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यक्षप्रश्नाः
yakṣapraśnāḥ
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - a nature-spirit; प्रश्नाः (praśnāḥ) - questions;]
(yakṣa questions;)
Questions (put forth) by the yakṣa.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
स ददर्श हतान्भ्रातॄँल्लोकपालानिव च्युतान्। युगान्ते समनुप्राप्ते शक्रप्रतिमगौरवान् ॥०३-२९७-१॥
sa dadarśa hatān bhrātṝ̐ lokapālān iva cyutān। yugānte samanup rāpte śakrapratimagauravān॥03-297-1॥
[स (sa) - he; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; हतान् (hatān) - slain; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; लोकपालान् (lokapālān) - guardians of the worlds; इव (iva) - like; च्युतान् (cyutān) - fallen; युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age; समनुप्राप्ते (samanuprāpte) - having arrived; शक्रप्रतिमगौरवान् (śakrapratimagauravān) - equal in dignity to Indra;]
(He saw the slain brothers, like guardians of the worlds who had fallen, equal in dignity to Indra, at the end of an age, having arrived.)
He saw his slain brothers, fallen like the guardians of the worlds at the end of an age, each equal in dignity to Indra. (03-297-1)
विप्रकीर्णधनुर्बाणं दृष्ट्वा निहतमर्जुनम्। भीमसेनं यमौ चोभौ निर्विचेष्टान्गतायुषः ॥०३-२९७-२॥
viprakīrṇadhanu-bāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā nihata-marjunam। bhīmasenaṃ yamau cobhau nirviceṣṭān gatāyuṣaḥ ॥03-297-2॥
[विप्रकीर्ण (viprakīrṇa) - scattered; धनुर्बाणं (dhanuḥ-bāṇam) - bow and arrow; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; निहतम् (nihatam) - slain; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; भीमसेनं (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; यमौ (yamau) - the two sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva); च (ca) - and; उभौ (ubhau) - both; निर्विचेष्टान् (nirviceṣṭān) - motionless; गतायुषः (gatāyuṣaḥ) - whose life is gone;]
(Having seen Arjuna, with bow and arrows scattered, slain, Bhimasena and both the sons of Yama, motionless, with their lives gone.)
Having seen Arjuna, his bow and arrows scattered, slain, Bhimasena, and both the sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva), all motionless and lifeless. (03-297-2)
स दीर्घमुष्णं निःश्वस्य शोकबाष्पपरिप्लुतः। बुद्ध्या विचिन्तयामास वीराः केन निपातिताः ॥०३-२९७-३॥
sa dīrghamuṣṇaṃ niḥśvasya śokabāṣpapariplutaḥ. buddhyā vicintayāmāsa vīrāḥ kena nipātitāḥ ॥03-297-3॥
[स (sa) - he; दीर्घमुष्णम् (dīrghamuṣṇam) - long and warm (breath); निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having exhaled; शोकबाष्पपरिप्लुतः (śokabāṣpapariplutaḥ) - immersed in (with) sorrowful tears; बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect; विचिन्तयामास (vicintayāmāsa) - he considered; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - the heroes; केन (kena) - by whom; निपातिताः (nipātitāḥ) - were struck down;]
(He, having breathed out a long warm breath, immersed in tears of sorrow, by intellect considered: the heroes by whom were struck down?)
He, letting out a long, warm sigh and overwhelmed by tears of sorrow, pondered with his intellect: by whom have the heroes been slain? (03-297-3)
नैषां शस्त्रप्रहारोऽस्ति पदं नेहास्ति कस्यचित्। भूतं महदिदं मन्ये भ्रातरो येन मे हताः ॥ एकाग्रं चिन्तयिष्यामि पीत्वा वेत्स्यामि वा जलम् ॥०३-२९७-४॥
naiṣāṃ śastraprahāro'sti padaṃ nehāsti kasyacit. bhūtaṃ mahadidaṃ manye bhrātaro yena me hatāḥ ॥ ekāgraṃ cintayiṣyāmi pītvā vetsyāmi vā jalam ॥03-297-4॥
[नैषां (naiṣām) - for these there is not; शस्त्रप्रहारः (śastra-prahāraḥ) - weapon-strike; अस्ति (asti) - exists; पदं (padaṃ) - place; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; अस्ति (asti) - exists; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone; भूतं (bhūtaṃ) - occurred; महद् (mahat) - great; इदं (idaṃ) - this; मन्न्ये (manye) - I think; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; येन (yena) - by whom; मे (me) - my; हताः (hatāḥ) - slain; एकाग्रं (ekāgram) - one-pointed; चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I shall think; पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk; वेत्स्यामि (vetsyāmi) - I shall know; वा (vā) - or; जलम् (jalam) - water;]
(For these there is not weapon-strike; place not here exists for anyone. Occurred great this I think, brothers by whom my slain. One-pointed I shall think; having drunk I shall know or water.)
There is no influence of weapons on these; there is no place here for anyone. I think that this is a great calamity by which my brothers have been slain. I shall contemplate with one-pointed mind, or know (what has happened) after drinking water. (3-297-4)
स्यात्तु दुर्योधनेनेदमुपांशुविहितं कृतम्। गान्धारराजरचितं सततं जिह्मबुद्धिना ॥०३-२९७-५॥
syāttu duryodhanenedamupāṁśuvihitaṁ kṛtam। gāndhārarājaracitaṁ satataṁ jihmabuddhinā ॥03-297-5॥
[स्यात् (syāt) - it may be; तु (tu) - but; दुर्योधनेन (duryodhanena) - by Duryodhana; इदम् (idam) - this; उपांशु-विहितम् (upāṁśu-vihitam) - secretly done; कृतम् (kṛtam) - made; गान्धारराज-रचितम् (gāndhārarājaracitam) - composed by the king of Gandhara; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; जिह्मबुद्धिना (jihmabuddhinā) - by one of crooked mind;]
(But it may be that this was secretly done, made by Duryodhana, constantly composed by the king of Gandhara, by one of crooked mind.)
But perhaps this was secretly done by Duryodhana; composed constantly by the king of Gandhara, who is of crooked mind. (03-297-5)
यस्य कार्यमकार्यं वा सममेव भवत्युत। कस्तस्य विश्वसेद्वीरो दुर्मतेरकृतात्मनः ॥०३-२९७-६॥
yasya kāryam akāryaṃ vā samam eva bhavatyuṭa। kas tasya viśvased vīro durmater akṛtātmanaḥ ॥03-297-6॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done; अकार्यं (akāryam) - not to be done; वा (vā) - or; समम् (samam) - equal; एव (eva) - indeed; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; उत (uta) - indeed; कः (kaḥ) - who; तस्य (tasya) - in him; विश्वसेत् (viśvaset) - could trust; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; दुर्मतेः (durmateḥ) - of the evil-minded; अकृतात्मनः (akṛtātmanaḥ) - of the undisciplined self;]
(Of whom action and inaction or (both) indeed become equal, who could indeed trust in him, a hero, of the evil-minded, of the undisciplined self?)
Who would place trust in one, O hero, for whom what should be done and not done are the same indeed? In one with an undisciplined self and an evil mind, who could trust? (03-297-6)
अथ वा पुरुषैर्गूढैः प्रयोगोऽयं दुरात्मनः। भवेदिति महाबाहुर्बहुधा समचिन्तयत् ॥०३-२९७-७॥
atha vā puruṣair gūḍhaiḥ prayogo'yaṃ durātmanaḥ। bhaved iti mahābāhur bahudhā samacintayat ॥03-297-7॥
[अथ (atha) - now then; वा (vā) - or; पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by men; गूढैः (gūḍhaiḥ) - hidden; प्रयोगः (prayogaḥ) - scheme; अयम् (ayam) - this; दुरात्मनः (durātmanaḥ) - of the wicked one; भवेत् (bhavet) - might be; इति (iti) - thus; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed one; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; समचिन्तयत् (samacintayat) - considered;]
(Now then, or by men hidden, scheme this of the wicked one might be, thus the mighty-armed one in many ways considered.)
Now, the mighty-armed one considered in many ways, thinking, "Or perhaps this scheme of the wicked one might have been carried out in secret by men." (03-297-7)
तस्यासीन्न विषेणेदमुदकं दूषितं यथा। मुखवर्णाः प्रसन्ना मे भ्रातॄणामित्यचिन्तयत् ॥०३-२९७-८॥
tasyāsīn na viṣeṇedamudakaṃ dūṣitaṃ yathā। mukhavarṇāḥ prasannā me bhrātṝṇāmityacintayat ॥03-297-8॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; न (na) - not; विषेण (viṣeṇa) - by poison; इदम् (idam) - this; उदकम् (udakam) - water; दूषितम् (dūṣitam) - polluted; यथा (yathā) - as; मुखवर्णाः (mukhavarṇāḥ) - complexions; प्रसन्नाः (prasannāḥ) - bright; मे (me) - my; भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of brothers; इति (iti) - thus; अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought;]
(His was not by poison this water polluted as (because) complexions bright my brothers thus he thought.)
He thought, "Since my brothers' complexions are bright, this water was not polluted by poison." (03-297-8)
एकैकशश्चौघबलानिमान्पुरुषसत्तमान्। कोऽन्यः प्रतिसमासेत कालान्तकयमादृते ॥०३-२९७-९॥
ekaikaśaś ca ughabalānimān puruṣasattamān। ko'nyaḥ pratisamāseta kālāntakayamādṛte॥03-297-9॥
[एकैकशः (ekaikaśaḥ) - one by one; separately; च (ca) - and; ओघबलान् (oghabalān) - of the flood-like strength; possessing great strength; इमान् (imān) - these; पुरुषसत्तमान् (puruṣasattamān) - best of men; foremost men; कः (kaḥ) - who; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; प्रतिसमासेत (pratisamāseta) - could match; could face; कालान्तकयमादृते (kālāntakayamādṛte) - except for Kāla (Death), Antaka (Destroyer/Ender), and Yama (Lord of Death);]
(One by one, and these best of men possessing great strength, who other could match except for Kāla, Antaka, and Yama?)
Individually, who else except Kāla, Antaka, or Yama could match these foremost men of immense strength? (03-297-9)
एतेनाध्यवसायेन तत्तोयमवगाढवान्। गाहमानश्च तत्तोयमन्तरिक्षात्स शुश्रुवे ॥०३-२९७-१०॥
etena adhyavasāyena tat toyam avagāḍhavān। gāhamānaś ca tat toyam antarikṣāt sa śuśruve ॥03-297-10॥
[एतेन (etena) - by this; by means of this; अध्यवसायेन (adhyavasāyena) - by determination; by resolute effort; तत् (tat) - that; तोयम् (toyam) - water; अवगाढवान् (avagāḍhavān) - he plunged into; he entered deeply; गाहमानः (gāhamānaḥ) - immersing; plunging; च (ca) - and; तत् (tat) - that; तोयम् (toyam) - water; अन्तरिक्षात् (antarikṣāt) - from the sky; from the atmosphere; सः (saḥ) - he; शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - heard; ॥०३-२९७-१०॥ (॥03-297-10॥) - ;]
(By this determination, he plunged into that water. And while immersing in that water, from the sky, he heard.)
