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ददाति यत्पार्थिव यत्करोति यद्वा तपस्तप्यति यज्जुहोति । न तस्य नाशोऽस्ति न चापकर्षो नान्यस्तदश्नाति स एव कर्ता॥५-१२१-२१॥
Whatever a king gives, whatever he does, whatever austerity he undertakes, and whatever he offers in sacrifice—none of it is lost to him, nor is it diminished; no one else partakes of its fruit: the doer alone experiences it.
english translation
इदं महाख्यानमनुत्तमं मतं बहुश्रुतानां गतरोषरागिणाम् । समीक्ष्य लोके बहुधा प्रधाविता त्रिवर्गदृष्टिः पृथिवीमुपाश्नुते॥५-१२१-२२॥
This great narrative is held to be unsurpassed by the learned who are free from anger and attachment. Having examined the world in many ways and moved through it, one who keeps the threefold orientation—dharma, artha, and kāma—attains stable sovereignty over the earth.
english translation