mha-art

za<itpv¡i[

mae]xmRpvR

sPtsÝTyixkzttmae=Xyay>

mi»gItaya< xnt&:[ya Ê>o< tSyaSTyagen prmsuoSy àaiÝí

yuixiór %vac

$hman> smarM-aNyid nasadyed! xnm!,

xnt&:[ai--Utí ik< k…vRn! suomaßuyat!.1.

Yudhishthira asked,
If any person, desiring to accomplish acts (of charity and sacrifices), fails to find (the
necessary) wealth, and thirst of wealth overwhelms him, what is that which he must do for
obtaining happiness? ||1||
-I:m %vac

svRsaMymnayas< sTyvaKy< c -art,

inveRdíaivixTsa c ySy Syat! s suoI nr>. 2.

Bhishma replied,
Oh heir of Bharata! He who - regards everything (viz., joy and sorrow, honour and insult,
etc.,) with an equal eye, never exerts himself (for gratifying his desire for earthly
possessions), practises truthfulness of speech, is free from all kinds of attachment & and has
no desire for any action; turns out to be a happy man. ||2||
@taNyev pdaNya÷> p v&Ïa> àzaNtye,

@; SvgRí xmRí suo< canuÄm< mtm!. 3.

These five, the wise-ancestors say, are the means for the acquisition of perfect tranquillity or
emancipation. These are called Heaven. These are Religion. These constitute the highest
happiness. ||3||
AÇaPyudahrNtImimithas< puratnm!,

inveRdaNmi»na gIt< tiÚbaex yuixiór. 4.

In this connection also is cited the old narrative, sung by Manki when freed from
attachments, Oh Yudhishthira! Learn it. ||4||
$hmanae xn< mi»-R¶ehí pun> pun>,

kenicd! xnze;e[ ³Itvan! dMygaeyugm!. 5.

In the continuous efforts of earning wealth, a sage named Manki found that he was repeatedly
doomed to disappointments. At last with a little remnant of wealth he purchased a couple of
calves. ||5||

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 susMbÏaE tu taE dMyaE dmnayai-in>s&taE,

AasInmuò+< mXyen shsEva_yxavtam!. 6.

One day tying those young bulls properly, as he was training them for the yoke in the fields;
shying at the sight of a camel that was lying down on the road, those young animals suddenly
ran by both sides of that camel. ||6||
tyae> sMàaÝyaeéò+> SkNxdezmm;R[>,

%TwayaeiT]Py taE dMyaE àssar mhajv>. 7.

Enraged at finding, as they were brushing with it, those calves fall upon camel’s neck, and
that perturbed camel suddenly rose up and ran at a quick pace, bearing away the two helpless
calves dangling on either side of its neck. ||7||
iÿyma[aE tu taE dMyaE tenaeò+e[ àmaiwna,

ièyma[aE c sMàeúy mi»StÇaävIiddm!. 8.

Beholding his two calves thus borne away by that strong camel, and seeing that they were at
the point of death, Manki began to lament...||8||
n cEvaiviht< zKy< d]e[apIihtu< xnm!,

yu−en ïÏya sMygIha< smnuitóta. 9.

If wealth be not ordained by destiny, it can never be acquired by even a clever man exerting
himself with the best attention, confidence and accomplishing with skill and all that is
necessary towards that end.||9||
k«tSy pUv¡ canwERyuR−SyaPynuitót>,

#m< pZyt s¼Tya mm dEvmupPlvm!. 10.

I had, before this, endeavoured by diverse means and devotion to earn wealth. Behold this
misfortune brought about by my-destiny to the association I had! ||10||
%*Myae*My me dMyaE iv;me[Ev gCDt>,

%iT]Py kaktalIymuTpwenEv xavt>. 11.

My bulls are borne away, tossing up & down, by the camel, as it is running in an uneven
course; which seems to be mere an accident. ||11||
m[I vaeò+Sy lMbete iàyaE vTstraE mm,

zuÏ< ih dEvmeved< hQenEvaiSt paEé;m!. 12.

Alas, those dear bulls of mine are dangling on the camel's neck like a couple of gems! Verily
this is the result of my-destiny only; turning out my exertion to be mere impudence. ||12||
yid vaPyupp*et paEé;< nam kihRict!,

AiNv:yma[< tdip dEvmevavitóte. 13.

