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Book 12 – Chapter 340
BORI CE: 12-340-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-179-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच धर्माः पितामहेनोक्ता मोक्षधर्माश्रिताः शुभाः |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said You have, O grandfather, described to us the duties belonging to the Religion of Liberation. You should now tell us what the foremost duties are of persons belonging to the several modes of life. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 08-179-002 भीष्म उवाच सर्वत्र विहितो धर्मः स्वर्गः सत्यफलं महत् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said “The duties ordained with regard to every mode of life are capable, if well performed, of leading to heaven and the high fruit of Truth. Duties have many doors, and none of the practices enjoined by them fails to produce the desired effect. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-003 यस्मिन्यस्मिंस्तु विषये यो यो याति विनिश्चयम् |
MN DUTT: 08-179-003 यस्मिन् यस्मिनश्च विषये यो यो याति विनिश्चयम् |
M. N. Dutt: Whoever adopts a class of duties with steady and firm faith, praises the duties adopted by him to the exclusion of the rest, О chief of Bharata's race. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-004 अपि च त्वं नरव्याघ्र श्रोतुमर्हसि मे कथाम् |
MN DUTT: 08-179-004 इमां च त्वं नरव्याघ्र श्रोतुमर्हसि मे कथाम् |
M. N. Dutt: This particular subject, however, which you wish me to describe was in days of yore the subject of conversation between the celestial Rishi Narada and the king of the gods, viz., Indra. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-005 सुरर्षिर्नारदो राजन्सिद्धस्त्रैलोक्यसंमतः |
MN DUTT: 08-179-005 महर्षिारदो राजन् सिद्धस्त्रैलोक्यसम्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: The great Rishi Narada, O king, adored of all the world, has been crowned with success. He wanders through all the worlds unimpeded, like the all-pervading wind itself. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-006 स कदाचिन्महेष्वास देवराजालयं गतः |
MN DUTT: 08-179-006 स कदाचिन्महेष्वास देवराजालयं गतः |
M. N. Dutt: Once upon a time he went to the abode of Indra. Duly honoured by the king of the gods, he sat close to his host. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-007 तं कृतक्षणमासीनं पर्यपृच्छच्छचीपतिः |
MN DUTT: 08-179-007 तं कृतक्षणमासीनं पर्यपृच्छच्छचीपतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing him seated at his ease and free from exhaustion, the husband of Shachi addressed him, saying,-O great Rishi, is there any thing wonderful that has been seen by you, O sinless one? |
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BORI CE: 12-340-008 यथा त्वमपि विप्रर्षे त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् |
MN DUTT: 08-179-008 यदा त्वमपि विप्रर्षे त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् |
M. N. Dutt: O twice-born Rishi, crowned with ascetic success, you walk about moved by curiosity, through the universe of mobile and immobile objects, seeing all things. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-009 न ह्यस्त्यविदितं लोके देवर्षे तव किंचन |
MN DUTT: 08-179-009 न ह्यस्त्यविदितं लोके देवर्षे तव किंचन |
M. N. Dutt: O celestial Rishi, there is nothing in the universe which you do not know. Do you tell me, therefore, of any wonderful event which you may have seen, or heard of, or felt. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-010 तस्मै राजन्सुरेन्द्राय नारदो वदतां वरः |
MN DUTT: 08-179-010 तस्मै राजन् सुरेन्द्राय नारदो वदतां वरः |
M. N. Dutt: Thus questioned, Narada, that foremost of speakers, O king, then began to recite to the king of the gods the extensive history that follows. |
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BORI CE: 12-340-011 यथा येन च कल्पेन स तस्मै द्विजसत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 08-179-011 यथा येन च कल्पेन स तस्मै द्विजसत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: Listen now to me as I recount that story which Narada told before Indra. I shall describe it in the same way in which the celestial Rishi had described it, and for the same purpose that he had in view.” |
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