Fate and the Sacrifice of Battle

Verse 1 (13.214.1)

श्रूयतां कारणं देवि यथा हि दुरतिक्रमः । विधिः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मर्तव्ये समुपस्थिते ॥

śrūyatāṃ kāraṇaṃ devi yathā hi duratikramaḥ | vidhiḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu martavye samupasthite

Listen to the reason, O goddess, why fate is so hard to overcome in all beings when the time to die has come.

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Verse 2 (13.214.2)

आयुःक्षयेणोपहिताः समागम्य वरानने । कीटाः पतङ्गा बहवः स्थूलाः सूक्ष्माश्च मध्यमाः । प्रज्वलत्सु प्रदीपेषु स्वयमेव पतन्ति ते ॥

āyuḥkṣayeṇopahitāḥ samāgamya varānane | kīṭāḥ pataṅgā bahavaḥ sthūlāḥ sūkṣmāśca madhyamāḥ | prajvalatsu pradīpeṣu svayameva patanti te

Beings whose lives have run out come together, O fair-faced one: insects and moths, many of them, large, small and middling, fall of their own accord into blazing lamps.

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Verse 3 (13.214.3)

बहूनां मृगयूथानां नानावननिषेविणाम् । यस्तु कालं गतस्तेषां स वै पाशेन बध्यते ॥

bahūnāṃ mṛgayūthānāṃ nānāvananiṣeviṇām | yastu kālaṃ gatasteṣāṃ sa vai pāśena badhyate

Of the many herds of deer that roam the various forests, the one whose time has come is caught in the snare.

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Verse 4 (13.214.4)

सूनार्थं देवि बद्धानां क्षीणायुर्यो निबध्यते । अवशो घातकस्याथ हस्तं तदहरेति सः ॥

sūnārthaṃ devi baddhānāṃ kṣīṇāyuryo nibadhyate | avaśo ghātakasyātha hastaṃ tadahareti saḥ

Of those bound for the slaughter, O goddess, the one whose life is spent is caught; helpless, he goes that very day into the slayer's hand.

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Verse 5 (13.214.5)

यथा पक्षिगणाः क्षिप्रं विस्तीर्णाकाशगामिनः । क्षीणायुषो निबध्यन्ते शक्ता अपि पलायितुम् ॥

yathā pakṣigaṇāḥ kṣipraṃ vistīrṇākāśagāminaḥ | kṣīṇāyuṣo nibadhyante śaktā api palāyitum

So too flocks of birds, flying swiftly through the wide sky, are caught when their lives are spent, though they are able to flee.

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Verse 6 (13.214.6)

यथा वारिचरा मीना बहवोऽम्बुजजातयः । जालं समधिरोहन्ति स्वयमेव विधेर्वशात् ॥

yathā vāricarā mīnā bahavo'mbujajātayaḥ | jālaṃ samadhirohanti svayameva vidhervaśāt

So too fish and the many other creatures born in water climb into the net of their own accord, through the power of fate.

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Verse 7 (13.214.7)

शल्यकस्य च जिह्वाग्रं स्वयमारुह्य शोभने । आयुःक्षयेणोपहता निबध्यन्ते सरीसृपाः ॥

śalyakasya ca jihvāgraṃ svayamāruhya śobhane | āyuḥkṣayeṇopahatā nibadhyante sarīsṛpāḥ

And creeping things, O lovely one, climb of their own accord onto the tip of the shalyaka's tongue; stricken by the end of their lives, they are caught.

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Verse 8 (13.214.8)

कृषतां कर्षकाणां च नास्ति बुद्धिर्विहिंसने । अथैषां लाङ्गलाग्राद्यैर्हन्यन्ते जन्तवोऽक्षयाः ॥

kṛṣatāṃ karṣakāṇāṃ ca nāsti buddhirvihiṃsane | athaiṣāṃ lāṅgalāgrādyairhanyante jantavo'kṣayāḥ

Ploughmen as they plough have no thought of killing; yet by the ploughshare's point and other tools countless creatures are slain.

