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Book 13 – Chapter 009
BORI CE: 13-009-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-009-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच ब्राह्मणानां तु ये लोकाः प्रतिश्रुत्य पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said O grandfather, O you of great splendour, what do those men become who, through stupefaction of intellect, do not make gifts to Brahmanas after having promised to make those gifts? |
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BORI CE: 13-009-002 एतन्मे तत्त्वतो ब्रूहि धर्मं धर्मभृतां वर |
MN DUTT: 09-009-002 एतन्मे तत्त्वतो ब्रूहि धर्मे धर्मभृतां वर |
M. N. Dutt: O foremost of all righteous persons, do tell me what the duties are in this matter. Indeed, what becomes the end of those wicked men who do not give after having promised to give. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-003 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-009-003 भीष्म उवाच यो न दद्यात् प्रतिश्रुत्य स्वल्पं वा यदि वा बहु |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The person who, after having promised, does not give, be it little or much, has the mortification to witness his hopes frustrated like the hopes of a eunuch about children. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-004 यां रात्रिं जायते पापो यां च रात्रिं विनश्यति |
MN DUTT: 09-009-004 यां रात्रिं जायते जीवां यां रात्रिं च विनश्यति |
M. N. Dutt: Whatever good acts such a person does between the day of his birth and that of his death, O Bharata, whatever libations he pours on the sacrificial fire, whatever gifts he makes, o chief of Bharata's race, and whatever penances he performs, all becomes useless. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-005 अत्रैतद्वचनं प्राहुर्धर्मशास्त्रविदो जनाः |
MN DUTT: 09-009-005 अथैतद् वचनं प्राहुर्धर्मशास्त्रविदो जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: They who conversant with the scriptures hold this as their opinion, arriving at it, О chief of the Bharatas, with the help of a well-ordered understanding. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-006 अपि चोदाहरन्तीमं धर्मशास्त्रविदो जनाः |
MN DUTT: 09-009-006 अपि चोदाहरन्तीमं धर्मशास्त्रविदो जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Persons conversant with the scriptures also opine that such a man may be purified by giving away a thousand horses with dark ears. are |
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BORI CE: 13-009-007 अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-009-007 अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it is cited the old discourse between a jackal and an ape. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-008 तौ सखायौ पुरा ह्यास्तां मानुषत्वे परंतप |
MN DUTT: 09-009-008 तौ सखायौ पुरा ह्यास्तां मानुषत्वे परंतप |
M. N. Dutt: While both were human beings, O scorcher of enemies, they were intimate friends. After death one of them became a jackal and the other an ape. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-009 ततः परासून्खादन्तं सृगालं वानरोऽब्रवीत् |
MN DUTT: 09-009-009 ततः परासून् खादन्तं शृगालं वानरोऽब्रवीत् |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing the jackal one day eating an animal car-case in the midst of a crematorium, the ape, remembering his own and his friend's pristine birth as human beings, addressed him, saying, |
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BORI CE: 13-009-010 किं त्वया पापकं कर्म कृतं पूर्वं सुदारुणम् |
MN DUTT: 09-009-010 किं त्वया पापकं पूर्वं कृतं कर्म सुदारुणम् |
M. N. Dutt: Verily, what dreadíul sin did you commit in your pristine birth on account of which you are obliged in this birth to feed in a crematorium upon such repulsive food as the putrid car-case of an animal? |
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BORI CE: 13-009-011 एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच सृगालो वानरं तदा |
MN DUTT: 09-009-011 एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच शृगालो वानरं तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Thus addressed the jackal replied to the ape, saving Having promised to give to a Brahmana I did not make him the gift. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-012 तत्कृते पापिकां योनिमापन्नोऽस्मि प्लवंगम |
MN DUTT: 09-009-012 तत्कृते पापकी योनिमापन्नोऽस्मि प्लवङ्गम |
M. N. Dutt: It is for that sin, O ape, that I have fallen into this wretched state of existence. It is for that reason that, when hungry, I am obliged to cat such food. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-009-013 भीष्म उवाच शृगालो वानरं प्राह पुनरेव नरोत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The jackal then, O best of men, addressed the monkey and said What sin did you commit for which you have become an ape. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-009-014 वानर उवाच सदा चाहं फलाहारो ब्राह्मणानां प्लवङ्गमः |
