Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.13
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12.13.1
न बाह्यं द्रव्यमुत्सृज्य सिद्धिर्भवति भारत ।
शारीरं द्रव्यमुत्सृज्य सिद्धिर्भवति वा न वा ॥ १२.१३.१ ॥
Without giving up external possessions, O Bhārata, there is no attainment; whether attainment comes from giving up bodily possessions, or not...
12.13.2
बाह्यद्रव्यविमुक्तस्य शारीरेष्वनुगृध्यतः ।
यो धर्मो यत्सुखं वा स्याद्द्विषतां तत्तथाऽस्तु नः ॥ १२.१३.२ ॥
Whatever dharma or happiness belongs to one who has freed himself from external possessions yet is greedy for bodily things, let that be for our enemies, and so let it be for us.
12.13.3
शारीरंद्रव्यमुत्सृज्य पृथिवीमनुशासतः ।
यो धर्मो यत्सुखं वा स्यात्सुहृदां तत्तथाऽस्तु नः ॥ १२.१३.३ ॥
Whatever dharma or happiness belongs to one who has given up bodily possessions and rules the earth, let that be for our friends, and so let it be for us.
12.13.4
द्व्यक्षरस्तु भवेन्मृत्युरुयक्षरं ब्रह्म शाश्वतम् ।
ममेति द्व्यक्षरो मृत्युर्न ममेति च शाश्वतम् ॥ १२.१३.४ ॥
'Mama' (mine) is the two-syllabled death, but Brahman, of three syllables, is eternal. 'Mama' is the two-syllabled death; 'na mama' (not mine) is eternal.
12.13.5
ब्रह्ममृत्यू ततो राजन्नात्मन्येव समाश्रितौ ।
अदृश्यमानौ भूतानि योजयेतामसंशयम् ॥ १२.१३.५ ॥
Then, O king, Brahman and Death both have taken refuge in the self alone; unseen, they undoubtedly join beings together.
12.13.6
अविनाशोऽस्य सत्वस्य नियतो यदि भारत ।
हित्वा शरीरं भूतानां न हिंसा प्रतिपत्स्यते ॥ १२.१३.६ ॥
If the indestructibility of this being is certain, O Bhārata, then having abandoned the body, no harm will be incurred by beings.
12.13.7
अथापि च सहोत्पत्तिः सत्वस्य प्रलयस्तथा ।
नष्टे शरीरे नष्टः स्याद्वृथा च स्यात्क्रियापथः ॥ १२.१३.७ ॥
And if the living being arises together with the body and is dissolved with it, then when the body is destroyed the being too is destroyed, and the path of action becomes vain.
12.13.8
तस्मादेकान्तमुत्सृज्य पूर्वैः पूर्वतरैश्च यः ।
पन्था निषेवितः सद्भिः स निषेव्यो विजानता ॥ १२.१३.८ ॥
Therefore, having entirely given up any other way, the path followed by our forefathers and by the good men who came even earlier, that path is to be followed by one who knows.
12.13.9
स्वायंभुवेन मनुना तथाऽन्यैश्तक्रवर्तिभिः ।
यद्ययं ह्यधमः पन्थाः कस्मात्तैस्तैर्निषेवितः ॥ १२.१३.९ ॥
If this path is indeed base, why then was it followed by Svāyambhuva Manu and by the other world-emperors?
12.13.10
कृतत्रेतादियुक्तानि गुणवन्ति च भारत ।
युगानि बहुशस्तैश्च भुक्तेयमवनी नृप ॥ १२.१३.१० ॥
O descendant of Bharata, in the virtuous ages beginning with Kṛta and Tretā, they enjoyed this earth many times over, O king.
12.13.11
लब्ध्वाऽपि पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां सहस्थावरजङ्गमाम् ।
न भुङ्क्ते यो नृपः सम्यक्किंफलं तस्य जीविते ॥ १२.१३.११ ॥
What fruit is there in the life of a king who, though he has obtained the entire earth with its moving and unmoving beings, does not properly enjoy it?
12.13.12
अथवा वसतो राजन्वने वन्येन जीवतः ।
द्रव्येषु यस्य ममता मृत्योरास्ये स वर्तते ॥ १२.१३.१२ ॥
Or again, O king: he who lives in the forest on forest food, yet holds attachment to possessions, abides in the very mouth of death.
12.13.13
बाह्यान्तराणां भूतानां स्वभावं पश्य भारत ।
ये तु पश्यन्ति तद्भूतं मुच्यन्ते ते महाभयात् ॥ १२.१३.१३ ॥
O Bhārata, behold the nature of beings, external and internal. Those who see that reality are freed from great fear.
12.13.14
भवान्पिता भवान्माता भवान्भ्राता भवान्गुरुः ।
दुःखप्रलापानार्तस्य तन्मे त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥ १२.१३.१४ ॥
You are my father, you are my mother, you are my brother, you are my teacher. Me, afflicted and lamenting in sorrow, you ought to forgive that (speech) of mine.
12.13.15
तथ्यं वा यदि वाऽतथ्यं यन्मयैतत्प्रभाषितम् ।
तद्विद्वि पृथिवीपाल भक्त्या भरतसत्तम ॥ १२.१३.१५ ॥
Whether what I have said is true or untrue, O protector of the earth, best of the Bharatas, know it as spoken out of devotion.