pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: बहवो ग्रामवास्तव्या रोषाद् ब्रूयुः परस्परम्। न तेषां वचनाद् राजा सत्कुर्याद् घातयीत वा॥
English: It is seen that moved by jealousy and anger many persons, living in villages and towns, vilify one another. The king should never, as said by them, honour or punish any body.
Sanskrit: न वाच्यः परिवादोऽयं न श्रोतव्यः कथञ्चन। कर्णावथ पिधातव्यौ प्रस्थेयं चान्यतो भवेत्॥
English: Slander should never be circulated. If spoken, it should never be heard. When any slanderous conversation goes on, one should close one's ears or leave the place immediately.
Sanskrit: असतां शीलमेतद् वै परिवादोऽथ पैशुनम्। गुणानामेव वक्तारः सन्तः सत्सु नराधिप॥
English: Slanderous conversation becomes only wicked men. It is assign of depravity. They, on the cther hand, O king, who mention the virtues of others in assemblies of the god, are good men.
Sanskrit: यथा सुमधुरौ दम्यौ सुदान्तौ साधुवाहिनौ। धुरमुद्यम्य वहतस्तथा वर्ते: वै नृपः॥
English: As a pair of good-tempered bulls, governable and well-trained to bear loads, put their necks to the yoke and drag the cart willingly, so should the king bear his burden in times of difficulty.
Sanskrit: यथा यथास्य बहवः सहायाः स्युस्तथा परे। आचारमेव मन्यन्ते गरीयो धर्मलक्षणम्॥
English: Others say that a king should behave in such a way that he may succeed in acquiring a large number of allies. Some consider ancient practices as the highest mark of righteousness.
Sanskrit: अपरे नैवमिच्छन्ति ये शङ्खलिखितप्रियाः। मात्सर्यादथवा लोभान ब्रूयुर्वाक्यमीदृशम्॥
English: They, however, who laud the conduct followed by Shankha towards Likhita, do not hold this opinion. They do not pass such an opinion through either malice or covetousness.
Sanskrit: आर्षमप्यत्र पश्यन्ति विकर्मस्थस्य पातनम्। न तादृक्सदृशं किञ्चित् प्रमाणं दृश्यते क्वचित्॥
English: There are even great Rishis who have laid down that even preceptors, if addicted to evil practices, should be punished. But there is no recognised authority for such a holding.
Sanskrit: देवताश्च विकर्मस्थं पातयन्ति नराधमम्। व्याजेन विन्दन् वित्तं हि धर्मात् स परिहीयते॥
English: The gods will punish such men when they happen to be vile and guilty of wicked practices. The king, who replenishes his treasury by fraudulent means, certainly deviates from the path of righteousness.
Sanskrit: सर्वतः सत्कृतः सद्भिर्भूतिप्रवरकारणैः। हृदयेनाभ्यनुज्ञातो यो धर्मस्तं व्यवस्यति॥
English: That code of morality which is honoured by good persons in affluent circumstances, and which is approved by every honest man, should be followed.
Sanskrit: यश्चतुर्गुणसम्पन्नं धर्मं ब्रूयात् स धर्मवित्। अहेरिव हि धर्मस्व पदं दुःखं गवेषितुम्॥
English: He is the master of duty who knows it as depending on all the four foundations. It is as difficult to find out the reasons of duties as it is difficult to find out the legs of the snake.
Sanskrit: यथा मृगस्य विद्धस्य पदमेकं पदं नयेत्। स्रक्षेद् रुधिरलेपेन तथा धर्मपदं नयेत्॥
English: As a hunter discovers the track of a deer wounded with arrow by marking spots of blood on the ground, so should one try to find out the reasons of duties.
Sanskrit: एवं सद्धिविनीतेन पथा गन्तव्यमित्युत। राजर्षीणां वृत्तमेतदवगच्छ युधिष्ठिर।॥
English: Thus should a man follow humbly the path of the good. Such was the conduct of the great royal sages of yore, O Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच स्वराष्ट्रात् परराष्ट्राच्च कोशं संजनयेन्नृपः। कोशाद्धि धर्मः कौन्तेय राज्यमूलं च वर्धते॥
English: Bhishma said By taking riches from his own kingdom as also from the kingdoms of his enemies, the king should, replenish his treasury. Religious merit springs from the treasury, O son of Kunti, and it is through the treasury that the roots of his kingdom extend.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् संजनयेत् कोशं सत्कृत्य परिपालयेत्। परिपाल्यानुतनुयादेष धर्मः सनातनः॥
English: For these reasons the treasury must be replenished; and when filled, it should be carefully kept, and even sought to be increased. This is the eternal practice.
