Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.257
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12.257.2
…नधीयीत शुश्रूषुर्ब्रह्मचर्यवान् ।
ऋवो यजूंषि सामानि वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥ १२.२५७.२ ॥
…one who does not study, attentive in service and keeping to celibate student life, does not become versed in the verses of the Ṛg, the formulas of the Yajur and the chants of the Sāma, nor master of the Vedas and their subsidiary sciences.
12.257.3
ज्ञानी यः सर्वभूतानां सर्ववित्सर्वभूतवित् ।
नाकामो म्रियते जातु… ॥ १२.२५७.३ ॥
He who is wise among all beings, who knows all and knows the nature of all beings, never dies without being free of desire…
12.257.4
इष्टी…श्राप्य क्रतूश्चवाप्तदाक्षणान् ।
प्राप्नोति नैव ब्राह्मण्यमविज्ञानात्कथंचन ॥ १२.२५७.४ ॥
Even having performed sacrifices and obtained the rites and sacrificial fees, one never attains brahmanhood without knowledge, in any way.
12.257.5
यदा चायं न बिभेति यदा चास्मान्न बियति ।
यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥ १२.२५७.५ ॥
When this one fears no one, and no one fears him, when he neither desires nor hates, then Brahman is attained.
12.257.6
यदा न कुरुते भावं सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् ।
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥ १२.२५७.६ ॥
When one harbors no evil intent toward any being, in deed, mind or speech, then Brahman is attained.
12.257.7
कामबन्धनमेवेदं नान्यदस्तीह बन्धनम् ।
कामबन्धनमुक्तो हि ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ १२.२५७.७ ॥
This very bond of desire, and no other bond exists here. One freed from the bond of desire becomes fit for becoming Brahman.
12.257.8
कामतो मुच्यमानस्तु धूमाभ्रादिव चन्द्रमाः ।
विरजाः कालमाकाङ्क्षन्धीरो धैर्येण वर्तते ॥ १२.२५७.८ ॥
When one is released from desire, like the moon freed from smoke and cloud, stainless, awaiting the time, the steadfast one abides with fortitude.
12.257.9
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं ।
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे ।
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामः ॥ १२.२५७.९ ॥
As waters enter the ocean, filled and immovably established, so all desires enter the one in whom they enter; he attains peace, not the one who desires desires.
12.257.10
क कामकान्तो न तु कामकामः ।
स वै कामात्स्वर्गमुपैति देही ॥ १२.२५७.१० ॥
Not the one beloved of desire, but the one who desires desire; that embodied being, through desire, attains heaven.
12.257.11
वेदस्योपनिषद्दानं दानस्योपनिषद्दमः ।
दमस्योपनिषद्दानं दानस्योपनिषत्तपः ॥ १२.२५७.११ ॥
The Upaniṣad of the Veda is giving; the Upaniṣad of giving is self-restraint; the Upaniṣad of self-restraint is giving; the Upaniṣad of giving is austerity.
12.257.12
तपसोपनिषत्त्यागस्त्यागस्योपनिषत्सुखम् ।
सुखस्योपनिषत्स्वर्गः स्वर्गस्योपनिषच्छमः ॥ १२.२५७.१२ ॥
The Upaniṣad of austerity is renunciation; the Upaniṣad of renunciation is happiness; the Upaniṣad of happiness is heaven; the Upaniṣad of heaven is tranquility.
12.257.13
क्लेदनं शोकमनसोः संतीर्णं तृष्णया सह ।
सत्वमृच्छति संतोपाच्छान्तिलक्षणमुत्तमम् ॥ १२.२५७.१३ ॥
He who has crossed over the softening of grief and of the mind, together with craving, attains the quality of sattva; through contentment he obtains the supreme mark of peace.
12.257.14
विशोको निर्ममः शांतः प्रशांतात्माऽत्मविच्छुचिः ।
पङ्गिर्लक्षणवानेतैः समग्रः पुनरेष्यति ॥ १२.२५७.१४ ॥
Free from grief and possessiveness, calm, with a wholly tranquil self, knowing the self and pure — the group of five endowed with these marks, complete, will return again.
12.257.15
पङ्भिः सत्वगुणोपेतैः प्राज्ञैरधिगतं त्रिभिः ।
ये विदुः प्रत्यगात्मानमिहस्थानमृतान्विदुः ॥ १२.२५७.१५ ॥
This is attained by the wise endowed with the quality of sattva, through the three groups of five; they know the inner self, the abode here, and the truth.
12.257.16
अकृत्रिममसंहार्यं प्राकृतं निरुपस्कृतम् ।
अध्यात्मवित्कृतप्रज्ञः सुखमव्ययमश्नुते ॥ १२.२५७.१६ ॥
Unartificial, indestructible, natural and unadorned — the knower of the inner self, whose wisdom is firm, attains imperishable bliss.
12.257.17
निष्प्रचारं मनः कृत्वा प्रतिष्ठाप्य च सर्वशः ।
यामयं लभते तुष्टिं सा न शक्याऽऽत्मनोन्यथा ॥ १२.२५७.१७ ॥
Having made the mind motionless and fixed it firmly on every side, the contentment he attains cannot be reached by the self in any other way.
12.257.18
येन तृप्यत्यभुञ्जानो येन तृप्यत्यवित्तवान् ।
येनास्नेहो बलं धत्ते यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥ १२.२५७.१८ ॥
That by which the one who does not eat is satisfied, by which the one without wealth is satisfied, by which the one free from attachment gains strength — he who knows it is a knower of the Veda.
12.257.19
असङ्गो ह्यात्मनो द्वाराण्यपिधाय विचिन्तयन् ।
यो ह्यास्ते ब्राह्मणः शिष्टः स आत्मरतिरुच्यते ॥ १२.२५७.१९ ॥
The disciplined brahmin who dwells unattached, meditating with the doors of the self closed, is said to delight in the self.
12.257.20
समाहितं परे तत्त्वे क्षीणकाममवस्थितम् ।
सर्वतः सुखमन्वेति वपुश्चान्द्रमसं यथा ॥ १२.२५७.२० ॥
For one composed in the supreme reality, whose desires are spent and who stands firm, happiness follows on every side, as the light of the moon follows its body.
12.257.21
अविशेषाणि भूतानि गुणांश्च जहतो मुनेः ।
सुखेनापोह्यते दुःखं भास्करेण तमो यथा ॥ १२.२५७.२१ ॥
For the sage who abandons undifferentiated beings and the qualities, sorrow is easily removed, as darkness is dispelled by the sun.
12.257.22
तमतिक्रान्तकर्माणमतिक्रान्तगुणक्षयम् ।
ब्राह्मणं विपयाश्लिष्टं जरामृत्यू न विन्दतः ॥ १२.२५७.२२ ॥
The brahmin who has passed beyond action and beyond the decay of qualities, who is not clinging to sense objects, is not reached by old age and death.
12.257.23
स यदा सर्वतो मुक्तः समः पर्यवतिष्ठते ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थांश्च शरीरस्थोऽतिवर्तते ॥ १२.२५७.२३ ॥
When he stands even-minded, liberated on every side, he transcends the senses and their objects, while dwelling in the body.
12.257.24
कारणं परमं प्राप्य अतिक्रान्तस्य कार्यताम् ।
पुनरावर्तनं नास्ति संप्राप्तस्य परात्परम् ॥ १२.२५७.२४ ॥
For one who has attained the supreme cause and transcended the state of being an effect, there is no return; he has attained the higher than the highest.