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Book 03 – Chapter 034
BORI CE: 03-034-001 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-033-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच याज्ञसेन्या वचः श्रुत्वा भीमसेनो झमर्षणः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : Having heard these words of Yajnaseni (Draupadi), Bhimasena came to the king (Yudhishthira). And sighing in wrath, he thus spoke to him. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-002 राज्यस्य पदवीं धर्म्यां व्रज सत्पुरुषोचिताम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-002 राज्यस्य पदवीधयां व्रज सत्पुरुषोचिताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhima said: O king, walk as regards kingdoms in the customary path trodden by good men. What do you gain by living in the hermitage of the ascetics, thus deprived of Dharma, Artha and Kama? |
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BORI CE: 03-034-003 नैव धर्मेण तद्राज्यं नार्जवेन न चौजसा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-003 नैवधर्मेण तद् राज्यं नार्जवेन न चौजसा |
M. N. Dutt: Your kingdom has been robbed by Duryodhana by an unfair gambling at dice and not by virtue or by honesty or by prowess. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-004 गोमायुनेव सिंहानां दुर्बलेन बलीयसाम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-004 गोमायुनेव सिंहानां दुर्बलेन बलीयसाम् |
M. N. Dutt: He has robbed our kingdom like a weak offal-eating jackal that steals the prey from mighty lions. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-005 धर्मलेशप्रतिच्छन्नः प्रभवं धर्मकामयोः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-005 धर्मलेशप्रतिच्छन्नः प्रभवंधर्मकामयोः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, why do you, abandoning the wealth which is the source of both virtue and pleasures and in obedience of the (mere) trifling virtue of keeping one's promise, suffer such afflictions? |
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BORI CE: 03-034-006 भवतोऽनुविधानेन राज्यं नः पश्यतां हृतम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-006 भवतोऽनवधानेन राज्यं नः पश्यतां हृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Our kingdom, protected by the wielder of Gandiva (Arjuna) and incapable of being snatched from us by (even) Shakra (Indra), was robbed from us in our very sight (only) on account of your carelessness. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-007 कुणीनामिव बिल्वानि पङ्गूनामिव धेनवः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-007 कुणीनामिव बिल्वानि पशूनामिवधेनवः |
M. N. Dutt: It was for you, that notwithstanding we were alive, our prosperity was wrested from use like a fruit from one who is unable to use his arms or like kine from one who cannot use his legs. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-008 भवतः प्रियमित्येवं महद्व्यसनमीदृशम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-008 भवत: प्रियमित्येवं महद् व्यसनमीदृशम् |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of Bharata, you are firin in the desire of acquiring virtue. It was to please you that we suffered ourselves to be overwhelmed with such calamities. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-009 कर्शयामः स्वमित्राणि नन्दयामश्च शात्रवान् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-009 कर्शयामः स्वमित्राणि नन्दयामश्च शात्रवान् |
M. N. Dutt: O best of the Bharata race, it was because we are at your command that we are giving pain to our friends and joy to our enemies. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-010 यद्वयं न तदैवैतान्धार्तराष्ट्रान्निहन्महि |
MN DUTT: 02-033-010 यद् वयं न तदैवैतान्धार्तराष्ट्रान् निहन्महि |
M. N. Dutt: It was on our part an act of folly which gives me great pain that we did not, obeying your command, kill the sons of Dhritarashtra then and there. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-011 अथैनामन्ववेक्षस्व मृगचर्यामिवात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-011 अथैनामन्ववेक्षस्व मृगचर्यामिवात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, this your living in the forest like an wild animal is an act which only a weak man alone would submit to. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-012 यां न कृष्णो न बीभत्सुर्नाभिमन्युर्न सृञ्जयः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-012 यां न कृष्णो न बीभत्सु भिमन्युर्न संजयाः |
M. N. Dutt: Your this act is approved of neither by Krishna, nor by Vivatsu (Arjuna), nor by Abhimanyu, nor by the Srinjayas, nor by myself, nor by the sons of Madri. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-013 भवान्धर्मो धर्म इति सततं व्रतकर्शितः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-013 भवान्धर्मोधर्म इति सततं व्रतकर्शितः |
