Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.269
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13.269.1
नाभागधेयः प्राप्नोति धनं सुबलवानपि ।
भागधेयान्वितस्त्वर्थान्कृशो बालश्च विन्दति ॥ १३.२६९.१ ॥
Even a very strong man without fortune does not obtain wealth; but the fortunate, though weak or a child, obtains wealth.
13.269.2
नालाभकाले लभते प्रयत्नेऽपि कृते सति ।
लाभकालेऽप्रयत्नेन लभते विपुलं धनम् ॥ १३.२६९.२ ॥
In a time without gain a man does not obtain it even when he has striven; but in a time of gain he obtains abundant wealth without striving.
13.269.3
कृतयत्नाफलाश्चैव दृश्यन्ते शतशो नराः ।
अयत्नेनैधमानाश्च दृश्यन्ते बहवो जनाः ॥ १३.२६९.३ ॥
Hundreds of men are seen whose striving bears no fruit, and many people are seen thriving without any effort.
13.269.4
यदि यत्नो भवेन्मर्त्यः स सर्वं फलमाप्नुयात् ।
नालभ्यं चोपलभ्येत नृणां भरतसत्तम ॥ १३.२६९.४ ॥
If effort alone were enough for a mortal, he would obtain every fruit, and even what cannot be obtained would be obtained by men, O best of the Bharatas.
13.269.5
प्रयत्नं कृतवन्तोपि दृश्यन्ते ह्यफला नराः ।
मार्गत्यागशतैरर्थानमार्गश्चापरः सुखी ॥ १३.२६९.५ ॥
Men who have striven are seen to be fruitless, while another, who has abandoned the right path a hundred times over to gain wealth, is seen to be happy.
13.269.6
अकार्यमसकृत्कृत्वा दृश्यन्ते ह्यधना नराः ।
धनयुक्ताः स्वकर्मस्था दृश्यन्ते चापरेऽधनाः ॥ १३.२६९.६ ॥
Men without wealth are seen though they have repeatedly done improper deeds; men endowed with wealth and established in their own duty are seen, and others without wealth are seen as well.
13.269.7
अधीत्य नीतिशास्त्राणि नीतियुक्तो न दृश्यते ।
अनभिज्ञश्च साचिव्यं गमितः केन हेतुना ॥ १३.२६९.७ ॥
Having studied the treatises on policy, why is a man not seen to be endowed with prudence, and how does one who is ignorant come to be appointed a minister?
13.269.8
विद्यायुक्तो ह्यविद्यश्च धनवान्दुर्मतिस्तथा ।
यदि विद्यामुपाश्रित्य नरः सुखमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.२६९.८ ॥
There are the learned and the unlearned, the wealthy and the ill-minded alike; if a man could obtain happiness by resorting to learning...
13.269.9
न विद्वान्विद्यया हीनं वृत्त्यर्थमुपसंश्रयेत् ।
यथा पिपासां जयति पुरुषः प्राप्य वै जलम् ॥ १३.२६९.९ ॥
A learned man should not resort to one lacking learning for the sake of a livelihood, just as a man who obtains water overcomes his thirst.
13.269.10
इष्टार्थो विद्यया ह्येव न विद्यां प्रजहेन्नरः ॥ १३.२६९.१० ॥
A man's desired aim is accomplished by learning alone; therefore a man should not abandon learning.
13.269.11
नाप्राप्तकालो म्रियते विद्धः शरशतैरपि ।
तृणाग्रेणापि संस्पृष्टः प्राप्तकालो न जीवति ॥ १३.२६९.११ ॥
He whose time has not come does not die even when pierced by hundreds of arrows; he whose time has come does not live even when touched by the tip of a blade of grass.
13.269.12
ईहमानः समारम्भान्यदि नासादयेद्धनम् ।
उग्रं तपः समारोहेन्न ह्यनुप्तं प्ररोहति ॥ १३.२६९.१२ ॥
If a man, striving through his undertakings, cannot obtain wealth, let him take up severe austerity; for what is not sown does not sprout.
13.269.13
दानेन भोगी भवति मेधावी वृद्धसेवया ।
अहिंसया च दीर्घायुरिति प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ १३.२६९.१३ ॥
Through giving a man becomes one who enjoys prosperity, through serving the elders he becomes wise, and through non-violence he becomes long-lived, so the thoughtful sages declare.
13.269.14
तस्माद्दद्यान्न याचेत पूजयेद्धार्मिकानपि ।
सुभाषी प्रियकृच्छान्तः सर्वसत्वाविहिंसकः ॥ १३.२६९.१४ ॥
Therefore one should give and not beg, and should honor even the righteous; speaking sweetly, doing what is pleasing, being calm, and harming no living being.
13.269.15
यदा प्रमाणं प्रसवः स्वभावश्च सुखासुखे ।
दंशकीटपिपीलानां स्थिरो भव युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.२६९.१५ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, when the birth, nature, and pleasure and pain are measured as those of gnats, worms and ants, be steady.