Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.260
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3.260.1
वने निवसतां तेषां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ।
वर्षाण्येकादशातीयुः कृच्छ्रेण भरतर्षभ ॥ ३.२६०.१ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, eleven years passed with hardship for those great-souled Pāṇḍavas who dwelt in the forest.
3.260.2
फलमूलाशनास्ते हि सुखार्हा दुःखमुत्तमम् ।
प्राप्तकालमनुध्यान्तः सेहिरे वरपूरुषाः ॥ ३.२६०.२ ॥
Those excellent men, who were worthy of happiness, living on fruits and roots, endured the supreme sorrow, reflecting upon it when the time came.
3.260.3
युधिष्ठिरस्तु राजर्षिरात्मकर्मापराधजम् ।
चिन्तयन्स महाबाहुर्भ्रातॄणां दुःखमुत्तमम् ॥ ३.२६०.३ ॥
But King Yudhiṣṭhira, the royal sage, the mighty-armed one, kept pondering the supreme sorrow of his brothers, which arose from the wrong of his own deeds.
3.260.4
न सुष्वाप सुखं राजा हृदि शल्यैरिवार्पितैः ।
दौरात्म्यमनुपश्यंस्तत्काले द्यूतोद्भवस्य हि ॥ ३.२६०.४ ॥
The king did not sleep peacefully, as if thorns were lodged in his heart; for at that time he kept seeing the wickedness that had arisen from the dice game.
3.260.5
संस्मरन्परुषा वाचः सूतपुत्रस्य पाण्डवः ।
निःश्वासपरमो दीनो दध्रे कोपविषं महत् ॥ ३.२६०.५ ॥
Recalling the harsh words of the charioteer's son, the Pāṇḍava, sighing deeply and downcast, held within himself the great poison of anger.
3.260.6
अर्जुनोयमजौ चोभौ द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ।
स च भीमो महातेजाः सर्वेषामुत्तमो बले ॥ ३.२६०.६ ॥
Arjuna, the two sons of Yama, the famed Draupadī, and Bhīma of great splendor, who was the best of all in strength.
3.260.7
चिरस्य जातं धर्मज्ञं सासूयमिव ते तदा ।
युधिष्ठिरमुदीक्षन्तः सेहुर्दुखमनुत्तमम् ॥ ३.२६०.७ ॥
Gazing at Yudhiṣṭhira, the knower of dharma, born after a long time, as if with envy, they then endured the supreme sorrow.
3.260.8
अवशिष्टं त्वल्पकालं मन्वानाः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
वपुरन्यदिवाकार्पुरुत्साहामर्षचेष्टितैः ॥ ३.२६०.८ ॥
Thinking that little time remained, those bulls among men, by their actions of great energy and anger, became as if in another body.
3.260.9
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः ।
आजगाम महायोगी पाण्डवानवलोककः ॥ ३.२६०.९ ॥
After some time, Vyāsa, son of Satyavatī, the great yogin, came to observe the Pāṇḍavas.
3.260.10
तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्यकुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
प्रत्युद्गम्य महात्मानं प्रत्यगृह्णाद्यथाविधि ॥ ३.२६०.१० ॥
Seeing him arrive, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, went forth to meet the great-souled one and received him according to rule.
3.260.11
तमासीनमुपासीनः शुश्रूषुर्नियतेन्द्रियः ।
तोषयामास शौचेन व्यासं पाण्डवनन्दनः ॥ ३.२६०.११ ॥
Seated beside him, serving him with controlled senses, the joy of the Pāṇḍavas pleased Vyāsa with purity.
3.260.12
तानवेक्ष्यकृशान्पौत्रान्वने वन्येन जीवतः ।
महर्षिरनुकम्पार्थमब्रवीद्बाष्पगद्गदम् ॥ ३.२६०.१२ ॥
Seeing his grandsons emaciated, living in the forest on forest fare, the great sage out of compassion spoke with a voice choked with tears.
3.260.13
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो शृणु धर्मभृतांवर ।
नातप्ततपसो लोके प्राप्नुवन्ति महत्सुखम्।
सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणोपसेवते ॥ ३.२६०.१३ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, mighty-armed, best of those who uphold dharma, listen. Those who have not undergone austerity do not obtain great happiness in the world. A person experiences pleasure and pain in turn.
