pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अवाप्यैतानि कर्माणि वेदोक्तानि धनंजय। दानमध्ययनं यज्ञो निग्रहश्चैव दुर्ग्रहः॥ दक्षिणेन च पन्थानमर्यम्णो ये दिवं गताः। एतान् क्रियावतां लोकानुक्तवान् पूर्वमप्यहम्॥
English: By performing those acts, O Dhananjaya, that are laid down in the Vedas, viz., battle, study of the Vedas, Sacrifices, the control of passion that is so difficult, one goes to heaven by the southern path of the Sun. I have, before this, told you that those very regions are reserved for persons who perform (Vedic) acts.
Sanskrit: उत्तरेण तु पन्थानं नियमाद् यं प्रपश्यसि। एते यागवतां लोका भान्ति पार्थ सनातनाः॥
English: You will see, however, that the northern path is trodden by those who are devoted to Yoga. Those eternal and bright regions to which that path leads is reserved for Yogins.
Sanskrit: तत्रोत्तरां गतिं पार्थ प्रशंसन्ति पुराविदः। संतोषो वै स्वर्गतमः संतोषः परमं सुखम्॥
English: Of these two, the northern path is spoken highly by those conversant with the Puranas. You should know that one gains heaven through contentment begets happiness.
Sanskrit: तुष्टेर्न किञ्चित् परमं सा सम्यक् प्रतितिष्ठति। विनीतक्रोधहर्षस्य सततं सिद्धिरुत्तमा॥
English: There is nothing superior to contentment. To the Yogin who has controlled anger and joy, contentment is the greatest success.
Sanskrit: अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमा गाथा गीता ययातिना। याभिः प्रत्याहरेत् कामान् कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः॥
English: Regarding it is cited the discourse of Yayati. Listening to that discourse one can withdraw all his desires like a tortoise drawing in all his limbs.
Sanskrit: यदा चायं न बिभेति यदा चास्मात बिभ्यति। यदा नेच्छति न देशि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा॥
English: When one entertains no fear of anything, when one is not feared by anything when one entertains no desire, when one bears no hate, then is one said to have attained to the dignity of Brahma.
Sanskrit: यदा न भावं कुरुते सर्वभूतेषु पापकम्। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा॥
English: When one does not commit sin by any creature, in deed, thought, or word, one is then said to have attained to Brahma.
Sanskrit: विनीतमानमोहश्च बहुसङ्गविवर्जितः। तदाऽऽत्मज्योतिषः साधोर्निर्वाणमुपपद्यते॥
English: When one has governed his pride and folly, and withdrawn himself from all attachments, it is then that pious man of controlled soul becomes fit for attaining to that emancipation which is brought about by the annihilation of personal existence.
Sanskrit: इदं तु शृणु मे पार्थ ब्रुवतः संयतेन्द्रियः। धर्ममन्ये वृत्तमन्ये धनमीहन्ति चापरे॥
English: Listen now to me with rapt attention, O son of Pritha, as I say it to you. Some seek virtue; some, good conduct, and some, wealth.
Sanskrit: धनहेतोर्य ईहेत तस्यानीहा गरीयसी। भूयान् दोषो हि वित्तस्य यश्च धर्मस्तदाश्रयः॥
English: One may desire wealth. The abandonment, however, of such desire is better for himn. There are many shortcomings attached to wealth and, therefore, to those religious acts that are performed with wealth.
Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्षमनुपश्यामि त्वमपि द्रष्टुमर्हसि। वर्जनं वर्जनीयानामीहमानेन दुष्करम्॥
English: We have seen it with our own eyes. You should also see this. He that desires wealth finds it very difficult to leave off that which should by all means be abandoned.
Sanskrit: ये वित्तमभिपद्यन्ते सम्यक्त्वं तेषु दुर्लभम्। दुह्यतः प्रैति तत् प्राहुः प्रतिकूलं यथातथम्॥
English: Good deeds are very rare in those who collect riches. It is said that wealth can never be acquired without injuring others, and that, when acquired, it is attended with various troubles.
Sanskrit: यस्तु सम्भिन्नवृत्तः स्याद् वीतशोकभयो नरः। अल्पेन तृषितो दुह्यन् भ्रूणहत्यां न बुध्यते॥
English: A weak minded person, disregarding the fear of repentance, oppresses others, tempted by even a little wealth, not knowing all while of the sin Brahmanicide that he incurs by his acts.
