 | Book 12 Chapter 94
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| 1 | vāmadeva uvāca
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| 1 | yatrādharmaṃ praṇayate durbale balavattaraḥ
tāṃ vṛttim upajīvanti ye bhavanti tadanvayāḥ
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| 2 | rājānam anuvartante taṃ pāpābhipravartakam
avinītamanuṣyaṃ tat kṣipraṃ rāṣṭraṃ vinaśyati
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| 3 | yad vṛttim upajīvanti prakṛtisthasya mānavāḥ
tad eva viṣamasthasya svajano 'pi na mṛṣyate
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| 4 | sāhasaprakṛtir yatra kurute kiṃ cid ulbaṇam
aśāstralakṣaṇo rājā kṣipram eva vinaśyati
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| 5 | yo 'tyantācaritāṃ vṛttiṃ kṣatriyo nānuvartate
jitānām ajitānāṃ ca kṣatradharmād apaiti saḥ
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| 6 | dviṣantaṃ kṛtakarmāṇaṃ gṛhītvā nṛpatī raṇe
yo na mānayate dveṣāt kṣatradharmād apaiti saḥ
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| 7 | śaktaḥ syāt sumukho rājā kuryāt kāruṇyam āpadi
priyo bhavati bhūtānāṃ na ca vibhraśyate śriyaḥ
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| 8 | apriyaṃ yasya kurvīta bhūyas tasya priyaṃ caret
nacireṇa priyaḥ sa syād yo 'priyaḥ priyam ācaret
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| 9 | mṛṣāvādaṃ pariharet kuryāt priyam ayācitaḥ
na ca kāmān na saṃrambhān na dveṣād dharmam utsṛjet
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| 10 | nāpatrapeta praśneṣu nābhibhavyāṃ giraṃ sṛjet
na tvareta na cāsūyet tathā saṃgṛhyate paraḥ
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| 11 | priye nātibhṛśaṃ hṛṣyed apriye na ca saṃjvaret
na muhyed arthakṛcchreṣu prajāhitam anusmaran
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| 12 | yaḥ priyaṃ kurute nityaṃ guṇato vasudhādhipaḥ
tasya karmāṇi sidhyanti na ca saṃtyajyate śriyā
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| 13 | nivṛttaṃ pratikūlebhyo vartamānam anupriye
bhaktaṃ bhajeta nṛpatis tad vai vṛttaṃ satām iha
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| 14 | aprakīrṇendriyaṃ prājñam atyantānugataṃ śucim
śaktaṃ caivānuraktaṃ ca yuñjyān mahati karmaṇi
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| 15 | evam eva guṇair yukto yo na rajyati bhūmipam
bhartur artheṣv asūyantaṃ na taṃ yuñjīta karmaṇi
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| 16 | mūḍham aindriyakaṃ lubdham anāryacaritaṃ śaṭham
anatītopadhaṃ hiṃsraṃ durbuddhim abahuśrutam
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| 17 | tyaktopāttaṃ madyarataṃ dyūtastrīmṛgayāparam
kārye mahati yo yuñjyād dhīyate sa nṛpaḥ śriyaḥ
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| 18 | rakṣitātmā tu yo rājā rakṣyān yaś cānurakṣati
prajāś ca tasya vardhante dhruvaṃ ca mahad aśnute
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| 19 | ye ke cid bhūmipatayas tān sarvān anvavekṣayet
suhṛdbhir anabhikhyātais tena rājā na riṣyate
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| 20 | apakṛtya balasthasya dūrastho 'smīti nāśvaset
śyenānucaritair hy ete nipatanti pramādyataḥ
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| 21 | dṛḍhamūlas tv aduṣṭātmā viditvā balam ātmanaḥ
abalān abhiyuñjīta na tu ye balavattarāḥ
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| 22 | vikrameṇa mahīṃ labdhvā prajā dharmeṇa pālayan
āhave nidhanaṃ kuryād rājā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ
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| 23 | maraṇāntam idaṃ sarvaṃ neha kiṃ cid anāmayam
tasmād dharme sthito rājā prajā dharmeṇa pālayet
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| 24 | rakṣādhikaraṇaṃ yuddhaṃ tathā dharmānuśāsanam
mantracintyaṃ sukhaṃ kāle pañcabhir vardhate mahī
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| 25 | etāni yasya guptāni sa rājā rājasattama
satataṃ vartamāno 'tra rājā bhuṅkte mahīm imām
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| 26 | naitāny ekena śakyāni sātatyenānvavekṣitum
eteṣv āptān pratiṣṭhāpya rājā bhuṅkte mahīṃ ciram
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| 27 | dātāraṃ saṃvibhaktāraṃ mārdavopagataṃ śucim
asaṃtyaktamanuṣyaṃ ca taṃ janāḥ kurvate priyam
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| 28 | yas tu niḥśreyasaṃ jñātvā jñānaṃ tat pratipadyate
ātmano matam utsṛjya taṃ loko 'nuvidhīyate
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| 29 | yo 'rthakāmasya vacanaṃ prātikūlyān na mṛṣyate
śṛṇoti pratikūlāni vimanā nacirād iva
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| 30 | agrāmyacaritāṃ buddhim atyantaṃ yo na budhyate
jitānām ajitānāṃ ca kṣatradharmād apaiti saḥ
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| 31 | mukhyān amātyān yo hitvā nihīnān kurute priyān
sa vai vyasanam āsādya gādham ārto na vindati
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| 32 | yaḥ kalyāṇaguṇāñ jñātīn dveṣān naivābhimanyate
adṛḍhātmā dṛḍhakrodho nāsyārtho ramate 'ntike
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| 33 | atha yo guṇasaṃpannān hṛdayasyāpriyān api
priyeṇa kurute vaśyāṃś ciraṃ yaśasi tiṣṭhati
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| 34 | nākāle praṇayed arthān nāpriye jātu saṃjvaret
priye nātibhṛśaṃ hṛṣyed yujyetārogyakarmaṇi
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| 35 | ke mānuraktā rājānaḥ ke bhayāt samupāśritāḥ
madhyasthadoṣāḥ ke caiṣām iti nityaṃ vicintayet
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| 36 | na jātu balavān bhūtvā durbale viśvaset kva cit
bhāruṇḍasadṛśā hy ete nipatanti pramādyataḥ
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| 37 | api sarvair guṇair yuktaṃ bhartāraṃ priyavādinam
abhidruhyati pāpātmā tasmād dhi vibhiṣej janāt
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| 38 | etāṃ rājopaniṣadaṃ yayātiḥ smāha nāhuṣaḥ
manuṣyavijaye yukto hanti śatrūn anuttamān
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