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वैशंपायन उवाच । ततो राजा धृतराष्ट्रो मनीषी संपूज्य वाक्यं विदुरेरितं तत् । सनत्सुजातं रहिते महात्मा पप्रच्छ बुद्धिं परमां बुभूषन् ॥५-४२-१॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, a man of reflection, having duly honored the counsel spoken by Vidura, questioned the great-souled Sanatsujāta in private, wishing to know the highest understanding.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । सनत्सुजात यदीदं शृणोमि मृत्युर्हि नास्तीति तवोपदेशम् । देवासुरा ह्याचरन्ब्रह्मचर्यममृत्यवे तत्कतरन्नु सत्यम्॥५-४२-२॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Sanatsujāta, when I hear this instruction of yours—that death does not exist—yet I also hear that gods and asuras practiced brahmacarya for the sake of deathlessness; which of these is true?
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । अमृत्युः कर्मणा केचिन्मृत्युर्नास्तीति चापरे । शृणु मे ब्रुवतो राजन्यथैतन्मा विशङ्किथाः॥५-४२-३॥
Sanatsujāta said: Some hold that deathlessness is attained through action, while others say that death does not exist. Listen as I explain, O king, so that you may not doubt this matter.
english translation
उभे सत्ये क्षत्रियाद्यप्रवृत्ते मोहो मृत्युः संमतो यः कवीनाम् । प्रमादं वै मृत्युमहं ब्रवीमि सदाप्रमादममृतत्वं ब्रवीमि॥५-४२-४॥
Both statements can be upheld in their respective domains of practice beginning with the kṣatriya way of life: the sages regard delusion as ‘death’. I declare heedlessness (pramāda) to be death, and constant non-heedlessness to be deathlessness.
english translation
प्रमादाद्वै असुराः पराभवन्नप्रमादाद्ब्रह्मभूता भवन्ति । न वै मृत्युर्व्याघ्र इवात्ति जन्तून्न ह्यस्य रूपमुपलभ्यते ह॥५-४२-५॥
Indeed, through heedlessness the asuras meet defeat; through non-heedlessness one becomes established in brahman-like being. Death does not consume creatures like a tiger; for its form is not directly apprehended.
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