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Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.12

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14.12.1

द्विवोधो जायते व्याधिः शारीरो मानसस्तथा ।
परस्परं तयोर्जन्म निर्द्वन्द्वं नोपपद्यते ॥ १४.१२.१ ॥

Disease is of two kinds, bodily and mental; and the origin of these two is not independent of each other.

14.12.2

शरीरे जायते व्याधिः शरीरः स निगद्यते ।
मानसे जायते व्याधिर्मानसस्तु निगद्यते ॥ १४.१२.२ ॥

A disease that arises in the body is called bodily; and a disease that arises in the mind is called mental.

14.12.3

शीतोष्णे चैव वायुश्च गुणा राजञ्शरीरजाः ।
तेषां गुणानां साम्यं चेत्तदाहुः स्वस्थलक्षणम् ॥ १४.१२.३ ॥

O king, cold and heat, and wind, are qualities born of the body; when these qualities are in balance, they call that the mark of health.

14.12.4

उष्णेन बाध्यते शीतं शीतेनोष्णं च बाध्यते ॥ १४.१२.४ ॥

Cold is overcome by heat, and heat is overcome by cold.

14.12.5

सत्वं रजस्तमश्चेति त्रय आत्मगुणाः स्मृताः ।
तेषां गुणानां साम्यं चेत्तदाहुः स्वस्थलक्षणम् ॥ १४.१२.५ ॥

Sattva, rajas and tamas are recorded as the three qualities of the self; when these qualities are in balance, they call that the mark of health.

14.12.6

तेषामन्यतमोत्सेके विधानमुपदिश्यते ।
हर्षेण बाध्यते शोको हर्षः शोकेन बाध्यते ॥ १४.१२.६ ॥

When any one of these grows in excess, a remedy is taught: joy is overcome by grief, and grief is overcome by joy.

14.12.7

कश्चिद्दुःखे वर्तमानः सुखस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छति ।
कश्चित्सुखे वर्तमानो दुःखस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छति ॥ १४.१२.७ ॥

One who is in sorrow wishes to remember happiness, and one who is in happiness wishes to remember sorrow.

14.12.8

स त्वं न दुःखी दुःखस्य न सुखी सुसुखस्य वा ।
स्मर्तुमिच्छसि कौन्तेय दैवं हि बलवत्तरम्।
अथवा ते स्वभावोऽयं येन पार्थावकृष्यसे ॥ १४.१२.८ ॥

You are not sorrowful in sorrow, nor happy in great happiness, yet, son of Kuntī, you wish to remember it. Fate is indeed very powerful. Or this is your nature, by which you, son of Pṛthā, are drawn away.

14.12.9

दृष्ट्वा सभागतां कृष्णामेकवस्त्रां रजस्वलाम् ।
मिषतां पाण्डवेयानां न तस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छसि ॥ १४.१२.९ ॥

Having seen Kṛṣṇā, brought into the assembly in a single garment and in her menstrual state, while the Pāṇḍava sons looked on, do you not wish to remember that?

14.12.10

प्रव्राजनं च नगरादजिनैश्च विवासनम् ।
महारण्यनिवासश्च न तस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छसि ॥ १४.१२.१० ॥

Banishment from the city, exile clad in deerskins, and dwelling in the great forest—do you not wish to remember that?

14.12.11

जटासुरात्परिक्लेशश्चित्रसेनेन चाहवः ।
सैन्धवाच्च परिक्लेशो न तस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छसि ॥ १४.१२.११ ॥

The hardship from Jaṭāsura, the battle with Citrasena, and the affliction from the Sindhu king—do you not wish to remember that?

14.12.12

पुनरज्ञातचर्यायां कीचकेन पदा वधः ।
याज्ञसेन्यास्तथा पार्थ न तस्य स्मर्तुमिच्छसि ॥ १४.१२.१२ ॥

Again, the striking with the foot by Kīcaka during the time of concealment, and likewise the same outrage upon Yājñasenī (Draupadī), son of Pṛthā—do you not wish to remember that?

14.12.13

यच्च ते द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां युद्धमासीदरिंदम ।
मनसैकेन योद्धव्यं तत्ते युद्धमुपस्थितम् ॥ १४.१२.१३ ॥

O subduer of foes, the battle you once fought with Droṇa and Bhīṣma has now come before you; it must be fought with a single, undivided mind.

14.12.14

तस्मादभ्युपगन्तव्यं युद्धाय भरतर्षभ ।
परमव्यक्तरूपस्य पारं युक्त्या स्वकर्मभिः ॥ १४.१२.१४ ॥

Therefore, O bull of the Bharatas, you must set out for battle, and by skill and by your own deeds reach the far shore of the supreme unmanifest form.

14.12.15

यत्र नैव शरैः कार्यं न भृत्यैर्न च बन्धुभिः ।
आत्मनैकेन योद्धव्यं तत्ते युद्धमुपस्थितम् ॥ १४.१२.१५ ॥

Where neither arrows, nor servants, nor kinsmen can help, one must fight alone by oneself; that very battle has now come before you.

14.12.16

तस्मिन्ननिर्जिते युद्धे कामवस्थां गमिष्यसि ।
एतज्ज्ञात्वा तु कौन्तेय कृतकृत्यो भविष्यसि ॥ १४.१२.१६ ॥

When that battle is won, you will attain the state you desire; knowing this, O son of Kuntī, you will become one whose task is accomplished.

14.12.17

एथां बुद्धिं विनिश्चित्य भूतानामागतिं गतिम् ।
पितृपैतामहे वृत्ते शाधि राज्यं यथोचितम् ॥ १४.१२.१७ ॥

Having firmly resolved this understanding, knowing the coming and going of beings, rule the kingdom fittingly, following the conduct of your fathers and grandfathers.