Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 111
MBh 3 111.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच अनीश्वरोऽयं पुरुषो भवाभवे सूत्रप्रोता दारुमयीव योषा। धात्रा तु दिष्टस्य वशे कृतोऽयं तस्माद् वद त्वं श्रवणो धृतोऽहम्॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca anīśvaro'yaṃ puruṣo bhavābhave sūtraprotā dārumayīva yoṣā| dhātrā tu diṣṭasya vaśe kṛto'yaṃ tasmād vada tvaṃ śravaṇo dhṛto'ham||
Dhritarashtra said Man is not the creator of his happiness or misery like a wooden doll moved by a thrcad. He has been made subject to the Fates by Providence. Therefore speak on; I am patiently hearing you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.2
विदुर उवाच अप्राप्तकाल वचनं बृहस्पतिरपि ब्रुवन्। लभते बुद्ध्यवज्ञानमवमानं च भारत॥
vidura uvāca aprāptakāla vacanaṃ bṛhaspatirapi bruvan| labhate buddhyavajñānamavamānaṃ ca bhārata||
Vidura said Even Brihaspati by speaking when suitable time has not come gets a charge of ignorance and insult, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.3
प्रियो भवति दानेन प्रियवादेन चापरः। मन्त्रमूलबलेनान्यो य: प्रियः प्रिय एव सः॥
priyo bhavati dānena priyavādena cāparaḥ| mantramūlabalenānyo ya: priyaḥ priya eva saḥ||
By gift (a man) becomes agreeable; another by sweet speech; a third by the strength of incantations and drugs; but he that is (naturally) agreeable is (always) agreeable.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.4
द्वेष्यो न साधुर्भवति न मेधावी न पण्डितः। प्रिये शुभानि कार्याणि द्वेष्ये पापानि चैव ह॥
dveṣyo na sādhurbhavati na medhāvī na paṇḍitaḥ| priye śubhāni kāryāṇi dveṣye pāpāni caiva ha||
He that is despised is not honest, nor intelligent, nor wise (to the man who despises him). To him that is beloved are attributed all good acts and to him that is despised all bad ones.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.5
उक्तं मया जातमात्रेऽपि राजन् दुर्योधनं त्यज पुत्रं त्वमेकम्। रस्यात्यागात् पुत्रशतस्य नाशः॥
uktaṃ mayā jātamātre'pi rājan duryodhanaṃ tyaja putraṃ tvamekam| rasyātyāgāt putraśatasya nāśaḥ||
I told you, as soon as he was born. O king, abandon this one son, Duryodhana. By his abandonment (you will see) the proper development of your hundred sons; and by not abandoning him, there will be the destruction of your hundred sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.6
न वृद्धिर्बहु मन्तव्या या वृद्धिः क्षयमावहेत्। क्षयोऽपि बहु मन्तव्यो यः क्षयो वृद्धिमावहेत्॥
na vṛddhirbahu mantavyā yā vṛddhiḥ kṣayamāvahet| kṣayo'pi bahu mantavyo yaḥ kṣayo vṛddhimāvahet||
That gain should not be highly thought of, which brings on a little loss; and that loss should be considered a great one, which brings on a little gain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.7
न स क्षयो महाराज यः क्षयो वृद्धिमावहेत्। क्षयः स त्विह मन्तव्यो लङ्वा बहु नाशयेत्॥
na sa kṣayo mahārāja yaḥ kṣayo vṛddhimāvahet| kṣayaḥ sa tviha mantavyo laṅvā bahu nāśayet||
That, O great king, is not loss which brings on gain; but that should be regarded as loss which being gained causes much loss.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.8
समृद्धा गुणत: केचिद् भवन्ति धनतोऽपरे। धनवृद्धान् गुणै_नान् धृतराष्ट्र विवर्जय॥
samṛddhā guṇata: kecid bhavanti dhanato'pare| dhanavṛddhān guṇai_nān dhṛtarāṣṭra vivarjaya||
Some become eminent thought their good qualities; others through their wealth. Avoid, O Dhritarashtra, those who are superior in wealth, but devoid of good qualities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.9
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच सर्वं त्वमायतीयुक्तं भाषसे प्राज्ञसम्मतम्। न चोत्सहे सुतं त्यक्तुं यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca sarvaṃ tvamāyatīyuktaṃ bhāṣase prājñasammatam| na cotsahe sutaṃ tyaktuṃ yato dharmastato jayaḥ||
Dhritarashtra said All that you say is agreed on by the wise and is calculated to do good to me; but I cannot abandon my son. Victory comes where there is righteousness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.10
विदुर उवाच अतीवगुणसम्पन्नो न जातु विनयान्वितः। सुसूक्ष्ममपि भूतानामुपमर्दमुपेक्षते॥
vidura uvāca atīvaguṇasampanno na jātu vinayānvitaḥ| susūkṣmamapi bhūtānāmupamardamupekṣate||
Vidura said He that is exceedingly good and is endued with humility does not neglect even the slightest suffering of any creature (without an attempt at alleviating them).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.11
परापवादनिरताः परदुःखोदयेषु च। परस्परविरोधे च यतन्ते सततोत्थिताः॥
parāpavādaniratāḥ paraduḥkhodayeṣu ca| parasparavirodhe ca yatante satatotthitāḥ||
Those that are ever engaged in speaking ill of others ever engage themselves in quarrels which give pain to others with great care.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.12
सदोषं दर्शनं येषां संवासे सुमहद् भयम्। अर्थादाने महान् दोषः प्रदाने च महद् भयम्॥
sadoṣaṃ darśanaṃ yeṣāṃ saṃvāse sumahad bhayam| arthādāne mahān doṣaḥ pradāne ca mahad bhayam||
Those whose very sight is vicious and association with whom is attended with great fear-there is great harm in giving them wealth and also there is great fear in accepting wealth from them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.13
ये वै भेदनशीलास्तु सकामा निस्त्रपाः शठाः। ये पापा इति विख्याताः संवासे परिगर्हिताः॥
ye vai bhedanaśīlāstu sakāmā nistrapāḥ śaṭhāḥ| ye pāpā iti vikhyātāḥ saṃvāse parigarhitāḥ||
Those whose habit is to cause disagreements, those who covetous, shameless and vicious are well known as unrighteous. The association with them should be avoided.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.14
युक्ताश्चान्यैहादोषैर्ये नरास्तान् विवर्जयेत्। निवर्तमाने सौहार्दे प्रीतिर्नीचे प्रणश्यति॥
yuktāścānyaihādoṣairye narāstān vivarjayet| nivartamāne sauhārde prītirnīce praṇaśyati||
Those men who are endued with similar other great vices should be avoided. In the absence of (the cause of) friendship, the good feeling towards the low is destroyed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.15
या चैव फलनिर्वृत्तिः सौहृदे चैव यत् सुखम्। यतते चापवादाय यत्नमारभते क्षये।॥
yā caiva phalanirvṛttiḥ sauhṛde caiva yat sukham| yatate cāpavādāya yatnamārabhate kṣaye|||
As also the results of connection and the happiness derived from it. They (the lowminded) then try to speak ill (of their late friend) and injure him. are
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.16
अल्पेऽप्यपकृते मोहान शान्तिमधिगच्छति। तादृशैः संगतं नीचैर्नृशंसैरकृतात्मभिः॥
alpe'pyapakṛte mohāna śāntimadhigacchati| tādṛśaiḥ saṃgataṃ nīcairnṛśaṃsairakṛtātmabhiḥ||
Even when slightly injured, they out of the want of self-control get no peace of mind. Companionship of one's self with such lowminded and heartless individuals should not be effected.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.17
निशम्य निपुणं बुद्ध्या विद्वान् दूराद् विवर्जयेत्। यो ज्ञातिमनुगृह्णाति दरिद्रं दीनमातुरम्॥ स पुत्रपशुभिवृद्धिं श्रेयश्चानन्त्यमश्नुते। ज्ञातयो वर्धनीयास्तैर्य इच्छन्त्यात्मनः शुभम्॥
niśamya nipuṇaṃ buddhyā vidvān dūrād vivarjayet| yo jñātimanugṛhṇāti daridraṃ dīnamāturam|| sa putrapaśubhivṛddhiṃ śreyaścānantyamaśnute| jñātayo vardhanīyāstairya icchantyātmanaḥ śubham||
A wise man examining carefully by his intelligence avoids from a distance (such persons). He who assists the poor and helpless cousins obtains an increase of children and animals and unending prosperity. Cousins should be assisted by those who desire their own happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.18
कुलवृद्धिं च राजेन्द्र तस्मात् साधु समाचर। श्रेयसा योक्ष्यते राजन् कुर्वाणो ज्ञातिसक्रियाम्॥
kulavṛddhiṃ ca rājendra tasmāt sādhu samācara| śreyasā yokṣyate rājan kurvāṇo jñātisakriyām||
Therefore do you that, О chief among kings, which will effect an increase of your family; by doing good to your relatives, O monarch, you will meet with prosperity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.19
विगुणा ह्यपि संरक्ष्या ज्ञातयो भरतर्षभ। किं पुनर्गुणवन्तस्ते त्वत्प्रसादाभिकाक्षिणः॥
viguṇā hyapi saṃrakṣyā jñātayo bharatarṣabha| kiṃ punarguṇavantaste tvatprasādābhikākṣiṇaḥ||
Cousins, though devoid of good qualities, should be protected, O foremost of the Bharata race. Should they not be protected, who are endued with good qualities and desirous of your favours?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.20
प्रसादं कुरु वीराणां पाण्डवानां विशाम्पते। दीयन्तां ग्रामकाः केचित् तेषां वृत्त्यर्थमीश्वर॥
prasādaṃ kuru vīrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ viśāmpate| dīyantāṃ grāmakāḥ kecit teṣāṃ vṛttyarthamīśvara||
Do you favour the heroic Pandavas, O Lord the universe. Give them some few villages for their living, O Lord.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.21
एवं लोके यशः प्राप्तं भविष्यति नराधिप। वृद्धेन हि त्वया कार्यं पुत्राणां तात शासनम्॥
evaṃ loke yaśaḥ prāptaṃ bhaviṣyati narādhipa| vṛddhena hi tvayā kāryaṃ putrāṇāṃ tāta śāsanam||