If anything like exertion seems to produce results, a deeper search would discover; that it too
stood prompted by the destiny only. ||13||

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 tSmaiÚveRd @veh gNtVy> suoimCDta,

suo< Svipit inivR{[ae inrazíawRsaxne. 14.

Hence, the person that desires happiness should renounce all attachment. The man without
attachments, no longer cherishing any desire for earning wealth, can sleep happily. ||14||
Ahae sMyk! zukenae−< svRt> pirmuCyta,

àitóta mhar{y< jnkSy inveznat!. 15.

How! It was well said, while going to the great forest from the King Janaka's palace; by Suka
the renouncer of everything. ||15||
y> kamaNàaßuyat! svaRn! yíEtan! kevla<STyjet!,

àapnat! svRkamana< pirTyagae iviz:yte. 16.

Amongst these two, viz., one who achieves the fruition of his every wish, and one who verily
casts-off his all wishes; the renunciation of all wishes, is much superior to the achievements
of their fruition. ||16||
naNt< svRivixTsana< gtpUvaeR=iSt kín,

zrIre jIivte cEv t&:[a mNdSy vxRte. 17.

None in the past could ever attain to the end of one’s entire intensions; so long as the body
survives, desires keeps on multiplying even in the dull-one’s mind. ||17||
invtRSv ivixTsa_y> zaMy inivR* kamuk,

Ask«½ais ink«tae n c inivR*se tt>. 18.

Oh my mind verily possessed by cupidity, adopt tranquillity by freeing yourself from all
attachments! Repeatedly you have been deceived (by desire and hope); how is it that you do
not still free yourself from attachments? ||18||
yid nah< ivnaZySte y*ev< rmse mya,

ma ma< yaejy lae-en v&wa Tv< ivÄkamuk. 19.

If I am not one that deserves destruction by you, if I am one with whom you should sport in
delight; then, oh my wealth-coveting mind! Please do not induce me towards cupidity.||19||
siÂt< siÂt< ÔVy< nò< tv pun> pun>,

kdaicNmaeúyse mUF xneha< xnkamuk. 20.

You have repeatedly lost your hoarded wealth. O my wealth-coveting and foolish mind!
When will you succeed in emancipating yourself from the desire of wealth? ||20|
Ahae nu mm bailZy< yae=h< ³IfnkStv,

ik< nEv jatu pué;> pre;a< àe:ytaimyat!. 21.

Shame on my foolishness; that I have become a toy for you! Otherwise, how a man becomes
the slave of others? ||21||
n pUveR napre jatu kamanamNtmaßuvn!,

Ty®va svRsmarM-an! àitbuÏae=iSm jag&im. 22.

None born on earth did ever attain to the end of desires, and no one that will take birth will
succeed in attaining to it. Casting off all acts at last, I have been awakened.||22||
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 nUn< te ùdy< kam v¿sarmy< †Fm!,

ydnwRztaivò< ztxa n ivdIyRte. 23.

Certainly, O Desire, thy heart is as hard as thunderbolt, since though affected by a
hundreds of distresses, it does not break into a hundreds of pieces! ||23||
janaim kam Tva< cEv y½ ik<ict! iày< tv,

tvah< iàymiNvCDÚaTmNyupl-e suom!. 24.

Now I know you well, O Desire, along with everything dear to you! In continual search of
your dear things till now, I never had any happiness in my own Self. ||24||
kamjanaim te mUl< s»LpaiTkl jayse,

n Tva< s»Lpiy:yaim smUlae n -iv:yis. 25.

I came to know your root, O Desire! Invariably, you sprout from will. I shall, therefore, avoid
will and you shall be destroyed with your roots. ||25||
$ha xnSy n suoa lBXva icNta c -UysI,

lBxanazae ywa m&TyulRBx< -vit va n va. 26.

The fraught desire for wealth can never be with happiness. Wealth; if acquired great is the
anxiety for its protection, loss after its acquisition is felt as death and lastly, its acquisition
itself is very uncertain. ||26||
pirTyage n l-te ttae Ê>otr< nu ikm!,

n c tu:yit lBxen -Uy @v c magRit. 27.

If the wealth cannot be acquired, even by the surrender of one's person; what else can be
more painful than this? Even when acquired, one is never gratified with its measure, but
continues to seek it more & more. ||27||
Anut;uRl @vawR> SvaÊ ga¼imvaedkm!,

miÖlapnmetÄu àitbuÏae=iSm s<Tyj. 28.

