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 adhyAyaH 20
 vA
atrApyudAharantImamitihAsaM purAtanam .
dampatyoH pArtha sa.nvAdamabhayaM nAma nAmataH .. 1..
brAhmaNI brAhmaNa.n kaM chijGYAnaviGYAnapAragam .
dR^iShTvA vivikta AsInaM bhAryA bhartAramabravIt .. 2..
kaM nu loka.n gamiShyAmi tvAmahaM patimAshritA .
nyastakarmANamAsIna.n kInAshamavichaxaNam .. 3..
bhAryAH patikR^itA.NllokAnApnuvantIti naH shrutam .
tvAmahaM patimAsAdya kA.n gamiShyAmi vai gatim .. 4..
evamuktaH sa shAntAtmA tAmuvAcha hasanniva .
subhage nAbhyasUyAmi vAkyasyAsya tavAnaghe .. 5..
grAhya.n dR^ishyaM cha shrAvyaM cha yadidaM karma vidyate .
etadeva vyavasyanti karma karmeti karmiNaH .. 6..
mohameva niyachChanti karmaNA GYAnavarjitAH .
naiShkarmyaM na cha loke.asminmaurtamityupalabhyate .. 7..
karmaNA manasA vAchA shubha.n vA yadi vAshubham .
janmAdi mUrti bhedAnA.n karma bhUteShu vartate .. 8..
raxobhirvadhyamAneShu dR^ishyadravyeShu karmasu .
AtmasthamAtmanA tena dR^iShTamAyatanaM mayA .. 9..
yatra tadbrahma nirdvandva.n yatra somaH sahAgninA .
vyavAya.n kurute nityaM dhIro bhUtAni dhArayan .. 10..
yatra brahmAdayo yuktAstadaxaramupAsate .
vidvA.nsaH suvratA yatra shAntAtmAno jitendriyAH .. 11..
ghrANena na tadAghreyaM na tadAdyamcha jihvayA .
sparshena cha na tatspR^ishyaM manasA tveva gamyate .. 12..
chaxuShA na viShahya.n cha yatkiM chichChravaNAtparam .
agandhamarasa sparshamarUpAshabdamavyayam .. 13..
yataH pravartate tantra.n yatra cha pratitiShThati .
prANo.apAnaH samAnashcha vyAnashchodAna eva cha .. 14..
tata eva pravartante tameva pravishanti cha .
samAnavyAnayormadhye prANApAnau vicheratuH .. 15..
tasminsupte pralIyete samAno vyAna eva cha .
apAna prANayormadhye udAno vyApya tiShThati .
tasmAchChayAnaM puruShaM prANApAnau na mu~nchataH .. 16..
prANAnAyamyate yena tadudAnaM prachaxate .
tasmAttapo vyavasyanti tadbhavaM brahmavAdinaH .. 17..
teShAmanyonyabhaxANA.n sarveShA.n deva chAriNAm .
agnirvaishvAnaro madhye saptadhA vihito.antarA .. 18..
ghrANa.n jihvA cha chaxushcha tvakcha shrotraM cha pa~nchamam .
mano buddhishcha saptaitA jihvA vaishvAnarArchiShaH .. 19..
ghreyaM peya.n cha dR^ishyaM cha spR^ishya.n shravyaM tathaiva cha .
mantavyamatha boddhavya.n tAH sapta samidho mama .. 20..
ghrAtA bhaxayitA draShTA spraShTA shrotA cha pa~nchamaH .
mantA boddhA cha saptaite bhavanti paramartvijaH .. 21..
ghreye peye cha deshye cha spR^ishye shravye tathaiva cha .
havIMShyagniShu hotAraH saptadhA sapta saptasu .
samyakpraxipya vidvA.nso janayanti svayoniShu .. 22..
pR^ithivI vAyurAkAshamApo jyotishcha pa~nchamam .
mano buddhishcha saptaita yonirityeva shabditAH .. 23..
havirbhUtA guNAH sarve pravishantyagnijaM mukham .
antarvAsamuShitvA cha jAyante svAsu yoniShu .
tatraiva cha nirudhyante pralaye bhUtabhAvane .. 24..
tataH sa~njAyate gandhastataH sa~njAyate rasaH .
tataH sa~njAyate rUpa.n tataH sparsho.abhijAyate .. 25..
tataH sa~njAyate shabdaH saMshayastatra jAyate .
tataH sa~njAyate niShThA janmaitatsaptadhA viduH .. 26..
anenaiva prakAreNa pragR^ihItaM purAtanaiH .
pUrNAhutibhirApUrNAste.abhipUryanti tejasA .. 27..

.. iti brahmagItA samAptA ..
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Adhyaya number 20 in shAntiparva, Mahabharata critical edition
(Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute BORI).
In Kinjavadekar's edition it is 20.

Sunder Hattangadi  (sunderh at hotmail.com)


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