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Book 12 – Chapter 114
BORI CE: 12-114-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-113-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच राजा राज्यमनुप्राप्य दुर्लभं भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Tell me, O foremost of Bharata's race, how a king, without the usual helps, having obtained a kingdom which is so valuable a possession, should treat a powerful enemy. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-113-002 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said-Regarding it is cited the old story of the discourse between the Ocean and the Rivers. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-003 सुरारिनिलयः शश्वत्सागरः सरितां पतिः |
MN DUTT: 07-113-003 सुरारिनिलयः शश्वत्सागरः सरिताम्पतिः |
M. N. Dutt: In days of yore, eternal Ocean that lord of Rivers, that refuge of the enemies of the gods, asked all the Rivers for solving this doubt that had arisen in his mind. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-004 समूलशाखान्पश्यामि निहतांश्छायिनो द्रुमान् |
MN DUTT: 07-113-004 सागर उवाच समूलशाखान् पश्यामि निहतान् कायिनो दुमान् |
M. N. Dutt: The Ocean said Ye Rivers, I see that all of you, with our strong currents, wash away trees of huge trunks, with their roots and branches. You do not, however, ever bring to me a cane. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-005 अकायश्चाल्पसारश्च वेतसः कूलजश्च वः |
MN DUTT: 07-113-005 अकायश्चाल्पसारश्च वेतसः कूलजश्च वः |
M. N. Dutt: The canes that grow on your banks have small stems and are not strong. Do you refuse to wash them down through contempt, or are they of any utility to you? |
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BORI CE: 12-114-006 तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वासामेव वो मतम् BORI CE: 12-114-007 ततः प्राह नदी गङ्गा वाक्यमुत्तरमर्थवत् |
MN DUTT: 07-113-006 तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वासामेव वो मतम् |
M. N. Dutt: I desire, therefore, to hear what is your motive about it. Indeed, why is it that canes, are not washed down by any of you from the banks were they grow?-Thus addressed, the River Ganga replied, to Ocean, that Lord of all Rivers, in these words of great significance, fraught with reason, and, therefore, liked of all. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-008 तिष्ठन्त्येते यथास्थानं नगा ह्येकनिकेतनाः |
MN DUTT: 07-113-007 गङ्गोवाच तिष्ठन्त्येते यथास्थान नगा टेकनिकेतनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Ganga said Trees stand in one and the same place and are never displaced from where they stand. For this by their nature resisting our currents, they are obliged to leave the place of their growth. Canes, however, act otherwise. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-009 वेतसो वेगमायान्तं दृष्ट्वा नमति नेतरः |
MN DUTT: 07-113-008 वेतसो वेगमायातं दृष्ट्वा नमति नापरे |
M. N. Dutt: The cane, seeing the advancing current, bends to it. The others do not act in this way. After the current has passed away, the cane resumes its pristine posture. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-010 कालज्ञः समयज्ञश्च सदा वश्यश्च नोद्रुमः |
MN DUTT: 07-113-009 कालज्ञः समयज्ञश्च सदा वश्यश्च नोद्धतः |
M. N. Dutt: The cane is acquainted with the virtues of Time and opportunity. It is docile and obedient. It is yielding, but not stiff. Therefore, it stands where it grows, without being compelled to follow our current. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-011 मारुतोदकवेगेन ये नमन्त्युन्नमन्ति च |
MN DUTT: 07-113-010 मारुतोदकवेगेन ये नमन्त्युन्नमन्ति च |
M. N. Dutt: Those plants, trees, and creepers that bend and rise before the force of wind and water, are never rooted out. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-012 यो हि शत्रोर्विवृद्धस्य प्रभोर्वधविनाशने |
MN DUTT: 07-113-011 भीष्म उवाच यो हि शत्रोविवृद्धस्य प्रभोर्बन्धविनाशने |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said-That person, who does not yield to the power of a powerful foe who has grown and who is competent to imprison or kill, soon meets with ruin. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-013 सारासारं बलं वीर्यमात्मनो द्विषतश्च यः |
MN DUTT: 07-113-012 सारासारं बलं वीर्यमात्मनो द्विषतश्च यः |
M. N. Dutt: That wise man, who acts after determining fully the strength and weakness, the power and energy, of himself and his enemies is never discomfitted. |
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BORI CE: 12-114-014 एवमेव यदा विद्वान्मन्येतातिबलं रिपुम् |
MN DUTT: 07-113-013 एवमेव यदा विद्वान् मन्यतेऽतिबलं रिपुम् |
M. N. Dutt: An intelligent man, therefore, when he sees liis enemy to be more powerful than himself imitate the conduct of the cane. That is a sign of wisdom. |
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