By doing this, you will obtain fame in this world, O ruler of men. O sire, your sons should be controlled by you who are old.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.22
मया चापि हितं वाच्, विद्धि मां त्वद्धितैषिणम्। ज्ञातिभिर्विचहस्तात न कर्तव्यः शुभार्थिना। सुखानि सह भोज्यानि ज्ञातिभिर्भरतर्षभ।॥
mayā cāpi hitaṃ vāc, viddhi māṃ tvaddhitaiṣiṇam| jñātibhirvicahastāta na kartavyaḥ śubhārthinā| sukhāni saha bhojyāni jñātibhirbharatarṣabha|||
What I speak is your good; know me to be your well-wisher; a man who desires happiness should not quarrel with the cousins. Happiness should be injured along with one's cousins, O best of the Bharata race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.23
सम्भोजनं संकथनं सम्प्रीतिश्च परस्परम्। ज्ञातिभिः सह कार्याणि न विरोधः कदाचन॥
sambhojanaṃ saṃkathanaṃ samprītiśca parasparam| jñātibhiḥ saha kāryāṇi na virodhaḥ kadācana||
To eat together, to talk together and to love one another-these are what should be done among cousins and quarrels never.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.24
ज्ञातयस्तारयन्तीह ज्ञातयो मज्जयन्ति च। सुवृत्तास्तारयन्तीह दुर्वृत्ता मज्जयन्ति च॥
jñātayastārayantīha jñātayo majjayanti ca| suvṛttāstārayantīha durvṛttā majjayanti ca||
In this world cousins come to the rescue and cousin sink (cousins); those who lead virtuous lives are rescued and those that lead vicious lives sink.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.25
सुवृत्तो भव राजेन्द्र पाण्डवान् प्रति मानद। अधर्षणीयः शत्रूणां तैर्वृतस्त्वं भविष्यसि॥
suvṛtto bhava rājendra pāṇḍavān prati mānada| adharṣaṇīyaḥ śatrūṇāṃ tairvṛtastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi||
O chief among kings, you act like one leading virtuous life, towards the Pandavas. O you giver of honours, surrounded by them you will be unconquerable by your enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.26
श्रीमन्तं ज्ञातिमासाद्य यो ज्ञातिरवसीदति। दिग्धहस्तं मृग इव स एनस्तस्य विन्दति॥
śrīmantaṃ jñātimāsādya yo jñātiravasīdati| digdhahastaṃ mṛga iva sa enastasya vindati||
If having come face to face with a cousin who is prosperous, one shrinks like a deer in the presence of a man armed with arrows; then cousin gets transferred on his own shoulders the sins of his less prosperous cousin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.27
पश्चादपि नरश्रेष्ठं तव तापो भविष्यति। तान् वा हतान् सुतान् वापि श्रुत्वा तदनुचिन्तय॥
paścādapi naraśreṣṭhaṃ tava tāpo bhaviṣyati| tān vā hatān sutān vāpi śrutvā tadanucintaya||
Afterwards, O chief among men, you will have repentance at hearing of the death of the Pandavas or of your sons. Think of this.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.28
येन खट्वां समारूढः परितप्येत कर्मणा। आदावेव न तत् कुर्यादध्रुवे जीविते सति॥
yena khaṭvāṃ samārūḍhaḥ paritapyeta karmaṇā| ādāveva na tat kuryādadhruve jīvite sati||
That act which is sure to be repented for when a man enters the Vale of Death should never be done from the very beginning in this life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.29
न कश्चिन्नापनयते पुमानन्यत्र भार्गवात्। शेषसम्प्रतिपत्तिस्तु बुद्धिमत्स्वेव तिष्ठति॥
na kaścinnāpanayate pumānanyatra bhārgavāt| śeṣasampratipattistu buddhimatsveva tiṣṭhati||
It is not true that any other man except Bhargava has done a sinful act but a conception of the probable effects of an action is present in the mind of every intelligent person.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.30
दुर्योधनेन यद्येतत् पापं तेषु पुरा कृतम्। त्वया तत् कुलवृद्धेन प्रत्यानेनं नरेश्वर॥
duryodhanena yadyetat pāpaṃ teṣu purā kṛtam| tvayā tat kulavṛddhena pratyānenaṃ nareśvara||
If this wrong has been done towards them by Duryodhana in the first instance, it is your duty, being the foremost of his race, to undo it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.31
तांस्त्वं पदे प्रतिष्ठाप्य लोके विगतकल्मषः। भविष्यसि नरश्रेष्ठ पूजनीयो मनीषिणाम्॥
tāṃstvaṃ pade pratiṣṭhāpya loke vigatakalmaṣaḥ| bhaviṣyasi naraśreṣṭha pūjanīyo manīṣiṇām||
You having reinstated them in their position, will be freed from all your sins in this world and, O chief among men, you will be worshipped by all intelligent men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.32
सुव्याहृतानि धीराणां फलतः परिचिन्त्य यः। अध्यवस्यति कार्येषु चिरं यशसि तिष्ठति॥
suvyāhṛtāni dhīrāṇāṃ phalataḥ paricintya yaḥ| adhyavasyati kāryeṣu ciraṃ yaśasi tiṣṭhati||
