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Book 12 – Chapter 192
BORI CE: 12-192-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच कालमृत्युयमानां ते इक्ष्वाकोर्ब्राह्मणस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said You had mentioned the dispute between Time, Mrityu, Yama, Ikshvaku, and a Brahmana. You should describe the story in full. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-002 भीष्म उवाच BORI CE: 12-192-003 कालस्य मृत्योश्च तथा यद्वृत्तं तन्निबोध मे |
MN DUTT: 08-026-002 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Regarding this subject that I am describing, is cited the old story of what too place between Surya's son Ikshvaku and a certain Brahmana, and Tiine and Mrityu. Listen to me as to what happened, and what was the conversation that took place between them and the place where it happened. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-004 ब्राह्मणो जापकः कश्चिद्धर्मवृत्तो महायशाः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-003 ब्राह्मणो जापकः कश्चिद् धर्मवृत्तो महायशाः |
M. N. Dutt: There was a certain the highly famous and pious Brahınana. He was a Reciter. Greatly wise, he was conversant with the six branches (of the Vedas). He was of the Kushika race and son of Pippalada. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-005 तस्यापरोक्षं विज्ञानं षडङ्गेषु तथैव च |
MN DUTT: 08-026-004 तस्यापरोक्षं विज्ञानं षडङ्गेषु बभूव ह |
M. N. Dutt: He acquired (by his austerities) spiritual insight into the various branches of the Vedas. Residing at the foot of Himavat, he was devoted to the Vedas, |
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BORI CE: 12-192-006 सोऽन्त्यं ब्राह्मं तपस्तेपे संहितां संयतो जपन् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-005 सोद्यं ब्राह्म तपस्तेपे संहितां संयतो जपन् |
M. N. Dutt: He practised, silently reciting the Gayatri, severe austerities for attaining to Brahma. A thousand years passed away while he was engaged in the observance of vows and fasts. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-007 स देव्या दर्शितः साक्षात्प्रीतास्मीति तदा किल |
MN DUTT: 08-026-006 स देव्या दर्शितः साक्षात् प्रीतास्मीति तदा किल |
M. N. Dutt: The goddess (of Gayatri or Savitri) appeared before him and said,-I am pleased with you.-Continuing to recite the sacred Mantra, the Brahmana remained silent and spoke not a word to the goddess. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-008 तस्यानुकम्पया देवी प्रीता समभवत्तदा |
MN DUTT: 08-026-007 तस्यानुकम्पया देवी प्रीता समभवत् तदा |
M. N. Dutt: The goddess felt mercy for him and became highly pleased. Then the mother of the Vedas spoke highly of that recitation in which the Brahmana had been engaged. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-009 समाप्तजप्यस्तूत्थाय शिरसा पादयोस्तथा BORI CE: 12-192-010 दिष्ट्या देवि प्रसन्ना त्वं दर्शनं चागता मम |
MN DUTT: 08-026-008 समाप्तजप्यस्तूत्थाय शिरसा पादयोस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: After finishing his recitation the Brahmana stood up and, lowering his head, laid himself down before the goddess's feet. The pious Reciter, addressing the goddess, said,-By good luck, O goddess, you have been pleased with me and shown yourself to me. If, indeed, you are pleased with me, the boon I ask is that my heart may find pleasure in the act of recitation. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-011 सावित्र्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-009 सावित्र्युवाच किं प्रार्थयसि विप्रर्षे किं चेष्टं करवाणि ते |
M. N. Dutt: What do you ask, O twice-born Rishi? What wish of yours shall I make good? Tell me, O foremost of Reciters, everything will be as you wish. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-012 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-010 इत्युक्तः स तदा देव्या विप्रः प्रोवाच धर्मवित् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed by the goddess, the Brahmana, conversant with duties, replied, saying,-Let me wish about continuing my recitation s go on increasing every day. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-013 मनसश्च समाधिर्मे वर्धेताहरहः शुभे |
MN DUTT: 08-026-011 मनसश्च समाधिर्मे वर्धेताहरहः शुभे |
M. N. Dutt: Let also, O auspicious goddess, my Samadhi be more complete!-The goddess sweetly said,-Let it be as you wish. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-014 इदं चैवापरं प्राह देवी तत्प्रियकाम्यया |
MN DUTT: 08-026-012 इदं चैवापरं प्राह देवी तत्प्रियकाम्यया |
M. N. Dutt: Desiring to do good to the Brahmana, the goddess once again said to him-You shall not have to go to hell, i.e., there where great Brahmanas go. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-015 यास्यसि ब्रह्मणः स्थानमनिमित्तमनिन्दितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-013 यास्यसि ब्रह्मणः स्थानमनिमित्तमनिन्दितम् |
M. N. Dutt: You shall go to the region of Brahma which is incrcate and free from every fault. I go hence, but that which you have asked me shall take place. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-016 नियतो जप चैकाग्रो धर्मस्त्वां समुपैष्यति |
MN DUTT: 08-026-014 नियतो जप चैकाग्रो धर्मस्त्वां समुपैष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: Go on reciting with controlled soul and rapt attention. The god Dharma will in person come lo you. Time, Mrityu, and Yama also will come to you. There will be a dispute of morality.' |
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BORI CE: 12-192-017 एवमुक्त्वा भगवती जगाम भवनं स्वकम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-015 भविता च विवादोऽत्र तव तेषां च धर्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: The goddess, having said these words returned to her own house. The Brahimana continued in recitation for a thousand divine years. Restraining anger, and always controlling self, he passed his time firmly devoting himself to truth and shorn of malice. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-018 समाप्ते नियमे तस्मिन्नथ विप्रस्य धीमतः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-016 समाप्ते नियमे तस्मिन्नथ विप्रस्य धीमतः |
