Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.203
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12.203.1
दुःखोपघाते शारीरे मानसे चाप्युपस्थिते ।
यस्मिन्न शक्यते कर्तुं यत्नस्तं नानुचिन्तयेत् ॥ १२.२०३.१ ॥
When suffering of body or mind has come upon one, and cannot be remedied by effort, one should not dwell upon it.
12.203.2
भैषज्यमेतद्दुःखस्य यदेतन्नानुचिन्तयेत् ।
चिन्त्यमानं हि चाभ्येति भूयश्चापि प्रवर्तते ॥ १२.२०३.२ ॥
The remedy for suffering is this: not to dwell upon it, for when it is dwelt upon it returns and arises again.
12.203.3
प्रज्ञया मानसं दुःखं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधैः ।
एतद्विज्ञानसामर्थ्यं न बालैः समतामियात् ॥ १२.२०३.३ ॥
Mental suffering one should destroy by wisdom, bodily suffering by medicines. This is the power of knowledge; one should not become like fools.
12.203.4
अनित्यं यौवनं रूपं जीवितं द्रव्यसंचयः ।
आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासो गृध्येत्तत्र न पण्डितः ॥ १२.२०३.४ ॥
Youth, beauty, life, the accumulation of wealth, health, and living with loved ones are impermanent; a wise man should not be greedy for them.
12.203.5
न जानपदिकं दुःखमेकः शोचितुमर्हति ।
अशोचन्प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येदुपक्रमम् ॥ १२.२०३.५ ॥
One alone should not grieve over the suffering of the people. If one sees a means of remedy, one should act to counter it without grieving.
12.203.6
सुखाद्बहुतरं दुःखं जीविते नास्ति संशयः ।
स्रिग्धस्य चेन्द्रियार्थेषु मोहान्मरणमप्रियम् ॥ १२.२०३.६ ॥
In life, suffering is far greater than happiness, there is no doubt. And for one who is attached to the objects of the senses, delusion brings an unwelcome death.
12.203.7
परित्यजति यो दुःखं सुखं वाऽप्युभयं नरः ।
अभ्येति ब्रह्म सोत्यन्तं न ते शोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥ १२.२०३.७ ॥
The man who gives up both pain and pleasure attains Brahman fully; the wise do not grieve for him.
12.203.8
दुःखमर्था हि युज्यन्ते पालने न च ते सुखम् ।
दुःखेन चाधिगम्यन्ते नाशमेषां न चिन्तयेत् ॥ १२.२०३.८ ॥
Possessions are obtained through pain, and there is no pleasure even in guarding them; they are gained through suffering, so one should not dwell on their loss.
12.203.9
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयाभिर्निवृत्तं विद्धि ज्ञानगुणं मनः ।
प्रज्ञाकरणसंयुक्तं ततो बुद्धिः प्रवर्तते ॥ १२.२०३.९ ॥
Know that the mind, withdrawn from objects of knowledge, possesses the quality of knowledge; joined with the instrument of discernment, then the intellect arises.
12.203.10
यदा कर्मगुणोपेता बुद्धिर्मनसि वर्तते ।
तदा प्रज्ञायते ब्रह्म ध्यानयोगसमाधिना ॥ १२.२०३.१० ॥
When the intellect, endowed with the qualities of action, abides in the mind, then Brahman is known through meditation, yoga and samādhi.
12.203.11
सेयं गुणवती बुद्धिर्गुणेष्वेवाभिवर्तते ।
अपरादभिनिः स्रौति गिरेः शृङ्गादिवोदकम् ॥ १२.२०३.११ ॥
This intellect, endowed with qualities, turns only toward the qualities; it streams forth from the lower source, as water flows from a mountain peak.
12.203.12
यदा निर्गुणमाप्नोति ध्यानं मनसि पूर्वजम् ।
तदा प्रज्ञायते ब्रह्म निकषं निकषे यथा ॥ १२.२०३.१२ ॥
When meditation beyond qualities, primordial, is attained in the mind, then Brahman is known, as gold is tested on the touchstone.
12.203.13
मनस्त्वसंहृतं बुद्ध्या हीन्द्रियार्थनिदर्शकम् ।
न समर्थं गुणापेक्षि निर्गुणस्य निदर्शने ॥ १२.२०३.१३ ॥
A mind not restrained by the intellect only points toward the objects of the senses. Dependent on qualities, it is not able to perceive the qualityless.
12.203.14
सर्वाण्येतानि संवार्य द्वाराणि मनसि स्थितः ।
मनस्येकाग्रतां कृत्वा तत्परं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.२०३.१४ ॥
Having closed all these gates, abiding in the mind and making the mind one-pointed, one attains that supreme state.
12.203.15
यथा महान्ति भूतानि निवर्तन्ते गुणक्षये ।
तथेन्द्रियाण्युपादाय बुद्धिर्मनसि वर्तते ॥ १२.२०३.१५ ॥
As the great elements withdraw when the qualities dissolve, so the intellect, having taken up the senses, abides in the mind.
12.203.16
यदा मनसि सा बुद्धिर्वर्ततेऽन्तरचारिणी ।
व्यवसायगुणोपेता तदा संपद्यते मनः ॥ १२.२०३.१६ ॥
When that intellect, moving inwardly and endowed with the quality of resolute determination, abides in the mind, then the mind becomes united with it.
12.203.17
गुणवद्भिर्गुणोपेतं यदा ध्यानगतं मनः ।
तदा सर्वान्गुणान्हित्वा निर्गुणं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.२०३.१७ ॥
When the mind, joined to qualified things, is absorbed in meditation, then, abandoning all qualities, it attains the qualityless.
12.203.18
अव्यक्तस्येह विज्ञाने नास्ति तुल्यं निदर्शनम् ।
यत्र नास्ति पदन्यासः कस्तं विषयमाप्नुयात् ॥ १२.२०३.१८ ॥
Here there is no comparable illustration of the knowledge of the unmanifest. Where there is not even a footstep, who could attain that realm?
12.203.19
तपसा चानुमानेन गुणैर्जात्या श्रुतेन च ।
निनीषेत्परमं ब्रह्म विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना ॥ १२.२०३.१९ ॥
By austerity, by inference, by qualities, by birth and by learning, one should seek to lead oneself to the supreme brahman with a purified inner self.
12.203.20
गुणहीनो हि तं मार्गं बहिः समनुवर्तते ।
गुणाभावात्प्रकृत्या वा निस्तर्क्यं ज्ञेयसंमितम् ॥ १२.२०३.२० ॥
One without qualities follows that path only outwardly; through lack of qualities or by nature, it is beyond reasoning and equal to what is to be known.
12.203.21
नैर्गुण्याद्ब्रह्म चाप्नोति सगुणत्वान्निवर्तते ।
गुणप्रसारिणी बुद्धिर्हुताशन इवेन्धने ॥ १२.२०३.२१ ॥
Through freedom from qualities one attains brahman; through having qualities one turns back. The intellect spreading through the qualities is like fire in fuel.
12.203.22
यदा पञ्च वियुक्तानि इन्द्रियाणि स्वकर्मभिः ।
तदा तत्परमं ब्रह्म संमुक्तं प्रकृतेः परम् ॥ १२.२०३.२२ ॥
When the five senses are detached from their own functions, then that supreme brahman is fully liberated, beyond prakṛti.
12.203.23
एवं प्रकृतितः सर्वे संभवन्ति शरीरिणः ।
निवर्तन्ते निवृत्तौ च स्वर्गे नैवोपयान्ति च ॥ १२.२०३.२३ ॥
Thus all embodied beings arise from prakṛti; at cessation they turn back, and they do not even reach heaven.
12.203.24
पुरुषप्रकृतिर्बुद्धिर्विशेषाश्चेन्द्रियाणि च ।
अहंकारोऽभिमानश्च संभूतो भूतसंज्ञकः ॥ १२.२०३.२४ ॥
Puruṣa and prakṛti, intellect, the specific elements, the senses, the ego-sense and self-conceit have arisen, and are called the beings (bhūta).
12.203.25
एतस्याद्या प्रवृत्तिस्तु प्रधानात्संप्रवर्तते ।
द्वितीया मिथुनव्यक्तिमविशेषान्नियच्छति ॥ १२.२०३.२५ ॥
Its first activity arises from the primary (pradhāna). The second restrains the manifestation of the pair from the undifferentiated.
12.203.26
धर्मादुत्कृष्यते श्रेयस्तथा धर्मोऽष्यधर्मतः ।
रागवान्प्रकृतिं ह्येति विरक्तो ज्ञानवान्भवम् ॥ १२.२०३.२६ ॥
From dharma the highest good is raised up; likewise dharma too is raised up from adharma. The passionate one goes to nature (prakṛti); the dispassionate one, endowed with knowledge, goes beyond becoming (bhava).