pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच दाक्ष्यमेकपदं धर्म्य दानमेकपदं यशः। सत्यमेकपदं स्वयं शीलमेकपदं सुखम्॥
English: Yudhishthira replied The crowning refuge of religion is liberality, that of renown is charity, that of heaven is truth and that of happiness is good conduct.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच किंस्विदात्मा मनुष्यस्य किंस्विद् दैवकृतः सखा। उपजीवनं किंस्विदस्य किंस्विदस्य परायणम्॥
English: The Yaksha asked What is the soul of a man? Who is that friend given to him by Destiny? What is his chief support and what is his best refuge?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच पुत्र आत्मा मनुष्यस्य भार्या दैवकृतः सखा। उपजीवनं च पर्जन्यो दानमस्य परायणम्॥
English: Yudhishthira replied The soul of a man is his son. The wife is his friend given by Destiny. The clouds are his principal support and charity is his best refuge.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच धन्यानामुत्तमं किंस्विद् धनानां स्यात् किमुत्तमम्। लाभानामुत्तमं किं स्यात् सुखानां स्यात् किमुत्तमम्।७३।
English: The Yaksha asked What is the best of all praise-worthy objects? What is the best of all sorts of wealth? What is the most important of all gains? And what is the best of all kinds of happiness?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच धन्यानामुत्तमं दाक्ष्यं धनानामुत्तमं श्रुतम्। लाभानां श्रेय आरोग्यं सुखानां तुष्टिरुत्तमा॥
English: Yudhishthira replied Skillfulness is the best of all praise-worthy objects. Knowledge (of the (Vedas) is the best of all (sorts of) wealth. Of all gain health is the most important one. And of all (sorts of) happiness contentment is the best.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच कश्च धर्मः परो लोके कश्च धर्मः सदाफलः। किं नयम्य न शोचन्ति कैश्च संधिर्न जीर्यते॥
English: The Yaksha said: What is the greatest virtue in the world? What religion always bears fruits? What is that controlling which (men) never experience misery? With whom does friendship never break:
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मस्त्रयोधर्मः सदाफलः। मनो यम्य न शोचन्ति संधिः सद्भिर्न जीर्यते॥
English: Yudhishthira said: Absence of cruelty is the highest virtue. The religion of the three (Vedas) always bears fruit. The mind, if subdued, does not lead to misery and friendship with the righteous never breaks.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच किं नु हित्वा प्रियो भवति किं नु हित्वा न शोचति। । किं नु हित्वार्थवान् भवति किं नु हित्वा सुखी भवेत्॥
English: The Yaksha asked What is it, the renunciation of which makes one dear? What is that which if given up, does not lead to misery? What is that renouncing which one become wealthy? And what is it the renunciation of which makes one happy?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच मानं हित्वा प्रियो भवति क्रोधं हित्वा न शोचति। कामं हित्वार्थवान् भवति लोभं हित्वा सुखी भवेत्।।७८।
English: Yudhishthira replied It is the sense of pride which, if given up, makes one dear. Abandonment of anger never leads to misery. Desire, if it is renounced, makes one wealthy. Abandonment of avarice makes one happy.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच किमर्थं ब्राह्मणे दानं किमर्थं नटनर्तके। किमर्थं चैव भृत्येषु किमर्थं चैव राजसु॥
English: The Yaksha said: For what purpose does one give away to the Brahmanas? For what to the Natas and the dancers? For what, to the servants? And for what purpose to the kings?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच धर्मार्थं ब्राह्मणे दानं यशोऽर्थं नटनर्तके। भृत्येषु भरणार्थं वै भयार्थं चैव राजसु॥
English: Yudhishthira said: It is for religious purposes that one gives away to the Brahmanas. It is for renown, to the Natas and the dancers. It is for their support, to the servants. And it is to be saved from fear, to the kings.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच केनस्विदावृतो लोकः केनस्विन्न प्रकाशते। केन त्यजति मित्राणि केन स्वर्गं न गच्छति॥
English: The Yaksha said : What is the thing with which the world is enveloped? Is it for what that a thing cannot discover itself? For what are friends forsaken? What is it for which one can not go to heaven?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच अज्ञानेनावृतो लोकस्तमसा न प्रकाशते। लोभात् त्यजति मित्राणि संगात् स्वर्ग न गच्छति॥