M. N. Dutt: Upon the completion of the observance by the intelligent Brahmana, Dharma, pleased with him, appeared before that twice-born one. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-019 धर्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-017 धर्म उवाच द्विजाते पश्य मां धर्ममहं त्वां द्रष्टुमागतः |
M. N. Dutt: Dharma said O twice-born one, see me who am Dharma. I have come here for seeing you. You have acquired the meed of this recitation in which you had been engaged. Listen to me as to what that rewards is. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-020 जिता लोकास्त्वया सर्वे ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-018 जिता लोकास्त्वया सर्वे ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः |
M. N. Dutt: You have acquired all the regions of felicity which belong to either gods or men. O good man, you shall ascend above all the abodes of the gods. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-021 प्राणत्यागं कुरु मुने गच्छ लोकान्यथेप्सितान् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-019 प्राणत्यागं कुरु मुने गच्छ लोकान् यथेप्सितान् |
M. N. Dutt: O ascetic, cast off your vital breaths then, and to go whatever regions you please. By casting off your body you will acquire many regions of felicity. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-022 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-020 ब्राह्मण उवाच किं नु लोकैर्हि मे धर्म गच्छ त्वं च यथासुखम् |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said What have I to do which those regions of felicity of which you speak. O Dharma, go wherever you like. I will not, O powerful lord, cast off this body which is subject to much happiness and misery. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-023 धर्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-021 धर्म उवाच अवश्यं भोः शरीरं ते त्यक्तव्यं मुनिपुङ्गव |
M. N. Dutt: Your body, O foremost of ascetics, should certainly be cast off. Do you ascend to heaven, O Brahmana. Or, tell us what else would please you, O sinless one. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-024 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-022 ब्राह्मण उवाच न रोचये स्वर्गवासं विना देहमहं विभो |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said I do not, O powerful lord, wish to live in heaven itself without this body of mine. Leave, me, O Dharma. I have no desire to go. to heaven itself without my own body. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-025 धर्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-023 धर्म उवाच अलं देहे मनः कृत्वा त्यक्त्वा देहं सुखी भव |
M. N. Dutt: Dharma said Without setting your heart on your body, cast it off and be happy. Go into regions that are free from the quality of Ignorance. Indeed, going there, you shall never have to experience any misery. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-026 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-024 ब्राह्मण उवाच रमे जपन् महाभाग किं लोकैः सनातनैः |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said O highly-blessed one, I take great pleasure in recitation. What necessity have I for those eternal regions of which you speak? Indeed, O powerful lord, I do not wish to go to heaven even with this body of mine. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-027 धर्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-025 धर्म उवाच यदि त्वं नेच्छसे त्यक्तुं शरीरं पश्य वै द्विजा एष कालस्तथा मृत्युर्यमश्च त्वामुपागताः |
M. N. Dutt: Dharma said If you do not wish to cast off your body, behold O twice-born one, there is Time, and there is Mrityu, and there is Yama, who are all approaching you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-028 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-026 भीष्म उवाच अथ वैवस्वत: कालो मृत्युश्च त्रितयं विभो |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said After Dharma has said this, the three Vivasvat's son (Yama), Time and Mrityu, approached that Brahmana, 0 blessed king, and addressed him thus. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-029 तपसोऽस्य सुतप्तस्य तथा सुचरितस्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-026-027 यम उवाच तपसोऽस्य सुतप्तस्य तथा सुचरितस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Yama said I am Yama. I say to you that a high reward awaits you for these well-performed penances of yours and for this your pious conduct. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-030 यथावदस्य जप्यस्य फलं प्राप्तस्त्वमुत्तमम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-028 काल उवाच यथावदस्य जप्यस्य फलं प्राप्तमनुत्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Time said You have acquired a high reward which is, indeed, commensurate with the recitation that you have finished. The time is come for you to ascent to heaven. I am Time and I have come to you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-031 मृत्युं मा विद्धि धर्मज्ञ रूपिणं स्वयमागतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-029 मृत्युरुवाच मृत्यु मां विद्धि धर्मज्ञ रूपिणं स्वयमागतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Mrityu said — You who are conversant with righteousness, know me for Mrityu herself in her own proper form! I have come to you in person, urged by Time, for taking you hence, O Brahmana. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-032 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-030 ब्राह्मण उवाच स्वागतं सूर्यपुत्राय कालाय च महात्मने |
