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Book 12 – Chapter 113
BORI CE: 12-113-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-112-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच किं पार्थिवेन कर्तव्यं किं च कृत्वा सुखी भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said What works should be done by a king, and what are those works by doing which a king may become happy? Tell me this fully, O you who are the foremost of all persons acquainted with duties. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-112-002 भीष्म उवाच हन्त तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु कार्यकनिश्चयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said 'I shall tell you what you wish to know! Hear what should be done in this world by a king and what those works are by doing which a king may become happy. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-003 न त्वेवं वर्तितव्यं स्म यथेदमनुशुश्रुमः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-003 न चैवं वर्तितव्यं स्म यथेदमनुशुश्रुमा उष्ट्रस्य तु महद् वृत्तं तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर |
M. N. Dutt: A king should not act like a camel of which we have heard. Listen to that history then, O Yudhishthira. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-004 जातिस्मरो महानुष्ट्रः प्राजापत्ययुगोद्भवः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-004 जातिस्मरो महानुष्ट्रः प्राजापत्ये युगेऽभवत् |
M. N. Dutt: There was, in the golden cycle, a huge camel who had recollection of his pristine deeds. Practising the most rigid vows, that camel practised very severe austerities in the woods. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-005 तपसस्तस्य चान्ते वै प्रीतिमानभवत्प्रभुः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-005 तपसस्तस्य चान्तेऽथ प्रीतिमानभवद् विभुः |
M. N. Dutt: When his penances were terminated the powerful Brahman became pleased with him. The Grandfather, therefore, desired to grant him boons. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-006 उष्ट्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-112-006 उष्ट्र उवाच भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादान्मे दीर्घा ग्रीवा भवेदियम् |
M. N. Dutt: The camel said Let my neck, O holy one, become long through your favour, so that, O powerful lord, I may be able to get any food that may be even at the end of even a hundred Yojanas. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-007 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-112-007 एवमस्त्विति चोक्तः स वरदेन महात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: The great giver of boons said-Let it be so-Having got that boon, the camel then returned to his own forest. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-008 स चकार तदालस्यं वरदानात्स दुर्मतिः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-008 स चकार तदाऽऽलस्यं वरदानात् सुदुर्मतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Since the day of securing the boon, the foolish animal became idle. Indeed, stupefied by fate, the wretch did not from that day go out for grazing. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-009 स कदाचित्प्रसार्यैवं तां ग्रीवां शतयोजनाम् |
MN DUTT: 07-112-009 स कदाचित् प्रसायैव तां ग्रीवां शतयोजनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: One day, while extending his long neck of a hundred Yojanas, the animal was engaged in picking his food without any trouble, there uprose a great storm. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-010 स गुहायां शिरोग्रीवं निधाय पशुरात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-010 स गुहायां शिरो ग्रीवां निधाय पशुरात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: Keeping his head and a portion of the neck within the cave of a mountain, the camel resolved to wait till the storm would be over. Meanwhile rain came down in torrents, deluging the whole Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-011 अथ शीतपरीताङ्गो जम्बुकः क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-011 अथ शीतपरीताङ्गो जम्बुकः क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः |
M. N. Dutt: Wetted by the rain and shivering with cold, a jackal, with his wife, dragged himself with difficulty towards that very cave and entered it quickly for protection, |
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BORI CE: 12-113-012 स दृष्ट्वा मांसजीवी तु सुभृशं क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः BORI CE: 12-113-013 यदा त्वबुध्यतात्मानं भक्ष्यमाणं स वै पशुः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-012 स दृष्ट्वा मांसजीवी तु सुभृशं क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः |
M. N. Dutt: Living as he did upon meat, and greatly hungry and tried as he was, O foremnost of Bharata's race, the jackal, seeing the camel's neck, began to eat as much of it as he could. When he perceived that his neck was being eaten, the camel tried sorrowfully to shorten it. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-014 यावदूर्ध्वमधश्चैव ग्रीवां संक्षिपते पशुः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-013 यावदूर्ध्वमधश्चैव ग्रीवां संक्षिपते पशुः |
M. N. Dutt: But as he moved it up and down, the jackal and his wife, catching it, continued to eat it away. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-015 स हत्वा भक्षयित्वा च जम्बुकोष्ट्रं ततस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 07-112-014 स हत्वा भक्षयित्वा च तमुष्ट्र जम्बुकस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Within a short time the camel was dead. Having thus killed and eaten the camel, the jackal then came out of the cave after the storm and shower had ceased. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-016 एवं दुर्बुद्धिना प्राप्तमुष्ट्रेण निधनं तदा |
MN DUTT: 07-112-015 एवं दुर्बुद्धिना प्राप्तमुष्ट्रेण निधनं तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Thus did that foolish camel die. See what a great evil followed idleness. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-017 त्वमप्येतं विधिं त्यक्त्वा योगेन नियतेन्द्रियः |
MN DUTT: 07-112-016 त्वमप्येवंविधं हित्वा योगेन नियतेन्द्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: As for yourself, avoiding idleness and controlling your senses, do everything in the world with proper means. Manu himself has declared that victory rests upon intelligence. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-018 बुद्धिश्रेष्ठानि कर्माणि बाहुमध्यानि भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-112-017 बुद्धिश्रेष्ठानि कर्माणि बाहुमध्यानि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: All acts that are performed with the help of intelligence are regarded as the highest, those performed, with the help of feet are inferior, while those done by carrying loads are the worst. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-019 राज्यं तिष्ठति दक्षस्य संगृहीतेन्द्रियस्य च |
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: 07-112-018 राज्यं तिष्ठति दक्षस्य संगृहीतेन्द्रियस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: If the king cleverly does his business and controls his senses, his kingdom lasts. Manu himself has declared that an ambitious person succeeds in gaining victories. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-020 परीक्ष्यकारिणोऽर्थाश्च तिष्ठन्तीह युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 07-112-019 गुह्यं मन्त्रं श्रुतवतः सुसहायस्य चानघ |
M. N. Dutt: In this world, O Yudhishthira, those, who listen to wise advice, those, O sinless one, who have allies, and act after proper scrutiny, succeeds in achieving all their objects. A person with such means succeeds in ruling the entire Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-113-021 इदं हि सद्भिः कथितं विधिज्ञैः; पुरा महेन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभाव |
MN DUTT: 07-112-020 इदं हि सद्भिः कथितं विधिज्ञैः पुरा महेन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभाव |
M. N. Dutt: O you powerful like Indra himself, this has been declared by ancient sages conversant with the scriptural injunctions! I, also, having my eyes on the scriptures, have said the same to you. Using your intelligence, do you act in this world, O king.' |
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