He, who engages in acts after thinking of their effects as prophesied by wise men for the good of mankind, ever remains famous.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.33
असम्यगुपयुक्तं हि ज्ञानं सुकुशलैरपि। उपलभ्यं चाविदितं विदितं चाननुष्ठितम्॥
asamyagupayuktaṃ hi jñānaṃ sukuśalairapi| upalabhyaṃ cāviditaṃ viditaṃ cānanuṣṭhitam||
The lessons taught even by skillful men is not perfect; for the moral sought to be conveyed by them is not understood and if understood, is not carried into practice.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.34
पापोदयफलं विद्वान् यो नारभति वर्धते। यस्तु पूर्वकृतं पापमविमृश्यानुवर्तते। अगाधपङ्गे दुर्मेधा विषमे विनिपात्यते॥
pāpodayaphalaṃ vidvān yo nārabhati vardhate| yastu pūrvakṛtaṃ pāpamavimṛśyānuvartate| agādhapaṅge durmedhā viṣame vinipātyate||
That wise man, who dose not do acts which result in sin, grows (in prosperity); but the man of slow intelligence who continues in his sinful course commenced before,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.35
मन्त्रभेदस्य षट् प्राज्ञो द्वाराणीमानि लक्षयेत्। अर्थसंततिकामश्च रक्षेदेतानि नित्यशः॥
mantrabhedasya ṣaṭ prājño dvārāṇīmāni lakṣayet| arthasaṃtatikāmaśca rakṣedetāni nityaśaḥ||
Falls into a deep mire which he cannot cross. A wise man should have an eye on the following six means of secrets being divulged.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.36
मदं स्वप्नमविज्ञानमाकारं चात्मसम्भवम्। दुष्टामात्येषु विश्रम्भं दूताच्चाकुशलादपि॥ द्वाराण्येतानि यो ज्ञात्वा संवृणोति सदा नृप। त्रिवर्गाचरणे युक्तः स शत्रूनधितिष्ठति॥ न वै श्रुतमविज्ञाय वृद्धाननुपसेव्य वा। धर्मार्थों वेदितुं शक्यौ बृहस्पतिसमैरपि।॥
madaṃ svapnamavijñānamākāraṃ cātmasambhavam| duṣṭāmātyeṣu viśrambhaṃ dūtāccākuśalādapi|| dvārāṇyetāni yo jñātvā saṃvṛṇoti sadā nṛpa| trivargācaraṇe yuktaḥ sa śatrūnadhitiṣṭhati|| na vai śrutamavijñāya vṛddhānanupasevya vā| dharmārthoṃ vedituṃ śakyau bṛhaspatisamairapi|||
He who desires wealth and children should ever keep himself away from these-vanity, dream, knowledge that spies have been set on, one's demeanor which depends on his thoughts, excessive trust on wicked ministers and incompetent ambassadors. He who being fully aware of these six door ( through which secrets ooze out). O king, keeps them always closed and engages in the attainment of the three kinds of objects (virtue, worldly good and desire), triumph over his enemies. Without a knowledge of the holy books and without proper reverence to old people.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.37
नष्टं समुद्रे पतितं नष्टं वाक्यमशृण्वति। अनात्मनि श्रुतं नष्टं नष्ट हुतमनग्निकम्॥
naṣṭaṃ samudre patitaṃ naṣṭaṃ vākyamaśṛṇvati| anātmani śrutaṃ naṣṭaṃ naṣṭa hutamanagnikam||
Virtue and profit cannot be known even by one equal (intelligent) to Brihaspati; A thing is lost when it falls into the ocean. So an advice is lost when it is not listened.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.38
मत्या परीक्ष्य मेधावी बुद्ध्या सम्पाद्य चासकृत्। श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वाथ विज्ञाय प्राझैमैत्री समाचरेत्॥
matyā parīkṣya medhāvī buddhyā sampādya cāsakṛt| śrutvā dṛṣṭvātha vijñāya prājhaimaitrī samācaret||
The holy books are lost on those who have no souls of their own (have no control over them); and an offering of clarified butter is lost when poured on what is not fire (i.e. when the fire has been extinguished and ashes only remain). Having examined by his intelligence and searched by his understanding.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.39
अकीर्ति विनयो हन्ति हन्त्यनर्थं पराक्रमः। हन्ति नित्यं क्षमा क्रोधमाचारो हन्त्यलक्षणम्॥
akīrti vinayo hanti hantyanarthaṃ parākramaḥ| hanti nityaṃ kṣamā krodhamācāro hantyalakṣaṇam||
And having heard the opinions of other men seen and known the life of the men, a wise man forms friendship with wise men. Humility removes bad repute and prowess puts an end to adversity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.40
परिच्छदेन क्षेत्रेण वेश्मना परिचर्यया। परीक्षेत कुलं राजन् भोजनाच्छादनेन च॥
paricchadena kṣetreṇa veśmanā paricaryayā| parīkṣeta kulaṃ rājan bhojanācchādanena ca||
Forgiveness ever destroys anger; good behaviour neutralises the effects of evil omens in the appearance of a man. By means of one's dress, sphere of action, house, behaviour,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.41
उपस्थितस्य कामस्य प्रतिवादो न विद्यते। अपि निर्मुक्तदेहस्य कामरक्तस्य किं पुनः॥
