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Book 12 – Chapter 281
BORI CE: 12-281-001 पराशर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-119-001 पराशर उवाच कः कस्य चोपकुरुते कश्च कस्मै प्रयच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Nobody in this world does good to another. Nobody makes gifts to others. All persons are seen to act for their own selves. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-002 गौरवेण परित्यक्तं निःस्नेहं परिवर्जयेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-002 गौरवेण परित्यक्तं निःस्नेहं परिवर्जयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: People are seen to abandon their very parents and their uterine brothers when these cease to love them. What need be said then of relatives of other grades. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-003 विशिष्टस्य विशिष्टाच्च तुल्यौ दानप्रतिग्रहौ |
MN DUTT: 08-119-003 विशिष्टस्य विशिष्टाच्च तुल्यौ दानप्रतिग्रहौ |
M. N. Dutt: Gifts a distinguished person and acceptance of the gifts made by a distinguished person both produce equal merit. Of these two acts, however, the making of a gift is superior to the acceptance thereof. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-004 न्यायागतं धनं वर्णैर्न्यायेनैव विवर्धितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-004 न्यायागतं धनं चैव न्यायेनैव विवर्धितम् |
M. N. Dutt: to That wealth is gained by fair means and is multiplied by fair means, should be protected with care for the sake of acquiring virtue. This is an accepted truth. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-005 न धर्मार्थी नृशंसेन कर्मणा धनमर्जयेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-005 न धर्मार्थी नृशंसेन कर्मणा धनमर्जयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: One desirous of gaining virtue, should never gain riches by means involving injury to others. One should perform his acts according to his power, without zealously seeking riches. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-006 अपो हि प्रयतः शीतास्तापिता ज्वलनेन वा |
MN DUTT: 08-119-006 अपो हि प्रयतः शीतास्तापिता ज्वलनेन वा |
M. N. Dutt: By giving water, whether cold or heated by fire, with a devoted mind, to a (thirsty) guest, according to the best of his might, one acquires the merit of the act of giving food to a hungry man. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-007 रन्तिदेवेन लोकेष्टा सिद्धिः प्राप्ता महात्मना |
MN DUTT: 08-119-007 रन्तिदेवेन लोकेष्टा सिद्धिः प्राप्ता महात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: The great Rantideva acquired success in all the worlds by adoring the ascetics with offerings of only roots and fruits and leaves. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-008 तैरेव फलपत्रैश्च स माठरमतोषयत् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-008 तैरेव फलपत्रैश्च स माठरमतोषयत् |
M. N. Dutt: The royal son of Shaivi also acquired the highest regions of happiness by having pleased the Son-god along with his companion with offerings of the same sort. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-009 देवतातिथिभृत्येभ्यः पितृभ्योऽथात्मनस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-119-009 देवतातिथिभृत्येभ्यः पितृभ्यश्चात्मनस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: All men, by being born, become indebted to gods, guests, servants, Pitris, and their own selves. Every one should, therefore do his best for satisfying those debts. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-010 स्वाध्यायेन महर्षिभ्यो देवेभ्यो यज्ञकर्मणा |
MN DUTT: 08-119-010 स्वाध्यायेन महर्षिभ्यो देवेभ्यो यज्ञकर्मणा |
M. N. Dutt: One frees oneself from his debt to the great Rishis by studying the Vedas. One satisfies his debts to the gods by celebrating sacrifices. By performing the rites of the Shraddha one satisfies the debts to the Pitris. One satisfies the debt to his fellow men by doing good to them. son son |
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BORI CE: 12-281-011 वाचः शेषावहार्येण पालनेनात्मनोऽपि च |
MN DUTT: 08-119-011 वाचा शेषावहार्येण पालनेनात्मनोऽपि च |
M. N. Dutt: One satisfies the debts he owns to one's own self by listening to Vedic recitations and reflecting on their meaning, by eating the remnants of sacrifices, and by supporting his body. One should duly perform all the acts, from the beginning, that he owes to his servants. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-012 प्रयत्नेन च संसिद्धा धनैरपि विवर्जिताः |
