saṃvibhajanti tam||
The gods do not look after men with club in hands, like the herdsman. To those they want to protect, they give intelligence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.41
यथा यथा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मनः। तथा तथाऽस्य सर्वार्थाः सिद्ध्यन्ते नात्र संशयः॥
yathā yathā hi puruṣaḥ kalyāṇe kurute manaḥ| tathā tathā'sya sarvārthāḥ siddhyante nātra saṃśayaḥ||
In proportion as a man is inclined towards virtue, his wishes meet with success, there is no doubt about it.
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MBh 3 107.42
नैनं छन्दांसि वृजिनात् तारयन्ति मायाविनं मायया वर्तमानम्। श्छन्दांस्येन प्रजहत्यन्तकाले॥
nainaṃ chandāṃsi vṛjināt tārayanti māyāvinaṃ māyayā vartamānam| śchandāṃsyena prajahatyantakāle||
The Vedas do not rescue one who is deceitful and lives by deceit from sins. Indeed, the Vedas, when the end approaches, forsake him, as the full-fledge birds forsake their nests.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.43
मद्यपानं कलहं पूगवैरं भार्यापत्योरन्तरं ज्ञातिभेदम्। राजद्विष्टं स्त्रीपुंसयोविवाद वान्याहुर्यश्च पन्थाः प्रदुष्टः॥
madyapānaṃ kalahaṃ pūgavairaṃ bhāryāpatyorantaraṃ jñātibhedam| rājadviṣṭaṃ strīpuṃsayovivāda vānyāhuryaśca panthāḥ praduṣṭaḥ||
Drinking quarrels, enmity with many, separating husband from wife (by sowing dissensions), family quarrels, disloyalty to the king, causing quarrels between husbands and wife ought, it is said, to be avoided, as well as the sinful ways of life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.44
सामुद्रिकं वणिजं चोरपूर्वं शलाकधूर्तं च चिकित्सकं च। अरिं च मित्रं च कुशीलवं च नैतान् साक्ष्ये त्वधिकुर्वीत सप्त॥
sāmudrikaṃ vaṇijaṃ corapūrvaṃ śalākadhūrtaṃ ca cikitsakaṃ ca| ariṃ ca mitraṃ ca kuśīlavaṃ ca naitān sākṣye tvadhikurvīta sapta||
A palmist, a merchant who has formerly been a thief, a cunning fowler, a medical man, an enemy, a friend and one who is of bad habits these seven should not be cited as witnesses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.45
मानाग्निहोत्रमुत मानमौनं मानेनाधीतमुत मानयज्ञः। एतानि चत्वार्यभयंकराणि भयं प्रयच्छन्त्ययथाकृतानि।।
mānāgnihotramuta mānamaunaṃ mānenādhītamuta mānayajñaḥ| etāni catvāryabhayaṃkarāṇi bhayaṃ prayacchantyayathākṛtāni||
An Agnihotra ceremony performed out of vanity, silence, study out of vanity and pride based upon haughtiness, these four though not fearful of themselves, become fearful when performed unduly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.46
अगारदाही गरदः कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयी। पर्वकारश्च सूची मित्रधुक् पारदारिकः॥ भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पी च यश्च स्यात् पानपो द्विजः। अतितीक्ष्णश्च काकच नास्तिको वेदनिन्दकः॥ स्रुवप्रग्रहणो व्रात्य: कीनाशश्चात्मवानपि। रक्षेत्युक्तश्च यो हिंस्यात् सर्वे ब्रह्महभिः समाः॥
agāradāhī garadaḥ kuṇḍāśī somavikrayī| parvakāraśca sūcī mitradhuk pāradārikaḥ|| bhrūṇahā gurutalpī ca yaśca syāt pānapo dvijaḥ| atitīkṣṇaśca kākaca nāstiko vedanindakaḥ|| sruvapragrahaṇo vrātya: kīnāśaścātmavānapi| rakṣetyuktaśca yo hiṃsyāt sarve brahmahabhiḥ samāḥ||