M. N. Dutt: Afflicted with your vow you always cry, "Virtue, virtue."O king, have you from despair become a man of no manliness? |
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BORI CE: 03-034-014 दुर्मनुष्या हि निर्वेदमफलं सर्वघातिनम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-014 दुर्मनुष्या हि निर्वेदमफलं स्वार्थघातकम् |
M. N. Dutt: Cowards only, being unable to win back their prosperity, cherish despair which is fruitless and destructive of one's own purpose. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-015 स भवान्दृष्टिमाञ्शक्तः पश्यन्नात्मनि पौरुषम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-015 स भवान् दृष्टिमाञ्छक्तः पश्यन्नस्मासु पौरुषम् |
M. N. Dutt: You have ability and cyes. You see that we possess manliness. O king, it is because you have adopted a peaceful life that you do not feel (the pain of) this distress. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-016 अस्मानमी धार्तराष्ट्राः क्षममाणानलं सतः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-016 अस्मानमीधार्तराष्ट्राः क्षममाणानलं सतः |
M. N. Dutt: The sons of Dhritarashtra consider us, who are only forgiving, as men really incompetent and weak. O king, this gives me more pain than death in battle would have given me. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-017 तत्र चेद्युध्यमानानामजिह्ममनिवर्तिनाम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-017 तत्र चेद् युध्यमानानामजिह्ममनिवर्तिनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: If we all die in a fair fight without turning our backs on our foes, even that would be better than this exile, for we shall then obtain regions of bliss. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-018 अथ वा वयमेवैतान्निहत्य भरतर्षभ |
MN DUTT: 02-033-018 अथवा वयमेवैतान् निहत्य भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: O best of the Bharata race, on the other hand if we become the ruler of the whole earth by killing them, that would be doing us a great good. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-019 सर्वथा कार्यमेतन्नः स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठताम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-019 सर्वथा कार्यमेतन्नः स्वधर्मनुतिष्ठताम् |
M. N. Dutt: This is our bounded duty, we who ever adhere to the duties of our own order, who are ever desirous of great achievements and who wish to take revenge on our enemies. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-020 आत्मार्थं युध्यमानानां विदिते कृत्यलक्षणे |
MN DUTT: 02-033-020 आत्मार्थं युध्यमानानां विदिते कृत्यलक्षणे |
M. N. Dutt: Our kingdom having been robbed from us, if we (under the circumstances) engage in a war, our that act, when it well be known in the world, will bring praise and no condemnation. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-021 कर्शनार्थो हि यो धर्मो मित्राणामात्मनस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-021 कर्शनार्थो हि योधर्मो मित्राणामात्मनस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: O king, the virtue, that produces affliction on one's ownself and on one's own friends, is no virtue, at all. It is vice that produces calamities. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-022 सर्वथा धर्मनित्यं तु पुरुषं धर्मदुर्बलम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-022 सर्वथाधर्मनित्यं तु पुरुषंधर्मदुर्बलम् |
M. N. Dutt: O sire, virtue is sometimes (the indirect cause of) the weakness of men. Dharina and Artha forsake such men, as pain and pleasure forsake a dead man. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-023 यस्य धर्मो हि धर्मार्थं क्लेशभाङ्न स पण्डितः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-023 यस्यधर्मो हिधर्मार्थं क्लेशभाङ् न स पण्डितः |
M. N. Dutt: He who practices virtue only for the sake of virtue always suffers afflictions. He can never be called a wise man. He cannot know the (real) purpose of virtue, as a blind man is incapable of seeing the light of the sun. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-024 यस्य चार्थार्थमेवार्थः स च नार्थस्य कोविदः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-024 यस्य चार्थार्थमेवार्थः स च नार्थस्य कोविदः |
M. N. Dutt: He who considers that his wealth exists for himself alone does not at all understand the purpose of wealth. He is like the servant tending kine in the forest. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-025 अतिवेलं हि योऽर्थार्थी नेतरावनुतिष्ठति |
MN DUTT: 02-033-025 अतिबेलं हि योऽर्थार्थी नेतरावनुतिष्ठति |
M. N. Dutt: He, again, who pursues Artha (profit or wealth) too much without pursuing Dharma (virtue) and Kama (pleasure) deserves to be censured and killed by all creatures. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-026 सततं यश्च कामार्थी नेतरावनुतिष्ठति |
