12.171
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
ईहमानः समारम्भान्यदि नासादयेद्धनम्। धनतृष्णाभिभूतश्च किं कुर्वन्सुखमाप्नुयात् ॥१२-१७१-१॥
īhamānaḥ samārambhān yadi nāsādayed dhanam। dhana-tṛṣṇā-abhibhūtaś ca kiṃ kurvan sukham āpnuyāt ॥12-171-1॥
[ईहमानः (īhamānaḥ) - striving; समारम्भान् (samārambhān) - undertakings; यदि (yadi) - if; न (na) - not; आसादयेत् (āsādayet) - attains; धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; धनतृष्णा (dhana-tṛṣṇā) - desire for wealth; अभिभूतः (abhibhūtaḥ) - overpowered; च (ca) - and; किं (kiṃ) - what; कुर्वन् (kurvan) - doing; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; आप्नुयात् (āpnuyāt) - could obtain;]
(Striving in undertakings, if one does not attain wealth, and being overpowered by desire for wealth, what happiness could one obtain by doing (so)?)
If a person strives in undertakings but does not attain wealth, and is overpowered by the desire for wealth, what happiness could he possibly achieve by such actions?
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
सर्वसाम्यमनायासः सत्यवाक्यं च भारत। निर्वेदश्चाविवित्सा च यस्य स्यात्स सुखी नरः ॥१२-१७१-२॥
sarvasāmyamanāyāsaḥ satyavākyaṃ ca bhārata। nirvedaścāvivitsā ca yasya syātsa sukhī naraḥ ॥12-171-2॥
[सर्वसाम्यम् (sarvasāmyaṃ) - complete equality; अनायासः (anāyāsaḥ) - absence of effort; सत्यवाक्यम् (satyavākyam) - truthful speech; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; निर्वेदः (nirvedaḥ) - dispassion; च (ca) - and; अविवित्सा (avivitsā) - absence of desire to acquire; च (ca) - and; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; स्यात् (syāt) - there is; सः (saḥ) - he; सुखी (sukhī) - happy; नरः (naraḥ) - man;]
(Complete equality, absence of effort, truthful speech, and, O Bhārata, dispassion and absence of desire to acquire, and of whom there is—he is a happy man.)
O Bhārata, that man is happy in whom there is complete equality, absence of effort, truthful speech, dispassion, and no desire to acquire.
एतान्येव पदान्याहुः पञ्च वृद्धाः प्रशान्तये। एष स्वर्गश्च धर्मश्च सुखं चानुत्तमं सताम् ॥१२-१७१-३॥
etānyeva padānyāhuḥ pañca vṛddhāḥ praśāntaye। eṣa svargaśca dharmaśca sukhaṃ cānuttamaṃ satām ॥12-171-3॥
[एतानि (etāni) - these; (neuter plural) एव (eva) - indeed; only; पदानि (padāni) - steps; words; positions; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they have said; पञ्च (pañca) - five; वृद्धाः (vṛddhāḥ) - elders; wise ones; प्रशान्तये (praśāntaye) - for the pacification; for tranquility; एष (eṣa) - this; स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven; च (ca) - and; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness; law; च (ca) - and; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; च (ca) - and; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed; highest; सताम् (satām) - of the good; of the virtuous;]
(These indeed steps they have said five elders for pacification. This heaven and righteousness and happiness and unsurpassed of the good.)
The elders have said that these five steps are indeed for attaining tranquility. For the virtuous, this is heaven, righteousness, happiness, and the highest (state).
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। निर्वेदान्मङ्किना गीतं तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥१२-१७१-४॥
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। nirvedān maṅkinā gītaṃ tan nibodha yudhiṣṭhira ॥12-171-4॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; अपि (api) - also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; निर्वेदात् (nirvedāt) - from dispassion; मङ्किना (maṅkinā) - by Maṅki; गीतम् (gītam) - sung; तत् (tat) - that; निबोध (nibodha) - know; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira;]
(Here also they cite this ancient history. From dispassion, sung by Maṅki, that know, O Yudhiṣṭhira.)
Here too, they recount this ancient story. Listen, O Yudhiṣṭhira, to that song composed by Maṅki out of dispassion.
ईहमानो धनं मङ्किर्भग्नेहश्च पुनः पुनः। केनचिद्धनशेषेण क्रीतवान्दम्यगोयुगम् ॥१२-१७१-५॥
īhamāno dhanaṃ maṅkir bhagnehaś ca punaḥ punaḥ। kenacid dhanaśeṣeṇa krītavān damyagoyugam ॥12-171-5॥
[ईहमानः (īhamānaḥ) - striving; धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; मङ्किः (maṅkiḥ) - Maṅki (proper noun); भग्नेहः (bhagnehaḥ) - with broken hope; च (ca) - and; पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again; केनचित् (kenacit) - with some; धनशेषेण (dhanaśeṣeṇa) - with remaining wealth; क्रीतवान् (krītavān) - bought; दम्यगोयुगम् (damyagoyugam) - a pair of draught oxen;]
(Striving for wealth, Maṅki, with broken hope, again and again, with some remaining wealth, bought a pair of draught oxen.)
Maṅki, repeatedly striving for wealth even after his hopes were dashed, used what little wealth remained to buy a pair of draught oxen.
सुसम्बद्धौ तु तौ दम्यौ दमनायाभिनिःसृतौ। आसीनमुष्ट्रं मध्येन सहसैवाभ्यधावताम् ॥१२-१७१-६॥
susambaddhau tu tau damyau damanāyābhiniḥsṛtau। āsīnamuṣṭraṃ madhyena sahasaivābhyadhāvatām ॥12-171-6॥
[सुसम्बद्धौ (susambaddhau) - well-bound; तु (tu) - but; तौ (tau) - those two; दम्यौ (damyau) - the reins; दमनाय (damanāya) - for restraining; अभिनिःसृतौ (abhiniḥsṛtau) - having rushed forth; आसीनम् (āsīnam) - sitting; उष्ट्रम् (uṣṭram) - camel; मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; एव (eva) - indeed; अभ्यधावताम् (abhyadhāvatām) - they rushed at;]
(Well-bound but those two reins for restraining, having rushed forth, at the sitting camel, through the middle, suddenly indeed, they rushed at.)
But those two well-bound reins, having rushed forth for restraining, suddenly rushed at the sitting camel through the middle.
तयोः सम्प्राप्तयोरुष्ट्रः स्कन्धदेशममर्षणः। उत्थायोत्क्षिप्य तौ दम्यौ प्रससार महाजवः ॥१२-१७१-७॥
tayoḥ samprāptayoruṣṭraḥ skandhadeśamamārṣaṇaḥ। utthāyotkṣipya tau damyau prasasāra mahājavaḥ ॥12-171-7॥
[तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two; सम्प्राप्तयोः (samprāptayoḥ) - having arrived; उष्ट्रः (uṣṭraḥ) - the camel; स्कन्धदेशम् (skandhadeśam) - the region of the shoulder; अमर्षणः (amārṣaṇaḥ) - not tolerating; उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen; उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya) - having lifted up; तौ (tau) - those two; दम्यौ (damyau) - the reins; प्रससार (prasasāra) - he drove; महाजवः (mahājavaḥ) - of great speed;]
(Of those two having arrived, the camel, not tolerating (it), having risen, having lifted up those two reins, he of great speed drove (on).)
When those two arrived, the camel, unable to tolerate it, rose up, lifted the two reins, and the one of great speed drove on.
ह्रियमाणौ तु तौ दम्यौ तेनोष्ट्रेण प्रमाथिना। म्रियमाणौ च सम्प्रेक्ष्य मङ्किस्तत्राब्रवीदिदम् ॥१२-१७१-८॥
hriyamāṇau tu tau damyau tenoṣṭreṇa pramāthinā। mriyamāṇau ca samprekṣya maṅkistatabravīdidam ॥12-171-8॥
[ह्रियमाणौ (hriyamāṇau) - being carried away; तु (tu) - but; तौ (tau) - those two; दम्यौ (damyau) - the animals to be tamed; तेन (tena) - by that; उष्ट्रेण (uṣṭreṇa) - by the camel; प्रमाथिना (pramāthinā) - by the violent one; म्रियमाणौ (mriyamāṇau) - being about to die; च (ca) - and; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; मङ्किः (maṅkiḥ) - Maṅki; तत्र (tatra) - there; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; इदम् (idam) - this;]
(Being carried away, but those two animals to be tamed by that violent camel, and seeing (them) being about to die, Maṅki there said this.)
But when those two animals to be tamed were being carried away by that violent camel and were about to die, Maṅki, seeing this, spoke these words there.
न चैवाविहितं शक्यं दक्षेणापीहितुं धनम्। युक्तेन श्रद्धया सम्यगीहां समनुतिष्ठता ॥१२-१७१-९॥
na caivaāvihitaṃ śakyaṃ dakṣeṇāpīhituṃ dhanam। yuktena śraddhayā samyagīhāṃ samanutiṣṭhatā ॥12-171-9॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अविहितम् (avihitam) - not prescribed; शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible; दक्षेण (dakṣeṇa) - by the skillful; अपि (api) - even; ईहितुम् (īhitum) - to obtain; धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; युक्तेन (yuktena) - by one who is disciplined; श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - with faith; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; ईहाम् (īhām) - effort; समनुतिष्ठता (samanutiṣṭhatā) - by performing;]
(Not indeed is unprescribed wealth possible to be obtained even by the skillful; by one who is disciplined, with faith, properly performing effort.)
Wealth that is not prescribed cannot be obtained even by the skillful; only one who is disciplined, acts with faith, and puts forth proper effort can succeed.
कृतस्य पूर्वं चानर्थैर्युक्तस्याप्यनुतिष्ठतः। इमं पश्यत सङ्गत्या मम दैवमुपप्लवम् ॥१२-१७१-१०॥
kṛtasya pūrvaṃ cānarthairyuktasyāpyanutiṣṭhataḥ। imaṃ paśyata saṅgatyā mama daivamupaplavam ॥12-171-10॥
[कृतस्य (kṛtasya) - of what has been done; पूर्वं (pūrvam) - previously; च (ca) - and; अनर्थैः (anarthaiḥ) - by misfortunes; युक्तस्य (yuktasya) - endowed with; अपि (api) - even; अनुतिष्ठतः (anutiṣṭhataḥ) - not following; इमं (imaṃ) - this; पश्यत (paśyata) - see; सङ्गत्या (saṅgatyā) - by association; मम (mama) - my; दैवम् (daivam) - fate; उपप्लवम् (upaplavam) - calamity;]
(Of what has been done previously and by misfortunes, even of one endowed (with wisdom) but not following, see this by association—my fate, calamity.)
See, by association, this calamity of my fate, arising from what has been done before and from misfortunes, even though endowed (with wisdom) but not following.
उद्यम्योद्यम्य मे दम्यौ विषमेणेव गच्छति। उत्क्षिप्य काकतालीयमुन्माथेनेव जम्बुकः ॥१२-१७१-११॥
udyamyodyamya me damyau viṣameṇeva gacchati। utkṣipya kākatālīyamunmātheneva jambukaḥ ॥12-171-11॥
[उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised; उद्यम्य (udyamya) - having raised; मे (me) - my; दम्यौ (damyau) - the two oxen; विषमेण (viṣameṇa) - on uneven (ground); इव (iva) - like; गच्छति (gacchati) - goes; उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya) - having lifted; काकतालीयम् (kākatālīyam) - by chance; उन्माथेन (unmāthena) - by an upturning; इव (iva) - like; जम्बुकः (jambukaḥ) - the jackal;]
(Having raised and raised my two oxen goes as if on uneven (ground); having lifted, the jackal by chance by an upturning, as if.)
My two oxen, when repeatedly raised, move as if on uneven ground; the jackal, having been lifted by chance by an upturning, likewise.
मणी वोष्ट्रस्य लम्बेते प्रियौ वत्सतरौ मम। शुद्धं हि दैवमेवेदमतो नैवास्ति पौरुषम् ॥१२-१७१-१२॥
maṇī voṣṭrasya lambete priyau vatsatarau mama। śuddhaṃ hi daivamevedamato naivāsti pauruṣam ॥12-171-12॥
[मणी (maṇī) - jewel; वोष्ट्रस्य (voṣṭrasya) - of the camel; लम्बेते (lambete) - hang (dual); प्रियौ (priyau) - dear (dual); वत्सतरौ (vatsatarau) - two calves; मम (mama) - my; शुद्धं (śuddham) - pure; हि (hi) - indeed; दैवम् (daivam) - fate; एव (eva) - only; इदम् (idam) - this; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; अस्ति (asti) - is; पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort;]
(The jewel of the camel hangs, the two calves dear to me. Indeed, this is pure fate only, therefore there is indeed no human effort.)
The camel's jewel hangs down, and my two beloved calves are lost. Truly, this is entirely due to fate; therefore, there is no place for human effort here.
यदि वाप्युपपद्येत पौरुषं नाम कर्हिचित्। अन्विष्यमाणं तदपि दैवमेवावतिष्ठते ॥१२-१७१-१३॥
yadi vāpyupapadyeta pauruṣaṃ nāma karhicit| anviṣyamāṇaṃ tadapi daivamevāvatiṣṭhate ॥12-171-13॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; उपपद्येत (upapadyeta) - were to arise; पौरुषं (pauruṣam) - human effort; नाम (nāma) - so-called; कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - at any time; अन्विष्यमाणं (anviṣyamāṇam) - being sought; तद् (tad) - that; अपि (api) - even; दैवम् (daivam) - fate; एव (eva) - alone; अवतिṣ्ठते (avatiṣṭhate) - remains;]
(If even at any time so-called human effort were to arise, even that, being sought, fate alone remains.)
Even if so-called human effort arises at any time, when sought, it is fate alone that prevails.
तस्मान्निर्वेद एवेह गन्तव्यः सुखमीप्सता। सुखं स्वपिति निर्विण्णो निराशश्चार्थसाधने ॥१२-१७१-१४॥
tasmānnirveda eveha gantavyaḥ sukhāmīpsatā। sukhaṃ svapiti nirviṇṇo nirāśaścārthasādhane ॥12-171-14॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; निर्वेदः (nirvedaḥ) - dispassion; एव (eva) - indeed; इह (iha) - here; गन्तव्यः (gantavyaḥ) - to be attained; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; ईप्सता (īpsatā) - by one desiring; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; स्वपिति (svapiti) - sleeps; निर्विण्णः (nirviṇṇaḥ) - disenchanted; निराशः (nirāśaḥ) - hopeless; च (ca) - and; अर्थसाधने (arthasādhane) - in the pursuit of objects;]
(Therefore, indeed here, dispassion is to be attained by one desiring happiness. The disenchanted and hopeless one sleeps happily in the pursuit of objects.)
Therefore, one who desires happiness should attain dispassion here. The one who is disenchanted and hopeless sleeps happily even in the pursuit of worldly objects.
अहो सम्यक्षुकेनोक्तं सर्वतः परिमुच्यता। प्रतिष्ठता महारण्यं जनकस्य निवेशनात् ॥१२-१७१-१५॥
aho samyakṣukenoktaṃ sarvataḥ parimucyatā। pratiṣṭhatā mahāraṇyaṃ janakasya niveśanāt ॥12-171-15॥
[अहो (aho) - indeed; सम्यक् (samyak) - well; षुकेन (ṣukena) - by Śuka; उक्तं (uktaṃ) - spoken; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; परिमुच्यता (parimucyatā) - be released; प्रतिष्ठता (pratiṣṭhatā) - proceed; महारण्यं (mahāraṇyaṃ) - great forest; जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka; निवेशनात् (niveśanāt) - from the abode;]
(Indeed, well spoken by Śuka: 'Be released from all sides. Proceed to the great forest from the abode of Janaka.')
Indeed, Śuka has spoken well: 'Let everyone be released from all sides. Proceed to the great forest from Janaka's abode.'
यः कामान्प्राप्नुयात्सर्वान्यश्चैनान्केवलांस्त्यजेत्। प्रापणात्सर्वकामानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते ॥१२-१७१-१६॥
yaḥ kāmān prāpnuyāt sarvān yaś ca enān kevalān tyajet। prāpaṇāt sarva-kāmānām parityāgaḥ viśiṣyate ॥12-171-16॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; कामान् (kāmān) - desires; प्राप्नुयात् (prāpnuyāt) - might obtain; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; यः (yaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; एतान् (enān) - these; केवलान् (kevalān) - only; त्यजेत् (tyajet) - might abandon; प्रापणात् (prāpaṇāt) - than obtaining; सर्वकामानाम् (sarva-kāmānām) - of all desires; परित्यागः (parityāgaḥ) - renunciation; विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate) - is superior;]
(Who might obtain all desires and who might abandon these only desires; than obtaining all desires, renunciation is superior.)
He who may obtain all desires and he who may abandon these very desires; renunciation is considered superior to the attainment of all desires.
नान्तं सर्वविवित्सानां गतपूर्वोऽस्ति कश्चन। शरीरे जीविते चैव तृष्णा मन्दस्य वर्धते ॥१२-१७१-१७॥
nāntaṃ sarvavivitsānāṃ gatapūrvo'sti kaścana। śarīre jīvite caiva tṛṣṇā mandasya vardhate ॥12-171-17॥
[न (na) - not; अन्तम् (antam) - end; सर्वविवित्सानाम् (sarvavivitsānām) - of all desires to know; (sarva: all; vivitsā: desire to know; -nām: of;) गतपूर्वः (gatapūrvaḥ) - gone before; (gata: gone; pūrvaḥ: before;) अस्ति (asti) - there is; कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone; शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body; जीविते (jīvite) - in life; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - desire; thirst; मन्दस्य (mandasya) - of the dull; of the slow; वर्धते (vardhate) - grows; increases;]
(There is not an end to all desires to know that anyone has gone before. In the body and in life indeed, the desire of the dull grows.)
No one has ever reached the end of all desires to know. In the body and in life, the desire of the dull indeed increases.
निवर्तस्व विवित्साभ्यः शाम्य निर्विद्य मामक। असकृच्चासि निकृतो न च निर्विद्यसे तनो ॥१२-१७१-१८॥
nivartasva vivitsābhyaḥ śāmya nirvidya māmaka। asakṛc cāsi nikṛto na ca nirvidyase tano ॥12-171-18॥
[निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back; विवित्साभ्यः (vivitsābhyaḥ) - from those desiring to know; शाम्य (śāmya) - be calm; निर्विद्य (nirvidya) - having become indifferent; मामक (māmaka) - my; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; च (ca) - and; असि (asi) - you are; निकृतः (nikṛtaḥ) - deceived; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; निर्विद्यसे (nirvidyase) - you become indifferent; तनो (tano) - O child;]
(Turn back from those desiring to know, be calm, having become indifferent to mine. Repeatedly you are deceived and yet you do not become indifferent, O child.)
Turn away from those who seek knowledge, calm yourself, and become indifferent to what is mine. Though you are repeatedly deceived, you do not become indifferent, O child.
यदि नाहं विनाश्यस्ते यद्येवं रमसे मया। मा मां योजय लोभेन वृथा त्वं वित्तकामुक ॥१२-१७१-१९॥
yadi nāhaṃ vināśyaste yady evaṃ ramase mayā। mā māṃ yojaya lobhena vṛthā tvaṃ vittakāmuka ॥12-171-19॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; विनाश्यः (vināśyaḥ) - to be destroyed; ते (te) - by you; यदि (yadi) - if; एवम् (evam) - thus; रमसे (ramase) - you enjoy; मया (mayā) - with me; मा (mā) - do not; माम् (mām) - me; योजय (yojaya) - join; लोभेन (lobhena) - with greed; वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain; त्वम् (tvam) - you; वित्तकामुक (vittakāmuka) - wealth-desiring; ॥१२-१७१-१९॥ (॥12-171-19॥) - ;]
(If I am not to be destroyed by you, if thus you enjoy with me, do not join me with greed in vain, you wealth-desiring one.)
If I am not to be destroyed by you, and if you truly enjoy being with me, then do not unite with me out of greed in vain, O seeker of wealth.
सञ्चितं सञ्चितं द्रव्यं नष्टं तव पुनः पुनः। कदा विमोक्ष्यसे मूढ धनेहां धनकामुक ॥१२-१७१-२०॥
sañcitaṃ sañcitaṃ dravyaṃ naṣṭaṃ tava punaḥ punaḥ। kadā vimokṣyase mūḍha dhanehāṃ dhanakāmuka ॥12-171-20॥
[सञ्चितं (sañcitaṃ) - accumulated; सञ्चितं (sañcitaṃ) - accumulated; द्रव्यं (dravyaṃ) - wealth; नष्टं (naṣṭaṃ) - lost; तव (tava) - your; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; कदा (kadā) - when; विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - will you be freed; मूढ (mūḍha) - deluded one; धनेहां (dhanehāṃ) - for wealth; धनकामुक (dhanakāmuka) - wealth-desiring;]
(Accumulated, accumulated wealth is lost of yours again and again. When will you be freed, deluded one, from desire for wealth, O wealth-desiring?)
You keep accumulating wealth, but it is lost again and again. O deluded one, when will you free yourself from the desire for wealth, O lover of riches?
अहो नु मम बालिश्यं योऽहं क्रीडनकस्तव। किं नैव जातु पुरुषः परेषां प्रेष्यतामियात् ॥१२-१७१-२१॥
aho nu mama bāliśyaṃ yo'haṃ krīḍanakas tava| kiṃ naiva jātu puruṣaḥ pareṣāṃ preṣyatām iyāt ॥12-171-21॥
[अहो (aho) - indeed; नु (nu) - truly; मम (mama) - my; बालिश्यं (bāliśyaṃ) - childishness; यः (yaḥ) - who; अहम् (aham) - I; क्रीडनकः (krīḍanakaḥ) - plaything; तव (tava) - your; किम् (kim) - what; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; जातु (jātu) - ever; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others; प्रेष्यताम् (preṣyatām) - servitude; इयात् (iyāt) - should go;]
(Indeed, truly, my childishness—who am I, your plaything. What, not indeed ever should a man go to the servitude of others.)
Alas, how childish I am, that I have become your plaything! Should a man ever submit to the servitude of others?
न पूर्वे नापरे जातु कामानामन्तमाप्नुवन्। त्यक्त्वा सर्वसमारम्भान्प्रतिबुद्धोऽस्मि जागृमि ॥१२-१७१-२२॥
na pūrve nāpare jātu kāmānām-antam-āpnuvan। tyaktvā sarva-samārambhān pratibuddho'smi jāgṛmi ॥12-171-22॥
[न (na) - not; पूर्वे (pūrve) - the former ones; न (na) - not; अपरे (apare) - the later ones; जातु (jātu) - ever; कामानाम् (kāmānām) - of desires; अन्तम् (antam) - end; आप्नुवन् (āpnuvan) - attaining; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; सर्व (sarva) - all; समारम्भान् (samārambhān) - undertakings; प्रतिबुद्धः (pratibuddhaḥ) - awakened; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; जागृमि (jāgṛmi) - I am awake;]
(Not the former ones, nor the later ones, ever attained the end of desires. Having abandoned all undertakings, awakened, I am, I am awake.)
Neither those before nor those after have ever attained the end of desires. Having given up all undertakings, I am awakened and remain awake.
नूनं ते हृदयं काम वज्रसारमयं दृधम्। यदनर्थशताविष्टं शतधा न विदीर्यते ॥१२-१७१-२३॥
nūnaṃ te hṛdayaṃ kāma vajrasāramayaṃ dṛdham। yadanarthaśatāviṣṭaṃ śatadhā na vidīryate ॥12-171-23॥
[नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed; certainly; ते (te) - your; हृदयं (hṛdayam) - heart; काम (kāma) - O Kāma (god of love); वज्रसारमयम् (vajrasāramayam) - made of adamantine essence; adamantine; दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm; strong; यत् (yat) - which; अनर्थशताविष्टम् (anarthaśatāviṣṭam) - afflicted by hundreds of calamities; शतधा (śatadhā) - a hundredfold; into a hundred pieces; न (na) - not; विदीर्यते (vidīryate) - is broken; is split; १२-१७१-२३ (12-171-23) - 12-171-23;]
(Indeed, your heart, O Kāma, is made of adamantine essence, firm, which, though afflicted by hundreds of calamities, is not broken a hundredfold.)
Indeed, O Kāma, your heart must be made of adamantine strength, for though beset by hundreds of calamities, it does not break into a hundred pieces.
त्यजामि काम त्वां चैव यच्च किञ्चित्प्रियं तव। तवाहं सुखमन्विच्छन्नात्मन्युपलभे सुखम् ॥१२-१७१-२४॥
tyajāmi kāma tvāṃ caiva yac ca kiñcit priyaṃ tava। tavāhaṃ sukham anvicchan ātmani upalabhe sukham ॥12-171-24॥
[त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon; काम (kāma) - desire; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; यत् (yat) - whatever; च (ca) - and; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - dear; तव (tava) - to you; तव (tava) - your; अहम् (aham) - I; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; अन्विच्छन् (anvicchan) - seeking; आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self; उपलभे (upalabhe) - I obtain; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness;]
(I abandon desire, you, and indeed whatever else is dear to you; seeking happiness for you, I obtain happiness in the self.)
I renounce desire, you, and whatever else is dear to you; seeking your happiness, I find happiness within myself.
काम जानामि ते मूलं सङ्कल्पात्किल जायसे। न त्वां सङ्कल्पयिष्यामि समूलो न भविष्यसि ॥१२-१७१-२५॥
kāma jānāmi te mūlaṃ saṅkalpātkila jāyase। na tvāṃ saṅkalpayiṣyāmi samūlo na bhaviṣyasi ॥12-171-25॥
[काम (kāma) - desire; जानामि (jānāmi) - I know; ते (te) - your; मूलं (mūlaṃ) - root; सङ्कल्पात् (saṅkalpāt) - from resolve; किल (kila) - indeed; जायसे (jāyase) - you arise; न (na) - not; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; सङ्कल्पयिष्यामि (saṅkalpayiṣyāmi) - I will imagine; समूलः (samūlaḥ) - with root; न (na) - not; भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be;]
(Desire, I know your root; indeed, you arise from resolve. I will not imagine you; with the root, you will not be.)
O desire, I know your root; you indeed arise from resolve. I will not imagine you; thus, with your root destroyed, you will not exist.
ईहा धनस्य न सुखा लब्ध्वा चिन्ता च भूयसी। लब्धनाशो यथा मृत्युर्लब्धं भवति वा न वा ॥१२-१७१-२६॥
īhā dhanasya na sukhā labdhvā cintā ca bhūyasī। labdhanāśo yathā mṛtyurlabdhaṃ bhavati vā na vā ॥12-171-26॥
[ईहा (īhā) - effort; धनस्य (dhanasya) - of wealth; न (na) - not; सुखा (sukhā) - happiness; लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained; चिन्ता (cintā) - anxiety; च (ca) - and; भूयसी (bhūyasī) - greater; लब्धनाशः (labdhanāśaḥ) - loss of what is obtained; यथा (yathā) - just as; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; लब्धम् (labdham) - what is obtained; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; वा (vā) - or; न (na) - not; वा (vā) - or;]
(Effort for wealth is not happiness; having obtained (it), anxiety is greater. Loss of what is obtained is like death; what is obtained may be or may not be.)
Efforts for wealth do not bring happiness; even after obtaining it, anxiety increases. The loss of acquired wealth is like death; what is gained may remain or may not.
परेत्य यो न लभते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्। न च तुष्यति लब्धेन भूय एव च मार्गति ॥१२-१७१-२७॥
paretya yo na labhate tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim। na ca tuṣyati labdhena bhūya eva ca mārgati ॥12-171-27॥
[परेत्य (paretya) - having departed; (from this world); यः (yaḥ) - who; (he who); न (na) - not; लभते (labhate) - obtains; ततः (tataḥ) - than that; दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more painful; (greater sorrow); नु (nu) - indeed; किम् (kim) - what; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तुष्यति (tuṣyati) - is satisfied; लब्धेन (labdhena) - with what is obtained; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more; (again); एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; मार्गति (mārgati) - seeks; (searches for);]
(Having departed, he who does not obtain, what indeed is more painful than that? And he is not satisfied with what is obtained, again and again he seeks.)
After departing, if one does not attain, what indeed could be more sorrowful than that? And even with what is gained, he is not satisfied, but keeps seeking more and more.
अनुतर्षुल एवार्थः स्वादु गाङ्गमिवोदकम्। मद्विलापनमेतत्तु प्रतिबुद्धोऽस्मि सन्त्यज ॥१२-१७१-२८॥
anutarṣula evārthaḥ svādu gāṅgam ivodakam। mad-vilāpanam etat tu pratibuddho'smi santyaja ॥12-171-28॥
[अनुतर्षुल (anutarṣula) - not-to-be-coveted; एव (eva) - indeed; अर्थः (arthaḥ) - object; स्वादु (svādu) - sweet; गाङ्गम् (gāṅgam) - of the Ganges; इव (iva) - like; उदकम् (udakam) - water; मद् (mad) - my; विलापनम् (vilāpanam) - lamentation; एतत् (etat) - this; तु (tu) - but; प्रतिबुद्धः (pratibuddhaḥ) - awakened; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; सन्त्यज (santyaja) - abandon;]
(Not-to-be-coveted indeed is the object, sweet like water of the Ganges. My lamentation, this but, awakened I am, abandon.)
The object is truly not to be coveted, though it is as sweet as the water of the Ganges. This lamentation of mine, now that I am awakened, I abandon.
य इमं मामकं देहं भूतग्रामः समाश्रितः। स यात्वितो यथाकामं वसतां वा यथासुखम् ॥१२-१७१-२९॥
ya imaṃ māmakaṃ dehaṃ bhūtagrāmaḥ samāśritaḥ। sa yātvito yathākāmaṃ vasatāṃ vā yathāsukham ॥12-171-29॥
[य (ya) - who; इमं (imaṃ) - this; मामकं (māmakaṃ) - my; देहं (dehaṃ) - body; भूतग्रामः (bhūtagrāmaḥ) - aggregate of beings; समाश्रितः (samāśritaḥ) - has resorted to; स (sa) - he; यातु (yātu) - may go; इतः (itaḥ) - from here; यथाकामं (yathākāmaṃ) - as he wishes; वसतां (vasatāṃ) - of those who dwell; वा (vā) - or; यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as is comfortable;]
(Whoever, this my body, the aggregate of beings has resorted to, let him go from here as he wishes, or let him remain as is comfortable for those who dwell.)
Whoever has taken refuge in this body of mine, let him depart from here as he wishes, or let him remain as is comfortable for those who dwell.
न युष्मास्विह मे प्रीतिः कामलोभानुसारिषु। तस्मादुत्सृज्य सर्वान्वः सत्यमेवाश्रयाम्यहम् ॥१२-१७१-३०॥
na yuṣmāsv iha me prītiḥ kāmalobhānusāriṣu। tasmād utsṛjya sarvān vaḥ satyam evāśrayāmy aham ॥12-171-30॥
[न (na) - not; युष्मासु (yuṣmāsu) - in you (all); इह (iha) - here; मे (me) - my; प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - affection; काम (kāma) - desire; लोभ (lobha) - greed; अनुसारिषु (anusāriṣu) - following; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; वः (vaḥ) - you (all); सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; एव (eva) - only; आश्रयामि (āśrayāmi) - I resort; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Not in you here is my affection, in those following desire and greed. Therefore, abandoning all of you, I resort only to truth.)
I have no affection for you here, who follow desire and greed. Therefore, abandoning all of you, I take refuge only in truth.
सर्वभूतान्यहं देहे पश्यन्मनसि चात्मनः। योगे बुद्धिं श्रुते सत्त्वं मनो ब्रह्मणि धारयन् ॥१२-१७१-३१॥
sarvabhūtānyahaṃ dehe paśyanmanasi cātmanaḥ। yoge buddhiṃ śrute sattvaṃ mano brahmaṇi dhārayan ॥12-171-31॥
[सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings; अहम् (aham) - I; देहे (dehe) - in the body; पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing; मनसि (manasi) - in the mind; च (ca) - and; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self; योगे (yoge) - in yoga; बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect; श्रुते (śrute) - in the Veda; सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - essence; मन् (manas) - mind; ब्रह्मणि (brahmaṇi) - in Brahman; धारयन् (dhārayan) - holding;]
(Seeing all beings in the body, in the mind and of the self; holding intellect in yoga, essence in the Veda, mind in Brahman.)
