 | Book 13 Chapter 119
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| 1 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 1 | śubhena karmaṇā yad vai tiryagyonau na muhyase
mamaiva kīṭa tat karma yena tvaṃ na pramuhyase
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| 2 | ahaṃ hi darśanād eva tārayāmi tapobalāt
tapobalād dhi balavad balam anyan na vidyate
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| 3 | jānāmi pāpaiḥ svakṛtair gataṃ tvāṃ kīṭa kīṭatām
avāpsyasi paraṃ dharmaṃ dharmastho yadi manyase
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| 4 | karma bhūmikṛtaṃ devā bhuñjate tiryagāś ca ye
dharmād api manuṣyeṣu kāmo 'rthaś ca yathā guṇaiḥ
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| 5 | vāgbuddhipāṇipādaiś cāpy upetasya vipaścitaḥ
kiṃ hīyate manuṣyasya mandasyāpi hi jīvataḥ
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| 6 | jīvan hi kurute pūjāṃ viprāgryaḥ śaśisūryayoḥ
bruvann api kathāṃ puṇyāṃ tatra kīṭa tvam eṣyasi
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| 7 | guṇabhūtāni bhūtāni tatra tvam upabhokṣyase
tatra te 'haṃ vineṣyāmi brahmatvaṃ yatra cecchasi
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| 8 | sa tatheti pratiśrutya kīṭo vartmany atiṣṭhata
tam ṛṣiṃ draṣṭum agamat sarvāsv anyāsu yoniṣu
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| 9 | śvāvidgodhāvarāhāṇāṃ tathaiva mṛgapakṣiṇām
śvapākavaiśyaśūdrāṇāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca yoniṣu
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| 10 | sa kīṭety evam ābhāṣya ṛṣiṇā satyavādinā
pratismṛtyātha jagrāha pādau mūrdhnā kṛtāñjaliḥ
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| 11 | kīṭa uvāca
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| 11 | idaṃ tad atulaṃ sthānam īpsitaṃ daśabhir guṇaiḥ
yad ahaṃ prāpya kīṭatvam āgato rājaputratām
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| 12 | vahanti mām atibalāḥ kuñjarā hemamālinaḥ
syandaneṣu ca kāmbojā yuktāḥ paramavājinaḥ
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| 13 | uṣṭrāśvatarayuktāni yānāni ca vahanti mām
sabāndhavaḥ sahāmātyaś cāśnāmi piśitaudanam
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| 14 | gṛheṣu sunivāseṣu sukheṣu śayaneṣu ca
parārdhyeṣu mahābhāga svapāmīha supūjitaḥ
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| 15 | sarveṣv apararātreṣu sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ
stuvanti māṃ yathā devaṃ mahendraṃ priyavādinaḥ
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| 16 | prasādāt satyasaṃdhasya bhavato 'mitatejasaḥ
yad ahaṃ kīṭatāṃ prāpya saṃprāpto rājaputratām
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| 17 | namas te 'stu mahāprājña kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām
tvattapobalanirdiṣṭam idaṃ hy adhigataṃ mayā
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| 18 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 18 | arcito 'haṃ tvayā rājan vāgbhir adya yadṛcchayā
adya te kīṭatāṃ prāpya smṛtir jātājugupsitā
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| 19 | na tu nāśo 'sti pāpasya yat tvayopacitaṃ purā
śūdreṇārthapradhānena nṛśaṃsenātatāyinā
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| 20 | mama te darśanaṃ prāptaṃ tac caiva sukṛtaṃ purā
tiryagyonau sma jātena mama cāpy arcanāt tathā
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| 21 | itas tvaṃ rājaputratvād brāhmaṇyaṃ samavāpsyasi
gobrāhmaṇakṛte prāṇān hutvātmīyān raṇājire
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| 22 | rājaputrasukhaṃ prāpya ṛtūṃś caivāptadakṣiṇān
atha modiṣyase svarge brahmabhūto 'vyayaḥ sukhī
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| 23 | tiryagyonyāḥ śūdratām abhyupaiti; śūdro vaiśyatvaṃ kṣatriyatvaṃ ca vaiśyaḥ
vṛttaślāghī kṣatriyo brāhmaṇatvaṃ; svargaṃ puṇyaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sādhuvṛttaḥ
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