The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.28.4

Bhāratabhāvadīpa 5.28.4

Language: Sanskrit

5.28.4

nanu kathaṃ tarhi ekacakrāyāṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ brāhmaṇasyaivāsādhāraṇatvena vihitaṃ bhavadbhiḥ kṛtamityāśaṅkyāha- luptāyāmiti | prakṛtiḥ jīvikāhetubhūtaṃ dhanaṃ tacca kṣatriyasya bhūmiśastrādikaṃ vaiśyasya dhanapaśvādikaṃ tasminsarvātmanā naṣṭe sati yena karma sandhyopāsanādikaṃ niṣpādayet tat bhikṣāṭanādikamapi parīpset kartumicchet anyathā jīvikāyā abhāvātkarmalopaḥ prāṇanāśaśca syādato'tyantāpadi tāvān vipradharmo'pītairairanuṣṭheya eva | prakṛtisthaśceti | āpadi āpaddharme prakṛtistho'pi yadyāpaddharmamanusaret sa lobhādgarhyaḥ | āpatstho'pi yadi prākṛtaṃ dharmamanusaret sa jīvanalopāt kuṭumbahiṃsayā ca gahya ityarthaḥ ||

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit