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sahadeva uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

na bāhyaṃ dravyam utsṛjya siddhir bhavati bhārata / (1.2) Par.?

śārīraṃ dravyam utsṛjya siddhir bhavati vā na vā // (1.3) Par.?

bāhyadravyavimuktasya śārīreṣu ca gṛdhyataḥ / (2.1) Par.?

yo dharmo yat sukhaṃ vā syād dviṣatāṃ tat tathāstu naḥ // (2.2) Par.?

śārīraṃ dravyam utsṛjya pṛthivīm anuśāsataḥ / (3.1) Par.?

yo dharmo yat sukhaṃ vā syāt suhṛdāṃ tat tathāstu naḥ // (3.2) Par.?

dvyakṣarastu bhavenmṛtyustryakṣaraṃ brahma śāśvatam / (4.1) Par.?

mameti ca bhavenmṛtyur na mameti ca śāśvatam // (4.2) Par.?

brahmamṛtyū ca tau rājann ātmanyeva samāśritau / (5.1) Par.?

adṛśyamānau bhūtāni yodhayetām asaṃśayam // (5.2) Par.?

avināśo 'sya sattvasya niyato yadi bhārata / (6.1) Par.?

bhittvā śarīraṃ bhūtānāṃ na hiṃsā pratipatsyate // (6.2) Par.?

athāpi ca sahotpattiḥ sattvasya pralayastathā / (7.1) Par.?

naṣṭe śarīre naṣṭaṃ syād vṛthā ca syāt kriyāpathaḥ // (7.2) Par.?

tasmād ekāntam utsṛjya pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraiśca yaḥ / (8.1) Par.?

panthā niṣevitaḥ sadbhiḥ sa niṣevyo vijānatā // (8.2) Par.?

labdhvāpi pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ sahasthāvarajaṅgamām / (9.1) Par.?

na bhuṅkte yo nṛpaḥ samyaṅ niṣphalaṃ tasya jīvitam // (9.2) Par.?

athavā vasato rājan vane vanyena jīvataḥ / (10.1) Par.?

dravyeṣu yasya mamatā mṛtyor āsye sa vartate // (10.2) Par.?

bāhyābhyantarabhūtānāṃ svabhāvaṃ paśya bhārata / (11.1) Par.?

ye tu paśyanti tadbhāvaṃ mucyante mahato bhayāt // (11.2) Par.?

bhavān pitā bhavānmātā bhavān bhrātā bhavān guruḥ / (12.1) Par.?

duḥkhapralāpān ārtasya tasmānme kṣantum arhasi // (12.2) Par.?

tathyaṃ vā yadi vātathyaṃ yanmayaitat prabhāṣitam / (13.1) Par.?

tad viddhi pṛthivīpāla bhaktyā bharatasattama // (13.2) Par.?