Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.176
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12.176.1
ईहमानः समारम्भान्यदि नासादयेद्धनम् ।
धनतृष्णाभिभूतश्च किं कुर्वन्सुखमाप्नुयात् ॥ १२.१७६.१ ॥
If a man, striving through undertakings, does not obtain wealth, and is overcome by thirst for wealth, what should he do to attain happiness?
12.176.2
सर्वसाम्यमनायासः सत्यवाक्यं च भारत ।
निर्वेदश्चाविधित्सा च यस्य स्यात्स सखी नरः ॥ १२.१७६.२ ॥
O Bhārata, the man in whom there is equanimity toward all, freedom from exertion, truthful speech, dispassion, and absence of desire to act — he is a friend.
12.176.3
एतान्येव पदान्याहुः पञ्च वृद्धाः प्रशान्तये ।
एष स्वर्गश्च धर्मश्च सुखं चानुत्तमं सताम् ॥ १२.१७६.३ ॥
The elders say these very five steps lead to tranquility. This is heaven, this is dharma, and this is the supreme happiness of the good.
12.176.4
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
निर्वेदान्मङ्किना गीतं तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.१७६.४ ॥
Here too they recite this ancient legend, which Maṅki sang out of dispassion. Listen to it, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
12.176.5
ईहमानो धनं मङ्किर्भग्नेहश्च पुनः पुनः ।
केनचिद्धनलेशेन क्रीतवान्दम्यगोयुगम् ॥ १२.१७६.५ ॥
Maṅki kept striving for wealth, and his efforts kept being thwarted. At last, with some small trace of wealth, he bought a pair of trained draft oxen.
12.176.6
सुसंबद्धौ तु तौ दम्यौ दमनायाभिनिःसृतौ ।
आसीनमुष्ट्रं मध्येन सहसैवाभ्यधावताम् ॥ १२.१७६.६ ॥
Those two well-yoked, trained oxen set out to be tamed, but suddenly rushed straight through the middle at the camel that was sitting there.
12.176.7
तयोः संप्राप्तयोरुष्ट्रः स्कन्धदेशममर्पणः ।
उत्थायोत्क्षिप्य तौ दम्यौ पससार महाजवः ॥ १२.१७६.७ ॥
As the two came near, the camel, impatient, rose up, tossed the two bullocks up from its shoulder, and fled with great speed.
12.176.8
ह्रियमाणौ तु तौ दम्यौ तेनोष्ट्रेण प्रमाथिना ।
प्रियमाणौ च संप्रेक्ष्य मङ्किस्तत्राब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १२.१७६.८ ॥
Seeing the two bullocks being dragged away by that destructive camel, and dying, Maṅki spoke these words there.
12.176.9
न जात्वविहितं शक्यं दक्षेणाषीहितुं धनम् ।
युक्तेन श्रद्धया सम्यगीहां समनुतिष्ठता ॥ १२.१७६.९ ॥
A skilled man can never acquire wealth that has not been ordained, even one who rightly strives with faith and self-restraint.
12.176.10
पूर्वमर्यैर्विहीनस्य युक्तस्याप्युतिष्ठतः ।
इमं पश्यत संगत्या मम दैवमुपप्लवम् ॥ १२.१७६.१० ॥
See this calamity of fate that has come upon me, who was earlier deprived of what was rightly mine, and who strive with self-restraint, as it unfolds in events.
12.176.11
उद्यम्योद्यम्य मे दम्यौ विषमेणैव गच्छतः ।
उत्क्षिप्य काकतालीयमुन्माथेनेव जम्बुकः ॥ १२.१७६.११ ॥
Lifting up my two young bullocks again and again and carrying them along a rough path, it tossed them up as a jackal might jolt them up, by the sheer chance of the crow and palm-fruit.
