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Book 03 – Chapter 133
BORI CE: 03-133-001 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-001 अष्टावक्र उवाच अन्धस्य पन्था बधिरस्य पन्थाः स्त्रियः पन्था भारवाहस्य पन्थाः |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said: When no Brahmana passes along a path, it then belongs first to the blind, then to the deaf, then to women, then to the carriers of burden and then (last of all) to the king But when a Brahmana is met on the way, it solely belongs to him. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-002 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-002 राजोवाच पग्था अयं तेऽद्य मयातिदिष्टो येनेच्छसि तेन कामं व्रजस्व |
M. N. Dutt: The king said : I leave the path, go in whatever way you like. Even the smallest fire is not to be slighted. Indra himself always bows down to a Brahmana. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-003 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
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: 03-133-004 ऐन्द्रद्युम्नेर्यज्ञदृशाविहावां; विवक्षू वै जनकेन्द्रं दिदृक्षू |
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: 02-133-003 अष्टावक्र उवाच प्राप्तौ स्व यज्ञं नृप संदिद्दसू कौतूहलं नौ बलवन्नरेन्द्र |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said : O king, O ruler of men, we have come to see the sacrifice, our curiosity was very great. We have come as Athithis (guests). We ask your order on the gate-keeper. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-133-004 ऐन्द्रद्युम्ने यज्ञदृशाविहावां विवक्षू वै जनकेन्द्रं दिदृक्षा वयं च नौ द्वारपालो रुणद्धि |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Indradumnya, we have come here with the desire of seeing the sacrifice and to see and to speak with king Janaka. We are burning with anger, for the gate-keeper stops us. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-005 द्वारपाल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-005 द्वारपाल उवाच बन्देः समादेशकरा वयं स्म निबोध वाक्यं च मयेर्यमाणम् |
M. N. Dutt: The gate-keeper said : We carry out the word of Bandi. Hear what I say. The boy are not permitted to enter here; only old and learned Brahmanas are allowed to enter. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-006 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-006 अष्टावक्र उवाच यद्यत्र वृद्धेषु कृतः प्रवेशो युक्तं प्रवेष्टुं मम द्वारपाल |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said: O gate-keeper, if this be the order that only old men can enter here, then we can enter. We also are old and we have observed severe vows. We are endued with the effulgence of the Vedas, |
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BORI CE: 03-133-007 शुश्रूषवश्चापि जितेन्द्रियाश्च; ज्ञानागमे चापि गताः स्म निष्ठाम् |
MN DUTT: 02-133-007 शुश्रूषवश्चापि जिन्द्रियाश्च ज्ञानागमे चापि गताः स्म निष्ठाम् |
M. N. Dutt: We have served our preceptor and we have subdued our passions and we have also obtained proficiency in knowledge. It is said that even boys must not be slighted; for the smallest fire if touched burns. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-008 द्वारपाल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-008 द्वारपाल उवाच मेकाक्षरां बहुरूपां विराजम् |
M. N. Dutt: The gate-keeper said: O boy, if you know, recite the verse demonstrating the existence of the Supreme Being, adored by the celestials sages and composed of one letter though multifarious. Do not indulge in vain boasting. Learned men are very rare. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-009 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-009 अष्टावक्र उवाच र्यथाष्ठीला शाल्मलेः सम्प्रवृद्धा |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said: True growth can not be inferred from the mere growth of the body, as the growth of the knots of Salmali tree cannot tell its age. That tree is called full grown, which, though slender and short, bears fruits. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-010 द्वारपाल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-010 द्वारपाल उवाच वृद्धेभ्य एवेह मतिं स्म बाला गृहणन्ति कालेन भवन्ति वृद्धाः |
M. N. Dutt: The gate-keeper said : Boys receive instruction from the old and they thus in due time grow old. Knowledge cannot be obtained in a short time. Therefore why being but a child do you talk like an old man? |
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BORI CE: 03-133-011 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-011 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said : One is not old, because his hair has turned white. Even boys who possess knowledge are considered to be old by the celestials. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-012 न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तेन न बन्धुभिः |
MN DUTT: 02-133-012 न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तेन न बन्धुभिः |
M. N. Dutt: The Rishis have not ordained that a man's merit depends on years or on gray hair or wealth or friend. To us one who is versed in the Vedas is great. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-013 दिदृक्षुरस्मि संप्राप्तो बन्दिनं राजसंसदि |
MN DUTT: 02-133-013 दिदृक्षुरस्मि सम्प्राप्तो वन्दिनं राजसंसदि |
M. N. Dutt: O gate-keeper, I have come with the desire of secing Bandi. Go, inform the king (Janaka) adorned with the garlands of lotuses. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-014 द्रष्टास्यद्य वदतो द्वारपाल; मनीषिभिः सह वादे विवृद्धे |
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: 02-133-014 द्रष्टास्यद्य वदतोऽस्मान् द्वारपाल मनीषिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: O gate-keeper, you will today see me engaged in a controversial fight with all the learned men and also with Bandi and you will (also) find him defeated by me. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-133-015 पश्यन्तु विप्राः परिपूर्णविद्याः सहैव राज्ञा सपुरोधमुख्याः |
