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Book 12 – Chapter 313
BORI CE: 12-313-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-153-001 भीष्म उवाच ततः स राजा जनको मन्त्रिभिः सह भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The next morning, king Janaka, O Bharata, accompanied by his minister and the whole household, came to Shuka, preceded by his priest. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-002 आसनं च पुरस्कृत्य रत्नानि विविधानि च |
MN DUTT: 08-153-002 आसनं च पुरस्कृत्य रत्नानि विविधानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Bringing with him rich seats and various sorts of jewels and gems, and bearing the ingredients of the Arghya on his own head, the king approached the son of his reverend preceptor. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-003 स तदासनमादाय बहुरत्नविभूषितम् BORI CE: 12-313-004 पुरोधसा संगृहीतं हस्तेनालभ्य पार्थिवः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-003 स तदाऽऽसनमादाय बहुरत्नविभूषितम् |
M. N. Dutt: The king, taking with his own hands, from the hands of his priest, that seat adorned with many gems, covered with an excellent sheet, beautiful in all its parts and dearly costly, presented it with great respect to his preceptor's son Shuka. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-005 तत्रोपविष्टं तं कार्ष्णिं शास्त्रतः प्रत्यपूजयत् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-004 तत्रोपविष्टं तं कार्ष्णि शास्त्रतः प्रत्यपूजयत् |
M. N. Dutt: After the son of Krishna had taken his seat on it, the king adored him according to prescribed rites. At first offering him water to wash his feet, he then presented him the Arghya and kine. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-006 प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां जनकाद्द्विजसत्तमः BORI CE: 12-313-007 पर्यपृच्छन्महातेजा राज्ञः कुशलमव्ययम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-005 स च तां मन्त्रवत्पूजां प्रत्यगृह्णाद् यथाविधि MN DUTT: 08-153-006 अनामयं च राजेन्द्र शुकः सानुचरस्य ह |
M. N. Dutt: The ascetic accepted that worship offered with due rites and Mantras. That foremost of twice-born ones, having thus accepted the worship offered by the king, and taking the kine also that were presented to him, then saluted the king, gifted with great energy, he next enquired after the king's welfare and prosperity. Indeed, O king, Shuka asked about the welfare of the king's followers and officers also. Receiving Shuka's permission, Janaka sat down with all his followers. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-008 अनुज्ञातः स तेनाथ निषसाद सहानुगः |
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: 12-313-009 कुशलं चाव्ययं चैव पृष्ट्वा वैयासकिं नृपः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-007 उदारसत्त्वाभिजनो भूमौ राजा कृताञ्जलिः |
M. N. Dutt: Having a high soul and possessed of high birth, the king with joined hands, sat down on the bare ground and enquired after the wellbeing and unabated prosperity of Vyasa's son. The king then asked his guest the object of his visit. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-010 शुक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-153-008 शुक उवाच पित्राहमुक्तो भद्रं ते मोक्षधर्मार्थकोविदः |
M. N. Dutt: Shuka said Blessed be you, my father told me that his client, the king of the Videhas, known all over the world by the name of Janaka, is well-versed in the Religion of Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-011 तत्र गच्छस्व वै तूर्णं यदि ते हृदि संशयः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-009 तत्र गच्छस्व वै तूर्णं यदि ते हृदि संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: He ordered me to come to him forthwith, if I had any doubts to be solved in the Religion of either Action or Renunciation. He gave me to understand that the king of Mithila would remove all my doubts. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-012 सोऽहं पितुर्नियोगात्त्वामुपप्रष्टुमिहागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-010 सोऽहं पितुर्नियोगात् त्वामुपप्रष्टुमिहागतः |
M. N. Dutt: I have, therefore, come come here at the command of my father, for the purpose of receiving instruction from you. You should, O foremost of all righteous persons, instruct me! |
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BORI CE: 12-313-013 किं कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह मोक्षार्थश्च किमात्मकः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-011 किं कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह मोक्षार्थश्च किमात्मकः |
M. N. Dutt: What are the duties of a Brahmana, and what is the essence of those duties that have Liberation for their object. How, also, is Liberation to be acquired. Is it to be acquired by the help of Knowledge or by that Penances? |
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BORI CE: 12-313-014 जनक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-153-012 जनक उवाच यत् कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह जन्मप्रभृति तच्छृणु |
M. N. Dutt: Janaka said Hear what the Duties are of a Brahmana from the time of his birth. After his investiture, O son, with the sacred thread, he should give his attention to the study of the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-015 तपसा गुरुवृत्त्या च ब्रह्मचर्येण चाभिभो |
MN DUTT: 08-153-013 तपसा गुरुवृत्त्या च ब्रह्मचर्येण वा विभो |
M. N. Dutt: By practising penances and dutifully serving his preceptor, and observing the duties of Brahmacharya, O powerful one, he should satisfy the debt be owes to the gods, and the Pitris, and renounce all malice. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-016 वेदानधीत्य नियतो दक्षिणामपवर्ज्य च |
MN DUTT: 08-153-014 वेदानधीत्य नियतो दक्षिणामपवर्त्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Having read the Vedas with close attention, and controlled his senses, and having given his preceptor the tuition-fee, he should, with the order of his preceptor, return home. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-017 समावृत्तस्तु गार्हस्थ्ये सदारो नियतो वसेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-015 समावृत्तश्च गार्हस्थ्ये स्वदारनिरतो वसेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Coming back home, he should follow the domestic mode of life and marry a wife, confine himself to her, and live freeing himself from every sort of malice, and having established his domestic fire. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-018 उत्पाद्य पुत्रपौत्रं तु वन्याश्रमपदे वसेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-016 उत्पाद्य पुत्रपौत्रं तु वन्याश्रमपदे वसेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Living as a householder, he should procreate sons and grandsons. After that, he should retire to the forest, and continue to adore the same fires and entertain guests with cordial hospitality. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-019 स वनेऽग्नीन्यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-017 स वनेऽग्नीन् यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् |
M. N. Dutt: Living virtuously in the forest, he should, at last, establish his fire in his soul, and freed from all pairs of opposites, and renouncing all attachments, he should pass his days in the anchorite-mode of life, which is otherwise called the mode of Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-020 शुक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-153-018 शुक उवाच उत्पन्ने ज्ञानविज्ञाने निर्द्वन्द्वे हृदि शाश्वते |
M. N. Dutt: Shuka said If one acquires an understanding cleansed by study of the scriptures and true conceptions of all things, and if the heart succeeds in freeing itself permanently from the effects of all pairs of opposites, is it still necessary for such a person to follow one after another, the three modes of life called Brahmacharya, Garahastya, and Vanaprastha. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-021 एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामि तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति |
MN DUTT: 08-153-019 एतद् भवन्तं पृच्छामि तद् भवान् वक्तुमर्हति |
M. N. Dutt: This is what I ask you. You should me. Indeed, O king, do tell me this according to the true meaning of the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-022 जनक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-153-020 जनक उवाच न विना ज्ञानविज्ञाने मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Janaka said It is impossible to aquire Liberation without the help of an understanding purified by the study of the scriptures and without that true conception of all things which is known by the name of Vijnana, again, without that cleansed understanding, one cannot get a Preceptor. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-023 आचार्यः प्लाविता तस्य ज्ञानं प्लव इहोच्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-153-021 प्लावयिता तस्य ज्ञानं प्लव इहोच्यते |
M. N. Dutt: The Preceptor is the helmsman, and Knowledge is the Boat. After having got that Boat, one becomes successful. Indeed, having crossed the Ocean, one may renounce both. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-024 अनुच्छेदाय लोकानामनुच्छेदाय कर्मणाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-022 अनुच्छेदाय लोकानामनुच्छेदाय कर्मणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: For preventing the destruction of all the worlds, and for preventing the destruction of deeds, the duties belonging to the four modes of life were practised by the wise of old. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-025 अनेन क्रमयोगेन बहुजातिषु कर्मणा |
MN DUTT: 08-153-023 अनेन क्रमयोगेन बहुजातिषु कर्मणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: By renouncing acts, good and bad, according to this order of acts, one succeeds, in course of many births, in acquiring Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-026 भावितैः कारणैश्चायं बहुसंसारयोनिषु |
MN DUTT: 08-153-024 भावितैः करणैश्चायं बहुसंसारयोनिषु |
M. N. Dutt: That man who, through penances, practised in many births, succeeds in acquiring purified mind and understanding, and soul, certainly becomes able to acquire Liberation in even the very first mode. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-027 तमासाद्य तु मुक्तस्य दृष्टार्थस्य विपश्चितः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-025 तमासाद्य तु मुक्तस्य दृष्टार्थस्य विपश्चितः |
M. N. Dutt: When, having acquired cleansed understanding, Liberation becomes his, and on account thereof be becomes possessed of knowledge of all visible things, what desirable object is there to attain by following the three other modes of life? a |
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BORI CE: 12-313-028 राजसांस्तामसांश्चैव नित्यं दोषान्विवर्जयेत् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-026 राजसांस्तामसांश्चैव नित्यं दोषान् विवर्जयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: One should always renounce faults produced by the qualities of Rajas and Tamas. Following the path of Sattva, one should see Self by Self. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-029 सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि |
MN DUTT: 08-153-027 सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing one's Self in all creatures and all creatures in one's self, one should live like acquatic animals living in water without being drenched by it. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-030 पक्षीव प्लवनादूर्ध्वममुत्रानन्त्यमश्नुते |
MN DUTT: 08-153-028 पक्षिवत् प्रवणादूर्ध्वममुत्रानन्त्यमश्नुते |
M. N. Dutt: He who succeeds in getting over all pairs of opposites and resisting their influence, succeeds in renouncing all attachments, and acquires infinite happiness in the next world, going there like a bird soaring into the sky from below. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-031 अत्र गाथाः पुरा गीताः शृणु राज्ञा ययातिना |
MN DUTT: 08-153-029 अत्र गाथाः पुरा गीताः शृणु राज्ञा ययातिना |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it, there is a saying sung of old by king Yayati, and remembered, O sire, by all persons conversant with the Scriptures dealing with Liberation. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-032 ज्योतिरात्मनि नान्यत्र रतं तत्रैव चैव तत् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-030 ज्योतिरात्मनि नान्यत्र सर्वजन्तुषु तत् समम् |
M. N. Dutt: The effulgent ray exists in one's Soul and not any where else. It exists equally in all creatures. One can see it himself if his heart be given to Yoga. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-033 न बिभेति परो यस्मान्न बिभेति पराच्च यः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-031 न बिभेति परो यस्मान्न बिभेति पराच्च यः |
M. N. Dutt: When a person lives in such a way that another is not filled with fear on seeing him, and when a person is not himself filled with fear on seeing others, when a person ceases to cherish desire and malice, he is then said to attain to Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-034 यदा भावं न कुरुते सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-032 यदा भावं न कुरुते सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् |
M. N. Dutt: When a person ceases to cherish a sinful attitude towards all creatures in thought, word, and deed, he is then said to attain to Brahima. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-035 संयोज्य तपसात्मानमीर्ष्यामुत्सृज्य मोहिनीम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-033 संयोज्य मनसाऽऽत्मानमीणूंमुत्सृज्य मोहनीम् |
M. N. Dutt: By controlling the mind and the soul, by renouncing malice that stupefies the mind, and by throwing off desire and stupefaction, one is said to attain to Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-036 यदा श्रव्ये च दृश्ये च सर्वभूतेषु चाप्ययम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-034 यदा श्राव्ये च दृश्ये च सर्वभूतेषु चाप्ययम् |
M. N. Dutt: When a person assumes an equality of attitude about all objects of hearing and vision, as also about all living creatures, and gets over all pairs of opposites, he is then said to attain to Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-037 यदा स्तुतिं च निन्दां च समत्वेनैव पश्यति BORI CE: 12-313-038 शीतमुष्णं तथैवार्थमनर्थं प्रियमप्रियम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-035 यदा स्तुतिं च निन्दां च समत्वेनैव पश्यति |
M. N. Dutt: When a person regards impartially praise and dispraise, gold and iron, happiness and misery, heat and cold, good and evil, the agreeable and the disagreeable, life and death, he is then said to attain to Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-039 प्रसार्येह यथाङ्गानि कूर्मः संहरते पुनः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-036 प्रसार्येह यथाङ्गानि कूर्मः संहरते पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: One following the duties of the mendicant order should restrain his senses and the mind like a tortoise withdrawing its outstretched limbs. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-040 तमःपरिगतं वेश्म यथा दीपेन दृश्यते |