M. N. Dutt: The ape said In my former life I used to eat the fruits belonging to Brahmanas. Hence have I become an ape. Hence it is clear that one endued with intelligence and learning should never take what belongs to Brahmanas. As one should abstain from this, one should avoid also all quarrels with Brahmanas. Having promised, one should certainly make the promised gift lo them. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-013 इत्येतद्ब्रुवतो राजन्ब्राह्मणस्य मया श्रुतम् |
MN DUTT: 09-009-015 भीष्म उवाच इत्येतद् ब्रुवतो राजन् ब्राह्मणस्य मया श्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said I heard this, O king, from my preceptor while he was discoursing upon the subject of Brahmanas. I heard this from that pious person when he recounted the old and sacred declarations of this topic. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-014 श्रुतं चापि मया भूयः कृष्णस्यापि विशां पते |
MN DUTT: 09-009-016 श्रुतश्चापि मया भूयः कृष्णस्यापि विशाम्पते |
M. N. Dutt: I heard this from Krishna also, o king, while he was discoursing, O son of Pandu, upon Brahmanas. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-009-017 न हर्तव्यं विप्रधनं क्षन्तव्यं तेषु नित्यशः |
M. N. Dutt: The property of a Brahmana should never be taken. They should always be let alone. Poor, or miserly, or young in years, they should never be dishonored. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-015 एवमेव च मां नित्यं ब्राह्मणाः संदिशन्ति वै |
MN DUTT: 09-009-018 एवमेव च मां नित्यं ब्राह्मणाः संदिशन्ति वै |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmanas always taught me this. Having promised to make them a gift, the gift should be made. A superior Brahmana should never be disappointed in his expectations. an |
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BORI CE: 13-009-016 ब्राह्मणो ह्याशया पूर्वं कृतया पृथिवीपते |
MN DUTT: 09-009-019 ब्राह्मणो ह्याशया पूर्वं कृतया पृथिवीपते |
M. N. Dutt: A Brahmana, O king, in whom expectation has been raised, has, O king, been said to be like a burning fire. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-017 यं निरीक्षेत संक्रुद्ध आशया पूर्वजातया |
MN DUTT: 09-009-020 यं निरीक्षेत संक्रुद्ध आशया पूर्वजातया |
M. N. Dutt: That man upon whom a Brahmana with raised expectations looks, is sure, O king, to be reduced to ashes as a heap of straw is capable of being consumed by a burning fire. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-018 स एव हि यदा तुष्टो वचसा प्रतिनन्दति |
MN DUTT: 09-009-021 स एव हि यदा तुष्टो वचसा प्रतिनन्दति |
M. N. Dutt: When the Brahmana, gratified by the king, addresses the king in delightful and affectionate words, he becomes, O Bharata, a source of great good to the king, for he continucs to live in the kingdom like a physician fighting against various ills of the body. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-019 पुत्रान्पौत्रान्पशूंश्चैव बान्धवान्सचिवांस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 09-009-022 पुत्रान् पौत्रान् पशुंश्चैव बान्धवान् सचिवांस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Such a Brahimana is sure to maintain peacefully the sons and grandsons and animals and relatives and ministers and other officers and the city and the provinces of the king. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-020 एतद्धि परमं तेजो ब्राह्मणस्येह दृश्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-009-023 एतद्धि परमं तेजो ब्राह्मणस्येह दृश्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Such is the energy of the Brahimana, like to that of the thousand-rayed Sun himself, on the Earth. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-021 तस्माद्दातव्यमेवेह प्रतिश्रुत्य युधिष्ठिर |
MN DUTT: 09-009-024 तस्माद् दातव्यमेवेह प्रतिश्रुत्य युधिष्ठिर |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, O Yudhishthira, if one wishes to come by a respectable or happy order of being in his next birth, he should, having made the promise to a Brahmana, certainly satisfy it by actually making the gift to him. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-022 ब्राह्मणस्य हि दत्तेन ध्रुवं स्वर्गो ह्यनुत्तमः |
MN DUTT: 09-009-025 ब्राह्मणस्य हि दत्तेन ध्रुवं स्वर्गो ह्यनुत्तमः |
M. N. Dutt: By making gifts to a Brahmana one is sure to acquire the highest heaven. Verily, the making of gifts is the highest of deeds that one can perform. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-023 इतो दत्तेन जीवन्ति देवताः पितरस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 09-009-026 इतो दत्तेन जीवन्ति देवताः पितरस्तथा |
M. N. Dutt: The gods and the departed manes are supported by the gifts one makes to a Brahmana. Hence one endued with knowledge should ever make gifts to the Brahmanas. |
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BORI CE: 13-009-024 महद्धि भरतश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणस्तीर्थमुच्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-009-027 महद्धि भरतश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणस्तीर्थमुच्यते |
M. N. Dutt: O chief of the Bharatas, the Brahmana is considered as the highest object to whom gifts should be made. At no time should a Brahmana be received without due adoration. |
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