Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /427

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One should not hit a man at his

weak points ; should not speak wickedly;

should not receive big things from inferior

persons ; should not speak that cutting
 

word which leads one to the world of sin,

the word at which another would shudder.
 

 
'वेदस्योपनिषत्सत्यं सत्यस्योपनिषद्दमः ।

दमस्योपनिषन्मोक्ष एतत्सर्वानुशासनम् ॥
 

" The secret meaning of the Vedas is

truth ; of truth,
se self control; controlof self
control, release from bondage; of self
 
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control, release from bondage; this is
this is
the all-comprehensive gospel.
 

 
शिश्नोदरे ये निरतास्सदैव

स्तेना नरा वाक्परुषाश्च नित्यम् ।

अपेतधर्मानिति तान्विदित्वा

दूराद्देवास्संपरिवर्जयन्ति ॥
 
are
 

"Those who are always taking pleasure

in sex and eating, those who steal others'

possessions, and those
who
men
men who are
always violent in tongue considering

these as bereft of Dharma, the gods avoid

them from a distance."
 

 
॥ इति शान्तिपर्व समाप्तम् ॥
 

THUS ENDS THE SANTI PARVA.