Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.137
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12.137.1
अनागतविधाता च प्रत्युत्पन्नमतिश्च यः ।
द्वावेतौ सुखमेधेते दीर्घसूत्री विनश्यति ॥ १२.१३७.१ ॥
He who provides for what is yet to come, and he who is quick-witted in the present, both thrive in happiness; the procrastinator perishes.
12.137.2
अत्रैव चेदमव्यग्रं शृण्वाख्यानमनुत्तमम् ।
द्रीर्घसूत्रमुपाश्रित्य कार्याकार्यविनिश्चये ॥ १२.१३७.२ ॥
Here, listen calmly to this unsurpassed story, which concerns the procrastinator, for settling what is to be done and what is not to be done.
12.137.3
नातिगाधे जलस्थाने सुहृदः कुशलास्त्रयः ।
प्रभूतमत्स्ये कौन्तेय बभूवुः सहचारिणः ॥ १२.१३७.३ ॥
O son of Kuntī, in a watery place not very deep and abounding with fish, three clever friends lived together.
12.137.4
तत्रैकः प्राप्तकालज्ञो दीर्घदर्शी तथाऽपरः ।
दीर्घसूत्रश्च तत्रैकस्त्रयाणां जलचारिणाम् ॥ १२.१३७.४ ॥
Among those three water-dwellers, one knew the right time, another was far-seeing, and one was a procrastinator.
12.137.5
क्रदाचित्तज्जलस्थानं मत्स्यबन्धाः समन्ततः ।
स्रावयामासुरथो निम्नेषु विविधैर्मुखैः ॥ १२.१३७.५ ॥
Once the fishermen surrounded that watery place on all sides and drained the water away through various outlets in the low ground.
12.137.6
क्षीयमाणं तद्बुद्ध्वा जलस्थानं भयागमे ।
अब्रवीद्दीर्घदर्शी तु तावुभौ सुहृदौ तदा ॥ १२.१३७.६ ॥
Perceiving that the watery place was shrinking as danger approached, the far-seeing one then spoke to those two friends.
12.137.7
ज्ञयमापत्समुत्पन्ना सर्वेषां सलिलौकसाम् ।
शीघ्रमन्यत्र गच्छामः पन्था यावन्न शुष्यति ॥ १२.१३७.७ ॥
Knowing that calamity has come upon all who dwell in the water, let us quickly go elsewhere, while the way is not yet dry.
12.137.8
अनागतमनर्थं हि सुनयैर्यः प्रबाधते ।
स न संशयमाप्नोति तथाऽन्यत्र व्रजामहे ॥ १२.१३७.८ ॥
He who averts a misfortune not yet come by good policy does not fall into peril; so let us too go elsewhere.
12.137.9
शीर्घसूत्रस्तु यस्तत्र सोऽब्रवीत्सम्यगुष्यताम् ।
न तु कार्या त्वरा तावदिति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥ १२.१३७.९ ॥
There the hasty one said, 'Rightly so, let us remain here'; but no haste should be made for the present—this is my settled opinion.
12.137.10
अथ संप्रतिपत्तिज्ञस्त्वब्रवीद्दीर्घदर्शिनम् ।
प्राप्ते काले न मे किंचिन्न्यायतः परिहास्यते ॥ १२.१३७.१० ॥
Then the one who knew the right course said to the far-sighted one, 'When the time comes, nothing that is right for me will be neglected.'
12.137.11
एवप्नुक्तो निराक्रामद्दीर्घदर्शी महामतिः ।
अगाम स्रोतसैकेन गम्भीरं सलिलाशयम् ॥ १२.१३७.११ ॥
Thus addressed, the far-sighted one of great intellect departed; by a single stream he went to a deep water-reservoir.
12.137.12
ततः प्रसृततोयं तं प्रसमीक्ष्य जलाशयम् ।
बबन्धुर्विविधैर्योगैर्मत्स्यान्मत्स्योपजीविनः ॥ १२.१३७.१२ ॥
Then, seeing that reservoir with its spreading waters, the fishermen bound the fish by various contrivances.