M. N. Dutt: 'Welcome to Surya's son, to great time, to Mrityu, and to Dharma. What shall I do for you all. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-033 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-031 भीष्म उवाच अयं पाद्यं च दत्त्वा स तेभ्यस्तत्र समागमे |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said In that meeting, the Brahmana gave them water to wash their feet, and the usual articles of the Arghya. Highly pleased, he then addressed them, saying,—What shall I do for you all to the best of my power. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-034 तस्मिन्नेवाथ काले तु तीर्थयात्रामुपागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-032 तस्मिन्नेवाथ काले तु तीर्थयात्रामुपागतः |
M. N. Dutt: Just at that time, O monarch, (king) Ikshvaku, who had started on a pilgrimage to holy waters and shrines, came there where those gods had been assembled together. are |
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BORI CE: 12-192-035 सर्वानेव तु राजर्षिः संपूज्याभिप्रणम्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-026-033 सर्वानेव तु राजर्षिः सम्पूज्याथ प्रणम्य च |
M. N. Dutt: The royal sage Ikshvaku bowed his head and adored them all. That best of king then enquired after the welfare of all of them. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-036 तस्मै सोऽथासनं दत्त्वा पाद्यमर्घ्यं तथैव च |
MN DUTT: 08-026-034 तस्मै सोऽथासनं दत्त्वा पाद्यमर्थ्य तथैव च |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana offered the king a seat, as also water to wash his feet, and the usual Arghya. Having next made the usual enquiries of courtesy, he said,- |
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BORI CE: 12-192-037 स्वागतं ते महाराज ब्रूहि यद्यदिहेच्छसि |
MN DUTT: 08-026-035 स्वागतं ते महाराज ब्रूहि यद् यदिहेच्छसि |
M. N. Dutt: You welcome, 0 great king. communicate to me all your wishes. Let your noble self tell me what I shall have to do for you by putting forth my might, |
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BORI CE: 12-192-038 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-036 राजोवाच राजाहं ब्राह्मणश्च त्वं यदा षट्कर्मसंस्थितः |
M. N. Dutt: The king said I am a king. You are a Brahmana observing the six well-known duties. I will give you some wealth. That is well-known. Tell me how much I shall give you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-039 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-037 ब्राह्मण उवाच द्विविधा ब्राह्मणा राजन् धर्मश्च द्विविधः स्मृतः |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said There are two kinds of Brahmanas, O king, Morality or righteousness also is of two sorts : devotion to work, and abstention from work. As regards myself, I do not accept gifts. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-040 तेभ्यः प्रयच्छ दानानि ये प्रवृत्ता नराधिप |
MN DUTT: 08-026-038 तेभ्यः प्रयच्छ दानानि ये प्रवृत्ता नराधिप |
M. N. Dutt: Give presents to them, O king, who. are given to the duty of work and acceptance. I shall not, therefore, accept any gift. On the other hand, I ask you, what is for your wellbeing. What, indeed, shall I give you? Tell me, O foremost of kings, and I shall do it with the help of my penances. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-041 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-039 राजोवाच क्षत्रियोऽहं न जानामि देहीति वचनं क्वचित् |
M. N. Dutt: The king Said I am a Kshatriya. I do not know how to say the word-Give. The only thing, O best of twice-born ones, that we can say is-Give (us) |
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BORI CE: 12-192-042 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-040 ब्राह्मण उवाच तुष्यसि त्वं स्वधर्मेण तथा तुष्टा वयं नृप |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said You are content with the observance of the duties of your order. Likewise, I am content with the duties of mine, O king. there is, therefore, little difference between us. Do what you please. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-043 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-041 राजोवाच स्वशक्त्याहं ददानीति त्वया पूर्वमुदाहृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: You gave vent to these words first, viz., I shall give you according to my might.-I, therefore, pray, O twice-born one,-Give me the fruits of this your recitation. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-044 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-042 ब्राह्मण उवाच युद्धं मम सदा वाणी याचतीति विकत्थसे |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said You boasted that your words always pray for battle. Why then do you not pray for a battle with me. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-045 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-043 राजोवाच वाग्वज्रा ब्राह्मणाः प्रोक्ताः क्षत्रिया बाहुजीविनः |