English: Yudhishthira replied The world is enveloped with ignorance's. It is for spiritual darkness that a thing can not discover itself. It is through avarice that one forsakes his friend. And it is for connection with the world that one cannot go to heaven.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच मृतः कथं स्यात् पुरुषः कथं राष्ट्रं मृतं भवेत्। श्राद्धं मृतं कथं वा स्यात् कथं यज्ञो मृतो भवेत्।।८३।
English: The Yaksha said : Why is a person regarded as dead? Is it for what that a kingdom becomes dead? And for what does a sacrifice become dead?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच मृतो दरिद्रः पुरुषो मृतं राष्ट्रमराजकम्। मृतमश्रोत्रियं श्राद्धं मृतो यज्ञस्त्वदक्षिणः॥
English: Yudhishthira replied A poor person (though alive) is (considered as) dead. A kingdom without the king becomes dead. A Shraddha celebrated by an ignorant priest becomes dead. And a sacrifice in which nothing is given away is (as good as) dead.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच का दिक् किमुदकं प्रोक्तं किमन्नं किं च वै विषम्। श्राद्धस्य कालमाख्याहि ततः पिब हरस्व च॥
English: The Yaksha said: What is the direction (i.e. the path one should follow)? What is spoken of as water, what, as food and what, as poison? Relate what is the (proper) time of a Shraddha and then drink and carry away water,
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच सन्तो दिग् जलमाकाशं गौरनं प्रार्थना विषम्। श्राद्धस्य ब्राह्मणः कालः कथं वा यक्ष मन्यसे॥
English: Yudhishthira said : It is the righteous that are the direction (i.e. one should follow in the foot steps of the virtuous). The firmament is spoken of as water, the cow as food and request as poison. A Brahmana is the (proper) time for a Shraddha as (i.e. there is no special time for a Shraddha. It may be celebrated whenever an able priest can be secured). O Yaksha, what is your opinion?
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच तपः किंलक्षणं प्रोक्तं को दमश्च प्रकीर्तितः। क्षमा च का परा प्रोक्ता का च ह्रीः परिकीर्तिता॥
English: The Yaksha said: What has been spoken of the characteristic of asceticism? What of self control? What are the prominent features of forgiveness and what of shame?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच तपः स्वधर्मवर्तित्वं मनसो दमनं दमः। क्षमा द्वन्द्वसहिष्णुत्वं ह्रीरकार्यनिवर्तनम्॥
English: Yudhishthira said: (The characteristic of) asceticism is staying in one's own religion, (that of) self-restraint is control over the mind, (that of) forgiveness is the endurance of enmity and (that of) shame is refraining from all vile acts.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच किं ज्ञानं प्रोच्यते राजन् कः शमश्च प्रकीर्तितः। दया च क परा प्रोक्ता किं चार्जवमुदाहृतम्॥
English: 'The Yaksha asked O king, what is spoken of as knowledge? What is said to be tranquility? What is spoken of as the greatest kindness? And what is instanced as simplicity?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच ज्ञानं तत्त्वार्थसम्बोधः शमश्चित्तप्रशान्तता। दया सर्वसुखैषित्वमार्जवं समचित्तता॥
English: Yudhishthira replied A thorough grasp of divinity is true knowledge, peacefulness of the mind is tranquility, kindness consists in a desire to do good to all. And equanimity of the mind is (true) simplicity.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच कः शत्रुर्दुर्जयः पुंसां कश्च व्याधिरनन्तकः। कीदृशश्च स्मृतः साधुरसाधुः कीदृशः स्मृतः॥
English: The Yaksha asked What is the invincible enemy of men? What is (their) permanent disease? What sort of men is regarded as honest? And what kind of men is spoken of as dishonest?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच क्रोधः सुदुर्जयः शत्रुर्लोभो व्याधिरनन्तकः। सर्वभूतहितः साधुरसाधुर्निर्दयः स्मृतः॥
English: Yudhishthira replied Anger is the most invincible enemy. Covetousness is the incurable disease. He who is friendly to all creatures is honest. And he that is cruel is spoken of as dishonest.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच को मोहः प्रोच्यते राजन् कश्च मानः प्रकीर्तितः। किमालस्यं च विज्ञेयं कश्च शोकः प्रकीर्तितः॥
