 | Book 12 Chapter 137
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ukto mantro mahābāho na viśvāso 'sti śatruṣu
kathaṃ hi rājā varteta yadi sarvatra nāśvaset
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| 2 | viśvāsād dhi paraṃ rājño rājann utpadyate bhayam
kathaṃ vai nāśvasan rājā śatrūñ jayati pārthiva
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| 3 | etan me saṃśayaṃ chindhi mano me saṃpramuhyati
aviśvāsakathām etām upaśrutya pitāmaha
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | śṛṇu kaunteya yo vṛtto brahmadattaniveśane
pūjanyā saha saṃvādo brahmadattasya pārthiva
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| 5 | kāmpilye brahmadattasya antaḥpuranivāsinī
pūjanī nāma śakunī dīrghakālaṃ sahoṣitā
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| 6 | rutajñā sarvabhūtānāṃ yathā vai jīvajīvakaḥ
sarvajñā sarvadharmajñā tiryagyonigatāpi sā
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| 7 | abhiprajātā sā tatra putram ekaṃ suvarcasam
samakālaṃ ca rājño 'pi devyāḥ putro vyajāyata
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| 8 | samudratīraṃ gatvā sā tv ājahāra phaladvayam
puṣṭyarthaṃ ca svaputrasya rājaputrasya caiva ha
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| 9 | phalam ekaṃ sutāyādād rājaputrāya cāparam
amṛtāsvādasadṛśaṃ balatejovivardhanam
tatrāgacchat parāṃ vṛddhiṃ rājaputraḥ phalāśanāt
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| 10 | dhātryā hastagataś cāpi tenākrīḍata pakṣiṇā
śūnye tu tam upādāya pakṣiṇaṃ samajātakam
hatvā tataḥ sa rājendra dhātryā hastam upāgamat
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| 11 | atha sā śakunī rājann āgamat phalahārikā
apaśyan nihataṃ putraṃ tena bālena bhūtale
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| 12 | bāṣpapūrṇamukhī dīnā dṛṣṭvā sā tu hataṃ sutam
pūjanī duḥkhasaṃtaptā rudatī vākyam abravīt
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| 13 | kṣatriye saṃgataṃ nāsti na prītir na ca sauhṛdam
kāraṇe saṃbhajantīha kṛtārthāḥ saṃtyajanti ca
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| 14 | kṣatriyeṣu na viśvāsaḥ kāryaḥ sarvopaghātiṣu
apakṛtyāpi satataṃ sāntvayanti nirarthakam
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| 15 | aham asya karomy adya sadṛśīṃ vairayātanām
kṛtaghnasya nṛśaṃsasya bhṛśaṃ viśvāsaghātinaḥ
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| 16 | sahasaṃjātavṛddhasya tathaiva sahabhojinaḥ
śaraṇāgatasya ca vadhas trividhaṃ hy asya kilbiṣam
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| 17 | ity uktvā caraṇābhyāṃ tu netre nṛpasutasya sā
bhittvā svasthā tata idaṃ pūjanī vākyam abravīt
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| 18 | icchayaiva kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sadya evopasarpati
kṛtapratikriyaṃ teṣāṃ na naśyati śubhāśubham
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| 19 | pāpaṃ karma kṛtaṃ kiṃ cin na tasmin yadi vidyate
nipātyate 'sya putreṣu na cet pautreṣu naptṛṣu
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| 20 | brahmadatta uvāca
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| 20 | asti vai kṛtam asmābhir asti pratikṛtaṃ tvayā
ubhayaṃ tat samībhūtaṃ vasa pūjani mā gamaḥ
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| 21 | pūjany uvāca
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| 21 | sakṛt kṛtāparādhasya tatraiva parilambataḥ
na tad budhāḥ praśaṃsanti śreyas tatrāpasarpaṇam
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| 22 | sāntve prayukte nṛpate kṛtavaire na viśvaset
kṣipraṃ prabadhyate mūḍho na hi vairaṃ praśāmyati
