Mahabharat

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नानात्मवन्तस तु वनेचरन्ति; धर्मं च वासं च परिश्रमं च विज्ञानतॊ धर्मम उदाहरन्ति; तस्मात सन्तॊ धर्मम आहुः परधानम ।। ३-२८१-२३ ।।

sanskrit

'In honour of the friendship I have formed with thee, I wish to speak a few words—do thou listen. They who have not mastered themselves gain no true merit by merely passing through the four stages of life— that of the student, the householder, the forest-dweller, and the renunciate.' ।। 3-281-23 ।।

english translation

nAnAtmavantasa tu vanecaranti; dharmaM ca vAsaM ca parizramaM ca vijJAnatò dharmama udAharanti; tasmAta santò dharmama AhuH paradhAnama || 3-281-23 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript