Chapter 139

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
hīne paramake dharme sarvalokātilaṅghini |
adharme dharmatāṃ nīte dharme cādharmatāṃ gate || 1 ||
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maryādāsu prabhinnāsu kṣubhite dharmaniścaye |
rājabhiḥ pīḍite loke corairvāpi viśāṃ pate || 2 ||
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sarvāśrameṣu mūḍheṣu karmasūpahateṣu ca |
kāmānmohācca lobhācca bhayaṃ paśyatsu bhārata || 3 ||
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aviśvasteṣu sarveṣu nityabhīteṣu pārthiva |
nikṛtyā hanyamāneṣu vañcayatsu parasparam || 4 ||
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saṃpradīpteṣu deśeṣu brāhmaṇye cābhipīḍite |
avarṣati ca parjanye mitho bhede samutthite || 5 ||
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sarvasmindasyusādbhūte pṛthivyāmupajīvane |
kena svidbrāhmaṇo jīvejjaghanye kāla āgate || 6 ||
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atityakṣuḥ putrapautrānanukrośānnarādhipa |
kathamāpatsu varteta tanme brūhi pitāmaha || 7 ||
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kathaṃ ca rājā varteta loke kaluṣatāṃ gate |
kathamarthācca dharmācca na hīyeta paraṃtapa || 8 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
rājamūlā mahārāja yogakṣemasuvṛṣṭayaḥ |
prajāsu vyādhayaścaiva maraṇaṃ ca bhayāni ca || 9 ||
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kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaśca kaliśca bharatarṣabha |
rājamūlāni sarvāṇi mama nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || 10 ||
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tasmiṃstvabhyāgate kāle prajānāṃ doṣakārake |
vijñānabalamāsthāya jīvitavyaṃ tadā bhavet || 11 ||
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atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
viśvāmitrasya saṃvādaṃ caṇḍālasya ca pakkaṇe || 12 ||
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tretādvāparayoḥ saṃdhau purā daivavidhikramāt |
anāvṛṣṭirabhūdghorā rājandvādaśavārṣikī || 13 ||
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prajānāmabhivṛddhānāṃ yugānte paryupasthite |
tretānirmokṣasamaye dvāparapratipādane || 14 ||
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na vavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ pratilomo'bhavadguruḥ |
jagāma dakṣiṇaṃ mārgaṃ somo vyāvṛttalakṣaṇaḥ || 15 ||
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nāvaśyāyo'pi rātryante kuta evābhrarājayaḥ |
nadyaḥ saṃkṣiptatoyaughāḥ kvacidantargatābhavan || 16 ||
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sarāṃsi saritaścaiva kūpāḥ prasravaṇāni ca |
hatatviṭkānyalakṣyanta nisargāddaivakāritāt || 17 ||
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upaśuṣkajalasthāyā vinivṛttasabhāprapā |
nivṛttayajñasvādhyāyā nirvaṣaṭkāramaṅgalā || 18 ||
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utsannakṛṣigorakṣyā nivṛttavipaṇāpaṇā |
nivṛttapūgasamayā saṃpranaṣṭamahotsavā || 19 ||
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asthikaṅkālasaṃkīrṇā hāhābhūtajanākulā |
śūnyabhūyiṣṭhanagarā dagdhagrāmaniveśanā || 20 ||
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kvaciccoraiḥ kvacicchastraiḥ kvacidrājabhirāturaiḥ |
parasparabhayāccaiva śūnyabhūyiṣṭhanirjanā || 21 ||
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gatadaivatasaṃkalpā vṛddhabālavinākṛtā |
gojāvimahiṣairhīnā parasparaharāharā || 22 ||
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hataviprā hatārakṣā pranaṣṭauṣadhisaṃcayā |
śyāvabhūtanaraprāyā babhūva vasudhā tadā || 23 ||
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tasminpratibhaye kāle kṣīṇe dharme yudhiṣṭhira |
babhramuḥ kṣudhitā martyāḥ khādantaḥ sma parasparam || 24 ||
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ṛṣayo niyamāṃstyaktvā parityaktāgnidaivatāḥ |
āśramānsaṃparityajya paryadhāvannitastataḥ || 25 ||
