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Book 12 – Chapter 171
BORI CE: 12-171-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-004-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच ईहमानः समारम्भान् यदि नासादयेद् धनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said If any person, desirous of accomplishing acts of charity and sacrifices, fails to find (the necessary) wealth, and thirst of wealth gets the better of him, what course should he pursue to obtain happiness? |
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BORI CE: 12-171-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-004-002 भीष्म उवाच सर्वसाम्यमनायासं सत्यवाक्यं च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: He who makes no difference between two opposite agents, viz., pleasure and pain, honour and insult, etc., who never troubles himself for the gratification of his desire for worldly possessions, who observes veracity of speech, who has freed himself from all kinds of attachment, and who has renounced his desire for action, is, O Bharata, a happy man. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-003 एतान्येव पदान्याहुः पञ्च वृद्धाः प्रशान्तये |
MN DUTT: 08-004-003 एतान्येव पदान्याहुः पञ्च वृद्धाः प्रशान्तये |
M. N. Dutt: The ancients say these are the five means by which perfect tranquility or emancipation could be obtained. These are called Heaven. These are Religion. These form the highest happiness. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-004 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-004 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it is cited the old story of what Manki had sung, when freed from attachments. Hear it, O Yudhishthira. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-005 ईहमानो धनं मङ्किर्भग्नेहश्च पुनः पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-005 ईहमानो धनं मङ्किर्भग्नेहश्च पुनः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: Manki, desirous of wealth, found that he was doomed to an unending series of disappointinents. With a little remnant of his property hc purchased at last a couple of young bulls with a yoke for training them (to pastoral labour). |
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BORI CE: 12-171-006 सुसंबद्धौ तु तौ दम्यौ दमनायाभिनिःसृतौ BORI CE: 12-171-007 तयोः संप्राप्तयोरुष्ट्रः स्कन्धदेशममर्षणः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-006 सुसम्बद्धौ तु तौ दम्यौ दमनायाभिनिःसृतौ |
M. N. Dutt: One day the two bulls, properly yoked, were taken out for training (in the fields). Shying at the sight of a camel which was lying down on the road, the animals suddenly ran towards the camel, and fell upon its neck. Enraged at finding the bulls fall upon its neck, the camel, possessed of great speed, got up and ran with full speed, bearing away the two helpless creatures dangling on either side of its neck. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-008 ह्रियमाणौ तु तौ दम्यौ तेनोष्ट्रेण प्रमाथिना BORI CE: 12-171-009 न चैवाविहितं शक्यं दक्षेणापीहितुं धनम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-007 ह्रियमाणौ तु तौ दम्यौ तेनोष्ट्रेण प्रमाथिना |
M. N. Dutt: Beholding his two bulls thus carried away by the strong camel, and seeing that they were: on the point of death, Manki began to say,-If it is not ordained by destiny, wealth can never be obtained even by a clever man strenuously and confidently striving and skilfully doing all that is necessary towards the accomplishment of his object. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-010 कृतस्य पूर्वं चानर्थैर्युक्तस्याप्यनुतिष्ठतः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-008 कृतस्य पूर्वं चानथैर्युक्तस्याप्यनुतिष्ठतः |
M. N. Dutt: I had, all along, tried by all manner and means, and with great devotion, to acquire riches. But all this misfortune to my property is due to Destiny. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-011 उद्यम्योद्यम्य मे दम्यौ विषमेणेव गच्छति |
MN DUTT: 08-004-009 उद्यम्योद्यम्य मे दम्यौ विषमेणैव गच्छतः |
M. N. Dutt: My bulls are carried away, rising and falling, as the camel is running in the uneven course. This event seems to be an accident like the one brought about by the crow to a ripe fruit while perching on a palmyra free. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-012 मणी वोष्ट्रस्य लम्बेते प्रियौ वत्सतरौ मम |
MN DUTT: 08-004-010 मणी वोष्ट्रस्य लम्बेते प्रियौ वत्सतरौ मम |
M. N. Dutt: Alas, those dear bulls of mine are dangling on the camel's neck like a couple of gems! This is the result of Destiny alone. Exertion is of no avail in what is due to Chance. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-013 यदि वाप्युपपद्येत पौरुषं नाम कर्हिचित् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-011 यदि वाप्युपपद्येत पौरुषं नाम कर्हिचित् अन्विष्यमाणं तदपि दैवमेवावतिष्ठते |
M. N. Dutt: Or, if the existence of anything like Exertion (as a resulting factor) be admitted, a little more scrutiny would find that Destiny is at the bottom. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-014 तस्मान्निर्वेद एवेह गन्तव्यः सुखमीप्सता |
