pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: श्राद्धकाले तु यत्नेन भोक्तव्या ह्यजुगुप्सिताः। दुर्वर्णः कुनखी कुष्ठी मायावी कुण्डगोलकौ॥ वर्जनीयाः प्रयलेन काण्डपृष्ठाश्च देहिनः। जुगुप्सितं हि यच्छ्राद्धं दहत्यग्निरिवेन्धनम्॥
English: One should with great care feed them at the time of Shraddha ceremonies, but those among them (Brahmana) that are cursed or fallen, that are either exceeding handsome or excessively black, that have diseased nails, that are lepers, that are deceitful, that are bastards, born of widows or of women with their husbands in exile and that support themselves by the profession of arms, all these should be excluded. A censurable Shraddha consumes the performer as fire consumes the wood.
Sanskrit: ये ये श्राद्धे न युज्यन्ते मूकान्धबधिरादयः। तेऽपि सर्वे नियोक्तव्या मिश्रिता वेदपारगैः॥
English: If those that are to be employed in a Shraddha happen to be dumb, blind or deaf, care should be taken to employ them with the Brahmanas who are learned in the Vedas.
Sanskrit: प्रतिग्रहश्च वै देयः शृणु यस्य युधिष्ठिर। प्रदातारं तथाऽऽत्मानं यस्तारयति शक्तिमान्॥ तस्मिन् देयं द्विजे दानं सर्वागमविजानता। प्रदातारं यथाऽऽत्मानं तारयेद् यः स शक्तिमान्॥
English: O Yudhishthira, hear now what you should give away. He who knows the Vedas should give away to only those Brahmanas who are able to save both the giver and himself, for he only is to be considered a competent (Brahmana) who can save the giver and himself.
Sanskrit: न तथा हविषो होमैन पुष्पैर्नानुलेपनैः। अग्नयः पार्थ तुष्यन्ति यथा ह्यतिथिभोजने॥
English: O son of Pritha, the sacred fire does not become so much gratified in receiving the libations of Ghee, the offering of flowers and sandal paste and other perfumes as by the entertainment of guests.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् त्वं सर्वयत्नेन यतस्वातिथिभोजने। पादोदकं पादघृतं दीपमन्नं प्रतिश्रयम्॥ प्रयच्छन्ति तु ये राजन् नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम्।
English: Therefore with all care entertain guests. O king, those that give to his guests water to wash his feet, butter to rub over his tired legs, light in darkness and food and shelter, do not (at all) go before Yama.
Sanskrit: देवमाल्यापनयनं द्विजोच्छिष्टावमार्जनम्॥ आकल्प: परिचर्या च गात्रसंवाहनानि च। अत्रैकैकं नृपश्रेष्ठ गोदानाद्ध्यतिरिच्यते॥
English: The removal of garlands of flowers offered to the gods, the removal of the remnant of a Brahmana's food, serving with prepared pastes, the shampooing of a Brahmana's legs, O foremost of kings, each of these gives better fruits than the giving away of kine.
Sanskrit: कपिलायाः प्रदानात् तु मुच्यते नात्र संशयः। तस्मादलंकृतां दद्यात् कपिलां तु द्विजातये॥
English: A man certainly rescues himself (from hell) by giving away Kapila cow, therefore a Kapila cow, decked with ornaments, should be given to a Brahmana.
Sanskrit: श्रोत्रियाय दरिद्राय गृहस्थायाग्निहोत्रिणे। पुत्रदाराभिभूताय तथा ह्यनुपकारिणे॥
English: One should make gifts to a person nobly born, one who is learned in the Vedas, one that is fair, one who leads a domestic life, but who is burdened with wife and children, one who duly worships the sacred fire and one who has done you no service.
Sanskrit: एवंविधेषु दातव्या न समृद्धेषु भारत। को गुणो भरतश्रेष्ठ समृद्धेष्वभिवर्जितम्॥
English: O best of the Bharata race, O descendant of Bharata, you should always give away to such men and not to those who are wealthy. What merit is there to give (wealth) to one who is wealthy?
Sanskrit: एकस्यैका प्रदातव्या न बहूनां कदाचन। सा गौर्विक्रयमापन्ना हन्यात् त्रिपुरुषं कुलम्॥ न तारयति दातारं ब्राह्मणं नैव नैव तु।
English: One cow must be given to one Brahmana. One single cow must not be given to many Brahmanas. If that cow is sold, three generations of the giver's family would be lost. Such a gift will neither rescue the giver nor the Brahmana who takes it.
Sanskrit: सुवर्णस्य विशुद्धस्य सुवर्णं यः प्रयच्छति॥ सुवर्णानां शतं तेन दत्तं भवति शाश्वतम्।
English: He who gives away eighty Ratis of pure gold, obtains the everlasting fruit of giving away one hundred pieces of gold.
Sanskrit: अनड्वाहं तु यो दद्याद् बलवन्तं धुरंधरम्॥ स लिस्तरति दुर्गाणि स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति।
English: He who gives away a strong bull capable of drawing the plough, does not certainly meet with any calamity; he finally goes to heaven.
Sanskrit: वसुन्धरां तु यो दद्याद् द्विजाय विदुरात्मने।॥ दातारं ह्यनुगच्छन्ति सर्वे कामाभिवाञ्छिताः।
English: He who gives away land to a learned Brahmana, has all his desires fulfilled.
Sanskrit: पृच्छन्ति चात्र दातारं वदन्ति पुरुषा भुवि॥ अध्वनि क्षीणगात्राश्च पांसुपादावगुण्ठिताः। तेषामेव श्रमार्तानां यो ह्यन्नं कथयेद् बुधः॥ अन्नदातृसमः सोऽपि कीयंते नात्र संशयः।
English: The tired traveller, with weakened limbs and with feet besmeared with dust, asks for the name of him who gives him food. There are men who answer him by telling him the name. That wise man who informs the toil-worn travellers the name of the persons who give them food is certainly considered equal in virtue as the giver of food himself.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् त्वं सर्वदानानि हित्वान्नं सम्प्रयच्छ हा॥ न हीदृशं पुण्यफलं विचित्रमिह विद्यते। यथाशक्ति च यो दद्यादन्नं विप्रेषु संस्कृतम्॥ स तेन कर्मणाऽऽमोति प्रजापतिसलोकताम्।
English: O Yudhishthira, Therefore (even) abstaining from other kinds of gifts, give away food. There is no virtue so great as that of giving well-cooked and pure food to the Brahmanas according to one's ability. That man by his this act obtains the companionship of Prajapati.
Sanskrit: अन्नमेव विशिष्टं हि तस्मात् परतरं न च॥ अन्नं प्रजापतिश्चोक्तः स च संवत्सरो मतः। संवत्सरस्तु यज्ञोऽसौ सर्वं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्॥
English: There is no gift superior to that of food. The food is the foremost and the first of all things. It is said that food is Prajapati. Prajapati (again) is considered as year and the year is sacrifice.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् सर्वाणि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च। तस्मादन्नं विशिष्टं हि सर्वेभ्य इति विश्रुतम्॥
English: From sacrifice all mobile and immobile creatures take their birth. For this reason it has been heard by us that food is the foremost of all things.
Sanskrit: येषां तटाकानि महोदकानि वाप्यश्च कूपाश्च प्रतिश्रयाश्च। अन्नस्य दानं मधुरा च वाणी यमस्य ते निर्वचना भवन्ति॥
English: Those, that give away lakes and large tanks, wells and ponds, shelter and food with sweet words, have not to bear the up-braiding of Yama.
Sanskrit: धान्यं श्रमेणार्जितवित्तसंचितं विप्रे सुशीले च प्रयच्छते यः। वसुन्धरा तस्य भवेत् सुतुष्टा धारां वसूनां प्रतिमुञ्चतीव॥
English: Earth is always satisfied with that man who gives rice and wealth earned by his own labour to the Brahmanas whose behaviour is good. She pours upon such a man showers of wealth.
Sanskrit: अन्नदाः प्रथमं यान्ति सत्यवाक् तदनन्तरम्। अयाचितप्रदाता च समं यान्ति त्रयो जनाः॥
English: The giver of food walks first, then follows the speaker of truth; and then the man who gives away to a person who does not ask. But all these three go to the same place.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच कौतूहलसमुत्पन्नः पर्यपृच्छद् युधिष्ठिरः। मार्कण्डेयं महात्मानं पुनरेव सहानुजः॥
English: Vaishampayana said : Being filled with curiosity, Yudhishthira, with his brothers, again asked the illustrious Markandeya.
