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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 316

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 316

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 316

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 316 of the classical Mahābhārata with 60 verses.

Total: 60 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.316.1–60 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शून्ये नारदः समुपागमत् । शुकं स्वाध्यायनिरतं वेदार्थान्वक्तुमीप्सितान् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said "After Vyasa had left the spot, Narada, passing through the sky, came to Shuka engaged in studying the scriptures The celestial Rishi came for the object of asking Shuka the meaning of certain parts of the Vedas.
देवर्षिं तु शुको दृष्ट्वा नारदं समुपस्थितम् । अर्घ्यपूर्वेण विधिना वेदोक्तेनाभ्यपूजयत् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the celestial Rishi Narada arrived at his asylum, Shuka adored him by offering him the Arghya according to the rites laid down in the Vedas.
नारदोऽथाब्रवीत्प्रीतो ब्रूहि ब्रह्मविदां वर । केन त्वां श्रेयसा तात योजयामीति हृष्टवत् ॥
English Translation
Pleased with the honours conferred upon him, Narada addressed Shuka, saying.-Tell me, O foremost of pious men, how, O dear child, may I acccomplished what is for your highest good.
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शुकः प्रोवाच भारत । अस्मिँल्लोके हितं यत्स्यात्तेन मां योक्तुमर्हसि ॥
English Translation
Hearing these words of Narada, Shuka said to him, O Bharata, these words:-You should instruct me about what may be beneficial to me!
तत्त्वं जिज्ञासतां पूर्वमृषीणां भावितात्मनाम् । सनत्कुमारो भगवानिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Narada said In days of yore the illustrious Sanatkumara had said these words to certain Rishis of purified souls who had gone to him for enquiring after the truth.
नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति विद्यासमं तपः । नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम् ॥
English Translation
There is no eye like that of knowledge. There is no penance like the practice of truth. There is no sorrow like attachment. There is no happiness like renunciation.
निवृत्तिः कर्मणः पापात्सततं पुण्यशीलता । सद्वृत्तिः समुदाचारः श्रेय एतदनुत्तमम् ॥
English Translation
Abstention from sinful deeds, steady practice of virtue, good conduct, the due observance of all religious duties,—these form the highest good.
मानुष्यमसुखं प्राप्य यः सज्जति स मुह्यति । नालं स दुःखमोक्षाय सङ्गो वै दुःखलक्षणम् ॥
English Translation
Having acquired the status of humanity which is mixed with sorrow, he who becomes attached to it, becomes stupefied; such a man never succeeds in freeing himself from sorrow. Attachment is a mark of sorrow.
सक्तस्य बुद्धिश्चलति मोहजालविवर्धिनी । मोहजालावृतो दुःखमिह चामुत्र चाश्नुते ॥
English Translation
The understanding of a person who is attached to earthly object becomes more and more entangled in the net of stupefaction. The man who becomes entangled in the net of stupefaction comes by sorrow both in this world and in the next.
सर्वोपायेन कामस्य क्रोधस्य च विनिग्रहः । कार्यः श्रेयोर्थिना तौ हि श्रेयोघातार्थमुद्यतौ ॥
English Translation
One should, by every means in his power, control both desire and anger if one tries to acquire what is for his good. Those two originate for only destroying his good.
नित्यं क्रोधात्तपो रक्षेच्छ्रियं रक्षेत मत्सरात् । विद्यां मानावमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादतः ॥
English Translation
One should always protect his penances from anger, and his prosperity from pride. One should always protect his knowledge from honour and dishonour, and his soul from error.
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः क्षमा च परमं बलम् । आत्मज्ञानं परं ज्ञानं न सत्याद्विद्यते परम् ॥
English Translation
Mercy is the highest virtue. Forgiveness is the highest power. The knowledge of self is the highest knowledge. There is nothing higher than truth.
सत्यस्य वचनं श्रेयः सत्यादपि हितं भवेत् । यद्भूतहितमत्यन्तमेतत्सत्यं मतं मम ॥
English Translation
It is always meet to speak the truth. It is better again to speak what is wholesome than to speak what is true. I hold that that is truth which is filled with the greatest benefit to all creatures.
सर्वारम्भफलत्यागी निराशीर्निष्परिग्रहः । येन सर्वं परित्यक्तं स विद्वान्स च पण्डितः ॥
English Translation
That man is said to be truly learned and truly endued with wisdom who renounces every act, who never indulges in hope, who is perfectly dissociated from all worldly surroundings, and who has renounced everything that belongs to the world.
इन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियार्थेभ्यश्चरत्यात्मवशैरिह । असज्जमानः शान्तात्मा निर्विकारः समाहितः ॥
