Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.256
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13.256.1
के पूज्याः के नमस्कार्या कथं वर्तेत केषु च ।
किमाचारः कीदृशेषु पितामह न रिष्यते ॥ १३.२५६.१ ॥
Grandsire, whom should one honour, whom should one bow to, how should one conduct oneself toward them, and what conduct, toward what kind of people, does not lead to ruin?
13.256.2
ब्राह्मणानां परिभवः सादयेदपि देवताः ।
ब्राह्मणांस्तु नमस्कृत्य युधिष्ठिर न रिष्यते ॥ १३.२५६.२ ॥
Contempt for brahmins can bring down even the gods; but, Yudhiṣṭhira, by bowing to the brahmins one is not ruined.
13.256.3
ते पूज्यास्ते नमस्कार्या वर्तेथास्तेषु पुत्रवत् ।
ते हि लोकानिमान्सर्वान्धारयन्ति मनीषिणः ॥ १३.२५६.३ ॥
They are worthy of honour and worthy of salutation; behave toward them as a son would, for those wise ones uphold all these worlds.
13.256.4
ब्राह्मणाः सर्वलोकानां महान्तो धर्मसेतवः ।
धनत्यागाभिरामास्चि वाक्सङ्गमधुराश्च ये ॥ १३.२५६.४ ॥
Brahmins are great bridges of dharma for all worlds, delighting in the giving away of wealth and sweet in speech and company.
13.256.5
रमणीयाश्च भूतानां नियमेन धृतव्रताः ।
प्रणेतारश्च कोशानां शास्त्राणां च यशस्विनः ॥ १३.२५६.५ ॥
They are delightful to beings, firm in their vows through discipline, and famed as the guiding authors of treasuries of knowledge and of the sciences.
13.256.6
तपो येषां धनं नित्यं वाक्चैव विपुलं बलम् ।
प्रसवाश्चैव धर्माणां धर्मज्ञाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः ॥ १३.२५६.६ ॥
Whose wealth is always austerity, whose great strength is speech, who are the sources of virtues, knowers of dharma and subtle-seeing.
13.256.7
धर्मकामाः स्थिता धर्मे सुकृतैर्धर्मसेवतः ।
यान्समाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाश्चतुर्विधाः ॥ १३.२५६.७ ॥
Those who desire dharma, who stand firm in dharma and serve dharma through good deeds — relying on them, all creatures of the four kinds abide.
13.256.8
पन्थानः सर्वनेतारो यज्ञवाहाः सनातनाः ।
पितृपैतामहीं गुर्वीमुद्वहन्ति धुरं सदा ॥ १३.२५६.८ ॥
These eternal paths lead all, carry the sacrifice, and always bear the heavy yoke of the fathers and grandfathers.
13.256.9
धुरि ये नावसीदन्ति विषमे सद्धया इव ।
पितृदेवातिथिमुखा हव्यकव्याग्रभोजिनः ॥ १३.२५६.९ ॥
Those who do not falter in the yoke on rough ground, like good horses, with fathers, gods and guests at their head, eating first of the offering and the rite for the fathers.
13.256.10
भोजनादेव लोकांस्त्रींस्त्रायन्ते महतो भयात् ।
दीपः सर्वस्य लोकस्य चक्षुश्चक्षुष्मतामपि ॥ १३.२५६.१० ॥
By the very giving of food they protect the three worlds from great fear; they are the lamp of the whole world, the eye even of those who have eyes.
13.256.11
सर्वशिल्पादिनिधयो निपुणाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः ।
गतिज्ञाः सर्वभूतानामध्यात्मगतिचिन्तकाः ॥ १३.२५६.११ ॥
They are the source-treasuries of every craft and art, skilled and subtle-sighted, knowers of the course of all beings, contemplators of the course of the spirit.
13.256.12
आदिमध्यावसानानां ज्ञातारश्छिन्नसंशयाः ।
परावरविशेषज्ञा गन्तारः परमां गतिम् ॥ १३.२५६.१२ ॥
Knowers of beginning, middle and end, their doubts cut away, knowing the distinction of higher and lower, they go to the supreme goal.