MN DUTT: 08-004-012 तस्मानिर्वेद एवेह गन्तव्यः सुखमिच्छता |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, he who is desirous of happiness, should renounce all attachment. He who is indifferent to worldly surroundings, has renounced all desires for acquiring wealth, can sleep happily. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-015 अहो सम्यक्शुकेनोक्तं सर्वतः परिमुच्यता |
MN DUTT: 08-004-013 अहो सम्यक् शुकेनोक्तं सर्वतः परिमुच्यता |
M. N. Dutt: He, it was well-said by Shuka while going to the great forest from his father's house, renouncing everything. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-016 यः कामान्प्राप्नुयात्सर्वान्यश्चैनान्केवलांस्त्यजेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-014 यः कामानाप्नुयात् सर्वान् यश्चैतान् केवलांस्त्यजेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Amongst these two, viz., one who obtains the fruition of all his desires, and one who renounces all desires, the latter, who casts off everything is superior to the first who obtains the fruition of all his desires. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-017 नान्तं सर्वविवित्सानां गतपूर्वोऽस्ति कश्चन |
MN DUTT: 08-004-015 नान्तं सर्वविधित्सानां गतपूर्वोऽस्ति कश्चन |
M. N. Dutt: No one could ever attain to the end of desire. Only he who is destitute of knowledge and judgement feels and avidity for protecting his body and life. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-018 निवर्तस्व विवित्साभ्यः शाम्य निर्विद्य मामक |
MN DUTT: 08-004-016 निवर्तस्व विधित्साभ्यः शाम्य निर्विद्य कामुक असकृच्चासि निकृतो न च निर्विद्यसे ततः |
M. N. Dutt: Renounce all desire for action. O my Soul which has become a prey of cupidity, adopt tranquillity by freeling yourself from all worldly attachments. Repeatedly have you been cheated (by phantomis of hope). How is it that you do not still free yourself from attachments? |
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BORI CE: 12-171-019 यदि नाहं विनाश्यस्ते यद्येवं रमसे मया |
MN DUTT: 08-004-017 यदि नाहं विनाश्यस्ते यद्येवं रमसे मया |
M. N. Dutt: If I am not one who deserves to be crushed by you, if I am one with whom you should play in delight, then, O my wealth-coveting Soul, do not induce me towards cupidity. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-020 संचितं संचितं द्रव्यं नष्टं तव पुनः पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-018 संचितं संचितं द्रव्यं नष्टं तव पुनः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: You have now and again lost your hoarded wealth! O my wealth-covering and foolish Soul, when will you succeed in getting rid of your desire for wealth? |
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BORI CE: 12-171-021 अहो नु मम बालिश्यं योऽहं क्रीडनकस्तव |
MN DUTT: 08-004-019 अहो न मम बालिश्यं योऽहं क्रीडनकस्तव |
M. N. Dutt: Shame on my foolishness. I have become a toy of yours. It is thus that one becomes a slave of others. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-022 न पूर्वे नापरे जातु कामानामन्तमाप्नुवन् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-020 न पूर्वे नापरे जातु कामानामन्तमाप्नुवन् |
M. N. Dutt: No one born on Earth did ever attain to the end of desire, and no one who will be born hereafter will succeed in attaining to it. Renouncing all acts, I have at last been roused from sleep. I am now awake. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-023 नूनं ते हृदयं काम वज्रसारमयं दृधम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-021 नूनं ते हृदयं काम वज्रसारमयं दृढम् |
M. N. Dutt: Without doubt, O Desire, your heart is hard like that of an adamant, since though affected by a hundred reverses, you do not break into as many fragments. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-024 त्यजामि काम त्वां चैव यच्च किंचित्प्रियं तव |
MN DUTT: 08-004-022 जानामि काम त्वां चैव यच्च किंचित् प्रियं तव |
M. N. Dutt: I know you, O Desire, and all those things that are dear to you. Seeking what is dear to you, I shall feel happiness in my own Self. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-025 काम जानामि ते मूलं संकल्पात्किल जायसे |
MN DUTT: 08-004-023 काम जानामि ते मूलं संकल्पात् किल जायसे |
M. N. Dutt: O desire, I know your origin. You originate from Will. I shall, therefore, avoid Will. You will then be rooted out. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-026 ईहा धनस्य न सुखा लब्ध्वा चिन्ता च भूयसी |
MN DUTT: 08-004-024 ईहा धनस्य न सुखं लब्ध्वा चिन्ता च भूयसी |
M. N. Dutt: The desire for wealth can never yield happiness. If acquired, the acquirer feels great anxiety. If lost after acquisition it is felt like death. Again acquisition itself, is very uncertain. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-027 परेत्य यो न लभते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-025 परित्यागे न लभते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् |