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Verse 9 (13.214.9)

पादाग्रेणैव चैकेन यां हिंसां कुरुते नरः । मातङ्गोपि न तां कुर्यात्कूरो जन्मशतैरपि ॥

pādāgreṇaiva caikena yāṃ hiṃsāṃ kurute naraḥ | mātaṅgopi na tāṃ kuryātkūro janmaśatairapi

The harm that a man does with the tip of a single foot, not even a cruel Matanga would do in a hundred births.

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Verse 10 (13.214.10)

म्रियन्ते यैर्हि मर्तव्यं न तान्घ्नन्ति कृषीवलाः । कृषामीति मनस्तस्य नास्ति चिन्ता विहिंसने ॥

mriyante yairhi martavyaṃ na tānghnanti kṛṣīvalāḥ | kṛṣāmīti manastasya nāsti cintā vihiṃsane

Those who are fated to die die; the farmers do not kill them. 'I am ploughing,' he thinks; there is no thought of harming in his mind.

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Verse 11 (13.214.11)

तस्माज्जीवसहस्राणि हत्वाऽपि न स लिप्यते । विधिना स हतः पूर्वं पश्चात्प्राणि विपद्यते । एवं सर्वेषु भूतेषु विधिर्हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥

tasmājjīvasahasrāṇi hatvā'pi na sa lipyate | vidhinā sa hataḥ pūrvaṃ paścātprāṇi vipadyate | evaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu vidhirhi duratikramaḥ

Therefore, even after killing thousands of creatures, he is not stained. They were struck down beforehand by fate; only afterwards does the creature perish. Thus fate is hard to overcome in all beings.

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Verse 12 (13.214.12)

गतायुषा मुहूर्तं तु न शक्यमुपजीवितुम् । जीवितव्ये न मर्तव्यं न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥

gatāyuṣā muhūrtaṃ tu na śakyamupajīvitum | jīvitavye na martavyaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

One whose life is spent cannot live even for a moment. One who is meant to live does not die; that has never happened, nor will it.

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Verse 13 (13.214.13)

शुभाशुभं कर्मफलं न शक्यमतिवर्तितुम् । तथा ताभिश्च मर्तव्यं मोक्तव्याश्चैव तास्तथा ॥

śubhāśubhaṃ karmaphalaṃ na śakyamativartitum | tathā tābhiśca martavyaṃ moktavyāścaiva tāstathā

The fruit of good and evil deeds cannot be passed beyond. Accordingly one must die through them, and in the same way be freed from them.

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Verse 14 (13.214.14)

रन्तिदेवस्य गावो वै विधेर्हि वशमागताः । स्वयमायान्ति गावो वै हन्यन्ते यत्र सुन्दरि ॥

rantidevasya gāvo vai vidherhi vaśamāgatāḥ | svayamāyānti gāvo vai hanyante yatra sundari

Rantideva's cows too had come under the power of fate. The cows came of their own accord, O lovely one, to the place where they were slain.

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Verse 15 (13.214.15)

गवां वै हन्यमानानां रुधिरप्रभवा नदी । चर्मण्वतीति विख्याता खुरशृङ्गास्थिदुर्गमा ॥

gavāṃ vai hanyamānānāṃ rudhiraprabhavā nadī | carmaṇvatīti vikhyātā khuraśṛṅgāsthidurgamā

From the blood of the cows being slain a river arose, famed as the Charmanvati, hard to cross for the hoofs, horns and bones.

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Verse 16 (13.214.16)

रुधिरं तां नदीं प्राप्य तोयं भवति शोभने । मेध्यं पुण्यं पवित्रं च गन्धवर्णरसैर्युतम् ॥

rudhiraṃ tāṃ nadīṃ prāpya toyaṃ bhavati śobhane | medhyaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca gandhavarṇarasairyutam

When the blood reached that river, O lovely one, it became water: pure, holy and sacred, endowed with fragrance, colour and taste.

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Verse 17 (13.214.17)

तत्राऽभिषेकं कुर्वन्ति कृतजप्याः कृताह्निकाः । द्विजा देवगणाश्चापि लोकपाला महेश्वराः ॥

tatrā'bhiṣekaṃ kurvanti kṛtajapyāḥ kṛtāhnikāḥ | dvijā devagaṇāścāpi lokapālā maheśvarāḥ

There brahmins, bands of gods, the world-guardians and the great lords bathe, having completed their muttered prayers and their daily rites.

