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Chapter 12.317

Verse 1 View Details
अशोकं शोकनाशार्थं शास्त्रं शान्तिकरं शिवम् । निशम्य लभते बुद्धिं तां लब्ध्वा सुखमेधते ॥
Narada said By listening to such sacred scriptures, as bring about tranquillity, as remove grief, and as yield happiness, one acquired (a pure) understanding, and, having acquired it; obtains to great happiness.
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अशोकं | शोक + नाश + अर्थ | शास्त्रं | शान्ति + कर | शिवम्
निशम्य | लभते | बुद्धिं | तां | लब्ध्वा | सुखम् | एधते
Verse 2 View Details
शोकस्थानसहस्राणि भयस्थानशतानि च । दिवसे दिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति न पण्डितम् ॥
A thousand causes of sorrow, a hundred causes of fear, from day to day, attack one who is shorn of understanding but not one who is endued with wisdom and learning.
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माता + पितृ + सहस्र | पुत्र + दार + शत | च
दिवसे | दिवसे | मूढम् | आविशन्ति | न | पण्डितम्
Verse 3 View Details
तस्मादनिष्टनाशार्थमितिहासं निबोध मे । तिष्ठते चेद्वशे बुद्धिर्लभते शोकनाशनम् ॥
Do you, therefore, listen to some old narratives as I recount them to you, for the object of removing your sorrow, If one can subjugate his understanding, he is sure to acquire happiness.
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तस्माद् | अनिष्ट + नाश + अर्थ | इतिहासं | निबोध | मे
तिष्ठते | चेद् | वशे | बुद्धिर् | लभते | शोक + नाशन
Verse 4 View Details
अनिष्टसंप्रयोगाच्च विप्रयोगात्प्रियस्य च । मनुष्या मानसैर्दुःखैर्युज्यन्ते अल्पबुद्धयः ॥
By accession of what is undesirable and dissociation from what is agreeable, only men of little intelligence yield to mental sorrow.
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अनिष्ट + संप्रयोग + च | विप्रयोगात् | प्रियस्य | च
मनुष्या | मानसैर् | दुःखैर् | युज्यन्ते | अल्पबुद्धयः
Verse 5 View Details
द्रव्येषु समतीतेषु ये गुणास्तान्न चिन्तयेत् । ताननाद्रियमाणस्य स्नेहबन्धः प्रमुच्यते ॥
When things are passed, one should not grieve, thinking of their merits. He who thinks of such past things with affection can never liberate himself.
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द्रव्येषु | समतीतेषु | ये | गुण + तद् + न | चिन्तयेत्
तान् | अनाद्रियमाणस्य | स्नेह + बन्ध | प्रमुच्यते
Verse 6 View Details
दोषदर्शी भवेत्तत्र यत्र रागः प्रवर्तते । अनिष्टवद्धितं पश्येत्तथा क्षिप्रं विरज्यते ॥
One should always try to find out the faults of those things to which one becomes attached, One should always consider such things to be fraught with much evil, By doing so, one should soon free him therefrom.
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दोष + दर्शिन् | भवेत् | तत्र | यत्र | रागः | प्रवर्तते
अनिष्ट + वत् + हित | पश्येत् | तथा | क्षिप्रं | विरज्यते
Verse 7 View Details
नार्थो न धर्मो न यशो योऽतीतमनुशोचति । अप्यभावेन युज्येत तच्चास्य न निवर्तते ॥
The man who grieves for what is past, cannot acquire either riches or religious merit or fame. What exists no longer cannot be acquired. When such things go away, they do not return.
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न + अर्थ | न | धर्मो | न | यशो | यो | ऽतीतम् | अनुशोचति
अपि + अभाव | युज्येत | तद् + च + इदम् | न | निवर्तते
Verse 8 View Details
गुणैर्भूतानि युज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तथैव च । सर्वाणि नैतदेकस्य शोकस्थानं हि विद्यते ॥
Creatures sometimes acquire and sometimes lose earthly objects. No man in this world can be grieved by all the events that befall him.
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गुणैर् | भूतानि | युज्यन्ते | वियुज्यन्ते | तथा + एव | च
सर्वाणि | न + एतद् | एकस्य | शोक + स्थान | हि | विद्यते
Verse 9 View Details
मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योऽतीतमनुशोचति । दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थौ प्रपद्यते ॥
Dead or lost, he who grieves for what is gone only gets sorrow for sorrow. Instead of one sorrow, he gets two.
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मृतं | वा | यदि | वा | नष्टं | यो | ऽतीतम् | अनुशोचति
दुःखेन | लभते | दुःखं | द्वि + अनर्थ | प्रपद्यते
Verse 10 View Details
नाश्रु कुर्वन्ति ये बुद्ध्या दृष्ट्वा लोकेषु संततिम् । सम्यक्प्रपश्यतः सर्वं नाश्रुकर्मोपपद्यते ॥
Those men who, seeing the course of life and death in the world with the help of their intelligence, do not shed tears, are said to see properly. Such persons have never to shed tears.
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न + अश्रु | कुर्वन्ति | ये | बुद्ध्या | दृष्ट्वा | लोकेषु | संततिम्
सम्यक् | प्रपश्यतः | सर्वं | न + अश्रुकर्मन् + उपपद्
Verse 11 View Details
दुःखोपघाते शारीरे मानसे वाप्युपस्थिते । यस्मिन्न शक्यते कर्तुं यत्नस्तन्नानुचिन्तयेत् ॥
When any such calamity comes, which creates either their physical or mental grief, as is incapable of being prevented by even his best endeavours, one should cease to think on it with sorrow.
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दुःख + उपघात | शारीरे | मानसे | वा + अपि + उपस्था
यद् + न | शक्यते | कर्तुं | यत्न + तद् + न + अनुचिन्तय्
Verse 12 View Details
भैषज्यमेतद्दुःखस्य यदेतन्नानुचिन्तयेत् । चिन्त्यमानं हि न व्येति भूयश्चापि प्रवर्धते ॥
Not to think of it is the panacea for sorrow. By thinking of it, one can never remove it; on the other hand, by thinking upon sorrow, one only increases it.
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भैषज्यम् | एतद् | दुःखस्य | यद् | एतद् + न + अनुचिन्तय्
चिन्त्यमानं | हि | न | व्येति | भूयस् + च + अपि | प्रवर्धते
Verse 13 View Details
प्रज्ञया मानसं दुःखं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधैः । एतद्विज्ञानसामर्थ्यं न बालैः समतामियात् ॥
Mental sorrow should be destroyed by wisdom; while physical sorrow should be removed by medicines. This is the power of knowledge. One should not, in such matters, act like men of little understandings.
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प्रज्ञया | मानसं | दुःखं | हन् + शारीर | औषधैः
एतद् | विज्ञान + सामर्थ्य | न | बालैः | सम + ता | इयात्
Verse 14 View Details
अनित्यं यौवनं रूपं जीवितं द्रव्यसंचयः । आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासो गृध्येत्तत्र न पण्डितः ॥
Youth, beauty, life, hoarded riches, health, association with those that are loved, these all are fickle. One endued with wisdom should never covet them.
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अनित्यं | यौवनं | रूपं | जीवितं | द्रव्य + संचय
आरोग्यं | प्रिय + संवास | गृध्येत् | तत्र | न | पण्डितः
Verse 15 View Details
न जानपदिकं दुःखमेकः शोचितुमर्हति । अशोचन्प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येदुपक्रमम् ॥
One should not lament individually for a sorrowful incident that concerns an entire community. Instead of indulgence in grief when it comes, one should try to avert it and apply a remedy as soon as he finds the opportunity for doing it.
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न | जानपदिकं | दुःखम् | एकः | शोचितुम् | अर्हति
अ + शुच् | प्रतिकुर्वीत | यदि | पश्येद् | उपक्रमम्
Verse 16 View Details
सुखाद्बहुतरं दुःखं जीविते नात्र संशयः । स्निग्धत्वं चेन्द्रियार्थेषु मोहान्मरणमप्रियम् ॥
There is no doubt that in this life misery is much greater than that of happiness. There is no doubt in this that all men show attachment for objects of the senses and that death is considered as disagreeable.
