Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /417

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

proceeds from avarice.By the self-

proceeds fromossessed person, this avarice, along with
delusion, has to be conquered.
possessed person, this avarice, along with
delusion, has to be conquered.
 
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