Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.275
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12.275.1
एतावदनुपश्यन्तो यतयो यान्ति मार्गगाः ।
नैषां सर्वेषु लोकेषु कश्चिदस्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥ १२.२७५.१ ॥
Thus seeing, the ascetics who walk the path go forth; for them there is no transgression in any of the worlds.
12.275.2
निर्द्वन्द्वा निर्नमस्कारा निराशीर्बन्धना बुधाः ।
विमुक्ताः सर्वपापेभ्यश्चरन्ति शुचयोऽमलाः ॥ १२.२७५.२ ॥
Free from pairs of opposites, without salutations, free from the bonds of desire for reward, the wise, liberated from all sins, wander pure and stainless.
12.275.3
अपवर्गेऽथ संत्यागे बुद्धौ च कृतनिश्चयाः ।
ब्रह्मिष्ठा ब्रह्मभूताश्च ब्रह्मण्येव कृतालयाः ॥ १२.२७५.३ ॥
Those firmly resolved in liberation, in complete renunciation, and in the intellect, established in Brahman and become Brahman, make their dwelling in Brahman alone.
12.275.4
येऽशोका नष्टरजसस्तेषां लोकाः सनातनाः ।
तेषां गतिं परां प्राप्य गार्हस्थ्ये किं प्रयोजनम् ॥ १२.२७५.४ ॥
For those free from sorrow, whose passion is destroyed, their worlds are eternal; having attained their supreme goal, what is the purpose of householder life?
12.275.5
स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच ।
यद्येषां परमा निष्ठा यद्येषां परमा गतिः।
गृहस्थानव्यपाश्रित्य नाश्रमोऽन्यः प्रवर्तते ॥ १२.२७५.५ ॥
If their supreme steadfastness and supreme goal are such, then no other stage of life arises without relying upon the householders.
12.275.6
यथा मातरमाश्रित्य सर्वे जीवन्ति जन्तवः ।
एवं गार्हस्थ्यमाश्रित्य वर्तन्त इतराश्रमाः ॥ १२.२७५.६ ॥
Just as all creatures live by relying upon their mother, so the other stages of life subsist by relying upon householder life.
12.275.7
गृहस्थ एव यजते गृहस्थस्तप्यते तपः ।
गार्हस्थ्यमस्य धर्मस्य मूलं यत्किंचिदेव हि ॥ १२.२७५.७ ॥
The householder alone performs sacrifice; the householder alone performs austerity. Whatever is the root of this dharma, that is indeed the life of the householder.
12.275.8
प्रजनाद्यभिनिर्वृत्ताः सर्वे प्राणभृतो मुनेः ।
प्रजनं चाप्युतान्यत्र न कथंचन विद्यते ॥ १२.२७५.८ ॥
O sage, all living beings arise from procreation and the like. And procreation is nowhere else to be found in any way.
12.275.9
यास्तु स्युर्बहिरोषध्यो बहिरन्यास्तथाऽद्रिजाः ।
ओषधिभ्यो बहिर्यस्मात्प्राणी कश्चिन्न विद्यते ॥ १२.२७५.९ ॥
Those herbs that lie outside, and likewise the others born of the mountains; since outside the herbs no living being is found.
12.275.10
कस्यैषा वाग्भवेत्सत्या मोक्षो नास्ति गृहादिति ।
अश्रद्दधानैरप्राज्ञैः सूक्ष्मदर्शनवर्जितैः ॥ १२.२७५.१० ॥
For whom could this word be true, that there is no liberation from the householder's life? It is spoken by the faithless, the unwise, and those lacking subtle insight.
12.275.11
निराशैरलसैः श्रान्तैस्तप्यमानैः स्वकर्मभिः ।
शमस्योपरमो दृष्टः प्रव्रज्यायामपण्डितैः ॥ १२.२७५.११ ॥
By the hopeless, the indolent, the weary, and the unlearned tormented by their own deeds, the end of calm has been seen in renunciation.
12.275.12
त्रैलोक्यस्येव हेतुर्हि मर्यादा शाश्वती ध्रुवा ।
ब्राह्मणो नाम भगवाञ्जन्मप्रभृति पूज्यते ॥ १२.२७५.१२ ॥
The eternal and fixed boundary is indeed, as it were, the cause of the three worlds. The venerable brahmin is honored from birth onward.
