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Mahabharat

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देवतानां च संकल्पमनुभावं च धीमताम् । विनयं कृतविद्यानां विनाशं पापकर्मणाम्॥५-३३-६१॥

The resolve of the gods, the efficacy of the wise, the discipline and humility of the well-educated, and the ruin of those who engage in wrongful deeds—these are matters whose results are swift.

english translation

पञ्चाग्नयो मनुष्येण परिचर्याः प्रयत्नतः । पिता माताग्निरात्मा च गुरुश्च भरतर्षभ॥५-३३-६२॥

O bull among the Bharatas, a person should diligently attend upon the five “fires”: the father, the mother, the household fire, the Self (Ātman), and the teacher.

english translation

पञ्चैव पूजयंल्लोके यशः प्राप्नोति केवलम् । देवान्पितॄन्मनुष्यांश्च भिक्षूनतिथिपञ्चमान्॥५-३३-६३॥

By honoring just these five in the world, one attains renown: the gods, the ancestors, human beings, mendicants, and guests as the fifth.

english translation

पञ्च त्वानुगमिष्यन्ति यत्र यत्र गमिष्यसि । मित्राण्यमित्रा मध्यस्था उपजीव्योपजीविनः॥५-३३-६४॥

Five will follow you wherever you go: friends, adversaries, neutrals, dependents, and those who live by your support.

english translation

पञ्चेन्द्रियस्य मर्त्यस्य छिद्रं चेदेकमिन्द्रियम् । ततोऽस्य स्रवति प्रज्ञा दृतेः पादादिवोदकम्॥५-३३-६५॥

For a mortal with five senses, if even one sense becomes a “breach”, then his discernment leaks away—like water from a cracked vessel.

english translation