13.256.13
विमुक्ता धूतपाप्मानो निर्द्वन्द्वा निष्परिग्रहाः ।
मानार्हा मानिता नित्यं ज्ञानविद्भिर्महात्मभिः ॥ १३.२५६.१३ ॥
Liberated, with sins shaken off, beyond the pairs of opposites, and free from possessions, they are worthy of honour and are always honoured by the knowing, great-souled ones.
13.256.14
चन्दने मलपङ्के च भोजनेऽभोजने समाः ।
समं येषां दुकूलं च शाणक्षौमाजिनानि च ॥ १३.२५६.१४ ॥
In sandalwood paste and in filth and mud, in food and in fasting, they remain even-minded; to them fine silk, hempen cloth, linen and deerskins are alike.
13.256.15
तिष्ठेयुरप्यभुञ्जाना बहूनि दिवसान्यपि ।
शोषयेयुश्च गात्राणि स्वाध्यायैः संयतेन्द्रियाः ॥ १३.२५६.१५ ॥
Even without eating for many days they may remain, and with self-study, their senses restrained, they may dry up their own bodies.
13.256.16
अदैवं दैवतं कुर्युर्दैवतं चाप्यदैवतम् ।
लोकानन्यान्सृजेयुस्ते लोकपालांश्च कोपिताः ॥ १३.२५६.१६ ॥
When angered, they might make the non-divine a deity, and even make a deity non-divine; they might create other worlds and the guardians of the worlds.
13.256.17
अपेयः सागरो येषामपि सापान्महात्मनाम् ।
येषां कोपाग्निरद्यापि दण्डके नोपशाम्यति ॥ १३.२५६.१७ ॥
For whom even the ocean is undrinkable, and whose fire of wrath has not yet been quenched even today in the Daṇḍaka forest.
13.256.18
देवानामपि ये देवाः कारणं कारणस्य च ।
प्रमामस्य प्रमाणं च तस्मान्नाभिभवेद्बुधः ॥ १३.२५६.१८ ॥
They who are gods even among the gods, the cause of causes and the measure of measures; therefore a wise person should not offend them.
13.256.19
तेषां वृद्धाश्च बालाश्च सर्वे सन्मार्गदर्शिनः ।
तपोविद्याविशेषात्तु मानयन्ति परस्परम् ॥ १३.२५६.१९ ॥
Among them, the elders and the children alike all show the good path; by the distinction of austerity and learning they honor one another.
13.256.20
अविद्वान्ब्राह्मणो देवः पात्रं वै पावनं महत् ।
विद्वान्भूयस्तरो देवः पूर्णसागरसन्निभः ॥ १३.२५६.२० ॥
An unlearned brahmin is also a god, a great and purifying vessel; but a learned one is an even greater god, like a full ocean.
13.256.21
अविद्वांश्चैव विद्वांश्च ब्राह्मणो दैवतं महत् ।
प्रणीतश्चाप्रणीतश्च यथाऽग्निर्दैवतं महत् ॥ १३.२५६.२१ ॥
Both the unlearned and the learned brahmin are a great deity, just as fire is a great deity whether kindled or unkindled.
13.256.22
श्मशाने ह्यपि तेजस्वी पावको नैव दुष्यति ।
हविर्यज्ञे च विधिवद्भूय एवाभिशोभते ॥ १३.२५६.२२ ॥
Even in a cremation ground the blazing fire is never defiled; and in the oblation sacrifice, performed according to rule, it shines all the more.
13.256.23
एवं यद्यप्यनिष्टेषु वर्तते सर्वकर्मसु ।
सर्वथा ब्राह्मणो मान्यो दैवतं विद्धि तत्परम् ॥ १३.२५६.२३ ॥
Thus, even if he engages in unfit acts in all his deeds, the brahmin is in every way to be honored; know him to be the supreme deity.