pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अपक्रान्ते ततो यज्ञे सज्ञां न प्रत्यभात् सुरान्। नष्टसंज्ञेषु देवेषु न प्राज्ञायत किंचन॥
English: After Sacrifice had fled away, the gods lost their beauty. Having lost their senses, the gods were bewildered.
Sanskrit: त्र्यम्बक सवितुर्बाहू भगस्य नयने तथा। पूष्णश्च दशनान् क्रुद्धो धनुष्कोट्या व्यशातयत्॥
English: Then the three-eyed Mahadeva, with his bow, broke in anger the arms of Savitri, and plucked out the eyes of Bhaga and the teeth of Pushna.
Sanskrit: प्राद्रवन्त ततो देवा यज्ञाङ्गानि च सर्वशः। केचित् तत्रैव पूर्णन्तो गतासव इवाभवन्॥
English: The gods and the several parts of Sacrifice fled away. Some amongst the them rolling dropped down senseless.
Sanskrit: स तु विद्राव्य तत् सर्वं शितिकण्ठोऽवहस्य च। अवष्टभ्य धनुष्कोटि रुरोध विबुधांस्ततः॥
English: Having agitated them thus the blue throated Rudra, laughed aloud and whirling his bow, paralysed them.
Sanskrit: ततो वागमरैरुक्ता ज्यां तस्य धनुषोऽच्छिनत्। आ तत् सहसा राजंश्छिन्नज्यं व्यस्फुरद् धनुः॥
English: The celestials then cried aloud. At their command, the string of the bow broke. The string having broken, the bow became straight as a line.
Sanskrit: ततो विधनुषं देवा देवश्रेष्ठमुपागमन्। शरणं सह यज्ञेन प्रसादं चाकरोत् प्रभुः॥
English: The gods then came to the god of gods, and, with the embodied form of Sacrifice, sought the protection of the powerful Mahadeva and tried to please him.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान् स्थाष्य कोपं जलाशये। स जलं पावको भूत्वा शोषयत्यनिशं प्रभो॥
English: Pleased, the great god threw his anger into the water. O king, assuming the from of fire, that wrath is always busy with consuming water.
Sanskrit: भगस्य नयने चैव बाहू च सवितुस्तथा। प्रादात् पूष्णश्च दशनान् पुनर्यज्ञांश्च पाण्डव॥
English: He then gave to Savitri his arms, Bhaga his eyes, and Pushna his teeth. And he also restored the Sacrifices themselves, O Pandava.
Sanskrit: ततः सुस्थमिदं सर्वं बभूव पुनरेव हि। सर्वाणि च हवींष्यस्य देवा भागमकल्पयन्॥
English: The world was once more saved. The gods assigned to Mahadeva all the libations of clarified butter as his share of sacrificial offerings.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् क्रुद्धेऽभवत् सर्वमसुस्थं भुवनं प्रभो। प्रसन्ने च पुनः सुस्थं प्रसन्नोऽस्य च वीर्यवान्॥
English: O monarch, when Mahadeva had become angry, the whole world was thus agitated, and, when he became gratified, Everything was safe. Highly powerful, the god Mahadeva was pleased with Ashvatthaman.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते निहताः सर्वे तव पुत्रा महारथाः। अन्ये च बहवः शूराः पाञ्चालस्य पदानुगाः॥
English: Therefore your sons, those great carwarriors, could be killed by that warrior. And therefore also many other heroes, viz., the Panchala's, with all their followers, could be killed by him.
Sanskrit: न तन्मनसि कर्तव्यं न च तद् द्रौणिना कृतम्। महादेवप्रसादेन कुरु कार्यमनन्तरम्॥
English: You should not think of it. It was not Drona's son that performed that act. It was done through the power of Mahadeva. Do now what should be done next."
Sanskrit: नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम्। देवी सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्।
English: Having saluted the Supreme Deity (Narayana) and the highest of all male beings (Nara) and the goddess of learning (Sarasvati) let us cry success.
Sanskrit: जनमेजय उवाच हते दुर्योधने चैव हते सैन्ये च सर्वशः। धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज श्रुत्वा किमकरोन्मुने॥
English: Janamejaya said “After Duryodhana, and all the warriors had fallen, what, O sage, did king Dhritarashtra do after hearing of it.
