 | Book 5 Chapter 40
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| 1 | vidura uvāca
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| 1 | yo 'bhyarthitaḥ sadbhir asajjamānaḥ; karoty arthaṃ śaktim ahāpayitvā
kṣipraṃ yaśas taṃ samupaiti santam alaṃ; prasannā hi sukhāya santaḥ
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| 2 | mahāntam apy artham adharmayuktaṃ; yaḥ saṃtyajaty anupākruṣṭa eva
sukhaṃ sa duḥkhāny avamucya śete; jīrṇāṃ tvacaṃ sarpa ivāvamucya
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| 3 | anṛtaṃ ca samutkarṣe rājagāmi ca paiśunam
guroś cālīkanirbandhaḥ samāni brahmahatyayā
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| 4 | asūyaikapadaṃ mṛtyur ativādaḥ śriyo vadhaḥ
aśuśrūṣā tvarā ślāghā vidyāyāḥ śatravas trayaḥ
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| 5 | sukhārthinaḥ kuto vidyā nāsti vidyārthinaḥ sukham
sukhārthī vā tyajed vidyāṃ vidyārthī vā sukhaṃ tyajet
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| 6 | nāgnis tṛpyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhiḥ
nāntakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanā
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| 7 | āśā dhṛtiṃ hanti samṛddhim antakaḥ; krodhaḥ śriyaṃ hanti yaśaḥ kadaryatā
apālanaṃ hanti paśūṃś ca rājann; ekaḥ kruddho brāhmaṇo hanti rāṣṭram
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ajaś ca kāṃsyaṃ ca rathaś ca nityaṃ; madhv ākarṣaḥ śakuniḥ śrotriyaś ca
vṛddho jñātir avasanno vayasya; etāni te santu gṛhe sadaiva
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| 9 | ajokṣā candanaṃ vīṇā ādarśo madhusarpiṣī
viṣam audumbaraṃ śaṅkhaḥ svarṇaṃ nābhiś ca rocanā
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| 10 | gṛhe sthāpayitavyāni dhanyāni manur abravīt
devabrāhmaṇapūjārtham atithīnāṃ ca bhārata
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| 11 | idaṃ ca tvāṃ sarvaparaṃ bravīmi; puṇyaṃ padaṃ tāta mahāviśiṣṭam
na jātu kāmān na bhayān na lobhād; dharmaṃ tyajej jīvitasyāpi hetoḥ
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| 12 | nityo dharmaḥ sukhaduḥkhe tv anitye; nityo jīvo dhātur asya tv anityaḥ
tyaktvānityaṃ pratitiṣṭhasva nitye; saṃtuṣya tvaṃ toṣaparo hi lābhaḥ
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| 13 | mahābalān paśya mahānubhāvān; praśāsya bhūmiṃ dhanadhānyapūrṇām
rājyāni hitvā vipulāṃś ca bhogān; gatān narendrān vaśam antakasya
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| 14 | mṛtaṃ putraṃ duḥkhapuṣṭaṃ manuṣyā; utkṣipya rājan svagṛhān nirharanti
taṃ muktakeśāḥ karuṇaṃ rudantaś; citāmadhye kāṣṭham iva kṣipanti
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| 15 | anyo dhanaṃ pretagatasya bhuṅkte; vayāṃsi cāgniś ca śarīradhātūn
dvābhyām ayaṃ saha gacchaty amutra; puṇyena pāpena ca veṣṭyamānaḥ
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| 16 | utsṛjya vinivartante jñātayaḥ suhṛdaḥ sutāḥ
agnau prāstaṃ tu puruṣaṃ karmānveti svayaṃkṛtam
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| 17 | asmāl lokād ūrdhvam amuṣya cādho; mahat tamas tiṣṭhati hy andhakāram
tad vai mahāmohanam indriyāṇāṃ; budhyasva mā tvāṃ pralabheta rājan
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| 18 | idaṃ vacaḥ śakṣyasi ced yathāvan; niśamya sarvaṃ pratipattum evam
yaśaḥ paraṃ prāpsyasi jīvaloke; bhayaṃ na cāmutra na ceha te 'sti
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| 19 | ātmā nadī bhārata puṇyatīrthā; satyodakā dhṛtikūlā damormiḥ
tasyāṃ snātaḥ pūyate puṇyakarmā; puṇyo hy ātmā nityam ambho 'mbha eva
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| 20 | kāmakrodhagrāhavatīṃ pañcendriyajalāṃ nadīm
kṛtvā dhṛtimayīṃ nāvaṃ janmadurgāṇi saṃtara
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| 21 | prajñāvṛddhaṃ dharmavṛddhaṃ svabandhuṃ; vidyāvṛddhaṃ vayasā cāpi vṛddham
kāryākārye pūjayitvā prasādya; yaḥ saṃpṛcchen na sa muhyet kadā cit
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| 22 | dhṛtyā śiśnodaraṃ rakṣet pāṇipādaṃ ca cakṣuṣā
cakṣuḥśrotre ca manasā mano vācaṃ ca karmaṇā
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| 23 | nityodakī nityayajñopavītī; nityasvādhyāyī patitānnavarjī
ṛtaṃ bruvan gurave karma kurvan; na brāhmaṇaś cyavate brahmalokāt
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| 24 | adhītya vedān parisaṃstīrya cāgnīn; iṣṭvā yajñaiḥ pālayitvā prajāś ca
gobrāhmaṇārthe śastrapūtāntarātmā; hataḥ saṃgrāme kṣatriyaḥ svargam eti
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vaiśyo 'dhītya brāhmaṇān kṣatriyāṃś ca; dhanaiḥ kāle saṃvibhajyāśritāṃś ca
tretāpūtaṃ dhūmam āghrāya puṇyaṃ; pretya svarge devasukhāni bhuṅkte
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| 26 | brahmakṣatraṃ vaiśyavarṇaṃ ca śūdraḥ; krameṇaitān nyāyataḥ pūjayānaḥ
tuṣṭeṣv eteṣv avyatho dagdhapāpas; tyaktvā dehaṃ svargasukhāni bhuṅkte
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| 27 | cāturvarṇyasyaiṣa dharmas tavokto; hetuṃ cātra bruvato me nibodha
kṣātrād dharmād dhīyate pāṇḍuputras; taṃ tvaṃ rājan rājadharme niyuṅkṣva
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| 28 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 28 | evam etad yathā māṃ tvam anuśāsasi nityadā
mamāpi ca matiḥ saumya bhavaty evaṃ yathāttha mām
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| 29 | sā tu buddhiḥ kṛtāpy evaṃ pāṇḍavān prati me sadā
duryodhanaṃ samāsādya punar viparivartate
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| 30 | na diṣṭam abhyatikrāntuṃ śakyaṃ martyena kena cit
diṣṭam eva kṛtaṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam
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