 | Book 12 Chapter 75
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | yogakṣemo hi rāṣṭrasya rājanyāyatta ucyate
yogakṣemaś ca rājño 'pi samāyattaḥ purohite
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| 2 | yatādṛṣṭaṃ bhayaṃ brahma prajānāṃ śamayaty uta
dṛṣṭaṃ ca rājā bāhubhyāṃ tad rāṣṭraṃ sukham edhate
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| 3 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
mucukundasya saṃvādaṃ rājño vaiśravaṇasya ca
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| 4 | mucukundo vijityemāṃ pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ
jijñāsamānaḥ svabalam abhyayād alakādhipam
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| 5 | tato vaiśravaṇo rājā rakṣāṃsi samavāsṛjat
te balāny avamṛdnantaḥ prācaraṃs tasya nairṛtāḥ
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| 6 | sa hanyamāne sainye sve mucukundo narādhipaḥ
garhayām āsa vidvāṃsaṃ purohitam ariṃdamaḥ
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| 7 | tata ugraṃ tapas taptvā vasiṣṭho brahmavittamaḥ
rakṣāṃsy apāvadhīt tatra panthānaṃ cāpy avindata
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| 8 | tato vaiśravaṇo rājā mucukundam adarśayat
vadhyamāneṣu sainyeṣu vacanaṃ cedam abravīt
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| 9 | tvatto hi balinaḥ pūrve rājānaḥ sapurohitāḥ
na caivaṃ samavartaṃs te yathā tvam iha vartase
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| 10 | te khalv api kṛtāstrāś ca balavantaś ca bhūmipāḥ
āgamya paryupāsante mām īśaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
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| 11 | yady asti bāhuvīryaṃ te tad darśayitum arhasi
kiṃ brāhmaṇabalena tvam atimātraṃ pravartase
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| 12 | mucukundas tataḥ kruddhaḥ pratyuvāca dhaneśvaram
nyāyapūrvam asaṃrabdham asaṃbhrāntam idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 13 | brahmakṣatram idaṃ sṛṣṭam ekayoni svayaṃbhuvā
pṛthag balavidhānaṃ ca tal lokaṃ parirakṣati
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| 14 | tapomantrabalaṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu pratiṣṭhitam
astrabāhubalaṃ nityaṃ kṣatriyeṣu pratiṣṭhitam
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| 15 | tābhyāṃ saṃbhūya kartavyaṃ prajānāṃ paripālanam
tathā ca māṃ pravartantaṃ garhayasy alakādhipa
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| 16 | tato 'bravīd vaiśravaṇo rājānaṃ sapurohitam
nāhaṃ rājyam anirdiṣṭaṃ kasmai cid vidadhāmy uta
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| 17 | nācchinde cāpi nirdiṣṭam iti jānīhi pārthiva
praśādhi pṛthivīṃ vīra maddattām akhilām imām
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| 18 | mucukunda uvāca
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| 18 | nāhaṃ rājyaṃ bhavaddattaṃ bhoktum icchāmi pārthiva
bāhuvīryārjitaṃ rājyam aśnīyām iti kāmaye
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| 19 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 19 | tato vaiśravaṇo rājā vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayau
kṣatradharme sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucukundam asaṃbhramam
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| 20 | tato rājā mucukundaḥ so 'nvaśāsad vasuṃdharām
bāhuvīryārjitāṃ samyak kṣatradharmam anuvrataḥ
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| 21 | evaṃ yo brahmavid rājā brahmapūrvaṃ pravartate
jayaty avijitām urvīṃ yaśaś ca mahad aśnute
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| 22 | nityodako brāhmaṇaḥ syān nityaśastraś ca kṣatriyaḥ
tayor hi sarvam āyattaṃ yat kiṃ cij jagatīgatam
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