काकेनेमांश् चित्रबर्हाञ् शार्दूलान् क्रोष्टुकेन च ॥
क्रीणीष्व पाण्डवान् राजन् मा मज्जीः शोकसागरे ॥
त्यजेत् कुलार्थे पुरुषं ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् ॥
ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥
सर्वज्ञः सर्वभावज्ञः सर्वशत्रुभयंकरः ॥
इति स्म भाषते काव्यो जम्भत्यागे महासुरान् ॥
kākenemāṃś citrabarhāñ śārdūlān kroṣṭukena ca ||
krīṇīṣva pāṇḍavān rājan mā majjīḥ śokasāgare ||
tyajet kulārthe puruṣaṃ grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet ||
grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet ||
sarvajñaḥ sarvabhāvajñaḥ sarvaśatrubhayaṃkaraḥ ||
iti sma bhāṣate kāvyo jambhatyāge mahāsurān ||
"Buy these bright-tailed [peacock-like] Pandavas at the price of a crow, tigers at the price of a jackal; preserve the Pandavas, O king, do not drown in the ocean of grief. For the sake of the family let a man be sacrificed, for the sake of the village — the family, for the sake of the country — the village, for the sake of oneself [the Atman] — the earth. 'The all-knowing, who knows all conditions, who strikes fear into all enemies' — thus spoke Kavya [Shukra] to the great asuras at the abandoning of Jambha."
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Vidura pronounces the great ladder of sacrifice: a man — for the sake of the family, the family — for the sake of the village, and so on up to the earth — for the sake of the Atman [the highest goal]. Telling is that the highest rung in this ascent is not the earth nor the family, but the Atman, the soul: for its sake even the whole world is given up. The verse teaches the proportion of renunciation: the lesser is sacrificed for the greater, the particular for the whole, the passing for the eternal. And the summit is "for the sake of oneself [the soul]": the salvation of the spirit is dearer than all possessions. Applying this, Vidura calls for Duryodhana to be sacrificed for the sake of the family; but in the higher sense the ladder leads further still — to renouncing the earth itself for the sake of the Atman. One who cannot give up the small for the great will lose both the small and the great.