Mahābhārata 1.68.23–35

Saṃbhava-parva (śakuntalā-vākya) (Śakuntalā's Speech)1.68.23–35

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Mahābhārata · 1.68.23–35

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Devanāgarī

सा मुहूर्तम् इव ध्यात्वा दुःखामर्षसमन्विता ॥
भर्तारम् अभिसंप्रेक्ष्य क्रुद्धा वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
जानन्न् अपि महाराज कस्माद् एवं प्रभाषसे ॥
न जानामीति निःसङ्गं यथान्यः प्राकृतस् तथा ॥
अत्र ते हृदयं वेद सत्यस्यैवानृतस्य च ॥
कल्याण बत साक्षी त्वं मात्मानम् अवमन्यथाः ॥
यो ऽन्यथा सन्तम् आत्मानम् अन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते ॥
किं तेन न कृतं पापं चोरेणात्मापहारिणा ॥
एको ऽहम् अस्मीति च मन्यसे त्वं ।
न हृच्छयं वेत्सि मुनिं पुराणम् ॥
यो वेदिता कर्मणः पापकस्य ।
तस्यान्तिके त्वं वृजिनं करोषि ॥
मन्यते पापकं कृत्वा न कश् चिद् वेत्ति माम् इति ॥
विदन्ति चैनं देवाश् च स्वश् चैवान्तरपूरुषः ॥
आदित्यचन्द्राव् अनिलानलौ च ।
द्यौर् भूमिर् आपो हृदयं यमश् च ॥
अहश् च रात्रिश् च उभे च संध्ये ।
धर्मश् च जानाति नरस्य वृत्तम् ॥
यमो वैवस्वतस् तस्य निर्यातयति दुष्कृतम् ॥
हृदि स्थितः कर्मसाक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो यस्य तुष्यति ॥
न तु तुष्यति यस्यैष पुरुषस्य दुरात्मनः ॥
तं यमः पापकर्माणं निर्यातयति दुष्कृतम् ॥
अवमन्यात्मनात्मानम् अन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते ॥
देवा न तस्य श्रेयांसो यस्यात्मापि न कारणम् ॥
स्वयं प्राप्तेति माम् एवं मावमंस्थाः पतिव्रताम् ॥
अर्घ्यार्हां नार्चयसि मां स्वयं भार्याम् उपस्थिताम् ॥
किमर्थं मां प्राकृतवद् उपप्रेक्षसि संसदि ॥
न खल्व् अहम् इदं शून्ये रौमि किं न शृणोषि मे ॥
यदि मे याचमानाया वचनं न करिष्यसि ॥
दुःषन्त शतधा मूर्धा ततस् ते ऽद्य फलिष्यति ॥

Transliteración (IAST)

sā muhūrtam iva dhyātvā duḥkhāmarṣasamanvitā ||
bhartāram abhisaṃprekṣya kruddhā vacanam abravīt ||
jānann api mahārāja kasmād evaṃ prabhāṣase ||
na jānāmīti niḥsaṅgaṃ yathānyaḥ prākṛtas tathā ||
atra te hṛdayaṃ veda satyasyaivānṛtasya ca ||
kalyāṇa bata sākṣī tvaṃ mātmānam avamanyathāḥ ||
yo 'nyathā santam ātmānam anyathā pratipadyate ||
kiṃ tena na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ coreṇātmāpahāriṇā ||
eko 'ham asmīti ca manyase tvaṃ |
na hṛcchayaṃ vetsi muniṃ purāṇam ||
yo veditā karmaṇaḥ pāpakasya |
tasyāntike tvaṃ vṛjinaṃ karoṣi ||
manyate pāpakaṃ kṛtvā na kaś cid vetti mām iti ||
vidanti cainaṃ devāś ca svaś caivāntarapūruṣaḥ ||
ādityacandrāv anilānalau ca |
dyaur bhūmir āpo hṛdayaṃ yamaś ca ||
ahaś ca rātriś ca ubhe ca saṃdhye |
dharmaś ca jānāti narasya vṛttam ||
yamo vaivasvatas tasya niryātayati duṣkṛtam ||
hṛdi sthitaḥ karmasākṣī kṣetrajño yasya tuṣyati ||
na tu tuṣyati yasyaiṣa puruṣasya durātmanaḥ ||
taṃ yamaḥ pāpakarmāṇaṃ niryātayati duṣkṛtam ||
avamanyātmanātmānam anyathā pratipadyate ||
devā na tasya śreyāṃso yasyātmāpi na kāraṇam ||
svayaṃ prāpteti mām evaṃ māvamaṃsthāḥ pativratām ||
arghyārhāṃ nārcayasi māṃ svayaṃ bhāryām upasthitām ||
kimarthaṃ māṃ prākṛtavad upaprekṣasi saṃsadi ||
na khalv aham idaṃ śūnye raumi kiṃ na śṛṇoṣi me ||
yadi me yācamānāyā vacanaṃ na kariṣyasi ||
duḥṣanta śatadhā mūrdhā tatas te 'dya phaliṣyati ||

