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Book 13 – Chapter 008
BORI CE: 13-008-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-008-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच के पूज्या: के नमस्कार्याः कान् नमस्यसि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Who are deserving of adoration? Who are they to whom one may bow? Who are they, O Bharata, to whom you would lower your head? Who, again, are they whom you like? Tell me all this, O prince. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-002 उत्तमापद्गतस्यापि यत्र ते वर्तते मनः |
MN DUTT: 09-008-002 उत्तमापद्रतस्यापि यत्र ते वर्तते मनः |
M. N. Dutt: What is that upon which your mind turn when affliction overwhelms you. Do you describe to me what is beneficial here, that is, in this region of human beings, as also hereafter. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-003 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-008-003 भीष्म उवाच स्पृहयामि द्विजातिभ्यो येषां ब्रह्म परं धनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said I like those twiceborn persons whose highest wealth is Brahma, whose heaven is their knowledge of the soul, and whose penances are formed by their diligent study of the Vedas. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-004 येषां वृद्धाश्च बालाश्च पितृपैतामहीं धुरम् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-004 येषां बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च पितृपैतामहीं धुरम् |
M. N. Dutt: My heart longs for those in whose family persons young and old diligently bear the, ancestral burthens without languishing under them. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-005 विद्यास्वभिविनीतानां दान्तानां मृदुभाषिणाम् BORI CE: 13-008-006 संसत्सु वदतां येषां हंसानामिव संघशः BORI CE: 13-008-007 सम्यगुच्चारिता वाचः श्रूयन्ते हि युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 09-008-005 विद्यास्वभिविनीतानां दान्तानां मृदुभाषिणाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Brahmanas well-trained in several branches of knowledge, self-controlled, mild-speeched, conversant with the scriptures, well-bchaved, possessed of the knowledge of Brahma, and righteous in conduct, discourse in respectable assemblies like flights of swans. They in a voice deep as the muttering of clouds give vent to auspicious, sweet, excellent, and wellpronounced words, O Yudhishthira. In the courts of monarchs, they spoke these words fraught with happiness both temporal and spiritual, themselves being received with honour and attention and served with respect by those kings. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-008 ये चापि तेषां श्रोतारः सदा सदसि संमताः |
MN DUTT: 09-008-006 ये चापि तेषां श्रोतारः सदा सदसि सम्मताः |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, my heart longs after them who endued with knowledge and all desirable attributes, and honoured by others, listen to such words when uttered in assemblies or the courts of kings. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-009 सुसंस्कृतानि प्रयताः शुचीनि गुणवन्ति च |
MN DUTT: 09-008-007 सुसंस्कृतानि प्रयताः शुचीनि गुणवन्ति च |
M. N. Dutt: My heart, O king, always yearns after them who, for the satisfaction of Brahmanas, O Yudhishthira, give to them, with devotion, food that is well-cooked and clean and wholesome. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-008-008 ये चापि सततं राजंस्तेभ्यश्च स्पृहयाम्यहम् |
M. N. Dutt: It is easy to fight in battle, but not so to make a gift without pride or vanity. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-010 शक्यं ह्येवाहवे योद्धुं न दातुमनसूयितम् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-009 शूरा वीराच शतशः सन्ति लोके युधिष्ठिर |
M. N. Dutt: In this world, O Yudhishthira, there are hundreds of brave men and heroes. While counting them, he who is a hero in gifts should be considered as superior. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-011 धन्यः स्यां यद्यहं भूयः सौम्य ब्राह्मणकोऽपि वा |
MN DUTT: 09-008-010 धन्यःस्यां यद्धहं भूयः सौम्य ब्राह्मणकोऽपि वा |
M. N. Dutt: O amiable one, if I had been even a vulgar Brahmana I would have considered myself as very great, not to speak of one born in a good family, gifted with righteousness of conduct, and given to penances and learning. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-012 न मे त्वत्तः प्रियतरो लोकेऽस्मिन्पाण्डुनन्दन |
MN DUTT: 09-008-011 मे त्वत्तः प्रियतरो लोकेऽस्मिन् पाण्डुनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: There is no one, O son of Pandu, in this world, who is dearer to me than you, O chief of Bharats's race, but Brahmans are dearer to me than you. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-013 यथा मम प्रियतरास्त्वत्तो विप्राः कुरूद्वह |
MN DUTT: 09-008-012 यथा मम प्रियतमास्त्वत्तो प्रियाः कुरूत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: And since, O best of the Kurus, the Brahmanas are very much dearer to me than you, it is by that truth that I expect to go to all those regions of happiness which have been gained by my father Shantanu. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-014 न मे पिता प्रियतरो ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तथाभवत् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-013 न मे पिता प्रियतरो ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तथाभवत् |
M. N. Dutt: Neither my father, nor my grandfather, nor any one else connected with me by blood, is dearer to me than the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-015 न हि मे वृजिनं किंचिद्विद्यते ब्राह्मणेष्विह |
