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Book 13 – Chapter 001
BORI CE: 13-001-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-002 युष्ठिर उवाच शमो बहुविधाकारः सूक्ष्म उक्तः पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said O grandfather, peace of mind has been described to be subtile and of various forms. I have heard all your discourses, but have not still been able to acquire tranquillity of mind. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-002 अस्मिन्नर्थे बहुविधा शान्तिरुक्ता त्वयानघ |
MN DUTT: 09-001-003 अस्मिन्नर्थे बहुविधा शान्तिरुक्ता पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: Various means of quieting the mind have been described by you, O sire, but how can peace of mind be acquired from only a knowledge of the different sorts of tranquillity, when I myself have been the means of bringing all this about? |
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BORI CE: 13-001-003 शराचितशरीरं हि तीव्रव्रणमुदीक्ष्य च |
MN DUTT: 09-001-004 शराचितशरीरं हि तीव्रव्रणमुदीक्ष्य च |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing your body covered with arrows and bad sores, I cannot get, O hero, any peace of mind. thinking of the evils I have done. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-004 रुधिरेणावसिक्ताङ्गं प्रस्रवन्तं यथाचलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-005 रुधिरेणावसिक्ताङ्गं प्रस्रवन्तं यथाचलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing your body, O bravest of the brave, covered with blood, like a hill covered with water from its springs, I am perishing with grief as the lotus in the rainy season. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-005 अतः कष्टतरं किं नु मत्कृते यत्पितामहः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-006 अतः कष्टतरं किं नु मत्कृते यत् पितामहः |
M. N. Dutt: What can be more painful than this, that, for me, you, O grandfather have been reduced to this condition by my people fighting against their enemies on the battlefield. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-001-007 तथा चान्ये नृपतयः सहपुत्राः सबान्धवाः |
M. N. Dutt: Other princes also, with their sons and kinsmen, have been killed on my account. Alas, what can be more painful than this? |
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BORI CE: 13-001-006 वयं हि धार्तराष्ट्राश्च कालमन्युवशानुगाः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-008 वयं हि धार्तराष्ट्राश्च कालमन्युवंशगताः |
M. N. Dutt: Tell us, O prince, what will befall us and the sons of Dhritarashtra, who, impelled by fate and anger, have done this hateful act. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-001-009 इदं तु धार्तराष्ट्रस्य श्रेयो मन्ये जनाधिप |
M. N. Dutt: O king, I think the son of Dhritarashtra is fortunate, because he does not see you in this condition. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-007 अहं तव ह्यन्तकरः सुहृद्वधकरस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 09-001-010 सोऽहं तव ह्यन्तकरः सुहृद्वधकरस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: But I, who am the cause of your death as well as of that of our friends, am denied all peace of mind by seeing you on the naked earth in this miserable plight. |
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MN DUTT: 09-001-011 दुर्योधनो हि समरे सहसैन्यः सहानुजः |
M. N. Dutt: The wicked Duryodhana, the most infamous of his family has, with all his soldiers and his brothers, died in battle, performing Kshatriya duties. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-001-012 न स पश्यति दुष्टात्मा त्वामद्य पतितं क्षितौ |
M. N. Dutt: That wicked man does not see you lying on the ground! Verily, for this reason, I would prefer death to life. |
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MN DUTT: 09-001-013 अहं हि समरे वीर गमितः शत्रुभिः क्षयम् |
M. N. Dutt: O hero, who never forsook virtue, had I with my brothers met with death before this at the hands of our enemies on the battlefield, I would not have seen you in this pitiful condition, so pierced with arrows! Surely, O prince, the Maker had created us to commit evil deeds. |
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MN DUTT: 09-001-014 अन्यस्मिन्नपि लोके वै यथा मुच्येम किल्बिषात् |
M. N. Dutt: O king, if you wish to do me good, do you then instruct me in such a way that I may be purged of this sin in even another world. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-008 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-015 भीष्म उवाच परतन्त्रं कथं हेतुमात्मानमनुपश्यसि |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Why, O fortunate one, do you regard your soul, which is dependent, to be the cause of your deeds? Its inaction is subtle and imperceptible to the senses. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-009 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-016 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it is cited the old story of the conversation between Mrityu and Gautami with Kala and the Fowler and the serpent. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-010 गौतमी नाम कौन्तेय स्थविरा शमसंयुता |
