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Book 03 – Chapter 032
BORI CE: 03-032-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-031-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच वल्गु चित्रपदं श्लक्ष्णं याज्ञसेनि त्वया वचः |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said : O Yajnaseni, your speech is sweet, clear and full of nice expressions; we have listened to it; you speak of atheism. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-002 नाहं धर्मफलान्वेषी राजपुत्रि चराम्युत |
MN DUTT: 02-031-002 नाहं कर्मफलान्वेषी राजपुत्रि चराम्युत |
M. N. Dutt: O princess, I never act being desirous of the fruits thereof; I distribute (a thing) which should be distributed and I perform a sacrifice which should be performed. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-003 अस्तु वात्र फलं मा वा कर्तव्यं पुरुषेण यत् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-003 अस्तु वात्र फलं मा वा कर्तव्यं पुरुषेण यत् |
M. N. Dutt: I perform, as best as I can, O Krishna, what a householder should do, not caring for the fruits (of my actions). |
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BORI CE: 03-032-004 धर्मं चरामि सुश्रोणि न धर्मफलकारणात् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-004 धर्मं चरामि सुश्रोणि नधर्मफलकारणात् |
M. N. Dutt: O fair-lady, I act piously not for getting the fruits of virtue but for not transgressing the Vedas and seeing the conduct of the pious. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-005 न धर्मफलमाप्नोति यो धर्मं दोग्धुमिच्छति |
MN DUTT: 02-031-005 धर्म एव मनः कृष्णे स्वभावाच्चैव मेधृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: My mind and nature, O Krishna, are naturally bent upon virtue; that vile trader of virtue, the worst of the virtuous, who wishes to reap the fruits of virtue, does never obtain them; nor does a vicious-minded person, for his scepticism, who doubts a virtuous act, having accomplished it. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-006 अतिवादान्मदाच्चैव मा धर्ममतिशङ्किथाः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-006 अतिवादाद् वदाम्येष माधर्ममभिशङ्किथाः |
M. N. Dutt: From the evidence of the Vedas I say, “You should never doubt virtue; the person doubting virtue is destined to be born among the brutes." |
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BORI CE: 03-032-007 धर्मो यस्यातिशङ्क्यः स्यादार्षं वा दुर्बलात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-007 धर्मो यस्याभिशक्यः स्यादाष वा दुर्बलात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: A weak-minded man who doubts religion, virtue and the words of the Rishis, is precluded form the regions of immortality and bliss as the Shudras are from the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-008 वेदाध्यायी धर्मपरः कुले जातो यशस्विनि |
MN DUTT: 02-031-008 वेदाध्यायीधर्मपरः कुले जातो मनस्विनि |
M. N. Dutt: O large-minded lady, one studying the Vedas, virtuous and born in a high race, (though young) is considered aged by the pious royal saints. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-009 पापीयान्हि स शूद्रेभ्यस्तस्करेभ्यो विशेषतः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-009 पापीयान् स हि शूद्रेभ्यस्तस्करेभ्यो विशिष्यते |
M. N. Dutt: That vicious-minded one, who transgresses the scriptures and doubts virtue is regarded as lower even than the Shudras and robbers. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-010 प्रत्यक्षं हि त्वया दृष्ट ऋषिर्गच्छन्महातपाः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-010 प्रत्यक्षं हि त्वया दृष्ट ऋषिर्गच्छन् महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: You have seen with your own eyes the great ascetic Markandeya of incomparable magnanimity come to us who has been rendered immortal by virtue. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-011 व्यासो वसिष्ठो मैत्रेयो नारदो लोमशः शुकः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-011 व्यासो वसिष्ठो मैत्रेयो नारदो लोमशः शुकः |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa, Vasishtha, Maitreya, Narada Lomasha, Shuka and all other Rishis have become of pure souls by virtue. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-012 प्रत्यक्षं पश्यसि ह्येतान्दिव्ययोगसमन्वितान् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-012 प्रत्यक्षं पश्यसि ह्येतान् दिव्ययोगसमन्वितान् |
M. N. Dutt: You yourself see all these endued with celestials asceticism capable of cursing or blessing and superior even to the celestials, |
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BORI CE: 03-032-013 एते हि धर्ममेवादौ वर्णयन्ति सदा मम |
MN DUTT: 02-031-013 एते हिधर्ममेवादौ वर्णयन्ति सदानघे |
