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1. mokṣāya jñānam yajñebhyas sādhīya iti purāṇais uktam

for-liberation knowledge for-from-sacrifices better, by-Purānas is-said

( sādhu )

2. sāmpratam tu bhaktyā śreyas labdhum dvijātayas yatante

but at-present by-devotion better to-obtain Aryans strive-after

3. trayas kanīyāṃsas bhrātara: rāmasya abhavan

3 little brothers of-Rama were

4. yavoyasīm bhāryām pariṇayet

young wife he-should-marry

5. yadi jyeṣṭhāyām bhāryāyām kaniṣṭhas putras jāyeta

if in-youngest wife, smallest son should-be-born

tadā sa eva śreṣṭham dhanasya bhāgam labeta iti eke

then he best of-money share should-take

6. paramātmā anus api aṇīyān mahatas api mahīyān vedān teṣu varṇyate

world-spirit small also smallest great

also greater Vedas in-these is-described

7. paṅcabhis etābhis nadībhis saha saṃgatas

with-these-5-rivers joined

sindhu: gaṅgāyā api varīyān dṛśyate

Indus from-Ganges wider is-seen

8. yās aṣṭāviṃśatis dakṣasya duhitaras candramasā pariṇītās

of-Dakṣa’s-28 daughters by-moon married

tāsām rohiṇī bhrtus preṣṭha abhavat

of-them Rohinī of-lord dearest was

9. stenebhyas surāpās pāpīyāṃsas smaryante

from-thieves drinkards more-sinful it-is-taught

10. pāpānām pāpiṣṭhāstu brahmahaṇa:

of-sins worst-sin Brahman-killer

11. prathīyas yaśas striṣu lokeṣu arjunena labdham

most-spread fame in-3-worlds by-Arjuna was-obtained