pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अवसीदन्ति मे प्राणाः श्रुतिर्मे नश्यति क्षुधा। दुर्बलो नष्टसंज्ञश्च भक्ष्याभक्ष्यविवर्जितः॥ सोऽधर्मं बुद्ध्यमानोऽपि हरिष्यामि श्वजाघनीम्।
English: My life is on the point of departure. Hunger has sullied my Vedic learning. I am weak and have lost my senses. I have no scruple about pure and impure food. Although I know it is sinful still I wish to take away that haunch of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: अटन् भैक्ष्यं न विन्दामि यदा युष्माकमालये॥ तदा बुद्धिः कृता पापे हरिष्यामि श्वजाघनीम्।
English: After I had failed to secure any alms, having wandered from house to house in this your hamlet, I determined to perpetrate this sinful act of taking away this haunch of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: अग्निर्मुखं पुरोधाश्च देवानां शुचिषाड् विभुः॥ यथावत् सर्वभुम् ब्रह्मा तथा मां विद्धि धर्मतः। तमुवाच स चाण्डालो महर्षे शृणु मे वचः॥
English: Fire is the mouth of the gods. He is also their priest. He should, therefore, take nothing save pure and clean things. At times, however, that great god becomes a consuiner of everythings. Know that I have now become like him.
Sanskrit: श्रुत्वा तत् त्वं तथाऽऽतिष्ठ यथा धर्मो न हीयते। धर्म वापि विप्रर्षे शृणु यत् ते ब्रवीम्यहम्॥
English: Hearing these words of the great Rishi, the Chandala answered him, saying,-Listen to me. Having heard these truthful words of mine, act in such a way that your religious merit may not suffer.
Sanskrit: शृगालादधमं श्वानं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः। तस्याप्यधम उद्देशः शरीरस्य श्वजाघनी॥
English: Hear, O regenerate Rishi, What I say to you about your duty. The wise say that a dog is impurer than a jackal. The haunch, again, of a dog is impurer then any other part of his body.
Sanskrit: नेदं सम्यग् व्यवसितं महर्षे धर्मगर्हितम्। चाण्डालस्वस्य हरणमभक्ष्यस्य विशेषतः॥
English: This is not wise resolution of yours, therefore, O great Rishi, this act, this theft of what belongs to a Chandala this theft, moreover of impure food, is not right.
Sanskrit: साध्वन्यमनुपश्य त्वमुपायं प्राणधारणे। न मांसलोभात् तपसो नाशस्ते स्यान्महामुने॥
English: Blessed to you, do you look out for some other means for keeping your life. O great sage, let not your penances suffer destruction for this your strong desire for dog's meat.
Sanskrit: जानता विहितं धर्मं न कार्यो धर्मसंकरः। मा स्म धर्म परित्याक्षीस्त्वं हि धर्मभृतां वरः॥
English: Knowing as you do the duties sanctioned in the scriptures, you should not do a act which leads to a confusion of duties. Do not renounce righteousness, for you are the foremost of all pious persons.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्रस्ततो राजनित्युक्तो भरतर्षभ। क्षुधातः प्रत्युवाचेदं पुनरेव महामुनिः॥ निराहारस्य सुमहान् मम कालोऽभिधावतः। न विद्यतेऽप्युपायश्च कश्चिन्मे प्राणधारणे॥
English: Thus addressed, O king, the great Rishi Vishvamitra, stricken with hunger, O foremost of Bharata's race, once more said,-A long time has passed away without my having taken any food, I do not see any means again for keeping up my life.
Sanskrit: येन येन विशेषेण कर्मणा येन केनचित्। अभ्युज्जीवेत् साद्यमानः समर्थो धर्ममाचरेत्॥
English: One should, when he is about to die, keep up his life by any means in his power without judging of their charter. Afterwards, when able, he should seek the acquisition of merit.
Sanskrit: ऐन्द्रो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां ब्राह्मणानामथाग्निकः। ब्रह्मवह्निर्मम बलं भक्ष्यामि शमयन् क्षुधाम्॥
English: The Kshatriyas should follow the conduct of Indra. It is the duty of the Brahmanas to behave like Agni. The Vedas are fire. They form my strength. I shall, therefore, eat even this impure food for satisfying my appetite.
