 | Book 12 Chapter 279
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ataḥ paraṃ mahābāho yac chreyas tad vadasva me
na tṛpyāmy amṛtasyeva vacasas te pitāmaha
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| 2 | kiṃ karma puruṣaḥ kṛtvā śubhaṃ puruṣasattama
śreyaḥ param avāpnoti pretya ceha ca tad vada
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | atra te vartayiṣyāmi yathā pūrvaṃ mahāyaśāḥ
parāśaraṃ mahātmānaṃ papraccha janako nṛpaḥ
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| 4 | kiṃ śreyaḥ sarvabhūtānām asmiṃl loke paratra ca
yad bhavet pratipattavyaṃ tad bhavān prabravītu me
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| 5 | tataḥ sa tapasā yuktaḥ sarvadharmavidhānavit
nṛpāyānugrahamanā munir vākyam athābravīt
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| 6 | dharma eva kṛtaḥ śreyān iha loke paratra ca
tasmād dhi paramaṃ nāsti yathā prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 7 | pratipadya naro dharmaṃ svargaloke mahīyate
dharmātmakaḥ karmavidhir dehināṃ nṛpasattama
tasminn āśramiṇaḥ santaḥ svakarmāṇīha kurvate
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| 8 | caturvidhā hi lokasya yātrā tāta vidhīyate
martyā yatrāvatiṣṭhante sā ca kāmāt pravartate
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| 9 | sukṛtāsukṛtaṃ karma niṣevya vividhaiḥ kramaiḥ
daśārdhapravibhaktānāṃ bhūtānāṃ bahudhā gatiḥ
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| 10 | sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ vāpi yathā bhāṇḍaṃ niṣicyate
tathā niṣicyate jantuḥ pūrvakarmavaśānugaḥ
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| 11 | nābījāj jāyate kiṃ cin nākṛtvā sukham edhate
sukṛtī vindati sukhaṃ prāpya dehakṣayaṃ naraḥ
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| 12 | daivaṃ tāta na paśyāmi nāsti daivasya sādhanam
svabhāvato hi saṃsiddhā devagandharvadānavāḥ
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| 13 | pretya jātikṛtaṃ karma na smaranti sadā janāḥ
te vai tasya phalaprāptau karma cāpi caturvidham
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| 14 | lokayātrāśrayaś caiva śabdo vedāśrayaḥ kṛtaḥ
śāntyarthaṃ manasas tāta naitad vṛddhānuśāsanam
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| 15 | cakṣuṣā manasā vācā karmaṇā ca caturvidham
kurute yādṛśaṃ karma tādṛśaṃ pratipadyate
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| 16 | nirantaraṃ ca miśraṃ ca phalate karma pārthiva
kalyāṇaṃ yadi vā pāpaṃ na tu nāśo 'sya vidyate
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| 17 | kadā cit sukṛtaṃ tāta kūṭastham iva tiṣṭhati
majjamānasya saṃsāre yāvad duḥkhād vimucyate
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| 18 | tato duḥkhakṣayaṃ kṛtvā sukṛtaṃ karma sevate
sukṛtakṣayād duṣkṛtaṃ ca tad viddhi manujādhipa
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| 19 | damaḥ kṣamā dhṛtis tejaḥ saṃtoṣaḥ satyavāditā
hrīr ahiṃsāvyasanitā dākṣyaṃ ceti sukhāvahāḥ
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| 20 | duṣkṛte sukṛte vāpi na jantur ayato bhavet
nityaṃ manaḥsamādhāne prayateta vicakṣaṇaḥ
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| 21 | nāyaṃ parasya sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vāpi sevate
karoti yādṛśaṃ karma tādṛśaṃ pratipadyate
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| 22 | sukhaduḥkhe samādhāya pumān anyena gacchati
anyenaiva janaḥ sarvaḥ saṃgato yaś ca pārthiva
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| 23 | pareṣāṃ yad asūyeta na tat kuryāt svayaṃ naraḥ
yo hy asūyus tathāyuktaḥ so 'vahāsaṃ niyacchati
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| 24 | bhīrū rājanyo brāhmaṇaḥ sarvabhakṣo; vaiśyo 'nīhāvān hīnavarṇo 'lasaś ca
vidvāṃś cāśīlo vṛttahīnaḥ kulīnaḥ; satyād bhraṣṭo brāhmaṇaḥ strī ca duṣṭā
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| 25 | rāgī muktaḥ pacamāno 'tmahetor; mūrkho vaktā nṛpahīnaṃ ca rāṣṭram
ete sarve śocyatāṃ yānti rājan; yaś cāyuktaḥ snehahīnaḥ prajāsu
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