Mahabharat

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वृणॊमि कीर्तिं लॊके हि जीवितेनापि भानुमन कीर्तिमान अश्नुते सवर्गं हीनकीर्तिस तु नश्यति ।। ३-२८४-३१ ।।

sanskrit

'O lord of light, I crave but fame, though life itself may be the price— For they who win renown attain the skies, while the nameless fade into dust.' ।। 3-284-31 ।।

english translation

vRNòmi kIrtiM lòke hi jIvitenApi bhAnumana kIrtimAna aznute savargaM hInakIrtisa tu nazyati || 3-284-31 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/284/32

कीर्तिर हि पुरुषं लॊके संजीवयति मातृवत अकीर्तिर जीवितं हन्ति जीवतॊ ऽपि शरीरिणः ।। ३-२८४-३२ ।।

sanskrit

'Fame preserves a man in this world, even as a mother gives him life, while infamy slays him, though he still walks the earth with body unharmed.' ।। 3-284-32 ।।

english translation

kIrtira hi puruSaM lòke saMjIvayati mAtRvata akIrtira jIvitaM hanti jIvatò 'pi zarIriNaH || 3-284-32 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/284/33

अयं पुराणः शलॊकॊ हि सवयं गीतॊ विभावसॊ धात्रा लॊकेश्वर यथा कीर्तिर आयुर नरस्य वै ।। ३-२८४-३३ ।।

sanskrit

'O lord of the worlds, O radiant one, that fame is the true life of men is declared in an ancient verse once sung by the Creator himself: In the next world, it is fame that upholds a man; and in this world, pure and unsullied fame alone makes life truly enduring.' ।। 3-284-33 ।।

english translation

ayaM purANaH zalòkò hi savayaM gItò vibhAvasò dhAtrA lòkezvara yathA kIrtira Ayura narasya vai || 3-284-33 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/284/34

पुरुषस्य परे लॊके कीर्तिर एव परायणम इह लॊके विशुद्धा च कीर्तिर आयुर विवर्धनी ।। ३-२८४-३४ ।।

sanskrit

'In the next world, fame alone is the true refuge of a man; and in this world, pure and unsullied fame enhances the span of life.' ।। 3-284-34 ।।

english translation

puruSasya pare lòke kIrtira eva parAyaNama iha lòke vizuddhA ca kIrtira Ayura vivardhanI || 3-284-34 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/284/35

सॊ ऽहं शरीरजे दत्त्वा कीर्तिं पराप्स्यामि शाश्वतीम दत्त्वा च विधिवद दानं बराह्मणेभ्यॊ यथाविधि ।। ३-२८४-३५ ।।

sanskrit

'Thus shall I win eternal fame, by giving from my very flesh— A gift bestowed with sacred rites, as to the Brahmanas rightly due.' ।। 3-284-35 ।।

english translation

sò 'haM zarIraje dattvA kIrtiM parApsyAmi zAzvatIma dattvA ca vidhivada dAnaM barAhmaNebhyò yathAvidhi || 3-284-35 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript