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न्यायोपेतं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यदन्नं श्रद्धापूतं गन्धरसोपपन्नम् । अन्वाहार्येषूत्तमदक्षिणेषु तथारूपं कर्म विख्यायते ते॥५-२७-११॥
Food given to Brahmins—obtained by just means, purified by faith, and endowed with proper fragrance and taste—when offered in rites together with excellent dakṣiṇā, is declared for you to be an act of commendable character.
english translation
इह क्षेत्रे क्रियते पार्थ कार्यं न वै किंचिद्विद्यते प्रेत्य कार्यम् । कृतं त्वया पारलोक्यं च कार्यं पुण्यं महत्सद्भिरनुप्रशस्तम्॥५-२७-१२॥
In this field of embodied life, O Pārtha, what must be done is done here; after death there is no further task to undertake. You have accomplished the work for the other world: a great merit, repeatedly praised by the virtuous.
english translation
जहाति मृत्युं च जरां भयं च न क्षुत्पिपासे मनसश्चाप्रियाणि । न कर्तव्यं विद्यते तत्र किंचिदन्यत्र वै इन्द्रियप्रीणनार्थात्॥५-२७-१३॥
There one leaves behind death, aging, and fear; there is no hunger or thirst, nor any displeasure of mind. No duty exists there of any kind—except, as it were, the satisfaction of the senses.
english translation
एवंरूपं कर्मफलं नरेन्द्र मात्रावता हृदयस्य प्रियेण । स क्रोधजं पाण्डव हर्षजं च लोकावुभौ मा प्रहासीश्चिराय॥५-२७-१४॥
O king, such is the fruit of action, as weighed by one dear to the heart and endowed with discernment. O Pāṇḍava, do not for long abandon either of the two domains—what is born of anger and what is born of joy; be not driven by either extreme alone.
english translation
अन्तं गत्वा कर्मणां या प्रशंसा सत्यं दमश्चार्जवमानृशंस्यम् । अश्वमेधो राजसूयस्तथेष्टः पापस्यान्तं कर्मणो मा पुनर्गाः॥५-२७-१५॥
When one reaches the culmination of deeds, what is praised is truthfulness, self-restraint, straightforwardness, and non-cruelty. Even the Aśvamedha and the Rājasūya are but meritorious acts of that kind; do not return again to the final end of sinful action.
english translation