Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 202
MBh 3 202.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच प्रविश्याथ गृहं तस्याश्चरणावभिवाद्य च। आचख्यौ तत् समासेन यद् वृत्तं कुरुसंसदि॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca praviśyātha gṛhaṃ tasyāścaraṇāvabhivādya ca| ācakhyau tat samāsena yad vṛttaṃ kurusaṃsadi||
Vaishampayana said Then having entered her abode and saluted her feet he described in brief to her what had happened in that assembly of the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.2
वासुदेव उवाच उक्तं बहुविधं वाक्यं ग्रहणीयं सहेतुकम्। ऋषिभिश्चैव च मया न चासौ तद् गृहीतवान्।॥
vāsudeva uvāca uktaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vākyaṃ grahaṇīyaṃ sahetukam| ṛṣibhiścaiva ca mayā na cāsau tad gṛhītavān|||
Vasudeva said Many sorts of speech were made, all of them being acceptable and consistent with reason, by myself and the Rishis but he did not accept these.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.3
कालपक्वमिदं सर्वं सुयोधनवशानुगम्। आपृच्छे भवतीं शीघ्रं प्रयास्ये पाण्डवान् प्रति॥
kālapakvamidaṃ sarvaṃ suyodhanavaśānugam| āpṛcche bhavatīṃ śīghraṃ prayāsye pāṇḍavān prati||
All these, the followers of Suyodhana, have reached the end of their time and with vas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.4
किं वाच्याः पाण्डवेयास्ते भवत्या वचनान्मया। तद् ब्रूहि त्वं महाप्राज्ञे शुश्रूषे वचनं तव॥
kiṃ vācyāḥ pāṇḍaveyāste bhavatyā vacanānmayā| tad brūhi tvaṃ mahāprājñe śuśrūṣe vacanaṃ tava||
What should be said by me to those sons of Pandu, by your command, tell me, O you of great wisdom; I desire to hear your words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.5
कुन्त्युवाच ब्रूयाः केशव राजानं धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम्। भूयास्ते हीयते धर्मो मा पुत्रक वृथा कृथाः॥
kuntyuvāca brūyāḥ keśava rājānaṃ dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram| bhūyāste hīyate dharmo mā putraka vṛthā kṛthāḥ||
Kunti said O Keshava, tell that virtuous-souled king Yudhishthira; “Virtue is fast leaving your; do not act vainly, my dear son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.6
श्रोत्रियस्येव ते राजन् मन्दकस्याविपश्चितः। अनुवाकहता बुद्धिर्धर्ममेवैकमीक्षते॥
śrotriyasyeva te rājan mandakasyāvipaścitaḥ| anuvākahatā buddhirdharmamevaikamīkṣate||
Like an ignorant student of the Veda, 0 king, understanding the literal meaning but not catching the spirit you have been rendered ignorant of the laws of worldly good and like a fool you have been lost; the literal meaning of the Vedas being too much impressed on you, your intellect follows only virtue.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.7
अङ्गोवेक्षस्व धर्मं त्वं यथा सृष्टः स्वयम्भुवा। बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रियाः सृष्टा बाहुवीर्योपजीविनः॥
aṅgovekṣasva dharmaṃ tvaṃ yathā sṛṣṭaḥ svayambhuvā| bāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyāḥ sṛṣṭā bāhuvīryopajīvinaḥ||
Consider your own duties for which you were created by him who is born of himself; the Kshatriya has been created from the arms and by the exercise of his arms must he live.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.8
क्रूराय कर्मणे नित्यं प्रजानां परिपालने। शृणु चात्रोपमामेकां या वृद्धेभ्यः श्रुता मया॥
krūrāya karmaṇe nityaṃ prajānāṃ paripālane| śṛṇu cātropamāmekāṃ yā vṛddhebhyaḥ śrutā mayā||