MN DUTT: 02-033-026 सततं यश्च कामार्थी नेतरावनुतिष्ठति |
M. N. Dutt: He who always pursues Kama without pursuing Dharma and Artha loses his friends and also loses virtue and profit. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-027 तस्य धर्मार्थहीनस्य कामान्ते निधनं ध्रुवम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-027 तस्यधर्मार्थहीनस्य कामान्ते निधनंध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man, indulging in pleasure at will becoming destitute of virtue and profit, meets with certain death at the expiration of the period of enjoyment, as the fish dies when the water is dried up. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-028 तस्माद्धर्मार्थयोर्नित्यं न प्रमाद्यन्ति पण्डिताः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-028 तस्माद्धर्मार्थयोर्नित्यं न प्रमाद्यन्ति पण्डिताः |
M. N. Dutt: It is for this, those that are wise always pursue both virtue and profit, for the union of virtue and profit is the essential requisite of pleasure, as wood is of fire. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-029 सर्वथा धर्ममूलोऽर्थो धर्मश्चार्थपरिग्रहः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-029 सर्वथाधर्ममूलोऽर्थोधर्मश्चार्थपरिग्रहः |
M. N. Dutt: Pleasure has always virtue for its root and virtue is always united with pleasure. Know that both are dependent on one another, as the ocean and the clouds (depend on each other). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-030 द्रव्यार्थस्पर्शसंयोगे या प्रीतिरुपजायते |
MN DUTT: 02-033-030 द्रव्यार्थस्पर्शसंयोगे या प्रीतिरुपजायते |
M. N. Dutt: The sensation that one feels in consequence of the contact with the objects of touch or in consequence of the possession of wealth is called pleasure. It exists in the mind and has no corporeal existence. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-031 अर्थार्थी पुरुषो राजन्बृहन्तं धर्ममृच्छति |
MN DUTT: 02-033-031 अर्थार्थी पुरुषो राजन् बृहन्तंधर्ममिच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: O king, he that wishes to have Artha should seek a large share of virtue. Those that wish Karma should seek (also) Artha, but Kama does not yield any thing in return. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-032 न हि कामेन कामोऽन्यः साध्यते फलमेव तत् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-032 न हि कामेन कामोऽन्यः साध्यते फलमेव तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Pleasure brings its own fruit; it cannot lead to another (pleasure). Ashes may be had from wood, but nothing could be had from ashes. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-033 इमाञ्शकुनिकान्राजन्हन्ति वैतंसिको यथा BORI CE: 03-034-034 कामाल्लोभाच्च धर्मस्य प्रवृत्तिं यो न पश्यति |
MN DUTT: 02-033-033 इमाञ्छकुनकान् राजन् हन्ति वैतंसिको यथा |
M. N. Dutt: O king, as a fowler kills the birds, so does sin kill all the creatures of the world. He who, being misled by pleasure and covetousness, does not understand the nature of virtue, deserves to be killed by all. He becomes a wretch here and hereafter (after death). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-035 व्यक्तं ते विदितो राजन्नर्थो द्रव्यपरिग्रहः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-034 व्यक्तं ते विदितो राजत्रों द्रव्यपरिग्रहः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, it is evident that you know that pleasure is to be derived from virtuous objects of enjoyments. You also know (what) their ordinary states as well as their great changes (are). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-036 तस्य नाशं विनाशं वा जरया मरणेन वा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-035 तस्य नाशे विनाशे वा जरया मरणेन वा |
M. N. Dutt: From their (objects of enjoyment's) loss, destruction, decrepitude and death, arises what is called affliction. That affliction has overtaken us. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-037 इन्द्रियाणां च पञ्चानां मनसो हृदयस्य च |
MN DUTT: 02-033-036 इन्द्रियाणां च पञ्चानां मनसो हृदयस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: The pleasure that is produce by the five senses, by the mind and by the heart being directed to the objects proper to each, is in my opinion, one of the best fruits of our actions. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-038 एवमेव पृथग्दृष्ट्वा धर्मार्थौ काममेव च |
MN DUTT: 02-033-037 एवमेव पृथग् दृष्ट्वाधर्मार्थो काममेव च |
