 | Book 12 Chapter 158
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ānṛśaṃsyaṃ vijānāmi darśanena satāṃ sadā
nṛśaṃsān na vijānāmi teṣāṃ karma ca bhārata
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| 2 | kaṇṭakān kūpam agniṃ ca varjayanti yathā narāḥ
tathā nṛśaṃsakarmāṇaṃ varjayanti narā naram
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| 3 | nṛśaṃso hy adhamo nityaṃ pretya ceha ca bhārata
tasmād bravīhi kauravya tasya dharmaviniścayam
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | spṛhāsyāntarhitā caiva viditārthā ca karmaṇā
ākroṣṭā kruśyate caiva bandhitā badhyate ca yaḥ
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| 5 | dattānukīrtir viṣamaḥ kṣudro naikṛtikaḥ śaṭhaḥ
asaṃbhogī ca mānī ca tathā saṅgī vikatthanaḥ
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| 6 | sarvātiśaṅkī paruṣo bāliśaḥ kṛpaṇas tathā
vargapraśaṃsī satatam āśramadveṣasaṃkarī
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| 7 | hiṃsāvihārī satatam aviśeṣaguṇāguṇaḥ
bahvalīko manasvī ca lubdho 'tyarthaṃ nṛśaṃsakṛt
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| 8 | dharmaśīlaṃ guṇopetaṃ pāpa ity avagacchati
ātmaśīlānumānena na viśvasiti kasya cit
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| 9 | pareṣāṃ yatra doṣaḥ syāt tad guhyaṃ saṃprakāśayet
samāneṣv eva doṣeṣu vṛttyartham upaghātayet
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| 10 | tathopakāriṇaṃ caiva manyate vañcitaṃ param
dattvāpi ca dhanaṃ kāle saṃtapaty upakāriṇe
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| 11 | bhakṣyaṃ bhojyam atho lehyaṃ yac cānyat sādhu bhojanam
prekṣamāṇeṣu yo 'śnīyān nṛśaṃsa iti taṃ viduḥ
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| 12 | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāyāgraṃ yaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ sahāśnute
sa pretya labhate svargam iha cānantyam aśnute
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| 13 | eṣa te bharataśreṣṭha nṛśaṃsaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
sadā vivarjanīyo vai puruṣeṇa bubhūṣatā
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