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Book 12 – Chapter 253
BORI CE: 12-253-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-088-001 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it is cited the old conversation of Tuladhara with Jajali on the subject of virtue. There was once a Brahmana named Jajali who lived in a certain forest, like a forest-recluse. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-002 वने वनचरः कश्चिज्जाजलिर्नाम वै द्विजः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-002 वने वनचरः कश्चिज्जाजलि म वै द्विजः |
M. N. Dutt: Practising austere penances, he proceeded at a certain time towards the sea-shore, and arrived there began to practise the most austere penances. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-003 नियतो नियताहारश्चीराजिनजटाधरः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-003 नियतो नियताहारथीराजिनजटाधरः |
M. N. Dutt: Observing many vows and restraints his food restricted by fast, his body clad in rags and skins, bearing matted locks on his head, his entire body smeared with filth and clay, the intelligent Brahmana passed many years there, speechless. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-004 स कदाचिन्महातेजा जलवासो महीपते |
MN DUTT: 08-088-004 स कदाचिन्महातेजा जलवासो महीपते |
M. N. Dutt: Highly energetic that regenerate ascetic, O king, while living within the waters, travelled through all the worlds with the speed of the mind, desirous of seeing all things. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-005 स चिन्तयामास मुनिर्जलमध्ये कदाचन |
MN DUTT: 08-088-005 स चिन्तयामास मुनिर्जलवासे कदाचन |
M. N. Dutt: Having seen the whole Earth bounded by the ocean and adorned with rivers and lakes and forests, the ascetic one day, while sitting under the water, began to think thus:न मया सदृशोऽस्तीह लोके स्थावरजङ्गमे। |
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BORI CE: 12-253-006 न मया सदृशोऽस्तीह लोके स्थावरजङ्गमे |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 08-088-006 अप्सु वैहायसं गच्छेन्मया योऽन्यः सहेति वै |
M. N. Dutt: In this world of mobile and immobile creatures there is none who can equal me! Who can travel with me among the stars and planets in the sky and live again within the waters! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-007 स दृश्यमानो रक्षोभिर्जलमध्येऽवदत्ततः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-007 अदृश्यमानो रक्षोभिर्जलमध्ये वदंस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Unseen by the Rakshasas while he said this to himself, the Pishachas said to him,-You should not say so! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-008 तुलाधारो वणिग्धर्मा वाराणस्यां महायशाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-008 तुलाधारो वणिग्धर्मा वाराणस्यां महायशाः |
M. N. Dutt: There is a man named Tuladhara highly illustrious and doing the business of buying and selling, Even he, O best of twice-born ones, is not worthy of saying such words as you say! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-009 इत्युक्तो जाजलिर्भूतैः प्रत्युवाच महातपाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-009 इत्युक्तो जाजलिर्भूतैः प्रत्युवाच महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed by those beings, Jajali of austere penances replied to them, saying,-I shall see that famous Tuladhara who is endued with such wisdom! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-010 इति ब्रुवाणं तमृषिं रक्षांस्युद्धृत्य सागरात् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-010 इति ब्रुवाणं तमृषि रक्षास्युद्धृत्य सागरात् |
M. N. Dutt: When the Rishi said this, those superhuman beings raised him from the sea, and said to him,-best of twice-born one, go along this road! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-011 इत्युक्तो जाजलिर्भूतैर्जगाम विमनास्तदा |
MN DUTT: 08-088-011 इत्युक्तो जाजलिर्भूतैर्जगाम विमनास्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed by those beings, Jajali went onwards with a depressed heart. Arrived at Baranasi he met Tuladhara whom he addressed thus. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-012 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-088-012 युधिष्ठिर उवाच किं कृतं दुष्कर तात कर्म जाजलिना पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhisthira said What, O sire, are those difficult feats which Jajali had performed before for which he had acquired such great success? You should describe them to me. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-013 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-088-013 भीष्म उवाच अतीव तपसा युक्तो घोरेण स बभूव ह |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Jajali had practised penances of the severest austerities. He used to perform ablutions morning and cvening. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-014 अग्नीन्परिचरन्सम्यक्स्वाध्यायपरमो द्विजः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-014 अग्नीन् परिचरन् सम्यक् स्वाध्यायपरमोद्विजः |
