 | Book 12 Chapter 286
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| 1 | parāśara uvāca
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| 1 | pitā sakhāyo guravaḥ striyaś ca; na nirguṇā nāma bhavanti loke
ananyabhaktāḥ priyavādinaś ca; hitāś ca vaśyāś ca tathaiva rājan
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| 2 | pitā paraṃ daivataṃ mānavānāṃ; mātur viśiṣṭaṃ pitaraṃ vadanti
jñānasya lābhaṃ paramaṃ vadanti; jitendriyārthāḥ param āpnuvanti
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| 3 | raṇājire yatra śarāgnisaṃstare; nṛpātmajo ghātam avāpya dahyate
prayāti lokān amaraiḥ sudurlabhān; niṣevate svargaphalaṃ yathāsukham
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| 4 | śrāntaṃ bhītaṃ bhraṣṭaśastraṃ rudantaṃ; parāṅmukhaṃ paribarhaiś ca hīnam
anudyataṃ rogiṇaṃ yācamānaṃ; na vai hiṃsyād bālavṛddhau ca rājan
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| 5 | paribarhaiḥ susaṃpannam udyataṃ tulyatāṃ gatam
atikrameta nṛpatiḥ saṃgrāme kṣatriyātmajam
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| 6 | tulyād iha vadhaḥ śreyān viśiṣṭāc ceti niścayaḥ
nihīnāt kātarāc caiva nṛpāṇāṃ garhito vadhaḥ
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| 7 | pāpāt pāpasamācārān nihīnāc ca narādhipa
pāpa eva vadhaḥ prokto narakāyeti niścayaḥ
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| 8 | na kaś cit trāti vai rājan diṣṭāntavaśam āgatam
sāvaśeṣāyuṣaṃ cāpi kaś cid evāpakarṣati
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| 9 | snigdhaiś ca kriyamāṇāni karmāṇīha nivartayet
hiṃsātmakāni karmāṇi nāyur icchet parāyuṣā
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| 10 | gṛhasthānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ vināśam abhikāṅkṣatām
nidhanaṃ śobhanaṃ tāta pulineṣu kriyāvatām
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| 11 | āyuṣi kṣayam āpanne pañcatvam upagacchati
nākāraṇāt tad bhavati kāraṇair upapāditam
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| 12 | tathā śarīraṃ bhavati dehād yenopapāditam
adhvānaṃ gatakaś cāyaṃ prāptaś cāyaṃ gṛhād gṛham
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| 13 | dvitīyaṃ kāraṇaṃ tatra nānyat kiṃ cana vidyate
tad dehaṃ dehināṃ yuktaṃ mokṣabhūteṣu vartate
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| 14 | sirāsnāyvasthisaṃghātaṃ bībhatsāmedhyasaṃkulam
bhūtānām indriyāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca samāgamam
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| 15 | tvagantaṃ deham ity āhur vidvāṃso 'dhyātmacintakāḥ
guṇair api parikṣīṇaṃ śarīraṃ martyatāṃ gatam
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| 16 | śarīriṇā parityaktaṃ niśceṣṭaṃ gatacetanam
bhūtaiḥ prakṛtim āpannais tato bhūmau nimajjati
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| 17 | bhāvitaṃ karmayogena jāyate tatra tatra ha
idaṃ śarīraṃ vaideha mriyate yatra tatra ha
tatsvabhāvo 'paro dṛṣṭo visargaḥ karmaṇas tathā
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| 18 | na jāyate tu nṛpate kaṃ cit kālam ayaṃ punaḥ
paribhramati bhūtātmā dyām ivāmbudharo mahān
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| 19 | sa punar jāyate rājan prāpyehāyatanaṃ nṛpa
manasaḥ paramo hy ātmā indriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ
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| 20 | dvividhānāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ jaṅgamāḥ paramā nṛpa
jaṅgamānām api tathā dvipadāḥ paramā matāḥ
dvipadānām api tathā dvijā vai paramāḥ smṛtāḥ
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| 21 | dvijānām api rājendra prajñāvantaḥ parā matāḥ
