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Book 12 – Chapter 217
BORI CE: 12-217-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-051-001 भीष्म उवाच पुनरेव तु तं शक्रः प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Again, laughing at Vali who was sighing like a snake, Shakra addressed him for saying something more painful than what he had said before. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-002 यत्तद्यानसहस्रेण ज्ञातिभिः परिवारितः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-002 शक्र उवाच यत् तद् यानसहस्रेण ज्ञातिभिः परिवारितः |
M. N. Dutt: Shakra said Formerly, attended by a train consisting of thousands of vehicles and kinsmen, you used to march, burning all the worlds with your splendour and disregarding us all. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-003 दृष्ट्वा सुकृपणां चेमामवस्थामात्मनो बले |
MN DUTT: 08-051-003 दृष्ट्वा सुकृपणां चेमामवस्थामात्मनो बले |
M. N. Dutt: You are now, however, deserted by both kinsmen and friends. Beholding this miserable condition of yours, do you or do you not indulge in grief? |
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BORI CE: 12-217-004 प्रीतिं प्राप्यातुलां पूर्वं लोकांश्चात्मवशे स्थितान् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-004 प्रीतिं प्राप्यातुलां पूर्वं लोकांश्चात्मवशे स्थितान् |
M. N. Dutt: Formerly all the worlds were under your sway and great was your joy. I ask, do you or you not grieve now, for this loss of your splendour? |
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BORI CE: 12-217-005 बलिरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-051-005 बलिरुवाच अनित्यमुपलक्ष्येह कालपर्यायधर्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: Vali said Regarding all this as transitory,-due, indeed, to the course of time,-I do not, O Shakra, grieve. These things have an end. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-006 अन्तवन्त इमे देहा भूतानाममराधिप |
MN DUTT: 08-051-006 अन्वन्त इमे देहा भूतानां च सुराधिप |
M. N. Dutt: These bodies of creatures, O king of the celestials, are all transitory. Therefore, 0 Shakra, I do not grieve. Nor is this form due to any fault of mine. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-007 जीवितं च शरीरं च प्रेत्य वै सह जायते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-007 जीवितं च शरीरं च जात्यैव सह जायते |
M. N. Dutt: The animating principle and the body come into existence simultaneously for their own nature. They grow together and meet with destruction together. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-008 तदीदृशमिदं भावमवशः प्राप्य केवलम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-008 न हीदृशमहं भावमवशः प्राप्य केवलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having obtained this form of birth I have not been enslaved by it for good. Since I know this, I have no cause for sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-009 भूतानां निधनं निष्ठा स्रोतसामिव सागरः BORI CE: 12-217-010 ये त्वेवं नाभिजानन्ति रजोमोहपरायणाः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-009 भूतानां निधनं निष्ठा स्रोतसामिव सागरः |
M. N. Dutt: As the final place of all rivers is the ocean, so the end of all embodied creatures is death. Those persons that know this well are never stupefied, O holder of the thunder-bolt. 10. They, however, who, overwhelmed with Darkness and loss of judgement, do not know this, they whose understanding is lost, sink under the load of misfortune. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-011 बुद्धिलाभे हि पुरुषः सर्वं नुदति किल्बिषम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-010 बुद्धिलाभात् तु पुरुषः सर्वं तुदति किल्बिषम् |
M. N. Dutt: A person wins a keen understanding, succeeds in dissipating all his sins. A sinless person acquires the quality of Goodness, and having acquired it becomes cheerful. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-012 ततस्तु ये निवर्तन्ते जायन्ते वा पुनः पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-011 ततस्तु ये निवर्तन्ते जायन्ते वा पुनः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: They, however, that deviate from the quality of Goodness, and go through repeated re-births, are obliged to indulge in sorrow and grief, led on by desire and the objects of the senises, |
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BORI CE: 12-217-013 अर्थसिद्धिमनर्थं च जीवितं मरणं तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-051-012 अर्थसिद्धिमनर्थं च जीवितं मरणं तथा |
