Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.197
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13.197.1
ममाप्यनुमतो धर्मस्तं शृणुध्वं समाहिताः ।
नीलषण्डस्य शृङ्गाभ्यां गृहीत्वा मृत्तिकां तु यः ॥ १३.१९७.१ ॥
This dharma too is approved by me; listen to it with concentrated minds: he who, taking clay with the horns of the blue bull…
13.197.2
अभिषेकं त्र्यहं कुर्यात्तस्य धर्मं निबोधत ।
शोधयेदशुभं सर्वमाधिपत्यं परत्र च ॥ १३.१९७.२ ॥
Understand his dharma: he should perform a consecration for three days, purifying all that is inauspicious and the lordship both here and in the hereafter.
13.197.3
यावच्च जायते मर्त्यस्तावच्छूरो भविष्यति ।
इदं चाप्यपरं गुह्यं सरहस्यं निबोधत ॥ १३.१९७.३ ॥
As long as a mortal is born, so long will he be a hero. And know also this other secret, together with its mystery.
13.197.4
प्रगृह्यौदुम्बरं पात्रं पक्वान्नं मधुना सह ।
सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्यि पौर्णमास्यां बलिं हरेत् ॥ १३.१९७.४ ॥
Taking up a vessel of udumbara wood, he should bring an offering of cooked food with honey on the full-moon day, as Soma rises.
13.197.5
तस्य धर्मफलं नित्यं श्रद्दधाना निबोधत ।
साध्या रुद्रास्तथाऽऽदित्या विश्वेदेवास्तथाऽश्विनौ ॥ १३.१९७.५ ॥
Know the fruit of dharma of this rite, always with faith: the Sādhyas, the Rudras, the Ādityas, the Viśvedevas, and the Aśvins.
13.197.6
मरुतो वसवश्चैव प्रतिगृह्णन्ति तं बलिम् ।
सोमश्च वर्धते तेन समुद्रश्च महोदधिः ॥ १३.१९७.६ ॥
The Maruts and the Vasus accept that offering; by it Soma grows, and the great ocean too grows.
13.197.7
एष धर्मो मयोद्दिष्टः सरहस्यः सुखावहः ॥ १३.१९७.७ ॥
This dharma has been taught by me, together with its secret meaning, and it brings happiness.
13.197.8
धर्मगुह्यानि सर्वाणि देवतानां महात्मनाम् ।
ऋषीणां चैव गुह्यानि यः पठेदाह्निकं सदा ॥ १३.१९७.८ ॥
All the secret teachings of dharma of the gods and of the great-souled sages, which one who recites the daily portion always reads.
13.197.9
शृणुयाद्वाऽनसूयुर्यः श्रद्दधानः समाहितः ।
नास्य विघ्नः प्रभवति भयं चास्य न विद्यते ॥ १३.१९७.९ ॥
One who hears it, free of envy, faithful and attentive, no obstacle arises for him, and no fear exists for him.
13.197.10
ये च धर्माः शुभाः पुण्याः सरहस्या उदाहृताः ।
तेषां धर्मफलं तस्य यः पठेत जितेन्द्रियः ॥ १३.१९७.१० ॥
The fruit of dharma of those auspicious and meritorious dharmas declared with their secrets belongs to the self-controlled man who recites them.
13.197.11
नास्य पापं प्रभवति न च पापेन लिप्यते ।
पठेद्वा श्रावयेद्वाऽपि श्रुत्वा वा लभते फलम् ॥ १३.१९७.११ ॥
Sin does not arise for him, nor is he stained by sin. Whether he recites it, causes it to be recited, or hears it, he obtains the fruit.
13.197.12
भुञ्जते पितरो देवा हव्यं कव्यमथाक्षयम् ।
श्रावयंश्चापि विप्रेन्द्रान्पर्वसु प्रयतो नरः ॥ १३.१९७.१२ ॥
The ancestors and the gods partake of the offering to gods and the offering to ancestors, which is inexhaustible, when a devoted man causes the foremost Brahmins to hear it on the festival days.
13.197.13
ऋषीणां देवतानां च पितॄणां चैव नित्यदा ।
भवत्यभिमतः श्रीमान्धर्मेषु प्रयतः सदा ॥ १३.१९७.१३ ॥
The glorious man who is always devoted to dharma becomes ever dear to the sages, the gods and the ancestors.
13.197.14
कृत्वाऽपि पापकं कर्म महापातकवर्जितम् ।
रहस्यधर्मं श्रुत्वेमं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ १३.१९७.१४ ॥
Even one who has done a sinful deed, but is free from grave sins, is released from all sins by hearing this secret dharma.
13.197.15
एतद्धर्मरहस्यं वै देवतानां नराधिप ।
व्यासोद्दिष्टं मया प्रोक्तं सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् ॥ १३.१९७.१५ ॥
This is the secret of dharma of the gods, O lord of men, taught by Vyāsa and declared by me; it is honoured by all the gods.
13.197.16
पृथिवी रत्नसंपूर्णा ज्ञानं चेदमनुत्तमम् ।
इदमेव ततः श्राव्यमिति मन्येत धर्मवित् ॥ १३.१९७.१६ ॥
Even if the earth were full of jewels, this knowledge is unsurpassed; one who knows dharma should consider this alone worth hearing.
13.197.17
नाश्रद्दधानाय न नास्तिकाय ।
न नष्टधर्मायि न निर्घृणाय।
न हेतुदुष्टाय गुरुद्विषे वा ।
नानात्मभूताय निवेद्यमेतत् ॥ १३.१९७.१७ ॥
This should not be imparted to one without faith, nor to a disbeliever, nor to one who has lost dharma, nor to the merciless, nor to one corrupted by sophistry, nor to one hostile to his teacher, nor to one of divided mind.