pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: नात्मच्छिद्रं रिपुर्विद्याद् विहाच्छिद्रं परस्य तु। गृहेत् कूर्म इवाङ्गानि रक्षेद् विवरमात्मनः॥
English: The king should act in such way that his foe may not see his shortcomings. He should, however, himself notice the weak points of his enemy. He should imitate the tortoise which conceals its limbs. He should always keep hidden his own holes.
Sanskrit: बकवच्चिन्तयेदर्थान् सिंहतच्च पराक्रमेत्। वृकवच्चावलुम्पेत शरवच्च विनिष्पतेत्॥
English: He should think of all financial matters like a crane. He should show his prowess like a lion. He should lie in ambush like a wolf and attack and pierce his foes like an arrow.
Sanskrit: पानमक्षास्तथा नार्यो मृगया गीतवादितम्। एतानि युक्त्या सेवेत प्रसंगो ह्यत्र दोषवान्॥
English: He should be careful in his enjoyments regarding drink, dice, women, hunting, and music. Addiction to these produces evil.
Sanskrit: कुर्यात् तृणमयं चापं शयीत मृगशायिकाम्। अन्धः स्यादन्धवेलायां बाधिर्यमपि संश्रयेत्॥
English: He should make his bow of bamboos; he should sleep like the deer; he should be blind when it is necessary for him to be so, or he should even be deaf when it is necessary to be deaf.
Sanskrit: देशकालौ समासाद्य विक्रमेत विचक्षणः। देशकालव्यतीतो हि विक्रमो निष्फलो भवेत्॥
English: The wise king should display his prowess, considering time and place. If these are not favourable, prowess becomes useless.
Sanskrit: कालाकालौ सम्प्रधार्य बलाबलमथात्मनः। परस्य च बलं ज्ञात्वा तत्रात्मानं नियोजयेत्॥
English: Noting the opportune and inopportune moment, reflecting upon his own strength by comparing it with that of the enemy, the king should take up his work.
Sanskrit: दण्डेनोपनतं शत्रु यो राजा न नियच्छति। स मृत्युमुपगृह्णाति गर्भमश्वतरी यथा॥
English: That king who does not crush down an enemy by military force, provides for his own death like the crab when she conceives.
Sanskrit: सुपुष्पितः स्यादफलः फलवान् स्याद् दुरारुहः। आमः स्यात् पक्वसंकाशो न च शीर्येत कस्यचित्॥
English: The king should show blossoms but not fruits. When showing fruits he should be difficult of climbing; and though unripe he should seem to be ripe. If he acts thus he would succeed in upholding himself against all enemies. then put man
Sanskrit: आशां कालवर्ती कुर्यात् तां च विघ्न योजयेत्। विघ्नं निमित्ततो ब्रूयानिमित्तं चापि हेतुतः॥
English: The king should first strengthen the hopes (of the suitors). He should impediments in the way of the fulfilment of those hopes. He should say that those impediments are merely due to time. He should next represent that those occasions are really the outcome of weighty causes.
Sanskrit: अनागतं विजानीयाद् यच्छेद् भयमुपस्थितम्। पुनर्वृद्धिभयात् किंचिदनिवृत्तं निशामयेत्॥
English: A king should determine all future dangers; when they are present, he should conquer them; and lest they may grow again, he should, even after conquering them, consider them, as unconquered.
Sanskrit: प्रत्युपस्थितकालस्य सुखस्य परिवर्जनम्। अनागतसुखाशा च नैव बुद्धिमतां नयः॥
English: The relinquishing of present happiness and the pursuit of the future one, is never the policy of an intelligent person.
Sanskrit: योऽरिणा सह संधाय सुखं स्वपिति विश्वसन्। स वृक्षाग्रे प्रसुप्तो वा पतितः प्रतिबुद्ध्यते॥
English: That king who having made peace with an enemy sleeps happily and confidently is lįke a man who sleeping on the top of a iree awakes after a fall,
Sanskrit: कर्मणा येन तेनैव मृदुना दारुणेन च। उद्धरेद् दीनमात्मानं समर्थो धर्ममाचरेत्॥
English: When one is in distress, he should raise himself by any means in his power. mild or stern; and after such advancement, he should, if able, practise virtue.
