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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.
शोकाद्दुःखाच्च मृत्योश्च त्रस्यन्ति प्राणिनः सदा। उभयं मे यथा न स्यात्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥१२-२७५-१॥
śokādduḥkhācca mṛtyośca trasyanti prāṇinaḥ sadā। ubhayaṃ me yathā na syāttanme brūhi pitāmaha ॥12-275-1॥
[शोकात् (śokāt) - from sorrow; दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from pain; च (ca) - and; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; च (ca) - and; त्रस्यन्ति (trasyanti) - tremble; प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings; सदा (sadā) - always; उभयं (ubhayaṃ) - both; मे (me) - to me; यथा (yathā) - so that; न (na) - not; स्यात् (syāt) - may be; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell; पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandsire;]
(From sorrow, from pain, and from death, living beings always tremble; both, so that it may not be to me, that tell me, O grandsire.)
O grandsire, tell me that by which neither sorrow nor pain nor death may affect me, so that I may not be subject to either.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; (name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Bhīṣma said;)
Bhīṣma said.
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। नारदस्य च संवादं समङ्गस्य च भारत ॥१२-२७५-२॥
atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। nāradasya ca saṃvādaṃ samaṅgasya ca bhārata ॥12-275-2॥
[अत्रैव (atraiva) - right here; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Nārada; च (ca) - and; संवादम् (saṃvādam) - dialogue; समङ्गस्य (samaṅgasya) - of Samaṅga; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Right here they cite this ancient history, the dialogue of Nārada and Samaṅga, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, right here is cited this ancient history, the dialogue between Nārada and Samaṅga.
नारद उवाच॥
nārada uvāca॥
[नारद (nārada) - Nārada (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Nārada said;)
Nārada said.
उरसेव प्रणमसे बाहुभ्यां तरसीव च। सम्प्रहृष्टमना नित्यं विशोक इव लक्ष्यसे ॥१२-२७५-३॥
uraseva praṇamase bāhubhyāṃ tarasīva ca। samprahṛṣṭamanā nityaṃ viśoka iva lakṣyase ॥12-275-3॥
[उरसा (urasā) - with the chest; इव (iva) - as if; प्रणमसे (praṇamase) - you bow; बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with the arms; तरसा (tarasā) - with force; इव (iva) - as if; च (ca) - and; सम्प्रहृष्टमना (samprahṛṣṭamanā) - with delighted mind; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; विशोक (viśoka) - without sorrow; इव (iva) - as if; लक्ष्यसे (lakṣyase) - you appear;]
(With the chest as if you bow, with the arms as if with force and; with delighted mind always, as if without sorrow, you appear.)
You seem to bow with your chest, and with your arms as if with force; you always appear with a delighted mind, as if without sorrow.
उद्वेगं नेह ते किञ्चित्सुसूक्ष्ममपि लक्षये। नित्यतृप्त इव स्वस्थो बालवच्च विचेष्टसे ॥१२-२७५-४॥
udvegaṃ neha te kiñcit susūkṣmam api lakṣaye। nityatṛpta iva svastho bālavac ca viceṣṭase ॥12-275-4॥
[उद्वेगम् (udvegam) - agitation; न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; ते (te) - your; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - even a little; सुसूक्ष्मम् (susūkṣmam) - very subtle; अपि (api) - even; लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive; नित्यतृप्तः (nityatṛptaḥ) - ever-content; इव (iva) - as if; स्वस्थः (svasthaḥ) - self-possessed; बालवत् (bālavat) - like a child; च (ca) - and; विचेष्टसे (viceṣṭase) - you act;]
(Agitation not here your even a little very subtle even I perceive. Ever-content as if self-possessed like a child and you act.)
I do not perceive even the slightest subtle agitation in you here. You act as if ever-content, self-possessed, and like a child.
समङ्ग उवाच॥
samaṅga uvāca॥
[समङ्ग (samaṅga) - Samaṅga (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Samaṅga said;)
Samaṅga said.
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च सर्वं सत्त्वेषु मानद। तेषां तत्त्वानि जानामि ततो न विमना ह्यहम् ॥१२-२७५-५॥
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca sarvaṃ sattveṣu mānada। teṣāṃ tattvāni jānāmi tato na vimanā hyaham ॥12-275-5॥
[भूतम् (bhūtam) - past; भव्यम् (bhavyam) - future; भविष्यत्-च (bhaviṣyat-ca) - and what is to come; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; सत्त्वेषु (sattveṣu) - among beings; मानद (mānada) - O bestower of honor; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) - the principles; जानामि (jānāmi) - I know; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; न (na) - not; विमनाः (vimanāḥ) - distressed; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Past, future, and what is to come, all among beings, O bestower of honor, of them the principles I know; therefore, not distressed indeed am I.)
O bestower of honor, I know the principles of all beings — past, future, and what is to come; therefore, I am indeed not distressed.
उपक्रमानहं वेद पुनरेव फलोदयान्। लोके फलानि चित्राणि ततो न विमना ह्यहम् ॥१२-२७५-६॥
upakramānahaṃ veda punareva phalodayān। loke phalāni citrāṇi tato na vimanā hyaham ॥12-275-6॥
[उपक्रमान् (upakramān) - beginnings; अहम् (aham) - I; वेद (veda) - know; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; फलोदयान् (phalodayān) - fruits' arising; लोके (loke) - in the world; फलानि (phalāni) - fruits; चित्राणि (citrāṇi) - varied; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; न (na) - not; विमनाः (vimanāḥ) - disheartened; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(I know the beginnings, again indeed the arising of fruits; in the world, the fruits are varied; therefore I am not disheartened indeed.)
I know the beginnings and also the arising of fruits again; in this world, the fruits are varied; therefore, I am not at all disheartened.
अगाधाश्चाप्रतिष्ठाश्च गतिमन्तश्च नारद। अन्धा जडाश्च जीवन्ति पश्यास्मानपि जीवतः ॥१२-२७५-७॥
agādhāś cāpratiṣṭhāś ca gatimantaś ca nārada| andhā jaḍāś ca jīvanti paśyāsmān api jīvataḥ ॥12-275-7॥
[अगाधाः (agādhāḥ) - bottomless; (those who are) unfathomable; च (ca) - and; अप्रतिष्ठाः (apratiṣṭhāḥ) - unstable; (those who have) no foundation; च (ca) - and; गतिमन्तः (gatimantaḥ) - having movement; (those who have) motion; च (ca) - and; नारद (nārada) - O Nārada; अन्धाः (andhāḥ) - blind; (those who are) blind; जडाः (jaḍāḥ) - dull; (those who are) inert; च (ca) - and; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - live; (they) live; पश्य (paśya) - see; behold; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; अपि (api) - also; जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - living; (while) living;]
(Bottomless and unstable and those having movement, O Nārada, and blind and dull live; see us also living.)
O Nārada, even those who are bottomless, unstable, moving, blind, and dull live; look at us, we too are living.
विहितेनैव जीवन्ति अरोगाङ्गा दिवौकसः। बलवन्तोऽबलाश्चैव तद्वदस्मान्सभाजय ॥१२-२७५-८॥
vihitenaiva jīvanti arogāṅgā divaukasaḥ। balavanto'balāścaiva tadvadasmān sabhājaya ॥12-275-8॥
[विहितेनैव (vihitenaiva) - by what is ordained; indeed; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live; अरोगाङ्गा (arogāṅgā) - with healthy limbs; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - the dwellers of heaven; बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - the strong; अबलाः (abalāḥ) - the weak; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तद्वत् (tadvat) - in the same way; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; सभाजय (sabhājaya) - honor;]
(By what is ordained indeed, the dwellers of heaven with healthy limbs live; the strong and the weak indeed, in the same way, honor us.)
Even the gods with healthy bodies live only by what is ordained; both the strong and the weak, honor us in the same way.
