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Book 12 – Chapter 154
BORI CE: 12-154-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-160-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच स्वाध्याये कृतयत्नस्य नरस्य च पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said O grandfather, O you of virtuous soul, what, indeed, yields great merit for a person assiduously engaged in the study of the Vedas and desirous of gaining virtue. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-002 बहुधादर्शने लोके श्रेयो यदिह मन्यसे |
MN DUTT: 07-160-002 बहुधा दर्शने लोके श्रेयो यदिह मन्यसे |
M. N. Dutt: That which yields in this world high merit is of various kinds as described in the scriptures. Tell me, O grandfather, about what is regarded as such both in this world and in the next. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-003 महानयं धर्मपथो बहुशाखश्च भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-160-003 महानयं धर्मपथो बहुशाखश्च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: The path of duty is long and has numberless branches, O Bharata. Amongst those duties what are those few which should, in your opinion, be observed in preference to all others? |
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BORI CE: 12-154-004 धर्मस्य महतो राजन्बहुशाखस्य तत्त्वतः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-004 धर्मस्यो महतो राजन् बहुशाखस्य तत्त्वतः |
M. N. Dutt: Tell me, O king, fully about that which is so vast and which has so many branches. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-005 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-160-005 भीष्म उवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि येन श्रेयो ह्यवाप्स्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said I shall describe to you that by which you may acquire high merit. Wise as you are, you will be satisfied with the knowledge I will impart to you, like a person gratified with having drunk ambrosia. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-006 धर्मस्य विधयो नैके ते ते प्रोक्ता महर्षिभिः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-006 धर्मस्य विधयो नैके ये वै प्रोक्ता महर्षिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: The rules of duty described by the great Rishis, each depending upon his own wisdom, are many. The highest among them all is selfcontrol. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-007 दमं निःश्रेयसं प्राहुर्वृद्धा निश्चयदर्शिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-007 दमं निःश्रेयसं प्राहुर्वृद्धा निश्चितदर्शिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Those amongst the ancient Rishis that were acquainted with truth said that self-control, leads to the highest merit. Self-control is the eternal duty of the Brahmanas especially. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-008 नादान्तस्य क्रियासिद्धिर्यथावदुपलभ्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-160-008 दमात् तस्य क्रियासिद्धिर्यथावदुपलभ्यते |
M. N. Dutt: It is from self-control that he acquires the due fruition of his acts. Self-control of surpasses (in merit) charity and sacrifice and study of the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-009 दमस्तेजो वर्धयति पवित्रं च दमः परम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-009 दमस्तेजो वर्धयति पवित्रं च दम: परम् |
M. N. Dutt: Self-control increases (his) energy. Selfcontrol is highly sacred. Through self-control a man becomes purified of all his sins and gifted with energy, and therefore, acquires the highest blessedness. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-010 दमेन सदृशं धर्मं नान्यं लोकेषु शुश्रुम |
MN DUTT: 07-160-010 दमेन सदृशं धर्मं नान्यं लोकेषु शुश्रुम |
M. N. Dutt: We have not heard that there is any other duty in all the worlds equal to self-control. Self-control, according to all virtuous persons, is the highest virtues in this world. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-011 प्रेत्य चापि मनुष्येन्द्र परमं विन्दते सुखम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-011 प्रेत्य चात्र मनुष्येन्द्र परमं विन्दते सुखम् |
M. N. Dutt: Through self-control, O foremost of men, a person enjoys the highest happiness both in this world and in the next. Gifted with self-control, one wins great virtue. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-012 सुखं दान्तः प्रस्वपिति सुखं च प्रतिबुध्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-160-012 सुखं दान्तः प्रस्वपिति सुखं च प्रतिबुध्यते |
