Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition) — Chapter 35
MBh 7 35.1
व्यास उवाच तपसा कर्मणा चैव प्रदानेन च भारत। पुनाति पापं पुरुषः पुनश्चेन्न प्रवर्तते॥
vyāsa uvāca tapasā karmaṇā caiva pradānena ca bhārata| punāti pāpaṃ puruṣaḥ punaścenna pravartate||
Vyasa said ‘By penances, religious rites, and gifts, O Bharata, a man purify his sins if he does not commit them again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.2
एककालं तु भुञ्जीत चरन् भैक्ष्यं स्वकर्मकृत्। कपालपाणिः खट्वाङ्गी ब्रह्मचारी सदोत्थितः॥ अनसूयुरधःशायी कर्म लोके प्रकाशयन्। पूर्णीदशाभिर्वषैर्ब्रह्महा विप्रमुच्यते॥
ekakālaṃ tu bhuñjīta caran bhaikṣyaṃ svakarmakṛt| kapālapāṇiḥ khaṭvāṅgī brahmacārī sadotthitaḥ|| anasūyuradhaḥśāyī karma loke prakāśayan| pūrṇīdaśābhirvaṣairbrahmahā vipramucyate||
By living upon only one meal a day, procured by begging, by doing all his acts himself, by going about begging with a human skull in one hand and a staff with a skull on it in another, by becoming a Brahmacharin and always ready for work, by renouncing all malice, by sleeping on the naked earth, by declaring his offence publicly, by doing all this for full twelve years, a person can cleanse himself from the sin of a Brahmanicide.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.3
लक्ष्यः शस्त्रभृतां वा स्याद् विदुषामिच्छयाऽऽत्मनः। प्रास्येदात्मानमग्नौ वा समिद्धे त्रिरवाक्छिराः॥ जपन् वान्यतमं वेदं योजनानां शतं व्रजेत्। सर्वस्वं वा वेदविदे ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत्॥ धनं वा जीवनायालं गृहं वा सपरिच्छदम्। मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्याया गोप्ता गोब्राह्मणस्य च॥
lakṣyaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ vā syād viduṣāmicchayā''tmanaḥ| prāsyedātmānamagnau vā samiddhe triravākchirāḥ|| japan vānyatamaṃ vedaṃ yojanānāṃ śataṃ vrajet| sarvasvaṃ vā vedavide brāhmaṇāyopapādayet|| dhanaṃ vā jīvanāyālaṃ gṛhaṃ vā saparicchadam| mucyate brahmahatyāyā goptā gobrāhmaṇasya ca||
By perishing by the weapons of a person living by the use of arms, of one's own accords and upon the advice of persons read in the scriptures, or by throwing one's self down, for three times, with head downwards, upon a burning fire, or by walking a hundred Yojanas reciting the Vedas, or by presenting one's all to a Brahmana well read in the Vedas, or at least so much by which he would live comfortably for life, or a house properly furnished, and by protecting kine and Brahmanas, one may be purged of the sin of Brahmanicide.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.4
षड्भिर्वर्षेः कृच्छ्रभोजी ब्रह्महा पूयते नरः। मासे मासे समश्नंस्तु त्रिभिर्वर्षेः प्रमुच्यते॥
ṣaḍbhirvarṣeḥ kṛcchrabhojī brahmahā pūyate naraḥ| māse māse samaśnaṃstu tribhirvarṣeḥ pramucyate||
By living upon poor diet every day for six years. a person may be purged off that sin. By observing a more difficult vow about food one may be cleansed in three years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.5
संवत्सरेण मासाशी पूयते नात्र संशयः। तथैवोपवसन् राजन् स्वल्पेनापि प्रपूयते॥ क्रतुना चाश्वमेधेन पूयते नात्र संशयः। ये चाप्यवभृथस्नाताः केचिदेवंविधा नराः॥ ते सर्वे धूतपाप्मानो भवन्तीति परा श्रुतिः। ब्राह्मणार्थे हतो युद्धे मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया॥
saṃvatsareṇa māsāśī pūyate nātra saṃśayaḥ| tathaivopavasan rājan svalpenāpi prapūyate|| kratunā cāśvamedhena pūyate nātra saṃśayaḥ| ye cāpyavabhṛthasnātāḥ kecidevaṃvidhā narāḥ|| te sarve dhūtapāpmāno bhavantīti parā śrutiḥ| brāhmaṇārthe hato yuddhe mucyate brahmahatyayā||
