महाभारतम् — ३.२४५

वैशंपायन उवाच ।

वने निवसतां तेषां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ।
वर्षाण्येकादशातीयुः कृच्छ्रेण भरतर्षभ ॥

M N Dutt Vaishampayana said : O best of the Bharata race, thus living in the forest, the high-souled Pandavas spent eleven years in great misery.

३.२४५.२

फलमूलाशनास्ते हि सुखार्हा दुःखमुत्तमम् ।
प्राप्तकालमनुध्यान्तः सेहुरुत्तमपूरुषाः ॥

M N Dutt Although deserving of happiness, those best of men, brooding over their miserable plight, passed their days in misery living on fruits and roots.

३.२४५.३

युधिष्ठिरस्तु राजर्षिरात्मकर्मापराधजम् ।
चिन्तयन्स महाबाहुर्भ्रातॄणां दुःखमुत्तमम् ॥

M N Dutt That royal sage, the illustrious Yudhishthira, reflecting that the extremity of misery which had befallen his brothers was owing to his own fault and remembering also the sufferings that had arisen from his act of gambling, could not sleep in peace. He felt as if his heart had been pierced with a lance.

३.२४५.४

न सुष्वाप सुखं राजा हृदि शल्यैरिवार्पितैः ।
दौरात्म्यमनुपश्यंस्तत्काले द्यूतोद्भवस्य हि ॥

M N Dutt That royal sage, the illustrious Yudhishthira, reflecting that the extremity of misery which had befallen his brothers was owing to his own fault and remembering also the sufferings that had arisen from his act of gambling, could not sleep in peace. He felt as if his heart had been pierced with a lance.

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संस्मरन्परुषा वाचः सूतपुत्रस्य पाण्डवः ।
निःश्वासपरमो दीनो बिभ्रत्कोपविषं महत् ॥

M N Dutt Remembering the harsh words of the Suta's son, the Pandava, repressing the venom of his wrath passed his days in humble guise and he often sighed heavily.

३.२४५.६

अर्जुनो यमजौ चोभौ द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ।
स च भीमो महातेजाः सर्वेषामुत्तमो बली ।
युधिष्ठिरमुदीक्षन्तः सेहुर्दुःखमनुत्तमम् ॥

M N Dutt Arjuna and both the twins and the illustrious Draupadi and the mighty Bhima, he that was strongest of all men, felt the greatest pain in casting their eyes on Yudhishthira.

३.२४५.७

अवशिष्टमल्पकालं मन्वानाः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
वपुरन्यदिवाकार्षुरुत्साहामर्षचेष्टितैः ॥

M N Dutt Thinking that only a short time remained (of their exile) those foremost of men, influenced by rage and hope and by resorting to various exertions and endeavours made their bodies assume almost different shapes.

३.२४५.८

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ।
आजगाम महायोगी पाण्डवानवलोककः ॥

M N Dutt After a while the son of Satyavati, Vyasa, the great Yogi came there to see the Pandavas. Seeing him coming, the son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, went forward and duly received that high-souled one.

३.२४५.९

तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
प्रत्युद्गम्य महात्मानं प्रत्यगृह्णाद्यथाविधि ॥

M N Dutt After a while the son of Satyavati, Vyasa, the great Yogi came there to see the Pandavas. Seeing him coming, the son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, went forward and duly received that high-souled one.

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तमासीनमुपासीनः शुश्रूषुर्नियतेन्द्रियः ।
तोषयन्प्रणिपातेन व्यासं पाण्डवनन्दनः ॥

M N Dutt Having gratified Vyasa by bowing down to him, the self-controlled Pandava (Yudhishthira), when the Rishi sat down, sat down before him with the desire of listening to him.

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तानवेक्ष्य कृशान्पौत्रान्वने वन्येन जीवतः ।
महर्षिरनुकम्पार्थमब्रवीद्बाष्पगद्गदम् ॥

M N Dutt Seeing his grandson lean and living on forest produce, that great Rishi, moved by compassion spoke thus in accents choked with tears.

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युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो शृणु धर्मभृतां वर ।
नातप्ततपसः पुत्र प्राप्नुवन्ति महत्सुखम् ॥

M N Dutt "O mighty armed Yudhishthira, O foremost of all virtuous men, lear; those men who do not perform asceticism never obtain great happiness in this world; men experience happiness and misery by turn.

३.२४५.१३

सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणोपसेवते ।
नात्यन्तमसुखं कश्चित्प्राप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ ॥

३.२४५.१४

प्रज्ञावांस्त्वेव पुरुषः संयुक्तः परया धिया ।
उदयास्तमयज्ञो हि न शोचति न हृष्यति ॥

M N Dutt O foremost of the Bharatas, no man ever enjoys unmixed happiness. A wise man, possessing high wisdom, knowing that life has its ups and downs, is neither filled with joy nor with grief.

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सुखमापतितं सेवेद्दुःखमापतितं सहेत् ।
कालप्राप्तमुपासीत सस्यानामिव कर्षकः ॥

M N Dutt When happiness comes one should enjoy it and when misery comes one should bear it. As a sower of crops must wait for the (proper) season (to gather his crops).

३.२४५.१६

तपसो हि परं नास्ति तपसा विन्दते महत् ।
नासाध्यं तपसः किंचिदिति बुध्यस्व भारत ॥

M N Dutt There is nothing superior to asceticism. Asceticism produces great results. descendant of Bharata, know that there is nothing which asceticism cannot produce.

३.२४५.१७

सत्यमार्जवमक्रोधः संविभागो दमः शमः ।
अनसूयाविहिंसा च शौचमिन्द्रियसंयमः ।
साधनानि महाराज नराणां पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥

M N Dutt Truth, sincerity, freedom from anger, justice, self-control, restraint of faculties, immunity from malice, guilelessness, sanctity and mortification of the senses, these, O great king, purify a man of pure acts.

३.२४५.१८

अधर्मरुचयो मूढास्तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाः ।
कृच्छ्रां योनिमनुप्राप्य न सुखं विन्दते जनाः ॥

M N Dutt Foolish persons, addicted to vice and bestial ways, obtain the birth of beasts in after life and they never enjoy happiness.

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इह यत्क्रियते कर्म तत्परत्रोपभुज्यते ।
तस्माच्छरीरं युञ्जीत तपसा नियमेन च ॥

M N Dutt The fruits of acts done in this world are obtained in the next world. Therefore one restrains his body by asceticism and the observance of vows.

३.२४५.२०

यथाशक्ति प्रयच्छेच्च संपूज्याभिप्रणम्य च ।
काले पात्रे च हृष्टात्मा राजन्विगतमत्सरः ॥

M N Dutt O king, being free from guile and with a cheerful spirit, one, according to his power, bestows gifts after bowing down to the recipient and paying him homage.

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सत्यवादी लभेतायुरनायासमथार्जवी ।
अक्रोधनोऽनसूयश्च निर्वृतिं लभते पराम् ॥

M N Dutt A truthful man obtains a life which is free from all trouble. A person, free from anger, attains to sincerity and one free from malice obtains supreme contentments. A man who has subdued his senses and his inner faculties never knows tribulation, nor is a person of subdued senses affected by sorrow at the sight of other's prosperity.

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दान्तः शमपरः शश्वत्परिक्लेशं न विन्दति ।
न च तप्यति दान्तात्मा दृष्ट्वा परगतां श्रियम् ॥

M N Dutt A truthful man obtains a life which is free from all trouble. A person, free from anger, attains to sincerity and one free from malice obtains supreme contentments. A man who has subdued his senses and his inner faculties never knows tribulation, nor is a person of subdued senses affected by sorrow at the sight of other's prosperity.

३.२४५.२३

संविभक्ता च दाता च भोगवान्सुखवान्नरः ।
भवत्यहिंसकश्चैव परमारोग्यमश्नुते ॥

M N Dutt A man who gives every one his due and he who gives boons obtains happiness and every object of enjoyment, while a man who is free from envy reaps perfect ease.

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मान्यान्मानयिता जन्म कुले महति विन्दति ।
व्यसनैर्न तु संयोगं प्राप्नोति विजितेन्द्रियः ॥

M N Dutt He who honours those to whom honour is due obtains birth in an illustrious family and he who has subdued his senses never mects with any misfortune.

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शुभानुशयबुद्धिर्हि संयुक्तः कालधर्मणा ।
प्रादुर्भवति तद्योगात्कल्याणमतिरेव सः ॥

M N Dutt A man whose mind follows good after death is born on that account possessing a virtuous mind.

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।

३.२४५.२६

भगवन्दानधर्माणां तपसो वा महामुने ।
किं स्विद्बहुगुणं प्रेत्य किं वा दुष्करमुच्यते ॥

M N Dutt Yudhishthira said : O great Rishi, O exalted one, of the bestowal of gifts and asceticism which is of greater efficacy in the next world and which is more difficult to be practised.

व्यास उवाच ।

३.२४५.२७

दानान्न दुष्करतरं पृथिव्यामस्ति किंचन ।
अर्थे हि महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते ॥

M N Dutt Vyasa said : O child, there is nothing in this world more difficult to practise than charity. Men thirst for wealth and obtain it with great difficulty.

३.२४५.२८

परित्यज्य प्रियान्प्राणान्धनार्थं हि महाहवम् ।
प्रविशन्ति नरा वीराः समुद्रमटवीं तथा ॥

M N Dutt O high-minded one, even abandoning (the hope of) dear life itself, heroic men enter into the depths of the sea and the forest for wealth.

३.२४५.२९

कृषिगोरक्ष्यमित्येके प्रतिपद्यन्ति मानवाः ।
पुरुषाः प्रेष्यतामेके निर्गच्छन्ति धनार्थिनः ॥

M N Dutt For wealth some take to agriculture, some to the tending of the kine and some serve others. Therefore it is extremely difficult to part with wealth which is obtained with such great difficulty.

३.२४५.३०

तस्य दुःखार्जितस्यैवं परित्यागः सुदुष्करः ।
न दुष्करतरं दानात्तस्माद्दानं मतं मम ॥

M N Dutt As there is nothing harder to practise than charity, in my opinion, even bestowal of boons is superior to every thing.

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विशेषस्त्वत्र विज्ञेयो न्यायेनोपार्जितं धनम् ।
पात्रे देशे च काले च साधुभ्यः प्रतिपादयेत् ॥

M N Dutt Specially this is to be remembered that wellgotten gains should in proper time and place be given away to pious men.

३.२४५.३२

अन्यायसमुपात्तेन दानधर्मो धनेन यः ।
क्रियते न स कर्तारं त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥

M N Dutt But the bestowal of ill-gotten wealth can never rescue the giver from the great fear (of the evil of rebirth).

३.२४५.३३

पात्रे दानं स्वल्पमपि काले दत्तं युधिष्ठिर ।
मनसा सुविशुद्धेन प्रेत्यानन्तफलं स्मृतम् ॥

M N Dutt O Yudhishthira, it has been said that by bestowing in a pure spirit even a slight gift in due time and to a fit recipient a man obtains inexhaustible fruits in the next world. In this connection a story is told about the fruit obtained by Mudgala by giving away only a Drona of corn.

३.२४५.३४

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
व्रीहिद्रोणपरित्यागाद्यत्फलं प्राप मुद्गलः ॥

M N Dutt O Yudhishthira, it has been said that by bestowing in a pure spirit even a slight gift in due time and to a fit recipient a man obtains inexhaustible fruits in the next world. In this connection a story is told about the fruit obtained by Mudgala by giving away only a Drona of corn.

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