Bhishma Praises Non-Violence and Compassion

Verse 1 (13.178.1)

इमे वै मानवा लोके भृशं मांसेषु गृद्धिनः । विसृज्य विविधान्भक्ष्यान्महारक्षोगणा इव ॥

ime vai mānavā loke bhṛśaṃ māṃseṣu gṛddhinaḥ | visṛjya vividhānbhakṣyānmahārakṣogaṇā iva

Yudhishthira said: These men in the world are greatly greedy for meat; giving up food of many kinds, they are like great hordes of rakshasas.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.1 (line 1 reads मांसेषु गृद्धिनः for CE 'māṃsasya gṛddhinaḥ' and line 2 महारक्षोगणा for 'rakṣogaṇāḥ'; recension variants, kept).

Verse 2 (13.178.2)

अपूपान्विविधाकाराञ्शाकानि विविधानि च । पादपान्रससंयुक्तान्न चेच्छन्ति यथाऽऽमिषम् ॥

apūpānvividhākārāñśākāni vividhāni ca | pādapānrasasaṃyuktānna cecchanti yathā''miṣam

They do not long for cakes of many shapes, for vegetables of many kinds, or for the juicy fruits of trees as they long for meat.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.2 (Wikisource reads अपूपान् … पादपान्रससंयुक्तान्न चेच्छन्ति where the CE has 'nāpūpān … ṣāḍavān rasayogāṃś ca tathecchanti'; variant, kept).

Verse 3 (13.178.3)

तत्र मे बुद्धिरत्रेव विषये परिमुह्यते । न मन्ये रसतः किञ्चिन्मांसतोऽस्तीति किञ्चन ॥

tatra me buddhiratreva viṣaye parimuhyate | na manye rasataḥ kiñcinmāṃsato'stīti kiñcana

On this very point my mind is bewildered. I cannot think that anything here surpasses meat in taste.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.3 (small variants: विषये for 'visarge', मांसतोऽस्तीति for 'māṃsato 'stīha'; kept).

Verse 4 (13.178.4)

तदिच्छामि गुणाञ्श्रोतुं मांसस्याभक्षणे प्रभो । भक्षणे चैव ये दोषास्तांश्चैव पुरुषर्षभ ॥

tadicchāmi guṇāñśrotuṃ māṃsasyābhakṣaṇe prabho | bhakṣaṇe caiva ye doṣāstāṃścaiva puruṣarṣabha

So I wish to hear, my lord, the merits of not eating meat, and the faults in eating it, best of men.

Verse 5 (13.178.5)

सर्वसत्त्वेन धर्मज्ञ यथावदिह धर्मतः । किं वा भक्ष्यमभक्ष्यं वा सर्वमेतद्वदस्व मे ॥

sarvasattvena dharmajña yathāvadiha dharmataḥ | kiṃ vā bhakṣyamabhakṣyaṃ vā sarvametadvadasva me

Knower of dharma, tell me all this fully and truly, as dharma requires: what is to be eaten and what is not.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सर्वसत्त्वेन where CE 13.117.5a has "sarvaṃ tattvena"; recension variant, kept.

Verse 6 (13.178.6)

यथैतद्यादृशं चैव गुणा ये चास्य वर्जने । दोषा भक्षयतो येऽपि तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

yathaitadyādṛśaṃ caiva guṇā ye cāsya varjane | doṣā bhakṣayato ye'pi tanme brūhi pitāmaha

Tell me, grandfather, how this stands and of what kind it is, what merits lie in giving it up, and what faults there are for the one who eats.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: the couplet is star passage 13.117.5d*0593_01-02.

Verse 7 (13.178.7)

सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत । न मांसात्परमं किञ्चिद्रसतो विद्यते भुवि ॥

sarvametanmahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata | na māṃsātparamaṃ kiñcidrasato vidyate bhuvi

Bhishma said: It is all as you say, mighty-armed Bharata: on earth nothing surpasses meat in taste.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.6 (line 1 reads सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो for CE 'evam etan mahābāho', line 2 न मांसात्परमं किञ्चिद्रसतो विद्यते भुवि for 'na māṃsāt param atrānyad rasato vidyate bhuvi'; variants, kept).

Verse 8 (13.178.8)

क्षतक्षीणाभितप्तानां ग्राम्यधर्मरतात्मनाम् । अध्वना कर्शितानां च न मांसाद्विद्यते परम् ॥

kṣatakṣīṇābhitaptānāṃ grāmyadharmaratātmanām | adhvanā karśitānāṃ ca na māṃsādvidyate param

For those worn down by wounds, the wasted and the feverish, those devoted to sexual pleasure, and those exhausted by travel, there is nothing better than meat.

Verse 9 (13.178.9)

सद्यो वर्धयति प्राणान्पुष्टिमग्र्यां दधाति च । नाशो भक्षणदोषः स्याद्दानमेव सदा मतम् ॥

sadyo vardhayati prāṇānpuṣṭimagryāṃ dadhāti ca | nāśo bhakṣaṇadoṣaḥ syāddānameva sadā matam

It quickly builds up the vital breaths and gives the finest nourishment. The fault of eating it is destroyed by giving; this alone has always been held.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening backtick (wiki mark for an interpolated passage that runs through the next two verses). Line 1 = CE 13.117.8a; line 2 = CE star passage 13.117.8b*0594_01 (nāśo bhakṣaṇadoṣasya dānam eva satāṃ matam; reads सदा for satāṃ).

Verse 10 (13.178.10)

क्षुधितानां द्विजानां च सर्वेषां चापि जीवितम् । दत्त्वा भवति पूतात्मा श्रद्धया लोभवर्जितः ॥

kṣudhitānāṃ dvijānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ cāpi jīvitam | dattvā bhavati pūtātmā śraddhayā lobhavarjitaḥ

Having given life to the hungry, to brahmins and to all, a man is purified in spirit, acting with faith and free of greed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: the couplet is star passage 13.117.8b*0594_02-03.

Verse 11 (13.178.11)

शिक्षयन्ति न याचन्ते दर्शयन्ति स्वमूर्तिभिः । अवस्थेयमदानस्य मा भूदेवं भवानिति । दानाद्यः सुशुचिर्मांसं पुनर्नैव च भक्षयेत् ॥

śikṣayanti na yācante darśayanti svamūrtibhiḥ | avastheyamadānasya mā bhūdevaṃ bhavāniti | dānādyaḥ suśucirmāṃsaṃ punarnaiva ca bhakṣayet

They teach without begging, showing by their very persons, “Such is the plight of one who does not give; may you not become so.” The man made thoroughly pure by giving would never eat meat again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13.117.8b*0594_04-06 (line 3 reads दानाद्यः सुशुचिर्मांसं पुनर्नैव च भक्षयेत् for CE 'dānādyaiḥ suśucir māṃsaṃ punar naiva sa bhakṣayet').

Verse 12 (13.178.12)

न भक्ष्योऽभ्याधिकः कश्चिन्मांसादस्ति परंतप । विवर्जने तु बहवो गुणाः कौरवनन्दन । ये भवन्ति मनुष्याणां तान्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥

na bhakṣyo'bhyādhikaḥ kaścinmāṃsādasti paraṃtapa | vivarjane tu bahavo guṇāḥ kauravanandana | ye bhavanti manuṣyāṇāṃ tānme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Nothing edible surpasses meat, scorcher of foes. But hear from me the many merits that come to men from giving it up, joy of the Kauravas.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; line 1 = CE 13.117.8c (reads न भक्ष्योऽभ्याधिकः for 'na bhakṣo 'bhyadhikaḥ'); lines 2-3 = CE 13.117.9a, 9c.

Verse 13 (13.178.13)

स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति । नास्ति क्षुद्रतरस्तस्मात्स नृशंसतरो नरः ॥

svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitumicchati | nāsti kṣudratarastasmātsa nṛśaṃsataro naraḥ

He who wishes to build up his own flesh with the flesh of others — there is no one meaner than he, no man more cruel.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.10 (reads परमांसेन for CE "paramāṃsair", यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति for "yo vivardhayitum icchati"; variants, kept).

Verse 14 (13.178.14)

न हि प्राणात्प्रियतरं लोके किञ्चन विद्यते । तस्माद्दयां नरः कुर्याद्यथाऽऽत्मनि तथा परे ॥

na hi prāṇātpriyataraṃ loke kiñcana vidyate | tasmāddayāṃ naraḥ kuryādyathā''tmani tathā pare

Nothing in the world is dearer than life; therefore a man should show compassion to others as he does to himself.

