 | Book 12 Chapter 95
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| 1 | vāmadeva uvāca
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| 1 | ayuddhenaiva vijayaṃ vardhayed vasudhādhipaḥ
jaghanyam āhur vijayaṃ yo yuddhena narādhipa
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| 2 | na cāpy alabdhaṃ lipseta mūle nātidṛḍhe sati
na hi durbalamūlasya rājño lābho vidhīyate
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| 3 | yasya sphīto janapadaḥ saṃpannaḥ priyarājakaḥ
saṃtuṣṭapuṣṭasacivo dṛḍhamūlaḥ sa pārthivaḥ
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| 4 | yasya yodhāḥ susaṃtuṣṭāḥ sāntvitāḥ sūpadhāsthitāḥ
alpenāpi sa daṇḍena mahīṃ jayati bhūmipaḥ
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| 5 | paurajānapadā yasya svanuraktāḥ supūjitāḥ
sadhanā dhānyavantaś ca dṛḍhamūlaḥ sa pārthivaḥ
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| 6 | prabhāvakālāv adhikau yadā manyeta cātmanaḥ
tadā lipseta medhāvī parabhūmiṃ dhanāny uta
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| 7 | bhogeṣv adayamānasya bhūteṣu ca dayāvataḥ
vardhate tvaramāṇasya viṣayo rakṣitātmanaḥ
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| 8 | takṣaty ātmānam evaiṣa vanaṃ paraśunā yathā
yaḥ samyag vartamāneṣu sveṣu mithyā pravartate
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| 9 | na vai dviṣantaḥ kṣīyante rājño nityam api ghnataḥ
krodhaṃ niyantuṃ yo veda tasya dveṣṭā na vidyate
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| 10 | yad āryajanavidviṣṭaṃ karma tan nācared budhaḥ
yat kalyāṇam abhidhyāyet tatrātmānaṃ niyojayet
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| 11 | nainam anye 'vajānanti nātmanā paritapyate
kṛtyaśeṣeṇa yo rājā sukhāny anububhūṣati
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| 12 | idaṃvṛttaṃ manuṣyeṣu vartate yo mahīpatiḥ
ubhau lokau vinirjitya vijaye saṃpratiṣṭhate
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| 13 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 13 | ity ukto vāmadevena sarvaṃ tat kṛtavān nṛpaḥ
tathā kurvaṃs tvam apy etau lokau jetā na saṃśayaḥ
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