Sanskrit: दुष्यन्त्याददतो भृत्या नित्यं दस्युभयादिव। दुर्लभं च धनं प्राप्य भृशं दत्त्वानुतप्यते॥
English: Acquiring wealth which is so difficult of acquisition, one burns with grief if he has to give a part of it, even if it be, to his servants,-tantamount to what he would actually feel if he is robbed by others. If, on the other hand, one does not distribute his wealth, he becomes an object of censure.
Sanskrit: अधनः कस्य किं वाच्यो विमुक्तः सर्वशः सुखी। देवस्वमुपगृव धनेन न सुखी भवेत्॥
English: One, however, that has no wealth, is never blamed. Forsaking all attachments, such a person can become happy in all respects by living upon what little he may get as alms. No one, however, can be happy by acquiring riches.
Sanskrit: अत्र गाथां यज्ञगीतां कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः। त्रयीमुपाश्रितां लोके यज्ञ संस्तरकारिकाम्॥
English: Regarding it certain verses relating to Sacrifices are recited by persons well read in ancient scriptures.
Sanskrit: यज्ञाय सृष्टानि धनानि धात्रा यज्ञाय सृष्टः पुरुषो रक्षिता च। तस्मात् सर्वं यज्ञ एवोपयोज्यं धनं न कामाय हितं प्रशस्तम्॥
English: Wealth was created by the Creator for celebrating Sacrifices, and man was created by hinn for protecting that wealth and performing Sacrifices. For this, all wealth should be devoted to Sacrifices. It is not proper that it should be spent for enjoyments.
Sanskrit: एतत् स्वार्थे च कौन्तेय धनं धनवतां वर। धाता ददाति मर्येभ्यो यज्ञार्थमिति विद्धि तत्॥
English: The Creator gives wealth to mortals for the sake of Sacrifices. Know this, O Son of Kunti, foremost of all wealthy persons.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् बुद्ध्यन्ति पुरुषा न हि तत् कस्यचिद्धवम्। श्रद्धानस्ततो लोको दद्याच्चैव यजेत च॥
English: Therefore the wise think that wealth, forsooth, is nobody's on Earth. One should celebrate Sacrifices with it and give it away with a confident heart.
Sanskrit: लब्धस्य त्यागमित्याहुन भोगं न च संचयम्। तस्य किं संचयेनार्थः कार्ये ज्यायसि तिष्ठति॥
English: One should make gift of what he has acquired, and not waste or spend it in gratifying his desire of enjoyment. What use is there in hoarding up wealth when proper objects exist in which to spend it.
Sanskrit: ये स्वधर्मादपेतेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः। शतं वर्षाणि ते प्रेत्य पुरीषं भुञ्जते जनाः॥
English: Those foolish people who give away (wealth) to men who have neglected the duties of their order, have to live hereafter for a hundred years on ordure and dirt.
Sanskrit: लब्धानामपि वित्तानां बोद्धव्यौ द्वावतिक्रमौ। अपात्रे प्रतिपत्तिश्च पात्रे चाप्रतिपादनम्॥
English: These are the two faults with wealth even when acquired, viz., gift to an undeserving person and abstaining to give to a deserving man.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच अभिमन्यौ हते बाले द्रौपद्यास्तनयेषु च। धृष्टद्युम्ने विराटे च दुपदे च महीपतौ॥ वृषसेने च धर्मज्ञे धृष्टकेतौ तु पार्थिवे। तथान्येषु नरेन्द्रेषु नानादेश्येषु संयुगे॥ न च मुञ्चति मां शोको ज्ञातिघातिनमातुरम्। राज्यकामुकमत्युग्रं स्ववंशोच्छेदकारिणम्॥
English: Yudhishthira said On account of the death of young Abhimanyu of the sons of Draupadi, of Draupadi, of Dhrishtadyumna, of Virata, of king Drupada, of Vasusena conversant with every duty, of the royal Dhrishtaketu, and of Various other kings coming from various, countries in battle, grief does not forsake my wretched self that am a destroyer of kinsmen! Indeed, I covet very much for kingdom and am an exterminator of my own race.
Sanskrit: यस्माङ्के क्रीडमानेन मया वै परिवर्तितम्। स मया राज्यलुब्धेन गाङ्गेयो युधि पातितः॥
English: He upon whose breast and limbs I used to play, alas, that Ganga's son has been killed by me in battle out of desire for sovereignty.
Sanskrit: यदा ह्येनं विघूर्णन्तमपश्यं पार्थसायकैः। कम्पमानं यथा वड्रैः प्रेक्ष्यमाणं शिखण्डिना॥ जीर्णसिंहमिव प्रांशुं नरसिंह पितामहम्। कीर्यमाणं शरैर्दृष्ट्वा भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः॥
English: When I saw that foremost of men, viz., our grandfather, assailed by Shikhandin and trembling and reeling in consequence of Partha's arrows that resembled thunder-bolts in power, when I saw his tall form cut all over with blazing arrows and himself become weak like an aged lion, my heart was greatly pained.
Sanskrit: प्राङ्मुखं सीदमानं च रथे पररथारुजम्। घूर्णमानं यथा शैलं तदा मे कश्मलोऽभवत्॥
English: When I saw that destroyer of hostile cars reel like a mountain summit and drop down on the terrace of his own car with his face turned towards the east, my senses were bewildered.
Sanskrit: यः स बाणधनुष्पाणिर्योधयामास भार्गवम्। बहून्यहानि कौरव्यः कुरुक्षेत्रे महामृधे॥ समेतं पाथिवं क्षत्रं वाराणस्यां नदीसुतः। कन्यार्थमाह्वयद् वीरो रथेनैकेन संयुगे॥ येन चोग्रायुधो राजा चक्रवर्ती दुरासदः। दग्धश्चास्त्रप्रतापेन स मया युधि घातितः॥
English: That foremost of Kuru's race who with bow and arrow in hand had fought in dreadful battle for inany days with Rama himself of Bhrigu's race on the field purified by Kuru, that son of Ganga, that hero, who, at Varanasi, for the sake of maidens, had, on a single car, challenged to battle the assembled Kshatriyas of the world, he who had consumed by the power of his weapons that irresistible and best of kings Ugrayudha, alas, that hero has been killed in battle by me.
Sanskrit: स्वयं मृत्यु रक्षमाणः पाञ्चाल्यं यः शिखण्डिनम्। न बाणैः पातयामास सोऽर्जुनेन निपातितः॥
English: Knowing full well that Shikhandin the prince of Panchala was his slayer, that hero still refrained from killing the prince with his arrow. Alas, such a magnanimous warrior was killed by Arjuna.
Sanskrit: यदैनं पतितं भूमावपश्यं रुधिरोक्षितम्। तदैवाविशदत्युग्रो ज्वरो मां मुनिसत्तम॥
English: O best of sages, when I saw the grandfather stretched on the Earth and bathed in blood, a violent fever afflicted my heart.
Sanskrit: येन संवर्धिता बाला येन स्म परिरक्षिताः। स मया राज्यलुब्धेन पापेन गुरुघातिना॥
English: He who had protected and brought us up when we were children alas, he was caused to be killed by my sinful self that am covetous of kingdom, that am a slayer of reverend elders, and a perfect fool, for the sake of fickle sovereignty.
Sanskrit: अल्पकालस्य राज्यस्य कृते मूढेन घातितः। आचार्यश्च महेष्वासः सर्वपार्थिवपूजितः॥
English: I gave a false statement of his son to our preceptor, the great bowman Drona, worshipped of all the kings.
Sanskrit: अभिगम्य रणे मिथ्या पापेनोक्तः सुतं प्रति। तन्मे दहति गात्राणि यन्मां गुरुरभाषत॥ सत्यमाख्याहि राजंस्त्वं यदि जीवति मे सत्यमामर्षयन् विप्रो मयि तत् परिपृष्टवान्॥
English: The recollection of that act of mine is burning all my limbs. The preceptor said to me,-Tell me truly, O king, whether my son lives still,—Expecting truth from me, the Brahmana asked me only. By silently saying the word elephant, I behaved falsely towards him.
Sanskrit: सुतः। कुञ्जरं चान्तरं कृत्वा मिथ्योपचरितं मया। सुभृशं राज्यलुब्धेन पापेन गुरुघातिना॥ सत्यकञ्चकमुन्मुच्य मया स गुरुराहवे। अश्वत्थामा हत इति निरुक्तः कुञ्जरे हते॥
English: Sinful that I am, highly covetous of kingdom, and a destroyer of my reverend elders, I behaved even thus towards my preceptor in battle, casting off the garb of truth-for I said to him that Ashvatthama had been slain when, in sooth, an elephant of the name had been slain.
