Bhartṛhari K208

Ryder

            
            WHY MEN FIGHT
            
            Perhaps the warrior, smitten by his foe,
            
            Will rise to heaven and leave the world below;
            
              Perhaps the fighting is its own reward;
            
            No god has told us and we do not know.
            
            We only know that the applauding beat
            
            Of eager hands, the joyous shouts that greet
            
              The sturdy fighter from his foes and friends,
            
            Are music in his ears, and very sweet.

Tawney

            
            Who falls in sight of either host
            
              Upon th' ensanguined plain,
            
            Though victory and heaven be lost,
            
              From both sides praise doth gain.

Telang

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अभिमुखनिहतस्य सतस्तिष्ठतु तावज्जयोथवा स्वर्मः ।

उभयबलसाधुवादः श्रवणसुखस्यैव तात्पर्यम् ॥ २ ॥

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II . ( c ) ° वळ ; त्र D. ( a ) सु ० ; मु ० . D. श्रवणसुखोसो बलात्यर्थम् M.P.

R. ( in whioh two ना for ला ) . श्रवणमुखस्यैनास्त्यंतर्थः ( ° स्यैव मारत्यर्थ : १ ) . D.

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St. II . i . e . in battle . For the idea of the first line

comp . Bhagavadgitâ II . , 38 Manu VII . , 89 or the following

Stanza quoted by Madhusûdana Sarasvatî under Gîtâ I. , 31

पुरुषौ लोके सूर्यमण्डलभेदिनौ । परिव्राड्योगयुक्तच रणे चाभिमुखो हत : || “ Praise

from both armies is exceedingly pleasant to the ear . " The Stanza

means that whether a man killed in the front ranks in a battle

does or does not obtain victory or heaven , he certainly must ob

tain the eulogy of both sides , and that is very substantial gain .

The reading of M. as will be seen is different . But I do not

understand either the text or the comment . The latter is as fol

lows : असो श्रवणमुखः अत्यर्थे वळातिवलं बध्नानि || किलक्षणः स श्रवणसुख : उभयबळ

साधुवाद : उभयगळे सानुवादी यस्य सः . Aryd .

Kosambi

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अभिमुखनिहतस्य सतस् तिष्ठतु तावज् जयोऽथ वा स्वर्गः ।

उभयबलसाधुवादः श्रवणसुखोऽस्त्येव चात्यर्थम् ॥ २०८ ॥

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208 { N } Om . in C S , found in most N MSS . – 9 a ) F2 अरिमुख- ; I3 अभिमुखं .

E3c F + I -निहितस्य ; F2 - निपतितस्य Jit शूरस् ( for सतसू ) . – ' ) F2 तज्जयो ( for तावज्जयो ) .

F1 सर्गाः ( for स्वर्गः :) . – ० " ) ) B1 उभयकर ; B2 उभयभव - ; D 12 उभयत्र ; F1 उभयकुल- . _ * )

B F1-4.6 ° सुखस्यैव ; D ° मुखस्येव ; E Ii . 2.30 I ° सुखोसौ ; F + J1.3 ° सुखस्येव ; J2 सुखस्य . B

F3 नास्स्यर्थः ; D नात्यन्तः ; Eo . 8 - 5 बलात्यर्थ ; Eit ( orig . ) बलात्यर्थे ; Eit ( by corr . ) त्यत्यर्थ

[ E com . अत्यर्थ बलाति बलं बध्नाति ] ; F : चास्त्यर्थः ; F + तात्पर्यः ; F5 नास्त्यन्तः ; Hi . 3c I बतात्यर्थ ;

Hs H : बतात्यर्थः ; J नास्त्यर्धः .

BIS . 499 ( 190 ) Bhartr ed . Bohl extra 19. Haeb . 2. 104 ; SRB p . 151. 368

( Bhāskara ) ; SBH . 2272 ( Śrī Bhāskara ) .