12.176.12
मणीवोष्ट्रस्य लम्वेते प्रियौ वत्सतरौ मम ।
शुद्वं हि दैवमेवेदं हठे नैवास्ति पौरुषम् ॥ १२.१७६.१२ ॥
Like jewels around the camel's neck, my two dear young bullocks dangle; this is pure fate, and in obstinacy there is no manly effort.
12.176.13
यदि वाऽप्युपपद्येत पौरुषं नाम कर्हिचित् ।
अन्विष्यमाणं तदपि दैवमेवावतिष्ठते ॥ १२.१७६.१३ ॥
Even if human effort should ever arise, when it is sought it still remains fate.
12.176.14
तस्मान्निर्वेद एवेह गन्तव्यः सुखभीप्सता ।
सुखं स्वपिति निर्विण्णो निराशश्चार्थसाधने ॥ १२.१७६.१४ ॥
Therefore one who desires happiness should attain dispassion here; the dispassionate man, free of hope for the accomplishment of aims, sleeps happily.
12.176.15
अहो सम्यक्शुकेनोक्तं सर्वतः परिमुच्यता ।
प्रतिष्ठता महारण्यं जनकस्य निवेशनात् ॥ १२.१७६.१५ ॥
Ah! Śuka spoke rightly: one who wishes to be wholly freed departs from Janaka's dwelling and goes forth to the great forest.
12.176.16
यः कामानाप्नुयात्सर्वान्यश्चैतान्केवलांस्त्यजेत् ।
प्रापणात्सर्वकामानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते ॥ १२.१७६.१६ ॥
He who obtains all desires, and he who alone gives them up: renunciation of all desires is superior to obtaining them.
12.176.17
नान्तं सर्वविधित्सानां गतपूर्वोऽस्ति कश्चन ।
शरीरे जीविते चैव तृष्णा मर्त्यस्य वर्धते ॥ १२.१७६.१७ ॥
No one who has gone before has found the end of all those who wish to act; in body and life the thirst of the mortal grows.
12.176.18
निवर्तस्य विधित्साभ्यः शाम्य निर्विद्य कामुक ।
असकृच्चासि निकृतो न च निर्विद्यसे मनः ॥ १२.१७६.१८ ॥
Turn back from the desire to act; be calm, and grow dispassionate, O lover of desire. You have been wounded again and again, yet your mind does not become dispassionate.
12.176.19
यदि नाहं विनाश्यस्ते यद्येवं रमसे मया ।
मा मां योजय लोभेन वृथाऽत्वं वित्तकामुक ॥ १२.१७६.१९ ॥
If I am not to be destroyed by you, and if you delight in me in this way, do not yoke me to greed; you, lover of wealth, do this in vain.
12.176.20
संचितं संचितं द्रव्यं नष्टं तव पुनः पुनः ।
कदा तां मोक्ष्यसे मूढ धनेहां धनकामुक ॥ १२.१७६.२० ॥
Wealth gathered and gathered again has been lost by you again and again; when, deluded one, lover of wealth, will you let go of that longing for riches?
12.176.21
अहो नु मम बालिश्यं योऽहं क्रीडनकस्तव ।
क्लेशैर्नानाविधैर्नित्यं संयोजयसि निर्घृणः।
किं नैवं जातु पुरुषः परेषां प्रेष्यतामियात् ॥ १२.१७६.२१ ॥
Alas, what childishness is mine, that I have become your plaything! Merciless one, you constantly yoke me to afflictions of many kinds. Does a man never go, in this way, into the servitude of others?
12.176.22
न पूर्वे नापरे जातु कामानामन्तमाप्नुवन् ।
त्यक्त्वा सर्वसमारम्भान्प्रतिबुद्धोऽस्मि जागृमि ॥ १२.१७६.२२ ॥
Neither those before nor those after ever reached the end of desires. Having abandoned all undertakings, I have awakened; I am awake.
