 | Book 12 Chapter 139
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | hīne paramake dharme sarvalokātilaṅghini
adharme dharmatāṃ nīte dharme cādharmatāṃ gate
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| 2 | maryādāsu prabhinnāsu kṣubhite dharmaniścaye
rājabhiḥ pīḍite loke corair vāpi viśāṃ pate
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| 3 | sarvāśrameṣu mūḍheṣu karmasūpahateṣu ca
kāmān mohāc ca lobhāc ca bhayaṃ paśyatsu bhārata
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| 4 | aviśvasteṣu sarveṣu nityabhīteṣu pārthiva
nikṛtyā hanyamāneṣu vañcayatsu parasparam
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| 5 | saṃpradīpteṣu deśeṣu brāhmaṇye cābhipīḍite
avarṣati ca parjanye mitho bhede samutthite
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| 6 | sarvasmin dasyusād bhūte pṛthivyām upajīvane
kena svid brāhmaṇo jīvej jaghanye kāla āgate
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| 7 | atityakṣuḥ putrapautrān anukrośān narādhipa
katham āpatsu varteta tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 8 | kathaṃ ca rājā varteta loke kaluṣatāṃ gate
katham arthāc ca dharmāc ca na hīyeta paraṃtapa
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| 9 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 9 | rājamūlā mahārāja yogakṣemasuvṛṣṭayaḥ
prajāsu vyādhayaś caiva maraṇaṃ ca bhayāni ca
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| 10 | kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaś ca kaliś ca bharatarṣabha
rājamūlāni sarvāṇi mama nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ
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| 11 | tasmiṃs tv abhyāgate kāle prajānāṃ doṣakārake
vijñānabalam āsthāya jīvitavyaṃ tadā bhavet
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| 12 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
viśvāmitrasya saṃvādaṃ caṇḍālasya ca pakkaṇe
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| 13 | tretādvāparayoḥ saṃdhau purā daivavidhikramāt
anāvṛṣṭir abhūd ghorā rājan dvādaśavārṣikī
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| 14 | prajānām abhivṛddhānāṃ yugānte paryupasthite
tretānirmokṣasamaye dvāparapratipādane
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| 15 | na vavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ pratilomo 'bhavad guruḥ
jagāma dakṣiṇaṃ mārgaṃ somo vyāvṛttalakṣaṇaḥ
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| 16 | nāvaśyāyo 'pi rātryante kuta evābhrarājayaḥ
nadyaḥ saṃkṣiptatoyaughāḥ kva cid antargatābhavan
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| 17 | sarāṃsi saritaś caiva kūpāḥ prasravaṇāni ca
hatatviṭkāny alakṣyanta nisargād daivakāritāt
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| 18 | upaśuṣkajalasthāyā vinivṛttasabhāprapā
nivṛttayajñasvādhyāyā nirvaṣaṭkāramaṅgalā
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| 19 | utsannakṛṣigorakṣyā nivṛttavipaṇāpaṇā
nivṛttapūgasamayā saṃpranaṣṭamahotsavā
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| 20 | asthikaṅkālasaṃkīrṇā hāhābhūtajanākulā
śūnyabhūyiṣṭhanagarā dagdhagrāmaniveśanā
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| 21 | kva cic coraiḥ kva cic chastraiḥ kva cid rājabhir āturaiḥ
parasparabhayāc caiva śūnyabhūyiṣṭhanirjanā
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| 22 | gatadaivatasaṃkalpā vṛddhabālavinākṛtā
gojāvimahiṣair hīnā parasparaharāharā
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| 23 | hataviprā hatārakṣā pranaṣṭauṣadhisaṃcayā
śyāvabhūtanaraprāyā babhūva vasudhā tadā
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| 24 | tasmin pratibhaye kāle kṣīṇe dharme yudhiṣṭhira
babhramuḥ kṣudhitā martyāḥ khādantaḥ sma parasparam
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| 25 | ṛṣayo niyamāṃs tyaktvā parityaktāgnidaivatāḥ
āśramān saṃparityajya paryadhāvann itas tataḥ
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| 26 | viśvāmitro 'tha bhagavān maharṣir aniketanaḥ
kṣudhā parigato dhīmān samantāt paryadhāvata
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| 27 | sa kadā cit paripatañ śvapacānāṃ niveśanam
hiṃsrāṇāṃ prāṇihantṝṇām āsasāda vane kva cit
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| 28 | vibhinnakalaśākīrṇaṃ śvacarmācchādanāyutam
