 | Book 12 Chapter 258
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ kāryaṃ parīkṣeta śīghraṃ vātha cireṇa vā
sarvathā kāryadurge 'smin bhavān naḥ paramo guruḥ
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
cirakāres tu yat pūrvaṃ vṛttam āṅgirase kule
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| 3 | cirakārika bhadraṃ te bhadraṃ te cirakārika
cirakārī hi medhāvī nāparādhyati karmasu
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| 4 | cirakārī mahāprājño gautamasyābhavat sutaḥ
ciraṃ hi sarvakāryāṇi samekṣāvān prapadyate
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| 5 | ciraṃ saṃcintayann arthāṃś ciraṃ jāgrac ciraṃ svapan
cirakāryābhisaṃpatteś cirakārī tathocyate
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| 6 | alasagrahaṇaṃ prāpto durmedhāvī tathocyate
buddhilāghavayuktena janenādīrghadarśinā
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| 7 | vyabhicāre tu kasmiṃś cid vyatikramyāparān sutān
pitroktaḥ kupitenātha jahīmāṃ jananīm iti
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| 8 | sa tatheti cireṇoktvā svabhāvāc cirakārikaḥ
vimṛśya cirakāritvāc cintayām āsa vai ciram
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| 9 | pitur ājñāṃ kathaṃ kuryāṃ na hanyāṃ mātaraṃ katham
kathaṃ dharmacchale nāsmin nimajjeyam asādhuvat
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| 10 | pitur ājñā paro dharmaḥ svadharmo mātṛrakṣaṇam
asvatantraṃ ca putratvaṃ kiṃ nu māṃ nātra pīḍayet
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| 11 | striyaṃ hatvā mātaraṃ ca ko hi jātu sukhī bhavet
pitaraṃ cāpy avajñāya kaḥ pratiṣṭhām avāpnuyāt
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| 12 | anavajñā pitur yuktā dhāraṇaṃ mātṛrakṣaṇam
yuktakṣamāv ubhāv etau nātivartetamāṃ katham
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| 13 | pitā hy ātmānam ādhatte jāyāyāṃ jajñiyām iti
śīlacāritragotrasya dhāraṇārthaṃ kulasya ca
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| 14 | so 'ham ātmā svayaṃ pitrā putratve prakṛtaḥ punaḥ
vijñānaṃ me kathaṃ na syād bubudhe cātmasaṃbhavam
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| 15 | jātakarmaṇi yat prāha pitā yac copakarmaṇi
paryāptaḥ sa dṛḍhīkāraḥ pitur gauravaniścaye
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| 16 | gurur agryaḥ paro dharmaḥ poṣaṇādhyayanād dhitaḥ
pitā yad āha dharmaḥ sa vedeṣv api suniścitaḥ
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| 17 | prītimātraṃ pituḥ putraḥ sarvaṃ putrasya vai pitā
śarīrādīni deyāni pitā tv ekaḥ prayacchati
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| 18 | tasmāt pitur vacaḥ kāryaṃ na vicāryaṃ kathaṃ cana
pātakāny api pūyante pitur vacanakāriṇaḥ
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| 19 | bhoge bhāgye prasavane sarvalokanidarśane
bhartrā caiva samāyoge sīmantonnayane tathā
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| 20 | pitā svargaḥ pitā dharmaḥ pitā paramakaṃ tapaḥ
pitari prītim āpanne sarvāḥ prīyanti devatāḥ
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| 21 | āśiṣas tā bhajanty enaṃ puruṣaṃ prāha yāḥ pitā
niṣkṛtiḥ sarvapāpānāṃ pitā yad abhinandati
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| 22 | mucyate bandhanāt puṣpaṃ phalaṃ vṛntāt pramucyate
kliśyann api sutasnehaiḥ pitā snehaṃ na muñcati
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| 23 | etad vicintitaṃ tāvat putrasya pitṛgauravam
pitā hy alpataraṃ sthānaṃ cintayiṣyāmi mātaram
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| 24 | yo hy ayaṃ mayi saṃghāto martyatve pāñcabhautikaḥ
asya me jananī hetuḥ pāvakasya yathāraṇiḥ
mātā dehāraṇiḥ puṃsāṃ sarvasyārtasya nirvṛtiḥ
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| 25 | na ca śocati nāpy enaṃ sthāviryam apakarṣati
śriyā hīno 'pi yo gehe ambeti pratipadyate
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| 26 | putrapautrasamākīrṇo jananīṃ yaḥ samāśritaḥ