46-An incendiary, one who imprisons other persons, a pander, a wine-seller, a manufacturer of arrows, an astrologer, one who injuries friends, one who violates other's wives, one who causes miscarriage, one who violates the wife of his elders and superiors, a twice-born who drinks wine, one who uses excessively harsh words, one who opens up old hostilities, an atheist, one who speaks ill of the Vedas, one addicted to taking bribes, one whose holy thread ceremony has not been performed even through the time has come, one who secretly poisons cattle and one who injures a person who says "protect me”-all these are on the same level with those who slay Brahmanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.47
तृणोल्कया ज्ञायते जातरूपं वृत्तेन भद्रो व्यवहारेण साधुः। शूरो भयेष्वर्थकृच्छ्रेषु धीरः कृच्छ्रेष्वापत्सु सुहृदश्चारयश्च॥
tṛṇolkayā jñāyate jātarūpaṃ vṛttena bhadro vyavahāreṇa sādhuḥ| śūro bhayeṣvarthakṛcchreṣu dhīraḥ kṛcchreṣvāpatsu suhṛdaścārayaśca||
Gold is known by fire, one of good birth by his behaviour, an honest man by his conduct, a hero in times of panic, a patient man during the time of poverty and friends and enemies during the seasons of difficulties and dangers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.48
जरा रूपं हरति हि धैर्यमाशा मृत्युः प्राणान् धर्मचर्यामसूया। क्रोधः श्रियं शीलमनार्यसेवा ह्रियं कामः सर्वमेवाभिमानः॥
jarā rūpaṃ harati hi dhairyamāśā mṛtyuḥ prāṇān dharmacaryāmasūyā| krodhaḥ śriyaṃ śīlamanāryasevā hriyaṃ kāmaḥ sarvamevābhimānaḥ||
Old age destroys beauty; patience hope; death, life envy, virtue; passion, prosperity; association with the vulgar good manners; lust, modesty; and vanity, everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.49
श्रीमङ्गलात् प्रभवति प्रागल्भ्यात् सम्प्रवर्धते। दाक्ष्यात् तु कुरुते मूलं संयमात् प्रतितिष्ठति।॥
śrīmaṅgalāt prabhavati prāgalbhyāt sampravardhate| dākṣyāt tu kurute mūlaṃ saṃyamāt pratitiṣṭhati|||
Prosperity has for its source good deeds; it increases owing to activity and takes root owing to skill and continues its existence owing to self-control.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.50
अष्टौ गुणाः पुरुषं दीपयन्ति प्रज्ञा च कौल्यं च दमः श्रुतं च। पराक्रमश्चाबहुभाषिता च दानं यथाशक्ति कृतज्ञता च॥
aṣṭau guṇāḥ puruṣaṃ dīpayanti prajñā ca kaulyaṃ ca damaḥ śrutaṃ ca| parākramaścābahubhāṣitā ca dānaṃ yathāśakti kṛtajñatā ca||
Eight qualities glorify a man, viz., wisdom, good birth, self-restraint, learning, strength, littleness of speech, gift to the best of his power and gratitude.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.51
एतान् गुणांस्तात महानुभावानेको गुणः संश्रयते प्रसह्या राजा यदा सत्कुरुते मनुष्यं सर्वान् गुणानेष गुणो विभाति॥
etān guṇāṃstāta mahānubhāvāneko guṇaḥ saṃśrayate prasahyā rājā yadā satkurute manuṣyaṃ sarvān guṇāneṣa guṇo vibhāti||
But, O dear, one thing alone can make all these great qualities come together. When a king honours a man, all the qualities shed luster on him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.52
अष्टौ नृपेमानि मनुष्यलोके स्वर्गस्य लोकस्य निदर्शनानि। श्चत्वारि चैषामनुयान्ति सन्तः॥
aṣṭau nṛpemāni manuṣyaloke svargasya lokasya nidarśanāni| ścatvāri caiṣāmanuyānti santaḥ||
These eight, O king, in this world of human beings are considered as the marks of heaven. Of these, four are the attributes of the good; and the honest men follow the other four.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.53