For all hard deeds and for the protection of subjects he has been created; hear in this connection an example which has been heard hy me from old people.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.9
मुचुकुन्दस्य राजर्षेरददत् पृथिवीमिमाम्। पुरा वैश्रवणः प्रीतो न चासौ तद् गृहीतवान्॥
mucukundasya rājarṣeradadat pṛthivīmimām| purā vaiśravaṇaḥ prīto na cāsau tad gṛhītavān||
To Muchukunda, the royal Rishi Vaisravana, being gratified, gave this earth but he did accept it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.10
बाहुवीर्यार्जितं राज्यमश्नीयामिति कामये। ततो वैश्रवणः प्रीतो विस्मितः समपद्यत॥
bāhuvīryārjitaṃ rājyamaśnīyāmiti kāmaye| tato vaiśravaṇaḥ prīto vismitaḥ samapadyata||
I desire to get a kingdom, which shall have been earned by the prowess of my arms; then was Vaisravana still more gratified and was struck with wonder.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.11
मुचुकुन्दस्ततो राजा सोऽन्वशासद् वसुन्धराम्। बाहुवीर्यार्जितां सम्यक् क्षत्रधर्ममनुव्रतः॥
mucukundastato rājā so'nvaśāsad vasundharām| bāhuvīryārjitāṃ samyak kṣatradharmamanuvrataḥ||
Then after that did the king Muchukunda rule over this earth which he earned by the prowess of his arms following closely the duties of a Kshatriya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.12
यं हि धर्म चरन्तीह प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिताः। चतुर्थं तस्य धर्मस्य राजा विन्देत भारत॥
yaṃ hi dharma carantīha prajā rājñā surakṣitāḥ| caturthaṃ tasya dharmasya rājā vindeta bhārata||
The one-fourth of the entire virtue earned by subjects well protected by the king in this world goes to the king, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.13
राजा चरति चेद् धर्मं देवत्वायैव कल्पते। स चेदधर्मं चरति नरकायैव गच्छति॥
rājā carati ced dharmaṃ devatvāyaiva kalpate| sa cedadharmaṃ carati narakāyaiva gacchati||
And if the king practices virtue he resembles the god even and if he practices vice he goes to hell.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.14
दण्डनीतिः स्वधर्मेण चातुर्वर्ण्य नियच्छति। प्रयुक्ता स्वामिना सम्यगधर्मेभ्यश्च यच्छति॥
daṇḍanītiḥ svadharmeṇa cāturvarṇya niyacchati| prayuktā svāminā samyagadharmebhyaśca yacchati||
The penal code enforced by Lord in a proper way makes the four orders lead lives in their own proper spheres and makes the king himself earn virtue, desire and salvation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.15
दण्डनीत्यां यदा राजा सम्यक् कात्स्न्र्येन वर्तते। तदा कृतयुगं नाम कालः श्रेष्ठः प्रवर्तते॥
daṇḍanītyāṃ yadā rājā samyak kātsnryena vartate| tadā kṛtayugaṃ nāma kālaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pravartate||
If the king property follows the penal code in its entirety then the best of age called Krita Yuga regions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.16
कालो वा कारणं राज्ञो राजा वा कालकारणम्। इति ते संशयो मा भूद् राजा कालस्य कारणम्॥
kālo vā kāraṇaṃ rājño rājā vā kālakāraṇam| iti te saṃśayo mā bhūd rājā kālasya kāraṇam||
Oking, do not linger in doubt as to whether the age that nature of the king or whether it is the king that rules that is the cause of the prevalence of a particular period. The king is the cause of the age.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.17
राजा कृतयुगस्रष्टा त्रेताया द्वापरस्य च। युगस्य च चतुर्थस्य राजा भवति कारणम्॥
rājā kṛtayugasraṣṭā tretāyā dvāparasya ca| yugasya ca caturthasya rājā bhavati kāraṇam||
The king is the creator or maker of the Krita Yuga, as also of the Treta and Dvapara and the king becomes the cause as well of the fourth Yuga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.18
