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Book 12 – Chapter 289
BORI CE: 12-289-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-127-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच सांख्ये योगे च मे तात विशेषं वक्तुमर्हसि |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said You should explain to me, O sire, what the difference is between the Sankhya and the Yoga systems of philosophy. O foremost one of Kuru's race, you know everything is known, O you who are conversant with all duties. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-127-002 भीष्म उवाच सांख्याः सांख्यं प्रशंसन्ति योगा योगं द्विजातयः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The followers of Sankhya praise the Sankhya system and the Yogins praise the Yoga system. For fixing the superiority of their respective systems, each calls his own system to be better. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-003 अनीश्वरः कथं मुच्येदित्येवं शत्रुकर्शन |
MN DUTT: 08-127-003 अनीश्वरः कथं मुच्येदित्येवं शत्रुकर्शन |
M. N. Dutt: Wise men devoted to Yoga point out proper and very good reasons, O crusher of enemies, for showing that one who does not believe in the existence of God cannot acquire Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-004 वदन्ति कारणं चेदं सांख्याः सम्यग्द्विजातयः BORI CE: 12-289-005 ऊर्ध्वं स देहात्सुव्यक्तं विमुच्येदिति नान्यथा |
MN DUTT: 08-127-004 वदन्ति कारणं चेदं सांख्याः सम्यग् द्विजातयः |
M. N. Dutt: Those twice-born ones, again, who are believers in the Sankhya doctrines forward good reasons for showing that a person by acquiring true knowledge of all objects, becomes dissociated from all earthly objects, and, after death, it is plain, becomes liberated and that it cannot be otherwise. Men of great wisdom have thus expounded the Sankhya philosophy of Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-006 स्वपक्षे कारणं ग्राह्यं समर्थं वचनं हितम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-005 स्वपक्षे कारणं ग्राह्यं समये वचनं हितम् |
M. N. Dutt: When reasons are thus equally placed on both sides, those are assigned on that side which one is otherwise inclined to follow as one's own, should be accepted. Indeed, those words that are said on that side should be considered as wholesome. Good men may be found on both sides. Persons like you may adot either opinion. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-007 प्रत्यक्षहेतवो योगाः सांख्याः शास्त्रविनिश्चयाः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-006 प्रत्यक्षहेतवो योगा: सांख्या: शास्त्रविनिश्चयाः |
M. N. Dutt: The evidences of Yoga are addressed to the direct perception of the senses; those of Sankhya are based on the scriptures. Both I systems of philosophy are approved by me, O Yudhishthira. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-008 उभे चैते मते ज्ञाने नृपते शिष्टसंमते BORI CE: 12-289-009 तुल्यं शौचं तयोर्युक्तं दया भूतेषु चानघ |
MN DUTT: 08-127-007 उभे चैते मते ज्ञाते नृपते शिष्टसम्मते |
M. N. Dutt: agree with noth those systems of science, O king, so do the good and wise. If practised duly according to the instructions laid down, both would, O king, make a person acquire the highest end. In both systems purity is equally recommended as also mercy towards all creatures, O sinless one. In both, again, the observance of vows has been equally sanctioned. Only the scriptures which point out their paths are different. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-010 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-127-008 युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदि तुल्यं व्रतं शौचं दया चात्र फलं तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said If the vows, the purity, the mercy, and the fruits thereof recommended in both systems be the same, tell me, O grandfather, why then are not their scriptures the same? |
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BORI CE: 12-289-011 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-127-009 भीष्म उवाच रागं मोहं तथा स्नेहं कामं क्रोधं च केवलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said By renouncing through the help of Yoga, these five faults, viz., attachment carelessness, affection, lust and anger one acquires Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-012 यथा चानिमिषाः स्थूला जालं छित्त्वा पुनर्जलम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-010 यथा चानिमिषाः स्थूला जालं छित्त्वा पुनर्जलम् |
