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Book 08 – Chapter 049
BORI CE: 08-049-001 संजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-069-001 संजय उवाच युधिष्ठिरणैवमुक्तः कौन्तेयः श्वेतवाहनः |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said Hearing the words of Yudhishthira, Kownteya-the owner of white steeds-in a tempestuous mood took hold of his sword to slay that mightiest of the Bharata's race. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-002 तस्य कोपं समुद्वीक्ष्य चित्तज्ञः केशवस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 06-069-002 तस्य कोपं समुद्वीक्ष्य चित्तज्ञः केशवास्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Kesava, the cogniser of human hearts, seeing his rage, inquired-"Why, O Partha, do you lay your hands on your sword? |
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BORI CE: 08-049-003 नेह पश्यामि योद्धव्यं तव किंचिद्धनंजय |
MN DUTT: 06-069-003 न हि पश्यामि योद्धव्यं त्वयां किञ्चिद् धनंजय |
M. N. Dutt: Here, O Dhananjaya, I see no adversary to try the strength of your steel. Clever Bhimasena has already assailed the Dhartarashtras. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-004 अपयातोऽसि कौन्तेय राजा द्रष्टव्य इत्यपि |
MN DUTT: 06-069-004 अपयातोऽसि कौन्तेयः राजा द्रष्टव्य इत्यापि |
M. N. Dutt: O Kownteya, you have returned from the field, to seen king Yudhishthira and you have seen that he is keeping up well. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-005 तं दृष्ट्वा नृपशार्दूलं शार्दूलसमविक्रमम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-005 स दृष्ट्वा नृपशार्दूलं शार्दूलसमविक्रमम् |
M. N. Dutt: This is the time of rejoicing, as you have seen that best of kings whose prowess is like that of a tiger. Why should you then betray yourself thus? |
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BORI CE: 08-049-006 न तं पश्यामि कौन्तेय यस्ते वध्यो भवेदिह |
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: 06-069-006 न तं पश्यामि कौन्तेय यस्ते वध्यो भविष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Kunti, I do not find any one here whom you can slay. What makes you then to yearn for fight, or have you lost the balance of your mind? |
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BORI CE: 08-049-007 तत्त्वा पृच्छामि कौन्तेय किमिदं ते चिकीर्षितम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-007 कस्माद् भवान् महाखङ्गं परिगृह्णाति सत्वरः |
M. N. Dutt: Why do you seize your mighty sword so suddenly, I enquire this of you. O Kaunteya, whence is this desire of your heart, or why do you fly to sword in such a sullen mood and with such a vigour?" |
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BORI CE: 08-049-008 एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन प्रेक्षमाणो युधिष्ठिरम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-008 एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन प्रेक्षमाणो युधिष्ठिरम् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed by Krishna, Arjuna, looking towards Yudhishthira and whizzing like an angry snake, replied, |
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BORI CE: 08-049-009 दद गाण्डीवमन्यस्मा इति मां योऽभिचोदयेत् BORI CE: 08-049-010 तदुक्तोऽहमदीनात्मन्राज्ञामितपराक्रम |
MN DUTT: 06-069-009 अन्यस्मै देहि गाण्डीवमिति मां योऽभिचोदयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: He who tells me-'Give your Gandiva to another,' I would cut his head off, such is my secret vow. Now that this king of immeasurable prowess has told me those words in your presence, O Govinda, I won't forgive him. I will, therefore, put to the sword this pious king. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-011 तस्मादेनं वधिष्यामि राजानं धर्मभीरुकम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-010 प्रतिज्ञा पालयिष्यामि हत्वैनं नरसत्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: I will redeem my vow by slaying this best of men. For this alone I have taken up the sword. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-012 सोऽहं युधिष्ठिरं हत्वा सत्येऽप्यानृण्यतां गतः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-011 सोऽहं युधिष्ठिरं हत्वा सत्यस्यानृण्यतां गतः |
M. N. Dutt: O delighter of the Yadus; by slaying Yudhishthira I will thus adhere to truth thereby be free from grief and fever. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-013 किं वा त्वं मन्यसे प्राप्तमस्मिन्काले समुत्थिते |
MN DUTT: 06-069-012 किं वा त्वं मन्यसे प्राप्तमस्मिन् काल उपस्थिते |
M. N. Dutt: O Janaradana, what do you wish me to do under the present circumstances. O sire, you are well acquainted with all the past the future of this universe. I shall, therefore, do as you tell me.” |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-069-013 संजय उवाच घिग् धिगित्येव गोविन्दः पार्थमुक्तराब्रवीतः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said Saying "Fie, fie unto you, Partha," |
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BORI CE: 08-049-014 कृष्ण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-069-014 श्रीकृष्ण उवाच इदानीं पार्थ जानामि न वृद्धाः सेवितास्त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: “Now I understand, O Partha, that you have never attended upon the old, since you, O mightiest of men, have been overcome with anger at a time quite out of season. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-069-015 न हि धर्मविभागज्ञः कुर्यादेवं धनंजय |
M. N. Dutt: O Dhananjaya, those who are versed in the niceties of religion would never act in the way as you are doing today, O pious son of Pandu, on not being acquainted with them. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-015 अकार्याणां च कार्याणां संयोगं यः करोति वै |
MN DUTT: 06-069-016 अकार्याणं क्रियाणां च संयोगं यः करोति वै |
M. N. Dutt: O Partha, he who does an act improper and heinous is the vilest of men. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-016 अनुसृत्य तु ये धर्मं कवयः समुपस्थिताः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-017 अनुसृत्य तु ये धर्मं कथयेयुरुपस्थिताः |
M. N. Dutt: You know not the words of wisdom the learned men preach, after the rules of morality, to the pupils waiting up on them. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-017 अनिश्चयज्ञो हि नरः कार्याकार्यविनिश्चये |
MN DUTT: 06-069-018 अनिश्चयज्ञो हि नरः कार्याकार्यविनिश्चये |
M. N. Dutt: Persons ignorant of them become benumbed and befooled in discriminating between what ought to be done and what ought not, even as you, O Partha, have been nonplussed. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-018 न हि कार्यमकार्यं वा सुखं ज्ञातुं कथंचन |
MN DUTT: 06-069-019 न हि कार्यमकार्यं वा सुखं ज्ञातु कथंचन |
M. N. Dutt: 'It is not easy to learn what ought to be done and what ought not. Of course everything can be learnt with the help of the scriptures. You are, however, a stranger to them. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-019 अविज्ञानाद्भवान्यच्च धर्मं रक्षति धर्मवित् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-020 अविज्ञानाद् भवान् यच्च धर्म रक्षति धर्मवित् |
