pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: कान्त्या शशाङ्कस्य जवेन वायोः स्थैर्येण मेरोः क्षमया पृथिव्याः। सूर्यस्य भासा धनदस्य लक्ष्म्या शौर्येण शक्रस्य बलेन विष्णोः॥ तुल्यो महात्मा तव कुन्ति पुत्रो जातोऽदितेर्विष्णुरिवारिहन्ता। स्वेषां जयाय द्विषतां वधाय ख्यातोऽमितौजाः कुलतन्तुकर्ता॥
English: O Kunti, this magnanimous son of yours will be handsome like the Soma, swift like the Wind, patient like Sumeru, forbearing like the Earth, effulgent like Sun. wealthy like Kubera, valiant and powerful like Vishnu. This son of yours, even like Aditi's son Vishnu, the slayer of foes, has taken his being in order to bring victory to his kins and deal destruction to the enemies. This boy of indomitable valour will be far-famed and the founder of a dynasty.'
Sanskrit: इत्यन्तरिक्षे शतशृङ्गमूर्ध्नि तपस्विनां शृण्वतां वागुवाच। एवंविधं तच नाभूत तथा च देवापि नूनमनृतं वदन्ति॥
English: Even that celestial voice resounding in the skies reached the ears of the Maharsis living on the peaks of the Satasringa mountains. But now that voice comes to be untrue. It seems, therefore, that the gods too speak falsehood.
Sanskrit: तथा परेषामृषिसत्तमानां श्रुत्वा गिरः पूजयतां सदात्वाम्। न संनति प्रेमि सुयोधनस्य न त्वां जानाम्याधिस्थेर्भयार्तम्॥
English: The praises which the saintly beings used to lavish upon you, never made me expect Suyodhana's success nor even did I think that you will be paralised with the fear of Karna.
Sanskrit: पूर्व यदुक्तं हि सुयोधनेन न फाल्गुनः प्रमुखे स्थास्ययीति। कर्णस्य युद्धे हि महाबलस्य मौात् तु तन्नावबुद्धं मयाऽऽसीत्॥
English: "Duryodhana had already forecasted that "Arjuna will not able to stay before Karna, the great mighty warrior in battle." Owing to ignorance, I was not confirmed to my mind on such forecast.
Sanskrit: तेनाद्य तप्स्ये भृशमप्रमेयं यच्छत्रुवर्गे नरकं प्रविष्टः। तदैव वाच्योऽस्मि ननु त्वयाहं न योत्स्येऽहं सूतपुत्र कथंचित्॥ ततो नाहं सृञ्जयान् केकयांश्च समानयेयं सुहृदो रणाय।
English: "This is the reason, I am in such grievous state today. I am in hellish calamity because so badly trapped in the gigantic lobby of enemies. O Arjuna! You would have better to tell earlier that you will not involve yourself in battle against Karna, the son of charioteer." Had it made clear on your part, I would have not invited in the circumstance, Srinjayas, Kekayas and other several friends for support in battle.
Sanskrit: एवं गते किंच मयाद्य शक्यं कार्यं कर्तुं विग्रहे सूतजस्य॥ तथैव राज्ञश्च सुयोधनस्य ये वापि मां योद्धुकामाः समेताः।
English: When this is the situation today, what act can I perform in this battle against Karna, the son of a charioteer, king Duryodhana and other countless warriors who have gathered here for battle?
Sanskrit: धिगस्तु मजीवितमद्य कृष्ण योऽहं वशं सूतपुत्रस्य यातः॥ मध्ये कुरूणां सुहृदां च मध्ये ये चाप्यन्ये योद्धुकामाः समेताः।
English: O Sri Krishna! I am now enslaved / subjugated by Karna, the son of a charioteer in the presence of all Kauravas, friends and other all who have come and assembled here for participating in the battle. Shame to such life as I am living.
Sanskrit: यदि स्म जीवेत् स भवेनिहन्ता महारथानां प्रवरो रथोत्तमः। तवाभिमन्युस्तनयोऽद्य पार्थ न चास्मि गन्ता समरे पराभवम्॥ स्तथापि नाहं समरे पराङ्मुखः।
English: O Partha! Had Abhimanyu, the best chariot fighter still living, the enemies would have severely killed by him. So, gross humiliation would not have to born with were he lived. Had Ghatotkaca living I would have not shown back to battle-field.