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Verse 18 (13.214.18)

तस्य राज्ञः सदा सत्रे स्वयमागम्य सुन्दरि । विधिना पूर्वदृष्टेन तन्मांसमुपकल्पितम् । मन्त्रवत्प्रतिगृह्णन्ति यथान्यायं यथाविधि ॥

tasya rājñaḥ sadā satre svayamāgamya sundari | vidhinā pūrvadṛṣṭena tanmāṃsamupakalpitam | mantravatpratigṛhṇanti yathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi

At that king's sacrificial session, O lovely one, the cows always came of themselves, and the meat was prepared by the rite seen of old; they received it with mantras, as is proper and as the rule requires.

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Verse 19 (13.214.19)

समांसं च सदा ह्यन्नं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । भुञ्जानानां द्विजातीनामस्तमेति दिवाकरः ॥

samāṃsaṃ ca sadā hyannaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | bhuñjānānāṃ dvijātīnāmastameti divākaraḥ

Food with meat, in hundreds and thousands of portions, was always there; while the twice-born ate, the sun would set.

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Verse 20 (13.214.20)

गावो यास्तत्र हन्यन्ते राज्ञस्तस्य क्रतूत्तमे । पठ्यमानेषु मन्त्रेषु यथान्यायं यथाविधि ॥

gāvo yāstatra hanyante rājñastasya kratūttame | paṭhyamāneṣu mantreṣu yathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi

The cows that were slain there at that king's supreme sacrifice, while mantras were recited according to rule and rite,

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Verse 21 (13.214.21)

ताश्च स्वर्गं गता गावो रन्तिदेवश्च पार्थिवः । सदा सत्रविधानेन सिद्धिं प्राप्तो नरोत्तमः ॥

tāśca svargaṃ gatā gāvo rantidevaśca pārthivaḥ | sadā satravidhānena siddhiṃ prāpto narottamaḥ

those cows went to heaven, and King Rantideva too; by his constant conduct of the sacrificial session that best of men attained perfection.

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Verse 22 (13.214.22)

अथ यस्तु सहायार्थमुक्तः स्यात्पार्थिवैर्नरैः । भोगानां संविभागेन वस्त्राभरणभूषणैः ॥

atha yastu sahāyārthamuktaḥ syātpārthivairnaraiḥ | bhogānāṃ saṃvibhāgena vastrābharaṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ

Now, a man who has been engaged by kings as a helper, honoured with a share of enjoyments, with clothes, ornaments and adornments,

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Verse 23 (13.214.23)

सहभोजनसम्बद्धैः सत्कारैर्विविधैरपि । सहायकाले सम्प्राप्ते सङ्ग्रामे शस्त्रमुद्धरेत् ॥

sahabhojanasambaddhaiḥ satkārairvividhairapi | sahāyakāle samprāpte saṅgrāme śastramuddharet

and with the many honours that go with eating together, when the time for help arrives should take up his weapon in battle,

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Verse 24 (13.214.24)

व्यूढानीके यथा सास्त्रं सेनयोरुभयोरपि । हस्त्यश्वरथसम्पूर्णे पदातिबलसङ्कुले । चामरच्छत्रशबले ध्वजचर्मायुधोज्ज्वले ॥

vyūḍhānīke yathā sāstraṃ senayorubhayorapi | hastyaśvarathasampūrṇe padātibalasaṅkule | cāmaracchatraśabale dhvajacarmāyudhojjvale

when the two armies stand drawn up in array, each armed with missiles, full of elephants, horses and chariots, crowded with the strength of foot-soldiers, variegated with chowries and parasols, bright with banners, shields and weapons,

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Verse 25 (13.214.25)

शक्तितोमरकुन्तासिशूलमुद्गरपाणिभिः । कूटमुद्गरचापेषु मुसुण्ठीजुष्टमुष्टिभिः ॥

śaktitomarakuntāsiśūlamudgarapāṇibhiḥ | kūṭamudgaracāpeṣu musuṇṭhījuṣṭamuṣṭibhiḥ

with warriors holding spears, javelins, lances, swords, tridents and maces in their hands, and fists gripping iron hammers, maces, bows and clubs,

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Verse 26 (13.214.26)