api varṣaśatasyānte sa dvihāyanavac caret
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| 27 | samarthaṃ vāsamarthaṃ vā kṛśaṃ vāpy akṛśaṃ tathā
rakṣaty eva sutaṃ mātā nānyaḥ poṣṭā vidhānataḥ
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| 28 | tadā sa vṛddho bhavati yadā bhavati duḥkhitaḥ
tadā śūnyaṃ jagat tasya yadā mātrā viyujyate
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| 29 | nāsti mātṛsamā chāyā nāsti mātṛsamā gatiḥ
nāsti mātṛsamaṃ trāṇaṃ nāsti mātṛsamā prapā
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| 30 | kukṣisaṃdhāraṇād dhātrī jananāj jananī smṛtā
aṅgānāṃ vardhanād ambā vīrasūtvena vīrasūḥ
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| 31 | śiśoḥ śuśrūṣaṇāc chuśrūr mātā deham anantaram
cetanāvān naro hanyād yasya nāsuṣiraṃ śiraḥ
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| 32 | dampatyoḥ prāṇasaṃśleṣe yo 'bhisaṃdhiḥ kṛtaḥ kila
taṃ mātā vā pitā veda bhūtārtho mātari sthitaḥ
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| 33 | mātā jānāti yad gotraṃ mātā jānāti yasya saḥ
mātur bharaṇamātreṇa prītiḥ snehaḥ pituḥ prajāḥ
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| 34 | pāṇibandhaṃ svayaṃ kṛtvā sahadharmam upetya ca
yadi yāpyanti puruṣāḥ striyo nārhanti yāpyatām
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| 35 | bharaṇād dhi striyo bhartā pātyāc caiva striyāḥ patiḥ
guṇasyāsya nivṛttau tu na bhartā na patiḥ patiḥ
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| 36 | evaṃ strī nāparādhnoti nara evāparādhyati
vyuccaraṃś ca mahādoṣaṃ nara evāparādhyati
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| 37 | striyā hi paramo bhartā daivataṃ paramaṃ smṛtam
tasyātmanā tu sadṛśam ātmānaṃ paramaṃ dadau
sarvakāryāparādhyatvān nāparādhyanti cāṅganāḥ
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| 38 | yaś canokto hi nirdeśaḥ striyā maithunatṛptaye
tasya smārayato vyaktam adharmo nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 39 | yāvan nārīṃ mātaraṃ ca gaurave cādhike sthitām
avadhyāṃ tu vijānīyuḥ paśavo 'py avicakṣaṇāḥ
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| 40 | devatānāṃ samāvāyam ekasthaṃ pitaraṃ viduḥ
martyānāṃ devatānāṃ ca snehād abhyeti mātaram
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| 41 | evaṃ vimṛśatas tasya cirakāritayā bahu
dīrghaḥ kālo vyatikrāntas tatas tasyāgamat pitā
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| 42 | medhātithir mahāprājño gautamas tapasi sthitaḥ
vimṛśya tena kālena patnyāḥ saṃsthāvyatikramam
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| 43 | so 'bravīd duḥkhasaṃtapto bhṛśam aśrūṇi vartayan
śrutadhairyaprasādena paścāttāpam upāgataḥ
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| 44 | āśramaṃ mama saṃprāptas trilokeśaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
atithivratam āsthāya brāhmaṇaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ
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| 45 | samayā sāntvito vāgbhiḥ svāgatenābhipūjitaḥ
arghyaṃ pādyaṃ ca nyāyena tayābhipratipāditaḥ
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| 46 | paravaty asmi cāpy uktaḥ praṇayiṣye nayena ca
atra cākuśale jāte striyo nāsti vyatikramaḥ
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| 47 | evaṃ na strī na caivāhaṃ nādhvagas tridaśeśvaraḥ
aparādhyati dharmasya pramādas tv aparādhyati
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| 48 | īrṣyājaṃ vyasanaṃ prāhus tena caivordhvaretasaḥ
īrṣyayā tv aham ākṣipto magno duṣkṛtasāgare
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| 49 | hatvā sādhvīṃ ca nārīṃ ca vyasanitvāc ca śāsitām
bhartavyatvena bhāryāṃ ca ko nu māṃ tārayiṣyati
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| 50 | antareṇa mayājñaptaś cirakārī hy udāradhīḥ
yady adya cirakārī syāt sa māṃ trāyeta pātakāt