By living upon one meal a month, one may be cleansed in a year. By an absolute fast, one may be cleansed within a very short time, one is again purified by a Horse-sacrifice. Men that have been guilty of Brahmanicide and who have succeeded in taking the final bath at the completion of the Horse-sacrifice, become washed off all their sins. This is highly authoritative injunction of the Shrutis. One again, by renouncing his life in a battle undertaking for a Brahmana, becomes cleansed of the sin of Brahmanicide.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.6
गवां शतसहस्रं तु पात्रेभ्यः प्रतिपादयेत्। ब्रह्महा विप्रमुच्येत सर्वपापेभ्य एव च।॥
gavāṃ śatasahasraṃ tu pātrebhyaḥ pratipādayet| brahmahā vipramucyeta sarvapāpebhya eva ca|||
By giving away a hundred thousand kine to deserving persons, one becomes cleansed of the sin of Brahmanicide as also of all other sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.7
कपिलानां सहस्राणि यो दद्यात् पञ्चविंशतिम्। दोग्ध्रीणां स च पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो विप्रमुच्यते॥
kapilānāṃ sahasrāṇi yo dadyāt pañcaviṃśatim| dogdhrīṇāṃ sa ca pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vipramucyate||
One that gives away twenty-five thousand kine of the Kapila breed all of them having calves becomes cleansed of all his sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.8
गोसहस्रं सवत्सानां दोग्ध्रीणां प्राणसंशये। साधुभ्यो वै दरिद्रेभ्यो दत्त्वा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्॥
gosahasraṃ savatsānāṃ dogdhrīṇāṃ prāṇasaṃśaye| sādhubhyo vai daridrebhyo dattvā mucyeta kilbiṣāt||
One who, at the time of death, presents a thousand kine with calves to poor but deserving persons, becomes freed for sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.9
शतं वै यस्तु काम्बोजान् ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति। नियतेभ्यो महीपाल स च पापात् प्रमुच्यते॥
śataṃ vai yastu kāmbojān brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati| niyatebhyo mahīpāla sa ca pāpāt pramucyate||
That man, o king, who gives away a hundred horse of the Kamvoja breed to Brahmanas of regulated conduct, becomes freed from sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.10
मनोरथं तु यो दद्यादेकस्मा अपि भारत। न कीर्तयेत दत्त्वा यः स च पापात् प्रमुच्यते॥
manorathaṃ tu yo dadyādekasmā api bhārata| na kīrtayeta dattvā yaḥ sa ca pāpāt pramucyate||
That man, O Bharata, who gives to even one man all that he asks for, and who, having given it, does not advertise his act, becomes freed from sin,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.11
सुरापानं सकृत् कृत्वा योऽग्निवर्णां सुरां पिबेत्। स पावयत्यथात्मानमिह लोके परत्र च॥
surāpānaṃ sakṛt kṛtvā yo'gnivarṇāṃ surāṃ pibet| sa pāvayatyathātmānamiha loke paratra ca||
If a person who has once taken wine, drinks hot water, he purifies himself both here and hereafter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.12
मरुप्रपातं प्रपतन् ज्वलनं वा समाविशन्। महाप्रस्थानमातिष्ठन् मुच्यते सर्वकिल्विषैः॥
maruprapātaṃ prapatan jvalanaṃ vā samāviśan| mahāprasthānamātiṣṭhan mucyate sarvakilviṣaiḥ||
By falling from the summit of a mountain or entering a burning fire, or by going on journey for ever after renouncing the world, one is freed from all sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.13
बृहस्पतिसवेनेष्ट्वा सुरापो ब्राह्मणः पुनः। समितिं ब्राह्मणो गच्छेदिति वै ब्रह्मणः श्रुतिः॥
bṛhaspatisaveneṣṭvā surāpo brāhmaṇaḥ punaḥ| samitiṃ brāhmaṇo gacchediti vai brahmaṇaḥ śrutiḥ||
By celebrating the sacrifice laid down by Brihaspati, a Brahmana who drinks wine may obtain the region of Brahmana this has been said by Brahma himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.14
