Mahabharata · Chapter 13.37
sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla vṛttasya ca kulasya ca //
ko rājyaṃ vipulaṃ gṛhya sphītākāraṃ punarmahat /
nirjitārātisāmantaṃ devarājyopamaṃ sukham //
rājye rājyaguṇā ye ca tānvyudasya narādhipa /
doṣaṃ paśyati rājendra dehe'sminpāñcabhautike //
atikrāntāstvayā rājanvṛttena prapitāmahāḥ /
dharmo vigrahavāndhīro viduraśca mahāyaśāḥ //
sañjayaśca mahātejā ye cānye divyadarśanāḥ /
pravṛttajñānasampannāstatvajñānavido nṛpa //
te'tikrāntā mahārāja brahmādyāḥ sasurāsurāḥ /
anityaṃ duḥkhasantaptaṃ jagadetanna saṃśayaḥ //
evametānmahābāho brahmādyānsasurāsurān /
anityānsatataṃ paśya manuṣyādiṣu kā kathā //
nityāṃ tu prakṛtīmāha yā'sau prasavadharmiṇī /
arūpiṇīmanirdeśyāmakṛtāṃ puruṣātigām //
tāmatyantasukhāṃ saumyāṃ nirvāṇamiti sañjñitām /
āhurbrahmarṣayo hyādyāṃ bhuvi caiva maharṣayaḥ //
tayā puruṣarūpiṇyā dharmaprakṛtiko'nagha /
sa yātyeva hi nirvāṇaṃ yattatprakṛtisañjñitam //
sa eṣa prākṛto dharmo bhrājatyādiyuge nṛpa / vikāradharmāḥ śeṣeṣu yugeṣu bharatarṣabha /
bhrājante'bhyadhikaṃ vīra saṃsārapathagocarāḥ //
prakṛtīnāṃ ca sarvāsāmakṛtā prakṛtiḥ smṛtā /
evaṃ prakṛtidharmā hi varāṃ prakṛtimāśritā //
paśyanti paramāṃ loke dṛṣṭādṛṣṭānudarśinīm /
satvādiyugaparyante tretāyugasamudbhave //
kāmaṃ kāmayamāneṣu brāhmaṇeṣu tirohitaḥ / kupatheṣu tu dharmeṣu prādurbhūteṣu kaurava /
jāto mandapracāro hi dharmaḥ kaliyuge nṛpa //
nityastu puruṣo jñeyo viśvarūpo nirañjanaḥ /
brahmādyā api devāśca yaṃ sadā paryupāsate //
taṃ ca nārāyaṇaṃ viddhi paraṃ brahmeti śāśvatam /
tatkarma kuru kāyena dhyāyasva manasā ca tam //
kīrtayasva ca tannāma vācā sarvatra bhūpate /
tatpadaṃ prāpnuhi prāpyaṃ śāśvataṃ cāpunarbhavam //
ityetadviṣṇumāśritya saṃsāragrahamokṣaṇam / kathitaṃ te mahābāho kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi //
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