The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.31-35
Mahābhārata 6.25.31-35
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- Sanskrit
6.25.31
ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ |
śraddhāvanto'nasūyanto mucyante te'pi karmabhiḥ || 31 ||
Those men who constantly practise this teaching of Mine, full of Shraddhâ and without cavilling, they too, are freed from work.
6.25.32
ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam |
sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ || 32 ||
But those who decrying this teaching of Mine do not practise (it), deluded in all knowledge, and devoid of discrimination, know them to be ruined.
6.25.33
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi |
prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati || 33 ||
Even a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature: beings follow nature: what can restraint do?
6.25.34
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau |
tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau || 34 ||
Attachment and aversion of the senses for their respective objects are natural: let none come under their sway: they are his foes.
6.25.35
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ || 35 ||
Better is one's own Dharma, (though) imperfect, than the Dharma of another well-performed. Better is death in one's own Dharma: the Dharma of another is fraught with fear.
Translations (2)
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vulgate (700 verses) — Sanskrit
- Vicāratrayī — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1697, Sanskrit
- Sadācārasmṛti — Madhva, Sanskrit