12.275.13
प्राग्गर्भाघानमन्त्रा हि प्रवर्तन्ते द्विजातिषु ।
अविश्वस्तेषु वर्तन्ते विश्वस्तेष्वपि संश्रिताः ॥ १२.२७५.१३ ॥
Indeed, the mantras of the rite before conception prevail among the twice-born; they remain among the untrustworthy and are also relied upon among the trustworthy.
12.275.14
दाहे पुनः संश्रयणे संश्रिते पात्रभोजने ।
दानं गवां पशूनां वा पिण्डानामप्सु मज्जनम् ॥ १२.२७५.१४ ॥
In cremation, again in taking refuge, when one has resorted to it, in eating from a vessel, in the gift of cows or animals, or in the immersion of the funeral balls in water.
12.275.15
अर्चिष्मन्तो बर्हिषदः क्रव्यादाः पितरस्तथा ।
मृतस्याप्यनुमन्यन्ते मन्त्रा मन्त्राश्च कारणम् ॥ १२.२७५.१५ ॥
The radiant ones, the sitters on the sacred grass, and likewise the flesh-eating ancestors; for the dead one too the mantras are accepted, and the mantras are the cause of it.
12.275.16
एवं क्रोशत्सु वेदेषु कुतो मोक्षोऽस्ति कस्यचित् ।
ऋणवन्तो यदा मर्त्याः पितृदेवद्विजातिषु ॥ १२.२७५.१६ ॥
While the Vedas thus proclaim, when mortals are indebted to the ancestors, the gods and the twice-born, how can there be liberation for anyone?
12.275.17
श्रिया विहीनैरलसैः पण्डितैश्च पलायितम् ।
वेदवादापरिज्ञानं सत्याभासमिवानृतम् ॥ १२.२७५.१७ ॥
By those bereft of prosperity, by the idle and by the learned, truth has fled; through lack of true understanding of the Vedic doctrine, falsehood appears like truth.
12.275.18
न वै पापैर्हियते कृष्यते वा ।
यो ब्राह्मणो यजते वेदशास्त्रैः।
ऊर्ध्वं यजन्पशुभिः सार्धमेति ।
ततः पुनस्तर्कयते न कामान् ॥ १२.२७५.१८ ॥
The brahmin who sacrifices according to the Vedas and scriptures is not seized or dragged by sins; sacrificing, he goes upward together with the animals, and then he no longer reasons about desires.
12.275.19
न वेदानां परिभवान्न शाठ्येन न मायया ।
महत्प्राप्नोति पुरुषो ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्म विन्दति ॥ १२.२७५.१९ ॥
Not through disdain for the Vedas, nor through deceit, nor through illusion does a man attain greatness; the brahmin attains Brahman.
12.275.20
दर्शश्च पूर्णमासश्च अग्निहोत्रं च धीमताम् ।
चातुर्मास्यानि चैवासंस्तेषु यज्ञः सनातनः ॥ १२.२७५.२० ॥
The new-moon and full-moon rites, the fire offering of the wise, and the four-month rites were there; in these the sacrifice is eternal.
12.275.21
अनारम्भाः सुधृतयः शुचयो ब्रह्मसंज्ञिताः ।
ब्राह्मणा एव ते देवांस्तर्पन्त्यमृतैरिव ॥ १२.२७५.२१ ॥
Those brahmins who do not begin worldly undertakings, who are firm in resolve, pure, and called by the name Brahma, they indeed satisfy the gods as with nectar.
12.275.22
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यतः ।
देवाऽपि मार्गे मुह्यन्ति ह्यपदस्य पदैषिणः ॥ १२.२७५.२२ ॥
For him who has become the self of all beings and sees all beings, even the gods are bewildered on the path, they who seek the place of the one who has no place.
12.275.23
चतुर्द्वारं पुरुष चर्तुर्मुखं ।
चतुर्मुखो नैनमुपैति निन्दा।
बाहुभ्यां पद्भ्यामुदरादुपस्था ।
त्तेषां द्वारं द्वारपालो बुभूषेत् ॥ १२.२७५.२३ ॥
The person with four gates, whom even the four-faced one does not approach with reproach. Through the arms, the feet, the belly and the genitals, let him wish to be the gatekeeper of these gates.