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| 23 | anyonyaṃ kṛtavairāṇāṃ putrapautraṃ nigacchati
putrapautre vinaṣṭe tu paralokaṃ nigacchati
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| 24 | sarveṣāṃ kṛtavairāṇām aviśvāsaḥ sukhāvahaḥ
ekāntato na viśvāsaḥ kāryo viśvāsaghātakaḥ
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| 25 | na viśvased aviśvaste viśvaste 'pi na viśvaset
kāmaṃ viśvāsayed anyān pareṣāṃ tu na viśvaset
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| 26 | mātā pitā bāndhavānāṃ variṣṭhau; bhāryā jarā bījamātraṃ tu putraḥ
bhrātā śatruḥ klinnapāṇir vayasya; ātmā hy ekaḥ sukhaduḥkhasya vettā
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| 27 | anyonyakṛtavairāṇāṃ na saṃdhir upapadyate
sa ca hetur atikrānto yadartham aham āvasam
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| 28 | pūjitasyārthamānābhyāṃ jantoḥ pūrvāpakāriṇaḥ
ceto bhavaty aviśvastaṃ pūrvaṃ trāsayate balāt
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| 29 | pūrvaṃ saṃmānanā yatra paścāc caiva vimānanā
jahyāt taṃ sattvavān vāsaṃ saṃmānitavimānitaḥ
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| 30 | uṣitāsmi tavāgāre dīrghakālam ahiṃsitā
tad idaṃ vairam utpannaṃ sukham āssva vrajāmy aham
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| 31 | brahmadatta uvāca
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| 31 | yatkṛte pratikuryād vai na sa tatrāparādhnuyāt
anṛṇas tena bhavati vasa pūjani mā gamaḥ
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| 32 | pūjany uvāca
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| 32 | na kṛtasya na kartuś ca sakhyaṃ saṃdhīyate punaḥ
hṛdayaṃ tatra jānāti kartuś caiva kṛtasya ca
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| 33 | brahmadatta uvāca
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| 33 | kṛtasya caiva kartuś ca sakhyaṃ saṃdhīyate punaḥ
vairasyopaśamo dṛṣṭaḥ pāpaṃ nopāśnute punaḥ
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| 34 | pūjany uvāca
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| 34 | nāsti vairam upakrāntaṃ sāntvito 'smīti nāśvaset
viśvāsād badhyate bālas tasmāc chreyo hy adarśanam
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| 35 | tarasā ye na śakyante śastraiḥ suniśitair api
sāmnā te vinigṛhyante gajā iva kareṇubhiḥ
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| 36 | brahmadatta uvāca
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| 36 | saṃvāsāj jāyate sneho jīvitāntakareṣv api
anyonyasya ca viśvāsaḥ śvapacena śuno yathā
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| 37 | anyonyakṛtavairāṇāṃ saṃvāsān mṛdutāṃ gatam
naiva tiṣṭhati tad vairaṃ puṣkarastham ivodakam
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| 38 | pūjany uvāca
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| 38 | vairaṃ pañcasamutthānaṃ tac ca budhyanti paṇḍitāḥ
strīkṛtaṃ vāstujaṃ vāgjaṃ sasapatnāparādhajam
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| 39 | tatra dātā nihantavyaḥ kṣatriyeṇa viśeṣataḥ
prakāśaṃ vāprakāśaṃ vā buddhvā deśabalādikam
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| 40 | kṛtavaire na viśvāsaḥ kāryas tv iha suhṛdy api
channaṃ saṃtiṣṭhate vairaṃ gūḍho 'gnir iva dāruṣu
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| 41 | na vittena na pāruṣyair na sāntvena na ca śrutaiḥ
vairāgniḥ śāmyate rājann aurvāgnir iva sāgare
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| 42 | na hi vairāgnir udbhūtaḥ karma vāpy aparādhajam
śāmyaty adagdhvā nṛpate vinā hy ekatarakṣayāt
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| 43 | satkṛtasyārthamānābhyāṃ syāt tu pūrvāpakāriṇaḥ