3.260.14
नात्यन्तमसुखं कश्चित्प्राप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ ।
प्रज्ञावांस्त्वेव पुरुषः संयुक्तः परया धिया ॥ ३.२६०.१४ ॥
O best of men, no one obtains utter unhappiness. Yet a person endowed with wisdom is joined to supreme understanding.
3.260.15
उदयास्तमयज्ञो हि न हृष्यति न शोचति ।
सुखमापतितं विन्दन्दुःखमापतितं सहन् ॥ ३.२६०.१५ ॥
He who knows rising and setting neither rejoices nor grieves; obtaining the pleasure that comes, and enduring the pain that comes, he stands firm.
3.260.16
कालप्राप्तमुपासीत सस्यानामिव कर्षकः ।
तपसो हि परं नास्ति तपसा विन्दते महत् ॥ ३.२६०.१६ ॥
As a farmer waits for the crops in their season, so one should attend to what comes in its time. There is nothing higher than austerity; through austerity one obtains something great.
3.260.17
नासाध्यं तपसः किंचिदिति बुध्यस् भारत ।
सत्यमार्जवमक्रोधः संविभागो दमः शमः ॥ ३.२६०.१७ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, understand that nothing is unattainable for austerity. Truthfulness, straightforwardness, freedom from anger, sharing, self-restraint and tranquillity—these are the means.
3.260.18
अनसूयाऽविहिंसा च शौचमिन्द्रियसंयमः ।
साधनानि महाराज नराणां पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥ ३.२६०.१८ ॥
Freedom from envy, non-violence, purity, and restraint of the senses—these are the means, O great king, for men who perform meritorious deeds.
3.260.19
अधर्मरुचयो मूढास्तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाः ।
कृच्छ्रां योनिमनुप्राप्ता न सुखं विन्दते अनाः ॥ ३.२६०.१९ ॥
Those who delight in unrighteousness, the deluded, intent on the path of lower births, having obtained a painful womb, find no happiness.
3.260.20
इह यत्क्रियते कर्म तत्परत्रोपभुज्यते ।
मूलसिक्तस्य वृक्षस्य फलं शाखासु दृश्यते।
तस्माच्छरीरं युञ्जीत तपसा नियमेन च ॥ ३.२६०.२० ॥
The deed done here is enjoyed in the next world; as the fruit of a tree watered at its root is seen in its branches, so one should therefore bring the body under discipline through austerity and restraint.
3.260.21
यथाशक्ति प्रयच्छेत संपूज्याभिप्रणम्य च ।
काले प्राप्ते च हृष्टात्मा राजन्विगतमत्सरः ॥ ३.२६०.२१ ॥
O king, one should give according to one's ability, having honoured and bowed respectfully; when the proper time has come, with a joyful heart and free from envy.
3.260.22
सत्यवादी लभेतायुरनायासमथार्जवम् ।
अक्रोधनोऽनसूयश्च निर्वृतिं लभते पराम् ॥ ३.२६०.२२ ॥
The truth-speaker obtains long life and effortless uprightness; the one free from anger and malice obtains supreme tranquillity.
3.260.23
दान्तः शमपरः शश्वत्परिक्लेशं न विन्दति ।
न च तप्यति दान्तात्मा दृष्ट्वा परगतां श्रियम् ॥ ३.२६०.२३ ॥
The self-controlled one, ever devoted to calm, does not find great suffering; and the one whose self is restrained does not grieve on seeing prosperity gone to another.
3.260.24
संविभक्ता च दाता च भोगवान्सुखवान्नरः ।
भवत्यहिंसकश्चैव परमारोग्यमश्नुते ॥ ३.२६०.२४ ॥
The man who shares and gives becomes possessed of enjoyments and happiness; and becoming non-violent, he attains supreme health.
3.260.25
मान्यं मानयिता जन्म कुले महति विन्दति ।
विन्दते सुखमत्यर्थमिह लोके परत्र च।
व्यसनैर्न तुसंयोगं प्राप्नोति विजितेन्द्रियः ॥ ३.२६०.२५ ॥
One who honors the worthy obtains birth in a great family and attains great happiness both in this world and the next. The one who has conquered his senses does not meet with calamities.
3.260.26
शुभानुशयबुद्धिर्हि संयुक्तः कालधर्मणा ।
प्रादुर्भवति तद्योगात्कल्याणमतिरेव सः ॥ ३.२६०.२६ ॥
Indeed, one whose mind is inclined toward good dispositions arises joined with the law of time, and through that union he becomes truly one of auspicious mind.