भिण्डिपालगदाचक्रप्रासकर्पटधारिभिः । नानाप्रहरणैर्योधैः सेनयोरुभयोरपि । युद्धशौण्डैः प्रगर्जद्भिर्वृषेषु वृषभैरिव ॥

bhiṇḍipālagadācakraprāsakarpaṭadhāribhiḥ | nānāpraharaṇairyodhaiḥ senayorubhayorapi | yuddhaśauṇḍaiḥ pragarjadbhirvṛṣeṣu vṛṣabhairiva

with warriors of both armies bearing slings, clubs, discuses, darts and karpatas, and armed with many weapons, battle-hardened and roaring like bulls among bulls,

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Verse 27 (13.214.27)

शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादेन नानातूर्यरवेण च । हयहेषितशब्देन कुञ्जराणां तु बृंहितैः ॥

śaṅkhadundubhinādena nānātūryaraveṇa ca | hayaheṣitaśabdena kuñjarāṇāṃ tu bṛṃhitaiḥ

with the sound of conches and drums, the din of many trumpets, the neighing of horses and the trumpeting of elephants,

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Verse 28 (13.214.28)

योधानां सिंहनादैश्च घण्टानां शिञ्जितस्वनैः । दिशश्च विदिशश्चैव समन्ताद्बधिरीकृताः ॥

yodhānāṃ siṃhanādaiśca ghaṇṭānāṃ śiñjitasvanaiḥ | diśaśca vidiśaścaiva samantādbadhirīkṛtāḥ

with the lion-roars of the warriors and the jingling of bells, so that the directions and the intermediate quarters on every side were deafened,

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Verse 29 (13.214.29)

ग्रीष्मान्तेष्विव गर्जद्भिर्नभसीव बलाहकैः । रथनेमिखुरोद्धूतैररुणै रणरेणुभिः । कपिलाभिरिवाकाशे छाद्यमाने समन्ततः ॥

grīṣmānteṣviva garjadbhirnabhasīva balāhakaiḥ | rathanemikhuroddhūtairaruṇai raṇareṇubhiḥ | kapilābhirivākāśe chādyamāne samantataḥ

as if with clouds roaring in the sky at the end of summer, and the sky covered on every side, as by tawny ones, with the reddish dust of battle raised by chariot rims and hoofs,

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Verse 30 (13.214.30)

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते योधानां तत्र सेनयोः । तेषां प्रहारक्षतजं रक्तचन्दनसन्निभम् ॥

pravṛtte śastrasampāte yodhānāṃ tatra senayoḥ | teṣāṃ prahārakṣatajaṃ raktacandanasannibham

when the shower of weapons has begun there between the warriors of the two armies, and the blood from their wounds, like red sandalwood in colour,

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Verse 31 (13.214.31)

तेषामस्राणि गात्रेभ्य स्रवन्ते रणमूर्धनि । पलाशाशोकपुष्पाणां जङ्गमा इव राशयः ॥

teṣāmasrāṇi gātrebhya sravante raṇamūrdhani | palāśāśokapuṣpāṇāṃ jaṅgamā iva rāśayaḥ

streams from their bodies at the head of the battle, like moving heaps of palasha and ashoka blossoms,

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Verse 32 (13.214.32)

रणे समभिवर्तन्त उद्यतायुधपाणयः । शोभमाना रणे शूरा आह्वयन्तः परस्परम् ॥

raṇe samabhivartanta udyatāyudhapāṇayaḥ | śobhamānā raṇe śūrā āhvayantaḥ parasparam

when heroes with weapons raised in their hands advance upon one another in battle, splendid in the fight, challenging each other,

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Verse 33 (13.214.33)

हन्यमानेष्वभिघ्नत्सु शूरेषु रणसङ्कटे । पृष्ठं दत्त्वा च ये तत्र नायकस्य नराधमाः ॥

hanyamāneṣvabhighnatsu śūreṣu raṇasaṅkaṭe | pṛṣṭhaṃ dattvā ca ye tatra nāyakasya narādhamāḥ

when, in the press of battle, the brave strike and are struck, and those base men who turn their backs on their leader

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Verse 34 (13.214.34)

अनाहता निवर्तन्ते नायके चाप्यनीप्सति । ते दुष्कृतं प्रपद्यन्ते नायकस्याखिलं नराः । यच्चास्ति सुकृतं तेषां युज्यते तेन नायकः ॥

anāhatā nivartante nāyake cāpyanīpsati | te duṣkṛtaṃ prapadyante nāyakasyākhilaṃ narāḥ | yaccāsti sukṛtaṃ teṣāṃ yujyate tena nāyakaḥ

turn back unwounded, though their leader does not wish it: those men take upon themselves all the evil deeds of the leader, and whatever merit is theirs is joined to the leader.