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सा मुहूर्तं ध्यात्वा दुःखामर्षसमन्विता भर्तारं अभिसंप्रेक्ष्य क्रुद्धा वचनं अब्रवीत्sā muhūrtaṃ dhyātvā duḥkhāmarṣasamanvitā bhartāraṃ abhisaṃprekṣya kruddhā vacanaṃ abravītshe, having pondered a moment, filled with grief and indignation, looking at her husband, enraged, spoke a word

महाराज जानन् अपि कस्मात् एवं न जानामि इति निःसङ्गं यथा अन्यः प्राकृतः तथा प्रभाषसेmahārāja jānan api kasmāt evaṃ na jānāmi iti niḥsaṅgaṃ yathā anyaḥ prākṛtaḥ tathā prabhāṣase"O great king, though you know [the truth], why do you speak so shamelessly, 'I do not know,' like some commoner?"

अत्र ते हृदयं सत्यस्य अनृतस्य च वेद कल्याण त्वं साक्षी बत मा आत्मानं अवमन्यथाःatra te hṛdayaṃ satyasya anṛtasya ca veda kalyāṇa tvaṃ sākṣī bata mā ātmānaṃ avamanyathāḥ"your own heart knows here both truth and falsehood; O noble one, you are your own witness — do not, then, demean yourself"

यः अन्यथा सन्तं आत्मानं अन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते आत्मापहारिणा चोरेण तेन किं पापं न कृतम्yaḥ anyathā santaṃ ātmānaṃ anyathā pratipadyate ātmāpahāriṇā coreṇa tena kiṃ pāpaṃ na kṛtam"he who, being one, presents himself as another — what sin has that thief not committed, who robs [even] himself?"

त्वं एकः अहं अस्मि इति मन्यसे पुराणं हृच्छयं मुनिं न वेत्सि यः पापकस्य कर्मणः वेदिता तस्य अन्तिके त्वं वृजिनं करोषिtvaṃ ekaḥ ahaṃ asmi iti manyase purāṇaṃ hṛcchayaṃ muniṃ na vetsi yaḥ pāpakasya karmaṇaḥ veditā tasya antike tvaṃ vṛjinaṃ karoṣi"you think, 'I am alone [here]', but you do not know the ancient sage who dwells in the heart, who knows every evil deed; before him you commit wrong"

कः चित् पापकं कृत्वा मन्यते मां न कः चित् वेत्ति इति एनं देवाः स्वः अन्तरपूरुषः च विदन्तिkaḥ cit pāpakaṃ kṛtvā manyate māṃ na kaḥ cit vetti iti enaṃ devāḥ svaḥ antarapūruṣaḥ ca vidanti"some, having done evil, think, 'no one sees me'; but the gods and [one's] own inner witness know it"

आदित्यचन्द्रौ अनिलानलौ द्यौः भूमिः आपः हृदयं यमः अहः रात्रिः उभे संध्ये धर्मः च नरस्य वृत्तं जानातिādityacandrau anilānalau dyauḥ bhūmiḥ āpaḥ hṛdayaṃ yamaḥ ahaḥ rātriḥ ubhe saṃdhye dharmaḥ ca narasya vṛttaṃ jānāti"the Sun and Moon, wind and fire, sky, earth, waters, the heart and Yama, day and night, both twilights, and Dharma — [all] know the conduct of man"

