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Book 12 – Chapter 215
BORI CE: 12-215-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-049-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदिदं कर्म लोकेऽस्मिन् शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhisthira said In this world, O Bharata, good and bad acts attach themselves to man for the purpose of producing fruits for enjoyment or endurance. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-002 कर्ता स्वित्तस्य पुरुष उताहो नेति संशयः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-002 कर्तास्ति तस्य पुरुष उताहो नेति संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: Is man, however, to be regarded as their doer or is he not to be considered so? My mind is full of doubts regarding this question. I wish to hear this fully from you, O grandfather. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-003 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-049-003 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Regarding it, О Yudhisthira, is cited the old discourse between Prahlada and Indra. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-004 असक्तं धूतपाप्मानं कुले जातं बहुश्रुतम् BORI CE: 12-215-005 तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिं दान्तं शून्यागारनिवेशनम् BORI CE: 12-215-006 अक्रुध्यन्तमहृष्यन्तमप्रियेषु प्रियेषु च |
MN DUTT: 08-049-004 असक्तं धूतपाप्मानं कुले जातं बहुश्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: The king of the Daityas, viz., Prahlada, was unattached to all worldly objects. His sins had been dissipated. Of respectable parentage, he was endued with great learning. Free from stupefaction and pride, ever pervaded by the quality of goodness, and devoted to various vows, he considered praise and censure in the same light. Endued with self-control he was then passing his time in an empty room. Conversant with the origin and the destruction of all created objects mobile and immobile, he was never angry with things that displeased him and never rejoiced at the acquisition of agreeable objects. He considered equally gold and a clod of earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-007 आत्मनिःश्रेयसज्ञाने धीरं निश्चितनिश्चयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-049-005 आत्मनि श्रेयसि ज्ञाने धीरं निश्चितनिश्चितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Earnestly studying the Soul and acquiring Emancipation, and firm in knowledge, he had acquired firm conclusions about truth. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-008 शक्रः प्रह्रादमासीनमेकान्ते संयतेन्द्रियम् |
MN DUTT: 08-049-006 शक्रः प्रह्लादमासीनमेकान्ते संयतेन्द्रियम् |
M. N. Dutt: Acquainted with what is supreme and what is not so among all things, omniscient and of universal sight, as he was seated on day in a solitary room with his senses under complete control, Shakra approached him, and desirous |
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BORI CE: 12-215-009 यैः कैश्चित्संमतो लोके गुणैः स्यात्पुरुषो नृषु |
MN DUTT: 08-049-007 यैः कश्चित् सम्मतो लोके गुणैः स्यात् पुरुषो नृषु |
M. N. Dutt: O king, I see all those qualities permanently living in you by which a person acquires the esteem of all. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-010 अथ ते लक्ष्यते बुद्धिः समा बालजनैरिह |
MN DUTT: 08-049-008 अथ ते लक्ष्यते बुद्धिः समा बालजनैरिह |
M. N. Dutt: Your understanding seems to be like that of a child, free from attachment and aversion. You know the soul. What, do you think, is the best means by which a knowledge of the Soul may be acquired. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-011 बद्धः पाशैश्च्युतः स्थानाद्द्विषतां वशमागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-009 बद्धः पाशैश्च्युतः स्थानाद् द्विषतां वशमागतः |
M. N. Dutt: You are now bound in fetters, fallen off from your former position, brought under the sway of your foes, and divested of prosperity. Your present circumstances are such as may well give room to grief. Yet how is it, O Prahlada, that you do not grieve. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-012 प्रज्ञालाभात्तु दैतेय उताहो धृतिमत्तया |
MN DUTT: 08-049-010 प्रज्ञालाभात् तु दैतेय उताहो धृतिमत्तया |
M. N. Dutt: Is this owing, O son of Diti, to the acquisition of wisdom or is it on account of your fortitude? Behold your calamities, O Prahlada, and yet you appear like one that is happy and tranquil. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-013 इति संचोदितस्तेन धीरो निश्चितनिश्चयः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-011 इति संचोदितस्तेन धीरो निश्चितनिश्चयः |
