Book 3 Chapter 199 | |
1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
1 | sa tu vipram athovāca dharmavyādho yudhiṣṭhira
yad ahaṃ hy ācare karma ghoram etad asaṃśayam |
2 | vidhis tu balavān brahman dustaraṃ hi purākṛtam
purākṛtasya pāpasya karmadoṣo bhavaty ayam doṣasyaitasya vai brahman vighāte yatnavān aham |
3 | vidhinā vihite pūrvaṃ nimittaṃ ghātako bhavet
nimittabhūtā hi vayaṃ karmaṇo 'sya dvijottama |
4 | yeṣāṃ hatānāṃ māṃsāni vikrīṇāmo vayaṃ dvija
teṣām api bhaved dharma upabhogena bhakṣaṇāt devatātithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ pratipūjanāt |
5 | oṣadhyo vīrudhaś cāpi paśavo mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
annādyabhūtā lokasya ity api śrūyate śrutiḥ |
6 | ātmamāṃsapradānena śibir auśīnaro nṛpaḥ
svargaṃ sudurlabhaṃ prāptaḥ kṣamāvān dvijasattama |
7 | rājño mahānase pūrvaṃ rantidevasya vai dvija
dve sahasre tu vadhyete paśūnām anvahaṃ tadā |
8 | samāṃsaṃ dadato hy annaṃ rantidevasya nityaśaḥ
atulā kīrtir abhavan nṛpasya dvijasattama cāturmāsyeṣu paśavo vadhyanta iti nityaśaḥ |
9 | agnayo māṃsakāmāś ca ity api śrūyate śrutiḥ
yajñeṣu paśavo brahman vadhyante satataṃ dvijaiḥ saṃskṛtāḥ kila mantraiś ca te 'pi svargam avāpnuvan |
10 | yadi naivāgnayo brahman māṃsakāmābhavan purā
bhakṣyaṃ naiva bhaven māṃsaṃ kasya cid dvijasattama |
11 | atrāpi vidhir uktaś ca munibhir māṃsabhakṣaṇe
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca bhuṅkte dattvā tu yaḥ sadā yathāvidhi yathāśraddhaṃ na sa duṣyati bhakṣaṇāt |
12 | amāṃsāśī bhavaty evam ity api śrūyate śrutiḥ
bhāryāṃ gacchan brahmacārī ṛtau bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ |
13 | satyānṛte viniścitya atrāpi vidhir ucyate
saudāsena purā rājñā mānuṣā bhakṣitā dvija śāpābhibhūtena bhṛśam atra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
14 | svadharma iti kṛtvā tu na tyajāmi dvijottama
purākṛtam iti jñātvā jīvāmy etena karmaṇā |
15 | svakarma tyajato brahmann adharma iha dṛśyate
svakarmanirato yas tu sa dharma iti niścayaḥ |
16 | pūrvaṃ hi vihitaṃ karma dehinaṃ na vimuñcati
dhātrā vidhir ayaṃ dṛṣṭo bahudhā karmanirṇaye |
17 | draṣṭavyaṃ tu bhavet prājña krūre karmaṇi vartatā
kathaṃ karma śubhaṃ kuryāṃ kathaṃ mucye parābhavāt karmaṇas tasya ghorasya bahudhā nirṇayo bhavet |
18 | dāne ca satyavākye ca guruśuśrūṣaṇe tathā
dvijātipūjane cāhaṃ dharme ca nirataḥ sadā ativādātimānābhyāṃ nivṛtto 'smi dvijottama |
19 | kṛṣiṃ sādhv iti manyante tatra hiṃsā parā smṛtā
karṣanto lāṅgalaiḥ puṃso ghnanti bhūmiśayān bahūn jīvān anyāṃś ca bahuśas tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
20 | dhānyabījāni yāny āhur vrīhy ādīni dvijottama
sarvāṇy etāni jīvāni tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
21 | adhyākramya paśūṃś cāpi ghnanti vai bhakṣayanti ca
vṛkṣān athauṣadhīś caiva chindanti puruṣā dvija |
22 | jīvā hi bahavo brahman vṛkṣeṣu ca phaleṣu ca
udake bahavaś cāpi tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
23 | sarvaṃ vyāptam idaṃ brahman prāṇibhiḥ prāṇijīvanaiḥ
matsyā grasante matsyāṃś ca tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
24 | sattvaiḥ sattvāni jīvanti bahudhā dvijasattama
prāṇino 'nyonyabhakṣāś ca tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
25 | caṅkramyamāṇā jīvāṃś ca dharaṇīsaṃśritān bahūn
padbhyāṃ ghnanti narā vipra tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
26 | upaviṣṭāḥ śayānāś ca ghnanti jīvān anekaśaḥ
jñānavijñānavantaś ca tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
27 | jīvair grastam idaṃ sarvam ākāśaṃ pṛthivī tathā
avijñānāc ca hiṃsanti tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
28 | ahiṃseti yad uktaṃ hi puruṣair vismitaiḥ purā
ke na hiṃsanti jīvan vai loke 'smin dvijasattama bahu saṃcintya iha vai nāsti kaś cid ahiṃsakaḥ |
29 | ahiṃsāyāṃ tu niratā yatayo dvijasattama
kurvanty eva hi hiṃsāṃ te yatnād alpatarā bhavet |
30 | ālakṣyāś caiva puruṣāḥ kule jātā mahāguṇāḥ
mahāghorāṇi karmāṇi kṛtvā lajjanti vai na ca |
31 | suhṛdaḥ suhṛdo 'nyāṃś ca durhṛdaś cāpi durhṛdaḥ
samyak pravṛttān puruṣān na samyag anupaśyataḥ |
32 | samṛddhaiś ca na nandanti bāndhavā bāndhavair api
gurūṃś caiva vinindanti mūḍhāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ |
33 | bahu loke viparyastaṃ dṛśyate dvijasattama
dharmayuktam adharmaṃ ca tatra kiṃ pratibhāti te |
34 | vaktuṃ bahuvidhaṃ śakyaṃ dharmādharmeṣu karmasu
svakarmanirato yo hi sa yaśaḥ prāpnuyān mahat |