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इदं च त्वां सर्वपरं ब्रवीमि पुण्यं पदं तात महाविशिष्टम् । न जातु कामान्न भयान्न लोभाद्धर्मं त्यजेज्जीवितस्यापि हेतोः॥५-४०- ११॥
And I tell you this as the highest principle, a supremely meritorious rule, dear one: never abandon dharma—neither from desire, nor from fear, nor from greed—not even for the sake of preserving your life.
english translation
नित्यो धर्मः सुखदुःखे त्वनित्ये नित्यो जीवो धातुरस्य त्वनित्यः । त्यक्त्वानित्यं प्रतितिष्ठस्व नित्ये संतुष्य त्वं तोषपरो हि लाभः॥५-४०- १२॥
Dharma is enduring, while pleasure and pain are impermanent. The living self (ātman) endures, while the body’s constituents are transient. Abandon what passes and establish yourself in what is lasting; be content, for contentment itself is the highest gain.
english translation
महाबलान्पश्य महानुभावान्प्रशास्य भूमिं धनधान्यपूर्णाम् । राज्यानि हित्वा विपुलांश्च भोगान्गतान्नरेन्द्रान्वशमन्तकस्य॥५-४०- १३॥
Behold mighty kings of great renown: after ruling lands filled with wealth and grain, they abandoned kingdoms and abundant pleasures and went under the dominion of Death.
english translation
मृतं पुत्रं दुःखपुष्टं मनुष्या उत्क्षिप्य राजन्स्वगृहान्निर्हरन्ति । तं मुक्तकेशाः करुणं रुदन्तश्चितामध्ये काष्ठमिव क्षिपन्ति॥५-४०- १४॥
People, overwhelmed by grief, O King, lift up a deceased son and carry him out of their home. With loosened hair and pitiful lamentation, they place him upon the funeral pyre as one would set down a piece of wood.
english translation
अन्यो धनं प्रेतगतस्य भुङ्क्ते वयांसि चाग्निश्च शरीरधातून् । द्वाभ्यामयं सह गच्छत्यमुत्र पुण्येन पापेन च वेष्ट्यमानः॥५-४०- १५॥
Another consumes the wealth of one who has departed; birds and fire take the body’s elements. Only two accompany a person beyond: merit and demerit, by which one is enveloped.
english translation