Verse 15 (13.178.15)

शुक्राच्च तात सम्भूतिर्मांसस्येह न संशयः । भक्षणे तु महान्दोषो मलेन स हि कल्प्यते ॥

śukrācca tāta sambhūtirmāṃsasyeha na saṃśayaḥ | bhakṣaṇe tu mahāndoṣo malena sa hi kalpyate

Meat has its origin in semen, dear one, without doubt; and in eating it there is great fault, for it is reckoned among defiling things.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.12. Line 2 reads मलेन स हि कल्प्यते where the CE has 'vadhena saha kalpate'; the page's commentary records yet another reading (दोषो निवृत्त्या पुण्यमुच्यत इति झ.पाठः). Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 16 (13.178.16)

अहिंसालक्षणो धर्म इति वेदविदो विदुः । यदहिंस्रं भवेत्कर्म तत्कुर्यादात्मविन्नरः ॥

ahiṃsālakṣaṇo dharma iti vedavido viduḥ | yadahiṃsraṃ bhavetkarma tatkuryādātmavinnaraḥ

Those who know the Veda know that dharma is marked by non-violence; a man who knows himself should do the deed that is free of violence.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening backtick (wiki mark for an interpolated passage that runs through the next verse).

Verse 17 (13.178.17)

पितृदैवतयज्ञेषु प्रोक्षितं हविरुच्यते । विधिना वेददृष्टेन तद्भुक्त्वेह न दुष्यति ॥

pitṛdaivatayajñeṣu prokṣitaṃ havirucyate | vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena tadbhuktveha na duṣyati

The oblation consecrated at sacrifices to the ancestors and gods is said to be sprinkled; eating it by the rule seen in the Veda, one incurs no fault here.

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote mark (…उच्यते।') that closes the interpolated passage opened in the previous verse.

Verse 18 (13.178.18)

यज्ञार्थे पशवः सृष्टा इत्यपि श्रूयते श्रुतिः । अतोऽन्यथा प्रवृत्तानां राक्षसो विधिरुच्यते ॥

yajñārthe paśavaḥ sṛṣṭā ityapi śrūyate śrutiḥ | ato'nyathā pravṛttānāṃ rākṣaso vidhirucyate

It is also heard in scripture that animals were created for sacrifice; so for those who act otherwise, the rule is called a rakshasa's.

Verse 19 (13.178.19)

क्षत्रियाणां तु यो दृष्टो विधिस्तमपि मे शृणु । वीर्येणोपार्जितं मांसं यथा भुञ्जन्न दुष्यति ॥

kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu yo dṛṣṭo vidhistamapi me śṛṇu | vīryeṇopārjitaṃ māṃsaṃ yathā bhuñjanna duṣyati

Hear from me also the rule seen for kshatriyas: eating meat won by valour, a man is not at fault.

Verse 20 (13.178.20)

आरण्याः सर्वदैवत्याः सर्वशः प्रोक्षिता मृगाः । अगस्त्येन पुरा राजन्मृगया येन पूज्यते ॥

āraṇyāḥ sarvadaivatyāḥ sarvaśaḥ prokṣitā mṛgāḥ | agastyena purā rājanmṛgayā yena pūjyate

The beasts of the forest, belonging to all the gods, were consecrated in every way by Agastya long ago, O king; that is why hunting is honoured.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs slightly from CE 13.117.17a (āraṇyāḥ sarvadaivatyāḥ prokṣitāḥ sarvaśo mṛgāḥ); word-order variant, kept.

Verse 21 (13.178.21)

रक्षणार्थाय भूतानां हिंस्रान्हन्यान्मृगान्पुनः । नात्मानमपरित्यज्य मृगया नाम विद्यते ॥

rakṣaṇārthāya bhūtānāṃ hiṃsrānhanyānmṛgānpunaḥ | nātmānamaparityajya mṛgayā nāma vidyate

For the protection of creatures one may kill beasts of prey; there is no such thing as hunting without staking oneself.

Note on the text: Removed the stray opening backtick. Aligner found no match; line 1 = CE star passage 13.117.17d*0595_01 (rakṣaṇārthāya bhūtānāṃ hiṃsrān hanyān mṛgān punaḥ); line 2 = CE 13.117.18a. ce_ref gives the numbered verse holding line 2.

