Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.292
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12.292.1
शोकाद्दुःखाच्च मृत्योश्च त्रसन्ते प्राणिनः सदा ।
उभयं नो यथा न स्यात्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १२.२९२.१ ॥
Living beings always tremble from grief, from suffering, and from death. Tell me, grandsire, how both of these might not befall us.
12.292.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
नारदस्य च संवादं समङ्गस्य च भारत ॥ १२.२९२.२ ॥
On this point they also recount this ancient story: the dialogue of Nārada and Samaṅga, O Bhārata.
12.292.3
उरसेव प्रणमसे बाहुभ्यां तरसीव च ।
संप्रहृष्टमना नित्यं विशोक इव लक्ष्यसे ॥ १२.२९२.३ ॥
You bow down as if with your chest and with your arms, forcefully; always gladdened in mind, you appear as one free from sorrow.
12.292.4
उद्वेगं न हि ते किंचित्सुसूक्ष्ममपि लक्षये ।
नित्यतृप्त इव स्वस्थो बालवच्च विचेष्टसे ॥ १२.२९२.४ ॥
I perceive in you no agitation, however subtle; ever content and at peace, you act like a child.
12.292.5
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च सर्वभूतेषु नारद ।
तेषां तत्त्वानि जानामि ततो न विमना ह्यहम् ॥ १२.२९२.५ ॥
O Nārada, I know the true natures of what has been, what is to be, and what will come to be in all beings; therefore I am not troubled in mind.
12.292.6
उपक्रमानहं वेद पुनरेव फलोदयान् ।
लोके फलानि चित्राणि ततो न विमना ह्यहम् ॥ १२.२९२.६ ॥
I know the beginnings of actions and again the arising of their fruits; the fruits in the world are manifold, therefore I am not troubled in mind.
12.292.7
अनाथाश्चाप्रतिष्ठाश्च गतिमन्तश्च नारद ।
अन्धा जडाश्च जीवन्ति पश्यास्मानपि जीवतः ॥ १२.२९२.७ ॥
The helpless and the homeless, the mobile, the blind and the dull also live. Nārada, look at us too, who are living.
12.292.8
विहितेनैव जीवन्ति अरोगाङ्गा दिवौकसः ।
बलवन्तोऽबलाश्चैव तद्वदस्मान्सभाजय ॥ १२.२९२.८ ॥
Just by what is ordained, the gods of unblemished limbs live, the strong and the weak alike. Likewise, instruct us.
12.292.9
सहस्रिणोऽपि जीवन्ति जीवन्ति शतिनस्तथा ।
शाकेन चान्ये जीवन्ति पश्यास्मानपि जीवतः ॥ १२.२९२.९ ॥
Those with a thousand also live, and so do those with a hundred; others live on greens. Look at us too, who are living.
12.292.10
यदा न शोचेमहि किं नु नः स्या ।
द्धर्मेण वा नारद कर्मणा वा।
कृतान्तवश्यानि यदा सुखानि ।
दुःखानि वा यन्न विधर्षयन्ति ॥ १२.२९२.१० ॥
If we do not grieve, what would become of us? Nārada, by dharma or by action, when are pleasures subject to Death, and pains which do not assail us?
12.292.11
यस्मै प्राज्ञाः कथयन्ते मनुष्याः ।
प्रज्ञामूलं हीन्द्रियाणां प्रसादः।
मुह्यन्ति शोचन्ति तथेन्द्रियाणि ।
प्रज्ञालाभो नास्ति मूढेन्द्रियस्य ॥ १२.२९२.११ ॥
Concerning this, the wise say to men: wisdom is the root of the serenity of the senses. The senses become deluded and grieve; for one whose senses are deluded, there is no gain of wisdom.
12.292.12
मूढस्य दर्पः स पुनर्मोह एव ।
मूढस्य नायं न परोऽस्ति लोकः।
न ह्येव दुःखानि सदा भवन्ति ।
सुखस्य वा नित्यशो लाभ एव ॥ १२.२९२.१२ ॥
The pride of the deluded is delusion again. For the deluded there is neither this world nor another. Pains do not always occur, nor is the gain of pleasure constant.
12.292.13
भावात्मकं संपरिवर्तमानं ।
न मादृशः संज्वरं जातु कुर्यात्।
इष्टान्भोगान्नानुरुध्येत्सुखं वा ।
न चिन्तयेद्दुःखमभ्यागतं वा ॥ १२.२९२.१३ ॥
One like me should never torment himself over the ever-changing states of being; he should not cling to desired enjoyments or pleasure, nor dwell upon the sorrow that has come.
12.292.14
समाहितो न स्पृहयेत्परेषां ।
नानागतं चाभिनन्देच्च लाभम्।
न चापि हृष्येद्विपुलेऽर्थलाभे ।
तथाऽर्थनाशे च न वै विषीदेत् ॥ १२.२९२.१४ ॥
The composed man should not covet what belongs to others, nor rejoice in gain that has not yet come; he should not be elated by a great gain of wealth, nor indeed despair at its loss.
12.292.15
न बान्धवा न च वित्तं न कौल्यं ।
न च श्रुतं न च मन्त्रा न वीर्यम्।
दुःखान्त्रातुं सर्व एवोत्सहन्ते ।
परत्र शीलेन तु यान्ति शान्तिम् ॥ १२.२९२.१५ ॥
Kinsmen, wealth, noble birth, learning, counsels, and valour — none of these can save one from sorrow. But only by good conduct (śīla) do men attain peace in the next world.
12.292.16
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य नायोगाद्विन्दते सुखम् ।
धृतिश्च दुःखत्यागश्चेत्युभयं तु सुखं नृप ॥ १२.२९२.१६ ॥
The undisciplined man has no understanding, and without yoga he does not obtain happiness. Steadfastness and the abandonment of sorrow — both of these, O king, are happiness.
12.292.17
प्रियं हि हर्षजननं हर्ष उत्सेकवर्धनः ।
उत्सेको नरकायैव तस्मात्तान्संत्यजाम्यहम् ॥ १२.२९२.१७ ॥
A dear thing indeed gives rise to joy, and joy increases arrogance; arrogance is surely for hell. Therefore I abandon them.
12.292.18
एताञ्शोकभयोत्सेकान्मोहनान्सुखदुःखयोः ।
पश्यामि साक्षिवल्लोके देहस्यास्य विचेष्टनात् ॥ १२.२९२.१८ ॥
I see these — grief, fear and exultation, which delude one in pleasure and pain — in this world as a witness of the body's movements.
12.292.19
अर्थकामौ परित्यज्य विशोको विगतज्वरः ।
तृष्णामोहौ तु संत्यज्य चरामि पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥ १२.२९२.१९ ॥
Having abandoned wealth and desire, free from grief and free from fever, and having given up craving and delusion, I wander this earth.
12.292.20
न च मृत्योर्न चाधर्मान्न लोभान्न कुतश्चन ।
पीतामृतस्येवात्यन्तमिह वामुत्र वा भयम् ॥ १२.२९२.२० ॥
I have no fear, not from death, nor from unrighteousness, nor from greed, nor from anything at all; like one who has drunk nectar, I have utterly no fear here or hereafter.
12.292.21
एतद्ब्रह्मन्विजानामि महत्कृत्वा तपोऽव्ययम् ।
तेन नारद संप्राप्तो न मां शोकः प्रबाधते ॥ १२.२९२.२१ ॥
O Brahmin, I know this: having performed great and imperishable austerity, O Nārada, by that I have attained it, and grief no longer troubles me.