Logo Ekvastra

Geet, Subhashita, AmrutVachan and Bodhkatha

User Tools


subhashita:परित्यजेदर्थकामौ

परित्यजेदर्थकामौ

Subhashita

परित्यजेदर्थकामौ यौ स्यातां धर्मवर्जितौ ।
धर्मं चाप्यसुखोदर्कं लोकविक्रुष्टं एव च ।।

English transliteration

parityajedarthakāmau yau syātāṃ dharmavarjitau ।
dharmaṃ cāpyasukhodarkaṃ lokavikruṣṭaṃ eva ca ।।

Hindi meaning

यदि धन, राज्य और कामना अधर्म से सिद्ध होती हो तो अधर्म सर्वथा छोड़ दें। और वेदविरूद्ध धर्माभास, जिसके करने से उत्तरकाल में दुःख और संसार की उन्नति का नाश हो वैसा नाममात्र धर्म और कर्म भी न किया करें।

English meaning

If you can get merely gold, kingdom and fulfillment of desires by being adharmik then certainly abandon that adharma! The kind of (apparently) dharma which eventually leads to misery and destruction of peace in society - do not undertake such token rituals or actions either!

Source

Manusmriti 4, 176