 | Book 1 Chapter 97
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ satyavatī dīnā kṛpaṇā putragṛddhinī
putrasya kṛtvā kāryāṇi snuṣābhyāṃ saha bhārata
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| 2 | dharmaṃ ca pitṛvaṃśaṃ ca mātṛvaṃśaṃ ca māninī
prasamīkṣya mahābhāgā gāṅgeyaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 3 | śaṃtanor dharmanityasya kauravyasya yaśasvinaḥ
tvayi piṇḍaś ca kīrtiś ca saṃtānaṃ ca pratiṣṭhitam
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| 4 | yathā karma śubhaṃ kṛtvā svargopagamanaṃ dhruvam
yathā cāyur dhruvaṃ satye tvayi dharmas tathā dhruvaḥ
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| 5 | vettha dharmāṃś ca dharmajña samāsenetareṇa ca
vividhās tvaṃ śrutīr vettha vettha vedāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 6 | vyavasthānaṃ ca te dharme kulācāraṃ ca lakṣaye
pratipattiṃ ca kṛcchreṣu śukrāṅgirasayor iva
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| 7 | tasmāt subhṛśam āśvasya tvayi dharmabhṛtāṃ vara
kārye tvāṃ viniyokṣyāmi tac chrutvā kartum arhasi
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| 8 | mama putras tava bhrātā vīryavān supriyaś ca te
bāla eva gataḥ svargam aputraḥ puruṣarṣabha
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| 9 | ime mahiṣyau bhrātus te kāśirājasute śubhe
rūpayauvanasaṃpanne putrakāme ca bhārata
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| 10 | tayor utpādayāpatyaṃ saṃtānāya kulasya naḥ
manniyogān mahābhāga dharmaṃ kartum ihārhasi
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| 11 | rājye caivābhiṣicyasva bhāratān anuśādhi ca
dārāṃś ca kuru dharmeṇa mā nimajjīḥ pitāmahān
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| 12 | tathocyamāno mātrā ca suhṛdbhiś ca paraṃtapaḥ
pratyuvāca sa dharmātmā dharmyam evottaraṃ vacaḥ
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| 13 | asaṃśayaṃ paro dharmas tvayā mātar udāhṛtaḥ
tvam apatyaṃ prati ca me pratijñāṃ vettha vai parām
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| 14 | jānāsi ca yathāvṛttaṃ śulkahetos tvadantare
sa satyavati satyaṃ te pratijānāmy ahaṃ punaḥ
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| 15 | parityajeyaṃ trailokyaṃ rājyaṃ deveṣu vā punaḥ
yad vāpy adhikam etābhyāṃ na tu satyaṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 16 | tyajec ca pṛthivī gandham āpaś ca rasam ātmanaḥ
jyotis tathā tyajed rūpaṃ vāyuḥ sparśaguṇaṃ tyajet
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| 17 | prabhāṃ samutsṛjed arko dhūmaketus tathoṣṇatām
tyajec chabdaṃ tathākāśaḥ somaḥ śītāṃśutāṃ tyajet
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| 18 | vikramaṃ vṛtrahā jahyād dharmaṃ jahyāc ca dharmarāṭ
na tv ahaṃ satyam utsraṣṭuṃ vyavaseyaṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 19 | evam uktā tu putreṇa bhūridraviṇatejasā
mātā satyavatī bhīṣmam uvāca tadanantaram
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| 20 | jānāmi te sthitiṃ satye parāṃ satyaparākrama
icchan sṛjethās trīṃl lokān anyāṃs tvaṃ svena tejasā
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| 21 | jānāmi caiva satyaṃ tan madarthaṃ yad abhāṣathāḥ
āpaddharmam avekṣasva vaha paitāmahīṃ dhuram
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| 22 | yathā te kulatantuś ca dharmaś ca na parābhavet
suhṛdaś ca prahṛṣyeraṃs tathā kuru paraṃtapa
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| 23 | lālapyamānāṃ tām evaṃ kṛpaṇāṃ putragṛddhinīm
dharmād apetaṃ bruvatīṃ bhīṣmo bhūyo 'bravīd idam
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| 24 | rājñi dharmān avekṣasva mā naḥ sarvān vyanīnaśaḥ
satyāc cyutiḥ kṣatriyasya na dharmeṣu praśasyate
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| 25 | śaṃtanor api saṃtānaṃ yathā syād akṣayaṃ bhuvi
tat te dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi kṣātraṃ rājñi sanātanam
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| 26 | śrutvā taṃ pratipadyethāḥ prājñaiḥ saha purohitaiḥ
āpaddharmārthakuśalair lokatantram avekṣya ca
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