Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.40
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6.40.1
अभयं सत्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः ।
दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ॥ ६.४०.१ ॥
Fearlessness, purity of being, steadfastness in the yoga of knowledge, giving, self-restraint, sacrifice, study of scripture, austerity, and uprightness.
6.40.2
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् ।
दया भूतेष्वलोलुत्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥ ६.४०.२ ॥
Non-harm, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of slander, compassion toward beings, absence of greed, gentleness, modesty, and steadiness.
6.40.3
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।
भवन्ति संपदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥ ६.४०.३ ॥
Radiance, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from malice, and freedom from excessive pride — these arise as the divine endowments of one born with them, O Bhārata.
6.40.4
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।
अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ संपदमासुरीम् ॥ ६.४०.४ ॥
Hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance — these are the demonic endowments of one born with them, O son of Pṛthā.
6.40.5
दैवी संपद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।
मा शुचः संपदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥ ६.४०.५ ॥
The divine endowment is held to lead to liberation, the demonic to bondage. Do not grieve, O Pāṇḍava — you were born with the divine endowment.
6.40.6
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च ।
दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥ ६.४०.६ ॥
In this world there are two orders of beings: the divine and the demonic. The divine has been told at length; hear from me the demonic, O son of Pṛthā.
6.40.7
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥ ६.४०.७ ॥
The demonic do not know engagement nor abstention; in them there is neither purity, nor proper conduct, nor truth.
6.40.8
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।
अपरस्परसंभूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥ ६.४०.८ ॥
They say the world is false, without foundation, without a lord, arisen from mutual causes; what else is there? It is caused by desire alone.
6.40.9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥ ६.४०.९ ॥
Clinging to this view, the lost-souled and small-minded, cruel in deeds and hostile to the world, grow powerful for the world's destruction.
6.40.10
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।
मोहाद्गृहीत्वाऽसद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥ ६.४०.१० ॥
Resorting to insatiable desire, filled with hypocrisy, pride and intoxication, seizing false notions out of delusion, they act with impure vows.
6.40.11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।
कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥ ६.४०.११ ॥
Resorting to immeasurable anxiety that lasts until death, intent on the enjoyment of desires, they become convinced that "this alone is all."
6.40.12
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।
ईहन्तो कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसंचयान् ॥ ६.४०.१२ ॥
Bound by hundreds of nooses of hope, intent on desire and anger, striving to hoard wealth unjustly for the sake of enjoying desires.
6.40.13
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् ।
इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥ ६.४०.१३ ॥
Today I have obtained this; this desire I shall also attain. This is mine, and again this wealth will be mine.
6.40.14
असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि ।
ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी ॥ ६.४०.१४ ॥
That enemy has been slain by me, and others too I shall slay. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer, I am accomplished, I am strong, I am happy.
6.40.15
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योस्ति सदृशो मया ।
यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ॥ ६.४०.१५ ॥
I am rich and of noble birth; who else is equal to me? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall rejoice — thus deluded by ignorance.
6.40.16
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्त मोहजालसमावृताः ।
प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ॥ ६.४०.१६ ॥
Confused by many minds, enveloped in the net of delusion, attached to sensual pleasures, they fall into impure hell.
6.40.17
आत्मसंभाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः ।
यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् ॥ ६.४०.१७ ॥
Self-conceited, arrogant, filled with the intoxication of wealth and honor, they perform sacrifices in name only — out of hypocrisy, not according to rule.
6.40.18
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः ।
मामत्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ॥ ६.४०.१८ ॥
Resorting to egoism, strength, arrogance, lust and anger, hating me who dwells in their own bodies and in the bodies of others, and full of envy.
6.40.19
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥ ६.४०.१९ ॥
I continually cast those hateful, cruel, lowest of men in the cycles of existence into inauspicious demonic wombs.
6.40.20
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनिजन्मनि ।
मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥ ६.४०.२० ॥
Deluded ones who have entered demonic wombs, birth after birth, never reaching Me, O son of Kuntī, then go to the lowest path.
6.40.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्रयं त्यजेत् ॥ ६.४०.२१ ॥
These three gates of hell destroy the self: desire, anger, and greed. Therefore one should abandon these three.
6.40.22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।
आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥ ६.४०.२२ ॥
O son of Kuntī, a man freed from these three gates of darkness practises what is good for himself, and then he attains the supreme path.
6.40.23
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः ।
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥ ६.४०.२३ ॥
He who casts aside the injunction of scripture and acts according to his desire attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme path.
6.40.24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ ।
ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥ ६.४०.२४ ॥
Therefore let scripture be your authority in determining what is to be done and what is not to be done. Knowing the action taught in the injunctions of scripture, you should perform it here.