Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.5
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2.5.1
अथ तत्रोपविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
महत्सु चोपविष्टेषु गन्धर्वेषु च भारत ॥ २.५.१ ॥
Then, when the great-souled Pāṇḍavas were seated there, and the great ones and the Gandharvas were seated too, O Bhārata.
2.5.2
वेदोपनिषदां वेत्ता ऋषिः सुरगणार्चितः ।
इतिहासपुराणज्ञः क्रियाकल्पविशेषवित् ॥ २.५.२ ॥
The sage who knows the Vedas and Upaniṣads, worshipped by hosts of gods, who knows the Itihāsas and Purāṇas, and knows the special rules of ritual practice.
2.5.3
स्तुतस्तोमग्रहस्तोभपदक्रमविभागवित् ।
शिक्षाक्षरविभागज्ञः पुराकल्पविशेषवित् ॥ २.५.३ ॥
Knowing the division of word-order in praises, hymns, chant-phrases and stobhas; knowing the division of syllables in phonetics; knowing the special rules of ancient ritual.
2.5.4
आदिकल्पार्थवेत्ता च कल्पसूत्रार्थतत्त्ववित् ।
ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतपर ऊहापोहविशारदः ॥ २.५.४ ॥
Knower of the meaning of the primordial rites, knower of the meaning and essence of the Kalpa-sūtras, devoted to the vow of celibate study, and skilled in reasoning by inference and refutation.
2.5.5
नृत्तगान्धर्वसेवी च सर्वत्राप्रतिमस्तथा ।
अष्टादशानां विद्यानां कोशभूतो महाद्युतिः ॥ २.५.५ ॥
Devoted to dance and the art of the Gandharvas, unrivalled everywhere, a treasury of the eighteen branches of learning, of great radiance.
2.5.6
न्यायविद्धर्मतत्त्वज्ञः षडङ्गविदनुत्तमः ।
ऐक्यसंयोगनानात्वसमवायविशारदः ॥ २.५.६ ॥
Knower of logic, knower of the essence of dharma, unsurpassed knower of the six limbs of the Veda, skilled in unity, conjunction, diversity and inherence.
2.5.7
वक्ता प्रगल्भो मेधावी स्मृतिमान्नयवित्कविः ।
परापरविभागज्ञः प्रमाणकृतनिश्चयः ॥ २.५.७ ॥
He was an orator, bold, intelligent, with a retentive memory, knowing policy, a poet; knowing the distinction of the higher and lower, and making firm decisions by valid proof.
2.5.8
पञ्चावयवयुक्तस्य वाक्यस्य गुणदोषवित् ।
उत्तरोत्तरवक्ता च वदतोपि बृहस्पतेः ॥ २.५.८ ॥
Knowing the virtues and faults of a statement with its five parts, he was a speaker of reply after reply, surpassing even Bṛhaspati when he speaks.
2.5.9
धर्मकामार्थमोक्षेषु यथावत्कृतनिश्चयः ।
तथा भुवनकोशस्य सर्वस्यास्य महामतिः ॥ २.५.९ ॥
Firmly settled in dharma, desire, wealth and liberation as they truly are, he was likewise a man of great understanding in this whole treasury of the worlds.
2.5.10
प्रत्यक्षदर्शी लोकस्य तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्तथा ।
साङ्ख्ययोगविभागज्ञो निर्विवित्सुः सुरासुरान् ॥ २.५.१० ॥
Seeing the world directly, across, above and below; knowing the divisions of Sāṅkhya and Yoga, desirous of fully knowing the gods and demons.
2.5.11
सन्धिविग्रहतत्त्वज्ञस्त्वनुमानविभागवित् ।
षाङ्गुण्यविधियुक्तश्च सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः ॥ २.५.११ ॥
Knowing the true nature of alliance and war, knowing the divisions of inference, versed in the method of the six expedients, and expert in all the sciences.
2.5.12
युद्धगान्धर्वसेवी च सर्वत्राप्रतिघस्तथा ।
एतैश्चान्यैश्च बहुभिर्युक्तो गुणगणैर्मुनिः ॥ २.५.१२ ॥
Devoted to war and the gāndharva arts, unopposed everywhere, endowed with these and many other multitudes of virtues, the sage.
2.5.13
लोकाननुचरन्सर्वानागमत्तां सभां नृप ।
नारदः सुमहातेजा ऋषिभिः सहितस्तदा ॥ २.५.१३ ॥
O king, Nārada of very great splendour, roaming through all the worlds, came then to that assembly hall, accompanied by the sages.
2.5.14
पारिजातेन राजेन्द्र पर्वतेन च धीमता ।
सुमुखेन च सौम्येन देवर्षिरमितद्युतिः ॥ २.५.१४ ॥
O lord of kings, the divine sage of boundless brilliance came with Pārijāta, the wise Parvata, and the gentle Sumukha.
2.5.15
सभास्थान्पाण्डवान्द्रष्टुं प्रीयमाणो मनोजवः ।
जयाशीर्भिस्तु तं विप्रो धर्मराजानमार्चयत् ॥ २.५.१५ ॥
Delighted to see the Pāṇḍavas seated in the assembly, the brahmin, swift as thought, honoured the king of dharma with blessings of victory.
2.5.16
तमागतमृषिं दृष्ट्वा नारदं सर्वधर्मवित् ।
सहसा पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः प्रत्युत्थायानुजैः सह ॥ २.५.१६ ॥
Seeing the sage Nārada come, the foremost of the Pāṇḍavas, knower of all dharma, at once rose up together with his younger brothers.
2.5.17
अभ्यवादयत प्रीत्या विनयावनतस्तदा ।
तदर्हमासनं तस्मै सम्प्रदाय यथाविधि ॥ २.५.१७ ॥
Then, bowing humbly and with affection, he greeted him reverently and offered him a seat fitting for him, according to rule.
