Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.149
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13.149.1
एवं प्रयतितव्यं हि शुश्रूषार्थमतन्द्रितैः ।
सर्वाभिरूपसेवाभिस्तुष्यन्ति यतयो यथा ॥ १३.१४९.१ ॥
Thus one should strive, untiring in service; with all fitting services ascetics are pleased.
13.149.2
नापराध्येत भिक्षोस्तु न चैनमवधीरयेत् ।
उत्तरं च न सन्दद्यात्क्रुद्धं चैव प्रसादयेत् ॥ १३.१४९.२ ॥
One should not offend a mendicant, nor despise him; nor answer the angry one, but should pacify him.
13.149.3
श्रेय एवाभिधातव्यं कर्तव्यं च प्रहृष्टवत् ।
तूष्णींभावेन वै तत्र न क्रुद्धमभिसंवदेत् ॥ १३.१४९.३ ॥
Only what is good should be said and done, as one who is pleased; there, remaining silent, one should not speak with the angry one.
13.149.4
नाददीत परस्वानि न गृह्णीयादयाचितम् ।
लब्धालब्धेन जीवेत तथैव परितोषयेत् ॥ १३.१४९.४ ॥
One should not take what belongs to others, nor accept what is not asked for; one should live on what is obtained or not obtained, and be content with it.
13.149.5
कोपिनं तु न याचेत ज्ञानविद्वेषकारितः ।
स्थावरेषु दयां कुर्याज्जङ्गमेषु चु प्राणिषु ॥ १३.१४९.५ ॥
Driven by hatred of knowledge, one should not beg for a loincloth; one should show compassion to immobile and mobile beings.
13.149.6
यथाऽऽत्मनि तथाऽन्येषु समां दृष्टिं निपातयेत् ।
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि।
सम्पश्यमानो विचरन्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ १३.१४९.६ ॥
As one regards oneself, so should one cast an even gaze upon others; seeing the self in all beings and all beings in the self, one who moves about becomes fit for union with Brahman.
13.149.7
हिंसा वा यदि वाऽहिंसां न कुर्यादात्मकारणात् ।
यत्रेतरो भवेन्नित्यं दोषं तत्र न कारयेत् ॥ १३.१४९.७ ॥
Whether violence or non-violence, one should not do it for one's own sake; where another would always incur fault, one should not cause him to incur that fault.
13.149.8
एवं स मुच्यते दोषात्परानाश्रित्य वर्तयन् ।
आत्माश्रयेण दोषेण लिप्यते ह्यल्पबुद्धिमान् ॥ १३.१४९.८ ॥
Thus he is freed from fault, acting in reliance on others; but the small-minded man is stained by the fault that arises from his own reliance on himself.
13.149.9
जरायुजाण्डजाश्चैव उद्भिज्जाः स्वेदजाश्व ये ।
अवध्याः सर्व एतैते बुधैः समनुवर्णिताः ॥ १३.१४९.९ ॥
Those born from the womb, born from eggs, sprouting from the earth, and born from sweat—all of these are not to be slain, so the wise have described.
13.149.10
निश्चयार्थं विबुद्धानां प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते ।
हिंसा यथाऽन्या विहिता तथा दोष प्रयोजयेत्।
तथोपदिष्टं गुरुणा शिष्यस्य चरतो विधिम् ॥ १३.१४९.१० ॥
For the sake of certainty, expiation is prescribed for the awakened; just as other violence is enjoined, so let it bring about fault. Thus the teacher taught this rule to the disciple who practises it.
13.149.11
न हि लोभः प्रभवति हिंसा वाऽपि तदात्मिका ।
शास्त्रदर्शनमेतद्धि विहितं विश्वयोनिना ॥ १३.१४९.११ ॥
Greed does not arise, nor does violence or its nature; this is the teaching of the scripture, enjoined by the womb of the universe.
13.149.12
यद्येतदेवं मन्येत शूद्रो ह्यपि च बुद्धिमान् ।
कृतं कृतवतां गच्छेत्किं पुनर्यो निषेवते ॥ १३.१४९.१२ ॥
If a wise shudra too should think thus and so understand it, he would attain the state of those who have done their deeds; what then of him who actually practises it?
13.149.13
न शूद्रः पतते कश्चिन्न च संस्कारमर्हति ।
नास्याधिकारो धर्मेऽस्ति न धर्मात्प्रतिषेधनम् ॥ १३.१४९.१३ ॥
No shudra falls, and he is not entitled to the sacraments. He has no authority in dharma, nor is he prohibited from dharma.
