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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 313

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 313

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 313

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 313 of the classical Mahābhārata with 52 verses.

Total: 52 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.313.1–52 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
ततः स राजा जनको मन्त्रिभिः सह भारत । पुरः पुरोहितं कृत्वा सर्वाण्यन्तःपुराणि च ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said The next morning, king Janaka, O Bharata, accompanied by his minister and the whole household, came to Shuka, preceded by his priest.
आसनं च पुरस्कृत्य रत्नानि विविधानि च । शिरसा चार्घ्यमादाय गुरुपुत्रं समभ्यगात् ॥
English Translation
Bringing with him rich seats and various sorts of jewels and gems, and bearing the ingredients of the Arghya on his own head, the king approached the son of his reverend preceptor.
स तदासनमादाय बहुरत्नविभूषितम् । स्पर्ध्यास्तरणसंस्तीर्णं सर्वतोभद्रमृद्धिमत् ॥
English Translation
The king, taking with his own hands, from the hands of his priest, that seat adorned with many gems, covered with an excellent sheet, beautiful in all its parts and dearly costly, presented it with great respect to his preceptor's son Shuka.
पुरोधसा संगृहीतं हस्तेनालभ्य पार्थिवः । प्रददौ गुरुपुत्राय शुकाय परमार्चितम् ॥
English Translation
The king, taking with his own hands, from the hands of his priest, that seat adorned with many gems, covered with an excellent sheet, beautiful in all its parts and dearly costly, presented it with great respect to his preceptor's son Shuka.
तत्रोपविष्टं तं कार्ष्णिं शास्त्रतः प्रत्यपूजयत् । पाद्यं निवेद्य प्रथममर्घ्यं गां च न्यवेदयत् । स च तां मन्त्रवत्पूजां प्रत्यगृह्णाद्यथाविधि ॥
English Translation
After the son of Krishna had taken his seat on it, the king adored him according to prescribed rites. At first offering him water to wash his feet, he then presented him the Arghya and kine.
प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां जनकाद्द्विजसत्तमः । गां चैव समनुज्ञाय राजानमनुमान्य च ॥
पर्यपृच्छन्महातेजा राज्ञः कुशलमव्ययम् । अनामयं च राजेन्द्र शुकः सानुचरस्य ह ॥
अनुज्ञातः स तेनाथ निषसाद सहानुगः । उदारसत्त्वाभिजनो भूमौ राजा कृताञ्जलिः ॥
कुशलं चाव्ययं चैव पृष्ट्वा वैयासकिं नृपः । किमागमनमित्येव पर्यपृच्छत पार्थिवः ॥
English Translation
Having a high soul and possessed of high birth, the king with joined hands, sat down on the bare ground and enquired after the wellbeing and unabated prosperity of Vyasa's son. The king then asked his guest the object of his visit.
पित्राहमुक्तो भद्रं ते मोक्षधर्मार्थकोविदः । विदेहराजो याज्यो मे जनको नाम विश्रुतः ॥
English Translation
Shuka said Blessed be you, my father told me that his client, the king of the Videhas, known all over the world by the name of Janaka, is well-versed in the Religion of Liberation.
तत्र गच्छस्व वै तूर्णं यदि ते हृदि संशयः । प्रवृत्तौ वा निवृत्तौ वा स ते छेत्स्यति संशयम् ॥
English Translation
He ordered me to come to him forthwith, if I had any doubts to be solved in the Religion of either Action or Renunciation. He gave me to understand that the king of Mithila would remove all my doubts.
सोऽहं पितुर्नियोगात्त्वामुपप्रष्टुमिहागतः । तन्मे धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥
English Translation
I have, therefore, come come here at the command of my father, for the purpose of receiving instruction from you. You should, O foremost of all righteous persons, instruct me!
किं कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह मोक्षार्थश्च किमात्मकः । कथं च मोक्षः कर्तव्यो ज्ञानेन तपसापि वा ॥
English Translation
What are the duties of a Brahmana, and what is the essence of those duties that have Liberation for their object. How, also, is Liberation to be acquired. Is it to be acquired by the help of Knowledge or by that Penances?
यत्कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह जन्मप्रभृति तच्छृणु । कृतोपनयनस्तात भवेद्वेदपरायणः ॥
English Translation
Janaka said Hear what the Duties are of a Brahmana from the time of his birth. After his investiture, O son, with the sacred thread, he should give his attention to the study of the Vedas.
तपसा गुरुवृत्त्या च ब्रह्मचर्येण चाभिभो । देवतानां पितॄणां चाप्यनृणश्चानसूयकः ॥
English Translation
By practising penances and dutifully serving his preceptor, and observing the duties of Brahmacharya, O powerful one, he should satisfy the debt be owes to the gods, and the Pitris, and renounce all malice.
वेदानधीत्य नियतो दक्षिणामपवर्ज्य च । अभ्यनुज्ञामथ प्राप्य समावर्तेत वै द्विजः ॥
English Translation
Having read the Vedas with close attention, and controlled his senses, and having given his preceptor the tuition-fee, he should, with the order of his preceptor, return home.
समावृत्तस्तु गार्हस्थ्ये सदारो नियतो वसेत् । अनसूयुर्यथान्यायमाहिताग्निस्तथैव च ॥
English Translation
Coming back home, he should follow the domestic mode of life and marry a wife, confine himself to her, and live freeing himself from every sort of malice, and having established his domestic fire.
उत्पाद्य पुत्रपौत्रं तु वन्याश्रमपदे वसेत् । तानेवाग्नीन्यथाशास्त्रमर्चयन्नतिथिप्रियः ॥
English Translation
Living as a householder, he should procreate sons and grandsons. After that, he should retire to the forest, and continue to adore the same fires and entertain guests with cordial hospitality.
स वनेऽग्नीन्यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् । निर्द्वंद्वो वीतरागात्मा ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत् ॥
English Translation
Living virtuously in the forest, he should, at last, establish his fire in his soul, and freed from all pairs of opposites, and renouncing all attachments, he should pass his days in the anchorite-mode of life, which is otherwise called the mode of Brahma.
उत्पन्ने ज्ञानविज्ञाने प्रत्यक्षे हृदि शाश्वते । किमवश्यं निवस्तव्यमाश्रमेषु वनेषु च ॥
English Translation
Shuka said If one acquires an understanding cleansed by study of the scriptures and true conceptions of all things, and if the heart succeeds in freeing itself permanently from the effects of all pairs of opposites, is it still necessary for such a person to follow one after another, the three modes of life called Brahmacharya, Garahastya, and Vanaprastha.
एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामि तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति । यथावेदार्थतत्त्वेन ब्रूहि मे त्वं जनाधिप ॥
English Translation
This is what I ask you. You should me. Indeed, O king, do tell me this according to the true meaning of the Vedas.
न विना ज्ञानविज्ञानं मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत् । न विना गुरुसंबन्धं ज्ञानस्याधिगमः स्मृतः ॥
English Translation
Janaka said It is impossible to aquire Liberation without the help of an understanding purified by the study of the scriptures and without that true conception of all things which is known by the name of Vijnana, again, without that cleansed understanding, one cannot get a Preceptor.
आचार्यः प्लाविता तस्य ज्ञानं प्लव इहोच्यते । विज्ञाय कृतकृत्यस्तु तीर्णस्तदुभयं त्यजेत् ॥
English Translation
The Preceptor is the helmsman, and Knowledge is the Boat. After having got that Boat, one becomes successful. Indeed, having crossed the Ocean, one may renounce both.
अनुच्छेदाय लोकानामनुच्छेदाय कर्मणाम् । पूर्वैराचरितो धर्मश्चातुराश्रम्यसंकथः ॥
English Translation
For preventing the destruction of all the worlds, and for preventing the destruction of deeds, the duties belonging to the four modes of life were practised by the wise of old.
अनेन क्रमयोगेन बहुजातिषु कर्मणा । कृत्वा शुभाशुभं कर्म मोक्षो नामेह लभ्यते ॥
English Translation
By renouncing acts, good and bad, according to this order of acts, one succeeds, in course of many births, in acquiring Liberation.
भावितैः कारणैश्चायं बहुसंसारयोनिषु । आसादयति शुद्धात्मा मोक्षं वै प्रथमाश्रमे ॥
English Translation
That man who, through penances, practised in many births, succeeds in acquiring purified mind and understanding, and soul, certainly becomes able to acquire Liberation in even the very first mode.
तमासाद्य तु मुक्तस्य दृष्टार्थस्य विपश्चितः । त्रिष्वाश्रमेषु को न्वर्थो भवेत्परमभीप्सतः ॥
English Translation
When, having acquired cleansed understanding, Liberation becomes his, and on account thereof be becomes possessed of knowledge of all visible things, what desirable object is there to attain by following the three other modes of life? a
राजसांस्तामसांश्चैव नित्यं दोषान्विवर्जयेत् । सात्त्विकं मार्गमास्थाय पश्येदात्मानमात्मना ॥
English Translation
One should always renounce faults produced by the qualities of Rajas and Tamas. Following the path of Sattva, one should see Self by Self.
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । संपश्यन्नोपलिप्येत जले वारिचरो यथा ॥
English Translation
Seeing one's Self in all creatures and all creatures in one's self, one should live like acquatic animals living in water without being drenched by it.
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