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Book 13 – Chapter 068
BORI CE: 13-068-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-069-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच भूय एवं कुरुश्रेष्ठ दानानां विधिमुत्तमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Do you, O foremost one of Kuru's family, describe to me once again the excellent ordinances about gifts, with especial reference, O you of great wisdom, to the gift of earth. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-002 पृथिवीं क्षत्रियो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणस्तां स्वकर्मणा |
MN DUTT: 09-069-002 पृथिवीं क्षत्रियो दद्याद् ब्राह्मणायेष्टिकर्मिणे |
M. N. Dutt: A Kshatriya should make gifts of earth to a pious Brahmana; such a Brahmana should accept the gift with due rites. None else, however save a Kshatriya can make gifts of Earth. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-003 सर्ववर्णैस्तु यच्छक्यं प्रदातुं फलकाङ्क्षिभिः |
MN DUTT: 09-069-003 सर्ववर्णस्तु यच्छक्यं प्रदातुं फलकाक्षिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: You should now tell me what those objects are that persons of all classes can freely give if actuated by the desire of acquiring merit. You should also tell me what has been said in the Vedas on this subject. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-004 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-069-004 भीष्म उवाच तुल्यानामानि देयानि त्रीणि तुल्यफलानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said There are three gifts that pass by the same name and that yield equal merits. Indeed, these three confer the fruition of every desire. The three objects whose gifts are of such a character are kine, earth, and knowledge. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-005 यो ब्रूयाच्चापि शिष्याय धर्म्यां ब्राह्मीं सरस्वतीम् |
MN DUTT: 09-069-005 यो ब्रूयाच्चापि शिष्याय धां ब्राह्मीं सरस्वतीम् |
M. N. Dutt: That person, who tells his disciple words of good meaning drawn from the Vedas, acquires merit equal to that which is acquired by making gifts of earth and kine. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-006 तथैव गाः प्रशंसन्ति न च देयं ततः परम् |
MN DUTT: 09-069-006 तथैव गाः प्रशंसन्ति न तु देयं ततः परम् |
M. N. Dutt: Likewise are kine praised. There is no object of gift higher than they. Kine are supposed to confer merit forthwith. They are also, O Yudhishthira, such that a gift of them cannot but yield great merit. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-007 वृद्धिमाकाङ्क्षता नित्यं गावः कार्याः प्रदक्षिणाः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-069-007 मातरः सर्वभूतानां गावः सर्वसुखप्रदाः |
M. N. Dutt: Kine are the mothers of all creatures. They grant every sort of happiness. The person, who seeks his own prosperity, should always make gifts of kine. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-069-008 संताड्या न तु पादेन गवां मध्ये न च व्रजेत् |
M. N. Dutt: No one should kick at kine or pass through the midst of kine. Kine are goddesses and homes of auspiciousness. Therefore they always deserve worship. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-008 प्रचोदनं देवकृतं गवां कर्मसु वर्तताम् |
MN DUTT: 09-069-009 प्रचोदनं देवकृतं गवां कर्मसु वर्तताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Formerly, the deities, while tilling the earth whereon they celebrated a sacrifice, used the a god for striking the bullocks yoked to the plough. Hence, in cultivating earth for such a purpose, one may, without incurring censure or sin, apply the goad to bullocks. In other acts, however, bullocks should never be struck with the goad of the whip. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-009 प्रचारे वा निपाने वा बुधो नोद्वेजयेत गाः |
MN DUTT: 09-069-010 प्रचारे वा निवाते वा बुधो नोद्वेजयेत गाः |
M. N. Dutt: When kine are grazing or lying down, no one should tease them in any way. When thirsty and they do not get water, kine, by merely loO king at such a person, can destroy him with all his relatives and friends. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-010 पितृसद्मानि सततं देवतायतनानि च |
MN DUTT: 09-069-011 पितृसद्मानि सततं देवतायतनानि च |
M. N. Dutt: What creatures can be more sacred than kine when with the very dung of kine aitars, whereon Shraddhas are performed in honour of the departed manes, of those whereon the deities are adored, are cleansed and sanctified. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-011 ग्रासमुष्टिं परगवे दद्यात्संवत्सरं तु यः |
MN DUTT: 09-069-012 घासमुष्टिं परगवे दद्यात् संवत्सरं यः |
