Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.234
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12.234.1
मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे किं श्रेयः पुरुषस्य हि ।
बन्धुनाशे महीपाल राज्यनाशेऽथवा पुनः ॥ १२.२३४.१ ॥
O protector of the earth, what is best for a man sunk in calamity and distress: in the loss of kinsmen, or again in the loss of his kingdom?
12.234.2
त्वं हि नः परमो वक्ता लोकेऽस्मिन्भरतर्षभ ।
एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामि तन्मे त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १२.२३४.२ ॥
You, bull of the Bharatas, are indeed our supreme teacher in this world. This is what I ask you; you are fit to tell it to me.
12.234.3
पुत्रदारैः सुखैश्चैव वियक्तस्य धनेन च ।
मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे धृतिः श्रेयस्करी नृप।
धैर्येण युक्तस्य सतः शरीरं न विशीर्यते ॥ १२.२३४.३ ॥
O king, for a man separated from sons, wife, pleasures and wealth, and sunk in calamity and distress, steadfastness is what brings good. The body of a good man endowed with firmness does not fall apart.
12.234.4
विशोकता सुखं धत्ते धत्ते चारोग्यमुत्तमम् ।
आरोग्याच्च शरीरस्य स पुनर्विन्दते श्रियम् ॥ १२.२३४.४ ॥
Freedom from grief bestows happiness and also supreme health. From the health of the body he again obtains prosperity.
12.234.5
यश्च प्राज्ञो नरस्तात सात्विकीं वृत्तिमास्थितः ।
तस्यैश्वर्यं च धैर्यं च व्यवसायश्च कर्मसु ॥ १२.२३४.५ ॥
Dear son, the wise man who has taken up a sattvic conduct, for him there is sovereignty, steadfastness, and determined effort in his actions.
12.234.6
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
बलिवासवसंवादं पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.२३४.६ ॥
Here, indeed, they recount this ancient legend, the dialogue of Bali and Vāsava (Indra). Again, O Yudhiṣṭhira, it is that.
12.234.7
वृत्ते देवासुरे युद्धे दैत्यदानवसंक्षये ।
विष्णुक्रान्तेषु लोकेषु देवराजे शतक्रतौ ॥ १२.२३४.७ ॥
When the battle of gods and asuras had come to an end, with the destruction of the daityas and dānavas, the worlds having been pervaded by Viṣṇu's strides, and Indra, king of the gods, the performer of a hundred sacrifices, ruling,
12.234.8
इज्यमानेषु देवेषु चातुर्वर्ण्ये व्यवस्थिते ।
समृध्यमाने त्रैलोक्ये प्रीतियुक्ते स्वयंभुवि ॥ १२.२३४.८ ॥
While the gods were being worshipped with sacrifices, the fourfold order of society was established, the three worlds were prospering, and the self-existent one (Brahmā) was pleased,
12.234.9
रुद्रैर्वसुभिरादित्यैरश्विभ्यामपि चर्षिभिः ।
गन्धर्वैर्भुजगेन्द्रैश्च सिद्धैश्चान्यैर्वृतः प्रभुः ॥ १२.२३४.९ ॥
The lord (Indra), surrounded by the Rudras, the Vasus, the Ādityas, both Aśvins, the sages, the Gandharvas, the lords of serpents, the Siddhas and others,
12.234.10
चतुर्दन्तं सुदान्तं च वारणेन्द्रं श्रिया वृतम् ।
आरुह्यैरावणं शक्रस्त्रैलोक्यमनुसंययौ ॥ १२.२३४.१० ॥
Mounting Airāvata, the four-tusked, well-tamed lord of elephants adorned with splendour, Śakra (Indra) went about the three worlds.
12.234.11
स कदाचित्समुद्रान्ते कस्मिंश्चिद्गिरिगह्वरे ।
बलिं वैरोचनिं वज्री ददर्शोपससर्प च ॥ १२.२३४.११ ॥
He once saw, at the edge of the ocean, in some mountain cave, Bali, son of Virocana, and the wielder of the thunderbolt approached him.
12.234.12
तमैरावतमूर्धस्थं प्रेक्ष्य देवगणैर्वृतम् ।
सुरेन्द्रमिन्द्रं दैत्येन्द्रो न शुशोच न विव्यथे ॥ १२.२३४.१२ ॥
Seeing him standing on the head of Airāvata, surrounded by the hosts of gods, that lord of gods Indra, the lord of the daityas did not grieve, nor was he troubled.
12.234.13
दृष्ट्वा तमविकारस्थं तिष्ठन्तं निर्भयं बलिम् ।
अधिरूढो द्विपश्रेष्ठमित्युवाच शतक्रतुः ॥ १२.२३४.१३ ॥
Seeing him standing unchanged and fearless, Śatakratu (Indra), mounted on the best of elephants, spoke to Bali thus.
12.234.14
दैत्य न व्यथसे शौर्यादथवा वृद्धसेवया ।
तपसा भावितत्वाद्वा सर्वथैतत्सुदुष्करम् ॥ १२.२३४.१४ ॥
O Daitya, you are not troubled, whether from courage, or from service to the elders, or because you are matured by austerity — this is altogether very difficult.