upasthitasya kāmasya prativādo na vidyate| api nirmuktadehasya kāmaraktasya kiṃ punaḥ||
Should a man's lineage be jaded about, O king and also by his food and dress. There is no struggling with a desire when it come on.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.42
प्राज्ञोपसेविनं वैद्यं धार्मिकं प्रियदर्शनम्। मित्रवन्तं सुवाक्यं च सुहृदं परिपालयेत्॥
prājñopasevinaṃ vaidyaṃ dhārmikaṃ priyadarśanam| mitravantaṃ suvākyaṃ ca suhṛdaṃ paripālayet||
Even in men who have attained salvation not to speak of those who are slaves to their desires. One who worships the wise is learned, virtuous and of a mild look.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.43
दुष्कुलीनः कुलीनो वा मर्यादां यो न लङ्घयेत्। धर्मापेक्षी मृदुह्रीमान् स कुलीनशताद् वरः॥
duṣkulīnaḥ kulīno vā maryādāṃ yo na laṅghayet| dharmāpekṣī mṛduhrīmān sa kulīnaśatād varaḥ||
And has friends, is one, who of agreeable speech, has good heart, should me protected. He, who whether comes of a high or a low family, dose not transgress the houour due to others.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.44
ययोश्चित्तेन वा चित्तं निभृतं निभृतेन वा। समेति प्रज्ञया प्रज्ञा तयोमैत्री न जीर्यति॥
yayościttena vā cittaṃ nibhṛtaṃ nibhṛtena vā| sameti prajñayā prajñā tayomaitrī na jīryati||
Who leans to virtue, who is graced with humility, who has a sense of modesty, is better than a hundred men coming of high families. When the heart of one agrees with that of another, then the secret pursuits of the former are the same as those of the latter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.45
दुर्बुद्धिमकृतप्रज्ञं छन्नं कूपं तृणैरिवा विवर्जयीत मेधावी तस्मिन् मैत्री प्रणश्यति॥
durbuddhimakṛtaprajñaṃ channaṃ kūpaṃ tṛṇairivā vivarjayīta medhāvī tasmin maitrī praṇaśyati||
And the learning of the former is the same as that of the latter, the friendship between the two person never wears out. One who has a wicked soul, one whose understanding has not been cultivated.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.46
अवलिप्तेषु मूर्खेषु रौद्रसाहसिकेषु च। तथैवापेतधर्मेषु न मैत्रीमाचरेद् बुधः॥
avalipteṣu mūrkheṣu raudrasāhasikeṣu ca| tathaivāpetadharmeṣu na maitrīmācared budhaḥ||
Should be shunned by an intelligent man like a well covered over with grass growing over it; friendship with them does not last. With those that are proud, ignorant, fierce and rash.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.47
कृतज्ञं धार्मिकं सत्यमक्षुद्रं दृढभक्तिकम्। जितेन्द्रियं स्थितं स्थित्यां मित्रमत्यागि चेष्यते॥
kṛtajñaṃ dhārmikaṃ satyamakṣudraṃ dṛḍhabhaktikam| jitendriyaṃ sthitaṃ sthityāṃ mitramatyāgi ceṣyate||
Wise men should never contract friendship, nor with them who have fallen from the path of virtue. The man who is grateful, virtuous, the reverse of mean, has firm devotion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.48
इन्द्रियाणामनुत्सर्गो मृत्युनापि विशिष्यते। अत्यर्थं पुनरुत्सर्गः सादयेद् दैवतान्यपि॥
indriyāṇāmanutsargo mṛtyunāpi viśiṣyate| atyarthaṃ punarutsargaḥ sādayed daivatānyapi||
And has his senses under control and attaches himself to what ought to be attached to should be desired for a friend. The renouncement of the objects of the senses is worse than death difficult of practices.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.49
मार्दवं सर्वभूतानामनसूया क्षमा धृतिः। आयुष्याणि बुधाः प्राहुर्मित्राणां चाविमानना॥
mārdavaṃ sarvabhūtānāmanasūyā kṣamā dhṛtiḥ| āyuṣyāṇi budhāḥ prāhurmitrāṇāṃ cāvimānanā||
On the other hand, leaving them to be too much exercised would ruin the gods even; humility, kindness to all creatures, forgiveness and patience.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.50
अपनीतं सुनीतेन योऽर्थं प्रत्यानिनीषते। मतिमास्थाय सुदृढां तदकापुरुषव्रतम्॥
apanītaṃ sunītena yo'rthaṃ pratyāninīṣate| matimāsthāya sudṛḍhāṃ tadakāpuruṣavratam||
Conduce to life, the wise men have said; as also a constant respect for friends. He who desires again to accomplish, by virtuous means, an object that has once been frustrated,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.51
आयत्यां प्रतिकारशस्तदात्वे दृढनिश्चयः। अतीते कार्यशेषज्ञो नरोऽथैर्न प्रहीयते॥
āyatyāṃ pratikāraśastadātve dṛḍhaniścayaḥ| atīte kāryaśeṣajño naro'thairna prahīyate||
And is in his right senses, the determination of that man is firm. The man who knows what remedy ought to be applied in future, who has a firm determination on present matters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.52
