Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.7
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11.7.1
अहोऽभिहितमाख्यान भवता तत्त्वदर्शिना ।
भूय एव तु मे हर्षः श्रोतुं वागमृतं तव ॥ ११.७.१ ॥
Ah! The story you have told, O seer of truth, gives me joy to hear again; your speech is nectar.
11.7.2
शृणु भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि मार्गस्यैतस्य विस्तरम् ।
यच्छ्रुत्वा विप्रमुच्यन्ते संसाराद्वि विचक्षणाः ॥ ११.७.२ ॥
Listen: I will again set forth the extent of this path, by hearing which the discerning are fully freed from worldly existence.
11.7.3
यथा तु पुरुषो राजन्दीर्घमध्वानमास्थितः ।
क्वचित्क्वचिच्छ्रमस्थानं कुरुते वासमेव वा ॥ ११.७.३ ॥
Just as a man, O king, travelling a long road, now and then makes a resting-place or a dwelling.
11.7.4
एवं संसारपर्याये गर्भवासेषु भारत ।
कुर्वन्ति दुर्बुधा वासं मुच्यन्ते तत्र पण्डिताः ॥ ११.७.४ ॥
Thus, O Bhārata, in the cycle of worldly existence, the foolish make their dwelling in the wombs; there the wise are released.
11.7.5
तस्मादध्वानमेवैतमाहुः शास्त्रविदो जनाः ।
यत्तत्संसारगहनं वनमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ ११.७.५ ॥
Therefore the learned in the scriptures call this a road, and the sages call it the dense forest of worldly existence.
11.7.6
सोयं लोकसमावर्तो मर्त्यानां भरतर्षभ ।
चराणां स्थावराणां च न गृध्येत्तत्र पाण्डितः ॥ ११.७.६ ॥
This, O bull of the Bharatas, is the revolving of the worlds for mortals, both moving and unmoving; the wise man should not crave it.
11.7.7
शारीरा मानसाश्चैव मर्त्यानां व्याधयश्च ये ।
प्रत्यक्षाश्च परोक्षाश्च ते व्यालाः कथिता बुधैः ॥ ११.७.७ ॥
The bodily and mental diseases of mortals, both visible and hidden — these the wise have called serpents.
11.7.8
क्लिश्यमानाश्च तैर्नित्यं मार्यमाणाश्च भारत ।
स्वकर्मभिर्महाव्यालैर्नोद्विजन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः ॥ ११.७.८ ॥
O Bhārata, though constantly afflicted and killed by those great serpents, the people of little understanding are not alarmed, because of their own deeds.
11.7.9
अथापि तैर्विमुच्येत व्याधिभिः पुरुषो नृप ।
आवृणोत्येव तं पश्चाज्जरा रूपविनाशिनी ॥ ११.७.९ ॥
O king, even if a man is freed from those diseases, afterwards old age, destroyer of beauty, surely covers him.
11.7.10
शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शगन्धैश्च विविधैरपि ।
मज्जमानं महापङ्के निरालम्बे समन्ततः ॥ ११.७.१० ॥
A man sinking in a great mire, without support on every side, by sounds, forms, tastes, touches, and smells, and by many other things.
11.7.11
संवत्सरर्तवो मासाः पक्षाहोरात्रसन्धयः ।
क्रमेणास्य प्रवृज्जन्ति रूपमायुस्तथैव च ॥ ११.७.११ ॥
Years and seasons, months, fortnights, and the junctures of day and night, in due order, carry away his form and his life.
11.7.12
एते कालस्य विधयो नैताञ्जानान्ति दुर्बुधाः ।
धात्राऽभिलिखितान्याहुः सर्वभूतानि कर्मणा ॥ ११.७.१२ ॥
These are the ordinances of time, but the foolish do not know them. They say that all beings are inscribed by the Creator through action.
11.7.13
रथः शरीरं भूतानां सत्वमाहुस्तु सारथिम् ।
इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुः कर्मबुद्विस्तु रश्मयः ॥ ११.७.१३ ॥
The body of living beings is the chariot; the mind they call the charioteer. The senses they call the horses, and action and understanding are the reins.
11.7.14
तेषां हयानां यो वेगं धावतामनु धावति ।
सतु संसारचक्रेऽस्मिंश्चक्रवत्परिवर्तते ॥ ११.७.१४ ॥
He who runs after the speed of those running horses turns round in this wheel of saṃsāra like a wheel.
11.7.15
यस्तान्संयमते बुद्ध्या संयतो न निवर्तते ।
यस्तु संसारचक्रेऽस्मिंश्चक्रवत्परिवर्तते ॥ ११.७.१५ ॥
He who restrains them by understanding, being restrained, does not turn back. But he who turns round in this wheel of saṃsāra like a wheel—
11.7.16
भ्रममाणा न मुह्यन्ति संसारे न भ्रमन्ति ते ।
संसारे भ्रमतां राजन्दुःखमेतद्धि जायते ॥ ११.७.१६ ॥
Those who wander without being deluded do not wander in saṃsāra. O king, this very suffering arises for those who wander in saṃsāra.