12.176.23
नूनं मे हृदयं कामं वज्रसारमयं दृढम् ।
यदनर्थशताविष्टं शतधा न विदीर्यते ॥ १२.१७६.२३ ॥
Surely my heart, full of desire, is firm and made of the essence of the thunderbolt, for though beset by a hundred misfortunes it does not split into a hundred pieces.
12.176.24
त्यजामि काम त्वां चैव यच्च किंचित्प्रियं तव ।
तवाहं प्रियमन्विच्छन्नात्मन्युपलभे सुखम् ॥ १२.१७६.२४ ॥
I abandon desire, and you too, and whatever is dear to you. Seeking what is dear to you, I find happiness within myself.
12.176.25
काम जानामि ते मूलं संकल्पात्किल जायसे ।
न त्वां संकल्पयिष्यामि समूलो नभविष्यसि ॥ १२.१७६.२५ ॥
Desire, I know your root is resolve; from resolve indeed you are born. If I do not resolve upon you, you will be gone, root and all.
12.176.26
ईहा धनस्य न सुखा लुब्ध्वा चिन्ता च भूयसी ।
लब्धनाशो यथा मृत्युर्लब्धं भवति वा न वा ॥ १२.१७६.२६ ॥
The striving for wealth is not pleasant, and greed brings great anxiety. Loss of what has been gained is like death, whether it is gained or not.
12.176.27
परित्यागे न लभते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ।
न च तुष्यति लब्धेन भूय एव च मार्गति ॥ १२.१७६.२७ ॥
What greater sorrow is there than for one who, having renounced, still does not obtain? And he who is not content with what he has keeps seeking again and again.
12.176.28
अनुतर्पुल एवार्थः स्वादु गाङ्गभिवोदकम् ।
मद्विलापनमेततु प्रतिबुद्धोऽस्मि संत्यज ॥ १२.१७६.२८ ॥
Wealth never satisfies, yet it tastes sweet like the water of the Ganges. This is only my lament; I have awakened, so give it up.
12.176.29
य इमं मामकं देहं भूतग्रामः समाश्रितः ।
स यात्वितो यथाकामं वसतां वा यथासुखम् ॥ १२.१७६.२९ ॥
Let the host of beings that has taken refuge in this body of mine depart from here as it desires, or dwell wherever it finds happiness.
12.176.30
न युष्मास्विह मे प्रीतिः कामलोभानुसारिषु ।
तस्मादुत्सृज्य वः सर्वान्सत्वमेवाश्रयाम्यहम् ॥ १२.१७६.३० ॥
I have no affection here for you who follow desire and greed. Therefore, having abandoned you all, I take refuge in sattva alone.
12.176.31
सर्व भूतान्यहं देहे पश्यन्मनसि चात्मनः ।
योगे बुद्धिं श्रुते सत्वं मनो ब्रह्मणि धारयन् ॥ १२.१७६.३१ ॥
Seeing all beings in my body and in my mind as the self, fixing intellect in yoga, steadiness in what is heard, and the mind in Brahman.
12.176.32
विहरिष्याम्यनासक्तः सुखी लोकान्निरामयः ।
यथा मां त्वं पुनर्नैवं दुःखेषु प्रणिधास्यसि ॥ १२.१७६.३२ ॥
Unattached, happy and free from disease, I shall wander through the worlds, so that you will not again engage me in these sorrows.
12.176.33
त्वया हि मे प्रणुन्नस्य गतिरन्या न विद्यते ।
तृष्णा शोकश्रमाणां हि त्वं काम प्रभवः सदा ॥ १२.१७६.३३ ॥
For me, driven by you, there is no other course; indeed you, O Kāma, are always the source of thirst, grief and toil.
12.176.34
धननाशेऽधिकं दुःखं मन्ये सर्वमहत्तरम् ।
ज्ञातयो ह्यवमन्यन्ते मित्राणि च धनाच्च्युतम् ॥ १२.१७६.३४ ॥
In the loss of wealth I consider the sorrow greater, the greatest of all; kinsmen and friends despise one who has fallen from wealth.
12.176.35
अवज्ञानसहस्रैस्तु दोषाः कष्टतराऽधने ।
धने सुखकला या तु साऽपि दुःखैर्विधीयते ॥ १२.१७६.३५ ॥
In poverty the faults are harder to bear, through a thousand contempts; and even the small measure of happiness found in wealth is bought with sorrows.
12.176.36
धनमस्येति पुरुषं पुरो निघ्नन्ति दस्यवः ।
क्लिश्यन्ति विविधैर्दण्डैर्नित्यमुद्वेजयन्ति च ॥ १२.१७६.३६ ॥
Thinking 'this man has wealth,' robbers strike him down from the front, torment him with various punishments, and keep him constantly terrified.
12.176.37
धनलोलुपता दुःखमिति बुद्धं चिरान्मया ।
यद्यदालम्बसे कामं तत्तदेवानुरुध्यसे ॥ १२.१७६.३७ ॥
That greed for wealth is suffering, I have understood only after a long time. Whatever desire you cling to, by that very desire you are bound.
12.176.38
अतत्त्वज्ञोऽसि बालश्च दुस्तोषोऽपूरणोऽनलः ।
नैव त्वं वेत्थ सुलभं नैव त्वं वेत्थ दुर्लभम् ॥ १२.१७६.३८ ॥
You do not know the truth, you are a child; hard to satisfy, insatiable like fire. You know neither what is easy to obtain, nor what is hard to obtain.
12.176.39
पाताल इव दुष्पूरो मां दुःखैर्योक्तुमिच्छसि ।
नाहमद्य समावेष्टुं शक्यः काम पुनस्त्वया ॥ १२.१७६.३९ ॥
Like the netherworld, you are hard to fill, and you wish to bind me with sorrows. O desire, today I am no longer able to be enveloped by you again.
12.176.40
निर्वेदमहमासाद्य द्रव्यनाशाद्यदृच्छया ।
निवृत्तिं परमां प्राप्य नाद्य कामान्विचिन्तये ॥ १२.१७६.४० ॥
Through the loss of wealth, I have by chance attained dispassion; having obtained supreme release, I no longer dwell on desires.
12.176.41
अतिक्लेशान्सहामीह नाहं बुद्ध्याम्यबुद्धिमान् ।
निकृतो धननाशेन शये सर्वाङ्गविज्वरः ॥ १२.१७६.४१ ॥
Here I endure great afflictions; lacking wisdom, I do not understand. Wounded by the loss of wealth, I lie with all my limbs free of fever.
12.176.42
परित्यजामि काम त्वां हित्वा सर्वं मनोगतम् ।
न त्वं मया पुनः काम नस्योतेनेव रंस्यसे ॥ १२.१७६.४२ ॥
O desire, I abandon you, and everything that dwells in my mind. O desire, you will no longer take delight in me, like an ox with a nose-rope.
12.176.43
क्षमिष्ये क्षिपमाणानां न हिंसिष्ये विहिंसितः ।
द्वेष्यमुक्तः प्रियं वक्ष्याम्यनादृत्य तदप्रियम् ॥ १२.१७६.४३ ॥
Those who revile me, I will forgive; though harmed, I will not do harm. Though spoken to with hatred, disregarding that unpleasant thing, I will speak only what is pleasant.
12.176.44
तृप्तः स्वस्थेन्द्रियो नित्यं यथालब्धेन वर्तयन् ।
न सकामं करिष्यामि त्वामहं शत्रुमात्मनः ॥ १२.१७६.४४ ॥
Always content, with senses at peace, living on what is obtained, I will not make you, my own enemy, one whose desires are fulfilled.
12.176.45
निर्वेदं निर्वृतिं तृप्तिं शान्तिं सत्यं दमं क्षमाम् ।
सर्वभूतदयां चैव विद्धि मां शरणागतम् ॥ १२.१७६.४५ ॥
Dispassion, tranquility, contentment, peace, truth, self-restraint, forbearance, and compassion for all beings — know these as me, who have come for refuge.
12.176.46
तस्मात्कामश्च लोभश्च तृष्णा कार्पण्यमेव च ।
त्यजन्तु मां प्रतिष्ठन्तं सत्वस्थो ह्यस्मि सांप्रतम् ॥ १२.१७६.४६ ॥
Therefore may desire, greed, craving, and miserliness, which stand in me, abandon me; for now I am established in goodness.
12.176.47
प्रहाय कामं लोभं च क्रोधं पारुष्यमेव च ।
नाद्य लोभवशं प्राप्तो दुःखं प्राप्स्याम्यनात्मवान् ॥ १२.१७६.४७ ॥
Having abandoned desire, greed, anger, and harshness, today I shall not fall under the power of greed; otherwise, lacking self-mastery, I would obtain only suffering.
12.176.48
यद्यस्त्यजति कामानां तत्सुखस्याभिपूर्यते ।
कामस्य वशगो नित्यं दुःखमेव प्रपद्यते ॥ १२.१७६.४८ ॥
If one abandons desires, happiness is fulfilled for him; but one who is always under the power of desire obtains only suffering.
12.176.49
कामानुबन्धं नुदते यत्किंचित्पुरुषो रजः ।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं दुःखमह्रीररतिरेव च ॥ १२.१७६.४९ ॥
Whatever a man drives away as the bond of desire, that is the suffering born of desire and anger, and shame and aversion as well.
12.176.50
एष ब्रह्मप्रतिष्ठोऽहं ग्रीष्मे शीतमिव ह्रदम् ।
शाम्यामि परिनिर्वामि सुखमासे च केवलम् ॥ १२.१७६.५० ॥
I am established in Brahman; like a cool lake in summer, I grow calm and fully cooled, and I sit in nothing but happiness.
12.176.51
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् ।
तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नार्हतः षोडशीं कलाम् ॥ १२.१७६.५१ ॥
Whatever pleasure of desire there is in the world, and whatever divine great happiness there is, these are not worth even the sixteenth part of the happiness of the extinction of craving.
12.176.52
आत्मना सप्तमं कामं हत्वा शत्रुमिवोत्तमम् ।
प्राप्यावध्यं ब्रह्मपुरं राजेव च वसाम्यहम् ॥ १२.१७६.५२ ॥
Having slain by the self the seventh desire, like a supreme enemy, and having reached the unslayable city of Brahman, I dwell like a king.
12.176.53
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय मङ्किर्निर्वेदमागतः ।
सर्वान्कामान्परित्यज्य प्राप्य ब्रह्म महत्सुखम् ॥ १२.१७६.५३ ॥
Having fully taken up this understanding, Maṅki came to dispassion; having abandoned all desires, he attained Brahman and great happiness.
12.176.54
दम्यनाशकृते मङ्किरमृतत्वं किलागमत् ।
अच्छिनत्काममूलं स तेन प्राप परां गतिम् ॥ १२.१७६.५४ ॥
For the destruction of the tamer, Maṅki indeed attained immortality; he cut off the root of desire, and by that he attained the supreme goal.
12.176.55
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं मोक्षोपसंहितम् ।
गीतं विदेहराजेन जनकेन प्रशाम्यता ॥ १२.१७६.५५ ॥
Here too people recite this verse, connected with liberation, which King Janaka of Videha sang while he was calm.
12.176.56
अनन्तमिव मे वित्तं यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन ।
मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्यति किंचन ॥ १२.१७६.५६ ॥
My wealth seems endless, yet nothing is mine; when Mithilā blazes, nothing of mine burns.
