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स्त्रीशूद्रद्विजबन्धूनां त्रयी न श्रुतिगोचरा ।
कर्मश्रेयसि मूढानां श्रेय एवं भवेदिह ।
इति भारतमाख्यानं कृपया मुनिना कृतम् ॥ २५ ॥

stri-sudra-dvijabandhunam

trayi na sruti-gocara

karma-sreyasi mudhanam

sreya evam bhaved iha

iti bharatam akhyanam

krpaya munina krtam

stri-the woman class; sudra-the laboring class; dvija-bandhunam-of the friends of the twice-born; trayi-three; na-not; sruti-gocara-for understanding; karma-in activities; sreyasi-in welfare; mudhanam-of the fools; sreyah-supreme benefit; evam-thus; bhavet-achieved; iha-by this; iti-thus thinking; bharatam-the great Mahabharata; akhyanam-historical facts; krpaya-out of great mercy; munina-by the muni; krtam-is completed.