SECTION LXXXVII
(Sambhava Parva continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'While that king of
kings dwelt in heaven--the home of the celestials, he was reverenced by the
gods, the Sadhyas, the Maruts, and the Vasus. Of sacred deeds, and mind under
complete control, the monarch used to repair now and then from the abode of the
celestials unto the region of Brahman. And it hath been heard by me that he
dwelt for a long time in heaven.
"One day that best of kings, Yayati, went to
Indra and there in course of conversation the lord of Earth was asked by Indra
as follows:
'What didst thou say, O king, when thy son Puru
took thy decrepitude on Earth and when thou gavest him thy kingdom?'
"Yayati answered, 'I told him that the whole
country between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna was his. That is, indeed, the
central region of the Earth, while the out-lying regions are to be the
dominions of thy brothers. I also told him that those without anger were ever
superior to those under its sway, those disposed to forgive were ever superior
to the unforgiving. Man is superior to the lower animals. Among men again the
learned are superior to the un-learned. If wronged, thou shouldst not wrong in
return. One's wrath, if disregarded, burneth one's own self; but he that
regardeth it not taketh away all the virtues of him that exhibiteh it. Never
shouldst thou pain others by cruel speeches. Never subdue thy foes by
despicable means; and never utter such scorching and sinful words as may
torture others. He that pricketh as if with thorns men by means of hard and
cruel words, thou must know, ever carrieth in his mouth the Rakshasas.
Prosperity and luck fly away at his very sight. Thou shouldst ever keep the virtuous
before thee as thy models; thou shouldst ever with retrospective eye compare
thy acts with those of the virtuous; thou shouldst ever disregard the hard
words of the wicked. Thou shouldst ever make the conduct of the wise the model
upon which thou art to act thyself. The man hurt by the arrows of cruel speech
hurled from one's lips, weepeth day and night. Indeed, these strike at the core
of the body. Therefore the wise never fling these arrows at others. There is
nothing in the three worlds by which thou canst worship and adore the deities
better than by kindness, friendship, charity and sweet speeches unto all.
Therefore, shouldst thou always utter words that soothe, and not those that
scorch. And thou shouldst regard those that deserve, thy regards, and shouldst
always give but never beg!"'
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