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Verse 35 (13.214.35)

अहिंसा परमो धर्म इति येऽपि नरा विदुः । सङ्ग्रामेषु न युध्यन्ते भृत्याश्चैवानुरूपतः । नरकं यान्ति ते घोरं भर्तृपिण्डापहारिणः ॥

ahiṃsā paramo dharma iti ye'pi narā viduḥ | saṅgrāmeṣu na yudhyante bhṛtyāścaivānurūpataḥ | narakaṃ yānti te ghoraṃ bhartṛpiṇḍāpahāriṇaḥ

Even those men who know that non-violence is the highest dharma, if they do not fight in battles, and the servants likewise, as is fitting, go to a dreadful hell, robbers of their master's bread.

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Verse 36 (13.214.36)

यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यज्य प्रविशेदुद्यतायुधः । सङ्ग्राममग्निप्रतिमं पतङ्ग इव निर्भयः । स्वर्गमाविशते प्रेत्य ज्ञात्वा योधस्य निश्चयम् ॥

yastu prāṇānparityajya praviśedudyatāyudhaḥ | saṅgrāmamagnipratimaṃ pataṅga iva nirbhayaḥ | svargamāviśate pretya jñātvā yodhasya niścayam

But he who, abandoning his life, enters the battle blazing like fire with weapon raised, fearless as a moth, enters heaven after death, having understood the resolve of a warrior.

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Verse 37 (13.214.37)

आविष्टश्चैव सत्त्वेन निर्घृणो जायते नरः । प्रहारैर्नन्दयेद्देवि सत्वेनाधिष्ठितो हि सः । प्रहारव्यथितश्चैव न वैक्लब्यमुपैति सः ॥

āviṣṭaścaiva sattvena nirghṛṇo jāyate naraḥ | prahārairnandayeddevi satvenādhiṣṭhito hi saḥ | prahāravyathitaścaiva na vaiklabyamupaiti saḥ

Possessed by courage, a man becomes merciless. He gladdens with his blows, O goddess, for he is governed by courage; and though pained by wounds he does not lose heart.

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Verse 38 (13.214.38)

यस्तु स्वं नायकं रक्षेदतिघोरे रणाङ्गणे । तापयन्नरिसैन्यानि सिंहो मृगगणानिव । आदित्य इव मध्याह्ने दुर्निरीक्ष्यो रणाजिरे ॥

yastu svaṃ nāyakaṃ rakṣedatighore raṇāṅgaṇe | tāpayannarisainyāni siṃho mṛgagaṇāniva | āditya iva madhyāhne durnirīkṣyo raṇājire

He who protects his own leader on a most dreadful battlefield, scorching the enemy's forces as a lion scorches herds of deer, hard to look at in the arena of battle like the midday sun,

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Verse 39 (13.214.39)

निर्दयो यस्तु सङ्ग्रामे प्रहरन्नुद्यतायुधः । यजते स तु पूतात्मा सङ्ग्रामेण महाक्रतुम् ॥

nirdayo yastu saṅgrāme praharannudyatāyudhaḥ | yajate sa tu pūtātmā saṅgrāmeṇa mahākratum

who, merciless in battle, strikes with weapon raised: that pure-souled man performs the great sacrifice by means of battle.

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Verse 40 (13.214.40)

चर्म कृष्णाजिनं तस्य दन्तकाष्ठं धनुः स्मृतम् । रथो वेदिर्ध्वजो यूपः कुशाश्च रथरश्मयः ॥

carma kṛṣṇājinaṃ tasya dantakāṣṭhaṃ dhanuḥ smṛtam | ratho vedirdhvajo yūpaḥ kuśāśca ratharaśmayaḥ

His leather is the black antelope skin, and the bow is said to be his toothstick; the chariot is the altar, the banner the sacrificial post, and the reins of the chariot are the kusha grass.

