 | Book 12 Chapter 70
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | daṇḍanītiś ca rājā ca samastau tāv ubhāv api
kasya kiṃ kurvataḥ siddhyai tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | mahābhāgyaṃ daṇḍanītyāḥ siddhaiḥ śabdaiḥ sahetukaiḥ
śṛṇu me śaṃsato rājan yathāvad iha bhārata
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| 3 | daṇḍanītiḥ svadharmebhyaś cāturvarṇyaṃ niyacchati
prayuktā svāminā samyag adharmebhyaś ca yacchati
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| 4 | cāturvarṇye svadharmasthe maryādānām asaṃkare
daṇḍanītikṛte kṣeme prajānām akutobhaye
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| 5 | some prayatnaṃ kurvanti trayo varṇā yathāvidhi
tasmād devamanuṣyāṇāṃ sukhaṃ viddhi samāhitam
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| 6 | kālo vā kāraṇaṃ rājño rājā vā kālakāraṇam
iti te saṃśayo mā bhūd rājā kālasya kāraṇam
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| 7 | daṇḍanītyā yadā rājā samyak kārtsnyena vartate
tadā kṛtayugaṃ nāma kālaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pravartate
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| 8 | bhavet kṛtayuge dharmo nādharmo vidyate kva cit
sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ nādharme ramate manaḥ
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| 9 | yogakṣemāḥ pravartante prajānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
vaidikāni ca karmāṇi bhavanty aviguṇāny uta
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| 10 | ṛtavaś ca sukhāḥ sarve bhavanty uta nirāmayāḥ
prasīdanti narāṇāṃ ca svaravarṇamanāṃsi ca
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| 11 | vyādhayo na bhavanty atra nālpāyur dṛśyate naraḥ
vidhavā na bhavanty atra nṛśaṃso nābhijāyate
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| 12 | akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī bhavanty oṣadhayas tathā
tvakpatraphalamūlāni vīryavanti bhavanti ca
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| 13 | nādharmo vidyate tatra dharma eva tu kevalaḥ
iti kārtayugān etān guṇān viddhi yudhiṣṭhira
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| 14 | daṇḍanītyā yadā rājā trīn aṃśān anuvartate
caturtham aṃśam utsṛjya tadā tretā pravartate
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| 15 | aśubhasya caturthāṃśas trīn aṃśān anuvartate
kṛṣṭapacyaiva pṛthivī bhavanty oṣadhayas tathā
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| 16 | ardhaṃ tyaktvā yadā rājā nītyardham anuvartate
tatas tu dvāparaṃ nāma sa kālaḥ saṃpravartate
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| 17 | aśubhasya tadā ardhaṃ dvāv aṃśāv anuvartate
kṛṣṭapacyaiva pṛthivī bhavaty alpaphalā tathā
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| 18 | daṇḍanītiṃ parityajya yadā kārtsnyena bhūmipaḥ
prajāḥ kliśnāty ayogena praviśyati tadā kaliḥ
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| 19 | kalāv adharmo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ dharmo bhavati tu kva cit
sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ svadharmāc cyavate manaḥ
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| 20 | śūdrā bhaikṣeṇa jīvanti brāhmaṇāḥ paricaryayā
yogakṣemasya nāśaś ca vartate varṇasaṃkaraḥ
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| 21 | vaidikāni ca karmāṇi bhavanti viguṇāny uta
ṛtavo nasukhāḥ sarve bhavanty āmayinas tathā
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| 22 | hrasanti ca manuṣyāṇāṃ svaravarṇamanāṃsy uta
vyādhayaś ca bhavanty atra mriyante cāgatāyuṣaḥ
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| 23 | vidhavāś ca bhavanty atra nṛśaṃsā jāyate prajā
kva cid varṣati parjanyaḥ kva cit sasyaṃ prarohati
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| 24 | rasāḥ sarve kṣayaṃ yānti yadā necchati bhūmipaḥ
prajāḥ saṃrakṣituṃ samyag daṇḍanītisamāhitaḥ
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| 25 | rājā kṛtayugasraṣṭā tretāyā dvāparasya ca
yugasya ca caturthasya rājā bhavati kāraṇam
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| 26 | kṛtasya karaṇād rājā svargam atyantam aśnute
tretāyāḥ karaṇād rājā svargaṃ nātyantam aśnute
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| 27 | pravartanād dvāparasya yathābhāgam upāśnute
kaleḥ pravartanād rājā pāpam atyantam aśnute
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| 28 | tato vasati duṣkarmā narake śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
prajānāṃ kalmaṣe magno 'kīrtiṃ pāpaṃ ca vindati
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| 29 | daṇḍanītiṃ puraskṛtya vijānan kṣatriyaḥ sadā
anavāptaṃ ca lipseta labdhaṃ ca paripālayet
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| 30 | lokasya sīmantakarī maryādā lokabhāvanī
samyaṅ nītā daṇḍanītir yathā mātā yathā pitā
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| 31 | yasyāṃ bhavanti bhūtāni tad viddhi bharatarṣabha
eṣa eva paro dharmo yad rājā daṇḍanītimān
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| 32 | tasmāt kauravya dharmeṇa prajāḥ pālaya nītimān
evaṃvṛttaḥ prajā rakṣan svargaṃ jetāsi durjayam
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