 | Book 12 Chapter 146
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | abuddhipūrvaṃ yaḥ pāpaṃ kuryād bharatasattama
mucyate sa kathaṃ tasmād enasas tad vadasva me
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atra te varṇayiṣye 'ham itihāsaṃ purātanam
indrotaḥ śaunako vipro yad āha janamejayam
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| 3 | āsīd rājā mahāvīryaḥ pārikṣij janamejayaḥ
abuddhipūrvaṃ brahmahatyā tam āgacchan mahīpatim
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| 4 | taṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sarva eva tatyajuḥ sapurohitāḥ
jagāma sa vanaṃ rājā dahyamāno divāniśam
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| 5 | sa prajābhiḥ parityaktaś cakāra kuśalaṃ mahat
ativelaṃ tapas tepe dahyamānaḥ sa manyunā
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| 6 | tatretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi dharmasyāsyopabṛṃhaṇam
dahyamānaḥ pāpakṛtyā jagāma janamejayaḥ
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| 7 | variṣyamāṇa indrotaṃ śaunakaṃ saṃśitavratam
samāsādyopajagrāha pādayoḥ paripīḍayan
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| 8 | tato bhīto mahāprājño jagarhe subhṛśaṃ tadā
kartā pāpasya mahato bhrūṇahā kim ihāgataḥ
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| 9 | kiṃ tavāsmāsu kartavyaṃ mā mā sprākṣīḥ kathaṃ cana
gaccha gaccha na te sthānaṃ prīṇāty asmān iha dhruvam
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| 10 | rudhirasyeva te gandhaḥ śavasyeva ca darśanam
aśivaḥ śivasaṃkāśo mṛto jīvann ivāṭasi
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| 11 | antarmṛtyur aśuddhātmā pāpam evānucintayan
prabudhyase prasvapiṣi vartase carase sukhī
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| 12 | moghaṃ te jīvitaṃ rājan parikliṣṭaṃ ca jīvasi
pāpāyeva ca sṛṣṭo 'si karmaṇe ha yavīyase
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| 13 | bahu kalyāṇam icchanta īhante pitaraḥ sutān
tapasā devatejyābhir vandanena titikṣayā
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| 14 | pitṛvaṃśam imaṃ paśya tvatkṛte narakaṃ gatam
nirarthāḥ sarva evaiṣām āśābandhās tvadāśrayāḥ
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| 15 | yān pūjayanto vindanti svargam āyur yaśaḥ sukham
teṣu te satataṃ dveṣo brāhmaṇeṣu nirarthakaḥ
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| 16 | imaṃ lokaṃ vimucya tvam avāṅmūrdhā patiṣyasi
aśāśvatīḥ śāśvatīś ca samāḥ pāpena karmaṇā
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| 17 | adyamāno jantugṛdhraiḥ śitikaṇṭhair ayomukhaiḥ
tato 'pi punar āvṛttaḥ pāpayoniṃ gamiṣyasi
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| 18 | yad idaṃ manyase rājan nāyam asti paraḥ kutaḥ
pratismārayitāras tvāṃ yamadūtā yamakṣaye
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