Mahabharata [sanskrit]

699,462 words | ISBN-10: 812150094X | ISBN-13: 9788121500944

The Sanskrit edition of the Mahabharata, one of the largest epic poems ever written, consisting of 100,000 metrical verses. Consisting of 18 books, the Mahabharata details the history and legends concerning ancient India (Bharata), including a major battle campaign involving the Kauravas and the Pandavas, also known as the Kurukshetra War. This portion also contains the Bhagavad-Gita. Alternative titles: Mahābhārata (महाभारत).

Chapter 63

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bhīṣma uvāca |
jyākarṣaṇaṃ śatrunibarhaṇaṃ ca kṛṣirvaṇijyā paśupālanaṃ ca |
śuśrūṣaṇaṃ cāpi tathārthahetorakāryametatparamaṃ dvijasya || 1 ||
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sevyaṃ tu brahmaṣaṭkarma gṛhasthena manīṣiṇā |
kṛtakṛtyasya cāraṇye vāso viprasya śasyate || 2 ||
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rājapraiṣyaṃ kṛṣidhanaṃ jīvanaṃ ca vaṇijyayā |
kauṭilyaṃ kaulaṭeyaṃ ca kusīdaṃ ca vivarjayet || 3 ||
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śūdro rājanbhavati brahmabandhurduścāritryo yaśca dharmādapetaḥ |
vṛṣalīpatiḥ piśuno nartakaśca grāmapraiṣyo yaśca bhavedvikarmā || 4 ||
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japanvedānajapaṃścāpi rājansamaḥ śūdrairdāsavaccāpi bhojyaḥ |
ete sarve śūdrasamā bhavanti rājannetānvarjayeddevakṛtye || 5 ||
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nirmaryāde cāśane krūravṛttau hiṃsātmake tyaktadharmasvavṛtte |
havyaṃ kavyaṃ yāni cānyāni rājandeyānyadeyāni bhavanti tasmin || 6 ||
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tasmāddharmo vihito brāhmaṇasya damaḥ śaucaṃ cārjavaṃ cāpi rājan |
tathā viprasyāśramāḥ sarva eva purā rājanbrahmaṇā vai nisṛṣṭāḥ || 7 ||
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yaḥ syāddāntaḥ somapa āryaśīlaḥ sānukrośaḥ sarvasaho nirāśīḥ |
ṛjurmṛduranṛśaṃsaḥ kṣamāvānsa vai vipro netaraḥ pāpakarmā || 8 ||
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śūdraṃ vaiśyaṃ rājaputraṃ ca rājaṃllokāḥ sarve saṃśritā dharmakāmāḥ |
tasmādvarṇāñjātidharmeṣu saktānmatvā viṣṇurnecchati pāṇḍuputra || 9 ||
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loke cedaṃ sarvalokasya na syāccāturvarṇyaṃ vedavādāśca na syuḥ |
sarvāścejyāḥ sarvalokakriyāśca sadyaḥ sarve cāśramasthā na vai syuḥ || 10 ||
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yaśca trayāṇāṃ varṇānāmicchedāśramasevanam |
kartumāśramadṛṣṭāṃśca dharmāṃstāñśṛṇu pāṇḍava || 11 ||
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śuśrūṣākṛtakṛtyasya kṛtasaṃtānakarmaṇaḥ |
abhyanujñāpya rājānaṃ śūdrasya jagatīpate || 12 ||
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alpāntaragatasyāpi daśadharmagatasya vā |
āśramā vihitāḥ sarve varjayitvā nirāśiṣam || 13 ||
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bhaikṣacaryāṃ na tu prāhustasya taddharmacāriṇaḥ |
tathā vaiśyasya rājendra rājaputrasya caiva hi || 14 ||
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kṛtakṛtyo vayotīto rājñaḥ kṛtapariśramaḥ |
vaiśyo gacchedanujñāto nṛpeṇāśramamaṇḍalam || 15 ||
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vedānadhītya dharmeṇa rājaśāstrāṇi cānagha |
saṃtānādīni karmāṇi kṛtvā somaṃ niṣevya ca || 16 ||
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pālayitvā prajāḥ sarvā dharmeṇa vadatāṃ vara |
rājasūyāśvamedhādīnmakhānanyāṃstathaiva ca || 17 ||
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samānīya yathāpāṭhaṃ viprebhyo dattadakṣiṇaḥ |
saṃgrāme vijayaṃ prāpya tathālpaṃ yadi vā bahu || 18 ||
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sthāpayitvā prajāpālaṃ putraṃ rājye ca pāṇḍava |
anyagotraṃ praśastaṃ vā kṣatriyaṃ kṣatriyarṣabha || 19 ||
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arcayitvā pitṝnsamyakpitṛyajñairyathāvidhi |
devānyajñairṛṣīnvedairarcitvā caiva yatnataḥ || 20 ||
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antakāle ca saṃprāpte ya icchedāśramāntaram |
ānupūrvyāśramānrājangatvā siddhimavāpnuyāt || 21 ||
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rājarṣitvena rājendra bhaikṣacaryādhvasevayā |
apetagṛhadharmo'pi carejjīvitakāmyayā || 22 ||
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na caitannaiṣṭhikaṃ karma trayāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha |
caturṇāṃ rājaśārdūla prāhurāśramavāsinām || 23 ||
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bahvāyattaṃ kṣatriyairmānavānāṃ lokaśreṣṭhaṃ dharmamāsevamānaiḥ |
sarve dharmāḥ sopadharmāstrayāṇāṃ rājño dharmāditi vedācchṛṇomi || 24 ||
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yathā rājanhastipade padāni saṃlīyante sarvasattvodbhavāni |
evaṃ dharmānrājadharmeṣu sarvānsarvāvasthaṃ saṃpralīnānnibodha || 25 ||
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alpāśrayānalpaphalānvadanti dharmānanyāndharmavido manuṣyāḥ |
mahāśrayaṃ bahukalyāṇarūpaṃ kṣātraṃ dharmaṃ netaraṃ prāhurāryāḥ || 26 ||
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sarve dharmā rājadharmapradhānāḥ sarve dharmāḥ pālyamānā bhavanti |
sarvatyāgo rājadharmeṣu rājaṃstyāge cāhurdharmamagryaṃ purāṇam || 27 ||
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majjettrayī daṇḍanītau hatāyāṃ sarve dharmā na bhaveyurviruddhāḥ |
sarve dharmāścāśramāṇāṃ gatāḥ syuḥ kṣātre tyakte rājadharme purāṇe || 28 ||
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sarve tyāgā rājadharmeṣu dṛṣṭāḥ sarvā dīkṣā rājadharmeṣu coktāḥ |
sarve yogā rājadharmeṣu coktāḥ sarve lokā rājadharmānpraviṣṭāḥ || 29 ||
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yathā jīvāḥ prakṛtau vadhyamānā dharmāśritānāmupapīḍanāya |
evaṃ dharmā rājadharmairviyuktāḥ sarvāvasthaṃ nādriyante svadharmam || 30 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 63

The complete Mahabharata (12 Volumes)
by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013)

4900 pages; [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.] ISBN: ‎ 812150094X or 9788121500944;

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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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The Complete Mahabharata (9 volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2008)

6415 pages; Sanskrit Text with English Translation; [Edited By: Dr. Ishwar Chandra Sharma & Dr. O.N. Bimali] [Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.]

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