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Book 12 – Chapter 010
BORI CE: 12-010-001 भीम उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-010-001 भीम उवाच श्रोत्रियस्येव ते राजन् मन्दकस्याविपश्चितः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhimasena said-Your understanding, O king, cannot perceive the truth, like that of a foolish and unintelligent reciter of the Veda for his recitation of those scriptures. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-002 आलस्ये कृतचित्तस्य राजधर्मानसूयतः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-002 आलस्ये कृतचित्तस्य राजधर्मानसूयतः |
M. N. Dutt: If censuring the duties of kings you would lead an idle life, then, O foremost of Bharata's race, this destruction of the Dhartarashtras was perfectly useless. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-003 क्षमानुकम्पा कारुण्यमानृशंस्यं न विद्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-010-003 क्षमानुकम्पा कारुण्यमानृशंस्यं न विद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Does not a Kshatriya possess forgiveness and compassion and pity and abstention from injury? |
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BORI CE: 12-010-004 यदीमां भवतो बुद्धिं विद्याम वयमीदृशीम् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-004 यदीमां भवतो बुद्धिं विद्याम वयमीदृशीम् |
M. N. Dutt: If we knew that this was your intention, we would then have never taken up arms and killed a single creature. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-005 भैक्ष्यमेवाचरिष्याम शरीरस्या विमोक्षणात् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-005 भैक्ष्यमेवाचरिष्याम शरीरस्याविमोक्षणात् |
M. N. Dutt: We would then have lived by begging till the destruction of this body! This dreadful battle between the kings would also have never taken place! |
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BORI CE: 12-010-006 प्राणस्यान्नमिदं सर्वमिति वै कवयो विदुः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-006 प्राणस्यान्नमिदं सर्वमिति वै कवयो विदुः |
M. N. Dutt: The learned have declared that what we see is food for the strong. This mobile and immobile world is worthy of being enjoyed by the strong. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-007 आददानस्य चेद्राज्यं ये केचित्परिपन्थिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-007 आददानस्य चेद् राज्यं ये केचित् परिपन्थिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Wise men conversant with Kshatriya duties have said that they who stand in the way of the person taking the sovereignty of the Earth, should be killed. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-008 ते सदोषा हतास्माभी राज्यस्य परिपन्थिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-008 ते सदोषा हतास्माभी राज्यस्य परिपन्थिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Committing the same fault, those that stood as enemies of our kingdom have all been killed by us. Having killed then, O Yudhishthira, righteously govern this Earth! |
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BORI CE: 12-010-009 यथा हि पुरुषः खात्वा कूपमप्राप्य चोदकम् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-009 यथा हि पुरुषः खात्वा कूपमप्राप्य चोदकम् |
M. N. Dutt: This act of our refusing the kingdom is like that of a person who having dug a well stops in his work before obtaining water and comes up covered with mire. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-010 यथारुह्य महावृक्षमपहृत्य ततो मधु |
MN DUTT: 07-010-010 यथाऽऽरुह्य महावृक्षमपहृत्य ततो मधु |
M. N. Dutt: Or, this our act is like that of a person who having climbed up a tall tree and collected honey therefrom dies before tasting it. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-011 यथा महान्तमध्वानमाशया पुरुषः पतन् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-011 यथा महान्तमध्वानमाशया पुरुषः पतन् |
M. N. Dutt: Or, it is like that of a person who having set out on a long journey comes back in despair without having reached his goal. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-012 यथा शत्रून्घातयित्वा पुरुषः कुरुसत्तम |
MN DUTT: 07-010-012 यथा शत्रून् घातयित्वा पुरुषः कुरुनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: Or, it is like that of a person who having killed all his enemies, O you of Kuru's race, at last dies at his own hand. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-013 यथान्नं क्षुधितो लब्ध्वा न भुञ्जीत यदृच्छया |
MN DUTT: 07-010-013 यथान्नं क्षुधितो लब्ध्वा न भुञ्जीयाद् यदृच्छया |
M. N. Dutt: Or, it is like that of a person with hunger, who having obtained food, refuses to take it, or of a person under the influence of passion, who having obtained a woman reciprocating his desire refuses to know her. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-014 वयमेवात्र गर्ह्या हि ये वयं मन्दचेतसः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-014 वयमेवात्र गर्वा हि यद् वयं मन्दचेतसम् |
M. N. Dutt: We have become butts of censure, O Bharata, because, O king, we follow you who are of weak understanding, in consequence of yourself being our eldest brother! |
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BORI CE: 12-010-015 वयं हि बाहुबलिनः कृतविद्या मनस्विनः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-015 वयं हि बाहुबलिनः कृतविद्या मनस्विनः |
M. N. Dutt: We are endued with the might of arms; we are accomplished in knowledge and gifted with great energy. Yet we follow the words of a eunuch as if we were entirely helpless! |
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BORI CE: 12-010-016 अगतीन्कागतीनस्मान्नष्टार्थानर्थसिद्धये |
