 | Book 2 Chapter 15
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | samrāḍguṇam abhīpsan vai yuṣmān svārthaparāyaṇaḥ
kathaṃ prahiṇuyāṃ bhīmaṃ balāt kevalasāhasāt
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| 2 | bhīmārjunāv ubhau netre mano manye janārdanam
manaścakṣurvihīnasya kīdṛśaṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet
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| 3 | jarāsaṃdhabalaṃ prāpya duṣpāraṃ bhīmavikramam
śramo hi vaḥ parājayyāt kim u tatra viceṣṭitam
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| 4 | asminn arthāntare yuktam anarthaḥ pratipadyate
yathāhaṃ vimṛśāmy ekas tat tāvac chrūyatāṃ mama
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| 5 | saṃnyāsaṃ rocaye sādhu kāryasyāsya janārdana
pratihanti mano me 'dya rājasūyo durāsadaḥ
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| 6 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 6 | pārthaḥ prāpya dhanuḥśreṣṭham akṣayyau ca maheṣudhī
rathaṃ dhvajaṃ sabhāṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata
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| 7 | dhanur astraṃ śarā vīryaṃ pakṣo bhūmir yaśo balam
prāptam etan mayā rājan duṣprāpaṃ yad abhīpsitam
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| 8 | kule janma praśaṃsanti vaidyāḥ sādhu suniṣṭhitāḥ
balena sadṛśaṃ nāsti vīryaṃ tu mama rocate
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| 9 | kṛtavīryakule jāto nirvīryaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
kṣatriyaḥ sarvaśo rājan yasya vṛttiḥ parājaye
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| 10 | sarvair api guṇair hīno vīryavān hi tared ripūn
sarvair api guṇair yukto nirvīryaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
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| 11 | dravyabhūtā guṇāḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti hi parākrame
jayasya hetuḥ siddhir hi karma daivaṃ ca saṃśritam
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| 12 | saṃyukto hi balaiḥ kaś cit pramādān nopayujyate
tena dvāreṇa śatrubhyaḥ kṣīyate sabalo ripuḥ
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| 13 | dainyaṃ yathābalavati tathā moho balānvite
tāv ubhau nāśakau hetū rājñā tyājyau jayārthinā
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| 14 | jarāsaṃdhavināśaṃ ca rājñāṃ ca parimokṣaṇam
yadi kuryāma yajñārthaṃ kiṃ tataḥ paramaṃ bhavet
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| 15 | anārambhe tu niyato bhaved aguṇaniścayaḥ
guṇān niḥsaṃśayād rājan nairguṇyaṃ manyase katham
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| 16 | kāṣāyaṃ sulabhaṃ paścān munīnāṃ śamam icchatām
sāmrājyaṃ tu tavecchanto vayaṃ yotsyāmahe paraiḥ
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