M. N. Dutt: As large fishes, breaking through the net pass into their own element, similarly, Yogins, become purged of all sins and acquire the happiness of Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-013 तथैव वागुरां छित्त्वा बलवन्तो यथा मृगाः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-011 तथैव वागुरां छित्त्वा बलवन्तो यथा मृगाः |
M. N. Dutt: As powerful animals breaking through the nets in which hunters catch them, enjoy the men happiness of freedom, so Yogins freed from all fetters, attain to the pure path that leads of Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-014 लोभजानि तथा राजन्बन्धनानि बलान्विताः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-012 लोभजानि तथा राजन् बन्धनानि बलान्विताः |
M. N. Dutt: Truly, O king, breaking through the fetter born of cupidity, Yogins, gifted with strength acquire the sinless and auspicious and high path of Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-015 अबलाश्च मृगा राजन्वागुरासु तथापरे |
MN DUTT: 08-127-013 अबलाश्च मृगा राजन् वागुरासु तथा परे |
M. N. Dutt: Feeble animals, O king, entangled in nets, are, forsooth, destroyed. Such is the case with persons shorn of Yoga power. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-016 बलहीनाश्च कौन्तेय यथा जालगता झषाः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-014 बलहीनाश्च कौन्तेय यथा जालं गता झषाः |
M. N. Dutt: As weak fishes, O son of Kunti, fallen into the net, become entangled in it, so, O king, shorn of Yoga power meet with destruction. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-017 यथा च शकुनाः सूक्ष्माः प्राप्य जालमरिंदम BORI CE: 12-289-018 कर्मजैर्बन्धनैर्बद्धास्तद्वद्योगाः परंतप |
MN DUTT: 08-127-015 यथा च शकुनाः सूक्ष्मं प्राप्य जालमरिंदम |
M. N. Dutt: As birds, O chastiser of enemies, when entangled in the fine nets of fowlers, meet with their destruction, but if they are strong effect their escape, similarly, it is the case with Yogins, O chastiser of enemies, fettered by the bonds of action, they that are weak meet with destruction, while they who are strong break through them. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-019 अल्पकश्च यथा राजन्वह्निः शाम्यति दुर्बलः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-016 अल्पकश्च यथा राजन् वह्निः शाम्यति दुर्बलः |
M. N. Dutt: A small and weak fire, O king, is put out when large logs of timber are placed upon it. So the Yogin who is weak, O king, encounters ruin. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-020 स एव च यदा राजन्वह्निर्जातबलः पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-017 स एव च यदा राजन् वह्निर्जातबलः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: The same fire, however, O king, when it becomes strong, would burn with the help of the wind the entire Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-021 तद्वज्जातबलो योगी दीप्ततेजा महाबलः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-018 तद्वज्जातबलो योगी दीप्ततेजा महाबलः |
M. N. Dutt: Similarly, the Yogin when grown in strength, burning with energy, and endued with power is capable of scorching the entire Universe like the Sun that rises at the time of the universal dissolution. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-022 दुर्बलश्च यथा राजन्स्रोतसा ह्रियते नरः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-019 दुर्बलश्च यथा राजन् स्रोतसा ह्रियते नरः |
M. N. Dutt: As a weak man, O king, is carried away by a current, so is a weak Yogin helplessly carried away by objects of the senses. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-023 तदेव च यथा स्रोतो विष्टम्भयति वारणः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-020 तदेव च महास्रोतो विष्टम्भयति वारणः |
M. N. Dutt: An elephant withstands a powerful current Similarly. a Yogin, having acquired Yogapower withstands all objects of the senses. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-024 विशन्ति चावशाः पार्थ योगा योगबलान्विताः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-021 विशन्ति चावशाः पार्थ योगाद् योगबलान्विताः |