Verse 22 (13.178.22)

समतामुपसङ्गम्य रूपं हन्यान्न वा नृप । अतो राजर्षयः सर्वे मृगयां यान्ति भारत । न हि लिप्यन्ति पापेन न चैतत्पातकं भुवि ॥

samatāmupasaṅgamya rūpaṃ hanyānna vā nṛpa | ato rājarṣayaḥ sarve mṛgayāṃ yānti bhārata | na hi lipyanti pāpena na caitatpātakaṃ bhuvi

Having come to an equal footing with the animal, one may kill it or not, O king. Therefore all royal sages go hunting, O Bharata; they are not stained by sin, and this is no sin on earth.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; line 1 = CE 13.117.18c; line 2 = CE 19a; line 3 is a variant of CE 19c (reads न हि लिप्यन्ति पापेन न चैतत्पातकं भुवि for CE "lipyante na hi doṣeṇa na caitat pātakaṃ viduḥ").

Verse 23 (13.178.23)

न ह्यतः सदृशं किञ्चिदिह लोके परत्र च । यत्सर्वेष्विह भूतेषु दया कौरवन्दन ॥

na hyataḥ sadṛśaṃ kiñcidiha loke paratra ca | yatsarveṣviha bhūteṣu dayā kauravandana

There is nothing in this world or the next like this: compassion towards all beings here, joy of the Kauravas.

Note on the text: Corrected कौरवन्दन → कौरवनन्दन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न; CE kauravanandana). Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.20 (line 1 न ह्यतः सदृशं किञ्चिदिह for CE 'na hi tatparamaṃ kiṃ cid iha'; variant, kept).

Verse 24 (13.178.24)

न भयं विद्यते जातु नरस्येह दयावतः । दयावतामिमे लोकाः परे चापि तपस्विनाम् ॥

na bhayaṃ vidyate jātu narasyeha dayāvataḥ | dayāvatāmime lokāḥ pare cāpi tapasvinām

A compassionate man never has fear here; these worlds belong to the compassionate, and the higher worlds also to ascetics.

Verse 25 (13.178.25)

अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो ददाति दयापरः । अभयं तस्य भूतानि ददतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo yo dadāti dayāparaḥ | abhayaṃ tasya bhūtāni dadatītyanuśuśruma

Whoever, intent on compassion, gives fearlessness to all beings — beings give fearlessness to him; so we have heard.

Verse 26 (13.178.26)

क्षतं च स्खलितं चैव पतितं क्लिन्नमाहतम् । सर्वभूतानि रक्षन्ति समेषु विषमेषु च ॥

kṣataṃ ca skhalitaṃ caiva patitaṃ klinnamāhatam | sarvabhūtāni rakṣanti sameṣu viṣameṣu ca

When he is wounded, stumbles, falls, is soaked or struck, all beings protect him, on smooth ground and on rough.

Verse 27 (13.178.27)

नैनं व्यालमृगा घ्नन्ति न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः । मुच्यते भयकालेषु मोक्षयेद्यो भये परान् ॥

nainaṃ vyālamṛgā ghnanti na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ | mucyate bhayakāleṣu mokṣayedyo bhaye parān

Beasts of prey, pishachas and rakshasas do not slay him. He is freed in times of fear who frees others from fear.

Verse 28 (13.178.28)

प्राणदानात्परं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति । न ह्यात्मनः प्रियतरं किञ्चिदस्तीह निश्चितम् ॥

prāṇadānātparaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | na hyātmanaḥ priyataraṃ kiñcidastīha niścitam

There has never been, and never will be, a gift greater than the gift of life, for nothing is dearer to a man than himself; this is certain.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.25 (line 2 न ह्यात्मनः प्रियतरं किञ्चिदस्तीह निश्चितम् for CE 'na hy ātmanaḥ priyataraḥ kaś cid astīti niścitam'; variant, kept).

Verse 29 (13.178.29)

अनिष्टं सर्वभूतानां मरणं नाम भारत । मृत्युकाले हि भूतानां सद्यो जायति वेपथुः ॥

aniṣṭaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ maraṇaṃ nāma bhārata | mṛtyukāle hi bhūtānāṃ sadyo jāyati vepathuḥ

Death, Bharata, is what all beings least want; at the time of death trembling seizes them at once.

Verse 30 (13.178.30)

व्याधिजन्मजरादुःखैर्नित्यं संसारसागरे । जन्तवः परिवर्तन्ते मरणादुद्विजन्ति च ॥

vyādhijanmajarāduḥkhairnityaṃ saṃsārasāgare | jantavaḥ parivartante maraṇādudvijanti ca

In the ocean of samsara, creatures are ever whirled about by the sorrows of disease, birth and old age, and they shrink in terror from death.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.27 (line 1 व्याधिजन्मजरादुःखैः for CE 'jātijanmajarāduḥkhe', line 2 जन्तवः परिवर्तन्ते …; variants, kept).

