Chapter 112

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
pitāmaha mahābāho sarvaśāstraviśārada |
śrotumicchāmi martyānāṃ saṃsāravidhimuttamam || 1 ||
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kena vṛttena rājendra vartamānā narā yudhi |
prāpnuvantyuttamaṃ svargaṃ kathaṃ ca narakaṃ nṛpa || 2 ||
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mṛtaṃ śarīramutsṛjya kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamaṃ janāḥ |
prayāntyamuṃ lokamitaḥ ko vai tānanugacchati || 3 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
asāvāyāti bhagavānbṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ |
pṛcchainaṃ sumahābhāgametadguhyaṃ sanātanam || 4 ||
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naitadanyena śakyaṃ hi vaktuṃ kenacidadya vai |
vaktā bṛhaspatisamo na hyanyo vidyate kvacit || 5 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
tayoḥ saṃvadatorevaṃ pārthagāṅgeyayostadā |
ājagāma viśuddhātmā bhagavānsa bṛhaspatiḥ || 6 ||
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tato rājā samutthāya dhṛtarāṣṭrapurogamaḥ |
pūjāmanupamāṃ cakre sarve te ca sabhāsadaḥ || 7 ||
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tato dharmasuto rājā bhagavantaṃ bṛhaspatim |
upagamya yathānyāyaṃ praśnaṃ papraccha suvrataḥ || 8 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
bhagavansarvadharmajña sarvaśāstraviśārada |
martyasya kaḥ sahāyo vai pitā mātā suto guruḥ || 9 ||
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mṛtaṃ śarīramutsṛjya kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamaṃ janāḥ |
gacchantyamutralokaṃ vai ka enamanugacchati || 10 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
ekaḥ prasūto rājendra jantureko vinaśyati |
ekastarati durgāṇi gacchatyekaśca durgatim || 11 ||
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asahāyaḥ pitā mātā tathā bhrātā suto guruḥ |
jñātisaṃbandhivargaśca mitravargastathaiva ca || 12 ||
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mṛtaṃ śarīramutsṛjya kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamaṃ janāḥ |
muhūrtamupatiṣṭhanti tato yānti parāṅmukhāḥ |
taistaccharīramutsṛṣṭaṃ dharma eko'nugacchati || 13 ||
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tasmāddharmaḥ sahāyārthe sevitavyaḥ sadā nṛbhiḥ |
prāṇī dharmasamāyukto gacchate svargatiṃ parām |
tathaivādharmasaṃyukto narakāyopapadyate || 14 ||
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tasmānnyāyāgatairarthairdharmaṃ seveta paṇḍitaḥ |
dharma eko manuṣyāṇāṃ sahāyaḥ pāralaukikaḥ || 15 ||
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lobhānmohādanukrośādbhayādvāpyabahuśrutaḥ |
naraḥ karotyakāryāṇi parārthe lobhamohitaḥ || 16 ||
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dharmaścārthaśca kāmaśca tritayaṃ jīvite phalam |
etattrayamavāptavyamadharmaparivarjitam || 17 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
śrutaṃ bhagavato vākyaṃ dharmayuktaṃ paraṃ hitam |
śarīravicayaṃ jñātuṃ buddhistu mama jāyate || 18 ||
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mṛtaṃ śarīrarahitaṃ sūkṣmamavyaktatāṃ gatam |
acakṣurviṣayaṃ prāptaṃ kathaṃ dharmo'nugacchati || 19 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam |
buddhirātmā ca sahitā dharmaṃ paśyanti nityadā || 20 ||
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prāṇināmiha sarveṣāṃ sākṣibhūtāni cāniśam |
etaiśca sa ha dharmo'pi taṃ jīvamanugacchati || 21 ||
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tvagasthimāṃsaṃ śukraṃ ca śoṇitaṃ ca mahāmate |
śarīraṃ varjayantyete jīvitena vivarjitam || 22 ||
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tato dharmasamāyuktaḥ sa jīvaḥ sukhamedhate |
iha loke pare caiva kiṃ bhūyaḥ kathayāmi te || 23 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
anudarśitaṃ bhagavatā yathā dharmo'nugacchati |