English Translation
That person who, without being attached thereto, enjoys all objects of sense with the help of senses which are completely under his control, who is endued with a tranquil soul, who is never moved by joy or sorrow, who is engaged in Yoga-meditation, who lives with the gods presiding over his senses and dissociated also from them, and who, though gifted with a body, never considers himself as identifiable with it, becomes liberated and very soon acquires what is his highest good.
आत्मभूतैरतद्भूतः सह चैव विनैव च । स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥
अदर्शनमसंस्पर्शस्तथासंभाषणं सदा । यस्य भूतैः सह मुने स श्रेयो विन्दते परम् ॥
English Translation
One who never sees others, never touches others, never talks with others, soon, O ascetic, acquires what is for his highest good.
न हिंस्यात्सर्वभूतानि मैत्रायणगतश्चरेत् । नेदं जन्म समासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित् ॥
English Translation
One should not injure any creature. On the other hand, one should treat with friendliness to all. Having acquired the status of humanity, one should never treat inimically to any one.
आकिंचन्यं सुसंतोषो निराशीष्ट्वमचापलम् । एतदाहुः परं श्रेय आत्मज्ञस्य जितात्मनः ॥
English Translation
A perfect disregard for all (worldly) things, perfect contentment, abandonment of hope of every sort, and patience,-these form the highest good of one who has governed his senses and acquired a knowledge of self.
परिग्रहं परित्यज्य भव तात जितेन्द्रियः । अशोकं स्थानमातिष्ठ इह चामुत्र चाभयम् ॥
English Translation
Renouncing all attachments, O child, do you master all your senses, and thereby acquire happiness both in this world and in the next.
निरामिषा न शोचन्ति त्यजेहामिषमात्मनः । परित्यज्यामिषं सौम्य दुःखतापाद्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥
English Translation
They who are free from cupidity have never to suffer any sorrow. One should, therefore, renounce all cupidity from one's soul. By renouncing cupidity, O amiable and blessed one, you will be able to liberate yourself from sorrow and pain.
तपोनित्येन दान्तेन मुनिना संयतात्मना । अजितं जेतुकामेन भाव्यं सङ्गेष्वसङ्गिना ॥
English Translation
One who wishes to conquer that which is unconquerable should live giving himself up to penances, to self-control, to taciturnity, to a subjugation of the soul. Such a person should live in the midst of attachments without being attached thereto.
गुणसङ्गेष्वनासक्त एकचर्यारतः सदा । ब्राह्मणो नचिरादेव सुखमायात्यनुत्तमम् ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana who lives in the midst of attachments without being attached to them and who always lives in seclusion, very soon acquires the highest happiness.
द्वंद्वारामेषु भूतेषु य एको रमते मुनिः । विद्धि प्रज्ञानतृप्तं तं ज्ञानतृप्तो न शोचति ॥
English Translation
That man who lives alone in happiness in the midst of creatures who are seen to find pleasure in leading lives of sexual union, should be known to be a person whose thirst has been satisfied by knowledge. It is well known that that man whose thirst has been satisfied by knowledge has never to grieve.
शुभैर्लभति देवत्वं व्यामिश्रैर्जन्म मानुषम् । अशुभैश्चाप्यधोजन्म कर्मभिर्लभतेऽवशः ॥
English Translation
One acquires the status of the god my means of good deeds; the status of humanity by means of acts which are good and bad; while by acts which are purely wicked, one helplessly falls down among the lower animals.
तत्र मृत्युजरादुःखैः सततं समभिद्रुतः । संसारे पच्यते जन्तुस्तत्कथं नावबुध्यसे ॥
English Translation
Always attacked by sorrow and decrepitude and death, a living creature is being cooked in this world. Do you not know it?
अहिते हितसंज्ञस्त्वमध्रुवे ध्रुवसंज्ञकः । अनर्थे चार्थसंज्ञस्त्वं किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे ॥
English Translation
You generally consider that to be beneficial which is really injurious; that to be certain which is really uncertain; and that to be desirable and good which is undesirable and not good. Alas, why do you not form a correct apprehension of these?
संवेष्ट्यमानं बहुभिर्मोहतन्तुभिरात्मजैः । कोशकारवदात्मानं वेष्टयन्नावबुध्यसे ॥
English Translation
Like a silkworm that covers itself in its own cocoon, you are continually covering yourself in a cocoon made of your own numberless deeds born of stupefaction and mistake. Alas, why do you not form a correct apprehension of your situation?
अलं परिग्रहेणेह दोषवान्हि परिग्रहः । कृमिर्हि कोशकारस्तु बध्यते स्वपरिग्रहात् ॥
English Translation
No need of attaching yourself to earthly objects. Attachment to earthly objects produces evil. The silk-worm that forms a cocoon round itself is at last destroyed by its own deed.
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