 | Book 13 Chapter 118
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | akāmāś ca sakāmāś ca hatā ye 'smin mahāhave
kāṃ yoniṃ pratipannās te tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | duḥkhaṃ prāṇaparityāgaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ mahāmṛdhe
jānāmi tattvaṃ dharmajña prāṇatyāgaṃ suduṣkaram
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| 3 | samṛddhe vāsamṛddhe vā śubhe vā yadi vāśubhe
kāraṇaṃ tatra me brūhi sarvajño hy asi me mataḥ
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | samṛddhe vāsamṛddhe vā śubhe vā yadi vāśubhe
saṃsāre 'smin samājātāḥ prāṇinaḥ pṛthivīpate
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| 5 | niratā yena bhāvena tatra me śṛṇu kāraṇam
samyak cāyam anupraśnas tvayoktaś ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 6 | atra te vartayiṣyāmi purāvṛttam idaṃ nṛpa
dvaipāyanasya saṃvādaṃ kīṭasya ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 7 | brahmabhūtaś caran vipraḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ purā
dadarśa kīṭaṃ dhāvantaṃ śīghraṃ śakaṭavartmani
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| 8 | gatijñaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rutajñaś ca śarīriṇām
sarvajñaḥ sarvato dṛṣṭvā kīṭaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 9 | kīṭa saṃtrastarūpo 'si tvaritaś caiva lakṣyase
kva dhāvasi tad ācakṣva kutas te bhayam āgatam
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| 10 | kīṭa uvāca
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| 10 | śakaṭasyāsya mahato ghoṣaṃ śrutvā bhayaṃ mama
āgataṃ vai mahābuddhe svana eṣa hi dāruṇaḥ
śrūyate na sa māṃ hanyād iti tasmād apākrame
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| 11 | śvasatāṃ ca śṛṇomy evaṃ goputrāṇāṃ pracodyatām
vahatāṃ sumahābhāraṃ saṃnikarṣe svanaṃ prabho
nṛṇāṃ ca saṃvāhayatāṃ śrūyate vividhaḥ svanaḥ
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| 12 | soḍhum asmadvidhenaiṣa na śakyaḥ kīṭayoninā
tasmād apakramāmy eṣa bhayād asmāt sudāruṇāt
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| 13 | duḥkhaṃ hi mṛtyur bhūtānāṃ jīvitaṃ ca sudurlabham
ato bhītaḥ palāyāmi gaccheyaṃ nāsukhaṃ sukhāt
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| 14 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 14 | ity uktaḥ sa tu taṃ prāha kutaḥ kīṭa sukhaṃ tava
maraṇaṃ te sukhaṃ manye tiryagyonau hi vartase
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| 15 | śabdaṃ sparśaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ bhogāṃś coccāvacān bahūn
nābhijānāsi kīṭa tvaṃ śreyo maraṇam eva te
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| 16 | kīṭa uvāca
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| 16 | sarvatra nirato jīva itīhāpi sukhaṃ mama
cetayāmi mahāprājña tasmād icchāmi jīvitum
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| 17 | ihāpi viṣayaḥ sarvo yathādehaṃ pravartitaḥ
mānuṣās tiryagāś caiva pṛthagbhogā viśeṣataḥ
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| 18 | aham āsaṃ manuṣyo vai śūdro bahudhanaḥ purā
abrahmaṇyo nṛśaṃsaś ca kadaryo vṛddhijīvanaḥ
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| 19 | vāktīkṣṇo nikṛtiprajño moṣṭā viśvasya sarvaśaḥ
mithaḥkṛto 'panidhanaḥ parasvaharaṇe rataḥ
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| 20 | bhṛtyātithijanaś cāpi gṛhe paryuṣito mayā
mātsaryāt svādukāmena nṛśaṃsena bubhūṣatā
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| 21 | devārthaṃ pitṛyajñārtham annaṃ śraddhākṛtaṃ mayā
na dattam arthakāmena deyam annaṃ punāti ha
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| 22 | guptaṃ śaraṇam āśritya bhayeṣu śaraṇāgatāḥ
akasmān no bhayāt tyaktā na ca trātābhayaiṣiṇaḥ
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| 23 | dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ priyān dārān yānaṃ vāsas tathādbhutam
śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā manuṣyāṇām asūyāmi nirarthakam
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| 24 | īrṣyuḥ parasukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā ātatāyy abubhūṣakaḥ
trivargahantā cānyeṣām ātmakāmānuvartakaḥ
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| 25 | nṛśaṃsaguṇabhūyiṣṭhaṃ purā karma kṛtaṃ mayā
smṛtvā tad anutapye 'haṃ tyaktvā priyam ivātmajam
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| 26 | śubhānām api jānāmi kṛtānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalam
mātā ca pūjitā vṛddhā brāhmaṇaś cārcito mayā
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| 27 | sakṛj jātiguṇopetaḥ saṃgatyā gṛham āgataḥ
atithiḥ pūjito brahmaṃs tena māṃ nājahāt smṛtiḥ
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| 28 | karmaṇā tena caivāhaṃ sukhāśām iha lakṣaye
tac chrotum aham icchāmi tvattaḥ śreyas tapodhana
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