etattu jñātumicchāmi kathaṃ retaḥ pravartate || 24 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
annamaśnanti ye devāḥ śarīrasthā nareśvara |
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotirmanastathā || 25 ||
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tatastṛpteṣu rājendra teṣu bhūteṣu pañcasu |
manaḥṣaṣṭheṣu śuddhātmanretaḥ saṃpadyate mahat || 26 ||
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tato garbhaḥ saṃbhavati strīpuṃsoḥ pārtha saṃgame |
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || 27 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
ākhyātametadbhavatā garbhaḥ saṃjāyate yathā |
yathā jātastu puruṣaḥ prapadyati taducyatām || 28 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
āsannamātraḥ satataṃ tairbhūtairabhibhūyate |
vipramuktaśca tairbhūtaiḥ punaryātyaparāṃ gatim |
sa tu bhūtasamāyuktaḥ prāpnute jīva eva ha || 29 ||
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tato'sya karma paśyanti śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham |
devatāḥ pañcabhūtasthāḥ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || 30 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
tvagasthimāṃsamutsṛjya taiśca bhūtairvivarjitaḥ |
jīvaḥ sa bhagavankvasthaḥ sukhaduḥkhe samaśnute || 31 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
jīvo dharmasamāyuktaḥ śīghraṃ retastvamāgataḥ |
strīṇāṃ puṣpaṃ samāsādya sūte kālena bhārata || 32 ||
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yamasya puruṣaiḥ kleśaṃ yamasya puruṣairvadham |
duḥkhaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ ca naraḥ kleśaṃ ca vindati || 33 ||
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ihaloke ca sa prāṇī janmaprabhṛti pārthiva |
svakṛtaṃ karma vai bhuṅkte dharmasya phalamāśritaḥ || 34 ||
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yadi dharmaṃ yathāśakti janmaprabhṛti sevate |
tataḥ sa puruṣo bhūtvā sevate nityadā sukham || 35 ||
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athāntarā tu dharmasya adharmamupasevate |
sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ sa jīvo'pyadhigacchati || 36 ||
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adharmeṇa samāyukto yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ |
mahadduḥkhaṃ samāsādya tiryagyonau prajāyate || 37 ||
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karmaṇā yena yeneha yasyāṃ yonau prajāyate |
jīvo mohasamāyuktastanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu || 38 ||
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yadetaducyate śāstre setihāse sacchandasi |
yamasya viṣayaṃ ghoraṃ martyo lokaḥ prapadyate || 39 ||
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adhītya caturo vedāndvijo mohasamanvitaḥ |
patitātpratigṛhyātha kharayonau prajāyate || 40 ||
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kharo jīvati varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca bhārata |
kharo mṛto balīvardaḥ sapta varṣāṇi jīvati || 41 ||
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balīvardo mṛtaścāpi jāyate brahmarākṣasaḥ |
brahmarakṣastu trīnmāsāṃstato jāyati brāhmaṇaḥ || 42 ||
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patitaṃ yājayitvā tu kṛmiyonau prajāyate |
tatra jīvati varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca bhārata || 43 ||
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kṛmibhāvātpramuktastu tato jāyati gardabhaḥ |
gardabhaḥ pañca varṣāṇi pañca varṣāṇi sūkaraḥ |
śvā varṣamekaṃ bhavati tato jāyati mānavaḥ || 44 ||
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upādhyāyasya yaḥ pāpaṃ śiṣyaḥ kuryādabuddhimān |
sa jīva iha saṃsārāṃstrīnāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ || 45 ||
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prākśvā bhavati rājendra tataḥ kravyāttataḥ kharaḥ |
