Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.233
हिन्दी · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · বাংলা · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · اردو · English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Русский · 中文 · 日本語 · العربية · Bahasa Indonesia · ไทย
12.233.1
व्यसनेषु निमग्नस्य किं श्रेयस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ।
भूय एव महाबाहो स्थित्यर्थं तं ब्रवीहि मे ॥ १२.२३३.१ ॥
What is good for one sunk in calamities? O mighty-armed one, tell me that again; tell me that for the sake of steadiness.
12.233.2
अत्रैवोदाहन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
शतक्रतोश्च संवादं नमुचेश्च युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.२३३.२ ॥
Here indeed they recount this ancient story: the dialogue of Śatakratu (Indra) and Namuci, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
12.233.3
श्रिया विहीनमासीनमक्षोभ्यमिव सागरम् ।
भवाभवज्ञं भूतानामित्युवाच पुरंदरः ॥ १२.२३३.३ ॥
To him who sat bereft of fortune, undisturbed like the ocean, knowing the arising and passing of beings, Purandara (Indra) spoke thus.
12.233.4
बद्धः पाशैश्च्युतः स्थानाद्द्विपतां वशमागतः ।
श्रिया विहीनो नमुचे शोचस्याहो न शोचसि ॥ १२.२३३.४ ॥
Bound by nooses, fallen from your station, come under the power of your enemies, bereft of fortune, O Namuci, you grieve. Ah, you do not grieve!
12.233.5
अनवाप्यं च शोकेन शरीरं चोपशुष्यति ।
अमित्राश्च प्रहृष्यन्ति शोके नास्ति सहायता।
तस्माच्छक्र न शोचामि सर्वं ह्येवेदमन्तवत् ॥ १२.२३३.५ ॥
What cannot be attained is not attained through grief, and the body withers; enemies rejoice in grief, and there is no help in grief. Therefore, O Śakra, I do not grieve, for all this is perishable.
12.233.6
संतापाद्धश्यते रूपं संतापाद्धश्यते श्रियः ।
संतापाद्धश्यते चायुर्धर्मश्चैव सुरेश्वर ॥ १२.२३३.६ ॥
Through anguish beauty fades; through anguish fortune wanes. Through anguish life is diminished, and, O lord of the gods, dharma too is diminished.
12.233.7
विनीय खलु तद्दुःखमागतं वै मनस्सुखम् ।
ध्यातव्यं मनसा हृद्यं कल्याणं संविजानता ॥ १२.२३३.७ ॥
Having cast off that sorrow which has come upon one, one should contemplate in the mind the good that brings happiness to the heart and pleases the heart, as one who knows it well.
12.233.8
यथायथा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मनः ।
तथैवास्य प्रसिध्यन्ति सर्वार्था नात्र संशयः ॥ १२.२३३.८ ॥
In whatever measure a man turns his mind to the good, in that same measure all his aims are fulfilled; of this there is no doubt.
12.233.9
एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता ।
गर्भे शयानं पुरुषं शास्ति शास्ता।
तेनानुयुक्तः प्रवणादिवोदकं ।
यथा नियुक्तोऽस्मि तथा भवामि ॥ १२.२३३.९ ॥
There is one ruler, and no second ruler. The ruler governs the man who lies in the womb. Impelled by him, as water flows downhill, I become just as I have been appointed.
12.233.10
भावाभावावजिनानन्गरीयो ।
जानामि श्रेयो न तु तत्करोमि।
आशासु हर्म्यासु हृदासु कुर्वन् ।
यथा नियुक्तोऽस्मि तथा वहामि ॥ १२.२३३.१० ॥
Being and non-being, which weigh more than the limbs to the untrained: I know what is better, yet I do not do it. Working in the quarters, in the mansions, in the lakes, I carry on just as I have been appointed.
12.233.11
यथायथाऽस्म प्राप्तव्यं प्राप्नोत्येव तथातथा ।
भवितव्यं यथा यच्च भवत्येव तथातथा ॥ १२.२३३.११ ॥
Whatever is to be obtained is obtained just in the manner it is meant to be; and whatever is to come to be comes to be just in the manner it is meant to be.
12.233.12
यत्रयत्रैव संयुक्तो धात्रा गर्भे पुनः पुनः ।
तत्रतत्रैव वसति न यत्र स्वयमिच्छति ॥ १२.२३३.१२ ॥
Wherever the creator has joined him again and again in the womb, there he dwells, and not where he himself wishes to.
12.233.13
भावो योऽयमनुप्राप्तो भवितव्यमिदं मम ।
इति यस्य सदा भावो न स शोचेत्कदाचन ॥ १२.२३३.१३ ॥
That condition which has come upon me was what was to be for me. He whose attitude is always thus will never grieve.
