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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.38

Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.38)

svadharmasya yuddhasyākaraṇe dharmakīrtyornāśaḥ pāpāvāptiśca atha cet iti ślokena bhagavatā yadyapyuktā tathāpi yuddhasya arjunābhimate kāmyatvapakṣe ‘aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam | yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ |’ iti tatkaraṇe pāpaprasaktirasti tāṃ nivārayituṃ siddhyasiddhyoḥ samatvalakṣaṇaṃ yogamāha - sukhaduḥkhe iti | same kṛtvā sukhaduḥkhayostaddhetvoḥ rājyalābhālābhayostaddhetvośca jayājayayoḥ rāgadveṣāvakṛtvetyarthaḥ | kevalaṃ svadharmo'yamiti matvā yuddhāya yujyasva ghaṭasva | evaṃ kurvaṃstvaṃ pāpaṃ nāvāpsyasi | yastu rājyalobhena suhṛdvadhaṃ karoti tasyāstyeva pāpamiti bhāvaḥ | kathaṃ tarhi svadharmatvenānuṣṭhite'pi yuddhe hato vā prāpsyasi svargamityādiphalasmaraṇamānuṣaṅgikamiti brūmaḥ | tathācāpastambaḥ “tadyathāmre phalārthaṃ nirmite cchāyā gandhāvanūtpadyete evaṃ dharmaṃ caryamāṇamarthā anūtpadyante no cedanūtpadyante na dharmahānirbhavata |” ityāmranidarśanena pratipādayati ||

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.38) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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