2.5.18
गां चैव मधुपर्कं च सम्प्रदायार्घ्यमेव च ।
अर्चयामास रत्नैश्च सर्वकामैश्च धर्मवित् ॥ २.५.१८ ॥
Offering a cow, madhuparka and the water of welcome, the knower of dharma honoured him with jewels and with all desirable things.
2.5.19
तुतोष च यथावच्च पूजां प्राप्य युधिष्ठिरात् ।
सोऽर्चितः पाण्डवैः सर्वैर्महर्षिर्वेदपारगः।
धर्मकामार्थसंयुक्तं पप्रच्छेदं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ २.५.१९ ॥
Pleased with the honour duly received from Yudhiṣṭhira, the great sage, honoured by all the Pāṇḍavas and gone to the far shore of the Vedas, asked Yudhiṣṭhira this question, which is joined with dharma, desire and wealth.
2.5.20
कच्चिदर्थाश्च कल्पन्ते धर्मे च रमते मनः ।
सुखानि चानुभूयन्ते मनश्च न विहन्यते ॥ २.५.२० ॥
Do your aims come to fruition? Does your mind delight in dharma? Do you experience pleasures? And is your mind not harmed?
2.5.21
कच्चिदाचरितां पूर्वैर्नरदेवपितामहैः ।
वर्तसे वृत्तिमक्षुद्रां धर्मार्थसहितां त्रिषु ॥ २.५.२१ ॥
Do you follow the noble conduct practised by the former kings and royal grandfathers, which is joined with dharma and wealth and rests upon all three aims?
2.5.22
कच्चिदर्थेन वा धर्मं धर्मेणार्थमथापि वा ।
उभौ वा प्रीतिसारेण न कामेन प्रबाधसे ॥ २.५.२२ ॥
Do you uphold dharma through wealth, or wealth through dharma, or both through the essence of affection, and are not oppressed by desire?
2.5.23
कच्चिदर्थं च धर्मं च कामं च जयतां वर ।
विभज्य काले कालज्ञः सदा वरद सेवसे ॥ २.५.२३ ॥
O best of conquerors, bestower of boons! Knowing time, do you always divide wealth, dharma and desire according to the proper season and attend to them?
2.5.24
कच्चिद्राजगुणैः षड्भिः सप्तोपायांस्तथाऽनघ ।
बलाबलं तथा सम्यक्वतुर्दश परीक्षसे ॥ २.५.२४ ॥
O sinless one, do you rightly examine, by the six qualities of a king, the seven expedients, and the strength and weakness of the fourteen constituents?
2.5.25
कच्चिदात्सानमर्न्वाक्ष्य परांश्च जयतां वर ।
तथा सन्धाय कर्माणि अष्टौ भारत सेवसे ॥ २.५.२५ ॥
Do you carefully examine yourself and your enemies, best of victors? And having made alliances, do you attend to the eight kinds of action, Bhārata?
2.5.26
कच्चित्प्रकृतयः सप्त न लुप्ता भरतर्षभ ।
आढ्यास्तथा व्यसनिनः स्वनुरक्ताश्च सर्वशः ॥ २.५.२६ ॥
Have the seven constituents of the realm not been destroyed, bull of the Bharatas? Are they prosperous, are those in distress cared for, and are they devoted to you in every way?
2.5.27
कच्चिन्न कृतकैर्दूतैर्ये चाप्यपरिशङ्किताः ।
त्वत्तो वा तव चामात्यैर्भिद्यते मन्त्रितं तथा ॥ २.५.२७ ॥
Is your counsel not divulged, through false envoys you did not suspect, or by you, or by your ministers?
2.5.28
मित्रोदासीनशत्रूणां कच्चिद्वेत्सि चिकीर्षितम् ।
कच्चित्सन्धिं यथाकालं विग्रहं चोपसेवसे ॥ २.५.२८ ॥
Do you know the intentions of friends, neutrals and enemies? And do you pursue peace and war at the proper time?
2.5.29
कच्चिद्वृत्तिमुदासीने मध्यमे चानुमन्यसे ।
कच्चिदात्मसमा वृद्धाः शुद्धाः सम्बोधनक्षमाः ॥ २.५.२९ ॥
Do you approve of the conduct toward the neutral and the middling king? Are there elders like yourself, pure and capable of giving counsel?
2.5.30
कुलीनाश्चानुरक्ताश्च कृतास्ते वीरमन्त्रिणः ।
विजयो मन्त्रमूलो हि राज्ञो भवति भारत ॥ २.५.३० ॥
Have your heroic ministers been appointed as men of noble birth and devotion? Victory of a king, Bhārata, truly has counsel as its root.
2.5.31
कच्चित्संवृतमन्त्रैस्ते अमात्यैः शास्त्रकोविदैः ।
राष्ट्रं सुरक्षितं तात शत्रुभिर्न विलुप्यते ॥ २.५.३१ ॥
Are your ministers, learned in the sciences, guarding the kingdom well through secret counsel, dear son, so that enemies do not plunder it?
2.5.32
कच्चिन्निद्रावशं नैषि कच्चित्काले विबुद्ध्यसे ।
कच्चिच्चापररात्रेषु चिन्तयस्यर्थमर्थवित् ॥ २.५.३२ ॥
Do you not fall under the sway of sleep? Do you wake at the proper time? And in the late hours of the night, do you reflect on the matter of wealth and policy, O knower of what is useful?
2.5.33
कच्चिन्मन्त्रयसे नैकः कच्चिन्न बहुभिः सह ।
कच्चित्ते मन्त्रितो मन्त्रो न राष्ट्रं परिधावति ॥ २.५.३३ ॥
Do you deliberate alone, and not with many? Does your secret counsel, once deliberated, not spread through the kingdom?