naiva śāntir na viśvāsaḥ karma trāsayate balāt
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| 44 | naivāpakāre kasmiṃś cid ahaṃ tvayi tathā bhavān
viśvāsād uṣitā pūrvaṃ nedānīṃ viśvasāmy aham
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| 45 | brahmadatta uvāca
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| 45 | kālena kriyate kāryaṃ tathaiva vividhāḥ kriyāḥ
kālenaiva pravartante kaḥ kasyehāparādhyati
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| 46 | tulyaṃ cobhe pravartete maraṇaṃ janma caiva ha
kāryate caiva kālena tannimittaṃ hi jīvati
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| 47 | badhyante yugapat ke cid ekaikasya na cāpare
kālo dahati bhūtāni saṃprāpyāgnir ivendhanam
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| 48 | nāhaṃ pramāṇaṃ naiva tvam anyonyakaraṇe śubhe
kālo nityam upādhatte sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca dehinām
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| 49 | evaṃ vaseha sasnehā yathākālam ahiṃsitā
yat kṛtaṃ tac ca me kṣāntaṃ tvaṃ caiva kṣama pūjani
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| 50 | pūjany uvāca
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| 50 | yadi kālaḥ pramāṇaṃ te na vairaṃ kasya cid bhavet
kasmāt tv apacitiṃ yānti bāndhavā bāndhave hate
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| 51 | kasmād devāsurāḥ pūrvam anyonyam abhijaghnire
yadi kālena niryāṇaṃ sukhaduḥkhe bhavābhavau
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| 52 | bhiṣajo bheṣajaṃ kartuṃ kasmād icchanti rogiṇe
yadi kālena pacyante bheṣajaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam
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| 53 | pralāpaḥ kriyate kasmāt sumahāñ śokamūrchitaiḥ
yadi kālaḥ pramāṇaṃ te kasmād dharmo 'sti kartṛṣu
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| 54 | tava putro mamāpatyaṃ hatavān hiṃsito mayā
anantaraṃ tvayā cāhaṃ bandhanīyā mahīpate
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| 55 | ahaṃ hi putraśokena kṛtapāpā tavātmaje
tathā tvayā prahartavyaṃ mayi tattvaṃ ca me śṛṇu
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| 56 | bhakṣārthaṃ krīḍanārthaṃ vā narā vāñchanti pakṣiṇaḥ
tṛtīyo nāsti saṃyogo vadhabandhād ṛte kṣamaḥ
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| 57 | vadhabandhabhayād eke mokṣatantram upāgatāḥ
maraṇotpātajaṃ duḥkham āhur dharmavido janāḥ
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| 58 | sarvasya dayitāḥ prāṇāḥ sarvasya dayitāḥ sutāḥ
duḥkhād udvijate sarvaḥ sarvasya sukham īpsitam
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| 59 | duḥkhaṃ jarā brahmadatta duḥkham arthaviparyayaḥ
duḥkhaṃ cāniṣṭasaṃvāso duḥkham iṣṭaviyogajam
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| 60 | vairabandhakṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ hiṃsājaṃ strīkṛtaṃ tathā
duḥkhaṃ sukhena satataṃ janād viparivartate
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| 61 | na duḥkhaṃ paraduḥkhe vai ke cid āhur abuddhayaḥ
yo duḥkhaṃ nābhijānāti sa jalpati mahājane
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| 62 | yas tu śocati duḥkhārtaḥ sa kathaṃ vaktum utsahet
rasajñaḥ sarvaduḥkhasya yathātmani tathā pare
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| 63 | yat kṛtaṃ te mayā rājaṃs tvayā ca mama yat kṛtam
na tad varṣaśataiḥ śakyaṃ vyapohitum ariṃdama
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| 64 | āvayoḥ kṛtam anyonyaṃ tatra saṃdhir na vidyate
