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Book 12 – Chapter 129
BORI CE: 12-129-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-131-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच क्षीणस्य दीर्घसूत्रस्य सानुक्रोशस्य बन्धुषु |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said What, besides this, should be done by a king, who is weak and procrastinating, who does not engage in battle from anxiety for the lives of his friends, who is always stricken with fear, and who cannot keep his counsels close? |
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BORI CE: 12-129-002 परिशङ्कितमुख्यस्य स्रुतमन्त्रस्य भारत |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-003 परचक्राभियातस्य दुर्बलस्य बलीयसा |
MN DUTT: 07-131-002 विभक्तपुरराष्ट्रस्य निर्द्रव्यनिचयस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: What, indeed, should that king do whose cities and kingdoms have been divided and appropriated by enemies, who is divested of wealth, who cannot honour his friends and win them over to himself, whose ministers are disunited or brought over by his enemies, who is obliged to stand in the face of enemies, whose army has been diminished, and whose heart has been agitated by some strong enemy? |
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BORI CE: 12-129-004 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-131-003 भीष्म उवाच बाह्यश्चेद् विजिगीषुः स्याद् धर्मार्थकुशलः शुचिः |
M. N. Dutt: If the attacking enemy be of pure heart and if he be a master of both virtue and profit, a king of the sort you have pointed out, should forthwith, make peace with the invader and secure the restoration of those parts of the kingdom which have already been conquered. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-005 अधर्मविजिगीषुश्चेद्बलवान्पापनिश्चयः |
MN DUTT: 07-131-004 योऽधर्मविजिगीषुः स्याद् बलवान् पापनिश्चयः |
M. N. Dutt: If, again, the invader be powerful and iniquitious and seek to acquire victory by unfair means, the king should inake peace with him, too, by leaving off a portion of his kingdom. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-006 अपास्य राजधानीं वा तरेदन्येन वापदम् |
MN DUTT: 07-131-005 अपास्य राजधानी वा तरेद् द्रव्येण चापदम् |
M. N. Dutt: If the invader be reluctant to make peace, the king should then leave his very capital and all his properties for escaping from danger. If he can save his life he may expect to make similar acquisitions in future. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-007 यास्तु स्युः केवलत्यागाच्छक्यास्तरितुमापदः |
MN DUTT: 07-131-006 यास्तु कोशबलत्यागाच्छक्यास्तरितुमापदः |
M. N. Dutt: What man who knows virtue is there, who would sacrifice his own self, which is a more valuable property, for meeting that danger from which he can escape by abandoning his treasury and army? |
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BORI CE: 12-129-008 अवरोधाज्जुगुप्सेत का सपत्नधने दया |
MN DUTT: 07-131-007 अवरोधान् जुगुप्सेत का सपत्नधने दया |
M. N. Dutt: A king should protect the ladies of his seraglio. If these fall into the hands to the enemy, he should not show any mercy. As long as he can, he should never surrender his own self to the enemy. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-009 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-131-008 युधिष्ठिर उवाच आभ्यन्तरे प्रकुपिते बाह्ये चोपनिपीडिते |
M. N. Dutt: What should a king do when his own people are dissatisfied with him, when he is oppressed by invaders, when his treasury is exhausted and when his counsels are given out? |
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BORI CE: 12-129-010 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-131-009 भीष्म उवाच क्षिप्रं वा संधिकाम: स्यात् क्षिप्रं वा ताणविक्रमः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said: A king, under such circumstances, should (if his enemy be righteous) try to make peace with him. If the enemy be vicious, he should then display his courage. He should by such means, try to cause the enemy to retire from his kingdom; or, fighting bravely, he should sacrifice his life and ascend to heaven. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-011 अनुरक्तेन पुष्टेन हृष्टेन जगतीपते |
MN DUTT: 07-131-010 अनुरक्तेन चेष्टेन हृष्टेन जगतीपतिः |
M. N. Dutt: A king can conquer the whole Earth with the help of even a small army if that army be loyal, contented, and devoted to his well-being. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-012 हतो वा दिवमारोहेद्विजयी क्षितिमावसेत् |
MN DUTT: 07-131-011 हतो वा दिवमारोहेद्धत्वा वा क्षितिमावसेत् |
M. N. Dutt: If killed in battle, he is sure to ascend to heaven. If he succeed in killing (his enemies), he is sure to enjoy the Earth. By sacrificing one's life in battle, one lives with Indra himself.' |
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BORI CE: 12-129-013 सर्वलोकागमं कृत्वा मृदुत्वं गन्तुमेव च |
MN DUTT: 07-131-012 सर्वलोकागमं कृत्वा मृदुत्वं गन्तुमेव च |
M. N. Dutt: Pleasing all people of opposition taking them in trust with humble, king should search other means to regain previous ones. |
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BORI CE: 12-129-014 अपक्रमितुमिच्छेद्वा यथाकामं तु सान्त्वयेत् |
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: 07-131-013 अपचिक्रमिषुः क्षिप्रं साम्ना वा परिसान्त्वयन् |
M. N. Dutt: Or by the sweetest words he should please them by means of conciliation and again by the consultation with wise men he should act to regain it. |
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