Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.19
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12.19.1
वेदाहं तात शास्त्राणि अपराणि पराणि च ।
उभयं वेदवचनं कुरु कर्म त्यजेति च ॥ १२.१९.१ ॥
Dear one, I know both the lower and the higher scriptures. The Veda has both sayings: act, and renounce action.
12.19.2
आकुलानि च शास्त्राणि हेतुभिश्चिन्तितानि च ।
निश्चयश्चैव यो मन्त्रे वेदाहं तं यथाविधि ॥ १२.१९.२ ॥
The scriptures are confused and have been pondered with reasonings; yet the certainty that lies in the secret teaching, that I know rightly.
12.19.3
त्वं तु केवलशास्त्रज्ञो वीरव्रतसमन्वितः ।
शास्त्रार्थं तत्त्वतो गन्तुं न समर्थः कथंचन ॥ १२.१९.३ ॥
But you are only a knower of scripture, endowed with the warrior's vow; you are in no way able to grasp the meaning of the scripture in its essence.
12.19.4
शास्त्रार्थतत्त्वदर्शी यो धर्मनिश्चयकोविदः ।
तेनाप्येवं न वाच्योऽयं यदि धर्मं प्रपश्यसि ॥ १२.१९.४ ॥
Even by one who sees the true essence of the scripture's meaning and is expert in determining dharma, this should not be said thus — if you see dharma.
12.19.5
भ्रातृसौहृदमास्थाय यदुक्तं वचनं त्वया ।
न्याय्यं युक्तं च कौन्तेय प्रीतोऽहं तेन तेऽर्जुन ॥ १२.१९.५ ॥
Son of Kuntī, the words you spoke, resting on brotherly affection, are just and fitting; and therefore, Arjuna, I am pleased with you.
12.19.6
महेश्वरसमं सत्वं ब्रह्मणा चैव यत्समम् ।
वासुदेवसमं चैव न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥ १२.१९.६ ॥
A power equal to Maheśvara and equal to Brahmā, and equal to Vāsudeva — no such being has been, nor will be.
12.19.7
तथा त्वं योधमुख्येषु सत्वं परममिष्यते ॥ १२.१९.७ ॥
Thus you are held to possess the highest courage among the foremost warriors.
12.19.8
बलमिन्द्रे च वायौ च बलं यच्च जनार्दने ।
तद्वलं भीमसेने च त्वयि चार्जुना विद्यते ॥ १२.१९.८ ॥
The strength that is in Indra and in Vāyu, and the strength that is in Janārdana — that same strength exists in Bhīmasena, and in you too, O Arjuna.
12.19.9
त्वत्समश्चित्रयोधी च दूरपाती च पाण्डव ।
दिव्यास्त्रबलसंपन्नः को वाऽन्यस्त्वत्समो नरः ॥ १२.१९.९ ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, what other man is your equal — skilled in many kinds of fighting, a far-shooting archer, endowed with the power of divine weapons?
12.19.10
युद्धधर्मेषु सर्वेषु क्रियाणां नैपुणेषु च ।
न त्वया सदृशः कश्चिन्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते ॥ १२.१९.१० ॥
In all the rules of war and in skill in action, no one in the three worlds is your equal.
12.19.11
धार्मिकं धर्मयुक्तं च निःशेषं ज्ञायते मया ।
धर्मसूक्ष्मं तु यद्वाच्यं तत्र दुष्प्रतरं त्वया।
धनञ्जय न मे बुद्धिमतिशङ्कितुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१९.११ ॥
I know fully all that is righteous and bound to dharma; yet the subtle point of dharma that is to be spoken is hard even for you to cross over. O Dhanañjaya, you ought not to doubt my understanding overmuch.
12.19.12
युद्धशास्त्रविदेव त्वं न वृद्धाः सेवितास्त्वया ।
समासविस्तरविदां न तेषां वेत्सि निश्चयम् ॥ १२.१९.१२ ॥
You do indeed know the science of war, but you have not attended upon the elders. You do not know the settled conclusion of those who know both the concise and the extended teachings.
12.19.13
तपस्त्यागो विधिरिति निश्चयस्तात धीमताम् ।
परस्परं ज्याय एषामिति नः श्रेयसी मतिः ॥ १२.१९.१३ ॥
Austerity and renunciation are rules, this is the firm conviction of the wise, dear one. Whether one of these is greater than the other is our best judgment.
12.19.14
यत्त्वेतन्मन्यसे पार्थ न ज्यायोऽस्ति धनादिति ।
तत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि यथा नैतत्प्रधानतः ॥ १२.१९.१४ ॥
Son of Pṛthā, as to what you think, that nothing is greater than wealth, I will explain to you how this is not chiefly so.
12.19.15
तपः स्वाध्यायशीला हि दृश्यन्ते धार्मिका जनाः ।
ऋषयस्तपसा युक्ता येषां लोकाः सनातनाः ॥ १२.१९.१५ ॥
Righteous people devoted to austerity and the study of scripture are seen. The worlds of the sages endowed with austerity are eternal.
