 | Book 13 Chapter 30
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | evam ukto mataṅgas tu bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇaḥ
atiṣṭhata gayāṃ gatvā so 'ṅguṣṭhena śataṃ samāḥ
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| 2 | suduṣkaraṃ vahan yogaṃ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ
tvagasthibhūto dharmātmā sa papāteti naḥ śrutam
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| 3 | taṃ patantam abhidrutya parijagrāha vāsavaḥ
varāṇām īśvaro dātā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
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| 4 | śakra uvāca
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| 4 | mataṅga brāhmaṇatvaṃ te saṃvṛtaṃ paripanthibhiḥ
pūjayan sukham āpnoti duḥkham āpnoty apūjayan
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| 5 | brāhmaṇe sarvabhūtānāṃ yogakṣemaḥ samāhitaḥ
brāhmaṇebhyo 'nutṛpyanti pitaro devatās tathā
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| 6 | brāhmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mataṅga para ucyate
brāhmaṇaḥ kurute tad dhi yathā yad yac ca vāñchati
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| 7 | bahvīs tu saṃsaran yonīr jāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
paryāye tāta kasmiṃś cid brāhmaṇyam iha vindati
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| 8 | mataṅga uvāca
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| 8 | kiṃ māṃ tudasi duḥkhārtaṃ mṛtaṃ mārayase ca mām
taṃ tu śocāmi yo labdhvā brāhmaṇyaṃ na bubhūṣate
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| 9 | brāhmaṇyaṃ yadi duṣprāpaṃ tribhir varṇaiḥ śatakrato
sudurlabhaṃ tadāvāpya nānutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
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| 10 | yaḥ pāpebhyaḥ pāpatamas teṣām adhama eva saḥ
brāhmaṇyaṃ yo 'vajānīte dhanaṃ labdhveva durlabham
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| 11 | duṣprāpaṃ khalu vipratvaṃ prāptaṃ duranupālanam
duravāpam avāpyaitan nānutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
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| 12 | ekārāmo hy ahaṃ śakra nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ
ahiṃsādamadānasthaḥ kathaṃ nārhāmi vipratām
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| 13 | yathākāmavihārī syāṃ kāmarūpī vihaṃgamaḥ
brahmakṣatrāvirodhena pūjāṃ ca prāpnuyām aham
yathā mamākṣayā kīrtir bhavec cāpi puraṃdara
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| 14 | indra uvāca
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| 14 | chandodeva iti khyātaḥ strīṇāṃ pūjyo bhaviṣyasi
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| 15 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 15 | evaṃ tasmai varaṃ dattvā vāsavo 'ntaradhīyata
prāṇāṃs tyaktvā mataṅgo 'pi prāpa tat sthānam uttamam
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| 16 | evam etat paraṃ sthānaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ nāma bhārata
tac ca duṣprāpam iha vai mahendravacanaṃ yathā
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