 | Book 3 Chapter 34
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | yājñasenyā vacaḥ śrutvā bhīmaseno 'tyamarṣaṇaḥ
niḥśvasann upasaṃgamya kruddho rājānam abravīt
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| 2 | rājyasya padavīṃ dharmyāṃ vraja satpuruṣocitām
dharmakāmārthahīnānāṃ kiṃ no vastuṃ tapovane
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| 3 | naiva dharmeṇa tad rājyaṃ nārjavena na caujasā
akṣakūṭam adhiṣṭhāya hṛtaṃ duryodhanena naḥ
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| 4 | gomāyuneva siṃhānāṃ durbalena balīyasām
āmiṣaṃ vighasāśena tadvad rājyaṃ hi no hṛtam
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| 5 | dharmaleśapraticchannaḥ prabhavaṃ dharmakāmayoḥ
artham utsṛjya kiṃ rājan durgeṣu paritapyase
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| 6 | bhavato 'nuvidhānena rājyaṃ naḥ paśyatāṃ hṛtam
ahāryam api śakreṇa guptaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā
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| 7 | kuṇīnām iva bilvāni paṅgūnām iva dhenavaḥ
hṛtam aiśvaryam asmākaṃ jīvatāṃ bhavataḥ kṛte
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| 8 | bhavataḥ priyam ity evaṃ mahad vyasanam īdṛśam
dharmakāme pratītasya pratipannāḥ sma bhārata
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| 9 | karśayāmaḥ svamitrāṇi nandayāmaś ca śātravān
ātmānaṃ bhavataḥ śāstre niyamya bharatarṣabha
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| 10 | yad vayaṃ na tadaivaitān dhārtarāṣṭrān nihanmahi
bhavataḥ śāstram ādāya tan nas tapati duṣkṛtam
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| 11 | athainām anvavekṣasva mṛgacaryām ivātmanaḥ
avīrācaritāṃ rājan na balasthair niṣevitām
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| 12 | yāṃ na kṛṣṇo na bībhatsur nābhimanyur na sṛñjayaḥ
na cāham abhinandāmi na ca mādrīsutāv ubhau
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| 13 | bhavān dharmo dharma iti satataṃ vratakarśitaḥ
kaccid rājan na nirvedād āpannaḥ klībajīvikām
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| 14 | durmanuṣyā hi nirvedam aphalaṃ sarvaghātinam
aśaktāḥ śriyam āhartum ātmanaḥ kurvate priyam
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| 15 | sa bhavān dṛṣṭimāñ śaktaḥ paśyann ātmani pauruṣam
ānṛśaṃsyaparo rājan nānartham avabudhyase
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| 16 | asmān amī dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ kṣamamāṇān alaṃ sataḥ
aśaktān eva manyante tadduḥkhaṃ nāhave vadhaḥ
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| 17 | tatra ced yudhyamānānām ajihmam anivartinām
sarvaśo hi vadhaḥ śreyān pretya lokāṃl labhemahi
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| 18 | atha vā vayam evaitān nihatya bharatarṣabha
ādadīmahi gāṃ sarvāṃ tathāpi śreya eva naḥ
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| 19 | sarvathā kāryam etan naḥ svadharmam anutiṣṭhatām
kāṅkṣatāṃ vipulāṃ kīrtiṃ vairaṃ praticikīrṣatām
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| 20 | ātmārthaṃ yudhyamānānāṃ vidite kṛtyalakṣaṇe
anyair apahṛte rājye praśaṃsaiva na garhaṇā
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| 21 | karśanārtho hi yo dharmo mitrāṇām ātmanas tathā
vyasanaṃ nāma tad rājan na sa dharmaḥ kudharma tat
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| 22 | sarvathā dharmanityaṃ tu puruṣaṃ dharmadurbalam
jahatas tāta dharmārthau pretaṃ duḥkhasukhe yathā
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| 23 | yasya dharmo hi dharmārthaṃ kleśabhāṅ na sa paṇḍitaḥ
na sa dharmasya vedārthaṃ sūryasyāndhaḥ prabhām iva
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| 24 | yasya cārthārtham evārthaḥ sa ca nārthasya kovidaḥ
rakṣate bhṛtako 'raṇyaṃ yathā syāt tādṛg eva saḥ
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| 25 | ativelaṃ hi yo 'rthārthī netarāv anutiṣṭhati
sa vadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ brahmaheva jugupsitaḥ
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| 26 | satataṃ yaś ca kāmārthī netarāv anutiṣṭhati
mitrāṇi tasya naśyanti dharmārthābhyāṃ ca hīyate
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| 27 | tasya dharmārthahīnasya kāmānte nidhanaṃ dhruvam
kāmato ramamāṇasya mīnasyevāmbhasaḥ kṣaye
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| 28 | tasmād dharmārthayor nityaṃ na pramādyanti paṇḍitāḥ
prakṛtiḥ sā hi kāmasya pāvakasyāraṇir yathā
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| 29 | sarvathā dharmamūlo 'rtho dharmaś cārthaparigrahaḥ