M. N. Dutt: Believing yourself to be conversant with morality, you are observing it in a way which but indicates your ignorance of it. You believe yourself to be virtuous but you know not, O Partha, that it is a sin to slay living beings. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-020 प्राणिनामवधस्तात सर्वज्यायान्मतो मम |
MN DUTT: 06-069-021 प्राणिनामवधस्तात सर्वज्यायान् मतो मम |
M. N. Dutt: Methinks, keeping from doing any injury to any animal is a cardinal virtue. Even an untruth might behold but never an animal ought be slain. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-021 स कथं भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठं राजानं धर्मकोविदम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-022 स कथं भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठं राजान् धर्मकोविदम् |
M. N. Dutt: O best of men, how could you then like an ordinary man wish to slay your eldest brother the king, who is well versed in morality. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-022 अयुध्यमानस्य वधस्तथाशस्त्रस्य भारत |
MN DUTT: 06-069-023 अयुध्यमानस्य वधस्तथाशत्रोश्च मानदा |
M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, the slaying of a man who is not engaged in a fight, or is unwilling to fight, or takes to flight, or seeks your shelter, or joins his hands, or gives himself up to you, or is insane, be he even a foe, is never upheld by the righteous. And your superior is even all this. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-023 त्वया चैव व्रतं पार्थ बालेनैव कृतं पुरा |
MN DUTT: 06-069-024 त्वया चैवं व्रतं पार्थ बालेनेव कृतं पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: You had formerly taken the vow through childishness. And now through folly you are inclined to do an unrighteous act. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-024 स गुरुं पार्थ कस्मात्त्वं हन्या धर्ममनुस्मरन् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-025 स गुरुं पार्थ कस्मात् त्वं हन्तुकामोऽभिधावसि |
M. N. Dutt: Why, O Partha, do you rush upon your superior, intending to slay him, without determining (before-hand) the exceedingly fine course of virtue which is, certainly, not easily intelligible. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-025 इदं धर्मरहस्यं च वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ BORI CE: 08-049-026 विदुरो वा तथा क्षत्ता कुन्ती वापि यशस्विनी |
MN DUTT: 06-069-026 इदं धर्मरहस्यं च तव वक्ष्यामि पाण्डव |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Pandu, this mystery of virtue I will now explain to you as it was explained by Bhishma, by the pious Yudhishthira, by Vidura or the so-called Kshatri and by Kunti of great renown. I will tell it you in all its detail; listen to it, O Dhananjaya. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-027 सत्यस्य वचनं साधु न सत्याद्विद्यते परम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-027 सत्यस्य वचनं साधु न सत्याद् विद्यते परम् |
M. N. Dutt: One who tells the truth is a pious person. Nothing is there higher than truth. It is, therefore, very difficult to understand the details of truth as observed in action. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-028 भवेत्सत्यमवक्तव्यं वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
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: 08-049-029 प्राणात्यये विवाहे च वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-028 भवेत सत्यमवक्तव्यं वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Truth becomes unutterable and untruth utterable, where untruth would pose as truth and truth as untruth. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-029 विवाहकाले रतिसम्प्रयोगे प्राणात्यये सर्वधनापहारे |
M. N. Dutt: At a marriage or in the enjoyment of lust, or when one's life is at stake, or when one's entire fortunes are about to be lost, or in the cause of a Brahmin untruth may be uttered. It is said that there is no sin in uttering these five sorts of falsehood. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-030 सर्वस्वस्यापहारे तु वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Where one's entire fortunes are at stake untruth becomes utterable. On these occasions untruth becomes truth and truth untruth. He who is bent upon always practising truth alone is a fool and takes truth to be as it is. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-030 तादृशं पश्यते बालो यस्य सत्यमनुष्ठितम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-031 भवेत् सत्यमवक्तव्यं न वक्तव्यमनुष्ठितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed it is not a very easy thing to become righteous. He who can distinguish between the niceties of truth and untruth can alone become conversant with morality. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-031 किमाश्चर्यं कृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-032 किमाश्चर्यं कृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः |
M. N. Dutt: What wonder is there then that a wise man by doing something awfully cruel may even acquire virtue, as Balaka did by killing a blind beast. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-032 किमाश्चर्यं पुनर्मूढो धर्मकामोऽप्यपण्डितः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-033 किमाश्चर्यं पुनमूर्दो धर्मकामो ह्यपण्डितः |
M. N. Dutt: What wonder then that an ignorant and inexperienced person, intending to practise virtue, would commit grave vice like Kaushika on the river-bank." |
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BORI CE: 08-049-033 अर्जुन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-069-034 अर्जुन उवाच आचक्ष्व भगवन्नेतद् यथा विन्दाम्यहं तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Arjuna said Tell me of it, O holy one, in a way that I may learn it these stories about Balaka and Kaushika on the river-bank. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-034 कृष्ण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-069-035 वासुदेव उवाच पुराव्याधोऽभवत् कश्चिद् बलाको नाम भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Vasudeva said There was once a hunter, O Bharata, Balaka by name. He used to kill animals, not willfully but, in order to support his children and wife. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-035 सोऽन्धौ च मातापितरौ बिभर्त्यन्यांश्च संश्रितान् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-036 वृद्धौ च मातापितरौ बिभर्त्यन्यांश्च संश्रितान् |
M. N. Dutt: Devoted to his tribal pursuits, always speaking the truth and devoid of malice, he used to maintain his aged mother and father and other dependents. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-036 स कदाचिन्मृगाँल्लिप्सुर्नान्वविन्दत्प्रयत्नवान् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-037 स कदाचिन्सृगं लिप्सु भ्यविन्दन्मृगं क्वचित् |