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Verse 41 (13.214.41)

मानो दर्पस्त्वहङ्कारस्त्रयस्त्रेताग्नयः स्मृताः । प्रमोदश्च स्रुवस्तस्य उपाध्यायो हि सारथिः ॥

māno darpastvahaṅkārastrayastretāgnayaḥ smṛtāḥ | pramodaśca sruvastasya upādhyāyo hi sārathiḥ

Pride, arrogance and egotism are said to be the three sacred fires; delight is his ladle, and the charioteer is his teaching priest.

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Verse 42 (13.214.42)

स्रुग्भाण्डं चापि यत्किञ्चिद्यज्ञोपकरणानि च । आयुधान्यस्य तत्सर्वं समिधः सायकाः स्मृताः ॥

srugbhāṇḍaṃ cāpi yatkiñcidyajñopakaraṇāni ca | āyudhānyasya tatsarvaṃ samidhaḥ sāyakāḥ smṛtāḥ

Whatever ladles, vessels and sacrificial implements there are, all of them are his weapons; the arrows are said to be the kindling sticks.

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Verse 43 (13.214.43)

स्वेदस्रवश्च गात्रेभ्यः क्षौद्रं तस्य यशस्विनः । पुरोडाशा नृशीर्षाणि रुधिरं चाहुतिः स्मृता । तूणाश्चैव चरुर्ज्ञेया वसोर्धारा वसाः स्मृताः ॥

svedasravaśca gātrebhyaḥ kṣaudraṃ tasya yaśasvinaḥ | puroḍāśā nṛśīrṣāṇi rudhiraṃ cāhutiḥ smṛtā | tūṇāścaiva carurjñeyā vasordhārā vasāḥ smṛtāḥ

The sweat flowing from the limbs of that glorious man is the honey; the sacrificial cakes are men's heads, and blood is said to be the oblation; the quivers are to be known as the cooked offering, and the fat is the stream of clarified butter.

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Verse 44 (13.214.44)

क्रव्यादा भूतसङ्घाश्च तस्मिन्यज्ञे द्विजातयः । तेषां भक्षान्नपानानि हता नृगजवाजिनः । भुञ्जते ते यथाकामं यथा यज्ञे किमिच्छति ॥

kravyādā bhūtasaṅghāśca tasminyajñe dvijātayaḥ | teṣāṃ bhakṣānnapānāni hatā nṛgajavājinaḥ | bhuñjate te yathākāmaṃ yathā yajñe kimicchati

The flesh-eating bands of beings are the twice-born at that sacrifice; the slain men, elephants and horses are their food and drink; they feast as they please, as at a sacrifice, each as he wishes.

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Verse 45 (13.214.45)

निहतानां तु योधानां वस्त्राभरणभूषणम् । हिरण्यं च सुवर्णं च यद्वै यज्ञस्य दक्षिणा ॥

nihatānāṃ tu yodhānāṃ vastrābharaṇabhūṣaṇam | hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca yadvai yajñasya dakṣiṇā

The clothes, ornaments and adornments of the slain warriors, and their gold and fine gold, are the sacrificial fee of that sacrifice.

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Verse 46 (13.214.46)

यस्तत्र हन्यते देवि गजस्कन्धगतो नरः । ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति रणेष्वभिमुखो हतः ॥

yastatra hanyate devi gajaskandhagato naraḥ | brahmalokamavāpnoti raṇeṣvabhimukho hataḥ

The man who is slain there, O goddess, seated on an elephant's shoulders, struck while facing the foe in battle, attains the world of Brahma.

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Verse 47 (13.214.47)

रथमध्यगतो वाऽपि हयपृष्ठगतोपि वा । हन्यते यस्तु सङ्ग्रामे शक्रलोके महीयते ॥

rathamadhyagato vā'pi hayapṛṣṭhagatopi vā | hanyate yastu saṅgrāme śakraloke mahīyate

Or he who is slain in battle in the middle of a chariot, or on a horse's back, is honoured in the world of Shakra.

