 | Book 12 Chapter 270
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | dhanyā dhanyā iti janāḥ sarve 'smān pravadanty uta
na duḥkhitataraḥ kaś cit pumān asmābhir asti ha
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| 2 | lokasaṃbhāvitair duḥkhaṃ yat prāptaṃ kurusattama
prāpya jātiṃ manuṣyeṣu devair api pitāmaha
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| 3 | kadā vayaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ saṃnyāsaṃ duḥkhasaṃjñakam
duḥkham etac charīrāṇāṃ dhāraṇaṃ kurusattama
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| 4 | vimuktāḥ saptadaśabhir hetubhūtaiś ca pañcabhiḥ
indriyārthair guṇaiś caiva aṣṭābhiḥ prapitāmaha
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| 5 | na gacchanti punarbhāvaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
kadā vayaṃ bhaviṣyāmo rājyaṃ hitvā paraṃtapa
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | nāsty anantaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ saṃkhyānagocaram
punarbhāvo 'pi saṃkhyāto nāsti kiṃ cid ihācalam
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| 7 | na cāpi gamyate rājan naiṣa doṣaḥ prasaṅgataḥ
udyogād eva dharmajña kālenaiva gamiṣyatha
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| 8 | īśo 'yaṃ satataṃ dehī nṛpate puṇyapāpayoḥ
tata eva samutthena tamasā rudhyate 'pi ca
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| 9 | yathāñjanamayo vāyuḥ punar mānaḥśilaṃ rajaḥ
anupraviśya tadvarṇo dṛśyate rañjayan diśaḥ
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| 10 | tathā karmaphalair dehī rañjitas tamasāvṛtaḥ
vivarṇo varṇam āśritya deheṣu parivartate
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| 11 | jñānena hi yadā jantur ajñānaprabhavaṃ tamaḥ
vyapohati tadā brahma prakāśeta sanātanam
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| 12 | ayatnasādhyaṃ munayo vadanti; ye cāpi muktās ta upāsitavyāḥ
tvayā ca lokena ca sāmareṇa; tasmān na śāmyanti maharṣisaṃghāḥ
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| 13 | asminn arthe purā gītaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa
yathā daityena vṛtreṇa bhraṣṭaiśvaryeṇa ceṣṭitam
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| 14 | nirjitenāsahāyena hṛtarājyena bhārata
aśocatā śatrumadhye buddhim āsthāya kevalām
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| 15 | bhraṣṭaiśvaryaṃ purā vṛtram uśanā vākyam abravīt
kaccit parājitasyādya na vyathā te 'sti dānava
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| 16 | vṛtra uvāca
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| 16 | satyena tapasā caiva viditvā saṃkṣayaṃ hy aham
na śocāmi na hṛṣyāmi bhūtānām āgatiṃ gatim
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| 17 | kālasaṃcoditā jīvā majjanti narake 'vaśāḥ
paridṛṣṭāni sarvāṇi divyāny āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 18 | kṣapayitvā tu taṃ kālaṃ gaṇitaṃ kālacoditāḥ
sāvaśeṣeṇa kālena saṃbhavanti punaḥ punaḥ
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| 19 | tiryagyonisahasrāṇi gatvā narakam eva ca
nirgacchanty avaśā jīvāḥ kālabandhanabandhanāḥ
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| 20 | evaṃ saṃsaramāṇāni jīvāny aham adṛṣṭavān
yathā karma tathā lābha iti śāstranidarśanam
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| 21 | tiryag gacchanti narakaṃ mānuṣyaṃ daivam eva ca
sukhaduḥkhe priyadveṣye caritvā pūrvam eva ca
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| 22 | kṛtāntavidhisaṃyuktaṃ sarvalokaḥ prapadyate
gataṃ gacchanti cādhvānaṃ sarvabhūtāni sarvadā
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| 23 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 23 | kālasaṃkhyānasaṃkhyātaṃ sṛṣṭisthitiparāyaṇam
taṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ bhagavān uśanā pratyabhāṣata
bhīmān duṣṭapralāpāṃs tvaṃ tāta kasmāt prabhāṣase
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| 24 | vṛtra uvāca
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| 24 | pratyakṣam etad bhavatas tathānyeṣāṃ manīṣiṇām
mayā yaj jayalubdhena purā taptaṃ mahat tapaḥ
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| 25 | gandhān ādāya bhūtānāṃ rasāṃś ca vividhān api
avardhaṃ trīn samākramya lokān vai svena tejasā
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| 26 | jvālāmālāparikṣipto vaihāyasacaras tathā
ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānām āsaṃ nityam apetabhīḥ
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| 27 | aiśvaryaṃ tapasā prāptaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ tac ca svakarmabhiḥ
dhṛtim āsthāya bhagavan na śocāmi tatas tv aham
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| 28 | yuyutsatā mahendreṇa purā sārdhaṃ mahātmanā
tato me bhagavān dṛṣṭo harir nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
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| 29 | vaikuṇṭhaḥ puruṣo viṣṇuḥ śuklo 'nantaḥ sanātanaḥ
muñjakeśo hariśmaśruḥ sarvabhūtapitāmahaḥ
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| 30 | nūnaṃ tu tasya tapasaḥ sāvaśeṣaṃ mamāsti vai
yad ahaṃ praṣṭum icchāmi bhavantaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam
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| 31 | aiśvaryaṃ vai mahad brahman kasmin varṇe pratiṣṭhitam
nivartate cāpi punaḥ katham aiśvaryam uttamam
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| 32 | kasmād bhūtāni jīvanti pravartante 'tha vā punaḥ
kiṃ vā phalaṃ paraṃ prāpya jīvas tiṣṭhati śāśvataḥ
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| 33 | kena vā karmaṇā śakyam atha jñānena kena vā
brahmarṣe tat phalaṃ prāptuṃ tan me vyākhyātum arhasi
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| 34 | itīdam uktaḥ sa munis tadānīṃ; pratyāha yat tac chṛṇu rājasiṃha
mayocyamānaṃ puruṣarṣabha tvam; ananyacittaḥ saha sodarīyaiḥ
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