Sanskrit: मम ह्यभाग्यानि पुरा कृतानि पापानि नूनं बलवन्ति युद्धे॥ तृणं च कृत्वा समरे भवन्तं ततोऽहमेवं निकृतो दुरात्मना। वैकर्तनेनैव तथा कृतोऽहं यथा ह्यशक्तः क्रियते ह्यबान्धवः॥
English: It seems with certainty that the debited account of sins committed earlier coupled with misfortune have gathered momentum to harass me at this juncture of life. Wicked Kara has humiliated me by treating you as brittle as a straw. Karna had behead with me as if I am without siblings and relations and a helpless man.
Sanskrit: आपद्गतं कश्चन यो विमोक्षेत् स बान्धवः स्नेहयुक्तः सुहृच। एवं पुराणा मुनयो वदन्ति धर्मः सदा सद्भिरनुष्टितश्च॥
English: Our ancient sages have stated that sibling is the man who defends the man from adversity befallen and he is real friend also. This is the everlasting deed (religion) observed by the gentlemen.
Sanskrit: त्वष्ट्रा कृतं वाहमकूजनाक्षं शुभं समास्थायं कपिध्वजं तम्। खङ्ग गृहीत्वा हेमपट्टानुबद्धं धनुश्चेदं गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम्॥ स केशवेनोहमानः कथं त्वं कर्णाद् भीतो व्यपयातोऽस्मि पार्थ।
English: You ride upon a car especially made by the celestial artisan (Visvakarma) himself, the axles of which move smoothly and without any noise. You have the standard of an ape, you hold a sword bedecked with gold and tied with silk and your bow Gandiva is as lengthy as the palm tree, even you have Kesava for your charioteer. Why then, O Partha, have you come back from the field of battle, for fear of Karna?
Sanskrit: धनुश्च तत् केशवाय प्रयच्छ यन्ता भविष्यस्त्वं रणे केशवस्य॥ तदाहनिष्यत् केशवः कर्णमुग्रं मरुत्पतिवृत्रमिवात्तवज्रः।
English: If you, O wretch, had even made over your bow to Kesava and contented yourself by being his charioteer, he would have slain that fearful Karna, as the lords of the Maruts (Shakra) slew with thunder the Asura known by the name of Vritra.
Sanskrit: श्चरन्तमुग्रं प्रतिबाधनाय॥ प्रयच्छान्यस्मै गाण्डिवमेदद्य त्वत्तो योऽस्त्रैरभ्यधिको वा नरेन्द्रः।
English: If you are unable to resist the fearful Karna in his march on the field today, then do make over this your Gandiva to any other king who is your superior in the use of weapons.
Sanskrit: अस्मान् नैवं पुत्रदारैर्विहीनान् सुखाद्धृष्टान् राज्यनाशाच भूयः॥ द्रष्टा लोकः पतिनानप्यगाधे पापैर्जुष्टे नरके पाण्डवेय।
English: The world will not then seen us bereft of family and children, deprived of our happiness and kingdom and sunk, O son of Pandu, into the fathomless abyss of the hell of torment.
Sanskrit: मासेऽपतिष्यः पञ्चमे त्वं सुकृच्छ्रे न वा गर्भे आभविष्यः पृथायाः॥ तत् ते श्रेयो राजपुत्राभविष्यन्न चेत् संग्रामदपयानं दुरात्मन्।
English: It would have been better had come out in the fifth months as an abortion, or better still, if you would not have taken your being in the womb of Kunti, than, O vile wretch, being born of a royal line, to show your back in the battle-field.
Sanskrit: मसंख्येयान् बाणगणांश्च धिक् ते। धिक् ते केतुं केसरिणः सुतस्य कृशानुदत्तं च रथं च धिक् ते॥
English: Fie to your Gandiva! Fie to the strength of your arms, fie to your numberless arrows, fie to your standard bearing the ensign of an ape on it and fie to your car presented to you by the god of fire!
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच युधिष्ठिरणैवमुक्तः कौन्तेयः श्वेतवाहनः। असिं जग्राह संक्रुद्धो जिघांसुर्भरतर्षभम्॥
English: Sanjaya said Hearing the words of Yudhishthira, Kownteya-the owner of white steeds-in a tempestuous mood took hold of his sword to slay that mightiest of the Bharata's race.
Sanskrit: तस्य कोपं समुद्वीक्ष्य चित्तज्ञः केशवास्तदा। उवाच किमिदं पार्थ गृहीतः खङ्ग इत्युत॥
English: Kesava, the cogniser of human hearts, seeing his rage, inquired-"Why, O Partha, do you lay your hands on your sword?
Sanskrit: न हि पश्यामि योद्धव्यं त्वयां किञ्चिद् धनंजय। ते ग्रस्ता धार्तराष्ट्रा हि भीमसेनेन धीमता॥
English: Here, O Dhananjaya, I see no adversary to try the strength of your steel. Clever Bhimasena has already assailed the Dhartarashtras.
Sanskrit: अपयातोऽसि कौन्तेयः राजा द्रष्टव्य इत्यापि। स राजा भवता दृष्टः कुशली च युधिष्ठिरः॥
English: O Kownteya, you have returned from the field, to seen king Yudhishthira and you have seen that he is keeping up well.
Sanskrit: स दृष्ट्वा नृपशार्दूलं शार्दूलसमविक्रमम्। हर्षकाले च सम्प्राप्त किमिदं मोहकारितम्॥
English: This is the time of rejoicing, as you have seen that best of kings whose prowess is like that of a tiger. Why should you then betray yourself thus?
Sanskrit: न तं पश्यामि कौन्तेय यस्ते वध्यो भविष्यति। प्रहर्तुमिच्छसे कस्मात् किं वा ते चित्तविभ्रमः॥
English: O son of Kunti, I do not find any one here whom you can slay. What makes you then to yearn for fight, or have you lost the balance of your mind?
Sanskrit: कस्माद् भवान् महाखङ्गं परिगृह्णाति सत्वरः। तत् त्वां पृच्छामि कौन्तेयं किमिदं ते चिकीर्षितम्॥ परामृशसि यत् क्रुद्धः खङ्गमद्भुतविक्रम।
English: Why do you seize your mighty sword so suddenly, I enquire this of you. O Kaunteya, whence is this desire of your heart, or why do you fly to sword in such a sullen mood and with such a vigour?"
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन प्रेक्षमाणो युधिष्ठिरम्॥ अर्जुन: प्राह गोविन्दं क्रुद्धः सर्प इव श्वसन।
English: Thus addressed by Krishna, Arjuna, looking towards Yudhishthira and whizzing like an angry snake, replied,
Sanskrit: अन्यस्मै देहि गाण्डीवमिति मां योऽभिचोदयेत्॥ भिन्द्यामहं तस्य शिर इत्युपांशुव्रत मम। तदुक्तं मम चानेन राज्ञामितपराक्रम॥ समक्षं तव गोविन्द न तत् क्षन्तुमिहोत्सहे। तस्मादेनं वधिष्यामि राजानं धर्मभीरुकम्॥
English: He who tells me-'Give your Gandiva to another,' I would cut his head off, such is my secret vow. Now that this king of immeasurable prowess has told me those words in your presence, O Govinda, I won't forgive him. I will, therefore, put to the sword this pious king.
Sanskrit: प्रतिज्ञा पालयिष्यामि हत्वैनं नरसत्तमम्। एतदर्थं मया खड्गो गृहीतो यदुनन्दन॥
English: I will redeem my vow by slaying this best of men. For this alone I have taken up the sword.
Sanskrit: सोऽहं युधिष्ठिरं हत्वा सत्यस्यानृण्यतां गतः। विशोका विज्वरश्चापि भविष्यामि जनार्दन॥
English: O delighter of the Yadus; by slaying Yudhishthira I will thus adhere to truth thereby be free from grief and fever.
Sanskrit: किं वा त्वं मन्यसे प्राप्तमस्मिन् काल उपस्थिते। त्वमस्य जगतस्तात वेत्थ सर्वं गतागतम्॥ तत् तथा प्रकरिष्यामि यथा मां वक्ष्यते भवान्।
English: O Janaradana, what do you wish me to do under the present circumstances. O sire, you are well acquainted with all the past the future of this universe. I shall, therefore, do as you tell me.”
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच घिग् धिगित्येव गोविन्दः पार्थमुक्तराब्रवीतः पुनः॥१५
English: Sanjaya said Saying "Fie, fie unto you, Partha,"
Sanskrit: श्रीकृष्ण उवाच इदानीं पार्थ जानामि न वृद्धाः सेवितास्त्वया। काले न पुरुषव्याघ्र संरम्भं यद् भवानगात्॥
English: “Now I understand, O Partha, that you have never attended upon the old, since you, O mightiest of men, have been overcome with anger at a time quite out of season.