यमः वैवस्वतः तस्य दुष्कृतं निर्यातयति यस्य हृदि स्थितः कर्मसाक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञः तुष्यतिyamaḥ vaivasvataḥ tasya duṣkṛtaṃ niryātayati yasya hṛdi sthitaḥ karmasākṣī kṣetrajñaḥ tuṣyati"Yama, son of Vivasvan, [does not] exact punishment for wrongdoing from him with whose heart the witness of deeds, the kshetrajna (the knower of the field), abiding within, is pleased"

यस्य दुरात्मनः पुरुषस्य एषः न तुष्यति तं पापकर्माणं यमः दुष्कृतं निर्यातयतिyasya durātmanaḥ puruṣasya eṣaḥ na tuṣyati taṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ yamaḥ duṣkṛtaṃ niryātayati"but from that evil-souled man with whom he is displeased, from that wrongdoer Yama exacts the punishment for wrongdoing"

यः आत्मना आत्मानं अवमन्य अन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते यस्य आत्मा अपि न कारणं तस्य देवाः न श्रेयांसःyaḥ ātmanā ātmānaṃ avamanya anyathā pratipadyate yasya ātmā api na kāraṇaṃ tasya devāḥ na śreyāṃsaḥ"he who, having despised himself by himself, presents himself as another, for whom his own soul is no longer even a witness — for him the gods too withhold their favor"

स्वयं प्राप्ता पतिव्रता इति मां मा अवमंस्थाः अर्घ्यार्हां स्वयं उपस्थितां भार्यां मां न अर्चयसिsvayaṃ prāptā pativratā iti māṃ mā avamaṃsthāḥ arghyārhāṃ svayaṃ upasthitāṃ bhāryāṃ māṃ na arcayasi"do not despise me, who have come of my own accord, devoted to my husband; me, worthy of honor, your own wife who has come to you herself, you do not honor"

किमर्थं मां संसदि प्राकृतवत् उपप्रेक्षसि न खलु अहं इदं शून्ये रौमि किं मे न शृणोषिkimarthaṃ māṃ saṃsadi prākṛtavat upaprekṣasi na khalu ahaṃ idaṃ śūnye raumi kiṃ me na śṛṇoṣi"why do you look upon me in this assembly as upon a commoner? For it is not into emptiness that I cry out — why do you not hear me?"

मुहूर्तम्muhūrtamoriginal form "muhūrtam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

इवivaoriginal form "iva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

भर्तारम्bhartāramoriginal form "bhartāram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

वचनम्vacanamoriginal form "vacanam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

जानन्न्jānannoriginal form "jānann", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

कस्माद्kasmādoriginal form "kasmād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

जानामीतिjānāmītioriginal form "jānāmīti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

यथान्यःyathānyaḥoriginal form "yathānyaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

प्राकृतस्prākṛtasoriginal form "prākṛtas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

सत्यस्यैवानृतस्यsatyasyaivānṛtasyaoriginal form "satyasyaivānṛtasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

मात्मानम्mātmānamoriginal form "mātmānam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

योyooriginal form "yo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

ऽन्यथा'nyathāoriginal form "'nyathā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

सन्तम्santamoriginal form "santam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

आत्मानम्ātmānamoriginal form "ātmānam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

कृतंkṛtaṃoriginal form "kṛtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

चोरेणात्मापहारिणाcoreṇātmāpahāriṇāoriginal form "coreṇātmāpahāriṇā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

एकोekooriginal form "eko", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

ऽहम्'hamoriginal form "'ham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

अस्मीतिasmītioriginal form "asmīti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

पुराणम्purāṇamoriginal form "purāṇam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

योyooriginal form "yo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

तस्यान्तिकेtasyāntikeoriginal form "tasyāntike", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

कश्kaśoriginal form "kaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

माम्māmoriginal form "mām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

चैनंcainaṃoriginal form "cainaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

देवाश्devāśoriginal form "devāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

स्वश्svaśoriginal form "svaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

चैवान्तरपूरुषःcaivāntarapūruṣaḥoriginal form "caivāntarapūruṣaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage

आदित्यचन्द्राव्ādityacandrāvoriginal form "ādityacandrāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage