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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 20

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 20

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 20

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 20 of the classical Mahābhārata with 15 verses.

Total: 15 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.20.1–15 • 250 Lexicon Terms
तस्मिन्वाक्यान्तरे वक्ता देवस्थानो महातपाः । अभिनीततरं वाक्यमित्युवाच युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said After Yudhishthira had stopped, the great and eloquent ascetic Devasthana, said these words pregnant with reason to the king.
यद्वचः फल्गुनेनोक्तं न ज्यायोऽस्ति धनादिति । अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि तदेकाग्रमनाः शृणु ॥
English Translation
Your conclusion, that there is nothing superior to wealth, is a mistake. I will convince you of it, so that you may not again regard wealth in that light.
अजातशत्रो धर्मेण कृत्स्ना ते वसुधा जिता । तां जित्वा न वृथा राजंस्त्वं परित्यक्तुमर्हसि ॥
English Translation
O you, having no enemy you have righteously conquered the Earth. Having won her, you should not, () king, abandon her without cause.
चतुष्पदी हि निःश्रेणी कर्मण्येषा प्रतिष्ठिता । तां क्रमेण महाबाहो यथावज्जय पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
Four modes of life and laid down in the Vedas. Do you, O king, duly pass through them one after another.
तस्मात्पार्थ महायज्ञैर्यजस्व बहुदक्षिणैः । स्वाध्याययज्ञा ऋषयो ज्ञानयज्ञास्तथापरे ॥
English Translation
At present you should, therefore, celebrate great sacrifices with profuse presents. Amongst the very Rishis, some celebrate the sacrifice represented by Vedic study, and some that represented by knowledge.
कर्मनिष्ठांस्तु बुध्येथास्तपोनिष्ठांश्च भारत । वैखानसानां राजेन्द्र वचनं श्रूयते यथा ॥
ईहते धनहेतोर्यस्तस्यानीहा गरीयसी । भूयान्दोषः प्रवर्धेत यस्तं धनमपाश्रयेत् ॥
English Translation
One may desire wealth. The abandonment, however, of such desire is better for himn. There are many shortcomings attached to wealth and, therefore, to those religious acts that are performed with wealth.
कृच्छ्राच्च द्रव्यसंहारं कुर्वन्ति धनकारणात् । धनेन तृषितोऽबुद्ध्या भ्रूणहत्यां न बुध्यते ॥
English Translation
Men collect together various articles (for the celebration of sacrifices) according to the Vedic prescription. He who, impelled by his own foolish understanding, gives away wealth to an undeserving person without giving it to the deserving, does not know that he incurs the sin of killing a foetus.
अनर्हते यद्ददाति न ददाति यदर्हते । अनर्हार्हापरिज्ञानाद्दानधर्मोऽपि दुष्करः ॥
English Translation
Being unable to the discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving, men give to the undeserving and refrain from giving to the deserving. For this reason the administration of charity is difficult.
यज्ञाय सृष्टानि धनानि धात्रा; यष्टादिष्टः पुरुषो रक्षिता च । तस्मात्सर्वं यज्ञ एवोपयोज्यं; धनं ततोऽनन्तर एव कामः ॥
English Translation
The Supreme Creator created wealth for Sacrifice, and He created man also for taking care of that wealth and for celebrating Sacrifice. For this reason, the entire wealth of a man should be devoted to the celebration of a sacrifice. This would beget pleasure as a matter of course.
यज्ञैरिन्द्रो विविधैरन्नवद्भि;र्देवान्सर्वानभ्ययान्महौजाः । तेनेन्द्रत्वं प्राप्य विभ्राजतेऽसौ; तस्माद्यज्ञे सर्वमेवोपयोज्यम् ॥
English Translation
By the performance of various sacrifices with profuse gifts of valuables, the highly energetic Indra excelled all the gods. Having thus become their king, he shines in heaven. Therefore, everything should be given to Sacrifices.
महादेवः सर्वमेधे महात्मा; हुत्वात्मानं देवदेवो विभूतः । विश्वाँल्लोकान्व्याप्य विष्टभ्य कीर्त्या; विरोचते द्युतिमान्कृत्तिवासाः ॥
English Translation
Clad in deer-skin the great Mahadeva, having poured his own self as a libation in the sacrifice called Sarva, become the first of gods, and excelling all creatures in the universe and reigning Supreme over them thereby, shines in resplendence.
आविक्षितः पार्थिवो वै मरुत्तः; स्वृद्ध्या मर्त्यो योऽजयद्देवराजम् । यज्ञे यस्य श्रीः स्वयं संनिविष्टा; यस्मिन्भाण्डं काञ्चनं सर्वमासीत् ॥
English Translation
King Marutta, the son of a Avikshit by the profusion of his wealth, defeated Shakra ! himself, the king of the gods. In great sacrifice he performed, all the vessels were made of gold, and the Goddess of Prosperity herself came in person.
हरिश्चन्द्रः पार्थिवेन्द्रः श्रुतस्ते; यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा पुण्यकृद्वीतशोकः । ऋद्ध्या शक्रं योऽजयन्मानुषः सं;स्तस्माद्यज्ञे सर्वमेवोपयोज्यम् ॥
English Translation
You have heard that the great king Harishchandra, having celebrated sacrifices, earned great merit and great happiness. Though a man, he nevertheless defeated Shakra by wealth. For this reason everything should be given to Sacrifice.
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