M. N. Dutt: Once on a day, thought diligently searching for an animal, he could find none. At last he found a beast of prey, drinking water, which had lost its eyes but the loss was supplied by its keen sense of smell. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-037 अदृष्टपूर्वमपि तत्सत्त्वं तेन हतं तदा |
MN DUTT: 06-069-038 अदृष्टपूर्वमपि तत् सत्त्व तेन हतं तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Though he had not before seen a like of it, yet he killed it then and there. No sooner the blind beast had been killed, that there fell from the skies a shower of flowers. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-038 अप्सरोगीतवादित्रैर्नादितं च मनोरमम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-039 अप्सरोगीतवादित्रैर्नादितं च मनोरमम् |
M. N. Dutt: A celestial car, filled with the songs and music of Apsaras, came down from heaven to fetch that hunter of animals. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-039 तद्भूतं सर्वभूतानामभावाय किलार्जुन |
MN DUTT: 06-069-040 तद् भूतं सर्वभूतानामभावाय किलार्जुन |
M. N. Dutt: That beast having, successfully performed all the austerities of asceticism with a view to kill all the animals, had received that boon but was made blind instead by the Self-born. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-040 तद्धत्वा सर्वभूतानामभावकृतनिश्चयम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-041 तद्धत्वा सर्वभूतानामभावकृतनिश्चयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore Valaka, having killed the beast that was bent upon killing all the animals, went to heaven. Morality is, therefore, very difficult to be understood. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-041 कौशिकोऽप्यभवद्विप्रस्तपस्वी न बहुश्रुतः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-042 कौशिकोऽप्यभवद् विप्रस्तपस्वी नो नदीनां संगमे ग्रामाददूरात स किलावसत् |
M. N. Dutt: There was an ascetic Brahmin named Kaushika not much read in the Scriptures. He used to reside at a confluence of rivers, not far away from a village. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-042 सत्यं मया सदा वाच्यमिति तस्याभवद्व्रतम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-043 सत्यं मया सदा वाच्यमिति तस्याभवद् व्रतम् |
M. N. Dutt: He had taken the vow that the would ever speak the truth.' Therefore, O Dhananjaya, he become famous as a truthful man. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-043 अथ दस्युभयात्केचित्तदा तद्वनमाविशन् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-044 अथ दस्युभयात् केचित् तदा तद् वनमाविशन |
M. N. Dutt: At a time certain persons, being afraid of robbers, entered the woods. Even there the robbers, filled with anger, doggedly haunted after them. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-044 अथ कौशिकमभ्येत्य प्राहुस्तं सत्यवादिनम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-045 अथ कौशिकमभ्येत्य प्राहुस्ते सत्यवादिनम् |
M. N. Dutt: They then approaching Kaushika the truthful, said-'O holy one, which way have a number of men passed a little while ago? Asked in the name of truth tell us if you have seen them.' |
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BORI CE: 08-049-045 स पृष्टः कौशिकः सत्यं वचनं तानुवाच ह |
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: 06-069-046 श पृष्टः कौशिकः सत्यं तानुवाच ह |
M. N. Dutt: Being thus asked Kaushika told them the truth, that they had entered the wood thickly covered with trees, creepers and shrubs. O Partha, thus did Kaushika inform them. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-047 ततस्ते तान् समासाद्य क्रूरा जघ्नुरिति श्रुतिः |
M. N. Dutt: And the report goes that on this those wanton men got hold of those persons and put them to death. For the gave sin of uttering that truth, which should not have been uttered, Kaushika, unversed in the subtleties of religion, fell into a fearful hell. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-046 तेनाधर्मेण महता वाग्दुरुक्तेन कौशिकः BORI CE: 08-049-047 वृद्धानपृष्ट्वा संदेहं महच्छ्वभ्रमितोऽर्हति BORI CE: 08-049-048 दुष्करं परमज्ञानं तर्केणात्र व्यवस्यति |
MN DUTT: 06-069-047 ततस्ते तान् समासाद्य क्रूरा जघ्नुरिति श्रुतिः MN DUTT: 06-069-048 यथा चाल्पश्रुतो मूढो धर्माणामविभागवित् MN DUTT: 06-069-049 तत्र ते लक्षणोद्देशः कश्चिदेवं भविष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: And the report goes that on this those wanton men got hold of those persons and put them to death. For the gave sin of uttering that truth, which should not have been uttered, Kaushika, unversed in the subtleties of religion, fell into a fearful hell. As a foolish man, ill-read in the scriptures, unacquainted with the details of morality, is fit to fall into an awful hell for not asking aged men to set his doubts at rest. Your definition of morality must be then something like that. Some people attempt at attaining that high and difficult knowledge by the exercise of reasoning. Many persons maintain, on the other hand, that morality can be learned from the scriptures alone. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-049 न त्वेतत्प्रतिसूयामि न हि सर्वं विधीयते |
MN DUTT: 06-069-050 तत् ते न प्रत्यसूयामि चन स सर्व विधीयते |
M. N. Dutt: I do not find fault with the latter, but then everything is not provided for there. The moral precepts have been made for the well-being of the creatures. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-051 यत् स्यादहिंसासंयुक्तं च धर्म इति निश्चयः |
M. N. Dutt: All that is free from any motive of injury to any being is surely morality. For, indeed, the moral precepts have been made to free the creatures from all injuries. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-050 धारणाद्धर्ममित्याहुर्धर्मो धारयति प्रजाः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-052 धारणाद् धर्ममित्याहुर्धर्मो धारयते प्रजाः |
M. N. Dutt: Dharma (morality) is so-called because it protects all. Indeed, morality saves all creatures. Surely then that is morality which is capable of keeping off a creature from all injuries. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-051 येऽन्यायेन जिहीर्षन्तो जना इच्छन्ति कर्हिचित् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-053 येऽन्यायेन निहीर्षन्तो धर्ममिच्छन्ति कर्हिचित् |
M. N. Dutt: Those who try to stick to them logically, have scarcely a mind to acquire morality. If you can get rid of them without a word do no account have any intercourse with them. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-052 अवश्यं कूजितव्यं वा शङ्केरन्वाप्यकूजतः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-054 अवश्यं कूजितव्ये वा शङ्करन्नप्यकूजतः |
M. N. Dutt: If he must be spoken to or if he takes offence on not being talked with, in that case better speak a falsehood; verily that untruth is truth. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-055 यः कार्येभ्यो व्रतं कृत्वा तस्य नानोपपादयेत |
M. N. Dutt: He who, having taken a vow on some set purpose, cannot redeem the same by acts, attains not the rewards of that vow. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-053 प्राणात्यये विवाहे वा सर्वज्ञातिधनक्षये |
MN DUTT: 06-069-056 प्राणात्यये विवाहे वा सर्वज्ञातिवधात्यये |
M. N. Dutt: When one's life is endangered, at marriage, at the risk of destruction of one's kith and kin or in the course of business, all that is uttered will not be regarded as falsehood. To those who are well-versed in the real secrets of morality, there appear no immorality in all this. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-054 यः स्तेनैः सह संबन्धान्मुच्यते शपथैरपि |
MN DUTT: 06-069-057 यः स्तेनैः सह सम्बन्धान्मुच्यते शपथैरपि |
M. N. Dutt: There even, where one cuts off his connections with robbers after having taken an oath, it is better to swear falsely, for surely that falsehood would be truth. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-055 न च तेभ्यो धनं देयं शक्ये सति कथंचन |
MN DUTT: 06-069-058 न च तेभ्यो धनं देयं शक्ये सति कथंचन |
M. N. Dutt: On no account should one's wealth he give to the robbers, if that could be helped. Wealth when give to the sinful afflicts even the donor. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-056 एष ते लक्षणोद्देशः समुद्दिष्टो यथाविधि |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-059 तस्माद् धमार्थमनृत्तमुक्त्वा नानृतभाग् भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, an untruth spoken in the cause of morality does not amount to a falsehood. I have now duly pointed out to you the distinctive feathers of morality. Having heard all these tell me, O Partha, if Yudhishthira deserves to be killed. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-057 अर्जुन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-069-060 अर्जुन उवाच यश्चा ब्रूयान्महाप्राज्ञो यथा ब्रूयान्महामतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Arjuna said "O Krishna! You have spoken as a man of great wisdom should say, as a man of great intelligence need say. Your words are even such as would do good to us. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-058 भवान्मातृसमोऽस्माकं तथा पितृसमोऽपि च |
MN DUTT: 06-069-061 भवान् मातृसमोऽस्माकं तथा पितृसमोऽपि च |
M. N. Dutt: You are like both a mother and a father to us. You, O Krishna, are our sanctuary; that is why your words are beneficial to us. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-059 न हि ते त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यतेऽविदितं क्वचित् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-062 न हि ते त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यतेऽविदितं क्वचिन् |
M. N. Dutt: Nothing is there in the three worlds that is unknown to you. Therefore, you know the sublime morality with all its niceties. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-060 अवध्यं पाण्डवं मन्ये धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-063 अवध्यं पाण्डवं मन्ये धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम् |
M. N. Dutt: I admit that the righteous Yudhishthira, son of Pandu, is unslayable. In this connection kindly tell me something in my favour. Hear me tell you of something else that lies in my heart. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-061 जानासि दाशार्ह मम व्रतं त्वं; यो मां ब्रूयात्कश्चन मानुषेषु BORI CE: 08-049-062 हन्यामहं केशव तं प्रसह्य; भीमो हन्यात्तूबरकेति चोक्तः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-064 जानासि दासार्ह मम व्रतं त्वं यो मां ब्रूयात् कश्चन मानुषेषु |
M. N. Dutt: You know, O Keshava, the best scion of the Dasharha race, that my vow is that whoever among men tells me 'make over, O Partha, your Gandiva to him who is superior to you in point of chivalry or in wielding armours' I will, with all my mighty, slay him. So Bhima also has taken a vow to slay the man who addresses him as 'one without the hirsute indications of manhood!' Just now the king has repeatedly told me in your presence “make over your bow. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-065 तं हन्यां चेत् केशव जीवलोके स्थाता नाहं कालमप्यल्पमात्रम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Keshava, if I slay him, surely then the thought of having slain the king will immerse me in sin and make me loose my valour and mental faculties and thus cut short my days in this world. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-063 तं हत्वा चेत्केशव जीवलोके; स्थाता कालं नाहमप्यल्पमात्रम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-066 यथा प्रतिज्ञा मम लोकबुद्धौ भवेत् सत्या धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठ |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O Krishna, the best of all the righteous inen, do give me such counsels as would uphold my well-known vow and leave both myself and the eldest son of Pandu alive." |
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BORI CE: 08-049-064 वासुदेव 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: 08-049-065 तस्मिन्हते कुरवो निर्जिताः स्यु;रेवंबुद्धिः पार्थिवो धर्मपुत्रः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-067 वासुदेव उवाच राजा श्रान्तो विक्षतो दुःखितश्च कर्णेन संख्ये निशितैबार्णसंधैः |
M. N. Dutt: Vasudeva said-"O valiant one, the King Yudhishthira feels weary and aggrieved on being afflicted with arrows shot at him by Karna during the campaign; the more so as he was harassed with shaft-shots by the son of Suta even when he was retiring form the field. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-068 अतस्त्वमेतेन सरोषमुक्तो दुःखाचितेनेदमयुक्तरूपम् |
M. N. Dutt: Heavy at heart as he was at all this, he used such angry and improper expressions to you. Moreover, he addressed you in that tenor thinking that if he could provoke you, you would forthwith slay Karna in battle. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-069 जानाति तं पाण्डव एष चापि पापं लोके कर्णमसामन्यैः |
M. N. Dutt: O Partha, the king believes that this immoral Karna is unbearable to everyone else on earth but you. It was this that enraged him so highly as to use such cruel words even in your face. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-070 नित्योद्युक्ते सततं चाप्रसह्ये कर्णे द्यूतं ह्यद्य रणे निबद्धम् |
M. N. Dutt: King Yudhishthira, the righteous, is of opinion that today's battle is a play at dice in which the life of the ever-deviceful and everover bearing Karna has been laid as an wager. If he is slain, the Kauravas would necessarily meet with defeat. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-071 स्त्वया प्रतिज्ञार्जुन पालनीया |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O Arjuna, the son of Dharma deserves not death at your hands. At the same time your vow also must be kept good. Under the circumstances listen to the means that will make him apparently dead without the real loss of life. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-072 स्तदा स वै जीवति जीवलोके |
M. N. Dutt: A man of honour lives in this material world so long as he receives the homage due to him, but when he is woefully dishonored, he is spoken of as one more dead than alive. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-066 तन्मानितः पार्थिवोऽयं सदैव; त्वया सभीमेन तथा यमाभ्याम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-073 सम्मानितः पार्थिवोऽयं सदैव त्वयाच भीमेन तथा यमाभ्याम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Partha, this king has ever been honored by you, Bhima and the twins and by all the wise and chivalrous men to this world. You just offer some insult to that king. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-067 त्वमित्यत्रभवन्तं त्वं ब्रूहि पार्थ युधिष्ठिरम् |
MN DUTT: 06-069-074 त्वमित्यत्रभवन्तं हि ब्रूहि पार्थ युधिष्ठिरम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, a superior on being addressed as 'you' dies (at heart). Therefore, you do addressed the much-respected Yudhishthira as 'you.' |
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BORI CE: 08-049-068 एवमाचर कौन्तेय धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे |
MN DUTT: 06-069-075 एवमाचर कौन्तेय धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे |
M. N. Dutt: O the best of Kurus, O son of Kunti, do behave thus towards Yudhishthira the righteous and insult that honorable man by this censurable behaviour. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-069 अथर्वाङ्गिरसी ह्येषा श्रुतीनामुत्तमा श्रुतिः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-076 अथर्वाङ्गिरसी ह्येषा श्रुतीनामुत्तमा श्रुतिः |
M. N. Dutt: This is a Shruti given out by the Rishis Atharva and Angira, the best of all the Srutis; people who wish well should always follow this without any scruple. |
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MN DUTT: 06-069-077 अवधेन वधः प्रोक्तो यद् गुरुस्त्वमिति प्रभुः |
M. N. Dutt: To address a venerable superior as 'You.' is to kill him without actually depriving him of his life. Therefore do you, who are versed in morality, address Yudhishthira the righteous, in the manner I have indicated. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-070 वधो ह्ययं पाण्डव धर्मराज्ञ;स्त्वत्तो युक्तो वेत्स्यते चैवमेषः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-078 स्त्वत्तोऽयुक्तं वेत्स्यते चैवमेषः |
M. N. Dutt: On your acting thus the righteous Yudhishthira will verily feel that you have offered him a death-blow. Later on you will worship his feet and speak to him in befitting terms and thus pacify him. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-071 भ्राता प्राज्ञस्तव कोपं न जातु; कुर्याद्राजा कंचन पाण्डवेयः |
MN DUTT: 06-069-079 भ्राता प्राज्ञास्तव कोपं न जातु कुर्याद् राजा धर्ममवेक्ष्य चापि |
M. N. Dutt: O Partha, your intelligent brother Yudhishthira would never feel in the least angry with you. On being thus freed from impiety and fratricide you may cheerfully proceed against and slay Karna, the son of Suta. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-072 संजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-070-001 संजय उवाच इत्येवमुक्तस्तु जनार्दनेन पार्थः प्रशस्याथ सुहृदवचस्तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said Being thus spoken to by Janardana, Pritha's son Arjuna highly approved of the friendly counsels and then addressing Yudhishthira, the righteous, in a sullen tone, spoke such harsh words as he had never before done. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-073 मा त्वं राजन्व्याहर व्याहरत्सु; न तिष्ठसे क्रोशमात्रे रणार्धे |
MN DUTT: 06-070-002 अर्जुन उवाच मा त्वं राजन् व्याहर व्याहरस्व यस्तिष्ठसे क्रोशमात्रे रणाद् वै |
M. N. Dutt: Arjuna said O king, you should upbraid me no more. You who are at a distance of about two miles from the battle-field, should not upbraid me for nothing. He who having, in fair fight, defeated the enemies and slain those chivalrous lords of Earth and their best and leading car-warriors, elephants, cavalry and innumerable combatants, has been fighting with the foremost of heroes; he, who having routed in fight more than a thousand elephants and ten thousand soldiers of the Kambojamountaineers has been yelling as a lion roars after having killed many a deer; that Bhima may upbraid me. The wonderful feats the hero Vrikodara has been achieving on jumping down from his chariot with mace in hand and the innumerable horses, cars and elephants he has been destroying, are such, the like of which you can never achieve. That hero, with the valour of Indra, has been, with the best of swords, splitting down riders with horses and elephants and has been consuming the enemies with arrows and the broken limbs of cars and spreading death all around with his feet and hands. Indeed, Bhimasena, mighty like Yama and Kubera, readily slays the hostile army. That Bhimasena may revile me and not you who are ever being protected by friends. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-074 काले हि शत्रून्प्रतिपीड्य संख्ये; हत्वा च शूरान्पृथिवीपतींस्तान् |
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: 08-049-075 सुदुष्करं कर्म करोति वीरः; कर्तुं यथा नार्हसि त्वं कदाचित् BORI CE: 08-049-076 वरासिना वाजिरथाश्वकुञ्जरां;स्तथा रथाङ्गैर्धनुषा च हन्त्यरीन् BORI CE: 08-049-077 महाबलो वैश्रवणान्तकोपमः; प्रसह्य हन्ता द्विषतां यथार्हम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-002 अर्जुन उवाच मा त्वं राजन् व्याहर व्याहरस्व यस्तिष्ठसे क्रोशमात्रे रणाद् वै |
M. N. Dutt: Arjuna said O king, you should upbraid me no more. You who are at a distance of about two miles from the battle-field, should not upbraid me for nothing. He who having, in fair fight, defeated the enemies and slain those chivalrous lords of Earth and their best and leading car-warriors, elephants, cavalry and innumerable combatants, has been fighting with the foremost of heroes; he, who having routed in fight more than a thousand elephants and ten thousand soldiers of the Kambojamountaineers has been yelling as a lion roars after having killed many a deer; that Bhima may upbraid me. The wonderful feats the hero Vrikodara has been achieving on jumping down from his chariot with mace in hand and the innumerable horses, cars and elephants he has been destroying, are such, the like of which you can never achieve. That hero, with the valour of Indra, has been, with the best of swords, splitting down riders with horses and elephants and has been consuming the enemies with arrows and the broken limbs of cars and spreading death all around with his feet and hands. Indeed, Bhimasena, mighty like Yama and Kubera, readily slays the hostile army. That Bhimasena may revile me and not you who are ever being protected by friends. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-078 महारथान्नागवरान्हयांश्च; पदातिमुख्यानपि च प्रमथ्य |
MN DUTT: 06-070-003 महारथान् नागवनरान् हयांश्च पदातिमुख्यानपि च प्रमथ्य |
M. N. Dutt: He, who has been diving single-handed deep into the surge of Duryodhana's soldiers, carrying by storm the foremost elephants, steeds, infantry and charioteers; that Bhimsena, the slayer of foes, may reprove me. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-079 कलिङ्गवङ्गाङ्गनिषादमागधा;न्सदामदान्नीलबलाहकोपमान् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-004 कलिङ्गवङ्गनिषादमागधान् सदामदानीलवलाहकोपमान् |
M. N. Dutt: He, who has been slaying, in numbers the ever-furious elephants of the hostile Anga, Banga, Kalinga, Nishada and Magadha, that look like masses of blue clouds; that Bhimasena, the chastiser of enemies, may find fault with me. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-080 सुयुक्तमास्थाय रथं हि काले; धनुर्विकर्षञ्शरपूर्णमुष्टिः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-005 स युक्तमास्थाय रथं हि काले धनुर्विधुन्वशरपूर्णमुष्टिः |
M. N. Dutt: In the battle that valiant Brikodara being seated on a superbly-decked chariot has been holding in readiness handful of arrows and opportunely hurling them down in showers, like the clouds pouring torrents of rain. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-006 शतान्यष्टौ वारणानामवश्यं विशातितैः कुम्भकराग्रहस्तः |
M. N. Dutt: I have seen that in today's battle Bhimasena has cut asunder with his arrows, the heads, bodies and proboscis of eight hundred elephants and thereby killed them therefore, that Brikodara, the slayer of foes, may use harsh words me. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-081 बलं तु वाचि द्विजसत्तमानां; क्षात्रं बुधा बाहुबलं वदन्ति |
MN DUTT: 06-070-007 बलं तु वाचि द्विजसत्तमानां क्षात्रं बुधा बाहुबलं वदन्तिा त्वं वाग्बलो भारत निष्ठुरश्च त्वमेव मां वेत्य यथाबलोऽहम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, the learned men say that the strength of the foremost of Brahmanas lies in words and the main strength of the Kshatriyas is in their arms; but your strength lies in your words, moreover you are wanton. As for me, it is not unknown to you what stuff I am made of. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-082 यतामि नित्यं तव कर्तुमिष्टं; दारैः सुतैर्जीवितेनात्मना च |
MN DUTT: 06-070-008 यते हि नित्यं तव कर्तुमिष्टं दारैः सुतैर्जीवितेनात्मना च |
M. N. Dutt: I am ever bent upon pandering to your inclinations with my wives, sons, life and soul; still that you has been torturing me with your pointed words, I am convinced that we cannot expect happiness at your hands. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-083 अवामंस्था मां द्रौपदीतल्पसंस्थो; महारथान्प्रतिहन्मि त्वदर्थे |
MN DUTT: 06-070-009 मां मावसंस्था द्रौपदीतल्पसंस्थो महारथान् प्रतिहन्मि त्वदर्थे |
M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, do you be trifling with me no longer, lying all the while on Draupadi's bed. it is for you that I have been slaying many a mighty car-warrior. Perhaps that has been making you fearless and wanton still. Indeed, I could never feel any happiness from you. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-084 प्रोक्तः स्वयं सत्यसंधेन मृत्यु;स्तव प्रियार्थं नरदेव युद्धे |
MN DUTT: 06-070-010 स्त्व प्रियार्थं नरदेव युद्धे |
M. N. Dutt: O God among men, the magnanimous Bhishma, true to his vows and only with a view to please you, has himself pointed out that the valiant and high-souled Shikhandin, the son of Drupada, would be the cause of his death; and when I had been shielding that Shikhandin in the battle-field he was slain by the latter. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-085 न चाभिनन्दामि तवाधिराज्यं; यतस्त्वमक्षेष्वहिताय सक्तः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-011 न चाभिनन्दामि तवाधिराज्यं यतस्त्वमक्षेष्वहिताय सक्तः |
M. N. Dutt: I do not approve of your being restored to sovereignty, because you are addicted to the vice of gambling. Having thyself committed a sin, to which the low alone are addicted, you are now trying to get off from your foes through our aid. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-086 अक्षेषु दोषा बहवो विधर्माः; श्रुतास्त्वया सहदेवोऽब्रवीद्यान् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-012 अक्षेपु दोषा बहवो विधर्माः श्रुतास्त्वया सहदेवोऽब्रवीद् यान् |
M. N. Dutt: You had heard of the immorality and the numerous evils of playing at dice, dilated upon by Sahadeva. Yet you could not forego those evils practised by the wicked alone. It is but for this that we are steeped in distress. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-013 सुखं त्वत्तो नाभिजानीमकिंचिद् यतस्त्वमक्षैर्देवितुं संप्रवृतः |
M. N. Dutt: Since you wert engrossed in gambling, we could derive no happiness from you. O Pandava, having caused all these mischief's thyself, you are now heaping all these reproaches on me. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-014 शेतेऽस्माभिनिहता शत्रुसेना छिन्नैर्गात्रैर्भूमितले नदन्ती |
M. N. Dutt: Lo, the hostile troops, slain by us are lying prostrate on earth with mangled limbs and are uttering the deepest groans. Indeed, it was you who didst those wrongs, for which the Kauravas have lost their lives. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-015 हता उदीच्या निहताः प्रतीच्या नष्टाः प्राच्या दाक्षिणात्या विशस्ताः |
M. N. Dutt: The mighty warriors of the Kurus and ourselves have performed wonderful feats of valour in the battle-field. The hostile troops from the North, the West, the East and the South have been slain to a man. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-087 त्वं देविता त्वत्कृते राज्यनाश;स्त्वत्संभवं व्यसनं नो नरेन्द्र |
MN DUTT: 06-070-016 स्त्वसम्भवं नो व्यसनं नरेन्द्र |
M. N. Dutt: O ruler of mankind, it was you who had played at dice and it was for you alone that our kingdom was lost and we have fallen on evil days. Therefore, O king, do not provoke us too much by casting cruel aspersions on us. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-088 एता वाचः परुषाः सव्यसाची; स्थिरप्रज्ञं श्रावयित्वा ततक्ष |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-017 संजय उवाच एता वाचः परुषाः सव्यसाची स्थिरप्रज्ञः श्रावयित्वा तु रुक्षाः |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said The calm, virtuous and conscientious, Sabyasachin (Arjuna) having addressed to Yudhishthira such harsh and exceedingly cruel words and having thus slightly sinned became cheerless. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-018 तदानुतेपे सुरराजपुत्रो विनिःश्वसंश्चासिमथोद्वबह |
M. N. Dutt: Then that son of Indra became repentant and sighing heavily unsheathed his sword. Seeing this, Krishna said-"Wait is this? Why do you draw your sword lustrous like the blue skies? |
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BORI CE: 08-049-089 तमाह कृष्णः किमिदं पुनर्भवा;न्विकोशमाकाशनिभं करोत्यसिम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-018 तदानुतेपे सुरराजपुत्रो विनिःश्वसंश्चासिमथोद्वबह MN DUTT: 06-070-019 स्तथा प्रवक्ष्याम्यहमर्थसिद्धये |
M. N. Dutt: Then that son of Indra became repentant and sighing heavily unsheathed his sword. Seeing this, Krishna said-"Wait is this? Why do you draw your sword lustrous like the blue skies? If you have anything to ask, be out with it. I will tell you how to gain your desired ends." Being thus spoken to by Keshava, the foremost of men, the remorse-stricken Dhananjaya repliedअहं हनिष्ये स्वशरीरमेव |
