 | Book 12 Chapter 17
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | asaṃtoṣaḥ pramādaś ca mado rāgo 'praśāntatā
balaṃ moho 'bhimānaś ca udvegaś cāpi sarvaśaḥ
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| 2 | ebhiḥ pāpmabhir āviṣṭo rājyaṃ tvam abhikāṅkṣasi
nirāmiṣo vinirmuktaḥ praśāntaḥ susukhī bhava
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| 3 | ya imām akhilāṃ bhūmiṃ śiṣyād eko mahīpatiḥ
tasyāpy udaram evaikaṃ kim idaṃ tvaṃ praśaṃsasi
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| 4 | nāhnā pūrayituṃ śakyā na māsena nararṣabha
apūryāṃ pūrayann icchām āyuṣāpi na śaknuyāt
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| 5 | yatheddhaḥ prajvalaty agnir asamiddhaḥ praśāmyati
alpāhāratayā tv agniṃ śamayaudaryam utthitam
jayodaraṃ pṛthivyā te śreyo nirjitayā jitam
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| 6 | mānuṣān kāmabhogāṃs tvam aiśvaryaṃ ca praśaṃsasi
abhogino 'balāś caiva yānti sthānam anuttamam
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| 7 | yogakṣemau ca rāṣṭrasya dharmādharmau tvayi sthitau
mucyasva mahato bhārāt tyāgam evābhisaṃśraya
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| 8 | ekodarakṛte vyāghraḥ karoti vighasaṃ bahu
tam anye 'py upajīvanti mandavegaṃcarā mṛgāḥ
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| 9 | viṣayān pratisaṃhṛtya saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yatiḥ
na ca tuṣyanti rājānaḥ paśya buddhyantaraṃ yathā
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| 10 | patrāhārair aśmakuṭṭair dantolūkhalikais tathā
abbhakṣair vāyubhakṣaiś ca tair ayaṃ narako jitaḥ
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| 11 | yaś cemāṃ vasudhāṃ kṛtsnāṃ praśāsed akhilāṃ nṛpaḥ
tulyāśmakāñcano yaś ca sa kṛtārtho na pārthivaḥ
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| 12 | saṃkalpeṣu nirārambho nirāśo nirmamo bhava
viśokaṃ sthānam ātiṣṭha iha cāmutra cāvyayam
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| 13 | nirāmiṣā na śocanti śocasi tvaṃ kim āmiṣam
parityajyāmiṣaṃ sarvaṃ mṛṣāvādāt pramokṣyase
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| 14 | panthānau pitṛyānaś ca devayānaś ca viśrutau
ījānāḥ pitṛyānena devayānena mokṣiṇaḥ
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| 15 | tapasā brahmacaryeṇa svādhyāyena ca pāvitāḥ
vimucya dehān vai bhānti mṛtyor aviṣayaṃ gatāḥ
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| 16 | āmiṣaṃ bandhanaṃ loke karmehoktaṃ tathāmiṣam
tābhyāṃ vimuktaḥ pāśābhyāṃ padam āpnoti tatparam
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| 17 | api gāthām imāṃ gītāṃ janakena vadanty uta
nirdvaṃdvena vimuktena mokṣaṃ samanupaśyatā
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| 18 | anantaṃ bata me vittaṃ yasya me nāsti kiṃ cana
mithilāyāṃ pradīptāyāṃ na me dahyati kiṃ cana
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| 19 | prajñāprāsādam āruhya naśocyāñ śocato janān
jagatīsthān ivādristho mandabuddhīn avekṣate
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| 20 | dṛśyaṃ paśyati yaḥ paśyan sa cakṣuṣmān sa buddhimān
ajñātānāṃ ca vijñānāt saṃbodhād buddhir ucyate
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| 21 | yas tu vācaṃ vijānāti bahumānam iyāt sa vai
brahmabhāvaprasūtānāṃ vaidyānāṃ bhāvitātmanām
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| 22 | yadā bhūtapṛthagbhāvam ekastham anupaśyati
tata eva ca vistāraṃ brahma saṃpadyate tadā
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| 23 | te janās tāṃ gatiṃ yānti nāvidvāṃso 'lpacetasaḥ
nābuddhayo nātapasaḥ sarvaṃ buddhau pratiṣṭhitam
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