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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 30

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 30

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 30

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 30 of the classical Mahābhārata with 89 verses.

Total: 89 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.30.1–89 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
कदा वा घोषिका गाथाः पुनर्गास्यन्ति शाकले । गव्यस्य तृप्ता मांसस्य पीत्वा गौडं महासवम् ॥
गौरीभिः सह नारीभिर्बृहतीभिः स्वलंकृताः । पलाण्डुगण्डूषयुतान्खादन्ते चैडकान्बहून् ॥
वाराहं कौक्कुटं मांसं गव्यं गार्दभमौष्ट्रकम् । ऐडं च ये न खादन्ति तेषां जन्म निरर्थकम् ॥
इति गायन्ति ये मत्ताः शीधुना शाकलावतः । सबालवृद्धाः कूर्दन्तस्तेषु वृत्तं कथं भवेत् ॥
English Translation
Thus O Shalya, the young and old inhabitants of Sakala, sing and cry under the influence of liquor. How can there by virtue among such people?
इति शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । यदन्योऽप्युक्तवानस्मान्ब्राह्मणः कुरुसंसदि ॥
English Translation
You should know this. I will now recount to you again what another Brahmana said to us in the Kuru court.
पञ्च नद्यो वहन्त्येता यत्र पीलुवनान्यपि । शतद्रुश्च विपाशा च तृतीयेरावती तथा । चन्द्रभागा वितस्ता च सिन्धुषष्ठा बहिर्गताः ॥
English Translation
There where the forests of Pilus stand and the five rivers Shatadru, Vipasha, Iravati, Chandrabhaga and Vitasta and which have the Sindhu for their sixty flow there in those region is situated the Province called the Arattas distant from Himavat. The Province is shorn of virtue and religion. No one should there.
आरट्टा नाम ते देशा नष्टधर्मान्न तान्व्रजेत् । व्रात्यानां दासमीयानां विदेहानामयज्वनाम् ॥
न देवाः प्रतिगृह्णन्ति पितरो ब्राह्मणास्तथा । तेषां प्रनष्टधर्माणां बाह्लीकानामिति श्रुतिः ॥
English Translation
The celestials, the ancestral manes and the Brahmanas never accept gifts from fallen persons, from those that are begotten by Sudras upon women of other castes and from Bahikas who never perform Yajnas and are greatly irreligious.
ब्राह्मणेन तथा प्रोक्तं विदुषा साधुसंसदि । काष्ठकुण्डेषु बाह्लीका मृण्मयेषु च भुञ्जते । सक्तुवाट्यावलिप्तेषु श्वादिलीढेषु निर्घृणाः ॥
आविकं चौष्ट्रिकं चैव क्षीरं गार्दभमेव च । तद्विकारांश्च बाह्लीकाः खादन्ति च पिबन्ति च ॥
पुत्रसंकरिणो जाल्माः सर्वान्नक्षीरभोजनाः । आरट्टा नाम बाह्लीका वर्जनीया विपश्चिता ॥
English Translation
There is a number of bastards among those fallen people. There is no food or no milk that they do not take. The ignorant Aratta Bahikas should always be avoided.
उत शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । यदन्योऽप्युक्तवान्सभ्यो ब्राह्मणः कुरुसंसदि ॥
English Translation
You should know this. I will now recount to you again what another Brahmana said to us in the Kuru court.
युगंधरे पयः पीत्वा प्रोष्य चाप्यच्युतस्थले । तद्वद्भूतिलये स्नात्वा कथं स्वर्गं गमिष्यति ॥
English Translation
How can a man attain to the celestial region having drunk milk in the town called Yugandhara and lived in the place called Achyutastala and bathed in the spot called Bhutilaya.
पञ्च नद्यो वहन्त्येता यत्र निःसृत्य पर्वतात् । आरट्टा नाम बाह्लीका न तेष्वार्यो द्व्यहं वसेत् ॥
English Translation
No respectable man should live even for two days where the five rivers flow just after issuing from the mountains and where live Aratta Balhikas.
बहिश्च नाम ह्लीकश्च विपाशायां पिशाचकौ । तयोरपत्यं बाह्लीका नैषा सृष्टिः प्रजापतेः ॥
English Translation
There are two Pishachas in the river Vipasha named Bahi and Hika. The Bahikas are the offspring of those two Pishchas. They are not creatures created by God. Being of such a low birth how can they know the duties laid down in the scriptures?