MN DUTT: 08-119-012 प्रयत्नेन च संसिद्धा धनैरपि विवर्जिताः |
M. N. Dutt: Through shorn of wealth, men are seen to attain to success by great exertions. Ascetics by duly adoring the gods, and by duly pouring libations of clarified butter on the sacred fire, have been seen to acquire ascetic success. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-013 विश्वामित्रस्य पुत्रत्वमृचीकतनयोऽगमत् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-013 विश्वामित्रस्य पुत्रत्वमृचीकतनयोऽगमत् |
M. N. Dutt: Richika's became the of Vishvamitra. By worshipping the gods who have shares in sacrificial offerings, with Riches, (he acquired success in after life). |
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BORI CE: 12-281-014 गतः शुक्रत्वमुशना देवदेवप्रसादनात् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-014 गतः शुक्रत्वमुशना देवदेवप्रसादनात् |
M. N. Dutt: Ushanas became Shukra by having pleased the god of gods. Indeed, by singing the praises of the goddess (Uma), he sports in the sky, in the great effulgence. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-015 असितो देवलश्चैव तथा नारदपर्वतौ BORI CE: 12-281-016 वसिष्ठो जमदग्निश्च विश्वामित्रोऽत्रिरेव च BORI CE: 12-281-017 एते महर्षयः स्तुत्वा विष्णुमृग्भिः समाहिताः |
MN DUTT: 08-119-015 असितो देवलश्चैव तथा नारदपर्वतौ |
M. N. Dutt: Then, again, Asita and Devala, and Narada and Paravata, and Kakshivat, and Jamadagni's son Rama, and Tandya possessed of purified soul, and Vashishtha, and Jamadagni, and Vishvamitra, and Atri, and Bharadvaja, and Harishmashru, and Kundadhara, and Shrutashravas,-these great Rishis, by worshipping Vishnu with concentrated minds with the help of Richs, and by penances, acquired success through the grace of that great god gifted with intelligence. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-018 अनर्हाश्चार्हतां प्राप्ताः सन्तः स्तुत्वा तमेव ह |
MN DUTT: 08-119-016 अनश्चिाहतां प्राप्ताः सन्तः स्तुत्वा तमेव ह |
M. N. Dutt: Many undeserving men, by worshipping that good god, won great distinction. One should not seek for advancement by committing any wicked or censurable deed. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-019 येऽर्था धर्मेण ते सत्या येऽधर्मेण धिगस्तु तान् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-017 येऽर्था धर्मेण ते सत्या येऽधर्मेण धिगस्तु तान् |
M. N. Dutt: That wealth which acquired by fair means is true wealth. Fie on that wealth however, which is acquired by unfair means. Virtue is eternal. It should never, in this world, be renounced from desire of riches. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-020 आहिताग्निर्हि धर्मात्मा यः स पुण्यकृदुत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 08-119-018 आहिताग्निर्हि धर्मात्मा यः स पुण्यकृदुत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: That pious person who keeps his sacred fire and offers his daily adorations to the gods is considered as the foremost of righteous persons. All the Vedas, O foremost of kings, are established on the three sacred fires. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-021 स चाप्यग्न्याहितो विप्रः क्रिया यस्य न हीयते |
MN DUTT: 08-119-019 स चाप्यग्न्याहितो विप्रः क्रिया यस्य न हीयते |
M. N. Dutt: That Brahmana is said to possess the sacred fire whose acts exist in full. It is better to at once leave off the sacred fire than to keep it, abstaining from acts. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-022 अग्निरात्मा च माता च पिता जनयिता तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-119-020 अग्निरात्मा च माता च पिता जनयिता तथा |
M. N. Dutt: The sacred fire, the mother, the father who has begotten, and the preceptor, O foremost men, should all be duly attended and served with humility. |
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BORI CE: 12-281-023 मानं त्यक्त्वा यो नरो वृद्धसेवी; विद्वान्क्लीबः पश्यति प्रीतियोगात् |
MN DUTT: 08-119-021 मानं त्यक्त्वा यो नरो वृद्धसेवी विद्वान् क्लीबः पश्यति प्रीतियोगात् |
M. N. Dutt: That man, who, renouncing all feelings of pride, humbly attends upon and serves them who are venerable for age, who is endued with learning and shorn of lust, who regains all creatures equally with an eye of love, who nas no riches, who is righteous in his acts, and who is shorn of the desire of inflicting any kind of injury, that truly respectable man is adored in this world by the good and pious. |
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