Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.81
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12.81.1
एवमग्राह्यके तस्मिञ्ज्ञातिसंबन्धिमण्डले ।
मित्रेष्वमित्रेष्वपि च कथं भावो विभाव्यते ॥ १२.८१.१ ॥
Thus, in that circle of kinsmen and relations that is hard to grasp, how is one's attitude to be discerned, both toward friends and toward enemies?
12.81.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
संवादं वासुदेवस्य महर्षेर्नारदस्य च ॥ १२.८१.२ ॥
On this matter too they recite this ancient story: the dialogue of Vāsudeva and the great sage Nārada.
12.81.3
नासुहृत्परर्म मन्त्रं नारदार्हति वेदितुम् ।
अपण्डितो वाऽपि सुहृत्पण्डितो वाप्यनात्मवान् ॥ १२.८१.३ ॥
One who is not a friend does not deserve to know the supreme secret counsel, O Nārada; nor does one who is unlearned, or even a friend who is learned yet lacks self-control.
12.81.4
स ते सौहृदमास्थाय किंचिद्वक्ष्यामि नारद ।
कृत्स्नां बुद्धिं च ते प्रेक्ष्य संपृच्छे त्रिदिवङ्गम ॥ १२.८१.४ ॥
Therefore, holding friendship toward you, I will say something, O Nārada; having considered your whole understanding, I question you, O traveller of the three heavens.
12.81.5
दास्यमैश्वर्यवादेन ज्ञातीनां वै करोम्यहम् ।
अर्धंभोक्ताऽस्मि भोगानां वाग्दुरुक्तानि च क्षमे ॥ १२.८१.५ ॥
I serve my kinsmen, not by claiming lordship; I am the half-sharer of their enjoyments, and I bear harsh words.
12.81.6
अरणीमग्निकामो वा मथ्नाति दहृयं मम ।
वाचा दुरुक्तं देवर्षे तन्मां दहति नित्यदा ॥ १२.८१.६ ॥
As one who desires fire churns the fire-stick, so, O divine sage, the harsh words spoken by the tongue forever burn me.
12.81.7
बलं सङ्कर्षणे नित्यं सौकुमार्यं पुनर्गदे ।
रूपेण मत्तः प्रद्युम्नः सोऽसहायोऽस्मि नारद ॥ १२.८१.७ ॥
In Saṅkarṣaṇa there is always strength, and in Gada tenderness; in beauty Pradyumna surpasses me. Nārada, thus I am without an ally.
12.81.8
अन्ये हि सुमहाभागा बलवन्तो दुरासदाः ।
नित्योत्थानेन संपन्ना नारदान्धकवृष्णयः ॥ १२.८१.८ ॥
Others, very fortunate, strong and hard to approach — Nārada, the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis are endowed through constant exertion.
12.81.9
यस्य न स्युर्न वै स स्याद्यस्य स्युः कृत्स्नमेव तत् ।
द्वयोरेनं प्रचरतोर्वृणोम्येकरतं न च ॥ १२.८१.९ ॥
For one who lacks them they are not; for one who has them, all of it is theirs. Of the two who move about, I do not choose this one as single-minded.
12.81.10
स्यातां यस्याहुकाक्रूरौ किं नु दुःखतरं ततः ।
यस्य चापि न तौ स्यातां किं नु दुःखतरं ततः ॥ १२.८१.१० ॥
For whom Āhuka and Akrūra would be — what greater sorrow is there than that? And for whom those two would not be — what greater sorrow is there than that?
12.81.11
सोऽहं कित्नवमातेव द्वयोरपि महामुने ।
नैकस्य जयमाशंसे द्वितीयस्य पराजयम् ॥ १२.८१.११ ॥
That very I, great sage, am like the mother of a gambler, troubled for both of them. I do not hope for victory for the one, nor defeat for the other.
12.81.12
ममैवं क्लिश्यमानस्य नारदोभयदर्शनात् ।
वक्तुमर्हसि यच्छ्रेयो ज्ञातीनामात्मनस्तथा ॥ १२.८१.१२ ॥
Nārada, to me, so troubled by seeing both of them — you ought to tell what is good for my kinsmen and for myself.
12.81.13
आपदो द्विविधाः कृष्ण बाह्याश्चाम्यन्तराश्च ह ।
प्रादुर्भवन्ति वार्ष्णेय स्वकृता यदि वाऽन्यतः ॥ १२.८१.१३ ॥
Krishna, calamities are of two kinds, external and internal. Descendant of Vṛṣṇi, they arise either from one's own deeds or from others.
12.81.14
सेयमाभ्यन्तरा तुभ्यमापत्कृच्छ्रा स्वकर्मजा ।
अक्रूरभोजप्रभवा सर्वे ह्येते तदन्वयः ॥ १२.८१.१४ ॥
For you, this internal, grievous calamity, born of your own deeds, arose from Akrūra and the Bhojas; all of these belong to their lineage.
12.81.15
अर्थहेतोर्हि कामाद्वा वीरबीभत्सयाऽपि वा ।
आत्मना प्राप्तमैश्वर्यमन्यत्र प्रतिपादितम् ॥ १२.८१.१५ ॥
Sovereignty that one has won by oneself, whether for the sake of wealth, out of desire, or through heroism and dread, has been given away elsewhere.
