 | Book 12 Chapter 234
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| 1 | śuka uvāca
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| 1 | kṣarāt prabhṛti yaḥ sargaḥ saguṇānīndriyāṇi ca
buddhyaiśvaryābhisargārthaṃ yad dhyānaṃ cātmanaḥ śubham
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| 2 | bhūya eva tu loke 'smin sadvṛttiṃ vṛttihaitukīm
yayā santaḥ pravartante tad icchāmy anuvarṇitam
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| 3 | vede vacanam uktaṃ tu kuru karma tyajeti ca
katham etad vijānīyāṃ tac ca vyākhyātum arhasi
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| 4 | lokavṛttāntatattvajñaḥ pūto 'haṃ guruśāsanāt
kṛtvā buddhiṃ viyuktātmā tyakṣyāmy ātmānam avyathaḥ
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| 5 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 5 | yaiṣā vai vihitā vṛttiḥ purastād brahmaṇā svayam
eṣā pūrvataraiḥ sadbhir ācīrṇā paramarṣibhiḥ
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| 6 | brahmacaryeṇa vai lokāñ jayanti paramarṣayaḥ
ātmanaś ca hṛdi śreyas tv anviccha manasātmani
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| 7 | vane mūlaphalāśī ca tapyan suvipulaṃ tapaḥ
puṇyāyatanacārī ca bhūtānām avihiṃsakaḥ
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| 8 | vidhūme sannamusale vānaprasthapratiśraye
kāle prāpte caran bhaikṣaṃ kalpate brahmabhūyase
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| 9 | niḥstutir nirnamaskāraḥ parityajya śubhāśubhe
araṇye vicaraikākī yena kena cid āśitaḥ
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| 10 | śuka uvāca
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| 10 | yad idaṃ vedavacanaṃ lokavāde virudhyate
pramāṇe cāpramāṇe ca viruddhe śāstratā kutaḥ
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| 11 | ity etac chrotum icchāmi bhagavān prabravītu me
karmaṇām avirodhena katham etat pravartate
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| 12 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 12 | ity uktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ gandhavatyāḥ sutaḥ sutam
ṛṣis tat pūjayan vākyaṃ putrasyāmitatejasaḥ
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| 13 | gṛhastho brahmacārī ca vānaprastho 'tha bhikṣukaḥ
yathoktakāriṇaḥ sarve gacchanti paramāṃ gatim
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| 14 | eko ya āśramān etān anutiṣṭhed yathāvidhi
akāmadveṣasaṃyuktaḥ sa paratra mahīyate
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| 15 | catuṣpadī hi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇy eṣā pratiṣṭhitā
etām āśritya niḥśreṇīṃ brahmaloke mahīyate
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| 16 | āyuṣas tu caturbhāgaṃ brahmacāryanasūyakaḥ
gurau vā guruputre vā vased dharmārthakovidaḥ
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| 17 | karmātirekeṇa guror adhyetavyaṃ bubhūṣatā
dakṣiṇo nāpavādī syād āhūto gurum āśrayet
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| 18 | jaghanyaśāyī pūrvaṃ syād utthāyī guruveśmani
yac ca śiṣyeṇa kartavyaṃ kāryaṃ dāsena vā punaḥ
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| 19 | kṛtam ity eva tat sarvaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭheta pārśvataḥ
kiṃkaraḥ sarvakārī ca sarvakarmasu kovidaḥ
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| 20 | śucir dakṣo guṇopeto brūyād iṣur ivātvaraḥ
cakṣuṣā gurum avyagro nirīkṣeta jitendriyaḥ
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| 21 | nābhuktavati cāśnīyād apītavati no pibet
na tiṣṭhati tathāsīta nāsupte prasvapeta ca
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| 22 | uttānābhyāṃ ca pāṇibhyāṃ pādāv asya mṛdu spṛśet
dakṣiṇaṃ dakṣiṇenaiva savyaṃ savyena pīḍayet
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| 23 | abhivādya guruṃ brūyād adhīṣva bhagavann iti
idaṃ kariṣye bhagavann idaṃ cāpi kṛtaṃ mayā
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| 24 | iti sarvam anujñāpya nivedya gurave dhanam
kuryāt kṛtvā ca tat sarvam ākhyeyaṃ gurave punaḥ
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| 25 | yāṃs tu gandhān rasān vāpi brahmacārī na sevate
seveta tān samāvṛtta iti dharmeṣu niścayaḥ
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| 26 | ye ke cid vistareṇoktā niyamā brahmacāriṇaḥ
tān sarvān anugṛhṇīyād bhavec cānapago guroḥ
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| 27 | sa evaṃ gurave prītim upahṛtya yathābalam
āśrameṣv āśrameṣv evaṃ śiṣyo varteta karmaṇā
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| 28 | vedavratopavāsena caturthe cāyuṣo gate
gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā samāvarted yathāvidhi
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| 29 | dharmalabdhair yuto dārair agnīn utpādya dharmataḥ
dvitīyam āyuṣo bhāgaṃ gṛhamedhivratī bhavet
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