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| 51 | cirakārika bhadraṃ te bhadraṃ te cirakārika
yady adya cirakārī tvaṃ tato 'si cirakārikaḥ
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| 52 | trāhi māṃ mātaraṃ caiva tapo yac cārjitaṃ mayā
ātmānaṃ pātakebhyaś ca bhavādya cirakārikaḥ
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| 53 | sahajaṃ cirakāritvaṃ ciraprājñatayā tava
saphalaṃ tat tavādyāstu bhavādya cirakārikaḥ
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| 54 | ciram āśaṃsito mātrā ciraṃ garbheṇa dhāritaḥ
saphalaṃ cirakāritvaṃ kuru tvaṃ cirakārika
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| 55 | cirāyate ca saṃtāpāc ciraṃ svapiti vāritaḥ
āvayoś cirasaṃtāpād avekṣya cirakārika
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| 56 | evaṃ sa duḥkhito rājan maharṣir gautamas tadā
cirakāriṃ dadarśātha putraṃ sthitam athāntike
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| 57 | cirakārī tu pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaduḥkhitaḥ
śastraṃ tyaktvā tato mūrdhnā prasādāyopacakrame
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| 58 | gautamas tu sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā śirasā patitaṃ bhuvi
patnīṃ caiva nirākārāṃ parām abhyagaman mudam
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| 59 | na hi sā tena saṃbhedaṃ patnī nītā mahātmanā
vijane cāśramasthena putraś cāpi samāhitaḥ
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| 60 | hanyāt tv anapavādena śastrapāṇau sute sthite
vinītaṃ praśnayitvā ca vyavasyed ātmakarmasu
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| 61 | buddhiś cāsīt sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā pituś caraṇayor natam
śastragrahaṇacāpalyaṃ saṃvṛṇoti bhayād iti
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| 62 | tataḥ pitrā ciraṃ stutvā ciraṃ cāghrāya mūrdhani
ciraṃ dorbhyāṃ pariṣvajya ciraṃ jīvety udāhṛtaḥ
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| 63 | evaṃ sa gautamaḥ putraṃ prītiharṣasamanvitaḥ
abhinandya mahāprājña idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 64 | cirakārika bhadraṃ te cirakārī ciraṃ bhava
cirāyamāṇe tvayi ca ciram asmi suduḥkhitaḥ
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| 65 | gāthāś cāpy abravīd vidvān gautamo munisattamaḥ
cirakāriṣu dhīreṣu guṇoddeśasamāśrayāt
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| 66 | cireṇa mitraṃ badhnīyāc cireṇa ca kṛtaṃ tyajet
cireṇa hi kṛtaṃ mitraṃ ciraṃ dhāraṇam arhati
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| 67 | rāge darpe ca māne ca drohe pāpe ca karmaṇi
apriye caiva kartavye cirakārī praśasyate
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| 68 | bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva bhṛtyānāṃ strījanasya ca
avyakteṣv aparādheṣu cirakārī praśasyate
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| 69 | evaṃ sa gautamas tasya prītaḥ putrasya bhārata
karmaṇā tena kauravya cirakāritayā tayā
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| 70 | evaṃ sarveṣu kāryeṣu vimṛśya puruṣas tataḥ
cireṇa niścayaṃ kṛtvā ciraṃ na paritapyate
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| 71 | ciraṃ dhārayate roṣaṃ ciraṃ karma niyacchati
paścāttāpakaraṃ karma na kiṃ cid upapadyate
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| 72 | ciraṃ vṛddhān upāsīta ciram anvāsya pūjayet
ciraṃ dharmān niṣeveta kuryāc cānveṣaṇaṃ ciram
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| 73 | ciram anvāsya viduṣaś ciraṃ śiṣṭān niṣevya ca
ciraṃ vinīya cātmānaṃ ciraṃ yāty anavajñatām
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| 74 | bruvataś ca parasyāpi vākyaṃ dharmopasaṃhitam
ciraṃ pṛcchec ciraṃ brūyāc ciraṃ na paribhūyate
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| 75 | upāsya bahulās tasminn āśrame sumahātapāḥ
samāḥ svargaṃ gato vipraḥ putreṇa sahitas tadā
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