Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.158
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13.158.1
ब्राह्मणस्वानि ये मन्दा हरन्ति भरतर्षभ ।
नृशंसकारिणो योनिं कां ते गच्छन्ति मानवाः ॥ १३.१५८.१ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, what wombs do those foolish men go to who steal the possessions of brahmins and do cruel deeds?
13.158.2
पातकानां परं ह्येतद्ब्रह्मस्वहरणं बलात् ।
सान्वयास्ते विनश्यन्ति चण्डालाः प्रेत्य चेह च ॥ १३.१५८.२ ॥
Seizing a brahmin's possessions by force is the greatest of all sins; such outcastes are destroyed, together with their lineage, both here and after death.
13.158.3
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनमम् ।
चण्डालस्य च संवादं क्षत्रबन्धोश्च भारत ॥ १३.१५८.३ ॥
Here too they recite this ancient story, the dialogue between an outcaste and a degraded kṣatriya, O Bhārata.
13.158.4
वृद्धरूपोऽसि चण्डाल बालवच्च विचेष्टसे ।
श्वखराणां रजःसेवी कस्मादुद्विजसे गवाम् ॥ १३.१५८.४ ॥
Caṇḍāla, though old in form you behave like a child. You who feed on the dust of dogs and asses, why do you shrink from the cows?
13.158.5
साधुभिर्गर्हितं कर्म चण्डालस्य विधीयते ।
कस्माद्गोरजसा ध्वस्तमङ्गं तोयेन सिञ्चसि ॥ १३.१५८.५ ॥
Deeds condemned by good people are what is prescribed for an outcaste. Why, then, do you sprinkle water on your body, defiled by cow-dust?
13.158.6
ब्राह्मणस्य गवां राजन्प्रयान्तीनां रजः पुरा ।
सोममुद्ध्वंसयामास तं सोममपिबन्द्विजाः ॥ १३.१५८.६ ॥
O king, long ago the dust raised by a brahmin's cows as they walked spoiled the soma, and the brahmins drank that spoiled soma.
13.158.7
भृत्यानामपि राज्ञस्तु रजसा ध्वंसितं मखे ।
तत्पानाच्च द्विजाः सर्वे क्षिप्रं नरकमाविशन् ॥ १३.१५८.७ ॥
Even by the dust of the king's servants it was spoiled in the sacrifice; and having drunk it, all the twice-born quickly entered hell.
13.158.8
दीक्षितश्च स राजाऽपि क्षिप्रं नरकमाविशत् ।
सह तैर्याजकैः सर्वैर्ब्रह्मस्वमुपजीव्य तत् ॥ १३.१५८.८ ॥
That king, too, consecrated for the sacrifice, together with all those officiating priests, quickly entered hell, having lived on the property of a brahmin.
13.158.9
येऽपि तत्रापिबन्क्षीरं घृतं दधि च मानवाः ।
ब्राह्मणाः सहराजन्याः सर्वे नरकमाविशन् ॥ १३.१५८.९ ॥
And the men there who drank milk, ghee and curds — brahmins together with kṣatriyas — all entered hell.
13.158.10
जघ्नुस्ताः पयसा पुत्रांस्तथा पौत्रान्विधूय तान् ।
पशूनवेक्षमाणश्च साधुवृत्तेन दंपती ॥ १३.१५८.१० ॥
Those cows, by their milk, struck down the sons and likewise the grandsons; and that couple of virtuous conduct, shaking them off and watching over the cattle.
13.158.11
अहं तत्रावसं राजन्ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः ।
तासां मे रजसा ध्वस्तं भैक्षमासीन्नराधिप ॥ १३.१५८.११ ॥
O king, I dwelt there as a celibate student, self-controlled; by their dust my alms-food was spoiled, O lord of men.
