🪷 Mahābhārata · Śānti-Parva · Chapter 158
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The Devanāgarī Yathārtha · 13 Shlokas
MBh 12.158.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
आनृशंस्यं विजानामि दर्शनेन सतां सदा
नृशंसान्न विजानामि तेषां कर्म च भारत
MBh 12.158.2
कण्टकान्कूपमग्निं च वर्जयन्ति यथा नराः
तथा नृशंसकर्माणं वर्जयन्ति नरा नरम्
MBh 12.158.3
नृशंसो ह्यधमो नित्यं प्रेत्य चेह च भारत
तस्माद्ब्रवीहि कौरव्य तस्य धर्मविनिश्चयम्
MBh 12.158.4
भीष्म उवाच
स्पृहास्यान्तर्हिता चैव विदितार्था च कर्मणा
आक्रोष्टा क्रुश्यते चैव बन्धिता बध्यते च यः
MBh 12.158.5
दत्तानुकीर्तिर्विषमः क्षुद्रो नैकृतिकः शठः
असंभोगी च मानी च तथा सङ्गी विकत्थनः
MBh 12.158.6
सर्वातिशङ्की परुषो बालिशः कृपणस्तथा
वर्गप्रशंसी सततमाश्रमद्वेषसंकरी
MBh 12.158.7
हिंसाविहारी सततमविशेषगुणागुणः
बह्वलीको मनस्वी च लुब्धोऽत्यर्थं नृशंसकृत्
MBh 12.158.8
धर्मशीलं गुणोपेतं पाप इत्यवगच्छति
आत्मशीलानुमानेन न विश्वसिति कस्यचित्
MBh 12.158.9
परेषां यत्र दोषः स्यात्तद्गुह्यं संप्रकाशयेत्
समानेष्वेव दोषेषु वृत्त्यर्थमुपघातयेत्
MBh 12.158.10
तथोपकारिणं चैव मन्यते वञ्चितं परम्
दत्त्वापि च धनं काले संतपत्युपकारिणे
MBh 12.158.11
भक्ष्यं भोज्यमथो लेह्यं यच्चान्यत्साधु भोजनम्
प्रेक्षमाणेषु योऽश्नीयान्नृशंस इति तं विदुः
MBh 12.158.12
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदायाग्रं यः सुहृद्भिः सहाश्नुते
स प्रेत्य लभते स्वर्गमिह चानन्त्यमश्नुते
MBh 12.158.13
एष ते भरतश्रेष्ठ नृशंसः परिकीर्तितः
सदा विवर्जनीयो वै पुरुषेण बुभूषता
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MBh 12.158local chapter route · Śānti-ParvaŚānti-Parvaparent Parva chapter index/mahabharata18-parva Sanskrit reading index with edition and address notesBhīṣma-ParvaMahābhārata Parva 6 · the Gītā lives in chapters 23-40MBh 6.23Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 1 in its Itihāsa homeMBh 6.40Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 18 in its Itihāsa homeRāmopākhyānaVana-Parva 258 · Vyāsa narrates the Rāma-kathā inside Krishna's epicNārāyaṇīyamŚānti-Parva 335 · Nārāyaṇa/Krishna/Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva unity witness/bhagavad-gitadeep Gītā corpus with translations, commentaries, and verse-level anchorsBG 1.1Dharma-kṣetra opening cross-anchored to MBh 6.23.1BG 18.66Carama-Śloka surrender seal inside the Bhīṣma-Parva arcVyāsa vibhūtiBG 10.37 · Krishna names Vyāsa among munisBG 10.37Vyāsa and Dhanañjaya as Krishna-vibhūti source routeŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Vyāsa corpus source seal/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Itihāsa as one Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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