 | Book 12 Chapter 71
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kena vṛttena vṛttajña vartamāno mahīpatiḥ
sukhenārthān sukhodarkān iha ca pretya cāpnuyāt
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | iyaṃ guṇānāṃ ṣaṭtriṃśat ṣaṭtriṃśad guṇasaṃyutā
yān guṇāṃs tu guṇopetaḥ kurvan guṇam avāpnuyāt
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| 3 | cared dharmān akaṭuko muñcet snehaṃ na nāstikaḥ
anṛśaṃsaś cared arthaṃ caret kāmam anuddhataḥ
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| 4 | priyaṃ brūyād akṛpaṇaḥ śūraḥ syād avikatthanaḥ
dātā nāpātravarṣī syāt pragalbhaḥ syād aniṣṭhuraḥ
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| 5 | saṃdadhīta na cānāryair vigṛhṇīyān na bandhubhiḥ
nānāptaiḥ kārayec cāraṃ kuryāt kāryam apīḍayā
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| 6 | arthān brūyān na cāsatsu guṇān brūyān na cātmanaḥ
ādadyān na ca sādhubhyo nāsatpuruṣam āśrayet
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| 7 | nāparīkṣya nayed daṇḍaṃ na ca mantraṃ prakāśayet
visṛjen na ca lubdhebhyo viśvasen nāpakāriṣu
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| 8 | anīrṣur guptadāraḥ syāc cokṣaḥ syād aghṛṇī nṛpaḥ
striyaṃ seveta nātyarthaṃ mṛṣṭaṃ bhuñjīta nāhitam
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| 9 | astabdhaḥ pūjayen mānyān gurūn seved amāyayā
arced devān na dambhena śriyam icched akutsitām
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| 10 | seveta praṇayaṃ hitvā dakṣaḥ syān na tv akālavit
sāntvayen na ca bhogārtham anugṛhṇan na cākṣipet
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| 11 | praharen na tv avijñāya hatvā śatrūn na śeṣayet
krodhaṃ kuryān na cākasmān mṛduḥ syān nāpakāriṣu
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| 12 | evaṃ carasva rājyastho yadi śreya ihecchasi
ato 'nyathā narapatir bhayam ṛcchaty anuttamam
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| 13 | iti sarvān guṇān etān yathoktān yo 'nuvartate
anubhūyeha bhadrāṇi pretya svarge mahīyate
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| 14 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 14 | idaṃ vacaḥ śāṃtanavasya śuśruvān; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ pāṇḍavamukhyasaṃvṛtaḥ
tadā vavande ca pitāmahaṃ nṛpo; yathoktam etac ca cakāra buddhimān
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