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Book 13 – Chapter 046
BORI CE: 13-046-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-046-001 भीष्म उवाच प्राचेतसस्य वचनं कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said They who know the ancient history recite the following verse of Daksha the son of Prachetas, viz.,-That maiden, for whom nothing is taken by her kinsmen in the form of dower, cannot be said to be sold. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-002 अर्हणं तत्कुमारीणामानृशंस्यतमं च तत् |
MN DUTT: 09-046-002 अर्हणं तत्कुमारीणामानृशंस्यतमं च तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Honour good treatment, and everything else which is agreeable, should all be given to the maiden whose hand is taken in marriage. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-003 पितृभिर्भ्रातृभिश्चैव श्वशुरैरथ देवरैः |
MN DUTT: 09-046-003 पितृभिर्धातृभिश्चापि श्वशुरैरथ देवरैः |
M. N. Dutt: Her father and brothers and fatherinlaw and husband's brothers should show her every respect and adorn her with ornaments, if they be desirous of reaping benefits, for such conduct their part always produces considerable happiness and advantage. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-004 यदि वै स्त्री न रोचेत पुमांसं न प्रमोदयेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-046-004 यदि वै स्त्री न रोचेत पुमांसं न प्रमोदयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: If the wife does not like her husband or fails to please him, from such dislike and absence of joy, the husband can never have children for increasing his family. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-046-005 पूज्या लालयितव्याश्च स्त्रियो नित्यं जनाधिप |
M. N. Dutt: on Women, O king should always be adored and treated with love. There where women are treated with honour, the very gods are said to be propitiated. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-005 पूज्या लालयितव्याश्च स्त्रियो नित्यं जनाधिप |
MN DUTT: 09-046-006 अपूजिताश्च यत्रैताः सर्वास्तत्राफला: क्रियाः |
M. N. Dutt: There where women are not adored, all acts become fruitless. If the women of a family, on account of the treatment they receive, indulge in grief and tears, that family soon becomes extinct. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-006 जामीशप्तानि गेहानि निकृत्तानीव कृत्यया |
MN DUTT: 09-046-007 जामीशप्तानि गेहानि निकृत्तानीव कृत्यया |
M. N. Dutt: Those houses which are cursed by women meet with destruction and ruin as if scorched by some Atharvan rite. Such houses lose their splendour. Their growth and prosperity cease, O king. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-007 स्त्रियः पुंसां परिददे मनुर्जिगमिषुर्दिवम् |
MN DUTT: 09-046-008 स्त्रियः पुंसां परिददे मनुर्जिगमिषुर्दिवम् |
M. N. Dutt: Manu, on the eve of his departure from this world, made over women to the care and protection of men, saying that they are weak, that they fall an easy prey to the seduction of men, disposed to accept the love which is offered them, and devoted to truth. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-008 ईर्ष्यवो मानकामाश्च चण्डा असुहृदोऽबुधाः |
MN DUTT: 09-046-009 ईर्षवो मानकामाश्च चण्डाश्च सुहृदोऽबुधाः |
M. N. Dutt: There are others among them who are full of malice, covetous of honours, fierce in nature, unlovable, and impervious to reason. Women, however, deserve to be respected. Do ye men show them honour. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-009 स्त्रीप्रत्ययो हि वो धर्मो रतिभोगाश्च केवलाः |
MN DUTT: 09-046-010 स्त्रीप्रत्ययो हि वै धर्मो रतिभोगाश्च केवला: |
M. N. Dutt: The virtue of men depends upon women. All pleasures and enjoyments also entirely depend upon them. Do you serve them and adore them. Do ye bend your wills before them. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-010 उत्पादनमपत्यस्य जातस्य परिपालनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-046-011 उत्पादनमपत्यस्य जातस्य परिपालनम् |
M. N. Dutt: The begetting of children, the nursing of children already born, and the accomplishment of all deeds necessary for the needs of society, see, all these have women for their cause. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-011 संमान्यमानाश्चैताभिः सर्वकार्याण्यवाप्स्यथ |
MN DUTT: 09-046-012 सम्मान्यमानाचैता हि सर्वकार्याण्यवाप्स्यथा विदेहराजदुहिता धात्र श्लोकमगायत |
M. N. Dutt: By respecting women, you are sure to acquire the fruition of all objects. Regarding it a princess of the house of Janaka the king of |
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BORI CE: 13-046-012 नास्ति यज्ञः स्त्रियः कश्चिन्न श्राद्धं नोपवासकम् |
MN DUTT: 09-046-013 नास्ति यज्ञक्रिया काचित्र श्राद्धं नोपवासकम् |
M. N. Dutt: Women have no sacrifices ordained for them. There are no Shraddhas which they are called upon to perform. They are not required to observe any fasts. To serve their husbands wish respect and willing obedience from their only duty. Through the satisfaction of that duty they succeed in conquering Heaven. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-013 पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने |
MN DUTT: 09-046-014 पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने |
M. N. Dutt: In childhood, the father protects her. The husband protects her in youth. When she becomes old, her sons protect her. At no period of her life is woman free. |
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BORI CE: 13-046-014 श्रिय एताः स्त्रियो नाम सत्कार्या भूतिमिच्छता |
MN DUTT: 09-046-015 श्रिय एताः स्त्रियो नाम सत्कार्या भूतिमिच्छता |
M. N. Dutt: Women are deities of prosperity. The person that desires affluence and prosperity should honour them. By cherishing women, O Bharata, one cherishes the goddess of prosperity herself, and by afflicting her, one is said to pain the goddess of prosperity. |
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