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Book 14 – Chapter 094
BORI CE: 14-094-001 जनमेजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-259-001 जनमेजय उवाच यज्ञो सक्ता नृपतयस्तप:सक्ता महर्षयः शान्तिव्यवस्थिता विप्राः शमे दम इति प्रभो |
M. N. Dutt: Janamejaya said O powerful Rishi, kings are attached to sacrifices. The great Rishis are attached to penances. Learned Brahmanas observe tranquillity of mind, peacefulness of conduct and self-control. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-002 तस्माद्यज्ञफलैस्तुल्यं न किंचिदिह विद्यते |
MN DUTT: 09-259-002 तस्माद् यज्ञफलैस्तुल्यं न किंचिदिह दृश्यते |
M. N. Dutt: Hence it appears that nothing can be seen in this world which can compare with the fruits of sacrifices. This is my conviction. That conviction, again scems to be surely correct. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-003 यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा हि बहवो राजानो द्विजसत्तम |
MN DUTT: 09-259-003 यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा तु बहवो राजानो द्विजसत्तमाः |
M. N. Dutt: Numberless kings, O best of twice-born persons, having adored the celestials in sacrifices, acquired high fame here and obtained the celestial region hercafter. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-004 देवराजः सहस्राक्षः क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-004 देवराजः सहस्राक्षः क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः |
M. N. Dutt: Gifted with great energy, the powerful king of the deities, viz., Indra of a thousand eyes, obtained the sovereignty over the deities through the many sacrifices he performed with gifts in profusion and attained to the fruition of all his desires. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-005 यथा युधिष्ठिरो राजा भीमार्जुनपुरःसरः BORI CE: 14-094-006 अथ कस्मात्स नकुलो गर्हयामास तं क्रतुम् |
MN DUTT: 09-259-005 यदा युधिष्ठिरो राजा भीमार्जुन पुरःसरः |
M. N. Dutt: When king Yudhishthira, with Bhima and Arjuna by him, resembled the king of the deities himself in prosperity and prowess, why then did that mungoose depreciate that great Horse-Sacrifice of the great monarch. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-007 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 09-259-006 वैशम्पायन उवाच यज्ञस्य विधिमग्र्यं वै फलं चापि नराधिपा गदतः शृणु मे राजन् यथावदिह भारत |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Do you listen to me, O king, as I describe to you duly, O Bharata, the excellent ordinances about sacrifice and the fruits also, O king, that sacrifice yields. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-008 पुरा शक्रस्य यजतः सर्व ऊचुर्महर्षयः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-007 पुरा शक्रस्य यजतः सर्व ऊचुर्महर्षयः |
M. N. Dutt: Formerly, occasion Shakra celebrated a particular sacrifice. While the limbs of the sacrifice were spread out, the Ritvijas became busy in performing the various rites ordained in the scriptures. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-009 हूयमाने तथा वह्नौ होत्रे बहुगुणान्विते BORI CE: 14-094-010 सुप्रतीतैस्तदा विप्रैः स्वागमैः सुस्वनैर्नृप |
MN DUTT: 09-259-008 हूयमाने तथा वह्नौ होने गुणसमन्विते |
M. N. Dutt: The pourer of libations, possessed of every qualification, becaine engaged in pouring libations of clarified butter. The great Rishis were seated around. The celestials were summoned by one by contented Brahmanas of great learning uttering scriptural Mantras in sweet voices. Those foremost of Adhvaryyus, not fatigued with what they did, recited the Mantras of the Yajurveda in soft account. on one one |
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BORI CE: 14-094-011 आलम्भसमये तस्मिन्गृहीतेषु पशुष्वथ |
MN DUTT: 09-259-009 आलम्भसमये तस्मिन् गृहीतेषु पशुष्वथा महर्पयो महाराज बभूवुः कृपयान्विताः |
M. N. Dutt: The time came for killing the animals. When the animals selected for sacrifice were seized, the great Rishis, O king, felt mercy for them. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-012 ततो दीनान्पशून्दृष्ट्वा ऋषयस्ते तपोधनाः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-010 ततो दीनान् पशून् दृष्ट्वा ऋषयस्ते तपोधनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Seeing that the animals had all become dispirited, those Rishis, gifted with wealth of penances, approached Shakra and said to him, “This method of sacrifice is not auspicious.' |