varāhakharabhagnāsthikapālaghaṭasaṃkulam
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| 29 | mṛtacelaparistīrṇaṃ nirmālyakṛtabhūṣaṇam
sarpanirmokamālābhiḥ kṛtacihnakuṭīmaṭham
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| 30 | ulūkapakṣadhvajibhir devatāyatanair vṛtam
lohaghaṇṭāpariṣkāraṃ śvayūthaparivāritam
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| 31 | tat praviśya kṣudhāviṣṭo gādheḥ putro mahān ṛṣiḥ
āhārānveṣaṇe yuktaḥ paraṃ yatnaṃ samāsthitaḥ
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| 32 | na ca kva cid avindat sa bhikṣamāṇo 'pi kauśikaḥ
māṃsam annaṃ mūlaphalam anyad vā tatra kiṃ cana
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| 33 | aho kṛcchraṃ mayā prāptam iti niścitya kauśikaḥ
papāta bhūmau daurbalyāt tasmiṃś caṇḍālapakkaṇe
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| 34 | cintayām āsa sa muniḥ kiṃ nu me sukṛtaṃ bhavet
kathaṃ vṛthā na mṛtyuḥ syād iti pārthivasattama
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| 35 | sa dadarśa śvamāṃsasya kutantīṃ vitatāṃ muniḥ
caṇḍālasya gṛhe rājan sadyaḥ śastrahatasya ca
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| 36 | sa cintayām āsa tadā steyaṃ kāryam ito mayā
na hīdānīm upāyo 'nyo vidyate prāṇadhāraṇe
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| 37 | āpatsu vihitaṃ steyaṃ viśiṣṭasamahīnataḥ
paraṃ paraṃ bhavet pūrvam asteyam iti niścayaḥ
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| 38 | hīnād ādeyam ādau syāt samānāt tadanantaram
asaṃbhavād ādadīta viśiṣṭād api dhārmikāt
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| 39 | so 'ham antāvasānānāṃ haramāṇaḥ parigrahāt
na steyadoṣaṃ paśyāmi hariṣyāmy etad āmiṣam
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| 40 | etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
tasmin deśe prasuṣvāpa patito yatra bhārata
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| 41 | sa vigāḍhāṃ niśāṃ dṛṣṭvā supte caṇḍālapakkaṇe
śanair utthāya bhagavān praviveśa kuṭīmaṭham
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| 42 | sa supta eva caṇḍālaḥ śleṣmāpihitalocanaḥ
paribhinnasvaro rūkṣa uvācāpriyadarśanaḥ
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| 43 | kaḥ kutantīṃ ghaṭṭayati supte caṇḍālapakkaṇe
jāgarmi nāvasupto 'smi hato 'sīti ca dāruṇaḥ
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| 44 | viśvāmitro 'ham ity eva sahasā tam uvāca saḥ
sahasābhyāgatabhayaḥ sodvegas tena karmaṇā
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| 45 | caṇḍālas tad vacaḥ śrutvā maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
śayanād upasaṃbhrānta iyeṣotpatituṃ tataḥ
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| 46 | sa visṛjyāśru netrābhyāṃ bahumānāt kṛtāñjaliḥ
uvāca kauśikaṃ rātrau brahman kiṃ te cikīrṣitam
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| 47 | viśvāmitras tu mātaṅgam uvāca parisāntvayan
kṣudhito 'haṃ gataprāṇo hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm
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| 48 | avasīdanti me prāṇāḥ smṛtir me naśyati kṣudhā
svadharmaṃ budhyamāno 'pi hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm
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| 49 | aṭan bhaikṣaṃ na vindāmi yadā yuṣmākam ālaye
tadā buddhiḥ kṛtā pāpe hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm
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| 50 | tṛṣitaḥ kaluṣaṃ pātā nāsti hrīr aśanārthinaḥ
kṣud dharmaṃ dūṣayaty atra hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm
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| 51 | agnir mukhaṃ purodhāś ca devānāṃ śucipād vibhuḥ
yathā sa sarvabhug brahmā tathā māṃ viddhi dharmataḥ
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| 52 | tam uvāca sa caṇḍālo maharṣe śṛṇu me vacaḥ
śrutvā tathā samātiṣṭha yathā dharmān na hīyase
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| 53 | mṛgāṇām adhamaṃ śvānaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
tasyāpy adhama uddeśaḥ śarīrasyorujāghanī
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| 54 | nedaṃ samyag vyavasitaṃ maharṣe karma vaikṛtam
caṇḍālasvasya haraṇam abhakṣyasya viśeṣataḥ