English: The Yaksha said: O king, what is it that is called ignorance? What is spoken of as pride? What is understood by idleness? And what is it that is called grief?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच मोहो हि धर्ममूढत्वं मानस्त्वात्माभिमानिता। धर्मनिष्क्रियताऽऽलस्यं शोकस्त्वज्ञानमुच्यते॥
English: Yudhishthira said: Absence of religious knowledge is called ignorance. What is called pride is an over weaning opinion of one's ownself. Inaciivity with regard to religion is idleness. And ignorance is grief.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच किं स्थैर्यगृषिभिः प्रोक्तं किं च धैर्यमुदाहृतम्। स्नानं च किं परं प्रोक्तं दानं च किमिहोच्यते॥
English: The Yaksha said : What is it that is spoken of as steadiness by the Rishis? What is it that is instanced as patience? What is said to be the highest ablution? And what is spoken of as charity?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच स्वधर्मे स्थिरता स्थैर्य धैर्यमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः। स्नानं मनोमलत्यागो दानं वै भूतरक्षणम्॥
English: Yudhishthira replied Steadiness consists in remaining firmly in one's own religion. Control over passions is called patience. True ablution consists in the purification of the mind. Preservation of all creatures is true charity.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच कः पण्डितः पुमाज्ञेयो नास्तिकः कश्च उच्यते। को मूर्खः कश्च कामः स्यात् को मत्सर इति स्मृतः॥
English: The Yaksha said : What person is considered as learned? Who is called an atheist? Who is ignorant? What is it that is spoken of as desire and what, envy?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच धर्मज्ञः पण्डितो ज्ञेयो नास्तिको मूर्ख उच्यते। कामः संसारहेतुश्च हृत्तापो मत्सरः स्मृतः॥
English: Yudhishthira said : He that is versed in religion is considered as learned. He that is ignorant is called an atheist. Desire consists in a longing for the worldly objects. And what is spoken of as envy is grief is grief of the heart.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच कोऽहङ्कार इति प्रोक्तः कश्च दम्भः प्रकीर्तितः। किं तद् दैवं परं प्रोक्तं किं तत् पैशुन्यमुच्यते॥
English: The Yaksha said : What is spoken of as pride? What is it that is called hypocrisy? What is said to be the grace of the gods? And what is called wickedness?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच महाज्ञानमहङ्कारो दम्भो धर्मो ध्वजोच्छ्रयः। दैवं दानफलं प्रोक्तं पैशुन्यं परदूषणम्॥१००।
English: Yudhishthira said : Pride consists in stolid ignorance. What is called hypocrisy is the setting up (false show) of the banner of religion. The fruit of charity is divine gift. And wickedness consists in slandering others.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच धर्मश्चार्थश्च कामश्च परस्परविरोधिनः। एषां नित्यविरुद्धानां कथमेकत्र संगमः॥
English: The Yaksha asked Virtue, profit and desire clash against one another. How can, (therefore) these things ever opposed to one another can be united together?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदा धर्मश्च भार्या च परस्परवशानुगौ। तदा धर्मार्थकामानां त्रयाणामपि संगमः॥
English: Yudhishthira replied When virtue and a wife are in harmony with each other (i.e. when the celebration of Agnihotri rites etc. is nor like a Brahmacharya mode of life opposed to a wife and when a wife too does not prove a hindrance to religious duties by opposing acts of charity &c), then these three things virtue, profit and desire can exist together.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच अक्षयो नरकः केन प्राप्यते भरतर्षभ। एतन्मे पृच्छतः प्रश्नं तच्छीघ्रं वक्तुमर्हसि॥
English: The Yaksha asked O best of the Bharatas, who is doomed to eternal damnation? Speedily answer this question asked by me.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच ब्राह्मणं स्वयमाहूय याचमानमकिञ्चनम्। पश्चाननास्तीति यो ब्रूयात् सोऽक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत्।।१०४।
English: Yudhishthira replied He that himself having summoned a poor Brahmana asking (for alms), says that he has nothing, is doomed to eternal hell.
