 | Book 12 Chapter 8
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | athārjuna uvācedam adhikṣipta ivākṣamī
abhinītataraṃ vākyaṃ dṛḍhavādaparākramaḥ
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| 2 | darśayann aindrir ātmānam ugram ugraparākramaḥ
smayamāno mahātejāḥ sṛkkiṇī saṃlihan muhuḥ
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| 3 | aho duḥkham aho kṛcchram aho vaiklavyam uttamam
yat kṛtvāmānuṣaṃ karma tyajethāḥ śriyam uttamām
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| 4 | śatrūn hatvā mahīṃ labdhvā svadharmeṇopapāditām
hatāmitraḥ kathaṃ sarvaṃ tyajethā buddhilāghavāt
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| 5 | klībasya hi kuto rājyaṃ dīrghasūtrasya vā punaḥ
kimarthaṃ ca mahīpālān avadhīḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
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| 6 | yo hy ājijīviṣed bhaikṣyaṃ karmaṇā naiva kena cit
samārambhān bubhūṣeta hatasvastir akiṃcanaḥ
sarvalokeṣu vikhyāto na putrapaśusaṃhitaḥ
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| 7 | kāpālīṃ nṛpa pāpiṣṭhāṃ vṛttim āsthāya jīvataḥ
saṃtyajya rājyam ṛddhaṃ te loko 'yaṃ kiṃ vadiṣyati
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| 8 | sarvārambhān samutsṛjya hatasvastir akiṃcanaḥ
kasmād āśaṃsase bhaikṣyaṃ cartuṃ prākṛtavat prabho
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| 9 | asmin rājakule jāto jitvā kṛtsnāṃ vasuṃdharām
dharmārthāv akhilau hitvā vanaṃ mauḍhyāt pratiṣṭhase
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| 10 | yadīmāni havīṃṣīha vimathiṣyanty asādhavaḥ
bhavatā viprahīṇāni prāptaṃ tvām eva kilbiṣam
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| 11 | ākiṃcanyam anāśāsyam iti vai nahuṣo 'bravīt
kṛtyā nṛśaṃsā hy adhane dhig astv adhanatām iha
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| 12 | aśvastanam ṛṣīṇāṃ hi vidyate veda tad bhavān
yaṃ tv imaṃ dharmam ity āhur dhanād eṣa pravartate
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| 13 | dharmaṃ saṃharate tasya dhanaṃ harati yasya yaḥ
hriyamāṇe dhane rājan vayaṃ kasya kṣamemahi
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| 14 | abhiśastavat prapaśyanti daridraṃ pārśvataḥ sthitam
dāridryaṃ pātakaṃ loke kas tac chaṃsitum arhati
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| 15 | patitaḥ śocyate rājan nirdhanaś cāpi śocyate
viśeṣaṃ nādhigacchāmi patitasyādhanasya ca
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| 16 | arthebhyo hi vivṛddhebhyaḥ saṃbhṛtebhyas tatas tataḥ
kriyāḥ sarvāḥ pravartante parvatebhya ivāpagāḥ
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| 17 | ardhād dharmaś ca kāmaś ca svargaś caiva narādhipa
prāṇayātrā hi lokasya vinārthaṃ na prasidhyati
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| 18 | arthena hi vihīnasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ
vyucchidyante kriyāḥ sarvā grīṣme kusarito yathā
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| 19 | yasyārthās tasya mitrāṇi yasyārthās tasya bāndhavāḥ
yasyārthāḥ sa pumāṃl loke yasyārthāḥ sa ca paṇḍitaḥ
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| 20 | adhanenārthakāmena nārthaḥ śakyo vivitsatā
arthair arthā nibadhyante gajair iva mahāgajāḥ
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| 21 | dharmaḥ kāmaś ca svargaś ca harṣaḥ krodhaḥ śrutaṃ damaḥ
arthād etāni sarvāṇi pravartante narādhipa
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| 22 | dhanāt kulaṃ prabhavati dhanād dharmaḥ pravartate
nādhanasyāsty ayaṃ loko na paraḥ puruṣottama
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| 23 | nādhano dharmakṛtyāni yathāvad anutiṣṭhati
dhanād dhi dharmaḥ sravati śailād girinadī yathā
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| 24 | yaḥ kṛśāśvaḥ kṛśagavaḥ kṛśabhṛtyaḥ kṛśātithiḥ
sa vai rājan kṛśo nāma na śarīrakṛśaḥ kṛśaḥ
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| 25 | avekṣasva yathānyāyaṃ paśya devāsuraṃ yathā
rājan kim anyaj jñātīnāṃ vadhād ṛdhyanti devatāḥ
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| 26 | na ced dhartavyam anyasya kathaṃ tad dharmam ārabhet
etāvān eva vedeṣu niścayaḥ kavibhiḥ kṛtaḥ
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| 27 | adhyetavyā trayī vidyā bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā
sarvathā dhanam āhāryaṃ yaṣṭavyaṃ cāpi yatnataḥ
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| 28 | drohād devair avāptāni divi sthānāni sarvaśaḥ
iti devā vyavasitā vedavādāś ca śāśvatāḥ
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| 29 | adhīyante tapasyanti yajante yājayanti ca
kṛtsnaṃ tad eva ca śreyo yad apy ādadate 'nyataḥ
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| 30 | na paśyāmo 'napahṛtaṃ dhanaṃ kiṃ cit kva cid vayam
evam eva hi rājāno jayanti pṛthivīm imām
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| 31 | jitvā mamatvaṃ bruvate putrā iva pitur dhane
rājarṣayo jitasvargā dharmo hy eṣāṃ nigadyate
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| 32 | yathaiva pūrṇād udadheḥ syandanty āpo diśo daśa
evaṃ rājakulād vittaṃ pṛthivīṃ pratitiṣṭhati
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| 33 | āsīd iyaṃ dilīpasya nṛgasya nahuṣasya ca
ambarīṣasya māndhātuḥ pṛthivī sā tvayi sthitā
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| 34 | sa tvāṃ dravyamayo yajñaḥ saṃprāptaḥ sarvadakṣiṇaḥ
taṃ cen na yajase rājan prāptas tvaṃ devakilbiṣam
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| 35 | yeṣāṃ rājāśvamedhena yajate dakṣiṇāvatā
upetya tasyāvabhṛthaṃ pūtāḥ sarve bhavanti te
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| 36 | viśvarūpo mahādevaḥ sarvamedhe mahāmakhe
juhāva sarvabhūtāni tathaivātmānam ātmanā
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| 37 | śāśvato 'yaṃ bhūtipatho nāsyāntam anuśuśruma
mahān dāśarathaḥ panthā mā rājan kāpathaṃ gamaḥ
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