M. N. Dutt: Thus urged by Indra, the king of the Daityas, endued with firinness and with fixed conclusions about truth, replied in these sweet words showing great wisdom. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-014 प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च भूतानां यो न बुध्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-049-012 प्रह्लाद उवाच प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च भूतानां यो न बुद्ध्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Prahlada said “He who does not know the origin and the destruction of all created objects, is, on account of such ignorance, stupefied. He, however, who knows these two things, is never stupefied. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-015 स्वभावात्संप्रवर्तन्ते निवर्तन्ते तथैव च BORI CE: 12-215-016 पुरुषार्थस्य चाभावे नास्ति कश्चित्स्वकारकः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-013 स्वभावात् सम्प्रवर्तन्ते निवर्तन्ते तथैव च |
M. N. Dutt: All kinds of entities and non-entities come into being or cease on account of their own nature. No kind of personal exertion is necessary (for their production). In the absence of personal exertion it is clear that no personal agent exists for the production of all this that we perceive. But though the person never does anything, yet through the influence of Ignorance a consciousness regarding agency over spreads itself on it. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-017 यस्तु कर्तारमात्मानं मन्यते साध्वसाधुनोः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-014 यस्तु कर्तारमात्मानं मन्यते साध्वसाधु वा |
M. N. Dutt: He who regards himself as the doer of good or bad acts possesses a vile wisdom. Such a person is, in my opinion, does not know the truth. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-018 यदि स्यात्पुरुषः कर्ता शक्रात्मश्रेयसे ध्रुवम् BORI CE: 12-215-019 अनिष्टस्य हि निर्वृत्तिरनिवृत्तिः प्रियस्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-049-015 यदि स्यात् पुरुषः कर्ता शक्रात्मश्रेयसे ध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: If, O Shakra, the being known as person were really the actor, then all acts undertaken for his own benefit would certainly be successful. None of those acts would be futile. Persons struggling their utmost to avoid what is not desired and to bring about what is desired are not to be seen. What becomes then of personal exertion? |
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BORI CE: 12-215-020 अनिष्टस्याभिनिर्वृत्तिमिष्टसंवृत्तिमेव च |
MN DUTT: 08-049-016 अनिष्टस्याभिनिर्वृत्तिमिष्टसंवृत्तिमेव च |
M. N. Dutt: In the case of some, we see that without any exertion on their part, what is not desired is not brought about and what is desired, is done. This then must be the result of Nature. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-021 प्रतिरूपधराः केचिद्दृश्यन्ते बुद्धिसत्तमाः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-017 प्रतिरूपतराः केचिद् दृश्यन्ते बुद्धिमत्तराः |
M. N. Dutt: Some extraordinary persons again are seen, for though possessed of superior intelligence they have to seek wealth from others that are vulgar in features and gifted with little intelligence. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-022 स्वभावप्रेरिताः सर्वे निविशन्ते गुणा यदा |
MN DUTT: 08-049-018 स्वभावप्रेरिताः सर्वे निविशन्ते गुणा यदा |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, when all qualities, good or bad, enter a person impelled by Nature, what is there for one to boast (of his superior possessions)? |
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BORI CE: 12-215-023 स्वभावादेव तत्सर्वमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-019 स्वभावादेव तत्सर्वमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः |
M. N. Dutt: All these come from Nature. This is my seitled belief. Even Liberation and knowledge of self, in my view, originate from the same Source. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-024 कर्मजं त्विह मन्येऽहं फलयोगं शुभाशुभम् |
MN DUTT: 08-049-020 कर्मजं त्विह मन्यन्ते फलयोगं शुभाशुभम् |
M. N. Dutt: In this world all fruits, good or bad, that attach themselves to persons, are considered as the outcome of acts. I shall now describe fully the subject of acts. Hear me. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-025 यथा वेदयते कश्चिदोदनं वायसो वदन् |
MN DUTT: 08-049-021 यथा वेदयते कश्चिदोदनं वायसो ह्यदन् |
M. N. Dutt: As a crow, while eating some food, announces the presences of that food by its repeated cawing, similarly all our acts only proclaim the indications of Nature. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-026 विकारानेव यो वेद न वेद प्रकृतिं पराम् |
