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 adhyAyaH 257
 bhI
atrApyudAharantImamitihAsaM purAtanam .
prajAnAmanukampArtha.n gIta.n rAGYA vichakhnunA .. 1..
ChinnasthUna.n vR^iSha.n dR^iShTvA virAvaM cha gavAM bhR^isham .
gograhe yaGYavAtasya prexamANaH sa pArthivaH .. 2..
svasti gobhyo.astu lokeShu tato nirvachana.n kR^itam .
hi.nsAyA.n hi pravR^ittAyAmAshIreShAnukalpitA .. 3..
avyavasthita maryAdairvimUDhairnAstikairnaraiH .
saMshayAtmabhiravyaktairhi.nsA samanukIrtitA .. 4..
sarvakarma svahi.nsA hi dharmAtmA manurabravIt .
kAmarAgAdvihi.nsanti bahirvedyAM pashUnnarAH .. 5..
tasmAtpramAnataH kAryo dharmaH sUxmo vijAnatA .
ahi.nsaiva hi sarvebhyo dharmebhyo jyAyasI matA .. 6..
upoShya saMshito bhUtvA hitvA veda kR^itAH shrutIH .
AchAra ityanAchArAH kR^ipaNAH phalahetavaH .. 7..
yadi yaGYAMshcha vR^ixAMshcha yUpAMshchoddhishya mAnavAH .
vR^ithA mA.nsAni khAdanti naiSha dharmaH prashasyate .. 8..
mA.nsaM madhu surA matsyA Asava.n kR^isaraudanam .
dhUrtaiH pravartita.n hyetannaitadvedeShu kalpitam .. 9..
kAmAnmohAchcha lobhAchcha laulyametatpravartitam .
viShNumevAbhijAnanti sarvayaGYeShu brAhmaNAH .
pAyasaiH sumanobhishcha tasyApi yajana.n smR^itam .. 10..
yaGYiyAshchaiva ye vR^ixA vedeShu parikalpitAH .
yachchApi ki.n chitkartavyamanyachchoxaiH susa.nskR^itam .
mahAsattvaiH shuddhabhAvaiH sarva.n devArhameva tat .. 11..
 y
sharIramApadashchApi vivadantyavihi.nsataH .
katha.n yAtrA sharIrasya nirArambhasya setsyati .. 12..
 bhI
yathA sharIraM na glAyenneyAnmR^ityuvasha.n yathA .
tathA karmasu varteta samartho dharmamAcharet .. 13..

.. iti vichakhnugItA samAptA ..
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Adhyaya number 257 in shAntiparva, Mahabharata critical edition
(Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute BORI).
In Kinjavadekar's edition it is 265.

Sunder Hattangadi  (sunderh at hotmail.com)
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