Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.179
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12.179.1
यद्यस्ति दत्तमिष्टं वा तपस्तप्तं तथैव च ।
गुरूणां वाऽपि शुश्रूषा तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १२.१७९.१ ॥
If gifts have been given, sacrifices offered, austerity practised, or service rendered to elders and teachers, then tell me that, grandsire.
12.179.2
यथाऽस्मिंश्च तथा तत्र जानीयां नृपसत्तम ।
दुष्कर्तारो यथा लोके यत्कुर्वन्ति तथा शृणु ॥ १२.१७९.२ ॥
As I know it here and there, best of kings, so listen to what evildoers do in the world.
12.179.3
आत्मनाऽनर्थयुक्तेन पापे निविशते मनः ।
स्वकर्म कलुषं कृत्वा दुःखे महति धीयते ॥ १२.१७९.३ ॥
A mind bent on harm by one's own doing turns to sin; having defiled one's own deeds, a man is cast into great suffering.
12.179.4
दुर्भिक्षादेव दुर्भिक्षं क्लेशात्क्लेशं भयाद्भयम् ।
मृतेभ्यः प्रमृता यान्ति दरिद्राः पापकारिणः ॥ १२.१७९.४ ॥
From famine to famine, from affliction to affliction, from fear to fear they go; the poor and the sinners go from the dead to the more dead.
12.179.5
उत्सवादुत्सवं यान्ति स्वर्गात्स्वर्गं सुखात्सुखम् ।
श्रद्दधानाश्च दान्ताश्च सत्वस्थाः शुभकारिणाः ॥ १२.१७९.५ ॥
From festival to festival, from heaven to heaven, from happiness to happiness they go: the faithful, the self-restrained, those established in goodness, and the doers of good deeds.
12.179.6
व्यालकुञ्जरदुर्गेषु सर्पचोरभयेषु च ।
हस्तावापेन गच्छन्ति नास्तिकाः किमतः परम् ॥ १२.१७९.६ ॥
Through fortresses of snakes and elephants, through the dangers of serpents and thieves, unbelievers pass by reaching out the hand; what more is there to say than this?
12.179.7
प्रियदेवातिथेयाश्च वदान्याः प्रियसाधवः ।
क्षेम्यमात्मवतां मार्गमास्थिता हस्तदक्षिणम् ॥ १२.१७९.७ ॥
Those who honor the gods and guests, who are generous and dear to the good, follow the safe path of the self-controlled, which is the easy way.
12.179.8
पुलाका इव धान्येषु पुत्तिका इव पक्षिषु ।
तद्विधास्ते मनुष्येषु येषां धर्मो न कारणम् ॥ १२.१७९.८ ॥
Like chaff among grains and sparrows among birds, such are those among men for whom dharma is no guiding cause.
12.179.9
सुशीघ्रमपि धावन्तं विधानमनुधावति ।
शेते सह शयानेन येनयेन यथाकृतम् ॥ १२.१७९.९ ॥
Even one who runs very swiftly is pursued by fate; it lies down with one who lies down, each in the measure of what was done.
12.179.10
उपतिष्ठति तिष्ठन्तं गच्छन्तमनुगच्छति ।
करोति कुर्वतः कर्म छायेवाऽनुविधीयते ॥ १२.१७९.१० ॥
It stands by one who stands, follows one who goes, and tracks the deed of the doer, as a shadow follows.
12.179.11
येनयेन यथा यद्यत्पुरा कर्म समार्जितम् ।
तत्तदेव नरो भुङ्क्ते नित्यं विहितमात्मना ॥ १२.१७९.११ ॥
Whatever deed was earlier accumulated in whatever way, a man always enjoys exactly that, ordained by himself.
12.179.12
स्वकर्मफलनिक्षेपं विधानपरिरक्षितम् ।
भूतग्राममिमं कालः समन्तात्परिकर्षति ॥ १२.१७९.१२ ॥
Time drags this multitude of beings from every side, the deposit of their own deeds' fruit, guarded by ordinance.
12.179.13
अचोद्यमानानि यथा पुष्पाणि च फलानि च ।
स्वं कालं नातिवर्तन्ते तथा कर्म पुराकृतम् ॥ १२.१७९.१३ ॥
As flowers and fruits, not urged on, do not pass beyond their own time, so does past action (bear fruit in its time).
12.179.14
संमानश्चावमानश्च लाभालाभौ क्षयोदयौ ।
प्रवृत्तानि विवर्तन्ते विद्यानान्ते पुनःपुनः ॥ १२.१७९.१४ ॥
Honor and dishonor, gain and loss, decline and rise — set in motion, they turn again and again.
12.179.15
आत्मना विहितं दुःखमात्मना विहितं सुखम् ।
गर्भशय्यामुपादाय भुज्यते पौर्वदेहिकम् ॥ १२.१७९.१५ ॥
Suffering ordained by oneself, happiness ordained by oneself — taking up from the womb-bed, what pertains to a former body is enjoyed.
12.179.16
बालो युवा च वृद्धश्च यत्करोति शुभाशुभम् ।
तस्यांतस्यामवस्थायां भुङ्क्ते जन्मनिजन्मनि ॥ १२.१७९.१६ ॥
A child, a youth, and an elder — whatever good or bad deed he does, in each of those stages of life and in birth after birth, he enjoys its result.
12.179.17
यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् ।
तथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति ॥ १२.१७९.१७ ॥
As among a thousand cows a calf finds its mother, so past action follows its doer.
12.179.18
संक्लिन्नमग्रतो वस्त्रं पश्चाच्छुध्यति वारिणा ।
दुष्कर्मापि तथा पश्चात्पूयते पुण्यकर्मणा ॥ १२.१७९.१८ ॥
A wet cloth is first soiled and afterwards cleansed with water; so too one who has done evil is afterwards purified by a meritorious deed.
12.179.19
तपसा तप्यते देहस्तपसा विन्दते महत् ।
उपवासैः प्रतप्तानां दीर्घं सुखमनन्तरम् ॥ १२.१७९.१९ ॥
By austerity the body is purified, and by austerity great reward is obtained. For those purified by fasting, long happiness follows in its turn.
12.179.20
दीर्घकालेन तपसा सेवितेन तपोवने ।
धर्मनिर्धूतपापानां संसिद्ध्यन्ते मनोरथाः ॥ १२.१७९.२० ॥
By austerity long practised over a long time in the forest of penance, the desires of those whose sins have been shaken off by dharma are fulfilled.
12.179.21
शकुनीनामिवाकाशे मत्स्यानामिव चोदके ।
पदं यथा न दृश्येत तथा धर्मविदां गतिः ॥ १२.१७९.२१ ॥
As the track of birds in the sky and of fish in the water is not seen, so the course of those who know dharma is not seen.
12.179.22
अलमन्यैरुपालम्भैः कीर्तितैश्च व्यतिक्रमैः ।
पेशलं चानुरूपं च कर्तव्यं हितमात्मनः ॥ १२.१७९.२२ ॥
Enough of other reproaches and of recounted transgressions. What is agreeable, fitting and beneficial to oneself is what should be done.