 | Book 12 Chapter 277
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ nu muktaḥ pṛthivīṃ cared asmadvidho nṛpaḥ
nityaṃ kaiś ca guṇair yuktaḥ saṅgapāśād vimucyate
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atra te vartayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam
ariṣṭaneminā proktaṃ sagarāyānupṛcchate
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| 3 | sagara uvāca
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| 3 | kiṃ śreyaḥ paramaṃ brahman kṛtveha sukham aśnute
kathaṃ na śocen na kṣubhyed etad icchāmi veditum
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | evam uktas tadā tārkṣyaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
vibudhya saṃpadaṃ cāgryāṃ sad vākyam idam abravīt
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| 5 | sukhaṃ mokṣasukhaṃ loke na ca loko 'vagacchati
prasaktaḥ putrapaśuṣu dhanadhānyasamākulaḥ
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| 6 | saktabuddhir aśāntātmā na sa śakyaś cikitsitum
snehapāśasito mūḍho na sa mokṣāya kalpate
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| 7 | snehajān iha te pāśān vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tān mama
sakarṇakena śirasā śakyāś chettuṃ vijānatā
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| 8 | saṃbhāvya putrān kālena yauvanasthān niveśya ca
samarthāñ jīvane jñātvā muktaś cara yathāsukham
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| 9 | bhāryāṃ putravatīṃ vṛddhāṃ lālitāṃ putravatsalām
jñātvā prajahi kāle tvaṃ parārtham anudṛśya ca
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| 10 | sāpatyo nirapatyo vā muktaś cara yathāsukham
indriyair indriyārthāṃs tvam anubhūya yathāvidhi
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| 11 | kṛtakautūhalas teṣu muktaś cara yathāsukham
upapattyopalabdheṣu lābheṣu ca samo bhava
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| 12 | eṣa tāvat samāsena tava saṃkīrtito mayā
mokṣārtho vistareṇāpi bhūyo vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu
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| 13 | muktā vītabhayā loke caranti sukhino narāḥ
saktabhāvā vinaśyanti narās tatra na saṃśayaḥ
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| 14 | āhārasaṃcayāś caiva tathā kīṭapipīlikāḥ
asaktāḥ sukhino loke saktāś caiva vināśinaḥ
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| 15 | svajane na ca te cintā kartavyā mokṣabuddhinā
ime mayā vinābhūtā bhaviṣyanti kathaṃ tv iti
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| 16 | svayam utpadyate jantuḥ svayam eva vivardhate
sukhaduḥkhe tathā mṛtyuṃ svayam evādhigacchati
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| 17 | bhojanācchādane caiva mātrā pitrā ca saṃgraham
svakṛtenādhigacchanti loke nāsty akṛtaṃ purā
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| 18 | dhātrā vihitabhakṣyāṇi sarvabhūtāni medinīm
loke viparidhāvanti rakṣitāni svakarmabhiḥ
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| 19 | svayaṃ mṛtpiṇḍabhūtasya paratantrasya sarvadā
ko hetuḥ svajanaṃ poṣṭuṃ rakṣituṃ vādṛḍhātmanaḥ
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| 20 | svajanaṃ hi yadā mṛtyur hanty eva tava paśyataḥ
kṛte 'pi yatne mahati tatra boddhavyam ātmanā
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| 21 | jīvantam api caivainaṃ bharaṇe rakṣaṇe tathā
asamāpte parityajya paścād api mariṣyasi
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| 22 | yadā mṛtaś ca svajanaṃ na jñāsyasi kathaṃ cana
sukhitaṃ duḥkhitaṃ vāpi nanu boddhavyam ātmanā
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| 23 | mṛte vā tvayi jīve vā yadi bhokṣyati vai janaḥ
svakṛtaṃ nanu buddhvaivaṃ kartavyaṃ hitam ātmanaḥ
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| 24 | evaṃ vijānaṃl loke 'smin kaḥ kasyety abhiniścitaḥ
mokṣe niveśaya mano bhūyaś cāpy upadhāraya