Sanskrit: तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः। कृपप्रभृतयश्चैव किमकुर्वत ते त्रयः॥
English: What also did the great Kuru king Yudhishthira the son of Dharma do? What did the three survivors (of the Kuru army, viz.,) Kripa and the others do?
Sanskrit: अश्वत्थाम्नः श्रुतं कर्म शापादन्योन्यकारितात्। वृत्तान्तमुत्तरं ब्रूहि यदभाषत संजयः॥
English: I have heard everything about the deeds of Ashvatthaman. Tell me what took place after that mutual denunciation of curses. Tell me all that Sanjaya said to the blind old king!”
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच हते पुत्रशते दीनं छिन्नशाखमिव दुमम्। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तं धृतराष्ट्रं महीपतिम्॥
English: Vaishampayana said “After he had lost his hundred sons, king Dhritarashtra. stricken with grief on that account, dejected, and looking like a tree shorn of its branches became stupefied with anxiety and lost his power of speech.
Sanskrit: ध्यानमूकत्वमापन्नं चिन्तया सपभिप्लुतम्। अभिगम्य महाराज संजयो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ किं शोचसि महाराज नास्ति शोके सहायता।
English: Possessed of great wisdom, approaching the king the greatly wise Sanjaya, addressed him, saying-Why do you grieve, O monarch? Grief is absolutely useless.
Sanskrit: अक्षौहिण्यो हताश्चाष्टौ दश चैव विशाम्पते॥ निर्जनेयं वसुमती शून्या सम्प्रति केवला।
English: Eight and ten Akshauhinis of warriors, O king, have been killed. The Earth had become desolate, and is almost empty now.
Sanskrit: नानादिग्भ्यः समागम्य नानादेश्या नराधिपाः॥ सहैव तव पुत्रेण सर्वे वै निधनं गताः।
English: Kings of various countries, united with your son, and have all been killed.
Sanskrit: पितृणां पुत्रपौत्राणां ज्ञातीनां सुहृदां तथा। गुरूणां चानुपूर्येण प्रेतकार्याणि कारय॥
English: Let now the obsequial rites of your fathers, sons, grandsons, kinsmen and friends and preceptors be performed duly.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा करुणं वाक्यं पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दितः। पपात भुवि दुर्धर्षो वाताहत इव दुमः॥
English: Vaishampayana continued Deprived of sons, counselors and all his friends, the energetic king Dhritarashtra suddenly dropped down on the Earth like a tree uprooted by the wind.
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच हतपुत्रो हतामात्यो हतसर्वसुहज्जनः। दुःखं नूनं भविष्यामि विचरन् पृथिवीमिमाम्॥
English: Dhritarashtra said Deprived as I am of sons, counselors and all my friends, I shall, forsooth, have to rove about sorrowfully over the Earth.
Sanskrit: किं नु बन्धुविहीनस्य जीवितेन ममाद्य वै। लूनपक्षस्य इव मे जराजीर्णस्य पक्षिणः॥
English: What necessity have I now of life itself, deprived as I am of relatives and friends, I am like a bird shorn of its wings and afflicted with decrepitude?
Sanskrit: हृतराज्यो हतबन्धुर्हतचक्षुश्च वै तथा। न भ्राजिष्ये महाप्राज्ञ क्षीणरश्मिरिवांशुमान्॥
English: Deprived of kingdom, deprived of relatives, and shorn of eyes, I cannot, O you of great wisdom, shine any longer on Earth like a luminary divested of its splendour.
Sanskrit: न कृतं सुहृदां वाक्यं जामदग्न्यस्य जल्पतः। नारदस्य च देवर्षेः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य च॥
English: I did not follow the advice of friends, of Jamadagni's son, of the celestial Rishi Narada, and of Krishna-Dvaipayana.
Sanskrit: सभामध्ये तु कृष्णेन यच्छ्रेयोऽभिहितं मम। अलं वैरेण ते राजन् पुत्रः संगृह्यतामिति॥ तच वाक्यमकृत्वाहं भृशं तप्यामि दुर्मतिः।
English: In the midst of the assembly, Krishna told me what was for my good, saying,-Do away with hostilities, O king! Let your son take the entire kingdom. I did not foolishly follow that advice, and I am now obliged to repent.
