 | Book 12 Chapter 96
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | atha yo vijigīṣeta kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyaṃ yudhi
kas tasya dharmyo vijaya etat pṛṣṭo bravīhi me
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | sasahāyo 'sahāyo vā rāṣṭram āgamya bhūmipaḥ
brūyād ahaṃ vo rājeti rakṣiṣyāmi ca vaḥ sadā
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| 3 | mama dharmyaṃ baliṃ datta kiṃ vā māṃ pratipatsyatha
te cet tam āgataṃ tatra vṛṇuyuḥ kuśalaṃ bhavet
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| 4 | te ced akṣatriyāḥ santo virudhyeyuḥ kathaṃ cana
sarvopāyair niyantavyā vikarmasthā narādhipa
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| 5 | aśaktaṃ kṣatriyaṃ matvā śastraṃ gṛhṇāty athāparaḥ
trāṇāyāpy asamarthaṃ taṃ manyamānam atīva ca
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| 6 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 6 | atha yaḥ kṣatriyo rājā kṣatriyaṃ pratyupāvrajet
kathaṃ sa pratiyoddhavyas tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 7 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 7 | nāsaṃnaddho nākavaco yoddhavyaḥ kṣatriyo raṇe
eka ekena vācyaś ca visṛjasva kṣipāmi ca
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| 8 | sa cet saṃnaddha āgacchet saṃnaddhavyaṃ tato bhavet
sa cet sasainya āgacchet sasainyas tam athāhvayet
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| 9 | sa cen nikṛtyā yudhyeta nikṛtyā taṃ prayodhayet
atha ced dharmato yudhyed dharmeṇaiva nivārayet
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| 10 | nāśvena rathinaṃ yāyād udiyād rathinaṃ rathī
vyasane na prahartavyaṃ na bhītāya jitāya ca
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| 11 | neṣur lipto na karṇī syād asatām etad āyudham
jayārtham eva yoddhavyaṃ na krudhyed ajighāṃsataḥ
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| 12 | sādhūnāṃ tu mithobhedāt sādhuś ced vyasanī bhavet
savraṇo nābhihantavyo nānapatyaḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 13 | bhagnaśastro vipannāśvaś chinnajyo hatavāhanaḥ
cikitsyaḥ syāt svaviṣaye prāpyo vā svagṛhān bhavet
nirvraṇo 'pi ca moktavya eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 14 | tasmād dharmeṇa yoddhavyaṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo 'bravīt
satsu nityaṃ satāṃ dharmas tam āsthāya na nāśayet
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| 15 | yo vai jayaty adharmeṇa kṣatriyo vardhamānakaḥ
ātmānam ātmanā hanti pāpo nikṛtijīvanaḥ
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| 16 | karma caitad asādhūnām asādhuṃ sādhunā jayet
dharmeṇa nidhanaṃ śreyo na jayaḥ pāpakarmaṇā
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| 17 | nādharmaś carito rājan sadyaḥ phalati gaur iva
mūlāny asya praśākhāś ca dahan samanugacchati
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| 18 | pāpena karmaṇā vittaṃ labdhvā pāpaḥ prahṛṣyati
sa vardhamānaḥ steyena pāpaḥ pāpe prasajjati
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| 19 | na dharmo 'stīti manvānaḥ śucīn avahasann iva
aśraddadhānabhāvāc ca vināśam upagacchati
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| 20 | sa baddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśair amartya iva manyate
mahādṛtir ivādhmātaḥ svakṛtena vivardhate
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| 21 | tataḥ samūlo hriyate nadīkūlād iva drumaḥ
athainam abhinindanti bhinnaṃ kumbham ivāśmani
tasmād dharmeṇa vijayaṃ kāmaṃ lipseta bhūmipaḥ
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