पश्चात्तपश्चरिष्यामो महामांससमुद्भवम्
Afterwards, we shall perform penance for the sin arising from the consumption of great flesh.
ग्राह्यो मत्तस्ततः सर्वैर्नात्र कार्या विचारणा
Let all accept from me; there should be no deliberation here.
स दूराद्ब्राह्मणैस्त्याज्यो विशेषात्कृतिभिर्नृप
He should be shunned from afar by brahmins, especially by those who are accomplished, O king.
दशसूनासमश्चक्री दशचक्रिसमो ध्वजी
He who acts is equal to ten sons; he who bears the banner is equal to ten chariots.
दशसूनासहस्रेण तुल्यो राजप्रतिग्रहः
The royal acceptance is equal to ten thousand sons.
रौरवादिषु सर्वेषु नरकेषु स पच्यते
He is cooked in all the hells, such as Raurava and others.
वयमन्यत्र यास्यामो ग्रहीष्यामो न ते धनम्
We will go elsewhere; we will not take your wealth.
परित्यज्य कुमारं तं मृतं तमपि भूमिपम्
Abandoning that prince, and even that dead king.
सोऽपि राजा ततस्तैस्तु भर्त्सितोऽतिरुषान्वितः ६.३२.
Then the king, rebuked by them, became exceedingly angry.
ततः सुवर्णपूर्णानि विधायोदुम्बराणि च
He prepared udumbara fruits filled with gold.
उदुम्बराणि संदृष्ट्वा जगृहुः क्षुधयार्दिताः
Seeing the udumbara fruits, afflicted by hunger, they took them.
अथ तानि समालक्ष्य गुरूणि मुनिसत्तमाः
Then, observing those heavy fruits, the eminent sages.
अत्रिरुवाच नास्माकं मुनयोऽज्ञानं नास्माकं गृहबुद्धयः
Atri said: 'We sages do not lack knowledge, nor do we possess householders’ minds.'
तस्मादेतानि संत्यज्य हेमगर्भाणि दूरतः
Therefore, abandoning these gold-filled fruits from afar.
सार्वभौमो महीपाल एकोऽन्यश्च निरीहकः
One is a universal sovereign, ruler of the earth; another is destitute and powerless.
धर्मार्थमपि विप्राणां संचयोऽर्थस्य गर्हितः
Even for the sake of righteousness or gain, the accumulation of wealth by Brahmins is censured.
त्यजतः संचयान्सर्वान्यांति हानिमुपद्रवाः
When one renounces all accumulations, losses and troubles depart.
निर्धनत्वं तथा राज्यं तुलायां धारयेद्बुधः
A wise person should weigh poverty and kingship equally in the balance.
अर्थैश्वर्यविमूढात्मा श्रेयसा मुच्यते हि सः ॥ ६.३२.
He whose mind is deluded by wealth and power is indeed deprived of true welfare.
अर्थसंपद्विमोहाय विमोहो नरकाय च
The prosperity of wealth leads to delusion, and delusion leads to hell.
योर्थेन साध्यते धर्मः क्षयिष्णुः स प्रकीर्तितः
That righteousness which is achieved through wealth is declared to be perishable.
चक्षुः श्रोत्रे तथा पुंसस्तृष्णैका तरुणायते
In a man, thirst alone makes the eye and ear ever youthful.
सूच्या सूत्रं यथा वस्त्रं संचारयति सूचिका
Just as a needle draws a thread through cloth, so does craving draw one along.
यथा शृंगं हि कायेन वर्द्धमानेन वर्धते। तद्वत्तृष्णापि वित्तेन वर्द्धमानेन वर्द्धते
As a horn grows with the body, so too does craving grow with increasing wealth.
अनंतपारा दुष्पूरा तृष्णा दुःखशतावहा
Craving is endless, boundless, hard to fill, and brings hundreds of sorrows.
गौतम उवाच सर्वोपीन्द्रियलौल्येन संकटे भ्रमति द्विजाः
Gautama said: O twice-born, through the greed of all the senses, one wanders in distress.
सर्वत्र संपदस्तस्य संतुष्टं यस्य मानसम्
For the one whose mind is content, there is prosperity everywhere.
संतोषामृततृप्तानां यत्सुखं शांतचेतसाम्
The happiness of those satisfied by the nectar of contentment, with peaceful minds—
असंतोषः परं दुःखं संतोषः परमं सुखम् ६.३२.
Discontent is the greatest sorrow; contentment is the highest happiness.
तथान्यो जायते पुंसस्तत्क्षणादेव कल्पितः
In the same way, another desire arises in a man, instantly conceived.