Sanskrit: काँल्लोकांस्तु गमिष्यामि कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्। अघातयं च यत् कर्णं समरेष्वपलायिनम्॥
English: To what regions shall I go (hereafter) having committed such a crime? I caused also my eldest brother Karna to be killed, that terrible warrior who never retreated from battle. Who is there more sinful than I?
Sanskrit: ज्येष्ठभ्रातरमत्युग्रं को मत्तः पापकृत्तमः। अभिमन्युं च यद् बालं जातं सिंहमिवाद्रिषु॥ प्रावेशयमहं लुब्धो वाहिनीं द्रोणपालिताम्।
English: Through covetousness I caused young Abhimanyu that hero who resembled a lion born in the hills, to enter into the array that was protected by Drona himself.
Sanskrit: तदाप्रभृति बीभत्सुं न शक्नोमि निरीक्षितुम्॥ कृष्णं च पुण्डरीकाक्षं किल्बिषी भ्रूणहा यथा।
English: I am guilty of infanticide. Sinful as I am, I have not, since then, been able to look at the face of Arjuna or the lotus-eyed Krishna.
Sanskrit: द्रौपदीं चापि दुःखार्ती पञ्चपुत्रैर्विनाकृताम्॥ शोचामि पृथिवीं हीनां पञ्चभिः पर्वतैरिव।
English: I grieve also for Draupadi who is deprived of her five sons like the Earth shorn of her five mountains.
Sanskrit: सोऽहमागस्करः पापः पृथिवीनाशकारकः॥ आसीन एवमेवेदं शोषयिष्ये कलेवरम्।
English: I am a great sinner and a destroyer of the Earth. Not rising from this seat which I now occupy, I will emaciate my body (by starvation) and meet with death.
Sanskrit: प्रायोपविष्टं जानीध्वमथ मां गुरुघातिनम्॥ जातिष्वन्यास्वपि यथा न भवेयं कुलान्तकृत्।
English: Know me who am the destroyer of my preceptor as one who has sat down here observing the Praya vow. A destroyer of my family, I must do so in order that I may not be born again in any of other orders of being.
Sanskrit: न भोक्ष्ये न च पानीयमुपभोक्ष्ये कथञ्चन॥ शोषयिष्ये प्रियान् प्राणनिहस्थोऽहं तपोधनाः।
English: I shall abstain from taking all food and drink, and without moving from here, O great ascetic, shall dry up my life-breaths which are sodear.
Sanskrit: यथेष्टं गम्यतां काममनुजाने प्रसाद्य वः॥ सर्वे मामनुजानीत तयक्ष्यामीदं कलेवरम्।
English: I humbly pray you to grant me permission in this and go wherever you please. Let every one grant me permission. I shall renounce this body of mine."
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच तमेवंवादिनं पार्थं बन्धुशोकेन विह्वलम्॥ मैवमित्यब्रवीद् व्यासो निगृह्य मुनिसत्तमः।
English: Vaishampayana said Preventing Pritha's son, who beside himself with sorrow on account of his kinsmen, gave vent to such words, Vyasa, that best of ascetics, said, first telling him,-'This cannot be.'
Sanskrit: व्यास उवाच अतिवेलं महाराज न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि॥ पुनरुक्तं तु वक्ष्यामि दिष्टमेतदिति प्रभो।
English: Vyasa said 'You should not, O king, indulge in such painful grief. I shall again say what I have once said. All this is Destiny, O powerful one.
Sanskrit: संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता जातानां प्राणिनां ध्रुवम्॥ बुबुदा इव तोयेषु भवन्ति न भवन्ति च। सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः॥ संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम्।
English: Forsooth, all creatures that are born show at first a union (of various ingredients and forces). Dissolution, however, overtakes them at the end. Like bubbles in water they come and go away. All things collected together are sure to be dissipated, and all things that rise must fall down. Union terininates in dissolution and life terininates in death.
Sanskrit: सुखं दुःखान्तमालस्यं दाक्ष्यं दुःखं सुखोदयम्। भूतिः श्रीह्रीं धृतिः कीर्तिर्दक्षे वसति नालसे॥
English: Idleness, though pleasant for the time being, ends in misery, and skilful labour, though painful in beginning, ends in happiness. Affluence, Prosperity, Modesty, Contentment, and Fame reside in labour and skill but not in idleness.
