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Book 13 – Chapter 109
BORI CE: 13-109-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-106-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां म्लेच्छानां च पितामह |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said O grandfather, all the orders of men, including the very Mlechchhas, are naturally disposed to observe fasts. We, however, do not know the reason thereof. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-002 ब्रह्मक्षत्रेण नियमाश्चर्तव्या इति नः श्रुतम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-002 ब्रह्मक्षत्रेण नियमाश्चर्तव्या इति नः श्रुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: We have heard that only Brahmanas and Kshatriyas should observe the vow of fasts. How, O grandfather, are the other castes to be taken as acquiring any merit by the observance of fasts? |
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BORI CE: 13-109-003 नियमं चोपवासानां सर्वेषां ब्रूहि पार्थिव |
MN DUTT: 09-106-003 नियमांश्चोपवासांश्च सर्वेषा ब्रूहि पार्थिव |
M. N. Dutt: How have vows and fasts come to be observed by persons of all castes, O king? What is that end which one devoted to the observance of fasts, acquires? |
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BORI CE: 13-109-004 उपवासः परं पुण्यमुपवासः परायणम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-004 उपवासः परं पुण्यमुपवासः परायणम् |
M. N. Dutt: It has been said that fasts are greatly meritorious and that fasts are a great refuge. O king, what is the fruit that is acquired in this world by the man who observes fasts? |
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BORI CE: 13-109-005 अधर्मान्मुच्यते केन धर्ममाप्नोति वै कथम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-005 अधर्मान्मुच्यते केन धर्ममाप्नोति वा कथम् |
M. N. Dutt: By what means is one purged of his sins? By what means does one acquire virtue. By what means, O best of the Bharatas, does one succeed in acquiring Heaven and merit. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-006 उपोष्य चापि किं तेन प्रदेयं स्यान्नराधिप |
MN DUTT: 09-106-006 उपोष्य चापि किं तेन प्रदेय स्यानराधिप |
M. N. Dutt: After having observed a fast, what should one give away, O king? O tell me, what those duties are by which one may succeed in acquiring objects leading to happiness. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-007 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-106-007 वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं ब्रुवाणं कौन्तेयं धर्मज्ञं धर्मतत्त्ववित् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Kunti's son begotten by the deity of Dharma, who was conversant with every duty and who said so to him, Shantanu's son, Bhishma, who knew every duty, answered in the following words. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-008 इदं खलु महाराज श्रुतमासीत्पुरातनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-008 भीष्म उवाच इदं खलु मया राजन् श्रुतमासीत् पुरातनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Formerly, O king, I heard of these high merits O chief of Bharata's race, as belonging to the observance of fasts according to the ordinance. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-009 प्राजापत्यं ह्यङ्गिरसं पृष्टवानस्मि भारत |
MN DUTT: 09-106-009 ऋषिमङ्गिरसं पूर्वं पृष्टवानस्मि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: I had, O Bharata, asked the Rishi Angirasa of great ascetic merit, the very same questions which you have asked me today. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-010 प्रश्नमेतं मया पृष्टो भगवानग्निसंभवः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-010 प्रश्चमतं मया पृष्टो भगवानग्निसम्भवः |
M. N. Dutt: Accosted by me thus, the illustrious Rishi, who originated from the sacrificial fire, answered me even thus about the observance of fasts according to the ordinance. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-011 अङ्गिरा उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-106-011 अङ्गिरा उवाच ब्रह्मक्षत्रे त्रिरात्रं तु विहितं कुरुनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: Angirasa said Fasts for three nights together, ordained for Brahmanas and Kshatriyas, O delighter of the Kurus. Indeed, O king, a fast for one night, for two nights, and for three nights may be observed by them. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-012 वैश्यशूद्रौ तु यौ मोहादुपवासं प्रकुर्वते |
MN DUTT: 09-106-012 वैश्याः शूद्राश्च यन्मोहादुपवासं प्रचक्रिरे |
M. N. Dutt: Fast for one night is ordained for Vaishyas and Shudras. If they observe fasts for two or three nights by mistake, such fasts never bring on their advancement. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-013 चतुर्थभक्तक्षपणं वैश्यशूद्रे विधीयते |
MN DUTT: 09-106-013 चतुर्थभक्तक्षपणं वैश्ये शूद्रे विधीयते |
M. N. Dutt: Fasts for two nights have been ordained for Vaishyas and Shudras (on certain special occasions). Fasts for three nights, however, have not been ordained for them by persons knowing duties. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-014 पञ्चम्यां चैव षष्ठ्यां च पौर्णमास्यां च 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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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-106-014 पञ्चम्यां वापि षष्ठ्यां च पौर्णमास्यां च भारत |