M. N. Dutt: I neither dislike nor like success or defeat, regarding the attainment of all objects of desire, life, or death, the fruits of action that are represented by pleasure or pain. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-014 हतं हन्ति हतो ह्येव यो नरो हन्ति कंचन |
MN DUTT: 08-051-013 हतं हन्ति हतो ह्येव यो नरो हन्ति कञ्चन |
M. N. Dutt: When one kills another, he kills only that other's body. That man who thinks that it is he who kills another, is himself killed. Indeed, both of then do not know the truth, viz., he who kills and he who is killed. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-015 हत्वा जित्वा च मघवन्यः कश्चित्पुरुषायते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-014 हत्वा जित्वा च मघवन् यः कश्चित् पुरुषायते |
M. N. Dutt: O Maghavat, that person, who having killed or defeated any one brags of his manliness, should know that he is not the actor, but that the act has been performed by another who is the real agent. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-016 को हि लोकस्य कुरुते विनाशप्रभवावुभौ |
MN DUTT: 08-051-015 को हि लोकस्य कुरुते विनाशप्रभवावुभौ |
M. N. Dutt: When it is asked that who is it that brings about the creation and destruction of things in the world, it is generally thought that some person has caused it. Know, however, that the person who is so known has a creator. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-017 पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-016 पृथिवी ज्योतिराकाशमापो वायुश्च पञ्चमः |
M. N. Dutt: Earth, light or heat, ether, water, and wind form the fifth-from these do all creatures originate. (When I know this) what sorrow can I feel? |
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BORI CE: 12-217-018 महाविद्योऽल्पविद्यश्च बलवान्दुर्बलश्च यः BORI CE: 12-217-019 सर्वं कालः समादत्ते गम्भीरः स्वेन तेजसा |
MN DUTT: 08-051-017 महाविद्योऽल्पविद्यश्च बलवान् दुर्बलश्च यः |
M. N. Dutt: One who is endued with great learning, one who is not much learned, one who is strong, one who is destitute of strength, one who is beautiful, and one who is very ugly, one who is lucky, and one who is not blessed by fortune, are all carried away by Time, which is too deep to be measured by its own energy. When I know that I have been defeated by Time what sorrow can I feel. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-020 दग्धमेवानुदहति हतमेवानुहन्ति च |
MN DUTT: 08-051-018 दग्धमेवानुदहति हतमेवानुहन्यते |
M. N. Dutt: One that burns anything burns a thing that has been already burnt. One who kills, only kills, a victim already killed. One who is destroyed, has been before destroyed. A thing that is acquired by a person is what is already arrived and intended for his acquirement. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-021 नास्य द्वीपः कुतः पारं नावारः संप्रदृश्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-019 नास्य द्वीप: कुतः पारो नावारः सम्प्रदृश्यते |
M. N. Dutt: This Time is like an ocean. There is no island in it. Its other shore is beyond reach. Its boundary cannot be seen. Thinking even deeply, I do not see the end of this continuous steam that is the great ordainer of all things and that is, forsooth celestial. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-022 यदि मे पश्यतः कालो भूतानि न विनाशयेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-020 यदि मे पश्यतः कालो भूतानि न विनाशयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: If I did not know that it is Time which destroys all creatures, then, perhaps, I would have experienced the emotions of joy, pride and anger, O husband of Shachi. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-023 तुषभक्षं तु मां ज्ञात्वा प्रविविक्तजने गृहे |
MN DUTT: 08-051-021 तुषभक्षं तु मां ज्ञात्वा प्रविविक्तजने गृहे |
M. N. Dutt: Have you come here to condemn me, having come to know that I am now assuming the form of an ass that lives upon chaff and that is now passing his days in a lonely spot remote from the dwellings of men. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-024 इच्छन्नहं विकुर्यां हि रूपाणि बहुधात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-022 इच्छन्नहं विकुर्यां हि रूपाणि बहुधाऽऽत्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: If I wish, even now I can assume various dreadful forms, seeing any one of which you would immediately fly away from my presence. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-025 कालः सर्वं समादत्ते कालः सर्वं प्रयच्छति |
