Kaushika Meets the Righteous Hunter

Verse 1 (3.210.1)

चिन्तयित्वा तदाश्चर्यं स्त्रिया प्रोक्तमशेषतः । विनिन्दन्स द्विजोऽऽत्मानमागस्कृत इवाबभौ ॥

cintayitvā tadāścaryaṃ striyā proktamaśeṣataḥ | vinindansa dvijo''tmānamāgaskṛta ivābabhau

Pondering that wonder which the woman had told him in full, the brahmin reproached himself and looked like a man who has committed an offence.

Note on the text: Corrected अशेपतः → अशेषतः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads aśeṣataḥ).

Verse 2 (3.210.2)

चिन्तयानः स धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मां गतिमथाब्रवीत् । श्रद्दधानेन वै भाव्यं गच्छामि मिथिलामहम् ॥

cintayānaḥ sa dharmasya sūkṣmāṃ gatimathābravīt | śraddadhānena vai bhāvyaṃ gacchāmi mithilāmaham

Reflecting on the subtle course of dharma, he said: "One must have faith. I shall go to Mithila.

Note on the text: Corrected भाव्ये → भाव्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the gerundive must be neuter nominative, "one must have faith"; the critical edition reads bhāvyaṃ vai).

Verse 3 (3.210.3)

कृतात्मा धर्मवित्तस्यां व्याधो निवसते किल । तं गच्छाम्यहमद्यैव धर्मं प्रष्टुं तपोधनम् ॥

kṛtātmā dharmavittasyāṃ vyādho nivasate kila | taṃ gacchāmyahamadyaiva dharmaṃ praṣṭuṃ tapodhanam

There, it is said, lives a hunter who is self-disciplined and knows dharma. This very day I shall go to that man rich in austerity, to ask him about dharma."

Note on the text: Corrected गच्चाम्यहम् → गच्छाम्यहम् (misprint in Wikisource; च for छ). Speaker: these are the brahmin's own words, continuing the speech begun in the previous verse.

Verse 4 (3.210.4)

इतिसंचिन्त्य मनसा श्रद्दधानः स्त्रिया वचः । बलाकाप्रत्ययेनासौ धर्म्यैश्च वचनैः शुभैः ॥

itisaṃcintya manasā śraddadhānaḥ striyā vacaḥ | balākāpratyayenāsau dharmyaiśca vacanaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Having reflected thus in his mind, trusting the woman's words because of what had happened with the crane, and because of her righteous and auspicious speech,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.4ab–cd (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 5 (3.210.5)

संप्रतस्थे स मिथिलां कौतूहलसमन्वितः । अतिक्रामन्नरण्यानि ग्रामांश्च नगराणि च ॥

saṃpratasthe sa mithilāṃ kautūhalasamanvitaḥ | atikrāmannaraṇyāni grāmāṃśca nagarāṇi ca

he set out for Mithila, full of curiosity, passing through forests, villages and towns.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.4e–5ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 6 (3.210.6)

ततो जगाम मिथिलां जनकेन सुरक्षिताम् । धर्मसेतुसमाकीर्णां यज्ञोत्सववतीं शुभाम् ॥

tato jagāma mithilāṃ janakena surakṣitām | dharmasetusamākīrṇāṃ yajñotsavavatīṃ śubhām

Then he reached Mithila, well guarded by Janaka, a fair city lined with the embankments of dharma and full of sacrifices and festivals.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.5cd–6ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 7 (3.210.7)

गोपुराट्टालकवतीं हर्म्यप्राकारशोभनाम् । प्रविश्य नगरीं रम्यां विमानैर्बहुभिर्युताम् ॥

gopurāṭṭālakavatīṃ harmyaprākāraśobhanām | praviśya nagarīṃ ramyāṃ vimānairbahubhiryutām

It had gate-towers and watchtowers and was beautiful with mansions and ramparts. He entered that lovely city, filled with many lofty palaces,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.6cd–7ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 8 (3.210.8)

पण्यैश्च बहुभिर्युक्तां सुविभक्तमहापथाम् । अश्वै रथैस्तथा नागैर्योधैश्च बहुभिर्युताम् ॥

paṇyaiśca bahubhiryuktāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām | aśvai rathaistathā nāgairyodhaiśca bahubhiryutām

rich in goods of every kind, its highways well laid out, thronged with horses, chariots, elephants and many warriors,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.7cd–8ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 9 (3.210.9)

हृष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णां नित्योत्सवसमाकुलाम् । सोऽपश्यद्बहुवृत्तान्तां ब्राह्मणः समतिक्रमन् ॥

hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇāṃ nityotsavasamākulām | so'paśyadbahuvṛttāntāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ samatikraman

crowded with happy, well-fed people and always astir with festivals. The brahmin looked on that city of many doings as he passed through it.