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viśvāmitro'tha bhagavānmaharṣiraniketanaḥ |
kṣudhā parigato dhīmānsamantātparyadhāvata || 26 ||
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sa kadācitparipatañśvapacānāṃ niveśanam |
hiṃsrāṇāṃ prāṇihantṝṇāmāsasāda vane kvacit || 27 ||
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vibhinnakalaśākīrṇaṃ śvacarmācchādanāyutam |
varāhakharabhagnāsthikapālaghaṭasaṃkulam || 28 ||
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mṛtacelaparistīrṇaṃ nirmālyakṛtabhūṣaṇam |
sarpanirmokamālābhiḥ kṛtacihnakuṭīmaṭham || 29 ||
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ulūkapakṣadhvajibhirdevatāyatanairvṛtam |
lohaghaṇṭāpariṣkāraṃ śvayūthaparivāritam || 30 ||
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tatpraviśya kṣudhāviṣṭo gādheḥ putro mahānṛṣiḥ |
āhārānveṣaṇe yuktaḥ paraṃ yatnaṃ samāsthitaḥ || 31 ||
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na ca kvacidavindatsa bhikṣamāṇo'pi kauśikaḥ |
māṃsamannaṃ mūlaphalamanyadvā tatra kiṃcana || 32 ||
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aho kṛcchraṃ mayā prāptamiti niścitya kauśikaḥ |
papāta bhūmau daurbalyāttasmiṃścaṇḍālapakkaṇe || 33 ||
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cintayāmāsa sa muniḥ kiṃ nu me sukṛtaṃ bhavet |
kathaṃ vṛthā na mṛtyuḥ syāditi pārthivasattama || 34 ||
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sa dadarśa śvamāṃsasya kutantīṃ vitatāṃ muniḥ |
caṇḍālasya gṛhe rājansadyaḥ śastrahatasya ca || 35 ||
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sa cintayāmāsa tadā steyaṃ kāryamito mayā |
na hīdānīmupāyo'nyo vidyate prāṇadhāraṇe || 36 ||
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āpatsu vihitaṃ steyaṃ viśiṣṭasamahīnataḥ |
paraṃ paraṃ bhavetpūrvamasteyamiti niścayaḥ || 37 ||
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hīnādādeyamādau syātsamānāttadanantaram |
asaṃbhavādādadīta viśiṣṭādapi dhārmikāt || 38 ||
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so'hamantāvasānānāṃ haramāṇaḥ parigrahāt |
na steyadoṣaṃ paśyāmi hariṣyāmyetadāmiṣam || 39 ||
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etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |
tasmindeśe prasuṣvāpa patito yatra bhārata || 40 ||
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sa vigāḍhāṃ niśāṃ dṛṣṭvā supte caṇḍālapakkaṇe |
śanairutthāya bhagavānpraviveśa kuṭīmaṭham || 41 ||
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sa supta eva caṇḍālaḥ śleṣmāpihitalocanaḥ |
paribhinnasvaro rūkṣa uvācāpriyadarśanaḥ || 42 ||
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kaḥ kutantīṃ ghaṭṭayati supte caṇḍālapakkaṇe |
jāgarmi nāvasupto'smi hato'sīti ca dāruṇaḥ || 43 ||
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viśvāmitro'hamityeva sahasā tamuvāca saḥ |
sahasābhyāgatabhayaḥ sodvegastena karmaṇā || 44 ||
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caṇḍālastadvacaḥ śrutvā maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ |
śayanādupasaṃbhrānta iyeṣotpatituṃ tataḥ || 45 ||
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sa visṛjyāśru netrābhyāṃ bahumānātkṛtāñjaliḥ |
uvāca kauśikaṃ rātrau brahmankiṃ te cikīrṣitam || 46 ||
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viśvāmitrastu mātaṅgamuvāca parisāntvayan |
kṣudhito'haṃ gataprāṇo hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm || 47 ||
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avasīdanti me prāṇāḥ smṛtirme naśyati kṣudhā |
svadharmaṃ budhyamāno'pi hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm || 48 ||
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aṭanbhaikṣaṃ na vindāmi yadā yuṣmākamālaye |
tadā buddhiḥ kṛtā pāpe hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm || 49 ||
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tṛṣitaḥ kaluṣaṃ pātā nāsti hrīraśanārthinaḥ |
kṣuddharmaṃ dūṣayatyatra hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm || 50 ||
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agnirmukhaṃ purodhāśca devānāṃ śucipādvibhuḥ |
yathā sa sarvabhugbrahmā tathā māṃ viddhi dharmataḥ || 51 ||
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tamuvāca sa caṇḍālo maharṣe śṛṇu me vacaḥ |
śrutvā tathā samātiṣṭha yathā dharmānna hīyase || 52 ||
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mṛgāṇāmadhamaṃ śvānaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ |
tasyāpyadhama uddeśaḥ śarīrasyorujāghanī || 53 ||
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nedaṃ samyagvyavasitaṃ maharṣe karma vaikṛtam |
caṇḍālasvasya haraṇamabhakṣyasya viśeṣataḥ || 54 ||
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sādhvanyamanupaśya tvamupāyaṃ prāṇadhāraṇe |
na māṃsalobhāttapaso nāśaste syānmahāmune || 55 ||
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jānato'vihito mārgo na kāryo dharmasaṃkaraḥ |
mā sma dharmaṃ parityākṣīstvaṃ hi dharmaviduttamaḥ || 56 ||
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viśvāmitrastato rājannityukto bharatarṣabha |
kṣudhārtaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ punareva mahāmuniḥ || 57 ||
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nirāhārasya sumahānmama kālo'bhidhāvataḥ |
na vidyate'bhyupāyaśca kaścinme prāṇadhāraṇe || 58 ||
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yena tena viśeṣeṇa karmaṇā yena kenacit |
abhyujjīvetsīdamānaḥ samartho dharmamācaret || 59 ||
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aindro dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāmathāgnikaḥ |
brahmavahnirmama balaṃ bhakṣyāmi samayaṃ kṣudhā || 60 ||
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yathā yathā vai jīveddhi tatkartavyamapīḍayā |
jīvitaṃ maraṇācchreyo jīvandharmamavāpnuyāt || 61 ||
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so'haṃ jīvitamākāṅkṣannabhakṣasyāpi bhakṣaṇam |
vyavasye buddhipūrvaṃ vai tadbhavānanumanyatām || 62 ||
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jīvandharmaṃ cariṣyāmi praṇotsyāmyaśubhāni ca |
tapobhirvidyayā caiva jyotīṃṣīva mahattamaḥ || 63 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
naitatkhādanprāpsyase prāṇamanyaṃ nāyurdīrghaṃ nāmṛtasyeva tṛptim |
bhikṣāmanyāṃ bhikṣa mā te mano'stu śvabhakṣaṇe śvā hyabhakṣo dvijānām || 64 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
na durbhikṣe sulabhaṃ māṃsamanyacchvapāka nānnaṃ na ca me'sti vittam |
kṣudhārtaścāhamagatirnirāśaḥ śvamāṃse cāsminṣaḍrasānsādhu manye || 65 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
pañca pañcanakhā bhakṣyā brahmakṣatrasya vai dvija |
yadi śāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ te mābhakṣye mānasaṃ kṛthāḥ || 66 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
agastyenāsuro jagdho vātāpiḥ kṣudhitena vai |
ahamāpadgataḥ kṣubdho bhakṣayiṣye śvajāghanīm || 67 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
bhikṣāmanyāmāhareti na caitatkartumarhasi |
na nūnaṃ kāryametadvai hara kāmaṃ śvajāghanīm || 68 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
śiṣṭā vai kāraṇaṃ dharme tadvṛttamanuvartaye |
parāṃ medhyāśanādetāṃ bhakṣyāṃ manye śvajāghanīm || 69 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
asatā yatsamācīrṇaṃ na sa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ |
nāvṛttamanukāryaṃ vai mā chalenānṛtaṃ kṛthāḥ || 70 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
na pātakaṃ nāvamatamṛṣiḥ sankartumarhasi |
samau ca śvamṛgau manye tasmādbhakṣyā śvajāghanī || 71 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
yadbrāhmaṇārthe kṛtamarthitena tenarṣiṇā tacca bhakṣyādhikāram |
sa vai dharmo yatra na pāpamasti sarvairupāyairhi sa rakṣitavyaḥ || 72 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
