pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: वेदाध्यायी गोषु यो भक्तिमांश्च नित्यं दत्त्वा योऽभिनन्देत गाश्च। आजातितो यश्च गवां नमेत इदं फलं शक्र निबोध तस्य॥
English: Hear, O Shakra, what the merit is of that person who, duly studying the Vedas, shows respect for kine, who always becomes glad on seeing kine, and who since his birth always bows his head to kine.
Sanskrit: यत् स्यादिष्ट्वा राजसूये फलं तु यत् स्यादिष्ट्वा बहुना काञ्चनेन। एतत् तुल्यं फलमप्याहुरग्र्यं सर्वे सन्तस्त्वृषयो ये च सिद्धाः॥
English: The merit which one wins by celebrating the Rajasuya sacrifice, the merit that one acquires by making gifts of heaps of gold, that high merit is acquired by a person who shows such respect for kine. Virtuous Rishis and great persons crowned with success have said so.
Sanskrit: योऽग्रं भक्तं किंचिदप्राश्य दद्याद् गोभ्यो नित्यं गोव्रती सत्यवादी। शान्तोऽलुब्धो गोसहस्रस्य पुण्यं संवत्सरेणाप्नुयात् सत्यशीलः॥
English: Given to truth, possessed of a tranquil soul, free from cupidity, always truthful in speech, and behaving with respect towards kine with the steadiness of a vow, the man who, for a whole year, before himself taking any food, regularly presents some food to kine, acquires the merit, by such an act, of the gift of a thousand kine.
Sanskrit: यदेकभक्ततदश्नीयाद् दद्यादेकं गवां च यत्। दशवर्षाण्यनन्तानि गोव्रती गोऽनुकम्पकः॥
English: That man who takes only one meal a day and who gives away the entire quantity of his other meal to kine, that man, who thus respects kine with the steadiness of a vow and shows such mercy towards them, enjoys for ten years unlimited happiness.
Sanskrit: एकेनैव च भक्तेन यः क्रीत्वा गां प्रयच्छति। यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि सम्भवन्ति शतक्रतो॥
English: That man who takes himself only one meal a day and with the other meal saved for some time purchases a cow and makes a gift of it, acquires, through that gift, O you of a hundred sacrifices, the eternal merit of the gift of as many kine as there are hairs on the body of that single cow so given away.
Sanskrit: तावत् प्रदानात् स गवां फलमाप्नोति शाश्वतम्। ब्राह्मणस्य फलं हीदं क्षत्रियस्य तु वै शृणु॥
English: These are sayings about the merits that Brahmanas acquire by making gifts of kine. Listen now to the merits that Kshatriyas may acquire. It has been said that a Kshatriya, by purchasing a cow in this manner and making a gift of it to a Brahmana, acquires great happiness for five years. A Vaishya, by such conduct, wins only half the merit of a Kshatriyas, and a Shudra, by such conduct, wins half the merit that a Vaishya does.
Sanskrit: पञ्चवार्षिकमेवं तु क्षत्रियस्य फलं स्मृतम्। ततोऽर्धेन तु वैश्यस्य शूद्रो वैश्यार्धतः स्मृतः॥
English: That man who sells himself and with the proceeds thereof purchases kini and gives them away to Brahmanas, enjoys happiness in Heaven for as long a period as kin are seen on Earth.
Sanskrit: यश्चात्वविक्रयं कृत्वा गाः क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति। यावत् संदर्शयेद् गां वै स तावत् फलमश्नुते॥ रोम्णि रोम्णि महाभाग लोकाश्चास्याऽक्षयाः स्मृताः। संग्रामेष्वर्जयित्वा तु यो वै गाः सम्प्रयच्छति। आत्मविक्रयतुल्यास्ताः शाश्वता विद्धि कौशिक॥३६ अभावे यो गवां दद्यात् तिलधेनुं यतव्रतः। दुर्गात् स तारितो धेन्वा क्षीरनद्यां प्रमोदते॥
English: It has been said, O highly blessed one, that a region of eternal happiness exists in every hair of such kine as are purchased with the proceeds obtained by selling oneself. That man who having acquired kine by battle makes gifts of them, acquires as much merit as he who makes gifts of kine after having bought the same with the proceeds of selling oneself. That man who, in the absence of kine, makes a gift of a cow made of sesame seeds, controlling his senses the while, is saved by such a cow from every sort of calamity or distress. Such a man sports in great happiness.
