 | Book 12 Chapter 10
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| 1 | bhīma uvāca
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| 1 | śrotriyasyeva te rājan mandakasyāvipaścitaḥ
anuvākahatābuddhir naiṣā tattvārthadarśinī
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| 2 | ālasye kṛtacittasya rājadharmānasūyataḥ
vināśe dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 3 | kṣamānukampā kāruṇyam ānṛśaṃsyaṃ na vidyate
kṣātram ācarato mārgam api bandhos tvadantare
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| 4 | yadīmāṃ bhavato buddhiṃ vidyāma vayam īdṛśīm
śastraṃ naiva grahīṣyāmo na vadhiṣyāma kaṃ cana
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| 5 | bhaikṣyam evācariṣyāma śarīrasyā vimokṣaṇāt
na cedaṃ dāruṇaṃ yuddham abhaviṣyan mahīkṣitām
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| 6 | prāṇasyānnam idaṃ sarvam iti vai kavayo viduḥ
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva sarvaṃ prāṇasya bhojanam
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| 7 | ādadānasya ced rājyaṃ ye ke cit paripanthinaḥ
hantavyās ta iti prājñāḥ kṣatradharmavido viduḥ
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| 8 | te sadoṣā hatāsmābhī rājyasya paripanthinaḥ
tān hatvā bhuṅkṣva dharmeṇa yudhiṣṭhira mahīm imām
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| 9 | yathā hi puruṣaḥ khātvā kūpam aprāpya codakam
paṅkadigdho nivarteta karmedaṃ nas tathopamam
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| 10 | yathāruhya mahāvṛkṣam apahṛtya tato madhu
aprāśya nidhanaṃ gacchet karmedaṃ nas tathopamam
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| 11 | yathā mahāntam adhvānam āśayā puruṣaḥ patan
sa nirāśo nivarteta karmedaṃ nas tathopamam
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| 12 | yathā śatrūn ghātayitvā puruṣaḥ kurusattama
ātmānaṃ ghātayet paścāt karmedaṃ nas tathāvidham
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| 13 | yathānnaṃ kṣudhito labdhvā na bhuñjīta yadṛcchayā
kāmī ca kāminīṃ labdhvā karmedaṃ nas tathāvidham
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| 14 | vayam evātra garhyā hi ye vayaṃ mandacetasaḥ
tvāṃ rājann anugacchāmo jyeṣṭho 'yam iti bhārata
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| 15 | vayaṃ hi bāhubalinaḥ kṛtavidyā manasvinaḥ
klībasya vākye tiṣṭhāmo yathaivāśaktayas tathā
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| 16 | agatīn kāgatīn asmān naṣṭārthān arthasiddhaye
kathaṃ vai nānupaśyeyur janāḥ paśyanti yādṛśam
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| 17 | āpatkāle hi saṃnyāsaḥ kartavya iti śiṣyate
jarayābhiparītena śatrubhir vyaṃsitena ca
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| 18 | tasmād iha kṛtaprajñās tyāgaṃ na paricakṣate
dharmavyatikramaṃ cedaṃ manyante sūkṣmadarśinaḥ
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| 19 | kathaṃ tasmāt samutpannas tanniṣṭhas tad upāśrayaḥ
tad eva nindann āsīta śraddhā vānyatra gṛhyate
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| 20 | śriyā vihīnair adhanair nāstikaiḥ saṃpravartitam
vedavādasya vijñānaṃ satyābhāsam ivānṛtam
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| 21 | śakyaṃ tu mauṇḍyam āsthāya bibhratātmānam ātmanā
dharmacchadma samāsthāya āsituṃ na tu jīvitum
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| 22 | śakyaṃ punar araṇyeṣu sukham ekena jīvitum
abibhratā putrapautrān devarṣīn atithīn pitṝn
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| 23 | neme mṛgāḥ svargajito na varāhā na pakṣiṇaḥ
athaitena prakāreṇa puṇyam āhur na tāñ janāḥ
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| 24 | yadi saṃnyāsataḥ siddhiṃ rājan kaś cid avāpnuyāt
parvatāś ca drumāś caiva kṣipraṃ siddhim avāpnuyuḥ
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| 25 | ete hi nityasaṃnyāsā dṛśyante nirupadravāḥ
aparigrahavantaś ca satataṃ cātmacāriṇaḥ
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| 26 | atha ced ātmabhāgyeṣu nānyeṣāṃ siddhim aśnute
tasmāt karmaiva kartavyaṃ nāsti siddhir akarmaṇaḥ
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| 27 | audakāḥ sṛṣṭayaś caiva jantavaḥ siddhim āpnuyuḥ
yeṣām ātmaiva bhartavyo nānyaḥ kaś cana vidyate
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| 28 | avekṣasva yathā svaiḥ svaiḥ karmabhir vyāpṛtaṃ jagat
tasmāt karmaiva kartavyaṃ nāsti siddhir akarmaṇaḥ
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