Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.31
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13.31.1
मित्रसौहार्दयोगेन उपदेशं करोति यः ।
जात्याऽधरस्य राजर्षे दोषस्तस्य भवेन्न वा ॥ १३.३१.१ ॥
Whoever gives instruction out of friendly goodwill — is there fault for him, O royal sage, if the one instructed is lowly by birth, or is there not?
13.31.2
एतदिच्छामि तत्त्वेन व्याख्यातुं वै पितामह ।
सूक्ष्मा गतिर्हि धर्मस्यि यत्र मुह्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ १३.३१.२ ॥
This I wish to hear explained truly, O grandsire, for the course of dharma is subtle, and there men become bewildered.
13.31.3
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि शृणु राजन्यथाक्रमम् ।
मदुक्तं वचनं राजन्यथान्यायं यथागमम्।
ऋषीणां वदतां पूर्वं श्रुतमासीद्यथा पुरा ॥ १३.३१.३ ॥
Here I will set it out for you in order, O king; listen. My words follow what is right and tradition, as they were once heard from the sages when they spoke of old.
13.31.4
उपदेशो न कर्तव्यो जातिहीनस्य कस्य चित् ।
उपदेशे महान्दोष उपाध्यायस्य भाष्यते ॥ १३.३१.४ ॥
Instruction should not be given to anyone of lowly birth; great fault, it is said, falls upon the teacher in giving instruction.
13.31.5
नाध्यापयेच्छूद्रमिह तथा नैव च याजयेत् ।
निदर्शनमिदं राजञ्शृणु मे भरतर्षभ ॥ १३.३१.५ ॥
Here one should not teach a Śūdra, nor should one officiate for his sacrifice. Listen, O king, O bull of the Bharatas, to this illustration from me.
13.31.6
दुरुक्तवचने राजन्यथापूर्वं युधिष्ठिर ।
ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वृत्तं पार्श्वे हिमवतः शुभे ॥ १३.३१.६ ॥
Concerning a wrongly spoken word, O king Yudhiṣṭhira, as before: what happened in the auspicious hermitage of Brahmā beside the Himālaya.
13.31.7
तत्राश्रमपदं पुण्यं नानावृक्षगणायुतम् ।
नानागुल्मलताकीर्णं मृगद्विजनिषेवितम्।
सिद्धचारणसंघुष्टं रम्यं पुष्पितकाननम् ॥ १३.३१.७ ॥
There was a holy hermitage site, filled with groves of many kinds of trees, covered with many shrubs and creepers, frequented by deer and birds, resounding with the cries of Siddhas and Cāraṇas, delightful, a forest in blossom.
13.31.8
व्रतिभिर्बहुभिः कीर्णं तापसैरुपशोभितम् ।
ब्राह्मणैश्च महाभागैः सूर्यज्वलनसन्निभैः ॥ १३.३१.८ ॥
Crowded with many who keep vows, adorned by ascetics, and with great-fortuned brahmins resembling the sun and fire.
13.31.9
नियमव्रतसम्पन्नैः समाकीर्णं तपस्विभिः ।
दीक्षितैर्भरतश्रेष्ठ यताहारैः कृतात्मभिः ॥ १३.३१.९ ॥
Thronged with ascetics endowed with observances and vows, initiates of restrained diet and self-controlled, best of the Bharatas.
13.31.10
वेदाध्ययनघोषैश्च नादितं भरतर्षभ ।
वालखिल्यैश्च बहुभिर्यतिभिश्च निषेवितम् ॥ १३.३१.१० ॥
Resounding with the sounds of Vedic recitation, bull of the Bharatas, frequented by the Vālakhilyas and by many ascetics.
13.31.11
तत्र कश्चित्समुत्साहं कृत्वा शूद्रो दयान्वितः ।
आगतो ह्याश्रमपदं पूजितश्च तपस्विभिः ॥ १३.३१.११ ॥
There, a certain Śūdra, filled with eagerness and compassion, came to the hermitage site, and was honored by the ascetics.
13.31.12
तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा मुनिगणान्देवकल्पान्महौजसः ।
विविधां वहतो दीक्षां सम्प्राहृष्यत भारत ॥ १३.३१.१२ ॥
Seeing those multitudes of sages, godlike and of great power, bearing various initiatory vows, he was greatly delighted, O Bhārata.