कारस्करान्महिषकान्कलिङ्गान्कीकटाटवीन् । कर्कोटकान्वीरकांश्च दुर्धर्मांश्च विवर्जयेत् ॥
English Translation
The Karaskaras, the Mahishkas, the Kurandas, the Keralas, the Karkotakas, the Virakas and other people who have no religion should always be avoided by men.
इति तीर्थानुसर्तारं राक्षसी काचिदब्रवीत् । एकरात्रा शमीगेहे महोलूखलमेखला ॥
English Translation
A Rakshasa woman of huge hips, thus spoke to a Brahman, who once went to that country for bathing in a sacred water and passed a single night there.
आरट्टा नाम ते देशा बाह्लीका नाम ते जनाः । वसातिसिन्धुसौवीरा इति प्रायो विकुत्सिताः ॥
English Translation
The Prasthalas, the Madras, the Gandharvas, the Arattas, Khasas, the Vasatis, the Sindhus and the Sauviras also follow these reprehensible practices.
उत शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । उच्यमानं मया सम्यक्तदेकाग्रमनाः शृणु ॥
English Translation
You should always know this, O Shalya. I will now speak to you what another Brahmana said in the Kuru court.
ब्राह्मणः शिल्पिनो गेहमभ्यगच्छत्पुरातिथिः । आचारं तत्र संप्रेक्ष्य प्रीतः शिल्पिनमब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Once on a time a Brahmana came to our houses as a guest. he was highly pleased with
मया हिमवतः शृङ्गमेकेनाध्युषितं चिरम् । दृष्टाश्च बहवो देशा नानाधर्मसमाकुलाः ॥
English Translation
I lived for a long time alone on a summit of the Himalaya mountain, since then I have seen various countries following various religions.
न च केन च धर्मेण विरुध्यन्ते प्रजा इमाः । सर्वे हि तेऽब्रुवन्धर्मं यथोक्तं वेदपारगैः ॥
English Translation
But I have never seen a country where all the people are irreligious, All the races I have met with recognise as religion what has been declared by persons conversant with the Vedas.
अटता तु सदा देशान्नानाधर्मसमाकुलान् । आगच्छता महाराज बाह्लीकेषु निशामितम् ॥
English Translation
Wandering through various countries following diverse religions, I came at last O king, among the Vahikas. There I heard,
तत्रैव ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा ततो भवति क्षत्रियः । वैश्यः शूद्रश्च बाह्लीकस्ततो भवति नापितः ॥
English Translation
That one at first becomes a Brahmana and then becomes a Kshatriya, A Vahika after that will become a Vaishya, then a Sudra and then a barber.
नापितश्च ततो भूत्वा पुनर्भवति ब्राह्मणः । द्विजो भूत्वा च तत्रैव पुनर्दासोऽपि जायते ॥
English Translation
Having become a barber he will again become a Brahmana. Attaining again to the position of a Brahmana he will again become a slave.
भवत्येकः कुले विप्रः शिष्टान्ये कामचारिणः । गान्धारा मद्रकाश्चैव बाह्लीकाः केऽप्यचेतसः ॥
English Translation
One member of a family becomes a Brahmana, All others falling off from virtue act as they please. The Govharas, the Madrakas and the little-witted Vahikas are such.
एतन्मया श्रुतं तत्र धर्मसंकरकारकम् । कृत्स्नामटित्वा पृथिवीं बाह्लीकेषु विपर्ययः ॥
English Translation
Having wandered over the entire earth I heard of these sinful practices and irregularities amongst the Vahikas.
उत शल्य विजानीहि हन्त भूयो ब्रवीमि ते । यदप्यन्योऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं बाह्लीकानां विकुत्सितम् ॥
English Translation
You should know this. I will now recount to you again what another Brahmana said to us in the Kuru court.
सती पुरा हृता काचिदारट्टा किल दस्युभिः । अधर्मतश्चोपयाता सा तानभ्यशपत्ततः ॥
English Translation
In the days of yore a chaste woman of the country of Aratta was abducted by robbers; they violated her, on which she imprecated a
बालां बन्धुमतीं यन्मामधर्मेणोपगच्छथ । तस्मान्नार्यो भविष्यन्ति बन्धक्यो वै कुलेषु वः । न चैवास्मात्प्रमोक्ष्यध्वं घोरात्पापान्नराधमाः ॥
English Translation
As you have sinfully ravished a girl who has no husband all the women of your families will become unchaste.
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