2.5.34
कच्चिदर्थान्विनिश्चित्य लघुमूलान्महोदयान् ।
क्षिप्रमारभसे कर्तुं न विघ्नयसि तादृशान् ॥ २.५.३४ ॥
Having decided on matters whose root is small but whose fruit is great, do you quickly begin to carry them out? And do you not obstruct such matters?
2.5.35
कच्चिन्न स्रवे कर्मान्ताः परोक्षास्ते विशङ्किताः ।
सर्वे वा पुनरुत्सृष्टाः संसृष्टं चात्र कारणम् ॥ २.५.३५ ॥
Do the ends of your undertakings not leak out? Are matters hidden from you and doubted all released again? And is the mingling here the cause?
2.5.36
आप्तैरलुब्धैः क्रमिकैस्ते च कच्चिदनुष्ठिताः ।
कच्चिद्राजन्कृतान्येव कृतप्रायाणि वा पुनः ॥ २.५.३६ ॥
Are your affairs carried out by trustworthy, non-greedy men working in due order? And, O king, are the things already done truly finished, or only nearly finished again?
2.5.37
विदुस्ते वीर कर्माणि नानवाप्तानि कानिचित् ।
कच्चित्कारणिका धर्मे सर्वशास्त्रेषु कोविदाः।
कारयन्ति कुमारांश्च योधमुख्यांश्च सर्वशः ॥ २.५.३७ ॥
O hero, do you know which of your deeds are not yet completed? Do the judges, skilled in dharma and in all the sciences, employ the princes and the chief warriors in every way?
2.5.38
कच्चित्सहस्रैर्मूर्खाणामेकं क्रीणासि पण्डितम् ।
पण्डितो ह्यर्थकृच्छ्रेषु कुर्यान्नः श्रेयसं परम् ॥ २.५.३८ ॥
Do you purchase one wise man at the price of a thousand fools? For a wise man, in the difficulties of affairs, brings us the highest good.
2.5.39
कच्चिद्दुर्गाणि सर्वाणि धनधान्यायुधोदकैः ।
यन्त्रैश्च परिपूर्णानि तथा शिल्पिधनुर्धरैः ॥ २.५.३९ ॥
Are all the fortresses full of wealth, grain, weapons and water, and likewise full of engines, craftsmen and archers?
2.5.40
एकोप्यमात्यो मेधावी शूरो दान्तो विचक्षणः ।
राजानं राजपुत्रं वा प्रापयेन्महतीं श्रियम् ॥ २.५.४० ॥
Even a single minister who is wise, brave, self-controlled and discerning can bring a king or a prince to great prosperity.
2.5.41
कच्चिदष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च ।
त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः ॥ २.५.४१ ॥
Do you know, through three unrecognised spies each, the eighteen, ten and five places of counsel among your own side and among others?
2.5.42
कच्चिद्द्विषामविदितः प्रतिपन्नश्च सरवदा ।
नित्ययुक्तो रिपून्सर्वान्वीक्षसे रिपुसूदन ॥ २.५.४२ ॥
O destroyer of foes, do you always conduct yourself unknown to your enemies, ever attentive, and keep watch over all your enemies?
2.5.43
कच्चिद्विनयसम्पन्नः कुलपुत्रो बहुश्रुतः ।
अनसूयुरनुप्रष्टा सत्कृतस्ते पुरोहितः ॥ २.५.४३ ॥
Is your household priest, endowed with humility, a son of a noble family, widely learned, free from envy, one who questions in turn, and honored by you?
2.5.44
कच्चिदग्निषु ते युक्तो विधिज्ञो मतिमानृजुः ।
हुतं च होष्यमाणं च काले वेदयते सदा ॥ २.५.४४ ॥
Is your priest devoted to the sacred fires, knowing the rites, wise and upright, and does he always report at the proper time what has been offered and what is to be offered?
2.5.45
कच्चिदङ्गेषु निष्णातो ज्योतिपः प्रतिपादकः ।
उत्पातेषु च सर्वेषु दैवज्ञः कुशलस्तव ॥ २.५.४५ ॥
Is your astrologer expert in the Vedic auxiliary sciences, an expounder of astronomy, knowing all portents, and skilled on your behalf?
2.5.46
कच्चिन्मुख्या महत्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः ।
जघन्याश्च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः ॥ २.५.४६ ॥
Are the chief men appointed to the great tasks, the middling to the middling, and the lowly servants assigned to the lowly tasks?
2.5.47
अमात्यानुपधातीतान्पितृपैतामहाञ्शुचीन् ।
श्रेष्ठाञ्श्रेष्ठेषु कच्चित्त्वं नियोजयसि कर्मसु ॥ २.५.४७ ॥
Do you appoint ministers who are beyond temptation, hereditary from father and grandfather, pure, and the best, to the best tasks?
2.5.48
कच्चिन्नोग्रेण दण्डेन भृशमुद्विजसे प्रजाः ।
राष्ट्रं तवानुशासन्ति मन्त्रिणो भरतर्षभ ॥ २.५.४८ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, do you not greatly trouble your subjects with harsh punishment? Do your ministers govern your realm?
2.5.49
कच्चित्त्वां नावजानन्ति याजकाः पतितं यथा ।
उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारं कामयानमिव स्त्रियः ॥ २.५.४९ ॥
Do the sacrificing priests not despise you, as one fallen, as women despise a harsh receiver of gifts who lusts after them?
2.5.50
कच्चिद्धृष्टश्च शूरश्च मतिमान्धृतिमाञ्शुचिः ।
कुलीनश्चानुरक्तश्च दक्षः सेनापतिस्तथा। ॥ २.५.५० ॥
Is your commander bold and brave, wise, steadfast, pure, of noble birth, devoted, and skilful?
