Book 1 - Mitralabha

kāvya-śāstra-vinodena kālo gacchati dhīmatām |
vyasanena tu mūrkhāṇāṃ nidrayā kalahena vā || 1 ||
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asādhanā vitta-hīnā buddhimantaḥ suhṛn-matāḥ |
sādhayanty āśu kāryāṇi kāka-kūrma-mṛgākhuvat || 2 ||
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śoka-sthāna-sahasrāṇi bhaya-sthāna-śatāni ca |
divase divase mūḍham āviśanti na paṇḍitam || 3 ||
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anyac ca-viṣayiṇām idam avaśyaṃ kartavyam |
utthāyotthāya boddhavyaṃ kim adya sukṛtaṃ kṛtam |
āyuṣaḥ khaṇḍam ādāya ravir astaṃ gamiṣyati || 4 ||
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kaṅkaṇasya tu lobhena magnaḥ paṅke sudustare |
vṛddha-vyāghreṇa samprāptaḥ pathikaḥ sammṛtaḥ || 5 ||
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aniṣṭād iṣṭa-lābhe'pi na gatir jāyate śubhā |
yatrāste viṣa-saṃsargo 'mṛtaṃ tad api mṛtyave || 6 ||
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na saṃśayam anāruhya naro bhadrāṇi paśyati |
saṃśayaṃ punar āruhya yadi jīvati paśyati || 7 ||
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ijyā'dhyayana-dānāni tapaḥ satyaṃ dhṛtiḥ kṣamā |
alobha iti mārgo 'yaṃ dharmasyāṣṭa-vidhaḥ smṛtaḥ || 8 ||
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tatra pūrvaś caturvargo dambhārtham api sevyate |
uttaras tu caturvargo mahātmany eva tiṣṭhati || 9 ||
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gatānugatiko lokaḥ kuṭṭanīm upadeśinīm |
pramāṇayati no dharme yathā goghnam api dvijam || 10 ||
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maru-sthalyāṃ yathā vṛṣṭiḥ kṣudhārte bhojanaṃ tathā |
daridre dīyate dānaṃ saphalaṃ pāṇḍu-nandana || 11 ||
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prāṇā yathātmano 'bhīṣṭā bhūtānām api te tathā |
ātmaupamyena bhūtānāṃ dayāṃ kurvanti sādhavaḥ || 12 ||
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pratyākhyāne ca dāne ca sukha-duḥkhe priyāpriye |
ātmaupamyena puruṣaḥ pramāṇam adhigacchati || 13 ||
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mātṛvat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭravat |
ātmavat sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ || 14 ||
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daridrān bhara kaunteya mā prayaccheśvare dhanam |
vyādhitasyauṣadhaṃ pathyaṃ nīrujasya kim auṣadhaiḥ || 15 ||
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dātavyam iti yad dānaṃ dīyate'nupakāriṇi |
deśe kāle ca pātre ca tad dānaṃ sāttvikaṃ viduḥ || 16 ||
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na dharma-śāstraṃ paṭhatīti kāraṇaṃ na cāpi vedādhyayanaṃ durātmanaḥ |
svabhāva evātra tathātiricyate yathā prakṛtyā madhuraṃ gavāṃ payaḥ || 17 ||
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avaśendriya-cittānāṃ hasti-snānam iva kriyā |
durbhagābharaṇa-prāyo jñānaṃ bhāraḥ kriyāṃ vinā || 18 ||
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nadīnāṃ śastra-pāṇīnāṃ nakhināṃ śṛṅgiṇāṃ tathā |
viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ strīṣu rāja-kuleṣu ca || 19 ||
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sarvasya hi parīkṣyante svabhāvā netare guṇāḥ |
atītya hi guṇān sarvān svabhāvo mūrdhni vartate || 20 ||
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sa hi gagana-vihārī kalmaṣa-dhvaṃsa-kārī daśa-śata-kara-dhārī jyotiṣāṃ madhya-cārī |
vidhur api vidhi-yogād grasyate rāhuṇāsau likhitam api lalāṭe projjhitaṃ kaḥ samarthaḥ || 21 ||
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sujīrṇam annaṃ suvicakṣaṇaḥ sutaḥ suśāsitā strī nṛpatiḥ susevitaḥ |
sucintya coktaṃ suvicārya yat kṛtaṃ sudīrgha-kāle'pi na yāti vikriyām || 22 ||
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vṛddhasya vacanaṃ grāhyam āpat-kāle hy upasthite |
sarvatraivaṃ vicāre ca bhojane'pi pravartatām || 23 ||
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śaṅkābhiḥ sarvam ākrāntam annaṃ pānaṃ ca bhūtale |
pravṛttiḥ kutra kartavyā jīvitavyaṃ kathaṃ na vā || 24 ||
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īrṣyī ghṛṇī tv asantuṣṭaḥ krodhano nitya-śaṅkitaḥ |
para-bhāgyopajīvī ca ṣaḍ ete nitya-duḥkhitāḥ || 25 ||
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sumahānty api śāstrāṇi dhārayanto bahu-śrutāḥ |
chettāḥ saṃayānāṃ ca kliśyante lobha-mohitāḥ || 26 ||
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lobhāt krodhaḥ prabhavati lobhāt kāmaḥ prajāyate |
lobhān mohaś ca nāśaś ca lobhaḥ pāpasya kāraṇam || 27 ||
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asaṃbhavaṃ hema-mṛgasya janma tathāpi rāmo lulubhe mṛgāya |
prāyaḥ samāpanna-vipatti-kāle dhiyo 'pi puṃsāṃ malinā bhavanti || 28 ||
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na gaṇasyāgrato gacchet siddhe kārye samaṃ phalam |
yadi kārya-vipattiḥ syān mukharas tatra hanyate || 29 ||
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āpadām āpatantīnāṃ hito 'py āyāti hetutām |
mātṛ-jaṅghā hi vatsasya stambhī-bhavati bandhane || 30 ||
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sa bandhur yo vipannānām āpad-uddharaṇa-kṣamaḥ |
na tu bhīta-paritrāṇa-vastūpālambha-paṇḍitaḥ || 31 ||
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vipadi dhairyam athābhyudaye kṣamā sadasi vākya-paṭutā yudhi vikramaḥ |
yaśasi cābhirucir vyasanaṃ śrutau prakṛti-siddham idaṃ hi mahātmanām || 32 ||
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sampadi yasya na harṣo vipadi viṣādo raṇe ca bhīrutvam |
taṃ bhuvana-traya-tilakaṃ janayati jananī sutaṃ viralam || 33 ||
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ṣaḍ-doṣāḥ puruṣeṇeha hātavyā bhūtim icchatā |
nidrā tandrā bhayaṃ krodha ālasyaṃ dīrgha-sūtratā || 34 ||
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alpānām api vastūnāṃ saṃhatiḥ kārya-sādhikā |
tṛṇair guṇatvam āpannair badhyante matta-dantinaḥ || 35 ||
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saṃhatiḥ śreyasī puṃsāṃ svakulair alpakair api |
tuṣeṇāpi parityaktā na prarohanti taṇḍulāḥ || 36 ||
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saṃhatās tu haranty ete mama jālaṃ vihaṅgamāḥ |
yadā tu nipatiṣyanti vaśam eṣyanti me tadā || 37 ||
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mātā mitraṃ pitā ceti svabhāvāt tritayaṃ hitam |
kārya-kāraṇataś cānye bhavanti hita-buddhayaḥ || 38 ||
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yasya mitreṇa sambhāṣo yasya mitreṇa saṃsthitiḥ |
yasya mitreṇa saṃlāpas tato nāstīha puṇyavān || 39 ||
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yasmāc ca yena ca yathā ca yadā ca yac ca yāvac ca yatra ca śubhāśubham ātma-karma |
tasmāc ca tena ca tathā ca tadā ca tac ca tāvac ca tatra ca vidhātṛ-vaśād upaiti || 40 ||
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rāga-śoka-parītāpa-bandhana-vyasanāni ca |
ātmāparādha-vṛkṣāṇāṃ phalāny etāni dehinām || 41 ||
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āpad-arthe dhanaṃ rakṣed dārān rakṣed dhanair api |
ātmānaṃ satataṃ rakṣed dārair api dhanair api || 42 ||
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dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāṇāṃ prāṇāḥ saṃsthita-hetavaḥ |
tān nighnatā kiṃ na hataṃ rakṣatā kiṃ na rakṣitam || 43 ||
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dhanāni jīvitaṃ caiva parārthe prājña utsṛjet |
sannimitte varaṃ tyāgo vināśe niyate sati || 44 ||
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jāti-dravya-balānāṃ ca sāmyam eṣāṃ mayā saha |
mat-prabhutva-phalaṃ brūhi kadā kiṃ tad bhaviṣyati || 45 ||
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vinā vartanam evaite na tyajanti mamāntikam |
tan me prāṇa-vyayenāpi jīvayaitān mamāśritān || 46 ||
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māṃsa-mūtra-purīṣāsthi-pūrite'tra kalevare |
vinaśvare vihāyāsthāṃ yaśaḥ pālaya mitra me || 47 ||
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yadi nityam anityena nirmalaṃ mala-vāhinā |
yaśaḥ kāyena labhyeta tan na labdhaṃ bhaven nu kim || 48 ||
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śarīrasya guṇānāṃ ca dūram atyantam antaram |
śarīraṃ kṣaṇa-vidhvaṃsi kalpānta-sthāyino guṇāḥ || 49 ||
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yo 'dhikād yojana-śatān paśyatīhāmiṣaṃ khagaḥ |
sa eva prāpta-kālas tu pāśa-bandhaṃ na paśyati || 50 ||
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śaśi-divākarayor graha-pīḍanaṃ gaja-bhujaṅgamayor api bandhanam |
matimatāṃ ca vilokya daridratāṃ vidhir aho balavān iti me matiḥ || 51 ||
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vyomaikānta-vihāriṇo 'pi vihagāḥ samprāpnuvanty āpadaṃ badhyante nipuṇair agādha-salilān matsyāḥ samudrād api |
