 | Book 12 Chapter 297
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | mṛgayāṃ vicaran kaś cid vijane janakātmajaḥ
vane dadarśa viprendram ṛṣiṃ vaṃśadharaṃ bhṛgoḥ
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| 2 | tam āsīnam upāsīnaḥ praṇamya śirasā munim
paścād anumatas tena papraccha vasumān idam
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| 3 | bhagavan kim idaṃ śreyaḥ pretya vāpīha vā bhavet
puruṣasyādhruve dehe kāmasya vaśavartinaḥ
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| 4 | satkṛtya paripṛṣṭaḥ san sumahātmā mahātapāḥ
nijagāda tatas tasmai śreyaskaram idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 5 | manaso 'pratikūlāni pretya ceha ca vāñchasi
bhūtānāṃ pratikūlebhyo nivartasva yatendriyaḥ
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| 6 | dharmaḥ satāṃ hitaḥ puṃsāṃ dharmaś caivāśrayaḥ satām
dharmāl lokās trayas tāta pravṛttāḥ sacarācarāḥ
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| 7 | svādukāmuka kāmānāṃ vaitṛṣṇyaṃ kiṃ na gacchasi
madhu paśyasi durbuddhe prapātaṃ nānupaśyasi
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| 8 | yathā jñāne paricayaḥ kartavyas tatphalārthinā
tathā dharme paricayaḥ kartavyas tatphalārthinā
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| 9 | asatā dharmakāmena viśuddhaṃ karma duṣkaram
satā tu dharmakāmena sukaraṃ karma duṣkaram
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| 10 | vane grāmyasukhācāro yathā grāmyas tathaiva saḥ
grāme vanasukhācāro yathā vanacaras tathā
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| 11 | manovākkarmake dharme kuru śraddhāṃ samāhitaḥ
nivṛttau vā pravṛttau vā saṃpradhārya guṇāguṇān
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| 12 | nityaṃ ca bahu dātavyaṃ sādhubhyaś cānasūyatā
prārthitaṃ vrataśaucābhyāṃ satkṛtaṃ deśakālayoḥ
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| 13 | śubhena vidhinā labdham arhāya pratipādayet
krodham utsṛjya dattvā ca nānutapyen na kīrtayet
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| 14 | anṛśaṃsaḥ śucir dāntaḥ satyavāg ārjave sthitaḥ
yonikarmaviśuddhaś ca pātraṃ syād vedavid dvijaḥ
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| 15 | satkṛtā caikapatnī ca jātyā yonir iheṣyate
ṛgyajuḥsāmago vidvān ṣaṭkarmā pātram ucyate
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| 16 | sa eva dharmaḥ so 'dharmas taṃ taṃ pratinaraṃ bhavet
pātrakarmaviśeṣeṇa deśakālāv avekṣya ca
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| 17 | līlayālpaṃ yathā gātrāt pramṛjyād rajasaḥ pumān
bahuyatnena mahatā pāpanirharaṇaṃ tathā
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| 18 | viriktasya yathā samyag ghṛtaṃ bhavati bheṣajam
tathā nirhṛtadoṣasya pretyadharmaḥ sukhāvahaḥ
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| 19 | mānasaṃ sarvabhūteṣu vartate vai śubhāśubhe
aśubhebhyaḥ samākṣipya śubheṣv evāvatārayet
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| 20 | sarvaṃ sarveṇa sarvatra kriyamāṇaṃ ca pūjaya
svadharme yatra rāgas te kāmaṃ dharmo vidhīyatām
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| 21 | adhṛtātman dhṛtau tiṣṭha durbuddhe buddhimān bhava
apraśānta praśāmya tvam aprājña prājñavac cara
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| 22 | tejasā śakyate prāptum upāyasahacāriṇā
iha ca pretya ca śreyas tasya mūlaṃ dhṛtiḥ parā
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| 23 | rājarṣir adhṛtiḥ svargāt patito hi mahābhiṣaḥ
yayātiḥ kṣīṇapuṇyaś ca dhṛtyā lokān avāptavān
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| 24 | tapasvināṃ dharmavatāṃ viduṣāṃ copasevanāt
prāpsyase vipulāṃ buddhiṃ tathā śreyo 'bhipatsyase
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| 25 | sa tu svabhāvasaṃpannas tac chrutvā munibhāṣitam
vinivartya manaḥ kāmād dharme buddhiṃ cakāra ha
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