smṛtvā smṛtvā hi te putraṃ navaṃ vairaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 65 | vairam antikam āsajya yaḥ prītiṃ kartum icchati
mṛnmayasyeva bhagnasya tasya saṃdhir na vidyate
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| 66 | niścitaś cārthaśāstrajñair aviśvāsaḥ sukhodayaḥ
uśanāś cātha gāthe dve prahrādāyābravīt purā
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| 67 | ye vairiṇaḥ śraddadhate satye satyetare 'pi vā
te śraddadhānā vadhyante madhu śuṣkatṛṇair yathā
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| 68 | na hi vairāṇi śāmyanti kuleṣv ā daśamād yugāt
ākhyātāraś ca vidyante kule ced vidyate pumān
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| 69 | upaguhya hi vairāṇi sāntvayanti narādhipāḥ
athainaṃ pratipiṃṣanti pūrṇaṃ ghaṭam ivāśmani
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| 70 | sadā na viśvased rājan pāpaṃ kṛtveha kasya cit
apakṛtya pareṣāṃ hi viśvāsād duḥkham aśnute
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| 71 | brahmadatta uvāca
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| 71 | nāviśvāsāc cinvate 'rthān nehante cāpi kiṃ cana
bhayād ekatarān nityaṃ mṛtakalpā bhavanti ca
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| 72 | pūjany uvāca
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| 72 | yasyeha vraṇinau pādau padbhyāṃ ca parisarpati
kṣaṇyete tasya tau pādau suguptam abhidhāvataḥ
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| 73 | netrābhyāṃ sarujābhyāṃ yaḥ prativātam udīkṣate
tasya vāyurujātyarthaṃ netrayor bhavati dhruvam
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| 74 | duṣṭaṃ panthānam āśritya yo mohād abhipadyate
ātmano balam ajñātvā tad antaṃ tasya jīvitam
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| 75 | yas tu varṣam avijñāya kṣetraṃ kṛṣati mānavaḥ
hīnaṃ puruṣakāreṇa sasyaṃ naivāpnute punaḥ
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| 76 | yaś ca tiktaṃ kaṣāyaṃ vāpy āsvādavidhuraṃ hitam
āhāraṃ kurute nityaṃ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate
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| 77 | pathyaṃ bhuktvā naro lobhād yo 'nyad aśnāti bhojanam
pariṇāmam avijñāya tad antaṃ tasya jīvitam
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| 78 | daivaṃ puruṣakāraś ca sthitāv anyonyasaṃśrayāt
udāttānāṃ karma tantraṃ daivaṃ klībā upāsate
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| 79 | karma cātmahitaṃ kāryaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ vā yadi vā mṛdu
grasyate 'karmaśīlas tu sadānarthair akiṃcanaḥ
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| 80 | tasmāt saṃśayite 'py arthe kārya eva parākramaḥ
sarvasvam api saṃtyajya kāryam ātmahitaṃ naraiḥ
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| 81 | vidyā śauryaṃ ca dākṣyaṃ ca balaṃ dhairyaṃ ca pañcamam
mitrāṇi sahajāny āhur vartayantīha yair budhāḥ
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| 82 | niveśanaṃ ca kupyaṃ ca kṣetraṃ bhāryā suhṛjjanaḥ
etāny upacitāny āhuḥ sarvatra labhate pumān
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| 83 | sarvatra ramate prājñaḥ sarvatra ca virocate
na vibhīṣayate kaṃ cid bhīṣito na bibheti ca
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| 84 | nityaṃ buddhimato hy arthaḥ svalpako 'pi vivardhate
dākṣyeṇa kurute karma saṃyamāt pratitiṣṭhati
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| 85 | gṛhasnehāvabaddhānāṃ narāṇām alpamedhasām
kustrī khādati māṃsāni māghamā segavām iva
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| 86 | gṛhaṃ kṣetrāṇi mitrāṇi svadeśa iti cāpare
ity evam avasīdanti narā buddhiviparyaye