12.234.15
शत्रुभिर्वशमानीतो हीनः स्थानादनुत्तमात् ।
वैरोचने किमाश्रित्य शोचितव्ये न शोचसि ॥ १२.२३४.१५ ॥
Brought under the control of enemies, fallen from the supreme station — O Vairocana, relying on what do you not grieve over that which should be grieved over?
12.234.16
श्रैष्ट्यं प्राप्य स्वजातीनां भुक्त्वा भोगाननुत्तमान् ।
हृतस्वरत्नराज्यस्त्वं ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि ॥ १२.२३४.१६ ॥
Having attained supremacy among your own kind and enjoyed the most excellent pleasures, now robbed of your jewels and kingdom — tell me, why do you not grieve?
12.234.17
ईश्वरो हि पुरा भूत्वा पितृपैतामहे पदे ।
तत्त्वमद्य हृतं दृष्ट्वा सपत्नैः किं न शोचसि ॥ १२.२३४.१७ ॥
Formerly you were lord in the position of your fathers and grandfathers; today, seeing that position taken away by your rivals, why do you not grieve?
12.234.18
बद्धश्च वारुणैः पाशैर्वज्रेण च समाहतः ।
हृतदारो हृतधनो ब्रूहि कस्मान्न शोचसि ॥ १२.२३४.१८ ॥
Bound with Varuṇa's nooses and struck by the thunderbolt, robbed of wife and wealth — tell me, why do you not grieve?
12.234.19
नष्टश्रीर्विभवभ्रष्टो यन्न शोचसि दुष्करम् ।
त्रैलोक्यराज्यनाशे हि कोऽन्यो जीवितुमुत्सहेत् ॥ १२.२३४.१९ ॥
Though your glory is lost and your splendour has fallen, you do not grieve for that hard state. When the kingship of the three worlds is destroyed, who else would dare to live?
12.234.20
एतच्चान्यच्च परुषं ब्रुवन्तं परिभूय तम् ।
श्रुत्वा दुःखमसंभ्रान्तो बलिर्वैरोचनोऽब्रवीत् ॥ १२.२३४.२० ॥
Having heard him insult him with these and other harsh words, Bali, son of Virocana, undisturbed by grief, spoke.
12.234.21
निगृहीते मयि भृशं शक्र किं कत्थितेन ते ।
वज्रमुद्यम्य तिष्ठन्तं पश्यामि त्वां पुरंदर ॥ १२.२३४.२१ ॥
O Śakra, while I am so firmly seized, what use is your boasting? O Purandara, I see you standing with the thunderbolt raised.
12.234.22
अशक्तः पूर्वमासीस्त्वं कथंचिच्छक्ततां गतः ।
कस्त्वदन्य इमां वाचं सुक्रूरां वक्तुमर्हति ॥ १२.२३४.२२ ॥
Formerly you were powerless; somehow you have gained strength. Apart from you, who else would dare to speak such very cruel words?
12.234.23
यस्तु शत्रोर्वशस्थस्य शक्तोऽपि कुरुते दयाम् ।
हस्तप्राप्तस्य वीरस्य तं चैव पुरुषं विदुः ॥ १२.२३४.२३ ॥
The one who, though able, shows mercy to an enemy under his control, and shows mercy even to a hero who has come into his hand, that man people know as a true man.
12.234.24
अनिश्चयो हि युद्धेषु द्वयोर्विवदमानयोः ।
एकः प्राप्नोति विजयमेकश्चैव पराजयम् ॥ १२.२३४.२४ ॥
In battles there is no certainty for two who contend: one gains victory, and the other suffers defeat.
12.234.25
मा च ते भूत्स्वभावोऽयं मयि दानवपुङ्गवे ।
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां विक्रमेण जितो बलात् ॥ १२.२३४.२५ ॥
Let there be no such attitude in you toward me, bull among the Dānavas: do not think that you have conquered the lord of all beings by valour and by force.
12.234.26
नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक्र कृतं त्वया ।
यत्त्वमेवं गतो वज्रिन्यद्वाऽऽप्येवं गता वयम् ॥ १२.२३४.२६ ॥
This was not done by us, Śakra, nor was it done by you, Śakra. You, O wielder of the thunderbolt, have come to this state, and so have we.
12.234.27
अहमासं यथाऽद्य त्वं भविता त्वं यथा वयम् ।
मावमंस्था मया कर्म दुष्कृतं कृतमित्युत ॥ १२.२३४.२७ ॥
As I was, so today will you be; as you are, so will we be. Do not look down on the evil deed that I did.
12.234.28
सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणाधिगच्छति ।
पर्यायेणासि शक्रत्वं प्राप्तः शक्र न कर्मणा ॥ १२.२३४.२८ ॥
A person obtains pleasure and pain in turn. You, Śakra, have attained the state of Śakra in turn, not through deed.
12.234.29
कालः काले नयति मां त्वां च कालो नयत्ययम् ।
तेनाहं त्वं यथा नाद्य त्वं चापि न यथा वयम् ॥ १२.२३४.२९ ॥
Time in its season carries me away, and this same time carries you away. Therefore I am not as I was, you are not as you were, and we are not as we were.