M. N. Dutt: Independent of all things, Yogins, gifted with Yoga-power and other lordly powers enter into the very lords of creation, the Rishis, the gods, and the great Beings in the universe. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-025 न यमो नान्तकः क्रुद्धो न मृत्युर्भीमविक्रमः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-022 न यमो नान्तकः क्रुद्धो न मृत्युीमविक्रमः |
M. N. Dutt: Neither Yama, nor the Destroyer, nor Death, himself of terrible power, when irate, ever succeeds in lording over the Yogin, O king, who is gifted with immeasurable energy. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-026 आत्मनां च सहस्राणि बहूनि भरतर्षभ |
MN DUTT: 08-127-023 आत्मनां च सहस्राणि बहूनि भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: The Yogin, acquiring Yoga-power, can create thousands of bodies and with them walks over the Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-027 प्राप्नुयाद्विषयांश्चैव पुनश्चोग्रं तपश्चरेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-024 प्राप्नुयाद् विषयांश्चैव पुनश्चोग्रं तपश्चरेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Some amongst them enjoy objects of the and again practise the austerest penances, and once again, like the Sun withdraw themselves from such penances. senses |
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BORI CE: 12-289-028 बलस्थस्य हि योगस्य बन्धनेशस्य पार्थिव |
MN DUTT: 08-127-025 बलस्थस्य हि योगस्य बन्धनेशस्य पार्थिव |
M. N. Dutt: The Yogin, who is gifted with strength and whom fetters bind not, certainly succeeds in acquiring Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-029 बलानि योगे प्रोक्तानि मयैतानि विशां पते |
MN DUTT: 08-127-026 बलानि योगप्राप्तानि मयैतानि विशाम्पते |
M. N. Dutt: I have now described to you, O king, on all these powers of Yoga. I shall once more tell you what the subtile powers of Yoga are with their marks. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-030 आत्मनश्च समाधाने धारणां प्रति चाभिभो |
MN DUTT: 08-127-027 आत्मनश्च समाधाने धारणां प्रति वा विभो |
M. N. Dutt: Hear, O chief of Bharata's race, the subtile marks of the meditation and the concentration of the Soul. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-031 अप्रमत्तो यथा धन्वी लक्ष्यं हन्ति समाहितः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-028 अप्रमत्तो तथा धन्वी लक्ष्यं हन्ति समाहितः |
M. N. Dutt: As a bowman who is careful and attentive succeeds in striking the aim, so the Yogin with absorbed soul, forsooth, acquires Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-032 स्नेहपूर्णे यथा पात्रे मन आधाय निश्चलम् BORI CE: 12-289-033 युक्त्वा तथायमात्मानं योगः पार्थिव निश्चलम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-029 स्नेहपूर्णे यथा पात्रे मन आधाय निश्चलम् |
M. N. Dutt: As a man, fixing his mind on a vessel full of some liquid carefully ascends a flight of steps, so the Yogin, fixed and absorbed in his soul, purifies it and marks it as effulgent as the Sun. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-034 यथा च नावं कौन्तेय कर्णधारः समाहितः BORI CE: 12-289-035 तद्वदात्मसमाधानं युक्त्वा योगेन तत्त्ववित् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-030 यथा च नावं कौन्तेय कर्णधारः समाहितः |
M. N. Dutt: As a boat, O son of Kunti, who is tossed on the bosom of the sea is very soon taken by a careful boatman to the other shore, so the man of knowledge by fixing his soul in concentration, acquires Liberation, which is so difficult to acquire, after renouncing his body, O king. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-036 सारथिश्च यथा युक्त्वा सदश्वान्सुसमाहितः BORI CE: 12-289-037 तथैव नृपते योगी धारणासु समाहितः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-031 सारथिश्च यथा युक्त्वा सदश्वान् सुसमाहितः |
M. N. Dutt: As a careful charioteer, O king, having yoked good horses takes the car warrior to where he likes, even so the Yogin, O king, careful in concentration, soon attains to the highest spot like an arrow shot off the bow reaching the object aimed at. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-038 आवेश्यात्मनि चात्मानं योगी तिष्ठति योऽचलः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-032 प्रवेश्यात्मनि चात्मानं योगी तिष्ठति योऽचलः |
