pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: निर्मासैरस्थिभूयिष्ठैर्गात्रैःस्नायुनिबन्धनैः। किं विशेष प्रपश्यन्ति तत्र तेषां परे जनाः॥ येन प्रत्यवगच्छेयुः कुलरूपविशेषणम्। कस्मादन्योन्यमिच्छन्ति विप्रलब्धधियो नराः॥
English: Since the wise and the ignorant the rich and the poor, all, shorn of their anxieties, sleep on the crematorium, with bodies devoid of flesh and full of naked bones, and sinews, whom amongst them will the survivors regard as possessed of distinguishing marks by which the attributes of birth and beauty may be determined? Since every thing is equal in death why should men, whose understandings are always deceived covet one another's rank and position.
Sanskrit: गृहाणीव हि मानामाहुर्देहानि पण्डिताः। कालेन विनियुज्यन्ते सत्त्वमेकं तु शाश्वतम्॥
English: The learned say that the bodies of men are like house, which are destroyed in time. There is one being, however, that is eternal.
Sanskrit: यथा जीर्णमजीर्णं वा वस्त्रं त्यक्त्वा तु पूरुषः। अन्यद् रोचयते वस्त्रमेवं देहाः शरीरिणाम्॥
English: As a person casting off an old cloth puts on a fresh one, so is the case with the bodies of all embodied beings.
Sanskrit: वैचित्रवीर्य प्राप्यं हि दुःखं वा यदि वा सुखम्। प्राप्नुवन्तीह भूतानि स्वकृतेनैव कर्मणा॥
English: O son of Vichitravirja creatures reap happiness or misery, as the fruit of their own acts.
Sanskrit: कर्मणा प्राप्यते स्वर्गः सुखं दुःखं च भारत। ततो वहति तं भारमवशः स्ववशोऽपि वा॥
English: By their acts they secure heaven, O Bharata, or happiness, or misery. Whether competent or otherwise, they have to bear their burdens which are the result of their own acts.
Sanskrit: यथा च मृन्मयं भाण्डं चक्रारूढं विपद्यते। किंचित् प्रक्रियमाणं वा कृतमात्रमथापि वा॥ छिन्नं वाप्यवरोप्यन्तमवतीर्णमथापि वा। आर्द्र वाप्यथवा शुष्कं पच्यमानमथापि वा॥ उत्तार्यमाणमापाकादुद्धृतं चापि भारत। अथवा परिभुज्यन्तमेवं देहाः शरीरिणाम्॥
English: As amongst earthen pots some break while still on the potter's wheel, some while partially shaped, some as soon as shaped, some after removal from the wheel, some while in course of being removed, some after removal, some while wet, some while dry, some while being burnt, some while being removed from the kiln, some after removal therefrom, and some while being used, so is the case with the bodics of embodied creatures.
Sanskrit: गर्भस्थो वा प्रसूतो वाप्यथ वा दिवसान्तरः। अर्धमासगतो वापि मासमात्रगतोऽपि वा॥ संवत्सरगतो वापि द्विसंवत्सर एव वा। यौवनस्थोऽथ मध्यस्थो वृद्धो वापि विपद्यते॥
English: Some are destroyed while in embryo, some after coming out of the womb, some on the day after, some after a fortnight or a month, some on after a year or two, some in youth, some in middle age, and some when old.
Sanskrit: प्राक्कर्मभिस्तु भूतानि भवन्ति न भवन्ति च। एवं सांसिद्धिके लोके किमर्थमनुतप्यसे॥
English: Creatures are born or destroyed according to their pristine acts. When such is the course of the world, why do you grieve?
Sanskrit: यथा तु सलिलं राजन् क्रीडार्थमनुसंतरत्। उन्मजेच निमज्जेच किंचित् सत्त्वं नराधिप॥ एवं संसारगहने उन्मजननिमजने। कर्मभोगेन बध्यन्ते किश्यन्ते चाल्पबुद्धयः॥
English: As men, while swimming, sometimes dive and sometimes emerge, so, O king, creatures sink and emerge in life's stream. They that are of limited under standing suffer or meet with death as the result of their own acts.
Sanskrit: ये तु प्राज्ञाः स्थिताः सत्त्वे संसारेऽस्मिन् हितैषिणः। समागमज्ञा भूतानां ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्॥
English: They, however, that are wise, virtuous and desirous of doing good to all living creatures, who are acquainted with the real nature of beings in this world, attain at last to the highest end."
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच कथं संसारगहनं विज्ञेयं वदतां वर एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं तत्त्वमाख्याहि पृच्छतः॥
English: Dhritarashtra said "O best of speakers, how may the wilderness of this world be known? I wish to hear this. Accosted by me, tell me this.”
Sanskrit: विदुर उवाच जन्मप्रभृति भूतानां क्रिया सर्वोपलक्ष्यते। पूर्वमेवेह कलिले वसते किंचिदन्तरम्॥
English: Vidura said "I will describe to you all the acts of creatures from the very beginning. In the beginning it lives in the mixture of blood and semen. Then it grows little by little. Then on the expiration of the fifth mouth it puts on a shape.
Sanskrit: ततः स पञ्चमेऽतीते मासे वासमकल्पयत्। ततः सर्वाङ्गसम्पूर्णो गर्भो वै स तु जायते॥
English: It next becomes a foetus with all its limbs made up, and live in a dirty place, covered with flesh and blood.
Sanskrit: अमेध्यमध्ये वसति मांसशोणितलेपने। ततस्तु वायुवेगेन अर्ध्वपादो ह्यधःशिराः॥
English: Then, by the action of the wind, its lower limbs are turned upwards and the head comes downwards. Getting by this posture at the mouth of the uterus, it suffers manifold miseries.
Sanskrit: योनिद्वारमुपागम्य बहून् क्लेशान् समृच्छति। योनिसम्पीडनाच्चैव पूर्वकर्मभिरन्वितः॥ तस्मान्मुक्तः स संसारादन्यान् पश्यत्युपद्रवान्।
English: On account of the contraction of the uterus, the creatures then comes out of it, bearing the results of all his pristine acts. He then meets in this world with other evils that best him. Misfortunes go to him like dogs drawn by the scent of ineat.
Sanskrit: ग्रहास्तमनुगच्छन्ति सारमेया इवामिषम्॥ ततः प्राप्तोत्तरे काले व्याधयश्चापि तं तथा।
English: Next various diseases assail him while he is enchained by his pristine acts.
Sanskrit: उपसर्पन्ति जीवन्तं बध्यमानं स्वकर्मभिः॥ तं बद्धमिन्द्रियैः पाशैः संगस्वादुभिरावृतम्।
English: Bound by the fetters of lust and women and wealth and other sweets of life, various evil practises also approach, him then, O king!
Sanskrit: व्यसनान्यपि वर्तन्ते विविधानि नराधिप।॥ बध्यमानश्च तैर्भूयो नैव तृप्तिमुपैति सः।
English: Caught by these, he never enjoys happiness. At that time he does not obtain the fruit of his acts, right or wrong. They, however, fix their minds on reflection, succeed in protection their souls.
Sanskrit: तदा नावैति चैवायं प्रकुर्वन् साध्वसाधु वा॥ तथैव परिरक्षिन्त ये ध्यानपरिनिष्ठितः। अयं न बुध्यते तावद् यमलोकमथागतम्॥
English: The person overcome by his senses does not know that death has come at his door. At last, dragged by the messengers of the Destroyer, he meets with death at the appointed time.
Sanskrit: यमदूतैर्विकृष्यंश्च मृत्यु कालेन गच्छति। वाग्धीनस्य च यन्मात्रमिष्टानिष्टं कृतं मुखे। भूय एवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं बध्यमानमुपेक्षते॥
English: Overcome by his senses, he does good and evil at the every commencement. Having enjoyed or suffered this fruits of these, he again becomes indifferent to his acts of selfdestruction.
Sanskrit: अहो विनिकृतो लोको लोभेन च वशीकृतः। लोभक्रोधभयोन्मत्तो नात्मानमवबुध्यते॥
English: Alas, the world is deceived, and covetousness subdues it. Deprived of sense by covetousness, anger, and fear, one knows not one's own self!
Sanskrit: कुलीनत्वे च रमे दुष्कुलीनान् विकुत्सयन्। धनदर्पण दृप्तश्च दरिद्रान् परिकुत्सयन्॥
English: Proud of his high birth, one is seen to speak ill of those that are but high born. Elated with pride of wealth, one is seen to hate the poor.