Verse 31 (13.178.31)

गर्भवासेषु पच्यन्ते क्षाराम्लकटुकै रसैः । मूत्रस्वेदपुरीषाणां परुषैर्भृशदारुणैः ॥

garbhavāseṣu pacyante kṣārāmlakaṭukai rasaiḥ | mūtrasvedapurīṣāṇāṃ paruṣairbhṛśadāruṇaiḥ

In the womb they are cooked in acrid, sour and bitter juices, and in the harsh and dreadful contact of urine, sweat and excrement.

Verse 32 (13.178.32)

जाताश्चाप्यवशास्तत्र च्छिद्यमानाः पुनःपुनः । हन्यमानाश्च दृश्यन्ते विवशा मांसगृद्धिनः ॥

jātāścāpyavaśāstatra cchidyamānāḥ punaḥpunaḥ | hanyamānāśca dṛśyante vivaśā māṃsagṛddhinaḥ

Born, they are helpless, cut to pieces there again and again; and the meat-greedy are seen struck down, powerless.

Verse 33 (13.178.33)

कुम्भीपाके च पच्यन्ते तां तां योनिमुपागताः । आक्रम्य मार्यमाणाश्च त्रास्यन्त्यन्ये पुनःपुनः ॥

kumbhīpāke ca pacyante tāṃ tāṃ yonimupāgatāḥ | ākramya māryamāṇāśca trāsyantyanye punaḥpunaḥ

They are cooked in Kumbhipaka, each entering this womb or that; and others, overpowered and slain, are terrified again and again.

Verse 34 (13.178.34)

नात्मनोऽस्ति प्रियतरः पृथिवीमनुसृत्य ह । तस्मात्प्राणिषु सर्वेषु दयावानात्मवान्भवेत् ॥

nātmano'sti priyataraḥ pṛthivīmanusṛtya ha | tasmātprāṇiṣu sarveṣu dayāvānātmavānbhavet

Search the whole earth: no one is dearer to a man than himself. Therefore he should be compassionate to all creatures and master of himself.

Verse 35 (13.178.35)

सर्वमांसानि यो राजन्यावज्जीवं न भक्षयेत् । आश्वासं विपुलं स्थानं प्राप्नुयान्नात्र संशयः ॥

sarvamāṃsāni yo rājanyāvajjīvaṃ na bhakṣayet | āśvāsaṃ vipulaṃ sthānaṃ prāpnuyānnātra saṃśayaḥ

The man who, O king, does not eat any meat all his life gains, without doubt, a vast abode of ease.

Note on the text: Aligner found no match; the verse is CE 13.117.32 (line 2 आश्वासं विपुलं स्थानं for CE 'svarge sa vipulaṃ sthānam'; variant, kept).

Verse 36 (13.178.36)

ये भक्षयन्ति मांसानि भूतानां जीवितैषिणाम् । भक्ष्यन्ते तेऽपि भूतैस्तैरिति मे नास्ति संशयः ॥

ye bhakṣayanti māṃsāni bhūtānāṃ jīvitaiṣiṇām | bhakṣyante te'pi bhūtaistairiti me nāsti saṃśayaḥ

Those who eat the flesh of beings that long to live are eaten in turn by those same beings; of this I have no doubt.

Verse 37 (13.178.37)

मां स भक्षयते यस्माद्भक्षयिष्ये तमप्यहम् । एतन्मांसस्य मांसत्वमनुबुद्ध्यस्व भारत ॥

māṃ sa bhakṣayate yasmādbhakṣayiṣye tamapyaham | etanmāṃsasya māṃsatvamanubuddhyasva bhārata

“He eats me, therefore I shall eat him in turn”: understand, Bharata, that this is why meat is called mamsa.

Verse 38 (13.178.38)

घातको वध्यते नित्यं तथा बध्येत बन्धकः । आक्रोष्टा क्रुध्यते राजन्द्वेष्टा द्वेष्यत्वमाप्नुते ॥

ghātako vadhyate nityaṃ tathā badhyeta bandhakaḥ | ākroṣṭā krudhyate rājandveṣṭā dveṣyatvamāpnute

The slayer is constantly slain, the binder is bound; the one who rails is met with anger, O king, and the hater comes to be hated.

Verse 39 (13.178.39)

येनयेन शरीरेण यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः । तेनतेन शरीरेण तत्तत्फलमुपाश्नुते ॥

yenayena śarīreṇa yadyatkarma karoti yaḥ | tenatena śarīreṇa tattatphalamupāśnute

With whatever body a man does whatever deed, with that very body he reaps the fruit of that deed.