13.149.14
अनुग्रहार्तं मनुना सर्ववर्णेषु वर्णितम्। ॥ १३.१४९.१४ ॥
For the sake of grace, Manu has declared this regarding all the varṇas.
13.149.15
यदापवादस्तु भवेत्स्त्रीकृतः परिचारके ।
अभ्रावकाशशयनं तस्य संवत्सरं स्मृतम्।
तेन तस्य भवेच्छान्तिस्ततो भूयोप्युपाव्रजेत् ॥ १३.१४९.१५ ॥
If a fault arises through a female servant, a year of sleeping in the open under the sky is prescribed for him. By this he attains peace, and afterwards he may approach again.
13.149.16
सवर्णाया भवेदेतद्धीनायास्त्वर्धमर्हति ।
वर्षत्रयं तु वैश्यायाः क्षत्रियायास्तु षट् समाः।
ब्राह्मण्या तु समेतस्य समा द्वादश कीर्तिताः। ॥ १३.१४९.१६ ॥
This applies to a woman of the same varṇa; with a lowly woman, only half of it is due. For a vaiśya woman three years, for a kṣatriya woman six years; but for one who unites with a brāhmaṇa woman, twelve years are declared.
13.149.17
कटाग्निना वा दग्धव्यस्तस्मिन्नेव क्षणे भवेत् ।
शिश्नावपातनाद्वाऽपि विशुद्धिं समवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.१४९.१७ ॥
Or in that very moment he should be burned with a fire of dried grass; or by cutting off the member he may also attain purification.
13.149.18
अनस्थिबन्धमेकं तु यदि प्राणैर्वियोजयेत् ।
उपोष्यैकाहमादद्यात्प्राणायामांस्तु द्वादश ॥ १३.१४९.१८ ॥
If one separates a single boneless creature from its life, he should fast for one day and undertake twelve breath-restraints (prāṇāyāma).
13.149.19
त्रिः स्नानमुदके कृत्वा तस्मात्पापात्प्रमुच्यते ।
अस्थिबन्धेषु द्विगुणं प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते ॥ १३.१४९.१९ ॥
Having bathed three times in water, one is freed from that sin; for injuries to the bond of bones, the expiation is prescribed as double.
13.149.20
अनेन विधिना वाऽपि स्थावरेषु न संशयः ।
कायेन पद्भ्यां हस्ताभ्यामपराधात्तु मुच्यते ॥ १३.१४९.२० ॥
By this rule, or regarding immobile beings, there is no doubt; one is released from an offence committed by the body, feet, or hands.
13.149.21
अदुष्टं क्षपयेद्यस्तु सर्ववर्णेषु यश्चरेत् ।
तस्याप्यष्टगुणं विद्यात्प्रायश्चित्तं तदेव तु ॥ १३.१४९.२१ ॥
For one who destroys an innocent being, or who acts among all the castes, the expiation should be known as eightfold; that same.
13.149.22
चतुर्गुणं कर्मकृते द्विगुणं वाक्प्रदूषिते ।
कृत्वा तु मानसं पापं तथैवैकगुणं स्मृतम् ॥ १३.१४९.२२ ॥
Fourfold for one who has done the deed, twofold for one who has defiled by speech; but a sin committed in the mind is likewise remembered as single.
13.149.23
तस्मादेतानि सर्वाणि विदित्वा न समाचरेत् ।
सर्वभूतहितार्थं हि कुशलानि समाचरेत् ॥ १३.१४९.२३ ॥
Therefore, having understood all these, one should not practise them; for the welfare of all beings one should indeed practise wholesome deeds.
13.149.24
एवं समाहितमनाः सेवते यदि यत्तमान् ।
तद्गतिस्तत्समाचारस्तन्मनास्तत्परायणः ॥ १३.१४९.२४ ॥
Thus, with a concentrated mind, if the self-restrained one attends to it, his goal is that, his conduct is that, his mind is that, and that is his highest refuge.
13.149.25
नाभिनन्देत मरणं नाभिनन्देत जीवितम् ।
कालमेव प्रतीक्षेत निर्वेशं भृतको यथा ॥ १३.१४९.२५ ॥
As a hired servant awaits his appointed term, one should neither welcome death nor welcome life, but only await the appointed time.
13.149.26
एवं प्रवर्तमानस्तु विनीतः प्रयतात्मवान् ।
निर्णयं पुण्यपापाभ्यामचिरेणोपगच्छति ॥ १३.१४९.२६ ॥
Thus conducting himself, humble and self-controlled, he soon arrives at the judgment that comes from merit and demerit.