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Book 12 – Chapter 151
BORI CE: 12-151-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-156-001 भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्त्वा तु राजेन्द्र शाल्मलिं ब्रह्मवित्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said-Having said these words to the Shalmali, that foremost of all persons conversant with Brahma, viz., Narada, communicated to the Wind-god all that the Shalmali had said about him. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-002 हिमवत्पृष्ठजः कश्चिच्छल्मलिः परिवारवान् |
MN DUTT: 07-156-002 नारद उवाच हिमवत्पृष्ठजः कश्चिच्छाल्मलिः परिवारवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Narada said There is a a certain Shalmali on the Himalaya, adorned with branches and leaves. His roots have gone deep into the Earth and its branches have spread wide around. That tree, O Wind-god, disrespects you. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-003 बहून्याक्षेपयुक्तानि त्वामाह वचनानि सः |
MN DUTT: 07-156-003 बहुव्याक्षेपयुक्तानि त्वामाह वचनानि सः |
M. N. Dutt: He spoke many insulting words against yourself. It is not meet, O Wind, that I should repeat them in your hearing. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-004 जानामि त्वामहं वायो सर्वप्राणभृतां वरम् |
MN DUTT: 07-156-004 जानामि त्वामहं वायो सर्वप्राणभृतां वरम् |
M. N. Dutt: I know, O Wind, that you are greatest of all created things. I know too that you are a very superior and very powerful being, and that in anger you resemble the Destroyer himself. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-005 एवं तु वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य समीरणः |
MN DUTT: 07-156-005 भीष्म उवाच एतत् तु वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य समीरणः |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing these words of Narada, the Windgod going to that Shalmali, said to him angrily as follows. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-006 शल्मले नारदे यत्तत्त्वयोक्तं मद्विगर्हणम् |
MN DUTT: 07-156-006 वायुरुवाच शाल्मले नारदो गच्छंस्त्वयोक्तो मद्विगर्हणम् |
M. N. Dutt: The Wind-god said O Shalmali, you have uttered derogatory words against me before Narada, know that I am the God of wind. I shall certainly show you my power and might. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-007 नाहं त्वा नाभिजानामि विदितश्चासि मे द्रुम |
MN DUTT: 07-156-007 अहं त्वामभिजानामि विदितश्चासि मे दुम |
M. N. Dutt: I know you well. You are no stranger to me. While creating the world, the powerful Grandfather had for a time rested under you. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-008 तस्य विश्रमणादेव प्रसादो यः कृतस्तव BORI CE: 12-151-009 यन्मा त्वमवजानीषे यथान्यं प्राकृतं तथा |
MN DUTT: 07-156-008 तस्य विश्रमणादेष प्रसादो मत्कृतस्तव |
M. N. Dutt: For this incident I have hitherto shown you favour. O worst of trees, it is for this that you stand uninjured and not for your own power. You consider me lightly as if I were a vulgar thing. I shall, however, appear to you in such a way that you may not disrespect me again. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-010 एवमुक्तस्ततः प्राह शल्मलिः प्रहसन्निव |
MN DUTT: 07-156-009 भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्तस्ततः प्राह शाल्मलिः प्रहसन्निव |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed, the Shalmali laughed in contempt and replied, saying,-O Wind-god, you are angry with me. Do not stop showing the extent of your power. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-011 मयि वै त्यज्यतां क्रोधः किं मे क्रुद्धः करिष्यसि |
MN DUTT: 07-156-010 मयि वै त्यज्यतां क्रोधः किं मे क्रुद्धः करिष्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: Do you vomit all your anger upon me. By becoming angry, what will you do to me? Even if your power had been all your own, I would not still have been afraid of you. I am superior to you in power. I am not afraid of you. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-156-011 बलाधिकोऽहं त्वत्तश्च न भी: कार्या मया तव |
M. N. Dutt: Those who are strong in understanding are strong in reality. Those who endued with only physical strength are not to be regarded strong. |
