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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 254

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 254

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 254

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 254 of the classical Mahābhārata with 53 verses.

Total: 53 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.254.1–53 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन तुलाधारेण धीमता । प्रोवाच वचनं धीमाञ्जाजलिर्जपतां वरः ॥
English Translation
Thus accosted by the intelligent Tuladhara on that occasion, the highly intelligent Jajali, that foremost of ascetics, said these words to him:
विक्रीणानः सर्वरसान्सर्वगन्धांश्च वाणिज । वनस्पतीनोषधीश्च तेषां मूलफलानि च ॥
English Translation
You sell all sorts of juices and scents, O son of a trader, as also (barks and leaves of) huge trees and herbs and their fruits and roots.
अध्यगा नैष्ठिकीं बुद्धिं कुतस्त्वामिदमागतम् । एतदाचक्ष्व मे सर्वं निखिलेन महामते ॥
English Translation
But how have you gained this stability of understanding? How have you gained this knowledge? O you of great intelligence, tell me all this fully.
एवमुक्तस्तुलाधारो ब्राह्मणेन यशस्विना । उवाच धर्मसूक्ष्माणि वैश्यो धर्मार्थतत्त्ववित् । जाजलिं कष्टतपसं ज्ञानतृप्तस्तदा नृप ॥
English Translation
Thus accosted by that highly famous Brahmana, Tuladhara of the Vaishya caste, well acquatinted with the truths of morality and contented with knowledge, described to Jajali who had practised severe penances, the ways of morality.
वेदाहं जाजले धर्मं सरहस्यं सनातनम् । सर्वभूतहितं मैत्रं पुराणं यं जना विदुः ॥
English Translation
Tuladhara said a O Jajali, I know, with all its mysteries, morality, which is eternal. It is nothing else but that ancient morality which every body knows, and which consists of universal friendliness, and beneficence to all creatures.
अद्रोहेणैव भूतानामल्पद्रोहेण वा पुनः । या वृत्तिः स परो धर्मस्तेन जीवामि जाजले ॥
English Translation
The highest form of morality consists in a living which is founded upon total harmlessness towards all creatures or upon the smallness of such harin. I live according to that mode,OJajali.
परिच्छिन्नैः काष्ठतृणैर्मयेदं शरणं कृतम् । अलक्तं पद्मकं तुङ्गं गन्धांश्चोच्चावचांस्तथा ॥
English Translation
This my house hath been made with wood and grass cut by other people's hands, Lacdye, the roots of Nymphoea lotus, filaments of the lotus, various sorts of good scents, and many kinds of liquids, O twice-born Rishi, with the exception of wines, I purchase from other people and sell without cheating.
रसांश्च तांस्तान्विप्रर्षे मद्यवर्जानहं बहून् । क्रीत्वा वै प्रतिविक्रीणे परहस्तादमायया ॥
English Translation
This my house hath been made with wood and grass cut by other people's hands, Lacdye, the roots of Nymphoea lotus, filaments of the lotus, various sorts of good scents, and many kinds of liquids, O twice-born Rishi, with the exception of wines, I purchase from other people and sell without cheating.
सर्वेषां यः सुहृन्नित्यं सर्वेषां च हिते रतः । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा स धर्मं वेद जाजले ॥
English Translation
He, O Jajali, only knows morality or righteousness is, who is always the friend of all creatures and who is always engaged in the behoof of all creatures, in thought, word, and deed.
नाहं परेषां कर्माणि प्रशंसामि शपामि वा । आकाशस्येव विप्रर्षे पश्यँल्लोकस्य चित्रताम् ॥
English Translation
My scales are perfectly even, O Jajali, as regards all creatures. I neither praise nor blame the deeds of others, considering this variety in the world. O foremost of Brahmanas, as the variety seen in the sky.
नानुरुध्ये विरुध्ये वा न द्वेष्मि न च कामये । समोऽस्मि सर्वभूतेषु पश्य मे जाजले व्रतम् ॥
English Translation
I never beg of any one, I never fall out with any one; I never hate any one. I never desire for anything. I regard equally all things and all creatures. See, O Jajali, this is my vow.
इष्टानिष्टविमुक्तस्य प्रीतिरागबहिष्कृतः । तुला मे सर्वभूतेषु समा तिष्ठति जाजले ॥
इति मां त्वं विजानीहि सर्वलोकस्य जाजले । समं मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनम् ॥
English Translation
Know, O Jajali, that I regard equally all creatures. O highest of intelligent men, I perceive no difference between a clod of earth, a piece of stone, and a lump of gold.
यथान्धबधिरोन्मत्ता उच्छ्वासपरमाः सदा । देवैरपिहितद्वाराः सोपमा पश्यतो मम ॥
English Translation
As the blind, the deaf, and they who are bereft of reason, find consolation for the loss of their senses, likewise, I find consolation by their example.
यथा वृद्धातुरकृशा निःस्पृहा विषयान्प्रति । तथार्थकामभोगेषु ममापि विगता स्पृहा ॥
English Translation
