Mahabharata · Chapter 12.284
kiṃśīlaḥ kiṃsamācāraḥ kiṃvidyaḥ kimparāyaṇaḥ /
prāpnoti brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ yatparaṃ prakṛterdhruvam //
bhīṣma uvāca /
mokṣadharmeṣu nirato laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ /
prāpnoti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatparaṃ prakṛterdhruvam //
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
hārītena purā gītaṃ taṃ nibodha yudhiṣṭhira //
svagṛhādabhiniḥsṛtya lābhe'lābhe samo muniḥ /
samupoḍheṣu kāmeṣu nirapekṣaḥ parivrajet //
na cakṣuṣā na manasā na vācā dūṣayetparam /
na pratyakṣaṃ parokṣaṃ vā dūṣaṇaṃ vyāharetkvacit //
na hiṃsyātsarvabhūtāni maitrāyaṇagatiścaret /
nedaṃ jīvitamāsādya vairaṃ kurvīta kenacit //
ativādāṃstitikṣeta nābhimanyeta kañcana /
krodhyamānaḥ priyaṃ brūyādākruṣṭaḥ kuśalaṃ vadet //
pradakṣiṇaṃ ca savyaṃ ca grāmamadhye ca nācaret /
bhaikṣacaryāmanāpanno na gacchetpūrvaketanam //
avakīrṇaḥ suguptaśca na vācā'pyapriyaṃ caret /
mṛduḥ syādapratīkāro visrabdhaḥ syādaroṣaṇaḥ //
vidhūme nyastamusale vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane /
atīte pātrasañcāre bhikṣāṃ lipseta vai muniḥ //
prāṇayātrikamātraḥ syānmātrālābheṣvanādṛtaḥ /
alābhe na vihanyeta lābhaścainaṃ na harṣayet //
lābhaṃ sādhāraṇāṃ necchenna bhuñjītābhipūjitaḥ /
abhipūjitalābhaṃ hi jugupsetaiva tādṛśaḥ //
na cānnadoṣānnindeta na guṇānabhipūjayet /
śayyāsane vivikte ca nityamevābhipūjayet //
śūnyāgāraṃ vṛkṣamūlamaraṇyamathavā guhām /
ajñātacaryāṃ gatvā'nyāṃ tato'nyatraiva saṃviśet //
anurodhavirodhābhyāṃ samaḥ syādacalo dhruvaḥ /
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ cobhe nānurudhyeta karmaṇi //
nityatṛptaḥ susantṛṣṭaḥ prasannavadanendriyaḥ /
vibhīrjapyaparo maunī vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ //
abhyastaṃ bhautikaṃ paśyanbhūtānāmāgatiṃ gatim / vismitaḥ sarvadarśī ca pakvāpakvena vartayan /
ātmārāmaḥ praśāntātmā laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ //
vāco vegaṃ manasaḥ krodhavegaṃ hiṃsāvegamudaropasthavegam /
etānvegānvinayedvai tapasvī nindā cāsya hṛdayaṃ nopahanyāt //
madhyastha eva tiṣṭheta praśaṃsānindayoḥ samaḥ /
etatpavitraṃ paramaṃ parivrājaka āśrayet //
mahātmā sarvato dāntaḥ sarvatraivānapāśritaḥ /
apūrvacārakaḥ saumyo hyaniketaḥ samāhitaḥ //
vānaprasthagṛhasthābhyāṃ na saṃsṛjyeta karhicit /
ajñātalipsaṃ lipseta na cainaṃ harṣa āviśet //
vijānatāṃ mokṣa eṣa śramaḥ syādavijānatām /
mokṣayānamidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ viduṣāṃ hārito'bravīt //
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dattvā yaḥ pravrajedgṛhāt /
lokāstejomayāstasya tathā'nantyāya kalpate //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0