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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

啶�啶� 啶膏�權�嵿�椸い啶距え啶� 啶曕�佮ぐ啷佮い啷� 啶�啷嬥す啶距い啷嵿ざ啷嵿ぐ啶距う啷嵿ぇ啷囙�� 啶�啶距え啶掂�� 啷�
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ya岣� sa峁単at膩ni kurute moh膩t艣r膩ddhena m膩nava岣� |
sa svarg膩ccyavate lok膩t艣谤腻诲诲丑补mitro dvij膩dhama岣� || 140 ||

The man who, through folly, makes friendships by means of 艢r膩ddhas,鈥攖hat meanest of twice-born men, having the 艢r膩ddha for his friend, falls from the regions of heaven.鈥�(140)

 

Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁�y补):

鈥�Friendships鈥欌�攆riendly relations鈥攈e 鈥�who make鈥� 鈥�by means of 艢r膩ddhas鈥� 鈥�through folly鈥�i.e., being ignorant of what is contained in the scriptures,鈥�falls from heaven,鈥欌赌�i.e., never reaches heaven; the root 鈥榝all鈥� being used in the sense of want of connection in general; the sense being 鈥榡ust as a man on reaching heaven and falling from there loses all connection with it, so this man also.鈥� What is meant is that the man does not obtain the reward for performing the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补. in this sense alone can the passage have any connection with all that has gone in the present context.

鈥�Having the. 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 for his friend;鈥欌赌攖丑别 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 is spoken of as his friend, on account of its being the means of his acquiring a friend, it is in this sense that we have the Bahuvr墨hi compound in 鈥�艣谤腻诲诲丑补mitra.鈥�

鈥�The meanest of twice-born men;鈥欌赌攖丑别 鈥榯wice-born men鈥� have been mentioned only by way of illustration; in reality, the 艢奴诲谤补 also should not feed friends at 艣谤腻诲岣峢补蝉.

鈥淭he mere fact of the 艢奴诲谤补 being a 苍辞苍-叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 makes it impossible for him to feed a friend at 艣谤腻诲诲丑补s (where only Br膩hma峁嘺s are fed).鈥�

But who has laid down the rule that Br膩hma峁嘺s cannot be the friends of 艢奴诲谤补s?

鈥淎s a matter of fact, it is only persons of the same caste that are regarded as friends; so that there could be no friendship between persons, one of whom belongs to the higher and the other to the lower caste.鈥�

This also is not true; since 艢vetaketu, the son of Aru峁噄, is declared to have said鈥斺�業n the Pa帽c膩la country, there is a 碍峁�a迟谤颈测补 friend of mine.鈥�

Then again, it has already been explained that the term 鈥榝riend鈥� in the present context has been used as connoting relationship in general. And Br膩hma峁嘺s also come to have pecuniary relations with 艢奴诲谤补s; and to the 笔腻谤补艣补惫补艣奴诲谤补 (the 艢奴诲谤补 born of a Br膩hma峁嘺 father and a 艢奴诲谤补 mother), Br膩hma峁嘺s hear even blood-relationships.鈥�(140)

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 3.139-140)

See Comparative notes for Verse 3.139.