M. N. Dutt: The self-controlled man sleeps in happiness and awakes in happiness, and moves through the world in happiness. His mind is always cheerful. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-013 अदान्तः पुरुषः क्लेशमभीक्ष्णं प्रतिपद्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-160-013 अदान्तः पुरुषः क्लेशमभीक्ष्णं प्रतिपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: The man who is without self-control always suffers misery. Such a man brings upon himself many calamities all begotten by his own faults. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-014 आश्रमेषु चतुर्ष्वाहुर्दममेवोत्तमं व्रतम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-014 आश्रमेषु चतुर्बाहुर्दममेवोत्तमं व्रतम् |
M. N. Dutt: It has been said that in all the four modes of life self-control is the best of vows. I shall now describe to you the characteristic marks the sum-total of which is called self-control. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-015 क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम् BORI CE: 12-154-016 अकार्पण्यमसंरम्भः संतोषः प्रियवादिता |
MN DUTT: 07-160-015 क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम् |
M. N. Dutt: Forgiveness, patience, abstention from injury, impartiality, truth, sincerity, control of the senses, cleverness, mildness, modesty, firmness, liberality, freedom from anger, contentment, sweetness of words, benevolence, freedom from malice, all these combined make up self-control. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-017 गुरुपूजा च कौरव्य दया भूतेष्वपैशुनम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-016 गुरुपूजा च कौरव्य दया भूतेष्वपैशुनम् |
M. N. Dutt: It also consists, O son of Kuru, of respect for the preceptor and mercy for all. The selfcontrolled man avoids both adulation and slander. Depravity, infamy, falsehood, lust, covetousness, pride, arrogance, self-edification, fear, envy, and disrespect, are all shunned by the self-controlled man. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-018 कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च दर्पः स्तम्भो विकत्थनम् |
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: 12-154-019 अनिन्दितो ह्यकामात्माथाल्पेच्छोऽथानसूयकः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-017 अनिन्दितो ह्यकामात्मा नाल्पेष्वर्थ्यनसूयकः |
M. N. Dutt: He never incurs obloquy. He is free from envy. He is never satisfied with trivial acquisitions. He is like the ocean which can never be filled. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-020 अहं त्वयि मम त्वं च मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-018 अहं त्वयि मयि त्वं च मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् |
M. N. Dutt: The self-controlled man is never fettered by the attachments originating from earthly connections and sentiments like these,-'I am yours, You are yours. They are in me, and I am in them. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-021 सर्वा ग्राम्यास्तथारण्या याश्च लोके प्रवृत्तयः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-019 सर्वा ग्राम्यास्तथाऽऽरण्या याश्च लोके प्रवृत्तयः |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man who follows the practices of either cities or the woods, and who never vilifies others nor indulges in adulation, acquires liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-022 मैत्रोऽथ शीलसंपन्नः सुसहायपरश्च यः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-020 मैत्रोऽथ शीलसम्पन्नः प्रसन्नात्माऽऽत्मविच्च यः |
M. N. Dutt: Practising universal friendliness, and virtuous conduct, and possessed of cheerful spirit and psychic knowledge, and freed from the various attachments of the Earth, a person acquires great reward in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-023 सुवृत्तः शीलसंपन्नः प्रसन्नात्मात्मविद्बुधः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-021 सुवृत्तः शीलसम्पन्नः प्रसन्नात्माऽऽत्मविद् बुधः |
M. N. Dutt: Of excellent behaviour and observant of duties, cheerful and endued with learning and knowledge of self, such a man acquires esteem while in this world and attains to a high end hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-024 कर्म यच्छुभमेवेह सद्भिराचरितं च यत् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-022 कर्म यच्छुभमेवेह सद्भिराचरितं च यत् |
M. N. Dutt: All acts that are considered as good on Earth,-all those acts that are practised by the righteous, form the path of the ascetic endued with knowledge. A person that is good never transgresses that path. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-025 निष्क्रम्य वनमास्थाय ज्ञानयुक्तो जितेन्द्रियः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-023 निष्क्रम्य वनमास्थाय ज्ञानयुक्तो जितेन्द्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: Retiring from the world, and living in the woods, that learned person, having a complete mastery over the senses who treads in that path, expecting his own demise, is sure to acquire the state of Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-026 अभयं यस्य भूतेभ्यो भूतानामभयं यतः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-024 अभयं यस्य भूतेभ्यो भूतानामभयं यतः |
