The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.42.47

Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.42.47

Language: Sanskrit

6.42.47

svakarmaṇeti viśeṣaṇasya phalamāha -- śreyāniti | svadharmo viguṇaḥ kiñcidaṅgahīno'pi śreyān praśasyataraḥ | kimapekṣya śreyān | paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt samyagvihitādapi | uktaṃ ca ‘svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ’ iti | svabhāvaniyataṃ pūrvoktatrividhasvabhāvājjātaṃ karma kurvan kilbiṣaṃ doṣaṃ nāpnoti | viṣakṛmerviṣamiva na doṣakaram | tasmāttava bhaikṣyaṃ hiṃsāśūnyamapi na yuktam | kintu hiṃsāyukto'pi svadharma eva praśasyataraḥ | dharmatvena vihite'sminnagnīṣomīyapaśvālambhe iva kṛte sati na kilbiṣaprasaṅgo'stītyarthaḥ ||

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit