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Book 12 – Chapter 125
BORI CE: 12-125-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-125-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच शीलं प्रधानं पुरुषे कथितं ते पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said You have said, O grandfather, that conduct is the first thing (for a man). Whence, however, does Hope arise? Tell me what it is. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-002 संशयो मे महानेष समुत्पन्नः पितामह |
MN DUTT: 07-125-002 संशयो मे महानेष समुत्पन्नः पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: This great doubt has occupied my mind. There is no other person than you, Osubjugator of hostile towns, who can remove it! |
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BORI CE: 12-125-003 पितामहाशा महती ममासीद्धि सुयोधने |
MN DUTT: 07-125-003 पितामहाशा महती ममासीद्धि सुयोधने |
M. N. Dutt: O grandfather, I had great hope about Suyodhana that when a battle was about to take place, he would, O lord, do what was proper. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-004 सर्वस्याशा सुमहती पुरुषस्योपजायते |
MN DUTT: 07-125-004 सर्वस्याशा सुमहती पुरुषस्योपजायते |
M. N. Dutt: Hope is tne sheet-anchor of every man. When that hope is destroyed, great grief follows which, forsooth, is almost equal to death itself. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-005 सोऽहं हताशो दुर्बुद्धिः कृतस्तेन दुरात्मना |
MN DUTT: 07-125-005 सोऽहं हताशो दुर्बुद्धिः कृतस्तेन दुरात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: Fool that I am, Dhritarashtra's wicked son, Duryodhana, destroyed the hope I had entertained. Mark, O king, the foolishness of my mind. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-006 आशां महत्तरां मन्ये पर्वतादपि सद्रुमात् |
MN DUTT: 07-125-006 आशां महत्तरां मन्ये पर्वतादपि सदुमात् |
M. N. Dutt: I think that hope is bigger than a mountain with all its trees. Or, perhaps, it is bigger than the sky itself. Or, perhaps, O king, it is really immeasurable. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-007 एषा चैव कुरुश्रेष्ठ दुर्विचिन्त्या सुदुर्लभा |
MN DUTT: 07-125-007 एषा चैव कुरुश्रेष्ठ दुर्विचिन्त्या सुदुर्लभा |
M. N. Dutt: Hope, O chief of the Kurus, is highly difficult of being understood and equally difficult of being conquered. Seeing this last attribute of Hope, I ask, what else is so unconquerable as this? |
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BORI CE: 12-125-008 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-125-008 भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर निबोध तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said I shall describe to you, O Yudhishthira, regarding it, the discourse between Sumitra and Rishabha that took place in days of yore, Listen to it! |
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BORI CE: 12-125-009 सुमित्रो नाम राजर्षिर्हैहयो मृगयां गतः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-009 सुमित्रो नाम राजर्षिर्हहयो मृगयां गतः |
M. N. Dutt: A royal sage of the Haihaya family, Sumitra by namre, went a hunting. Having pierced a deer with a straight arrow, he pursued it. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-010 स मृगो बाणमादाय ययावमितविक्रमः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-010 स मृगो बाणमादाय यथामितविक्रमः |
M. N. Dutt: Endued with great strength, the deer ran ahead, with the arrow sticking to him. The king was equally powerful, and accordingly pursued his precious game with great speed. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-011 ततो निम्नं स्थलं चैव स मृगोऽद्रवदाशुगः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-011 ततो निम्न स्थलं चैव स मृगोऽद्रवदाशुगः |
M. N. Dutt: The animal, highly fleet, quickly ran a low ground and then a level plain. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-012 ततः स राजा तारुण्यादौरसेन बलेन च |
MN DUTT: 07-125-012 ततः स राजा तारुण्यादौरसेन बलेन च |
M. N. Dutt: The king, young, active, and strong, and armed with bow and sword and protected with a coat of mail, still pursued it. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-013 तीर्त्वा नदान्नदीश्चैव पल्वलानि वनानि च |
MN DUTT: 07-125-013 ततो नदान नदीश्चैव पल्वलानि बनानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Having none with him to chase the animal through the forest, the king crossed many rivers and lakes. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-014 स तु कामान्मृगो राजन्नासाद्यासाद्य तं नृपम् |
MN DUTT: 07-125-014 स तु कामान्मृगो राजन्नासाद्यासाद्य तं नृपम् |
M. N. Dutt: Possessed of great fleetness the animal, at its will, appearing now and then before the king, ran on with great quickness. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-015 स तस्य बाणैर्बहुभिः समभ्यस्तो वनेचरः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-015 स तस्य बाणैर्बहुभिः समभ्यस्तो वनेचरः |
M. N. Dutt: Pierced with many arrows by the king, that wild animal, O monarch, as if in sport, again and again lessened the distance between itself and the pursuer. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-016 पुनश्च जवमास्थाय जवनो मृगयूथपः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-016 पुनश्च जवमास्थाय जवनो मृगयूथपः |
M. N. Dutt: Repeatedly showing its quickness and crossing one forest after another, it now and then appeared before the king at a near point. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-017 तस्य मर्मच्छिदं घोरं सुमित्रोऽमित्रकर्शनः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-017 तस्य मर्मच्छिदं घोरं तीक्ष्णं चामित्रकदर्शनः |
M. N. Dutt: At last, taking up a very excellent arrow, sharp, terrible, and capable of cutting the very vitals, the crusher of foes, set it on his bowstring. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-018 ततो गव्यूतिमात्रेण मृगयूथपयूथपः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-018 ततो गव्यूतिमात्रेण मृगयूथपयूथपः |
M. N. Dutt: That huge animal then, as if laughing at the pursuer's efforts, suddenly went to a great distance by reaching a point full four miles ahead of the range of the arrow. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-019 तस्मिन्निपतिते बाणे भूमौ प्रज्वलिते ततः |
MN DUTT: 07-125-019 तस्मिन् निपतिते बाणे भूमौ ज्वलिततेजसि |
M. N. Dutt: That effulgent arrow accordingly fell on the ground. The deer entered a large forest, but the king still pursued it. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-020 प्रविश्य तु महारण्यं तापसानामथाश्रमम् |
MN DUTT: 07-126-001 भीष्म उवाच प्रविश्य स महारण्यं तापसानामथाश्रमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Having entered that large forest, the king arrived at an asylum of ascetics. Worn out with toil, he sat himself down for rest. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-021 तं कार्मुकधरं दृष्ट्वा श्रमार्तं क्षुधितं तदा |
MN DUTT: 07-126-002 तं कार्मुकधरं दृष्ट्वा श्रमार्तं क्षुधितं तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing him armed with bow, exhausted with toil, and hungry, the ascetics approached him and honoured him duly. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-126-003 स पूजामृषिभिर्दत्तां सम्प्रगृह्य नराधिपः |
M. N. Dutt: Accepting the honours offered by the Rishis, the king asked them about the progress and advancement to their penances. |
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MN DUTT: 07-126-004 ते तस्य राज्ञो वचनं सम्प्रगृह्य तपोधनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Duly answering the questions of the king, those Rishis having asceticism for wealth, asked that foremost of kings as to the cause of his coming to that retreat. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-022 ऋषयो राजशार्दूलमपृच्छन्स्वं प्रयोजनम् |
MN DUTT: 07-126-004 ते तस्य राज्ञो वचनं सम्प्रगृह्य तपोधनाः MN DUTT: 07-126-005 केन भद्र सुखार्थेन सम्प्राप्तोऽसि तपोवनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Duly answering the questions of the king, those Rishis having asceticism for wealth, asked that foremost of kings as to the cause of his coming to that retreat. And they said,-Blessed be you, in pursuit of what delightful object have you, O king, come to this hermitage, walking on foot and armed with sword, bow and arrows? |
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BORI CE: 12-125-023 पदातिर्बद्धनिस्त्रिंशो धन्वी बाणी नरेश्वर |