M. N. Dutt: Thus Dharma, Artha and Kama should be taken into one's consideration one after the other. One should not pursue virtue alone. No man should consider profit or pleasure as the highest object of his desire. All the three should always be (equally) pursued. The Shastras ordain that one should pursue virtue in the morning, profit at noon and pleasure in the evening. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-039 धर्मं पूर्वं धनं मध्ये जघन्ये काममाचरेत् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-038 काम पूर्वेधनं मध्ये जघन्येधर्ममाचरेत् |
M. N. Dutt: The Shastras ordain that one should pursue pleasure in the first, profit in the second and virtue in the last portion of his life. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-040 कामं पूर्वं धनं मध्ये जघन्ये धर्ममाचरेत् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-038 काम पूर्वेधनं मध्ये जघन्येधर्ममाचरेत् |
M. N. Dutt: The Shastras ordain that one should pursue pleasure in the first, profit in the second and virtue in the last portion of his life. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-041 धर्मं चार्थं च कामं च यथावद्वदतां वर |
MN DUTT: 02-033-039 धर्मं चार्थं च कामं च यथावद् वदतां वर |
M. N. Dutt: O foremost of eloquent men, those that are learned and fully conversant with the proper divisions of time, dividing their time properly, pursue all three, Dharma Artha and Kama. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-042 मोक्षो वा परमं श्रेय एष राजन्सुखार्थिनाम् BORI CE: 03-034-043 तद्वाशु क्रियतां राजन्प्राप्तिर्वाप्यधिगम्यताम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-040 मोक्षो वा परमं श्रेय एष राजान् सुखार्थिनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: O king, O descendant of Kuru, whether freedom from all these three (Dharma, Artha and Kama) or possession of them is the better course for those that desire happiness, should be settled by you after careful thought. O king, you should then without the least hesitation act either to achieve them or to abandon them, for he who lives wavering between the two becomes most miserable. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-044 विदितश्चैव ते धर्मः सततं चरितश्च ते |
MN DUTT: 02-033-041 विदितश्चैव मेधर्मः सततं चरितश्च ते |
M. N. Dutt: It is well that your conduct is ever regulated by virtue. Knowing this, your sensible friends advise you to act (thus). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-045 दानं यज्ञः सतां पूजा वेदधारणमार्जवम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-042 दानं यज्ञाः सतां पूजा वेदधारणमार्जवम् |
M. N. Dutt: O king, gift, sacrifice, adoration to the honest, study of the Vedas and honesty, these are the highest virtues strong both here and hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-046 एष नार्थविहीनेन शक्यो राजन्निषेवितुम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-043 एष नार्थविहीनेन शक्यो राजन् निषेवितुम् |
M. N. Dutt: But, O foremost of men, these virtues, cannot be attained by one that has no wealth, even if he possess infinite other accomplishments. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-047 धर्ममूलं जगद्राजन्नान्यद्धर्माद्विशिष्यते |
MN DUTT: 02-033-044 धर्ममूलं जगद् राजन् नान्यद्धर्माद् विशिष्यते |
M. N. Dutt: O king, the universe depends on virtue. There is nothing higher than virtue. O king, virtue is attainable (only) by those who possess wealth. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-048 न चार्थो भैक्षचर्येण नापि क्लैब्येन कर्हिचित् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-045 न चार्थो भैक्ष्यचर्येण नापि क्लैब्येन कर्हिचित् |
M. N. Dutt: But wealth cannot be acquired by leading the life of a mendicant nor by bearing a life of weakness. O king, wealth can be earned by virtuous intelligence. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-049 प्रतिषिद्धा हि ते याच्ञा यया सिध्यति वै द्विजः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-046 प्रतिषिद्धा हि ते याचा यया सिद्ध्यति वै द्विजः |
M. N. Dutt: O best of men, in your case, begging, which is a success to the Brahmanas, has been forbidden. Therefore try to acquire wealth by prowess and energy. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-050 भैक्षचर्या न विहिता न च विट्शूद्रजीविका |
MN DUTT: 02-033-047 भैक्ष्यचर्या न विहिता न च विट्शूद्रजीविका |
M. N. Dutt: It is not proper for you to lead a life of mendicancy or the life of Shudra. Prowess and energy constitute the special virtue of the Kshatriya. |
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MN DUTT: 02-033-048 स्वधर्म प्रतिपद्यस्व जहि शत्रून् समागतान् |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O son of Pritha, perform the duty of your own (order) and destroy the enemies. Destroy the prowess of the sons of Dhritarashtra with my help and with that of Partha (Arjuna). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-051 उदारमेव विद्वांसो धर्मं प्राहुर्मनीषिणः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-049 उदारमेव विद्वांसोधर्मं प्राहुर्मनीषिणः |
