Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.10
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12.10.1
श्रोत्रियस्येव ते राजन्मन्दकस्याविपश्चितः ।
अनुवाकहता बुद्धिर्नैषा तत्त्वार्थदर्शिनी ॥ १२.१०.१ ॥
O king, your intellect is like that of a dull, unwise learned priest ruined by mere recitation; it is not the intellect that sees the true meaning of things.
12.10.2
आलस्ये कृतचित्तस्य राजधर्मानसूयतः ।
विनाशे धार्तराष्ट्राणां किं फलं भरतर्षभ ॥ १२.१०.२ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, what fruit is there for you, who have set your mind on idleness and disparage the duty of kings, in the destruction of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra?
12.10.3
क्षमाऽनुकम्पा कारुण्यमानृशंस्यं न विद्यते ।
क्षात्रमाचरतो मार्गमपि बन्धोस्त्वदन्तरे ॥ १२.१०.३ ॥
Forbearance, compassion, pity and gentleness are not found in you, even toward kinsmen, in one who follows the warrior's path.
12.10.4
यदीमां भवतो बुद्धिं विद्याम वयमीदृशीम् ।
शस्त्रं नैव ग्रहीष्यामो न वधिष्याम कंचन ॥ १२.१०.४ ॥
If we had known such a view of yours, we would not have taken up weapons, nor would we have slain anyone.
12.10.5
भैक्षमेवाचरिष्याम शरीरस्याविमोक्षणात् ।
न चेदं दारुणं युद्धमभविष्यन्महीक्षिताम् ॥ १२.१०.५ ॥
We would have lived by begging alms to keep the body alive, and this dreadful battle would not have taken place among the kings of the earth.
12.10.6
प्राणस्यान्नमिदं सर्वमिति वै कवयो विदुः ।
स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव सर्वं प्राणस्य भोजनम् ॥ १२.१०.६ ॥
The wise know that all this is food for life; everything, whether immobile or mobile, is the nourishment of life.
12.10.7
आददानस्य चेद्राज्यं ये केचित्परिपन्थिनः ।
हन्तव्यास्त इति प्राज्ञाः क्षत्रधर्मविदो विदुः ॥ १२.१०.७ ॥
If one is taking the kingdom, those who obstruct him are to be slain, so the wise, knowers of the warrior's duty, hold.
12.10.8
ते सदोषा हताऽस्माभिरन्नस्य परिपन्थिनः ।
तान्हत्वा भुङ्क्ष्व धर्मेण युधिष्ठिर महीमिमाम् ॥ १२.१०.८ ॥
They were guilty, and we slew the enemies who stood in the way of food. Having slain them, Yudhiṣṭhira, enjoy this earth righteously.
12.10.9
यथा हि पुरुषः खात्वा कूपमप्राप्य चोदकम् ।
पङ्कदिग्धो निवर्तेत् कर्मेदं नस्तथोपमम् ॥ १२.१०.९ ॥
As a man who digs a well, not reaching water, returns smeared with mud, so is this deed of ours a comparison.
12.10.10
यथाऽऽरुह्य महावृक्षमपहृत्य ततो मधु ।
अप्राश्य निधनं गच्छेत्कर्मेदं नस्तथोपमम् ॥ १२.१०.१० ॥
As a man who climbs a great tree, takes honey from it, and dies without eating it, so is this deed of ours a comparison.
12.10.11
यथा महान्तमध्वानमाशया पुरुषः पतन् ।
स निराशो निवर्तेत कर्मैतन्नस्तथोपमम् ॥ १२.१०.११ ॥
As a man on a long road, walking in hope, falls and turns back in despair, so is this deed of ours a comparison.
12.10.12
यथा शत्रून्घातयित्वा पुरुषः कुरुनन्दन ।
आत्मानं घातयेत्पश्चात्कर्मेदं नस्तथोपमम् ॥ १२.१०.१२ ॥
As a man who, having had his enemies slain, afterwards has himself slain, O delight of the Kurus, so is this deed of ours a comparison.
12.10.13
यथान्नं क्षुधितो लब्ध्वा न भुञ्जीयाद्यदृच्छया ।
कामी च कामिनीं लब्ध्वा कर्मेदं नस्तथोपमम् ॥ १२.१०.१३ ॥
Just as a hungry man, having obtained food by chance, does not eat it, and a lustful man, having obtained a desired woman, does not enjoy her, so is this our action.
12.10.14
वयमेवात्र गर्ह्या हि यद्वयं मन्दचेतसम् ।
त्वां राजन्ननुगच्छामो ज्येष्ठोऽयमिति भारत ॥ १२.१०.१४ ॥
Here we alone are to be blamed, for we follow you, O king, O Bhārata, a man of dull mind, merely because he is the eldest.
