 | Book 12 Chapter 268
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | bhrātaraḥ pitaraḥ putrā jñātayaḥ suhṛdas tathā
arthahetor hatāḥ krūrair asmābhiḥ pāpabuddhibhiḥ
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| 2 | yeyam arthodbhavā tṛṣṇā katham etāṃ pitāmaha
nivartayema pāpaṃ hi tṛṣṇayā kāritā vayam
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
gītaṃ videharājena māṇḍavyāyānupṛcchate
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| 4 | susukhaṃ bata jīvāmi yasya me nāsti kiṃ cana
mithilāyāṃ pradīptāyāṃ na me dahyati kiṃ cana
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| 5 | arthāḥ khalu samṛddhā hi bāḍhaṃ duḥkhaṃ vijānatām
asamṛddhās tv api sadā mohayanty avicakṣaṇān
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| 6 | yac ca kāmasukhaṃ loke yac ca divyaṃ mahat sukham
tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nārhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām
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| 7 | yathaiva śṛṅgaṃ goḥ kāle vardhamānasya vardhate
tathaiva tṛṣṇā vittena vardhamānena vardhate
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| 8 | kiṃ cid eva mamatvena yadā bhavati kalpitam
tad eva paritāpāya nāśe saṃpadyate punaḥ
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| 9 | na kāmān anurudhyeta duḥkhaṃ kāmeṣu vai ratiḥ
prāpyārtham upayuñjīta dharme kāmaṃ vivarjayet
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| 10 | vidvān sarveṣu bhūteṣu vyāghramāṃsopamo bhavet
kṛtakṛtyo viśuddhātmā sarvaṃ tyajati vai saha
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| 11 | ubhe satyānṛte tyaktvā śokānandau priyāpriye
bhayābhaye ca saṃtyajya saṃpraśānto nirāmayaḥ
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| 12 | yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ
yo 'sau prāṇāntiko rogas tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham
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| 13 | cāritram ātmanaḥ paśyaṃś candraśuddham anāmayam
dharmātmā labhate kīrtiṃ pretya ceha yathāsukham
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| 14 | rājñas tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prītimān abhavad dvijaḥ
pūjayitvā ca tad vākyaṃ māṇḍavyo mokṣam āśritaḥ
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