 | Book 12 Chapter 118
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | sa śvā prakṛtim āpannaḥ paraṃ dainyam upāgamat
ṛṣiṇā huṃkṛtaḥ pāpas tapovanabahiṣkṛtaḥ
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| 2 | evaṃ rājñā matimatā viditvā śīlaśaucatām
ārjavaṃ prakṛtiṃ sattvaṃ kulaṃ vṛttaṃ śrutaṃ damam
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| 3 | anukrośaṃ balaṃ vīryaṃ bhāvaṃ saṃpraśamaṃ kṣamām
bhṛtyā ye yatra yogyāḥ syus tatra sthāpyāḥ suśikṣitāḥ
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| 4 | nāparīkṣya mahīpālaḥ prakartuṃ bhṛtyam arhati
akulīnanarākīrṇo na rājā sukham edhate
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| 5 | kulajaḥ prakṛto rājñā tatkulīnatayā sadā
na pāpe kurute buddhiṃ nindyamāno 'py anāgasi
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| 6 | akulīnas tu puruṣaḥ prakṛtaḥ sādhusaṃkṣayāt
durlabhaiśvaryatāṃ prāpto ninditaḥ śatrutāṃ vrajet
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| 7 | kulīnaṃ śikṣitaṃ prājñaṃ jñānavijñānakovidam
sarvaśāstrārthatattvajñaṃ sahiṣṇuṃ deśajaṃ tathā
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| 8 | kṛtajñaṃ balavantaṃ ca kṣāntaṃ dāntaṃ jitendriyam
alubdhaṃ labdhasaṃtuṣṭaṃ svāmimitrabubhūṣakam
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| 9 | sacivaṃ deśakālajñaṃ sarvasaṃgrahaṇe ratam
satkṛtaṃ yuktamanasaṃ hitaiṣiṇam atandritam
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| 10 | yuktācāraṃ svaviṣaye saṃdhivigrahakovidam
rājñas trivargavettāraṃ paurajānapadapriyam
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| 11 | khātakavyūhatattvajñaṃ balaharṣaṇakovidam
iṅgitākāratattvajñaṃ yātrāyānaviśāradam
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| 12 | hastiśikṣāsu tattvajñam ahaṃkāravivarjitam
pragalbhaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ dāntaṃ balinaṃ yuktakāriṇam
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| 13 | cokṣaṃ cokṣajanākīrṇaṃ suveṣaṃ sukhadarśanam
nāyakaṃ nītikuśalaṃ guṇaṣaṣṭyā samanvitam
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| 14 | astabdhaṃ praśritaṃ śaktaṃ mṛduvādinam eva ca
dhīraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ maharddhiṃ ca deśakālopapādakam
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| 15 | sacivaṃ yaḥ prakurute na cainam avamanyate
tasya vistīryate rājyaṃ jyotsnā grahapater iva
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| 16 | etair eva guṇair yukto rājā śāstraviśāradaḥ
eṣṭavyo dharmaparamaḥ prajāpālanatatparaḥ
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| 17 | dhīro marṣī śuciḥ śīghraḥ kāle puruṣakāravit
śuśrūṣuḥ śrutavāñ śrotā ūhāpohaviśāradaḥ
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| 18 | medhāvī dhāraṇāyukto yathānyāyopapādakaḥ
dāntaḥ sadā priyābhāṣī kṣamāvāṃś ca viparyaye
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| 19 | dānācchede svayaṃkārī sudvāraḥ sukhadarśanaḥ
ārtahastaprado nityam āptaṃmanyo naye rataḥ
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| 20 | nāhaṃvādī na nirdvaṃdvo na yatkiṃcanakārakaḥ
kṛte karmaṇy amoghānāṃ kartā bhṛtyajanapriyaḥ
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| 21 | saṃgṛhītajano 'stabdhaḥ prasannavadanaḥ sadā
dātā bhṛtyajanāvekṣī na krodhī sumahāmanāḥ
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| 22 | yuktadaṇḍo na nirdaṇḍo dharmakāryānuśāsakaḥ
cāranetraḥ parāvekṣī dharmārthakuśalaḥ sadā
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| 23 | rājā guṇaśatākīrṇa eṣṭavyas tādṛśo bhavet
yodhāś caiva manuṣyendra sarvair guṇaguṇair vṛtāḥ
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| 24 | anveṣṭavyāḥ supuruṣāḥ sahāyā rājyadhāraṇāḥ
na vimānayitavyāś ca rājñā vṛddhim abhīpsatā
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| 25 | yodhāḥ samaraśauṭīrāḥ kṛtajñāḥ śastrakovidāḥ
dharmaśāstrasamāyuktāḥ padātijanasaṃyutāḥ
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| 26 | arthamānavivṛddhāś ca rathacaryāviśāradāḥ
iṣvastrakuśalā yasya tasyeyaṃ nṛpater mahī
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| 27 | sarvasaṃgrahaṇe yukto nṛpo bhavati yaḥ sadā
utthānaśīlo mitrāḍhyaḥ sa rājā rājasattamaḥ
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| 28 | śakyā aśvasahasreṇa vīrāroheṇa bhārata
saṃgṛhītamanuṣyeṇa kṛtsnā jetuṃ vasuṃdharā
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