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BORI CE: 08-049-090 इत्येव पृष्टः पुरुषोत्तमेन; सुदुःखितः केशवमाह वाक्यम् |
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: 08-049-091 निशम्य तत्पार्थवचोऽब्रवीदिदं; धनंजयं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-020 प्रसह्य येनाहितमाचरं वै |
M. N. Dutt: “I do mean to destroy my body that has thus sinned.” Hearing this from Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, Krishna the adorable of the righteous, said unto himराजानमेनं त्वमितीदमुक्त्वा |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-021 किं कश्मलं प्राविशः पार्थ घोरम् |
M. N. Dutt: O slayer of foes, O Kiritin (Arjuna), why have you become so much crest-fallen on addressing the king as 'you.' You intend to kill yourself, but no honest man would approve of it. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-022 धर्मात्मानं भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठमद्य खड्ड्रेन चैनं यदि हन्या नृवीर |
M. N. Dutt: O hero among men, what your state would have been had you, under a false religious zeal, slain your elder brother today? |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-023 सूक्ष्मो धर्मो दुर्विदश्चापि पार्थ विशेषतोऽज्ञैः प्रोच्यमानं निबोध |
M. N. Dutt: O Partha, religion is very subtle and awfully unintelligible, the more so to the ignorant. Hear me tell you of it. Suicide is tantamount to fratricide and in either case condemnation to the same hell would have been inevitable. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-092 तथास्तु कृष्णेत्यभिनन्द्य वाक्यं; धनंजयः प्राह धनुर्विनाम्य |
MN DUTT: 06-070-024 स्तथा हतात्मा भवितासि पार्थ |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O Partha, now recount to him your merits and valourous deeds and you shall thereby slay yourself.” Dhananjaya, the son of Sakra (Indra) hailed these words, saying-"Be it so." Then lowering his bow, he said unto Yudhishthira, the adored of the virtuous, "Hear me, O king. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-093 न मादृशोऽन्यो नरदेव विद्यते; धनुर्धरो देवमृते पिनाकिनम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-025 न मादृशोऽन्यो नरदेव विद्यते धनुर्धरो देवमृते पिनाकिनम् |
M. N. Dutt: O ruler of men, excepting only the wielder of Pinaka, the foremost of the Gods, there is no skilled archer like me. On receiving the sanction of that illustrious deity, whose forehead is bedecked with the crescent moon, I can surely destroy in a moment this whole universe with all its organic and inorganic creation. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-094 मया हि राजन्सदिगीश्वरा दिशो; विजित्य सर्वा भवतः कृता वशे |
MN DUTT: 06-070-026 मया हि राजन् सादिगीश्वरा दिशो विजित्य सर्वा भवतः कृता वशे |
M. N. Dutt: O king, it was I who had defeated all the nations and the chiefs of all the principalities in the world and brought them under your subjection. It was through my influence that your Rajasuya sacrifice had been brought to a happy close by gifts of Dakshina and by a meeting of celestials. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-095 पाणौ पृषत्का लिखिता ममेमे; धनुश्च संख्ये विततं सबाणम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-027 पाणौ पृषत्का निशिता ममैव धनुश्च सज्यं विततं सबाणम् |
M. N. Dutt: In my palms there are the signs of sharp swords and stringed bows and arrows and in my soles and the marks of cars and ensigns. That is why a man like me can never be defeated in battle. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-096 हता उदीच्या निहताः प्रतीच्याः; प्राच्या निरस्ता दाक्षिणात्या विशस्ताः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-028 हता उदीच्या निहताः प्रतीच्याः प्राच्या निरस्ता दाक्षिणात्या विशस्ताः |
M. N. Dutt: I have slain the enemies from the North, routed the foes from the West, driven off the hostile squadron from the East and exterminated the foes from the South. Indeed I have slain over half the hostile armies; there is left only a small portion of the most unflinching foes. O king, the army of Bharata, with the blazing effulgence of the celestial host, being slain by me are lying flat on the field. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-097 शेते मया निहता भारती च; चमू राजन्देवचमूप्रकाशा |
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: 08-049-098 इत्येवमुक्त्वा पुनराह पार्थो; युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठम् |
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: 08-049-099 प्रसाद्य राजानममित्रसाहं; स्थितोऽब्रवीच्चैनमभिप्रपन्नः |
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: 08-049-100 तव प्रियार्थं मम जीवितं हि; ब्रवीमि सत्यं तदवेहि राजन् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-029 स्तस्माल्लोकानेष करोभि भस्मसात् |
M. N. Dutt: With weapons, I slay those alone that are skilled in the use of weapons, that is why I do not make a wholesale massacre of the entire hostile army. O Krishna, let us hasten to slay the son of Suta, riding upon my awe-inspiring and victorious chariot. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-030 राजा भवत्वद्य सुनिर्वृतोऽयं कर्णं रणे नाशयितासि बाणैः |
M. N. Dutt: Today a king Yudhishthira will be pleased. I shall distroyed Karna by my arrows. Thus addressing Arjuna, again said to Yudhishthira, the foremost of man of duties. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-031 अद्यापुत्र सूतमाता भवित्री कुन्ती वाथो वा मया तेन वापि |
M. N. Dutt: Today either dame Suta will be bereft of her son by me, or Kunti will be bereft of me by Karna. Verily do I tell you that I won't unlock my mail-cloak today without slaying Karna in battle with my arrows. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-032 संजय उवाच इत्येवमुक्त्वा पुनरेव पार्थो युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभृता वरिष्ठम् |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said Having again thus addressed Yudhishthira, the foremost of the righteous, the diademdecked. Arjuna readily laid aside his weapons and bow and thursted his sword into the scabbard, having thus appeased Yudhishthira he huge down his head in shame and with joined hands thus addressed him-"O king, I bow unto you, be pleased with me; you will understand in due course the gist of all that I have told you." |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-033 प्रसाद्य राजानममित्रसाह स्थितोऽब्रवीचैव पुन: प्रवीरः |
M. N. Dutt: The valiant Arjuna, having thus appeased Yudhishthira, capable of bearing all enemies and having stood there awhile, said again, “It shall not be deferred, it must be done ere long. There is Karna coming towards me. I must proceed against him. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-034 याम्येष भीमं समरात् प्रमोक्तुं सर्वात्मना सूतपुत्रं च हन्तुम् |
M. N. Dutt: I am going to extricate Bhimasena from the battle by all means and slay the son of Suta. My life is devoted to perform truth, know it for certain." |
