 | Book 13 Chapter 59
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yau tu syātāṃ caraṇenopapannau; yau vidyayā sadṛśau janmanā ca
tābhyāṃ dānaṃ katarasmai viśiṣṭam; ayācamānāya ca yācate ca
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | śreyo vai yācataḥ pārtha dattam āhur ayācate
arhattamo vai dhṛtimān kṛpaṇād adhṛtātmanaḥ
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| 3 | kṣatriyo rakṣaṇadhṛtir brāhmaṇo 'narthanādhṛtiḥ
brāhmaṇo dhṛtimān vidvān devān prīṇāti tuṣṭimān
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| 4 | yācñām āhur anīśasya abhihāraṃ ca bhārata
udvejayati yācan hi sadā bhūtāni dasyuvat
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| 5 | mriyate yācamāno vai tam anu mriyate dadat
dadat saṃjīvayaty enam ātmānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 6 | ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmo yācate yat pradīyate
ayācataḥ sīdamānān sarvopāyair nimantraya
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| 7 | yadi vai tādṛśā rāṣṭre vaseyus te dvijottamāḥ
bhasmacchannān ivāgnīṃs tān budhyethās tvaṃ prayatnataḥ
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| 8 | tapasā dīpyamānās te daheyuḥ pṛthivīm api
pūjyā hi jñānavijñānatapoyogasamanvitāḥ
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| 9 | tebhyaḥ pūjāṃ prayuñjīthā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃtapa
dadad bahuvidhān dāyān upacchandān ayācatām
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| 10 | yad agnihotre suhute sāyaṃprātar bhavet phalam
vidyāvedavratavati tad dānaphalam ucyate
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| 11 | vidyāvedavratasnātān avyapāśrayajīvinaḥ
gūḍhasvādhyāyatapaso brāhmaṇān saṃśitavratān
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| 12 | kṛtair āvasathair hṛdyaiḥ sapreṣyaiḥ saparicchadaiḥ
nimantrayethāḥ kaunteya kāmaiś cānyair dvijottamān
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| 13 | api te pratigṛhṇīyuḥ śraddhāpūtaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
kāryam ity eva manvānā dharmajñāḥ sūkṣmadarśinaḥ
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| 14 | api te brāhmaṇā bhuktvā gatāḥ soddharaṇān gṛhān
yeṣāṃ dārāḥ pratīkṣante parjanyam iva karṣakāḥ
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| 15 | annāni prātaḥsavane niyatā brahmacāriṇaḥ
brāhmaṇās tāta bhuñjānās tretāgnīn prīṇayantu te
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| 16 | mādhyaṃdinaṃ te savanaṃ dadatas tāta vartatām
gā hiraṇyāni vāsāṃsi tenendraḥ prīyatāṃ tava
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| 17 | tṛtīyaṃ savanaṃ tat te vaiśvadevaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
yad devebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca viprebhyaś ca prayacchasi
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| 18 | ahiṃsā sarvabhūtebhyaḥ saṃvibhāgaś ca sarvaśaḥ
damas tyāgo dhṛtiḥ satyaṃ bhavatv avabhṛthāya te
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| 19 | eṣa te vitato yajñaḥ śraddhāpūtaḥ sadakṣiṇaḥ
viśiṣṭaḥ sarvayajñebhyo nityaṃ tāta pravartatām
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