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Verse 48 (13.214.48)

स्वर्गे हताः प्रपूज्यते हन्ता त्वत्रैव पूज्यते । द्वावेतौ सुखमेधेते हन्ता यश्चैव हन्यते ॥

svarge hatāḥ prapūjyate hantā tvatraiva pūjyate | dvāvetau sukhamedhete hantā yaścaiva hanyate

The slain is honoured in heaven, and the slayer is honoured right here. These two prosper in happiness, the slayer and he who is slain.

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Verse 49 (13.214.49)

तस्मात्सङ्ग्राममासाद्य प्रहर्तव्यमभीतवत् ॥

tasmātsaṅgrāmamāsādya prahartavyamabhītavat

Therefore, having entered battle, one should strike without fear.

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Verse 50 (13.214.50)

निर्भयो यस्तु सङ्ग्रामे प्रहरेदुद्यतायुधः । यथा नदीसहस्राणि प्रविष्टानि महोदधिम् ॥

nirbhayo yastu saṅgrāme praharedudyatāyudhaḥ | yathā nadīsahasrāṇi praviṣṭāni mahodadhim

The fearless man who in battle strikes with weapon raised: as thousands of rivers enter the great ocean,

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Verse 51 (13.214.51)

तथा सर्वे न सन्देहो धर्मा धर्मभृतां वरे । प्रविष्टा राजधर्मेण आचारविनयस्तथा ॥

tathā sarve na sandeho dharmā dharmabhṛtāṃ vare | praviṣṭā rājadharmeṇa ācāravinayastathā

so, without doubt, O best of the bearers of dharma, all dharmas enter into the royal dharma, together with good conduct and discipline.

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Verse 52 (13.214.52)

वेदोक्ताश्चैव ये धर्माः पाषण्डेषु च कीर्तिताः । तथैव मानुषा धर्मा धर्माश्चान्ये तथेतरे ॥

vedoktāścaiva ye dharmāḥ pāṣaṇḍeṣu ca kīrtitāḥ | tathaiva mānuṣā dharmā dharmāścānye tathetare

The dharmas taught in the Veda and those proclaimed among the heterodox sects, the dharmas of men and other dharmas besides,

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Verse 53 (13.214.53)

देशजातिकुलानां च ग्रामधर्मास्तथैव च । ये धर्माः पार्वतीयेषु ये धर्माः पत्तनादिषु । तेषां पूर्वप्रवृत्तानां कर्तव्यं परिरक्षणम् ॥

deśajātikulānāṃ ca grāmadharmāstathaiva ca | ye dharmāḥ pārvatīyeṣu ye dharmāḥ pattanādiṣu | teṣāṃ pūrvapravṛttānāṃ kartavyaṃ parirakṣaṇam

the dharmas of regions, castes and families, and likewise of villages; those of the hill-dwellers and those of towns and cities: of these long-established ones, the protection must be carried out.

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Verse 54 (13.214.54)

धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः । तस्माद्धर्मो न हन्तव्यः पार्थिवेन विशेषतः ॥

dharma eva hato hanti dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ | tasmāddharmo na hantavyaḥ pārthivena viśeṣataḥ

Dharma, when destroyed, destroys; dharma, when protected, protects. Therefore dharma should not be destroyed, least of all by a king.

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Verse 55 (13.214.55)

प्रजाः पालयते यत्र धर्मेण वसुधाधिपः । षट्कर्मनिरता विप्राः पूज्यन्ते पितृदेवताः ॥

prajāḥ pālayate yatra dharmeṇa vasudhādhipaḥ | ṣaṭkarmaniratā viprāḥ pūjyante pitṛdevatāḥ

Where the lord of the earth governs his subjects with dharma, there the brahmins devoted to their six duties are honoured, and the ancestors and the gods.

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Verse 56 (13.214.56)

नैव तस्मिन्ननावृष्टिर्न रोगा नाप्युपद्रवाः । धर्मशीलाः प्रजाः सर्वाः स्वधर्मनिरते नृपे ॥

naiva tasminnanāvṛṣṭirna rogā nāpyupadravāḥ | dharmaśīlāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ svadharmanirate nṛpe

In his realm there is neither drought, nor disease, nor calamity; when the king is devoted to his own dharma, all the subjects are devoted to dharma.

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Verse 57 (13.214.57)

एष्टव्यः सततं देवि युक्ताचारो नराधिपः । छिद्रज्ञश्चैव शत्रूणामप्रमत्तः प्रतापवान् ॥

eṣṭavyaḥ satataṃ devi yuktācāro narādhipaḥ | chidrajñaścaiva śatrūṇāmapramattaḥ pratāpavān

O goddess, a king should always be sought who is steady in conduct, who knows his enemies' weak points, and who is vigilant and majestic.

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Verse 58 (13.214.58)

शूद्राः पृथिव्यां बहवो राज्ञां बहुविनाशकाः । तस्मात्प्रमादं सुश्रोणि न कुर्यात्पण्डितो नृपः ॥

śūdrāḥ pṛthivyāṃ bahavo rājñāṃ bahuvināśakāḥ | tasmātpramādaṃ suśroṇi na kuryātpaṇḍito nṛpaḥ

There are many Shudras on earth who bring kings to ruin; therefore, O fair-hipped one, a wise king should never be careless.

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Verse 59 (13.214.59)

तेषु मित्रेषु त्यक्तेषु तथा मर्त्येषु हस्तिषु । विस्रम्भो नोपगन्तव्यः स्नानपानेषु नित्यशः ॥

teṣu mitreṣu tyakteṣu tathā martyeṣu hastiṣu | visrambho nopagantavyaḥ snānapāneṣu nityaśaḥ

Among them, with friends who have been abandoned, with mortals, and with elephants, trust should never be placed, always, at bathing and at drinking.

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Verse 60 (13.214.60)

राज्ञो वल्लभतामेति कुलं भावयते स्वकम् । यस्तु राष्ट्रहितार्थाय गोब्राह्मणकृते तथा । बन्दीग्रहाय मित्रार्थे प्राणांस्त्यजति दुस्त्यजान् ॥

rājño vallabhatāmeti kulaṃ bhāvayate svakam | yastu rāṣṭrahitārthāya gobrāhmaṇakṛte tathā | bandīgrahāya mitrārthe prāṇāṃstyajati dustyajān

He who gives up his life, so hard to give up, for the good of the realm, for the sake of cows and brahmins, for the sake of captives or of a friend, becomes dear to the king and uplifts his own family.

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Verse 61 (13.214.61)

सर्वकामदुघां धेनुं धरणीं लोकधारिणीम् । समुद्रान्तां वरारोहे सशैलवनकाननाम् ॥

sarvakāmadughāṃ dhenuṃ dharaṇīṃ lokadhāriṇīm | samudrāntāṃ varārohe saśailavanakānanām

The earth, the cow that grants every desire, the sustainer of the worlds, bounded by the oceans, O fair-hipped one, with her mountains, forests and groves,

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Verse 62 (13.214.62)

दद्याद्देवि द्विजातिभ्यो वसुपूर्णां वसुन्धराम् । न तत्समं वरारोहे प्राणत्यागी विशिष्यते ॥

dadyāddevi dvijātibhyo vasupūrṇāṃ vasundharām | na tatsamaṃ varārohe prāṇatyāgī viśiṣyate

even if one were to give her, O goddess, to the twice-born, the Earth full of treasure: that gift is not equal to him; the one who gives up his life excels it.

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Verse 63 (13.214.63)

सहस्रमपि यज्ञानां यजते यदि चर्द्धिमान् । यज्ञैस्तस्य किमाश्चर्यं प्राणत्यागः सुदुष्करः ॥

sahasramapi yajñānāṃ yajate yadi carddhimān | yajñaistasya kimāścaryaṃ prāṇatyāgaḥ suduṣkaraḥ

Even if a prosperous man performs a thousand sacrifices, what wonder is there in his sacrifices? Giving up one's life is exceedingly hard to do.

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Verse 64 (13.214.64)

तस्मात्सर्वेषु यज्ञेषु प्राणयज्ञो विशिष्यते । एवं सङ्ग्रामयज्ञास्ते यथार्थं समुदाहृताः ॥

tasmātsarveṣu yajñeṣu prāṇayajño viśiṣyate | evaṃ saṅgrāmayajñāste yathārthaṃ samudāhṛtāḥ

Therefore, among all sacrifices the sacrifice of one's life is the most excellent. Thus the battle-sacrifices have been described to you as they truly are.

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