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प्राप्नोति वै वित्तमसद्बलेन नित्योत्थानात्प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण । न त्वेव सम्यग्लभते प्रशंसां न वृत्तमाप्नोति महाकुलानाम्॥५-३६-२१॥
A person may obtain wealth through improper power, or through constant effort, intelligence, and initiative; yet by that he does not gain proper esteem, nor does he attain the cultivated conduct associated with great lineages.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । महाकुलानां स्पृहयन्ति देवा धर्मार्थवृद्धाश्च बहुश्रुताश्च । पृच्छामि त्वां विदुर प्रश्नमेतं भवन्ति वै कानि महाकुलानि॥५-३६-२२॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Even the gods, and those advanced in dharma and artha, and the learned, aspire to great lineages. I ask you, Vidura, this question: what, indeed, are the great lineages?
english translation
विदुर उवाच । तपो दमो ब्रह्मवित्त्वं वितानाः पुण्या विवाहाः सततान्नदानम् । येष्वेवैते सप्त गुणा भवन्ति सम्यग्वृत्तास्तानि महाकुलानि॥५-३६-२३॥
Vidura said: Austerity, self-restraint, knowledge of Brahman, the proper establishment of rites, meritorious marriages, and continual giving of food—where these seven qualities are found, together with right conduct, those are great lineages.
english translation
येषां न वृत्तं व्यथते न योनिर्वृत्तप्रसादेन चरन्ति धर्मम् । ये कीर्तिमिच्छन्ति कुले विशिष्टां त्यक्तानृतास्तानि महाकुलानि॥५-३६-२४॥
Those whose conduct does not falter, nor their lineage fall into distress; who practice dharma through the clarity of good conduct; who seek distinguished renown for their family and have abandoned falsehood—those are great lineages.
english translation
अनिज्ययाविवाहैश्च वेदस्योत्सादनेन च । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति धर्मस्यातिक्रमेण च॥५-३६-२५॥
Through marriages not ritually proper, through neglect or undermining of the Veda, and through transgressing dharma, families fall into the condition of “non-lineage,” losing their noble standing.
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