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Book 12 – Chapter 019
BORI CE: 12-019-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-019-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच वेदाहं तात शास्त्राणि अपराणि पराणि च |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said I know both the Vedas and the scriptures that lead to the attainment of Brahma. In the Vedas there are both kinds of precepts, viz., those that preach action and those that preach the renouncement of action, |
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BORI CE: 12-019-002 आकुलानि च शास्त्राणि हेतुभिश्चित्रितानि च |
MN DUTT: 07-019-002 आकुलानि च शास्त्राणि हेतुभिश्चिन्तितानि च |
M. N. Dutt: The scriptures are conflicting and their conclusions are based upon reasons. The truth of the mantras is duly known to me. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-003 त्वं तु केवलमस्त्रज्ञो वीरव्रतमनुष्ठितः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-003 त्वं तु केवलमस्त्रज्ञो वीरव्रतसमन्वितः |
M. N. Dutt: You are conversant only with weapons and the practices of heroes. You are unable to understand correctly the meaning of the scriptures. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-004 शास्त्रार्थसूक्ष्मदर्शी यो धर्मनिश्चयकोविदः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-004 शास्त्रार्थसूक्ष्मदर्शी यो धर्मनिश्चयकोविदः |
M. N. Dutt: If you were really acquainted with duty, then you could have understood that words like these ought not to have been addressed to me by one possessing the true knowledge of the scriptures and acquainted with the truths of religion. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-005 भ्रातृसौहृदमास्थाय यदुक्तं वचनं त्वया |
MN DUTT: 07-019-005 भ्रातृसौहृदमास्थाय यदुक्तं वचनं त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: What, however, you have said to me out of fraternal affection, has been fit and proper, O son of Kunti. I am, therefore, gratified with thee, O Arjuna. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-006 युद्धधर्मेषु सर्वेषु क्रियाणां नैपुणेषु च |
MN DUTT: 07-019-006 युद्धधर्मेषु सर्वेषु क्रियाणां नैपुणेषु च |
M. N. Dutt: There is no one equal to you in the three worlds in all duties connected with battle and in skill in various kinds of acts, |
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BORI CE: 12-019-007 धर्मसूक्ष्मं तु यद्वाक्यं तत्र दुष्प्रतरं त्वया |
MN DUTT: 07-019-007 धर्मं सूक्ष्मतरं वाच्यं तत्र दुष्प्रतरं त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: You are, therefore, competent to speak of the niceties of those subjects, that are not understood by others. You should not, however, O Dhananjaya, doubt my intelligence. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-008 युद्धशास्त्रविदेव त्वं न वृद्धाः सेवितास्त्वया BORI CE: 12-019-009 तपस्त्यागो विधिरिति निश्चयस्तात धीमताम् |
MN DUTT: 07-019-008 युद्धशास्त्रविदेव त्वं न वृद्धाः सेवितास्त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: You are, a master of the science of battle, but you have never waited upon the aged. You know not the conclusions arrived at by those that have studied the subject briefly and fully. The conclusion of intelligent men who want salvation, is that of ascetic penances, renunciation, and knowledge of Brahma, the second is superior to the first, and the third is superior to the second. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-010 न त्वेतन्मन्यसे पार्थ न ज्यायोऽस्ति धनादिति |
MN DUTT: 07-019-009 यस्त्वेतन्मन्यसे पार्थन ज्यायोऽस्ति धनादिति |
M. N. Dutt: Your conclusion, that there is nothing superior to wealth, is a mistake. I will convince you of it, so that you may not again regard wealth in that light. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-011 तपःस्वाध्यायशीला हि दृश्यन्ते धार्मिका जनाः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-010 तप:स्वाध्यायशीला हि दृश्यन्ते धार्मिका जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: All righteous men are seen to be devoted to ascetic penances and the study of the Vedas, The Rishis also, that have many eternal regions for them, enjoy the merit of penances. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-012 अजातश्मश्रवो धीरास्तथान्ये वनवासिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-011 अजातशत्रवो धीरास्तथान्ये वनवासिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Others possessed equanimity of soul, having no enemies, and dwelling in the forest have, through penances and study of the Vedas, proceeded to heaven. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-013 उत्तरेण तु पन्थानमार्या विषयनिग्रहात् |
MN DUTT: 07-019-012 उत्तरेण तु पन्थानमार्या विषयनिग्रहात् |
M. N. Dutt: By controlling desire for worldly objects and casting off the darkness of sin, pious men proceed northward to the regions reserved for those who practise Renunciation. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-014 दक्षिणेन तु पन्थानं यं भास्वन्तं प्रपश्यसि |