यज्ञो दानमध्ययनं तपश्च चत्वार्येतान्यन्ववेतानि सद्भिः। दमः सत्यमार्जवमानृशंस्यं चत्वार्येतान्यनुयान्ति सन्तः।।
yajño dānamadhyayanaṃ tapaśca catvāryetānyanvavetāni sadbhiḥ| damaḥ satyamārjavamānṛśaṃsyaṃ catvāryetānyanuyānti santaḥ||
Sacrificial ceremonies, gifts, study and devotion, these tour are followed by the good. Self-control, truth, kindness and humanity, these four are also the attributes of the good.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.54
इज्याध्ययनदानानि तपः सत्यं क्षमा घृणा। अलोभ इति मार्गोऽयं धर्मस्याष्टविधः स्मृतः॥
ijyādhyayanadānāni tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā ghṛṇā| alobha iti mārgo'yaṃ dharmasyāṣṭavidhaḥ smṛtaḥ||
Sacrificial ceremonies, study, gift, devotion, truth, forgiveness, mercy and contentment, these are the eight ways to virtue, according to the Smriti.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.55
तत्र पूर्वचतुर्वर्गो दम्भार्थमपि सेव्यते। उत्तरश्च चतुर्वर्गो नामहात्मसु तिष्ठति॥
tatra pūrvacaturvargo dambhārthamapi sevyate| uttaraśca caturvargo nāmahātmasu tiṣṭhati||
The first four of these may be followed from motives of vanity; but the last four do not exist in those that are not great.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.56
न सा सभा यत्र न सन्ति वृद्धा वृद्धा ये न वदन्ति धर्मम्। नासौ धर्मो यत्र न सत्यमस्ति न तत् सत्यं यच्छलेनाभ्युपेतम्॥
na sā sabhā yatra na santi vṛddhā vṛddhā ye na vadanti dharmam| nāsau dharmo yatra na satyamasti na tat satyaṃ yacchalenābhyupetam||
That one is not an assembly where there are no old men. Those are not old men who do not speak of virtue. That is not virtue where truth does not exist; and that is not truth where deceit pervades.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.57
सत्यं रूपं श्रुतं विद्या कौल्यं शीलं बलं धनम्। शौर्यं च चित्रभाष्यं च दशेमे स्वर्गयोनयः॥
satyaṃ rūpaṃ śrutaṃ vidyā kaulyaṃ śīlaṃ balaṃ dhanam| śauryaṃ ca citrabhāṣyaṃ ca daśeme svargayonayaḥ||
Truth, beauty, learning, knowledge, good birth, good manners, strength, wealth, heroism and ability to talk on diverse topics, these ten have their origin in heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.58
पापं कुर्वन् पापकीर्तिः : पापमेवाश्नुते फलम्। पुण्यं कुर्वन् पुण्यकीर्तिः पुण्यमत्यन्तमश्नुते॥
pāpaṃ kurvan pāpakīrtiḥ : pāpamevāśnute phalam| puṇyaṃ kurvan puṇyakīrtiḥ puṇyamatyantamaśnute||
A man, who is notoriously sinful by doing sinful acts, gets evil fruits; and one, who is reputed to be virtuous by doing virtuous acts, gains great happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.59
तस्मात् पापं न कुर्वीत पुरुषः शंसितव्रतः। पापं प्रज्ञां नाशयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः॥
tasmāt pāpaṃ na kurvīta puruṣaḥ śaṃsitavrataḥ| pāpaṃ prajñāṃ nāśayati kriyamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ||
There should a man firmly resolve not to do sinful acts. The sinful acts being committed again and again destroy wisdom.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.60
नष्टप्रज्ञः पापमेव नित्यमारभते नरः। पुण्यं प्रज्ञां वर्धयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः॥
naṣṭaprajñaḥ pāpameva nityamārabhate naraḥ| puṇyaṃ prajñāṃ vardhayati kriyamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ||
