Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.109
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13.109.1
जान्यो गामपहरेद्विक्रीयाच्चार्थकारणात् ।
एतद्विज्ञातुमिच्छामि कानु तस्य गतिर्भवेत् ॥ १३.१०९.१ ॥
If a knowing person steals a cow or sells it for gain, what will his fate be? I wish to know this.
13.109.2
भक्तार्थं विक्रयार्थं वा येऽपहारं हि कुर्वते ।
दानार्थं ब्राह्मणार्थाय तत्रेदं श्रूयतां फलम् ॥ १३.१०९.२ ॥
Hear here the result for those who commit theft for the sake of food, for the sake of selling, for the sake of a gift, or for the sake of a brahmin.
13.109.3
विक्रयार्थं हि यो हिंस्याद्भक्षयेद्वा निरङ्कुशः ।
घातयानं हि पुरुषं येऽनुमन्येयुरर्थिनः ॥ १३.१०९.३ ॥
Whoever kills for the sake of selling, or eats (the flesh) unrestrainedly, and those seeking gain who approve of a man causing another to be killed.
13.109.4
घातकः खादको वाऽपि तथा यश्चानुमन्यते ।
यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि तावद्वर्षाणि मज्जति ॥ १३.१०९.४ ॥
The slayer, the eater, and whoever approves likewise—for as many years as there are hairs on that cow, he sinks.
13.109.5
ये दोषा यादृशाश्चैव द्विजयज्ञोपघातके ।
विक्रये चापहारे च ते दोषा वै स्मृता गवाम् ॥ १३.१०९.५ ॥
The faults and the kinds of faults in obstructing a twice-born man's sacrifice are, indeed, declared to be the same faults in selling and in stealing cows.
13.109.6
अपहृत्य तु यो गां वै ब्राह्मणाय प्रयच्छति ।
यावद्दाने तु यो गां वै ब्राह्मणाय प्रयच्छति। ॥ १३.१०९.६ ॥
He who, having stolen a cow, gives it to a brahmin, and he who gives a cow to a brahmin as a gift…
13.109.7
सुवर्णं दक्षिणामाहुर्गोप्रदाने महाद्युते ।
सुवर्णं परमित्युक्तं दक्षिणार्थमसंशयम् ॥ १३.१०९.७ ॥
In the gift of a cow, gold is called the dakṣiṇā, O greatly radiant one. Without doubt, gold has been declared the supreme thing for the fee.
13.109.8
गोप्रदानात्तारयते सप्त पूर्वांस्तथाऽपरान् ।
सुवर्णं दक्षिणां कृत्वा तावद्द्विगुणमुच्यते ॥ १३.१०९.८ ॥
By the gift of a cow one ferries across seven ancestors and likewise seven descendants. Having made gold the fee, the merit is said to be doubled.
13.109.9
सुवर्णं परमं दानं सुवर्णं दक्षिणा परा ।
सुवर्णं पावनं शक्र पावनानां परं स्मृतम् ॥ १३.१०९.९ ॥
Gold is the supreme gift, and gold is the highest fee. O Śakra, gold is remembered as the most purifying of purifying things.
13.109.10
कुलानां पावनं प्राहुर्जातरूपं शतक्रतो ।
एषा मे दक्षिणा प्रोक्ता समासेन महाद्युते ॥ १३.१०९.१० ॥
O Śatakratu, gold is declared to be the purifier of families. O greatly radiant one, in brief this is the dakṣiṇā that has been declared by me.
13.109.11
एतत्पितामहेनोक्तमिन्द्राय भरतर्षभ ।
इन्द्रो दशरथायाह रामायाह पिता तथा ॥ १३.१०९.११ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, this was spoken by the grandfather to Indra. Indra said it to Daśaratha, and likewise the father said it to Rāma.
13.109.12
राघवोपि प्रियभ्रात्रे लक्ष्मणाय यशस्विने ।
ऋषिभ्यो लक्ष्मणेनोक्तमरण्ये वसता प्रभो ॥ १३.१०९.१२ ॥
The Rāghava too said this to his dear brother, the renowned Lakṣmaṇa. O lord, it was spoken by Lakṣmaṇa to the sages while dwelling in the forest.
13.109.13
पारम्पर्यागतं चेदमृषयः संशितव्रताः ।
दुर्धरं दारयामासू राजानश्चैव धार्मिकाः ॥ १३.१०९.१३ ॥
This has come down by tradition. Sages keen in their vows, and righteous kings, kept it, though it is hard to uphold.
13.109.14
उपाध्यायेन गदितं मम चेदं युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.१०९.१४ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, my teacher spoke this to me.
13.109.15
य इदं ब्राह्मणो नित्यं वदेद्ब्राह्मणसंसदि ।
यज्ञेषु गोप्रदानेषु द्वयोरपि समागमे ॥ १३.१०९.१५ ॥
The brahmin who always speaks this in an assembly of brahmins, at sacrifices, at gifts of cows, and also at gatherings of both.
13.109.16
तस्य लोकाः किलाक्षय्या दैवतैः सह नित्यदा ।
इति ब्रह्मा स भगवानुवाच परमेश्वरः ॥ १३.१०९.१६ ॥
His worlds, it is said, will be imperishable and forever with the gods—so spoke the blessed supreme lord Brahmā.