2.5.51
कच्चिद्बलस्य ते मुख्याः सर्वयुद्धविशारदाः ।
धृष्टावदाता विक्रान्तास्त्वया सत्कृत्य मानिताः ॥ २.५.५१ ॥
Are the chief men of your army skilled in every kind of battle, bold, pure and valiant? Have you honoured and respected them?
2.5.52
कच्चिद्वलस्य भक्तं च वेतनं च यथोचितम् ।
सम्प्राप्तकाले दातव्यं ददासि न विकर्षसि ॥ २.५.५२ ॥
Do you give the army its food and pay in full, at the proper time, and do you not withhold them?
2.5.53
कालातिक्रमणादेते भक्तवेतनयोर्भृताः ।
भर्तुः कुप्यन्ति दौर्गत्यात्सोऽनर्थः सुमहान्स्मृतः ॥ २.५.५३ ॥
When these hired men lack food and pay because of delay, they grow angry at their master from hardship; that calamity is held to be very great.
2.5.54
कच्चित्सर्वेऽनुरक्तास्त्वां कुलपुत्राः प्रधानतः ।
कच्चित्प्राणांस्तवार्थेषु सन्त्यजन्ति सदा युधि ॥ २.५.५४ ॥
Are all the sons of noble families, chiefly the leaders, devoted to you? Do they always give up their lives in battle for your sake?
2.5.55
कच्चिन्नैको बहूनर्थान्सर्वशः साम्परायिकान् ।
अनुशास्ति यथाकामं कामात्मा शासनातिगः ॥ २.५.५५ ॥
Do you not, alone and ruled by desire, transgressing the rule, give commands at will on many matters, and on those concerning the next world?
2.5.56
कच्चित्पुरुषकारेण पुरुषः कर्म शोभयन् ।
लभते मानमधिकं भूयो वा भक्तवेतनम् ॥ २.५.५६ ॥
Does a man, by his own effort adorning his work, obtain greater honor, or again food and wages?
2.5.57
कच्चिद्विद्याविनीतांश्च नराञ्ज्ञानविशारदान् ।
यथार्हं गुणतश्चैव दानेनाभ्युपपद्यसे ॥ २.५.५७ ॥
Do you honor men who are humbled by learning and skilled in knowledge, giving gifts fitting to their merit?
2.5.58
कच्चिद्दारान्मनुष्याणां तवार्थे मृत्युमीयुषाम् ।
व्यसनं चाभ्युपेतानां बिभर्षि भरतर्षभ ॥ २.५.५८ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, do you support the wives of men who met death for your sake, and those who have fallen into misfortune?
2.5.59
कच्चिद्भयादुपगतं क्षीणं वा रिपुमागतम् ।
युद्धे वा विजितं पार्थ पुत्रवत्परिरक्षसि ॥ २.५.५९ ॥
Son of Pṛthā, do you protect as your own sons those who came to you in fear, the weakened, the enemy who has come, or those conquered in battle?
2.5.60
कच्चित्त्वमेव सर्वस्याः पृथिव्याः पृथिवीपते ।
समश्चानभिशङ्क्यश्च यथा माता यथा पिता ॥ २.५.६० ॥
Lord of the earth, are you alone impartial toward all the earth and beyond suspicion, as a mother and a father are?
2.5.61
कच्चिद्व्यसनिनं शत्रुं निशम्य भरतर्षभ ।
अभियासि जवेनैव समीक्ष्य त्रिविधं बलम् ॥ २.५.६१ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, having heard that your enemy is afflicted by vice, do you swiftly march against him after carefully weighing your threefold army?
2.5.62
यात्रामारभसे दिष्ट्या प्राप्तकालमरिन्दम ।
पार्ष्णिमूलं च विज्ञाय व्यवसायं पराजयम् ॥ २.५.६२ ॥
Subduer of enemies, fortunately you begin your campaign at the proper time; having understood the base of the rear, have you also weighed your undertaking and the possibility of defeat?
2.5.63
बलस्य च महाराज दत्त्वा वेतनमग्रतः ।
कच्चिच्च बलमुख्येभ्यः परराष्ट्रे परन्तप।
उपच्छन्नानि रत्नानि प्रयच्छसि यथार्हतः ॥ २.५.६३ ॥
Great king, having given wages to the army in advance, tormentor of enemies, do you also give fitting concealed jewels to the chief commanders in the enemy's realm?
2.5.64
कच्चिदात्मानमेवाग्रे विजित्य विजितेन्द्रियः ।
पारञ्जिगीषसे पार्थ प्रमत्तानजितेन्द्रियान् ॥ २.५.६४ ॥
Son of Pṛthā, having first conquered yourself and mastered your senses, do you wish to conquer the heedless enemies whose senses are uncontrolled?
2.5.65
कच्चित्ते यास्यतः शत्रून्पर्वं यान्ति स्वनुष्ठिताः ।
साम दानं च भेदश्च दण्डश्च विधिवद्गुणाः ॥ २.५.६५ ॥
As you march against your enemies, are the expedients of conciliation, gift, division and punishment duly and properly employed at the proper time?
2.5.66
तांश्च विक्रमसे जेतुं जित्वा च परिरक्षसि ।
कच्चिदष्टाङ्गसंयुक्ता चतुर्विधबला चमूः। ॥ २.५.६६ ॥
You strive to conquer them, and having conquered, you protect them. Is your army, endowed with its eight limbs and fourfold forces, in such condition?
2.5.67
बलमुख्यैः सुनीता ते द्विषतां प्रतिवर्धिनी ।
कच्चिल्लवं च मुष्टिं च परराष्ट्रे परन्तप। ॥ २.५.६७ ॥
O scorcher of foes, is your army, well managed by its chief commanders and checking the growth of your enemies, also guarding the lava (espionage) and the muṣṭi (secret hoard) in foreign lands?
