 | Book 12 Chapter 22
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tasmin vākyāntare vākyaṃ punar evārjuno 'bravīt
viṣaṇṇamanasaṃ jyeṣṭham idaṃ bhrātaram īśvaram
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| 2 | kṣatradharmeṇa dharmajña prāpya rājyam anuttamam
jitvā cārīn naraśreṣṭha tapyate kiṃ bhavān bhṛśam
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| 3 | kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārāja saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ smṛtam
viśiṣṭaṃ bahubhir yajñaiḥ kṣatradharmam anusmara
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| 4 | brāhmaṇānāṃ tapas tyāgaḥ pretyadharmavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca vihitaṃ saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ vibho
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| 5 | kṣatradharmo mahāraudraḥ śastranitya iti smṛtaḥ
vadhaś ca bharataśreṣṭha kāle śastreṇa saṃyuge
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| 6 | brāhmaṇasyāpi ced rājan kṣatradharmeṇa tiṣṭhataḥ
praśastaṃ jīvitaṃ loke kṣatraṃ hi brahmasaṃsthitam
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| 7 | na tyāgo na punar yācñā na tapo manujeśvara
kṣatriyasya vidhīyante na parasvopajīvanam
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| 8 | sa bhavān sarvadharmajñaḥ sarvātmā bharatarṣabha
rājā manīṣī nipuṇo loke dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ
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| 9 | tyaktvā saṃtāpajaṃ śokaṃ daṃśito bhava karmaṇi
kṣatriyasya viśeṣeṇa hṛdayaṃ vajrasaṃhatam
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| 10 | jitvārīn kṣatradharmeṇa prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam
vijitātmā manuṣyendra yajñadānaparo bhava
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| 11 | indro vai brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ karmaṇā kṣatriyo 'bhavat
jñātīnāṃ pāpavṛttīnāṃ jaghāna navatīr nava
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| 12 | tac cāsya karma pūjyaṃ hi praśasyaṃ ca viśāṃ pate
tena cendratvam āpede devānām iti naḥ śrutam
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| 13 | sa tvaṃ yajñair mahārāja yajasva bahudakṣiṇaiḥ
yathaivendro manuṣyendra cirāya vigatajvaraḥ
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| 14 | mā tvam evaṃgate kiṃ cit kṣatriyarṣabha śocithāḥ
gatās te kṣatradharmeṇa śastrapūtāḥ parāṃ gatim
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| 15 | bhavitavyaṃ tathā tac ca yad vṛttaṃ bharatarṣabha
diṣṭaṃ hi rājaśārdūla na śakyam ativartitum
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