tataḥ pretaḥ parikliṣṭaḥ paścājjāyati brāhmaṇaḥ || 46 ||
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manasāpi gurorbhāryāṃ yaḥ śiṣyo yāti pāpakṛt |
so'dhamānyāti saṃsārānadharmeṇeha cetasā || 47 ||
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śvayonau tu sa saṃbhūtastrīṇi varṣāṇi jīvati |
tatrāpi nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ kṛmiyonau prajāyate || 48 ||
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kṛmibhāvamanuprāpto varṣamekaṃ sa jīvati |
tatastu nidhanaṃ prāpya brahmayonau prajāyate || 49 ||
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yadi putrasamaṃ śiṣyaṃ gururhanyādakāraṇe |
ātmanaḥ kāmakāreṇa so'pi haṃsaḥ prajāyate || 50 ||
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pitaraṃ mātaraṃ vāpi yastu putro'vamanyate |
so'pi rājanmṛto jantuḥ pūrvaṃ jāyati gardabhaḥ || 51 ||
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kharo jīvati māsāṃstu daśa śvā ca caturdaśa |
biḍālaḥ sapta māsāṃstu tato jāyati mānavaḥ || 52 ||
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mātāpitaramākruśya sārikaḥ saṃprajāyate |
tāḍayitvā tu tāveva jāyate kacchapo nṛpa || 53 ||
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kacchapo daśa varṣāṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi śalyakaḥ |
vyālo bhūtvā tu ṣaṇmāsāṃstato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 54 ||
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bhartṛpiṇḍamupāśnanyo rājadviṣṭāni sevate |
so'pi mohasamāpanno mṛto jāyati vānaraḥ || 55 ||
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vānaro daśa varṣāṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi mūṣakaḥ |
śvā bhūtvā cātha ṣaṇmāsāṃstato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 56 ||
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nyāsāpahartā tu naro yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ |
saṃsārāṇāṃ śataṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate || 57 ||
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tatra jīvati varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca bhārata |
duṣkṛtasya kṣayaṃ gatvā tato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 58 ||
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asūyako naraścāpi mṛto jāyati śārṅgakaḥ |
viśvāsahartā tu naro mīno jāyati durmatiḥ || 59 ||
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bhūtvā mīno'ṣṭa varṣāṇi mṛgo jāyati bhārata |
mṛgastu caturo māsāṃstataśchāgaḥ prajāyate || 60 ||
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chāgastu nidhanaṃ prāpya pūrṇe saṃvatsare tataḥ |
kīṭaḥ saṃjāyate jantustato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 61 ||
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dhānyānyavāṃstilānmāṣānkulatthānsarṣapāṃścaṇān |
kalāyānatha mudgāṃśca godhūmānatasīstathā || 62 ||
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sasyasyānyasya hartā ca mohājjanturacetanaḥ |
sa jāyate mahārāja mūṣako nirapatrapaḥ || 63 ||
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tataḥ pretya mahārāja punarjāyati sūkaraḥ |
sūkaro jātamātrastu rogeṇa mriyate nṛpa || 64 ||
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śvā tato jāyate mūḍhaḥ karmaṇā tena pārthiva |
śvā bhūtvā pañca varṣāṇi tato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 65 ||
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paradārābhimarśaṃ tu kṛtvā jāyati vai vṛkaḥ |
śvā sṛgālastato gṛdhro vyālaḥ kaṅko bakastathā || 66 ||
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bhrāturbhāryāṃ tu durbuddhiryo dharṣayati mohitaḥ |
puṃskokilatvamāpnoti so'pi saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa || 67 ||
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sakhibhāryāṃ gurorbhāryāṃ rājabhāryāṃ tathaiva ca |
pradharṣayitvā kāmādyo mṛto jāyati sūkaraḥ || 68 ||
