 | Book 11 Chapter 4
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ saṃsāragahanaṃ vijñeyaṃ vadatāṃ vara
etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ tattvam ākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ
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| 2 | vidura uvāca
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| 2 | janmaprabhṛti bhūtānāṃ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ śṛṇu prabho
pūrvam eveha kalale vasate kiṃ cid antaram
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| 3 | tataḥ sa pañcame 'tīte māse māṃsaṃ prakalpayet
tataḥ sarvāṅgasaṃpūrṇo garbho māse prajāyate
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| 4 | amedhyamadhye vasati māṃsaśoṇitalepane
tatas tu vāyuvegena ūrdhvapādo hy adhaḥśirāḥ
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| 5 | yonidvāram upāgamya bahūn kleśān samṛcchati
yonisaṃpīḍanāc caiva pūrvakarmabhir anvitaḥ
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| 6 | tasmān muktaḥ sa saṃsārād anyān paśyaty upadravān
grahās tam upasarpanti sārameyā ivāmiṣam
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| 7 | tataḥ prāptottare kāle vyādhayaś cāpi taṃ tathā
upasarpanti jīvantaṃ badhyamānaṃ svakarmabhiḥ
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| 8 | baddham indriyapāśais taṃ saṅgasvādubhir āturam
vyasanāny upavartante vividhāni narādhipa
badhyamānaś ca tair bhūyo naiva tṛptim upaiti saḥ
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| 9 | ayaṃ na budhyate tāvad yamalokam athāgatam
yamadūtair vikṛṣyaṃś ca mṛtyuṃ kālena gacchati
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| 10 | vāgghīnasya ca yanmātram iṣṭāniṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ mukhe
bhūya evātmanātmānaṃ badhyamānam upekṣate
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| 11 | aho vinikṛto loko lobhena ca vaśīkṛtaḥ
lobhakrodhamadonmatto nātmānam avabudhyate
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| 12 | kulīnatvena ramate duṣkulīnān vikutsayan
dhanadarpeṇa dṛptaś ca daridrān parikutsayan
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| 13 | mūrkhān iti parān āha nātmānaṃ samavekṣate
śikṣāṃ kṣipati cānyeṣāṃ nātmānaṃ śāstum icchati
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| 14 | adhruve jīvaloke 'smin yo dharmam anupālayan
janmaprabhṛti varteta prāpnuyāt paramāṃ gatim
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| 15 | evaṃ sarvaṃ viditvā vai yas tattvam anuvartate
sa pramokṣāya labhate panthānaṃ manujādhipa
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