 | Book 12 Chapter 61
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | āśramāṇāṃ mahābāho śṛṇu satyaparākrama
caturṇām iha varṇānāṃ karmāṇi ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 2 | vānaprasthaṃ bhaikṣacaryāṃ gārhasthyaṃ ca mahāśramam
brahmacaryāśramaṃ prāhuś caturthaṃ brāhmaṇair vṛtam
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| 3 | jaṭākaraṇasaṃskāraṃ dvijātitvam avāpya ca
ādhānādīni karmāṇi prāpya vedam adhītya ca
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| 4 | sadāro vāpy adāro vā ātmavān saṃyatendriyaḥ
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gacchet kṛtakṛtyo gṛhāśramāt
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| 5 | tatrāraṇyakaśāstrāṇi samadhītya sa dharmavit
ūrdhvaretāḥ prajāyitvā gacchaty akṣarasātmatām
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| 6 | etāny eva nimittāni munīnām ūrdhvaretasām
kartavyānīha vipreṇa rājann ādau vipaścitā
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| 7 | caritabrahmacaryasya brāhmaṇasya viśāṃ pate
bhaikṣacaryāsv adhīkāraḥ praśasta iha mokṣiṇaḥ
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| 8 | yatrāstamitaśāyī syān niragnir aniketanaḥ
yathopalabdhajīvī syān munir dānto jitendriyaḥ
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| 9 | nirāśīḥ syāt sarvasamo nirbhogo nirvikāravān
vipraḥ kṣemāśramaṃ prāpto gacchaty akṣarasātmatām
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| 10 | adhītya vedān kṛtasarvakṛtyaḥ; saṃtānam utpādya sukhāni bhuktvā
samāhitaḥ pracared duścaraṃ taṃ; gārhasthyadharmaṃ munidharmadṛṣṭam
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| 11 | svadāratuṣṭa ṛtukālagāmī; niyogasevī naśaṭho najihmaḥ
mitāśano devaparaḥ kṛtajñaḥ; satyo mṛduś cānṛśaṃsaḥ kṣamāvān
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| 12 | dānto vidheyo havyakavye 'pramatto; annasya dātā satataṃ dvijebhyaḥ
amatsarī sarvaliṅgipradātā; vaitānanityaś ca gṛhāśramī syāt
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| 13 | athātra nārāyaṇagītam āhur; maharṣayas tāta mahānubhāvāḥ
mahārtham atyarthatapaḥprayuktaṃ; tad ucyamānaṃ hi mayā nibodha
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| 14 | satyārjavaṃ cātithipūjanaṃ ca; dharmas tathārthaś ca ratiś ca dāre
niṣevitavyāni sukhāni loke; hy asmin pare caiva mataṃ mamaitat
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| 15 | bharaṇaṃ putradārāṇāṃ vedānāṃ pāraṇaṃ tathā
satāṃ tam āśramaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vadanti paramarṣayaḥ
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| 16 | evaṃ hi yo brāhmaṇo yajñaśīlo; gārhasthyam adhyāvasate yathāvat
gṛhasthavṛttiṃ praviśodhya samyak; svarge viṣuddhaṃ phalam āpnute saḥ
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| 17 | tasya dehaparityāgād iṣṭāḥ kāmākṣayā matāḥ
ānantyāyopatiṣṭhanti sarvatokṣiśiromukhāḥ
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| 18 | khādann eko japann ekaḥ sarpann eko yudhiṣṭhira
ekasminn eva ācārye śuśrūṣur malapaṅkavān
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| 19 | brahmacārī vratī nityaṃ nityaṃ dīkṣāparo vaśī
avicārya tathā vedaṃ kṛtyaṃ kurvan vaset sadā
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| 20 | śuśrūṣāṃ satataṃ kurvan guroḥ saṃpraṇameta ca
ṣaṭkarmasv anivṛttaś ca napravṛttaś ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 21 | na caraty adhikāreṇa sevitaṃ dviṣato na ca
eṣo 'śramapadas tāta brahmacāriṇa iṣyate
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