13.31.13
अथास्य बुद्धिरभावत्तापस्ये भरतर्षभ ।
ततोऽब्रवीत्कुलपतिं पादौ सङ्गृह्य भारत ॥ १३.३१.१३ ॥
Then the resolve for asceticism arose in him. O bull of the Bharatas, he clasped the feet of the lord of the family and spoke.
13.31.14
भवत्प्रसादादिच्छामि धर्मं चर्तुं द्विजर्षभ ।
तस्मादभिगतं त्वं मां प्रव्राजयितुमर्हसि ॥ १३.३१.१४ ॥
By your grace, O best of the twice-born, I wish to practise dharma. Therefore, since I have come to you for refuge, you ought to send me forth into renunciation.
13.31.15
वर्णावरोऽहं भगवञ्शूद्रो जात्याऽस्मि सत्तम ।
शुश्रूषां कर्तुमिच्छामि प्रपन्नाय प्रसीद मे ॥ १३.३१.१५ ॥
Venerable sir, best of the good, by birth I am a śūdra, the lowest of the social orders. I wish to perform service. Be gracious to me, who have taken refuge.
13.31.16
न शक्यमिह शूद्रेण लिङ्गमाश्रित्य वर्तितुम् ।
आस्यतां यदि ते बुद्धिः शुश्रूषानिरतो भव ॥ १३.३१.१६ ॥
Here it is not possible for a śūdra to live assuming the marks of an ascetic. If that is your intention, then stay, and be devoted to service.
13.31.17
शुश्रूषया पराँल्लोकानवाप्स्यसि न संशयः ॥ १३.३१.१७ ॥
Through service you will attain higher worlds; there is no doubt of it.
13.31.18
एवमुक्तस्तु मुनिना स शूद्रोऽचिन्तयन्नृप ।
कथमत्र मया कार्यं श्रुद्धा धर्मपरा च मे ॥ १३.३१.१८ ॥
Thus addressed by the sage, O king, the śūdra pondered: how should I act here? I have faith, and I am devoted to dharma.
13.31.19
विज्ञातमेवं भवतु करिष्ये प्रियमात्मनः ।
गत्वाऽऽश्रमपदाद्दूरमुटजं कृतवांस्तु सः ॥ १३.३१.१९ ॥
"So be it; I will do what is dear to myself." Thinking thus, he went far from the hermitage and built a hut.
13.31.20
तत्र वेदीं च भूमिं च देवतायतनानि च ।
निवेश्य भरतश्रेष्ठ नियमस्थोऽभवन्मुनिः ॥ १३.३१.२० ॥
There, having set up an altar, the ground, and shrines of the gods, O best of the Bharatas, the sage became established in his vows.
13.31.21
अभिषेकांश्च नियमान्देवतायतनेषु च ।
बलिं च कृत्वा हुत्वा च देवतां चाप्यपूजयत् ॥ १३.३१.२१ ॥
At the shrines of the gods he performed ablutions and observances, made offerings, sacrificed into the fire, and worshipped the deities.
13.31.22
सङ्कल्पनियमोपेतः फलाहारो जितेन्द्रियः ।
नित्यं सन्निहिताभिस्तु ओषधीभिः फलैस्तथा ॥ १३.३१.२२ ॥
Endowed with resolve and vows, living on fruit, with senses conquered, he always subsisted on the herbs and fruits that lay near at hand.
13.31.23
अतिथीन्पूजयामास यथावत्समुपागतान् ।
एवं हि सुमहान्कालो व्यत्यक्रामत तस्य वै ॥ १३.३१.२३ ॥
He honoured the guests who came, duly; and thus indeed a very long time passed for him.
13.31.24
अथास्य मुनिरागच्चत्सङ्गत्या वै तमाश्रमम् ।
सम्पूज्य स्वागतेनर्षिं विधिवत्समतोषयत् ॥ १३.३१.२४ ॥
Then a sage came by chance to that hermitage of his; having honoured him with a welcome, he duly pleased that seer.
13.31.25
अनूकूलाः कथाः कृत्वा यथागतमपृच्छत ।
ऋषिः परमतेजस्वी धर्मात्मा संशितव्रतः ॥ १३.३१.२५ ॥
Having engaged him in pleasant talk, the sage, of supreme radiance, righteous in soul and firm in vows, asked him how he had come.
