Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.58
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12.58.1
ततः कल्यं समुत्थाय कृतपूर्वाह्णिकक्रियाः ।
ययुस्ते नगराकारैः रथैः पाण्डवयादवाः ॥ १२.५८.१ ॥
Then, rising in the morning and performing the forenoon rites, the Pāṇḍavas and Yādavas set out in chariots as vast as cities.
12.58.2
प्रतिपद्य कुरुक्षेत्रं भीष्ममासाद्य चानघम् ।
सुखां च रजनीं पृष्ट्वा गाङ्गेयं रथिनां वरम् ॥ १२.५८.२ ॥
Having reached Kurukṣetra and approached the sinless Bhīṣma, and having asked whether the night had passed in comfort, they sat near Gāṅgeya, the best of charioteers.
12.58.3
व्यासादीनभिवाद्यर्षीन्सर्वैस्तैश्चाभिनन्दिताः ।
निषेदुरभितो भीष्मं परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥ १२.५८.३ ॥
Having greeted the sages headed by Vyāsa, and having been welcomed by them all, they sat around Bhīṣma on every side.
12.58.4
ततो राजा महातेजा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
अब्रवीत्प्राञ्जलिर्भीष्मं प्रतिपूज्य यथाविधि ॥ १२.५८.४ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, of great splendour, having duly honoured Bhīṣma, spoke to him with folded hands.
12.58.5
य एष राजन्राजेति शब्दश्चरति भारत ।
कथमेष समुत्पन्नस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १२.५८.५ ॥
O Bhārata, O grandsire, this word 'king' that goes about—how did it come into being? Tell me that.
12.58.6
तुल्यपाणिभुजग्रीवस्तुल्यबुद्धीन्द्रियात्मकः ।
तुल्यदुःखसुखात्मा च तुल्यपृष्ठमुखोदरः ॥ १२.५८.६ ॥
Whose hands, arms and neck are equal, whose intellect and senses are alike, whose joy and sorrow are the same, and whose back, face and belly are equal.
12.58.7
तुल्यशुक्रास्थिमज्जा च तुल्यमांसासृगेव च ।
नेःश्वासोच्छ्वासतुल्यश्च तुल्यप्राणशरीरवान् ॥ १२.५८.७ ॥
Equal in semen, bone and marrow, equal in flesh and blood, equal in inhaling and exhaling, possessing a body equal in vital breath.
12.58.8
समानजन्ममरणः समः सर्वैर्गुणैर्नृणाम् ।
विशिष्टबुद्धीञ्शूरांश्च कथमेकोऽधितिष्ठति ॥ १२.५८.८ ॥
How does one alone, equal to men in birth and death and in all qualities, rule over the men of superior intellect and the heroes?
12.58.9
कथमेको महीं कृत्स्नां शूरवीरार्यसंकुलम् ।
रक्षत्यपि च लोकस्य प्रसादमभिवाञ्छति ॥ १२.५८.९ ॥
How does one alone protect the entire earth, crowded with heroes and noble men, and yet desire the favor of the world?
12.58.10
एकस्य तु प्रसादेन कृत्स्नो लोकः प्रसीदति ।
व्याकुले चाकुलः सर्वो भवतीति विनिश्चयः ॥ १२.५८.१० ॥
Through the favor of one alone the whole world is pleased, and when that one is disturbed, all are disturbed; this is the certain conclusion.
12.58.11
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं त्वत्तो हि भरतर्षभ ।
कृत्स्नं तन्मे यथातत्त्वं प्रब्रूहि वदतां वर ॥ १२.५८.११ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, this I wish to hear from you. Best of speakers, explain to me all of it, exactly as it truly is.
12.58.12
नैतत्कारणमत्यल्पं भविष्यति विशांपते ।
यदेकस्मिञ्जगत्सर्वं देववद्याति सन्नतिम् ॥ १२.५८.१२ ॥
Lord of the people, this will not be a very small cause, that the whole world bows in submission to one alone, as though to a god.
12.58.13
नियतस्त्वं नरव्याघ्र शृणु सर्वमशेषतः ।
यथा राज्यं समुत्पन्नमादौ कृतयुगेऽभवत् ॥ १२.५८.१३ ॥
Tiger among men, listen to all of it completely and with resolve: how kingship first came into being in the Kṛta age, at the beginning.
12.58.14
नैव राज्यं न राजाऽऽसीन्न च दण्डो न दाण्डिकः ।
धर्मेणैव प्रजाः सर्वा रक्षन्ति स्म परस्परम् ॥ १२.५८.१४ ॥
There was then neither kingdom nor king, neither punishment nor one who punishes; all the subjects protected one another through dharma alone.
12.58.15
पाल्यमानास्तथाऽन्योन्यं नरा धर्मेण भारत ।
दैन्यं परमुपाजग्मुस्ततस्तान्मोह आविशत् ॥ १२.५८.१५ ॥
Thus, O Bhārata, though men were protected by dharma one by another, they fell into great distress; then delusion entered them.
12.58.16
ते मोहवशमापन्ना मनुजा मनुजर्षभ ।
प्रतिपत्तिविमोहाच्च धर्मस्तेषामनीनशत् ॥ १२.५८.१६ ॥
They, O bull among men, fell under the power of delusion; and through the confusion of their judgment their dharma was destroyed.
12.58.17
नष्टायां प्रतिपत्तौ च मोहवश्या नरास्तदा ।
लोभस्य वशमापन्नाः सर्वे भरतसत्तम ॥ १२.५८.१७ ॥
When judgment was destroyed, men subject to delusion then all fell under the power of greed, O best of the Bharatas.
12.58.18
अप्राप्तस्याभिमर्शं तु कुर्वन्तो मनुजास्ततः ।
कामो नामापरस्तत्र प्रत्यपद्यत वै प्रभो ॥ १२.५८.१८ ॥
Then, as men strove to grasp what they had not obtained, another defect arose among them named desire (kāma), O lord.
12.58.19
तांस्तु कामवशं प्राप्तान्रागो नामाभिसंस्पृशत् ।
रक्ताश्च नाभ्यजानन्त कार्याकार्ये युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.५८.१९ ॥
Passion, called rāga, seized those who had fallen under the sway of desire; attached, they no longer knew what was to be done and what was not, Yudhiṣṭhira.
12.58.20
अगम्यागमनं चैव वाच्यावाच्यं तथैव च ।
भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं चराजेन्द्र दोषादोषं च नात्यजन् ॥ १२.५८.२० ॥
They did not abandon going to the forbidden, the sayable and the unsayable, likewise the edible and the inedible, and fault and no fault, O lord of kings.
12.58.21
विप्लुते नरलोकेऽस्मिंस्ततो ब्रह्म ननाश ह ।
नाशाच्च ब्रह्मणो राजन्धर्मो नाशमथागमत् ॥ १२.५८.२१ ॥
When this human world was thrown into confusion, the Veda — sacred knowledge — perished; and, O king, with the destruction of the Veda, dharma too came to destruction.
12.58.22
नष्टे ब्रह्मणि धर्मे च देवास्त्रासमथागमन् ।
ते त्रस्ता नरशार्दूल ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययुः ॥ १२.५८.२२ ॥
When the Veda and dharma were lost, the gods were seized with terror; trembling, O tiger among men, they went for refuge to Brahmā.
12.58.23
प्रपद्य भगवन्तं ते देवं लोकपितामहम् ।
ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे दुःखवेगसमाहताः ॥ १२.५८.२३ ॥
Having approached that blessed god, the grandfather of the worlds, all of them, struck by the force of their suffering, spoke with folded hands.
12.58.24
भगवन्नरलोकस्थं ग्रस्तं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।
लोभमोहादिभिर्भावैस्ततो नो भयमाविशत् ॥ १२.५८.२४ ॥
O blessed one, the eternal Veda, abiding in the human world, has been seized by greed, delusion and such states of mind; and therefore fear has entered us.
12.58.25
ब्रह्मणश्च प्रणाशेन धर्मो व्यनशदीश्चर ।
ततस्तु समतां याता मर्त्यैस्त्रिभुवनेश्वराः ॥ १२.५८.२५ ॥
By the destruction of Brahman, dharma perished, O lords; then the lords of the three worlds became equal to mortals.
12.58.26
अधोर्भिवर्षास्तु वयं भौमास्तूर्ध्वप्रवर्षिणः ।
क्रियाव्युपरमात्तेषां ततोऽगच्छाम संशयम् ॥ १२.५८.२६ ॥
We were earthly beings raining downward and upward; when their rites ceased, we fell into doubt.
12.58.27
अत्र निःश्रेयसं यन्नस्तद्ध्यायस्व पितामह ।
त्वत्प्रसादात्समुत्थोसौ प्रभावो नो भवत्वयम् ॥ १२.५८.२७ ॥
Here, grandfather, meditate on what is our highest good; by your grace let this power of ours arise.
12.58.28
तानुवाच सुरान्सर्वान्स्वयंभूर्भगवांस्ततः ।
श्रेयोऽहं चिन्तयिष्यामिव्येतु वो भीः सुरोत्तमाः ॥ १२.५८.२८ ॥
Then the self-existent blessed lord said to all those gods: 'I will consider your welfare; let your fear be gone, best of gods.'
12.58.29
ततोऽध्यायसहस्राणां शतं चक्रे स्वबुद्धिजम् ।
यत्र धर्मस्तथैवार्थः कामश्चैवानुवर्णितः ॥ १२.५८.२९ ॥
Then he composed a hundred thousand chapters born of his own intellect, in which dharma, wealth and desire were also described.
12.58.30
त्रिवर्ग इति विख्यातो गण एव स्वयंभुवा ।
चतुर्थो मोक्ष इत्येव पृथगर्थः पृथग्गुणः ॥ १२.५८.३० ॥
The group famed as the triad was formed by the self-existent one; the fourth is liberation, with its own aim and its own quality.
12.58.31
मोक्षस्यास्ति त्रिवर्गोऽन्यः प्रोक्तः सत्वं रजस्तमः ।
स्थानं वृद्धिः क्षयश्चैव त्रिवर्गश्चैव दण्डजः ॥ १२.५८.३१ ॥
There is another triad of liberation, declared: goodness, passion and darkness. Stability, growth and decline, and the triad born of punishment as well.
12.58.32
आत्मादेशश्च कालश्चाप्युपायाः कृत्यमेव च ।
सहायाः कारणं चैव षड्वर्गो नीतिजः स्मृतः ॥ १२.५८.३२ ॥
Self-direction, time, means, duty, allies and cause: the sixfold group is remembered as born of statecraft.
12.58.33
त्रयी चान्वीक्षिकी चैव वार्ता च भरतर्षभ ।
दण्डनीतिश्च विपुला विद्यास्तत्र निदर्शिताः ॥ १२.५८.३३ ॥
The threefold Veda, reasoned inquiry, economy and the science of punishment, O bull of the Bharatas, and the vast sciences are set forth there.
12.58.34
अमात्यलिप्सा प्रणिधी राजपुत्रस्य लक्षणम् ।
चारश्च विविधोपायः प्रणिधिश्च पृथग्विधः ॥ १२.५८.३४ ॥
The desire for ministers and secret agents are the marks of a prince. The spy has many means, and the secret agents are of various kinds.
12.58.35
सामभेदः प्रदानं च ततो दण्डश्च पार्थिव ।
उपेक्षा पञ्चमी चात्र कार्त्स्न्येन समुदाहृता ॥ १२.५८.३५ ॥
Conciliation, division, gift, then punishment, O king, and as the fifth, neglect: these are here set out in full.
12.58.36
मन्त्रश्च वर्णितः कृत्स्नो मन्त्रभेदार्थ एव च ।
विभ्रमश्चैव मन्त्रस्य सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योश्च यत्फलम् ॥ १२.५८.३६ ॥
Counsel has been described in full, and so too the purpose of breaking counsel, the confusion of counsel, and the result of success and failure.
12.58.37
संधिश्च त्रिविधाभिख्यो हीनो मध्यस्तथोत्तमः ।
भयसत्कारवित्ताख्यं कार्त्स्न्येन परिवर्णितम् ॥ १२.५८.३७ ॥
Treaty too is named in three kinds: inferior, middling and superior. It has been fully described under the heads of fear, honour and wealth.
12.58.38
यात्राकालाश्च चत्वारस्त्रिवर्गस्य च विस्तरः ।
विजयो धर्मयुक्तश्च तथार्थविजयश्च ह ॥ १२.५८.३८ ॥
The four times for setting out on a march, and the full extent of the three aims of life, are told; victory joined with dharma, and victory through wealth, are told as well.
12.58.39
आसुरश्चैव विजयः कार्त्स्न्येन परिवर्णितः ।
लक्षणं पञ्चवर्गस्य त्रिविधं चात्र वर्णितम् ॥ १२.५८.३९ ॥
Demonic victory too has been fully described, and the marks of the five-fold group are set out here in three kinds.
12.58.40
प्रकाशश्चाप्रकाशश्च दण्डोऽथ परिशब्दितः ।
प्रकाशोऽष्टविधस्तत्र गुह्यश्च बहुविस्तरः ॥ १२.५८.४० ॥
Open and hidden punishment are also named; the open kind is eightfold, and the hidden kind is of wide extent.
12.58.41
रथा नागा हयाश्चैव पादाताश्चैव पाण्डव ।
विष्टिर्नावश्चराश्चैव देशिका इति चाष्टमः।
अङ्गान्येतानि कौरव्य प्रकाशानि बलस्य तु ॥ १२.५८.४१ ॥
Chariots, elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, O Pāṇḍava; forced labourers, boats, spies and guides, the eighth — these limbs of the army, O descendant of Kuru, are the visible ones.
12.58.42
जङ्गमाजङ्गमाश्चोक्ताश्चूर्णयोगा विषादयः ।
स्पर्शे चाभ्यवहार्ये चाप्युपांशुर्विविधः स्मृतः ॥ १२.५८.४२ ॥
Mobile and immobile poisons are named, as are powder-mixtures and poisons and the like; by touch, and by what is eaten or drunk, secret means are recorded as manifold.
12.58.43
क्रीडापूर्वे रणे द्यूते विस्रम्भणसमन्वितम् ।
उक्तं कैतव्यमित्येतदुपायो नवमो बुधैः ॥ १२.५८.४३ ॥
Deceit practised before play, in battle, or at dice, while winning trust, is called kaitavya by the wise; this is the ninth expedient.
12.58.44
उपेक्षा सर्वकार्येषु कर्मणां करणेषु च ।
अनिष्टानां समुत्थाने त्रिवर्गो नश्यते यया ॥ १२.५८.४४ ॥
Neglect in all affairs and in the doing of actions, and when undesirable things arise, by which the threefold aim is destroyed.
12.58.45
इन्द्रजालादिका माया वाजीवनकुशीलवैः ।
सुनिमित्तैदुर्निमित्तैरुत्पातैश्च समन्वितम् ॥ १२.५८.४५ ॥
Illusion such as the magic of Indra's net, practised by horse-dealers, actors and minstrels, combined with good and bad omens and portents.
12.58.46
डम्भो लिङ्गं समाश्रित्य शत्रुवर्गे प्रयुज्यते ।
शाठ्यं निश्चेष्टता प्रोक्ता चित्तदोषप्रदूषिका ॥ १२.५८.४६ ॥
Pretence is employed among the enemy's group, having assumed an outward guise; treachery and inactivity are declared, which corrupt through faults of the mind.
12.58.47
अरिर्मित्र उदासीन इत्येतेऽप्यनुवर्णिताः ।
कृत्स्ना मार्गगुणाश्चैव तथा भूमिगुणाश्च ह।
आत्मरक्षणमाश्वासः स्पर्शानां चान्ववेक्षणम् ॥ १२.५८.४७ ॥
The enemy, the friend and the neutral have also been described; all the qualities of the path and the qualities of the land as well; self-protection, reassurance, and close observation of the agents.
12.58.48
कल्पना विविधाश्चापि नृनागरथवाजिनाम् ।
व्यूहाश्च विविधाभिख्या विचित्रं युद्धकौशलम् ॥ १२.५८.४८ ॥
The various arrangements of men, elephants, chariots and horses, the battle formations of many names, and the wondrous skill in war.
12.58.49
उत्पाताश्च निपाताश्च सुयुद्धं सुपलायितम् ।
शस्त्राणां पालनं ज्ञानं तथैव भरतर्षभ ॥ १२.५८.४९ ॥
Portents and sudden attacks, good fighting and skilful flight, the care of weapons and knowledge, likewise, bull of the Bharatas.
12.58.50
बलव्यसनयुक्तं च तथैव बलहर्षणम् ।
पीडा चापदकालश्च भयकालश्च पाण्डव ॥ १२.५८.५० ॥
Joined with the ruin of forces, likewise that which rouses the army, affliction, the time of calamity and the time of fear, son of Pāṇḍu.
12.58.51
तथाख्यातविधानं च योगः संचार एव च ।
चोरैराटविकैश्चोग्रैः परराष्ट्रस्य पीडनम् ॥ १२.५८.५१ ॥
Likewise the prescribed method and application, the movement of agents, and the harassment of the enemy kingdom by fierce thieves and forest dwellers.
12.58.52
अग्निदैर्गरदैश्चेव प्रतिरूपककारकैः ।
श्रेणिमुख्योपजापेन वीरुधश्छेदनेन च ॥ १२.५८.५२ ॥
By arsonists and poisoners, by makers of counterfeits, by sowing discord among the chiefs of guilds, and by cutting down plants.
12.58.53
दूषणेन च नागानामातङ्कजननेन च ।
आराधनेन भक्तस्य पत्युश्चोपग्रहेण च ॥ १२.५८.५३ ॥
By corrupting the elephants and causing them terror, by winning over the servant, and by taking hold of the master.
12.58.54
सप्ताङ्गस्य च राज्यस्य ह्रासवृद्धिसमीक्षणम् ।
दूतसामर्थ्ययोगश्च राष्ट्रस्य च विवर्धनम् ॥ १२.५८.५४ ॥
Observing the decline and growth of the seven-limbed kingdom, the use of the envoy's capability, and the enhancement of the realm.
12.58.55
अरिमध्यस्थमित्राणां सम्यक्चोक्तं प्रपञ्चनम् ।
अवमर्दः प्रतीघातस्तथैव च बलीयसाम् ॥ १२.५८.५५ ॥
The careful investigation of enemies, neutrals and friends, as rightly taught, and likewise the crushing of the mighty and the counter-blow against them.
12.58.56
व्यवहारः सुसूक्ष्मश्च तथा कण्टकशोधनम् ।
श्रमो व्यायामयोगश्च योगद्रव्यस्य सञ्चयः ॥ १२.५८.५६ ॥
Administration is very subtle; likewise the purging of thorns (removing troublemakers), effort, application to exercise, and the storing of acquired wealth.
12.58.57
अभृतानां च भरणं भृतानां चान्ववेक्षणम् ।
अन्तकाले प्रदानं च व्यसने चाप्रसङ्गिता ॥ १२.५८.५७ ॥
Supporting those not yet retained and closely supervising those retained; giving payment at the end of service, and not becoming attached in calamity.
12.58.58
तथा राजगुणाश्चैव सेनापतिगुणाश्च ह ।
करणस्य च कर्तुश्च गुणदोषास्तथैव च ॥ १२.५८.५८ ॥
Likewise the qualities of a king and the qualities of a commander, and the merits and faults of the instrument (the officer) and of the doer.