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽपस्यद् → सोऽपश्यद् (misprint in Wikisource; स for श). This verse is CE 3.198.8cd–9ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 10 (3.210.10)

धर्मव्याधमपृच्छच्च स चास्य कथितो द्विजैः । अपश्यत्तत्रगत्वा तं सूनामध्ये व्यवस्थितम् ॥

dharmavyādhamapṛcchacca sa cāsya kathito dvijaiḥ | apaśyattatragatvā taṃ sūnāmadhye vyavasthitam

He asked for the righteous hunter, and the brahmins told him where he was. Going there, he saw him standing in the middle of the slaughter-yard,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.9cd–10ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 11 (3.210.11)

मार्गमाहिषमांसानि विक्रीणन्तं तपस्विनम् । आकुलत्वाच्च क्रेतृणामेकान्ते संस्थितो द्विजः ॥

mārgamāhiṣamāṃsāni vikrīṇantaṃ tapasvinam | ākulatvācca kretṛṇāmekānte saṃsthito dvijaḥ

that ascetic, selling the meat of deer and buffalo. Because of the crowd of buyers, the brahmin stood apart in a quiet spot.

Note on the text: Corrected मार्गमाहिपमांसानि → मार्गमाहिषमांसानि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads mārgamāhiṣa-). This verse is CE 3.198.10cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 12 (3.210.12)

स तु ज्ञात्वा द्विजं प्राप्तं सहसा संभ्रमोत्थितः । आजगाम यतो विप्रः स्थित एकान्त आसने ॥

sa tu jñātvā dvijaṃ prāptaṃ sahasā saṃbhramotthitaḥ | ājagāma yato vipraḥ sthita ekānta āsane

But the hunter, knowing that the brahmin had come, rose at once in haste and came to where the brahmin stood in that quiet place.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्ञाता → ज्ञात्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व्; the critical edition reads jñātvā) and separated एकान्तआसने → एकान्त आसने (the critical edition reads ekānta āsane).

Verse 13 (3.210.13)

अभिवादये त्वां भगवन्स्वागतं ते द्विजोत्तम । अहं व्याधो हि भद्रं ते किं करोमि प्रशाधि माम् ॥

abhivādaye tvāṃ bhagavansvāgataṃ te dvijottama | ahaṃ vyādho hi bhadraṃ te kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām

"I salute you, holy one. Welcome, best of brahmins. I am the hunter; blessings on you. What may I do for you? Command me.

Verse 14 (3.210.14)

एकपत्न्या यदुक्तोसि गच्छ त्वं मिथिलामिति । जानाम्येतदहं सर्वं यदर्थं त्वमिहागतः ॥

ekapatnyā yaduktosi gaccha tvaṃ mithilāmiti | jānāmyetadahaṃ sarvaṃ yadarthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ

That faithful wife told you, 'Go to Mithila.' I know all of it, and the purpose for which you have come here."

Verse 15 (3.210.15)

श्रुत्वा च तस्य तद्वाक्यं स विप्रो भृशविस्मितः । द्वितीयमिदमाश्चर्यमित्यचिन्तयत द्विजः ॥

śrutvā ca tasya tadvākyaṃ sa vipro bhṛśavismitaḥ | dvitīyamidamāścaryamityacintayata dvijaḥ

Hearing these words of his, the brahmin was greatly astonished. "This is a second wonder," the twice-born thought.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration resumes here (the critical edition prints "mārkaṇḍeya uvāca" before this verse); the carried-over व्याध heading corrected.

Verse 16 (3.210.16)

अदेशस्थं हि ते स्थानमिति व्याधोऽब्रवीद्द्विजम् । गृहं गच्छाव भगवन्यदि ते रोचतेऽनघ ॥

adeśasthaṃ hi te sthānamiti vyādho'bravīddvijam | gṛhaṃ gacchāva bhagavanyadi te rocate'nagha

"This is no fit place for you to stand," the hunter said to the brahmin. "Let us go to my house, holy one, if it pleases you, sinless one."

Note on the text: Corrected स्तानम् → स्थानम् and व्याघोऽब्रवीद् → व्याधोऽब्रवीद् (misprints in Wikisource; त for थ and घ for ध; the critical edition reads sthānam … vyādho). Speaker: narration framing the hunter's words; the carried-over व्याध heading corrected.

Verse 17 (3.210.17)

बाढमित्येव तं विप्रो हृष्टो वचनमब्रवीत् । अग्रतस्तु द्विजं कृत्वा स जगाम गृहं प्रति ॥

bāḍhamityeva taṃ vipro hṛṣṭo vacanamabravīt | agratastu dvijaṃ kṛtvā sa jagāma gṛhaṃ prati

"Very well," the brahmin answered him gladly. Putting the brahmin before him, the hunter went towards his house.

Verse 18 (3.210.18)

प्रविश्य च गृहंरम्यमासनेनाभिपूजितः । अर्घ्येण च स वै तेन व्याधेन द्विजसत्तमः ॥

praviśya ca gṛhaṃramyamāsanenābhipūjitaḥ | arghyeṇa ca sa vai tena vyādhena dvijasattamaḥ

When they had entered the pleasant house, the hunter honoured that excellent brahmin with a seat and with the guest-offering of water.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks around the second line (Wikisource's marks for an added line). Corrected अर्ध्येण → अर्घ्येण (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ in अर्घ्य). The first line is CE 3.198.17ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.198.17*1008).

Verse 19 (3.210.19)

पाद्यमाचमनीयं च प्रतिगृह्य द्विजोत्तमः । ततः सुखोपविष्टस्तं व्याधं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

pādyamācamanīyaṃ ca pratigṛhya dvijottamaḥ | tataḥ sukhopaviṣṭastaṃ vyādhaṃ vacanamabravīt

Accepting water for his feet and water to sip, the excellent brahmin sat at his ease and then said to the hunter:

Note on the text: Corrected सुखोपविष्स्तं → सुखोपविष्टस्तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ट; the critical edition reads sukhopaviṣṭas taṃ). This verse is CE 3.198.17cd–18ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 20 (3.210.20)

कर्मैतद्वै न सदृशं भवतः प्रतिभाति मे । अनुतप्ये भृशं तात तव घोरेण कर्मणा ॥

karmaitadvai na sadṛśaṃ bhavataḥ pratibhāti me | anutapye bhṛśaṃ tāta tava ghoreṇa karmaṇā

"This trade of yours does not seem to me worthy of you. I am deeply pained, my friend, by your dreadful occupation."

Note on the text: Speaker: the brahmin's words, filling the whole verse (no heading in Wikisource). This verse is CE 3.198.18cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 21 (3.210.21)

कुलोचितमिदं कर्म पितृपैतामहं परम् । वर्तमानस्य मे धर्मे स्वे मन्युं मा कृथा द्विज ॥

kulocitamidaṃ karma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ param | vartamānasya me dharme sve manyuṃ mā kṛthā dvija

"This work befits my family; it is the calling handed down from my father and grandfather. Do not be angry with me, brahmin, for keeping to my own dharma.

Verse 22 (3.210.22)

विधात्रा विहितं पूर्वं कर्म स्वमनुपालयन् । प्रयत्नाच्च गुरू वृद्धौ शुश्रूषेऽहं द्विजोत्तम ॥

vidhātrā vihitaṃ pūrvaṃ karma svamanupālayan | prayatnācca gurū vṛddhau śuśrūṣe'haṃ dvijottama

Keeping to the work the Ordainer laid down for me of old, I serve my two aged elders, my parents, with diligence, best of brahmins.

Verse 23 (3.210.23)

सत्यं वदे नाभ्यसूये यथाशक्ति ददामि च । देवतातिथिभृत्यानामवशिष्टेन वर्तये ॥

satyaṃ vade nābhyasūye yathāśakti dadāmi ca | devatātithibhṛtyānāmavaśiṣṭena vartaye

I speak the truth, I bear no envy, and I give as far as I can. I live on what remains after the gods, guests and dependants have been provided for.

