Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.157
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12.157.1
अनर्थानामधिष्ठानमुक्तो लोभः पितामह ।
अज्ञानमपि कौरव्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ १२.१५७.१ ॥
Grandsire, you have declared greed to be the seat of all calamities. O descendant of Kuru, I wish to hear the truth also about ignorance.
12.157.2
करोति पापं योऽज्ञानान्नात्मनो वेत्ति च क्षमम् ।
द्विषते साधुवृत्तांश्च स लोकस्यैति वाच्यताम् ॥ १२.१५७.२ ॥
He who does wrong out of ignorance, does not know what is proper for himself, and hates those of good conduct, comes to be censured in the world.
12.157.3
अज्ञानान्निरयं याति तथा ज्ञानेन दुर्गतिम् ।
अज्ञानात्क्लेशमाप्नोति तथाऽऽपत्सु निमज्जति ॥ १२.१५७.३ ॥
Through ignorance one goes to hell, and likewise through knowledge one reaches a bad destiny. Through ignorance one obtains affliction and sinks into calamities.
12.157.4
प्रजानामप्रवृत्तिं च ज्ञानवृद्धिक्षयोदयान् ।
मूलं स्थानं गतिं कालं कारणं हेतुमेव च ॥ १२.१५७.४ ॥
Concerning the cessation of activity among creatures, the rise, decline and origin of knowledge, and also their root, place, course, time, cause and reason.
12.157.5
श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन यथावदिह पार्थिव ।
अज्ञानप्रसवं हीदं यद्दुःखमुपलभ्यते ॥ १२.१५७.५ ॥
O king, here I wish to hear it truly and as it is: this suffering that is perceived is indeed born of ignorance.
12.157.6
रागो द्वेषस्तथा मोहो हर्षः शोकोऽभिमानिता ।
कामः क्रोधश्च दर्पश्च तन्द्री चालस्यमेव च ॥ १२.१५७.६ ॥
Attachment and aversion, likewise delusion, joy, sorrow, self-conceit, desire, anger, arrogance, drowsiness and idleness as well.
12.157.7
इच्छा द्वेषस्तथा तापः परवृद्ध्युपतापिता ।
अज्ञानमेन्निर्दिष्टं पापानां चैव याः क्रियाः ॥ १२.१५७.७ ॥
Desire, aversion, torment, and the anguish born of others' prosperity — this, it is declared, is ignorance, and so are the sinful deeds that arise from it.
12.157.8
एतस्य वा प्रवृत्तेश्च वृद्ध्यादीन्यांश्च पृच्छसि ।
विस्तरेण महाराज शृणु तच्च विशेषतः ॥ १२.१५७.८ ॥
Great king, you ask about its arising and its growth and so on; listen to that in detail and with particular care.
12.157.9
उभावेतौ समफलौ समदोषौ च भारत ।
अज्ञानं चातिलोभश्चाप्येवं जानीहि पार्थिव ॥ १२.१५७.९ ॥
Both of these, O Bhārata, have the same fruit and the same fault: ignorance and excessive greed. Know it so, O king.
12.157.10
लोभप्रभवमज्ञानं वृद्धं भूयः प्रवर्धते ।
स्थाने स्थानं क्षयेत्क्षीणमुपैति विविधां गतिम् ॥ १२.१५७.१० ॥
Ignorance born of greed, once grown, grows ever further; a state that has decayed in its place wastes away and attains many different courses.
12.157.11
मूलं लोभस्य मोहो वै कालात्मगतिरेव च ।
छिन्ने भिन्ने तथा लोभे कारणं काल एव च ॥ १२.१५७.११ ॥
Delusion is indeed the root of greed, and the course of the time-soul is also its root. When greed is cut or broken, its cause is still time.
12.157.12
तस्याज्ञानाद्धि लोभो हि कामात्मा गतिरेव च ।
सर्वे दोषास्तथा लोभात्तस्माल्लोभं विवर्जयेत् ॥ १२.१५७.१२ ॥
From its ignorance greed indeed arises, and desire-souled is its course as well. All faults arise from greed, therefore one should shun greed.
12.157.13
जनको युवनाश्वश्च पृषदश्वः प्रसेनजित् ।
लोभक्षयाद्दिवं प्राप्तास्तथैवान्ये नराधिपाः।
छिन्ने छिन्ने तथा लोभे दिवं प्राप्ता जनाधिपाः ॥ १२.१५७.१३ ॥
Janaka, Yuvanāśva, Pṛṣadaśva and Prasenajit, and likewise other lords of men, attained heaven through the destruction of greed. As greed was cut away piece by piece, the rulers of peoples attained heaven.
12.157.14
प्रत्यक्षं तु कुरुश्रेष्ठ त्यज लोभमिहात्मना ।
त्यक्त्वा लोभं सुखी लोके प्रेत्य चेह च मोदते ॥ १२.१५७.१४ ॥
Clearly, best of the Kurus, abandon greed here by your own self. Having abandoned greed, a man is happy in the world; after death and here too he rejoices.