12.58.59
दुष्टेङ्गितं च विविधं वृत्तिश्चैवानुवर्तिनाम् ।
शङ्कितत्वं च सर्वस्य प्रमादस्य च वर्जनम् ॥ १२.५८.५९ ॥
The signs and various conduct of the wicked, the behaviour of followers; being wary of everyone and avoiding carelessness.
12.58.60
अलब्धलिप्सा लब्धस्य तथैव च विवर्धनम् ।
प्रदानं च विवृद्धस्य पात्रेभ्यो विधिवत्तथा ॥ १२.५८.६० ॥
Desire for what has not been obtained, and the increase of what has been obtained; likewise the giving, according to rule, of what has grown to worthy recipients.
12.58.61
विसर्गोऽर्थस्य धर्मार्थमर्थार्थं कामहेतुकम् ।
चतुर्थं व्यसनाघाते तथैवात्रानुवर्णितम् ॥ १२.५८.६१ ॥
The expenditure of wealth is for dharma, for wealth, and caused by desire; the fourth, in the blow of calamity, is likewise described here.
12.58.62
क्रोधजानि ततोग्राणि कामजानि तथैव च ।
दशोक्तानि कुरुश्रेष्ठ व्यसनान्यत्र चैव ह ॥ १२.५८.६२ ॥
O best of the Kurus, the fierce calamities born of anger and those born of desire are said to be ten; here they are described.
12.58.63
मृगयाक्षास्तथा पानं स्त्रियश्च भरतर्षभ ।
कामजान्याहुराचार्याः प्रोक्तानीह स्वयंभुवा ॥ १२.५८.६३ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, hunting, dice, drinking, and women — the teachers call these the vices born of desire; here they were declared by Svayambhū.
12.58.64
वाक्पारुष्यं तथोग्रत्व दण्डपारुष्यमेव च ।
आत्मनो निग्रहस्त्यागो ह्यर्थदूषणमेव च ॥ १२.५८.६४ ॥
Harshness of speech, fierceness, harshness in punishment, failure to restrain oneself, abandonment, and corruption of wealth as well.
12.58.65
यन्त्राणि विविधान्येव क्रियास्तेषां च वर्णिताः ।
अवमर्दः प्रतीघातः केतनानां च भञ्जनम् ॥ १२.५८.६५ ॥
Various engines and their operations are described; crushing, counter-attack, and breaking of banners as well.
12.58.66
चैत्यद्रुमावमर्दश्च रोधः कर्मान्तनाशनम् ।
अपस्करोऽथ वमनं तथोपास्या च वर्णिता ॥ १२.५८.६६ ॥
Trampling of sacred trees, blockade, destruction of workplaces, the casting of filth, vomiting, and the rites of worship are also described.
12.58.67
पणवानकशङ्खानां भेरीणां च युधिष्ठिर ।
उपार्जनं च द्रव्याणां परमर्म च तानि षट् ॥ १२.५८.६७ ॥
The sounds of the paṇava and ānaka drums, of conches and war-drums, O Yudhiṣṭhira; the gaining of wealth, and the vital points of an enemy — these are the six.
12.58.68
लब्धस्य च प्रशमनं सतां चैवाभिपूजनम् ।
विद्वद्भिरेकीभावश्च जपहोमविधिज्ञता ॥ १२.५८.६८ ॥
The securing of what has been obtained, honouring of the good, unity with the learned, and knowledge of the rules of japa and homa.
12.58.69
मङ्गलालम्भनं चैव शरीरस्य प्रतिक्रिया ।
आहारयोजनं चैव नित्यमास्तिक्यमेव च ॥ १२.५८.६९ ॥
Touching auspicious things, the care and treatment of the body, the arranging of food, and constant faith (āstikya) — these as well.
12.58.70
एकेन च यथोत्थेयं सत्यत्वं मधुरा गिरः ।
उत्तमानां समाजानां क्रियाः केतनजास्तथा ॥ १२.५८.७० ॥
How one should rise and act, truthfulness, sweet speech, the conduct of excellent assemblies, and the rites connected with banners — these as well.
12.58.71
प्रत्यक्षाश्च परोक्षाश्च सर्वाधिकरणेष्वथ ।
वृत्तेर्भरतशार्दूल नित्यं चैवान्ववेक्षणम् ॥ १२.५८.७१ ॥
Direct and indirect inspections in all departments of administration, and constant close observation of livelihood, O tiger among the Bharatas.
12.58.72
अदण्ड्यत्वं च विप्राणां युक्त्या दण्डनिपातनम् ।
अनुजीवि स्वजातिभ्यो गुणेभ्यश्च समुद्भवः ॥ १२.५८.७२ ॥
The exemption of brahmins from punishment, the judicious infliction of penalties, and the rise of dependents from one's own castes and from merits.
12.58.73
रक्षणं चैव पौराणां राष्ट्रस्य च विवर्धनम् ।
मण्डलस्था च या चिन्ता राजन्द्वादशराजिका ॥ १२.५८.७३ ॥
The protection of the citizens and the growth of the realm, and the concern about the kings situated in the circle — this, O king, is the circle of twelve kings.
12.58.74
द्विसप्ततिमतिश्चैव प्रोक्ता या च स्वयंभुवा ।
देशजातिकुलानां च धर्माः समनुवर्णिताः ॥ १२.५८.७४ ॥
The seventy-two kinds of wisdom declared by the Self-existent one, and the duties of regions, castes and families have been fully described.
12.58.75
धर्मश्चार्थश्च कामश्च मोक्षश्चात्रानुवर्णिताः ।
उपायाश्चार्थलिप्सा च विविधा भूरिदक्षिणः ॥ १२.५८.७५ ॥
Here dharma, wealth, desire and liberation are described; also the expedients, the longing for wealth, and the various kinds of means — O giver of abundant gifts.
12.58.76
मूलकर्मक्रिया चात्र मायायोगश्च वर्णितः ।
दूषणं स्रोतसां चैव वर्णितं च स्थिराम्भसाम् ॥ १२.५८.७६ ॥
Here the root action and its performance are described, and the application of deception; also described are the contamination of flowing streams and of still waters.
12.58.77
यैर्यैरुपायैर्लोकस्तु न चलेदार्यवर्त्मनः ।
तत्सर्वं राजशार्दूल नीतिशास्त्रेऽभिवर्णितम् ॥ १२.५८.७७ ॥
Whatever means keep the people from wavering from the noble path, O tiger among kings — all of that is fully described in the treatise on policy.