Verse 24 (3.210.24)

न कुत्सयाम्यहं किंचिन्न गर्हे बलवत्तरम् । कृतमन्वेति कर्तारं पुरा कर्म द्विजोत्तम ॥

na kutsayāmyahaṃ kiṃcinna garhe balavattaram | kṛtamanveti kartāraṃ purā karma dvijottama

I decry no one, nor do I disparage one stronger than myself. A deed done in the past follows its doer, best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected द्विजेत्तम → द्विजोत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; े for ो).

Verse 25 (3.210.25)

कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यमिह लोकस्य जीवनम् । दण्डनीतिस्त्रयी विद्या तेन लोको भवत्युत ॥

kṛṣigorakṣyavāṇijyamiha lokasya jīvanam | daṇḍanītistrayī vidyā tena loko bhavatyuta

Farming, cattle-keeping and trade are the livelihood of people in this world; by the science of government and the threefold Veda the world endures.

Note on the text: Corrected दण्डनीतिस्त्रयो → दण्डनीतिस्त्रयी (misprint in Wikisource; त्रयो cannot qualify विद्या; the critical edition reads trayī vidyā).

Verse 26 (3.210.26)

कर्म शूद्रे कृषिर्वैश्ये संग्रामः क्षत्रिये स्मृतः । ब्रह्मचर्यतपोमन्त्राः सत्यं च ब्राह्मणे सदा ॥

karma śūdre kṛṣirvaiśye saṃgrāmaḥ kṣatriye smṛtaḥ | brahmacaryatapomantrāḥ satyaṃ ca brāhmaṇe sadā

Service is laid down for the Shudra, farming for the Vaishya, battle for the Kshatriya; and for the brahmin, always, celibate study, austerity, mantras and truth.

Verse 27 (3.210.27)

राजा प्रशास्ति धर्मेण स्वकर्मनिरताः प्रजाः । विकर्माणश्च ये केचित्तान्युनक्ति स्वकर्मसु ॥

rājā praśāsti dharmeṇa svakarmaniratāḥ prajāḥ | vikarmāṇaśca ye kecittānyunakti svakarmasu

The king rules with dharma subjects who keep to their own work, and those who have strayed from their work he sets back to it.

Verse 28 (3.210.28)

भेतव्यं हि सदा राज्ञां प्रजानामधिपा हिते । मारयन्ति विकर्मस्थं लुब्धा मृगमिवेषुभिः ॥

bhetavyaṃ hi sadā rājñāṃ prajānāmadhipā hite | mārayanti vikarmasthaṃ lubdhā mṛgamiveṣubhiḥ

Kings must always be feared, for they are the lords of the people. They strike down one who strays from his duty, as hunters strike a deer with arrows.

Verse 29 (3.210.29)

जनकस्येह विप्रर्षे विकर्मस्थो न विद्यते । स्वकर्मनिरता वर्णाश्चत्वारोपि द्विजोत्तम ॥

janakasyeha viprarṣe vikarmastho na vidyate | svakarmaniratā varṇāścatvāropi dvijottama

In Janaka's realm, brahmin sage, no one strays from his duty; all four classes keep to their own work, best of brahmins.

Verse 30 (3.210.30)

स एष जनको राजा दुर्वृत्तमपि चेत्सुतम् । दण्ड्यं दण्डे निक्षिपति यथा न ग्लाति धार्मिकम् ॥

sa eṣa janako rājā durvṛttamapi cetsutam | daṇḍyaṃ daṇḍe nikṣipati yathā na glāti dhārmikam

This King Janaka would put even his own son under the rod if he behaved wickedly and deserved punishment, so that the righteous should come to no harm.

Verse 31 (3.210.31)

सुयुक्तचारो नृपतिः सर्वं धर्मेण पश्यति । श्रीश्च राज्यं च दण्डश्च क्षत्रियाणां द्विजोत्तम ॥

suyuktacāro nṛpatiḥ sarvaṃ dharmeṇa paśyati | śrīśca rājyaṃ ca daṇḍaśca kṣatriyāṇāṃ dvijottama

With well-placed spies, the king watches over everything through dharma. Fortune, kingdom and the rod of punishment belong to the Kshatriyas, best of brahmins.

Verse 32 (3.210.32)

राजानो हि स्वधर्मेण श्रियमिच्छन्ति भूयसीम् । सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां त्राता राजा भवत्युत ॥

rājāno hi svadharmeṇa śriyamicchanti bhūyasīm | sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ trātā rājā bhavatyuta

Kings seek ever greater fortune through their own dharma; the king is the protector of all the classes.

Verse 33 (3.210.33)

परेण हि हतान्ब्रह्मन्वराहमहिषानहम् । न स्वयं हन्मि विप्रर्षे विक्रीणामि सदा त्वहम् ॥

pareṇa hi hatānbrahmanvarāhamahiṣānaham | na svayaṃ hanmi viprarṣe vikrīṇāmi sadā tvaham

The boars and buffaloes I deal in, brahmin, are killed by others. I do not kill them myself, brahmin sage; I only ever sell them.

Verse 34 (3.210.34)

न भक्षयामि मांसानि ऋतुगामी तथाह्यहम् । सदोपवासी च तथा नक्तभोजी सदा द्विज ॥

na bhakṣayāmi māṃsāni ṛtugāmī tathāhyaham | sadopavāsī ca tathā naktabhojī sadā dvija

I do not eat meat; I go to my wife only in her season; I fast regularly, and I always eat only at night, brahmin.

Verse 35 (3.210.35)

अशीलश्चापि पुरुषो भूत्वा भवति शीलवान् । प्राणिहिंसारतिश्चापि भवते धार्मिकः पुनः ॥

aśīlaścāpi puruṣo bhūtvā bhavati śīlavān | prāṇihiṃsāratiścāpi bhavate dhārmikaḥ punaḥ

Even a man of bad character may become a man of good character, and even one who delighted in killing living things may become righteous again.

Verse 36 (3.210.36)

व्यभिचारान्नरेन्द्राणां धर्मः संकीर्यते महान् । अधर्मो वर्तते चापि संकीर्यन्ते ततः प्रजाः ॥

vyabhicārānnarendrāṇāṃ dharmaḥ saṃkīryate mahān | adharmo vartate cāpi saṃkīryante tataḥ prajāḥ

When kings go astray, the great order of dharma falls into confusion; adharma prevails, and then the people too become confused and mixed.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यभिचाराननरेन्द्राणां → व्यभिचारान्नरेन्द्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; अन for ान्; the critical edition reads vyabhicārān narendrāṇāṃ).

Verse 37 (3.210.37)

भेरुण्डा वामनाः कुब्जाः स्थूलशीर्षास्तथैव च । क्लीबाश्चान्धाश्च बधिरा जायन्तेऽत्युच्चलोचनाः ॥

bheruṇḍā vāmanāḥ kubjāḥ sthūlaśīrṣāstathaiva ca | klībāścāndhāśca badhirā jāyante'tyuccalocanāḥ

Then are born frightful people, dwarfs, hunchbacks and the big-headed, eunuchs, the blind and the deaf, and people with bulging eyes.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.35ab–cd (Wikisource divides the lines differently). Its last quarter reads lambacūcukāḥ where Wikisource has जायन्तेऽत्युच्चलोचनाः (a recension variant).

Verse 38 (3.210.38)

पार्थिवानामधर्मत्वात्प्रजानामभवः सदा । स एष राजा जनकः प्रजा धर्मेण पश्यति ॥

pārthivānāmadharmatvātprajānāmabhavaḥ sadā | sa eṣa rājā janakaḥ prajā dharmeṇa paśyati

Through the unrighteousness of kings, the people always come to ruin. This King Janaka watches over his people with dharma,

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.35ef–36ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 39 (3.210.39)

अनुगृह्णन्प्रजाः सर्वाः स्वधर्मनिरताः सदा । पात्येष राजा जनकः पितृवद्द्विजसत्तम ॥

anugṛhṇanprajāḥ sarvāḥ svadharmaniratāḥ sadā | pātyeṣa rājā janakaḥ pitṛvaddvijasattama

showing favour to all his people, who ever keep to their own dharma. This King Janaka protects them like a father, best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks around the second line (Wikisource's marks for an added line). The first line is CE 3.198.36cd; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.198.36*1009).

Verse 40 (3.210.40)

येचैव मां प्रशंसन्ति येच निन्दन्ति मानवाः । सर्वान्सुपरिणीतेन कर्मणा तोषयाम्यहम् ॥

yecaiva māṃ praśaṃsanti yeca nindanti mānavāḥ | sarvānsupariṇītena karmaṇā toṣayāmyaham

Those who praise me and those who blame me alike, I satisfy them all by work well done.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्माणा → कर्मणा (misprint in Wikisource; extra ा; the critical edition reads karmaṇā).

Verse 41 (3.210.41)

ये जीवन्ति स्वधर्मेण संयुञ्जन्ति च पार्थिवाः । न किंचिदुपजीवन्ति दान्ता उत्थानशीलिनः ॥

ye jīvanti svadharmeṇa saṃyuñjanti ca pārthivāḥ | na kiṃcidupajīvanti dāntā utthānaśīlinaḥ

Kings who live by their own dharma and govern rightly, self-controlled and always active, live off nothing that is not their own.

Note on the text: Corrected उपजीवनति → उपजीवन्ति and उत्थानसीलिनः → उत्थानशीलिनः (misprints in Wikisource; misplaced न and स for श; the critical edition reads upajīvanti … utthānaśīlinaḥ).

Verse 42 (3.210.42)

शक्त्याऽन्नदानं सततं तितिक्षा धर्मनित्यता । यथार्हं प्रतिपूजा च सर्वभूतेषु वै दया ॥

śaktyā'nnadānaṃ satataṃ titikṣā dharmanityatā | yathārhaṃ pratipūjā ca sarvabhūteṣu vai dayā

Giving food as far as one can, constant forbearance, steadiness in dharma, honouring each as he deserves, and compassion for all creatures:

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.39ab–cd (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 43 (3.210.43)

त्यागान्नान्यत्र मर्त्यानां गुणास्तिष्ठन्ति पूरुषे । मृषावादं परिहरेत्कुर्यात्प्रियमयाचितः ॥

tyāgānnānyatra martyānāṃ guṇāstiṣṭhanti pūruṣe | mṛṣāvādaṃ pariharetkuryātpriyamayācitaḥ

these virtues abide in a man only through renunciation, not otherwise. One should shun falsehood and do what is pleasing without being asked.

Note on the text: Corrected तिष्ठान्ति → तिष्ठन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; extra ा). This verse is CE 3.198.39ef–40ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 44 (3.210.44)

न च कामान्न संरम्भान्न द्वेषाद्धर्ममुत्सृजेत् । प्रिये नातिभृशं हृष्येदप्रिये न च संज्वरेत् ॥

na ca kāmānna saṃrambhānna dveṣāddharmamutsṛjet | priye nātibhṛśaṃ hṛṣyedapriye na ca saṃjvaret

One should not abandon dharma out of desire, or fear, or hatred. One should not rejoice too much at what is pleasant, nor burn with distress at what is unpleasant.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.40cd–41ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 45 (3.210.45)

न मुह्येदर्थकृच्छ्रेषु न च धर्मं परित्यजेत् । कर्म चेत्किंचिदन्यत्स्यादितरन्न तदाचरेत् ॥

na muhyedarthakṛcchreṣu na ca dharmaṃ parityajet | karma cetkiṃcidanyatsyāditaranna tadācaret

One should not lose one's head in hard times, nor give up dharma. If some deed turns out wrongly, one should not do the like of it again.

Note on the text: Corrected धऱ्मं → धर्मं (misprint in Wikisource; the letter ऱ for र). This verse is CE 3.198.41cd–42ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 46 (3.210.46)

यत्कल्याणमभिध्यायेत्तत्रात्मानं नियोजयेत् । न पापं प्रति पापः स्यात्साधुरेव सदा भवेत् ॥

yatkalyāṇamabhidhyāyettatrātmānaṃ niyojayet | na pāpaṃ prati pāpaḥ syātsādhureva sadā bhavet

One should apply oneself to whatever one judges to be good. One should not do evil in return for evil, but always remain good.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.42cd–43ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 47 (3.210.47)

आत्मनैव हतः पापो यः पापं कर्तुमिच्छति । कर्म चैतदसाधूनां वृजिनानामसाधुकम् ॥

ātmanaiva hataḥ pāpo yaḥ pāpaṃ kartumicchati | karma caitadasādhūnāṃ vṛjinānāmasādhukam

The evil man who wishes to do evil is struck down by himself. Such conduct belongs to the wicked and the sinful, and it is base.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.43cd–44ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 48 (3.210.48)

न धर्मोस्तीति मन्वानाः शुचीनवहसन्ति ये । अश्रद्दधाना धर्मस्य ते नश्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

na dharmostīti manvānāḥ śucīnavahasanti ye | aśraddadhānā dharmasya te naśyanti na saṃśayaḥ

