pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: तत्तु कर्म तथा कुर्याद् येन श्लाध्येत संसदि। शीलं समासेनैतत् ते कथितं कुरुसत्तम॥
English: That act, on the other hand, should be done for which one may be lauded in society. O best of the Kurus, I have now told you briefly as to what conduct is.
Sanskrit: यद्यप्यशीला नृपते प्राप्नुवन्ति श्रियं क्वचित्। न भुञ्जते चिरं तात समूलाश्च न सन्ति ते॥
English: If, O king, wicked persons do ever acquire prosperity, they do not enjoy it long, O son, and are soon rooted out.
Sanskrit: एतद् विदित्वा तत्त्वेन शीलवान् भव पुत्रका यदीच्छसि श्रियं तात सुविशिष्टां युधिष्ठिरात्॥
English: Dhritarashtra said Knowing all this truly, do you, O son, be of good conduct, if you wish to obtain greater prosperity than Yudhishthira.'
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच एतत् कथितवान् पुत्रे धृतराष्ट्रो नराधिपः। एतत् कुरुष्व कौन्तेय ततः प्राप्स्यसि तत्फलम्॥
English: Bhishma said This was what king Dhritarashtra said to his son. Do you follow these instructions, O son of Kunti, and you will then surely acquire their fruit.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच शीलं प्रधानं पुरुषे कथितं ते पितामह। कथं त्वाशा समुत्पन्ना या चाशा तद् वदस्व मे॥
English: Yudhishthira said You have said, O grandfather, that conduct is the first thing (for a man). Whence, however, does Hope arise? Tell me what it is.
Sanskrit: संशयो मे महानेष समुत्पन्नः पितामह। छेत्ता च तस्य नान्योऽस्ति त्वत्तः परपुरजय॥
English: This great doubt has occupied my mind. There is no other person than you, Osubjugator of hostile towns, who can remove it!
Sanskrit: पितामहाशा महती ममासीद्धि सुयोधने। प्राप्ते युद्धे तु तद् युक्तं तत् कर्तायमिति प्रभो॥
English: O grandfather, I had great hope about Suyodhana that when a battle was about to take place, he would, O lord, do what was proper.
Sanskrit: सर्वस्याशा सुमहती पुरुषस्योपजायते। तस्यां विहन्यमानायां दुःखो मृत्युर्न संशयः॥
English: Hope is tne sheet-anchor of every man. When that hope is destroyed, great grief follows which, forsooth, is almost equal to death itself.
Sanskrit: सोऽहं हताशो दुर्बुद्धिः कृतस्तेन दुरात्मना। धार्तराष्ट्रेण राजेन्द्र पश्य मन्दात्मतां मम॥
English: Fool that I am, Dhritarashtra's wicked son, Duryodhana, destroyed the hope I had entertained. Mark, O king, the foolishness of my mind.
Sanskrit: आशां महत्तरां मन्ये पर्वतादपि सदुमात्। आकाशादपि वा राजनप्रमेयैव वा पुनः॥
English: I think that hope is bigger than a mountain with all its trees. Or, perhaps, it is bigger than the sky itself. Or, perhaps, O king, it is really immeasurable.
Sanskrit: एषा चैव कुरुश्रेष्ठ दुर्विचिन्त्या सुदुर्लभा। दुर्लभत्वाच्च पश्यामि किमन्यद् दुर्लभं ततः॥
English: Hope, O chief of the Kurus, is highly difficult of being understood and equally difficult of being conquered. Seeing this last attribute of Hope, I ask, what else is so unconquerable as this?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर निबोध तत्। इतिहासं सुमित्रस्य निर्वृत्तमृषभस्य च॥
English: Bhishma said I shall describe to you, O Yudhishthira, regarding it, the discourse between Sumitra and Rishabha that took place in days of yore, Listen to it!
Sanskrit: सुमित्रो नाम राजर्षिर्हहयो मृगयां गतः। ससार स मृगं विद्ध्वा बाणेनानतपर्वणा॥
English: A royal sage of the Haihaya family, Sumitra by namre, went a hunting. Having pierced a deer with a straight arrow, he pursued it.
Sanskrit: स मृगो बाणमादाय यथामितविक्रमः। स च राजा बलात् तूर्णं ससार मृगयूथपम्॥
English: Endued with great strength, the deer ran ahead, with the arrow sticking to him. The king was equally powerful, and accordingly pursued his precious game with great speed.
