 | Book 12 Chapter 288
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | satyaṃ kṣamāṃ damaṃ prajñāṃ praśaṃsanti pitāmaha
vidvāṃso manujā loke katham etan mataṃ tava
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atra te vartayiṣye 'ham itihāsaṃ purātanam
sādhyānām iha saṃvādaṃ haṃsasya ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 3 | haṃso bhūtvātha sauvarṇas tv ajo nityaḥ prajāpatiḥ
sa vai paryeti lokāṃs trīn atha sādhyān upāgamat
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| 4 | sādhyā ūcuḥ
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| 4 | śakune vayaṃ sma devā vai sādhyās tvām anuyujmahe
pṛcchāmas tvāṃ mokṣadharmaṃ bhavāṃś ca kila mokṣavit
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| 5 | śruto 'si naḥ paṇḍito dhīravādī; sādhuśabdaḥ patate te patatrin
kiṃ manyase śreṣṭhatamaṃ dvija tvaṃ; kasmin manas te ramate mahātman
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tan naḥ kāryaṃ pakṣivara praśādhi; yat kāryāṇāṃ manyase śreṣṭham ekam
yat kṛtvā vai puruṣaḥ sarvabandhair; vimucyate vihagendreha śīghram
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| 7 | haṃsa uvāca
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| 7 | idaṃ kāryam amṛtāśāḥ śṛṇomi; tapo damaḥ satyam ātmābhiguptiḥ
granthīn vimucya hṛdayasya sarvān; priyāpriye svaṃ vaśam ānayīta
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| 8 | nāruṃtudaḥ syān na nṛśaṃsavādī; na hīnataḥ param abhyādadīta
yayāsya vācā para udvijeta; na tāṃ vaded ruśatīṃ pāpalokyām
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| 9 | vāksāyakā vadanān niṣpatanti; yair āhataḥ śocati rātryahāni
parasya nāmarmasu te patanti; tān paṇḍito nāvasṛjet pareṣu
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| 10 | paraś ced enam ativādabāṇair; bhṛśaṃ vidhyec chama eveha kāryaḥ
saṃroṣyamāṇaḥ pratimṛṣyate yaḥ; sa ādatte sukṛtaṃ vai parasya
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| 11 | kṣepābhimānād abhiṣaṅgavyalīkaṃ; nigṛhṇāti jvalitaṃ yaś ca manyum
aduṣṭacetā mudito 'nasūyuḥ; sa ādatte sukṛtaṃ vai pareṣām
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| 12 | ākruśyamāno na vadāmi kiṃ cit; kṣamāmy ahaṃ tāḍyamānaś ca nityam
śreṣṭhaṃ hy etat kṣamam apy āhur āryāḥ; satyaṃ tathaivārjavam ānṛśaṃsyam
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| 13 | vedasyopaniṣat satyaṃ satyasyopaniṣad damaḥ
damasyopaniṣan mokṣa etat sarvānuśāsanam
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| 14 | vāco vegaṃ manasaḥ krodhavegaṃ; vivitsāvegam udaropasthavegam
etān vegān yo viṣahaty udīrṇāṃs; taṃ manye 'haṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vai muniṃ ca
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| 15 | akrodhanaḥ krudhyatāṃ vai viśiṣṭas; tathā titikṣur atitikṣor viśiṣṭaḥ
amānuṣān mānuṣo vai viśiṣṭas; tathājñānāj jñānavān vai pradhānaḥ
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| 16 | ākruśyamāno nākrośen manyur eva titikṣataḥ
ākroṣṭāraṃ nirdahati sukṛtaṃ cāsya vindati
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| 17 | yo nātyuktaḥ prāha rūkṣaṃ priyaṃ vā; yo vā hato na pratihanti dhairyāt
pāpaṃ ca yo necchati tasya hantus; tasmai devāḥ spṛhayante sadaiva
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| 18 | pāpīyasaḥ kṣametaiva śreyasaḥ sadṛśasya ca
vimānito hato 'kruṣṭa evaṃ siddhiṃ gamiṣyati
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| 19 | sadāham āryān nibhṛto 'py upāse; na me vivitsā na ca me 'sti roṣaḥ
na cāpy ahaṃ lipsamānaḥ paraimi; na caiva kiṃ cid viṣameṇa yāmi
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| 20 | nāhaṃ śaptaḥ pratiśapāmi kiṃ cid; damaṃ dvāraṃ hy amṛtasyeha vedmi
guhyaṃ brahma tad idaṃ vo bravīmi; na mānuṣāc chreṣṭhataraṃ hi kiṃ cit
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| 21 | vimucyamānaḥ pāpebhyo dhanebhya iva candramāḥ
virajāḥ kālam ākāṅkṣan dhīro dhairyeṇa sidhyati
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| 22 | yaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhavati hy arcanīya; utsecane stambha ivābhijātaḥ
yasmai vācaṃ supraśastāṃ vadanti; sa vai devān gacchati saṃyatātmā
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| 23 | na tathā vaktum icchanti kalyāṇān puruṣe guṇān
yathaiṣāṃ vaktum icchanti nairguṇyam anuyuñjakāḥ
