pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: इन्द्रप्रस्थे महात्मानौ रेमतुः कृष्णपाण्डवौ। प्रविश्य तां सभां रम्यां विजह्राते च भारत॥
English: And, O Bharata, the great Krishna and the son of Pandu (Dhananjaya) entering the beautiful hall of assembly at Indraprastha, passed their time in great merriment.
Sanskrit: तत्र युद्धकथाश्चित्राः परिक्लेशांश्च पार्थिव। कथायोगे कथायोगे कथयामासतुः सदा॥
English: And there, O prince, they passed their time in describing the stirring incidents of the war, and the sufferings of their past lives.
Sanskrit: ऋषीणां देवतानां च वंशांस्तावाहतुः सदा। प्रीयमाणौ महात्मानौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ॥
English: And those two great ancient sages, pleased, recited the genealogy of the races of saints and gods.
Sanskrit: मधुरास्तु कथाचित्राश्चित्रार्थपदनिश्चयाः। निश्चप्रज्ञः स पार्थाय कथयामास केशवः॥
English: Then Keshava, knowing thc full significance of all matters, addressed Partha in sweet and beautiful words of excellent style and meaning.
Sanskrit: पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तं ज्ञातीनां च सहस्रशः। कथाभिः शमयामास पार्थं शौरिर्जनार्दन॥
English: And then Janardana consoled the son of Pritha afflicted by the death of his sons, and thousands of other relatives.
Sanskrit: स तमाश्वास्य विधिवद् विज्ञानज्ञो महातपाः। अपहृत्यात्मनो भारं विशश्रामेव सात्वतः॥
English: And he of great ascetic merit and knowing the science of all things duly comforting him, rested for a while, as if a great burden had been removed from his own body.
Sanskrit: तत: कथान्ते गोविन्दो गुडाकेशमुवाच ह। सान्त्वयश्लक्ष्णया वाचा हेतुयुक्तमिदं वचः॥
English: Then Govinda (Krishna) comforting Arjuna with sweet speech, addressed these well reasoned words to himn.
Sanskrit: वासुदेव उवाच विजितेयं धरा कृत्स्रा सव्यसाचिन् परंतप। त्वद्वाहुबलमाश्रित्य राज्ञा धर्मसुतेन ह॥
English: Vasudeva said O Arjuna, the terror of your enemies, this cntire earth has been conquered by the king, the son of Dharma, depending on the power of your arms.
Sanskrit: असपत्नां महीं भुङ्क्ते धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। भीमसेनानुभावेन यमयोश्च नरोत्तम॥
English: And, O best of men, the virtuous king Yudhishthira now enjoys the sovereignty of the earth without a rival, by the power of Bhimasena and the twin brothers.
Sanskrit: धर्मेण राज्ञा धर्मज्ञ प्राप्तं राज्यमकण्टकम्। धर्मेण निहत: संख्ये स च राजा सुयोधनः॥ अधर्मरुचयो लुब्धाः सदा चाप्रियवादिनः। धार्तराष्ट्रा दुरात्मानः सानुबन्धा निपातिताः :॥ प्रशान्तामखिलां पार्थ प्रथिवीं पृथिवीपतिः। भुङ्क्ते धर्मसुतो राजा त्वया गुप्तः कुरुद्वह॥ रमे चाहं त्वया सार्धमरण्येष्वपि पाण्डव।
English: Oyou, who know what virtue is, it was by virtue alone, that the king has been able to regain his kingdom shorn of all enemies, and it was by the action of virtue, that king Suyodhana has been slain in battle, and, O son of Pritha and pillar of the Kuru race, the wicked sons sons of Dhritarashtra, avaricious, always rude in speech, and bent upon a sinful course of conduct, having been rooted out with their followers, the king, the son of Dharma and lord of the earth, now peaceably enjoys the cntire kingdom of the earth with your help, and I too, O son of Pandu, have been pleasantly passing away my time in your company, amidst woodland scenes.
Sanskrit: किमु यत्र जनोऽयं वै पृथा चामित्रकर्षण॥ यत्र धर्मसुतो राजा यत्र भीमो महाबलः। यत्र माद्रवतीपुत्रौ रतिस्तत्र परा मम॥
English: O terror of your enemies, what more need I tell you, but that where you and Pritha, and the king, the son of Dharma, and the powerful Bhimasena and the two sons of Madri are, there am I drawn with exquisite delight.
Sanskrit: तथैव स्वर्गकल्पेषु सभोद्देशेषु कौरव। रमणीयेषु पुण्येषु सहितस्य त्वयानघ॥ कालो महांस्त्वतीतो मे शूरसृनुमपश्यतः। बलदेवं च कौरव्य तथान्यान् वृष्णि पुगवान्॥
English: O descendant of Kuru, in these delightful and sacred and celestial halls of assembly, a long time has gone away in your company without my seeing Vasudeva, Baladeva and other leaders of the Vrishni race.
Sanskrit: साऽहं गन्तुमभीप्सामि पुरीं द्वारावती प्रति। रोचतां गमनं मह्यं तवापि पुरुषर्षभ॥
English: And now I am desirous of going to the city of Dvaravati. Do you, therefore, O most courageous of me, assent to my departure.
Sanskrit: उक्तो बहुविधं राजा तत्र तत्र युधिष्ठिरः। सह भीष्मेण यद् युक्तमस्माभिः शोककारिते॥ शिष्टो युधिष्ठिरोऽस्माभिः शास्ता सन्नपि पाण्डवः। तेन तत् तु वचः सम्यग् गृहीतं सुमहात्मना॥
English: When king Yudhishthira was stricken heavily with sorrow, I with Bhishma, have recited to him many appropriate legends suited to the occasion with a view of dispelling his gricf, and the pliant and great Yudhishthira, though our sovereign, and versed in all learning, paid due heed to our words.
Sanskrit: धर्मपुत्रे हि धर्मज्ञे कृतज्ञे सत्यवादिनि। सत्यं धर्मो मतीश्चाग्र्या स्थितिश्च सततं स्थिरा॥
English: That son of Dharma honours truth, and is grateful and virtuous, therefore will his virtue, and good sense and the stability of his power always endure.
Sanskrit: तत्र गत्वा महात्मानं यदि ते रोचतेऽर्जुन। अस्मद्गमनसंयुक्तं वचो ब्रूहि जनाधिपम्॥
English: And now, O Arjuna, if it pleases you, do you go to that great prince and tell him of my desire to leave this place.
Sanskrit: न हि तस्याप्रियं कुर्यां प्राणत्यागेऽप्युपस्थिते। कुतो गन्तुं महाबाहो पुरी द्वारावतीं प्रति॥ सर्वं त्विदमहं पार्थ त्वत्प्रीतिहितकाम्पया। ब्रवीमि सत्यं कौरव्य न मिथ्यैतत् कथंचन॥ प्रयोजनं च निर्वृत्तमिह वासे ममार्जुन। धार्तराष्ट्रो हतो राजा सबल: सपदानुगः॥ पृथिवी च वशे तात धर्मपुत्रस्य धीमतः। स्थिता समुद्रवलया सशैलवनकानना॥ चिता रत्नैर्बहुविधैः कुरुराजस्य पाण्डव। धर्मेण राजा धर्मज्ञः पातु सर्वां वसुन्धराम्॥ उपास्यमानो बहुभिः सिद्धैश्चापि महात्मभिः। स्तूयमानश्च सततं वन्दिभिर्भरतर्षभ॥
English: For, O you of mighty arms, even if death comes to ine, I am reluctant to do anything that may displease him, what to speak of my going to the city of Dvaravati, O son of Pritha, and descendant of Kuru, I now tell you truly desiring to do only what is good and agreeable to you, and there can be nothing equivocal in it many way, that the necessity for my staying here no longer exists, when, O Arjuna, that monarch the son of Dhritarashtra, has been killed with his armies and attendants, and the earth, my friend, with its belt of seas, and its mountains and woods and forest, and the kingdom of the Kuru king filled with various gems, have passed under the control of that wise son of Dharma. And, O foremost prince of Bharata's race, may that virtuous prince govern the entire kingdom of the earth in virtue, and with the respect and approbation of numerous grcat Siddhas, and having his praises always extolled by the panegyrists.
Sanskrit: तं मया सह गत्वाद्य राजानं कुरु वर्धनम्। आपृच्छ कुरुशार्दूल गपनं द्वारका प्रति॥
English: Do you, O pride of Kuru's race, accompany me today to the king, the great advancer of the Kuru race, and sound him of my intended return to Dwraka.
