 | Book 14 Chapter 94
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | yajñe saktā nṛpatayas tapaḥsaktā maharṣayaḥ
śāntivyavasitā viprāḥ śamo dama iti prabho
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| 2 | tasmād yajñaphalais tulyaṃ na kiṃ cid iha vidyate
iti me vartate buddhis tathā caitad asaṃśayam
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| 3 | yajñair iṣṭvā hi bahavo rājāno dvijasattama
iha kīrtiṃ parāṃ prāpya pretya svargam ito gatāḥ
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| 4 | devarājaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ kratubhir bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
devarājyaṃ mahātejāḥ prāptavān akhilaṃ vibhuḥ
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| 5 | yathā yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhīmārjunapuraḥsaraḥ
sadṛśo devarājena samṛddhyā vikrameṇa ca
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| 6 | atha kasmāt sa nakulo garhayām āsa taṃ kratum
aśvamedhaṃ mahāyajñaṃ rājñas tasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 7 | yajñasya vidhim agryaṃ vai phalaṃ caiva nararṣabha
gadataḥ śṛṇu me rājan yathāvad iha bhārata
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| 8 | purā śakrasya yajataḥ sarva ūcur maharṣayaḥ
ṛtvikṣu karmavyagreṣu vitate yajñakarmaṇi
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| 9 | hūyamāne tathā vahnau hotre bahuguṇānvite
deveṣv āhūyamāneṣu sthiteṣu paramarṣiṣu
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| 10 | supratītais tadā vipraiḥ svāgamaiḥ susvanair nṛpa
aśrāntaiś cāpi laghubhir adhvaryuvṛṣabhais tathā
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| 11 | ālambhasamaye tasmin gṛhīteṣu paśuṣv atha
maharṣayo mahārāja saṃbabhūvuḥ kṛpānvitāḥ
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| 12 | tato dīnān paśūn dṛṣṭvā ṛṣayas te tapodhanāḥ
ūcuḥ śakraṃ samāgamya nāyaṃ yajñavidhiḥ śubhaḥ
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| 13 | apavijñānam etat te mahāntaṃ dharmam icchataḥ
na hi yajñe paśugaṇā vidhidṛṣṭāḥ puraṃdara
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| 14 | dharmopaghātakas tv eṣa samārambhas tava prabho
nāyaṃ dharmakṛto dharmo na hiṃsā dharma ucyate
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| 15 | āgamenaiva te yajñaṃ kurvantu yadi hecchasi
vidhidṛṣṭena yajñena dharmas te sumahān bhavet
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| 16 | yaja bījaiḥ sahasrākṣa trivarṣaparamoṣitaiḥ
eṣa dharmo mahāñ śakra cintyamāno 'dhigamyate
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| 17 | śatakratus tu tad vākyam ṛṣibhis tattvadarśibhiḥ
uktaṃ na pratijagrāha mānamohavaśānugaḥ
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| 18 | teṣāṃ vivādaḥ sumahāñ jajñe śakramaharṣiṇām
jaṅgamaiḥ sthāvarair vāpi yaṣṭavyam iti bhārata
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| 19 | te tu khinnā vivādena ṛṣayas tattvadarśinaḥ
tataḥ saṃdhāya śakreṇa papracchur nṛpatiṃ vasum
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| 20 | mahābhāga kathaṃ yajñeṣv āgamo nṛpate smṛtaḥ
yaṣṭavyaṃ paśubhir medhyair atho bījair ajair api
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| 21 | tac chrutvā tu vacas teṣām avicārya balābalam
yathopanītair yaṣṭavyam iti provāca pārthivaḥ
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| 22 | evam uktvā sa nṛpatiḥ praviveśa rasātalam
uktveha vitathaṃ rājaṃś cedīnām īśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
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| 23 | anyāyopagataṃ dravyam atītaṃ yo hy apaṇḍitaḥ
dharmābhikāṅkṣī yajate na dharmaphalam aśnute
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| 24 | dharmavaitaṃsiko yas tu pāpātmā puruṣas tathā
dadāti dānaṃ viprebhyo lokaviśvāsakārakam
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| 25 | pāpena karmaṇā vipro dhanaṃ labdhvā niraṅkuśaḥ
rāgamohānvitaḥ so 'nte kaluṣāṃ gatim āpnute
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| 26 | tena dattāni dānāni pāpena hatabuddhinā
tāni sattvam anāsādya naśyanti vipulāny api
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| 27 | tasyādharmapravṛttasya hiṃsakasya durātmanaḥ
dāne na kīrtir bhavati pretya ceha ca durmateḥ
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| 28 | api saṃcayabuddhir hi lobhamohavaśaṃgataḥ
udvejayati bhūtāni hiṃsayā pāpacetanaḥ
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| 29 | evaṃ labdhvā dhanaṃ lobhād yajate yo dadāti ca
sa kṛtvā karmaṇā tena na sidhyati durāgamāt
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| 30 | uñchaṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ śākam udapātraṃ tapodhanāḥ
dānaṃ vibhavato dattvā narāḥ svar yānti dharmiṇaḥ
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| 31 | eṣa dharmo mahāṃs tyāgo dānaṃ bhūtadayā tathā
brahmacaryaṃ tathā satyam anukrośo dhṛtiḥ kṣamā
sanātanasya dharmasya mūlam etat sanātanam
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| 32 | śrūyante hi purā viprā viśvāmitrādayo nṛpāḥ
viśvāmitro 'sitaś caiva janakaś ca mahīpatiḥ
kakṣasenārṣṭiṣeṇau ca sindhudvīpaś ca pārthivaḥ
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| 33 | ete cānye ca bahavaḥ siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gatāḥ
nṛpāḥ satyaiś ca dānaiś ca nyāyalabdhais tapodhanāḥ
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| 34 | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā ye cāśritās tapaḥ
dānadharmāgninā śuddhās te svargaṃ yānti bhārata
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