M. N. Dutt: O sinless lady, these sages, equal to the Rishis and who can see what is written in the Vedas, describe virtue as the foremost duty. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-014 अतो नार्हसि कल्याणि धातारं धर्ममेव च |
MN DUTT: 02-031-014 अतो नार्हसि कल्याणिधातारंधर्ममेव च |
M. N. Dutt: You should not, O blessed queen, with a foolish mind either doubt or censure the Providence or (His act). |
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BORI CE: 03-032-015 धर्मातिशङ्की नान्यस्मिन्प्रमाणमधिगच्छति BORI CE: 03-032-016 इन्द्रियप्रीतिसंबद्धं यदिदं लोकसाक्षिकम् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-015 उन्मत्तान् मन्यते बाल: सर्वानागतनिश्चयान् |
M. N. Dutt: The fool, who doubts religion and disregards virtue and being proud of the proof of his own reasoning, does not receive it from others, considers all these sages who look upon the future as present, like mad man. He considers the external world as conducive to the gratification of senses and is blind to everything else. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-017 प्रायश्चित्तं न तस्यास्ति यो धर्ममतिशङ्कते |
MN DUTT: 02-031-016 प्रायश्चित्तं न तस्यास्ति योधर्ममभिशङ्कते |
M. N. Dutt: Whoever, doubts religion has no expatiation of his sin; that wretched and vile person feels anxicty (here) and does not attain to the regions (of bliss) hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-018 प्रमाणान्यतिवृत्तो हि वेदशास्त्रार्थनिन्दकः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-017 प्रमाणाद्धि निवृत्तो हि वेदशास्त्रार्थनिन्दकः |
M. N. Dutt: That stupid person, who does not regard evidences, who vilifics the interpretation of the Vedic texts and who commits sin under the influence of lust and covetousness, is doomed to hell. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-019 यस्तु नित्यं कृतमतिर्धर्ममेवाभिपद्यते |
MN DUTT: 02-031-018 यस्तु नित्यं कृतमतिर्धर्ममेवाभिपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: O blessed lady, he however, who, with faith and without any doubt follows religion, attains to eternal bliss in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-020 आर्षं प्रमाणमुत्क्रम्य धर्मानपरिपालयन् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-019 आर्षं प्रमाणमुत्क्रम्यधर्मं न प्रतिपालयन् |
M. N. Dutt: That stupid person, who transgresses the evidences of the Rishis, who does not follow religion and who transgresses all the scriptures, never obtains bliss in any life. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-031-020 यस्य नार्षं प्रमाणं स्याच्छिष्टाचारच भाविनि |
M. N. Dutt: For him, O fair lady, who disregards the words of the Rishis and does not care for the evidence of the pious, neither this world nor the next exists. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-021 शिष्टैराचरितं धर्मं कृष्णे मा स्मातिशङ्किथाः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-021 शिष्टैराचरितंधर्मं कृष्णे मा स्माभिशङ्किथाः |
M. N. Dutt: Doubt not, O Krishna, the ancient religion which is followed by the good and formulated by the omniscient and omnipotent Rishis. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-022 धर्म एव प्लवो नान्यः स्वर्गं द्रौपदि गच्छताम् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-022 धर्म एव प्लवो नान्यः स्वर्ग द्रौपदि गच्छताम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Draupadi, virtue is the only raft and nothingelse to those who wish to go to heaven, like a ship to the merchant wishing to cross the Ocean. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-023 अफालो यदि धर्मः स्याच्चरितो धर्मचारिभिः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-023 अफलो यदिधर्मः स्याच्चरितोधर्मचारिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: O blameless lady, if the pieties practised by the virtuous had no fruits then this world would been enshrouded by infamous darkness. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-024 निर्वाणं नाधिगच्छेयुर्जीवेयुः पशुजीविकाम् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-024 निर्वाणं नाधिगच्छेयुर्जीवेयुः पशुजीविकाम् |
M. N. Dutt: None would have followed emancipation, none would have cared for the acquisition of knowledge or even of wealth and people would have lived like beasts. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-025 तपश्च ब्रह्मचर्यं च यज्ञः स्वाध्याय एव च BORI CE: 03-032-026 नाचरिष्यन्परे धर्मं परे परतरे च ये BORI CE: 03-032-027 ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्च गन्धर्वासुरराक्षसाः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-025 तपश्च ब्रह्मचर्यं च यज्ञः स्वाध्याय एव च |
M. N. Dutt: If devout penances, life of celibacy, sacrifice, the study of the Vedas, charity and honesty-these were fruitless then people would not have practised virtues, generation after generation. If all the action had been fruitless a terrible confusion would have set in. Why do the Rishis, the gods the Gandharvas, the Asuras and the Rakshasas who are lords of themselves, with love practise virtues? |