Sanskrit: यथा यथैव जीवेद्धि तत् कर्तव्यमहेलया। जीवितं मरणाच्छ्यो जीवन् धर्ममवाप्नुयात्॥
English: That by which life may be preserved should, forsooth, be done unhesitatingly. Life is better than death. By living, one may acquire virtue.
Sanskrit: सोऽहं जीवितमाकाङ्क्षन्नभक्ष्यस्यापि भक्षणम्। व्यवस्ये बुद्धिपूर्वं वै तद् भवाननुमन्यताम्॥
English: Seeking to preserve my life, I wish, with my perfect sense, to eat this impure food. You just order me.
Sanskrit: बलवन्तं करिष्यामि प्रणोत्स्याम्यशुभानि तु। तपोभिर्विद्यया चैव ज्योतीषीव महत्तमः॥
English: Continuing to live I shall try to acquire virtue and shall dissipate by penances and by knowledge the calamities which have befallen me, like the luminaries of the sky destroying even the thickest darkness.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच नैतत्खादन्प्राप्नुते दीर्घमायु नैव प्राणान्नामृतस्येव तृप्तिः। भिक्षामन्यां भिक्ष मा ते मनोऽस्तु श्वभक्षणेश्वा ह्यभक्ष्यो द्विजानाम्॥
English: The Chandala said By eating this food one like yourself cannot live long. Nor can one (like you) get strength (from such food), nor that gratification which ambrosia yields. Do you beg for some other kind of alms. Be not bent upon eating dog's imeat. The meat of dog is, forsooth, an impure food for the twice-born ones.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच न दुर्भिक्षे सुलभं मांसम च्छ्वपाक मन्ये न च मेऽस्ति वित्तम्। क्षुधार्तश्चाहमगतिर्निराशः श्वमांसे चास्मिन् षडरूसान् साधु मन्ये॥
English: Vishvamitra said Any other sort of meat cannot be easily had during a famine like this.Besides, OChandala, I have no money. I am very much hungry. I cannot move any longer. I am utterly hopeless. I think that all the six sorts of taste exist in that piece of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच पञ्च पञ्चनखा भक्ष्या ब्रह्मक्षत्रस्य वै विशः। यथा शास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते माभक्ष्ये मानसं कृथाः॥
English: The Chandala said Only five sorts of meat are clean food for Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, as sanctioned in the scriptures. Do not wish to have forbidden food.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच अगस्त्येनासुरो जग्धो वातापिः क्षुधितेन वै। अहमापद्गतः क्षुत्तो भक्षयिष्ये श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: Vishvamitra said While hungry, the great Rishi Agastya ate up the Asura named Vatapi. I am in distress. I am hungry. I shall, therefore, eat that haunch of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच भिक्षामन्यामाहरेति न च कर्तुमिहार्हसि। न नूनं कार्यमेतद् वै हर कामं श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: The Chandala said Do you beg for something else. You should not do such a thing. Verily you should not do such an act. If, however, you like, you may take away this piece of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच शिष्टा वै कारणं धर्मे तवृत्तमनुवर्तये। परां मेध्याशनामेनां भक्ष्यां मन्ये श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: Vishvamitra said The good are the authorities in matters of duty. I am following their example. I now consider this dog's haunch to be better food than any other pure food.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच असता यत् समाचीर्णं न च धर्मः सनातनः। नाकार्यमिह कार्यं वै मा छलेनाशुभं कृथाः॥
English: The act of an impious man can never be regarded as an eternal practice. An improper act can never be a proper one. Do not commit a sin by deception.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच न पातकं नावमतमृषिः सन् कर्तुमर्हति। समौ च श्वमृगौ मन्ये तस्माद् भोक्ष्ये श्वजाघनीम्।।७५।
English: Vishvamitra said A man who is a Rishi cannot commit a sin. In the present case, deer and dog, I think, are the same. I shall, therefore, eat this dog's haunch.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच यद्ब्राह्मणार्थे कृतमर्थितेन तेनर्षिणा तदवस्थाधिकारे। स वै धर्मो यत्र न पापमस्ति सर्वैरुपायैर्गुरवो हि न रक्ष्याः॥
English: The Chandala said Begged by the Brahmans, the Rishi (Agastya) did that act. Under the circumstances it could not be a sin. Righteousness is that in which there is no sin. Besides, the Brahmanas, who are the preceptors of the three other orders, should be protected and maintained by all means.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच मित्रं च मे ब्राह्मणस्यायमात्मा प्रियश्च मे पूज्यतमश्च तं धर्तुकामोऽहमिमां जिहीषे। नृशंसानामीदृशानां न बिभ्ये॥ लोके।
English: I am a Brahman. This my body is my friend. It is very dear to me and deserves the highest respect from me. In order to keep up the body I wish to take away that dog's haunch. I have become so eager that I do not fear you and your dreadful brother any longer.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच कामं नरा जीवितं संत्यजन्ति न चाभक्ष्ये क्वचित् कुर्वन्ति बुद्धिम्। सर्वान् कामान् प्राप्नुवन्तीह विद्वन् प्रियस्व कामं सहितः क्षुधैव॥
English: Men give up their lives but still they do not seek impure food. All their wishes are fulfilled who can conquer appetite in this world. Do you also conquer your hunger and obtain those rewards.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच स्थाने भवेत् संशयः प्रेत्यभावे निःसंशयः कर्मणां वै विनाशः। अहं पुनव्रतनित्यः शमात्मा मूलं रक्ष्यं भक्षयिष्याम्यभक्ष्यम्॥
English: Vishvamitra said About myself, I always observe rigid vows and my heart is set on peace. For preserving the root of all religious merit, I shall eat impure food.
Sanskrit: बुद्ध्यात्मके व्यक्तमस्तीति पुण्यं मोहात्मके यत्र यथा श्वभक्ष्ये। यद्यप्येतत् संशयात्मा चरामि नाहं भविष्यामि यथा त्वमेव॥
English: It is clear that such an act would be considered moral for a person of pure soul. To a person, however, of impure soul the eating of dog's flesh would appear sinful. Even if my conclusion be wrong (and if I eat this dog's ineat) I shall not, for that act, become one like you.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच गोपनीयमिदं दुःखमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः। दुष्कृतोऽब्राह्मणः सत्रं यस्त्वामहमुपालभे॥
English: The Chandala said It is my settled conclusion that I should try my best to prevent you from this sin. By doing a wicked act a Brahmana goes down from his elevated station. It is for this that I am remonstrating with you.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच पिबन्त्येवोदकं गावो मण्डूकेषु रुवत्स्वपि। न तेऽधिकारो धर्मेऽस्ति मा भूरात्मप्रशंसकः॥
English: Vishvamitra said Kine go on drinking without caring for the croaking of the frogs. You have no right to decide what is right (and what, not). Do not speak highly of yourself.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच सुहृद् भूत्वानुशासे त्वां कृपा हि त्वयि मे द्विजा यदिदं श्रेय आधत्स्व मा लोभात् पातकं कृथाः॥
English: The Chandala said I have become your friend, therefore, I am speaking thus to you. Do what is good. Do not, from temptation, do what is sinful.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच सुहृन्मे त्वं सुखेप्सुश्चेदापदो मां समुद्धर। जानेऽहं धर्मतोऽऽत्मानं शौनीमुत्सृज जाघनीम्॥
English: Vishvamitra said If you be a friend who wishes me happiness, do you then extricate me from this distress. In that case, casting off this dog's haunch, I may think myself saved by the help of righteousness (and not by that of sinfulness).
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच नैवात्सहे भवतो दातुमेतां नोपेक्षितुं ह्रियमाणं स्वमन्नम्। उभौ स्यावः पापलोकावलिप्तौ दाता चाहं ब्राह्मणस्त्वं प्रतीच्छन्॥
English: The Chandala said I dare not present this piece of meat to you, nor can I quietly allow you to rob me of my own food. If I give you this meat and if you take it, yourself being a Brahmana, both of us will go down to regions of misery in the next world.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच अद्याहमेतद् वृजिनं कर्म कृत्वा जीवंश्चरिष्यामि महापवित्रम्। स पूतात्मा धर्ममेवाभिपत्स्य। यदेतयोर्गुरु तद् वै ब्रवीहि॥
English: Vishvamitra said By committing this sin to-day I shall certainly save my life which is very sacred. Having saved my life I shall afterwards practice virtue and purify my soul. Tell me which of these two is preferable.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच आत्मैव साक्षी कुलधर्मकृत्ये त्वमेव जानासि यदत्र दुष्कृतम्। यो ह्याद्रियाद्भक्ष्यमितिश्चमांसं मन्ये न तस्यास्ति विवर्जनीयम्॥
English: The Chandala said One's own self is the best judge, while discharging the duties of his own caste or family. You yourself know which of those two acts is sinful. He who would consider dog's meat as pure food, I think, would not shrink from taking anything and everything.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच उपादने खादने चास्ति दोषः कार्यात्यये नित्यमत्रापवादः। यस्मिन् हिंसा नानृतं वाच्यलेझे ऽभक्ष्यक्रिया यत्र न तद्गरीयः॥
English: Vishvamitra said There is sin in accepting (an unclean present) or in eating (unclean food). When one's life is in peril, there is no sin in accepting such a present or eating such food. Besides, the eating of unclean food, when it does not involve destruction and deception and when the act will excite only mild rebuke, is not a very important matter.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच यद्येष हेतुस्तव खादने स्यान्न ते वेदः कारणं नार्यधर्मः। तस्माद्भक्ष्येऽभक्षणे वा द्विजेन्द्र दोषं न पश्यामि यथेदमत्र॥
English: The Chandala said If this be your argument for taking impure food, it is then evident you do not respect the Veda and Aryan morality. Taught by what you are about to do, I see, O foremost of Brahmanas, there is no sin in neglecting the difference between pure and impure food.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्र उवाच नैवातिपापं भक्ष्यमाणस्य दृष्टं सुरां तु पीत्वा पततीति शब्दः। अन्योन्यकार्याणि यथा तथैव न पापमात्रेण कृतं हिनस्ति॥
English: Vishvamitra said It is not seen that a person commits a grave sin by taking interdicted food. It is only an oral precept which says that one becomes fallen by drinking wine. The other forbidden acts,-in fact, every sin,-cannot destroy one's merit.
Sanskrit: श्वपच उवाच अस्थानतो हीनतः कुत्सिताद् वा तद् विद्वांसं बाधते साधुवृत्तम्। श्वानं पुनर्यो लभतेऽभिषङ्गात् तेनापि दण्डः सहितव्य एव॥
English: The Chandala Said That learned man who takes away dog's meat from an unworthy place like this), from an impure wretch (like me), from a wicked man (like me), commits an act which is never done by the good. On the other hand, for his connection with such act, he is sure to undergo the pangs of repentance.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्त्वा निववृत्ते मातङ्गः कौशिकं तदा। विश्वामित्रो जाहरैव कृतबुद्धिः श्वजाघनीम्॥
English: Bhishma said Having said these words to Kushika's son, the Chandala became silent, Vishvamitra then, of refined understanding, took away that haunch of dog's meat.
Sanskrit: ततो जग्राह स श्वाङ्गं जीवितार्थी महामुनिः। सदारस्तामुपाहृत्य वने भोक्तुमियेष सः॥
English: Having secured the piece of dog's meat for saving his life, the great ascetic took it away into the forest and wished with his wife to eat it.
Sanskrit: अथास्य बुद्धिरभवद् विधिनाहं वजाघनीम्। भक्षयामि यथाकामं पूर्वं संतर्घ्य देवताः॥
English: He thought that having first duly pleased the gods, he should then eat that haunch of dog's meat at his pleasure.
Sanskrit: ततोऽग्निमुपसंहृत्य ब्राह्मण विधिना मुनिः। ऐन्द्राग्नेयेन विधिना चळं श्रपयत स्वयम्॥
English: Lighting up a fire according to the Brahma rites, the ascetic, in pursuance of the rites of Aindragneya, began himself to cook that meat into sacrificial Charu.
Sanskrit: ततः समारभत् कर्म दैवं पित्र्यं च भारत। आहूय देवानिन्द्रादीन् भागं भागं विधिक्रमात्॥
English: He then, O Bharata, began to perform the ceremonies in honour of the gods and the departed manes, by dividing that Charu into as many parts as were necessary, according to the injunctions of the scriptures, and by invoking the gods headed by Indra.
Sanskrit: एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु प्रववर्ष स वासवः। संजीवयन् प्रजाः सर्वा जनयामास चौषधीः॥
English: Meanwhile, the king of the gods began to pour profusely. Reviving all creatures by those showers, he made plants and herbs grow once more.
Sanskrit: विश्वामित्रोऽपि भगवांस्तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः। कालेन महता सिद्धिमवाप परमाद्भुताम्॥
English: However, having completed the rites in honour of the gods and the Pitris and having pleased them duly, Vishvamitra, himself took that meat.
Sanskrit: स संहत्य च तत् कर्म अनास्वाद्य च तद्धविः। तोषयामास देवांश्च पितुंश्च द्विजसत्तमः॥
English: Consuming all his sins afterwards by his penances, the sage after a long time, gained the most wonderful (ascetic) success.
Sanskrit: एवं विद्वानदीनात्मा व्यसनस्थो जिजीविषुः। सर्वोपायैरुपायज्ञो दीनमात्मानमुद्धरेत्॥
English: Thus, having the preservation of life itself in view, a high-souled person, endued with learning and acquainted with means, should rescue his own cheerless self when fallen into distress, by all means in his power.
Sanskrit: एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय जीवितव्यं सदा भवेत्। जीवन् पुण्यमवाप्नोति पुरुषो भद्रमश्नुते॥
English: With such a view one should always preserve his life. person, if alive, can acquire religious merit and enjoy happiness and prosperity.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् कौन्तेय विदुषा धर्माधर्मविनिश्चये। बुद्धिमास्थाय लोकेऽस्मिन् वर्तितव्यं कृतात्मना॥
English: Therefore, O son of Kunti, a person of purified soul and endued with learning should live and act in this world, depending upon his own intelligence in ascertaining virtue and vice. With such a view one should always preserve his life. person, if alive, can acquire religious merit and enjoy happiness and prosperity.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदि घोरं समुद्दिष्टमश्रद्धयमिवानृतम्। अस्मि स्विद् दस्युमर्यादा यामहं परिवर्जये॥
English: Yudhishthira said If such a terrible act which should always be discarded like falsehood, be pointed (as duty), then what act is there from which I should forbear? Why also should not robbers then be honoured?
Sanskrit: सम्मुह्यामि विषीदामि धर्मो मे शिथिलीकृतः। उद्यम नाधिगच्छामि कदाचित् परिसान्त्वयन्॥
English: I am stupefied! My heart is pained. All the bonds that tie me to morality are loosened. I cannot compose my mind and dare act in the way pointed out by you.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच नैतच्छ्रुत्वाऽऽगमादेव तव धर्मानुशासनम्। प्रजासमवहारोऽयं कविभिः सम्भृतं मधु॥
English: Bhishma said I do not instruct you regarding duty, taught by what I have heard from the Vedas alone. What I have told you is the result of wisdom and experience. This is the honey that the learned have gleaned.
Sanskrit: बयः प्रतिविधातव्याः प्रज्ञा राज्ञा ततस्ततः! नैकशाखेन धर्मेण यत्रैषा सम्प्रवर्तते॥
English: Kings should collect wisdom from various sources. One cannot go successfully through the worldly course with the help of a one-sided morality.
Sanskrit: बुद्धिसंजननो धर्म आचारश्च सतां सदा। ज्ञेयो भवति कौरव्य सदा तद् विद्धि मे वचः॥
English: Duty must originate from the understanding and the practices of the good should always be determined, O son of Kuru. Obey these words of mine.
