Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /206

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यक्षः
 
THE MAHABHARATA
 
-
'किंस्विदेकपदं धर्म्येयं किंस्विदेकपदं यशः ?

किंस्विदेकपदं स्वर्ग्यं किंस्विदेकपदं सुखम् १?"

Yaksha-

" What is the sole means of Dharma ?

What is the sole means of fame? What is

the sole means of heaven? What is the

sole means of happiness ? "
 

 
युधिष्ठिरः-

'दाक्ष्यमेकपदं धर्म्यं दानमेकपदं यशः ।

सत्यमेकपदं स्वर्ग्ययं शीलमेकपदं सुखम् ॥'
 

Yudhisthira-

Dexterity (6
 
1 in the discharge of one's
Dexterity (in the discharharma) is the sole means of Dharma ;
ge of one's
Dharma) is the sole means of Dharma iving is the sole means of fame;
gi truthful-
ness is the sole means of heaving is the sole means of fameen; truthful-
ness is the sole means of heaven; and
and
good conduct is the sole means of

happiness."
 

 
'किंस्विदात्मा मनुष्यस्य किंस्विद्दैवकृतस्सखा ?"
 

"Who is the soul of man? Who is
 

(his) fate-ordained friend?
 

 
'पुत्र आत्मा मनुष्यस्य भार्या दैवकृतस्तसखा ॥