13.31.26
एवं सुबहुशस्तस्य शूद्रस्य भरतर्षभ ।
सोऽगच्छदाश्रममृषिः शूद्रं द्रष्टुं नरर्षभः ॥ १३.३१.२६ ॥
Thus, O bull of the Bharatas, after speaking with that śūdra many times, the sage, bull among men, went to his hermitage to see the śūdra.
13.31.27
अथ तं तापसं शूद्रः सोऽब्रवीद्भरतर्षभ ।
पितृकार्यं करिष्यामि तत्र मेऽनुग्रहं कुरु ॥ १३.३१.२७ ॥
Then that śūdra said to that ascetic, O best of the Bharatas: 'I shall perform the rite for my ancestors; show me your favour in it.'
13.31.28
बाढमित्येव तं विप्र उवाच भरतर्षभ ।
शुचिर्भूत्वा स शूद्रस्तु तस्यर्षेः पाद्यमानयत् ॥ १३.३१.२८ ॥
Saying only "Very well," the brahmin replied to him, O best of the Bharatas. Then the śūdra, having purified himself, brought water for the feet of that sage.
13.31.29
अथ दर्भाश्च वन्यांश्च ओषधीर्भरतर्षभ ।
पवित्रमासनं चैव बृसीं चि समुपानयत् ॥ १३.३१.२९ ॥
Then, O best of the Bharatas, he brought kuśa grass, forest herbs, a purifying seat, and also a sacred mat.
13.31.30
अथ दक्षिणमावृत्य बृसीं चरमशैर्षिकीम् ।
कृतामन्यायतो दृष्ट्वा तं शूद्रमृषिरब्रवीत् ॥ १३.३१.३० ॥
Then the sage, turning the mat southward and seeing that it had been improperly made at its final end, spoke to that śūdra.
13.31.31
कुरुष्वैतां पूर्वशीर्षां भवांश्चोदङ्मुखः शुचिः ।
स च तत्कृतवाञ्शूद्रः सर्वं यदृषिरब्रवीत् ॥ १३.३१.३१ ॥
Perform this with the head to the east, facing north, and pure. That śūdra did all that the sage had told him.
13.31.32
यथोपदिष्टं मेधावी दर्भार्घादि यथातथम् ।
हव्यकव्यविधिं कृत्स्नमुक्तं तेन तपस्विना ॥ १३.३१.३२ ॥
The intelligent one did exactly as he had been instructed, with darbha grass, the offering-water and all the rest. The ascetic had spoken the entire rite of oblations to gods and ancestors.
13.31.33
ऋषिणा पितृकार्येषु सदा धर्मपथे स्थितः ।
पितृकार्ये कृते चापि विसृष्टः स जगाम ह ॥ १३.३१.३३ ॥
Under the sage's guidance he remained always on the path of dharma in the rites for the ancestors. When the rite for the ancestors was completed, he was dismissed and went away.
13.31.34
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य स तप्यञ्शूद्रतापसः ।
वने पञ्चत्वमगमत्सुकृतेन च तेन वै।
अजायत महाराज वंशे स च महाद्युतिः ॥ १३.३१.३४ ॥
Then, after a long time of austerity, that śūdra ascetic died in the forest. Great king, by that very merit he was born into a lineage, and he was greatly radiant.
13.31.35
तथैव स ऋषिस्तात कालधर्ममवाप ह ।
पुरोहितकुले विप्रः स जातोऽस्य वशानुगः ॥ १३.३१.३५ ॥
Likewise, dear one, that sage too met the law of time. Born a brahmin in a family of household priests, he became a follower in obedience to this one.
13.31.36
एवं तौ तत्र सम्भूतावुभौ शूद्रमुनी तदा ।
क्रमेण वर्धितौ चापि विद्यासु कुशलावुभौ ॥ १३.३१.३६ ॥
Thus both of them, the śūdra and the sage, were born there. Growing up in due course, both became skilled in learning.
13.31.37
अथर्ववेदे वेदे च बभूवर्षिः सुनिष्ठितः ।
कल्पप्रयोगे चोत्पन्ने ज्योतिषे च परं गतः।
साङ्ख्ये चैव परा प्रीतिस्तस्य चैवं व्यवर्धत ॥ १३.३१.३७ ॥
In the Atharvaveda and the Veda that sage became thoroughly accomplished. In the practice of ritual procedure and in astronomy he attained the highest. In Sāṅkhya too his great delight grew; thus he flourished.
