 | Book 12 Chapter 87
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃvidhaṃ puraṃ rājā svayam āvastum arhati
kṛtaṃ vā kārayitvā vā tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | yatra kaunteya vastavyaṃ saputrabhrātṛbandhunā
nyāyyaṃ tatra paripraṣṭuṃ guptiṃ vṛttiṃ ca bhārata
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| 3 | tasmāt te vartayiṣyāmi durgakarma viśeṣataḥ
śrutvā tathā vidhātavyam anuṣṭheyaṃ ca yatnataḥ
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| 4 | ṣaḍvidhaṃ durgam āsthāya purāṇy atha niveśayet
sarvasaṃpatpradhānaṃ yad bāhulyaṃ vāpi saṃbhavet
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| 5 | dhanvadurgaṃ mahīdurgaṃ giridurgaṃ tathaiva ca
manuṣyadurgam abdurgaṃ vanadurgaṃ ca tāni ṣaṭ
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| 6 | yat puraṃ durgasaṃpannaṃ dhānyāyudhasamanvitam
dṛḍhaprākāraparikhaṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulam
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| 7 | vidvāṃsaḥ śilpino yatra nicayāś ca susaṃcitāḥ
dhārmikaś ca jano yatra dākṣyam uttamam āsthitaḥ
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| 8 | ūrjasvinaranāgāśvaṃ catvarāpaṇaśobhitam
prasiddhavyavahāraṃ ca praśāntam akutobhayam
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| 9 | suprabhaṃ sānunādaṃ ca supraśastaniveśanam
śūrāḍhyajanasaṃpannaṃ brahmaghoṣānunāditam
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| 10 | samājotsavasaṃpannaṃ sadāpūjitadaivatam
vaśyāmātyabalo rājā tat puraṃ svayam āvaset
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| 11 | tatra kośaṃ balaṃ mitraṃ vyavahāraṃ ca vardhayet
pure janapade caiva sarvadoṣān nivartayet
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| 12 | bhāṇḍāgārāyudhāgāraṃ prayatnenābhivardhayet
nicayān vardhayet sarvāṃs tathā yantragadāgadān
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| 13 | kāṣṭhalohatuṣāṅgāradāruśṛṅgāsthivaiṇavān
majjāsnehavasākṣaudram auṣadhagrāmam eva ca
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| 14 | śaṇaṃ sarjarasaṃ dhānyam āyudhāni śarāṃs tathā
carma snāyu tathā vetraṃ muñjabalbajadhanvanān
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| 15 | āśayāś codapānāś ca prabhūtasalilā varāḥ
niroddhavyāḥ sadā rājñā kṣīriṇaś ca mahīruhāḥ
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| 16 | satkṛtāś ca prayatnena ācāryartvikpurohitāḥ
maheṣvāsāḥ sthapatayaḥ sāṃvatsaracikitsakāḥ
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| 17 | prājñā medhāvino dāntā dakṣāḥ śūrā bahuśrutāḥ
kulīnāḥ sattvasaṃpannā yuktāḥ sarveṣu karmasu
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| 18 | pūjayed dhārmikān rājā nigṛhṇīyād adhārmikān
niyuñjyāc ca prayatnena sarvavarṇān svakarmasu
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| 19 | bāhyam ābhyantaraṃ caiva paurajānapadaṃ janam
cāraiḥ suviditaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ karma prayojayet
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| 20 | cārān mantraṃ ca kośaṃ ca mantraṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ
anutiṣṭhet svayaṃ rājā sarvaṃ hy atra pratiṣṭhitam
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| 21 | udāsīnārimitrāṇāṃ sarvam eva cikīrṣitam
pure janapade caiva jñātavyaṃ cāracakṣuṣā
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| 22 | tatas tathā vidhātavyaṃ sarvam evāpramādataḥ
bhaktān pujayatā nityaṃ dviṣataś ca nigṛhṇatā
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| 23 | yaṣṭavyaṃ kratubhir nityaṃ dātavyaṃ cāpy apīḍayā
prajānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ na kāryaṃ karma garhitam
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| 24 | kṛpaṇānāthavṛddhānāṃ vidhavānāṃ ca yoṣitām
yogakṣemaṃ ca vṛttiṃ ca nityam eva prakalpayet
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| 25 | āśrameṣu yathākālaṃ celabhājanabhojanam
sadaivopahared rājā satkṛtyānavamanya ca
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| 26 | ātmānaṃ sarvakāryāṇi tāpase rājyam eva ca
nivedayet prayatnena tiṣṭhet prahvaś ca sarvadā
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| 27 | sarvārthatyāginaṃ rājā kule jātaṃ bahuśrutam
pūjayet tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
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| 28 | tasmin kurvīta viśvāsaṃ rājā kasyāṃ cid āpadi
tāpaseṣu hi viśvāsam api kurvanti dasyavaḥ
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| 29 | tasmin nidhīn ādadhīta prajñāṃ paryādadīta ca
na cāpy abhīkṣṇaṃ seveta bhṛśaṃ vā pratipūjayet
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| 30 | anyaḥ kāryaḥ svarāṣṭreṣu pararāṣṭreṣu cāparaḥ
aṭavīṣv aparaḥ kāryaḥ sāmantanagareṣu ca
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| 31 | teṣu satkārasaṃskārān saṃvibhāgāṃś ca kārayet
pararāṣṭrāṭavīstheṣu yathā svaviṣaye tathā
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| 32 | te kasyāṃ cid avasthāyāṃ śaraṇaṃ śaraṇārthine
rājñe dadyur yathākāmaṃ tāpasāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
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| 33 | eṣa te lakṣaṇoddeśaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa prakīrtitaḥ
yādṛśaṃ nagaraṃ rājā svayam āvastum arhati
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