Sanskrit: न कोशः शुद्धशौचेन न नृशंसेन जातुचित्। मध्यमं पदमास्थाय कोशसंग्रहणं चरेत्॥
English: The treasury cannot be replenished by (acting with) purity and fairness, nor by (acting with) ruthless cruelty. It should be filled by following a middle course.
Sanskrit: अबलस्य कुत: कोशो ह्यकोशस्य कुतो बलम्। अबलस्य कुतो राज्यमराज्ञः श्रीर्भवेत् कुतः॥
English: How can a weak king have a treasury? How can a king who has no treasury have strength? How can a weak man maintain a kingdom? How, again, can one, who has no kingdom of his own, acquire prosperity?
Sanskrit: उच्चैर्वृत्तेः श्रियो हानिर्यथैव मरणं तथा। तस्मात् कोशं बलं मित्रमथ राजा विवर्धयेत्॥
English: Adversity is like death to a person of high rank. Therefore, the king should always multiply his treasury, and army, and allies and friends.
Sanskrit: हीनकोशं हि राजानमवजानन्ति मानवाः। न चास्याल्पेन तुष्यन्ति कार्यमप्युत्सहन्ति च॥
English: All men disregard a king, who has an empty treasury. Without being pleased with the little that such a king can give, his servants never show any zeal in his business.
Sanskrit: श्रियो हि कारणाद् राजा सक्रियां लभते पराम्। सास्य गृहति पापानि वासो गुह्यमिव स्त्रियाः॥
English: By riches, the king acquires great honours. Indeed, riches conceal his very sins, as a dress conceals such parts of a female form as should not be exposed to the public gaze.
Sanskrit: ऋद्धिमस्यानु तप्यन्ते पुरा विप्रकृता नराः। शालावृका इवाजस्त्रं जिघांसुमेव विन्दति॥
English: The former enemies of the king become stricken with grief on seeing his newly acquired riches. Like dogs they once more serve him, and though they only seek an opportunity to kill him, he treats them as if nothing has taken place.
Sanskrit: ईदृशस्य कुतो राज्ञः सुखं भवति भारत। उद्यच्छेदेव न नमेदुद्यमो ह्येव पौरुषम्॥
English: How, O Bharata, can such a king enjoy happiness? The king should always try for acquiring greatness.
Sanskrit: अप्यपर्वणि भज्येत न नमतेह कस्यचित्। अप्यरण्यं समाश्रित्य चरेन्मृगगणैः सह॥
English: He should never bend low in humility. Exertion is manliness. He should rather break when an unfavourable opportunity comes than bend low before any one. He should rather go to the forest and live there with wild animals.
Sanskrit: न त्वेवोज्झितमर्यादैर्दस्युभिः सहितश्चरेत्। दस्यूनां सुलभा सेना रौद्रकर्मसु भारत॥
English: But he should not, however, live in the midst of ministers and officers who have like robbers transgressed all restraints. Even the wild robbers may supply a large number of soldiers for the performance of the fiercest of deeds. O Bharata.
Sanskrit: एकान्ततो ह्यमर्यादात् सर्वोऽप्युद्विजते जनः। दस्यवोऽप्यभिशङ्कन्ते निरनुक्रोशकारिणः॥
English: If the king disregards all healthy restraints, all people are filled with terror. They very robbers who know not what mercy is, fear such a king.
Sanskrit: स्थापयेदेव मर्यादां जनचित्तप्रसादिनीम्। अल्पेऽप्यर्थे च मर्यादा लोके भवति पूजिता॥
English: Therefore, the king, should always set down rules and restraints for pleasing his subjects. People always welcome rules even regarding insignificant matters.
Sanskrit: नायं लोकोऽस्ति न पर इति व्यवसितो जनः। नालं गन्तुं हि विश्वासं नास्तिके भयशङ्किते॥
English: There are men who hold that this world is nothing and the future also is a myth. He, who is such an undeliever, though his heart is moved by secret fears, should never be trusted.