कृतस्य करणाद् राजा स्वर्गमत्यन्तमश्नुते। त्रेतायाः करणाद् राजा स्वर्ग नात्यन्तमश्नुते॥
kṛtasya karaṇād rājā svargamatyantamaśnute| tretāyāḥ karaṇād rājā svarga nātyantamaśnute||
Owing to causing the Krita Yuga to prevail, a king enjoys exceedingly the fruits of heaven and owing to causing the Treta Yuga he enjoys moderately the fruits of heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.19
प्रवर्तनाद् द्वापरस्य यथाभागमुपाश्नुते। कले प्रवर्तनाद् राजा पापमत्यन्तमजुते॥
pravartanād dvāparasya yathābhāgamupāśnute| kale pravartanād rājā pāpamatyantamajute||
Owing to causing the Dvapara Yuga to prevail he has also a due share of these fruits but owing to causing the Kali Yuga to prevail, the king attains excessive misery.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.20
ततो वसति दुष्कर्मा नरके शाश्वतीः समाः। राजदोषेण हि जगत् स्पृश्यते जगतः स च॥
tato vasati duṣkarmā narake śāśvatīḥ samāḥ| rājadoṣeṇa hi jagat spṛśyate jagataḥ sa ca||
Then that doer of wicked deeds resides, in hell for eternity; the earth is affected by the sins of the king while he too is affected by the earth's sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.21
राजधर्मानवेक्षस्व पितृपैतामहोचितान्। नैतद् राजर्षिवृत्तं हि यत्र त्वं स्थातुमिच्छसि॥
rājadharmānavekṣasva pitṛpaitāmahocitān| naitad rājarṣivṛttaṃ hi yatra tvaṃ sthātumicchasi||
Duly following the examples of your father and grandfather, observe the duty or a king-this is not the life of a royal Rishi in which you desire to live.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.22
न कि वैक्लव्यसंसृष्ट आनृशंस्ये व्यवस्थितः। प्रजापालनसम्भूतं फलं किंचन लब्धवान्॥
na ki vaiklavyasaṃsṛṣṭa ānṛśaṃsye vyavasthitaḥ| prajāpālanasambhūtaṃ phalaṃ kiṃcana labdhavān||
He, that is affected by weakness of mind or heart and follows the Path of compassion, does not gain any portion of the fruits due to the protection of subjects.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.23
न ह्येतामाशिष पाणडुर्न चाहं न पितामहः। प्रयुक्तवन्तः पूर्वं ते यया चरसि मेधया।॥
na hyetāmāśiṣa pāṇaḍurna cāhaṃ na pitāmahaḥ| prayuktavantaḥ pūrvaṃ te yayā carasi medhayā|||
Pandu, nor myself, nor your grandfather blessed you then formerly for that you should follow the course you are adopting.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.24
यज्ञो दानं तपः शौर्यं प्रज्ञा संतानमेव च। माहात्म्यं बलमोजश्च नित्यमाशंसितं मया॥
yajño dānaṃ tapaḥ śauryaṃ prajñā saṃtānameva ca| māhātmyaṃ balamojaśca nityamāśaṃsitaṃ mayā||
The performance of sacrificial rites, liberality, devotion, heroism, greatness, might and energy, were ever expected of you by me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.25
नित्यं स्वाहा नित्यं दद्युर्मानुषदेवताः। दीर्घमायुर्धनं पुत्रान् सम्यगाराधिताः शुभाः॥
nityaṃ svāhā nityaṃ dadyurmānuṣadevatāḥ| dīrghamāyurdhanaṃ putrān samyagārādhitāḥ śubhāḥ||
Svadha, and Svaha as also the blessings of a life, wealth, sons are ever given by gods and men, when duly gratified.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.26
पुत्रेष्वाशासते नित्यं पितरो दैवतानि च। दानमध्ययनं यज्ञं प्रजानां परिपालनम्॥
putreṣvāśāsate nityaṃ pitaro daivatāni ca| dānamadhyayanaṃ yajñaṃ prajānāṃ paripālanam||
The parents, and even the gods always expect liberality, study, sacrificial rites and the protection of subjects, of their sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.27
