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Book 12 – Chapter 090
BORI CE: 12-090-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-089-001 भीष्म उवाच वनस्पतीन् भक्ष्यफलान्न च्छिन्द्युर्विषये तव |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said “Let not fruit growing trees be cut down in your dominions. Fruits and roots are the property of the Brahmanas. The sages have declared this as an injunction of religion. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-002 ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽतिरिक्तं च भुञ्जीरन्नितरे जनाः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-002 ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽतिरिक्तं च भुञ्जीरनितरे जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: The residue, after supporting the Brahmanas, should be devoted to the support of other people, Nobody should take by inuring the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-003 विप्रश्चेत्त्यागमातिष्ठेदाख्यायावृत्तिकर्शितः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-003 विप्रश्चेत् त्यागमातिष्ठेदात्मार्थे वृत्तिकर्शितः |
M. N. Dutt: If a Brahmana, for want of support, wishes to leave a kingdom for securing maintenance elsewhere, the king, O monarch, should, with love and respect, give him the means of sustenance. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-004 स चेन्नोपनिवर्तेत वाच्यो ब्राह्मणसंसदि |
MN DUTT: 07-089-004 स चेन्नोपनिवर्तेत वाच्यो ब्राह्मणसंसदि |
M. N. Dutt: If he does not still abstain from leaving the kingdom, the king should repair to a concourse of Brahmanas and say-Such a Brahmana is leaving the kingdom. In whom shall my subjects then find an authority for guiding them? |
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BORI CE: 12-090-005 असंशयं निवर्तेत न चेद्वक्ष्यत्यतः परम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-005 असंशयं निवर्तेत न चेद् वक्ष्यत्यतः परम् |
M. N. Dutt: If alter this, he does not renounce his intention of leaving, and does not say anything, the king should say to him-Forget the past!—This, O son of Kunti, is the eternal way of the royal duty. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-006 आहुरेतज्जना ब्रह्मन्न चैतच्छ्रद्दधाम्यहम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-006 आहुरेतज्जना नित्यं न चैतच्छ्रद्दधाम्यहम् |
M. N. Dutt: The king should further say to him,-Indeed, O Brahmana, people say that only that which is sufficient should be assigned to a Brahmana to maintain him. I, however, do not hold that opinion. On the other hand, I think that if a Brahmana seeks to abandon a kingdom for the king neglecting to provide him with means of support, such means should be assigned to him, and, further, if he wishes to take that step for procuring the means of luxury, he should still be requested to stay and supplied with those luxuries. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-007 कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं लोकानामिह जीवनम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-007 कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं लोकानामिह जीवनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Agriculture, cattle-tending, and trade, suppiy all men with the means of subsistence. A knowledge of the Vedas, however, supply them with the means of acquiring heaven. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-008 तस्यां प्रयतमानायां ये स्युस्तत्परिपन्थिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-008 तस्यां प्रवर्तमानायां ये स्युस्तत्परिपन्थिनः |
M. N. Dutt: They, therefore, that impede the study of the Vedas and the Vedic practices, are known as enemies of society. For exterminating these that Brahman created Kshatriyas. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-009 शत्रूञ्जहि प्रजा रक्ष यजस्व क्रतुभिर्नृप |
MN DUTT: 07-089-009 शत्रून् जय प्रजा रक्ष यजस्व ऋतुधिर्नृप |
M. N. Dutt: Subdue your foes, protect your subjects, adore the gods in sacrifices, and fight battles bravely, O delighter of the Kurus! |
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BORI CE: 12-090-010 संरक्ष्यान्पालयेद्राजा यः स राजार्यकृत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-010 संरक्ष्यान् पालयेद् राजा स राजा राजसत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: A king should protect those who are worthy of protection. The king who does this is the best of rulers. Those kings who do not perform the duty of protection live uselessly. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-011 सदैव राज्ञा बोद्धव्यं सर्वलोकाद्युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 07-089-011 सदैव राज्ञा योद्धव्यं सर्वलोकाद् युधिष्ठिर |
M. N. Dutt: For the behoof of all his subjects the king should always seek to learn the acts and thoughts of all, O Yudhishthira; and for the reason he should engage spies and secret agents. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-012 अन्तरेभ्यः परान्रक्षन्परेभ्यः पुनरन्तरान् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-012 आन्तरेभ्यः परान् रक्षन् परेभ्यः पुनरान्तरान् |
M. N. Dutt: Protecting others from your own, and your own from others, as also others from others, and your own from your own, do you always maintain your subjects. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-013 आत्मानं सर्वतो रक्षन्राजा रक्षेत मेदिनीम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-013 आत्मानं सर्वतो रक्षन् राजन् रक्षस्व मेदिनीम् |
