 | Book 12 Chapter 174
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yady asti dattam iṣṭaṃ vā tapas taptaṃ tathaiva ca
gurūṇāṃ cāpi śuśrūṣā tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | ātmanānarthayuktena pāpe niviśate manaḥ
sa karma kaluṣaṃ kṛtvā kleśe mahati dhīyate
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| 3 | durbhikṣād eva durbhikṣaṃ kleśāt kleśaṃ bhayād bhayam
mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtaṃ yānti daridrāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ
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| 4 | utsavād utsavaṃ yānti svargāt svargaṃ sukhāt sukham
śraddadhānāś ca dāntāś ca dhanāḍhyāḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ
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| 5 | vyālakuñjaradurgeṣu sarpacorabhayeṣu ca
hastāvāpena gacchanti nāstikāḥ kim ataḥ param
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| 6 | priyadevātitheyāś ca vadānyāḥ priyasādhavaḥ
kṣemyam ātmavatāṃ mārgam āsthitā hastadakṣiṇam
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| 7 | pulākā iva dhānyeṣu puttikā iva pakṣiṣu
tadvidhās te manuṣyeṣu yeṣāṃ dharmo na kāraṇam
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| 8 | suśīghram api dhāvantaṃ vidhānam anudhāvati
śete saha śayānena yena yena yathā kṛtam
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| 9 | upatiṣṭhati tiṣṭhantaṃ gacchantam anugacchati
karoti kurvataḥ karma chāyevānuvidhīyate
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| 10 | yena yena yathā yad yat purā karma samācitam
tat tad eva naro bhuṅkte nityaṃ vihitam ātmanā
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| 11 | svakarmaphalavikṣiptaṃ vidhānaparirakṣitam
bhūtagrāmam imaṃ kālaḥ samantāt parikarṣati
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| 12 | acodyamānāni yathā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca
svakālaṃ nātivartante tathā karma purākṛtam
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| 13 | saṃmānaś cāvamānaś ca lābhālābhau kṣayodayau
pravṛttā vinivartante vidhānānte punaḥ punaḥ
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| 14 | ātmanā vihitaṃ duḥkham ātmanā vihitaṃ sukham
garbhaśayyām upādāya bhujyate paurvadehikam
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| 15 | bālo yuvā ca vṛddhaś ca yat karoti śubhāśubham
tasyāṃ tasyām avasthāyāṃ bhuṅkte janmani janmani
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| 16 | yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram
tathā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kartāram anugacchati
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| 17 | samunnam agrato vastraṃ paścāc chudhyati karmaṇā
upavāsaiḥ prataptānāṃ dīrghaṃ sukham anantakam
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| 18 | dīrghakālena tapasā sevitena tapovane
dharmanirdhūtapāpānāṃ saṃsidhyante manorathāḥ
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| 19 | śakunīnām ivākāśe matsyānām iva codake
padaṃ yathā na dṛśyeta tathā jñānavidāṃ gatiḥ
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| 20 | alam anyair upālambhaiḥ kīrtitaiś ca vyatikramaiḥ
peśalaṃ cānurūpaṃ ca kartavyaṃ hitam ātmanaḥ
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