 | Book 12 Chapter 252
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | sūkṣmaṃ sādhu samādiṣṭaṃ bhavatā dharmalakṣaṇam
pratibhā tv asti me kā cit tāṃ brūyām anumānataḥ
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| 2 | bhūyāṃso hṛdaye ye me praśnās te vyāhṛtās tvayā
imam anyaṃ pravakṣyāmi na rājan vigrahād iva
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| 3 | imāni hi prāpayanti sṛjanty uttārayanti ca
na dharmaḥ paripāṭhena śakyo bhārata veditum
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| 4 | anyo dharmaḥ samasthasya viṣamasthasya cāparaḥ
āpadas tu kathaṃ śakyāḥ paripāṭhena veditum
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| 5 | sadācāro mato dharmaḥ santas tv ācāralakṣaṇāḥ
sādhyāsādhyaṃ kathaṃ śakyaṃ sadācāro hy alakṣaṇam
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| 6 | dṛśyate dharmarūpeṇa adharmaṃ prākṛtaś caran
dharmaṃ cādharmarūpeṇa kaś cid aprākṛtaś caran
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| 7 | punar asya pramāṇaṃ hi nirdiṣṭaṃ śāstrakovidaiḥ
vedavādāś cānuyugaṃ hrasantīti ha naḥ śrutam
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| 8 | anye kṛtayuge dharmās tretāyāṃ dvāpare 'pare
anye kaliyuge dharmā yathāśaktikṛtā iva
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| 9 | āmnāyavacanaṃ satyam ity ayaṃ lokasaṃgrahaḥ
āmnāyebhyaḥ paraṃ vedāḥ prasṛtā viśvatomukhāḥ
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| 10 | te cet sarve pramāṇaṃ vai pramāṇaṃ tan na vidyate
pramāṇe cāpramāṇe ca viruddhe śāstratā kutaḥ
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| 11 | dharmasya hriyamāṇasya balavadbhir durātmabhiḥ
yā yā vikriyate saṃsthā tataḥ sāpi praṇaśyati
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| 12 | vidma caivaṃ na vā vidma śakyaṃ vā vedituṃ na vā
aṇīyān kṣuradhārāyā garīyān parvatād api
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| 13 | gandharvanagarākāraḥ prathamaṃ saṃpradṛśyate
anvīkṣyamāṇaḥ kavibhiḥ punar gacchaty adarśanam
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| 14 | nipānānīva gobhyāśe kṣetre kulyeva bhārata
smṛto 'pi śāśvato dharmo viprahīṇo na dṛśyate
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| 15 | kāmād anye kṣayād anye kāraṇair aparais tathā
asanto hi vṛthācāraṃ bhajante bahavo 'pare
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| 16 | dharmo bhavati sa kṣipraṃ vilīnas tv eva sādhuṣu
anye tān āhur unmattān api cāvahasanty uta
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| 17 | mahājanā hy upāvṛttā rājadharmaṃ samāśritāḥ
na hi sarvahitaḥ kaś cid ācāraḥ saṃpradṛśyate
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| 18 | tenaivānyaḥ prabhavati so 'paraṃ bādhate punaḥ
dṛśyate caiva sa punas tulyarūpo yadṛcchayā
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| 19 | yenaivānyaḥ prabhavati so 'parān api bādhate
ācārāṇām anaikāgryaṃ sarveṣām eva lakṣayet
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| 20 | cirābhipannaḥ kavibhiḥ pūrvaṃ dharma udāhṛtaḥ
tenācāreṇa pūrveṇa saṃsthā bhavati śāśvatī
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