13.31.38
पितर्युपरते चापि कृतशौचस्तु पार्थिवः ।
अभिषिक्तः प्रकृतिभी राजपुत्रः स पार्थिवः ॥ १३.३१.३८ ॥
Even when his father had died, that king, the royal son, having performed the rites of purification, was anointed by the citizens — that king.
13.31.39
अभिषिक्तेन स ऋषिरभिषिक्तः पुरोहितः ॥ १३.३१.३९ ॥
By the anointed king that sage was anointed as household priest.
13.31.40
स तं पुरोधाय सुखमवसद्भरतर्षभः ।
राज्यं शशास धर्मेण प्रजाश्च परिपालयन् ॥ १३.३१.४० ॥
Having made him his chief priest, the bull of the Bharatas dwelt happily, governing the kingdom by dharma and protecting the subjects.
13.31.41
पुण्याहवाचने नित्यं धर्मकार्येषु चासकृत् ।
उत्स्मयन्प्राहसच्चापि दृष्ट्वा राजा पुरोहितम्।
एवं स बहुशो राजन्पुरोधसमुपाहसत् ॥ १३.३१.४१ ॥
At the auspicious-day recitations and in religious duties, again and again, the king, seeing the priest, spoke smiling and even laughed. O king, in this way he mocked the priest many times.
13.31.42
लक्षयित्वा पुरोधास्तु बहुशस्तं नराधिपम् ।
उत्स्मयन्तं च सततं दृष्ट्वा तं मन्युमानभूत् ॥ १३.३१.४२ ॥
The priest noticed that lord of men many times; seeing him smiling constantly, he became angry.
13.31.43
अथ शून्ये पुरोधास्तु सह राज्ञा समागतः ।
कथाभिरनुकूलाभी राजानं चाभ्योरचयत् ॥ १३.३१.४३ ॥
Then, in a private place, the chaplain met the king and won his favour with agreeable talk.
13.31.44
ततोऽब्रवीन्नरेन्द्रं स पुरोधा भरतर्षभ ।
वरमिच्छाम्यहं त्वेकं त्वया दत्तं महाद्युते ॥ १३.३१.४४ ॥
Then the chaplain said to the king, "O bull of the Bharatas, O greatly radiant one, I wish for one boon that you have given."
13.31.45
वराणां ते शतं दद्यां किं बतैकं द्विजोत्तम ।
स्नेहाच्च बहुमानाच्च नास्त्यदेयं हि मे तव ॥ १३.३१.४५ ॥
The king said, "O best of the twice-born, I could give you a hundred boons, let alone one. Out of affection and great esteem, there is nothing I would withhold from you."
13.31.46
एकं वै वरमिच्छामि यदि तुष्टिसि पार्थिव ।
प्रतिजानीहि तावत्त्वं सत्यं यद्वद नानृतम् ॥ १३.३१.४६ ॥
"O king, if you are pleased, I wish for one boon. First promise me, speak the truth and not falsehood."
13.31.47
बाढमित्येव तं राजा प्रत्युवाच युधिष्ठिर ।
यदि ज्ञास्यामि वक्ष्यामि अजानन्न तु संवदे ॥ १३.३१.४७ ॥
The king replied to him, "Very well, O Yudhiṣṭhira. If I know it I will tell, and if I do not know it I will not consent."
13.31.48
पुण्याहवाचने नित्यं धर्मकृत्येषु चासकृत् ।
शान्तिहोमेषु च सदा किं त्वं हससि वीक्ष्य मां ॥ १३.३१.४८ ॥
"In the auspicious-day recitation, in religious duties and in rites of appeasement, always and again and again — why do you laugh when you look at me?"
13.31.49
सव्रीडं वै भवति हि मनो मे हसता त्वया ।
कामया शापितो राजन्नान्यथावक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १३.३१.४९ ॥
O king, my mind is shamed by your laughter. I have been cursed, so you should not speak otherwise.
13.31.50
भाव्यं हि कारणेनात्र न ते हास्यमकारणम् ।
कौतूहलं मे सुभृशं तत्त्वेन कथमस्व मे ॥ १३.३१.५० ॥
There must be a reason here; your laughter is not without cause. I am greatly curious; tell me truly how it was.