Sanskrit: यथा सद्भिः परादानमहिंसा दस्युभिः कृता। अनुरज्यन्ति भूतानि समर्यादेषु दस्युषु॥
English: If the wild robbers, while observing other virtues, commit robberies, in respect of properties those deeds may be considered as innocent. The lives of thousands of creatures are protected when robbers follow such restraints.
Sanskrit: अयुद्ध्यमानस्य वधो दारामर्षः कृतघ्नता। ब्रह्मवित्तस्य चादानं निःशेषकरणं तथा॥ स्त्रिया मोषः पतिस्थानं दस्युष्वेतद् विगर्हितम्। संश्लेषं च परस्त्रीमिर्दस्युरेतानि वजयेत्॥
English: Killing a retreating enemy, ravishment of wives, ingratitude, plundering the property of a Brahmana, depriving a person of his entire property, violation of maidens, continued occupation of villages and towns as their lawful lords, and adultery with other people's wives.-these are known as sinful acts among even robbers, and robbers should always stand aloof from them.
Sanskrit: अभिसंदधते ये च विश्वासायास्य मानवाः। अशेषमेवोपलभ्य कुर्वन्तीति विनिश्चयः॥
English: It is again certain that those kings, who try to create confidence in robbers, succeed, after watching all their ins and outs, in rooting them out.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् सशेषं कर्तव्यं स्वाधीनमपि दस्युभिः। न बलस्थोऽहमस्मीति नृशंसानि समाचरेत्॥
English: Therefore, in dealing with robbers, it is necessary that they should not be destroyed outright. They should be gradually brought under the king's sway. The king should never treat them cruelly, thinking that he is more powerful than they.
Sanskrit: स शेषकारिणस्तत्र शेषं पश्यन्ति सर्वशः। निःशेषकारिणो नित्यं निःशेषकरणाद् भयम्॥
English: Those kings, who do not root them out outright have no fear of their ruin, They, however, that do root them out, stand always in dread of them.'
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अत्र धर्मानुवचनं कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः। प्रत्यक्षावेव धर्मार्थो क्षत्रियस्य विजानतः॥ तत्र न व्यवधातव्यं परोक्षा धर्मयापना।
English: Bhishma said 'Regarding it, persons well read in the scriptures declare this text about duty, viz., for a learned and intelligent Kshatriya, (the acquisition) of religious merit and wealth is his obvious duty. By ingenuous discussions on duty and about the future world, he should not, abstain from performing those two duties.
Sanskrit: अधर्मो धर्म इत्येतद् यथा वृकपदं तथा॥ धर्माधर्मफले जातु ददर्शेह न कश्चन।
English: As it is useless, upon seeing certain footprints on the ground, to argue, whether they are the wolf's or not, is all discussion regarding the nature of righteousness and unrighteousness. Nobody in this world ever witnesses the fruits of righteousness and unrighteousness.
Sanskrit: बुभूषेद् बलमेवैतत् सर्वं बलवतो वशे॥ श्रियो बलममात्यांश्च बलवानिह विन्दति।
English: A Kshatriya, therefore, should try to acquire power. A powerful person is master of everything. Wealth secures the possession of an army. He, who is powerful, gets intelligent advisers.
Sanskrit: यो ह्यनाढ्यः स पतितस्तदुच्छिष्टं यदल्पकम्॥ बह्वपथ्यं बलवति न किंचित् क्रियते भयात्। उभौ सत्यधिकारस्थौ त्रायते महतो भयात्॥
English: He is truly degraded who has no wealth. A little is considered as the filthy residue of a feast. If a strong men commits even many bed deeds, nobody, through fear, speaks ill of him. If Righteousness and Power be associated with Truth, they can save men from great dangers.
Sanskrit: अतिधर्माद् बलं मन्ये बलाद् धर्मः प्रवर्तते। बले प्रतिष्ठितो धर्मो धरण्यामिव जङ्गमम्॥
English: If, however, the two be compared, Power will appear as superior to Righteousness. From Power originates Righteousness. Righteousness depends upon Power as all immobile things upon the Earth.
