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Book 12 – Chapter 009
BORI CE: 12-009-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-009-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच मुहूर्तं तावदेकाग्रो मनःश्रोत्रेऽन्तरात्मनि |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said For a little while, O Arjuna, concentrate your attention, thought and hearing on the inner self. If you hear my words in such a state of mind, you will like them! |
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BORI CE: 12-009-002 सार्थगम्यमहं मार्गं न जातु त्वत्कृते पुनः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-002 साधुगम्यमहं मार्गं न जातु त्वत्कृते पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: Abandoning all earthly pleasure, I shall follow that path which is trod by the righteous! [ shall not, for your sake, follow the path pointed out by you. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-003 क्षेम्यश्चैकाकिना गम्यः पन्थाः कोऽस्तीति पृच्छ माम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-003 क्षेम्यश्चैकाकिना गम्यः पन्थाः कोऽस्तीति पृच्छ माम् |
M. N. Dutt: If you ask me what path is auspicious which only one should follow, I shall tell you! If you are not inclined to ask me, I shall yet, unasked by you, tell you of it. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-004 हित्वा ग्राम्यसुखाचारं तप्यमानो महत्तपः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-004 हित्वा ग्राम्यसुखाचारं तप्यमानो महत् तपः |
M. N. Dutt: Abandoning the pleasures and what men do in this world, and practising the austerity of penances, I shall wander in the forest, with the animals dwelling there, living on fruits and roots! |
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BORI CE: 12-009-005 जुह्वानोऽग्निं यथाकालमुभौ कालावुपस्पृशन् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-005 जुह्वानोऽग्निं यथाकालमुभौ कालावुपस्पृशन् |
M. N. Dutt: Pouring libations on the fire at the appointed time and performing ablutions at morning, and evening I shall reduce myself by restricted diet. and clad in skins, bear matted locks on my head. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-006 शीतवातातपसहः क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमक्षमः BORI CE: 12-009-007 मनःकर्णसुखा नित्यं शृण्वन्नुच्चावचा गिरः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-006 शीतवातातपसहः क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमक्षमः |
M. N. Dutt: Enduring cold, wind, and heat, as also hunger and thirst and toil, I shall emaciate my body by penances as sanctioned by the scriptures. I shall daily listen to the clear notes of happy birds and animals living in the forest, which please the heart and the ear. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-008 आजिघ्रन्पेशलान्गन्धान्फुल्लानां वृक्षवीरुधाम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-007 आजिघ्रन पेशलान् गन्धान फुल्लानां वृक्षवीरुधाम् |
M. N. Dutt: I shall enjoy the fragrance of trees and creepers, covered with flowers and see various kinds of charining products that grow in the forest. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-009 वानप्रस्थजनस्यापि दर्शनं कुलवासिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-008 वानप्रस्थजनस्यापि दर्शनं कुलवासिनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: I shall also see many recluses there. I shall not do the slightest harm to any creature, what to speak of those who live in villages and towns? |
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BORI CE: 12-009-010 एकान्तशीली विमृशन्पक्वापक्वेन वर्तयन् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-009 एकान्तशीली विमृशन् पक्वापक्वेन वर्तयन् |
M. N. Dutt: Leading a retired life and engaged in contemplation, I shall live upon ripe and unripe fruits and propitiate the departed manes and the gods with offerings of forest fruits and spring water and beautiful hymns. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-011 एवमारण्यशास्त्राणामुग्रमुग्रतरं विधिम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-010 एवमारण्यशास्त्राणामुग्रमुग्रतरं विधिम् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus leading an austere forest-life, I shall live on, calmly awaiting the dissolution of my body. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-012 अथ वैकोऽहमेकाहमेकैकस्मिन्वनस्पतौ |
MN DUTT: 07-009-011 अथवैकोऽहमेकाहमेकैकस्मिन् वनस्पतौ |
M. N. Dutt: Or, living alone and observing the vow of silence, with iny head shaved clean, I shall live by begging each day of only one trees. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-013 पांसुभिः समवच्छन्नः शून्यागारप्रतिश्रयः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-012 पांसुभिः समभिच्छन्नः शून्यागारप्रतिश्रयः |
