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Book 12 – Chapter 219
BORI CE: 12-219-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-053-001 भीष्म उवाच अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Regarding it is also cited the old discourse between him of a hundred sacrifices and the Asura Namuchi,OYudhisthira. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-002 श्रिया विहीनमासीनमक्षोभ्यमिव सागरम् |
MN DUTT: 08-053-002 श्रिया विहीनमासीनमक्षोभ्यमिव सागरम् |
M. N. Dutt: When the Asura Namuchi, who knew well the birth and the death of all creatures was sitting, shorn of prosperity but undisturbed at heart like the huge ocean in perfect stillness, Purandara addressed him these words-.. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-003 बद्धः पाशैश्च्युतः स्थानाद्द्विषतां वशमागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-053-003 नमुचि रुवाच बद्धः पाशैश्चयुतः स्थानाद् द्विषतां वशमागतः |
M. N. Dutt: Namuchi said *Fallen off from your place, fettered with cords, brought under the influence of your enemies, and shorn of prosperity, do you, O Namuchi, grieve or live cheerfully.' |
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BORI CE: 12-219-004 नमुचिरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-053-004 अनिवार्येण शोकेन शरीरं चोपतप्यते |
M. N. Dutt: ‘By indulging in such sorrow as cannot be avoided one only wastes his body any cheering his enemies. Then, again, no one can lighten another's sorrow by putting any portion of it upon oneself. For these reasons, O Shakra, I do not grieve. All this that you see has one end. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-005 तस्माच्छक्र न शोचामि सर्वं ह्येवेदमन्तवत् |
MN DUTT: 08-053-005 तस्माच्छक न शोचामि सर्वं ह्येवेदमन्तवत् |
M. N. Dutt: Indulgence in sorrow mars personal beauty, prosperity, life, and virtue itself, O king of the gods. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-006 विनीय खलु तद्दुःखमागतं वैमनस्यजम् |
MN DUTT: 08-053-006 संतापाद भ्रश्यते चायुर्धर्मश्चैव सुरेश्वर |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth, suppressing that sorrow which comes upon oneself and which is begotten by a weak mind, one endued with true knowledge should reflect in his mind of that which yields the highest good not which lives in the heart itself. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-007 यथा यथा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मनः |
MN DUTT: 08-053-007 यदा यदा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मनः |
M. N. Dutt: When one sets his mind upon what is for one's highest good, forsooth, the result that all his objects are accomplished. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-008 एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता; गर्भे शयानं पुरुषं शास्ति शास्ता |
MN DUTT: 08-053-008 एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता गर्भे शयानं पुरुषं शास्ति शास्ता |
M. N. Dutt: There is One Ordainer, and no second. His sway extends the embryo. Controlled by the great Ordainer I go on as He moves me on, like water running along a downward path. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-009 भावाभावावभिजानन्गरीयो; जानामि श्रेयो न तु तत्करोमि |
MN DUTT: 08-053-009 भवाभवौ त्वभिजानन् गरीयो ज्ञानाच्छ्रेयो न तु करोमि |
M. N. Dutt: Knowing what is existence and what liberation, and understanding also that the latter is superior to the former, I do not, however, try to attain to it. Doing virtuous and sinful acts I go on as He moves me on. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-010 यथा यथास्य प्राप्तव्यं प्राप्नोत्येव तथा तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-053-010 यथा यथास्य प्राप्तव्यं प्राप्नोत्येव तथा तथा |
M. N. Dutt: One gets those things that are ordained to be got. That which is to happen actually takes place. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-011 यत्र यत्रैव संयुङ्क्ते धाता गर्भं पुनः पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-053-011 यत्र यत्रैव संयुक्तो धात्रा गर्भे पुनः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: Over even One has repeatedly to live in such wombs in which one is placed by the Ordainer. He has no choice in the matter. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-012 भावो योऽयमनुप्राप्तो भवितव्यमिदं मम |
MN DUTT: 08-053-012 भावो योऽयमनुप्राप्तो भवितव्यमिदं मम |
M. N. Dutt: That person never feels himself stupefied, who when placed in any particular condition, accepts it as that which he was ordained to be placed in. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-013 पर्यायैर्हन्यमानानामभियोक्ता न विद्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-053-013 पर्यायैर्हन्यमानानामभियोक्तो न विद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Men are affected by pleasure and pain that come by turns in Time. There is no personal agency in this matter. In this lies sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-014 ऋषींश्च देवांश्च महासुरांश्च; त्रैविद्यवृद्धांश्च वने मुनींश्च |
