 | Book 12 Chapter 154
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | svādhyāyakṛtayatnasya brāhmaṇasya pitāmaha
dharmakāmasya dharmātman kiṃ nu śreya ihocyate
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| 2 | bahudhādarśane loke śreyo yad iha manyase
asmiṃl loke pare caiva tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 3 | mahān ayaṃ dharmapatho bahuśākhaś ca bhārata
kiṃ svid eveha dharmāṇām anuṣṭheyatamaṃ matam
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| 4 | dharmasya mahato rājan bahuśākhasya tattvataḥ
yan mūlaṃ paramaṃ tāta tat sarvaṃ brūhy atandritaḥ
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| 5 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 5 | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yena śreyaḥ prapatsyase
pītvāmṛtam iva prājño jñānatṛpto bhaviṣyasi
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| 6 | dharmasya vidhayo naike te te proktā maharṣibhiḥ
svaṃ svaṃ vijñānam āśritya damas teṣāṃ parāyaṇam
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| 7 | damaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ prāhur vṛddhā niścayadarśinaḥ
brāhmaṇasya viśeṣeṇa damo dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 8 | nādāntasya kriyāsiddhir yathāvad upalabhyate
damo dānaṃ tathā yajñān adhītaṃ cātivartate
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| 9 | damas tejo vardhayati pavitraṃ ca damaḥ param
vipāpmā tejasā yuktaḥ puruṣo vindate mahat
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| 10 | damena sadṛśaṃ dharmaṃ nānyaṃ lokeṣu śuśruma
damo hi paramo loke praśastaḥ sarvadharmiṇām
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| 11 | pretya cāpi manuṣyendra paramaṃ vindate sukham
damena hi samāyukto mahāntaṃ dharmam aśnute
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| 12 | sukhaṃ dāntaḥ prasvapiti sukhaṃ ca pratibudhyate
sukhaṃ paryeti lokāṃś ca manaś cāsya prasīdati
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| 13 | adāntaḥ puruṣaḥ kleśam abhīkṣṇaṃ pratipadyate
anarthāṃś ca bahūn anyān prasṛjaty ātmadoṣajān
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| 14 | āśrameṣu caturṣv āhur damam evottamaṃ vratam
tasya liṅgāni vakṣyāmi yeṣāṃ samudayo damaḥ
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| 15 | kṣamā dhṛtir ahiṃsā ca samatā satyam ārjavam
indriyāvajayo dākṣyaṃ mārdavaṃ hrīr acāpalam
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| 16 | akārpaṇyam asaṃrambhaḥ saṃtoṣaḥ priyavāditā
avivitsānasūyā cāpy eṣāṃ samudayo damaḥ
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| 17 | gurupūjā ca kauravya dayā bhūteṣv apaiśunam
janavādo 'mṛṣāvādaḥ stutinindāvivarjanam
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| 18 | kāmaḥ krodhaś ca lobhaś ca darpaḥ stambho vikatthanam
moha īrṣyāvamānaś cety etad dānto na sevate
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| 19 | anindito hy akāmātmāthālpeccho 'thānasūyakaḥ
samudrakalpaḥ sa naro na kadā cana pūryate
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| 20 | ahaṃ tvayi mama tvaṃ ca mayi te teṣu cāpy aham
pūrvasaṃbandhisaṃyogān naitad dānto niṣevate
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| 21 | sarvā grāmyās tathāraṇyā yāś ca loke pravṛttayaḥ
nindāṃ caiva praśaṃsāṃ ca yo nāśrayati mucyate
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| 22 | maitro 'tha śīlasaṃpannaḥ susahāyaparaś ca yaḥ
muktaś ca vividhaiḥ saṅgais tasya pretya mahat phalam
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| 23 | suvṛttaḥ śīlasaṃpannaḥ prasannātmātmavid budhaḥ
prāpyeha loke satkāraṃ sugatiṃ pratipadyate
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| 24 | karma yac chubham eveha sadbhir ācaritaṃ ca yat
tad eva jñānayuktasya muner dharmo na hīyate
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| 25 | niṣkramya vanam āsthāya jñānayukto jitendriyaḥ
kālākāṅkṣī carann evaṃ brahmabhūyāya kalpate
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| 26 | abhayaṃ yasya bhūtebhyo bhūtānām abhayaṃ yataḥ
tasya dehād vimuktasya bhayaṃ nāsti kutaś cana
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| 27 | avācinoti karmāṇi na ca saṃpracinoti ha
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu maitrāyaṇagatiś caret
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| 28 | śakunīnām ivākāśe jale vāricarasya vā
yathā gatir na dṛśyeta tathā tasya na saṃśayaḥ
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| 29 | gṛhān utsṛjya yo rājan mokṣam evābhipadyate
lokās tejomayās tasya kalpante śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
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| 30 | saṃnyasya sarvakarmāṇi saṃnyasya vidhivat tapaḥ
saṃnyasya vividhā vidyāḥ sarvaṃ saṃnyasya caiva ha
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| 31 | kāmeṣu cāpy anāvṛttaḥ prasannātmātmavic chuciḥ
prāpyeha loke satkāraṃ svargaṃ samabhipadyate
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| 32 | yac ca paitāmahaṃ sthānaṃ brahmarāśisamudbhavam
guhāyāṃ pihitaṃ nityaṃ tad damenābhipadyate
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| 33 | jñānārāmasya buddhasya sarvabhūtāvirodhinaḥ
nāvṛttibhayam astīha paraloke bhayaṃ kutaḥ
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| 34 | eka eva dame doṣo dvitīyo nopapadyate
yad enaṃ kṣamayā yuktam aśaktaṃ manyate janaḥ
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| 35 | etasya tu mahāprājña doṣasya sumahān guṇaḥ
kṣamāyāṃ vipulā lokāḥ sulabhā hi sahiṣṇunā
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| 36 | dāntasya kim araṇyena tathādāntasya bhārata
yatraiva hi vased dāntas tad araṇyaṃ sa āśramaḥ
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| 37 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 37 | etad bhīṣmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
amṛteneva saṃtṛptaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ samapadyata
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| 38 | punaś ca paripapraccha bhīṣmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam
tapaḥ prati sa covāca tasmai sarvaṃ kurūdvaha
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