13.158.12
चण्डालोऽहं ततो राजन्भुक्त्वा तदभवं नृप ।
ब्रह्मस्वहारी न नृपः सोऽप्रतिष्ठां गतिं ययौ ॥ १३.१५८.१२ ॥
Then, O king, having eaten that, I became an outcaste, O king. That king, a robber of brahmin property, met with no firm foothold, and went to his fate.
13.158.13
तस्माद्धरेन्न विप्रस्वं कदाचिदपि किञ्चन ।
न पश्येन्नानुमोदेच्च न हर्तुं किञ्चिदाहरेत् ॥ १३.१५८.१३ ॥
Therefore one should never take anything of a brahmin's property; one should not look upon it, nor approve of it, nor bring anything to seize it.
13.158.14
ब्रह्मस्वं रजसा ध्वस्तं भुक्त्वा मां पश्य यादृशम् ।
तस्मात्सोमोऽप्यविक्रेयः पुरुषेण विपश्चिता ॥ १३.१५८.१४ ॥
Behold the result of eating a brahmin's property defiled by the dust of sin: look at me, and see what state I have come to. Therefore a wise man must not sell even soma.
13.158.15
एतद्धि धनमुत्कृष्टं द्विजानामविशेषतः ।
विक्रयं त्विह सोमस्य गर्हयन्ति मनीषिणः ॥ १३.१५८.१५ ॥
This wealth is supreme for the twice-born, without distinction; and here the wise condemn the selling of soma.
13.158.16
ये चैनं क्रीणते तात ये च विक्रीणते जनाः ।
ते तु वैवस्वतं प्राप्य रौरवं यान्ति सर्वशः ॥ १३.१५८.१६ ॥
Dear son, those people who buy it and those who sell it, all of them, reaching the realm of Vaivasvata, go entirely to the Raurava hell.
13.158.17
सोमं तु रजसा ध्वस्तं विक्रीणन्विधिपूर्वकम् ।
श्रोत्रियो वार्धुषी भूत्वा नचिरं स विनश्यति ॥ १३.१५८.१७ ॥
But one who sells soma defiled by the dust of sin, even by the rule, though a learned brahmin, becoming a usurer, does not endure long; he perishes.
13.158.18
नरकं त्रिंशतं प्राप्य स्वविष्ठामुपजीवति ।
ब्रह्मस्वहारी नरकान्यातनाश्चानुभूय तु।
मलेषु च कृमिर्भूत्वा श्वविष्ठामुपजीवती ॥ १३.१५८.१८ ॥
Having reached thirty kinds of hell, he lives on his own excrement. The thief of a brahmin's property, having undergone hells and torments, then becomes a worm among filth and lives on dog's excrement.
13.158.19
श्वचर्यामतिमानं च सखिदारेषु विप्लवम् ।
तुलयाधारयद्धर्मो ह्यतिमानोऽतिरिच्यते ॥ १३.१५८.१९ ॥
The conduct of an outcaste, excessive pride toward friends and wives, and transgression — Dharma weighed these on a scale, and excessive pride alone outweighed them.
13.158.20
म्लानं मां विकलं पश्य विवर्णं हरिणं कृशम् ।
अतिमानेनि मां पश्य पापां गतिमुपागतम् ॥ १३.१५८.२० ॥
Behold me — withered, broken, discolored, pale and emaciated; behold me, who through excessive pride have come to a sinful condition.
13.158.21
अहं वै विपुले तात कुले दनसमन्विते ।
पौराणे जन्मनि विभो ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगः ॥ १३.१५८.२१ ॥
I, indeed, dear sir, in a vast family rich in gifts, in an ancient birth, O lord, was one who had mastered knowledge and special knowledge.
13.158.22
अभवं तत्र जानानो ह्येतान्दोषान्मदात्सदा ।
संरब्ध एव भूतानां पृष्ठमांसमभक्षयम् ॥ १३.१५८.२२ ॥
There, though knowing these faults, I was always intoxicated with pride; enraged at living beings, I ate the flesh from their backs.