12.176.57
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं बोध्यस्य पदसंचयम् ।
निर्वेदं प्रति विन्यस्तं तं निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.१७६.५७ ॥
Here too people recite this collection of verses of Bodhya, set forth concerning dispassion; understand it, Yudhiṣṭhira.
12.176.58
बोध्यं शान्तमृषिं राजा नाहुषः पर्यपृच्छत ।
निर्वेदाच्छान्तिमापन्नं शास्त्रप्रज्ञानतर्पितम् ॥ १२.१७६.५८ ॥
The king, son of Nahuṣa, questioned the calm sage Bodhya, who had attained peace through dispassion and was satisfied with the wisdom of the scriptures.
12.176.59
उपदेशं महाप्राज्ञ शमस्योपदिशस्व मे ।
कां बुद्धिं समनुप्राप्य शान्तश्चरसि निर्वृतः ॥ १२.१७६.५९ ॥
O greatly wise one, teach me the instruction of tranquility; having attained which understanding do you move calm and content?
12.176.60
उपदेशेन वर्तामि नानुशास्मीह कंचन ।
लक्षणं तस्य वक्ष्येऽहं तत्स्वयं परिमृष्यताम् ॥ १२.१७६.६० ॥
I live by instruction and do not command anyone here; I will tell you its mark, and you yourself should examine it.
12.176.61
पिङ्गला कुररः सर्पः सारङ्गान्वेषणं वने ।
इषुकारः कुमारी च षडेते गुरवो मम ॥ १२.१७६.६१ ॥
Piṅgalā, the osprey, the snake, the seeker of the deer in the forest, the arrow-maker, and the maiden — these six are my teachers.
12.176.62
आशा बलवती राजन्नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् ।
आशां निराशां कृत्वा तु सुखं स्वपिति पिङ्गला ॥ १२.१७६.६२ ॥
O king, hope is powerful; freedom from hope is the supreme happiness. Having made hope into hopelessness, Piṅgalā sleeps in happiness.
12.176.63
सामिषं कुररं दृष्ट्वा वध्यमानं निरामिषैः ।
आमिषस्य परित्यागात्कुररः सुखमेधते ॥ १२.१७६.६३ ॥
Seeing the osprey with its flesh being attacked by birds without flesh, the osprey thrives in happiness by giving up the flesh.
12.176.64
गृहारम्भो हि दुःखाय न सुखाय कदाचन ।
सर्पः परकृतं वेश्म प्रविश्य सुखमेधते ॥ १२.१७६.६४ ॥
The undertaking of building a house is indeed for suffering, never for happiness. The snake, having entered a dwelling made by others, thrives in happiness.
12.176.65
सुखं जीवन्ति मुनयो भैक्ष्यवृत्तिं समाश्रिताः ।
अद्रोहणैव भूतानां सारङ्ग इव पक्षिणः ॥ १२.१७६.६५ ॥
The sages who have resorted to a livelihood of begging live happily, doing no harm to beings, like the sāraṅga birds.
12.176.66
अल्पेभ्यश्च महद्भ्यश्च शास्त्रेभ्यो मतिमान्नरः ।
सर्वतः सारमादद्यात्पुष्पेभ्य इव षट्पदः ॥ १२.१७६.६६ ॥
A wise man should take the essence from all sources, from minor and major scriptures alike, as the six-footed bee takes from flowers.
12.176.67
इषुकारो नरः कश्चिदिपावासक्तमानसः ।
समीपेनापि गच्छन्तं राजानं नावबुद्धवान् ॥ १२.१७६.६७ ॥
A certain arrow-maker, his mind fixed on his arrow, did not notice the king passing close by.
12.176.68
बहूनां कलहो नित्यं द्वयोः संकथनं ध्रुवम् ।
एकाकी विचरिष्यानि कुमारीशङ्खको यथा ॥ १२.१७६.६८ ॥
Among many there is always quarrel; between two there is certain talk. I shall wander alone, like the conch-bangle of a maiden.