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sūkaraḥ pañca varṣāṇi pañca varṣāṇi śvāvidhaḥ |
pipīlakastu ṣaṇmāsānkīṭaḥ syānmāsameva ca |
etānāsādya saṃsārānkṛmiyonau prajāyate || 69 ||
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tatra jīvati māsāṃstu kṛmiyonau trayodaśa |
tato'dharmakṣayaṃ kṛtvā punarjāyati mānuṣaḥ || 70 ||
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upasthite vivāhe tu dāne yajñe'pi vābhibho |
mohātkaroti yo vighnaṃ sa mṛto jāyate kṛmiḥ || 71 ||
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kṛmirjīvati varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca bhārata |
adharmasya kṣayaṃ kṛtvā tato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 72 ||
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pūrvaṃ dattvā tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dvitīye saṃprayacchati |
so'pi rājanmṛto jantuḥ kṛmiyonau prajāyate || 73 ||
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tatra jīvati varṣāṇi trayodaśa yudhiṣṭhira |
adharmasaṃkṣaye yuktastato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 74 ||
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devakāryamupākṛtya pitṛkāryamathāpi ca |
anirvāpya samaśnanvai tato jāyati vāyasaḥ || 75 ||
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vāyaso daśa varṣāṇi tato jāyati kukkuṭaḥ |
jāyate lavakaścāpi māsaṃ tasmāttu mānuṣaḥ || 76 ||
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jyeṣṭhaṃ pitṛsamaṃ cāpi bhrātaraṃ yo'vamanyate |
so'pi mṛtyumupāgamya krauñcayonau prajāyate || 77 ||
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krauñco jīvati māsāṃstu daśa dvau sapta pañca ca |
tato nidhanamāpanno mānuṣatvamupāśnute || 78 ||
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vṛṣalo brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate |
tatrāpatyaṃ samutpādya tato jāyati mūṣakaḥ || 79 ||
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kṛtaghnastu mṛto rājanyamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ |
yamasya viṣaye kruddhairvadhaṃ prāpnoti dāruṇam || 80 ||
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paṭṭisaṃ mudgaraṃ śūlamagnikumbhaṃ ca dāruṇam |
asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ vālukāṃ kūṭaśālmalīm || 81 ||
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etāścānyāśca bahvīḥ sa yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ |
yātanāḥ prāpya tatrogrāstato vadhyati bhārata || 82 ||
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saṃsāracakramāsādya kṛmiyonau prajāyate |
kṛmirbhavati varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca bhārata |
tato garbhaṃ samāsādya tatraiva mriyate śiśuḥ || 83 ||
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tato garbhaśatairjanturbahubhiḥ saṃprajāyate |
saṃsārāṃśca bahūngatvā tatastiryakprajāyate || 84 ||
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mṛto duḥkhamanuprāpya bahuvarṣagaṇāniha |
apunarbhāvasaṃyuktastataḥ kūrmaḥ prajāyate || 85 ||
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aśastraṃ puruṣaṃ hatvā saśastraḥ puruṣādhamaḥ |
arthārthī yadi vā vairī sa mṛto jāyate kharaḥ || 86 ||
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kharo jīvati varṣe dve tataḥ śastreṇa vadhyate |
sa mṛto mṛgayonau tu nityodvigno'bhijāyate || 87 ||
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mṛgo vadhyati śastreṇa gate saṃvatsare tu saḥ |
hato mṛgastato mīnaḥ so'pi jālena badhyate || 88 ||
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māse caturthe saṃprāpte śvāpadaḥ saṃprajāyate |
śvāpado daśa varṣāṇi dvīpī varṣāṇi pañca ca || 89 ||
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tatastu nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ kālaparyāyacoditaḥ |
adharmasya kṣayaṃ kṛtvā tato jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 90 ||