Sanskrit: न त्वेवासां दानमात्रं प्रशस्तं पात्रं कालो गोविशेषे विधिश्च। कालज्ञानं विप्र गवान्तरं हि दुःखं ज्ञातुं पावकादित्यभूतम्॥
English: The mere gift of kine is not fraught with merit. The considerations of worthy recipients, of time, of the kind of kine, and of the ritual to be observed, should be seen. One should determine the proper time for making a gift of kine. One should also determine the distinctive qualifications of both Brahmanas and of kine themselves. Kine should not be given to one in whose house they are likely to suffer from fire or the sun.
Sanskrit: स्वाध्यायाढ्यं शुद्धयोनि प्रशान्तं वैतानस्थं पापभीरूं बहुज्ञम्। गोषु क्षान्तं नातितीक्ष्णं शरण्यं वृत्तिग्लानं तादृशं पात्रमाहुः॥
English: One who is rich in Vedic learning, who is of pure birth, who is gifted with a tranquil soul, who is given to the celebration of sacrifices, who fears the perpetration of sin, who is gifted with varied knowledge, who is compassionate towards kine, who is mild in conduct, who gives protection to all who seek it of him, and who has no means of livelihood assigned to him, is considered as a proper person for receiving a gift of kine.
Sanskrit: वृत्तिग्लाने सीदति चातिमात्रं कृष्यर्थे वा होम्यहेतोः प्रसूतेः। गुर्वर्थं वा बालसंवृद्धये वा धेनुं दद्याद् देशकालेऽविशिष्टे॥
English: To a Brahmana who has no means of livelihood to him while he is want of food for purposes of agriculture, for a child born on account of Homa, for the purposes of his preceptor, for the sustenance of a child born should a cow be given. Indeed, the gift should be made at a proper time and in a proper place.
Sanskrit: अन्तर्ज्ञाताः सक्रयज्ञानलब्धाः प्राणैः क्रीतास्तेजसा यौतकाश। कृच्छ्रोत्सृष्टाः पोषणाभ्यागताश्च द्वारैरेतैर्गोविशेषः प्रशस्ताः॥
English: Those kine, O Shakra, whose dispositions are well known, which have been won as honoraria for knowledge, or which have been bought in exchange for other animals (such as goats, sheep, etc.), or which have been got by prowess of arms, obtained marriagedower, or which have been acquired by being rescued from situations of danger, or which, their poor owners, being unable to maintain them, have been made over by careful keep, in one's house with the wish of remaining , there, are, for such reasons, considered as proper objects of gift.
Sanskrit: बलान्विताः शीलवयोपपन्नाः सर्वाः प्रशंसन्ते सुगन्धवत्यः। यथा हि गङ्गा सरितां वरिष्ठा तथार्जुनीनां कपिला वरिष्ठा॥
English: Or as Those kine which are strong of body, which have good dispositions and which emit a sweet fragrance, are highly spoken of in the matter of gifts. As Ganga is the foremost of all rivers, so is Kapila the foremost of all kine.
Sanskrit: तिस्रो रात्रीस्त्वद्भिपोष्य भूमौ तृप्ता गावस्तर्पितेभ्यः प्रदेयाः। स्त्र्यहं दत्त्वा गोरसैर्वर्तितव्यम्॥
English: Abstaining from all food and subsisting only upon water for three nights, and sleeping for the same for the same time upon the naked earth, one should make gifts of kine to Brahmanas after having pleased them with other presents. Such kine, freed from every vice, should, at the same time, be accompained by healthy calves. Having made the gift, the giver should live for the next three days successively on food consisting only of the products of the cow.
Sanskrit: दत्त्वा धेनुं सुव्रतां साधुदोहां कल्याणवत्सामपलायिनीं च। स्तावन्ति वर्षाणि भवन्त्यमुत्र॥
English: By giving away a goodnatured cow, that quietly allows herself to be milked, that always brings forth living and healthy calves, and that does not fly away from the owner's house, the giver enjoys happiness in the next world for as many years as there are hairs on her body.
Sanskrit: तथानड्वाहं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदाय धुर्यं युवानं बलिनं विनीतम्। हलस्य वोढारमनन्तवीर्य प्राप्नोति लोकान् दशधेनुदस्य॥
English: Likewise, by giving to a Brahmana a bull that is capable of carrying heavy loads, that is young and strong and quiet, that quietly bears the yoke of the plough, and that is possessed of such energy as is sufficient to undergo even great labour, one acquires such regions as are his who gives away ten kine.
Sanskrit: कान्तारे ब्राह्मणान् गाश्च यः परित्राति कौशिक। क्षणेन विप्रमुच्येत तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु।॥
English: rescues That person who kine and Brahmanas in the forest, O Kaushika, is himself rescued from every sort of danger. Hear what his merit is.
Sanskrit: अश्वमेधक्रतोस्तुल्यं फलं भवति शाश्वतम्। मृत्युकाले सहस्राक्ष यां वृत्तिमनुकाझते॥
English: The merit such a man wins is equal to the eternal merit of a Horsesacrifice. Such a person acquires whatever end he desires at the hour of death.
Sanskrit: लोकान् बहुविधान् दिव्यान् यच्चास्य हृदि वर्तते। तत् सर्वं समवाप्नोति कर्मणैतेन मानवः॥
English: For such an act a man acquires many a region of happiness, in fact, whatever happiness he seeks in his heart.
Sanskrit: गोभिश्च समनुज्ञात: सर्वत्र च महीयते। यस्त्वेतेनैव कल्पेन गां वनेष्वनुगच्छति॥ तृणगोमयपर्णाशी निःस्पृहो नियतः शुचिः। अकामं तेन वस्तव्यं मुदितेन शतक्रतो॥ मम लोके सुरैः सार्धे लोके यत्रापि चेच्छति॥
English: Indeed, such a man permitted by kine, lives honoured in every region of happiness. That man who follows kine every day in the forest with this intention, himself living the while on grass and cowdung and leaves of trees, his heart freed from desire of fruit, his senses controlled from every improper object, and his mind purified that man, O you of a hundred sacrifices, lives happily freed from the control of desire in my region or in any other region of happiness that he wishes, in the company of the celestials.
Sanskrit: इन्द्र उवाच जानन् यो गामपहरेद् विक्रीयाच्चार्थकारणात्। एतद् विज्ञातुमिच्छामि क्व नु तस्य गतिर्भवेत्॥
English: Indra said I desire to know. O Grandfather, what the end is of his who consciously steals a cow or who sells one from motives of cupidity.
Sanskrit: पितामह उवाच भक्षार्थं विक्रयार्थं वा येऽपहारं हि कुर्वते। दानार्थं ब्राह्मणार्थाय तत्रेदं श्रूयतां फलम्॥
English: The Grandfather said Hear of the consequences that befall those persons who steal a cow for killing her for food or selling her for money, or making a gift of her to a Brahmana.
Sanskrit: विक्रयार्थं हि यो हिंस्याद् भक्षयेद् वा निरङ्कुशः। घातयानं हि पुरुषं येऽनुमन्येयुरर्थिनः॥ घातकः खादको वापि तथा यश्चानुमन्यते। यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि तावद् वर्षाणि मज्जति॥
English: He who, without being governed by the restrains of the Scriptures, sells a cow, or kills one, or eats the flesh of a cow, or they who, for the sake of money, allow a person to kill kine, all these, viz., he that kills, he that eats, and he that allows the destriction, rot in hell for as many years as there are hairs on the body of the cow so killed.
Sanskrit: ये दोषा यादृशाश्चैव द्विजयज्ञोपघातके। विक्रये चापहारे च ते दोषा वै स्मृताः प्रभो॥
English: O you of great power, those sins and those kinds of faults that have been said to attach to one which obstructs a Brahmana's sacrifice, are said to attach to the sale and the theft of kine.