Sanskrit: धूमो वायोरिव वशे बलं धर्मोऽनुवर्तते। अनीश्वरो बले धर्मो दुमे वल्लीव संश्रिता॥
English: As smoke depends upon the wind, so Righteousness depends upon Power. Righteousness which is the weaker of the two depends upon a tree.
Sanskrit: वशे बलवतां धर्मः सुखं भोगवतामिव। नास्त्यसाध्यं बलवतां सर्वं बलवतां शुचि॥
English: Righteousness depends on the powerful does as pleasure on the pleasure hunters. There is nothing which powerful men cannot do. Everything is pure with the powerful.
Sanskrit: दुराचारः क्षीणबलः परित्राणं न गच्छति। अथ तस्मादुद्विजते सर्वो लोको वृकादिव॥
English: By committing evil acts, a powerless men, can never escape. Men fear his conduct even as they are alarmed on seeing a wolf.
Sanskrit: अपध्वस्तो ह्यवमतो दुःखं जीवति जीवितम्। जीवितं यदपक्रुष्टं यथैव मरणं तथा॥
English: One becoming poor after being rich leads a life of humiliation and sorrow. A life of humiliation and censure is like death itself.
Sanskrit: यदेवमाहुः पापेन चारित्रेण विवर्जितः। सुभृशं तप्यते तेन वाक्शल्येन परिक्षतः॥
English: The learned have said that when on account of one's sinful deeds he is forsaken by friends and companions, he is cut again and again by the wordy arrows of others and has to burn with grief on that account.
Sanskrit: अत्रैतदाहुराचार्याः पापस्य परिमोक्षणे। त्रयीं विद्यामवेक्षेत तथोपासीत वै द्विजान्॥ प्रसादयेच्चक्षुषा वाचा चाप्यथ कर्मणा। महामनाश्चापि भवेद् विवहेच्च महाकुले॥ इत्यस्मीति वदेदेवं परेषां कीर्तयेद् गुणान्। जपेदुदकशीलः स्यात् पेशलो नातिजल्पकः॥ ब्रह्मक्षत्रं सम्प्रविशेद् बहु कृत्वा सुदुष्करम्। उच्यमानो हि लोकेन बहुकृत् तदचिन्तयन्॥
English: Teachers of scriptures have held that for the expiation of sins one should study the three Vedas, serve and adore the Brahmanas, please all men by looks, words, and acts, shake off all meanness, merry in high families, sing the praises of others while admitting his own worthlessness, recite Mantras, perform the usual water-rites, assume a mildness of conduct, and abstain from too much speaking, and practise austere penances, seek refuge with the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas. Indeed, one who has perpretrated many evil acts, should do all this, without being angry at the censures of other man.
Sanskrit: अपापो ह्येवमाचारः क्षिप्रं बहुमतो भवेत्। सुखं च चित्रं भुञ्जीत कृतेनैकेन गोपयेत्॥ लोके च लभते पूजां परत्रेह महत् फलम्॥
English: By behaving thus, one is soon purged off of all his sins and wins the esteem of the world. Indeed, one acquires great respect in this world and meed in the next, and enjoys various sorts of happiness here by behaving thus and by sharing his riches with others.'
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। यथा दस्युः समर्यादः प्रेत्यभावे न नश्यति॥
English: Bhishma said Regarding it is cited the old story of a robber who having in this world observed restraints was not ruined in the next.
Sanskrit: प्रहर्ता मतिमाशूरः श्रुतवाननृशंसवान्। रक्षन्नाश्रमिणां धर्मं ब्रह्मण्यो गुरुपूजकः॥ निषाद्यां क्षत्रियाज्जातः क्षत्रधर्मानुपालकः। कायव्यो नाम नैषादिर्दस्यत्वात् सिद्धिमाप्तवान्।॥
English: There was a robber by name Kayavya, born of a Kshatriya father and a Nishada mother. Kayavya followed Kshatriya duties. Capable of grinding, endued with intelligence and bravery, well-read in the scriptures, shorn of cruelty, devoted to the Brahmanas, and adoring his elders and preceptors with respect, he protected the ascetics who practised religious penances. Though a robber, he still acquired happiness in the celestial region.