12.58.78
एतत्कृत्वा सुभं शास्त्रं ततः स भगवान्प्रभुः ।
देवानुवाच संहृष्टः सर्वाञ्छक्रपुरोगमान् ॥ १२.५८.७८ ॥
Having composed this auspicious treatise, the blessed lord, the Lord, greatly delighted, spoke to all the gods led by Indra.
12.58.79
उपकाराय लोकस्य त्रिवर्गस्थापनाय च ।
नवनीतं सरस्वत्या बुद्धिरेषा प्रभाषिता ॥ १२.५८.७९ ॥
For the benefit of the world and the establishing of the threefold aim, this wisdom, the cream of Sarasvatī, has been set forth.
12.58.80
दण्डेन सहिता ह्येषा लोकरक्षणकारिका ।
निग्रहानुग्रहरता लोकाननुचरिष्यति ॥ १२.५८.८० ॥
Joined with punishment, this (wisdom) will protect the world; devoted to restraint and favour, it will attend upon the worlds.
12.58.81
दण्डेन नीयते चेदं दण्डं नयति वा पुनः ।
दण्डनीतिरितिख्याता त्रीँल्लोकानवपत्स्यते ॥ १२.५८.८१ ॥
If this is guided by punishment, or again guides punishment, it will be known as the science of punishment (daṇḍanīti) and will attain the three worlds.
12.58.82
पाङ्गुण्यगुणसारैषा स्थास्यत्यग्रे महात्मसु ।
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाश्च सकला ह्यत्र शब्दिताः ॥ १२.५८.८२ ॥
The essence of the qualities of the sixfold policy will stand foremost among the great souls; in it all of dharma, wealth, desire and liberation are declared.
12.58.83
ततस्तां भगवान्नीतिं पूर्वं जग्राह शंकरः ।
बहुरूपो विशालाक्षः शिवः स्थाणुरुमापतिः ॥ १२.५८.८३ ॥
Then the blessed Śaṅkara first took up that policy — the many-formed, wide-eyed Śiva, the immovable, the lord of Umā.
12.58.84
अनादिनिधनो देवश्चैतन्यादिसमन्वितः ।
ज्ञानानि च वशे यस्य तारकादीन्यशेषतः ॥ १२.५८.८४ ॥
The god without beginning or end, endowed with consciousness and the rest, in whose control lie all knowledges, the star-knowledge and the others, completely.
12.58.85
अणिमादिगुणोपेतमैश्वर्यं न च कृत्रिमम् ।
तुष्ट्यर्थं ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो ललाटादुत्थितः प्रभुः ॥ १२.५८.८५ ॥
Endowed with qualities such as aṇimā, his sovereignty was not artificial. To please Brahmā, the lord, Brahmā's son, arose from the forehead.
12.58.86
अरुदत्सस्वनं घोरं जगतः प्रभुरव्ययः ।
जायमानः पिता पुत्रे पुत्रः पितरि चैव हि ॥ १२.५८.८६ ॥
The imperishable lord of the world wept with a terrible loud cry as he was born; the father is in the son, and the son in the father.
12.58.87
बुद्धिं विश्वसृजे दत्त्वा ब्रह्माण्डं येन निर्मितम् ।
यस्मिन्हिरण्मयो हंसः शकुनिः समपद्यत ॥ १२.५८.८७ ॥
Having given intellect to the world-creator, by whom the cosmic egg was made, in it arose a bird, the golden swan.
12.58.88
कर्ता सर्वस्य लोकस्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
स देवः सर्वभूतानां महादेवः सनातनः।
असंख्यातसहस्राणां रुद्राणां स्थानमव्ययम् ॥ १२.५८.८८ ॥
Brahmā, creator of all the worlds, grandfather of the worlds — that god is the great lord Mahādeva of all beings, the eternal; he is the imperishable abode of the countless thousands of Rudras.
12.58.89
युगानामायुषो ह्रासं विज्ञाय भगवाञ्शिवः ।
संचिक्षेप ततः शास्त्रं महास्त्रं ब्रह्मणा कृतम् ॥ १२.५८.८९ ॥
Knowing the decline in the lifespan of the ages, the blessed lord Śiva then condensed the great weapon-treatise composed by Brahmā.
12.58.90
वैशालाक्षमिति प्रोक्तं तदिन्द्रः प्रत्यपद्यत ।
दशाध्यायसहस्राणि सुब्रह्मण्यो महातपाः ॥ १२.५८.९० ॥
It was called the Vaiśālākṣa; Indra obtained it, and Subrahmaṇya, of great austerity, obtained ten thousand chapters.
12.58.91
मघवानपि तच्छास्त्रं देवात्प्राप्य महेश्वरात् ।
प्रजानां हितमन्विच्छन्संचिक्षेप पुरंदरः ॥ १२.५८.९१ ॥
Indra too, having received that treatise from the god Maheśvara, desiring the welfare of creatures, condensed it.
12.58.92
सहस्त्रैः पञ्चभिस्तात यदुक्तं बाहुदन्तकम् ।
अध्यायानां सहस्त्रैस्तु त्रिभिरेव बृहस्पतिः।
संचिक्षेपेश्वरो बुद्ध्या बार्हस्पत्यं यदुच्यते ॥ १२.५८.९२ ॥
Dear one, what was told in five thousand chapters as the Bāhudantaka, Bṛhaspati condensed by his wisdom into three thousand chapters; it is called the Bārhaspatya.
12.58.93
अध्यायानां सहस्रेण काव्यः संक्षेपमब्रवीत् ।
तच्छास्त्रममितप्रज्ञो योगाचार्यो महायशाः ॥ १२.५८.९३ ॥
Kāvya (Uśanas) stated that treatise condensed into a thousand chapters; he was of boundless wisdom, a master of yoga, of great renown.
12.58.94
एवं लोकानुरोधेन शास्त्रमेतन्महर्षिभिः ।
संक्षिप्तमायुर्विज्ञाय लोकानां ह्रासि पाण्डव ॥ १२.५८.९४ ॥
Thus, out of regard for the world, the great sages condensed this treatise, knowing that human life was diminishing, O Pāṇḍava.
12.58.95
अथ देवाः समागम्य विष्णुमूचुः प्रजापतिम् ।
एको योऽर्हति मर्त्येभ्यः श्रैष्ठ्य वै तं समादिश ॥ १२.५८.९५ ॥
Then the gods, assembling, said to Viṣṇu, the lord of creatures: appoint the one who is fit for excellence among mortals.
12.58.96
ततः संचिन्त्य भगवान्देवो नारायणः प्रभुः ।
तैजसं वै विरजसं सोऽसृजन्मानसं सुतम् ॥ १२.५८.९६ ॥
Then the blessed god Nārāyaṇa, the lord, having reflected, created a radiant, passionless mind-born son.