M. N. Dutt: He who has no fear of any creature, and whom no creature fears, has, after, the dissolution of his body, no fear to meet. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-027 अवाचिनोति कर्माणि न च संप्रचिनोति ह |
MN DUTT: 07-160-025 अवाचिनोति कर्माणि न च सम्प्रचिनोति ह |
M. N. Dutt: He who exhausts his merits without trying to hoard them up, who considers all creatures equally and cherishes friendship for the entire universe, attains to Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-028 शकुनीनामिवाकाशे जले वारिचरस्य वा |
MN DUTT: 07-160-026 शकुनीनामिवाकाशे जले वारिचरस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: As the route of birds along the sky or of fowl over the surface of water cannot be made out, so the path of such a person (on Earth) does not attract notice. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-029 गृहानुत्सृज्य यो राजन्मोक्षमेवाभिपद्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-160-027 गृहानुत्सृज्य यो राजन् मोक्षमेवाभिपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: O king, many bright worlds await him for eternal enjoyment, who renouncing his domestic life, adopts the religious course of emancipation. acts, |
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BORI CE: 12-154-030 संन्यस्य सर्वकर्माणि संन्यस्य विधिवत्तपः BORI CE: 12-154-031 कामेषु चाप्यनावृत्तः प्रसन्नात्मात्मविच्छुचिः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-028 संन्यस्य सर्वकर्माणि संन्यस्य विधिवत्तपः |
M. N. Dutt: If abandoning all abandoning penances in due time, leaving off the various branches of study, in fact, leaving off all things, one becomes pure in his desires, freed from all restraints, of cheerful soul, conversant with self, and of pure heart, he then acquires esteem in this world and at last attains to heaven. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-032 यच्च पैतामहं स्थानं ब्रह्मराशिसमुद्भवम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-029 यच्च पैतामहं स्थानं ब्रह्मराशिसमुद्भवम् |
M. N. Dutt: That eternal region of the grandfather which originates from Vedic penances, and which is concealed in a cave, can only be acquired by self-control. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-033 ज्ञानारामस्य बुद्धस्य सर्वभूताविरोधिनः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-030 ज्ञानारामस्य बुद्धस्य सर्वभूताविरोधिनः |
M. N. Dutt: He who finds pleasure in true knowledge, who has become enlightened, and who never injures any creature, has no fear of returning to this world, not to speak of any fear from the other. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-034 एक एव दमे दोषो द्वितीयो नोपपद्यते |
MN DUTT: 07-160-031 एक दव दमे दोषो द्वितीयो नोपपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: There is only one fault in self-control. No second fault is seen in it. A person who has self-control is considered by men as weak and imbecile. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-035 एतस्य तु महाप्राज्ञ दोषस्य सुमहान्गुणः |
MN DUTT: 07-160-032 एकोऽस्य सुमहाप्राज्ञः दोषः स्यात् सुमहान् गुणः |
M. N. Dutt: you of great wisdom, this attribute has only one defect. Its merits are many. By forgiveness, the man of self-control may easily acquire numberless worlds. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-036 दान्तस्य किमरण्येन तथादान्तस्य भारत |
MN DUTT: 07-160-033 दान्तस्य किमरण्येन तथाऽदान्तस्य भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Of what use is forest to a man of selfcontrol. Likewise, O Bharata, of what use is the forest to him that has no self-control? That is a forest where the man of self-control lives, and that is even a sacred asylum. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-037 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 07-160-034 वैशम्पायन उवाच एतद् भीष्मस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing these words of Bhishina, Yudhishthira became highly pleased as if he had drunk nectar. |
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BORI CE: 12-154-038 पुनश्च परिपप्रच्छ भीष्मं धर्मभृतां वरम् |
MN DUTT: 07-160-035 पुनश्च परिपप्रच्छ भीष्मं धर्मभृतां वरम् |
M. N. Dutt: Again the king asked that foremost of virtuous men. That perpetuator of Kuru's race once more began to discourse cheerfully on the subject. |
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