MN DUTT: 08-153-037 तमःपरिगतं वेश्म यथा दीपेन दृश्यते |
M. N. Dutt: As a house covered with darkness, is capable of being seen with the help of a lighted lamp, similarly can the soul be seen with the help of the lamp of the understanding. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-041 एतत्सर्वं प्रपश्यामि त्वयि बुद्धिमतां वर |
MN DUTT: 08-153-038 एतत् सर्वं च पश्यामि त्वयि बुद्धिमतां वर |
M. N. Dutt: O foremost of intelligent persons, I see that all this knowledge that I am imparting to you, lives in you. Whatever else should be known by one desirous of learning the Religion of Liberation, is already known to you. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-042 ब्रह्मर्षे विदितश्चासि विषयान्तमुपागतः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-039 ब्रह्मर्षे विदितश्चासि विषयान्तमुपागतः |
M. N. Dutt: O regenerate Rishi, I am convinced that through the mercy of your preceptor and through the instructions you have received, you have already transcended all objects of the senses. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-043 तस्यैव च प्रसादेन प्रादुर्भूतं महामुने |
MN DUTT: 08-153-040 तस्यैव च प्रसादेन प्रादुर्भूतं महामुने |
M. N. Dutt: O great ascetic, through the grace of your father, I have acquired omniscience, and hence I have succeeded in knowing you. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-044 अधिकं तव विज्ञानमधिका च गतिस्तव |
MN DUTT: 08-153-041 अधिकं तव विज्ञानमधिका च गतिस्तव |
M. N. Dutt: Your knowledge is much greater than what you think it to be. Your perceptions also that result from intuition, are much greater than what you think them to be. Your power also is much greater than you are conscious of. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-045 बाल्याद्वा संशयाद्वापि भयाद्वाप्यविमोक्षजात् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-042 बाल्याद् वा संशयाद् वापि भयाद् वाप्यविमोक्षजात् |
M. N. Dutt: Whether in consequence of your tender age, or of the doubts you have not been able to remove, or of the fear that is due to be unattainment of Liberation, you are conscious of that Knowledge due to Intuition, although it has originated in your mind. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-046 व्यवसायेन शुद्धेन मद्विधैश्छिन्नसंशयः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-043 व्यवसायेन शुद्धेन मद्विधैश्छिन्नसंशयः |
M. N. Dutt: After one's doubts have been removed by persons like us, one succeeds in opening the knots of one's heart, and, then, by a righteous endeavour, acquires, and becomes conscious of, that Knowledge. not one |
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BORI CE: 12-313-047 भवांश्चोत्पन्नविज्ञानः स्थिरबुद्धिरलोलुपः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-044 भवांश्चोत्पन्नविज्ञानः स्थिरबुद्धिरलोलुपः |
M. N. Dutt: As regards yourself, you are one that has already acquired knowledge. Your intelligence is steady and tranquil. You are free from covetousness. For all that, O Brahmana, one never succeed, without endeavour in attaining to Brahma, which is the highest object of acquisition. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-048 नास्ति ते सुखदुःखेषु विशेषो नास्ति लोलुपा |
MN DUTT: 08-153-045 नास्ति ते सुखदुःखेषु विशेषो नासि लोलुपः |
M. N. Dutt: You see no difference between happiness and misery. You are not covetous. You have no desire for dancing and song. You have no attachments. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-049 न बन्धुषु निबन्धस्ते न भयेष्वस्ति ते भयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-153-046 न बन्धुष्वनुबन्धस्ते न भयेष्वस्ति ते भयम् |
M. N. Dutt: You have no attachment to friends. You have no fear in things which fill with fear. O blessed one, I see that you consider equally a lump of gold and a clod of Earth. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-050 अहं च त्वानुपश्यामि ये चाप्यन्ये मनीषिणः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-047 अहं त्वामनुपश्यामि ये चाप्यन्ये मनीषिणः |
M. N. Dutt: Myself and other persons endued with wisdom, see you established in the highest and indestructible path of peace. |
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BORI CE: 12-313-051 यत्फलं ब्राह्मणस्येह मोक्षार्थश्च यदात्मकः |
MN DUTT: 08-153-048 यत् फलं ब्राह्मणस्येह मोक्षार्थश्च यदात्मकः |
M. N. Dutt: O Brahmana, you discharge the duties of Brahmana and enjoy the fruit which should be his, and which is at one with the essence of the object represented by Liberation. What else have you to enquire of me? |
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