 | Book 5 Chapter 38
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| 1 | vidura uvāca
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| 1 | ūrdhvaṃ prāṇā hy utkrāmanti yūnaḥ sthavira āyati
pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ punas tān pratipadyate
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| 2 | pīṭhaṃ dattvā sādhave 'bhyāgatāya; ānīyāpaḥ parinirṇijya pādau
sukhaṃ pṛṣṭvā prativedyātmasaṃsthaṃ; tato dadyād annam avekṣya dhīraḥ
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| 3 | yasyodakaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca gāṃ ca; namantravit pratigṛhṇāti gehe
lobhād bhayād arthakārpaṇyato vā; tasyānarthaṃ jīvitam āhur āryāḥ
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| 4 | cikitsakaḥ śalyakartāvakīrṇī; stenaḥ krūro madyapo bhrūṇahā ca
senājīvī śrutivikrāyakaś ca; bhṛśaṃ priyo 'py atithir nodakārhaḥ
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| 5 | avikreyaṃ lavaṇaṃ pakvam annaṃ; dadhi kṣīraṃ madhu tailaṃ ghṛtaṃ ca
tilā māṃsaṃ mūlaphalāni śākaṃ; raktaṃ vāsaḥ sarvagandhā guḍaś ca
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| 6 | aroṣaṇo yaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ; prahīṇaśoko gatasaṃdhivigrahaḥ
nindāpraśaṃsoparataḥ priyāpriye; carann udāsīnavad eṣa bhikṣukaḥ
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| 7 | nīvāramūleṅgudaśākavṛttiḥ; susaṃyatātmāgnikāryeṣv acodyaḥ
vane vasann atithiṣv apramatto; dhuraṃdharaḥ puṇyakṛd eṣa tāpasaḥ
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| 8 | apakṛtvā buddhimato dūrastho 'smīti nāśvaset
dīrghau buddhimato bāhū yābhyāṃ hiṃsati hiṃsitaḥ
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| 9 | na viśvased aviśvaste viśvaste nātiviśvaset
viśvāsād bhayam utpannaṃ mūlāny api nikṛntati
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| 10 | anīrṣyur guptadāraḥ syāt saṃvibhāgī priyaṃvadaḥ
ślakṣṇo madhuravāk strīṇāṃ na cāsāṃ vaśago bhavet
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| 11 | pūjanīyā mahābhāgāḥ puṇyāś ca gṛhadīptayaḥ
striyaḥ śriyo gṛhasyoktās tasmād rakṣyā viśeṣataḥ
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| 12 | pitur antaḥpuraṃ dadyān mātur dadyān mahānasam
goṣu cātmasamaṃ dadyāt svayam eva kṛṣiṃ vrajet
bhṛtyair vaṇijyācāraṃ ca putraiḥ seveta brāhmaṇān
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| 13 | adbhyo 'gnir brahmataḥ kṣatram aśmano loham utthitam
teṣāṃ sarvatragaṃ tejaḥ svāsu yoniṣu śāmyati
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| 14 | nityaṃ santaḥ kule jātāḥ pāvakopamatejasaḥ
kṣamāvanto nirākārāḥ kāṣṭhe 'gnir iva śerate
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| 15 | yasya mantraṃ na jānanti bāhyāś cābhyantarāś ca ye
sa rājā sarvataścakṣuś ciram aiśvaryam aśnute
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| 16 | kariṣyan na prabhāṣeta kṛtāny eva ca darśayet
dharmakāmārthakāryāṇi tathā mantro na bhidyate
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| 17 | giripṛṣṭham upāruhya prāsādaṃ vā rahogataḥ
araṇye niḥśalāke vā tatra mantro vidhīyate
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| 18 | nāsuhṛt paramaṃ mantraṃ bhāratārhati veditum
apaṇḍito vāpi suhṛt paṇḍito vāpy anātmavān
amātye hy arthalipsā ca mantrarakṣaṇam eva ca
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| 19 | kṛtāni sarvakāryāṇi yasya vā pārṣadā viduḥ
gūḍhamantrasya nṛpates tasya siddhir asaṃśayam
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| 20 | apraśastāni karmāṇi yo mohād anutiṣṭhati
sa teṣāṃ viparibhraṃśe bhraśyate jīvitād api
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| 21 | karmaṇāṃ tu praśastānām anuṣṭhānaṃ sukhāvaham
