 | Book 13 Chapter 9
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | brāhmaṇānāṃ tu ye loke pratiśrutya pitāmaha
na prayacchanti mohāt te ke bhavanti mahāmate
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| 2 | etan me tattvato brūhi dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara
pratiśrutya durātmāno na prayacchanti ye narāḥ
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | yo na dadyāt pratiśrutya svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu
āśās tasya hatāḥ sarvāḥ klībasyeva prajāphalam
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| 4 | yāṃ rātriṃ jāyate pāpo yāṃ ca rātriṃ vinaśyati
etasminn antare yad yat sukṛtaṃ tasya bhārata
yac ca tasya hutaṃ kiṃ cit sarvaṃ tasyopahanyate
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| 5 | atraitad vacanaṃ prāhur dharmaśāstravido janāḥ
niśamya bharataśreṣṭha buddhyā paramayuktayā
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| 6 | api codāharantīmaṃ dharmaśāstravido janāḥ
aśvānāṃ śyāmakarṇānāṃ sahasreṇa sa mucyate
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| 7 | atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
sṛgālasya ca saṃvādaṃ vānarasya ca bhārata
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| 8 | tau sakhāyau purā hy āstāṃ mānuṣatve paraṃtapa
anyāṃ yoniṃ samāpannau sārgālīṃ vānarīṃ tathā
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| 9 | tataḥ parāsūn khādantaṃ sṛgālaṃ vānaro 'bravīt
śmaśānamadhye saṃprekṣya pūrvajātim anusmaran
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| 10 | kiṃ tvayā pāpakaṃ karma kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ sudāruṇam
yas tvaṃ śmaśāne mṛtakān pūtikān atsi kutsitān
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| 11 | evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca sṛgālo vānaraṃ tadā
brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutya na mayā tad upākṛtam
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| 12 | tatkṛte pāpikāṃ yonim āpanno 'smi plavaṃgama
tasmād evaṃvidhaṃ bhakṣyaṃ bhakṣayāmi bubhukṣitaḥ
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| 13 | ity etad bruvato rājan brāhmaṇasya mayā śrutam
kathāṃ kathayataḥ puṇyāṃ dharmajñasya purātanīm
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| 14 | śrutaṃ cāpi mayā bhūyaḥ kṛṣṇasyāpi viśāṃ pate
kathāṃ kathayataḥ pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prati pāṇḍava
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| 15 | evam eva ca māṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ saṃdiśanti vai
pratiśrutya bhaved deyaṃ nāśā kāryā hi brāhmaṇaiḥ
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| 16 | brāhmaṇo hy āśayā pūrvaṃ kṛtayā pṛthivīpate
susamiddho yathā dīptaḥ pāvakas tadvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ
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| 17 | yaṃ nirīkṣeta saṃkruddha āśayā pūrvajātayā
pradaheta hi taṃ rājan kakṣam akṣayyabhug yathā
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| 18 | sa eva hi yadā tuṣṭo vacasā pratinandati
bhavaty agadasaṃkāśo viṣaye tasya bhārata
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| 19 | putrān pautrān paśūṃś caiva bāndhavān sacivāṃs tathā
puraṃ janapadaṃ caiva śāntir iṣṭeva puṣyati
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| 20 | etad dhi paramaṃ tejo brāhmaṇasyeha dṛśyate
sahasrakiraṇasyeva savitur dharaṇītale
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| 21 | tasmād dātavyam eveha pratiśrutya yudhiṣṭhira
yadīcchec chobhanāṃ jātiṃ prāptuṃ bharatasattama
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| 22 | brāhmaṇasya hi dattena dhruvaṃ svargo hy anuttamaḥ
śakyaṃ prāptuṃ viśeṣeṇa dānaṃ hi mahatī kriyā
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| 23 | ito dattena jīvanti devatāḥ pitaras tathā
tasmād dānāni deyāni brāhmaṇebhyo vijānatā
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| 24 | mahad dhi bharataśreṣṭha brāhmaṇas tīrtham ucyate
velāyāṃ na tu kasyāṃ cid gacched vipro hy apūjitaḥ
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