durnītaṃ kim ihāsti kiṃ sucaritaṃ kaḥ sthāna-lābhe guṇaḥ kālo hi vyasana-prasārita-karo gṛhṇāti dūrād api || 52 ||
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yāni kāni ca mitrāṇi kartavyāni śatāni ca |
paśya mūṣika-mitreṇa kapotā mukta-bandhanāḥ || 53 ||
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yad yena yujyate loke budhas tat tena yojayet |
aham annaṃ bhavān bhoktā kathaṃ prītir bhaviṣyati || 54 ||
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bhakṣya-bhakṣayoḥ prītir vipatteḥ kāraṇaṃ matam |
śṛgālāt pāśabaddho 'sau mṛgaḥ kākena rakṣitaḥ || 55 ||
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ajñāta-kula-śīlasya vāso deyo na kasyacit |
mārjārasya hi doṣeṇa hato gṛdhro jarad-gavaḥ || 56 ||
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tāvad bhayasya bhetavyaṃ yāvad bhayam anāgatam |
āgataṃ tu bhayaṃ vīkṣya naraḥ kuryād yathocitam || 57 ||
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jāti-mātreṇa kiṃ kaścid vadhyate pūjyate kvacit |
vyavahāraṃ parijñāya vadhyaḥ pūjyo 'thavā bhavet || 58 ||
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arāv apy ucitaṃ kāryam ātithyaṃ gṛham āgate |
chettum apy āgate chāyāṃ nopasaṃharate drumaḥ || 59 ||
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tṛṇāni bhūmir udakaṃ vāk caturthī ca sūnṛtā |
etāny api satāṃ gehe nocchidyante kadācana || 60 ||
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bālo vā yadi vā vṛddho yuvā vā gṛham āgataḥ |
tasya pūjā vidhātavyā sarvasyābhyāgato guruḥ || 61 ||
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nirguṇeṣv api sattveṣu dayāṃ kurvanti sādhavaḥ |
na hi saṃharate jyotsnāṃ candraś cāṇḍāla-veśmanaḥ || 62 ||
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atithir yasya bhagnāśo gṛhāt pratinivartate |
sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyam ādāya gacchati || 63 ||
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uttamasyāpi varṇasya nīco 'pi gṛham āgataḥ |
pūjanīyo yathā-yogyaṃ sarva-deva-mayo 'tithiḥ || 64 ||
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sarva-hiṃsā-nivṛttā ye narāḥ sarva-sahāś ca ye |
sarvasyāśraya-bhūtāś ca te narāḥ svarga-gāminaḥ || 65 ||
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eka eva suhṛd dharmo nidhane'py anuyāti yaḥ |
śarīreṇa samaṃ nāśaṃ sarvam anyad hi gacchati || 66 ||
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yo 'tti yasya yadā māṃsam ubhayoḥ paśyatāntaram |
ekasya kṣaṇikā prītir anyaḥ prāṇair vimucyate || 67 ||
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martavyam iti yad duḥkhaṃ puruṣasyopajāyate |
śakyas tenānumānena paro 'pi parirakṣitum || 68 ||
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svacchanda-vana-jātena śākenāpi prapūryate |
asya dagdhodarasyārthe kaḥ kuryāt pātakaṃ mahat || 69 ||
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yatra vidvaj-jano nāsti ślāghyas tatrālpadhīr api |
nirasta-pādape deśe eraṇḍo 'pi drumāyate || 70 ||
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ayaṃ nijaḥ paro veti gaṇanā laghu-cetasām |
udāra-caritānāṃ tu vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam || 71 ||
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na kaścit kasyacin mitraṃ na kaścit kasyacid ripuḥ |
vyavahāreṇa mitrāṇi jāyante ripavas tathā || 72 ||
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āpatsu mitraṃ jānīyād raṇe śūraṃ ṛṇe śucim |
bhāryāṃ kṣīṇeṣu vitteṣu vyasaneṣu ca bāndhavān || 73 ||
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utsave vyasane prāpte durbhikṣe śatru-saṅkaṭe |
rāja-dvāre śmaśāne ca yas tiṣṭhati sa bāndhavaḥ || 74 ||
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suhṛdāṃ hita-kāmānāṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti na bhāṣitam |
vipat sannihitā tasya sa naraḥ śatrunandanaḥ || 75 ||
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aparādho na me'stīti naitad viśvāsa-kāraṇam |
vidyate hi nṛśaṃsebhyo bhayaṃ guṇavatām api || 76 ||
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dīpa-nirvāṇa-gandhaṃ ca suhṛd-vākyam arundhatīm |
na jighranti na śṛṇvanti na pśyanti gatāyuṣaḥ || 77 ||
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parokṣe kārya-hantāraṃ pratyakṣe priya-vādinam |
varjayet tādṛśaṃ mitraṃ viṣa-kumbhaṃ payomukham || 78 ||
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saṃlāpitānāṃ madhurair vacobhir mithyopacāraiś ca vaśīkṛtānām |
āśāvatāṃ śraddadhatāṃ ca loke kim arthināṃ vañcayitavyam asti || 79 ||
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upakāriṇi viśrabdhe śuddha-matau yaḥ samācarati pāpam |
taṃ janam asatya-sandhaṃ bhagavati vasudhe kathaṃ vahasi || 80 ||
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durjanena samaṃ sakhyaṃ vairaṃ cāpi na kārayet |
uṣṇo dahati cāṅgāraḥ śītaḥ kṛṣṇāyate karam || 81 ||
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prāk pādayoḥ patati khādati pṛṣṭha-māṃsaṃ karṇe phalaṃ kim api rauti śanair vicitram |
chidraṃ nirūpya sahasā praviśaty aśaṅkaḥ sarvaṃ khalasya caritaṃ maśakaḥ karoti || 82 ||
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durjanaḥ priya-vādī ca naitad viśvāsa-kāraṇam |
madhu tiṣṭhati jihvāgre hṛdi hālāhalaṃ viṣam || 83 ||
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tribhir varṣais tribhir māsais tribhiḥ pakṣais tribhir dinaiḥ |
atyutkaṭaiḥ pāpa-puṇyair ihaiva phalam aśnute || 84 ||
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bhakṣitenāpi bhavatā nāhāro mama puṣkalaḥ |
tvayi jīvati jīvāmi citragrīva ivānagha || 85 ||
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tiraścām api viśvāso dṛṣṭaḥ puṇyaika-karmaṇām |
satāṃ hi sādhu-śīlatvāt svabhāvo na nivartate || 86 ||
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sādhoḥ prakopitasyāpi mano nāyāti vikriyām |
na hi tāpayituṃ śakyaṃ sāgarāmbhas tṛṇolkayā || 87 ||
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mārjāro mahiṣo meṣaḥ kākaḥ kāpuruṣas tathā |
viśvāsāt prabhavanty ete viśvāsas tatra no hitaḥ || 88 ||
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śatruṇā na hi sandadhyāt saṃśliṣṭenāpi sandhinā |
sutaptam api pānīyaṃ śamayaty eva pāvakam || 89 ||
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durjanaḥ parihartavyo vidyayālaṅkṛto 'pi san |
maṇinā bhūṣitaḥ sarpaḥ kim asau na bhayaṅkaraḥ || 90 ||
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yad aśakyaṃ na tac chaktyaṃ yac chaktyaṃ śakyam eva tat |
nodake śakaṭaṃ yāti na ca naur gacchati sthale || 91 ||
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mahatāpy artha-sāreṇa yo viśvasiti śatruṣu |
bhāryāsu ca viraktāsu tad-antaṃ tasya jīvanam || 92 ||
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mṛd-ghaṭavat sukha-bhedyo duḥsandhānaś ca durjano bhavati |
sujanas tu kanaka-ghaṭavad durbhedyaś cāśu sandheyaḥ || 93 ||
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dravatvāt sarva-lohānāṃ nimittād mṛga-pakṣiṇām |
bhayāl lobhāc ca mūrkhāṇāṃ saṅgataḥ darśanāt satām || 94 ||
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nārikela-samākārā dṛśyante hi suhṛjjanāḥ |
anye badarikākārā bahir eva manoharāḥ || 95 ||
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sneha-cchede'pi sādhūnāṃ guṇā nāyānti vikriyām |
bhaṅge'pi hi mṛṇālānām anubadhnanti tantavaḥ || 96 ||
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śucitvam tyāgitā śauryaṃ sāmānyaṃ sukha-duḥkhayoḥ |
dākṣiṇyaṃ cānuraktiś ca satyatā ca suhṛd-guṇāḥ || 97 ||
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gharmārtaṃ na tathā suśītala-jalaiḥ snānaṃ na muktāvalī na śrīkhaṇḍa-vilepanam sukhayati pratyaṅgam apy arpitam |
prītyai sajjana-bhāṣitaṃ prabhavati prāyo yathā cetasaḥ sad-yuktyā ca pariṣkṛtaṃ sukṛtinām ākṛṣṭi-mantropamam || 98 ||
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rahasya-bhedo yācñā ca naiṣṭhuryaṃ cala-cittayā |
krodho niḥsatyatā dyūtam etan mitrasya dūṣaṇam || 99 ||
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paṭutvaṃ satyavāditvaṃ kathā-yogena buddhyate |
astabdhatvam acāpalyaṃ pratyakṣenāvagamyate || 100 ||
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anyathaiva hi sauhārdaṃ bhavet svacchāntarātmanaḥ |
pravartate'nyathā vāṇī śāṭhyopahata-cetasaḥ || 101 ||
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manasy anyad vacasy anyat karmaṇy anyad durātmanām |
manasy ekaṃ vacasy ekaṃ karmaṇy ekaṃ mahātmanām || 102 ||
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sthāna-bhraṣṭā na śobhante dantāḥ keśā nakhā narāḥ |
iti vijñāya matimān sva-sthānaṃ na parityajet || 103 ||
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sthānam utsṛjya gacchanti siṃhāḥ sat-puruṣā gajāḥ |
tatraiva nidhanaṃ yānti kākāḥ kāpuruṣā mṛgāḥ || 104 ||
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ko vīrasya manasvinaḥ sva-viṣayaḥ ko vā videśaḥ smṛtaḥ yaṃ deśaṃ śrayate tam eva kurute bāhu-pratāpārjitam |
yad daṃṣṭrānakha-lāṅgula-praharaṇaḥ siṃho vanaṃ gāhate tasminn eva hata-dvipendra-rudhirais tṛṣṇāṃ chinnatty ātmanaḥ || 105 ||
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calaty ekena pādena tiṣṭhaty ekena buddhimān |
nāsamīkṣya paraṃ sthānaṃ pūrvam āyatanaṃ tyajet || 106 ||
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paropadeśe pāṇḍityaṃ sarveṣāṃ sukaraṃ nṛṇām |
dharme svīyam anuṣṭhānaṃ kasyacit tu mahātmanaḥ || 107 ||
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yasmin deśe na sammāno na vṛttir na ca bāndhavaḥ |
na ca vidyāgamaḥ kaścit taṃ deśaṃ parivarjayet || 108 ||
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dhanikaḥ śrotriyo rājā nadī vaidyas tu pañcamaḥ |
pañca yatra na vidyante tatra vāsaṃ na kārayet || 109 ||
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loka-yātrā bhayaṃ lajjā dākṣiṇyaṃ tyāga-śīlatā |
pañca yatra na vidyante na kuryāt tatra saṃsthitim || 110 ||
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na vastavyaṃ yatra nāsti catuṣṭayam |
ṛṇa-dātā ca vaidyaś ca śrotriyaḥ sajalā nadī || 111 ||
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bālo vā yadi vā vṛddho yuvā vā gṛham āgataḥ |
tasya pūjā vidhātavyā sarvatrābhyāgato guruḥ || 112 ||
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gurur agnir dvijātīnāṃ varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ |
patir eko guruḥ strīṇāṃ sarvatrābhyāgato guruḥ || 113 ||
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uttamasyāpi varṇasya nīco 'pi gṛham āgataḥ |
pūjanīyo yathā-yogyaṃ sarva-deva-mayo 'tithiḥ || 114 ||
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mukhaṃ prasannaṃ vimalā ca dṛṣṭiḥ kathānurāgo madhurā ca vāṇī |
sneho 'dhikaḥ sambhrama-darśanaṃ ca sadānuraktasya janasya lakṣma || 115 ||
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adṛṣṭi-dānaṃ kṛta-pūrva-nāśanam ānanaṃ duścaritānukīrtanam |
kathā-prasaṅgena ca nāma-vismṛtir virakta-bhāvasya janasya lakṣaṇam || 116 ||
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dhanavān balavān loke sarvaḥ sarvatra sarvadā |
prabhutvaṃ dhana-mūlaṃ hi rājñām apy upajāyate || 117 ||
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dhanena balavān loko dhanād bhavati paṇḍitaḥ |
paśyainaṃ mūṣikaṃ pāpaṃ svajāti-samatāṃ gatam || 118 ||
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arthena tu vihīnasya puruṣasyālpa-medhasaḥ |
kriyā sarvā vinaśyanti grīṣme kusarito yathā || 119 ||
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yasyārthās tasya mitrāṇi yasyārthās tasya bāndhavāḥ |
yasyārthāḥ sa pumān loke yasyārthāḥ sa hi paṇḍitaḥ || 120 ||
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aputrasya gṛhaṃ śūnyaṃ san-mitra-rahitasya ca |
mūrkhasya ca diśaḥ śūnyāḥ sarva-śūnyā daridratā || 121 ||
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dāridryān maraṇād vāpi dāridryam avaraṃ smṛtam |
alpa-kleśena maraṇaṃ dāridryam atiduḥsaham || 122 ||
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tānīndriyāṇy avikalāni tad eva nāma sā buddhir apratihatā vacanaṃ tad eva |
arthoṣmaṇā virahitaḥ puruṣaḥ sa eva anyaḥ kṣaṇena bhavatīti vicitram etat || 123 ||
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atyanta-vimukhe daive vyarthe yatne ca pauruṣe |
manasvino daridrasya vanād anyat kutaḥ sukham || 124 ||
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manasvī miryate kāmaṃ kārpaṇyaṃ na tu gacchati |
api nirvāṇam āyāti nānalo yāti śītatām || 125 ||
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kusuma-stavakasyeva dve vṛttī tu manasvinaḥ |
sarveṣāṃ mūrdhni vā tiṣṭhed viśīryeta vane'thavā || 126 ||
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artha-nāśaṃ manas-tāpaṃ gṛhe duścaritāni ca |
vañcanaṃ cāpamānaṃ ca matimān na prakāśayet || 127 ||
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varaṃ vibhava-hīnena prāṇaiḥ santarpito 'nalaḥ |
nopacāra-paribhraṣṭaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ prārthyate janaḥ || 128 ||
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dāridryād dhriyam eti hrī-parigataḥ sattvāt paribhraśyate niḥsattvaṃ paribhūyate paribhavān nirvedam āpadyate |
nirviṇṇaḥ śucam eti śoka-phihito buddhyā parityajyate nirbuddhiḥ kṣayam ety aho nidhanatā sarvāpadām āspadam || 129 ||
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varaṃ maunaṃ kāryaṃ na ca vacanam uktaṃ yad anṛtaṃ varaṃ klaibyaṃ puṃsāṃ na ca para-kalatrābhigamanam |
varaṃ prāṇa-tyāgo na ca piśuna-vākyeṣv abhirucir varaṃ bhikṣāśitvaṃ na ca para-dhanāsvādana-sukham || 130 ||
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varaṃ śūnyā śālā na ca khalu varo duṣṭa-vṛṣabho varaṃ veśyā patnī na punar avinītā kula-vadhūḥ |
varaṃ vāso 'raṇye na punar avivekādhipa-pure varaṃ prāṇa-tyāgo na punar adhamānām upagamaḥ || 131 ||
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seveva mānam akhilaṃ jyotsneva tamo jareva lāvaṇyam |
hari-hara-katheva duritaṃ guṇa-śatam apy arthitā harati || 132 ||
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rogī cira-pravāsī parānna-bhojī parāvasatha-śāyī |
yaj jīvati tan maraṇaṃ yan maraṇaṃ so 'sya viśrāmaḥ || 133 ||
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lobhena buddhiś calati lobho janayate tṛṣām |
tṛṣārto duḥkham āpnoti paratreha ca mānavaḥ || 134 ||
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dhana-lubdho hy asantuṣṭo 'niyatātmājitendriyaḥ |
sarvā evāpadas tasya yasya tuṣṭaṃ na mānasam || 135 ||
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sarvāḥ sampattasyas tasya santuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam |
upānad-gūḍha-pādasya nanu carmāvṛteva bhūḥ || 136 ||
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santoṣāmṛta-tṛptānāṃ yat sukhaṃ śānta-cetasām |
kutas tad-dhana-lubdhānām itaś cetaś ca dhāvatām || 137 ||
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tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvam anuṣṭhitam |
yenāśāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā nairāśyam avalambitam || 138 ||
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aseviteśvara-dvāram adṛṣṭa-viraha-vyatham |
anukta-klība-vacanaṃ dhanyaṃ kasyāpi jīvanam || 139 ||
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na yojana-śataṃ dūraṃ vāhyamānasya tṛṣṇayā |
santuṣṭasya kara-prāpte'py arthe bhavati nādaraḥ || 140 ||
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ko dharmo bhūta-dayā kiṃ saukhyaṃ nityam aroginā jagati |
kaḥ snehaḥ sad-bhāvaḥ kiṃ pāṇḍityaṃ paricchedaḥ || 141 ||
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paricchedo hi pāṇḍityaṃ yadāpannā vipattayaḥ |
apariccheda-kartṝṇāṃ vipadaḥ syuḥ pade pade || 142 ||
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tyajed ekaṃ kulasyārthe grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet |
grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet || 143 ||
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pānīyaṃ vā nirāyāsaṃ svādvannaṃ vā bhayottaram |
vicāryaṃ khalu paśyāmi tat sukhaṃ yatra nirvṛtiḥ || 144 ||
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varaṃ vanaṃ vyāghra-gajendra-sevitaṃ drumālayaḥ patra-phalāmbu-bhakṣitam |
tṛṇāni śayyā vasanaṃ ca valkalaṃ na bandhu-madhye dhana-hīna-jīvanam || 145 ||
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saṃsāra-viṣaya-vṛkṣasya dve eva rasavat phale |
kāvyāmṛta-rasāsvādaḥ saṅgamaḥ sajjanaiḥ saha || 146 ||
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sat-saṅgaḥ keśave bhaktir gaṅgāmbhasi nimajjanam |
asāre khalu saṃsāre trīṇi sārāṇi bhāvayet || 147 ||
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arthāḥ pāda-rajopamā giri-nadī-vegopamaṃ yauvanam āyuṣyaṃ jala-bindu-lola-capalaṃ phenopamaṃ jīvanam |
dharmaṃ yo na karoti niścala-matiḥ svargārgalodghāṭanaṃ paścāt-tāpa-hato jarā-pariṇataḥ śokāgninā dahyate || 148 ||
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upārjitānāṃ vittānāṃ tyāga eva hi rakṣaṇam |
taḍāgodara-saṃsthānāṃ parīvāhaivāmbhasām || 149 ||
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yad adho 'dhaḥ kṣitau vittaṃ nicakhāna mitampacaḥ |
tad-adho nilayaṃ gantuṃ cakre panthānam agrataḥ || 150 ||
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nija-saukhyaṃ nirundhāno yo dhanārjanam icchati |
parārtha-bhāra-vāhīva sa kleśasyaiva bhājanam || 151 ||
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dānopabhoga-hīnena dhanena dhanino yadi |
bhavāmaḥ kiṃ na tenaiva dhanena dhanino vayam || 152 ||
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dhanena kiṃ yo na dadāti nāśnute balena kiṃ yaś ca ripūn na yādhatte |