Sanskrit: ततो निम्न स्थलं चैव स मृगोऽद्रवदाशुगः। मुहूर्तमिव राजेन्द्र समेन स पथागमत्॥
English: The animal, highly fleet, quickly ran a low ground and then a level plain.
Sanskrit: ततः स राजा तारुण्यादौरसेन बलेन च। ससार बाणासनभृत् सखगोऽसौ तनुत्रवान्॥
English: The king, young, active, and strong, and armed with bow and sword and protected with a coat of mail, still pursued it.
Sanskrit: ततो नदान नदीश्चैव पल्वलानि बनानि च। अतिक्रम्याभ्यतिक्रम्य ससारैको वनेचरः॥
English: Having none with him to chase the animal through the forest, the king crossed many rivers and lakes.
Sanskrit: स तु कामान्मृगो राजन्नासाद्यासाद्य तं नृपम्। पुनरभ्येति जवनो जवेन महता ततः॥
English: Possessed of great fleetness the animal, at its will, appearing now and then before the king, ran on with great quickness.
Sanskrit: स तस्य बाणैर्बहुभिः समभ्यस्तो वनेचरः। प्रक्रीडन्निव राजेन्द्र पुनरभ्येति चान्तिकम्॥
English: Pierced with many arrows by the king, that wild animal, O monarch, as if in sport, again and again lessened the distance between itself and the pursuer.
Sanskrit: पुनश्च जवमास्थाय जवनो मृगयूथपः। अतीत्यातीत्य राजेन्द्र पुनरभ्येति चान्तिकम्॥
English: Repeatedly showing its quickness and crossing one forest after another, it now and then appeared before the king at a near point.
Sanskrit: तस्य मर्मच्छिदं घोरं तीक्ष्णं चामित्रकदर्शनः। समादाय शरं श्रेष्ठं कार्मुके तु तथासृजत्॥
English: At last, taking up a very excellent arrow, sharp, terrible, and capable of cutting the very vitals, the crusher of foes, set it on his bowstring.
Sanskrit: ततो गव्यूतिमात्रेण मृगयूथपयूथपः। तस्य बाणपथं मुक्त्वा तस्थिवान् प्रहसन्निव॥
English: That huge animal then, as if laughing at the pursuer's efforts, suddenly went to a great distance by reaching a point full four miles ahead of the range of the arrow.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् निपतिते बाणे भूमौ ज्वलिततेजसि। प्रविवेश महारण्यं मृगो राजाप्यथाद्रवत्॥
English: That effulgent arrow accordingly fell on the ground. The deer entered a large forest, but the king still pursued it.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच प्रविश्य स महारण्यं तापसानामथाश्रमम्। आससाद ततो राजा श्रान्तचोपाविशत् तदा।॥
English: Bhishma said Having entered that large forest, the king arrived at an asylum of ascetics. Worn out with toil, he sat himself down for rest.
Sanskrit: तं कार्मुकधरं दृष्ट्वा श्रमार्तं क्षुधितं तदा। समेत्य ऋषयस्तस्मिन् पूजां चक्रुर्यथाविधि॥
English: Seeing him armed with bow, exhausted with toil, and hungry, the ascetics approached him and honoured him duly.
Sanskrit: स पूजामृषिभिर्दत्तां सम्प्रगृह्य नराधिपः। अपृच्छत् तापसान् सर्वांस्तपसो वृद्धिमुत्तमाम्॥
English: Accepting the honours offered by the Rishis, the king asked them about the progress and advancement to their penances.
Sanskrit: ते तस्य राज्ञो वचनं सम्प्रगृह्य तपोधनाः। ऋषयो राजशार्दूलं तमपृच्छन् प्रयोजनम्॥
English: Duly answering the questions of the king, those Rishis having asceticism for wealth, asked that foremost of kings as to the cause of his coming to that retreat.
Sanskrit: केन भद्र सुखार्थेन सम्प्राप्तोऽसि तपोवनम्। पदातिर्बद्धनिस्त्रिंशो धन्वी बाणी नरेश्वर॥
English: And they said,-Blessed be you, in pursuit of what delightful object have you, O king, come to this hermitage, walking on foot and armed with sword, bow and arrows?
