Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.270
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13.270.1
कार्यते यच्च क्रियते सच्चासच्च कृताकृतम् ।
तत्राश्वसीत सत्कृत्वा असत्कृत्वा न विश्वसेत् ॥ १३.२७०.१ ॥
What is done and what is being done, the real and the unreal, the accomplished and the unaccomplished — one may be at ease in it when honored, but should not trust it when dishonored.
13.270.2
काल एवान्तराशक्तिर्निग्रहानुग्रहौ ददत् ।
बुद्धिमाविश्य भूतानां धर्माधर्मौ प्रवर्तते ॥ १३.२७०.२ ॥
Time itself is the inner power, granting punishment and favor; entering the intellect of beings, righteousness and unrighteousness come into play.
13.270.3
यदा त्वस्य भवेद्बुद्धिर्धर्मार्थस्य प्रदर्शनात् ।
तदाश्वसीत धर्मात्मा दृढबुद्धिर्न विश्वसेत् ॥ १३.२७०.३ ॥
When his understanding, through the display of dharma and wealth, becomes such, then the righteous-minded and firm-intellected one may trust; otherwise he should not trust.
13.270.4
एतावन्मात्रमेतद्धि भूतानां प्राज्ञलक्षणम् ।
कालयुक्तोऽप्युभयविच्छेषं युक्तं समाचरेत् ॥ १३.२७०.४ ॥
This much alone is the mark of the wise among beings: even bound by time, one who knows both should carry out the rest fittingly.
13.270.5
यथा ह्युपस्थितैश्वर्याः पूजयन्ति नरा जनान् ।
एवमेवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पूजयन्तीह धार्मिकाः ॥ १३.२७०.५ ॥
Just as men who have attained power honor people, so too here the righteous honor themselves by themselves.
13.270.6
भावशुद्धिस्तु तपसा देवतानां च मूजया ।
सनातनेन शुद्ध्या च श्रुतदानजपैरपि।
न ह्यशुद्धस्तु तां दद्याद्धर्मकाले कथञ्चन ॥ १३.२७०.६ ॥
Purity of intention comes through austerity, through the purification (mūjā) of the gods, through eternal purity, and through learning, giving and recitation as well. But an impure person should on no account offer it at a time of dharma.
13.270.7
न ह्यधर्मतया धर्मं दद्यात्कालः कथञ्चन ।
तस्माद्विशुद्धमात्मानं जानीयाद्धर्मचारिणम् ॥ १३.२७०.७ ॥
Time never gives dharma through adharma in any way. Therefore one should know the man who is pure in self and practises dharma.
13.270.8
स्प्रष्टुमप्यसमर्थो हि ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् ।
अधर्मः सन्ततो धर्मं कालेन परिरक्षितम् ॥ १३.२७०.८ ॥
Just as one is unable even to touch a blazing fire, so unrighteousness is unable to touch dharma, which is continually protected by time.
13.270.9
कार्यावेतौ हि धर्मोणि धर्मो हि विजयावहः ।
त्रयाणामपि लोकानामालोकः कारणं भवेत् ॥ १३.२७०.९ ॥
Both of these duties must indeed be performed, for dharma is what brings victory. Dharma itself must be the cause of light for all three worlds.
13.270.10
न तु कश्चिन्नयेत्प्राज्ञो गृहीत्वैव करे नरम् ।
ऊह्यमानस्तु धर्मेण प्राप्नुयात्परमच्युतम्।
विश्वास एव कर्तव्यो बहुधर्मे शुभच्छले ॥ १३.२७०.१० ॥
But no wise man should lead a person by taking him by the hand. Only the man who is carried along by dharma should attain the supreme imperishable. In many dharmas and in auspicious guile, one must place trust.
13.270.11
शूद्रोऽहं नाधिकारो मे चातुराश्रम्यसेवने ।
इति विज्ञानमपरे नात्मन्युपदधत्युत ॥ १३.२७०.११ ॥
"I am a śūdra; I have no authority to serve the four stages of life" — others do not place such knowledge within themselves.
13.270.12
विशेषेण च वक्ष्यामि चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य लिङ्गतः ।
पञ्चभूतशरीराणां सर्वेषां सदृशात्मनाम् ॥ १३.२७०.१२ ॥
I shall speak especially according to the marks of the fourfold order, concerning all beings whose bodies are made of the five elements and whose selves are alike.
13.270.13
लोकधर्मे च धर्मे च विशेषकरणं कृतम् ।
यथैकत्वं पुनर्यान्ति प्राणिनस्तत्र विस्तरः ॥ १३.२७०.१३ ॥
In the duty of the world and in dharma a special distinction has been made; according to it, living beings return again to oneness, and its elaboration is there.
13.270.14
अध्रुवो हि कथं लोकः स्मृतो धर्मः कथं ध्रुवः ।
यत्र कालो ध्रुवस्तात तत्र धर्मः सनातनः ॥ १३.२७०.१४ ॥
If the world is impermanent, how is it held to be so, and how is dharma fixed? Dear son, where time is fixed, there is eternal dharma.
13.270.15
सर्वेषां तुल्यदेहानां सर्वेषां सदृशात्मनाम् ।
कालो धर्मेण संयुक्तः शेष एव स्वयं गुरुः ॥ १३.२७०.१५ ॥
In all beings of equal bodies and equal souls, time is joined with dharma; the remainder is itself weighty.
13.270.16
एवं सति न दोषोऽस्ति भूतानां धर्मसेवने ।
तिर्यग्योनावपि सतां लोक एव मतो गुरुः ॥ १३.२७०.१६ ॥
Since this is so, there is no fault in beings who practise dharma; even in animal wombs, the world itself is held weighty by the good.