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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 314

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 314

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 314

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 314 of the classical Mahābhārata with 50 verses.

Total: 50 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.314.1–50 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 20 shown)
एवमध्यापयञ्शिष्यान्व्यासः पुत्रं च वीर्यवान् । उवास हिमवत्पृष्ठे पाराशर्यो महामुनिः ॥
English Translation
After the arrival of his powerful son, Vyasa, the son of Parashara, continued to live there on the Himavat, engaged in teaching his disciples, and his son.
ततः कदाचिच्छिष्यास्तं परिवार्यावतस्थिरे । वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नाः शान्तात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः ॥
English Translation
One day as he was seated his disciples, all well-read in the Vedas, having their senses under control, and gifted with tranquil souls, sat themselves around him.
वेदेषु निष्ठां संप्राप्य साङ्गेष्वतितपस्विनः । अथोचुस्ते तदा व्यासं शिष्याः प्राञ्जलयो गुरुम् ॥
English Translation
All of them had perfectly mastered the Vedas with their branches. All of them were observant of penances. With joined hands they addressed their preceptor in the following words.
महता श्रेयसा युक्ता यशसा च स्म वर्धिताः । एकं त्विदानीमिच्छामो गुरुणानुग्रहं कृतम् ॥
English Translation
We have, through your favour, been ended with great energy. Our fame, also has spread. There is one favour that we pray you to grant us.
इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मर्षिस्तानुवाच ह । उच्यतामिति तद्वत्सा यद्वः कार्यं प्रियं मया ॥
English Translation
Hearing these words of theirs, the twiceborm Rishi answered them, saying,-You sons, tell me what that boon is which you want me to grant you.
एतद्वाक्यं गुरोः श्रुत्वा शिष्यास्ते हृष्टमानसाः । पुनः प्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा प्रणम्य शिरसा गुरुम् ॥
English Translation
Hearing this answer of their preceptor, the disciples became filled with joy. Bending their heads once more low to their preceptor, and joining their hands, all of them simultaneously, said, O king, these excellent words: If our preceptor has been gratified with us, then, O best of sages, we are sure to be successful.
ऊचुस्ते सहिता राजन्निदं वचनमुत्तमम् । यदि प्रीत उपाध्यायो धन्याः स्मो मुनिसत्तम ॥
English Translation
Hearing this answer of their preceptor, the disciples became filled with joy. Bending their heads once more low to their preceptor, and joining their hands, all of them simultaneously, said, O king, these excellent words: If our preceptor has been gratified with us, then, O best of sages, we are sure to be successful.
काङ्क्षामस्तु वयं सर्वे वरं दत्तं महर्षिणा । षष्ठः शिष्यो न ते ख्यातिं गच्छेदत्र प्रसीद नः ॥
English Translation
We all solicit you, O great Rishi, to grant us a boon. Do you show us favour. Let no sixth disciple succeed in acquiring fame.
चत्वारस्ते वयं शिष्या गुरुपुत्रश्च पञ्चमः । इह वेदाः प्रतिष्ठेरन्नेष नः काङ्क्षितो वरः ॥
English Translation
We are four. Our preceptor's son forms the fifth. Let the Vedas shine in only us five! This is the boon that we pray for.
शिष्याणां वचनं श्रुत्वा व्यासो वेदार्थतत्त्ववित् । पराशरात्मजो धीमान्परलोकार्थचिन्तकः । उवाच शिष्यान्धर्मात्मा धर्म्यं नैःश्रेयसं वचः ॥
English Translation
Hearing these words of his disciples, Vyasa, the son of Parashara, endued with great intelligence, well conversant with the meanings of the Vedas, endued with a pious soul, and always engaged in thinking of objects that grant benefits on a person in the next world, said to his disciples these righteous words, fraught with great benefit:-The Vedas should always be given to him, who is a Brahmana, or to him who is desirous of listening to Vedic instructions, by him who eagerly wishes to acquire a residence in the region of Brahman.
ब्राह्मणाय सदा देयं ब्रह्म शुश्रूषवे भवेत् । ब्रह्मलोके निवासं यो ध्रुवं समभिकाङ्क्षति ॥
भवन्तो बहुलाः सन्तु वेदो विस्तार्यतामयम् । नाशिष्ये संप्रदातव्यो नाव्रते नाकृतात्मनि ॥
एते शिष्यगुणाः सर्वे विज्ञातव्या यथार्थतः । नापरीक्षितचारित्रे विद्या देया कथंचन ॥
यथा हि कनकं शुद्धं तापच्छेदनिघर्षणैः । परीक्षेत तथा शिष्यानीक्षेत्कुलगुणादिभिः ॥
न नियोज्याश्च वः शिष्या अनियोगे महाभये । यथामति यथापाठं तथा विद्या फलिष्यति ॥
सर्वस्तरतु दुर्गाणि सर्वो भद्राणि पश्यतु । श्रावयेच्चतुरो वर्णान्कृत्वा ब्राह्मणमग्रतः ॥
English Translation
Let all disciples master all difficulties, and let all of them be crowned with success. You are competent to expound the scriptures to persons of all the castes. Only ye should, while delivering instructions address a Brahmana, first of all.
वेदस्याध्ययनं हीदं तच्च कार्यं महत्स्मृतम् । स्तुत्यर्थमिह देवानां वेदाः सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा ॥
English Translation
These are the rules about the study of the Vedas. This again is considered as a high task. The Vedas were created by the Self-create for the purpose of praising the gods therewith.
यो निर्वदेत संमोहाद्ब्राह्मणं वेदपारगम् । सोऽपध्यानाद्ब्राह्मणस्य पराभूयादसंशयम् ॥
English Translation
That man who, through stupefaction of intellect, speaks ill of a Brahmana well-read in the Vedas, is certain to meet with humiliation on account of such evil-speaking.
यश्चाधर्मेण विब्रूयाद्यश्चाधर्मेण पृच्छति । तयोरन्यतरः प्रैति विद्वेषं वाधिगच्छति ॥
English Translation
He who, disregarding all rules of virtue, seeks knowledge, and he who, disregarding the rules of virtue, communicates knowledge, both of them fall off and instead of that love which should exist instead of that love which should exist between preceptor and disciple, such questioning and such communication are sure to create distrust and suspicion.
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं स्वाध्यायस्य विधिं प्रति । उपकुर्याच्च शिष्याणामेतच्च हृदि वो भवेत् ॥
English Translation
I have now told you everything about the way in which the Vedas should be studied and taught. You should treat your disciples thus, remembering these instructions.”
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