MN DUTT: 07-126-006 एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं कुतः प्राप्तोऽसि मानद |
M. N. Dutt: We wish to hear whence you are coming, O giver of honours! Tell us also in what family you are born and what your name is!- |
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BORI CE: 12-125-024 ततः स राजा सर्वेभ्यो द्विजेभ्यः पुरुषर्षभ BORI CE: 12-125-025 हैहयानां कुले जातः सुमित्रो मित्रनन्दनः |
MN DUTT: 07-126-007 ततः स राजा सर्वेभ्यो द्विजेभ्यः पुरुषर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed, O foremost of men, the king described himself, O Bharata, saying.-I am born in the family of the Haihayas. My name is Sumitra, and I am the son of Mitra. I chase herds of deer, killing them in thousands with my shafts. Accompanied by a large army and my ministers and the ladies of my household, I have come out ahunting. I struck a deer with a shaft, but the animal with the arrow shaft, but the animal with arrow sticking to his body ran speedily. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-026 मृगस्तु विद्धो बाणेन मया सरति शल्यवान् |
MN DUTT: 07-126-008 तं द्रवन्तमनुप्राप्तो वनमेतद् यदृच्छया |
M. N. Dutt: In chasing it I have, purposelessly arrived at this forest and find myself before you, shorn of splendour, toil worn, and with hope disappointed. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-027 किं नु दुःखमतोऽन्यद्वै यदहं श्रमकर्शितः |
MN DUTT: 07-126-009 किं नु दुःखमतोऽन्यद् वै यदहं श्रमकर्शितः |
M. N. Dutt: What can be more pitiable than this, viz., that I have arrived at this hermitage, exhausted with toil, shorn of the signs of royalty, and disappointed of my hopes. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-028 न राजलक्षणत्यागो न पुरस्य तपोधनाः |
MN DUTT: 07-126-010 न राजलक्षणत्यागो न पुरस्य तपोधनाः |
M. N. Dutt: I am not at all sorry, Oh ye ascetics, at my being now divested of the sins of royalty or at my being now at a distance from my capital. I feel, however, a great grief for my hopes being frustrated. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-029 हिमवान्वा महाशैलः समुद्रो वा महोदधिः |
MN DUTT: 07-126-011 हिमवान् वा महाशैलः समुद्रो वा महोदधिः |
M. N. Dutt: The king of mountains, viz., Himavat, and that vast receptacle of waters, viz., the ocean, cannot, for its vastness, equal the extent of the sky. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-030 भवतां विदितं सर्वं सर्वज्ञा हि तपोधनाः |
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: 07-126-012 आशायास्तपसि श्रेष्ठास्तथा नान्तमहं गतः |
M. N. Dutt: Oh ye ascetics, likewise, I also cannot make out the limit of hope. With penances you have made yourselves omniscient. There is nothing which is hidden from you. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-031 आशावान्पुरुषो यः स्यादन्तरिक्षमथापि वा |
MN DUTT: 07-126-013 भवन्तः सुमहाभागास्तस्मात् पृच्छामि संशयम् |
M. N. Dutt: You are also highly blessed. I beg you, therefore, to remove my doubt. Which of these two appears vaster to you, hope of man, or the wide sky? I desire to hear fully, what is so unconquerable as hope. |
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BORI CE: 12-125-032 यदि गुह्यं तपोनित्या न वो ब्रूतेह माचिरम् |
MN DUTT: 07-126-014 यदि गुह्यं न वो नित्यं तदा प्रब्रूत मा चिरम् |
M. N. Dutt: If the subject be one which you can properly describe, then tell me all about it forthwith. I do not wish, ye foremost of the twice-born, to hear anything from you be a mystery and improper to describe. that may |
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BORI CE: 12-125-033 भवत्तपोविघातो वा येन स्याद्विरमे ततः BORI CE: 12-125-034 एतत्कारणसामग्र्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः |
MN DUTT: 07-126-015 भवत् तपोविघातो वा यदि स्याद् विरमे ततः |
M. N. Dutt: If again the subject be injurious to your penances, I would not wish you to describe. If the question asked by me be a befitting subject of discourse, I would then wish to hear the cause fully. Devoted to penances as ye are, do ye all instruct me on the subject.' |
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