Texts

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

ahiṃsā vaidikaṃ karma dhyānam indriyasaṃyamaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

tapo 'tha guruśuśrūṣā kiṃ śreyaḥ puruṣaṃ prati // (1.3) Par.?

bṛhaspatir uvāca / (2.1) Par.?

sarvāṇyetāni dharmasya pṛthag dvārāṇi sarvaśaḥ / (2.2) Par.?

śṛṇu saṃkīrtyamānāni ṣaḍ eva bharatarṣabha // (2.3) Par.?

hanta niḥśreyasaṃ jantor ahaṃ vakṣyāmyanuttamam / (3.1) Par.?

ahiṃsāpāśrayaṃ dharmaṃ yaḥ sādhayati vai naraḥ // (3.2) Par.?

trīn doṣān sarvabhūteṣu nidhāya puruṣaḥ sadā / (4.1) Par.?

kāmakrodhau ca saṃyamya tataḥ siddhim avāpnute // (4.2) Par.?

ahiṃsakāni bhūtāni daṇḍena vinihanti yaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

ātmanaḥ sukham anvicchanna sa pretya sukhī bhavet // (5.2) Par.?

ātmopamaśca bhūteṣu yo vai bhavati pūruṣaḥ / (6.1) Par.?

nyastadaṇḍo jitakrodhaḥ sa pretya sukham edhate // (6.2) Par.?

sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ / (7.1) Par.?

devāpi mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ // (7.2) Par.?

na tat parasya saṃdadyāt pratikūlaṃ yad ātmanaḥ / (8.1) Par.?

eṣa saṃkṣepato dharmaḥ kāmād anyaḥ pravartate // (8.2) Par.?

pratyākhyāne ca dāne ca sukhaduḥkhe priyāpriye / (9.1) Par.?

ātmaupamyena puruṣaḥ samādhim adhigacchati // (9.2) Par.?

yathā paraḥ prakramate 'pareṣu tathāparaḥ prakramate parasmin / (10.1) Par.?

eṣaiva te 'stūpamā jīvaloke yathā dharmo naipuṇenopadiṣṭaḥ // (10.2) Par.?

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca / (11.1) Par.?

ityuktvā taṃ suragurur dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram / (11.2) Par.?

divam ācakrame dhīmān paśyatām eva nastadā // (11.3) Par.?