M. N. Dutt: Carefully serving his fires, he was given to the study of the Vedas. Well conversant with the duties laid down for hermits, Jajali, seemed to shine with effulgence. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-015 सत्ये तपसि तिष्ठन्स न च धर्ममवैक्षत |
MN DUTT: 08-088-015 वने तपस्यतिष्ठत् स न च धर्ममवैक्षत |
M. N. Dutt: He continued to live in the forest, performing penances, But he never took himself for one who had acquired any merit by his acts. During the rains he slept under the open sky. In auturnn he sat in water. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-016 वातातपसहो ग्रीष्मे न च धर्ममविन्दत |
MN DUTT: 08-088-016 वातातपसहो ग्रीष्मे न च धर्ममविन्दत |
M. N. Dutt: In summer he exposed himself to the sun and the wind. Still he never took himself for one who had acquired any merit by such acts. He used to sleep on various sorts of painful beds and also on the naked earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-017 ततः कदाचित्स मुनिर्वर्षास्वाकाशमास्थितः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-017 ततः कदाचित् स मुनिर्वर्षास्वाकाशमास्थितः |
M. N. Dutt: On one occasion that ascetic, while standing under the sky during the rainy season, received on his head repeated showers froin the clouds. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-018 अथ तस्य जटाः क्लिन्ना बभूवुर्ग्रथिताः प्रभो |
MN DUTT: 08-088-018 अथ तस्य जटाः क्लिना बभूवुर्ग्रथिताः प्रभो |
M. N. Dutt: He had to pass through the forests again and again. Partly with exposure to the rains and partly with the filth they caught, the locks of that pure Rishi became entangled and intertwined with one another. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-019 स कदाचिन्निराहारो वायुभक्षो महातपाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-019 स कदाचिनिराहारो वायुभक्षो महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: At one time abstaining entirely from food and living upon air alone, that great ascetic, stood in the forest like a wooden post Unmoved at heart, he stood there, without once moving an inch. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-020 तस्य स्म स्थाणुभूतस्य निर्विचेष्टस्य भारत |
MN DUTT: 08-088-020 तस्य स्म स्थाणुभूतस्य निर्विचेष्टस्य भारत |
M. N. Dutt: While he stood there unmoved like a wooden post, О Bharata, a pair of Kulinga birds, O king, built their nest on his head. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-021 स तौ दयावान्विप्रर्षिरुपप्रैक्षत दम्पती |
MN DUTT: 08-088-021 स तौ दयावान् ब्रह्मर्षिरुपप्रेक्षत दम्पती |
M. N. Dutt: Filled with pity, the great Rishis allowed those birds in building their nest among his matted locks with pieces of grass. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-022 यदा स न चलत्येव स्थाणुभूतो महातपाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-022 यदा न स चलत्येव स्थाणुभूतो महातपाः |
M. N. Dutt: And as the ascetic stood there like a wooden post, the two birds lived on his head happily and confidingly. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-023 अतीतास्वथ वर्षासु शरत्काल उपस्थिते |
MN DUTT: 08-088-023 अतीतास्वथ वर्षासु शरत्काल उपस्थिते |
M. N. Dutt: The rainy season passed away and autumn set in. Actuated by desire, the couple approached each other according to the law of the Creator, and with perfect confidence laid their eggs, O king, on the head of that Rishi. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-024 तत्रापातयतां राजञ्शिरस्यण्डानि खेचरौ |
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: 12-253-025 बुद्ध्वा च स महातेजा न चचालैव जाजलिः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-024 तान्यबुध्यत तेजस्वी स विप्रः संशितव्रतः |
M. N. Dutt: Of rigid vows and endued with energy, the ascetic knew it. Knowing even what the birds had done, Jajali did not move. Bent strongly upon acquiring merit, no act involving the slightest injury to others could meet with his approval. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-026 अहन्यहनि चागम्य ततस्तौ तस्य मूर्धनि |
MN DUTT: 08-088-025 अहन्यहनि चागत्य ततस्तौ तस्य मूर्धनि |