12.58.97
विरजास्तु महाभागः प्रभुत्वं भुवि नैच्छत ।
न्यासायैवाभवद्वुद्धिः प्रणीता तस्य पाण्डव ॥ १२.५८.९७ ॥
But the greatly fortunate Virajas did not desire lordship on earth; his mind was set only on renunciation, O Pāṇḍava.
12.58.98
कीर्तिमांस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्सोऽपि मर्त्याधिकोऽभवत् ।
कर्दमस्तस्य तु सुतः सोऽप्यतप्यन्महत्तपः ॥ १२.५८.९८ ॥
His son was the famous Kīrtimān, who too became the foremost of mortals. His son was Kardama, who also performed great austerity.
12.58.99
प्रजापतेः कर्दमस्य त्वनङ्गो नाम वीर्यवान् ।
प्रजा रक्षयिता साधुर्दण्डनीतिविशारदः ॥ १२.५८.९९ ॥
The son of the lord of creatures Kardama was the mighty Anaṅga, a protector of his subjects, a virtuous man, skilled in the science of punishment and policy.
12.58.100
अनङ्गपुत्रोऽतिबलो नीतिमानभिगम्य वै ।
प्रतिपेदे महाराज्यमथेन्द्रियवशोऽभवत् ॥ १२.५८.१०० ॥
The son of Anaṅga was very mighty and wise in policy. Having gone forth, he obtained the great kingdom, but then he became subject to his senses.
12.58.101
प्राप्य नारीं महाभागां रूपिणीं काममोहितः ।
सौभाग्येन च संपन्नां गुणैश्चानुत्तमां सतीम् ॥ १२.५८.१०१ ॥
Deluded by desire, he obtained a woman of great fortune and beauty, endowed with good luck and unsurpassed in virtues, a chaste one.
12.58.102
मृत्योस्तु दुहिता राजन्सुनीथा नाम नामतः ।
प्रख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु या सा वेनमजीजनत् ॥ १२.५८.१०२ ॥
O king, Sunītha by name, the daughter of Death, renowned in the three worlds, she it was who bore Vena.
12.58.103
तं प्रजासु विधर्माणं रागद्वेषवशानुगम् ।
मन्त्रपूतैः कुशैर्जघ्नुर्ऋषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥ १२.५८.१०३ ॥
Among the subjects, the one who acted against dharma and followed the sway of passion and hatred, him the sage-speakers of the Veda struck with kuśa grass purified by mantras.
12.58.104
ममन्थुर्दक्षिणं चोरुमृषयस्तस्य भारत ।
ततोऽस्य विकृतो जज्ञे ह्रस्वकः पुरुषोऽशुचिः ॥ १२.५८.१०४ ॥
O Bhārata, the sages churned his right thigh, and from it there arose a deformed, short, impure man.
12.58.105
दग्धस्थूणाप्रतीकाशो रक्ताक्षः कृष्णमूर्धजः ।
निषीदेत्येवमूचुस्तमृषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥ १२.५८.१०५ ॥
To him, who resembled a burnt tree-stump, red-eyed and black-haired, the sages who speak the Veda said: "Sit down."
12.58.106
तस्मान्निषादाः संभूताः क्रूराः शैलवनाश्रयाः ।
ये चान्ये विन्ध्यनिलया म्लेच्छाः शतसहस्रशः ॥ १२.५८.१०६ ॥
From him were born the cruel Niṣādas, who dwell in mountains and forests, and the hundreds of thousands of barbarians who dwell in the Vindhya.
12.58.107
भूयोऽस्य दक्षिणं पाणिं ममन्थुस्ते महर्षयः ।
ततः पुरुष उत्पन्नो रुपेणेन्द्र इवापरः ॥ १२.५८.१०७ ॥
Then those great sages churned his right hand again, and from it arose a man, in form like another Indra.
12.58.108
कवची बद्धनिस्त्रिंशः सशरः सशरासनः ।
वेदवेदाङ्गविच्चैव धनुर्वेदे च पारगः ॥ १२.५८.१०८ ॥
He was armored, with sword girded, with arrows and bow; knower of the Vedas and their limbs, and accomplished also in the science of the bow.
12.58.109
तं दण्डनीतिः सकला श्रिता राजन्नरोत्तमम् ।
ततस्तु प्राञ्जलिर्वैन्यो महर्षीस्तानुवाच ह ॥ १२.५८.१०९ ॥
O king, the whole science of punishment took refuge in that best of men. Then Vainya, with folded hands, spoke to those great sages.
12.58.110
सुसूक्ष्मा मे समुत्पन्ना बुद्धिर्धरर्मार्थदर्शिनी ।
अनया किं मया कार्यं तन्मे तत्त्वेन शंसत ॥ १२.५८.११० ॥
A very subtle understanding has arisen in me, one that sees dharma and profit. What am I to do with it? Tell me this truly.
12.58.111
यन्मां भवन्तो वक्ष्यन्ति कार्यमर्थसमन्वितम् ।
तदहं वः करिष्यामि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १२.५८.१११ ॥
Whatever purposeful task you tell me to do, that I will do for you; there is no need for deliberation in this.
12.58.112
तमूचुस्तत्र देवास्ते ते चैव परमर्षयः ।
नियतो यत्र धर्मो वै तमशङ्कः समाचर ॥ १२.५८.११२ ॥
There the gods and the supreme sages said to him: Where dharma is firmly established, practise that without fear.
12.58.113
प्रियाप्रिये परित्यज्य समः सर्वेषु जन्तुषु ।
कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च मानं चोत्सृज्य दूरतः ॥ १२.५८.११३ ॥
Having abandoned the pleasant and the unpleasant, even-minded toward all creatures, and having cast off desire, anger, greed and pride from afar.
12.58.114
यश्च धर्मात्प्रविचलेल्लोके कश्चन मानवः ।
निग्राह्यस्ते स्वबाहुभ्यां शश्वद्धर्ममवेक्षता ॥ १२.५८.११४ ॥
And whatever man in the world should swerve from dharma, you must restrain him with your own arms, always keeping dharma in view.
12.58.115
प्रतिज्ञां चाधिरोहस्व मनसा कर्मणा गिरा ।
पालयिष्याम्यहं भौमं ब्रह्म इत्येव चासकृत् ॥ १२.५८.११५ ॥
Take up this vow with mind, deed and word: "I shall protect the Brahman (the Veda) upon the earth," and say it again and again.
12.58.116
यश्चात्र धर्म इत्युक्तो दण्डनीतिव्यपाश्रयः ।
तमशङ्कः करिष्यामि स्ववशो न कदाचन ॥ १२.५८.११६ ॥
That which is declared here as dharma, resting on the science of punishment, I shall carry out without hesitation, never at my own will.
12.58.117
अदण्ड्या मे द्विजाश्चेति प्रतिजानीष्व चाभिभो ।
लोकं च संकरात्कृत्स्नं त्राताऽस्मीति परंतप ॥ १२.५८.११७ ॥
Vow, O mighty one: "Brahmins shall not be punished by me"; and vow, O scorcher of foes: "I shall be the protector of the entire world from confusion of castes."
12.58.118
वैन्यस्ततस्तानुवाच देवानृषिपुरोगमान् ।
ब्राह्मणा मे सहायाश्चेदेवमस्तु सुरर्षभाः ॥ १२.५८.११८ ॥
Then the son of Vena (Pṛthu) said to those gods led by the sages: "If the brahmins are my helpers, so let it be, O bulls among the gods."
12.58.119
एवमस्त्विति वैन्यस्तु तैरुक्तो ब्रह्मवादिभिः ।
पुरोधाश्चाभवत्तस्य शुक्रो ब्रह्ममयो निधिः ॥ १२.५८.११९ ॥
"So be it," said the son of Vena, when the speakers of Brahman had said this to him; and his household priest became Śukra, a treasure made of Brahman.
12.58.120
मन्त्रिणो वालखिल्याश्च सारस्वत्यो गणस्तथा ।
महर्षिर्भगवान्गर्गस्तस्य सांवत्सरोऽभवत् ॥ १२.५८.१२० ॥
The Vālakhilyas and the group of the Sārasvatas became his ministers, and the revered great sage Garga became his Sāṃvatsara (astrologer).
12.58.121
आत्मनाऽष्टम इत्येव श्रुतिरेषां परा नृषु ।
उत्पन्नौ बन्दिनौ चास्य तत्पूर्वौ सूतमागधौ ॥ १२.५८.१२१ ॥
Himself the eighth — this is the supreme tradition about them among men. Before him were born his bards, the sūta and the māgadha.
12.58.122
तयो प्रीतो ददौ राजा पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान् ।
अनूपदेशं सूताय मगधं मागधाय च ॥ १२.५८.१२२ ॥
Pleased with the two, King Pṛthu, son of Vena, the mighty one, gave the marshy country to the sūta and Magadha to the māgadha.
12.58.123
समतां वसुधायाश्च स सम्यगुदपादयत् ।
वैषम्यं हि परं भूमेरिति नः परमा श्रुतिः ॥ १२.५८.१२३ ॥
And he thoroughly established the evenness of the earth. For the highest tradition says that unevenness is the chief condition of the earth.
12.58.124
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु विषमा जायते मही ।
उज्जहार ततो वैन्यः शिलाजालान्समन्ततः ॥ १२.५८.१२४ ॥
In all the Manvantaras the earth becomes uneven. Then the son of Vena lifted up the masses of rock on every side.
12.58.125
धनुष्कोट्या महाराज तेन शैला विमर्दिताः ।
स विष्णुना च देवेन शक्रेण विबुधैः सह।
ऋषिभिश्च प्रजापाल्ये ब्रह्मणा चाभिषेचितः ॥ १२.५८.१२५ ॥
O great king, with the tip of his bow he crushed the mountains. He was anointed by Viṣṇu, the god Indra, the gods together with the sages, and by Brahmā, for the protection of the people.
12.58.126
तं साक्षात्पृथिवी भेजे रत्नान्यादाय पाण्डव ।
सागरः सरितां भर्ता हिमवांश्चाचलोत्तमः ॥ १२.५८.१२६ ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, the Earth herself came to him in person, bearing jewels. The ocean, lord of rivers, and the Himavat, the best of mountains, came too.
12.58.127
शक्रश्च धनमक्षय्यं प्रादात्तस्मै युधिष्ठिर ।
रुक्मं चापि महामेरुः स्वयं कनकपर्वतः ॥ १२.५८.१२७ ॥
Indra gave him inexhaustible wealth, O Yudhiṣṭhira; and great Meru, the golden mountain, itself gave him gold.
12.58.128
यक्षराक्षसभर्ता च भगवान्नरवाहनः ।
धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च समर्थं प्रददौ धनम् ॥ १२.५८.१२८ ॥
The blessed Naravāhana, lord of yakṣas and rākṣasas, gave him wealth sufficient for dharma, wealth and desire.
12.58.129
हया रथाश्च नागाश्च कोटिशः पुरुषास्तथा ।
प्रादुर्बभूवुर्वैन्यस्य चिन्तयानस्य पाण्डव ॥ १२.५८.१२९ ॥
Horses, chariots, elephants and men by the million appeared, O Pāṇḍava, as Vainya (Pṛthu) thought of them.
12.58.130
न जरा न च दुर्भिक्षं नाधयो व्याधयः कुतः ।
सरीसृपेभ्यः स्तेनेभ्यो न चान्येभ्यः कदाचन।
भयमासीत्ततस्तस्य पृथिवी सस्यमालिनी ॥ १२.५८.१३० ॥
There was no old age, no famine; how could there be mental or bodily disease? He never had fear of reptiles, thieves, or anyone else; then the earth was adorned with crops.
12.58.131
आपस्तस्तम्भिरे चास्य समुद्रमभियास्यतः ।
पर्वताश्च ददुर्मार्गं ध्वजभङ्गश्च नाभवत् ॥ १२.५८.१३१ ॥
As he advanced toward the ocean, the waters stood still for him, the mountains gave way, and no banner was broken.
12.58.132
तेनेयं पृथिवी दुग्धा सस्यानि दश सप्त च ।
यक्षराक्षसनागानामीप्सितं यस्य यस्य यत् ॥ १२.५८.१३२ ॥
By him this earth was milked: seventeen kinds of crops were obtained, and whatever each of the yakṣas, rākṣasas and nāgas desired was obtained.
12.58.133
तेन धर्मोत्तरश्चायं कृतो लोको महात्मना ।
रञ्जिताश्च प्रजाः सर्वास्तेन राजेति शब्द्यते ॥ १२.५८.१३३ ॥
By him, the great-souled one, this world was made with dharma supreme; he pleased all his subjects, and therefore he is called 'rājā' (king).
12.58.134
ब्राह्मणानां क्षतत्राणात्ततः क्षत्रिय उच्यते ।
प्रथिता धर्मतश्चेयं पृथिवी साधुभिः स्मृता ॥ १२.५८.१३४ ॥
Because he protects the brahmins from harm, he is called kṣatriya; and this earth, through dharma, has been renowned and remembered by the good.
12.58.135
स्थापनं चाकरोद्विष्णुः स्वयमेव सनातनः ।
नातिवर्तिष्यते कश्चिद्राजंस्त्वामिति भारत ॥ १२.५८.१३५ ॥
The eternal Viṣṇu himself established it. O king, O Bhārata, no one shall transgress you.
12.58.136
ततः स भगवान्विष्णुराविवेश च पार्थिवम् ।
देववन्नरदेवानां नमतीदं जगत्ततः ॥ १२.५८.१३६ ॥
Then that blessed Viṣṇu entered the king; therefore this world bows to the human-gods (kings) as it does to the gods.
12.58.137
दण्डनीत्या च सततं रक्षितारं नरेश्वरम् ।
नाधर्षयेत्तथा कश्चिच्चारनिष्पन्ददर्शनात् ॥ १२.५८.१३७ ॥
No one should assail the lord of men who constantly protects by the policy of punishment, for the movements of spies are seen.
12.58.138
शुभं हि कर्म राजेन्द्र शुभत्वायोपकल्पते ।
आत्मना करणैश्चैव समस्येह महीक्षितः ॥ १२.५८.१३८ ॥
O best of kings, a good deed is conducive to goodness; here, for earth's rulers, one's own conduct and one's means alike tend toward good.
12.58.139
को हेतुर्यद्वशे तिष्ठेल्लोको दैवादृते गुणात् ॥ १२.५८.१३९ ॥
What is the cause by which the world stands under one man's control, apart from fate and quality?
12.58.140
विष्णोर्ललाटात्कमलं सौवर्णमभवत्तदा ।
श्रीः संभूता ततस्तस्मिन्देवी धर्मस्य पाण्डव ॥ १२.५८.१४० ॥
Then from Viṣṇu's forehead a golden lotus arose, and in it, O Pāṇḍava, the goddess Śrī was born, the goddess of Dharma.
12.58.141
श्रियः सकाशादर्थश्च जातो धर्मस्य पाण्डव ।
अथ धर्मस्तथैवार्थः श्रीश्च राज्ये प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ १२.५८.१४१ ॥
From Śrī, O Pāṇḍava, wealth was born for Dharma. Thus Dharma and wealth alike, and Śrī is established in the kingdom.
12.58.142
सुकृतस्य क्षयाच्चैव स्वर्लोकादेत्य मेदिनीम् ।
पार्थिवो जायते तात दण्डनीतिविशारदः ॥ १२.५८.१४२ ॥
Dear child, when good deeds are exhausted, a king comes down from the heavenly world to the earth, skilled in the science of punishment and governance.
12.58.143
माहात्म्येन च संयुक्तो वैष्णवेन नरो भुवि ।
बुद्ध्या भवति संयुक्तो माहात्म्यं चाधिगच्छति ॥ १२.५८.१४३ ॥
A man endowed with Viṣṇu's greatness is on earth; endowed with intellect, he attains greatness.
12.58.144
स्थापितं च ततो देवैर्न कश्चिदतिवर्तते ।
तिष्ठत्येकस्य च वशे तं चैवानुविधीयते ॥ १२.५८.१४४ ॥
What the gods have established no one transgresses; it stands under the control of one, and it is that one who is obeyed.
12.58.145
शुभं हि कर्म राजेन्द्र शुभत्वायोपकल्पते ।
तुल्यस्यैकस्य येनायं लोको वचसि तिष्ठति ॥ १२.५८.१४५ ॥
Lord of kings, a good deed indeed leads to good results, by which this world stands fixed in the word of one who is equal.
12.58.146
योऽस्य वै मुखमद्राक्षीत्सोऽस्य सर्वो वशानुगः ।
सुभगं चार्थवन्तं च रूपवन्तं च पश्यति ॥ १२.५८.१४६ ॥
Whoever has seen his face, all follow his will; they see him as fortunate, prosperous and handsome.
12.58.147
महत्त्वात्तस्य दण्डस्य नीतिर्विस्पष्टलक्षणा ।
नयश्चारश्च विपुलो येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥ १२.५८.१४७ ॥
Through the greatness of that rod of punishment, statecraft has clearly marked signs; conduct and spying are vast, and by them all this is pervaded.
12.58.148
आगमश्च पुराणानां महर्षीणां च संभवः ।
तीर्थवंशश्च वंशश्च क्षत्रियाणां युधिष्ठिर ॥ १२.५८.१४८ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, the tradition of the Purāṇas, the origin of the great sages, the lineage of sacred places and the lineage of the kṣatriyas.
12.58.149
सकलं चातुराश्रम्यं चातुर्होत्रं तथैव च ।
चातुर्वर्ण्यं तथैवात्र चातुर्विद्यं च कीर्तिम् ॥ १२.५८.१४९ ॥
Here are described the entire rule of the four stages of life, the rites of the four hotṛ priests, likewise the order of the four social classes, the four branches of knowledge, and fame.
12.58.150
इतिहासोपवेदाश्च न्यायः कृत्स्नश्च वर्णितः ।
तपो ज्ञानमर्हिसा च सत्यं दानममत्सरः ॥ १२.५८.१५० ॥
Itihāsa and the Upavedas, and complete justice are described; austerity, knowledge, non-violence, truth, giving and freedom from envy.
12.58.151
वृद्धोपसेवा दानं च शौचमुत्थानमेव च ।
सर्वभूतानुकम्पा च सर्वमत्रोपवर्णितम् ॥ १२.५८.१५१ ॥
Service to the elders, giving, purity, exertion, and compassion for all beings — all of this is described here.
12.58.152
भुवि वाचोगतं यच्च तच्च सर्वं समर्पितम् ।
तस्मिन्पैतामहे शास्त्रे पाण्डवेय न संशयः ॥ १२.५८.१५२ ॥
Whatever has come into speech on earth is all entrusted to that ancestral treatise, O son of Pāṇḍu; there is no doubt of it.
12.58.153
ततो जगति राजेन्द्र सततं शब्दितं बुधैः ।
देवाश्च नरदेवाश्च तुल्या इति विशांपते ॥ १२.५८.१५३ ॥
Then, O lord of kings, it has constantly been declared by the wise in the world that gods and human lords, the kings, are equal, O lord of the people.
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एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं महत्त्वं प्रति राजसु ।
कार्त्स्न्येन भरतश्रेष्ठ किमन्यदिह वर्तते ॥ १२.५८.१५४ ॥
All of this has been told to you in full concerning the greatness of kings; O best of the Bharatas, what else remains here?