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Book 13 – Chapter 094
BORI CE: 13-094-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-018 युधिष्ठिर उवाच ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्ति दानानि विविधानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Yuthishthira said People are seen to make various kinds of gifts to the Brahmanas. What, however, is the difference, O grandfather, between the giver and the receiver? |
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BORI CE: 13-094-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-019 भीष्म उवाच साधोर्यः प्रतिगृह्णीयात् तथैवासाधुतो द्विजः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said The Brahmana accepts gifts from him who is righteous, and from him who is sinful. If the giver happens to be virtuous, the receiver commits little sin. If, on the other hand, the giver happens to be impious, the receiver sinks in hell. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-003 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-020 अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Regarding it is cited an old history of the conversation between Vrishadarbhi and the seven Rishis, O Bharata. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-004 कश्यपोऽत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च भरद्वाजोऽथ गौतमः BORI CE: 13-094-005 सर्वेषामथ तेषां तु गण्डाभूत्कर्मकारिका |
MN DUTT: 09-093-021 कश्यपोऽत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च भरद्वाजोऽथ गौतमः |
M. N. Dutt: Kashyapa, Atri, Vashishtha, Bharadvaja, Gautama, Visvamitra, Jamadagni, and chaste Arundhati (the wife of Vashishtha), all had a common maidservant whose name was Ganda. A Shudra named Pashusakha married Ganda and became her husband. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-006 ते वै सर्वे तपस्यन्तः पुरा चेरुर्महीमिमाम् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-022 ते च सर्वे तपस्यन्तः पुरा चेहर्महीमिमाम् |
M. N. Dutt: Kashyapa and others, formerly, observed the austeresi penances and roved over the world, desirous of acquiring the eternal region of Brahman by the help of Yogameditation. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-007 अथाभवदनावृष्टिर्महती कुरुनन्दन |
MN DUTT: 09-093-023 अथाभवदनावृष्टिर्महती कुरुनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: About that time, O delighter of the Kurus, there took place a severe drought. Stricken with hunger, the whole world of living creiures become greatly weak. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-008 कस्मिंश्चिच्च पुरा यज्ञे याज्येन शिबिसूनुना |
MN DUTT: 09-093-024 कस्मिंश्चिच्च पुरा शैब्येन शिबिसूनुना |
M. N. Dutt: At a sacrifice which had been performed formerly by Shibi's son, he had given away to the Ritviks a son of his as the sacrificial present. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-009 तस्मिन्कालेऽथ सोऽल्पायुर्दिष्टान्तमगमत्प्रभो |
MN DUTT: 09-093-025 अस्मिन् कालेऽथ सोऽल्पायुर्दिष्टान्तमगमत् प्रभुः |
M. N. Dutt: About this time, longlived as the prince was, he died of starvation. The Rishis named, afflicted with hunger, approached the dead prince and sat encircling him. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-010 याज्यात्मजमथो दृष्ट्वा गतासुमृषिसत्तमाः |
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: 13-094-011 निराद्ये मर्त्यलोकेऽस्मिन्नात्मानं ते परीप्सवः |
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: 13-094-012 अटमानोऽथ तान्मार्गे पचमानान्महीपतिः |
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: 13-094-013 वृषादर्भिरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-026 प्रतिग्रहस्तारयति पुष्टिवै प्रतिगृह्यताम् |
M. N. Dutt: The acceptance of a gift will immediately relieve you all. Do you, therefore, accept a gift for the maintenance of your bodies! you ascetics having penances for wealth, listen to me as I declare what wealth I have. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-014 प्रियो हि मे ब्राह्मणो याचमानो; दद्यामहं वोऽश्वतरीसहस्रम् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-027 प्रियो हि मे ब्राह्मणो याचमानो दद्यामहं वोऽश्वतरीसहस्रम् |
M. N. Dutt: That Brahmana who solicits me is ever dear to me. Indeed I shall give you a thousand kine of white hair, foremost in speed, each accompanied by a bull, and each having a wellborn calf, and, therefore, giving milk. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-015 कुलंभराननडुहः शतंशता;न्धुर्याञ्शुभान्सर्वशोऽहं ददानि |
MN DUTT: 09-093-028 कुलंभराननडुहः शतं शतान् धुर्यान्श्वेतान् सर्वशोऽहं ददामि |
M. N. Dutt: I shall also give you a thousand bulls of white colour and of the best species and capable of carrying heavy loads. I shall also give you a large number of kine, of good nature, the foremost of their kind, all fat, and each of which, having brought forth her first calf, is quick with her second. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-016 वरान्ग्रामान्व्रीहियवं रसांश्च; रत्नं चान्यद्दुर्लभं किं ददानि |
MN DUTT: 09-093-029 वृषदर्भ पुत्र उवाच वरान् ग्रामान् ब्रीहिरसं यवांश्च रत्नं चान्यद् दुर्लभं किं ददानि |
M. N. Dutt: The son of Vrishadarbha said Tell me what else I shall give of foremost villages, of grain, of barley, and of even the rarer and more precious jewels. Do not seek to eat this food that is inedible. Tell me what should I give you for the maintenance of your bodies. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-017 ऋषय ऊचुः |
MN DUTT: 09-093-030 ऋषय ऊचुः राजन् प्रतिग्रहो राज्ञां मध्वास्वादो विषोपमः |
M. N. Dutt: The Rishis said O king, to accept gifts from a monarch is very sweet at first but it is poison in the end. Knowing this well, why do you, O king, tempt us then with these offers? |
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BORI CE: 13-094-018 क्षत्रं हि दैवतमिव ब्राह्मणं समुपाश्रितम् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-031 क्षेत्रं हि दैवतमिदं ब्राह्मणान् समुपाश्रितम् |
M. N. Dutt: The body of the Brahmana is the divine field. By penance, it is purified. Then again, by pleasing the Brahmana, one pleases the celestials. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-019 अह्नापीह तपो जातु ब्राह्मणस्योपजायते |
MN DUTT: 09-093-032 अह्रापहि तपो जातु ब्राह्मणस्योपजायते |
M. N. Dutt: If a Brahmana accepts the gifts made to him by the king, he loses, by such acceptance, the merit that he would otherwise win by a his penances, they day. Indeed, such acceptance destroys that merit as a burning fire destroys a wilderness. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-020 कुशलं सह दानेन राजन्नस्तु सदा तव |
MN DUTT: 09-093-033 कुशलं सह दानेन राजन्नस्तु सदा तवा अर्थिभ्यो दीयतां सर्वमित्युक्त्वान्येन ते ययुः |
M. N. Dutt: May you be happy, O king, as the result of the gifts you make to those who solicit you. Saying these words to them, they left that place, proceeding by another way, |
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BORI CE: 13-094-021 अपक्वमेव तन्मांसमभूत्तेषां च धीमताम् |
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: 13-094-022 ततः प्रचोदिता राज्ञा वनं गत्वास्य मन्त्रिणः |
MN DUTT: 09-093-034 ततः प्रचोदिता राज्ञा वनं गत्वास्य मन्त्रिणः |
M. N. Dutt: After this, urged by their master, the ministers of the king, entered those woods and plucking certain figs tried to give them away to those Rishis. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-023 उदुम्बराण्यथान्यानि हेमगर्भाण्युपाहरन् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-035 उदुम्बराण्यथान्यानि हेमगर्भाण्युपाहरन् |
M. N. Dutt: The offers of king filled some of those figs with gold and mixing them with others tried to induce those ascetics to accept thein. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-024 गुरूणीति विदित्वाथ न ग्राह्याण्यत्रिरब्रवीत् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-036 गुरूणीति विदित्वाथ न ग्राह्याण्यत्रिरब्रवीत् |
M. N. Dutt: Atri took up some of those figs, and finding them heavy refused to take them. He said, We are not shorn of knowledge. We are not fools. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-025 इह ह्येतदुपादत्तं प्रेत्य स्यात्कटुकोदयम् |
MN DUTT: 09-093-037 हैमानीमानि जानीमः प्रतिबुद्धाः स्म जागृम |
M. N. Dutt: We know that there is gold within these figs. We have our senses about us. Indeed, we are awake instead of being asleep. If accepted in this world, those will yield bitter results hereafter. He who seeks happiness both in this world and in the next, should never accept these. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-026 वसिष्ठ उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-038 वसिष्ठ उवाच शतेन निष्कगणितं सहस्रेण च सम्मितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vasishtha said If we accept even one gold coin, it will be counted as a hundred or even a thousand. If, therefor, we accept many coins, we shall surely attain to an unhappy end in the next world. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-027 कश्यप उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-039 कश्यप उवाच यत्पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: Kashyapa said All the paddy and barley on Earth, all the gold and animals and women that are in the world, are incapable of satisfying the desire of a single person. Hence, a wise man should, removing cupidity, adopt tranquillity. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-028 भरद्वाज उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-040 भरद्वाज उवाच उत्पन्नस्य रुरोः शृङ्गं वर्धमानस्य वर्धते |
M. N. Dutt: Bharadvaja said The horns of a Ruru, when they first appear, begin to grow with the growth of the animal. The cupidity of man is like this. It has no limit. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-029 गौतम उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-041 गौतम उवाच न तल्लोके द्रव्यमस्ति यल्लोकं प्रतिपूरयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: Gautama said All the objects which exist in the world cannot satisfy even a single person. Man is like the ocean, for he can never be filled (i.e., satisfied) |
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BORI CE: 13-094-030 विश्वामित्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-042 विश्वामित्र उवाच कामं कामयमानस्य यदा कामः समृध्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Vishvamitra said When one desire cherished by a person becomes satisfied, there originates immediately another whose satisfaction sought and which pierces him like an arrow. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-031 जमदग्निरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-043 जमदग्निरुवाच प्रतिग्रहे संयमो वै तपो धारयते ध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: Jamadagni said Abstention from accepting gifts supports penances as their root. Acceptance however, destroys that. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-032 अरुन्धत्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-044 अरुन्धत्युवाच धर्मार्थं संचयो यो वै द्रव्याणां पक्षसम्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: Arundhati said Some people hold that things of the world may be stored for spending them upon the acquisition of virtue. I think, however, that the acquisition of virtue is better than that of riches. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-033 गण्डोवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-045 गण्डोवाच उग्रदितो भयाद् यस्माद् बिभ्यतीमे ममेश्वराः |
M. N. Dutt: Ganda said When these my lords, who are gifted with great energy, are so very much afraid of this when seems to be a great terror, weak as I am, I fear it the more. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-034 पशुसख उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-046 पशुसख उवाच यद् वै धर्मे परं नास्ति ब्राह्मणास्तद्धनं विदुः |
M. N. Dutt: Pashusakha said The value of virtue is very superior, There is nothing superior to it. That wealth is known to the Brahmanas. I wait upon them as their servant, only for learning to prize that wealth. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-035 ऋषय ऊचुः |
MN DUTT: 09-093-047 ऋषिरुवाच कुशलं सह दानेन तस्मै यस्य प्रजा इमाः |
M. N. Dutt: The Rishis said May he be, as the result of the gifts he makes, who is king of the people of this land. Let his gift bear fruit who has sent these fruit s to us, enclosing gold within them. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-036 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-048 भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्त्वा हेमगर्भाणि हित्वा तानि फलानि वै |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Having said these words, those Rishis of steadfast vows, abandoning the figs having gold within them, left that place and proceeded where they liked. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-037 मन्त्रिणः ऊचुः |
MN DUTT: 09-093-049 मन्त्री उवाच उपधिं शङ्कमानास्ते हित्वा तानि फलानि वै |
M. N. Dutt: The ministers said O king, coming to know of the existence of gold within the figs, the Rishis have departed. Let this be known to you. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-038 इत्युक्तः स तु भृत्यैस्तैर्वृषादर्भिश्चुकोप ह |
MN DUTT: 09-093-050 भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्तः स तु भृत्यैस्तैर्वृषादर्भिश्चुकोप ह |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Thus addressed by his ministers, king Vrishadarbhi became stricken with anger against all those Rishis. Indeed, to take vengeance upon them, the king entered his own apartment. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-039 स गत्वाहवनीयेऽग्नौ तीव्रं नियममास्थितः |
MN DUTT: 09-093-051 स गत्वा हवनीयेऽग्नौ तीव्र नियममास्थितः |
M. N. Dutt: Practising the austerest of penances, he poured on his sacred fire libations of clarified butter, accompanying each with Mantras uttered by him. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-040 तस्मादग्नेः समुत्तस्थौ कृत्या लोकभयंकरी |
MN DUTT: 09-093-052 तस्मादग्नेः समुत्तस्थौ कृत्या लोकभयंकरी |
M. N. Dutt: From that fire there then originated, as the outcome of the incantation, a form capable of striking every one with fear. Vrishadarbhi named her as Yatudhani. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-041 सा कृत्या कालरात्रीव कृताञ्जलिरुपस्थिता |
MN DUTT: 09-093-053 सा कृत्या कालरात्रीव कृताञ्जलिरुपस्थिता |
M. N. Dutt: That form which had originated from the incantations of the king, loO king as dreadful as the Last Night, appeared with joined hands before the king. Addressing king Vrishadarbhi, she said, What shall I do? |
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BORI CE: 13-094-042 वृषादर्भिरुवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-093-054 वृषदर्भी उवाच ऋषीणां गच्छ सप्तनामरुन्धत्यास्तथैव च |
M. N. Dutt: Vrishadarbhi said Go and follow the seven Rishis, as also Arundhati, and the husband of their maidservant, and the maid-servant herself, and understand what the meanings are of their names. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-043 ज्ञात्वा नामानि चैतेषां सर्वानेतान्विनाशय |
MN DUTT: 09-093-055 ज्ञात्वा नामानि चैवैषां सर्वानेतान् विनाशय |
M. N. Dutt: Having learnt their names, do you kill all of them. After killing them you may go wherever you like. |
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BORI CE: 13-094-044 सा तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य यातुधानी स्वरूपिणी |
MN DUTT: 09-093-056 भीष्म उवाच सा तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य यातुधानी स्वरूपिणी |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Saying, So be it. The who had been named Yatudhani, in her proper form, went to that forest in which the great Rishis, travelled in search of food. |
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