Mahabharata · Chapter 5.27

dharmanityā pāṇḍava te viceṣṭā loke śrutā dṛśyate cāpi pārtha /
mahāśrāvaṃ jīvita cāpyanityaṃ sampaśya tvaṃ pāṇḍava mā vyanīnaśaḥ //

nacedbhāgaṃ kuravo'nyatra yuddhā- tprayaccheraṃstubhyamajātaśatro /
bhaikṣacaryāmandhakavṛṣṇirājye śreyo manye na tu yuddhena rājyam //

alpakālaṃ jīvitaṃ yanmanuṣye mahāsrāvaṃ nityaduḥkhaṃ calaṃ ca /
bhūyaśca tadyaśaso nānurūpaṃ tasmātpāpaṃ pāṇḍava mā kṛthāstvam //

kāmā manuṣyaṃ prasajanta ete dharmasya ye vighnamūlaṃ narendra /
pūrvaṃ narastānmatimānpraṇighnan loke praśaṃsāṃ labhate'navadyām //

nibandhanī hyarthatṛṣṇeha pārtha tāmicchatāṃ bādhyate dharma eva /
dharmaṃ tu yaḥ praṇṛṇīte sa buddhaḥ kāme gṛdhno hīyate'rthānurodhāt //

dharmaṃ kṛtvā karmaṇāṃ tāta mukhyaṃ mahāpratāpaḥ saviteva bhāti /
hīno hi dharmeṇa mahīmapīmāṃ labdhvā naraḥ sīdati pāpabuddhiḥ //

vedo'dhītaścaritaṃ brahmacaryaṃ yajñairiṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaśca dattam /
paraṃ sthānaṃ manyamānena bhūya ātmā datto varṣapūgaṃ sukhebhyaḥ //

sukhapriye sevamāno'tivelaṃ yogābhyāse yo na karoti karma /
vittakṣaye hīnasukho'tivelaṃ duḥkhaṃ śete kāmavegapraṇunnaḥ //

evaṃ punarbrahmacaryā'prasakto hitvā dharmaṃ yaḥ prakarotyadharmam /
aśraddadhatparalokāya mūḍho hitvā dehaṃ tapyate pretya mandaḥ //

na karmaṇāṃ vipraṇāśo'styamutra puṇyānāṃ vā'pyathavā pāpakānām /
pūrvaṃ karturgacchati puṇyapāpaṃ paścāttvenamanuyātyeva kartā //

nyāyopetaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo'tha dattaṃ śraddhāpūtaṃ gandharasopapannam /
anvāhāryeṣūttamadakṣiṇeṣu tathārūpaṃ karma vikhyāyate te //

iha kṣetre kriyate pārtha kāryaṃ na vai kiñcitkriyate pretya kāryam /
kṛtaṃ tvayā pāralokyaṃ ca karma puṇyaṃ mahatsadbhiratipraśastam //

jahāti mṛtyuṃ ca jarāṃ bhayaṃ ca na kṣutpipāse manaso'priyāṇi /
na kartavyaṃ vidyate tatra kiñci- danyatra vai cendriyaprīṇanāddhi //

evaṃrūpaṃ karmaphalaṃ narendra mātāpitrorhṛdayasyāpriyeṇa /
tyaja krodhaṃ pāṇḍava harṣajaṃ ca lokāvubhau mā prahāsīścirāyā //

antaṃ gatvā karmaṇāṃ yā praśaṃsā satyaṃ damaṃ cārjavamānṛśaṃsyam /
aśvamedhaṃ rājasūyaṃ tatheṣṭvā pāpasyāntaṃ karmaṇo mā punargāḥ //

taccedevaṃ dveṣarūpeṇa pārthāḥ kariṣyadhvaṃ karma pāpaṃ cirāya /
nivasadhvaṃ varṣapūgānvaneṣu duḥkhaṃ vāsaṃ pāṇḍavā dharma eva //

pravrajyayā yātayitvā purastā- dātmādhīnaṃ yadbalaṃ te tadā'sīt /
nityaṃ ca vaśyāḥ sacivāstaveme janārdano yuyudhāśca vīraḥ //

matsyo rājā rukmarathaḥ saputraḥ prahāribhiḥ sahaputrairvirāṭaḥ /
rājānaste ye vijitāḥ purastā- ttvāmeva te saṃśrayeyuḥ samastāḥ //

mahāsahāyaḥ pratapanbalasthaḥ puraskṛto vāsudevārjunābhyām /
varānhaniṣyandviṣato raṅgamadhye vyaneṣyathā dhārtarāṣṭrasya darpam //

balaṃ kasmādvardhayitvā parasya nijānkasmātkarśayitvā sahāyān /
niruṣya kasmādvarṣapūgānvaneṣu yuyutsase pāṇḍava hīnakāle //

aprājño vā pāṇḍava yuddhyamāno- 'dharmajño vā bhūtimatho'bhyupaiti /
prajñāvānvā buddhyamāno'pi dharmaṃ saṃstambhādvā so'pi bhūterapaiti //

nādharme te dhīyate pārtha buddhi- rna saṃrambhātkarma cakartha pāpam /
āttha kiṃ tatkāraṇaṃ yasya hetoḥ prajñāviruddhaṃ karma cikīrṣasīdam //

avyādhijaṃ kaṭukaṃ śīrṣarogi yaśomuṣaṃ pāpaphalodayaṃ vā /
satāṃ peyaṃ yanna pibantyasanto manyuṃ mahārāja piba praśāmya //

pāpānubandhaṃ ko nu taṃ kāmayeta kṣamaiva te jyāyasī nota bhogāḥ /
yatra bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo hataḥ syā- dyatra droṇaḥ sahaputro hataḥ syāt //

kṛpaḥ śalyaḥ saumadattirvikarṇo viviṃśatiḥ karṇaduryodhanau ca /
etānhatvā kīdṛśaṃ tatsukhaṃ syā- dyadvindethāstadanubrūhi pārtha //

labdhvā'pīmāṃ pṛthivīṃ sāgarāntāṃ jarāmṛtyū naiva hi tvaṃ prajahyāḥ /
priyāpriye sukhaduḥkhe ca rāja- nnaivaṃ vidvānnaiva yuddhaṃ kuru tvam //

amātyānāṃ yadi kāmasya heto- revaṃ yuktaṃ karma cikīrṣasi tvam /
apakrameḥ svaṃ pradāyaiva teṣāṃ māgāstvaṃ vai devayānātpatho'dya //