Sanskrit: एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं कुतः प्राप्तोऽसि मानद। कस्मिन् कुले तु जातस्त्वं किंनामा चासि ब्रूहि नः॥
English: We wish to hear whence you are coming, O giver of honours! Tell us also in what family you are born and what your name is!-
Sanskrit: ततः स राजा सर्वेभ्यो द्विजेभ्यः पुरुषर्षभ। आचचक्षे यथान्यायं परिचर्यां च भारत॥ हैहयानां, कुले जातः सुमित्रो मित्रनन्दनः। चरामि मृगयूथानि निनन् बाणैः सहस्रशः॥ बलेन महता गुप्तः सामात्यः सावरोधनः। मृगस्तु विद्धो बाणेन मया सरति शल्यवान्॥
English: Thus addressed, O foremost of men, the king described himself, O Bharata, saying.-I am born in the family of the Haihayas. My name is Sumitra, and I am the son of Mitra. I chase herds of deer, killing them in thousands with my shafts. Accompanied by a large army and my ministers and the ladies of my household, I have come out ahunting. I struck a deer with a shaft, but the animal with the arrow shaft, but the animal with arrow sticking to his body ran speedily.
Sanskrit: तं द्रवन्तमनुप्राप्तो वनमेतद् यदृच्छया। भवत्सकाशं नष्टश्रीर्हताशः श्रमकर्शितः॥
English: In chasing it I have, purposelessly arrived at this forest and find myself before you, shorn of splendour, toil worn, and with hope disappointed.
Sanskrit: किं नु दुःखमतोऽन्यद् वै यदहं श्रमकर्शितः। भवतामाश्रमं प्राप्तो हताशो भ्रष्टलक्षणः॥
English: What can be more pitiable than this, viz., that I have arrived at this hermitage, exhausted with toil, shorn of the signs of royalty, and disappointed of my hopes.
Sanskrit: न राजलक्षणत्यागो न पुरस्य तपोधनाः। दुःखं करोति तत् तीनं यथाऽऽशा विहता मम॥
English: I am not at all sorry, Oh ye ascetics, at my being now divested of the sins of royalty or at my being now at a distance from my capital. I feel, however, a great grief for my hopes being frustrated.
Sanskrit: हिमवान् वा महाशैलः समुद्रो वा महोदधिः। महत्त्वान्नान्वपद्येतां नभसो वान्तरं तथा॥
English: The king of mountains, viz., Himavat, and that vast receptacle of waters, viz., the ocean, cannot, for its vastness, equal the extent of the sky.
Sanskrit: आशायास्तपसि श्रेष्ठास्तथा नान्तमहं गतः। भवतां विदितं सर्वं सर्वज्ञा हि तपोधनाः॥
English: Oh ye ascetics, likewise, I also cannot make out the limit of hope. With penances you have made yourselves omniscient. There is nothing which is hidden from you.
Sanskrit: भवन्तः सुमहाभागास्तस्मात् पृच्छामि संशयम्। आशावान् पुरुषो यः स्यादन्तरिक्षमथापि वा॥ किं नु ज्यायस्तरं लोके महत्त्वात् प्रतिभाति वः। एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन श्रोतुं किमिह दुर्लभम्॥
English: You are also highly blessed. I beg you, therefore, to remove my doubt. Which of these two appears vaster to you, hope of man, or the wide sky? I desire to hear fully, what is so unconquerable as hope.
Sanskrit: यदि गुह्यं न वो नित्यं तदा प्रब्रूत मा चिरम्। न गुह्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि युष्मद्भयो द्विजसत्तमाः॥
English: If the subject be one which you can properly describe, then tell me all about it forthwith. I do not wish, ye foremost of the twice-born, to hear anything from you be a mystery and improper to describe. that may
Sanskrit: भवत् तपोविघातो वा यदि स्याद् विरमे ततः। यदि वास्ति कथायोगो योऽयं प्रश्नो मयेरितः॥ एतत् कारणसामर्थ्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः। भवन्तोऽपि तपोनित्या ब्रूयुरेतत् समन्विताः॥
English: If again the subject be injurious to your penances, I would not wish you to describe. If the question asked by me be a befitting subject of discourse, I would then wish to hear the cause fully. Devoted to penances as ye are, do ye all instruct me on the subject.'