MN DUTT: 08-049-022 विकारानेव यो वेद न वेद प्रकृतिं पराम् |
M. N. Dutt: He who is acquainted with only the metamorphoses of Nature but not with Nature which is supreme and exist by herself, feels stupefication on account of his ignorance. He, however, who understands the difference between Nature and her metamorphoses is never stupefied. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-027 स्वभावभाविनो भावान्सर्वानेवेह निश्चये |
MN DUTT: 08-049-023 स्वभावभाविनो भावान् सर्वानेवेह निश्चयात् |
M. N. Dutt: All things originate from Nature. On account of one's certain conviction about it, he would never be affected by pride or arrogance. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-028 वेद धर्मविधिं कृत्स्नं भूतानां चाप्यनित्यताम् |
MN DUTT: 08-049-024 वेद धर्मविधि कृत्स्नं भूतानां चाप्यनित्यताम् |
M. N. Dutt: When I know the origin of all the ordinances of mortality and when I ain acquainted with the instability of all objects, I can not, O Shakra, indulge in grief. All this is endued with an end. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-029 निर्ममो निरहंकारो निरीहो मुक्तबन्धनः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-025 निर्ममो निरहंकारो निराशीर्मुक्तबन्धनः |
M. N. Dutt: Without attachments, without pride, without desire and hope, freed from all fetters, and dissociated from everything, I am passing my time happily, seeing that appearance and disappearance of all created objects. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-030 कृतप्रज्ञस्य दान्तस्य वितृष्णस्य निराशिषः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-026 कृतप्रज्ञस्य दान्तस्य वितृष्णस्य निराशिषः |
M. N. Dutt: For one who is wise, who is self-controlled, who is contented, who is without desire and hope, and who sees all things with the light of self-knowledge, on trouble or anxiety exists, O Shakra. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-031 प्रकृतौ च विकारे च न मे प्रीतिर्न च द्विषे |
MN DUTT: 08-049-027 प्रकृतौ च विकारे च न मे प्रीतिर्न च द्विषे |
M. N. Dutt: I have no liking or aversion for either Nature or her changes. I do not see any one now who is my enemy nor any one who is mine own. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-032 नोर्ध्वं नावाङ्न तिर्यक्च न क्वचिच्छक्र कामये |
MN DUTT: 08-049-028 नोर्ध्वं नावाङ् न तिर्यक् च न क्वचिच्छक कामये |
M. N. Dutt: I do not, O Shakra, at any time seek either heaven, or this world, or the nether regions. It is not the fact that there is no happiness in understanding the Soul. But the Soul, being dissociated from everything, cannot enjoy happiness. Hence I desire nothing. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-033 शक्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-049-029 शक्र उवाच येनैषा लभ्यते प्रज्ञा येनु शान्तिरवाप्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Shakra said Tell me the means, O Prahlada, by which this kind of wisdom may be acquired and by which this kind of tranquillity may be made one's own. I pray you.' |
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BORI CE: 12-215-034 प्रह्राद उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-049-030 प्रह्लाद उवाच आर्जवेनाप्रमादेन प्रसादेनात्मवत्तया |
M. N. Dutt: Prahlada said 'By simplicity, by carefulness, by purifying the soul, by controlling the passions, and by waiting upon elders, O Shakra, a person acquires liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-035 स्वभावाल्लभते प्रज्ञां शान्तिमेति स्वभावतः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-031 स्वभावाल्लभते प्रज्ञां शान्तिमेति स्वभावतः |
M. N. Dutt: Know this, however, that one gains wisdom from Nature, and that the acquisition of tranquillity also is owing to the same cause. Indeed, everything else that you see is due to Nature. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-036 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-049-032 इत्युक्तो दैत्यपतिना शक्रो विस्मयमागमत् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed by the king of the Daityas, Shakra became filled with wonder and lauded those words, O king, with a cheerful heart. |
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BORI CE: 12-215-037 स तदाभ्यर्च्य दैत्येन्द्रं त्रैलोक्यपतिरीश्वरः |
MN DUTT: 08-049-033 स तदाभ्यर्च्य दैत्येन्द्रं त्रैलोक्यपतिरीश्वरः |
M. N. Dutt: The king of the three worlds then, having adored the lord of the Daityas, took his leave and proceeded to his own quarter.' |
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