Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 109
MBh 3 109.1
विदुर उवाच सप्तदशेमान् राजेन्द्र मनुः स्वायम्भुवोऽब्रवीत्। वैचित्रवीर्य पुरुषानाकाशं मुष्टिभिनतः॥ दानवेन्द्रस्य च धनुरनाम्यं नमतोऽब्रवीत्। अथो मरीचिनः पादानग्राह्यान् गृह्णतस्तथा॥
vidura uvāca saptadaśemān rājendra manuḥ svāyambhuvo'bravīt| vaicitravīrya puruṣānākāśaṃ muṣṭibhinataḥ|| dānavendrasya ca dhanuranāmyaṃ namato'bravīt| atho marīcinaḥ pādānagrāhyān gṛhṇatastathā||
Vidura said O chief among kings, Manu, the descendant of the self-create. Being, has spoken of the following seventeen kinds of men as those who strike the air with fists, O son of Vichitravirya; (or as) those who seek to bend the bow of Indra, composed of vapour and to touch the rays of the sun, which cannot be touched.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.2
यश्चाशिष्यं शास्ति वै यश्च तुष्येद् यश्चातिबेलं भजते द्विषन्तम्। स्त्रियश्च यो रक्षति भद्रमश्नुते यशायाच्यं याचते कत्थते वा ॥ यश्चाभिजातः प्रकरोत्यकार्य यश्चाबलो बलिना नित्यवैरी। अश्रद्दधानाय च यो ब्रवीति यश्चाकाम्यं कामयते नरेन्द्र॥ बध्वावहासं श्वशुरो मन्यते यो वध्वा वसन्नभयो मानकामः। परक्षेत्रे निर्वपति यश्चबीजं स्त्रियः च यः परिवदतेऽतिवेलम्॥ यश्चापि लब्ध्वा न स्मरामीति वादी दत्त्वा च यः कत्थि याच्यमानः। यश्चासतः सत्त्वमुपानयीत एतान् नयन्ति निरयं पाशहस्ताः॥
yaścāśiṣyaṃ śāsti vai yaśca tuṣyed yaścātibelaṃ bhajate dviṣantam| striyaśca yo rakṣati bhadramaśnute yaśāyācyaṃ yācate katthate vā || yaścābhijātaḥ prakarotyakārya yaścābalo balinā nityavairī| aśraddadhānāya ca yo bravīti yaścākāmyaṃ kāmayate narendra|| badhvāvahāsaṃ śvaśuro manyate yo vadhvā vasannabhayo mānakāmaḥ| parakṣetre nirvapati yaścabījaṃ striyaḥ ca yaḥ parivadate'tivelam|| yaścāpi labdhvā na smarāmīti vādī dattvā ca yaḥ katthi yācyamānaḥ| yaścāsataḥ sattvamupānayīta etān nayanti nirayaṃ pāśahastāḥ||
(The seventeen kinds of men are), he who seeks to control one incapable of being brought under control; he who is satisfied with trifling gains; he who serves his enemies; he who controls women; he who asks favours that ought not to be asked; he who boasts, having done very little good; he who, well born, does improper acts; he who through week is always struggling with one who is powerful; he who talks to one listening with disgust; he who desires what ought not to be desired, O chief among men; he who being a father-in-law cracks jokes with his daughter-in-law; he whose fears being dispelled by his daughter-inlaw desires to be respected; he who sows his own seeds in the ground of another; and he who speaks very ill of his wife; he who having obtained a favour from another says he does nor remember it; he who having promised something makes empty boats when asked to perform it; he who seeks to prove the honesty of a dishonest person, the servitors of Yoma drag these down to hell, with noose in hand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.3
यस्मिन् यथा वर्तते यो मनुष्यस्तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तितव्यं स धर्मः। मायाचारो मायया वर्तितव्यः साध्वाचारः साधुना, प्रत्युपेयः॥
yasmin yathā vartate yo manuṣyastasmiṃstathā vartitavyaṃ sa dharmaḥ| māyācāro māyayā vartitavyaḥ sādhvācāraḥ sādhunā, pratyupeyaḥ||
It is a good policy to behave towards one in the same way he behaves towards another. One who behaves deceitfully should be served deceitfully; and one who behaves honestly should be served with honesty.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.4
जरा रूपं हरति हि धैर्यमाशा मृत्युः प्राणान् धर्मचर्यामसूया। कामो ह्रियं वृत्तमनार्यसेवा क्रोधः श्रियं सर्वमेवाभिमानः॥
jarā rūpaṃ harati hi dhairyamāśā mṛtyuḥ prāṇān dharmacaryāmasūyā| kāmo hriyaṃ vṛttamanāryasevā krodhaḥ śriyaṃ sarvamevābhimānaḥ||
