Book 12 Chapter 81 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | yad apy alpataraṃ karma tad apy ekena duṣkaram
puruṣeṇāsahāyena kim u rājyaṃ pitāmaha |
2 | kiṃśīlaḥ kiṃsamācāro rājño 'rthasacivo bhavet
kīdṛśe viśvased rājā kīdṛśe nāpi viśvaset |
3 | bhīṣma uvāca |
3 | caturvidhāni mitrāṇi rājñāṃ rājan bhavanty uta
sahārtho bhajamānaś ca sahajaḥ kṛtrimas tathā |
4 | dharmātmā pañcamaṃ mitraṃ sa tu naikasya na dvayoḥ
yato dharmas tato vā syān madhyastho vā tato bhavet |
5 | yas tasyārtho na roceta na taṃ tasya prakāśayet
dharmādharmeṇa rājānaś caranti vijigīṣavaḥ |
6 | caturṇāṃ madhyamau śreṣṭhau nityaṃ śaṅkyau tathāparau
sarve nityaṃ śaṅkitavyāḥ pratyakṣaṃ kāryam ātmanaḥ |
7 | na hi rājñā pramādo vai kartavyo mitrarakṣaṇe
pramādinaṃ hi rājānaṃ lokāḥ paribhavanty uta |
8 | asādhuḥ sādhutām eti sādhur bhavati dāruṇaḥ
ariś ca mitraṃ bhavati mitraṃ cāpi praduṣyati |
9 | anityacittaḥ puruṣas tasmin ko jātu viśvaset
tasmāt pradhānaṃ yat kāryaṃ pratyakṣaṃ tat samācaret |
10 | ekāntena hi viśvāsaḥ kṛtsno dharmārthanāśakaḥ
aviśvāsaś ca sarvatra mṛtyunā na viśiṣyate |
11 | akālamṛtyur viśvāso viśvasan hi vipadyate
yasmin karoti viśvāsam icchatas tasya jīvati |
12 | tasmād viśvasitavyaṃ ca śaṅkitavyaṃ ca keṣu cit
eṣā nītigatis tāta lakṣmīś caiva sanātanī |
13 | yaṃ manyeta mamābhāvād imam arthāgamaḥ spṛśet
nityaṃ tasmāc chaṅkitavyam amitraṃ taṃ vidur budhāḥ |
14 | yasya kṣetrād apy udakaṃ kṣetram anyasya gacchati
na tatrānicchatas tasya bhidyeran sarvasetavaḥ |
15 | tathaivāty udakād bhītas tasya bhedanam icchati
yam evaṃlakṣaṇaṃ vidyāt tam amitraṃ vinirdiśet |
16 | yaḥ samṛddhyā na tuṣyeta kṣaye dīnataro bhavet
etad uttamamitrasya nimittam abhicakṣate |
17 | yaṃ manyeta mamābhāvād asyābhāvo bhaved iti
tasmin kurvīta viśvāsaṃ yathā pitari vai tathā |
18 | taṃ śaktyā vardhamānaś ca sarvataḥ paribṛṃhayet
nityaṃ kṣatād vārayati yo dharmeṣv api karmasu |
19 | kṣatād bhītaṃ vijānīyād uttamaṃ mitralakṣaṇam
ye tasya kṣatam icchanti te tasya ripavaḥ smṛtāḥ |
20 | vyasanān nityabhīto 'sau samṛddhyām eva tṛpyate
yat syād evaṃvidhaṃ mitraṃ tad ātmasamam ucyate |
21 | rūpavarṇasvaropetas titikṣur anasūyakaḥ
kulīnaḥ śīlasaṃpannaḥ sa te syāt pratyanantaraḥ |
22 | medhāvī smṛtimān dakṣaḥ prakṛtyā cānṛśaṃsavān
yo mānito 'mānito vā na saṃdūṣyet kadā cana |
23 | ṛtvig vā yadi vācāryaḥ sakhā vātyantasaṃstutaḥ
gṛhe vased amātyas te yaḥ syāt paramapūjitaḥ |
24 | sa te vidyāt paraṃ mantraṃ prakṛtiṃ cārthadharmayoḥ
viśvāsas te bhavet tatra yathā pitari vai tathā |
25 | naiva dvau na trayaḥ kāryā na mṛṣyeran parasparam
ekārthād eva bhūtānāṃ bhedo bhavati sarvadā |
26 | kīrtipradhāno yaś ca syād yaś ca syāt samaye sthitaḥ
samarthān yaś ca na dveṣṭi samarthān kurute ca yaḥ |
27 | yo na kāmād bhayāl lobhāt krodhād vā dharmam utsṛjet
dakṣaḥ paryāptavacanaḥ sa te syāt pratyanantaraḥ |
28 | śūraś cāryaś ca vidvāṃś ca pratipattiviśāradaḥ
kulīnaḥ śīlasaṃpannas titikṣur anasūyakaḥ |
29 | ete hy amātyāḥ kartavyāḥ sarvakarmasv avasthitāḥ
pūjitāḥ saṃvibhaktāś ca susahāyāḥ svanuṣṭhitāḥ |
30 | kṛtsnam ete vinikṣiptāḥ pratirūpeṣu karmasu
yuktā mahatsu kāryeṣu śreyāṃsy utpādayanti ca |
31 | ete karmāṇi kurvanti spardhamānā mithaḥ sadā
anutiṣṭhanti caivārthān ācakṣāṇāḥ parasparam |
32 | jñātibhyaś caiva bibhyethā mṛtyor iva yataḥ sadā
uparājeva rājardhiṃ jñātir na sahate sadā |
33 | ṛjor mṛdor vadānyasya hrīmataḥ satyavādinaḥ
nānyo jñāter mahābāho vināśam abhinandati |
34 | ajñātitā nātisukhā nāvajñeyās tv ataḥ param
ajñātimantaṃ puruṣaṃ pare paribhavanty uta |
35 | nikṛtasya narair anyair jñātir eva parāyaṇam
nānyair nikāraṃ sahate jñāter jñātiḥ kadā cana |
36 | ātmānam eva jānāti nikṛtaṃ bāndhavair api
teṣu santi guṇāś caiva nairguṇyaṃ teṣu lakṣyate |
37 | nājñātir anugṛhṇāti nājñātir digdham asyati
ubhayaṃ jñātilokeṣu dṛśyate sādhv asādhu ca |
38 | tān mānayet pūjayec ca nityaṃ vācā ca karmaṇā
kuryāc ca priyam etebhyo nāpriyaṃ kiṃ cid ācaret |
39 | viśvastavad aviśvastas teṣu varteta sarvadā
na hi doṣo guṇo veti nispṛktas teṣu dṛśyate |
40 | tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya puruṣasyāpramādinaḥ
amitrāḥ saṃprasīdanti tathā mitrībhavanty api |
41 | ya evaṃ vartate nityaṃ jñātisaṃbandhimaṇḍale
mitreṣv amitreṣv aiśvarye ciraṃ yaśasi tiṣṭhati |