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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

kiṃ phalaṃ jñānayogasya vedānāṃ niyamasya ca / (1.2) Par.?

bhūtātmā vā kathaṃ jñeyastanme brūhi pitāmaha // (1.3) Par.?

bhīṣma uvāca / (2.1) Par.?

atrāpyudāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam / (2.2) Par.?

manoḥ prajāpater vādaṃ maharṣeśca bṛhaspateḥ // (2.3) Par.?

prajāpatiṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ pṛthivyāṃ devarṣisaṃghapravaro maharṣiḥ / (3.1) Par.?

bṛhaspatiḥ praśnam imaṃ purāṇaṃ papraccha śiṣyo 'tha guruṃ praṇamya // (3.2) Par.?

yatkāraṇaṃ mantravidhiḥ pravṛtto jñāne phalaṃ yat pravadanti viprāḥ / (4.1) Par.?

yanmantraśabdair akṛtaprakāśaṃ tad ucyatāṃ me bhagavan yathāvat // (4.2) Par.?

yad arthaśāstrāgamamantravidbhir yajñair anekair varagopradānaiḥ / (5.1) Par.?

phalaṃ mahadbhir yad upāsyate ca tat kiṃ kathaṃ vā bhavitā kva vā tat // (5.2) Par.?

mahī mahījāḥ pavano 'ntarikṣaṃ jalaukasaścaiva jalaṃ divaṃ ca / (6.1) Par.?

divaukasaścaiva yataḥ prasūtās tad ucyatāṃ me bhagavan purāṇam // (6.2) Par.?

jñānaṃ yataḥ prārthayate naro vai tatastadarthā bhavati pravṛttiḥ / (7.1) Par.?

na cāpyahaṃ veda paraṃ purāṇaṃ mithyāpravṛttiṃ ca kathaṃ nu kuryām // (7.2) Par.?

ṛksāmasaṃghāṃśca yajūṃṣi cāhaṃ chandāṃsi nakṣatragatiṃ niruktam / (8.1) Par.?

adhītya ca vyākaraṇaṃ sakalpaṃ śikṣāṃ ca bhūtaprakṛtiṃ na vedmi // (8.2) Par.?

sa me bhavāñ śaṃsatu sarvam etaj jñāne phalaṃ karmaṇi vā yad asti / (9.1) Par.?

yathā ca dehāccyavate śarīrī punaḥ śarīraṃ ca yathābhyupaiti // (9.2) Par.?

manur uvāca / (10.1) Par.?

yad yat priyaṃ yasya sukhaṃ tad āhus tad eva duḥkhaṃ pravadantyaniṣṭam / (10.2) Par.?

iṣṭaṃ ca me syād itaracca na syād etatkṛte karmavidhiḥ pravṛttaḥ / (10.3) Par.?

iṣṭaṃ tvaniṣṭaṃ ca na māṃ bhajetety etatkṛte jñānavidhiḥ pravṛttaḥ // (10.4) Par.?

kāmātmakāśchandasi karmayogā ebhir vimuktaḥ param aśnuvīta / (11.1) Par.?

nānāvidhe karmapathe sukhārthī naraḥ pravṛtto na paraṃ prayāti / (11.2) Par.?

paraṃ hi tat karmapathād apetaṃ nirāśiṣaṃ brahmaparaṃ hyavaśyam // (11.3) Par.?

prajāḥ sṛṣṭā manasā karmaṇā ca dvāvapyetau satpathau lokajuṣṭau / (12.1) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā karma śāśvataṃ cāntavacca manastyāgaḥ kāraṇaṃ nānyad asti // (12.2) Par.?

svenātmanā cakṣur iva praṇetā niśātyaye tamasā saṃvṛtātmā / (13.1) Par.?

jñānaṃ tu vijñānaguṇena yuktaṃ karmāśubhaṃ paśyati varjanīyam // (13.2) Par.?

sarpān kuśāgrāṇi tathodapānaṃ jñātvā manuṣyāḥ parivarjayanti / (14.1) Par.?

ajñānatastatra patanti mūḍhā jñāne phalaṃ paśya yathā viśiṣṭam // (14.2) Par.?

kṛtsnastu mantro vidhivat prayukto yajñā yathoktāstvatha dakṣiṇāśca / (15.1) Par.?

annapradānaṃ manasaḥ samādhiḥ pañcātmakaṃ karmaphalaṃ vadanti // (15.2) Par.?

guṇātmakaṃ karma vadanti vedās tasmānmantrā mantramūlaṃ hi karma / (16.1) Par.?

vidhir vidheyaṃ manasopapattiḥ phalasya bhoktā tu yathā śarīrī // (16.2) Par.?

śabdāśca rūpāṇi rasāśca puṇyāḥ sparśāśca gandhāśca śubhāstathaiva / (17.1) Par.?

naro nasaṃsthānagataḥ prabhuḥ syād etat phalaṃ sidhyati karmaloke // (17.2) Par.?

yad yaccharīreṇa karoti karma śarīrayuktaḥ samupāśnute tat / (18.1) Par.?

śarīram evāyatanaṃ sukhasya duḥkhasya cāpyāyatanaṃ śarīram // (18.2) Par.?

vācā tu yat karma karoti kiṃcid vācaiva sarvaṃ samupāśnute tat / (19.1) Par.?

manastu yat karma karoti kiṃcin manaḥstha evāyam upāśnute tat // (19.2) Par.?

yathāguṇaṃ karmagaṇaṃ phalārthī karotyayaṃ karmaphale niviṣṭaḥ / (20.1) Par.?

tathā tathāyaṃ guṇasamprayuktaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ karmaphalaṃ bhunakti // (20.2) Par.?

matsyo yathā srota ivābhipātī tathā kṛtaṃ pūrvam upaiti karma / (21.1) Par.?

śubhe tvasau tuṣyati duṣkṛte tu na tuṣyate vai paramaḥ śarīrī // (21.2) Par.?

yato jagat sarvam idaṃ prasūtaṃ jñātvātmavanto vyatiyānti yat tat / (22.1) Par.?

yanmantraśabdair akṛtaprakāśaṃ tad ucyamānaṃ śṛṇu me paraṃ yat // (22.2) Par.?

rasair viyuktaṃ vividhaiśca gandhair aśabdam asparśam arūpavacca / (23.1) Par.?

agrāhyam avyaktam avarṇam ekaṃ pañcaprakāraṃ sasṛje prajānām // (23.2) Par.?

na strī pumān vāpi napuṃsakaṃ ca na sanna cāsat sad asacca tanna / (24.1) Par.?

paśyanti yad brahmavido manuṣyās tad akṣaraṃ na kṣaratīti viddhi // (24.2) Par.?