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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 276

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 276

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 276

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 276 of the classical Mahābhārata with 59 verses.

Total: 59 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.276.1–59 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
अतत्त्वज्ञस्य शास्त्राणां सततं संशयात्मनः । अकृतव्यवसायस्य श्रेयो ब्रूहि पितामह ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said Tell me, O Grandfather, what is for the behoof of one who is not acquainted with the truths of the scriptures, who is always in doubt, and who abstains from self-control and the other practices the object where of the knowledge of the Soul.
गुरुपूजा च सततं वृद्धानां पर्युपासनम् । श्रवणं चैव विद्यानां कूटस्थं श्रेय उच्यते ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said Adoring the preceptor, always reverentially attending the aged, and listening to the scriptures,-these are said to be of supreme benefit.
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । गालवस्य च संवादं देवर्षेर्नारदस्य च ॥
English Translation
Regarding it is cited the old discourse between Galava and the celestial Rishi Narada.
वीतमोहक्लमं विप्रं ज्ञानतृप्तं जितेन्द्रियम् । श्रेयस्कामं जितात्मानं नारदं गालवोऽब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Once on a time Galava, desirous of securing what was for his behoof, addressed an Narada freed from error and fatigue, well-read in scriptures, pleased with knowledge a thorough master of his senses, and with soul devoted to Yoga, and said
यैः कैश्चित्संमतो लोके गुणैस्तु पुरुषो नृषु । भवत्यनपगान्सर्वांस्तान्गुणाँल्लक्षयाम्यहम् ॥
English Translation
I see, O Ascetic, those virtues by the possession of which a person is respected in the world, live permanently in you.
भवानेवंविधोऽस्माकं संशयं छेत्तुमर्हति । अमूढश्चिरमूढानां लोकतत्त्वमजानताम् ॥
English Translation
You are freed from error and, therefore, you should remove the doubts that fill the minds of men like ourselves who are subject to error and who are unacquainted with truths of the world.
ज्ञाने ह्येवं प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्कार्याकार्ये विजानतः । यत्कार्यं न व्यवस्यामस्तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥
English Translation
We do not know our duties, for the injunctions of the scriptures create inclination for Knowledge simultaneously with the inclination for acts. You should describe these subject to us.
भगवन्नाश्रमाः सर्वे पृथगाचारदर्शिनः । इदं श्रेय इदं श्रेय इति नानाप्रधाविताः ॥
English Translation
O illustrious one, the different modes of life approve different courses of conduct,-'This is beneficial,'_'This is beneficial',-the scriptures exhort us often in this way.
तांस्तु विप्रस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा शास्त्रैः शास्त्राभिनन्दिनः । स्वशास्त्रैः परितुष्टांश्च श्रेयो नोपलभामहे ॥
English Translation
Seeing the followers of the four modes of life, who are thus exhorted by the scriptures and who fully approve of what the scriptures have sanctioned for them, Thus travelling in various courses, and beholding that ourselves also are equall; content with our own scriptures, we cannot understand what is truly wholesome.
शास्त्रं यदि भवेदेकं व्यक्तं श्रेयो भवेत्तदा । शास्त्रैश्च बहुभिर्भूयः श्रेयो गुह्यं प्रवेशितम् ॥
English Translation
If the scriptures were all of one opinion, then what is truly beneficial would have become clear. On account, however, of the scriptures being multifarious, that which is truly beneficial is filled with mystery.
एतस्मात्कारणाच्छ्रेयः कलिलं प्रतिभाति माम् । ब्रवीतु भगवांस्तन्मे उपसन्नोऽस्म्यधीहि भोः ॥
English Translation
For these reasons, that which is truly beneficial, appears to as full of confusion. Do you, then, O illustrious one, describe to me the subject. I have come to you (for this). Instruct me.
आश्रमास्तात चत्वारो यथासंकल्पिताः पृथक् । तान्सर्वाननुपश्य त्वं समाश्रित्यैव गालव ॥
English Translation
The modes of life four in number, O child! All of them serve the object for which they have been designed; and the duties they declare differ from one another. Learning them first from competent preceptor's, reflect upon them, OGalava.
