पापं कुर्वन्पापकीर्तिः पापमेवाश्नुते फलम् ।
पुण्यं कुर्वन्पुण्यकीर्तिः पुण्यमेवाश्नुते फलम् ॥
पापं प्रज्ञां नाशयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।
नष्टप्रज्ञः पापमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥
पुण्यं प्रज्ञां वर्धयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।
वृद्धप्रज्ञः पुण्यमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥
असूयको दन्दशूको निष्ठुरो वैरकृन्नरः ।
स कृच्छ्रं महदाप्नोतो नचिरात्पापमाचरन् ॥
अनसूयः कृतप्रज्ञः शोभनान्याचरन्सदा ।
अकृच्छ्रात्सुखमाप्नोति सर्वत्र च विराजते ॥

pāpaṁ kurvan pāpakīrtiḥ pāpam evāśnute phalam |
puṇyaṁ kurvan puṇyakīrtiḥ puṇyam evāśnute phalam ||
pāpaṁ prajñāṁ nāśayati kriyamāṇaṁ punaḥ punaḥ |
naṣṭa-prajñaḥ pāpam eva nityam ārabhate naraḥ ||
puṇyaṁ prajñāṁ vardhayati kriyamāṇaṁ punaḥ punaḥ |
vṛddha-prajñaḥ puṇyam eva nityam ārabhate naraḥ ||
asūyako dandaśūko niṣṭhuro vairakṛn naraḥ |
sa kṛcchraṁ mahad āpnoto nacirāt pāpam ācaran ||
anasūyaḥ kṛta-prajñaḥ śobhanāny ācaran sadā |
akṛcchrāt sukham āpnoti sarvatra ca virājate ||
(Mahābhārata: 5.35.51−56)

“By committing sin, a sinful person certainly receives the results of sin. By practicing piety, a pious person certainly receives the results of piety. Sin committed again and again destroys one’s intellect, and a person whose intellect is destroyed begins to commit sin continuously. Piety practiced again and again enhances one’s intellect, and a person of enhanced intellect starts to practice piety continuously. A person who is envious, mordacious, cruel, and inimical, by committing sins, soon undergoes great difficulty. One who is non-envious and endowed with intellect, by always performing auspicious acts, attains happiness without difficulty and shines everywhere.”

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