Sanskrit: न हि श्रोतास्मि भीष्मस्य धर्मयुक्तं प्रभाषितम्॥ दुर्योधनस्य च तथा वृषभस्येव नर्दतः। श्रुत्वा कर्णस्य च विपर्ययम्॥ द्रोणसूर्योपरागं च हृदयं मे विदीर्यते।
English: I did not listen to the good counsels of Bhishma. Alas, having heard of the destruction of Duryodhana whose roars were as deep as those of a bull, of the death of Dusshasana and the extinction of Karna and the setting of the Drona-sun, my-heart is not sundered into pieces.
Sanskrit: न स्मराभ्यात्मनः किंचित् पुरा संजय दुष्कृतम्॥ यस्येदं फलमोह मया मूढेन भुज्यते। दुःशासनवधं
English: I do not, O Sanjaya, remember any evil act committed by me in my pristine birth, consequences of which fool as I am, I am now suffering.
Sanskrit: नूनं व्यपकृतं किंचिन्मया पूर्वेषु जन्मसु॥ येन मां दुःखभागेषु धाता कर्मसु युक्तवान्।
English: Forsooth, I committed great sins in my previous lives, for which the great God has made me suffer such a grief.
Sanskrit: परिणामश्च वयसः सर्वबन्धुक्षयश्च मे॥ सुहृन्मित्रविनाशश्च दैवयोगादुपागतः। कोऽन्योऽस्ति दुःखिततरो मत्तोऽन्यो हि पुमान् भुवि॥
English: This destruction of all my relatives, wellwishers and friends, at this old age has been brought about by Destiny. Who is there on Earth more afflicted than my wretched self.
Sanskrit: तन्मामद्यैव पश्यन्तु पाण्डवाः संशितव्रताः। विवृतं ब्रह्मलोकस्य दीर्घमध्वानमास्थितम्॥
English: Therefore, let the Pandavas come and see me this very day determined upon following the long way that leads to the regions of Brahman."
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य लालप्यमानस्य बहुशोकं वितन्वतः। शोकापहं नरेन्द्रस्य संजयो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
English: Vaishampayana continued-"While king Dhritarashtra was thus bewailing, Sanjaya addressed him in the following words for driving away his grief.
Sanskrit: शोकं राजन् व्यपनुद श्रुतास्ते वेदनिश्चयाः। शास्त्रागमाश्च विविधा वृद्धेभ्यो नृपसत्तम।॥ संजये पुत्रशोकार्ते यदूचुर्मुनयः पुरा।
English: Cast off your grief, O king! You have heard the teachings of the Vedas and various scriptures, from the lips of the old, O king! You have heard those words which the sages said to Srinjaya while the latter was stricken with grief on account of the death of his son.
Sanskrit: यथा यौवनजं दर्पमास्थिते तं सुते नृप॥ न त्वया सुहृदां वाक्यं ब्रुवतामवधारितम्। स्वार्थश्च न कृतः कश्चिल्लुब्धेन फलगृद्धिना॥
English: When your son, O king, grew elated with pride, you did not accept the advice offered to you by your well-wisher. You did not, through covetousness, do what was really for your good.
Sanskrit: असिनैवैकधारेण स्वबुद्ध्या तु विचेष्टितम्। प्रायशोऽवृत्तसम्पन्नाः सततं पर्युपासिताः॥
English: Your own intelligence, like a sharp sword, has cut you. You only sought the company of wicked men,
Sanskrit: यस्य दुःशासनो मन्त्री राधेयश्च दुरात्मवान्। शकुनिश्चैव दुष्टात्मा चित्रसेनश्च दुर्मतिः॥ शल्यश्च येन वै सर्वं शल्यभूतं कृतं जगत्।
English: Your son had Dusshasana, the wicked son of Radha, the equally wicked Shakuni, Chritrasena and Shalya for his counsellor. Your son made the entire world his enemy.
