Verse 1
Forgive him· Verses 1–6
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श्रीभगवानुवाच ।एष तेऽकार्षीद्भङ्गं हयमेधशतस्य ह ।क्षमापयत आत्मानममुष्य क्षन्तुमर्हसि
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1And the Bhagavan of Vaikuntha, the mighty one, master of the sacrifice and eater of the sacrifice, was pleased by the rites, and with Indra beside him he spoke to the king. 2Bhagavan said: This is the one who broke your hundred horse sacrifices. He is asking your pardon, and you should forgive him. 3God among men, the good in this world, clear-minded and best of men, do no harm to living beings, since for them the self is not the body. 4If men like you are bewildered by the maya of a god, then all the long service given to elders has come to nothing but labour. 5So a man who knows that this body has been set going by ignorance and desire and works does not cling to it, being awake.
6Unattached to this body, what wise man would call his own the house the body has made, or children, or wealth?