The man who has lost his wisdom constantly commits sin. The virtuous acts being done again and again increase wisdom.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.61
वृद्धप्रज्ञः पुण्यमेव नित्यमारभते नरः। पुण्यं कुर्वन् पुण्यकीर्तिः पुण्यं स्थानं स्म गच्छति। तस्मात् पुण्यं निषेवेत पुरुषः सुसमाहितः॥
vṛddhaprajñaḥ puṇyameva nityamārabhate naraḥ| puṇyaṃ kurvan puṇyakīrtiḥ puṇyaṃ sthānaṃ sma gacchati| tasmāt puṇyaṃ niṣeveta puruṣaḥ susamāhitaḥ||
An old man and wise always does virtuous acts. By doing virtuous acts he gains a good reputation and goes to a holy place (hereafter). Therefore should a man intently practice virtue.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.62
असूयको दन्दशूको निष्ठुरो वैरकृच्छठः। स कृच्छ्रे महदाप्नोति न चिरात् पापमाचरन्॥
asūyako dandaśūko niṣṭhuro vairakṛcchaṭhaḥ| sa kṛcchre mahadāpnoti na cirāt pāpamācaran||
A man that is envious, one that gravely injures another, one who is cruel, one who is always making enemies of others and one who is deceitful by committing sins, soon meets with grave difficulties.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.63
अनसूयुः कृतप्रज्ञः शोभनान्याचरन् सदा। नकृच्छ्रे महदाप्नोति सर्वत्र च विरोचते॥
anasūyuḥ kṛtaprajñaḥ śobhanānyācaran sadā| nakṛcchre mahadāpnoti sarvatra ca virocate||
He that is not envious and he who is wise by always doing graceful acts, never meets with any grave difficulties; and shines with luster everywhere.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.64
प्रज्ञामेवागमयति यः प्राज्ञेभ्यः स पण्डितः। प्राज्ञो ह्यवाप्य धर्मार्थों शक्नोति सुखमेधितुम्॥
prajñāmevāgamayati yaḥ prājñebhyaḥ sa paṇḍitaḥ| prājño hyavāpya dharmārthoṃ śaknoti sukhamedhitum||
He that assimilates the wisdom of the wise is himself wise; and he who is wise by doing acts, both virtuous and conducive to worldly benefits, succeeds in gaining happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.65
दिवसेनैव तत् कुर्याद् येन रात्रो सुखं वसेत्। अष्टमासेन तत् कुर्याद् येन वर्षाः सुखं वसेत्॥
divasenaiva tat kuryād yena rātro sukhaṃ vaset| aṣṭamāsena tat kuryād yena varṣāḥ sukhaṃ vaset||
That act should be done by one during the day, which will enable him to live in comfort during the night; and that should be done in eight months which will enable one to live in comfort throughout the year.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.66
पूर्वे वयसि तत् कुर्याद् येन वृद्धः सुखं वसेत्। यावज्जीवेन तत् कुर्याद् येन प्रेत्य सुखं वसेत्॥
pūrve vayasi tat kuryād yena vṛddhaḥ sukhaṃ vaset| yāvajjīvena tat kuryād yena pretya sukhaṃ vaset||
That act should be done during the early years of life, which will enable one to live in comfort during the old age. That act should be done in this life which will enable one to live in happiness after death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.67
जीर्णमन्नं प्रशंसन्ति भार्यां च गतयौवनाम्। शूरं विजितसंग्रामं गतपारं तपस्विनम्॥
jīrṇamannaṃ praśaṃsanti bhāryāṃ ca gatayauvanām| śūraṃ vijitasaṃgrāmaṃ gatapāraṃ tapasvinam||
People speak well of that food which has been digested. They speak well of the wife whose youth has passed away and of that hero who has come off victorious in the battle and of that ascetic who has gone over to the other side (of life).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.68
