 | Book 13 Chapter 147
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | ity uktavati vākyaṃ tu kṛṣṇe devakinandane
bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ bhūyaḥ paryapṛcchad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 2 | nirṇaye vā mahābuddhe sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ vara
pratyakṣam āgamo veti kiṃ tayoḥ kāraṇaṃ bhavet
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ kaś cid iti me vartate matiḥ
śṛṇu vakṣyāmi te prājña samyak tvam anupṛcchasi
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| 4 | saṃśayaḥ sugamo rājan nirṇayas tv atra durgamaḥ
dṛṣṭaṃ śrutam anantaṃ hi yatra saṃśayadarśanam
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| 5 | pratyakṣaṃ kāraṇaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ hetukāḥ prājñamāninaḥ
nāstīty evaṃ vyavasyanti satyaṃ saṃśayam eva ca
tad ayuktaṃ vyavasyanti bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ
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| 6 | atha cen manyase caikaṃ kāraṇaṃ kiṃ bhaved iti
śakyaṃ dīrgheṇa kālena yuktenātandritena ca
prāṇayātrām anekāṃ ca kalpayānena bhārata
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| 7 | tatpareṇaiva nānyena śakyaṃ hy etat tu kāraṇam
hetūnām antam āsādya vipulaṃ jñānam uttamam
jyotiḥ sarvasya lokasya vipulaṃ pratipadyate
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| 8 | tattvenāgamanaṃ rājan hetvantagamanaṃ tathā
agrāhyam anibaddhaṃ ca vācaḥ saṃparivarjanam
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| 9 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 9 | pratyakṣaṃ lokataḥ siddhaṃ lokāś cāgamapūrvakāḥ
śiṣṭācāro bahuvidho brūhi tan me pitāmaha
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| 10 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 10 | dharmasya hriyamāṇasya balavadbhir durātmabhiḥ
saṃsthā yatnair api kṛtā kālena paribhidyate
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| 11 | adharmā dharmarūpeṇa tṛṇaiḥ kūpā ivāvṛtāḥ
tatas tair bhidyate vṛttaṃ śṛṇu caiva yudhiṣṭhira
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| 12 | avṛttyā ye ca bhindanti śrutatyāgaparāyaṇāḥ
dharmavidveṣiṇo mandā ity uktas teṣu saṃśayaḥ
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| 13 | atṛpyantas tu sādhūnāṃ ya evāgamabuddhayaḥ
param ity eva saṃtuṣṭās tān upāssva ca pṛccha ca
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| 14 | kāmārthau pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā lobhamohānusāriṇau
dharma ity eva saṃbuddhās tān upāssva ca pṛccha ca
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| 15 | na teṣāṃ bhidyate vṛttaṃ yajñasvādhyāyakarmabhiḥ
ācāraḥ kāraṇaṃ caiva dharmaś caiva trayaṃ punaḥ
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| 16 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 16 | punar eveha me buddhiḥ saṃśaye parimuhyate
apāre mārgamāṇasya paraṃ tīram apaśyataḥ
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| 17 | vedāḥ pratyakṣam ācāraḥ pramāṇaṃ tat trayaṃ yadi
pṛthaktvaṃ labhyate caiṣāṃ dharmaś caikas trayaṃ katham
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| 18 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 18 | dharmasya hriyamāṇasya balavadbhir durātmabhiḥ
yady evaṃ manyase rājaṃs tridhā dharmavicāraṇā
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| 19 | eka eveti jānīhi tridhā tasya pradarśanam
pṛthaktve caiva me buddhis trayāṇām api vai tathā
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| 20 | ukto mārgas trayāṇāṃ ca tat tathaiva samācara
jijñāsā tu na kartavyā dharmasya paritarkaṇāt
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| 21 | sadaiva bharataśreṣṭha mā te bhūd atra saṃśayaḥ
andho jaḍa ivāśaṅko yad bravīmi tad ācara
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| 22 | ahiṃsā satyam akrodho dānam etac catuṣṭayam
ajātaśatro sevasva dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ
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| 23 | brāhmaṇeṣu ca vṛttir yā pitṛpaitāmahocitā
tām anvehi mahābāho svargasyaite hi deśikāḥ
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| 24 | pramāṇam apramāṇaṃ vai yaḥ kuryād abudho naraḥ
na sa pramāṇatām arho vivādajanano hi saḥ
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| 25 | brāhmaṇān eva sevasva satkṛtya bahumanya ca
eteṣv eva tv ime lokāḥ kṛtsnā iti nibodha tān
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