Like the sweet water of the Ganges, acquisition of the wealth only increases one's hankering
for it; let it be my lamentation, but now I have awakened. Oh Desire!
Please leave me. ||28||
y #m< mamk< deh< -Ut¢am> smaiït>,

s yaiTvtae ywakam< vsta< va ywasuom!. 29.

Let the band of (five) elements which has taken refuge in this body of mine, may live happily
if it likes, or may go wherever it chooses. (Your departure may become the cause of my
death, but now I don’t care for it.) ||29||
n yu:maiSvh me àIit> kamlae-anusair;u,

tSmaÊTs&Jy kaman vE sÅvmevaïyaMyhm!. 30.

All of you, the followers of Desire and Cupidity, Behold! I have no joy in you; abandoning
you all, I shall take refuge in the quality of Goodness/Sattva alone. ||30||

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 svR-UtaNyh< dehe pZyn! mnis caTmn>,

yaege buiÏ< ïute sÅv< mnae äüi[ xaryn!. 31.

Devoting my intellect to Yoga, I shall behold all elements in my own body along with my
soul in my own mind, to follow the instructions of the wise mentally; and such my mind, I
shall devote to the Brahman. ||31||
ivhir:yaMynas−> suoI laekan! inramy>,

ywa ma Tv< punnERv< Ê>oe;u ài[xaSyis. 32.

Further, keeping myself well composed, I shall rove happily through the world, without any
attachment; banishing you from plunging me into sorrows, again! ||32||
Tvya ih me à[uÚSy gitrNya n iv*te,

t&:[azaekïma[a< ih Tv< kamà-v> sda. 33.

Verily the progenitor of thirst, grief, and fatigue for ever; oh Desire! If I continue to be
agitated/prompted by you, indeed, I shall be deprived of every way (to the eternal Joy) ||33||
xnnaze=ixk< Ê>o< mNye svRmhÄrm!,

}atyae ývmNyNte imÇai[ c xnaCCyutm!. 34.

The grief that one feels at the loss of wealth is very keen, I think; and it is far greater than
what one feels under any other circumstances; for kinsmen and friends disregard one who
loses his wealth. ||34||
Av}anshöEStu dae;a> k:qtra=xne,

xne suokla ya tu saip Ê>oEivRxIyte. 35.

With various kinds of humiliation that number by thousands, there are many more painful
faults in poverty. On the other hand, a trace happiness that appears in the wealth is mingled
with the major pain.||35||
xnmSyeit pué;< purae in¹iNt dSyv>,

i¬ZyiNt ivivxEdR{fEinRTymuÖejyiNt c. 36.

Robbers slay, openly in the town itself, the person that is possessed of wealth, or afflict him
with various kinds of severity, or always keep him anxious with repression. ||36||
AwRlaelupta Ê>oimit buÏ< icraNmya,

yd! ydalMbse kam tÄdevanuéXyse. 37.

At last, after a long time, I have understood that, verily the desire for wealth is fraught with
sorrow. Oh Desire! You force one in your clutches, to pursue each & every object upon
which you happen to settle. ||37||
AtÅv}ae=is balí ÊStae;ae=pUr[ae=nl>,

nEv Tv< veTw sul-< nEv Tv< veTw ÊlR-m!. 38.

Devoid of any logic you are but a childish; none can satisfy you. Like a blazing fire, it is
beyond anybody’s limit to appease you. You know not, whether it is easy or difficult to
pursue an object of your choice. ||38||

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 patal #v Ê:pUrae ma< Ê>oEyaeR−…imCDis,

nahm* smaveòu< zKy> kam punSTvya. 39.

You cannot be filled to the brim, like the nether region. You are intended to plunge me into
sorrow. From this day, O Desire, I will never be able to accommodate you, again. ||39||
inveRdmhmasa* ÔVynazad! y†CDya,

inv&Rit< prma< àaPy na* kaman! ivicNtye. 40.

I who had felt despair, at first, at the loss of my wealth, have now attained to the high state of
perfect freedom from attachments. At this moment, I think no longer, of any desire. ||40||
Ait¬ezan! shamIh nah< buÏ(aMybuiÏman!,

ink«tae xnnazen zy svaR¼ivJvr>. 41.

I am suffering so much here; as, a destitute of intelligence until-now I could not understand.
(That the association with wealth is always fraught with sufferings.) But now having adopted
renunciation in consequence of the loss of my wealth; now-onwards I can rest completely,
freed from every kind of fever/trouble.||41||
pirTyjaim kamTva< ihTva svRmnaegtI>,

n Tv< mya pun> kam vTSyse n c r<Syse. 42.

