 | Book 1 Chapter 159
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| 1 | arjuna uvāca
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| 1 | kāraṇaṃ brūhi gandharva kiṃ tad yena sma dharṣitāḥ
yānto brahmavidaḥ santaḥ sarve rātrāv ariṃdama
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| 2 | gandharva uvāca
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| 2 | anagnayo 'nāhutayo na ca viprapuraskṛtāḥ
yūyaṃ tato dharṣitāḥ stha mayā pāṇḍavanandana
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| 3 | yakṣarākṣasagandharvāḥ piśācoragamānavāḥ
vistaraṃ kuruvaṃśasya śrīmataḥ kathayanti te
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| 4 | nāradaprabhṛtīnāṃ ca devarṣīṇāṃ mayā śrutam
guṇān kathayatāṃ vīra pūrveṣāṃ tava dhīmatām
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| 5 | svayaṃ cāpi mayā dṛṣṭaś caratā sāgarāmbarām
imāṃ vasumatīṃ kṛtsnāṃ prabhāvaḥ svakulasya te
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| 6 | vede dhanuṣi cācāryam abhijānāmi te 'rjuna
viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhāradvājaṃ yaśasvinam
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| 7 | dharmaṃ vāyuṃ ca śakraṃ ca vijānāmy aśvinau tathā
pāṇḍuṃ ca kuruśārdūla ṣaḍ etān kulavardhanān
pitṝn etān ahaṃ pārtha devamānuṣasattamān
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| 8 | divyātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varāḥ
bhavanto bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarve sucaritavratāḥ
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| 9 | uttamāṃ tu manobuddhiṃ bhavatāṃ bhāvitātmanām
jānann api ca vaḥ pārtha kṛtavān iha dharṣaṇām
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| 10 | strīsakāśe ca kauravya na pumān kṣantum arhati
dharṣaṇām ātmanaḥ paśyan bāhudraviṇam āśritaḥ
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| 11 | naktaṃ ca balam asmākaṃ bhūya evābhivardhate
yatas tato māṃ kaunteya sadāraṃ manyur āviśat
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| 12 | so 'haṃ tvayeha vijitaḥ saṃkhye tāpatyavardhana
yena teneha vidhinā kīrtyamānaṃ nibodha me
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| 13 | brahmacaryaṃ paro dharmaḥ sa cāpi niyatas tvayi
yasmāt tasmād ahaṃ pārtha raṇe 'smin vijitas tvayā
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| 14 | yas tu syāt kṣatriyaḥ kaś cit kāmavṛttaḥ paraṃtapa
naktaṃ ca yudhi yudhyeta na sa jīvet kathaṃ cana
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| 15 | yas tu syāt kāmavṛtto 'pi rājā tāpatya saṃgare
jayen naktaṃcarān sarvān sa purohitadhūrgataḥ
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| 16 | tasmāt tāpatya yat kiṃ cin nṛṇāṃ śreya ihepsitam
tasmin karmaṇi yoktavyā dāntātmānaḥ purohitāḥ
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| 17 | vede ṣaḍaṅge niratāḥ śucayaḥ satyavādinaḥ
dharmātmānaḥ kṛtātmānaḥ syur nṛpāṇāṃ purohitāḥ
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| 18 | jayaś ca niyato rājñaḥ svargaś ca syād anantaram
yasya syād dharmavid vāgmī purodhāḥ śīlavāñ śuciḥ
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| 19 | lābhaṃ labdhum alabdhaṃ hi labdhaṃ ca parirakṣitum
purohitaṃ prakurvīta rājā guṇasamanvitam
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| 20 | purohitamate tiṣṭhed ya icchet pṛthivīṃ nṛpaḥ
prāptuṃ meruvarottaṃsāṃ sarvaśaḥ sāgarāmbarām
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| 21 | na hi kevalaśauryeṇa tāpatyābhijanena ca
jayed abrāhmaṇaḥ kaś cid bhūmiṃ bhūmipatiḥ kva cit
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| 22 | tasmād evaṃ vijānīhi kurūṇāṃ vaṃśavardhana
brāhmaṇapramukhaṃ rājyaṃ śakyaṃ pālayituṃ ciram
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