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BORI CE: 14-094-013 अपविज्ञानमेतत्ते महान्तं धर्ममिच्छतः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-011 अपरिज्ञानमेतत् ते महान्तं धर्ममिच्छतः |
M. N. Dutt: Desirous of winning great merit as you are, this is, indeed, a mark of your ignorance of the rites of sacrifice. O Purandara, animals have not been ordained to be killed in sacrifices, |
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BORI CE: 14-094-014 धर्मोपघातकस्त्वेष समारम्भस्तव प्रभो |
MN DUTT: 09-259-012 धर्मोपघातकस्त्वेष समारम्भस्तव प्रभो |
M. N. Dutt: O powerful one, these preparations of yours are destructive of merit! This sacrifice is not consistent with virtue. The destruction of creatures can never be said to be an act of virtue! |
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BORI CE: 14-094-015 आगमेनैव ते यज्ञं कुर्वन्तु यदि हेच्छसि |
MN DUTT: 09-259-013 आगमेनैव ते यज्ञं कुर्वन्तु यदि चेच्छसि |
M. N. Dutt: If you wish it, let your priests perform your sacrifice according to the Agama. By performing a sacrifice according to the scriptural ordinance, great will be the merit acquired by you. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-016 यज बीजैः सहस्राक्ष त्रिवर्षपरमोषितैः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-014 यज बीजैः सहस्राक्ष त्रिवर्षपरमोषितैः |
M. N. Dutt: you of a hundred eyes do you perform the sacrifice with seeds of grain which have been kept for three years. This, O Shakra, would be fraught with great virtue and productive of fruits of high efficacy. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-017 शतक्रतुस्तु तद्वाक्यमृषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-015 शतक्रतुस्तु तद् वाक्यमृषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: were The deity of a hundred sacrifices, however, moved by pride and overwhelmed by stupefaction, did not accept these words uttered by the Rishis. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-018 तेषां विवादः सुमहाञ्जज्ञे शक्रमहर्षिणाम् BORI CE: 14-094-019 ते तु खिन्ना विवादेन ऋषयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-016 तेषां विवादः सुमहाशक्रयज्ञे तपस्विनाम् MN DUTT: 09-259-017 तदा संधाय शक्रेण पप्रच्छर्नृपतिं वसुम् |
M. N. Dutt: Then, O Bharata, a great dispute arose in that sacrifice of Shakra between the ascetics as to how sacrifices should be performed, that is, should they be performed, with mobile creatures or with immobile objects. All of them exhausted with disputation. The Rishis, then, those beholders of truth, having made a compact with Shakra, asked king Vasu. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-020 महाभाग कथं यज्ञेष्वागमो नृपते स्मृतः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-018 महाभाग कथं यज्ञेष्वागमो नृपसत्तम |
M. N. Dutt: O highly blessed one, what is the Vedic declaration about sacrifices? Is it preferable to perform sacrifices with animals or with seeds and juices. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-021 तच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचस्तेषामविचार्य बलाबलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-259-019 तच्छ्रुत्वा तु वसुस्तेषामविचार्य बलाबलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing the question, king Vasu, without at all judging the merits of the arguments advanced on both sides, at once answered, saying, 'Sacrifices may be performed with any of the two kinds of objects ready.' |
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BORI CE: 14-094-022 एवमुक्त्वा स नृपतिः प्रविवेश रसातलम् |
MN DUTT: 09-259-020 एवमुक्त्वा स नृपतिः प्रविवेश रसातलम् |
M. N. Dutt: Having answered the question thus, he had to enter the nether regions. Indeed, the powerful king of the Chedis had to undergo that misery for having answered falsely. |
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MN DUTT: 09-259-021 तस्मान्न वाच्यं ह्येकेन बहुज्ञेनापि संशये |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, when a doubt arises, no person, however wise, should singly decide the matter, unless he be the powerful and self-born Lord himself of creatures, |
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MN DUTT: 09-259-022 तेन दत्तानि दानानि पापेनाशुद्धबुद्धिना |
M. N. Dutt: Gifts made by a sinner with an impure heart, for this, when very large, become lost. Such gifts go for nothing. |
