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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 137

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 137

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 137

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 137 of the classical Mahābhārata with 110 verses.

Total: 110 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.137.1–110 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 4 (Verses 30 shown)
उक्तो मन्त्रो महाबाहो न विश्वासोऽस्ति शत्रुषु । कथं हि राजा वर्तेत यदि सर्वत्र नाश्वसेत् ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said You have prescribed, O mighty one, that no confidence should be reposed in enemy. But how would the king maintain himself if he were not to confide in anybody?
विश्वासाद्धि परं राज्ञो राजन्नुत्पद्यते भयम् । कथं वै नाश्वसन्राजा शत्रूञ्जयति पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
O king, you have said, great danger arises to kings from confidence. But how, ) monarch, can a king, without trust on others, conquers his enemies.
एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि मनो मे संप्रमुह्यति । अविश्वासकथामेतामुपश्रुत्य पितामह ॥
English Translation
Kindly dispel this doubt of mine. My mind is confused, O grandfather, at what I have heard you say on the subject of mistrust.
शृणु कौन्तेय यो वृत्तो ब्रह्मदत्तनिवेशने । पूजन्या सह संवादो ब्रह्मदत्तस्य पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said Hear, O king, what took place at the residence of Brahmadatta, viz., the conversation between Pujani and king Brahmadatta.
काम्पिल्ये ब्रह्मदत्तस्य अन्तःपुरनिवासिनी । पूजनी नाम शकुनी दीर्घकालं सहोषिता ॥
English Translation
There was a bird named Pujani who lived for a considerable time with king Brahmadatta in the inner apartments of his palace at Kampilya.
रुतज्ञा सर्वभूतानां यथा वै जीवजीवकः । सर्वज्ञा सर्वधर्मज्ञा तिर्यग्योनिगतापि सा ॥
English Translation
Like the bird Jivajivaka, Pujani could imitate the cries of all animals. Though a bird by birth, she had acquired great knowledge and was conversant with every truth.
अभिप्रजाता सा तत्र पुत्रमेकं सुवर्चसम् । समकालं च राज्ञोऽपि देव्याः पुत्रो व्यजायत ॥
English Translation
While residing there, she brought forth a highly effulgent young one. simultancously the king also beget on his queen a son.
समुद्रतीरं गत्वा सा त्वाजहार फलद्वयम् । पुष्ट्यर्थं च स्वपुत्रस्य राजपुत्रस्य चैव ह ॥
फलमेकं सुतायादाद्राजपुत्राय चापरम् । अमृतास्वादसदृशं बलतेजोविवर्धनम् । तत्रागच्छत्परां वृद्धिं राजपुत्रः फलाशनात् ॥
धात्र्या हस्तगतश्चापि तेनाक्रीडत पक्षिणा । शून्ये तु तमुपादाय पक्षिणं समजातकम् । हत्वा ततः स राजेन्द्र धात्र्या हस्तमुपागमत् ॥
English Translation
At length, raising the bird which was to the same age with himself with his hands, the prince pressed it to death and then returned to his nurse.
अथ सा शकुनी राजन्नागमत्फलहारिका । अपश्यन्निहतं पुत्रं तेन बालेन भूतले ॥
English Translation
The bird, O king, who had as usual been out in her search of fruits, returning to the palace, and saw her young one lying on the ground, killed by the prince.
बाष्पपूर्णमुखी दीना दृष्ट्वा सा तु हतं सुतम् । पूजनी दुःखसंतप्ता रुदती वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
क्षत्रिये संगतं नास्ति न प्रीतिर्न च सौहृदम् । कारणे संभजन्तीह कृतार्थाः संत्यजन्ति च ॥
क्षत्रियेषु न विश्वासः कार्यः सर्वोपघातिषु । अपकृत्यापि सततं सान्त्वयन्ति निरर्थकम् ॥
English Translation
The Kshatriyas do evil to all. They should never be trusted. Even after doing an injury they always try to solace and assure the injured for nothing.
अहमस्य करोम्यद्य सदृशीं वैरयातनाम् । कृतघ्नस्य नृशंसस्य भृशं विश्वासघातिनः ॥
English Translation
I shall, forsooth, wreak vengeance, for this act of enmity upon this truthless and ungrateful betrayer of trust.
सहसंजातवृद्धस्य तथैव सहभोजिनः । शरणागतस्य च वधस्त्रिविधं ह्यस्य किल्बिषम् ॥
English Translation
He has been guilty of three-fold sins taking the life of one that was born on the same day with him and that was being brought up with him in the same place, that used to eat with him, and that depended on him for protection.
इत्युक्त्वा चरणाभ्यां तु नेत्रे नृपसुतस्य सा । भित्त्वा स्वस्था तत इदं पूजनी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Having said these words aside, Pujani, with her talons, pierced the eyes of the prince, and finding some comfort from that act of vengeance, once more said,-A sinful deed, committed with deliberation, assails the doer without any loss of time. They, however, who avenge an injury, never lose their merit.
इच्छयैव कृतं पापं सद्य एवोपसर्पति । कृतप्रतिक्रियं तेषां न नश्यति शुभाशुभम् ॥
पापं कर्म कृतं किंचिन्न तस्मिन्यदि विद्यते । निपात्यतेऽस्य पुत्रेषु न चेत्पौत्रेषु नप्तृषु ॥
English Translation
If the fruits of a sinful act be not seen in the perpetrator himself, they would certainly be seen. O king, in his sons; or son's sons, ci daughter's sons!
अस्ति वै कृतमस्माभिरस्ति प्रतिकृतं त्वया । उभयं तत्समीभूतं वस पूजनि मा गमः ॥
English Translation
An injury, was done by us to you. You have avenged it by doing an injury in return. The account is settled. Do not leave your present residence. On the other hand, continue to live here, O Pujani.
सकृत्कृतापराधस्य तत्रैव परिलम्बतः । न तद्बुधाः प्रशंसन्ति श्रेयस्तत्रापसर्पणम् ॥
English Translation
The learned never speak high of the conduct of a person, who having once injured another continues to live with that other. Under such circumstances it is always better for the injurer to quit his old place.
सान्त्वे प्रयुक्ते नृपते कृतवैरे न विश्वसेत् । क्षिप्रं प्रबध्यते मूढो न हि वैरं प्रशाम्यति ॥
English Translation
One should never trust the soothing assurances received from an injured party. The fool that trusts such assurances is soon ruined. Enmity is not quickly cooled.
अन्योन्यं कृतवैराणां पुत्रपौत्रं निगच्छति । पुत्रपौत्रे विनष्टे तु परलोकं निगच्छति ॥
English Translation
The very sons and grandsons of persons, who have injured each other, meet with destruction. For such destruction of their children, they lose the next world also.
सर्वेषां कृतवैराणामविश्वासः सुखावहः । एकान्ततो न विश्वासः कार्यो विश्वासघातकः ॥
English Translation
Amongst imn who have injured one another, distrust would yield happiness. One who has betrayed confidence should never be trusted in the least.
न विश्वसेदविश्वस्ते विश्वस्तेऽपि न विश्वसेत् । कामं विश्वासयेदन्यान्परेषां तु न विश्वसेत् ॥
English Translation
One should not trust a person undeserving of truth, nor should one trust too much a person worthy of trust. The anger from blind confidence is such that it cuts the very roots.
माता पिता बान्धवानां वरिष्ठौ; भार्या जरा बीजमात्रं तु पुत्रः । भ्राता शत्रुः क्लिन्नपाणिर्वयस्य; आत्मा ह्येकः सुखदुःखस्य वेत्ता ॥
English Translation
The parents only are the best of friends. The wife is merely a soil for sowing seeds. The son is only one's seed. The brother is an enemy. The friend or companion wants to have his palms oiled if he is to continue so. One's own self enjoys or suffers one's happiness or misery.
अन्योन्यकृतवैराणां न संधिरुपपद्यते । स च हेतुरतिक्रान्तो यदर्थमहमावसम् ॥
English Translation
Real peace cannot live amongst persons who have injured one another. No such necessity exists any longer for which I livea here.
पूजितस्यार्थमानाभ्यां जन्तोः पूर्वापकारिणः । चेतो भवत्यविश्वस्तं पूर्वं त्रासयते बलात् ॥
English Translation
The mind of a person who has once injured another, becomes naturally filled with want of confidence, if he sees the injured person adoring him with gifts and honours. Such conduct especially when shorn by the strong, always strikes the weak with fear.
पूर्वं संमानना यत्र पश्चाच्चैव विमानना । जह्यात्तं सत्त्ववान्वासं संमानितविमानितः ॥
English Translation
An intelligent person should leave that place where he first meets with honour in order to meet next with dishonour and injury. Despite any subsequent honour that he might get from his enemy, he should act thus.
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