M. N. Dutt: Wealth cannot be secured by even the surrender of one's person. What can be more painful than this? When acquired, one is never gratified with its quantity, but one continues to hanker after it. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-028 अनुतर्षुल एवार्थः स्वादु गाङ्गमिवोदकम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-026 अनुतर्षुल एवार्थः स्वादु गाङ्गमिवोदकम् |
M. N. Dutt: Like the sweet water of the Ganges, riches only enhances one's hankering. It is my destruction. I am now awakened. Do you, O desire, leave me. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-029 य इमं मामकं देहं भूतग्रामः समाश्रितः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-027 य इमं मामकं देहं भूतग्रामः समाश्रितः |
M. N. Dutt: May that desire which resides in this my body,-this compound of (five), elements,-go wherever it likes and live happily wherever it likes. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-030 न युष्मास्विह मे प्रीतिः कामलोभानुसारिषु |
MN DUTT: 08-004-028 न युष्मास्विह मे प्रीतिः कामलोभानुसारिषु |
M. N. Dutt: I do not like you all who are not of the Soul, for you bring on Desire and Cupidity! Forsaking all of you I shall seek refuge with the quality of Goodness. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-031 सर्वभूतान्यहं देहे पश्यन्मनसि चात्मनः BORI CE: 12-171-032 विहरिष्याम्यनासक्तः सुखी लोकान्निरामयः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-029 सर्वभूतान्यहं देहे पश्यन् मनसि चात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing all creatures in my own body and my own mind, and devoting my reason to Yoga, my life to the instructions of the wise, and soul to Brahma, I shall happily rove through the world, without attachment and without calamities of any kind, so that you may not be able to plunge me again into such sorrows. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-033 त्वया हि मे प्रणुन्नस्य गतिरन्या न विद्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-004-030 त्वया हि मे प्रणुन्नस्य गतिरन्या न विद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: If I continue to be unruffled by you, O desire, I shall necessarily be without a path (by which to effect my salvation). You O desire, are always the parent of thirst, of sorrow, and of fatigue and toil. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-034 धननाशोऽधिकं दुःखं मन्ये सर्वमहत्तरम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-031 धननाशेऽधिकं दुःखं मन्ये सर्वमहत्तरम् |
M. N. Dutt: I consider the sorrow that one feels at the loss of wealth is proportionately greater than what one feels under any other adverse circumstance. Relatives and friends forsake him who has lost his wealth. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-035 अवज्ञानसहस्रैस्तु दोषाः कष्टतराधने |
MN DUTT: 08-004-032 अवज्ञानसहौस्तु दोषाः कष्टतराऽधने |
M. N. Dutt: With all sorts of humiliation numbering by thousands, there are many other faults in property which are even much more painful. On the other hand, the very small happiness that resides in wealth is mingled with pain and sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-036 धनमस्येति पुरुषं पुरा निघ्नन्ति दस्यवः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-033 धनमस्येति पुरुषं पुरो निमन्ति दस्यवः |
M. N. Dutt: Robbers kill, in the sight of all, the person who has riches, or torment him with all sorts of severity, or put him into fright now and again. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-037 मन्दलोलुपता दुःखमिति बुद्धं चिरान्मया |
MN DUTT: 08-004-034 अर्थलोलुपता दुःखमिति बुद्धं चिरान्मया |
M. N. Dutt: At last, after a long time, I have realised that the desire for wealth is attended with sorrow. Whatever the object, O desire, upon which you set your heart, you force me to follow it! You are without judgement. You are a fool. You are difficult of being satisfied. You can never be contented. You burn like fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-038 अतत्त्वज्ञोऽसि बालश्च दुस्तोषोऽपूरणोऽनलः |
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: 12-171-039 पातालमिव दुष्पूरो मां दुःखैर्योक्तुमिच्छसि |
MN DUTT: 08-004-035 नैव त्वं वेत्थ सुलभं नैव त्वं वेत्थ दुर्लभम् |
M. N. Dutt: You do not enquire when following the object you pursue, whether it is easy or difficult of attainment. Like the nether region you cannot be filled to the brim. You wish to cast into grief. From this day, O desire, I am incapable of living with you. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-040 निर्वेदमहमासाद्य द्रव्यनाशाद्यदृच्छया |
MN DUTT: 08-004-036 निर्वेदमहमासाद्य द्रव्यनाशाद् यदृच्छया |
M. N. Dutt: I who was disappointed, at first, at the loss of my property, have now attained to the high state of perfect freedom from attachments. At this moment I no longer think of you and your train. I |
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BORI CE: 12-171-041 अतिक्लेशान्सहामीह नाहं बुध्याम्यबुद्धिमान् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-037 अतिक्लेशान् सहामीह नाहं बुद्ध्याम्बुद्धिमान् |
