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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 221

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 221

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 221

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 221 of the classical Mahābhārata with 95 verses.

Total: 95 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.221.1–95 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 4 (Verses 30 shown)
सुसंमृष्टगृहाश्चासञ्जितस्त्रीका हुताग्नयः । गुरुशुश्रूषवो दान्ता ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ॥
English Translation
Formerly the Danavas used to keep their houses clean, to keep their women in control, to pour libations on the sacrificial fire, to wait dutifully on their preceptors, to control their passions, to be obedient to the Brahmanas, and to be truthful in speech.
श्रद्दधाना जितक्रोधा दानशीलानसूयकाः । भृतपुत्रा भृतामात्या भृतदारा ह्यनीर्षवः ॥
English Translation
They were full of faith; they kept their anger under control; they practised the virtue of charity; they never envied others; they used to maintain their friends and advisers, and their wives they were never jealous.
अमर्षणा न चान्योन्यं स्पृहयन्ति कदाचन । न च जातूपतप्यन्ते धीराः परसमृद्धिभिः ॥
English Translation
Formerly they never attacked one another, filled with anger. They were all contented and never felt pain on seeing other people's affluence and prosperity,
दातारः संगृहीतार आर्याः करुणवेदिनः । महाप्रसादा ऋजवो दृढभक्ता जितेन्द्रियाः ॥
English Translation
They were all charitable and economical of respectable conduct; and endued with mercy. They were full of mercy, endued with simplicity of conduct, steadfast in faith, and had their passions under complete control. smear
संतुष्टभृत्यसचिवाः कृतज्ञाः प्रियवादिनः । यथार्थमानार्थकरा ह्रीनिषेधा यतव्रताः ॥
English Translation
They used to keep their servants and counsellors contented, and were grateful and sweet-speeched. They used to serve every one according to his position and honour. They had shame. They were of rigid vows.
नित्यं पर्वसु सुस्नाताः स्वनुलिप्ताः स्वलंकृताः । उपवासतपःशीलाः प्रतीता ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥
English Translation
They used to perform their ablutions on every sacred day. They used to themselves properly with perfumes and sacred unguents. They used to adorn their persons duly. They used to observe fasts and penances, were trustful, and utterers of Vedic hymns.
नैनानभ्युदियात्सूर्यो न चाप्यासन्प्रगेनिशाः । रात्रौ दधि च सक्तूंश्च नित्यमेव व्यवर्जयन् ॥
English Translation
The Sun never rose while they lay asleep. They never slept when the Moon went away. They always abstained from curds and pounded barley.
काल्यं घृतं चान्ववेक्षन्प्रयता ब्रह्मचारिणः । मङ्गलानपि चापश्यन्ब्राह्मणांश्चाप्यपूजयन् ॥
English Translation
They used every morning to look at clarified butter and other auspicious articles and with senses controlled they used to recite the Vedas and adore Brahmanas with gifts.
सदा हि ददतां धर्मः सदा चाप्रतिगृह्णताम् । अर्धं च रात्र्याः स्वपतां दिवा चास्वपतां तथा ॥
English Translation
Their topic was always virtuous, and they never accepted gifts. They always went to sleep al midnight and never slept during the day.
कृपणानाथवृद्धानां दुर्बलातुरयोषिताम् । दायं च संविभागं च नित्यमेवानुमोदताम् ॥
English Translation
They always used to take pleasure in showing mercy for the distressed, the helpless, the aged, the weak, the sick, and women, and enjoyed all their properties by sharing these with them.
विषण्णं त्रस्तमुद्विग्नं भयार्तं व्याधिपीडितम् । हृतस्वं व्यसनार्तं च नित्यमाश्वासयन्ति ते ॥
English Translation
They always used to assure and cheer up the agitated, the cheerless, the anxious, the terrified, the diseased, the emaciated, the ; robbed, and the afflicted.
धर्ममेवान्ववर्तन्त न हिंसन्ति परस्परम् । अनुकूलाश्च कार्येषु गुरुवृद्धोपसेविनः ॥
English Translation
They followed virtue and never injured one another. They were ready and well-disposed for every kind of action. They lised to serve and wait reverentially upon elders and aged individuals.
पितृदेवातिथींश्चैव यथावत्तेऽभ्यपूजयन् । अवशेषाणि चाश्नन्ति नित्यं सत्यतपोरताः ॥
English Translation
They duly adored Pitris, gods and guests, and ate every day what was left after pleasing these. They were firmly devoted to truth and penances.
नैकेऽश्नन्ति सुसंपन्नं न गच्छन्ति परस्त्रियम् । सर्वभूतेष्ववर्तन्त यथात्मनि दयां प्रति ॥
English Translation
