 | Book 12 Chapter 19
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | vedāhaṃ tāta śāstrāṇi aparāṇi parāṇi ca
ubhayaṃ vedavacanaṃ kuru karma tyajeti ca
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| 2 | ākulāni ca śāstrāṇi hetubhiś citritāni ca
niścayaś caiva yanmātro vedāhaṃ taṃ yathāvidhi
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| 3 | tvaṃ tu kevalam astrajño vīravratam anuṣṭhitaḥ
śāstrārthaṃ tattvato gantuṃ na samarthaḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 4 | śāstrārthasūkṣmadarśī yo dharmaniścayakovidaḥ
tenāpy evaṃ na vācyo 'haṃ yadi dharmaṃ prapaśyasi
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| 5 | bhrātṛsauhṛdam āsthāya yad uktaṃ vacanaṃ tvayā
nyāyyaṃ yuktaṃ ca kaunteya prīto 'haṃ tena te 'rjuna
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| 6 | yuddhadharmeṣu sarveṣu kriyāṇāṃ naipuṇeṣu ca
na tvayā sadṛśaḥ kaś cit triṣu lokeṣu vidyate
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| 7 | dharmasūkṣmaṃ tu yad vākyaṃ tatra duṣprataraṃ tvayā
dhanaṃjaya na me buddhim abhiśaṅkitum arhasi
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| 8 | yuddhaśāstravid eva tvaṃ na vṛddhāḥ sevitās tvayā
samāsavistaravidāṃ na teṣāṃ vetsi niścayam
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| 9 | tapas tyāgo vidhir iti niścayas tāta dhīmatām
paraṃ paraṃ jyāya eṣāṃ saiṣā naiḥśreyasī gatiḥ
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| 10 | na tv etan manyase pārtha na jyāyo 'sti dhanād iti
atra te vartayiṣyāmi yathā naitat pradhānataḥ
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| 11 | tapaḥsvādhyāyaśīlā hi dṛśyante dhārmikā janāḥ
ṛṣayas tapasā yuktā yeṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ
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| 12 | ajātaśmaśravo dhīrās tathānye vanavāsinaḥ
anantā adhanā eva svādhyāyena divaṃ gatāḥ
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| 13 | uttareṇa tu panthānam āryā viṣayanigrahāt
abuddhijaṃ tamas tyaktvā lokāṃs tyāgavatāṃ gatāḥ
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| 14 | dakṣiṇena tu panthānaṃ yaṃ bhāsvantaṃ prapaśyasi
ete kriyāvatāṃ lokā ye śmaśānāni bhejire
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| 15 | anirdeśyā gatiḥ sā tu yāṃ prapaśyanti mokṣiṇaḥ
tasmāt tyāgaḥ pradhāneṣṭaḥ sa tu duḥkhaḥ praveditum
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| 16 | anusṛtya tu śāstrāṇi kavayaḥ samavasthitāḥ
apīha syād apīha syāt sārāsāradidṛkṣayā
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| 17 | vedavādān atikramya śāstrāṇy āraṇyakāni ca
vipāṭya kadalīskandhaṃ sāraṃ dadṛśire na te
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| 18 | athaikāntavyudāsena śarīre pañcabhautike
icchādveṣasamāyuktam ātmānaṃ prāhur iṅgitaiḥ
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| 19 | agrāhyaś cakṣuṣā so 'pi anirdeśyaṃ ca tad girā
karmahetupuraskāraṃ bhūteṣu parivartate
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| 20 | kalyāṇagocaraṃ kṛtvā manas tṛṣṇāṃ nigṛhya ca
karmasaṃtatim utsṛjya syān nirālambanaḥ sukhī
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| 21 | asminn evaṃ sūkṣmagamye mārge sadbhir niṣevite
katham artham anarthāḍhyam arjuna tvaṃ praśaṃsasi
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| 22 | pūrvaśāstravido hy evaṃ janāḥ paśyanti bhārata
kriyāsu niratā nityaṃ dāne yajñe ca karmaṇi
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| 23 | bhavanti sudurāvartā hetumanto 'pi paṇḍitāḥ
dṛḍhapūrvaśrutā mūḍhā naitad astīti vādinaḥ
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| 24 | amṛtasyāvamantāro vaktāro janasaṃsadi
caranti vasudhāṃ kṛtsnāṃ vāvadūkā bahuśrutāḥ
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| 25 | yān vayaṃ nābhijānīmaḥ kas tāñ jñātum ihārhati
evaṃ prājñān sataś cāpi mahataḥ śāstravittamān
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| 26 | tapasā mahad āpnoti buddhyā vai vindate mahat
tyāgena sukham āpnoti sadā kaunteya dharmavit
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