Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.272
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12.272.1
कथं कार्यं परीक्षेत शीघ्रं वाऽथ चिरेण वा ।
सर्वथा कार्यदुर्गेऽस्मिन्भवान्नः परमो गुरुः ॥ १२.२७२.१ ॥
How should a matter be examined — quickly, or after a long time? In such a difficult undertaking, you are our supreme teacher.
12.272.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
चिरकारेस्तु यत्पूर्वं वृत्तमाङ्गिरसां कुले ॥ १२.२७२.२ ॥
Here too they recount this ancient story of what once befell Cirakārin in the family of the Āṅgirasas.
12.272.3
गौतमस्य सुता ह्यासन्वीयांश्चिरकारिकः ।
चिरकारिक भद्रं ते भद्रं ते चिरकारिक।
चिरकारी हि मेधावी नापराध्यति कर्मसु ॥ १२.२७२.३ ॥
Among the sons of Gautama there was the eldest, Cirakārin. Cirakārin, may good fortune be yours; Cirakārin, may good fortune be yours. For the wise slow-doer does not err in his actions.
12.272.4
चिरकारी महाप्राज्ञो गौतमस्याभवत्सुतः ।
चिरेण सर्वकार्याणि विमृश्यार्थान्प्रपद्यते ॥ १२.२७२.४ ॥
The son of Gautama, Cirakārin, was greatly wise. Having weighed all tasks at length, he undertook their aims only after careful examination.
12.272.5
चिरं स चिन्तयत्यर्थांश्चिरं जाग्रच्चिरं स्वपन् ।
चिरं कार्याभिषत्तिं च चिरकारी तथोच्यते ॥ १२.२७२.५ ॥
He ponders his aims for a long time, awake for a long while and asleep for a long while; he is slow too in carrying out a task, and so he is called Cirakārin, the slow-doer.
12.272.6
अलसग्रहणं प्राप्तो दुर्मेधावीति चोच्यते ।
बुद्धिलाघवयुक्तेन जनेनादीर्घदर्शिना ॥ १२.२७२.६ ॥
He who takes up sloth is called dull-witted; so it is said of the man who is light of understanding and short-sighted.
12.272.7
व्यभिचारे तु कस्मिंश्चिद्व्यतिक्रम्यापरान्सुतान् ।
पित्रोक्तः कुपितेनाथ जहीमां जननीमिति ॥ १२.२७२.७ ॥
But when some adultery occurred, the father, passing over the other sons in anger, said: "Kill this mother."
12.272.8
इत्युक्त्वा स तदा विप्रो गौतमो जपतां वरः ।
अविमृश्य महाभागो वनमेव जगाम सः ॥ १२.२७२.८ ॥
Having said this, that brahmin Gautama, best of those who recite, without reflecting, the greatly fortunate one, went off to the forest.
12.272.9
स तथेति चिरेणोक्त्वा स्वभावाच्चिरकारिकः ।
विमृश्य चिरकारित्वाच्चिन्तयामास वै चिरम् ॥ १२.२७२.९ ॥
He, slow to act by nature, said "so be it" only after a long time, reflected, and because of his slowness fell into long thought.
12.272.10
पितुराज्ञां कथं कुर्यां न हन्यां मातरं कथम् ।
कथं धर्मच्छले नास्मिन्निमज्जेयमसाधुवत् ॥ १२.२७२.१० ॥
How should I carry out my father's command, and how should I not kill my mother? How should I sink into this pretext of dharma like a wicked man?
12.272.11
पितुराज्ञा परो धर्मः स्वधर्मो मातृरक्षणम् ।
अस्वतन्त्रं च पुत्रत्वं किंतु मां नानुपीडयेत् ॥ १२.२७२.११ ॥
The father's command is the highest duty, and protecting the mother is my own duty. Being a son is not independent; yet let it not torment me.
12.272.12
स्त्रियं हत्वा मातरं च को हि जातु सुखी भवेत् ।
पितरं चाप्यवज्ञाय कः प्रतिष्ठामवाप्नुयात् ॥ १२.२७२.१२ ॥
Who, having killed a woman and his mother, could ever be happy? And who, having despised his father, could attain a secure standing?
12.272.13
अनवज्ञा पितुर्युक्ता स्वधर्मो मातृरक्षणम् ।
युक्तक्षमावुभावेतौ नातिवर्तेतमां कथम् ॥ १२.२७२.१३ ॥
Not to disregard one's father is fitting, and protecting one's mother is one's own duty. Both of these are proper and enduring; how could one transgress them?