Sanskrit: इदं शरीरं वसु यच्च मे गृहे निवेदितं पार्थ सदा युधिष्ठिरे। प्रियश्च मान्यश्च हि मे युधिष्ठिरः सदा कुरुणामधिपो महामतिः॥
English: As Yudhishthira the great king of the Kurus, always commands my love and respect, I have, O son of Pritha, placed this my body and all the riches that I have in my house, at his disposal.
Sanskrit: प्रयोजनं चापि निवासकारणे। न विद्यते मे त्वदृते नृपात्मज। स्थिता हि पृथ्वी तव पार्थ शासने गुरोः सुवृत्तस्य युधिष्ठिरस्य च॥
English: And, O prince, Partha (son of Pritha) when this earth has come under your control and that of the worshipful Yudhishthira of excellent character, there no longer remains any need for my staying here except for my love for you.
Sanskrit: इतीदमुक्तः स तदा महात्मना जनार्दनेनामितविक्रमोऽर्जुनः। जनार्दनं सम्प्रतिपूज्य पार्थिव॥
English: And, O king, when the redoubtable Arjuna had been thus addressed by the noble-hearted Janardana, he, showing all the honours due to him, sorrowfully replied by merely saying 'be it so'.
Sanskrit: जनमेजय उवाच सभायां वसतोस्तत्र निहत्यारीन् महात्मनोः। केशवार्जुनयोः का नु कथा समभवद् द्विज॥
English: Janamejaya said When the great Keshava and Arjuna after killing their enemies went to the assembly rooms what conversation, O twice-born one, took place between them?
Sanskrit: कृष्णेन सहितः पार्थ:स्वं राज्यं प्राप्य केवलम्। तस्यां सभायां दिव्यायां विजहार मुदा युतः॥
English: The son of Pritha (Arjuna), having recovered his own kingdom, spent his time gladly, without doing anything clse, in the company of Krishna, his heart filled with joy, in that palace of celestial beauty.
Sanskrit: तत्र कंचित् सभोद्देशं स्वर्णोद्देशसमं नृप। यदृच्छया तौ मुदितौ जग्मतुः स्वजनावृतौ॥
English: One day, those two listlessly went to a particular part of the palace that looked, O king, like a veritable portion of the celestial region. Themselves filled with joy, they were then surrounded by their relatives and attendants.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रतीतः कृष्णेन सहितः पाण्डवोऽर्जुनः। निरीक्ष्य तां सभां रम्यामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ विदितं मे महाबाहो संग्रामे समुपस्थिते। माहात्म्यं देवकीमातस्तच ते रूपमैश्वरम्॥
English: Pandu's son Arjuna, filled with joy in the company of Krishna, saw that delightful palace, and then addressed his companion, saying, 'O mighty-armed one, your greatness became known to me upon the approach of the battle. O son of Devaki, your form also, as the Lord of the universe, then became known to me.
Sanskrit: यत् तद् भगवता प्रोक्तं पुरा केशव सौहृदात्। तत् सर्वं पुरुषव्याघ्र नष्टं मे भ्रष्टचेतसः॥
English: What your holy self said to me at that time, O Keshava, through love, has all been forgotten by me, O chief of men, on account of the fickleness of my mind.
Sanskrit: मम कौतूहलं त्वस्ति तेष्वर्थेषु पुनः पुनः। भवांस्तु द्वारकां गन्ता नचिरादिव माधव॥
English: However, I have been curious again and again on the subject of those truths. You, too, O Madhava, will go to Dwraka soon.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु तं कृष्ण: फाल्गुनं प्रत्यभाषत। परिष्वज्य महातेजा वचनं वदतां वरः॥
English: Vaishampayana said, Thus addressed by him, Krishna of great energy, that foremost of speakers, embraced Phalguna and replied to him as follows.
Sanskrit: वासुदेव उवाच श्रावितस्त्वं मया गुह्यं ज्ञापितश्च सनातनम्। धर्मं स्वरूपिणं पार्थ सर्वलोकांश्च शाश्वतान्॥
English: Vasudeva said I made you listen to truths that are considered as mysteries. I conferred on you eternal truths. Indeed, I described to you Religion in its true form and on all the eternal regions.
