 | Book 1 Chapter 94
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa evaṃ śaṃtanur dhīmān devarājarṣisatkṛtaḥ
dharmātmā sarvalokeṣu satyavāg iti viśrutaḥ
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| 2 | damo dānaṃ kṣamā buddhir hrīr dhṛtis teja uttamam
nityāny āsan mahāsattve śaṃtanau puruṣarṣabhe
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| 3 | evaṃ sa guṇasaṃpanno dharmārthakuśalo nṛpaḥ
āsīd bharatavaṃśasya goptā sādhujanasya ca
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| 4 | kambugrīvaḥ pṛthuvyaṃso mattavāraṇavikramaḥ
dharma eva paraḥ kāmād arthāc ceti vyavasthitaḥ
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| 5 | etāny āsan mahāsattve śaṃtanau bharatarṣabha
na cāsya sadṛśaḥ kaś cit kṣatriyo dharmato 'bhavat
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| 6 | vartamānaṃ hi dharme sve sarvadharmavidāṃ varam
taṃ mahīpā mahīpālaṃ rājarājye 'bhyaṣecayan
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| 7 | vītaśokabhayābādhāḥ sukhasvapnavibodhanāḥ
prati bhāratagoptāraṃ samapadyanta bhūmipāḥ
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| 8 | śaṃtanupramukhair gupte loke nṛpatibhis tadā
niyamāt sarvavarṇānāṃ brahmottaram avartata
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| 9 | brahma paryacarat kṣatraṃ viśaḥ kṣatram anuvratāḥ
brahmakṣatrānuraktāś ca śūdrāḥ paryacaran viśaḥ
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| 10 | sa hāstinapure ramye kurūṇāṃ puṭabhedane
vasan sāgaraparyantām anvaśād vai vasuṃdharām
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| 11 | sa devarājasadṛśo dharmajñaḥ satyavāg ṛjuḥ
dānadharmatapoyogāc chriyā paramayā yutaḥ
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| 12 | arāgadveṣasaṃyuktaḥ somavat priyadarśanaḥ
tejasā sūryasaṃkāśo vāyuvegasamo jave
antakapratimaḥ kope kṣamayā pṛthivīsamaḥ
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| 13 | vadhaḥ paśuvarāhāṇāṃ tathaiva mṛgapakṣiṇām
śaṃtanau pṛthivīpāle nāvartata vṛthā nṛpa
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| 14 | dharmabrahmottare rājye śaṃtanur vinayātmavān
samaṃ śaśāsa bhūtāni kāmarāgavivarjitaḥ
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| 15 | devarṣipitṛyajñārtham ārabhyanta tadā kriyāḥ
na cādharmeṇa keṣāṃ cit prāṇinām abhavad vadhaḥ
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| 16 | asukhānām anāthānāṃ tiryagyoniṣu vartatām
sa eva rājā bhūtānāṃ sarveṣām abhavat pitā
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| 17 | tasmin kurupatiśreṣṭhe rājarājeśvare sati
śritā vāg abhavat satyaṃ dānadharmāśritaṃ manaḥ
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| 18 | sa samāḥ ṣoḍaśāṣṭau ca catasro 'ṣṭau tathāparāḥ
ratim aprāpnuvan strīṣu babhūva vanagocaraḥ
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| 19 | tathārūpas tathācāras tathāvṛttas tathāśrutaḥ
gāṅgeyas tasya putro 'bhūn nāmnā devavrato vasuḥ
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| 20 | sarvāstreṣu sa niṣṇātaḥ pārthiveṣv itareṣu ca
mahābalo mahāsattvo mahāvīryo mahārathaḥ
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| 21 | sa kadā cin mṛgaṃ viddhvā gaṅgām anusaran nadīm
bhāgīrathīm alpajalāṃ śaṃtanur dṛṣṭavān nṛpaḥ
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| 22 | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayām āsa śaṃtanuḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
syandate kiṃ nv iyaṃ nādya saricchreṣṭhā yathā purā
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| 23 | tato nimittam anvicchan dadarśa sa mahāmanāḥ
kumāraṃ rūpasaṃpannaṃ bṛhantaṃ cārudarśanam
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| 24 | divyam astraṃ vikurvāṇaṃ yathā devaṃ puraṃdaram
kṛtsnāṃ gaṅgāṃ samāvṛtya śarais tīkṣṇair avasthitam
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| 25 | tāṃ śarair āvṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā nadīṃ gaṅgāṃ tadantike
abhavad vismito rājā karma dṛṣṭvātimānuṣam