MN DUTT: 08-051-023 कालः सर्वं समादत्ते कालः सर्वं प्रयच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: It is Time that gives every thing and again takes away everything. It is Time that ordains all things. Do not, O Shakra, brag of your manliness. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-026 पुरा सर्वं प्रव्यथते मयि क्रुद्धे पुरंदर |
MN DUTT: 08-051-024 पुरा सर्वं प्रव्यथितं मयि क्रुद्धे पुरंदर |
M. N. Dutt: Formerly, O Purandara, whenever, I used to be angry everything used to become agitated. I know, however, O Shakra, that eternal attributes of all things in the world. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-027 त्वमप्येवमपेक्षस्व मात्मना विस्मयं गमः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-025 त्वमप्येवमवेक्षस्व माऽऽत्मना विस्मयं गमः |
M. N. Dutt: Do you also know the truth. Do not allow yourself to be filled with wonder. Prosperity and its origin are not under one's control. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-028 कौमारमेव ते चित्तं तथैवाद्य यथा पुरा |
MN DUTT: 08-051-026 कौमारमेव ते चित्तं तथैवाद्य यथा पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: Your mind is like that of a child. It is the same as it was before. Open your eyes, O Maghavat and acquire an understanding which is sure and true. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-029 देवा मनुष्याः पितरो गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-027 देवा मनुष्याः पितरो गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः |
M. N. Dutt: In days gone by, that gods, men, the Pitris, the Gandharvas, the Nagas, and the Rakshasas, were all under my control. You know this, O Vasava. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-030 नमस्तस्यै दिशेऽप्यस्तु यस्यां वैरोचनो बलिः BORI CE: 12-217-031 नाहं तदनुशोचामि नात्मभ्रंशं शचीपते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-028 नमस्तस्यै दिशेऽप्यस्तु यस्यां वैरोचनो बलिः इति मामभ्यपद्यन्त बुद्धिमात्सर्यमोहिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Having their understandings overcome by ignorance, all creatures used to flatter me, saying,-Salutations to that cardinal point where Virochana's son Vali may now be living, O husband of Sachi, I do not at all grieve when I think of that honour. I am not sorry for this fall of mine. My understanding is very strong here, viz., that I will abide by the sway of the Ordainer. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-032 दृश्यते हि कुले जातो दर्शनीयः प्रतापवान् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-029 दृश्यते हि कुले जातो दर्शनीयः प्रतापवान् |
M. N. Dutt: It is seen that some one of nobly born highly beautiful and powerful, lives in misery, with all his counsellors and friends. This happens because it has been so ordained. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-033 दौष्कुलेयस्तथा मूढो दुर्जातः शक्र दृश्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-030 दौष्कुलेयस्तथा मूढो दुर्जातः शक्र दृश्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Likewise, some one born in an ignoble race, devoid of knowledge, and with even a stain on his birth, is seen, O Shakra, to live happily with all his counsellors and friends. This also happens because it has been so oridained. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-034 कल्याणी रूपसंपन्ना दुर्भगा शक्र दृश्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-031 कल्याणी रूपसम्पन्ना दुर्भगा शक्र दृश्यते |
M. N. Dutt: An auspicious and beautiful woman, O Shakra, is seen to pass her life miserably. Likewise, ugly woman with every inauspicious mark is seen to live in great happiness. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-035 नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक्र त्वया कृतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-032 नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक त्वया कृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: That we have now become so is not owing to any act of ours, O Shakra. That you are now so is not owing, O holder of the thunderbolt, to any act of yours? |
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BORI CE: 12-217-036 न कर्म तव नान्येषां कुतो मम शतक्रतो |
MN DUTT: 08-051-033 न कर्म भविताप्येतत् कृतं मम शतक्रतो |