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच ततस्तेषां समस्तानामृषीणामृषिसत्तमः। ऋषभो नाम विप्रर्षिविस्मयन्निदमब्रवीत्॥
English: Bhishma said Then the best of Rishis, viz., the twice-born Rishabha, sitting in the midst of all those Rishis, smiled a little and said
Sanskrit: पुराहं राजशार्दूल तीर्थान्यनुचरन् प्रभो। समासादितवान् दिव्यं नरनारायणाश्रमम्॥
English: Formerly, O foremost of Kings, while sojourning among sacred places, I arrived O lord, at the beautiful hermitage of Nara and Narayana.
Sanskrit: यत्र सा बदरी रम्या ह्रदो वैहायसस्तथा। यत्र चाश्वशिरा राजन् वेदान् पठति शाश्वतान्॥
English: There lies the charming spot called Badari, and there also is that lake in the sky. There the sage Ashvashiras, O king, reads the eternal Vedas.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् सरसि कृत्वाहं विधिवत् तर्पणं पुरा। पितृणां देवतानां च ततोऽऽश्रममियां तदा॥
English: Having performed my ablutions in that lake duly offered libations of water to the departed manes and the gods, I entered the hermitage.
Sanskrit: रेमाते यत्र तौ नित्यं नरनारायणावृषी। अदूरादाश्रमं कञ्चिद् वासार्थमगमं तदा॥
English: Within that retreat the Rishis Nara and Narayana always spend their time happily. Not far from that place I went to another hermitage for taking up my quarter.
Sanskrit: तत्र चीराजिनधरं कृशमुच्चमतीव च। अद्राक्षमृषिमायान्तं तनुं नाम तपोधनम्॥
English: While seated there I saw a very tall and emaciated Rishi, clad in rags and skins, coming towards me. Rich in penances, he was named Tanu,
Sanskrit: अन्यैर्नरैर्महाबाहो वपुषाष्टगुणान्वितम्। कृशता चापि राजर्षे न दृष्टा तादृशी क्वचित्॥
English: Compared, O mighty-armed one, with other men, his height was eight times greater. Regarding his leanness, O royal sage, I can say that I have never seen its like.
Sanskrit: शरीरमपि राजेन्द्र तस्य कानिष्ठिकासमम्। ग्रीवा बाहू तथा पादौ केशाश्चाद्भुतदर्शनाः॥
English: His body, O king, was as thin as one's little finger. His neck and arms and legs and hair were all of extraordinary character.
Sanskrit: शिरः कायानुरूपं न कर्णी नेत्रे तथैव च। तस्य वाक्चैव चेष्टा च सामान्ये राजसत्तम॥
English: His head was proportionate to his body, and his ears and eyes, also, were the same. His speech, O best of kings, and his movements were highly feeble.
Sanskrit: दृष्ट्वाहं तं कृशं विप्रं भीतः परमदुर्मनाः। पादौ तस्याभिवाद्याथ स्थितः प्राञ्जलिरग्रतः॥
English: Seeing that highly emaciated Brahmana I became very dispirited and frightened. Saluting his feet, I stood before him with clasped hands.
Sanskrit: निवेद्य नामगोत्रे च पितरं च नरर्षभ। प्रदिष्टे चासने तेन शनैरहमुपाविशम्॥
English: Having given out to him my name and family, and having told him also the name of my father, O foremost of men, I slowly sat myself down on a seat that was pointed out by him.
Sanskrit: ततः स कथयामास कथां धर्मार्थसंहिताम्। ऋषिमध्ये महाराज तनुर्धर्मभृतां वरः॥
English: Then, o king, that foremost of virtuous men, viz., Tanu, began to describe in the midst of the Rishis living in that hermitage the topics regarding Righteousness and Profit.
Sanskrit: तस्मिंस्तु कथयत्येव राजा राजीवलोचनः। उपायाज्जवनैरश्वैः सबल: सावरोधनः॥
English: While engaged in discourse, a king, having eyes like lotus-petals and accompanied by his forces and the ladies of his seraglio, came on a car drawn by quick-coursing horses.
Sanskrit: स्मरन् पुत्रमरण्ये वै नष्टं परमदुर्मनाः। भूरिद्युम्नपिता श्रीमान् वीरद्युम्नो महायशाः॥
English: The name of that king was Viradyumna. Of beautiful features, he was highly illustrious. His son's name was Bhuridyumna. The child has been missing, and the father, highly dispirited, came there in there in course of his wanderings amid the forest in pursuit of the missing one.