Sanskrit: यमलोकस्य चाध्वानमन्तरं मानुषस्य च। कीदृशं किम्प्रमाणं वा कथं वा तन्महामुने। तरन्ति पुरुषाश्चैव केनोपायेन शंस मे॥
English: Yudhishthira said: O great Rishi, what is the distance of the region of Yama from that of men? What is its measurement? How does a man pass over it and by what meant? Tell me all this.
Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय उवाच सर्वगुह्यतमं प्रश्न पवित्रमृषिसंस्तुतम्। कथयिष्यामि ते राजन् धर्म्य धर्मभृतां वर॥
English: Markandeya said : O king, O foremost of all virtuous men, your this question relates to a great mystery. It is sacred and it is much praised by the Rishis. I shall speak to you about this Dharma.
Sanskrit: षडशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानां नराधिप। यमलोकस्य चाध्वानमन्तरं मानुषस्य च॥
English: O ruler of men, the distance of the region of Yama from the abode of men is eighty-six thousand yojanas.
Sanskrit: आकाशं तदपानीयं घोरं कान्तारदर्शनम्। न तत्र वृक्षच्छाया वा पानीयं केतनानि च॥ विश्रमेद् यत्र वै श्रान्तः पुरुषोऽध्वनि कर्शितः।
English: The way is over space. There is no water there and it is terrible to look at. There is nowhere in that region any shade of any tree, any water and any resting place, in which the traveller when fatigued, may take rest for some time.
Sanskrit: नीयते यमदूतैस्तु यमस्याज्ञाकरैर्बलात्॥ नराः स्त्रियस्तथैवान्ये पृथिव्यां जीवसंज्ञिताः।
English: Along this path are forcibly taken by messenger of Yama, obedient to his command, all men and women and all creatures that have life.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदानानि नानारूपाणि पार्थिव॥ हयादीनां प्रकृष्टानि तेऽध्वानं यान्ति वै नराः। संनिवार्यातपं यान्ति छत्रेणैव हि छत्रदाः॥
English: O ruler of earth, O king, those that have given horses and other good conveyances to the Brahmanas, go along (this path) on those animals and conveyances. Those that have given. umbrellas thus (to the Brahmanas) go along this path with umbrellas, warding off the sun's rays.
Sanskrit: तृप्ताश्चैवान्नदातारो ह्यतृप्ताश्चाप्यनन्नदाः। वस्त्रिणो वस्त्रदा यान्ति अवस्त्रा यान्त्यवस्त्रदाः॥
English: Those that have given food go along without any hunger and those that have not given food go along afflicted with (great) hunger. Those that have given cloths go along attired in cloths and those that have not given cloths go along naked,
Sanskrit: हिरण्यदाः सुखं यान्ति पुरुषास्त्वभ्यलंकृताः। भूमिदास्तु सुखं यान्ति सर्वैः कामैः सुतर्पिताः॥
English: Those that have given gold go along in happiness, well adorned in ornaments. And those that have given land go along with their every desire completely gratified.
Sanskrit: यान्ति चैवापरिक्लिष्टा नराः सस्यप्रदायकाः। नराः सुखतरं यान्ति विमानेषु गृहप्रदाः॥
English: Those that have given grains go along without being afflicted with any want; and those that have given houses go along on cars.
Sanskrit: पानीयदा ह्यतृषिताः प्रहृष्टमनसो नराः। पन्थानं द्योतयन्तश्च यान्ति दीपप्रदाः सुखम्॥
English: Those that have given king go along with cheerful hearts without ever being afflicted by thirst. Those that have given lights go along in great happiness lighting the way before them.
Sanskrit: गोप्रदास्तु सुखं यान्ति निर्मुक्ताः सर्वपातकैः। विमानैर्हससंयुक्तैर्यान्ति मासोपवासिनः॥
English: Those that have given kine go along in happiness, their sins being all destroyed. Those that have fasted for a month, go along on cars drawn by swans.
Sanskrit: तथा बर्हिप्रयुक्तैश्च षष्ठरात्रोपवासिनः। त्रिरात्रं क्षपते यस्तु एकभक्तेन पाण्डव॥ अन्तरा चैव नाश्नाति तस्य लोका ह्यनामयाः। पानीयस्य गुणा दिव्याः प्रेतलोकसुखावहाः॥
English: O son of Pandu, those that have fasted for six nights, go on cars drawn by peacocks. O son of Pandu, he who fasts for three nights taking only one meal without a second goes to a region free from disease and anxiety. The water has this excellent property that it produces happiness in the region of the dead.