MN DUTT: 09-001-017 गौतमी नाम कौन्तेय स्थविरा शमसंयुता |
M. N. Dutt: There was, O son of Kunti, an old lady named Gautami, who was endued with great patience and peace of mind. One day she found her son dead on account of having been bitten by a serpent. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-011 अथ तं स्नायुपाशेन बद्ध्वा सर्पममर्षितः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-018 अथ तं स्नायुपाशेन बद्ध्वा सर्पममर्षितः |
M. N. Dutt: An angry fowler, named Arjunaka, bound the serpent with a string and brought it before Gautami. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-012 तां चाब्रवीदयं ते स पुत्रहा पन्नगाधमः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-019 स चाब्रवीदयं ते स पुत्रहा पन्नगाधमः |
M. N. Dutt: He then said to her. This wretched serpent has been the cause of your son's death. O blessed lady! Tell me quickly how this wretch is to be killed! |
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BORI CE: 13-001-013 अग्नौ प्रक्षिप्यतामेष च्छिद्यतां खण्डशोऽपि वा |
MN DUTT: 09-001-020 अग्नौ प्रक्षिप्यतामेष च्छिद्यतां खण्डशोऽपि वा |
M. N. Dutt: Shall I throw it into the fire or shall I cut it into pieces? This infamous killer of a child should not live longer! |
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BORI CE: 13-001-014 गौतम्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-021 गौतम्युवाच विसृजैनमबुद्धिस्त्वमवध्योऽर्जुनक त्वया |
M. N. Dutt: Gautami replied Do you, O Arjunaka of little understanding, set free this serpent! It should not be killed by you. Who is so foolish as not to care for the inevitable destiny that awaits him and make himself heavy for sinking into sin? |
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BORI CE: 13-001-015 प्लवन्ते धर्मलघवो लोकेऽम्भसि यथा प्लवाः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-022 प्लवन्ते धर्मलघवो लोकऽम्भसि यथा प्लवाः |
M. N. Dutt: Those who have made themselves light by performing virtuous deeds, manage to cross the sea of the world as a ship crosses the ocean. But those who have loaded themselves with sin sink into the bottom, as an arrow thrown into the water. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-016 न चामृत्युर्भविता वै हतेऽस्मि;न्को वात्ययः स्यादहतेऽस्मिञ्जनस्य |
MN DUTT: 09-001-023 हत्वा चैनं नामृत: स्यादयं मे जीवत्यस्मिन् कोऽत्ययः स्यादयं ते |
M. N. Dutt: By killing this serpent, this my boy will not revive, and by letting it live, no harm will be caused to you. Who would go to the endless regions of Death by killing this living creature? |
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BORI CE: 13-001-017 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-024 लुब्धक उवाच जानाम्यहं देवि गुणागुणज्ञे सर्वार्तियुक्ता गुरवो भवन्ति |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said I know, O lady, who know the difference between, right and wrong that great persons are pained at the miseries of all creatures. But these words which you have uttered carry instruction for only a selfcontained person. Therefore, I must kill this serpent. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-018 समीप्सन्तः कालयोगं त्यजन्ति; सद्यः शुचं त्वर्थविदस्त्यजन्ति |
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: 13-001-019 गौतम्युवाच |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-001-025 शमार्थिनः कालगतिं वदन्ति सद्यः शुचं त्वर्थविदस्त्यजन्ति |
M. N. Dutt: Those who value peace of mind, attribute everything to the course of Time as the cause, but practical men soon pacify their grief. People, through perpetual error, fear loss of beatitude. Therefore, O lady, remove your grief by having this serpent killed (by me). |
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MN DUTT: 09-001-026 गौतम्युवाच आतिनैवं विद्यतेऽस्मद्विधानां धर्मात्मानः सर्वदा सज्जना हि |
M. N. Dutt: Gautami replied People like us are never pained. Good men have their souls always bent on virtue. The death of the boy was predestined: therefore, I cannot approve of the destruction of this serpent. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-020 न ब्राह्मणानां कोपोऽस्ति कुतः कोपाच्च यातना |
MN DUTT: 09-001-027 न ब्राह्मणानां कोपोऽस्ति कुतः कोपाच्च यातनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Brahmanas do not cherish resentment, because resentment leads to pain. Do you, O Goodman, forgive and set free this serpent out of mercy. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-021 लुब्धक उवाच |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 09-001-028 लुब्धक उवाच ल्लभ्यो लाभ्यः स्याद् बलिभ्यः प्रशस्तः |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler replied Let us acquire great and inexhaustible merit in the next worlds by destroying (this creature), as a man gains great merit, and confers it on his victim as well, by sacrifice upon the altar! Merit is won by killing an enemy: by killing this despicable creature, you will acquire great and true merit in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-022 गौतम्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-029 गौतम्युवाच का नु प्राप्तिर्गृह्य शत्रु निहत्य का कामाप्तिः प्राप्य शत्रु न मुक्त्वा |
M. N. Dutt: Gautami replied What good is there in torturing and destroying an enemy, and what good is acquired by not setting free an enemy in our power? Therefore. O you of kind face, why should we not forgive this serpent and try to acquire merit by setting it free. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-023 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-030 लुब्धक उवाच अस्मादेकाद् बहवो रक्षितव्या नैको बहुभ्यो गौतमि रक्षितव्यः |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler replied A great number (of creatures)should be safeguarded against this one, instead of this single creature being protected. Virtuous men quit the vicious: do you, therefore, destroy the wicked creature. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-024 गौतम्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-031 गौतम्युवाच नास्मिन् हते पन्नगे पुत्रको मे सम्प्राप्स्यते लुब्धक जीवितं वै |
M. N. Dutt: Gautami replied By killing this serpent, my son, O fowler, will not regain his life, nor do I see that any other end will be attained by its death: therefore, do you, O fowler, set this living serpent free. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-025 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-032 लुब्धक उवाच वृत्रं हत्वा देवराट् श्रेष्ठभाग वै यज्ञं हुत्वा भागमवाप चैव |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said By destroying Vritra, Indra got the best portion (of sacrificial offerings), and by destroying a sacrifice Mahadeva secured his share of sacrificial offerings: do you, therefore, kill this serpent forthwith without any misgivings whatsoever. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-026 भीष्म उवाच BORI CE: 13-001-027 ईषदुच्छ्वसमानस्तु कृच्छ्रात्संस्तभ्य पन्नगः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-033 भीष्म उवाच असकृत् प्रोच्यमानापि गौतमी भुजगं प्रति |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Although repeatedly urged on by the fowler for the destruction of the serpent, the great Gautami did nor bend her mind to that sinful deed. Painfully fettered with the cord, sighing a little and keeping up its composure with great difficulty, the serpent then uttered these words slowly, in a human voice. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-028 को न्वर्जुनक दोषोऽत्र विद्यते मम बालिश |
MN DUTT: 09-001-034 सर्प उवाच कोन्वर्जुनक दोषोऽत्र विद्यते मम बालिश |
M. N. Dutt: The serpent said O foolish Arjunaka, what is my fanlt? I have no will of my own, and am not independent! Death sent me on this work. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-029 तस्यायं वचनाद्दष्टो न कोपेन न काम्यया |
MN DUTT: 09-001-035 तस्यायं वचनाद् दष्टो न कोपेन न काम्यया |
M. N. Dutt: By his order have I bitten this child, and not out of any anger or option an my part. Therefore, if there be any sin in this, O fowler, the sin is his. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-030 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-036 लुब्धक उवाच यद्यन्यवशगेनेदं कृतं ते पन्नगाशुभम् |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said If you have committed this evil, urged thereto by another, the sin is your also as you are an instrument in the act. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-031 मृत्पात्रस्य क्रियायां हि दण्डचक्रादयो यथा |
MN DUTT: 09-001-037 मृत्पात्रस्य क्रियायां हि दण्डचक्रादयो यथा |
M. N. Dutt: As in the making of an earthen pot the potter's wheel and rod and other things are all considered as causes, so are you, O serpent. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-032 किल्बिषी चापि मे वध्यः किल्बिषी चासि पन्नग BORI CE: 13-001-033 सर्प उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-038 सर्प उवाच किल्विषी चापि मे वध्यः किल्बिषी चासि पन्नग |
M. N. Dutt: The serpent said He who is guilty should be killed by me, You, O serpent, are guilty! Indeed you confess it. As all these, vis., the porter's wheel, rod, and other things, are not independent causes, so I am not an independent cause! Therefore, this is no fault of mine, you should admit it. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-034 अथ वा मतमेतत्ते तेऽप्यन्योन्यप्रयोजकाः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-039 अथवा मतमेतत्ते तेऽप्यन्योन्यप्रयोजकाः |