None amongst them ate singly any food that was good, and none had known other people's wives. They treated all creatures as to their own selves.
नैवाकाशे न पशुषु नायोनौ न च पर्वसु । इन्द्रियस्य विसर्गं तेऽरोचयन्त कदाचन ॥
English Translation
They never allowed the emission of the seminal fluid into empty space, into inferior animals, into forbidden wombs, or on sacred days.
नित्यं दानं तथा दाक्ष्यमार्जवं चैव नित्यदा । उत्साहश्चानहंकारः परमं सौहृदं क्षमा ॥
English Translation
They were always famous for gifts, for cleverness, for simplicity, for hopeful exertion, for humility, for friendliness, for forgiveness.
सत्यं दानं तपः शौचं कारुण्यं वागनिष्ठुरा । मित्रेषु चानभिद्रोहः सर्वं तेष्वभवत्प्रभो ॥
English Translation
And, O powerful one, truth, charity, penance, purity, inercy, sweet speeches, and absence of animosity towards friends, all these always lived in them.
निद्रा तन्द्रीरसंप्रीतिरसूया चानवेक्षिता । अरतिश्च विषादश्च न स्पृहा चाविशन्त तान् ॥
English Translation
Sleep, idleness, fruitfulness, envy, want of foresight, discontent, melancholy, cupidity, never attacked them.
साहमेवंगुणेष्वेव दानवेष्ववसं पुरा । प्रजासर्गमुपादाय नैकं युगविपर्ययम् ॥
English Translation
On account of the Danavas being famous for these good qualities, I lived with them from the beginning of the creation for many cycles.
ततः कालविपर्यासे तेषां गुणविपर्ययात् । अपश्यं विगतं धर्मं कामक्रोधवशात्मनाम् ॥
English Translation
Times were changed, and that change brought about an alteration in the character of the Danavas. I saw that virtue and morality left them and that they began to give way to lust and anger.
सभासदां ते वृद्धानां सत्याः कथयतां कथाः । प्राहसन्नभ्यसूयंश्च सर्ववृद्धान्गुणावराः ॥
English Translation
Persons of inferior attainments, began to cherish animosities towards elders possessed of superior qualifications, and while the latter, endued with virtue and merit, used to discourse on proper topics in the midst of assemblies, the former began to ridicule or laugh at them.
यूनः सहसमासीनान्वृद्धानभिगतान्सतः । नाभ्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां यथापूर्वमपूजयन् ॥
English Translation
When reverend elders came, the younger individuals, scated at their ease, refused to worship the former by rising up and saluting them respectfully.
वर्तयन्त्येव पितरि पुत्राः प्रभवताऽऽत्मनः । अमित्रभृत्यतां प्राप्य ख्यापयन्तोऽनपत्रपाः ॥
English Translation
In the presence of fathers, sons began to exercise power. Not receiving wages persons accepted service and shamelessly proclaimed the fact.
तथा धर्मादपेतेन कर्मणा गर्हितेन ये । महतः प्राप्नुवन्त्यर्थांस्तेष्वेषामभवत्स्पृहा ॥
English Translation
Those amongst them who could amassing great wealth by doing unrighteous and censurable deeds came to be respected.
उच्चैश्चाप्यवदन्रात्रौ नीचैस्तत्राग्निरज्वलत् । पुत्राः पितॄनभ्यवदन्भार्याश्चाभ्यवदन्पतीन् ॥
English Translation
During the night they began to cry aloud, Their homa fires ceased to send up bright flames. Sons began to govern their fathers and wives lorded over husbands.
मातरं पितरं वृद्धमाचार्यमतिथिं गुरुम् । गुरुवन्नाभ्यनन्दन्त कुमारान्नान्वपालयन् ॥
English Translation
Mothers, fathers, aged seniors, preceptors, guests and guides ceased to get respect for their exalted position. People ceased to rear with love their own offspring but began to leave them.
भिक्षां बलिमदत्त्वा च स्वयमन्नानि भुञ्जते । अनिष्ट्वा संविभज्याथ पितृदेवातिथीन्गुरून् ॥
English Translation
Without distributing the fixed portion in alms and reserving the fixed portion for offering it to the gods, every one ate what he had. Indeed, without offering their articles to the gods, in sacrifices and without sharing them with the Pitris, the gods, guests, and reverend elders they appropriated them to their own use shamelessly.
न शौचमनुरुध्यन्त तेषां सूदजनास्तथा । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा भक्तमासीदनावृतम् ॥
English Translation
Their cooks no longer cherished any consideration for purity of mind, deed, and word. They ate what had been left uncovered.
विप्रकीर्णानि धान्यानि काकमूषकभोजनम् । अपावृतं पयोऽतिष्ठदुच्छिष्टाश्चास्पृशन्घृतम् ॥
English Translation
Their corn lay scattered in yards, being deviated by crows and rats. Their milk remained in an open place and they began to touch clarified butter with hands unwashed after eating.
कुद्दालपाटीपिटकं प्रकीर्णं कांस्यभाजनम् । द्रव्योपकरणं सर्वं नान्ववैक्षत्कुटुम्बिनी ॥
English Translation
Their spades, domestic knives, baskets and dishes and cups of white brass, and other utensils lay scattered in their houses.
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