prājñānām ātmasaṃbuddhāḥ saṃbuddhānām amāninaḥ
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| 22 | jātam anveti maraṇaṃ nṛṇām iti viniścayaḥ
antavanti hi karmāṇi sevante guṇataḥ prajāḥ
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| 23 | āpanne tūttarāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ sūrye yo nidhanaṃ vrajet
nakṣatre ca muhūrte ca puṇye rājan sa puṇyakṛt
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| 24 | ayojayitvā kleśena janaṃ plāvya ca duṣkṛtam
mṛtyunāprākṛteneha karma kṛtvātmaśaktitaḥ
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| 25 | viṣam udbandhanaṃ dāho dasyuhastāt tathā vadhaḥ
daṃṣṭribhyaś ca paśubhyaś ca prākṛto vadha ucyate
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| 26 | na caibhiḥ puṇyakarmāṇo yujyante nābhisaṃdhijaiḥ
evaṃvidhaiś ca bahubhir aparaiḥ prākṛtair api
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| 27 | ūrdhvaṃ hitvā pratiṣṭhante prāṇāḥ puṇyakṛtāṃ nṛpa
madhyato madhyapuṇyānām adho duṣkṛtakarmaṇām
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| 28 | ekaḥ śatrur na dvitīyo 'sti śatrur; ajñānatulyaḥ puruṣasya rājan
yenāvṛtaḥ kurute saṃprayukto; ghorāṇi karmāṇi sudāruṇāni
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| 29 | prabodhanārthaṃ śrutidharmayuktaṃ; vṛddhān upāsyaṃ ca bhaveta yasya
prayatnasādhyo hi sa rājaputra; prajñāśareṇonmathitaḥ paraiti
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| 30 | adhītya vedāṃs tapasā brahmacārī; yajñāñ śaktyā saṃnisṛjyeha pañca
vanaṃ gacchet puruṣo dharmakāmaḥ; śreyaś citvā sthāpayitvā svavaṃśam
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| 31 | upabhogair api tyaktaṃ nātmānam avasādayet
caṇḍālatve 'pi mānuṣyaṃ sarvathā tāta durlabham
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| 32 | iyaṃ hi yoniḥ prathamā yāṃ prāpya jagatīpate
ātmā vai śakyate trātuṃ karmabhiḥ śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ
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| 33 | kathaṃ na vipraṇaśyema yonito 'syā iti prabho
kurvanti dharmaṃ manujāḥ śrutiprāmāṇyadarśanāt
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| 34 | yo durlabhataraṃ prāpya mānuṣyam iha vai naraḥ
dharmāvamantā kāmātmā bhavet sa khalu vañcyate
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| 35 | yas tu prītipurogeṇa cakṣuṣā tāta paśyati
dīpopamāni bhūtāni yāvad arcir na naśyati
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| 36 | sāntvenānupradānena priyavādena cāpy uta
samaduḥkhasukho bhūtvā sa paratra mahīyate
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| 37 | dānaṃ tyāgaḥ śobhanā mūrtir adbhyo; bhūyaḥ plāvyaṃ tapasā vai śarīram
sarasvatīnaimiṣapuṣkareṣu; ye cāpy anye puṇyadeśāḥ pṛthivyām
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| 38 | gṛheṣu yeṣām asavaḥ patanti; teṣām atho nirharaṇaṃ praśastam
yānena vai prāpaṇaṃ ca śmaśāne; śaucena nūnaṃ vidhinā caiva dāhaḥ
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iṣṭiḥ puṣṭir yajanaṃ yājanaṃ ca; dānaṃ puṇyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ ca prayogaḥ
śaktyā pitryaṃ yac ca kiṃ cit praśastaṃ; sarvāṇy ātmārthe mānavo yaḥ karoti
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| 40 | dharmaśāstrāṇi vedāś ca ṣaḍaṅgāni narādhipa
śreyaso 'rthe vidhīyante narasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
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| 41 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 41 | evad vai sarvam ākhyātaṃ muninā sumahātmanā
videharājāya purā śreyaso 'rthe narādhipa
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