भूमिप्रदानं कुर्याद् यः सुरां पीत्वा विमत्सरः। पुनर्नच पिबेद् राजन् संस्कृतः स च शुद्ध्यति॥
bhūmipradānaṃ kuryād yaḥ surāṃ pītvā vimatsaraḥ| punarnaca pibed rājan saṃskṛtaḥ sa ca śuddhyati||
If a person, after having drunk wine, becomes humble and makes a gift of land, and abstains himself from it ever afterwards he becomes purified and cleansed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.15
गुरुतल्पी शिलां तप्तामायसीमभिसंविशेत्। अवकृत्यात्मनः शेर्फ प्रव्रजेदूर्ध्वदर्शनः॥
gurutalpī śilāṃ taptāmāyasīmabhisaṃviśet| avakṛtyātmanaḥ śerpha pravrajedūrdhvadarśanaḥ||
The person that has violated his preceptor's bed, should lie down on a sheet of heated iron, and having cut off the male organ, should leave the world and live in the woods, with eyes always turned upwards.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.16
शरीरस्य विमोक्षेण मुच्यते कर्मणोऽशुभात्। कर्मभ्यो विप्रमुच्यन्ते यत्ताः संवत्सरं स्त्रियः॥
śarīrasya vimokṣeṇa mucyate karmaṇo'śubhāt| karmabhyo vipramucyante yattāḥ saṃvatsaraṃ striyaḥ||
By renouncing one's body, one become cleansed of all his sins. Women, by leading a regular life for one year, becomes freed off of all their sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.17
महाव्रतं चरेद् यस्तु दद्यात् सर्वस्वमेव तु। गुर्वर्थे वा हतो युद्धे स मुच्येत् कर्मणोऽशुभात्॥
mahāvrataṃ cared yastu dadyāt sarvasvameva tu| gurvarthe vā hato yuddhe sa mucyet karmaṇo'śubhāt||
The person who practises a very rigid vow, or gives away the whole of his wealth, or dies in a battle fought for the sake of his preceptor, becomes freed off of all his sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.18
अनृतेनोपवर्ती चेत् प्रतिरोद्धा गुरोस्तथा। उपाहृत्य प्रियं तस्मै तस्मात् पापात् प्रमुच्यते॥
anṛtenopavartī cet pratiroddhā gurostathā| upāhṛtya priyaṃ tasmai tasmāt pāpāt pramucyate||
One who utters untruth before one's preceptor or acts against his wishes, becomes freed of that sin by doing something agreeable to one's preceptor.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.19
अवकीर्णिनिमित्तं तु ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं चरेत्। गोचर्मवासाः षण्मासांस्तथा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्॥
avakīrṇinimittaṃ tu brahmahatyāvrataṃ caret| gocarmavāsāḥ ṣaṇmāsāṃstathā mucyeta kilbiṣāt||
One who has deviated from the vow of celibacy may become freed of that sin by being clad in a hide of a cow for six months and observing the penances laid down for Brahmanicide.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.20
परदारापहारी तु परस्यापहरन् वसु। संवत्सरं व्रती भूत्वा तथा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्॥
paradārāpahārī tu parasyāpaharan vasu| saṃvatsaraṃ vratī bhūtvā tathā mucyeta kilbiṣāt||
One who has been guilty of adultery or of theft, is purified by practising rigid vows for a year.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.21
धनं तु यस्यापहरेत् तस्मै दद्यात् समं वसु। विविधेनाभ्युपायेन तदा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्॥
dhanaṃ tu yasyāpaharet tasmai dadyāt samaṃ vasu| vividhenābhyupāyena tadā mucyeta kilbiṣāt||
When one steals another's property, one should, by all means in his power, return to the said party another property of the value of what has been stolen. One may then be freed of the sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.22
कृच्छ्राद् द्वादशरात्रेण संयतात्मा व्रते स्थितः। परिवेत्ता भवेत् पूतः परिवित्तिस्तथैव च॥