Old age destroys beauty; patience, hope; death, life; the practice of virtue, worldly pleasures; desire, shame; good behaviors, companionship with the wicked; anger, prosperity; and pride, everything.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.5
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच शतायुरुक्तः पुरुषः सर्ववेदेषु वै यदा। नाप्नोत्यथ च तत् सर्वमायुः केनेह हेतुना॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca śatāyuruktaḥ puruṣaḥ sarvavedeṣu vai yadā| nāpnotyatha ca tat sarvamāyuḥ keneha hetunā||
Dhritarashtra said In all the Vedas, man is said to have a life of one hundred years. For what reason then do not all men attain to that age?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.6
विदुर उवाच अंतिमानोऽतिवादश्च तथात्यागो नराधिप। क्रोधश्चात्मविधित्सा च मित्रद्रोहश्च तानि षट्॥
vidura uvāca aṃtimāno'tivādaśca tathātyāgo narādhipa| krodhaścātmavidhitsā ca mitradrohaśca tāni ṣaṭ||
Vidura said Too much pride, too much of speaking, the reverse of restraint, O king and anger, quarrel with relations and enmity with friends, these six are like swords that cut off the period of life given to men. These kill men and not death. Good betide they sons (after renouncing these).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.7
एत एवासयस्तीक्ष्णा कृन्तन्त्यायूंषि देहिनाम्। एतानि मानवान् प्रन्ति न मृत्युर्भद्रमस्तु ते॥ विश्वस्तस्यैति यो दारान् यश्चापि गुरुतल्पगः। वृषलीपतिर्द्विजो यश्च पानपश्चैव भारत।॥ आदेशकृद् वृत्तिहन्ता द्विजानां प्रेषकश्च यः। शरणागतहा चैव सर्वे ब्रह्महणः समाः। एतैः समेत्य कर्तव्यं प्रायश्चित्तमिति श्रुतिः॥
eta evāsayastīkṣṇā kṛntantyāyūṃṣi dehinām| etāni mānavān pranti na mṛtyurbhadramastu te|| viśvastasyaiti yo dārān yaścāpi gurutalpagaḥ| vṛṣalīpatirdvijo yaśca pānapaścaiva bhārata||| ādeśakṛd vṛttihantā dvijānāṃ preṣakaśca yaḥ| śaraṇāgatahā caiva sarve brahmahaṇaḥ samāḥ| etaiḥ sametya kartavyaṃ prāyaścittamiti śrutiḥ||
He who commits adultery with those who place trust in him and who does the same with the wife of his elder, that twice-born who becomes the husband of a Shudra woman, who is given to drinking, O Bharata, who commands the twice-born or takes away their livings, who becomes their master and who kills him who demands his protection, these are like those who kill the Brahmanas. After coming in contract with one of these, expiation should be performed, which the Shrutis declare.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.8
गृहीतवाक्यो नयविद् वदान्यः शेषानभोक्ता ह्यविहिंसकश्च। नानर्थकृत्याकुलितः कृतज्ञः सत्यो मृदुः स्वर्गमुपैति विद्वान्॥
gṛhītavākyo nayavid vadānyaḥ śeṣānabhoktā hyavihiṃsakaśca| nānarthakṛtyākulitaḥ kṛtajñaḥ satyo mṛduḥ svargamupaiti vidvān||
The wise man, who is skillful in speech, knows the code of morality. He eats last (i.e. after having made due offerings to the gods and Pitris). He is not envious; he does not injure others; he is skillful, grateful, truthful and humble. He attains heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.9
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः। अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः॥
sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājan satataṃ priyavādinaḥ| apriyasya tu pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ||
Persons speaking agreeably can readily be met with, O king; but not so the man who speaks disagreeably.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.10
यो हि धर्मं समाश्रित्य भर्तुः प्रियाप्रिये। अप्रियाण्याहं पथ्यानि तेन राजा सहायवान्।॥
yo hi dharmaṃ samāśritya bhartuḥ priyāpriye| apriyāṇyāhaṃ pathyāni tena rājā sahāyavān|||