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यदभीक्ष्णं निषेवते। तदेवापहरत्येनं तस्मात् कल्याणमाचरेत्॥
karmaṇā manasā vācā yadabhīkṣṇaṃ niṣevate| tadevāpaharatyenaṃ tasmāt kalyāṇamācaret||
And who knows (in beginning) how acts done in the past would end accomplishes all his objects. That which a man follows in deed, thought or speech.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.53
मङ्गलालम्भनं योगः श्रुतमुत्थानमार्जवम्। भूतिमेतानि कुर्वन्ति सतां चाभीक्ष्णदर्शनम्॥
maṅgalālambhanaṃ yogaḥ śrutamutthānamārjavam| bhūtimetāni kurvanti satāṃ cābhīkṣṇadarśanam||
Draws him away to itself; therefore a virtuous policy should be followed. Efforts for the attainment of one's holy objects, knowledge of the holy books, simplemindedness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.54
अनिर्वेदः श्रियो मूलं लाभस्य च शुभस्य च। महान् भवत्यनिर्विण्णः सुखं चानन्त्यमश्नुते॥
anirvedaḥ śriyo mūlaṃ lābhasya ca śubhasya ca| mahān bhavatyanirviṇṇaḥ sukhaṃ cānantyamaśnute||
These bring on prosperity; so do constant meetings with the good. Perseverance is the root the of prosperity and of gain and of happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.55
नातः श्रीमत्तरं किंचिदन्यत् पथ्यतमं पतम्। प्रभविष्णोर्यथा तात क्षमा सर्वत्र सर्वदा॥
nātaḥ śrīmattaraṃ kiṃcidanyat pathyatamaṃ patam| prabhaviṣṇoryathā tāta kṣamā sarvatra sarvadā||
That man who pursues his object with perseverance and who is not annoyed at the long time a think takes to accomplish, that man is really great and gets unending happiness. It is my opinion that there is no better means of bringing in prosperity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.56
क्षमेदशक्तः सर्वस्य शक्तिमान् धर्मकारणात्। अर्थानौ समौ यस्य तस्य नित्यं क्षमा हिता॥
kṣamedaśaktaḥ sarvasya śaktimān dharmakāraṇāt| arthānau samau yasya tasya nityaṃ kṣamā hitā||
Than for really strong man to exercise forgiveness at all times and at all places. The weak should forgive every body and the strong should forgive for the sake of virtue. He to whom the attainment and the non-attainment of an object is the same is ever forgiving.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.57
यत् सुखं सेवमानोऽपि धर्मार्थाभ्यां न हीयते। कामं तदुपसेवेत न मूढव्रतमाचरेत्॥
yat sukhaṃ sevamāno'pi dharmārthābhyāṃ na hīyate| kāmaṃ tadupaseveta na mūḍhavratamācaret||
That happiness which when pursued dose not injure the virtue or the worldly profit of a man should be enjoyed one so may desire but he should not act like a fool (by giving himself up entirely to enjoyment).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.58
दुःखार्तेषु प्रमत्तेषु नास्तिकेष्वलसेषु च। न श्रीर्वसत्यदान्तेषु ये चोत्साहविवर्जिताः॥
duḥkhārteṣu pramatteṣu nāstikeṣvalaseṣu ca| na śrīrvasatyadānteṣu ye cotsāhavivarjitāḥ||
In those that are overpowered by grief, in those that are too much attached to anything, in those that deny the existence of God and in those that are lazy, prosperity dose not reside, nor in those who have no control over their souls and who are devoid of all enthusiasm.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.59
आर्जवेन नरं युक्तमार्जवात् सव्यपत्रपम्। अशक्तं मन्यमानास्तु धर्षयन्ति कुबुद्धयः॥
ārjavena naraṃ yuktamārjavāt savyapatrapam| aśaktaṃ manyamānāstu dharṣayanti kubuddhayaḥ||
Persons of bad intelligence oppress people endued with humility and modesty by reason of that humility, thinking them to be weak.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.60
अत्यार्यमतिदातारमतिशूरमतिव्रतम्। प्रज्ञाभिमानिनं चैव श्रीयानोपसर्पति॥
atyāryamatidātāramatiśūramativratam| prajñābhimāninaṃ caiva śrīyānopasarpati||
To those who are honest in the extreme, who give away in large measures, who are too heroic, who are of too firm determination and who are vain of their wisdom, prosperity never comes out of fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.61
न चातिगुणवत्स्वेषा नात्यन्तं निर्गुणेषु च। नैषा गुणान् कामयते नैर्गुण्यानानानुरज्यते। उन्मत्ता गौरिवान्धा श्रीः क्वचिदेवावतिष्ठते॥
na cātiguṇavatsveṣā nātyantaṃ nirguṇeṣu ca| naiṣā guṇān kāmayate nairguṇyānānānurajyate| unmattā gaurivāndhā śrīḥ kvacidevāvatiṣṭhate||
Nor (dose prosperity reside) in persons endued with every virtue nor in those having none; she (prosperity) dose not desire a strong combination of good qualities. Prosperity resides in some one (without any fixed rule) like a mad cow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.62
अग्निहोत्रफला वेदाः शीलवृत्तफलं श्रुतम्। रतिपुत्रफला नारी दत्तभुत्तफलं धनम्॥
agnihotraphalā vedāḥ śīlavṛttaphalaṃ śrutam| ratiputraphalā nārī dattabhuttaphalaṃ dhanam||
The result of (the study of) the Vedas is the performance of the Home; the result of a knowledge of the holy books is good manners and good conduct. The fruits of a woman are the pleasures of co-habitation and offspring; and the consequences of wealth are the pleasure of gift and enjoyment.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.63
अधर्मोपार्जितैरथैर्यः करोत्यौदेहिकम्। न स तस्य फलं प्रेत्य भुङ्क्तेऽर्थस्य दुरागमात्॥
adharmopārjitairathairyaḥ karotyaudehikam| na sa tasya phalaṃ pretya bhuṅkte'rthasya durāgamāt||
He who performs ceremonies for his good in the other world with wealth got by foul means. Dose not get the usual fruits of such ceremonies after death owing to the foul means by which the wealth was got.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.64
कान्तारे वनदुर्गेषु कृच्छ्रास्वापत्सु सम्भ्रमे। उद्येतेषु च शस्त्रेषु नास्ति सत्त्ववता भयम्॥
kāntāre vanadurgeṣu kṛcchrāsvāpatsu sambhrame| udyeteṣu ca śastreṣu nāsti sattvavatā bhayam||
In deserts, foresees, in difficulties and calamities or when weapons are raised (by others to strike him) he who has a strong mind has no fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.65
उत्थानं संयमो दाक्ष्यमप्रमादो धृतिः स्मृतिः। समीक्ष्य च समारम्भो विद्धि मूलं भवस्य तु॥
utthānaṃ saṃyamo dākṣyamapramādo dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ| samīkṣya ca samārambho viddhi mūlaṃ bhavasya tu||
Energy, self-control, skillfulness steadiness, patience and the act of beginning a thing after mature thought, know these to be the roots of prosperity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.66
तपो बलं तापसानां ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदां बलम्। हिंसा बलमसाधूनां क्षमा गुणवतां बलम्॥
tapo balaṃ tāpasānāṃ brahma brahmavidāṃ balam| hiṃsā balamasādhūnāṃ kṣamā guṇavatāṃ balam||
Devotion is the strength of asceticism; the Vedas are the strength of those that know what is in them. Injury is the strength of those that are vicious; forgiveness is the strength of those that are endued with good qualities.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.67
अष्टौ तान्यव्रतनानि आपो मूलं फलं पयः। हविर्ब्रह्मणकाम्या च गुरोर्वचनमौषधम्॥
aṣṭau tānyavratanāni āpo mūlaṃ phalaṃ payaḥ| havirbrahmaṇakāmyā ca gurorvacanamauṣadham||
These eight do not lead to the nonobservance of a vow-water, roots, fruits, milk, clarified butter, acts done at the desire of a Brahmana or the commands of an elder and medicine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.68
न तत् परस्य संदध्यात् प्रतिकूलं यदात्मनः। संग्रहेणैष धर्मः स्यात् कामादन्यः प्रवर्तते॥
na tat parasya saṃdadhyāt pratikūlaṃ yadātmanaḥ| saṃgraheṇaiṣa dharmaḥ syāt kāmādanyaḥ pravartate||
That should not be done to others which is against the interest of one's self. This is virtue, put tersely; there are other sorts of virtue, but it is not compulsory that they (the better) should be acted up to.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.69
अक्रोधेन जयेत् क्रोधमसाधु साधुना जयेत्। जयेत् कदर्यं दानेन जयेत् सत्येन चानृतम्॥
akrodhena jayet krodhamasādhu sādhunā jayet| jayet kadaryaṃ dānena jayet satyena cānṛtam||
Anger should be subjugated by the reverse of anger; and virtuous man should be subjugated by virtue, by gifts should a miser be subjugated, by truth one addicted to untruth should be won.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.70
स्त्रीधूर्तकेऽलसे भीरौ चण्डे पुरुषमानिनि। चौरे कृतघ्ने विश्वासो न कार्यो न च नास्तिके॥
strīdhūrtake'lase bhīrau caṇḍe puruṣamānini| caure kṛtaghne viśvāso na kāryo na ca nāstike||
A woman, a cunning and deceitful person, one that is lazy, one that is fierce, one that is wrathful, one that is vain of his own power, a thief, one that is ungrateful should never be trusted; nor should atheist.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.71
अभिवादनशीलस्य नित्यं वृद्धोसेविनः। चत्वारि सम्प्रवर्धन्ते कीर्तिरायुर्यशो बलम्॥
abhivādanaśīlasya nityaṃ vṛddhosevinaḥ| catvāri sampravardhante kīrtirāyuryaśo balam||
He who has the habit of doing due honours to his elders and who always attends to the wishes of old persons, gets an increase of these four, viz., good name, life, fame and strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.72