Sanskrit: अबुद्ध्या नाग्रहीर्यस्त्वं तन्मे सुमहदप्रियम्। न च साद्य पुनर्भूयः स्मृति सम्भविष्यति॥
English: It is greatly disagreeable to me to learn that you did not, from folly, receive what I gave. The recollection of all that I told you on that occasion will not come to me now.
Sanskrit: नूनमश्रद्दधानोऽसि दुर्मेधा ह्यसि पाण्डव। न च शक्यं पुनर्वक्तुमशेषेण धनंजय॥
English: Forsooth, O son of Pandu, you are destitute of faith and your unde tanding is not good. It is impossible for me, U Dhananjaya, to repeat, in full, all that I said on that occasion.
Sanskrit: स हि धर्मः सुपर्याप्तो ब्रह्मणः पदवेदने। न शक्यं तन्मया भूयस्तथा वक्तुमशेषतः॥
English: That religion is more than sufficient for understanding Brahma. I cannot describe it again in detail.
Sanskrit: परं हि ब्रह्म कथितं योगयुक्तेन तन्मया। इतिहासं तु वक्ष्यामि तस्मिन्नर्थे पुरातनम्॥
English: I described to you, O Supreme Brahina having concentrated myself in Yoga. I shall now, however, recite to you an old history upon the same subject.
Sanskrit: यथा तां बुद्धिमास्थाय गतिमय्यां गमिष्यसि। शृणु धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ गदितं सर्वमेव मे॥
English: O foremost of all persons knowing duty, listen to everything I now say, so that, with an understanding adapted to my teaching, you may succeed in attaining to the highest end.
Sanskrit: आगच्छद् ब्राह्मणः कश्चित् स्वर्गलोकादरिंदम ब्रह्मलोकाच्च दुर्धर्षः सोऽस्माभिः पूजितोऽभवत्।।१५
English: O chastiser of enemies, on one occasion, a Brahmana came to us from the celestial regions. Of irresistible energy, he came from the regions of the grandfather. He was duly respected by us.
Sanskrit: अस्माभिः परिपृष्टश्च यदाह भरतर्षभ। दिव्येन विधिना पार्थ नच्छृणुष्वाविचारयन्॥
English: Listen, O son of Pritha, unhesitatingly to what he, O chief of Bharata's race, said, in answer to our enquiries, according to heavenly forms.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण उवाच मोक्षधर्मं समाश्रित्य कृष्ण यन्मामपृच्छथाः। भूतानामनुकम्पार्थं यत्मोहच्छेदनं विभो॥ तत् नेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावन्मधुसूदन। शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा गदतो मम माधव॥
English: Brahmana said That which you ask me, O Krishna, about the religion of Moksha (Emancipation), led by your compassion for all creatures, that, indeed, which destroys all delusion, O you gifted with Supreme power, I shall now tell you duly, O destroyer of Madhu. Do you listen with rapt attention as I discourse to you, O Madhava.
Sanskrit: कश्चिद् विप्रस्तपोयुक्तः काश्यपो धर्मवित्तमः। आससाद द्विजं कंचिद् धर्माणामागतागमम्॥
English: A Brahmana named Kashyapa, possessed of penances and the foremost of all persons knowing duties, came to a certain other Brahmana who had become conversant with all the mysteries of religion.
Sanskrit: गतागते सुबहुशो ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगम्। लोकतत्त्वार्थकुशलं ज्ञातार्थं सुखदुःखयोः॥
English: Indeed, the latter had mastered all the knowledge which the scriptures teach about the departure and reappearance of beings and possessed that direct knowledge of all things which Yoga gives. He was well-skilled in the truths of all subjects relating to the world. He has mastered the truth about pleasure and pain.
Sanskrit: जातीमरणतत्त्वज्ञं कोविदं पापपुण्ययौः। द्रष्टारमुच्चनीचानां कर्मभिर्देहिनां गतिम्॥
English: He knew the truth about birth and death, and understood the distinctions between merit and demerit. He had seen the ends attained to by embodied creatures high and low on account of their deeds.