12.10.15
वयं हि बाहुबलिनः कृतविद्या मनस्विनः ।
क्लीबस्य वाक्ये तिष्ठामो यथैवाशक्तयस्तथा ॥ १२.१०.१५ ॥
We are strong of arm, skilled in learning, and high-minded, yet we abide by the word of an impotent man, as though we were powerless.
12.10.16
अगतीकगतीनस्मान्नष्टार्थनर्थसिद्धये ।
कथं वै नानुपश्येयुर्जनाः पश्यत यादृशम् ॥ १२.१०.१६ ॥
How would people not see us, who have no way out, who strive for a lost and futile end? Look, see what state we are in.
12.10.17
आपत्काले हि संन्यासः कर्तव्य इति शिष्यते ।
जरयाऽभिपरीतेन शत्रुभिर्व्यंसितेन वा ॥ १२.१०.१७ ॥
In a time of calamity, renunciation is taught as the proper course, for one overcome by old age, or afflicted by enemies.
12.10.18
तस्मादिह कृतप्रज्ञास्त्यागं न परिचक्षते ।
धर्मव्यतिक्रमं चैव मन्यन्ते सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः ॥ १२.१०.१८ ॥
Therefore the wise here do not describe renunciation as a course to be taken, and the keen-sighted regard it as a transgression of dharma.
12.10.19
कथं तस्मात्समुत्पन्नास्तन्निष्ठास्तदुपाश्रयाः ।
तदेव निन्दां भाषेयुर्धाता तत्र न गर्ह्यते ॥ १२.१०.१९ ॥
Born from it, devoted to it, and taking refuge in it, how could they speak blame of that very thing? There the Creator is not censured.
12.10.20
श्रिया विहीनैरधनैर्नास्तिकैः संप्रवर्तितम् ।
वेदवादस्य विज्ञानं सत्याभासमिवानृत् ॥ १२.१०.२० ॥
The knowledge of the Vedic doctrine, set in motion by heretics bereft of prosperity and wealth, is untruth, like a mere semblance of truth.
12.10.21
शक्यं तु मौनमास्थाय बिभ्रताऽऽत्मानमात्मना ।
धर्मच्छझ समास्थाय च्यवितुं न तु जीवितुम्। ॥ १२.१०.२१ ॥
It is possible, by adopting silence and sustaining oneself by oneself, but by resorting to the pretext of dharma one can only fall, not live.
12.10.22
शक्यं पुनररण्येषु सुखमेकेन जीवितुम् ।
अबिभ्रता पुत्रपौत्रान्देवर्षीनतिथीन्पितॄन् ॥ १२.१०.२२ ॥
It is possible to live alone happily again in the forests, without supporting sons and grandsons, gods and sages, guests, and ancestors.
12.10.23
नेमे मृगाः स्वर्गजितो न वराहा न पक्षिणः ।
अथान्येन प्रकारेण पुण्यमाहुर्न ते जनाः ॥ १२.१०.२३ ॥
These deer are not conquerors of heaven, nor are the boars, nor the birds; and by no other means do people call them meritorious.
12.10.24
यदि संन्यासतः सिद्धिं राजा कश्चिदवाप्नुयात् ।
पर्वताश्च दुमाश्चैव क्षिप्तं सिद्धिमवाप्नुयुः ॥ १२.१०.२४ ॥
If any king could attain perfection through renunciation, then mountains and trees would quickly attain perfection as well.
12.10.25
एते हि नित्यसंन्यासा दृश्यन्ते निरुपद्रवाः ।
अपरिग्रहवन्तश्च सततं ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥ १२.१०.२५ ॥
Indeed, these are seen as constant renouncers, free from harm, possessing nothing, and always celibate students of Brahman.
12.10.26
अथ चेदात्मभाग्येषु नान्येषां सिद्धिमश्र्नुते ।
तस्मात्कर्मैव कर्तव्यं नास्ति सिद्धिरकर्मणः ॥ १२.१०.२६ ॥
But if one attains success through one's own fortune and not through that of others, then action alone must be performed; there is no success for one who does not act.
12.10.27
औदकाः सृष्टयश्चैव जन्तवः सिद्धिमाप्नुयुः ।
तेषामात्मैव भर्तव्यो नान्यः कश्चन विद्यते ॥ १२.१०.२७ ॥
Water-born creatures and other living beings may attain success; for them their own self alone is to be sustained, and there is no other at all.
12.10.28
अवेक्षस्व यथा स्वैः कर्मभिर्व्यापृतं जगत् ।
तस्मात्कर्मैव कर्तव्यं न्प्रस्ति सिद्धिरकर्मणः ॥ १२.१०.२८ ॥
Observe how the world is engaged in its own actions; therefore action alone must be performed; there is no success for one who does not act.