Mahābhārata · 1.158.52
॥
Devanāgarī
अर्जुन उवाच
यदि प्रीतेन वा दत्तं संशये जीवितस्य वा ॥
विद्या वित्तं श्रुतं वापि न तद् गन्धर्व कामये ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
arjuna uvāca
yadi prītena vā dattaṃ saṃśaye jīvitasya vā ||
vidyā vittaṃ śrutaṃ vāpi na tad gandharva kāmaye ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
यदि प्रीतेन वा दत्तं संशये जीवितस्य वाyadi prītena vā dattaṃ saṃśaye jīvitasya vāif it is given [by you] out of affection — or [merely because] your life was in danger —
विद्या वित्तं श्रुतं वा अपि न तत् गन्धर्व कामयेvidyā vittaṃ śrutaṃ vā api na tat gandharva kāmayevidya, wealth, or knowledge, of that, O gandharva, I have no wish';
अर्जुनarjunaoriginal form "arjuna", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वापिvāpioriginal form "vāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Arjuna said: 'If the vidya, wealth, or knowledge are given by you only because your life was in danger, and not out of affection, then, O gandharva, I have no wish for them.'
Versión
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Here Arjuna shows the nobility that refuses a gift extorted by fear. It is telling that he does not wish to accept the vidya as ransom for a life: a gift wrung from the giver's need is, for him, not a gift but a transaction under compulsion. Here is the purity of selflessness: the noble accept an offering of love, but not payment born of fear. Thus scripture shows the loftiness of Arjuna's spirit, for whom only what is given from the heart has value; and by this he distinguishes friendship from a bribe.