 | Book 12 Chapter 276
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | atattvajñasya śāstrāṇāṃ satataṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ
akṛtavyavasāyasya śreyo brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | gurupūjā ca satataṃ vṛddhānāṃ paryupāsanam
śravaṇaṃ caiva vidyānāṃ kūṭasthaṃ śreya ucyate
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| 3 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
gālavasya ca saṃvādaṃ devarṣer nāradasya ca
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| 4 | vītamohaklamaṃ vipraṃ jñānatṛptaṃ jitendriyam
śreyaskāmaṃ jitātmānaṃ nāradaṃ gālavo 'bravīt
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| 5 | yaiḥ kaiś cit saṃmato loke guṇais tu puruṣo nṛṣu
bhavaty anapagān sarvāṃs tān guṇāṃl lakṣayāmy aham
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| 6 | bhavān evaṃvidho 'smākaṃ saṃśayaṃ chettum arhati
amūḍhaś ciramūḍhānāṃ lokatattvam ajānatām
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| 7 | jñāne hy evaṃ pravṛttiḥ syāt kāryākārye vijānataḥ
yat kāryaṃ na vyavasyāmas tad bhavān vaktum arhati
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| 8 | bhagavann āśramāḥ sarve pṛthagācāradarśinaḥ
idaṃ śreya idaṃ śreya iti nānāpradhāvitāḥ
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| 9 | tāṃs tu viprasthitān dṛṣṭvā śāstraiḥ śāstrābhinandinaḥ
svaśāstraiḥ parituṣṭāṃś ca śreyo nopalabhāmahe
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| 10 | śāstraṃ yadi bhaved ekaṃ vyaktaṃ śreyo bhavet tadā
śāstraiś ca bahubhir bhūyaḥ śreyo guhyaṃ praveśitam
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| 11 | etasmāt kāraṇāc chreyaḥ kalilaṃ pratibhāti mām
bravītu bhagavāṃs tan me upasanno 'smy adhīhi bhoḥ
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| 12 | nārada uvāca
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| 12 | āśramās tāta catvāro yathāsaṃkalpitāḥ pṛthak
tān sarvān anupaśya tvaṃ samāśrityaiva gālava
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| 13 | teṣāṃ teṣāṃ tathā hi tvam āśramāṇāṃ tatas tataḥ
nānārūpaguṇoddeśaṃ paśya viprasthitaṃ pṛthak
nayanti caiva te samyag abhipretam asaṃśayam
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| 14 | ṛju paśyaṃs tathā samyag āśramāṇāṃ parāṃ gatim
yat tu niḥśreyasaṃ samyak tac caivāsaṃśayātmakam
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| 15 | anugrahaṃ ca mitrāṇām amitrāṇāṃ ca nigraham
saṃgrahaṃ ca trivargasya śreya āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 16 | nivṛttiḥ karmaṇaḥ pāpāt satataṃ puṇyaśīlatā
sadbhiś ca samudācāraḥ śreya etad asaṃśayam
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| 17 | mārdavaṃ sarvabhūteṣu vyavahāreṣu cārjavam
vāk caiva madhurā proktā śreya etad asaṃśayam
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| 18 | devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca saṃvibhāgo 'tithiṣv api
asaṃtyāgaś ca bhṛtyānāṃ śreya etad asaṃśayam
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| 19 | satyasya vacanaṃ śreyaḥ satyajñānaṃ tu duṣkaram
yad bhūtahitam atyantam etat satyaṃ bravīmy aham
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| 20 | ahaṃkārasya ca tyāgaḥ praṇayasya ca nigrahaḥ
saṃtoṣaś caikacaryā ca kūṭasthaṃ śreya ucyate
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| 21 | dharmeṇa vedādhyayanaṃ vedāṅgānāṃ tathaiva ca
vidyārthānāṃ ca jijñāsā śreya etad asaṃśayam
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| 22 | śabdarūparasasparśān saha gandhena kevalān
nātyartham upaseveta śreyaso 'rthī paraṃtapa
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| 23 | naktaṃcaryā divāsvapnam ālasyaṃ paiśunaṃ madam
atiyogam ayogaṃ ca śreyaso 'rthī parityajet
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| 24 | karmotkarṣaṃ na mārgeta pareṣāṃ parinindayā
svaguṇair eva mārgeta viprakarṣaṃ pṛthagjanāt
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| 25 | nirguṇās tv eva bhūyiṣṭham ātmasaṃbhāvino narāḥ
doṣair anyān guṇavataḥ kṣipanty ātmaguṇakṣayāt
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| 26 | anucyamānāś ca punas te manyante mahājanāt
guṇavattaram ātmānaṃ svena mānena darpitāḥ
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| 27 | abruvan kasya cin nindām ātmapūjām avarṇayan
vipaścid guṇasaṃpannaḥ prāpnoty eva mahad yaśaḥ
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| 28 | abruvan vāti surabhir gandhaḥ sumanasāṃ śuciḥ
tathaivāvyāharan bhāti vimalo bhānur ambare
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| 29 | evamādīni cānyāni parityaktāni medhayā
