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Book 11 – Chapter 002
BORI CE: 11-002-001 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-181-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच ततोऽमृतसमैर्वाक्यै दयन् पुरुषर्षभम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Listen, O Janamejaya, to the nectar like words that Vidura said to the son of Vichitravirya and by which be pleased that foremost of men. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-002 विदुर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-181-002 विदुर उवाच उत्तिष्ठ राजन् किं शेषे धारयात्मानमात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: Vidura said Rise, O king! Why are you lying on the Earth. Cheer yourself up. O king, this is the final end of all living creatures. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-003 सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः |
MN DUTT: 06-181-003 सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः |
M. N. Dutt: Everything is liable to destruction; everything that is high is sure to fall down. Union is sure to end in separation; life is sure to end in death. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-004 यदा शूरं च भीरुं च यमः कर्षति भारत |
MN DUTT: 06-181-004 यदा शूरं च भीरुं च यमः कर्षति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: The Destroyer, O Bharata, takes both the hero and the coward. Why then, O foremost of Kshatriyas, should not Kshatriyas engage themselves in battle. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-005 अयुध्यमानो म्रियते युध्यमानश्च जीवति |
MN DUTT: 06-181-005 अयुध्यमानो म्रियते युध्यमानश्च जीवति |
M. N. Dutt: He, who never fights has been seen to die, while he who engaged himself in battle has been seen to escape alive. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-006 अभावादीनि भूतानि भावमध्यानि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: As regards living creatures, they did not exist at first. They exist in the intervening period. In the end they once more become nonexistent. Why should then one grieve for the same? |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-007 न शोचन् मृतमन्वेति न शोचन् म्रियते नरः |
M. N. Dutt: The man who grieves does not succeed in meeting with the dead. By grieving one does not himself die. While such is the course of the world, why do you indulge in grief. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-008 कालः कर्षति भूतानि सर्वाणि विविधान्युत |
M. N. Dutt: Death drags all creatures, even the gods. There is none dear or hateful to death, O Kuru chief. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-009 यथा वायुस्तृणाग्राणि संवर्तयति सर्वशः |
M. N. Dutt: As the wind tears off all the blades of grass, even so, O foremost of Bharata's race, Death rules over all creatures. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-010 एकसार्थप्रयातानां सर्वेषां तत्र गामिनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: All creatures are like members of a caravan bound for the same country. When death will overtake all, it is immaterial whom he meets first. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-006 न चाप्येतान्हतान्युद्धे राजञ्शोचितुमर्हसि |
MN DUTT: 06-181-011 न चाप्येतान् हतान् युद्धे राजशोचितुमर्हसि |
M. N. Dutt: O king, you should not grieve for those who have been killed in battle. If the scriptures are authoritative all of them must have obtained the highest end. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-007 सर्वे स्वाध्यायवन्तो हि सर्वे च चरितव्रताः |
MN DUTT: 06-181-012 सर्वे स्वाध्यायवन्तो हि सर्वे च चरितव्रताः |
M. N. Dutt: All of them were well read in the Vedas; all of them had practised vows. All of them have met with death after fighting with the enemy. What is there to be sorry in this. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-008 अदर्शनादापतिताः पुनश्चादर्शनं गताः |
MN DUTT: 06-181-013 अदर्शनादापतिताः पुनश्चादर्शनं गताः |
M. N. Dutt: They had been invisible before birth. Having come from that unknown region, they have again become invisible. They are not yours, nor are you theirs. Why should you grieve then for such disappearance? |
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BORI CE: 11-002-009 हतोऽपि लभते स्वर्गं हत्वा च लभते यशः |
MN DUTT: 06-181-014 हतोऽपि लभते स्वर्ग हत्वा च लभते यशः |
M. N. Dutt: If killed, one acquires heaven. By killing, fame is acquired. Both of these, produce great merit. Battle, therefore, is not unproductive of good. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-010 तेषां कामदुघाँल्लोकानिन्द्रः संकल्पयिष्यति |
MN DUTT: 06-181-015 तेषां कामदुधालँ लोकानिन्द्रः संकल्पयिष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: forsooth, Indra will give them regions capable of granting every wish. These, O foremost of men, become the guests of Indra. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-011 न यज्ञैर्दक्षिणावद्भिर्न तपोभिर्न विद्यया |
MN DUTT: 06-181-016 न यज्ञैर्दक्षिणावद्भिर्न तपोभिर्न विद्यया |
M. N. Dutt: By celebrating sacrifice with profuse gifts, by ascetic penances and by learning, men cannot, go so quickly to heaven as heroes killed in battle. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-017 शरीरग्निषु शूराणां जुहुवुस्ते शराहुतीः |
M. N. Dutt: On the bodies of hostile heroes who were like the sacrificial fire, they poured libations of arrows. Highly energetic, they had in return to bear the arrowy libations poured upon them by their foes. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-018 एवं राजंस्तवाचक्षे स्वयं पन्थानमुत्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: I tell you, O king, that for a Kshatriya in this world there is not a better way to heaven then battle. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-019 क्षत्रियास्ते महात्मानः शूराः समितिशोभनाः |
M. N. Dutt: They were all great Kshatriyas; brave as they were, they were ornaments of assemblies. They have attained highest of blessed regions. They are not persons for whom we should be sorry. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-020 आत्मानमात्मनाऽऽश्वास्य मा शुचः पुरुषर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Solacing yourself, by you own self, cease to grieve, O best of men. You should not allow yourself to be overwhelmed with sorrow and to all action. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-012 मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च |
MN DUTT: 06-181-021 मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च |
M. N. Dutt: There are thousands of mothers and fathers and sons and wives in this world. Whose are they and whose are we? |
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BORI CE: 11-002-013 शोकस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च |
MN DUTT: 06-181-022 शोकस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Thousands of causes spring up daily for sorrow and thousands for fear. These, however, affect the ignorant and not the wise. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-014 न कालस्य प्रियः कश्चिन्न द्वेष्यः कुरुसत्तम |
MN DUTT: 06-181-023 न कालस्य प्रियः कश्चिन्न द्वेष्यः कुरुसत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: There is none dear of hateful to Time, O Kuru chief. Time is indifferent to none. All are equally dragged by time. give up |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-024 काल: पचति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः |
M. N. Dutt: Time makes all creatures grow, and it is Time that destroys all. When all else is asleep, Time is awake. Time is irresistible. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-015 अनित्यं जीवितं रूपं यौवनं द्रव्यसंचयः |
MN DUTT: 06-181-025 अनित्यं यौवनं रूपं जीवितं द्रव्यसंचयः |
M. N. Dutt: Youth, beauty, life, wealth, health, and friends, are all unstable. The wise will never seek any of these. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-016 न जानपदिकं दुःखमेकः शोचितुमर्हसि |
MN DUTT: 06-181-026 न जानपदिकं दुःखमेकः शोचितुमर्हसि |
M. N. Dutt: You should not grieve for what is universal. By indulging in grief a person may himself die, but grief itself by being indulged in, never becomes light. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-017 अशोचन्प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येत्पराक्रमम् |
MN DUTT: 06-181-027 अशोचन् प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येत् पराक्रमम् |
M. N. Dutt: If you feel any grief heavily, it should be overcome by not indulging in it. This is the only remedy for grief, viz., that one should not indulge in it. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-018 अनिष्टसंप्रयोगाच्च विप्रयोगात्प्रियस्य च |
MN DUTT: 06-181-028 चिन्त्यमानं हि न व्येति भूयश्चापि प्रवर्धते |
M. N. Dutt: By indulging in it, one cannot lesson it. On the other hand, it increases when being indulged in. When any evil or when bereavement of some dear one, comes on, only they that are of little intelligence allow their minds to be laden with grief. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-019 नार्थो न धर्मो न सुखं यदेतदनुशोचसि |
MN DUTT: 06-181-029 नार्थो न धर्मो न सुखं यदेतदनुशोचसि |
M. N. Dutt: This is neither Profit, nor Religion, nor Happiness, of which you are thinking. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-020 अन्यामन्यां धनावस्थां प्राप्य वैशेषिकीं नराः BORI CE: 11-002-021 प्रज्ञया मानसं दुःखं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधैः |
MN DUTT: 06-181-030 अन्यामन्यां धनावस्थां प्राप्य वैशेषिकी नराः |
M. N. Dutt: The indulgence of grief in the sure means of one's losing one's objects. Through it, one deviates from the three great ends of life. They, who are not contented are stupefied by the vicissitudes of fortune. The wise, are, on the other hand, unaffected by such changes. One should destroy mental grief by wisdom, as physical grief should be destroyed by medicine. Wisdom has this power. They, however, that are foolish, can never acquire equanimity of mind. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-022 शयानं चानुशयति तिष्ठन्तं चानुतिष्ठति |
MN DUTT: 06-181-031 शयानं चानुशेते हि तिष्ठन्तं चानुतिष्ठति |
M. N. Dutt: Pristine actions closely follow a man, so much so that they lie by him when he lies down, stand by him when he stands, and run with him when he runs. |
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BORI CE: 11-002-023 यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां यत्करोति शुभाशुभम् |
MN DUTT: 06-181-032 यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां यत् करोति शुभाशुभम् |
M. N. Dutt: As a man acts well or ill, so he enjoys or suffers the fruit thereof. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-033 येन येन शरीरेण यद्यत् कर्म करोति यः |
M. N. Dutt: In physical actions also one enjoys or suffers the fruits according to his acts. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-034 आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: One's own self is one's own friend, again one's own self is one's own enemy. One's own self is the witness of one's good and evil acts. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-035 शुभेन कर्मणा सौख्यं दुःखं पापेन कर्मणा |
M. N. Dutt: Good acts beget a state of happiness, and sinful deeds bring on woe. One always reaps the fruit of one's acts. One never enjoys of suffers happiness or misery that is not the outcome of one's own acts. |
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MN DUTT: 06-181-036 न हि ज्ञानविरुद्धेषु बह्वपायेषु कर्मसु |
M. N. Dutt: Intelligent persons like you, O king, never commit sinful deeds, that are disapproved by knowledge and that strike at the very root of virtue and happiness. |
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