M. N. Dutt: The king said It is said that Brahinanas are armed with the thunder of speech, and that Kshatriyas have might of arms. hence, O learned Brahmana, this wordy warfare has taken place between you and me. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-046 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-044 ब्राह्मण उवाच सैवाद्यापि प्रतिज्ञा मे स्वशक्त्या किं प्रदीयताम् |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said As regards myself, this is my resolution today. What shall I give you according to my might? Tell me, O king of kings, and I shall give you. Do not delay. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-047 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-045 राजोवाच यत्तद् वर्षशतं पूर्ण जप्यं वै जपता त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: If, indeed, you wish to give me anything, then give me the fruits you have acquired by practising recitation for these thousand years. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-048 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-046 ब्राह्मण उवाच परमं गृह्यतां तस्य फलं यज्जपितं मया |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said Take the greatest fruit of the recitations I have practised. Indeed, take half, without any hesitation the entire fruits of that recitation. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-049 अथ वा सर्वमेवेह जप्यकं मामकं फलम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-047 अथवा सर्वमेवेह मामकं जापकं फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Or, O king, if you desire, take without any hesitation the entire fruits of my recitations. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-050 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-048 राजोवाच कृतं सर्वेण भद्रं ते जप्यं यद् याचितं मया |
M. N. Dutt: The king said Blessed be you, I have no necessity for the fruits of your recitations which I have begged. Blessings on your head. I am about to leave you. Tell me, however, what those fruits are. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-051 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-049 ब्राह्मण उवाच फलप्राप्तिं न जानामि दत्तं यज्जपितं मया |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said I have no knowledge of the fruits I have acquired. I have, however, given you those fruits that I have acquired by recitation. These, viz., Dharma and time and Yama, and Mrityu, are witnesses. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-052 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-050 राजोवाच अज्ञातमस्य धर्मस्य फलं किं मे करिष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: The king said I will not accept any other word (from you). I have given you the fruits of my recitations. Let, O royal sage, both your words and mine prove true. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-053 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-051 ब्राह्मण उवाच नाददेऽपरवक्तव्यं दत्तं चास्य फलं मया |
M. N. Dutt: never I will not accept any words, as I have given the frut of recitations. O king of sages, these words only are considered as authoritative. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-054 नाभिसंधिर्मया जप्ये कृतपूर्वः कथंचन |
MN DUTT: 08-026-052 नाभिसंधिर्मया जप्ये कृतपूर्वः कदाचन |
M. N. Dutt: As regards my recitations, I entertained any particular desire to do. How then, O foremost of kings, should I have any knowledge of what are the fruits of those recitations? |
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BORI CE: 12-192-055 ददस्वेति त्वया चोक्तं ददामीति तथा मया |
MN DUTT: 08-026-053 ददस्वेति त्वया चोक्तं ददानीति मया तथा |
M. N. Dutt: You said-Give! I said, I give!-I shall not falsify these words. Keep the truth. Be calm. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-056 अथैवं वदतो मेऽद्य वचनं न करिष्यसि |
MN DUTT: 08-026-054 अथैवं वदतो मेऽद्य वचनं न करिष्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: If you refuge to keep my word, O king, great sin of untruth will visit you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-057 न युक्तं तु मृषा वाणी त्वया वक्तुमरिंदम |
MN DUTT: 08-026-055 न युक्तं तु मृषा वाणी त्वया वक्तुमरिंदम् |
M. N. Dutt: O chastiser of foes, you should not utter what is untrue. Likewise, I dare not falsify what I have said. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-058 संश्रुतं च मया पूर्वं ददानीत्यविचारितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-056 संश्रुतं च मया पूर्वं ददानीत्यविचारितम् |
M. N. Dutt: I have, before this, unhesitatingly said, I give! If, therefore, you are firm in truth, accept my gift. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-059 इहागम्य हि मां राजञ्जाप्यं फलमयाचिथाः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-057 इहागम्य हि मां राजन् जाप्यं फलमयाचथाः |
M. N. Dutt: Coming here, O king, you begged of me the fruits of my recitations. Therefore, take what I have given away, if, indeed, you are truthful. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-060 नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न च पूर्वान्स तारयेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-058 नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न च पूर्वान् स तारयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: He who is given to falsehood has neither this world nor the next. Such a person cannot rescue his departed manes. How again shall he succeed in doing good to progeny? |
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BORI CE: 12-192-061 न यज्ञाध्ययने दानं नियमास्तारयन्ति हि |
MN DUTT: 08-026-059 न यज्ञाध्ययने दानं नियमास्तारयन्ति हि |
M. N. Dutt: The rewards of sacrifices and gifts, as also of fasts and religious observances, are not so powerful in rescuing as truth, O foremost of men, in both this and the next world. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-062 तपांसि यानि चीर्णानि चरिष्यसि च यत्तपः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-060 तपांसि यानि चीर्णानि चरिष्यन्ति च यत् तपः |
M. N. Dutt: All the penances that have been practised by you and all those that you will practised in the future of hundreds and thousands of years are more cfficacious than truth. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-063 सत्यमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यमेकाक्षरं तपः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-061 सत्यमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यमेकाक्षरं तपः |