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| 26 | jātamātraṃ purā dṛṣṭaṃ taṃ putraṃ śaṃtanus tadā
nopalebhe smṛtiṃ dhīmān abhijñātuṃ tam ātmajam
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| 27 | sa tu taṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā mohayām āsa māyayā
saṃmohya tu tataḥ kṣipraṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
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| 28 | tad adbhutaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā tatra rājā sa śaṃtanuḥ
śaṅkamānaḥ sutaṃ gaṅgām abravīd darśayeti ha
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| 29 | darśayām āsa taṃ gaṅgā bibhratī rūpam uttamam
gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇau taṃ kumāram alaṃkṛtam
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| 30 | alaṃkṛtām ābharaṇair arajombaradhāriṇīm
dṛṣṭapūrvām api satīṃ nābhyajānāt sa śaṃtanuḥ
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| 31 | gaṅgovāca
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| 31 | yaṃ putram aṣṭamaṃ rājaṃs tvaṃ purā mayy ajāyithāḥ
sa te 'yaṃ puruṣavyāghra nayasvainaṃ gṛhāntikam
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| 32 | vedān adhijage sāṅgān vasiṣṭhād eva vīryavān
kṛtāstraḥ parameṣvāso devarājasamo yudhi
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| 33 | surāṇāṃ saṃmato nityam asurāṇāṃ ca bhārata
uśanā veda yac chāstram ayaṃ tad veda sarvaśaḥ
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| 34 | tathaivāṅgirasaḥ putraḥ surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ
yad veda śāstraṃ tac cāpi kṛtsnam asmin pratiṣṭhitam
tava putre mahābāhau sāṅgopāṅgaṃ mahātmani
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| 35 | ṛṣiḥ parair anādhṛṣyo jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
yad astraṃ veda rāmaś ca tad apy asmin pratiṣṭhitam
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| 36 | maheṣvāsam imaṃ rājan rājadharmārthakovidam
mayā dattaṃ nijaṃ putraṃ vīraṃ vīra gṛhān naya
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| 37 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 37 | tayaivaṃ samanujñātaḥ putram ādāya śaṃtanuḥ
bhrājamānaṃ yathādityam āyayau svapuraṃ prati
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| 38 | pauravaḥ svapuraṃ gatvā puraṃdarapuropamam
sarvakāmasamṛddhārthaṃ mene ātmānam ātmanā
pauraveṣu tataḥ putraṃ yauvarājye 'bhyaṣecayat
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| 39 | pauravāñ śaṃtanoḥ putraḥ pitaraṃ ca mahāyaśāḥ
rāṣṭraṃ ca rañjayām āsa vṛttena bharatarṣabha
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| 40 | sa tathā saha putreṇa ramamāṇo mahīpatiḥ
vartayām āsa varṣāṇi catvāry amitavikramaḥ
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| 41 | sa kadā cid vanaṃ yāto yamunām abhito nadīm
mahīpatir anirdeśyam ājighrad gandham uttamam
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| 42 | tasya prabhavam anvicchan vicacāra samantataḥ
sa dadarśa tadā kanyāṃ dāśānāṃ devarūpiṇīm
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| 43 | tām apṛcchat sa dṛṣṭvaiva kanyām asitalocanām
kasya tvam asi kā cāsi kiṃ ca bhīru cikīrṣasi
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| 44 | sābravīd dāśakanyāsmi dharmārthaṃ vāhaye tarīm
pitur niyogād bhadraṃ te dāśarājño mahātmanaḥ
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| 45 | rūpamādhuryagandhais tāṃ saṃyuktāṃ devarūpiṇīm
samīkṣya rājā dāśeyīṃ kāmayām āsa śaṃtanuḥ
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| 46 | sa gatvā pitaraṃ tasyā varayām āsa tāṃ tadā
paryapṛcchat tatas tasyāḥ pitaraṃ cātmakāraṇāt
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| 47 | sa ca taṃ pratyuvācedaṃ dāśarājo mahīpatim
jātamātraiva me deyā varāya varavarṇinī
hṛdi kāmas tu me kaś cit taṃ nibodha janeśvara
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| 48 | yadīmāṃ dharmapatnīṃ tvaṃ mattaḥ prārthayase 'nagha
satyavāg asi satyena samayaṃ kuru me tataḥ
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| 49 | samayena pradadyāṃ te kanyām aham imāṃ nṛpa
na hi me tvatsamaḥ kaś cid varo jātu bhaviṣyati
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| 50 | śaṃtanur uvāca
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| 50 | śrutvā tava varaṃ dāśa vyavasyeyam ahaṃ na vā
dātavyaṃ cet pradāsyāmi na tv adeyaṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 51 | dāśa uvāca
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| 51 | asyāṃ jāyeta yaḥ putraḥ sa rājā pṛthivīpatiḥ
tvad ūrdhvam abhiṣektavyo nānyaḥ kaś cana pārthiva
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| 52 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 52 | nākāmayata taṃ dātuṃ varaṃ dāśāya śaṃtanuḥ
śarīrajena tīvreṇa dahyamāno 'pi bhārata
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| 53 | sa cintayann eva tadā dāśakanyāṃ mahīpatiḥ
pratyayād dhāstinapuraṃ śokopahatacetanaḥ
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| 54 | tataḥ kadā cic chocantaṃ śaṃtanuṃ dhyānam āsthitam
putro devavrato 'bhyetya pitaraṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 55 | sarvato bhavataḥ kṣemaṃ vidheyāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ
tat kimartham ihābhīkṣṇaṃ pariśocasi duḥkhitaḥ
dhyāyann iva ca kiṃ rājan nābhibhāṣasi kiṃ cana
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| 56 | evam uktaḥ sa putreṇa śaṃtanuḥ pratyabhāṣata
asaṃśayaṃ dhyānaparaṃ yathā māttha tathāsmy uta
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| 57 | apatyaṃ nas tvam evaikaḥ kule mahati bhārata
anityatā ca martyānām ataḥ śocāmi putraka
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| 58 | kathaṃ cit tava gāṅgeya vipattau nāsti naḥ kulam
asaṃśayaṃ tvam evaikaḥ śatād api varaḥ sutaḥ
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| 59 | na cāpy ahaṃ vṛthā bhūyo dārān kartum ihotsahe
saṃtānasyāvināśāya kāmaye bhadram astu te
anapatyataikaputratvam ity āhur dharmavādinaḥ
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| 60 | agnihotraṃ trayo vedā yajñāś ca sahadakṣiṇāḥ
sarvāṇy etāny apatyasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
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| 61 | evam eva manuṣyeṣu syāc ca sarvaprajāsv api
yad apatyaṃ mahāprājña tatra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ
eṣā trayī purāṇānām uttamānāṃ ca śāśvatī
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| 62 | tvaṃ ca śūraḥ sadāmarṣī śastranityaś ca bhārata
nānyatra śastrāt tasmāt te nidhanaṃ vidyate 'nagha
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| 63 | so 'smi saṃśayam āpannas tvayi śānte kathaṃ bhavet
iti te kāraṇaṃ tāta duḥkhasyoktam aśeṣataḥ
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| 64 | tatas tat kāraṇaṃ jñātvā kṛtsnaṃ caivam aśeṣataḥ
devavrato mahābuddhiḥ prayayāv anucintayan
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| 65 | abhyagacchat tadaivāśu vṛddhāmātyaṃ pitur hitam
tam apṛcchat tadābhyetya pitus tac chokakāraṇam
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| 66 | tasmai sa kurumukhyāya yathāvat paripṛcchate
varaṃ śaśaṃsa kanyāṃ tām uddiśya bharatarṣabha
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| 67 | tato devavrato vṛddhaiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ sahitas tadā
abhigamya dāśarājānaṃ kanyāṃ vavre pituḥ svayam
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| 68 | taṃ dāśaḥ pratijagrāha vidhivat pratipūjya ca
abravīc cainam āsīnaṃ rājasaṃsadi bhārata
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| 69 | tvam eva nāthaḥ paryāptaḥ śaṃtanoḥ puruṣarṣabha
putraḥ putravatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi te vacaḥ
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| 70 | ko hi saṃbandhakaṃ ślāghyam īpsitaṃ yaunam īdṛśam
atikrāman na tapyeta sākṣād api śatakratuḥ
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| 71 | apatyaṃ caitad āryasya yo yuṣmākaṃ samo guṇaiḥ
yasya śukrāt satyavatī prādurbhūtā yaśasvinī
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| 72 | tena me bahuśas tāta pitā te parikīrtitaḥ
arhaḥ satyavatīṃ voḍhuṃ sarvarājasu bhārata
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| 73 | asito hy api devarṣiḥ pratyākhyātaḥ purā mayā
satyavatyā bhṛśaṃ hy arthī sa āsīd ṛṣisattamaḥ
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| 74 | kanyāpitṛtvāt kiṃ cit tu vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha
balavat sapatnatām atra doṣaṃ paśyāmi kevalam
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| 75 | yasya hi tvaṃ sapatnaḥ syā gandharvasyāsurasya vā
na sa jātu sukhaṃ jīvet tvayi kruddhe paraṃtapa
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| 76 | etāvān atra doṣo hi nānyaḥ kaś cana pārthiva
etaj jānīhi bhadraṃ te dānādāne paraṃtapa
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| 77 | evam uktas tu gāṅgeyas tadyuktaṃ pratyabhāṣata
śṛṇvatāṃ bhūmipālānāṃ pitur arthāya bhārata
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| 78 | idaṃ me matam ādatsva satyaṃ satyavatāṃ vara
naiva jāto na vājāta īdṛśaṃ vaktum utsahet
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| 79 | evam etat kariṣyāmi yathā tvam anubhāṣase
yo 'syāṃ janiṣyate putraḥ sa no rājā bhaviṣyati
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| 80 | ity uktaḥ punar evātha taṃ dāśaḥ pratyabhāṣata
cikīrṣur duṣkaraṃ karma rājyārthe bharatarṣabha
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| 81 | tvam eva nāthaḥ paryāptaḥ śaṃtanor amitadyuteḥ
kanyāyāś caiva dharmātman prabhur dānāya ceśvaraḥ
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| 82 | idaṃ tu vacanaṃ saumya kāryaṃ caiva nibodha me
kaumārikāṇāṃ śīlena vakṣyāmy aham ariṃdama
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| 83 | yat tvayā satyavatyarthe satyadharmaparāyaṇa
rājamadhye pratijñātam anurūpaṃ tavaiva tat
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| 84 | nānyathā tan mahābāho saṃśayo 'tra na kaś cana
tavāpatyaṃ bhaved yat tu tatra naḥ saṃśayo mahān
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| 85 | tasya tan matam ājñāya satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
pratyajānāt tadā rājan pituḥ priyacikīrṣayā
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| 86 | devavrata uvāca
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| 86 | dāśarāja nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ me nṛpottama
śṛṇvatāṃ bhūmipālānāṃ yad bravīmi pituḥ kṛte
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| 87 | rājyaṃ tāvat pūrvam eva mayā tyaktaṃ narādhipa
apatyahetor api ca karomy eṣa viniścayam
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| 88 | adya prabhṛti me dāśa brahmacaryaṃ bhaviṣyati
aputrasyāpi me lokā bhaviṣyanty akṣayā divi
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| 89 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 89 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ
dadānīty eva taṃ dāśo dharmātmā pratyabhāṣata
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| 90 | tato 'ntarikṣe 'psaraso devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tathā
abhyavarṣanta kusumair bhīṣmo 'yam iti cābruvan
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| 91 | tataḥ sa pitur arthāya tām uvāca yaśasvinīm
adhiroha rathaṃ mātar gacchāvaḥ svagṛhān iti
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| 92 | evam uktvā tu bhīṣmas tāṃ ratham āropya bhāminīm
āgamya hāstinapuraṃ śaṃtanoḥ saṃnyavedayat
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| 93 | tasya tad duṣkaraṃ karma praśaśaṃsur narādhipāḥ
sametāś ca pṛthak caiva bhīṣmo 'yam iti cābruvan
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| 94 | tad dṛṣṭvā duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtaṃ bhīṣmeṇa śaṃtanuḥ
svacchandamaraṇaṃ tasmai dadau tuṣṭaḥ pitā svayam
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