M. N. Dutt: The wise man who, with his senses and soul under restraint, O Bharata, fasts, by abstaining from one of the two meals, on the fifth and the sixth days of the moon as also on the day of the full moon, becomes gifted with forgiveness and personal beauty and knowledge of scriptures. Such a person never becomes childless and poor. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-015 नानपत्यो भवेत्प्राज्ञो दरिद्रो वा कदाचन BORI CE: 13-109-016 अष्टमीमथ कौन्तेय शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् BORI CE: 13-109-017 मार्गशीर्षं तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन संक्षिपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-014 पञ्चम्यां वापि षष्ठ्यां च पौर्णमास्यां च भारत MN DUTT: 09-106-015 यजिष्णुः पञ्चमी षष्ठी कुले भोजयते द्विजान् |
M. N. Dutt: The wise man who, with his senses and soul under restraint, O Bharata, fasts, by abstaining from one of the two meals, on the fifth and the sixth days of the moon as also on the day of the full moon, becomes gifted with forgiveness and personal beauty and knowledge of scriptures. Such a person never becomes childless and poor. He who celebrates sacrifices for worshipping the deities on the fifth and the sixth days of the moon, becomes superior to all the members of his family and succeeds in feeding a large number of Brahmanas. He who observes fasts on the eighth and the fourteenth days of the dark fortnight, becomes freed from diseases and possessed of great energy. The man who abstains from one meal every day throughout the month called Margashirsha, should, with respect and devotion, feed a number of Brahmanas. By so doing he becomes freed from all his sins. Such a man becomes gifted with prosperity, and all sorts of grain become his. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-018 सर्वकल्याणसंपूर्णः सर्वौषधिसमन्वितः |
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: 09-106-016 उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते |
M. N. Dutt: He becomes gifted with energy. In fact, such a person reaps profuse harvest from his fields, acquires great riches and much corn. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-019 पौषमासं तु कौन्तेय भक्तेनैकेन यः क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-017 पौषमासं तु कौन्तेय भक्तेनैकेन यः क्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: That man, O son of Kunti, who passes the whole month of Pausha abstaining every day from one of two meals, becomes a gainer of good fortune and pleasant features and great fame. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-020 पितृभक्तो माघमासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-018 माघं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes the whole month of Magha, abstaining every day from one of the two mcals, is born in a high family and attains to a position of eminence among his kinsmen. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-021 भगदैवं तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-019 भगदैवतमासं तु एकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes the whole month of Bhagadaivata, confining himself every day to only one meal, becomes a favourite with women who, indeed, readily acknowledge his sway. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-022 चैत्रं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-020 चैत्रं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes the whole of the month of Chaitra, taking every day one meal only, is born in high family and becomes rich in gold, gems, and pearls. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-023 निस्तरेदेकभक्तेन वैशाखं यो जितेन्द्रियः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-021 निस्तरेदेकभक्तेन वैशाख यो जितेन्द्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: The person, whether male or female, who passes the month of Baishakha, taking himself or herself every day one meal, and keeping his or her senses under restraint, succeeds in attaining to a position of eminence among kinsmen. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-024 ज्येष्ठामूलं तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन संक्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-022 ज्येष्ठामूलं तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन संक्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: The person who passes the month of Jaishthya taking himself every day one meal, succeeds in acquiring a position of eminence and great riches. If a woman, she reaps the same reward. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-025 आषाढमेकभक्तेन स्थित्वा मासमतन्द्रितः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-023 आषाढमेकभक्तेन स्थित्वा मासमतन्द्रितः |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes the month of Ashada, taking himself one meal a day and with senses steadily concentrated upon his duties, becomes possessed of much corn, great riches and large progeny. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-026 श्रावणं नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-024 श्रावणं नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes the month of Sravana, taking himself one meal a day receives the honors of Abhisheka wherever he may happen to live, and attains to a position of eminence among kinsmen whom he supports. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-027 प्रौष्ठपदं तु यो मासमेकाहारो भवेन्नरः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-025 प्रौष्ठपदं तु यो मासमेकाहारो भवेन्नरः |
