 | Book 2 Chapter 50
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | tvaṃ vai jyeṣṭho jyaiṣṭhineyaḥ putra mā pāṇḍavān dviṣaḥ
dveṣṭā hy asukham ādatte yathaiva nidhanaṃ tathā
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| 2 | avyutpannaṃ samānārthaṃ tulyamitraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
adviṣantaṃ kathaṃ dviṣyāt tvādṛśo bharatarṣabha
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| 3 | tulyābhijanavīryaś ca kathaṃ bhrātuḥ śriyaṃ nṛpa
putra kāmayase mohān maivaṃ bhūḥ śāmya sādhv iha
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| 4 | atha yajñavibhūtiṃ tāṃ kāṅkṣase bharatarṣabha
ṛtvijas tava tanvantu saptatantuṃ mahādhvaram
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| 5 | āhariṣyanti rājānas tavāpi vipulaṃ dhanam
prītyā ca bahumānāc ca ratnāny ābharaṇāni ca
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| 6 | anarthācaritaṃ tāta parasvaspṛhaṇaṃ bhṛśam
svasaṃtuṣṭaḥ svadharmastho yaḥ sa vai sukham edhate
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| 7 | avyāpāraḥ parārtheṣu nityodyogaḥ svakarmasu
udyamo rakṣaṇe sveṣām etad vaibhavalakṣaṇam
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| 8 | vipattiṣv avyatho dakṣo nityam utthānavān naraḥ
apramatto vinītātmā nityaṃ bhadrāṇi paśyati
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| 9 | antarvedyāṃ dadad vittaṃ kāmān anubhavan priyān
krīḍan strībhir nirātaṅkaḥ praśāmya bharatarṣabha
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| 10 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 10 | jānan vai mohayasi māṃ nāvi naur iva saṃyatā
svārthe kiṃ nāvadhānaṃ te utāho dveṣṭi māṃ bhavān
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| 11 | na santīme dhārtarāṣṭrā yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā
bhaviṣyam artham ākhyāsi sadā tvaṃ kṛtyam ātmanaḥ
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| 12 | parapraṇeyo 'graṇīr hi yaś ca mārgāt pramuhyati
panthānam anugaccheyuḥ kathaṃ tasya padānugāḥ
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| 13 | rājan parigataprajño vṛddhasevī jitendriyaḥ
pratipannān svakāryeṣu saṃmohayasi no bhṛśam
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| 14 | lokavṛttād rājavṛttam anyad āha bṛhaspatiḥ
tasmād rājñā prayatnena svārthaś cintyaḥ sadaiva hi
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| 15 | kṣatriyasya mahārāja jaye vṛttiḥ samāhitā
sa vai dharmo 'stv adharmo vā svavṛttau bharatarṣabha
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| 16 | prakālayed diśaḥ sarvāḥ pratodeneva sārathiḥ
pratyamitraśriyaṃ dīptāṃ bubhūṣur bharatarṣabha
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| 17 | pracchanno vā prakāśo vā yo yogo ripubāndhanaḥ
tad vai śastraṃ śastravidāṃ na śastraṃ chedanaṃ smṛtam
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| 18 | asaṃtoṣaḥ śriyo mūlaṃ tasmāt taṃ kāmayāmy aham
samucchraye yo yatate sa rājan paramo nayī
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| 19 | mamatvaṃ hi na kartavyam aiśvarye vā dhane 'pi vā
pūrvāvāptaṃ haranty anye rājadharmaṃ hi taṃ viduḥ
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| 20 | adrohe samayaṃ kṛtvā ciccheda namuceḥ śiraḥ
śakraḥ sā hi matā tasya ripau vṛttiḥ sanātanī
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| 21 | dvāv etau grasate bhūmiḥ sarpo bilaśayān iva
rājānaṃ cāviroddhāraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ cāpravāsinam
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| 22 | nāsti vai jātitaḥ śatruḥ puruṣasya viśāṃ pate
yena sādhāraṇī vṛttiḥ sa śatrur netaro janaḥ
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| 23 | śatrupakṣaṃ samṛdhyantaṃ yo mohāt samupekṣate
vyādhir āpyāyita iva tasya mūlaṃ chinatti saḥ
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| 24 | alpo 'pi hy arir atyantaṃ vardhamānaparākramaḥ
valmīko mūlaja iva grasate vṛkṣam antikāt
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| 25 | ājamīḍha ripor lakṣmīr mā te rociṣṭa bhārata
eṣa bhāraḥ sattvavatāṃ nayaḥ śirasi dhiṣṭhitaḥ
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| 26 | janmavṛddhim ivārthānāṃ yo vṛddhim abhikāṅkṣate
edhate jñātiṣu sa vai sadyovṛddhir hi vikramaḥ
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| 27 | nāprāpya pāṇḍavaiśvaryaṃ saṃśayo me bhaviṣyati
avāpsye vā śriyaṃ tāṃ hi śeṣye vā nihato yudhi
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| 28 | atādṛśasya kiṃ me 'dya jīvitena viśāṃ pate
vardhante pāṇḍavā nityaṃ vayaṃ tu sthiravṛddhayaḥ
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