Sanskrit: ये सपत्नाः सपत्नानां सर्वोस्तानुपसेवयेत्। आत्मनश्चापि बोद्धव्याचारा विनिहताः परैः॥
English: The king should always honour the enemies of his foes. He should consider his own spies as agents employed by his enemies,
Sanskrit: चारस्त्वविदितः कार्य आत्मनोऽथ परस्य च। पाषण्डांस्तापसादींश्च परराष्ट्र प्रवेशयेत्॥ उद्यानेषु विहारेषु प्रपास्वावसथेषु च। पानागारे प्रवेशेषु तीर्थेषु च सभासु च॥ धर्माभिचारिणः पापाश्चौरा लोकस्य कण्टकाः। समागच्छन्ति तान् बुद्धवा नियच्छेच्छमयीत च॥
English: The king should see that his own spies are not made out by his enemy. He should appoint atheists and ascetics as spies and despatch them to kingdom of his enemies. Sinful thieves, who violate the laws of virtue and who are thorns with every person, enter gardens and places of amusement and houses set up for giving drinking water to thirsty travellers and public restaurants and drinking spots and houses of ill fame and Tirthas and public assemblies. These should be recognised and arrested and suppressed.
Sanskrit: न विश्वसेदविश्वस्ते विश्वस्ते नातिविश्वसेत्। विश्वासाद् भयमभ्येति नापरीक्ष्य च विश्वसेद्॥
English: The king should not confide in an unworthy person; nor should he over confide in a person who is worthy of trust. Danger originates from confidence. Confidence should never be placed without previous examination.
Sanskrit: विश्वासयित्वा तु परं तत्त्वभूतेन हेतुना। अथास्य प्रहरेत् काले किंचिद् विचलिते पदे॥
English: Having by ostensible created confidence in the enemy, the king should strike him when he makes a mistake. reasons
Sanskrit: अशङ्कयमपि शङ्केत नित्यं शङ्केत शङ्कितात्। भयं ह्यशङ्कितात्जातं समूलमपि कृन्तति॥
English: The king should fear him from whom there is no fear; he should also always fear them who should be feared. Fear rising from a person who is not feared, may bring on total extermination.
Sanskrit: अवधानेन मौनेन काषायेण जटाजिनैः। विश्वासयित्वा द्वेशरमवलुम्पेद् यथा वृकः॥
English: By devotion to religious pursuits, by taciturnity, by assuming the orange grab of monks, and wearing matted locks skins, one should create confidence in his enemy, and then, when the time comes, should pounce upon him like the wolf.
Sanskrit: पुत्रो वा यदि वा भ्राता पिता वा यदि वा सुहृत्। अर्थस्य विनं कुर्वाणा हन्तव्या भूतिमिच्छता॥
English: A king seeking prosperity should not hesitate to kill son or brother or father or friend, if any of these seek to thwart his objects.
Sanskrit: गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः। उत्पथं प्रतिपन्नस्य दण्डो भवति शासनम्॥
English: The very preceptor, if he is haughty, ignorant of what should be done and what should not, and an impious person, should be restrained by Punishment.
Sanskrit: अभ्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां सम्प्रदानेन केनचित्। प्रतिपुष्पकलाघाती तीक्ष्णतुण्ड इव द्विजः॥
English: As sharp-stinged insects cut off all the flowers and fruits of the trees on which they sit, the king should, after having created confidence in his enemies by honours, salutations and gifts, go against him and deprive him of everything.
Sanskrit: नाच्छित्त्वा परमर्माणि नाकृत्वा कर्म दारुणम्। नाहत्वा मत्स्यधातीव प्राप्नोति महतीं श्रियम्॥
English: Without cutting the very vitals of others, without killing living creatures like fishermen, one cannot win great prosperity.
Sanskrit: नास्ति जात्या रिपु म मित्रं वापि न विद्यते। सामर्थ्ययोगाज्जायन्ते मित्राणि रिपवस्तथा॥
English: There is no separate order of creatures called enemies or friends. Persons become friends or enemies according to the trend of circumstances.
