Special Call Prof. Jay L. Garfield Commemorative Volume · Submissions Open
Announcements Newsletters About Us Contact
Search
MBh
Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 309

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 309

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 309

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 309 of the classical Mahābhārata with 93 verses.

Total: 93 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.309.1–93 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 4 (Verses 30 shown)
यो लुब्धः सुभृशं प्रियानृतश्च मनुष्यः; सततनिकृतिवञ्चनारतिः स्यात् । उपनिधिभिरसुखकृत्स परमनिरयगो; भृशमसुखमनुभवति दुष्कृतकर्मा ॥
English Translation
That man who is sullied with cupidity, who is fond of falsehood, who always takes pleasure in deception and cheating, and who does injuries to others by practising hypocrisy and deception, has to go to deep hell and suffer great misery and afflictions for his acts of iniquity.
उष्णां वैतरणीं महानदी;मवगाढोऽसिपत्रवनभिन्नगात्रः । परशुवनशयो निपतितो; वसति च महानिरये भृशार्तः ॥
English Translation
Such a man is compelled to bathe in the broad river called Vaitarani whose waters are scalding, to enter into a forest of trees whose leaves are as sharp as swords, and then to lie down on a bed of axes. He has thus to pass his days in dreadful hell in great misery.
महापदानि कत्थसे न चाप्यवेक्षसे परम् । चिरस्य मृत्युकारिकामनागतां न बुध्यसे ॥
English Translation
You see only the regions of Brahman and other gods, but you cannot see what is the highest. Alas, you are ever blind also to what brings Death on its train.
प्रयास्यतां किमास्यते समुत्थितं महद्भयम् । अतिप्रमाथि दारुणं सुखस्य संविधीयताम् ॥
English Translation
Follow the path of Liberation. Why do you delay? A frightful terror, destructive of your happiness, is before you: Do you take prompt mcasures for acquiring Liberation.
पुरा मृतः प्रणीयसे यमस्य मृत्युशासनात् । तदन्तिकाय दारुणैः प्रयत्नमार्जवे कुरु ॥
English Translation
Soon after death you are sure to be taken before Yama at his behest. For acquiring happiness in the next world, try to acquire virtue by the practice of difficult and austere vows.
पुरा समूलबान्धवं प्रभुर्हरत्यदुःखवित् । तवेह जीवितं यमो न चास्ति तस्य वारकः ॥
English Translation
The powerful Yama does not care for the sufferings of others, very soon takes the lives of all persons, that is, of yourself and your friends. there is none capable of resisting him.
पुरा विवाति मारुतो यमस्य यः पुरःसरः । पुरैक एव नीयसे कुरुष्व सांपरायिकम् ॥
English Translation
Very soon the wind of Yama will blow before you. Very soon will you be taken alone to that fearful presence. Do you then achieve what will be for your behoof there.
पुरा सहिक्क एव ते प्रवाति मारुतोऽन्तकः । पुरा च विभ्रमन्ति ते दिशो महाभयागमे ॥
English Translation
Where now is that Death-wind which will blow before you very soon? Very soon will the points of the horizon, when that time arrives, begin to whirl before your eyes.
स्मृतिश्च संनिरुध्यते पुरा तवेह पुत्रक । समाकुलस्य गच्छतः समाधिमुत्तमं कुरु ॥
English Translation
O son, soon will your Vedas disappear from you as you go helplessly into that dread presence. Do you, therefore, think of Yoga abstraction which is endued with great excellence.
कृताकृते शुभाशुभे प्रमादकर्मविप्लुते । स्मरन्पुरा न तप्यसे निधत्स्व केवलं निधिम् ॥
English Translation
Do you try to attain that one only treasure so that you may not have to grieve at the recollection of your pristine deeds good and bad all of which are marked by mistake.
पुरा जरा कलेवरं विजर्जरीकरोति ते । बलाङ्गरूपहारिणी निधत्स्व केवलं निधिम् ॥
English Translation
Decrepitude very soon weakens your body and robs you of your strength and limbs and beauty. Do you, therefore, seek that one only treasure.
पुरा शरीरमन्तको भिनत्ति रोगसायकैः । प्रसह्य जीवितक्षये तपो महत्समाचर ॥
English Translation
Very soon the Destroyer, having Disease as his charioteer, will with a strong hand, for taking your life, pierce and break your body. Do you, therefore, practise austere penances.
पुरा वृका भयंकरा मनुष्यदेहगोचराः । अभिद्रवन्ति सर्वतो यतस्व पुण्यशीलने ॥
English Translation
Very soon will those terrible wolves that live within your body, attack from all sides. Do you try, therefore, to achieve acts acts of righteousness.
पुरान्धकारमेककोऽनुपश्यसि त्वरस्व वै । पुरा हिरण्मयान्नगान्निरीक्षसेऽद्रिमूर्धनि ॥
English Translation