MN DUTT: 07-010-016 अगतीकगतीनस्मान् नष्टार्थानर्थसिद्धये |
M. N. Dutt: We are the refuge of all helpless persons. Yet, when people see us so, why would they not say that we are entirely powerless to acquire our objects? Think of what I say! |
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BORI CE: 12-010-017 आपत्काले हि संन्यासः कर्तव्य इति शिष्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-010-017 आपत्काले हि संन्यासः कर्तव्य इति शिष्यते |
M. N. Dutt: It has been laid down that (a life of) Renunciation should be adopted, only in times of difficulty, by kings attacked with decrepitude or defeated by, enemies! |
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BORI CE: 12-010-018 तस्मादिह कृतप्रज्ञास्त्यागं न परिचक्षते |
MN DUTT: 07-010-018 तस्मादिह कृतप्रज्ञास्त्यागं न परिचक्षते |
M. N. Dutt: Wise men, therefore, do not praise Renunciation as the duty of a Kshatriya. On the other hand, the clear-sighted think that the adoption of such a life (by a Kshatriya) involves even the loss of virtue. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-019 कथं तस्मात्समुत्पन्नस्तन्निष्ठस्तदुपाश्रयः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-019 कथं तस्मात् समुत्पन्नास्तनिष्ठास्तदुपाश्रयाः |
M. N. Dutt: How can those who are born in that order, who follow the practices of that order, and that have their refuse in them, censure those duties? If indeed those duties be censurable, then why should not the Supreme Ordainer be blamed? |
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BORI CE: 12-010-020 श्रिया विहीनैरधनैर्नास्तिकैः संप्रवर्तितम् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-020 श्रिया विहीनैरधनैर्नास्तिकैः सम्प्रवर्तितम् |
M. N. Dutt: The persons who are shorn of prosperity and wealth and who are unbelievers, have laid down this precept of the Vedas as the truth. In reality, however, it is never, proper for a Kshatriya to do so. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-021 शक्यं तु मौण्ड्यमास्थाय बिभ्रतात्मानमात्मना |
MN DUTT: 07-010-021 शक्यं तु मौनमास्थाय बिभ्रताऽऽत्मानमात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: He who can support life by prowess, he who can support himself by his own exertions, does note live, but really deviates from his duty, by following the life of Renunciation. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-022 शक्यं पुनररण्येषु सुखमेकेन जीवितुम् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-022 शक्यं पुनररण्येषु सुखमेकेन जीवितुम् |
M. N. Dutt: That man only is capable of leading a solitary life of happiness in the forest who cannot support sons and grandsons and the deities and Rishis and guests and Pitris. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-023 नेमे मृगाः स्वर्गजितो न वराहा न पक्षिणः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-023 नेमे मृगाः स्वर्गजितो न वराहा न पक्षिणः |
M. N. Dutt: As the deer and boars and birds cannot attain to heaven, even so those Kshatriyas who are not shorn of prowess cannot attain to heaven by leading only a forest life. They should acquire religious merit by other means. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-024 यदि संन्यासतः सिद्धिं राजन्कश्चिदवाप्नुयात् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-024 यदि संन्यासत: सिद्धिं राजा कश्चिदवाप्नुयात् |
M. N. Dutt: If, O king, anybody could secure success from Renunciation, then mountains and trees would surely obtain it. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-025 एते हि नित्यसंन्यासा दृश्यन्ते निरुपद्रवाः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-025 एते हि नित्यसंन्यासा दृश्यन्ते निरुपद्रवाः |
M. N. Dutt: These latter always lead lives of Renunciation. They do not harın any one. They do not lead a life of worldliness and are all Brahmacharins. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-026 अथ चेदात्मभाग्येषु नान्येषां सिद्धिमश्नुते |
MN DUTT: 07-010-026 अथ चेदात्मभाग्येषु नान्येषां सिद्धिमश्नुते |
M. N. Dutt: If it be the truth that a person's success depends upon his own torture in life and not upon that of others, then you should take to action. He that is shorn of action can never attain success. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-027 औदकाः सृष्टयश्चैव जन्तवः सिद्धिमाप्नुयुः |
MN DUTT: 07-010-027 औदकाः सृष्टयश्चैव जन्तवः सिद्धिमाप्नुयुः |
M. N. Dutt: If they who fill only their own stomachs could achieve success, then all aquatic creatures would get it, for these have none else to support save their own selves. |
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BORI CE: 12-010-028 अवेक्षस्व यथा स्वैः स्वैः कर्मभिर्व्यापृतं जगत् |
MN DUTT: 07-010-028 अवेक्षस्व यथा स्वैः स्वैः कर्मभिर्व्यापृतं जगत् |
M. N. Dutt: Behold, the world moves on, with every creature on it acting according to its nature, therefore, one should act. The man shorn of action can never attain success. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-010-029 औदकाः सृष्टयश्चैव जन्तवः सिद्धिमाप्नुयुः |
M. N. Dutt: If they who fill only their own stomachs could achieve success, then all aquatic creatures would get it, for these have none else to support save their own selves. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-010-030 अवेक्षस्व यथा स्वैः स्वैः कर्मभिर्व्यापृतं जगत् |
M. N. Dutt: Behold, the world moves on, with every creature on it acting according to its nature, therefore, one should act. The man shorn of action can never attain success. |
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