M. N. Dutt: Truth is the one undecaying Brahma. Truth is the one undecaying Penance. Truth is the one undecaying Sacrifice. Truth is the one undecaying Veda. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-064 सत्यं वेदेषु जागर्ति फलं सत्ये परं स्मृतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-062 सत्यं वेदेषु जागर्ति फलं सत्ये परं स्मृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Truth is awake in the Vedas. The fruits attached to truth have been described as the highest. From truth originate Righteousness and Self-control. Everything depends on truth. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-065 सत्यं वेदास्तथाङ्गानि सत्यं यज्ञस्तथा विधिः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-063 सत्यं वेदास्तथाङ्गानि सत्यं विद्यास्तथा विधिः |
M. N. Dutt: Truth is the Vedas and their branches. Truth is knowledge. Truth is the Ordinance. Truth is the observance of vows and fasts. Truth is the Prime Syllable OM. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-066 प्राणिनां जननं सत्यं सत्यं संततिरेव च |
MN DUTT: 08-026-064 प्राणिनां जननं सत्यं सत्यं संततिरेव च |
M. N. Dutt: Truth is the origin of creatures. Truth is their progeny. It is by truth that the Wind moves. It is by truth that the Sun gives heat. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-067 सत्येन चाग्निर्दहति स्वर्गः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-065 सत्येन चाग्निर्दहति स्वर्गः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः |
M. N. Dutt: It is by truth that Fire burns. It is on truth that Heaven rests. Truth is Sacrifice. Penance, Vedas, the verses of Samans, Mantras, and Sarasvati. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-068 तुलामारोपितो धर्मः सत्यं चैवेति नः श्रुतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-066 तुलामारोपिता धर्मः सत्यं चैवेति नः श्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: We have heard that once on a time truth and all religious observances were weighted in a scale. When both were weighted, that scale on which truth was, proved heavier. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-069 यतो धर्मस्ततः सत्यं सर्वं सत्येन वर्धते |
MN DUTT: 08-026-067 यतो धर्मस्ततः सत्यं सर्वं सत्येन वर्धते |
M. N. Dutt: There is truth where Righteousness is. Everything multiplies through truth. Why, O king, do you wish to do false act. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-070 सत्ये कुरु स्थिरं भावं मा राजन्ननृतं कृथाः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-068 सत्ये कुरु स्थिरं भावं मा राजन्ननृतं कृथाः |
M. N. Dutt: Be firm in truth. Do not fact falsely, O king. Why do you falsify the falsify the words-Give (me)!-which you have said? |
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BORI CE: 12-192-071 यदि जप्यफलं दत्तं मया नेषिष्यसे नृप |
MN DUTT: 08-026-069 यदि जप्यफलं दत्तं मया नैषिष्यसे नृप |
M. N. Dutt: If you refuse, O king, to accept the fruits that I have given you of my recitations, you shall then have to wander over the world, fallen away from Righteousness. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-072 संश्रुत्य यो न दित्सेत याचित्वा यश्च नेच्छति |
MN DUTT: 08-026-070 संश्रुत्य यो न दित्सेत याचित्वा यश्च नेच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: That person who does not give after having promised, and he also that does not accept after having begged, are both stained with falsehood. You should not, therefore, falsify your own words. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-073 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-071 राजोवाच योद्धव्यं रक्षितव्यं च क्षत्रधर्मः किल द्विज |
M. N. Dutt: The king said To fight and to protect from the duties of Kshatriyas. It is said that Kshatriyas are givers. How then shall I take anything from you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-074 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-072 ब्राह्मण उवाच न च्छन्दयामि ते राजन्नापि ते गृहमाव्रजम् |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said I never pressed you, O king. I did not seek your house. Yourself, coming here, coming here, you yourself begged of me, Why then do you not take? |
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BORI CE: 12-192-075 धर्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-073 धर्म उवाच अविवादोऽस्तु युवयोर्वित्त मां धर्ममागतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Dharma said Know you both that I am Dharma himself, Let there be no dispute between you. Let the Brahmana possess the reward of gift, and let the king also obtain the merit of truth. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-076 स्वर्ग उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-074 स्वर्ग उवाच स्वर्ग मां विद्धि राजेन्द्र रूपिणं स्वयमागतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Heaven said Know, O great king, that I am Heaven's self-incarnate, come here in person. Let this dispute between you cease. You are both equal in respect of the merit or rewards that you have acquired. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-077 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-075 राजोवाच कृतं स्वर्गेण मे कार्यं गच्छ स्वर्ग यथागतम् |
M. N. Dutt: The king said I have no use with heaven. Go, O Heaven, to the place you have come from. If this learned Brahmana wishes to go to you, let him take the rewards that I have acquired. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-078 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-076 ब्राह्मण उवाच बाल्ये यदि स्यादज्ञानान्मया हस्तः प्रसारितः |
M. N. Dutt: Thc Brahmana said In the boyhood I had, through Ignorance, stretched my hand for accepting gifts. Now, however, I recite the Gayatri, observing the duty of abstention. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-079 निवृत्तं मां चिरं राजन्विप्रं लोभयसे कथम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-077 निवृत्तं मां चिराद्राजन् विप्रलोभयसे कथम् |