jvalanti yaśasā loke yāni na vyāharanti ca
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| 30 | na loke dīpyate mūrkhaḥ kevalātmapraśaṃsayā
api cāpihitaḥ śvabhre kṛtavidyaḥ prakāśate
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| 31 | asann uccair api proktaḥ śabdaḥ samupaśāmyati
dīpyate tv eva lokeṣu śanair api subhāṣitam
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| 32 | mūḍhānām avaliptānām asāraṃ bhāṣitaṃ bahu
darśayaty antarātmānaṃ divā rūpam ivāṃśumān
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| 33 | etasmāt kāraṇāt prajñāṃ mṛgayante pṛthagvidhām
prajñālābho hi bhūtānām uttamaḥ pratibhāti mām
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| 34 | nāpṛṣṭaḥ kasya cid brūyān na cānyāyena pṛcchataḥ
jñānavān api medhāvī jaḍaval lokam ācaret
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| 35 | tato vāsaṃ parīkṣeta dharmanityeṣu sādhuṣu
manuṣyeṣu vadānyeṣu svadharmanirateṣu ca
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| 36 | caturṇāṃ yatra varṇānāṃ dharmavyatikaro bhavet
na tatra vāsaṃ kurvīta śreyorthī vai kathaṃ cana
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| 37 | nirārambho 'py ayam iha yathālabdhopajīvanaḥ
puṇyaṃ puṇyeṣu vimalaṃ pāpaṃ pāpeṣu cāpnuyāt
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| 38 | apām agnes tathendoś ca sparśaṃ vedayate yathā
tathā paśyāmahe sparśam ubhayoḥ pāpapuṇyayoḥ
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| 39 | apaśyanto 'nnaviṣayaṃ bhuñjate vighasāśinaḥ
bhuñjānaṃ cānnaviṣayān viṣayaṃ viddhi karmaṇām
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| 40 | yatrāgamayamānānām asatkāreṇa pṛcchatām
prabrūyād brahmaṇo dharmaṃ tyajet taṃ deśam ātmavān
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| 41 | śiṣyopādhyāyikā vṛttir yatra syāt susamāhitā
yathāvac chāstrasaṃpannā kas taṃ deśaṃ parityajet
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| 42 | ākāśasthā dhruvaṃ yatra doṣaṃ brūyur vipaścitām
ātmapūjābhikāmā vai ko vaset tatra paṇḍitaḥ
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| 43 | yatra saṃloḍitā lubdhaiḥ prāyaśo dharmasetavaḥ
pradīptam iva śailāntaṃ kas taṃ deśaṃ na saṃtyajet
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| 44 | yatra dharmam anāśaṅkāś careyur vītamatsarāḥ
caret tatra vasec caiva puṇyaśīleṣu sādhuṣu
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| 45 | dharmam arthanimittaṃ tu careyur yatra mānavāḥ
na tān anuvasej jātu te hi pāpakṛto janāḥ
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| 46 | karmaṇā yatra pāpena vartante jīvitespavaḥ
vyavadhāvet tatas tūrṇaṃ sasarpāc charaṇād iva
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| 47 | yena khaṭvāṃ samārūḍhaḥ karmaṇānuśayī bhavet
āditas tan na kartavyam icchatā bhavam ātmanaḥ
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| 48 | yatra rājā ca rājñaś ca puruṣāḥ pratyanantarāḥ
kuṭumbinām agrabhujas tyajet tad rāṣṭram ātmavān
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| 49 | śrotriyās tv agrabhoktāro dharmanityāḥ sanātanāḥ
yājanādhyāpane yuktā yatra tad rāṣṭram āvaset
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| 50 | svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkārā yatra samyag anuṣṭhitāḥ
ajasraṃ caiva vartante vaset tatrāvicārayan
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| 51 | aśucīny atra paśyeta brāhmaṇān vṛttikarśitān
tyajet tad rāṣṭram āsannam upasṛṣṭam ivāmiṣam
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| 52 | prīyamāṇā narā yatra prayaccheyur ayācitāḥ
svasthacitto vaset tatra kṛtakṛtya ivātmavān
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| 53 | daṇḍo yatrāvinīteṣu satkāraś ca kṛtātmasu
caret tatra vasec caiva puṇyaśīleṣu sādhuṣu
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| 54 | upasṛṣṭeṣv adānteṣu durācāreṣv asādhuṣu
avinīteṣu lubdheṣu sumahad daṇḍadhāraṇam
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| 55 | yatra rājā dharmanityo rājyaṃ vai paryupāsitā
apāsya kāmān kāmeśo vaset tatrāvicārayan
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| 56 | tathāśīlā hi rājānaḥ sarvān viṣayavāsinaḥ
śreyasā yojayanty āśu śreyasi pratyupasthite
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| 57 | pṛcchatas te mayā tāta śreya etad udāhṛtam
na hi śakyaṃ pradhānena śreyaḥ saṃkhyātum ātmanaḥ
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| 58 | evaṃ pravartamānasya vṛttiṃ praṇihitātmanaḥ
tapasaiveha bahulaṃ śreyo vyaktaṃ bhaviṣyati
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