Sanskrit: चरन्तं मुक्तवत्सिद्धं प्रशान्तं संयतेन्द्रियम्। दीप्यमानं श्रिया ब्राह्मया क्रममाणं च सर्वशः॥ अन्तर्धानगतिज्ञं च श्रुत्वा तत्त्वेन काश्यपः। तथैवान्तर्हितैः सिद्धैर्यान्तं चक्रधरैः सह॥ सम्भाषमाणमेकान्ते समासीनं च तैः सह। यदृच्छया च गच्छन्तमसक्तं पवनं यथा॥
English: He lived like one freed from the world. Crowned with ascetic success and gifted with perfect tranquillity of soul, he had all his senses under complete control. He seemed to shine with the resplendence of Brahma and capable of going everywhere at will. He knew the science of disappearing at will from before the eyes of all. He used to move about in the company of invisible Siddhas and celestial musicians. He used to sit and talk with them on some spot retired from the bustle of humanity. He was as unattached to all things as the wind Kashyapa having heard of him truly, wished to see him. Gifted with intelligence, that foremost of all Brahmanas approached the sage.
Sanskrit: तं समासाद्य मेधावी स तदा द्विजसत्तमः। चरणौ धर्मकामोऽस्य तपस्वी सुसमाहितः। प्रतिपेदे यथान्यायं दृष्ट्वा तन्महदद्भुतम्॥
English: Himself possessed of penances, Kashyapa, moved by the wish of acquiring merit, fell, with a rapt heart, at the feet of the sage when he had seen all those wonderful attributes.
Sanskrit: विस्मितश्चाद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा काश्यपस्तद् द्विजोत्तमम्। परिचारेण महत्ता गुरुं तं पर्यतोषयत्॥
English: Stricken with wonder at the sight of those extraordinary qualities, Kashyapa began to wait upon that foremost of all Brahmanas, with the dutiful respect of a disciple waiting upon his preceptor and succeeded in pleasing him.
Sanskrit: उपपन्नं च तत्सर्वं श्रुतचारित्रसंयुतम्। भावेनातोषयच्चैनं गुरुवृत्त्या परंतपः॥
English: By his devotion, O scorcher of enemies, rendering to him the obedience due from a disciplc to a preceptor, Kashyapa pleased that Brahmana who possessed all these qualities and was gifted besides with scriptural learning and excellent conduct.
Sanskrit: तस्मै तुष्टः स शिष्याय प्रसन्नो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। सिद्धिं परामभिप्रेक्ष्य शृणु मत्तो जनार्दन॥
English: Pleased with Kashyapa, the Brahmana one day addressed him cheerfully and spoke as follows, having the highest success in view. Listen to those words, O Janardana, as I repeat them.
Sanskrit: सिद्ध उवाच विविधैः कर्मभिस्तात पुण्ययोगैश्च केवलैः। गच्छन्तीह गतिं मर्त्या देवलोके च संस्थितिम्॥
English: By various deeds, O son as also by the help of merit, mortal, creatures attain to diverse ends here and residence in Heaven.
Sanskrit: न क्वचित् सुखमत्यन्तं न क्वचिच्छाश्वती स्थितिः। स्थानाच्च महतो भ्रंशो दुःखलब्धात् पुनः पुनः॥
English: Nowhere one can enjoy the highest happiness; nowhere one can live for good. There are repeated falls from the highest regions acquired with such sorrow.
Sanskrit: अशुभा गतयः प्राप्ताः कष्टा मे पापसेवनात्। काममन्युपरीतेन तृष्णया मोहितेन च॥
English: On account of my indulgence in sin. I had to come by various miserable and inauspicious ends, filled as I was with lust and anger, and deluded by cupidity.
Sanskrit: पुनः पुनश्च मरणं जन्म चैव पुनः पुनः। आहारा विविधा भुक्ताः पीता नानाविधाः स्तनाः।।३२
English: I have repeatedly undergone death and rebirth. I have eaten various kinds of food, I have sucked at various breasts.
Sanskrit: मातरो विविधा दृष्टाः पितरश्च पृथग्विधाः। सुखानि च विचित्राणि दुःखानि च मयानघ।॥
English: I have seen various kinds of mothers, and various fathers dissimilar to one another. I have come by various kinds of happiness and misery, O sinless one.
Sanskrit: प्रियैर्विवासो बहुशः संवासश्चाप्रियैः सह। धननाशश्च सम्प्राप्तो लध्वा दुःखेन तद् धनम्॥
English: On various occasions have I been separated from what was agrecable and united with what was disagreeable. Having acquired wealth with great labour I have had to put up with its loss.
