 | Book 12 Chapter 107
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| 1 | rājaputra uvāca
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| 1 | na nikṛtyā na dambhena brahmann icchāmi jīvitum
nādharmayuktān iccheyam arthān sumahato 'py aham
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| 2 | purastād eva bhagavan mayaitad apavarjitam
yena māṃ nābhiśaṅketa yad vā kṛtsnaṃ hitaṃ bhavet
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| 3 | ānṛśaṃsyena dharmeṇa loke hy asmiñ jijīviṣuḥ
nāham etad alaṃ kartuṃ naitan mayy upapadyate
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| 4 | munir uvāca
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| 4 | upapannas tvam etena yathā kṣatriya bhāṣase
prakṛtyā hy upapanno 'si buddhyā cādbhutadarśana
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| 5 | ubhayor eva vām arthe yatiṣye tava tasya ca
saṃśleṣaṃ vā kariṣyāmi śāśvataṃ hy anapāyinam
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| 6 | tvādṛśaṃ hi kule jātam anṛśaṃsaṃ bahuśrutam
amātyaṃ ko na kurvīta rājyapraṇayakovidam
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| 7 | yas tvaṃ pravrajito rājyād vyasanaṃ cottamaṃ gataḥ
ānṛśaṃsyena vṛttena kṣatriyecchasi jīvitum
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| 8 | āgantā madgṛhaṃ tāta vaidehaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ
yathāhaṃ taṃ niyokṣyāmi tat kariṣyaty asaṃśayam
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| 9 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 9 | tata āhūya vaidehaṃ munir vacanam abravīt
ayaṃ rājakule jāto viditābhyantaro mama
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| 10 | ādarśa iva śuddhātmā śāradaś candramā iva
nāsmin paśyāmi vṛjinaṃ sarvato me parīkṣitaḥ
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| 11 | tena te saṃdhir evāstu viśvasāsmin yathā mayi
na rājyam anamātyena śakyaṃ śāstum amitrahan
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| 12 | amātyaḥ śūra eva syād buddhisaṃpanna eva ca
tābhyāṃ caiva bhayaṃ rājñaḥ paśya rājyasya yojanam
dharmātmanāṃ kva cil loke nānyāsti gatir īdṛśī
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| 13 | kṛtātmā rājaputro 'yaṃ satāṃ mārgam anuṣṭhitaḥ
susaṃgṛhītas tv evaiṣa tvayā dharmapurogamaḥ
saṃsevyamānaḥ śatrūṃs te gṛhṇīyān mahato gaṇān
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| 14 | yady ayaṃ pratiyudhyet tvāṃ svakarma kṣatriyasya tat
jigīṣamāṇas tvāṃ yuddhe pitṛpaitāmahe pade
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| 15 | tvaṃ cāpi pratiyudhyethā vijigīṣuvrate sthitaḥ
ayuddhvaiva niyogān me vaśe vaideha te sthitaḥ
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| 16 | sa tvaṃ dharmam avekṣasva tyaktvādharmam asāṃpratam
na hi kāmān na ca drohāt svadharmaṃ hātum arhasi
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| 17 | naiva nityaṃ jayas tāta naiva nityaṃ parājayaḥ
tasmād bhojayitavyaś ca bhoktavyaś ca paro janaḥ
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| 18 | ātmany eva hi saṃdṛśyāv ubhau jayaparājayau
niḥśeṣakāriṇāṃ tāta niḥśeṣakaraṇād bhayam
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| 19 | ity uktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ vacanaṃ brāhmaṇarṣabham
abhipūjyābhisatkṛtya pūjārham anumānya ca
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| 20 | yathā brūyān mahāprājño yathā brūyād bahuśrutaḥ
śreyaskāmo yathā brūyād ubhayor yat kṣamaṃ bhavet
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| 21 | tathā vacanam ukto 'smi kariṣyāmi ca tat tathā
etad dhi paramaṃ śreyo na me 'trāsti vicāraṇā
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| 22 | tataḥ kauśalyam āhūya vaideho vākyam abravīt
dharmato nītitaś caiva balena ca jito mayā
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| 23 | so 'haṃ tvayā tv ātmaguṇair jitaḥ pārthivasattama
ātmānam anavajñāya jitavad vartatāṃ bhavān
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| 24 | nāvamanye ca te buddhiṃ nāvamanye ca pauruṣam
nāvamanye jayāmīti jitavad vartatāṃ bhavān
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| 25 | yathāvat pūjito rājan gṛhaṃ gantāsi me gṛhāt
tataḥ saṃpūjya tau vipraṃ viśvastau jagmatur gṛhān
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| 26 | vaidehas tv atha kausalyaṃ praveśya gṛham añjasā
pādyārghyamadhuparkais taṃ pūjārhaṃ pratyapūjayat
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| 27 | dadau duhitaraṃ cāsmai ratnāni vividhāni ca
eṣa rājñāṃ paro dharmaḥ sahyau jayaparājayau
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