M. N. Dutt: The Yogin who stay immovably after having entered his self into the soul, dissipates his sins and gets at that indestructible spot which is the possession of those who are pious. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-039 नाभ्यां कण्ठे च शीर्षे च हृदि वक्षसि पार्श्वयोः BORI CE: 12-289-040 स्थानेष्वेतेषु यो योगी महाव्रतसमाहितः BORI CE: 12-289-041 स शीघ्रममलप्रज्ञः कर्म दग्ध्वा शुभाशुभम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-033 नाभ्यां कण्ठे च शीर्षे च हृदि वक्षसि पार्श्वयोः |
M. N. Dutt: That Yogin who, carefully practises high vows, properly unites, O king, his sentiency with the self Soul in the navel, the throat, the head, the heart, the chest, the sides, the eye, the ear, and the nose, burns all his mountain-like acts good and bad, and having recourse to excellent Yoga acquires Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-042 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-127-034 युधिष्ठिर उवाच आहारान् कीदृशान् कृत्वा कानि जित्वा च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said You should tell me, O grandfather, what the kinds of diet are by taking which, and what the things are by conquering which, the Yogin, O Bharata, gains Yoga-power. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-043 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-127-035 भीष्म उवाच कणानां भक्षणे युक्तः पिण्याकस्य च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Engaged, O Bharata, in subsisting upon broken grains of rice and sodden cakes of sesame, and abstaining from oil and butter, the Yogin gains Yoga-power. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-044 भुञ्जानो यावकं रूक्षं दीर्घकालमरिंदम |
MN DUTT: 08-127-036 भुजानो यावकं रूक्षं दीर्घकालमरिंदम् |
M. N. Dutt: By subsisting for a long time on powdered barely unmixed with any liquid, and by taking only one meal a day, the Yogin, of purified soul gains Yoga-power. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-045 पक्षान्मासानृतूंश्चित्रान्संचरंश्च गुहास्तथा |
MN DUTT: 08-127-037 पक्षान् मासानृतूंश्चैतान् संवत्सरानहस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: By drinking only water mixed with milk, first only once during the day, then once during a fortnight, then once during a month, then once during three months, and then once during a whole year, the Yogin gains Yogapower. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-046 अखण्डमपि वा मासं सततं मनुजेश्वर |
MN DUTT: 08-127-038 अखण्डमपि वा मांसं सततं मनुजेश्वर |
M. N. Dutt: By abstaining entirely from meat, О king, the Yogin of purified soul acquires power. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-047 कामं जित्वा तथा क्रोधं शीतोष्णे वर्षमेव च BORI CE: 12-289-048 अरतिं दुर्जयां चैव घोरां तृष्णां च पार्थिव BORI CE: 12-289-049 दीपयन्ति महात्मानः सूक्ष्ममात्मानमात्मना |
MN DUTT: 08-127-039 कामं जित्वा तथा क्रोधं शीतोष्णे वर्षमेव च |
M. N. Dutt: By subjugating lust, and anger, and heat, and cold and rain, and fear, and anger, and heat, and cold and rain, and fear, and grief, and the breath, and all sounds that are agreeable to inen, and objects of the senses, and the uneasiness, so difficult to conquer, that is uneasiness, so difficult to conquer, that is created by abstention from sexual connection, and thirst which is so terrible, O king, and the pleasures of touch and sleep, and procrastination that is almost unconquerable, O be. of kings, great Yogins, shorn of attachments and endued with great wisdom, helped by their understanding, and equipt with wealth of contemplation and study, cause the subtile soul to stand in all its glory. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-050 दुर्गस्त्वेष मतः पन्था ब्राह्मणानां विपश्चिताम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-040 दुर्गस्त्वेष मतः पन्था ब्राह्मणानां विपश्चिताम् |
M. N. Dutt: This high path of learned Brahmanas is highly difficult to tread. No one can walk along this path with ease. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-051 यथा कश्चिद्वनं घोरं बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-041 यथा कश्चिद् वनं घोरं बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् |
