 | Book 14 Chapter 3
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| 1 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira tava prajñā na samyag iti me matiḥ
na hi kaś cit svayaṃ martyaḥ svavaśaḥ kurute kriyāḥ
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| 2 | īśvareṇa niyukto 'yaṃ sādhv asādhu ca mānavaḥ
karoti puruṣaḥ karma tatra kā paridevanā
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| 3 | ātmānaṃ manyase cātha pāpakarmāṇam antataḥ
śṛṇu tatra yathā pāpam apakṛṣyeta bhārata
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| 4 | tapobhiḥ kratubhiś caiva dānena ca yudhiṣṭhira
taranti nityaṃ puruṣā ye sma pāpāni kurvate
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| 5 | yajñena tapasā caiva dānena ca narādhipa
pūyante rājaśārdūla narā duṣkṛtakarmiṇaḥ
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| 6 | asurāś ca surāś caiva puṇyahetor makhakriyām
prayatante mahātmānas tasmād yajñāḥ parāyaṇam
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| 7 | yajñair eva mahātmāno babhūvur adhikāḥ surāḥ
tato devāḥ kriyāvanto dānavān abhyadharṣayan
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| 8 | rājasūyāśvamedhau ca sarvamedhaṃ ca bhārata
naramedhaṃ ca nṛpate tvam āhara yudhiṣṭhira
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| 9 | yajasva vājimedhena vidhivad dakṣiṇāvatā
bahukāmānnavittena rāmo dāśarathir yathā
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| 10 | yathā ca bharato rājā dauḥṣantiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
śākuntalo mahāvīryas tava pūrvapitāmahaḥ
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| 11 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 11 | asaṃśayaṃ vājimedhaḥ pāvayet pṛthivīm api
abhiprāyas tu me kaś cit taṃ tvaṃ śrotum ihārhasi
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| 12 | imaṃ jñātivadhaṃ kṛtvā sumahāntaṃ dvijottama
dānam alpaṃ na śakyāmi dātuṃ vittaṃ ca nāsti me
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| 13 | na ca bālān imān dīnān utsahe vasu yācitum
tathaivārdravraṇān kṛcchre vartamānān nṛpātmajān
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| 14 | svayaṃ vināśya pṛthivīṃ yajñārthe dvijasattama
karam āhārayiṣyāmi kathaṃ śokaparāyaṇān
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| 15 | duryodhanāparādhena vasudhā vasudhādhipāḥ
pranaṣṭā yojayitvāsmān akīrtyā munisattama
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| 16 | duryodhanena pṛthivī kṣayitā vittakāraṇāt
kośaś cāpi viśīrṇo 'sau dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ
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| 17 | pṛthivī dakṣiṇā cātra vidhiḥ prathamakalpikaḥ
vidvadbhiḥ paridṛṣṭo 'yaṃ śiṣṭo vidhiviparyayaḥ
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| 18 | na ca pratinidhiṃ kartuṃ cikīrṣāmi tapodhana
atra me bhagavan samyak sācivyaṃ kartum arhasi
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| 19 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 19 | evam uktas tu pārthena kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
muhūrtam anusaṃcintya dharmarājānam abravīt
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| 20 | vidyate draviṇaṃ pārtha girau himavati sthitam
utsṛṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇair yajñe maruttasya mahīpateḥ
tad ānayasva kaunteya paryāptaṃ tad bhaviṣyati
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| 21 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 21 | kathaṃ yajñe maruttasya draviṇaṃ tat samācitam
kasmiṃś ca kāle sa nṛpo babhūva vadatāṃ vara
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| 22 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 22 | yadi śuśrūṣase pārtha śṛṇu kāraṃdhamaṃ nṛpam
yasmin kāle mahāvīryaḥ sa rājāsīn mahādhanaḥ
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