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Book 12 – Chapter 307
BORI CE: 12-307-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-146-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच ऐश्वर्यं वा महत् प्राप्य धनं वा भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Having acquired great power and great riches, and having obtained a long period of life, how many one succeed in shunning death? |
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BORI CE: 12-307-002 तपसा वा सुमहता कर्मणा वा श्रुतेन वा |
MN DUTT: 08-146-002 तपसा वा सुमहता कर्मणा वा श्रुतेन वा |
M. N. Dutt: By which of these means viz., penances, or the performance of the various acts, or by knowledge of the Shrutis, or the application of medicines, can one succeed in avoiding decrepitude and death. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-003 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-146-003 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Regarding it is cited the old narrative of Panchashikha who was a Bhikshu in his practices and Janaka. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-004 वैदेहो जनको राजा महर्षिं वेदवित्तमम् |
MN DUTT: 08-146-004 वैदेहो जनको राजा महर्षि वेदवित्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Once on a time, Janaka, the king of Videhas, questioned the great Rishi Panchashikha, who was the foremost of all persons conversant with the Vedas and who had all his doubts removed about the object and meaning of all duties. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-005 केन वृत्तेन भगवन्नतिक्रामेज्जरान्तकौ |
MN DUTT: 08-146-005 केन वृत्तेन भगवन्नतिकामेज्जरन्तकौ |
M. N. Dutt: The King said By what conduct, O holy one, may one get over Decrepitude and Death? Is it by penances, or by the understanding, or by religious practices, or by study and knowledge of the scriptures. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-006 एवमुक्तः स वैदेहं प्रत्युवाच परोक्षवित् |
MN DUTT: 08-146-006 एवमुक्तः स वैदेहं प्रत्युवाचापरोक्षवित् |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed by the king of the Videhas the learned Panchashikha, conversant with all invisible things, answered saying, Nothing can prevent two (viz., decrepitude and death); nor is it true that these cannot be prevented under any circumstances. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-007 न ह्यहानि निवर्तन्ते न मासा न पुनः क्षपाः |
MN DUTT: 08-146-007 न हहानि निवर्तन्ते न मासा न पुनः क्षपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Neither days, nor nights, nor months, cease to go on. Only that man who, though transitory, follows the eternal path succeeds in avoiding birth and death. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-008 सर्वभूतसमुच्छेदः स्रोतसेवोह्यते सदा |
MN DUTT: 08-146-008 सर्वभूतसमुच्छेदः स्रोतसेवोह्यते सदा |
M. N. Dutt: Destruction overtakes all creatures. All creatures seem to be ceaselessly borne along the endless current of time. Those that are borne along the endless current of time which is without a vessel and which in infested by those two powerful alligators, viz., decrepitude and death, sink down without anybody coming to their help. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 08-146-009 जरामृत्युमहाग्राहे न कश्चिदभिपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: As one is swept along that current, one does not find any friend for help and one does not feel any interest for any one else. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-009 नैवास्य भविता कश्चिन्नासौ भवति कस्यचित् |
MN DUTT: 08-146-010 पथि सङ्गतमेवेदं दारैरन्यैश्च बन्धुभिः |
M. N. Dutt: One meets with wives and other friends only on his road. One had never before enjoyed this sort of companionship with any one for any length of time. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-010 क्षिप्यन्ते तेन तेनैव निष्टनन्तः पुनः पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-146-011 क्षिप्यन्ते तेन तेनैव निष्टनन्तः पुनः पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: Creatures, as they are carried along the current to time, become again and again are drawn towards one another like clouds moved by the wind meeting one another with loud noise. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-011 जरामृत्यू हि भूतानां खादितारौ वृकाविव |
MN DUTT: 08-146-012 जरामृत्यू हि भूतानां खादितारौ वृकाविव |
M. N. Dutt: Like wolves, descrepitude and death are devourers of all creatures. Indeed, they devour the strong and the weak, the short and the tall. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-012 एवंभूतेषु भूतेषु नित्यभूताध्रुवेषु च |
MN DUTT: 08-146-013 एवंभूतेषु भूतात्मा नित्यभूतोऽध्रुवेषु च |
M. N. Dutt: Among creatures, therefore, which are all so fickle only the Soul exists eternally. Why should he, then, rejoice when creatures are born and why should he grieve when the die. |
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BORI CE: 12-307-013 कुतोऽहमागतः कोऽस्मि क्व गमिष्यामि कस्य वा |
MN DUTT: 08-146-014 कुतोऽहमागतः कोऽस्मि क्व गमिष्यामि कस्य वा |
M. N. Dutt: Whence have I come? Who am I? Where shall I go? Whose am I? Before what do I rest? What shall I be? Why then do you grieve for what? |
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BORI CE: 12-307-014 द्रष्टा स्वर्गस्य न ह्यस्ति तथैव नरकस्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-146-015 द्रष्टा स्वर्गस्य कोऽन्योऽस्ति तथैव नरकस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Who else than you will see heaven or hell? Hence, without throwing aside the scriptures, one should make gifts and celebrate sacrifices. |
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