न्याय का असली सार ठीक इसी बात में निहित है कि हम मानवता के नाते दूसरों के लिए वे प्रबंध करें जो हम अपने परिवार के लिए स्नेहवश करते हैं।
The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.
The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.
इंसानों में विनयशीलता (मॉडस्टी) की तारीफ इसलिए की जाती है क्योंकि यह स्वभाव की देन नहीं, बल्कि इच्छाशक्ति का परिणाम है।
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
जहाँ डर है, वहाँ बुद्धिमत्ता नहीं हो सकती।
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
शैतान ऐसे कारनामे करते हैं कि जो चीज़ें वास्तव में हैं ही नहीं, वे इंसानों को ऐसी लगती हैं मानों वे बिल्कुल सच हों।
Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.
Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.
यह बात जगजाहिर होनी चाहिए कि यही वह सच्चा चर्च है, जिसमें स्वीकारोक्ति और प्रायश्चित का विधान है, और जो कमज़ोर मानव-स्वभाव के पापो और ज़ख्मों की स्वास्थ्य-वर्धक देखभाल करता है।
Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting care of the sins and wounds to which the weak flesh is subject.
Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting care of the sins and wounds to which the weak flesh is subject.
क्योंकि जब ईश्वर हमें हत्या करने से मना करता है, तो वह न केवल हमें खुली हिंसा से रोकता है (जिसकी अनुमति तो सार्वजनिक कानून भी नहीं देते), बल्कि वह हमें उन कृत्यों को करने से भी चेताता है जिन्हें इंसानों के बीच वैध माना जाता है... इसलिए, ईश्वर के इस आदेश के संबंध में कोई अपवाद नहीं होना चाहिए, और किसी ऐसे इंसान की जान लेना हमेशा गैर-कानूनी है जिसे ईश्वर ने एक पवित्र प्राणी माना हो।
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but he warns us against the commission of those beings which are esteemed lawful among men....Therefore, with regard to this precept of God, there ought to be no exception at all, but that it is always unlawful to put to death a man, whom God willed to be a sacred animal.
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but he warns us against the commission of those beings which are esteemed lawful among men....Therefore, with regard to this precept of God, there ought to be no exception at all, but that it is always unlawful to put to death a man, whom God willed to be a sacred animal.
क्या कोई इतना मूर्ख हो सकता है कि वह यह विश्वास करे कि ऐसे भी इंसान होते हैं जिनके पैर उनके सिर से ऊपर होते हैं, या ऐसी जगहें होती हैं जहाँ चीज़ें नीचे की ओर लटकी होती हैं, पेड़ उल्टे बढ़ते हैं, या बारिश ऊपर की तरफ गिरती है? यदि हम धरती के दूसरे छोर (एंटीपोड्स) पर एक लटकती हुई दुनिया की कल्पना को स्वीकार कर लें, तो फिर बेबीलोन के लटकते हुए बाग (हैंगिंग गार्डन्स) में ऐसा क्या आश्चर्यजनक रह जाएगा?
Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may be hanging downwards, trees growing backwards, or rain falling upwards? Where is the marvel of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon if we are to allow of a hanging world at the Antipodes?
Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may be hanging downwards, trees growing backwards, or rain falling upwards? Where is the marvel of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon if we are to allow of a hanging world at the Antipodes?
कोई भी इंसान तब तक गरीब नहीं है जब तक उसे न्याय की दरकार न हो।
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
स्मृति समृद्धि को संतुलित करती है, विपत्ति के प्रभाव को कम करती है, जवानी पर लगाम कसती है, और बुढ़ापे को आनंदित करती है।
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
क्योंकि वे (दार्शनिक) सही ढंग से जीने की शिक्षा देने वाले माने जाते थे, जो कि कहीं अधिक उत्कृष्ट बात है, क्योंकि अच्छी बात कहना तो कुछ ही लोगों के बस में होता है, लेकिन अच्छा जीवन जीना हर किसी के लिए संभव है।
For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
इसलिए मनुष्यों को चाहिए कि वे अपनी भूलों से बाहर निकलें; और भ्रष्ट अंधविश्वासों को छोड़कर, अपने उस पिता और प्रभु को पहचानें, जिसकी महानता का अनुमान नहीं लगाया जा सकता, जिसकी भव्यता को समझा नहीं जा सकता, और जिसके आदि का कोई अंत नहीं है।
Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
सिसेरो ने देवताओं की प्रकृति से संबंधित अपने ग्रंथ में यह उल्लेख किया है कि धर्मशास्त्रियों द्वारा तीन जुपिटर (Jupiter) गिनाए गए हैं, और यह भी जोड़ा है कि तीसरा जुपिटर क्रीट का था, जो सैटर्न का पुत्र था, और उसी द्वीप में उसकी कब्र भी दिखाई जाती है।
Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.
Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.
जो लोग भूखे हैं, वे आएं ताकि वे अपनी चिर-भूख को मिटा सकें और उस दिव्य आहार से तृप्त हो सकें।
Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.
Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.
क्योंकि यदि ईश्वर सर्वोच्च सत्ता का ही दूसरा नाम है, तो उसे अविनाशी, परिपूर्ण, पीड़ा से परे और किसी अन्य सत्ता के अधीन न होने वाला होना चाहिए; इसलिए वे देवता नहीं हैं जिन्हें कोई विवशता उस एक सर्वोच्च ईश्वर की आज्ञा मानने पर मजबूर करती है।
For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect, incapable of suffering, and subject to no other being; therefore they are not gods whom necessity compels to obey the one greatest God.
For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect, incapable of suffering, and subject to no other being; therefore they are not gods whom necessity compels to obey the one greatest God.
भविष्यवक्ता, जो संख्या में बहुत अधिक थे, एक ही ईश्वर की घोषणा और प्रचार करते हैं; क्योंकि एक ही ईश्वर की प्रेरणा से ओत-प्रोत होकर, उन्होंने एक जैसी और सुसंगत वाणी में भविष्य की भविष्यवाणियां कीं।
The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.
The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.
लेकिन ईश्वर, जो शाश्वत चेतना (Eternal Mind) है, निस्संदेह हर तरह से महान, पूर्ण और हर लिहाज़ से परिपूर्ण है।
But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.
But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.
ऐसा कोई भी व्यक्ति नहीं है जो बुद्धि रखता हो और विचार करना जानता हो, जो यह न समझता हो कि कोई एक ही सत्ता है जिसने इस ब्रह्मांड की रचना की है और वह उसी ऊर्जा से इसका संचालन भी करती है जिससे उसने इसकी रचना की थी।
There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.
There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.
मार्स (Mars), जब हत्या के अपराध का दोषी पाया गया और एथेंस के लोगों ने उसे हत्या के आरोप से कृपावश बरी कर दिया—कहीं ऐसा न हो कि वह बहुत क्रूर और बर्बर प्रतीत हो—तो उसने वीनस के साथ व्यभिचार किया।
Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
संभव है कि माउंट ओलिंप ने कवियों को इस बात का संकेत दिया हो कि वे यह कहें कि जुपिटर ने स्वर्ग का राज्य प्राप्त किया था, क्योंकि 'ओलिंप' पर्वत और स्वर्ग दोनों का ही सामान्य नाम है।
It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.
It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.
इसलिए कवि, चाहे वे अपनी कविताओं में देवताओं का कितना भी श्रृंगार क्यों न करें और उनकी वीरता का बखान अत्यधिक प्रशंसा के साथ क्यों न करें, फिर भी वे अक्सर इस बात को स्वीकार करते हैं कि यह पूरी सृष्टि किसी एक ही आत्मा या चेतना द्वारा थामी और संचालित की जाती है।
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.
इसलिए, यदि देवता अमर और शाश्वत हैं, तो फिर अन्य लिंग (स्त्री रूप) की क्या आवश्यकता है, जबकि उन्हें खुद संतानोत्पत्ति की कोई आवश्यकता ही नहीं है, क्योंकि उन्हें तो हमेशा-हमेसा अस्तित्व में रहना ही है?
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?
परंतु ईश्वर, जो अमर है, उसे स्त्री-पुरुष के भेद या वंश-परंपरा की कोई आवश्यकता नहीं है।
But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.
But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.