Sanskrit: कुरुवृद्धस्य भीष्मस्य गान्धार्या विदुरस्य च॥ द्रोणस्य च महाराज कृपस्य च शरद्वतः। कृष्णस्य च महाबाहो नारदस्य च धीमतः॥ ऋषीणां च तथान्येषां व्यासस्यामिततेजसः। न कृतं तेन वचनं तव पुत्रेण भारत॥
English: You son, O Bharata, did not follow the words of Bhishma the reverend chief of the Kurus, of Gandhari and Vidura, of Drona, O king, of Kripa the son of Sharadvat of the mighty-armed Krishna, of the intelligent Narada, of many other Rishis, and of Vyasa himself.
Sanskrit: धर्म: सत्कृतः कश्चिन्नित्यं युद्धमभीप्सता। अल्पबुद्धिरहंकारी नित्यं युद्धमिति ब्रुवन्। क्रूरो दुर्मर्षणो नित्यमसंतुष्टश्च वीर्यवान्॥
English: Though powerful your son was of little intelligence, proud, always anxious to fight, wicked, ungovernable, and discontented.
Sanskrit: श्रुतवानसि मेधावी सत्यवांश्चैव नित्यदा। न मुह्यन्तीदृशाः सन्तो बुद्धिमन्तो भवादृशाः॥
English: You are learned, intelligent, and always truthful. Righteous and intelligent persons like yourself, are never stupefied by grief.
Sanskrit: न धर्मः सत्कृतः कश्चित् तव पुत्रेण मारिष। क्षपिताः क्षत्रियाः सर्वे शत्रूणां वर्धितं यशः॥ न
English: For this the Kshatriya order has been exterminated, because they did not care for virtue, and always talked of battle, and the fame of your foes enhanced.
Sanskrit: मध्यस्थो हि त्वमप्यासीन क्षमकिञ्चिदुक्तवान्। दुधरेण त्वया भारस्तुलया न समं धृतः॥
English: You had occupied the position of an umpire, but you did not utter a word of wholesome advice. Unfitted as you were for the work, you did not hold the scales evenly.
Sanskrit: आदावेव मनुष्येण वर्तितव्यं यथाक्षमम्। यथा नातीतमर्थं वै पश्चात्तापेन युज्यते॥
English: Every one should, at the beginning follow such a line of action that he mey not have, in the end, to repent for something already done by him.
Sanskrit: पुत्रगृद्ध्या त्वया राजन् प्रियं तस्य चिकीर्षितम्। पश्चात्तापमिमं प्राप्तो न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥
English: Out of affection for your son, O king, you did what was agreeable to Duryodhana. You are obliged to repent for that now. You should not, however, grieve.
Sanskrit: केवलं दृष्ट्वा प्रपातं नानुपश्यति। स भ्रष्टो मधुलोभेन शोचत्येवं यथा भवान्॥
English: The man who always looks at the honey without seeing the fall, meets with destruction through his covetousness for honey. Such a man is obliged to repent like yourself.
Sanskrit: अर्थान्न शोचन् प्राप्नोति न शोचन् विन्दते फलम्। न शोचश्रियमाप्नोति न शोचन् विन्दते परम्॥
English: The man who indulges in grief never acquires wealth. By grieving one loses the fruits he seeks for. Grief again stands in the way of the acquisition of objects dear to us. The man who grieves loses even his salvation.
Sanskrit: स्वयमुत्पादयित्वागिनं वस्त्रेण परिवेष्टयन्। दह्यमानो मनस्तापं भजते न स पण्डितः॥
English: The man who keeps a burning coal within the folds of his cloth and is burnt by the fire thereof is surely called a fool if he grieves for his injuries.
Sanskrit: त्वयैव ससुतेनायं वाक्यवायुसमीरितः। लोभाज्येन स संसिक्तो ज्वलितः पार्थपावकः॥ मधु यः
English: with your You and your son, had with your words fanned the Partha-fire, and covetousness as clarified butter made that fire blaze forth into burning flames.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् समिद्धे पतिताः शलभा इव ते सुताः। तान् वै शराग्निनिर्दग्धान्न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥
English: Yours fell into that burning fire like insects. You should not, however, grieve for them now that they have all been burnt in the fire of the enemy's arrows.
Sanskrit: यच्चाश्रुपातात् कलिलं वदनं वहसे नृप। अशास्त्रदृष्टमेतद्धि न प्रशंसन्ति पण्डिताः॥
English: The shedding of tears, O king, is not approved by the scriptures or praised by the wise.