MN DUTT: 07-019-013 दक्षिणेन तु पन्थानं यं भास्वन्तं प्रचक्षते |
M. N. Dutt: The path that lies to the south and leads to regions of light is reserved for men devoted to action. These are acquired by persons subject to birth and death. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-015 अनिर्देश्या गतिः सा तु यां प्रपश्यन्ति मोक्षिणः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-014 अनिर्देश्चा गतिः सा तु यां प्रपश्यन्ति मोक्षिणः |
M. N. Dutt: That end, however, which persons who wishing to have salvation cannot be described. Yoga is the best means for attaining to it. It is not easy to explain it. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-016 अनुसृत्य तु शास्त्राणि कवयः समवस्थिताः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-015 अनुस्मृत्य तु शास्त्राणि कवयः समवस्थिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Those that are learned live, meditating on the scriptures for finding out what is unreal. They, however, jump at this and that in the belief that the object of their search exists in this and that. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-017 वेदवादानतिक्रम्य शास्त्राण्यारण्यकानि च |
MN DUTT: 07-019-016 वेदवादानतिक्रम्य शास्त्राण्यारण्यकानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Having studied, however, the Vedas the Aranyakas, and the other scriptures, they miss the real like men failing to find solid timber in an uprooted Banana plant. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-018 अथैकान्तव्युदासेन शरीरे पञ्चभौतिके |
MN DUTT: 07-019-017 अथैकान्तव्युदासेन शरीरे पाञ्चभौतिके |
M. N. Dutt: There are some who, disbelieving in its oneness, consider the Soul, dwelling in the physical body consisting of the five elements, possessing the attributes of desire and hatred. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-019 अग्राह्यश्चक्षुषा सोऽपि अनिर्देश्यं च तद्गिरा |
MN DUTT: 07-019-018 अग्राह्यं चक्षुषा सूक्ष्ममनिर्देश्यं च तद्गिरा |
M. N. Dutt: Unseen by the eye, highly subtile, and indescribable by words, it goes on in a round (of rebirths) among the creatures of the Earth, keeping before it that which is the root of action. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-020 कल्याणगोचरं कृत्वा मनस्तृष्णां निगृह्य च |
MN DUTT: 07-019-019 कल्याणगोचरं कृत्वा मनस्तृष्णां निगृह्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Having made the Soul gradually come towards itself which is the root of all bliss, having controlled all mental desires, and having cast off all kinds of action, one may become perfectly independent and happy. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-021 अस्मिन्नेवं सूक्ष्मगम्ये मार्गे सद्भिर्निषेविते |
MN DUTT: 07-019-020 अस्मिन्नेवं सूक्ष्मगम्ये मार्गे सद्भिर्निषेविते |
M. N. Dutt: When there is such a path that is followed by the righteous and that is attainable by Knowledge, why, O Arjuna, do you speak highly of wealth which is full of all sorts of dangers? |
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BORI CE: 12-019-022 पूर्वशास्त्रविदो ह्येवं जनाः पश्यन्ति भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-019-021 पूर्वशास्त्रविदोऽप्येवं जनाः पश्यन्ति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Men of olden times who were conversant with the scriptures, O Bharata,-men who were always engaged in gifts and sacrifices and action, held this view, O Bharata. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-023 भवन्ति सुदुरावर्ता हेतुमन्तोऽपि पण्डिताः |
MN DUTT: 07-019-022 भवन्ति सुदुरावर्ता हेतुमन्तोऽपि पण्डिताः |
M. N. Dutt: There are some fools who, accomplished in the science of logic, deny the existence of the Soul, for the strength of their convictions of a pristine life. It is very difficult to make them accept this truth about final liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-024 अमृतस्यावमन्तारो वक्तारो जनसंसदि |
MN DUTT: 07-019-023 अनृतस्यावमन्तारो वक्तारो जनसंसदि |
M. N. Dutt: Those wicked men, though highly learned, travel all over the Earth, delivering lectures in assemblies, and deprecating the true doctrine about liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-025 यान्वयं नाभिजानीमः कस्ताञ्ज्ञातुमिहार्हति |
MN DUTT: 07-019-024 पार्थ यान्न विजानीमः कस्ताज्ञातुमिहार्हति |
M. N. Dutt: O Partha, who else can understand what we do not understand? Similarly they do not succeed in knowing those wise and pious persons who are truly great and who are wellread in the scriptures. |
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BORI CE: 12-019-026 तपसा महदाप्नोति बुद्ध्या वै विन्दते महत् |
MN DUTT: 07-019-025 तपसा महदाप्नोति बुद्ध्या वै विन्दते महत् |
M. N. Dutt: O son of Kunti, men acquainted with truth attain to Brahma by asceticism and intelligence, and great happiness by Renunciation. |
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