Sanskrit: मूर्खानिति परानाहं नात्मानं समवेक्षते। दोषान् क्षिपति चान्येषां नात्मानं शास्तुमिच्छति॥
English: One considers others as ignorant fools, but seldom gauges his own self. One attributes faults to others, but never wishes to punish his own self.
Sanskrit: यदा प्राज्ञाश्च मूर्खाश्च धनवन्तश्च निर्धनाः। कुलीनाश्चाकुलीनाश्च मानिनोऽथाप्यमानिनः॥ सर्वे पितृवनं प्राप्ताः स्वपन्ति विगतत्वचः। निर्मासैरस्थिभूयिष्ठैर्गात्रैः स्नायुनिबन्धनैः॥ विशेष न प्रपश्यन्ति तत्र तेषां परे जनाः। येन प्रत्यवगच्छेयुः कुलरूपविशेषणम्॥
English: Since the wise and the ignorant, the rich and the poor, the high-born and the low-born, the honored and the dishonored, all go to the place of the dead and sleep there shorn of anxiety, with bodies divested of flesh and full only of bones and dried up tendons, whom amongst then would the survivors regard as standing superior to others and by what marks would they determine the attributes of birth and beauty.
Sanskrit: यदा सर्वे समं न्यस्ता: स्वपन्ति धरणीतले। कस्मादन्योन्यमिच्छन्ति प्रलब्धुमिह दुर्बुधाः॥
English: When all shall sleep likewise on the bare ground, why then should men, foolishly, desire to deceive one another.
Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्षं च परोक्षं च यो निशम्य श्रुतिं त्विमाम्। अधुवे जीवलोकेऽस्मिन् यो धर्ममनुपालयन्। जन्मप्रभृति वर्तेत प्राप्नुयात् परमां गतिम्॥
English: He who, looking at this scriptural injunction with his own eyes or hearing it from others, practises virtue in this unstable world of life and sticks to it from early age, attains to the highest end.
Sanskrit: एवं सर्वं विदित्वा वै यस्तत्त्वमनुवर्तते। स प्रमोक्षाय लभते पन्थानं मनुजेश्वर॥
English: Learning all this, he that sticks to Truth, O king, gets over all paths.”
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच अहोऽभिहितमाख्यानं भवता तत्त्वदर्शिना। भूय एव तु मे हर्षः श्रुत्वा वागमृतं तव॥
English: Dhritarashtra said “Excellent is this parable which you have described. Indeed, you are acquainted with Truth. Having listened to your nectar-like speech, I desire to hear more.'
Sanskrit: विदुर उवाच शृणु भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि मार्गस्यैतस्य विस्तरम्। यच्छ्रुत्वा विप्रमुच्यन्ते संसारेभ्यो विचक्षणाः॥
English: Vidura said “Listen to me, O king, I shall once more fully describe the means an acquaintances with which enables the wise to free themselves from the fetters of the world.
Sanskrit: यथा तु पुरुषो राजन् दीर्घमध्वानमास्थितः। क्वचित् क्वचिच्छ्रमाच्छ्रान्तः कुरुते वासमेव वा॥ एवं संसारपर्याये गर्भवासेषु भारत। कुर्वन्ति दुर्बुधा वासं मुच्यन्ते तत्र पण्डिताः॥
English: As a person, O king, who has to travel a long distance, is sometimes obliged to halt for being fatigued so, O Bharata, they that are of little understanding traveling along the long way of life, have to make frequent halts in the shape of repeated births. The wise are, however, freed from that obligation.
Sanskrit: तस्मादध्वानमेवैतमाहुः शास्त्रविदो जनाः। यत्तु संसारगहनं वनमाहुर्मनीषिणः॥
English: Men well read in scriptures, describe for this life's course as a long way. The wise also describe life's way with all its difficulties as a forest.
Sanskrit: सोऽयं लोकसमावर्तो मानां भरतर्षभ। चराणां स्थावराणां च न गृध्येत् तत्र पण्डितः॥
English: Creatures, O Bharata-chief, whether mobile or immobile, have to repeatedly return to the world. The wise alone escape. or
Sanskrit: शारीरा मानसाश्चैव मानां ये तु व्याधयः। प्रत्यक्षाश्च परोक्षाश्च ते व्यालाः कथिता बुधैः॥
English: The diseases, mental and physical, to which mortals are subject, whether visible invisible, are described as beasts of prey by the wise.