12.234.30
न मातृपितृशुश्रूषा न च दैवतपूजनम् ।
नान्यो गुणसमाचारः पुरुषस्य सुखावहः ॥ १२.२३४.३० ॥
Neither service to mother and father, nor worship of the gods, nor any other conduct of good qualities brings happiness to a person.
12.234.31
न विद्या न तपो दानं न मित्राणि न बान्धवाः ।
शक्नुवन्ति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम् ॥ १२.२३४.३१ ॥
Neither knowledge, nor austerity, nor gifts, nor friends, nor kinsmen can protect a man afflicted by time.
12.234.32
नागामिनमनर्थं हि प्रतिघातशतैरपि ।
शक्नुवन्ति प्रतिव्योढुमृते बुद्धिबलान्नराः ॥ १२.२३४.३२ ॥
Men cannot ward off a coming calamity even with hundreds of counter-measures, except through the strength of intellect.
12.234.33
पर्यायैर्हन्यमानानां परित्राता न विद्यते ।
इदं तु दुःखं यच्छक्र कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यसे ॥ १२.२३४.३३ ॥
For those struck down in turn there is no protector. This is the sorrow, O Indra: that you think, 'I am the doer.'
12.234.34
यदि कर्ता भवेत्कर्ता न क्रियेत कदाचन ।
यस्मात्तु क्रियते कर्ता तस्मात्कर्ताऽप्यनीश्वरः ॥ १२.२३४.३४ ॥
If the doer were truly a doer, he would never be made to act. But since the doer too is made to act, the doer too is not sovereign.
12.234.35
कालेन त्वाऽहमजयं कालेनाहं जितस्त्वया ।
गन्ता गतिमतां कालः कालः कलयति प्रजाः ॥ १२.२३४.३५ ॥
By time I conquered you, and by time you were conquered by me. Time is the destination of those who move; time reckons the creatures.
12.234.36
इन्द्र प्राकृतया बुद्ध्या प्रलपन्नावबुद्ध्यसे ।
केचित्त्वां बहुमन्यन्ते श्रैष्ठ्यं प्राप्तं स्वकर्मणा ॥ १२.२३४.३६ ॥
O Indra, babbling with ordinary intellect, you do not understand. Some honor you greatly, having attained supremacy through your own deeds.
12.234.37
कथमस्मद्विधो नाम जानँल्लोकप्रवृत्तयः ।
कालेनाभ्याहतः शोचेन्मुह्येद्वाऽप्यथविभ्रमेत् ॥ १२.२३४.३७ ॥
How should one like us, who knows the course of worldly affairs, struck by time, grieve, be bewildered, or go astray?
12.234.38
कथं कालपरीतस्य मम वा मद्विधस्य वा ।
बुद्धिर्व्यसनमासाद्य भिन्ना नौरिव सीदति ॥ १२.२३४.३८ ॥
How, for one like me seized by time, does the mind, having reached calamity, sink like a broken boat?
12.234.39
अहं च त्वं च ये चान्ये भविष्यन्ति सुराधिपाः ।
ते सर्वे शक्र यास्यन्ति मार्गमिन्द्रशतैर्गतम् ॥ १२.२३४.३९ ॥
I, you, and the others who will be lords of the gods, O Śakra, will all go the path trodden by hundreds of Indras.
12.234.40
त्वामप्येवं सुदुर्धर्षं ज्वलन्तं परया श्रिया ।
काले परिणते कालः कलयिष्यति मामिव ॥ १२.२३४.४० ॥
Even you, so hard to assail and blazing with supreme glory, when time has ripened, Death will seize, as it seized me.
12.234.41
बहूनीन्द्रसहस्राणि दैवतानां युगे युगे ।
अभ्यतीतानि कालेन कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥ १२.२३४.४१ ॥
Thousands of Indras, age after age among the gods, have passed away by time, for time is hard to overcome.
12.234.42
इदं तु लब्ध्वा संस्थानमात्मानं बहु मन्यसे ।
सर्वभूतभवं देवं ब्रह्माणमिव शाश्वतम् ॥ १२.२३४.४२ ॥
But having obtained this position, you think highly of yourself, as if you were Brahmā, the eternal god, source of all beings.
12.234.43
न चेदमचलं स्थानमनन्तं वाऽपि कस्यचित् ।
त्वं तु बालिशया बुद्ध्या ममेदमिति मन्यसे ॥ १२.२३४.४३ ॥
This position is neither fixed nor endless for anyone, yet with a childish understanding you think, "This is mine."
12.234.44
अविश्वस्ते विश्वसिषि मन्यसे वाऽध्रुवे ध्रुवम् ।
नित्यं कालपरीतात्मा भवत्येवं सुरेश्वर ॥ १२.२३४.४४ ॥
You trust what cannot be trusted, and you take the unstable to be stable. O lord of the gods, a self enveloped by time always becomes thus.
12.234.45
ममेयमिति मोहात्त्वं राजश्रियमभीप्ससि ।
नेयं तव न चास्माकं न चान्येषां स्थिरा मता ॥ १२.२३४.४५ ॥
Out of delusion you desire royal splendor, thinking, "This is mine." It is considered stable neither as yours, nor as ours, nor as anyone else's.
12.234.46
अतिक्रम्य बहूनन्यांस्त्वयि तावदियं गता ।
कंचित्कालमियं स्थित्वा त्वयि वासव चञ्चला ॥ १२.२३४.४६ ॥
Having passed over many others, it has come to you thus far. O Vāsava, having stayed with you for a while, this fickle one (will go again).
12.234.47
गौर्निवासमिवोत्सृज्य पुनरन्यं गमिष्यति ।
सुरेशा ये ह्यतिक्रान्तास्तान्न संख्यातुमुत्सहे ॥ १२.२३४.४७ ॥
As a cow leaves its dwelling and goes to another, so it will again go to another. Those lords of the gods who have passed away, I am not able even to count them.
12.234.48
त्वत्तो बहुतराश्चान्ये भविष्यन्ति पुरंदर ।
सवृक्षौषधिगुल्मेयं ससरित्पर्वताकरा ॥ १२.२३४.४८ ॥
O Purandara, many more others than you will come to be. This earth, with its trees, herbs and shrubs, with its rivers, mountains and mines, (will endure).
12.234.49
तानिदानीं न पश्यामि यैर्भुक्तेयं पुरा मही ।
पृथुरैलो मयो भीमो नरकः शम्बरस्तथा ॥ १२.२३४.४९ ॥
Those who once enjoyed this earth I do not see now — Pṛthu, the son of Ilā, Maya, Bhīma, Naraka and likewise Śambara.
12.234.50
अश्वग्रीवः पुलोमा च स्वर्भानुरमितप्रभः ।
प्रह्लादो नमुचिर्दक्षो विप्रचित्तिर्विरोचनः ॥ १२.२३४.५० ॥
Aśvagrīva, Puloman, and Svarbhānu of boundless splendour; Prahrāda, Namuci, Dakṣa, Vipracitti and Virocana.
12.234.51
ह्रीनिषेवः सुहोत्रश्च भूरिहा पुष्पवान्वृषः ।
सत्येषुर्ऋषभो बाहुः कपिलाश्वो निरूपकः ॥ १२.२३४.५१ ॥
Hrīniṣeva, Suhotra, Bhūrihā, Puṣpavat, Vṛṣa, Satyeṣu, Ṛṣabha, Bāhu, Kapilāśva and Nirūpaka.
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बाणः कार्तस्वरो वह्निर्विश्वदंष्ट्रोऽथ नैर्ऋतिः ।
संकोचोऽथ वरीताक्षो वराहाश्वो रुचिप्रभः ॥ १२.२३४.५२ ॥
Bāṇa, Kārtasvara, Vahni, Viśvadaṃṣṭra, Nairṛti, Saṃkoca, Varītākṣa, Varāhāśva and Rucipraibha.
12.234.53
विश्वजित्प्रतिरूपश्च वृषाण्डो विष्करो मधुः ।
हिरण्यकशिपुश्चैव कैटभश्चैव दानवः ॥ १२.२३४.५३ ॥
Viśvajit, Pratirūpa, Vṛṣāṇḍa, Viṣkara, Madhu, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and likewise the Dānava Kaiṭabha.
12.234.54
दैतेया दानवाश्चैव सर्वे ते नैर्ऋतैः सह ।
एते चान्ये च बहवः पूर्वे पूर्वतराश्च ये ॥ १२.२३४.५४ ॥
The Daiteyas and Dānavas, all of them together with the Nairṛtas; these and many others, earlier and even earlier still.
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दैत्येन्द्रा दानवेन्द्राश्च यांश्चान्याननुशुश्रुम् ।
बहवः पूर्वदैत्येन्द्राः संत्यज्य पृथिवीं गताः ॥ १२.२३४.५५ ॥
The lords of the Daityas and the lords of the Dānavas, and others whom we have heard of—many earlier lords of the Daityas, having abandoned the earth, departed.
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कालेनाभ्याहताः सर्वे कालो हि बलवत्तरः ।
सर्वैः क्रतुशतैरिष्टं न त्वमेकः शतक्रतुः ॥ १२.२३४.५६ ॥
By time they were all struck down, for time is indeed the mightiest. Though worshipped with hundreds of sacrifices, you alone are not Śatakratu.
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सर्वे धर्मपराश्चासन्सर्वे सततसत्रिणः ।
अन्तरिक्षचराः सर्वे सर्वेऽभिमुखयोधिनः ॥ १२.२३४.५७ ॥
All of them were devoted to dharma, all performed continuous sattra sacrifices, all moved through the sky, and all fought face to face in battle.
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सर्वे संहननोपेताः सर्वे परिघबाहवः ।
सर्वे मायाशतधराः सर्वे ते कामरूपिणः।
सर्वे समरमासाद्य न श्रूयन्ते पराजिताः ॥ १२.२३४.५८ ॥
All were endowed with firm bodies, all had arms like iron bars, all held hundreds of illusions and could take any form at will; having reached battle, they are never heard of as defeated.
