 | Book 1 Chapter 54
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| 1 | sūta uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvā tu sarpasatrāya dīkṣitaṃ janamejayam
abhyāgacchad ṛṣir vidvān kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
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| 2 | janayām āsa yaṃ kālī śakteḥ putrāt parāśarāt
kanyaiva yamunādvīpe pāṇḍavānāṃ pitāmaham
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| 3 | jātamātraś ca yaḥ sadya iṣṭyā deham avīvṛdhat
vedāṃś cādhijage sāṅgān setihāsān mahāyaśāḥ
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| 4 | yaṃ nātitapasā kaś cin na vedādhyayanena ca
na vratair nopavāsaiś ca na prasūtyā na manyunā
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| 5 | vivyāsaikaṃ caturdhā yo vedaṃ vedavidāṃ varaḥ
parāvarajño brahmarṣiḥ kaviḥ satyavrataḥ śuciḥ
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| 6 | yaḥ pāṇḍuṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca viduraṃ cāpy ajījanat
śaṃtanoḥ saṃtatiṃ tanvan puṇyakīrtir mahāyaśāḥ
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| 7 | janamejayasya rājarṣeḥ sa tad yajñasadas tadā
viveśa śiṣyaiḥ sahito vedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ
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| 8 | tatra rājānam āsīnaṃ dadarśa janamejayam
vṛtaṃ sadasyair bahubhir devair iva puraṃdaram
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| 9 | tathā mūrdhāvasiktaiś ca nānājanapadeśvaraiḥ
ṛtvigbhir devakalpaiś ca kuśalair yajñasaṃstare
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| 10 | janamejayas tu rājarṣir dṛṣṭvā tam ṛṣim āgatam
sagaṇo 'byudyayau tūrṇaṃ prītyā bharatasattamaḥ
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| 11 | kāñcanaṃ viṣṭaraṃ tasmai sadasyānumate prabhuḥ
āsanaṃ kalpayām āsa yathā śakro bṛhaspateḥ
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| 12 | tatropaviṣṭaṃ varadaṃ devarṣigaṇapūjitam
pūjayām āsa rājendraḥ śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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| 13 | pādyam ācamanīyaṃ ca arghyaṃ gāṃ ca vidhānataḥ
pitāmahāya kṛṣṇāya tadarhāya nyavedayat
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| 14 | pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ pāṇḍavāj janamejayāt
gāṃ caiva samanujñāya vyāsaḥ prīto 'bhavat tadā
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| 15 | tathā saṃpūjayitvā taṃ yatnena prapitāmaham
upopaviśya prītātmā paryapṛcchad anāmayam
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| 16 | bhagavān api taṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ prativedya ca
sadasyaiḥ pūjitaḥ sarvaiḥ sadasyān abhyapūjayat
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| 17 | tatas taṃ satkṛtaṃ sarvaiḥ sadasyair janamejayaḥ
idaṃ paścād dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ paryapṛcchat kṛtāñjaliḥ
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| 18 | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhavān pratyakṣadarśivān
teṣāṃ caritam icchāmi kathyamānaṃ tvayā dvija
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| 19 | kathaṃ samabhavad bhedas teṣām akliṣṭakarmaṇām
tac ca yuddhaṃ kathaṃ vṛttaṃ bhūtāntakaraṇaṃ mahat
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| 20 | pitāmahānāṃ sarveṣāṃ daivenāviṣṭacetasām
kārtsnyenaitat samācakṣva bhagavan kuśalo hy asi
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| 21 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
śaśāsa śiṣyam āsīnaṃ vaiśaṃpāyanam antike
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| 22 | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yathā bhedo 'bhavat purā
tad asmai sarvam ācakṣva yan mattaḥ śrutavān asi
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| 23 | guror vacanam ājñāya sa tu viprarṣabhas tadā
ācacakṣe tataḥ sarvam itihāsaṃ purātanam
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| 24 | tasmai rājñe sadasyebhyaḥ kṣatriyebhyaś ca sarvaśaḥ
bhedaṃ rājyavināśaṃ ca kurupāṇḍavayos tadā
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