M. N. Dutt: The wise and learned man says that prosperity is virtue. Therefore, acquire prosperity, for you ought not to be in frivolity. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-052 अनुबुध्यस्व राजेन्द्र वेत्थ धर्मान्सनातनान् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-050 अनुबुध्यस्व राजेन्द्र वेत्थधर्मान् सनातनान् |
M. N. Dutt: O king of kings, awake and understand the eternal virtues (of one's own order). You belong by birth to an order the acts of which are cruel and are the sources of pain to others. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-053 प्रजापालनसंभूतं फलं तव न गर्हितम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-051 प्रजापालनसम्भूतं फलं तव न गर्हितम् |
M. N. Dutt: O king, cherish your subjects and reap the fruits (of that good act) that can never be wrong. This is the eternal duty ordained (for us the Kshatriyas) by the Creator himself. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-054 तस्माद्विचलितः पार्थ लोके हास्यं गमिष्यसि |
MN DUTT: 02-033-052 तस्मादपचितः पार्थ लोके हास्यं गमिष्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Pritha, if you fall off from it, you will be the laughing stock (of all men). Deviation from the duties of one's own (order) is never praised. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-055 स क्षात्रं हृदयं कृत्वा त्यक्त्वेदं शिथिलं मनः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-053 स क्षात्रं हृदयं कृत्वा त्यक्तवेदं शिथिलं मनः |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of Kuru, therefore, making your heart as the order in which you belong requires it and abandoning this your course of weakness, summon prowess an bear your weight (of duty) like one that bears it manfully. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-056 न हि केवलधर्मात्मा पृथिवीं जातु कश्चन |
MN DUTT: 02-033-054 न हि केवलधर्मात्मा पृथिवीं जातु कश्चन |
M. N. Dutt: O king, no monarch can acquire the sovereignty of earth or prosperity or affluence by means of being only virtuous-minded. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-057 जिह्वां दत्त्वा बहूनां हि क्षुद्राणां लुब्धचेतसाम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-055 जिह्वां दत्त्वा बहूनां हि क्षुद्राणां लुब्धचेतसाम् |
M. N. Dutt: As a fowler catches a flock of very easilytempled games by offering them some attractive food, so does an intelligent man acquire a kingdom by offering bribes to his enemy's men and covetous enemies. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-058 भ्रातरः पूर्वजाताश्च सुसमृद्धाश्च सर्वशः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-056 भ्रातरः पूर्वजाताश्च सुसमृद्धाश्च सर्वशः |
M. N. Dutt: O foremost of monarchs, the Asuras, though they were elder brothers of the Devas and though they in affluence were, vanquished by the Devas by mean of Stratagem. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-059 एवं बलवतः सर्वमिति बुद्ध्वा महीपते |
MN DUTT: 02-033-057 एवं बलवतः सर्वमिति बुद्ध्वा महीपते |
M. N. Dutt: O mighty armed hero, O ruler of the world, thus everything belongs to those that possess might. Destroy enemy by means of stratagem. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-060 न ह्यर्जुनसमः कश्चिद्युधि योद्धा धनुर्धरः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-058 न ह्यर्जुनसमः कश्चिद् युधि योद्धाधनुर्धरः |
M. N. Dutt: There is none equal to Arjuna in wielding the bow in battle. There is none equal to me in wielding the mace. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-061 सत्त्वेन कुरुते युद्धं राजन्सुबलवानपि |
MN DUTT: 02-033-059 सत्त्वेन कुरुते युद्धं राजन् सुबलवानपि |
M. N. Dutt: O king, men of prowess engage in battle depending on their prowess alone and not on the strength of numbers and not on information of the enemy' plan through spies. O son of Pandu, therefore exert your prowess. were |
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BORI CE: 03-034-062 सत्त्वं हि मूलमर्थस्य वितथं यदतोऽन्यथा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-060 ते सत्त्वं हि मूलमर्थस्य वितथं यदतोऽन्यथा |
M. N. Dutt: Prowess is the root of wealth; whatever else is called its root is not so. As the shade of the tree in winter is useless, so is everything fruitless without prowess. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-063 अर्थत्यागो हि कार्यः स्यादर्थं श्रेयांसमिच्छता |