He, who having an eye on virtue and disregarding what is a agreeable or disagreeable but beneficial, is a real help to his king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.11
त्यजेत् कुलार्थं पुरुषं ग्रामस्यार्थं कुलं त्यजेत्। ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थं आत्मार्थं पृथिवीं त्यजेत्॥
tyajet kulārthaṃ puruṣaṃ grāmasyārthaṃ kulaṃ tyajet| grāmaṃ janapadasyārthaṃ ātmārthaṃ pṛthivīṃ tyajet||
A man should be sacrificed for the sake of a family; a family should be sacrificed for the sake of a village; a village for a kingdom; and the whole world for the soul.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.12
आपदर्थं धनं रक्षेद् दारान् रक्षेद् धनैरपि। आत्मानं सततं रक्षेद् दारैरपि धनैरपि॥
āpadarthaṃ dhanaṃ rakṣed dārān rakṣed dhanairapi| ātmānaṃ satataṃ rakṣed dārairapi dhanairapi||
To ward off difficulties one should possess wealth; by wealth one should protect his wife; and one's own self should ever be protected by wife and wealth,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.13
द्यूतमेतत् पुराकल्पे दृष्टं वैरकरं नृणाम्। तस्माद् द्यूतं न सेवेत हास्यार्थमपि बुद्धिमान्॥
dyūtametat purākalpe dṛṣṭaṃ vairakaraṃ nṛṇām| tasmād dyūtaṃ na seveta hāsyārthamapi buddhimān||
Gambling, from the early ages has been seen to be the cause of enmity among men; therefore it should not be resorted to even in jests by the wise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.14
उक्तं मया द्यूतकालेऽपि राजन् नेदं युक्तं वचनं प्रातिपेया तदौषधं पथ्यमिवातुरस्य न रोचते तव वैचित्रवीर्य।।२०
uktaṃ mayā dyūtakāle'pi rājan nedaṃ yuktaṃ vacanaṃ prātipeyā tadauṣadhaṃ pathyamivāturasya na rocate tava vaicitravīrya||20
It was said by me at the time of the play, O king, that this was not proper; but, O son of Pratipa, this speech was disagreeable to you even as medicine to a sick man, O son of Vichitravirya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.15
काकैरिमांश्चित्रबर्हान् मयूरान् पराजयेथाः पाण्डवान् धार्तराष्ट्रैः। हित्वा सिंहान् क्रोष्टकान् गृहमान: प्राप्ते काले शोचिता त्वं नरेन्द्रः॥
kākairimāṃścitrabarhān mayūrān parājayethāḥ pāṇḍavān dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ| hitvā siṃhān kroṣṭakān gṛhamāna: prāpte kāle śocitā tvaṃ narendraḥ||
By the help of these sons of Dhritarashtra who are like crows you desire to subdue the Pandavas who are as peacocks with variegated plumage. Forsaking the lions you are protecting the jackals. When the time comes, you will repent for it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.16
यस्तात न क्रुध्यति सर्वकालं भृत्यस्य भक्तस्य हिते रतस्य। तस्मिन् भृत्या भर्तरि विश्वसन्ति न चैनमापत्सु परित्यजन्ति॥
yastāta na krudhyati sarvakālaṃ bhṛtyasya bhaktasya hite ratasya| tasmin bhṛtyā bhartari viśvasanti na cainamāpatsu parityajanti||
That master, O sire, who does not often get angry with his servants, that are devoted to him and bent on furthering his in crests, commands confidence from his servants, who do not forsake him in times of danger.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.17
न भृत्यानां वृत्तिसंरोधनेन राज्यं धनं संजिघृक्षेदपूर्वम्। त्यजन्ति होनं वञ्चिता वै विरुद्धाः स्निग्धा ह्यमात्याः परिहीनभोगाः॥
na bhṛtyānāṃ vṛttisaṃrodhanena rājyaṃ dhanaṃ saṃjighṛkṣedapūrvam| tyajanti honaṃ vañcitā vai viruddhāḥ snigdhā hyamātyāḥ parihīnabhogāḥ||
Seek not to become the possessor of another's kingdom or wealth by stopping the pay of your servants. Even the affectionate ministers, defrauded and deprived of their enjoyments, turn against their master and leave him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.18
ण्यायव्यये चानुरूपा च वृत्तिम्। संगृह्णीयादनुरूपान् सहायान् सहायसाध्यानि हि दुष्कराणि॥
