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SANTI PARVA
'अयुद्धेनैव विजयं वर्धयेद्वसुधाधिपः ।
जघन्यमाहुर्बिजयं युद्धेन च [नराधिप] ॥
A king should build up his victory by
means other than war; victory through
war is said to be the worst.
'धर्मेण निधनं श्रेयो न जयः पापकर्मणा ॥
Death through Dharma is good, not
victory through a sinful act.
'पापस्य यदधिष्ठानं तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप ।
एको लोभो महाग्राहो लोभात्पापं प्रवर्तते ।
अतः पापमधर्मश्च तथा दुःखमनुत्तमम् ।
निकृत्या मूलमेतद्धि सर्वे लोभात्प्रवर्तते ।
स लोभस्सह मोहेन विजेतव्यो जितात्मना ॥
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King, hear that which forms the basis
of sin. Avarice, that huge rapacious animal,
( is the one basis of sin) ; it is from avarice
that sin proceeds; from it proceed sin,
unrighteousness and worst misery; this is
the root-cause of fraud ;
everything
By the self-
proceeds from avarice.
possessed person, this avarice, along with
delusion, has to be conquered.
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'अयुद्धेनैव विजयं वर्धयेद्वसुधाधिपः ।
जघन्यमाहुर्बिजयं युद्धेन च [नराधिप] ॥
A king should build up his victory by
means other than war; victory through
war is said to be the worst.
'धर्मेण निधनं श्रेयो न जयः पापकर्मणा ॥
Death through Dharma is good, not
victory through a sinful act.
'पापस्य यदधिष्ठानं तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप ।
एको लोभो महाग्राहो लोभात्पापं प्रवर्तते ।
अतः पापमधर्मश्च तथा दुःखमनुत्तमम् ।
निकृत्या मूलमेतद्धि सर्वे लोभात्प्रवर्तते ।
स लोभस्सह मोहेन विजेतव्यो जितात्मना ॥
""
401
King, hear that which forms the basis
of sin. Avarice, that huge rapacious animal,
( is the one basis of sin) ; it is from avarice
that sin proceeds; from it proceed sin,
unrighteousness and worst misery; this is
the root-cause of fraud ;
everything
By the self-
proceeds from avarice.
possessed person, this avarice, along with
delusion, has to be conquered.
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