M. N. Dutt: Why do you, O king, tempt me thus, me who have for a long time followed duty of abstention? I shall myself do what my duty is. I do not wish to participate in the rewards acquired by you, O king. I am given too penances and to the study of the Vedas, and I have abstained from acceptance. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-080 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-078 राजोवाच यदि विप्र विसृष्टं ते जप्यस्य फलमुत्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: The king said If, O Brahmana, you are really prepared to give me the excellent reward of your recitation, then let half that reward be mine, you also take at the same time half the reward that I myself have gained by my acts. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-081 द्विजाः प्रतिग्रहे युक्ता दातारो राजवंशजाः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-079 द्विजाः प्रतिग्रहे युक्ता दातारो राजवंशजाः |
M. N. Dutt: Brahmanas follows the duty of acceptance. Persons born in the royal order follow the duty of giving. If you are not unaware of the duties, let our fruits be equal. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-082 मा वा भूत्सहभोज्यं नौ मदीयं फलमाप्नुहि |
MN DUTT: 08-026-080 मा वा भूत् सहभोज्यं नौ मदीयं फलमाप्नुहि |
M. N. Dutt: Or, if you do not wish to be my equal regarding our rewards, that I may have gained. Do take the merit I have gained if you wish to show me favour.' |
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BORI CE: 12-192-083 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-081 भीष्म उवाच ततो विकृतवेषौ द्वौ पुरुषौ समुपस्थितौ |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma continued 'At this time two very ugly persons came there. Each had his arm upon the other's shoulder; both were ill-dressed. They said these |
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BORI CE: 12-192-084 न मे धारयसीत्येको धारयामीति चापरः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-082 न मे धारयसीत्येको धारयामीति चापरः |
M. N. Dutt: You owe me nothing!-I really owe you!-If we dispute in this way, here is the king, who governs men. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-085 सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहमिदं न मे धारयते भवान् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-083 सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहमिदं न मे धारयते भवान् |
M. N. Dutt: I say truly, you owe me nothing!-You speak falsely. I owe you a debt! |
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BORI CE: 12-192-086 तावुभौ भृशसंतप्तौ राजानमिदमूचतुः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-084 तावुभौ सुभृशं तप्तौ राजानमिदमूचतुः |
M. N. Dutt: Both of them, greatly exercises in dispute, then addressed the king, saying,-See, O king, that none of us may be visited by sin! |
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BORI CE: 12-192-087 विरूप उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-085 विरूप उवाच धारयामि नरव्याघ्र विकृतस्येह गोः फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Virupa said I owe my companion Vikrita, O king, the merits of the gift of a cow. I am willing to satisfy that debt. This Vikrita, however, refuses to accept repayment. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-088 विकृत उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-086 विकृत उवाच न मे धारयते किञ्चिद् विरूपोऽयं नराधिप |
M. N. Dutt: Vikrita said This Virupa, O king, owes me nothing. He speaks an untruth under the appearance of truth, O King. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-089 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-087 राजोवाच विरूप किं धारयते भवानस्य ब्रवीतु मे |
M. N. Dutt: The king said Tell me, O Virupa, what is that which you owe your friend here. I wish to first hear you and then do what is proper. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-090 विरूप उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-088 विरूप उवाच शृणुष्वावहितो राजन् यथैतद् धारयाम्यहम् |
M. N. Dutt: Virupa said Hear attentively, 0 king, all the circumstances fully about how I owe my companion, viz., this Vikrita, O king. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-091 अनेन धर्मप्राप्त्यर्थं शुभा दत्ता पुरानघ |
MN DUTT: 08-026-089 अनेन धर्मप्राप्त्यर्थं शुभा दत्ता पुरानघ |
M. N. Dutt: This Vikrita had, in days gone by, for the sake of acquiring merit, O sinless onc, given away an auspicious cow, O royal sage, to a Brahmana given to penances and the study of the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-092 तस्याश्चायं मया राजन्फलमभ्येत्य याचितः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-090 तस्याश्चायं मया राजन् फलमभ्येत्य याचितः |
M. N. Dutt: Going to him, O king, I begged of him the reward of that act. With a pure heart, Vikrita made a gift to me of that reward. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-093 ततो मे सुकृतं कर्म कृतमात्मविशुद्धये |
MN DUTT: 08-026-091 ततो मे सुकृतं कर्म कृतमात्मविशुद्धये |
M. N. Dutt: I then, for my purification, did some good acts. I also bought two Kapila cows with calves, both of which used to give large quantities of milk. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-094 ते चोञ्छवृत्तये राजन्मया समपवर्जिते BORI CE: 12-192-095 इहाद्य वै गृहीत्वा तत्प्रयच्छे द्विगुणं फलम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-092 ते चोच्छवृत्तये राजन् मया समपवर्जिते |
M. N. Dutt: I then presented according to due rites and with proper devotion, those two cows to a poor Brahmana living by picking solitary grains. Having formerly accepted the gift from my companion, I wish, O lord, even here, to give him in return twice the reward. The circumstances being such, O foremost of men, who amongst us two shall be innocent and who guilty? |
