 | Book 12 Chapter 13
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| 1 | sahadeva uvāca
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| 1 | na bāhyaṃ dravyam utsṛjya siddhir bhavati bhārata
śārīraṃ dravyam utsṛjya siddhir bhavati vā na vā
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| 2 | bāhyadravyavimuktasya śārīreṣu ca gṛdhyataḥ
yo dharmo yat sukhaṃ vā syād dviṣatāṃ tat tathāstu naḥ
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| 3 | śārīraṃ dravyam utsṛjya pṛthivīm anuśāsataḥ
yo dharmo yat sukhaṃ vā syāt suhṛdāṃ tat tathāstu naḥ
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| 4 | dvyakṣaras tu bhaven mṛtyus tryakṣaraṃ brahma śāśvatam
mameti ca bhaven mṛtyur na mameti ca śāśvatam
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| 5 | brahmamṛtyū ca tau rājann ātmany eva samāśritau
adṛśyamānau bhūtāni yodhayetām asaṃśayam
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| 6 | avināśo 'sya sattvasya niyato yadi bhārata
bhittvā śarīraṃ bhūtānāṃ na hiṃsā pratipatsyate
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| 7 | athāpi ca sahotpattiḥ sattvasya pralayas tathā
naṣṭe śarīre naṣṭaṃ syād vṛthā ca syāt kriyāpathaḥ
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| 8 | tasmād ekāntam utsṛjya pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraiś ca yaḥ
panthā niṣevitaḥ sadbhiḥ sa niṣevyo vijānatā
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| 9 | labdhvāpi pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ sahasthāvarajaṅgamām
na bhuṅkte yo nṛpaḥ samyaṅ niṣphalaṃ tasya jīvitam
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| 10 | atha vā vasato rājan vane vanyena jīvataḥ
dravyeṣu yasya mamatā mṛtyor āsye sa vartate
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| 11 | bāhyābhyantarabhūtānāṃ svabhāvaṃ paśya bhārata
ye tu paśyanti tadbhāvaṃ mucyante mahato bhayāt
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| 12 | bhavān pitā bhavān mātā bhavān bhrātā bhavān guruḥ
duḥkhapralāpān ārtasya tasmān me kṣantum arhasi
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| 13 | tathyaṃ vā yadi vātathyaṃ yan mayaitat prabhāṣitam
tad viddhi pṛthivīpāla bhaktyā bharatasattama
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