Occurrences
Mahābhārata
MBh, 1, 96, 53.16 pratyakṣaphala evaiṣa kāmo 'sādhur nirarthakaḥ /
MBh, 1, 192, 12.1 daivaṃ tu paramaṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam /
MBh, 2, 35, 2.2 adharmaśca paro rājan pāruṣyaṃ ca nirarthakam //
MBh, 2, 43, 32.1 daivam eva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam /
MBh, 2, 43, 34.1 tena daivaṃ paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam /
MBh, 3, 47, 1.3 pravrājya pāṇḍavān vīrān sarvam etan nirarthakam //
MBh, 3, 135, 35.2 atīva hi mahān yatnaḥ kriyate 'yaṃ nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 3, 176, 27.2 daivam eva paraṃ manye puruṣārtho nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 4, 13, 11.1 idaṃ ca rūpaṃ prathamaṃ ca te vayo nirarthakaṃ kevalam adya bhāmini /
MBh, 5, 34, 20.2 kṛtaḥ puruṣakāro 'pi bhaved yeṣu nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 5, 38, 29.1 prasādo niṣphalo yasya krodhaścāpi nirarthakaḥ /
MBh, 5, 40, 30.2 diṣṭam eva kṛtaṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam //
MBh, 5, 53, 19.3 anīśeneva rājendra sarvam etannirarthakam //
MBh, 5, 70, 88.1 na jātu gamanaṃ tatra bhavet pārtha nirarthakam /
MBh, 5, 90, 11.2 iti vyavasitāsteṣu vacanaṃ syānnirarthakam //
MBh, 5, 90, 14.2 tasminnirarthakaṃ vākyam uktaṃ sampatsyate tava //
MBh, 8, 30, 32.2 aiḍaṃ ca ye na khādanti teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam //
MBh, 9, 23, 31.2 nirarthakaṃ mahad vairaṃ kuryād anyaḥ suyodhanāt //
MBh, 10, 6, 12.1 aśvatthāmā tu samprekṣya tāñ śaraughānnirarthakān /
MBh, 12, 79, 42.2 na varṣati ca yo meghaḥ sarva ete nirarthakāḥ //
MBh, 12, 115, 7.3 vane kāka ivābuddhir vāśamāno nirarthakam //
MBh, 12, 137, 14.2 apakṛtyāpi satataṃ sāntvayanti nirarthakam //
MBh, 12, 146, 15.2 teṣu te satataṃ dveṣo brāhmaṇeṣu nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 12, 149, 56.2 nirarthako hyayaṃ sneho nirarthaśca parigrahaḥ //
MBh, 12, 157, 10.2 yadā nirarthakaṃ vetti tadā sadyaḥ praṇaśyati //
MBh, 12, 173, 45.2 ānvīkṣikīṃ tarkavidyām anurakto nirarthikām //
MBh, 12, 179, 1.3 śvasityābhāṣate caiva tasmājjīvo nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 12, 179, 2.2 agnir jarayate caiva tasmājjīvo nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 12, 180, 15.2 maharṣe manasi vyagre tasmājjīvo nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 12, 261, 59.2 dhik kartāraṃ ca kāryaṃ ca śramaścāyaṃ nirarthakaḥ //
MBh, 12, 308, 48.2 nirmokṣāyeha duḥkhasya liṅgamātraṃ nirarthakam //
MBh, 13, 37, 12.2 ānvīkṣikīṃ tarkavidyām anurakto nirarthikām //
MBh, 13, 118, 23.2 śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā manuṣyāṇām asūyāmi nirarthakam //