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Book 13 – Chapter 117
BORI CE: 13-117-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-116-001 युधिष्ठिर उवाच इमे वै मानवा लोके नृशंसा मांसगृद्धिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Yudhishthira said Alas, those cruel men, who not caring for various other sorts of food, want only flesh, are really like great Rakshasa. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-002 नापूपान्विविधाकाराञ्शाकानि विविधानि च |
MN DUTT: 09-116-002 अपूपान् विविधाकाराशाकानि विविधानि च |
M. N. Dutt: Alas, they do not relish various kinds of cakes and diverse sorts of potherbs and various species of Khanda with juicy flavour so much as they do flesh. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-003 तत्र मे बुद्धिरत्रैव विसर्गे परिमुह्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-116-003 तत्र मे बुद्धिरत्रैव विषये परिमुह्यते |
M. N. Dutt: I cannot understand this at all I think they feel that there is nothing so tasteful as mcat. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-004 तदिच्छामि गुणाञ्श्रोतुं मांसस्याभक्षणेऽपि वा |
MN DUTT: 09-116-004 तदिच्छामि गुणाश्रोतुं मांसस्याभक्षणे प्रभो |
M. N. Dutt: I wish therefore, O powerful one, to hear what the merits are of abstention from flesh and the sin about the eating of flesh, O chief of Bharata's race. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-005 सर्वं तत्त्वेन धर्मज्ञ यथावदिह धर्मतः |
MN DUTT: 09-116-005 सर्वं तत्त्वेन धर्मज्ञ यथावदिह धर्मतः |
M. N. Dutt: You know every duty. Describe to me, in full according to the ordinances on duty, this subject. Do tell me what indeed is edible and what inedible ? |
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MN DUTT: 09-116-006 यथैतद् यादृशं चैव गुणा ये चास्य वर्जने |
M. N. Dutt: Tell me, O grandfather, what is flesh, of what substances it is the merits of abstention from it, and the sins for eating meat. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-006 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-116-007 भीष्म उवाच एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said O mighty armed one, O Bharata, It is the same as you submit. There is nothing on Earth that is superior to meat in taste. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-007 क्षतक्षीणाभितप्तानां ग्राम्यधर्मरताश्च ये |
MN DUTT: 09-116-008 क्षतक्षीणाभितप्तानां ग्राम्यधर्मरतात्मनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: There is nothing that is more beneficial than meat to persons who are lean or weak, or afflicted with disease or addicted to sexual union or exhausted with travel. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-008 सद्यो वर्धयति प्राणान्पुष्टिमग्र्यां ददाति च |
MN DUTT: 09-116-009 सद्यो वर्धयति प्राणान् पुष्टिमय्यां दधाति च |
M. N. Dutt: Meat quickly increases strength. It ordains great development. There is no food. O scorcher of enemies, that is superior to meat. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-009 विवर्जने तु बहवो गुणाः कौरवनन्दन |
MN DUTT: 09-116-010 विवर्जिते तु बहवो गुणाः कौरवनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: But, O delighter of Kurus, those who abstain from it win great merits. Listen to me as I describe it to you. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-010 स्वमांसं परमांसैर्यो विवर्धयितुमिच्छति |
MN DUTT: 09-116-011 स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति |
M. N. Dutt: That man who wishes to increase his own flesh by the meat of another living creature is such that there is none meaner and more cruel than he. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-011 न हि प्राणात्प्रियतरं लोके किंचन विद्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-116-012 न हि प्राणात् प्रियतरं लोके किंचन विद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: In this world there is nothing that is dearer to a creature than his life. Hence, one should show mercy to the lives of others as he does to his own life. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-012 शुक्राच्च तात संभूतिर्मांसस्येह न संशयः |
MN DUTT: 09-116-013 शुक्राच्च तात सम्भूतिर्मासस्येह न संशयः |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth, O son, flesh has its origin in the vital seed. There is great sin attaching to its eating, as, indeed, there is merit in abstaining from it. |
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MN DUTT: 09-116-014 विधिना वेददृष्टेन तद्भुक्त्वेह न दुष्यति |
M. N. Dutt: One does not, however, commit any sin by eating flesh sanctified according to the ordinances to the Vedas. The Shruti says that animal were created for sacrifice. They wlio eat flesh in any other way are said to follow Rakshasa practice. |
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MN DUTT: 09-116-015 क्षत्रियाणां तु यो दृष्टो विधिस्तमपि मे शृणु |