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| 55 | sādhv anyam anupaśya tvam upāyaṃ prāṇadhāraṇe
na māṃsalobhāt tapaso nāśas te syān mahāmune
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| 56 | jānato 'vihito mārgo na kāryo dharmasaṃkaraḥ
mā sma dharmaṃ parityākṣīs tvaṃ hi dharmavid uttamaḥ
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| 57 | viśvāmitras tato rājann ity ukto bharatarṣabha
kṣudhārtaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ punar eva mahāmuniḥ
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| 58 | nirāhārasya sumahān mama kālo 'bhidhāvataḥ
na vidyate 'bhyupāyaś ca kaś cin me prāṇadhāraṇe
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| 59 | yena tena viśeṣeṇa karmaṇā yena kena cit
abhyujjīvet sīdamānaḥ samartho dharmam ācaret
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| 60 | aindro dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānām athāgnikaḥ
brahmavahnir mama balaṃ bhakṣyāmi samayaṃ kṣudhā
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| 61 | yathā yathā vai jīved dhi tat kartavyam apīḍayā
jīvitaṃ maraṇāc chreyo jīvan dharmam avāpnuyāt
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| 62 | so 'haṃ jīvitam ākāṅkṣann abhakṣasyāpi bhakṣaṇam
vyavasye buddhipūrvaṃ vai tad bhavān anumanyatām
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| 63 | jīvan dharmaṃ cariṣyāmi praṇotsyāmy aśubhāni ca
tapobhir vidyayā caiva jyotīṃṣīva mahat tamaḥ
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| 64 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 64 | naitat khādan prāpsyase prāṇam anyaṃ; nāyur dīrghaṃ nāmṛtasyeva tṛptim
bhikṣām anyāṃ bhikṣa mā te mano 'stu; śvabhakṣaṇe śvā hy abhakṣo dvijānām
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| 65 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 65 | na durbhikṣe sulabhaṃ māṃsam anyac; chvapāka nānnaṃ na ca me 'sti vittam
kṣudhārtaś cāham agatir nirāśaḥ; śvamāṃse cāsmin ṣaḍrasān sādhu manye
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| 66 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 66 | pañca pañcanakhā bhakṣyā brahmakṣatrasya vai dvija
yadi śāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ te mābhakṣye mānasaṃ kṛthāḥ
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| 67 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 67 | agastyenāsuro jagdho vātāpiḥ kṣudhitena vai
aham āpadgataḥ kṣubdho bhakṣayiṣye śvajāghanīm
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| 68 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 68 | bhikṣām anyām āhareti na caitat kartum arhasi
na nūnaṃ kāryam etad vai hara kāmaṃ śvajāghanīm
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| 69 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 69 | śiṣṭā vai kāraṇaṃ dharme tadvṛttam anuvartaye
parāṃ medhyāśanād etāṃ bhakṣyāṃ manye śvajāghanīm
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| 70 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 70 | asatā yat samācīrṇaṃ na sa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
nāvṛttam anukāryaṃ vai mā chalenānṛtaṃ kṛthāḥ
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| 71 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 71 | na pātakaṃ nāvamatam ṛṣiḥ san kartum arhasi
samau ca śvamṛgau manye tasmād bhakṣyā śvajāghanī
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| 72 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 72 | yad brāhmaṇārthe kṛtam arthitena; tenarṣiṇā tac ca bhakṣyādhikāram
sa vai dharmo yatra na pāpam asti; sarvair upāyair hi sa rakṣitavyaḥ
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| 73 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 73 | mitraṃ ca me brāhmaṇaś cāyam ātmā; priyaś ca me pūjyatamaś ca loke
taṃ bhartukāmo 'ham imāṃ hariṣye; nṛśaṃsānām īdṛśānāṃ na bibhye
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| 74 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 74 | kāmaṃ narā jīvitaṃ saṃtyajanti; na cābhakṣyaiḥ pratikurvanti tatra
sarvān kāmān prāpnuvantīha vidvan; priyasva kāmaṃ sahitaḥ kṣudhā vai
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| 75 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 75 |
