 | Book 12 Chapter 62
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śivān sukhān mahodarkān ahiṃsrāṃl lokasaṃmatān
brūhi dharmān sukhopāyān madvidhānāṃ sukhāvahān
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | brāhmaṇasyeha catvāra āśramā vihitāḥ prabho
varṇās tān anuvartante trayo bharatasattama
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| 3 | uktāni karmāṇi bahūni rājan; svargyāṇi rājanyaparāyaṇāni
nemāni dṛṣṭāntavidhau smṛtāni; kṣātre hi sarvaṃ vihitaṃ yathāvat
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kṣātrāṇi vaiśyāni ca sevamānaḥ; śaudrāṇi karmāṇi ca brāhmaṇaḥ san
asmiṃl loke nindito mandacetāḥ; pare ca loke nirayaṃ prayāti
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| 5 | yā saṃjñā vihitā loke dāse śuni vṛke paśau
vikarmaṇi sthite vipre tāṃ saṃjñāṃ kuru pāṇḍava
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| 6 | ṣaṭkarmasaṃpravṛttasya āśrameṣu caturṣv api
sarvadharmopapannasya saṃbhūtasya kṛtātmanaḥ
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| 7 | brāhmaṇasya viśuddhasya tapasy abhiratasya ca
nirāśiṣo vadānyasya lokā hy akṣarasaṃjñitāḥ
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| 8 | yo yasmin kurute karma yādṛśaṃ yena yatra ca
tādṛśaṃ tādṛśenaiva sa guṇaṃ pratipadyate
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| 9 | vṛddhyā kṛṣivaṇiktvena jīvasaṃjīvanena ca
vettum arhasi rājendra svādhyāyagaṇitaṃ mahat
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| 10 | kālasaṃcoditaḥ kālaḥ kālaparyāyaniścitaḥ
uttamādhamamadhyāni karmāṇi kurute 'vaśaḥ
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| 11 | antavanti pradānāni purā śreyaskarāṇi ca
svakarmanirato loko hy akṣaraḥ sarvatomukhaḥ
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