M. N. Dutt: That man who, before eating himself, gives every day, for a year only a handful of grass to a cow belonging to another, is considered as practising a vow or observance which bestows the fruition of every desire. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-012 स हि पुत्रान्यशोर्थं च श्रियं चाप्यधिगच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-069-013 तु स हि पुत्रान् यशोऽर्थं च श्रियं चाप्यधिगच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Such a person acquires children and fame and wealth and prosperity, and removes all evils and bad dreams. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-013 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-069-014 युधिष्ठिर उवाच देयाः किंलक्षणा गावः काश्चापि परिवर्जयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said What should be the marks of those kine that deserve to be given away? What are those kine that should be looked over in the matter of gifts? What should be the characters of those persons to whom should kine be given? Who, again, are those to whom kine should not be given? |
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BORI CE: 13-068-014 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-069-015 भीष्म उवाच असवृत्ताय पापाय लुब्धायानृतवादिने |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said A cow should never be given to one who is not pious in conduct, or one that is sinful, or one that is covetous, or one who is a liar, or one who does not make offerings to the departed manes and celestials. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-015 भिक्षवे बहुपुत्राय श्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये |
MN DUTT: 09-069-016 भिक्षवे बहुपुत्राय श्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये |
M. N. Dutt: A person, by making a gift of ten kine to a Brahmana learned in the Vedas, poor in earthly riches, possessed of many children, and owning a domestic fire, attains numerous regions of great happiness. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-016 यं चैव धर्मं कुरुते तस्य पुण्यफलं च यत् |
MN DUTT: 09-069-017 यश्चैव धर्मं कुरुते तस्य धर्मफलं च यत् |
M. N. Dutt: When a man performs any meritorious act, assisted by what he has got in gift from another, he acquires portion of that merit. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-017 यश्चैनमुत्पादयति यश्चैनं त्रायते भयात् |
MN DUTT: 09-069-018 यश्चैवमुत्पादयते यश्चैनं त्रायते भयात् |
M. N. Dutt: He who procreates a person, he who rescues a person, and he who assigns the means of livelihood to a person, are considered as the three fathers. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-018 कल्मषं गुरुशुश्रूषा हन्ति मानो महद्यशः |
MN DUTT: 09-069-019 कल्मषं गुरुशुश्रूषा हन्ति मानो महद् यशः |
M. N. Dutt: Services dutifully done to the preceptor destroys sin. Pride destroys even great fame. The possession of three children removes the reproach of childlessness, and the possession of ten kine removes the reproach of poverty. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-019 वेदान्तनिष्ठस्य बहुश्रुतस्य; प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य जितेन्द्रियस्य |
MN DUTT: 09-069-020 वेदान्तनिष्ठस्य बहुश्रुतस्य प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य जितेन्द्रियस्य |
M. N. Dutt: To one who is devoted to the Vedanta, who is gifted with great learning, who has been filled with wisdom, who has a complete mastery over his senses, who observes the restraints laid down in the scriptures, who has withdrawn himself from all worldly attachments, to him who says agreeable words to all creatures, to him who would never do an evil act even when actuated by hunger, to one who is mild or possessed of a peaceful disposition, to one that is hospitable to all guests, to such a Brahmana, should a man, possessed of similar conduct and having children and wives, assign the means of livelihood. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-020 यः क्षुद्भयाद्वै न विकर्म कुर्या;न्मृदुर्दान्तश्चातिथेयश्च नित्यम् |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 13-068-021 शुभे पात्रे ये गुणा गोप्रदाने; तावान्दोषो ब्राह्मणस्वापहारे |
MN DUTT: 09-069-021 शुभे पात्रे ये गुणा गोप्रदाने तावान् दोषो ब्राह्मणस्वापहारे |
M. N. Dutt: The merit of the gift of kine to a worthy person is exactly equal to the sin of robbing a Brahmana of what belongs to him. Under all circumstances anything belonging to Brahmana should be avoided and his wives kept at a distance. a |
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