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Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 150

अनुशासनपर्व • अध्यायः 150

Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 150 of the classical Mahābhārata with 10 verses.

Total: 10 Verses • Citations: MBh 13.150.1–10 • 250 Lexicon Terms
कार्यते यच्च क्रियते सच्चासच्च कृतं ततः । तत्राश्वसीत सत्कृत्वा असत्कृत्वा न विश्वसेत् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said If one does good deeds or causes others to do them, he should then expect to attain to the merits of virtue; likewise if one does evil deeds and causes others to do them, he should never expect to attain to the merits of virtue.
काल एवात्र कालेन निग्रहानुग्रहौ ददत् । बुद्धिमाविश्य भूतानां धर्मार्थेषु प्रवर्तते ॥
English Translation
At all times, it is Time, which entering the understanding of all creatures, sets them to deeds of virtue or sin and then confers happiness or misery upon them.
यदा त्वस्य भवेद्बुद्धिर्धर्म्या चार्थप्रदर्शिनी । तदाश्वसीत धर्मात्मादृढबुद्धिर्न विश्वसेत् ॥
English Translation
When a person, seeing the fruits of virtue understands virtue to be superior, it is then that he inclines towards virtue and puts faith in il. One, however, whose understanding is not firm, cannot place faith in it.
एतावन्मात्रमेतद्धि भूतानां प्राज्ञलक्षणम् । कालयुक्तोऽप्युभयविच्छेषमर्थं समाचरेत् ॥
English Translation
As regards faith in virtue, it is this. To place faith in virtue is the mark of the wisdom of all persons. One, who is acquainted with what should be done and what should not be done, with a view to opportuneness, should, with care and devotion, do what is right.
यथा ह्युपस्थितैश्वर्याः पूजयन्ते नरा नरान् । एवमेवात्मनात्मानं पूजयन्तीह धार्मिकाः ॥
English Translation
Those virtuous men, who have in this life been blessed with riches acting of their own accord, take particular care of their souls so that they may not, in their next lives, have to take birth as persons with the quality of darkness predominating in them.
न ह्यधर्मतया धर्मं दद्यात्कालः कथंचन । तस्माद्विशुद्धमात्मानं जानीयाद्धर्मचारिणम् ॥
English Translation
Time can never make the cause of misery. One should, therefore, know that the soul which is virtuous is certainly pure.
स्प्रष्टुमप्यसमर्थो हि ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् । अधर्मः सततो धर्मं कालेन परिरक्षितम् ॥
English Translation
As regards sin, it may be said that, even when it is very great it is incapable of even touching virtue which is always protected by time and which shines like a burning fire.
कार्यावेतौ हि कालेन धर्मो हि विजयावहः । त्रयाणामपि लोकानामालोककरणो भवेत् ॥
English Translation
These are the two results achieved by virtue, viz., the purity of the soul and unsusceptibility of being touched by iniquity Indeed virtue is fraught with victory. Its effulgence is so great that it lights up the three worlds.
तत्र कश्चिन्नयेत्प्राज्ञो गृहीत्वैव करे नरम् । उह्यमानः स धर्मेण धर्मे बहुभयच्छले ॥
English Translation
A wise man cannot catch holds of a sinful person and forcibly make him pious. When seriously urged to act piously the sinful only act with hypocrisy, moved by fear.
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