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MN DUTT: 09-259-023 तस्याधर्मप्रवृत्तस्य हिंसकस्य दुरात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: By the gifts made by a person of unrighteous conduct, one, that is, who is of sinful soul and who is a destroyer, just fame never acquired either in this world or in the next. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-023 अन्यायोपगतं द्रव्यमतीतं यो ह्यपण्डितः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-024 अन्यायोपगतं द्रव्यमभीक्ष्णं यो हपण्डितः |
M. N. Dutt: That person of little intelligence, who, from desire of acquiring merit, celebrates sacrifices with wealth acquired by unfair means, never succeeds in acquiring merit. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-024 धर्मवैतंसिको यस्तु पापात्मा पुरुषस्तथा |
MN DUTT: 09-259-025 धर्मवैतंसिको यस्तु पापात्मा पुरुषाधमः |
M. N. Dutt: That low wretch of sin who hypocritically assuming a garb of virtue makes gifts to Brahmanas, only created the conviction in men about his own virtue. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-025 पापेन कर्मणा विप्रो धनं लब्ध्वा निरङ्कुशः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-026 पापेन कर्मणा विप्रो धनं प्राप्य निरङ्कुशः |
M. N. Dutt: That Brahmana of uncontrolled conduct, who acquires wealth by sinful deeds, overwhelmed by passion and stupefaction, attains at last to the goal of the sinful. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-026 तेन दत्तानि दानानि पापेन हतबुद्धिना |
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: 14-094-027 तस्याधर्मप्रवृत्तस्य हिंसकस्य दुरात्मनः |
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: 14-094-028 अपि संचयबुद्धिर्हि लोभमोहवशंगतः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-027 अपि संचयबुद्धिर्हि लोभमोहवशंगतः |
M. N. Dutt: Some one, overwhelmed by cupidity and stupefaction, becomes bent on storing riches. He is seen to persecute all creatures, urged by a sinful and impure understanding. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-029 एवं लब्ध्वा धनं लोभाद्यजते यो ददाति 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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MN DUTT: 09-259-028 एवं लब्ध्वा धनं मोहाद् यो हि दद्याद् न तस्य स फलं प्रेत्य भुङ्क्ते पापधनागमात् |
M. N. Dutt: He who, having acquired riches by such means, makes gifts or performs sacrifices therewith, never enjoys the fruits of those gifts or sacrifices in the other world on account of the wealth having been acquired by unfair means. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-030 उञ्छं मूलं फलं शाकमुदपात्रं तपोधनाः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-029 उञ्छं मूलं फलं शाकमुदपात्रं तपोधनाः |
M. N. Dutt: Men having wealth of penances, by giving away, to the best of their power, grains of corn picked up from the fields or roots or fruits or potherbs or water or leaves, acquire great merit and proceed to the celestial region. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-031 एष धर्मो महांस्त्यागो दानं भूतदया तथा |
MN DUTT: 09-259-030 एष धर्मो महायोगो दानं भूतदया तथा! ब्रह्मचर्ये तथा सत्यमनुक्रोशो धृतिः क्षमा |
M. N. Dutt: Such gifts are fraught with virtue and equal to high austerities. Such gifts, as also mercy to all creatures, and Brahmacharya, truthfulness of speech, and kindness, and fortitude, and forgiveness, form the eternal foundations of virtue which itself is eternal. We hear of Vishvamitra and other kings of ancient times. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-032 श्रूयन्ते हि पुरा विप्रा विश्वामित्रादयो नृपाः |
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: 14-094-033 एते चान्ये च बहवः सिद्धिं परमिकां गताः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-031 विश्वामित्रोऽसितश्चैव जनकश्च महीपति |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, Vishmvamitra, and Asita, and king Janaka, and Kakshasena and Arshtisena and king Sindhudvipa, these and many other kings, gifted with wealth of penances, having made gifts of articles acquired by fairness, having attained to high success. |
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BORI CE: 14-094-034 ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा ये चाश्रितास्तपः |
MN DUTT: 09-259-032 ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा ये चाश्रितास्तपः |
M. N. Dutt: Those amongst Brahmanas and Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras, who perforin penances, O Bharata, and who purify themselves, by gifts and other deeds of righteousness, proceed to the celestial region. |
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