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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 208

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 208

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 208

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 208 of the classical Mahābhārata with 27 verses.

Total: 27 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.208.1–27 • 250 Lexicon Terms
दुरन्तेष्विन्द्रियार्थेषु सक्ताः सीदन्ति जन्तवः । ये त्वसक्ता महात्मानस्ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said By being attached to objects of the senses which are always imbued with evil, living creatures become helpless. Those great persons, however, who are not attached to them, acquire the greatest end.
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्व्याधिभिर्मनसः क्लमैः । दृष्ट्वेमं संततं लोकं घटेन्मोक्षाय बुद्धिमान् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the world beset with the evils formed by birth, death, decrepitude, sorrow, disease, and anxieties, the man of intelligence should try for the attainment of Liberation.
वाङ्मनोभ्यां शरीरेण शुचिः स्यादनहंकृतः । प्रशान्तो ज्ञानवान्भिक्षुर्निरपेक्षश्चरेत्सुखम् ॥
English Translation
He should be pure in words, thought and body; he should be shorn of pride. Of tranquil soul and endued with knowledge, he should live like a mendicant, and pursue happiness without being attached to any wordły object.
अथ वा मनसः सङ्गं पश्येद्भूतानुकम्पया । अत्राप्युपेक्षां कुर्वीत ज्ञात्वा कर्मफलं जगत् ॥
English Translation
Again, if his mind is filled with attachment for mercy to creatures, he should, seeing that the universe is the result of acts, one should show indifference even to mercy itself.
यत्कृतं प्राक्शुभं कर्म पापं वा तदुपाश्नुते । तस्माच्छुभानि कर्माणि कुर्याद्वाग्बुद्धिकर्मभिः ॥
English Translation
Whatever good acts are done, or whatever sin is committed, the actor reaps the points thereof. Hence, one should, in words, thought, and deed, do only good acts.
अहिंसा सत्यवचनं सर्वभूतेषु चार्जवम् । क्षमा चैवाप्रमादश्च यस्यैते स सुखी भवेत् ॥
English Translation
He enjoys happiness who practises abstention from injuring (others), truthfulness of speech, honesty towards all creatures, and forgiveness, and who is never careless.
यश्चैनं परमं धर्मं सर्वभूतसुखावहम् । दुःखान्निःसरणं वेद स तत्त्वज्ञः सुखी भवेत् ॥
English Translation
Hence one, exercising his intelligence, should fix his mind, after training it, on peace towards all creatures.
तस्मात्समाहितं बुद्ध्या मनो भूतेषु धारयेत् । नापध्यायेन्न स्पृहयेन्नाबद्धं चिन्तयेदसत् ॥
English Translation
That man who considers the practice of the virtues mentioned above as the greatest duty as securing the happiness of all creatures, and as destroying all sorts of sorrow, is possessed of the greatest knowledge, and succeeds in acquiring happiness. Hence, one should, exercising his intelligence, fix his mind, after training it, on peace towards all creatures.
अवाग्योगप्रयोगेण मनोज्ञं संप्रवर्तते । विवक्षता वा सद्वाक्यं धर्मं सूक्ष्ममवेक्षता । सत्यां वाचमहिंस्रां च वदेदनपवादिनीम् ॥
कल्कापेतामपरुषामनृशंसामपैशुनाम् । ईदृगल्पं च वक्तव्यमविक्षिप्तेन चेतसा ॥
वाक्प्रबुद्धो हि संरागाद्विरागाद्व्याहरेद्यदि । बुद्ध्या ह्यनिगृहीतेन मनसा कर्म तामसम् । रजोभूतैर्हि करणैः कर्मणा प्रतिपद्यते ॥
स दुःखं प्राप्य लोकेऽस्मिन्नरकायोपपद्यते । तस्मान्मनोवाक्शरीरैराचरेद्धैर्यमात्मनः ॥
प्रकीर्णमेषभारो हि यद्वद्धार्येत दस्युभिः । प्रतिलोमां दिशं बुद्ध्वा संसारमबुधास्तथा ॥
English Translation
Ignorant persons bearing the weight of the world are like robbers laden with their booty of straggling sheep. The latter always avoid roads which are not favourable to them,
तानेव च यथा दस्यून्क्षिप्त्वा गच्छेच्छिवां दिशम् । तथा रजस्तमःकर्माण्युत्सृज्य प्राप्नुयात्सुखम् ॥
English Translation
Indeed, as robbers have to throw away their booty if they wish safety, so should a person cast off all acts induced by Darkness and Ignorance, if he is to acquire happiness.
निःसंदिग्धमनीहो वै मुक्तः सर्वपरिग्रहैः । विविक्तचारी लघ्वाशी तपस्वी नियतेन्द्रियः ॥
English Translation
