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bhīṣma uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

punar eva tu papraccha janako mithilādhipaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

parāśaraṃ mahātmānaṃ dharme paramaniścayam // (1.3) Par.?

kiṃ śreyaḥ kā gatir brahman kiṃ kṛtaṃ na vinaśyati / (2.1) Par.?

kva gato na nivarteta tanme brūhi mahāmune // (2.2) Par.?

parāśara uvāca / (3.1) Par.?

asaṅgaḥ śreyaso mūlaṃ jñānaṃ jñānagatiḥ parā / (3.2) Par.?

cīrṇaṃ tapo na praṇaśyed vāpaḥ kṣetre na naśyati // (3.3) Par.?

chittvādharmamayaṃ pāśaṃ yadā dharme 'bhirajyate / (4.1) Par.?

dattvābhayakṛtaṃ dānaṃ tadā siddhim avāpnuyāt // (4.2) Par.?

yo dadāti sahasrāṇi gavām aśvaśatāni ca / (5.1) Par.?

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyastad dānam ativartate // (5.2) Par.?

vasan viṣayamadhye 'pi na vasatyeva buddhimān / (6.1) Par.?

saṃvasatyeva durbuddhir asatsu viṣayeṣvapi // (6.2) Par.?

nādharmaḥ śliṣyate prājñam āpaḥ puṣkaraparṇavat / (7.1) Par.?

aprājñam adhikaṃ pāpaṃ śliṣyate jatu kāṣṭhavat // (7.2) Par.?

nādharmaḥ kāraṇāpekṣī kartāram abhimuñcati / (8.1) Par.?

kartā khalu yathākālaṃ tat sarvam abhipadyate / (8.2) Par.?

na bhidyante kṛtātmāna ātmapratyayadarśinaḥ // (8.3) Par.?

buddhikarmendriyāṇāṃ hi pramatto yo na budhyate / (9.1) Par.?

śubhāśubheṣu saktātmā prāpnoti sumahad bhayam // (9.2) Par.?

vītarāgo jitakrodhaḥ samyag bhavati yaḥ sadā / (10.1) Par.?

viṣaye vartamāno 'pi na sa pāpena yujyate // (10.2) Par.?

maryādāyāṃ dharmasetur nibaddho naiva sīdati / (11.1) Par.?

puṣṭasrota ivāyattaḥ sphīto bhavati saṃcayaḥ // (11.2) Par.?

yathā bhānugataṃ tejo maṇiḥ śuddhaḥ samādhinā / (12.1) Par.?

ādatte rājaśārdūla tathā yogaḥ pravartate // (12.2) Par.?

yathā tilānām iha puṣpasaṃśrayāt pṛthak pṛthag yāti guṇo 'tisaumyatām / (13.1) Par.?

tathā narāṇāṃ bhuvi bhāvitātmanāṃ yathāśrayaṃ sattvaguṇaḥ pravartate // (13.2) Par.?

jahāti dārān ihate na saṃpadaḥ sadaśvayānaṃ vividhāśca yāḥ kriyāḥ / (14.1) Par.?

triviṣṭape jātamatir yadā naras tadāsya buddhir viṣayeṣu bhidyate // (14.2) Par.?

prasaktabuddhir viṣayeṣu yo naro yo budhyate hyātmahitaṃ kadācana / (15.1) Par.?

sa sarvabhāvānugatena cetasā nṛpāmiṣeṇeva jhaṣo vikṛṣyate // (15.2) Par.?

saṃghātavān martyalokaḥ parasparam apāśritaḥ / (16.1) Par.?

kadalīgarbhaniḥsāro naur ivāpsu nimajjati // (16.2) Par.?

na dharmakālaḥ puruṣasya niścito na cāpi mṛtyuḥ puruṣaṃ pratīkṣate / (17.1) Par.?

kriyā hi dharmasya sadaiva śobhanā yadā naro mṛtyumukhe 'bhivartate // (17.2) Par.?

yathāndhaḥ svagṛhe yukto hyabhyāsād eva gacchati / (18.1) Par.?

tathā yuktena manasā prājño gacchati tāṃ gatim // (18.2) Par.?

maraṇaṃ janmani proktaṃ janma vai maraṇāśritam / (19.1) Par.?

avidvānmokṣadharmeṣu baddho bhramati cakravat // (19.2) Par.?

yathā mṛṇālo 'nugatam āśu muñcati kardamam / (20.1) Par.?

tathātmā puruṣasyeha manasā parimucyate / (20.2) Par.?

manaḥ praṇayate ''tmānaṃ sa enam abhiyuñjati // (20.3) Par.?

parārthe vartamānastu svakāryaṃ yo 'bhimanyate / (21.1) Par.?

indriyārtheṣu saktaḥ san svakāryāt parihīyate // (21.2) Par.?

adhastiryaggatiṃ caiva svarge caiva parāṃ gatim / (22.1) Par.?

prāpnoti svakṛtair ātmā prājñasyehetarasya ca // (22.2) Par.?

mṛnmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai nyasyate dravaḥ / (23.1) Par.?

tathā śarīraṃ tapasā taptaṃ viṣayam aśnute // (23.2) Par.?

viṣayān aśnute yastu na sa bhokṣyatyasaṃśayam / (24.1) Par.?

yastu bhogāṃstyajed ātmā sa vai bhoktuṃ vyavasyati // (24.2) Par.?

nīhāreṇa hi saṃvītaḥ śiśnodaraparāyaṇaḥ / (25.1) Par.?

jātyandha iva panthānam āvṛtātmā na budhyate // (25.2) Par.?

vaṇig yathā samudrād vai yathārthaṃ labhate dhanam / (26.1) Par.?

tathā martyārṇave jantoḥ karmavijñānato gatiḥ // (26.2) Par.?

ahorātramaye loke jarārūpeṇa saṃcaran / (27.1) Par.?

mṛtyur grasati bhūtāni pavanaṃ pannago yathā // (27.2) Par.?

svayaṃ kṛtāni karmāṇi jāto jantuḥ prapadyate / (28.1) Par.?

nākṛtaṃ labhate kaścit kiṃcid atra priyāpriyam // (28.2) Par.?

śayānaṃ yāntam āsīnaṃ pravṛttaṃ viṣayeṣu ca / (29.1) Par.?

śubhāśubhāni karmāṇi prapadyante naraṃ sadā // (29.2) Par.?

na hyanyat tīram āsādya punastartuṃ vyavasyati / (30.1) Par.?

durlabho dṛśyate hyasya vinipāto mahārṇave // (30.2) Par.?

yathā bhārāvasaktā hi naur mahāmbhasi tantunā / (31.1) Par.?

tathā mano 'bhiyogād vai śarīraṃ pratikarṣati // (31.2) Par.?

yathā samudram abhitaḥ saṃsyūtāḥ sarito 'parāḥ / (32.1) Par.?

tathādyā prakṛtir yogād abhisaṃsyūyate sadā // (32.2) Par.?

snehapāśair bahuvidhair āsaktamanaso narāḥ / (33.1) Par.?

prakṛtisthā viṣīdanti jale saikataveśmavat // (33.2) Par.?

śarīragṛhasaṃsthasya śaucatīrthasya dehinaḥ / (34.1) Par.?

buddhimārgaprayātasya sukhaṃ tviha paratra ca // (34.2) Par.?

vistarāḥ kleśasaṃyuktāḥ saṃkṣepāstu sukhāvahāḥ / (35.1) Par.?

parārthaṃ vistarāḥ sarve tyāgam ātmahitaṃ viduḥ // (35.2) Par.?

saṃkalpajo mitravargo jñātayaḥ kāraṇātmakāḥ / (36.1) Par.?

bhāryā dāsāśca putrāśca svam artham anuyuñjate // (36.2) Par.?

na mātā na pitā kiṃcit kasyacit pratipadyate / (37.1) Par.?

dānapathyodano jantuḥ svakarmaphalam aśnute // (37.2) Par.?

mātā putraḥ pitā bhrātā bhāryā mitrajanastathā / (38.1) Par.?

aṣṭāpadapadasthāne tvakṣamudreva nyasyate // (38.2) Par.?

sarvāṇi karmāṇi purā kṛtāni śubhāśubhānyātmano yānti jantoḥ / (39.1) Par.?

upasthitaṃ karmaphalaṃ viditvā buddhiṃ tathā codayate 'ntarātmā // (39.2) Par.?

vyavasāyaṃ samāśritya sahāyān yo 'dhigacchati / (40.1) Par.?

na tasya kaścid ārambhaḥ kadācid avasīdati // (40.2) Par.?

advaidhamanasaṃ yuktaṃ śūraṃ dhīraṃ vipaścitam / (41.1) Par.?

na śrīḥ saṃtyajate nityam ādityam iva raśmayaḥ // (41.2) Par.?

āstikyavyavasāyābhyām upāyād vismayāddhiyā / (42.1) Par.?

yam ārabhatyanindyātmā na so 'rthaḥ parisīdati // (42.2) Par.?

sarvaḥ svāni śubhāśubhāni niyataṃ karmāṇi jantuḥ svayaṃ garbhāt sampratipadyate tad ubhayaṃ yat tena pūrvaṃ kṛtam / (43.1) Par.?

mṛtyuścāparihāravān samagatiḥ kālena viccheditā dāroścūrṇam ivāśmasāravihitaṃ karmāntikaṃ prāpayet // (43.2) Par.?

svarūpatām ātmakṛtaṃ ca vistaraṃ kulānvayaṃ dravyasamṛddhisaṃcayam / (44.1) Par.?

naro hi sarvo labhate yathākṛtaṃ śubhāśubhenātmakṛtena karmaṇā // (44.2) Par.?

bhīṣma uvāca / (45.1) Par.?

ityukto janako rājan yathātathyaṃ manīṣiṇā / (45.2) Par.?

śrutvā dharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ parāṃ mudam avāpa ha // (45.3) Par.?