12.272.14
पिता ह्यात्मानमाधत्ते जायायां जायतामिति ।
शीलचारित्रगोत्रस्य धारणार्थं कुलस्य च ॥ १२.२७२.१४ ॥
The father indeed places himself in the wife, thinking, 'May he be born,' so as to uphold the conduct, character and lineage, and the family.
12.272.15
सोऽहं मात्रा स्वयं पित्रा पुत्रत्वे प्रकृतः पुनः ।
विज्ञानं मे कथं न स्याद्द्वौ बुद्ध्ये चात्मसंभवम् ॥ १२.२७२.१५ ॥
I, that very one, have been produced again as a son by mother and father. How should I not have understanding — both intellects, and knowledge born of the self?
12.272.16
जातकर्मणि यत्प्राह पिता यच्चोपकर्मणि ।
पर्याप्तः स दृढीकारः पितुर्गौरवनिश्चये ॥ १२.२७२.१६ ॥
What the father declared at the birth rite, and what he declared at the initiatory rite, is sufficient confirmation for determining the father's honour.
12.272.17
गुरुरग्र्यः परो धर्मः पोषणाध्यापनान्वितः ।
पिता यदाह धर्मः स वेदेष्वपि सुनिश्चितः ॥ १२.२७२.१७ ॥
The father, endowed with nourishment and instruction, is the foremost teacher and the supreme dharma. The dharma that the father declares is well established even in the Vedas.
12.272.18
प्रीतिमात्रं पितुः पुत्रः सर्वं पुत्रस्य वै पिता ।
शरीरादीनि देयानि पिता त्वेकः प्रयच्छति ॥ १२.२७२.१८ ॥
The son can give his father only affection, but the father gives the son everything. The body and the rest are to be given, and the father alone bestows them.
12.272.19
तस्मात्पितुर्वचः कार्यं न विचार्यं कदाचन ।
पातकान्यपि पूयन्ते पितुःर शासनकारिणः ॥ १२.२७२.१९ ॥
Therefore one should carry out a father's word and never question it; the sins even of those who obey their father's command are purified.
12.272.20
भाग्यभोगे प्रसवने सर्वलोकनिदर्शने ।
धात्र्याश्चैव समायोगे सीमन्तोन्नयने तथा ॥ १२.२७२.२० ॥
In the enjoyment of fortune, in childbirth, in showing forth all the worlds, in the joining with the nurse, and likewise in the parting-of-the-hair rite (the father is foremost).
12.272.21
पिता धर्मः पिता स्वर्गः पिता हि परमं तपः ।
पितरि प्रीतिमापन्ने सर्वाः प्रीणन्ति देवताः ॥ १२.२७२.२१ ॥
The father is dharma, the father is heaven, and the father is the supreme austerity; when the father is delighted, all the gods are gratified.
12.272.22
आशिषस्ता भजन्त्यनं पुरुषं प्राह यत्पिता ।
निष्कृतिः सर्वपापानां पिता यच्चाभिनन्दति ॥ १२.२७२.२२ ॥
Those blessings attend the person to whom the father speaks; and whatever the father approves is the expiation of all sins.
12.272.23
मुच्यते बन्धनात्पुरुषं फलं वृक्षान्प्रमुच्यते ।
क्लिश्यन्नपि सुतस्नेहैः पिता पुत्रं न मुञ्चति ॥ १२.२७२.२३ ॥
A person is released from bondage, and a fruit is released from the tree; but a father, though suffering from affection for his sons, does not release his son.
12.272.24
एतद्विचिन्तितं तावत्पुत्रस्य पितृगौरवम् ।
पिता नाल्पतरं स्थानं चिन्तयिष्यामि मातरम् ॥ १२.२७२.२४ ॥
Thus far has this been considered: the father's dignity for the son. The father's place is not lesser; now I shall consider the mother's place.
12.272.25
यो ह्ययं मयि संघातो मर्त्यत्वे पाञ्चभौतिकः ।
अस्य मे जननी हेतुः पावकस्य यथाऽरणिः ॥ १२.२७२.२५ ॥
The bodily composite made of the five elements that is in me, in my mortal state: my mother is its cause, as the fire-stick is the cause of fire.
12.272.26
माता देहारणिः पुंसां सर्वस्यार्तस्य निर्वृतिः ।
मातृलाभे सनाथत्वमनाथत्वं विपर्यये ॥ १२.२७२.२६ ॥
The mother is the fire-stick of men's bodies and the relief of every afflicted person; with a mother one has a protector, and without one, one is unprotected.
12.272.27
न च शोचति नाप्येनं स्थाविर्यमपकर्षति ।
श्रिया हीनोऽपि यो गेहमम्बेति प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १२.२७२.२७ ॥
He who, though deprived of prosperity, finds his home as 'mother', does not grieve, and old age does not drag him down.
12.272.28
पुत्रपौत्रोपपन्नोपि जननीं यः समाश्रितः ।
अपि वर्षशतस्यान्ते स द्विहायनवच्चरेत् ॥ १२.२७२.२८ ॥
Even one endowed with sons and grandsons who has taken refuge with his mother should, even at the end of a hundred years, behave like a child of two years.
12.272.29
समर्थं वाऽसमर्थं वा कृशं वाप्यकृशं तथा ।
रक्षत्येव सुतं माता नान्यः पोष्टा विधानतः ॥ १२.२७२.२९ ॥
Whether a son is capable or incapable, thin or sturdy, it is the mother alone who protects him; no other is his rightful nourisher.
12.272.30
तदा स वृद्धो भवति तदा भवति दुःखितः ।
तदा शून्यं जगत्तस्य यदा मात्रा वियुज्यते ॥ १२.२७२.३० ॥
Then he becomes old, then he becomes sorrowful; when he is separated from his mother, his world becomes empty.
12.272.31
नास्ति मातृसमा च्छाया नास्ति मातृसमा गतिः ।
नास्ति मातृसमं त्राणं नास्ति मातृसमा प्रिया ॥ १२.२७२.३१ ॥
There is no shade equal to a mother, no refuge equal to a mother. There is no protection equal to a mother, no beloved equal to a mother.
12.272.32
कुक्षौ संधारणाद्धात्री जननाज्जननी स्मृता ।
अङ्गानां वर्धनादम्बा वीरसूत्वेन वीरसूः ॥ १२.२७२.३२ ॥
She is called dhātrī for bearing the child in her womb, and is remembered as jananī for giving birth. Ambā for nurturing the limbs; vīrasū for bearing heroes.
12.272.33
शिशोः शुश्रूषणाच्छुश्रूर्माता देहमनन्तरम् ।
चेतनावान्स को हन्याद्यस्य नासुषिरं शिरः ॥ १२.२७२.३३ ॥
For tending the child she is called śuśrūḥ, and afterward she tends the body as well. What conscious being would kill her, whose head is not hollow?
12.272.34
दंपत्योः प्राणसंश्लेषे योऽभिसन्धिः कृतः किल ।
तं माता च पिता चेति भूतार्थो मातरि स्थितः ॥ १२.२७२.३४ ॥
The purpose that was formed when husband and wife join their breaths is called mother and father; the purpose of beings rests in the mother.
12.272.35
माता जानाति यद्गोत्रं माता जानाति यस्य सः ।
मातुर्भरणमात्रेण प्रीतिः स्नेहः पितुः प्रजाः ॥ १२.२७२.३५ ॥
The mother knows what lineage it is; the mother knows whose son he is. By the mere supporting of the mother, the father's affection and tenderness toward the offspring arise.
12.272.36
पाणिबन्धं स्वयं कृत्वा सहधर्ममुपेत्य च ।
यदा यास्यन्ति पुरुषाः स्त्रियो नार्हन्ति याप्यतां ॥ १२.२७२.३६ ॥
When men, having themselves taken the hand in marriage and entered into shared duty, go away, women will not deserve to be abandoned.
12.272.37
भरणाद्धि स्त्रियो भर्ता पालनाद्धि पतिस्तथा ।
गुणस्यास्य निवृत्तौ तु न भर्ता न पुनः पतिः ॥ १२.२७२.३७ ॥
A husband is called bhartā because he supports his wife, and likewise pati because he protects her. But when this quality ceases, he is neither bhartā nor again pati.
12.272.38
एवं स्त्री नापराघ्नोति नर एवापराध्यति ।
व्युच्चरंश्च महादोषं नर एवापराध्यति ॥ १२.२७२.३८ ॥
Thus a woman does not commit an offence; it is the man who offends. Only the man, straying into great fault, becomes the offender.
