 | Book 1 Chapter 113
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktas tayā rājā tāṃ devīṃ punar abravīt
dharmavid dharmasaṃyuktam idaṃ vacanam uttamam
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| 2 | evam etat purā kunti vyuṣitāśvaś cakāra ha
yathā tvayoktaṃ kalyāṇi sa hy āsīd amaropamaḥ
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| 3 | atha tv imaṃ pravakṣyāmi dharmaṃ tv etaṃ nibodha me
purāṇam ṛṣibhir dṛṣṭaṃ dharmavidbhir mahātmabhiḥ
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| 4 | anāvṛtāḥ kila purā striya āsan varānane
kāmacāravihāriṇyaḥ svatantrāś cārulocane
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| 5 | tāsāṃ vyuccaramāṇānāṃ kaumārāt subhage patīn
nādharmo 'bhūd varārohe sa hi dharmaḥ purābhavat
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| 6 | taṃ caiva dharmaṃ paurāṇaṃ tiryagyonigatāḥ prajāḥ
adyāpy anuvidhīyante kāmadveṣavivarjitāḥ
purāṇadṛṣṭo dharmo 'yaṃ pūjyate ca maharṣibhiḥ
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| 7 | uttareṣu ca rambhoru kuruṣv adyāpi vartate
strīṇām anugrahakaraḥ sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 8 | asmiṃs tu loke nacirān maryādeyaṃ śucismite
sthāpitā yena yasmāc ca tan me vistarataḥ śṛṇu
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| 9 | babhūvoddālako nāma maharṣir iti naḥ śrutam
śvetaketur iti khyātaḥ putras tasyābhavan muniḥ
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| 10 | maryādeyaṃ kṛtā tena mānuṣeṣv iti naḥ śrutam
kopāt kamalapatrākṣi yadarthaṃ tan nibodha me
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| 11 | śvetaketoḥ kila purā samakṣaṃ mātaraṃ pituḥ
jagrāha brāhmaṇaḥ pāṇau gacchāva iti cābravīt
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| 12 | ṛṣiputras tataḥ kopaṃ cakārāmarṣitas tadā
mātaraṃ tāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā nīyamānāṃ balād iva
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| 13 | kruddhaṃ taṃ tu pitā dṛṣṭvā śvetaketum uvāca ha
mā tāta kopaṃ kārṣīs tvam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 14 | anāvṛtā hi sarveṣāṃ varṇānām aṅganā bhuvi
yathā gāvaḥ sthitās tāta sve sve varṇe tathā prajāḥ
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| 15 | ṛṣiputro 'tha taṃ dharmaṃ śvetaketur na cakṣame
cakāra caiva maryādām imāṃ strīpuṃsayor bhuvi
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| 16 | mānuṣeṣu mahābhāge na tv evānyeṣu jantuṣu
tadā prabhṛti maryādā sthiteyam iti naḥ śrutam
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| 17 | vyuccarantyāḥ patiṃ nāryā adya prabhṛti pātakam
bhrūṇahatyākṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhaviṣyaty asukhāvaham
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| 18 | bhāryāṃ tathā vyuccarataḥ kaumārīṃ brahmacāriṇīm
pativratām etad eva bhavitā pātakaṃ bhuvi
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| 19 | patyā niyuktā yā caiva patny apatyārtham eva ca
na kariṣyati tasyāś ca bhaviṣyaty etad eva hi
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| 20 | iti tena purā bhīru maryādā sthāpitā balāt
uddālakasya putreṇa dharmyā vai śvetaketunā
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| 21 | saudāsena ca rambhoru niyuktāpatyajanmani
madayantī jagāmarṣiṃ vasiṣṭham iti naḥ śrutam
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| 22 | tasmāl lebhe ca sā putram aśmakaṃ nāma bhāminī
bhāryā kalmāṣapādasya bhartuḥ priyacikīrṣayā
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| 23 | asmākam api te janma viditaṃ kamalekṣaṇe
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanād bhīru kurūṇāṃ vaṃśavṛddhaye
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| 24 | ata etāni sarvāṇi kāraṇāni samīkṣya vai
mamaitad vacanaṃ dharmyaṃ kartum arhasy anindite
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| 25 | ṛtāv ṛtau rājaputri striyā bhartā yatavrate
nātivartavya ity evaṃ dharmaṃ dharmavido viduḥ
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| 26 | śeṣeṣv anyeṣu kāleṣu svātantryaṃ strī kilārhati
dharmam etaṃ janāḥ santaḥ purāṇaṃ paricakṣate
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| 27 | bhartā bhāryāṃ rājaputri dharmyaṃ vādharmyam eva vā
yad brūyāt tat tathā kāryam iti dharmavido viduḥ
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| 28 | viśeṣataḥ putragṛddhī hīnaḥ prajananāt svayam
yathāham anavadyāṅgi putradarśanalālasaḥ
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| 29 | tathā raktāṅgulitalaḥ padmapatranibhaḥ śubhe
prasādārthaṃ mayā te 'yaṃ śirasy abhyudyato 'ñjaliḥ
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| 30 | manniyogāt sukeśānte dvijātes tapasādhikāt
putrān guṇasamāyuktān utpādayitum arhasi
tvatkṛte 'haṃ pṛthuśroṇi gaccheyaṃ putriṇāṃ gatim
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| 31 | evam uktā tataḥ kuntī pāṇḍuṃ parapuraṃjayam
pratyuvāca varārohā bhartuḥ priyahite ratā
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| 32 | pitṛveśmany ahaṃ bālā niyuktātithipūjane
ugraṃ paryacaraṃ tatra brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam
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| 33 | nigūḍhaniścayaṃ dharme yaṃ taṃ durvāsasaṃ viduḥ
tam ahaṃ saṃśitātmānaṃ sarvayatnair atoṣayam
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| 34 | sa me 'bhicārasaṃyuktam ācaṣṭa bhagavān varam
mantragrāmaṃ ca me prādād abravīc caiva mām idam
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| 35 | yaṃ yaṃ devaṃ tvam etena mantreṇāvāhayiṣyasi
akāmo vā sakāmo vā sa te vaśam upaiṣyati
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| 36 | ity uktāhaṃ tadā tena pitṛveśmani bhārata
brāhmaṇena vacas tathyaṃ tasya kālo 'yam āgataḥ
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| 37 | anujñātā tvayā devam āhvayeyam ahaṃ nṛpa
tena mantreṇa rājarṣe yathā syān nau prajā vibho
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| 38 | āvāhayāmi kaṃ devaṃ brūhi tattvavidāṃ vara
tvatto 'nujñāpratīkṣāṃ māṃ viddhy asmin karmaṇi sthitām
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| 39 | pāṇḍur uvāca
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| 39 | adyaiva tvaṃ varārohe prayatasva yathāvidhi
dharmam āvāhaya śubhe sa hi deveṣu puṇyabhāk
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| 40 | adharmeṇa na no dharmaḥ saṃyujyeta kathaṃ cana
lokaś cāyaṃ varārohe dharmo 'yam iti maṃsyate
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| 41 | dhārmikaś ca kurūṇāṃ sa bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
dattasyāpi ca dharmeṇa nādharme raṃsyate manaḥ
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| 42 | tasmād dharmaṃ puraskṛtya niyatā tvaṃ śucismite
upacārābhicārābhyāṃ dharmam ārādhayasva vai
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| 43 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 43 | sā tathoktā tathety uktvā tena bhartrā varāṅganā
abhivādyābhyanujñātā pradakṣiṇam avartata
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