 | Book 12 Chapter 116
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | pitāmaha mahāprājña saṃśayo me mahān ayam
sa cchettavyas tvayā rājan bhavān kulakaro hi naḥ
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| 2 | puruṣāṇām ayaṃ tāta durvṛttānāṃ durātmanām
kathito vākyasaṃcāras tato vijñāpayāmi te
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| 3 | yad dhitaṃ rājyatantrasya kulasya ca sukhodayam
āyatyāṃ ca tadātve ca kṣemavṛddhikaraṃ ca yat
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| 4 | putrapautrābhirāmaṃ ca rāṣṭravṛddhikaraṃ ca yat
annapāne śarīre ca hitaṃ yat tad bravīhi me
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| 5 | abhiṣikto hi yo rājā rājyastho mitrasaṃvṛtaḥ
asuhṛt samupeto vā sa kathaṃ rañjayet prajāḥ
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| 6 | yo hy asatpragraharatiḥ sneharāgabalātkṛtaḥ
indriyāṇām anīśatvād asajjanabubhūṣakaḥ
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| 7 | tasya bhṛtyā viguṇatāṃ yānti sarve kulodgatāḥ
na ca bhṛtyaphalair arthaiḥ sa rājā saṃprayujyate
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| 8 | etān me saṃśayasthasya rājadharmān sudurlabhān
bṛhaspatisamo buddhyā bhavāñ śaṃsitum arhati
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| 9 | śaṃsitā puruṣavyāghra tvaṃ naḥ kulahite rataḥ
kṣattā caiva paṭuprajño yo naḥ śaṃsati sarvadā
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| 10 | tvattaḥ kulahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā rājyahitodayam
amṛtasyāvyayasyeva tṛptaḥ svapsyāmy ahaṃ sukham
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| 11 | kīdṛṣāḥ saṃnikarṣasthā bhṛtyāḥ syur vā guṇānvitāḥ
kīdṛśaiḥ kiṃkulīnair vā saha yātrā vidhīyate
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| 12 | na hy eko bhṛtyarahito rājā bhavati rakṣitā
rājyaṃ cedaṃ janaḥ sarvas tat kulīno 'bhiśaṃsati
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| 13 | na hi praśāstuṃ rājyaṃ hi śakyam ekena bhārata
asahāyavatā tāta naivārthāḥ ke cid apy uta
labdhuṃ labdhvā cāpi sadā rakṣituṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 14 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 14 | yasya bhṛtyajanaḥ sarvo jñānavijñānakovidaḥ
hitaiṣī kulajaḥ snigdhaḥ sa rājyaphalam aśnute
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| 15 | mantriṇo yasya kulajā asaṃhāryāḥ sahoṣitāḥ
nṛpater matidāḥ santi saṃbandhajñānakovidāḥ
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| 16 | anāgatavidhātāraḥ kālajñānaviśāradāḥ
atikrāntam aśocantaḥ sa rājyaphalam aśnute
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| 17 | samaduḥkhasukhā yasya sahāyāḥ satyakāriṇaḥ
arthacintāparā yasya sa rājyaphalam aśnute
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| 18 | yasya nārto janapadaḥ saṃnikarṣagataḥ sadā
akṣudraḥ satpathālambī sa rājyaphalabhāg bhavet
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| 19 | kośākṣapaṭalaṃ yasya kośavṛddhikarair janaiḥ
āptais tuṣṭaiś ca satataṃ dhāryate sa nṛpottamaḥ
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| 20 | koṣṭhāgāram asaṃhāryair āptaiḥ saṃcayatatparaiḥ
pātrabhūtair alubdhaiś ca pālyamānaṃ guṇībhavet
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| 21 | vyavahāraś ca nagare yasya karmaphalodayaḥ
dṛśyate śaṅkhalikhitaḥ sa dharmaphalabhāg bhavet
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| 22 | saṃgṛhītamanuṣyaś ca yo rājā rājadharmavit
ṣaḍvargaṃ pratigṛhṇan sa dharmāt phalam upāśnute
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