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Book 13 – Chapter 006
BORI CE: 13-006-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-006-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Of Exertion and Destiny, tell me O learned sire who are versed in all the scriptures, which is the more potent? |
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BORI CE: 13-006-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-006-002 भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said This ancient story of the conversation of Vasishtha and Brahman. O Yudhishthira, explain this matter. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-003 दैवमानुषयोः किं स्वित्कर्मणोः श्रेष्ठमित्युत |
MN DUTT: 09-006-003 दैवमानुषयोः किंस्वित् कर्मणोः श्रेष्ठमित्युत |
M. N. Dutt: In days of yore the worshipful Vasishta enquired of Brahman as to which among these two, viz., the Karma of a creature acquired in this life, or that acquired in pristine lives (and called Destiny), is the more powerful in shaping his life. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-004 ततः पद्मोद्भवो राजन्देवदेवः पितामहः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-004 ततः पद्मोद्भवो राजन् देवदेवः पितामहः |
M. N. Dutt: Then, O king, the great god Brahman, who had originated from the primeval lotus. answered him in these sweet and wellreasoned pregnant words. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-005 नाबीजं जायते किंचिन्न बीजेन विना फलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-005 ब्रह्मोवाच नाबीजं जायते किंचिन्न बीजेन विना फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Brahmana said Nothing springs into existence without seed. Without seed, fruits do not grow. From seeds originate other seeds. Hence are fruits known to be sprung from seeds. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-006 यादृशं वपते बीजं क्षेत्रमासाद्य कर्षकः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-006 यादृशं वपते बीजं क्षेत्रमासाद्य कर्षकः |
M. N. Dutt: According to the good or bad seed that the husbandman sows in his field, he reaps good or bad fruits. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-007 यथा बीजं विना क्षेत्रमुप्तं भवति निष्फलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-007 यथा बीजं विना क्षेत्रमुप्तं भवति निष्फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: As, unsown with seed, the soil, through tilled, becomes fruitless, so, without personal Exertion, Destiny is of no use. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-008 क्षेत्रं पुरुषकारस्तु दैवं बीजमुदाहृतम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-008 क्षेत्रं पुरुषकारस्तु दैवं बीजमुदाहृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: One's own deeds are like the soil, and Destiny is compared to the seed. The harvest grows from the union of the soil and seed. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-009 कर्मणः फलनिर्वृत्तिं स्वयमश्नाति कारकः BORI CE: 13-006-010 शुभेन कर्मणा सौख्यं दुःखं पापेन कर्मणा |
MN DUTT: 09-006-009 कर्मणः फलनिर्वृत्तिं स्वयमश्नाति कारकः |
M. N. Dutt: It is seen every day in the world that the doer reaps the fruit of his good and evil acts; that happiness results from goods deeds, and pain is the outcome of evil ones; that acts, when done, always fructify; and that, if not done, no fruit arises. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-011 कृती सर्वत्र लभते प्रतिष्ठां भाग्यविक्षतः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-010 कृती सर्वत्र लभते प्रतिष्ठां भाग्यसंयुताम् |
M. N. Dutt: A man of (good) act gains merits with good fortune, while and idler loses his estate, and reaps evil like the infusion of alkaline matter injected into a wound. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-012 तपसा रूपसौभाग्यं रत्नानि विविधानि च |
MN DUTT: 09-006-011 तपसा रूपसौभाग्यं रत्नानि विविधानि च |
M. N. Dutt: By firm application, one acquires beauty, fortune, and all sorts of riches. Everything can be obtained by Exertion: but nothing can be gained through Destiny only, by a man who lacks personal Exertion. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-013 तथा स्वर्गश्च भोगश्च निष्ठा या च मनीषिता |
MN DUTT: 09-006-012 तथा स्वर्गश्च भोगश्च निष्ठा या च मनीषिता |
M. N. Dutt: One attains to heaven, and all the object of enjoyment, as also the fulfilment of his heart's desires, by wellapplied personal Exertion. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-014 ज्योतींषि त्रिदशा नागा यक्षाश्चन्द्रार्कमारुताः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-013 ज्योतींषि त्रिदशा नागा यक्षाश्चन्द्राकमारुताः |