Sanskrit: अवमानाः सुकष्टाश्च राजतः स्वजनात् तथा। शारीरा मानसा वापि वेदना भृशदारुणाः॥
English: I have received from king and relatives insults and excessive misery. I have suffered from serve mental and physical pain.
Sanskrit: प्राप्ता विमाननाशोग्रा वधवन्धाश्च दारुणाः। पतनं निरये चैव यातनाश्च यमक्षये॥
English: I have undergone humiliations and death and imprisonment under circumstances of great severity. I have had falls into Hell and have suffered great lortures in the domains of Yama.
Sanskrit: जरा रोगाश्च सततं व्यसनानि च भूरिशः। लोकेऽस्मिन्ननुभूतानि द्वन्द्वजानि भृशं मया॥
English: I have, again and again, suffered from decrepitude and diseases, and from frequent and great calamities. In this world I have repeatedly suffered from all those afflictions which arise from a perception of all pairs of opposites.
Sanskrit: ततः कदाचिन्निर्वेदान्निराकाराश्रितेन य। लोकतन्त्रं परित्यक्तं दुःखार्तेन भृशं मया॥
English: After all this one day, laden with sorrow, despair came upon me. I took refuge in the Formless. Suffering from great distress, I gave up the world with all its joys and sorrows.
Sanskrit: लोकेऽस्मिन्ननुभूयाहमिमं मार्गमनुष्ठितः। ततः सिद्धिरियं प्राप्ता प्रसादादात्मनो मया।॥
English: Finding out then this path. I exercised myself in it in this world. Afterwards, through tranquillity of soul, I acquired the success you see.
Sanskrit: नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता लोकानालोकयाम्यहम्। आसिद्धेराप्रजासर्गादात्मनोऽपि गताः शुभाः॥
English: I shall not have to come to this world again. Indeed, till I attain to absorption into eternal Brahma, till, in fact, the final dissolution of the universe, I shall look on those happy ends that will be mine and on those beings and that form this universe.
Sanskrit: उपलब्धा द्विजश्रेष्ठ तथेयं सिद्धिरुत्तमाः इतः परं गमिष्यामि ततः परतरं पुनः॥
English: Having acquired this excellent success, I shall, after departing from this world, proceed to what is above it and thence to what is higher.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मणः पदमव्यक्तं मा तेऽभूदत्र संशयः। नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता मर्त्यलोकं परंतप॥
English: Indeed, I shall come by the condition, which is unmanifest, of Brahma. Do not doubt this. O scorcher of enemies. I shall not return to this world of mortal creatures.
Sanskrit: प्रीतोऽस्मि ते महाप्राज्ञ ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते। यदीप्सुरुपपन्नस्त्वं तस्य कालोऽयमागतः॥
English: O you of great wisdom. I have become pleased with you. Tell me what I shall do for you. The time has come for the accomplishment of that purpose for which you have come here..
Sanskrit: अभिजाने च तदहं यदर्थं मामुपागतः। अचिरात् तु गमिष्यामि तेनाहं त्वामचूचुदम्॥
English: I know that object for which you have sought me. I shall soon depart from this world. Hence it is that I have given you this hint.
Sanskrit: भृशं प्रीतोऽस्मि भवतश्चारित्रेण विचक्षण। परिपृच्छस्व कुशलं भाषेयं यत् तवेप्सितम्॥
English: O you of great wisdom and experience, I have been highly pleased with you for your behaviour. Do you question me! I shall discourse on what is beneficial to you as desired by you.
Sanskrit: बहु मन्ये च ते बुद्धिं भृशं सम्पूजयामि च। येनाहं भवता बुद्धो मेधावी ह्यसि काश्यप॥
English: I think your intelligence is great, Indeed I speak highly of it, for it was with the help of that intelligence that you were able to recognise me. Surely, O Kashyapa, you are endued with great intelligence.
Sanskrit: वासुदेव उवाच ततस्तस्योपसंगृह्य पादौ प्रश्नान् सुदुर्वचान्। पप्रच्छ तांश्च धर्मान् स प्राह धर्मभृतां वरः॥
English: Touching the feet of that sage Brahmana asked him some very difficult questions. That foremost of all pious persons then described those duties that were referred to.