Perceiving all beings within the body and mind of the self, holding intellect in yoga, essence in the Veda, and mind established in Brahman.
विहरिष्याम्यनासक्तः सुखी लोकान्निरामयः। यथा मा त्वं पुनर्नैवं दुःखेषु प्रणिधास्यसि ॥१२-१७१-३२॥
vihariṣyāmyanāsaktaḥ sukhī lokānnirāmayaḥ। yathā mā tvaṃ punarnaivaṃ duḥkheṣu praṇidhāsyasi ॥12-171-32॥
[विहरिष्यामि (vihariṣyāmi) - I shall move about; अनासक्तः (anāsaktaḥ) - unattached; सुखी (sukhī) - happy; लोकान् (lokān) - among people; निरामयः (nirāmayaḥ) - free from affliction; यथा (yathā) - so that; मा (mā) - not; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; न (na) - not; एवम् (evam) - thus; दुःखेषु (duḥkheṣu) - in sorrows; प्रणिधास्यसि (praṇidhāsyasi) - you will fix (your mind);]
(I shall move about unattached, happy, among people, free from affliction; so that you will not again fix (your mind) thus in sorrows.)
I will live unattached, happy, and free from affliction among people, so that you will not again dwell in such sorrows.
त्वया हि मे प्रणुन्नस्य गतिरन्या न विद्यते। तृष्णाशोकश्रमाणां हि त्वं काम प्रभवः सदा ॥१२-१७१-३३॥
tvayā hi me praṇunnasya gatir anyā na vidyate। tṛṣṇāśokaśramāṇāṃ hi tvaṃ kāma prabhavaḥ sadā ॥12-171-33॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; हि (hi) - indeed; मे (me) - of me; प्रणुन्नस्य (praṇunnasya) - of the one impelled; गतिः (gatiḥ) - course; path; way; अन्या (anyā) - other; न (na) - not; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst; desire; शोक (śoka) - sorrow; श्रमाणां (śramāṇāṃ) - of the fatigued; of the weary; हि (hi) - indeed; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; काम (kāma) - desire; प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - origin; source; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(By you indeed, for me, of the one impelled, another path does not exist. Of thirst, sorrow, and the weary, indeed you, desire, are always the source.)
Indeed, for me who is impelled by you, there is no other path. You are always the source of desire, thirst, sorrow, and fatigue.
धननाशोऽधिकं दुःखं मन्ये सर्वमहत्तरम्। ज्ञातयो ह्यवमन्यन्ते मित्राणि च धनच्युतम् ॥१२-१७१-३४॥
dhananāśo'dhikaṃ duḥkhaṃ manye sarvamahat-taram। jñātayo hyavamanyante mitrāṇi ca dhanacyutam॥12-171-34॥
[धननाशः (dhananāśaḥ) - loss of wealth; अधिकम् (adhikam) - excessive; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering; मन््ये (manye) - I think; सर्वमहत्तरम् (sarvamahat-taram) - the greatest of all; ज्ञातयः (jñātayaḥ) - relatives; हि (hi) - indeed; अवमन्यन्ते (avamanyante) - disregard; मित्राणि (mitrāṇi) - friends; च (ca) - and; धनच्युतम् (dhanacyutam) - one deprived of wealth;]
(Loss of wealth (is) excessive suffering, I think, (it is) the greatest of all. Relatives indeed disregard, and friends (also disregard) one deprived of wealth.)
I believe that the loss of wealth is the greatest suffering of all; for relatives and friends indeed disregard a person who has lost his wealth.
अवज्ञानसहस्रैस्तु दोषाः कष्टतराधने। धने सुखकला या च सापि दुःखैर्विधीयते ॥१२-१७१-३५॥
avajñānasahasraistu doṣāḥ kaṣṭatarādhane। dhane sukhakalā yā ca sāpi duḥkhairvidhīyate ॥12-171-35॥
[अवज्ञान (avajñāna) - ignorance; सहस्रैः (sahasraiḥ) - by thousands; तु (tu) - but; दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults; कष्टतर (kaṣṭatara) - more difficult; अधने (adhane) - in poverty; धने (dhane) - in wealth; सुख (sukha) - happiness; कला (kalā) - portion; या (yā) - which; च (ca) - and; सा (sā) - that; अपि (api) - even; दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - by sufferings; विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is produced;]
(But faults by thousands of ignorances are more difficult in poverty. In wealth, even that portion of happiness which exists is produced by sufferings.)
Thousands of faults due to ignorance are even more severe in poverty; in wealth, whatever portion of happiness there is, even that is created by sufferings.
धनमस्येति पुरुषं पुरा निघ्नन्ति दस्यवः। क्लिश्यन्ति विविधैर्दण्डैर्नित्यमुद्वेजयन्ति च ॥१२-१७१-३६॥
dhanam asy eti puruṣam purā nighnanti dasyavaḥ। kliśyanti vividhair daṇḍair nityam udvejayanti ca ॥12-171-36॥
[धनम् (dhanam) - wealth; अस्य (asya) - of him; इति (iti) - thus; पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - man; पुरा (purā) - formerly; निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - strike down; दस्यवः (dasyavaḥ) - robbers; क्लिश्यन्ति (kliśyanti) - afflict; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - with various; दण्डैः (daṇḍaiḥ) - punishments; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; उद्वेजयन्ति (udvejayanti) - disturb; च (ca) - and;]
(Wealth—thus (they say)—of him, the man, formerly, robbers strike down; (they) afflict (him) with various punishments, always disturb and.)
Robbers used to strike down a man for his wealth; they would always afflict him with various punishments and constantly disturb him.
मन्दलोलुपता दुःखमिति बुद्धं चिरान्मया। यद्यदालम्बसे काम तत्तदेवानुरुध्यसे ॥१२-१७१-३७॥
mandalolupatā duḥkham iti buddhaṃ cirān mayā। yadyad ālambase kāma tattad evānurudhyase ॥12-171-37॥
[मन्द (manda) - slow; लोलुपता (lolupatā) - greed; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering; इति (iti) - thus; बुद्धम् (buddham) - understood; चिरात् (cirāt) - after a long time; मया (mayā) - by me; यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever; आलम्बसे (ālambase) - you cling to; काम (kāma) - desire; तत्तत् (tattat) - that very; एव (eva) - indeed; अनुरुध्यसे (anurudhyase) - you pursue;]
(Slow greed is suffering—thus it was understood by me after a long time. Whatever desire you cling to, that very thing indeed you pursue.)
I have realized after a long time that slow greed is suffering. Whatever desire you cling to, you inevitably pursue that very thing.
अतत्त्वज्ञोऽसि बालश्च दुस्तोषोऽपूरणोऽनलः। नैव त्वं वेत्थ सुलभं नैव त्वं वेत्थ दुर्लभम् ॥१२-१७१-३८॥
atattvajño'si bālaś ca dustoṣo'pūraṇo'nalaḥ। naiva tvaṃ vettha sulabhaṃ naiva tvaṃ vettha durlabham ॥12-171-38॥
[अतत्त्वज्ञः (atattvajñaḥ) - not-knower of reality; असि (asi) - you are; बालः (bālaḥ) - child; च (ca) - and; दुस्तोषः (dustoṣaḥ) - difficult to satisfy; अपूरणः (apūraṇaḥ) - never satisfied; अनलः (analaḥ) - fire; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; वेत्थ (vettha) - know; सुलभम् (sulabham) - easy to obtain; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; वेत्थ (vettha) - know; दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - difficult to obtain;]
(Not-knower of reality you are, child and difficult to satisfy, never satisfied, fire. Not indeed you know easy to obtain, not indeed you know difficult to obtain.)
You are ignorant of reality, childish, hard to please, insatiable like fire. You do not know what is easy to obtain, nor do you know what is difficult to obtain.