MN DUTT: 02-033-061 अर्थत्यागोऽपि कार्यः स्यादर्थं श्रेयांसमिच्छता |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Kunti, wealth should be spent in the way that seeds are scattered on the ground by one who wishes to increase it. Let there be no doubt (about it) in your mind. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-064 अर्थेन तु समोऽनर्थो यत्र लभ्येत नोदयः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-062 अर्थेन तु समो नार्थो यत्र लभ्येत नोदयः |
M. N. Dutt: But where wealth is more than sufficient, there should be no expenditure of wealth. In such cases investment of wealth is like the scratching of an ass, which is first pleasurable and then painful. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-065 एवमेव मनुष्येन्द्र धर्मं त्यक्त्वाल्पकं नरः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-063 एवमेव मनुष्येन्द्रधर्मं त्यक्त्वाल्पकं नरः |
M. N. Dutt: O king of men, a man, who in order to earn a greater measure of virtue casts away like seeds the little virtue that he is sticking to, is certainly considered to be wise. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-066 अमित्रं मित्रसंपन्नं मित्रैर्भिन्दन्ति पण्डिताः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-064 अमित्रं मित्रसम्पन्नं मित्रैर्भिन्दन्ति पण्डिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Those, that are learned, alienate the friends of the foe that possesses friends. Having thus weakened him by making his friends abandon him, they bring him to subjugation. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-067 सत्त्वेन कुरुते युद्धं राजन्सुबलवानपि |
MN DUTT: 02-033-065 सत्त्वेन कुरुते युद्धं राजन् सुबलवानपि |
M. N. Dutt: O king, those that are strong engage in battle by depending on their own courage. They do not conquer people by continued efforts or by the arts of conciliation. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-068 सर्वथा संहतैरेव दुर्बलैर्बलवानपि |
MN DUTT: 02-033-066 सर्वथा संहतैरेव दुर्बलैर्बलवानपि |
M. N. Dutt: O king, sometimes those that are weak kill a powerful enemy by combination, as bees kill the spoiler of their honey by the force of their numbers. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-069 यथा राजन्प्रजाः सर्वाः सूर्यः पाति गभस्तिभिः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-067 यथा राजन् प्रजाः सर्वाः सूर्यः पति गभस्तिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, like the sun that sustains as well as destroys all creatures by this rays, you too adopt the ways of the sun. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-070 एतद्ध्यपि तपो राजन्पुराणमिति नः श्रुतम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-068 एतच्चापि तपो राजन् पुराणमिति नः श्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: O king, it has been heard by us in the Puranas that to protect one's own kingdom and cherish one's own subjects, as was done by our forefathers, is a kind of Tapa (austerities). |
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MN DUTT: 02-033-069 न तथा तपसा राजैल्लोकान् प्राप्नोति क्षत्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, a Kshatriya cannot acquire those regions of blessedness which he can by fair fight, whether (that fight) ends in victory or defeat. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-071 अपेयात्किल भाः सूर्याल्लक्ष्मीश्चन्द्रमसस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-070 अपेयात् किल भाः सूर्याल्लक्ष्मीश्चन्द्रमसस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing your this affliction, (the people of) the world have come to this conclusion that light may (some day) forsake the sun and beauty may (some day) forsake the moon. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-072 भवतश्च प्रशंसाभिर्निन्दाभिरितरस्य च |
MN DUTT: 02-033-071 भवतश्च प्रशंसाभिर्निन्दाभिरितरस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: O king, the learned men, both separately and assembling together, talk with one another by praising you and blaming the other (Duryodhana). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-073 इदमभ्यधिकं राजन्ब्राह्मणा गुरवश्च ते |
MN DUTT: 02-033-072 इदमभ्यधिकं राजन् ब्राह्मणाः कुरवश्च ते |
M. N. Dutt: O king, over and above this the Brahmanas and the Kurus assembling together talk cheerfully of your great adherence to truth. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-074 यन्न मोहान्न कार्पण्यान्न लोभान्न भयादपि |
MN DUTT: 02-033-073 यन्न मोहान्न कार्पण्या लोभान भयादपि |
M. N. Dutt: They say that you have never from delusion, from meanness, from covetousness, from fear, from desire or from wealth, uttered an untruth. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-075 यदेनः कुरुते किंचिद्राजा भूमिमवाप्नुवन् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-074 यदेनः कुरुते किंचिद् राजा भूमिमवाप्नुवन् |
