Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.17
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12.17.1
असंतोषः प्रमादश्च मदो रागोऽप्रशान्तता ।
बलं मोहोऽभिमानश्चाप्युद्वेगश्चैव सर्वशः ॥ १२.१७.१ ॥
Discontent, heedlessness, intoxication, passion, restlessness, force, delusion, arrogance, and agitation — these in every way (beset a man).
12.17.2
एभिः पाप्मभिराविष्टो राज्यं त्वमभिकाङ्क्षसे ।
निरामिषो विनिर्मुक्तः प्रशान्तः सुसुखी भव ॥ १२.१७.२ ॥
Beset by these evils, you desire the kingdom. Free from the bait of pleasures, fully released, calm, be very happy.
12.17.3
य इमामखिलां भूमिं शिष्यादेको महीपतिः ।
तस्याप्युदरमेकं वै किमिदं त्वं प्रशंससि ॥ १२.१७.३ ॥
Even a single lord who rules this whole earth has but one belly. Why, then, do you praise this?
12.17.4
नाह्ना पूरयितुं शक्यां न मासैर्भरतर्षभ ।
अपूर्यां पूरयन्निच्छामायुषाऽपि न शक्नुयात् ॥ १२.१७.४ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, it cannot be filled in a day, nor in months. One who desires to fill what cannot be filled could not fill it even with a lifetime.
12.17.5
यथेद्धः प्रज्वलत्यग्निरसमिद्धः प्रशाम्यति ।
अल्पाहारतयाग्निं त्वं शमयौदर्यमुत्थितम् ॥ १२.१७.५ ॥
As a kindled fire blazes, and an unkindled fire goes out, so by eating little, quench the hunger-fire of the belly that has arisen.
12.17.6
आत्मोदरकृतेऽप्राज्ञः करोति विशसं बहु ।
जयोदरं पृथिव्या ते श्रेयो निर्जितया जितम् ॥ १२.१७.६ ॥
For the sake of his own belly the unwise man commits much slaughter. Your conquest of the earth is a conquest for the belly; better is the earth conquered by one who has conquered himself.
12.17.7
मानुषान्कामभोगांस्त्वमैश्वर्यं च प्रशंससि ।
अभोगिनोऽबलाश्चैव यान्ति स्थानमनुत्तमम् ॥ १२.१७.७ ॥
You praise human pleasures of desire and sovereignty; yet those who are without enjoyment, and the weak, also go to the highest place.
12.17.8
योगः क्षेमश्च राष्ट्रस्य धर्माधर्मौ त्वयि स्थितौ ।
मुच्यस्व महतो भारात्त्यागमेवाभिसंश्रय ॥ १२.१७.८ ॥
The welfare and security of the kingdom, dharma and adharma, rest upon you. Be freed from this great burden and take refuge in renunciation.
12.17.9
एकोदरकृते व्याघ्रः करोति विशसं बहु ।
तमन्येऽप्युपजीवन्ति मन्दवेगतरा मृगाः ॥ १२.१७.९ ॥
For the sake of a single belly the tiger commits much slaughter, and the slower deer also live off him.
12.17.10
विषयान्प्रतिसंगृह्य संन्यासे कुरुते मतिम् ।
न च तुष्यन्ति राजानः पश्य बुद्ध्यन्तरं यथा ॥ १२.१७.१० ॥
Withdrawing from sense objects, one sets the mind on renunciation; yet kings are never satisfied. See the difference in understanding.
12.17.11
पत्राहारैरश्मकुट्टैर्दन्तोलूखलिकैस्तथा ।
अब्भक्षैर्वायुभक्षैश्च तेरयं नरको जितः ॥ १२.१७.११ ॥
Those who eat leaves, those who grind with stones, those who make their teeth a mortar, and those who live on water and air, they have conquered this hell.
12.17.12
यस्त्विमां वसुधां कृत्स्नां प्रशासेदखिलां नृपः ।
तुल्याश्मकाञ्चनो यश्च स कृतार्थो न पार्थिवः ॥ १२.१७.१२ ॥
The king who rules this entire earth, yet regards stone and gold alike, is the one fulfilled, not merely a lord of the earth.