I cast you off, Oh Desire! With all the passions of my heart; you will never be able to dwell
with me or sport with me, again. ||42||
]im:ye i]pma[ana< n ih<is:ye ivih<ist>,

Öe:yyu−> iày< vúyaMyna†Ty tdiàym!. 43.

I shall forgive slander or those who speak ill of me. If anybody from aversion speaks
disagreeable words of me, disregarding those words I shall address him in agreeable
speeches. Even when injured, I shall not reiterate with injury. ||43||
t&Ý> SvSweiNÔyae inTy< ywalBxen vtRyn!,

n skam< kir:yaim Tvamh< zÇumaTmn>. 44.

In contentment of heart and with all my senses at ease, I shall always live upon what may be
available to me per chance. I shall never contribute to the gratification of the wishes
entertained by you; as you are my foe. ||44||
inveRd< inv&Rit< t&iÝ< zaiNt< sTy< dm< ]mam!,

svR-Utdya< cEv iviÏ ma< smupagtm!. 45.

Know it for certain; that, freedom from attachment, emancipation from desire, contentment,
tranquillity, truth, self-restraint, forgiveness, and universal compassion are the noble
qualities; that have now I come to me. ||45||
tSmaTkamí lae-í t&:[a kapR{ymev c,

TyjNtu ma< àitóNt< sÅvSwae ýiSm saMàtm!. 46.

Therefore desire, cupidity, thirst, miserliness must now depart from me; who have now
adopted the path of Goodness. ||46||

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 àhay kam< lae-< c suo< àaPtae=iSm saMàtm!,

na* lae-vz< àaÝae Ê>o< àaPSyaMynaTmvan!. 47.

Having cast off desire and cupidity, great is my happiness now. I shall no longer yield to the
influence of cupidity and no longer suffer misery like an un-restrained person.||47||
yd! yt! Tyjit kamana< tt! suoSyai-pUyRte,

kamSy vzgae inTy< Ê>omev àp*te. 48.

One is sure to obtain happiness as per the measure of the desires relinquished. Truly, one who
yields to desire always suffers. ||48||
kamanubNx< nudte yt! ik<ict! pué;ae rj>,

kam³aexaeÑv< Ê>omÿIrritrev c. 49.

Whatever passions or aggravations connected with desire must be relinquished by a person;
for sorrow, shamelessness, discontent and all such states arise from desire. ||49||
@; äüàitòae=h< ¢I:me zItimv ÿdm!,

zaMyaim pirinvaRim suo< mameit kevlm!. 50.

Like a person plunging into a cool lake, that too in the hot season, I have now entered into
Brahma (i.e. I have realised). Now I am calm, I have freed myself from the entire grief and
the pure happiness has now come over to me. ||50||
y½ kamsuo< laeke y½ idVy< mhTsuom!,

t&:[a]ysuoSyEte nahRt> ;aefzI— klam!. 51.

The felicity that results from the gratification of desire in this world, or that other purer &
glorious felicity which one enjoys in other worlds, does not amount to even a sixteenth part
of that which arises upon the abandonment of all kinds of thirst! ||51||
AaTmna sÝm< kam< hTva zÇuimvaeÄmm!,

àaPyavXy< äü pur< rajev Syamh< suoI. 52.

Out of an aggregate of the seven viz.; desire, anger, greed, illusion, pride, jealousy &
attachment; killing the principle of desire, which is a bitter foe; I have entered the immortal
city of Brahma and shall pass my days there in happiness like a king!' ||52||
@ta< buiÏ< smaSway mi»inRveRdmagt>,

svaRn! Kaman! pirTyJy àaPy äü mhTsuom!. 53.

Relying upon such intelligence, freed from attachments, and casting off all desires Manki,
attained to Brahma the abode of the highest felicity (i.e. he realised.) ||53||
dMynazk«te mi»rmrTv< iklagmt!,

AiCDnt! kammUl< s ten àap mhTsuom!. 54.

Indeed, benefitted by a loss of his two calves, Manki attained to the immortality. Certainly,
cutting out desire to the very roots, he attained, to the high felicity.||54||
. #it ïImha-arte zaiNtpvRi[ mae]xmRpvRi[ mi»gItaya< sPtsÝTyixkzttmae=Xyay>.177.