Sanskrit: अमित्रं नैव मुञ्चेत वदन्तं करुणान्यपि। दुःखं तत्र न कर्तव्यं हन्यात् पूर्वापकारिणम्॥
English: The king should never allow his enemy to escape even if he bewails piteously. He should never be moved by these; on the other hand, he should destroy the person who has done him an injury.
Sanskrit: संग्रहानुग्रहे यत्नः सदा कार्योऽनसूयता। निग्रहश्चापि यत्नेन कर्तव्यो भूतिमिच्छता॥
English: A king seeking prosperity should studiously win over as many men as he can, and do them good. In his conduct towards his subjects he should always be shorn of malice. He should also studiously punish and restrain the wicked and disaffected.
Sanskrit: प्रहरिष्यन् प्रियं ब्रूयात् प्रहृत्यैव प्रियोत्तरम्। असिनापि शिरश्छित्त्वा शोचेत च रुदेत च॥
English: When he wishes to take wealth, he should say what is agreeable. Having collected wealth, he should say similar things. Having severed one's head with his sword, he should grieve and shed tears.
Sanskrit: निमन्त्रयीत सान्त्वेन सम्मानेन तितिक्षया। लोकाराधनमित्येतत् कर्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता॥
English: A king seeking posperity should win over others by sweet words, honours, and gifts. Thus should he take men into his service.
Sanskrit: न शुष्कवैरं कुर्वीत बाहुभ्यां न नदी तरेत्। अनर्थकमनायुष्यं गोविषाणस्य भक्षणम्। दन्ताश्च परिमृज्यन्ते रसश्चापि न लभ्यते॥
English: The king should never engage in idle disputes. He should never cross a river with the help only of his two arms. To eat cow-horns is useless and never gives strength. By eating them one's teeth are broken while the taste is not gratified.
Sanskrit: त्रिवर्गे त्रिविधा पीडानुबन्धास्त्रय एव च। अनुबन्धाः शुभा ज्ञेया: पीडाश्च परिवर्जयेत्॥
English: The three-fold objects have triple disadvantageous adjuncts. Carefully considering them, the disadvantages should be avoided.
Sanskrit: ऋणशेषमाग्निशेषं शत्रुशेषं तथैव च। पुनः पुनः प्रवर्धन्ते तस्माच्छेषं न धारयेत्॥
English: The unpaid residue of a debt, the unquenched remnant of a fire, and the unkilled remnant of foes, by and by grow and increase. Therefore, all those should be completely rooted out.
Sanskrit: वर्धमानमृणं तिष्ठेत् परिभूताश्च शत्रवः। जनयन्ति भयं तीव्र व्याधयश्चाप्युपेक्षिताः॥
English: Debt which always multiplies is sure to remain unless it is wholly paid up. Likewise are the defeated foes and neglected diseases. These always create great fear.
Sanskrit: नासम्यक्कृतकारी स्यादप्रमत्तः सदा भवेत्। कण्टकोऽपि हि दुश्छिन्नो विकारं कुरुते चिरम्॥
English: Every work should be done completely. One should be always careful. If extracted badly, such a minute thing as a thorn leads to obstinate gangrene.
Sanskrit: वधेन च मनुष्याणां मार्गाणां दूषणेन च। अगाराणां विनाशैश्च परराष्ट्रं विनाशयेत्॥
English: By killing its inhabitants, by breaking its roads and otherwise injuring them, and by burning and pulling down its houses, a king should devastate an enemy's realm.
Sanskrit: गृध्रदृष्टिर्बकालीनः श्वचेष्टः सिंहविक्रमः। अनुद्विग्नः काकशङ्की भुजङ्गचरितं चरेत्॥
English: A king should be far-sighted like the vulture, stable like a crane, watchful like a dog, brave like a lion, dreadful like a crow, and enter into the kingdom of his enemies like a snake with ease and without anxiety.
Sanskrit: शूरमञ्जलिपातेन भीरुं भेदेन भेदयेत्। लुब्धमर्थप्रदानेन समं तुल्येन विग्रहः॥
English: A king should win over a hero by clasping his hands, a coward by terrorising him, and a covetous man by presents of money, and with an equal he should wage war carefully.