Sanskrit: अपहत्य तु यो गां वै ब्राह्मणाय प्रयच्छति। यावद् दानफलं तस्यास्तावन्निरयमृच्छति॥
English: That man who having stolen a cow makes a gift of her to a Brahmana, enjoys happiness in Heaven as the reward of the gift but suffers misery in Hell for the sin of theft for the same period.
Sanskrit: सुवर्णं दक्षिणामाहुर्गोप्रदाने महाद्युते! सुवर्णं परमित्युक्तं दक्षिणार्थमसंशयम्॥
English: Gold has been said to form the present, O you of great splendour, in gifts of kine. Indeed, gold has been said to be the best present in all sacrifices.
Sanskrit: गोप्रदानात् तारयते सप्त पूर्वांस्तथा परान्। सुवर्णं दक्षिणां कृत्वा तावद्विगुणमुच्यते॥
English: By making a gift of kine one is said to rescue his ancestors to seventh degree as also his descendants to the seventh degree. By giving away kine with the presents of gold, one rescues his ancestors and descendants of double the number.
Sanskrit: सुवर्णं परमं दानं सुवर्णं दक्षिणा परा। सुवर्णं पावनं शक्र पावनानां परं स्मृतम्॥
English: The gift of gold is the best of gifts. Gold is, again, the best present. Gold is a great purifier. O Shakra, and is, indeed, the best of all purifying objects.
Sanskrit: कुलानां पावनं प्राहुर्जातरूपं शतक्रतो। एषा मे दक्षिणा प्रोक्ता समासेन महाद्युते॥
English: O you of a hundred sacrifices, gold has been said to be the purifier of the entire family of him who gives it away. I have thus, O you of great splendour, told you in brief of Dakshina.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच एतत् पितामहेनोक्तमिन्द्राय भरतर्षभा इन्द्रो दशरथायाह रामायाह पिता तथा॥
English: Bhishma said This was said by the Grandfather to Indra, O chief of Bharata's race. Indra delivered it to Dasharatha, and Dasharatha in his turn to his son Rama.
Sanskrit: राघवोऽपि प्रियभ्रात्रे लक्ष्मणाय यशस्विने। ऋषिभ्यो लक्ष्मणेनोक्तमरण्ये वसता प्रभो॥
English: Rama of Raghu's race gave it to his dear and illustrious brother Lakshmana. While living in the forest, Lakshmana imparted it to the Rishis.
Sanskrit: पारम्पर्यागतं चेदमृषयः संशितव्रताः। दुर्धरं धारयामासू राजानश्चैव धार्मिकाः॥
English: It has then described from generation to generation, for the Rishis of rigid vows held it amongst themselves as also the pious kings of the Earth.
Sanskrit: उपाध्यायेन गदितं मम चेदं युधिष्ठिर। य इदं ब्राह्मणो नित्यं वदेद् ब्राह्मणसंसदि॥ यज्ञेषु गोप्रदानेषु द्वयोरपि समागमे। तस्य लोका: किलाक्षय्या दैवतैः सह नित्यदा॥
English: My preceptor, O Yudhishthira, communicated it to me. That Brahmana who recites it every day in the conclaves of Brahmanas, in sacrifices, of at gifts of kine, or when two persons meet together, acquires hereafter many regions of unending happiness where he always lives with the celestials as his companions. The holy Brahman, the supreme Lord, had said so.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच विस्रम्भितोऽहं भवता धर्मान् प्रवदता विभो। प्रवक्ष्यामि तु संदेहं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥
English: Yudhishthira said I have been greatly assured, O you of power, by you thus discoursing to me of duties. I shall, however, express the doubts I have. Explain them to me, O grandfather.
Sanskrit: व्रतानां किं फलं प्रोक्तं कीदृशं वा महाद्युते। नियमानां फलं किं च स्वधीतस्य च किं फलम्॥
English: What are the fruits, described in the scriptures, of the vows that men observe. Of what nature are the fruits, you of great splendour, of observances of other kind? What, again, are the fruits of one's Vedic studies.
Sanskrit: दत्तस्येह फलं किं च वेदानां धारणे च किम्। अध्यापने फलं किं च सर्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्॥
English: What are the fruits of gifts, and what those of keeping the Vedas in memory? What are the fruits of teaching the Vedas? I wish to know all this.