Sanskrit: नालं सुखाय सुहृदो नालं दुःखाय शत्रवः। न च प्रजालमर्थेभ्यो न सुखेभ्योऽप्यलं धनम्॥
English: Friends cannot confer happiness nor foes inflict misery. Likewise wisdom does not give wealth nor does wealth bring happiness.
Sanskrit: यथा सृष्टोऽसि कौन्तेय धात्रा कर्मसु तत् कुरु। अत एव हि सिद्धिस्ते नेशस्त्वं कर्मणां नृप॥
English: O son of Kunti, you have been created by your Maker to engage yourself in action. Success originates from work, You cannot, O king, avoid Work."
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ज्ञातिशोकाभितप्तस्य प्राणानभ्युत्सिसृक्षतः । ज्येष्ठस्य पाण्डुपुत्रस्य व्यासः शोकमपानुदत्॥
English: Vaishampayana said Vyasa then removed the grief of the cldest of Pandu, who, filled with sorrow consequent on the destruction of his kinsmen, had resolved to throw off his life-brcaths.
Sanskrit: व्यास उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। अश्मगीतं नरव्याघ्र तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर॥
English: Vyasa said 'Regarding this subject is cited the old story, O foremost of men, that is known by the name of Ashma's discourse, Listen to it, O Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: अश्मानं ब्राह्मणं प्राज्ञं वैदेहो जनको नृपः। संशयं परिपप्रच्छ दुःखशोकसमन्वितः॥
English: Janaka the king of the Videhas, O king, filled with sorrow and grief, asked a wise Brahmana of the name of Ashma for removing his doubts.
Sanskrit: जनक उवाच आगमे यदि वापाये ज्ञातीनां द्रविणस्य च। नरेण प्रतिपत्तव्यं कल्याणं कथमिच्छता॥
English: Janaka said How should a man seeking his own wellbeing act upon occasions of the accession and the destruction of both kinsmen and wealth?-
Sanskrit: अश्मोवाच उत्पन्नमिममात्मानं नरस्यानन्तरं ततः। तानि तान्यनुवर्तन्ते दुःखानि च सुखानि च॥
English: Ashma said Immediately after the formation of a man's body, joys and sorrows are themselves attached to it.
Sanskrit: तेषामन्यतरापत्तौ यद् यदेवोपपद्यते। तदस्य चेतनामाशु हरत्यभ्रमिवानिलः॥
English: Although either of the two may overtake the person, yet whichever actually overtakes him quickly deprives him of his understanding like the wind dissipating gathering clouds.
Sanskrit: अभिजातोऽस्मि सिद्धोऽस्मि नास्मि केवलमानुषः। इत्येभिर्हेतुभिस्तस्य त्रिभिश्चित्तं प्रसिच्यते॥
English: In prosperity one thinks,-I am of highbirth.-I can do whatever I like.-I am not an ordinary person.-His mind because soaked with these three vain thoughts.
Sanskrit: तमतिक्रान्तमर्यादमाददानमसाम्प्रतम्। प्रतिषेधन्ति राजानो लुब्धा मृगमिवेषुभिः॥
English: Like a hunter striking a deer with his arrows, the king then punishes the wicked man, that robber of other people's wealth, that transgressor, of law and regulations.
Sanskrit: ये च विंशतिवषर्ज वा त्रिंशद्वर्षाश्च मानवाः। परेण ते वर्षशतान्न भविष्यन्ति पार्थिव॥
English: Without attaining to a hundred years, such man scarcely live beyond twenty or thirty years.
Sanskrit: तेषां परमदुः :खानां बुद्ध्या भैषज्यमाचरेत्। सर्वप्राणभृतां वृत्तं प्रेक्षमाणस्ततस्ततः॥
English: Carefully observing the conduct of all creatures, a king should, by the exercise of his intelligence, concert measures for alleviating the great sorrows of his subjects.
Sanskrit: मानसानां पुनर्योनिर्दुःखानां चित्तविभ्रमः। अनिष्टोपनिपातो वा तृतीयं नोपपद्यते॥
English: The causes of all mental sorrow are twofold viz., delusion of the mind and distress. No third cause is there.
Sanskrit: एवमेतानि दुःखानि तानि तानीह मानवम्। विविधान्युपवर्तन्ते तथा संस्पर्शजान्यपि॥
English: All these various kinds of misery as also those arising from attachment to earthly pleasures that overtake man, are even such.
Sanskrit: जरामृत्यू हि भूतानां खादितारौ वृकाविव। बलिनां दुर्बलानां च ह्रस्वानां महतामपि॥
English: Like a pair of wolves Decrepitude and Death, devour all creatures, strong or weak, short or tall.
Sanskrit: न कश्चिज्जात्वतिक्रामेज्जरामृत्यू हि मानवः। अपि सागरपर्यन्तां विजित्येमां वसुन्धराम्॥
English: No man can escape decrepitude and death, not even the conqueror of the whole Earth encompassed by the sea.
Sanskrit: सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं भूतानां पर्युपस्थितम्। प्राप्तव्यमवशैः सर्वं परिहारो न विद्यते॥
English: Happiness or sorrow whatever comes upon creatures, it should be enjoyed or borne without elation or depression. There is no means of escaping from them.
Sanskrit: पूर्वे वयसि मध्ये वाप्युत्तरे वा नराधिप। अवर्जनीयास्तेऽर्था वै कांक्षिता ये ततोऽन्यथा॥
English: The evils of life, O king, overtake one in infancy or youth or old age. They can never be avoided, while those which one seeks most never come.
Sanskrit: अप्रियैः सह संयोगो विप्रयोगश्च सुप्रियैः। अर्थानों सुखं दुःखं विधानमनुवर्तते॥
English: The absence of what is pleasant, the presence of what is disagreeable, good and evil, happiness and misery, follow Destiny.
Sanskrit: प्रादुर्भावश्च भूतानां देहत्यागस्तथैव च। प्राप्तिायामयोगश्च सर्वमेतत् प्रतिष्ठितम्॥
English: Likewise, the birth of creatures and their death, and profit and loss, are all preordained.
Sanskrit: गन्धवर्णरसस्पर्शा निवर्तन्ते स्वभावतः। तथैव सुखदुःखानि विधानमनुवर्तते॥
English: As smell, colour, taste, and touch originate of themselves, so happiness and misery originate from what has been preordained.
Sanskrit: आसनं शयनं यानमुत्थानं पानभोजनम्। नियतं सर्वभूतानां कालेनैव भवत्युत॥
English: Seats, beds, cars, riches, drink and food, always come to living creatures in the due course of Time.
Sanskrit: वैद्याश्चाप्यातुराः सन्ति बलवन्तश्च दुर्बलाः। श्रीमन्तचापरे षण्ढा विचित्रः कालपर्ययः॥
English: Physicians even fall ill. The strong become weak. The rich man lose all and become poor. The course of Time is highly wonderful.
Sanskrit: कुले जन्म तथा वीर्यमारोग्यं रूपमेव च। सौभाग्यमुपभोगश्च भवितव्येन लभ्यते॥
English: Noble-birth, health, beauty, prosperity, and objects of pleasures, are all begotten by Destiny.
Sanskrit: सन्ति पुत्राः सुबहवो दरिद्राणामनिच्छताम्। नास्तिः पुत्रः समृद्धानां विचित्रं विधिचेश्तिम्॥
English: The poor, although they may not desire it, have many children. The rich again are seen to have none. Wonderful is the course of Destiny.
Sanskrit: व्याधिरग्निर्जलं शस्त्रं बुभुक्षाश्चापदो विषम्। ज्वरच मरणं जन्तोरुच्चाच्च पतनं तथा॥ निर्माणे यस्य यद् दिष्टं तेन गच्छति सेतुना। दृश्यते नाप्यतिक्रामन्न निष्क्रान्तोऽथवा पुनः॥ दृश्यते चाप्यतिक्रामन्ननिग्राह्योऽथवा पुनः।
English: The dangers of ailment, fire, water, weapons, hunger, poison, fever, and death, and falls from elevated places, visit a man according to the Destiny under which he is born. It is generally seen in this world, that somebody, without committing any sin, suffers many miseries while another, having committed sins, is not pressed down by the weight of calamity.
Sanskrit: दृश्यते हि युवैवेह विनश्यन्वसुमानरः। दरिद्रश्च परिक्लिष्टः शतवर्षो जरान्वितः॥
English: It is seen that a rich man dies in youth; while a poor man lives on suffering from decrepitude, for a hundred years.