Sanskrit: वेदेषु धर्मशास्त्रेषु मिथ्या यो वै द्विजातिषु। देवेषु पितृधर्मेषु सोऽक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत्॥
English: He, (also), who imputes falsehood to the Vedas, the religious books, the twice-born ones, the gods and the religion of his fore fathers goes to eternal hell.
Sanskrit: विद्यमाने धने लोभाद् दानभोगविवर्जितः। पश्चान्नास्तीति यो ब्रूयात् सोऽक्षयं नरकं व्रजेत्॥
English: He also who has wealth, but who never enjoys it nor gives it away through avarice and says he has none, is doomed to eternal damnation.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच राजन् कुलेन वृत्तेन स्वाध्यायेन श्रुतेन वा। ब्राह्मण्यं केन भवति प्रब्रूह्येतत् सुनिश्चितम्॥
English: The Yaksha said: O king, relate with certainty whether by birth, good character, study of the Vedas or learning or by what a person becomes a Brahmana.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच शृणु यक्ष कुलं तात न स्वाध्यायो न च श्रुतम्। कारणं हि द्विजत्वे च वृत्तमेव न संशयः॥
English: Yudhishthira replied Hear, O Yaksha, O adorable one, Neither birth nor learning (makes one a Brahmana). It admits of no doubt that good character only is the cause of Brahmanhood.
Sanskrit: वृत्तं यत्नेन संरक्ष्यं ब्राह्मणेन विशेषतः। अक्षीणवृत्तो न क्षीणो वृत्ततस्तु हतो हतः॥
English: One, especially a Brahmana, should very carefully maintain his character. One whose character is not weak is never weakened. But he that has lost his character is himself lost.
Sanskrit: पठकाः पाठकाश्चैव ये चान्ये शास्त्रचिन्तकाः। सर्वे व्यसनिनो मूर्खा यः क्रियावान् स पण्डितः॥११०
English: Teachers and students and others who study the Scriptures, if inclined to wicked deeds are to be considered as ignorant. He only that performs meritorious acts is learned.
Sanskrit: चतुर्वेदोऽपि दुर्वृत्तः स शूद्रादतिरिच्यते। योऽग्निहोत्रपरो दान्तः स ब्राह्मण इति स्मृतः॥
English: Even he who has studied the four Vedas but whose conduct is wicked cannot be distinguished from Shudra. He who celebrates the Agnihotra and of subdued passions is called a Brahmana.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच प्रियवचनवादी किं लभते विमृशितकार्यकरः किं लभते। बहुमित्रकरः किं लभते धर्मरत किं लभते कथय॥
English: The Yaksha said: What does a person of agreeable speech gain? What does he gain that acts deliberately? a What does he, who has many friends, gain? And what does he gain who is given to virtue?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच प्रियवचनवादी प्रियो भवति विमृशितकार्यकरोऽधिकं जयति। बहुमित्रकरः सुखं वसते यश्च धर्मरतः स गतिं लभते॥
English: Yudhishthira said: A person of agreeable speech becomes dear (to all). He that acts deliberately obtains much. He that has many friends lives happily. And he that is given to virtue attains to (an excellent) state.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच को मोदते किमाश्चर्यं कः पन्थाः का च वार्तिका। ममैतांश्चतुरः प्रश्नान् कथयित्वा जलं पिब॥
English: The Yaksha said: Who is happy? What is wonderful? What is the path? And what is the news? Answer these four questions put by me and then let your four dead kinsinen be restored to life.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच पञ्चमेऽहनि षष्ठे वा शाकं पचति स्वे गृहे। अनृणी चाप्रवासी च स वारिचर मोदते॥
English: Yudhishthira said: O aquatic creatures, that one is truly happy who cooks in his own house scanty vegetables in the fifth or sixth portion of the day, but who is neither in debt nor exiled from home.
