 | Book 12 Chapter 170
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | dhanino vādhanā ye ca vartayanti svatantriṇaḥ
sukhaduḥkhāgamas teṣāṃ kaḥ kathaṃ vā pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
śamyākena vimuktena gītaṃ śāntigatena ha
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| 3 | abravīn māṃ purā kaś cid brāhmaṇas tyāgam āsthitaḥ
kliśyamānaḥ kudāreṇa kucailena bubhukṣayā
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| 4 | utpannam iha loke vai janmaprabhṛti mānavam
vividhāny upavartante duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca
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| 5 | tayor ekatare mārge yady enam abhisaṃnayet
na sukhaṃ prāpya saṃhṛṣyen na duḥkhaṃ prāpya saṃjvaret
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| 6 | na vai carasi yac chreya ātmano vā yad īhase
akāmātmāpi hi sadā dhuram udyamya caiva hi
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| 7 | akiṃcanaḥ paripatan sukham āsvādayiṣyasi
akiṃcanaḥ sukhaṃ śete samuttiṣṭhati caiva hi
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| 8 | ākiṃcanyaṃ sukhaṃ loke pathyaṃ śivam anāmayam
anamitram atho hy etad durlabhaṃ sulabhaṃ satām
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| 9 | akiṃcanasya śuddhasya upapannasya sarvaśaḥ
avekṣamāṇas trīṃl lokān na tulyam upalakṣaye
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| 10 | ākiṃcanyaṃ ca rājyaṃ ca tulayā samatolayam
atyaricyata dāridryaṃ rājyād api guṇādhikam
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| 11 | ākiṃcanye ca rājye ca viśeṣaḥ sumahān ayam
nityodvigno hi dhanavān mṛtyor āsyagato yathā
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| 12 | naivāsyāgnir na cādityo na mṛtyur na ca dasyavaḥ
prabhavanti dhanajyāninirmuktasya nirāśiṣaḥ
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| 13 | taṃ vai sadā kāmacaram anupastīrṇaśāyinam
bāhūpadhānaṃ śāmyantaṃ praśaṃsanti divaukasaḥ
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| 14 | dhanavān krodhalobhābhyām āviṣṭo naṣṭacetanaḥ
tiryagīkṣaḥ śuṣkamukhaḥ pāpako bhrukuṭīmukhaḥ
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| 15 | nirdaśaṃś cādharoṣṭhaṃ ca kruddho dāruṇabhāṣitā
kas tam icchet paridraṣṭuṃ dātum icchati cen mahīm
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| 16 | śriyā hy abhīkṣṇaṃ saṃvāso mohayaty avicakṣaṇam
sā tasya cittaṃ harati śāradābhram ivānilaḥ
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| 17 | athainaṃ rūpamānaś ca dhanamānaś ca vindati
abhijāto 'smi siddho 'smi nāsmi kevalamānuṣaḥ
ity ebhiḥ kāraṇais tasya tribhiś cittaṃ prasicyate
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| 18 | sa prasiktamanā bhogān visṛjya pitṛsaṃcitān
parikṣīṇaḥ parasvānām ādānaṃ sādhu manyate
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| 19 | tam atikrāntamaryādam ādadānaṃ tatas tataḥ
pratiṣedhanti rājāno lubdhā mṛgam iveṣubhiḥ
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| 20 | evam etāni duḥkhāni tāni tānīha mānavam
vividhāny upavartante gātrasaṃsparśajāni ca
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| 21 | teṣāṃ paramaduḥkhānāṃ buddhyā bhaiṣajyam ācaret
lokadharmaṃ samājñāya dhruvāṇām adhruvaiḥ saha
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| 22 | nātyaktvā sukham āpnoti nātyaktvā vindate param
nātyaktvā cābhayaḥ śete tyaktvā sarvaṃ sukhī bhava
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| 23 | ity etad dhāstinapure brāhmaṇenopavarṇitam
śamyākena purā mahyaṃ tasmāt tyāgaḥ paro mataḥ
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