 | Book 12 Chapter 223
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | priyaḥ sarvasya lokasya sarvasattvābhinanditā
guṇaiḥ sarvair upetaś ca ko nv asti bhuvi mānavaḥ
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atra te vartayiṣyāmi pṛcchato bharatarṣabha
ugrasenasya saṃvādaṃ nārade keśavasya ca
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| 3 | ugrasena uvāca
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| 3 | paśya saṃkalpate loko nāradasya prakīrtane
manye sa guṇasaṃpanno brūhi tan mama pṛcchataḥ
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| 4 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 4 | kukurādhipa yān manye śṛṇu tān me vivakṣataḥ
nāradasya guṇān sādhūn saṃkṣepeṇa narādhipa
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| 5 | na cāritranimitto 'syāhaṃkāro dehapātanaḥ
abhinnaśrutacāritras tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 6 | tapasvī nārado bāḍhaṃ vāci nāsya vyatikramaḥ
kāmād vā yadi vā lobhāt tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 7 | adhyātmavidhitattvajñaḥ kṣāntaḥ śakto jitendriyaḥ
ṛjuś ca satyavādī ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 8 | tejasā yaśasā buddhyā nayena vinayena ca
janmanā tapasā vṛddhas tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 9 | sukhaśīlaḥ susaṃbhogaḥ subhojyaḥ svādaraḥ śuciḥ
suvākyaś cāpy anīrṣyaś ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 10 | kalyānaṃ kurute bāḍhaṃ pāpam asmin na vidyate
na prīyate parān arthais tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 11 | vedaśrutibhir ākhyānair arthān abhijigīṣate
titikṣur anavajñaś ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 12 | samatvād dhi priyo nāsti nāpriyaś ca kathaṃ cana
manonukūlavādī ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 13 | bahuśrutaś caitrakathaḥ paṇḍito 'nalaso 'śaṭhaḥ
adīno 'krodhano 'lubdhas tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 14 | nārthe na dharme kāme vā bhūtapūrvo 'sya vigrahaḥ
doṣāś cāsya samucchinnās tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 15 | dṛḍhabhaktir anindyātmā śrutavān anṛśaṃsavān
vītasaṃmohadoṣaś ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 16 | asaktaḥ sarvasaṅgeṣu saktātmeva ca lakṣyate
adīrghasaṃśayo vāgmī tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 17 | samādhir nāsya mānārthe nātmānaṃ stauti karhi cit
anīrṣyur dṛḍhasaṃbhāṣas tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 18 | lokasya vividhaṃ vṛttaṃ prakṛteś cāpy akutsayan
saṃsargavidyākuśalas tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 19 | nāsūyaty āgamaṃ kaṃ cit svaṃ tapo nopajīvati
avandhyakālo vaśyātmā tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 20 | kṛtaśramaḥ kṛtaprajño na ca tṛptaḥ samādhitaḥ
niyamastho 'pramattaś ca tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 21 | sāpatrapaś ca yuktaś ca suneyaḥ śreyase paraiḥ
abhettā paraguhyānāṃ tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 22 | na hṛṣyaty arthalābheṣu nālābheṣu vyathaty api
sthirabuddhir asaktātmā tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ
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| 23 | taṃ sarvaguṇasaṃpannaṃ dakṣaṃ śucim akātaram
kālajñaṃ ca nayajñaṃ ca kaḥ priyaṃ na kariṣyati
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