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striyaṃ hatvā tu durbuddhiryamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ |
bahūnkleśānsamāsādya saṃsārāṃścaiva viṃśatim || 91 ||
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tataḥ paścānmahārāja kṛmiyonau prajāyate |
kṛmirviṃśativarṣāṇi bhūtvā jāyati mānuṣaḥ || 92 ||
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bhojanaṃ corayitvā tu makṣikā jāyate naraḥ |
makṣikāsaṃghavaśago bahūnmāsānbhavatyuta |
tataḥ pāpakṣayaṃ kṛtvā mānuṣatvamavāpnute || 93 ||
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vādyaṃ hṛtvā tu puruṣo maśakaḥ saṃprajāyate |
tathā piṇyākasaṃmiśramaśanaṃ corayennaraḥ |
sa jāyate babhrusamo dāruṇo mūṣako naraḥ || 94 ||
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lavaṇaṃ corayitvā tu cīrīvākaḥ prajāyate |
dadhi hṛtvā bakaścāpi plavo matsyānasaṃskṛtān || 95 ||
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corayitvā payaścāpi balākā saṃprajāyate |
yastu corayate tailaṃ tailapāyī prajāyate |
corayitvā tu durbuddhirmadhu daṃśaḥ prajāyate || 96 ||
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ayo hṛtvā tu durbuddhirvāyaso jāyate naraḥ |
pāyasaṃ corayitvā tu tittiritvamavāpnute || 97 ||
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hṛtvā paiṣṭamapūpaṃ ca kumbholūkaḥ prajāyate |
phalaṃ vā mūlakaṃ hṛtvā apūpaṃ vā pipīlikaḥ || 98 ||
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kāṃsyaṃ hṛtvā tu durbuddhirhārīto jāyate naraḥ |
rājataṃ bhājanaṃ hṛtvā kapotaḥ saṃprajāyate || 99 ||
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hṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛmiyonau prajāyate |
krauñcaḥ kārpāsikaṃ hṛtvā mṛto jāyati mānavaḥ || 100 ||
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corayitvā naraḥ paṭṭaṃ tvāvikaṃ vāpi bhārata |
kṣaumaṃ ca vastramādāya śaśo jantuḥ prajāyate || 101 ||
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varṇānhṛtvā tu puruṣo mṛto jāyati barhiṇaḥ |
hṛtvā raktāni vastrāṇi jāyate jīvajīvakaḥ || 102 ||
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varṇakādīṃstathā gandhāṃścorayitvā tu mānavaḥ |
chucchundaritvamāpnoti rājaṃllobhaparāyaṇaḥ || 103 ||
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viśvāsena tu nikṣiptaṃ yo nihnavati mānavaḥ |
sa gatāsurnarastādṛṅmatsyayonau prajāyate || 104 ||
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matsyayonimanuprāpya mṛto jāyati mānuṣaḥ |
mānuṣatvamanuprāpya kṣīṇāyurupapadyate || 105 ||
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pāpāni tu naraḥ kṛtvā tiryagjāyati bhārata |
na cātmanaḥ pramāṇaṃ te dharmaṃ jānanti kiṃcana || 106 ||
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ye pāpāni narāḥ kṛtvā nirasyanti vrataiḥ sadā |
sukhaduḥkhasamāyuktā vyādhitāste bhavantyuta || 107 ||
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asaṃvāsāḥ prajāyante mlecchāścāpi na saṃśayaḥ |
narāḥ pāpasamācārā lobhamohasamanvitāḥ || 108 ||
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varjayanti ca pāpāni janmaprabhṛti ye narāḥ |
arogā rūpavantaste dhaninaśca bhavantyuta || 109 ||
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striyo'pyetena kalpena kṛtvā pāpamavāpnuyuḥ |
eteṣāmeva jantūnāṃ patnītvamupayānti tāḥ || 110 ||
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parasvaharaṇe doṣāḥ sarva eva prakīrtitāḥ |
etadvai leśamātreṇa kathitaṃ te mayānagha |
aparasminkathāyoge bhūyaḥ śroṣyasi bhārata || 111 ||
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etanmayā mahārāja brahmaṇo vadataḥ purā |
surarṣīṇāṃ śrutaṃ madhye pṛṣṭaścāpi yathātatham || 112 ||
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mayāpi tava kārtsnyena yathāvadanuvarṇitam |
etacchrutvā mahārāja dharme kuru manaḥ sadā || 113 ||
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