Sanskrit: अरण्ये सायं पूर्वाह्ने मृगयूथप्रकोपिता। विधिज्ञो मृगजातीनां नैषादानां च कोविदः॥
English: Morning and evening he used to excite the anger of the deer by chasing them. He knew very well the practises of the hunters as also of all animals living in the wilderness.
Sanskrit: सर्वकालप्रदेशज्ञः पारियात्रचरः सदा। धर्मज्ञः सर्वभूतानाममोघेषुटुंढायुधः॥
English: Well acquainted with the requirements of time and place, he roamed over the mountains. Knowing full well the habits of all animals, his never missed their aim, and his weapons were strong.
Sanskrit: अप्यनेकशता सेनामेक एव जिगाय सः। स वृद्धावन्धवधिरौ महारण्येऽभ्यपूजयत्॥
English: Alone, he could defeat many hundreds of soldiers. He adored daily his old, blind, and deaf parents in the forest.
Sanskrit: मधुमांसैर्मूलफलैरन्नरुच्चावचैरपि। सत्कृत्य भोजयामास मान्यान् परिचचार च॥
English: With honey, meat, fruits, roots and other kinds of excellent food, he hospitably treated all persons worthy of honour and did them many good offices.
Sanskrit: आरण्यकान् प्रव्रजितान् ब्राह्मणान् परिपूजयन्। अपि तेभ्यो गृहान् गत्वा निनाय सततं वने।॥
English: arrows He showed great reverence for those Brahmanas who had retired from the world for living in the forest. Killing the deer, he often took meat to them.
Sanskrit: येऽस्मान्न प्रतिगृह्णन्ति दस्युभोजनशङ्कया। तेषामासज्य गेहेषु कल्य एव स गच्छति॥
English: As regards those who were reluctant, from fear of others, to accept gifts from him for the profession he followed, he used to repair to their houses before dawn and leave meat at their doors.
Sanskrit: बहूनि च सहस्राणि ग्रामणित्वेऽभिवतिरे। निर्मर्यादानि दस्यूनां निरनुक्रोशवर्तिनाम्॥
English: One day many thousands of irregular and merciless robbers desired to let him as their leader.
Sanskrit: दस्यव ऊचुः मुहूर्तदेशकालज्ञः प्राज्ञः शूरो दृढव्रतः। ग्रामणीर्भव नो सर्वेषामेव सम्मतः॥ मुख्यः
English: The robbers said You are acquainted with the requirements of place and time. You have wisdom and courage. Great is your firmness in everything you take up! Be you our chief of leaders, adored by all of us!
Sanskrit: यथा यथा वक्ष्यसि नः करिष्यामस्तथा तथा पालयास्मान् यथान्यायं यथा माता यथा पिता।॥
English: We will follow your behest! Protect us duly, even as a father or a another.
Sanskrit: कायव्य उवाच मा वधीस्त्वं स्त्रियं भीरूं मा शिष्टुं मा तपस्विनम्। नायुद्ध्यमानो हन्तव्यो न च ग्राह्या बलात् स्त्रियः॥
English: Kayavya said Never kill you, a woman, or a person who retreats in fear from fight, or a child, or an ascetic! You should not kill one who abstains from fight, nor should you seize or carry women by force.
Sanskrit: सर्वथा स्त्री न हन्तव्या सर्वसत्त्वेषु केनचित्। नित्यं तु ब्राह्मणे स्वस्ति योद्धव्यं च तदर्थतः॥
English: None of you should ever kill a woman amongst all creatures. Let Brahmanas be always blessed and you should always fight for their well-being.
Sanskrit: सत्यं च नापि हर्तव्यं सारविघ्नं च मा कृथाः। पूज्यन्ते यत्र देवाश्च पितरोऽतिथयस्तथा॥
English: You should never sacrifice truth. You should never obstruct the marriages of men. You should never injure those houses in which the deities, the Pitris, and guests and adored.
Sanskrit: सर्वभूतेष्वपि च वै ब्राह्मणो मोक्षमर्हति। कार्या चोपचितिस्तेषां सर्वस्वेनापि या भवेत्॥
English: Amongst creatures, Brahmanas should always be exempted by you in your plunders. By giving away everything you have you should adore them.
Sanskrit: यस्य ह्येते सम्प्ररुष्टा मन्त्रयन्ति पराभवम्। न तस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु त्राता भवति कश्चन॥
English: He, who incurs the anger of the Brahmanas, he, whose discomfiture they seek, cannot find a rescuer in the three worlds.
Sanskrit: यो ब्राह्मणान् परिवदेद् विनाशं चापि रोचयेत्। सूर्योदय इव ध्वान्ते ध्रुवं तस्य पराभवः॥
English: He, who vilifies the Brahmanas and wishes for their destruction, is himself ruined like darkness at sunrise.
Sanskrit: इहैव फलमासीनः प्रत्याकाङ्क्षेत सर्वशः। ये ये नो न प्रदास्यन्ति तांस्तांस्तेनाभियास्यसि॥
English: Living here, you shall acquire the fruits of your valour. Troops will be sent against those who will refuse to give us our dues.
Sanskrit: शिष्ट्यर्थं विहितो दण्डो न वृद्ध्यर्थं विनिश्चयः। ये च शिष्टान् प्रबाधन्ते दण्डस्तेषां वधः स्मृतः॥
English: The rod of punishment is intended for the wicked. It is not intended for self-seeking. They who oppress the good should be killed.
Sanskrit: ये च राष्ट्रोपरोधेन वृद्धिं कुर्वन्ति केचन। तदैव तेऽनुमार्यन्ते कुणपे कृमयो यथा॥
English: They who seek to multiply their fortunes by afflicting kingdoms unscrupulously, are as vermins in a dead body.
Sanskrit: ये पुनर्धर्मशास्त्रेण वर्तेरनिह दस्यवः। अपि ते दस्यवो भूत्वा क्षिप्रं सिद्धिमवाप्नुयुः॥
English: Those robbers, again, who would follow the restraints of the scriptures, would soon acquire salvation although leading a plundering life.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच ते सर्वमेवानुचुः कायव्यस्यानुशासनम्। वृद्धिं च लेभिरे सर्वे पापेभ्यश्चाप्युपारमन्॥
English: Bhishma said Thus addressed, those robbers obeyed all the commands of Kayavya. By desisting from sin, they acquired great prosperity.
Sanskrit: कायव्यः कर्मणा तेन महतीं सिद्धिमाप्तवान्। साधूनामाचरन् क्षेमं दस्यून् पापान्निवर्तयन्॥
English: By behaving thus, by thus doing good to the honest and by thus restraining the robbers from bad practices, Kayavya acquired great success (in the next world).
Sanskrit: इदं कायव्यचरितं यो नित्यमनुचिन्तयेत्। नारण्येभ्यो हि भूतेभ्यो भयं प्राप्नोति किंचन॥
English: He, who always meditates on this narrative of Kayavya will have no fear from the forestrangers, in fact, from any earthly creature.
Sanskrit: न भयं तस्य भूतेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यश्चैव भारत। नासतो विद्यते राजन् स शरण्येषु गोपतिः॥
English: Such a man will have no fear from any creature, O Bharata. He will have no fear from wicked men. If such a man goes to the forest, he will be able to live there as securely as a king.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अत्र गाथा ब्रह्मगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः। येन मार्गेण राजा वै कोशं संजनयत्युत॥
English: Bhishma said Regarding the way in which a king should fill his treasury, persons will read in the scriptures of olden days, cite the following verses sung by Brahmana himself.
Sanskrit: न धनं यज्ञशीलानां हार्यं देवस्वमेव च। दस्यूनां निष्क्रियाणां च क्षत्रियो हर्तुमर्हति॥
English: The wealth of persons who celebrate sacrifices, as also the wealth dedicated to the deities, should never be taken. A Kshatriya should take the wealth of such persons as never perform religious rites and sacrifices, and who are, therefore, considered to be equal to robbers.
Sanskrit: इमाः प्रजाः क्षत्रियाणां राज्यभोगाश्च भारत। धनं हि क्षत्रियस्यैव द्वितीयस्य न विद्यते॥
English: All the creatures of the Earth and all the enjoyments of sovereignty, O Bharata, belong to the Kshatriyas. All the wealth of the Earth is the Kshatriya's and not any one's else.
