 | Book 12 Chapter 86
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ svid iha rājendra pālayan pārthivaḥ prajāḥ
prati dharmaṃ viśeṣeṇa kīrtim āpnoti śāśvatīm
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | vyavahāreṇa śuddhena prajāpālanatatparaḥ
prāpya dharmaṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca lokāv āpnoty ubhau śuciḥ
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| 3 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 3 | kīdṛśaṃ vyavahāraṃ tu kaiś ca vyavaharen nṛpaḥ
etat pṛṣṭo mahāprājña yathāvad vaktum arhasi
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| 4 | ye caite pūrvakathitā guṇās te puruṣaṃ prati
naikasmin puruṣe hy ete vidyanta iti me matiḥ
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| 5 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 5 | evam etan mahāprājña yathā vadasi buddhimān
durlabhaḥ puruṣaḥ kaś cid ebhir guṇaguṇair yutaḥ
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| 6 | kiṃ tu saṃkṣepataḥ śīlaṃ prayatne neha durlabham
vakṣyāmi tu yathāmātyān yādṛśāṃś ca kariṣyasi
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| 7 | caturo brāhmaṇān vaidyān pragalbhān sāttvikāñ śucīn
trīṃś ca śūdrān vinītāṃś ca śucīn karmaṇi pūrvake
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| 8 | aṣṭābhiś ca guṇair yuktaṃ sūtaṃ paurāṇikaṃ caret
pañcāśadvarṣavayasaṃ pragalbham anasūyakam
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| 9 | matismṛtisamāyuktaṃ vinītaṃ samadarśanam
kārye vivadamānānāṃ śaktam artheṣv alolupam
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| 10 | vivarjitānāṃ vyasanaiḥ sughoraiḥ saptabhir bhṛśam
aṣṭānāṃ mantriṇāṃ madhye mantraṃ rājopadhārayet
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| 11 | tataḥ saṃpreṣayed rāṣṭre rāṣṭrāyātha ca darśayet
anena vyavahāreṇa draṣṭavyās te prajāḥ sadā
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| 12 | na cāpi gūḍhaṃ kāryaṃ te grāhyaṃ kāryopaghātakam
kārye khalu vipanne tvāṃ so 'dharmas tāṃś ca pīḍayet
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| 13 | vidravec caiva rāṣṭraṃ te śyenāt pakṣigaṇā iva
parisravec ca satataṃ naur viśīrṇeva sāgare
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| 14 | prajāḥ pālayato 'samyag adharmeṇeha bhūpateḥ
hārdaṃ bhayaṃ saṃbhavati svargaś cāsya virudhyate
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| 15 | atha yo 'dharmataḥ pāti rājāmātyo 'tha vātmajaḥ
dharmāsane niyuktaḥ san dharmamūlaṃ nararṣabha
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| 16 | kāryeṣv adhikṛtāḥ samyag akurvanto nṛpānugāḥ
ātmānaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā yānty adhaḥ sahapārthivāḥ
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| 17 | balātkṛtānāṃ balibhiḥ kṛpaṇaṃ bahu jalpatām
nātho vai bhūmipo nityam anāthānāṃ nṛṇāṃ bhavet
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| 18 | tataḥ sākṣibalaṃ sādhu dvaidhe vādakṛtaṃ bhavet
asākṣikam anāthaṃ vā parīkṣyaṃ tad viśeṣataḥ
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| 19 | aparādhānurūpaṃ ca daṇḍaṃ pāpeṣu pātayet
udvejayed dhanair ṛddhān daridrān vadhabandhanaiḥ
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| 20 | vinayair api durvṛttān prahārair api pārthivaḥ
sāntvenopapradānena śiṣṭāṃś ca paripālayet
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| 21 | rājño vadhaṃ cikīrṣed yas tasya citro vadho bhavet
ājīvakasya stenasya varṇasaṃkarakasya ca
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| 22 | samyak praṇayato daṇḍaṃ bhūmipasya viśāṃ pate
yuktasya vā nāsty adharmo dharma eveha śāśvataḥ
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| 23 | kāmakāreṇa daṇḍaṃ tu yaḥ kuryād avicakṣaṇaḥ
sa ihākīrtisaṃyukto mṛto narakam āpnuyāt
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| 24 | na parasya śravād eva pareṣāṃ daṇḍam arpayet
āgamānugamaṃ kṛtvā badhnīyān mokṣayeta vā
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| 25 | na tu hanyān nṛpo jātu dūtaṃ kasyāṃ cid āpadi
dūtasya hantā nirayam āviśet sacivaiḥ saha
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| 26 | yathoktavādinaṃ dūtaṃ kṣatradharmarato nṛpaḥ
yo hanyāt pitaras tasya bhrūṇahatyām avāpnuyuḥ
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| 27 | kulīnaḥ śīlasaṃpanno vāgmī dakṣaḥ priyaṃvadaḥ
yathoktavādī smṛtimān dūtaḥ syāt saptabhir guṇaiḥ
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| 28 | etair eva guṇair yuktaḥ pratīhāro 'sya rakṣitā
śirorakṣaś ca bhavati guṇair etaiḥ samanvitaḥ
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| 29 | dharmārthaśāstratattvajñaḥ saṃdhivigrahako bhavet
matimān dhṛtimān dhīmān rahasyavinigūhitā
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| 30 | kulīnaḥ satyasaṃpannaḥ śakto 'mātyaḥ praśaṃsitaḥ
etair eva guṇair yuktas tathā senāpatir bhavet
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| 31 | vyūhayantrāyudhīyānāṃ tattvajño vikramānvitaḥ
varṣaśītoṣṇavātānāṃ sahiṣṇuḥ pararandhravit
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| 32 | viśvāsayet parāṃś caiva viśvasen na tu kasya cit
putreṣv api hi rājendra viśvāso na praśasyate
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| 33 | etac chāstrārthatattvaṃ tu tavākhyātaṃ mayānagha
aviśvāso narendrāṇāṃ guhyaṃ paramam ucyate
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