M. N. Dutt: Going away and returning every day from, and to his head, the birds happily and trustfully lived there, O powerful king. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-027 अण्डेभ्यस्त्वथ पुष्टेभ्यः प्रजायन्त शकुन्तकाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-026 अण्डेभ्यस्त्वथ पुष्टेभ्यः प्राजायन्त शकुन्तकाः |
M. N. Dutt: When in the course of time the eggs became mature and young ones came out, they began to grow up in that nest, for Jajali moved not in the least. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-028 स रक्षमाणस्त्वण्डानि कुलिङ्गानां यतव्रतः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-027 स रक्षमाणस्त्वण्डानि कुलिङ्गानां धृतव्रतः |
M. N. Dutt: Firmly observing his vows, the righteous Rishi continued to hold and protect those eggs by standing on that very spot perfectly motionless and immersed in Yoga meditation. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-029 ततस्तु कालसमये बभूवुस्तेऽथ पक्षिणः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-028 ततस्तु कालसमये बभूवुस्तेऽथ पक्षिणः |
M. N. Dutt: In course of time the young ones grew and became endued with wings. The Muni knew that the young Kulingas had grown up so. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-030 ततः कदाचित्तांस्तत्र पश्यन्पक्षीन्यतव्रतः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-029 ततः कदाचित् तांस्तत्र पश्यन् पक्षीन् यतव्रतः |
M. N. Dutt: That foremost of intelligent men, of austere VOWS, one day saw those young ones and became filled with pleasure. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-031 तथा तानभिसंवृद्धान्दृष्ट्वा चाप्नुवतां मुदम् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-030 तथा तानपि संवृद्धान् दृष्ट्वा चाप्नुवतां मुदम् |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing their young ones endued with wings, the parent birds became very happy and continued to live in the Rishi's head with them in perfect confidence. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-032 जातपक्षांश्च सोऽपश्यदुड्डीनान्पुनरागतान् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-031 जातपक्षांश्च सोऽपश्यदुड्डीनान् पुनरागतान् |
M. N. Dutt: The learned Jajali saw that when the young birds had wings they flew to the air every evening and came back to his head without having gone far. He still stood motionless there. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-033 कदाचित्पुनरभ्येत्य पुनर्गच्छन्ति संततम् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-032 कदाचित् पुनरभ्येत्य पुनर्गच्छन्ति संततम् |
M. N. Dutt: Sometime after he saw that, left by their parents, they went out alone and came back again alone, Jajali did not still move. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-034 अथ ते दिवसं चारीं गत्वा सायं पुनर्नृप |
MN DUTT: 08-088-033 तथा वे दिवसं चापि गत्वा सायं पुनर्नृप |
M. N. Dutt: Sometime after, the young birds going away in the morning spent the whole day out of his sight but returned in the evening for living in the nest. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-035 कदाचिद्दिवसान्पञ्च समुत्पत्य विहंगमाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-034 कदाचिद् दिवसान् पञ्च समुत्पत्य विहङ्गमाः |
M. N. Dutt: Sometime after, leaving their nest for five days at a time, they returned on the sixth day. Jajali still did not move. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-036 क्रमेण च पुनः सर्वे दिवसानि बहून्यपि |
MN DUTT: 08-088-035 क्रमेण च पुनः सर्वे दिवसान् सुबहूनथ |
M. N. Dutt: Subsequently, when they gained their full strength, they left him and did not return at all even after many days. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-037 कदाचिन्मासमात्रेण समुत्पत्य विहंगमाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-036 कदाचिन्मासमात्रेण समुत्पत्य विहङ्गमाः |
M. N. Dutt: At last, at another time, leaving him, they did not come even after a month. Then, O king, Jajali left that place. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-038 ततस्तेषु प्रलीनेषु जाजलिर्जातविस्मयः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-037 ततस्तेषु प्रलीनेषु जाजलिर्जातविस्मयः |
M. N. Dutt: When they had thus gone away for ever, Jajali wondered much and thought that he had gained ascetic success. Then pride entered his heart. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-039 स तथा निर्गतान्दृष्ट्वा शकुन्तान्नियतव्रतः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-038 स तथा निर्गतान् दृष्ट्वा शकुन्तान् नियतव्रतः |
