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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

tasmin vākyāntare vākyaṃ punar evārjuno 'bravīt / (1.2) Par.?

viṣaṇṇamanasaṃ jyeṣṭham idaṃ bhrātaram īśvaram // (1.3) Par.?

kṣatradharmeṇa dharmajña prāpya rājyam anuttamam / (2.1) Par.?

jitvā cārīnnaraśreṣṭha tapyate kiṃ bhavān bhṛśam // (2.2) Par.?

kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārāja saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ smṛtam / (3.1) Par.?

viśiṣṭaṃ bahubhir yajñaiḥ kṣatradharmam anusmara // (3.2) Par.?

brāhmaṇānāṃ tapastyāgaḥ pretyadharmavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ / (4.1) Par.?

kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca vihitaṃ saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ vibho // (4.2) Par.?

kṣatradharmo mahāraudraḥ śastranitya iti smṛtaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

vadhaśca bharataśreṣṭha kāle śastreṇa saṃyuge // (5.2) Par.?

brāhmaṇasyāpi ced rājan kṣatradharmeṇa tiṣṭhataḥ / (6.1) Par.?

praśastaṃ jīvitaṃ loke kṣatraṃ hi brahmasaṃsthitam // (6.2) Par.?

na tyāgo na punar yācñā na tapo manujeśvara / (7.1) Par.?

kṣatriyasya vidhīyante na parasvopajīvanam // (7.2) Par.?

sa bhavān sarvadharmajñaḥ sarvātmā bharatarṣabha / (8.1) Par.?

rājā manīṣī nipuṇo loke dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ // (8.2) Par.?

tyaktvā saṃtāpajaṃ śokaṃ daṃśito bhava karmaṇi / (9.1) Par.?

kṣatriyasya viśeṣeṇa hṛdayaṃ vajrasaṃhatam // (9.2) Par.?

jitvārīn kṣatradharmeṇa prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam / (10.1) Par.?

vijitātmā manuṣyendra yajñadānaparo bhava // (10.2) Par.?

indro vai brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ karmaṇā kṣatriyo 'bhavat / (11.1) Par.?

jñātīnāṃ pāpavṛttīnāṃ jaghāna navatīr nava // (11.2) Par.?

taccāsya karma pūjyaṃ hi praśasyaṃ ca viśāṃ pate / (12.1) Par.?

tena cendratvam āpede devānām iti naḥ śrutam // (12.2) Par.?

sa tvaṃ yajñair mahārāja yajasva bahudakṣiṇaiḥ / (13.1) Par.?

yathaivendro manuṣyendra cirāya vigatajvaraḥ // (13.2) Par.?

mā tvam evaṃgate kiṃcit kṣatriyarṣabha śocithāḥ / (14.1) Par.?

gatāste kṣatradharmeṇa śastrapūtāḥ parāṃ gatim // (14.2) Par.?

bhavitavyaṃ tathā tacca yad vṛttaṃ bharatarṣabha / (15.1) Par.?

diṣṭaṃ hi rājaśārdūla na śakyam ativartitum // (15.2) Par.?