M. N. Dutt: I had, before this, felt great misery on your account. I do not (now) regard myself as devoid of intelligence. Having taken to Renunciation on account of the loss of my property, I now can .rest, being freed from every kind of fever. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-042 परित्यजामि काम त्वां हित्वा सर्वमनोगतीः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-038 परित्यजामि काम त्वा हित्वा सर्वमनोगती: |
M. N. Dutt: I cast you off, O Desire, with all the passions of my heart. You shall not, again, find any place in me nor shall you sport with me. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-043 क्षमिष्येऽक्षममाणानां न हिंसिष्ये च हिंसितः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-039 क्षमिष्ये क्षिपमाणानां न हिसिष्ये विहिंसितः |
M. N. Dutt: I shall forgive them who will slander or speak ill of me. I shall not harm even when I am injured. If anybody from aversion speaks disparagingly of me, without caring for those disagrccable words shall greet him courteously. With a contented heart and with an easy mind, I shall always live upon what I may obtain for myself. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-044 तृप्तः स्वस्थेन्द्रियो नित्यं यथालब्धेन वर्तयन् BORI CE: 12-171-045 निर्वेदं निर्वृतिं तृप्तिं शान्तिं सत्यं दमं क्षमाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-040 तृप्तः स्वस्थेन्द्रियो नित्यं यथालब्धेन वर्तयन् |
M. N. Dutt: I shall not gratify those wishes of yours which are inimical to me. Indifference to worldly concerns, renunciation, contentment, tranquillity, veracity, self-control, forgiveness, and universal mercy, have now come to be my qualifications. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-046 तस्मात्कामश्च लोभश्च तृष्णा कार्पण्यमेव च |
MN DUTT: 08-004-041 तस्मात् कामश्च लोभश्च तृष्णा कार्पण्यमेव च |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, let Desire, Cupidity, Thirst, and Miserliness, bid me aided. I have now taken to the path of Goodness. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-047 प्रहाय कामं लोभं च क्रोधं पारुष्यमेव च |
MN DUTT: 08-004-042 प्रहाय कामं लोभं च सुखं प्राप्तोऽस्मि साम्प्रतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having renounced Desire and Cupidity, my happiness has now been great. I shall no longer surrender myself to the influence of Cupidity, nor shall I undergo the pangs of misery like a person of impure soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-048 यद्यत्त्यजति कामानां तत्सुखस्याभिपूर्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-004-043 यद् यत् त्यजति कामानां तत् सुखस्याभिपूर्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Inasmuch as one renounces his desires so sure is he to reap his deserts. Truly he who surrenders himself to Desire always undergoes the pangs of misery. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-049 कामान्व्युदस्य धुनुते यत्किंचित्पुरुषो रजः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-044 कामानुबन्धं नुदते यत् किंचित् पुरुषो रजः |
M. N. Dutt: Whatever passions arising from Desire are cast off by a person, all come under the category of Passion. Sorrow and shamelessness, as also discontent, all owe their origin to Desire and Wealth. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-050 एष ब्रह्मप्रविष्टोऽहं ग्रीष्मे शीतमिव ह्रदम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-045 एष ब्रह्मप्रतिष्ठोऽहं ग्रीष्मे शीतमिव ह्रदम् |
M. N. Dutt: As in the hot summery a person plunges himself into a cool lake, I have now merged myself into Brahma. I have renounced work. I have extricated myself from grief. Unalloyed happiness has now come to my share. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-051 यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-046 यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् |
M. N. Dutt: The happiness which results from the fruition of Desire, or the serene happiness which one enjoys in heaven, is not equal to a sixteenth part of that which springs from renunciation of all kinds of thirst. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-052 आत्मना सप्तमं कामं हत्वा शत्रुमिवोत्तमम् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-047 आत्मना सप्तमं कामं हत्वा शत्रुमिवोत्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Laying axe at the root of desire, which with the body makes an aggregate of seven, and which is a bitter foe, I have made my way to the immortal city of Brahma and there shall I pass my days in happiness like a king. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-053 एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय मङ्किर्निर्वेदमागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-004-048 एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय मङ्किनिर्वेदमागतः |
