 | Book 1 Chapter 146
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| 1 | brāhmaṇy uvāca
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| 1 | na saṃtāpas tvayā kāryaḥ prākṛteneva karhi cit
na hi saṃtāpakālo 'yaṃ vaidyasya tava vidyate
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| 2 | avaśyaṃ nidhanaṃ sarvair gantavyam iha mānavaiḥ
avaśyabhāviny arthe vai saṃtāpo neha vidyate
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| 3 | bhāryā putro 'tha duhitā sarvam ātmārtham iṣyate
vyathāṃ jahi subuddhyā tvaṃ svayaṃ yāsyāmi tatra vai
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| 4 | etad dhi paramaṃ nāryāḥ kāryaṃ loke sanātanam
prāṇān api parityajya yad bhartṛhitam ācaret
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| 5 | tac ca tatra kṛtaṃ karma tavāpīha sukhāvaham
bhavaty amutra cākṣayyaṃ loke 'smiṃś ca yaśaskaram
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| 6 | eṣa caiva gurur dharmo yaṃ pravakṣāmy ahaṃ tava
arthaś ca tava dharmaś ca bhūyān atra pradṛśyate
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| 7 | yadartham iṣyate bhāryā prāptaḥ so 'rthas tvayā mayi
kanyā caiva kumāraś ca kṛtāham anṛṇā tvayā
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| 8 | samarthaḥ poṣaṇe cāsi sutayo rakṣaṇe tathā
na tv ahaṃ sutayoḥ śaktā tathā rakṣaṇapoṣaṇe
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| 9 | mama hi tvadvihīnāyāḥ sarvakāmā na āpadaḥ
kathaṃ syātāṃ sutau bālau bhaveyaṃ ca kathaṃ tv aham
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| 10 | kathaṃ hi vidhavānāthā bālaputrā vinā tvayā
mithunaṃ jīvayiṣyāmi sthitā sādhugate pathi
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| 11 | ahaṃkṛtāvaliptaiś ca prārthyamānām imāṃ sutām
ayuktais tava saṃbandhe kathaṃ śakṣyāmi rakṣitum
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| 12 | utsṛṣṭam āmiṣaṃ bhūmau prārthayanti yathā khagāḥ
prārthayanti janāḥ sarve vīrahīnāṃ tathā striyam
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| 13 | sāhaṃ vicālyamānā vai prārthyamānā durātmabhiḥ
sthātuṃ pathi na śakṣyāmi sajjaneṣṭe dvijottama
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| 14 | kathaṃ tava kulasyaikām imāṃ bālām asaṃskṛtām
pitṛpaitāmahe mārge niyoktum aham utsahe
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| 15 | kathaṃ śakṣyāmi bāle 'smin guṇān ādhātum īpṣitān
anāthe sarvato lupte yathā tvaṃ dharmadarśivān
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| 16 | imām api ca te bālām anāthāṃ paribhūya mām
anarhāḥ prārthayiṣyanti śūdrā vedaśrutiṃ yathā
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| 17 | tāṃ ced ahaṃ na ditseyaṃ tvadguṇair upabṛṃhitām
pramathyaināṃ hareyus te havir dhvāṅkṣā ivādhvarāt
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| 18 | saṃprekṣamāṇā putraṃ te nānurūpam ivātmanaḥ
anarhavaśam āpannām imāṃ cāpi sutāṃ tava
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| 19 | avajñātā ca lokasya tathātmānam ajānatī
avaliptair narair brahman mariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
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| 20 | tau vihīnau mayā bālau tvayā caiva mamātmajau
vinaśyetāṃ na saṃdeho matsyāv iva jalakṣaye
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| 21 | tritayaṃ sarvathāpy evaṃ vinaśiṣyaty asaṃśayam
tvayā vihīnaṃ tasmāt tvaṃ māṃ parityaktum arhasi
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| 22 | vyuṣṭir eṣā parā strīṇāṃ pūrvaṃ bhartuḥ parā gatiḥ
na tu brāhmaṇa putrāṇāṃ viṣaye parivartitum
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| 23 | parityaktaḥ sutaś cāyaṃ duhiteyaṃ tathā mayā
bāndhavāś ca parityaktās tvadarthaṃ jīvitaṃ ca me
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| 24 | yajñais tapobhir niyamair dānaiś ca vividhais tathā
viśiṣyate striyā bhartur nityaṃ priyahite sthitiḥ
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| 25 | tad idaṃ yac cikīrṣāmi dharmyaṃ paramasaṃmatam
iṣṭaṃ caiva hitaṃ caiva tava caiva kulasya ca
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| 26 | iṣṭāni cāpy apatyāni dravyāṇi suhṛdaḥ priyāḥ
āpaddharmavimokṣāya bhāryā cāpi satāṃ matam
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| 27 | ekato vā kulaṃ kṛtsnam ātmā vā kulavardhana
na samaṃ sarvam eveti budhānām eṣa niścayaḥ
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| 28 | sa kuruṣva mayā kāryaṃ tārayātmānam ātmanā
anujānīhi mām ārya sutau me parirakṣa ca
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| 29 | avadhyāḥ striya ity āhur dharmajñā dharmaniścaye
dharmajñān rākṣasān āhur na hanyāt sa ca mām api
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| 30 | niḥsaṃśayo vadhaḥ puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ saṃśayito vadhaḥ
ato mām eva dharmajña prasthāpayitum arhasi
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| 31 | bhuktaṃ priyāṇy avāptāni dharmaś ca carito mayā
tvatprasūtiḥ priyā prāptā na māṃ tapsyaty ajīvitam
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| 32 | jātaputrā ca vṛddhā ca priyakāmā ca te sadā
samīkṣyaitad ahaṃ sarvaṃ vyavasāyaṃ karomy ataḥ
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| 33 | utsṛjyāpi ca mām ārya vetsyasy anyām api striyam
tataḥ pratiṣṭhito dharmo bhaviṣyati punas tava
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| 34 | na cāpy adharmaḥ kalyāṇa bahupatnīkatā nṛṇām
strīṇām adharmaḥ sumahān bhartuḥ pūrvasya laṅghane
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| 35 | etat sarvaṃ samīkṣya tvam ātmatyāgaṃ ca garhitam
ātmānaṃ tāraya mayā kulaṃ cemau ca dārakau
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| 36 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 36 | evam uktas tayā bhartā tāṃ samāliṅgya bhārata
mumoca bāṣpaṃ śanakaiḥ sabhāryo bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ
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