 | Book 12 Chapter 72
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ rājā prajā rakṣan nādhibandhena yujyate
dharme ca nāparādhnoti tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | samāsenaiva te tāta dharmān vakṣyāmi niścitān
vistareṇa hi dharmāṇāṃ na jātv antam avāpnuyāt
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| 3 | dharmaniṣṭhāñ śrutavato vedavratasamāhitān
arcitān vāsayethās tvaṃ gṛhe guṇavato dvijān
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| 4 | pratyutthāyopasaṃgṛhya caraṇāv abhivādya ca
atha sarvāṇi kurvīthāḥ kāryāṇi sapurohitaḥ
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| 5 | dharmakāryāṇi nirvartya maṅgalāni prayujya ca
brāhmaṇān vācayethās tvam arthasiddhijayāśiṣaḥ
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| 6 | ārjavena ca saṃpanno dhṛtyā buddhyā ca bhārata
arthārthaṃ parigṛhṇīyāt kāmakrodhau ca varjayet
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| 7 | kāmakrodhau puraskṛtya yo 'rthaṃ rājānutiṣṭhati
na sa dharmaṃ na cāpy arthaṃ parigṛhṇāti bāliśaḥ
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| 8 | mā sma lubdhāṃś ca mūrkhāṃś ca kāme cārtheṣu yūyujaḥ
alubdhān buddhisaṃpannān sarvakarmasu yojayet
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| 9 | mūrkho hy adhikṛto 'rtheṣu kāryāṇām aviśāradaḥ
prajāḥ kliśnāty ayogena kāmadveṣasamanvitaḥ
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| 10 | baliṣaṣṭhena śulkena daṇḍenāthāparādhinām
śāstranītena lipsethā vetanena dhanāgamam
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| 11 | dāpayitvā karaṃ dharmyaṃ rāṣṭraṃ nityaṃ yathāvidhi
aśeṣān kalpayed rājā yogakṣemān atandritaḥ
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| 12 | gopāyitāraṃ dātāraṃ dharmanityam atandritam
akāmadveṣasaṃyuktam anurajyanti mānavāḥ
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| 13 | mā smādharmeṇa lābhena lipsethās tvaṃ dhanāgamam
dharmārthāv adhruvau tasya yo 'paśāstraparo bhavet
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| 14 | apaśāstraparo rājā saṃcayān nādhigacchati
asthāne cāsya tad vittaṃ sarvam eva vinaśyati
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| 15 | arthamūlo 'pahiṃsāṃ ca kurute svayam ātmanaḥ
karair aśāstradṛṣṭair hi mohāt saṃpīḍayan prajāḥ
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| 16 | ūdhaś chindyād dhi yo dhenvāḥ kṣīrārthī na labhet payaḥ
evaṃ rāṣṭram ayogena pīḍitaṃ na vivardhate
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| 17 | yo hi dogdhrīm upāste tu sa nityaṃ labhate payaḥ
evaṃ rāṣṭram upāyena bhuñjāno labhate phalam
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| 18 | atha rāṣṭram upāyena bhujyamānaṃ surakṣitam
janayaty atulāṃ nityaṃ kośavṛddhiṃ yudhiṣṭhira
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| 19 | dogdhi dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca prajā rājñi surakṣitā
nityaṃ svebhyaḥ parebhyaś ca tṛptā mātā yathā payaḥ
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| 20 | mālākāropamo rājan bhava māṅgārikopamaḥ
tathā yuktaś ciraṃ rāṣṭraṃ bhoktuṃ śakyasi pālayan
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| 21 | paracakrābhiyānena yadi te syād dhanakṣayaḥ
atha sāmnaiva lipsethā dhanam abrāhmaṇeṣu yat
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| 22 | mā sma te brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanasthaṃ pracalen manaḥ
antyāyām apy avasthāyāṃ kim u sphītasya bhārata
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| 23 | dhanāni tebhyo dadyās tvaṃ yathāśakti yathārhataḥ
sāntvayan parirakṣaṃś ca svargam āpsyasi durjayam
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| 24 | evaṃ dharmeṇa vṛttena prajās tvaṃ paripālayan
svantaṃ puṇyaṃ yaśovantaṃ prāpsyase kurunandana
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| 25 | dharmeṇa vyavahāreṇa prajāḥ pālaya pāṇḍava
yudhiṣṭhira tathā yukto nādhibandhena yokṣyase
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| 26 | eṣa eva paro dharmo yad rājā rakṣate prajāḥ
bhūtānāṃ hi yathā dharme rakṣaṇaṃ ca parā dayā
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| 27 | tasmād evaṃ paraṃ dharmaṃ manyante dharmakovidāḥ
yad rājā rakṣaṇe yukto bhūteṣu kurute dayām
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| 28 | yad ahnā kurute pāpam arakṣan bhayataḥ prajāḥ
rājā varṣasahasreṇa tasyāntam adhigacchati
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| 29 | yad ahnā kurute puṇyaṃ prajā dharmeṇa pālayan
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tasya bhuṅkte phalaṃ divi
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| 30 | sviṣṭiḥ svadhītiḥ sutapā lokāñ jayati yāvataḥ
kṣaṇena tān avāpnoti prajā dharmeṇa pālayan
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| 31 | evaṃ dharmaṃ prayatnena kaunteya paripālayan
iha puṇyaphalaṃ labdhvā nādhibandhena yokṣyase
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| 32 | svargaloke ca mahatīṃ śriyaṃ prāpsyasi pāṇḍava
asaṃbhavaś ca dharmāṇām īdṛśānām arājasu
tasmād rājaiva nānyo 'sti yo mahat phalam āpnuyāt
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| 33 | sa rājyam ṛddhimat prāpya dharmeṇa paripālayan
indraṃ tarpaya somena kāmaiś ca suhṛdo janān
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