kṛcchrād dvādaśarātreṇa saṃyatātmā vrate sthitaḥ| parivettā bhavet pūtaḥ parivittistathaiva ca||
The younger brother who has married before his elder brother is married, as also the elder brother whose younger brother has married before him, becomes freed by observing a rigid vow, with controlled mind for twelve nights.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.23
निवेश्यं तु पुनस्तेन सदा तारयता पितॄन्। न तु स्त्रिया भवेद् दोषो न तु सा तेन लिप्यते॥
niveśyaṃ tu punastena sadā tārayatā pitṝn| na tu striyā bhaved doṣo na tu sā tena lipyate||
The younger brother, however, should marry again for rescuing his departed manes. Upon such second marriage the first wife becomes purified and her husband himself would not commit sin by taking her.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.24
भोजनं ह्यन्तराशुद्धं चातुर्मास्ये विधीयते। स्त्रियस्तेन प्रशुध्यन्ति इति धर्मविदो विदुः॥
bhojanaṃ hyantarāśuddhaṃ cāturmāsye vidhīyate| striyastena praśudhyanti iti dharmavido viduḥ||
Men well read in the scriptures say that women may be freed of even the greatest sins by practising the vow of Chaturmasya living all the while upon restricted and pure diet.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.25
स्त्रियस्त्वाशङ्किताः पापा नोपगम्या विजानता। रजसा ता विशुध्यन्ते भस्मना भाजनं यथा॥
striyastvāśaṅkitāḥ pāpā nopagamyā vijānatā| rajasā tā viśudhyante bhasmanā bhājanaṃ yathā||
Persons well read in the scriptures take no notice of the sins that women may commit at heart. Whatever their sins may be they are cleaned by their menstrual course like a metallic plate that is cleansed with ashes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.26
पादजोच्छिष्टकांस्यं यद् गवा ध्रातमथापि वा। गण्डूषोच्छिष्टमपि वा विशुध्येद् दशभिस्तु तत्॥
pādajocchiṣṭakāṃsyaṃ yad gavā dhrātamathāpi vā| gaṇḍūṣocchiṣṭamapi vā viśudhyed daśabhistu tat||
Plates desercated by a Shudra eating off it, or a vessel of the same metal that has been smelt by a cow, or stained by a Brahmana's Gandusha, may be cleansed by the ten purifying substances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.27
चतुष्पात् सकलो धर्मो ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते। पादावकृष्टो राजन्ये तथा धर्मो विधीयते॥
catuṣpāt sakalo dharmo brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate| pādāvakṛṣṭo rājanye tathā dharmo vidhīyate||
It has been ordained that a Brahmana should acquire and practise all the virtues. For a Kshatriya it has been ordained that he should acquire and practise one fourth of all virtues.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.28
तथा वैश्ये च शूद्रे च पादः पादो विधीयते। विद्यादेवंविधेनैषां गुरुलाघवनिश्चयम्॥
tathā vaiśye ca śūdre ca pādaḥ pādo vidhīyate| vidyādevaṃvidhenaiṣāṃ gurulāghavaniścayam||
So, a Vaishya should practise less (than a Kshatriya's) by a fourth, and a Shudra less (than a Vaishya's) for a fourth. The gravity or lightness of sins of each of the four orders, should thus be ascertained.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.29
तिर्यग्योनिवधं कृत्वा दुमाश्छित्त्वेतरान् बहून्। त्रिरात्रं वायुभक्षः स्यात् कर्म च प्रथयन्नरः॥
tiryagyonivadhaṃ kṛtvā dumāśchittvetarān bahūn| trirātraṃ vāyubhakṣaḥ syāt karma ca prathayannaraḥ||
Having killed a bird or an animal, or cut down living trees, a person should declare his sin publicly and fast for three nights.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.30
अगम्यागमने राजन् प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते। । आर्द्रवस्त्रेण षण्मासान् विहार्य भस्मशायिना॥
agamyāgamane rājan prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate| | ārdravastreṇa ṣaṇmāsān vihārya bhasmaśāyinā||
By having intercourse with one whom intercourse is forbidden, the expiation consists in wandering in wet clothes and sleeping on a bed of ashes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.31
एष एव तु सर्वेषामकार्याणां विधिर्भवेत्। ब्राह्मणोक्तेन विधिना दृष्टान्तागमहेतुभिः॥
eṣa eva tu sarveṣāmakāryāṇāṃ vidhirbhavet| brāhmaṇoktena vidhinā dṛṣṭāntāgamahetubhiḥ||
These, O king, are the expiations for sins, as laid down in scriptures and by Brahmana himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.32
सावित्रीमप्यधीयीत शुचौ देशे मिताशनः। अहिंसो मन्दकोऽजल्यो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः॥
sāvitrīmapyadhīyīta śucau deśe mitāśanaḥ| ahiṃso mandako'jalyo mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ||
A Brahmana may be freed off all sins by reciting the Gayatri in a sacred place, living all the while upon restricted fare, casting off malice, abandoning anger and hate, unaffected by praise and blame, and observing the vow of silence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.33
अहःसु सततं तिष्ठेदभ्याकाशं निशां स्वपन्। त्रिरह्नि त्रिर्निशायां च सवासा जलमाविशेत्॥
ahaḥsu satataṃ tiṣṭhedabhyākāśaṃ niśāṃ svapan| trirahni trirniśāyāṃ ca savāsā jalamāviśet||
He should during the day be under shelter of the sky and should sleep in the same way at night, thrice during the day, and thrice during the night, he should also plunge with the clothes into a river or lake for performing his ablutions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.34
स्त्रीशूद्रं पतितं चापि नाभिभाषेद् व्रतान्वितः पापान्यज्ञानतः कृत्वा मुच्येदेवंव्रतो द्विजः॥
strīśūdraṃ patitaṃ cāpi nābhibhāṣed vratānvitaḥ pāpānyajñānataḥ kṛtvā mucyedevaṃvrato dvijaḥ||
Practising rigid vows, he should abstain from speaking with women, Shudras, and degraded persons. A Brahmana by observing such rules may be freed off of all sins unconsciously committed by him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.35
शुभाशुभफलं प्रेत्य लभते भूतसाक्षिकम्। अतिरिच्येत यो यत्र तत्कर्ता लभते फलम्॥
śubhāśubhaphalaṃ pretya labhate bhūtasākṣikam| atiricyeta yo yatra tatkartā labhate phalam||
A person reaps in the next world the fruits, good or bad, of his acts here which are all seen by the elements. Proportionate to virtue or vice, one enjoys or suffers the consequences.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.36
तस्माद् दानेन तपसा कर्मणा च फलं शुभम्। वर्धयेदशुभं कृत्वा यथा स्यादतिरेकवान्॥
tasmād dānena tapasā karmaṇā ca phalaṃ śubham| vardhayedaśubhaṃ kṛtvā yathā syādatirekavān||
By knowledge, by penances, and by pious acts, therefore, one multiplies his happiness. One, therefore, may likewise increase his misery by committing sinful acts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.37
कुर्याच्छुभानि कर्माणि निवर्तेत् पापकर्मणः। दद्यान्नित्यं च वित्तानि तथा मुच्येत किल्बिषात्॥
kuryācchubhāni karmāṇi nivartet pāpakarmaṇaḥ| dadyānnityaṃ ca vittāni tathā mucyeta kilbiṣāt||
One should, therefore, perform righteous deeds and avoid altogether sinful ones.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.38
अनुरूपं हि पापस्य प्रायश्चित्तमुदाहृतम्। महापातकवर्जं तु प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते॥
anurūpaṃ hi pāpasya prāyaścittamudāhṛtam| mahāpātakavarjaṃ tu prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate||
I have now described what the expiations of the sins are. There is expiation for every sin except those that are (highly heinous.)