Those who mock the pure, thinking "There is no dharma," having no faith in dharma, perish without a doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मस् ते → धर्मस्य ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य; the critical edition reads dharmasya te). This verse is CE 3.198.44cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 49 (3.210.49)

महादृतिरिवाध्मातः पापो भवति नित्यदा । साधुः सन्नतिमानेव सर्वत्रद्विजसत्तम ॥

mahādṛtirivādhmātaḥ pāpo bhavati nityadā | sādhuḥ sannatimāneva sarvatradvijasattama

The evil man is always puffed up like a great inflated bellows, but the good man is humble everywhere, best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks around the second line (Wikisource's marks for an added line). The first line is CE 3.198.45ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.198.45*1011, reading sādhusannītimān).

Verse 50 (3.210.50)

मूढानामवलिप्तानामसारं भाषितं भवेत् । दर्शयन्त्यन्तरात्मानं दिवा रूपमिवांशुमान् ॥

mūḍhānāmavaliptānāmasāraṃ bhāṣitaṃ bhavet | darśayantyantarātmānaṃ divā rūpamivāṃśumān

The talk of fools and the arrogant is hollow; they lay bare their inner selves as the sun lays bare forms by day.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.45cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 51 (3.210.51)

न लोके राजते मूर्खः केवलात्मप्रशंसया । अपिचेह मृजाहीनः कृतविद्यः प्रकाशते ॥

na loke rājate mūrkhaḥ kevalātmapraśaṃsayā | apiceha mṛjāhīnaḥ kṛtavidyaḥ prakāśate

A fool does not shine in the world by praising himself alone, whereas a learned man shines here even when he is unwashed.

Verse 52 (3.210.52)

अब्रुवन्कस्यचिन्निन्दामात्मपूजामवर्णयन् । न कश्चिद्गुणसंपन्नः प्रकाशो भुवि दृश्यते ॥

abruvankasyacinnindāmātmapūjāmavarṇayan | na kaścidguṇasaṃpannaḥ prakāśo bhuvi dṛśyate

Such fools think that no man of merit is ever seen to win renown on earth without speaking ill of someone and singing his own praises.

Verse 53 (3.210.53)

विकर्मणा तप्यमानः पापाद्विपरिमुच्यते । न तत्कुर्यां पुनरिति द्वितीयात्परिमुच्यते ॥

vikarmaṇā tapyamānaḥ pāpādviparimucyate | na tatkuryāṃ punariti dvitīyātparimucyate

One who repents of a wrong deed is freed from that sin; resolving "I will not do this again," he is freed from the second, the sin still to come.

Verse 54 (3.210.54)

कर्मणा येन केनापि पापात्मा द्विजसत्तम । एवं श्रुतिरियं ब्रह्मन्धर्मेषु प्रतिदृश्यते ॥

karmaṇā yena kenāpi pāpātmā dvijasattama | evaṃ śrutiriyaṃ brahmandharmeṣu pratidṛśyate

By any good act whatever, best of brahmins, the sinful man is freed: such is the teaching of scripture found in matters of dharma, brahmin.

Verse 55 (3.210.55)

पापानि बुद्ध्वेह पुरा कृतानि । स्वधर्मशीलो विनिहन्ति पश्चात् । धर्मो ब्रह्मन्नुदते ब्राह्मणानां । यत्कुर्वते पापमिह प्रमादात् ॥

pāpāni buddhveha purā kṛtāni | svadharmaśīlo vinihanti paścāt | dharmo brahmannudate brāhmaṇānāṃ | yatkurvate pāpamiha pramādāt

Recognising the sins he committed before, one devoted to his own dharma destroys them afterwards. Dharma, brahmin, drives away the sins that brahmins commit here through carelessness.

Note on the text: Corrected पापनि → पापानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा).

Verse 56 (3.210.56)

पापं कृत्वा हि मन्येत नाहमस्मीति पूरुषः । तं तु देवाः प्रपश्यन्ति स्वस्यैवान्तरपूरुषः ॥

pāpaṃ kṛtvā hi manyeta nāhamasmīti pūruṣaḥ | taṃ tu devāḥ prapaśyanti svasyaivāntarapūruṣaḥ

Having done evil, a man may think, "It was not I." But the gods see him, and so does the inner Person within his own self.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets around the second line (editorial marks in Wikisource). The first line is CE 3.198.51ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.198.51*1013).

