 | Book 12 Chapter 156
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | satyaṃ dharme praśaṃsanti viprarṣipitṛdevatāḥ
satyam icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | satyaṃ kiṃlakṣaṇaṃ rājan kathaṃ vā tad avāpyate
satyaṃ prāpya bhavet kiṃ ca kathaṃ caiva tad ucyate
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | cāturvarṇyasya dharmāṇāṃ saṃkaro na praśasyate
avikāritamaṃ satyaṃ sarvavarṇeṣu bhārata
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| 4 | satyaṃ satsu sadā dharmaḥ satyaṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
satyam eva namasyeta satyaṃ hi paramā gatiḥ
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| 5 | satyaṃ dharmas tapo yogaḥ satyaṃ brahma sanātanam
satyaṃ yajñaḥ paraḥ proktaḥ satye sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
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| 6 | ācārān iha satyasya yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ
lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi satyasyeha yathākramam
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| 7 | prāpyate hi yathā satyaṃ tac ca śrotuṃ tvam arhasi
satyaṃ trayodaśavidhaṃ sarvalokeṣu bhārata
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| 8 | satyaṃ ca samatā caiva damaś caiva na saṃśayaḥ
amātsaryaṃ kṣamā caiva hrīs titikṣānasūyatā
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| 9 | tyāgo dhyānam athāryatvaṃ dhṛtiś ca satataṃ sthirā
ahiṃsā caiva rājendra satyākārās trayodaśa
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| 10 | satyaṃ nāmāvyayaṃ nityam avikāri tathaiva ca
sarvadharmāviruddhaṃ ca yogenaitad avāpyate
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| 11 | ātmanīṣṭe tathāniṣṭe ripau ca samatā tathā
icchādveṣakṣayaṃ prāpya kāmakrodhakṣayaṃ tathā
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| 12 | damo nānyaspṛhā nityaṃ dhairyaṃ gāmbhīryam eva ca
abhayaṃ krodhaśamanaṃ jñānenaitad avāpyate
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| 13 | amātsaryaṃ budhāḥ prāhur dānaṃ dharme ca saṃyamam
avasthitena nityaṃ ca satyenāmatsarī bhavet
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| 14 | akṣamāyāḥ kṣamāyāś ca priyāṇīhāpriyāṇi ca
kṣamate sarvataḥ sādhuḥ sādhv āpnoti ca satyavān
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| 15 | kalyāṇaṃ kurute gāḍhaṃ hrīmān na ślāghate kva cit
praśāntavāṅmanā nityaṃ hrīs tu dharmād avāpyate
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| 16 | dharmārthahetoḥ kṣamate titikṣā kṣāntir ucyate
lokasaṃgrahaṇārthaṃ tu sā tu dhairyeṇa labhyate
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| 17 | tyāgaḥ snehasya yas tyāgo viṣayāṇāṃ tathaiva ca
rāgadveṣaprahīṇasya tyāgo bhavati nānyathā
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| 18 | āryatā nāma bhūtānāṃ yaḥ karoti prayatnataḥ
śubhaṃ karma nirākāro vītarāgatvam eva ca
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| 19 | dhṛtir nāma sukhe duḥkhe yathā nāpnoti vikriyām
tāṃ bhajeta sadā prājño ya icched bhūtim ātmanaḥ
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| 20 | sarvathā kṣamiṇā bhāvyaṃ tathā satyapareṇa ca
vītaharṣabhayakrodho dhṛtim āpnoti paṇḍitaḥ
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| 21 | adrohaḥ sarvabhūteṣu karmaṇā manasā girā
anugrahaś ca dānaṃ ca satāṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 22 | ete trayodaśākārāḥ pṛthak satyaikalakṣaṇāḥ
bhajante satyam eveha bṛṃhayanti ca bhārata
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| 23 | nāntaḥ śakyo guṇānāṃ hi vaktuṃ satyasya bhārata
ataḥ satyaṃ praśaṃsanti viprāḥ sapitṛdevatāḥ
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| 24 | nāsti satyāt paro dharmo nānṛtāt pātakaṃ param
sthitir hi satyaṃ dharmasya tasmāt satyaṃ na lopayet
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| 25 | upaiti satyād dānaṃ hi tathā yajñāḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ
vratāgnihotraṃ vedāś ca ye cānye dharmaniścayāḥ
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| 26 | aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam
aśvamedhasahasrād dhi satyam evātiricyate
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