ṇyāyavyaye cānurūpā ca vṛttim| saṃgṛhṇīyādanurūpān sahāyān sahāyasādhyāni hi duṣkarāṇi||
Having first reflected on what things are to be done and fixing allowances to spit income and expenditure, one should make suitable alliances, Alliances accomplish what is most difficult.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.19
अभिप्रायं यो विदित्वा तु भर्तुः सर्वाणि कार्याणि करोत्यतन्द्री। वक्ता हितानामनुक्त आर्य: शक्तिज्ञः आत्मेव हि सोऽनुकम्प्यः॥
abhiprāyaṃ yo viditvā tu bhartuḥ sarvāṇi kāryāṇi karotyatandrī| vaktā hitānāmanukta ārya: śaktijñaḥ ātmeva hi so'nukampyaḥ||
He, who after knowing the intentions of his lord, does all acts with promptitude and who though honorable and devoted to his master says what is conducive to his interests and knows his own strength, is to be regarded as his (the lord's) own self.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.20
वाक्यं तु यो नाद्रियतेऽनुशिष्टः प्रत्याह यश्चापि नियुज्यमानः। प्रज्ञाभिमानी प्रतिकूलवादी त्याज्यः स तादृक् त्वरयैक भृत्यः॥
vākyaṃ tu yo nādriyate'nuśiṣṭaḥ pratyāha yaścāpi niyujyamānaḥ| prajñābhimānī pratikūlavādī tyājyaḥ sa tādṛk tvarayaika bhṛtyaḥ||
The servant, who ordered pays no attention to the order and who enjoined uses arguments against the order through pride of wisdom and who speaks ill of his master, should be got rid of quickly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.21
अस्तब्धमक्लीबमदीर्घसूत्रं सानुक्रोशं श्लक्ष्णमहार्यमन्यैः। अरोगजातीयमुदारवाक्यं दूतं वदन्त्यष्टगुणोपपन्नम्॥
astabdhamaklībamadīrghasūtraṃ sānukrośaṃ ślakṣṇamahāryamanyaiḥ| arogajātīyamudāravākyaṃ dūtaṃ vadantyaṣṭaguṇopapannam||
Wanting in pride, able, quick in doing things, kind, strong, incorruptible, free from disease and pleasant of speech-one with these eight qualities should, it is said, be sent as a messenger.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.22
न विश्वासाज्जातु परस्य गेहे गच्छेन्नरशेतयानो विकाले। न चत्वरे निशि तिष्ठेन्निगूढो न राजकाम्यां योषितं प्रार्थयीत॥
na viśvāsājjātu parasya gehe gacchennaraśetayāno vikāle| na catvare niśi tiṣṭhennigūḍho na rājakāmyāṃ yoṣitaṃ prārthayīta||
A man should not, out of confidence, go to the house of an untrustworthy person in the evening. He should not hide himself in the yard of another's house at night, nor desire a woman sued by a king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.23
न निछवं मन्त्रगतस्य गच्छेत् संसृष्टमन्त्रस्य कुसङ्गतस्य। न च ब्रूयान्नाश्वसिमि त्वयीति सकारणं व्यपदेशं तु कुर्यात्॥
na nichavaṃ mantragatasya gacchet saṃsṛṣṭamantrasya kusaṅgatasya| na ca brūyānnāśvasimi tvayīti sakāraṇaṃ vyapadeśaṃ tu kuryāt||
One should not go against the opinions of him who keeps low company and who seeks counsel from all he comes in contract with; nor should, one say “I do not believe you;" but he should dismiss him on some presence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.24
घृणी राजा पुंश्चली राजभृत्यः पुत्रो भ्राता विधवा बालपुत्रा। सेनाजीवी चोद्धृतभूतिरेव व्यवहारेषु वर्जनीयाः स्युरेते॥
ghṛṇī rājā puṃścalī rājabhṛtyaḥ putro bhrātā vidhavā bālaputrā| senājīvī coddhṛtabhūtireva vyavahāreṣu varjanīyāḥ syurete||
A king who has too much of the sense of delicacy, a woman of loose character, the servant of a king, a son, a brother, a widow with a child, one who is employed in the army to get a living and one who has suffered loss of wealth-these should avoid transactions of lending and borrowing.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.25
अष्टौ गुणाः पुरुषं दीपयन्ति प्रज्ञा च कौल्यं च श्रुतं दमश्च। पराक्रमश्चाबहुभाषिता च दानं यथाशक्ति कृतज्ञता च॥
