 | Book 12 Chapter 140
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yad idaṃ ghoram uddiṣṭam aśraddheyam ivānṛtam
asti svid dasyumaryādā yām ahaṃ parivarjaye
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| 2 | saṃmuhyāmi viṣīdāmi dharmo me śithilīkṛtaḥ
udyamaṃ nādhigacchāmi kutaś cit paricintayan
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | naitac chuddhāgamād eva tava dharmānuśāsanam
prajñāsamavatāro 'yaṃ kavibhiḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ madhu
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| 4 | bahvyaḥ pratividhātavyāḥ prajñā rājñā tatas tataḥ
naikaśākhena dharmeṇa yātraiṣā saṃpravartate
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| 5 | buddhisaṃjananaṃ rājñāṃ dharmam ācaratāṃ sadā
jayo bhavati kauravya tadā tad viddhi me vacaḥ
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| 6 | buddhiśreṣṭhā hi rājāno jayanti vijayaiṣiṇaḥ
dharmaḥ pratividhātavyo buddhyā rājñā tatas tataḥ
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| 7 | naikaśākhena dharmeṇa rājñāṃ dharmo vidhīyate
durbalasya kutaḥ prajñā purastād anudāhṛtā
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| 8 | advaidhajñaḥ pathi dvaidhe saṃśayaṃ prāptum arhati
buddhidvaidhaṃ veditavyaṃ purastād eva bhārata
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| 9 | pārśvataḥkaraṇaṃ prajñā viṣūcī tv āpagā iva
janas tūccāritaṃ dharmaṃ vijānāty anyathānyathā
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| 10 | samyag vijñāninaḥ ke cin mithyāvijñānino 'pare
tad vai yathātathaṃ buddhvā jñānam ādadate satām
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| 11 | parimuṣṇanti śāstrāṇi dharmasya paripanthinaḥ
vaiṣamyam arthavidyānāṃ nairarthyāt khyāpayanti te
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| 12 | ājijīviṣavo vidyāṃ yaśaskāmāḥ samantataḥ
te sarve narapāpiṣṭhā dharmasya paripanthinaḥ
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| 13 | apakvamatayo mandā na jānanti yathātatham
sadā hy aśāstrakuśalāḥ sarvatrāpariniṣṭhitāḥ
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| 14 | parimuṣṇanti śāstrāṇi śāstradoṣānudarśinaḥ
vijñānam atha vidyānāṃ na samyag iti vartate
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| 15 | nindayā paravidyānāṃ svāṃ vidyāṃ khyāpayanti ye
vāgastrā vākchurīmattvā dugdhavidyāphalā iva
tān vidyāvaṇijo viddhi rākṣasān iva bhārata
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| 16 | vyājena kṛtsno vidito dharmas te parihāsyate
na dharmavacanaṃ vācā na buddhyā ceti naḥ śrutam
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| 17 | iti bārhaspataṃ jñānaṃ provāca maghavā svayam
na tv eva vacanaṃ kiṃ cid animittād ihocyate
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| 18 | svavinītena śāstreṇa vyavasyanti tathāpare
lokayātrām ihaike tu dharmam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 19 | samuddiṣṭaṃ satāṃ dharmaṃ svayam ūhen na paṇḍitaḥ
amarṣāc chāstrasaṃmohād avijñānāc ca bhārata
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| 20 | śāstraṃ prājñasya vadataḥ samūhe yāty adarśanam
āgatāgamayā buddhyā vacanena praśasyate
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| 21 | ajñānāj jñānahetutvād vacanaṃ sādhu manyate
anapāhatam evedaṃ nedaṃ śāstram apārthakam
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| 22 | daiteyān uśanāḥ prāha saṃśayacchedane purā
jñānam avyapadeśyaṃ hi yathā nāsti tathaiva tat
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| 23 | tena tvaṃ chinnamūlena kaṃ toṣayitum arhasi
atathyavihitaṃ yo vā nedaṃ vākyam upāśnuyāt
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| 24 | ugrāyaiva hi sṛṣṭo 'si karmaṇe na tv avekṣase
aṅgemām anvavekṣasva rājanītiṃ bubhūṣitum
yayā pramucyate tv anyo yadarthaṃ ca pramodate
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| 25 | ajo 'śvaḥ kṣatram ity etat sadṛśaṃ brahmaṇā kṛtam
tasmān natīkṣṇabhūtānāṃ yātrā kā cit prasidhyati
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| 26 | yas tv avadhyavadhe doṣaḥ sa vadhyasyāvadhe smṛtaḥ
eṣaiva khalu maryādā yām ayaṃ parivarjayet
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| 27 | tasmāt tīkṣṇaḥ prajā rājā svadharme sthāpayed uta
anyonyaṃ bhakṣayanto hi pracareyur vṛkā iva
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| 28 | yasya dasyugaṇā rāṣṭre dhvāṅkṣā matsyāñ jalād iva
viharanti parasvāni sa vai kṣatriyapāṃsanaḥ
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| 29 | kulīnān sacivān kṛtvā vedavidyāsamanvitān
praśādhi pṛthivīṃ rājan prajā dharmeṇa pālayan
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| 30 | vihīnajam akarmāṇaṃ yaḥ pragṛhṇāti bhūmipaḥ
ubhayasyāviśeṣajñas tad vai kṣatraṃ napuṃsakam
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| 31 | naivograṃ naiva cānugraṃ dharmeṇeha praśasyate
ubhayaṃ na vyatikrāmed ugro bhūtvā mṛdur bhava
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| 32 | kaṣṭaḥ kṣatriyadharmo 'yaṃ sauhṛdaṃ tvayi yat sthitam
ugre karmaṇi sṛṣṭo 'si tasmād rājyaṃ praśādhi vai
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| 33 | aśiṣṭanigraho nityaṃ śiṣṭasya paripālanam
iti śakro 'bravīd dhīmān āpatsu bharatarṣabha
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| 34 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 34 | asti svid dasyumaryādā yām anyo nātilaṅghayet
pṛcchāmi tvāṃ satāṃ śreṣṭha tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 35 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 35 | brāhmaṇān eva seveta vidyāvṛddhāṃs tapasvinaḥ
śrutacāritravṛttāḍhyān pavitraṃ hy etad uttamam
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| 36 | yā devatāsu vṛttis te sāstu vipreṣu sarvadā
kruddhair hi vipraiḥ karmāṇi kṛtāni bahudhā nṛpa
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| 37 | teṣāṃ prītyā yaśo mukhyam aprītyā tu viparyayaḥ
prītyā hy amṛtavad viprāḥ kruddhāś caiva yathā viṣam
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