Sanskrit: अप्रतिग्राहके किं च फलं लोके पितामह। तस्य किं च फलं दृष्टं श्रुतं यस्तु प्रयच्छति॥
English: What, O grandfather, are the merits of the nonacceptance of gifts in this world. What fruits does one enjoy who makes gifts of knowledge?
Sanskrit: स्वकर्मनिरतानां च शूराणां चापि किं फलम्। शौचे च किं फलं प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मचर्ये च किं फलम्॥
English: What merits do persons enjoy who perform the duties of their order, as also do heroes who do not retreat from the battlefield. What are the fruits of the observance of purity and of the practice of Brahmacharya?
Sanskrit: पितृशुश्रूषणे किं च मातृशुश्रूषणे तथा। आचार्यगुरुशुश्रूषास्वनुक्रोशानुकम्पने॥
English: What are the merits of serving the parents. What also are the merits of serving preceptors and teachers, and what the merits of mercy and kindness?
Sanskrit: एतत् सर्वमशेषेण पितामह यथातथम्। वेत्तुमिच्छामि धर्मज्ञ परं कौतूहलं हि मे॥
English: I wish to know all this, O grandfather, in sooth and in particular, O you, who are conversant with all the scriptures Great is my curiosity.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच यो व्रतं वै यथोद्दिष्टं तथा सम्प्रतिपद्यते। अखण्डं सम्यगारभ्य तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः॥
English: Bhishma said He enjoys eternal regions of happiness, who, having properly commenced a Vrata (vow) completes its observance according to the scriptures.
Sanskrit: नियमानां फलं राजन् प्रत्यक्षमिह दृश्यते। नियमानां क्रतूनां च त्वयावाप्तमिदं फलम्॥
English: The fruits of restraints, O king, are visible even in this world. These rewards that you have acquired are those of Niyamas and sacrifices.
Sanskrit: स्वधीतस्यापि च फलं दृश्यतेऽमुत्र चेह च। इहलोकेऽथवा नित्यं ब्रह्मलोके च मोदते॥
English: The fruits of the Vedic studies are seen both in this world and the next. The person who is given to the study of the Vedas is seen to sport happily both in this world and in the region of Brahma.
Sanskrit: दमस्य तु फलं राजञ्छृणु त्वं विस्तरेण मे। दान्ताः सर्वत्र सुखिनो दान्ताः सर्वत्र निर्वृताः॥
English: Listen now to me, O king, as I tell you in detail what that fruits, are of self-control. The self-controlled are happy everywhere. The selfcontrolled always enjoy that happiness which results from the absence or subjugation of desire.
Sanskrit: यत्रेच्छागामिनो दान्ताः सर्वशत्रुनिषूदनाः। प्रार्थयन्ति च यद् दान्ता लभन्ते तन्न संशयः॥
English: The self-controlled can go everywhere at will. The self-controlled can destroy every enemy. Forsooth, the self-controlled succeed in getting everything they seek.
Sanskrit: युज्यन्ते सर्वकामैर्हि दान्ताः सर्वत्र पाण्डव। स्वर्गे यथा प्रमोदन्ते तपसा विक्रमेण च॥
English: The self-controlled. O son of Pandu, obtain the fruition of every desire. The self-controlled and the forgiving share the happiness that men enjoy in Heaven through penances and prowess, (in arms), through gift, and through various sacrifices.
Sanskrit: दानैर्यज्ञैश्च विविधैस्तथा दान्ताः क्षमान्विताः। दानाद् दमो विशिष्टो हि ददत् किञ्चिद् द्विजातये।।१४
English: Selfcontrol is more meritorious than gift. A giver, after making a gift to the Brahmanas, may yield to the influence of anger. A selfcontrolled man, however, never gives way to anger. Hence self-control is superior to gift.
