 | Book 12 Chapter 119
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ śunāsamān bhṛtyān svasthāne yo narādhipaḥ
niyojayati kṛtyeṣu sa rājyaphalam aśnute
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| 2 | na śvā svasthānam utkramya pramāṇam abhi satkṛtaḥ
āropyaḥ śvā svakāt sthānād utkramyānyat prapadyate
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| 3 | svajātikulasaṃpannāḥ sveṣu karmasv avasthitāḥ
prakartavyā budhā bhṛtyā nāsthāne prakriyā kṣamā
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| 4 | anurūpāṇi karmāṇi bhṛtyebhyo yaḥ prayacchati
sa bhṛtyaguṇasaṃpannaṃ rājā phalam upāśnute
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| 5 | śarabhaḥ śarabhasthāne siṃhaḥ siṃha ivorjitaḥ
vyāghro vyāghra iva sthāpyo dvīpī dvīpī yathā tathā
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| 6 | karmasv ihānurūpeṣu nyasyā bhṛtyā yathāvidhi
pratilomaṃ na bhṛtyās te sthāpyāḥ karmaphalaiṣiṇā
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| 7 | yaḥ pramāṇam atikramya pratilomaṃ narādhipaḥ
bhṛtyān sthāpayate 'buddhir na sa rañjayate prajāḥ
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| 8 | na bāliśā na ca kṣudrā na cāpratimitendriyāḥ
nākulīnā narāḥ pārśve sthāpyā rājñā hitaiṣiṇā
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| 9 | sādhavaḥ kuśalāḥ śūrā jñānavanto 'nasūyakāḥ
akṣudrāḥ śucayo dakṣā narāḥ syuḥ pāripārśvakāḥ
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| 10 | nyagbhūtās tatparāḥ kṣāntāś caukṣāḥ prakṛtijāḥ śubhāḥ
sve sve sthāne 'parikruṣṭās te syū rājño bahiścarāḥ
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| 11 | siṃhasya satataṃ pārśve siṃha eva jano bhavet
asiṃhaḥ siṃhasahitaḥ siṃhaval labhate phalam
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| 12 | yas tu siṃhaḥ śvabhiḥ kīrṇaḥ siṃhakarmaphale rataḥ
na sa siṃhaphalaṃ bhoktuṃ śaktaḥ śvabhir upāsitaḥ
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| 13 | evam etair manuṣyendra śūraiḥ prājñair bahuśrutaiḥ
kulīnaiḥ saha śakyeta kṛtsnāṃ jetuṃ vasuṃdharām
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| 14 | nāvaidyo nānṛjuḥ pārśve nāvidyo nāmahādhanaḥ
saṃgrāhyo vasudhāpālair bhṛtyo bhṛtyavatāṃ vara
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| 15 | bāṇavad visṛtā yānti svāmikāryaparā janāḥ
ye bhṛtyāḥ pārthivahitās teṣāṃ sāntvaṃ prayojayet
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| 16 | kośaś ca satataṃ rakṣyo yatnam āsthāya rājabhiḥ
kośamūlā hi rājānaḥ kośamūlakaro bhava
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| 17 | koṣṭhāgāraṃ ca te nityaṃ sphītaṃ dhānyaiḥ susaṃcitam
sadāstu satsu saṃnyastaṃ dhanadhānyaparo bhava
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| 18 | nityayuktāś ca te bhṛtyā bhavantu raṇakovidāḥ
vājināṃ ca prayogeṣu vaiśāradyam iheṣyate
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| 19 | jñātibandhujanāvekṣī mitrasaṃbandhisaṃvṛtaḥ
paurakāryahitānveṣī bhava kauravanandana
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| 20 | eṣā te naiṣṭhikī buddhiḥ prajñā cābhihitā mayā
śvā te nidarśanaṃ tāta kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi
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