2.5.68
अविहाय महाराज निहंसि समरे रिपून् ।
कच्चित्स्वपरराष्ट्रेषु बहवोऽधिकृतास्तव। ॥ २.५.६८ ॥
Great king, while slaying foes in battle, do you not abandon dharma? Are there many officials appointed by you, both in your own kingdom and in foreign kingdoms?
2.5.69
अर्थान्समधितिष्ठन्ति रक्षन्ति च परस्परम् ॥ २.५.६९ ॥
They attend carefully to the affairs of state and protect one another.
2.5.70
कच्चिदभ्यवहार्याणि गात्रसंस्पर्शनानि च ।
घ्रेयाणि च महाराज रक्षन्त्यनुमतास्तव। ॥ २.५.७० ॥
Great king, do those you have approved guard the food and drink, the articles for bodily contact, and the fragrances?
2.5.71
कच्चित्कोशश्च कोष्ठं च वाहनं द्वारमायुधम् ।
आयश्च कृतकल्याणैस्तव भक्तैरनुष्ठितः ॥ २.५.७१ ॥
Are your treasury and granary, your conveyances, gates and weapons, and your revenue, well managed by your loyal servants who have rendered good service?
2.5.72
कच्चिदाभ्यन्तरेभ्यश्च बाह्येभ्यश्च विशाम्पते ।
रक्षस्यात्मानमेवाग्रे तांश्च स्वेभ्यो मिथश्च तान्। ॥ २.५.७२ ॥
O lord of the people, do you first protect yourself from internal and external dangers, and also protect them, and protect them from your own people and from mutual enmity?
2.5.73
कच्चिन्न पाने द्यूते वा क्रीडासु प्रमदासु च ।
प्रतिजानन्ति पूर्वाह्णे व्ययं व्यसनजं तव ॥ २.५.७३ ॥
Do they, in the forenoon, keep account of the expenditure arising from your vices, in drink, dice, sport and women?
2.5.74
कच्चिदायस्य चार्धेन चतुर्भागेन वा पुनः ।
पादभागैस्त्रिभिर्वापि व्ययः संशुद्ध्यते तव ॥ २.५.७४ ॥
Is your expenditure rightly balanced against your income, by half, by a quarter, or by parts of a quarter?
2.5.75
कच्चिज्ज्ञातीन्गुरून्वृद्धा-
न्वणिजः शिल्पिनः श्रितान्।
अभीक्ष्णमनुगृहाणिसि ।
धनधान्येन दुर्गतान् ॥ २.५.७५ ॥
Do you constantly show favour to your kinsmen, elders, the aged, merchants, craftsmen and dependants who are in distress for want of wealth and grain?
2.5.76
कच्चिच्चायव्यये युक्ताः सर्वे गणकलेखकाः ।
अनुतिष्ठन्ति पूर्वाह्णे नित्यमायं व्ययं तव ॥ २.५.७६ ॥
Do all the accountants and scribes engaged in income and expenditure attend daily, in the forenoon, to your income and your outlay?
2.5.77
कच्चिदर्थेषु सम्प्रौढान्हितकामाननुप्रियान् ।
नापकर्षसि कर्मभ्यः पूर्वमप्राप्य किल्बिषम् ॥ २.५.७७ ॥
Do you not, before any fault is proved, remove from their duties those officials who are proven in affairs, well-wishing and agreeable to you?
2.5.78
कच्चिद्विदित्वा पुरुषानुत्तमाधममध्यमान् ।
त्वं कर्मस्वनुरूपेषु नियोजयसि भारत ॥ २.५.७८ ॥
O Bhārata, having known men as best, worst and middling, do you appoint them to tasks suited to each?
2.5.79
कच्चिन्न लुब्धाश्चौरा वा वैरिणो वा विशाम्पते ।
अप्राप्तव्यवहारा वा तव कर्मस्वनुष्ठिताः ॥ २.५.७९ ॥
Lord of the people, are greedy men, thieves, or enemies, or those whose legal cases have not yet been heard, employed in your affairs?
2.5.80
कच्चिन्न चौरैर्लुब्धैर्वा कुमारैः स्त्रीबलेन वा ।
त्वया वा पीड्यते राष्ट्रं कच्चित्तुष्टाः कृषीवलाः ॥ २.५.८० ॥
Is the realm not oppressed by thieves, by greedy men, by young princes, by the strength of women, or by you? Are the farmers content?
2.5.81
कच्चिद्राष्ट्रे तटाकानि पूर्णानि च बृहन्ति च ।
भागशो विनिविष्टानि न कृषिर्देवमातृका ॥ २.५.८१ ॥
Are the large reservoirs of the realm full and distributed in portions, so that agriculture does not depend on the rain alone?
2.5.82
कच्चिन्नं भक्तं बीजं च कर्षकस्यावसीदति ।
प्रत्येकं च शतं वृद्ध्या ददास्यृणमनुग्रहम् ॥ २.५.८२ ॥
Is the farmer's grain, food and seed not sinking into ruin? Do you give each one a loan with interest at a hundred as a favour?
2.5.83
कच्चित्स्वनुष्ठिता तात वार्ता ते साधुभिर्जनैः ।
वार्तायां संश्रितस्तात लोकोऽयं सुखमेधते ॥ २.५.८३ ॥
Dear one, is your economy (agriculture and trade) well managed by good people? Dear one, this world that relies on the economy thrives in happiness.
2.5.84
कच्चिच्छूराः कृतप्रज्ञाः पञ्चपञ्च स्वनुष्ठिताः ।
क्षेमं कुर्वन्ति संहत्य राजञ्जनपदे तव ॥ २.५.८४ ॥
O king, do the heroes, wise and well appointed in groups of five, work together to maintain security in your realm?
