 | Book 12 Chapter 79
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | vyākhyātā kṣatradharmeṇa vṛttir āpatsu bhārata
kathaṃ cid vaiśyadharmeṇa jīved vā brāhmaṇo na vā
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | aśaktaḥ kṣatradharmeṇa vaiśyadharmeṇa vartayet
kṛṣigorakṣam āsthāya vyasane vṛttisaṃkṣaye
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| 3 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 3 | kāni paṇyāni vikrīṇan svargalokān na hīyate
brāhmaṇo vaiśyadharmeṇa vartayan bharatarṣabha
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | surā lavaṇam ity eva tilān kesariṇaḥ paśūn
ṛṣabhān madhu māṃsaṃ ca kṛtānnaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 5 | sarvāsv avasthāsv etāni brāhmaṇaḥ parivarjayet
eteṣāṃ vikrayāt tāta brāhmaṇo narakaṃ vrajet
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| 6 | ajo 'gnir varuṇo meṣaḥ sūryo 'śvaḥ pṛthivī virāṭ
dhenur yajñaś ca somaś ca na vikreyāḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 7 | pakvenāmasya nimayaṃ na praśaṃsanti sādhavaḥ
nimayet pakvam āmena bhojanārthāya bhārata
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| 8 | vayaṃ siddham aśiṣyāmo bhavān sādhayatām idam
evaṃ samīkṣya nimayan nādharmo 'sti kadā cana
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| 9 | atra te vartayiṣyāmi yathā dharmaḥ purātanaḥ
vyavahārapravṛttānāṃ tan nibodha yudhiṣṭhira
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| 10 | bhavate 'haṃ dadānīdaṃ bhavān etat prayacchatu
rucite vartate dharmo na balāt saṃpravartate
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| 11 | ity evaṃ saṃpravartanta vyavahārāḥ purātanāḥ
ṛṣīṇām itareṣāṃ ca sādhu cedam asaṃśayam
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| 12 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 12 | atha tāta yadā sarvāḥ śastram ādadate prajāḥ
vyutkrāmanti svadharmebhyaḥ kṣatrasya kṣīyate balam
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| 13 | rājā trātā na loke syāt kiṃ tadā syāt parāyaṇam
etan me saṃśayaṃ brūhi vistareṇa pitāmaha
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| 14 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 14 | dānena tapasā yajñair adroheṇa damena ca
brāhmaṇapramukhā varṇāḥ kṣemam iccheyur ātmanaḥ
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| 15 | teṣāṃ ye vedabalinas ta utthāya samantataḥ
rājño balaṃ vardhayeyur mahendrasyeva devatāḥ
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| 16 | rājño hi kṣīyamāṇasya brahmaivāhuḥ parāyaṇam
tasmād brahmabalenaiva samuttheyaṃ vijānatā
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| 17 | yadā tu vijayī rājā kṣemaṃ rāṣṭre 'bhisaṃdadhet
tadā varṇā yathādharmam āviśeyuḥ svakarmasu
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| 18 | unmaryāde pravṛtte tu dasyubhiḥ saṃkare kṛte
sarve varṇā na duṣyeyuḥ śastravanto yudhiṣṭhira
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| 19 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 19 | atha cet sarvataḥ kṣatraṃ praduṣyed brāhmaṇān prati
kas tasya brāhmaṇas trātā ko dharmaḥ kiṃ parāyaṇam
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| 20 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 20 | tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śastreṇa ca balena ca
amāyayā māyayā ca niyantavyaṃ tadā bhavet
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| 21 | kṣatrasyābhipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ
brahmaiva saṃniyantṛ syāt kṣatraṃ hi brahmasaṃbhavam
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| 22 | adbhyo 'gnir brahmataḥ kṣatram aśmano loham utthitam
teṣāṃ sarvatragaṃ tejaḥ svāsu yoniṣu śāmyati
