Book 12 Chapter 158 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | ānṛśaṃsyaṃ vijānāmi darśanena satāṃ sadā
nṛśaṃsān na vijānāmi teṣāṃ karma ca bhārata |
2 | kaṇṭakān kūpam agniṃ ca varjayanti yathā narāḥ
tathā nṛśaṃsakarmāṇaṃ varjayanti narā naram |
3 | nṛśaṃso hy adhamo nityaṃ pretya ceha ca bhārata
tasmād bravīhi kauravya tasya dharmaviniścayam |
4 | bhīṣma uvāca |
4 | spṛhāsyāntarhitā caiva viditārthā ca karmaṇā
ākroṣṭā kruśyate caiva bandhitā badhyate ca yaḥ |
5 | dattānukīrtir viṣamaḥ kṣudro naikṛtikaḥ śaṭhaḥ
asaṃbhogī ca mānī ca tathā saṅgī vikatthanaḥ |
6 | sarvātiśaṅkī paruṣo bāliśaḥ kṛpaṇas tathā
vargapraśaṃsī satatam āśramadveṣasaṃkarī |
7 | hiṃsāvihārī satatam aviśeṣaguṇāguṇaḥ
bahvalīko manasvī ca lubdho 'tyarthaṃ nṛśaṃsakṛt |
8 | dharmaśīlaṃ guṇopetaṃ pāpa ity avagacchati
ātmaśīlānumānena na viśvasiti kasya cit |
9 | pareṣāṃ yatra doṣaḥ syāt tad guhyaṃ saṃprakāśayet
samāneṣv eva doṣeṣu vṛttyartham upaghātayet |
10 | tathopakāriṇaṃ caiva manyate vañcitaṃ param
dattvāpi ca dhanaṃ kāle saṃtapaty upakāriṇe |
11 | bhakṣyaṃ bhojyam atho lehyaṃ yac cānyat sādhu bhojanam
prekṣamāṇeṣu yo 'śnīyān nṛśaṃsa iti taṃ viduḥ |
12 | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāyāgraṃ yaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ sahāśnute
sa pretya labhate svargam iha cānantyam aśnute |
13 | eṣa te bharataśreṣṭha nṛśaṃsaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
sadā vivarjanīyo vai puruṣeṇa bubhūṣatā |