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य आशयेत्पाटयेच्चापि राजन्सर्वं शरीरं तपसा तप्यमानः । एतेनासौ बाल्यमत्येति विद्वान्मृत्युं तथा रोधयत्यन्तकाले॥५-४४-१६॥
O King, one who lies upon the ground and subjects the entire body to austerity—disciplined by tapas—by this the wise pass beyond childishness; and at the final time they restrain death, meeting it with mastery rather than confusion.
english translation
अन्तवन्तः क्षत्रिय ते जयन्ति लोकाञ्जनाः कर्मणा निर्मितेन । ब्रह्मैव विद्वांस्तेन अभ्येति सर्वं नान्यः पन्था अयनाय विद्यते॥५-४४-१७॥
O Kṣatriya, people conquer worlds that are finite, fashioned by action. But the knower attains Brahman itself through that (knowledge and discipline); there is no other path for that attainment.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । आभाति शुक्लमिव लोहितमिव अथो कृष्णमथाञ्जनं काद्रवं वा । तद्ब्राह्मणः पश्यति योऽत्र विद्वान्कथंरूपं तदमृतमक्षरं पदम्॥५-४४-१८॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: ‘It appears as though white, as though red, or else black—like collyrium, or dark-brown. What form has that deathless, imperishable state which the wise brāhmaṇa perceives here?’
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । नाभाति शुक्लमिव लोहितमिव अथो कृष्णमायसमर्कवर्णम् । न पृथिव्यां तिष्ठति नान्तरिक्षे नैतत्समुद्रे सलिलं बिभर्ति॥५-४४-१९॥
Sanatsujāta said: ‘It does not appear as white, nor as red, nor as black—nor as iron-like, nor sun-colored. It does not stand upon the earth, nor in the mid-space; nor does the ocean bear it as water.’
english translation
न तारकासु न च विद्युदाश्रितं न चाभ्रेषु दृश्यते रूपमस्य । न चापि वायौ न च देवतासु न तच्चन्द्रे दृश्यते नोत सूर्ये॥५-४४-२०॥
Its form is not seen among the stars, nor as residing in lightning, nor in clouds. Nor is it seen in the wind, nor among the deities; it is not seen in the moon, nor in the sun.
english translation