12.19.16
अजातश्मश्रवो धीरास्तथाऽन्ये वनवासिनः ।
अरुणाः केतवश्चैव स्वाध्यायेन दिवं गताः ॥ १२.१९.१६ ॥
The steadfast ones whose beards have not grown, and other forest dwellers, as well as the Aruṇas and Ketus, have gone to heaven through the study of scripture.
12.19.17
उत्तरेण तु पन्थानमार्या विषयनिग्रहात् ।
अबुद्धिजं तमस्त्यक्त्वा लोकांस्त्यागवतां गताः ॥ १२.१९.१७ ॥
By the northern path, through restraint of the senses, the noble ones, having abandoned the darkness born of ignorance, have gone to the worlds of the renouncers.
12.19.18
दक्षिणेन तु पन्थानं यं भास्वन्तं प्रचक्षते ।
एते क्रियावतां लोका ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे ॥ १२.१९.१८ ॥
By the southern path, which they call radiant, those who have resorted to the cremation grounds have gone; these are the worlds of those who perform rites.
12.19.19
अनिर्देश्या गतिः सा तु यां प्रपश्यन्ति मोक्षिणः ।
तस्मात्त्यागः प्रधानेष्टः स तु दुःखं प्रवेदितुम् ॥ १२.१९.१९ ॥
That path, which the seekers of liberation behold, cannot be described. Therefore renunciation is the chief aim; it is also the means by which suffering is made known.
12.19.20
अनुस्मृत्य तु शास्त्राणि कवयः समवस्थिताः ।
अपीह स्यादपीह स्यात्सारासारदिदृक्षया ॥ १२.१९.२० ॥
Having recalled the scriptures and settled themselves, the wise, desiring to see what is essential and what is not, reflect: 'Here it may be so; here it may be otherwise.'
12.19.21
वेदवादानतिक्रम्य शास्त्राण्यारण्यकानि च ।
विपाट्य कदलीस्तम्भं सारं ददृशिरे न ते ॥ १२.१९.२१ ॥
Though they passed beyond the Veda's statements, the treatises and the forest texts, and though they split open the trunk of a plantain, they did not see its essence.
12.19.22
अथैकान्तव्युदासेन शरीरे पाञ्चभौतिके ।
इच्छाद्वेषसमायुक्तमात्मानं प्राहुरिङ्गितैः ॥ १२.१९.२२ ॥
Then, by utterly rejecting the body made of the five elements, they describe the self, joined with desire and aversion, through indications.
12.19.23
अग्राह्यं चक्षुषा सत्वमनिर्देश्यं च तद्गिरा ।
कर्महेतुपुरस्कारं भूतेषु पस्विर्तते ॥ १२.१९.२३ ॥
That essence cannot be grasped by the eye, nor described by speech. With the cause of action brought to the fore, it abides among beings.
12.19.24
कल्याणगोचरं कृत्वा मानं तृष्णां निगृह्य च ।
कर्मसंततिमुत्सृज्य स्यान्निरालम्बनः सुखी ॥ १२.१९.२४ ॥
Making the auspicious its object, restraining pride and craving, and abandoning the continuous chain of actions, one should become without support and happy.
12.19.25
अस्मिन्नेवं सूक्ष्मगम्ये मार्गे सद्भिर्निषेविते ।
कथमर्थमनर्थाढ्यमर्जुन त्वं प्रशंससि ॥ १२.१९.२५ ॥
On this subtle path, hard to reach and followed by the good, how, Arjuna, can you praise that goal which is full of harm?
12.19.26
पूर्वशास्त्रविदोऽप्येवं जनाः पश्यन्ति भारत ।
क्रियासु निरता नित्यं दाने यज्ञे च कर्मणि ॥ १२.१९.२६ ॥
O Bhārata, even people who know the earlier scriptures see it this way, always devoted to action, to giving, to sacrifice and to rites.
12.19.27
भवन्ति सुदुरावर्ता हेतुमन्तोऽपि पण्डिताः ।
दृढपूर्वे स्मृता मूढा नैतदस्तीति वादिनः ॥ १२.१९.२७ ॥
Even learned men who have reasons become very hard to turn back; those who, fixed in an earlier belief, say 'this is not so', are remembered as deluded.
12.19.28
अनृतस्यावमन्तारो वक्तारो जनसंसदि ।
चरन्ति वसुधां कृत्स्नां वावदूका बहुश्रुताः ॥ १२.१९.२८ ॥
Those who despise falsehood in the assembly of men, skilled speakers and much-learned, wander over the whole earth.
12.19.29
पार्थ यन्न विजानीमः कस्ताञ्ज्ञातुमिहार्हति ।
एवं प्राज्ञाः श्रुताश्चापि महान्तः शास्त्रवित्तमाः ॥ १२.१९.२९ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, who here can know what we do not know? Even the wise, the renowned, the great, the best of scripture-knowers.
12.19.30
तपसा महदाप्नोति बुद्ध्या वै विन्दते महत् ।
त्यागेन सुखमाप्नोति सदा कौन्तेय धर्मवित् ॥ १२.१९.३० ॥
By austerity a man attains the great; by intellect indeed he finds the great; by renunciation he always attains happiness, O son of Kuntī, knower of dharma.