 | Book 12 Chapter 281
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| 1 | parāśara uvāca
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| 1 | kaḥ kasya copakurute kaś ca kasmai prayacchati
prāṇī karoty ayaṃ karma sarvam ātmārtham ātmanā
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| 2 | gauraveṇa parityaktaṃ niḥsnehaṃ parivarjayet
sodaryaṃ bhrātaram api kim utānyaṃ pṛthagjanam
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| 3 | viśiṣṭasya viśiṣṭāc ca tulyau dānapratigrahau
tayoḥ puṇyataraṃ dānaṃ tad dvijasya prayacchataḥ
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| 4 | nyāyāgataṃ dhanaṃ varṇair nyāyenaiva vivardhitam
saṃrakṣyaṃ yatnam āsthāya dharmārtham iti niścayaḥ
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| 5 | na dharmārthī nṛśaṃsena karmaṇā dhanam arjayet
śaktitaḥ sarvakāryāṇi kuryān narddhim anusmaret
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| 6 | apo hi prayataḥ śītās tāpitā jvalanena vā
śaktito 'tithaye dattvā kṣudhārtāyāśnute phalam
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| 7 | rantidevena lokeṣṭā siddhiḥ prāptā mahātmanā
phalapatrair atho mūlair munīn arcitavān asau
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| 8 | tair eva phalapatraiś ca sa māṭharam atoṣayat
tasmāl lebhe paraṃ sthānaṃ śaibyo 'pi pṛthivīpatiḥ
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| 9 | devatātithibhṛtyebhyaḥ pitṛbhyo 'thātmanas tathā
ṛṇavāñ jāyate martyas tasmād anṛṇatāṃ vrajet
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| 10 | svādhyāyena maharṣibhyo devebhyo yajñakarmaṇā
pitṛbhyaḥ śrāddhadānena nṛṇām abhyarcanena ca
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| 11 | vācaḥ śeṣāvahāryeṇa pālanenātmano 'pi ca
yathāvad bhṛtyavargasya cikīrṣed dharmam āditaḥ
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| 12 | prayatnena ca saṃsiddhā dhanair api vivarjitāḥ
samyag ghutvā hutavahaṃ munayaḥ siddhim āgatāḥ
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| 13 | viśvāmitrasya putratvam ṛcīkatanayo 'gamat
ṛgbhiḥ stutvā mahābhāgo devān vai yajñabhāginaḥ
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| 14 | gataḥ śukratvam uśanā devadevaprasādanāt
devīṃ stutvā tu gagane modate tejasā vṛtaḥ
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| 15 | asito devalaś caiva tathā nāradaparvatau
kakṣīvāñ jāmadagnyaś ca rāmas tāṇḍyas tathāṃśumān
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| 16 | vasiṣṭho jamadagniś ca viśvāmitro 'trir eva ca
bharadvājo hariśmaśruḥ kuṇḍadhāraḥ śrutaśravāḥ
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| 17 | ete maharṣayaḥ stutvā viṣṇum ṛgbhiḥ samāhitāḥ
lebhire tapasā siddhiṃ prasādāt tasya dhīmataḥ
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| 18 | anarhāś cārhatāṃ prāptāḥ santaḥ stutvā tam eva ha
na tu vṛddhim ihānvicchet karma kṛtvā jugupsitam
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| 19 | ye 'rthā dharmeṇa te satyā ye 'dharmeṇa dhig astu tān
dharmaṃ vai śāśvataṃ loke na jahyād dhanakāṅkṣayā
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| 20 | āhitāgnir hi dharmātmā yaḥ sa puṇyakṛd uttamaḥ
vedā hi sarve rājendra sthitās triṣv agniṣu prabho
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| 21 | sa cāpy agnyāhito vipraḥ kriyā yasya na hīyate
śreyo hy anāhitāgnitvam agnihotraṃ na niṣkriyam
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| 22 | agnir ātmā ca mātā ca pitā janayitā tathā
guruś ca naraśārdūla paricaryā yathātatham
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| 23 | mānaṃ tyaktvā yo naro vṛddhasevī; vidvān klībaḥ paśyati prītiyogāt
dākṣyeṇāhīno dharmayukto nadānto; loke 'smin vai pūjyate sadbhir āryaḥ
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