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सर्वे सत्यव्रतपराः सर्वे कामविहारिणः ।
सर्वे वेदव्रतपराः सर्वे चैव बहुश्रुताः ॥ १२.२३४.५९ ॥
All were devoted to the vow of truth and roamed at will; all were devoted to the vow of the Vedas, and all were indeed widely learned.
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सर्वे संमतमैश्वर्यमीश्वराः प्रतिपेदिरे ।
न चैश्वर्यमदस्तेषां भूतपूर्वो महात्मनाम् ॥ १२.२३४.६० ॥
All of them, as lords, obtained sovereignty that was sanctioned; and in those great-souled ones, the intoxication of power had never existed.
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सर्वे यथार्हदातारः सर्वे विगतमत्सराः ।
सर्वे सर्वेषु भूतेषु यथावत्प्रतिपेदरे ॥ १२.२३४.६१ ॥
All were givers according to what was fitting, all were free from envy; all conducted themselves rightly toward all beings.
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सर्वे दाक्षायणीपुत्राः प्राजपत्या महाबलाः ।
ज्वलन्तः प्रतपन्तश्च कालेन प्रतिसंहृताः ॥ १२.२३४.६२ ॥
All the sons of Dakṣa's daughters, the descendants of Prajāpati, mighty, blazing and scorching, were nonetheless withdrawn by time.
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त्वं चैवेमां यदा भुक्त्वा पृथिवीं त्यक्ष्यसे पुनः ।
न शक्ष्यसि तदा शक्र नियन्तुं शोकमात्मनः ॥ १२.२३४.६३ ॥
And you too, when, having enjoyed this earth, you will again give it up, then, O Śakra, you will not be able to restrain your own grief.
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मुञ्चेच्छां कामभोगेषु मुञ्जेमं श्रीभवं मदम् ।
एवं स्वराज्यनाशे त्वं शोकं संप्रसहिष्यसि ॥ १२.२३४.६४ ॥
Give up the desire for pleasures of desire, give up this intoxication born of prosperity; thus, at the loss of your own kingdom, you will endure grief.
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शोककाले शुचो मा त्वं हर्षकाले च मा हृषः ।
अतीतानागतं हित्वा प्रत्युत्पन्नेन वर्तय ॥ १२.२३४.६५ ॥
In a time of grief do not grieve, and in a time of joy do not rejoice; leaving aside the past and the future, live in the present.
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मां चेदभ्यागतः कालः सदा युक्तमतन्द्रितः ।
क्षमस्व न चिरादिन्द्र त्वामप्युपगमिष्यति ॥ १२.२३४.६६ ॥
If time has drawn near to me, always be attentive and unwearied; bear with patience. O Indra, before long it will approach you too.
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त्रासयन्निव देवेन्द्र वाग्भिस्तक्षसि मामिह ।
संयते मयि ननं त्वमात्मानं बहु मन्यसे ॥ १२.२३४.६७ ॥
O lord of the gods, as if to frighten me, you here strike at me with words. Surely before me, self-restrained, you think very highly of yourself.
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कालः प्रथममायान्मां पञ्चात्त्वामनुधावति ।
तेन गर्जसि देवेन्द्र पूर्वं कालहते मयि ॥ १२.२३४.६८ ॥
Time came first to me, and afterwards it runs after you. Therefore, O lord of the gods, you roar at me, already struck down by time.
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को हि स्थातुमलं लोके मम क्रुद्धस्य संयुगे ।
कालस्तु बलवान्प्राप्तस्तेन तिष्ठसि वासव ॥ १२.२३४.६९ ॥
Who in the world is able to stand before me when I am enraged in battle? But time is mighty, and it has arrived; therefore, O Vāsava, you stand.
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यत्तद्वर्षसहस्रान्तं तूर्णं भवितुमर्हति ।
यथा मे सर्वगात्राणि न सुस्थानि महौजसः ॥ १२.२३४.७० ॥
That which is due to come quickly at the end of a thousand years has arrived, for all my limbs, O mighty one, are no longer well placed.
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अहमैन्द्राच्च्युतः स्थानात्त्वमिन्द्रः प्रकृतो दिवि ।
सुचित्रे जीवलोकेऽस्मिन्नुपास्यः कालपर्ययः ॥ १२.२३४.७१ ॥
I have fallen from the station of Indra, and you have been established as Indra in heaven. O wondrous one, in this world of the living, the course of time is the thing to be revered.
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किं हि कृत्वा स्वमिन्द्रोऽद्य किं वा कृत्वा वयं च्युताः ।
कालः कर्ता विकर्ता च सर्वमन्यदकारणम् ॥ १२.२३४.७२ ॥
What did Indra do today to obtain his station, or what did we do to fall from it? Time is the maker and the unmaker; everything else is without cause.
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नाशं विनाशमैश्वर्यं सुखदुःखे भवाभवौ ।
विद्वान्प्राप्यैवमत्यर्थं न प्रहृष्येन्न च व्यथेत् ॥ १२.२३४.७३ ॥
Ruin, utter destruction, sovereignty, pleasure and pain, birth and non-birth — having obtained these thus, the wise man should neither rejoice exceedingly nor grieve.
