Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 159
MBh 7 159.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अनर्थानामधिष्ठानमुक्तो लोभः पितामह। अज्ञानमपि वै तात श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca anarthānāmadhiṣṭhānamukto lobhaḥ pitāmaha| ajñānamapi vai tāta śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ||
Yudhishthira said You have said, O grandfather, that the root of all evils is covetousness. I wish, O sire, to licar fully of ignorance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.2
भीष्म उवाच करोति पापं योऽज्ञानानात्मनो वेत्ति च क्षयम्। प्रद्वेष्टि साधुवृत्तांश्च स लोकस्यैति वाच्यताम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca karoti pāpaṃ yo'jñānānātmano vetti ca kṣayam| pradveṣṭi sādhuvṛttāṃśca sa lokasyaiti vācyatām||
Bhishma said The person who commits sin out of ignorance, who does not know that his end is near, and who always hates persons of good conduct, soon incurs infamy in the world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.3
अज्ञानान्निरयं याति तथाज्ञानेन दुर्गतिम्। अज्ञानात् क्लेशमाप्नोति तथापत्सु निमज्जति॥
ajñānānnirayaṃ yāti tathājñānena durgatim| ajñānāt kleśamāpnoti tathāpatsu nimajjati||
In consequence of ignorance one goes to hell. Ignorance one suffers miseries and incurs great danger.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.4
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अज्ञानस्य प्रवृत्तिं च स्थानं वृद्धिक्षयोदयौ। मूलं योगं गतिं कालं कारणं हेतुमेव च॥ श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन यथावदिह पार्थिव। अज्ञानप्रसवं हीदं यद् दुःखमुपलभ्यते॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ajñānasya pravṛttiṃ ca sthānaṃ vṛddhikṣayodayau| mūlaṃ yogaṃ gatiṃ kālaṃ kāraṇaṃ hetumeva ca|| śrotumicchāmi tattvena yathāvadiha pārthiva| ajñānaprasavaṃ hīdaṃ yad duḥkhamupalabhyate||
Yudhishthira said I wish, O king, to hear fully the origin, the place, the growth, the decay, the rise, the root, the attribute, the course, the time, the cause, and the result of ignorance. The misery that is felt here is the outcome of ignorance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.5
रागो द्वेषस्तथा मोहो हर्षः शोकोऽभिमानिता। कामः क्रोधश्च दर्पश्च तन्द्री चालस्यमेव च॥ इच्छा द्वेषस्तथा तापः परवृद्ध्युपतापिता। अज्ञानमेतन्निर्दिष्टं पापानां चैव याः क्रियाः॥
rāgo dveṣastathā moho harṣaḥ śoko'bhimānitā| kāmaḥ krodhaśca darpaśca tandrī cālasyameva ca|| icchā dveṣastathā tāpaḥ paravṛddhyupatāpitā| ajñānametannirdiṣṭaṃ pāpānāṃ caiva yāḥ kriyāḥ||
Bhishma said Attachment, hate, loss of judgement, joy, sorrow, vanity, lust, anger, pride, procrastination, idleness, desire, aversion, jealousy, envy, and all other sinful habits pass by the common name of ignorance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.6
एतस्य वा प्रवृत्तेश्च वृद्ध्यादीन्यांश्च पृच्छसि। विस्तरेण महाराज शृणु तच्च विशेषतः॥
etasya vā pravṛtteśca vṛddhyādīnyāṃśca pṛcchasi| vistareṇa mahārāja śṛṇu tacca viśeṣataḥ||
Hear fully now, O king, about its nature, growth and other characteristics after which you enquire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.7
उभावेतौ समफलौ समदोषौ च भारत। अज्ञानं चातिलोभश्चाप्येकं जानीहि पार्थिव॥
ubhāvetau samaphalau samadoṣau ca bhārata| ajñānaṃ cātilobhaścāpyekaṃ jānīhi pārthiva||
These two, viz., ignorance and covetousness, know, O king, are the same. Both produce the same fruits and same faults, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.8
लोभप्रभवमज्ञानं वृद्धं भूयः प्रवर्धते। स्थाने स्थानं क्षये क्षैण्यमुपैति विविधां गतिम्॥
lobhaprabhavamajñānaṃ vṛddhaṃ bhūyaḥ pravardhate| sthāne sthānaṃ kṣaye kṣaiṇyamupaiti vividhāṃ gatim||
Ignorance originates from covetousness. Ignorance grows along with coveteousness. Ignorance exists simultaneously with covetousness. Ignorance decreases with covetousness. It rises with the rise of covetousness. Manifold again is its course.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.9
मूलं लोभस्य मोहो वै कालात्मगतिरेव च। छिन्ने भिन्ने तथा लोभे कारणं काल एव च॥ तस्याज्ञानाद्धि लोभो हि लोभादज्ञानमेव च। सर्वदोषास्तथा लोभात् तस्माल्लोभंविवर्जयेत्॥
mūlaṃ lobhasya moho vai kālātmagatireva ca| chinne bhinne tathā lobhe kāraṇaṃ kāla eva ca|| tasyājñānāddhi lobho hi lobhādajñānameva ca| sarvadoṣāstathā lobhāt tasmāllobhaṃvivarjayet||
The root of covetousness is loss of judgement. Loss of judgement, again, is its inseparable quality. Eternity is ignorance's course. The time when ignorance occurs is when the objects of covetousness are not gained.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.10
जनको युवनाश्वच वृषादर्भिः प्रसेनजित्। लोभक्षयाद् दिवं प्राप्तास्तथैवान्ये नराधिपाः॥
janako yuvanāśvaca vṛṣādarbhiḥ prasenajit| lobhakṣayād divaṃ prāptāstathaivānye narādhipāḥ||
From ignorance proceeds covetousness, and from the latter proceeds ignorance. Covetousness produces all faults. For these reasons every one should avoid covetousness. Janaka, Yuvanashva, Vrishadarbhi, Prasenajit, and other kings acquired heaven for their having conquered covetousness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 159.11
प्रत्यक्षं तु कुरुश्रेष्ठ त्यज लोभमिहात्मना। त्यक्त्वा लोभं सुखं लोके प्रेत्य चानुचरिष्यसि॥
pratyakṣaṃ tu kuruśreṣṭha tyaja lobhamihātmanā| tyaktvā lobhaṃ sukhaṃ loke pretya cānucariṣyasi||
Do you before all persons, avoid covetousness by a strong determination, O Kuru chief. Avoiding covetousness you will acquire happiness both here and in the next world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)