Sanskrit: श्रेणीमुख्योपजायेषु वल्लभानुनयेषु च। अमात्यान् परिरक्षेत भेदसंघातयोरपि॥
English: He should take care to create dissension among the leaders of sects and of conciliating those that are dear to him. He should protect his ministers from dissension and destruction,
Sanskrit: मृदुरित्यवजानन्ति जीक्ष्ण इत्युद्विजन्ति च। तीक्ष्णकाले भवेत् तीक्ष्णो मृदुकाले मृदुर्भवेत्॥
English: If the king becomes mild, the people disrespect him. If he becomes stern, the people afflicted. The rule is that he should be stern when sternness is necessary, and mild when mildness is necessary.
Sanskrit: मृदुनैव मृदुं हन्ति मृदुना हन्ति दारुणम्। नासाध्यं मृदुना किंचित् तस्मात् तीक्ष्णतरो मृदुः॥
English: By mildness the mild should be conquered. By mildness one may destroy that which is dreadful. There is nothing which mildness cannot do. Therefore, mildness is said to be sharper than fierceness.
Sanskrit: काले मृदुर्यो भवति काले भवति दारुणः। प्रसाधयति कृत्यानि शत्रु चाप्यधितिष्ठति॥
English: That king who becomes mild when mildness is necessary and who becomes stern when sternness is necessary, gains all his ends, and represses his enemies.
Sanskrit: पण्डितेन विरुद्धः सन् दूरस्थोऽस्मीति नाश्वसेत्। दी? बुद्धिमतो बाहू याभ्यां हिंसति हिंसितः॥
English: Having created an enemy in a person endued with knowledge and wisdom, one should not be satisfied with the belief that he is at a distance from his foe. The arms of an intelligent man are extensive by which he injures when injured.
Sanskrit: न तद्धरेद् यत् पुनराहरेत् परः। न तं हन्याद् यस्य शिरो न पातयेत्॥
English: The uncrossable should not be sought to be crossed. That which the enemy would be able to recover should not be snatched from him. One should not try to dig at all if by digging one could get at the root of the thing for which one digs. One should never strike him whose head one would not cut off.
Sanskrit: इतीदमुक्तं वृजिनाभिसंहितं न चैतदेवं पुरुषः समाचरेत्। परप्रयुक्ते न कथं विभावर्ये दतो मयोक्तं भवतो हितार्थिना॥
English: A king should not always act in this way. The course of conduct that I have pointed out should be followed only in times of distress. Actuated with the desire of doing you good I have said this for instructing you as to how you should act when attacked by enemies.
Sanskrit: यथावदुक्तं वचनं हितार्थिना निशम्य विप्रेण सुवीरराष्ट्रपः। तथाकरोद् वाक्यमदीनचेतनः श्रियं च दीप्तां बुभुजे सबान्धवः॥
English: Bhishma said Hearing these words given vent to by that Brahmana with the desires of doing him good, the king of Sauviras obeyed those instructions gladly and attained with his kinsmen and friends shining prosperity.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच राजमूला महाबाहो योगक्षेमसुवृष्टयः। प्रजासु व्याधयश्चैव मरणं च भयानि च॥
English: 'O mighty-armed one, the peace and prosperity of subjects, profuse and seasonable rain, disease, death, and other calamities, all depend on the king.
Sanskrit: कृतं त्रेतां द्वापरं च कलिश्च भरतर्षभ। राजमूला इति मतिर्मम नास्त्यत्र संशयः॥
English: I have no doubt also in this, O foremost of Bharata's race, that the setting of Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali, all depend on the king's conduct.
Sanskrit: तस्मिंस्त्वभ्यागते काले प्रजानां दोषकारके। विज्ञानबलमास्थाय जीवितव्यं भवेत् तदा॥
English: When such a time of calamity as has been described by you sets in, virtuous men should support themselves by the help of judgement.
Sanskrit: अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। विश्वामित्रस्य संवादं चाण्डालस्य च पक्कणे॥
English: Regarding it is cited the old story of the conversation between Vishvamitra and the Chandala in a village of Chandalas.
