Mahabharat

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[भि] संधिं कृत्वैव कालेन अन्तकेन पतत्रिणा अनन्तेनाप्रमेयेन सरॊतसा सर्वहारिणा ।। ३-३६-१ ।।

sanskrit

'Bhima said, "O king, you are as insubstantial as froth, unstable like a ripened fruit ready to fall, subject to time and mortality. How can you rely on this agreement, bound by time which is infinite and immeasurable, swift like an arrow, and flowing like a river, sweeping away everything like death itself?"' ।। 3-36-1 ।।

english translation

[bhi] saMdhiM kRtvaiva kAlena antakena patatriNA anantenAprameyena saròtasA sarvahAriNA || 3-36-1 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/2

परत्यक्षं मन्यसे कालं मर्त्यः सन कालबन्धनः फेनधर्मा महाराज फलधर्मा तथैव च ।। ३-३६-२ ।।

sanskrit

'Time seems perceptible to you, O mortal, bound by time. O great king, it is of the nature of foam, and likewise of the nature of fruit.' ।। 3-36-2 ।।

english translation

paratyakSaM manyase kAlaM martyaH sana kAlabandhanaH phenadharmA mahArAja phaladharmA tathaiva ca || 3-36-2 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/3

निमेषाद अपि कौन्तेय यस्यायुर अपचीयते सूच्येवाञ्जन चूर्णस्य किम इति परतिपालयेत ।। ३-३६-३ ।।

sanskrit

'How can one, O son of Kunti, wait patiently, knowing that life diminishes with every passing moment—like collyrium that lessens each time a needle lifts even the smallest grain of it?' ।। 3-36-3 ।।

english translation

nimeSAda api kaunteya yasyAyura apacIyate sUcyevAJjana cUrNasya kima iti paratipAlayeta || 3-36-3 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/4

यॊ नूनम अमितायुः सयाद अथ वापि परमाणवित स कालं वै परतीक्षेत सर्वप्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान ।। ३-३६-४ ।।

sanskrit

'He alone whose life is boundless, or who knows with certainty the exact span of his existence, and who perceives the future as clearly as the present, can truly wait for the arrival of an appointed time.' ।। 3-36-4 ।।

english translation

yò nUnama amitAyuH sayAda atha vApi paramANavita sa kAlaM vai paratIkSeta sarvapratyakSadarzivAna || 3-36-4 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/5

परतीक्षमाणान कालॊ नः समा राजंस तरयॊ दश आयुषॊ ऽपचयं कृत्वा मरणायॊपनेष्यति ।। ३-३६-५ ।।

sanskrit

'If we wait, O king, for thirteen years, that time, steadily diminishing our lifespan, will only bring us closer to death.' ।। 3-36-5 ।।

english translation

paratIkSamANAna kAlò naH samA rAjaMsa tarayò daza AyuSò 'pacayaM kRtvA maraNAyòpaneSyati || 3-36-5 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/1

[भि] संधिं कृत्वैव कालेन अन्तकेन पतत्रिणा अनन्तेनाप्रमेयेन सरॊतसा सर्वहारिणा ।। ३-३६-१ ।।

sanskrit

'Bhima said, "O king, you are as insubstantial as froth, unstable like a ripened fruit ready to fall, subject to time and mortality. How can you rely on this agreement, bound by time which is infinite and immeasurable, swift like an arrow, and flowing like a river, sweeping away everything like death itself?"' ।। 3-36-1 ।।

english translation

[bhi] saMdhiM kRtvaiva kAlena antakena patatriNA anantenAprameyena saròtasA sarvahAriNA || 3-36-1 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/2

परत्यक्षं मन्यसे कालं मर्त्यः सन कालबन्धनः फेनधर्मा महाराज फलधर्मा तथैव च ।। ३-३६-२ ।।

sanskrit

'Time seems perceptible to you, O mortal, bound by time. O great king, it is of the nature of foam, and likewise of the nature of fruit.' ।। 3-36-2 ।।

english translation

paratyakSaM manyase kAlaM martyaH sana kAlabandhanaH phenadharmA mahArAja phaladharmA tathaiva ca || 3-36-2 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/3

निमेषाद अपि कौन्तेय यस्यायुर अपचीयते सूच्येवाञ्जन चूर्णस्य किम इति परतिपालयेत ।। ३-३६-३ ।।

sanskrit

'How can one, O son of Kunti, wait patiently, knowing that life diminishes with every passing moment—like collyrium that lessens each time a needle lifts even the smallest grain of it?' ।। 3-36-3 ।।

english translation

nimeSAda api kaunteya yasyAyura apacIyate sUcyevAJjana cUrNasya kima iti paratipAlayeta || 3-36-3 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/4

यॊ नूनम अमितायुः सयाद अथ वापि परमाणवित स कालं वै परतीक्षेत सर्वप्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान ।। ३-३६-४ ।।

sanskrit

'He alone whose life is boundless, or who knows with certainty the exact span of his existence, and who perceives the future as clearly as the present, can truly wait for the arrival of an appointed time.' ।। 3-36-4 ।।

english translation

yò nUnama amitAyuH sayAda atha vApi paramANavita sa kAlaM vai paratIkSeta sarvapratyakSadarzivAna || 3-36-4 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/36/5

परतीक्षमाणान कालॊ नः समा राजंस तरयॊ दश आयुषॊ ऽपचयं कृत्वा मरणायॊपनेष्यति ।। ३-३६-५ ।।

sanskrit

'If we wait, O king, for thirteen years, that time, steadily diminishing our lifespan, will only bring us closer to death.' ।। 3-36-5 ।।

english translation

paratIkSamANAna kAlò naH samA rAjaMsa tarayò daza AyuSò 'pacayaM kRtvA maraNAyòpaneSyati || 3-36-5 ||

hk transliteration