 | Book 1 Chapter 195
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | na rocate vigraho me pāṇḍuputraiḥ kathaṃ cana
yathaiva dhṛtarāṣṭro me tathā pāṇḍur asaṃśayam
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| 2 | gāndhāryāś ca yathā putrās tathā kuntīsutā matāḥ
yathā ca mama te rakṣyā dhṛtarāṣṭra tathā tava
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| 3 | yathā ca mama rājñaś ca tathā duryodhanasya te
tathā kurūṇāṃ sarveṣām anyeṣām api bhārata
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| 4 | evaṃ gate vigrahaṃ tair na rocaye; saṃdhāya vīrair dīyatām adya bhūmiḥ
teṣām apīdaṃ prapitāmahānāṃ; rājyaṃ pituś caiva kurūttamānām
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| 5 | duryodhana yathā rājyaṃ tvam idaṃ tāta paśyasi
mama paitṛkam ity evaṃ te 'pi paśyanti pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 6 | yadi rājyaṃ na te prāptāḥ pāṇḍaveyās tapasvinaḥ
kuta eva tavāpīdaṃ bhāratasya ca kasya cit
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| 7 | atha dharmeṇa rājyaṃ tvaṃ prāptavān bharatarṣabha
te 'pi rājyam anuprāptāḥ pūrvam eveti me matiḥ
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| 8 | madhureṇaiva rājyasya teṣām ardhaṃ pradīyatām
etad dhi puruṣavyāghra hitaṃ sarvajanasya ca
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| 9 | ato 'nyathā cet kriyate na hitaṃ no bhaviṣyati
tavāpy akīrtiḥ sakalā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
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| 10 | kīrtirakṣaṇam ātiṣṭha kīrtir hi paramaṃ balam
naṣṭakīrter manuṣyasya jīvitaṃ hy aphalaṃ smṛtam
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| 11 | yāvat kīrtir manuṣyasya na praṇaśyati kaurava
tāvaj jīvati gāndhāre naṣṭakīrtis tu naśyati
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| 12 | tam imaṃ samupātiṣṭha dharmaṃ kurukulocitam
anurūpaṃ mahābāho pūrveṣām ātmanaḥ kuru
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| 13 | diṣṭyā dharanti te vīrā diṣṭyā jīvati sā pṛthā
diṣṭyā purocanaḥ pāpo nasakāmo 'tyayaṃ gataḥ
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| 14 | tadā prabhṛti gāndhāre na śaknomy abhivīkṣitum
loke prāṇabhṛtāṃ kaṃ cic chrutvā kuntīṃ tathāgatām
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| 15 | na cāpi doṣeṇa tathā loko vaiti purocanam
yathā tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra loko doṣeṇa gacchati
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| 16 | tad idaṃ jīvitaṃ teṣāṃ tava kalmaṣanāśanam
saṃmantavyaṃ mahārāja pāṇḍavānāṃ ca darśanam
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| 17 | na cāpi teṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ jīvatāṃ kurunandana
pitryo 'ṃśaḥ śakya ādātum api vajrabhṛtā svayam
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| 18 | te hi sarve sthitā dharme sarve caivaikacetasaḥ
adharmeṇa nirastāś ca tulye rājye viśeṣataḥ
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| 19 | yadi dharmas tvayā kāryo yadi kāryaṃ priyaṃ ca me
kṣemaṃ ca yadi kartavyaṃ teṣām ardhaṃ pradīyatām
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