sthāne tāvat saṃśayaḥ pretyabhāve; niḥsaṃśayaṃ karmaṇāṃ vā vināśaḥ
ahaṃ punar varta ity āśayātmā; mūlaṃ rakṣan bhakṣayiṣyāmy abhakṣyam
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| 76 | buddhyātmake vyastam astīti tuṣṭo; mohād ekatvaṃ yathā carma cakṣuḥ
yady apy enaḥ saṃśayād ācarāmi; nāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi yathā tvam eva
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| 77 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 77 | patanīyam idaṃ duḥkham iti me vartate matiḥ
duṣkṛtī brāhmaṇaṃ santaṃ yas tvām aham upālabhe
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| 78 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 78 | pibanty evodakaṃ gāvo maṇḍūkeṣu ruvatsv api
na te 'dhikāro dharme 'sti mā bhūr ātmapraśaṃsakaḥ
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| 79 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 79 | suhṛd bhūtvānuśāsmi tvā kṛpā hi tvayi me dvija
tad evaṃ śreya ādhatsva mā lobhāc chvānam ādithāḥ
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| 80 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 80 | suhṛn me tvaṃ sukhepsuś ced āpado māṃ samuddhara
jāne 'haṃ dharmato 'tmānaṃ śvānīm utsṛja jāghanīm
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| 81 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 81 | naivotsahe bhavate dātum etāṃ; nopekṣituṃ hriyamāṇaṃ svam annam
ubhau syāvaḥ svamalenāvaliptau; dātāhaṃ ca tvaṃ ca vipra pratīcchan
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| 82 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 82 | adyāham etad vṛjinaṃ karma kṛtvā; jīvaṃś cariṣyāmi mahāpavitram
prapūtātmā dharmam evābhipatsye; yad etayor guru tad vai bravīhi
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| 83 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 83 | ātmaiva sākṣī kila lokakṛtye; tvam eva jānāsi yad atra duṣṭam
yo hy ādriyed bhakṣyam iti śvamāṃsaṃ; manye na tasyāsti vivarjanīyam
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| 84 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 84 | upādāne khādane vāsya doṣaḥ; kāryo nyāyair nityam atrāpavādaḥ
yasmin na hiṃsā nānṛte vākyaleśo; bhakṣyakriyā tatra na tad garīyaḥ
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| 85 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 85 | yady eṣa hetus tava khādanasya; na te vedaḥ kāraṇaṃ nānyadharmaḥ
tasmād abhakṣye bhakṣaṇād vā dvijendra; doṣaṃ na paśyāmi yathedam āttha
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| 86 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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na pātakaṃ bhakṣaṇam asya dṛṣṭaṃ; surāṃ pītvā patatītīha śabdaḥ
anyonyakarmāṇi tathā tathaiva; na leśamātreṇa kṛtyaṃ hinasti
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| 87 | śvapaca uvāca
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| 87 | asthānato hīnataḥ kutsitād vā; taṃ vidvāṃsaṃ bādhate sādhuvṛttam
sthānaṃ punar yo labhate niṣaṅgāt; tenāpi daṇḍaḥ sahitavya eva
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| 88 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 88 | evam uktvā nivavṛte mātaṅgaḥ kauśikaṃ tadā
viśvāmitro jahāraiva kṛtabuddhiḥ śvajāghanīm
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| 89 | tato jagrāha pañcāṅgīṃ jīvitārthī mahāmuniḥ
sadāras tām upākṛtya vane yāto mahāmuniḥ
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| 90 | etasminn eva kāle tu pravavarṣātha vāsavaḥ
saṃjīvayan prajāḥ sarvā janayām āsa cauṣadhīḥ
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| 91 | viśvāmitro 'pi bhagavāṃs tapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ
kālena mahatā siddhim avāpa paramādbhutām
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| 92 | evaṃ vidvān adīnātmā vyasanastho jijīviṣuḥ
sarvopāyair upāyajño dīnam ātmānam uddharet
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| 93 | etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya jīvitavyaṃ sadā bhavet
jīvan puṇyam avāpnoti naro bhadrāṇi paśyati
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| 94 | tasmāt kaunteya viduṣā dharmādharmaviniścaye
buddhim āsthāya loke 'smin vartitavyaṃ yatātmanā
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