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Book 02 – Chapter 038
BORI CE: 02-038-001 शिशुपाल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-275-001 शिशुपाल उवाच विभीषिकाभिर्बह्वीभिर्भीषयन् सर्वपार्थिवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Shishupala said Old and infamous wretch of your race, are you not ashamed to frighten all these kings by these false terrors? |
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BORI CE: 02-038-002 युक्तमेतत्तृतीयायां प्रकृतौ वर्तता त्वया |
MN DUTT: 01-275-002 युक्तमेतत् तृतीयायां प्रकृतौ वर्तता त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: You are the foremost of the Purus-living as you do in the third state (celibacy), it is but fit that you should give such advice, which is so void of morality. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-003 नावि नौरिव संबद्धा यथान्धो वान्धमन्वियात् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-003 नावि नौरिव सम्बद्धा यथान्धो वान्धमन्वियात् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, when you are their leader the Purus are like a boat tied to a boat, or like a blind man following a blind man. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-004 पूतनाघातपूर्वाणि कर्माण्यस्य विशेषतः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-004 पूतनाघातपूर्वाणि कर्माण्यस्य विशेषतः |
M. N. Dutt: You have once again given pains to our hearts by reciting the deeds of this (Krishna), such as his killing Putana and others. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-005 अवलिप्तस्य मूर्खस्य केशवं स्तोतुमिच्छतः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-005 अवलिप्तस्य मूर्खस्य केशवं स्तोतुमिच्छतः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, arrogant and fool as you are, and also desirous of praising Krishna, why does not your tongue split into a hundred parts? |
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BORI CE: 02-038-006 यत्र कुत्सा प्रयोक्तव्या भीष्म बालतरैर्नरैः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-006 यत्र कुत्सा प्रयोक्तव्या भीष्म बालतरैनरैः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, how do you, superior as you are in knowledge, desire to praise the cowherd (Krishna) whose evil repute is told even by men with childish intelligence, |
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BORI CE: 02-038-007 यद्यनेन हता बाल्ये शकुनिश्चित्रमत्र किम् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-007 यद्यनेन हतो बाल्ये शकुनिश्चित्रमत्र किम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, if he (Krishna) has killed a vulture in his childhood, what is there to praise in that feat? What is there also in his killing of Ashva and Vrishabha, both of whom were ignorant of the science of war? |
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BORI CE: 02-038-008 चेतनारहितं काष्ठं यद्यनेन निपातितम् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-008 चेतनारहितं काष्ठं यद्यनेन निपातितम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, what is there wonderful if this (Krishna) threw down by a kick an inanimate piece of wood, namely a car? |
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BORI CE: 02-038-009 वल्मीकमात्रः सप्ताहं यद्यनेन धृतोऽचलः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-009 वल्मीकमात्रः सप्ताहं यद्यनेन धृतोऽचलः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, in my opinion there was nothing remarkable in this one's holding for a week the Govardhana hill which is like an anthill. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-010 भुक्तमेतेन बह्वन्नं क्रीडता नगमूर्धनि |
MN DUTT: 01-275-010 भुक्तमेतेन बह्वन्नं क्रीडता नगमूर्धनि |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, "while sporting on the hills, this one ate a large quantity of food,” hearing these words of yours, many have been much astonished. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-011 यस्य चानेन धर्मज्ञ भुक्तमन्नं बलीयसः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-011 यस्य चानेन धर्मज्ञ भुक्तमन्नं बलीयसः |
M. N. Dutt: O (Bhishma) learned in the precepts of religion, what could be more wonderful than this one's killing Kansa, by whose food he became fattened and strong. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-012 न ते श्रुतमिदं भीष्म नूनं कथयतां सताम् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-012 न ते श्रुतमिदं भीष्म नूनं कथयतां सताम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, O wretch of the Puru race, you are ignorant of the precepts of religion. You have not heard from the pious men what I would now tell you. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-013 स्त्रीषु गोषु न शस्त्राणि पातयेद्ब्राह्मणेषु च BORI CE: 02-038-014 इति सन्तोऽनुशासन्ति सज्जना धर्मिणः सदा |
MN DUTT: 01-275-013 स्त्रीषु गोषु न शस्त्राणि पातयेद् ब्राह्मणेषु च |
M. N. Dutt: The pious men always instruct good men not to use weapons against women, kine, Brahmanas and the men whose food has been partaken, and also those whose shelter has been enjoyed. O Bhishma, it appears all this teaching has been thrown away on you. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-015 ज्ञानवृद्धं च वृद्धं च भूयांसं केशवं मम |
MN DUTT: 01-275-014 ज्ञानवृद्धं च वृद्धं च भूयांसं केशवं मम |
M. N. Dutt: Owretch of the Kuru race, wishing to praise Keshava (Krishna), you describe him before me as great and superior in knowledge and age, as if I know nothing. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 01-275-015 गोनः स्त्रीनश्च सन् भीष्म त्वद्वाक्याद् यदि पूज्यते |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, if at your word one who has killed women and kine be worshipped, what then is to become of this teaching? O Bhishma, how can he deserve praise who is such? |
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BORI CE: 02-038-016 असौ मतिमतां श्रेष्ठो य एष जगतः प्रभुः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-016 असौ मतिमतां श्रेष्ठो य एथ जगतः प्रभुः |
M. N. Dutt: "This one is the foremost of all wise men," and "This one is the lord of the universe," hearing these words of yours, Janardana (Krishna) believes that they are all true. But they are surely all false. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-017 न गाथा गाथिनं शास्ति बहु चेदपि गायति |
MN DUTT: 01-275-017 न गाथागाथिनं शास्ति बहु चेदपि गायति |
M. N. Dutt: The verses that a chaunter chaunts, though he chants them often, would produce no impression on him. every creature acts according to his own disposition like the bird Bhulinga. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-018 नूनं प्रकृतिरेषा ते जघन्या नात्र संशयः BORI CE: 02-038-019 येषामर्च्यतमः कृष्णस्त्वं च येषां प्रदर्शकः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-018 नूनं प्रकृतिरेषा ते जघन्या नात्र संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: There is not the least doubt that your disposition is very mean. It appears the Pandavas also who consider Krishna as deserving of worship and who have you for their leader are of sinful dispositions. Though you possess the knowledge of virtue, yet you have fallen from the path of virtue. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-020 को हि धर्मिणमात्मानं जानञ्ज्ञानवतां वरः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-019 को हि धर्मिणमात्मानं जानज्ञानविदां वरः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, who will so act as you have from the motives of virtue, knowing himself to be virtuous and superior in knowledge? |
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BORI CE: 02-038-021 अन्यकामा हि धर्मज्ञ कन्यका प्राज्ञमानिना BORI CE: 02-038-022 यां त्वयापहृतां भीष्म कन्यां नैषितवान्नृपः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-020 चेत् त्वं धर्मं विजानासि यदि प्राज्ञा मतिस्तव |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, if you know Dharına, if your mind is guided by wisdom, why was that virtuous maiden Amba, who desired to have another for her husband, was forcibly carried away by you? Your brother Vichitravirya who followed the path of the pious men, |
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BORI CE: 02-038-023 दारयोर्यस्य चान्येन मिषतः प्राज्ञमानिनः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-021 दारयोर्यस्य चान्येन मिषतः प्राज्ञमानिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Knowing her state of mind, did not marry her, though she was brought by you. Proud as you are of your virtue, in your very sight sons were begotten by another on the widow of your brother according to the ways of the pious. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-024 न हि धर्मोऽस्ति ते भीष्म ब्रह्मचर्यमिदं वृथा |
MN DUTT: 01-275-022 को हि धर्मोऽस्ति ते भीष्म ब्रह्मचर्यमिदं वृथा |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, where is your virtue? your Brahmacharya is in vain. Your celibacy is no doubt the result of your ignorance or impotence. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-025 न त्वहं तव धर्मज्ञ पश्याम्युपचयं क्वचित् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-023 न त्वहं तव धर्मज्ञ पश्याम्युपचयं क्वचित् |
M. N. Dutt: O (Bhishma), learned in Dharma, I do not see your prosperity. You who thus preach moralịty does not seem to have ever waited upon the old. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-026 इष्टं दत्तमधीतं च यज्ञाश्च बहुदक्षिणाः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-024 इष्टं दत्तमधीतं च यज्ञाश्च बहुदक्षिणाः |