2.5.85
कच्चिन्नगरगुप्त्यर्थं ग्रामा नगरवत्कृताः ।
ग्रामवच्च कृताः प्रान्तास्ते च सर्वे त्वदर्पणाः ॥ २.५.८५ ॥
Have the villages been arranged like cities for the protection of the cities, and have the border regions been made like villages? Are they all dedicated to you?
2.5.86
कच्चिद्बलेनानुगताः समानि विषमाणि च ।
पुराणि चौरान्निघ्नन्तश्चरन्ति विषये तव ॥ २.५.८६ ॥
Do those who follow with the army, striking down thieves in towns, move about your realm in both level and rough places?
2.5.87
कच्चित्स्रियः सान्त्वयसि कच्चित्ताश्च सुरक्षिताः ।
कच्चिन्न श्रद्दधास्यासां कच्चिद्गुह्यं न भाषसे ॥ २.५.८७ ॥
Do you comfort the women? Are they well protected? Do you not place trust in them? Do you not speak your secret to them?
2.5.88
कच्चिदात्ययिकं श्रुत्वा तदर्थमनुचिन्त्य च ।
प्रियाण्यनुभवञ्शेषे न त्वमन्तः पुरे नृप ॥ २.५.८८ ॥
O king, after hearing urgent news and reflecting on it, do you lie down in the inner apartments enjoying pleasant things, and not otherwise?
2.5.89
कच्चिद्द्वौ प्रथमौ यामौ रात्रेः सुप्त्वा विशाम्पते ।
सञ्चिन्तयसि धर्मार्थौ याम उत्थाय पश्चिमे ॥ २.५.८९ ॥
O lord of men, do you sleep through the first two watches of the night, and rising in the last watch, reflect on dharma and wealth?
2.5.90
कच्चिद्दर्शयसे नित्यं मनुष्यान्समलङ्कृतः ।
उत्थाय काले कालज्ञैः सह पाण्डव मन्त्रिभिः ॥ २.५.९० ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, do you always appear to the people well adorned, rising at the proper time with counselors who know the time?
2.5.91
कच्चिद्रक्ताम्बरधराः खड्गहस्ताः स्वलङ्कृताः ।
उपासते त्वामभितो रक्षणार्थमरिन्दम ॥ २.५.९१ ॥
Do the well-adorned guards, dressed in red and bearing swords in their hands, attend upon you on all sides for your protection, O subduer of foes?
2.5.92
कच्चिद्दण्ड्येषु यमवत्पूज्येषु च विशाम्पते ।
परीक्ष्य वर्तसे सम्यगप्रियेषु प्रियेषु च ॥ २.५.९२ ॥
O lord of the people, do you rightly conduct yourself, like Yama toward those who deserve punishment, and toward those worthy of honor, after testing them, toward both the disliked and the beloved?
2.5.93
कच्चिच्छारीरमाबाधमौषधैर्नियमेन वा ।
मानसं वृद्धसेवाभिः सदा पार्थापकर्षसि ॥ २.५.९३ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, do you always draw away bodily ailment by medicines or by regimen, and mental ailment by service to the elders?
2.5.94
कच्चिद्वैद्याश्चिकित्सायामष्टाङ्गायां विशारदाः ।
सुहृदश्चानुरक्ताश्च शरीरे ते हिताः सदा ॥ २.५.९४ ॥
Are your physicians, skilled in the eightfold branch of medicine, and your well-wishing and devoted friends, always beneficial to your body?
2.5.95
कच्चिन्न लोभान्मोहाद्वा मानाद्वापि विशाम्पते ।
अर्थिप्रत्यर्थिनः प्राप्तान्नापास्यसि कथञ्चन ॥ २.५.९५ ॥
O lord of the people, do you never, from greed, delusion, or even pride, reject in any way the plaintiff and the defendant who come before you?
2.5.96
कच्चिन्न लोभान्मोहाद्वा विश्रम्भात्प्रणयेन वा ।
आश्रितानां मनुष्याणां वृत्तिं त्वं संरुणात्सि वै ॥ २.५.९६ ॥
Do you never, from greed, delusion, trust, or affection, cut off the livelihood of the people who depend on you?
2.5.97
कच्चित्पौरा न सहिता ये च ते राष्ट्रवासिनः ।
त्वया सह विरुध्यन्ते परैः क्रीताः कथञ्चन ॥ २.५.९७ ॥
Are the city-dwellers and the people of the realm not united with you? Are they not, bought by your enemies somehow, turning against you?
2.5.98
कच्चिन्न दुर्बलः शत्रुर्बलेन परिपीडितः ।
मन्त्रेण बलवान्कश्चिदुभाभ्यां च कथञ्चन ॥ २.५.९८ ॥
Is a weak enemy not being pressed by force? Is some strong enemy not being pressed by counsel, or by both, somehow?
2.5.99
कच्चित्सर्वेऽनुरक्तास्त्वां भूमिपालाः प्रधानतः ।
कच्चित्प्राणांस्त्वदर्थेषु सन्त्यजन्ति त्वया हृताः ॥ २.५.९९ ॥
Are all the rulers of the land, chiefly the great kings, devoted to you? Those won over by you, do they give up their very lives for your sake?
2.5.100
कच्चित्ते सर्वविद्यासु गुणतोऽर्चा प्रवर्तते ।
ब्राह्मणानां च साधूनां तव नैः श्रेयसी शुभा।
दक्षिणास्त्वं ददास्येषां नित्यं स्वर्गापवर्गदाः ॥ २.५.१०० ॥
Do you honour in every branch of learning according to merit? Is the honour shown by you to the brahmins and the virtuous auspicious and leading to the highest good? Do you always give them the gifts that bestow heaven and liberation?