As they who are possessed by decrepitude, they who are afflicted by disease, and they who are weakened and emaciated, do not like any sort of enjoyments, similarly, I feel no inclination for wealth pleasure enjoyments.
यदा चायं न बिभेति यदा चास्मान्न बिभ्यति । यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि तदा सिध्यति वै द्विजः ॥
English Translation
When one ceases to fear all creatures and when all creatures cease to fear him, when one never desires for anything nor entertains hatred for anything, then he is said to acquire the dignity of Brahma.
यदा न कुरुते भावं सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥
English Translation
Then only a person attains to Brahma when he does not behave sinfully towards any creature in thought, word, or deed.
न भूतो न भविष्यश्च न च धर्मोऽस्ति कश्चन । योऽभयः सर्वभूतानां स प्राप्नोत्यभयं पदम् ॥
English Translation
There is no past, no future, There is no morality or virtue. He who is not an object of fear with any creature acquires a state in which there is no fear. or or
यस्मादुद्विजते लोकः सर्वो मृत्युमुखादिव । वाक्क्रूराद्दण्डपारुष्यात्स प्राप्नोति महद्भयम् ॥
English Translation
On the other hand, that person who for his harsh words and bad temper, is troublesome to all creatures like death itself, certainly attains to a state full of fear.
यथावद्वर्तमानानां वृद्धानां पुत्रपौत्रिणाम् । अनुवर्तामहे वृत्तमहिंस्राणां महात्मनाम् ॥
English Translation
I follow the practices of great and benevolent men of advanced years who with their children and grand children live observing duly the ordinance laid down in the scritptures.
प्रनष्टः शाश्वतो धर्मः सदाचारेण मोहितः । तेन वैद्यस्तपस्वी वा बलवान्वा विमोह्यते ॥
English Translation
The eternal Vedic practices are entirely abandoned by one who allows himself to be stupefied by some mistakes that he may have marked in the conduct of those who are admittedly good and wise. One, however, who is gifted with learning, or one who has controlled his senses, or one who has strength of mind, acquires liberations by virtue of that very conduct.
आचाराज्जाजले प्राज्ञः क्षिप्रं धर्ममवाप्नुयात् । एवं यः साधुभिर्दान्तश्चरेदद्रोहचेतसा ॥
English Translation
That wise man who, having controlled his senses, follows with a heart purged off all desire of injuring others, the conduct of the good, is, sure, O Jajali, to acquire the merit of righteousness.
नद्यां यथा चेह काष्ठमुह्यमानं यदृच्छया । यदृच्छयैव काष्ठेन संधिं गच्छेत केनचित् ॥
English Translation
In this world, as in a river, a piece of wood that is being carried away by the current, is seen to come into contact (for some time) with another piece which is being likewise carried away. There on the current, other pieces of wood that had been collected together, are scen to again separate from one another. Grass, sticks, and cow dung cakes are seen to be joined together. This union is merely accidental and not brought about by any set design.
तत्रापराणि दारूणि संसृज्यन्ते ततस्ततः । तृणकाष्ठकरीषाणि कदा चिन्नसमीक्षया । एवमेवायमाचारः प्रादुर्भूतो यतस्ततः ॥
यस्मान्नोद्विजते भूतं जातु किंचित्कथंचन । अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यः स प्राप्नोति सदा मुने ॥
English Translation
He, whom no creature fears, is himself, O ascetic, never frightened by any creature.
यस्मादुद्विजते विद्वन्सर्वलोको वृकादिव । क्रोशतस्तीरमासाद्य यथा सर्वे जलेचराः ॥
English Translation
He, on the other hand, O learmed man, whom every creature fears like a wolf, becomes himself filled with fear as aquatic animals when compelled to leap on the shore from fear of the roaring Vadava fire.
सहायवान्द्रव्यवान्यः सुभगोऽन्योऽपरस्तथा । ततस्तानेव कवयः शास्त्रेषु प्रवदन्त्युत । कीर्त्यर्थमल्पहृल्लेखाः पटवः कृत्स्ननिर्णयाः ॥
English Translation
On account of their power to remove the fears of others, men having riches and followers are considered as foremost by the learned. Those, who seek common-place happiness, practise this duty of universal harmlessness for the sake of fame; while they, who are truly skilled, practise the same for attaining to Brahma.
तपोभिर्यज्ञदानैश्च वाक्यैः प्रज्ञाश्रितैस्तथा । प्राप्नोत्यभयदानस्य यद्यत्फलमिहाश्नुते ॥
English Translation
Whatever fruits one enjoys by penances, by sacrifices, by making charities, by speaking the truth, and by seeking wisdom, may all be acquired by practising the duty of harmlessness.
लोके यः सर्वभूतेभ्यो ददात्यभयदक्षिणाम् । स सर्वयज्ञैरीजानः प्राप्नोत्यभयदक्षिणाम् । न भूतानामहिंसाया ज्यायान्धर्मोऽस्ति कश्चन ॥
English Translation
That person who declares to all creatures the assurance of harmlessness acquires the merit of all the sacrifices and at last acquires fearlessness for himself as his meed.
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