Sanskrit: त्रेताद्वापरयोः संधौ तदा दैवविधिक्रमात्। अनावृष्टिरभूद् घोरा लोके द्वादशवार्षिकी।॥
English: Towards the end of Treta and the commencement of Dvapara, a dreadful drought took place, extending for twelve years, in consequence of what the gods had ordained.
Sanskrit: प्रजानामतिवृद्धानां युगान्ते समुपस्थिते। त्रेताविमोक्षसमये द्वापरप्रतिपादने॥ ववर्ष सहस्त्राक्षः प्रतिलोमोऽभवद् गुरुः। जगाम दक्षिणं मार्गं सोमो व्यावृत्तलक्षणः॥ न
English: At that time which was the end of Treta and the commencement of Dvapara, when the time came for many sufficiently old creatures to give up their lives, the thousand-eyed god poured no rain. The planet Brihaspati began to move in the opposite course, and Soma, giving up his own orbit, receded towards the south.
Sanskrit: नावश्यायोऽपि तत्राभूत् कुत एवाभ्रजातयः। नद्यः संक्षिप्ततोयौघाः किंचिदन्तर्गतास्ततः॥
English: Not even could a dew-drop be seen, what to speak of the gathering clouds? The rivers were all reduced into narrow streamlets.
Sanskrit: सरांसि सरितश्चैव कूपाः प्रस्रवणानि च। हतत्विषो न लक्ष्यन्ते निसर्गाद् दैवकारितात्॥
English: Everywhere, lakes, well and springs disappeared and lost their beauty for that change brought about by the gods.
Sanskrit: उपशुष्कजलस्थाया विनिवृत्तसभाप्रपा। निवृत्तयज्ञस्वाध्याया निर्वषट्कारमङ्गला॥
English: Water becoming scarce, the places for the distribution of charities became desolate. The Brahmanas abstained from the celebration of sacrifices and recitation of the Vedas. They did no longer utter Vashats and performed other propitiatory rites.
Sanskrit: उच्छिन्नकृषिगोरक्षा निवृत्तविपणापणा! निवृत्तयूपसम्भारा विप्रणष्टमहोत्सवा॥
English: Agriculture and tending of cattle were given up. Markets and shops were abandoned. Stakes for binding sacrificial animals disappeared. People no longer collected various sorts of articles for sacrifices. All festivals and amusements died.
Sanskrit: अस्थिसंचयसंकीर्णा महाभूतरवाकुला। शून्यभूयिष्ठनगरा दग्धग्रामनिवेशना॥
English: Everywhere heaps of bones were seen and every place was filled with the shrill cries and yells of terrific creatures. The cities and towns of the Earth were shorn of inhabitants. Villages and hamlets were burnt down.
Sanskrit: क्व चिच्चोरैः क्व चिच्छस्त्रैः क्व चिद् राजभिरातुरैः। परस्परभयाच्चैव शून्यभूयिष्ठनिर्जना॥
English: Some assailed by robbers, some, by weapons and some, by bad kings, and in fear of one another, began to fly away.
Sanskrit: गतदैवतसंस्थाना वृद्धबालविनाकृता। गोजाविमहिषीहीना परस्परपराहता।॥
English: Temples and places of worship became desolate. The aged were forcibly turned out of their houses. Kine, goats, sheep and buffaloes fought (for food) and died in large numbers. The Brahmanas began to die on all sides.
Sanskrit: हतविप्रा हतारक्षा प्रणशैषधिसंचया। सर्वभूतरुतप्राया बभूव वसुधा तदा॥
English: Protection was at an end. Herbs and plants were dried up. The Earth was divested of all her beauty and looked highly awful like the trees in a crematorium.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् प्रतिभये काले क्षते धर्मे युधिष्ठिर। बभूवुः क्षुधिता माः खादमानाः परस्परम्॥
English: In that dreadful period, when righteousness was lost, O Yudhishthira, men in hunger, lost their senses and began to eat one another.
