Book 12 Chapter 287 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | punar eva tu papraccha janako mithilādhipaḥ
parāśaraṃ mahātmānaṃ dharme paramaniścayam |
2 | kiṃ śreyaḥ kā gatir brahman kiṃ kṛtaṃ na vinaśyati
kva gato na nivarteta tan me brūhi mahāmune |
3 | parāśara uvāca |
3 | asaṅgaḥ śreyaso mūlaṃ jñānaṃ jñānagatiḥ parā
cīrṇaṃ tapo na praṇaśyed vāpaḥ kṣetre na naśyati |
4 | chittvādharmamayaṃ pāśaṃ yadā dharme 'bhirajyate
dattvābhayakṛtaṃ dānaṃ tadā siddhim avāpnuyāt |
5 | yo dadāti sahasrāṇi gavām aśvaśatāni ca
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyas tad dānam ativartate |
6 | vasan viṣayamadhye 'pi na vasaty eva buddhimān
saṃvasaty eva durbuddhir asatsu viṣayeṣv api |
7 | nādharmaḥ śliṣyate prājñam āpaḥ puṣkaraparṇavat
aprājñam adhikaṃ pāpaṃ śliṣyate jatu kāṣṭhavat |
8 | nādharmaḥ kāraṇāpekṣī kartāram abhimuñcati
kartā khalu yathākālaṃ tat sarvam abhipadyate na bhidyante kṛtātmāna ātmapratyayadarśinaḥ |
9 | buddhikarmendriyāṇāṃ hi pramatto yo na budhyate
śubhāśubheṣu saktātmā prāpnoti sumahad bhayam |
10 | vītarāgo jitakrodhaḥ samyag bhavati yaḥ sadā
viṣaye vartamāno 'pi na sa pāpena yujyate |
11 | maryādāyāṃ dharmasetur nibaddho naiva sīdati
puṣṭasrota ivāyattaḥ sphīto bhavati saṃcayaḥ |
12 | yathā bhānugataṃ tejo maṇiḥ śuddhaḥ samādhinā
ādatte rājaśārdūla tathā yogaḥ pravartate |
13 | yathā tilānām iha puṣpasaṃśrayāt; pṛthak pṛthag yāti guṇo 'tisaumyatām
tathā narāṇāṃ bhuvi bhāvitātmanāṃ; yathāśrayaṃ sattvaguṇaḥ pravartate |
14 | jahāti dārān ihate na saṃpadaḥ; sadaśvayānaṃ vividhāś ca yāḥ kriyāḥ
triviṣṭape jātamatir yadā naras; tadāsya buddhir viṣayeṣu bhidyate |
15 | prasaktabuddhir viṣayeṣu yo naro; yo budhyate hy ātmahitaṃ kadā ca na
sa sarvabhāvānugatena cetasā; nṛpāmiṣeṇeva jhaṣo vikṛṣyate |
16 | saṃghātavān martyalokaḥ parasparam apāśritaḥ
kadalīgarbhaniḥsāro naur ivāpsu nimajjati |
17 | na dharmakālaḥ puruṣasya niścito; na cāpi mṛtyuḥ puruṣaṃ pratīkṣate
kriyā hi dharmasya sadaiva śobhanā; yadā naro mṛtyumukhe 'bhivartate |
18 | yathāndhaḥ svagṛhe yukto hy abhyāsād eva gacchati
tathā yuktena manasā prājño gacchati tāṃ gatim |
19 | maraṇaṃ janmani proktaṃ janma vai maraṇāśritam
avidvān mokṣadharmeṣu baddho bhramati cakravat |
20 | yathā mṛṇālo 'nugatam āśu muñcati kardamam
tathātmā puruṣasyeha manasā parimucyate manaḥ praṇayate 'tmānaṃ sa enam abhiyuñjati |
21 | parārthe vartamānas tu svakāryaṃ yo 'bhimanyate
indriyārtheṣu saktaḥ san svakāryāt parihīyate |
22 | adhas tiryaggatiṃ caiva svarge caiva parāṃ gatim
prāpnoti svakṛtair ātmā prājñasyehetarasya ca |