Sanskrit: तत्र पुष्पोदका नाम नदी तेषां विधीयते। शीतलं सलिलं तत्र पिबन्ति ह्यमृतोपमम्॥
English: There they see a river named Pushpodaka. They there drink cool water which is like the very ambrosia.
Sanskrit: ये च दुष्कृतकर्माणः पूयं तेषां विधीयते। एवं नदी महाराज सर्वकामप्रदा हि सा॥
English: He who is of evil deed drinks there puss which is the thing that has been ordained for him. O great king, that river fulfills one's all desires.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् त्वमपि राजेन्द्र पूजयनान् यथाविधि। अध्वनि क्षीणगात्रश्च पथि पांसुसमन्वितः॥ पृच्छते ह्यन्नदातारं गृहमायाति चाशया। तं पूजयाथ यत्नेन सोऽतिथिर्ब्राह्मणश्च सः॥
English: O king of kings, worship there these (Brahmanas) in all due form. Weakened with travelling and besmeared with the dust on this way, the traveller asks for the name of him who gives food and comes in hope to his house to worship him with all care, for he is a great Brahmana.
Sanskrit: तं यान्तमनुगच्छन्ति देवाः सर्वे सवासवाः। तस्मिन् सम्पूजिते प्रीता निराशा यान्त्यपूजिते॥
English: As he proceeds all the celestials with Vasava (Indra) follow him. If he is worshipped, they are gratified; and if he is not worshipped they become cheerless.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् त्वमपि राजेन्द्र पूजयैनं यथाविधि। एतत् ते शतशः प्रोक्तं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि॥
English: O king of kings, therefore duly worship these (Brahmanas). I have thus spoken to you on one hundred subjects. What do you desire to hear from me more?
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच पुनः पुनरहं श्रोतुं कथां धर्मसमाश्रयाम्। पुण्यामिच्छामि धर्मज्ञ कथ्यमानां त्वया विभो॥
English: Yudhishthira said : O lord, O virtuous man, I desire to hear you again and again on sacred subjects relating to virtue and morals.
Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय उवाच धर्मान्तरं प्रति कथां कथ्यमानां मया नृप। सर्वपापहरां नित्यं शृणुष्वावहितो मम॥
English: Markandeya said: O king, I shall now speak on another sacred subject relating to eternity which destroys all sins. Listen to me with all others.
Sanskrit: कपिलायां तु दत्तायां यत् फलं ज्येष्ठपुष्करे। तत् फलं भरतश्रेष्ठ विप्राणां पादधावने॥
English: O best of the Bharata race, the merit equal to that of giving away a Kapila cow in Pushkara (Tirtha) is obtained by washing the feet of the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: द्विजपादोदकक्लिन्ना यावत् तिष्ठति मेदिनी। तावत् पुष्करपर्णेन पिबन्ति पितरो जलम्॥
English: As long as the earth remains moist with the water touched by the feet of a Brahmana, so long do the Pitris drink water from the lotus leaves.
Sanskrit: स्वागतेनाग्नयस्तृप्ता आसनेन शतक्रतुः। पितरः पादशौचेन अन्नाद्येन प्रजापतिः॥
English: If a guest is welcomed, Agni is gratified. If he is offered a seat, Indra is gratified. If his feet are washed, it is the Pitris who are delighted. If he is fed, it is Prajapati (Brahma) himself who is gratified.
Sanskrit: यावद् वत्सस्य वै पादौ शिरश्चैव प्रदृश्यते। तस्मिन् काले प्रदातव्या प्रयत्नेनान्तरात्मना॥ अन्तरिक्षगतो वत्सो यावद् योन्यां प्रदृश्यते। तावद् गौ पृथिवी ज्ञेया यावद् गर्भं न मुञ्चति॥
English: One should with subdued soul give away a cow when the feet and the head of her calf are visible. Before her delivery is complete, a cow with her calf in the air in the course of falling from the uterus to the earth is to be considered as equal to the earth herself.
