 | Book 12 Chapter 226
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| 1 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 1 | bhūtagrāme niyuktaṃ yat tad etat kīrtitaṃ mayā
brāhmaṇasya tu yat kṛtyaṃ tat te vakṣyāmi pṛcchate
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| 2 | jātakarmaprabhṛty asya karmaṇāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām
kriyā syād ā samāvṛtter ācārye vedapārage
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| 3 | adhītya vedān akhilān guruśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ
gurūṇām anṛṇo bhūtvā samāvarteta yajñavit
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| 4 | ācāryeṇābhyanujñātaś caturṇām ekam āśramam
ā vimokṣāc charīrasya so 'nutiṣṭhed yathāvidhi
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| 5 | prajāsargeṇa dāraiś ca brahmacaryeṇa vā punaḥ
vane gurusakāśe vā yatidharmeṇa vā punaḥ
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| 6 | gṛhasthas tv eva sarveṣāṃ caturṇāṃ mūlam ucyate
tatra pakvakaṣāyo hi dāntaḥ sarvatra sidhyati
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| 7 | prajāvāñ śrotriyo yajvā mukto divyais tribhir ṛṇaiḥ
athānyān āśramān paścāt pūto gacchati karmabhiḥ
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| 8 | yat pṛthivyāṃ puṇyatamaṃ vidyāsthānaṃ tadāvaset
yateta tasmin prāmāṇyaṃ gantuṃ yaśasi cottame
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| 9 | tapasā vā sumahatā vidyānāṃ pāraṇena vā
ijyayā vā pradānair vā viprāṇāṃ vardhate yaśaḥ
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| 10 | yāvad asya bhavaty asmiṃl loke kīrtir yaśaskarī
tāvat puṇyakṛtāṃl lokān anantān puruṣo 'śnute
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| 11 | adhyāpayed adhīyīta yājayeta yajeta ca
na vṛthā pratigṛhṇīyān na ca dadyāt kathaṃ cana
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| 12 | yājyataḥ śiṣyato vāpi kanyayā vā dhanaṃ mahat
yady āgacched yajed dadyān naiko 'śnīyāt kathaṃ cana
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| 13 | gṛham āvasato hy asya nānyat tīrthaṃ pratigrahāt
devarṣipitṛgurvarthaṃ vṛddhāturabubhukṣatām
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| 14 | antarhitābhitaptānāṃ yathāśakti bubhūṣatām
dravyāṇām atiśaktyāpi deyam eṣāṃ kṛtād api
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| 15 | arhatām anurūpāṇāṃ nādeyaṃ hy asti kiṃ cana
uccaiḥśravasam apy aśvaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ satāṃ viduḥ
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| 16 | anunīya tathā kāvyaḥ satyasaṃdho mahāvrataḥ
svaiḥ prāṇair brāhmaṇaprāṇān paritrāya divaṃ gataḥ
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| 17 | rantidevaś ca sāṃkṛtyo vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane
apaḥ pradāya śītoṣṇā nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate
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| 18 | ātreyaś candradamayor arhator vividhaṃ dhanam
dattvā lokān yayau dhīmān anantān sa mahīpatiḥ
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| 19 | śibirauśīnaro 'ṅgāni sutaṃ ca priyam aurasam
brāhmaṇārtham upākṛtya nākapṛṣṭham ito gataḥ
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| 20 | pratardanaḥ kāśipatiḥ pradāya nayane svake
brāhmaṇāyātulāṃ kīrtim iha cāmutra cāśnute
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| 21 | divyaṃ mṛṣṭaśalākaṃ tu sauvarṇaṃ paramarddhimat
chatraṃ devāvṛdho dattvā sarāṣṭro 'bhyapatad divam
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| 22 | sāṃkṛtiś ca tathātreyaḥ śiṣyebhyo brahma nirguṇam
upadiśya mahātejā gato lokān anuttamān
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| 23 | ambarīṣo gavāṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pratāpavān
arbudāni daśaikaṃ ca sarāṣṭro 'bhyapatad divam
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| 24 | sāvitrī kuṇḍale divye śarīraṃ janamejayaḥ
brāhmaṇārthe parityajya jagmatur lokam uttamam
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| 25 | sarvaratnaṃ vṛṣādarbho yuvanāśvaḥ priyāḥ striyaḥ
ramyam āvasathaṃ caiva dattvāmuṃ lokam āsthitaḥ
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| 26 | nimī rāṣṭraṃ ca vaideho jāmadagnyo vasuṃdharām
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau cāpi gayaś corvīṃ sapattanām
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| 27 | avarṣati ca parjanye sarvabhūtāni cāsakṛt
vasiṣṭho jīvayām āsa prajāpatir iva prajāḥ
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| 28 | karaṃdhamasya putras tu marutto nṛpatis tathā
kanyām aṅgirase dattvā divam āśu jagāma ha
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| 29 | brahmadattaś ca pāñcālyo rājā buddhimatāṃ varaḥ
nidhiṃ śaṅkhaṃ dvijāgryebhyo dattvā lokān avāptavān
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| 30 | rājā mitrasahaś cāpi vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane
madayantīṃ priyāṃ dattvā tayā saha divaṃ gataḥ
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| 31 | sahasrajic ca rājarṣiḥ prāṇān iṣṭān mahāyaśāḥ
brāhmaṇārthe parityajya gato lokān anuttamān
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| 32 | sarvakāmaiś ca saṃpūrṇaṃ dattvā veśma hiraṇmayam
mudgalāya gataḥ svargaṃ śatadyumno mahīpatiḥ
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| 33 | nāmnā ca dyutimān nāma śālvarājaḥ pratāpavān
dattvā rājyam ṛcīkāya gato lokān anuttamān
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| 34 | madirāśvaś ca rājarṣir dattvā kanyāṃ sumadhyamām
hiraṇyahastāya gato lokān devair abhiṣṭutān
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| 35 | lomapādaś ca rājarṣiḥ śāntāṃ dattvā sutāṃ prabhuḥ
ṛśyaśṛṅgāya vipulaiḥ sarvakāmair ayujyata
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| 36 | dattvā śatasahasraṃ tu gavāṃ rājā prasenajit
savatsānāṃ mahātejā gato lokān anuttamān
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| 37 | ete cānye ca bahavo dānena tapasā ca ha
mahātmāno gatāḥ svargaṃ śiṣṭātmāno jitendriyāḥ
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| 38 | teṣāṃ pratiṣṭhitā kīrtir yāvat sthāsyati medinī
dānayajñaprajāsargair ete hi divam āpnuvan
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