M. N. Dutt: Guarding his own self first from every one, the king should protect the Earth. Men of knowledge have said that everything originate from self. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-014 किं छिद्रं कोऽनुषङ्गो मे किं वास्त्यविनिपातितम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-014 किं छिद्रं को नु सङ्गो मे किं वास्त्यविनिपातितम् |
M. N. Dutt: The king should always think of these, viz.,-What are his shortcomings to what evil habits he is addicted, what are the sources of his weakness, and what are the sources of his follies. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-089-015 अतीतदिवसे वृत्तं प्रशंसन्ति न वा पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: The king should make secret and trusted agents travel through the kingdom for ascertaining whether his conduct of the previous day has, or has not, met with the approbation of the subjects. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-015 गुप्तैश्चारैरनुमतैः पृथिवीमनुचारयेत् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-015 अतीतदिवसे वृत्तं प्रशंसन्ति न वा पुनः MN DUTT: 07-089-016 जानीयुर्यदि ते वृत्तं प्रशंसन्ति न वा पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: The king should make secret and trusted agents travel through the kingdom for ascertaining whether his conduct of the previous day has, or has not, met with the approbation of the subjects. Indeed, he should know whether his conduct is or is not, generally applauded, or is, or is not, liked by the people of the provinces, and whether he has, or has not, succeeded in gaining a good name in his kingdom. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-016 धर्मज्ञानां धृतिमतां संग्रामेष्वपलायिनाम् |
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: 12-090-017 अमात्यानां च सर्वेषां मध्यस्थानां च सर्वशः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-017 राष्ट्रे तु येऽनुजीवन्ति ये तु राज्ञोऽनुजीविनः |
M. N. Dutt: Amongst the virtuous and wise, amongst those who never retreat from battle, and those who do not live in your kingdom, those who depend on you, and those who are your ministers, as well as those who do not follow party, they who praise or blame you should never be disregarded by you, O Yudhishthira! |
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BORI CE: 12-090-018 एकान्तेन हि सर्वेषां न शक्यं तात रोचितुम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-018 एकान्तेन हि सर्वेषां न शक्यं तात रोचितुम् |
M. N. Dutt: No man, O sire, can acquire the golden opinion of all persons in the world. All persons have friends, foes, and indifferent ones, O Bharata. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-019 तुल्यबाहुबलानां च गुणैरपि निषेविनाम् |
MN DUTT: 07-089-019 युधिष्ठिर उवाच तुल्यबाहुबलानां च तुल्यानां च गुणैरपि |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Of persons all of whom are equal in strength of arms and accomplishments' how does one reign supreme over all the others, and how does he succeed in lording over them all. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-020 ये चरा ह्यचरानद्युरदंष्ट्रान्दंष्ट्रिणस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 07-089-020 भीष्म उवाच यच्चरा ह्यचरानधुरंदष्ट्रान् दंष्ट्रिणस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The mobile creatures devour things that are immobile; animals having teeth devour those that have none; angry snakes of dreadful venom devour smaller ones of their own species. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-021 एतेभ्यश्चाप्रमत्तः स्यात्सदा यत्तो युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 07-089-021 एतेभ्यश्चाप्रमत्तः स्यात् सदा शत्रोर्युधिष्ठिर |
M. N. Dutt: The king, O Yudhishthira, should always be careful of his subjects as also of his eremies. If he becomes careless, they attack him like vultures. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-022 कच्चित्ते वणिजो राष्ट्रे नोद्विजन्ते करार्दिताः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-022 कच्चित् ते वणिजो राष्ट्रे नोद्विजन्ति करार्दिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Take care, O king, that the traders in your kingdom, who purchase articles for purposes of trade at prices high and low, and who while itenerating have to sleep or take rest in forests and inaccessible regions, may not suffer from the imposition of heavy taxes. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-023 कच्चित्कृषिकरा राष्ट्रं न जहत्यतिपीडिताः |
MN DUTT: 07-089-023 कच्चित् कृषिकरा राष्ट्रं न जहेत्यतिपीडिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Let not the agriculturists in your kingdom leave it through oppression; they, who bear the burden of the king, support the other residents also of the kingdom. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-024 इतो दत्तेन जीवन्ति देवाः पितृगणास्तथा |
MN DUTT: 07-089-024 इतो दत्तेन जीवन्ति देवाः पितृगणास्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: The gifts made by you in this world support the gods, Pitris, men, Nagas, Rakshasas, birds, and animals. |
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BORI CE: 12-090-025 एषा ते राष्ट्रवृत्तिश्च राष्ट्रगुप्तिश्च भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-089-025 एषा ते राष्ट्रवृत्तिश्च राज्ञां गुप्तिश्च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: These, O Bharata, are the instruments of governing a kingdom and protecting its king. I shall again talk to you on the subject, son of Pandu." |
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