Sanskrit: न हि धर्मविभागज्ञः कुर्यादेवं धनंजय। यथा त्वं पाण्डवाद्येह धर्मभीरुरपण्डितः॥
English: O Dhananjaya, those who are versed in the niceties of religion would never act in the way as you are doing today, O pious son of Pandu, on not being acquainted with them.
Sanskrit: अकार्याणं क्रियाणां च संयोगं यः करोति वै। कार्याणामक्रियाणां च स पार्थ पुरुषाधमः॥
English: O Partha, he who does an act improper and heinous is the vilest of men.
Sanskrit: अनुसृत्य तु ये धर्मं कथयेयुरुपस्थिताः। समासाविस्तरविदां न तेषां वेत्सि निश्चयम्॥
English: You know not the words of wisdom the learned men preach, after the rules of morality, to the pupils waiting up on them.
Sanskrit: अनिश्चयज्ञो हि नरः कार्याकार्यविनिश्चये। अवशो मुह्यते पार्थ यथा त्वं मूढ एव तु॥
English: Persons ignorant of them become benumbed and befooled in discriminating between what ought to be done and what ought not, even as you, O Partha, have been nonplussed.
Sanskrit: न हि कार्यमकार्यं वा सुखं ज्ञातु कथंचन। श्रुतेन ज्ञायते सर्व तच त्वं नावबुध्यसे॥
English: 'It is not easy to learn what ought to be done and what ought not. Of course everything can be learnt with the help of the scriptures. You are, however, a stranger to them.
Sanskrit: अविज्ञानाद् भवान् यच्च धर्म रक्षति धर्मवित्। प्राणिनां त्वं वधं पार्थ धार्मिको नावबुध्यसे॥
English: Believing yourself to be conversant with morality, you are observing it in a way which but indicates your ignorance of it. You believe yourself to be virtuous but you know not, O Partha, that it is a sin to slay living beings.
Sanskrit: प्राणिनामवधस्तात सर्वज्यायान् मतो मम। अनृतां वा वदेद् वाचं न तु हिंस्यात् कथञ्चन॥
English: Methinks, keeping from doing any injury to any animal is a cardinal virtue. Even an untruth might behold but never an animal ought be slain.
Sanskrit: स कथं भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठं राजान् धर्मकोविदम्। हन्याद् भवान् नरश्रेष्ठ प्राकृतोऽन्यः पुमानिव॥
English: O best of men, how could you then like an ordinary man wish to slay your eldest brother the king, who is well versed in morality.
Sanskrit: अयुध्यमानस्य वधस्तथाशत्रोश्च मानदा। पराङ्मुखास्य द्रवतःशरणं चापि गच्छतः॥ कृताञ्जलेः प्रपन्नस्य प्रमत्तस्य तथैव च। न वधः पूज्यते सद्भिस्तच सर्व गुरौ तव॥
English: O Bharata, the slaying of a man who is not engaged in a fight, or is unwilling to fight, or takes to flight, or seeks your shelter, or joins his hands, or gives himself up to you, or is insane, be he even a foe, is never upheld by the righteous. And your superior is even all this.
Sanskrit: त्वया चैवं व्रतं पार्थ बालेनेव कृतं पुरा। तस्मादधर्मसंयुक्तं मौात् कर्म व्यवस्यसि॥
English: You had formerly taken the vow through childishness. And now through folly you are inclined to do an unrighteous act.
Sanskrit: स गुरुं पार्थ कस्मात् त्वं हन्तुकामोऽभिधावसि। असम्प्रघार्य धर्माणां गति सूक्ष्मा दुरत्ययाम्॥
English: Why, O Partha, do you rush upon your superior, intending to slay him, without determining (before-hand) the exceedingly fine course of virtue which is, certainly, not easily intelligible.
Sanskrit: इदं धर्मरहस्यं च तव वक्ष्यामि पाण्डव। यद् ब्रूयात् तव भीष्मो हि पाण्डवो वा युधिष्ठिरः॥२ विदुरो वा यथा क्षत्ता कुन्ती वापि यशस्विनी। तत् ते वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वेन निबोधैतद् धनंजय॥
English: O son of Pandu, this mystery of virtue I will now explain to you as it was explained by Bhishma, by the pious Yudhishthira, by Vidura or the so-called Kshatri and by Kunti of great renown. I will tell it you in all its detail; listen to it, O Dhananjaya.
Sanskrit: सत्यस्य वचनं साधु न सत्याद् विद्यते परम्। तत्त्वेनैव सुदुर्जेयं पश्य सत्यमनुष्ठितम्॥
English: One who tells the truth is a pious person. Nothing is there higher than truth. It is, therefore, very difficult to understand the details of truth as observed in action.
Sanskrit: भवेत सत्यमवक्तव्यं वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत्। यत्रानृतं भवेत् सत्यं चाप्यनृतं भवेत्॥
English: Truth becomes unutterable and untruth utterable, where untruth would pose as truth and truth as untruth.
Sanskrit: विवाहकाले रतिसम्प्रयोगे प्राणात्यये सर्वधनापहारे। विप्रस्य चार्थे ह्यनृतं वदेत पञ्चानृतान्याहुरपातकानि॥
English: At a marriage or in the enjoyment of lust, or when one's life is at stake, or when one's entire fortunes are about to be lost, or in the cause of a Brahmin untruth may be uttered. It is said that there is no sin in uttering these five sorts of falsehood.
Sanskrit: सर्वस्वस्यापहारे तु वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत्। तत्रानृतं भवेत् सत्यं चाप्यनृतं भवेत्॥ तादृशं पश्यते बालो यस्य सत्यमनुष्ठितम्।
English: Where one's entire fortunes are at stake untruth becomes utterable. On these occasions untruth becomes truth and truth untruth. He who is bent upon always practising truth alone is a fool and takes truth to be as it is.
Sanskrit: भवेत् सत्यमवक्तव्यं न वक्तव्यमनुष्ठितम्। सत्यानृते विनिश्चित्य ततो भवति धर्मवित्॥
English: Indeed it is not a very easy thing to become righteous. He who can distinguish between the niceties of truth and untruth can alone become conversant with morality.
Sanskrit: किमाश्चर्यं कृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः। सुमहत् प्राप्नुयात् पुण्यं बलाकोऽन्धवधादिव॥
English: What wonder is there then that a wise man by doing something awfully cruel may even acquire virtue, as Balaka did by killing a blind beast.
Sanskrit: किमाश्चर्यं पुनमूर्दो धर्मकामो ह्यपण्डितः। सुमहत् प्राप्नुयात् पापमापगास्विव कौशिकः॥
English: What wonder then that an ignorant and inexperienced person, intending to practise virtue, would commit grave vice like Kaushika on the river-bank."
Sanskrit: अर्जुन उवाच आचक्ष्व भगवन्नेतद् यथा विन्दाम्यहं तथा। बलाकस्यानुसम्बन्धं नदीनां कौशिकस्य च॥
English: Arjuna said Tell me of it, O holy one, in a way that I may learn it these stories about Balaka and Kaushika on the river-bank.
Sanskrit: वासुदेव उवाच पुराव्याधोऽभवत् कश्चिद् बलाको नाम भारत। यात्रार्थ पुत्रदारस्य मृगान् हन्ति न कामतः॥
English: Vasudeva said There was once a hunter, O Bharata, Balaka by name. He used to kill animals, not willfully but, in order to support his children and wife.
Sanskrit: वृद्धौ च मातापितरौ बिभर्त्यन्यांश्च संश्रितान्। स्वधर्मनिरतो नित्यं सत्यवागनसूयकः॥
English: Devoted to his tribal pursuits, always speaking the truth and devoid of malice, he used to maintain his aged mother and father and other dependents.
Sanskrit: स कदाचिन्सृगं लिप्सु भ्यविन्दन्मृगं क्वचित्। अपः पिबन्त ददृशे श्वपादं घ्राणचक्षुषम्॥
English: Once on a day, thought diligently searching for an animal, he could find none. At last he found a beast of prey, drinking water, which had lost its eyes but the loss was supplied by its keen sense of smell.
Sanskrit: अदृष्टपूर्वमपि तत् सत्त्व तेन हतं तदा। अन्धे हते ततो व्योग्नः पुष्पवर्षं पपात च॥
English: Though he had not before seen a like of it, yet he killed it then and there. No sooner the blind beast had been killed, that there fell from the skies a shower of flowers.
Sanskrit: अप्सरोगीतवादित्रैर्नादितं च मनोरमम्। विमानमगमत् स्वर्गन्मृगव्यधनिनीषया॥
English: A celestial car, filled with the songs and music of Apsaras, came down from heaven to fetch that hunter of animals.
Sanskrit: तद् भूतं सर्वभूतानामभावाय किलार्जुन। तपस्तप्तवा वरं प्राप्तं कृतमन्धं स्वयम्भुवा॥
English: That beast having, successfully performed all the austerities of asceticism with a view to kill all the animals, had received that boon but was made blind instead by the Self-born.
Sanskrit: तद्धत्वा सर्वभूतानामभावकृतनिश्चयम्। ततो बालकः स्वरगादेवं धर्मः सुदुर्विदः॥
English: Therefore Valaka, having killed the beast that was bent upon killing all the animals, went to heaven. Morality is, therefore, very difficult to be understood.
Sanskrit: कौशिकोऽप्यभवद् विप्रस्तपस्वी नो नदीनां संगमे ग्रामाददूरात स किलावसत्॥
English: There was an ascetic Brahmin named Kaushika not much read in the Scriptures. He used to reside at a confluence of rivers, not far away from a village.
Sanskrit: सत्यं मया सदा वाच्यमिति तस्याभवद् व्रतम्। सत्यवादिति विख्यातः स तदाऽऽसीद् धनंजय॥
English: He had taken the vow that the would ever speak the truth.' Therefore, O Dhananjaya, he become famous as a truthful man.
Sanskrit: अथ दस्युभयात् केचित् तदा तद् वनमाविशन। तत्रापि दस्यवः क्रुद्धास्तानमार्गन्त यत्नतः॥ बहुश्रुतः।
English: At a time certain persons, being afraid of robbers, entered the woods. Even there the robbers, filled with anger, doggedly haunted after them.
Sanskrit: अथ कौशिकमभ्येत्य प्राहुस्ते सत्यवादिनम्। कतमेन पथा भगवन् बहवो जनाः॥ सत्येन पृष्टः प्रबूहि यदि तान् वेत्थ शंस नः।
English: They then approaching Kaushika the truthful, said-'O holy one, which way have a number of men passed a little while ago? Asked in the name of truth tell us if you have seen them.'
Sanskrit: श पृष्टः कौशिकः सत्यं तानुवाच ह॥ बहुवृक्षलतागुल्ममेतद् वनमुपाश्रिताः। इति तान् ख्यापयामास तेभ्यस्तत्त्वं स कौशिकः॥५१
English: Being thus asked Kaushika told them the truth, that they had entered the wood thickly covered with trees, creepers and shrubs. O Partha, thus did Kaushika inform them.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते तान् समासाद्य क्रूरा जघ्नुरिति श्रुतिः। तेनाधर्मेण महता वाग्दुरुक्तेन कौशिकः॥ गतः स कष्टं नरकं सूक्ष्मधर्मेष्वकोविदः।
English: And the report goes that on this those wanton men got hold of those persons and put them to death. For the gave sin of uttering that truth, which should not have been uttered, Kaushika, unversed in the subtleties of religion, fell into a fearful hell.
Sanskrit: यथा चाल्पश्रुतो मूढो धर्माणामविभागवित्॥ वृद्धानपृष्ट्वा संदेह महच्छवभ्रमिवार्हति।
English: As a foolish man, ill-read in the scriptures, unacquainted with the details of morality, is fit to fall into an awful hell for not asking aged men to set his doubts at rest.
Sanskrit: तत्र ते लक्षणोद्देशः कश्चिदेवं भविष्यति॥ दुष्करं परमं ज्ञानं तर्केणानुव्यवस्यति। श्रुतेधर्म इति वदन्ति बहवो जनाः॥
English: Your definition of morality must be then something like that. Some people attempt at attaining that high and difficult knowledge by the exercise of reasoning. Many persons maintain, on the other hand, that morality can be learned from the scriptures alone.
Sanskrit: तत् ते न प्रत्यसूयामि चन स सर्व विधीयते। प्रभवार्थाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचन कृतम्॥
English: I do not find fault with the latter, but then everything is not provided for there. The moral precepts have been made for the well-being of the creatures.
Sanskrit: यत् स्यादहिंसासंयुक्तं च धर्म इति निश्चयः। अहिंसाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम्॥
English: All that is free from any motive of injury to any being is surely morality. For, indeed, the moral precepts have been made to free the creatures from all injuries.
Sanskrit: धारणाद् धर्ममित्याहुर्धर्मो धारयते प्रजाः। यत् स्याद् धारणसंयुक्तंस धर्म इति निश्चयः॥
English: Dharma (morality) is so-called because it protects all. Indeed, morality saves all creatures. Surely then that is morality which is capable of keeping off a creature from all injuries.
Sanskrit: येऽन्यायेन निहीर्षन्तो धर्ममिच्छन्ति कर्हिचित्। अकूजनेन मोक्षं वा नानुकूजेत् कथंचन॥
English: Those who try to stick to them logically, have scarcely a mind to acquire morality. If you can get rid of them without a word do no account have any intercourse with them.
Sanskrit: अवश्यं कूजितव्ये वा शङ्करन्नप्यकूजतः। श्रेयस्तत्रानृतं वक्तुं तत् सत्यमविचारितम्॥
English: If he must be spoken to or if he takes offence on not being talked with, in that case better speak a falsehood; verily that untruth is truth.
Sanskrit: यः कार्येभ्यो व्रतं कृत्वा तस्य नानोपपादयेत। न तत्फलमवाप्नोति एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः॥
English: He who, having taken a vow on some set purpose, cannot redeem the same by acts, attains not the rewards of that vow.
Sanskrit: प्राणात्यये विवाहे वा सर्वज्ञातिवधात्यये। नर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्ते वा न च प्रोक्तं मृषा भवेत्॥ अधर्म नात्र पश्यन्ति धर्मतत्त्वार्थदर्शिनः।
English: When one's life is endangered, at marriage, at the risk of destruction of one's kith and kin or in the course of business, all that is uttered will not be regarded as falsehood. To those who are well-versed in the real secrets of morality, there appear no immorality in all this.
Sanskrit: यः स्तेनैः सह सम्बन्धान्मुच्यते शपथैरपि॥ श्रेयस्तत्रानृतं वक्तुं तत् सत्यमविचारितम्।
English: There even, where one cuts off his connections with robbers after having taken an oath, it is better to swear falsely, for surely that falsehood would be truth.
Sanskrit: न च तेभ्यो धनं देयं शक्ये सति कथंचन॥ पापेभ्यो हि धनं दत्तं दातारमपि पीडयेत्।
English: On no account should one's wealth he give to the robbers, if that could be helped. Wealth when give to the sinful afflicts even the donor.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् धमार्थमनृत्तमुक्त्वा नानृतभाग् भवेत्॥ एष ते लक्षणोद्देशो मयोद्दिष्टो यथाविधि। यथाधर्मं यथाबुद्धि मयाद्य वै हितार्थिना॥ एतच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रूहि पार्थ यदि वध्यो युधिष्ठिरः।
English: Therefore, an untruth spoken in the cause of morality does not amount to a falsehood. I have now duly pointed out to you the distinctive feathers of morality. Having heard all these tell me, O Partha, if Yudhishthira deserves to be killed.
Sanskrit: अर्जुन उवाच यश्चा ब्रूयान्महाप्राज्ञो यथा ब्रूयान्महामतिः॥ हितं चैव यथास्माकं तथैतद् वचनं तव।
English: Arjuna said "O Krishna! You have spoken as a man of great wisdom should say, as a man of great intelligence need say. Your words are even such as would do good to us.
Sanskrit: भवान् मातृसमोऽस्माकं तथा पितृसमोऽपि च॥ गतिश्च परमा कृष्ण त्वमेव च परायणम्।
English: You are like both a mother and a father to us. You, O Krishna, are our sanctuary; that is why your words are beneficial to us.
Sanskrit: न हि ते त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यतेऽविदितं क्वचिन्॥ तस्माद् भवान् परम धर्मं वेद सर्व यथातथम्।
English: Nothing is there in the three worlds that is unknown to you. Therefore, you know the sublime morality with all its niceties.
Sanskrit: अवध्यं पाण्डवं मन्ये धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्॥ अस्मिंस्तु मम संकल्पे ब्रूहि किंचिदनुग्रहम्। इदं वा परमत्रैव शृणु हृत्स्थं विविक्षितम्॥
English: I admit that the righteous Yudhishthira, son of Pandu, is unslayable. In this connection kindly tell me something in my favour. Hear me tell you of something else that lies in my heart.