M. N. Dutt: Smearing my body with ashes, and living in forsaken houses, or lying at the foot of trees, I shall live, forsaking all things dear or hateful. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-014 न शोचन्न प्रहृष्यंश्च तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-013 न शोचन्न पहष्यंश्च तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Without being over-grieved, or over-joyed, and considering censure and applause, hope and affection, in the same light and conquering the pairs of opposites, I shall live, casting off all the things of the world. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-015 आत्मारामः प्रसन्नात्मा जडान्धबधिराकृतिः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-014 आत्मारामः प्रसन्नात्मा जडान्धवधिराकृतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Without talking with anybody, I shall outwardly appear as a blind and deaf idiot, while living in contentment and deriving liappiness from my innerself. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-016 जङ्गमाजङ्गमान्सर्वान्नविहिंसंश्चतुर्विधान् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-015 जङ्गमाजङ्गमान् सर्वानविहिसंश्चतुर्विधान् |
M. N. Dutt: Without doing the least harm to the four kinds of movable and immovable creatures, I shall deal with all creatures equally whether fulfilling their duties, or guided entirely by the Senses. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-017 न चाप्यवहसन्कंचिन्न कुर्वन्भ्रुकुटीं क्वचित् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-016 न चाप्यवहसन् कञ्चिन्न कुर्वन् भृकुटी: क्वचित् |
M. N. Dutt: I shall not inock at any one, nor shall I frown at any body. governing all my senses, I shall always put on a cheerful face. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-018 अपृच्छन्कस्यचिन्मार्गं व्रजन्येनैव केनचित् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-017 अपृच्छन् कस्यचिन्मार्ग प्रव्रजन्नेव केनचित् |
M. N. Dutt: Without asking anybody about the way, proceeding along any way that I may happen to see, I shall go on, without caring for the country or the point of the compass to which or towards which I may go. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-019 गमने निरपेक्षश्च पश्चादनवलोकयन् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-018 गमने निरपेक्षश्च पश्चादनवलोकयन् |
M. N. Dutt: Not caring where I may go, I shall not look behind. Divesting myself of desire and anger, and concentrating my look inwards, I shall go on forsaking pride of soul and body. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-020 स्वभावस्तु प्रयात्यग्रे प्रभवन्त्यशनान्यपि |
MN DUTT: 07-009-019 स्वभावस्तु प्रयात्यग्रे प्रभवन्त्यशनान्यपि |
M. N. Dutt: Nature always walks before : hence, food and drink will somehow come. I shall not think of those pairs of opposites that are inimical to such a life. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-021 अल्पं वास्वादु वा भोज्यं पूर्वालाभेन जातु चित् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-020 अल्पं वास्वादु वा भोज्यं पूर्वालाभेन जातुचित् |
M. N. Dutt: If even a small quantity of pure food be not available in the first house (where I may go) I shall secure it by going to other houses. If I cannot procure it by even such around, I shall go to seven houses successively and fill my cravings. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-022 विधूमे न्यस्तमुसले व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने BORI CE: 12-009-023 एककालं चरन्भैक्ष्यं गृहे द्वे चैव पञ्च च |
MN DUTT: 07-009-021 विधूमे न्यस्तमुसले व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने |
M. N. Dutt: When the smoke of houses will cease to come out, their hearth-fires having been put out, when husking rods will cease working, and all the inmates will have taken their food, and when mendicants and guests will cease to walk, I shall select a moment for going out a begging and solicit alms at two, three, or five houses at the inost. I shall wander over the Earth, shorn of all desires. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-024 न जिजीविषुवत्किंचिन्न मुमूर्षुवदाचरन् |
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: 12-009-025 वास्यैकं तक्षतो बाहुं चन्दनेनैकमुक्षतः |
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: 07-009-022 अलाभे सति वा लाभे समदर्शी महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Unmoved in success and failure, I shall earn great ascetic merit, I shall behave neither like one who is fond of life nor like one who is about to die. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-009-023 जीवितं मरणं चैव नाभिनन्दन्न च द्विषन् |
M. N. Dutt: I shall not show any liking for life or dislike for death. If one cuts off one arm of mine and another smears the other with sandal-paste, I shall not wish evil to the one or good to other. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-026 याः काश्चिज्जीवता शक्याः कर्तुमभ्युदयक्रियाः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-024 नाकल्याणं न कल्याणं चिन्तयन्नुभयोस्तयोः |
