quotation from literature

[n balu]

 Dear friends ,

I am looking for quotations saying " countries fighting each other must cooperate when there is a common danger ( example : energy crisis). Please give the text and the translation

Thanks,
Balu
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[Kuppu Kannalur]

Sir,

One way of articulating the issue is if we have a common enemy , we all become one family and fight the common danger together or face the challenge together. There will be a time, when the national boundaries and maritime boundary line would become blurred, because mankind will encounter a common challenge at the rate we are digressing. Rational developmental economists would say, we are progressing. But  beg to differ.

To your question, the following quote in my considered view holds substance.

Ayam Bandhuh Ayam nethi gananam laghu chetasam

udhara charitanaam to vasudhaiva kutumbakam...

for the mean minded and those who think small, the differentiation happens between he or she is my family or that person is not my family... for the broad minded the whole world is one big family.

As families we encounter a problem with steadfast mind. Is nt it ?

regards

Kuppuswamy

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[Phani Kumar]

namaste.

I am familiar with another version of this sentiment.

अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्।

उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुतुम्बकम्।।

Dr. Phani Kumar

32,Prasasan Nagar,

Road-72,

Jubilee Hills,

Hyderabad 500033

Andhra Pradesh.

[Ramakrishnan D]

"वयं पञ्चाधिकशतम्" इति युधिष्ठिरेण प्रोक्तं यदा तेषां अज्ञातवास‍समये दुर्योधनः गन्धर्वेण बन्धितोऽभूत्, इति मया स्मर्यते ।

भवतः

रामकृष्णः ।

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Kuppu Kannalur <mail...@gmail.com> wrote:

[shankara]

Namaste,

I have heard the following verse conveying a similar idea. It is said to be from Mahabharata. But, I could not locate it in the Mahabharata text.

परस्परविवादे तु वयं पञ्च शतं च ते।
अन्यैः सह विवादे तु वयं पञ्चोत्तरं शतम्॥

"When there is dispute between us (Kauravas & Pandavas), we are five and they are hundred. But, when there is a dispute or fight with others, we are hundred and five."

Said by Yudhishthira to his brothers during their exile, when Duryodhana who visited Dvaita forest to humiliate the Pandavas was attacked by Gandharvas and was saved by Bheema and Arjuna.

Story in detail can be read at the following webpage.

http://www.bcswami.com/2011/12/29/always-side-with-krishna-and-win

 

regards
shankara

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From: Kuppu Kannalur <mail...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Samskrita] quotation from literature

[Hnbhat B.R.]

Shankar's reply is up to the point raised.

Dr. Hari Narayana Bhat B.R. M.A., Ph.D.,
Research Scholar(Retd),

Ecole française d'Extrême-OrientCentre de Pondichéry

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[Sunder Hattangadi]

These exact words do not appear in Mahabharata, but the episode is in Vana Parva (C. 240-244):

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03241.htm (Vana Parva - Ch. 240-244) English

The Sanskrit version of Yudhishthira's speech to Bhima and Arjuna is so sublime that it is hard to resist quoting it in full: 

y(udhiShThira)


asmānabhigatāṁstāta bhayārtāñśaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ .
kauravānviṣamaprāptānkathaṁ brūyāstamīdṛśam .. 1..\\
bhavanti bhedā jñātīnāṁ kalahāśca vṛkodara .
prasaktāni ca vairāṇi jñātidharmo na naśyati .. 2..\\
yadā tu kaścijjñātīnāṁ bāhyaḥ prārthayate kulam .
na marṣayanti tatsanto bāhyenābhipramarṣaṇam .. 3..\\
jānāti hyeṣa durbuddhirasmāniha ciroṣitān .
sa eṣa paribhūyāsmānakārṣīdidamapriyam .. 4..\\
duryodhanasya grahaṇādgandharveṇa balādraṇe .
strīṇāṁ bāhyābhimarśācca hataṁ bhavati naḥ kulam .. 5..\\
śaraṇaṁ ca prapannānāṁ trāṇārthaṁ ca kulasya naḥ .
uttiṣṭhadhvaṁ naravyāghrāḥ sajjībhavata māciram .. 6..\\
arjunaśca yamau caiva tvaṁ ca bhīmāparājitaḥ .
mokṣayadhvaṁ dhārtarāṣṭraṁ hriyamāṇaṁ suyodhanam .. 7..\\
ete rathā naravyāghrāḥ sarvaśastrasamanvitāḥ .
indrasenādibhiḥ sūtaiḥ saṁyatāḥ kanakadhvajāḥ .. 8..\\
etānāsthāya vai tāta gandharvānyoddhumāhave .
suyodhanasya mokṣāya prayatadhvamatandritāḥ .. 9..\\
ya eva kaścidrājanyaḥ śaraṇārthamihāgatam .
paraṁ śaktyābhirakṣeta kiṁ punastvaṁ vṛkodara .. 10..\\
ka ihānyo bhavettrāṇamabhidhāveti coditaḥ .
prāñjaliṁ śaraṇāpannaṁ dṛṣṭvā śatrumapi dhruvam .. 11..\\
varapradānaṁ rājyaṁ ca putra janma ca pāṇḍava .
śatrośca mokṣaṇaṁ kleśāttrīṇi caikaṁ ca tatsamam .. 12..\\
kiṁ hyabhyadhikametasmādyadāpannaḥ suyodhanaḥ .
tvadbāhubalamāśritya jīvitaṁ parimārgati .. 13..\\
svayameva pradhāveyaṁ yadi na syādvṛkodara .
vitato'yaṁ kraturvīra na hi me'tra vicāraṇā .. 14..\\
sāmnaiva tu yathā bhīma mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam .
tathā sarvairupāyaistvaṁ yatethāḥ kurunandana .. 15..\\
na sāmnā pratipadyeta yadi gandharvarāḍ asau .
parākrameṇa mṛdunā mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam .. 16..\\
athāsau mṛdu yuddhena na muñcedbhīmakauravān .
sarvopāyairvimocyāste nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ .. 17..\\
etāvaddhi mayā śakyaṁ sandeṣṭuṁ vai vṛkodara .
vaitāne karmaṇi tate vartamāne ca bhārata .. 18..\\

य्

अस्मानभिगतांस्तात भयार्ताञ्शरणैषिणः .
कौरवान्विषमप्राप्तान्कथं ब्रूयास्तमीदृशम् .. १..\\
भवन्ति भेदा ज्ञातीनां कलहाश्च वृकोदर .
प्रसक्तानि च वैराणि ज्ञातिधर्मो न नश्यति .. २..\\
यदा तु कश्चिज्ज्ञातीनां बाह्यः प्रार्थयते कुलम् .
न मर्षयन्ति तत्सन्तो बाह्येनाभिप्रमर्षणम् .. ३..\\
जानाति ह्येष दुर्बुद्धिरस्मानिह चिरोषितान् .
स एष परिभूयास्मानकार्षीदिदमप्रियम् .. ४..\\
दुर्योधनस्य ग्रहणाद्गन्धर्वेण बलाद्रणे .
स्त्रीणां बाह्याभिमर्शाच्च हतं भवति नः कुलम् .. ५..\\
शरणं च प्रपन्नानां त्राणार्थं च कुलस्य नः .
उत्तिष्ठध्वं नरव्याघ्राः सज्जीभवत माचिरम् .. ६..\\
अर्जुनश्च यमौ चैव त्वं च भीमापराजितः .
मोक्षयध्वं धार्तराष्ट्रं ह्रियमाणं सुयोधनम् .. ७..\\
एते रथा नरव्याघ्राः सर्वशस्त्रसमन्विताः .
इन्द्रसेनादिभिः सूतैः संयताः कनकध्वजाः .. ८..\\
एतानास्थाय वै तात गन्धर्वान्योद्धुमाहवे .
सुयोधनस्य मोक्षाय प्रयतध्वमतन्द्रिताः .. ९..\\
य एव कश्चिद्राजन्यः शरणार्थमिहागतम् .
परं शक्त्याभिरक्षेत किं पुनस्त्वं वृकोदर .. १०..\\
क इहान्यो भवेत्त्राणमभिधावेति चोदितः .
प्राञ्जलिं शरणापन्नं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुमपि ध्रुवम् .. ११..\\
वरप्रदानं राज्यं च पुत्र जन्म च पाण्डव .
शत्रोश्च मोक्षणं क्लेशात्त्रीणि चैकं च तत्समम् .. १२..\\
किं ह्यभ्यधिकमेतस्माद्यदापन्नः सुयोधनः .
त्वद्बाहुबलमाश्रित्य जीवितं परिमार्गति .. १३..\\
स्वयमेव प्रधावेयं यदि न स्याद्वृकोदर .
विततोऽयं क्रतुर्वीर न हि मेऽत्र विचारणा .. १४..\\
साम्नैव तु यथा भीम मोक्षयेथाः सुयोधनम् .
तथा सर्वैरुपायैस्त्वं यतेथाः कुरुनन्दन .. १५..\\
न साम्ना प्रतिपद्येत यदि गन्धर्वराड् असौ .
पराक्रमेण मृदुना मोक्षयेथाः सुयोधनम् .. १६..\\
अथासौ मृदु युद्धेन न मुञ्चेद्भीमकौरवान् .
सर्वोपायैर्विमोच्यास्ते निगृह्य परिपन्थिनः .. १७..\\
एतावद्धि मया शक्यं सन्देष्टुं वै वृकोदर .
वैताने कर्मणि तते वर्तमाने च भारत .. १८..\\

Regards,

sunder

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From: Hnbhat B.R. <hnbh...@gmail.com>
To: "sams...@googlegroups.com" <sams...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11:36 AM

Subject: Re: [Samskrita] quotation from literature

[Hnbhat B.R.]

1. Sunder Hattangadi <sun...@yahoo.com>
   

These exact words do not appear in Mahabharata, but the episode is in Vana Parva (C. 240-244):

 Here is the exact citation from the Vikisource Mahabharata:

`परैः परिभवे प्राप्ते वयं पञ्चोत्तरं शतम्। 

1. परस्परविरोधे तु वयं पञ्चैव ते शतम् ।।' 3-244-11a 3-244-11b. 
   
   
   http://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D-03-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-244
   
   
   
   With regards

[Hnbhat B.R.]

Here is the exact citation from the Vikisource Mahabharata:

2. `परैः परिभवे प्राप्ते वयं पञ्चोत्तरं शतम्। परस्परविरोधे तु वयं पञ्चैव ते शतम् ।।' 3-244-11a 3-244-11b. 

   
   

   The version quoted by Shankar was included in one the lessons in one of the Sanskrit Readers for UP classes (long ago 1975-80) in Kerala exactly . I did not search for the source for the quotation as I take it may be taken from any editions familiar to the compilers of the text books. It may be found in the vaRiant versions in the Critical Edition.

   
   

   With regards

[shankara]

Bhat Sir,

Thanks for additional information. You are right about this story being included in Sanskrit text in Kerala high schools in 70s. I checked the critical edition of MB. It does not contain the verse in it main body, but it is there in foot notes with slight changes and a mention about variants. Attaching its image.

 

regards
shankara

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