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vaiœaṃpāyana uvāca |
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taṃ prayāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ kauravāṇāṃ yaœaskaram
anujagmur mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ |
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vedavedāṅgavidvāṃsas tathaivādhyātmacintakāḥ
caukṣāœ ca bhagavadbhaktāḥ sūtāḥ paurāṇikāœ ca ye |
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kathakāœ cāpare rājañ œramaṇāœ ca vanaukasaḥ
divyākhyānāni ye cāpi paṭhanti madhuraṃ dvijāḥ |
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etaiœ cānyaiœ ca bahubhiḥ sahāyaiḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ
vṛtaḥ œlakṣṇakathaiḥ prāyān marudbhir iva vāsavaḥ |
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ramaṇīyāni citrāṇi vanāni ca sarāṃsi ca
saritaḥ sāgarāṃœ caiva deœān api ca bhārata |
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puṇyāni caiva tīrthāni dadarœa bharatarṣabha
sa gaṅgādvāram āsādya niveœam akarot prabhuḥ |
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tatra tasyādbhutaṃ karma œṛṇu me janamejaya
kṛtavān yad viœuddhātmā pāṇḍūnāṃ pravaro rathī |
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niviṣṭe tatra kaunteye brāhmaṇeṣu ca bhārata
agnihotrāṇi viprās te prāduœcakrur anekaœaḥ |
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teṣu prabodhyamāneṣu jvaliteṣu huteṣu ca
kṛtapuṣpopahāreṣu tīrāntaragateṣu ca |
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kṛtābhiṣekair vidvadbhir niyataiḥ satpathi sthitaiḥ
œuœubhe 'tīva tad rājan gaṅgādvāraṃ mahātmabhiḥ |
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tathā paryākule tasmin niveœe pāṇḍunandanaḥ
abhiṣekāya kaunteyo gaṅgām avatatāra ha |
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tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā sa tarpayitvā pitāmahān
uttitīrṣur jalād rājann agnikāryacikīrṣayā |
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apakṛṣṭo mahābāhur nāgarājasya kanyayā
antarjale mahārāja ulūpyā kāmayānayā |
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dadarœa pāṇḍavas tatra pāvakaṃ susamāhitam
kauravyasyātha nāgasya bhavane paramārcite |
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tatrāgnikāryaṃ kṛtavān kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
aœaṅkamānena hutas tenātuṣyad dhutāœanaḥ |
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agnikāryaṃ sa kṛtvā tu nāgarājasutāṃ tadā
prahasann iva kaunteya idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
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kim idaṃ sāhasaṃ bhīru kṛtavaty asi bhāmini
kaœ cāyaṃ subhago deœaḥ kā ca tvaṃ kasya cātmajā |
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ulūpy uvāca |
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airāvatakule jātaḥ kauravyo nāma pannagaḥ
tasyāsmi duhitā pārtha ulūpī nāma pannagī |
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sāhaṃ tvām abhiṣekārtham avatīrṇaṃ samudragām
dṛṣṭavaty eva kaunteya kandarpeṇāsmi mūrcchitā |
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tāṃ mām anaṅgamathitāṃ tvatkṛte kurunandana
ananyāṃ nandayasvādya pradānenātmano rahaḥ |
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arjuna uvāca |
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brahmacaryam idaṃ bhadre mama dvādaœavārṣikam
dharmarājena cādiṣṭaṃ nāham asmi svayaṃvaœaḥ |
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tava cāpi priyaṃ kartum icchāmi jalacāriṇi
anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ ca mayā kiṃ cana karhi cit |
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kathaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ tat syāt tava cāpi priyaṃ bhavet
na ca pīḍyeta me dharmas tathā kuryāṃ bhujaṃgame |
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ulūpy uvāca |
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jānāmy ahaṃ pāṇḍaveya yathā carasi medinīm
yathā ca te brahmacaryam idam ādiṣṭavān guruḥ |
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parasparaṃ vartamānān drupadasyātmajāṃ prati
yo no 'nupraviœen mohāt sa no dvādaœavārṣikam
vane cared brahmacaryam iti vaḥ samayaḥ kṛtaḥ |
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tad idaṃ draupadīhetor anyonyasya pravāsanam
kṛtaṃ vas tatra dharmārtham atra dharmo na duṣyati |
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paritrāṇaṃ ca kartavyam ārtānāṃ pṛthulocana
kṛtvā mama paritrāṇaṃ tava dharmo na lupyate |
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yadi vāpy asya dharmasya sūkṣmo 'pi syād vyatikramaḥ
sa ca te dharma eva syād dāttvā prāṇān mamārjuna |
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bhaktāṃ bhajasva māṃ pārtha satām etan mataṃ prabho
na kariṣyasi ced evaṃ mṛtāṃ mām upadhāraya |
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prāṇadānān mahābāho cara dharmam anuttamam
œaraṇaṃ ca prapannāsmi tvām adya puruṣottama |
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dīnān anāthān kaunteya parirakṣasi nityaœaḥ
sāhaṃ œaraṇam abhyemi roravīmi ca duḥkhitā |
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yāce tvām abhikāmāhaṃ tasmāt kuru mama priyam
sa tvam ātmapradānena sakāmāṃ kartum arhasi |
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vaiœaṃpāyana uvāca |
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evam uktas tu kaunteyaḥ pannageœvarakanyayā
kṛtavāṃs tat tathā sarvaṃ dharmam uddiœya kāraṇam |
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sa nāgabhavane rātriṃ tām uṣitvā pratāpavān
udite 'bhyutthitaḥ sūrye kauravyasya niveœanāt |