Sanskrit: अहन्यहनि भूतानि गच्छन्तीह यमालयम्। शेषाः स्थावरमिच्छन्ति किमाश्चर्यमतः परम्॥
English: In this world day by day (innumerable) creatures are going to the abode of Yama. Yet they that remain desire immortality. What can be more marvelous than this?
Sanskrit: तर्कोऽप्रतिष्ठः श्रुतयो विभिन्ना नैको ऋषिर्यस्य मतं प्रमाणम्। धर्मस्य तत्त्वं निहितं गुहायां महाजनो येन गतः स पन्थाः॥
English: Discussions do not lead to no definite conclusions. The Shrutis are divided (in opinion). And there is not a single Rishi whose opinions can be accepted as conclusive. Truth about religious matters is hidden in caves. (Therefore, that is the proper path which has been followed by great men.
Sanskrit: अस्मिन् महामोहमये कटाहे सूर्याग्निना रात्रिदिवेन्धनेन। मासर्तुदर्वीपरिघट्टटेन भूतानि कालः पचतीति वार्ता।।११८।
English: In this cauldron of the word, which is full of great ignorance, with the sun as its fire, the days and nights as its fuel and the months and the seasons as its wooden ladle, Time is cocking (all) creatures. This is the news.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच व्याख्याता मे त्वया प्रश्ना याथातथ्यं परंतप। पुरुषं त्विदानी व्याख्याहि यश्च सर्वधनी नरः॥
English: The Yaksha said: O tormentor of foes, you have rightly answered all my questions. Now relate to me who can be called a man and what man is enriched with all sorts of wealth.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच दिवं स्पृशति भूमिं च शब्दः पुण्येन कर्मणा। यावत् स शब्दो भवति तावत् पुरुष उच्यते॥
English: Yudhishthira said : The report of a man's meritorious deeds reaches both heaven and earth. And so long as that report continues, he is called a man.
Sanskrit: तुल्ये प्रियाप्रिये यस्य सुखदुःखे तथैव च। अतीतानागते चोभे स वै सर्वधनी नरः॥
English: The man to whom the agreeable and the disagreeable, happiness and misery the past and the future are all alike, is enriched with all sorts of wealth.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच व्याख्यातः पुरुषो राजन् यश्च सर्वधनी नरः। तस्मात् त्वमेकं भ्रातृणां यमिच्छसि स जीवतु॥
English: The Yaksha said: O king, you have (truly) related as to what erson is possessed of all sorts of wealth. Therefore, one of your brothers whomever you wish, be restored to life.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्यामो य एष रक्ताक्षो बृहच्छाल इवोत्थितः। व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुर्नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु॥
English: Yudhishthira said : O Yaksha, let this Nakula, having dark complexion, red eyes, towering as a sala tree, endued with broad chest and long arms, be brought back to life.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच प्रियस्ते भीमसेनोऽयमर्जुनो वः परायणम्। स कस्मान्नकुलं राजन् सापलं जीवमिच्छसि॥
English: The Yaksha said : This Bhimasena is (very) dear to you and this Arjuna is your chief support. Why then, O king, do you desire for the life of Nakula, who is only a step brother of yours?
Sanskrit: यस्य नागसहस्रेण दशसंख्येन वै बलम्। तुल्यं तं भीममुत्सृज्य नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि॥
English: Why do you, leaving out of consideration Bhima, endued with the strength of ten thousand elephants, desire Nakula to be restored to life?
Sanskrit: तथैनं मनुजाः प्राहुर्भीमसेनं प्रियं तव। अथ केनानुभावेन सापत्नं जीवमिच्छसि॥
English: They say that Bhimasena is very dear to you. On what consideration, then do you desire for the life of a step brother?
