 | Book 12 Chapter 56
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | praṇipatya hṛṣīkeśam abhivādya pitāmaham
anumānya gurūn sarvān paryapṛcchad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 2 | rājyaṃ vai paramo dharma iti dharmavido viduḥ
mahāntam etaṃ bhāraṃ ca manye tad brūhi pārthiva
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| 3 | rājadharmān viśeṣeṇa kathayasva pitāmaha
sarvasya jīvalokasya rājadharmāḥ parāyaṇam
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| 4 | trivargo 'tra samāsakto rājadharmeṣu kaurava
mokṣadharmaś ca vispaṣṭaḥ sakalo 'tra samāhitaḥ
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| 5 | yathā hi raśmayo 'śvasya dviradasyāṅkuśo yathā
narendradharmo lokasya tathā pragrahaṇaṃ smṛtam
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| 6 | atra vai saṃpramūḍhe tu dharme rājarṣisevite
lokasya saṃsthā na bhavet sarvaṃ ca vyākulaṃ bhavet
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| 7 | udayan hi yathā sūryo nāśayaty āsuraṃ tamaḥ
rājadharmās tathālokyām ākṣipanty aśubhāṃ gatim
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| 8 | tad agre rājadharmāṇām arthatattvaṃ pitāmaha
prabrūhi bharataśreṣṭha tvaṃ hi buddhimatāṃ varaḥ
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| 9 | āgamaś ca paras tvattaḥ sarveṣāṃ naḥ paraṃtapa
bhavantaṃ hi paraṃ buddhau vāsudevo 'bhimanyate
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| 10 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 10 | namo dharmāya mahate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase
brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya dharmān vakṣyāmi śāśvatān
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| 11 | śṛṇu kārtsnyena mattas tvaṃ rājadharmān yudhiṣṭhira
nirucyamānān niyato yac cānyad abhivāñchasi
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| 12 | ādāv eva kuruśreṣṭha rājñā rañjanakāmyayā
devatānāṃ dvijānāṃ ca vartitavyaṃ yathāvidhi
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| 13 | daivatāny arcayitvā hi brāhmaṇāṃś ca kurūdvaha
ānṛṇyaṃ yāti dharmasya lokena ca sa mānyate
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| 14 | utthāne ca sadā putra prayatethā yudhiṣṭhira
na hy utthānam ṛte daivaṃ rājñām arthaprasiddhaye
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| 15 | sādhāraṇaṃ dvayaṃ hy etad daivam utthānam eva ca
pauruṣaṃ hi paraṃ manye daivaṃ niścityam ucyate
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| 16 | vipanne ca samārambhe saṃtāpaṃ mā sma vai kṛthāḥ
ghaṭate vinayas tāta rājñām eṣa nayaḥ paraḥ
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| 17 | na hi satyād ṛte kiṃ cid rājñāṃ vai siddhikāraṇam
satye hi rājā nirataḥ pretya ceha ca nandati
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| 18 | ṛṣīṇām api rājendra satyam eva paraṃ dhanam
tathā rājñaḥ paraṃ satyān nānyad viśvāsakāraṇam
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| 19 | guṇavāñ śīlavān dānto mṛdur dharmyo jitendriyaḥ
sudarśaḥ sthūlalakṣyaś ca na bhraśyeta sadā śriyaḥ
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| 20 | ārjavaṃ sarvakāryeṣu śrayethāḥ kurunandana
punar nayavicāreṇa trayīsaṃvaraṇena ca
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| 21 | mṛdur hi rājā satataṃ laṅghyo bhavati sarvaśaḥ
tīkṣṇāc codvijate lokas tasmād ubhayam ācara
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| 22 | adaṇḍyāś caiva te nityaṃ viprāḥ syur dadatāṃ vara
bhūtam etat paraṃ loke brāhmaṇā nāma bhārata
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| 23 | manunā cāpi rājendra gītau ślokau mahātmanā
dharmeṣu sveṣu kauravya hṛdi tau kartum arhasi
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| 24 | adbhyo 'gnir brahmataḥ kṣatram aśmano loham utthitam
teṣāṃ sarvatragaṃ tejaḥ svāsu yoniṣu śāmyati
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| 25 | ayo hanti yadāśmānam agniś cāpo 'bhipadyate
brahma ca kṣatriyo dveṣṭi tadā sīdanti te trayaḥ
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| 26 | etaj jñātvā mahārāja namasyā eva te dvijāḥ
bhaumaṃ brahma dvijaśreṣṭhā dhārayanti śamānvitāḥ
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| 27 | evaṃ caiva naravyāghra lokatantravighātakāḥ
nigrāhyā eva satataṃ bāhubhyāṃ ye syur īdṛśāḥ
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| 28 | ślokau cośanasā gītau purā tāta maharṣiṇā
tau nibodha mahāprājña tvam ekāgramanā nṛpa
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| 29 | udyamya śastram āyāntam api vedāntagaṃ raṇe
nigṛhṇīyāt svadharmeṇa dharmāpekṣī nareśvaraḥ
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| 30 | vinaśyamānaṃ dharmaṃ hi yo rakṣati sa dharmavit
na tena bhrūṇahā sa syān manyus taṃ manum ṛcchati
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| 31 | evaṃ caiva naraśreṣṭha rakṣyā eva dvijātayaḥ
svaparāddhān api hi tān viṣayānte samutsṛjet
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| 32 | abhiśastam api hy eṣāṃ kṛpāyīta viśāṃ pate
brahmaghne gurutalpe ca bhrūṇahatye tathaiva ca
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| 33 | rājadviṣṭe ca viprasya viṣayānte visarjanam
vidhīyate na śārīraṃ bhayam eṣāṃ kadā cana
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| 34 | dayitāś ca narās te syur nityaṃ puruṣasattama
na kośaḥ paramo hy anyo rājñāṃ puruṣasaṃcayāt
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| 35 | durgeṣu ca mahārāja ṣaṭsu ye śāstraniścitāḥ
sarveṣu teṣu manyante naradurgaṃ sudustaram
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| 36 | tasmān nityaṃ dayā kāryā cāturvarṇye vipaścitā
dharmātmā satyavāk caiva rājā rañjayati prajāḥ
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| 37 | na ca kṣāntena te bhāvyaṃ nityaṃ puruṣasattama
adharmyo hi mṛdū rājā kṣamāvān iva kuñjaraḥ
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| 38 | bārhaspatye ca śāstre vai ślokā viniyatāḥ purā
asminn arthe mahārāja tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu
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| 39 | kṣamamāṇaṃ nṛpaṃ nityaṃ nīcaḥ paribhavej janaḥ
hastiyantā gajasyeva śira evārurukṣati
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| 40 | tasmān naiva mṛdur nityaṃ tīkṣṇo vāpi bhaven nṛpaḥ
vasante 'rka iva śrīmān na śīto na ca gharmadaḥ
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| 41 | pratyakṣeṇānumānena tathaupamyopadeśataḥ
parīkṣyās te mahārāja sve pare caiva sarvadā
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| 42 | vyasanāni ca sarvāṇi tyajethā bhūridakṣiṇa
na caiva na prayuñjīta saṅgaṃ tu parivarjayet
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| 43 | nityaṃ hi vyasanī loke paribhūto bhavaty uta
udvejayati lokaṃ cāpy atidveṣī mahīpatiḥ
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| 44 | bhavitavyaṃ sadā rājñā garbhiṇīsahadharmiṇā
kāraṇaṃ ca mahārāja śṛṇu yenedam iṣyate
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| 45 | yathā hi garbhiṇī hitvā svaṃ priyaṃ manaso 'nugam
garbhasya hitam ādhatte tathā rājñāpy asaṃśayam
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| 46 | vartitavyaṃ kuruśreṣṭha nityaṃ dharmānuvartinā
svaṃ priyaṃ samabhityajya yad yal lokahitaṃ bhavet
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| 47 | na saṃtyājyaṃ ca te dhairyaṃ kadā cid api pāṇḍava
dhīrasya spaṣṭadaṇḍasya na hy ājñā pratihanyate
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| 48 | parihāsaś ca bhṛtyais te na nityaṃ vadatāṃ vara
kartavyo rājaśārdūla doṣam atra hi me śṛṇu
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| 49 | avamanyanti bhartāraṃ saṃharṣād upajīvinaḥ
sve sthāne na ca tiṣṭhanti laṅghayanti hi tad vacaḥ
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| 50 | preṣyamāṇā vikalpante guhyaṃ cāpy anuyuñjate
ayācyaṃ caiva yācante 'bhojyāny āhārayanti ca
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| 51 | krudhyanti paridīpyanti bhūmim adhyāsate 'sya ca
utkocair vañcanābhiś ca kāryāṇy anuvihanti ca
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| 52 | jarjaraṃ cāsya viṣayaṃ kurvanti pratirūpakaiḥ
strīr akṣibhiś ca sajjante tulyaveṣā bhavanti ca
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| 53 | vātaṃ ca ṣṭhīvanaṃ caiva kurvate cāsya saṃnidhau
nirlajjā naraśārdūla vyāharanti ca tadvacaḥ
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| 54 | hayaṃ vā dantinaṃ vāpi rathaṃ nṛpatisaṃmatam
adhirohanty anādṛtya harṣule pārthive mṛdau
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| 55 | idaṃ te duṣkaraṃ rājann idaṃ te durviceṣṭitam
ity evaṃ suhṛdo nāma bruvanti pariṣadgatāḥ
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| 56 | kruddhe cāsmin hasanty eva na ca hṛṣyanti pūjitāḥ
saṃgharṣaśīlāś ca sadā bhavanty anyonyakāraṇāt
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| 57 | visraṃsayanti mantraṃ ca vivṛṇvanti ca duṣkṛtam
līlayā caiva kurvanti sāvajñās tasya śāsanam
alaṃkaraṇabhojyaṃ ca tathā snānānulepanam
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| 58 | helamānā naravyāghra svasthās tasyopaśṛṇvate
nindanti svān adhīkārān saṃtyajanti ca bhārata
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| 59 | na vṛttyā parituṣyanti rājadeyaṃ haranti ca
krīḍituṃ tena cecchanti sasūtreṇeva pakṣiṇā
asmatpraṇeyo rājeti loke caiva vadanty uta
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| 60 | ete caivāpare caiva doṣāḥ prādurbhavanty uta
nṛpatau mārdavopete harṣule ca yudhiṣṭhira
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