13.158.23
सोऽहं वै विदितः सर्वैर्दूरगो वनिनो वने ।
साधूनां परिभावेप्सुर्विप्राणां गर्वितो धनैः।
इमामवस्थां सम्प्राप्तः पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥ १३.१५८.२३ ॥
I, that man known to all, who roamed far in the forest as a forest-dweller, desiring to humiliate the virtuous and proud of wealth toward the Brahmins — I have come to this condition; behold the reversal of time.
13.158.24
आदीप्तमिव चैलान्तं भ्रमरैरिव चार्दितम् ।
धावमानं सुसंरब्दं फश्य मां रजसाऽन्वितम् ॥ १३.१५८.२४ ॥
Behold me, like the burning hem of a garment, tormented by flies, running in great agitation, covered with dust.
13.158.25
स्वाध्यायैस्तु महात्पापं हरन्ति गृहमेधिनः ।
दानैः पृथग्विधैश्चापि विप्रजात्यां मनीषिणः ॥ १३.१५८.२५ ॥
Householders remove great sin by the study of the Vedas, and the wise among the brahmin class remove it also by gifts of many kinds.
13.158.26
तथा पापकृतं विप्रमाश्रमस्तं महीपते ।
सर्वसङ्गविनिर्मुक्तं छन्दांस्युत्तारयन्त्युत ॥ १३.१५८.२६ ॥
Likewise, O lord of the earth, the Vedas carry across even a brahmin who has committed sin, once he has reached the stage of life in which he is freed from all attachments.
13.158.27
अहं हि पापयोन्यां वै प्रसूतः क्षत्रियर्षभ ।
निश्चयं नाधिगच्छामि कथं मुच्येयमित्युत ॥ १३.१५८.२७ ॥
I, indeed, was born in a sinful womb, O bull among kshatriyas; I do not find certainty as to how I may be freed.
13.158.28
जातिस्मरत्वं च मम केनचित्पूर्वकर्मणा ।
शुभने येन मोक्षं वै प्राप्तुमिच्छाम्यहं नृप ॥ १३.१५८.२८ ॥
By some good deed done in a former life I have remembrance of my previous births, and by that very means, O king, I wish to attain liberation.
13.158.29
त्वमिमं सम्प्रपन्नाय संशयं ब्रूहि पृच्छते ।
चण्डालत्वात्कथमहं मुच्येयमिति सत्तम ॥ १३.१५८.२९ ॥
You, O best of the good, speak to this one who has come to you and asks this doubt: how, being a chandāla, may I be freed?
13.158.30
चण्डाल प्रतिजानीहि येन मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि ।
ब्राह्मणार्थे त्यजन्प्राणान्गतिमिष्टामवाप्स्यसि ॥ १३.१५८.३० ॥
O chandāla, make the vow by which you will attain liberation; giving up your life for the sake of a brahmin, you will attain the desired goal.
13.158.31
दत्त्वा शरीरं क्रव्याद्भ्यो रणाग्नौ द्विजहेतुकम् ।
हित्वा प्राणान्प्रमोक्षस्ते नान्यथा मोक्षमर्हसि ॥ १३.१५८.३१ ॥
Having given your body to the flesh-eaters in the fire of battle for the sake of the twice-born, and having given up your life, you will obtain liberation; otherwise you do not deserve liberation.
13.158.32
इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन ब्रह्मस्वार्थे परन्तप ।
हित्वा रणमुखे प्राणान्गतिमिष्टामवाप ह ॥ १३.१५८.३२ ॥
O scorcher of foes, thus addressed by him, he then gave up his life at the front of battle for the sake of the brahmin's wealth, and obtained the desired destination.
13.158.33
तस्माद्रक्ष्यं त्वया पुत्र ब्रह्मस्वं भरतर्षभ ।
यदीच्छसि महाबाहो शाश्वतीं गतिमात्मनः ॥ १३.१५८.३३ ॥
Therefore, my son, bull of the Bharatas, you must protect the property of brahmins, O mighty-armed one, if you desire an eternal destination for yourself.