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अप्रमादोऽष्टदोषः स्यात्तान्दोषान्परिवर्जयेत् । इन्द्रियेभ्यश्च पञ्चभ्यो मनसश्चैव भारत । अतीतानागतेभ्यश्च मुक्तो ह्येतैः सुखी भवेत्॥५-४३-२१॥
Vigilance, non-negligence (apramāda), is said to counter the eight faults; therefore one should avoid those faults. They arise from the five senses and from the mind, O Bhārata. Freed from fixation on the past and the future, one becomes steady and content.
english translation
दोषैरेतैर्विमुक्तं तु गुणैरेतैः समन्वितम् । एतत्समृद्धमप्यृद्धं तपो भवति केवलम् । यन्मां पृच्छसि राजेन्द्र किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि॥५-४३-२२॥
Freed from these faults and endowed with these virtues, this alone becomes austerity—tapas—even when accompanied by prosperity. Since you ask me, O best of kings, what more do you wish to hear?
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । आख्यानपञ्चमैर्वेदैर्भूयिष्ठं कथ्यते जनः । तथैवान्ये चतुर्वेदास्त्रिवेदाश्च तथापरे॥५-४३-२३॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: People are commonly spoken of as “knowers of the Vedas, with narrative as the fifth.” Likewise, some are called knowers of four Vedas, and others again, knowers of three.
english translation
द्विवेदाश्चैकवेदाश्च अनृचश्च तथापरे । तेषां तु कतमः स स्याद्यमहं वेद ब्राह्मणम्॥५-४३-२४॥
There are those called knowers of two Vedas, of one Veda, and others who are without ṛc-hymns. Among them, which one is the Brāhmaṇa whom I should recognize as truly knowing?
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । एकस्य वेदस्याज्ञानाद्वेदास्ते बहवोऽभवन् । सत्यस्यैकस्य राजेन्द्र सत्ये कश्चिदवस्थितः । एवं वेदमनुत्साद्य प्रज्ञां महति कुर्वते॥५-४३-२५॥
Sanatsujāta said: Because the one Veda is not understood, the Vedas have become many. The single reality is truth, O king; only one established in truth truly stands. Thus, without diminishing the Veda, they cultivate profound wisdom.
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