Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.253
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13.253.1
कृपया परया प्रोक्तः सर्वेषां पापकर्मणाम् ।
ज्ञानस्य च परस्येह तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १३.२५३.१ ॥
Grandsire, tell me that which was declared out of supreme compassion for all sinners, and for the highest knowledge here.
13.253.2
उपायोऽयं परप्राप्तौ परमः परिकीर्तितः ।
नारायणास्यानुध्यानमर्चनं यजनं स्तुतिः ॥ १३.२५३.२ ॥
This is declared to be the supreme means for attaining the highest: constant meditation on the face of Nārāyaṇa, worship, sacrifice, and praise.
13.253.3
श्रवणं तत्कथानां च विद्वत्संरक्षणं तथा ।
विद्वच्छुश्रूषणप्रीतिरुपदेशानुपालनम्।
स ध्यानेन जपेननाशु मुच्यते प्राकृतोपि वा ॥ १३.२५३.३ ॥
Hearing his stories, protecting the learned, delight in serving the learned, and following their teaching; by meditation and recitation he is quickly freed, even if he is an ordinary man.
13.253.4
जपश्चतुर्विधः प्रोक्तो वैदिकस्तान्त्रिकोपि च ।
पौराणिकोथ विद्वद्भिः कथितः स्मार्त एव च ॥ १३.२५३.४ ॥
Recitation is declared to be fourfold: Vedic, tantric, Purāṇic, and also the smārta, as spoken of by the learned.
13.253.5
विद्वच्छुश्रूषया ज्ञानं विद्वत्संरक्षणेन च ।
नासाध्यं ज्ञानिनां किञ्चित्तस्माद्रक्ष्यास्त्वया द्विजाः ॥ १३.२५३.५ ॥
Knowledge comes by serving the learned, and also by protecting them; nothing is unattainable for the knowers. Therefore you must protect the twice-born.
13.253.6
सुव्रता बन्धुहीनैका वने पूर्वं यमेन तु ।
आसीदाश्वासिता विद्वत्संरक्षणफलात्किल ॥ १३.२५३.६ ॥
Long ago, in the forest, a lone woman of good vows, bereft of kin, was consoled by Yama, indeed, from the fruit of protecting the learned.
13.253.7
विप्रस्य मरणे हेतुस्तत्पत्नी पितृशोकदा ।
वैश्या त्वमतिलाभोऽयं विप्रकन्येति साम्प्रतम्। ॥ १३.२५३.७ ॥
The cause of the brahmin's death was his wife, who brought grief to her father. You, a vaiśya woman, have now gained this great advantage: you are a brahmin maiden.
13.253.8
इत्युक्ताऽऽश्वासिताऽपृच्छत्केनैवं पापसंयुता ।
जाता विप्रकुले सम्यक् श्रेयश्चापि ब्रवीहि मे ॥ १३.२५३.८ ॥
Thus addressed and consoled, she asked: 'Joined to sin, by what cause was I born thus in a brahmin family? And what is my highest good? Tell me.'
13.253.9
अन्यजन्मनि विद्वांसं प्रहारैरभिपीडितम् ।
चोरशङ्काविमोक्षेण मोक्षयित्वा सुजन्मिका ॥ १३.२५३.९ ॥
'In another birth, you freed a learned man who was afflicted with blows, by releasing him from suspicion of theft; therefore, O one of good birth!'
13.253.10
इत्युक्ताऽष्टाक्षरध्यानजपादिश्रेयसंयुता ।
यमेनानुगृहीताऽभूत्पुण्यलोकनिवासिनी ॥ १३.२५३.१० ॥
Thus addressed, she became joined to the highest good through meditation and recitation of the eight-syllable mantra and the like; by Yama's favor she came to dwell in the world of merit.
13.253.11
तन्नित्यं विदुषां रक्षा तत्परोऽभूर्महीपते ।
तेषां संरक्षणात्सद्यः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ १३.२५३.११ ॥
'Therefore, O lord of the earth, you should always be intent upon protecting the learned; by protecting them, a man is at once freed from all sins.'