M. N. Dutt: Listen to me as I tell you what the ordinances is for the Kshatriyas. They do not commit any sin by eating flesh that has been acquired power. |
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MN DUTT: 09-116-016 आरण्याः सर्वदैवत्याः सर्वशः प्रोक्षिता मृगाः |
M. N. Dutt: All wild deer have been dedicated to the celestials and the departed Manes in days of old, O king, by Agastya. Hence the hunting of dcer is not censured. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-116-017 नात्मानमपरित्यज्य मृगया नाम विद्यते |
M. N. Dutt: There can be no hunting without risk of one's own life. There is equality of risk between the killer and the killed. Either the animal is killed or it kills the hunter. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-116-018 अतो राजर्षयः सर्वे मृगयां यान्ति भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Hence, O Bharata, even royal sages take to hunting. By such conduct they do not become stained with sin. Indeed the practice is not considered sinful. |
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MN DUTT: 09-116-019 न ह्यतः सदृशं किंचिदिह लोके परत्र च |
M. N. Dutt: There is nothing O, delighter of the Kurus, that is equal in point of merit, either in this world or in the next to the practice of mercy to all living creatures. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-116-020 न भयं विद्यते जातु नरस्येह दयावत: |
M. N. Dutt: A kind-hearted man seldom has to suffer from any fright. A gracious and austerious person enjoys equal pleasure in this world and the next. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-013 अहिंसालक्षणो धर्म इति वेदविदो विदुः |
MN DUTT: 09-116-021 अहिंसालक्षणो धर्म इति धर्मविदो विदुः |
M. N. Dutt: Persons conversant with duty say that Religion is worthy of being called Religion which is characterised by abstention from cruelty. The man of purified soul should do only such acts as have mercy for their soul. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-014 पितृदैवतयज्ञेषु प्रोक्षितं हविरुच्यते |
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: 13-117-015 यज्ञार्थे पशवः सृष्टा इत्यपि श्रूयते श्रुतिः |
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: 13-117-016 क्षत्रियाणां तु यो दृष्टो विधिस्तमपि मे शृणु |
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: 13-117-017 आरण्याः सर्वदैवत्याः प्रोक्षिताः सर्वशो मृगाः |
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: 13-117-018 नात्मानमपरित्यज्य मृगया नाम विद्यते |
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: 13-117-019 अतो राजर्षयः सर्वे मृगयां यान्ति 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: 13-117-020 न हि तत्परमं किंचिदिह लोके परत्र च |
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: 13-117-021 न भयं विद्यते जातु नरस्येह दयावतः |
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: 09-116-022 पितृदैवतयज्ञेषु प्रोक्षितं हविरुच्यते |
M. N. Dutt: That flesh which is dedicated in sacrifices performed in honour of the deities and the departed Manes is called Havi. That man who is given to mercy and who behaves with mercy towards others, has no fear to entertain from any creature. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-022 अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो ददाति दयापरः BORI CE: 13-117-023 क्षतं च स्खलितं चैव पतितं क्लिष्टमाहतम् BORI CE: 13-117-024 नैनं व्यालमृगा घ्नन्ति न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः BORI CE: 13-117-025 प्राणदानात्परं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति BORI CE: 13-117-026 अनिष्टं सर्वभूतानां मरणं नाम भारत BORI CE: 13-117-027 जातिजन्मजरादुःखे नित्यं संसारसागरे BORI CE: 13-117-028 गर्भवासेषु पच्यन्ते क्षाराम्लकटुकै रसैः BORI CE: 13-117-029 जाताश्चाप्यवशास्तत्र भिद्यमानाः पुनः पुनः BORI CE: 13-117-030 कुम्भीपाके च पच्यन्ते तां तां योनिमुपागताः BORI CE: 13-117-031 नात्मनोऽस्ति प्रियतरः पृथिव्यामनुसृत्य ह BORI CE: 13-117-032 सर्वमांसानि यो राजन्यावज्जीवं न भक्षयेत् BORI CE: 13-117-033 ये भक्षयन्ति मांसानि भूतानां जीवितैषिणाम् BORI CE: 13-117-034 मां स भक्षयते यस्माद्भक्षयिष्ये तमप्यहम् |
MN DUTT: 09-116-022 पितृदैवतयज्ञेषु प्रोक्षितं हविरुच्यते MN DUTT: 09-116-023 अभयं तस्य भूतानि ददतीत्यनुशुश्रुम MN DUTT: 09-116-024 मुच्यते भयकालेषु मोक्षयेद् यो भये परान् MN DUTT: 09-116-025 न ह्यात्मनः प्रियतरं किंचिदस्तीह निश्चितम् MN DUTT: 09-116-026 मृत्युकाले हि भूतानां सद्यो जायति वेपथुः MN DUTT: 09-116-027 आक्रम्य मार्यमाणाश्च भ्राम्यन्ते वै पुनः पुनः MN DUTT: 09-116-028 तस्मात् प्राणिषु सर्वेषु दयावानात्मवान् भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: That flesh which is dedicated in sacrifices performed in honour of the deities and the departed Manes is called Havi. That man who is given to mercy and who behaves with mercy towards others, has no fear to entertain from any creature. It is heard