Sanskrit: तदस्य स्याद् बलार्थ वा धनं यज्ञार्थमेव च। अभोग्याश्चौषधीश्छित्त्वा भोग्या एव पचन्त्युत॥
English: The Kshatriya should use that wealth for mairtaining his army and for the celebration of sacrifices. Tearing up useless creepers and plants, men burn them for cooking vegetables of food.
Sanskrit: यो वै न देवान् न पितृन् न मान् हविषार्चति। अनर्थकं धनं तः प्राहुर्धर्मविदो जनाः॥
English: Men knowing duty have said that useless is his wealth who does not, with libations of clarificd butter, feed the gods, the Pitris, and men.
Sanskrit: हरेत् तद् द्रविणं राजन् धार्मिकः पृथिवीपतिः। ततः प्रीणयते लोकं न कोशं तद्विधं नृपः॥
English: O king, A virtuous ruler, should appropriate such riches. By that wealth, a large number of good people can be pleased. He should not, however, amass that wealth in his treasury.
Sanskrit: असाधुभ्योऽर्थमादाय साधुभ्यो यः प्रयच्छति। आत्मानं संक्रमं कृत्वा कृत्स्नधर्मविदेव सः॥
English: He, who is the instrument of acquisition and, taking away wealth from the wicked, gives them to those that are good, knows well the science of virtue.
Sanskrit: तथा तथा जयेल्लोकाशक्त्या चैव यथा यथा। उद्भिज्जा जन्तवो यद्वच्छुक्लजीवा यथा यथा॥ अनिमित्तात् सम्भवन्ति तथाऽयज्ञः प्रजायते॥
English: A king should conquer the next world according to the measure of his power, and as gradually as vegetables grow. As some ants are seen to originate from an insignificant cause, even so sacrifice springs from insufficient wealth.
Sanskrit: यथैव दंशमशकं यथा चाण्डपिपीलिकम्। सैव वृत्तिरयज्ञेषु यथा धर्मो विधीयते॥
English: As flies, gnats, and ants are driven off from the bodies of kine and other domestic animals, so should all persons, who are averse to the celebration of sacrifices, should be similarly driven off from the kingdom. This is quite of a piece with morality.
Sanskrit: यथा ह्यकस्माद् भवति भूमौ पांसुर्विलोलितः। तथैवेह भवेद् धर्मः सूक्ष्मः सूक्ष्मतरस्तथा॥
English: As being pounded between two stones, the dust becomes finer and finer, so questions of morality, the more they are discussed, becomes subtler and subtler.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अनागतविधाता च प्रत्युत्पन्नमतिश्च यः। द्वावेव सुखमेधेते दीर्घसूत्री विनश्यति॥
English: Bhishma said 'The two, viz., one, who provides for the future, and one, who has presence of mind—always enjoy happiness. An idle man gains nothing.
Sanskrit: अत्रैव चेदमव्यग्रं शृणुष्वाख्यानमुत्तमम्। दीर्घसूत्रमुपाश्रित्य कार्याकार्यविनिश्चये॥
English: About it, listen attentively to the following excellent story of an idle person, who is expert to take decision in good or bed deeds.
Sanskrit: नातिगाधे जलाधारे सुहृदः कुशलास्त्रयः। प्रभूतमत्स्ये कौन्तेय बभूवुः सहचारिणः॥
English: In shallow lake which abounded with fishes, there lived three Shakula fishes who were friends and constant companions.
Sanskrit: तत्रैको दीर्घकालज्ञ उत्पन्नप्रतिभोऽपरः। दीर्घसूत्रश्च तत्रैकस्त्रयाणां सहचारिणाम्॥
English: Of those three, one had much fore-thought always liked to provide for the future. Another had great presence of mind. The third was idle.
Sanskrit: कदाचित् तं जलस्थायं मत्स्यबन्धाः समन्ततः। निस्त्रावयामासुरथो निम्नेषु विविधैर्मुखैः॥
English: One day certain fishermen came to that lake and began to draw out its waters to a lower ground through various channels,
Sanskrit: प्रक्षीयमाणं तं दृष्ट्वा जलस्थायं भयागमे। अब्रवीद् दीर्घदर्शी तु तावुभौ सुहृदौ तदा॥
English: Seeing the water of the lake gradually decreasing, the fish that had much foresight, said to his two companions about the coming danger.