धनेनाधर्मलब्धेन यच्छिद्रमपिधीयते। असंवृतं तद् भवथि ततोऽन्यदवदीर्यते॥
dhanenādharmalabdhena yacchidramapidhīyate| asaṃvṛtaṃ tad bhavathi tato'nyadavadīryate||
The hole, that one seeks to stop by wealth acquired by foul means, remains uncovered; and others come into existence in other places.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.69
गुरुरात्मवतां शास्ता शास्ता राजा दुरात्मनाम्। अथ प्रच्छन्नपापानां शास्ता वैवस्वतो यमः॥
gururātmavatāṃ śāstā śāstā rājā durātmanām| atha pracchannapāpānāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ||
The preceptor is the controller of those who have their souls under restraint; the king is the controller of those who have bad souls; and Yama, the son of Vivasvata, is the controller of those who sin in secret.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.70
ऋषीणां च नदीनां च कुलानां च महात्मनाम्। प्रभवो नाधिगन्तव्यः स्त्रीणां दुश्चरितस्य च।॥
ṛṣīṇāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca kulānāṃ ca mahātmanām| prabhavo nādhigantavyaḥ strīṇāṃ duścaritasya ca|||
The greatness of Rishis, of rivers, of the banks of rivers and of the noble-minded cannot be conceived, as also the wickedness of a woman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.71
द्विजातिपूजाभिरतो दाता ज्ञातिषु चार्जवी। क्षत्रियः शीलभाग् राजंश्चिरं पालयते महीम्॥
dvijātipūjābhirato dātā jñātiṣu cārjavī| kṣatriyaḥ śīlabhāg rājaṃściraṃ pālayate mahīm||
One attached to the worship of the twiceborn, one that makes gifts, one who behaves generously towards his cousins and the Kshatriya of good manners, rules the earth forever.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.72
सुवर्णपुष्पां पृथिवीं चिन्वन्ति पुरुषास्त्रयः। शूरश्च कृतविद्यश्च यश्च जानाति सेवितुम्॥
suvarṇapuṣpāṃ pṛthivīṃ cinvanti puruṣāstrayaḥ| śūraśca kṛtavidyaśca yaśca jānāti sevitum||
These three, viz., the brave, the wise and these who know how to protect others, plucks flowers of gold from the earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.73
बुद्धिश्रेष्ठानि कर्माणि बाहुमध्यानि भारत। तानि जवाजघन्यानि भारप्रत्यवराणि च॥
buddhiśreṣṭhāni karmāṇi bāhumadhyāni bhārata| tāni javājaghanyāni bhārapratyavarāṇi ca||
Acts performed by means of the intellect are the best; those performed by the arms come next; O Bharata, those by the things are bad; while those performed by carrying loads are the worst.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.74
दुर्योधनेऽथ शकुनौ मूढे दुःशासने तथा। कर्णे चैश्वर्यमाधाय कथं त्वं भूतिमिच्छसि॥
duryodhane'tha śakunau mūḍhe duḥśāsane tathā| karṇe caiśvaryamādhāya kathaṃ tvaṃ bhūtimicchasi||
Having entrusted your kingdom Duryodhana, Shakuni and the fool Dushasana and Karna, how can you hope for prosperity?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 107.75
सर्वैर्गुणैरुपेतास्तु पाण्डवा भरतर्षभ। पितृवत् त्वयि वर्तन्ते तेषु वर्तस्व पुत्रवत्॥
sarvairguṇairupetāstu pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha| pitṛvat tvayi vartante teṣu vartasva putravat||
The Pandavas who are possessed of every virtue, O best among the race of Bharata, depend on you as their father. Do you also depends upon them as your sons. to
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)