अतिक्लेशेन येऽर्थाः स्युर्धर्मस्यातिक्रमेण वा। अरेर्वा प्रणिपातेन मा स्म तेषु मनः कृथाः॥
atikleśena ye'rthāḥ syurdharmasyātikrameṇa vā| arervā praṇipātena mā sma teṣu manaḥ kṛthāḥ||
The prosperity which can be attained by excessive toil or by the non-observance of the principles of honesty, or by blowing to an enemy, do not set your heart on these.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.73
अविद्यः पुरुषः शोच्यः शोच्यं मैथुनमप्रजम्। निराहाराः प्रजाः शोच्याः शोच्यं राष्ट्रमराजकम्॥
avidyaḥ puruṣaḥ śocyaḥ śocyaṃ maithunamaprajam| nirāhārāḥ prajāḥ śocyāḥ śocyaṃ rāṣṭramarājakam||
One who is ignorant ought to be pitied; and intercourse that does not produce offspring ought to be pitied. The subjects of a king who go without food are to be pitied; and anarchy in a kingdom ought to be regretted.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.74
अध्वा जरा देहवतां पर्वतानां जलं जरा। असम्भोगो जरा स्त्रीणां वाक्शल्यं मनसो जरा॥
adhvā jarā dehavatāṃ parvatānāṃ jalaṃ jarā| asambhogo jarā strīṇāṃ vākśalyaṃ manaso jarā||
The roads are the sources of pain and weakness to those beings who have bodies; and water is the source of pain and weakness to the mountains, non-enjoyment is the source of pain to women; and harshness in speech is the source of pain to the mind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.75
अनाम्नायमला वेदा ब्राह्मणस्याव्रतं मलम्॥ मलं पृथिव्या बाह्रीकाः पुरुषस्यानृतं मलम्। कौतूहलमला साध्वी विप्रवासमला: स्त्रियः॥
anāmnāyamalā vedā brāhmaṇasyāvrataṃ malam|| malaṃ pṛthivyā bāhrīkāḥ puruṣasyānṛtaṃ malam| kautūhalamalā sādhvī vipravāsamalā: striyaḥ||
Not taking the name even, is the worst thing for the Vedas; not observing religious observances, the worst act of the Brahmanas; the Balhika's (a race of people, morally dead) are the worst inhabitants of the globe. Falsehood is the worst thing in a man. Curiosity is the worst thing in a chaste woman; and exile from home is the worst thing for all women.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.76
सुवर्णस्य मलं रूप्यं रूप्यस्यापि मलं त्रपु। ज्ञेयं त्रपुमलं सीसं सीसस्यापि मलं मलम्॥
suvarṇasya malaṃ rūpyaṃ rūpyasyāpi malaṃ trapu| jñeyaṃ trapumalaṃ sīsaṃ sīsasyāpi malaṃ malam||
The worst part of gold is silver; tin is the worst part of silver; lead should be known as the worst part of tin; and dust is the worst part of lead.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.77
न स्वप्नेन जयेन्निद्रां न कामेन जयेत् स्त्रियः। नेन्धनेन जयेदग्नि न पानेन सुरां जयेत्॥
na svapnena jayennidrāṃ na kāmena jayet striyaḥ| nendhanena jayedagni na pānena surāṃ jayet||
The inclination to sleep cannot be got over by lying down; women cannot be won by desire; fire cannot be won by wood and excess drinking cannot be conquered by drinking.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.78
यस्य दानजितं मित्रं शत्रवो युधि निर्जिताः। अन्नपानजिता दाराः सफलं तस्य जीवितम्॥
yasya dānajitaṃ mitraṃ śatravo yudhi nirjitāḥ| annapānajitā dārāḥ saphalaṃ tasya jīvitam||
He, whose friends have been won by gifts, whose enemies vanquished in battle, whose wife won over by food and drink, has his life crowned with success.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.79
सहस्रिणोऽपि जीवन्ति जीवन्ति शतिनस्तथा। धृतराष्ट्र विमुञ्चेच्छां न कथञ्चिन्न जीव्यते॥
sahasriṇo'pi jīvanti jīvanti śatinastathā| dhṛtarāṣṭra vimuñcecchāṃ na kathañcinna jīvyate||
Life is real to those who have thousands (of anything or everything); life is also real to those (in a small measure) who have hundreds. 0 Dhritarashtra, renounce this (excessive) desire; there is none who cannot live by some means or other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.80
यत् पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः। नालमेकस्य तत् सर्वमिति पश्यन् न मुह्यति॥
yat pṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ| nālamekasya tat sarvamiti paśyan na muhyati||
All the grains, gold, animals and women that are in this world are not sufficient even for one man. Seeing all this a wise man does not grieve (for possession of everything).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 111.81
राजन् भूयो ब्रवीमि त्वां पुत्रेषु सममाचर। समता यदि ते राजन् स्वेषु पाण्डुसुतेषु वा॥
rājan bhūyo bravīmi tvāṃ putreṣu samamācara| samatā yadi te rājan sveṣu pāṇḍusuteṣu vā||
O king, again do I ask you to behave equally well with all your sons; let there be equality between your own sons and the sons of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)