Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.194
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13.194.1
ततः सर्वे महाभागा देवाश्च पितरश्च ह ।
ऋषयश्च महाभागाः प्रमथान्वाक्यमब्रुवन् ॥ १३.१९४.१ ॥
Then all the greatly fortunate gods, ancestors and great sages spoke these words to the Pramathas.
13.194.2
भवन्तो वै महाभागा अपरोक्षनिशाचराः ।
उच्छिष्टानशुचीन्क्षुद्रान्कथं हिसथ मानवान् ॥ १३.१९४.२ ॥
You greatly fortunate ones, you who roam by night unseen: how is it that you harm defiled, impure, base human beings?
13.194.3
के च स्मृताः प्रतीघाता येन मर्त्यान्न हिंसथ ।
रक्षोघ्नानि च कानि स्युर्यैर्गृहेषु प्रणश्यथ।
श्रोतुमिच्छाम युष्माकं सर्वमेतन्निशाचराः ॥ १३.१९४.३ ॥
Which counter-measures are recalled by which you do not harm mortals? And what are the demon-destroying things by which you perish in houses? Night-wanderers, we wish to hear all of this from you.
13.194.4
मैथुनेन सदोच्छिष्टाः कृते चैवाधरोत्तरे ।
मोहान्मांसानि खादेत वृक्षमूले च यः स्वपेत् ॥ १३.१९४.४ ॥
He who is always defiled through sexual intercourse, who acts upside down, who out of delusion eats meat, and who sleeps at the foot of a tree.
13.194.5
आमिषं शीर्षतो यस्य पादतो यश्च संविशेत् ।
तत उच्छिष्टकाः सर्वे बहुच्छिद्राश्च मानवाः ॥ १३.१९४.५ ॥
Those human beings into whose head or feet flesh (impurity) enters are all defiled and full of holes.
13.194.6
उदके चाप्यमेध्यानि श्लेष्माणं च प्रमुञ्चति ।
एते भक्ष्याश्च वध्याश्च मानुषा नात्र संशयः ॥ १३.१९४.६ ॥
He who discharges impure things and phlegm into water: these human beings are to be devoured and slain — there is no doubt of this.
13.194.7
एवं शीलसमाचारान्धर्षयामो हि मानवान् ।
श्रूयतां च प्रतीघातान्यैर्न शक्नुम हिंसितुम्। ॥ १३.१९४.७ ॥
Thus we assail men whose conduct is such. Hear the means of counteraction by which we cannot harm them.
13.194.8
गोरोचनासमालम्भो वचाहस्तश्च यो भवेत् ।
घृताक्षतं च यो दद्यान्मस्तके तत्परायणः ॥ १३.१९४.८ ॥
He who touches with bezoar, who has vacā in hand, and who offers ghee and unbroken grains upon his head, intent on that.
13.194.9
ये च मांसं न खादन्ति तान्न शक्नुम हिंसितुम् ।
यस्य चाग्निर्गृहे नित्यं दिवारात्रौ च दीप्यते ॥ १३.१९४.९ ॥
Those who do not eat meat we cannot harm, nor one in whose house a fire burns constantly, day and night.
13.194.10
तरक्षोश्चर्मदंष्ट्राश्च तथैव गिरिकच्छपः ।
आज्यधूमो बिडालश्च च्छागः कृष्णोऽत पिङ्गलः ॥ १३.१९४.१० ॥
The hide and tusks of the tarakṣu, likewise the mountain tortoise, the smoke of ghee, the cat, the goat, the black and the tawny.
13.194.11
येषामेतानि तिष्ठन्ति गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् ।
तान्यधृष्याण्यगाराणि पिशिताशैः सुदारुणैः ॥ १३.१९४.११ ॥
In the homes of householders where these things stand, those dwellings cannot be assailed by the most terrible flesh-eaters.
13.194.12
लोकानस्मद्विधा ये च विचरन्ति यथासुखम् ।
तस्मादेतानि गेहेषु रक्षोघ्नानि विशाम्पते।
एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं यत्र वः संशयो महान् ॥ १३.१९४.१२ ॥
Such as we, who roam the worlds at will, therefore these things in the houses destroy demons. O lord of the people, all this has been told to you, where your great doubt lies.