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BORI CE: 03-032-028 फलदं त्विह विज्ञाय धातारं श्रेयसि ध्रुवे |
MN DUTT: 02-031-026 फलदं त्विह विज्ञायधातारं श्रेयसिध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: Considering for certain that Providence is the giver of fruits in virtue, they practise virtues; O Krishna, for them is eternal bliss. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-029 स चायं सफलो धर्मो न धर्मोऽफल उच्यते BORI CE: 03-032-030 त्वय्येतद्वै विजानीहि जन्म कृष्णे यथा श्रुतम् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-027 ह नायमफलोधर्मो नाधर्मोऽफलवानपि |
M. N. Dutt: Whereas the fruits of knowledge and ascetic observances are seen, virtue and vice can never be devoid of fruits. Recollect, O Krishna, the circumstances of your birth, as you have heard and also the manner in which the powerful Dhristadyumna was born. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-031 एतावदेव पर्याप्तमुपमानं शुचिस्मिते |
MN DUTT: 02-031-028 एतावदेव पर्याप्तमुपमानं शुचिस्मिते |
M. N. Dutt: These are sufficient proofs, O you of sweet smiles; the self-controlled reap the fruits of acts and are satisfied with a little. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-032 बहुनापि ह्यविद्वांसो नैव तुष्यन्त्यबुद्धयः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-029 बहुनापि ह्यविद्वांसो नैव तुष्यन्त्यबुद्धयः |
M. N. Dutt: Ignorant and stupid persons are not satisfied even with much and they have no happiness begotten of virtue for them in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-033 कर्मणामुत पुण्यानां पापानां च फलोदयः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-030 कर्मणां श्रुतपुण्यानां पापानां च फलोदयः |
M. N. Dutt: The fruits of the holy acts laid down in the Vedas as well as of sinful acts, the root and the destruction of actions, O fair lady, are mysteries even to the celestials, |
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BORI CE: 03-032-034 नैतानि वेद यः कश्चिन्मुह्यन्त्यत्र प्रजा इमाः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-031-031 नैतानि वेद यः कश्चिन्मुह्यन्तेऽत्र प्रजा इमाः |
M. N. Dutt: These are not known to all; ordinary people are ignorant of these; he does not follow in a thousand Kalpa the well-being of the celestials. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-035 कृशाङ्गाः सुव्रताश्चैव तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषाः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-032 रक्ष्यान्येतानि देवानां गूढमाया हि देवताः |
M. N. Dutt: These are kept (in secrecy) by the celestials for their illusive energy is mysterious; those Brahmanas that have conquered their aspirations, those that have built up their hopes, those whose sins have been burnt down by ascetic observances, those who have got contented minds, can observe these. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-036 न फलादर्शनाद्धर्मः शङ्कितव्यो न देवताः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-033 न फलादर्शनाद्धर्मः शङ्कितव्यो न देवताः |
M. N. Dutt: For not seeing the fruit you should not doubt religion or the gods; you should perform sacrifices assiduously and charities without any insolence. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-037 कर्मणां फलमस्तीति तथैतद्धर्म शाश्वतम् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-034 कर्मणां फलमस्तीह तथैतद्धर्मशासनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Acts have their fruits in this world and virtue is eternal; as said by Kashyapa, Brahma told all this to his sons. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-038 तस्मात्ते संशयः कृष्णे नीहार इव नश्यतु |
MN DUTT: 02-031-035 तस्मात् ते संशयः कृष्णे नीहार इव नश्यतु |
M. N. Dutt: O Krishna, let your doubt be destroyed like dews meditating upon all this. Let your scepticism yield to faith. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-039 ईश्वरं चापि भूतानां धातारं मा विचिक्षिपः |
MN DUTT: 02-031-036 ईश्वरं चापि भूतानांधातारं मा च वै क्षिप |
M. N. Dutt: Do not speak ill of God who is the lord of all creatures; learn to know him; bow to him; let not your understanding be such. |
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BORI CE: 03-032-040 यस्य प्रसादात्तद्भक्तो मर्त्यो गच्छत्यमर्त्यताम् |
MN DUTT: 02-031-037 यस्य प्रसादात् तद्भक्तो मर्यो गच्छत्यमर्त्यताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Never disregard that Supreme being, Krishna, by whose mercy the mortals, by pious observances, become immortals. |
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