Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 136
MBh 7 136.1
भीष्म उवाच अत्र गाथा ब्रह्मगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः। येन मार्गेण राजा वै कोशं संजनयत्युत॥
bhīṣma uvāca atra gāthā brahmagītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ| yena mārgeṇa rājā vai kośaṃ saṃjanayatyuta||
Bhishma said Regarding the way in which a king should fill his treasury, persons will read in the scriptures of olden days, cite the following verses sung by Brahmana himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.2
न धनं यज्ञशीलानां हार्यं देवस्वमेव च। दस्यूनां निष्क्रियाणां च क्षत्रियो हर्तुमर्हति॥
na dhanaṃ yajñaśīlānāṃ hāryaṃ devasvameva ca| dasyūnāṃ niṣkriyāṇāṃ ca kṣatriyo hartumarhati||
The wealth of persons who celebrate sacrifices, as also the wealth dedicated to the deities, should never be taken. A Kshatriya should take the wealth of such persons as never perform religious rites and sacrifices, and who are, therefore, considered to be equal to robbers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.3
इमाः प्रजाः क्षत्रियाणां राज्यभोगाश्च भारत। धनं हि क्षत्रियस्यैव द्वितीयस्य न विद्यते॥
imāḥ prajāḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ rājyabhogāśca bhārata| dhanaṃ hi kṣatriyasyaiva dvitīyasya na vidyate||
All the creatures of the Earth and all the enjoyments of sovereignty, O Bharata, belong to the Kshatriyas. All the wealth of the Earth is the Kshatriya's and not any one's else.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.4
तदस्य स्याद् बलार्थ वा धनं यज्ञार्थमेव च। अभोग्याश्चौषधीश्छित्त्वा भोग्या एव पचन्त्युत॥
tadasya syād balārtha vā dhanaṃ yajñārthameva ca| abhogyāścauṣadhīśchittvā bhogyā eva pacantyuta||
The Kshatriya should use that wealth for mairtaining his army and for the celebration of sacrifices. Tearing up useless creepers and plants, men burn them for cooking vegetables of food.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.5
यो वै न देवान् न पितृन् न मान् हविषार्चति। अनर्थकं धनं तः प्राहुर्धर्मविदो जनाः॥
yo vai na devān na pitṛn na mān haviṣārcati| anarthakaṃ dhanaṃ taḥ prāhurdharmavido janāḥ||
Men knowing duty have said that useless is his wealth who does not, with libations of clarificd butter, feed the gods, the Pitris, and men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.6
हरेत् तद् द्रविणं राजन् धार्मिकः पृथिवीपतिः। ततः प्रीणयते लोकं न कोशं तद्विधं नृपः॥
haret tad draviṇaṃ rājan dhārmikaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ| tataḥ prīṇayate lokaṃ na kośaṃ tadvidhaṃ nṛpaḥ||
O king, A virtuous ruler, should appropriate such riches. By that wealth, a large number of good people can be pleased. He should not, however, amass that wealth in his treasury.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.7
असाधुभ्योऽर्थमादाय साधुभ्यो यः प्रयच्छति। आत्मानं संक्रमं कृत्वा कृत्स्नधर्मविदेव सः॥
asādhubhyo'rthamādāya sādhubhyo yaḥ prayacchati| ātmānaṃ saṃkramaṃ kṛtvā kṛtsnadharmavideva saḥ||
He, who is the instrument of acquisition and, taking away wealth from the wicked, gives them to those that are good, knows well the science of virtue.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.8
तथा तथा जयेल्लोकाशक्त्या चैव यथा यथा। उद्भिज्जा जन्तवो यद्वच्छुक्लजीवा यथा यथा॥ अनिमित्तात् सम्भवन्ति तथाऽयज्ञः प्रजायते॥
tathā tathā jayellokāśaktyā caiva yathā yathā| udbhijjā jantavo yadvacchuklajīvā yathā yathā|| animittāt sambhavanti tathā'yajñaḥ prajāyate||
A king should conquer the next world according to the measure of his power, and as gradually as vegetables grow. As some ants are seen to originate from an insignificant cause, even so sacrifice springs from insufficient wealth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.9
यथैव दंशमशकं यथा चाण्डपिपीलिकम्। सैव वृत्तिरयज्ञेषु यथा धर्मो विधीयते॥
yathaiva daṃśamaśakaṃ yathā cāṇḍapipīlikam| saiva vṛttirayajñeṣu yathā dharmo vidhīyate||
As flies, gnats, and ants are driven off from the bodies of kine and other domestic animals, so should all persons, who are averse to the celebration of sacrifices, should be similarly driven off from the kingdom. This is quite of a piece with morality.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 136.10
यथा ह्यकस्माद् भवति भूमौ पांसुर्विलोलितः। तथैवेह भवेद् धर्मः सूक्ष्मः सूक्ष्मतरस्तथा॥
yathā hyakasmād bhavati bhūmau pāṃsurvilolitaḥ| tathaiveha bhaved dharmaḥ sūkṣmaḥ sūkṣmatarastathā||
As being pounded between two stones, the dust becomes finer and finer, so questions of morality, the more they are discussed, becomes subtler and subtler.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)