 | Book 5 Chapter 42
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro manīṣī; saṃpūjya vākyaṃ vidureritaṃ tat
sanatsujātaṃ rahite mahātmā; papraccha buddhiṃ paramāṃ bubhūṣan
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| 2 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 2 | sanatsujāta yadīdaṃ śṛṇomi; mṛtyur hi nāstīti tavopadeśam
devāsurā hy ācaran brahmacaryam; amṛtyave tat kataran nu satyam
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| 3 | sanatsujāta uvāca
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| 3 | amṛtyuḥ karmaṇā ke cin mṛtyur nāstīti cāpare
śṛṇu me bruvato rājan yathaitan mā viśaṅkithāḥ
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| 4 | ubhe satye kṣatriyādyapravṛtte; moho mṛtyuḥ saṃmato yaḥ kavīnām
pramādaṃ vai mṛtyum ahaṃ bravīmi; sadāpramādam amṛtatvaṃ bravīmi
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| 5 | pramādād vai asurāḥ parābhavann; apramādād brahmabhūtā bhavanti
na vai mṛtyur vyāghra ivātti jantūn; na hy asya rūpam upalabhyate ha
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| 6 | yamaṃ tv eke mṛtyum ato 'nyam āhur; ātmāvasannam amṛtaṃ brahmacaryam
pitṛloke rājyam anuśāsti devaḥ; śivaḥ śivānām aśivo 'śivānām
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| 7 | āsyād eṣa niḥsarate narāṇāṃ; krodhaḥ pramādo moharūpaś ca mṛtyuḥ
te mohitās tadvaśe vartamānā; itaḥ pretās tatra punaḥ patanti
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| 8 | tatas taṃ devā anu viplavante; ato mṛtyur maraṇākhyām upaiti
karmodaye karmaphalānurāgās; tatrānu yānti na taranti mṛtyum
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| 9 | yo 'bhidhyāyann utpatiṣṇūn nihanyād; anādareṇāpratibudhyamānaḥ
sa vai mṛtyur mṛtyur ivātti bhūtvā; evaṃ vidvān yo vinihanti kāmān
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| 10 | kāmānusārī puruṣaḥ kāmān anu vinaśyati
kāmān vyudasya dhunute yat kiṃ cit puruṣo rajaḥ
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| 11 | tamo 'prakāśo bhūtānāṃ narako 'yaṃ pradṛśyate
gṛhyanta iva dhāvanti gacchantaḥ śvabhram unmukhāḥ
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| 12 | abhidhyā vai prathamaṃ hanti cainaṃ; kāmakrodhau gṛhya cainaṃ tu paścāt
ete bālān mṛtyave prāpayanti; dhīrās tu dhairyeṇa taranti mṛtyum
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| 13 | amanyamānaḥ kṣatriya kiṃ cid anyan; nādhīyate tārṇa ivāsya vyāghraḥ
krodhāl lobhān mohamayāntarātmā; sa vai mṛtyus tvac charīre ya eṣaḥ
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| 14 | evaṃ mṛtyuṃ jāyamānaṃ viditvā; jñāne tiṣṭhan na bibhetīha mṛtyoḥ
vinaśyate viṣaye tasya mṛtyur; mṛtyor yathā viṣayaṃ prāpya martyaḥ
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| 15 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 15 | ye 'smin dharmān nācarantīha ke cit; tathā dharmān ke cid ihācaranti
dharmaḥ pāpena pratihanyate sma; utāho dharmaḥ pratihanti pāpam
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| 16 | sanatsujāta uvāca
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| 16 | ubhayam eva tatropabhujyate phalaṃ; dharmasyaivetarasya ca
dharmeṇādharmaṃ praṇudatīha vidvān; dharmo balīyān iti tasya viddhi
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| 17 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 17 | yān imān āhuḥ svasya dharmasya lokān; dvijātīnāṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ sanātanān
teṣāṃ parikramān kathayantas tato 'nyān; naitad vidvan naiva kṛtaṃ ca karma
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| 18 | sanatsujāta uvāca
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| 18 | yeṣāṃ bale na vispardhā bale balavatām iva
te brāhmaṇā itaḥ pretya svargaloke prakāśate
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| 19 | yatra manyeta bhūyiṣṭhaṃ prāvṛṣīva tṛṇolapam
annaṃ pānaṃ ca brāhmaṇas taj jīvan nānusaṃjvaret
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| 20 | yatrākathayamānasya prayacchaty aśivaṃ bhayam
atiriktam ivākurvan sa śreyān netaro janaḥ
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| 21 | yo vākathayamānasya ātmānaṃ nānusaṃjvaret
brahmasvaṃ nopabhuñjed vā tadannaṃ saṃmataṃ satām
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| 22 | yathā svaṃ vāntam aśnāti śvā vai nityam abhūtaye
evaṃ te vāntam aśnanti svavīryasyopajīvanāt
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| 23 | nityam ajñātacaryā me iti manyeta brāhmaṇaḥ
jñātīnāṃ tu vasan madhye naiva vidyeta kiṃ cana
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| 24 | ko hy evam antarātmānaṃ brāhmaṇo hantum arhati
tasmād dhi kiṃ cit kṣatriya brahmāvasati paśyati
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| 25 | aśrāntaḥ syād anādānāt saṃmato nirupadravaḥ
śiṣṭo na śiṣṭavat sa syād brāhmaṇo brahmavit kaviḥ
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| 26 | anāḍhyā mānuṣe vitte āḍhyā vedeṣu ye dvijāḥ
te durdharṣā duṣprakampyā vidyāt tān brahmaṇas tanum
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| 27 | sarvān sviṣṭakṛto devān vidyād ya iha kaś cana
na samāno brāhmaṇasya yasmin prayatate svayam
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| 28 | yam aprayatamānaṃ tu mānayanti sa mānitaḥ
na mānyamāno manyeta nāmānād abhisaṃjvaret
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| 29 | vidvāṃso mānayantīha iti manyeta mānitaḥ
adharmaviduṣo mūḍhā lokaśāstraviśāradāḥ
na mānyaṃ mānayiṣyanti iti manyed amānitaḥ
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| 30 | na vai mānaṃ ca maunaṃ ca sahitau carataḥ sadā
ayaṃ hi loko mānasya asau mānasya tad viduḥ
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| 31 | śrīḥ sukhasyeha saṃvāsaḥ sā cāpi paripanthinī
brāhmī sudurlabhā śrīr hi prajñāhīnena kṣatriya
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| 32 | dvārāṇi tasyā hi vadanti santo; bahuprakārāṇi durāvarāṇi
satyārjave hrīr damaśaucavidyāḥ; ṣaṇmānamohapratibādhanāni
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