 | Book 12 Chapter 67
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | cāturāśramya ukto 'tra cāturvarṇyas tathaiva ca
rāṣṭrasya yat kṛtyatamaṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | rāṣṭrasyaitat kṛtyatamaṃ rājña evābhiṣecanam
anindram abalaṃ rāṣṭraṃ dasyavo 'bhibhavanti ca
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| 3 | arājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu dharmo na vyavatiṣṭhate
parasparaṃ ca khādanti sarvathā dhig arājakam
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| 4 | indram enaṃ pravṛṇute yad rājānam iti śrutiḥ
yathaivendras tathā rājā saṃpūjyo bhūtim icchatā
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| 5 | nārājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu vastavyam iti vaidikam
nārājakeṣu rāṣṭreṣu havyam agnir vahaty api
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| 6 | atha ced abhivarteta rājyārthī balavattaraḥ
arājakāni rāṣṭrāṇi hatarājāni vā punaḥ
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| 7 | pratyudgamyābhipūjyaḥ syād etad atra sumantritam
na hi pāpāt pāpataram asti kiṃ cid arājakāt
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| 8 | sa cet samanupaśyeta samagraṃ kuśalaṃ bhavet
balavān hi prakupitaḥ kuryān niḥśeṣatām api
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| 9 | bhūyāṃsaṃ labhate kleśaṃ yā gaur bhavati durduhā
suduhā yā tu bhavati naiva tāṃ kleśayanty uta
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| 10 | yad ataptaṃ praṇamati na tat saṃtāpayanty uta
yac ca svayaṃ nataṃ dāru na tat saṃnāmayanty api
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| 11 | etayopamayā dhīraḥ saṃnameta balīyase
indrāya sa praṇamate namate yo balīyase
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| 12 | tasmād rājaiva kartavyaḥ satataṃ bhūtim icchatā
na dhanārtho na dārārthas teṣāṃ yeṣām arājakam
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| 13 | prīyate hi haran pāpaḥ paravittam arājake
yadāsya uddharanty anye tadā rājānam icchati
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| 14 | pāpā api tadā kṣemaṃ na labhante kadā cana
ekasya hi dvau harato dvayoś ca bahavo 'pare
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| 15 | adāsaḥ kriyate dāso hriyante ca balāt striyaḥ
etasmāt kāraṇād devāḥ prajāpālān pracakrire
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| 16 | rājā cen na bhavel loke pṛthivyāṃ daṇḍadhārakaḥ
śūle matsyān ivāpakṣyan durbalān balavattarāḥ
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| 17 | arājakāḥ prajāḥ pūrvaṃ vineśur iti naḥ śrutam
parasparaṃ bhakṣayanto matsyā iva jale kṛśān
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| 18 | tāḥ sametya tataś cakruḥ samayān iti naḥ śrutam
vākkrūro daṇḍapuruṣo yaś ca syāt pāradārikaḥ
yaś ca na svam athādadyāt tyājyā nas tādṛśā iti
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| 19 | viśvāsanārthaṃ varṇānāṃ sarveṣām aviśeṣataḥ
tās tathā samayaṃ kṛtvā samaye nāvatasthire
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| 20 | sahitās tās tadā jagmur asukhārtāḥ pitāmaham
anīśvarā vinaśyāmo bhagavann īśvaraṃ diśa
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| 21 | yaṃ pūjayema saṃbhūya yaś ca naḥ paripālayet
tābhyo manuṃ vyādideśa manur nābhinananda tāḥ
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| 22 | manur uvāca
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| 22 | bibhemi karmaṇaḥ krūrād rājyaṃ hi bhṛśaduṣkaram
viśeṣato manuṣyeṣu mithyāvṛttiṣu nityadā
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| 23 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 23 | tam abruvan prajā mā bhaiḥ karmaṇaino gamiṣyati
paśūnām adhipañcāśad dhiraṇyasya tathaiva ca
dhānyasya daśamaṃ bhāgaṃ dāsyāmaḥ kośavardhanam
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| 24 | mukhyena śastrapatreṇa ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ
bhavantaṃ te 'nuyāsyanti mahendram iva devatāḥ
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| 25 | sa tvaṃ jātabalo rājan duṣpradharṣaḥ pratāpavān
sukhe dhāsyasi naḥ sarvān kubera iva nairṛtān
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| 26 | yaṃ ca dharmaṃ cariṣyanti prajā rājñā surakṣitāḥ
caturthaṃ tasya dharmasya tvatsaṃsthaṃ no bhaviṣyati
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| 27 | tena dharmeṇa mahatā sukhalabdhena bhāvitaḥ
pāhy asmān sarvato rājan devān iva śatakratuḥ
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| 28 | vijayāyāśu niryāhi pratapan raśmimān iva
mānaṃ vidhama śatrūṇāṃ dharmo jayatu naḥ sadā
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| 29 | sa niryayau mahātejā balena mahatā vṛtaḥ
mahābhijanasaṃpannas tejasā prajvalann iva
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| 30 | tasya tāṃ mahimāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahendrasyeva devatāḥ
apatatrasire sarve svadharme ca dadhur manaḥ
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| 31 | tato mahīṃ pariyayau parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān
śamayan sarvataḥ pāpān svakarmasu ca yojayan
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| 32 | evaṃ ye bhūtim iccheyuḥ pṛthivyāṃ mānavāḥ kva cit
kuryū rājānam evāgre prajānugrahakāraṇāt
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| 33 | namasyeyuś ca taṃ bhaktyā śiṣyā iva guruṃ sadā
devā iva sahasrākṣaṃ prajā rājānam antike
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| 34 | satkṛtaṃ svajaneneha paro 'pi bahu manyate
svajanena tv avajñātaṃ pare paribhavanty uta
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| 35 | rājñaḥ paraiḥ paribhavaḥ sarveṣām asukhāvahaḥ
tasmāc chatraṃ ca patraṃ ca vāsāṃsy ābharaṇāni ca
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| 36 | bhojanāny atha pānāni rājñe dadyur gṛhāṇi ca
āsanāni ca śayyāś ca sarvopakaraṇāni ca
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| 37 | guptātmā syād durādharṣaḥ smitapūrvābhibhāṣitā
ābhāṣitaś ca madhuraṃ pratibhāṣeta mānavān
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| 38 | kṛtajño dṛḍhabhaktiḥ syāt saṃvibhāgī jitendriyaḥ
īkṣitaḥ prativīkṣeta mṛdu carju ca valgu ca
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