Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.136
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12.136.1
अत्र गाथा ब्रह्मगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः ।
येन मार्गेण राजानः कोशं संजनयन्त्युत ॥ १२.१३६.१ ॥
Here the knowers of old lore recite the brahman-songs, the verses about the path by which kings accumulate their treasury.
12.136.2
न धनं यज्ञशीलानां हार्यं देवस्वमेव च ।
दस्यूनां निष्क्रियाणां च क्षत्रियो हर्तुमर्हति ॥ १२.१३६.२ ॥
The wealth of those devoted to sacrifice and the property of the gods are not to be seized; only the wealth of robbers and of the inactive may a kṣatriya seize.
12.136.3
इमाः प्रजाः क्षत्रियाणां रक्ष्या हन्याश्च भारत ।
थनं हि क्षत्रियस्येह द्वितीयस्य न विद्यते ॥ १२.१३६.३ ॥
O Bhārata, these subjects are to be protected and, when necessary, punished by the kṣatriyas; for in this world a kṣatriya has no other wealth at all.
12.136.4
तदस्य स्याद्बलार्थं वा धनं यज्ञार्थमेव वा ।
अभोज्याश्चौषधीश्छित्त्वा भोज्या एव पचन्त्युत ॥ १२.१३६.४ ॥
Let that wealth be for his strength or for sacrifice; just as, cutting away the inedible herbs, people cook only what is edible.
12.136.5
यो वै न देवान्न पितृन्न मर्त्यान्हविषाऽर्चति ।
अनर्थकं धनं तत्र प्राहुर्धमेविदो जनाः ॥ १२.१३६.५ ॥
Whoever does not honor the gods, nor the ancestors, nor mortals with oblations, his wealth is useless, say those who know dharma.
12.136.6
हरेत्तद्द्रविणं राजन्धार्मिकः पृथिवीतिः ।
न हि न प्रीणयेल्लोकान्न लोके गर्हते नृपम् ॥ १२.१३६.६ ॥
O king, let the righteous lord of the earth seize that wealth; a king who does not please the worlds is not, indeed, blamed in the world.
12.136.7
असाधुभ्योऽर्थमादाय साधुभ्यो यः प्रयच्छति ।
आत्मानं संक्रमं कृत्वा मन्ये धर्मविदेव सः ॥ १२.१३६.७ ॥
He who takes wealth from the unrighteous and gives it to the righteous, having made himself a passage of transformation, I consider him indeed a knower of dharma.
12.136.8
तथातथा जयेल्लोकाञ्शक्त्या चैव यथायथा ।
औद्भिदा जन्तवो यद्वच्छ्रुत्वा वाजो यथातथा ॥ १२.१३६.८ ॥
In whatever way and by whatever strength one conquers the worlds, just so do the beings sprouting from the earth, as grain (bears fruit).
12.136.9
अनिमित्तात्संभवन्ति तथा यज्ञः प्रजायते ।
यथैव दंशमशकं यथा कीटपिपीलिकम् ॥ १२.१३६.९ ॥
Beings arise without a cause; thus too the sacrifice comes into being. Just as gnats and mosquitoes, so insects and ants (arise).
12.136.10
सैव वृत्तिर्हि यज्ञेषु यथा धर्मो विधीयते ॥ १२.१३६.१० ॥
That indeed is the conduct in sacrifices, just as dharma is prescribed.
12.136.11
यथा ह्यकस्माद्भवति भूमौ पांसुस्तृणोलपम् ।
तथैवेह भवेद्धर्मः सूक्ष्मः सूक्ष्मतरः स्मृतः ॥ १२.१३६.११ ॥
As suddenly on the ground a heap of dust and straw comes to be, so here dharma too is remembered as subtle, and more subtle.