 | Book 12 Chapter 88
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | rāṣṭraguptiṃ ca me rājan rāṣṭrasyaiva ca saṃgraham
samyag jijñāsamānāya prabrūhi bharatarṣabha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | rāṣṭraguptiṃ ca te samyag rāṣṭrasyaiva ca saṃgraham
hanta sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi tattvam ekamanāḥ śṛṇu
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| 3 | grāmasyādhipatiḥ kāryo daśagrāmyas tathāparaḥ
dviguṇāyāḥ śatasyaivaṃ sahasrasya ca kārayet
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| 4 | grāme yān grāmadoṣāṃś ca grāmikaḥ paripālayet
tān brūyād daśapāyāsau sa tu viṃśatipāya vai
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| 5 | so 'pi viṃśatyadhipatir vṛttaṃ jānapade jane
grāmāṇāṃ śatapālāya sarvam eva nivedayet
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| 6 | yāni grāmīṇabhojyāni grāmikas tāny upāśnuyāt
daśapas tena bhartavyas tenāpi dviguṇādhipaḥ
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| 7 | grāmaṃ grāmaśatādhyakṣo bhoktum arhati satkṛtaḥ
mahāntaṃ bharataśreṣṭha susphītajanasaṃkulam
tatra hy anekam āyattaṃ rājño bhavati bhārata
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| 8 | śākhānagaram arhas tu sahasrapatir uttamam
dhānyahairaṇyabhogena bhoktuṃ rāṣṭriya udyataḥ
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| 9 | tathā yad grāmakṛtyaṃ syād grāmikṛtyaṃ ca te svayam
dharmajñaḥ sacivaḥ kaś cit tat prapaśyed atandritaḥ
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| 10 | nagare nagare ca syād ekaḥ sarvārthacintakaḥ
uccaiḥsthāne ghorarūpo nakṣatrāṇām iva grahaḥ
bhavet sa tān parikrāmet sarvān eva sadā svayam
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| 11 | vikrayaṃ krayam adhvānaṃ bhaktaṃ ca saparivyayam
yogakṣemaṃ ca saṃprekṣya vaṇijaḥ kārayet karān
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| 12 | utpattiṃ dānavṛttiṃ ca śilpaṃ saṃprekṣya cāsakṛt
śilpapratikarān eva śilpinaḥ prati kārayet
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| 13 | uccāvacakarā nyāyyāḥ pūrvarājñāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
yathā yathā na hīyeraṃs tathā kuryān mahīpatiḥ
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| 14 | phalaṃ karma ca saṃprekṣya tataḥ sarvaṃ prakalpayet
phalaṃ karma ca nirhetu na kaś cit saṃpravartayet
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| 15 | yathā rājā ca kartā ca syātāṃ karmaṇi bhāginau
samavekṣya tathā rājñā praṇeyāḥ satataṃ karāḥ
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| 16 | nocchindyād ātmano mūlaṃ pareṣāṃ vāpi tṛṣṇayā
īhādvārāṇi saṃrudhya rājā saṃprītidarśanaḥ
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| 17 | pradviṣanti parikhyātaṃ rājānam atikhādinam
pradviṣṭasya kutaḥ śreyaḥ saṃpriyo labhate priyam
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| 18 | vatsaupamyena dogdhavyaṃ rāṣṭram akṣīṇabuddhinā
bhṛto vatso jātabalaḥ pīḍāṃ sahati bhārata
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| 19 | na karma kurute vatso bhṛśaṃ dugdho yudhiṣṭhira
rāṣṭram apy atidugdhaṃ hi na karma kurute mahat
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| 20 | yo rāṣṭram anugṛhṇāti parigṛhya svayaṃ nṛpaḥ
saṃjātam upajīvan sa labhate sumahat phalam
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| 21 | āpadarthaṃ hi nicayān rājāna iha cinvate
rāṣṭraṃ ca kośabhūtaṃ syāt kośo veśmagatas tathā
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| 22 | paurajānapadān sarvān saṃśritopāśritāṃs tathā
yathāśakty anukampeta sarvān abhyantarān api
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| 23 | bāhyaṃ janaṃ bhedayitvā bhoktavyo madhyamaḥ sukham
evaṃ na saṃprakupyante janāḥ sukhitaduḥkhitāḥ
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| 24 | prāg eva tu karādānam anubhāṣya punaḥ punaḥ
saṃnipatya svaviṣaye bhayaṃ rāṣṭre pradarśayet
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| 25 | iyam āpat samutpannā paracakrabhayaṃ mahat
api nāntāya kalpeta veṇor iva phalāgamaḥ
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| 26 | arayo me samutthāya bahubhir dasyubhiḥ saha
idam ātmavadhāyaiva rāṣṭram icchanti bādhitum
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| 27 | asyām āpadi ghorāyāṃ saṃprāpte dāruṇe bhaye
paritrāṇāya bhavatāṃ prārthayiṣye dhanāni vaḥ
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| 28 | pratidāsye ca bhavatāṃ sarvaṃ cāhaṃ bhayakṣaye
nārayaḥ pratidāsyanti yad dhareyur balād itaḥ
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| 29 | kalatram āditaḥ kṛtvā naśyet svaṃ svayam eva hi
api cet putradārārtham arthasaṃcaya iṣyate
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| 30 | nandāmi vaḥ prabhāvena putrāṇām iva codaye
yathāśakty anugṛhṇāmi rāṣṭrasyāpīḍayā ca vaḥ
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| 31 | āpatsv eva ca voḍhavyaṃ bhavadbhiḥ sadgavair iva
na vaḥ priyataraṃ kāryaṃ dhanaṃ kasyāṃ cid āpadi
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| 32 | iti vācā madhurayā ślakṣṇayā sopacārayā
svaraśmīn abhyavasṛjed yugam ādāya kālavit
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| 33 | pracāraṃ bhṛtyabharaṇaṃ vyayaṃ gogrāmato bhayam
yogakṣemaṃ ca saṃprekṣya gominaḥ kārayet karān
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| 34 | upekṣitā hi naśyeyur gomino 'raṇyavāsinaḥ
tasmāt teṣu viśeṣeṇa mṛdupūrvaṃ samācaret
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| 35 | sāntvanaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ dānam avasthā cāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
gomināṃ pārtha kartavyaṃ saṃvibhāgāḥ priyāṇi ca
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| 36 | ajasram upayoktavyaṃ phalaṃ gomiṣu sarvataḥ
prabhāvayati rāṣṭraṃ ca vyavahāraṃ kṛṣiṃ tathā
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| 37 | tasmād gomiṣu yatnena prītiṃ kuryād vicakṣaṇaḥ
dayāvān apramattaś ca karān saṃpraṇayan mṛdūn
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| 38 | sarvatra kṣemacaraṇaṃ sulabhaṃ tāta gomibhiḥ
na hy ataḥ sadṛśaṃ kiṃ cid dhanam asti yudhiṣṭhira
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