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| 87 | utpatet sarujād deśād vyādhidurbhikṣapīḍitāt
anyatra vastuṃ gacched vā vased vā nityamānitaḥ
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| 88 | tasmād anyatra yāsyāmi vastuṃ nāham ihotsahe
kṛtam etad anāhāryaṃ tava putreṇa pārthiva
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| 89 | kubhāryāṃ ca kuputraṃ ca kurājānaṃ kusauhṛdam
kusaṃbandhaṃ kudeśaṃ ca dūrataḥ parivarjayet
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| 90 | kumitre nāsti viśvāsaḥ kubhāryāyāṃ kuto ratiḥ
kurājye nirvṛtir nāsti kudeśe na prajīvyate
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| 91 | kumitre saṃgataṃ nāsti nityam asthirasauhṛde
avamānaḥ kusaṃbandhe bhavaty arthaviparyaye
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| 92 | sā bhāryā yā priyaṃ brūte sa putro yatra nirvṛtiḥ
tan mitraṃ yatra viśvāsaḥ sa deśo yatra jīvyate
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| 93 | yatra nāsti balātkāraḥ sa rājā tīvraśāsanaḥ
na caiva hy abhisaṃbandho daridraṃ yo bubhūṣati
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| 94 | bhāryā deśo 'tha mitrāṇi putrasaṃbandhibāndhavāḥ
etat sarvaṃ guṇavati dharmanetre mahīpatau
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| 95 | adharmajñasya vilayaṃ prajā gacchanty anigrahāt
rājā mūlaṃ trivargasya apramatto 'nupālayan
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| 96 | baliṣaḍbhāgam uddhṛtya baliṃ tam upayojayet
na rakṣati prajāḥ samyag yaḥ sa pārthivataskaraḥ
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| 97 | dattvābhayaṃ yaḥ svayam eva rājā; na tat pramāṇaṃ kurute yathāvat
sa sarvalokād upalabhya pāpam; adharmabuddhir nirayaṃ prayāti
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| 98 | dattvābhayaṃ yaḥ sma rājā pramāṇaṃ kurute sadā
sa sarvasukhakṛj jñeyaḥ prajā dharmeṇa pālayan
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| 99 | pitā mātā gurur goptā vahnir vaiśravaṇo yamaḥ
sapta rājño guṇān etān manur āha prajāpatiḥ
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| 100 | pitā hi rājā rāṣṭrasya prajānāṃ yo 'nukampakaḥ
tasmin mithyāpraṇīte hi tiryag gacchati mānavaḥ
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| 101 | saṃbhāvayati māteva dīnam abhyavapadyate
dahaty agnir ivāniṣṭān yamayan bhavate yamaḥ
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| 102 | iṣṭeṣu visṛjaty arthān kubera iva kāmadaḥ
gurur dharmopadeśena goptā ca paripālanāt
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| 103 | yas tu rañjayate rājā paurajānapadān guṇaiḥ
na tasya bhraśyate rājyaṃ guṇadharmānupālanāt
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| 104 | svayaṃ samupajānan hi paurajānapadakriyāḥ
sa sukhaṃ modate bhūpa iha loke paratra ca
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| 105 | nityodvignāḥ prajā yasya karabhāraprapīḍitāḥ
anarthair vipralupyante sa gacchati parābhavam
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| 106 | prajā yasya vivardhante sarasīva mahotpalam
sa sarvayajñaphalabhāg rājā loke mahīyate
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| 107 | balinā vigraho rājan na kathaṃ cit praśasyate
balinā vigṛhītasya kuto rājyaṃ kutaḥ sukham
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| 108 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 108 | saivam uktvā śakunikā brahmadattaṃ narādhipam
rājānaṃ samanujñāpya jagāmāthepsitāṃ diśam
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| 109 | etat te brahmadattasya pūjanyā saha bhāṣitam
mayoktaṃ bharataśreṣṭha kim anyac chrotum icchasi
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