M. N. Dutt: That man who takes himself only one meal a day for the whole month of Proshthapada, becomes possessed of great riches. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-028 तथैवाश्वयुजं मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-026 तथैवाश्वयुजं मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत् |
M. N. Dutt: The man who passes the month of Ashvin, taking himself one meal a day, becomes pure in soul and body, possessed of many animals and vehicles and large progeny. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-029 कार्त्तिकं तु नरो मासं यः कुर्यादेकभोजनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-027 कार्तिकं तु नरो मासं यः कुर्यादेकभोजनम् |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes the month of Kartika, taking himself one meal every day, becomes possessed of heroism, many wives and great fame. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-030 इति मासा नरव्याघ्र क्षपतां परिकीर्तिताः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-028 इति मासा नरव्याघ्र क्षिपतां परिकीर्तिताः |
M. N. Dutt: I have now told you, O king, what the fruits are that are obtained by men by observing fasts for the two and ten months in detail. Listen now, O king, to me as I tell you what the rules are about the lunar days. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-031 पक्षे पक्षे गते यस्तु भक्तमश्नाति भारत |
MN DUTT: 09-106-029 पक्षे पक्षे गते यस्तु भक्तमश्नशति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: The man who, abstaining from it every day, takes rice at the termination of every fortnight becomes possessed of a great many kine, a large progeny, and a long life. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-032 मासि मासि त्रिरात्राणि कृत्वा वर्षाणि द्वादश |
MN DUTT: 09-106-030 मासि मासि त्रिरात्राणि कृत्वा वर्षाणि द्वादश |
M. N. Dutt: He whọ observes fasts for three nights every month and acts thus for two and ten years, acquires a position of eminence among his kinsmen and friends, without a rival to contest his claim and without any anxiety caused by any one trying to rise to the same height. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-033 एते तु नियमाः सर्वे कर्तव्याः शरदो दश |
MN DUTT: 09-106-031 एते तु नियमाः सर्वे कर्तव्या: शरदो दश |
M. N. Dutt: These rules which I speak of, O chief of Bharata's race, should be observed for twelve years. Be disposed to do it. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-034 यस्तु प्रातस्तथा सायं भुञ्जानो नान्तरा पिबेत् BORI CE: 13-109-035 षड्भिः स वर्षैर्नृपते सिध्यते नात्र संशयः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-032 यस्तु प्रातस्तथा सायं भुजानो नान्तरा पिबेत् |
M. N. Dutt: That man who eats once in the forenoon and once after evening and abstains from drinking at the interval, and who shows mercy towards all creatures, and pours libations of clarified butter on his sacred fire every day, acquires success, O king, in six years. There is no doubt in this. Such a man acquires the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-036 अधिवासे सोऽप्सरसां नृत्यगीतविनादिते |
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: 09-106-033 अधिवासे सोऽप्सरसां नृत्यगीतविनादिते |
M. N. Dutt: Gifted with merit and freed from every sort of stain, he acquires the region of the Apsaras which echo with the sound of songs and dance, and passes his days in the company of a thousand highly beautiful ladies. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-034 तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभं विमानमधिरोहति |
M. N. Dutt: He rides on a car of the colour of melted gold and receives great honours in the region of Brahma. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-037 पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु ब्रह्मलोके महीयते BORI CE: 13-109-038 यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णमेकाहारो भवेन्नरः BORI CE: 13-109-039 दशवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे च स महीयते BORI CE: 13-109-040 यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं चतुर्थं भक्तमश्नुते |
MN DUTT: 09-106-035 पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रं च ब्रह्मलोके महीयते MN DUTT: 09-106-036 तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: After the exhaustion of that merit, such a person returns to Earth and acquires elevated position. That man who passes one whole year, taking himself every day only one meal, acquires the merit of the Atiratra sacrifice. He ascends to Heaven after death and receives great honours there. Upon the termination of that merit he returns to the Earth and acquires a position of eminence. He who passes one whole year fasting for three days in succession and taking food on every fourth day, and abstaining from injury from every sort, adhering to truthfulness of speech, and keeping his senses under control, acquires the merit of the Vajapeya sacrifice. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-041 वाजपेयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं वै समुपाश्नुते |
MN DUTT: 09-106-035 पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रं च ब्रह्मलोके महीयते |