तेषां तेषां तथा हि त्वमाश्रमाणां ततस्ततः । नानारूपगुणोद्देशं पश्य विप्रस्थितं पृथक् । नयन्ति चैव ते सम्यगभिप्रेतमसंशयम् ॥
English Translation
See, the merits of those modes of life, as described, are varied in their form, divergent in their matter, and contradictory in their observances.
ऋजु पश्यंस्तथा सम्यगाश्रमाणां परां गतिम् । यत्तु निःश्रेयसं सम्यक्तच्चैवासंशयात्मकम् ॥
अनुग्रहं च मित्राणाममित्राणां च निग्रहम् । संग्रहं च त्रिवर्गस्य श्रेय आहुर्मनीषिणः ॥
निवृत्तिः कर्मणः पापात्सततं पुण्यशीलता । सद्भिश्च समुदाचारः श्रेय एतदसंशयम् ॥
मार्दवं सर्वभूतेषु व्यवहारेषु चार्जवम् । वाक्चैव मधुरा प्रोक्ता श्रेय एतदसंशयम् ॥
English Translation
Mildness towards all creatures, sincerity of conduct, and sweet words,-these, forsooth, constitute excellence.
देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च संविभागोऽतिथिष्वपि । असंत्यागश्च भृत्यानां श्रेय एतदसंशयम् ॥
English Translation
A just distribution of one's riches among the gods, the Pitris, and guests, and adherence to servants,—these, forsooth, constitute excellence.
सत्यस्य वचनं श्रेयः सत्यज्ञानं तु दुष्करम् । यद्भूतहितमत्यन्तमेतत्सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥
English Translation
Truthfulness of speech is excellent. The knowledge of truth is, however, every difficult of acquisition. I hold that as truth which is highly beneficial to creatures.
अहंकारस्य च त्यागः प्रणयस्य च निग्रहः । संतोषश्चैकचर्या च कूटस्थं श्रेय उच्यते ॥
English Translation
The absence of pride, the suppression of carelessness, contentment, living by one's own self,-these form the supreme excellence.
धर्मेण वेदाध्ययनं वेदाङ्गानां तथैव च । विद्यार्थानां च जिज्ञासा श्रेय एतदसंशयम् ॥
English Translation
The study of the Vedas, and their branches, according to the well-known rules, and all enquiries and pursuits leading to the acquisition of knowledge,-are, forsooth excellent.
शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शान्सह गन्धेन केवलान् । नात्यर्थमुपसेवेत श्रेयसोऽर्थी परंतप ॥
English Translation
One wishing to acquire what is excellent should never enjoy to excess sound and form and taste and touch and scent, and should not enjoy them for their sake alone.
नक्तंचर्या दिवास्वप्नमालस्यं पैशुनं मदम् । अतियोगमयोगं च श्रेयसोऽर्थी परित्यजेत् ॥
English Translation
Walking in the night, sleep during the day, indulgence in idleness, villainy, pride, excessive indulgence and total abstention from enjoyment in objects of the senses, should be shunned by one desirous of acquiring what is excellent.
कर्मोत्कर्षं न मार्गेत परेषां परिनिन्दया । स्वगुणैरेव मार्गेत विप्रकर्षं पृथग्जनात् ॥
English Translation
One should not seek self-elevation by putting down others. Indeed, one should by his merits only seek superiority over persons who are distinguished but never over those who are inferior.
निर्गुणास्त्वेव भूयिष्ठमात्मसंभाविनो नराः । दोषैरन्यान्गुणवतः क्षिपन्त्यात्मगुणक्षयात् ॥
English Translation
Men having no real merit and filled with a sense of self-admiration depreciate men of real merit, by mentioning their own virtues and riches.
अनुच्यमानाश्च पुनस्ते मन्यन्ते महाजनात् । गुणवत्तरमात्मानं स्वेन मानेन दर्पिताः ॥
English Translation
Puffed up with a sense of their own importance, these men, when none stops them, consider themselves to be superior to men of real distinction.
अब्रुवन्कस्यचिन्निन्दामात्मपूजामवर्णयन् । विपश्चिद्गुणसंपन्नः प्राप्नोत्येव महद्यशः ॥
English Translation
One having true wisdom and real merits, wins great fame by abstaining from speaking ill of others and from indulging in self-praise.
अब्रुवन्वाति सुरभिर्गन्धः सुमनसां शुचिः । तथैवाव्याहरन्भाति विमलो भानुरम्बरे ॥
English Translation
Flowers shed their pure and sweet odour without speaking of their own excellence. Likewise, the effulgent Sun scatters his shining rays in the sky in perfect silence.
एवमादीनि चान्यानि परित्यक्तानि मेधया । ज्वलन्ति यशसा लोके यानि न व्याहरन्ति च ॥
English Translation
Similarly those men shine in the world with celebrity who by the help of their intelligence, renounce these and similar other faults and who do not blaze forth their own virtues.
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