Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.63
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13.63.1
इदं मे तत्त्वतो राजन्वक्तुमर्हसि भारत ।
अहिंसयित्वाऽपि कथं ब्रह्महत्या विधीयते ॥ १३.६३.१ ॥
O king, descendant of Bharata, you should tell me truly how the killing of a Brahmin is prescribed even without causing harm.
13.63.2
व्यासमामन्त्र्य राजेन्द्र पुरा यत्पृष्टवानहम् ।
तत्तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तदिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥ १३.६३.२ ॥
O lord of kings, what I once asked of Vyāsa, after addressing him, I will now fully tell you; listen here with a single mind.
13.63.3
चतुर्थस्त्वं वसिष्ठस्य तत्त्वमाख्याहि मे मुने ।
अहिंसयित्वा केनेह ब्रह्महत्या विधीयते ॥ १३.६३.३ ॥
O sage, you are the fourth of Vasiṣṭha's line; tell me the truth: by whom, without causing harm, is the killing of a Brahmin prescribed here?
13.63.4
इति पृष्टो मया राजन्पराशरशरीरजः ।
अब्रवीन्निपुणो धर्मे निःसंशयमनुत्तमम् ॥ १३.६३.४ ॥
O king, when I had asked thus, he who was born of Parāśara's body, skilled in dharma, answered without doubt, most excellently.
13.63.5
ब्राह्मणं स्वयमाहूय भिक्षार्थे कृशवृत्तिनम् ।
ब्रूयान्नास्तीति यः पश्चात्तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.५ ॥
He who, having himself summoned a Brahmin of meagre means who came for alms, afterwards says "there is none," should be known as a killer of a Brahmin.
13.63.6
मध्यस्थस्येह विप्रस्य योऽनूचानस्य भारत ।
वृत्तिं हरति दुर्बुद्धिस्तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.६ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, he who, evil-minded, takes away the livelihood of a Brahmin of middling station who is learned in the Veda, should be known as a killer of a Brahmin.
13.63.7
गोकुलस्य तृषार्तस्य जलार्थमभिधावतः ।
उत्पादयति यो विघ्नं तं विद्या ह्मघातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.७ ॥
He who obstructs a herd of cattle, tormented by thirst and running toward water, should be known as a slayer of a brahmin.
13.63.8
यः प्रवृत्तां श्रुतिं सम्यकू शास्त्र वा मुनिभिः कृतम् ।
दूषयत्यनभिज्ञाय तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.८ ॥
He who, out of ignorance, defiles the revealed tradition or the treatise properly composed by sages, should be known as a slayer of a brahmin.
13.63.9
आत्मजां रूपसम्पन्नां महतीं सदृशे वरे ।
न प्रयच्छति यः कन्यां तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मधातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.९ ॥
He who does not give his own beautiful, grown daughter in marriage to a suitable groom should be known as a slayer of a brahmin.
13.63.10
अधर्मनिरतो मूढो मिथ्या यो वै द्विजातिषु ।
दद्यान्मर्मातिगं शोकं तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.१० ॥
He who, deluded and intent on unrighteousness, falsely deals with the twice-born and inflicts grief that pierces to the vital parts should be known as a slayer of a brahmin.
13.63.11
चक्षुषा विप्रहीणस्य पङ्गुलस्य जडस्य वा ।
हरेत यो वै सर्वस्वं तं विद्या घातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.११ ॥
He who takes away all the possessions of a man bereft of sight, or of a lame or helpless man, should be known as a slayer.
13.63.12
आश्रमे वा वने वाऽपि ग्रामे वा यदि वा पुरे ।
अग्निं समुत्सृजेन्मोहात्तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातिनम् ॥ १३.६३.१२ ॥
He who, out of delusion, lets the sacred fire go out, whether in a hermitage, in the forest, in a village or in a town, should be known as a slayer of a brahmin.