12.272.39
स्त्रिया हि परमो भर्ता दैवतं परमं स्मृतम् ।
तस्मात्मना तु सदृशमात्मानं परमं ददौ ॥ १२.२७२.३९ ॥
For a woman the husband is remembered as the supreme deity. Therefore she gave herself, her equal, wholly to the supreme one.
12.272.40
नापराधोऽस्ति नारीणां नर एवापराध्यति ।
सर्वकार्यापराध्यत्वान्नापराध्यन्ति चाङ्गनाः ॥ १२.२७२.४० ॥
Women have no offence; it is the man who offends. Since in every action it is the man who is at fault, women do not offend.
12.272.41
यश्चनोक्तोऽथ निर्देशः स्त्रिया मैथुनवृद्धये ।
तस्य स्मारयतो व्यक्तमधर्मो नास्ति संशयः ॥ १२.२७२.४१ ॥
And for one who clearly reminds a woman of that instruction, which was not given for the increase of sexual union, there is no unrighteousness; of this there is no doubt.
12.272.42
एवं नारीं मातरं च गौरवे चाधिके स्थिताम् ।
अवध्यां तु विजानीयुः पशवोऽप्यविचक्षणाः ॥ १२.२७२.४२ ॥
Thus a woman, a mother, and one who stands in greater honour should be known as not to be slain; even senseless beasts know this.
12.272.43
देवतानां समावायमेकस्थं पितरं विदुः ।
मर्त्यानां देवतानां च स्नेहादभ्येति मातरम् ॥ १२.२७२.४३ ॥
Among the gods they know him as the father who stands as one in their assembly; out of affection, a mortal or a god goes to the mother.
12.272.44
एवं विमृशतस्तस्य विरकारितया बहु ।
दीर्घः कालो व्यतिक्रान्तस्ततोस्याभ्यागमत्पिता ॥ १२.२७२.४४ ॥
As he reflected in this way, much time passed in his detachment; then his father came back to him.
12.272.45
मेधातिथिर्महाप्राज्ञो गौतमस्तपसि स्थितः ।
विमृश्य तेन कालेन पत्न्याः संस्थाव्यतिक्रमम् ॥ १२.२७२.४५ ॥
The very wise Gautama Medhātithi, established in austerity, considered it, and in time he perceived his wife's transgression of conduct.
12.272.46
सोऽब्रवीद्भृशसंतप्तो दुःखेनाश्रूणि वर्तयन् ।
श्रुतधैर्यप्रसादेन पश्चात्तापमुपागतः ॥ १२.२७२.४६ ॥
Greatly tormented, shedding tears in sorrow, he spoke; through the grace of his learned steadiness he came to remorse.
12.272.47
आश्रमं मम संप्राप्तस्त्रिलोकेशः पुरंदरः ।
अतिथिव्रतमास्थाय ब्राह्मण्यं रूपमास्थितः ॥ १२.२७२.४७ ॥
To my hermitage came Purandara, lord of the three worlds, taking up the vow of the guest and assuming the form of a brahmin.
12.272.48
स मया सान्त्वितो वाग्भिः स्वागतेनाभिषूजितः ।
अर्ध्यं पाद्यं यथान्यायं मया च प्रतिपादितः ॥ १२.२७२.४८ ॥
I comforted him with words, honored him with a welcome, and according to rule presented to him the arghya and the water for his feet.
12.272.49
परवानस्मि चेत्युक्तः प्रणयिष्यति तेन च ।
अत्र चाकुशले जाते स्त्रिया नास्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥ १२.२७२.४९ ॥
Having said, "I am subject to you," she will be led by him. Even when misfortune arises here, a woman commits no transgression.
12.272.50
एवं न स्त्री न चैवाहं नाध्वगस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ।
अपराध्यति धर्मस्य प्रमादस्त्वपराध्यति ॥ १२.२७२.५० ॥
Thus neither the woman, nor I, nor a passing traveller, nor the lord of the gods commits an offence against dharma; it is heedlessness that offends.
12.272.51
ईर्ष्याजं व्यसनं प्राहुस्तेन चैवोर्ध्वरेतसः ।
ईर्ष्यया त्वहमाक्षिप्तो मग्नो दुष्कृतसागरे ॥ १२.२७२.५१ ॥
They call vice born of jealousy; by it even the ascetics who hold the seed upward fall. Cast down by jealousy, I have sunk into the ocean of evil deeds.
12.272.52
हत्वा साध्वीं च नारीं च व्यसनित्वाच्च वासिताम् ।
भर्तव्यत्वेन भार्यां च को नु मां तारयिष्यति ॥ १२.२७२.५२ ॥
Having slain the virtuous woman and another woman, and having abandoned her who was confined by vice, and the wife who was to be maintained, who now will deliver me?
12.272.53
अन्तरेण मयाऽऽज्ञप्तश्चिरकारीत्युदारधीः ।
यद्यद्य चिरकारी स्यात्स मां त्रायेत पातकात् ॥ १२.२७२.५३ ॥
"Though commanded by me, he is of noble mind and acts with deliberation." If he had acted with deliberation today, he would have saved me from sin.
12.272.54
चिरकारिक भद्रं ते भद्रं ते चिरकारिक ।
यद्यद्य चिरकारी त्वं ततोऽसि चिरकारिकः ॥ १२.२७२.५४ ॥
O deliberate one, may good befall you, good befall you! O deliberate one, if you are deliberate today, then for that reason you are the deliberate one.
12.272.55
त्राहि मां मातरं चैव तपो यच्चार्जितं त्वया ।
आत्मानं पातकेभ्यश्च भवाद्य चिरकारिकः ॥ १२.२७२.५५ ॥
Save me and our mother, and by the penance you have acquired, save yourself from sins; today become one who acts after long deliberation.
12.272.56
सहजं चिरकारित्वमतिप्रज्ञतया तव ।
सफलं तत्तथा तेऽस्तु भवाद्य चिरकारिकः ॥ १२.२७२.५६ ॥
May your innate deliberateness and great wisdom bear fruit, and so may it be for you; today become one who acts after long deliberation.
12.272.57
चिरमांशसितो मात्रा चिरं गर्भेण धारितः ।
सफलं चिकारित्वं कुरु त्वं चिरकारिक ॥ १२.२७२.५७ ॥
Your mother carried you for long, and long did she hold you in her womb; make your deliberateness bear fruit, O one who acts after long deliberation.
12.272.58
चिरायते च संतापाच्चिरं स्वपिति धारितः ।
आवयोश्चिरसंतापादवेक्ष्य चिरकारिक ॥ १२.२७२.५८ ॥
In his distress he is slow, and long he sleeps; seeing the long distress of us two, O one who acts after long deliberation.
12.272.59
एवं स दुःखितो राजन्महर्षिर्गौतमस्तदा ।
चिरकारिं ददर्शाथ पुत्रं स्थितमथान्तिके ॥ १२.२७२.५९ ॥
Thus, O king, the grieved great sage Gautama then saw his son Cirakārin standing near him.
12.272.60
चिरकारी तु पितरं दृष्ट्वा परमदुःखितः ।
शस्त्रं त्यक्त्वा ततो मूर्ध्ना प्रसादायोपचक्रमे ॥ १२.२७२.६० ॥
But Cirakārin, seeing his father, was deeply grieved; casting away his weapon, he bowed his head and set about appeasing him.
12.272.61
गौतमस्तं ततो दृष्ट्वा शिरसा पतितं भुवि ।
पत्नीं चैव निराकारां परामभ्यागमन्मुदम् ॥ १२.२७२.६१ ॥
Then Gautama, seeing him fallen on the ground with his head bowed, and seeing his wife downcast in appearance, was filled with great joy.
12.272.62
न हि सा तेन संभेदं पत्नी नीता महात्मना ।
विजने चाश्रमस्थेन पुत्रश्चापि समाहितः ॥ १२.२७२.६२ ॥
That great-souled one had never taken that wife to union in solitude, and the son, dwelling in the hermitage, was also composed.
12.272.63
हन्या इति समादेशः शस्त्रपाणौ सुते स्थिते ।
विनीते प्रसवत्यर्थे विवासे चात्मकर्मसु ॥ १२.२७२.६३ ॥
The command 'Slay him!' concerned the son standing with a weapon in hand; but he was humble in the purpose of his birth, in exile, and in his own duties.
12.272.64
बुद्धिश्चासीत्सुतं दृष्ट्वा पितुश्चरणयोर्नतम् ।
शस्त्रग्रहणचापल्यं संवृणोति भयादिति ॥ १२.२७२.६४ ॥
Seeing the son bowed at his father's feet, his mind thought that the rashness of taking up a weapon was being concealed by fear.
12.272.65
ततः पित्रा चिरं स्तुत्वा चिरं चाघ्राय मूर्धनि ।
चिरं दोर्भ्यां परिष्वज्य चिरं जीवेत्युदाहृतः ॥ १२.२७२.६५ ॥
Then the father praised him for a long time, smelled his head for a long time, embraced him with both arms for a long time, and blessed him, saying, 'May you live long.'
