Chapter 4
1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
1 [य]
गार्हस्थ्यं धर्मम अखिलं परब्रूहि भरतर्षभ
ऋद्धिम आप्नॊति किं कृत्वा मनुष्य इह पार्थिव
“Yudhishthira said, ‘Thou, O grandsire, art our highest preceptor in thematter of all acts that are difficult of accomplishment (in consequenceof the commands of superiors on the one hand and the cruelty that isinvolved in them on the other). I ask, how should one judge of an act inrespect of either one’s obligation to do it or of abstaining from it? Isit to be judged speedily or with delay?’
प्राचीन समय में सिंहल द्वीप में सिंह विक्रम नाम का एक चोर रहता था| दूसरों का धन चुराना ही उसकी आजीविका थी| इस प्रकार लोगों के यहां चोरी करके उसके बहुत-सा धन इकट्ठा कर लिया था|
1 [दरुपद]
भूतानां पराणिनः शरेष्ठाः पराणिनां बुद्धिजीविनः
बुद्धिमत्सु नराः शरेष्ठा नराणां तु दविजातयः
Sanjaya said, “Arjuna covered with his straight shafts the mightycar-warrior Salya who was struggling vigorously in battle.
“Vaisampayana said, ‘After the expiry of the period of his vow, Kacha,having obtained his preceptor’s leave, was about to return to the abodeof the celestials, when Devayani, addressing him, said, ‘O grandson ofthe Rishi Angiras, in conduct and birth, in learning, asceticism andhumility, thou shinest most brightly.
Markandeya continued, “When Skanda had bestowed these powers, Swahaappeared to him and said, ‘Thou art my natural son,–I desire that thoushalt grant exquisite happiness to me.”