3.260.27
भगवन्दानधर्माणआं तपसो वा महामुने ।
किंस्विद्बहुगुणं प्रेत्य किं वा दुष्करमुच्यते ॥ ३.२६०.२७ ॥
O venerable one, great sage! Of the duties of giving and of asceticism, which yields many merits in the next world? Or which is said to be difficult?
3.260.28
दानान्न दुष्करं तात पृथिव्यामस्ति किंचन ।
अर्थे च महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते ॥ ३.२६०.२८ ॥
Dear one, on earth there is nothing more difficult than giving. There is great craving for wealth, and that too is obtained only with difficulty.
3.260.29
राजन्प्रत्यक्षमेवैतद्दृश्यते लोकसाक्षिकम् ।
परित्यज्य प्रियान्प्राणान्प्रविशन्ति रणाजिरम्।
तथैव प्रतिपद्यन्ते समुद्रमटवीं तथा ॥ ३.२६०.२९ ॥
O king, this is plainly seen, witnessed by the world: abandoning their dear lives, people enter the battlefield. In the same way they undertake the ocean and the wilderness.
3.260.30
कृषिगोरक्ष्यमित्येके प्रतिपद्यन्ति मानवाः ।
पुरुषाः प्रेष्यतामेके निर्गच्छन्ति धनार्थिनः ॥ ३.२६०.३० ॥
Some people take up farming and cattle-keeping; some men take up the state of servants; and those seeking wealth set out from home.
3.260.31
तस्माद्दुःखार्जितस्यैव परित्यागः सुदुष्करः ।
सुदुष्करतरं दानं तस्माद्दानं मतं मम ॥ ३.२६०.३१ ॥
Therefore, giving up wealth earned through hardship is exceedingly difficult; giving is even more difficult, and so in my view giving is the highest.
3.260.32
विसेषस्त्वत्र विज्ञेयो न्यायेनोपार्जितं धनम् ।
पात्रे काले च देशे च प्रयतः प्रतिपादयेत् ॥ ३.२६०.३२ ॥
Here a distinction should be understood: wealth acquired by right means should be given carefully, to a worthy recipient, at the proper time and in the proper place.
3.260.33
अन्यायात्समुपात्तेन दानधर्मौ धनन यः ।
कुरुते न स कर्तारं त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥ ३.२६०.३३ ॥
He who performs the duty of giving with wealth obtained through unrighteousness does not protect the doer from great fear.
3.260.34
पात्रे दानं स्वल्पमपि काले दत्तं युधिष्ठिर ।
मनसा हि विशुद्धेन प्रेत्यानन्तफलं स्मृतम् ॥ ३.२६०.३४ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, a gift, even a small one, given to a worthy recipient at the proper time with a pure mind, is remembered as yielding endless fruit after death.
3.260.35
श्रद्धा धर्मानुगा देवी पावनी विश्वधारिणी ।
सवित्री प्रसवित्री च संसारार्णवतारिणी ॥ ३.२६०.३५ ॥
Faith, which follows dharma, is divine, purifying, the sustainer of the world, the creator and the bearer forth, and the one who carries across the ocean of saṃsāra.
3.260.36
श्रद्धया धार्यते धर्मो महद्भिर्नार्थदर्शिभिः ।
सधना अपिराजानो निःश्रद्धा नरकं गताः ॥ ३.२६०.३६ ॥
Dharma is upheld by faith, by great men who do not look only to wealth; even wealthy kings who lack faith have gone to hell.
3.260.37
निष्किंचनाश्च मुनयः श्रद्धावन्तो दिवं गताः ।
देशे काले च पात्रे च मुद्गलः श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः।
व्रीहिद्रोणं प्रदायाथ परं पदमवाप्तवान् ॥ ३.२६०.३७ ॥
Even sages who owned nothing went to heaven through faith. Mudgala, endowed with faith in the right place, time and to a worthy recipient, gave a drona of rice and attained the supreme state.
3.260.38
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमतिहासं पुरातनम् ।
व्रीहिद्रोणपरित्यागाद्यत्फलं प्राप मुद्गलः ॥ ३.२६०.३८ ॥
Here too they cite this ancient story of the fruit that Mudgala obtained by giving up a drona of rice.