Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.16
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12.16.1
अर्जुनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा भीमसेनोऽत्यमर्षणः ।
धैर्यमास्थाय तं ज्येष्ठं भ्राता भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.१६.१ ॥
Hearing Arjuna's words, Bhīmasena, exceedingly wrathful, took up firmness and spoke to that eldest brother.
12.16.2
राजन्विदितधर्मोऽसि न तेऽस्त्यविदितं भुवि ।
उपशिक्षाम ते वृत्तं सदैव न च शक्नुमः ॥ १२.१६.२ ॥
O king, you know dharma; nothing on earth is unknown to you. Yet we always wish to instruct your conduct, and we are not able to.
12.16.3
न वक्ष्यामि न वक्ष्यामीत्येवं मे मनसि स्थितम् ।
अतिदुःखात्तु वक्ष्यामि तन्निबोध जनाधिप ॥ १२.१६.३ ॥
'I will not speak, I will not speak' — so it stood fixed in my mind; yet from great sorrow I will speak. Hear it, O lord of men.
12.16.4
भवतः संप्रमोहेन सर्वं संशयितं कृतम् ।
विक्लबत्वं च नः प्राप्तमबलत्वं तथैव च ॥ १२.१६.४ ॥
Through your utter delusion everything has been made doubtful, and confusion and weakness have come upon us as well.
12.16.5
कथं हि राजा लोकस्य सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः ।
मोहमापद्यसे दैन्याद्यथा कापुरुषस्तथा ॥ १२.१६.५ ॥
How is it that you, a king expert in all the śāstras and lord of the world, fall into delusion out of despondency, like a coward?
12.16.6
आगतिश्च गतिश्चैव लोकस्य विदिता तव ।
आयत्यां च तदात्वे च न तेऽस्त्यविदितं प्रभो ॥ १२.१६.६ ॥
The coming and going of the world are both known to you; in the future and in the present, nothing is unknown to you, O lord.
12.16.7
एवं गते महाराज राज्यं प्रति जनाधिप ।
हेतुमात्रं तु वक्ष्यामि तमिहैकमनाः श्रृणु ॥ १२.१६.७ ॥
Thus matters stand, great king, concerning the kingdom, lord of men. I will tell you only the cause; listen to it here with single mind.
12.16.8
द्विविधो जायते व्याधिः शारीरो मानसस्तथा ।
परस्परं तयोर्जन्म निर्द्वन्द्वं नोपलभ्यते ॥ १२.१६.८ ॥
Disease arises in two kinds, bodily and mental. The origin of these two depends upon each other; apart from the pair, neither is found.
12.16.9
शारीराज्जायते व्याधिर्मानसो नात्र संशयः ।
मानसाज्जायते व्याधिः शारीर इति निश्चयः ॥ १२.१६.९ ॥
Disease arises from the body, and of mental disease there is no doubt. Disease arises from the mind; it is certain that it becomes bodily.
12.16.10
शारीरमानसे दुःखे योऽतीते त्वनुशोचति ।
दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थौ च विन्दति ॥ १२.१६.१० ॥
He who grieves over the past, amid bodily and mental suffering, obtains suffering through suffering, and meets with two misfortunes.
12.16.11
शीतोष्णे चैव वायुश्च त्रयः शारीरजा गुणाः ।
तेषां गुणानां साम्यं यत्तदाहुः स्वस्थलक्षणम् ॥ १२.१६.११ ॥
Cold, heat, and wind — these three are qualities born of the body. Their equilibrium, that is called the mark of health.
12.16.12
तेषामन्यतमोद्रेके विधानमुपदिश्यते ।
उष्णेन बाध्यते शीतं शीतेनोष्णं प्रबाध्यते।
उभाभ्यां बाध्यते वायुर्विधानमिदमुच्यते ॥ १२.१६.१२ ॥
When any one of these is in excess, the remedy is taught: cold is checked by heat, heat is checked by cold, and wind is checked by both. This is called the remedy.
12.16.13
सत्वं रजस्तय इति मानसाः स्युस्त्रयो गुणाः ।
तेषां गुणानां साम्यं यत्तदाहुः स्वस्थलक्षणम् ॥ १२.१६.१३ ॥
Sattva, rajas and tamas — these are the three qualities of the mind. Their equilibrium is called the mark of one's own established state.
12.16.14
तेषामन्यतमोद्रेके विधानमुपदिश्यते ।
हर्षेण बाध्यते शोको हर्षः शोकेन बाध्यते।
उभाभ्यां बाध्यते मोहो विधानमिदमुच्यते ॥ १२.१६.१४ ॥
When one of these predominates, its remedy is taught. Grief is overcome by joy, and joy is overcome by grief. Delusion is overcome by both — this is called the remedy.
12.16.15
कश्चित्सुखे वर्तमानो दुःखस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छति ।
कश्चिद्दुःखे वर्तमानः सुखस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छति ॥ १२.१६.१५ ॥
One who is in happiness wishes to remember sorrow; another who is in sorrow wishes to remember happiness.
