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janamejaya uvāca |
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astrahetor gate pārthe œakralokaṃ mahātmani
yudhiṣṭhiraprabhṛtayaḥ kim akurvanta pāṇḍavāḥ |
| 2 |
vaiœaṃpāyana uvāca |
| 2 |
astrahetor gate pārthe œakralokaṃ mahātmani
nyavasan kṛṣṇayā sārdhaṃ kāmyake puruṣarṣabhāḥ |
| 3 |
tataḥ kadā cid ekānte vivikta iva œādvale
duḥkhārtā bharataœreṣṭhā niṣeduḥ saha kṛṣṇayā
dhanaṃjayaṃ œocamānāḥ sāœrukaṇṭhāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ |
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tad viyogād dhi tān sarvāñ œokaḥ samabhipupluve
dhanaṃjayaviyogāc ca rājyanāœāc ca duḥkhitāḥ |
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atha bhīmo mahābāhur yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata
nideœāt te mahārāja gato 'sau puruṣarṣabhaḥ
arjunaḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ yasmin prāṇāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
| 6 |
yasmin vinaṣṭe pāñcālāḥ saha putrais tathā vayam
sātyakir vāsudevaœ ca vinaœyeyur asaṃœayam |
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yo 'sau gacchati tejasvī bahūn kleœān acintayan
bhavanniyogād bībhatsus tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim |
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yasya bāhū samāœritya vayaṃ sarve mahātmanaḥ
manyāmahe jitān ājau parān prāptāṃ ca medinīm |
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yasya prabhāvān na mayā sabhāmadhye dhanuṣmataḥ
nītā lokam amuṃ sarve dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sasaubalāḥ |
| 10 |
te vayaṃ bāhubalinaḥ krodham utthitam ātmanaḥ
sahāmahe bhavanmūlaṃ vāsudevena pālitāḥ |
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vayaṃ hi saha kṛṣṇena hatvā karṇamukhān parān
svabāhuvijitāṃ kṛtsnāṃ praœāsema vasuṃdharām |
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bhavato dyūtadoṣeṇa sarve vayam upaplutāḥ
ahīnapauruṣā rājan balibhir balavattamāḥ |
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kṣātraṃ dharmaṃ mahārāja samavekṣitum arhasi
na hi dharmo mahārāja kṣatriyasya vanāœrayaḥ
rājyam eva paraṃ dharmaṃ kṣatriyasya vidur budhāḥ |
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sa kṣatradharmavid rājan mā dharmyān nīnaœaḥ pathaḥ
prāg dvādaœa samā rājan dhārtarāṣṭrān nihanmahi |
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nivartya ca vanāt pārtham ānāyya ca janārdanam
vyūḍhānīkān mahārāja javenaiva mahāhave
dhārtarāṣṭrān amuṃ lokaṃ gamayāmi viœāṃ pate |
| 16 |
sarvān ahaṃ haniṣyāmi dhārtarāṣṭrān sasaubalān
duryodhanaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca yo vānyaḥ pratiyotsyate |
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mayā praœamite paœcāt tvam eṣyasi vanāt punaḥ
evaṃ kṛte na te doṣo bhaviṣyati viœāṃ pate |
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yajñaiœ ca vividhais tāta kṛtaṃ pāpam ariṃdama
avadhūya mahārāja gacchema svargam uttamam |
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evam etad bhaved rājan yadi rājā na bāliœaḥ
asmākaṃ dīrghasūtraḥ syād bhavān dharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
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nikṛtyā nikṛtiprajñā hantavyā iti niœcayaḥ
na hi naikṛtikaṃ hatvā nikṛtyā pāpam ucyate |
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tathā bhārata dharmeṣu dharmajñair iha dṛœyate
ahorātraṃ mahārāja tulyaṃ saṃvatsareṇa hi |
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tathaiva vedavacanaṃ œrūyate nityadā vibho
saṃvatsaro mahārāja pūrṇo bhavati kṛcchrataḥ |
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yadi vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ te divasād ūrdhvam acyuta
trayodaœa samāḥ kālo jñāyatāṃ pariniṣṭhitaḥ |
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kālo duryodhanaṃ hantuṃ sānubandham ariṃdama
ekāgrāṃ pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ purā rājan karoti saḥ |
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evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ bhīmaṃ tu dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
uvāca sāntvayan rājā mūrdhny upāghrāya pāṇḍavam |
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asaṃœayaṃ mahābāho haniṣyasi suyodhanam
varṣāt trayodaœād ūrdhvaṃ saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā |
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yac ca mā bhāṣase pārtha prāptaḥ kāla iti prabho
anṛtaṃ notsahe vaktuṃ na hy etan mayi vidyate |
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antareṇāpi kaunteya nikṛtiṃ pāpaniœcayam
hantā tvam asi durdharṣa sānubandhaṃ suyodhanam |
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evaṃ bruvati bhīmaṃ tu dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire
ājagāma mahābhāgo bṛhadaœvo mahān ṛṣiḥ |
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tam abhiprekṣya dharmātmā saṃprāptaṃ dharmacāriṇam
œāstravan madhuparkeṇa pūjayām āsa dharmarāṭ |
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āœvastaṃ cainam āsīnam upāsīno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
abhiprekṣya mahābāhuḥ kṛpaṇaṃ bahv abhāṣata |
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akṣadyūtena bhagavan dhanaṃ rājyaṃ ca me hṛtam
āhūya nikṛtiprajñaiḥ kitavair akṣakovidaiḥ |
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anakṣajñasya hi sato nikṛtyā pāpaniœcayaiḥ
bhāryā ca me sabhāṃ nītā prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasī |
| 34 |
asti rājā mayā kaœ cid alpabhāgyataro bhuvi
bhavatā dṛṣṭapūrvo vā œrutapūrvo 'pi vā bhavet
na matto duḥkhitataraḥ pumān astīti me matiḥ |
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bṛhadaœva uvāca |
| 35 |
yad bravīṣi mahārāja na matto vidyate kva cit
alpabhāgyataraḥ kaœ cit pumān astīti pāṇḍava |
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atra te kathayiṣyāmi yadi œuœrūṣase 'nagha
yas tvatto duḥkhitataro rājāsīt pṛthivīpate |
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vaiœaṃpāyana uvāca |
| 37 |
athainam abravīd rājā bravītu bhagavān iti
imām avasthāṃ saṃprāptaṃ œrotum icchāmi pārthivam |
| 38 |
bṛhadaœva uvāca |
| 38 |
œṛṇu rājann avahitaḥ saha bhrātṛbhir acyuta
yas tvatto duḥkhitataro rājāsīt pṛthivīpate |
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niṣadheṣu mahīpālo vīrasena iti sma ha
tasya putro 'bhavan nāmnā nalo dharmārthadarœivān |
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sa nikṛtyā jito rājā puṣkareṇeti naḥ œrutam
vanavāsam aduḥkhārho bhāryayā nyavasat saha |
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na tasyāœvo na ca ratho na bhrātā na ca bāndhavāḥ
vane nivasato rājañ œiṣyante sma kadā cana |
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bhavān hi saṃvṛto vīrair bhrātṛbhir devasaṃmitaiḥ
brahmakalpair dvijāgryaiœ ca tasmān nārhasi œocitum |
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
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vistareṇāham icchāmi nalasya sumahātmanaḥ
caritaṃ vadatāṃ œreṣṭha tan mamākhyātum arhasi |