Sanskrit: विस्फुलिङ्गा इव ह्येतान् दहन्ति किल मानवान्। जहीहि मन्यु बुद्ध्या वै धारयात्मानमात्मान॥
English: These tears, like sparks of fire, consume the head for whom they are shed. Drive away your grief with your intelligence, and cheer yourself up with your mental strength.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमाश्वासितस्तेन संजयेन महात्मना। विदुरो भूय एवाह बुद्धिपूर्वं परंतप॥
English: Thus was the king consoled by the great Sanjaya. Vidura then, O scorcher of foes, once again addressed the king, showing great intelligence."
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ततोऽमृतसमैर्वाक्यै दयन् पुरुषर्षभम्। वैचित्रवीर्यं विदुरो यदुवाच निबोध तत्॥
English: Vaishampayana said Listen, O Janamejaya, to the nectar like words that Vidura said to the son of Vichitravirya and by which be pleased that foremost of men.
Sanskrit: विदुर उवाच उत्तिष्ठ राजन् किं शेषे धारयात्मानमात्मना। एषा वै सर्वसत्त्वानां लोकेश्वर परा गतिः॥
English: Vidura said Rise, O king! Why are you lying on the Earth. Cheer yourself up. O king, this is the final end of all living creatures.
Sanskrit: सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः। संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं च जीवितम्॥
English: Everything is liable to destruction; everything that is high is sure to fall down. Union is sure to end in separation; life is sure to end in death.
Sanskrit: यदा शूरं च भीरुं च यमः कर्षति भारत। तत् किं न योत्स्यन्ति हि ते क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ॥
English: The Destroyer, O Bharata, takes both the hero and the coward. Why then, O foremost of Kshatriyas, should not Kshatriyas engage themselves in battle.
Sanskrit: अयुध्यमानो म्रियते युध्यमानश्च जीवति। कालं प्राप्य महाराज न कश्चिदतिवर्तते॥
English: He, who never fights has been seen to die, while he who engaged himself in battle has been seen to escape alive.
Sanskrit: अभावादीनि भूतानि भावमध्यानि भारत। अभावनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना॥
English: As regards living creatures, they did not exist at first. They exist in the intervening period. In the end they once more become nonexistent. Why should then one grieve for the same?
Sanskrit: न शोचन् मृतमन्वेति न शोचन् म्रियते नरः। एवं सांसिद्धिके लोके किमर्थमनुशोचसि।।७
English: The man who grieves does not succeed in meeting with the dead. By grieving one does not himself die. While such is the course of the world, why do you indulge in grief.
Sanskrit: कालः कर्षति भूतानि सर्वाणि विविधान्युत। न कालस्य प्रियः कश्चिन्न द्वेष्यः कुरुसत्तम॥
English: Death drags all creatures, even the gods. There is none dear or hateful to death, O Kuru chief.
Sanskrit: यथा वायुस्तृणाग्राणि संवर्तयति सर्वशः। तथा कालवशं यान्ति भूतानि भरतर्षभ॥
English: As the wind tears off all the blades of grass, even so, O foremost of Bharata's race, Death rules over all creatures.
Sanskrit: एकसार्थप्रयातानां सर्वेषां तत्र गामिनाम्। यस्य कालः प्रयात्यग्रे तत्र का परिदेवना॥
English: All creatures are like members of a caravan bound for the same country. When death will overtake all, it is immaterial whom he meets first.
Sanskrit: न चाप्येतान् हतान् युद्धे राजशोचितुमर्हसि। प्रमाणं यदि शास्त्राणि गतास्ते परमां गतिम्॥
English: O king, you should not grieve for those who have been killed in battle. If the scriptures are authoritative all of them must have obtained the highest end.
Sanskrit: सर्वे स्वाध्यायवन्तो हि सर्वे च चरितव्रताः। सर्वे चाभिमुखाः क्षीणास्तत्र का परिदेवना॥
English: All of them were well read in the Vedas; all of them had practised vows. All of them have met with death after fighting with the enemy. What is there to be sorry in this.
Sanskrit: अदर्शनादापतिताः पुनश्चादर्शनं गताः। नैते तव न तेषां त्वं तत्र का परिदेवना॥
English: They had been invisible before birth. Having come from that unknown region, they have again become invisible. They are not yours, nor are you theirs. Why should you grieve then for such disappearance?