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MN DUTT: 07-156-012 प्राणमात्रबला ये वै नैव ते बलिनो मताः |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed, the Wind-god said,Tomorrow I shall test your strength,Thereafter night came. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-012 इत्येवमुक्तः पवनः श्व इत्येवाब्रवीद्वचः BORI CE: 12-151-013 अथ निश्चित्य मनसा शल्मलिर्वातकारितम् BORI CE: 12-151-014 नारदे यन्मया प्रोक्तं पवनं प्रति तन्मृषा BORI CE: 12-151-015 मारुतो बलवान्नित्यं यथैनं नारदोऽब्रवीत् |
MN DUTT: 07-156-012 प्राणमात्रबला ये वै नैव ते बलिनो मताः MN DUTT: 07-156-013 दर्शयिष्यामि ते तेजस्ततो रात्रिरुपागमत् MN DUTT: 07-156-014 पश्यमानस्तदाऽऽत्मानमसमं मातरिश्वना MN DUTT: 07-156-015 असमर्थो ह्यहं वायोर्बलेन बलवान् हि सः MN DUTT: 07-156-016 अहं तु दुर्बलोऽन्येभ्यो वृक्षेभ्यो नात्र संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed, the Wind-god said,Tomorrow I shall test your strength,Thereafter night came. Determining in his mind the extent of the Wind's might and seeing his ownself to be inferior to the god, the Shalmali began to say aside, All that I said to Narada is untrue. I am, forsooth, inferior in power to the Wind. Verily, he is superior in strength. The Wind, as Narada said, is always powerful. Forsooth, I am weaker than other trees. But in intelligence no tree is equal to me. Therefore, depending upon my intelligence I shall view this fear which arises from the wind. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-016 किं तु बुद्ध्या समो नास्ति मम कश्चिद्वनस्पतिः |
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: 07-156-017 तदहं बुद्धिमास्थाय भयं मोक्ष्ये समीरणात् |
M. N. Dutt: If the other trees in the forest all depend upon the same kind of intelligence, then, no injury can come to them from the Wind-god when he is irate. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-017 यदि तां बुद्धिमास्थाय चरेयुः पर्णिनो वने BORI CE: 12-151-018 तेऽत्र बाला न जानन्ति यथा नैनान्समीरणः |
MN DUTT: 07-156-017 तदहं बुद्धिमास्थाय भयं मोक्ष्ये समीरणात् MN DUTT: 07-156-018 अरिष्टाः स्युः सदा क्रुद्धात् पवनान्नात्र संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: If the other trees in the forest all depend upon the same kind of intelligence, then, no injury can come to them from the Wind-god when he is irate. All of them, however, are shorn of understanding, and, therefore, they do not know, as I know, why or how the Wind succeeds in shaking and tearing them up. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-019 ततो निश्चित्य मनसा शल्मलिः क्षुभितस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 07-157-001 भीष्म उवाच ततो निश्चित्य मनसा शाल्मलिः क्षुभितस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Having thus deterinined, the Shalmali, himself sorrowfully caused all his branches, man and minor, to be cut off. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-020 स परित्यज्य शाखाश्च पत्राणि कुसुमानि च |
MN DUTT: 07-157-002 स परित्यज्य शाखाश्च पत्राणि कुसुमानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Casting off his branches, leaves and flowers, in the morning the tree looked firmly at the Wind as he came towards him. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-021 ततः क्रुद्धः श्वसन्वायुः पातयन्वै महाद्रुमान् |
MN DUTT: 07-157-003 ततः क्रुद्धः श्वसन् वायुः पातयन् व महादुमान् |
M. N. Dutt: Filled with anger and breathing hard, the Wind came, felling large trees, where the Shalmali stood. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-022 तं हीनपर्णं पतिताग्रशाखं; विशीर्णपुष्पं प्रसमीक्ष्य वायुः |
MN DUTT: 07-157-004 तं हीनपर्णं पतिताग्रशाखं निशीर्णपुष्पं प्रसमीक्ष्य वायुः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing him divested of top, branches, leaves and flowers, the Wind, filled with joy, smilingly said to that lord of the forest which had before such a huge appearance. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-023 अहमप्येवमेव त्वां कुर्वाणः शल्मले रुषा |
MN DUTT: 07-157-005 वायुरुवाच अहमप्येवमेव त्वां कुर्वाण: शाल्मले रुषा |
M. N. Dutt: The Wind said-Filled with anger, O Shalmali, I would have done to you exactly what you have done to yourself by cutting off all your branches. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-024 हीनपुष्पाग्रशाखस्त्वं शीर्णाङ्कुरपलाशवान् |
MN DUTT: 07-157-006 हीनपुष्पाग्रशाखस्त्वं शीर्णाकुरपलाशकः |
