 | Book 3 Chapter 27
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | vasatsv atha dvaitavane pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu
anukīrṇaṃ mahāraṇyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ samapadyata
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| 2 | īryamāṇena satataṃ brahmaghoṣeṇa sarvataḥ
brahmalokasamaṃ puṇyam āsīd dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ
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| 3 | yajuṣām ṛcāṃ ca sāmnāṃ ca gadyānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
āsīd uccāryamāṇānāṃ nisvano hṛdayaṃgamaḥ
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| 4 | jyāghoṣaḥ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ brahmaghoṣaś ca dhīmatām
saṃsṛṣṭaṃ brahmaṇā kṣatraṃ bhūya eva vyarocata
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| 5 | athābravīd bako dālbhyo dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
saṃdhyāṃ kaunteyam āsīnam ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritam
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| 6 | paśya dvaitavane pārtha brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām
homavelāṃ kuruśreṣṭha saṃprajvalitapāvakām
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| 7 | caranti dharmaṃ puṇye 'smiṃs tvayā guptā dhṛtavratāḥ
bhṛgavo 'ṅgirasaś caiva vāsiṣṭhāḥ kāśyapaiḥ saha
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| 8 | āgastyāś ca mahābhāgā ātreyāś cottamavratāḥ
sarvasya jagataḥ śreṣṭhā brāhmaṇāḥ saṃgatās tvayā
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| 9 | idaṃ tu vacanaṃ pārtha śṛṇv ekāgramanā mama
bhrātṛbhiḥ saha kaunteya yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi kaurava
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| 10 | brahma kṣatreṇa saṃsṛṣṭaṃ kṣatraṃ ca brahmaṇā saha
udīrṇau dahataḥ śatrūn vanānīvāgnimārutau
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| 11 | nābrāhmaṇas tāta ciraṃ bubhūṣed; icchann imaṃ lokam amuṃ ca jetum
vinītadharmārtham apetamohaṃ; labdhvā dvijaṃ nudati nṛpaḥ sapatnān
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| 12 | caran naiḥśreyasaṃ dharmaṃ prajāpālanakāritam
nādhyagacchad balir loke tīrtham anyatra vai dvijāt
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| 13 | anūnam āsīd asurasya kāmair; vairocaneḥ śrīr api cākṣayāsīt
labdhvā mahīṃ brāhmaṇasaṃprayogāt; teṣv ācaran duṣṭam ato vyanaśyat
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| 14 | nābrāhmaṇaṃ bhūmir iyaṃ sabhūtir; varṇaṃ dvitīyaṃ bhajate cirāya
samudranemir namate tu tasmai; yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śāsti nayair vinītaḥ
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| 15 | kuñjarasyeva saṃgrāme 'parigṛhyāṅkuśagraham
brāhmaṇair viprahīṇasya kṣatrasya kṣīyate balam
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| 16 | brahmaṇy anupamā dṛṣṭiḥ kṣātram apratimaṃ balam
tau yadā carataḥ sārdham atha lokaḥ prasīdati
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| 17 | yathā hi sumahān agniḥ kakṣaṃ dahati sānilaḥ
tathā dahati rājanyo brāhmaṇena samaṃ ripūn
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| 18 | brāhmaṇebhyo 'tha medhāvī buddhiparyeṣaṇaṃ caret
alabdhasya ca lābhāya labdhasya ca vivṛddhaye
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| 19 | alabdhalābhāya ca labdhavṛddhaye; yathārhatīrthapratipādanāya
yaśasvinaṃ vedavidaṃ vipaścitaṃ; bahuśrutaṃ brāhmaṇam eva vāsaya
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| 20 | brāhmaṇeṣūttamā vṛttis tava nityaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
tena te sarvalokeṣu dīpyate prathitaṃ yaśaḥ
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| 21 | tatas te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bakaṃ dālbhyam apūjayan
yudhiṣṭhire stūyamāne bhūyaḥ sumanaso 'bhavan
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| 22 | dvaipāyano nāradaś ca jāmadagnyaḥ pṛthuśravāḥ
indradyumno bhālukiś ca kṛtacetāḥ sahasrapāt
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| 23 | karṇaśravāś ca muñjaś ca lavaṇāśvaś ca kāśyapaḥ
hārītaḥ sthūṇakarṇaś ca agniveśyo 'tha śaunakaḥ
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| 24 | ṛtavāk ca suvāk caiva bṛhadaśva ṛtāvasuḥ
ūrdhvaretā vṛṣāmitraḥ suhotro hotravāhanaḥ
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| 25 | ete cānye ca bahavo brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
ajātaśatrum ānarcuḥ puraṃdaram ivarṣayaḥ
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