By means of this resolute effort, he entered that water; and while immersing himself in that water, he heard (something) from the sky. (03-297-10)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (supernatural being); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yakṣa said;)
The Yakṣa said;
अहं बकः शैवलमत्स्यभक्षो; मया नीताः प्रेतवशं तवानुजाः। त्वं पञ्चमो भविता राजपुत्र; न चेत्प्रश्नान्पृच्छतो व्याकरोषि ॥०३-२९७-११॥
ahaṃ bakaḥ śaivalam-atsya-bhakṣaḥ; mayā nītāḥ pretavaśaṃ tavā-nujāḥ. tvaṃ pañcamaḥ bhavitā rājaputra; na cet praśnān pṛcchataḥ vyākaroṣi ॥03-297-11॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; बकः (bakaḥ) - heron; शैवलमत्स्यभक्षः (śaivala-matsya-bhakṣaḥ) - eater of moss and fish; मया (mayā) - by me; नीताः (nītāḥ) - led; प्रेतवशं (pretavaśam) - to the control of the dead; तव (tava) - your; अनुजाः (anujāḥ) - younger brothers; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ) - fifth; भविता (bhavitā) - will be; राजपुत्र (rājaputra) - prince; न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions; पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - to (me) asking; व्याकरोषि (vyākaroṣi) - you answer;]
(I heron eater of moss and fish; by me led to the control of the dead your younger brothers. You the fifth will be, prince; if you do not answer the questions (of me) asking.)
I am the heron who eats moss and fish; your younger brothers have been led by me to the realm of the dead. Prince, you will be the fifth if you do not answer the questions I ask. (03-297-11)
मा तात साहसं कार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः। प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥०३-२९७-१२॥
mā tāta sāhasaṃ kārṣīr mama pūrvaparigrahaḥ। praśnān uktvā tu kaunteya tataḥ piba harasva ca ॥03-297-12॥
[मा (mā) - do not; तात (tāta) - O dear one; साहसं (sāhasam) - rash act; कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - (you) perform; मम (mama) - my; पूर्वपरिग्रहः (pūrvaparigrahaḥ) - prior claim; प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; ततः (tataḥ) - then; पिब (piba) - drink; हरस्व (harasva) - enjoy; च (ca) - and;]
(Do not, O dear one, perform a rash act; my prior claim (exists). Having asked questions, but, O Kaunteya, then drink and enjoy.)
O dear one, do not act rashly; I have a prior claim. But, O son of Kunti, after asking questions, then drink and enjoy. (03-297-12)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; (he said);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira spoke;)
Yudhiṣṭhira spoke.
रुद्राणां वा वसूनां वा मरुतां वा प्रधानभाक्। पृच्छामि को भवान्देवो नैतच्छकुनिना कृतम् ॥०३-२९७-१३॥
rudrāṇāṃ vā vasūnāṃ vā marutāṃ vā pradhānabhāk। pṛcchāmi ko bhavān devo na etac chakunina kṛtam॥03-297-13॥
[रुद्राणां (rudrāṇām) - of the Rudras; वा (vā) - or; वसूनां (vasūnām) - of the Vasus; वा (vā) - or; मरुतां (marutām) - of the Maruts; वा (vā) - or; प्रधानभाक् (pradhānabhāk) - the principal partaker; पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask; कः (kaḥ) - who; भवान् (bhavān) - you; देवः (devaḥ) - divine one; god; न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; शकुनिना (śakunina) - by omen; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done;]
(Of the Rudras or of the Vasus or of the Maruts or the principal partaker; I ask, who are you, O divine one? This was not done by omen.)
Are you the principal among the Rudras, the Vasus, or the Maruts? I ask, who are you, O divine one? This was not an act done by omen. (03-297-13)
हिमवान्पारियात्रश्च विन्ध्यो मलय एव च। चत्वारः पर्वताः केन पातिता भुवि तेजसा ॥०३-२९७-१४॥
himavānpāriyātraśca vindhyo malaya eva ca। catvāraḥ parvatāḥ kena pātitā bhuvi tejasā॥03-297-14॥
[हिमवान् (himavān) - the Himavat (Himalaya); पारियात्रः (pāriyātraḥ) - the Pāriyātra (mountain); च (ca) - and; विन्ध्यः (vindhyaḥ) - the Vindhya (mountain); मलयः (malayaḥ) - the Malaya (mountain); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four; पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains; केन (kena) - by whom; पातिताः (pātitāḥ) - cast down; overthrown; भुवि (bhuvi) - upon the earth; तेजसा (tejasā) - by (whose) splendor;]
(Himavat, Pāriyātra, and Vindhya, Malaya indeed and; four mountains by whom cast down upon the earth by splendor?)
Who, by their splendor, cast down these four mountains—Himavat, Pāriyātra, Vindhya, and Malaya—upon the earth? (03-297-14)
अतीव ते महत्कर्म कृतं बलवतां वर। यन्न देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च राक्षसाः ॥ विषहेरन्महायुद्धे कृतं ते तन्महाद्भुतम् ॥०३-२९७-१५॥
atīva te mahatkarma kṛtaṃ balavatāṃ vara। yan na devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ ॥ viṣaheran mahāyuddhe kṛtaṃ te tan mahādbhutam ॥03-297-15॥
[अतीव (atīva) - excessively; extraordinarily; ते (te) - your; महत्कर्म (mahatkarma) - great deed; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - has been done; बलवतां (balavatām) - of the mighty; वर (vara) - chief; best; यत् (yat) - which; न (na) - not; देवा (devā) - the gods; न (na) - not; गन्धर्वा (gandharvā) - gandharvas; न (na) - not; असुरा (asurā) - asuras; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas; विषहेरन् (viṣaheran) - could withstand; महायुद्धे (mahāyuddhe) - in great battle; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - done; ते (te) - by you; तत् (tat) - that; महाद्भुतम् (mahādbhutam) - greatly wonderful; extraordinary;]
(Excessively your great deed has been done, O chief of the mighty; which not the gods, nor the gandharvas, nor the asuras, nor even the rākṣasas could withstand in great battle; that done by you is greatly wonderful.)
You have accomplished an extraordinarily great deed, O foremost of the mighty; that act which neither the gods, nor the gandharvas, nor the asuras, nor even the rākṣasas could withstand in the great battle—what you have done is truly extraordinary. (03-297-15)
न ते जानामि यत्कार्यं नाभिजानामि काङ्क्षितम्। कौतूहलं महज्जातं साध्वसं चागतं मम ॥०३-२९७-१६॥
na te jānāmi yat kāryam nābhijānāmi kāṅkṣitam। kautūhalam mahat jātam sādhvasam ca āgatam mama ॥03-297-16॥
[न (na) - not; ते (te) - your; जानामि (jānāmi) - I know; यत् (yat) - what; कार्यं (kāryam) - purpose; न (na) - not; अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I understand; काङ्क्षितम् (kāṅkṣitam) - desired; कौतूहलं (kautūhalam) - curiosity; महत् (mahat) - great; जातं (jātam) - arisen; साध्वसम् (sādhvasam) - fear; च (ca) - and; आगतं (āgatam) - come; मम (mama) - to me;]
(Not your I know what purpose, not I understand desired. Curiosity great arisen, fear and come to me.)
I do not know what your purpose is, nor do I understand what is desired. Great curiosity has arisen, and fear has also come to me. (03-297-16)
येनास्म्युद्विग्नहृदयः समुत्पन्नशिरोज्वरः। पृच्छामि भगवंस्तस्मात्को भवानिह तिष्ठति ॥०३-२९७-१७॥
yenāsm yudvigna-hṛdayaḥ samutpanna-śirojvaraḥ। pṛcchāmi bhagavaṃs tasmāt ko bhavān iha tiṣṭhati॥03-297-17॥
[येन (yena) - by whom; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; उद्विग्नहृदयः (udvigna-hṛdayaḥ) - with agitated heart; समुत्पन्नशिरोज्वरः (samutpanna-śiro-jvaraḥ) - with arisen headache; पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - for that reason; कः (kaḥ) - who; भवान् (bhavān) - yourself; इह (iha) - here; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains;]
(By whom I am with agitated heart, with arisen headache, I ask, O venerable one, for that reason, who yourself here remains?)
O venerable one, because I am agitated at heart and have developed a headache on account of someone, I ask you, who are you who is standing here? (03-297-17)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - spoke;]
(yakṣa spoke)
The yakṣa said.
यक्षोऽहमस्मि भद्रं ते नास्मि पक्षी जलेचरः। मयैते निहताः सर्वे भ्रातरस्ते महौजसः ॥०३-२९७-१८॥
yakṣo’hamasmi bhadraṁ te nāsmi pakṣī jale-caraḥ। mayā ete nihatāḥ sarve bhrātaraḥ te mahā-ojasāḥ ॥03-297-18॥
[यक्षः (yakṣaḥ) - a Yaksha; अहम् (aham) - I; अस्मि (asmi) - am; भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune; ते (te) - to you; न (na) - not; अस्मि (asmi) - am; पक्षी (pakṣī) - a bird; जलेचरः (jale-caraḥ) - one who moves in water; मया (mayā) - by me; एते (ete) - these; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - were slain; सर्वे (sarve) - all; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - your brothers; ते (te) - your; महौजसः (mahā-ojasāḥ) - of great energy;]
("Yaksha I am; good fortune to you; not am I a bird or water-dweller. By me these were slain, all your brothers of great energy." (03-297-18))
"I am a Yaksha; good fortune to you. I am not a bird nor a water-creature. By me, all your brothers of great energy were slain." (03-297-18)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said.)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततस्तामशिवां श्रुत्वा वाचं स परुषाक्षराम्। यक्षस्य ब्रुवतो राजन्नुपक्रम्य तदा स्थितः ॥०३-२९७-१९॥
tatastāmaśivāṁ śrutvā vācaṁ sa paruṣākṣarām। yakṣasya bruvato rājannupakramya tadā sthitaḥ॥03-297-19॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ताम् (tām) - that; अशिवाम् (aśivām) - inauspicious; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वाचम् (vācam) - speech; सः (saḥ) - he; परुषाक्षराम् (paruṣākṣarām) - harsh-lettered; यक्षस्य (yakṣasya) - of the Yakṣa; ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - speaking; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उपक्रम्य (upakramya) - approaching; तदा (tadā) - then; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stood;]
(Then, that inauspicious speech, having heard, he, harsh-lettered, of the Yakṣa, speaking, O king, approaching, then, stood.)