MN DUTT: 08-053-014 ऋषींश्च देवांश्च महासुरांश्च त्रैविद्यवृद्धांश्च वने मुनींश्च |
M. N. Dutt: Who is there amongst Rishis, gods, great Asuras, persons fully conversant with the three Vedas, and hermits living in the forest, whom calamities do not approach? Those, however, who know well, the Soul and not-Soul never fear calamities. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-015 न पण्डितः क्रुध्यति नापि सज्जते; न चापि संसीदति न प्रहृष्यति |
MN DUTT: 08-053-015 न पण्डितः क्रुद्ध्यति नाभिपद्यते न चापि संसीदति न प्रहष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: The wise person, naturally standing immovable like Himavat, never yields to anger; never allows himself to be addicted to the objects of the senses; never suffers pain in sorrow or rejoices in happiness. When overwhelmed with even great afflictions, such a person never grieves. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-016 यमर्थसिद्धिः परमा न हर्षये;त्तथैव काले व्यसनं न मोहयेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-053-016 यमर्थसिद्धिः परमा न मोहयेत् तथैव काले व्यसनं न मोहयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: That person is, indeed, a great man whom even great success cannot gladden and even great calamities cannot stupefy, and who bears pleasure and pain, and that which is between them both, with an unaffected mind. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-017 यां यामवस्थां पुरुषोऽधिगच्छे;त्तस्यां रमेतापरितप्यमानः |
MN DUTT: 08-053-017 यां यामवस्थां पुरुषोऽधिगच्छेत् तस्यां रमेतापरितप्यमानः |
M. N. Dutt: A person should always be cheerful and not sorry into whatever condition he may fall, thus should a person remove his increasing sorrow which is born in his mind and that is (if not removed) sure to give pain. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-018 तत्सदः स परिषत्सभासदः; प्राप्य यो न कुरुते सभाभयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-053-018 न तत्सदः सत्परिवत् सभा च सा प्राप्य यां न कुरुते सदा भयम् |
M. N. Dutt: That concourse of learned men engaged in the discussion of the ethics of both the Shrutis and the Smritis is not a good assembly,-indeed, that does not deserve to be called so,-entering which a wicked man is not stricken with fear. That men is the foremost of his sex, who having made a proper enquiry after righteousness acts according to the conclusions to which he arrives. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-019 प्राज्ञस्य कर्माणि दुरन्वयानि; न वै प्राज्ञो मुह्यति मोहकाले |
MN DUTT: 08-053-019 प्राज्ञस्य कर्माणि दुरन्वयानि न वै प्राज्ञो मुह्यति मोहकाले |
M. N. Dutt: The acts of a wise man are not easily understood. A wise man is never stupefied when afflictions overtake him. Even if he falls away from his position like Gautama in his old age, on account of the direst calamity, he does not allow himself to be stupefied. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-020 न मन्त्रबलवीर्येण प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण वा |
MN DUTT: 08-053-020 न मन्त्रबलवीर्येण प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण च |
M. N. Dutt: Can a person by Mantras, strength, energy, wisdom, prowess, behaviour, conduct, or wealth, acquire that which has not been ordained to be acquired by him? What sorrow then is there if a person cannot acquire that which he seeks at heart. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-021 यदेवमनुजातस्य धातारो विदधुः पुरा |
MN DUTT: 08-053-021 यदेवमनुजातस्य धातार विदधुः पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: Before I was born, the ordainers had ordained that I am to do and suffer. I am fulfilling what was thus ordained for me. What then can death do to me. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-022 लब्धव्यान्येव लभते गन्तव्यान्येव गच्छति |
MN DUTT: 08-053-022 लब्धव्यान्येव लभते गन्तव्यान्येव गच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: One gets only what has been ordained. One goes whence he was ordained to go. Those sorrows and joys only are obtained that are ordained so. |
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BORI CE: 12-219-023 एतद्विदित्वा कार्त्स्न्येन यो न मुह्यति मानवः |
MN DUTT: 08-053-023 एतद् विदित्वा कात्र्येन यो न मुह्यति मानवः |
M. N. Dutt: That man who, knowing this well, does not allow himself to be stupefied, and who is contented with both happiness and misery, is considered as the foremost of his sex. |
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