Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.140
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13.140.1
द्विजातयो व्रतोपेता हविस्ते यदि भुञ्जते ।
अन्नं ब्राह्मणकामाय कथमेतत्पितामह ॥ १३.१४०.१ ॥
If the twice-born, bound by vows, eat the oblation and food for the sake of pleasing brahmins, how is this, grandfather?
13.140.2
अवेदोक्तव्रताश्चैव भुञ्जानाः कामकारणे ।
वेदोक्तेषु तु भुञ्जाना व्रतलुप्ता युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.१४०.२ ॥
Those whose vows are not prescribed by the Veda and who eat from desire fall away from their vow; but those who eat what the Veda prescribes do not lose their vow, Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.140.3
यदिदं तप इत्याहुरुपवासं पृथग्जनाः ।
तपः स्यादेतदेवेह तपोऽन्यद्वाऽपि किं भवेत् ॥ १३.१४०.३ ॥
Is this what common people call austerity, namely fasting? Could this be austerity, or could there be some other austerity beyond it?
13.140.4
मासार्धमासोपवासाद्यत्तपो मन्यते जनः ।
आत्मतन्त्रोपघाती यो न तपस्वी न धर्मवित् ॥ १३.१४०.४ ॥
People consider the fasting of a month or half a month to be austerity; but one who harms his own bodily system is neither an ascetic nor one who knows dharma.
13.140.5
त्यागस्य चापि सम्पत्तिः शिष्यते तप उत्तमम् ।
सदोपवासी च भवेद्ब्रह्मचारी तथैव च ॥ १३.१४०.५ ॥
The perfection of renunciation remains the supreme austerity; one should always be a faster, and likewise a celibate.
13.140.6
मुनिश्च स्यात्सदा विप्रो देवांश्चैव सदा यजेत् ।
कुटुम्बिको धर्मकामः सदाऽस्वप्नश्च मानवः ॥ १३.१४०.६ ॥
A brahmin should always be a sage and always sacrifice to the gods; a householder, a man desiring dharma, should always be sleepless.
13.140.7
अमृताशी सदा च स्यात्पवित्रं च सदा पठेत् ।
ऋतवादी सदा च स्यान्नियतश्च सदा भवेत् ॥ १३.१४०.७ ॥
He should always eat ambrosial (pure) food, always recite what is sacred, always speak the truth, and always be self-restrained.
13.140.8
विघसाशी कथं च स्यात्सदा चैवातिथिप्रियः ।
अमृताशी सदा च स्यात्पवित्री च सदा भवेत् ॥ १३.१४०.८ ॥
How should one become a vighasāśin, one who eats the remnants of sacrifice, and how should one always be fond of guests? One who always eats ambrosial, pure food should always be pure.
13.140.9
कथं सदोपवासी स्याद्ब्रह्मचारी च पार्थिव ।
विघसाशी कथं च स्यात्कथं चैवातिथिप्रियः ॥ १३.१४०.९ ॥
O king, how should a man always be one who fasts and a celibate? How should one become a vighasāśin, and how should one be fond of guests?
13.140.10
अन्तरा सायमाशं च प्रातराशं च यो नरः ।
सदोपवासी भवति यो न भुङ्क्तेऽन्तरा पुनः ॥ १३.१४०.१० ॥
The man who, between his evening meal and his morning meal, eats nothing in between again, is always one who fasts.
13.140.11
भार्या गच्छन्ब्रह्मचारी ऋतौ भवति चैव ह ।
ऋतवादी सदा च स्याद्दानशीलस्तु मानवः ॥ १३.१४०.११ ॥
A man who goes to his wife only in the fertile season is indeed a celibate. And a man should always speak the truth and be of generous disposition.
13.140.12
अभक्षयन्वृथा मांसममांसाशी भवत्युत ।
दानं ददत्पवित्री स्यादस्वप्नश्च दिवाऽस्वपन् ॥ १३.१४०.१२ ॥
One who does not eat meat in vain becomes one who eats no meat. The giver of gifts becomes pure; one who does not sleep by day becomes one who does not sleep.
13.140.13
भृत्यातिथिषु यो भुङ्क्ते भुक्तवत्सु नरः सदा ।
अमृतं केवलं भुङ्क्ते इति विद्धि युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.१४०.१३ ॥
The man who always eats only after servants and guests have eaten — know that he eats only nectar, Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.140.14
अभुक्तवत्सु नाश्नाति ब्राह्मणेषु तु यो नरः ।
अभोजनेन तेनास्य जितः स्वर्गो भवत्युत ॥ १३.१४०.१४ ॥
The man who does not eat himself until the brahmins have not eaten — by his fasting, heaven is won for him.
13.140.15
देवेभ्यश्च पितृभ्यश्च संश्रितेभ्यस्तथैव च ।
अवशिष्टानि यो भुङ्क्ते तमाहुर्विघसाशिनम् ॥ १३.१४०.१५ ॥
Whoever eats what remains after giving to the gods, the ancestors and dependents — such a one is called a 'vighasāśin', eater of remnants.
13.140.16
तेषां लोका ह्यपर्यन्ताः सदने ब्रह्मणः स्मृताः ।
उपस्थिता ह्यप्सरसो गन्धर्वैश्च जनाधिप ॥ १३.१४०.१६ ॥
Their worlds are endless; they are remembered in Brahmā's abode. Here, O lord of men, apsarās are present together with the gandharvas.
13.140.17
देवतातिथिभिः सार्धं पितृभिश्चोपभुञ्जते ।
रमन्ते पुत्रपौत्रैश्च तेषां गतिरनुत्तमा ॥ १३.१४०.१७ ॥
Those who eat together with the gods, guests and ancestors, and rejoice with sons and grandsons — their path is supreme.