MN DUTT: 09-008-014 न हि मे वृजिनं किंचिद् विद्यते ब्राह्मणेष्विह |
M. N. Dutt: I do not expect any fruit, small or great, from my adoration of the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-016 कर्मणा मनसा वापि वाचा वापि परंतप |
MN DUTT: 09-008-015 कर्मणा मनसा वापि वाचा वापि परंतप |
M. N. Dutt: On account of what I have done to the Brahmanas in thought, word, and deed, I do not feel any pain now. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-017 ब्रह्मण्य इति मामाहुस्तया वाचास्मि तोषितः |
MN DUTT: 09-008-016 ब्रह्मण्य इति मामाहस्तया वाचाऽस्मि तोषितः |
M. N. Dutt: People used to call me as one devoted to the Brahmanas. This address always pleased me highly. To do good to the Brahmanas is the most sacred of all sacred duties. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-018 पश्यामि लोकानमलाञ्छुचीन्ब्राह्मणयायिनः |
MN DUTT: 09-008-017 पश्यामि लोकानमलाञ्छुचीन् ब्राह्मणयायिनः |
M. N. Dutt: I see many regions of beatitude waiting for me who have respectfully followed the Brahmanas. Very soon shall I go to these regions for good, O son. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-019 यथा पत्याश्रयो धर्मः स्त्रीणां लोके युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 09-008-018 यथा भर्नाश्रयो धर्मः स्त्रीणां लोके युधिष्ठिर |
M. N. Dutt: In this world, O Yudhishthira, the duties of women depend upon their husbands. To a woman, verily, the husband is the god and he is the highest end for which she should try. As the husband to wife, so are the Brahmanas to Kshatriyas. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-020 क्षत्रियः शतवर्षी च दशवर्षी च ब्राह्मणः |
MN DUTT: 09-008-019 क्षत्रियः शतवर्षी च दशवर्षी द्विजोत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: If there be a Kshatriya hundred years old and a good Brahmana child of only ten years, the latter should be considered as a father and the former as a son, for among the two, the Brahmana is superior. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-021 नारी तु पत्यभावे वै देवरं कुरुते पतिम् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-020 नारी तु पत्यभावे वै देवरं कुरुते पतिम् |
M. N. Dutt: A woman, in the absence of her husband, takes his younger brother for her lord; so the Earth, not having obtained Brahmana, made the Kshatriya her king. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-022 पुत्रवच्च ततो रक्ष्या उपास्या गुरुवच्च ते |
MN DUTT: 09-008-021 पुत्रवच्च ततो रक्ष्या उपास्या गुरुवच्च ते |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmanas should be protected like sons and adored like fathers or preceptors. Indeed, O best of the Kurus, they served reverentially as people wait with respect upon their sacrificial or Homa fires. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-023 ऋजून्सतः सत्यशीलान्सर्वभूतहिते रतान् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-022 ऋजून् सतः सत्यशीलान् सर्वभूतहिते रतान् |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmanas are gifted with simplicity and righteousness. They are given to truth. They are always engaged in the behalf of all creatures. Yet when angry they are like snakes of dreadful venom. They should, for these reasons, be always waited upon and served with respect and humility. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-024 तेजसस्तपसश्चैव नित्यं बिभ्येद्युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 09-008-023 तेजसस्तपसश्चैव नित्यं बिभ्येद् युधिष्ठि |
M. N. Dutt: One should, O Yudhishthira, always fear these two, viz., Energy and Penances. Both these should be shirked or kept at a distance. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-025 व्यवसायस्तयोः शीघ्रमुभयोरेव विद्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-008-024 व्यवसायस्तयोः शीघ्रमुभयोरेव विद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: The effects of both are quick, There is this superiority, however, of Penances, viz., that Brahmanas gifted with Penances, O king, can, if angry, kill the object of their anger. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-026 भूयः स्यादुभयं दत्तं ब्राह्मणाद्यदकोपनात् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-025 भूयः स्यादुभयं दत्तं ब्राह्मणाद् यदकोपनात् |
M. N. Dutt: Even greatest Energy and Penances, become neutralised if applied against a Brahmana who has conquered anger. If the two that is, Energy and Penances-be set against each other, then both of them would be destroyed. Again when Energy, is set against Penances, it is sure to be destroyed without leaving a remnant. Penances applied against Energy cannot be destroyed completely. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-027 दण्डपाणिर्यथा गोषु पालो नित्यं स्थिरो भवेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-008-026 दण्डपाणिर्यथा गोषु पालो नित्यं हि रक्षयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: As the herdsman, stick in hand, protects the herd, so should the Kshatriya always protect the Vedas and the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 13-008-028 पितेव पुत्रान्रक्षेथा ब्राह्मणान्ब्रह्मतेजसः |
MN DUTT: 09-008-027 पितेव पुत्रान् रक्षेथा ब्राह्मणान् धर्मचेतसः |
M. N. Dutt: The Kshatriya should protect all pious Brahmanas as a father protects his sons. He should always look after the houses of the Brahmanas for finding out that the means of subsistence may not be wanting. |
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