Shloka 99
Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ
Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names
अतिपुण्यानि पापानि तानि द्विजवरोत्तम | द्विजश्रेष्ठ! जो धर्मात्मा पुरुष सदा शिष्टाचारका सेवन करते हैं और प्रज्ञारूपी प्रासादपर आरूढ़ हो भाँति-भाँतिके लोकचरित्रोंका निरीक्षण तथा अत्यन्त पुण्य एवं पापकर्मोंकी समीक्षा करते हैं, वे महान् भयसे मुक्त हो जाते हैं || ९७-९८ $ ।। एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुतम् । शिष्टाचारगुणं ब्रह्मन् पुरस्कृत्य द्विजर्षभ,ब्रह्मन्! विप्रवर! इस प्रकार शिष्टाचारके गुणोंके सम्बन्धमें मैंने जैसा जाना और सुना है, वह सब आपसे कह सुनाया है
atipuṇyāni pāpāni tāni dvijavarottama | dvijaśreṣṭha yo dharmātmā puruṣaḥ sadā śiṣṭācārakā sevanaṃ karoti prajñārūpī-prāsādapar ārūḍhaḥ bhānti-bhānti-ke lokacaritrāṇāṃ nirīkṣaṇaṃ tathā atyanta-puṇya-pāpakarmāṇāṃ samīkṣāṃ karoti sa mahato bhayāt mucyate || etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam | śiṣṭācāraguṇaṃ brahman puraskṛtya dvijarṣabha ||
The hunter said: “O best of Brahmins, there are deeds of surpassing merit and deeds of sin. But that man of righteous spirit who constantly follows the conduct of the cultured—who, seated as it were upon a palace of discernment, observes the varied ways of the world and carefully reviews what actions are truly virtuous and what are truly blameworthy—becomes free from great fear. Thus, O Brahmin, O foremost of the twice-born, I have told you everything, as far as my understanding and as I have heard it, placing in the forefront the excellence of proper conduct (śiṣṭācāra).”
व्याध उवाच