12.233.14
पर्यायैर्हन्यमानानामभिषङ्गो न विद्यते ।
दुःखमेतत्तु यद्द्वेष्टा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते ॥ १२.२३३.१४ ॥
There is no attachment among those who are struck in turn. But this is the sorrow: that a man thinks there is one who hates him and that he himself is the doer.
12.233.15
ऋषींश्च देवांश्च महासुरांश्च ।
त्रैविद्यवृद्धांश्च वने मुनींश्च।
का नापदो नोपनमन्ति लोके ।
परावरज्ञास्तु न संभ्रमन्ति ॥ १२.२३३.१५ ॥
What calamities do not approach in the world, even sages, gods, great asuras, elders learned in the three Vedas, and ascetics in the forest? But those who know the higher and the lower are not agitated.
12.233.16
न पण्डितः क्रुद्ध्यति नाभिषज्यते ।
न चापि संसीदति न प्रहृष्यति।
न चार्थकृच्छ्रव्यसनेषु शोचते ।
स्थितः प्रकृत्या हिमवानिवाचलः ॥ १२.२३३.१६ ॥
The wise man does not grow angry, nor become attached; he does not sink down, nor rejoice; nor does he grieve in misfortunes of hardship over wealth. Established by nature, he stands immovable like the Himālaya.
12.233.17
यमर्थसिद्धिः परमा न हर्षये ।
त्तथैव काले व्यसनं न मोहयेत्।
सुखं च दुःखं च तथैव मध्यमं ।
निषेवते यः स धुरधरो नरः ॥ १२.२३३.१७ ॥
He whom supreme success does not elate, and whom misfortune arriving in its time does not bewilder, who equally abides in happiness, sorrow, and the middle state: he is the man who bears the yoke.
12.233.18
यांयामवस्थां पुरुषोऽधिगच्छे ।
त्तस्यां रमेतापरितप्यमानः।
एवं प्रवृद्धं प्रणुदन्मनोजं ।
संतापनीलं सकलं शरीरात् ॥ १२.२३३.१८ ॥
Whatever condition a man may attain, let him delight in it without being tormented. Thus he should drive out from the body all the desire born of the mind, grown strong and darkened by anguish.
12.233.19
न तत्सदः सत्परिषत्सभा च ।
सा प्राप्य यां न कुरुते सदा भयम्।
धर्मतत्त्वमवगाह्य बुद्धिमा ।
न्योऽभ्युपैति स धुरंधरः पुमान् ॥ १२.२३३.१९ ॥
That is not a seat, nor a good assembly, nor a hall in which, once attained, fear never arises. The man who, wise and having plunged deep into the essence of dharma, approaches it — he is the bearer of burdens.
12.233.20
प्राज्ञस्य कर्माणि दुरन्वयानि ।
न वै प्राज्ञो मुह्यति मोहकाले।
स्थानाच्च्युतश्चेन्न मुमोह गौतम ।
स्तावत्कृच्छ्रामापदं प्राप्य वृद्धः ॥ १२.२३३.२० ॥
The actions of the wise are hard to fathom. The wise man is not confused even in a time of delusion. O Gautama, if he, though fallen from his place, is not confused, then it is the old man who, having met with grievous calamity, is confused.
12.233.21
न मन्त्रबलवीर्येण प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण च ।
न शीलेन न वृत्तेन तथा नैवार्थसंपदा।
अलभ्यं लभते मर्त्यस्तत्र का परिदेवना ॥ १२.२३३.२१ ॥
Neither by mantra, strength, valour, wisdom, manly effort, good character, conduct, nor by abundance of wealth does a mortal obtain what is unattainable. Then what is the use of lamentation there?
12.233.22
यदेवमभिजातस्य धातारो विदधुः पुरा ।
तदेवानुभविष्यामि किं मे मृत्युः करिष्यति ॥ १२.२३३.२२ ॥
What the creators ordained of old for one so born, that very thing I shall experience. What can death do to me?
12.233.23
लब्धव्यान्येव लभते गन्तव्यान्येव गच्छति ।
प्राप्तव्यान्येव चाप्नोति दुःखानि च सुखानि च ॥ १२.२३३.२३ ॥
He obtains only what is to be obtained, and goes only where he is to go; he reaches only what is to be reached—sorrows and joys alike.
12.233.24
एतद्विदित्वा कार्त्स्न्येन यो न मुह्यति मानवः ।
कुशली सर्वदुःखेषु स वै सर्वधनी नरः ॥ १२.२३३.२४ ॥
Knowing this fully, the man who is not bewildered stays skilled amid all sorrows; that man, indeed, is the possessor of all wealth.