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BORI CE: 12-192-096 एवं विवदमानौ स्वस्त्वामिहाभ्यागतौ नृप |
MN DUTT: 08-026-093 एवं विवदमानौ स्वस्त्वामिहाभ्यागतौ नृप |
M. N. Dutt: Disputing with each other about this, we have both come to you, O King, Whether you judge rightly or wrongly, settle our dispute and put us in peace. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-097 यदि नेच्छति मे दानं यथा दत्तमनेन वै |
MN DUTT: 08-026-094 यदि नेच्छति मे दानं यथा दत्तमनेन वै |
M. N. Dutt: If this my companion does not wish to take from me in return a gift equal to what he gave me, you shall have to judge patiently and put us both on the right road. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-098 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-095 राजोवाच दीयमानं न गृह्णासि ऋणं कस्मात् त्वमद्य वै |
M. N. Dutt: The king said, Why do you not accept payment that is sought lo be made for the debt that he owes to you? Do not delay, but accept payment of what you know, to be your due! |
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BORI CE: 12-192-099 विकृत उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-096 विकृत उवाच धारयामीत्यनेनोक्तं ददानीति तथा मया |
M. N. Dutt: Vikrita said-This one says that he owes me. tell him that what I gave I give away. He does not, therefore, owe me anything, Let him go wherever he likes. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-100 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-097 राजोवाच ददतोऽस्य न गृह्णासि विषमं प्रतिभाति मे |
M. N. Dutt: He is ready to give.you. You are, however, reluctant to take. It does not appear proper to me! I think you should be punished for this. There is little doubt in this. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-101 विकृत उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-098 विकृत उवाच मयास्य दत्तं राजर्षे गृह्णीयां तत् कथं पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: I made a gift to him, O royal sage! How can I take it back? If I am guilty in this, do you declare the punishment, O powerful one. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-102 विरूप उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-099 विरूप उवाच दीयमानं यदि मया नेषिष्यसि कथञ्चन |
M. N. Dutt: Virupa said If you refuge to take when I am ready to give, this king will, forsooth, punish you, for he is an upholder of justice. Vikrita said, |
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BORI CE: 12-192-103 विकृत उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-100 विकृत उवाच स्वं मया याचितेनेह दत्तं कथमिहाद्य तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Vikrita said Begged by him I gave him what was my own. How shall I now take it back. You may go away. I permit you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-104 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-101 ब्राह्मण उवाच श्रुतमेतत्त्वया राजन्नन्योः कथितं द्वयोः |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said You have heard, O king, the words of these two. Do you take unhesitatingly what I have promised to give you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-105 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-102 राजोवाच प्रस्तुतं सुमहत् कार्यमनयोर्गह्वरं यथा |
M. N. Dutt: This subject is, indeed, as deep as an unfathomable pit. How will the tenaciousness of this Reciter end. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-106 यदि तावन्न गृह्णामि ब्राह्मणेनापवर्जितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-103 यदि तावन्न गृह्णामि ब्राह्मणेनापवर्जितम् |
M. N. Dutt: If I do not take what has been given by this Brahmana, how shall I avoid being polluted with a great sin? |
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BORI CE: 12-192-107 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-104 तौ चोवाच स राजर्षिः कृतकार्यो गमिष्यथः |
M. N. Dutt: The royal sage then said to the two disputants,-having acquired your respective objects, go you both. I should see that kingly duties, which are in me, may not become useless. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-108 स्वधर्मः परिपाल्यश्च राज्ञामेष विनिश्चयः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-105 स्वधर्मः परिपाल्यस्तु राज्ञामिति विनिश्चयः |
M. N. Dutt: It is settled that kings should follow the duties sanctioned for them. To my misfortune, however, the course of duties laid down for Brahmanas has affected my wretched self. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-109 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-106 ब्राह्मण उवाच गृहाण धारयेऽहं च याचितं संश्रुतं मया |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said Accept, O king! I owe you, You begged it of me, and I also have promised! If, however, you refuse to take, O king, I shall forsooth curse you. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-110 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-107 राजोवाच धिग्राजधर्मं यस्यायं कार्यस्येह विनिश्चयः |
M. N. Dutt: Fie on royal duties, the fixed action of which is even such! I should, however, take what you give only for making the two sorts of duty exactly equal. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-111 एष पाणिरपूर्वं भो निक्षेपार्थं प्रसारितः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-108 एष पाणिरपूर्वं मे निक्षेपार्थं प्रसारितः |
M. N. Dutt: This my hand, that was never before expanded, is not stretched forth. Give me what you owe me. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-112 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-109 ब्राह्मण उवाच संहितां जपता यावान् गुणः कश्चित् कृतो मया |