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| 25 | kṣutpipāsādayo bhāvā jitā yasyeha dehinaḥ
krodho lobhas tathā mohaḥ sattvavān mukta eva saḥ
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| 26 | dyūte pāne tathā strīṣu mṛgayāyāṃ ca yo naraḥ
na pramādyati saṃmohāt satataṃ mukta eva saḥ
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| 27 | divase divase nāma rātrau rātrau sadā sadā
bhoktavyam iti yaḥ khinno doṣabuddhiḥ sa ucyate
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| 28 | ātmabhāvaṃ tathā strīṣu muktam eva punaḥ punaḥ
yaḥ paśyati sadā yukto yathāvan mukta eva saḥ
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| 29 | saṃbhavaṃ ca vināśaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ ceṣṭitaṃ tathā
yas tattvato vijānāti loke 'smin mukta eva saḥ
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| 30 | prasthaṃ vāhasahasreṣu yātrārthaṃ caiva koṭiṣu
prāsāde mañcakasthānaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate
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| 31 | mṛtyunābhyāhataṃ lokaṃ vyādhibhiś copapīḍitam
avṛttikarśitaṃ caiva yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate
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| 32 | yaḥ paśyati sukhī tuṣṭo napaśyaṃś ca vihanyate
yaś cāpy alpena saṃtuṣṭo loke 'smin mukta eva saḥ
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| 33 | agnīṣomāv idaṃ sarvam iti yaś cānupaśyati
na ca saṃspṛśyate bhāvair adbhutair mukta eva saḥ
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| 34 | paryaṅkaśayyā bhūmiś ca samāne yasya dehinaḥ
śālayaś ca kadannaṃ ca yasya syān mukta eva saḥ
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| 35 | kṣaumaṃ ca kuśacīraṃ ca kauśeyaṃ valkalāni ca
āvikaṃ carma ca samaṃ yasya syān mukta eva saḥ
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| 36 | pañcabhūtasamudbhūtaṃ lokaṃ yaś cānupaśyati
tathā ca vartate dṛṣṭvā loke 'smin mukta eva saḥ
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| 37 | sukhaduḥkhe same yasya lābhālābhau jayājayau
icchādveṣau bhayodvegau sarvathā mukta eva saḥ
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| 38 | raktamūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ doṣāṇāṃ saṃcayaṃ tathā
śarīraṃ doṣabahulaṃ dṛṣṭvā cedaṃ vimucyate
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| 39 | valīpalitasaṃyogaṃ kārśyaṃ vaivarṇyam eva ca
kubjabhāvaṃ ca jarayā yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate
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| 40 | puṃstvopaghātaṃ kālena darśanoparamaṃ tathā
bādhiryaṃ prāṇamandatvaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate
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| 41 | gatān ṛṣīṃs tathā devān asurāṃś ca tathā gatān
lokād asmāt paraṃ lokaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate
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| 42 | prabhāvair anvitās tais taiḥ pārthivendrāḥ sahasraśaḥ
ye gatāḥ pṛthivīṃ tyaktvā iti jñātvā vimucyate
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| 43 | arthāṃś ca durlabhāṃl loke kleśāṃś ca sulabhāṃs tathā
duḥkhaṃ caiva kuṭumbārthe yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate
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| 44 | apatyānāṃ ca vaiguṇyaṃ janaṃ viguṇam eva ca
paśyan bhūyiṣṭhaśo loke ko mokṣaṃ nābhipūjayet
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| 45 | śāstrāl lokāc ca yo buddhaḥ sarvaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ
asāram iva mānuṣyaṃ sarvathā mukta eva saḥ
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| 46 | etac chrutvā mama vaco bhavāṃś caratu muktavat
gārhasthye yadi te mokṣe kṛtā buddhir aviklavā
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| 47 | tat tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā samyak sa pṛthivīpatiḥ
mokṣajaiś ca guṇair yuktaḥ pālayām āsa ca prajāḥ
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