Mahābhārata

Bhishma said: Once, while wandering in the forest, the son of Janaka saw in the forest a great sage, a descendant of the Bhrigu lineage. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having approached him seated, having bowed my head to the sage, and being permitted by him afterwards, Vasu asked this: ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

"O Lord, what is the best thing for me, in this world or the next? For a man whose body is impermanent, who is under the control of desire, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The great-souled one, having been respectfully asked, spoke these words to him, which were beneficial. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

You desire that which is not contrary to the mind, both in this world and the next. Turn away from what is contrary to beings, and control your senses. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Dharma is the good of the good, and Dharma is the refuge of the good. From Dharma, O son, the three worlds, the moving and the unmoving, have come into being. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O you who desire the sweet, why do you not become free from desire? O you of evil intellect, you see the honey, but do not see the precipice. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

As one who desires the fruit of knowledge should make himself familiar with knowledge, so one who desires the fruit of Dharma should make himself familiar with Dharma. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The pure action is difficult to perform for one who is not virtuous and who desires the Dharma. But for one who is virtuous and who desires the Dharma, the difficult action is easy to perform. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He who is accustomed to the pleasures of the village in the forest is like a villager. He who is accustomed to the pleasures of the forest in the village is like a forest-dweller. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

In the Dharma of mind, speech, and action, be attentive and have faith. Whether in cessation or in activity, having considered the good and bad qualities, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And always much should be given to the good, without envy. Requested, purified by vows and purity, honored by place and time, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having obtained it by a good method, he should give it to a worthy recipient. Having given it, having abandoned anger, he should not repent or boast. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He is not cruel, pure, self-controlled, truthful, and established in honesty. He is pure in his birth and deeds, and a knower of the Vedas. He is a worthy ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

He who is honoured, who has one wife, who is of good birth, is considered here. He who knows the Rg, Yajur and Sama Vedas, who is skilled in the six ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

That alone is Dharma, that alone is Adharma, for each man. Considering the difference in the vessel and action, and the time and place. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Just as a man would wipe off a little dust from his body with ease, so also is the removal of sin with great effort. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Just as ghee is the right medicine for one who has vomited, so is the Dharma for one who has expelled the defilements, bringing happiness after death. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The mind is present in all beings, in the good and the bad. Having withdrawn from the bad, it should be directed towards the good. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Worship everything everywhere, done by everyone. Where there is attachment to one's own duty, let that be considered as Dharma. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O one whose mind is not controlled, be controlled! O one of bad intellect, be intelligent! O one who is not calm, be calm! O one who is not wise, act like ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The means of attaining it is by association with the means, and by energy. Here and hereafter, the root of that is the highest fortitude. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The royal sage Adhriti, the son of Mahābhiṣa, fell from heaven, and Yayāti, whose merit was exhausted, attained the worlds by his steadfastness. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

By serving ascetics, virtuous ones, and the wise, you will attain vast wisdom and attain great prosperity. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

But he, endowed with a good nature, having heard those words spoken by the sage, having turned away his mind from desire, he made up his mind to the Dharma. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.