11.7.17
तस्पादस्य निवृत्त्यर्थं यत्नमेवाचरेद्बुधः ।
उपेक्षा नात्र कर्तव्या शतशाखः प्रवर्धते ॥ ११.७.१७ ॥
Therefore the wise man should make effort for release from this; neglect is not to be practised here, for it grows with a hundred branches.
11.7.18
यतेन्द्रियो नरो राजन्क्रोधलोभनिराकृतः ।
सन्तुष्टः सत्यवादी यः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥ ११.७.१८ ॥
O king, the man who has restrained his senses, is freed from anger and greed, is content and truthful, attains peace.
11.7.19
याम्यमाहू रथं ह्येनं मुह्यन्ते येन दुर्बुधाः ।
स चैतत्प्राप्नुयाद्राजन्यत्त्वं प्राप्तो नराधिप ॥ ११.७.१९ ॥
This chariot is called Yama's, by which the foolish are bewildered. O king, lord of men, he may attain that very state which you have now reached.
11.7.20
अनुतर्षुलमेवैतद्दुःखं भवति मारिष ।
राज्यनाशः सुहृन्नाशः सुतनाशश्च भारत।
साधुः परमदुःखानां दुःखभैषज्यमारभेत् ॥ ११.७.२० ॥
O venerable one, this sorrow indeed brings thirst for more afterward: the loss of the kingdom, the loss of friends, and the loss of sons. O descendant of Bharata, let the wise man undertake the remedy for sorrow, the medicine for supreme griefs.
11.7.21
ज्ञानौषधमवाप्येह दूरपारं महौषधम् ।
छिन्द्याद्दुःखमहाव्याधिं नरः संयतमानसः ॥ ११.७.२१ ॥
Having obtained here the medicine of knowledge, the great remedy reaching far, a man of controlled mind should cut away the great disease of sorrow.
11.7.22
न विक्रमो न चाप्यर्थो न मित्रं न सुहृज्जनः ।
तस्मान्मोचयते दुःखाद्यथात्मा स्थिरनिश्चयः ॥ ११.७.२२ ॥
Neither valor, nor wealth, nor friend, nor well-wishing people; therefore the self of firm resolve frees itself from sorrow.
11.7.23
तस्मान्मैत्रं समास्थाय शीलमापदि भारत ।
दमस्त्यागोऽप्रमादश्च ते त्रयो ब्रह्मणो हयाः ॥ ११.७.२३ ॥
Therefore, O descendant of Bharata, in calamity hold fast to friendliness and good conduct. Self-restraint, renunciation and vigilance are the three horses of Brahman.
11.7.24
शीलरश्मिसमायुक्ते स्थितो यो मानसे रथे ।
त्यक्त्वा मृत्युभयं राजन्ब्रह्मलोकं स गच्छति ॥ ११.७.२४ ॥
He who sits in the mental chariot yoked with the reins of good conduct, O king, abandons the fear of death and goes to the world of Brahman.
11.7.25
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो ददाति महीपते ।
स गच्छति परं स्थानं विष्णोः पदमनामयम् ॥ ११.७.२५ ॥
O lord of the earth, he who gives fearlessness to all beings goes to the highest abode, the faultless state of Viṣṇu.
11.7.26
न तत्क्रतुसहस्रेण नोपवासैश्च नित्यशः ।
अभयस्य च दानेन यत्फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः ॥ ११.७.२६ ॥
The fruit a man obtains by the gift of fearlessness cannot be obtained by a thousand sacrifices, nor by constant fasts.
11.7.27
न ह्यात्मनः प्रियतरं किञ्चिद्भूतेषु निश्चितम् ।
अनिष्टं सर्वभूतानां मरणं नाम भारत ॥ ११.७.२७ ॥
O Bhārata, among beings there is nothing dearer than one's own self, and death is undesired by all beings.
11.7.28
तस्मात्सर्वेषु भूतेषु दया कार्या विपश्चिता ॥ ११.७.२८ ॥
Therefore the wise should show compassion toward all beings.
11.7.29
नानायोगसमायुक्ता बुद्धिजालेन संवृताः ।
असूक्ष्मदृष्टयो मन्दा भ्राम्यन्ते तत्रतत्र ह।
सुसूक्ष्मदृष्टयो राजन्व्रजन्ति ब्रह्मसाम्यताम् ॥ ११.७.२९ ॥
O king, though joined to various disciplines, the dull-minded, enveloped in a net of intellect and lacking subtle vision, wander here and there; but those of most subtle vision attain likeness to Brahman.
11.7.30
एवं ज्ञात्वा महाप्राज्ञ स तेषामौर्ध्वदैहिकम् ।
कर्तुमर्हति तेनैव फल प्राप्स्यति वै भवान् ॥ ११.७.३० ॥
Knowing this, O greatly wise one, you ought to perform their funeral rites; by that very act you will surely obtain the fruit.