सहस्रिणश्च जीवन्ति जीवन्ति शतिनस्तथा। शाकेन चान्ये जीवन्ति पश्यास्मानपि जीवतः ॥१२-२७५-९॥
sahasriṇaś ca jīvanti jīvanti śatinaś tathā। śākena cānye jīvanti paśyāsmān api jīvataḥ ॥12-275-9॥
[सहस्रिणः (sahasriṇaḥ) - those possessing thousands; च (ca) - and; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - live; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - live; शतिनः (śatinaḥ) - those possessing hundreds; तथा (tathā) - likewise; शाकेन (śākena) - by vegetables; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - live; पश्य (paśya) - see; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; अपि (api) - also; जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - living;]
(Those possessing thousands live, those possessing hundreds likewise live; others live by vegetables, see us also living.)
Those who possess thousands live, those with hundreds also live; others live on vegetables—see, we too are living.
यदा न शोचेमहि किं नु न स्या; द्धर्मेण वा नारद कर्मणा वा। कृतान्तवश्यानि यदा सुखानि; दुःखानि वा यन्न विधर्षयन्ति ॥१२-२७५-१०॥
yadā na śocemahi kiṃ nu na syā; dharmeṇa vā nārada karmaṇā vā। kṛtāntavaśyāni yadā sukhāni; duḥkhāni vā yan na vidharṣayanti ॥12-275-10॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; न (na) - not; शोचेमहि (śocemahi) - we grieve; किं (kiṃ) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; न (na) - not; स्या (syā) - would be; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by dharma; वा (vā) - or; नारद (nārada) - O Nārada; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; वा (vā) - or; कृतान्तवश्यानि (kṛtāntavaśyāni) - subject to death; यदा (yadā) - when; सुखानि (sukhāni) - pleasures; दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows; वा (vā) - or; यन् (yan) - which; न (na) - not; विधर्षयन्ति (vidharṣayanti) - do not oppress;]
(When we do not grieve, what indeed would not be, O Nārada, by dharma or by action? When pleasures or sorrows, which are subject to death, do not oppress (us).)
O Nārada, when we do not grieve, what could not be accomplished by dharma or by action? When pleasures or sorrows, which are subject to death, do not oppress us.
यस्मै प्रज्ञां कथयन्ते मनुष्याः; प्रज्ञामूलो हीन्द्रियाणां प्रसादः। मुह्यन्ति शोचन्ति यदेन्द्रियाणि; प्रज्ञालाभो नास्ति मूढेन्द्रियस्य ॥१२-२७५-११॥
yasmai prajñāṃ kathayante manuṣyāḥ; prajñāmūlo hīndriyāṇāṃ prasādaḥ। muhyanti śocanti yadindriyāṇi; prajñālābho nāsti mūḍhendriyasya ॥12-275-11॥
[यस्मै (yasmai) - to whom; प्रज्ञां (prajñām) - wisdom; कथयन्ते (kathayante) - they speak; मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - men; प्रज्ञामूलः (prajñāmūlaḥ) - rooted in wisdom; हि (hi) - indeed; इन्द्रियाणां (indriyāṇām) - of the senses; प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) - clarity; मुह्यन्ति (muhyanti) - become deluded; शोचन्ति (śocanti) - grieve; यत् (yat) - when; इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the senses; प्रज्ञालाभः (prajñālābhaḥ) - attainment of wisdom; नास्ति (nāsti) - does not exist; मूढेन्द्रियस्य (mūḍhendriyasya) - of one whose senses are deluded;]
(To whom men speak wisdom; indeed, the clarity of the senses is rooted in wisdom. When the senses become deluded and grieve, attainment of wisdom does not exist for one whose senses are deluded.)
Men speak of wisdom to one who is receptive; for clarity of the senses is indeed rooted in wisdom. When the senses are confused and distressed, there can be no attainment of wisdom for one whose senses are deluded.
