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Book 12 – Chapter 131
BORI CE: 12-131-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-133-001 भीष्म उवाच स्वराष्ट्रात् परराष्ट्राच्च कोशं संजनयेन्नृपः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said By taking riches from his own kingdom as also from the kingdoms of his enemies, the king should, replenish his treasury. Religious merit springs from the treasury, O son of Kunti, and it is through the treasury that the roots of his kingdom extend. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-002 तस्मात्संजनयेत्कोशं संहृत्य परिपालयेत् |
MN DUTT: 07-133-002 तस्मात् संजनयेत् कोशं सत्कृत्य परिपालयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: For these reasons the treasury must be replenished; and when filled, it should be carefully kept, and even sought to be increased. This is the eternal practice. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-003 न कोशः शुद्धशौचेन न नृशंसेन जायते |
MN DUTT: 07-133-003 न कोशः शुद्धशौचेन न नृशंसेन जातुचित् |
M. N. Dutt: The treasury cannot be replenished by (acting with) purity and fairness, nor by (acting with) ruthless cruelty. It should be filled by following a middle course. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-004 अबलस्य कुतः कोशो ह्यकोशस्य कुतो बलम् |
MN DUTT: 07-133-004 अबलस्य कुत: कोशो ह्यकोशस्य कुतो बलम् |
M. N. Dutt: How can a weak king have a treasury? How can a king who has no treasury have strength? How can a weak man maintain a kingdom? How, again, can one, who has no kingdom of his own, acquire prosperity? |
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BORI CE: 12-131-005 उच्चैर्वृत्तेः श्रियो हानिर्यथैव मरणं तथा |
MN DUTT: 07-133-005 उच्चैर्वृत्तेः श्रियो हानिर्यथैव मरणं तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Adversity is like death to a person of high rank. Therefore, the king should always multiply his treasury, and army, and allies and friends. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-006 हीनकोशं हि राजानमवजानन्ति मानवाः |
MN DUTT: 07-133-006 हीनकोशं हि राजानमवजानन्ति मानवाः |
M. N. Dutt: All men disregard a king, who has an empty treasury. Without being pleased with the little that such a king can give, his servants never show any zeal in his business. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-007 श्रियो हि कारणाद्राजा सत्क्रियां लभते पराम् |
MN DUTT: 07-133-007 श्रियो हि कारणाद् राजा सक्रियां लभते पराम् |
M. N. Dutt: By riches, the king acquires great honours. Indeed, riches conceal his very sins, as a dress conceals such parts of a female form as should not be exposed to the public gaze. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-008 ऋद्धिमस्यानुवर्तन्ते पुरा विप्रकृता जनाः |
MN DUTT: 07-133-008 ऋद्धिमस्यानु तप्यन्ते पुरा विप्रकृता नराः |
M. N. Dutt: The former enemies of the king become stricken with grief on seeing his newly acquired riches. Like dogs they once more serve him, and though they only seek an opportunity to kill him, he treats them as if nothing has taken place. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-133-009 ईदृशस्य कुतो राज्ञः सुखं भवति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: How, O Bharata, can such a king enjoy happiness? The king should always try for acquiring greatness. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-009 उद्यच्छेदेव न ग्लायेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम् |
MN DUTT: 07-133-009 ईदृशस्य कुतो राज्ञः सुखं भवति भारत MN DUTT: 07-133-010 अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमतेह कस्यचित् |
M. N. Dutt: How, O Bharata, can such a king enjoy happiness? The king should always try for acquiring greatness. He should never bend low in humility. Exertion is manliness. He should rather break when an unfavourable opportunity comes than bend low before any one. He should rather go to the forest and live there with wild animals. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-010 अप्यरण्यं समाश्रित्य चरेद्दस्युगणैः सह |
MN DUTT: 07-133-011 न त्वेवोज्झितमर्यादैर्दस्युभिः सहितश्चरेत् |
M. N. Dutt: But he should not, however, live in the midst of ministers and officers who have like robbers transgressed all restraints. Even the wild robbers may supply a large number of soldiers for the performance of the fiercest of deeds. O Bharata. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-011 एकान्तेन ह्यमर्यादात्सर्वोऽप्युद्विजते जनः |
MN DUTT: 07-133-012 एकान्ततो ह्यमर्यादात् सर्वोऽप्युद्विजते जनः |
M. N. Dutt: If the king disregards all healthy restraints, all people are filled with terror. They very robbers who know not what mercy is, fear such a king. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-012 स्थापयेदेव मर्यादां जनचित्तप्रसादिनीम् |
MN DUTT: 07-133-013 स्थापयेदेव मर्यादां जनचित्तप्रसादिनीम् |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, the king, should always set down rules and restraints for pleasing his subjects. People always welcome rules even regarding insignificant matters. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-013 नायं लोकोऽस्ति न पर इति व्यवसितो जनः |
MN DUTT: 07-133-014 नायं लोकोऽस्ति न पर इति व्यवसितो जनः |
M. N. Dutt: There are men who hold that this world is nothing and the future also is a myth. He, who is such an undeliever, though his heart is moved by secret fears, should never be trusted. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-014 यथा सद्भिः परादानमहिंसा दस्युभिस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 07-133-015 यथा सद्भिः परादानमहिंसा दस्युभिः कृता |
M. N. Dutt: If the wild robbers, while observing other virtues, commit robberies, in respect of properties those deeds may be considered as innocent. The lives of thousands of creatures are protected when robbers follow such restraints. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-015 अयुध्यमानस्य वधो दारामर्शः कृतघ्नता |
MN DUTT: 07-133-016 अयुद्ध्यमानस्य वधो दारामर्षः कृतघ्नता |
M. N. Dutt: Killing a retreating enemy, ravishment of wives, ingratitude, plundering the property of a Brahmana, depriving a person of his entire property, violation of maidens, continued occupation of villages and towns as their lawful lords, and adultery with other people's wives.-these are known as sinful acts among even robbers, and robbers should always stand aloof from them. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-016 स एष एव भवति दस्युरेतानि वर्जयन् |
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: 07-133-017 अभिसंदधते ये च विश्वासायास्य मानवाः |
M. N. Dutt: It is again certain that those kings, who try to create confidence in robbers, succeed, after watching all their ins and outs, in rooting them out. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-017 तस्मात्सशेषं कर्तव्यं स्वाधीनमपि दस्युभिः |
MN DUTT: 07-133-018 तस्मात् सशेषं कर्तव्यं स्वाधीनमपि दस्युभिः |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, in dealing with robbers, it is necessary that they should not be destroyed outright. They should be gradually brought under the king's sway. The king should never treat them cruelly, thinking that he is more powerful than they. |
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BORI CE: 12-131-018 सशेषकारिणस्तात शेषं पश्यन्ति सर्वतः |
MN DUTT: 07-133-019 स शेषकारिणस्तत्र शेषं पश्यन्ति सर्वशः |
M. N. Dutt: Those kings, who do not root them out outright have no fear of their ruin, They, however, that do root them out, stand always in dread of them.' |
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