Shanti Parva 320.86
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 320 · Verse 86
Sanskrit Original
उपेतार्थमभिन्नार्थं न्यायवृत्तं न चाधिकम्। नाश्लक्ष्णं न च संदिग्धं वक्ष्यामि परमं ततः॥ न गुर्वक्षरसंयुक्तं पराङ्मुखसुखं न च। नानृतं न त्रिवर्गेण विरुद्धं नाप्यसंस्कृतम्॥ न न्यूनं कष्टशब्दं वा विक्रमाभिहितं न च। न शेषमनु कल्पेन निष्कारणमहेतुकम्॥
The words I shall utter will have senses, be free from ambiguity, logical, free from tautology, smooth, certain, free from bombast, agreeable, or sweet truthful, not inconsistent with the three-1 old objects of life, refined not elliptical or imperfect, shorn of harshness or difficulty of comprehension, characterised by due order, not far-fetched in sense, corrected with one another as cause and effect, and each having a specific object.