Sanskrit: वुद्धिश्रेष्ठा हि राजानश्चरन्ति विजयैषिणः। धर्मः प्रतिविधातव्यो बुद्ध्या राज्ञा ततस्ततः॥
English: Only kings of superior intelligence can rule, cxpccting victory. A king by the help of his understanding and guided by knowledge gathered from various sources, should so arrange that inoral laws may be observed.
Sanskrit: नैकशाखेन धर्मेण राज्ञो धर्मो विधीयते। दुर्बलस्य कुतः प्रज्ञा पुरस्तादनुपाहृता॥
English: The duties of a king can never be satisfied by rules drawn from a one-sided morality. A weak king can never show wisdom for his not having drawn it from the examples before him.
Sanskrit: अद्वैधज्ञः पथि द्वैधे संशयं प्राप्तुमर्हति। बुद्धिद्वैधं वेदितव्यं पुरस्तादेव भारत॥
English: Righteousness sometimes appears like unrighteousness. The latter also some-times appears like the former. He who does not know this, becomes confused when an actual instance presents itself before him. Before the time comes, one should, O Bharata, understand the circumstances, under which righteousness and its opposite become confused.
Sanskrit: पार्श्वतः करणं प्राज्ञो विम्भित्वा प्रकारयेत्। जनस्तच्चरितं धर्मं विजानात्यन्यथान्यथा॥
English: Having gained this knowledge, a wise king should, when the time comes, act accordingly, helped by his judgement. His acts at such a time are misunderstood by ordinary people.
Sanskrit: अमिथ्याज्ञानिनः केचिन्मिथ्याविज्ञानिनः परे। तद्वै यथायथं बुद्ध्वा ज्ञानमाददते सताम्॥
English: Some persons are endued with true knowledge. Some persons have false knowledge. Truly determining the nature of each kind of knowledge, a wise king derives knowledge from the good.
Sanskrit: परिमुष्णन्ति शास्त्राणि धर्मस्य परिपन्थिनः। वैषम्यमर्थविद्यानां निरर्थाः ख्यापयन्ति ते॥
English: The violators of moral laws find fault with the scriptures. They who have themselves no money, point out the inconsistencies of the works on the laws of wealth.
Sanskrit: आजिजीविषवो विद्यां यशःकामौ समन्ततः। ते सर्वे नृप पापिष्ठा धर्मस्य परिपन्थिनः॥
English: Those who wish to gain knowledge merely for carrying their sustenance, are, o king, sinful, besides being enemies of morality.
Sanskrit: अपक्वमतयो मन्दा न जानन्ति यथातथम्। यथा ह्यशास्त्रकुशलाः सर्वत्रायुक्तिनिष्ठिताः॥
English: Wicked men of unripe understandings, can never know things truly, as persons ignorant of scriptures are unable in all their acts to be guided by reason.
Sanskrit: परिमुष्णन्ति शास्त्राणि शास्त्रदोषानुदर्शिनः। विज्ञानमर्थविद्यानां न सम्यगिति वर्तते।॥
English: Always seeing the faults of the scriptures, they decry them. Even if they understand the true import of the scriptures, they are still in the habit of saying that scriptural injunctions are unsound.
Sanskrit: निन्दया परविद्यानां स्वविद्यां ख्यापयन्ति च। वागस्त्रा वाक्छरीभूता दुग्धविद्याफला इव॥
English: By decrying the knowledge of others, such men announce the superiority of their own knowledge. They have words for their weapons and arrows and speak, as if they are well grounded in those sciences.
Sanskrit: तान् विद्यावणिजो विद्धि राक्षसानिव भारत। व्याजेन सद्भिर्विहितो धर्मस्ते परिहास्यति॥
English: Consider them, O Bharata, as traders in learning and Rakshasas among men. By the help of mere pretext they renounce that morality, which has been established by good and wise men.
Sanskrit: न धर्मवचनं वाचा नैव बुद्ध्येति नः श्रुतम्। इति बार्हस्पतं ज्ञानं प्रोवाच मघवा स्वयम्॥
English: We have heard that the texts of morality cannot be understood by either discussion or one's own intelligence. Indra himself has said that such is the opinion of the sage Brihaspati.
