 | Book 12 Chapter 20
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tasmin vākyāntare vaktā devasthāno mahātapāḥ
abhinītataraṃ vākyam ity uvāca yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 2 | yad vacaḥ phalgunenoktaṃ na jyāyo 'sti dhanād iti
atra te vartayiṣyāmi tad ekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu
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| 3 | ajātaśatro dharmeṇa kṛtsnā te vasudhā jitā
tāṃ jitvā na vṛthā rājaṃs tvaṃ parityaktum arhasi
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| 4 | catuṣpadī hi niḥśreṇī karmaṇy eṣā pratiṣṭhitā
tāṃ krameṇa mahābāho yathāvaj jaya pārthiva
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| 5 | tasmāt pārtha mahāyajñair yajasva bahudakṣiṇaiḥ
svādhyāyayajñā ṛṣayo jñānayajñās tathāpare
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| 6 | karmaniṣṭhāṃs tu budhyethās taponiṣṭhāṃś ca bhārata
vaikhānasānāṃ rājendra vacanaṃ śrūyate yathā
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| 7 | īhate dhanahetor yas tasyānīhā garīyasī
bhūyān doṣaḥ pravardheta yas taṃ dhanam apāśrayet
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| 8 | kṛcchrāc ca dravyasaṃhāraṃ kurvanti dhanakāraṇāt
dhanena tṛṣito 'buddhyā bhrūṇahatyāṃ na budhyate
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| 9 | anarhate yad dadāti na dadāti yad arhate
anarhārhāparijñānād dānadharmo 'pi duṣkaraḥ
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yajñāya sṛṣṭāni dhanāni dhātrā; yaṣṭādiṣṭaḥ puruṣo rakṣitā ca
tasmāt sarvaṃ yajña evopayojyaṃ; dhanaṃ tato 'nantara eva kāmaḥ
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| 11 | yajñair indro vividhair annavadbhir; devān sarvān abhyayān mahaujāḥ
tenendratvaṃ prāpya vibhrājate 'sau; tasmād yajñe sarvam evopayojyam
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| 12 | mahādevaḥ sarvamedhe mahātmā; hutvātmānaṃ devadevo vibhūtaḥ
viśvāṃl lokān vyāpya viṣṭabhya kīrtyā; virocate dyutimān kṛttivāsāḥ
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| 13 | āvikṣitaḥ pārthivo vai maruttaḥ; svṛddhyā martyo yo 'jayad devarājam
yajñe yasya śrīḥ svayaṃ saṃniviṣṭā; yasmin bhāṇḍaṃ kāñcanaṃ sarvam āsīt
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| 14 | hariścandraḥ pārthivendraḥ śrutas te; yajñair iṣṭvā puṇyakṛd vītaśokaḥ
ṛddhyā śakraṃ yo 'jayan mānuṣaḥ saṃs; tasmād yajñe sarvam evopayojyam
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