M. N. Dutt: After the exhaustion of that merit, such a person returns to Earth and acquires elevated position. That man who passes one whole year, taking himself every day only one meal, acquires the merit of the Atiratra sacrifice. He ascends to Heaven after death and receives great honours there. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-036 तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Upon the termination of that merit he returns to the Earth and acquires a position of eminence. He who passes one whole year fasting for three days in succession and taking food on every fourth day, and abstaining from injury from every sort, adhering to truthfulness of speech, and keeping his senses under control, acquires the merit of the Vajapeya sacrifice. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-042 षष्ठे काले तु कौन्तेय नरः संवत्सरं क्षपेत् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-037 दशवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते |
M. N. Dutt: Such a person ascends to Heaven after death and receives great honours there. That man, O son of Kunti, who passes a whole year observing fasts for five days and taking food on only the sixth day, gains the merit of Horse sacrifice. The chariot he rides, is drawn by Chakravakas. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-038 यत्वारिंशत् सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man enjoys every kind of happiness in Heaven for full forty thousand years. He who passes a whole year observing fasts for seven days and taking food on only every eighth day, gains the merit of the Gavamaya sacrifice. The chariot he rides, is drawn by swans and cranes. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-039 पञ्चाशतं सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते |
M. N. Dutt: Such a person enjoys all kinds of happiness in Heaven for fifty thousand years. He who passes a whole year, o king, taking food only at intervals of a fortnight, gains the merit of a continuous fast for six months. This has been said by the illustrious Angirasa himself. Such a man Lives in Heaven for sixty thousand years. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-040 वीणानां वल्लकीनां च वेणूनां च विशाम्पते |
M. N. Dutt: He is roused every morning from his bed by the sweet notes of Vinas and Vallakis and flutes, O king. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-041 संवत्सरमिहैकं तु मासि मासि पिबेदपः |
M. N. Dutt: He who passes a whole year, drinking only a little water at the termination of every month, acquires, O king, the merit of the Vishvajit sacrifice. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-043 चक्रवाकप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-106-042 सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man rides a chariot drawn by lions and tigers. He lives in Heaven for seventy thousand years in the enjoyment of every sort of happiness. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-044 अष्टमेन तु भक्तेन जीवन्संवत्सरं नृप |
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: 13-109-045 हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-106-042 सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man rides a chariot drawn by lions and tigers. He lives in Heaven for seventy thousand years in the enjoyment of every sort of happiness. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-046 पक्षे पक्षे गते राजन्योऽश्नीयाद्वर्षमेव तु |
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: 13-109-047 वीणानां वल्लकीनां च वेणूनां च विशां पते |
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: 13-109-048 संवत्सरमिहैकं तु मासि मासि पिबेत्पयः |
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: 13-109-049 सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-106-042 सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man rides a chariot drawn by lions and tigers. He lives in Heaven for seventy thousand years in the enjoyment of every sort of happiness. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-050 मासादूर्ध्वं नरव्याघ्र नोपवासो विधीयते |
MN DUTT: 09-106-043 मासादूर्ध्वं नरव्याघ्र नोपवासो विधीयते |
M. N. Dutt: No fast for more than a month, O king, has been ordained. Even this, O son of Pritha, is the ordinance about fasts that has been declared by sages conversant with duties. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-051 अनार्तो व्याधिरहितो गच्छेदनशनं तु यः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-044 अनार्तो व्याधिरहितो गच्छेदनशनं तु यः |
M. N. Dutt: That man who, unafflicted by discase and free from every malady, observes a fast, indeed acquires, at every step the merits of Sacrifices. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-052 दिवं हंसप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
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: 09-106-045 दिवं हंसप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Such a man ascends to Heaven on a car drawn by swans. Gifted with power, he enjoys every sort of happiness in Heaven for a hundred years. |
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MN DUTT: 09-106-046 शतं चाप्सरस: कन्या रमयन्त्यपि तं नरम् |
M. N. Dutt: A hundred Apsaras of the most beautiful features, wait upon, and sport with him. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-053 आर्तो वा व्याधितो वापि गच्छेदनशनं तु यः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-047 शतं वर्षसहस्राणां मोदते स दिवि प्रभो |
M. N. Dutt: He is roused from his bed every morning by the sound of the Kanchis and the Nupuras of those ladies. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-054 सहस्रहंससंयुक्ते विमाने सोमवर्चसि |
MN DUTT: 09-106-048 सहस्रहंसयुक्तेन विमानेन तु गच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: Such a person rides on a car drawn by a thousand swans. Living, again, in a region teeming with hundreds of the most beautiful ladies, he passes his time in great joy. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-055 क्षीणस्याप्यायनं दृष्टं क्षतस्य क्षतरोहणम् BORI CE: 13-109-056 दुःखितस्यार्थमानाभ्यां द्रव्याणां प्रतिपादनम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-049 क्षीणस्याप्यायनं दृष्टं क्षतस्य क्षतरोहणम् |
M. N. Dutt: The person who seeks Heaven, does not want strength when he becomes weak, or the cure of wounds when he is wounded, or the administration of medicine when he is ill, or soothings, by others when he is angry, or the mitigation, by the expenditure of money, of sorrows caused by poverty. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-057 अतः स कामसंयुक्तो विमाने हेमसंनिभे |
MN DUTT: 09-106-050 अतः स कामसंयुक्त विमाने हेमसंनिभे |
M. N. Dutt: Leaving this world, where he suffers all sorts of privations, he proceeds to Heaven and rides on cars bedecked with gold, his body adorned with all sorts of ornaments. There in the midst of hundreds of beautiful ladies, he enjoys all sorts of pleasure and happiness, cleansed of every sin. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-058 स्वस्थः सफलसंकल्पः सुखी विगतकल्मषः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-051 स्वस्थः सफलसंकल्प: सुखी विगतकल्मषः |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, abstaining from food and enjoyments in this world, he renounces this body and ascends to Heaven as the fruit of his penances, There purged of all his sins, he enjoys health and happiness and all his wishes become crowned with success. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-059 बालसूर्यप्रतीकाशे विमाने हेमवर्चसि BORI CE: 13-109-060 पताकादीपिकाकीर्णे दिव्यघण्टानिनादिते |
MN DUTT: 09-106-052 बालसूर्यप्रतीकाशे विमाने हेमवर्चसि |
M. N. Dutt: Such a person rides on a celestials car of golden colour, effulgent like the morning sun, set with pearls and lapis lazuli, resounding with the music of Vinas and Murajas, adorned with banners and lamps, and echoing with the sounds of celestial bells. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-061 यावन्ति रोमकूपाणि तस्य गात्रेषु पाण्डव |
MN DUTT: 09-106-053 यावन्ति रोमकूपाणि तस्य गात्रेषु पाण्डव |
M. N. Dutt: Such a person enjoys all sorts of happiness in Heaven for as many years as there are pores in his body. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-062 नास्ति वेदात्परं शास्त्रं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-054 नास्ति वेदात् परं शास्त्रं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः |
M. N. Dutt: There is no Shastra superior to the Veda. There is no person more worthy of respect than the mother. There is no acquisition superior to that of virtue, and no penance superior to fast. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-063 ब्राह्मणेभ्यः परं नास्ति पावनं दिवि चेह च |
MN DUTT: 09-106-055 ब्राह्मणेभ्यः परं नास्ति पावनं दिवि चेह च |
M. N. Dutt: There is nothing, more sacred, in Heaven or Earth, than Brahmanas. Similarly there is no penance that is superior to the observance of fasts. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-064 उपोष्य विधिवद्देवास्त्रिदिवं प्रतिपेदिरे |
MN DUTT: 09-106-056 उपोष्य विधिवद् देवास्त्रिदिवै प्रतिपेदिरे |
M. N. Dutt: It was by fasts that the celestials have succeeded in becoming dwellers of Heaven. It is by fasts that the Rishis have acquired high success. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-065 दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं हि विश्वामित्रेण धीमता |
MN DUTT: 09-106-057 दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणि विश्वामित्रेण धीमता |
M. N. Dutt: Vishvamitra passed a thousand celestial years, taking one meal a day, and as the consequence thereof acquired the status of a Brahmana. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-066 च्यवनो जमदग्निश्च वसिष्ठो गौतमो भृगुः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-058 च्यवनो जमदग्निश्च वसिष्ठो गौतमो भृगुः |
M. N. Dutt: Chyavana, Jamadagni, Vasishtha, Gautama and Bhriguall these great Rishis gifted with the virtue of forgivenesshave attained to Heaven through the observance of fasts. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-067 इदमङ्गिरसा पूर्वं महर्षिभ्यः प्रदर्शितम् |
MN DUTT: 09-106-059 इदमङ्गिरसा पूर्वं महर्षिभ्यः प्रदर्शितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Forinerly Angirasa declared so to the great Rishis. The man who teaches another the merit of fasts, has never to suffer any sort of misery. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-068 इमं तु कौन्तेय यथाक्रमं विधिं; प्रवर्तितं ह्यङ्गिरसा महर्षिणा |
MN DUTT: 09-106-060 इमं तु कौन्तेय यथाक्रमं विधि प्रवर्तितं ह्यङ्गिरसा महर्षिणा |
M. N. Dutt: The ordinances about fasts, in their due order, O son of Kunti, have originated from the great Rishi Angirasa. The man who daily reads these ordinances or hears them read, becomes freed from all sins. |
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BORI CE: 13-109-069 विमुच्यते चापि स सर्वसंकरै;र्न चास्य दोषैरभिभूयते मनः |
MN DUTT: 09-106-061 र्न चास्य दोषैरभिभूयते मनः |
M. N. Dutt: Not only is such a person freed from every calamity, but his mind rises above all sorts of shortcomings. Such a person succeeds in understanding the sounds of all creatures other than human, and acquiring eternal fame, becomes the foremost of men. |
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