Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.39
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14.39.1
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तृतीयं गुणमुत्तमम् ।
सर्वभूतहितं लोके सतां धर्ममनिन्दितम् ॥ १४.३९.१ ॥
Now I shall declare the third and highest quality: the blameless dharma of the good, which benefits all beings in the world.
14.39.2
आनन्दः प्रीतिरुद्रेकः प्राकाश्यं सुखमेव च ।
अकार्पण्यमसंरम्भः संतोषः श्रद्दधानता ॥ १४.३९.२ ॥
Joy, delight, exuberance, clarity, happiness, freedom from meanness, freedom from agitation, contentment, and faith—these are they.
14.39.3
क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम् ।
अक्रोधश्चानसूया च शौचं दाक्ष्यं पराक्रमः ॥ १४.३९.३ ॥
Forbearance, steadfastness, non-violence, equanimity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, freedom from anger, freedom from envy, purity, skill, and valour.
14.39.4
मुधाज्ञानं मुधावृत्तं मुधासेवा मुदाश्रमः ।
एवं यो युक्तधर्मः स्यात्सोमुत्रात्यन्तमश्नुते ॥ १४.३९.४ ॥
Knowledge, conduct, service, and life-stage performed without purpose are empty; one who thus has right dharma attains the utmost in the next world.
14.39.5
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो निराशीः सर्वतः समः ।
अकामहत इत्येव सतां धर्मः सनातनः ॥ १४.३९.५ ॥
Free from possessiveness, free from egoism, free from desire for reward, even-minded in all things and not struck down by desire—this is the eternal dharma of the good.
14.39.6
विश्रंभो ह्रीस्तितिक्षा च त्यागः शौचमतन्द्रिता ।
आनृशंस्यमसंमोहो दया भूतेष्वपैशुनम् ॥ १४.३९.६ ॥
Trust, modesty, endurance, renunciation, purity, alertness, kindness, freedom from delusion, compassion toward beings, and freedom from slander.
14.39.7
हर्षस्तुष्टिर्विस्मयश्च विनयः साधुवृत्तिता ।
शान्तिकर्मविशुद्धिश्च भावशुद्धिर्विमोचनम् ॥ १४.३९.७ ॥
Joy, contentment, wonder, humility, good conduct, purity through acts of peace, purity of disposition, and release.
14.39.8
उपेक्षा ब्रह्मचर्यं च परित्यागश्च सर्वशः ।
निर्ममत्वमनाशीष्ट्वमपरिक्षतधर्मता ॥ १४.३९.८ ॥
Indifference, celibacy, renunciation in every way, freedom from possessiveness, freedom from desire for reward, and unimpaired adherence to dharma.
14.39.9
मुधादानं मुधायज्ञो मुधाधीतं मुधाव्रतम् ।
मुधाप्रतिग्रहश्चैव मधाध्रमो मुधातपः ॥ १४.३९.९ ॥
Gift without reward, sacrifice without reward, study without reward, vow without reward, acceptance of gifts without reward, life stage without reward, and austerity without reward.
14.39.10
एवंवृत्तास्तु ये केचिल्लोकेऽस्मिन्सत्वसंश्रयाः ।
ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्मयोनिस्थास्ते धीराः साधुदर्शिनः ॥ १४.३९.१० ॥
Those brahmins in this world who conduct themselves thus, resting on goodness and established in the source of Brahman, are steadfast and see what is good.
14.39.11
हित्वा सर्वाणि पापानि निःशोका ह्यजरामराः ।
दिव्यं प्राप्य तु ते धीराः कुर्वते वै ततस्तनूः ॥ १४.३९.११ ॥
Having abandoned all sins, free from sorrow, ageless and undying, those steadfast ones attain the divine and then create bodies.
14.39.12
ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च लघुत्वं चाणुता तथा ।
विकुर्वते महात्मानो देवास्त्रिदिवगा इव ॥ १४.३९.१२ ॥
Lordship, mastery, lightness and minuteness: these the great souls manifest, like the gods who dwell in heaven.
14.39.13
ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस इत्येते देवा वैकारिकाः स्मृताः ।
विकुर्वन्तः प्रकृत्या वै दिवं प्राप्तास्ततस्ततः ॥ १४.३९.१३ ॥
These gods, whose streams flow upward, are remembered as the transformed ones; transforming by nature, they attained heaven, and from there onward.
14.39.14
यद्यदिच्छन्ति तत्सर्वं भजन्ते विभजन्ति च ।
इत्येतत्सात्विकं वृत्तं कथितं वो द्विजर्षभाः।
एतद्विज्ञाय लभते विधिवद्यद्यदिच्छति ॥ १४.३९.१४ ॥
Whatever they desire, they partake of and distribute all of it. This sattvic conduct, bulls among the twice-born, has been told to you. Knowing this, one obtains according to rule whatever one desires.
14.39.15
प्रकीर्तिताः सत्त्वगुणा विशेषतो ।
यथावदुक्तं गुणवृत्तमेव च।
नरस्तु यो वेद गुणानिमान्सदा ।
गुणान्स भुङ्क्ते न गुणैः स युज्यते ॥ १४.३९.१५ ॥
The qualities of sattva have been proclaimed in particular, and the conduct of the qualities has been told just as it is. The man who always knows these qualities enjoys the qualities, but is not bound by the qualities.