Sanskrit: हतोऽपि लभते स्वर्ग हत्वा च लभते यशः। उभयं नो बहुगुणं नास्ति निष्फलता रणे॥
English: If killed, one acquires heaven. By killing, fame is acquired. Both of these, produce great merit. Battle, therefore, is not unproductive of good.
Sanskrit: तेषां कामदुधालँ लोकानिन्द्रः संकल्पयिष्यति। इन्द्रस्यातिथयो ोते भवन्ति भरतर्षभ।१५।।
English: forsooth, Indra will give them regions capable of granting every wish. These, O foremost of men, become the guests of Indra.
Sanskrit: न यज्ञैर्दक्षिणावद्भिर्न तपोभिर्न विद्यया। स्वर्ग यान्ति तथा मा यथा शूरा रणे हताः॥
English: By celebrating sacrifice with profuse gifts, by ascetic penances and by learning, men cannot, go so quickly to heaven as heroes killed in battle.
Sanskrit: शरीरग्निषु शूराणां जुहुवुस्ते शराहुतीः। हूयमानाशरांश्चैव सेहुस्तेजस्विनो मिथः॥
English: On the bodies of hostile heroes who were like the sacrificial fire, they poured libations of arrows. Highly energetic, they had in return to bear the arrowy libations poured upon them by their foes.
Sanskrit: एवं राजंस्तवाचक्षे स्वयं पन्थानमुत्तमम्। न युद्धादधिकं किंचित् क्षत्रियस्येह विद्यते॥
English: I tell you, O king, that for a Kshatriya in this world there is not a better way to heaven then battle.
Sanskrit: क्षत्रियास्ते महात्मानः शूराः समितिशोभनाः। आशिषः परमाः प्राप्त न शोर्ध्या सर्व एव हि॥
English: They were all great Kshatriyas; brave as they were, they were ornaments of assemblies. They have attained highest of blessed regions. They are not persons for whom we should be sorry.
Sanskrit: आत्मानमात्मनाऽऽश्वास्य मा शुचः पुरुषर्षभ। नाद्य शोकाभिभूतस्त्वं कायमुत्स्रष्टुमर्हसि॥
English: Solacing yourself, by you own self, cease to grieve, O best of men. You should not allow yourself to be overwhelmed with sorrow and to all action.
Sanskrit: मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च। संसारेष्वनुभूतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम्॥
English: There are thousands of mothers and fathers and sons and wives in this world. Whose are they and whose are we?
Sanskrit: शोकस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च। दिवसे दिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति च पण्डितम्॥
English: Thousands of causes spring up daily for sorrow and thousands for fear. These, however, affect the ignorant and not the wise.
Sanskrit: न कालस्य प्रियः कश्चिन्न द्वेष्यः कुरुसत्तम। न मध्यस्थः क्वचित्कालः सर्वं कालः प्रकर्षति॥
English: There is none dear of hateful to Time, O Kuru chief. Time is indifferent to none. All are equally dragged by time. give up
Sanskrit: काल: पचति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः। कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः॥
English: Time makes all creatures grow, and it is Time that destroys all. When all else is asleep, Time is awake. Time is irresistible.
Sanskrit: अनित्यं यौवनं रूपं जीवितं द्रव्यसंचयः। आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासो गृद्ध्येदेषु न पण्डितः॥
English: Youth, beauty, life, wealth, health, and friends, are all unstable. The wise will never seek any of these.
Sanskrit: न जानपदिकं दुःखमेकः शोचितुमर्हसि। अप्यभावेन युज्यते तचास्य न निवर्तते॥
English: You should not grieve for what is universal. By indulging in grief a person may himself die, but grief itself by being indulged in, never becomes light.
Sanskrit: अशोचन् प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येत् पराक्रमम्। भैषज्यमेतद् दुःखस्य यदेतन्नानुचिन्तयेत्॥
English: If you feel any grief heavily, it should be overcome by not indulging in it. This is the only remedy for grief, viz., that one should not indulge in it.
