Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 22

MBh 7 22.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच अस्मिन्नेवान्तरे वाक्ये पुनरेवार्जुनोऽब्रवीत्। निविण्णमनसं ज्येष्ठमिदं भ्रातरमच्युतम्॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca asminnevāntare vākye punarevārjuno'bravīt| niviṇṇamanasaṃ jyeṣṭhamidaṃ bhrātaramacyutam||

After this, Arjuna again said to his eldest brother of unfading glory, king Yudhishthira of cheerless heart :

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.2

क्षत्रधर्मेण धर्मज्ञ प्राप्य राज्यं सुदुर्लभम्। जित्वा चारीन् नरश्रेष्ठ तप्यते किं भृशं भवान्॥

kṣatradharmeṇa dharmajña prāpya rājyaṃ sudurlabham| jitvā cārīn naraśreṣṭha tapyate kiṃ bhṛśaṃ bhavān||

'O you who are conversant with every kind of duty, having by the practise of Kshatriya duties acquired sovereignty that is so very difficult of acquisition, and having defeated all your foes, why do you grieve.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.3

क्षत्रियाणां महाराज संग्रामे निधनं मतम्। विशिष्टं बहुभिर्यज्ञैः क्षत्रधर्ममंनुस्मर॥

kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārāja saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ matam| viśiṣṭaṃ bahubhiryajñaiḥ kṣatradharmamaṃnusmara||

O king, as regards Kshatriyas, death in battle is regarded more meritorious for them than the celebration of various sacrifices. it is so laid down in the ordinance that describes the duties of Kshatriyas.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.4

ब्राह्मणानां तपस्त्यागः प्रेत्य धर्मविधिः स्मृतः। क्षत्रियाणां च निधनं संग्रामे विहितं प्रभो॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ tapastyāgaḥ pretya dharmavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ| kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca nidhanaṃ saṃgrāme vihitaṃ prabho||

Penances and Renunciation constitute the duties of Brahmanas. Such is also the ordinance about the next world, Indeed, O powerful one, death in battle is laid down for Kshatriyas.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.5

क्षात्रधर्मो महारौद्रःशस्त्रनित्य इति स्मृतः। वधश्च भरतश्रेष्ठ काले शस्त्रेण संयुगे॥

kṣātradharmo mahāraudraḥśastranitya iti smṛtaḥ| vadhaśca bharataśreṣṭha kāle śastreṇa saṃyuge||

The duties of Kshatriyas are highly dreadful and are always connected with the use of weapons, and it has been ordained, O chief of the Bharatas, that they should, when the time comes, die by weapons on the field of battle.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.6

ब्राह्मणस्यापि चेद् राजन् क्षत्रधर्मेण वर्ततः। प्रशस्तं जीवितं लोके क्षत्रं हि ब्रह्मसम्भवम्॥

brāhmaṇasyāpi ced rājan kṣatradharmeṇa vartataḥ| praśastaṃ jīvitaṃ loke kṣatraṃ hi brahmasambhavam||

The life of even a Brahmana, O king, who follows the observances of a Kshatriya, is not blameable, for Kshatriyas also have originated from Brahman.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.7

न त्यागो न पुनर्यज्ञो न तपो मनुजेश्वर। क्षत्रियस्य विधीयन्ते न परस्वोपजीवनम्॥

na tyāgo na punaryajño na tapo manujeśvara| kṣatriyasya vidhīyante na parasvopajīvanam||

Neither Renunciation, nor Sacrifice, nor Penances, nor dependence on the wealth of others, O king, has been laid down for Kshatriyas.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.8

स भवान् सर्वधर्मज्ञो धर्मात्मा भरतर्षभ। राजा मनीषी निपुणो लोके दृष्टपरावरः॥ त्यक्त्वा संतापजं शोकं दंशितो भव कर्मणि। क्षत्रियस्य विशेषेण हृदयं वज्रसंनिभम्॥

sa bhavān sarvadharmajño dharmātmā bharatarṣabha| rājā manīṣī nipuṇo loke dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ|| tyaktvā saṃtāpajaṃ śokaṃ daṃśito bhava karmaṇi| kṣatriyasya viśeṣeṇa hṛdayaṃ vajrasaṃnibham||

You know full well all duties, and you are of righteous soul, O foremost of Bharata's race. You are a wise king, of skilful deeds, You can discriminate what is right in this world from what is wrong. Shaking off this cheerlessness begotten by repentance engage in action vigorously. The heart of a Kshatriya is hard as adamant.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.9

जित्वारीन् क्षत्रधर्मेण प्राप्य राज्यमकण्टकम्। विजितात्मा मनुष्येन्द्र यज्ञदानपरो भव॥

jitvārīn kṣatradharmeṇa prāpya rājyamakaṇṭakam| vijitātmā manuṣyendra yajñadānaparo bhava||

Having by the performance of Kshatriya duties defeated your foes and acquired empire without a throne in its side, control your soul, O king, and be engaged in the performance of sacrifices and the practice of charity.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.10

इन्द्रो वै ब्रह्मणः पुत्रः क्षत्रियः कर्मणाभवत्। ज्ञातीनां पापवृत्तीनां जघान नवतीनव॥

indro vai brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ kṣatriyaḥ karmaṇābhavat| jñātīnāṃ pāpavṛttīnāṃ jaghāna navatīnava||

Indra himself, though a Brahmana, become a Kshatriya in his deeds, and fought with his sinful kinsmen for eight hundred and ten times.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.11

तच्चास्य कर्म पूज्यं च प्रशस्यं च विशाम्पते। तेनेन्द्रत्वं समापेदे देवानामिति नः श्रुतम्॥

taccāsya karma pūjyaṃ ca praśasyaṃ ca viśāmpate| tenendratvaṃ samāpede devānāmiti naḥ śrutam||

Those acts of his, o king, deserve every commendation. Through them, as we have heard, he became the king of the gods.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.12

स त्वं यज्ञैर्महाराज यजस्व बहुदक्षिणैः। यथैवेन्द्रो मनुष्येन्द्र चिराय विगतज्वरः॥

sa tvaṃ yajñairmahārāja yajasva bahudakṣiṇaiḥ| yathaivendro manuṣyendra cirāya vigatajvaraḥ||

Do you, therefore, O monarch, celebrate sacrifices with profuse presents even as Indra did, Cking, and thereby free yourself from your fever.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.13

मम त्वमेवं गते किंचिच्छोचेथाः क्षत्रियर्षभ। गतास्ते क्षत्रधर्मेण शस्त्रपूताः परां गतिम्॥

mama tvamevaṃ gate kiṃcicchocethāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha| gatāste kṣatradharmeṇa śastrapūtāḥ parāṃ gatim||

Do not, O foremost of Kshatriyas grieve th... for what is gone. They that have been killed have attained to the highest end, purified by weapons and agreeably to the ordinances of the Kshatriyas religion.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 7 22.14

भवितव्यं तथा तच्च यद् वृत्तं भरतर्षभ। दिष्टं हि राजशार्दूल न शक्यमतिवर्तितुम्॥

bhavitavyaṃ tathā tacca yad vṛttaṃ bharatarṣabha| diṣṭaṃ hi rājaśārdūla na śakyamativartitum||

That which has taken place was ordained to take place. Destiny, O foremost of kings, is incapable of being resisted.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)