Mahabharata · Chapter 13.148
na tathā sampradānena nopavāsādibhistathā /
iṣṭāṃ gatimavāpnoti yathā śuśrūṣakarmaṇā //
yādṛśena tu toyena śuddhiṃ prakurute naraḥ /
tādṛgbhavati taddhautamudakasya prabhāvataḥ //
śūdropyetena mārgeṇa yādṛśaṃ sevate janam /
tādṛgbhavati saṃsargādacireṇa na saṃśayaḥ //
tasmātprayatnataḥ sevyā bhikṣavo niyatātmanā /
udakagrāhaṇādyena snapanodvartanaistathā //
adhvanā karśitānāṃ ca vyādhitānāṃ tathaiva ca /
śuśrūṣāṃ niyataṃ kuryātteṣāmāpadi yatnataḥ //
darbhājinānyavekṣeta bhaikṣabhājanameva ca / yathākāmaṃ ca kāryāṇi sarvāṇyevopasādhayet /
prāyaścittaṃ yatā na syāttathā sarvaṃ samācaret //
vyādhitānāṃ tu bhikṣūṇāṃ celaprakṣālanādibhiḥ /
pratikarmakriyā kāryā bheṣajānayanaistathā //
piṃṣaṇālepanaṃ cūrṇaṃ kaṣāyamatha sādhanam /
nānyasya praticāreṣu sukhārthamupapādayet //
bhikṣāṭano'bhigaccheta bhiṣajaśca vipaścitaḥ /
tato viniṣkriyārthāni dravyāṇi samupārjayet //
yaśca prītamanā dadyādādadyādbheṣajaṃ naraḥ /
aśraddhayā hi dattāni tānyabhokṣyāṇi bhikṣubhiḥ //
śraddhayā yadupādattaṃ śraddhayā copapāditam /
tasyopabhogāddharmaḥ syādvyādhibhiśca nivartyate //
ādehapatanādevaṃ śuśrūṣedvidhipūrvakam /
na tvevaṃ dharmamutsṛjya kuryātteṣāṃ pratikriyām //
svabhāvato hi dvandvāni viprayāntyupayānti ca / svabhāvataḥ sarvabhāvā bhavanti nabhavanti ca /
sāgarasyormisadṛśā vijñātavyā guṇātmakāḥ //
vidyādevaṃ hi yo dhīmāṃstatvavittatvadarśanaḥ / na sa lipyeta pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0