Verse 40 (13.178.40)

अहिंसा परमो धर्मस्तथाऽहिंसा परो दमः । अहिंसा परमं दानमहिंसा परमं तपः ॥

ahiṃsā paramo dharmastathā'hiṃsā paro damaḥ | ahiṃsā paramaṃ dānamahiṃsā paramaṃ tapaḥ

Non-violence is the highest dharma, and non-violence the highest self-restraint; non-violence is the highest gift, non-violence the highest austerity.

Verse 41 (13.178.41)

अहिंसा परमो यज्ञस्तथाऽहिंसा परं बलम् । अहिंसा परमं मित्रमहिंसा परमं सुखम् । अहिंसा परमं सत्यमहिंसा परमं श्रुतम् ॥

ahiṃsā paramo yajñastathā'hiṃsā paraṃ balam | ahiṃsā paramaṃ mitramahiṃsā paramaṃ sukham | ahiṃsā paramaṃ satyamahiṃsā paramaṃ śrutam

Non-violence is the highest sacrifice, and non-violence the highest strength; non-violence is the highest friend, non-violence the highest happiness; non-violence is the highest truth, non-violence the highest learning.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (13.117.38): Wikisource prints only one line here (अहिंसा परमं मिमहिंसा परमं सुखम्), the middle line of the three-line CE verse; lines 1 and 3 (CE 38a ahiṃsā paramo yajñas tathāhiṃsā paraṃ balam; CE 38e ahiṃsā paramaṃ satyam ahiṃsā paramaṃ śrutam) are restored from the CE in Devanagari. Corrected मिमहिंसा → मित्रमहिंसा (misprint in Wikisource; CE 38c 'ahiṃsā paramaṃ mitram ahiṃsā paramaṃ sukham'). The input joined this line with the next page row; the page's own verse-end marks (।। after सुखम्, after नैतत्तुल्यमहिंसया, after यथा पिता) are followed, so verses 41-44 are re-divided to match the CE couplets.

Verse 42 (13.178.42)

सर्वयज्ञेषु वा दानं सर्वतीर्थेषु वा प्लुतम् । सर्वदानफलं वाऽपि नैतत्तुल्यमहिंसया ॥

sarvayajñeṣu vā dānaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu vā plutam | sarvadānaphalaṃ vā'pi naitattulyamahiṃsayā

Neither the gift made at all sacrifices, nor bathing at all holy places, nor the fruit of all gifts, equals non-violence.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the page's verse-end mark: the verse is the second line of Wikisource row 41 (सर्वयज्ञेषु वा दानं सर्वतीर्थेषु वा प्लुतम्) with the first line of row 42 (सर्वदानफलं वाऽपि नैतत्तुल्यमहिंसया) = CE 13.117.39a, 39c (the input had paired lines by table row).

Verse 43 (13.178.43)

अहिंस्रस्य तपोऽक्षय्यमहिंस्रो जयते सदा । अहिंस्रः सर्वभूतानां यथा माता यथा पिता ॥

ahiṃsrasya tapo'kṣayyamahiṃsro jayate sadā | ahiṃsraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yathā mātā yathā pitā

The austerity of the non-violent is imperishable, and the non-violent man always conquers. The non-violent man is to all beings as a mother and as a father.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the page's verse-end mark: line 1 is the second line of Wikisource row 42 and line 2 the first line of row 43 = CE 13.117.40a, 40c. Corrected अहिंसस्य → अहिंस्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE ahiṃsrasya). Line 1 reads अहिंस्रो जयते सदा where the CE has 'ahiṃsro yajate sadā'; variant, kept.

Verse 44 (13.178.44)

एतत्फलमहिंसायां भूयश्च कुरुपुङ्गव । न हि शक्या गुणा वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैरपि ॥

etatphalamahiṃsāyāṃ bhūyaśca kurupuṅgava | na hi śakyā guṇā vaktumapi varṣaśatairapi

This is the fruit of non-violence, and more besides, O best of the Kurus; its merits cannot be told even in hundreds of years.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the page's verse-end mark: line 1 is the second line of Wikisource row 43 (एतत्फलमहिंसायां भूयश्च कुरुपुङ्गव) and line 2 is row 44 (न हि शक्या गुणा वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैरपि) = CE 13.117.41a, 41c (the input had left the last line alone as a one-line verse).