 | Book 13 Chapter 60
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | dānaṃ yajñakriyā ceha kiṃ svit pretya mahāphalam
kasya jyāyaḥ phalaṃ proktaṃ kīdṛśebhyaḥ kathaṃ kadā
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| 2 | etad icchāmi vijñātuṃ yāthātathyena bhārata
vidvañ jijñāsamānāya dānadharmān pracakṣva me
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| 3 | antarvedyāṃ ca yad dattaṃ śraddhayā cānṛśaṃsyataḥ
kiṃ svin niḥśreyasaṃ tāta tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | raudraṃ karma kṣatriyasya satataṃ tāta vartate
tasya vaitānikaṃ karma dānaṃ caiveha pāvanam
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| 5 | na tu pāpakṛtāṃ rājñāṃ pratigṛhṇanti sādhavaḥ
etasmāt kāraṇād yajñair yajed rājāptadakṣiṇaiḥ
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| 6 | atha cet pratigṛhṇīyur dadyād aharahar nṛpaḥ
śraddhām āsthāya paramāṃ pāvanaṃ hy etad uttamam
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| 7 | brāhmaṇāṃs tarpayed dravyais tato yajñe yatavrataḥ
maitrān sādhūn vedavidaḥ śīlavṛttataponvitān
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| 8 | yat te tena kariṣyanti kṛtaṃ tena bhaviṣyati
yajñān sādhaya sādhubhyaḥ svādvannān dakṣiṇāvataḥ
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| 9 | iṣṭaṃ dattaṃ ca manyethā ātmānaṃ dānakarmaṇā
pūjayethā yāyajūkāṃs tavāpy aṃśo bhaved yathā
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| 10 | prajāvato bharethāś ca brāhmaṇān bahubhāriṇaḥ
prajāvāṃs tena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā
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| 11 | yāvato vai sādhudharmān santaḥ saṃvartayanty uta
sarve te cāpi bhartavyā narā ye bahubhāriṇaḥ
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| 12 | samṛddhaḥ saṃprayacchasva brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira
dhenūr anaḍuho 'nnāni cchatraṃ vāsāṃsy upānahau
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| 13 | ājyāni yajamānebhyas tathānnādyāni bhārata
aśvavanti ca yānāni veśmāni śayanāni ca
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| 14 | ete deyā vyuṣṭimanto laghūpāyāś ca bhārata
ajugupsāṃś ca vijñāya brāhmaṇān vṛttikarśitān
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| 15 | upacchannaṃ prakāśaṃ vā vṛttyā tān pratipādaya
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ śreyas tat kṣatriyān prati
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| 16 | evaṃ pāpair vimuktas tvaṃ pūtaḥ svargam avāpsyasi
sraṃsayitvā punaḥ kośaṃ yad rāṣṭraṃ pālayiṣyasi
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| 17 | tataś ca brahmabhūyastvam avāpsyasi dhanāni ca
ātmanaś ca pareṣāṃ ca vṛttiṃ saṃrakṣa bhārata
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| 18 | putravac cāpi bhṛtyān svān prajāś ca paripālaya
yogakṣemaś ca te nityaṃ brāhmaṇeṣv astu bhārata
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| 19 | arakṣitāraṃ hartāraṃ viloptāram adāyakam
taṃ sma rājakaliṃ hanyuḥ prajāḥ saṃbhūya nirghṛṇam
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| 20 | ahaṃ vo rakṣitety uktvā yo na rakṣati bhūmipaḥ
sa saṃhatya nihantavyaḥ śveva sonmāda āturaḥ
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| 21 | pāpaṃ kurvanti yat kiṃ cit prajā rājñā hy arakṣitāḥ
caturthaṃ tasya pāpasya rājā bhārata vindati
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| 22 | apy āhuḥ sarvam eveti bhūyo 'rdham iti niścayaḥ
caturthaṃ matam asmākaṃ manoḥ śrutvānuśāsanam
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| 23 | śubhaṃ vā yat prakurvanti prajā rājñā surakṣitāḥ
caturthaṃ tasya puṇyasya rājā cāpnoti bhārata
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| 24 | jīvantaṃ tvānujīvantu prajāḥ sarvā yudhiṣṭhira
parjanyam iva bhūtāni mahādrumam iva dvijāḥ
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| 25 | kuberam iva rakṣāṃsi śatakratum ivāmarāḥ
jñātayas tvānujīvantu suhṛdaś ca paraṃtapa
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