 | Book 12 Chapter 138
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yugakṣayāt parikṣīṇe dharme loke ca bhārata
dasyubhiḥ pīḍyamāne ca kathaṃ stheyaṃ pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi nītim āpatsu bhārata
utsṛjyāpi ghṛṇāṃ kāle yathā varteta bhūmipaḥ
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| 3 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
bharadvājasya saṃvādaṃ rājñaḥ śatruṃtapasya ca
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| 4 | rājā śatruṃtapo nāma sauvīrāṇāṃ mahārathaḥ
kaṇiṅkam upasaṃgamya papracchārthaviniścayam
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| 5 | alabdhasya kathaṃ lipsā labdhaṃ kena vivardhate
vardhitaṃ pālayet kena pālitaṃ praṇayet katham
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| 6 | tasmai viniścayārthaṃ sa paripṛṣṭārthaniścayaḥ
uvāca brāhmaṇo vākyam idaṃ hetumad uttaram
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| 7 | nityam udyatadaṇḍaḥ syān nityaṃ vivṛtapauruṣaḥ
acchidraś chidradarśī ca pareṣāṃ vivarānugaḥ
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| 8 | nityam udyatadaṇḍasya bhṛśam udvijate janaḥ
tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni daṇḍenaiva prarodhayet
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| 9 | evam eva praśaṃsanti paṇḍitās tattvadarśinaḥ
tasmāc catuṣṭaye tasmin pradhāno daṇḍa ucyate
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| 10 | chinnamūle hy adhiṣṭhāne sarve tajjīvino hatāḥ
kathaṃ hi śākhās tiṣṭheyuś chinnamūle vanaspatau
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| 11 | mūlam evāditaś chindyāt parapakṣasya paṇḍitaḥ
tataḥ sahāyān pakṣaṃ ca sarvam evānusārayet
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| 12 | sumantritaṃ suvikrāntaṃ suyuddhaṃ supalāyitam
āpadāṃ padakāleṣu kurvīta na vicārayet
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| 13 | vāṅmātreṇa vinītaḥ syād dhṛdayena yathā kṣuraḥ
ślakṣṇapūrvābhibhāṣī ca kāmakrodhau vivarjayet
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| 14 | sapatnasahite kārye kṛtvā saṃdhiṃ na viśvaset
apakrāmet tataḥ kṣipraṃ kṛtakāryo vicakṣaṇaḥ
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| 15 | śatruṃ ca mitrarūpeṇa sāntvenaivābhisāntvayet
nityaśaś codvijet tasmāt sarpād veśmagatād iva
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| 16 | yasya buddhiṃ paribhavet tam atītena sāntvayet
anāgatena duṣprajñaṃ pratyutpannena paṇḍitam
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| 17 | añjaliṃ śapathaṃ sāntvaṃ praṇamya śirasā vadet
aśruprapātanaṃ caiva kartavyaṃ bhūtim icchatā
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| 18 | vahed amitraṃ skandhena yāvat kālaviparyayaḥ
athainam āgate kāle bhindyād ghaṭam ivāśmani
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| 19 | muhūrtam api rājendra tindukālātavaj jvalet
na tuṣāgnir ivānarcir dhūmāyeta naraś ciram
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| 20 | nānarthakenārthavattvaṃ kṛtaghnena samācaret
arthe tu śakyate bhoktuṃ kṛtakāryo 'vamanyate
tasmāt sarvāṇi kāryāṇi sāvaśeṣāṇi kārayet
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| 21 | kokilasya varāhasya meroḥ śūnyasya veśmanaḥ
vyāḍasya bhakticitrasya yac chreṣṭhaṃ tat samācaret
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| 22 | utthāyotthāya gacchec ca nityayukto ripor gṛhān
kuśalaṃ cāpi pṛccheta yady apy akuśalaṃ bhavet
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| 23 | nālasāḥ prāpnuvanty arthān na klībā na ca māninaḥ
na ca lokaravād bhītā na ca śaśvat pratīkṣiṇaḥ
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| 24 | nāsya chidraṃ paro vidyād vidyāc chidraṃ parasya tu
gūhet kūrma ivāṅgāni rakṣed vivaram ātmanaḥ
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| 25 | bakavac cintayed arthān siṃhavac ca parākramet
vṛkavac cāvalumpeta śaśavac ca viniṣpatet
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| 26 | pānam akṣās tathā nāryo mṛgayā gītavāditam
etāni yuktyā seveta prasaṅgo hy atra doṣavān
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| 27 | kuryāt tṛṇamayaṃ cāpaṃ śayīta mṛgaśāyikām
andhaḥ syād andhavelāyāṃ bādhiryam api saṃśrayet
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| 28 | deśaṃ kālaṃ samāsādya vikrameta vicakṣaṇaḥ
deśakālābhyatīto hi vikramo niṣphalo bhavet
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| 29 | kālākālau saṃpradhārya balābalam athātmanaḥ
parasparabalaṃ jñātvā tathātmānaṃ niyojayet
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| 30 | daṇḍenopanataṃ śatruṃ yo rājā na niyacchati
sa mṛtyum upagūhyās te garbham aśvatarī yathā
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| 31 | supuṣpitaḥ syād aphalaḥ phalavān syād durāruhaḥ
āmaḥ syāt pakvasaṃkāśo na ca śīryeta kasya cit
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| 32 | āśāṃ kālavatīṃ kuryāt tāṃ ca vighnena yojayet
vighnaṃ nimittato brūyān nimittaṃ cāpi hetutaḥ
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| 33 | bhītavat saṃvidhātavyaṃ yāvad bhayam anāgatam
āgataṃ tu bhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā prahartavyam abhītavat
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| 34 | na saṃśayam anāruhya naro bhadrāṇi paśyati
saṃśayaṃ punar āruhya yadi jīvati paśyati
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| 35 | anāgataṃ vijānīyād yacched bhayam upasthitam
punar vṛddhikṣayāt kiṃ cid abhivṛttaṃ niśāmayet
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| 36 | pratyupasthitakālasya sukhasya parivarjanam
anāgatasukhāśā ca naiṣa buddhimatāṃ nayaḥ
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| 37 | yo 'riṇā saha saṃdhāya sukhaṃ svapiti viśvasan
sa vṛkṣāgraprasupto vā patitaḥ pratibudhyate
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| 38 | karmaṇā yena teneha mṛdunā dāruṇena vā
uddhared dīnam ātmānaṃ samartho dharmam ācaret
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| 39 | ye sapatnāḥ sapatnānāṃ sarvāṃs tān apavatsayet
ātmanaś cāpi boddhavyāś cārāḥ praṇihitāḥ paraiḥ
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| 40 | cāraḥ suvihitaḥ kārya ātmano 'tha parasya ca
pāṣaṇḍāṃs tāpasādīṃś ca pararāṣṭraṃ praveśayet
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| 41 | udyāneṣu vihāreṣu prapāsv āvasatheṣu ca
pānāgāreṣu veśeṣu tīrtheṣu ca sabhāsu ca
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| 42 | dharmābhicāriṇaḥ pāpāś cārā lokasya kaṇṭakāḥ
samāgacchanti tān buddhvā niyacchec chamayed api
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| 43 | na viśvased aviśvaste viśvaste nāpi viśvaset
viśvastaṃ bhayam anveti nāparīkṣya ca viśvaset
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| 44 | viśvāsayitvā tu paraṃ tattvabhūtena hetunā
athāsya praharet kāle kiṃ cid vicalite pade
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| 45 | aśaṅkyam api śaṅketa nityaṃ śaṅketa śaṅkitāt
bhayaṃ hi śaṅkitāj jātaṃ samūlam api kṛntati
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| 46 | avadhānena maunena kāṣāyeṇa jaṭājinaiḥ
viśvāsayitvā dveṣṭāram avalumped yathā vṛkaḥ
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| 47 | putro vā yadi vā bhrātā pitā vā yadi vā suhṛt
arthasya vighnaṃ kurvāṇā hantavyā bhūtivardhanāḥ
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| 48 | guror apy avaliptasya kāryākāryam ajānataḥ
