 | Book 13 Chapter 37
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | apūrvaṃ vā bhavet pātram atha vāpi ciroṣitam
dūrād abhyāgataṃ vāpi kiṃ pātraṃ syāt pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | kriyā bhavati keṣāṃ cid upāṃśuvratam uttamam
yo yo yāceta yat kiṃ cit sarvaṃ dadyāma ity uta
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| 3 | apīḍayan bhṛtyavargam ity evam anuśuśruma
pīḍayan bhṛtyavargaṃ hi ātmānam apakarṣati
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| 4 | apūrvaṃ vāpi yat pātraṃ yac cāpi syāc ciroṣitam
dūrād abhyāgataṃ cāpi tat pātraṃ ca vidur budhāḥ
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| 5 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 5 | apīḍayā ca bhṛtyānāṃ dharmasyāhiṃsayā tathā
pātraṃ vidyāma tattvena yasmai dattaṃ na saṃtapet
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | ṛtvikpurohitācāryāḥ śiṣyāḥ saṃbandhibāndhavāḥ
sarve pūjyāś ca mānyāś ca śrutavṛttopasaṃhitāḥ
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| 7 | ato 'nyathā vartamānāḥ sarve nārhanti satkriyām
tasmān nityaṃ parīkṣeta puruṣān praṇidhāya vai
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| 8 | akrodhaḥ satyavacanam ahiṃsā dama ārjavam
adroho nātimānaś ca hrīs titikṣā tapaḥ śamaḥ
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| 9 | yasminn etāni dṛśyante na cākāryāṇi bhārata
bhāvato viniviṣṭāni tat pātraṃ mānam arhati
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| 10 | tathā ciroṣitaṃ cāpi saṃpratyāgatam eva ca
apūrvaṃ caiva pūrvaṃ ca tat pātraṃ mānam arhati
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| 11 | aprāmāṇyaṃ ca vedānāṃ śāstrāṇāṃ cātilaṅghanam
sarvatra cānavasthānam etan nāśanam ātmanaḥ
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| 12 | bhavet paṇḍitamānī yo brāhmaṇo vedanindakaḥ
ānvīkṣikīṃ tarkavidyām anurakto nirarthikām
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| 13 | hetuvādān bruvan satsu vijetāhetuvādikaḥ
ākroṣṭā cātivaktā ca brāhmaṇānāṃ sadaiva hi
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| 14 | sarvābhiśaṅkī mūḍhaś ca bālaḥ kaṭukavāg api
boddhavyas tādṛśas tāta naraśvānaṃ hi taṃ viduḥ
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| 15 | yathā śvā bhaṣituṃ caiva hantuṃ caivāvasṛjyate
evaṃ saṃbhāṣaṇārthāya sarvaśāstravadhāya ca
alpaśrutāḥ kutarkāś ca dṛṣṭāḥ spṛṣṭāḥ kupaṇḍitāḥ
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| 16 | śrutismṛtītihāsādipurāṇāraṇyavedinaḥ
anurundhyād bahujñāṃś ca sārajñāṃś caiva paṇḍitān
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| 17 | lokayātrā ca draṣṭavyā dharmaś cātmahitāni ca
evaṃ naro vartamānaḥ śāśvatīr edhate samāḥ
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| 18 | ṛṇam unmucya devānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tathaiva ca
pitṝṇām atha viprāṇām atithīnāṃ ca pañcamam
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| 19 | paryāyeṇa viśuddhena sunirṇiktena karmaṇā
evaṃ gṛhasthaḥ karmāṇi kurvan dharmān na hīyate
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