Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.114
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12.114.1
विद्वान्मूढप्रगल्भेन मृदुस्तीक्ष्णेन भारत ।
आक्रुश्यमानः सदसि कथं कुर्यादरिंदम् ॥ १२.११४.१ ॥
O Bhārata, how should a learned man act when he is reviled in an assembly by a foolish and bold man, gentle or harsh, O subduer of foes?
12.114.2
श्रूयतां पृथिवीपाल यथैऽषोर्थोऽवगम्यते ।
सदा सचेताः सहते नरस्येहाल्पचेतसः ॥ १२.११४.२ ॥
Hear, O protector of the earth, how this matter is understood: the ever-mindful wise man bears with the man of little understanding here.
12.114.3
आक्रुश्य दूष्यमाणश्च सुकृतं तस्य विन्दति ।
दुष्कृतं चात्मनो मर्षी तस्मिन्नेव प्रमार्जति ॥ १२.११४.३ ॥
Though reviled and reproached, he obtains that man's merit, and the patient one wipes away his own wrong-doing in that very man.
12.114.4
गर्हितं तमुपेक्षेत वाश्यमानमिवातुरम् ।
लोके विद्वेषमापन्नो निष्फलं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.११४.४ ॥
He should disregard the reviler, as one disregards the words of a sick man; the one who falls into hatred in the world gains a fruitless result.
12.114.5
इति संश्लाघते नित्यं तेन पापेन कर्मणा ।
इदमुक्तो मया कश्चित्सर्वतो जनसंसदि।
स तत्र व्रीडितः शुष्को मृतकल्पोऽवतिष्ठते ॥ १२.११४.५ ॥
Thus he constantly boasts of that wicked deed; when I said this to someone before the whole assembly of people, he stands there ashamed, withered, as if almost dead.
12.114.6
श्लाघन्नश्लाघनीयेन कर्मणा निरपत्रपः ।
उपेक्षितव्यो दान्तेन तादृशः पुरुषाधमः ॥ १२.११४.६ ॥
The shameless man who boasts of a deed not worthy of praise, such a lowest of men, should be disregarded by the self-controlled one.
12.114.7
यद्यद्ब्रूयादल्पमतिस्तत्तदस्य सहेत्तदा ॥ १२.११४.७ ॥
Whatever a man of little understanding says, one should then bear it.
12.114.8
प्रकृत्या हि प्रशंसन्वा निन्दन्वा किं करिष्यति ।
वने काक इवाबुद्धिर्वाश्यमानो निरर्थकम् ॥ १२.११४.८ ॥
Whether by nature he praises or blames, what can he do? Like a crow in the forest, the unintelligent one caws to no purpose.
12.114.9
यदि वाग्भिः प्रयोगः स्यात्प्रयोज्यः पापकर्मणा ।
वागेवार्थो भवेत्तस्य न ह्येवार्थो जिघांसतः ॥ १२.११४.९ ॥
If an evildoer should employ harsh words, then words alone are his aim; for indeed, that is not the aim of one who wishes to harm.
12.114.10
निषेकं वै परस्यासावाचष्टे वृत्तचेष्टया ।
मयूर इव कौपीनं नृत्यं संदर्शयन्निव ॥ १२.११४.१० ॥
By his conduct he declares another's defilement, like a peacock dancing and displaying its loincloth.
12.114.11
यस्यावाच्यं न लोकेऽस्मिन्नाकार्यं चापि किंचन ।
वाचं तेन न संदध्याच्छुचिः संश्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥ १२.११४.११ ॥
One whose conduct is entangled, and for whom in this world nothing is unspeakable or undoable, a pure man should not join speech with him.
12.114.12
प्रत्यक्षं गुणवादी यः परोक्षं तु विनिन्दकः ।
स मानवः श्ववल्लोके नष्टलोकपरायणः ॥ १२.११४.१२ ॥
That man who praises to one's face but blames behind one's back is like a dog in the world, whose supreme goal is ruined worlds.
12.114.13
तादृग्दिनशतं चापि यद्ददाति जुहोति च ।
परोक्षेणापवादेन तं नाशयति तत्क्षणात् ॥ १२.११४.१३ ॥
Though a man gives gifts and offers sacrifices for a hundred such days, one who slanders in another's absence destroys all of it in that very instant.
12.114.14
तस्मात्प्राज्ञो नरः सद्यस्तादृशं पापचेतसम् ।
वर्जयेन्मतिमान्वर्ज्यं सारमेयामिषं यथा ॥ १२.११४.१४ ॥
Therefore a wise man should at once shun such a man of evil mind, as one shuns the flesh of a dog.
12.114.15
परिवादं ब्रुवाणो हि दुरात्मा वै महाजने ।
प्रकाशयति दोषान्स्वान्सर्पः फणमिवोन्नतम् ॥ १२.११४.१५ ॥
When a wicked-souled man speaks slander among great people, he reveals his own faults, as a serpent displays its raised hood.
12.114.16
तं स्वकर्मणि कुर्वाणं प्रतिकर्तुं य इच्छति ।
भस्मकूट इवाबुद्धिः खरो रजसि मज्जति ॥ १२.११४.१६ ॥
He who wishes to retaliate against a man busy with his own duty is like a foolish donkey that sinks into dust, falling into a heap of ashes.
12.114.17
मनुष्यसालावृकमप्रशान्तं ।
जनापवादे सततं निविष्टम्।
मातङ्गमुन्मत्तमिवोन्नदन्तं ।
त्यजेत तं श्वानमिवातिरौद्रम् ॥ १२.११४.१७ ॥
One who is a wolf among men, restless, ever absorbed in slandering people, roaring like a maddened elephant, should be abandoned like a most fierce dog.
12.114.18
अनार्यजुष्टे पथि वर्तमानं ।
दमादपेतं विनयाच्च पापम्।
अरिव्रतं नित्यमभूतिकामं ।
धिगस्तु तं पापमतिं मनुष्यम् ॥ १२.११४.१८ ॥
Shame upon that evil-minded man who walks the path frequented by the ignoble, lacks self-restraint and discipline, is sinful, an enemy of vows, and always desires his own ruin.
12.114.19
प्रत्युच्यमानस्त्वथ भूय एव ।
निशाम्य माभूस्त्वमथार्तरूपः।
उच्चस्य नीचेन हि संप्रयोगं ।
विगर्हयन्ति स्थिरबुद्धयो ये ॥ १२.११४.१९ ॥
Even if someone answers you back again, do not become one who has the look of a wounded man after hearing it. Those of steady understanding censure the association of the high with the low.
12.114.20
क्रुद्धो दशेद्वाऽपि च ताडयेद्वा ।
स पांसुभिर्वा विकिरेत्तुषैर्वा।
विवृत्य दन्तांश्च विभीषयेद्वा ।
सिद्धं हि मूढे कुपिते नृशंसे ॥ १२.११४.२० ॥
In anger he may bite or strike, or cover him with dust or scatter husks upon him, or bare his teeth and frighten him. This indeed is settled for a fool, an angry man, or a cruel one.
12.114.21
विगर्हणां नाऽपि दुरात्मना कृतां ।
सहेत यः संसदि दुर्जनानाम्।
पठेदिदं चापि निदर्शनं सदा ।
न वाङ्भयं स लभति किंचिदप्रियम् ॥ १२.११४.२१ ॥
He who in an assembly, among the wicked, endures even the censure made by an evil-minded man, and always recites this example, does not obtain anything unpleasant born of speech.