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Book 12 – Chapter 110
BORI CE: 12-110-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-109-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच कथं धर्मे स्थातुमिच्छन् नरो वर्तेत भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said How, O Bharata, should a person act who wishes to follow virtue? O foremost of Bharata's race, learned as you are, enlighten me on the question put by me. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-002 सत्यं चैवानृतं चोभे लोकानावृत्य तिष्ठतः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-002 सत्यं चेवानृतं चोभे लोकानावृत्य तिष्ठतः |
M. N. Dutt: Truth and falsehood exist, all over the world. Which of these two, O king, should a virtuous person follow. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-003 किं स्वित्सत्यं किमनृतं किं स्विद्धर्म्यं सनातनम् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-003 किंस्वित् सत्यं किमनृतं किंस्विद् धर्म्य सनातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: What again is truth? What is falsehood? What, again, is eternal virtue? When should a person tell the truth, and when should he tell an untruth? |
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BORI CE: 12-110-004 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-109-004 भीष्म उवाच सत्यस्य वचनं साधु न सत्याद् विद्यते परम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said s To tell the truth is righteous. There is nothing higher than truth. I shall now, O Bharata, tell you what men do not know generally. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-005 भवेत्सत्यं न वक्तव्यं वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-005 भवेत् सत्यं न वक्तव्यं वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: There, where falsehood prevails as truth, truth should not be said. There, again, where truth passes for falsehood, even falsehood should be said. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-006 तादृशे मुह्यते बालो यत्र सत्यमनिष्ठितम् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-006 तादृशो बध्यते बालो यत्र सत्यमनिष्ठितम् |
M. N. Dutt: That ignorant person commits sin, who says truth which is not righteous. That person is a master of duties who can distinguish truth from untruth. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-007 अप्यनार्योऽकृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-007 अप्यनार्योऽकृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽप्यतिदारुणः |
M. N. Dutt: Even a person, who is disreputable, who is of impure soul, and who is very truthless, may succeed in acquiring great merit as the hunter Balaka by killing the blind beast. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-008 किमाश्चर्यं च यन्मूढो धर्मकामोऽप्यधर्मवित् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-008 किमाश्चर्यं च यन्मूढो धर्मकामोऽप्यधर्मवित् |
M. N. Dutt: How extraordinary it is that a foolish person though desirous of winning merit still perpetrated a sinful deed! An owl, again, living on the banks of the Ganges, acquired great merit. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-009 तादृशोऽयमनुप्रश्नो यत्र धर्मः सुदुर्वचः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-009 तादृशोऽयमनुप्रश्नो यत्र धर्मः सुदुर्लभः |
M. N. Dutt: The question you have put to me a difficult one, because it is difficult to say what is righteousness. It is not easy to describe it. No one describing righteousness, can describe it accurately. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-010 प्रभावार्थाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-010 प्रभवार्थाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Righteousness was declared for the aggrandisement and growth of all creatures. Therefore, what brings on advancement and growth is righteousness. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-011 धारणाद्धर्म इत्याहुर्धर्मेण विधृताः प्रजाः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-011 धारणाद् धर्ममित्याहुर्धर्मेण विधृताः प्रजाः |
M. N. Dutt: Righteousness was declared for preventing creatures from injuring one another. Therefore, Righteousness is that which prevents injury to creatures. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-109-012 अहिंसाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Righteousness is also so called because it maintains all creatures. In fact, all creatures are kept up Righteousness, Therefore, Righteousness is what is capable of upholding all creatures. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-012 श्रुतिधर्म इति ह्येके नेत्याहुरपरे जनाः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-013 श्रुतिधर्म इति ह्येके नेत्याहुरपरे जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Some say that Righteousness is the injunction of the Shrutis. Others do not agree to this. I would into blame them that say so. Everything, again, has not been described in the Shrutis. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-013 येऽन्यायेन जिहीर्षन्तो धनमिच्छन्ति कर्हिचित् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-014 येऽन्यायेन जिहीर्षन्तो धनमिच्छन्ति कस्यचित् |
M. N. Dutt: Sometimes men, desirous of getting hold of the wealth of some one, make enquiries. One should never answer such enquiries. That is settled duty. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-014 अकूजनेन चेन्मोक्षो नात्र कूजेत्कथंचन BORI CE: 12-110-015 श्रेयस्तत्रानृतं वक्तुं सत्यादिति विचारितम् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-015 अकूजनेन चेन्मोक्षो नावकूजेत् कथंचन |
M. N. Dutt: If by becoming silent, one succeeds in escaping, one should remain silent, If, however, one's silence at a time when one must speak creates suspicion, it would be better then to say what is untrue than what is true. This is right conclusion. If one can escape from sinful men by an oath, one may take it without committing sin. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-016 न च तेभ्यो धनं देयं शक्ये सति कथंचन |
MN DUTT: 07-109-016 न तेभ्योऽपि धनं देयं शक्ये सति कथंचन |
M. N. Dutt: One should not, even if he is able, give away his wealth to sinful men. Wealth given to sinful men assails even the giver. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-017 स्वशरीरोपरोधेन वरमादातुमिच्छतः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-017 स्वशरीरोपरोधेन धनमादातुमिच्छतः |
M. N. Dutt: If a creditor wishes to take from his debtor a payment of the load by bodily service, the witnesses would all perjure, it, summoned by the creditor for establishing the truth of the agreement, they did not say what should be said. When life is in danger, or on occasions of marriage, one may say an untruth. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-018 प्राणात्यये विवाहे च वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् |
MN DUTT: 07-109-018 अर्थस्य रक्षणार्थाय परेषां धर्मकारणात् |
M. N. Dutt: One, who seeks for virtue, does not commit a sin by saying a falsehood, if it be said to save the wealth and prosperity of others, or for religious purposes. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-019 प्रतिश्रुत्य तु दातव्यं श्वःकार्यस्तु बलात्कृतः BORI CE: 12-110-020 शठः स्वधर्ममुत्सृज्य तमिच्छेदुपजीवितुम् BORI CE: 12-110-021 धनमित्येव पापानां सर्वेषामिह निश्चयः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-019 प्रतिश्रुत्य प्रदातव्यः स्वकार्यस्तु बलात्कृतः MN DUTT: 07-109-020 सर्वोपायैर्निहन्तव्यः पापो निकृतिजीवनः MN DUTT: 07-109-021 अविषह्या ह्यसम्भोज्या निकृत्या पतनं गताः |
M. N. Dutt: Having promised to pay, one is bound to satisfy his promise, If failing, the selfappropriator must be forcibly enslaved. If a person without satisfying a fair engagement acts improperly, he should, forsooth, be punished with the rod of punishment for behaving thus. Deviating from all duties and abandoning those of his own order, a deceitful person always wishes to follow the conduct of Asuras for maintaining life. Such a sinful wight living by deceit should be killed by all means. Such sinful creatures do not see anything in this world superior to wealth. Such men should never be tolerated. No one should eat with them. They should be considered as degraded for their sins. Indeed, degraded from the status of humanity and shut out from the grace of the gods, they are even like evil genie. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-022 च्युता देवमनुष्येभ्यो यथा प्रेतास्तथैव ते |
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: 07-109-022 निर्यज्ञास्तपसा हीना मा स्म तैः सह सङ्गमः |
M. N. Dutt: Abandon their companionship who do not perform sacrifices and penances. If their wealth be lost, they commit even suicide which is highly pitiable. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-023 अयं वो रोचतां धर्म इति वाच्यः प्रयत्नतः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-023 अयं ते रोचतां धर्म इति वाच्यः प्रयत्नतः |
M. N. Dutt: Of those sinful men there is none to whom you can say, This is your duty. Let your heart be to it!-Their firm belief is that there is nothing in this world which is equal to wealth. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-024 तथागतं च यो हन्यान्नासौ पापेन लिप्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-109-024 तथागतं च यो हन्यान्नासौ पापेन लिप्यते |
M. N. Dutt: The person that would kill such a creature would commit no sin. He, who slays him, slays one that has been already killed by his own acts. If killed, it is the dead that is killed. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-025 यथा काकश्च गृध्रश्च तथैवोपधिजीविनः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-025 तेषु यः समयं कश्चित् कुर्वीत हतबुद्धिषु |
M. N. Dutt: He, who promises to kill those persons of lost senses, should keep his promise. Such sinners are like the crow and the vulture who live by deceit. When their bodies are dissolved, they are born again as crows and vultures. |
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BORI CE: 12-110-026 यस्मिन्यथा वर्तते यो मनुष्य;स्तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तितव्यं स धर्मः |
MN DUTT: 07-109-026 यस्मिन् यथा वर्तते यो मनुर्घ्य स्तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तितव्यं स धर्मः |
M. N. Dutt: One should treat another as the latter does him. A deceitful person should be thwarted with deceit, while an honest man should be treated with honesty. |
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