M. N. Dutt: When others will be silenced, then the learned men and the king with his chief priests will judge my superiority or inferiority. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-015 द्वारपाल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-016 द्वारपाल उवाच कथं यज्ञं दशवर्षो विशेस्त्वं विनीतानां विदुषां सम्प्रवेशम् |
M. N. Dutt: The gate-keeper said : How can you, who are but in your tenth year, hope to enter into the grounds of this sacrifice into which only learned and educated men are admitted? I shall however try some means to admit you. You too make an attempt. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-016 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-017 अष्टावक्र उवाच भो भो राजञ्जनकानां वरिष्ठ त्वं वै सम्राट् त्वयि सर्वं समृद्धम् |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said: O king, O best of Janaka's race, you are an emperor and all wealth rest in you. In the days of yore, Yayati was the (great) performer of sacrifices and in the modern age you are the great performer of sacrifices. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-017 विद्वान्बन्दी वेदविदो निगृह्य; वादे भग्नानप्रतिशङ्कमानः |
MN DUTT: 02-133-018 वृद्धान् बन्दी वादविदो निगृह्य वादे भग्नानप्रतिशङ्कमानः |
M. N. Dutt: We have heard that the learned Bandi, after defeating (in controversy), men who are experts in discussion, causes them to be drowned by faithful servants employed by you. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-018 स तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणानां सकाशा;द्ब्रह्मोद्यं वै कथयितुमागतोऽस्मि |
MN DUTT: 02-133-019 सोऽहं श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणानां सकाशाद् ब्रह्माद्वैत कथयितुमागतोऽस्मि |
M. N. Dutt: Having heard this from the Brahmanas, I have come to expound the doctrine of the Supreme Being. Where is that Bandi? Tell me, so that I may destroy him, as the sun destroys the stars. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-019 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-020 राजोवाच मविज्ञाय त्वं वाक्यबलं परस्य |
M. N. Dutt: The King said: You hope to defeat Bandi, because you do not know his power. Can they, who know him, speak as you do? He had been tested by the Brahmanas who were experts in discussion. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-133-021 मविज्ञाय तु बलं बन्दिनोऽस्य |
M. N. Dutt: You hope to defeat Bandi, only because you do not know his powers. Many Brahmanas that assembled did not shine before him as the stars do not shine before the sun. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-133-022 स्तस्यान्तिकं प्राप्य विलुप्तशोभाः |
M. N. Dutt: Being desirous of defeating him, they proud of their learning, have lost their glory on simply appearing before him. They have retired from his presence without even venturing to speak with the members of the assembly. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-020 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-023 अष्टावक्र उवाच विवादितोऽसौ न हि मादृशैर्हि सिंहीकृतस्तेन वदत्यभीतः |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said : Bandi has never had an occasion to hold a discussion with a man like me. It is only for this reasor, that he considers himself as a lion and goes about roaring like one. But when he will meet me today, he will lie down (dead) as a cart breaks down on the road when its wheels have been deranged. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-021 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-024 राजोवाच त्रिंशकद्वादशांशस्य चतुर्विंशतिपर्वणः |
M. N. Dutt: The King said : He alone is a really learned man who understands the thing that has thirty divisions, twelve parts, twenty-four joints and three hundred and sixty spokes. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-022 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-025 अष्टावक्र उवाच चतुर्विंशतिपर्व त्वां षण्नाभि द्वादशप्रधि |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said: May that ever-revolving wheel (Time) that has twenty-four joints, six naves twelve peripheries and sixty spokes protect you. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-023 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-026 राजोवाच वडवे इव संयुक्ते श्येनपाते दिवौकसाम् |
M. N. Dutt: The King said : Who among the celestials gives birth to those who which go together like two yoked mares and swoop down like hawks; and to what also do they give birth? |
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BORI CE: 03-133-024 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-027 अष्टावक्र उवाच मा स्म ते ते गृहे राजञ्छात्रवाणामपिध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said : O king, may God keep away from your house those two (thunder and lightning), nay cven from the house of your enemies. He who appears with the wind as his charioteer (cloud or mind) gives, birth to them and they also produce him. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-025 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-028 राजोवाच किंस्वित् सुप्तं न निमिषति किंस्विज्जातं न चोपति |
M. N. Dutt: The King said: What is it that does not close its eyes even when it is asleep? What is it that does not move when born? What is it that has no heart and what is it that increases in its speed? |
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BORI CE: 03-133-026 अष्टावक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-029 अष्टावक्र उवाच मत्स्यः सुप्तो न निमिषत्यण्डं जातं न चोपति |
M. N. Dutt: Ashtavakra said: It is a fish that does not close its eyes when asleep. It is an egg that does not move even when born. It is stone that has no heart. It is a river that increases in its speed. |
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BORI CE: 03-133-027 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-133-030 राजोवाच न त्वां मन्ये मानुषं देवसत्त्वं न त्वं बाल: स्थविरः सम्मतो मे |
M. N. Dutt: The King said : Opossessor of divine energy, it appears that you are not a human being. I do not consider that you are a boy. I consider you to be a grown up man. There is none who can be compared with you in learning. Therefore I give you admittance. Yonder is Bandi. |
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