Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.155
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12.155.1
एवमुक्त्वा तु राजेन्द्र शाल्मलिं ब्रह्मवित्तमः ।
नारदः पवने सर्वं शाल्मलेर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१५५.१ ॥
O lord of kings, having spoken thus, Nārada, the best of those who know Brahman, addressed the silk-cotton tree and told the wind all of Śālmali's words.
12.155.2
हिमवत्पृष्ठजः कश्चिच्छाल्मलिः परिवारवान् ।
बृहन्मूलो बृहच्छायः स त्वां वायोऽवमन्यते ॥ १२.१५५.२ ॥
A certain silk-cotton tree, born on the slope of the Himālaya, with a retinue, great roots and great shade, despises you, O Wind.
12.155.3
बहुव्याक्षेपयुक्तानि त्वामाह वचनानि सः ।
न युक्तानि मया वायो तानि वक्तुं तवाग्रतः ॥ १२.१५५.३ ॥
It has spoken many insulting words about you; O Wind, it is not fitting for me to repeat them in your presence.
12.155.4
जानामि त्वामहं वायो सर्वप्राणभृतां वरम् ।
वरिष्ठं च गरिष्ठं च सर्वलोकेश्वरं प्रभुम् ॥ १२.१५५.४ ॥
O Wind, I know you as the best of all living beings, most excellent and most weighty, lord of all worlds, sovereign.
12.155.5
एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य समीरणः ।
शाल्मलिं तमुपागम्य क्रुद्धो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१५५.५ ॥
Hearing these words of Nārada, the wind went to that silk-cotton tree and, angered, spoke.
12.155.6
शाल्मले नारदो गच्छंस्त्वयोक्तो मद्विगर्हणम् ।
अहं वायुः प्रभावं ते दर्शयाम्यात्मनो बलम् ॥ १२.१५५.६ ॥
O silk-cotton tree, as Nārada was going away, you spoke censure of me; I am the Wind, and I will show you my power and reveal your strength against mine.
12.155.7
नाहं त्वां नाभिजानामि विदितश्चासि मे द्रुम ।
पितामहः प्रजासर्गे त्वयि विश्रान्तवान्प्रभुः ॥ १२.१५५.७ ॥
I do not know you, tree, yet you are known to me. In the creation of beings, the lord grandfather rested in you.
12.155.8
तस्य विश्रमणादेव प्रसादौ मत्कृतस्तव ।
अभूत्तस्य प्रसादात्त्वां न भज्यामि द्रुमाधम ॥ १२.१५५.८ ॥
It was through his resting that I showed you favour; by his favour I shall not break you, lowest of trees.
12.155.9
यन्मां त्वमवजानीषे यथाऽन्यं प्राकृतं तथा ।
दर्शयाम्येष चात्मानं यथा मां नावमन्यसे ॥ १२.१५५.९ ॥
Because you despise me as though I were some ordinary thing, I will show you my own nature, so that you will not disregard me.
12.155.10
एवमुक्तस्ततः प्राह शाल्मलिः प्रहसन्निव ।
पवन त्वं वने क्रुद्धो दर्शयात्मानमात्मना ॥ १२.१५५.१० ॥
Thus addressed, Śālmali replied, as if laughing: "Wind, you are angry in the forest; show yourself by your own nature."
12.155.11
मयि वै मुच्यतां क्रोधः किं मे क्रुद्धः करिष्यसि ।
न ते बिभेमि पवन यद्यपि त्वं स्वयं प्रभुः।
बलाधिकोऽहं त्वत्तश्च न भीः कार्या मया तव ॥ १२.१५५.११ ॥
Let your anger fall upon me; what will you do to me in your wrath? Wind, though you yourself are lord, I do not fear you; I am stronger than you, and you need not fear me.
12.155.12
ये तु बुद्ध्या हि बलिनस्ते भवन्ति बलीयसः ।
प्राणमात्रबला ये वै नैव ते बलिनो मताः ॥ १२.१५५.१२ ॥
Those who are strong in understanding are indeed the mightier; those whose strength is merely that of breath are not regarded as truly strong.
