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Book 12 – Chapter 032
BORI CE: 12-032-001 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-032-001 वैशम्पायन उवाच तूष्णीभूतं तु राजानं शोचमानं युधिष्ठिरम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana saidDvaipayana-Vyasa, that great ascetic conversant with the truths of religion, spoke again to king Yudhishthira, who still remained silent and plunged in grief. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-002 प्रजानां पालनं धर्मो राज्ञां राजीवलोचन |
MN DUTT: 07-032-002 व्यास उवाच प्रजानां पालनं धर्मो राज्ञां राजीवलोचन |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa said 'O you having eyes like lotus petals, the protection of subjects is the duty of kings. Those men who are always observant of duty regard duty to be all powerful. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-003 अनुतिष्ठस्व वै राजन्पितृपैतामहं पदम् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-003 अनुतिष्ठस्व तद् राजन् पितृपैतामहं पदम् |
M. N. Dutt: Do you, therefore, O king, follow your forefathers. The penances are the duty of the Brahmanas. This is the eternal prescription of the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-004 तत्प्रमाणं प्रमाणानां शाश्वतं भरतर्षभ |
MN DUTT: 07-032-004 तत् प्रमाणं ब्राह्मणानां शाश्वतं भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Penances, therefore, O foremost of Bharata's race, are the eternal duty of the Brahmanas. A Kshatriya's duty is to protect all persons. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-005 तथा यः प्रतिहन्त्यस्य शासनं विषये नरः |
MN DUTT: 07-032-005 यः स्वयं प्रतिहन्ति स्म शासनं विषये रतः |
M. N. Dutt: That man, who addicted to earthly objects, disregards wholesome restrictions, that man who transgresses at social harmony, should be punished with a strong hand. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-006 प्रमाणमप्रमाणं यः कुर्यान्मोहवशं गतः |
MN DUTT: 07-032-006 प्रमाणमप्रमाणं यः कुर्यान्मोहवशं गतः |
M. N. Dutt: The fool who ties to transgress authority, be he an attendant, a son or even a saint-indeed all such sinful men,-should by every means be punished or even killed. That king who behaves otherwise incurs sin. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-007 अतोऽन्यथा वर्तमानो राजा प्राप्नोति किल्बिषम् |
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: 07-032-007 धर्म विनश्यमानं हि यो न रक्षेत् स धर्महा |
M. N. Dutt: He who does not protect morality when it is being disregarded, is himself a trespasser of the same. The Kauravas transgressed morality. They have with their followers been killed by you. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-008 ते त्वया धर्महन्तारो निहताः सपदानुगाः |
MN DUTT: 07-032-008 स्वधर्मे वर्तमानस्त्वं किं नु शोचसि पाण्डव |
M. N. Dutt: You have simply observed the duties of your own order. Why then, O son of Pandu, do you indulge in such grief? The king should kill those that deserve death, make gifts to persons deserving of charity, and protect his subjects according to the sacred laws. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-009 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-032-009 युधिष्ठिर उवाच न तेऽभिशंके वचनं यद् ब्रवीषि तपोधन |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said I do not doubt your words, O you of great ascetic merit? Everything regarding morality and duty is well known to you, O foremost of all persons, conversant with morality and duty. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-010 मया ह्यवध्या बहवो घातिता राज्यकारणात् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-010 मया त्ववध्या बहवो घातिता राज्यकारणात् |
M. N. Dutt: I have, however, for the sake of kingdom, caused many persons to be killed. Those deeds, O Brahmana, are burning and consuming me. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-011 व्यास उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-032-011 व्यास उवाच कुरुते पुरुषः ईश्वरो वा भवेत् कर्ता पुरुषो वापि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa said O Bharata, is the Supreme Being the actor, or is men the doer? Is everything the outcome of Chance in the worlds, or are the fruits of our pristine deeds? |
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BORI CE: 12-032-012 ईश्वरेण नियुक्ता हि साध्वसाधु च पार्थिव |
MN DUTT: 07-032-012 ईश्वरेण नियुक्तो हि साध्वसाधु च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: If man, O Bharata, does all acts, good or evil, being urged by the Supreme Being, then the fruits thereof should attach to the Supreme Being himself. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-013 यथा हि पुरुषश्छिन्द्याद्वृक्षं परशुना वने |
MN DUTT: 07-032-013 यथा हि पुरुषश्छिद्याद् वृक्षं परशुना वने |