M. N. Dutt: Whatever sin a king commits in acquiring dominions, he consumes it all by means of performing sacrifices in which large Dakshinas are given away. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-076 ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददद्ग्रामान्गाश्च राजन्सहस्रशः |
MN DUTT: 02-033-075 ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददद् ग्रामान् गाश्च राजन् सहस्रशः |
M. N. Dutt: O king, as the moon emerges from the clouds, so does a king emerge from all sins by bestowing thousands of villages and kine on the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-077 पौरजानपदाः सर्वे प्रायशः कुरुनन्दन |
MN DUTT: 02-033-076 पौरजानपदाः सर्वे प्रायशः कुरुनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of Kuru, O Yudhishthira, all the citizens and the inhabitants of the country, both young and old, praise you. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-078 श्वदृतौ क्षीरमासक्तं ब्रह्म वा वृषले यथा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-077 श्वदृतौ क्षीरमासक्तं ब्रह्म वा वृषले यथा |
M. N. Dutt: "As milk in a bag made of a boar's hide, as the Vedas in a Shudra, as truth in a robber and as strength in a woman, so is sovereignty in Duryodhana. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-079 इति निर्वचनं लोके चिरं चरति भारत |
MN DUTT: 02-033-078 इति लोके निर्वचनं पुरश्चरति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Thus talk the people among one another. O descendant of Bharata, even women and children are repeating it, as if it were a lesson they wanted to commit to memory. |
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MN DUTT: 02-033-079 इमामवस्थां च गते सहास्माभिररिंदम |
M. N. Dutt: O chastiser of foes, you have fallen into this state along with me. Alas! we too are lost with you on account of your this calamity. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-080 स भवान्रथमास्थाय सर्वोपकरणान्वितम् BORI CE: 03-034-081 वाचयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठानद्यैव गजसाह्वयम् BORI CE: 03-034-082 अमित्रांस्तेजसा मृद्नन्नसुरेभ्य इवारिहा |
MN DUTT: 02-033-080 स भवान् रथमास्थाय सर्वोपकरणान्वितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, ascending on your chariot, furnished with every implement of war and making the chief Brahmanas utter benedictions on you, march at once, even this very day, against Hastinapur, so that you may be able to give to the Brahmanas the spoils of your victory. Surrounded by your brothers, who are all great wielders of bows and by (other) heroes, who are all skilled in weapons and all like virulent snakes, start (at once) like the slayer of Vritra (Indra) surrounded by the Marutas. Destroy with your prowess your weak enemies as the slayer of Vritra (Indra) destroyed the Asuras. O son of Kunti, snatch away from the son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana) the prosperity he (now) enjoys. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-083 न हि गाण्डीवमुक्तानां शराणां गार्ध्रवाससाम् |
MN DUTT: 02-033-081 न हि गाण्डीवमुक्तानां शराणां गार्धवाससाम् |
M. N. Dutt: There is no mortal who can withstand the touch of the arrows which are equipped with the feathers of vulture and which are like the snakes of virulent poison when these are shot from the Gandiva (bow). |
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BORI CE: 03-034-084 न स वीरो न मातङ्गो न सदश्वोऽस्ति भारत |
MN DUTT: 02-033-082 न स वीरो न मातङ्गो न च सोऽश्वोऽस्ति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of Bharata, there is not a warrior, nor an elephant, nor an horse that can withstand the force of my mace when I am angry in battle. |
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BORI CE: 03-034-085 सृञ्जयैः सह कैकेयैर्वृष्णीनामृषभेण च |
MN DUTT: 02-033-083 सृञ्जयैः सह कैकेयैर्वृष्णीनां वृषभेण च |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Kunti, why should we not snatch back our kingdom from our foe after fighting a great battle with the help of the Srinjayas the Kaikeyas and the chief of the Vrishnis. |
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MN DUTT: 02-033-084 शत्रुहस्तगतां राजन् कथंस्विन्नाहरेर्महीम् |
M. N. Dutt: O king, why should we not succeed in Snatching away the (sovereignty of the) earth from the hands of our enemy? Let us but try with the help of a large army. |
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MN DUTT: 02-034-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच स एवमुक्तस्तु महानुभावः सत्यव्रतो भीमसेनेन राजा |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed by Bhimasena, the high-souled and ever devoted to truth, Ajatashatru (Yudhishthira), mastering his patience, thus spoke after a few moments. |
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