13.31.51
एवमुक्ते त्वया विप्र यदवाच्यं भवेदपि ।
अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यं शृणुष्वैकमना द्विज ॥ १३.३१.५१ ॥
Since you have spoken thus, O brāhmaṇa, even what is unspeakable must surely be told. Listen with a single mind, O twice-born.
13.31.52
पूर्वदेहे यथा वृत्तं तन्निबोध द्विजोत्तम ।
जातिं स्मराम्यहं ब्रह्मन्नवधानेन मे शृणु ॥ १३.३१.५२ ॥
O best of twice-born, understand what happened in my former body. O brahmin, I remember my birth; listen to me with attention.
13.31.53
शुद्रोऽहमभवं पूर्वं तपसे कृतनिश्चयः ।
ऋषिरुग्रतपास्त्वं च तदाऽभूर्द्विजसत्तम ॥ १३.३१.५३ ॥
Formerly I was a śūdra, resolved upon asceticism. And you, O best of twice-born, were then a sage of fierce austerity.
13.31.54
प्रीयता हि तदा ब्रह्मन्ममानुग्रहबुद्धिना ।
पितृकार्ये त्वया पूर्वमुपदेशः कृतोऽनघ ॥ १३.३१.५४ ॥
O brahmin, then, pleased with a mind of favor toward me, O faultless one, you had earlier given me instruction concerning the duty to the ancestors.
13.31.55
वृस्यां दर्भेषु हव्ये च कव्ये च मुनिसत्तम ।
एतेन कर्मदोषेण पुरोधास्त्वमजायथाः ॥ १३.३१.५५ ॥
O best of sages, through this fault in the rite—in the vṛsya offering, on the darbha grass, in the oblation to the gods and in the offering to the ancestors—you were born a priest.
13.31.56
अहं राजा च विप्रेन्द्र पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ।
मत्कृतस्योपदेशस्य त्वयाऽवाप्तमिदं फलम् ॥ १३.३१.५६ ॥
O best of brahmins, I am a king—behold the reversal of time. Through the instruction I gave, you have obtained this fruit.
13.31.57
एतस्मात्कारणाद्ब्रह्मन्प्रहसे त्वां द्विजोत्तम ।
न त्वां परिभवन्ब्रह्मनप्रहसामि गुरुर्भवान् ॥ १३.३१.५७ ॥
For this reason, O brahmin, O best of the twice-born, I laugh at you; yet, O brahmin, I do not laugh in order to belittle you—you are my teacher.
13.31.58
विपर्ययेण मे मन्युस्तेन सन्तप्यते मनः ।
जातिं स्मराम्यहं तुभ्यमतस्त्वां प्रहसामि वै ॥ १३.३१.५८ ॥
Through this reversal my anger arises, and by it my mind is tormented. I remind you of my own birth, and therefore I laugh at you.
13.31.59
एवं तवोग्रं हि तप उपदेशेन नाशितम् ।
पुरोहितत्वमुत्सृज्य यतस्व त्वं पुनर्भवे ॥ १३.३१.५९ ॥
Thus your severe penance has been destroyed by my instruction. Abandon the office of priest and strive for rebirth.
13.31.60
इतस्त्वमधमामन्यां मा योनिं प्राप्स्यसे द्विज ।
गृह्यतां द्रविणं विप्र पूतात्मा भव सत्तम ॥ १३.३१.६० ॥
From here, O twice-born, do not obtain another lower womb of birth. Take the wealth, O brahmin, and become pure in soul, O best of the good.
13.31.61
ततो विसृष्टो राज्ञा तु विप्रो दानान्यनेकशः ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ वित्तं भूमिं ग्रामांश्च सर्वशः ॥ १३.३१.६१ ॥
Then, released by the king, the brahmin gave many kinds of gifts: wealth, land and villages in every direction to the brahmins.
13.31.62
कृच्छ्राणि चीर्त्वा च ततो यथोक्तानि द्विजोत्तमैः ।
तीर्थानि चापि गत्वा वै दानानि विविधानि च ॥ १३.३१.६२ ॥
Then, having performed the penances prescribed by the best of twice-born men, having gone to the sacred fords, and having given many kinds of gifts.
