Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.35
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13.35.1
किं कर्तव्यं मनुष्येण लोकयात्राहितार्थिना ।
कथं वै लोकयात्रां तु किंशीलश्च समाचरेत् ॥ १३.३५.१ ॥
What should a human being do who desires the welfare of worldly life? And how, and of what character, should one conduct worldly life?
13.35.2
देवे नारायणे भक्तिः शंकरे साधुपूजया ।
ध्यानेनाथ जपः कार्यः स्वधर्मैः शुचिचेतसा ॥ १३.३५.२ ॥
Let one have devotion to the god Nārāyaṇa, and worship Śaṅkara properly. Then let him perform recitation with meditation, carrying out his own duties with a pure mind.
13.35.3
कायेन त्रिविधं कर्म वाचा चापि चतुर्विधम् ।
मनसा त्रिविधं चैव दश कर्मपथांस्त्यजेत् ॥ १३.३५.३ ॥
Threefold action by the body, fourfold by speech, and threefold by the mind: one should abandon these ten paths of action.
13.35.4
प्राणातिपातः स्तैन्यं च परदाराभिमर्शनम् ।
त्रीणि पापानि कायेन सर्वतः परिवर्जयेत् ॥ १३.३५.४ ॥
Killing living beings, theft, and touching another's wife — these are the three sins of the body, and one should wholly avoid them.
13.35.5
असत्प्रलापं पारुष्यं पैशुन्यमनृतं तथा ।
चत्वारि वाचा राजेन्द्र न जल्पेन्नानुचिन्तयेत् ॥ १३.३५.५ ॥
Idle chatter, harsh speech, slander, and falsehood — these are the four sins of speech. O lord of kings, one should neither speak them nor dwell on them in thought.
13.35.6
अनभिध्या परस्वेषु सर्वसत्वेषु सौहृदम् ।
कर्मणां फलमस्तीति त्रिविधं मनसा चरेत् ॥ १३.३५.६ ॥
Freedom from covetousness toward others' possessions, goodwill toward all beings, and the conviction that actions bear fruit — these three qualities of mind should one practise.
13.35.7
तस्माद्वाक्वायमनसा नाचरेदशुभं नरः ।
शुभान्येवाचरँल्लोके भक्तो नारायणस्य हि।
तस्यैव तु पदं सूक्ष्मं प्रसादादश्नुयात्परम् ॥ १३.३५.७ ॥
Therefore a man should not act wrongly by speech, body or mind. Doing only good deeds in this world, the devotee of Nārāyaṇa should attain his subtle abode, the supreme state, by his grace.