Then, O king, having heard that inauspicious and harsh speech uttered by the Yakṣa, he approached and stood there. (03-297-19)
विरूपाक्षं महाकायं यक्षं तालसमुच्छ्रयम्। ज्वलनार्कप्रतीकाशमधृष्यं पर्वतोपमम् ॥०३-२९७-२०॥
virūpākṣaṃ mahākāyaṃ yakṣaṃ tālasamucchrayam। jvalanārkapratīkāśam adhṛṣyaṃ parvatopamam ॥03-297-20॥
[विरूपाक्षं (virūpākṣam) - having deformed eyes; महाकायं (mahākāyam) - of great body; यक्षं (yakṣam) - yakṣa; तालसमुच्छ्रयम् (tālasamucchrayam) - having height equal to a palmyra tree; ज्वलनार्कप्रतीकाशम् (jvalanārkapratīkāśam) - having the appearance of fire and the sun; अधृष्यम् (adhṛṣyam) - unassailable; पर्वतोपमम् (parvatopamam) - mountain-like;]
(having deformed eyes, of great body, yakṣa, having height equal to a palmyra tree, having the appearance of fire and the sun, unassailable, mountain-like.)
A yakṣa with deformed eyes, a great body, palmyra-tree-like height, the appearance of fire and the sun, unassailable, and mountain-like. (03-297-20)
सेतुमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्तं ददर्श भरतर्षभः। मेघगम्भीरया वाचा तर्जयन्तं महाबलम् ॥०३-२९७-२१॥
setumāśritya tiṣṭhantaṃ dadarśa bharatarṣabhaḥ। meghagambhīrayā vāchā tarjayantaṃ mahābalam ॥03-297-21॥
[सेतुम् (setum) - bridge; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having taken refuge; having resorted to; तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing; ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw; भरतर्षभः (bharatarṣabhaḥ) - bull among the Bharatas; chief of the Bharata race; मेघगम्भीरया (meghagambhīrayā) - with cloud-deep; वाचा (vācā) - with voice; with speech; तर्जयन्तम् (tarjayantam) - threatening; महाबलम् (mahābalam) - mighty one; possessed of great strength;]
(The bull among the Bharatas saw (one) standing, having taken refuge on the bridge, threatening with a cloud-deep voice, (one who is) mighty.)
The chief of the Bharata race saw the mighty one standing on the bridge, threatening with a voice as deep as a cloud. (03-297-21)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - a yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The yakṣa said.)
The yakṣa said.
इमे ते भ्रातरो राजन्वार्यमाणा मयासकृत्। बलात्तोयं जिहीर्षन्तस्ततो वै सूदिता मया ॥०३-२९७-२२॥
ime te bhrātaro rājan vāryamāṇā mayāsakṛt। balāt toyaṃ jihīrṣantas tato vai sūditā mayā॥03-297-22॥
[इमे (ime) - these; ते (te) - your; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; राजन् (rājan) - O king; वार्यमाणाः (vāryamāṇāḥ) - restrained; मया (mayā) - by me; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; बलात् (balāt) - by force; तोयम् (toyam) - water; जिहीर्षन्तः (jihīrṣantaḥ) - desiring (to take); ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon; वै (vai) - indeed; सूदिता (sūditā) - killed; मया (mayā) - by me;]
(These your brothers, O king, though repeatedly restrained by me, desiring to take water by force, thereupon indeed were killed by me.)
O king, these brothers of yours, though I repeatedly tried to restrain them, desired to take water by force, and therefore I killed them. (03-297-22)
न पेयमुदकं राजन्प्राणानिह परीप्सता। पार्थ मा साहसं कार्षीर्मम पूर्वपरिग्रहः ॥ प्रश्नानुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेय ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥०३-२९७-२३॥
na peyamudakaṃ rājan prāṇāniha parīpsatā. pārtha mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmama pūrvaparigrahaḥ ॥ praśnān uktvā tu kaunteya tataḥ piba harasva ca ॥03-297-23॥
[न (na) - not; पेयम् (peyam) - to drink; उदकम् (udakam) - water; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्राणानि (prāṇāni) - vital breaths; इह (iha) - here; परीप्सता (parīpsatā) - while desiring to preserve; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (Arjuna); मा (mā) - do not; साहसम् (sāhasam) - rash act; कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - perform; मम (mama) - my; पूर्व (pūrva) - previous; परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - acceptance; प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; ततः (tataḥ) - then; पिब (piba) - drink; हरस्व (harasva) - refresh yourself; च (ca) - and;]
(Not to be drunk is the water, O king, by one here desiring to preserve life. O Pārtha, do not perform a rash act; this is my previous condition. Having answered the questions, but, O son of Kunti, then drink and refresh yourself. (03-297-23))
O king, the water is not to be drunk by one here wishing to preserve life. O Pārtha, do not act rashly; this is my previous condition. But, O son of Kunti, after answering the questions, then drink and refresh yourself. (03-297-23)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular aorist; () - to say;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
नैवाहं कामये यक्ष तव पूर्वपरिग्रहम्। कामं नैतत्प्रशंसन्ति सन्तो हि पुरुषाः सदा ॥०३-२९७-२४॥
naivāhaṃ kāmaye yakṣa tava pūrvaparigraham। kāmaṃ naitatpraśaṃsanti santo hi puruṣāḥ sadā॥03-297-24॥
[नैव (na eva) - not indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; कामये (kāmaye) - desire; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; तव (tava) - your; पूर्वपरिग्रहम् (pūrvaparigraham) - prior attachment; कामम् (kāmam) - indeed; truly; न (na) - not; एतत् (etat) - this; प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṃsanti) - praise; सन्तः (santaḥ) - good people; हि (hi) - indeed; पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Not indeed I desire, Yakṣa, your prior attachment. Indeed, not this do praise good people, for men always.)
I do not wish, Yakṣa, for your former attachment. Truly, good people never praise such things, for men never approve this. (03-297-24)
यदात्मना स्वमात्मानं प्रशंसेत्पुरुषः प्रभो। यथाप्रज्ञं तु ते प्रश्नान्प्रतिवक्ष्यामि पृच्छ माम् ॥०३-२९७-२५॥
yad-ātmanā svam-ātmānaṃ praśaṃset-puruṣaḥ prabho। yathā-prajñaṃ tu te praśnān-prativakṣyāmi pṛccha mām ॥03-297-25॥
[यद् (yad) - which; आत्मना (ātmanā) - by oneself; स्वम् (svam) - own; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; प्रशंसेत् (praśaṃset) - should praise; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; यथा (yathā) - according to; प्रज्ञम् (prajñam) - wisdom; तु (tu) - but; ते (te) - your; प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions; प्रतिवक्ष्यामि (prativakṣyāmi) - I shall answer; पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask; माम् (mām) - me;]
(Which by oneself his own self should praise a person, O lord; according to wisdom but your questions I shall answer, ask me.)
O lord, a person should praise his own self through himself; but I shall answer your questions according to my knowledge—ask me. (03-297-25)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said;)
yakṣa said.
किं स्विदादित्यमुन्नयति के च तस्याभितश्चराः। कश्चैनमस्तं नयति कस्मिंश्च प्रतितिष्ठति ॥०३-२९७-२६॥
kiṁ svid ādityam unnayati ke ca tasya abhitaḥ carāḥ। kaś ca enam astaṁ nayati kasmiṁś ca pratitiṣṭhati ॥03-297-26॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun; उन्नयति (unnayati) - lifts up; के (ke) - who; च (ca) - and; तस्य (tasya) - of him; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - around; चराः (carāḥ) - movers; कः (kaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; अस्तम् (astam) - to setting; नयति (nayati) - leads; कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what; च (ca) - and; प्रतितिष्ठति (pratitiṣṭhati) - rests;]
(What indeed lifts up the sun? And who are the movers around him? And who leads him to setting? And in what does he rest?)
What truly raises the sun? Who circles around him? Who leads him to setting? And in what does he abide? (03-297-26)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
ब्रह्मादित्यमुन्नयति देवास्तस्याभितश्चराः। धर्मश्चास्तं नयति च सत्ये च प्रतितिष्ठति ॥०३-२९७-२७॥
brahmādityam unnayati devās tasyābhitaś carāḥ। dharmaś cāstaṃ nayati ca satye ca pratitiṣṭhati॥03-297-27॥
[ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Veda; knowledge; svādhyāya; the sacred utterance; आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun; to the sun; उन्नयति (unnayati) - leads up; raises; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; तस्य (tasya) - his; its; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - around; on all sides; चराः (carāḥ) - moving beings; those who move; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; righteous conduct; च (ca) - and; अस्तम् (astam) - setting; (toward) the setting (of the sun, i.e., decline); नयति (nayati) - leads; guides; च (ca) - and; सत्ये (satye) - in truth; in reality; च (ca) - and; प्रतितिष्ठति (pratitiṣṭhati) - remains steadfast; stands firmly;]
(The Veda leads the sun up; the gods (are) its surrounding movers. And dharma leads (the sun) to setting, and stands firmly in truth.)
The Veda raises the sun; the gods move around it. Dharma leads it to its setting and remains established in truth. (03-297-27)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said;)
yakṣa said.
केन स्विच्छ्रोत्रियो भवति केन स्विद्विन्दते महत्। केन द्वितीयवान्भवति राजन्केन च बुद्धिमान् ॥०३-२९७-२८॥
kena svicchrotriyo bhavati kena svid vindate mahat। kena dvitīyavān bhavati rājan kena ca buddhimān॥03-297-28॥
[केन (kena) - by what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; श्रोत्रियः (śrotriyaḥ) - one learned in the Vedas; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; केन (kena) - by what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; विन्दते (vindate) - attains; महत् (mahat) - greatness; केन (kena) - by what; द्वितीयवान् (dvitīyavān) - one who has a companion; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; राजन् (rājan) - O King; केन (kena) - by what; च (ca) - and; बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - wise;]
(By what indeed does one become learned in the Vedas? By what indeed does one attain greatness? By what does one become with a companion, O King? And by what is one wise?)
By what means does one become learned in the Vedas? By what is greatness attained? By what does one gain a companion, O King? And by what does one become wise? (03-297-28)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
श्रुतेन श्रोत्रियो भवति तपसा विन्दते महत्। धृत्या द्वितीयवान्भवति बुद्धिमान्वृद्धसेवया ॥०३-२९७-२९॥
śrutena śrotriyo bhavati tapasā vindate mahat। dhṛtyā dvitīyavān bhavati buddhimān vṛddhasevayā ॥03-297-29॥
[श्रुतेन (śrutena) - by learning; श्रोत्रियः (śrotriyaḥ) - a learned person; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; विन्दते (vindate) - attains; महत् (mahat) - greatness; धृत्या (dhṛtyā) - by firmness; द्वितीयवान् (dvitīyavān) - having a companion; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; बुद्धिमान् (buddhimān) - wise; वृद्धसेवया (vṛddhasevayā) - by service to elders;]
(By learning, a person becomes learned; by austerity, attains greatness; by firmness, becomes possessed of companionship; wise by service to elders.)
A person becomes learned through study, attains greatness through austerity, gains companionship through perseverance, and becomes wise by serving elders. (03-297-29)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of celestial being); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yakṣa said;)
Yakṣa said.
किं ब्राह्मणानां देवत्वं कश्च धर्मः सतामिव। कश्चैषां मानुषो भावः किमेषामसतामिव ॥०३-२९७-३०॥
kiṁ brāhmaṇānāṁ devatvaṁ kaśca dharmaḥ satāmiva। kaścaiṣāṁ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ kimeṣāmasatāmiva ॥03-297-30॥
[किम् (kim) - what; ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of brāhmaṇas; देवत्वम् (devatvam) - divinity; कः (kaḥ) - what; च (ca) - and; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous; इव (iva) - as if; कः (kaḥ) - what; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human; भावः (bhāvaḥ) - nature; किम् (kim) - what; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; असताम् (asatām) - of the unvirtuous; इव (iva) - as if;]
(What is the divinity of brāhmaṇas? And what duty, as if of the virtuous? What is their human nature? What, as if of these unvirtuous ones? (03-297-30))
What is the divinity of brāhmaṇas? What is their duty, as if of the virtuous? What is their human nature? What, as if of these unvirtuous? (03-297-30)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper name; name of eldest Pāṇḍava brother); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular, imperfect, active voice, from root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
स्वाध्याय एषां देवत्वं तप एषां सतामिव। मरणं मानुषो भावः परिवादोऽसतामिव ॥०३-२९७-३१॥
svādhyāya eṣāṃ devatvaṃ tapa eṣāṃ satām iva। maraṇaṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ parivādo'satām iva॥03-297-31॥
[स्वाध्याय (svādhyāya) - self-study; एषां (eṣāṃ) - of these; देवत्वं (devatvaṃ) - divinity; तप (tapa) - austerity; एषां (eṣāṃ) - of these; सताम् (satām) - of the good; इव (iva) - like; मरणं (maraṇaṃ) - death; मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human; भावः (bhāvaḥ) - state; परिवादः (parivādaḥ) - reproach; असताम् (asatām) - of the wicked; इव (iva) - like; ॥०३-२९७-३१॥ (॥03-297-31॥) -;]
(Self-study of these is divinity, austerity of these is like of the good; death is human state, reproach like of the wicked.)
Self-study is their divinity, austerity is like that of the virtuous; death is their human nature, and reproach is like that of the wicked. (03-297-31)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said)
The yakṣa said.
किं क्षत्रियाणां देवत्वं कश्च धर्मः सतामिव। कश्चैषां मानुषो भावः किमेषामसतामिव ॥०३-२९७-३२॥
kiṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ devatvaṃ kaśca dharmaḥ satāmiva। kaśca eṣāṃ mānuṣo bhāvaḥ kim eṣām asatāmiva॥03-297-32॥
[किं (kiṃ) - what; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the kṣatriyas; देवत्वम् (devatvam) - divinity; कः (kaḥ) - what; च (ca) - and; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; सताम् (satām) - of the virtuous; इव (iva) - like; कः (kaḥ) - what; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human; भावः (bhāvaḥ) - nature; किम् (kim) - what; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; असताम् (asatām) - of the unvirtuous; इव (iva) - like;]
(What is the divinity of the kṣatriyas, and what is the duty as if of the virtuous? And what is their human nature, what (is it) as if of the unvirtuous?)
What is the divinity of the kṣatriyas, what is their duty as that of the virtuous? And what is their human nature, what is it like that of the unvirtuous? (03-297-32)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
इष्वस्त्रमेषां देवत्वं यज्ञ एषां सतामिव। भयं वै मानुषो भावः परित्यागोऽसतामिव ॥०३-२९७-३३॥
iṣvastrameṣāṃ devatvaṃ yajña eṣāṃ satām iva। bhayaṃ vai mānuṣo bhāvaḥ parityāgo'satām iva॥03-297-33॥
[इष्वस्त्रम् (iṣvastram) - bow and arrows; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; देवत्वम् (devatvam) - divinity; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; सताम् (satām) - of the good; इव (iva) - like; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; वै (vai) - indeed; मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human; भावः (bhāvaḥ) - nature; परित्यागः (parityāgaḥ) - abandonment; असताम् (asatām) - of the wicked; इव (iva) - like; ॥०३-२९७-३३॥ (॥03-297-33॥) -;]
(Bow and arrows are the divinity of these; sacrifice of these is like that of the good. Fear indeed (is) human nature; abandonment is like that of the wicked.)
For these, the bow and arrows are their divinity, and sacrifice is as for the virtuous; fear, indeed, is a human trait, and abandoning (these) is like that of the wicked. (03-297-33)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of supernatural being; here, a specific individual); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yakṣa said;)
The Yakṣa said.
किमेकं यज्ञियं साम किमेकं यज्ञियं यजुः। का चैका वृश्चते यज्ञं कां यज्ञो नातिवर्तते ॥०३-२९७-३४॥
kim ekaṁ yajñiyaṁ sāma kim ekaṁ yajñiyaṁ yajuḥ। kā ca ekā vṛścate yajñam kāṁ yajño nātivartate ॥03-297-34॥
[किम् (kim) - what; एकं (ekaṁ) - one; यज्ञियं (yajñiyam) - fit for sacrifice; साम (sāma) - Sāman (Sāma Veda chant); किम् (kim) - what; एकं (ekaṁ) - one; यज्ञियं (yajñiyam) - fit for sacrifice; यजुः (yajuḥ) - Yajus (Yajur Veda chant); का (kā) - which (feminine singular); च (ca) - and; एका (ekā) - one (feminine); वृश्चते (vṛścate) - cuts; यज्ञं (yajñam) - sacrifice; कां (kāṁ) - which (feminine accusative); यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; न (na) - not; अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - overcomes; transcends;]
(What one fit-for-sacrifice Sāman? What one fit-for-sacrifice Yajus? Which and one (feminine) cuts sacrifice? Which does the sacrifice not overcome?)
Which is the one Sāman fit for sacrifice? Which is the one Yajus fit for sacrifice? Which one (feminine) cuts the sacrifice, and which does the sacrifice not surpass? (03-297-34)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
प्राणो वै यज्ञियं साम मनो वै यज्ञियं यजुः। वागेका वृश्चते यज्ञं तां यज्ञो नातिवर्तते ॥०३-२९७-३५॥
prāṇo vai yajñiyaṃ sāma mano vai yajñiyaṃ yajuḥ। vāgekā vṛścate yajñaṃ tāṃ yajño nātivartate॥03-297-35॥
[प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - the breath (life force); वै (vai) - indeed; यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - fit for sacrifice; साम (sāma) - the Sāman (chant); मन्: (manaḥ) - the mind; वै (vai) - indeed; यज्ञियम् (yajñiyam) - fit for sacrifice; यजुः (yajuḥ) - the Yajus (sacred formula); वाक् (vāk) - speech; एका (ekā) - alone; वृश्चते (vṛścate) - shears (cuts); यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice; ताम् (tām) - her; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the sacrifice; न (na) - not; अतिवर्तते (ativartate) - overcomes; surpasses;]
(Breath indeed is the Sāman fit for sacrifice; mind indeed is the Yajus fit for sacrifice. Speech alone shears the sacrifice; the sacrifice does not overcome her.)
Breath truly is the Sāman fit for sacrifice; mind truly is the Yajus fit for sacrifice. Speech alone cuts the sacrifice, and the sacrifice does not surpass her. (03-297-35)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - a Yakṣa (nature spirit); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke;]
(Yakṣa spoke.)
The Yakṣa spoke.
किं स्विदापततां श्रेष्ठं किं स्विन्निपततां वरम्। किं स्वित्प्रतिष्ठमानानां किं स्वित्प्रवदतां वरम् ॥०३-२९७-३६॥
kiṁ svid āpatatāṁ śreṣṭhaṁ kiṁ svin nipatatāṁ varam। kiṁ svit pratiṣṭhamānānāṁ kiṁ svit pravadatāṁ varam॥03-297-36॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; आपतताम् (āpatatām) - of those who are attacking; श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the best; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; निपतताम् (nipatatām) - of those who are falling; वरम् (varam) - excellent; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; प्रतिष्ठमानानाम् (pratiṣṭhamānānām) - of those who are standing firm; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; प्रवदताम् (pravadatām) - of those who are speaking; वरम् (varam) - excellent;]
(What indeed is best of those who are attacking? What indeed is excellent of those who are falling? What indeed is of those standing firm? What indeed is excellent of those who are speaking?)
What is the best among those who attack? What is excellent among those who fall? What is (praiseworthy) among those who stand firm? What is excellent among those who speak? (3-297-36)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, name of the son of Dharma); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular, perfect, Parasmaipada from root वच्);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
वर्षमापततां श्रेष्ठं बीजं निपततां वरम्। गावः प्रतिष्ठमानानां पुत्रः प्रवदतां वरः ॥०३-२९७-३७॥
varṣam āpatatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bījaṃ nipatatāṃ varam. gāvaḥ pratiṣṭhamānānāṃ putraḥ pravadatāṃ varaḥ ॥03-297-37॥
[वर्षम् (varṣam) - rain; आपततां (āpatatām) - of those that fall; श्रेष्ठं (śreṣṭham) - the best; बीजं (bījam) - seed; निपततां (nipatatām) - of those that fall down; वरम् (varam) - the best; गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows; प्रतिष्ठमानानां (pratiṣṭhamānānāṃ) - among those endowed with solid footing; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; प्रवदतां (pravadatām) - of those who speak; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(Rain—the best of that which falls; seed—the best of that which drops down; cows—the best among those endowed with solid footing; son—the best of those who speak.)