śrutena kiṃ yo na ca dharmam ācaret kim ātmanā yo na jitendriyo bhavet || 153 ||
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asambhogena sāmānyaṃ kṛpaṇasya dhanaṃ paraiḥ |
asyedam iti sambandho hānau duḥkhena gamyate || 154 ||
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na devāya na viprāya na bandhubhyo na cātmane |
kṛpaṇasya dhanaṃ yāti vahni-taskara-pārthivaiḥ || 155 ||
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dānaṃ priya-vāk-sahitaṃ jñānam agarvaṃ kṣamānvitaṃ sauryam |
tyāgaṃ sahitaṃ ca vittaṃ durlabham etac catur bhadram || 156 ||
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kartavyaḥ sañcayo nityaṃ na tu kāryo 'tisañcayaḥ |
atisañcaya-śīlo 'yaṃ dhanuṣā jambuko hataḥ || 157 ||
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jalam agnir viṣaṃ śastaṃ kṣud vyādhiḥ patanaṃ gireḥ |
nimittaṃ kiñcid āsādya dehī prāṇair vimucyate || 158 ||
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acintitāni duḥkhāni yathaivāyānti dehinām |
sukhāny api tathā manye daivam atrātiricyate || 159 ||
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māsam ekaṃ naro yāti dvau māsau mṛga-śūkarau |
ahir ekaṃ dinaṃ yāti adya bhakṣyo dhanurguṇaḥ || 160 ||
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yad dadāti yad aśnāti tad eva dhanino dhanam |
anye mṛtasya krīḍanti dārair api dhanair api || 161 ||
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yad dadāsi viśiṣṭebhyo yac cāśnāsi dine dine |
tat te vittam ahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣasi || 162 ||
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nāprāyam abhivāñchanti naṣṭaṃ necchanti śocitum |
āpatsv api na muhyanti narāḥ paṇḍita-buddhayaḥ || 163 ||
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śāstrāṇy adhītyāpi bhavanti mūrkhā yas tu kriyāvān puruṣaḥ sa vidvān |
sucintitaṃ cauṣadham āturāṇāṃ na nāma-mātreṇa karoty arogam || 164 ||
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na svalpam apy adhyavasāya-bhīroḥ karoti vijñāna-vidhir guṇaṃ hi |
andhasya kiṃ hasta-tala-sthito 'pi prakāśayaty artham iha pradīpaḥ || 165 ||
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sukham āpatitaṃ sevyaṃ duḥkham āpatitaṃ tathā |
cakravat parivartante duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca || 166 ||
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nipānam iva maṇḍūkāḥ saraḥ pūrṇam ivāṇḍajāḥ |
sodyogaṃ naram āyānti vivaśāḥ sarva-sampadaḥ || 167 ||
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utsāha-saṃpannam adīrgha-sūtraṃ kriyā-vidhijñaṃ vyasaneṣv asaktam |
śūraṃ kṛtajñaṃ dṛḍha-sauhṛdaṃ ca- lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ vāñchati vāsa-hetoḥ || 168 ||
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vināpy arthair dhīraḥ spṛśati bahumānonnati-padaṃ samāyukto 'py arthaiḥ paribhava-padaṃ yāti kṛpaṇaḥ |
svabhāvād udbhūtāṃ guṇa-samudayāvāpti-viṣayāṃ dyutiṃ saiṃhīṃ śvā kiṃ dhṛta-kanaka-mālo 'pi labhate || 169 ||
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dhanavān iti hi madas te kiṃ gata-vibhavo viṣādam upayāsi |
kara-nihata-kanduka-samāḥ pātotpātā manuṣyāṇām || 170 ||
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vṛtty-arthaṃ nāticeṣṭate sā hi dhātraiva nirmitā |
garbhād utpatite jantau mātuḥ prasravataḥ stanau || 171 ||
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yena śuklī-kṛtā haṃsāḥ śukāś ca haritīkṛtāḥ |
mayūrāś citritā yena sa te vṛttiṃ vidhāsyati || 172 ||
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janayanty arjane duḥkhaṃ tāpayanti vipattiṣu |
mohayanti ca sampattau katham arthāḥ sukhāvahāḥ || 173 ||
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dharmārdhaṃ yasya vittehā varaṃ tasya nirīhatā |
prakṣālanād dhi paṅkasya dūrād asparśanaṃ varam || 174 ||
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yathāāmiṣam ākāśe pakṣibhiḥ śvāpadair bhuvi |
bhakṣyate salile matsyais tathā sarvatra vittavān || 175 ||
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rājataḥ salilād agneś corataḥ svajanād api |
bhayam arthavatāṃ nityaṃ mṛtyoḥ prāṇa-bhṛtām iva || 176 ||
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janmani kleśa-bahule kiṃ nu duḥkham ataḥ param |
icchā-sampad yato nāsti yac cecchā na nivartate || 177 ||
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dhanaṃ tāvad asulabhaṃ labdhaṃ kṛcchreṇa pālyate |
labdha-nāśo yathā mṛtyus tasmād etan na cintayet || 178 ||
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sā tṛṣṇā cet parityaktā ko daridraḥ ka īśvaraḥ |
tasyāś cet prasaro datto dāsyaṃ ca śirasi sthitam || 179 ||
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yad yad eva hi vāñcheta tato vāñchā pravartate |
prāpta evārthataḥ so 'rtho yato vāñchā nivartate || 180 ||
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āmraṇāntāḥ praṇayāḥ kopāś ca kṣaṇa-bhaṅgurāḥ |
parityāgāś ca niḥsaṅgā na bhavanti mahātmanām || 181 ||
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santa eva satāṃ nityam āpad-uddharaṇa-kṣamāḥ |
gajānāṃ paṅka-magnānāṃ gajā eva dhurandharāḥ || 182 ||
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ślāghyaḥ sa eko bhuvi mānavānāṃ sa uttamaḥ sat-puruṣaḥ sa dhanyaḥ |
yasyārthino vā śaraṇāgatā vā nāśāvibhaṅgā vimukhāḥ prayānti || 183 ||
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lobhād vātha bhayād vāpi yas tyajec charaṇāgatam |
brahma-hatyā-samaṃ tasya pāpam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ || 184 ||
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aurasaṃ kṛta-sambandhaṃ tathā vaṃśa-kramāgatam |
rakṣakaṃ vyasanebhyaś ca mitraṃ jñeyaṃ catur-vidham || 185 ||
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ambhāṃsi jala-jantūnāṃ durgaṃ durga-nivāsinām |
sva-bhūmiḥ śvāpadādīnāṃ rājñāṃ sainyaṃ paraṃ balam || 186 ||
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upāyena hi yac chakyaṃ na tac chakyaṃ parākramaiḥ |
kākī kanaka-sūtreṇa kṛṣṇa-sarpam aghātayat || 187 ||
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kulācāra-janācārair atiśuddhaḥ pratāpavān |
dhārmiko nīti-kuśalaḥ sa svāmī yujyate bhuvi || 188 ||
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rājānaṃ prathamaṃ vindet tato bhāryāṃ tato dhanam |
rājany asati loke'smin kuto bhāryā kuto dhanam || 189 ||
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parjanya iva bhūtānām ādhāraḥ pṛthivī-patiḥ |
vikale'pi hi parjanye jīvyate na tu bhūpatau || 190 ||
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niyata-viṣaya-vartī prāyaśo daṇḍa-yogāj jagati para-vaśe'smin durlabhaḥ sādhu-vṛtteḥ |
kṛśam api vikalaṃ vā vyādhitaṃ vādhanaṃ vā patim api kula-nārī daṇḍa-bhītyābhyupaiti || 191 ||
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yadāsat-saṅga-rahito bhaviṣyasi bhaviṣyasi |
yadāsajjana-goṣṭhīṣu patiṣyasi patiṣyasi || 192 ||
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ekasya duḥkhasya na yāvad antaṃ gacchāmy ahaṃ pāram ivārṇavasya |
tāvad dvitīyaṃ samupasthitaṃ me chidreṣv anarthā bahulī-bhavanti || 193 ||
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svabhāvajaṃ tu yan mitraṃ bhāgyenaivābhijāyate |
tad-akṛtrima-sauhārdam āpatsv api na muñcati || 194 ||
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na mātari na dāreṣu na sodarye na cātmaje |
viśvāsas tādṛśaḥ puṃsāṃ yādṛṅ mitre svabhāvaje || 195 ||
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sva-karma-santāna-viceṣṭitāni kālāntarāvarti-śubhāśubhāni |
ihaiva dṛṣṭāni mayaiva tāni janmāntarāṇīva daśāntarāṇi || 196 ||
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athavā ittham evaitat |
kāyaḥ saṃnihitāpāyaḥ sampadaḥ padam āpadām |
samāgamāḥ sāpagamāḥ sarvam utpādi bhaṅguram || 197 ||
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śokārāti-bhaya-trāṇaṃ prīti-viśrambha-bhājanam |
kena ratnam idaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ mitram ity akṣara-dvayam || 198 ||
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mitraṃ prīti-rasāyanaṃ nayanayor ānandanaṃ cetasaḥ pātraṃ yat sukha-duḥkhayoḥ samam idaṃ puṇyātmanā labhyate |
ye cānye suhṛdaḥ samṛddhi-samaye dravyābhilāṣākulās te sarvatra milanti tattva-nikaṣa-grāvā tu teṣāṃ vipat || 199 ||
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yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvāṇi niṣevate |
dhruvāṇi tasya naśyanti adhruvaṃ naṣṭam eva hi || 200 ||
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mitraṃ yāntu ca sajjanā janapadair lakṣmīḥ samālabhyatāṃ bhūpālāḥ paripālayantu vasudhāṃ śaśvat sva-dharme sthitāḥ |
āstāṃ mānasa-tuṣṭaye sukṛtināṃ nītir navoḍheva vaḥ kalyāṇaṃ kurutāṃ janasya bhagavāṃś candrārdha-cūḍāmaṇiḥ || 201 ||
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