Sanskrit: ऋषयो नियमांस्त्यक्त्वा परित्यज्याग्निदेवताः। आश्रमान् सम्परित्यज्य पर्यधावन्नितस्ततः॥
English: The very Rishis, giving up their vows and their fires and deities, and deserting their forest-retreats, began to walk about in quest of food.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्रोऽथ भगवान् महर्षिरनिकेतनः। क्षुधापरिगतो धीमान् समन्तात् पर्यधावत॥
English: The holy and great Rishi Vishvamitra, endued with great intelligence, wandered homeless and stricken with hunger.
Sanskrit: त्यक्त्वा दारांश्च पुत्रांश्च कस्मिंश्च जनसंसदि। भक्ष्याभक्ष्यसमो भूत्वा निरग्निरनिकेतनः॥
English: Leaving his wife and son in some place of shelter, the Rishi walked about, fireless and homeless, without caring for pure or impure food.
Sanskrit: स कदाचित् परिपतश्वपचानां निवेशनम्। हिंस्त्राणां प्राणिघातानामाससाद वने क्वचित्॥
English: One day he arrived at a hamlet, in the midst of a forest, inhabited by cruel hunters given to the destruction of living creatures.
Sanskrit: विभिन्नकलशाकीर्णं श्वचर्मच्छेदनायुतम्। वराहखरभग्नास्थिकपालघटसंकुलम्॥
English: The little hamlet was filled with broken jars, and pots made of earth. Dog-skins were seen here and there. Heaps of bones and skulls, of boars and asses, lay in various places.
Sanskrit: मृतचैलपरिस्तीर्णं निर्माल्यकृतभूषणम्। सर्पनिर्मोकमालाभिः कृतचिह्नकुटीमठम्॥
English: Clothes of the dead lay here and there, and the huts were adorned with garlands of used up flowers. Many of the denizens again were dressed with sloughs cast off by snakes.
Sanskrit: कुक्कुटारावबहुलं गर्दभध्वनिनादितम्। उद्घोषद्भिः खरैर्वाक्यैः कलहद्भिः परस्परम्॥
English: The place was resonant with the loud crowing of cocks and hens and the discordant bray of asses. The inhabitants quarrelled with one another, uttering harsh words in shrill voices.
Sanskrit: उलूकपक्षिध्वनिभिर्देवतायतनैर्वृतम्। लोहघण्टापरिष्कारं श्वयूथपरिवारितम्॥
English: There were temples of gods on all sides bearing emblems of owls and other birds. Resounding with the sound of iron bells, the hamlet was filled with dogs standing or lying on every side.
Sanskrit: तत् प्रविश्य क्षुधाविष्टो विश्वामित्रो महानृषिः। आहारान्वेषणे युक्तः परं यत्नं समास्थितः॥
English: Stricken with hunger and engaged in search after food, the great Rishi Vishvamitra entered that hamlet and tried his level best to find something to eat.
Sanskrit: न च क्व चिदविन्दत् स भिक्षमाणोऽपि कौशिकः। मांसमन्नं फलं मूलमन्यद् वा तत्र किञ्चन॥
English: Though the son of Kushila begged again and again, yet he could not get any meat or rice or fruit or root or any other kind of food.
Sanskrit: अहो कृच्छं मया प्राप्तमिति निश्चित्य कौशिकः। पपात भूमौ दौर्बल्यात् तस्मिंश्चाण्डालपक्कणे॥
English: The then, exclaiming-Alas, great is my suffering!-dropped down from weakness in that hamlet of the Chandalas.
Sanskrit: स चिन्तयामास मुनिः किं नु मे सुकृतं भवेत्। कथं वृथा न मृत्युः स्यादिति पार्थिवसत्तम॥
English: The sage began to reflect, aside,-What is best for me to do now?-Indeed, O best of kings, he then thought oniy of the means by which he could avoid immediate death.
Sanskrit: स ददर्श श्वमांसस्य कुतन्त्री विवतां मुनिः। चाण्डालस्य गृहे राजन् सद्यः शस्त्रहतस्य वै॥
English: He saw, O king, a huge piece of flesh, of a dog that had recently been killed with a weapon, spread on the floor of a Chandala's hut.
Sanskrit: स चिन्तयामास तदा स्तैन्यं कार्यमितो मया। न हीदानीमुपायो मे विद्यते प्राणधारणे॥
English: The sage thought and decided that he should steal that meat. And he said to himself, I have no means now of keeping up my life.
