13.114
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
Yudhisthira said.
अहिंसा वैदिकं कर्म ध्यानमिन्द्रियसंयमः। तपोऽथ गुरुशुश्रूषा किं श्रेयः पुरुषं प्रति ॥१३-११४-१॥
Non-injury, Vedic actions, meditation, control of the senses, austerity, and service to the teacher—all these: what is the highest good for a person? (13-114-1)
बृहस्पतिरुवाच॥
Bṛhaspati said.
सर्वाण्येतानि धर्मस्य पृथग्द्वाराणि सर्वशः। शृणु सङ्कीर्त्यमानानि षडेव भरतर्षभ ॥१३-११४-२॥
O best of the Bharatas, hear these six distinct gateways of dharma, all of them, as they are being recited. (13-114-2)
हन्त निःश्रेयसं जन्तोरहं वक्ष्याम्यनुत्तमम्। अहिंसापाश्रयं धर्मं यः साधयति वै नरः ॥१३-११४-३॥
Indeed, I shall declare the supreme highest good for a being: the man who truly follows the path of duty based on non-violence. (13-114-3)
त्रीन्दोषान्सर्वभूतेषु निधाय पुरुषः सदा। कामक्रोधौ च संयम्य ततः सिद्धिमवाप्नुते ॥१३-११४-४॥
The person who always puts aside the three faults in all beings and restrains desire and anger thereby attains success. (13-114-4)
अहिंसकानि भूतानि दण्डेन विनिहन्ति यः। आत्मनः सुखमन्विच्छन्न स प्रेत्य सुखी भवेत् ॥१३-११४-५॥
Whoever kills harmless creatures with punishment, seeking happiness for himself, after death he attains happiness. (13-114-5)
आत्मोपमश्च भूतेषु यो वै भवति पूरुषः। न्यस्तदण्डो जितक्रोधः स प्रेत्य सुखमेधते ॥१३-११४-६॥
A person who sees all beings as himself, who does not harm and has conquered anger, after death attains happiness. (13-114-6)
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यतः। देवापि मार्गे मुह्यन्ति अपदस्य पदैषिणः ॥१३-११४-७॥
Even the gods are bewildered on the path of one who has become the Self of all beings and sees all beings as himself; seekers of a path become confused before one who is pathless. (13-114-7)
न तत्परस्य संदद्यात्प्रतिकूलं यदात्मनः। एष सङ्क्षेपतो धर्मः कामादन्यः प्रवर्तते ॥१३-११४-८॥
One should not do to another what is displeasing to oneself. This, in summary, is duty; anything else comes from desire. (13-114-8)
प्रत्याख्याने च दाने च सुखदुःखे प्रियाप्रिये। आत्मौपम्येन पुरुषः समाधिमधिगच्छति ॥१३-११४-९॥
A person attains equanimity by comparing others to oneself—whether in rejection, in giving, in happiness or sorrow, or in situations that are pleasing or unpleasing. (13-114-9)
यथा परः प्रक्रमतेऽपरेषु; तथापरः प्रक्रमते परस्मिन्। एषैव तेऽस्तूपमा जीवलोके; यथा धर्मो नैपुणेनोपदिष्टः ॥१३-११४-१०॥
Just as one person acts towards others, so too another acts towards him; let this be your example in the world of the living, just as virtue is instructed by skill. (13-114-10)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
इत्युक्त्वा तं सुरगुरुर्धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम्। दिवमाचक्रमे धीमान्पश्यतामेव नस्तदा ॥१३-११४-११॥
Having thus spoken to him, the wise preceptor of the gods ascended to heaven, as we all watched, at that time. (13-114-11)