Sanskrit: इह द्रक्ष्यामि तं पुत्रं द्रक्ष्यामीहेति पार्थिवः। एवमाशाहतो राजा चरन् वनमिदं पुरा॥
English: I shall find my son here!-I shall find my son here!-Carried on by hope in this way, the king wandered through that forest in those days.
Sanskrit: दुर्लभः स मया द्रष्टुं नूनं परमधार्मिकः। एकः पुत्रो महारण्ये नष्ट इत्यसकृत् तदा॥
English: Addressing the emaciated Rishi he said,-Forsooth, that highly virtuous son of mine cannot be traced by me. Alas, he was my only son. He is lost and can nowhere be found.
Sanskrit: दुर्लभः स मया द्रष्टुमाशा च महती मम। तया परीतगात्रोऽहं मुमूर्षुर्नात्र संशयः॥
English: Though he cannot be discovered my hope, however, of finding him is very great! With that hope (which is frequently disappointed) I am almost on the point of death.
Sanskrit: एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु भगवांस्तनुर्मुनिवरोत्तमः। अवाक्शिरा ध्यानपरो मुहूर्तमिव तस्थिवान्।१८।।
English: Hearing these words of the king, that foremost of ascetics, viz., the holy Tanu, remained for a short while with head lowering down and himself immersed in contemplation.
Sanskrit: तमनुध्यान्तमालक्ष्य राजा परमदुर्मनाः। उवाच वाक्यं दीनात्मा मन्दं मन्दमिवासकृत्॥ दुर्लभं किं नु देवर्षे आशायाश्चैव कि महत्। ब्रवीतु भगवानेतद् यदि गुह्यं न ते मयि॥
English: Seeing him immersed in contemplation, the king became highly disspirited. With great sorrow he began to say slowly and softly,-What, Ocelestial, Rishi, is that which cannot be conquered and what is it that is greater than hope? O holy one, tell me this if I may hear it without any objection.
Sanskrit: मुनिरुवाच महर्षिभगवांस्तेन पूर्वमासीद् विमानितः। बालिशां बुद्धिमास्थाय मन्दभाग्यतयाऽऽत्मनः॥
English: The ascetic said A holy and great ascetic had been insulted by your son. He had done it through ill luck, actuated by his foolish understanding.
Sanskrit: अर्थयन् कलशं राजन् काञ्चनं वल्कलानि च। अवज्ञापूर्वकेनापि न सम्पादितवांस्ततः। निविण्णः स तु विप्रर्षिनिराशः समपद्यत॥
English: The ascetic has asked your son for a golden jar and vegetable barks. Your son refused, out of contempt, to please the ascetic.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तोऽभिवाद्याथ तमृषि लोकपूजितम्। श्रान्तोऽवसीदद् धर्मात्मा यथा त्वं नरसत्तम॥
English: Thus treated by your son, the great sage became disappointed!-Thus addressed, the king adored that ascetic worshipped of all the world. Of virtuous soul, Viradyumna sat there, worn out with toil even as you, O best of men, noware.
Sanskrit: अर्घ्यं ततः समानीय पाद्यं चैव महानृषिः। आरण्येनैव विधिना राज्ञे सर्वं न्यवेदयत्।॥
English: The great ascetic, in return, offered the dwellers, water to wash his feet and the Arghya.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे परिवार्य नरर्षभम्। उपाविशन् नरव्याघ्र सप्तर्षय इव ध्रुवम्॥
English: Then all the ascetics, O. foremost of kings, sat there, encircling that foremost of men like the stars of the constellation of Ursa Major surrounding the Pole star.
Sanskrit: अपृच्छंश्चैव तं तत्र राजानमपराजितम्। प्रयोजनमिदं सर्वमाश्रमस्य निवेशने॥
English: And they asked the unvanquished king about the cause of his arrival at that hermitage.
Sanskrit: राजोवाच वीरद्युम्न इति ख्यातो राजाहं दिक्षु विश्रुतः। भूरिद्युम्नं सुतं नष्टमन्वेष्टुं वनमागतः॥
English: The king said I am a king named Viradyumna. My fame has travelled everywhere. My Bhuridyumna has been lost. To find him out I have come to this forest.