Sanskrit: कश्यप उवाच कथं शरीरं च्यवते कथं चैवोपपद्यते। कथं कष्टाच्च संसारात् संसरन् परिमुच्यते॥
English: Kashyapa said How does the body dissolve away, and how is another is acquired? How does one become liberated after passing through a repeated round of painful re-births?
Sanskrit: आत्मा च प्रकृति मुक्त्वा तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति। शरीरतश्च निर्मुक्तः कथमन्यत् प्रपद्यते॥
English: Enjoying Nature for sometime, how does the individual Soul cast off the particular body? How does the Individual Soul, freed from the body, attain to what is different from it, (viz., Brahman)?
Sanskrit: कथं शुभाशुभे चायं कर्मणी स्वकृते नरः। उपभुङ्क्ते क्व वा कर्म विदेहस्यावतिष्ठते॥
English: How does a human being enjoy the good and bad deeds done by him? Where do the acts exist of one that is devoid of body?
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण उवाच एवं संचोदितः सिद्धः प्रश्नांस्तान् प्रत्यभाषत। आनुपूर्येण वार्ष्णेय तन्मे निगदतः शृणु॥
English: The Brahmana said Thus urged by Kashyapa, the Liberated Sage answered those questions one after another. Do you listen to me, O hero of the Vrishni race, as I recite to you the answers he gave.
Sanskrit: सिद्ध उवाच आयुः कीर्तिकराणीह यानि कृत्यानि सेवते। शरीरग्रहणे यस्मिंस्तेषु क्षीणेषु सर्वशः॥ आयुःक्षयपरीतात्मा विपरीतानि सेवते। बुद्धिावर्तते चास्य विनाशे प्रत्युपस्थिते॥
English: The Liberated Sage said, Upon the exhaustion of those deeds capable of prolonging life and bringing on fame which are done in a particular body that the Individual Soul assumes, the embodied Jiva, with the span of his life shortened, begins to do acts hostile to life and hcalth. On the approach of destruction, his understanding deviates from the proper course.
Sanskrit: सत्त्वं बलं च कालं च विदित्वा चात्मनस्तथा। अतिवेलमुपाश्नाति स्वविरुद्धान्यनात्मवान्॥
English: The man of inipure soul, after even a correct understanding of his constitution and strength and of the season of both his own life and of the year, begins to eat at irregular intervals and to eat such food as is hostile to him.
Sanskrit: यदायमतिकष्टानि सर्वाण्युपनिषेवते। अत्यथैमपि वा भुङ्क्ते न वा भुक्तो कदाचन॥
English: At such a time he does practices that are greatly harmful. He sometimes eats excessively and sometimes abstains altogether from food.
Sanskrit: दुष्टान्नामिषपानं च यदन्योन्यविरोधि च। गुरु चाप्यमितं भुङ्क्तं नातिजीर्णेऽपि वा पुनः॥
English: He eats bad food or bad meat or takes bad drinks, or food that has been made up of hostile ingredients. He eats food that is heavy and more than what is beneficial, or before the food previously taken, has been digested.
Sanskrit: व्यायाममतिमात्रं च व्यवायं चोपसेवते। सततं कर्मलाभाद् वा प्राप्तं वेगं विधारयेत्॥
English: He indulges in physical exercise and sexual pleasure in excess, or through avidity for work, suppresses the urgings of his corporeal organism even when they become pronounced.
Sanskrit: रसाभियुक्तमन्नं वा दिवा स्वप्नं च सेवते। अपक्वानागते काले स्वयं दोषान् प्रकोपयेत्॥
English: Or, he taken juicy food or indulges in sleep during daytime. Food that is not properly digested, of itself excites the faults, when the times comes.
Sanskrit: स्वदोषकोपनाद् रोगं लभते मरणान्तिकम्। अपि वोद्वन्धनादीनि परीतानि व्यवस्थति॥
English: From such excitement of the faults in his body, he gets disease ultimately bringing on death. Sometimes the person engages in unnatural deeds like strangling.
Sanskrit: तस्य तैः कारणैर्जन्तोः शरीरं च्यवते तदा। जीवितं प्रोच्यमानं तदृ यथावदुपधारय॥
English: Through these causes the living body of the creature dissolves away. Understand correctly the manner as I declare it to you.