teṣām evānanuṣṭhānaṃ paścāttāpakaraṃ mahat
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| 22 | sthānavṛddhikṣayajñasya ṣāḍguṇyaviditātmanaḥ
anavajñātaśīlasya svādhīnā pṛthivī nṛpa
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| 23 | amoghakrodhaharṣasya svayaṃ kṛtyānvavekṣiṇaḥ
ātmapratyayakośasya vasudheyaṃ vasuṃdharā
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| 24 | nāmamātreṇa tuṣyeta chatreṇa ca mahīpatiḥ
bhṛtyebhyo visṛjed arthān naikaḥ sarvaharo bhavet
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| 25 | brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇaṃ veda bhartā veda striyaṃ tathā
amātyaṃ nṛpatir veda rājā rājānam eva ca
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| 26 | na śatrur aṅkam āpanno moktavyo vadhyatāṃ gataḥ
ahatād dhi bhayaṃ tasmāj jāyate nacirād iva
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| 27 | daivateṣu ca yatnena rājasu brāhmaṇeṣu ca
niyantavyaḥ sadā krodho vṛddhabālātureṣu ca
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| 28 | nirarthaṃ kalahaṃ prājño varjayen mūḍhasevitam
kīrtiṃ ca labhate loke na cānarthena yujyate
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| 29 | prasādo niṣphalo yasya krodhaś cāpi nirarthakaḥ
na taṃ bhartāram icchanti ṣaṇḍhaṃ patim iva striyaḥ
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| 30 | na buddhir dhanalābhāya na jāḍyam asamṛddhaye
lokaparyāyavṛttāntaṃ prājño jānāti netaraḥ
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| 31 | vidyāśīlavayovṛddhān buddhivṛddhāṃś ca bhārata
dhanābhijanavṛddhāṃś ca nityaṃ mūḍho 'vamanyate
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| 32 | anāryavṛttam aprājñam asūyakam adhārmikam
anarthāḥ kṣipram āyānti vāgduṣṭaṃ krodhanaṃ tathā
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| 33 | avisaṃvādanaṃ dānaṃ samayasyāvyatikramaḥ
āvartayanti bhūtāni samyak praṇihitā ca vāk
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| 34 | avisaṃvādako dakṣaḥ kṛtajño matimān ṛjuḥ
api saṃkṣīṇakośo 'pi labhate parivāraṇam
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| 35 | dhṛtiḥ śamo damaḥ śaucaṃ kāruṇyaṃ vāg aniṣṭhurā
mitrāṇāṃ cānabhidrohaḥ saptaitāḥ samidhaḥ śriyaḥ
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| 36 | asaṃvibhāgī duṣṭātmā kṛtaghno nirapatrapaḥ
tādṛṅ narādhamo loke varjanīyo narādhipa
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| 37 | na sa rātrau sukhaṃ śete sasarpa iva veśmani
yaḥ kopayati nirdoṣaṃ sadoṣo 'bhyantaraṃ janam
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| 38 | yeṣu duṣṭeṣu doṣaḥ syād yogakṣemasya bhārata
sadā prasādanaṃ teṣāṃ devatānām ivācaret
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| 39 | ye 'rthāḥ strīṣu samāsaktāḥ prathamotpatiteṣu ca
ye cānāryasamāsaktāḥ sarve te saṃśayaṃ gatāḥ
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| 40 | yatra strī yatra kitavo yatra bālo 'nuśāsti ca
majjanti te 'vaśā deśā nadyām aśmaplavā iva
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| 41 | prayojaneṣu ye saktā na viśeṣeṣu bhārata
tān ahaṃ paṇḍitān manye viśeṣā hi prasaṅginaḥ
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| 42 | yaṃ praśaṃsanti kitavā yaṃ praśaṃsanti cāraṇāḥ
yaṃ praśaṃsanti bandhakyo na sa jīvati mānavaḥ
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| 43 | hitvā tān parameṣvāsān pāṇḍavān amitaujasaḥ
āhitaṃ bhārataiśvaryaṃ tvayā duryodhane mahat
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| 44 | taṃ drakṣyasi paribhraṣṭaṃ tasmāt tvaṃ nacirād iva
aiśvaryamadasaṃmūḍhaṃ baliṃ lokatrayād iva
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