 | Book 13 Chapter 8
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ke pūjyāḥ ke namaskāryāḥ kān namasyasi bhārata
etan me sarvam ācakṣva yeṣāṃ spṛhayase nṛpa
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| 2 | uttamāpadgatasyāpi yatra te vartate manaḥ
manuṣyaloke sarvasmin yad amutreha cāpy uta
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | spṛhayāmi dvijātīnāṃ yeṣāṃ brahma paraṃ dhanam
yeṣāṃ svapratyayaḥ svargas tapaḥsvādhyāyasādhanaḥ
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| 4 | yeṣāṃ vṛddhāś ca bālāś ca pitṛpaitāmahīṃ dhuram
udvahanti na sīdanti teṣāṃ vai spṛhayāmy aham
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| 5 | vidyāsv abhivinītānāṃ dāntānāṃ mṛdubhāṣiṇām
śrutavṛttopapannānāṃ sadākṣaravidāṃ satām
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| 6 | saṃsatsu vadatāṃ yeṣāṃ haṃsānām iva saṃghaśaḥ
maṅgalyarūpā rucirā divyajīmūtaniḥsvanāḥ
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| 7 | samyag uccāritā vācaḥ śrūyante hi yudhiṣṭhira
śuśrūṣamāṇe nṛpatau pretya ceha sukhāvahāḥ
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| 8 | ye cāpi teṣāṃ śrotāraḥ sadā sadasi saṃmatāḥ
vijñānaguṇasaṃpannās teṣāṃ ca spṛhayāmy aham
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| 9 | susaṃskṛtāni prayatāḥ śucīni guṇavanti ca
dadaty annāni tṛptyarthaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira
ye cāpi satataṃ rājaṃs teṣāṃ ca spṛhayāmy aham
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| 10 | śakyaṃ hy evāhave yoddhuṃ na dātum anasūyitam
śūrā vīrāś ca śataśaḥ santi loke yudhiṣṭhira
teṣāṃ saṃkhyāyamānānāṃ dānaśūro viśiṣyate
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| 11 | dhanyaḥ syāṃ yady ahaṃ bhūyaḥ saumya brāhmaṇako 'pi vā
kule jāto dharmagatis tapovidyāparāyaṇaḥ
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| 12 | na me tvattaḥ priyataro loke 'smin pāṇḍunandana
tvattaś ca me priyatarā brāhmaṇā bharatarṣabha
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| 13 | yathā mama priyatarās tvatto viprāḥ kurūdvaha
tena satyena gaccheyaṃ lokān yatra sa śaṃtanuḥ
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| 14 | na me pitā priyataro brāhmaṇebhyas tathābhavat
na me pituḥ pitā vāpi ye cānye 'pi suhṛjjanāḥ
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| 15 | na hi me vṛjinaṃ kiṃ cid vidyate brāhmaṇeṣv iha
aṇu vā yadi vā sthūlaṃ viditaṃ sādhukarmabhiḥ
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| 16 | karmaṇā manasā vāpi vācā vāpi paraṃtapa
yan me kṛtaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu tenādya na tapāmy aham
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| 17 | brahmaṇya iti mām āhus tayā vācāsmi toṣitaḥ
etad eva pavitrebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ paramaṃ smṛtam
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| 18 | paśyāmi lokān amalāñ chucīn brāhmaṇayāyinaḥ
teṣu me tāta gantavyam ahnāya ca cirāya ca
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| 19 | yathā patyāśrayo dharmaḥ strīṇāṃ loke yudhiṣṭhira
sa devaḥ sā gatir nānyā kṣatriyasya tathā dvijāḥ
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| 20 | kṣatriyaḥ śatavarṣī ca daśavarṣī ca brāhmaṇaḥ
pitāputrau ca vijñeyau tayor hi brāhmaṇaḥ pitā
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| 21 | nārī tu patyabhāve vai devaraṃ kurute patim
pṛthivī brāhmaṇālābhe kṣatriyaṃ kurute patim
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| 22 | putravac ca tato rakṣyā upāsyā guruvac ca te
agnivac copacaryā vai brāhmaṇāḥ kurusattama
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| 23 | ṛjūn sataḥ satyaśīlān sarvabhūtahite ratān
āśīviṣān iva kruddhān dvijān upacaret sadā
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| 24 | tejasas tapasaś caiva nityaṃ bibhyed yudhiṣṭhira
ubhe caite parityājye tejaś caiva tapas tathā
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| 25 | vyavasāyas tayoḥ śīghram ubhayor eva vidyate
hanyuḥ kruddhā mahārāja brāhmaṇā ye tapasvinaḥ
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| 26 | bhūyaḥ syād ubhayaṃ dattaṃ brāhmaṇād yad akopanāt
kuryād ubhayataḥśeṣaṃ dattaśeṣaṃ na śeṣayet
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| 27 | daṇḍapāṇir yathā goṣu pālo nityaṃ sthiro bhavet
brāhmaṇān brahma ca tathā kṣatriyaḥ paripālayet
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| 28 | piteva putrān rakṣethā brāhmaṇān brahmatejasaḥ
gṛhe caiṣām avekṣethāḥ kaccid astīha jīvanam
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