23 | mṛnmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai nyasyate dravaḥ
tathā śarīraṃ tapasā taptaṃ viṣayam aśnute |
24 | viṣayān aśnute yas tu na sa bhokṣyaty asaṃśayam
yas tu bhogāṃs tyajed ātmā sa vai bhoktuṃ vyavasyati |
25 | nīhāreṇa hi saṃvītaḥ śiśnodaraparāyaṇaḥ
jātyandha iva panthānam āvṛtātmā na budhyate |
26 | vaṇig yathā samudrād vai yathārthaṃ labhate dhanam
tathā martyārṇave jantoḥ karmavijñānato gatiḥ |
27 | ahorātramaye loke jarārūpeṇa saṃcaran
mṛtyur grasati bhūtāni pavanaṃ pannago yathā |
28 | svayaṃ kṛtāni karmāṇi jāto jantuḥ prapadyate
nākṛtaṃ labhate kaś cit kiṃ cid atra priyāpriyam |
29 | śayānaṃ yāntam āsīnaṃ pravṛttaṃ viṣayeṣu ca
śubhāśubhāni karmāṇi prapadyante naraṃ sadā |
30 | na hy anyat tīram āsādya punas tartuṃ vyavasyati
durlabho dṛśyate hy asya vinipāto mahārṇave |
31 | yathā bhārāvasaktā hi naur mahāmbhasi tantunā
tathā mano 'bhiyogād vai śarīraṃ pratikarṣati |
32 | yathā samudram abhitaḥ saṃsyūtāḥ sarito 'parāḥ
tathādyā prakṛtir yogād abhisaṃsyūyate sadā |
33 | snehapāśair bahuvidhair āsaktamanaso narāḥ
prakṛtisthā viṣīdanti jale saikataveśmavat |
34 | śarīragṛhasaṃsthasya śaucatīrthasya dehinaḥ
buddhimārgaprayātasya sukhaṃ tv iha paratra ca |
35 | vistarāḥ kleśasaṃyuktāḥ saṃkṣepās tu sukhāvahāḥ
parārthaṃ vistarāḥ sarve tyāgam ātmahitaṃ viduḥ |
36 | saṃkalpajo mitravargo jñātayaḥ kāraṇātmakāḥ
bhāryā dāsāś ca putrāś ca svam artham anuyuñjate |
37 | na mātā na pitā kiṃ cit kasya cit pratipadyate
dānapathyodano jantuḥ svakarmaphalam aśnute |
38 | mātā putraḥ pitā bhrātā bhāryā mitrajanas tathā
aṣṭāpadapadasthāne tv akṣamudreva nyasyate |
39 | sarvāṇi karmāṇi purā kṛtāni; śubhāśubhāny ātmano yānti jantoḥ
upasthitaṃ karmaphalaṃ viditvā; buddhiṃ tathā codayate 'ntarātmā |
40 | vyavasāyaṃ samāśritya sahāyān yo 'dhigacchati
na tasya kaś cid ārambhaḥ kadā cid avasīdati |
41 | advaidhamanasaṃ yuktaṃ śūraṃ dhīraṃ vipaścitam
na śrīḥ saṃtyajate nityam ādityam iva raśmayaḥ |
42 | āstikyavyavasāyābhyām upāyād vismayād dhiyā
yam ārabhaty anindyātmā na so 'rthaḥ parisīdati |
43 |
sarvaḥ svāni śubhāśubhāni niyataṃ karmāṇi jantuḥ svayaṃ; garbhāt saṃpratipadyate tad ubhayaṃ yat tena pūrvam
mṛtyuś cāparihāravān samagatiḥ kālena viccheditā; dāroś cūrṇam ivāśmasāravihitaṃ karmāntikaṃ prāpayet |
44 | svarūpatām ātmakṛtaṃ ca vistaraṃ; kulānvayaṃ dravyasamṛddhisaṃcayam
naro hi sarvo labhate yathākṛtaṃ; śubhāśubhenātmakṛtena karmaṇā |
45 | bhīṣma uvāca |
45 | ity ukto janako rājan yathātathyaṃ manīṣiṇā
śrutvā dharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ parāṃ mudam avāpa ha |