M. N. Dutt: If a person cuts down by an axe a tree in the forest, it is the person that commits the sin and not the axe. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-014 अथ वा तदुपादानात्प्राप्नुयुः कर्मणः फलम् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-014 अथवा तदुपादानात् प्राप्नुयात् कर्मणः फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Or, if it be said that, the axe being only the material cause, the consequence of the act should attach to the animate agent, then the sin visits to the person who has made the axe. This, however, can scarcely be true. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-015 न चैतदिष्टं कौन्तेय यदन्येन फलं कृतम् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-015 न चैतदिष्टं कौन्तेय यदन्येन कृतं फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: If this be not reasonable, O son of Kunti, that one man should be visited by the sin of an act done by another, then guided by this, you should throw all responsibility upon the Supreme Being. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-016 अथ वा पुरुषः कर्ता कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः |
MN DUTT: 07-032-016 अथापि पुरुषः कर्ता कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः |
M. N. Dutt: If, on the other hand, man is himself the agent of all his acts, good and evil, then there is no Supreme Being and, therefore, whatever you have done cannot bring evil consequences on you. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-017 न हि कश्चित्क्वचिद्राजन्दिष्टात्प्रतिनिवर्तते |
MN DUTT: 07-032-017 न हि कश्चित् क्वचिद् राजन् दिष्टं प्रतिनिवर्तते |
M. N. Dutt: No one, O king, can ever escape from what is ordained. If, again, Destiny be the result of pristine acts, then no sin visits one in this life even as the sin of cutting down a tree cannot affect the maker of the axe. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-018 यदि वा मन्यसे राजन्हठे लोकं प्रतिष्ठितम् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-018 यदि वा मन्यसे राजन् हतमेकं प्रतिष्ठितम् |
M. N. Dutt: If you say it is Chance only that acts in the world, then such an act of destruction could never take place nor will ever take place. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-019 अथाभिपत्तिर्लोकस्य कर्तव्या शुभपापयोः |
MN DUTT: 07-032-019 अथाभिपत्तिर्लोकस्य कर्तव्या पुण्यपापयोः |
M. N. Dutt: If it is necessary to determine what is good and what bad in the world, attend to the scriptures. In those scriptures. In those scriptures it has been ordained that kings should stand with the rod of punishment uplifted in their hands. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-020 अथापि लोके कर्माणि समावर्तन्त भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-032-020 तथापि लोके कर्माणि समावर्तन्ति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: I think, O Bharata, that acts, good and bad, are perpetually revolving here as on a wheel, and men reap the fruits of those acts, good or bad, that they do. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-021 एवं सत्यं शुभादेशं कर्मणस्तत्फलं ध्रुवम् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-021 एवमप्यशुभं कर्म कर्मणस्तत्फलात्मकम् |
M. N. Dutt: One sinful act begets another. Therefore,O foremost of kings, avoid all evil acts and do not indulge in grief. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-022 स्वधर्मे वर्तमानस्य सापवादेऽपि भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-032-022 स्वधर्मे वर्तमानस्य सापवादेऽपि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: You should follow, O Bharata, the duties, even if reproachable, of your own order. This self-destruction, o king, does not appear in you. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-023 विहितानीह कौन्तेय प्रायश्चित्तानि कर्मिणाम् |
MN DUTT: 07-032-023 विहितानि हि कौन्तेय प्रायश्चित्तानि कर्मणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Expiations, O king, have been laid down for (evil) acts. He that is alive can perform them, but he that dies cannot perform them. |
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BORI CE: 12-032-024 तद्राजञ्जीवमानस्त्वं प्रायश्चित्तं चरिष्यसि |
MN DUTT: 07-032-024 तद् राजन् जीवनमानस्त्वं प्रायश्चित्तं करिष्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O king, without laying down your life, perform those expiatory acts. If you do not perform them you may have to repent in the next world.” |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-032-025 विहितानि हि कौन्तेय प्रायश्चित्तानि कर्मणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Expiations, O king, have been laid down for (evil) acts. He that is alive can perform them, but he that dies cannot perform them. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-032-026 तद् राजन् जीवनमानस्त्वं प्रायश्चित्तं करिष्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O king, without laying down your life, perform those expiatory acts. If you do not perform them you may have to repent in the next world.” |
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