Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.270
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12.270.1
सद्भिर्वा यदि वाऽसद्भिः पन्थानमिममाश्रितः ।
प्रत्यक्षं क्रियतां साधु ततो ज्ञास्यसि तद्यथा ॥ १२.२७०.१ ॥
Whether you follow this path with good people or with bad, practise it directly and well; then you will know how it is.
12.270.2
एते शकुन्ता बहवः समन्ताद्विचरन्ति ह ।
तवोत्तमाङ्गे संभूताः श्येनाश्चान्याश्च जातयः ॥ १२.२७०.२ ॥
Many birds are flying about on all sides; hawks born on your head, and birds of other kinds too.
12.270.3
आहूयैनान्महाब्रह्मन्विशमानांस्ततस्ततः ।
पश्येमान्हस्तपादैश्च श्लिष्टान्देहेषु सर्वशः ॥ १२.२७०.३ ॥
O great Brahmin, call these and see them entering here and there; look at them clinging with hands and feet to bodies all over.
12.270.4
संभावयन्ति पितरं त्वया संभाविताः स्वगाः ।
असंशयं पिता वै त्वं पुत्रानाह्वय जाजले ॥ १२.२७०.४ ॥
Those honored by you, the heaven-goers, honor their father; without doubt you are the father. O Jājali, call your sons.
12.270.5
ततो जाजलिना तेन समाहूताः पतत्रिणः ।
वाचमुच्चारयन्ति स्म धर्मस्य वचनात्किल ॥ १२.२७०.५ ॥
Then the birds summoned by Jājali, so it is said, uttered their voices at the word of dharma.
12.270.6
अहिंसादि कृतं कर्म इह चैव परत्र च ।
श्रद्धां निहन्ति वै ब्रह्मन्सा हता हन्ति तं नरम् ॥ १२.२७०.६ ॥
Action performed through non-violence and the like, here and hereafter, O Brahmin, strikes down faith; and that struck faith strikes down the man.
12.270.7
समानां श्रद्दधानानां संयतानां सुचेतसाम् ।
कुर्वतां यज्ञ इत्येव न यज्ञो जातु नेष्यते ॥ १२.२७०.७ ॥
For those who perform it alike, full of faith, self-restrained and pure-minded, the sacrifice alone is a sacrifice; otherwise a sacrifice is never desired.
12.270.8
श्रद्धा वै सात्विकी देवी सूर्यस्य दुहिता द्विज ।
सावित्री प्रसवित्री च हविर्वाङ्भनसी ततः ॥ १२.२७०.८ ॥
O twice-born, Śraddhā is the goddess of the sattva quality, the daughter of the Sun; she is Sāvitrī and the begetter, and from her arise the oblation, speech and mind.
12.270.9
वाग्वृद्धं त्रायते श्रद्धा मनोवृद्धं च जाजले ।
श्रद्धावृद्धं वाङ्भनसी न यज्ञस्त्रातुमर्हति ॥ १२.२७०.९ ॥
O Jājali, faith protects what has grown through speech and what has grown through mind; but a sacrifice is not able to protect speech and mind grown through faith.
12.270.10
अत्र गाथा ब्रह्मगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः ।
शुचेरश्रद्दधानस्य श्रद्दधानस्यर चाशुचेः ॥ १२.२७०.१० ॥
Here the ancient knowers recite a verse called the Brahma-song: concerning one who is pure but without faith, and one who is faithful but impure.
12.270.11
देवा वित्तममन्यन्त सदृशं यज्ञकर्मणि ।
श्रोत्रियस्य कदर्यस्य वदान्यस्य च वार्धुषेः ॥ १२.२७०.११ ॥
The gods considered wealth fit for a sacrificial act equally whether it came from a learned priest, a miser, a generous man, or a usurer.
12.270.12
मीमांसित्वोभयं देवाः सममन्नमकल्पयन् ।
प्रजापतिस्तानुवाच विषमं कृतमित्युत ॥ १२.२७०.१२ ॥
Having examined both, the gods made the food equal; then Prajāpati said to them, 'This has been made unequal.'
12.270.13
श्रद्धापूतं वदान्यस्य हतमश्रद्धयेतरत् ।
भोज्यमन्नं वदान्यस्य कदर्यस्य न वार्धुषेः ॥ १२.२७०.१३ ॥
Food of a generous man, purified by faith, is fit to be eaten; the other, offered without faith, is not. One should eat the food of the generous man, not that of the miser or the usurer.
12.270.14
अश्रद्दधान एवैको देवानां नार्हते हविः ।
तस्यैवान्नं न भोक्तव्यमिति धर्मविदो विदुः ॥ १२.२७०.१४ ॥
The faithless man alone does not deserve to offer oblations to the gods; and his food should not be eaten — so the knowers of dharma understand.
12.270.15
अश्रद्धा परमं पापं श्रद्धा पापप्रमोचनी ।
जहाति पापं श्रद्धावान्सर्पो जीर्णामिव त्वचम् ॥ १२.२७०.१५ ॥
Faithlessness is the supreme sin; faith is the releaser from sin. The man of faith abandons sin as a serpent casts off its old skin.
12.270.16
ज्यायसी या पवित्राणां निवृत्तिः श्रद्धया सह ।
निवृत्तशीलदोषो यः श्रद्धावान्पूत एव सः ॥ १२.२७०.१६ ॥
Among purifiers, abstention joined with faith is the greatest; he whose faults of conduct have been abandoned, the man of faith, indeed is pure.
12.270.17
किं तस्य तपसा कार्यं किं वृत्तेन किमात्मना ।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥ १२.२७०.१७ ॥
What need has he of austerity, of conduct, of the self? This person is made of faith; whatever his faith, that he indeed is.
12.270.18
इति धर्मः समाख्यातः सद्भिर्धर्मार्थदर्शिभिः ।
वयं जिज्ञासमानास्तु संप्राप्ता धर्मदर्शनात् ॥ १२.२७०.१८ ॥
Thus has dharma been declared by the good, who see dharma and wealth. We, seeking to know, have come to the vision of dharma.
12.270.19
श्रद्धां कुरु महाप्राज्ञ ततः प्राप्स्यसि यत्परम् ॥ १२.२७०.१९ ॥
O greatly wise one, cultivate faith; then you shall attain that highest good.
12.270.20
न वै मुनीनां शृणुमश्च तत्वं ।
पृच्छामि ते वाणिज तत्वमेतत्।
पूर्वे हि पूर्वेऽप्यनवेक्षमाणा ।
नातः परं ते ऋषयः स्थापयन्ति ॥ १२.२७०.२० ॥
We have not heard that truth from the sages. O merchant, I ask you this very truth. Even the forefathers did not perceive it; the sages establish nothing beyond this.
12.270.21
यस्मिन्नेवानुतीर्थेन पशवः प्राप्नुयुः सुखम् ।
पत्नीव्रतेन विधिना प्रकरोति नियोजयन्।
श्रद्धावाञ्श्रद्दधानश्च धर्मश्चैव हि वाणिज ॥ १२.२७०.२१ ॥
By which proper sacred means animals might obtain happiness; one who acts and directs by the rule of wifely fidelity—O merchant, the faithful, the one who holds faith: that indeed is dharma.
12.270.22
स्ववर्त्मनि स्थितश्चैव गरीयानेव जाजले ॥ १२.२७०.२२ ॥
Standing firm on one's own path, one becomes indeed greater, O Jājale.
12.270.23
ततोऽचिरेण कालेन तुलाधारः स एव च ।
दिवं गत्वा महाप्राज्ञौ विहरेतां यथासुखम्।
स्वंस्वं स्थानमुपागम्य स्वकर्मफलनिर्मितम् ॥ १२.२७०.२३ ॥
Then, after a short time, Tulādhāra and those two greatly wise ones went to heaven and dwelt there happily, each arriving at his own place, fashioned by the fruit of his own deeds.
12.270.24
एवं बहुविधार्थं च तुलाधारेण भापितम् ।
सम्यक्चैवमुपालब्धो धर्मश्चोक्तः सनातनः ॥ १२.२७०.२४ ॥
Thus, with many kinds of meaning, Tulādhāra spoke; and thus rightly instructed, the eternal dharma was declared.
12.270.25
तस्य विख्यातवीर्यस्य श्रुत्वा वाक्यानि जाजलिः ।
तुलाधारस्य कौन्तेय शान्तिमेवान्वपद्यत ॥ १२.२७०.२५ ॥
O son of Kuntī, having heard the words of Tulādhāra, the man of renowned valor, Jājali attained peace indeed.
12.270.26
समानां श्रद्दधानानां युक्तानां च यथाबलम् ।
कुर्वतां यज्ञ इत्येव नायज्ञो जातु नेष्यते ॥ १२.२७०.२६ ॥
The action of those who are equal, faithful and devoted, performing according to their strength, is indeed a sacrifice; it is never held to be a non-sacrifice.
12.270.27
एवं बहुमतार्थं च तुलाधारेण भाषितम् ।
यथौपम्योपदेशेन किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥ १२.२७०.२७ ॥
Thus Tulādhāra spoke, with many meanings deemed precious, teaching through comparisons; what more do you wish to hear?