 | Book 12 Chapter 34
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhirasya tad vākyaṃ śrutvā dvaipāyanas tadā
samīkṣya nipuṇaṃ buddhyā ṛṣiḥ provāca pāṇḍavam
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| 2 | mā viṣādaṃ kṛthā rājan kṣatradharmam anusmara
svadharmeṇa hatā hy ete kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha
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| 3 | kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ śriyaṃ kṛtsnāṃ pṛthivyāṃ ca mahad yaśaḥ
kṛtāntavidhisaṃyuktāḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
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| 4 | na tvaṃ hantā na bhīmo 'pi nārjuno na yamāv api
kālaḥ paryāyadharmeṇa prāṇān ādatta dehinām
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| 5 | na yasya mātāpitarau nānugrāhyo 'sti kaś cana
karmasākṣī prajānāṃ yas tena kālena saṃhṛtāḥ
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| 6 | hetumātram idaṃ tasya kālasya puruṣarṣabha
yad dhanti bhūtair bhūtāni tad asmai rūpam aiśvaram
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| 7 | karmamūrtyātmakaṃ viddhi sākṣiṇaṃ śubhapāpayoḥ
sukhaduḥkhaguṇodarkaṃ kālaṃ kālaphalapradam
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| 8 | teṣām api mahābāho karmāṇi paricintaya
vināśahetukāritve yais te kālavaśaṃ gatāḥ
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| 9 | ātmanaś ca vijānīhi niyamavrataśīlatām
yadā tvam īdṛśaṃ karma vidhinākramya kāritaḥ
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| 10 | tvaṣṭreva vihitaṃ yantraṃ yathā sthāpayitur vaśe
karmaṇā kālayuktena tathedaṃ bhrāmyate jagat
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| 11 | puruṣasya hi dṛṣṭvemām utpattim animittataḥ
yadṛcchayā vināśaṃ ca śokaharṣāv anarthakau
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| 12 | vyalīkaṃ cāpi yat tv atra cittavaitaṃsikaṃ tava
tadartham iṣyate rājan prāyaścittaṃ tad ācara
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| 13 | idaṃ ca śrūyate pārtha yuddhe devāsure purā
asurā bhrātaro jyeṣṭhā devāś cāpi yavīyasaḥ
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| 14 | teṣām api śrīnimittaṃ mahān āsīt samucchrayaḥ
yuddhaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi dvātriṃśad abhavat kila
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| 15 | ekārṇavāṃ mahīṃ kṛtvā rudhireṇa pariplutām
jaghnur daityāṃs tadā devās tridivaṃ caiva lebhire
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| 16 | tathaiva pṛthivīṃ labdhvā brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
saṃśritā dānavānāṃ vai sāhyārthe darpamohitāḥ
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| 17 | śālāvṛkā iti khyātās triṣu lokeṣu bhārata
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi te cāpi vibudhair hatāḥ
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| 18 | dharmavyucchittim icchanto ye 'dharmasya pravartakāḥ
hantavyās te durātmāno devair daityā ivolbaṇāḥ
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| 19 | ekaṃ hatvā yadi kule śiṣṭānāṃ syād anāmayam
kulaṃ hatvātha rāṣṭraṃ vā na tad vṛttopaghātakam
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| 20 | adharmarūpo dharmo hi kaś cid asti narādhipa
dharmaś cādharmarūpo 'sti tac ca jñeyaṃ vipaścitā
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| 21 | tasmāt saṃstambhayātmānaṃ śrutavān asi pāṇḍava
devaiḥ pūrvagataṃ mārgam anuyāto 'si bhārata
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| 22 | na hīdṛśā gamiṣyanti narakaṃ pāṇḍavarṣabha
bhrātṝn āśvāsayaitāṃs tvaṃ suhṛdaś ca paraṃtapa
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| 23 | yo hi pāpasamārambhe kārye tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ
kurvann api tathaiva syāt kṛtvā ca nirapatrapaḥ
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| 24 | tasmiṃs tat kaluṣaṃ sarvaṃ samāptam iti śabditam
prāyaścittaṃ na tasyāsti hrāso vā pāpakarmaṇaḥ
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| 25 | tvaṃ tu śuklābhijātīyaḥ paradoṣeṇa kāritaḥ
anicchamānaḥ karmedaṃ kṛtvā ca paritapyase
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| 26 | aśvamedho mahāyajñaḥ prāyaścittam udāhṛtam
tam āhara mahārāja vipāpmaivaṃ bhaviṣyasi
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| 27 | marudbhiḥ saha jitvārīn maghavān pākaśāsanaḥ
ekaikaṃ kratum āhṛtya śatakṛtvaḥ śatakratuḥ
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| 28 | pūtapāpmā jitasvargo lokān prāpya sukhodayān
marudgaṇavṛtaḥ śakraḥ śuśubhe bhāsayan diśaḥ
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| 29 | svargaloke mahīyantam apsarobhiḥ śacīpatim
ṛṣayaḥ paryupāsante devāś ca vibudheśvaram
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| 30 | so 'yaṃ tvam iha saṃkrānto vikrameṇa vasuṃdharām
nirjitāś ca mahīpālā vikrameṇa tvayānagha
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| 31 | teṣāṃ purāṇi rāṣṭrāṇi gatvā rājan suhṛdvṛtaḥ
bhrātṝn putrāṃś ca pautrāṃś ca sve sve rājye 'bhiṣecaya
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| 32 | bālān api ca garbhasthān sāntvāni samudācaran
rañjayan prakṛtīḥ sarvāḥ paripāhi vasuṃdharām
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| 33 | kumāro nāsti yeṣāṃ ca kanyās tatrābhiṣecaya
kāmāśayo hi strīvargaḥ śokam evaṃ prahāsyati
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| 34 | evam āśvāsanaṃ kṛtvā sarvarāṣṭreṣu bhārata
yajasva vājimedhena yathendro vijayī purā
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| 35 | aśocyās te mahātmānaḥ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha
svakarmabhir gatā nāśaṃ kṛtāntabalamohitāḥ
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| 36 | avāptaḥ kṣatradharmas te rājyaṃ prāptam akalmaṣam
carasva dharmaṃ kaunteya śreyān yaḥ pretya bhāvikaḥ
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