12.275.24
नाक्षैर्दीव्येन्नाददीतान्यवित्तं ।
न वाऽयोनीयस्य शृतं प्रगृह्णात्।
क्रुद्धो न चैव प्रहरेत धीमां ।
स्तथास्य तत्पाणिपादं सुगुप्तम् ॥ १२.२७५.२४ ॥
He should not gamble with dice, nor accept another's wealth, nor accept cooked food from one of low birth. The wise man should not strike in anger; thus his hands and feet are well guarded.
12.275.25
नाक्रोशमृच्छेन्न वृथा वदेच्च ।
न पैशुनं जनवादं च कुर्यात्।
सत्यव्रतो मितभाषोऽप्रमत्त ।
स्तथाऽस्य वाग्द्वारमथो सुगुप्तम् ॥ १२.२७५.२५ ॥
Let him not suffer abuse, nor speak in vain. Let him not engage in tale-bearing or idle gossip about people. Let him keep true vows, speak measured words, and be vigilant; thus the gate of his speech is well guarded.
12.275.26
नानाशनः स्यान्न महाशनः स्या ।
न्न लोलुपः साधुभिरागतः स्यात्।
यात्रार्थमाहारमिहाददीत ।
तथाऽस्य स्याज्जाठरद्वारगुप्तिः ॥ १२.२७५.२६ ॥
Let him not eat in many ways, nor eat to excess; let him not be greedy when he comes among good people. Let him take food here only for sustaining the body; thus the gate of his belly is guarded.
12.275.27
न वीरपत्नीं विहरेत नारीं ।
न चापि नारीमनृतावाह्वयीत।
भार्याव्रतं ह्यात्मनि धारयीत ।
तथास्योपस्थद्वारगुप्तिर्भवेत् ॥ १२.२७५.२७ ॥
Let him not consort with a hero's wife, nor with any woman, nor summon a woman out of season. Let him hold the vow of faithfulness to his wife within himself; thus the gate of his genitals is guarded.
12.275.28
द्वाराणि यस्य सर्वाणि सुगुप्तानि मनीषिणः ।
उपस्थमुदरं पाणी वाक्चतुर्थी स वै द्विजः ॥ १२.२७५.२८ ॥
He whose gates are all well guarded—the genitals, the belly, the two hands, and fourth, speech—he indeed is a twice-born.
12.275.29
मोघान्यगुप्तद्वारस्य सर्वाण्येव भवन्त्युत ।
किं तस्य तपसा कार्यं किं यज्ञेन किमात्मना ॥ १२.२७५.२९ ॥
For the one whose gates are unguarded, all his acts become fruitless. What use is austerity to him, what use sacrifice, what use the self?
12.275.30
अनुत्तरीयवसनमनुपस्तीर्णशायिनम् ।
बाहूपधानं शाम्यन्तं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥ १२.२७५.३० ॥
Him whose garment is no upper cloth, who sleeps on a bare bed, with his arm as a pillow, and is tranquil—the gods know him as a brahmin.
12.275.31
द्वन्द्वारामेषु सर्वेषु य एको रमते मुनिः ।
परेषामननुध्यायंस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥ १२.२७५.३१ ॥
The sage who alone delights in all the pleasures of the pairs of opposites, and does not dwell on others — the gods know him as a brahmin.
12.275.32
येन सर्वमिदं बुद्धं प्रकृतिर्विकृतिश्च या ।
गतिज्ञः सर्वभूतानां तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥ १२.२७५.३२ ॥
He by whom all this is known — nature and its modifications, who knows the course of all beings — him the gods know as a brahmin.
12.275.33
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यः सर्वेषामभयं यतः ।
सर्वभूतात्मभूतो यस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥ १२.२७५.३३ ॥
He who gives fearlessness to all beings, from whom all receive safety, who has become the self of all beings — him the gods know as a brahmin.
