Source in the शतकत्रयी of भर्तृहरि

[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

Dear Group,

In a paper that I am reading the following is said to be the translation of a verse of भर्तृहरि.  I checked through all the three शतकs but could not identify any verse which would translate as follows:

Vanquish enemies at arms...

Gain mastery of the sciences

And varied arts...

You may do all this, but karma's force

Alone prevents what is not destined

And compels what is to be.

Could any scholar in this Group guide me to the verse in the शतकत्रयी of which this is the translation?  If it is not the शतकत्रयी, any other source?

Thanks in advance...

Arvind Kolhatkar

[Hnbhat B.R.]

It is quoted ambiguously
Yet another of his favorite parts of the Gita, the Satakatrayam, contains these fatalistic lines: Vanquish enemies at arms . . . Gain mastery of the sciences And varied

[Dr.Raghavendra.Bhat]

Respected Aravind ji,

I am finding similar shloka in Neeti Shatakam (102).

Publisher:- Pt. Tribhuvannatha Bhargav,Bhargava PustakaalayaGaayghaat,

Varanasi-1.

Printer:- Suraj Prasad Gupta, Jwala Printing Works. Varanasi.

Shloka as below :-

"मज्जत्वम्भसि यातु मेरुशिखरं शत्रूञ्जयत्वाहवे 

 वाणिज्यं कृषिसेवनादिसकला विद्याः कलाः शिक्षतु |

 आकाशं विफुलं प्रयातु खगवत्कृत्वा प्रयत्नं परम् 

 नाभाव्यं भवतीह कर्मवशगो भाव्यस्य नाशः कुतः ||102||

Dhanyo'smi

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[Prabha Pillai]

has anyone read d d kosambi's satakatraya. i want to buy a good commentary on satakatraya. i dont know which will be good. i want both slokas and english commentary. i have malayalam book from ramakrishna ashram.

regards prabha

prabha

[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

Thank you Dr Raghavendra Bhat.  The English translation I have shown is much shorter than the verse you quote but the sense is the same.  I understand that the translation quoted by me is from 'Bhartrihari, Poems' by the late Dr Barbara Stoler Miller.  I wonder whether Dr HN BHat has the same verse in mind or does he know of another verse having the same sense.

The same verse appears at 94/116 in Subhashitasarasangraha, where its source is shown as verse no 48 in DD Kosambi's critical edition of Bhartrihari's subhashitas.  It appears as one among Bhartrihari's subhashitas, but with different different numberings in several other places.  (As no 57 in Dr Heverlin's Anthology of Kavyas printed 1847 in Calcutta, no 101 in Wikiquote, no 98 in the blog of our friend GSS Murthy etc.)

My query has been sufficiently satisfied by what I got through this exchange.

Arvind Kolhatkar.

[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

Prabha,

If you are happy with a free digital version, several, with English/Sanskrit commentaries, are available at archive.org.  A good digital copy of Dr Heverlin's Anthology, printed in 1847 in Calcutta, is available at books.google.  (This one has the additional bonus as it also gives several other well-known Kavyas, such as Meghadoota, Ritusamhara, Cautapancashika, Amarushataka, Mohamudgara etc.

DD Kosambi's book appears to be available only as hard copy and you will have to purchase it from one of the online sellers.

Arvind Kolhatkar.

[Prabha Pillai]

Dear arvind I will go thru the online books. But I like  Kosambi books.  I have read some, my husband was his fan,  about satakatrayam, I can buy it.  But a person like me, with minimum sanskrit knowledge (my 2nd language was sanskrit. We could write exams in malayalam or English), will I be able to read that book.
Thank you for the prompt reply.

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[shankara]

Namaste,

Several editions of Satakatrayam edited by DD Kosambi are available for online reading and download at Digital Library of India (dli.gov.in).

Bhartriharis Satakatrayam Vol-29 (1959))., 99999990258008. Kosambi D. D.. 1959. English. NULL. 188 pgs.

Sataka -Trayam Of Bhartrhari., 99999990007839. D.D.Kosambi. 1946. sanskrit. History. 210 pgs.

sataka-trayam of bhartrhari., 99999990011002. kosambi, d.d.. 1946. sanskrit. sanskrit literature, writings. 214 pgs.

The Epigrams Attributed To Bhartrhari Vol-23 (1948)., 99999990259226. Kosambi D. D.. 1948. English. NULL. 348 pgs.

 

regards
shankara

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[Prabha Pillai]

Thank you thank you. Going to check now.