पातालमिव दुष्पूरो मां दुःखैर्योक्तुमिच्छसि। नाहमद्य समावेष्टुं शक्यः काम पुनस्त्वया ॥१२-१७१-३९॥
pātālam iva duṣpūro māṃ duḥkhair yoktum icchasi। nāham adya samāveṣṭuṃ śakyaḥ kām punas tvayā ॥12-171-39॥
[पातालम् (pātālam) - netherworld; इव (iva) - like; दुष्पूरः (duṣpūraḥ) - difficult to fill; माम् (mām) - me; दुःखैः (duḥkhaiḥ) - with sufferings; योक्तुम् (yoktum) - to bind; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish; न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; अद्य (adya) - today; समावेष्टुम् (samāveṣṭum) - to be surrounded; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; काम् (kām) - indeed; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; त्वया (tvayā) - by you;]
(Like the netherworld, difficult to fill, you wish to bind me with sufferings. Not I today to be surrounded is possible indeed again by you.)
You wish to bind me with sufferings, like the netherworld that is difficult to fill. But today, it is not possible for you to surround me again.
निर्वेदमहमासाद्य द्रव्यनाशाद्यदृच्छया। निर्वृतिं परमां प्राप्य नाद्य कामान्विचिन्तये ॥१२-१७१-४०॥
nirvedam aham āsādya dravya-nāśāt yadṛcchayā। nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ prāpya na adya kāmān vicintaye ॥12-171-40॥
[निर्वेदम् (nirvedam) - dispassion; अहम् (aham) - I; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having attained; द्रव्य-नाशात् (dravya-nāśāt) - from the loss of possessions; यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance; निर्वृतिम् (nirvṛtim) - peace; परमाम् (paramām) - supreme; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; न (na) - not; अद्य (adya) - today; कामान् (kāmān) - desires; विचिन्तये (vicintaye) - do I consider;]
(Having attained dispassion by chance from the loss of possessions, having obtained supreme peace, I do not consider desires today.)
Having lost my possessions by chance, I have attained dispassion and supreme peace; today, I no longer think about desires.
अतिक्लेशान्सहामीह नाहं बुध्याम्यबुद्धिमान्। निकृतो धननाशेन शये सर्वाङ्गविज्वरः ॥१२-१७१-४१॥
atikleśānsahāmīha nāhaṃ budhyāmyabuddhimān। nikṛto dhananāśena śaye sarvāṅgavijvaraḥ ॥12-171-41॥
[अतिक्लेशान् (atikleśān) - excessive troubles; सह (saha) - with; अमीह (amīha) - I endure; न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; बुध्यामि (budhyāmi) - I perceive; अबुद्धिमान् (abuddhimān) - unintelligent; निकृतः (nikṛtaḥ) - deceived; धननाशेन (dhananāśena) - by loss of wealth; शये (śaye) - I lie; सर्वाङ्गविज्वरः (sarvāṅgavijvaraḥ) - with fever gone from all limbs;]
(With excessive troubles I endure here; I, not being unintelligent, do not perceive (the reason). Deceived by loss of wealth, I lie (here) with fever gone from all limbs.)
I am enduring excessive troubles here; though I am not unintelligent, I do not understand (the cause). Deceived by the loss of wealth, I lie here with all the fever gone from my limbs.
परित्यजामि काम त्वां हित्वा सर्वमनोगतीः। न त्वं मया पुनः काम नस्योतेनेव रंस्यसे ॥१२-१७१-४२॥
parityajāmi kāma tvāṃ hitvā sarvamanogatīḥ। na tvaṃ mayā punaḥ kāma nasyoteneva raṃsyase ॥12-171-42॥
[परित्यजामि (parityajāmi) - I completely abandon; काम (kāma) - desire; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; हित्वा (hitvā) - having left; सर्व (sarva) - all; मनोगतीः (manogatīḥ) - mental tendencies; न (na) - not; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; मया (mayā) - by me; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; काम (kāma) - desire; नस्य (nasya) - of us; उतेन (utena) - by this; एव (eva) - indeed; रंस्यसे (raṃsyase) - you will delight;]
(I completely abandon desire, you, having left all mental tendencies. Not you by me again, desire, of us, by this indeed, you will delight.)
I abandon desire and you, having given up all mental tendencies. You will not again find delight in me, nor will you, by this, ever take pleasure in us again.
क्षमिष्येऽक्षममाणानां न हिंसिष्ये च हिंसितः। द्वेष्यमुक्तः प्रियं वक्ष्याम्यनादृत्य तदप्रियम् ॥१२-१७१-४३॥
kṣamiṣye'kṣamamāṇānāṃ na hiṃsiṣye ca hiṃsitaḥ। dveṣyamuktaḥ priyaṃ vakṣyāmyanādṛtya tadapriyam ॥12-171-43॥
[क्षमिष्ये (kṣamiṣye) - I shall forgive; अक्षममाणानाम् (akṣamamāṇānām) - of those not forgiving; न (na) - not; हिंसिष्ये (hiṃsiṣye) - I shall harm; च (ca) - and; हिंसितः (hiṃsitaḥ) - having been harmed; द्वेष्यम् (dveṣyam) - hateful; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been spoken; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - pleasant; वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall speak; अनादृत्य (anādṛtya) - disregarding; तत् (tat) - that; अप्रियम् (apriyam) - unpleasant;]
(I shall forgive those who are not forgiving; I shall not harm, even if harmed. Having been addressed with hateful words, I shall speak what is pleasant, disregarding that which is unpleasant.)
I will forgive those who do not forgive; I will not harm even if I am harmed. If hateful words are spoken to me, I will respond with pleasant words, disregarding what is unpleasant.
तृप्तः स्वस्थेन्द्रियो नित्यं यथालब्धेन वर्तयन्। न सकामं करिष्यामि त्वामहं शत्रुमात्मनः ॥१२-१७१-४४॥
tṛptaḥ svasthendriyo nityaṃ yathālabdhena vartayan। na sakāmaṃ kariṣyāmi tvāmahaṃ śatrumātmanaḥ ॥12-171-44॥
[तृप्तः (tṛptaḥ) - satisfied; स्वस्थेन्द्रियः (svasthendriyaḥ) - with senses self-controlled; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; यथा (yathā) - as; लब्धेन (labdhena) - by what is obtained; वर्तयन् (vartayan) - maintaining; न (na) - not; सकामम् (sakāmam) - with desire; करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; शत्रुम् (śatrum) - enemy; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of myself;]
(Satisfied, with senses self-controlled, always maintaining by what is obtained, not with desire will I make you the enemy of myself.)
Being satisfied, with senses under control, always living on what is obtained, I will not, out of desire, make you the enemy of myself.
निर्वेदं निर्वृतिं तृप्तिं शान्तिं सत्यं दमं क्षमाम्। सर्वभूतदयां चैव विद्धि मां शरणागतम् ॥१२-१७१-४५॥
nirvedaṃ nirvṛtiṃ tṛptiṃ śāntiṃ satyaṃ damaṃ kṣamām। sarvabhūtadayāṃ caiva viddhi māṃ śaraṇāgatam ॥12-171-45॥
[निर्वेदं (nirvedam) - dispassion; निर्वृतिं (nirvṛtim) - contentment; तृप्तिं (tṛptim) - satisfaction; शान्तिं (śāntim) - peace; सत्यं (satyam) - truth; दमं (damam) - self-restraint; क्षमाम् (kṣamām) - forbearance; सर्वभूतदयां (sarvabhūtadayām) - compassion for all beings; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; माम् (mām) - me; शरणागतम् (śaraṇāgatam) - one who has taken refuge;]
(Dispassion, contentment, satisfaction, peace, truth, self-restraint, forbearance, compassion for all beings, and indeed, know me as one who has taken refuge.)
Know me as one who has taken refuge in dispassion, contentment, satisfaction, peace, truth, self-restraint, forbearance, and compassion for all beings.
तस्मात्कामश्च लोभश्च तृष्णा कार्पण्यमेव च। त्यजन्तु मां प्रतिष्ठन्तं सत्त्वस्थो ह्यस्मि साम्प्रतम् ॥१२-१७१-४६॥
tasmātkāmaś ca lobhaś ca tṛṣṇā kārpaṇyam eva ca। tyajantu māṃ pratiṣṭhantaṃ sattvastho hy asmi sāmpratam ॥12-171-46॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; च (ca) - and; लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed; च (ca) - and; तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving; कार्पण्यम् (kārpaṇyam) - miserliness; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; त्यजन्तु (tyajantu) - let them abandon; माम् (mām) - me; प्रतिष्ठन्तम् (pratiṣṭhantam) - standing firm; सत्त्वस्थः (sattvasthaḥ) - established in purity; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; साम्प्रतम् (sāmpratam) - at present;]
(Therefore, desire and greed and craving and miserliness indeed—let them abandon me, standing firm, established in purity, indeed I am at present.)