M. N. Dutt: You have not done anything, O you of a hundred sacrifices, for which you are now an enjoying this prosperity. Nor have I done anything for which I have now been shorn of prosperity. Prosperity and adversity come in succession. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-037 पश्यामि त्वा विराजन्तं देवराजमवस्थितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-034 पश्यामि त्वां विराजत्वं देवराजमवस्थितम् |
M. N. Dutt: I now see you blazing with splendour, endued with prosperity, possessed of beauty, placed at the head of all the gods, and thus roaring at me. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-038 एतच्चैवं न चेत्कालो मामाक्रम्य स्थितो भवेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-035 एवं नैव न चेत् कालो मामाक्रम्य स्थितो भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: This would never be but for the Time standing near after having attacked me. Indeed, if Time had not attacked me I would have today slain you with only a blow of my fists albeit you are armed with the thunder. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-039 न तु विक्रमकालोऽयं क्षमाकालोऽयमागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-051-036 न तु विक्रमकालोऽयं शान्तिकालोऽयमागतः |
M. N. Dutt: This, however, is not the time for displaying my prowess. On the other hand, the time that has come when I should conduct myself with peace and tranquillity. It is Time which establishes all things. Time acts upon all things and brings about their final consummation. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-040 मां चेदभ्यागतः कालो दानवेश्वरमूर्जितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-037 मां चेदभ्यागतः कालो दानवेश्वरपूजितम् |
M. N. Dutt: I was the adored king of the Danavas. Consuming all with my energy, I used to roar in strength and pride. When Time has attacked even myself, who is there whom he will not attack. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-041 द्वादशानां हि भवतामादित्यानां महात्मनाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-038 द्वादशानां तु भवतामादित्यानां महात्मनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Formerly, O king of the gods, singly I bore the energy of all the twelve illustrious Adityas with yourself amongst them. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-042 अहमेवोद्वहाम्यापो विसृजामि च वासव |
MN DUTT: 08-051-039 अहमेवोद्वहाम्यापो विसृजामि च वासव |
M. N. Dutt: It was I that used to bear up water and then to shower it as rain. O Vasava! It was I who used to give both light and heat to the three worlds. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-043 संरक्षामि विलुम्पामि ददाम्यहमथाददे |
MN DUTT: 08-051-040 संरक्षामि विलुम्पामि ददाम्यहमथाददे |
M. N. Dutt: It was I who used to protect and it was I that used to destroy. It was I who gave and it was I who took. It was I who used to bind and it was I who used to unbind. In all the worlds I was the one powerful master. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-044 तदद्य विनिवृत्तं मे प्रभुत्वममराधिप |
MN DUTT: 08-051-041 तदद्य विनिवृत्तं मे प्रभुत्वममराधिप |
M. N. Dutt: That sovereign control which I had, O king of the gods, is now gone. I am now attacked by the foreces of Time. Those things, therefore, are no longer seen to shine in me. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-045 नाहं कर्ता न चैव त्वं नान्यः कर्ता शचीपते |
MN DUTT: 08-051-042 नाहं कर्ता न चैव त्वं नान्यः कर्ता शचीपते |
M. N. Dutt: I am not the actor. You are not the actor. None else, O husband of Sachi, is the doer. It is Time, O Shakra, that protects or destroys all things. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-046 मासार्धमासवेश्मानमहोरात्राभिसंवृतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-043 मासमासार्धवेश्मानमहोरात्राभिसंवृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Persons well-read in the Vedas say that me is Brahma. The fortnights and months are his body. That body is clothed with days and nights as its dresses. The seasons are his senses. The year is his mouth. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-047 आहुः सर्वमिदं चिन्त्यं जनाः केचिन्मनीषया |
MN DUTT: 08-051-044 आहुः सर्वमिदं चिन्त्यं जनाः केचिन्मनीषया |
M. N. Dutt: Some people, on account of their superior intelligence, say that the entire universe should be conceived as Brahma. The Vedas, however, teach, that the five sacs that cover the Soul should be known as Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-048 गम्भीरं गहनं ब्रह्म महत्तोयार्णवं यथा |