12.16.16
स त्वं न दुःखी दुःखस्य न सुखी च सुखस्य च ।
नादुःखी दुःखभागस्य नासुखी च सुखस्य च।
स्मर्तुमर्हसि कौरव्य दिष्टं हि बलवत्तरम् ॥ १२.१६.१६ ॥
You are neither sorrowful in sorrow nor happy in happiness. Remember, O descendant of Kuru, that one should be neither grieved by the share of sorrow nor glad in happiness, for destiny is far stronger.
12.16.17
अथवा ते स्वभावोऽयं येन पार्थिव तुष्यसे ।
दृष्ट्वा सभागतां कृष्णामेकवस्त्रां रजस्वलाम्।
मिषतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां न तस्य स्मर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१६.१७ ॥
Or, O king, this is your nature, by which you are pleased: having seen Kṛṣṇā brought into the assembly, clad in a single garment and in her menses, while the sons of Pāṇḍu looked on, you should not remember that.
12.16.18
प्रव्राजनं च नगरादजिनैश्च विवासनम् ।
महारण्यनिवासश्च न तस्य स्मर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१६.१८ ॥
Exile from the city, forced banishment clad in deerskins, and dwelling in the great forest — of that too you ought not to think.
12.16.19
जटासुरात्परिक्लेशं चित्रसेनेन चाहवम् ।
सैन्धवाच्च परिक्लेशं कथं विस्मृतवानसि ॥ १२.१६.१९ ॥
The hardship caused by the demon Jaṭāsura, the battle with Citrasena, and the hardship caused by Saindhava — how could you have forgotten these?
12.16.20
पुनरज्ञातचर्यायां कीचकेन पदा वधम् ।
द्रौपद्या राजपुत्र्यांश्च कथं विस्मृतवानसि ॥ १२.१६.२० ॥
The blow struck by Kīcaka with his foot during the year in disguise, and what befell the princess Draupadī — how could you have forgotten these?
12.16.21
यच्च ते द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां युद्धमासीदरिंदम् ।
मनसैकेन योद्धव्यं तत्ते युद्धमुपस्थितम् ॥ १२.१६.२१ ॥
O subduer of foes, the battle that was with Droṇa and Bhīṣma, which must be fought with a single mind — that very battle now stands before you.
12.16.22
यत्र नास्ति शरैः कार्यं न मित्रैर्न च बन्धुभिः ।
आत्मनैकेन योद्धव्यं तत्ते युद्धमुपस्थितम् ॥ १२.१६.२२ ॥
Where there is need neither of arrows, nor of friends, nor of kinsmen, but one must fight alone with oneself — that very battle now stands before you.
12.16.23
तस्मिन्ननिर्जिते युद्धे प्राणान्यदि विमोक्ष्यसे ।
अन्यं देहं समास्थाय ततस्तैरिह योत्स्यसे ॥ १२.१६.२३ ॥
If in that unconquered battle you release your life-breaths, then, taking up another body, you will fight with them again here.
12.16.24
यो ह्यनाढ्यः स पतितस्तदुच्छिष्टं तदल्पकम् ।
बह्वपथ्यं बलवतो न किंचित्रायते बलम् ॥ १२.१६.२४ ॥
He who is poor is fallen; he is a remnant and meagre. For the strong, much unwholesome food protects no strength at all.
12.16.25
तस्मादद्यैव गन्तव्यं युध्यस्व भरतर्षभ ।
परमव्यक्तरूपस्य व्यक्तं त्यक्त्वा स्वकर्मभिः ॥ १२.१६.२५ ॥
Therefore you must set out this very day; fight, bull of the Bharatas. For the supreme unmanifest form, having abandoned the manifest through your own deeds.
12.16.26
तस्मिन्ननिर्जिते युद्धे कामवस्थां गमिष्यसि ।
एतज्जित्वा महाराज कृतकृत्यो भविष्यसि ॥ १२.१६.२६ ॥
In that battle, if it is not conquered, you will reach the state you desire. Great king, having conquered this, you will become one whose task is accomplished.
12.16.27
एतां बुद्धिं विनिश्चित्य भूतानामागतिं गतिम् ।
पितृपैतामहे वृत्ते शाधि राज्यं यथोचितम् ॥ १२.१६.२७ ॥
Having firmly settled this understanding, knowing the coming and going of beings, govern the kingdom as is fitting, in the conduct of your fathers and grandfathers.
12.16.28
दिष्ट्या दुर्योधनः पापो निहतः सानुगो युधि ।
द्रौपद्याः केशपक्षस्य दिष्ट्या ते पदवीं गताः ॥ १२.१६.२८ ॥
By fortune the wicked Duryodhana has been slain in battle with his followers; by fortune those who vowed the hair of Draupadī have reached your goal.
12.16.29
यजस्व वाजिमेधेन विधिवद्दक्षिणावता ।
वयं ते किंकराः पार्थ वासुदेवश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ १२.१६.२९ ॥
Perform the sacrifice of the horse, with the proper rites and abundant sacrificial fees. We are your servants, son of Pṛthā, and so is the mighty Vāsudeva.