Sanskrit: आपत्सु विहितं स्तैन्यं विशिष्टसमहीनताः। विप्रेण प्राणरक्षार्थ कर्तव्यमिति निश्चयः॥
English: Theft is sanctioned in an hour of distress for even a great man. It will not divest him of his eminence. Even a Brahmana for saving his life may do it. This is certain.
Sanskrit: हीनादादेयमादौ स्यात् समानात् तदनन्तरम्। असम्भवे वाऽऽदीत विशिष्टादपि धार्मिकात्॥
English: First of all one should steal from a degraded person. Failing such a person one may steal from one's equal. Failing an equal, one may steal from even a great and virtuous man.
Sanskrit: सोऽहमन्त्यावसायानां हराम्येनां प्रतिग्रहात्। न स्तैन्यदोषं पश्यामि हरिष्यामि श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: I shall then, at this time when my life itself is almost gone, steal this meat. I do not see sin in such theft. I shall, therefore, steal this haunch of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः। तस्मिन् देशे स सुष्वाप श्वपचो यत्र भारत॥
English: Having thus resolved this resolution, the great sage Vishvamitra lay down for sleep where the Chandala was.
Sanskrit: स विगाढां निशां दृष्ट्वा सुप्ते चाण्डालपक्कणे। शनैरुत्थाय भगवान् प्रविवेश कुटीमठम्॥
English: Seeing sometime after that the night had advanced and that the whole Chandala hamlet were in sleep, the holy Vishvamitra, quietly rising up, entered that hut.
Sanskrit: स सुप्त इव चाण्डालः श्लेष्मापिहितलोचनः। परिभिन्नस्वरो रूक्षः प्रोवाचाप्रियदर्शनः॥
English: The Chandala who was the owner of it, with eyes covered with pleghm, was lying like one asleep. Of disagreeable look, he said these harsh words in a broken and discordant voice.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच कः कुतन्त्री घटयति सुप्ते चाण्डालपक्कणे। जागर्मि नात्र सुप्तोऽस्मि हतोऽसीति च दारुणः॥
English: The Chandala said Who is there, busy with opening up the latch? The whole Chandala hamlet is asleep. I, however, am awake and not asleep. Whoever you are, you are about to be killed!-These were the harsh words that met the sage's ears.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्रस्ततो भीतः सहसा तमुवाच ह। तत्र व्रीडाकुलमुखः सोद्वेगस्तेन कर्मणा॥ विश्वामित्रोऽहमायुष्मन्नागतोऽहं बुभुक्षितः। मा वधीर्मम सबुद्धे यदि सम्यक् प्रपश्यसि॥
English: Stricken with fear, his face reddened with the blushes of shame, and his heart filled with anxiety caused by that act of theft which he had tried, he answered, saying,-Oh you long-lived one, I am Vishvamitra! I have come here suffering from hunger. O you of righteous soul, do not kill me, if your vision be clear!
Sanskrit: चाण्डालस्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा महर्षे वितात्मनः। शयनादुपसम्भ्रान्त उद्ययौ प्रति तं ततः॥
English: Hearing these words of that great Rishi of pure soul the Chandala rose up in fear from his bed and approached the sage.
Sanskrit: स विसृज्याश्रु नेत्राभ्यां बहुमानात् कृताञ्जलिः। उवाच कौशिकं रात्रौ ब्रह्मन् किं ते चिकीर्षितम्॥
English: Clasping his hands from respect and with eyes bathed in tears, he addressed Kushika's son, saying,-What do you seek here in the night, O Brahmana?
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्रस्तु मातङ्गमुवाच परिसान्त्वयन्। क्षुधितोऽहं गतप्राणो हरिष्यामि श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: Conciliating the Chandala, Vishvamitra said, I am greatly hungry and about to die of starvation. I wise to take away that haunch of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: क्षुधित: कलुषं यातो नास्ति हीरशनार्थिनः। क्षुच्च मां दूषयत्यत्र हरिष्यामि श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: Being hungry I have become sinful. One who seeks food has no shame. It is hunger which is actuating me to commit this sin. It is for this that I wish to take away that haunch of dog's meat.