The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.22

Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.22

Language: Sanskrit

6.26.22

nanu ‘brāhmaṇo yajeta’, ‘jātaputraḥ kṛṣṇakeśo'gnīnādadhīta’ iti ātmānaṃ vayovarṇādiviśeṣaṇavantamevādhikṛtya karmavidhayaḥ pravartante | tena nīlādutpalamiva dehādanya ātmāvadhārayituṃ na śakyata ityāśaṅkyāha - vāsāṃsīti | ‘daṇḍī praiṣānanvāha’ iti daṇḍasya viśeṣaṇatve'pi na praiṣānuvaktṛsvarūpāntargatatvam | evaṃ brāhmaṇatvāderapi na svargakāmasvarūpāntargatatvamiti vastradevadattayoriva jaḍājaḍayordehātmanoratyantavilakṣaṇatvamastīti vastranāśena devadattanāśaṃ manvānasyeva tava dehanāśādātmanāśaṃ manvānasyātyantamauḍhyaṃ spaṣṭamiti bhāvaḥ | spaṣṭārthaśca ślokaḥ ||

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit