 | Book 12 Chapter 9
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | muhūrtaṃ tāvad ekāgro manaḥśrotre 'ntarātmani
dhārayitvāpi te śrutvā rocatāṃ vacanaṃ mama
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| 2 | sārthagamyam ahaṃ mārgaṃ na jātu tvatkṛte punaḥ
gaccheyaṃ tad gamiṣyāmi hitvā grāmyasukhāny uta
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| 3 | kṣemyaś caikākinā gamyaḥ panthāḥ ko 'stīti pṛccha mām
atha vā necchasi praṣṭum apṛcchann api me śṛṇu
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| 4 | hitvā grāmyasukhācāraṃ tapyamāno mahat tapaḥ
araṇye phalamūlāśī cariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha
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| 5 | juhvāno 'gniṃ yathākālam ubhau kālāv upaspṛśan
kṛśaḥ parimitāhāraś carmacīrajaṭādharaḥ
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| 6 | śītavātātapasahaḥ kṣutpipāsāśramakṣamaḥ
tapasā vidhidṛṣṭena śarīram upaśoṣayan
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| 7 | manaḥkarṇasukhā nityaṃ śṛṇvann uccāvacā giraḥ
muditānām araṇyeṣu vasatāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām
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| 8 | ājighran peśalān gandhān phullānāṃ vṛkṣavīrudhām
nānārūpān vane paśyan ramaṇīyān vanaukasaḥ
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| 9 | vānaprasthajanasyāpi darśanaṃ kulavāsinaḥ
nāpriyāṇy ācariṣyāmi kiṃ punar grāmavāsinām
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| 10 | ekāntaśīlī vimṛśan pakvāpakvena vartayan
pitṝn devāṃś ca vanyena vāgbhir adbhiś ca tarpayan
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| 11 | evam āraṇyaśāstrāṇām ugram ugrataraṃ vidhim
sevamānaḥ pratīkṣiṣye dehasyāsya samāpanam
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| 12 | atha vaiko 'ham ekāham ekaikasmin vanaspatau
caran bhaikṣyaṃ munir muṇḍaḥ kṣapayiṣye kalevaram
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| 13 | pāṃsubhiḥ samavacchannaḥ śūnyāgārapratiśrayaḥ
vṛkṣamūlaniketo vā tyaktasarvapriyāpriyaḥ
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| 14 | na śocan na prahṛṣyaṃś ca tulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ
nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ
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| 15 | ātmārāmaḥ prasannātmā jaḍāndhabadhirākṛtiḥ
akurvāṇaḥ paraiḥ kāṃ cit saṃvidaṃ jātu kena cit
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| 16 | jaṅgamājaṅgamān sarvān navihiṃsaṃś caturvidhān
prajāḥ sarvāḥ svadharmasthāḥ samaḥ prāṇabhṛtaḥ prati
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| 17 | na cāpy avahasan kaṃ cin na kurvan bhrukuṭīṃ kva cit
prasannavadano nityaṃ sarvendriyasusaṃyataḥ
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| 18 | apṛcchan kasya cin mārgaṃ vrajan yenaiva kena cit
na deśaṃ na diśaṃ kāṃ cid gantum icchan viśeṣataḥ
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| 19 | gamane nirapekṣaś ca paścād anavalokayan
ṛjuḥ praṇihito gacchaṃs trasasthāvaravarjakaḥ
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| 20 | svabhāvas tu prayāty agre prabhavanty aśanāny api
dvaṃdvāni ca viruddhāni tāni sarvāṇy acintayan
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| 21 | alpaṃ vāsvādu vā bhojyaṃ pūrvālābhena jātu cit
anyeṣv api caraṃl lābham alābhe sapta pūrayan
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| 22 | vidhūme nyastamusale vyaṅgāre bhuktavaj jane
atītapātrasaṃcāre kāle vigatabhikṣuke
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| 23 | ekakālaṃ caran bhaikṣyaṃ gṛhe dve caiva pañca ca
spṛhāpāśān vimucyāhaṃ cariṣyāmi mahīm imām
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| 24 | na jijīviṣuvat kiṃ cin na mumūrṣuvad ācaran
jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ caiva nābhinandan na ca dviṣan
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| 25 | vāsyaikaṃ takṣato bāhuṃ candanenaikam ukṣataḥ
nākalyāṇaṃ na kalyāṇaṃ cintayann ubhayos tayoḥ
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| 26 | yāḥ kāś cij jīvatā śakyāḥ kartum abhyudayakriyāḥ
sarvās tāḥ samabhityajya nimeṣādivyavasthitaḥ
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| 27 | teṣu nityam asaktaś ca tyaktasarvendriyakriyaḥ
suparityaktasaṃkalpaḥ sunirṇiktātmakalmaṣaḥ
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| 28 | vimuktaḥ sarvasaṅgebhyo vyatītaḥ sarvavāgurāḥ
na vaśe kasya cit tiṣṭhan sadharmā mātariśvanaḥ
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| 29 | vītarāgaś carann evaṃ tuṣṭiṃ prāpsyāmi śāśvatīm
tṛṣṇayā hi mahat pāpam ajñānād asmi kāritaḥ
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| 30 | kuśalākuśalāny eke kṛtvā karmāṇi mānavāḥ
kāryakāraṇasaṃśliṣṭaṃ svajanaṃ nāma bibhrati
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| 31 | āyuṣo 'nte prahāyedaṃ kṣīṇaprāyaṃ kalevaram
pratigṛhṇāti tat pāpaṃ kartuḥ karmaphalaṃ hi tat
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| 32 | evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smin vyāviddhe rathacakravat
sameti bhūtagrāmo 'yaṃ bhūtagrāmeṇa kāryavān
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| 33 | janmamṛtyujarāvyādhivedanābhir upadrutam
asāram imam asvantaṃ saṃsāraṃ tyajataḥ sukham
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| 34 | divaḥ patatsu deveṣu sthānebhyaś ca maharṣiṣu
ko hi nāma bhavenārthī bhavet kāraṇatattvavit
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| 35 | kṛtvā hi vividhaṃ karma tat tad vividhalakṣaṇam
pārthivair nṛpatiḥ svalpaiḥ kāraṇair eva badhyate
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| 36 | tasmāt prajñāmṛtam idaṃ cirān māṃ pratyupasthitam
tat prāpya prārthaye sthānam avyayaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvam
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| 37 | etayā satataṃ vṛttyā carann evaṃprakārayā
dehaṃ saṃsthāpayiṣyāmi nirbhayaṃ mārgam āsthitaḥ
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