2.5.101
कच्चिद्धर्मे त्रयीमूले पूर्वैराचरिते जनैः ।
यतमानस्तथा कर्तुं तस्मिन्कर्मणि वर्तसे ॥ २.५.१०१ ॥
In the dharma rooted in the three Vedas, practised by the ancients, are you engaged in that action, striving to perform it thus?
2.5.102
कच्चित्तव गृहेऽन्नानि स्वादून्यश्रन्ति वै द्विजाः ।
गुणवन्ति गुणोपेतास्तवाध्यक्षं सदक्षिणम् ॥ २.५.१०२ ॥
In your house, do the twice-born eat delicious and excellent food? Being virtuous and endowed with good qualities, do they eat under your supervision, along with the dakṣiṇā?
2.5.103
कच्चित्क्रतूनेकचित्तो वाजपेयांश्च सर्वशः ।
पौण्डरीकांश्च कार्त्स्न्येन यतसे कर्तुमात्मवान् ॥ २.५.१०३ ॥
Do you, with a single mind and self-controlled, strive to perform all the sacrifices, the Vājapeya and the Pauṇḍarīka rites, in full?
2.5.104
कच्चिज्ज्ञातीन्गुरून्वृद्धान्दैवतांस्तापसानपि ।
चैत्यांश्च वृक्षान्कल्याणान्ब्राह्मणांश्च नमस्यसि ॥ २.५.१०४ ॥
Do you bow to your kinsmen, teachers, elders, deities, ascetics, sacred shrines, auspicious trees and brahmins?
2.5.105
कच्चिच्छोको न मन्युर्वा त्वया प्रोत्पाद्यतेऽनघ ।
अपि मङ्गलहस्तश्च जनः पार्श्वे न तिष्ठति ॥ २.५.१०५ ॥
O sinless one, is grief or anger not provoked by you? And do people of auspicious hands not stand beside you?
2.5.106
कच्चिदेषा च ते बुद्धिर्वृत्तिरेषा च तेऽनघ ।
आयुष्या च यशस्या च धर्मकामार्थदर्शिनी ॥ २.५.१०६ ॥
O sinless one, is this your understanding and this your conduct, giving long life and fame, showing dharma, desire and wealth?
2.5.107
एतया वर्तमानस्य बुद्ध्या राष्ट्रं न सीदति ।
विजित्य च महीं राजा सोत्यन्तं सुखमेधते ॥ २.५.१०७ ॥
The kingdom of a king who conducts himself with this understanding does not decay, and having conquered the earth, that king flourishes in great happiness.
2.5.108
कच्चिदार्यो विशुद्धात्मा क्षारितश्चौरकर्मणि ।
अदृष्टशास्त्रकुशलैर्न लोभाद्वध्यते शुचि ॥ २.५.१०८ ॥
Is there a noble, pure-souled man, branded for a thieving deed, who is not put to death out of greed by those skilled but ignorant of the scriptures, and who is pure?
2.5.109
दुष्टो गृहीतस्तत्कारितज्ज्ञैर्दृष्टः सकारणः ।
कच्चिन्न मुच्यते स्तेनो द्रव्यलोभान्नरर्षभ ॥ २.५.१०९ ॥
O best of men, is a wicked thief, seized by those who know such thefts and seen with proof, not released out of greed for wealth?
2.5.110
उत्पन्नानकच्चिदाढ्यस्य दरिद्रस्य च भारत ।
अर्थान्न मिथ्या पश्यन्ति तवामात्या हृता धनैः ॥ २.५.११० ॥
O Bhārata, do your ministers, seized by wealth, not see the matters that arise between the rich and the poor falsely?
2.5.111
नास्तिक्यमनृतं क्रोधं प्रमादं दीर्घसूत्रताम् ।
अदर्शनं ज्ञानवतामालस्यं पञ्चवृत्तिताम्।
एकचिन्तनमर्थानामनर्थज्ञैश्च चिन्तनम् ॥ २.५.१११ ॥
Disbelief, untruth, anger, carelessness, procrastination, not seeking out the learned, laziness, indulgence in the five senses, one-sided thinking about advantages, and deliberating with those who know no good.
2.5.112
निश्चितानामनारम्भं मन्त्रस्यापरिरक्षणम् ।
मङ्गलाद्यप्रयोगं च प्रत्युत्थानं च सर्वतः ॥ २.५.११२ ॥
Failing to begin what has been decided, failing to guard counsel, failing to perform auspicious rites and the like, and rebellion rising on every side.
2.5.113
कच्चित्त्वं वर्जयस्येतान्राजदोषांश्चतुर्दश ।
प्रायशोयैर्विनश्यन्ति कृतमूलापि पार्थिवः ॥ २.५.११३ ॥
Do you avoid these fourteen faults of kings, by which even a king with firmly rooted power is mostly destroyed?
2.5.114
कच्चित्ते सफला वेदाः कच्चित्ते सफळं धनम् ।
कच्चित्ते सफला दाराः कच्चित्ते सफलं श्रुतम् ॥ २.५.११४ ॥
Are your Vedas fruitful? Is your wealth fruitful? Are your wives fruitful? Is what you have heard fruitful?
2.5.115
कथं वै सफला वेदाः कथं वै सफलं धनम् ।
कथं वै सफला दाराः कथं वै सफलं श्रुतम् ॥ २.५.११५ ॥
How do the Vedas bear fruit? How does wealth bear fruit? How do wives bear fruit? How does learning bear fruit?
2.5.116
अग्निहोत्रफला वेदा दत्तभुक्तफलं धनम् ।
रतिपुत्रफला दाराः शीलवृत्तफलं श्रुतम् ॥ २.५.११६ ॥
The Vedas bear fruit in the fire-offering; wealth bears fruit in giving and enjoying; wives bear fruit in pleasure and sons; learning bears fruit in good conduct and right living.