12.137.13
विलोड्यमाने तस्मिंस्तु स्रुततोये जलाशये ।
अगच्छद्ग्रहणं तत्र दीर्घसूत्रः सहापरै… ॥ १२.१३७.१३ ॥
When that pond was stirred and its water flowed out, the fish named Dīrghasūtra was caught there together with the others.
12.137.14
उद्दानं क्रियमाणं तु मत्स्यानां … ।
प्रविश्यान्तरमन्येषामग्रसत्प्रति… ॥ १२.१३७.१४ ॥
While a net was being made to draw out the fish, it slipped in among the others and swallowed… (the text is incomplete here).
12.137.15
ग्रस्तमेव तदुद्दानं गृहीत्वा…सः ।
सर्वानेव च तांस्तत्र ते वि… इति ॥ १२.१३७.१५ ॥
Having swallowed even that net… he… (gap in the text). All of them there… thus.
12.137.16
ततः प्रक्षाल्यमानेषु मत्स्येषु विपुले जले ।
त्वक्त्वा रज्जुं प्रमुक्तोसौ शीघ्रं संप्रतिपत्तिमान् ॥ १२.१३७.१६ ॥
Then, while the fish were being rinsed in the vast water, he abandoned the cord, freed himself, and quickly acted with resolve.
12.137.17
दीर्घसूत्रस्तु मन्दात्मा हीनेयुद्धिरचेतनः ।
मरणं प्राप्तवान्मूढो यथैवोपहतेन्द्रियः ॥ १२.१३७.१७ ॥
But Dīrghasūtra was dull-minded, lacking understanding and unconscious; the deluded one met death as if his senses were ruined.
12.137.18
एवं प्राप्ततमं कालं यो मोहान्नावबुध्यते ।
स विनश्यति वै क्षिप्रं दीर्घसूत्रो यथा झषः ॥ १२.१३७.१८ ॥
He who, through delusion, does not recognize the time that has come, perishes swiftly, like the fish Dīrghasūtra.
12.137.19
आदौ न कुरुते श्रेयः कुशलोऽस्मीति यः पुमान् ।
स हि संशयमाप्नोति यथा संप्रतिपत्तिमान् ॥ १२.१३७.१९ ॥
The man who, thinking "I am skilled," does not do what is good at the outset, surely falls into doubt, like one who has reached a conclusion.
12.137.20
अनागतविधाता च प्रत्युत्पन्नमतिश्च यः ।
द्वावेतौ सुखमेधेते दीर्घसूत्री विनश्यति ॥ १२.१३७.२० ॥
He who provides for the future and he who is quick-witted in the present — these two prosper happily; the procrastinator perishes.
12.137.21
काष्ठा कला मुहूर्ताश्च दिनरात्र्यः क्षणा लवाः ।
मासाः पक्षाः षडृतवः कालः संवत्सराणि च ॥ १२.१३७.२१ ॥
The kāṣṭhā, kalā, muhūrtas, days and nights, moments, lavas, months, fortnights, the six seasons, time, and years — these are time.
12.137.22
पृथिवी देश इत्युक्तः स च कालो न दृश्यते ।
अभिप्रेतार्थसिद्ध्यर्थं दूरतो न्यायतस्तथा ॥ १२.१३७.२२ ॥
The earth is called a place (deśa), and that time is not seen. For the accomplishment of a desired aim, one should consider place and time from afar and rightly.
12.137.23
एतौ धर्मार्थशास्त्रेषु मोक्षशास्त्रेषु चर्षिभिः ।
प्रधानाविति निर्दिष्टौ कामे चाभिमतौ नृणाम् ॥ १२.१३७.२३ ॥
The sages declared these two (place and time) to be the principal factors in the treatises on dharma and wealth and in the treatises on liberation, and they are regarded as desirable in human pleasure as well.
12.137.24
परीक्ष्यकारी युक्तश्च स सम्यगुपपादयेत् ।
देशकालावभिप्रेतौ तोभ्यां फलमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १२.१३७.२४ ॥
The one who acts after careful examination and is disciplined should bring about the desired place and time well; by these two he will obtain the fruit.