12.275.34
नान्तरेणानुजानाति वेदानां यत्क्रियाफलम् ।
अविज्ञाय च तत्सर्वमन्यद्रोचयते फलम् ॥ १२.२७५.३४ ॥
He who does not accept, without first knowing it, the fruit of ritual action prescribed by the Vedas, and not knowing all that, desires some other fruit —
12.275.35
स्वकर्मभिः संश्रितानां तपो घोरत्वमागमत् ।
तं सदाचारमाश्चर्यं पुराणं शाश्वतं ध्रुवम् ॥ १२.२७५.३५ ॥
Upon those who have taken refuge in their own deeds came the severity of austerity; that good conduct, wondrous, ancient, eternal and steadfast —
12.275.36
अशक्नुवन्तश्चरितुं किंचिद्धर्मेषु सूत्रितम् ।
निरापद्धर्म आचारो ह्यप्रमादो पराभवः ॥ १२.२७५.३६ ॥
Unable to practise anything laid down as a thread among the dharmas — conduct free of the dharma of distress is vigilance itself, and from it comes defeat.
12.275.37
फलवन्ति च कर्माणि व्युष्टिमन्ति ध्रवाणि च ।
विगुणानि च पश्यन्ति तथा नैकानि केन च ॥ १२.२७५.३७ ॥
Actions bear fruit, yield their results, and are certain; yet some see them as lacking in quality and as many.
12.275.38
गुणाश्चात्र सुदुर्ज्ञेया ज्ञाताश्चात्र सुदुष्कराः ।
अनुष्ठिताश्चान्तवन्त इति त्वमनुपश्यसि ॥ १२.२७५.३८ ॥
Here the qualities are very hard to know, and even those known are very hard to practise; you see that even those practised are finite.
12.275.39
स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच ।
यथा च वेदप्रामाण्यं त्यागश्च सफलो यथा।
तौ पन्थानावुभौ व्यक्तौ भगवंस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥ १२.२७५.३९ ॥
Sthūmaraśmi said: As the authority of the Vedas is, and as renunciation is fruitful, let both those paths be made clear; O blessed one, tell me that.
12.275.40
प्रत्यक्षमिह पश्यन्ति भवन्तः सत्पथे स्थिताः ।
प्रत्यक्षं तु किमत्रास्ति यद्भवन्त उपासते ॥ १२.२७५.४० ॥
Here you who stand on the true path see what is directly perceived; but what is there here that is directly perceived, which you worship?
12.275.41
स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच ।
स्यूमरश्मिरहं ब्रह्मञ्जिज्ञासार्थमिहागतः।
श्रेयस्कामः प्रत्यवोचमार्जवान्न विवक्षया ॥ १२.२७५.४१ ॥
Sthūmaraśmi said: O brahmin, I have come here out of a desire to inquire; desiring the highest good, I answered out of straightforwardness, not from a wish to speak.
12.275.42
इमं च संशयं घोरं भगवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ।
प्रत्यक्षमिह पश्यन्तो भवन्तः सत्पथे स्थिताः।
किमत्र प्रत्यक्षतमं भवन्तो यदुपासते ॥ १२.२७५.४२ ॥
Let the blessed one explain to me this terrible doubt: you who stand on the true path and see what is directly perceived here, what is the most directly perceived thing here that you worship?
12.275.43
अन्यत्र तर्कशास्त्रेभ्य आगमार्थं यथागमम् ।
आगमो वेदवादास्तु तर्कशास्त्राणि चागमः ॥ १२.२७५.४३ ॥
Apart from the treatises of logic, the meaning of scripture is to be known according to scripture. Scripture is the doctrine of the Vedas, and the treatises of logic are also scripture.
12.275.44
यथाश्रममुपासीत आगमस्तत्र सिध्यति ।
सिद्धिः प्रत्यक्षरूपा च दृश्यत्यागमनिश्ययात् ॥ १२.२७५.४४ ॥
One should practise according to one's stage of life; there, through scripture, accomplishment is achieved. Accomplishment has the form of direct perception, and it is seen from the certainty of scripture.
12.275.45
नौर्नावीव निबद्धा हि स्रोतसा सनिबन्धना ।
ह्रियमाणा कथ विप्र कुबुद्धींस्तारयिष्यति ॥ १२.२७५.४५ ॥
Like a boat bound with a rope and carried away by the current, how, O brahmin, will this carry across those of poor understanding?
12.275.46
एतद्ब्रवीतु भगवानुपपन्नोऽस्म्यधीहि भो ।
नैव त्यागी न संतुष्टो नाशोको न निरामयः।
नानिर्विवित्सो नावृत्तो नापवृत्तोऽस्ति कश्चन ॥ १२.२७५.४६ ॥
Let the blessed one say this; I am ready, O sir, instruct me. No one is a renouncer, nor content, nor free from sorrow, nor free from disease; there is no one without desire to know, nor one who has turned back, nor one who has turned away.