aṣṭau guṇāḥ puruṣaṃ dīpayanti prajñā ca kaulyaṃ ca śrutaṃ damaśca| parākramaścābahubhāṣitā ca dānaṃ yathāśakti kṛtajñatā ca||
Eight qualities make a man shine viz., wisdom, high birth, learning self-control, prowess, littleness of speech, charity to the best of his power and gratitude.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.26
नेको गुण: संश्रयते प्रसह्या राजा यदा सत्कुरुते मनुष्यं सर्वान् गुणानेष गुणो बिभर्ति॥
neko guṇa: saṃśrayate prasahyā rājā yadā satkurute manuṣyaṃ sarvān guṇāneṣa guṇo bibharti||
These eight great qualities, O sire, have their source in one only when a king favours him; that incident brings on and keeps together all these qualities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.27
गुणा दश स्नानशीलं भजन्ते बलं रूपं स्वरवर्णप्रशुद्धिः। स्पर्शश्च गन्धश्च विशुद्धता च श्री: सौकुमार्य प्रवराश्च नार्यः॥
guṇā daśa snānaśīlaṃ bhajante balaṃ rūpaṃ svaravarṇapraśuddhiḥ| sparśaśca gandhaśca viśuddhatā ca śrī: saukumārya pravarāśca nāryaḥ||
Those who bathe get these eight qualities, viz., strength, beauty, voice, ability to pronounce all the letters correctly, delicacy of touch, fineness of scent, purity, prosperity, delicacy of limbs and beautiful women.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.28
गुणाश्च पण्मितभुक्तं भजन्ते आरोग्यमायुश्च बलं सुखं च। अनाविलं चास्य भवत्यपत्यं न चैनमायून इति क्षिपन्ति॥
guṇāśca paṇmitabhuktaṃ bhajante ārogyamāyuśca balaṃ sukhaṃ ca| anāvilaṃ cāsya bhavatyapatyaṃ na cainamāyūna iti kṣipanti||
The following six qualities adorn him who eats moderately, viz., immunity from disease long life, strength, happiness, the possession of children who are healthy and freedom from accusation of gluttony.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.29
अकर्मशीलं च महाशनं च लोकद्विष्टं बहुमायं नृशंसम्। अदेशकालज्ञमनिष्टवेषमेतान् गृहे न प्रतिवासयेत॥
akarmaśīlaṃ ca mahāśanaṃ ca lokadviṣṭaṃ bahumāyaṃ nṛśaṃsam| adeśakālajñamaniṣṭaveṣametān gṛhe na prativāsayeta||
One who does improper acts, one who eats excessively, one who is hated by men, one who is very deceitful, one who is cruel, one who does not know the suitability of time and place, one who dresses indecently-these six should not be allowed a shelter in one's house.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.30
कदर्यमाक्रोशकमश्रुतं च वनौकसं धूर्तममान्यमानिनम्। मेतान् भृशार्तोऽपि न जातु याचेत्॥
kadaryamākrośakamaśrutaṃ ca vanaukasaṃ dhūrtamamānyamāninam| metān bhṛśārto'pi na jātu yācet||
A miser, one who speaks with malice, one who is not learned, one inhabiting the woods, one who is cunning, one who does not respect another that is generally respected, one who is cruel, one who has the habit of making enemy of others, one who is ungrateful-these should not be asked for favours even by a man in distress.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.31
संक्लिष्टकर्माणतिप्रमादं नित्यानृतं चादृढभक्तिकं च। विसृष्टरागं पटुमानिनं चाप्येतान् न सेवेत नराधमान् षट्॥
saṃkliṣṭakarmāṇatipramādaṃ nityānṛtaṃ cādṛḍhabhaktikaṃ ca| visṛṣṭarāgaṃ paṭumāninaṃ cāpyetān na seveta narādhamān ṣaṭ||
One who always acts against his interests, one who always makes blunders, one who always speaks falsehood, one not firm in his devotion, one wanting in affection and one who thinks himself able to perform all tasksthese six worst classes of men should never be served.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.32
सहायबन्धना ह्याः सहायाश्चार्थबन्धना। अन्योन्यबन्धनावेतौ विनान्योन्यं न सिद्ध्यतः॥
sahāyabandhanā hyāḥ sahāyāścārthabandhanā| anyonyabandhanāvetau vinānyonyaṃ na siddhyataḥ||
(The gaining of) an object depends on (the nature of) the objects (sought to be gained by them). These two depend on each other; and success cannot be gained in the absence of either.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.33