itaretarayonī tau viddhi meghodadhī yathā
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| 30 | dravyārthasparśasaṃyoge yā prītir upajāyate
sa kāmaś cittasaṃkalpaḥ śarīraṃ nāsya vidyate
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| 31 | arthārthī puruṣo rājan bṛhantaṃ dharmam ṛcchati
artham ṛcchati kāmārthī na kāmād anyam ṛcchatī
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| 32 | na hi kāmena kāmo 'nyaḥ sādhyate phalam eva tat
upayogāt phalasyeva kāṣṭhād bhasmeva paṇḍitaḥ
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| 33 | imāñ śakunikān rājan hanti vaitaṃsiko yathā
etad rūpam adharmasya bhūteṣu ca vihiṃsatām
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| 34 | kāmāl lobhāc ca dharmasya pravṛttiṃ yo na paśyati
sa vadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pretya ceha ca durmatiḥ
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| 35 | vyaktaṃ te vidito rājann artho dravyaparigrahaḥ
prakṛtiṃ cāpi vetthāsya vikṛtiṃ cāpi bhūyasīm
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| 36 | tasya nāśaṃ vināśaṃ vā jarayā maraṇena vā
anartham iti manyante so 'yam asmāsu vartate
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| 37 | indriyāṇāṃ ca pañcānāṃ manaso hṛdayasya ca
viṣaye vartamānānāṃ yā prītir upajāyate
sa kāma iti me buddhiḥ karmaṇāṃ phalam uttamam
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| 38 | evam eva pṛthag dṛṣṭvā dharmārthau kāmam eva ca
na dharmapara eva syān na cārthaparamo naraḥ
na kāmaparamo vā syāt sarvān seveta sarvadā
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| 39 | dharmaṃ pūrvaṃ dhanaṃ madhye jaghanye kāmam ācaret
ahany anucared evam eṣa śāstrakṛto vidhiḥ
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| 40 | kāmaṃ pūrvaṃ dhanaṃ madhye jaghanye dharmam ācaret
vayasy anucared evam eṣa śāstrakṛto vidhiḥ
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| 41 | dharmaṃ cārthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca yathāvad vadatāṃ vara
vibhajya kāle kālajñaḥ sarvān seveta paṇḍitaḥ
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| 42 | mokṣo vā paramaṃ śreya eṣa rājan sukhārthinām
prāptir vā buddhim āsthāya sopāyaṃ kurunandana
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| 43 | tad vāśu kriyatāṃ rājan prāptir vāpy adhigamyatām
jīvitaṃ hy āturasyeva duḥkham antaravartinaḥ
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| 44 | viditaś caiva te dharmaḥ satataṃ caritaś ca te
jānate tvayi śaṃsanti suhṛdaḥ karmacodanām
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| 45 | dānaṃ yajñaḥ satāṃ pūjā vedadhāraṇam ārjavam
eṣa dharmaḥ paro rājan phalavān pretya ceha ca
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| 46 | eṣa nārthavihīnena śakyo rājan niṣevitum
akhilāḥ puruṣavyāghra guṇāḥ syur yady apītare
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| 47 | dharmamūlaṃ jagad rājan nānyad dharmād viśiṣyate
dharmaś cārthena mahatā śakyo rājan niṣevitum
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| 48 | na cārtho bhaikṣacaryeṇa nāpi klaibyena karhi cit
vettuṃ śakyaḥ sadā rājan kevalaṃ dharmabuddhinā
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| 49 | pratiṣiddhā hi te yācñā yayā sidhyati vai dvijaḥ
tejasaivārthalipsāyāṃ yatasva puruṣarṣabha
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| 50 | bhaikṣacaryā na vihitā na ca viṭśūdrajīvikā
kṣatriyasya viśeṣeṇa dharmas tu balam aurasam
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| 51 | udāram eva vidvāṃso dharmaṃ prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ
udāraṃ pratipadyasva nāvare sthātum arhasi
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| 52 | anubudhyasva rājendra vettha dharmān sanātanān
krūrakarmābhijāto 'si yasmād udvijate janaḥ
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| 53 | prajāpālanasaṃbhūtaṃ phalaṃ tava na garhitam
eṣa te vihito rājan dhātrā dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 54 | tasmād vicalitaḥ pārtha loke hāsyaṃ gamiṣyasi
svadharmād dhi manuṣyāṇāṃ calanaṃ na praśasyate
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| 55 | sa kṣātraṃ hṛdayaṃ kṛtvā tyaktvedaṃ śithilaṃ manaḥ
vīryam āsthāya kaunteya dhuram udvaha dhuryavat
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| 56 | na hi kevaladharmātmā pṛthivīṃ jātu kaś cana
pārthivo vyajayad rājan na bhūtiṃ na punaḥ śriyam
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| 57 | jihvāṃ dattvā bahūnāṃ hi kṣudrāṇāṃ lubdhacetasām
nikṛtyā labhate rājyam āhāram iva śalyakaḥ