12.81.16
कृतमूलमिदानीं तद्राजशब्दसहायवत् ।
न शक्यं पुनरादातुं वान्तमन्नमिव स्वयम् ॥ १२.८१.१६ ॥
That sovereignty, now firmly rooted and aided by the title of king, cannot be taken back again, like food one has oneself vomited.
12.81.17
बभ्रूग्रसेनतो राज्यं नाप्नुं शक्यं कथंचन ।
ज्ञातिभेदभयात्कृष्ण त्वया चापि विशेषतः ॥ १२.८१.१७ ॥
Krishna, the kingdom cannot be obtained in any way from Babhru and Ugrasena, especially not by you, for fear of splitting the kin.
12.81.18
तच्च सिध्येत्प्रयत्नेन कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ।
महाक्षयं व्ययो वा स्याद्विनाशो वा पुनर्भवेत् ॥ १२.८१.१८ ॥
Even if it were accomplished through effort, after doing such a very difficult deed there would be great destruction or loss, or ruin might come again.
12.81.19
अनायसेन शस्त्रेण मृदुना हृदयच्छिदा ।
जिह्वामुद्धर सर्वेषां परिमृदज्यानुमृज्य च ॥ १२.८१.१९ ॥
With a weapon that is not of iron, gentle yet piercing the heart, pull out everyone's tongue, and rub and wipe it again and again.
12.81.20
अनायसं मुने शस्त्रं मृदु विद्यामहं कथम् ।
येनैषामुद्धरे जिह्वां परिमृज्यानुमृज्य च ॥ १२.८१.२० ॥
O sage, how may I know that gentle weapon not of iron, by which I might pull out their tongues and rub and wipe them again and again?
12.81.21
शक्त्याऽन्नदानं सततं तितिक्षाऽऽर्जवमार्दवम् ।
यथार्हप्रतिपूजा च शस्त्रमेतदनायसम् ॥ १२.८१.२१ ॥
Giving food constantly according to one's ability, patience, uprightness and gentleness, and honouring in return as is fitting — this is the weapon not of iron.
12.81.22
ज्ञातीनां वक्तुकामानां कटुकानि लधूनि च ।
गिरा त्वं हृदयं वाचं शमयस्य मनांसि च ॥ १२.८१.२२ ॥
Calm the hearts, speech and minds of the kinsmen who wish to speak harsh and trivial words, with your own speech.
12.81.23
नामहापुरुषः कश्चिन्नानात्मा नासहायवान् ।
महतीं धुरमादाय समुद्यम्योरसा वहेत् ॥ १२.८१.२३ ॥
No great man who is undivided in self and has helpers can take up a great yoke and, raising it with his chest, bear it.
12.81.24
सर्व एव गुरुं भारमनङ्वान्वहते समे ।
दुर्गे प्रतीतः सुगवो भारं वहति दुर्वहम् ॥ १२.८१.२४ ॥
On level ground every ox bears a heavy load; but on rough ground it is the known and well-trained good bull that bears the burden that is hard to bear.
12.81.25
भेदाद्विनाशः सङ्घानां सङ्घमुख्योऽसि केशव ।
यथा त्वां प्राप्य नोत्सीदेदयं सङ्घस्तथा कुरु ॥ १२.८१.२५ ॥
Division brings the ruin of assemblies; you are the chief of assemblies, O Keśava. Act so that this assembly, having you, does not perish.
12.81.26
नान्यत्र बुद्धिक्षान्तिभ्यां नान्यत्रेन्द्रियनिग्रहात् ।
नान्यत्र धनसन्त्यागाद्गुणः प्राज्ञेऽवतिष्ठते ॥ १२.८१.२६ ॥
Not by wisdom and forbearance alone, not by restraint of the senses alone, not by the giving away of wealth alone—otherwise a virtue does not abide in the wise man.
12.81.27
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्वं स्वपक्षोद्भावनं सदा ।
ज्ञातीनामविनाशः स्याद्यथा कृष्ण तथा कुरु ॥ १२.८१.२७ ॥
This brings wealth, fame and long life, and always strengthens one's own side. O Kṛṣṇa, act so that there is no destruction of your kinsmen.
12.81.28
आयत्यां च तदात्वे च न तेऽस्त्यविदितं प्रभो ।
षाङ्गुण्यस्य विधानेन यात्रा यानविधौ तथा ॥ १२.८१.२८ ॥
Nothing is unknown to you, O lord, either in the future or in the present—neither by the arrangement of the sixfold policy, nor the undertaking of a march in the manner of marching.
12.81.29
यादवाः कुकुरा भोजाः सर्वे चान्धकवृष्णयः ।
त्वय्यायत्ता महाबाहो लोका लोकेश्वराश्च ये ॥ १२.८१.२९ ॥
The Yādavas, Kukuras, Bhojas, and all the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis are dependent on you, O mighty-armed one; and so are the worlds and the lords of the worlds.
12.81.30
उपासन्ते हि त्वद्बुद्धिमृषयश्चापि माधव ।
त्वं गुरुः सर्वभूतानां जानीषे त्वं परां गतिम् ॥ १२.८१.३० ॥
Even the sages revere your intellect, O Mādhava. You are the teacher of all beings; you know the supreme goal.
12.81.31
त्वामासाद्य यदुश्रेष्ठमेधन्ते वादवाः सुखम् ॥ १२.८१.३१ ॥
O best of the Yadus, having reached you, the Vādavas thrive in happiness.