13.114
Yudhisthira said.
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)
Bṛhaspati said.
O best of the Bharatas, hear these six distinct gateways of dharma, all of them, as they are being recited. (13-114-2)
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)
The person who always puts aside the three faults in all beings and restrains desire and anger thereby attains success. (13-114-4)
Whoever kills harmless creatures with punishment, seeking happiness for himself, after death he attains happiness. (13-114-5)
A person who sees all beings as himself, who does not harm and has conquered anger, after death attains happiness. (13-114-6)
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)
One should not do to another what is displeasing to oneself. This, in summary, is duty; anything else comes from desire. (13-114-8)
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)
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)
Vaiśampāyana said.
Having thus spoken to him, the wise preceptor of the gods ascended to heaven, as we all watched, at that time. (13-114-11)
