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सनत्सुजात उवाच । उभयमेव तत्रोपभुज्यते फलं धर्मस्यैवेतरस्य च । धर्मेणाधर्मं प्रणुदतीह विद्वान्धर्मो बलीयानिति तस्य विद्धि॥५-४२-१६॥
anatsujāta said: In this matter, the fruits of both are experienced—of Dharma and of its opposite. The wise repel adharma through Dharma; know from this that Dharma is the stronger.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । यानिमानाहुः स्वस्य धर्मस्य लोकान्द्विजातीनां पुण्यकृतां सनातनान् । तेषां परिक्रमान्कथयन्तस्ततोऽन्यान्नैतद्विद्वन्नैव कृतं च कर्म॥५-४२-१७॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Those worlds are spoken of as eternal—belonging to one’s own Dharma—for the twice-born who perform meritorious acts. People describe their gradations and then other worlds; yet I do not understand this, nor the action that leads to it.
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । येषां बले न विस्पर्धा बले बलवतामिव । ते ब्राह्मणा इतः प्रेत्य स्वर्गलोके प्रकाशते॥५-४२-१८॥
Sanatsujāta said: Those brāhmaṇas in whom there is no rivalry grounded in strength—unlike the competitive strength of the powerful—after departing from here, shine in the heavenly realm.
english translation
यत्र मन्येत भूयिष्ठं प्रावृषीव तृणोलपम् । अन्नं पानं च ब्राह्मणस्तज्जीवन्नानुसंज्वरेत्॥५-४२-१९॥
Where a brāhmaṇa considers food and drink to be abundant—like grass and water in the rainy season—living on that, he should not be anxious.
english translation
यत्राकथयमानस्य प्रयच्छत्यशिवं भयम् । अतिरिक्तमिवाकुर्वन्स श्रेयान्नेतरो जनः॥५-४२-२०॥
Where, for one who does not speak out, an inauspicious fear is produced, the person who speaks—acting as though adding what is needed—is better than the other.
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