 | Book 12 Chapter 11
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| 1 | arjuna uvāca
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| 1 | atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
tāpasaiḥ saha saṃvādaṃ śakrasya bharatarṣabha
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| 2 | ke cid gṛhān parityajya vanam abhyagaman dvijāḥ
ajātaśmaśravo mandāḥ kule jātāḥ pravavrajuḥ
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| 3 | dharmo 'yam iti manvānā brahmacarye vyavasthitāḥ
tyaktvā gṛhān pitṝṃś caiva tān indro 'nvakṛpāyata
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| 4 | tān ābabhāṣe bhagavān pakṣī bhūtvā hiraṇmayaḥ
suduṣkaraṃ manuṣyaiś ca yat kṛtaṃ vighasāśibhiḥ
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| 5 | puṇyaṃ ca bata karmaiṣāṃ praśastaṃ caiva jīvitam
saṃsiddhās te gatiṃ mukhyāṃ prāptā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ
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| 6 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 6 | aho batāyaṃ śakunir vighasāśān praśaṃsati
asmān nūnam ayaṃ śāsti vayaṃ ca vighasāśinaḥ
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| 7 | śakunir uvāca
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| 7 | nāhaṃ yuṣmān praśaṃsāmi paṅkadigdhān rajasvalān
ucchiṣṭabhojino mandān anye vai vighasāśinaḥ
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| 8 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 8 | idaṃ śreyaḥ param iti vayam evābhyupāsmahe
śakune brūhi yac chreyo bhṛśaṃ vai śraddadhāma te
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| 9 | śakunir uvāca
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| 9 | yadi māṃ nābhiśaṅkadhvaṃ vibhajyātmānam ātmanā
tato 'haṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi yāthātathyaṃ hitaṃ vacaḥ
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| 10 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 10 | śṛṇumas te vacas tāta panthāno viditās tava
niyoge caiva dharmātman sthātum icchāma śādhi naḥ
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| 11 | śakunir uvāca
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| 11 | catuṣpadāṃ gauḥ pravarā lohānāṃ kāñcanaṃ varam
śabdānāṃ pravaro mantro brāhmaṇo dvipadāṃ varaḥ
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| 12 | mantro 'yaṃ jātakarmādi brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate
jīvato yo yathākālaṃ śmaśānanidhanād iti
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| 13 | karmāṇi vaidikāny asya svargyaḥ panthās tv anuttamaḥ
atha sarvāṇi karmāṇi mantrasiddhāni cakṣate
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| 14 | āmnāyadṛḍhavādīni tathā siddhir iheṣyate
māsārdhamāsā ṛtava ādityaśaśitārakam
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| 15 | īhante sarvabhūtāni tad ṛtaṃ karmasaṅginām
siddhikṣetram idaṃ puṇyam ayam evāśramo mahān
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| 16 | atha ye karma nindanto manuṣyāḥ kāpathaṃ gatāḥ
mūḍhānām arthahīnānāṃ teṣām enas tu vidyate
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| 17 | devavaṃśān pitṛvaṃśān brahmavaṃśāṃś ca śāśvatān
saṃtyajya mūḍhā vartante tato yānty aśrutīpatham
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| 18 | etad vo 'stu tapo yuktaṃ dadānīty ṛṣicoditam
tasmāt tad adhyavasatas tapasvi tapa ucyate
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| 19 | devavaṃśān pitṛvaṃśān brahmavaṃśāṃś ca śāśvatān
saṃvibhajya guroś caryāṃ tad vai duṣkaram ucyate
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| 20 | devā vai duṣkaraṃ kṛtvā vibhūtiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ
tasmād gārhasthyam udvoḍhuṃ duṣkaraṃ prabravīmi vaḥ
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| 21 | tapaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ prajānāṃ hi mūlam etan na saṃśayaḥ
kuṭumbavidhinānena yasmin sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
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| 22 | etad vidus tapo viprā dvaṃdvātītā vimatsarāḥ
tasmād vanaṃ madhyamaṃ ca lokeṣu tapa ucyate
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| 23 | durādharṣaṃ padaṃ caiva gacchanti vighasāśinaḥ
sāyaṃprātar vibhajyānnaṃ svakuṭumbe yathāvidhi
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| 24 | dattvātithibhyo devebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svajanasya ca
avaśiṣṭāni ye 'śnanti tān āhur vighasāśinaḥ
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| 25 | tasmāt svadharmam āsthāya suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ
lokasya guravo bhūtvā te bhavanty anupaskṛtāḥ
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| 26 | tridivaṃ prāpya śakrasya svargaloke vimatsarāḥ
vasanti śāśvatīr varṣā janā duṣkarakāriṇaḥ
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| 27 | tatas te tad vacaḥ śrutvā tasya dharmārthasaṃhitam
utsṛjya nāstikagatiṃ gārhasthyaṃ dharmam āśritāḥ
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| 28 | tasmāt tvam api durdharṣa dhairyam ālambya śāśvatam
praśādhi pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ hatāmitrāṃ narottama
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