12.17.13
संकल्पेषु निरारम्भो निराशीर्निर्ममो भव ।
अशोकं स्थानमातिष्ठ इह चामुत्र चाव्ययम् ॥ १२.१७.१३ ॥
Be free of undertaking in resolves, free of expectation and free of possessiveness. Abide here and hereafter in the sorrowless, imperishable state.
12.17.14
निरामिषा न शोचन्ति शोचन्ति त्वामिषैषिणः ।
परित्यज्यामिषं सर्वं मृषावादात्प्रमोक्ष्यसे ॥ १२.१७.१४ ॥
Those free of flesh do not grieve; it is those who seek flesh, like you, who grieve. Having abandoned all flesh, you will be freed from false speech.
12.17.15
पन्थानौ पितृयानश्च देवयानश्च विश्रुतौ ।
ईजानाः पितृयानेन देवयानेन मोक्षिणः ॥ १२.१७.१५ ॥
Two paths are renowned: the path of the fathers and the path of the gods. Those who sacrifice go by the path of the fathers; those who seek liberation go by the path of the gods.
12.17.16
तपसा ब्रह्मर्येण स्वाध्यायेन महर्षयः ।
विमुच्य देहांस्ते यान्ति मृत्योरविषयं गताः ॥ १२.१७.१६ ॥
By austerity, celibate discipline and Vedic study, the great seers cast off their bodies and go, having reached a state beyond the reach of death.
12.17.17
आमिषं बन्धनं लोके कर्मेहोक्तं तथाऽऽमिषम् ।
ताभ्यां विमुक्तः पापाभ्यां पदमाप्नोति तत्परम् ॥ १२.१७.१७ ॥
In the world, bait (attachment) is a bond, and action here is likewise declared to be bait. Freed from those two evils, one attains that supreme state.
12.17.18
अपि गाथां पुरा गीतां जनकेन वदन्त्युत ।
निर्द्वन्द्वेन विमुक्तेन मोक्षं समनुपश्यता ॥ १२.१७.१८ ॥
There is also a verse of old, sung by Janaka, which they recite: spoken by one freed from pairs of opposites, who sees liberation clearly.
12.17.19
अनन्तं बत मे वित्तं यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन ।
मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे किंचित्प्रदह्यते ॥ १२.१७.१९ ॥
Boundless indeed is my wealth, yet nothing is mine; when Mithilā is set ablaze, nothing of mine is burnt.
12.17.20
प्रज्ञाप्रासादमारुह्य न शोचेच्छोचतो जनान् ।
जगतीस्थोऽथवाऽद्रिस्थो मन्दबुद्धिर्नचेक्षते ॥ १२.१७.२० ॥
Having climbed the palace of wisdom, one should not grieve on seeing grieving people; whether standing on earth or on a mountain, the dull-minded man does not see.
12.17.21
दृश्यं पश्यति यः पश्यन्स चक्षुष्मान्स बुद्धिमान् ।
अज्ञातानां च विज्ञानात्संबोधाद्रुद्धिरुच्यते ॥ १२.१७.२१ ॥
He who sees the visible while seeing, he is sighted and wise; through knowing the unknown and through full awakening, understanding is declared.
12.17.22
यस्तु मानं विजानाति बहुमानमियात्स वै ।
ब्रह्मभावप्रभूतानां वैद्यानां भावितात्मनाम् ॥ १२.१७.२२ ॥
He who knows honour truly attains great honour, among those abounding in the state of brahman, the knowers, and those whose selves are refined.
12.17.23
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति ।
तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥ १२.१७.२३ ॥
When one perceives the separate states of beings as situated in one, then indeed expansion arises, and then brahman is attained.
12.17.24
ते जनास्तां गतिं यान्ति नाविद्वांसोऽल्पचेतसः ।
नाबुद्धयो नातपसः सर्वं बुद्धौ प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.१७.२४ ॥
Those people do not attain that goal who are unlearned, small-minded, unintelligent and without austerity; all is established in understanding.