 | Book 13 Chapter 120
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | kṣatradharmam anuprāptaḥ smarann eva sa vīryavān
tyaktvā sa kīṭatāṃ rājaṃś cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ
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| 2 | tasya dharmārthaviduṣo dṛṣṭvā tad vipulaṃ tapaḥ
ājagāma dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
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| 3 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 3 | kṣātraṃ caiva vrataṃ kīṭa bhūtānāṃ paripālanam
kṣātraṃ caiva vrataṃ dhyāyaṃs tato vipratvam eṣyasi
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| 4 | pāhi sarvāḥ prajāḥ samyak śubhāśubhavid ātmavān
śubhaiḥ saṃvibhajan kāmair aśubhānāṃ ca pāvanaiḥ
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| 5 | ātmavān bhava suprītaḥ svadharmacaraṇe rataḥ
kṣātrīṃ tanuṃ samutsṛjya tato vipratvam eṣyasi
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | so 'thāraṇyam abhipretya punar eva yudhiṣṭhira
maharṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā prajā dharmeṇa pālya ca
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| 7 | acireṇaiva kālena kīṭaḥ pārthivasattama
prajāpālanadharmeṇa pretya vipratvam āgataḥ
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| 8 | tatas taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā punar eva mahāyaśāḥ
ājagāma mahāprājñaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
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| 9 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 9 | bho bho viprarṣabha śrīman mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ kathaṃ cana
śubhakṛc chubhayonīṣu pāpakṛt pāpayoniṣu
upapadyati dharmajña yathādharmaṃ yathāgamam
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| 10 | tasmān mṛtyubhayāt kīṭa mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ kathaṃ cana
dharmalopād bhayaṃ te syāt tasmād dharmaṃ carottamam
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| 11 | kīṭa uvāca
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| 11 | sukhāt sukhataraṃ prāpto bhagavaṃs tvatkṛte hy aham
dharmamūlāṃ śriyaṃ prāpya pāpmā naṣṭa ihādya me
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| 12 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 12 | bhagavadvacanāt kīṭo brāhmaṇyaṃ prāpya durlabham
akarot pṛthivīṃ rājan yajñayūpaśatāṅkitām
tataḥ sālokyam agamad brahmaṇo brahmavittamaḥ
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| 13 | avāpa ca paraṃ kīṭaḥ pārtha brahma sanātanam
svakarmaphalanirvṛttaṃ vyāsasya vacanāt tadā
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| 14 | te 'pi yasmāt svabhāvena hatāḥ kṣatriyapuṃgavāḥ
saṃprāptās te gatiṃ puṇyāṃ tasmān mā śoca putraka
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