मूढस्य दर्पः स पुनर्मोह एव; मूढस्य नायं न परोऽस्ति लोकः। न ह्येव दुःखानि सदा भवन्ति; सुखस्य वा नित्यशो लाभ एव ॥१२-२७५-१२॥
mūḍhasya darpaḥ sa punarmoha eva; mūḍhasya nāyaṃ na paro'sti lokaḥ। na hyeva duḥkhāni sadā bhavanti; sukhasya vā nityaśo lābha eva ॥12-275-12॥
[मूढस्य (mūḍhasya) - of the deluded; दर्पः (darpaḥ) - arrogance; सः (saḥ) - that; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion; एव (eva) - indeed; मूढस्य (mūḍhasya) - of the deluded; न (na) - not; अयम् (ayam) - this; न (na) - not; परः (paraḥ) - other; अस्ति (asti) - exists; लोकः (lokaḥ) - world; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; एव (eva) - indeed; दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows; सदा (sadā) - always; भवन्ति (bhavanti) - are; सुखस्य (sukhasya) - of happiness; वा (vā) - or; नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly; लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain; एव (eva) - indeed;]
(Of the deluded, arrogance is indeed again delusion; for the deluded, neither this nor another world exists. Indeed, sorrows do not always exist; nor is there constant gain of happiness.)
For the deluded, arrogance is nothing but delusion again; for the deluded, neither this world nor the next exists. Sorrows do not always persist, nor is happiness always gained.
भावात्मकं सम्परिवर्तमानं; न मादृशः सञ्ज्वरं जातु कुर्यात्। इष्टान्भोगान्नानुरुध्येत्सुखं वा; न चिन्तयेद्दुःखमभ्यागतं वा ॥१२-२७५-१३॥
bhāvātmakaṃ samparivartamānaṃ; na mādṛśaḥ sañjvaraṃ jātu kuryāt. iṣṭānbhogānnānurudhyetsukhaṃ vā; na cintayedduḥkhamabhyāgataṃ vā ॥12-275-13॥
[भावात्मकं (bhāvātmakaṃ) - consisting of emotion; सम्परिवर्तमानं (samparivartamānaṃ) - constantly changing; न (na) - not; मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me; सञ्ज्वरं (sañjvaraṃ) - affliction; जातु (jātu) - ever; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should do; इष्टान् (iṣṭān) - desired; भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments; न (na) - not; अनुरुध्येत् (anurudhyet) - should pursue; सुखं (sukhaṃ) - happiness; वा (vā) - or; न (na) - not; चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - should think; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow; अभ्यागतं (abhyāgataṃ) - that has come; वा (vā) - or;]
(Consisting of emotion, constantly changing; one like me should never do affliction. Desired enjoyments should not be pursued, or happiness; nor should one think of sorrow that has come, or.)
One such as I, knowing the emotional and ever-changing nature of things, should never succumb to affliction. One should not pursue desired enjoyments or happiness, nor dwell on sorrow that has come.
समाहितो न स्पृहयेत्परेषां; नानागतं नाभिनन्देत लाभम्। न चापि हृष्येद्विपुलेऽर्थलाभे; तथार्थनाशे च न वै विषीदेत् ॥१२-२७५-१४॥
samāhito na spṛhayed pareṣām; nānāgataṃ nābhinandeta lābham। na cāpi hṛṣyed vipule'rthalābhe; tathārthanāśe ca na vai viṣīdet ॥12-275-14॥
[समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - collected; composed; self-possessed; न (na) - not; स्पृहयेत् (spṛhayet) - should desire; परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others; न (na) - not; अनागतम् (anāgatam) - not yet come; future; न (na) - not; अभिनन्देत (abhinandeta) - should rejoice; लाभम् (lābham) - gain; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; हृष्येत् (hṛṣyet) - should be elated; विपुले (vipule) - abundant; अर्थलाभे (arthalābhe) - acquisition of wealth; तथा (tathā) - similarly; अर्थनाशे (arthanāśe) - loss of wealth; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; वै (vai) - indeed; विषीदेत् (viṣīdet) - should be dejected;]
(The composed one should not desire the possessions of others; should not rejoice in gain that has not yet come. Nor should he be elated at abundant acquisition of wealth; similarly, in loss of wealth, he indeed should not be dejected.)
A self-possessed person should not covet what belongs to others, nor delight in gains that are yet to come. He should not be elated by abundant wealth, nor should he be dejected by its loss.