एतद् धर्म्यमधर्म्यं वा जन्मनैवाभ्यजायथाः। ते तु वैद्याः कुले जाता अवृत्त्या तात पीडिताः॥
etad dharmyamadharmyaṃ vā janmanaivābhyajāyathāḥ| te tu vaidyāḥ kule jātā avṛttyā tāta pīḍitāḥ||
Whether this be virtue or not, you are to practice them in consequence of this your birth; but my children, though wise and born in a high family, are without the means of earning their living and in fact they are persecuted by others.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.28
यत्र दानपतिं शूरं क्षुधिताः पृथिवीचराः। प्राप्य तुष्टाः प्रतिष्ठन्ते धर्मः कोऽभ्यधिकस्ततः॥
yatra dānapatiṃ śūraṃ kṣudhitāḥ pṛthivīcarāḥ| prāpya tuṣṭāḥ pratiṣṭhante dharmaḥ ko'bhyadhikastataḥ||
Who earns greater virtue than he who is a hero and the foremost among the gift makers, coming in contract with whom hungry beings of the earth have their hunger satisfied?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.29
दानेनान्यं बलेनान्यं तथा सूनृतया परम्। सर्वतः प्रतिगृह्णीयाद् राज्यं प्राप्येह धार्मिकः॥
dānenānyaṃ balenānyaṃ tathā sūnṛtayā param| sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyād rājyaṃ prāpyeha dhārmikaḥ||
Some by means of gifts, others by means of force, a third by means of truth, should be attached to his own side by a virtuous man who has obtained a kingdom.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.30
ब्राह्मणः प्रचरेद् भैक्षं क्षत्रिय: परिपालयेत्। वैश्यो धनार्जनं कुर्याच्छूद्रः परिचरेच्च तान्॥
brāhmaṇaḥ pracared bhaikṣaṃ kṣatriya: paripālayet| vaiśyo dhanārjanaṃ kuryācchūdraḥ paricarecca tān||
A Brahmana should live on alms, a Kshatriya should protect his subjects, a Vaishya should acquire wealth and a Shudra should serve all these other orders.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.31
भैक्षं विप्रतिषिद्धं ते कृषिःवोपपद्यते। क्षत्रियोऽसि क्षतात् त्राता बाहुवीर्योपजीविता॥
bhaikṣaṃ vipratiṣiddhaṃ te kṛṣiḥvopapadyate| kṣatriyo'si kṣatāt trātā bāhuvīryopajīvitā||
The life of a bigger is not suited to you, nor does agriculture seem fit; you are Kshatriya, the Saviour of the oppressed and should live by the prowess of your arms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.32
पित्र्यमंशं महाबाहो निमग्नं पुनरुद्धर। साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दण्डेनाथ नयेन वा॥ । नु
pitryamaṃśaṃ mahābāho nimagnaṃ punaruddhara| sāmnā bhedena dānena daṇḍenātha nayena vā|| | nu
O you of long arms, earn again your paternal wealth which is lost, by means of conciliation, dispute, gifts, punishment, or by diplomacy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.33
इतो दुःखतरं किं यदहं हीनबान्धवा। परपिण्डमुदीक्षे वै त्वां सूत्वाऽमित्रनन्दन॥
ito duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ yadahaṃ hīnabāndhavā| parapiṇḍamudīkṣe vai tvāṃ sūtvā'mitranandana||
What can be more sorrowful than this-that I, deprived of friends and supporters, should live on the food of others, having given birth to you, O delighter of friends.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 202.34
युद्ध्यस्व राजधर्मेण मा निमज्जी: पितामहान्। मा गमः क्षीणपुण्यस्त्वं सानुजः पापिकां गतिम्॥
yuddhyasva rājadharmeṇa mā nimajjī: pitāmahān| mā gamaḥ kṣīṇapuṇyastvaṃ sānujaḥ pāpikāṃ gatim||
Fight following the duties of kings and do not sink your grandfathers, in infamy; do not obtain a sinful end along with your younger brothers with the effect of your virtues deeds being wrested away.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)