M. N. Dutt: Putting his faith upon such, intelligence, Manki succeeded in freeing himself from attachments, by his self-renunciation and obtained the blissful region of Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-054 दम्यनाशकृते मङ्किरमरत्वं किलागमत् |
MN DUTT: 08-004-049 दम्यनाशकृते मङ्किरमृतत्वं किलागमत् |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth, on account of the loss of his two bulls, Manki attained to immortality. In fact, because he laid the axe at the very roots of desire, he succeeded, through that means to obtain for himself supreme happiness. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-055 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
MN DUTT: 08-005-001 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: "Regarding it is also cited the old story of the verses sung by Janaka, the king of the Videhas, who had so qualified himself as to obtain tranquillity of the soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-056 अनन्तं बत मे वित्तं यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन |
MN DUTT: 08-005-002 अनन्तमिव मे वित्तं यस्य मे नास्ति किञ्चन |
M. N. Dutt: What the monarch said was,-My wealth is unlimited, At the same time I have nothing. If the whole of (my kingdom) Mithila be reduced to ashes in a conflagration, I shall lose nothing. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-057 अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं बोध्यस्य पदसंचयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-005-003 अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं बोध्यस्य पदसंचयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Once on a time the royal son of Nahusa (Yayati) asked the Rishi Vodhya who had, on account of Rcnunciation, attained to tranquillity of soul and who had a through knowledge of the scriptures. The king said |
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BORI CE: 12-171-058 बोध्यं दान्तमृषिं राजा नहुषः पर्यपृच्छत BORI CE: 12-171-059 उपदेशं महाप्राज्ञ शमस्योपदिशस्व मे |
MN DUTT: 08-005-004 बोध्यं शान्तमृषि राजा नाहुषः पर्यपृच्छत |
M. N. Dutt: O you of great wisdom, vouchsafe me those instructions which lead to tranquillity. What is that understanding which had enabled you to wander over the world in tranquillity of soul and free yourself from all acts? |
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BORI CE: 12-171-060 बोध्य उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-005-005 बोध्य उवाच उपदेशेन वर्तामि नानुशास्मीह कंचन |
M. N. Dutt: Vodhya said I follow the principles of others and never thrust inyself as an instructor. I shall, however, give you the outlines of those principles. Reflection will enable you to catch their spirit. |
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BORI CE: 12-171-061 पिङ्गला कुररः सर्पः सारङ्गान्वेषणं वने |
MN DUTT: 08-005-006 पिङ्गलाककुररः सर्पः सारङ्गान्वेषणं वने |
M. N. Dutt: Pingala, the osprey, the snake, the bee in the forest, the maker of shafts (in the story), and the maiden (in the story),-these six are my preceptors. |
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MN DUTT: 08-005-007 भीष्म उवाच आशा बलवती राजन् नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् |
M. N. Dutt: Hope is the one powerful agent to agitate human breast, O king. Freedom from hope is supreme bliss. Reducing hope to a nullity, Pingala sleeps in peace. |
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MN DUTT: 08-005-008 सामिषं कुररं दृष्ट्वा वध्यमानं निरामिषैः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing an osprey with a piece of meat in his breaks, those that have been unable to find any meat for themselves, pounce upon him and finally make him a osprey, while a certain other osprey, by abstaining from meat altogether, became happy. |
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MN DUTT: 08-005-009 गृहारम्भो हि दुःखाय न सुखाय कदाचन |
M. N. Dutt: To build a house for one's ownself conduces not to his happiness but becomes the source of his annoyance. The snake residing in another creature's place of abode, lives in happiness. |
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MN DUTT: 08-005-010 सुखं जीवन्ति मुनयो भैक्ष्यवृत्तिं समाश्रिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Adopting the life of mendicancy, the ascetics live in happiness, without having any object of fear from any creature, like the bees in the forest. |
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MN DUTT: 08-005-011 इषुकारो नरः कश्चिदिषावासक्तमानसः |
M. N. Dutt: A certain shaft-maker busy with his work, was so deeply engrossed with it that he did not notice the king who was passing by him. |
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MN DUTT: 08-005-012 बहूनां कलहो नित्यं द्वयोः संकथनं ध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: When many herd together, it foments dispute. Even when two reside together, they are sure to talk with each other. I, however, like the anklet made of sea-shells in the wrist of the maiden in the story wander alone.' |
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