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सुखाद् | बहुतरं | दुःखं | जीविते | न + अत्र | संशयः
स्निग्ध + त्व | च + इन्द्रिय + अर्थ | मोह + मरण | अप्रियम्
Verse 17 View Details
परित्यजति यो दुःखं सुखं वाप्युभयं नरः । अभ्येति ब्रह्म सोऽत्यन्तं न तं शोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
That man who renounces both joy and sorrow, is said to attain to Brahma. When such a man dies, men of wisdom never indulge in any grief for him.
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परित्यजति | यो | दुःखं | सुखं | वा + अपि + उभय | नरः
अभ्येति | ब्रह्म | सो | ऽत्यन्तं | न | तं | शोचन्ति | पण्डिताः
Verse 18 View Details
दुःखमर्था हि त्यज्यन्ते पालने न च ते सुखाः । दुःखेन चाधिगम्यन्ते नाशमेषां न चिन्तयेत् ॥
There is pain in spending wealth. There is pain in protecting it. There is pain in acquiring it. Hence, when one's wealth is lost, he should not grieve for it.
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दुःखम् | अर्था | हि | त्यज्यन्ते | पालने | न | च | ते | सुखाः
दुःखेन | च + अधिगम् | नाशम् | एषां | न | चिन्तयेत्
Verse 19 View Details
अन्यामन्यां धनावस्थां प्राप्य वैशेषिकीं नराः । अतृप्ता यान्ति विध्वंसं संतोषं यान्ति पण्डिताः ॥
Men of little understandings, in their efforts to acquire different grades of wealth, lose their contentment and at last die broken-hearted. Wise men, however, are always contented.
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अन्याम् | अन्यां | धन + अवस्था | प्राप्य | वैशेषिकीं | नराः
अतृप्ता | यान्ति | विध्वंसं | संतोषं | यान्ति | पण्डिताः
Verse 20 View Details
सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः । संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् ॥
All combinations are sure to end in dissolution. All things that are high are destined to fall down and become low. Union is sure to end in disunion, and life is certain to end in death.
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सर्वे | क्षय + अन्त | निचयाः | पतन + अन्त | समुच्छ्रयाः
संयोगा | विप्रयोग + अन्त | मरण + अन्त | हि | जीवितम्
Verse 21 View Details
अन्तो नास्ति पिपासायास्तुष्टिस्तु परमं सुखम् । तस्मात्संतोषमेवेह धनं पश्यन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
Thirst can never be satiated. Contentment is the greatest happiness. Hence, wise men regard contentment as the most valuable wealth.
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अन्तो | न + अस् | पिपासा + तुष्टि + तु | परमं | सुखम्
तस्मात् | संतोषम् | एव + इह | धनं | पश्यन्ति | पण्डिताः
Verse 22 View Details
निमेषमात्रमपि हि वयो गच्छन्न तिष्ठति । स्वशरीरेष्वनित्येषु नित्यं किमनुचिन्तयेत् ॥
One's lease of life is running continually. It stops not in its course for even a single moment. When one's body itself is not durable, what other thing is there which one should consider as durable?
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निमेष + मात्र | अपि | हि | वयो | गम् + न | तिष्ठति
स्व + शरीर + अनित्य | नित्यं | किम् | अनुचिन्तयेत्
Verse 23 View Details
भूतेष्वभावं संचिन्त्य ये बुद्ध्वा तमसः परम् । न शोचन्ति गताध्वानः पश्यन्तः परमां गतिम् ॥
Those persons who, meditating on the nature of all creatures and, concluding that it is beyond the grasp of the mind, direct their attention to the highest path, and, starting, acquire a fair progress in it, have not to indulge in sorrow.
