 | Book 12 Chapter 108
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca paraṃtapa
dharmo vṛttaṃ ca vṛttiś ca vṛttyupāyaphalāni ca
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| 2 | rājñāṃ vṛttaṃ ca kośaś ca kośasaṃjananaṃ mahat
amātyaguṇavṛddhiś ca prakṛtīnāṃ ca vardhanam
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| 3 | ṣāḍguṇyaguṇakalpaś ca senānītis tathaiva ca
duṣṭasya ca parijñānam aduṣṭasya ca lakṣaṇam
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| 4 | samahīnādhikānāṃ ca yathāval lakṣaṇoccayaḥ
madhyamasya ca tuṣṭyarthaṃ yathā stheyaṃ vivardhatā
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| 5 | kṣīṇasaṃgrahavṛttiś ca yathāvat saṃprakīrtitā
laghunādeśarūpeṇa granthayogena bhārata
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| 6 | vijigīṣos tathāvṛttam uktaṃ caiva tathaiva te
gaṇānāṃ vṛttim icchāmi śrotuṃ matimatāṃ vara
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| 7 | yathā gaṇāḥ pravardhante na bhidyante ca bhārata
arīn hi vijigīṣante suhṛdaḥ prāpnuvanti ca
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| 8 | bhedamūlo vināśo hi gaṇānām upalabhyate
mantrasaṃvaraṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ bahūnām iti me matiḥ
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| 9 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ nikhilena paraṃtapa
yathā ca te na bhidyeraṃs tac ca me brūhi pārthiva
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| 10 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 10 | gaṇānāṃ ca kulānāṃ ca rājñāṃ ca bharatarṣabha
vairasaṃdīpanāv etau lobhāmarṣau janādhipa
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| 11 | lobham eko hi vṛṇute tato 'marṣam anantaram
tau kṣayavyayasaṃyuktāv anyonyajanitāśrayau
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| 12 | cāramantrabalādānaiḥ sāmadānavibhedanaiḥ
kṣayavyayabhayopāyaiḥ karśayantītaretaram
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| 13 | tatra dānena bhidyante gaṇāḥ saṃghātavṛttayaḥ
bhinnā vimanasaḥ sarve gacchanty arivaśaṃ bhayāt
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| 14 | bhedād gaṇā vinaśyanti bhinnāḥ sūpajapāḥ paraiḥ
tasmāt saṃghātayogeṣu prayateran gaṇāḥ sadā
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| 15 | arthā hy evādhigamyante saṃghātabalapauruṣāt
bāhyāś ca maitrīṃ kurvanti teṣu saṃghātavṛttiṣu
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| 16 | jñānavṛddhān praśaṃsantaḥ śuśrūṣantaḥ parasparam
vinivṛttābhisaṃdhānāḥ sukham edhanti sarvaśaḥ
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| 17 | dharmiṣṭhān vyavahārāṃś ca sthāpayantaś ca śāstrataḥ
yathāvat saṃpravartanto vivardhante gaṇottamāḥ
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| 18 | putrān bhrātṝn nigṛhṇanto vinaye ca sadā ratāḥ
vinītāṃś ca pragṛhṇanto vivardhante gaṇottamāḥ
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| 19 | cāramantravidhāneṣu kośasaṃnicayeṣu ca
nityayuktā mahābāho vardhante sarvato gaṇāḥ
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| 20 | prājñāñ śūrān maheṣvāsān karmasu sthirapauruṣān
mānayantaḥ sadā yuktā vivardhante gaṇā nṛpa
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| 21 | dravyavantaś ca śūrāś ca śastrajñāḥ śāstrapāragāḥ
kṛcchrāsv āpatsu saṃmūḍhān gaṇān uttārayanti te
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| 22 | krodho bhedo bhayo daṇḍaḥ karśanaṃ nigraho vadhaḥ
nayanty arivaśaṃ sadyo gaṇān bharatasattama
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| 23 | tasmān mānayitavyās te gaṇamukhyāḥ pradhānataḥ
lokayātrā samāyattā bhūyasī teṣu pārthiva
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| 24 | mantraguptiḥ pradhāneṣu cāraś cāmitrakarśana
na gaṇāḥ kṛtsnaśo mantraṃ śrotum arhanti bhārata
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| 25 | gaṇamukhyais tu saṃbhūya kāryaṃ gaṇahitaṃ mithaḥ
pṛthag gaṇasya bhinnasya vimatasya tato 'nyathā
arthāḥ pratyavasīdanti tathānarthā bhavanti ca
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| 26 | teṣām anyonyabhinnānāṃ svaśaktim anutiṣṭhatām
nigrahaḥ paṇḍitaiḥ kāryaḥ kṣipram eva pradhānataḥ
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| 27 | kuleṣu kalahā jātāḥ kulavṛddhair upekṣitāḥ
gotrasya rājan kurvanti gaṇasaṃbhedakārikām
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| 28 | ābhyantaraṃ bhayaṃ rakṣyaṃ surakṣyaṃ bāhyato bhayam
abhyantarād bhayaṃ jātaṃ sadyo mūlaṃ nikṛntati
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| 29 | akasmāt krodhalobhād vā mohād vāpi svabhāvajāt
anyonyaṃ nābhibhāṣante tat parābhavalakṣaṇam
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| 30 | jātyā ca sadṛśāḥ sarve kulena sadṛśās tathā
na tu śauryeṇa buddhyā vā rūpadravyeṇa vā punaḥ
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| 31 | bhedāc caiva pramādāc ca nāmyante ripubhir gaṇāḥ
tasmāt saṃghātam evāhur gaṇānāṃ śaraṇaṃ mahat
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