Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.255
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12.255.1
सृजते त्रिगुणान्सत्वं क्षेत्रज्ञस्त्वधितिष्ठति ।
गुणान्विक्रियते सर्वानुदासीनवदीश्वरः ॥ १२.२५५.१ ॥
The knower of the field creates the three qualities, sattva and the rest, and presides over them. The Lord transforms all the qualities as if indifferent to them.
12.255.2
स्वभावयुक्तं तत्सत्वं यदिमान्सृजते गुणान् ।
ऊर्णनाभिर्यथा सूत्रं सृजते तन्तुवद्गुणान् ॥ १२.२५५.२ ॥
That sattva, endowed with its own nature, creates these qualities. As the spider spins its thread, so it spins the qualities like threads.
12.255.3
प्रध्वस्ता न निवर्तन्ते प्रवृत्तिर्नोपलभ्यते ।
एवमेके व्यवस्यन्ति निवृत्तिरिति चापरे ॥ १२.२५५.३ ॥
Those that are destroyed do not return, and activity is not perceived. Thus some determine, and others determine that it is withdrawal.
12.255.4
उभयं संप्रधार्यैतदध्यवस्येद्यथामति ।
अनेनैव विधानेन भवेद्गर्भशयो महान् ॥ १२.२५५.४ ॥
Having carefully considered both, one should determine according to one's understanding. By this very method, one becomes the great one who lies in the womb.
12.255.5
अनादिनिधनं नित्यं तं बुद्ध्वा विचरेन्नरः ।
अक्रुध्यन्नप्रहृष्यंश्च नित्यं विगतमत्सरः ॥ १२.२५५.५ ॥
Knowing him to be without beginning or end, eternal, a man should move about, not angry, not elated, and always free from envy.
12.255.6
इत्येवं हृदयग्रन्थिं बुद्धिचिन्तामयं दृढम् ।
अतीत्य सुखमासीत अशोचंश्छिन्नसंशयः ॥ १२.२५५.६ ॥
Thus, having passed beyond the firm knot of the heart made of intellect and anxiety, one should sit in happiness, not grieving, with doubts cut away.
12.255.7
ताम्येयुः प्रच्युताः पृथ्व्यां यथा पूर्णां नदीं नराः ।
अवगाढा ह्यविद्वांसो विद्धि लोकमिमं तथा ॥ १२.२५५.७ ॥
As men who have fallen into a swollen river, plunged beneath its waters, suffer, so know that the unlearned, immersed in this world, suffer likewise.
12.255.8
न तु ताम्यति वै विद्वान्स्थले चरति तत्त्ववित् ।
एवं यो विन्दतेऽऽत्मानं केवलं ज्ञानमात्मनः ॥ १२.२५५.८ ॥
But the wise man who knows the truth does not suffer; he walks as on dry ground. He who thus finds the self attains the pure knowledge of the self alone.
12.255.9
एवं बुद्ध्वा नरः सर्वं भूतानामागतिं गतिम् ।
समवेक्ष्य च वैषम्यं लभते शममुत्तमम् ॥ १२.२५५.९ ॥
Having thus understood the coming and going of all beings, and having fully observed their inequality, a man attains supreme peace.
12.255.10
एतद्वै जन्मसामर्थ्यं ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषतः ।
आत्मज्ञानं शमश्चैव पर्याप्तं तत्परायणम् ॥ १२.२५५.१० ॥
This indeed is the special capacity of a brahmin by birth: knowledge of the self and calm are sufficient, and in them lies the supreme refuge.
12.255.11
एतद्बुद्ध्वा भवेद्बुद्धः किमन्यद्बुद्धलक्षणम् ।
विज्ञायैतद्विमुच्यन्ते कृतकृत्या मनीषिणः ॥ १२.२५५.११ ॥
Having understood this, one becomes awakened; what other mark of the awakened is there? Having known this, the wise are liberated and have accomplished their aim.
12.255.12
न भवति विदुषां महद्भयं ।
यदविदुषां सुमहद्भयं परत्र।
न हि गतिरधिकाऽस्ति कस्यचि ।
द्भवति हि या विदुषः सनातनी ॥ १२.२५५.१२ ॥
The learned have no great fear, whereas the unlearned have a very great fear in the next world. No one's course is higher than the eternal course of the learned.
12.255.13
लोकमातुरमसूयते जन ।
स्तत्तदेव च निरीक्ष्य शोचते।
तत्र पश्य कुशलानशोचतो ।
ये विदुस्तदुभयं कृताकृतम् ॥ १२.२५५.१३ ॥
People resent the mother of the world, and they grieve over each thing they see. Look there at the skilled ones who do not grieve, who know both what has been done and what has not been done.
12.255.14
यत्करोत्यनभिसन्धिपूर्वकं ।
तच्च निर्णुदति …
न प्रियं तदुभयं न चाप्रिय ।
तस्य तज्जनयतीह कुर्वतः ॥ १२.२५५.१४ ॥
Even action done without prior intention … removes. Those two are neither pleasant nor unpleasant; for the one who acts, here it produces precisely that.