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भूत + अभाव | संचिन्त्य | ये | बुद्ध्वा | तमसः | परम्
न | शोचन्ति | गम् + अध्वन् | पश्यन्तः | परमां | गतिम्
Verse 24 View Details
संचिन्वानकमेवैनं कामानामवितृप्तकम् । व्याघ्रः पशुमिवासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति ॥
Like the she-wolf snatching away a lamb, Death snatches away one who is still engaged in acquiring wealth and still unsatisfied in the enjoyment of pleasures.
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संचिन्वानकम् | एव + एनद् | कामानाम् | अवितृप्तकम्
वृकी + इव + उरण | आसाद्य | मृत्युर् | आदाय | गच्छति
Verse 25 View Details
अथाप्युपायं संपश्येद्दुःखस्य परिमोक्षणे । अशोचन्नारभेतैव युक्तश्चाव्यसनी भवेत् ॥
One should always try to liberate himself from sorrow. One should try to remove sorrow by beginning his work with cheerfulness, that is without indulging, in sorrow, having freed himself from a particular sorrow, one should act in such a way as to keep sorrow at a distance by abstaining from all shortcomings of conduct.
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अथ + अपि + उपाय | संपश्येद् | दुःखस्य | परिमोक्षणे
अ + शुच् | आरभ् + एव | युज् + च + अव्यसनिन् | भवेत्
Verse 26 View Details
शब्दे स्पर्शे च रूपे च गन्धेषु च रसेषु च । नोपभोगात्परं किंचिद्धनिनो वाधनस्य वा ॥
The rich and the poor alike find nothing in sound and touch and form and scent and taste, after the immediate enjoyment thereof.
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शब्दः | स्पर्श + च | रूपं | च | रसो | गन्ध + तथा + एव | च
न + उपभोग | परं | किंचिद् | धनिनो | वा + अधन | वा
Verse 27 View Details
प्राक्संप्रयोगाद्भूतानां नास्ति दुःखमनामयम् । विप्रयोगात्तु सर्वस्य न शोचेत्प्रकृतिस्थितः ॥
Before union, creatures never suffer sorrow. Hence, one who has not deviated from his original nature, never grieves when that union comes to an end.
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प्राक् | संप्रयोगाद् | भूतानां | न + अस् | दुःखम् | अनामयम्
विप्रयोगात् | तु | सर्वस्य | न | शोचेत् | प्रकृति + स्था
Verse 28 View Details
धृत्या शिश्नोदरं रक्षेत्पाणिपादं च चक्षुषा । चक्षुःश्रोत्रे च मनसा मनो वाचं च विद्यया ॥
One should control his sexual appetite and the stomach with the help of patience. One should protect his hands and feet with the help of the eye. One's eyes and ears and the other senses, should be protected by the mind. One's mind and speech should be governed with the help of wisdomn.
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धृत्या | शिश्न + उदर | रक्षेत् | पाणि + पाद | च | चक्षुषा
चक्षुस् + श्रोत्र | च | मनसा | मनो | वाचं | च | विद्यया
Verse 29 View Details
प्रणयं प्रतिसंहृत्य संस्तुतेष्वितरेषु च । विचरेदसमुन्नद्धः स सुखी स च पण्डितः ॥
Renouncing love and affection for persons that are known as well as for those that are unknown, one should act with humility. Such a person is said to be endued with wisdom, and such a one surely finds happiness.
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प्रणयं | प्रतिसंहृत्य | संस्तु + इतर | च
विचरेद् | असमुन्नद्धः | स | सुखी | स | च | पण्डितः
Verse 30 View Details
अध्यात्मरतिरासीनो निरपेक्षो निरामिषः । आत्मनैव सहायेन यश्चरेत्स सुखी भवेत् ॥
That man who is pleased with his own Soul, who is given to Yoga, who depends upon nothing out of self, who is without cupidity, and who acts without the help of anything but his self, succeeds in acquiring happiness.
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अध्यात्म + रति | आसीनो | निरपेक्षो | निरामिषः
आत्मन् + एव | सहायेन | यद् + चर् | स | सुखी | भवेत्

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