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BORI CE: 08-049-101 एतच्छ्रुत्वा पाण्डवो धर्मराजो; भ्रातुर्वाक्यं परुषं फल्गुनस्य |
MN DUTT: 06-070-035 इति प्रयास्यन्नुपदृह्य पादौ समुत्थितौ दीप्ततेजाः किरीटी |
M. N. Dutt: The diadem-decked Arjuna of blazing effulgence having said this and worshipped Yudhishthira by his feet, rose to proceed to the battle. After having heard these harsh words of Phalguna (Arjuna). Yudhishthira, the foremost of the righteous, with a heavy heart rose from the bed (on which he had been reclining) and said unto him. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-102 कृतं मया पार्थ यथा न साधु; येन प्राप्तं व्यसनं वः सुघोरम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-036 कृतं मया पार्थ यथा न साधु येन प्राप्त व्यसनं वः सुघोरम् |
M. N. Dutt: O Arjuna, the wicked deed that I have done has brought upon you this terrible calamity; do you, therefore, chop off today the head of this exterminator of the race, the worst of the family. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-103 पापस्य पापव्यसनान्वितस्य; विमूढबुद्धेरलसस्य भीरोः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 06-070-037 वृद्धावमन्तुः परुषस्य चैव किं ते चिरं मे ह्यनुसृत्य रुक्षम् |
M. N. Dutt: A wretch, sinner, dull-headed, idle, coward, insulator of the aged and wanton that I am, what is the good of your thus behaving towards me, after having addressed such rude words? |
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BORI CE: 08-049-104 गच्छाम्यहं वनमेवाद्य पापः; सुखं भवान्वर्ततां मद्विहीनः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-037 वृद्धावमन्तुः परुषस्य चैव किं ते चिरं मे ह्यनुसृत्य रुक्षम् MN DUTT: 06-070-038 योग्यो राजा भीमसेनो महात्मा कीबस्य वा मम किं राज्यकृत्यम् |
M. N. Dutt: A wretch, sinner, dull-headed, idle, coward, insulator of the aged and wanton that I am, what is the good of your thus behaving towards me, after having addressed such rude words? A sinner that I am, I would repair to the woods this very day, relived of my company may you live in happiness. The magnanimous Bhimasena is worthy of the throne. An impotent that I am, what the use of my having the sovereignty? |
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BORI CE: 08-049-105 न चास्मि शक्तः परुषाणि सोढुं; पुनस्तवेमानि रुषान्वितस्य |
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: 08-049-106 इत्येवमुक्त्वा सहसोत्पपात; राजा ततस्तच्छयनं विहाय |
MN DUTT: 06-070-039 भीमोऽस्तु राजा मम जीवितेन न कार्यमद्यावमतस्य वीर |
M. N. Dutt: I cannot any longer bear the harsh words you spoke being excited with anger. Therefore, let Bhimasena be the king. It is not worth my while to live after being thus insulted." Having expressed himself thus, the king Yudhishthira leaving that bed stood up suddenly and then expressed his intention of proceeding to the woods. Upon this Vasudeva bowing down, said unto him. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-107 राजन्विदितमेतत्ते यथा गाण्डीवधन्वनः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-040 राजन् विदितमेतद् वै यथा गाण्डीवधन्वनः |
M. N. Dutt: O king! you know already the vow of the veracious wielder of the Gandiva, in respect of his Gandiva. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-108 ब्रूयाद्य एवं गाण्डीवं देह्यन्यस्मै त्वमित्युत |
MN DUTT: 06-070-041 ब्रूयाद् एवं गाण्डीवमन्यस्मै देयमित्युत |
M. N. Dutt: Whoever in this world tells him, 'Give your Gandiva to anotehr,' would be slain by him. And even these words you addressed him just now. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-109 अतः सत्यां प्रतिज्ञां तां पार्थेन परिरक्षता |
MN DUTT: 06-070-042 ततः सत्यां प्रतिज्ञां ता पार्थेन प्रतिरक्षता |
M. N. Dutt: O lord of the Earth! that is why Partha simply to keep up that solemn vow, under my instructions, addressed you with those insulting words. Because it is said, that insults to superiors are tantamount to death. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-110 तस्मात्त्वं वै महाबाहो मम पार्थस्य चोभयोः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-043 तस्मात् त्वं वै महाबाहो मम पार्थस्य चोभयोः |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O long armed king! forgive us of the unmannerly behaviour of us both, Arjuna and myself. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-111 शरणं त्वां महाराज प्रपन्नौ स्व उभावपि |
MN DUTT: 06-070-044 शरणं त्वां महाराज प्रपन्नौ स्व उभावपि |
M. N. Dutt: O king! we both of us surrender ourselves to you. I beseech you, by all means vouchsafe us your pardon. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-112 राधेयस्याद्य पापस्य भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-045 राधेयस्याद्य पापस्य भूमि: पास्यति शोणितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Today the earth shall soak the blood of that reprobate son of Radha; solemnly I swear before you that you may count upon Suta's son as slain today and know it for certain that whomever you like, he loses his life today. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-113 इति कृष्णवचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः |
MN DUTT: 06-070-046 इति कृष्णवचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजौ युधिष्ठिरः |
M. N. Dutt: Upon this Yudhishthira, the foremost of the righteous, hastened to raise the prostrate Hrishikesha with due honor. Then, folding his hands together, he said unto him these opportune words- |
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BORI CE: 08-049-114 एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमस्त्येषोऽतिक्रमो मम |
MN DUTT: 06-070-047 एवमेव यथाऽऽत्य त्वमस्त्येषोऽतिक्रमो मम |
M. N. Dutt: It is just as you said, O Govinda! Let this transgression be in respect of me; there is no harm in that. O Madhava, O Achyuta! I am obliged, to and saved by you; you have rescued us today from a grave calamity. |
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BORI CE: 08-049-115 भवन्तं नाथमासाद्य आवां व्यसनसागरात् BORI CE: 08-049-116 त्वद्बुद्धिप्लवमासाद्य दुःखशोकार्णवाद्वयम् |
MN DUTT: 06-070-048 भवन्तं नाथमासाद्य ह्यावां व्यसनसागरात् |
M. N. Dutt: Both of us were steeped in ignorance today. It is only through your help that we have been rescued from an ocean of distress. O Achyuta! It is through having obtained your intelligence at your raft that this day we have safely passed over an ocean of grief and remorse. In fact, it is through you that we have been blessed with our relatives and allies. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-071-001 संजय उवाच धर्मराजस्य तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रीतियुक्तं वचस्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said O majesty! Govinda, the religious soul and dignity of Yadu clan began explaining something to Arjuna in response to the vivid statement made by Dharamaraja (Yudhishthira). |
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