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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 126

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 126

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 126

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 126 of the classical Mahābhārata with 53 verses.

Total: 53 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.126.1–53 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 23 shown)
स हि तेन पुरा विप्रो राज्ञा नात्यर्थमानितः । आशाकृशं च राजेन्द्र तपो दीर्घं समास्थितः ॥
प्रतिग्रहमहं राज्ञां न करिष्ये कथंचन । अन्येषां चैव वर्णानामिति कृत्वा धियं तदा ॥
आशा हि पुरुषं बालं लालापयति तस्थुषी । तामहं व्यपनेष्यामि इति कृत्वा व्यवस्थितः ॥
आशायाः किं कृशत्वं च किं चेह भुवि दुर्लभम् । ब्रवीतु भगवानेतत्त्वं हि धर्मार्थदर्शिवान् ॥
English Translation
What is the extent of the faintness of Hope? What on Earth is highly difficult to acquire? Tell me this, O holy one, for you are master of virtue and profit.
ततः संस्मृत्य तत्सर्वं स्मारयिष्यन्निवाब्रवीत् । राजानं भगवान्विप्रस्ततः कृशतनुस्तनुः ॥
English Translation
Rishabha said Remembering all the past incidents and calling them back to the recollection of the king also, that holy Brahmana of emaciated body said to the king.
कृशत्वे न समं राजन्नाशाया विद्यते नृप । तस्या वै दुर्लभत्वात्तु प्रार्थिताः पार्थिवा मया ॥
English Translation
The sage said-There is nothing, o king, which is so slender as Hope, I had requested many kings and found that there is nothing which is so The sage difficult of acquiring as an image presented by Hope before the mind!-
कृशाकृशे मया ब्रह्मन्गृहीते वचनात्तव । दुर्लभत्वं च तस्यैव वेदवाक्यमिव द्विज ॥
English Translation
The king said At your words, O Brahmana, I understand what is feeble and what is not so. I understand also now difficult it is to acquire the images placed by hope before the mind. I consider these words of yours as Shruti.
संशयस्तु महाप्राज्ञ संजातो हृदये मम । तन्मे सत्तम तत्त्वेन वक्तुमर्हसि पृच्छतः ॥
English Translation
O you of great wisdom, one doubt, however, is in my mind. You should, O sage, explain it fully to me.
त्वत्तः कृशतरं किं नु ब्रवीतु भगवानिदम् । यदि गुह्यं न ते विप्र लोकेऽस्मिन्किं नु दुर्लभम् ॥
English Translation
What is slenderer than your body? Tell me this, O holy one, if, however, O best of sages, the subject is one, which may fairly be dealt with.
दुर्लभोऽप्यथ वा नास्ति योऽर्थी धृतिमिवाप्नुयात् । सुदुर्लभतरस्तात योऽर्थिनं नावमन्यते ॥
English Translation
It highly difficult to find a contented applicant. Perhaps, there is none such in the world. Still rare, O sire, is the man who never disregards an applicant.
संश्रुत्य नोपक्रियते परं शक्त्या यथार्हतः । सक्ता या सर्वभूतेषु साशा कृशतरी मया ॥
English Translation
The hope in persons who do not, after making promises, do good to others, to the best of their abilities and according to the fitness of the applicant, is slenderer than even my body.
एकपुत्रः पिता पुत्रे नष्टे वा प्रोषिते तथा । प्रवृत्तिं यो न जानाति साशा कृशतरी मया ॥
English Translation
The hope entertained by a father who has only one son, of once more seeing him after he has been lost or missed, is slenderer than even my body.
प्रसवे चैव नारीणां वृद्धानां पुत्रकारिता । तथा नरेन्द्र धनिनामाशा कृशतरी मया ॥
English Translation
The hope that old women hold of giving birth to sons, O king, and which is cherished by rich men, is slenderer than even my body.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजन्स राजा सावरोधनः । संस्पृश्य पादौ शिरसा निपपात द्विजर्षभे ॥
English Translation
Hearing these words, O monarch, king Viradyumna, and the ladies of his household, laid themselves low before that foremost of Brahmanas and touched his feet with their bent heads.
प्रसादये त्वा भगवन्पुत्रेणेच्छामि संगतिम् । वृणीष्व च वरं विप्र यमिच्छसि यथाविधि ॥
अब्रवीच्च हि तं वाक्यं राजा राजीवलोचनः । सत्यमेतद्यथा विप्र त्वयोक्तं नास्त्यतो मृषा ॥
ततः प्रहस्य भगवांस्तनुर्धर्मभृतां वरः । पुत्रमस्यानयत्क्षिप्रं तपसा च श्रुतेन च ॥
तं समानाय्य पुत्रं तु तदोपालभ्य पार्थिवम् । आत्मानं दर्शयामास धर्मं धर्मभृतां वरः ॥
संदर्शयित्वा चात्मानं दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् । विपाप्मा विगतक्रोधश्चचार वनमन्तिकात् ॥
English Translation
Indeed, having shown his own wonderful and celestials form, he entered an adjacent forest, with heart shorn of anger and the desire of revenge.
एतद्दृष्टं मया राजंस्ततश्च वचनं श्रुतम् । आशामपनयस्वाशु ततः कृशतरीमिमाम् ॥
English Translation
I saw all this, O king, and heard the words I have said. Dispell your hope that is even slenderer than any of those which the sage pointed out.
स तत्रोक्तो महाराज ऋषभेण महात्मना । सुमित्रोऽपनयत्क्षिप्रमाशां कृशतरीं तदा ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said Thus addressed, O king, by the great Rishabha, king Sumitra quickly renounced the hope that was in his heart and which was slenderer than any of the various sorts of hope pointed out by the emaciated Rishi.
एवं त्वमपि कौन्तेय श्रुत्वा वाणीमिमां मम । स्थिरो भव यथा राजन्हिमवानचलोत्तमः ॥
English Translation
Do you also, O son of Kunti, hearing these words of mine, be calm and composed like Himavat.
त्वं हि द्रष्टा च श्रोता च कृच्छ्रेष्वर्थकृतेष्विह । श्रुत्वा मम महाराज न संतप्तुमिहार्हसि ॥
English Translation
Stricken with distress you have questioned me and heard my answer. Fiaving heard it, O monarch, you should remove these regrets of yours.
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