M. N. Dutt: All the luminaries in the sky, all the gods, the Nagas, and the Rakshasas, as also the Sun and the Moon and the Winds, have acquired their high status by evolution from man's status, by dint of their own action. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-015 अर्थो वा मित्रवर्गो वा ऐश्वर्यं वा कुलान्वितम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-014 अर्थो वा मित्रवर्गा वा ऐश्वर्यं वा कुलान्वितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Riches, friends, prosperity coming down from generatica to generation, as also the sweets of life, are difficult of attainment by those who want Exertion. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-016 शौचेन लभते विप्रः क्षत्रियो विक्रमेण च |
MN DUTT: 09-006-015 शौचेन लभते विप्रः क्षत्रियो विक्रमेण तु |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana acquires prosperity by holy living, the Kshatriya by prowess, the Vaishya by manly exertion, and the Shudra by service. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-017 नादातारं भजन्त्यर्था न क्लीबं नापि निष्क्रियम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-016 नादातारं भजन्त्यर्था न क्लीबं नापि निष्क्रियम् |
M. N. Dutt: The stingy, the impotent, or the idler do not acquire riches and other objects of enjoyment. Nor are these ever acquired by the man who is not active or inanly or devoted to the exercise of religious austerities. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-018 येन लोकास्त्रयः सृष्टा दैत्याः सर्वाश्च देवताः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-017 येन लोकास्त्रयः सृष्टा दैत्याः सर्वाश्च देवताः |
M. N. Dutt: Even he, the worshipful Vishnu, who created the three worlds with the Daityas and all the gods, even He is engaged in austere penances in the heart of the deep. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-019 स्वं चेत्कर्मफलं न स्यात्सर्वमेवाफलं भवेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-018 स्वं चेत् कर्मफलं न स्यात् सर्वमेवाफलं भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: If one's Karma bore no fruit, then all actions would become fruitless and depending on desting men should become idlers. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-020 अकृत्वा मानुषं कर्म यो दैवमनुवर्तते |
MN DUTT: 09-006-019 अकृत्वा मानुषं कर्म यो दैवमनुवर्तते |
M. N. Dutt: He who, without following the human modes of action follows Destiny only, acts in vain, like the woman who has an impotent husband. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-021 न तथा मानुषे लोके भयमस्ति शुभाशुभे |
MN DUTT: 09-006-020 न तथा मानुषे लोके भयमस्ति शुभाशुभे |
M. N. Dutt: The apprehension of good or evil in this world is not Destiny be unfavourable as his apprehension of the same in the other world if Exertion be wanting while here. SO great if |
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BORI CE: 13-006-022 कृतः पुरुषकारस्तु दैवमेवानुवर्तते |
MN DUTT: 09-006-021 कृतः पुरुषकारस्तु दैवमेवानुवर्तते |
M. N. Dutt: Man's powers, if properly applied only follow his Destiny, but Destiny alone cannot produce any good where Exertion is wanting. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-023 यदा स्थानान्यनित्यानि दृश्यन्ते दैवतेष्वपि |
MN DUTT: 09-006-022 यथा स्थानान्यनित्यानि दृश्यन्ते दैवतेष्वपि |
M. N. Dutt: When it is seen that even in the celestial regions, the position of the gods themselves is unstable, how would the gods maintain their own position or that of other of others without proper Karma. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-024 न दैवतानि लोकेऽस्मिन्व्यापारं यान्ति कस्यचित् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-023 न दैवतानि लोकेऽस्मिन् व्यापार यान्ति कस्यचित् |
M. N. Dutt: The gods do not always approve of the good actions of others in this world, for, fearing their own defeat, they try to thwart the acts of others. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-025 ऋषीणां देवतानां च सदा भवति विग्रहः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-024 ऋषीणां देवतानां च सदा भवति विग्रहः |
M. N. Dutt: There is a constant rivalry between the gods and the Rishis, and if they all have to go through their Karma, still it can never be said that there is no such thing as Destiny, for it is the latter that introduces all Karma. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-026 कथं चास्य समुत्पत्तिर्यथा दैवं प्रवर्तते |
MN DUTT: 09-006-025 कथं तस्य समुत्पत्तिर्यतो दैवं प्रवर्तते |
