 | Book 12 Chapter 23
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktas tu kaunteyo guḍākeśena bhārata
novāca kiṃ cit kauravyas tato dvaipāyano 'bravīt
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| 2 | bībhatsor vacanaṃ samyak satyam etad yudhiṣṭhira
śāstradṛṣṭaḥ paro dharmaḥ smṛto gārhasthya āśramaḥ
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| 3 | svadharmaṃ cara dharmajña yathāśāstraṃ yathāvidhi
na hi gārhasthyam utsṛjya tavāraṇyaṃ vidhīyate
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| 4 | gṛhasthaṃ hi sadā devāḥ pitara ṛṣayas tathā
bhṛtyāś caivopajīvanti tān bhajasva mahīpate
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| 5 | vayāṃsi paśavaś caiva bhūtāni ca mahīpate
gṛhasthair eva dhāryante tasmāj jyeṣṭhāśramo gṛhī
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| 6 | so 'yaṃ caturṇām eteṣām āśramāṇāṃ durācaraḥ
taṃ carāvimanāḥ pārtha duścaraṃ durbalendriyaiḥ
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| 7 | vedajñānaṃ ca te kṛtsnaṃ tapaś ca caritaṃ mahat
pitṛpaitāmahe rājye dhuram udvoḍhum arhasi
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| 8 | tapo yajñas tathā vidyā bhaikṣam indriyanigrahaḥ
dhyānam ekāntaśīlatvaṃ tuṣṭir dānaṃ ca śaktitaḥ
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| 9 | brāhmaṇānāṃ mahārāja ceṣṭāḥ saṃsiddhikārikāḥ
kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca vakṣyāmi tavāpi viditaṃ punaḥ
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| 10 | yajño vidyā samutthānam asaṃtoṣaḥ śriyaṃ prati
daṇḍadhāraṇam atyugraṃ prajānāṃ paripālanam
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| 11 | vedajñānaṃ tathā kṛtsnaṃ tapaḥ sucaritaṃ tathā
draviṇopārjanaṃ bhūri pātreṣu pratipādanam
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| 12 | etāni rājñāṃ karmāṇi sukṛtāni viśāṃ pate
imaṃ lokam amuṃ lokaṃ sādhayantīti naḥ śrutam
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| 13 | teṣāṃ jyāyas tu kaunteya daṇḍadhāraṇam ucyate
balaṃ hi kṣatriye nityaṃ bale daṇḍaḥ samāhitaḥ
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| 14 | etāś ceṣṭāḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ rājan saṃsiddhikārikāḥ
api gāthām imāṃ cāpi bṛhaspatir abhāṣata
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| 15 | bhūmir etau nigirati sarpo bilaśayān iva
rājānaṃ cāviroddhāraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ cāpravāsinam
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| 16 | sudyumnaś cāpi rājarṣiḥ śrūyate daṇḍadhāraṇāt
prāptavān paramāṃ siddhiṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso yathā
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