Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /421

405
 
"When he does not fear and when of

him none is afraid, when he neither likes

nor dislikes, then does a man become the

Brahman. When, being
a man of
 

wisdom, he does not sin against any

being, in act, mind or speech, then does

a man become the Brahman.
 
SANTI PARVA
 
6
 
a
 

 
'मृत्युनाऽभ्याहतो लोको जरया परिवारितः ।

अहोरात्राः पतन्त्येते ननु कस्मात्र बुध्यसे ।

अद्यैव कुरु यच्छ्रेयो मा त्वां कालोऽत्यगादयम् ।

अकृतेष्वेव कार्येषु मृत्युर्वै संप्रकर्षति ॥
 

"The world is struck with death and

surrounded by old age. Days and nights

speed by; why are you not
awake ?
Even now, do what is to your
welfare ;
let not time pass you. Even
as your
acts are not finished, death drags you.
 
awake ?
welfare ;
as your
 

 
'अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च द्वयं देहे प्रतिष्ठितम् ।

मृत्युरापद्यते मोहात् सत्येनापद्यतेऽमृतम् ॥
 

"Immortality and death - both are esta-

blished in the body; death takes place

out of ignorance; immortality comes as a

result of truth.