Sanskrit: क्लिश्यमानाश्च तैर्नित्यं वार्यमाणाश्च भारत। स्वकर्मभिर्महाव्यालै!द्विजन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः॥
English: Men are always assailed by them, O Bharata. Again, those dreadful beasts of prey, which are their own acts in life, never cause any, anxiety to the foolish.
Sanskrit: अथापि तैर्विमुच्येत व्याधिभिः पुरुषो नृप। आवृणोत्येव तं पश्चाजरा रूपविनाशिनी॥
English: If any person, O king, somehow escapes from diseases, Decrepitude, that destroyer of beauty, assails him after-wards.
Sanskrit: शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शेर्गन्धैश्च विविधैरपि। मज्जमांसमहापङ्के निरालम्बे समन्ततः॥
English: Plunged in a slough by the objects of senses, viz., sound, form, taste, touch and scent, man remains there without anything to save him from there.
Sanskrit: संवत्सराश्च मासाश्च पक्षाहोरात्रसंधयः। क्रमेणास्योपयुञ्जन्ति रूपमायुस्तथैव च॥
English: Meanwhile, the years, the seasons, the mouths, the fortnights, the days and the nights, coming one after another, gradually deprive him of beauty and lessen the period of life.
Sanskrit: एते कालस्य निधयो नैताञ्जानन्ति दुर्बुधाः। धात्राभिलिखितान्याहुः सर्वभूतानि कर्मणा॥
English: These all are harbingers of death. The foolish do not regard them as such. The wise say that all creatures are ruled by the Ordainer through their acts.
Sanskrit: रथः शरीरं भूतानां सत्त्वमाहुस्तु सारथिम्। इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुः कर्मबुद्धिस्तु रश्मयः॥
English: The body of a creature is called the car. The vital principle is the driver of that car. The senses are the horses. Our acts and the understanding are the traces.
Sanskrit: तेषां हयानां यो वेगं धावतामनुधावति। स तु संसारचक्रेऽस्मिश्चक्रवत् परिवर्तते॥
English: He who follows after those running horses, has to come repeatedly by rebirths.
Sanskrit: यस्तान् संयमते बुद्ध्या संयतो न निवर्तते। ये तु संसारचक्रेऽस्मिंश्चक्रवत् परिवर्तिते॥
English: He, however, who, being self-restrained, restrains them by his understanding, has not to return.
Sanskrit: भ्रममाणा न मुह्यन्ति संसारे न भ्रमन्ति ते। संसारे भ्रमतां राजन् दुःखमेतद्धि जायते॥
English: They, however, who are not stupefied while following this wheel of life that is revolving like a real wheel, do not come by re-births.
Sanskrit: तस्मादस्य निवृत्त्यर्थं यत्नमेवाचरेद् बुधः। उपेक्षा नात्र कर्तव्या शतशाखः प्रवर्धते॥
English: He that is wise should certainly prevent the coming of re-birth. One should not neglect it, for indifference may subject us to it repeatedly.
Sanskrit: यतेन्द्रियो नरो राजन् क्रोधलोभनिराकृतः। संतुष्टः सत्यवादी यः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति॥
English: The Man, O king, who has controlled his senses and subdued anger and covetousness, who is contented, and truthful in speech, obtains peace.
Sanskrit: याम्यमाहू रथं ह्येनं मुह्यन्ते येन दुर्बुधाः। स चैतत् प्राप्नुयाद् राजन् यत् त्वां प्राप्तो नराधिप।।१९
English: This body is called the car of Yama. The foolish are stupefied by it. Such a person, O king, should obtain that which you have obtained.
Sanskrit: अनुतर्षुलमेवैतद् दुःखं भवति मारिष। राज्यनाशं सुहन्नाशं सुतनाशं च भारत॥
English: The loss of kingdom of friends, and of children, O Bharata, and such other things, visit him who is still under the influence of desire.
Sanskrit: साधुः परमदुःखानां दुःखभैषज्यमाचरेत्। ज्ञानौषधमवाप्येह दूरपारं महौषधम्। छिन्द्याद् दुःखमहाव्याधि नरः संयतमानसः॥
English: The wise should apply the medicine of intelligence to all great sorrows. Securing the medicine of wisdom, which is truly very efficacious and is almost unattainable the selfcontrolled man would kill that serious disease called sorrow.
Sanskrit: न विक्रमो न चाप्यर्थो न मित्रं न सुहृज्जनः। तथोन्मोचयते दुःखाद् यथाऽऽत्मा स्थिरसंयमः॥ तस्मान्मैत्रं समास्थाय शीलमापद्य भारत।
English: Neither power, nor riches, nor friends, nor well-wishers, can cure a man of his grief so successfully as the control of self. Therefore not injuring others and cherishing friendship for all creatures, be of pious behaviour, O Bharata!
Sanskrit: दमस्त्यागोऽप्रमादश्च ते त्रयो ब्रह्मणो हयाः॥ शीलरश्मिसमायुक्तः स्थितो यो मानसे रथे। त्यक्त्वा मृत्युभयं राजन् ब्रह्मलोकं स गच्छति॥
English: Self-restraint, renunciation, and carefulness, are the three horses of Brahman. He who rides on the car of his soul, to which are yoked these horses with the help of traces furnished by good conduct, and drives it, shaking off all fear of death, goes, O king, to the regions of Brahman.
Sanskrit: अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो ददाति महीपते। स गच्छति परं स्थानं विष्णोः पदमनामयम्॥
English: That person, O king, who gives to all creatures promise of his harmlessness goes to the best of regions, vilz., the blessed one of Vishnu.
Sanskrit: न तत् ऋतुसहस्रेण नोपवासैश्च नित्यशः। अभयस्य च दानेन यत् फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः॥
English: The fruit that one reaps by giving as assurance to all creatures of his harmlessness cannot be obtained by celebrating a thousand sacrifices or by daily fasts.
Sanskrit: न ह्यात्मनः प्रियतरं किंचिद् भूतेषु निश्चितम्। अनिष्टं सर्वभूतानां मरणं नाम भारत॥ तस्मात् सर्वेषु भूतेषु दया कार्या विपश्चिता।
English: Of all things there is certainly nothing dearer than self. Death is, forsooth, disliked by all creatures, O Bharata. Therefore, pity should certainly be shown to all.
Sanskrit: नानामोहसमायुक्ता बुद्धिजालेन संवृताः॥ असूक्ष्मदृष्ट्यो मन्दा भ्राम्यन्ते तत्र तत्र ह। सुसूक्ष्मदृष्ट्यो राजन् व्रजन्ति ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्॥
English: Possessed by various kinds of mistakes, entangled by the net of their own intelligence, they that are wicked and are of good vision, visit repeatedly this Earth. The wise secure a union with Brahma."
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच विदुरस्य तु तद् वाक्यं निशम्य कुरुसत्तमः। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः पपात भुवि मूर्छितः॥
English: Vaishampayana said “After hearting the words of Vidura, the chief of the Kurus, stricken with grief on account of the death of his sons, dropped down senseless on the Earth.
Sanskrit: तं तथा पतितं भूमौ नि:संज्ञं प्रेक्ष्य बान्धवाः। कृष्णद्वैपायनश्चैव क्षत्ता व विदुरस्तथा॥ संजयः सुहृदश्चान्ये द्वा:स्था ये चास्य सम्मताः। जलेन सुखशीतेन तालवृन्तैश्च भारत॥ पस्पृशुश्च करैर्गानं वीजमानाश्च यत्नतः। अन्वासन् सुचिरं कालं धृतराष्ट्र तथागतम्॥
English: Seeing him fall down in that state, his friends as also the island-born Vyasa, Vidura, Sanjaya, and other well-wishers, and the trust worthy attendants who used to wait at the gates, sprinkled cool water over his body, and fanned him with palm leaves, and gently rubbed him with their hands. for a long while they solaced the king while in that state.
Sanskrit: अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य लब्धसंज्ञो महीपतिः। विललाप चिरं कालं पुत्राधिभिरभिप्लुतः॥
English: Regaining his senses, after a long time the monarch, wept for a long time, overwhelmed with grief on account of the death of his sons.
Sanskrit: धिगस्तु खलु मानुष्यं मानुषेषु परिग्रहे। यतो मूलानि दुःखानि सम्भवन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः॥
English: He said:-'Fie on the humanity. Fie out the human body. The miseries that we suffer in this life frequently originate from the very state of humanity.
Sanskrit: पुत्रनाशेऽर्थनाशे च ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिनामथ। प्राप्यते सुमहद् दुःखं विषाग्निप्रतिमं विभो॥
English: Alas, O lord great is the grief, like poison or fire, that one suffers at the loss of sons, of riches, of kinsmen, and relatives.
Sanskrit: येन दह्यन्ति गात्राणि येन प्रज्ञा विनश्यति। येनाभिभूतः पुरुषो मरणं बहु मन्यते॥
English: That grief cosumes our limbs, and wisdom. Stricken with that grief, a person welcomes death.
Sanskrit: तदिदं व्यसनं प्राप्तं मया भाग्यविपर्ययात्। तस्यान्तं नाधिगच्छामि ऋते प्राणविमोक्षणात्॥
English: This calamity that has be fallen me terminate with life itself. O best of sages, I shall, therefore, put an end to my life this very day.'
Sanskrit: तथैवाहं करिष्यामि अद्यैव द्विजसत्तम। इत्युक्त्वा तु महात्मानं पितरं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्॥ धृतराष्ट्रोऽभवन्मूढः स शोकं परमं गतः। अभूच तूष्णीं राजासौ ध्यायमानो महीपते॥
English: Saying so to his great sire, that foremost of all persons conversant with Brahma, Dhritarashtra, laden with grief, became stupefied. The king, O monarch, thinking of his miseries, became silent.
Sanskrit: तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा कृष्णद्वैपायनः प्रभुः। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तं पुत्रं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Hearing these words of his the powerful Vyasa thus spoke to his son stricken with grief on account of the death of his children.
Sanskrit: व्यास उवाच धृतराष्ट्रो महाबाहो यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु। श्रुतवानसि मेधावी धर्मार्थकुशलः प्रभो॥
English: Vyasa said O mighty-armed Dhritarashtra, hear what I say. You are learned, intelligent, and you O powerful, one, are skilled in understanding duties.
Sanskrit: न तेऽस्त्यविदितं किंचिद् वेदितव्यं परंतप। अनित्यतां हि मानां विजानासि न संशयः॥
English: Everything is know to you. O scorcher of foes. Forsooth you know the instability of all things doomed to death.
Sanskrit: अध्रुवे जीवलोके च स्थाने वा शाश्वते सति। जीविते मरणान्ते च कस्माच्छोचसि भारत॥
English: When this life is fickle, when this word itself is not eternal, when life is sure to end in death, why then, O Bharata, do you grieve?
Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्षं तव राजेन्द्र वैरस्यास्य समुद्भवः। पुत्रं ते कारणं कृत्वा कालयोगेन कारितः॥
English: Before your very eyes, O king, Time, making your son the cause, created this enmity.
Sanskrit: अवश्यं भवितव्ये च कुरूणां वैशसे नृप। कस्माच्छोचसि ताशूरान् गतान् परमिकां गतिम्।।
English: This destruction of the Kurus, O king, was inevitable. Why then do you grieve for those heroes that have achieved the highest end?
Sanskrit: जानता च महाबाहो विदुरेण महात्मना। यतितं सर्वयत्नेन शमं प्रति जनेश्वर॥
English: The high-souled Vidura knew every thing. he had tried his best, О king, to bring about peace.
Sanskrit: न च दैवकृतो मार्गः शक्यो भूतेन केनचित्। घटतापि चिरं कालं नियन्तुमिति मे मतिः॥
English: I Think the course marked by destiny cannot be controlled by any one, even if one struggles for ever.
Sanskrit: देवतानां हि यत् कार्यं मया प्रत्यक्षतः श्रुतम्। तत् देऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा स्थैर्यं भवेत् तव॥
English: The course that was settled by the celestial was known to me direct. I will recite it to you, so that you may enjoy peace of mind.
Sanskrit: पुराहं त्वरितो यातः सभामैन्द्री जितकमः। अपश्यं तत्र च तदा समवेतान् दिवौकसः॥
English: Once before, I went very quickly to the court of Indra. There I all the inhabitation's of heaven assembled together.
Sanskrit: नारदप्रमुखाश्चापि सर्वे देवर्षयोऽनघ तत्र चापि मया हृष्टा पृथिवी पृथिवीपते॥
English: There were, O sinless one, all the celestial Rishis also, headed by Narada. There, O king, I saw also the Earth in her embodied form. saw
Sanskrit: कार्यार्थमुपसम्प्राप्ता देवतानां समीपतः। उपगम्य तदा धात्री देवानाह समागतान्॥ यत् कार्यं मम युष्माभिर्ब्रह्मणः सदने तदा। प्रतिज्ञातं महाभागास्तच्छीघ्रं संविधीयताम्॥
English: The latter had gone to the gods for the accomplishment of a particular mission. Approaching the gods, she said,—While you were in Brahman's abode you promised to do all for me. Let that be accomplished soon.
