 | Book 13 Chapter 108
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yathā jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭheṣu vartate bharatarṣabha
kaniṣṭhāś ca yathā jyeṣṭhe varteraṃs tad bravīhi me
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | jyeṣṭhavat tāta vartasva jyeṣṭho hi satataṃ bhavān
guror garīyasī vṛttir yā cec chiṣyasya bhārata
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| 3 | na gurāv akṛtaprajñe śakyaṃ śiṣyeṇa vartitum
guror hi dīrghadarśitvaṃ yat tac chiṣyasya bhārata
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| 4 | andhaḥ syād andhavelāyāṃ jaḍaḥ syād api vā budhaḥ
parihāreṇa tad brūyād yas teṣāṃ syād vyatikramaḥ
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| 5 | pratyakṣaṃ bhinnahṛdayā bhedayeyuḥ kṛtaṃ narāḥ
śriyābhitaptāḥ kaunteya bhedakāmās tathārayaḥ
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| 6 | jyeṣṭhaḥ kulaṃ vardhayati vināśayati vā punaḥ
hanti sarvam api jyeṣṭhaḥ kulaṃ yatrāvajāyate
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| 7 | atha yo vinikurvīta jyeṣṭho bhrātā yavīyasaḥ
ajyeṣṭhaḥ syād abhāgaś ca niyamyo rājabhiś ca saḥ
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| 8 | nikṛtī hi naro lokān pāpān gacchaty asaṃśayam
vidulasyeva tat puṣpaṃ moghaṃ janayituḥ smṛtam
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| 9 | sarvānarthaḥ kule yatra jāyate pāpapūruṣaḥ
akīrtiṃ janayaty eva kīrtim antardadhāti ca
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| 10 | sarve cāpi vikarmasthā bhāgaṃ nārhanti sodarāḥ
nāpradāya kaniṣṭhebhyo jyeṣṭhaḥ kurvīta yautakam
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| 11 | anujaṃ hi pitur dāyo jaṅghāśramaphalo 'dhvagaḥ
svayam īhitalabdhaṃ tu nākāmo dātum arhati
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| 12 | bhrātṝṇām avibhaktānām utthānam api cet saha
na putrabhāgaṃ viṣamaṃ pitā dadyāt kathaṃ cana
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| 13 | na jyeṣṭhān avamanyeta duṣkṛtaḥ sukṛto 'pi vā
yadi strī yady avarajaḥ śreyaḥ paśyet tathācaret
dharmaṃ hi śreya ity āhur iti dharmavido viduḥ
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| 14 | daśācāryān upādhyāya upādhyāyān pitā daśa
daśa caiva pitṝn mātā sarvāṃ vā pṛthivīm api
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| 15 | gauraveṇābhibhavati nāsti mātṛsamo guruḥ
mātā garīyasī yac ca tenaitāṃ manyate janaḥ
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| 16 | jyeṣṭho bhrātā pitṛsamo mṛte pitari bhārata
sa hy eṣāṃ vṛttidātā syāt sa caitān paripālayet
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| 17 | kaniṣṭhās taṃ namasyeran sarve chandānuvartinaḥ
tam eva copajīveran yathaiva pitaraṃ tathā
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| 18 | śarīram etau sṛjataḥ pitā mātā ca bhārata
ācāryaśāstā yā jātiḥ sā satyā sājarāmarā
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| 19 | jyeṣṭhā mātṛsamā cāpi bhaginī bharatarṣabha
bhrātur bhāryā ca tadvat syād yasyā bālye stanaṃ pibet
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