Verse 57 (3.210.57)

चिकीर्षेदेव कल्याणं श्रद्दधानोऽनसूयकः ॥

cikīrṣedeva kalyāṇaṃ śraddadhāno'nasūyakaḥ

Let him, full of faith and free of envy, strive only to do good.

Note on the text: Corrected कल्यायणं → कल्याणं (misprint in Wikisource; extra य). A single line, printed by Wikisource as its own verse; it is CE 3.198.51cd.

Verse 58 (3.210.58)

वसनस्येव च्छिद्राणि साधूनां विवृणोति यः । अपश्यन्नात्मनो दोषान्स पापः प्रेत्य नश्यति ॥

vasanasyeva cchidrāṇi sādhūnāṃ vivṛṇoti yaḥ | apaśyannātmano doṣānsa pāpaḥ pretya naśyati

He who lays bare the faults of good men like holes in a garment, while blind to his own faults, that sinner perishes after death.

Note on the text: Corrected च्छिद्राणइ → च्छिद्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; vowel letter इ for the sign ि). Removed the backtick and quote marks around the second line (Wikisource's marks for an added line). The first line is CE 3.198.52ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.198.52*1014).

Verse 59 (3.210.59)

पापं चेत्पुरुषः कृत्वा कल्याणमभिपद्यते । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो महाभ्रेणेव चन्द्रमाः ॥

pāpaṃ cetpuruṣaḥ kṛtvā kalyāṇamabhipadyate | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo mahābhreṇeva candramāḥ

If a man who has done evil turns to good, he is freed from all his sins, as the moon comes free of a great cloud.

Note on the text: This verse is CE 3.198.52cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 60 (3.210.60)

यथाऽऽदित्यः समुद्यन्वै तमः सर्वं व्यपोहति । एवं कल्याणमातिष्ठन्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

yathā''dityaḥ samudyanvai tamaḥ sarvaṃ vyapohati | evaṃ kalyāṇamātiṣṭhansarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Just as the rising sun dispels all darkness, so one who practises good is freed from all his sins.

Verse 61 (3.210.61)

पापानां विद्ध्यधिष्ठानं लोभमोहौ द्विजोत्तम । तस्मात्तौ विदुषा विप्र वर्जनीयौ विशेषतः ॥

pāpānāṃ viddhyadhiṣṭhānaṃ lobhamohau dvijottama | tasmāttau viduṣā vipra varjanīyau viśeṣataḥ

Know, best of brahmins, that greed and delusion are the seat of sin. Therefore, brahmin, a wise man must shun these two above all.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks around the second line (Wikisource's marks for an added line). The first line is CE 3.198.54ab (which reads lobham eva for लोभमोहौ); the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus gives it as 3.198.54*1015).

Verse 62 (3.210.62)

लुब्धाः पापं व्यवस्यन्ति नरा नातिबहुश्रुताः । अधर्म्या धर्मरूपेण तृणैः कूपा इवावृताः ॥

lubdhāḥ pāpaṃ vyavasyanti narā nātibahuśrutāḥ | adharmyā dharmarūpeṇa tṛṇaiḥ kūpā ivāvṛtāḥ

Greedy men of little learning set their minds on sin. They are the unrighteous in the guise of the righteous, like wells covered over with grass.

Note on the text: Corrected लुबधाः → लुब्धाः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct ब्ध). This verse is CE 3.198.54cd–ef (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 63 (3.210.63)

येषां पञ्च पवित्राणि प्रलापा धर्मसंश्रिताः । सर्वं हि विद्यते तेषु शिष्टाचारः सुदुर्लभः ॥

yeṣāṃ pañca pavitrāṇi pralāpā dharmasaṃśritāḥ | sarvaṃ hi vidyate teṣu śiṣṭācāraḥ sudurlabhaḥ

They may have the five purifiers, and talk that leans on dharma; everything may be found in them, but the conduct of the cultured is very rare."

Note on the text: Corrected पञ् → पञ्च (misprint in Wikisource; truncated word, the five purifiers asked about in the next adhyaya) and धर्मसंश्रितः → धर्मसंश्रिताः (misprint in Wikisource; must agree with प्रलापाः; the critical edition reads dharmasaṃśritāḥ). The critical edition's first quarter reads teṣāṃ damaḥ (a recension variant).