M. N. Dutt: Worship, gift, study, large-Dakshina giving sacrifices, these all are not equal to sixteenth part of that merit which is obtained by the possession of a son. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-027 व्रतोपवासैर्बहुभिः कृतं भवति भीष्म यत् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-025 व्रतोपवासैर्बहुभिः कृतं भवति भीष्म यत् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, the merit that is obtained by observing many vows and fasts surely goes all in vain if one is childless. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-028 सोऽनपत्यश्च वृद्धश्च मिथ्याधर्मानुशासनात् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-026 सोऽनपत्यश्च वृद्धश्च मिथ्याधर्मानुसारकः |
M. N. Dutt: You are childless, you are old, you are an expounder of false morality. Like the swan in ne the story, you shall now be killed by your own relatives. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-029 एवं हि कथयन्त्यन्ये नरा ज्ञानविदः पुरा |
MN DUTT: 01-275-027 एवं हि कथयन्त्यन्ये नरा ज्ञानविदः पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, the learned men have said this (story) of old. I shall presently narrate it in full in your hearing. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-030 वृद्धः किल समुद्रान्ते कश्चिद्धंसोऽभवत्पुरा |
MN DUTT: 01-275-028 वृद्धः किल समुद्रान्ते कश्चिद्वंसोऽभवत् पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: In the days of yore there lived an old swan on the coast of the sea. He always spoke of morality and used to instruct all the birds, but his conduct was otherwise. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-031 धर्मं चरत माधर्ममिति तस्य वचः किल |
MN DUTT: 01-275-029 धर्मं चरत माधर्ममिति तस्य वचः किल |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, “Practice virtue and forego sin", these were the words that the truthful (birds) heard him say. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-032 अथास्य भक्ष्यमाजह्रुः समुद्रजलचारिणः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-030 अथास्य भक्ष्यमाजहः समुद्रजलचारिणः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, it has been heard by us that oviparous creatures, (all) dwelling in the sea, brought him food for the sake of virtue. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-033 तस्य चैव समभ्याशे निक्षिप्याण्डानि सर्वशः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-031 ते च तस्य समभ्याशे निक्षिप्याण्डानि सर्वशः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, all those birds left their eggs with him, ranged and dived in the waters of the sea. But that sinful wretch ate them (eggs) all. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-034 तेषामण्डानि सर्वेषां भक्षयामास पापकृत् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-035 ततः प्रक्षीयमाणेषु तेष्वण्डेष्वण्डजोऽपरः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-032 स हंसः सम्प्रमत्तानामप्रमत्तः स्वकर्मणि |
M. N. Dutt: That swan, always attentive to his own purpose, ate the eggs foolishly trusted to him, Some time after seeing the eggs decreased in number, another greatly intelligent bird suspected him, and one day he saw him (eat those eggs). |
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BORI CE: 02-038-036 ततः स कथयामास दृष्ट्वा हंसस्य किल्बिषम् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-033 ततः स कथयामास दृष्ट्वा हंसस्य किल्बिषम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having witnessed the sinful act of the swan, that bird spoke of it to all the other birds in great sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-037 ततः प्रत्यक्षतो दृष्ट्वा पक्षिणस्ते समागताः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-034 ततः प्रत्यक्षतो दृष्ट्वा पक्षिणस्ते समीपगाः |
M. N. Dutt: O excellent Puru, then all those birds, witnessing with their own eyes the act of the (old), swan, came to him, and they then killed that wretch of false conduct. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-038 ते त्वां हंससधर्माणमपीमे वसुधाधिपाः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-035 ते त्वां हंससधर्माणमपीमे वसुधाधिपाः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bhishma, your conduct is like that of the old swan. These kings might kill you in anger as the birds killed the old swan. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-039 गाथामप्यत्र गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जनाः |
MN DUTT: 01-275-036 गाथामप्यत्र गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: 0. Bhishma, the Purana-knowing men mention a proverb as regard this occurrence. O descendant of Bharata, I shall repeat it to you in detail. |
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BORI CE: 02-038-040 अन्तरात्मनि विनिहिते; रौषि पत्ररथ वितथम् |
MN DUTT: 01-275-037 अन्तरात्मन्यभिहते रौषि पत्ररथाशुचि |
M. N. Dutt: It is this “O bird, though your heart is affected, yet you preach. But your this sinful act of eating the eggs transgresses of your speeches". |
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