Sanskrit: अकिञ्चनाश्च दृश्यन्ते पुरुषाश्चिरजीविनः। समृद्धे च कुले जाता विनश्यन्ति पतङ्गवत्॥
English: One born in a mean family may live very long while one descended from a noble family dies soon like an insect.
Sanskrit: प्रायेण श्रीमतां लोके भोक्तुं शक्तिर्न विद्यते। काष्ठान्यपि हि जीर्यन्ते दरिद्राणां च सर्वशः॥
English: It is very common in this world, that rich men have no appetite, while the poor can digest pieces of wood.
Sanskrit: अहमेतत् करोमीति मन्यते कालनोदितः। यद् यदिष्टमसंतोषाद् दुरात्मा पापमाचरेत्॥
English: Discontented with his position, whatever sins a wicked man commits, under the influence of destiny, saying,-I am the doer,-he considers to be all for his good.
Sanskrit: मृगयाऽक्षाः स्त्रियः पानं प्रसङ्गा निन्दिता बुधैः। दृश्यन्ते पुरुषाश्चात्र सम्प्रयुक्ता बहुश्रुताः॥
English: Hunting, dice, women, wine, quarrels, these are censured by the wise. many persons, well, and greatly, read in the scriptures, are seen to be addicted to them.
Sanskrit: इति कालेन सर्वार्थानीप्सितानीप्सितानिह। स्पृशन्ति सर्वभूतानि निमित्तं नोपलभ्यते॥
English: Objects, whether sought for or otherwise, come upon creature in course of Time. No other cause is seen.
Sanskrit: वायुमाकाशमग्निं च चन्द्रादित्यावहःक्षपे। ज्योतींषि सरितः शैलान् कः करोति बिभर्ति च॥
English: Who creates and maintains air, ether, fire, moon, sun, day, night, the planets, rivers, and mountains?
Sanskrit: शीतमुष्णं तथा वर्ष कालेन परिवर्तते। एवमेव मनुष्याणां सुखदुः :खे नरर्षभ॥
English: Cold, and heat, and rain, come in turn in course of Time. Such is the case, O foremost of men, with the happiness and the misery of mankind.
Sanskrit: नौषधानि न मन्त्राश्च न होमा न पुनर्जपाः। त्रायन्ते मृत्युनोपेतं जरया चापि मानवम्॥
English: Neither medicines, nor incantations, can save the man attacked by decrepitude or overtaken by death.
Sanskrit: यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महोदधौ। समेत्य च व्यपेयातां तद्वद् भूतसमागमः॥
English: As two pieces wood, floating on the great ocean, come together and are again separated, so creatures are united and are again separated in time.
Sanskrit: ये चैव पुरुषाः स्त्रीभिर्गीतवाद्यैरुपस्थिताः। य चानाथाः परान्नादा: कालस्तेषु समक्रियः॥
English: Time acts impartially towards rich men who enjoy the pleasure of song and dance in the company of women and those unfortunate men who live upon another's food.
Sanskrit: नैवास्य कश्चिद् भविता नायं भवति कस्यचित्। पथि सङ्गतमेवेदं दारबन्धुसुहृज्जनैः॥
English: No one can become any one's own, nor can any one become anybody else's own. Our union here with wives and kinsmen and wellwishers is like that of travellers at an inn in the road.
Sanskrit: क्वासे क्व च गमिष्यामि को न्वहं किमिहास्थितः। कस्मात् किमनुशोचेयमित्येवं स्थापयेन्मनः॥
English: Where am I? Where shall I go?-Who am I?—How came I here?-Why and for whom should I grieve?-Thinking of all these questions one gets tranquillity.
Sanskrit: अनित्ये प्रियसंवासे संसारे चक्रवद्गतौ। पथि सङ्गतमेवैतद् भ्राता माता पिता सखा॥
English: Life and its surroundings are always revolving like a wheel, and the companionship of those who are dear in only for the time being. The union with brother, mother, father, and friend is like that of travellers in an inn.
Sanskrit: न दृष्टपूर्वं प्रत्यक्षं परलोकं विदुर्बुधाः। आगमांस्त्वनतिक्रम्य श्रद्धातव्यं बुभूषता॥
English: The wise men behold, as if with corporeal eyes, the next world which is unseen. Without setting at naught the scriptures, one desirous of knowledge should cherish faith.