Mbh 13.119.4

Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

"'"Vyasa said, 'O chief of Brahmanas, O blessed one, be not troubled (through fear of death)! He who acts righteously attains to respectable birth. He, on the other hand, who acts unrighteously attains to a low and vile birth, O thou that art conversant with righteousness, one attains to misery agreeably the measure of one's sin. Therefore, O worm, do not be troubled through fear of death. The only fear thou shouldst entertain is about the loss of righteousness. Do thou, therefore, go on practising righteousness.'

Mbh 13.119.4 · Mahabharata · ANUSASANA PARVA

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Dharma Fear Justice Death Sin Suffering

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Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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Let no one forget his own duty for the sake of another's, however great; let a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to his duty.

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