Rain is the best of all things that fall; seed is the noblest of what drops; among those that stand firmly, the cow is best; and of those who speak, the son is the best. (03-297-37)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of beings, here as a proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke;]
(Yakṣa spoke.)
Yakṣa said.
इन्द्रियार्थाननुभवन्बुद्धिमाँल्लोकपूजितः। संमतः सर्वभूतानामुच्छ्वसन्को न जीवति ॥०३-२९७-३८॥
indriyārthān anubhavann buddhi-mān loka-pūjitaḥ. saṁmataḥ sarva-bhūtānām ucchvasan ko na jīvati ॥03-297-38॥
[इन्द्रियार्थान् (indriyārthān) - sense-objects; अनुभवन् (anubhavann) - experiencing; बुद्धिमान् (buddhi-mān) - intelligent person; लोकपूजितः (loka-pūjitaḥ) - honored by people; संमतः (saṁmataḥ) - respected; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - by all beings; उच्छ्वसन् (ucchvasan) - breathing; कः (kaḥ) - who; न (na) - not; जीवति (jīvati) - lives;]
(Experiencing sense-objects, intelligent, honored by people, respected by all beings, breathing — who does not live?)
Who does not live, experiencing sense-objects, being intelligent, honored by people, and respected by all beings, while breathing? (03-297-38)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular aorist, from √vac, to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
देवतातिथिभृत्यानां पितॄणामात्मनश्च यः। न निर्वपति पञ्चानामुच्छ्वसन्न स जीवति ॥०३-२९७-३९॥
devatātithi-bhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇām ātmanaś ca yaḥ। na nirvapati pañcānām uccihvasan na sa jīvati॥03-297-39॥
[देवता (devatā) - deity; अतिथि (atithi) - guest; भृत्यानाम् (bhṛtyānām) - of servants; पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of ancestors; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; न (na) - not; निर्वपति (nirvapati) - offers (as oblation); पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - to the five; उच्छ्वसन् (ucchvasan) - breathing; न (na) - not; स (sa) - he; जीवति (jīvati) - lives;]
(Who to deity, guest, servants, ancestors, and oneself does not offer (oblations) to the five, breathing, he does not live.)
He who, breathing, does not make offerings to the five—deity, guest, servants, ancestors, and himself—does not truly live. (03-297-39)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; a class of supernatural being; spirit; उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(yakṣa said;)
The yakṣa said.
किं स्विद्गुरुतरं भूमेः किं स्विदुच्चतरं च खात्। किं स्विच्छीघ्रतरं वायोः किं स्विद्बहुतरं नृणाम् ॥०३-२९७-४०॥
kiṁ svid gurutaraṁ bhūmeḥ kiṁ svid uccataraṁ ca khāt। kiṁ svit śīghrataraṁ vāyoḥ kiṁ svid bahutaraṁ nṛṇām ॥03-297-40॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; गुरुतरं (gurutaraṁ) - heavier; भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - than earth; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; उच्चतरं (uccataraṁ) - higher; च (ca) - and; खात् (khāt) - than sky; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; शीघ्रतरं (śīghrataraṁ) - swifter; वायोः (vāyoḥ) - than wind; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; बहुतरं (bahutaraṁ) - more numerous; नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men;]
(What indeed is heavier than earth? What indeed is higher than sky? What indeed is swifter than wind? What indeed is more numerous of men?)
What, indeed, is heavier than the earth? What is higher than the sky? What is swifter than the wind? What is more numerous among men? (03-297-40)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said.)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
माता गुरुतरा भूमेः पिता उच्चतरश्च खात्। मनः शीघ्रतरं वायोश्चिन्ता बहुतरी नृणाम् ॥०३-२९७-४१॥
mātā gurutarā bhūmeḥ pitā uccataras ca khāt। manaḥ śīghrataraṃ vāyoḥ cintā bahutarī nṛṇām॥03-297-41॥
[माता (mātā) - mother; गुरुतरा (gurutarā) - heavier; भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - than the earth; पिता (pitā) - father; उच्चतरश्च (uccataras ca) - higher and; खात् (khāt) - than the sky; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; शीघ्रतरं (śīghrataraṃ) - swifter; वायोः (vāyoḥ) - than the wind; चिन्ता (cintā) - thought; बहुतरी (bahutarī) - greater in quantity; नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men;]
(Mother heavier than the earth; father higher and than the sky; mind swifter than the wind; thought greater in quantity of men. (03-297-41))
Mother is heavier than the earth; father is higher than the sky; the mind is swifter than the wind; and the thought of men is greater in quantity. (03-297-41)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said)
The yakṣa said.
किं स्वित्सुप्तं न निमिषति किं स्विज्जातं न चोपति। कस्य स्विद्धृदयं नास्ति किं स्विद्वेगेन वर्धते ॥०३-२९७-४२॥
kiṁ svitsuptaṁ na nimiṣati kiṁ svijjātaṁ na copati. kasya sviddhṛdayaṁ nāsti kiṁ svidvegena vardhate ॥03-297-42॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; सुप्तं (suptaṁ) - sleeping; न (na) - not; निमिषति (nimiṣati) - closes (the eyes); किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; जातं (jātaṁ) - born; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; उपति (upati) - dies; कस्य (kasya) - whose; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart; न (na) - not; अस्ति (asti) - is; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; वर्धते (vardhate) - grows;]
(What indeed that is sleeping does not close (the eyes)? What indeed that is born does not die? Whose indeed is the heart not? What indeed grows with speed?)
What is there that while sleeping does not close its eyes? What, being born, does not die? Whose is there no heart? What grows quickly? (03-297-42)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
मत्स्यः सुप्तो न निमिषत्यण्डं जातं न चोपति। अश्मनो हृदयं नास्ति नदी वेगेन वर्धते ॥०३-२९७-४३॥
matsyaḥ suptó na nimiṣaty aṇḍaṃ jātaṃ na copati. aśmano hṛdayaṃ nāsti nadī vegen vardhate ॥03-297-43॥
[मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish; सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - asleep; न (na) - not; निमिषति (nimiṣati) - blinks; अण्डं (aṇḍam) - egg; जातं (jātam) - born; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; उपति (upati) - runs up (attacks); अश्मनः (aśmanaḥ) - of stone; हृदयं (hṛdayam) - heart; नास्ति (nāsti) - is not; नदी (nadī) - river; वेगेन (vegena) - by speed; वर्धते (vardhate) - increases;]
(Fish asleep does not blink; egg born does not rush upon; of stone heart is not; river by speed increases.)
A fish does not blink when asleep; a newly born egg does not rush forward; stone does not have a heart; a river increases with speed. (03-297-43)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of supernatural being; here, speaker of the following words); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Yakṣa said;)
Yakṣa said.
किं स्वित्प्रवसतो मित्रं किं स्विन्मित्रं गृहे सतः। आतुरस्य च किं मित्रं किं स्विन्मित्रं मरिष्यतः ॥०३-२९७-४४॥
kiṁ svit pravasato mitraṁ kiṁ svin mitraṁ gṛhe sataḥ। āturasya ca kiṁ mitraṁ kiṁ svin mitraṁ mariṣyataḥ॥03-297-44॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svit) - indeed; प्रवसतः (pravasataḥ) - of (one) living abroad; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्विन् (svin) - indeed; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; गृहे (gṛhe) - at home; सतः (sataḥ) - of (one) staying; आतुरस्य (āturasya) - of the ill/afflicted; च (ca) - and; किं (kiṁ) - what; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्विन् (svin) - indeed; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; म्रियिष्यतः (mariṣyataḥ) - of one about to die;]
(What indeed is the friend of one living abroad, what indeed is the friend of one staying at home? And of the afflicted, what is (his) friend? What indeed is the friend of one who is about to die?)
Who indeed is a friend to a person living abroad, and who is a friend to one residing at home? For the afflicted, who is a friend? And for one about to die, who truly is a friend? (03-297-44)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular, perfect);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
सार्थः प्रवसतो मित्रं भार्या मित्रं गृहे सतः। आतुरस्य भिषङ्मित्रं दानं मित्रं मरिष्यतः ॥०३-२९७-४५॥
sārthaḥ pravasato mitraṁ bhāryā mitraṁ gṛhe sataḥ। āturasya bhiṣaṅmitraṁ dānaṁ mitraṁ mariṣyataḥ॥03-297-45॥
[सार्थः (sārthaḥ) - caravan; प्रवसतः (pravasataḥ) - of one traveling abroad; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house; सतः (sataḥ) - of one staying; आतुरस्य (āturasya) - of the distressed; भिषक् (bhiṣak) - physician; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; दानं (dānaṁ) - gift; मित्रं (mitraṁ) - friend; मरीष्यतः (mariṣyataḥ) - of one dying;]
(Caravan is a friend of one traveling abroad; wife is a friend of one staying in the house; physician is a friend of the distressed; gift is a friend of one dying.)
For one traveling abroad, a caravan is a friend; for one staying at home, the wife is a friend; for the distressed, a physician is a friend; for one dying, a gift is a friend. (03-297-45)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of demi-god or supernatural being); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; (said);]
(Yakṣa spoke;)
Yakṣa spoke.
किं स्विदेको विचरति जातः को जायते पुनः। किं स्विद्धिमस्य भैषज्यं किं स्विदावपनं महत् ॥०३-२९७-४६॥
kiṁ svid-eko vicarati jātaḥ ko jāyate punaḥ। kiṁ svid-dhimasya bhaiṣajyaṁ kiṁ svid-āvapanaṁ mahat ॥03-297-46॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; विचरति (vicarati) - moves; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; को (ko) - who; जायते (jāyate) - is born; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; धिमस्य (dhimasya) - of the mind; भैषज्यं (bhaiṣajyam) - remedy; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; आवपनं (āvapanam) - removal; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(What indeed alone moves, being born? Who is born again? What indeed is the remedy for the mind? What indeed is the great removal?)
What truly moves alone, being born? Who is born again? What is, indeed, the remedy for the mind? What, indeed, is the great removal? (03-297-46)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he said);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
सूर्य एको विचरति चन्द्रमा जायते पुनः। अग्निर्हिमस्य भैषज्यं भूमिरावपनं महत् ॥०३-२९७-४७॥
sūrya eko vicarati candramā jāyate punaḥ। agnir himasya bhaiṣajyaṃ bhūmir āvapanaṃ mahat ॥03-297-47॥
[सूर्य (sūrya) - the sun; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; विचरति (vicarati) - moves; चन्द्रमा (candramā) - the moon; जायते (jāyate) - is born; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; हिमस्य (himasya) - of cold; भैषज्यम् (bhaiṣajyam) - remedy; भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - the earth; आवपनम् (āvapanam) - receiving; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(The sun alone moves, the moon is born again. Fire is the remedy for cold, the earth is the great receiver.)
The sun traverses alone, while the moon returns again and again. Fire is the remedy for cold, and the earth is the great receiver. (03-297-47)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a nature-spirit/demigod); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Yakṣa spoke;)
The Yakṣa said:
किं स्विदेकपदं धर्म्यं किं स्विदेकपदं यशः। किं स्विदेकपदं स्वर्ग्यं किं स्विदेकपदं सुखम् ॥०३-२९७-४८॥
kiṁ svid eka-padaṁ dharmyaṁ kiṁ svid eka-padaṁ yaśaḥ। kiṁ svid eka-padaṁ svargyaṁ kiṁ svid eka-padaṁ sukham ॥03-297-48॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; स्विद् (svid) - indeed; एकपदं (eka-padaṁ) - one word; धर्म्यं (dharmyaṁ) - righteous; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्विद् (svid) - indeed; एकपदं (eka-padaṁ) - one word; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्विद् (svid) - indeed; एकपदं (eka-padaṁ) - one word; स्वर्ग्यं (svargyaṁ) - leading to heaven; किं (kiṁ) - what; स्विद् (svid) - indeed; एकपदं (eka-padaṁ) - one word; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness;]
(What indeed is the one word righteous? What indeed is the one word fame? What indeed is the one word leading to heaven? What indeed is the one word happiness?)
What indeed is the single word which is righteousness? What indeed is the single word that is fame? What indeed is the single word that leads to heaven? What indeed is the single word that is happiness? (3-297-48)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (the proper name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
दाक्ष्यमेकपदं धर्म्यं दानमेकपदं यशः। सत्यमेकपदं स्वर्ग्यं शीलमेकपदं सुखम् ॥०३-२९७-४९॥
dākṣyam ekapadaṃ dharmyaṃ dānam ekapadaṃ yaśaḥ। satyam ekapadaṃ svargyaṃ śīlam ekapadaṃ sukham ॥03-297-49॥
[दाक्ष्यम् (dākṣyam) - dexterity; skillfulness; एकपदम् (ekapadam) - having one basis; of one cause; धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous; virtuous; दानम् (dānam) - gift; giving; एकपदम् (ekapadam) - having one basis; of one cause; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; glory; सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; एकपदम् (ekapadam) - having one basis; of one cause; स्वर्ग्यम् (svargyam) - conducive to heaven; शीलम् (śīlam) - character; good conduct; एकपदम् (ekapadam) - having one basis; of one cause; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness;]
(Dexterity is of one basis, righteousness; gift is of one basis, fame; truth is of one basis, heaven; character is of one basis, happiness.)
Skillfulness has righteousness as its sole foundation; giving leads solely to fame; truthfulness alone brings heaven; good character alone leads to happiness. (03-297-49)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - a Yakṣa; (a class of supernatural being); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(A Yakṣa said;)
A Yakṣa said.
किं स्विदात्मा मनुष्यस्य किं स्विद्दैवकृतः सखा। उपजीवनं किं स्विदस्य किं स्विदस्य परायणम् ॥०३-२९७-५०॥
kiṁ svidātmā manuṣyasya kiṁ sviddaivakṛtaḥ sakhā। upajīvanaṁ kiṁ svidasya kiṁ svidasya parāyaṇam ॥03-297-50॥
[किं स्वित् (kiṁ svit) - what indeed; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; मनुष्यस्य (manuṣyasya) - of a man; किं स्वित् (kiṁ svit) - what indeed; दैवकृतः (daivakṛtaḥ) - made by fate; सखा (sakhā) - friend; उपजीवनम् (upajīvanam) - means of subsistence; किं स्वित् (kiṁ svit) - what indeed; अस्य (asya) - for him; किं स्वित् (kiṁ svit) - what indeed; अस्य (asya) - for him; परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - final refuge;]
(What indeed is the self of a man? What indeed is the friend made by fate? What is the means of subsistence for him? What indeed is the ultimate refuge for him?)
What truly is the self of a man? What is a man’s friend, appointed by fate? What is his means of living, and what truly is his ultimate refuge? (03-297-50)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (perfect tense, 3rd person singular);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
पुत्र आत्मा मनुष्यस्य भार्या दैवकृतः सखा। उपजीवनं च पर्जन्यो दानमस्य परायणम् ॥०३-२९७-५१॥
putra ātmā manuṣyasya bhāryā daivakṛtaḥ sakhā। upajīvanaṃ ca parjanyo dānam asya parāyaṇam॥03-297-51॥
[पुत्र (putra) - son; आत्मा (ātmā) - self; मनुष्यस्य (manuṣyasya) - of a man; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; दैवकृतः (daivakṛtaḥ) - made by the divine; सखा (sakhā) - friend; उपजीवनं (upajīvanaṃ) - means of living; च (ca) - and; पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain; दानम् (dānam) - gift; अस्य (asya) - of him; of this person; परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - refuge; final aim;]
(Son self of man, wife made by the divine, friend; means of living and rain, gift of him refuge.)
The son is a man's own self; the wife is given by fate; a friend is of divine making. Means of living and rain are his support, and charity is his last refuge. (03-297-51)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of supernatural being); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yakṣa said;)
Yakṣa said.
धन्यानामुत्तमं किं स्विद्धनानां किं स्विदुत्तमम्। लाभानामुत्तमं किं स्वित्किं सुखानां तथोत्तमम् ॥०३-२९७-५२॥
dhanyānām uttamaṃ kiṃ svit dhanānāṃ kiṃ svit uttamam | lābhānām uttamaṃ kiṃ svit kiṃ sukhānāṃ tathottamam ||03-297-52||
[धन्यानाम् (dhanyānām) - of the fortunate ones; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the highest; किं स्वित् (kiṃ svit) - what indeed; धनानाम् (dhanānām) - of wealths; किं स्वित् (kiṃ svit) - what indeed; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the best; लाभानाम् (lābhānām) - of gains; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the highest; किं स्वित् (kiṃ svit) - what indeed; किं (kiṃ) - what; सुखानाम् (sukhānām) - of pleasures; तथा (tathā) - similarly; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the best;]
(Of the fortunate ones, the highest—what indeed? Of riches, what indeed is the highest? Of gains, what indeed is the highest? What, of pleasures, similarly, (is) the best?)
What is truly the highest among the fortunate? What is the best among riches? What is the greatest among gains, and similarly, what is the highest among pleasures? (03-297-52)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; uttered;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
धन्यानामुत्तमं दाक्ष्यं धनानामुत्तमं श्रुतम्। लाभानां श्रेष्ठमारोग्यं सुखानां तुष्टिरुत्तमा ॥०३-२९७-५३॥
dhanyānām uttamaṁ dākṣyaṁ dhanānām uttamaṁ śrutam। lābhānāṁ śreṣṭham ārogyaṁ sukhānāṁ tuṣṭir uttamā ॥03-297-53॥
[धन्यानाम् (dhanyānām) - among fortunate ones; उत्तमं (uttamaṁ) - the best; दाक्ष्यम् (dākṣyam) - ability; धनानाम् (dhanānām) - among wealth; उत्तमं (uttamam) - the best; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - learning; लाभानाम् (lābhānām) - among gains; श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - the highest; आरोग्यम् (ārogyam) - health; सुखानाम् (sukhānām) - among pleasures; तुष्टिः (tuṣṭiḥ) - contentment; उत्तमा (uttamā) - the best;]
(Among fortunate ones, the best is ability; among wealth, the best is learning. Among gains, the highest is health; among pleasures, contentment is the best. (03-297-53))
For the fortunate, ability is the highest; of riches, learning is the best; of all gains, health is the greatest; and among pleasures, contentment is supreme. (03-297-53)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; (a class of supernatural being); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said;)
The yakṣa said.
कश्च धर्मः परो लोके कश्च धर्मः सदाफलः। किं नियम्य न शोचन्ति कैश्च सन्धिर्न जीर्यते ॥०३-२९७-५४॥
kaśca dharmaḥ paro loke kaśca dharmaḥ sadāphalaḥ। kiṃ niyamya na śocanti kaiśca sandhir na jīryate॥03-297-54॥
[कः (kaḥ) - what; (masc. sg. nom. of interrogative pronoun); च (ca) - and; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; law; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; लोके (loke) - in the world; कः (kaḥ) - what; च (ca) - and; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; law; सदा (sadā) - always; फलः (phalaḥ) - fruit; result; किम् (kim) - what; नियम्य (niyamya) - having restrained; न (na) - not; शोचन्ति (śocanti) - they grieve; कैः (kaiḥ) - by what; by whom; च (ca) - and; सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - union; alliance; न (na) - not; जीर्यते (jīryate) - decays;]
(What and which righteousness is supreme in the world, what and which righteousness always bears fruit? What, having restrained, do not people grieve, and by what does a union not decay? (03-297-54))
Which righteousness is supreme in the world, and which righteousness always bears fruit? What should one restrain so as not to grieve, and by what does a union never deteriorate? (03-297-54)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मस्त्रयीधर्मः सदाफलः। मनो यम्य न शोचन्ति सद्भिः सन्धिर्न जीर्यते ॥०३-२९७-५५॥
ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmas trayī-dharmaḥ sadāphalaḥ। mano yamy na śocanti sadbhiḥ sandhir na jīryate ॥03-297-55॥
[आनृशंस्यं (ānṛśaṁsyaṁ) - non-cruelty; compassion; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; highest; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; righteousness; त्रयीधर्मः (trayī-dharmaḥ) - duty of the three Vedas; Vedic duty; सदा (sadā) - always; फलः (phalaḥ) - fruit; result; मनो (mano) - mind; यम्य (yamy) - restrained; controlled; न (na) - not; शोचन्ति (śocanti) - grieve; सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good; by noble ones; सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - agreement; alliance; friendship; न (na) - not; जीर्यते (jīryate) - decays; grows old;]
(Non-cruelty is supreme duty; Vedic duty always (bears) fruit. Mind restrained not grieve by the good; alliance does not decay.)
Non-cruelty is the highest duty; the Vedic duty always bears fruit. The good do not grieve when their minds are restrained; alliance with them does not wither. (03-297-55)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said.)
The yakṣa said.