M. N. Dutt: If I have acquired any fruits by reciting the Gayatri, accept them all. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-113 राजोवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-110 राजोवाच जलमेतन्निपतितं मम पाणौ द्विजोत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: The king said-These drops of water, see, O foremost of Brahmanas, have fallen upon my hand. I also wish to give you. Accept my gift. Let us both stand equal. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-114 विरूप उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-111 विरूप उवाच कामक्रोधौबिद्धिनौ त्वमावाभ्यां कारितो भवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Virupa said Know, O king, that we two are Desire and Anger. We have induced you to act thus! You have made a gift in return to the Brahmana. Let there be equality between you and this twiceborn one regarding blessed regions in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-115 नायं धारयते किंचिज्जिज्ञासा त्वत्कृते कृता BORI CE: 12-192-116 सर्वमन्योन्यनिकषे निघृष्टं पश्यतस्तव |
MN DUTT: 08-026-112 नायं धारयते किञ्चिज्जिज्ञासा त्वत्कृते कृता |
M. N. Dutt: This Vikrita really does not owe me anything. We appealed to you for your own sake. Time, Dharma, Mrityu, and we two, have cxamined everything about you, here in your very presence, by creating this quarrel between you and that Brahmana. go now, as you like, to those regions of happiness which you have acquired by means of your deeds. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-117 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-026-113 जापकानां फलावाप्तिर्मया ते सम्प्रदर्शिता |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said I have now told you how Reciters win the fruits (of their recitation) and what, indeed, is their object, what the place, and what the region of surya. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-118 प्रयाति संहिताध्यायी ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-114 प्रयाति संहिताध्यायी ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् |
M. N. Dutt: A Reciter of Gayatri goes to the supreme god Brahiman, or to Agni or enters the regions, that a Reciter may acquire. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-119 स तैजसेन भावेन यदि तत्राश्नुते रतिम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-115 स तैजसेन भावेन यदि तत्र रमत्युत |
M. N. Dutt: If he plays there in his new form, then stupefied by such attachment, he is affected by the attributes of those particular regions. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-120 एवं सोमे तथा वायौ भूम्याकाशशरीरगः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-116 एवं सोमे तथा वायौ भूम्याकाशशरीरगः |
M. N. Dutt: He is equally affected if he goes to Soma, or Vayu, or Earth, or Space. The fact is, he lives in all these, with attachment, and shows the attributes peculiar to those regions. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-121 अथ तत्र विरागी स गच्छति त्वथ संशयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-117 अथ तत्र विरागी स गच्छति त्वथ संशयम् |
M. N. Dutt: If, however, after having freed himself from attachments, he goes to those regions and does not trust the happiness he enjoys) and wishes for That Which is Supreme and Immutable, he then enters even That. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-122 अमृताच्चामृतं प्राप्तः शीतीभूतो निरात्मवान् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-118 अमृताच्चामृतं प्राप्तः शान्तीभूतो निरात्मवान् |
M. N. Dutt: In that case he acquires the ambrosia of ambrosia, to a state free from desire and individual consciousness. He becomes Brahma's self, freed from the influence of the pairs of opposites, happy, tranquil, the without pain. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-123 ब्रह्मस्थानमनावर्तमेकमक्षरसंज्ञकम् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-119 ब्रह्मस्थानमनावर्तमेकमक्षरसंज्ञकम् |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, he acquires that state which is free from pain, which is tranquil, which is called Brahma, whence there is no return, and which is called the One and Jummutable. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-124 चतुर्भिर्लक्षणैर्हीनं तथा षड्भिः सषोडशैः |
MN DUTT: 08-026-120 चतुर्भिर्लक्षणीनं तथा षड्भिः सषोडशैः |
M. N. Dutt: He becomes freed from the four means of perception, viz., Direct knowledge (through the senses), Revelation, Inference, and Intuition, the six conditions, (Hunger, Trust, Grief, Delusion, Disease, and Death), and also the other six and ten senses, attributes, viz., five breaths, the ten senses, and the mind. Transcending the Creator (Brahiman), he becomes at one with the One Supreme Soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-125 अथ वेच्छति रागात्मा सर्वं तदधितिष्ठति |
MN DUTT: 08-026-121 अथ नेच्छति रागात्मा सर्वं तदधितिष्ठति |
M. N. Dutt: Or, if moved by attachments, he does not wish for such absorption, but wishes to have a separate existence depending on that Supreme Cause of everything, then he gets the fruition of all his desires. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-126 अथ वा वीक्षते लोकान्सर्वान्निरयसंस्थितान् |
MN DUTT: 08-026-122 अथवा चेक्षते लोकान् सर्वान् निरयसंज्ञितान् |
M. N. Dutt: Or, if he hates all regions of happiness, which have been called hells, he then, driving off desire and freed from everything, enjoys supreme happiness even in those very regions. |
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BORI CE: 12-192-127 एवमेषा महाराज जापकस्य गतिर्यथा |
MN DUTT: 08-026-123 एवमेषा महाराज जापकस्य गतिर्यथा |
M. N. Dutt: Thus, O king, I have described to you about the end acquired by Reciters. I have told you everything. What else do you wish to hear from me? |
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