M. N. Dutt: Abandoning all those acts which lead to prosperity and which one can do in life, the only acts I shall perform will be to open and shut my eyes and take as much food and drink as will barely keep up of my existence. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-027 तेषु नित्यमसक्तश्च त्यक्तसर्वेन्द्रियक्रियः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-025 तेषु नित्यमसक्तश्च त्यक्तसर्वेन्द्रियक्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: Without ever being attached to action, and always restraining the senses, I shall abandon all desire and free the soul of all impurities. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-028 विमुक्तः सर्वसङ्गेभ्यो व्यतीतः सर्ववागुराः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-026 विमुक्तः सर्वसंगेभ्यो व्यतीतः सर्ववागुराः |
M. N. Dutt: Freed from all attachments and snapping all fetters, I shall live free as the wind. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-029 वीतरागश्चरन्नेवं तुष्टिं प्राप्स्यामि शाश्वतीम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-027 वीतरागश्चरन्नेवं तुष्टिी प्राप्स्यामि शाश्वतीम् |
M. N. Dutt: Being frced from affections, I shall enjoy everlasting contentment. Through desire, and ignorance, I have committed great sins. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-030 कुशलाकुशलान्येके कृत्वा कर्माणि मानवाः |
MN DUTT: 07-009-028 कुशलाकुशलान्येके कृत्वा कर्माणि मानवाः |
M. N. Dutt: Doing both auspicious and inauspicious acts here, a class of men maintain their wives, children, and kinsmen, all bound to them in relations of cause and effect. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-031 आयुषोऽन्ते प्रहायेदं क्षीणप्रायं कलेवरम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-029 आयुषोऽन्ते प्रहायेदं क्षीणप्राणं कलेवरम् |
M. N. Dutt: When the lease of their life expires, abandoning their weakened bodies, they take upon themselves all the effects of their sinful acts, for none but the actor is laden with the consequences of his own acts. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-032 एवं संसारचक्रेऽस्मिन्व्याविद्धे रथचक्रवत् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-030 एवं संसारचक्रेऽस्मिन् व्याविद्धे रथचक्रवत् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus, endued with actions, creatures come into this wheel of life that is continually turning like the wheel of a car, and coming there, they meet with their fellow-creatures. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-033 जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिवेदनाभिरुपद्रुतम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-031 जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिवेदनाभिरभिद्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: He, however, who gives up his worldly concern, which is really a passing illusion although it looks permanent, and which is afflicted by birth, death, decrepitude, disease, and pain, is sure to enjoy happiness. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-034 दिवः पतत्सु देवेषु स्थानेभ्यश्च महर्षिषु |
MN DUTT: 07-009-032 दिवः पतत्सु देवेषु स्थानेभ्यश्च महर्षिषु |
M. N. Dutt: Again, when the very gods drop down from heaven and great Rishis from their high positions, who that knows truths of causes (and effects) would wish to have even heavenly prosperity? |
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BORI CE: 12-009-035 कृत्वा हि विविधं कर्म तत्तद्विविधलक्षणम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-033 कृत्वा हि विविधं कर्म तत्तद् विविधलक्षणम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having performed various acts according to the diverse means of royal policy, insignificant kings, often destroy a great king through some contrivance. |
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BORI CE: 12-009-036 तस्मात्प्रज्ञामृतमिदं चिरान्मां प्रत्युपस्थितम् |
MN DUTT: 07-009-034 तस्मात् प्रज्ञामृतमिदं चिरान्मां प्रत्युपस्थितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Meditating on these circumstances, this nectar of wisdom has come to me. Having attained it, I desire to get a permanent, eternal, and ever-abiding place (for myself). |
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BORI CE: 12-009-037 एतया सततं वृत्त्या चरन्नेवंप्रकारया |
MN DUTT: 07-009-035 एतया संततं धृत्या चरन्नेवंप्रकारया |
M. N. Dutt: Always (behaving) with such wisdom and acting in this wise, I shall, by following that fearless path of life, and this body that is subject to birth, death, decrepitude, disease, and pain. |
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