Texts

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

kiṃ kurvan sukham āpnoti kiṃ kurvan duḥkham āpnute / (1.2) Par.?

kiṃ kurvannirbhayo loke siddhaścarati bhārata // (1.3) Par.?

bhīṣma uvāca / (2.1) Par.?

damam eva praśaṃsanti vṛddhāḥ śrutisamādhayaḥ / (2.2) Par.?

sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ // (2.3) Par.?

nādāntasya kriyāsiddhir yathāvad upalabhyate / (3.1) Par.?

kriyā tapaśca vedāśca dame sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam // (3.2) Par.?

damastejo vardhayati pavitraṃ dama ucyate / (4.1) Par.?

vipāpmā nirbhayo dāntaḥ puruṣo vindate mahat // (4.2) Par.?

sukhaṃ dāntaḥ prasvapiti sukhaṃ ca pratibudhyate / (5.1) Par.?

sukhaṃ loke viparyeti manaścāsya prasīdati // (5.2) Par.?

tejo damena dhriyate na tat tīkṣṇo 'dhigacchati / (6.1) Par.?

amitrāṃśca bahūnnityaṃ pṛthag ātmani paśyati // (6.2) Par.?

kravyādbhya iva bhūtānām adāntebhyaḥ sadā bhayam / (7.1) Par.?

teṣāṃ vipratiṣedhārthaṃ rājā sṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃbhuvā // (7.2) Par.?

āśrameṣu ca sarveṣu dama eva viśiṣyate / (8.1) Par.?

yacca teṣu phalaṃ dharme bhūyo dānte tad ucyate // (8.2) Par.?

teṣāṃ liṅgāni vakṣyāmi yeṣāṃ samudayo damaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

akārpaṇyam asaṃrambhaḥ saṃtoṣaḥ śraddadhānatā // (9.2) Par.?

akrodha ārjavaṃ nityaṃ nātivādo na mānitā / (10.1) Par.?

gurupūjānasūyā ca dayā bhūteṣvapaiśunam // (10.2) Par.?

janavādamṛṣāvādastutinindāvivarjanam / (11.1) Par.?

sādhukāmaścāspṛhayann āyāti pratyayaṃ nṛṣu // (11.2) Par.?

avairakṛt sūpacāraḥ samo nindāpraśaṃsayoḥ / (12.1) Par.?

suvṛttaḥ śīlasampannaḥ prasannātmātmavān budhaḥ / (12.2) Par.?

prāpya loke ca satkāraṃ svargaṃ vai pretya gacchati // (12.3) Par.?

sarvabhūtahite yukto na smayād dveṣṭi vai janam / (13.1) Par.?

mahāhrada ivākṣobhya prajñātṛptaḥ prasīdati // (13.2) Par.?

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyaḥ sarveṣām abhayaṃ yataḥ / (14.1) Par.?

namasyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dānto bhavati jñānavān // (14.2) Par.?

na hṛṣyati mahatyarthe vyasane ca na śocati / (15.1) Par.?

sa vai parimitaprajñaḥ sa dānto dvija ucyate // (15.2) Par.?

karmabhiḥ śrutasampannaḥ sadbhir ācaritaiḥ śubhaiḥ / (16.1) Par.?

sadaiva damasaṃyuktastasya bhuṅkte mahat phalam // (16.2) Par.?

anasūyā kṣamā śāntiḥ saṃtoṣaḥ priyavāditā / (17.1) Par.?

satyaṃ dānam anāyāso naiṣa mārgo durātmanām // (17.2) Par.?

kāmakrodhau vaśe kṛtvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ / (18.1) Par.?

vikramya ghore tapasi brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ / (18.2) Par.?

kālākāṅkṣī carel lokānnirapāya ivātmavān // (18.3) Par.?