Sanskrit: यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि वत्सस्य च युधिष्ठिर। तावद् युगसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते॥
English: O Yudhishthira, he is adored in the celestials region as many thousand Yugas as there are hairs on the bodies of that cow and the calf.
Sanskrit: सुवर्णनासां यः कृत्वा सुखुरां कृष्णधेनुकाम्। तिलैः प्रच्छादितां दद्यात् सर्वरत्नैरलंकृताम्॥
English: The person who donets a black cow duly ornamented with jwels including nose-ring made of gold and the hoof made of silver.
Sanskrit: प्रतिग्रहं गृहीत्वा यः पुनर्ददति साधवे। फलानां फलमश्नाति तदा दत्त्वा च भारत॥ ससमुद्रगुहा तेन सशैलवनकानना। चतुरन्ता भवेद् दत्त पृथिवी नात्र संशयः॥
English: O descendant of Bharata, he who, having accepted a gift, gives it away immediately to a person who is virtuous and honest, obtains great merit. He certainly obtains the fruit of giving away the whole earth to her utmost limits with her oceans, seas and caves, her mountains and forests and woods.
Sanskrit: अन्तर्जानुशयो यस्तु भुङ्क्ते संसक्तभाजनः। यो द्विजः शब्दरहितं स क्षमस्तारणाय वै॥
English: The Brahmana, who eats in silence from a plate, keeping his hands between his knees, succeeds in saving others.
Sanskrit: अपानपा न गदितास्तथान्ये ये द्विजातयः। जपन्ति संहितां सम्यक् ते नित्यं तारणक्षमाः॥
English: Those Brahmanas who abstain from drink and who are never spoken by others as having any fault and who daily read the Samhitas are capable of saving others,
Sanskrit: हव्यं कव्यं च यत् किंचित् सर्वं तच्छ्रोत्रियोऽर्हति। दत्तं हि श्रोत्रिये साधौ ज्वलितेऽग्नौ यथा हुतम्॥
English: Havya (libation of ghee) and Kavya (edible offerings) should all be presented to a Brahmana who is learned in the Vedas. As an offering of ghee to Agnis is never in vain, so a gift to the Brahmanas learned in the Vedas is never in vain.
Sanskrit: मन्युप्रहरणा विप्रा न विप्राः शस्त्रयोधिनः। निहन्युर्मन्युना विप्रा वज्रपाणिरिवासुरान्॥
English: The Brahinanas have anger as their weapon; they never fight with weapons made of iron or steel. The Brahmanas kill their enemies with anger, as the wielder of thunder killed the Asuras.
Sanskrit: धर्माश्रितेयं त कथा कथितेयं तवानघ। यां श्रुत्वा मुनयः प्रीता नैमिषारण्यवासिनः॥
English: O sinless one, the theme relating to virtue and morality is now over. Having heard them, the Rishis, in the Naimisha forest, greatly delighted.
Sanskrit: वीतशोकभयक्रोधा विपाप्मानस्तथैव च। श्रुत्वेमां तु कथां राजन् न भवन्तीह मानवाः॥
English: O king, (hearing them) they were freed from grief, fear and anger and they were cleansed of their sins. Those men who hear them are freed from the bondage of rebirth.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच किं तच्छौचं भवेद् येन विप्रः शुद्धः सदा भवेत्। तदिच्छामि महाप्राज्ञ श्रोतुं धर्मभृतां वर॥
English: Yudhishthira said : O greatly wise one, O foremost of virtuous men, what purification is there by which a Brahmana might always be pure. I desire to hear it.
Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय उवाच वाक् शौचं कर्मशौचं च यच्च शौचं जलात्मकम्। त्रिभिः शौचैरुपेतो यः स स्वर्गी नात्र संशयः॥
English: Markandeya continued There are three kinds of purity, namely purity in speech, purity in deed and purity by water. He who takes to these certainly obtains heaven.
Sanskrit: सायं प्रातश्च संध्यां यो ब्राह्मणोऽभ्युपसेवते। प्रजपन् पावनी देवीं गायत्री वेदमातरम्॥ स तया पावितो देव्या ब्राह्मणो नष्टकिल्बिषः। न सीदेत् प्रतिगृहणनो महीमपि ससागराम्॥
English: That Brahmana who adores (the goddess) Sandhya in the morning and in the evening and who recites the sacred Gayatri, who is the mother of the Vedas, is cleansed from all his sins after being sanctified by the latter. Even if he accepts in gift the entire earth with her oceans, he does not suffer the least unhappiness.
Sanskrit: ये चास्य दारुणाः केचिद् ग्रहाः सूर्यादयो दिवि। ते चास्य सौम्या जायन्ते शिवाः शिवतराः सदा॥
English: Those planets in the sky including the sun that may be inauspicious and hostile towards him soon become favourable and auspicious towards him for his these acts. And those that are auspicious and favourable become more auspicious and favourable.
Sanskrit: चैनं दारुणाः पिशिताशनाः। घोररूपा महाकाया धर्षयन्ति द्विजोत्तमम्॥
English: The terrible Rakshasas who feed on animal food and who have gigantic and fearful appearances, all become incapable of doing any injury to a Brahmana who practises these purifications.
Sanskrit: नाध्यापनाद् याजनाद् वा अन्यस्माद् वा प्रतिग्रहात्। दोषो भवति विप्राणां ज्वलिताग्निसमा द्विजाः॥
English: They incur no fault in consequence of teaching, of officiating at sacrifice and of accepting gifts from others. The Brahmanas are like the blazing fire.
Sanskrit: सर्वे नानुगतं दुर्वेदा वा सुवेदा वा प्राकृताः संस्कृतास्तथा। ब्राह्मणा नावमन्तव्या भस्मच्छन्ना इवाग्नयः॥
English: Whether learned in the Vedas or not, whether pure or impure, they should never be insulted, for Brahmanas are like fires, 'covered with ashes.
Sanskrit: यथा श्मशाने दीप्तौजाः पावको नैव दुष्यति। एवं विद्वानविद्वान् वा ब्राह्मणो दैवतं महत्॥
English: A fire that blazes forth in a place of cremation is never impure, so is a Brahmana either learned or ignorant is always pure. He is superior to a celestials.
Sanskrit: प्राकारैश्च पुरद्वारैः प्रासादैश्च पृथग्विधैः। नगराणि न शोभन्ते हीनानि ब्राह्मणोत्तमैः॥
English: Cities adorned with walls and gates and palaces lose their beauty if they are not inhabited by Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: वेदाढ्या वृत्तसम्पन्ना ज्ञानवन्तस्तपस्विनः। यत्र तिष्ठति वै विप्रास्तन्नाम नगरं नृप॥
English: O king, that is really a city in which live Brahmanas learned in the Vedas, who duly observe the duties of their order and who possess learning and ascetic merit.
Sanskrit: व्रजे वाप्यथवारण्ये यत्र सन्ति बहुश्रुताः। तत् तन्नगरमित्याहुः पार्थ तीर्थं च तद् भवेत्॥
English: O son of Pritha, whether it be a forest or a pasture ground where learned Brahmanas live is called a city. It is also a Tirtha.
Sanskrit: रक्षितारं च राजानं ब्राह्मणं च तपस्विनम्। अभिगम्याभिपूज्याथ सद्यः पापात् प्रमुच्यते॥
English: By going to a king who protects (his subjects) and to a Brahmana who possesses ascetic merits and also by worshipping them both, one may be immediately cleansed off all his sins.
Sanskrit: पुण्यतीर्थाभिषेकं च पवित्राणां च कीर्तनम्। सद्भिः सम्भाषणं चैव प्रशस्तं कीर्त्यते बुधैः॥
English: The learned men have said that ablutions in the sacred Tirthas, recitations of the names of holy ones and conversations with the good and the virtuous are all praiseworthy acts.
Sanskrit: साधुसङ्गमपूतेन वाक्सुभाषितवारिणा। पवित्रीकृतमात्मानं सन्तो मन्यन्ति नित्यशः॥
English: Those that are virtuous and honest always consider themselves sanctified by the holy companionship of persons like themselves and also by the water of pure and sacred conversation.
Sanskrit: त्रिदण्डधारणं मौनं जटाभारोऽथ मुण्डनम्। वल्कलाजिन संवेष्टं व्रतचर्याभिषेचनम्॥ अग्निहोत्रं वने वासः शरीरपरिशोषणम्। सर्वाण्येतानि मिथ्या स्युर्यदि भावो न निर्मलः॥
English: Carrying of the three stays, the vow of silence, matted locks (on head), shaving of the head, wearing barks and deer skins, observing vows, practicing ablutions, worshipping of fire and living in the forest emaciating the body, all these are useless to one if his heart be not pure.
Sanskrit: न दुष्करमनाशित्वं सुकर ह्यशनं विना। विशुद्धिं चक्षुरादीनां षण्णामिन्द्रियगामिनाम्॥
English: O king of kings, the indulgence of the six senses is (very) easy if purity be not its aim. Abstinence is itself difficult to acquire and it is more so if purity be not its aim. Among all the senses mind is the most dangerous.
Sanskrit: विकारि तेषां राजेन्द्र सुदुष्करकरं मनः। ये पापानि न कुर्वन्ति मनोवाक्कर्मबुद्धिभिः। ते तपन्ति महात्मानो न शरीरस्य शोषणम्॥
English: These high-souled, men who do not commit sin in word, in deed, in heart or in soul, are said (really) to perform asceticism; but not those who make their bodies emaciated by fasts and penances.
Sanskrit: न ज्ञातिभ्यो दया यस्य शुक्लदेहोऽविकल्मषः। हिंसा सा तपसस्तस्य नानाशित्वं तपः स्मृतम्॥
English: He who has no feeling of kindness for his relatives even if his body be pure cannot be free from sin. That hard-heartedness of his mind is his great enemy to asceticism.
Sanskrit: तिष्ठन् गृहे चैव मुनिर्नित्यं शुचिरलंकृतः। यावज्जीवं दयावांश्च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥
English: He who is always pure, who is endued with virtue and who practice virtue all his life, even if he leads a domestic life, is a (real) Rishi. He is freed from all sins.
Sanskrit: न हि पापानि कर्माणि शुद्ध्यन्त्यनशनादिभिः। सीदत्यनशनादेव मांसशोणितलेपनः॥
English: Fasts and other penances, however they may weaken and dry up the body which is made of flesh and blood, cannot destroy sins.
Sanskrit: अज्ञातं कर्म कृत्वा च क्लेशो नान्यत् प्रहीयते। नाग्निर्दहति कर्माणि भावशून्यस्य देहिनः॥
English: The man whose heart is without holiness suffers torture by undergoing penances only being ignorant of their meaning. He is never freed from sins of such acts. The fire he worships does not consume his sins.
Sanskrit: पुण्यादेव प्रव्रजन्ति शुद्ध्यन्त्यनशनानि च। न मूलफलभक्षित्वान्न मौनान्नानिलाशनात्॥ शिरसो मुण्डनाद् वापि न स्थानकुटिकासनात्। न जटाधारणाद् वापि न तु स्थण्डिलशय्यया॥ नित्यं ह्यनशनाद् वापि नाग्निशुश्रूषणादपि। न चोदकप्रवेशेन न च क्षमाशयनादपि॥
English: Through holiness and virtue alone men can go to the regions of bliss and their vows and fasts can become efficacious. Living on fruits and roots, observing the vow of silence, living on air, shaving one's head, abandoning a fixed home, having matted locks on head, lying under the sky, observing daily fasts, worshipping the fire, bathing in water and lying on the ground, these alone cannot lead one to heaven.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानेन कर्मणा वापि जरामरणमेव च। व्याधयश्च प्रहीयन्ते प्राप्यते चोत्तमं पदम्॥
English: Those only that are endued with holiness succeed by knowledge and by (virtuous) deeds to conquer disease, decrepitude and death and they alone obtain a very high state.
Sanskrit: बीजानि ह्यग्निदग्धानि न रोहन्ति पुनर्यथा। ज्ञानदग्धैस्तथा क्लेशैर्नात्मा संयुज्यते पुनः॥
English: As seeds that have been scorched by fire do not produce the plant, so the pains that have been burnt by knowledge cannot affect the soul.
Sanskrit: आत्मना विप्रहीणानि काष्ठकुड्योपमानि च। विनश्यन्ति न संदेहः फेनानीव महार्णवे॥
English: The inert body, which is like a block of wood when destitute of soul, is certainly very short-lived like the forth in the ocean.
Sanskrit: आत्मानं विन्दते येन सर्वभूतगुहाशयम्। श्लोकेन यदि वार्धेन क्षीणं तस्य प्रयोजनम्॥
English: He who obtains a view of his soul that dwells within every one's body by the help of one or the half of a rhythmic line (of the Vedas) has no need for anything else.