 | Book 12 Chapter 129
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kṣīṇasya dīrghasūtrasya sānukrośasya bandhuṣu
viraktapaurarāṣṭrasya nirdravyanicayasya ca
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| 2 | pariśaṅkitamukhyasya srutamantrasya bhārata
asaṃbhāvitamitrasya bhinnāmātyasya sarvaśaḥ
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| 3 | paracakrābhiyātasya durbalasya balīyasā
āpannacetaso brūhi kiṃ kāryam avaśiṣyate
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | bāhyaś ced vijigīṣuḥ syād dharmārthakuśalaḥ śuciḥ
javena saṃdhiṃ kurvīta pūrvān pūrvān vimokṣayan
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| 5 | adharmavijigīṣuś ced balavān pāpaniścayaḥ
ātmanaḥ saṃnirodhena saṃdhiṃ tenābhiyojayet
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| 6 | apāsya rājadhānīṃ vā tared anyena vāpadam
tadbhāvabhāve dravyāṇi jīvan punar upārjayet
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| 7 | yās tu syuḥ kevalatyāgāc chakyās taritum āpadaḥ
kas tatrādhikam ātmānaṃ saṃtyajed arthadharmavit
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| 8 | avarodhāj jugupseta kā sapatnadhane dayā
na tv evātmā pradātavyaḥ śakye sati kathaṃ cana
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| 9 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 9 | ābhyantare prakupite bāhye copanipīḍite
kṣīṇe kośe srute mantre kiṃ kāryam avaśiṣyate
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| 10 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 10 | kṣipraṃ vā saṃdhikāmaḥ syāt kṣipraṃ vā tīkṣṇavikramaḥ
padāpanayanaṃ kṣipram etāvat sāṃparāyikam
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| 11 | anuraktena puṣṭena hṛṣṭena jagatīpate
alpenāpi hi sainyena mahīṃ jayati pārthivaḥ
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| 12 | hato vā divam ārohed vijayī kṣitim āvaset
yuddhe tu saṃtyajan prāṇāñ śakrasyaiti salokatām
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| 13 | sarvalokāgamaṃ kṛtvā mṛdutvaṃ gantum eva ca
viśvāsād vinayaṃ kuryād vyavasyed vāpy upānahau
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| 14 | apakramitum icched vā yathākāmaṃ tu sāntvayet
viliṅgamitvā mitreṇa tataḥ svayam upakramet
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