Therefore, let desire, greed, craving, and miserliness abandon me, for I am now established in purity and stand firm.
प्रहाय कामं लोभं च क्रोधं पारुष्यमेव च। नाद्य लोभवशं प्राप्तो दुःखं प्राप्स्याम्यनात्मवान् ॥१२-१७१-४७॥
prahāya kāmaṃ lobhaṃ ca krodhaṃ pāruṣyameva ca। nādya lobhavaśaṃ prāpto duḥkhaṃ prāpsyāmyanātmavān ॥12-171-47॥
[प्रहाय (prahāya) - having abandoned; कामं (kāmaṃ) - desire; लोभं (lobhaṃ) - greed; च (ca) - and; क्रोधं (krodhaṃ) - anger; पारुष्यम् (pāruṣyam) - harshness; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; अद्य (adya) - today; लोभवशम् (lobhavaśam) - under the influence of greed; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - having attained; दुःखं (duḥkhaṃ) - suffering; प्राप्स्यामि (prāpsyāmi) - I shall obtain; अनात्मवान् (anātmavān) - one lacking self-control;]
(Having abandoned desire, greed, and anger, and indeed harshness and, not today, having attained under the influence of greed, suffering I shall obtain, one lacking self-control.)
Having abandoned desire, greed, anger, and harshness, I will not today, under the influence of greed, attain suffering as one lacking self-control.
यद्यत्त्यजति कामानां तत्सुखस्याभिपूर्यते। कामस्य वशगो नित्यं दुःखमेव प्रपद्यते ॥१२-१७१-४८॥
yadyat tyajati kāmānāṃ tat sukhasya abhipūryate। kāmasya vaśago nityaṃ duḥkham eva prapadyate ॥12-171-48॥
[यत् (yat) - whatever; यत् (yat) - which; त्यजति (tyajati) - abandons; कामानाम् (kāmānām) - of desires; तत् (tat) - that; सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness; अभिपूर्यते (abhipūryate) - is fulfilled; कामस्य (kāmasya) - of desire; वशगः (vaśagaḥ) - under the control; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering; एव (eva) - only; प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - attains;]
(Whatever desires one abandons, that much of happiness is fulfilled; one who is always under the control of desire only attains suffering.)
Whatever desires a person gives up, that much happiness is attained; but one who is always controlled by desire attains only suffering.
कामान्व्युदस्य धुनुते यत्किञ्चित्पुरुषो रजः। कामक्रोधोद्भवं दुःखमह्रीररतिरेव च ॥१२-१७१-४९॥
kāmān vyudasya dhunute yat kiñcit puruṣo rajaḥ। kāma-krodhodbhavaṃ duḥkham ahrīḥ aratiḥ eva ca ॥12-171-49॥
[कामान् (kāmān) - desires (accusative plural); व्युदस्य (vyudasya) - having cast aside; having abandoned; धुनुते (dhunute) - shakes off; removes; यत् (yat) - whatever; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little; anything; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; person; रजः (rajaḥ) - passion; impurity; कामक्रोधोद्भवम् (kāma-krodhodbhavam) - arisen from desire and anger; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering; अह्रीः (ahrīḥ) - shamelessness; अरतिः (aratiḥ) - discontent; एव (eva) - indeed; only; च (ca) - and;]
(Having cast aside desires, the man removes whatever little passion; suffering, shamelessness, and discontent, indeed, arising from desire and anger.)
When a man abandons desires, he dispels even the slightest impurity—suffering, shamelessness, and discontent—that arise from desire and anger.
एष ब्रह्मप्रविष्टोऽहं ग्रीष्मे शीतमिव ह्रदम्। शाम्यामि परिनिर्वामि सुखमासे च केवलम् ॥१२-१७१-५०॥
eṣa brahmapraviṣṭo'ham grīṣme śītamiva hradam| śāmyāmi parinirvāmi sukhāmāse ca kevalam ॥12-171-50॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; ब्रह्मप्रविष्टः (brahmapraviṣṭaḥ) - entered into Brahman; अहम् (aham) - I; ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer; शीतम् (śītam) - cool; इव (iva) - like; ह्रदम् (hradam) - lake; शाम्यामि (śāmyāmi) - I become calm; परिनिर्वामि (parinirvāmi) - I am completely extinguished; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; आसे (āse) - I abide; च (ca) - and; केवलम् (kevalam) - only;]
(This entered-into-Brahman I, in summer like a cool lake, I become calm, I am completely extinguished, I abide in happiness and only (that).)
Having entered Brahman, I am like a cool lake in summer; I become calm, completely extinguished, and abide only in happiness.
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम्। तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नार्हतः षोडशीं कलाम् ॥१२-१७१-५१॥
yacca kāmasukhaṃ loke yacca divyaṃ mahatsukham। tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nārhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām ॥12-171-51॥
[यत् (yat) - whatever; च (ca) - and; कामसुखम् (kāmasukham) - pleasure of desire; लोके (loke) - in the world; यत् (yat) - whatever; च (ca) - and; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; महत् (mahat) - great; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving; अक्षय (akṣaya) - cessation; सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of the happiness; एते (ete) - these; न (na) - not; अर्हतः (arhataḥ) - are worthy; षोडशीम् (ṣoḍaśīm) - sixteenth part; कलाम् (kalām) - portion;]
(Whatever pleasure of desire is in the world and whatever great divine happiness, these are not worthy of even a sixteenth part of the happiness of the cessation of craving.)
All the pleasures of desire in this world and even the greatest divine happiness are not equal to a sixteenth part of the happiness that comes from the cessation of craving.
आत्मना सप्तमं कामं हत्वा शत्रुमिवोत्तमम्। प्राप्यावध्यं ब्रह्मपुरं राजेव स्यामहं सुखी ॥१२-१७१-५२॥
ātmanā saptamaṃ kāmaṃ hatvā śatrumivotamam। prāpyāvadhyaṃ brahmapuraṃ rājeva syāmahaṃ sukhī ॥12-171-52॥
[आत्मना (ātmanā) - by oneself; सप्तमं (saptamam) - the seventh; कामं (kāmam) - desire; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; शत्रुम् (śatrum) - enemy; इव (iva) - like; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the best; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; अवध्यं (avadhyam) - the inviolable; ब्रह्मपुरं (brahmapuram) - the city of Brahman; राजा (rājā) - king; इव (iva) - like; स्याम् (syām) - may I be; अहम् (aham) - I; सुखी (sukhī) - happy;]
(By oneself, having slain the seventh desire like the best enemy, having attained the inviolable city of Brahman, may I be happy like a king.)
Having conquered the seventh desire by myself, as one would the greatest enemy, and having reached the inviolable city of Brahman, may I be happy like a king.
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय मङ्किर्निर्वेदमागतः। सर्वान्कामान्परित्यज्य प्राप्य ब्रह्म महत्सुखम् ॥१२-१७१-५३॥
etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya maṅkir nirvedam āgataḥ। sarvān kāmān parityajya prāpya brahma mahatsukham ॥12-171-53॥
[एताम् (etām) - this; (feminine accusative singular) बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - understanding; (accusative singular) समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having adopted; having taken up; मङ्किः (maṅkiḥ) - Maṅki; (proper noun, subject) निर्वेदम् (nirvedam) - dispassion; detachment; आगतः (āgataḥ) - attained; reached; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; (accusative plural) कामान् (kāmān) - desires; (accusative plural) परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; having renounced; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained; having reached; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; the Absolute; महत् (mahat) - great; (neuter nominative singular) सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; bliss; (neuter nominative singular);]
(Having adopted this understanding, Maṅki attained dispassion; having abandoned all desires, having attained Brahman, (he attained) great happiness.)
Maṅki, having adopted this understanding, attained dispassion; after abandoning all desires and attaining Brahman, he experienced supreme happiness.
दम्यनाशकृते मङ्किरमरत्वं किलागमत्। अच्छिनत्काममूलं स तेन प्राप महत्सुखम् ॥१२-१७१-५४॥
damyanāśakṛte maṅkiramaratvaṃ kilāgamat। acchinatkāmamūlaṃ sa tena prāpa mahatsukham ॥12-171-54॥
[दम्य (damya) - to be tamed; नाश (nāśa) - destruction; कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of; मङ्कि (maṅki) - Maṅki (proper noun); अमरत्वं (amaratvaṃ) - immortality; किल (kila) - indeed; अगमत् (agamat) - attained; reached; अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - cut off; काम (kāma) - desire; मूलं (mūlaṃ) - root; स (sa) - he; तेन (tena) - by that; प्राप (prāpa) - obtained; महत् (mahat) - great; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness;]
(For the sake of the destruction of what is to be tamed, Maṅki indeed attained immortality. He, having cut off the root of desire by that, obtained great happiness.)
For the sake of destroying what is to be tamed, Maṅki truly attained immortality. By cutting off the root of desire, he thereby attained great happiness.
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। गीतं विदेहराजेन जनकेन प्रशाम्यता ॥१२-१७१-५५॥
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। gītaṃ videharājena janakena praśāmyatā ॥12-171-55॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; अपि (api) - also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; गीतम् (gītam) - spoken; विदेहराजेन (videharājena) - by the king of Videha; जनकेन (janakena) - by Janaka; प्रशाम्यता (praśāmyatā) - while pacifying;]
(Here also they cite this ancient history, spoken by the king of Videha, by Janaka, while pacifying.)
Here too, they recount an ancient story, told by King Janaka of Videha, as he was pacifying (someone or a situation).
अनन्तं बत मे वित्तं यस्य मे नास्ति किञ्चन। मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्यति किञ्चन ॥१२-१७१-५६॥
anantaṃ bata me vittaṃ yasya me nāsti kiñcana। mithilāyāṃ pradīptāyāṃ na me dahyati kiñcana ॥12-171-56॥
[अनन्तम् (anantam) - endless; unlimited; बत (bata) - indeed; truly; मे (me) - my; to me; वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth; property; यस्य (yasya) - of which; whose; मे (me) - my; to me; नास्ति (nāsti) - does not exist; is not; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything; even a little; मिथिलायाम् (mithilāyām) - in Mithilā (city); प्रदीप्तायाम् (pradīptāyām) - burning; set on fire; न (na) - not; मे (me) - my; to me; दह्यति (dahyati) - is burned; is consumed; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything; even a little;]
(Endless indeed is my wealth, of which I have nothing at all. In burning Mithilā, not even a little of mine is burned.)
Truly, my wealth is infinite, for I possess nothing. Even if Mithilā is ablaze, nothing of mine is consumed.
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं बोध्यस्य पदसञ्चयम्। निर्वेदं प्रति विन्यस्तं प्रतिबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥१२-१७१-५७॥
atraivodāharantīmaṃ bodhyasya padasañcayam। nirvedaṃ prati vinyastaṃ pratibodha yudhiṣṭhira ॥12-171-57॥
[अत्रैव (atraiva) - right here; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमं (imaṃ) - this; बोध्यस्य (bodhyasya) - of the one to be known; पदसञ्चयम् (padasañcayam) - collection of words; निर्वेदं (nirvedam) - dispassion; प्रति (prati) - towards; विन्यस्तं (vinyastaṃ) - placed; प्रतिबोध (pratibodha) - with discernment; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira;]
(Right here they cite this collection of words of the one to be known: dispassion placed towards (it) with discernment, O Yudhishthira.)
O Yudhishthira, right here they cite this collection of words for the one to be known: dispassion should be established towards it with discernment.
बोध्यं दान्तमृषिं राजा नहुषः पर्यपृच्छत। निर्वेदाच्छान्तिमापन्नं शान्तं प्रज्ञानतर्पितम् ॥१२-१७१-५८॥
bodhyaṃ dāntam ṛṣiṃ rājā nahuṣaḥ paryapṛcchata। nirvedāc chāntim āpannaṃ śāntaṃ prajñāna-tarpitam ॥12-171-58॥
[बोध्यं (bodhyam) - to be awakened; दान्तम् (dāntam) - self-restrained; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; राजा (rājā) - king; नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa; पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - asked; निर्वेदात् (nirvedāt) - from detachment; शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace; आपन्नम् (āpannam) - attained; शान्तम् (śāntam) - calm; प्रज्ञानतर्पितम् (prajñāna-tarpitam) - satisfied by wisdom;]
(The king Nahuṣa asked the self-restrained sage, who was to be awakened, who had attained peace from detachment, who was calm, and satisfied by wisdom.)
King Nahuṣa questioned the self-restrained sage, who was to be awakened, who had attained peace through detachment, was calm, and fulfilled by wisdom.
उपदेशं महाप्राज्ञ शमस्योपदिशस्व मे। कां बुद्धिं समनुध्याय शान्तश्चरसि निर्वृतः ॥१२-१७१-५९॥
upadeśaṃ mahāprājña śamasyopadiśasva me। kāṃ buddhiṃ samanudhyāya śāntaścarasi nirvṛtaḥ ॥12-171-59॥
[उपदेशम् (upadeśam) - instruction; महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one; शमस्य (śamasya) - of tranquility; उपदिशस्व (upadiśasva) - please teach; मे (me) - to me; कां (kāṃ) - which; बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - understanding; समनुध्याय (samanudhyāya) - having reflected upon; शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - being peaceful; चरसि (carasi) - you conduct yourself; निर्वृतः (nirvṛtaḥ) - liberated;]
(O greatly wise one, please teach me the instruction of tranquility. Having reflected upon which understanding, you, being peaceful and liberated, conduct yourself.)
O wise one, instruct me in the path of tranquility. What understanding have you reflected upon, by which you live peacefully and liberated?
बोध्य उवाच॥
bodhya uvāca॥
[बोध्य (bodhya) - Bodhya; (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Bodhya said;)
Bodhya said.
उपदेशेन वर्तामि नानुशास्मीह कञ्चन। लक्षणं तस्य वक्ष्येऽहं तत्स्वयं प्रविमृश्यताम् ॥१२-१७१-६०॥
upadeśena vartāmi nānuśāsmīha kañcana। lakṣaṇaṃ tasya vakṣye'haṃ tatsvayaṃ pravimṛśyatām ॥12-171-60॥
[उपदेशेन (upadeśena) - by instruction; वर्तामि (vartāmi) - I act; न (na) - not; अनुशास्मि (anuśāsmi) - I command; इह (iha) - here; कञ्चन (kañcana) - anyone; लक्षणं (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic; तस्य (tasya) - of that; वक्ष्ये (vakṣye) - I shall state; अहम् (aham) - I; तत् (tat) - that; स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself; प्रविमृश्यताम् (pravimṛśyatām) - let it be examined thoroughly;]
(By instruction I act, I do not command anyone here. The characteristic of that I shall state, let that be thoroughly examined by oneself.)
I act by giving instruction, not by commanding anyone here. I will state its characteristic; let that be thoroughly examined by oneself.
पिङ्गला कुररः सर्पः सारङ्गान्वेषणं वने। इषुकारः कुमारी च षडेते गुरवो मम ॥१२-१७१-६१॥
piṅgalā kuraraḥ sarpaḥ sāraṅgānveṣaṇaṃ vane। iṣukāraḥ kumārī ca ṣaḍete guravo mama ॥12-171-61॥
[पिङ्गला (piṅgalā) - Piṅgalā (name of a courtesan); कुररः (kuraraḥ) - the kite (bird); सर्पः (sarpaḥ) - the serpent; सारङ्गान्वेषणम् (sāraṅgānveṣaṇam) - searching for deer; (sāraṅga - deer; anveṣaṇam - searching;) वने (vane) - in the forest; इषुकारः (iṣukāraḥ) - the arrow-maker; कुमारी (kumārī) - the maiden; च (ca) - and; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; एते (ete) - these; गुरवः (guravaḥ) - teachers; मम (mama) - my;]
(Piṅgalā, the kite, the serpent, searching for deer in the forest, the arrow-maker, and the maiden—these six are my teachers.)
Piṅgalā, the kite, the serpent, the search for deer in the forest, the arrow-maker, and the maiden—these six are my teachers.