12.272.66
एवं स गौतमः पुत्रं प्रीतिहर्षगुणैर्युतः ।
अभिनन्द्य महाप्रज्ञ इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ १२.२७२.६६ ॥
Thus Gautama, the very wise one, endowed with the qualities of affection and joy, having greeted his son, spoke these words.
12.272.67
चिरकारिक भद्रं ते चिरकारी चिरं भव ।
चिराय यदि ते सौम्य चिरमस्मि न दुःखितः ॥ १२.२७२.६७ ॥
O deliberate one, may you prosper. Remain patient for a long time. O gentle one, even if you are long in coming, I am not grieved for long.
12.272.68
गाथाश्चाप्यब्रवीद्विद्वान्गौतमो मुनिसत्तमः ।
चिरकारिषु धीरेषु गुणोद्देशसमाश्रयाः ॥ १२.२७२.६८ ॥
The learned Gautama, best of sages, also spoke these verses: in the steadfast and the deliberate, the virtues find their refuge.
12.272.69
चिरेण मित्रं बध्नीयाच्चिरेण च कृतं त्यजेत् ।
चिरेण हि कृतं मित्रं चिरं धारणमर्हति ॥ १२.२७२.६९ ॥
One should bind a friend slowly, and slowly abandon what has been done. For a friendship formed slowly alone deserves to be kept for a long time.
12.272.70
रागे दर्पे च माने च द्रोहे पापे च कर्मणि ।
अप्रिये चैव कर्तव्ये चिरकारी प्रशस्यते ॥ १२.२७२.७० ॥
In passion, pride and conceit, in treachery and sinful action, and even in an unpleasant task that must be done, the deliberate one is praised.
12.272.71
बन्धूनां सुहृदां चैव भृत्यानां स्त्रीजनस्य च ।
अव्यक्तेष्वपराधेषु चिरकारी प्रशस्यते ॥ १२.२७२.७१ ॥
Toward kinsmen, friends, servants and women, and in offenses that are unclear, the deliberate one is praised.
12.272.72
एवं स गौतमस्तत्र प्रीतः पुत्रस्य भारत ।
कर्मणा तेन कौरव्य चिरकारितया तथा ॥ १२.२७२.७२ ॥
Thus, O descendant of Bharata, O Kaurava, Gautama there was pleased with his son, because of that deed and because of his deliberateness.
12.272.73
एवं सर्वेषु कार्येषु विमृश्य पुरुषस्ततः ।
चिरेण निश्चयं कृत्वा चिरं न परितप्यते ॥ १२.२७२.७३ ॥
Thus, having deliberated well in all matters, a man who reaches a decision late does not grieve for long.
12.272.74
चिरं धारयते रोषं चिरं कर्म नियच्छति ।
पश्चात्तापकरं कर्म न किंचिदुपपद्यते ॥ १२.२७२.७४ ॥
He who long holds back anger and long restrains his action does no deed that brings later regret.
12.272.75
चिरं वृद्धानुपासीत चिरमन्यांश्च पूजयेत् ।
चिरं धर्मं निषेवेत कुर्याच्चान्वेषणं चिरम् ॥ १२.२७२.७५ ॥
For long let him attend upon the elders, for long honor others, for long practice dharma, and for long pursue inquiry.
12.272.76
चिरमन्वास्य विदुषश्चिरं शिष्टान्निषेव्य च ।
चिरं विनीय चात्मानं चिरं चात्यनवज्ञताम् ॥ १२.२७२.७६ ॥
For long let him attend the learned, for long serve the virtuous, for long discipline himself, and for long not disdain others.
12.272.77
ब्रुवतश्च परस्यापि वाक्यं धर्मोपसंहितम् ।
चिरं पृष्टोऽपि च ब्रूयाच्चिरं न परितप्यते ॥ १२.२७२.७७ ॥
When another speaks words connected with dharma, let him listen long; when asked, let him answer at length; so he does not grieve for long.
12.272.78
उपास्य बहुलास्तस्मिन्नाश्रमो सुमहातपाः ।
समाः स्वर्गं गतो विप्रः पुत्रेण सहितस्तदा ॥ १२.२७२.७८ ॥
Having worshipped for many years in that hermitage, the brahmin of great austerity then went to heaven together with his son.