 | Book 12 Chapter 25
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | punar eva maharṣis taṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano 'bravīt
ajātaśatruṃ kaunteyam idaṃ vacanam arthavat
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| 2 | araṇye vasatāṃ tāta bhrātṝṇāṃ te tapasvinām
manorathā mahārāja ye tatrāsan yudhiṣṭhira
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| 3 | tān ime bharataśreṣṭha prāpnuvantu mahārathāḥ
praśādhi pṛthivīṃ pārtha yayātir iva nāhuṣaḥ
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| 4 | araṇye duḥkhavasatir anubhūtā tapasvibhiḥ
duḥkhasyānte naravyāghrāḥ sukhaṃ tv anubhavantv ime
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| 5 | dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca bhrātṛbhiḥ saha bhārata
anubhūya tataḥ paścāt prasthātāsi viśāṃ pate
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| 6 | atithīnāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca bhārata
ānṛṇyaṃ gaccha kaunteya tataḥ svargaṃ gamiṣyasi
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| 7 | sarvamedhāśvamedhābhyāṃ yajasva kurunandana
tataḥ paścān mahārāja gamiṣyasi parāṃ gatim
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| 8 | bhrātṝṃś ca sarvān kratubhiḥ saṃyojya bahudakṣiṇaiḥ
saṃprāptaḥ kīrtim atulāṃ pāṇḍaveya bhaviṣyasi
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| 9 | vidma te puruṣavyāghra vacanaṃ kurunandana
śṛṇu mac ca yathā kurvan dharmān na cyavate nṛpaḥ
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| 10 | ādadānasya ca dhanaṃ nigrahaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
samānaṃ dharmakuśalāḥ sthāpayanti nareśvara
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| 11 | deśakālapratīkṣe yo dasyor darśayate nṛpaḥ
śāstrajāṃ buddhim āsthāya nainasā sa hi yujyate
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| 12 | ādāya baliṣaḍbhāgaṃ yo rāṣṭraṃ nābhirakṣati
pratigṛhṇāti tat pāpaṃ caturthāṃśena pārthivaḥ
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| 13 | nibodha ca yathātiṣṭhan dharmān na cyavate nṛpaḥ
nigrahād dharmaśāstrāṇām anurudhyann apetabhīḥ
kāmakrodhāv anādṛtya piteva samadarśanaḥ
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| 14 | daivenopahate rājā karmakāle mahādyute
pramādayati tat karma na tatrāhur atikramam
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| 15 | tarasā buddhipūrvaṃ vā nigrāhyā eva śatravaḥ
pāpaiḥ saha na saṃdadhyād rāṣṭraṃ paṇyaṃ na kārayet
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| 16 | śūrāś cāryāś ca satkāryā vidvāṃsaś ca yudhiṣṭhira
gomato dhaninaś caiva paripālyā viśeṣataḥ
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| 17 | vyavahāreṣu dharmyeṣu niyojyāś ca bahuśrutāḥ
guṇayukte 'pi naikasmin viśvasyāc ca vicakṣaṇaḥ
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| 18 | arakṣitā durvinīto mānī stabdho 'bhyasūyakaḥ
enasā yujyate rājā durdānta iti cocyate
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| 19 | ye 'rakṣyamāṇā hīyante daivenopahate nṛpe
taskaraiś cāpi hanyante sarvaṃ tad rājakilbiṣam
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| 20 | sumantrite sunīte ca vidhivac copapādite
pauruṣe karmaṇi kṛte nāsty adharmo yudhiṣṭhira
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| 21 | vipadyante samārambhāḥ sidhyanty api ca daivataḥ
kṛte puruṣakāre tu nainaḥ spṛśati pārthivam
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| 22 | atra te rājaśārdūla vartayiṣye kathām imām
yad vṛttaṃ pūrvarājarṣer hayagrīvasya pārthiva
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| 23 | śatrūn hatvā hatasyājau śūrasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
asahāyasya dhīrasya nirjitasya yudhiṣṭhira
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| 24 | yat karma vai nigrahe śātravāṇāṃ; yogaś cāgryaḥ pālane mānavānām
kṛtvā karma prāpya kīrtiṃ suyuddhe; vājigrīvo modate devaloke
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| 25 | saṃtyaktātmā samareṣv ātatāyī; śastraiś chinno dasyubhir ardyamānaḥ
aśvagrīvaḥ karmaśīlo mahātmā; saṃsiddhātmā modate devaloke
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| 26 | dhanur yūpo raśanā jyā śaraḥ sruk; sruvaḥ khaḍgo rudhiraṃ yatra cājyam
ratho vedī kāmago yuddham agniś; cāturhotraṃ caturo vājimukhyāḥ
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| 27 | hutvā tasmin yajñavahnāv athārīn; pāpān mukto rājasiṃhas tarasvī
prāṇān hutvā cāvabhṛthe raṇe sa; vājigrīvo modate devaloke
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| 28 | rāṣṭraṃ rakṣan buddhipūrvaṃ nayena; saṃtyaktātmā yajñaśīlo mahātmā
sarvāṃl lokān vyāpya kīrtyā manasvī; vājigrīvo modate devaloke
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daivīṃ siddhiṃ mānuṣīṃ daṇḍanītiṃ; yoganyāyaiḥ pālayitvā mahīṃ ca
tasmād rājā dharmaśīlo mahātmā; hayagrīvo modate svargaloke
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vidvāṃs tyāgī śraddadhānaḥ kṛtajñas; tyaktvā lokaṃ mānuṣaṃ karma kṛtvā
medhāvināṃ viduṣāṃ saṃmatānāṃ; tanutyajāṃ lokam ākramya rājā
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| 31 | samyag vedān prāpya śāstrāṇy adhītya; samyag rāṣṭraṃ pālayitvā mahātmā
cāturvarṇyaṃ sthāpayitvā svadharme; vājigrīvo modate devaloke
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| 32 | jitvā saṃgrāmān pālayitvā prajāś ca; somaṃ pītvā tarpayitvā dvijāgryān
yuktyā daṇḍaṃ dhārayitvā prajānāṃ; yuddhe kṣīṇo modate devaloke
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vṛttaṃ yasya ślāghanīyaṃ manuṣyāḥ; santo vidvāṃsaś cārhayanty arhaṇīyāḥ
svargaṃ jitvā vīralokāṃś ca gatvā; siddhiṃ prāptaḥ puṇyakīrtir mahātmā
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