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Book 13 – Chapter 122
BORI CE: 13-122-001 भीष्म उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-121-001 भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच मैत्रेयः कर्मपूजकः |
M. N. Dutt: Bhishma said Thus addressed by Vyasa, Maitreya, who was a worshipper of deeds, who had been born in a family gifted with great prosperity, who was wise and endued with great learning said to him these words. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-002 असंशयं महाप्राज्ञ यथैवात्थ तथैव तत् |
MN DUTT: 09-121-002 मैत्रेय उवाच असंशयं महाप्राज्ञ यथैवात्थ तथैव तत् |
M. N. Dutt: Maitreya said O you of great wisdom, it is what you have said O powerful one, with your permission I wish to say something. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-003 व्यास उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-121-003 व्यास उवाच यद् यदिच्छसि मैत्रेय यावद् यावद् यथा यथा |
M. N. Dutt: Vyasa said Whatever you wish to say, O Maitreya in what way so even, do you say, O man of great wisdom, for I wish to hear you. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-004 मैत्रेय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-121-004 मैत्रेय उवाच निर्दोषं निर्मलं चैवं वचनं दानसंहितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Maitreya said Your words on the subject of gift are faultless and pure. Forsooth, your soul has been purified by knowledge and penances. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-005 भवतो भावितात्मत्वाद्दायोऽयं सुमहान्मम |
MN DUTT: 09-121-005 भवतो भावितात्मत्वाल्लाभोऽयं सुमहान् मम |
M. N. Dutt: On account of your soul being purified, even this is the great advantage I reap from it. With the help of my understanding I see that you are gifted with high penances. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-006 अपि मे दर्शनादेव भवतोऽभ्युदयो महान् |
MN DUTT: 09-121-006 अपि नो दर्शनादेव भवतोऽभ्युदयो भवेत् |
M. N. Dutt: As regards ourselves we succeed in acquiring prosperity through only seeing personages like you. I think that is due to your favour and originates from the nature of my own acts. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-007 तपः श्रुतं च योनिश्चाप्येतद्ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् |
MN DUTT: 09-121-007 तपः श्रुतं च योनिश्चाप्यतेद् ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् |
M. N. Dutt: Penances, knowledge of the Vedas, and birth in a pure family, these are the causes of the status which one acquires of a Brahmana. When one is possessed of these three qualities then does he coine to be called a twice born person. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-008 तस्मिंस्तृप्ते च तृप्यन्ते पितरो दैवतानि च |
MN DUTT: 09-121-008 अस्मिंस्तृप्ते च तृप्यन्ते पितरो दैवतानि च |
M. N. Dutt: If the Brahmana be pleased, the departed Manes and the deities also are pleased. There is nothing superior to a Brahmana possessed of Vedic learning. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 09-121-009 अन्धं स्यात् तम एवेदं न प्रज्ञायेत किंचन |
M. N. Dutt: Without the Brahmana, all would be darkness. Nothing would be known. The four castes would not exist. The distinction between virtue and sin, Truth and Untruth, would disappear. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-009 यथा हि सुकृते क्षेत्रे फलं विन्दति मानवः |
MN DUTT: 09-121-010 यथा हि सुकृलभे क्षेत्रे फलं विन्दति मानवः |
M. N. Dutt: Men, when they sow on a wellcultivated field reap an abundant harvest. Even so one reaps great merit by making gifts to a Brahmana endued with great learning. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-010 ब्राह्मणश्चेन्न विद्येत श्रुतवृत्तोपसंहितः |
MN DUTT: 09-121-011 ब्राह्मणश्चेन्न विन्देत श्रुतवृत्तोपसंहितः |
M. N. Dutt: If there were no Brahmana gifted with Vedic learning and good conduct for accepting gifts, the wealth possessed by rich men would be useless. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-011 अदन्ह्यविद्वान्हन्त्यन्नमद्यमानं च हन्ति तम् |
MN DUTT: 09-121-012 अदनविद्वान् हन्त्यन्नमद्यमानं च हन्ति तम् |
M. N. Dutt: The ignorant Brahmana, by eating the food that is offered to him, destroys what he eats. The food also that is eaten destroys the eater. That is called food which is given away to a worthy man, in all other cases he who takes it, makes the donor's gift thrown away and the receiver is likewise ruined for his unduly taking it. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-012 प्रभुर्ह्यन्नमदन्विद्वान्पुनर्जनयतीश्वरः |
MN DUTT: 09-121-013 प्रभुन्नमदन् विद्वान् पुनर्जनयतीश्वरः |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana endued with learning, becomes the subjugator of the food that he eats. Having eaten it, be begets other food. The ignorant man who eats the food offered to him, loses his right to the children he procreates for the latter become his whose food has enabled the progenitor to beget them. This is the shortcoming of persons eating other people's food when they have not the power to conquer that food. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-013 यदेव ददतः पुण्यं तदेव प्रतिगृह्णतः |
MN DUTT: 09-121-014 यदेव ददतः पुण्यं तदेव प्रतिगृह्णतः |
M. N. Dutt: The merit which the giver wins by making the gift is equal to what the taker acquires by accepting the food Both the giver and the taker depend equally upon each other. This is what the Rishis have said. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-014 यत्र वै ब्राह्मणाः सन्ति श्रुतवृत्तोपसंहिताः |
MN DUTT: 09-121-015 यत्र वै ब्राह्मणाः सन्ति श्रुतवृत्तोपसंहिताः |
M. N. Dutt: There where Brahmanas exist, gifted with Vedic learning and conduct people are enabled to acquire the sacred fruits of gifts and to enjoy them both in this world and the next. |
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BORI CE: 13-122-015 ये योनिशुद्धाः सततं तपस्यभिरता भृशम् |
MN DUTT: 09-121-016 ये योनिशुद्धाः सततं तपस्यभिरता भृशम् |
M. N. Dutt: Those men who are of pure birth, who are devoted to penances and who make gifts and study the Vedas, are considered as worthy of the most respectful adoration |
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BORI CE: 13-122-016 तैर्हि सद्भिः कृतः पन्थाश्चेतयानो न मुह्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-121-017 तैर्हि सद्धिः कृतः पन्थास्तेन यातो न मुह्यते |
M. N. Dutt: It is those good men who have chalked out the path by treading on which one does not become stupefied. It is those men who take others to the celestial region. They are the Men who carry on their shoulders the burthen of Sacrifices and live for good. |
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