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त्वमेव हीन्द्र वेत्थास्मान्वेदाहं त्वां च वासव ।
किं कत्थसे मां किंच त्वं कालेन निरपत्रयः ॥ १२.२३४.७४ ॥
Indra, you indeed know us, and I know you, O Vāsava. Why do you boast before me? Even you have been put to shame by time.
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त्वमेव हि पुरा वेत्थ यत्तदा पौरुषं मम ।
समरेषु च विक्रान्तं पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम् ॥ १२.२३४.७५ ॥
You yourself formerly know what my manly power was then, and the valour I displayed in battles; that is proof enough.
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आदित्याश्चैव रुद्राश्च साध्याश्च वसुभिः सह ।
मया विनिर्जिताः पूर्वं मरुतश्च शचीपते ॥ १२.२३४.७६ ॥
The Ādityas and the Rudras, the Sādhyas together with the Vasus, were formerly conquered by me; and the Maruts too, O lord of Śacī.
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त्वमेव शक्र जानासि देवासुरसमागमे ।
समेता विबुधा भग्नास्तरसा समरे मया ॥ १२.२३४.७७ ॥
You indeed know, O Śakra, that at the meeting of gods and asuras, the assembled gods were swiftly broken in battle by me.
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पर्वताश्चासकृत्क्षिप्ताः सवनाः सवनौकसः ।
सशृङ्गशिखरा भग्नाः समरे मूर्ध्निं ते मया ॥ १२.२३४.७८ ॥
Mountains too were hurled again and again, with their groves and their dwellers, with their ridges and peaks; in battle they were broken by me upon your head.
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किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ।
न हि त्वां नोत्सहे हन्तुं सवज्रमपि मुष्टिना ॥ १२.२३४.७९ ॥
What can I do? Time is hard to overcome. Even armed with the thunderbolt, I have no strength to strike you with my fist.
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न तु विक्रमकालोऽयं क्षमाकालोऽयमागतः ।
तेन त्वां मर्षये शक्र दुर्मर्षणतरस्त्वया ॥ १२.२३४.८० ॥
This is not the time for valour; the time for forbearance has come. Therefore, O Śakra, I endure you, though it is harder to endure you than to endure anyone else.
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तं मां परिणते काले परीतं कालवह्निना ।
नियतं कालपाशेन बद्धं शक्र विकत्थसे ॥ १२.२३४.८१ ॥
When time has ripened, I am surrounded by the fire of time and surely bound by the noose of time; yet you boast, O Śakra.
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अयं स पुरुषः श्यामो लोकस्य दुरतिक्रमः ।
बद्ध्वा तिष्ठति मां रौद्रः पशुं रशनया यथा ॥ १२.२३४.८२ ॥
This is that man, dark-hued, insurmountable to the world; having bound me, the fierce one stands, as one binds a beast with a rope.
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लाभालाभौ सुखं दुःखं कामक्रोधौ भवाभवौ ।
वधो बन्धप्रमोक्षश्च सर्वं कालेन लभ्यते ॥ १२.२३४.८३ ॥
Gain and loss, pleasure and pain, desire and anger, existence and non-existence, death and the release from bondage — all is obtained through time.
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नाहं कर्ता न कर्ता त्वं कर्ता यस्तु सदा प्रभुः ।
सोयं पचति कालो मां वृक्षे फलमिवागतम् ॥ १२.२३४.८४ ॥
I am not the doer, nor are you the doer; he who is ever the lord is the doer. This time now ripens me, as fruit that has come upon a tree.
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यान्येव पुरुषः कुर्वन्सुखैः कालेन युज्यते ।
पुनस्तान्येव कुर्वाणो दुःखैः कालेन युज्यते ॥ १२.२३४.८५ ॥
Whatever deeds a person does, through those he is joined to pleasures in time; and again, doing those same deeds, in time he is joined to sorrows.
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न च कालेन कालज्ञः स्पृष्टः शोचितुमर्हति ।
तेन शक्र न शोचामि नास्ति शोके सहायता ॥ १२.२३४.८६ ॥
One who knows time, though touched by time, does not deserve to grieve. Therefore, O Śakra, I do not grieve; there is no help in grief.
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यदा हि शोचतः शोको व्यसनं नाषकर्षति ।
सामर्थ्यं शोचतो नास्तीत्यतोऽहं नाद्य शोचिमि ॥ १२.२३४.८७ ॥
When one's grief does not draw away calamity, and the one who grieves has no power, therefore I do not grieve today.
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एवमुक्तः सहस्राक्षो भगवान्पाकशासनः ।
प्रतिसंहृत्य संरम्भमित्युवाच शतक्रतुः ॥ १२.२३४.८८ ॥
Thus addressed, the thousand-eyed blessed Pākaśāsana, Indra of the hundred sacrifices, restraining his wrath, spoke these words.
12.234.89
सवज्रमुद्यतं बाहुं दृष्ट्वा पाशांश्च वारुणान् ।
कस्येह न व्यथेद्बुद्धिर्मृत्योरपि जिघांसतः ॥ १२.२३४.८९ ॥
Having seen the arm raised with the thunderbolt and the nooses of Varuṇa, whose mind here would not be shaken, even when Death himself wishes to slay?
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सा ते न व्यथते बुद्धिरचला तत्त्वदर्शिनी ।
व्रुवन्न व्यथसेऽद्य त्वं धैर्यात्सत्यपराक्रम ॥ १२.२३४.९० ॥
Your unshaken mind, which sees the truth, is not troubled. O one of true valour, even while speaking today, you are not shaken by steadfastness.
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को हि विश्वासमर्थेषु शरीरे वा शरीरभृत् ।
कर्तुमुत्सहते लोके दृष्ट्वा संप्रस्थितं जगत् ॥ १२.२३४.९१ ॥
Seeing the world setting out to depart, what embodied being would dare to place trust in wealth or in this body?
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अहमप्येवमेवैनं लोकं जानाम्यशाश्वतम् ।
कालाग्नावाहितं घोरे गुह्ये सततगेऽक्षरे ॥ १२.२३४.९२ ॥
I too know this world to be impermanent in this way, placed in the terrible, secret, ever-moving, imperishable fire of time.
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न चात्र परिहारोऽस्ति कालस्पृष्टस्य कस्यचित् ।
सूक्ष्माणां महतां चैव भूतानां परिपच्यताम् ॥ १२.२३४.९३ ॥
Here there is no escape for anyone touched by time, neither for subtle nor for great beings who are ripening.
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अनीशस्याप्रमत्तस्य भूतानि पचतः सदा ।
अनिवृत्तस्य कालस्य क्षयं प्राप्तो न मुच्यते ॥ १२.२३४.९४ ॥
Though powerless yet vigilant, one who has reached the destruction of unceasing time, which ever ripens beings, is not released.
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अप्रमत्तः प्रमत्तेषु कालो जागर्ति देहिषु ।
प्रयत्नेनाप्यपक्रान्तो दृष्टपूर्वो न केनचित् ॥ १२.२३४.९५ ॥
Time stays vigilant, awake among heedless embodied beings; no one has ever seen one who escaped it, even by effort.
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पुराणः शाश्वतो धर्मः सर्वप्राणभृतां समः ।
कालो न परिहार्यश्च न चास्यास्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥ १२.२३४.९६ ॥
This is the ancient and eternal law: time is equal toward all living beings; it cannot be avoided, and there is no transgressing it.
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अहोरात्रांश्च मासांश्च क्षणान्काष्ठा लवान्कलाः ।
संपीडयति यः कालो वृद्धिं वार्धुपिको यथा ॥ १२.२३४.९७ ॥
Time, which presses down days and nights, months, moments, kāṣṭhās, lavas and kalās, is like a moneylender who keeps increasing his interest.
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इदमद्य करिष्यामि श्वः कर्ताऽस्मीति वादिनम् ।
कालो हरति संप्राप्तो नदीवेग इव द्रुमम् ॥ १२.२३४.९८ ॥
Time, when it arrives, carries off the man who says, 'Today I shall do this, tomorrow I shall be the doer,' as the force of a river carries off a tree.
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इदानीं तावदेवासौ मया दृष्टः कथं मृतः ।
इति कालेन ह्रियतां प्रलापः श्रूयते नृणाम् ॥ १२.२३४.९९ ॥
'Just now I saw him; how has he died?' Such lamentation is heard among men; let time carry him away.
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नश्यन्त्यर्थास्तथा भोगाः स्थानमैश्वर्यमेव च ।
जीवितं जीवलोकस्य कालेनागम्य नीयते ॥ १२.२३४.१०० ॥
Wealth perishes, and likewise enjoyments, position and sovereignty; and the life of the world of the living is led away when time comes upon it.
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उच्छ्राया विनिपातान्ता भावोऽभावः स एव च ।
अनित्यमध्रुवं सर्वं व्यवसायो हि दुष्करः ॥ १२.२३४.१०१ ॥
The end of rising is falling; existence and non-existence are the same. All is impermanent and unstable, and to carry through a resolve is indeed difficult.
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सा ते न व्यथते बुद्धिरचला तत्त्वदर्शिनी ।
अहमासं पुरा चेति मनसाऽपि न बुद्ध्यते ॥ १२.२३४.१०२ ॥
Your intellect, which sees the truth and is unshaken, is not troubled; the thought 'I was before' is not even conceived in the mind.
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कालेनाक्रम्य लोकेऽस्मिन्पच्यमाने बलीयसा ।
अज्येष्ठमकनिष्ठं च क्षिप्यमाणो न बुद्ध्यते ॥ १२.२३४.१०३ ॥
Seized by Time in this world, cooked by the mightier one, thrown about without distinction of eldest or youngest, a being does not perceive it.
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ईर्ष्याभिमानलोभेषु कामक्रोधभयेषु च ।
स्पृहामोहाभिमानेषु लोकः सक्तो विमुह्यति ॥ १२.२३४.१०४ ॥
The world, attached to envy, pride and greed, to desire, anger and fear, and to longing, delusion and conceit, is deluded.
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भवांस्तु भावतत्त्वज्ञो विद्वाञ्ज्ञानतपोन्वितः ।
कालं पश्यति सुव्यक्तं पाणावामलकं यथा ॥ १२.२३४.१०५ ॥
You, indeed, are learned, knowing the truth of being, endowed with knowledge and austerity; you see Time as clearly as an amalaka fruit in the palm of the hand.