न बान्धवा न च वित्तं न कौली; न च श्रुतं न च मन्त्रा न वीर्यम्। दुःखात्त्रातुं सर्व एवोत्सहन्ते; परत्र शीले न तु यान्ति शान्तिम् ॥१२-२७५-१५॥
na bāndhavā na ca vittaṃ na kaulī; na ca śrutaṃ na ca mantrā na vīryam. duḥkhāttrātuṃ sarva evotsahante; paratra śīle na tu yānti śāntim ॥12-275-15॥
[न (na) - not; बान्धवा (bāndhavā) - relatives; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; वित्तं (vittaṃ) - wealth; न (na) - not; कौली (kaulī) - family lineage; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; श्रुतं (śrutam) - learning; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; मन्त्रा (mantrā) - mantras; न (na) - not; वीर्यम् (vīryam) - strength; दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from suffering; त्रातुं (trātuṃ) - to protect; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; उत्सहन्ते (utsahante) - strive; परत्र (paratra) - in the next world; शीले (śīle) - in virtue; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; यान्ति (yānti) - go; शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace;]
(Not relatives, not wealth, not family lineage, not learning, not mantras, not strength; all indeed strive to protect (one) from suffering; but in the next world, in virtue, they do not go to peace.)
Neither relatives, nor wealth, nor family lineage, nor learning, nor mantras, nor strength—though all strive to protect one from suffering, in the next world, only virtue leads to peace, not these others.
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य नायोगाद्विद्यते सुखम्। धृतिश्च दुःखत्यागश्चाप्युभयं नः सुखोदयम् ॥१२-२७५-१६॥
nāsti buddhirayuktasya nāyogādvidyate sukham। dhṛtiśca duḥkhatyāgaścāpyubhayaṃ naḥ sukhodayam ॥12-275-16॥
[नास्ति (nāsti) - does not exist; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect; अयुक्तस्य (ayuktasya) - of the unrestrained; न (na) - not; अयोगात् (ayogāt) - from lack of discipline; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - steadfastness; च (ca) - and; दुःखत्यागः (duḥkhatyāgaḥ) - abandonment of suffering; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; उभयम् (ubhayam) - both; नः (naḥ) - for us; सुखोदयम् (sukhodayam) - arising of happiness;]
(Intellect does not exist for the unrestrained; nor is there happiness from lack of discipline. Steadfastness and abandonment of suffering, both, for us, are the arising of happiness.)
For one who is unrestrained, there is no intellect; nor is there happiness without discipline. Steadfastness and the abandonment of suffering—both, for us, are the source of happiness.
प्रियं हि हर्षजननं हर्ष उत्सेकवर्धनः। उत्सेको नरकायैव तस्मात्तं सन्त्यजाम्यहम् ॥१२-२७५-१७॥
priyaṃ hi harṣajananaṃ harṣa utsekavardhanaḥ। utseko narakāyaiva tasmāttaṃ santyajāmyaham ॥12-275-17॥
[प्रियं (priyaṃ) - dear; pleasant; हि (hi) - indeed; surely; हर्षजननं (harṣajananaṃ) - source of joy; हर्ष (harṣa) - joy; delight; उत्सेकवर्धनः (utsekavardhanaḥ) - increaser of arrogance; उत्सेकः (utsekaḥ) - arrogance; pride; नरकाय (narakāya) - to hell; एव (eva) - only; indeed; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; तं (taṃ) - that; सन्त्यजामि (santyajāmi) - I abandon; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Dear indeed is the source of joy; joy is the increaser of arrogance. Arrogance only leads to hell; therefore, that I abandon.)
What is dear is indeed a source of joy, but joy increases arrogance. Arrogance leads only to hell; therefore, I abandon it.