M. N. Dutt: How does Karma originate, if Destiny is the principal motive power of human action? By this means, many virtues are accumulated in the celesiial regions. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-027 आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-026 आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: One's own self is his friend and his enemy too, as also the witness of one's good and evil deeds. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-028 कृतं च विकृतं किंचित्कृते कर्मणि सिध्यति |
MN DUTT: 09-006-027 कृतं चाप्यकृतं किंचित् कृते कर्मणि सिद्ध्यति |
M. N. Dutt: Good and evil appear through Karma. Good and evil acts do not produce sufficient results. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-029 देवानां शरणं पुण्यं सर्वं पुण्यैरवाप्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-006-028 देवानां शरणं पुण्यं सर्वं पुण्यैरवाप्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Virtue is the refuge of the gods, and by virtue everything is acquired. Destiny thwarts not the man who has acquired virtue and righteousness. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-030 पुरा ययातिर्विभ्रष्टश्च्यावितः पतितः क्षितौ |
MN DUTT: 09-006-029 पुरा ययातिर्विभ्रष्टश्च्यावितः पतितः क्षितौ |
M. N. Dutt: In days of yore, Yayati, falling from his high position in heaven, descended on the Earth but was again restored to the celestial regions by the good deeds of his pious grandsons. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-031 पुरूरवाश्च राजर्षिर्द्विजैरभिहितः पुरा |
MN DUTT: 09-006-030 पुरूरवाश्च राजर्षिर्द्विजैरभिहितः पुरा |
M. N. Dutt: The royal sage Pururavas, well known as the descendant of lla, attained to heaven through the intercession of the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-032 अश्वमेधादिभिर्यज्ञैः सत्कृतः कोसलाधिपः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-031 अश्वमेधादिभिर्यज्ञैः सत्कृत: कोसलाधिपः |
M. N. Dutt: Saudasa, the king of Koshala, though dignified by the performance of Ashvamedha and other sacrifices, came by the status of a maneating Rakshasa, through the course of a great Rishi. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-033 अश्वत्थामा च रामश्च मुनिपुत्रौ धनुर्धरौ |
MN DUTT: 09-006-032 अश्वत्थामा च रामश्च मुनिपुत्रौ धनुर्धरौ |
M. N. Dutt: Ashvatthaman and Rama, though both warriors and Sons of Ascetics, failed to acquired heaven by virtue of their own actions in this world. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-034 वसुर्यज्ञशतैरिष्ट्वा द्वितीय इव वासवः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-033 वसुर्यज्ञशतैरिष्ट्वा द्वितीय इव वासवः |
M. N. Dutt: Vasu, though he celebrated a hundred sacrifices, like a second Vasava, was sent to the nethermost regions, for making a single false statement. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-035 बलिर्वैरोचनिर्बद्धो धर्मपाशेन दैवतैः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-034 बलिवैरोचनिर्बद्धो धर्मपाशेन दैवतैः |
M. N. Dutt: Bali, the son of Virochana, virtuous bound by his promise, was sent to the regions under the Earth, by the prowess of Vishnu. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-036 शक्रस्योदस्य चरणं प्रस्थितो जनमेजयः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-035 शक्रस्योद्रम्य चरणं प्रस्थितो जनमेजयः |
M. N. Dutt: Was not Janamejaya, who followed the footprints of Shakra, for slaying a Brahmana woman, checked and put down by the gods?. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-037 अज्ञानाद्ब्राह्मणं हत्वा स्पृष्टो बालवधेन च |
MN DUTT: 09-006-036 अज्ञानाद् ब्राह्यणं हत्वा स्पृष्टो बालवधेन च |
M. N. Dutt: Was not the twiceborn Rishi Vaishampayana too, who killed a Brahmana in ignorance, and was polluted by the slaughter of a child, put down by the gods? |
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BORI CE: 13-006-038 गोप्रदानेन मिथ्या च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो महामखे |
MN DUTT: 09-006-037 गोप्रदानेन मिथ्या च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो महामखे |
M. N. Dutt: In days of yore the royal sage Nriga became changed into a lizard. He had made gifts of kine into the Brahmanas at his great sacrifice, but this did not help him. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-039 धुन्धुमारश्च राजर्षिः सत्रेष्वेव जरां गतः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-038 धुन्धुमारश्च राजर्षिः सत्रेष्वेव जरां गतः |