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.39
भक्ष्याभक्ष्येषु चान्येषु वाच्यावाच्ये तथैव च। अज्ञानज्ञानयो राजन् विहितान्यनुजानतः॥
bhakṣyābhakṣyeṣu cānyeṣu vācyāvācye tathaiva ca| ajñānajñānayo rājan vihitānyanujānataḥ||
As regards sins regarding unclean food and the like, and improper speeches, etc., they are of two classes, viz., those committed knowingly and those that committed unconsciously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.40
जानता तु कृतं पापं गुरु सर्वं भवत्युत। अज्ञानात् स्वल्पको दोषः प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते॥
jānatā tu kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ guru sarvaṃ bhavatyuta| ajñānāt svalpako doṣaḥ prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate||
All sins that are committed knowingly are serious, while those that are committed unwittingly are light. there is expiation for both.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.41
शक्यते विधिनां पापं यथोक्तेन व्यपोहितुम्। आस्तिके श्रद्दधाने च विधिरेष विधीयते॥
śakyate vidhināṃ pāpaṃ yathoktena vyapohitum| āstike śraddadhāne ca vidhireṣa vidhīyate||
Forsooth, sin is capable of being washed away by following the ordinances. Those ordinances, however, have been laid down only for them who have faith in God.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.42
नास्तिकाश्रद्दधानेषु पुरुषेषु कदाचन। दम्भद्वेषप्रधानेषु विधिरेष न दृश्यते॥
nāstikāśraddadhāneṣu puruṣeṣu kadācana| dambhadveṣapradhāneṣu vidhireṣa na dṛśyate||
They are not for atheists or those that have no faith, or those who are full of pride and malice.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.43
शिष्टाचारश्च शिष्टश्च धर्मो धर्मभृतां वर। सेवितव्यो नरव्याघ्र प्रेत्येह च सुखेप्सुना॥
śiṣṭācāraśca śiṣṭaśca dharmo dharmabhṛtāṃ vara| sevitavyo naravyāghra pretyeha ca sukhepsunā||
A person, O foremost of men, who seeks well-being both here and hereafter should, O foremost of virtuous men, always follow virtue, hear the righteous, and satisfy the duties that have been ordained for him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.44
स राजन् मोक्ष्यसे पापात् तेन पूर्णेन हेतुना। प्राणार्थं वा धनेनैषामथवा नृपकर्मणा॥
sa rājan mokṣyase pāpāt tena pūrṇena hetunā| prāṇārthaṃ vā dhanenaiṣāmathavā nṛpakarmaṇā||
Therefore, for the reasons already pointed out by me, you, O king, shall be freed off of all your sins, for you have slain your enemies in the discharge of your duties as a king and for the protection of your life and inheritance,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.45
अथवा ते घृणा काचित् प्रायश्चित्तं चरिष्यसि। मा त्वेवानार्यजुष्टेन मन्युना निधनं गमः॥
athavā te ghṛṇā kācit prāyaścittaṃ cariṣyasi| mā tvevānāryajuṣṭena manyunā nidhanaṃ gamaḥ||
Or, if despite it, you still consider yourself sinful, perform expiation. Do not cast away your life for such grief that does not become a wise man.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 7 35.46
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तो भगवता धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। चिन्तयित्वा मुहूर्तेन प्रत्युवाच तपोधनम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamukto bhagavatā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| cintayitvā muhūrtena pratyuvāca tapodhanam||
Vaishampayana said This accosted by the holy Rishi, king Yudhishthira the just, having thought for a short time, said these words to the sage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)