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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । ऋचो यजूंष्यधीते यः सामवेदं च यो द्विजः । पापानि कुर्वन्पापेन लिप्यते न स लिप्यते ॥५-४३-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: A twice-born man (dvija) who studies the Ṛg hymns, the Yajus formulas, and also the Sāma-veda—if he commits wrongful acts, is he tainted by that wrongdoing, or is he not tainted?
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । नैनं सामान्यृचो वापि न यजूंषि विचक्षण । त्रायन्ते कर्मणः पापान्न ते मिथ्या ब्रवीम्यहम्॥५-४३-२॥
Sanatsujāta said: O discerning one, neither ordinary Ṛg verses nor the Yajus formulas protect such a person from the wrongdoing produced by his actions. I do not speak to you falsely.
english translation
न छन्दांसि वृजिनात्तारयन्ति मायाविनं मायया वर्तमानम् । नीडं शकुन्ता इव जातपक्षाश्छन्दांस्येनं प्रजहत्यन्तकाले॥५-४३-३॥
The Vedic meters (chandas) do not carry across from wrongdoing a deceptive person who lives by deception. Like birds that have grown wings abandoning the nest, the meters abandon him at the final time.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । न चेद्वेदा वेदविदं शक्तास्त्रातुं विचक्षण । अथ कस्मात्प्रलापोऽयं ब्राह्मणानां सनातनः॥५-४३-४॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O discerning one, if the Vedas cannot protect a knower of the Veda, why does this ancient discourse of the brāhmaṇas still endure?
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । अस्मिंल्लोके तपस्तप्तं फलमन्यत्र दृश्यते । ब्राह्मणानामिमे लोका ऋद्धे तपसि संयताः॥५-४३-५॥
Sanatsujāta said: Austerity (tapas) practiced in this world is seen to bear its fruit elsewhere. These worlds—states of attainment—of the brāhmaṇas arise when austerity is mature and the senses are restrained.
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