mitraṃ ca me brāhmaṇaścāyamātmā priyaśca me pūjyatamaśca loke |
taṃ bhartukāmo'hamimāṃ hariṣye nṛśaṃsānāmīdṛśānāṃ na bibhye || 73 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
kāmaṃ narā jīvitaṃ saṃtyajanti na cābhakṣyaiḥ pratikurvanti tatra |
sarvānkāmānprāpnuvantīha vidvanpriyasva kāmaṃ sahitaḥ kṣudhā vai || 74 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
sthāne tāvatsaṃśayaḥ pretyabhāve niḥsaṃśayaṃ karmaṇāṃ vā vināśaḥ |
ahaṃ punarvarta ityāśayātmā mūlaṃ rakṣanbhakṣayiṣyāmyabhakṣyam || 75 ||
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buddhyātmake vyastamastīti tuṣṭo mohādekatvaṃ yathā carma cakṣuḥ |
yadyapyenaḥ saṃśayādācarāmi nāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi yathā tvameva || 76 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
patanīyamidaṃ duḥkhamiti me vartate matiḥ |
duṣkṛtī brāhmaṇaṃ santaṃ yastvāmahamupālabhe || 77 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
pibantyevodakaṃ gāvo maṇḍūkeṣu ruvatsvapi |
na te'dhikāro dharme'sti mā bhūrātmapraśaṃsakaḥ || 78 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
suhṛdbhūtvānuśāsmi tvā kṛpā hi tvayi me dvija |
tadevaṃ śreya ādhatsva mā lobhācchvānamādithāḥ || 79 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
suhṛnme tvaṃ sukhepsuścedāpado māṃ samuddhara |
jāne'haṃ dharmato''tmānaṃ śvānīmutsṛja jāghanīm || 80 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
naivotsahe bhavate dātumetāṃ nopekṣituṃ hriyamāṇaṃ svamannam |
ubhau syāvaḥ svamalenāvaliptau dātāhaṃ ca tvaṃ ca vipra pratīcchan || 81 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
adyāhametadvṛjinaṃ karma kṛtvā jīvaṃścariṣyāmi mahāpavitram |
prapūtātmā dharmamevābhipatsye yadetayorguru tadvai bravīhi || 82 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
ātmaiva sākṣī kila lokakṛtye tvameva jānāsi yadatra duṣṭam |
yo hyādriyedbhakṣyamiti śvamāṃsaṃ manye na tasyāsti vivarjanīyam || 83 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
upādāne khādane vāsya doṣaḥ kāryo nyāyairnityamatrāpavādaḥ |
yasminna hiṃsā nānṛte vākyaleśo bhakṣyakriyā tatra na tadgarīyaḥ || 84 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
yadyeṣa hetustava khādanasya na te vedaḥ kāraṇaṃ nānyadharmaḥ |
tasmādabhakṣye bhakṣaṇādvā dvijendra doṣaṃ na paśyāmi yathedamāttha || 85 ||
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viśvāmitra uvāca |
na pātakaṃ bhakṣaṇamasya dṛṣṭaṃ surāṃ pītvā patatītīha śabdaḥ |
anyonyakarmāṇi tathā tathaiva na leśamātreṇa kṛtyaṃ hinasti || 86 ||
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śvapaca uvāca |
asthānato hīnataḥ kutsitādvā taṃ vidvāṃsaṃ bādhate sādhuvṛttam |
sthānaṃ punaryo labhate niṣaṅgāttenāpi daṇḍaḥ sahitavya eva || 87 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
evamuktvā nivavṛte mātaṅgaḥ kauśikaṃ tadā |
viśvāmitro jahāraiva kṛtabuddhiḥ śvajāghanīm || 88 ||
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tato jagrāha pañcāṅgīṃ jīvitārthī mahāmuniḥ |
sadārastāmupākṛtya vane yāto mahāmuniḥ || 89 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu pravavarṣātha vāsavaḥ |
saṃjīvayanprajāḥ sarvā janayāmāsa cauṣadhīḥ || 90 ||
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viśvāmitro'pi bhagavāṃstapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ |
kālena mahatā siddhimavāpa paramādbhutām || 91 ||
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evaṃ vidvānadīnātmā vyasanastho jijīviṣuḥ |
sarvopāyairupāyajño dīnamātmānamuddharet || 92 ||
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etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya jīvitavyaṃ sadā bhavet |
jīvanpuṇyamavāpnoti naro bhadrāṇi paśyati || 93 ||
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tasmātkaunteya viduṣā dharmādharmaviniścaye |
buddhimāsthāya loke'sminvartitavyaṃ yatātmanā || 94 ||
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