Forsooth, a person who is shorn of desire, free from the fetters of the world, contented to live in solitude, abstemious in diet, devoted to penances, and with senses under restraint, who has consumed all his sorrows by knowledge, who finds pleasure in practising Yoga and who has a cleansed soul, succeeds, on account of his mind being withdrawn into itself, in attaining to Brahina or Liberation.
ज्ञानदग्धपरिक्लेशः प्रयोगरतिरात्मवान् । निष्प्रचारेण मनसा परं तदधिगच्छति ॥
English Translation
Forsooth, a person who is shorn of desire, free from the fetters of the world, contented to live in solitude, abstemious in diet, devoted to penances, and with senses under restraint, who has consumed all his sorrows by knowledge, who finds pleasure in practising Yoga and who has a cleansed soul, succeeds, on account of his mind being withdrawn into itself, in attaining to Brahina or Liberation.
धृतिमानात्मवान्बुद्धिं निगृह्णीयादसंशयम् । मनो बुद्ध्या निगृह्णीयाद्विषयान्मनसात्मनः ॥
English Translation
One endued with patience and a pure soul should, forsooth, control his understanding. With the understanding, one should next restrain mind, and then with the mind overpower the objects of the senses.
निगृहीतेन्द्रियस्यास्य कुर्वाणस्य मनो वशे । देवतास्ताः प्रकाशन्ते हृष्टा यान्ति तमीश्वरम् ॥
English Translation
Upon the mind being thus restrained and the senses being all subdued, the senses will shine and gladly enter into Brahma.
ताभिः संसक्तमनसो ब्रह्मवत्संप्रकाशते । एतैश्चापगतैः सर्वैर्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
English Translation
When one's senses are withdrawn into the mind, the result becomes that Brahma becomes manifested in it. Indeed, when the senses are destroyed, and the soul returns to the quality of pure existence, it is regarded as being transformed into Brahma.
अथ वा न प्रवर्तेत योगतन्त्रैरुपक्रमेत् । येन तन्त्रमयं तन्त्रं वृत्तिः स्यात्तत्तदाचरेत् ॥
English Translation
Then again, one should never show his Yoga power. On the other hand, one should always try to restrain his senses by practising the rules of Yoga. Indeed, one engaged in the practice of Yoga should do all those acts by which his conduct and nature may become pure.
कणपिण्याककुल्माषशाकयावकसक्तवः । तथा मूलफलं भैक्षं पर्यायेणोपयोजयेत् ॥
English Translation
One should rather live upon broken grains of corn, ripe beans, dry cakes of seeds from which the oil has been pressed out, potherbs, half-ripe barley, flour of fried pulses, fruits, and roots, secured by begging.
आहारं नियतं चैव देशे काले च सात्त्विकम् । तत्परीक्ष्यानुवर्तेत यत्प्रवृत्त्यनुवर्तकम् ॥
English Translation
Reflecting upon the characteristics of time and place, one should according to his inclinations observe, after proper search, vows and rules about fasts.
प्रवृत्तं नोपरुन्धेत शनैरग्निमिवेन्धयेत् । ज्ञानेन्धितं ततो ज्ञानमर्कवत्संप्रकाशते ॥
English Translation
One should not suspend a rite that has been begun. Like one slowly creating a fire, one should by and by perform an act that is prompted by knowledge. By so doing, Brahma by and by shines in one like the Sun.
ज्ञानाधिष्ठानमज्ञानं त्रीँल्लोकानधितिष्ठति । विज्ञानानुगतं ज्ञानमज्ञानादपकृष्यते ॥
English Translation
The Ignorance which rests on Knowledge, extends its influence over all the three states. The knowledge, again, that follows the Understanding, is attacked by Ignorance.
पृथक्त्वात्संप्रयोगाच्च नासूयुर्वेद शाश्वतम् । स तयोरपवर्गज्ञो वीतरागो विमुच्यते ॥
English Translation
The evil-hearted person cannot acquire a knowledge of the Self for his considering it as united with the three states although in reality it transcends them all. When, however, he perceives the limits under which the two, viz., union with the three states and separation from them are manifested, it is then that he becomes shorn of attachment and attains to Liberation.
वयोतीतो जरामृत्यू जित्वा ब्रह्म सनातनम् । अमृतं तदवाप्नोति यत्तदक्षरमव्ययम् ॥
English Translation
When such an apprehension has been acquired, one transcends the effects of age, rises superior the consequences of decrepitude and death, and obtains Brahma which is eternal, deathless, immutable, and underetiorating. to
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