Chapter 21

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|| vyāsa uvāca |
brāhmaṇatvaṃ hi duṣprāpyaṃ nisargādbrāhmaṇo bhavet |
īśvarasya mukhātkṣatraṃ bāhubhyāmūruto viśaḥ || 1 ||
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padbhyāṃ śūdrassamutpanna iti tasya mukhācchrutiḥ |
kimu sthitimadhaḥsthānādāpnuvanti hyato vada || 2 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
duṣkṛtena tu kāleya sthānādbhraśyanti mānavāḥ |
śreṣṭhaṃ sthānaṃ samāsādya tasmādrakṣeta paṇḍitaḥ || 3 ||
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yastu vipratvamutsṛjya kṣatrayonyāṃ prasūyate |
brāhmaṇyātsa paribhraṣṭaḥ kṣatriyatvaṃ niṣevate || 4 ||
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adharmasevanānmūḍhastathaiva parivartate |
janmāntarasahasrāṇi tamasyāviśate yataḥ || 5 ||
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tasmātprāpya paraṃ sthānaṃ pramādyanna tu nāśayet |
svasthānaṃ sarvadā rakṣetprāpyāpi vipado naraḥ || 6 ||
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brāhmaṇatvaṃ śubhaṃ prāpya brāhmaṇyaṃ yo'vamanyate |
bhojyābhojyaṃ na jānāti sa pumānkṣatriyo bhavet || 7 ||
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karmaṇā yena medhāvī śūdro vaiśyo hi jāyate |
tatte vakṣyāmi nikhilaṃ yena varṇottamo bhavet || 8 ||
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śūdrakarma yathoddiṣṭaṃ śūdro bhūtvā samācaret |
yathāvatparicaryyāṃ tu triṣu varṇeṣu nityadā || 9 ||
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kurute kāmayānastu śūdro'pi vaiśyatāṃ vrajet |
yo yojayeddhanairvaiśyo juhvānaśca yathāvidhi || 10 ||
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agnihotramupādāya śeṣānna kṛtabhojanaḥ |
sa vaiśyaḥ kṣatriyakule jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 11 ||
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kṣattriyo jāyate yajñaisaṃskṛtairāttadakṣiṇaiḥ |
adhīte svargamanvicchaṃstretāgniśaraṇaṃ sadā || 12 ||
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ārdrahastapado nityaṃ kṣitiṃ dharmeṇa pālayet |
ṛtukālābhigāmī ca svabhāryyādharmatatparaḥ || 13 ||
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sarvātithyaṃ trivargasya bhūtebhyo dīyatāmiti |
gobrāhmaṇātmano'rthaṃ hi saṃgrāmābhihato bhavet || 14 ||
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tenāgnimantrapūtātmā kṣattriyo brāhmaṇo bhavet |
vidhito brāhmaṇo bhūtvā yājakastu prajāyate || 15 ||
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svakarmanirato nityaṃ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ |
prāpyate vipulassvargo devānāmapi vallabhaḥ || 16 ||
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brahmaṇatvaṃ hi duṣprāpyaṃ kṛcchreṇa sādhyate naraiḥ |
brāhmaṇyātsakalaṃ prāpya mokṣaścāpi munīśvara || 17 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇo dharmatatparaḥ |
sādhanaṃ sarvavargasya rakṣedbrāhmaṇyamuttamam || 18 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
saṃgrāmasyeha māhātmyaṃ tvayoktaṃ munisattama |
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ brūhi tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara || 19 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
agniṣṭomādibhiryajñairiṣṭvā vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ |
na tatphalamavāpnoti saṃgrāme yadavāpnuyāt || 20 ||
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iti tattvavidaḥ prāhuryajñakarmavidassadā |
tasmāttatte pravakṣyāmi yatphalaṃ śastrajīvinām || 21 ||
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dharmalābho'rthalābhaśca yaśolābhastathaiva ca |
yaśśūro vāṃchate yuddhaṃ vimṛndanparavāhinīm || 22 ||
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tasya dharmārtha kāmāśca yajñaścaiva sadakṣiṇaḥ |
paraṃ hyabhimukhaṃ dattvā tadyānaṃ yo'dhirohati || 23 ||
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viṣṇuloke sa jāyeta yaśca yuddhe'parājitaḥ |
aśvamedhānavāpnoti caturo na mṛtassa cet || 24 ||
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yastu śastramanutsṛjya mriyate vāhinī mukhe |
sammukho vartate śūrassa svargānna nivartate || 25 ||
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rājā vā rājaputro vā senāpatirathāpi vā |
hatakṣātreṇa yaḥ śūrastasya loko'kṣayo bhavet || 26 ||
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yāvaṃti tasya romāṇi bhidyante'strairmahāhave |
tāvato labhate lokānsarvakāmadughā'kṣayān || 27 ||
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vīrāsanaṃ vīraśayyā vīrasthānasthitissthirā |
sarvadā bhavati vyāsa iha loke paratra ca || 28 ||
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gavārthe brāhmaṇārthe ca sthānasvāmyarthameva ca |
ye mṛtāste sukhaṃ yāṃti yathā sukṛtinastathā || 29 ||
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yaḥ kaścidbrāhmaṇaṃ hatvā paścātprāṇānparityajet |
tatrāsau svapateryuddhe sa svargānna nivartate || 30 ||
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kravyādairdatibhiścaiva hatasya gatiruttamā |
dvijagosvāmināmarthe bhavedvipuladākṣayā || 31 ||
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śaknotviha samarthaśca yaṣṭuṃ kratuśatairapi |
ātmadehaparityāgaḥ kartuṃ yudhi suduṣkaraḥ || 32 ||
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yuddhaṃ puṇyatamaṃ svargyaṃ rūpajñaṃ sarvatomukham |
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ kṣatriyasya viśeṣataḥ || 33 ||
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bhṛśaṃ caiva pravakṣyāmi yuddhadharmaṃ sanātanam |
yādṛśāya prahartavyaṃ yādṛśaṃ parivarjayet || 34 ||
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ātatāyinamāyāṃtamapi vedāṃtagaṃ dvijam |
jighāṃsaṃtaṃ jighāṃsettu na tena brahmahā bhavet || 35 ||
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haṃtavyo'pi na haṃtavyaḥ pānīyaṃ yaśca yācate |
raṇe hatvāturānvyāsa sa naro brahmahā bhavet || 36 ||
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vyādhitaṃ durbalaṃ bālaṃ stryanāthau kṛpaṇaṃ dhruvam |
dhanurbhagnaṃ chinnaguṇaṃ hatvā vai brahmahā bhavet || 37 ||
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evaṃ vicāryya saddhīmānbhavetprītyāḥ raṇapriyaḥ |
sajanmanaḥ phalaṃ prāpya paratreha pramodate || 38 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ raṇaphalavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 21 ||
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