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Book 13 – Chapter 108
BORI CE: 13-108-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-105-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच यथा ज्येष्ठः कनिष्ठेषु वर्तेत भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Tell me, O chief of Bharata's race, how the eldest brother should treat his younger brothers, and how the younger brothers should behave towards their eldest brother. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-002 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-105-002 भीष्म उवाच ज्येष्ठवत् तात वर्तस्व ज्येष्ठोऽसि सततं भवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Do you, O son, always behave towards your younger brothers as their eldest brother should. You are always the eldest of all these your brothers. You should always treat your younger brothers in the way in which a preceptor treats his disciples. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-003 न गुरावकृतप्रज्ञे शक्यं शिष्येण वर्तितुम् |
MN DUTT: 09-105-003 न गुरावकृतप्रज्ञे शक्यं शिष्येण वर्तितुम् |
M. N. Dutt: If the preceptor happens to happens the disciple cannot possibly behave towards him in a respectful or proper way. If the preceptor is possessed of purity and good conduct, the disciple also succeeds in acquiring conduct of the same kind, O Bharata. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-004 अन्धः स्यादन्धवेलायां जडः स्यादपि वा बुधः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-004 अन्धः स्यादन्धवेलायां जडः स्यादपि वा बुधः |
M. N. Dutt: The eldest brother should at times not notice the acts of his younger brothers, and though possessed of wisdom should at times act as if he does not understand their acts. If the younger brothers be guilty of any sin, the eldest brother should correct them by indirect ways and means. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-005 प्रत्यक्षं भिन्नहृदया भेदयेयुः कृतं नराः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-005 प्रत्यक्षं भिन्नहृदया भेदयेयुः कृतं नराः |
M. N. Dutt: If there be good understanding among brothers and if the oldest brother seeks to correct his younger brothers by director ostensible means, persons who are enemies, O son of Kunti, who feel pain on seeing such good understanding and who, therefore, always seek to bring about a disunion, try to disunite the brothers and sow dissension among them. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-006 ज्येष्ठः कुलं वर्धयति विनाशयति वा पुनः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-006 ज्येष्ठः कुलं वर्धयति विनाशयति वा पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: It is the eldest brother who increases the prosperity of the family or destroys it entirely. If the eldest brother happens to be not gifted with sense and wicked in conduct, he encompasses the destruction of the whole family. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-007 अथ यो विनिकुर्वीत ज्येष्ठो भ्राता यवीयसः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-007 अथ वो विनिकुर्वीत ज्येष्ठो भ्राता यवीयसः |
M. N. Dutt: That eldest brother who injures his younger brothers ceases to be considered as the eldest and forfeits his share in the family property and deserves to be checked by the king. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-008 निकृती हि नरो लोकान्पापान्गच्छत्यसंशयम् |
MN DUTT: 09-105-008 निकृती हि नरो लोकान् पापान् गच्छत्यसंशयम् |
M. N. Dutt: That man who acts deceitfully, has, forsooth, to go to the regions of grief and every kind of evil. The birth of such a person is of no avail like the flowers of the cane. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-009 सर्वानर्थः कुले यत्र जायते पापपूरुषः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-009 सर्वानर्थः कुले यत्र जायते पापपूरुषः |
M. N. Dutt: That family in which a sinful person is born becomes subject to every evil. Such a person brings about infamy, and all the good deeds of the family disappear. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-010 सर्वे चापि विकर्मस्था भागं नार्हन्ति सोदराः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-010 सर्वे चापि विकर्मस्था भागं नार्हन्ति सोदराः |
M. N. Dutt: Such among the brothers as are addicted to wicked deeds forfeit their shares of the family property. In such a case, the eldest brother may appropriate the entire joint property without giving any portion thereof to his younger brothers. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-011 अनुजं हि पितुर्दायो जङ्घाश्रमफलोऽध्वगः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-011 अनुपघ्नन् पितुर्दायं जंघाश्रमफलोऽध्वगः |
M. N. Dutt: If the eldest brother makes any money, without using the paternal property and by going to a distant place he may appropriate for his own use, such wealth without giving any share thereof to his younger brothers. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-012 भ्रातॄणामविभक्तानामुत्थानमपि चेत्सह |
MN DUTT: 09-105-012 भ्रातृणामविभक्तानामुत्थानमपि चेत् सह |
M. N. Dutt: If brothers wish (during the lifetime of their father) to partition the family property, the father should give equal shares to all his sons. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-013 न ज्येष्ठानवमन्येत दुष्कृतः सुकृतोऽपि वा |
MN DUTT: 09-105-013 न ज्येष्ठो वावमन्येत दुष्कृतः सुकृतोऽपि वा |
M. N. Dutt: If the eldest brother happens to be a vicious man and without any accomplishments, he inay be disregarded by his younger brothers. If the wife or the younger brother happens to be sinful, her or his good must still be looked alier. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-105-014 धर्मं हि श्रेय इत्याहुरिति धर्मविदो जनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Persons conversant with the efficacy of righteousness hold that virtue is the highest good. The Upadhyaya is superior to even ten Acharyyas. The father is equal to ten Upadhyayas. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-014 दशाचार्यानुपाध्याय उपाध्यायान्पिता दश BORI CE: 13-108-015 गौरवेणाभिभवति नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-014 धर्मं हि श्रेय इत्याहुरिति धर्मविदो जनाः MN DUTT: 09-105-015 दश चेव पितॄन् माता सर्वां वा पृथिवीमपि MN DUTT: 09-105-016 माता गरीयसी यच्च तेनैतां मन्यते जनः |
M. N. Dutt: Persons conversant with the efficacy of righteousness hold that virtue is the highest good. The Upadhyaya is superior to even ten Acharyyas. The father is equal to ten Upadhyayas. The mother is equal to ten fathers or even the whole Earth. There is no senior equal to the mother. Indeed, she is above all in respect of the reverence due to her. It is, therefore, that people regard the mother to deserve so much respect. After the demise of the father, O Bharata, the eldest brother should be considered as the father. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-016 ज्येष्ठो भ्राता पितृसमो मृते पितरि भारत |
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: 13-108-017 कनिष्ठास्तं नमस्येरन्सर्वे छन्दानुवर्तिनः |
MN DUTT: 09-105-017 स ह्येषां वृत्तिदाता स्यात् स चैतान् प्रतिपालयेत् |
M. N. Dutt: It is the eldest brother who should assign to them their means of support and protect and maintain them. All the younger brothers should bow to him and obey his command. Indeed, they should depend upon him, as they did upon their father during his lifetime. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-018 शरीरमेतौ सृजतः पिता माता च भारत |
MN DUTT: 09-105-018 शरीरमेतौ सृजतः पिता माता च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: So far as the body is concerned, O Bharata, it is the father and the mother who creates it. That birth, however, which the Acharya ordains, is considered as the true birth which is really unfading and immortal. |
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BORI CE: 13-108-019 ज्येष्ठा मातृसमा चापि भगिनी भरतर्षभ |
MN DUTT: 09-105-019 ज्येष्ठा मातृसमा चापि भगिनी भरतर्षभ |
M. N. Dutt: The eldest sister, O chief of Bharata's race, is like a mother. The wife of the eldest brother also is like the mother, for the younger brother, in infancy receives nursing from her. |
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