Sanskrit: चिन्त्यमानं हि न व्येति भूयश्चापि प्रवर्धते। अनिष्टसम्प्रयोगाच विप्रयोगात् प्रियस्य च॥ मानुषा मानसैर्दुःखैर्दह्यन्ते चाल्पबुद्धयः।
English: By indulging in it, one cannot lesson it. On the other hand, it increases when being indulged in. When any evil or when bereavement of some dear one, comes on, only they that are of little intelligence allow their minds to be laden with grief.
Sanskrit: नार्थो न धर्मो न सुखं यदेतदनुशोचसि॥ न च नापैति कार्यार्थात्रिवर्गाचैव हीयते।
English: This is neither Profit, nor Religion, nor Happiness, of which you are thinking.
Sanskrit: अन्यामन्यां धनावस्थां प्राप्य वैशेषिकी नराः॥ असंतुष्टाः प्रमुह्यनित संतोष यान्ति पण्डिताः। प्रज्ञया मानसं दुःखं हन्याच्छरीरमौषधैः। एतद् विज्ञानसामर्थ्यं न बालैः समतामियात्॥
English: The indulgence of grief in the sure means of one's losing one's objects. Through it, one deviates from the three great ends of life. They, who are not contented are stupefied by the vicissitudes of fortune. The wise, are, on the other hand, unaffected by such changes. One should destroy mental grief by wisdom, as physical grief should be destroyed by medicine. Wisdom has this power. They, however, that are foolish, can never acquire equanimity of mind.
Sanskrit: शयानं चानुशेते हि तिष्ठन्तं चानुतिष्ठति। अनुधावति धावन्तं कर्म पूर्वकृतं नरम्॥
English: Pristine actions closely follow a man, so much so that they lie by him when he lies down, stand by him when he stands, and run with him when he runs.
Sanskrit: यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां यत् करोति शुभाशुभम्। तस्यां तस्यामवस्थायां तत्फलं समुपाश्नुते॥
English: As a man acts well or ill, so he enjoys or suffers the fruit thereof.
Sanskrit: येन येन शरीरेण यद्यत् कर्म करोति यः। तेन तेन शरीरेण तत्फलं समुपाश्नुते॥
English: In physical actions also one enjoys or suffers the fruits according to his acts.
Sanskrit: आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनः साक्षी कृतस्यापकृतस्य च॥
English: One's own self is one's own friend, again one's own self is one's own enemy. One's own self is the witness of one's good and evil acts.
Sanskrit: शुभेन कर्मणा सौख्यं दुःखं पापेन कर्मणा। कृतं भवति सर्वत्र नाकृतं विद्यते क्वचित्॥
English: Good acts beget a state of happiness, and sinful deeds bring on woe. One always reaps the fruit of one's acts. One never enjoys of suffers happiness or misery that is not the outcome of one's own acts.
Sanskrit: न हि ज्ञानविरुद्धेषु बह्वपायेषु कर्मसु। मूलघातिषु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः॥
English: Intelligent persons like you, O king, never commit sinful deeds, that are disapproved by knowledge and that strike at the very root of virtue and happiness.
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच सुभाषितैर्महाप्राज्ञ शोकोऽयं विगतो मम। भूय एव तु वाक्यानि श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः॥
English: Dhritarashtra said "O you of great wisdom, by grief has been removed by your excellent words. I wish you, however, to speak again.
Sanskrit: अनिष्टानां च संसर्गादिष्टानां च विसर्जनात्। कथं हि मानसैर्दुःखै प्रमुच्यन्ते तु पण्डिताः॥
English: How, indeed, do the wise free themselves from mental grief begotten by evil deeds and the bereavement of dear objects."
Sanskrit: विदुर उवाच यतो यतो मनो दुःखात् सुखाद् वा विप्रमुच्यते। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतच्छान्तिं विन्देत वै बुधः॥ अशाश्वतमिदं सर्वं चिन्त्यमानं नरर्षभ। कदलीसंनिभो लोकः सारो ह्यस्य न विद्यते॥
English: Vidura said He that is wise enjoys peace by subduing both grief and joy by means by which one may escape from grief and joy.
Sanskrit: यदा प्राज्ञाश्चे मूढाश्च धनवन्तोऽथ निर्धनाः। सर्वे पितृवनं प्राप्य स्वपन्ति विगतज्वराः॥
English: Every thing we are anxious for, O foremost of men, is ephemeral. The world is like a weak plantain tree.