Very soon will you, all alone, see a thick darkness, and very soon will you see golden trees on the top of the hill. Do you, therefore, hurry to achieve acts of righteousness.
पुरा कुसंगतानि ते सुहृन्मुखाश्च शत्रवः । विचालयन्ति दर्शनाद्घटस्व पुत्र यत्परम् ॥
English Translation
Very soon will those evil companions and enemies of yours, (viz., the senses), dressed as friends swerve you from correct vision. Do you, then, O son, try to achieve that which is of the highest good.
धनस्य यस्य राजतो भयं न चास्ति चौरतः । मृतं च यन्न मुञ्चति समर्जयस्व तद्धनम् ॥
English Translation
Do you acquire that wealth which has no fear from either kings or thieves, and which one has not to renounce even at Death.
न तत्र संविभज्यते स्वकर्मभिः परस्परम् । यदेव यस्य यौतकं तदेव तत्र सोऽश्नुते ॥
English Translation
Acquired by one's own deeds, that wealth has never to be distributed among partners. Each enjoys that wealth which each has acquired for himself.
परत्र येन जीव्यते तदेव पुत्र दीयताम् । धनं यदक्षयं ध्रुवं समर्जयस्व तत्स्वयम् ॥
English Translation
O son, give that to others by which they may be able to live in the next world. Do you also try to acquire that wealth which is indestructible and durable.
न यावदेव पच्यते महाजनस्य यावकम् । अपक्व एव यावके पुरा प्रणीयसे त्वर ॥
English Translation
Do not think that you should first enjoy all sorts of pleasures and then try to acquire Liberation, for before; you are satiated with enjoyment you may meet with Death. Do you, in view of this, hasten to do acts of goodness.
न मातृपितृबान्धवा न संस्तुतः प्रियो जनः । अनुव्रजन्ति संकटे व्रजन्तमेकपातिनम् ॥
English Translation
Neither mother, nor son, nor relatives, nor dear friends even when begged with honours, accompany the man that dies. One alone has to go to the regions of Yama.
यदेव कर्म केवलं स्वयं कृतं शुभाशुभम् । तदेव तस्य यौतकं भवत्यमुत्र गच्छतः ॥
English Translation
Only those deeds, good and bad, that one did before death follow the man who goes to the other world.
हिरण्यरत्नसंचयाः शुभाशुभेन संचिताः । न तस्य देहसंक्षये भवन्ति कार्यसाधकाः ॥
English Translation
The gold and gems that one has acquired by good and bad means do not do any good to man after death.
परत्रगामिकस्य ते कृताकृतस्य कर्मणः । न साक्षिरात्मना समो नृणामिहास्ति कश्चन ॥
English Translation
There is no witness, of men who have gone to the next world, better than the soul, of all acts done and undone in life.
मनुष्यदेहशून्यकं भवत्यमुत्र गच्छतः । प्रपश्य बुद्धिचक्षुषा प्रदृश्यते हि सर्वतः ॥
English Translation
The Yogins when they enter the sky of their hearts, see by Yoga intelligence that the destruction of body sets in when Individual Soul enters into the witness-Chaitanya.
इहाग्निसूर्यवायवः शरीरमाश्रितास्त्रयः । त एव तस्य साक्षिणो भवन्ति धर्मदर्शिनः ॥
English Translation
Even here, the god of Fire, the Sun, and the Wind,-these three live in the body. These, seeing as they do all the practices of one's life, become his witnesses.
यथानिशेषु सर्वतःस्पृशत्सु सर्वदारिषु । प्रकाशगूढवृत्तिषु स्वधर्ममेव पालय ॥
English Translation
Days and Nights,—the former marked by the virtue of showing all things and the latter marked by the virtue of conccaling all things.-are running continually and touching all things. Do you, therefore, satisfy the duties of your own order.
अनेकपारिपन्थिके विरूपरौद्ररक्षिते । स्वमेव कर्म रक्ष्यतां स्वकर्म तत्र गच्छति ॥
English Translation
The road in the other world is full of many foes and of many repulsive and terrible insects and worms. Do you take care of your own acts, for only acts will accompany you along that road.
न तत्र संविभज्यते स्वकर्मणा परस्परम् । यथाकृतं स्वकर्मजं तदेव भुज्यते फलम् ॥
English Translation
Acquired by one's own deeds, that wealth has never to be distributed among partners. Each enjoys that wealth which each has acquired for himself.
यथाप्सरोगणाः फलं सुखं महर्षिभिः सह । तथाप्नुवन्ति कर्मतो विमानकामगामिनः ॥
English Translation
As Apsaras and great Rishis acquires fruits of great happiness, similarly men of righteous deeds, acquire in the other world cars of transcendent brightness that go everywhere at the will of the riders.
यथेह यत्कृतं शुभं विपाप्मभिः कृतात्मभिः । तदाप्नुवन्ति मानवास्तथा विशुद्धयोनयः ॥
English Translation
Men of pure deeds and purified souls and pure birth acquire in the next world fruits commensurate with their own righteous deeds in this life.
← Previous (Ch. 1636) Full Table of Contents Next (Ch. 1638) →