Sanskrit: न त्वेव वचनं किंचिदनिमित्तादिहोच्यते। सुविनीतेन शास्त्रेण न व्यवस्यन्त्यथापरे॥
English: Some hold that no scriptural text has been written without a reason, Others again, even if they properly understand the scriptures, never follow them.
Sanskrit: लोकयात्रामिहैके तु धर्मं प्राहुर्मनीषिणः। समुद्दिष्टं सतां धर्मं स्वयमूहेत पण्डितः॥
English: One section of wise men say that morality is nothing else than the approved conduct of the world. The man of true knowledge should find out for himself the moral laws laid down for the good.
Sanskrit: अमर्षाच्छास्त्रसम्मोहादविज्ञानाच्च भारत। शास्त्रं प्राज्ञस्य वदतः समूहे यात्यदर्शनम्॥
English: If even a wise man speaks of morality when he is angry or bewildered or ignorant, his speech produces no effect.
Sanskrit: आगतागमया बुद्ध्या वचनेन प्रशस्यते। अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानहेतुत्वाद् वचनं साधु मन्यते॥
English: Discourses on morality made with the help of an intelligent understanding of the true letter and spirit of the scriptures, should be lauded and not those which are made with the help of anything else. Sensible words, even if heard from an ignorant person, are regarded as pious and wise.
Sanskrit: अनया हतमेवेदमिति शास्त्रमपार्थकम्। दैतेयानुशना प्राह संशयच्छेदनं पुरा॥
English: In days of yore, Ushanas said to the Daityas this truth, which dispels all doubts, that scriptures are no scriptures if they cannot stand the crucible test of reason.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानमप्यपदिश्यं हि यथा नास्ति तथैव तत्। तं तथा छिन्नमूलेन सन्नोदयितुमर्हसि॥
English: The possession or absence of doubtful, knowledge is the same thing. You should root out and drive off such knowledge.
Sanskrit: अनव्यवहितं यो वा नेदं वाक्यमुपाश्नुते। उग्रायैव हि सृष्टोऽसि कर्मणे न त्वमीक्षसे॥
English: He who does not listen to these words of minc, is to be known as one who has suffered himself to be misguided. Do you not observe that you were created for the performance of terrific deeds?
Sanskrit: अङ्ग मामन्ववेक्षस्व राजन्याय बुभूषते। यथा प्रमुच्यते त्वन्यो यदर्थं न प्रमोदते।॥
English: See me, O dear child, how, by following the duties of my own order, I have sent innumerable Kshatriyas to heaven! There are some who are not pleased with me for this.
Sanskrit: अजोऽश्वः क्षत्रमित्येतत् सदृशं ब्रह्मणा कृतम्। तस्मादभीक्ष्णं भूतानां यात्रा काचित् प्रसिद्ध्यति॥
English: Goat, horse, and Kshatriya, were created by Brahman for the same purpose (of being useful to everybody). A Kshatriya, therefore, should always seek the happiness of all creatures.
Sanskrit: यस्त्ववध्यवधे दोषः स वध्यस्यावधे स्मृतः। या चैव खलु मर्यादा यामयं परिवर्जयेत्॥
English: The sin of killing a person unworthy of being killed is tantamount to that which is incurred by not killing one who deserves to be killed. Such is the established order of things which a weak-minded king never thinks of attending to.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् तीक्ष्णः प्रजा राजा स्वधर्मे स्थापयेत् ततः। अन्योन्यं भक्षयन्तो हि प्रचरेयुर्वृका इव॥
English: Therefore, a king should force all his subjects to observe their respective duties. If this is not done, they will prowl like wolves, devouring one another,
Sanskrit: यस्य दस्युगणा राष्ट्र ध्वांक्षा मत्स्यान् जलादिव। विहरन्ति परस्वानि स वै क्षत्रियपासनः॥
English: He is a wretch among Kshatriyas in whose kingdom robbers go about pillaging the property of other people like crows taking little fishes from water.