 | Book 12 Chapter 275
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śokād duḥkhāc ca mṛtyoś ca trasyanti prāṇinaḥ sadā
ubhayaṃ me yathā na syāt tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
nāradasya ca saṃvādaṃ samaṅgasya ca bhārata
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| 3 | nārada uvāca
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| 3 | uraseva praṇamase bāhubhyāṃ tarasīva ca
saṃprahṛṣṭamanā nityaṃ viśoka iva lakṣyase
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| 4 | udvegaṃ neha te kiṃ cit susūkṣmam api lakṣaye
nityatṛpta iva svastho bālavac ca viceṣṭase
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| 5 | samaṅga uvāca
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| 5 | bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyac ca sarvaṃ sattveṣu mānada
teṣāṃ tattvāni jānāmi tato na vimanā hy aham
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| 6 | upakramān ahaṃ veda punar eva phalodayān
loke phalāni citrāṇi tato na vimanā hy aham
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| 7 | agādhāś cāpratiṣṭhāś ca gatimantaś ca nārada
andhā jaḍāś ca jīvanti paśyāsmān api jīvataḥ
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| 8 | vihitenaiva jīvanti arogāṅgā divaukasaḥ
balavanto 'balāś caiva tadvad asmān sabhājaya
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| 9 | sahasriṇaś ca jīvanti jīvanti śatinas tathā
śākena cānye jīvanti paśyāsmān api jīvataḥ
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| 10 | yadā na śocemahi kiṃ nu na syād; dharmeṇa vā nārada karmaṇā vā
kṛtāntavaśyāni yadā sukhāni; duḥkhāni vā yan na vidharṣayanti
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| 11 | yasmai prajñāṃ kathayante manuṣyāḥ; prajñāmūlo hīndriyāṇāṃ prasādaḥ
muhyanti śocanti yadendriyāṇi; prajñālābho nāsti mūḍhendriyasya
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| 12 | mūḍhasya darpaḥ sa punar moha eva; mūḍhasya nāyaṃ na paro 'sti lokaḥ
na hy eva duḥkhāni sadā bhavanti; sukhasya vā nityaśo lābha eva
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| 13 | bhāvātmakaṃ saṃparivartamānaṃ; na mādṛśaḥ saṃjvaraṃ jātu kuryāt
iṣṭān bhogān nānurudhyet sukhaṃ vā; na cintayed duḥkham abhyāgataṃ vā
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| 14 | samāhito na spṛhayet pareṣāṃ; nānāgataṃ nābhinandeta lābham
na cāpi hṛṣyed vipule 'rthalābhe; tathārthanāśe ca na vai viṣīdet
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| 15 | na bāndhavā na ca vittaṃ na kaulī; na ca śrutaṃ na ca mantrā na vīryam
duḥkhāt trātuṃ sarva evotsahante; paratra śīle na tu yānti śāntim
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| 16 | nāsti buddhir ayuktasya nāyogād vidyate sukham
dhṛtiś ca duḥkhatyāgaś cāpy ubhayaṃ naḥ sukhodayam
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| 17 | priyaṃ hi harṣajananaṃ harṣa utsekavardhanaḥ
utseko narakāyaiva tasmāt taṃ saṃtyajāmy aham
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| 18 | etāñ śokabhayotsekān mohanān sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
paśyāmi sākṣival loke dehasyāsya viceṣṭanāt
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| 19 | arthakāmau parityajya viśoko vigatajvaraḥ
tṛṣṇāmohau tu saṃtyajya carāmi pṛthivīm imām
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| 20 | na mṛtyuto na cādharmān na lobhān na kutaś cana
pītāmṛtasyevātyantam iha cāmutra vā bhayam
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| 21 | etad brahman vijānāmi mahat kṛtvā tapo 'vyayam
tena nārada saṃprāpto na māṃ śokaḥ prabādhate
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