12.275.47
भवन्तोऽपि च हृष्यन्ति शोचन्ति च यथा वयम् ।
इन्द्रियार्थाश्च भवतां समानाः सर्वजन्तुषु ॥ १२.२७५.४७ ॥
You too rejoice and grieve, just as we do; and the objects of the senses are alike for you, in all living beings.
12.275.48
एवं चतुर्णां वर्णानामाश्रमाणां प्रवृत्तिषु ।
एकमालम्बमानानां निर्णये किं निरामयम्।
एतद्ब्रवीतु भगवानुपपन्नोस्य्यधीहि भो ॥ १२.२७५.४८ ॥
Thus, among the practices of the four social classes and the stages of life, which is sound in the judgment of those who cling to only one? Let the blessed one say this; I am ready, O sir, instruct me.
12.275.49
यद्यदाचरते शास्त्रमर्थ्यं सर्वप्रवृत्तिषु ।
यस्य यत्र ह्यनुष्ठानं तस्य तत्तु निरामयम् ॥ १२.२७५.४९ ॥
Whatever scripture is rightly practised in all undertakings, wherever a person follows it, that alone is wholesome for him.
12.275.50
सर्वं प्रापयति ज्ञानं ये ज्ञानं ह्यनुवर्तते ।
ज्ञानादपेत्य या वृत्तिः सा विनाशयति प्रजाः ॥ १२.२७५.५० ॥
Knowledge brings everything to those who follow knowledge; but conduct that departs from knowledge destroys creatures.
12.275.51
भवन्तो ज्ञानिनो नित्यं सर्वतश्च निरमयाः ।
ऐकात्म्यं नाम कश्चिद्धि कदाचिदभिपद्यते ॥ १२.२७५.५१ ॥
You are always wise and wholly free from harm. A state called oneness of the self is at some time attained.
12.275.52
शास्त्रं ह्यबुद्ध्वा तत्त्वेन केचिद्वादबलाज्जनाः ।
कामद्वेषाभिभूतत्वादहंकारवशं गताः ॥ १२.२७५.५२ ॥
Not truly understanding the scripture, some people go by the strength of argument; overcome by desire and aversion, they fall under the power of egoism.
12.275.53
याथातथ्यमविज्ञाय शास्त्राणां शास्त्रदस्यवः ।
ब्रह्मस्तेना निरारम्भा अपक्वमनसोऽशिवाः ॥ १२.२७५.५३ ॥
Not knowing the true nature of the scriptures, they become plunderers of scripture and thieves of the Veda, idle, of immature mind, and inauspicious.
12.275.54
नैर्गुण्यमेव पश्यन्ति न गुणाननुयुञ्जते ।
तेषां तमः शरीराणां तम एव परायणम् ॥ १२.२७५.५४ ॥
They see only the absence of qualities and do not practise the qualities; for those whose bodies are darkness, darkness alone is the final goal.
12.275.55
यो यथाप्रकृतिर्जन्तुः प्रकृतेः स्याद्वशानुगः ।
तस्य द्वेषश्च कामश्च क्रोधो दम्भोऽनृतं मदः।
नित्यमेवानुवर्तन्ते गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः ॥ १२.२७५.५५ ॥
The living being who follows, according to his nature, the control of nature—hatred, desire, anger, pride, falsehood and intoxication always follow him, for the qualities arise from nature.
12.275.56
ये तद्बुद्ध्वाऽनुपश्यन्तः संत्यजेयुः शुभाशुभम् ।
परां गतिमभीप्सन्तो यतयः संयमे रताः ॥ १२.२७५.५६ ॥
Those who, having understood this and seeing it clearly, abandon both good and evil—ascetics delighting in restraint, desiring the supreme goal.
12.275.57
स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच ।
सर्वमेतत्त्वया ब्रह्मञ्शास्त्रतः परिकीर्तितम्।
न ह्यविज्ञाय शास्त्रार्थं प्रवर्तन्ते प्रवृत्तयः ॥ १२.२७५.५७ ॥
O brahmin, all this you have declared according to the scripture. Indeed, without knowing the meaning of the scripture, no activities proceed.
