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Book 13 – Chapter 043
BORI CE: 13-043-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-043-001 भीष्म उवाच तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य शिष्यं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Seeing his disciple returned from his mission, Devasharman of great energy addressed him in words which I shall recite to you, O king. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-002 देवशर्मोवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-043-002 देवशर्मन् उवाच किं ते विपुल दृष्टं वै तस्मिन् शिष्य महावने |
M. N. Dutt: Devasharman said What have you seen, O Vipula, in course of your journey. O disciple, through the great forest? Then whom you have seen knew, you, O Vipula. I, as also my wife Ruchi, know how you had acted in the matter of protecting Ruchi. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-003 विपुल उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-043-003 विपुल उवाच ब्रह्मर्षे मिथुनं किं तत् के च ते पुरुषा विभो |
M. N. Dutt: Vipula said O twiceborn Rishi, who are those two whom I first saw? Who also are those other six whom I saw afterwards? All of them know me. Who indeed, are they to whom you prefer in your speech to me? |
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BORI CE: 13-043-004 देवशर्मोवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-043-004 देवशर्मन् उवाच यद् वै तन्मिथुनं ब्रह्मन्नहोरात्रं हि विद्धि तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Devasharman said The first couple, O twiceborn one, whom you saw, are, Day and Night. They are ceaselessly moving like a circle. Both of them know the sin you have committed. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-005 ये च ते पुरुषा विप्र अक्षैर्दीव्यन्ति हृष्टवत् |
MN DUTT: 09-043-005 ये च ते पुरुषा विप्र अक्षैर्दीव्यन्ति हृष्टवत् |
M. N. Dutt: Those other men (six in number) whom, O learned Brahmana, you saw playing cheerfully at dice, are the six Seasons. They also are acquainted with your sins. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-006 न मां कश्चिद्विजानीत इति कृत्वा न विश्वसेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-043-006 न मां कश्चिद् विजानीत इति कृत्वा न विश्वसेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Having committed a sin secretly, no sinful man should cherish the assuring thought that his sin is known only to himself and not to any one else. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-007 कुर्वाणं हि नरं कर्म पापं रहसि सर्वदा |
MN DUTT: 09-043-007 कुर्वाणं हि नरं कर्म पापं रहसि सर्वदा |
M. N. Dutt: When a man commits a sinful deed in secret, the Seasons as also Day and Night see it always. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-043-008 तथैव हि भवेयुस्ते लोकाः पापकृतो यथा |
M. N. Dutt: Those regions that are reserved for the sinful shall be yours. What you had done, you did not tell me. That your sin was not known to any one, was your belief, and this conviction had filled you with joy. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-008 ते त्वां हर्षस्मितं दृष्ट्वा गुरोः कर्मानिवेदकम् |
MN DUTT: 09-043-009 ते त्वां हर्षस्मितं दृष्ट्वा गुरोः कर्मानिवेदकम् |
M. N. Dutt: You did not inform your preceptor of the whole truth, choosing to hide from him a substantial portion. The Seasons, and Day and Night whom you have heard speak thus, thought it proper to remind you of your sin. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-009 अहोरात्रं विजानाति ऋतवश्चापि नित्यशः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-010 अहोरात्रं विजानाति ऋतवश्चापि नित्यशः |
M. N. Dutt: Day and Night and the Seasons, do know all the good and the bad deeds, that are in a man. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-010 तत्त्वया मम यत्कर्म व्यभिचाराद्भयात्मकम् |
MN DUTT: 09-043-011 तत् त्वया मम यत् कर्म व्यभिचाराद् भयात्मकम् |
M. N. Dutt: They spoke to you in that way, O twice born one, because they have full knowledge of what you had done but which you had not the courage to inform me of, fearing you had done wrong. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-011 ते चैव हि भवेयुस्ते लोकाः पापकृतो यथा |
MN DUTT: 09-043-012 तेनैव हि भवेयुस्ते लोकाः पापकृतो यथा |
M. N. Dutt: For this reason you will visit the regions that are reserved for the sinful. You did not tell me what you had done. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-012 तथा शक्या च दुर्वृत्ता रक्षितुं प्रमदा द्विज |
MN DUTT: 09-043-013 त्वयाशक्या च दुर्वृत्त्या रक्षितुं प्रमदा द्विजा न च त्वं कृतवान् किंचिदतः प्रीतोऽस्मि तेन ते |
M. N. Dutt: You were fully capable, O twiceborn one, of protecting my wife whose disposition, by nature is sinful. In doing what you did, you did not commit any sin I was for this, pleased with you. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-013 यदि त्वहं त्वा दुर्वृत्तमद्राक्षं द्विजसत्तम |
