 | Book 3 Chapter 245
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | vane nivasatāṃ teṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
varṣāṇy ekādaśātīyuḥ kṛcchreṇa bharatarṣabha
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| 2 | phalamūlāśanās te hi sukhārhā duḥkham uttamam
prāptakālam anudhyāntaḥ sehur uttamapūruṣāḥ
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| 3 | yudhiṣṭhiras tu rājarṣir ātmakarmāparādhajam
cintayan sa mahābāhur bhrātṝṇāṃ duḥkham uttamam
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| 4 | na suṣvāpa sukhaṃ rājā hṛdi śalyair ivārpitaiḥ
daurātmyam anupaśyaṃs tat kāle dyūtodbhavasya hi
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| 5 | saṃsmaran paruṣā vācaḥ sūtaputrasya pāṇḍavaḥ
niḥśvāsaparamo dīno bibhrat kopaviṣaṃ mahat
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| 6 | arjuno yamajau cobhau draupadī ca yaśasvinī
sa ca bhīmo mahātejāḥ sarveṣām uttamo balī
yudhiṣṭhiram udīkṣantaḥ sehur duḥkham anuttamam
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| 7 | avaśiṣṭam alpakālaṃ manvānāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
vapur anyad ivākārṣur utsāhāmarṣaceṣṭitaiḥ
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| 8 | kasya cit tv atha kālasya vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ
ājagāma mahāyogī pāṇḍavān avalokakaḥ
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| 9 | tam āgatam abhiprekṣya kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
pratyudgamya mahātmānaṃ pratyagṛhṇād yathāvidhi
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| 10 | tam āsīnam upāsīnaḥ śuśrūṣur niyatendriyaḥ
toṣayan praṇipātena vyāsaṃ pāṇḍavanandanaḥ
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| 11 | tān avekṣya kṛśān pautrān vane vanyena jīvataḥ
maharṣir anukampārtham abravīd bāṣpagadgadam
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| 12 | yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho śṛṇu dharmabhṛtāṃ vara
nātaptatapasaḥ putra prāpnuvanti mahat sukham
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| 13 | sukhaduḥkhe hi puruṣaḥ paryāyeṇopasevate
nātyantam asukhaṃ kaś cit prāpnoti puruṣarṣabha
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| 14 | prajñāvāṃs tv eva puruṣaḥ saṃyuktaḥ parayā dhiyā
udayāstamayajño hi na śocati na hṛṣyati
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| 15 | sukham āpatitaṃ seved duḥkham āpatitaṃ sahet
kālaprāptam upāsīta sasyānām iva karṣakaḥ
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| 16 | tapaso hi paraṃ nāsti tapasā vindate mahat
nāsādhyaṃ tapasaḥ kiṃ cid iti budhyasva bhārata
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| 17 | satyam ārjavam akrodhaḥ saṃvibhāgo damaḥ śamaḥ
anasūyāvihiṃsā ca śaucam indriyasaṃyamaḥ
sādhanāni mahārāja narāṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
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| 18 | adharmarucayo mūḍhās tiryaggatiparāyaṇāḥ
kṛcchrāṃ yonim anuprāpya na sukhaṃ vindate janāḥ
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| 19 | iha yat kriyate karma tat paratropabhujyate
tasmāc charīraṃ yuñjīta tapasā niyamena ca
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| 20 | yathāśakti prayacchec ca saṃpūjyābhipraṇamya ca
kāle pātre ca hṛṣṭātmā rājan vigatamatsaraḥ
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| 21 | satyavādī labhetāyur anāyāsam athārjavī
akrodhano 'nasūyaś ca nirvṛtiṃ labhate parām
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| 22 | dāntaḥ śamaparaḥ śaśvat parikleśaṃ na vindati
na ca tapyati dāntātmā dṛṣṭvā paragatāṃ śriyam
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| 23 | saṃvibhaktā ca dātā ca bhogavān sukhavān naraḥ
bhavaty ahiṃsakaś caiva paramārogyam aśnute
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| 24 | mānyān mānayitā janma kule mahati vindati
vyasanair na tu saṃyogaṃ prāpnoti vijitendriyaḥ
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| 25 | śubhānuśayabuddhir hi saṃyuktaḥ kāladharmaṇā
prādurbhavati tadyogāt kalyāṇamatir eva saḥ
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| 26 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 26 | bhagavan dānadharmāṇāṃ tapaso vā mahāmune
kiṃ svid bahuguṇaṃ pretya kiṃ vā duṣkaram ucyate
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| 27 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 27 | dānān na duṣkarataraṃ pṛthivyām asti kiṃ cana
arthe hi mahatī tṛṣṇā sa ca duḥkhena labhyate
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| 28 | parityajya priyān prāṇān dhanārthaṃ hi mahāhavam
praviśanti narā vīrāḥ samudram aṭavīṃ tathā
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| 29 | kṛṣigorakṣyam ity eke pratipadyanti mānavāḥ
puruṣāḥ preṣyatām eke nirgacchanti dhanārthinaḥ
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| 30 | tasya duḥkhārjitasyaivaṃ parityāgaḥ suduṣkaraḥ
na duṣkarataraṃ dānāt tasmād dānaṃ mataṃ mama
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| 31 | viśeṣas tv atra vijñeyo nyāyenopārjitaṃ dhanam
pātre deśe ca kāle ca sādhubhyaḥ pratipādayet
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| 32 | anyāyasamupāttena dānadharmo dhanena yaḥ
kriyate na sa kartāraṃ trāyate mahato bhayāt
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| 33 | pātre dānaṃ svalpam api kāle dattaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
manasā suviśuddhena pretyānantaphalaṃ smṛtam
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| 34 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
vrīhidroṇaparityāgād yat phalaṃ prāpa mudgalaḥ
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