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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 286

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 286

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 286

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 286 of the classical Mahābhārata with 42 verses.

Total: 42 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.286.1–42 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 12 shown)
अधीत्य वेदांस्तपसा ब्रह्मचारी; यज्ञाञ्शक्त्या संनिसृज्येह पञ्च । वनं गच्छेत्पुरुषो धर्मकामः; श्रेयश्चित्वा स्थापयित्वा स्ववंशम् ॥
English Translation
The man desirous of acquiring merit should at first study the Vedas and practise penances, becoming a Brahimacharin. He should next, becoming a householder, perform the usual Sacrifices. Establishing his race, he should then enter the forest, controlling his senses, and desirous of acquiring Liberation.
उपभोगैरपि त्यक्तं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । चण्डालत्वेऽपि मानुष्यं सर्वथा तात दुर्लभम् ॥
English Translation
One should never emaciate himself by abstaining from every enjoyment. Of all births, that of a human being is preferable even if one has to become a Chandala.
इयं हि योनिः प्रथमा यां प्राप्य जगतीपते । आत्मा वै शक्यते त्रातुं कर्मभिः शुभलक्षणैः ॥
English Translation
Indeed, O king, that order of birth (viz., humanity) is the foremost, since by becoming a human being one succeeds in rescuing his self by meritorious acts.
कथं न विप्रणश्येम योनितोऽस्या इति प्रभो । कुर्वन्ति धर्मं मनुजाः श्रुतिप्रामाण्यदर्शनात् ॥
English Translation
Men always perform righteous acts, O lord, guided by the authority of the Shrutis, so that they may not deviate from the status of humanity.
यो दुर्लभतरं प्राप्य मानुष्यमिह वै नरः । धर्मावमन्ता कामात्मा भवेत्स खलु वञ्च्यते ॥
English Translation
That man who, having been born as a man that is so difficult of attainment, indulges in malice, disregards righteousness and gives way :o desire, is certainly betrayed by his desires.
यस्तु प्रीतिपुरोगेण चक्षुषा तात पश्यति । दीपोपमानि भूतानि यावदर्चिर्न नश्यति ॥
English Translation
That man who regards all creatures impartially guided by affection, considering them worthy of being cherished with loving, aid, who disregards all sorts of wealth, who offers them consolation, gives them food, addresses them in sweet words, and who rejoices in their happiness and grieves in their sorrows, has never to suffer misery in the next world.
सान्त्वेनानुप्रदानेन प्रियवादेन चाप्युत । समदुःखसुखो भूत्वा स परत्र महीयते ॥
English Translation
That man who regards all creatures impartially guided by affection, considering them worthy of being cherished with loving, aid, who disregards all sorts of wealth, who offers them consolation, gives them food, addresses them in sweet words, and who rejoices in their happiness and grieves in their sorrows, has never to suffer misery in the next world.
दानं त्यागः शोभना मूर्तिरद्भ्यो; भूयः प्लाव्यं तपसा वै शरीरम् । सरस्वतीनैमिषपुष्करेषु; ये चाप्यन्ये पुण्यदेशाः पृथिव्याम् ॥
English Translation
Repairing to the Sarasvati, the Naimisha forest, the Pushkara lake, and the other sacred spots on Earth, one should make gifts, practise renunciation, render his aspect amiable, O king, and purify his body with baths and penances.
गृहेषु येषामसवः पतन्ति; तेषामथो निर्हरणं प्रशस्तम् । यानेन वै प्रापणं च श्मशाने; शौचेन नूनं विधिना चैव दाहः ॥
English Translation
Those men who meet with death within their houses should have their bodies cremated. Their bodies bodies should should be be taken to the crematorium on cars and there they should be burnt according to the rites of purification that have been laid down in the scriptures,
इष्टिः पुष्टिर्यजनं याजनं च; दानं पुण्यानां कर्मणां च प्रयोगः । शक्त्या पित्र्यं यच्च किंचित्प्रशस्तं; सर्वाण्यात्मार्थे मानवो यः करोति ॥
English Translation
Religious rites, beneficial ceremonies, the performance of sacrifices, officiation at the sacrifices of others, gifts, the doing of other meritorious deeds, the performance according to the best of his power, of all that has been ordained in in the case of his deceased ancestors,-all these one does for benefiting his own self.
धर्मशास्त्राणि वेदाश्च षडङ्गानि नराधिप । श्रेयसोऽर्थे विधीयन्ते नरस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः ॥
English Translation
O king! All the scriptures of righteousness and the Vedas with six angas proceed for the welfare of sinless one.
एतद्वै सर्वमाख्यातं मुनिना सुमहात्मना । विदेहराजाय पुरा श्रेयसोऽर्थे नराधिप ॥
English Translation
Bhishma continued All this was said by that great sage to the king of the Videhas, O king, in days of yore for his well-being.
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