Sanskrit: यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे पाण्डवाः समुपासते अर्जुनं तमयाहाय नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि॥
English: Why do you, forsaking Arjuna the strength of whose arms is worshipped by all the Pandavas, wish Nakula to revive?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः। तस्माद् धर्मं न त्यजामि मा नो धर्मो हतोऽवधीत्॥
English: Yudhishthira said: He who sacrifices virtue is himself destroyed. And he that preserves it is himself preserved. I therefore, do not sacrifice virtue, considering that if destroyed it will destroy us.
Sanskrit: आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः परमार्थाच्च मे मतम्। आनृशंस्यं चिकीर्षामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु॥
English: Refraining from cruelty is the greater virtue and in my opinion greater than the greatest desirable object. I prefer that virtue, viz., refraining from cruelty. Let, O Yaksha, therefore, Nakula be alive.
Sanskrit: धर्मशीलंः सदा राजा इति मां मानवा विदुः। स्वधर्मान्न चलिष्यामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु॥
English: People know that, king (Yudhishthira) is always given to virtue. I will never swerve from my duty. Therefore, O Yaksha, let Nakula revive.
Sanskrit: कुन्ती चैव तु माद्री च द्वे भार्ये तु पितुर्मम। उभे सपुत्रे स्यातां वै इति मे धीयते मति॥
English: It is my intention that both the wives of my father, Kunti and Madri have sons.
Sanskrit: यथा कुन्ती तथा माद्री विशेषो नास्ति मे तयोः। मातृभ्यां सममिच्छामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु॥
English: As Kunti is to me, so also is Madri. I do not make any distinction between them. I desire to behave equally towards my two mothers, Therefore, O Yaksha, let Nakula be brought back to life.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच तस्य तेऽर्थाच्च कामाच्च आनृशंस्यं परं मतम्। तस्मात् ते भ्रातरः सर्वे जीवन्तु भरतर्षभ।१३३॥
English: The Yaksha said: O best of the Bharatas, since abstention from cruelty is, in your opinion, superior to both profit and desire, let, therefore all your brothers be restored to life.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्ते यक्षवचनादुदतिष्ठन्त पाण्डवाः। क्षुत्पिपासे च सर्वेषां क्षणेन व्यपगच्छताम्॥
English: Vaishampayana said : Then, at the words of the Yaksha the Pandavas rose up and their hunger and thirst forsook them in a short time.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच सरस्येकेन पादेन तिष्ठन्तमपराजितम्। पृच्छामि को भवान् देवो न मे यक्षो मतो भवान्॥
English: Yudhishthira said: I ask you, who stand on one leg in the lake and who are unconquerable, what god you are. I can not believe that you are a Yaksha.
Sanskrit: वसूनां वा भवानेको रुद्राणामथवा भवान्। अथवा मरुतां श्रेष्ठो वलशी वा त्रिदशेश्वरः॥
English: Are you the best of the Marutas or the Rudras or the lord of the celestials, the wielder of the thunderbolt.
Sanskrit: मम हि भ्रातर इमे सहस्रशतयोधिनः। तं योधं न प्रपश्यामि येन सर्वे निपातिताः॥
English: Each of these my brothers is able to fight a thousand warriors and I do not find any warrior capable of destroying them all.
Sanskrit: सुखं प्रतिप्रबुद्धानामिन्द्रियाण्युपलक्षये। स भवान् सुहृदोऽस्माकमथवा न: पिता भवान्॥
English: Their organs of sense indicate as if they have awakened from an agreeable slumber. Are you a friend of ours or are you our father himself?
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच अहं ते जनकस्तात् धर्मोऽमृदुपराक्रम। त्वां दिदृक्षुरनुप्राप्तो विद्धि मां भरतर्षभ॥
English: The Yaksha said: O child, I am your father Dharma of great strength. Know, O best of the Bharatas, that I have come with the intention on seeing you.