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कालचारित्रतत्त्वज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः ।
वैरोचते कृतार्थोऽसि स्पृहणीयो विजानताम् ॥ १२.२३४.१०६ ॥
Knower of the truth of time's course, skilled in all the scriptures, you shine forth; you have fulfilled your aim and are to be desired by the wise.
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सर्वलोको ह्ययं मन्ये बुद्ध्या परिगतस्त्वया ।
विहरन्सर्वतोमुक्तो न क्वचिच्च विषीदसि ॥ १२.२३४.१०७ ॥
I think you have comprehended this whole world entirely through your intellect; moving about freed on every side, you never despair anywhere.
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रजश्च हि तमश्च त्वां स्पृशते न जितेन्द्रियम् ।
निष्प्रीतिं नष्टसंतापमात्मानं त्वमुपाससे ॥ १२.२३४.१०८ ॥
Passion and darkness do not touch you, for you are one who has conquered the senses; you attend to the self free from attachment and from distress.
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सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां निर्वैरं शान्तमानसम् ।
दृष्ट्वा त्वां मम संजाता त्वय्यनुक्रोशिनी मतिः ॥ १२.२३४.१०९ ॥
Seeing you, friend of all beings, free from enmity, of calm mind, compassion for you has arisen in my thought.
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नाहमेतादृशं बुद्धं हन्तुमिच्छामि बन्धनैः ।
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मो ह्यनुक्रोशश्च मे त्वयि ॥ १२.२३४.११० ॥
I do not wish to kill such an enlightened one with bonds. Non-cruelty is the highest dharma, and I have compassion for you.
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मोक्ष्यन्ते वारुणाः पाशास्तवेमे कालपर्ययात् ।
प्रजानामुपचारेण स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु महासुर ॥ १२.२३४.१११ ॥
These nooses of Varuṇa that bind you will be loosened in the course of time. May you prosper through service to the people, O great Asura.
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यदा श्वश्रूं स्नुषा वृद्धां परिचारेण योक्ष्यते ।
पुत्रश्च पितरं मोहात्प्रेषयिष्यति कर्मसु ॥ १२.२३४.११२ ॥
When a daughter-in-law makes her aged mother-in-law serve her, and a son out of delusion sends his father off to labour.
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ब्राह्मणैः कारयिष्यन्ति वृषलाः पादधावनम् ।
शूद्राश्च ब्राह्मणीं भार्यामुपयास्यन्ति निर्भयाः ॥ १२.२३४.११३ ॥
Base men will have Brahmins wash their feet, and fearless Śūdras will approach Brahmin women as their wives.
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वियोनिषु विमोक्ष्यन्ति बीजानि पुरुषा यदा ।
संकरं कांस्यभाण्डैश्च बलिं चैव कुपात्रकैः ॥ १२.२३४.११४ ॥
When men sow their seed in improper wombs and mingle castes, and make offerings with bronze vessels and unworthy vessels.
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चातुर्वर्ण्यं यदा कृत्स्नममर्यादं भविष्यति ।
एकैकस्ते तदा पाशः क्रमशः परिमोक्ष्यते ॥ १२.२३४.११५ ॥
When the four social orders become wholly without boundary, then your bonds will be released one by one, in due order.
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अस्मत्तस्ते भयं नास्ति समयं प्रतिपालय ।
सुखी भव निराबाधः स्वस्थचेता निरामयः ॥ १२.२३४.११६ ॥
You have no fear from us; wait for the appointed time. Be happy, unhindered, of settled mind, and free from sickness.
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तमेवमुक्त्वा भगवाञ्छतक्रतुः ।
प्रतिप्रयातो गजराजवाहनः।
विजित्य सर्वानसुरान्सुराधिपो ।
ननन्द हर्षेण बभूव चैकराट् ॥ १२.२३४.११७ ॥
Having spoken thus to him, the blessed Śatakratu (Indra) departed again, riding the king of elephants. Having conquered all the asuras, the lord of the gods rejoiced in gladness and became the sole sovereign.
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महर्षयस्तुष्टुवुरञ्जसा च तं ।
वृषाकर्पि सर्वचराचरेश्वरम्।
हिमापहो हव्यमुवाह चाध्वरे ।
तथाऽमृतं चार्पितमीश्वरोऽपि हि ॥ १२.२३४.११८ ॥
The great sages duly praised him, Vṛṣākapi, lord of all moving and unmoving beings. The remover of cold carried the oblation at the sacrifice; and likewise the Lord too offered the nectar.
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द्विजोत्तमैः सर्वगतैरभिष्टुतो ।
विदीप्ततेजाः शतमन्युरीश्वरः।
प्रशान्तचेता मुदितः स्वमालयं ।
त्रिविष्टपं प्राप्य मुमोद वासवः ॥ १२.२३४.११९ ॥
Praised by the best of the twice-born, all-pervading, Śatamanyu the lord of blazing splendour, with a tranquil mind and delighted, having reached his own abode, the three heavens, Vāsava rejoiced.