utpathapratipannasya daṇḍo bhavati śāsanam
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| 49 | pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ saṃpradānena kasya cit
pratipuṣkalaghātī syāt tīkṣṇatuṇḍa iva dvijaḥ
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| 50 | nācchittvā paramarmāṇi nākṛtvā karma dāruṇam
nāhatvā matsyaghātīva prāpnoti paramāṃ śriyam
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| 51 | nāsti jātyā ripur nāma mitraṃ nāma na vidyate
sāmarthyayogāj jāyante mitrāṇi ripavas tathā
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| 52 | amitraṃ naiva muñceta bruvantaṃ karuṇāny api
duḥkhaṃ tatra na kurvīta hanyāt pūrvāpakāriṇam
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| 53 | saṃgrahānugrahe yatnaḥ sadā kāryo 'nasūyatā
nigrahaś cāpi yatnena kartavyo bhūtim icchatā
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| 54 | prahariṣyan priyaṃ brūyāt prahṛtyāpi priyottaram
api cāsya śiraś chittvā rudyāc choced athāpi vā
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| 55 | nimantrayeta sāntvena saṃmānena titikṣayā
āśākāraṇam ity etat kartavyaṃ bhūtim icchatā
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| 56 | na śuṣkavairaṃ kurvīta na bāhubhyāṃ nadīṃ taret
apārthakam anāyuṣyaṃ goviṣāṇasya bhakṣaṇam
dantāś ca parighṛṣyante rasaś cāpi na labhyate
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| 57 | trivarge trividhā pīḍānubandhās traya eva ca
anubandhavadhau jñātvā pīḍāṃ hi parivarjayet
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| 58 | ṛṇaśeṣo 'gniśeṣaś ca śatruśeṣas tathaiva ca
punaḥ punar vivardheta svalpo 'py anivāritaḥ
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| 59 | vardhamānam ṛṇaṃ tiṣṭhat paribhūtāś ca śatravaḥ
āvahanty anayaṃ tīvraṃ vyādhayaś cāpy upekṣitāḥ
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| 60 | nāsamyak kṛtakārī syād apramattaḥ sadā bhavet
kaṇṭako 'pi hi duśchinno vikāraṃ kurute ciram
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| 61 | vadhena ca manuṣyāṇāṃ mārgāṇāṃ dūṣaṇena ca
ākarāṇāṃ vināśaiś ca pararāṣṭraṃ vināśayet
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| 62 | gṛdhradṛṣṭir bakālīnaḥ śvaceṣṭaḥ siṃhavikramaḥ
anudvignaḥ kākaśaṅkī bhujaṃgacaritaṃ caret
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| 63 | śreṇimukhyopajāpeṣu vallabhānunayeṣu ca
amātyān parirakṣeta bhedasaṃghātayor api
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| 64 | mṛdur ity avamanyante tīkṣṇa ity udvijanti ca
tīkṣṇakāle ca tīkṣṇaḥ syān mṛdukāle mṛdur bhavet
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| 65 | mṛdunā sumṛduṃ hanti mṛdunā hanti dāruṇam
nāsādhyaṃ mṛdunā kiṃ cit tasmāt tīkṣṇataraṃ mṛdu
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| 66 | kāle mṛdur yo bhavati kāle bhavati dāruṇaḥ
sa sādhayati kṛtyāni śatrūṃś caivādhitiṣṭhati
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| 67 | paṇḍitena viruddhaḥ san dūre 'smīti na viśvaset
dīrghau buddhimato bāhū yābhyāṃ hiṃsati hiṃsitaḥ
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| 68 | na tat tared yasya na pāram uttaren; na tad dhared yat punar āharet paraḥ
na tat khaned yasya na mūlam utkhanen; na taṃ hanyād yasya śiro na pātayet
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| 69 | itīdam uktaṃ vṛjinābhisaṃhitaṃ; na caitad evaṃ puruṣaḥ samācaret
paraprayuktaṃ tu kathaṃ niśāmayed; ato mayoktaṃ bhavato hitārthinā
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| 70 | yathāvad uktaṃ vacanaṃ hitaṃ tadā; niśamya vipreṇa suvīrarāṣṭriyaḥ
tathākarod vākyam adīnacetanaḥ; śriyaṃ ca dīptāṃ bubhuje sabāndhavaḥ
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