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| 24 | yasya vāṅmanasī gupte samyak praṇihite sadā
vedās tapaś ca tyāgaś ca sa idaṃ sarvam āpnuyāt
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| 25 | ākrośanāvamānābhyām abudhād vardhate budhaḥ
tasmān na vardhayed anyaṃ na cātmānaṃ vihiṃsayet
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| 26 | amṛtasyeva saṃtṛpyed avamānasya vai dvijaḥ
sukhaṃ hy avamataḥ śete yo 'vamantā sa naśyati
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| 27 | yat krodhano yajate yad dadāti; yad vā tapas tapyati yaj juhoti
vaivasvatas tad dharate 'sya sarvaṃ; moghaḥ śramo bhavati krodhanasya
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| 28 | catvāri yasya dvārāṇi suguptāny amarottamāḥ
upastham udaraṃ hastau vāk caturthī sa dharmavit
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| 29 | satyaṃ damaṃ hy ārjavam ānṛśaṃsyaṃ; dhṛtiṃ titikṣām abhisevamānaḥ
svādhyāyanityo 'spṛhayan pareṣām; ekāntaśīly ūrdhvagatir bhavet saḥ
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| 30 | sarvān etān anucaran vatsavac caturaḥ stanān
na pāvanatamaṃ kiṃ cit satyād adhyagamaṃ kva cit
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| 31 | ācakṣe 'haṃ manuṣyebhyo devebhyaḥ pratisaṃcaran
satyaṃ svargasya sopānaṃ pārāvārasya naur iva
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| 32 | yādṛśaiḥ saṃnivasati yādṛśāṃś copasevate
yādṛg icchec ca bhavituṃ tādṛg bhavati pūruṣaḥ
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| 33 | yadi santaṃ sevate yady asantaṃ; tapasvinaṃ yadi vā stenam eva
vāso yathā raṅgavaśaṃ prayāti; tathā sa teṣāṃ vaśam abhyupaiti
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| 34 | sadā devāḥ sādhubhiḥ saṃvadante; na mānuṣaṃ viṣayaṃ yānti draṣṭum
nenduḥ samaḥ syād asamo hi vāyur; uccāvacaṃ viṣayaṃ yaḥ sa veda
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| 35 | aduṣṭaṃ vartamāne tu hṛdayāntarapūruṣe
tenaiva devāḥ prīyante satāṃ mārgasthitena vai
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| 36 | śiśnodare ye 'bhiratāḥ sadaiva; stenā narā vākparuṣāś ca nityam
apetadoṣān iti tān viditvā; dūrād devāḥ saṃparivarjayanti
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| 37 | na vai devā hīnasattvena toṣyāḥ; sarvāśinā duṣkṛtakarmaṇā vā
satyavratā ye tu narāḥ kṛtajñā; dharme ratās taiḥ saha saṃbhajante
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| 38 | avyāhṛtaṃ vyāhṛtāc chreya āhuḥ; satyaṃ vaded vyāhṛtaṃ tad dvitīyam
dharmaṃ vaded vyāhṛtaṃ tat tṛtīyaṃ; priyaṃ vaded vyāhṛtaṃ tac caturtham
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| 39 | sādhyā ūcuḥ
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| 39 | kenāyam āvṛto lokaḥ kena vā na prakāśate
kena tyajati mitrāṇi kena svargaṃ na gacchati
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| 40 | haṃsa uvāca
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| 40 | ajñānenāvṛto loko mātsaryān na prakāśate
lobhāt tyajati mitrāṇi saṅgāt svargaṃ na gacchati
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| 41 | sādhyā ūcuḥ
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| 41 | kaḥ svid eko ramate brāhmaṇānāṃ; kaḥ svid eko bahubhir joṣam āste
kaḥ svid eko balavān durbalo 'pi; kaḥ svid eṣāṃ kalahaṃ nānvavaiti
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| 42 | haṃsa uvāca
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| 42 | prājña eko ramate brāhmaṇānāṃ; prājña eko bahubhir joṣam āste
prājña eko balavān durbalo 'pi; prājña eṣāṃ kalahaṃ nānvavaiti
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| 43 | sādhyā ūcuḥ
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| 43 | kiṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ devatvaṃ kiṃ ca sādhutvam ucyate
asādhutvaṃ ca kiṃ teṣāṃ kim eṣāṃ mānuṣaṃ matam
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| 44 | haṃsa uvāca
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| 44 | svādhyāya eṣāṃ devatvaṃ vrataṃ sādhutvam ucyate
asādhutvaṃ parīvādo mṛtyur mānuṣam ucyate
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| 45 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 45 | saṃvāda ity ayaṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sādhyānāṃ parikīrtitaḥ
kṣetraṃ vai karmaṇāṃ yoniḥ sadbhāvaḥ satyam ucyate
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