Sanskrit: एकः पुत्रः स विप्राय बाल एव च मेऽनघ। न दृश्यते वने चास्मिंस्तमन्वेष्टुं चराम्यहम्॥
English: O ye foremost of Brahmanas, that child was my only son and, O ye of sinless ones, he is very young. He cannot, however, be found here. I am travelling everywhere for finding him out. son
Sanskrit: ऋषभ उवाच इत्येवमुक्ते वचने राज्ञा मुनिरधोमुखः। तूष्णीमेवाभवत् तत्र न च प्रत्युक्तवान् नृपम्॥
English: Rishabha said After the king had said so, the ascetic Tanu lowered his head. He remained absolutely silent, without giving any response.
Sanskrit: स हि तेन पुरा विप्रो राज्ञा नात्यर्थमानितः। आशाकृतश्च राजेन्द्र तपो दीर्घं समाश्रितः॥ प्रतिग्रहमहं राज्ञां न करिष्ये कथञ्चन। अन्येषां चैव वर्णानामिति कृत्वा धियं तदा॥ आशा हि पुरुषं बालमुत्थापयति तस्थुषी।
English: Formerly that Brahmana had not been much respected by the king. Out of disappointment, O king, he had practised austere penances for a long time, being determined that he should never accept anything as present from either kings or members of any other caste.
Sanskrit: तामहं व्यपनेष्यामि इति कृत्वा व्यवस्थितः। वीरद्युम्नस्तु तं भूयः पप्रच्छ मुनिसत्तमम्॥
English: And he said to himself,-Hope moves every foolish man. I shall banish hope from my mind!-Such was his resolution. Viradyumna once more asked that foremnost of ascetics, saying,
Sanskrit: राजोवाच आशायाः किं कृशत्वं च किं चेह भुवि दुर्लभम्। ब्रवीतु भगवानेतत् त्वं हि धर्मार्थदर्शिवान्॥
English: What is the extent of the faintness of Hope? What on Earth is highly difficult to acquire? Tell me this, O holy one, for you are master of virtue and profit.
Sanskrit: तत: संस्मृत्य तत् सर्वं स्मारयिष्यन्निवाब्रवीत्। राजानं भगवान् विप्रस्ततः कृशतनुस्तदा॥
English: Rishabha said Remembering all the past incidents and calling them back to the recollection of the king also, that holy Brahmana of emaciated body said to the king.
Sanskrit: ऋषिरुवाच कृशत्वेन समं राजन्नाशामा विद्यते नृप। तस्या वै दुर्लभत्वाच्च प्रार्थिताः पार्थिवा मया॥
English: The sage said-There is nothing, o king, which is so slender as Hope, I had requested many kings and found that there is nothing which is so The sage difficult of acquiring as an image presented by Hope before the mind!-
Sanskrit: राजोवाच कृशाकृशे मया ब्रह्मन् गृहीते वचनात् तव। दुर्लभत्वं च तस्यैव वेदवाक्यमिव द्विज॥
English: The king said At your words, O Brahmana, I understand what is feeble and what is not so. I understand also now difficult it is to acquire the images placed by hope before the mind. I consider these words of yours as Shruti.
Sanskrit: संशयस्तु महाप्राज्ञ संजातो हृदये मम तन्मुने मम तत्त्वेन वक्तुमर्हसि पृच्छतः॥
English: O you of great wisdom, one doubt, however, is in my mind. You should, O sage, explain it fully to me.
Sanskrit: त्वत्तः कृशतरं किं नु ब्रवीतु भगवानिदम्। यदि गुह्यं न ते किञ्चिद् विद्यते मुनिसत्तम॥
English: What is slenderer than your body? Tell me this, O holy one, if, however, O best of sages, the subject is one, which may fairly be dealt with.
Sanskrit: कृश उवाच दुर्लभोऽप्यथवा नास्ति योऽर्थी धृतिमवाप्नुयात्। स दुर्लभतरस्तात योऽर्थिनं नावमन्यते॥
English: It highly difficult to find a contented applicant. Perhaps, there is none such in the world. Still rare, O sire, is the man who never disregards an applicant.
Sanskrit: सत्कृत्य नोपकुरुते परं शक्त्या यथार्हतः। या सक्ता सर्वभूतेषु साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया॥
English: The hope in persons who do not, after making promises, do good to others, to the best of their abilities and according to the fitness of the applicant, is slenderer than even my body.
Sanskrit: कृतघ्नेषु च या सक्ता नृशंसेष्वलसेषु च। अपकारिषु चासत्ता साऽऽशा कृशतरीमया॥
English: The hope in an ungrateful man, or in one who is cruel, or in one who is idle, or in one who injures others, is slenderer than even my body.
