 | Book 12 Chapter 63
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | jyākarṣaṇaṃ śatrunibarhaṇaṃ ca; kṛṣir vaṇijyā paśupālanaṃ ca
śuśrūṣaṇaṃ cāpi tathārthahetor; akāryam etat paramaṃ dvijasya
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| 2 | sevyaṃ tu brahmaṣaṭkarma gṛhasthena manīṣiṇā
kṛtakṛtyasya cāraṇye vāso viprasya śasyate
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| 3 | rājapraiṣyaṃ kṛṣidhanaṃ jīvanaṃ ca vaṇijyayā
kauṭilyaṃ kaulaṭeyaṃ ca kusīdaṃ ca vivarjayet
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| 4 | śūdro rājan bhavati brahmabandhur; duścāritryo yaś ca dharmād apetaḥ
vṛṣalīpatiḥ piśuno nartakaś ca; grāmapraiṣyo yaś ca bhaved vikarmā
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| 5 | japan vedān ajapaṃś cāpi rājan; samaḥ śūdrair dāsavac cāpi bhojyaḥ
ete sarve śūdrasamā bhavanti; rājann etān varjayed devakṛtye
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| 6 | nirmaryāde cāśane krūravṛttau; hiṃsātmake tyaktadharmasvavṛtte
havyaṃ kavyaṃ yāni cānyāni rājan; deyāny adeyāni bhavanti tasmin
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| 7 | tasmād dharmo vihito brāhmaṇasya; damaḥ śaucaṃ cārjavaṃ cāpi rājan
tathā viprasyāśramāḥ sarva eva; purā rājan brahmaṇā vai nisṛṣṭāḥ
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| 8 | yaḥ syād dāntaḥ somapa āryaśīlaḥ; sānukrośaḥ sarvasaho nirāśīḥ
ṛjur mṛdur anṛśaṃsaḥ kṣamāvān; sa vai vipro netaraḥ pāpakarmā
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śūdraṃ vaiśyaṃ rājaputraṃ ca rājaṃl; lokāḥ sarve saṃśritā dharmakāmāḥ
tasmād varṇāñ jātidharmeṣu saktān; matvā viṣṇur necchati pāṇḍuputra
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| 10 | loke cedaṃ sarvalokasya na syāc; cāturvarṇyaṃ vedavādāś ca na syuḥ
sarvāś cejyāḥ sarvalokakriyāś ca; sadyaḥ sarve cāśramasthā na vai syuḥ
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| 11 | yaś ca trayāṇāṃ varṇānām icched āśramasevanam
kartum āśramadṛṣṭāṃś ca dharmāṃs tāñ śṛṇu pāṇḍava
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| 12 | śuśrūṣākṛtakṛtyasya kṛtasaṃtānakarmaṇaḥ
abhyanujñāpya rājānaṃ śūdrasya jagatīpate
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| 13 | alpāntaragatasyāpi daśadharmagatasya vā
āśramā vihitāḥ sarve varjayitvā nirāśiṣam
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| 14 | bhaikṣacaryāṃ na tu prāhus tasya tad dharmacāriṇaḥ
tathā vaiśyasya rājendra rājaputrasya caiva hi
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| 15 | kṛtakṛtyo vayotīto rājñaḥ kṛtapariśramaḥ
vaiśyo gacched anujñāto nṛpeṇāśramamaṇḍalam
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| 16 | vedān adhītya dharmeṇa rājaśāstrāṇi cānagha
saṃtānādīni karmāṇi kṛtvā somaṃ niṣevya ca
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| 17 | pālayitvā prajāḥ sarvā dharmeṇa vadatāṃ vara
rājasūyāśvamedhādīn makhān anyāṃs tathaiva ca
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| 18 | samānīya yathāpāṭhaṃ viprebhyo dattadakṣiṇaḥ
saṃgrāme vijayaṃ prāpya tathālpaṃ yadi vā bahu
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| 19 | sthāpayitvā prajāpālaṃ putraṃ rājye ca pāṇḍava
anyagotraṃ praśastaṃ vā kṣatriyaṃ kṣatriyarṣabha
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| 20 | arcayitvā pitṝn samyak pitṛyajñair yathāvidhi
devān yajñair ṛṣīn vedair arcitvā caiva yatnataḥ
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| 21 | antakāle ca saṃprāpte ya icched āśramāntaram
ānupūrvyāśramān rājan gatvā siddhim avāpnuyāt
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| 22 | rājarṣitvena rājendra bhaikṣacaryādhvasevayā
apetagṛhadharmo 'pi carej jīvitakāmyayā
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| 23 | na caitan naiṣṭhikaṃ karma trayāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha
caturṇāṃ rājaśārdūla prāhur āśramavāsinām
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| 24 | bahv āyattaṃ kṣatriyair mānavānāṃ; lokaśreṣṭhaṃ dharmam āsevamānaiḥ
sarve dharmāḥ sopadharmās trayāṇāṃ; rājño dharmād iti vedāc chṛṇomi
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| 25 | yathā rājan hastipade padāni; saṃlīyante sarvasattvodbhavāni
evaṃ dharmān rājadharmeṣu sarvān; sarvāvasthaṃ saṃpralīnān nibodha
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| 26 | alpāśrayān alpaphalān vadanti; dharmān anyān dharmavido manuṣyāḥ
mahāśrayaṃ bahukalyāṇarūpaṃ; kṣātraṃ dharmaṃ netaraṃ prāhur āryāḥ
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| 27 | sarve dharmā rājadharmapradhānāḥ; sarve dharmāḥ pālyamānā bhavanti
sarvatyāgo rājadharmeṣu rājaṃs; tyāge cāhur dharmam agryaṃ purāṇam
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| 28 | majjet trayī daṇḍanītau hatāyāṃ; sarve dharmā na bhaveyur viruddhāḥ
sarve dharmāś cāśramāṇāṃ gatāḥ syuḥ; kṣātre tyakte rājadharme purāṇe
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sarve tyāgā rājadharmeṣu dṛṣṭāḥ; sarvā dīkṣā rājadharmeṣu coktāḥ
sarve yogā rājadharmeṣu coktāḥ; sarve lokā rājadharmān praviṣṭāḥ
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| 30 | yathā jīvāḥ prakṛtau vadhyamānā; dharmāśritānām upapīḍanāya
evaṃ dharmā rājadharmair viyuktāḥ; sarvāvasthaṃ nādriyante svadharmam
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