एताञ्शोकभयोत्सेकान्मोहनान्सुखदुःखयोः। पश्यामि साक्षिवल्लोके देहस्यास्य विचेष्टनात् ॥१२-२७५-१८॥
etāñśokabhayotsekānmohanānsukhaduḥkhayoḥ। paśyāmi sākṣivalloke dehasyāsya viceṣṭanāt ॥12-275-18॥
[एतान् (etān) - these; (accusative plural masculine) शोक (śoka) - sorrow; (stem) भय (bhaya) - fear; (stem) उत्सेकान् (utsekān) - arrogances; (accusative plural masculine of utsheka) मोहान् (mohān) - delusions; (accusative plural masculine of moha) सुख (sukha) - pleasure; (stem) दुःखयोः (duḥkhayoḥ) - of pleasure and pain; (genitive dual) पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; (1st person singular present) साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness; (indeclinable) लोके (loke) - in the world; (locative singular) देहस्य (dehasya) - of the body; (genitive singular) अस्य (asya) - of this; (genitive singular) विचेष्टनात् (viceṣṭanāt) - from the activity; (ablative singular of viceṣṭana);]
(These sorrows, fears, arrogances, delusions, of pleasure and pain—I see, like a witness in the world, from the activity of this body.)
I observe all these sorrows, fears, arrogances, delusions, and the states of pleasure and pain, as a witness in the world, arising from the activity of this body.
अर्थकामौ परित्यज्य विशोको विगतज्वरः। तृष्णामोहौ तु सन्त्यज्य चरामि पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥१२-२७५-१९॥
arthakāmau parityajya viśoko vigatajvaraḥ। tṛṣṇāmohau tu santyajya carāmi pṛthivīmimām ॥12-275-19॥
[अर्थकामौ (arthakāmau) - wealth and desire; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; विशोकः (viśokaḥ) - free from sorrow; विगतज्वरः (vigatajvaraḥ) - free from fever (affliction); तृष्णामोहौ (tṛṣṇāmohau) - craving and delusion; तु (tu) - but; सन्त्यज्य (santyajya) - having completely abandoned; चरामि (carāmi) - I wander; पृथिवीमिमाम् (pṛthivīmimām) - this earth;]
(Having abandoned wealth and desire, free from sorrow and free from affliction, but having completely abandoned craving and delusion, I wander this earth.)
Having given up wealth and desire, and being free from sorrow and affliction, but having also completely abandoned craving and delusion, I wander this earth.
न मृत्युतो न चाधर्मान्न लोभान्न कुतश्चन। पीतामृतस्येवात्यन्तमिह चामुत्र वा भयम् ॥१२-२७५-२०॥
na mṛtyuto na cādharmānna lobhānna kutaścana। pītāmṛtasyevātyantamiha cāmutra vā bhayam ॥12-275-20॥
[न (na) - not; मृत्युतः (mṛtyutaḥ) - from death; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अधर्मात् (adharmāt) - from unrighteousness; न (na) - not; लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed; न (na) - not; कुतश्चन (kutaścana) - from anywhere; पीतामृतस्य (pītāmṛtasya) - of one who has drunk nectar; इव (iva) - like; अत्यन्तम् (atyantam) - absolutely; इह (iha) - here; च (ca) - and; अमुत्र (amutra) - there (in the other world); वा (vā) - or; भयम् (bhayam) - fear;]
(Not from death, not from unrighteousness, not from greed, not from anywhere; like one who has drunk nectar, absolutely here and there (in the other world) or fear.)
There is no fear here or hereafter, not from death, unrighteousness, greed, or from anywhere, just as for one who has drunk nectar.
एतद्ब्रह्मन्विजानामि महत्कृत्वा तपोऽव्ययम्। तेन नारद सम्प्राप्तो न मां शोकः प्रबाधते ॥१२-२७५-२१॥
etad brahman vijānāmi mahat kṛtvā tapo'vyayam। tena nārada samprāpto na māṃ śokaḥ prabādhate ॥12-275-21॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; विजानामि (vijānāmi) - I know; महत् (mahat) - great; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable; तेन (tena) - by that; नारद (nārada) - O Nārada; सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - attained; न (na) - not; माम् (mām) - me; शोकः (śokaḥ) - sorrow; प्रबाधते (prabādhate) - afflicts;]
(This, O Brahman, I know: having performed great imperishable austerity, by that, O Nārada, attained (it); not does sorrow afflict me.)
O Brahman, I know this: Having performed great and imperishable austerity, by that, O Nārada, I have attained (the state), and thus sorrow does not afflict me.
