Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.267
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13.267.1
इत्युक्तवति तद्वाक्यं कृष्णे देवकिनन्दने ।
भीष्मं शान्तनवं भूयः पर्यपृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १३.२६७.१ ॥
When Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī, had spoken these words, Yudhiṣṭhira asked Bhīṣma, the son of Śantanu, once more.
13.267.2
निर्णये वा महाबुद्धे सर्वधर्मविदांवर ।
प्रत्यक्षमागमो वेति किं तयोः कारणं भवेत् ॥ १३.२६७.२ ॥
O greatly wise one, best of all who know dharma! In determining a matter, which of these two, direct perception or scripture, is the cause?
13.267.3
नास्त्यत्रि संशयः कश्चिदिति मे वर्तते मतिः ।
शृणु वक्ष्यामि ते प्राज्ञ सम्यक्त्वं मेऽनुपृच्छसि ॥ १३.२६७.३ ॥
My view is that there is no doubt here at all. Listen, wise one, I will tell you, for you ask me rightly.
13.267.4
संशयः सुगमस्तत्र दुर्गमस्तस्य निर्णयः ।
दृष्टं श्रुतमनन्तं हि यत्र संशयदर्शन् ॥ १३.२६७.४ ॥
There, doubt is easily reached, but its resolution is hard to reach. Where what is seen and heard is endless, only doubt appears.
13.267.5
प्रत्यक्षं कारणं दृष्टं हैतुकं प्राज्ञमानिनः ।
नास्तीत्येवं व्यवस्यन्ति सत्यमागममेव वा ॥ १३.२६७.५ ॥
Those who take direct perception alone as the cause, who follow reasoning and think themselves wise, conclude that 'it is not so'; or they hold the truth to lie in scripture alone.
13.267.6
तदयुक्तं व्यवस्यन्ति बालाः पण्डितमानिनः ।
अथ सञ्चिन्त्यमेवैकं कारणं किं भवेदिति ॥ १३.२६७.६ ॥
That is unfitting; fools who think themselves learned come to such a determination. Now one must consider what the single cause could be.
13.267.7
शक्यं दीर्घेण कालेन युक्तेनामन्त्रितेन च ।
प्राणयात्रामनेकां च कल्पयानेन भारत ॥ १३.२६७.७ ॥
O Bhārata, it is possible by one who is disciplined and instructed over a long time, and who arranges the many courses of life.
13.267.8
तत्परेणैव नान्येन शक्यते तत्तु कारणम् ।
हेतूनामन्तमासाद्य विपुलं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.२६७.८ ॥
That cause can be reached only by the supreme one, not by another. Having reached the end of causes, one attains vast and supreme knowledge.
13.267.9
ज्योतिः सर्वस्य लोकस्य विपुलं प्रतिपद्यते ।
न त्वेव गमनं राजन्हेतुतो गमनं तथा।
अग्राह्यमनिबद्धं च वाचा सम्परिवर्जयेत् ॥ १३.२६७.९ ॥
The light of the whole world is attained in its vastness. But, O king, going is likewise from a cause. What cannot be grasped and is unfixed one should wholly avoid with speech.
13.267.10
प्रत्यिक्षं लोकतः सिद्धिर्लोकश्चागमपूर्वकः ।
शिष्टाचारो बहुविधस्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामहः ॥ १३.२६७.१० ॥
Direct perception, the proof that comes from the world, the world preceded by scripture, and the manifold conduct of the learned — tell me that, O grandsire.
13.267.11
धर्मस्य ह्रियमाणस्य बलवद्भिर्दुरात्मभिः ।
संस्था यत्नैरपि कृता कालेन प्रतिभिद्यते ॥ १३.२६७.११ ॥
When dharma is being carried off by the strong and evil-minded, even an order established by effort is broken apart in time.
13.267.12
अधर्मो धर्मरूपेण तृणैः कूप इवावृतः ।
ततस्तैर्भिद्यते वृत्तं शृणु चैव युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.२६७.१२ ॥
Unrighteousness, in the form of dharma, lies covered like a well covered with grass. Then by them conduct is broken apart. Listen, Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.267.13
अवृत्त्या ये तु निन्दनि श्रुतत्यागपरायणाः ।
धर्मविद्वेषिणो मन्दा इत्युक्तस्तेषु संशयः ॥ १३.२६७.१३ ॥
Of those who, through improper conduct, blame and are intent on abandoning learning, hostile to dharma and foolish, it is said thus; and there is doubt about them.
13.267.14
अतृप्यन्तस्तु साधूनां यावदागमबुद्धयः ।
परमित्येव सन्तुष्टास्तानुपास्स्व च पृच्छ च ॥ १३.२६७.१४ ॥
Go to those who are not satisfied by the teaching of the good, whose understanding extends only as far as scripture, and who are content thinking, 'This is supreme'; attend upon them and question them.
13.267.15
कामार्थौ पृष्ठतः कृत्वा लोभमोहानुसारिणौ ।
धर्म इत्येव सम्बुद्धस्तानुपास्स्व च पृच्छ च ॥ १३.२६७.१५ ॥
Those who place desire and wealth behind them, follow greed and delusion, and think themselves awakened, saying, 'This alone is dharma'; go to them, attend upon them and question them.
13.267.16
न तेषां भिद्यते वृत्तं यज्ञाः स्वाध्यायकर्म च ।
आचारः कारणं चैव धर्मश्चैकस्त्रयं पुनः ॥ १३.२६७.१६ ॥
Their conduct is not broken: sacrifices, the recitation of the Veda, custom, cause and dharma — this triad is again one.
13.267.17
पुनरेव हि मे बुद्धि संशये परिमुह्यति ।
अपरो मज्जमानस्य परं तीरमपश्यतः ॥ १३.२६७.१७ ॥
Again my understanding is bewildered in doubt, like one sinking who sees no other support and no far shore.
13.267.18
वेदः प्रत्यक्षमाचारः प्रमाणं तत्त्रयं यदि ।
पृथक्त्वं लभ्यते चैषां धर्मश्चैतत्त्रयं कथम् ॥ १३.२६७.१८ ॥
If the Veda, direct perception and custom are the three valid means, and separateness is found among them, how can this triad that is dharma be one?
13.267.19
धर्मस्य ह्रियमाणस्य बलवद्भिर्दुरात्मभिः ।
यद्येवं मन्यसे राजंस्त्रिधा धर्मविचारणा ॥ १३.२६७.१९ ॥
O king, if you think that while dharma is being carried off by the mighty and the evil-minded, the inquiry into dharma has become threefold,
13.267.20
एक एवेति जानीहि त्रिधा धर्मस्य दर्शनम् ।
पृथक्त्वे च न मे बुद्धिस्त्रयाणामपि वै तथा ॥ १३.२६७.२० ॥
Know that the view of dharma is one alone, not threefold. My mind does not accept that the three are separate either.
13.267.21
उक्तो मार्गस्त्रयाणां च तत्तथैव समाचर ।
जिज्ञासा न तु कर्तव्या धर्मस्य परितर्कणात् ॥ १३.२६७.२१ ॥
The path of the three has been declared; practise it just so. One should not pursue inquiry into dharma by endless argument.
13.267.22
सदैव भरतश्रेष्ठ मा ते भूदत्र संशयः ।
अन्धो जड इवाशङ्की यद्ब्रवीमि तदाचर ॥ १३.२६७.२२ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, let there never be doubt in you about this. Like one blind or dull, without misgiving, practise what I tell you.
13.267.23
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधो दानमेतच्चतुष्टयम् ।
अजातशत्रो सेवस्य धर्म एष सनातनः ॥ १३.२६७.२३ ॥
Non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, and giving — this is the fourfold. O Ajātaśatru, practise it; this is the eternal dharma.
13.267.24
ब्राह्मणेषु च वृत्तिर्या पितृपैतामहोचिता ।
तामन्वेहि महाबाहो धर्मस्यैते हि देशिकाः ॥ १३.२६७.२४ ॥
The conduct among the brahmins that is fitting for fathers and grandfathers — follow that, O mighty-armed one; for these are the guides of dharma.
13.267.25
प्रमाणमप्रमाणं वै यः कुर्यादबुधो जनः ।
न स प्रमाणतामर्हो विषादजननो हि सः ॥ १३.२६७.२५ ॥
A foolish man who makes the authoritative into the non-authoritative is not worthy to be regarded as an authority; he is indeed one who gives rise to despondency.
13.267.26
ब्राह्मणानेव सेवस्व सत्कृत्य बहुमान्य च ।
एतेष्वेव त्विमे लोकाः कृत्स्ना इति निबोध तान् ॥ १३.२६७.२६ ॥
Serve only the brahmins, honouring them and esteeming them greatly. Know that all these worlds rest upon them alone.