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| 58 | bhrātaraḥ pūrvajātāś ca susamṛddhāś ca sarvaśaḥ
nikṛtyā nirjitā devair asurāḥ pāṇḍavarṣabha
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| 59 | evaṃ balavataḥ sarvam iti buddhvā mahīpate
jahi śatrūn mahābāho parāṃ nikṛtim āsthitaḥ
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| 60 | na hy arjunasamaḥ kaś cid yudhi yoddhā dhanurdharaḥ
bhavitā vā pumān kaś cin matsamo vā gadādharaḥ
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| 61 | sattvena kurute yuddhaṃ rājan subalavān api
na pramāṇena notsāhāt sattvastho bhava pāṇḍava
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| 62 | sattvaṃ hi mūlam arthasya vitathaṃ yad ato 'nyathā
na tu prasaktaṃ bhavati vṛkṣacchāyeva haimanī
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| 63 | arthatyāgo hi kāryaḥ syād arthaṃ śreyāṃsam icchatā
bījaupamyena kaunteya mā te bhūd atra saṃśayaḥ
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| 64 | arthena tu samo 'nartho yatra labhyeta nodayaḥ
na tatra vipaṇaḥ kāryaḥ kharakaṇḍūyitaṃ hi tat
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| 65 | evam eva manuṣyendra dharmaṃ tyaktvālpakaṃ naraḥ
bṛhantaṃ dharmam āpnoti sa buddha iti niścitaḥ
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| 66 | amitraṃ mitrasaṃpannaṃ mitrair bhindanti paṇḍitāḥ
bhinnair mitraiḥ parityaktaṃ durbalaṃ kurute vaśe
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| 67 | sattvena kurute yuddhaṃ rājan subalavān api
nodyamena na hotrābhiḥ sarvāḥ svīkurute prajāḥ
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| 68 | sarvathā saṃhatair eva durbalair balavān api
amitraḥ śakyate hantuṃ madhuhā bhramarair iva
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| 69 | yathā rājan prajāḥ sarvāḥ sūryaḥ pāti gabhastibhiḥ
atti caiva tathaiva tvaṃ savituḥ sadṛśo bhava
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| 70 | etad dhy api tapo rājan purāṇam iti naḥ śrutam
vidhinā pālanaṃ bhūmer yat kṛtaṃ naḥ pitāmahaiḥ
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| 71 | apeyāt kila bhāḥ sūryāl lakṣmīś candramasas tathā
iti loko vyavasito dṛṣṭvemāṃ bhavato vyathām
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| 72 | bhavataś ca praśaṃsābhir nindābhir itarasya ca
kathāyuktāḥ pariṣadaḥ pṛthag rājan samāgatāḥ
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| 73 | idam abhyadhikaṃ rājan brāhmaṇā guravaś ca te
sametāḥ kathayantīha muditāḥ satyasaṃdhatām
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| 74 | yan na mohān na kārpaṇyān na lobhān na bhayād api
anṛtaṃ kiṃ cid uktaṃ te na kāmān nārthakāraṇāt
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| 75 | yad enaḥ kurute kiṃ cid rājā bhūmim avāpnuvan
sarvaṃ tan nudate paścād yajñair vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ
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| 76 | brāhmaṇebhyo dadad grāmān gāś ca rājan sahasraśaḥ
mucyate sarvapāpebhyas tamobhya iva candramāḥ
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| 77 | paurajānapadāḥ sarve prāyaśaḥ kurunandana
savṛddhabālāḥ sahitāḥ śaṃsanti tvāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
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| 78 | śvadṛtau kṣīram āsaktaṃ brahma vā vṛṣale yathā
satyaṃ stene balaṃ nāryāṃ rājyaṃ duryodhane tathā
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| 79 | iti nirvacanaṃ loke ciraṃ carati bhārata
api caitat striyo bālāḥ svādhyāyam iva kurvate
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| 80 | sa bhavān ratham āsthāya sarvopakaraṇānvitam
tvaramāṇo 'bhiniryātu ciram arthopapādakam
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| 81 | vācayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhān adyaiva gajasāhvayam
astravidbhiḥ parivṛto bhrātṛbhir dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ
āśīviṣasamair vīrair marudbhir iva vṛtrahā
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| 82 | amitrāṃs tejasā mṛdnann asurebhya ivārihā
śriyam ādatsva kaunteya dhārtarāṣṭrān mahābala
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| 83 | na hi gāṇḍīvamuktānāṃ śarāṇāṃ gārdhravāsasām
sparśam āśīviṣābhānāṃ martyaḥ kaś cana saṃsahet
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| 84 | na sa vīro na mātaṅgo na sadaśvo 'sti bhārata
yaḥ saheta gadāvegaṃ mama kruddhasya saṃyuge
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| 85 | sṛñjayaiḥ saha kaikeyair vṛṣṇīnām ṛṣabheṇa ca
kathaṃ svid yudhi kaunteya rājyaṃ na prāpnuyāmahe
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