M. N. Dutt: If you hold otherwise, then these are to be considered as causes working with one another. For thus working with one other, a doubt springs up about their relation as cause and effect. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-035 एवं सति न दोषो मे नास्मि वध्यो न किल्बिषी |
MN DUTT: 09-001-040 एवं सति न दोषो मे नास्मि वध्यो न किल्बिषी |
M. N. Dutt: Such being the case, it is no fault of mine, nor should I be killed on this account, nor am I guilty of any sin! Or, if you think that there is sin, the sin lies in the aggregate of causes. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-036 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-041 लुब्धक उवाच कारणं यदि न स्याद् वै न कर्ता स्यास्त्वमप्युत |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said If you are neither the principal cause nor the agent in this matter: you are still the cause of the death. Therefore, I think you should be killed. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-037 असत्यपि कृते कार्ये नेह पन्नग लिप्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-001-042 असत्यपि कृते कार्यं नेह पन्नग लिप्यते |
M. N. Dutt: If, O serpent, you think that when an evil deed is done the doer is not implicated therein, then there can be no cause in this matter: but having done this, you should surely be killed. What more do you think? |
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BORI CE: 13-001-038 सर्प उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-043 सर्प उवाच कार्याभावे क्रिया न स्यात् सत्यसत्यपि कारणे |
M. N. Dutt: The serpent said Whether any prime cause exists or not, no effect is done without an (intermediate) act. Therefore, causation being of no importance in either case, my act as the cause should be considered in full. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-039 यद्यहं कारणत्वेन मतो लुब्धक तत्त्वतः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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MN DUTT: 09-001-044 अन्यः प्रयोगे स्यादत्र किल्बिषी जन्तुनाशने |
M. N. Dutt: If, O fowler, you consider me truly, to be the cause then the sin of this act of killing a living being rests on the shoulders of another who led me to do this. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-040 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-045 लुब्धक उवाच वध्यस्त्वं मम दुर्बुद्धे बालघाती नृशंसकृत् |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said You don't deserve life, O foolish one, why do you then exchange so many words, O wretched serpent? You should be killed by me. You have done a heinous crime by killing this infant. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-041 सर्प उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-046 सर्प उवाच यथा हवींषि जुह्वाना मखे वै लुब्धकर्विजः |
M. N. Dutt: The serpent said O fowler, as the priests officiating at a sacrifice do not gain the merit of the act by offering oblations of clarified butter to the fire, so should I be considered in this matter. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-042 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-047 भीष्म उवाच तथा ब्रुवति तस्मिंस्तु पन्नगे मृत्युचोदिते |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma continued The serpent directed by Death having said this, Death himself appeared there and addressing the serpent said: |
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BORI CE: 13-001-043 कालेनाहं प्रणुदितः पन्नग त्वामचूचुदम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-048 मृत्युरुवाच प्रचोदितोऽहं कालेन पन्नग त्वामचूचुदम् |
M. N. Dutt: Mrityu said Guided by Kala, I, O serpent, sent you on this mission, and neither are you nor am I the cause of this child's death. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-044 यथा वायुर्जलधरान्विकर्षति ततस्ततः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-049 यथा वायुर्जलधरान् विकर्षति ततस्ततः |
M. N. Dutt: As the clouds are driven hither and thither by the wind I, am, O serpent, moved by Kala. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-045 सात्त्विका राजसाश्चैव तामसा ये च केचन |
MN DUTT: 09-001-050 सात्त्विका राजसाश्चैव तामसा ये च केचन |
M. N. Dutt: All influences of Sattwa, or Rajas, or Tamas, originate from Kala as they work in all creatures. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-046 जङ्गमाः स्थावराश्चैव दिवि वा यदि वा भुवि |
MN DUTT: 09-001-051 जङ्गमाः स्थावराश्चैव दिवि वा यदि वा भुवि |
M. N. Dutt: All creatures, mobile and immobile, in heaven, or earth, are pervaded by the influence of Kala. The whole universe, O serpent, is permeated by this same influence of Kala. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-047 प्रवृत्तयश्च या लोके तथैव च निवृत्तयः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-052 प्रवृत्तयश्च लोकेऽस्मिंस्तथैव च निवृत्तयः |