2.5.117
एतदाख्याय स मुनिर्नारदो वै महातपाः ।
पप्रच्छानन्तरमिदं धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ २.५.११७ ॥
Having declared this, the sage Nārada, of great austerity, next asked this of Yudhiṣṭhira, the righteous-souled one.
2.5.118
कच्चिदभ्यागता दूराद्वणिजो लाभकारणात् ।
यथोक्तमवहार्यन्ते शुल्कं शुल्कोपजीविभिः ॥ २.५.११८ ॥
Do those who live on tolls levy only the lawful toll on merchants who have come from afar for profit?
2.5.119
कच्चित्ते पुरुषा राजन्पुरे राष्ट्रे च मानिताः ।
उपानयन्ति पण्यानि उपाधाभिरवञ्चिताः ॥ २.५.११९ ॥
O king, do your honoured men in the city and the realm bring their goods, unharmed by deceit?
2.5.120
कच्चिच्छृणोषि वृद्धानां धर्मार्थसहिता गिरः ।
नित्यमर्थविदां तात यथाधर्मार्थदर्शिनाम् ॥ २.५.१२० ॥
Dear one, do you constantly listen to the words of the elders, joined with dharma and profit, of those who know what is meant and rightly see dharma and profit?
2.5.121
कच्चित्ते कृषितन्त्रेषु गोषु पुष्पफलेषु च ।
धर्मार्थं च द्विजातिभ्यो दीयेते मधुसर्पिषी ॥ २.५.१२१ ॥
Do you have honey and clarified butter given, for the sake of dharma, to the twice-born, from the agricultural enterprises, the cattle, and the flowers and fruits?
2.5.122
द्रव्योपकरणं किञ्चित्सर्वदा सर्वशिल्पिनाम् ।
चातुर्मास्यावरं सम्यङ्नियतं सम्प्रयच्छसि ॥ २.५.१२२ ॥
Do you always, even during the four months of the rainy season, regularly and properly provide all craftsmen with at least some materials and implements?
2.5.123
कच्चित्कृतं विजानीषे कर्तारं च प्रशंससि ।
सतां मध्ये महाराज सत्करोषि च पूजयन् ॥ २.५.१२३ ॥
Do you recognize a deed that has been done and praise its doer? O great king, do you honor him among the good, paying him reverence?
2.5.124
कच्चित्सूत्राणि सर्वाणि गृह्णासि भरतर्षभ ।
हस्तिसूत्राश्वसूत्राणि रथसूत्राणि वा विभो ॥ २.५.१२४ ॥
Do you take up all the treatises, O bull of the Bharatas — the elephant, horse, or chariot treatises, O mighty one?
2.5.125
कच्चिदभ्यस्यते सम्यग्गृहे ते भरतर्षभ ।
धनुर्वेदस्य सूत्रं वै यन्त्रसूत्रं च नागरम् ॥ २.५.१२५ ॥
Is the treatise on the science of the bow, and the treatise on urban machines, properly studied in your house, O bull of the Bharatas?
2.5.126
कच्चिदस्त्राणि सर्वाणि ब्रह्मदण्डश्च तेऽनघ ।
विषयोगास्तथा सर्वे विदिताः शत्रुनाशनाः ॥ २.५.१२६ ॥
Do you know all the weapons and the rod of Brahman, O sinless one? And likewise, are all the poison applications that destroy enemies known to you?
2.5.127
कच्चिदग्निभयाच्चैव सर्वं व्यालभयात्तथा ।
रोगरक्षोभयाच्चैव राष्ट्रं स्वं परिरक्षशि ॥ २.५.१२७ ॥
Do you protect your realm well from fear of fire, from fear of all predatory beasts, and likewise from fear of disease and demons?
2.5.128
कच्चिदन्धांश्च मूकांश्च पङ्गून्व्यङ्गानबान्धवान् ।
पितेव पासि धर्मज्ञ तथा प्रव्रजितानपि ॥ २.५.१२८ ॥
O knower of dharma, do you protect the blind, the mute, the lame, the deformed, those without kin, and likewise the renunciants, as a father would?
2.5.129
षडवर्था महाराज कच्चित्ते पृष्ठतः कृताः ।
निद्राऽऽलस्यं भयं क्रोधो मार्दवं दीर्घसूत्रता ॥ २.५.१२९ ॥
O great king, have you placed the six matters behind you: sleep, laziness, fear, anger, softness, and procrastination?
2.5.130
ततः कुरूणामृषभो महात्मा ।
श्रुत्वा गिरो ब्राह्मणसत्तमस्य।
प्रणम्य पादावभिवाद्य तुष्टो ।
राजाऽब्रवीन्नारदं देवरूपम् ॥ २.५.१३० ॥
Then the king, the great-souled bull of the Kurus, heard the words of the best of brahmins, bowed at his feet, greeted him with respect, and, pleased, spoke to Nārada of divine form.
2.5.131
एवं करिष्यामि यथा त्वयोक्तं ।
प्रज्ञा हि मे भूय एवाभिवृद्धा।
उक्त्वा तथा चैव चकार राजा ।
लेभे महीं सागरमेखलां च ॥ २.५.१३१ ॥
"I shall do as you have said; my wisdom has indeed grown even greater." Having said this, the king did so, and obtained the earth girdled by the ocean.
2.5.132
एवं यो वर्तते राजा चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षणे ।
स विहृत्येह सुसुखी शुक्रस्यैति सलोकताम् ॥ २.५.१३२ ॥
The king who conducts himself thus in protecting the four social orders, having lived here in great happiness, attains the very world of Śukra.