किं नु हित्वा प्रियो भवति किं नु हित्वा न शोचति। किं नु हित्वार्थवान्भवति किं नु हित्वा सुखी भवेत् ॥०३-२९७-५६॥
kiṁ nu hitvā priyo bhavati kiṁ nu hitvā na śocati। kiṁ nu hitvā arthavān bhavati kiṁ nu hitvā sukhī bhavet ॥03-297-56॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; न (na) - not; शोचति (śocati) - grieves; किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; अर्थवान् (arthavān) - possessor of wealth; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; किं (kiṁ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; सुखी (sukhī) - happy; भवेत् (bhavet) - might become;]
(What indeed, having abandoned, becomes dear? What indeed, having abandoned, does not grieve? What indeed, having abandoned, becomes possessor of wealth? What indeed, having abandoned, might become happy? (03-297-56))
What, when abandoned, becomes dear? What, when abandoned, brings freedom from grief? What, when abandoned, makes one wealthy? What, when abandoned, brings happiness? (03-297-56)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun; name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular, perfect tense, verb √vac);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
मानं हित्वा प्रियो भवति क्रोधं हित्वा न शोचति। कामं हित्वार्थवान्भवति लोभं हित्वा सुखी भवेत् ॥०३-२९७-५७॥
mānaṃ hitvā priyo bhavati krodhaṃ hitvā na śocati। kāmaṃ hitvārthavānbhavati lobhaṃ hitvā sukhī bhavet॥03-297-57॥
[मानं (mānam) - pride; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; क्रोधं (krodham) - anger; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; न (na) - not; शोचति (śocati) - grieves; कामं (kāmam) - desire; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; अर्थवान् (arthavān) - possessor of wealth; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; लोभं (lobham) - greed; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; सुखी (sukhī) - happy; भवेत् (bhavet) - may become;]
(Abandoning pride, (one) becomes dear; abandoning anger, (one) does not grieve. Abandoning desire, (one) becomes a possessor of wealth; abandoning greed, (one) may become happy. (03-297-57))
When one gives up pride, he becomes loved; when one relinquishes anger, he does not grieve. By abandoning desire, he becomes prosperous; and by giving up greed, he may become happy. (03-297-57)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said;)
The yakṣa said:
मृतः कथं स्यात्पुरुषः कथं राष्ट्रं मृतं भवेत्। श्राद्धं मृतं कथं च स्यात्कथं यज्ञो मृतो भवेत् ॥०३-२९७-५८॥
mṛtaḥ kathaṁ syātpuruṣaḥ kathaṁ rāṣṭraṁ mṛtaṁ bhavet। śrāddhaṁ mṛtaṁ kathaṁ ca syātkathaṁ yajño mṛto bhavet॥03-297-58॥
[मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead; deceased; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; स्यात् (syāt) - might be; may be; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; person; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; राष्ट्रं (rāṣṭraṁ) - kingdom; nation; मृतं (mṛtam) - dead; deceased (neuter form); भवेत् (bhavet) - might be; may become; श्राद्धं (śrāddhaṁ) - śrāddha (funeral rite); मृतं (mṛtam) - dead; expired; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; might occur; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; ritual; मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead; ended; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; might become;]
(Dead, how might be? Man, how might be? Kingdom dead, how may become? Śrāddha dead, how and might be? How sacrifice dead may become? (03-297-58))
How could a man be dead? How could a kingdom die? How can a śrāddha be dead, and how could a sacrifice become dead? (03-297-58)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun, the eldest Pandava); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; (3rd person singular, aorist of vac, to speak);]
(Yudhishthira spoke;)
Yudhishthira said.
मृतो दरिद्रः पुरुषो मृतं राष्ट्रमराजकम्। मृतमश्रोत्रियं श्राद्धं मृतो यज्ञस्त्वदक्षिणः ॥०३-२९७-५९॥
mṛto daridraḥ puruṣo mṛtaṃ rāṣṭram-arājakam। mṛtam-aśrotriyaṃ śrāddhaṃ mṛto yajñas-tv-adakṣiṇaḥ॥03-297-59॥
[मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead; दरिद्रः (daridraḥ) - poor; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; मृतं (mṛtam) - dead; राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom; अराजकम् (arājakam) - without a king; मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead; अश्रोत्रियम् (aśrotriyam) - without a Śrotriya (Vedic scholar); श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - śrāddha (ancestral rite); मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; त्व्-अदक्षिणः (tv-adakṣiṇaḥ) - without gift (dakṣiṇā);]
(Dead is the poor man; dead the kingdom without a king; dead is the śrāddha without a Śrotriya; dead the sacrifice without a gift.)
A poor man is as good as dead; a kingdom without a king is dead; a śrāddha ceremony without a Śrotriya (Vedic scholar) is dead; a sacrifice without a gift is considered dead. (03-297-59)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa (a class of semi-divine being); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said;)
The yakṣa said.
का दिक्किमुदकं प्रोक्तं किमन्नं पार्थ किं विषम्। श्राद्धस्य कालमाख्याहि ततः पिब हरस्व च ॥०३-२९७-६०॥
kā dik kimudakaṁ proktaṁ kim annaṁ pārtha kiṁ viṣam। śrāddhasya kālam ākhyāhi tataḥ piba harasva ca ॥03-297-60॥
[का (kā) - which; (fem.; nominative singular); दिक् (dik) - direction; (feminine); किम् (kim) - what; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular); उदकं (udakaṁ) - water; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular); प्रोक्तं (proktaṁ) - said; declared; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular; past participle of √vac, pro+ukta); किम् (kim) - what; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular); अन्नं (annaṁ) - food; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular); पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha; (Arjuna; vocative singular); किं (kiṁ) - what; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular); विषम् (viṣam) - poison; (neuter; nominative/accusative singular); श्राद्धस्य (śrāddhasya) - of śrāddha; (genitive singular); कालम् (kālam) - time; (neuter; accusative singular); आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell; declare; (imperative 2nd person singular of √khya, ā+khya); ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; then; (ablative); पिब (piba) - drink; (imperative 2nd person singular of √pā); हरस्व (harasva) - take; accept; (imperative 2nd person singular of √hṛ); च (ca) - and;]
(Which direction, what water is said, what food, O Pārtha, what poison; of śrāddha the time declare, then drink and take.)
O Pārtha, which is the direction, what is the water said (to be), what is the food, what is the poison? Tell the time of śrāddha; then drink and take (it). (03-297-60)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun; name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; (said; uttered);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira spoke;)
Yudhiṣṭhira spoke.
सन्तो दिग्जलमाकाशं गौरन्नं प्रार्थना विषम्। श्राद्धस्य ब्राह्मणः कालः कथं वा यक्ष मन्यसे॥ ०३-२९७-६१॥
santo dig-jalam-ākāśaṃ gaur annaṃ prārthanā viṣam | śrāddhasya brāhmaṇaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃ vā yakṣa manyase ॥ 03-297-61 ॥
[सन्तः (santaḥ) - good men; virtuous ones; दिक् (dik) - direction; जलम् (jalam) - water; आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky; गौर् (gaur) - white (one); अन्नम् (annam) - food; प्रार्थना (prārthanā) - request; prayer; विषम् (viṣam) - poison; श्राद्धस्य (śrāddhasya) - of the śrāddha (rite); ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - Brāhmaṇa; priest; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; कथम् (katham) - how; वा (vā) - or; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa (address); मन्यसे (manyase) - do you think;]
(Good men, direction, water, sky, white food, request, poison; of the śrāddha, Brāhmaṇa, time; how or, Yakṣa, do you think.)
What do you think, Yakṣa: are good men, direction, water, sky, white food, request, and poison the time, Brāhmaṇa, for the śrāddha rite, or how do you see it? (03-297-61)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; (a class of semi-divine being; here, as a proper noun, the Yakṣa;) उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Yakṣa spoke;)
The Yakṣa said.
व्याख्याता मे त्वया प्रश्ना याथातथ्यं परन्तप। पुरुषं त्विदानीमाख्याहि यश्च सर्वधनी नरः ॥०३-२९७-६२॥
vyākhyātā me tvayā praśnā yāthātathyaṃ parantapa। puruṣaṃ tvidānīm ākhyāhi yaś ca sarvadhanī naraḥ॥03-297-62॥
[व्याख्याता (vyākhyātā) - explained; मे (me) - by me; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; प्रश्ना (praśnā) - questions; याथातथ्यं (yāthātathyaṃ) - as they are; truly; परन्तप (parantapa) - O subduer of foes; पुरुषं (puruṣam) - the being (person); त्विदानीम् (tvidānīm) - now; at present; आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell; declare; यः (yaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; सर्वधनी (sarvadhanī) - possessor of all wealth; नरः (naraḥ) - man;]
(Explained by me questions by you as they are, O subduer of foes. The being now tell (me), who and possessor of all wealth man.)
The questions have been truly explained by you, O subduer of foes. Now tell me about the being, the man who possesses all wealth. (03-297-62)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said.)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
दिवं स्पृशति भूमिं च शब्दः पुण्यस्य कर्मणः। यावत्स शब्दो भवति तावत्पुरुष उच्यते ॥०३-२९७-६३॥
divaṃ spṛśati bhūmiṃ ca śabdaḥ puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ। yāvatsa śabdo bhavati tāvatpuruṣa ucyate ॥03-297-63॥
[दिवं (divam) - heaven; स्पृशति (spṛśati) - touches; भूमिं (bhūmim) - earth; च (ca) - and; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; पुण्यस्य (puṇyasya) - of merit; कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of deed; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; स (sa) - that; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; भवति (bhavati) - exists; तावत् (tāvat) - so long; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; उच्यते (ucyate) - is called;]
(Sound of the deed of merit touches heaven and earth and as long as that sound exists, so long a man is called (alive).)
The sound of a meritorious deed reaches both heaven and earth; as long as that sound remains, a person is called a man. (03-297-63)
तुल्ये प्रियाप्रिये यस्य सुखदुःखे तथैव च। अतीतानागते चोभे स वै सर्वधनी नरः ॥०३-२९७-६४॥
tulye priyāpriye yasya sukhaduḥkhe tathaiva ca। atītānāgate cobhe sa vai sarvadhanī naraḥ॥03-297-64॥
[तुल्ये (tulye) - equal; प्रियाप्रिये (priyāpriye) - dear and not dear; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; सुखदुःखे (sukhaduḥkhe) - pleasure and pain; तथैव (tathaiva) - just so; च (ca) - and; अतीतानागते (atītānāgate) - past and future; च (ca) - and; उभे (ubhe) - both; स (sa) - he; वै (vai) - indeed; सर्वधनी (sarvadhanī) - one who has all wealth; नरः (naraḥ) - man;]
(Of whom the dear and not dear are equal, pleasure and pain likewise, past and future both; he indeed is the man possessing all wealth.)
He whose attitude is equal towards what is dear and not dear, towards pleasure and pain, and towards both past and future—he indeed is the truly wealthy man. (03-297-64)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(yakṣa said)
The yakṣa said.
व्याख्यातः पुरुषो राजन्यश्च सर्वधनी नरः। तस्मात्तवैको भ्रातॄणां यमिच्छसि स जीवतु ॥०३-२९७-६५॥
vyākhyātaḥ puruṣo rājanyaś ca sarvadhanī naraḥ। tasmāt tava eko bhrātṝṇām yam icchasi sa jīvatu ॥03-297-65॥
[व्याख्यातः (vyākhyātaḥ) - explained; revealed; identified; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; राजन्यः (rājanyaḥ) - noble; kṣatriya; prince; च (ca) - and; सर्वधनी (sarvadhanī) - all-wealthy; one possessing every treasure; नरः (naraḥ) - man; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; तव (tava) - your; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of (your) brothers; यम् (yam) - whom; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish; सः (saḥ) - he; जीवतु (jīvatu) - may live;]
(Explained is the man, and the noble, the all-wealthy man. Therefore, of your brothers, whom you wish, let him live.)
The man, the noble, and the possessor of all wealth have been identified. Therefore, of your brothers, let that one whom you desire, live. (03-297-65)
युधिष्यिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
श्यामो य एष रक्ताक्षो बृहच्छाल इवोद्गतः। व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुर्नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥०३-२९७-६६॥
śyāmo ya eṣa raktākṣo bṛhaccāla ivodgataḥ। vyūḍhorasko mahābāhurnakulo yakṣa jīvatu॥03-297-66॥
[श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark-complexioned; यः (yaḥ) - who; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; रक्ताक्षः (raktākṣaḥ) - red-eyed; बृहच्छाल इव (bṛhaccāla iva) - like a great Śāla tree; उद्गतः (udgataḥ) - standing tall; व्यूढोरस्कः (vyūḍhoraskaḥ) - with broad chest; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yaksha; जीवतु (jīvatu) - may (he) live;]
(Dark-complexioned who this red-eyed like a great Śāla tree standing tall, with broad chest, mighty-armed Nakula Yaksha may live.)
May this dark-complexioned, red-eyed Nakula, standing tall like a great Śāla tree, broad-chested and mighty-armed, live, O Yaksha. (03-297-66)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa (a class of semi-divine beings; here, used as a proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; said;]
(Yakṣa spoke;)
Yakṣa said.
प्रियस्ते भीमसेनोऽयमर्जुनो वः परायणम्। स कस्मान्नकुलं राजन्सापत्नं जीवमिच्छसि ॥०३-२९७-६७॥
priyas te bhīmaseno 'yam arjuno vaḥ parāyaṇam. sa kasmān nakulaṃ rājan sāpatnaṃ jīvam icchasi ॥03-297-67॥
[प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear; ते (te) - to you; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; अयम् (ayam) - this; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; वः (vaḥ) - your; परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - refuge; सः (saḥ) - he; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - for what reason; नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula; राजन् (rājan) - O King; सापत्नम् (sāpatnam) - rival (born of another wife); जीवम् (jīvam) - living; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish;]
(Dear to you is Bhimasena, this Arjuna is your refuge. He, for what reason, O King, Nakula, rival-born, living, you wish.)
Bhimasena is dear to you; this Arjuna is your support. Then why, O King, do you wish for Nakula, your rival's son, to remain alive? (03-297-67)
यस्य नागसहस्रेण दशसङ्ख्येन वै बलम्। तुल्यं तं भीममुत्सृज्य नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि ॥०३-२९७-६८॥
yasya nāga-sahasreṇa daśa-saṅkhyena vai balam। tulyaṃ taṃ bhīmam utsṛjya nakulaṃ jīvam icchasi॥03-297-68॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; नागसहस्रेण (nāga-sahasreṇa) - by a thousand elephants; दशसङ्ख्येन (daśa-saṅkhyena) - by the number ten; वै (vai) - indeed; बलम् (balam) - strength; तुल्यं (tulyaṃ) - equal; तं (taṃ) - him; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhīma; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - leaving aside; नकुलं (nakulaṃ) - Nakula; जीवम् (jīvam) - life; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire;]
(Of whom, by a thousand elephants, (and) by the number ten, indeed, (is his) strength; (him) equal (to that), abandoning Bhīma, (for) Nakula, (for his) life, you desire.)
Abandoning Bhīma, whose strength is indeed equal to that of ten thousand elephants, you desire the life of Nakula. (03-297-68)
तथैनं मनुजाः प्राहुर्भीमसेनं प्रियं तव। अथ केनानुभावेन सापत्नं जीवमिच्छसि ॥०३-२९७-६९॥
tathainaṃ manujāḥ prāhurbhīmasenaṃ priyaṃ tava। atha kenānubhāvena sāpatnaṃ jīvamicchasi ॥03-297-69॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; एनम् (enam) - him; मनुजाः (manujāḥ) - men; प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - said; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena; प्रियम् (priyam) - dear; तव (tava) - to you; अथ (atha) - then; केन (kena) - by what; अनुभावेन (anubhāvena) - power; सापत्नम् (sāpatnam) - with a rival; जीवम् (jīvam) - life; इच्छसि (icchasi) - do you desire;]
(Thus, men said to Bhīmasena, dear to you. Then, by what power do you desire life with a rival?)
Thus, men said to Bhīmasena, who is dear to you, "So, by what power do you wish to live with a rival?" (3-297-69)
यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे पाण्डवाः समुपाश्रिताः। अर्जुनं तमपाहाय नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि ॥०३-२९७-७०॥
yasya bāhubalaṃ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ samupāśritāḥ। arjunaṃ tam apāhāya nakulaṃ jīvam icchasi॥03-297-70॥
[यस्य (yasya) - whose; बाहुबलं (bāhubalam) - arm strength; सर्वे (sarve) - all; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; समुपाश्रिताः (samupāśritāḥ) - have entirely taken refuge; अर्जुनं (arjunam) - Arjuna; तम् (tam) - him; अपाहाय (apāhāya) - abandoning; नकुलं (nakulam) - Nakula; जीवम् (jīvam) - life; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire;]
(Whose arm strength all the Pāṇḍavas have entirely taken refuge in, abandoning Arjuna, you desire the life of Nakula.)
Whose arm strength all the Pāṇḍavas have relied upon, having abandoned Arjuna, you seek to save Nakula's life. (03-297-70)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (a proper noun—the eldest Pāṇḍava); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः परमार्थाच्च मे मतम्। आनृशंस्यं चिकीर्षामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥०३-२९७-७१॥
ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paro dharmaḥ paramārthāc ca me matam। ānṛśaṁsyaṁ cikīrṣāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu॥03-297-71॥
[आनृशंस्यं (ānṛśaṁsyaṁ) - non-cruelty; compassion; kindness; परः (paraḥ) - supreme; highest; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; righteousness; परमार्थात् (paramārthāt) - than the highest good; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; मतम् (matam) - opinion; आनृशंस्यं (ānṛśaṁsyaṁ) - non-cruelty; compassion; चिकीर्षामि (cikīrṣāmi) - I wish to do; I desire to perform; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yaksha; (addressing the Yaksha); जीवतु (jīvatu) - may live; let live;]
(Non-cruelty is the supreme duty; and this is my opinion, than even the highest good. Non-cruelty I wish to do; let Nakula, O Yaksha, live.)
Non-cruelty is the highest duty—this is my belief, superior even to the greatest good. I wish to act with compassion; O Yaksha, let Nakula live. (03-297-71)
धर्मशीलः सदा राजा इति मां मानवा विदुः। स्वधर्मान्न चलिष्यामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥०३-२९७-७२॥
dharmaśīlaḥ sadā rājā iti māṃ mānavā viduḥ। svadharmān na cariṣyāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu॥03-297-72॥
[धर्मशीलः (dharmaśīlaḥ) - of righteous disposition; upright; सदा (sadā) - always; राजा (rājā) - the king; इति (iti) - thus; so; माम् (mām) - me; मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - men; people; विदुः (viduḥ) - (they) know; स्वधर्मात् (svadharmāt) - from one's own duty; न (na) - not; चलिष्यामि (cariṣyāmi) - I shall turn aside; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yaksha; जीवतु (jīvatu) - may he live;]
(Of righteous disposition always the king, thus me men know. From (my) own duty not I shall turn aside, Nakula. Yaksha, may he live.)
Men always know me as a king of righteous disposition. I will not turn away from my own duty, Nakula. Yaksha, may he live. (03-297-72)
यथा कुन्ती तथा माद्री विशेषो नास्ति मे तयोः। मातृभ्यां सममिच्छामि नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु ॥०३-२९७-७३॥
yathā kuntī tathā mādrī viśeṣo nāsti me tayoḥ। mātṛbhyāṁ samam icchāmi nakulo yakṣa jīvatu ॥03-297-73॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī; तथा (tathā) - so; माद्री (mādrī) - Mādrī; विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction; नास्ति (nāsti) - does not exist; मे (me) - for me; तयोः (tayoḥ) - between those two; मातृभ्याम् (mātṛbhyām) - between the two mothers; समम् (samam) - equally; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakulā; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa; जीवतु (jīvatu) - let him live;]
(Just as Kuntī, so Mādrī, distinction does not exist for me between those two. Between the two mothers equally I wish, Nakula, Yakṣa, let him live.)
Just as there is no distinction for me between Kuntī and Mādrī, so among the two mothers I wish equally — Yakṣa, let Nakula live. (03-297-73)
यक्ष उवाच॥
yakṣa uvāca॥
[यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣa (a class of celestial beings); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yakṣa said;)
The Yakṣa said;
यस्य तेऽर्थाच्च कामाच्च आनृशंस्यं परं मतम्। तस्मात्ते भ्रातरः सर्वे जीवन्तु भरतर्षभ ॥०३-२९७-७४॥
yasya te'rthāc ca kāmāc ca ānṛśaṁsyaṁ paraṁ matam। tasmāt te bhrātaraḥ sarve jīvantu bharatarṣabha ॥03-297-74॥
[यस्य (yasya) - whose; ते (te) - to you; अर्थात् (arthāt) - from wealth; च (ca) - and; कामात् (kāmāt) - from desire; च (ca) - and; आनृशंस्यं (ānṛśaṁsyaṁ) - compassion; परं (paraṁ) - supreme; मतम् (matam) - regarded; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; ते (te) - for you; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; सर्वे (sarve) - all; जीवन्तु (jīvantu) - may live; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull of the Bharatas;]
(Whose for you from wealth and from desire compassion supreme is regarded; therefore for you brothers all may live, O bull of the Bharatas.)
For whom, to you, compassion is esteemed as supreme over wealth and desire; therefore, let all your brothers live, O best of the Bharatas. (03-297-74)