MN DUTT: 08-051-045 गम्भीरं गहनं ब्रह्म महत्तोयार्णवं यथा |
M. N. Dutt: Brahma is deep and inaccessible like a deep ocean. It is said that it has neither beginning nor end, and that it is both indestructible and destructible. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-049 सत्त्वेषु लिङ्गमावेश्य नलिङ्गमपि तत्स्वयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-046 सत्त्वेषु लिङ्गमावेश्य निर्लिङ्गमपि तत् स्वयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Though it is by nature without attributes yet it enters all existent objects and as such is clothed with attributes. Those persons who know truth consider Brahma as eternal. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-050 भूतानां तु विपर्यासं मन्यते गतवानिति |
MN DUTT: 08-051-047 भूतानां तु विपर्यासं कुरुते भगवानिति |
M. N. Dutt: Through the force of Ignorance, Brahma makes the attribute of materiality to invest the Chit or Soul which is immaterial spirit. Materiality, however, is not the true attribute of the Soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-051 गतिं हि सर्वभूतानामगत्वा क्व गमिष्यसि |
MN DUTT: 08-051-048 गतिं हि सर्वभूतानामगत्वा क्व गमिष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: Brahma in the form of Time is the refuge of all creatures. Where can you go transcending that Time? Time or Brahma, indeed, cannot be shunned by running nor by standing still. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-052 आहुश्चैनं केचिदग्निं केचिदाहुः प्रजापतिम् BORI CE: 12-217-053 पूर्वाह्णमपराह्णं च मध्याह्नमपि चापरे |
MN DUTT: 08-051-049 तमिन्द्रियाणि सर्वाणि नानुपश्यन्ति पञ्चधा |
M. N. Dutt: All the five senses cannot perceive Brahma. Some have said that Brahma is Fire ; some that he is Prajapati, some that he is the Seasons; some that he is the Month; some that he is the Fortnight; some that he is the Days; some that he is the Hours; some that he is the Morning; some that he is the Noon; some that he is the Evening, and some that he is the Moment. Thus various people speak variously of him, who is one. Know that he is Eternity, under whose control exist all things. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-054 बहूनीन्द्रसहस्राणि समतीतानि वासव |
MN DUTT: 08-051-050 बहूनीन्द्रसहस्राणि समतीतानि वासव |
M. N. Dutt: Many thousands of Indras have gone away, O Vasava, cach of whom was endued with great strength and prowess. Similarly you also, O lord of Shachi, shall have to pass away. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-055 त्वामप्यतिबलं शक्रं देवराजं बलोत्कटम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-051 त्वामप्यतिबलं शक्र देवराज बलोत्कटम् |
M. N. Dutt: The omnipotent Time will destroy you too, O Shakra, who are endued with swelling might and that are the chief of the deities, when your hour comes. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-056 य इदं सर्वमादत्ते तस्माच्छक्र स्थिरो भव |
MN DUTT: 08-051-052 य इदं सर्वमादत्ते तस्माच्छक स्थिरो भव |
M. N. Dutt: Time carries away all things. Therefore, O Indra, do not brag! Time cannot be quieted by either you or me or by those gone before us. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-057 यामेतां प्राप्य जानीषे राजश्रियमनुत्तमाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-053 योमतां प्राप्य जानीषे राज्यश्रियमनुत्तमाम् |
M. N. Dutt: This kingly prosperity which you have acquired and which you consider incomparable, had formerly been possessed by me. It is unsubstantial and unreal. She does not live long in one place. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-058 स्थिता हीन्द्रसहस्रेषु त्वद्विशिष्टतमेष्वियम् |
MN DUTT: 08-051-054 स्थिता हीन्द्र सहस्रेषु त्वद्विशिष्टतमेष्वियम् |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, she had lived in thousands of Indras before you, all of whom, again, were, very much superior to you! Unstable as she is, leaving me she has now approached you, O king of the gods. |
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BORI CE: 12-217-059 मैवं शक्र पुनः कार्षीः शान्तो भवितुमर्हसि |
MN DUTT: 08-051-055 मैवं शक्र पुनः कार्षीः शान्तो भवितुमर्हसि |
M. N. Dutt: Do not, O Shakra, brag again! You should become tranquil! Knowing you to be full of vanity, she will very soon leave you.' |
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