Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.282
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12.282.1
भ्रातरः पितरः पौत्रा ज्ञातयः सुहृदः सुताः ।
अर्थहेतोर्हताः क्रूरैरस्माभिः पापबुद्धिभिः ॥ १२.२८२.१ ॥
Brothers, fathers, grandsons, kinsmen, well-wishers and sons — for the sake of wealth they were slain by us, cruel and evil-minded men.
12.282.2
येयमर्थोद्भवा तृष्णा कथमेतां पितामह ।
निवर्तयेयं पापानि तृष्णया कारिता वयम् ॥ १२.२८२.२ ॥
How can this craving, born of wealth, be turned back, O grandsire? Driven by craving, we were made to commit these sins.
12.282.3
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
गीतं विदेहराजेन माण्डव्यायानुपृच्छते ॥ १२.२८२.३ ॥
On this subject, they also recite this ancient tale, which was sung by the king of Videha when Māṇḍavya asked him.
12.282.4
सुसुखं बत जीवामि यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन ।
मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्यति किंचन ॥ १२.२८२.४ ॥
I live in great happiness, for I possess nothing at all. Even if Mithilā were burning, nothing of mine would burn.
12.282.5
अर्थाः खलु समृद्धा हि गाढं दुःखं विजानताम् ।
असमृद्धास्त्वपि सदा मोहयन्त्यविचक्षणान् ॥ १२.२८२.५ ॥
For those who understand, abundant wealth brings deep sorrow; and even when wealth is scarce, it always deludes the unwise.
12.282.6
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् ।
तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नार्हतः षोडशीं कलाम् ॥ १२.२८२.६ ॥
The pleasure of desire in the world, and the great divine happiness — none of these is worth even the sixteenth part of the happiness of the cessation of craving.
12.282.7
यथैव शृङ्गं गोः काले वर्धमानस्य वर्धते ।
तथैव तृष्णा वित्तेन वर्धमानेन वर्धते ॥ १२.२८२.७ ॥
Just as a cow's horn grows as it grows over time, so craving grows as wealth grows.
12.282.8
किंचिदेव ममत्वेन यदा भवति कल्पितम् ।
तदेव परितापाय नाशे संपद्यते पुनः ॥ १२.२८२.८ ॥
When something is imagined as one's own through possessiveness, that very thing, when lost, becomes a cause of torment again.
12.282.9
न कामाननुरुध्येत दुःखं कामेषु वै रतिः ।
प्राप्यार्थमुपयुञ्जीत धर्मं कामान्विवर्जयेत् ॥ १२.२८२.९ ॥
One should not pursue desires, for delight in desires is indeed suffering. Having obtained wealth, one should use it, follow dharma, and abandon desires.
12.282.10
विद्वान्सर्वेषु भूतेषु व्याघ्रमांसोपमो भवेत् ।
कृतकृत्यो विशुद्धात्मा सर्वं ज्यजति वै स्वयम् ॥ १२.२८२.१० ॥
A wise man should be among all beings like tiger's flesh (unattached). Having done what was to be done, pure in self, he himself abandons everything.
12.282.11
उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा शोकानन्दौ प्रियाप्रिये ।
भयाभये च संत्यज्य भव शान्तो निरामयः ॥ १२.२८२.११ ॥
Having abandoned both truth and falsehood, grief and joy, the pleasant and the unpleasant, fear and fearlessness, be calm and free from ailment.
12.282.12
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्यति जीर्यतः ।
योसौ प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजतः सुखं ॥ १२.२८२.१२ ॥
That craving, hard to abandon for the foolish, which does not grow old even as the body grows old, which is a disease deadly to life — for one who abandons that craving there is happiness.
12.282.13
चारित्रमात्मनः पश्यंश्चन्द्रशुद्धमनामयम् ।
धर्मात्मा लभते कीर्ति प्रेत्य चेह यथासुखम् ॥ १२.२८२.१३ ॥
The righteous man who sees his own conduct as pure as the moon and free from blemish obtains fame, both here and after death, in happiness.
12.282.14
राज्ञस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रीतिमानभवद्द्विजः ।
पूजयित्वा च तद्वाक्यं माण्डव्यो मोक्षमाश्रितः ॥ १२.२८२.१४ ॥
Hearing the king's words, the brahmin was pleased; and having honored that statement, Māṇḍavya attained liberation.