12.155.13
इत्येवमुक्तः पवनः श्व इत्येवाब्रवीद्वचः ।
दर्शयिष्यामि ते तेजस्ततो रात्रिरुपागमत् ॥ १२.१५५.१३ ॥
Thus addressed, the Wind said, 'Tomorrow I will show you my power.' Then night came on.
12.155.14
अथ निश्चित्य मनसा शाल्मलिर्वैरधारणम् ।
पश्यमानस्तदात्मानमसमं मातरिश्वना ॥ १२.१५५.१४ ॥
Then, resolving in his mind, the silk-cotton tree, bearing enmity, saw himself as unequal to the Wind.
12.155.15
नारदे यन्मया प्रोक्तं वचनं प्रति तन्मृषा ।
असमर्थो ह्यहं वायोर्बलेन बलवान्हि सः ॥ १२.१५५.१५ ॥
What I said to Nārada was false; I am unable against the strength of the Wind, for he is indeed the stronger.
12.155.16
मारुतो बल्यान्नित्यं यथा वै नारदोऽब्रवीत् ।
अहं तु दुर्बलोऽन्येभ्यो वृक्षेभ्यो नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.१५५.१६ ॥
As Nārada said, the Wind is always stronger; and I am weaker than the other trees, there is no doubt of it.
12.155.17
किं तु बुद्ध्या समो नास्ति मम कश्चिद्वनस्पतिः ।
तदहं बुद्धिमास्थाय भयं त्यक्ष्ये समीरणात् ॥ १२.१५५.१७ ॥
But in wisdom there is no tree equal to me; therefore, resorting to wisdom, I shall abandon the fear arising from the wind.
12.155.18
यदि तां बुद्धिमास्थाय तिष्ठेयुः पर्णिनो वने ।
अरिष्टाः स्युः सदा क्रुद्धात्पवनान्नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.१५५.१८ ॥
If the leafy trees of the forest stood resorting to that wisdom, they would always be unharmed by the angry Wind; of this there is no doubt.
12.155.19
ते तु बाला न जानन्ति यथा नैतान्समीरणः ।
समीरयेत संक्रुद्धो यथा जानाम्यहं तथा ॥ १२.१५५.१९ ॥
But the foolish do not know how the wind, when angered, would stir them, as I know.
12.155.20
ततो निश्चित्य मनसा शाल्मलिः क्षुभितस्तदा ।
शाखाः स्कन्धान्प्रशाखाश्च स्वयमेव व्यशातयत् ॥ १२.१५५.२० ॥
Then, having resolved in his mind, the agitated silk-cotton tree broke off by itself its branches, trunks and twigs.
12.155.21
स परित्यज्य शाखाश्च पत्राणि कुसुमानि च ।
प्रभाते वायुमायान्तं प्रेक्षते स्म वनस्पतिः ॥ १२.१५५.२१ ॥
Having cast away its branches, leaves and flowers, that tree looked out at the wind approaching at dawn.
12.155.22
ततः क्रुद्धः श्वसन्वायुः पातयन्वै महाद्रुमान् ।
आजगामाथ तं देशमास्ते यत्र स शाल्मलिः ॥ १२.१५५.२२ ॥
Then the wind, enraged and breathing hard, felling great trees, came to the place where that silk-cotton tree stood.
12.155.23
तं हीनपर्णं पतिताग्रशाखं ।
निशीर्णपुष्पं प्रसमीक्ष्य वायुः।
उवाच वाक्यं स्ययमान एवं ।
मुदायुतः शाल्मलिं रुग्णशाखम् ॥ १२.१५५.२३ ॥
Seeing that silk-cotton tree, leafless, its tip-branches fallen and its flowers withered, the wind, smiling and joyful, spoke these words to the silk-cotton tree with its broken branches.
12.155.24
अहमप्येवमेव त्वां कुर्यां वै शाल्मले रुषा ।
आत्मना यत्कृतं कृच्छ्रं शाखानामपकर्षणम् ॥ १२.१५५.२४ ॥
O silk-cotton tree, I too in anger would do just this to you — the hardship you brought upon yourself by stripping away your branches.
12.155.25
हीनपुष्पाग्रशाखस्त्वं शीर्णाङ्कुरपलाशकः ।
आत्मदुर्मन्त्रितेनेह मद्वीर्यवशगः कृतः ॥ १२.१५५.२५ ॥
You are bereft of flowers and branch-tips, your sprouts and leaves broken; through your own ill-advised counsel you have been made subject to my power here.
12.155.26
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो वायोः शाल्मलिर्व्रीडितस्तदा ।
अतप्यत वचः स्मृत्वा नारदो यत्तदाऽब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१५५.२६ ॥
Having heard these words of Vāyu, Śālmali was then ashamed; remembering what Nārada had said at that time, he grieved.
12.155.27
एवं हि राजशार्दूल दुर्बलः सन्वलीयसा ।
वैरमासञ्जते बालस्तप्यते शाल्मलिर्यथा ॥ १२.१५५.२७ ॥
Thus, O tiger among kings, the weak one who takes up enmity with the stronger, like a fool, suffers as Śālmali did.
12.155.28
तस्माद्वैरं न कुर्वीत दुर्बलो बलवत्तरैः ।
शोचेद्धि वैरं कुर्वाणो यथा वै शाल्मलिस्तथा ॥ १२.१५५.२८ ॥
Therefore the weak should not make enmity with the strong; one who makes enmity will grieve just as Śālmali did.
12.155.29
न हि वैरं महात्मानो विवृण्वन्त्यपकारिषु ।
शनैः शनैर्महाराज दर्शयन्ति स्म ते बलम् ॥ १२.१५५.२९ ॥
Great-souled men do not reveal their enmity toward those who injure them; little by little, O great king, they show their strength.
12.155.30
वैरं न कुर्वीत नरो दुर्बुद्धिर्बुद्धिजीविना ।
बुद्धिर्वुद्धिमतो याति तूलष्विव हुताशनः ॥ १२.१५५.३० ॥
A man of poor judgment should not make enmity with one who lives by his wisdom; as fire goes to cotton, so understanding goes to the wise.
12.155.31
न हि बुद्ध्या समं किंचिद्विद्यते पुरुषे नृप ।
तथा बलेन राजेन्द्र न समोऽस्तीह कश्चन ॥ १२.१५५.३१ ॥
O king, in a man nothing is equal to wisdom. O lord of kings, here no one is equal in strength.
12.155.32
तस्मात्क्षमेत बालाय जडान्धवधिराय च ।
बलाधिकाय राजेन्द्र तद्दृष्टं त्वयि शत्रुहन् ॥ १२.१५५.३२ ॥
Therefore one should forgive the foolish, the dull, the blind and the deaf, and one who is greater in strength. O lord of kings, that is seen in you, O slayer of enemies.
12.155.33
अक्षौहिण्यो दशैका च सप्त चैव महाद्युते ।
बलेन न समा राजन्नर्जुनस्य महात्मनः ॥ १२.१५५.३३ ॥
O greatly radiant one, eleven and seven akṣauhiṇī armies are not equal, O king, to the strength of the great-souled Arjuna.
12.155.34
निहताश्चैव भग्नाश्च पाण्डवेन यशस्विना ।
चरता बलमास्थाय पाकशासनिना मृधे ॥ १२.१५५.३४ ॥
Slain and routed were they by the famous Pāṇḍava, the son of Indra, as he moved about in battle relying on his strength.
12.155.35
उक्ताश्च ते राजधर्मा आपद्धर्माश्च भारत ।
विस्तरेण महाराज किं भूयः प्रव्रवीमि ते ॥ १२.१५५.३५ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, the duties of kings and the duties in distress have been told to you in detail. O great king, what more should I say to you?