M. N. Dutt: The royal sage Dhundhumara was possessed by decrepitude even while engaged in celebrating his sacrifices, and foregoing all the merits thereof the merits thereof he fell asleep at Girivraja. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-040 पाण्डवानां हृतं राज्यं धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महाबलैः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-039 पाण्डवानां हृतं राज्यं धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महाबलैः |
M. N. Dutt: The Pandavas too regained their lost kingdom, of which they had been deprived by the powerful sons of Dhritarashtra, not through the influence of the Fates, but by recourse of their own heroism. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-041 तपोनियमसंयुक्ता मुनयः संशितव्रताः |
MN DUTT: 09-006-040 तपोनियमसंयुक्ता मुनयः संशितव्रताः |
M. N. Dutt: Do the ascetics of rigid vows, and given to the practice of austere penances, denounce their curses by the help of any supernatural power or only in the exercise of their own power attained by individual acts? |
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BORI CE: 13-006-042 पापमुत्सृजते लोके सर्वं प्राप्य सुदुर्लभम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-041 पापमुत्सृजते लोके सर्वं प्राप्य सुदुर्लभम् |
M. N. Dutt: If possessed by the wicked, all the good which is gained with difficulty in this world, is soon lost to them. Destiny does not help the man that is full of spiritual ignorance and avarice. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-043 यथाग्निः पवनोद्धूतः सूक्ष्मोऽपि भवते महान् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-042 यथाग्निः पवनोद्भूतः सुसूक्ष्मोऽपि महान् भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Even as small fire, when fanned by the wind, becomes highly powerful, so does Destiny, when helped by individual Exertion, becomes greatly potent. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-044 यथा तैलक्षयाद्दीपः प्रम्लानिमुपगच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-006-043 यथा तैलक्षयाद् दीपः प्रह्रासमुपगच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: As by the diminution of oil in the lamp its light is put out, so does the influence of Destiny, by the abatement of one's acts. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-045 विपुलमपि धनौघं प्राप्य भोगान्स्त्रियो वा; पुरुष इह न शक्तः कर्महीनोऽपि भोक्तुम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-044 विपुलमपि धनौघं प्राप्य भोगान् स्त्रियो वा पुरुष इह न शक्तः कर्महीनो हि भोक्तम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having obtained riches, and woman and all the enjoyments of this world, the, man who is not hardworking is unable to enjoy them long, but the great man, diligent in Exertion, can find riches buried deep in the Earth and watched over by the Fates. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-046 भवति मनुजलोकाद्देवलोको विशिष्टो; बहुतरसुसमृद्ध्या मानुषाणां गृहाणि |
MN DUTT: 09-006-045 व्ययगुणमपि साधुं कर्मणा संश्रयन्ते भवति मनुजलोकाद् देवलोको विशिष्टः |
M. N. Dutt: The good man who is prodigal is sought by the gods for his good conduct, the celestial world being better than the world of men, but the house of miser though full of riches is looked upon by the gods as the house of the dead. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-047 व्यपनयति विमार्गं नास्ति दैवे प्रभुत्वं; गुरुमिव कृतमग्र्यं कर्म संयाति दैवम् |
MN DUTT: 09-006-046 न च फलति विकर्मा जीवलोक न दैवं व्यपनयति विमार्गं नास्ति दैवे प्रभुत्वम् |
M. N. Dutt: The inan who does not cxert himself is never contented in this world, nor can Destiny change the course of a man who has gone wrong. There is no power inherent in Destiny. As the pupil follows the preceptor, so does one's action, guided by Destiny, follows his own personal exertion. Where one's own exertion is displayed, there only Destiny, shows its hand. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-048 एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं मया वै मुनिसत्तम |
MN DUTT: 09-006-047 एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं मया वै मुनिसत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: best of ascetics, I have thus described all the merits of personal Exertion, having always known in their true significance. |
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BORI CE: 13-006-049 अभ्युत्थानेन दैवस्य समारब्धेन कर्मणा |
MN DUTT: 09-006-048 अभ्युत्थानेन दैवस्य समारब्धेन कर्मणा |
M. N. Dutt: By the influence of Destiny, and by showing personal Exertion, do men attain to heaven. The combined help of Destiny and Exertion, becomes fruitful. |
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