12.275.58
यः कश्चिन्न्याय्य आचारः सर्वं शास्त्रमिति श्रुतिः ।
यदन्याय्यमशास्त्रं तदित्येषा श्रूयते श्रुतिः ॥ १२.२७५.५८ ॥
Whatever proper conduct there is, all of it is scripture—so runs the revelation; and what is improper is not scripture—so too is it heard in the revelation.
12.275.59
न प्रवृत्तिर्ऋते शास्त्रात्काचिदस्तीति निश्चयः ।
यदन्यद्वेदवादेभ्यस्तदशास्त्रमिति श्रुतिः ॥ १२.२७५.५९ ॥
Certain it is that no activity exists apart from scripture; and whatever is other than the statements of the Vedas is not scripture—so runs the revelation.
12.275.60
शास्त्रादपेतं पश्यन्ति बहवोऽत्यर्थमानिनः ।
शास्त्रदोषान्न पश्यन्ति इह चामुत्र चापरे।
इन्द्रियार्थाश्च भवतां समानाः सर्वजन्तुषु ॥ १२.२७५.६० ॥
Many who have turned away from the scripture, excessively proud, look upon it; others do not see the faults of the scripture either in this world or in the next. For you, the objects of the senses are the same in all creatures.
12.275.61
एवं चतुर्णां वर्णानामाश्रमाणां प्रवृत्तिषु ।
एकमालम्बमानानां निर्णये सर्वतो दिशम् ॥ १२.२७५.६१ ॥
Thus, among the courses of conduct of the four social classes and the stages of life, those who hold on to a single support determine the direction on every side.
12.275.62
आनन्त्यं वदमानेन शक्तेनावर्जितात्मना ।
अविज्ञानहतप्रज्ञा हीनप्रज्ञास्तमोवृताः ॥ १२.२७५.६२ ॥
Those who speak of infinity, though capable but with an unsubdued self, whose wisdom is struck down by ignorance, lacking wisdom, enveloped in darkness.
12.275.63
शक्यं त्वेकेन युक्तेन कृतकृत्येन सर्वशः ।
पिण्डमात्रं व्यपाश्रित्य चरितुं सर्वतो दिशम् ॥ १२.२७५.६३ ॥
But it is possible for one who is disciplined and wholly fulfilled to wander in every direction, relying only on the alms-bowl.
12.275.64
नात्यन्तं वन्दमानेन शक्तेन विजितात्मना ।
वेदवादं व्यपाश्रित्य मोक्षोऽस्तीति प्रभापितुम्।
अपेतन्यायशास्त्रेण सर्वलोकविगर्हिणा ॥ १२.२७५.६४ ॥
Not for one who excessively praises, who is capable but whose self is unconquered, to declare, relying on the doctrine of the Vedas, that liberation exists — by a treatise devoid of sound reasoning and condemned by all the world.
12.275.65
इदं तु दुष्करं कर्म कुटुम्बमभिसंश्रितम् ।
दानमध्ययनं यज्ञः प्रजासंतानमार्जवम् ॥ १२.२७५.६५ ॥
But for one who has taken up the household life, these are difficult acts: giving, study, sacrifice, the continuation of offspring, and uprightness.
12.275.66
यद्येतदेवं कृत्वाऽपि न विमोक्षोऽस्ति कस्यचित् ।
धिक्कर्तारं च कार्यं च श्रमश्चायं निरर्थकः ॥ १२.२७५.६६ ॥
If, even after doing all this, no one attains liberation, then both the doer and the deed are condemned, and this effort is pointless.
12.275.67
नास्तिक्यमन्यथा च स्याद्वेदानां पृष्ठतः क्रिया ।
एतस्यानन्त्यमिच्छामि भगवञ्श्रोतुमञ्जसा ॥ १२.२७५.६७ ॥
Otherwise, the action performed in the wake of the Vedas would be mere unbelief. O revered one, I wish to hear its endlessness plainly.
12.275.68
तत्त्वं वदस्व मे ब्रह्मन्नुपसन्नोस्म्यधीहि भोः ।
यथा ते विदितो मोक्षस्तथेच्छाम्युपशिक्षितुम् ॥ १२.२७५.६८ ॥
O Brahmin, tell me the truth; I have come to you. Sir, I wish to be instructed in liberation just as you have come to know it.