that all creatures abstain from causing any fear to such a creature. All creatures protect him when he is wounded or fallen down or prostrated or weakened or bruised. Indeed they do under all circumstances, whether he is on even uneven ground. Neither snakes nor wild animals neither Pishachas nor Rakshasas, ever kill him. When circumstances of fear originate, he becomes freed from fear who fees others from situations of fear. There has never been nor will there ever be, a gift which is superior to the gift of life. In the world, there is nothing else so dear as one's life. Hence, as man wants to be graced by others; he should himself be gracious on others. O Bharata, as the body of all creatures starts shivering at the time of death, nobody wants to die. SO or When the time comes for Death, a trembling of the entire body is seen in all creatures. Undergoing birth in the uterus, decrepitude, and sufferings of all sorts, in this ocean of the world, living creature may be seen to be continually going forward and coming back. Every creatures is afflicted by death. While living in the uterus all creatures are cooked in the fluid juices, that are alkaline and sour and bitter, of urine and phlegm and faeces, juices which produce painful sensations and are difficult to bear. There in the uterus they have to live in a state of helplessness and are even repeatedly torn and pierced. They who are covetous of meat are seen to be repeatedly cooked in the uterus in such a state of helplessness. Going through all sorts of birth, they cooked in the Hell called Kumbhipaka. They are assailed and killed and in this way have to travel again and again. There is nothing so dear to one as his life when one comes to this world. are Hence, a person of purified soul should be merciful to all living creatures. That man, O king, who abstains from every kinds of meat from his birth, forsooth, acquires a large space in the celestial region. They who eat the flesh of animals who are desirous of life. are themselves eaten by the animals they eat. This is my opinion. Since he has eaten me, I shall eat him in return, this O Bharata, forms the character as Mansa of Mansa. The destroyer is always slain. After him the eater meets with the same fate. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-035 घातको वध्यते नित्यं तथा वध्येत बन्धकः |
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: 13-117-036 येन येन शरीरेण यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः |
MN DUTT: 09-116-029 आक्रोष्टा क्रुध्यते राजंस्तथा द्वेष्यत्वमाप्नुते |
M. N. Dutt: He who acts with hostility towards another becomes the victim of similar deeds done by that other. Whatever acts one does in whatever bodies, he has to suffer the consequences thereof in those bodies. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-037 अहिंसा परमो धर्मस्तथाहिंसा परो दमः |
MN DUTT: 09-116-030 अहिंसा परमो धर्मस्तथाऽहिंसा परो दमः |
M. N. Dutt: Abstention from cruelty is the highest Religion. Abstention from cruelty is the greatest self-restraint. Abstention from cruelty is the highest gift. Abstention from cruelty is the highest penance. Abstention from cruelty is the highest sacrifice. Abstention from cruelty is the highest power. Abstention from cruelty is the greatest friend. Abstention from cruelty is the greatest happiness. Abstention from cruelty is the highest truth. Abstention from cruelty is the highest Shruti. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-038 अहिंसा परमो यज्ञस्तथाहिंसा परं बलम् |
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: 13-117-039 सर्वयज्ञेषु वा दानं सर्वतीर्थेषु चाप्लुतम् |
MN DUTT: 09-116-031 सर्वयज्ञेषु वा दानं सर्वतीर्थेपु वाऽऽप्लुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Gifts made in all sacrifices, ablutions performed in all sacred waters, and the merit which one acquires from making all kinds of gifts mentioned in the scriptures all these do not equal abstention from cruelty in merit. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-040 अहिंस्रस्य तपोऽक्षय्यमहिंस्रो यजते सदा |
MN DUTT: 09-116-032 अहिंस्रस्य तपोऽक्षय्यमहिंस्रो यजते सदा |
M. N. Dutt: The penances of a man who abstains from cruelty are endless. The man who abstains from cruelty is considered as always perforining sacrifices. The man who abstains from cruelty is the father and mother of all creatures. |
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BORI CE: 13-117-041 एतत्फलमहिंसाया भूयश्च कुरुपुंगव |
MN DUTT: 09-116-033 एतत् फलमहिंसाया भूयश्च कुरुपुङ्गव |
M. N. Dutt: Even these, chief of Kuru's race, are some of the merits of abstention from cruelty. Altogether, the merits of it are so many that they are incapable of being exhausted even if one were to speak for a century. |
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