Sanskrit: दाता कुप्यति नो दान्तस्तस्माद् दानात् परं दमः। यस्तु दद्यादकुप्यन् हि तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः॥ क्रोधो हन्ति हि यद् दानं तस्माद् दानात् परं दमः। अदृश्यानि महाराज स्थानान्ययुतशो दिवि॥ ऋषीणां सर्वलोकेषु याहीतो यान्ति देवताः।
English: That man who makes gifts without yielding to anger, succeeds in acquiring eternal regions of happiness. Anger destroys the merit of a gift. Hence self-control is superior to gift. There are ten thousand invisible places, O monarch, in Heaven. Existing in all the regions of Heaven, these places belong to the Rishis. Persons, leaving this world, attain to them and become changed into deities.
Sanskrit: दमेन यानि नृपते गच्छन्ति परमर्षयः॥ कामयाना महत्स्थानं तस्माद् दानात् परं दमः।
English: O king, the great Rishis repair there, helped only by their self-control, and as the end of their efforts to attain to a region of superior happiness, Hence, self-control is superior to gift.
Sanskrit: अध्यापकः परिक्लेशादक्षयं फलमश्नुते॥ विधिवत् पावकं हुत्वा ब्रह्मलोके नराधिप।
English: The person who becomes a preceptor, and who duly adores the fire taking leave of all his miseries in this world, enjoy endless happiness O King in the region of Brahma.
Sanskrit: अधीत्यापि हि यो वेदान् न्यायविद्ध्यः प्रयच्छति।।१९ गुरुकर्मप्रशंसी तु सोऽपि स्वर्गे महीयते।
English: That man who having himself read the Vedas, imparts a knowledge thereof to righteous disciples, and who praises the acts of his own preceptor, acquires great honors in Heaven.
Sanskrit: क्षत्रियोऽध्ययने युक्तो यजने दानकर्मणि। युद्धे यश्च परित्राता सोऽपि स्वर्गे महीयते॥
English: That Kshatriya who is given to the studies of the Vedas, to the celebration of sacrifices, to the making of gifts, and who rescues the lives of others in battle, similarly acquires great honors in Heaveri.
Sanskrit: वैश्यः स्वकर्मनिरतः प्रदानाल्लभते महत्। शूद्रः स्वकर्मनिरतः स्वर्गे शुश्रूषयार्च्छति॥
English: The Vaishya who, observes the duties of his caste, makes gifts, reaps as the fruit of those gifts, a crowning reward. The Shudra who duly observes the duties of his order, acquires Heaven as the reward of such services.
Sanskrit: शूरा बहुविधाः प्रोक्तास्तेषामर्थांस्तु मे शृणु। शूरान्वयानां निर्दिष्टं फलं शूरस्य चैव हि॥
English: Various kinds of heroes have been spoken of. Listen to me as I explain to you what the rewards are that they attain to. The rewards are fixed of a hero belonging to a heroic race.
Sanskrit: यज्ञशूरा दमे शूराः सत्यशूरास्तथापरे। युद्धशूरास्तथैवोक्ता दानशूराश्च मानवाः॥
English: There are heroes of sacrifice, heroes of selfcontrol, heroes of truth, and others equally entitled to the name of hero. There are heroes of battle, and heroes of gift or liberality among men.
Sanskrit: सांख्यशूराश्च बहवो योगशूरास्तथापरे। अरण्ये गृहवासे च त्यागे शूरास्तथापरे॥
English: There are many persons who may be called the heroes of the Shankhya faith, there are many others that are called heroes of Yoga. There are others who are considered as heroes in the forest-life, of domesticity, and of renunciation.
Sanskrit: बुद्धिशूरास्तथा चान्ये क्षमाशूरास्तथापरे। आर्जवे च तथा शूराः शमे वर्तन्ति मानवाः।
English: Likewise, there are others who are called heroes of the intellect, and also heroes of forgiveness. There are other men who live in tranquillity and who are considered as heroes of virtue.
Sanskrit: तैस्तैश्च नियमैः शूरा बहवः सन्ति चापरे। वेदाध्ययनशूराश्च शूराश्चाध्यापने रताः॥
English: There are various other kinds of heroes who practise various other kinds of vows and observances. There are heroes given to the study of the Vedas, and heroes devoted to the teaching of the same.