MN DUTT: 09-043-014 यदि त्वहं त्वां दुर्वृत्तमद्राक्षं द्विजसत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: O best of Brahmanas, if I had known you to have acted wickedly, I would, without hesitation, have cursed you entirely. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-014 सज्जन्ति पुरुषे नार्यः पुंसां सोऽर्थश्च पुष्कलः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-015 सज्जन्ति पुरुषे नार्य:पुंसां सोऽर्थश्च पुष्कलः |
M. N. Dutt: Women become united with men, Such union, is very desirable with men. You had, however, protected my wife in a different spirit. If you had acted otherwise, I would have cursed. Even this is what I think. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-015 रक्षिता सा त्वया पुत्र मम चापि निवेदिता |
MN DUTT: 09-043-016 रक्षिता च त्वया पुत्र मम चापि निवेदिता |
M. N. Dutt: You had, O son, protected my wife I have known the manner in which you had done it as if you had yourself informed me of it. I have,O son, become pleased with you. Relieved of all anxiety, you shall go to heaven. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-016 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-043-017 इत्युक्त्वा विपुलं प्रीतो देवशर्मा महानृषिः |
M. N. Dutt: Having said these words to Vipula, the great Rishi Devasharman, ascended to Heaven with his wife and his disciple and began to pass his time there in great happiness. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-017 इदमाख्यातवांश्चापि ममाख्यानं महामुनिः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-018 इदमाख्यातवांश्चापि ममाख्यानं महामुनिः |
M. N. Dutt: In course of conversation, o king, on a former occasion, the great ascetic Markandeya had described to me this history on the banks of Ganga. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-018 तस्माद्ब्रवीमि पार्थ त्वा स्त्रियः सर्वाः सदैव च |
MN DUTT: 09-043-019 तस्माद् ब्रवीमि पार्थ त्वां स्त्रियो रक्ष्याः सदैव च |
M. N. Dutt: I therefore, recite it to you. Women should always be protected by you. Amongst them both kinds are to be seen, that is those who are virtuous and those who are not so. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-019 स्त्रियः साध्व्यो महाभागाः संमता लोकमातरः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-020 स्त्रियः साध्व्यो महाभागाः सम्मता लोकमातरः |
M. N. Dutt: The virtuous women are highly blessed. They are the mothers of the universe. They, it is, o king, that keep up the Earth with all her waters and forests. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-020 असाध्व्यश्चापि दुर्वृत्ताः कुलघ्न्यः पापनिश्चयाः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-021 असाध्व्यश्चापि दुर्वृत्ताः कुलनाः पापनिश्चयाः |
M. N. Dutt: Those women who are sinful, who are of wicked conduct, who are the destroyer of their race, and who are wedded to sinful purposes, are capable of being ascertained by marks, expressive of the evil that is in them, which appear, O king, on their persons. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-021 एवमेतासु रक्षा वै शक्या कर्तुं महात्मभिः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-022 एवमेतासु रक्षा वै शक्या कर्तुं महात्मभिः |
M. N. Dutt: It is thus that great persons are capable of protecting women. They cannot, O foremost of kings, be protected in any other way. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-022 एता हि मनुजव्याघ्र तीक्ष्णास्तीक्ष्णपराक्रमाः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-023 एता हि मनुजव्याघ्र तीक्ष्णास्तीक्ष्णपराक्रमाः |
M. N. Dutt: Women, O king are fierce. They are gifted with fierce prowess. They have none whom they love or like, so much as them that have sexual intercourse with them. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-023 एताः कृत्याश्च कार्याश्च कृताश्च भरतर्षभ |
MN DUTT: 09-043-024 एताः कृत्याश्च कार्याश्च कृताश्च भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Women are like those (Atharvan) Mantrams which destroy life. Even after they have consented to live with one, they are prepared to leave him joining others. They are never satisfied with one person of the opposite sex, O son of Pandu. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-024 नासु स्नेहो नृभिः कार्यस्तथैवेर्ष्या जनेश्वर |
MN DUTT: 09-043-025 नासां स्नेहो नरैः कार्यस्तथैवेर्ध्या जनेश्वर |
M. N. Dutt: Men should not love them, Nor should they cherish any jealousy on account of them, O king! Only for the sake of virtue, men should enjoy their society, not with enthusiasm and attachment but with unwillingness and absence of attachment. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-025 विहन्येतान्यथा कुर्वन्नरः कौरवनन्दन |
MN DUTT: 09-043-026 निहन्यादन्यथाकुर्वन् नरः कौरवनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: By acting otherwise a man is sure to meet with destruction, O delighter of the Kurus. O foremost of kings, reason is respected at all times and under all circumstances. |
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BORI CE: 13-043-026 तेनैकेन तु रक्षा वै विपुलेन कृता स्त्रियाः |
MN DUTT: 09-043-027 तेनैकने तु रक्षा वै विपुलेन कृता स्त्रियाः |
M. N. Dutt: Only one man viz., Vipula, had succeeded in protecting woman. There is none else, o king, in the three worlds who can protect women. |
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