Please click the [↭] button located at the bottom-right of your screen to toggle similarity map.
Book 02 – Chapter 057
BORI CE: 02-057-001 दुर्योधन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-298-001 दुर्योधन उवाच परेषामेव यशसा श्लाघसे त्वं सदा क्षत्तः कुत्सयन् धार्तराष्ट्रान् |
M. N. Dutt: Duryodhana said O Khattwa, you are always boasting of the fame of our foes. You always depreciate the sons of Dhritarashtra. O Vidura, we know whose friend you really are. You always disregard us as if we are children. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-002 सुविज्ञेयः पुरुषोऽन्यत्रकामो; निन्दाप्रशंसे हि तथा युनक्ति |
MN DUTT: 01-298-002 स विज्ञेयः पुरुषोऽन्यत्रकामो निन्दाप्रशंसे हि तथा युनक्ति |
M. N. Dutt: That man who wishes for the success of those that are dear to him and defeat of those that are not dear to him stands confessed. He is known by his praise and blame. Your tongue and mind betray your heart. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-003 उत्सङ्गेन व्याल इवाहृतोऽसि; मार्जारवत्पोषकं चोपहंसि |
MN DUTT: 01-298-003 उत्सङ्गे च व्याल इवाहितोऽसि मार्जारवत् पोषकं चोपहंसि |
M. N. Dutt: You are kept by us on our lap as a serpent. Like a cat you wish to injure him who cherishes you. The wise men have said that there is no sin greater than that of injuring one's supporter. O Khattwa, how is it that you do not fear sin? |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-004 जित्वा शत्रून्फलमाप्तं महन्नो; मास्मान्क्षत्तः परुषाणीह वोचः |
MN DUTT: 01-298-004 जित्वा शत्रून् फलमाप्तं महद् वै मास्मान् क्षत्तः परुषाणीह वोचः |
M. N. Dutt: O Khattwa, having vanquished our enemies we have gained great advantage. Do not use harsh words towards us. You are always willing to make friendship with the foes, and it is for this reason that you always hate us. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-005 अमित्रतां याति नरोऽक्षमं ब्रुव;न्निगूहते गुह्यममित्रसंस्तवे |
MN DUTT: 01-298-005 अमित्रतां याति नरोऽक्षमं ब्रुवन् निगूहते गुह्यममित्रसंस्तवे |
M. N. Dutt: A man becomes a foe by speaking words that are unpardonable. In praising the enemy, the secrets of one's own party is never to be divulged. Therefore, O shameless man, why do you obstruct us in this way? You are speaking whatever comes to your mind. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-006 मा नोऽवमंस्था विद्म मनस्तवेदं; शिक्षस्व बुद्धिं स्थविराणां सकाशात् |
MN DUTT: 01-298-006 मा नोऽवमंस्था विद्म मनस्तवेदं शिक्षस्व बुद्धिं स्थविराणां सकाशात् |
M. N. Dutt: O Vidura, do not disregard us; we know your mind. Go, learn sitting at the feet of the old. Save the reputation that you have won. Do not middle with other men's affairs. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-007 अहं कर्तेति विदुर मावमंस्था; मा नो नित्यं परुषाणीह वोचः |
MN DUTT: 01-298-007 अहं कर्तेति विदुर मा च मंस्था मा नो नित्यं परुषाणीह वोचः |
M. N. Dutt: O Vidura, do not disregard us. Imagining that you are our master, do not always tell us harsh words. O Vidura, we do not ask you (to say) what is for our good. O Khattwa, do not irritate those that have already suffered much (at your hand), |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-008 एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता; गर्भे शयानं पुरुषं शास्ति शास्ता |
MN DUTT: 01-298-008 एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता गर्भे शयानं पुरुषं शास्ति शास्ता |
M. N. Dutt: There is but one controller (of men's Destiny), and there is no second. He controls even (the Destiny of the child which is in its mother's womb. I am controlled by Him. Like water that always flows in a downward course, I am acting in the way. He is directing me. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-009 भिनत्ति शिरसा शैलमहिं भोजयते च यः |
MN DUTT: 01-298-009 भिनत्ति शिरसा शैलमहिं भोजयते च यः |
M. N. Dutt: He also breaks his head against a stonewall and he that feeds a serpent, is guided in those acts of his by his own reason. He who wants to control another by force becomes his enemy. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-010 यो बलादनुशास्तीह सोऽमित्रं तेन विन्दति |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-011 प्रदीप्य यः प्रदीप्ताग्निं प्राक्त्वरन्नाभिधावति |
MN DUTT: 01-298-010 मित्रतामनुवृत्तं तु समुपेक्षेत पण्डितः |
M. N. Dutt: When advice is offered in a friendly spirit, the learned man does not (very much) mind it. O descendant of Bharata, he who sets fire to such a highly inflammable object as camphor, can not see its ashes, if he does not hasten to extinguish the fire. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-012 न वासयेत्पारवर्ग्यं द्विषन्तं; विशेषतः क्षत्तरहितं मनुष्यम् |
MN DUTT: 01-298-011 न वासयेत् पारवर्यं द्विषन्तं विशेषतः क्षत्तरहितं मनुष्यम् |
M. N. Dutt: O be should not give shelter to one who is a friend of his enemy, or to one who is always jealous of his protector. O Vidura, therefore go away wherever you like. An unchaste wife, however well-treated, (always) forsakes her husband. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-013 विदुर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-298-012 विदुर उवाच एतावता पुरुषं ये त्यजन्ति तेषां वृत्तं साक्षिवद् ब्रूहि राजन् |
M. N. Dutt: Vidura said O king, tell us (impartially) like a witness what you think of the conduct of those who abandon men that give them such instruction (as I give you). The hearts of kings are unsteady. Granting protection first, they strike with clubs afterwards. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-014 अबालस्त्वं मन्यसे राजपुत्र; बालोऽहमित्येव सुमन्दबुद्धे |
MN DUTT: 01-298-013 अबालत्वं मन्यसे राजपुत्र बालोऽहमित्येव सुमन्दबुद्धे |
M. N. Dutt: O princes, you regard yourself as mature in intellect. O wicked hearted man, you consider me a child. But consider him a child who, having first accepted one as a friend, afterwards finds fault with him. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-015 न श्रेयसे नीयते मन्दबुद्धिः; स्त्री श्रोत्रियस्येव गृहे प्रदुष्टा |
MN DUTT: 01-298-014 न श्रेयसे नीयते मन्दबुद्धिः स्त्री श्रोत्रियस्येव गृहे प्रदुष्टा |
M. N. Dutt: Like an unchaste wife in the house of a well-born man, a wicked-minded man can never be brought to the path of rectitude. As a husband of sixty years can never be agreeable to a young wife, so instruction is not agreeable to this chief of the Bharata race. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-016 अनुप्रियं चेदनुकाङ्क्षसे त्वं; सर्वेषु कार्येषु हिताहितेषु |
MN DUTT: 01-298-015 अतः प्रियं चेतदनुकाक्षसे त्वं सर्वेषु कार्येषु हिताहितेषु |
M. N. Dutt: O king, if you hereafter wish to hear words that are agreeable to you as regards all good or bad acts, you should ask (for it to) women, idiots, cripples or all persons of such descriptions. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-017 लभ्यः खलु प्रातिपीय नरोऽनुप्रियवागिह |
MN DUTT: 01-298-016 लभ्यते खलु पापीयान् नरो नु प्रियवागिह |
M. N. Dutt: Many sinful men who speak agreeable words may be had in this world, but a man, who will speak words that are disagreeable through fit as regimen or a man who will hear such words, is very rare. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-018 यस्तु धर्मे पराश्वस्य हित्वा भर्तुः प्रियाप्रिये |
MN DUTT: 01-298-017 यस्तु धर्मपरश्च स्याद्धित्वा भर्तुः प्रियाप्रिये |
M. N. Dutt: He is a king's true friend who, disregarding what is agreeable or disagreeable to his master, conducts himself virtuously and utters what may be disagreeable, but what may be required as regimen. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-019 अव्याधिजं कटुकं तीक्ष्णमुष्णं; यशोमुषं परुषं पूतिगन्धि |
MN DUTT: 01-298-018 अव्याधिजं कटुजं तीक्ष्णमुष्णं यशोमुषं परुषं पूतिगन्धि |
M. N. Dutt: O great king, drink that which is drunk by the honest and shunned by the dishonest, that (drink of) humility which is like a medicine that is bitter, pungent, burning, unintoxicating, disagreeable and revolting. Drinking it (humility), regain your sobriety. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-020 वैचित्रवीर्यस्य यशो धनं च; वाञ्छाम्यहं सहपुत्रस्य शश्वत् |
MN DUTT: 01-298-019 वैचित्रवीर्यस्य यशो धनं च वाञ्छाम्यहं सहपुत्रस्य शश्वत् |
M. N. Dutt: I always wish prosperity and affluence to the son of Vichitravirya (Dhritarashtra) and his sons. Happen what may to you, here I bow to you. Let the Brahmanas wish me sell. |
|
BORI CE: 02-057-021 आशीविषान्नेत्रविषान्कोपयेन्न तु पण्डितः |
MN DUTT: 01-298-020 आशीविषान् नेत्रविषान् कोपयेन च पण्डितः |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of Kuru, this is the moral I carefully inculcate, that the learned men should never enrage such adders as have venom in their eyes. |
|