 | Book 12 Chapter 85 |
| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
| 1 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
bṛhaspateś ca saṃvādaṃ śakrasya ca yudhiṣṭhira |
| 2 | śakra uvāca |
| 2 | kiṃ svid ekapadaṃ brahman puruṣaḥ samyag ācaran
pramāṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yaśaś caivāpnuyān mahat |
| 3 | bṛhaspatir uvāca |
| 3 | sāntvam ekapadaṃ śakra puruṣaḥ samyag ācaran
pramāṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yaśaś caivāpnuyān mahat |
| 4 | etad ekapadaṃ śakra sarvalokasukhāvaham
ācaran sarvabhūteṣu priyo bhavati sarvadā |
| 5 | yo hi nābhāṣate kiṃ cit satataṃ bhrukuṭīmukhaḥ
dveṣyo bhavati bhūtānāṃ sa sāntvam iha nācaran |
| 6 | yas tu pūrvam abhiprekṣya pūrvam evābhibhāṣate
smitapūrvābhibhāṣī ca tasya lokaḥ prasīdati |
| 7 | dānam eva hi sarvatra sāntvenānabhijalpitam
na prīṇayati bhūtāni nirvyañjanam ivāśanam |
| 8 | adātā hy api bhūtānāṃ madhurām īrayan giram
sarvalokam imaṃ śakra sāntvena kurute vaśe |
| 9 | tasmāt sāntvaṃ prakartavyaṃ daṇḍam ādhitsatām iha
phalaṃ ca janayaty evaṃ na cāsyodvijate janaḥ |
| 10 | sukṛtasya hi sāntvasya ślakṣṇasya madhurasya ca
samyag āsevyamānasya tulyaṃ jātu na vidyate |
| 11 | bhīṣma uvāca |
| 11 | ity uktaḥ kṛtavān sarvaṃ tathā śakraḥ purodhasā
tathā tvam api kaunteya samyag etat samācara |