13.31.63
दत्त्वा गाश्चैव विप्रेभ्यः पूतात्माऽभवदात्मवान् ।
तमेव चाश्रमं गत्वा चचार विपुलं तपः ॥ १३.३१.६३ ॥
Having given cows to the brahmins, he became pure in soul and self-controlled; and going to that same hermitage, he practised great austerity.
13.31.64
ततः सिद्धिं परां प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणो राजसत्तम ।
सम्मतस्चाभवत्तेषामाश्रमे तन्निवासिनाम् ॥ १३.३१.६४ ॥
Then, O best of kings, that brahmin attained supreme perfection and became honoured by those who dwelt in that hermitage.
13.31.65
एवं प्राप्तो महत्कृच्छ्रमृषिः सन्नृपसत्तम ।
ब्राह्मणेन न वक्तव्यं तस्माद्वर्णावरे जने ॥ १३.३१.६५ ॥
O best of kings, though a sage who had endured such great hardship, a brahmin should not speak this to a man of a lower varṇa.
13.31.66
वर्जयेदुपदेशं च सदैव ब्राह्मणो नृप ।
उपदेशं हि कुर्वाणो द्विजः कृच्छ्रमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.३१.६६ ॥
O king, a brahmin should always avoid giving instruction, for a twice-born man who gives instruction incurs hardship.
13.31.67
नेषितव्यं सदा वाचा द्विजेन नृपसत्तम ।
न च प्रवक्तव्यमिह किञ्चिद्वर्णावरे नरे ॥ १३.३१.६७ ॥
Best of kings, a twice-born man should never speak such things with his voice, nor should he say anything here about men of the lower varṇas.
13.31.68
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्यास्त्रयो वर्णा द्विजातयः ।
एतेषु कथयन्राजन्ब्राह्मणो न प्रदुष्यति ॥ १३.३१.६८ ॥
Brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas — these three varṇas are the twice-born. O king, a brahmin who speaks of them is not defiled.
13.31.69
तस्मात्सद्भिर्न वक्तव्यं कस्यचित्किंचिदग्रतः ।
सूक्ष्मा गतिर्हि धर्मस्य दुर्ज्ञेया ह्यकृतात्मभिः ॥ १३.३१.६९ ॥
Therefore the good should not speak anything in front of anyone, for the course of dharma is subtle and hard to know for those who have not restrained themselves.
13.31.70
तस्मान्मौनेन मुनयो दीक्षां कुर्वन्ति चादृताः ।
दुरुक्तस्य भयाद्राजन्नाभाषन्ते च किञ्चन ॥ १३.३१.७० ॥
Therefore the honored sages take their initiation through silence. O king, out of fear of harsh speech they say nothing at all.
13.31.71
धार्मिका गुणसम्पन्नाः सत्यार्जवसमन्विताः ।
दुरुक्तवाचाभिहितैः प्राप्नुवन्तीह दुष्कृतम् ॥ १३.३१.७१ ॥
Even the righteous, endowed with virtues and possessed of truth and straightforwardness, here incur sin through words spoken in harsh speech.
13.31.72
उपदेशो न कर्तव्यो ह्यज्ञात्वा यस्यकस्य चित् ।
उपदेशाद्धि तत्पापं ब्राह्मणः समवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.३१.७२ ॥
One should not give instruction to anyone without knowing who he is, for by instruction the brahmin fully incurs that sin.
13.31.73
विमृश्य तस्मात्प्राज्ञेन वक्तव्यं धर्ममिच्छता ।
सत्यानृतेन हि कृत उपदेशो हिनस्ति हि ॥ १३.३१.७३ ॥
Therefore the wise man who desires dharma should speak only after careful reflection; advice given with truth and falsehood mixed together indeed does harm.
13.31.74
वक्तव्यमिह पृष्टेन विनिश्चयविपर्ययम् ।
स चोपदेशः कर्तव्यो येन धर्ममवाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.३१.७४ ॥
When asked here, one should also state the reverse of a settled conclusion; and the instruction should be given by which one may attain dharma.
13.31.75
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातमुपदेशकृते मया ।
महान्क्लेशो हि भवति तस्मान्नोपदिशेदिह ॥ १३.३१.७५ ॥
For the sake of instruction I have told you all of this; there is indeed great distress in it, therefore one should not instruct here.