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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

ānṛśaṃsyaṃ vijānāmi darśanena satāṃ sadā / (1.2) Par.?

nṛśaṃsānna vijānāmi teṣāṃ karma ca bhārata // (1.3) Par.?

kaṇṭakān kūpam agniṃ ca varjayanti yathā narāḥ / (2.1) Par.?

tathā nṛśaṃsakarmāṇaṃ varjayanti narā naram // (2.2) Par.?

nṛśaṃso hyadhamo nityaṃ pretya ceha ca bhārata / (3.1) Par.?

tasmād bravīhi kauravya tasya dharmaviniścayam // (3.2) Par.?

bhīṣma uvāca / (4.1) Par.?

spṛhāsyāntarhitā caiva viditārthā ca karmaṇā / (4.2) Par.?

ākroṣṭā kruśyate caiva bandhitā badhyate ca yaḥ // (4.3) Par.?

dattānukīrtir viṣamaḥ kṣudro naikṛtikaḥ śaṭhaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

asaṃbhogī ca mānī ca tathā saṅgī vikatthanaḥ // (5.2) Par.?

sarvātiśaṅkī paruṣo bāliśaḥ kṛpaṇastathā / (6.1) Par.?

vargapraśaṃsī satatam āśramadveṣasaṃkarī // (6.2) Par.?

hiṃsāvihārī satatam aviśeṣaguṇāguṇaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

bahvalīko manasvī ca lubdho 'tyarthaṃ nṛśaṃsakṛt // (7.2) Par.?

dharmaśīlaṃ guṇopetaṃ pāpa ityavagacchati / (8.1) Par.?

ātmaśīlānumānena na viśvasiti kasyacit // (8.2) Par.?

pareṣāṃ yatra doṣaḥ syāt tad guhyaṃ saṃprakāśayet / (9.1) Par.?

samāneṣveva doṣeṣu vṛttyartham upaghātayet // (9.2) Par.?

tathopakāriṇaṃ caiva manyate vañcitaṃ param / (10.1) Par.?

dattvāpi ca dhanaṃ kāle saṃtapatyupakāriṇe // (10.2) Par.?

bhakṣyaṃ bhojyam atho lehyaṃ yaccānyat sādhu bhojanam / (11.1) Par.?

prekṣamāṇeṣu yo 'śnīyānnṛśaṃsa iti taṃ viduḥ // (11.2) Par.?

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāyāgraṃ yaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ sahāśnute / (12.1) Par.?

sa pretya labhate svargam iha cānantyam aśnute // (12.2) Par.?

eṣa te bharataśreṣṭha nṛśaṃsaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / (13.1) Par.?

sadā vivarjanīyo vai puruṣeṇa bubhūṣatā // (13.2) Par.?