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| 23 | yadā chinatty ayo 'śmānam agniś cāpo 'bhipadyate
kṣatraṃ ca brāhmaṇaṃ dveṣṭi tadā śāmyanti te trayaḥ
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| 24 | tasmād brahmaṇi śāmyanti kṣatriyāṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
samudīrṇāny ajeyāni tejāṃsi ca balāni ca
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| 25 | brahmavīrye mṛdūbhūte kṣatravīrye ca durbale
duṣṭeṣu sarvavarṇeṣu brāhmaṇān prati sarvaśaḥ
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| 26 | ye tatra yuddhaṃ kurvanti tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ
brāhmaṇān parirakṣanto dharmam ātmānam eva ca
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| 27 | manasvino manyumantaḥ puṇyalokā bhavanti te
brāhmaṇārthaṃ hi sarveṣāṃ śastragrahaṇam iṣyate
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| 28 | ati sviṣṭasvadhītānāṃ lokān ati tapasvinām
anāśakāgnyor viśatāṃ śūrā yānti parāṃ gatim
evam evātmanas tyāgān nānyaṃ dharmaṃ vidur janāḥ
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| 29 | tebhyo namaś ca bhadraṃ ca ye śarīrāṇi juhvati
brahmadviṣo niyacchantas teṣāṃ no 'stu salokatā
brahmalokajitaḥ svargyān vīrāṃs tān manur abravīt
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| 30 | yathāśvamedhāvabhṛthe snātāḥ pūtā bhavanty uta
duṣkṛtaḥ sukṛtaś caiva tathā śastrahatā raṇe
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| 31 | bhavaty adharmo dharmo hi dharmādharmāv ubhāv api
kāraṇād deśakālasya deśakālaḥ sa tādṛśaḥ
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| 32 | maitrāḥ krūrāṇi kurvanto jayanti svargam uttamam
dharmyāḥ pāpāni kurvanto gacchanti paramāṃ gatim
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| 33 | brāhmaṇas triṣu kāleṣu śastraṃ gṛhṇan na duṣyati
ātmatrāṇe varṇadoṣe durgasya niyameṣu ca
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| 34 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 34 | abhyutthite dasyubale kṣatrārthe varṇasaṃkare
saṃpramūḍheṣu varṇeṣu yady anyo 'bhibhaved balī
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| 35 | brāhmaṇo yadi vā vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā rājasattama
dasyubhyo 'tha prajā rakṣed daṇḍaṃ dharmeṇa dhārayan
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| 36 | kāryaṃ kuryān na vā kuryāt saṃvāryo vā bhaven na vā
na sma śastraṃ grahītavyam anyatra kṣatrabandhutaḥ
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| 37 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 37 | apāre yo bhavet pāram aplave yaḥ plavo bhavet
śūdro vā yadi vāpy anyaḥ sarvathā mānam arhati
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| 38 | yam āśritya narā rājan vartayeyur yathāsukham
anāthāḥ pālyamānā vai dasyubhiḥ paripīḍitāḥ
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| 39 | tam eva pūjayeraṃs te prītyā svam iva bāndhavam
mahad dhy abhīkṣṇaṃ kauravya kartā sanmānam arhati
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| 40 | kim ukṣṇāvahatā kṛtyaṃ kiṃ dhenvā cāpy adugdhayā
vandhyayā bhāryayā ko 'rthaḥ ko 'rtho rājñāpy arakṣatā
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| 41 | yathā dārumayo hastī yathā carmamayo mṛgaḥ
yathā hy anetraḥ śakaṭaḥ pathi kṣetraṃ yathoṣaram
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| 42 | evaṃ brahmānadhīyānaṃ rājā yaś ca na rakṣitā
na varṣati ca yo meghaḥ sarva ete nirarthakāḥ
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| 43 | nityaṃ yas tu sato rakṣed asataś ca nibarhayet
sa eva rājā kartavyas tena sarvam idaṃ dhṛtam
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