Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.148
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13.148.1
न तथा सम्प्रदानेन नोपवासादिभिस्तथा ।
इष्टां गतिमवाप्नोति यथा शुश्रूषकर्मणा ॥ १३.१४८.१ ॥
Not by gifts, nor by fasting and the like, does a man attain the desired destination as he does by the act of service.
13.148.2
यादृशेन तु तोयेन शुद्धिं प्रकुरुते नरः ।
तादृग्भवति तद्धौतमुदकस्य प्रभावतः ॥ १३.१४८.२ ॥
With whatever water a man purifies himself, that which is washed becomes like that, by the power of the water.
13.148.3
शूद्रोप्येतेन मार्गेण यादृशं सेवते जनम् ।
तादृग्भवति संसर्गादचिरेण न संशयः ॥ १३.१४८.३ ॥
Even a Śūdra, by this path, becomes soon of the same kind as the person he serves, through association; there is no doubt.
13.148.4
तस्मात्प्रयत्नतः सेव्या भिक्षवो नियतात्मना ।
उदकग्राहणाद्येन स्नपनोद्वर्तनैस्तथा ॥ १३.१४८.४ ॥
Therefore a man of restrained self should diligently serve mendicants, by fetching water and the like, and likewise by bathing and rubbing them.
13.148.5
अध्वना कर्शितानां च व्याधितानां तथैव च ।
शुश्रूषां नियतं कुर्यात्तेषामापदि यत्नतः ॥ १३.१४८.५ ॥
Those worn out by the road and those who are sick should likewise be served constantly; in distress one should serve them with diligence.
13.148.6
दर्भाजिनान्यवेक्षेत भैक्षभाजनमेव च ।
यथाकामं च कार्याणि सर्वाण्येवोपसाधयेत्।
प्रायश्चित्तं यता न स्यात्तथा सर्वं समाचरेत् ॥ १३.१४८.६ ॥
One should look after the kuśa grass, the deerskins, and the alms-bowl, and should accomplish all the tasks as one wishes; let one conduct everything so that no expiation is needed.
13.148.7
व्याधितानां तु भिक्षूणां चेलप्रक्षालनादिभिः ।
प्रतिकर्मक्रिया कार्या भेषजानयनैस्तथा ॥ १३.१४८.७ ॥
For mendicants who are ill, remedial care should be given by washing their garments and the like, and likewise by fetching medicines.
13.148.8
पिंषणालेपनं चूर्णं कषायमथ साधनम् ।
नान्यस्य प्रतिचारेषु सुखार्थमुपपादयेत् ॥ १३.१४८.८ ॥
Grinding and applying paste, powders, decoctions, and other preparations: these he should provide for another's comfort in the nursing services, not leave to someone else.
13.148.9
भिक्षाटनोऽभिगच्छेत भिषजश्च विपश्चितः ।
ततो विनिष्क्रियार्थानि द्रव्याणि समुपार्जयेत् ॥ १३.१४८.९ ॥
Going about for alms, he should approach learned physicians; then he should procure the substances needed for the cure.
13.148.10
यश्च प्रीतमना दद्यादादद्याद्भेषजं नरः ।
अश्रद्धया हि दत्तानि तान्यभोक्ष्याणि भिक्षुभिः ॥ १३.१४८.१० ॥
The man who gives medicine with a gladdened mind, and the man who accepts it: things given without faith are not to be consumed by mendicants.
13.148.11
श्रद्धया यदुपादत्तं श्रद्धया चोपपादितम् ।
तस्योपभोगाद्धर्मः स्याद्व्याधिभिश्च निवर्त्यते ॥ १३.१४८.११ ॥
Whatever is accepted with faith and offered with faith: by the use of that, merit arises, and diseases are also turned away.
13.148.12
आदेहपतनादेवं शुश्रूषेद्विधिपूर्वकम् ।
न त्वेवं धर्ममुत्सृज्य कुर्यात्तेषां प्रतिक्रियाम् ॥ १३.१४८.१२ ॥
Until the body falls, one should attend to them in the prescribed manner; but one should not, by abandoning dharma in this way, undertake their cure.
13.148.13
स्वभावतो हि द्वन्द्वानि विप्रयान्त्युपयान्ति च ।
स्वभावतः सर्वभावा भवन्ति नभवन्ति च।
सागरस्योर्मिसदृशा विज्ञातव्या गुणात्मकाः ॥ १३.१४८.१३ ॥
By nature, pairs of opposites arise and pass away; by nature, all states come to be and do not come to be. They are to be understood as composed of qualities, like the waves of the ocean.
13.148.14
विद्यादेवं हि यो धीमांस्तत्ववित्तत्वदर्शनः ।
न स लिप्येत पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥ १३.१४८.१४ ॥
The wise man who thus knows, who knows the truth and sees the truth, is not smeared by evil, as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.