उत्पाद्य पुत्राननृणांश्च कृत्वा वृत्तिं च तेभ्योऽनुविधाय कांचित्। स्थाने कुमारी: प्रतिपाद्य सर्वा अरण्यसंस्थोऽथ मुनिळूभूषेत्॥
utpādya putrānanṛṇāṃśca kṛtvā vṛttiṃ ca tebhyo'nuvidhāya kāṃcit| sthāne kumārī: pratipādya sarvā araṇyasaṃstho'tha munil̤ūbhūṣet||
After begetting sons and making them independent by providing for them and after giving away all the unmarried daughters to suitable bridegrooms, one should dwell in the wood like a Muni.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.34
हितं यत् सर्वभूतानामात्मनश्च सुखावहम्। तत् कुर्यादीश्वरे ह्येतन्मूलं सर्वार्थसिद्धये॥
hitaṃ yat sarvabhūtānāmātmanaśca sukhāvaham| tat kuryādīśvare hyetanmūlaṃ sarvārthasiddhaye||
What conduces to the good of all creatures and is the cause to happiness to one's self should be done for the sake of God. This is the root of success of all purposes of man.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.35
वृद्धिः प्रभावस्तेजश्च सत्त्वमुत्थानमेव च। व्यवसायश्च यस्य स्यात् तस्यावृत्तिभयं कुतः॥
vṛddhiḥ prabhāvastejaśca sattvamutthānameva ca| vyavasāyaśca yasya syāt tasyāvṛttibhayaṃ kutaḥ||
Intelligence, energy, prowess, strength, promptitude and perseverance, why should one having these fear for a living?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.36
पश्य दोषान् पाण्डवैविचहे त्वं यत्र व्यथेयुरपि देवाः सशक्राः। पुत्रैर्वैरं नित्यमुद्विग्नवासो यशःप्रणाशो द्विषतां च हर्षः॥
paśya doṣān pāṇḍavaivicahe tvaṃ yatra vyatheyurapi devāḥ saśakrāḥ| putrairvairaṃ nityamudvignavāso yaśaḥpraṇāśo dviṣatāṃ ca harṣaḥ||
Look at the disasters following a quarrel with the Pandavas, which would make the gods with Shakra sad. These are enmity with those who are like your sons, a life of continual anxiety, the destruction of fame (of the family) and joy to the enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.37
भीष्मस्य कोपस्तव चैवेन्द्रकल्प द्रोणस्य राज्ञश्च युधिष्ठिरस्य। उत्सादयेल्लोकमिमं प्रवृद्धः श्वेतो चहस्तियेगिवापतन् खे॥
bhīṣmasya kopastava caivendrakalpa droṇasya rājñaśca yudhiṣṭhirasya| utsādayellokamimaṃ pravṛddhaḥ śveto cahastiyegivāpatan khe||
O you equal to Indra, the wrath of Bhima and of yourself and of Drona and of king Yudhishthira will consume this world like a big comet falling on the earth obliquely.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.38
तव पुत्रशतं चैव कर्णः पञ्च च पाण्डवाः। पृथिवीमनुशासेयुरखिलां सागराम्बराम्॥
tava putraśataṃ caiva karṇaḥ pañca ca pāṇḍavāḥ| pṛthivīmanuśāseyurakhilāṃ sāgarāmbarām||
Your hundred sons and Karna and the five Pandavas can rule the whole world bounded by the seas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.39
धार्तराष्ट्रा वनं राजन् व्याघ्राः पाण्डुसुता मताः। मा वनं छिन्धि सव्यानं मा व्याघ्रान नीनशन् वनात्॥
dhārtarāṣṭrā vanaṃ rājan vyāghrāḥ pāṇḍusutā matāḥ| mā vanaṃ chindhi savyānaṃ mā vyāghrāna nīnaśan vanāt||
The sons of Dhritarashtra, 0 king, constitute the forest and in my opinion the Pandavas are the tigers. Do not cut down that forest with the tigers and do not let the tigers be driven away from the forest and be killed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.40
न स्याद् वनमृते व्याघ्रान् व्याघ्रा न स्युर्ऋते वनम्। वनं हि रक्ष्यते व्याघैर्व्याघ्रान् रक्षति काननम्॥
na syād vanamṛte vyāghrān vyāghrā na syurṛte vanam| vanaṃ hi rakṣyate vyāghairvyāghrān rakṣati kānanam||
There cannot be a forest without tigers; and there cannot five tigers without a forest. The forest is protected by the tigers; and the tigers are protected by the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.41
न तथेच्छन्ति कल्याणान् परेषां वेदितुं गुणान्। यथैषां ज्ञातुमिच्छन्ति नैर्गुण्यं पापचेतसः॥
na tathecchanti kalyāṇān pareṣāṃ vedituṃ guṇān| yathaiṣāṃ jñātumicchanti nairguṇyaṃ pāpacetasaḥ||
Evil-minded persons do not seek to know the good qualities of men; so much so they desire to know their defects.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.42
अर्थसिद्धिं परामिच्छन् धर्ममेवादितश्चरेत्। न हि धर्मादपैत्यर्थः स्वर्गलोकादिवामृतम्॥
arthasiddhiṃ parāmicchan dharmamevāditaścaret| na hi dharmādapaityarthaḥ svargalokādivāmṛtam||
One who desires the complete accomplishment of his objects should practice virtue from the beginning the gaining of an object is impossible without virtue as the obtaining of nectar is impossible except from heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.43
यस्यात्मा विरतः पापात् कल्याणे च निवेशितः। तेन सर्वमिदं बुद्धं प्रकृतिर्विकृतिश्च य॥
yasyātmā virataḥ pāpāt kalyāṇe ca niveśitaḥ| tena sarvamidaṃ buddhaṃ prakṛtirvikṛtiśca ya||
All this, whether natural or artificial, is known by him whose soul has been separated from evils and fixed on good things.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.44
यो धर्ममर्थं कामं च यथाकालं निषेवते। धर्मार्थकामसंयोगं सोऽमुत्रेह च विन्दति॥
yo dharmamarthaṃ kāmaṃ ca yathākālaṃ niṣevate| dharmārthakāmasaṃyogaṃ so'mutreha ca vindati||
He, who pursues virtue, worldly good and desire at suitable periods, gets a combination of virtue, worldly good and desire both here and elsewhere.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.45
संनियच्छति यो वेगमुत्थितं क्रोधहर्षयोः। स श्रियो भाजनं राजन् यश्चापत्सु न मुह्यति॥
saṃniyacchati yo vegamutthitaṃ krodhaharṣayoḥ| sa śriyo bhājanaṃ rājan yaścāpatsu na muhyati||
He who restrains the force arising from anger and joy is, O king, the winner of prosperity; and he who does not lose his sense in calamities also attains prosperity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.46
बलं पञ्चविधं नित्यं पुरुषाणां निबोध मे। यत् तु बाहुबलं नाम कनिष्ठं बलमुच्यते॥
balaṃ pañcavidhaṃ nityaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ nibodha me| yat tu bāhubalaṃ nāma kaniṣṭhaṃ balamucyate||
Men have always five sorts of strength, listen to me, O king. What is called strength of arms is said to be the worst.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.47
अमात्यलाभो भद्रं ते द्वितीयं बलमुच्यते। तृतीयं धनलाभं तु बलमाहुर्मनीषिणः॥
amātyalābho bhadraṃ te dvitīyaṃ balamucyate| tṛtīyaṃ dhanalābhaṃ tu balamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ||
The attainment of ministers, good betide you, is said to be the second sort of strength. The wise have declared that the obtainment of wealth is the third sort of strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.48
यत् त्वस्य सहजं राजन् पितृपैतामहं बलम्। अभिजातबलं नाम तच्चतुर्थं बलं स्मृतम्॥
yat tvasya sahajaṃ rājan pitṛpaitāmahaṃ balam| abhijātabalaṃ nāma taccaturthaṃ balaṃ smṛtam||
What strength is acquired from one's father and grandfather, the strength of birth, the holy books declare, is the fourth sort of strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.49
येन त्वेतानि सर्वाणि संगृहीतानि भारत। यद् बलानां बलं श्रेष्ठं तत् प्रज्ञाबलमुच्यते॥
yena tvetāni sarvāṇi saṃgṛhītāni bhārata| yad balānāṃ balaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tat prajñābalamucyate||
That by which all these are collected, O Bharata, the strength which is superior to all sorts of strength, is said to be the strength of intellect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.50
महते योऽपकाराय नरस्यं प्रभवेन्नरः। तेन वैरं समासज्य दूरस्थोऽस्मीति नाश्वसेत्॥
