 | Book 12 Chapter 98
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kṣatradharmān na pāpīyān dharmo 'sti bharatarṣabha
abhiyāne ca yuddhe ca rājā hanti mahājanam
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| 2 | atha sma karmaṇā yena lokāñ jayati pārthivaḥ
vidvañ jijñāsamānāya prabrūhi bharatarṣabha
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | nigraheṇa ca pāpānāṃ sādhūnāṃ pragraheṇa ca
yajñair dānaiś ca rājāno bhavanti śucayo 'malāḥ
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| 4 | uparundhanti rājāno bhūtāni vijayārthinaḥ
ta eva vijayaṃ prāpya vardhayanti punaḥ prajāḥ
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| 5 | apavidhyanti pāpāni dānayajñatapobalaiḥ
anugraheṇa bhūtānāṃ puṇyam eṣāṃ pravardhate
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| 6 | yathaiva kṣetranirdātā nirdan vai kṣetram ekadā
hinasti kakṣaṃ dhānyaṃ ca na ca dhānyaṃ vinaśyati
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| 7 | evaṃ śastrāṇi muñcanto ghnanti vadhyān athaikadā
tasyaiṣā niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtsnā bhūtānāṃ bhāvanaṃ punaḥ
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| 8 | yo bhūtāni dhanajyānād vadhāt kleśāc ca rakṣati
dasyubhyaḥ prāṇadānāt sa dhanadaḥ sukhado virāṭ
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| 9 | sa sarvayajñair ījāno rājāthābhayadakṣiṇaiḥ
anubhūyeha bhadrāṇi prāpnotīndrasalokatām
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| 10 | brāhmaṇārthe samutpanne yo 'bhiniḥsṛtya yudhyate
ātmānaṃ yūpam ucchritya sa yajño 'nantadakṣiṇaḥ
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| 11 | abhīto vikirañ śatrūn pratigṛhṇañ śarāṃs tathā
na tasmāt tridaśāḥ śreyo bhuvi paśyanti kiṃ cana
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| 12 | tasya yāvanti śastrāṇi tvacaṃ bhindanti saṃyuge
tāvataḥ so 'śnute lokān sarvakāmaduho 'kṣayān
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| 13 | na tasya rudhiraṃ gātrād āvedhebhyaḥ pravartate
sa ha tenaiva raktena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
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| 14 | yāni duḥkhāni sahate vraṇānām abhitāpane
na tato 'sti tapo bhūya iti dharmavido viduḥ
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| 15 | pṛṣṭhato bhīravaḥ saṃkhye vartante 'dhamapūruṣāḥ
śūrāc charaṇam icchantaḥ parjanyād iva jīvanam
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| 16 | yadi śūras tathā kṣeme pratirakṣet tathā bhaye
pratirūpaṃ janāḥ kuryur na ca tad vartate tathā
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| 17 | yadi te kṛtam ājñāya namaskuryuḥ sadaiva tam
yuktaṃ nyāyyaṃ ca kuryus te na ca tad vartate tathā
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| 18 | puruṣāṇāṃ samānānāṃ dṛśyate mahad antaram
saṃgrāme 'nīkavelāyām utkruṣṭe 'bhipatatsu ca
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| 19 | pataty abhimukhaḥ śūraḥ parān bhīruḥ palāyate
āsthāyāsvargyam adhvānaṃ sahāyān viṣame tyajan
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| 20 | mā sma tāṃs tādṛśāṃs tāta janiṣṭhāḥ puruṣādhamān
ye sahāyān raṇe hitvā svastimanto gṛhān yayuḥ
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| 21 | asvasti tebhyaḥ kurvanti devā indrapurogamāḥ
tyāgena yaḥ sahāyānāṃ svān prāṇāṃs trātum icchati
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| 22 | taṃ hanyuḥ kāṣṭhaloṣṭair vā daheyur vā kaṭāgninā
paśuvan mārayeyur vā kṣatriyā ye syur īdṛśāḥ
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| 23 | adharmaḥ kṣatriyasyaiṣa yac chayyāmaraṇaṃ bhavet
visṛjañ śleṣmapittāni kṛpaṇaṃ paridevayan
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| 24 | avikṣatena dehena pralayaṃ yo 'dhigacchati
kṣatriyo nāsya tat karma praśaṃsanti purāvidaḥ
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| 25 | na gṛhe maraṇaṃ tāta kṣatriyāṇāṃ praśasyate
śauṭīrāṇām aśauṭīram adharmyaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ ca tat
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| 26 | idaṃ duḥkham aho kaṣṭaṃ pāpīya iti niṣṭanan
pratidhvastamukhaḥ pūtir amātyān bahu śocayan
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| 27 | arogāṇāṃ spṛhayate muhur mṛtyum apīcchati
vīro dṛpto 'bhimānī ca nedṛśaṃ mṛtyum arhati
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| 28 | raṇeṣu kadanaṃ kṛtvā jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ
tīkṣṇaiḥ śastraiḥ suvikliṣṭaḥ kṣatriyo mṛtyum arhati
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| 29 | śūro hi satyamanyubhyām āviṣṭo yudhyate bhṛśam
kṛtyamānāni gātrāṇi parair naivāvabudhyate
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| 30 | sa saṃkhye nidhanaṃ prāpya praśastaṃ lokapūjitam
svadharmaṃ vipulaṃ prāpya śakrasyaiti salokatām
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| 31 | sarvo yodhaḥ paraṃ tyaktum āviṣṭas tyaktajīvitaḥ
prāpnotīndrasya sālokyaṃ śūraḥ pṛṣṭham adarśayan
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