Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.162
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12.162.1
आनृशंस्यं विजानामि दर्शनेन सतां सदा ।
नृशंसान्न विजानामि तेषां कर्म च भारत ॥ १२.१६२.१ ॥
By seeing the good I always know compassion, but of the cruel and their deeds I have no knowledge, O Bhārata.
12.162.2
कण्टकान्कूपमग्निं च वर्जयन्ति यथा नराः ।
तथा नृशंसकर्माणं वर्जयन्ति नरा नरम् ॥ १२.१६२.२ ॥
As men avoid thorns, a well and fire, so men avoid the man whose deeds are cruel.
12.162.3
नृशंसो दह्यते व्यक्तं प्रेत्य चेह च भारत ।
तस्मात्त्वं ब्रूहि कौरव्य तस्य धर्मविनिश्चयम् ॥ १२.१६२.३ ॥
The cruel man is surely burned both here and after death, O Bhārata. Therefore, O Kaurava, tell me your sure determination of dharma concerning him.
12.162.4
स्पृहाऽस्यान्तर्गता चैव विदितार्था च कर्मणाम् ।
आक्रोष्टा क्रुश्यते चैव बन्धिता बध्यते स च ॥ १२.१६२.४ ॥
Craving lies hidden within him, and he knows the aims of actions. The reviler is reviled, and the binder is himself bound.
12.162.5
दत्तानुकीर्तिर्विषमः क्षुद्रो नैकृतिकः शठः ।
असंभोगी च मानी च तथा सङ्गी विकत्थनः ॥ १२.१६२.५ ॥
He who repeatedly recounts his gifts is unjust, petty, deceitful, crafty, unsociable, proud, attached, and boastful.
12.162.6
सर्वातिशङ्की पुरुषो बलीशः कृपणोऽथवा ।
वर्गप्रशंसीं सततमाश्रमद्वेपसंकरी ॥ १२.१६२.६ ॥
The man who is excessively suspicious of all, who trusts in his strength or is miserly, who constantly praises his own class, and who, out of hatred, confuses the stages of life.
12.162.7
हिंसाविकारी सततमविशेषगुणागुणः ।
बह्वलीको मनस्वी च लुब्धोऽत्यर्थं नृशंसकृत् ॥ १२.१६२.७ ॥
He who is always disturbed by violence, makes no distinction between virtue and fault, is very deceitful, and though resolute of mind is exceedingly greedy and does cruel deeds.
12.162.8
धर्मशीलं गुणोपेतं पाप इत्यवगच्छति ।
आत्मशीलोपमानेन न विश्वसिति कस्यचित् ॥ १२.१६२.८ ॥
He takes even a righteous man endowed with virtues to be wicked, and, measuring by his own nature, trusts no one.
12.162.9
परेषां यत्र दोपः स्यात्तद्गुह्यं संप्रकाशयेत् ।
समानेष्वेव दोपेषु वृत्त्यर्थमुपघातयेत् ॥ १२.१६२.९ ॥
Where others have a fault, one should disclose that secret; and even where the faults are equal, one should use them against them for the sake of livelihood.
12.162.10
तथोपकारिणं चैव मन्यते वञ्चितं परम् ।
दत्त्वाऽपि च धनं काले संतपत्युपकारिणे ॥ १२.१६२.१० ॥
Likewise, he regards even a benefactor as one deceived by another; and even when he has given wealth to a benefactor at the proper time, he is distressed.
12.162.11
भक्ष्यं पेयमथालेह्यं यच्चान्यत्साधु भोजनम् ।
प्रेक्षमाणेषु योऽश्नीयान्नृशंसमिति तं वदेत् ॥ १२.१६२.११ ॥
He who eats food to be eaten, drink, food to be licked, and other fine meals while others look on, should be called cruel.
12.162.12
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदायाग्रं यः सुहृद्भिः सहाश्नुते ।
स प्रेत्य लभते स्वर्गमिह चानन्त्यमश्नुते ॥ १२.१६२.१२ ॥
He who, having given the first portion to the brahmins, eats together with his friends, obtains heaven after death, and here too enjoys endless fruit.
12.162.13
एष ते भरतश्रेष्ठ नृशंसः परिकीर्तितः ।
सदा विवर्जनीयो हि पुरुषेण बुभूषता ॥ १२.१६२.१३ ॥
Best of the Bharatas, this cruel man has been described to you. A man who desires his own welfare must always shun him.