Chapter 276
“Markandeya said, ‘Beholding Ravana come, Maricha received him with arespectful welcome, and offered him fruits and roots.
“Markandeya said, ‘Beholding Ravana come, Maricha received him with arespectful welcome, and offered him fruits and roots.
“Yudhishthira said, ‘By doing what does one acquire happiness, and whatis that by doing which one meets with woe? What also is that, O Bharata,by doing which one becomes freed from fear and sojourns here crowned withsuccess (in respect of the objects of life)?’
पुराने समय में एक राजा था। राजा के पास सभी सुख-सुविधाएं और असंख्य सेवक-सेविकाएं हर समय उनकी सेवा उपलब्ध रहते थे। उन्हें किसी चीज की कमी नहीं थी। फिर भी राजा उसके जीवन के सुखी नहीं था। क्योंकि वह अपने स्वास्थ्य को लेकर काफी परेशान रहता था।
Sanjaya said, “After the night had passed away and the sun had risen, thetwo armies, O king, approached each other for battle. Beholding eachother, each rushed in united ranks towards the other excited with rageand desirous of vanquishing the other.
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Having heard those words, suitable to time andplace, of his subjects, king Yudhishthira answered them in the followingwords, ‘Great must be the sons of Pandu, in sooth, whose merits, true orfalse, are thus recited by such foremost of Brahmanas assembled together.
“Vaisampayana said,–‘Thus addressed by Vidura, king Dhritarashtra becamehighly pleased, O monarch, with the act of Yudhishthira and Jishnu.
उम्र के एक पड़ाव पर पहुंचकर अकबर के बाल भी सफेद हो गए थे| वह बालों को काला करने के लिए खिजाब लगाने लगे थे| एक दिन खिजाब लगाते हुए उन्होंने बीरबल से यूं ही पूछ लिया – “बीरबल, खिजाब लगाने से दिमाग पर कोई असर तो नहीं होता है न?”
“Sauti said, ‘At the very touch by Garuda of great might with his feet,the branch of the tree broke as it was caught by Garuda.
सच है, कोई पुरुष अत्यंत धैर्यवान, दयालु, सद्गुणी, सदाचारी, नीतिज्ञ, कर्तव्यनिष्ठ और गुरु का भक्त अथवा विधा-विवेक सम्पन्न भी क्यों न हो, यदि वह निरंतर अत्यंत पापबुद्धि दुष्ट पुरुषों का संग करेगा तो अवश्य ही क्रमशः उन्हीं की बुद्धि से प्रभावित होकर उन्हीं के समान हो जाएगा| इसलिए सदा ही दुष्ट पुरुषों का संग त्याग देना चाहिए|