Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.9
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12.9.1
मुहूर्तं तावदेकाग्रो मनः श्रोत्रेऽन्तरात्मनि ।
धारयन्नपि ते श्रुत्वा रोचते वचनं मम ॥ १२.९.१ ॥
If, with a mind focused for but a moment, you hold my words in your ear and inner self as you listen, they will please you.
12.9.2
सार्थगम्यमहं मार्गं न जातु त्वत्कृते पुनः ।
गच्छेयं तं गमिष्यामि हित्वा ग्राम्यसुखान्युत ॥ १२.९.२ ॥
I will never again travel the path taken by caravans for your sake; having abandoned village pleasures, I shall indeed go that way.
12.9.3
क्षेम्यश्चैकाकिना गम्यः पन्था कोस्तीति पृच्छ माम् ।
अथवा नेच्छसि प्रष्टुमपृच्छन्नपि मे शृणु ॥ १२.९.३ ॥
Ask me which path is safe to travel alone. Or, if you do not wish to ask, listen to me even without asking.
12.9.4
हित्वा ग्राम्यसुखाचारं तप्यमानो महत्तपः ।
अरण्ये फलमूलाशी चरिष्यामि मृगैः सह ॥ १२.९.४ ॥
Abandoning the conduct of village pleasures, practising great austerity, eating fruit and roots in the forest, I shall wander with the deer.
12.9.5
जुह्वानोऽग्निं यथाकालमुभौ कालावुपस्पृशन् ।
कृशः परिमिताहारश्चर्मचीरजटाधरः ॥ १२.९.५ ॥
Offering oblations into the fire at the proper times, sipping water at both twilights, emaciated, eating measured food, wearing skin, bark-cloth and matted locks.
12.9.6
शीतवातातपसहः क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमक्षमः ।
तपसा विधिदृष्टेन शरीरमुपशोषयन् ॥ १२.९.६ ॥
Enduring cold, wind and heat, bearing hunger, thirst and fatigue, drying up the body by austerity prescribed by rule.
12.9.7
मनःकर्णसुखा नित्यं श्रृण्वन्नुच्चावचा गिरः ।
मुदितानामरण्येषु नदतां मृगपक्षिणाम्। ॥ १२.९.७ ॥
Hearing always the high and low voices, pleasing to mind and ear, of deer and birds calling out joyfully in the forests.
12.9.8
आजिघ्रन्पेशलान्गन्धान्फुल्लानां वृक्षवीरुधाम् ।
नानारूपान्वने पश्यन्रमणीयान्वनौकसः ॥ १२.९.८ ॥
Smelling the delicate fragrances of blossomed trees and creepers, and seeing in the forest the lovely forest-dwelling creatures of many forms.
12.9.9
वानप्रस्थजनस्यापि दर्शनं कूलवासिनः ।
नाप्रियाण्याचरिष्यामि किंपुनर्ग्रामवासिनाम् ॥ १२.९.९ ॥
Not even toward forest-hermits or dwellers on the riverbank will I act unpleasantly; how much less toward village-dwellers.
12.9.10
एकान्तशीली विमृशन्पक्वापक्वेन वर्तयन् ।
पितॄन्देवांश्च वन्येन वाग्भिरद्भिश्च तर्पयन् ॥ १२.९.१० ॥
Dwelling in solitude and reflecting, sustaining myself with cooked and uncooked forest food, and satisfying the ancestors and gods with words and water.
12.9.11
एवमारण्यशास्त्राणामुग्रमुग्रतरं विधिम् ।
सेवमानः प्रतीक्षिष्ये देहस्यास्य समापनम् ॥ १२.९.११ ॥
Thus following the severe and yet more severe rule of the forest scriptures, I shall await the completion of this body.
12.9.12
अथवैकोऽहमेकाहमेकैकस्मिन्वनस्पतौ ।
चरन्भैक्षं मुनिर्मुण्डः क्षपयिष्ये कलेवरम् ॥ १२.९.१२ ॥
Or else, alone, wandering for alms each day beneath a single tree, as a shaven-headed sage, I shall wear away this body.
12.9.13
पांसुभिः समभिच्छन्नः शून्यागारप्रतिश्रयः ।
वृक्षमूलनिकेतो वा त्यक्तसर्वप्रियाप्रियः ॥ १२.९.१३ ॥
Covered with dust, taking an empty house as his shelter, or dwelling at the root of a tree, having abandoned all that is dear and not dear.
12.9.14
न शोचन्न प्रहृष्यंश्च तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः ॥ १२.९.१४ ॥
Neither grieving nor rejoicing, regarding blame and praise of himself as equal, free from desire, free from possessiveness, free from pairs of opposites, owning nothing.
12.9.15
आत्मारामः प्रसन्नात्मा जडान्धबधिराकृतिः ।
अकुर्वाणः परैः कांचित्संविदं जातु कैरपि ॥ १२.९.१५ ॥
Delighting in the self, serene in spirit, with the appearance of one dull, blind and deaf, never making any agreement or conversation with others.
12.9.16
जङ्गमाजङ्गमान्सर्वानविहिंसंश्चतुर्विधान् ।
प्रजाः सर्वाः स्वधर्मस्थाः समः प्राणभृतः प्रति ॥ १२.९.१६ ॥
Harming none of the four kinds of beings, moving and unmoving; toward all creatures, established each in their own dharma, showing equal regard to all living beings.
12.9.17
न चाप्यवहसन्कंचिन्न कुर्वन्भ्रुकुटीः क्वचित् ।
प्रसन्नवदनो नित्यं सर्वेन्द्रियसुसंयतः ॥ १२.९.१७ ॥
Mocking no one and never knitting his brows, always with a serene face and with all the senses well restrained.
12.9.18
अपृच्छन्कस्यचिन्मार्गं प्रव्रजन्नेव केनचित् ।
न देशं न दिशं कांचिद्गन्तुमिच्छन्विशेषतः ॥ १२.९.१८ ॥
Asking no one the way as he wanders forth, not desiring to go to any particular country or any particular direction.
12.9.19
गमने निरपेक्षश्च पश्चादनवलोकयन् ।
ऋजुः प्रणिहितो गच्छन्स्त्रीसंस्थापरिवर्जकः ॥ १२.९.१९ ॥
Going on, he is detached and does not look back; straight and intent, he walks, avoiding the company of women.
12.9.20
स्वभावस्तु प्रयात्यग्रे प्रभवन्त्यशनान्यपि ।
द्वन्द्वानि च विरुद्धानि तानि सर्वाण्यचिन्तयन् ॥ १२.९.२० ॥
Nature itself goes ahead; even food comes as it may. He does not dwell on any of the contrary pairs.
12.9.21
अल्पं वा स्वादु वा भोज्यं पूर्वालाभेन जातुचित् ।
अन्येष्वपि चरँल्लाभमलाभे सप्त पूरयन् ॥ १२.९.२१ ॥
Whether little or tasty food, if it is not obtained at first, he goes to others and gets it; and if there is no gain, he fills his need by begging at seven houses.
12.9.22
विधूमे न्यस्तमुसले व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने ।
अतीतपात्रसंचारे काले विगतभिक्षुके ॥ १२.९.२२ ॥
When the smoke has cleared, the pestles are laid down, the embers have gone out, the people have eaten, the passing of vessels is over, and the beggars have gone, at that time (he goes for alms).
12.9.23
एककालं चरन्भैक्षं त्रीनथ द्वे च पञ्च वा ।
स्नेहपाशं विमुच्याहं चरिष्यामि महीमिमाम् ॥ १२.९.२३ ॥
Going for alms once a day, from three, two or five houses, releasing the noose of affection, I shall wander this earth.
12.9.24
अलाभे सति वा लाभे समदर्शी महातपाः ।
न जिजीविषुवत्किंचिन्न मुमूर्षुवदाचरन् ॥ १२.९.२४ ॥
Whether there is gain or not, the great ascetic who sees all alike does nothing like one who desires to live, nor like one who desires to die.
12.9.25
जीवितं मरणं चैव नाभिनन्दन्न च द्विपन् ।
वास्यैकं तक्षतो बाहुं चन्दनेनैकपुक्षतः।
नाकल्याणं न कल्याणं चिन्तयन्नुभयोस्तयोः ॥ १२.९.२५ ॥
Neither desiring life nor death, nor hating either; while one man cuts off an arm with an adze and another anoints it with sandal paste, thinking neither ill nor good of those two.
12.9.26
याः काश्चिज्जीवता शक्याः कर्तुमभ्युदयक्रियाः ।
सर्वास्ताः समभित्यज्य निमेषादिव्यवस्थितः ॥ १२.९.२६ ॥
Having fully abandoned all the works of worldly prosperity that a living person may perform, and stood firm as if in a single moment.
12.9.27
तेषु नित्यमसक्तश्च त्यक्तसर्वेन्द्रियक्रियः ।
अपरित्यक्तसंकल्पः सुनिर्णिक्तात्मकल्मपः ॥ १२.९.२७ ॥
Ever unattached to those, having abandoned all actions of the senses, not having abandoned resolve, his soul's impurities thoroughly washed away.
12.9.28
विमुक्तः सर्वसङ्गेभ्यो व्यतीतः सर्ववागुराः ।
न वशे कस्यचित्तिष्ठन्सधर्मा मातरिश्वनः ॥ १२.९.२८ ॥
Freed from all attachments, passed beyond all snares, not standing under the control of anyone, of the same nature as the wind (Mātariśvan).
12.9.29
वीतरागश्चरन्नेवं तुष्टिं प्राप्स्यामि मानसीम् ।
तृष्णया हि महत्पापमज्ञानादस्मि कारितः ॥ १२.९.२९ ॥
Living thus, free from passion, I shall attain contentment of mind. Through craving a great sin was indeed caused in me; through ignorance I was made to act.
12.9.30
कुशलाकुशलान्येके कृत्वा कर्माणि मानवाः ।
कार्यकारणसंश्लिष्टं स्वजनं नाम ब्रिभ्रति ॥ १२.९.३० ॥
Some men, having performed good and bad actions, bear the name of their own kin, bound up with cause and effect.
12.9.31
आयुपोऽन्ते प्रहायेदं क्षीणप्राणं कलेवरम् ।
प्रतिगृह्णाति तत्पापं कर्तुः कर्मफलं हि तत् ॥ १२.९.३१ ॥
At the end of life, when the breath is spent, leaving this body, it takes on that evil, for that is the fruit of the doer's deed.
12.9.32
एवं संसारचक्रेऽस्मिन्व्याविद्धे रथचक्रवत् ।
समेति भूतग्रामोऽयं भूतग्रामेण कार्यवान् ॥ १२.९.३२ ॥
Thus in this wheel of saṃsāra, whirled about like a chariot wheel, this multitude of beings joins with another multitude of beings, bound by consequence.
12.9.33
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिवेदनाभिरभिद्रुतम् ।
अपारमिव चास्वस्थं संसारं त्यजतः सुखम् ॥ १२.९.३३ ॥
Happiness belongs to one who abandons this saṃsāra, assailed by the pains of birth, death, old age and disease, boundless and unsettled.
12.9.34
दिवः पतत्सु देवेषु स्थानेभ्यश्च महर्षिषु ।
को हि नाम भवेनार्थी भवेत्कारणतत्त्ववित् ॥ १२.९.३४ ॥
When the gods fall from heaven and the great seers slip from their stations, who, knowing the true nature of causes, would desire (heaven) at all?
12.9.35
कृत्वा हि विविधं कर्म तत्तद्विविधलक्षणम् ।
पार्थिवैर्नृपतिः स्वल्पैः कारणैरेव बध्यते ॥ १२.९.३५ ॥
Having performed many kinds of deeds, each with its own distinct marks, a king is bound by only trivial worldly causes.
12.9.36
तस्मात्प्रज्ञामुतमिदं चिरान्मां प्रत्युपस्थितम् ।
तत्प्राप्य प्रार्थये स्थानमव्ययं शाश्वतं ध्रुवम् ॥ १२.९.३६ ॥
Therefore this nectar of wisdom has come to me after a long time. Having attained it, I desire that imperishable, eternal, steadfast state.
12.9.37
एतया संततं धृत्या चरन्नेवंप्रकारया ।
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिवेदनाभिरभिद्रुतम्।
देहं संस्थापयिष्यामि निर्भयं मार्गमास्थितः ॥ १२.९.३७ ॥
Steadfast in this resolve and conducting myself thus continually, I shall settle this body, assailed by the pains of birth, death, old age and disease, taking up the fearless path.