M. N. Dutt: Ever observing vows, the great ascetic, seeing the birds thus leave him. After having been brought up on his head, thought highly of himself, and became filled with joy. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-040 स नद्यां समुपस्पृश्य तर्पयित्वा हुताशनम् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-039 स नद्यां समुपस्पृश्य तर्पयित्वा हुताशनम् |
M. N. Dutt: He then bathed in a river and poured libations on the sacred fire, and worshipped the rising Sun. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-041 संभाव्य चटकान्मूर्ध्नि जाजलिर्जपतां वरः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-040 सम्भाव्य चटकान् मूनि जाजलिर्जपतां वरः |
M. N. Dutt: Having thus made those chataka birds, grow on his head, Jajali that foremost of ascetics, began to strike his armpits and cry loudly through the sky, I have acquired great merit. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-042 अथान्तरिक्षे वागासीत्तां स शुश्राव जाजलिः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-041 अथान्तरिक्षे वागासीत् तां च शुश्राव जाजलिः |
M. N. Dutt: Then an unseen voice arose in the sky and Jajali heard these words:-You are not equal, O Jajali, to Tuladhara in righteousness. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-043 वाराणस्यां महाप्राज्ञस्तुलाधारः प्रतिष्ठितः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-042 वाराणस्यां महाप्राज्ञस्तुलाधारः प्रतिष्ठितः |
M. N. Dutt: Highly wise, that Tuladhara lives at Baranasi. Even he is not competent to say what you say, O twice-born one! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-044 सोऽमर्षवशमापन्नस्तुलाधारदिदृक्षया |
MN DUTT: 08-088-043 सोऽमर्षवशमापन्नस्तुलाधारदिदृक्षया |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing these words, Jajali became possessed by anger and desirous of meeting with Tuladhara, O king, began to roam over the whole Earth, observing the vow of silence and passing the night where he met with evening. |
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MN DUTT: 08-088-044 सोऽपि दृष्ट्वैव तं विप्रमायान्तं भाण्डजीवनः |
M. N. Dutt: After a long time he reached the city of Baranasi, and saw Tuladhara engaged in selling miscellaneous articles. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-045 कालेन महतागच्छत्स तु वाराणसीं पुरीम् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-045 कालेन महतागच्छत् स तु वाराणसी पुरीम् |
M. N. Dutt: As soon as the shop-keeper Tuladhara saw the Brahmana arrived at his place, he cheerfully stood up and adored the guest with proper salutations. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-046 सोऽपि दृष्ट्वैव तं विप्रमायान्तं भाण्डजीवनः |
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: 12-253-047 तुलाधार उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-088-046 तुलाधार उवाच आयानेवासि विदितो मम ब्रह्मन् न संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: Tuladhara said For tsooth, O Brahmana, I know that you have come to me. Listen, however, Oforemost of twice-born ones, to what I say! |
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BORI CE: 12-253-048 सागरानूपमाश्रित्य तपस्तप्तं त्वया महत् |
MN DUTT: 08-088-047 सागरानूपमाश्रित्य तपस्तप्तं त्वया महत् |
M. N. Dutt: Living on a low land near the sea-shore you had practised very hard penancces. But you had no consciousness of having acquired religious merit. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-049 ततः सिद्धस्य तपसा तव विप्र शकुन्तकाः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-048 ततः सिद्धस्य तपसा तव विप्र शकुन्तकाः |
M. N. Dutt: When you had at last acquired ascetic success, certain birds were born on your head. You took great care of the little creatures: |
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BORI CE: 12-253-050 जातपक्षा यदा ते च गताश्चारीमितस्ततः |
MN DUTT: 08-088-049 जातपक्षा यदा ते च गताचारीमितस्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: When at last those birds came winged and when they began to leave your head for going here and there in search of food, it was then that, for your having thus assisted at the birth of those Chatakas, you began to feel pride, O Brahmana, thinking you had acquired great merit. |
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BORI CE: 12-253-051 अमर्षवशमापन्नस्ततः प्राप्तो भवानिह |
MN DUTT: 08-088-050 खे वाचं त्वमथाश्रौषीर्मा प्रति द्विजसत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: Then, O foremost of twice-born ones, you heard in the sky a voice that spoke of me. The words you had heard filled you with anger and for that you have come here! Tell me, what wish of yours shall I fulfil, O best of Brahmanas. |
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