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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

bahūnāṃ yajñatapasām ekārthānāṃ pitāmaha / (1.2) Par.?

dharmārthaṃ na sukhārthārthaṃ kathaṃ yajñaḥ samāhitaḥ // (1.3) Par.?

bhīṣma uvāca / (2.1) Par.?

atra te vartayiṣyāmi nāradenānukīrtitam / (2.2) Par.?

uñchavṛtteḥ purāvṛttaṃ yajñārthe brāhmaṇasya ha // (2.3) Par.?

rāṣṭre dharmottare śreṣṭhe vidarbheṣvabhavad dvijaḥ / (3.1) Par.?

uñchavṛttir ṛṣiḥ kaścid yajñe yajñaṃ samādadhe // (3.2) Par.?

śyāmākam aśanaṃ tatra sūryapatnī suvarcalā / (4.1) Par.?

tiktaṃ ca virasaṃ śākaṃ tapasā svādutāṃ gatam // (4.2) Par.?

upagamya vane pṛthvīṃ sarvabhūtavihiṃsayā / (5.1) Par.?

api mūlaphalair ijyo yajñaḥ svargyaḥ paraṃtapa // (5.2) Par.?

tasya bhāryā vratakṛśā śuciḥ puṣkaracāriṇī / (6.1) Par.?

yajñapatnītvam ānītā satyenānuvidhīyate / (6.2) Par.?

sā tu śāpaparitrastā na svabhāvānuvartinī // (6.3) Par.?

mayūrajīrṇaparṇānāṃ vastraṃ tasyāśca parṇinām / (7.1) Par.?

akāmāyāḥ kṛtaṃ tatra yajñe hotrānumārgataḥ // (7.2) Par.?

śukrasya punar ājātir apadhyānād adharmavit / (8.1) Par.?

tasmin vane samīpastho mṛgo 'bhūt sahacārikaḥ / (8.2) Par.?

vacobhir abravīt satyaṃ tvayā duṣkṛtakaṃ kṛtam // (8.3) Par.?

yadi mantrāṅgahīno 'yaṃ yajño bhavati vaikṛtaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

māṃ bhoḥ prakṣipa hotre tvaṃ gaccha svargam atandritaḥ // (9.2) Par.?

tatastu yajñe sāvitrī sākṣāt taṃ saṃnyamantrayat / (10.1) Par.?

nimantrayantī pratyuktā na hanyāṃ sahavāsinam // (10.2) Par.?

evam uktā nivṛttā sā praviṣṭā yajñapāvakam / (11.1) Par.?

kiṃ nu duścaritaṃ yajñe didṛkṣuḥ sā rasātalam // (11.2) Par.?

sā tu baddhāñjaliṃ satyam ayācaddhariṇaṃ punaḥ / (12.1) Par.?

satyena sampariṣvajya saṃdiṣṭo gamyatām iti // (12.2) Par.?

tataḥ sa hariṇo gatvā padānyaṣṭau nyavartata / (13.1) Par.?

sādhu hiṃsaya māṃ satya hato yāsyāmi sadgatim // (13.2) Par.?

paśya hyapsaraso divyā mayā dattena cakṣuṣā / (14.1) Par.?

vimānāni vicitrāṇi gandharvāṇāṃ mahātmanām // (14.2) Par.?

tataḥ suruciraṃ dṛṣṭvā spṛhālagnena cakṣuṣā / (15.1) Par.?

mṛgam ālokya hiṃsāyāṃ svargavāsaṃ samarthayat // (15.2) Par.?

sa tu dharmo mṛgo bhūtvā bahuvarṣoṣito vane / (16.1) Par.?

tasya niṣkṛtim ādhatta na hyasau yajñasaṃvidhiḥ // (16.2) Par.?

tasya tena tu bhāvena mṛgahiṃsātmanastadā / (17.1) Par.?

tapo mahat samucchinnaṃ tasmāddhiṃsā na yajñiyā // (17.2) Par.?

tatastaṃ bhagavān dharmo yajñaṃ yājayata svayam / (18.1) Par.?

samādhānaṃ ca bhāryāyā lebhe sa tapasā param // (18.2) Par.?

ahiṃsā sakalo dharmo hiṃsā yajñe 'samāhitā / (19.1) Par.?

satyaṃ te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi yo dharmaḥ satyavādinām // (19.2) Par.?