त्वम् एवं प्रेतवच् छेषे कस्माद् वज्रहतो यथा ॥
उत्तिष्ठ हे कापुरुष मा शेष्वैवं पराजितः ॥
मास्तं गमस् त्वं कृपणो विश्रूयस्व स्वकर्मणा ॥
मा मध्ये मा जघन्ये त्वं माधो भूस् तिष्ठ चोर्जितः ॥
अलातं तिन्दुकस्येव मुहूर्तम् अपि विज्वल ॥
मा तुषाग्निर् इवानर्चिः काकरङ्खा जिजीविषुः ॥
मुहूर्तं ज्वलितं श्रेयो न तु धूमायितं चिरम् ॥
मा ह स्म कस्य चिद् गेहे जनी राज्ञः खरीमृदुः ॥
कृत्वा मानुष्यकं कर्म सृत्वाजिं यावद् उत्तमम् ॥
धर्मस्यानृण्यम् आप्नोति न चात्मानं विगर्हते ॥
अलब्ध्वा यदि वा लब्ध्वा नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
आनन्तर्यं चारभते न प्राणानां धनायते ॥
tvam evaṃ pretavac cheṣe kasmād vajrahato yathā ||
uttiṣṭha he kāpuruṣa mā śeṣvaivaṃ parājitaḥ ||
māstaṃ gamas tvaṃ kṛpaṇo viśrūyasva svakarmaṇā ||
mā madhye mā jaghanye tvaṃ mādho bhūs tiṣṭha corjitaḥ ||
alātaṃ tindukasyeva muhūrtam api vijvala ||
mā tuṣāgnir ivānarciḥ kākaraṅkhā jijīviṣuḥ ||
muhūrtaṃ jvalitaṃ śreyo na tu dhūmāyitaṃ ciram ||
mā ha sma kasya cid gehe janī rājñaḥ kharīmṛduḥ ||
kṛtvā mānuṣyakaṃ karma sṛtvājiṃ yāvad uttamam ||
dharmasyānṛṇyam āpnoti na cātmānaṃ vigarhate ||
alabdhvā yadi vā labdhvā nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||
ānantaryaṃ cārabhate na prāṇānāṃ dhanāyate ||
'Why do you lie like a dead man, as if struck by the thunderbolt? Rise, O faint-hearted one, do not lie thus defeated. Do not vanish, wretched one; win renown by your own deed. Do not be middling and do not be the last; do not be the lowest — stand strong. Blaze up, if only for a moment, like a firebrand of tinduka wood; do not be a smoldering fire in husks, flameless, clinging to life with a wretched hope. Better to blaze for an instant than to smolder long. Be not born in any king's house pitifully soft. Having performed the deed of a man and entered the highest battle, one attains freedom from the debt of dharma and does not reproach himself. Whether they obtain what they desire or not, the wise do not grieve: they take up the next task and do not treat life as their only wealth.'
e0cb14c4cd47 · 发布于 2026年7月17日 05:59:56 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
The image of the brief flame matters: the worth of a life is measured not by its length but by the brightness of duty fulfilled. Better a moment of true achievement than long smoldering without honor or purpose.