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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

kiṃśīlaḥ kiṃsamācāraḥ kiṃvidyaḥ kiṃparāyaṇaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

prāpnoti brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ yat paraṃ prakṛter dhruvam // (1.3) Par.?

bhīṣma uvāca / (2.1) Par.?

mokṣadharmeṣu nirato laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ / (2.2) Par.?

prāpnoti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yat paraṃ prakṛter dhruvam // (2.3) Par.?

svagṛhād abhiniḥsṛtya lābhālābhe samo muniḥ / (3.1) Par.?

samupoḍheṣu kāmeṣu nirapekṣaḥ parivrajet // (3.2) Par.?

na cakṣuṣā na manasā na vācā dūṣayed api / (4.1) Par.?

na pratyakṣaṃ parokṣaṃ vā dūṣaṇaṃ vyāharet kvacit // (4.2) Par.?

na hiṃsyāt sarvabhūtāni maitrāyaṇagatiścaret / (5.1) Par.?

nedaṃ jīvitam āsādya vairaṃ kurvīta kenacit // (5.2) Par.?

ativādāṃstitikṣeta nābhimanyet kathaṃcana / (6.1) Par.?

krodhyamānaḥ priyaṃ brūyād ākruṣṭaḥ kuśalaṃ vadet // (6.2) Par.?

pradakṣiṇaṃ prasavyaṃ ca grāmamadhye na cācaret / (7.1) Par.?

bhaikṣacaryām anāpanno na gacchet pūrvaketitaḥ // (7.2) Par.?

avakīrṇaḥ suguptaśca na vācā hyapriyaṃ vadet / (8.1) Par.?

mṛduḥ syād apratikrūro viśrabdhaḥ syād aroṣaṇaḥ // (8.2) Par.?

vidhūme nyastamusale vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane / (9.1) Par.?

atīte pātrasaṃcāre bhikṣāṃ lipseta vai muniḥ // (9.2) Par.?

anuyātrikam arthasya mātrālābheṣvanādṛtaḥ / (10.1) Par.?

alābhe na vihanyeta lābhaścainaṃ na harṣayet // (10.2) Par.?

lābhaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ necchenna bhuñjītābhipūjitaḥ / (11.1) Par.?

abhipūjitalābhaṃ hi jugupsetaiva tādṛśaḥ // (11.2) Par.?

na cānnadoṣānnindeta na guṇān abhipūjayet / (12.1) Par.?

śayyāsane vivikte ca nityam evābhipūjayet // (12.2) Par.?

śūnyāgāraṃ vṛkṣamūlam araṇyam athavā guhām / (13.1) Par.?

ajñātacaryāṃ gatvānyāṃ tato 'nyatraiva saṃviśet // (13.2) Par.?

anurodhavirodhābhyāṃ samaḥ syād acalo dhruvaḥ / (14.1) Par.?

sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ cobhe nānurudhyeta karmaṇi // (14.2) Par.?

vāco vegaṃ manasaḥ krodhavegaṃ vivitsāvegam udaropasthavegam / (15.1) Par.?

etān vegān vinayed vai tapasvī nindā cāsya hṛdayaṃ nopahanyāt // (15.2) Par.?

madhyastha eva tiṣṭheta praśaṃsānindayoḥ samaḥ / (16.1) Par.?

etat pavitraṃ paramaṃ parivrājaka āśrame // (16.2) Par.?

mahātmā suvrato dāntaḥ sarvatraivānapāśritaḥ / (17.1) Par.?

apūrvacārakaḥ saumyo 'niketaḥ samāhitaḥ // (17.2) Par.?

vānaprasthagṛhasthābhyāṃ na saṃsṛjyeta karhicit / (18.1) Par.?

ajñātalipsāṃ lipseta na cainaṃ harṣa āviśet // (18.2) Par.?

vijānatāṃ mokṣa eṣa śramaḥ syād avijānatām / (19.1) Par.?

mokṣayānam idaṃ kṛtsnaṃ viduṣāṃ hārito 'bravīt // (19.2) Par.?

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dattvā yaḥ pravrajed gṛhāt / (20.1) Par.?

lokāstejomayāstasya tathānantyāya kalpate // (20.2) Par.?