 | Book 12 Chapter 342
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| 1 | brāhmaṇa uvāca
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| 1 | samutpannābhidhāno 'smi vāṅmādhuryeṇa te 'nagha
mitratām abhipannas tvāṃ kiṃ cid vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu
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| 2 | gṛhasthadharmaṃ viprendra kṛtvā putragataṃ tv aham
dharmaṃ paramakaṃ kuryāṃ ko hi mārgo bhaved dvija
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| 3 | aham ātmānam ātmastham eka evātmani sthitaḥ
kartuṃ kāṅkṣāmi necchāmi baddhaḥ sādhāraṇair guṇaiḥ
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| 4 | yāvad evānatītaṃ me vayaḥ putraphalāśritam
tāvad icchāmi pātheyam ādātuṃ pāralaukikam
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| 5 | asmin hi lokasaṃtāne paraṃ pāram abhīpsataḥ
utpannā me matir iyaṃ kuto dharmamayaḥ plavaḥ
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| 6 | samuhyamānāni niśamya loke; niryātyamānāni ca sāttvikāni
dṛṣṭvā ca dharmadhvajaketumālāṃ; prakīryamāṇām upari prajānām
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| 7 | na me mano rajyati bhogakāle; dṛṣṭvā yatīn prārthayataḥ paratra
tenātithe buddhibalāśrayeṇa; dharmārthatattve viniyuṅkṣva māṃ tvam
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| 8 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 8 | so 'tithir vacanaṃ tasya śrutvā dharmābhilāṣiṇaḥ
provāca vacanaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ prājño madhurayā girā
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| 9 | aham apy atra muhyāmi mamāpy eṣa manorathaḥ
na ca saṃniścayaṃ yāmi bahudvāre triviṣṭape
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| 10 | ke cin mokṣaṃ praśaṃsanti ke cid yajñaphalaṃ dvijāḥ
vānaprasthāśramaṃ ke cid gārhasthyaṃ ke cid āśritāḥ
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| 11 | rājadharmāśrayaṃ ke cit ke cid ātmaphalāśrayam
gurucaryāśrayaṃ ke cit ke cid vākyaṃ yam āśrayam
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| 12 | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ ke cic chuśrūṣanto divaṃ gatāḥ
ahiṃsayā pare svargaṃ satyena ca tathā pare
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| 13 | āhave 'bhimukhāḥ ke cin nihatāḥ svid divaṃ gatāḥ
ke cid uñchavrataiḥ siddhāḥ svargamārgasamāśritāḥ
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| 14 | ke cid adhyayane yuktā vedavrataparāḥ śubhāḥ
buddhimanto gatāḥ svargaṃ tuṣṭātmāno jitendriyāḥ
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| 15 | ārjavenāpare yuktā nihatānārjavair janaiḥ
ṛjavo nākapṛṣṭhe vai śuddhātmānaḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
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| 16 | evaṃ bahuvidhair loke dharmadvārair anāvṛtaiḥ
mamāpi matir āvignā meghalekheva vāyunā
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