M. N. Dutt: All acts in this world and all abstentions, as also all their changes, are owing to be influenced by Kala. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-048 आदित्यश्चन्द्रमा विष्णुरापो वायुः शतक्रतुः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-053 आदित्यश्चन्द्रमा विष्णुरापो वायुः शतक्रतुः |
M. N. Dutt: The Sun, Soma, Vishnu, Water, Wind, the god of a hundred sacrifices, Fire, Sky, Earth, Mitra and Parjanaya, Aditi, and the Vasus, Rivers and Oceans, all existent and nonexistent objects, are created and destroyed by Kala. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-049 सरितः सागराश्चैव भावाभावौ च पन्नग BORI CE: 13-001-050 एवं ज्ञात्वा कथं मां त्वं सदोषं सर्प मन्यसे |
MN DUTT: 09-001-054 सरितः सागराचैव भावाभावौ च पन्नग |
M. N. Dutt: Knowing this, why do you, O serpent, consider me blameable? If I am to be blamed for this, you are also blameable. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-051 सर्प उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-055 सर्प उवाच निर्दोषं दोषवन्तं वा न त्वां मृत्यो ब्रवीम्यहम् |
M. N. Dutt: The serpent said I do not, O Mrityu, blame you, nor do I set you free from all blame. I only say that I am directed and influenced by you. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-052 यदि काले तु दोषोऽस्ति यदि तत्रापि नेष्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-001-056 यदि काले तु दोषोऽस्ति यदि तत्रापि नेष्यते |
M. N. Dutt: If Kala is to be blamed, or, it is not for me to find the fault. We have nor right to do so. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-053 निर्मोक्षस्त्वस्य दोषस्य मया कार्यो यथा तथा |
MN DUTT: 09-001-057 निर्मोक्षस्त्वस्य दोषस्य मया कार्या यथा तथा |
M. N. Dutt: As it is my duty to absolve myself from this blame, so it is my duty to see that Mrityu is not blamed. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-054 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-058 भीष्म उवाच सर्पोऽथार्जुनकं प्राह श्रुतं ते मृत्युभाषितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma continued Then the serpent, addressing Arjunaka said, 'You have heard what Mrityu has said. Therefore, it is not proper for you to torment me, who am innocent, by fettering me with this rope |
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BORI CE: 13-001-055 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-059 लुब्धक उवाच मृत्योः श्रुतं मे वचनं तव चैव भुजङ्गम |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said I have heard, you, O serpent, as well as the words of Mrityu, but these, O serpent, do not set you free from all blame. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-056 मृत्युस्त्वं चैव हेतुर्हि जन्तोरस्य विनाशने |
MN DUTT: 09-001-060 मृत्युस्त्वं चैव हेतुर्हि बालस्यास्य विनाशने |
M. N. Dutt: Mrityu and you are the causes of this child's death. I regard both of you to be the cause and I do not call that to be the cause which is not truly so. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-057 धिङ्मृत्युं च दुरात्मानं क्रूरं दुःखकरं सताम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-061 धिमृत्युं च दुरात्मानं क्रूरं दुःखकरं सताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Accursed be the wicked and vengeful Death that causes misery to the good! I shall also kill you who are sinful and engaged in sinful deeds. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-058 मृत्युरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-062 मृत्युरुवाच विवशौ कालवशगावावां निर्दिष्टकारिणौ |
M. N. Dutt: Mrityu said We both are not free, but are dependent on Kala, and are ordained to do our appointed work. You will not blame us if you do consider this matter thoroughly. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-059 लुब्धक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-063 लुब्धक उवाच युवामुभौ कालवशौ यदि मे मृत्युपन्नगौ |
M. N. Dutt: The fowler said If you both, O serpent and Mrityu, depend on Kala. I am curious to know how pleasure and anger are caused. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-060 मृत्युरुवाच BORI CE: 13-001-061 तस्मादुभौ कालवशावावां तद्दिष्टकारिणौ |
MN DUTT: 09-001-064 मृत्युरुवाच या काचिदेव चेष्टा स्यात् सर्वा कालप्रचोदिता |
M. N. Dutt: Mrityu said Everything is done under the influence of Kala. I have said it before, O fowler, that Kala is the cause of all and therefore we both, acting under the influence of Kala, do our appointed work and, therefore, O fowler, we two should not be blamed by you. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-062 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-065 भीष्म उवाच अथोपगम्य कालस्तु तस्मिन् धर्मार्थसंशये |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Then Kala arrived there where ethics were being discussed, and spoke thus to the serpent and Mrityu and the fowler Arjunaka assembled together. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-063 काल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-066 काल उवाच न ह्यहं नाप्ययं मृत्यु यं लुब्धक पन्नगः |
M. N. Dutt: Kala said Neither Mrityu, nor this serpent, nor I, O fowler, am guilty of the death of any creature. We are merely the immediate causes of the event. O Arjunaka, the Karma of this child was the exciting cause of our action in this matter. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-064 अकरोद्यदयं कर्म तन्नोऽर्जुनक चोदकम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-067 अकरोद् यदयं कर्म तन्नोऽर्जुनक चोदकम् |
M. N. Dutt: There was no other cause by which this child met its death. It was killed by the result of its own Karma. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-065 यदनेन कृतं कर्म तेनायं निधनं गतः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-068 यदनेन कृतं कर्म तेनायं निधनं गतः |
M. N. Dutt: It has met 'with death as the result of its pristine Karma. Its Karma has been the root of its destruction. We all are subject to our respective Karma. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-066 कर्मदायादवाँल्लोकः कर्मसंबन्धलक्षणः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-069 कर्मदायादवाँल्लोकः कर्मसम्बन्धलक्षणः |
M. N. Dutt: Karma is a help to salvation as sons are and Karma also expresses virtue and vice in man. We impell one another even acts urge one another. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-067 यथा मृत्पिण्डतः कर्ता कुरुते यद्यदिच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-001-070 यथा मृत्पिण्डतः कर्ता कुरुते यद् यदिच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: As men make from a lump of clay whatever they wish to make, so do men come by various results out of Karma. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-068 यथा छायातपौ नित्यं सुसंबद्धौ निरन्तरम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-071 यथाच्छायातयौ नित्यं सुसम्बद्धौ निरन्तरम् |
M. N. Dutt: As light and shadow are connected with each other, so are men related to Karma through their own deeds. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-069 एवं नाहं न वै मृत्युर्न सर्पो न तथा भवान् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-072 एवं नाहं न वै मृत्यु सर्पो न तथा भवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, neither are you, nor am I, nor Mrityu, nor the serpent, nor this old Brahmana lady, is the cause of this child's death. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-070 तस्मिंस्तथा ब्रुवाणे तु ब्राह्मणी गौतमी नृप |
MN DUTT: 09-001-073 तस्मिंस्तथा ब्रुवाणे तु ब्राह्मणी गौतमी नृप |
M. N. Dutt: He himself is the cause here. Upon Kala, O king, explaining the matter thus, Gautami, convinced in her mind that men suffer according to their actions, spoke thus to Arjunaka. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-071 नैव कालो न भुजगो न मृत्युरिह कारणम् |
MN DUTT: 09-001-074 गौतमी उवाच नैव कालो न भुजगो न मृत्युरिह कारणम् |
M. N. Dutt: Gautami said Neither Kala, nor Mrityu, nor the serpent, is the cause here. This child has met with death as the result of its own Karma, |
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BORI CE: 13-001-072 मया च तत्कृतं कर्म येनायं मे मृतः सुतः |
MN DUTT: 09-001-075 मया च तत् कृतं कर्म येनायं मे मृतः सुतः |
M. N. Dutt: I too have so acted that my son has died. Let now Kala and Mrityu retire from there, and do you too, O Arjunaka, set this serpent free. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-073 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-076 भीष्म उवाच ततो यथागतं जग्मुर्मृत्युः कालोऽथ पन्नगः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma continued Then Kala and Mrityu and the serpent returned to their respective places, and Gautami became consoled in mind as also the fowler. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-074 एतच्छ्रुत्वा शमं गच्छ मा भूश्चिन्तापरो नृप |
MN DUTT: 09-001-077 एतच्छुत्वा शमं गच्छ मा भूः शोकपरो नृप |
M. N. Dutt: Having heard all this, O king, do you forego all grief, and acquire peace of mind! Men attain to heaven or hell as the result of their own Karma. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-075 न तु त्वया कृतं पार्थ नापि दुर्योधनेन वै |
MN DUTT: 09-001-078 नैव त्वया कृतं कर्म नापि दुर्योधनेन वै |
M. N. Dutt: This evil has neither been of your own creation, nor of Duryodhana's! That these king's of Earth have all been killed, is the work of Kala. |
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BORI CE: 13-001-076 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-001-079 वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्येतद् वचनं श्रुत्वा बभूव विगतज्वरः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Having heard all this, the powerful and pious Yudhishthira became consoled in mind, and again enquired as follows. |
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