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Book 12 – Chapter 093
BORI CE: 12-093-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-092-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच कथं धर्मे स्थातुमिच्छन् राजा वर्तेत धार्षिकः |
M. N. Dutt: How should a righteous king, who wishes to follow the ways of righteousness, behave? I ask you this, O foremost of men! Answer me, O grand-father! |
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BORI CE: 12-093-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-092-002 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it is cited the old story of what the highly intelligent Vamadeva acquainted with the true import of everything sang in days of yore. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-003 राजा वसुमना नाम कौसल्यो बलवाञ्शुचिः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-003 राजा वसुमना नाम ज्ञानवान् धृतिमाशुचिः |
M. N. Dutt: Once upon a time, king Vasumanas, endued with knowledge, fortitude, purity of conduct, asked the great Rishi Vamadeva of great ascetic merit, sayingधर्मार्थसहितैर्वाक्यैर्भगवन्ननुशाधि माम्। |
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BORI CE: 12-093-004 धर्मार्थसहितं वाक्यं भगवन्ननुशाधि माम् |
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: 07-092-004 येन वृत्तेन वै तिष्ठन् न हीयेयं स्वधर्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: Instruct me, O holy one, in words fraught with fairness and great significance as to what that conduct is by observing which I may not deviate from the duties prescribed for me! |
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BORI CE: 12-093-005 तमब्रवीद्वामदेवस्तपस्वी जपतां वरः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-005 तमब्रवीद् वामदेवस्तेजस्वी तपतां वरः |
M. N. Dutt: To him having a golden hue and seated at his ease like Yayati the son of Nahusha, that foremost of ascetics, viz., Vamadeva of great energy, said as follows. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-006 धर्ममेवानुवर्तस्व न धर्माद्विद्यते परम् |
MN DUTT: 07-092-006 वासुदेव उवाच धर्ममेवानुवर्तस्व न धर्माद् विद्यते परम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vamadeva said Do you act righteously. There is nothing superior to Righteousness. The righteous kings succeed in conquering the whole Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-007 अर्थसिद्धेः परं धर्मं मन्यते यो महीपतिः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-007 अर्थसिद्धेः परं धर्मं मन्यते यो महीपतिः |
M. N. Dutt: That king who considers Righteousness as the most effectual instrument for accomplishing his objects, and who follows the advice of the righteous, shines with righteousness. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-008 अधर्मदर्शी यो राजा बलादेव प्रवर्तते |
MN DUTT: 07-092-008 अधर्मदर्शी यो राजा बलादेव प्रवर्तते |
M. N. Dutt: That king who neglects Righteousness and wishes to act with brute force, soon falls away from Righteousness and loses both Virtue and Profit. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-009 असत्पापिष्ठसचिवो वध्यो लोकस्य धर्महा |
MN DUTT: 07-092-009 असत्पापिष्ठसचिवो वध्यो लोकस्य धर्महा |
M. N. Dutt: That king who follows the advice of a vicious and sinful minister becomes a destroyer of righteousness and deserves to be killed by his subjects with all his family. Indeed, he very soon meets with destruction, |
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BORI CE: 12-093-010 अर्थानामननुष्ठाता कामचारी विकत्थनः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-010 अर्थानामननुष्ठाता कामचारी विकत्यनः |
M. N. Dutt: That king who cannot satisfy his royal duties, who is governed by caprice in all his acts, and who vaunts, soon meets with destruction even if he happen to be the king of whole Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-011 अथाददानः कल्याणमनसूयुर्जितेन्द्रियः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-011 अथाददानः कल्याणमनसूयुर्जितेन्द्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: That king, however, who seeks prosperity, who is shorn of malice, who has his senses under restraint, and who is endued with intelligence, rolls in wealth like the ocean swelling with the waters put into it by a hundred rivers. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-012 न पूर्णोऽस्मीति मन्येत धर्मतः कामतोऽर्थतः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-012 न पूर्णोऽस्मीति मन्येत धर्मतः कामतोऽर्थतः |
M. N. Dutt: He should never consider himself as possessing enough of Virtue, enjoyment, wealth, intelligence, and friends. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-013 एतेष्वेव हि सर्वेषु लोकयात्रा प्रतिष्ठिता |
MN DUTT: 07-092-013 एतेष्वेव हि सर्वेषु लोकयात्रा प्रतिष्ठिता |
M. N. Dutt: Upon these depends the word. By listening to this advice, a king acquires fame, great deeds, prosperity and subjects. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-014 एवं यो धर्मसंरम्भी धर्मार्थपरिचिन्तकः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-014 एवं यो धर्मसंरम्भी धर्मार्थपरिचिन्तकः |
M. N. Dutt: Being virtuous that king, who tries to acquire virtue and wealth by such means, and who undertakes all his measures after thinking upon their objects, succeeds in acquiring great prosperity. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-015 अदाता ह्यनतिस्नेहो दण्डेनावर्तयन्प्रजाः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-015 अदाता ह्यनतिस्नेहो दण्डेनावर्तयन् प्रजाः |
M. N. Dutt: That king, who is illiberal, and shorn of affection, who oppresses his subjects by undue punishment, and who is rash in his acts, soon meets with destruction. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-016 अथ पापं कृतं बुद्ध्या न च पश्यत्यबुद्धिमान् |
MN DUTT: 07-092-016 अथ पापकृतं बुद्ध्या न च पश्यत्यबुद्धिमान् |
M. N. Dutt: That king, who is not intelligent, fails to see his own faults. Best with infamy here, he sinks into hell hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-017 अथ मानयितुर्दातुः शुक्लस्य रसवेदिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-092-017 अथ मानयितुर्दाम्नः श्लक्ष्णस्य वशवर्तिनः |
M. N. Dutt: If the king honours them properly that deserve it, makes gifts, and recognises the value of sweet speeches by himself uttering them always, his subjects then remove the calamities that overtake him as if these had fallen upon themselves. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-018 यस्य नास्ति गुरुर्धर्मे न चान्याननुपृच्छति |
MN DUTT: 07-092-018 यस्य नास्ति गुरुर्धर्मे न चान्यानपि पृच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: The king, who has none to instruct him in the ways of righteousness and who never seeks advice from others, and who seeks to acquire wealth by means that caprice suggests, never enjoys happiness long. |
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BORI CE: 12-093-019 गुरुप्रधानो धर्मेषु स्वयमर्थान्ववेक्षिता |
MN DUTT: 07-092-019 गुरुप्रधानो धर्मेषु स्वयमर्थानवेक्षिता |
M. N. Dutt: That king, on the other hand, who follows the advice of his preceptors in matters of virtue, who supervises the affairs of his kingdom himself, and who in all his acquisitions follows virtue, succeeds in enjoying happiness for a long time. |
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