M. N. Dutt: That path is like a dreadful forest which is full of numberless snakes and crawling vermin, with pits everywhere, without water for satisfying one's thirst, and full of thorns, and inaccessible on that account. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-052 अभक्तमटवीप्रायं दावदग्धमहीरुहम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-042 अभक्तमटवीप्रायं दावदग्धमहीरुहम् |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, the path of Yoga is like a road along which no food is available, which runs through a desert having all its trees burnt down in a fire, and which is unsafe for being infested with bands of robbers. Very few young men can pass safely through it. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-053 योगमार्गं तथासाद्य यः कश्चिद्भजते द्विजः |
MN DUTT: 08-127-043 योगमार्ग तथाऽऽसाद्य यः कश्चिद् व्रजते द्विजः |
M. N. Dutt: Like such a path few Brahmanas can walk along the Yoga-path with ease and comfort. That man who, having followed this path, ceases to go forward is considered as guilty of many faults. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-054 सुस्थेयं क्षुरधारासु निशितासु महीपते |
MN DUTT: 08-127-044 सुस्थेयं क्षुरधारासु निशितासु महीपते |
M. N. Dutt: Men of purified souls, O king, can stay with ease upon Yoga-contemplation which is like the sharp edge of razor. Persons of impure souls, however, cannot stay on it. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-055 विपन्ना धारणास्तात नयन्ति नशुभां गतिम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-045 विपन्ना धारणास्तात नयन्ति न शुभां गतिम् |
M. N. Dutt: When Yoga-contemplation is disturbed or. otherwise obstructed, it can never take the Yogin to an auspicious and even as a vessel which is without a captain cannot take the passengers to the other shore. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-056 यस्तु तिष्ठति कौन्तेय धारणासु यथाविधि |
MN DUTT: 08-127-046 यस्तु तिष्ठति कौन्तेय धारणासु यथाविधि |
M. N. Dutt: That man, O son of Kunti, who practises Yoga-contemplation according to due rites succeeds in renouncing off both birth and death, and happiness and sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-057 नानाशास्त्रेषु निष्पन्नं योगेष्विदमुदाहृतम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-047 नानाशास्त्रेषु निष्पन्नं योगेष्विदमुदाहृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: All this that I have told you has been stated in the various treatises on Yoga. The highest fruits of Yoga are seen in persons of the twiceborn order. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-058 परं हि तद्ब्रह्म महन्महात्म;न्ब्रह्माणमीशं वरदं च विष्णुम् BORI CE: 12-289-059 तमश्च कष्टं सुमहद्रजश्च; सत्त्वं च शुद्धं प्रकृतिं परां च BORI CE: 12-289-060 ताराधिपं वै विमलं सतारं; विश्वांश्च देवानुरगान्पितॄंश्च BORI CE: 12-289-061 नागान्नगान्यक्षगणान्दिशश्च; गन्धर्वसंघान्पुरुषान्स्त्रियश्च |
MN DUTT: 08-127-048 परं हि तद् ब्रह्म महन्महात्मन् ब्रह्माणमीशं वरदं च विष्णुम् |
M. N. Dutt: That highest fruit is oneness with Brahma. The great Yogin, endued with greatness, can enter into, and come out of, at his will, Brahman himself who is the lord of all gods, and the born-giving Vishnu, and Bhava, and Dharma, and the six-faced Kartikeya, and the (spiritual) sons of Brahman, the quality of Darkness that is productive of much pain, and that of Ignorance, and that of Goodness which is pure, and Nature which is the highest, and the goddess Siddhi who is the wife of Varuna, and all sorts of energy, and all-enduring patience, and the bright lord of stars in the sky with the stars twinkling all around, and the Vishvas, and the snakes, and the Pitris, and all the mountains and hills, and the great and terrible oceans, and all the rivers, and the clouds charged with rain and serpents, and trees, and Yakshas, and the cardinal and subsidiary points of the horizon, and the Gandharvas, and all male persons and all female ones also. |
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BORI CE: 12-289-062 कथा च येयं नृपते प्रसक्ता; देवे महावीर्यमतौ शुभेयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-127-049 कथा च येयं नृपते प्रसक्ता देवे महावीर्यमतौ शुभेयम् |
M. N. Dutt: This topic, "O king, about the Supreme Being of mighty energy should be considered as auspicious.” The Yogin has Narayana for his soul. Lording over all things, the great Yogin is capable of creating all things. |
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