“In everything do to others as you would have them do
to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” Mathew 7:12
A variation is attributed to Rabbi Hillel (first century
BCE): “What is hateful to YOU do not do to your neighbour; that is the whole
Torah……go and learn it” (b. Shabb. 31a)
EXACTLY THE SAME BEHAVIOUR is advised in the
( (A)
UDYOG PARVA
“That should not be done to others which is
against the interest of one’s self.” – Sloka 71, Udyog Parva, Chapter 39,
Prajagara Parva, The Speech of Vidura, p.129, Vol.3.
(B) SHANTHI PARVA
(b.1) “A person should never do
that to others which he does not like to be done to him by others, knowing how
painful it is to himself.”- Sloka 20,
Shanthi Parva, Chapter 259,Mokshadharma Parva, An account of Righteousness
(Dharma), p.243, Vol.8
(b.2) “What can a man seeking
another man’s wife say to another man? It is seen however that even such a man,
when he sees his wife with another person, becomes unable to forgive the act.”
–Sloka 21, Shanthi Parva, Chapter 259,Mokshadharma Parva, An account of Righteousness
(Dharma), p.243, Vol.8
(b.3) “How can a person who wishes
to himself take breath think of preventing another by a murderous act from
doing the same? Whatever wishes one cherishes about his own self, one should
certainly cherish regarding another.” – Sloka 22, Shanthi Parva, Chapter
259,Mokshadharma Parva, An account of Righteousness (Dharma), p.243, Vol.8
(C) ANUSHASANA PARVA, Chapter 113
(c.1) “One should never do that to another which he
considers as injurious to his own self. This in brief, is the rule of virtue.
One
(c.2) “In refusing and giving, in
weal and woe, in the agreeable and the disagreeable, one should judge of their
effects by considering his own self.” –
Sloka 9, Anushasana Parva, Chapter 113, p.469, Vol.9
(c.3) “When one injures another,
the injured in return injures the injurer. Likewise, when one cherishes
another, that other cherishes the cherisher.(in return). One should form his
own rule of conduct according to this, I have told you what virtue is even by
this subtle way.”- Sloka 10, Anushasana
Parva, Chapter 113, p.469, Vol.9
(D) ANUSHASANA PARVA, Chapter 115
(d). “Men gifted with intelligence
and purified souls should always treat others as they themselves wish to be
treated” – Sloka 20, Anushasana Parva, Chapter 115,Ordinances about
meat-eating, p.472, Vol.9
Can we consider the occurrence or
repetition of the above same idea, in
the MBh as well as the Bible, just a plain coincidence !!???
N.B - All translations of Mahabharatha from M.N.Dutt, published by PARIMAL PUBLICATIONS, Delhi.
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