Sanskrit: तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्लोकनमस्कृतः। उवाच वाक्यं प्रहसन् पृथिवी देवसंसदि॥ धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणां यस्तु ज्येष्ठः शतस्य वै। दुर्योधन इति ख्यातः स ते कार्यं करिष्यति॥ तं च प्राप्य महीपालं कृतकृत्या भविष्यसि।
English: Hearing these words of hers, Vishnu, adored of all the worlds, smilingly addressed her in the midst of the celestials, saving,-The eldest of the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra, viz., Duryodhana, will accomplish your work. Through that king you object will be achieved.
Sanskrit: तस्यार्थे पृथिवीपाला: कुरुक्षेत्रं समागताः॥ अन्योन्यं घातयिष्यन्ति दृढैः शस्त्रैः प्रहारिणः।
English: For his sake, many kings assemble together on the field of Kuru, They will cause one another to be killed through hard weapons.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते भविता देवि भारस्य युधि नाशनम्॥ गच्छ शीघ्रं स्वकं स्थानं लोकान् धारय शोभने।
English: It is evident, O goddess, that your bruden will then he lightened in battle, Go quickly to your won station and continue to bear the the weight of creatures, O beautiful damsel.
Sanskrit: य एष ते सुतो राजन् लोकसंहारकारणात्॥ कलेरंशः समुत्पन्नो गान्धार्या जठरे नृप।
English: From this you should know, O king that your son Duryodhana, born in Gandhari's womb, was a portion of Kali born for bringing about a universal slaughter.
Sanskrit: अमर्षी चपलश्चापि क्रोधनो दुष्प्रसाधनः॥ दैवयोगात् समुत्पन्ना भ्रातरश्चास्य तादृशाः।
English: He was vindictive, restless, wrathful and difficult of being pleased. Through the influence of Destiny his brothers also took after him.
Sanskrit: शकुनिर्मातुलश्चैव कर्णश्च परमः सखा॥ समुत्पन्ना विनाशार्थं पृथिव्यां सहिता नृपाः।
English: Shakuni became his maternal uncle and Karna his great friend. Many other kings were born on Earth for helping him in the work of destruction.
Sanskrit: यादृशो जायते राजा तादृशोऽस्य जनो भवेत्॥ अधर्मो धर्मतां याति स्वामी चेद् धार्मिको भवेत्।
English: As the king is, so are his subjects. If the king becomes pious, even unrighteousness becomes incarnate in his kingdom.
Sanskrit: स्वामिनो गुणदोषाभ्यां भृत्याः स्युर्नात्र संशयः॥ दुष्टं राजानमासाद्य गतास्ते तनया नृप।
English: Servants, forsooth, are affected by the merits and demerits of their masters. O king, having obtained a bad king, your other sons have all been destroyed.
Sanskrit: एतमर्थं महाबाहो नारदो वेद तत्त्ववित्॥ आत्मापराधात् पुत्रास्ते विनष्टाः पृथिवीपते। मा ताशोचस्व राजेन्द्र न हि शोकेऽस्ति कारणम्।।३५
English: Conversant with truth, Narada knew all this. Through their own faults, your sons have been destroyed, O king! Do not grieve for them, O king. There in no cause for grief.
Sanskrit: न हि ते पाण्डवाः स्वल्पमपराध्यन्ति भारत। पुत्रास्तव दुरात्मानो यैरियं घातिता मही॥
English: The Pandavas are not to be blamed, O Bharata, in the least, for what has taken place. Your sons were all wicked. It is they that caused this destruction on Earth.
Sanskrit: नारदेन च भद्रं ते पूर्वमेव न संशयः। युधिष्ठिरस्य समितौ राजसूये निवेदितम्॥ पाण्डवाः कौरवाः सर्वे समासाद्य परस्परम्। न भविष्यन्ति कौन्तेय यत् ते कृत्यं तदाचर॥
English: Narada had truly spoken out to Yudhishthira, all this in his court at the time of the Rajasuya sacrifice, saying, "The Pandavas and the Kauravas, meeting which each other, will be destroyed. Do that, O son of Kunti, which you should.