Sanskrit: गुरुशुश्रूषया शूराः पितृशुश्रूषयापरे। मातृशुर्षया शूरा भैक्ष्यशूरास्तथापरे॥
English: There are, again, men who come to be regarded as heroes for the devotion with which they wait upon and serve their preceptors, as indeed, heroes in respect of the respect they show for their fathers. There are heroes in obedience to mothers, and heroes in the life of mendicancy they lead.
Sanskrit: अरण्ये गृहवासे च शूराश्चातिथिपूजने। सर्वे यान्ति पराँल्लोकान् सर्वकर्मफलनिर्जितान्॥
English: There are heroes in the matter of hospitality to guests, whether living as hermits or as house-holders. All these heroes attain to very superior regions of happiness which are, of course, acquired by them as the rewards of their own deeds.
Sanskrit: धारणं सर्ववेदानां सर्वतीर्थावगाहनम्। सत्यं च ब्रुवतो नित्यं समं वा स्यान्न वा समम्॥
English: Keeping all the Vedas in memory, or ablutions performed in all the sacred waters, may or may not be equal to telling the Truth every day in one's life.
Sanskrit: सत्येन सूर्यस्तपति सत्येनाग्निः प्रदीप्यते। सत्येन मरुतो वान्ति सर्वं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम्॥
English: It is by Truth that the Sun is giving heat it is by Truth that fire bums up it is by Truth that the winds blow; indeed, everything rests upon Truth;
Sanskrit: सत्येन देवाः प्रीयन्ते पितरो ब्राह्मणास्तथा। सत्यमाहुः परो धर्मस्तस्मात् सत्यं न लड्वयेत्॥
English: It is Truth that pleases the deities, the departed Manes, and the Brahmanas, Truth has been said to be the highest duty. Therefore, no one should ever transgress Truth.
Sanskrit: मुनयः सत्यनिरता मुनयः सत्यविक्रमा:। मुनयः सत्यशपथास्तस्मात् सत्यं विशिष्यते॥ सत्यवन्तः स्वर्गलोके मोदन्ते भरतर्षभ।
English: The Munis are all given to Truth. Their prowess depends upon Truth. They also swear by Truth. Hence Truth is pre-eminent. All truthful men, O chief of Bharata's race, succeed by their truthfulness in acquiring Heaven and sporting there in happiness.
Sanskrit: दमः सत्यफलावाप्ति रुक्ता सर्वात्मना मया॥ असंशयं विनीतात्मा स वै स्वर्गे महीयते।
English: Selfcontrol is the attainment of the reward tha: attaches to Truth. I have described it with my whole heart. The man of humble heart who is endued with self-control, forsooth, acquires great honors in Heaven.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मचर्यस्य च गुणं शृणु त्वं वसुधाधिप।॥ आजन्ममरणाद् यस्तु ब्रह्मचारी भवेदिह। न तस्य किंचिदप्राप्यमिति विद्धि नराधिप।॥ बयः कोट्यस्त्वृषीणां तु ब्रह्मलोके वसन्त्युत।
English: Listen now to me, o king as I explain to you the merits of Brahmacharya. That man who practises the vow of Brahmacharya from his birth to the time of his Death, know, O king, has nothing unattainable! Many millions of Rishis are living in the region of Brahma.
Sanskrit: सत्ये रतानां सततं दान्तानामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्॥ ब्रह्मचर्यं दहेद् राजन् सर्वपापान्युपासितम्। ब्राह्मणेन विशेषेण ब्राह्मणो ह्याग्निरुच्यते॥ प्रत्यक्षं हि तथा ह्येतद् ब्राह्मणेषु तपस्विषु।
English: All of them, while here, were given to Truth, and self-control, and had their vital seed drawn up. The vow of Brahmacharya, O king, duly observed by a Brahmana, is sure to dissipate all his sins. The Brahmana is said to be a burning fire. In those Brahmanas that are given to penances, the deity of fire becomes visible.
Sanskrit: बिभेति हि यथा शक्रो ब्रह्मचारिप्रधर्षितः॥ तद् ब्रह्मचर्यस्य फलमृषीणामिह दृश्यते।
English: If a Brahmacharin gives way to anger on account of any slight, the chief of the deities himself trambles in fear. This is the visible fruit of the vow of Brahamacharya that is observed by the Rishis.