mahate yo'pakārāya narasyaṃ prabhavennaraḥ| tena vairaṃ samāsajya dūrastho'smīti nāśvaset||
After provoking the hostility of a man who is capable of doing great injury to another, one should not console himself by saying "I am at a distance."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.51
स्त्रीधू राजसु सर्पषु स्वाध्यायप्रभुशत्रुषु। भोगेष्वायुषि विश्वासं कः प्राज्ञः कर्तुमर्हति॥
strīdhū rājasu sarpaṣu svādhyāyaprabhuśatruṣu| bhogeṣvāyuṣi viśvāsaṃ kaḥ prājñaḥ kartumarhati||
Women, kings, serpents, one's own lord, enemies, enjoyments and period of life, for what wise man it is proper to put any reliance on these?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.52
चिकित्सकाः सन्ति न चौषधानि। न होममन्त्रा न च मङ्गलानि नाथर्वणा नाप्यगदाः सुसिद्धाः॥
cikitsakāḥ santi na cauṣadhāni| na homamantrā na ca maṅgalāni nātharvaṇā nāpyagadāḥ susiddhāḥ||
For one who is hit by the arrow of wisdom, neither the physicians nor medicines are of any effect. Again for such a person, the mantras of the Homa, the auspicious ceremonies, the hymns of the Atharva Veda and the antidotes of poison are of no use.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.53
सर्पश्चाग्निश्च सिंहश्च कुलपुत्रश्च भारत। नावज्ञेया मनुष्येण सर्वे ह्येतेऽतितेजसः॥
sarpaścāgniśca siṃhaśca kulaputraśca bhārata| nāvajñeyā manuṣyeṇa sarve hyete'titejasaḥ||
A serpent, the fire, a lion and a cousin, O Bharata, are not to be disregarded by a man. All of them are really possessed of great power.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.54
अग्निस्तेजो महल्लोके गूढस्तिष्ठति दारुषु। न चोपयुक्ते तद् दारु यावन्नोद्दीप्यते परैः॥
agnistejo mahalloke gūḍhastiṣṭhati dāruṣu| na copayukte tad dāru yāvannoddīpyate paraiḥ||
The energy of fire is great in this world. It lurks and hides itself in the wood and yet does not consume the wood, till it is put ablaze by others.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.55
स एव खलु दारुभ्यो यदा निर्मथ्य दीप्यते। तद् दारु च वनं चान्यन्निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा॥
sa eva khalu dārubhyo yadā nirmathya dīpyate| tad dāru ca vanaṃ cānyannirdahatyāśu tejasā||
That thing (fire) when produced by friction of different pieces of wood burns by its excessive energy those woods and the forest along with other things.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.56
एवमेव कुले जाताः पावकोपमतेजसः। क्षमावन्तो निराकाराः काष्टेऽग्निरिव शेरते॥
evameva kule jātāḥ pāvakopamatejasaḥ| kṣamāvanto nirākārāḥ kāṣṭe'gniriva śerate||
In the same way, those born in high families have energy like that of fire. Of a forgiving nature, they betray no symptoms of wrath and remain still like fire in the woods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.57
लताधर्मा त्वं सपुत्रः शालाः पाण्डुसुता मताः। न लता वर्धते जातु महाद्रुममनाश्रिता॥
latādharmā tvaṃ saputraḥ śālāḥ pāṇḍusutā matāḥ| na latā vardhate jātu mahādrumamanāśritā||
You, with your sons, have the property of creepers; while, in my opinion, the sons of Pandu are like the Shala trees. But creepers do not grow without the support of a large tree.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 109.58
वनं राजंस्तव पुत्रोऽऽम्बिकेय सिंहान् वने पाण्डवांस्तात विद्धि। सिंहैविहीनं हि वनं विनश्येत् सिंहा विनश्येयुर्ऋते वनेन॥
vanaṃ rājaṃstava putro''mbikeya siṃhān vane pāṇḍavāṃstāta viddhi| siṃhaivihīnaṃ hi vanaṃ vinaśyet siṃhā vinaśyeyurṛte vanena||
O king, your son is a forest, O son of Ambika, O sire, know that the Pandavas are the trees in that forest. Deserted by the lions, the forest will be destroyed; and the lions also will be destroyed without the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)