Sanskrit: एकपुत्रः पिता पुत्रे नष्टे वा प्रोषितेऽपि वा। प्रवृत्तिं यो न जानाति साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया॥
English: The hope entertained by a father who has only one son, of once more seeing him after he has been lost or missed, is slenderer than even my body.
Sanskrit: प्रसवे चैव नारीणां वृद्धानां पुत्रकारिता। तथा नरेन्द्र धनिनां साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया।॥
English: The hope that old women hold of giving birth to sons, O king, and which is cherished by rich men, is slenderer than even my body.
Sanskrit: प्रदानकाक्षिणीनां च कन्यानां वयसि स्थिते। श्रुत्वा कथास्तथायुक्ताः साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया॥
English: The hope of marriage in grown up maidens when they hear any body only talk of it in their presence, is slenderer than even my body.
Sanskrit: एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजन् स राजा सावरोधनः। संस्पृश्य पादौ शिरसा निपपात द्विजर्षभम्॥
English: Hearing these words, O monarch, king Viradyumna, and the ladies of his household, laid themselves low before that foremost of Brahmanas and touched his feet with their bent heads.
Sanskrit: राजोवाच प्रसादये त्वां भगवन् पुत्रेणेच्छामि संगमम्। यदेतदुक्तं भवता सम्प्रति द्विजसत्तम॥
English: The king said I beg your favour, O holy one. I wish to meet with my child. What you have said, O best of Brahmanas, is very true. There is not doubt of the truth of your words.
Sanskrit: ऋषभ उवाच सत्यमेतन्न संदेहो यदेतद् व्याहृतं त्वया। ततः प्रहस्य भगवांस्तनुर्धर्मभृतां वरः॥
English: Rishabha continued The holy Tanu, that best of virtuous persons, smiling, caused, by virtue of his learning and his penances, the king's son to be brought there.
Sanskrit: पुत्रमस्यानयत् क्षिप्रं तपसा च श्रुतेन च। स समानीय तत्पुत्रं तमुपालभ्य पार्थिवम्॥
English: Having caused the prince to be brought there, the sage remonstrated with the king (his father). That foremost of virtuous persons then showed himself to be the god of righteousness.
Sanskrit: आत्मानं दर्शयामास धर्म धर्मभृतां वरः। स दर्शयित्वा चात्मानं दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम्। विपाष्मा विगतक्रोधश्चचार वनमन्तिकात्॥
English: Indeed, having shown his own wonderful and celestials form, he entered an adjacent forest, with heart shorn of anger and the desire of revenge.
Sanskrit: एतद् दृष्टं मया राजंस्तथा च वचनं श्रुतम्। आशामपनयस्वाशु ततः कृशतरीमिमाम्॥
English: I saw all this, O king, and heard the words I have said. Dispell your hope that is even slenderer than any of those which the sage pointed out.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच स तथोक्तस्तदा राजन् ऋषभेण महात्मना। सुमित्रोऽपनयत् क्षिप्रमाशां कृशतरी ततः॥
English: Bhishma said Thus addressed, O king, by the great Rishabha, king Sumitra quickly renounced the hope that was in his heart and which was slenderer than any of the various sorts of hope pointed out by the emaciated Rishi.
Sanskrit: एवं त्वमपि कौन्तेय श्रुत्वा वाणीमिमां मम। स्थिरो भव महाराज हिमवानिव पर्वतः॥
English: Do you also, O son of Kunti, hearing these words of mine, be calm and composed like Himavat.
Sanskrit: त्वं हि प्रष्टा च श्रोता च कृच्छ्रेष्वनुगतेष्विह। श्रुत्वा मम महाराज न संतप्तुमिहार्हसि॥
English: Stricken with distress you have questioned me and heard my answer. Fiaving heard it, O monarch, you should remove these regrets of yours.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच नामृतस्येव पर्याप्तिर्ममास्ति ब्रुवति त्वयि। यथा हि स्वात्मवृत्तिस्थस्तथा तृप्तोऽस्मि भारत॥
English: Yudhishthira said Like one who drinks ambrosia my thirst is never satiated with the nectar of your words of wisdom as they fall from your mouth. As a person endued with a knowledge of self is never satiated with meditation, even so I am never satiated with hearing you.