Sanskrit: यशः सत्यं दमः शौचमार्जवं ह्रीरचापलम्। दानं तपो ब्रह्मचर्यमित्येतास्तनवो मम॥
English: Fame, truth, self-control, purity, simplicity, modesty steadiness, charity, asceticism and Brahmacharya are my limbs.
Sanskrit: अहिंसा समता शान्तिरानृशंस्यममत्सरः। द्वाराण्येतानि मे विद्धि प्रियो ह्यसि सदा मम॥
English: Know that absence of cruelty, impartiality, peacefulness, asceticism, purity and want of pride are the (so many) avenues (of attaining to me). You are always (very) dear to me.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या पञ्चसुरक्तोऽसि दिष्ट्या तेषट्पदी जिता। द्वे पूर्वे मध्यमे द्वे च द्वे चान्ते साम्परायिके॥
English: It is by good fortune that you are given to the (practice of the) five (virtues namely, equanimity of the mind, self-control, abstenance from sensual indulgence, forgiveness and Yoga). You have by good luck conquered the six (i.e. hunger and thirst, sorrow, delusion, decrepitude and death). (Of these six the first) two show themselves in the first stage of life; the second two in the middle stage and the third two in the last part in order to make creatures go to the next world.
Sanskrit: धर्मोऽहमिति भद्रं ते जिज्ञासुस्त्वामिहागतः। आनृशंस्येन तुष्टोऽस्मि वरं दास्यामि तेऽनघ॥
English: I am Dharma, May you be in bliss. I came here to test you and have been pleased with your spirit of mercy. O sinless one, I will give you boons.
Sanskrit: वरं वृणीष्व राजेन्द्र दाता ह्यस्मि तवानघ। ये हि मे पुरुषा भक्ता न तेषामस्ति दुर्गतिः॥
English: O foremost of kings, crave boons, O sinless one, I will bestow them on you. Those persons that are devoted to me never experience misfortune.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच अरणीसहितं यस्य मृगो ह्यादाय गच्छति। तस्याग्नयो न लुप्येरन् प्रथमोऽस्तु वरो मम॥
English: Yudhishthira said: May the Agni of the Brahmana whose firesticks are being carried away by that deer, be not destroyed. This the first boon that I crave.
Sanskrit: यक्ष उवाच अरणीसहितं ह्यस्य ब्राह्मणस्य हृतं मया। मृगवेषेण कौन्तेय जिज्ञासार्थं तव प्रभो॥
English: The Yaksha said: O effulgent son of Kunti, it was in order to test you that I, in the shape of a deer, carried off the fire sticks of that Brahmana.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत। अन्यं वरय भद्रं ते वरं त्वममरोपम॥
English: Vaishampayana said : Thereupon, that exalted one replied “ I give (you this boon). Be blessed. Do you who are like an immortal ask for another boon.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच वर्षाणि द्वादशारण्ये त्रयोदशमुपस्थितम्। तत्र नो नाभिजानीयुर्वसतो मनुजाः क्वचित्॥
English: Yudhishthira said: The twelve years O our forest life have passed away and the thirteenth is come. May no man recognise us in the course of this year wherever we may live.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत। भूयश्चाश्वासयामास कौन्तेयं सत्यविक्रमम्॥
English: Vaishampayana said : That god then replied “I give you (this boon also)” He then consoled the son of Kunti endued with the strength of truth (in these words),
Sanskrit: यद्यपि स्वेन रूपेण चरिष्यथ महीमिमाम्। न वो विज्ञास्यते कश्चित् त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत॥
English: "O Bharata, even if you wander in the world in your own proper shapes, no one in the three worlds shall be able to recognize you.
Sanskrit: वर्षं त्रयोदशमिदं मत्प्रसादात् कुरूद्वहाः। विराटनगरे गूढा अविज्ञाताश्चरिष्यथ॥
English: Through my favour, O perpetuator of the Kuru race, you will lead a secret and incognito life in the city of Virata during this thirteenth year.