 | Book 12 Chapter 233
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| 1 | śuka uvāca
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| 1 | yad idaṃ vedavacanaṃ kuru karma tyajeti ca
kāṃ diśaṃ vidyayā yānti kāṃ ca gacchanti karmaṇā
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| 2 | etad vai śrotum icchāmi tad bhavān prabravītu me
etat tv anyonyavairūpye vartate pratikūlataḥ
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | ity uktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ parāśarasutaḥ sutam
karmavidyāmayāv etau vyākhyāsyāmi kṣarākṣarau
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| 4 | yāṃ diśaṃ vidyayā yānti yāṃ ca gacchanti karmaṇā
śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ putra gahvaraṃ hy etad antaram
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| 5 | asti dharma iti proktaṃ nāstīty atraiva yo vadet
tasya pakṣasya sadṛśam idaṃ mama bhaved atha
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| 6 | dvāv imāv atha panthānau yatra vedāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
pravṛttilakṣaṇo dharmo nivṛttau ca subhāṣitaḥ
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| 7 | karmaṇā badhyate jantur vidyayā tu pramucyate
tasmāt karma na kurvanti yatayaḥ pāradarśinaḥ
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| 8 | karmaṇā jāyate pretya mūrtimān ṣoḍaśātmakaḥ
vidyayā jāyate nityam avyayo hy avyayātmakaḥ
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| 9 | karma tv eke praśaṃsanti svalpabuddhitarā narāḥ
tena te dehajālāni ramayanta upāsate
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| 10 | ye tu buddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā dharmanaipuṇyadarśinaḥ
na te karma praśaṃsanti kūpaṃ nadyāṃ pibann iva
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| 11 | karmaṇaḥ phalam āpnoti sukhaduḥkhe bhavābhavau
vidyayā tad avāpnoti yatra gatvā na śocati
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| 12 | yatra gatvā na mriyate yatra gatvā na jāyate
na jīryate yatra gatvā yatra gatvā na vardhate
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| 13 | yatra tad brahma paramam avyaktam ajaraṃ dhruvam
avyāhatam anāyāsam amṛtaṃ cāviyogi ca
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| 14 | dvaṃdvair yatra na bādhyante mānasena ca karmaṇā
samāḥ sarvatra maitrāś ca sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ
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| 15 | vidyāmayo 'nyaḥ puruṣas tāta karmamayo 'paraḥ
viddhi candramasaṃ darśe sūkṣmayā kalayā sthitam
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| 16 | tad etad ṛṣiṇā proktaṃ vistareṇānumīyate
navajaṃ śaśinaṃ dṛṣṭvā vakraṃ tantum ivāmbare
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| 17 | ekādaśavikārātmā kalāsaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtaḥ
mūrtimān iti taṃ viddhi tāta karmaguṇātmakam
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| 18 | devo yaḥ saṃśritas tasminn abbindur iva puṣkare
kṣetrajñaṃ taṃ vijānīyān nityaṃ tyāgajitātmakam
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| 19 | tamo rajaś ca sattvaṃ ca viddhi jīvaguṇān imān
jīvam ātmaguṇaṃ vidyād ātmānaṃ paramātmanaḥ
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| 20 | sacetanaṃ jīvaguṇaṃ vadanti; sa ceṣṭate ceṣṭayate ca sarvam
tataḥ paraṃ kṣetravido vadanti; prāvartayad yo bhuvanāni sapta
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