M. N. Dutt: You are now shorn of your proud top and flowers, and you are now without your shoots and leaves. For your own bad counsels, you have been brought under my control. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-025 एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो वायोः शल्मलिर्व्रीडितस्तदा |
MN DUTT: 07-157-007 भीष्म उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो वायोः शाल्मलिीडितस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing these words of the Wind, the Shalmali feit great shame. Remembering also the words of Narada, he began to repent greatly for his mistake. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-026 एवं यो राजशार्दूल दुर्बलः सन्बलीयसा BORI CE: 12-151-027 तस्माद्वैरं न कुर्वीत दुर्बलो बलवत्तरैः |
MN DUTT: 07-157-008 एवं हि राजशार्दूल दुर्बलः सन् बलीयसा |
M. N. Dutt: Thus, O foremost of kings, a weak and foolish person, by exciting the enmity of a powerful enemy, is at last compelled to repent like the Shalmali in story. Therefore, a weak person should not behave hostility with a strong person. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-028 न हि वैरं महात्मानो विवृण्वन्त्यपकारिषु |
MN DUTT: 07-157-009 न हि वैरं महात्मानो विवृण्वन्त्यपकारिषु |
M. N. Dutt: Even when gifted with equal might, people do not suddenly create enmities with those who have injured them. On the other hand, they show their power gradually, O king. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-029 वैरं न कुर्वीत नरो दुर्बुद्धिर्बुद्धिजीविना |
MN DUTT: 07-157-010 वैरं न कुर्वीत नरो दुर्बुद्धिर्बुद्धिजीविना |
M. N. Dutt: A foolish person should never excite the hostility of an intelligent person. In such cases the intelligence of the intelligent man works like fire penetrating a heap of dry grass. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-030 न हि बुद्ध्या समं किंचिद्विद्यते पुरुषे नृप |
MN DUTT: 07-157-011 न हि बुद्ध्या समं किंचिद् विद्यते पुरुषे नृप |
M. N. Dutt: Intelligence is the most valuable thing that a person can have. Likewise, O king, a man can have nothing here more valuable than power. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-031 तस्मात्क्षमेत बालाय जडाय बधिराय च |
MN DUTT: 07-157-012 तस्मात् क्षमेत बालाय जडान्धबधिराय च |
M. N. Dutt: One should, therefore, pass over the wrongs inflicted by a person possessed of superior strength, as one should overlook the acts of a child, an idiot, or one who is blind or deaf. The wisdom of this saying is seen in your case, O slayer of foes. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-032 अक्षौहिण्यो दशैका च सप्त चैव महाद्युते |
MN DUTT: 07-157-013 अक्षौहिण्यो दशैका च सप्त चैव महाद्युते |
M. N. Dutt: The eleven Akshauhinis (of Duryodhana), and the seven (collected by yourself), were not, in power, equal to the single-handed Arjuna of great soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-033 हतास्ताश्चैव भग्नाश्च पाण्डवेन यशस्विना |
MN DUTT: 07-157-014 निहताश्चैव भग्नाश्च पाण्डवेन यशस्विना |
M. N. Dutt: All the troops (of Duryodhana), therefore, were dispersed and killed by that illustrious Pandava, that son of Paka's chastiser, as he moved about in the field of battle, depending on his own strength. |
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BORI CE: 12-151-034 उक्तास्ते राजधर्माश्च आपद्धर्माश्च भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-157-015 उक्ताश्च ते राजधर्मा आपद्धर्माश्च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: I have, O Bharata, described to you the duties of kings and ethics of con-in detail. What else, O king, do you wish to hear. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-157-016 निहताश्चैव भग्नाश्च पाण्डवेन यशस्विना |
M. N. Dutt: All the troops (of Duryodhana), therefore, were dispersed and killed by that illustrious Pandava, that son of Paka's chastiser, as he moved about in the field of battle, depending on his own strength. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 07-157-017 उक्ताश्च ते राजधर्मा आपद्धर्माश्च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: I have, O Bharata, described to you the duties of kings and ethics of con-in detail. What else, O king, do you wish to hear. |
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