[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Historical poems, biographies and chronicles](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical) › [The Life of Ballālasena](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita) › 2.16 # The Life of Ballālasena 2.16 Vallālacarita 2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.13) — 2 parts ### [2.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.1) vyāsa uvāca: upādhyāyaḥ pitā jyeṣṭhabhrātā caiva mahīpatiḥ / mātulaḥ śvaśurastrātā mātāmahapitāmahau // > Vyāsa said: > The teacher, the father, the eldest brother, and the king, > the maternal uncle, the father-in-law, the protector, the maternal grandfather, the paternal grandfather, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.2) bandhurjyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛvyaśca puṃsyete guravaḥ smṛtāḥ / mātā mātāmahī caiva pitṛmātṛṣvasādayaḥ // > the eldest kinsman, and the paternal uncle—these among men are remembered as gurus. > The mother, the maternal grandmother, and the sisters of the father and mother, and so forth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.3) śvaśrūḥ pitāmahī jyeṣṭhā dhātrī ca guravaḥ striyaḥ / ityukto guruvargo 'yaṃ mātṛtaḥ pitṛto nṛpāḥ / anuvarttanameteṣāṃ manovākkāyakarmmabhiḥ // > the mother-in-law, the paternal grandmother, the eldest \[sister\], and the nurse are female gurus. > Thus has this group of gurus on the mother's and father's sides been described, O kings; > they are to be served with deeds of mind, speech, and body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.4) guruṃ dṛṣṭvā samuttiṣṭhedabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ / naitairupaviśet sārddhaṃ vivadet nātmakāraṇāt // > Seeing a guru, one should stand up, greet him with hands folded in reverence; > one should not sit together with them, nor quarrel \[with them\] for one's own sake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.5) jīvitārthamapi dveṣāt gurubhirnaiva bhāṣaṇam / udito 'pi guṇairanyai rguruddheṣī patatyadhaḥ // > Even for the sake of one's life, one must never speak out of hatred toward gurus; > even if elevated by other virtues, one who hates a guru falls low. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.6) gurūṇāñcaiva sarvveṣāṃ pūjyāḥ pañca prayatnataḥ / teṣāmādyāstrayaḥ śreṣṭhāsteṣu mātā garīyasī // > And among all gurus, five are especially to be worshipped with effort; > of them, the first three are supreme, and among those the mother is the greatest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.7) yo bhāvayati yā sūte yena vidyopadiśyate / jyeṣṭhabhrātā ca bharttā ca pañcaite guravaḥ smṛtāḥ // > He who fosters, she who gives birth, he by whom knowledge is taught, > the eldest brother, and the husband: these five are remembered as gurus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.8) ātmanaḥ sarvvayatnena prāṇatyāgena vā punaḥ / pūjanīyā viśeṣeṇa pañcaite bhūtimicchatā / nāsti pitṛsamo devo nāsti mātṛsamo guruḥ // > With all one's effort, or even by giving up one's life, > these five are to be especially worshipped by one who desires prosperity; > there is no god equal to a father, there is no guru equal to a mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.9) tayornityaṃ priyaṃ kuryyāt karmmaṇā manasā girā / na tābhyāmananujñāto dharmmamanyaṃ samāśrayet // > One should always do what is dear to both of them by deed, mind, and speech; > without their permission, one must not resort to any other duty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.10) gururagnirdvijātīnāṃ varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ / patireko guruḥ strīṇāṃ sarvvatrābhyāgato guruḥ // > Fire is the guru of the twice-born; the Brahmin is the guru of the castes; > the husband alone is the guru of women; a guest is a guru everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.11) brāhmaṇaṃ praṇamed yastu viṣṇubuddhyā narottamaḥ / āyuḥ putraśca kīrttiśca sampattistasya varddhate // > The best of men who bows to a Brahmin with the thought that he is Viṣṇu, > his lifespan, sons, fame, and wealth increase. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.12) duḥśīlo 'pi dvijaḥ pūjyo na śūdro vijetendriyaḥ / viprā hi kṣatriyātmāno nāvajñeyāḥ kadācana // > A Brahmin is to be honored even if ill-behaved, but not a Śūdra even if he has subdued his senses; > for Brahmins have the nature of Kṣatriyas, and must never be despised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.13) dharmmaśāstrarathārūḍhā vedakhaḍgadharā dvijāḥ / krīḍārthamapi yadbrūyuḥ sa dharmmaḥ paramaḥ smṛtaḥ // > Brahmins are mounted on the chariot of the Dharmaśāstras and bear the sword of the Vedas; > whatever they might say, even in sport, is remembered as supreme dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.13.p1) iti vallālacarite vyāsapurāṇe guruvargakīrttanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ / > Thus ends the sixteenth chapter in the Vyāsapurāṇa of the Vallālacarita, entitled "The Proclamation of the Group of Gurus." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.16.13.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.13.p2) atha saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Now the seventeenth chapter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita~en-mt.2.16.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.12.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.7.21.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.56) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p6) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.17.56.136.p2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16) · Pramāṇa